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Bonsall & Pick Top Buyers at First Annual Legacy Sale
Humps N Horns - 04/01/2002
by Brandon McLagan
Plummer bred cattle have become a very hot item in the bucking bull industry. These cattle are probably the oldest line of cattle that were bred to buck. On Saturday, March 9th, 2002, fifteen of the industries top Plummer breeders offered 53 lots of Plummer bred cattle at an auction in Fort Worth, Texas. The Legacy Sale was held in conjunction with the Tenth Annual Tuff Hedeman Championship Challenge at the Will Rogers Memorial Center. The 53 lots grossed a total of $124,650.
Sandie Bonsall of Minneola, KS. was one of the sale's top buyers together with his partner, Dr. Mark Pick of Dodge City, KS. who was not present for the sale. Mr. Bonsall purchased the high selling "3 in l", recip. pair, and weanling heifer.
The high selling overall lot was lot 18. This "3 in l" was a spotted coming 6 year old horned cow, #P625. She was by #00 Super Dave and out of a Naccarato bred dam. She sold with a bull calf at side by #790 Mossy Oak Mudslinger. She was bred back to #790 Mossy Oak Mudslinger. Dillon and H.D. Page, long time Plummer breeders from Ardmore, OK. consigned this lot which sold to Bonsall for $7,250.
Gene Baker of Homestead Rodeo Genetics based in Anson, TX. sold the high selling weanling heifer and the high selling recip. pair, lots 38 and 39. Bonsall also purchased both of these lots for $6,750 and $6,000 respectively. These heifers were full sisters, both by #329 Houdini and out of a Wolfman daughter.
Kevin Wallace the owner of KW 69 Cattle Company from Hobbs, N.M. bought the top selling open heifer, Lot 23. She was a horned brindle daughter of #790 Mossy Oak Mudslinger and out of a Romeo bred cow #986 who also went back to A6 on the bottom side. Dillon and H.D. Page consigned this heifer which brought $5,250.
The Pages also consigned both of the high selling bred females. Lots 21 and 24 sold for $4,600 each. Jerome Davis from Archdale, N.C., bought Lot 21. She was a 4 year old black and white spotted cow by A6 and out of a Kephart cow bred to #790 Mossy Oak Mudslinger.
Missouri bull breeder David Yarnell of Versailles, MO., added Lot 22 to his operation. This cow #736 was by #00 Super Dave and was a half sister to #36 Junior and #37 Copperhead on the dam side. She was also bred to #790 Mossy Oak Mudslinger.
Norris Dalton of Petrolia, TX. consigned the high selling embryo lots. Both were out of #CP 13 First Lady, an original Plummer cow. One of the embryos was by #77 Yellow Jacket, the l999 PRCA World Champion Bucking Bull. The embryo sold to Doug Joseph of Berthoud, CO. The other embryo was by Wrangler Rivets, who is the father of #77 Yellow Jacket, #125 Moody Blues and #331 Locomotive Breath and the grand sire of #61 Little Yellow Jacket who was the 2001 PBR Reserve Bucking of the Year. This embryo was purchased by Butch Barrett of Ponca City, OK. These embryos each bought $3,100.
There were 22 buyers who purchased cattle that went to Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma and Texas.
The sale was managed by Western Cattle Services', Bubba Bain out of Granbury, TX. The sale secretary was Janie Bain from Granbury, TX. Sarah McLagan was the sales clerk and I served as the auctioneer.
"The Legacy" Fort Worth, Texas – Saturday, March 9, 2002
Consignment Total Average
1 Herd sire $6,500 $6,500
3 Pairs & "3 in ls" 14,950 4,983
4 Recip. Pairs 14,500 3,625
22 Bred Females 51,350 2,334
12 Open Heifers 22,050 1,838
10 Half Blood Open Heifers 9,100 910
1 Embryo Lot 6,200 6,200
On behalf of everyone involved in the Legacy Sale, the originators
Lynn Rice, Rosemary Kephart, Ronnie Roach, Dillon & H.D. Page, and sale manager Bubba Bain, I'd like to thank all the consignors and buyers as well as bidders for making the First Annual Legacy Sale a huge success. Plans are in works presently for next years sale to be held in conjunction with the Tuff Hedeman Championship Challenge in Forth Worth, Texas.
