Welcome Dear Friends, Judy and I would like to welcome you to
our 50th Anniversary Production Sale. It's truly amazing how
time flies by when you are able to do what you love and be
able to share your achievements with great people. Over the
past 50 years, it's been great sharing our genetics with our
wonderful customers. To the customers that have been with us a
lot of years, we are thankful and truly blessed to call all of
you friends. Some of our valued customers have passed. They
were with us for most of the 50 years and they will be missed.
These customers were the ones that came up with the way we
have our sale still today.
Dick and Judy's first sale was on Dec. 6, 1975. They had their
first 10 sales at the Corning sale barn. At that time, they
just sold Simmentals. The gray bulls averaged $353 per head,
the red bulls averaged $415, and the charcoal bulls averaged
$335 per head. We have sure come a long way since then.
In 1985, they moved the sale back to the farm selling bred
females and open heifers the day after Thanksgiving. They sold
the bulls in January. In 1986, they started selling bulls
private treaty. In February of 1992, the first Red Angus were
offered on the 18th sale. The first private treaty auction
started in 1994 - that's when I joined Dick and Judy, and the
rest of it is history.
The 50th sale is fast approaching, and Judy and I feel we have
a set of bulls that is as even as we have ever sold. That is
the goal, right? This year's bulls have some of the best EPDs
you can buy anywhere. It has been our goal to bring you the
best genetics available. We bar no expense when it comes to
purchasing herd bulls. Cattle markets are at an all-time high
and look to stay good for some time to come with cow numbers
low. Join us Feb. 1 and purchase top-quality genetics.
We have three new Red Angus sires with progeny in the sale
this year. Deep End is a bull we raised out of one of our top
cows. He is a long-sided, soft-made bull with a tremendous
amount of muscle and bone. He is probably one of the heaviest
boned Red Angus bulls I have seen, and he also is a
large-framed bull. His calves will carry the same traits.
We purchased Marksman at the Cross Diamond Cattle Co. sale. He
is also a bigger framed bull with a lot of performance.
We purchased Reputation at the Feddes-CT Red Angus sale. We
used him on heifers. He's just a little smaller framed bull.
On the Simmental side, we have Infrared, bought from Springer
Simmental. He's a bull with frame and muscle and complements
Copperhead well.
As I bring the welcome to an end, we just want to say it truly
humbles Judy and myself to have such great customers that we
consider friends. Without our loyal customers, we would not
have made it 50 years, so thank you for helping us reach this
milestone. We hope to be able to serve you for at least
another 10 years. I'd like to say 50, but Father Time may
catch us before then. We can't say it enough - thank you from
the bottom of our hearts for supporting us.
We truly hope you can join us on Feb. 1 for our 50th
Anniversary Sale. Feel free to call or come and evaluate the
bulls before the sale. We would love to show them to you.
Judy and Rick
