30th Annual International Brahman Sale sets records

The 30th Annual International Brahman Sale, held on February 29 in Houston, set records. Twenty two leading females were auctioned off and sold to buyers representing six states and three countries.

This elite sale grossed $269,250 and females sold for an unprecedented average of $12,238.63.

The $31,000 high selling lot, JDH Ms Dawn Manso 870/7, was consigned by J.D. Hudgins – Hudgins Division of Hungerford, Texas. Ganaderia Rosa del Alba of Mexico was the lucky purchaser of the high seller.

Two special International Sale lots benefitted the American Junior Brahman Association (AJBA). Lot 1, Ms DF 154/1 was this year’s AJBA Foundation Female, and was donated by Dyess Farms of Mississippi.  The heifer was sold to a committee of buyers for $12,500, and all of the proceeds raised from this lot will go to the AJBA.

The buyer group included Adrian Land, Legget Ranch, Bennett Farms, Moreno Farms (Kelvin Moreno), Hinton Farms, Marty Graham, Debrah and Brandy Barnes, ACD and J Farms (Annette Chancellor), Circle T Farms (Troy Thibideaux and Family), Chance Hinton, John and Salina Locke, J.D. Hudgins – J. Forgason Division (Mark Forgason), Bryant Red Brahmans (Kevin Bryant), Joyce Custom Fitters, Big John Good, J.D. Hudgins – Locke Division, J.D. Hudgins – Goudeaux Division, Wyatt Kolb, Larry and Jill Kolb, J and R Farms, Whitlock Cattle Company, Satterfield Ranch, Silent G Ranch, Dyess Farms, Andrew Abrameit and Cattle in Motion.

The other special lot which will also benefit the AJBA was a pair of full quill ostrich boots donated by Rios of Mercedes Boot Company. The boots sold for an impressive $1,000.  The AJBA would like to thank all of their supporters for donating and purchasing these special lots.

Not only were live cattle sold at the annual International Brahman Sale, but 12 exclusive lots of semen were auctioned off as well. Semen sold to three states, and all proceeds from the donated semen will go toward the American Brahman Breeders Association (ABBA) Research and Breed Improvement Committee fund.

The 30^th Annual International Sale was a great opportunity to spread elite Brahman genetics both domestically and internationally, and the ABBA is proud to have sponsored another successful event.

The AJBA Junior Board of Directors thanks Dyess Farms, Carson, Miss. for donating the 2012 AJBA Foundation Female