Thank You Thank You Thank You!

First of all, on behalf of everyone at Duncan Livestock (Karl & Irene, Kurt, Jenn & Kinley) we would like to thank everyone who attended and participated in our fourth annual sale. Bidders and buyers came from New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.

A big thank you to Blair Campbell for his help with the promotion and clipping of all of the sale cattle. Thanks also to Dixie Vickerson and Heather Dixon for helping out with our beef on a bun lunch.  Thank you to the entire Boswall family, Karrie, Grant, Ryan, Caleb, and Liam for their help with all of the miscellaneous tasks that took place during and in preparation for the sale.

Below are the complete results. A big thank you to our buyers listed below.

Tag 39 steer, sired by Eye Candy sold to Austin & Ian Drake for $2450.

Tag 43 steer, sired by Highliner sold to Spud Island Farms, the Sanderson Family for $1650.

Tag 63 steer, sired by Eye Candy sold to Spud Island Farms, the Sanderson Family for $1500.

Tag 64 steer, sired by Eye Candy sold to I F J Farms, Irwin Jay for $3000.

Tag 66 steer, sired by Highliner sold to C & C Livestock, MacQuarrie and Ford Families for $3550.

Tag 67 steer, sired by Eye Candy sold to Jeff & Nena Matheson for $1000.

Tag 68 steer, sired by Eye Candy sold to Austin & Ian Drake for $2000.

Tag 72 steer, sired by Mercedes Benz sold to Jeff & Nena Matheson for $900.

Tag 73 steer sired by Boardwalk sold to Glenn Jay for $1150.

Tag 74 steer sired by Boardwalk sold to Andrew and Tracey McIntosh for $1150.

All 10 steers that were offered for sale sold for an average of $1835.

Thank you to other active bidders Blair Campbell, Tara Jay, David & Linda Locke, Brian & Dora MacKinley, and Temple Stewart for their participation.

Our 2013 sale date will be Saturday, September 14th.

Sale Day Phone Numbers

Kurt Duncan (902) 393-3032

Irene Duncan (902) 393-1410

Blair Campbell (902) 393-6337

Absolute Final Copy of the Sale Catalog

Found a couple of things that were missing today including the weight, birthdate, and starting price for tag 67.  We also added some more info about our past history for sale cattle and further information on the sires.

Here is the link to the facebook page where there are some pictures of the sale calves.  Remember you don't need to be a facebook user to see the pictures.


http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.310073192362931.62503.100000807591515&type=1&l=d96474445c

Open publication - Free publishing - More heifer

Sale Day Forecast

The weather looks good for tomorrow, sunny with a high of 22 (feel like 25)   Sale pens will be outside for the first time ever.  Those attending may want to bring along a lawn chair.  Beef on a bun will be served at 1:00, first steer sells at 2:00.

Final Copy of the Sale Catalog

Open publication - Free publishing - More heifer

Lonesome Sale Calves

This is what 2 days of not working on the sale calves will do. I'm surrounded. #lonesomecalves twitter.com/duncanlivestoc…
— Duncan Livestock (@duncanlivestock) September 12, 2012

Interesting Stats from Cattle.com

Click the link to see the full story, http://www.cattle.com/read.aspx?id=1780

2011

204 steers sold in 18 sales

$3,009 average price

Sires with 10+ Steers Sold

Monopoly - 26 @ $3,027

Heat Wave - 24 @ $5,425 

Walks Alone – 21 @ $2,343

Immortal – 18 @ $3,197

2012

216 steers old in 20 sales

$3,232 average price – Up 7.4%

Sires with 10+ Steers Sold

Monopoly – 46 @ $3,758

Eye Candy – 19 @ $3,943

(Heat Wave, Bojo, and My Turn all at 9)

Why did we post this?  9 out of the 15 we have for sale on September 15 are sired by either Eye Candy or Monopoly and 3 more are sired by Boardwalk (Monopoly son).