A*L*O*T Fall Female Sale New Horizons—2001

The A*L*O*T Fall Female Sale, “New Horizons—2001,” was held on October 13, 2001 at the Titus County Sale Facility in Mt. Pleasant, Texas. Members sent 81 Lots through the sale ring that grossed $100, 800 for an average of $1244 per lot. Representative sale categories and results follow.

Bred Cows: 12 lots averaged $1087 and ranged in price from $900 to $1375. High selling bred cow was consigned by K Cattle Company of Monterrey, Louisiana.

Bred Heifers: 20 lots averaged $1192 and ranged in price from $725 to $1800. High selling bred heifers were consigned by Marical Brothers Angus Ranch of Ada, OK and by Warnke Angus Ranch of La Costa, TX.

Open Heifers: 22 lots averaged $858 and ranged from $550 to $1300. High selling lot was from BRR Angus Farm, Red Rock, OK.

Fall Pairs: 12 lots averaged $1223 ranging from $975 to $1500. High selling lot was from SixR Angus, Farmerville, LA.

Spring Pairs: 15 lots averaged $2023 and ranged from $1600 to $3100. High selling lot came from Alpha Angus Farm, Perkins, OK.

2001 A*L*O*T SALE AND CONSIGNMENT DATES

• Spring Female Sale – May 11, 2002: Consignments postmarked Feb 15 to Mar 16, 2002.

• Fall Female Sale – Oct 12, 2002: Consignments postmarked from Jul 19 to Aug 17 , 2002.

• Bull and Female Sale – Nov 23, 2002: Consignments postmarked from Sep 2 to Oct 1, 2002.

A*L*O*T ELECTS NEW OFFICERS

The Arkansas-Louisiana-Oklahoma-Texas Angus Association elected new officers at the May 12 membership meeting in Mt. Pleasant, TX.

Ernest Shelton, New Boston, Texas, was elected President of ALOT. Bill Stone has been President of the Association for several years and he will step down to the Vice President slot. Learon Roberts agreed to remain in the Secretary/Treasurer position. Beth Wicker will continue as Sales Secretary.

James Brown is the Arkansas Director, H. P. (Sleepy) Roberts is the Director for Louisiana, Gerald Franklin and Martin VanMeter are Oklahoma Directors, and Gary Smith and Allen Steen are the Texas Directors.

A*L*O*T GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

President Bill Stone welcomed the members. He gave a brief history of the ALOT Association, introduced Learon Roberts as a founding member of ALOT and Beth Wicker as our sale secretary.

Learon Roberts, presented the Treasurer’s Report. Our Association is financially sound. Because we use volunteers, ALOT has been able to keep sale costs to about 8% for the last three sales. This means the consignor takes home more money. Directors from Arkansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma are looking into advertising our sales in those states.

There was discussion about trying to keep the number of cattle offered in a sale down to about 75 lots. The sale secretary received papers on 117 lots of cattle for the October female sale. The sale committee worked with consignors and got the figure down to 95 lots. There was a general agreement that we need to look into having sales in some other states. Members from Louisiana and Oklahoma are looking into sale facilities and costs in those states.

There was also discussion about setting standards for accepting cattle into the ALOT sale. Gerald Franklin is to look into establishing some graduated standards for future sales.

The ALOT website was discussed. We have a terrific website maintained by Dodie O’Bryan. Several members have sold cattle through contacts from the website. In addition to doing such a good job running the site, Dodie has also been paying for the website for several years. Gerald made a motion that ALOT should pay for the website. The motion carried by acclamation.

A*L*O*T Board of Directors President Ernest Shelton, 909 Hwy 82 West, New Boston, TX 75570, 903-628-2178 Vice Pres. Bill Stone, 649 Shennandoah Road, Bells, TX 75414, 903-965-4282 Sec./Treas. Learon Roberts, Rt. 8, Box 1205, Mt. Pleasant, TX 75455, 903-572-1857 Arkansas Director: James Brown – Rt. 1, Box 282, Doddridge, AR 71834, 501-691-3039 Louisiana Director: H. P. Roberts – 49 Barbara Lane, Farmerville, LA 71241, 318-368-9642 Oklahoma Directors: Gerald Franklin – Rt. 3, Box 239J, Duncan, OK 73533, 580-252-6002 Martin VanMeter – P. O. Box 393, Durant, OK 74701, 580-924-8901 Texas Directors: Gary Smith – P. O. Box 237, Itasca, TX 76055, 254-687-9250 Allen Steen – Rt. 1, Box 297-48, Greenville, TX 75401, 903-450-0856

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