Annual Spring Female Sale Scheduled in May

A*L*O*T will hold its Spring Female Sale on May 8, 2004. The sale will again be held at the Titus County Sale Facility in Mt. Pleasant, TX. Even though the sale may seem a long way off, time has a tendency to creep up on most of us, so please start planning now to determine your consignments. Remember that well conditioned cattle sell better than thinner cattle (well conditioned means FAT). Late winter and early spring are tough times to put weight on cows that are nursing calves, so plan to feed these girls well so that they will bring top dollar for you. It takes about a hundred pounds of gain to add one Body Condition Score to a mature animal.

Remember that all consignments should be accompanied by current pregnancy status, as determined by a practicing vet, for the sale update sheet. The consignment form for the Spring Female Sale is on Page 5 of this newsletter. The consignment period opens on February 13, 2004 and closes on Mar 12, 2004.

All cattle must be accompanied by a health certificate for interstate shipment from the home state. All animals over 12 months old must have a negative TB test within 30 days of the sale indicated on the health certificate. The sale committee asks that you have your animals at the sale facility by 2 PM on Friday, May 7.

A*L*O*T to Hold February Bull Sale

The A*L*O*T Angus Association will hold its inaugural February Bull Sale on Saturday, February 28, 2004 at the Titus County Fair Facility in Mt. Pleasant, TX.

The consignment period closed December 12, 2003 with 85 bulls cataloged. Consignors are reminded that their bulls should be in place no later than 2 PM on Friday, February 27. Begin conditioning your animals early as it does take some time to put animals into good flesh.

We will continue to use the LSU scoring system to determine the sale order. Consignors may weigh their bulls within seven days of the sale date and use this weight to place the bull in the sale order. If bulls are not weighed at home, they will be weighed at the sale site.

All bulls must be accompanied by a health certificate for interstate shipment from the home state. All animals over 12 months old must have a negative TB test within 30 days of the sale and bulls must have passed a Breeding Soundness Exam within 30 days of the sale.

A*L*O*T Dates ALOT Board of Directors Meeting – January 10, 2004, Paris, TX SuperBull Sale – Feb 28, 2004 : Consignment period closed on Dec 12 , 2003. Spring Female Sale – May 8, 2004: Consignments postmarked from Feb 13 to Mar 12, 2004 Annual Membership Meeting – Oct 8, 2004: 5 PM, Titus County Fair Facility, Mt Pleasant, TX. Fall Female Sale – Oct 9, 2004: Consignments postmarked from Jul 16 to Aug 14 , 2004. Fall Bull Sale – Nov 27, 2004: Consignments postmarked from Aug 24 to Sep 24, 2004.

Appreciation

Our appreciation goes out to two sponsors who donated items to be used as door prizes for our Fall Female Sale.

Dixon Farm Supply in Stigler, Oklahoma, donated a 5 Liter jug of pour-on wormer that was won by a lucky sale attendee.

A full case (12 jars) of Texas Dipping Sauce was donated by Millbreaux's Gourmet Specialties of Indianapolis, Indiana. That's right, Indiana. The sauce was shipped in fresh a couple of days before the sale and our staff drew names to decide who would take a jar of the good stuff home.

Our thanks go out to the donors who were very gracious in providing these door prizes for our sale. Each of these businesses has an ad in this newsletter with contact information. Please give them whatever business that you can in the coming year.

Fall Sale Results

Fall Female Sale: Oct 11, 2003, Mt Pleasant, TX

71 Lots Sold for an average of $1408 per lot.
Auctioneer: Scott Crawford

• 15 Pairs averaged $1367
• 19 Split Pairs averaged $1887
• 14 Bred Cows averaged $1246
• 11 Bred heifers averaged $1377
• 12 Open Heifers averaged $981

High Selling Lots:

• Pairs: Lot 84: An Oct '95 Leachman Right Time cow with Oct '03 heifer by CA Future Direction 5321 from Warnke Angus Ranch, LaCoste, TX to Stone's 2Bar S Angus, Bells, TX $2000.

• Split Pairs: Lot 4X: A Feb '99 N Bar 5522 cow bred back to B/R New Design 036 from Alpha Angus Farm, Perkins, OK to Wann Ranch, Poteau, OK $1300. Her Apr '03 heifer by C/A Future Direction 5321 to Purple Rock Cattle Co., Farmersville, TX for $900. — $2200. Lot 71: A Mar 2001 Plowman cow bred back to Summitcrest Hi Flyer and her Feb '03 heifer by Bon View New Design 1407 from TDM Enterprises, Tecumseh, OK to Watson's Fly Bar W Angus Ranch, Eustace, TX. $2200

• Bred Cows: Lot 82: A Jan '01 Traveler 234D cow bred back to B/R Millcreek Compass from Warnke to Dean and Margie Hopkins, Gary, TX. $1550.

• Bred Heifers: Lot 18: An Oct '01 SVF Seibrings Forever Russ heifer bred to TC Freedom from BRR Angus, Red Rock, OK to Double S Ranch, Carthage, TX. $1700. Lot 50: A Feb '02 Summitcrest Hi Flyer heifer bred to Perry Power Design 715 from Kirkes Black Angus Ranch, Talihina, OK to Wann. $1700. Lot 83: An Oct '01 traveler 234D heifer bred to B/R Millcreek Compass from Warnke to Hopkins. $1700.

• Open Heifers: Lot 15: A May '02 GAR Commitment heifer from BRR Angus to Hopkins. $1500. Lot 65: An Oct '02 Vermillion Dateline heifer from Pine Tree Ranch, Coushatta, LA to Butler Farms, Mt. Vernon, TX. $1500.

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Fall Bull Sale: November 29, 2003, Mt. Pleasant, TX

71 Lots Sold for an average of $2050 per lot.
Auctioneer: Scott Crawford

• Top Selling Bull: Lot 34: SAV Genex LTD 0076, a Feb '00 bull by SVF GDAR 216 LTD from Leaning Cedar Angus Farm, Emmet, AR to Jeff Penz, Durant, OK. $4500.

• 280 Straws of Angus semen donated to the Texas Junior Angus Assn by Joe Festervan, Benton, LA. Purchased by Richmond Hales Angus Farms, Canyon, TX. $3250. The semen was stored and shipped by Select Sires, Tyler, TX.

Board of Directors Meets

A meeting of the A*L*O*T Angus Association Board of Directors and Officers was held in Mt. Pleasant, TX on Oct 10, 2003. A synopsis of the meeting follows.

Motion by Rogers, seconded by Marical to allow consignors to weigh their bulls at the ranch and present the weights to the sale committee for sale order purposes. Bulls must be weighed not more than seven days prior to the sale date. Bulls not weighed at the ranch within seven days of the sale will be weighed at the sale site the day before the sale for sale order purposes. Carried.

Motion by Marical, seconded by Franklin to continue the LSU scoring system for determining the sale order of bulls. Carried.

Motion by Franklin, seconded by Rogers to make one large mailing of the winter newsletter in January and send the spring, summer, and fall issues to current members and sponsors only. Carried. This will save A*L*O*T $2925 per year.

Motion by Franklin, seconded by Rogers to delete Sale Rule number 10. This rule requires the Sale Secretary to notify a consignor within 72 hours of receiving a consignment application. Carried.

Motion by Stone, seconded by Rogers to pay the Web Manager a stipend of $500 per year. Carried.

Motion by Roberts, seconded by Stone to increase the Sale Secretary fee to $1500 per sale. Carried.

Action Item to the Sale Committee to drop the maximum age of cattle in A*L*O*T sponsored sales to five years. The Sale Committee is to also explore the setting of EPD standards for future sales.

The next Board of Directors meeting will be on January 10, 2004 in Paris, TX.

Items of Interest

Time to pay your A*L*O*T dues: March 1, 2004 is the deadline to pay membership dues. If dues are not paid by that date, your membership will become INACTIVE.

• Ultrasound clinics are encouraged by the association. Many of you have your cattle ultrasounded and we encourage you to allow those with only a few calves to bring their calves to your place for ultrasounding.

• Current officers were re-elected for another year at the General Membership Meeting in October. James Brown (AR) and Gerald Franklin (OK) were retained as directors.

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A*L*O*T Board of Directors President Ernest Shelton, 909 Hwy 82 West, New Boston, TX 75570, 903-628-2178, eeshelton@aol.com Vice Pres. Bill Stone, 649 Shennandoah Road, Bells, TX 75414, 903-965-4282, bill.stone8@gte.net Sec./Treas. Learon Roberts, Rt. 8, Box 1205, Mt. Pleasant, TX 75455, 903-572-1857, robertsac@bluebonnet.net Sale Secretary Beth Wicker, 909 Hwy 82 West, New Boston, TX 75570 903-667-5581, eswicker@aol.com Arkansas Directors: James Brown – Rt. 1, Box 282, Doddridge, AR 71834, 501-691-3039 Allen Garner, 49 Bledsoe Road, Arkadelphia, AR 71923, 870-246-7938, ezauto@iocc.com 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, geraldf@texhoma.net Darrin Marical, Rt 1 Box 274, Tecumseh, OK 74873, 405-997-5729, tdment@direcway.com Texas Directors: Bo Rogers – Rt. 1, Box 530, Simms, TX 75574, 903-543-2125, borogers65@aol.com Allen Steen – Rt. 1, Box 297-48, Greenville, TX 75401, 903-450-0856, allenloyds@aol.com

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