2010 Alabama Brangus Breeders Bull Sale Guidelines

Entry Deadline: October 1, 2010

 

1.                    Consigners must be a member of the Alabama Brangus Breeders Association.

 

2.                    All bulls must be registered with IBBA and have performance and EPD’s for birth, weaning, yearling and maternal to publish in catalog.  If available, ultrasound data or carcass EPDs will be listed.

 

3.                    Age Range:  14 to 36 months by sale date.

 

4.                    Bulls will be weighed upon arrival (a 5% shrink will be allowed as bulls are weighed) and must meet the following minimum weight standards:

Months                   Weight                                   Months                   Weight                                   Months                   Weight

 

                                14                            1136                                        22                            1562                                        30                            1825

                                15                            1198                                        23                            1603                                        31                            1848

                                16                            1258                                        24                            1643                                        32                            1867

                                17                            1314                                        25                            1679                                        33                            1883

                                18                            1369                                        26                            1715                                        34                            1897

                                19                            1421                                        27                            1746                                        35                            1908

                                20                            1470                                        28                            1775                                        36                            1916       

                                21                            1518                                        29                            1801

Bulls not meeting the delivery weight requirements will be rejected from the sale at the sale delivery when weights are taken and calculated.

      

5.                    The deadline to consign bulls to this sale is October 1, 2010.  The following items need to be sent to the address below for each bull consigned:

Doug Williams

625 Brangus Way

Mocksville, NC.  27028

a.        Signed Registration Paper with current EPDs.

b.        Footnote information (limit to 2 lines).

c.        Entry fee of $100.00 per bull plus a completed nomination form.  Entry fee for females is $25.00 per head. Make checks payable to ABBA. Mail check to ABBA, c/o Sharron McCreary, 13465 Brooklyn Rd., Evergreen, Al.  36401.

d.        Good pictures are encouraged.  Sale Manager will decide if pictures are right for catalog.

 

6.                    Withdrawals will forfeit entry fees.  Substitutions must be approved by Sales Chairman or Sales Manager and meet same guidelines as stated.

 

7.                    The $100 entry fee per bull is due with the nomination.  It will be refunded provided the bull arrives at the sale and is sold.  The sale cost includes: 5% Sale Management, 1% Auctioneer, 1% ABBA, all consignors will be charged the seven percent, in addition the fixed cost of catalog, advertising, ring service, barn rent and sale day labor will be divided by the number of bulls sold and each consignor will be charged their share per bull sold.  Also Beef Promotion will be deducted for each bull sold.

 

8.                    In order to comply with state and federal laws currently in effect regarding tuberculosis, brucellosis, and interstate shipment of breeding cattle, please bring health papers on your bulls.

 

9.                    A minimum scrotal circumference of 34 cm is required for all bulls selling.  The consignor is responsible for having each bull’s semen evaluated within 60 days prior of sale date.  The consignor guarantees every bull selling to be a breeder, for a period of six months following sale date.

 

10.                 Bulls should arrive at Alabama Livestock Auction, Uniontown, Alabama on Thursday, November 18, 2010 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.  Each bull must be ear tagged with his lot tag before arrival.  Lot tags will be mailed to consignors by Sale Manager.

 

11.                 All consignors of bulls to this sale agree to abide by the rules and guidelines and to all conclusions and decisions of the sale committee and sale manager.  Consignors are responsible for caring of their bulls.  Consignors need to bring feed and feed tubs for their bulls.  Pens will have water.

 

12.                 Consigned bulls and females remain the property of the consignor until sold in the auction ring.  Neither ABBA, Alabama Livestock Auction, Sale Committee nor Sale Manager assumes any liability, legal or otherwise.

 

13.                 Sale capacity will be 140 total nominated bulls.  If more bulls are nominated then sale manager will use performance records and EPDs to trim number back to 140 bulls.

 

14.                 All sale bulls will be floored at $1,400.

 

15.                 Females will be sold with a 5% commission.