Pine Creek Angus 2016 Sale Report
April 15, 2016
Sale held at Faith Livestock, Faith, SD
Auctioneer, Seth Weishaar
TSLN Rep., Scott Dirk
54 Yearling Angus Bulls avg. $3,870
50 Registered Angus Open Heifers avg. $1,629
68 Commercial open heifers avg. $1,466
Lyle and Miriam Weiss, along with son Justin and his family Lacey and Paige presented another fantastic set of yearling Angus bulls for the 26th Annual Pine Creek Angus Production sale.
Lyle has been forging ahead in developing a top cowherd that is truly the backbone of this operation. The bulls out of these cows are sired by some of the best herd sires in the breed and the best sires produced at Pine Creek Angus. They have excellent calving ease, carcass and eye appeal.
Top selling bulls:
Lot 1, Pine Creek Investment 5026, a Feb. 2015 son of Sitz Investment 660Z that scanned a 14.9 REA, had 40.5 scrotal measurement and epds of CED 6 BW .5 WW 62 YW 115 Milk 28. Mitch Johnson, Merrill, IA was the buyer at $8,000.
Also selling at $8,000 was lot 9, Pine Creek Investment 5098, a Mar. 2015 son of Sitz Investment with epds of CED 4 BW 1.7 WW 70 YW 124 Milk 29. Longtime repeat Pine Creek bull buyer, John Kari, Bison, SD was the buyer.
Lot 27, Pine Creek Investment 5078, another Sitz Investment son born Feb. 2015 sold to Mike Starck, Berthold, ND for $7,000. This bull has epds of CED 9 BW 0 YW 120 Milk 31.
Selling at $6500 was lot 16, Pine Creek Alliance 5354, a Mar. 2015 son of KG Alliance 1193 that has epds of CED 11 BW -1.2 WW 65 YW 114 Milk 27. Turtle Creek Angus, Faith, SD was the buyer.
Selling at $6,000 was lot 11, Pine Creek Alliance 5185, a Mar. 2015 son of KG Alliance with epds of CED 7 BW .1 WW 64 YW 113 Milk 20. Linn Ranch, Dupree, SD was the buyer.
In the heifer division, Kyle Drogseth, Fairview, MT purchased two top registered heifers. Lot 23, Pine Creek Missy 5153 is a Feb. 2015 daughter of Sitz Final Product with epds of CED 10 BW 1.2 WW 46 YW 88 Milk 28 selling for $3,000. Lot 22, Pine Creek Missy 5150, a Mar. 2015 daughter of Sitz Right Answer 644Y with epds of CED 10 BW -.3 WW 54 YW 102 Milk 25.