DENVER, Colo. — An Angus heifer born and raised in North Dakota sold for $230,000 to support research and junior programs within the breed.
Named SAV Emblynette 5368, the young female came out of the Schaff Angus Valley program owned by Kelly and Marty Jo Schaff, fifth generation ranchers from St. Anthony, North Dakota.
The program was well represented with 21 of the 46 bulls on offer including Schaff Angus lineage.
The donation heifer was the lead offering at the 110th National Western Stock Show Angus bull sale held Jan. 13.
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Money raised from the sale is directed to junior activities, scholarships and Angus based research. The donation heifer sale has been running since 1980 and has raised nearly $2 million and provided 1,200 scholarships.
Mile High Red Angus sale: High seller was a five-year-old cow that fetched $54,000 and was consigned by Royce McPhee-Bayha of Lodi, California.
Diamonds and Denim sale: High seller was a third interest in a bull owned by Troy Adams of Fallon, Nebraska, and Clifford Bush of Britton, South Dakota.
Limousin show: Brittany Papenhuyzen of Stony Plain, Alta., was the lone Canadian and garnered a division championship with her bull named Cottage Lake Big Star.
Born in 2014, it tied for Canadian Limousin show bull of the year and won grand champion honours at the 2015 Canadian Western Agribition and Olds Fall Classic. It was also supreme bull at the 2015 Nebraska Cattlemen’s Classic.
