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Annual Commercial Female Sales
FORTRESS ANNUAL COMMERCIAL BONSMARA FEMALE SALES TAKE PLACE
ANNUALLY ON THE
2ND TUESDAY IN FEBRUARY AT 11:00 ON FORTRESS, FRANKFORT IN
THE FREE STATE. THE NEXT SALE WILL TAKE PLACE ON TUESDAY, THE 9TH FEBRUARY 2010.
On Offer:
600 High quality commercial Bonsmara females:
- Heifers, heavy in calf
- Pregnant Heifers
- Open Heifers (ready for the bull)
- Cows, heavy
in calf
- Pregnant Cows
- Cows with Calves (ran with bull; possible
3-in-1)
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Bonsmara Stud Bulls (2½ years old)
This auction is held by FORTRESS
BONSMARAS consisting of 600 to 800 animals of 11 commercial
breeders (friends and clients of FORTRESS), as well as the
FORTRESS commercial Bonsmara herd.
This auction will give
any buyer of commercial animals who wants to start, or
is in a herd-building phase, a unique
opportunity to purchase top commercial genetics. Experience
has shown that the majority of the females are of such
a quality that they could be presented to the Bonsmara
Cattle Breeders' Society inspectors for possible basic
Bonsmara stud animals.
The following average prices were paid at previous sales
| Sale Dates |
11
February 2003
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10
February 2004
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8 February
2005 |
7 February 2006 |
6 February 2007 |
5
February 2008 |
10
February
2009 |
Cows + calves
(mainly 3 in 1) |
R4.922 |
R3.790 |
R7.014 |
R6.843 |
R8.525 |
R7.648 |
R8.363 |
| Cows, heavy in calf |
R4.903 |
R3.719 |
R5.578 |
R6.407 |
R5.325 |
R6.828 |
R8.115 |
| Pregnant cows |
R4.420 |
R4.079 |
R4.800 |
R7.272 |
R6.171 |
R6.622 |
R6.810 |
| Heifers, heavy in calf |
R4.400 |
R3.987 |
R5.560 |
R8.033 |
R6.191 |
R6.950 |
R7.237 |
| Pregnant heifers |
R4.103 |
R3.815 |
R5.194 |
R7.288 |
R5.985 |
R6.622 |
R7.279 |
| Heifers, ran with the bull |
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R2.641 |
R4.900 |
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R4.800 |
R4.200 |
R5.200 |
| Open heifers |
R2.695 |
R2.327 |
R3.808 |
R4.920 |
R3.968 |
R3.742 |
R4.586 |
| Bonsmara bulls |
R14.786 |
R10.182 |
R14.542 |
R15.500 |
R16.875 |
R19.400 |
R18.750 |
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