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Fortress Bonsmara Stud
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Annual Commercial Female Sales
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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)
  • 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
10 February 2004
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   R2.641 R4.900   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