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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 BE ON TUESDAY, THE 14TH  FEBRUARY 2012.

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 8 February
2005
7 February 2006 6 February 2007 5
February 2008
10
 February 2009
9
February
2010
8 February 2011
Cows + calves
(mainly 3 in 1)
R7.014 R6.843 R8.525 R7.648 R8.363 R10.197 R11.777
Cows, heavy in calf R5.578 R6.407 R5.325 R6.828 R8.115 R9.457 R9.231
Pregnant cows R4.800 R7.272 R6.171 R6.622 R6.810 R8.064 R8.979
Heifers, heavy in calf R5.560 R8.033 R6.191 R6.950 R7.237 R7.517 R8.936
Pregnant heifers R5.194 R7.288 R5.985 R6.622 R7.279 R6.698 R8.730
Heifers, ran with the bull R4.900   R4.800 R4.200 R5.200 R5.267 R7.610
Open heifers R3.808 R4.920 R3.968 R3.742 R4.586 R4.375 R6.694
Bonsmara bulls R14.542 R15.500 R16.875 R19.400 R18.750 R33.333 R25.833