2010 FBA Field Day & Heifer Sale Report
Report submitted by event chairman -
Joe Butt
WOW! What an
overwhelmingly successful
event at Florida Brahman Association Field Day and "Sweet 16 Heifer
Sale" held at the Gray shadow Ranch in Fort White, Florida. Over 250
people were in the attendance from 9 states, Australia, Nicaragua, and
Mexico.
The grass was beautiful green and the weather was warm and pretty, just
right
for Brahman cattle. The enthusiastic crowd was treated to a great
program and
was able to participate in a judging contest and weight guessing. The
juniors
participated in a showmanship contest that was like no other. The 23
juniors
actually used the sale offering as the showmanship calves to
demonstrate their
handling skills and to show off just how gentle and broke the sale
heifers
were! We even had 10 first time juniors and pee-wees. The showmanship
winners
were: Allie Carriere - Junior, Brandalyn Bishop - Intermediate, Hannah
Carriere
- Senior. Overall Grand Champion showman was Hannah Carriere. The open
judging
contest was won by Adrian Land Sr. The
classes judged were breeding females, yearling bulls, and show heifer
prospects.
The Fun Auction Fundraiser
was an
overwhelming success with donated items from the Florida members and
friends.
These items raised over $17,500 for the Florida Brahman Association
kitty! Many
original Florida items such as cracker whips and cow dogs were really
sought
after through bidding! This portion of the Field Day was almost too
much fun
for all.
The Sweet 16 Heifer sale
had a hard
act to follow, but was up to the challenge. The top show heifers
averaged over
$5000 with the replacement heifers averaging $2300. The high selling
heifer was
GS355 consigned by Gray Shadow/Valley B and sold to FR Brahmans of
Lafayette,
Louisiana. Second high (Rocking S 444) was consigned by Rocking S Ranch
and went
to IS Ranch of Trenton, Florida. The third high lot GS362 consigned by
GS/VBE
and sold to IS Ranch of Trenton, Florida.
Juniors met and made plans
for the
All-American and elected new officers. Adrian Land - President, Kaitlyn
Gill-
Vice President, Arica Land - Secretary, Briana Bishop to serve as
Florida Jr.
Director. Florida Brahman Association officers: Larry Barthle -
President,
Danny Candler - Vice President, Ricky Booth -
Secretary/Treasurer/Website
Manager.