“Santa Claus is coming to town” rings out as December merchandise fills the airways and store shelves. Are we ready to take on the Christmas season and the New Year? It seems that time flies when you have fun with Angus.
Planning the Futurity
Looking ahead with our Angus the directors and officers of the South Carolina Angus Association (SCAA) met in November to plan the Carolina Angus Futurity on March 19-20th in 2010. Mark your calendars and plan which cow/calf pairs you will get ready for the sale. Chairman Lewis Smith will be roaming the South Carolina hills to select the best of the Angus breed to offer at the sale.
Festivities will begin on the eve of the Futurity with the SCAA annual meeting and banquet. The new additions to the officers and directors will be introduced.
Walter Shealy and his committee will introduce new inductees into the South Carolina Angus Hall of Fame. The dinner venue is again at Tucker’s Restaurant in Anderson, SC at 6:00 for the social hour and 7:00 for the banquet.
Saturday at noon the Carolina Angus Futurity sale begins at the T. Ed Garrison Cattle Complex. Chairman Lewis Smith contacted the American Angus Hall of Fame to manage the sale. Jeremy Haag will represent the Hall. At ringside David Gazda, Shirley Myers and Alex Williams will take the bids. Plan to be there.
Checking the List of Angus Sales
“Checking our list” for the past months we find that sale prices of Angus have improved. At the Edisto Bull Test Sale on October 10 the three top- selling bulls were Angus. The highest selling bull ,#34, from Black Crest Farms brought $3,700. Riverhill Angus Farm bull, #20, brought $3,500.00 as the second highest selling bull. The third highest selling bull, #3, offered by Cedar Creek was sold for $3,300.00. Forty-three of the bulls sold were Angus, bringing a total of $90,100 with an average of $2,095.35. the other breeds sold averaged $1500. More details are available from Dr. Larry Olson at http://www.clemson.edu/edisto/efbt/efbt.htm.
The “naughty and nice” showed up on Halloween to trick or treat at Billy McLeod’s for the Black Crest Farm Annual Sale. The treat was in seeing all the folks bidding on Billy’s Angus. Eighty lots were sold for a total of $138,450.00. The average price was $1,730.00. The top bred heifer, Lot 12, BCF 109 Emmie T306 sold to Lloyd Baxley Farms in Georgetown, SC for $3,100.00. Cedar Bay of Willow Spring, NC bought BCF 004 Rita S143 ET, Lot 52, for $2,200.00 as the top bred cow. The top fall pair was Lot 38/38A, BCF 602C Princess R245 selling for $2350.00. Lot 1A, the top pregnancy sold for $3,500.00. Now for the trick of loading and delivering all those Angus…
Christmas Gift Suggestions
While making your Christmas list put at the top for the good girls and boys a gift suggested by Christy Bell Page from the Georgia Angus Association. …” the Georgia Junior Angus Association is still selling the 40th Anniversary NJAS History Books which is serving as a fundraiser for our group. These books were released at the 2009 NJAS and were a tremendous success! We still have copies available for sale. “ The books are $60.00 each plus $10 shipping. If you’d like one contact Christy Page at the address below:
Georgia Angus Association
638 Lake Crest Drive
Jefferson, GA 30549
706-387-0656
info@georgiaangus.org
www.georgiaangus.org
Another idea is to give an Angus cow or calf for your child or grand-child. Somehow working with and around Angus and Angus people can turn naughty into nice.
Watch for Ballot
“You’d better watch out” for your ballot in the mail for election of SCAA officers and directors right after
Santa Claus comes to town.
Winners at the South Carolina State Fair
October brings the South Carolina State Fair to Columbia, SC with rides, elephant ears and Angus shows. The Angus Open show took place on Friday, October 23, 2009. The prancing and pawing of little Angus hoofs was judged by Wes Hudson from Harrison, Arkansas.
Cedar Creek Angus dominated the open Angus classes in winning championship ribbons. Breann Steadman showed and owned the Grand Champion Female , Dameron SW Elin Dolly 8181. Reserve Grand Champion Female , Cedar Creek Forever Lady 2765, was owned by Teddi Steadman. The Grand Champion Bull, Cedar Creek 1961 846, was also owned by Teddi Steadman . Walter Shealy owned Black Grove EXT 338, who won the Reserve Grand Champion Bull.
Other champion winners were : Champion Junior Calf, owned by Breann Steadman; Reserve Junior Calf Champion owned by Garrett Metz; Senior Calf and Grand Champion owned by Breann Steadman; Reserve Senior Calf Champion owned by Teddi Steadman; Champion Intermediate Female owned by Teddi Steadman; Reserve Champion Intermediate Female owned by Cory Watt; Junior Champion Female owned by Connor Durham; Reserve Junior Champion Female owned by Carly Watt; Champion Senior Female and Reserve Grand Champion owned by Teddi Steadman; Reserve Champion Senior Female owned by Carly Watt.
Louis Inzeo owned the Champion Junior Bull Calf. Walter Shealy had the Champion Senior Bull Calf and Reserve Grand Champion Bull. John Petty owned the Champion Intermediate Bull. Teddi Steadman owned Champion Junior Bull and the Grand Champion Bull. Teddi Steadman also won the Get-Of-Sire.
Saturday all the kids came to the fair and showed in the Junior Angus Show on October 24th. Santa will keep these kids on his nice list as class winners and champions: Early Junior Calf-Breann Steadman with Cherry Knoll Ella 9009; Late Senior Calf and Calf Champion-Teddi Steadman with Cedar Creek Rita 2850; Early Senior Calf and Reserve Calf Champion-Sally Yon; Late Summer Yearling-Rachel Pegues with E. Skymere 428; Early Summer Yearling and Junior Champion-Teddi Steadman with Dameron Marshall Lady 8143; Reserve Junior Champion- Cory Watt with Whitestone RW S100x 851U; Late Junior Yearling-Breann Steadman with Gambles Dixie Erica; Early Junior Yearling, Senior Champion and Grand Champion- Cameron Durham with Ectessa’s Grace; Reserve Senior Champion and Reserve Grand Champion- Carly Watt with Whitestone Blackcap X117; Senior Yearling- Teddi Steadman with Cedar Creek Forever Lady 2765.
In the showmanship classes the judge looks at the skill of the young person showing in presenting the animal. In the junior showmanship Carly Watt placed first. In the senior showmanship class her brother Cory Watt won.
May all of you be winners during the Christmas season with family and friends and more Angus. May the New Year greet you with many new blessings and joys.
Thanks to these Santa helpers who helped pull this news together. Stan Clemans, Lydia Yon, and Dr. Larry Olson. If you have news or dues for SCAA, please send to SCAA, c/o Windy Bartee, 1717 St. Paul Church Road, Clover, SC 29710, tel: 803-222-7533, Email: tumblet8@bellsoouth.net. The web page is www.scangus.org.
