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HORSE
REPORT FOR Western States Ranches Sells Del Cielo for $18,000 & Sets New Sale Record ! 448 HEAD – Super sale on the better horses with the top 20 averaging $$3,933! Pull out the $18,000 top sale horse and the next top 20 still average a whopping $3,133. The Buyers message is, breed for top notch quality or/and get them well trained and they will pay the price. Its supply and demand, that’s the name of the game. The price on the average- or bottom to middle layer, non broke horses & especially the no-color fillies, drops dramatically and that’s because:
If your going to spend lots of money & lots of time to train a horse, Buyers realize you need to start with a top notch prospect. Be sure to check out the conformation, blood-lines & the experience on resumes of our top 20 sale horse pictures. You can see the quality that commands those top sale prices. A outstanding listing of consignments in the catalogue brought out serious Buyers from Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska & all across South Dakota. Most were looking for the horses ready to take to the show pen & win on. The 50 geldings in catalogue averaged $1600 which has usually always been the norm through out the years. Western States Ranches, Dublin, Texas Topped the sale selling a exceptional, talented and beautiful finished, AQHA mare, Del Cielo that was bred in the purple for $18,000 to Hobby Horse Overnight Stables, Mitchell, SD to break the old sale price record of $17,000 set 8 yrs ago by George Chappell. Western States Ranches brought us excellent set of horses with 5 of them selling in the top 5. Top 20 Average……….$3933 Top 10 Average……….$7450 Top 15 Average……….$4518 LOOSE HORSES – Sold 213 Head. Our Volume sale always brings in a full house of Buyers. Market on the very thin yearlings and anything under 800 lb a big bargain. If you got extra feed or grass, you may want to check this category out. No weigh up base price on the very thin horses and yearlings, due to the price of gas and shipment to other countries, Weigh up Buyers, back off from these considerably. Remember - $125 fee for no value horses left on the premises, so ask our staff, if questionable, on arrival, if you bring a skinny, thin horse to loose horse drop off
ROPE CATTLE – Sold 66 Head
We are open on Sunday prior to sale day starting at noon to 10 pm for delivery of horses for our Monday sales. ( Delivery on Sunday or before 9:30 am on Mondays, will avoid a lineup wait) **If arriving after these hours, please call ahead and we will accommodate. If horse is registered, bring papers, with signed transfer, to gate at time of delivery. Check if markings match. REMINDER – we can not accept blind, extremely thin, injured or horses that can not travel on all 4 legs per USDA travel regulations.
Reminder: 7% Commission on Loose Horses($30 minimum). Sell your loose horses at the leading loose horse sale in the country!. Always a full house of Buyers on the seats during our loose horse sale. If your horse is registered, bring papers & signed transfer to check in gate at time of delivery. Markings will be checked for match.
A Big Thank You to all our Buyers and Sellers! We appreciate your business and the great distance many of you Travel each month to do business with us! You must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed in order to get some of our documents. If you don't already have it, it is available free at this link.
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