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Long time Simbrah enthusiast Martha Garrett wrote “MAS which stands for Marketing American Simbrah, and in Spanish means MORE  is just that -- more than you can expect. More in terms of quality of cattle, more size of crowd, more hospitality, more enthusiasm for Simbrah, more youth involvement, more opportunities for youth and more networking. A weekend definitely for those who want to continually put more into
their Simbrah programs.”

LMC Compadre and Primo

Another highlight of the sale were the donation lots for the Rafael A. & Carmen Guerra Memorial Scholarship Fund.  The top selling lot was LMC Compadre, a bull calf out of the $30,000 champion LMC Hey U heifer and LMC HS Rocco donated by the Tom Zulim family, Bet M Ranch, Lockton Dunning Benefit Co. of Dallas, Enterprise Products Co. of Houston and La Muneca.  He sold for $14,100 to Ronnie Smith, Bill Travis and Charlie Honeycutt.  Other donors were Wentz Farming, Vela Cattle Co., Gilbert & Emma Garza, Franco Trevino, Thunder Cattle and La Muneca Cattle Co.. Buyers were Bob Cuvalier, Tom Zulim, Dr. Boyd Bien, Kito Saenz, Louie Flores, Bud Wentz, Bet M Ranch, Senator Juan Hinojosa, Salyer/Martin and La Muneca.  A total of $50,150 was raised for the Victor, Arcadio, Rafael & Carmen Guerra Memorial Scholarship Funds.

San Isidro graduating class at interviews at UTPA.  They all won a scholarship.

We just recently have awarded over $46,000 in scholarships to graduating seniors from our Linn San Manuel, San Isidro, Edinburg FFA, Edinburg North FFA, STAR Show, TJSSA and the American Junior Simbrah Round Up.  Our family awarded our first Victor A. Guerra Memorial Scholarship in 1980 and are just under $1,000,000 awarded since then.  We could not have done this without the support of so many friends who have donated and bought scholarship auction items since the early 80's.  MIL GRACIAS AMIGOS !!  Together we have made a difference in the lives of hundreds of good kids.

This LMC Arcadio who is named after my Grandfather and his son who was my Godfather.  This future breed great is sired by LMC ATZ Dr. Feel Good and the donation heifer that we sold in MAS IV to my four siblings who agreed to sell every calf she raises in future MAS sales with all of the proceeds going to the scholarship fund.  He is three months old in photo.

 The Top Ten Volume buyers at MAS V were:  Bright Star Farms – Bob Cuvalier, Circle S Ranch – Ronnie Smith, Hey U Group, Pine Ridge & Circle S Ranch, Gelman Ranch,  T. C. Betancourt, La Muneca, Bet M Ranch, Impact Marketing – Pigeon Mountain Marketing and Smith Genetics.

MAS V Showmanship winners.  

American Junior Simbrah Round Up Participants

CONGRATS to Mary Kate Walters, Christopher Martin, Megan and Mason Grant for their recent wins at the Belt Buckle Bonanza and the State Jr. Braunvieh and Beef Builder Shows where LMC bred cattle won the Braunvieh, Beef Builder and Steer shows.  

My ole compadre Fred Grahmann and I recently traveled to Georgia, Alabama and Florida.  I gave a speech on marketing at the Georgia Simmental Field Day at Bruce Van Meter's and judged a great set of kiddos and Simmentals.  We visited several clients, Fleckvieh and Brahman breeders.  The hospitality, scenery and cattle were all very impressive.

Over 600 spirited Simbrah enthusiasts were in attendance at the MAS Simbrah SHOWDOWN and Sale IV held March 27th & 28th at La Muneca Ranch near Linn, TX.  Long time Simbrah enthusiast Martha Garrett wrote “MAS which stands for Marketing American Simbrah, and in Spanish means MORE is just that -- more than you can expect. More in terms of quality of cattle, more size of crowd, more hospitality, more enthusiasm for Simbrah, more youth involvement, more opportunities for youth and more networking.  A weekend definitely for those who want to continually put more into their Simbrah programs.”

A highlight of the weekend was the $15,000 awarded in premium money to the MAS Junior Simbrah Exhibitors who exhibited their Simbrah and Percentage heifers in the MAS $15,000 SHOWDOWN.  $7,500 was awarded in Showmanship premiums to five different age divisions paying ten deep in each class.  The top two in each division won belt buckles plus cash.  Winners were (8 & 9 yrs. old) Jake Rhyner and Olivia Vela, (10 – 11 yrs.)  Jane Hunt and Braedon Raub, (12 – 13 yrs.) Blake Schultz and Maycie Wells, (14 – 15 yrs.) Mary Kate Walters and Julia Hunt and (16 – 18 yrs.) Kallie Fuchs and Marco Flores.  The MAS Showmanship judge was Roger McDowall.

MAS V SHOWMANSHIP WINNERS
$7,500 WERE AWARDED IN THE SHOWMANSHIP SHOW

Julia Hunt from Orange Grove won the SHOWDOWN Senior Division and Grand Champion Purebred Simbrah with her LMC/Wentz Faming Co. heifer and received a $3,000 premium check. Mary Kate Walters from Brenham received $1,500 for her Reserve Senior and Reserve Grand Champion sponsored by La Muneca.  Other division winners included Calf & Reserve Calf Champions – Jane Hunt (La Muneca) and Cody Witzkoski (Smith Genetics).  Junior and Reserve Junior Champions – Leandra Flores (La Muneca) and Christopher Martin (La Muneca).

Julia Hunt of Orange Grove, Texas
Grand Champion Purebred – LMC WFC CLAIRE
JULIA WON $3,000 IN MAS PREMIUMS
Julia was also Reserve Champion in the LMC Jackpot
JULIA WON $1,000 IN LMC PREMIUMS

Mary Kate Walters of Brenham, Texas
Reserve Champion Purebred – Sired by Red Moves
MARY KATE WON $1,500 IN MAS PREMIUMS
Mary Kate was also Grand Champion in the LMC Jackpot
MARY KATE WON $1,250 IN LMC PREMIUMS

Megan Grant won the SHOWDOWN Percentage Show with her Simbravieh named LMC LF Uma and received $600 in premiums.  Mary Kate Walters won $400 with her Reserve Champion, also a Simbravieh bred by Louie Flores and La Muneca.  All of the MAS Grand and Reserve champions were bred and sponsored by Wentz Farming, Louie Flores and or La Muneca.  Fred Schuetze judged the MAS SHOWDOWN cattle show.  There were 64 head in the MAS show.

Megan Grant of Richmond, Texas
Grand Champion Percentage – LMLF UMA
MEGAN WON $600 IN MAS PREMIUMS

Mary Kate Walters of Brenham, Texas
Reserve Champion Percentage – Sired by Foresight
MARY KATE WON $400 IN MAS PREMIUMS

La Muneca Cattle Co also had their annual LMC Jackpot and awarded $16,500 in premiums to their junior clients.  Over 1/2 of the money was awarded in the Showmanship Show.  Frost Bank – Richard Foster donated $1,500 of these premiums. The Top Ten heifers were - Champion Heifer was exhibited by Mary Kate Walters followed by Reserve – Julia Hunt, 3rd  – Marco Flores,  4th – Christopher Martin, 5th & 8th  – Braedon Raub, 6th – Jane Hunt, 7th – Jordan Grahmann, 9th Kallie Fuchs and 10th Liana Flores.  There were 51 head in the LMC Jackpot Show.

SEE PHOTOS OF WALTERS (GRAND) & HUNT (RESERVE) ABOVE

The LMC Jackpot AOB show was won by Christopher Martin with his Braunvieh with Camille Grahmann winning Reserve with her Braunvieh heifer.  The Champion Bull was a Simbrah bull exhibited by Blake Schultz with the Reserve being a Simbravieh exhibited by Mary Kate Walters.  The cattle were judged by Kyle McManus.

Christopher Martin of Wharton, Texas
Grand Champion AOB – LMLF BETTY BOOP
CHRISTOPHER WON $500 IN LMC PREMIUMS

Camille Grahmann of Halettsville, Texas
Reserve Champion AOB – LMLF SISTER LINN
CAMILLE WON $400 IN LMC PREMIUMS
THANK YOU CODY WHICKER FOR PURCHASING SISTER LINN

Blake Schultz of Bell City, Louisiana
Grand Champion Bull – LMC AM JW RED
BLAKE WON $200 IN LMC PREMIUMS
BLAKE ALSO WON $200 FOR FURTHEST TRAVELED

Mary Kate Walters of Brenham, Texas
Reserve Champion Bull – LMLF REVLEE
MARY KATE WON $150 IN LMC PREMIUMS

The Champion Senior Showmanship winners were Marco Flores, 2nd –Jordan Grahmann, 3rd – Kallie Fuchs, 4th – Megan Grant and 5th – Julia Hunt.  The Champion Intermediate Showmanship winners were Mason Grant, 2nd – Blake Schultz, 3rd – Maycie Wells, 4th – Dallas Goldammer and 5th – Justin Wright.  The Champion Junior Showmen were 1st – Jane Hunt, 2nd - Elisa Haggard, 3rd - Kelly Salyer, 4th - Jake Rhyner and 5th - Nicholas Brueckner.  Payout per division was $1,000, $500, $350, $200, $150 and $100 for everyone else.  Showmanship was judged by Erin and Kacy Frazier. 

Champion Jr. Showmen – LMC JACKPOT
JANE HUNT WON $1,000
ELISA HAGGARD WON $500
KELLY SALYER WON $350
JAKE RHYNER WON $200
NICHOLAS BRUECKNER WON $150

Champion Int. Showmen – LMC JACKPOT
MASON GRANT WON $1,000
BLAKE SCHULTZ WON $500
MAYCIE WELLS WON $350
DALLAS GOLDAMMER WON $200
JUSTIN WRIGHT WON $150

Champion Sr. Showmen
MARCO FLORES WON $1,000
JORDAN GRAHMANN WON $500
KALLIE FUCHS WON $350
MEGAN GRANT WON $200
JULIA HUNT WON $150

MAS V SALE REPORT

Another highlight of the sale was the donation lots for the Rafael A. & Carmen Guerra Memorial Scholarship Fund.  The top selling lot was LMC Starsky, a bull calf out of the $30,000 champion LMC Hey U heifer and LMC HS Rocco donated by the Tom Zulim family, Bet M Ranch, Lockton Dunning Benefit Co. of Dallas, Enterprise Products Co. of Houston and La Muneca.  He sold for $14,100 to Ronnie Smith, Bill Travis and Charlie Honeycutt.  Other donors were Wentz Farming, Vela Cattle Co., Gilbert & Emma Garza, Franco Trevino, Thunder Cattle and La Muneca Cattle Company. Buyers were Bob Cuvalier, Tom Zulim, Dr. Boyd Bien, Kito Saenz, Louie Flores, Bud Wentz, Bet M Ranch, Senator Juan Hinojosa, Salyer/Martin and La Muneca.  A total of $50,150 was raised for the Victor, Arcadio, Rafael & Carmen Guerra Memorial Scholarship Funds.

LMC TLZ STARSKY – High Selling Donation Lot
Thank You Ronnie & Susan Smith, Pine Ridge & Honeycutt Simbrahs

Mr. & Mrs. Bob Cuvalier – Bright Star Farms
MAS V Volume Buyers & Scholarship Supporters

One of the original goals of MAS was to expand our bull markets which we successfully have done selling 265 yearling bulls for a $2,161 average in five sales. The top selling Simbrah bull, the many times champion LM Full House was consigned by La Muneca and Wayne Yaeger and sold to Rancho La Reforma and Hernando Guerra from Mexico for $5,750.  The 2nd top selling bull was LMC BB Amigo selling for $5,500 to Arnold Maldonado from Edinburg, Texas.  The 3rd top selling bull, LMC Roadhouse was consigned by Rafter M and La Muneca and sold for $3,200 to Mary Helen Woods from Raymondville.  Overall 26 bulls averaged $1,854.

LM FULL HOUSE – UN SENOR TORO
MIL GRACIAS HERNANDO GUERRA Y RANCHO LA REFORMA

The top selling herd bull prospect was consigned by La Negra, RGV Cattle and La Muneca with 1/6th interest in Dream Up, the 2010 Houston Reserve Calf Champion selling for $3,200 to T. C. Betancourt from Edinburg. The 2nd top selling herd bull prospect was Smith Exciting Moves consigned by Smith Genetics and selling for $4,200 to the volume buyer Bob Cuvalier from Corpus Christi. The 3rd top seller was consigned by Tres Potrillos and La Muneca selling for $4,000 to the Dude Coalition made up of Joe Mask, Mark Koehl, Dean Fuchs and South Texas Cattle Investments.  Overall ten young herd bull prospects averaged $2,053.

The top two Simmental bulls were consigned by Smith Genetics, 6G Ranch and La Muneca.  They sold for $3,000 and $2,200 to repeat buyers Pete Nieschwietz and Roy Balderas.

The highlight of the female offering was the dam of the legendary LMC EF Johnnie Walker Black consigned by La Muneca selling for $10,000 to Impact Marketing and Pigeon Mountain Simmentals from Georgia.  The 2nd top selling bred female was consigned by Leandra Flores and La Muneca selling for $5,400 to Rickey Burch.  The third top selling bred cow was the dam to the 2009 National Champion, LMC No Limit consigned by Wayne Yaeger and La Muneca selling for $4,700 to Louis Sanz.  Overall 22 bred females averaged $3,350.

RICKEY & JOHN DAVID BURCH OF BURCH FARMS
PICKED UP A LMC EF JWB SIRED DONOR PROSPECT
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT GENTLEMEN

The top selling Simbrah pair was LMC Victor’s Patty and was consigned by Victor Guerra and La Muneca.  She is the dam to the 2009 Reserve International Champion LMC VG Go Getter.  They sold for $8,250 with the Steve Atzenhoffer family buying the heifer calf by Red Bullet for $4,500 and Mike Whicker buying the cow for $3,750. The 2nd top selling pair was consigned by Wentz Farming and La Muneca selling for $4,800 with the cow selling for $1,700 to Smith Genetics and the heifer calf to Hunter Sorrells for $3,100.  The 3rd top selling pair was consigned by Wentz Farming and La Muneca and sold to Mark Koehl for $4,200.  Overall 16 pairs averaged $3,044.

The bidding was spirited on the Brahman heifers with Bob Cuvalier buying the La Negra consignment sired by Bravo for $4,000.  Thunder Cattle Co. bought a polled heifer consigned by Louie Flores and La Muneca for $3,900.  The top selling Simbravieh heifer was consigned by La Muneca and sold for $2,500 to South Texas Cattle Investments and Pepe Guerra.

The top selling flush sold for $6,500 to Ronnie Smith and was consigned by Wentz Farming and La Muneca.  It was out of the popular LMC Diva cow, the dam to the many times champion LMC WFC Dream Girl.  Smith Genetics topped the embryo offering selling three embryos for $1,500 per embryo to Scott Willie. Overall 5 flush and embryo lots averaged $2,800.

RONNIE SMITH OF CIRCLE S RANCH WITH VICTOR WAS
SECOND VOLUME BUYER @ MAS V
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT 

The sale seemed to get stronger as the night went on with lots of consumer demand for the show prospects topped by the consignment of Wentz Farming and La Muneca named LMC WFC Whitney.  A 1/3rd interest sold for $6,100 to Ronnie Smith and South Texas Cattle Investments.  The 2nd top seller was consigned by Smith Genetics and sold for $7,750 to Ronnie Smith for ½ interest.  The 3rd top seller was consigned by Olivia Vela and sold ½ interest for $4,500 to T. C. Betancourt. Olivia won the competitive RGV Junior show with this female.  Overall 38 Baby Dolls averaged $2,951.

CONGRATULATIONS RENE & GINA VELA OF RGV CATTLE
FOR BREEDING AND SELLING HALF INTEREST IN RGV FOXIE TO MR. & MRS. T.C. BETANCOURT (Pictured)

The three top selling percentage heifers were all ¾ x ¼ and were consigned by La Muneca and Smith Genetics.  They sold for $4,600, $4,500 and $4,000 selling to 6G Ranch, La Negra and Jared Phillips.
Overall 11 percentage heifers averaged $2,514.

LA NEGRA CATTLE CO. BOUGHT A FULL SIB TO LMC DALYLA (DREAM ON X LMC MARIAH) – DAM TO DREAM UP (Pictured)
MANY THANKS LA NEGRA

The best buys of the sale were the open heifers with 43 head averaging $1,579.  The top seller was consigned by Adriana de los Santos selling for $3,300 to Bob Cuvalier.  The 2nd and 3rd top sellers both were consigned by La Muneca and were bought by Pine Ridge and Ted Tshirhart for $2,500 apiece.

The Top Ten Volume buyers were:  Bright Star Farms – Bob Cuvalier, Circle S Ranch – Ronnie Smith, Hey U Group, Pine Ridge & Circle S Ranch, Gelman Ranch, T. C. Betancourt, La Muneca, Bet M Ranch, Impact Marketing – Pigeon Mountain and Smith Genetics

The total MAS Simbrah sale grossed $400,625 on 170 lots for a $2,357 average per lot with 97 buyers from Mexico, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas.   Another sale highlight was the fact that several new Simbrah breeders were established and the many foreign visitors from as far away as South Africa.  Leo Casas was the auctioneer. 

MAS is made up of fourteen South Texas Simbrah breeders – 6G Ranch-Fred Grahmann Family, La Muneca Cattle Co. – Carlos X. Guerra Family, La Negra Cattle Co. – Javier Moreno,  LPJ Ranch – the Luis Flores family, Monte Christo Ranch – the Jud Flowers family, Reavis Farms Inc. – the Randy Reavis family, RGV Cattle Co. – the Rene Vela family, Thunder Cattle Co. – Scott Frazier family and Vela Cattle Co. – Pablo & Aaron Vela families.  The five new MAS members are Bet M Ranch, Rafter M, Smith Genetics, Tres Potrillos and Wentz Farming,  MAS Simbrah Sale & $15,000 SHOWDOWN IV is being planned for the same weekend next year.  For more info, please call Carlos X. Guerra at 956 802 1641 or email lamunecacattle@aol.com.

ON BEHALF OF MAS, LA MUNECA THANKS ALL THE BIDDERS, BUYERS, JUDGES AND VOLUNTEERS FOR MAKING MAS V A GREAT SUCCESS!

November 10, 2009

Written by Tim Smith

Simbrah Synergy 1I drew a standing room only crowd with many new breeders and lots of enthusiasm. The sale, held at Smith Genetics, Giddings, Texas featured the breeding programs of 14 progressive Simbrah breeders and saw an overall average of $3,227 on 139 lots. The entire weekend was filled with interest, and networking for the Simbrah breed. In addition to the sale, the $15,000 Synergy Showcase junior show was held, along with an educational program and leadership contests for juniors.

Genetics programs represented in the sale included Triple J Ranch, Sour Lake, Texas; Whitaker Livestock, Ranger, Texas; Triple P, Pearland, Texas; Hagan Cattle Company, Yoakum, Texas; McCrary Farms, DeKalb, Texas; Burch Farms, Hempstead, Texas; Reavis Farms, Mission, Texas, Pine Ridge Ranch, Dallas, Texas; Rafter M Cattle, Wharton, Texas; LaMuneca Cattle Co., Linn, Texas; Tres Potrillos Ranch, McAllen, Texas; Diamond RF Farms, Wallis, Texas, Baring Cattle Company, Elmendorf, Texas and Smith Genetics.

On the evening before the sale, a preview presentation of the cattle and each participants program was held along with dinner and networking. Then on Saturday morning an educational program was conducted with presentations from Dr. Jason Cleere, Texas A&M University on resources for new breeders; Chase Groves, American Simmental Association (ASA) field representative discussed ASA programs and Sally Buxkemper, detailed color and polled genes in Simbrah cattle.
The sale was auctioneered by Ruben Reyes and a breakdown of averages includes:

2 Simbrah donors $32,000 avg. $16,000
8 Embryo Lots $39,300 $4,913
2 Simbrah Pairs $6,600 $3,300
1 Flush $8,100 $8,100
2 Semen Lots $23,000 $11,500
18 Bred Simbrah Females $56,100 $3,167
68 Open Simbrah Females $174,950 $2,573
17 Bulls $42,600 $2,506
12 Simmental females $35,800 $2,983
1 Brahman Female $1,800 $1,800
8 Simbrahvieh Heifers $28,400 $3,500
139 TOTAL LOTS $448,650 $3,227

The sale topper was LM She Moves 3L/136. The partnership of LaMuneca, Smith Genetics and Reavis Farms offered this premier ¾ x ¼ donor that is considered by many to be one of, if not the top cow in the breed. The Night Moves daughter has produced three International Champion bulls, Black Bullet, Red Bullet and Red Ammo. Smith Genetics elected to place the cow entirely in their program and bid $21,500 to own the great matriarch in her entirety.

Smith Nu Approach, a ¾ x ¼ Simbrah bull was an excitement generator in the sale offering as an exclusive semen package was offered by Smith Genetics. The package which included 30 units of semen drew a bid of $2,000 and 11 progressive breeders elected to add his genetics to their herd for total dollars of $22,000. Buyers included Triple J/Carpenter Ranch, Sour Lake, Texas; Whitaker Livestock, Hagan Cattle Co., Reavis Farms, Triple P Ranch, Burch Farms, Tres Potrillos Ranch, McCrary Farms, Tom-Lin Ranch, Cameron, Texas, Kim Landry, and the partnership of Money/Whicker/KNC.

Another high selling female was Smith Tulipe 765L. This donor, who’s the dam of Bella Bella, one of the most admired females in the breed. One-half interest and one-half possession, in the female sold to Reavis Farms, for $10,500.

Whitaker Livestock, added one of the most talked about young prospects in the offering. 321W, a July daughter of Smith Nu Approach for $16,000. She is out of the great Smith Bella Bella, the female who won every major show in 2006 and 2007.

Lauren Griger, Wallis, Texas saw her bid of $6,300 purchase a show heifer prospect from the Reavis program. The April female was sired by RFI King Kong and out of a Spitfire daughter.

Open females were the predominant category of cattle offered in the sale and the demand was strong. LMC LF Kendra 3U/280, a ¾ x ¼ female from the LaMuneca/Flores herd sold for $5,200 to Bet’M Ranch, San Antonio, Texas. The female was sired by Night Moves and out of the Swan cow, one of the most prolific donors in the breed.

Bud and Lupita Wentz, Olmito, Texas purchased TPR Lady Titan for $5,000 from Tres Potrillos Ranch. The Red Bullet daughter carried Titan breeding maternally.

LMC WFC DREAM GIRL
RESERVE CHAMPION SIMBRAH
JORDAN GRAHMANN WON $1,500

La Muneca Hosts
Up Beat All Day Simbrah Event

“La Muneca Cattle Co. celebrated it’s 22nd Annual LMC Jr. Round Up and LMC Futurity on Oct, 3, 2009.   128 juniors and 33 adults participated in the field day.  Every junior won at least one door prize and there was over $1,000 awarded in premiums and buckles to the juniors.  Buckle donors were Scott Martin, Santos Escobar and Lyssy & Eckel.  Special Award donors were the families of Michael Grahmann and Doug Lightfoot. The premium sponsor for the field day was the Darryl Raub Family,” stated Carlos X. Guerra.

“The Field Day winners were : Junior – 1st – 3rd - Noel Saenz, Elisa Haggard and Braxton Cass, Intermediate – 1st – 3rd – Jerry Lugo, Cason Newberry and Kimberly Barron, Senior – 1st – 3rd – Daniel Saenz, Mike Flores and Anthony Luna and Adult – 1st – 3rd Mike Luna, Cindy Alaniz and Nelda Garza.  Over $2,000 worth of door prizes were given away thanks to the following donors - Farm & Ranch - Kito Saenz, Hidalgo County Farm Bureau, Mueller Inc.-Frank Trevino , Martin’s Farm & Ranch, The Showbox-Cherie Carrabba, Chorizo de San Manuel,  Creative Awards, Cactus Country 4-H , Vaquero 4-H, Faith Christian 4-H,  and the families of Charlie Murphy,  Buck Rhyner, Donald Kelly, Albert Martin, Doug Lightfoot, Louie Flores and Dr. Oscar Alvarez.

Speakers for the Field Day were Dr. Chris & Randi Boleman, Doug Denny, Dean Fuchs, Benny Cano, Kyle & Jodi McManus, Cynthia Wolfe and Luis Saldana.  Over 300 Simbrah enthusiasts were treated at the Third Annual LMC Customer Appreciation Dinner  after the Futurity,”  stated Guerra.

The 2007 LMC Special Award Winners were – LMC Volunteers of the Year – the Ron Wells Family, LMC Educators of the Year – Drs. Chris and Joe Townsend and LMC Boosters of the Year – the Tom Zulim Family.

“The 22nd Annual LMC Futurity had over $11,000 awarded in premiums, feed, buckles and prizes THANKS to our many donors plus our juniors did a great job of selling raffle tickets.  The Darryl Raub family won the $1,000 credit for next year by selling the most tickets.  A BIG HEARTY THANKS goes out to Richard Foster and Frost Bank for adding $1,500 in premiums to our Showmanship contest. There were 48 head of cattle shown in the LMC Futurity.  Judges were Dr. Chris Boleman - cattle and Kyle McManus - Showmanship. Winners are pictured below.

The Champion Simbrah heifers were exhibited by Kallie Fuchs and Victoria Zulim.  The Champion AOB heifers were shown by Mason and Megan Grant.  The Champions steers were exhibited by Braedon Raub and Liana Flores.  The Champion bulls were shown by Blake Schultz and Mason Grant.

Upcoming LMC JUNIOR EVENTS will be the Simbrah Synergy II on Oct 24 & 25th, the Super Bowl during the San Antonio Jr. Show and the LMC Jackpot held in conjunction with the MAS $15,000 SHOWDOWN V on March 28 & 29th.  Over $55,000 in awards and premiums will be given out to our junior clients at these four events.  Call or email on how you can get involved in America’s most supportive junior program.

A BIG HEARTY THANKS goes out to all of our juniors, their families, our speakers, donors and VOLUNTEERS for helping to make our 22nd Annual LMC Jr. Round Up and Futurity our best ever” stated Carlos X. Guerra. For more information please call La Muneca Cattle Co. at 956 – 383 – 7566 or 956 – 802 – 1641 or email lamunecacattle@aol.com.

The Reserve Champion heifer was exhibited by Victoria Zulim of Hockley.  She won a buckle and $450.  She is a LM EF JW Black daughter. The top seven were selected with the following results from 3rd to 7th – Charmaine Thomae, Marco Flores, Braedon Raub, Braedon Raub and Christopher Martin winning  a total of $1,500.

The Reserve Champion steer was exhibited by Liana Flores from Linn with her LMC Johnnie Walker sired calf.  She won a buckle and $225.  The  top five were selected with the following results from 3rd to 5th – Brooke Sorrells, Alyssa Flores and Emilio Flores winning $325.

LMC Futurity Showmanship Winners for the Senior division won two buckles and $2,800 in premiums.  Winners were 1st to 7th – Charmaine Thomae, Quest Newberry, Victoria Zulim, Kelly Kohlodjei, Liana Flores, Kallie Fuchs and Megan Grant.

2009 LMC Jr. Round Buckle Winners  - Noel Saenz, Jerry Lugo and Daniel Saenz

Reserve Champion AOB was a Simbravieh sired by Vista 4Z Foresight exhibited by Megan Grant.

Reserve Champion Bull was a Simbravieh sired by Vista 4Z Foresight and exhibited by Mason Grant.

One of the original goals of MAS was to expand our bull markets which we successfully have done selling 226 yearling bulls for a $2,202 average in four MAS sales. The top selling Simbrah bull, LMC Suave was consigned by La Muneca and sold to Johann Van Jaarsveld from South Africa for $7,500 for ½ interest.  The 2nd top selling bull was LMC Patron selling for $5,500 to Hernando Guerra from Mexico.  The 3rd, 4th and 5th top selling Simbrah bulls each brought $4,500, were consigned by La Muneca and sold to Thunder Cattle Co, James & Joan Watson and Gumaro Valdez.

The top selling Simbravieh bull was LMC PL Amigo and was the top indexing bull in this breed.  He was consigned by La Muneca and sold to Broken Oak Ranch for $5,500 for ½ interest.  He was positive in all five indexes.  The 2nd top selling Simbravieh bull sold for $3,000 to Thomas Kaminski. Overall 6 Simbravieh bulls averaged $2,558.

The top two selling Simmental bulls were sired by the popular Dream On.  They were consigned by Reavis Farms and sold for $2,500 and $2,200 to Rick Perez and Rickey Burch.  The two top selling Braunvieh bulls were consigned by Louie Flores and La Muneca. They were full sibs to the famous WTR Baylee cow and sold for $3,500 and $3,200 to Broken Oak Ranch.  Overall 7 Braunvieh bulls averaged $2,250.

LMC Polled Aussie was the top selling Polled Brahman bull and sold for $4,000 for ½ interest to Rick Perez.  The 2nd and 3rd top selling Brahman bulls sold for $2,000 to Anastacio Saenz and Ricky Durbin.  Overall 5 Brahman bulls averaged $2,200.  The overall MAS IV bull average was $2,128 on 72 bulls of five breeds.

The highlight of the female offering was four full sisters to LMC Diva, a previous MAS sale topper. They were consigned by Alyssa Martinez, a junior consignor and La Muneca.   These four Baby Dolls sired by LMC EF Johnnie Walker Black sold for $45,500.  The top seller sold to Victoria Zulim for $15,000.  The 2nd top seller sold for $12,500 to Christopher Martin.  The 3rd top Seller sold to Elisa Haggard for $10,000 and the 4th top seller sold to Nicholas Brueckner.   The 5th top seller was consigned by La Negra Cattle Co. and was bought by Olivia Vela for $6,000.   Overall 42 show heifer prospects averaged $2,976

The top selling Simbrah pair was LMC Mas Fina, a full sib to LM Full House consigned by Alyssa Martinez and La Muneca selling for $11,150 with Mike Quintanilla buying the cow for $5,250 and Samantha Greiner buying her Red Bullet daughter for $5,900. The 2nd top selling pair was consigned by Rafter M and La Muneca selling for $3,400 with the cow selling to Impact Marketing and the bull calf to Mason Grant.  The 3rd top selling pair was consigned by Monte Christi Ranch selling for $2,900 with Bud & Lupita Wentz buying the cow and La Muneca buying the heifer.  Overall 6 pairs averaged $3,975.

The bidding was spirited on the Brahman heifers with three heifers averaging $4,533.  The two top sellers were polled La Muneca Pistolero daughters selling for $5,500 to Ronnie Smith and $4,500 to Thunder Cattle Co.  The 2 picks of the LMC Simbravieh herd averaged $4,375 both selling to Broken Oak Ranch.

Collin Cass purchased the two top selling Braunvieh show prospects consigned by Louie Flores and La Muneca.  They sold for $3,200 and $2,700, with 3 Braunvieh females averaging $2,483.  The semen highlight of the sale was the selling of six breeding shares in the popular Reserve National Champion, LMC ATZ Dr. Feel Good for $7,500.  They were consigned by Jacob Atzenhoffer and La Muneca.

Jordan Grahmann another junior consignor consigned the top selling flush out of LMC WFC Dream Girl who won the National, International, Super Bowl, Houston Junior and LMC Jackpot Shows.  The flush sold for $5,100 to Bet M Ranch owned by Dr. Ernesto Guerra from Castroville, The 2nd top selling flush was consigned by Smith Genetics and La Muneca out of Smith’s Phenomenal selling for $3,000 to Todd Behringer from Woodway.  Two flushes averaged $4,050

LMC Barn Burner - future donor for Bet M Ranch and La Muneca.

The sale seemed to get stronger as the night went on with lots of consumer demand for the open heifers topped by the consignment of Alyssa Martinez’s LMC HS Barn Burner selling for $5,200 to Bet M Ranch and La Muneca. Bruce and Melissa Van Meter and John Howard from Georgia bought LMC Duke Muneca for $5,000 for the 2nd top seller.  The top selling percentage heifer was an F-1 consigned by La Negra Cattle Co. selling for $2,000 to Bud & Lupita Wentz.  Overall 113 females averaged $2,411.

The Tom Zulim Family with Felo Martinez and Carlos.  They are big time supporters of our scholarship and junior organizations.

The Top Ten Volume Buyers were: 

Tom Zulim Family             
Bud & Lupita Wentz  
Broken Oak Ranch
La Muneca Cattle Co.          
Martin & Salyer                
Bet M’ Ranch
Thunder Cattle Co.   
Hernando Guerra              
Impact Marketing & Pigeon Mountain
Rick Perez 

The total MAS IV Simbrah sale grossed $433,200 on 186 lots for a $2,329 average per lot with 94 buyers from South Africa, Mexico, Oregon, Georgia, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas.   Leo Casas was the auctioneer. 

MAS is made up of nine South Texas Simbrah breeders – 6G Ranch-Fred Grahmann Family, La Muneca Cattle Co. – Carlos X. Guerra Family, La Negra Cattle Co. – Javier Moreno,  LPJ Ranch – the Luis Flores family, Monte Christo Ranch – the Jud Flowers family, Reavis Farms Inc. – the Randy Reavis family, RGV Cattle Co. – the Rene Vela family, Thunder Cattle Co. – Scott Frazier family and Vela Cattle Co. – Pablo & Aaron Vela families.  MAS Simbrah Sale & $15,000 SHOWDOWN V is being planned for the same weekend next year.  For more information, please call Carlos X. Guerra at 956.802.1641 or email lamunecacattle@aol.com.

ON BEHALF OF MAS, LA MUNECA THANKS ALL THE BIDDERS, BUYERS, JUDGES AND VOLUNTEERS FOR MAKING MAS IV A GREAT SUCCESS!

February 20, 2009

Kayla Boening of Floresville, Texas, and her cow/calf pair BBS Jennie Walker were crowned Grand Champion Simbrah Female at the 2009 San Antonio Junior Heifer Show.  Breed champion in San Antonio is arguably the most prestigious honor a Texas junior heifer exhibitor can attain.  Besides winning a major junior show, the championship honor is accompanied by a $10,000 Scholarship.

BBS Jennie Walker was bred by our good friends at Boening Bros. Inc., who have been breeding and exhibiting Simbrah cattle for many years.  The Boenings have been utilizing La Muneca genetics for quite some time and BBS Jennie Walker was the result of one of their Johnnie Walker Black semen purchases.  Congratulations to Kayla and all of the Boening crew on their big win.  We appreciate your friendship and all of your support through the years. 

Johnnie Walker Black did not stop at Grand, LMC WFC Ms Dream Girl who is a maternal granddaughter to Johnnie Walker Black took Reserve honors for her proud owner, Jordan Grahmann of Halletsville, Texas.  This Smith Nu Wave II sired female also was crowned Grand Champion Female at the Simmental/Simbrah Superbowl, earning Jordan $1,700 in Superbowl premiums.  Dream Girl also won the 2009 National Simbrah Show in Fort Worth earlier this year.

Jordan selected LMC WFC Ms Dream Girl as the first pick of the Smith Nu Wave II x LMC Diva embryo calves at the MAS III sale last year.  A flush and three full brothers to this 2009 National Champion female sell at MAS IV.  Six full sibs to LMC Diva will also be a highlight at MAS IV on March 28, 2009 at the ranch in Linn, Texas.  They are all major league show prospects (4 heifers and 2 bull calves).

Like the Boening’s, Jordan’s family has been breeding Simbrah’s and utilizing La Muneca genetics for many years.  We congratulate Jordan and the entire 6G Ranch crew for all of their success and appreciate all that they do for La Muneca.

La Muneca would also like to thank the San Antonio Livestock Show for awarding the $10,000 Scholarship and our fellow Superbowl sponsors for awarding over $20,000 in premiums to our juniors. 

Our partner Mr. Steve Atzenhoffer of Orange Grove, Texas stuck LMC ATZ Dr. Feelgood to Reserve National Champion Bull honors.  Jacob and the Atzenhoffer family took advantage of our junior program and bred Jacob’s Red Bullet sired show heifer, St. Rita to LMC EF Johnnie Walker Black and Dr. Feelgood was the resule.  Last year’s Reserve National Champion, LMC VG Go Getter was also a product of our Jr. Program being bred by LMC junior Victor Guerra of Edinburg, Texas.  A breeding share in Dr. Feelgood along with several Johnnie Walker Black sons sell in MAS IV on March 28, 2009 at La Muneca.  3 of the last 4 National Grand and Reserve Bulls have been sired by Johnnie Walker Black.  Congratulations Atzenhoffer’s!

LMC Soldier continues to impress us with his balance of power and style.  Soldier is the TOTAL PACKAGE, he’s polled, thick, sound and full of breed character.  Soldier made lots of friends on his way to being named the National Reserve Senior Champion Bull.  Soldier is sired by PRR Red Ammo, who is now owned by Alvaro Gonzalez’s Tres Potrillos Ranch.  Semen on Soldier is available to foreign buyers only, however Red Ammo semen is available domestically.  Congratulations to our partner on Soldier, Alejandro Guerra of Mexico on the division championship and the development of this impressive herd bull.

We salute all Simbrah exhibitor’s for a great National Show and look forward to another great show in San Antonio, February 6 – 9, 2009.  The Open Simbrah Show will be on Monday, February 9th following the Simmental Show which begins at 8 a.m.  See you in San Antone!

By Tim Smith of Smith Genetics

          Simbrah Synergy I drew a standing room only crowd and saw buyers actively compete for over 100 head of Simbrah cattle on October 25th.  The sale, held at Smith Genetics, Giddings, Texas featured the breeding programs of 12 progressive Simbrah breeders and saw an overall average of $3,515 on 100 lots, with many lots going to new breeders.  The entire weekend was filled with interest, enthusiasm and networking for the Simbrah breed.  In addition to the sale, the $15,000 Synergy Showcase junior show was held and the American Junior Simbrah Roundup was also part of the weekend of Simbrah activities.

Genetics programs represented in the sale included Triple J Ranch, Sour Lake, Texas; Terry Whitaker, Ranger, Texas; Michael Meadows, Simms, Texas; Triple P, Pearland, Texas; Hagan Cattle Company, Yoakum, Texas; McCrary Farms, DeKalb, Texas; Burch Farms, Hempstead, Texas; Reavis Farms, Mission, Texas, Pine Ridge Ranch, Dallas, Texas; Rafter M Cattle, Wharton, Texas; LaMuneca Cattle Co., Linn, Texas and Smith Genetics.  An educational program kicked the three day event off with Paul Maulsby, Beef Cattle Manager at Texas A&M University giving an interactive presentation on cattle selection, followed by Michael Grahmann with Purina Mills, who spoke on nutritional concerns.

The sale was auctioneered by Ruben Reyes and a breakdown of averages includes 15 bulls averaging $2,846; 56 Simbrah heifers sold for an average of $3,014; 10 other breeds (Brahman and Simbravieh) averaged $4,370; 11 Simbrah cows averaged $4,209; 5 embryo lots averaged $6,120, and 3 flushes averaged $6,467.  The sale topper was Smith Sissys Final Lady, a May 2006 female sired by Smith Nu Approach and sold safe in calf to NF Smith Sargeant, the breed leader for EPDs.  She was offered in the sale by Smith Genetics and was purchased by McCrary Farms, for $14,000.  Smith RFI Golden Glory also generated lots of excitement as she sold for $13,700 to Burch Farms.  She was the 2003 Houston International Champion and to date she has produced over $44,000 in progeny sales. Reavis Farms, Mission, Texas and Smith Genetics offered the female.

LMC RM Julia 226/7, a polled purebred Brahman heifer, from the LaMuneca and Rafter M programs, sold for $7,000 to Wentz Cattle Company, Olmito, Texas.  The heifer was sired by LMC WFF Pistolero M130 and carried V8 breeding maternally.

Junior exhibitors showed lots of interest in Hagans Rihanna 1U and the bidding was heated as Christopher Money, Pearland, Texas purchased the NF Smith Sargeant daughter for his next show heifer.  The heifer sold for $10,400 and she was offered by Hagan Cattle Company.

            Reavis Farms and McCrary Farms partnered to buy one-half interest in the high selling bull of the offering, Smith Evan, from Smith Genetics.  The bull carries the genetics of Smith Bella Bella, who won every major show in 2006 and 2007 and was sired by Smith Nu Approach.  The final bid was $8,400.  Volume purchases were made by Bud and Lupita Wentz, Wentz Cattle Co., and the Robert Seaman family, Houston, Texas.
           
New breeders who purchased at the Synergy included Tim and Cindy Martin, Lockhart, Texas; Kathy Hutto, McDade, Texas; Ronnie Reeves, Lockhart, Texas; John and Pam Olsen, Giddings, Texas; OB Creekside Ranch, Somerville, Texas, Weldon and Garland, Cunningham, Ranger, Texas; Dan and Kris Grinstead, Iowa City, Iowa and Brandon Sultemeir, Kyle, Texas.

SIMBRAH SYNERGY SHOWCASE AWARDS $15,000

            The Simbrah Synergy event included a $15,000 show for youth exhibitors, who have purchased heifers from the Synergy members.  The show was held prior to the sale and Brandon Callis, College Station, Texas served as the judge.  Class winners included Amber Matula, Schulenburg, Texas; Jacob Atzenhoffer, Orange Grove, Texas; Liana Flores, Linn, Texas; Emily June Kelley, Yoakum, Texas; Emily Mullins, Golden, Texas; Zane McCartney Schooler; Bertram, Texas; Victoria Zulim, Hockley, Texas; Michael de los Santos, Edinburg, Texas; Britt Larson, Pilot Point, Texas and Hunter Sorrells, Odem, Texas. 

Calf Champion honors went to Liana Flores, Reserve Calf Champion honors went to Jacob Atzenhoffer, Intermediate Champion honors went to Emily June Kelley, Reserve Intermediate Champion honors went to Marcos Flores, Linn, Texas; Senior Champion honors went to Victoria Zulim and Reserve Senior Champion honors went to Mikey de los Santos.  Grand Champion honors and the $3,000 check went home with Victoria Zulim and Liana Flores took home the $1,500 check and Reserve honors.  Both heifers were bred in the La Muneca program.  In the Percentage Female show, Liana Flores was the Grand Champion winner and received a check for $600.  Hunter Sorrells, was the Reserve Grand Champion and received $400. 

The payout on showmanship totaled $7,500 and belt buckles were awarded to first and second place in each division.  First and second place honors went to Hunter Wells, Harlingen, Texas, Braden Raub, Lampasas, Texas; Candice Tindall, Lott, Texas; Emily Mullins, Britt Larson; Liana Flores, Kailee Hart, Livingston, Texas and Marco Flores of Linn, Texas.

“The Field Day winners were : Junior – Victor Aguilar, Intermediate – Omar Montalvo, Senior – Christopher Martin and Adult – Nancy Kolodziej.  Over $2,000 worth of door prizes were given away thanks to the following donors - Farm & Ranch - Kito Saenz, Hidalgo County Farm Bureau, Martin’s Farm & Ranch, Mueller Inc. - Frank Trevino Family, Doug Lightfoot Family, Donald Kelley Family, Lyssy & Eckel Feeds, Louie Flores Family, Cactus Country 4-H Club, Charlie Murphy Family, Rolando Guerra – ING, Sinton Feed Store, Albert Martin, Jeff Sorrells and Stillman 4-H Club.

Speakers for the Field Day were Joe Mask, Michael Grahmann, Brad Cowan, Victor Guerra,  Cherie Carrabba, Aaron Alejandro. Luis Saldana, Stephanie Guerra, Aaron Vela and Carlos X. Guerra.  "Over 300 Simbrah enthusiasts were treated at the 2nd Annual LMC Customer Appreciation Dinner and Dance after the Futurity,”  stated Guerra.

“The 21st Annual LMC Futurity had over $10,000 awarded in premiums, feed, buckles and prizes THANKS to our many donors plus our juniors did a great job of selling raffle tickets.  The Darryl Raub family won the $1,000 credit for next year by selling the most tickets.  A BIG HEARTY THANKS goes out to Richard Foster and Frost Bank for adding $1,500 in premiums to our Showmanship contest. Thirty nine students exhibited 50 head of Simbrah, Braunvieh, Simbravieh and Brahman cattle.  Judges were Mike Luna - cattle and Cherie Carrabba - Showmanship. Winners are pictured below.

The 2008 LMC Special Award Winners were – LMC Volunteers of the Year – The Frank Trevino Family, LMC Educator of the Year – Aaron Alejandro and LMC Boosters of the Year – Cherie Carrabba, the Darryl Raub and Alvaro Gonzalez families.

Upcoming LMC JUNIOR EVENTS will be the $15,000 Simbrah Synergy Showcase on Oct 25th at Smith Genetics, the Simbrah Super Bowl during the  San Antonio Jr. Show and the LMC Jackpot held in conjunction with the MAS $15,000 SHOWDOWN IV at La Muneca on March 28 & 29th.  Over $50,000 in awards and premiums will be given out to our junior clients at these four events.  Call or email on how you can get involved in America’s most supportive junior program.

SHOWMANSHIP SHOW
Judge: Kyle McManus of Sinton, Texas

CATTLE SHOW
Judge: Javier Moreno of Edinburg, Texas

THANK YOU KYLE MCMANUS AND JAVIER MORENO FOR GIVING YOUR TIME AND EXPERTISE AS OUR JUDGES.  WE ARE PROUD THAT BOTH OF YOU GREW UP PARTICIPATING IN THE LMC JR. ROUND-UP AND ARE NOW GIVING BACK TO THE PROGRAM.  THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT FOLKS!

Another highlight of the sale was the donation lots for the Rafael A. Guerra Memorial Scholarship Fund, American Jr. Simbrah Round Up Scholarship Endowment Fund and ASA Simbrah Advisory committee. Donors were Vela Cattle Co., Gilbert & Emma Garza, Franco Trevino, Dr. Omar Garza, Smith Genetics and La Muneca Cattle Co. Buyers were Jeffrey Sorrells, Herb Riojas, Felo & Stef Martinez, Dr.Boyd Bien, Felo Guerra, John Runnells, Rafter M Cattle Co., Tom-Lin Ranch, Bet M Ranch, JHC Ranch, Cecil Peters, Skip Butler, David Cantu, Vela Cattle Co. Sklar & Son and Pine Ridge Ranch.  $16,150 was raised for the Rafael A Guerra Memorial Scholarship Fund, $8,000 for the American Jr. Simbrah Round Up Scholarship Fund and $4,800 for the ASA Simbrah Advisory Committee for a total of $28,950.

One of the original goals of MAS was to expand our bull markets which we successfully have done selling 108 yearling bulls for a $2,265 average in two sales. The five top selling herd bull prospects were consigned by La Muneca. The two top sellers were full ET sibs, LMC Warrior & LMC Patriot sired by Red Bullet and sold for $5,300 and $5,000 to Hernando Guerra and Skip Butler.  The third top seller was LMC Hero selling  for $4,000 to Broken Oak Braunvieh Ranch from Seguin to start their Simbravieh program. The 4th top seller, LMC Red Buck sold to LPJ Ranch from Linn for $3,800.  The 5th top sellers sold for $3,500 and were bought by Broken Oak and JHC Ranch from Cameron.  49 bulls grossed $105,050 to average $2,142. 
 
The top selling pair was consigned by Alyssa Martinez & La Muneca and sold for $11,850 with the cow sired by 6G LMC Knockout selling for $8,750 to Joe B. Rodriguez from Floresville and the bull calf by LMC Ocho selling to Rusty Williams from George West for $3,100  The second top selling pair was consigned by Marco Flores & La Muneca and sold for $10,100 with the cow, LMC Senorita selling  for $6,000 to Bud & Lupita Wentz and the heifer calf by T-Cat selling for $4,100 to Dennis Thomae from San Benito. The third top selling pair, LMC Faith was a Liana Flores & La Muneca consignment selling for $6,100 with the cow selling for $4,000 to Bet M Ranch from Castroville and the bull calf selling for $2,100 to Ruben Canales.  Twelve pairs grossed $63,500 for a $5,292 average per pair.

The top selling embryo lot was consigned by Reavis Farms & Smith Genetics selling four embryos out of the 2007 Reserve Grand Houston Champion, Rio Princess for $1,700 per embryo to Pine Ridge Ranch from Athens. La Muneca, Reavis Farms and Smith Genetics consigned the 2nd & 3rd top selling embryo lots selling two embryos that were full sibs to two past International Champion bulls out of LM She Moves and HR Power House and two by LM Full House for $1,200 per embryo to Pine Ridge.  Sixteen embryo lots sold for $29,250 for an average of $1,828 per lot or $818 average per embryo on 38 embryos.

The bidding was spirited on some of the proven donor cows headed up by the many times champion LMC Mariah consigned by Victor Guerra and selling for $4,400 to Sue Duleba from Mission.  The second top selling donor was LMC Sophie consigned by Baring Cattle & La Muneca selling for $3,300 to La Negra Cattle Co. Two pick of the herd lots averaged $4,375 with the Pick of the Monte Christo herd selling for $4,750 to Bud & Lupita Wentz and the Pick of the Thunder Calf Crop selling for $4,000 to Curtis Fox from Corpus Christi.

The top selling flush was consigned by Hunter Sorrells, Rafter M and Littlefoot Cattle Co on the champion 4LC Aggie selling for $3400 to La Muneca. The 2nd & 3rd top selling flushes were consigned by Lesli Garret, Jordan Grahmann and La Muneca and sold for $1,700 to Rusty Williams and TSSA President Cecil Peters. Four flushes grossed $8,200 to average $2,050 per flush. 
 
A Marco Flores & La Muneca consignment sired by LM Full House topped the bred heifer offering selling for $6,000 to Aaron Gonzalez from McAllen. The second top selling bred heifer was a LMC Gladiator daughter consigned by Milo Flores and La Muneca selling for $4,200 to Richard Foster III.
 
The demand on show heifer prospects was strong with Alyssa Martinez & La Muneca consigning the top seller, a LMC EF Johnnie Walker Black daughter that sold for $10,250 to Bud & Lupita Wentz.  The second top seller was a NF Smith Sargeant daughter consigned by Reavis Farms that sold for $6,000 to Aaron Gonzalez and Richard Foster III. The 3rd top seller was LMC Pretty Moves with 1/2 interest selling for $4,200 to Bud & Lupita Wentz. The 4th and 5th top sellers  brought $3,000 and were consigned by RGV Cattle and Samantha Garcia, a junior exhibitor selling to Liana Flores, Elias Lozano and La Negra Cattle Co.

The percentage offering was topped by a 3/4 a 1/4, LMC Sabrina with 1/2 interest selling for $7,000 to Bruce & Melissa Van Meter from Georgia.  La Negra consigned an F-1 Goldmine daughter that sold for $3,000 to Bud & Lupita Wentz.  Vela Cattle Co. sold a Red Brahman heifer for $3,500 to Bud & Lupita Wentz.
 
Volume buyers were Bud & Lupita Wentz, Alvaro Gonzalez Family, Bet M Ranch – Dr. Ernesto C. Guerra, Broken Oak Ranch, Skip & Janice Butler, Joe B. Rodriguez, Pine Ridge Ranch, Runnells - Pierce Ranch, Sklar & Son, Santos Escobar, Hernando Guerra, Rusty Williams, Rafter M Cattle, 2CC Cattle, La Negra Cattle Co. and  La Muneca Cattle Co.
 
The total MAS Simbrah sale grossed $378,000 on 150 lots for a $2,520 average per lot.  49 bull lots grossed $105,050 to average $2,142 per lot.  80 female lots grossed $237,300 to average $2,966 per lot. 16 embryo lots averaged $1,828 per lot.  Leo Casas was the auctioneer. MAS is made up of nine South Texas Simbrah breeders – 6G Ranch-Fred Grahmann Family, La Muneca Cattle Co. – Carlos X. Guerra Family, La Negra Cattle Co. – Javier Moreno,  LPJ Ranch – the Luis Flores family, Monte Christo Ranch – the Jud Flowers family, Reavis Farms Inc. – the Randy Reavis family, RGV Cattle Co. – the Rene Vela family, Thunder Cattle Co. – Scott Frazier family and Vela Cattle Co. – Pablo & Aaron Vela families.  MAS Simbrah Sale & $15,000 SHOWDOWN III is being planned for the same weekend next year.  For more info, please call Aaron Vela at 956 279 8901 or Carlos X. Guerra at 956 802 1641 or email lamunecacattle@aol.com.

Over 500 spirited Simbrah enthusiasts were in attendance at the MAS Simbrah SHOWDOWN and Sale held April 7^th and 8^th at La Muneca Ranch.  The sale was dedicated to the late Rafael A. Guerra.  A special plaque was awarded to Carlos & Sister Guerra by the MAS family for their many years of dedication to the Simbrah breed and youth development.  It was presented by Aaron Vela, MAS Chairman and Victor Guerra.

Longtime Sim-genetics guru Warren Garret wrote “Congratulations on an awesome sale!  There was more excitement, more involvement and more commitment shown at this sale than I can ever remember.  The hospitality was incredible, the cattle were wonderful and the attitude of all those who attended and/or participated was electrifying.  More progress was achieved for the advancement of the Simbrah breed with this show and sale than we will probably ever realize.  The MAS group has rejuvenated old breeders and energized new breeders.  On behalf of all Simbrah breeders everywhere, THANK YOU for organizing and hosting such a tremendous event.”

A highlight of the weekend was the $15,000 awarded in premium money to the many Junior Simbrah Exhibitors who exhibited their Simbrah heifers in the MAS $15,000 SHOWDOWN.  $7,500 was awarded in Showmanship premiums to five different age divisions paying ten deep in each class.  The top two in each division won belt buckles plus cash.  Winners were (8 & 9 yrs. old) Adrianna de los Santos and Victor Guerra (10 – 11 yrs.) Alexandra de los Santos , and Liana Flores, (12 – 13 yrs.) Michael de los Santos Jr. and Jordan Grahmann, (14 – 15 yrs.) Alyssa Martinez and Marco Flores, and (16 – 18 yrs.) Chase Champion and Richard Foster.  Showmanship judge was Lacey Robinson, field representative for American Simmental Association.

Marco Flores won the SHOWDOWN Grand Champion Purebred Simbrah with LMC Swan and received a $3,000 premium check. Michael de los Santos received $1,500 for his Reserve Grand Champion, LMC Coco. Other division winners included Calf Champions, Liana Flores and Marco Flores, Junior Champions, Aaron Gonzalez and Michelle Honeycutt.  Cassie Saenz won the SHOWDOWN percentage show with LMC Gorgeous and received $600 in premiums with Jordan Grahmann receiving $400 for winning Reserve Grand with LMC Movin On.  All of the champions were bred by and or sponsored by Thunder Cattle Co. and La Muneca Cattle Co.  Ken Persyn, a pioneer Simbrah breeder judged the SHOWDOWN cattle show.

Another highlight of the sale was the donation lots for the Rafael A. Guerra Memorial Scholarship Fund.  1/2 interest in the pick of the La Muneca herd sold for $26,000 to the families of Ricky Burch, Jimmy Adair, Felo Guerra, Dr. John Westfall and Dr. Ernesto C. Guerra. Pablo and Aaron Vela donated the pick of their fall bull crop and it sold and resold several times to 6G Ranch, Rafter M Cattle, Urie Shiba, Dr. Boyd Bien and Jim Carter raising $7,300.  Marco Flores and La Muneca donated the pick of Lot 81's twin heifer calves for $6,000 to Annette and Darrell Chancellor raising an overall total of $39,300 for this special fund.  Mr. Guerra left a legacy of community service, leadership, generosity and helping people in need.  This scholarship will insure that his legacy continues

The top selling pair was LMC Espana and her twin heifer calves consigned by Marco Flores and La Muneca Cattle Co. selling for $22,000 to Darrell and Annette Chancellor and Jessica Smith from Mississippi .  The second top selling pair was consigned by 6G Ranch selling for $8,000 to Rafter M and the Doug Lightfoot Family. The third top selling pair was a LPJ Consignment that sold for $5,750 to Wally & Irma Perez from Frisco.  Nine pairs grossed $45,950 for a $5,106 average per pair.

The top selling embryo lot was consigned by La Muneca, Reavis Farms and Smith Genetics selling four embryos that were full sibs to the past two International Champion bulls for $5,000 to the Charley Honeycutt family. The next two top selling embryo lots were consigned by La Muneca and consisted of a six pack of embryos out of six different matings selling twice for $6,000 apiece to Darrell & Annette Chancellor and to Skip Butler & Thunder Cattle Co.  Eight embryo lots sold for $28,600 for an average of $3,580 per lot or $715 average per embryo on 40 embryos.

The  top selling herd bull/show steer prospect  was consigned by La Muneca and sold for $13,000 to a group of Valley breeders, Santos Escobar, Robert Martinez, Balde Guzman, Roy Balderas and Matthew Killion.  He was an ET Calf sired by LMC Johnnie Walker Black and will be named LMC Johnnie Walker. The second top selling prospect sold 1/2 interest for $4,000 to Bet M Ranch and was the third pick of a La Muneca pick of the litter consignment. Fourteen show bull/club calf prospects grossed $33,400 to average $2,386

The top selling flush was consigned by Marco Flores and La Muneca selling for $4,500 to Bet-M Ranch owned by Dr. Ernesto C. Guerra from Castroville.  The second top selling flush was consigned by Thunder Cattle Co. and sold for $2,300 to Skip Butler from Chapman Ranch. Four flushes grossed $10,400 to average $2,600 per flush.

A 6G consignment sired by 6GLM Knockout topped the bred heifer offering selling for $7,500 to Bud & Lupita Wentz from Olmito. The second top selling bred heifer, a Goldmine daughter from La Muneca also sold to the Wentz's for $7,000.  Rafter M Cattle and Doug & Karen Lightfoot teamed up to buy the third top selling bred heifer consigned by La Muneca for $4,100.  Overall eight bred heifers grossed $31,400 to average $3,925.

Eighteen open heifers grossed $46,100 for a $2,561 average with two LM Full House daughters trying for top honors at $6,000 selling to Gene Garza from San Isidro and Bud & Lupita Wentz.  The third top selling open heifer was a Reavis Farms consignment selling to Aaron Gonzalez from McAllen for $3,600. The fourth top seller was a La Negra consignment selling to the Wentz’s for $3,300.

The demand on show heifer prospects was strong as 25 Baby Dolls grossed $74,150 to average $2,966 with the top two consigned by Marco Flores and La Muneca selling for $7,000 and $6,100 to Bud & Lupita Wentz.  The third top seller was a La Muneca Red Bullet daughter selling ½ interest to Richard Foster III from Wallis for $5,000.  The fourth and fifth top sellers both sold for $4,800 to Wally & Irma Perez and were consigned by LPJ and 6G Ranch.

Volume buyers were Bud & Lupita Wentz, Bet M Ranch – Dr. Ernesto C. Guerra, Wally & Irma Perez, Darrell and Annette Chancellor, Aaron Gonzalez, Ricky Burch, Doug & Karen Lightfoot, Skip Butler-Thunder Cattle Co., Runnells - Pierce Ranch, Sklar & Son, and  Rafter M Cattle Co.

The total  MAS Simbrah sale grossed $422,000 on 139 lots for a $3036 average per lot.  58 bull lots grossed $139,650 to average $2,408 per lot.  81 female lots grossed $282,350 to average $3,486 per lot.  MAS is made up of nine South Texas Simbrah breeders – 6G Ranch-Fred Grahmann Family, La Muneca Cattle Co. – Carlos X. Guerra Family, La Negra Cattle Co. – Javier Moreno,  LPJ Ranch – the Luis Flores family, Monte Cristo Ranch – the Jud Flowers family, Reavis Farms Inc. – the Randy Reavis family, RGV Cattle Co. – the Rene Vela family, Thunder Cattle Co. – Scott Frazier family and Vela Cattle Co. – Pablo & Aaron Vela families.  MAS Simbrah Sale & $15,000 SHOWDOWN II is being planned for the same weekend next year.  For more info, please call Aaron Vela at 956 279 8901 or Carlos X. Guerra at 956 802 1641 or email lamunecacattle@aol.com.

One of the highlights of the big MAS Simbrah Weekend was the annual LMC Jackpot. La Muneca has awarded over $70,000 at their annual jackpot since it’s inception. 1/2 of the monies are always awarded in showmanship. Judges for this year’s show were Tom Risinger for the cattle and Cary Crow from Ultimate Genetics for showmanship. There was a big crowd on hand. Following are the results:

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