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SPRING 2013 LMC NEWSLETTER |
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April 3, 2013 Greetings from La Muneca !!
LMC Gold Medal won the National Show. He is an LMC Rhino out of the famous Dream Girl cow. We are selling a breeding share in this awesome young bull. The National Champion cow bred by Tim Smith is out of LM She Moves. The Reserve National Champion bull was produced by Charley Honeycutt and us and the Reserve National Female was sired by LMC Johnnie Walker and produced by Brian Knezek. The one common denominator in all four champions is a LMC parent. Three of these same four won the International Show. We congratulate the winners and appreciate their confidence in our genetics.
Faith Onstot, Katy Berry, Victoria Villanueva and Bailey Scogin all won division or reserve division champions at the San Antonio, Houston and Super Bowl shows. Sabrina Cano won the tough RGV Show with over 100 head with her LMC RFI Smith Uno daughter that her family raised. Bailey won reserve. CONGRATS to all LMC Juniors on a good job.
We had very successful MAS and RGV Brahman & F-1 Association Showmanship Clinics and Showmanship shows at the RGV Show. We also had a history making first ever Registerd Brahman steer show that was very well received by all in attendance. Below is the photo of Milo Flores with his Reserve Grand Champion Brahman steer. We are selling several paternal brothers to this steer that will make some really good POLLED Brahman bulls for you.
Our upcoming $ellabration weekend has many highlights starting with the LMC Jackpot and LMC $ellabration Junior Shows that last year awarded $43,000 in premium monies. We have lots of good cattle coming and four good judges. The LMC Jackpot on Friday at 3 PM will be judged by - Cattle by Garret Thomas, Showmanship by Macy Jennings. The $ellabration Showmanship will be judged by Webb Fields and the cattle by Roger McDowall. We hope you can attend all or some of these shows.
Lots 92 and 93 are two of the pre sale favorites that have raised a lot of interest in our sale. They will be great show heifers but of more importance represent one of the new generation of Dream Girls that will have a lasting impact on the future direction of Simbrah. They are sired by the 2011 International Champion LMC Rhino and the famous LMC WFC Dream Girl making them full sibs to Gold Medal.
Another exciting feature are the 3/8 x 5/8 cattle coming to us from Kelly Barnard. They can be bred to Simmy bulls to produce purebred Simbrahs.
Some more highlights are the selling of the popular champion maternal sister to Dream Girl, LMC Whitney and her pick of a large litter by the famous Smith Nu Wave II bull. Another highlight is the offering of LMC's top 15 ET and natural BABY DOLLS born last fall and this spring. They all qualify for our $100,000 junior program.
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| LA MUNECA PROUDLY PRESENTS THE SOUTH TEXAS JR. ROUNDUP & LMC FUTURITY DOCUMENTARY |
| March 18, 2013 This past year marked the 25th Anniversary of the South Texas Jr. Roundup & LMC Futurity which has been held here at the ranch in Linn, Texas every October. The past 25 years have been special and we have been blessed to work with so many great volunteers throughout the years while educating hundreds of juniors across the country. We would like to thank everyone who participated in this documentary and we appreciate all those who have played a part in making this field day happen each and every year. We hope you enjoy the documentary and we look forward to having you with us for the 26th Annual Jr. Roundup & Futurity on October 5, 2013. Special thanks to A&A Relations, Adriana Trevino and Jesus "Chuy" Gutierrez and his team for producing this documentary. It was a pleasure to work with them. VIEW THE DOCUMENTARY |
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LMC $ELLABRATION II AND LMC JACKPOT SET FOR MARCH 22-23, 2013 |
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February 20, 2013 We are excited about the $ellabration weekend coming up next month. The sale lineup is looking good with some great opportunities awaiting you. The sale catalog is on our home page, in the calendar above and on our for sale page. We will be putting updated photos and more information on our featured lots on the for sale link of our webpage in the weeks to come. Below you will find a schedule of events for the sale and an entry card for the juniors who purchased cattle from La Muneca and/or a $ellabration member. We hope you can join us for the LMC $ellabration weekend and if we can be of any assistance please let us know. $ELLABRATION II SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Friday, March 22, 2013 - Cattle on display all day 3:00 p.m. - La Muneca Jackpot Show Saturday, March 23, 2013 - Cattle on display all day 9:00 a.m. - The $20,000 LMC $ellabration Show 4:00 p.m. - LMC $ellabration Sale There will be plenty to eat and drink beginning Friday at Noon through the $ellabration sale. |
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WINSTON WALTERS & LMC POLLED SPICE WIN A $10,000 SALE SCHOLARSHIP |
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February 20, 2013 Winston Walters from Brenham, Texas led LMC Polled Spice 47/1 to another big win at the San Antonio Jr. Show bringing home Reserve Grand Champion honors once again and the coveted $10,000 SALE scholarship. Last year Winston also led Spice to Grand Champion Brahman and Reserve Grand Champion American Female honors at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Jr. Heifer Show. Winston and the Walters Livestock crew have led Spice to numerous championships, including Grand Champion Female at the 2012 San Antonio Open Show, Reserve Grand Champion at the 2012 San Antonio Jr. Show and Grand Champion Female at the Tennessee State Fair. LMC congratulates Winston and the Walters crew for a job well done exhibiting LMC Polled Spice. |
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| LMC POLLED SPICE Ambassador 700/7 x Samantha 146 MANY TIMES CHAMPION |
WINSTON & MARY KATE Congratulations on all of your success with LMC Polled Brahmans |
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KANSAS POLLED BRAHMAN RANCH AND LMC INTRODUCE |
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LMC GENETICS EXCEL AT SYNERGY V SALE AND $15,000 SHOWCASE |
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October 30, 2012 La Muneca genetics enjoyed much success at Synergy V held at Smith Genetics in Giddings, Texas on October 27th and 28th of 2012.Synergy began Saturday afternoon with the $15,000 Showcase Showmanship Show where the winning LMC jr. Show Team had several showman in the top ten in each of the 5 divisions. In the 9 and Under division Katy Salyer took home Grand Champion honors, while McKenna Tschirhart was Reserve Champion Showman. Other LMC Juniors in the Top Ten in this division were Kade Schooler in 3rd Place, Robert Stavinoha in 4th Place and Lorelai Hill in 5th Place. In the 10 and 11 Year Old Division, Andres Villanueva continued his winning ways bringing home Grand Champion honors and Rowdy Baker was Reserve Champion Showman. In the 12 and 13 Year Old Division, Victoria Villanueva was Reserve Grand Champion Showman. Other LMC Juniors in the Top Ten in this division were Cameron Chappell in 3rd Place, Olivia Vela in 5th Place, Holli Baker in 6th Place, Addie Trojanowski in 7th Place, Sabrina Cano in 8th Place, Matthew Salinas in 9th Place and Amelia Stavinoha in 10th Place. In the 14 and 15 Year Old division Leandra Flores was Reserve Champion Showman. Others in the top ten in this division were John Paul Rodriguez in 3rd Place, Adriana De Los Santos in 4th Place, Hadley Baker in 6th Place, Kaitlyn Davlin in 7th Place, Bailey Scogin in 8th Place and Nicole Stevenson in 10th Place. Finally, in the 16 and Over division, Allison Conners was 3rd Place, Megan Grant was 4th Place, Sidney Cano was 5th Place and Emilio Flores was 6th Place. Congratulations to the winning LMC Jr. Show Team on a job well done in the Showmanship Show, we are proud of you for bringing home $3,600 in Synergy Showmanship premiums. Half of the $15,000 Purse was awarded in the Showmanship Show.
Upon completion of the Showmanship Show the Synergy V Sale began and it was solid from the get go. There were 105 Lots with the LMC influence in their pedigrees and they averaged a whopping $5,300.00. LMC consigned 9 lots including the LMC WFC Wave Amigo bull that our compadre Pete Nieschwietz of 7N Ranch bought. Wave Amigo is a full brother to the infamous LMC WFC Dream Girl donor that is doing a phenomenal job for Louie Flores, BETM Ranch, 6G Ranch and LMC. Wave joins the 6G/LMC Rajin Cajun son LMC Gumbo in 7N Ranch’s Herd Bull Battery. Thank you Pete and if you are interested in semen on Wave contact him as he is collecting him this fall. We appreciate Jorge Urriegas from Mexico coming to Texas once again to acquire more LMC genetics. Jorge purchased LMC Red Wave Amigo who is sired by 7N Ranch’s Wave Amigo bull and a productive LM Full House daughter. BETM Ranch added a Wave Amigo daughter out of a full sister to She Moves named LMC Black Moves 3P/291. The LM She Moves donor looks like a million bucks at approximately 12 years of age. LMC welcomed Tristan Chapa to the winning LMC Jr. Show Team on sale night, as he acquired LMC Wave Amiga 5Z/3 in the Synergy sale. Amelia Stavinoha added another good-looking doll to her show string as she purchased LMC Glitter 5Z/13 on sale night. We welcome Cliff Marshall to the Simbravieh breed, he and his family purchased LMC Man Muneca Z34. This January 2012 Simbravieh female is a thick and moderate MHF Manhattan daughter. The volume buyers Southwestern Farms (The Hill and Palmore Families) acquired 3 females sired by LMC WFC Wave Amigo, J7N Maximus and LMC Mr. Right from Louie Flores and LMC. A BIG HEARTY THANKS to all of the bidders and buyers for your support.
On Sunday morning the SYNERGY V Showcase Cattle Show was held and it had over 85 entries in the show with Dr. Chris Boleman serving as judge. In the Percentage Show, Kaitlyn Davlin won her class in the Calf Division with her MHF Manhattan daughter and Addie Trojanowski led her Hagan bred heifer who is out of LMC RM MUNECA 5T/132 to Reserve Calf Champion honors. In the Junior division, Will Hussey won his class with a BETM bred Simbravieh heifer that was Sired by LMC HS Rocco. Amelia Stavinoha also won her class with her BETM Bred heifer that was out of the LMC Titan’s Muneca 5H/367 “Sophie” cow that did lots of winning for Anne Baring. Kaitlyn Davlin led her Rafter M and LMC Simbravieh female to a class win and Junior Champion honors, while Will Hussey was selected as Reserve Junior Champion Female with his Rocco daughter. Finally, in the Senior division, Megan Grant won her class with her Simbravieh female sired by LMC WFC Moose and out of the BOR Focus donor. Adriana de los Santos led her Simbravieh MHF Manhattan daughter to a class win, Senior Champion and Grand Champion Percentage Female honors, winning her $600 in Synergy Premiums. While Holli Baker led her BETM bred Simbravieh to Reserve Senior and Reserve Grand Champion Honors in the Percentage Show and $400 in Synergy Premiums. CONGRATULATIONS to these exhibitors, as well as BETM Ranch and Rafter M Cattle Company for your champions as well with LMC Genetics.
In the Purebred Simbrah Show, beginning with the calf division, McKenna Tschirhart and Kevin Koehl both finished with 2nd place finishes in their respective classes, while Matthew Salinas stood 3rd with his February baby. Faith Onstot won her January class with LMC BBS Jenna who is sired by 6G/LMC Rajin Cajun and out of the 2009 San Antonio Jr. Show Grand Champion Female BBS Jennie Walker. Faith and Jenna went on to be Calf Champion Female. In the Junior Division, Robert Stavinoha, Micah Perkins and Brody hill filled the Top 3 in the November – December of 2011 class. In the September – October 2011 class, Bailey Scogin and Olivia Vela were 1st and 2nd with Emilio Flores leading his LMC HS Rocco heifer from BETM Ranch to 3rd place honors. Finally in the May – August 2011 class, Brooke Springer led her Smith Genetics/Wentz Farming heifer to a class win, her heifer is a full sister to LMC WFC Dream Girl being a Smith Nu Wave II x LMC Miss Diva daughter. In that same class Sabrina Cano led her LMC RFI-Smith Uno to 2nd Place honors. Bailey Scogin led her LMC/BETM sponsored female LMC Guardian Angel to Junior Champion honors while Brooke Springer was named Reserve Junior Champion. In the Senior Division, Victoria Villanueva and John Paul Rodriguez were 1st and 3rd in the March – April 2011 class. Candice Tindle was 3rd Place in the January – February 2011 class with her LMC WFC Moose heifer. In the September – December 2010 class, Cameron Chappell and Addie Trojanowski were 1st and 3rd Place. Cameron Chappell led RGV LMC Dr. Beauty to Senior Champion honors and Victoria Villanueva was named Reserve Senior Champion with LMC LN Blackberry. Bailey Scogin led LMC Guardian Angel to Grand Champion Female honors and the $3,000 Synergy premium. Bailey’s female is sired by LMC RFI-Smith Red Bullet and out of LMC Apasionada Muneca. Bailey and Guardian Angel are the first to ever win both the $15,000 MAS Showdown and $15,000 Synergy Showcase. Cameron Chappell and RGV LMC Dr. Beauty were selected as Reserve Grand Champion Female and took home the $1,500 Synergy premium. Cameron’s female is sired by LMC ATZ Dr. Beauty and out of the ZZ Crimson Beauty donor. Cameron and Dr. Beauty also were selected as the Grand Champion Female at the LMC $ellabration and Heart of Simbrah Shows. CONGRATULATIONS to the entire winning LMC Jr. Show Team on a tremendous show and we appreciate the fine job you all do showing your La Muneca show heifers.
A BIG HEARTY THANKS goes to Caleb Fuchs for your investment in LMC Ave Maria, a LMC WFC Wave Amigo daughter out of a Thunder Cattle Company cow. We also appreciate Hagan Cattle Company (6G/LMC Rajin Cajun), The Henly Family (6G/LMC Rajin Cajun) and RX Simbrah (LMC 6G Red Rock) for purchasing breeding shares in these respective bulls. We would like to thank our crew, Pete Garcia, Dr. Tobin Pennington, Dean Fuchs, Ted Tschirhart, Clayton Baker, Marco Flores, Mikey de los Santos and Dillon Burns, as well as all those who also assisted us over the weekend in presenting our sale cattle. We would also like to thank Tim Smith and his crew for hosting us, as well as Hagan Cattle Company for feeding us over the weekend. Most importantly we would like to thank all of the bidders, buyers and volunteers for making Synergy V one for the record books. We hope you can be with us for the LMC $ellabration Sale & Show II on March 22nd & 23rd at La Muneca in Linn, Texas. |
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La Muneca Celebrates Silver Anniversary of LMC Jr. Roundup |
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"La Muneca Cattle Co. celebrated its 25th Annual LMC Jr. Roundup and LMC Futurity on October 6, 2012. Over 150 participated in the judging contest and approximately 150 more individuals attended the field day. Every junior won at least one door prize and there was over $3,000 awarded in door prizes, premiums and buckles to the juniors. Buckle donors were Scott Martin, Santos Escobar and the Benny Cano Family. The 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. “Our family is very proud of the success of these events which is one small way that we give back to the juniors in an effort to motivate them to become better students and future leaders. We want to thank the many sponsors, volunteers, speakers, judges, youth leaders, and parents that have supported us over the past 25 years,” stated Sister Guerra. Speakers for the Field Day were Hannah Wells (FFA Creed), Marcus Garcia (4-H Motto & Prayer), Rex Ruckert, Chris Shivers, Michael Grahmann, Brad Cowan, Dr. Twila Johnson, Mike England, Carlos X. Guerra, Oscar Garza III, Fred Grahmann and Kasey Shivers. Topics covered were – Building Trust, How to Feed a Champion, Importance of Brahman Blood in South Texas and how the RGV Brahman & F1 Association Can Help You, Update on the STAR Gala, Champion’s Showmanship Clinic, How Politics Work, How to Select a Champion Beef Animal, Write a Happy Ending and the Basics of Livestock and Hay Judging. Over 200 Simbrah and youth enthusiasts were treated at the Sixth Annual LMC Customer Appreciation Dinner prepared by Chorizo De San Manuel, Benny & James Cano after the LMC Futurity. The 2012 LMC Special Award Winners were – LMC Volunteers of the Year – the Benny Cano Family, LMC Educator of the Year – Chris Ardis and the LMC Supporters of the Year – Mike England Family and Chris & Kasey Shivers. The 25th Annual LMC Futurity had over $13,000 awarded in premiums, largely in part to our juniors who did a great job of selling raffle tickets and our gracious donors. The Jaime Flores Family won the $1,000 credit for next year by selling the most tickets. There were over 60 head of cattle shown in the LMC Futurity by 43 different 4-H and FFA students. Judges were Chris Shivers of the American Brahman Breeders Association – Cattle and his wife Kasey Shivers – Showmanship. Winners are pictured below. The Champion Simbrah females were exhibited by Dawson Raub and Faith Onstot. The Champion AOB heifers were shown by Amelia Stavinoha and Adriana De Los Santos. The Champion Simbrah/Simbravieh Steers were exhibited by Manny Gonzalez IV and Andres Villanueva. The Champion Brahman female was exhibited by Emilio Flores. American Brahman history was made when the first ever Registered Purebred Brahman Steer Show in America was held at the LMC Futurity. As more and more Registered Brahman steer shows are established, the market for Brahman bulls will improve plus the public will appreciate how good and how important these cattle are. The Champion Brahman Steers were exhibited by Yulisa Santana and Hannah Wells. $1,000 in premiums plus banners were awarded sponsored by the RGV Brahman & F-1 Association and La Muneca. Upcoming LMC JUNIOR EVENTS will be the Simbrah Synergy V on October 27th & 28th at Smith Genetics in Giddings, Texas, Simmental/Simbrah Superbowl during the San Antonio Jr. Show and the the LMC Jackpot held in conjunction with the LMC $ellabration. LMC Juniors will compete for $100,000 in awards and premiums to be given out this next year at LMC sponsored events. Call or email on how you can get involved in one of America’s most supportive junior programs.
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| THE SYNERGY V SALE AND $15,000 SHOWCASE IS SET FOR OCTOBER 27 - 28, 2012 IN GIDDINGS, TX |
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August 30, 2012 We are excited about Synergy V coming up in October and will be consigning some exciting cattle, including the proven herd sire LMC WFC Wave Amigo. Another highlight will be the $15,000 Showcase Show, where juniors who purchased cattle from Synergy members will compete in Showmanship on Saturday and show their cattle on Sunday. La Muneca is proud to have bred 6 of the 8 champions in the Purebred Simbrah Show and 4 of the 8 champions in the Percentage Simbrah Show. Together these champion exhibitors took home over $15,000 in premiums for these championships alone with their LMC bred females. At the completion of Synergy V, its members will award over $75,000 in total premiums to its juniors at Synergy alone. CONGRATULATIONS to our fellow members and the entire winning LMC Jr. Show Team on all of your success at Synergy. We will be selling an exciting young herd sire sired by Wave Amigo and a few daughters sired by Wave that will be halter broke and ready to work for you either in the ring and/or in the pasture. We will also be consigning a select group of Simbravieh females, including two MHF Manhattan heifers and a Braveheart that have a bright future ahead of them. In the next few weeks we will be posting more information and photos about our offering and the event. Stay tuned to our web site and our facebook page for more information or feel free to contact us at lamunecacattle@aol.com or 956.383.7566 with any questions you have about the event. We appreciate your interest in advance and look forward to working with you. |
| LMC TO CELEBRATE 25 YEARS OF THE SOUTH TEXAS JR. ROUNDUP AND LMC FUTURITY ON OCTOBER 6, 2012 AT THE RANCH IN LINN, TX | ||||||
August 30, 2012 The entire crew at La Muneca is excited about the 25th Annual Field Day and LMC Futurity coming up in October. Registration will begin Saturday morning and there will be hay and cattle judging contest with multiple classes to be judged with multiple age divisions including adults. Prior to the contest we will have experienced speakers providing their input on how to judge hay and cattle. This event is open to the public and there is no entry fee for the contests or the field day. Throughout the day we will have speakers on various topics, including showmanship, nutrition and interesting leadership topics from some of the industry’s effective leaders. The Edinburg FFA will be on hand serving food throughout the event and as is the tradition at every field day, every kid registered will win a door prize. A BIG HEARTY THANKS to all the donors who have generously donated door prizes over the last 25 years of this fun filled and educational event. Many leaders will be on hand to answer any of your questions regarding your cattle project throughout the day. Buckles and premiums will be awarded to the winners of the hay and cattle judging contests at the conclusion of the field day. We would also like to extend a BIG HEARTY THANKS to all the donors of these buckles and premiums over the last 25 years. We will also be awarding our annual LMC Awards, which include the LMC Educator of the Year, LMC Booster of the Year and LMC Volunteer of the Year. The winners of the LMC Raffle will also be awarded, if you are interested in buying tickets for the raffle and have not been contacted by a LMC junior, please give us a call. At the conclusion of the field day we will have the LMC Futurity, where the members of the winning LMC Jr. Show Team will compete in showmanship and show their cattle. These hard working juniors will be competing for premiums in which they raised through selling raffle tickets for the LMC Raffle. The juniors keep half of what each ticket sells for and the other half makes up the purse for the LMC Futurity, which has awarded over $10,000 a year on average to the LMC Jr. Show Team. As the tradition with all LMC events, half of the money will be awarded in the showmanship contest and the other half will be awarded in the cattle show. As we celebrate 25 successful years of the LMC South Texas Jr. Roundup & LMC Futurity, we will also host and celebrate the first ever Purebred Brahman Steer Show. Juniors will be competing for buckles, banners and premiums. We are excited to have Chris & Kasey Shivers of Houston, Texas come down to work with our kids and sort through the exhibitors and cattle. Both Chris and Kasey have spent their entire lives in the industry and enjoy working with the kids. Chris is the Executive Vice President of the American Brahman Breeders Association and Kasey is an Attorney at Schwartz, Junell, Greenberg & Oathout LLP, both located in Houston, Texas. At the conclusion of the LMC Futurity we will host our annual LMC Customer Appreciation Dinner, which you are invited to attend. Here we will share stories about all the good times and deeds done over the last 25 years at the LMC South Texas Jr. Roundup and LMC Futurity and enjoy plenty of fellowship. We encourage and welcome 4-H Clubs and FFA Chapters, as well as judging teams to attend this event and if you have any questions feel free to contact us at lamunecacattle@aol.com or 956.383.7566. WE HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US! |
LMC $ellabration Simbrah Weekend a Huge Success! |
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Over 600 spirited Simbrah enthusiasts were in attendance at the inaugural LMC $ellabration Sale and $28,000 SHOW held March 23rd & 24th at the La Muneca Ranch near Linn, TX. “This one of a kind two day event was dedicated to our forefathers especially my great grandmother Antonia who like so many still today came to this great country in 1873 as a widow looking for a better life for her three sons. We are very fortunate to have so many of our clients and friends show up to help us with the execution of this great event which awarded over $43,000 in premiums to our juniors, raised over $22,000 for our family scholarships and marketed 160 plus State of the Art Simbrah and Simbravieh cattle all over the Simbrah World” stated Carlos X. Guerra, sale host. “Again La Muneca rises to the occasion and put forth a new event that headlines any event I have been associated with. The $ellabration sale was a new and exciting event which only adds to a line of successful events produced by La Muneca. It was truly an enjoyable event which featured an excellent set of cattle to tempt any cattle buyer. The Friday Show was an outstanding event and the level of participation was high. Saturday’s events were one of a kind and only La Muneca has the ability to stage such events. The food was excellent, the facilities were outstanding and the event was well coordinated and organized. I sincerely appreciate the opportunity to participate and be a part of the weekend. It was great to see so many people and so many new faces. Our cattle did exceptionally well and we are pleased with the results.” stated long time LMC buyer and supporter Fred Grahmann of 6G Ranch. A highlight of the weekend was the $28,000 awarded in premium money to the LMC $ellabration Junior Simbrah Exhibitors who exhibited their Simbrah, Brahman and Simbravieh heifers. $11,000 + was awarded in Showmanship premiums and buckles to five different age divisions paying ten deep in each class. The Supreme Champion Showman Kallie Fuchs won $2,000 and the Reserve Supreme Champion Showman Nevada Huffman won $1,000. The LMC $ellabration Showmanship judge was Ingrid Tusa who along with her ring steward Rickey Burch commented on how polite and polished all of the junior exhibitors were. "The LMC $ellabration really reaches kids and their families. It offers great prize money, but more than that it provides a forum for kids to learn, network and visit with breeders throughout the weekend. It also provides a great avenue for junior exhibitors and their families to market their heifer projects and become involved in the breed. It's a fast paced two days, with lots of opportunities and great Guerra family hospitality” stated long time Simbrah enthusiast Martha Garrett. Christopher Martin from Wharton won the $ellabration Simbravieh show with his La Muneca heifer and received $1,000 in premiums, a banner plus a buckle. Blake Schultz from Louisiana was Reserve Grand and won $500, a banner & buckle with his LMC-Rafter M Simbravieh. Morgan Arnold and Elizabeth Quintanilla won Grand and Reserve Brahman heifers both sponsored by La Muneca. They won $600 and $400 plus a banner and buckle each. The Champion and Reserve Champion Simbrah Bulls were both exhibited by Dawson Raub with Carlie Cope from Katy showing the Reserve. They won $600 and $400 plus a banner and buckle each. “The competition was fierce but fair and fun” as stated by Dean Fuchs. Long time Simbrah guru Ken Persyn judged the 86 head of cattle in the LMC Sellabration show that awarded over $12,000 in premiums and buckles won by each Simbrah class winner and all champions. Judge Persyn was impressed with the depth of quality and progress made by Simbrah. Twenty-five lucky $ellabration exhibitors also won $200 scholarships drawn out of a hat at the conclusion of the show thanks to the LMC $ellabration sponsors. The LMC Jackpot Simbravieh show was won by Caleb Fuchs from Burton. The Reserve was shown by Andres Villanueva from Edinburg. . Morgan Arnold and Beth Quintanilla both from Edinburg exhibited the Grand and Reserve Champion Brahman females. The cattle were judged by Joe Seale. The Champion Junior Showmen were 1st – Victor Moreno, 2nd – McKenna Tschirhart, 3rd – Hannah Wells, 4th – Jane Hunt, 5th - Addison Trojanowski, , 6th – Olivia Vela, 7th – Victoria Villanueva, 8th – Amelia Stavinoha, 9th – Morgan Arnold and 10th - Beth Quintanilla. The Champion Senior Showmanship winners were 1st – Kallie Fuchs, 2nd – Brance Crowell, 3rd – Nevada Huffman, 4th – Dustin Black, 5th – Micahel Stehle, 6th – James Baker III, 7th – Blake Schultz, 8th – Liana Flores, 9th – Regan Duleba and 10th – Tanner Feldhoff. Showmanship was judged by Erin Lockhart. Another highlight of the sale was the donation lots for the Rafael A. & Carmen Guerra Memorial Scholarship Funds. The top two selling lots were two Whitetail buck hunts donated by the Carlos X Guerra family selling for $6,500 apiece to Tom Zulim and Nick Goodrich. The third top selling donation lot was three units of semen on the legendary LMC EF JW Black selling for $4,500 to Hagan Cattle Co. Other donors were Gilbert & Emma Garza, Franco Trevino, Darryl Caraveo, LMC and Ava Barker. A total of $22,800 was raised for the Victor, Arcadio, Rafael & Carmen Guerra Memorial Scholarship Funds. RGV Cattle donated a Simbrah heifer that sold to Pepe and Victor Guerra for $1,350. That money will go to the American Junior Simbrah Round Up. The top selling Simbrah bull, the popular champion LMC Soldier was consigned by La Muneca & Alejandro Guerra and sold to Hernando Guerra from Mexico for $14,000. The 2nd top selling bull was LMC 6G Pappadeaux selling for $5,250 to Newt Huffman and Victor Guerra. The third top selling bull was consigned by Darryl Raub & LMC and sold to UTmost Cattle Co. of Katy, Texas for $4,500. The top selling Braunvieh bull was consigned by La Muneca with ½ interest selling to Pedernal Cattle Co. of Linn for $2,500. Overall 21 Simbrah bulls averaged $3,188. The highlight of the sale and female offering was the Lot 27 Uno’s Pretty Neat show heifer prospect consigned by Top C and La Muneca Cattle Co. selling for $21,900 to Ronnie Smith from Fort Worth. The 2nd and 3rd tops sellers were consigned by La Muneca, BETM and 6G and sold for $11,000 apiece to Olivia Vela and Ronnie Smith. Louie Flores consigned the 4th top seller selling for $8,000 to Andrew Morris from Pittsburg, TX. Rowdy Baker from Lott, bought the 5th top seller from BETM, 6G and LMC for $6,500 with Cameron Younts from Orange Grove buying the 6th top selling heifer for $5,900 for ½ interest from BETM and LMC.
The next big Simbrah event will be MAS VII on June 16-17th and will be held in conjunction with the American Jr. Simbrah Round Up at the Rio Grande Valley Show Grounds in Mercedes, Texas. The LMC $ellabration Sale II is being planned for March 22-23, 2013. For more information, please call Carlos X. Guerra at (956) 802-1641 or email lamunecacattle@aol.com. |
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| Good Evening Friends !! Since our last newsletter, we have been blessed with some good rains that most of Texas has been able to receive also. We are still in need of some more as we have no sub moisture but as the old timers say - we are one day closer to another good rain. We hope you have had your share of good rains. Our health is good, have plenty of work and are both proud and happy to live in this great country THANK THE LORD. We are in the process of wrapping up a great scholarship season where our family will be awarding $53,000 to 43 graduating seniors from South Texas with a few from up north for the TJSSA and the American Junior Simbrah Round Up. This is largely in part made possible by the support of many of you all. I get to interview all of these students which is an education for both the student and the interview committee. I could write a book on these interviews as we learn and help each other plus share some good advice and stories.  San Isidro High School recipients of Guerra Family scholarships. It is very inspiring to get to interview these kids who have such great dreams to make something of themselves. Many of the kids in the two communities that we support and where we ranch come from Mexico. Many have the best grades as they are trying to make the best of this opportunity afforded them to get an education in the USA. I make this scholarship report to encourage all of you to consider getting more involved in scholarship programs. Together, we can make a difference. A scholarship is like a tree - it is never too late to plant a tree or start a scholarship with your church, business organization, 4-H, FFA or your family. We started in 1980, the year after my little brother Victor passed away. It has changed our lives.  Top seven LMC Jackpot Simbrah heifer exhibitors with Judge Joe Seale. In March we were blessed to have a great LMC $ellabration Sale Weekend. Over 600 spirited Simbrah enthusiasts were in attendance at the inaugural LMC $ellabration Sale and $28,000 Show held March 23rd & 24th at La Muneca Ranch near Linn, TX. This one of a kind two day event was dedicated to our forefathers especially my great grandmother Antonia who like so many still today came to this great country in 1873 as a widow looking for a better life for her three sons.  Top Pee Wee Showmen with Ingrid Tusa at the inaugural LMC $ellabration Show. We are very fortunate to have so many of our clients and friends show up to help us with the execution of this great event which awarded over $43,000 in premiums to our juniors, raised over $22,000 for our family scholarships and marketed 160 plus State of the Art Simbrah and Simbravieh cattle all over the Simbrah World. The total LMC $ellabration sale grossed $420,100 on 163 lots for a $2,577 average per lot with 69 buyers. 80 Simbrah lots averaged $3,294 with 21 Simbrah bulls averaging $3,188.  The Champion Simbrah was shown by Savannah Chappell and was bred by RGV Cattle Co. She is a LMC ATZ Dr. Feel Good Daughter.  The Champion Simbravieh was shown by Christopher Martin and is an own daughter of the great Morning Star cow that we sold Pine Ridge as an embryo. It is sure good to see Grandpa Martin up and at it again.  CONGRATULATIONS to Liana Flores who won the MAS Steer Show and was Reserve Overall at STAR this year with her Simbravieh steer sired by LMC LF Goliath that won her over $10,000. Good Luck at Texas A & M Nani !! We are getting ready for MAS VII and the American Jr. Simbrah Round Up in Mercedes this week. The Round Up is the National Jr. Show for our Simbrah Juniors. It is a great event to attend. Everything will in the big barn that has big fans which keep us 20 to 30 degrees cooler plus we will have access to the A/C rooms for eating and visiting and to cool off more if needed. The Who's Who of both the Junior and Adult Simbrah breeders will be here so we hope you will join us.
Polled Brahman Baby Doll - Lot 31 Polled F-1 Donor prospect - Lot 29 The cattle for this sale are awesome and represent 13 of the more progressive Simbrah breeding programs in the world. It will be the first ever video only sale for the breed. The cattle will be on display in the barn at the RGV Showgrounds and the sale will be upstairs in the A/C ballroom. It promises to be a great one. You can see both the video of the cattle and the catalog online at www.cattleinmotion.com. While you are at it, please go ahead and sign up for the sale in case you cannot make it to the sale, you can buy online. Also catch videos of several of our herd sires and a few of our donors on Cattle in Motion.
Two stout herd bull prospects sell !! Lot 27- LMC Red Dream by Dream Lot 26 - LMC Gumbo by Rajin Cajun. Up South Padre is just one hour from Mercedes and a great place to wind down and get you a great tan.
Breeding Share in the champion Dream On sired donor prospect sells! 6GLMC Pappadeaux sells !! The quality is deep. Please let us know if we can be of any assistance to you on any matter. We hope to see you next week. We would also love to show your our cattle in their working clothes.
If you do not get your show prospect bought at MAS come see us after the sale. We always have some good show prospects available. Keep in touch !! Su amigo, Carlos X. Guerra |
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Good Evening Friends !
Lot 5 - LMC 6G Pappadeaux won Reserve Grand at the RGV Show last week. He sells at the $ellabration Sale this Saturday and is one of the leading contenders for next year's shows. He is built right and has a great pedigree being out of our hot young sire LMC 6G Ragin Cajun and a full sister to Full House who also sells in this sale.
LMC 6G Red Rock was International & RGV Grand Champion and Reserve at the National. He is a Rocco out of the popular $42,000 LMC WFC Dream Girl cow. We are selling ten units of semen as a donation lot to raise money for our Guerra Scholarship Program. He is going to be a great and popular champion and herd bull. We are also selling a trophy buck hunt and semen tank donated by Brushy Creek (Ava Barker) with 48 units of semen from 16 different International and National Champion and Reserve Champion bulls. (3 units per bull)
Our POLLED Brahman cattle have enjoyed a great show season with Winston Walters winning Grand Champion at the San Antonio Open & Houston Jr. Shows - two of the toughest plus Reserves at the Jr. Brenham, Waco, Dallas, SA and Houston Overall American Breeds Shows. Ken Abney and us teamed up to win Reserve Grand Bull at the RGV Show with LMC Polled Leader which is exciting news for the POLLED Brahman World.
We brought our sale heifers home from the feedlot yesterday and I am proud to say that they are phenomenal. It is going to hurt us when we load those great cattle up after the sale. They are the best set of heifers I have ever seen of any American breed. I just wish we could re video them now that they are re clipped with no mud on them.
Whether you are in the market for a show heifer, herd bull, donor female or a potload of HERD IMPROVERS - you will be at the right place at the right time. Most everyone has been blessed with some good rain, the best ever commercial cow market (good time to cull & replace with younger better stock) and now a great sale to buy QUALITY IN QUANTITY WITH CONFIDENCE while having a great time amongst the WHO'S WHO OF SIMBRAH & SIMBRAVIEH !!
You can see the sale catalog and video of the cattle online at www.cattleinmotion.com under LMC $ellabration. You can also bid and buy from your home or office just make sure to sign up early in case you have trouble signing up. |
| La Muneca Hosts Up Beat All Day Simbrah Event | ||
“La Muneca Cattle Co. celebrated its 24th Annual LMC Jr. Round Up and LMC Futurity on Oct. 1, 2011. 144 + juniors and 26 + adults participated in the judging contest. 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 – Hannah Wells, Joaquin Jasso and Katy Salyer, Intermediate – 1st – 3rd – Ellie Tilton, David Bevier and Vicente Gutierrez, Senior – 1st – 2nd – Michael Stehle, Matthew Garza and Try Trevino, Adult Champions – Scott Tilton, Leroy Stavinoha and Rodney Bargfrede. 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, Chorizo de San Manuel, Creative Awards, San Isidro FFA, The Brahman Review, La Muneca and the families of Dr. Oscar Alvarez, Tim Arnold, Benny Cano, Buck Rhyner, Doug Lightfoot, Robert Martinez and Raul Hinojosa. Speakers for the Field Day were Aaron Alejandro, Texas FFA Foundation, Dr. Robert Nelsen, President UTPA, Lynda Lopez, Fred Grahmann, Joelynn Donough, Joe Rathmann, Brad Cowan, Dean Fuchs, Benny Cano, Joe Mask, Victor Guerra and Liana Flores. Topics covered were – The Value of a College Education, How to Become a Leader, Showmanship, Selection, Judging, How 4-H & FFA has helped me, Dream Big, ATTITUDE, Hay Judging, How to Finance Your Project and The Future for Women in Agriculture. Over 200 Simbrah enthusiasts were treated at the Fifth Annual LMC Customer Appreciation Dinner after the Futurity,” stated Guerra. The 2011 LMC Special Award Winners were – LMC Volunteers of the Year – the Rene Vela Family, LMC Educator of the Year – Lydia Rendon – the LMC Supporters of the Year – Santos Escobar and Kelly Barnard families. “The 24th Annual LMC Futurity had over $10,000 awarded in premiums, 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. There were 52 head of cattle shown in the LMC Futurity by 39 different 4-H and FFA students. Judges were Joe Rathmann - cattle and Joelynn Donough - Showmanship. Winners are pictured below. The Champion Simbrah heifers were exhibited by Kallie Fuchs and Olivia Vela. The Champion Simbravieh heifers were shown by Emilio Flores and Nevada Huffman. The Champion Braunviehs were exhibited by Katy Salyer and Nevada Huffman. The Champion Brahmans were shown by Beth Quintanilla and Morgan Arnold. The Champion Steers were shown by Liana Flores and Yulissa Santana. Upcoming LMC JUNIOR EVENTS will be the Simbrah Synergy IV on Oct 21 & 22nd at Smith Genetics in Giddings, the Super Bowl during the San Antonio Jr. Show and the LMC Jackpot held in conjunction with the LMC $ellabration & $20,000 Jr. Show on March 23 & 24th, 2012. LMC juniors will compete for $100,000 in awards and premiums to be given out this next year at LMC sponsored 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 24th 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.
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LA MUNECA'S 23rd ANNUAL FIELD DAY & FUTURITY ONE OF THE BEST YET |
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La Muneca Hosts “La Muneca Cattle Co. celebrated its 23rd Annual LMC Jr. Round Up and LMC Futurity on Oct, 9, 2010. 135 + juniors and 36 + adults participated in the judging contest. 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, Doug Lightfoot and Ron Wells. The premium sponsor for the field day was the Darryl Raub Family,” stated Carlos X. Guerra. “The Field Day winners were : Junior – 1st – 3rd – Dawson Raub, Sevastian Garza and Ty Rhyner, Intermediate – 1st – 2nd – Blake Mosely and Collin Cass, Senior – 1st – 2nd – Quest Newberry and Callie Fuchs and Adult Champion – Steve Mosely. 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, Chorizo de San Manuel, Creative Awards, Cactus Country 4-H , RGC FFA, Bad Bob’s BBQ, Texas Dept. of Agriculture, La Muneca and the families of Buck Rhyner, Doug Lightfoot, Robert Martinez, Raul Hinojosa and Dr. Oscar Alvarez. Speakers for the Field Day were Dr. Robert Nelsen, President UTPA, Rachel & Brandon Cutrer, Rhonda Wells, Doug Denny, Dean & Paula Fuchs, Benny Cano, Joe Mask, Mary Dale Newsome, Victor and Carlos X. Guerra Jr. Topics covered were – The Value of a College Education, How to Become a Leader, Showmanship, Selection, Judging, How 4-H & FFA has helped me, A Mom’s Role in the 4-H & FFA Family, Hay Judging, How to Finance Your Project and The Future for Women in Agriculture. Over 200 Simbrah enthusiasts were treated at the Fourth Annual LMC Customer Appreciation Dinner after the Futurity,” stated Guerra. The 2010 LMC Special Award Winners were – LMC Volunteers of the Year – the Randy Barba Family, LMC Educator of the Year – Dean Fuchs – the LMC Supporters of the Year – Albert Martin & Sammy Salyer families. “The 23rd Annual LMC Futurity had over $10,000 awarded in premiums, 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 $1,000 in premiums to our Showmanship contest. There were 56 head of cattle shown in the LMC Futurity by 39 different 4-H and FFA students. Judges were Brandon Cutrer - Cattle and Rachel Cutrer - Showmanship. Winners are pictured below. The Champion Simbrah Heifers were exhibited by Kallie Fuchs. The Champion AOB Heifers were shown by Kallie Fuchs and Christopher Martin. The Champions Steers were exhibited by Hunter Sorrells and Liana Flores. The Champion Bull was shown by Nicholas Rabe. Upcoming LMC JUNIOR EVENTS will be the Simbrah Synergy III on October 23 & 24th at Smith Genetics in Giddings, the Super Bowl during the San Antonio Jr. Show and the LMC Jackpot held in conjunction with the MAS $15,000 SHOWDOWN VI on March 25 & 26th. 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 23rd 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.
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The Champion Steer - Simbravieh The Reserve Champion Steer - Simbravieh LMC Futurity Showmanship Winners - Junior Division LMC Futurity Showmanship Winners - Senior Division
The Annual LMC Awards were won by: 2009 LMC Jr. Round Up Judging Contest Buckle Winners: Champion AOB Heifer - Simbravieh Braunvieh Reserve Champion AOB Heifer - Simbravieh Morning speakers at the LMC Jr. Round Up included: Afternoon speakers at the LMC Jr. Round Up included:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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! |
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It has been three months since our last newsletter right before MAS V. Life is good at LMC. Our family's health is great, our grand kiddos are growing, our pastures have been blessed with some awesome rains, our calf crop is the best ever and the CONSUMER DEMAND is excellent. It has been 40 years since our pastures are this green in the middle of the CANICULA (dog days). I was checking on ASA's website and found out that La Muneca has sold and transferred Simbrah cattle to over 500 different people in the past ten years. We are proud that our cattle have had that kind of acceptance with the small, junior, commercial and large seedstock breeders. MAS V was a phenomenal event with good people from three countries and four states participating. We averaged $2,357 on 170 lots. Several new breeders were started at MAS V. Louie Flores and his cooking team fed over 3,000 plates of some good tasting food over a three day period. 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
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.
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.
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.
We also are going to have a fun auction with all proceeds going to establish a STBA Scholarship Endowment Fund. We have some great auction items headed up by a four color full page ad in the Brahman Review, a special semen tank from Brushy Creek Brahman Center, semen from HK Cattle, J D Hudgins-Locke Div., Double A, La Muneca, Jim Bob Trant, a trophy Whitetail hunt from Brady Benavidez Ranch, a halter breaking rack from Peter Garcia and Rey Ramon and many other very useful items. Brahman breeders are welcome to bring cattle to display. There will be a $50 per head charge with 100% of those proceeds also going to the scholarship fund. All of our humpies will be close by for you to evaluate.
We will be hosting our 23rd Annual LMC Jr. Round Up & Futurity on Saturday, Oct. 9th. It is an all day fun filled, family oriented, educational field day open to the public with no charge. LMC normally award around $8,000 in the LMC Futurity. It is an impressive show to watch. We will have speakers on judging, selection, feeding, fitting, showmanship, leadership and future roles for women in agriculture.
We will be at Simbrah Snyergy III at Smith Genetics on Oct 23rd. We will again award $15,000 to our junior clients the SHOWDOWN and plan on having another great sale. We are selling a six pack of our best Simbravieh show prospects and one ourstanding Polled Braunvieh herd bull prospect.
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MAS V SIMBRAH WEEKEND DRAWS BIGGEST CROWD EVER! |
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April 19,2010 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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! |
| SPECIAL ADDED DONATION LOTS TO RAFAEL & CARMEN GUERRA SCHOLARSHIP FUND AT MAS V | ||
THANK YOU TOM & LAURA ZULIM FOR YOUR CONTINUED GENEROSITY AND SUPPORT OF THE YOUTH EXPRESSED BY YOUR DONATION OF 100% OF YOUR INTEREST IN 3 LMC HS ROCCO x LMC HEY YOU CALVES THAT ARE AWESOME. Two full brothers and a full sib babydoll by Rocco x Hey You sell March 27th at La Muneca, with the proceeds going to the Rafael and Carmen Guerra Scholarship Fund. The two bull calves and show and donor prospect heifer calf are very exciting and combine Johnnie Walker Black, Morning Star, She Moves, and Red Moves in their pedigree. For more information on these exciting added lots, give Carlos a call at 956.802.1641 or email him at LaMunecaCattle@aol.com. |
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| FIRST EVER VIEH FEST WAS A GOOD ONE | ||
| Full Sale Report Coming Soon. |
| SIMBRAH SYNERGY II AVERAGES OVER $3,000 AND LA MUNECA BRED FEMALES TAKE HOME 3 OF THE 4 SIMBRAH TITLES IN THE $15,000 SHOWCASE |
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Volume purchases were made by Dr. Ernesto Guerra, Bet’M Ranch, Bud and Lupita Wentz, Wentz Cattle Co., Van Walters, Brenham, Texas; and Ronnie Reeves. New breeders who purchased at the Synergy included Circle V Ranch, Tioga, Texas; Lauren Griger, Wallis, Texas; Alan Zapalac, Orchard, Texas; Lance Monk, Bells City, Louisiana; Desiree Rangel, Mission, Texas; Joseph Ramsey, Austin, Texas; Val Walters, Brenham, Texas; Kristin Marshall, Giddings, Texas; James McBride, Hockley, Texas; Half Circle M Ranch, Bob Buresch, Frisco, Texas; Nathan and Lisa Naïve, Walton, Kentucky; Dan and Chris Grinstead, Iowa City, Iowa; Mulligan Farm, Kyle, Texas; Taryn Cunningham, Breckenridge, Texas; Kirbie Pritchard, Spring, Texas. Plan now for Synergy III, on the fourth weekend of October 2010. |
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| LMC ATZ MILEY GRAND CHAMPION SIMBRAH JANE HUNT WON $3,000 |
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| THE 22ND ANNUAL LA MUNECA FIELD DAY & CUSTOMER APPRECIATION FIESTA ON OCTOBER 3, 2009 | ||
“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. |
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| The Champion Heifer was exhibited by Kallie Fuchs of Columbus TX. She won a buckle and $500. The heifer was sired by T-Cat. The cattle were judged by Dr. Chris Boleman. | 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. |
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| The Champion Steer was exhibited by Braedon Raub of Lampasas with his LMC Johnnie Walker sired calf. He won a buckle and $300. | 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. |
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| LMC Futurity Showmanship Winners for the Junior division won two buckles and $2,800 in premiums. The judge was Kyle McManus. Winners were 1st to 7th – Adrianna de los Santos, Elisa Haggard, Blake Schultz, Collin Cass, Nicholas Bruekner, Braedon Raub and Mason Grant. | 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. |
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| The Annual LMC Awards were won by – LMC Educators of the Year – Drs. Chris and Joe Townsend, LMC Boosters of the Year – Tom Zulim Family and the LMC Volunteers of the Year – Ron Wells Family. | 2009 LMC Jr. Round Buckle Winners - Noel Saenz, Jerry Lugo and Daniel Saenz |
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| Champion AOB was a Braunvieh sire by PFI Walker and exhibited by Mason Grant. | Reserve Champion AOB was a Simbravieh sired by Vista 4Z Foresight exhibited by Megan Grant. |
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| Champion Bull was a Simbrah sired LM EF JW Black and exhibited by Blake Shultz. | Reserve Champion Bull was a Simbravieh sired by Vista 4Z Foresight and exhibited by Mason Grant. |
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| MAS IV SIMBRAH WEEKEND WAS A BIG SUCCESS | ||
April 20, 2009 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, Texas. Long time Sim-genetics guru Rex Ruckert from Oregon states “This was truly a rare and unique opportunity for kids and cattlemen. Multiple shows with huge prize money judged by industry heavyweights added to the fun for juniors, their families and the many spectators. The variety and quality of the seedstock from nine leading programs available in large quantities made it extremely enjoyable and cost effective for breeders of all ages and areas. The international flavor of the event combined with unsurpassed hospitality, great food and service was remarkable. MAS is a tremendously positive and financially viable concept that raised a lot of money for scholarships and gave a lot of young people additional valuable experience in the cattle business.” |
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| MAS IV SHOWDOWN EXHIBITORS |
| 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) Hunter Wells and Braedon Raub, (10 – 11 yrs.) Adrianna de los Santos and Elisa Haggard, (12 – 13 yrs.) Daniel Galvan and Maycie Wells, (14 – 15 yrs.) Zane Schooler and Dustin Black and (16 – 18 yrs.) Alyssa Martinez and Jordan Grahmann. The MAS Showmanship judge was Chase Groves. | ||
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| MAS IV SHOWDOWN Showmanship winners with their buckles and Judge Chase Groves, our new ASA Field Rep. who comes from a sim-genetics background. |
Zane Schooler from Lampasas won the SHOWDOWN Junior Division and Grand Champion Purebred Simbrah with his LMC heifer and received a $3,000 premium check. Charmaine Thomae from San Benito received a $1,500 premium for her Senior and Reserve Grand Champion sponsored by Louie Flores and La Muneca. Other division winners included Calf & Reserve Calf Champions – Samantha Greiner and Jordan Grahmann. Reserve Junior Champion - Hunter Sorrells, and Reserve Senior Champion - Hunter Wells. |
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| Zane Schooler with his SHOWDOWN Champion that later sold at MAS IV for $5,600 to the Ron Wells Family. ZANE WON $3,000 IN MAS PREMIUMS! |
Meagan Grant won the SHOWDOWN percentage show with her Simbravieh named LMC Dolly and received a $600 premium. Marco Flores won a $400 premium with his Reserve Champion, also a Simbravieh. All of the MAS champions were bred and sponsored by La Muneca and or Louie Flores. Hernando Guerra judged the MAS SHOWDOWN cattle show. There were 63 head in the MAS show. |
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LA MUNECA AWARDS $10,000 AT IT'S ANNUAL JACKPOT SHOW |
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| Jordan Grahmann purchased a 1/3 interest in the popular LMC WFC Dream Girl last year at MAS III and has had a phenomenal year with her winning the National, International, Super Bowl, Houston Junior and LMC Jackpot shows. A flush sold at MAS IV to Bet M Ranch for $5,100. CONGRATULATIONS Jordan on a job well done !! |
La Muneca Cattle Co also had their annual LMC Jackpot and awarded $10,000 in premiums to their junior clients. 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 LMC WFC Dream Girl exhibited by Jordan Grahmann followed by Reserve – LMC Barn Burner exhibited by Alyssa Martinez, 3rd & 7th – Zane Schooler, 4th – Leandra Flores, 5th – Regan Duleba, 6th – Liana Flores, 8th – Christopher Martin, 9th Elisa Haggard and 10th Emilio Flores. There were 36 head in the LMC Jackpot Show. |
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| Meagan Grant with LMC Dolly, a purebred Simbravieh and many times champion including the MAS IV and LMC Jackpot % shows. |
The LMC Jackpot percentage show was won by Meagan Grant with her Simbravieh heifer with Kristen Moncada winning reserve with her Simmental heifer. The Champion Bull was a Simbrah bull exhibited by Blake Schultz with the reserve being a Simbravieh exhibited by Shelby McCoy. The cattle were judged by Chris Shivers. |
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| Blake Schultz with his LMC Jackpot Champion Simbrah bull LMC Tyson that he bought at MAS III. He has shown him all over the South East winning several championships. CONGRATULATIONS Blake on being such a great ambassador for Simbrah. He bought LMC JW Red at MAS IV so be on the lookout for him in the Winner's Circle this next year. |
The Champion Senior Showmanship winners were Alyssa Martinez, 2nd –Jordan Grahmann, 3rd – Victoria Zulim, 4th – Liana Flores, 5th – Kristen Moncada, 6th – Hunter Sorrells and 7th – Shelby McCoy. The Champion Junior Showmanship winners were Adrianna de los Santos, 2nd – Emilio Flores, 3rd – Jonathan Padron, 4th – Leandra Flores, 5th Daniel Galvan, 6th – Blake Schultz and 7th Marcus Garcia. The top three Pee Wee Showmen were 1st – Hannah Wells, 2nd Cassie Flores ad 3rd Nicholas Brueckner. Showmanship was judged by Bruce and Melissa Van Meter. |
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| LMC Hey U - the 2009 SYNERGY Grand Champion, donated by the generous Zulim family. One of our best Braunvieh cows is another great female donated by the Zulims to kick off the Braunvieh Association Scholarship Foundation. MIL GRACIAS Tom, Laura and kiddos. |
Another highlight of the sale was the donation lots for the Rafael A. & Carmen Guerra Memorial Scholarship Fund. The top selling lot was the champion LMC Hey U heifer donated by the Tom Zulim family selling for $30,000 to Lockton Dunning Benefit Co. of Dallas, Enterprise Products Co. of Houston, Dr. Ernesto Guerra, Alvaro Gonzalez and La Muneca. Other donors were Vela Cattle Co., Gilbert & Emma Garza, Franco Trevino, Larry St. Cyr and La Muneca Cattle Co.. Buyers were Tom Zulim, Felo & Stef Martinez, Urie Shiba, Dr. Boyd Bien, Felo, Hector and Gerardo Guerra, Luis Yzaguirre, Kito Saenz, La Negra Cattle Co., Jimmie Grant and La Muneca. A total of $58,550 was raised for the Rafael & Carmen Guerra Memorial Scholarship Fund. |
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| Victor Guerra with long time LMC buyer and great friend Fred Grahmann, and South African bull buyer Johann Van Jaarsveld who bought the top selling bull, LMC Suave. |
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. |
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| LMC LF Resistol, top selling Braunvieh bull selling to the leading Braunvieh Breeder in America - Broken Oak Ranch. He is a full sib to our best cow WTR Baylee. We have some great Braunvieh and Simbravieh ET Calves out of this great cow for sale now. |
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. |
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| LMC WFF Pistolero - sire of the top selling Brahman bull and heifer. |
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 |
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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. |
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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 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. |
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BOENING & GRAHMANN IN THE BIG MONEY AT SAN ANTONE |
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February 20, 2009 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. |
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BBS JENNIE WALKER 2009 Grand Champion Female San Antonio Jr. Show - Sired by JWB Congratulations Kayla! |
LMC WFC MS. DREAM GIRL 2009 Grand Champion Female - Superbowl 2009 Reserve Grand Champion - San Antonio Jr. Congratulations Jordan! |
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| FORT WORTH CROSSED OUR MINDS | ||
At the recent 2009 National Simbrah Show held in Fort Worth, Texas, La Muneca was proud to have bred 3 of the 4 Champions. La Muneca also bred 5 of the 6 Division Champions in the Bull show. |
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| LMC WFC DREAM GIRL |
| The National Champion Female was LMC WFC Dream Girl, exhibited by Jordan Grahmann of Halletsville, Texas. Dream Girl was selected as the first pick of our Smith Nu Wave II x LMC Diva calves at the MAS III sale and a flush from this National Champion Female will be one of the highlights from 6G Ranch’s offering at MAS IV. We commend Jordan and the Grahmann Family for a job well done selecting and exhibiting the2009 National Champion Female. | ||
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| LMC WY NO LIMIT |
| The National Champion Bull was LMC WY No Limit, exhibited by Aaron Gonzalez of Tres Potrillos Ranch in McAllen, Texas. No Limit was purchased private treaty and is sired by the 2005 International Champion LMC Smith RFI Red Bullet and out of a Wayne Yeager bred cow. Congratulations to Aaron and his family on selecting and exhibiting the 2009 National Champion Bull, making it TWO NATIONAL CHAMPION BULLS IN A ROW for La Muneca bred bulls. | ||
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| LMC ATZ DR. FEELGOOD |
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! |
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| LMC WFC MOOSE |
| LMC WFC Moose was named Reserve Calf Champion Bull and was the third pick of the Smith Nu Wave II x LMC Diva calves in MAS III which makes him a full sib to the 2009 National Champion Female, LMC WFC Dream Girl. Moose is jointly owned by Bud & Lupita Wentz who purchased LMC Diva in MAS II, Smith Genetics who purchased the pick in MAS III and La Muneca. Congratulations to the Wentz’s and Smith Genetics on Moose’s National Show success and we appreciate all that you all do for Simbrah. | ||
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| LMC HS ROCCO |
| Dr. Ernesto Guerra of BET’M Ranch in Castroville, Texas saw his Synergy I acquisition, LMC HS Rocco take National Intermediate Division Champion Bull honors. Rocco is out of the only daughter of the immortal LM She Moves donor, PRR Morning Star and is sired by LMC EF Johnnie Walker Black. The judges were very impressed with the totality Rocco possessed and were optimistic about Rocco’s future, so are we. Congratulations to our partners on Rocco, BET’M Ranch and Honeycutt Simbrah’s and thank you for all of your support. | ||
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| LMC SOLDIER |
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! |
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| POLLED LIGHTNING DAUGHTER STRIKES AGAIN AT THE ROYAL | ||
November 18, 2008 TLC Anna’s Light, exhibited by Brock Courtney of Pryor, Oklahoma and bred by A W Thorne Land and Cattle, Inc. was crowned Grand Champion Purebred/Fullblood Braunvieh Female at the 2008 American Royal in Kansas City, Missouri. Anna’s Light has also been crowned Champion Female in Tulsa and the Jr. Nationals in 2008. This young Polled Lightning daughter has proved herself to be a major success, with the best yet to come as she enters the 09’ season on a roll. Congratulations to Brock for exhibiting Anna’s Light and to the Thorne’s for breeding this phenomenal female. If you are looking for MAJOR SUCCESS, consider POLLED LIGHTNING. Semen sells for $30.00 per unit with a ten unit minimum, available at Elgin Breeding Services. |
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TLC Anna's Light 2008 Grand Champion Braunvieh Female Junior Nationals, Tulsa State Fair & American Royal |
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| SIMBRAH SYNERGY I PROVES TO BE A HUGE SUCCESS | ||
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Grand Champion Purebred Female LMC Hey U Exhibited by Victoria Zulim Bred by La Muneca - VICTORIA WON $3,000! |
Reserve Champion Purebred Female Sired by Red Moves & Exhibited by Liana Flores Bred by La Muneca - LIANA WON $1,500! |
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Grand Champion Percentage Female Exhibited by Marco Flores & Bred by La Muneca Sired by Meyer 734 - MARCO WON $600! |
Reserve Champion Percentage Female Exhibited by Hunter Sorrells & Bred by La Muneca Sired by Johnnie Walker - HUNTER WON $400! |
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2008 Simbrah Synergy I Showmanship Winners JUNIORS COMPETED FOR & RECEIVED $7,500 |
LA MUNECA HOSTS UP BEAT ALL DAY SIMBRAH EVENT |
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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. "A BIG HEARTY THANKS goes out to all of our juniors, their families, our speakers, donors and VOLUNTEERS for helping to make our 21st 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. |
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The Champion Heifer was exhibited by Mike de los Santos of Linn, TX. She won a buckle and $450. The heifer was sired by LMC Black Bullet. The cattle were judged by Mike Luna. |
The Reserve Champion heifer was exhibited by Zane Schooler of Lampasas. He won a buckle and $350. She is a LMC Rico daughter. The top seven were selected with the following results from 3rd to 7th – Christopher Martin, Marco Flores, Zane Schooler, Hunter Sorrells and Braedon Raub, winning a total of $1,550. |
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The Champion Steer was exhibited by Faith Fletcher of Sinton with her LMC Johnnie Walker sired Simbrah calf. She won a buckle and $400. |
The Reserve Champion steer was exhibited by Marco Flores of Linn with his LMC Johnnie Walker sired Simbravieh calf. He won a buckle and $300. The top seven were selected with the following results from 3rd to 7th – Hunter Sorrells, Troy Helle, Hayden McGhee, Brooke Sorrells and Braedon Raub winning a total of $1,325. |
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| Braedon Raub from Lampasas with his LMC Futurity Champion AOB Heifer, a Braunvieh sired by BOR Encino. | Collin Cass from Odem with his LMC Futurity Reserve AOB Champion Heifer, a Braunvieh sired by Black Joker | |||
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| Shelby McCoy from McAllen with her LMC Futurity Champion AOB Bull, a Simbravieh sired by LMC Red Bullet. | Tyler Kelley from Sharyland with his LMC Futurity Reserve Champion AOB Bull, a Braunvieh sired by Final Answer. | |||
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LMC Futurity Showmanship Winners for the Junior division won two buckles and $1,350 in premiums. The judge was Cherie Carrabba. Winners were 1st to 7th – Regan Duleba (buckle + $400), Alex de los Santos (buckle +$300), Adrianna de los Santos ($200), Kelli Kolodziej ($150), Braedon Raub($125), Collin Cass ($100) and Faith Fletcher ($75). |
Senior Winners won two buckles and $2,650 in premiums. Winners were 1st to 7th - Zane Schooler (buckle + $750), Marco Flores (buckle + $500), Eric Young ($450), Art Garcia Jr. ($350), Hayden McGhee ($250), Abraham Lopez ($200) and Hunter Sorrells ($150). |
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| The Carlos X. Guerra family with the LMC 2008 Special Award winners – 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 (not pictured) families. THANKS for all you guys do !! | Bruce Kroeker from premium Sponsor Compass Bank with Carlos & Stehanie Guerra with the top nine winners of the LMC Field Day contests. Juniors – Victor & Juan Aguilar and Jason Kolodziej, Intermediate – Omar Montalvo, Analisa Casarez and Rhae Ann Jobe-Stark and Seniors – Christopher Martin, Daniel Saenz and Omar Garcia. |
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LMC Field Day morning speakers (L-R) Victor Guerra, Michael Grahmann, Carlos X. Guerra, Joe Mask and Brad Cowan |
LMC Field Day afternoon speakers – Carlos X. Guerra, Luis Saldana, Stephanie Guerra, Cherie Carrabba, Aaron Alejandro and Michael Grahmann |
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SIMBRAH SYNERGY AND AMERICAN JUNIOR SIMBRAH ROUNDUP SET FOR OCTOBER 24th - 26th |
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Smith Genetics La Muneca Cattle Company Burch Farms
Reavis Farms Rafter M Cattle Company Hagan Cattle Company
McRary Farms Meadows Cattle Company Whitaker Livestock
Triple P Ranch Triple J Cattle Company Pine Ridge Ranch
A schedule and more information will be available soon. Please be checking our For Sale link to view La Muneca’s consignments and we hope to see you at SYNERGY. |
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| LA MUNECA WILL HOST ITS 21st ANNUAL JR. ROUNDUP ON OCTOBER 4, 2008 | ||
More Information Coming Soon! |
| BRAUNVIEH WORLD MAGAZINE FEATURES LA MUNECA AND LOUIE FLORES OPERATION | ||
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LA MUNECA JUNIORS THRIVE AT LEADERSHIP ORIENTED 2008 TJSSA FUTURITY |
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The results from most events were not announced until the banquet, which capped a fun filled and educational event that provided a unique opportunity for youth to pick up leadership traits through their cattle projects. This year's futurity saw growth in numbers and synergy amongst all who attended the event. La Muneca SALUTES and CONGRATULATES all competitor's at this year's futurity, especially the following members of the La Muneca Junior Team:
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Novice Participants Mia Barba Runner Up Showmen Elisa Haggard Reserve Grand Champion Showmen |
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Intermediate Division Lesli Garrett 2008-2009 TJSSA Vice President 10th Overall Simbrah Heifer 4th Cattlemen's Quiz 2nd Public Speaking 2nd Judging / Oral Reasons 2nd Sales Talk 1st Showmanship Reserve High Point Individual Overall Lindsay Garrett 2008-2009 TJSSA President 1st Cattlemen's Quiz 1st Public Speaking 5th Judging / Oral Reasons 1st Sales Talk 2nd Showmanship High Point Individual Overall |
Marla Cantu (Rookie) 9th Place Intermediate Showmanship Mallory Mobly (Rookie) 5th Place Sales Talk Victoria Zulim (Rookie) 3rd Overall Simbrah Heifer 7th Public Speaking 3rd Sales Talk 6th Showmanship 7th Individual Overall High Poing Rookie |
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Senior Division Megan Barba 2008-2009 TSSA Queen 3rd Overall Cow/Calf Pair 7th Cattlemen's Quiz 5th Public Speaking 9th Judging / Oral Reasons 8th Sales Talk 5th Showmanship 6th Individual Overall Alyssa Cantu (Rookie) 9th Cattlemen's Quiz 7th Judging / Oral Reasons 9th Sales Talk 8th Showmanship 9th Individual Overall |
Richard Foster 2nd Cattlemen's Quiz 2nd Public Speaking 6th Judging / Oral Reasons 2nd Sales Talk 2nd Showmanship Reserve High Poing Individual Overall Victor A. Guerra Memorial Scholarship Recipient |
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Once again CONGRATULATIONS to all participant's and THANK YOU to all of the volunteers who made this great event possible. For more information on the event visit www.tjssa.com. |
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Victoria Zulim and LMC Hey U who was named the 3rd Overall Simbrah Female |
Top (L-R) Ellen Tom, Tammy Glascock, Victor Guerra and Tom Zulim with the 2008 Scholarship Recipients, (L-R) Richard Foster, Amanda Meadows, Daniel Schick, Stephanie Pena and Jordan Willey |
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LA MUNECA CONSIGNMENT TOPS BUZZARD HOLLOW'S DESIGNER CLASSIC SALE |
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MAS III SIMBRAH WEEKEND CONTINUES TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE |
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A highlight of the weekend was the $15,000 awarded in premium money to the MAS 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) Braedon Raub and Hunter Wells, (10 – 11 yrs.) Maycie Wells and Adrianna de los Santos, (12 – 13 yrs.) Alex de los Santos Jr. and Hunter Sorrells, (14 – 15 yrs.) Mikey de los Santos and Liana Flores and (16 – 18 yrs.) Lindsay and Lesli Garrett. The MAS Showmanship judges were Wes Tiemann and Steven Kahla.
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Calf and Grand Champion LMC BB Muneca Exhibited by Mikey de los Santos of Linn, Texas MIKEY WON $3,000 IN MAS PREMIUMS |
Senior and Reserve Champion LMC Tatiana Exhibited by Lindsay Garrett of Canton, Texas LINDSAY RECIEVED $1,500 IN MAS PREMIUMS |
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Grand Champion Percentage Female LMC Ivey Rose Exhibited by Hunter Sorrells of Sinton, Texas HUNTER RECIEVED $600 IN MAS PREMIUMS |
Reserve Champion Percentage Heifer LMC Meyer 734 Muneca Exhibited by Marco Flores of Linn, Texas MARCO RECIEVED $400 IN MAS PREMIUMS |
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LA MUNECA AWARDS $7,500 IN PREMIUMS AT THE 2008 LMC JACKPOT SHOW HELD DURING MAS III SIMBRAH WEEKEND |
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The Champion Junior Showmanship winners were Adrianna de los Santos, 2nd – Victoria Zulim, 3rd – Liana Flores, 4th – Regan Duleba, 5th Abigail Hanna, 6th – Hunter Wells and 7th – Victor Guerra. The Champion Senior Showmanship winners were Alyssa Martinez, 2nd –Marco Flores, 3rd – Mikey de los Santos, 4th – Charmaine Thomae, 5th – Aaron Gonzalez, 6th – Jacob Agado and 7th – Abraham Lopez. Showmanship was judged by Tim Smith. The cattle were judged by Hernando Guerra, a long time and prominent breeder from Mexico.
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Grand Champion LMC RM Muneca Exhibited by Jackson Hanna of McAllen, Texas |
Reserve Champion LMC BP Muneca Exhibited by Marla Cantu of Edinburg, Texas |
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Long time beef cattle enthusiast Martha Garrett stated, “The MAS event is one of a kind for youth as well as Simbrah breeders. For our youth it provides the opportunity to learn about marketing, genetics, visit with the breed's leading producers and to make friends from across the Simbrah world. In addition, the show provides youth a way to be financially rewarded for selecting Simbrah. It is an exciting two days for the breed and shows the strength of the breed as well as the commitment of the breeders.” Another highlight of the sale was the donation lots for the Rafael A. & Carmen 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, Joe & Nelda Rodriguez, Richard Foster, Louie Flores, Smith Genetics and La Muneca Cattle Company. Buyers were Broken Oak Ranch, Dr. Ernesto Guerra, Felo & Stef Martinez, Dr. Boyd Bien, Felo Guerra, Kito Saenz, Bud & Lupita Wentz, Hernando Guerra, Donald Kelley, Mike Guerra, Ted Kohleppell, Tom Zulim, Richard Foster and La Muneca. $29,500 was raised for the Rafael A Guerra Memorial Scholarship Fund, $2,200 for the American Jr. Simbrah Round Up Scholarship Fund and $2,300 for the ASA Simbrah Advisory Committee for a total of $34,000. One of the original goals of MAS was to expand our bull markets which we successfully have done selling 154 yearling bulls for a $2,237 average in three sales. The top selling bull, LMC VG Go Getter was consigned by La Muneca and Victor Guerra. He is the 2008 Reserve National & International Champion bull and sold for $11,000 to George Guerra and Jose Luis Garza from Rio Grande City, Texas. The 2nd and 3rd top selling bulls were consigned by La Muneca, Reavis and Smith Genetics selling for $7,500 to Alvaro Gonzalez from McAllen, Texas and $4,250 to Andy Prukop from McCook, Texas. The 4th and 5th top sellers were consigned by La Muneca and are full ET sibs by Red Bullet selling for $4,200 and $3,800 to Robert Seaman from Houston, Texas and Darrell Sklar from Edna, Texas. 46 bulls grossed $113,700 to average $2,472. The top selling flush was out of LM Victor’s Patty, the dam to the top selling bull and was consigned by Victor Guerra, a junior exhibitor and La Muneca selling for $2,500 to Smith and Reavis from Giddings, Texas and Mission, Texas. Two flushes grossed $4,500 to average $2,250 on two flushes. The sale seemed to get stronger as the night went on with lots of consumer demand for the bred heifers topped by ½ interest in LMC Tatiana by Red Bullet selling for $9,500 to Bruce and Melissa Van Meter from Rome, Georgia. She was consigned by the future Aggie Lindsay Garrett who won many major shows with her. The second top selling bred heifer was a T-Cat daughter consigned by Marco Flores, a junior exhibitor and La Muneca selling for $5,000 to Bud & Lupita Wentz. The 3rd top bred heifer was consigned by John Russell and La Muneca and bought by Skip Butler from Chapman Ranch, Texas. The fourth top seller was a Precision Red daughter with EPD’s in the top 1% of the breed selling for $3,200 to Doug Lightfoot. 31 bred heifers grossed $78,550 to average $2,534. The percentage (3/4 Simmental x 1/4 Brahman) offering was topped by two daughters of LMC Mariah consigned by La Muneca. The top seller by WLE Overload sold ½ interest for $6,400 to 6G ranch from Rock Island, Texas. The 2nd top seller by Dream On sold ½ interest for $6,200 to La Negra Cattle Co. from Edinburg, Texas. The 3rd top seller was a Meyer 734 daughter consigned by Louie Flores and La Muneca and sold ½ interest for $5,000 to Braedon Raub from Lampasas, Texas.
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The Alvaro Gonzalez Family was the volume buyer at MAS III. They were also the second volume buyer at MAS II |
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Half interest in LMC TATIANA topped the female offering selling for $9,500 to Bruce & Melissa Van Meter |
LMC VG GO GETTER was the high selling bull demanding a $11,000 bid from Jorge Guerra and Jose Luis Garza |
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A BIG HEARTY LMC THANKS TO ALL OF THE MAS III BIDDERS, BUYERS, SUPPORTERS & VOLUNTEERS! |
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LA MUNECA AWARDS OVER $12,000 AT THEIR 20TH ANNUAL LMC JR. ROUND UP |
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2007 LA MUNECA SPECIAL AWARD WINNERS (not pictured are Jodi McManus and Bud & Lupita Wentz) |
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La Muneca Awards LMC Boosters of the Year Bud & Lupita Wentz of Olmito, Texas and Richard & Betsy Foster of Wallis, Texas LMC Educators of the Year Kyle & Jodi McManus of Sinton, Texas LMC Volunteers of the Year Doug & Karen Lightfoot of Needville, Texas We appreciate all that you all do for us here at La Muneca and we could not do it without you fine folks. Mil Gracias Amigos! Field Day Winners Division Winner Junior Mykaela Garza Intermediate Sarah Ponce Senior Amanda Ochoa Adult Sheryl Sims Many Thanks to the donors and sponsors for giving of your resources to benefit the youth at the Round-Up. Door Prize Donors Farm & Ranch - Kito Saenz Hidalgo County Farm Bureau Frank Trevino Family Louie Flores Family G & S Glass Cactus Country 4-H Club Charlie Murphy Family Doug Lightfoot Family Rolando Guerra - ING Sinton Feed Store Morenos Feed & Pet Store Stillman 4-H Club Special Awards Donors Michael Grahmann Family Darryl Raub Family Buckle Donors Scott Martin Santos Escobar Lyssy & Eckel La Muneca Cattle Co. Premium Sponsors Texas State Bank Frost Bank Rey Ramon Family |
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La Muneca would like to CONGRATULATE Lesli and Lindsay Garrett of Canton, Texas on all of their recent Jr. Simbrah Heifer Major Championships. In 2007 Lindsay and LMC Tatiana, a Red Bullet daughter were selected:
While in 2008, Lesli recently led her newest Muneca, LMC Miss Izabella, who is also sired by Red Bullet to the winners circle as a calf by being selected:
CONGRATULATIONS Lindsay on being selected Grand Champion Showman at the 2008 Fort Worth Jr. Simbrah Heifer Show. Lindsay’s Jr. Show career will be coming to an end when she graduates this May and heads to Texas A&M University. In an effort to help her attain her education Lindsay will be consigning her half of LMC Tatiana in MAS III giving breeders a tremendous opportunity to own a Simbrah Superstar. Both these young ladies have worked hard over the years and are well deserving of this success. We wish both sisters the very best as they look to build on these major championships in 2008.
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DE LOS SANTOS JR. & FOSTER PICK UP MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 2007! |
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Richard Foster of Wallis, Texas started the year off right leading his Red Bullet daughter, LMC Hottie Tottie to a big win in Cow Town as a calf. Richard purchased her in the MAS I sale as the pick of the first ever Red Bullet calves. Richard and Hottie Tottie were selected:
Mike de los Santos Jr. of Linn, Texas made it to the winners’ circle at the always competitive and heavily coveted San Antonio Jr. Simbrah Heifer Show. Mikey works hard at home and it showed as he stuck his young TCat daughter like a champ and was picked:
Congratulations gentlemen on your Jr. Simbrah Heifer Major Championships, keep up the good work and best of luck to you in 2008.
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MAS II SIMBRAH WEEKEND ANOTHER HUGE SUCCESS! |
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Over 500 spirited Simbrah enthusiasts were in attendance at the MAS Simbrah SHOWDOWN and Sale II held March 28th & 29th at La Muneca Ranch near Linn, TX. Longtime Sim-genetics guru Warren Garret wrote “Congratulations on another awesome event! There was more excitement, more involvement and more commitment shown at this sale than last year's. The hospitality was incredible, the cattle were wonderful and the attitude of all those who attended and/or participated was electrifying. Progress for the advancement of the Simbrah breed continues to be made with this show and sale. 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.” |
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LA MUNECA AWARDS $8,750 AT THE 2007 LMC JACKPOT HELD DURING MAS II |
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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 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. 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. |
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Liana Flores from Linn, Tx won the SHOWDOWN Grand Champion Purebred Simbrah with LMC Miss Texas and received a $3,000 premium check. |
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Jordan Grahmann from Halletsville, Tx received $1,500 for his SHOWDOWN Reserve Grand Champion, LMC Blueberry. |
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Alvaro Gonzales Family - 2nd Volume buyers |
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Joe and Nelda Rodriguez Buyers of top selling cow at MAS II. |
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ON BEHALF OF MAS LA MUNECA CATTLE COMPANY WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE ALL THE EXHIBITORS AND THANK THE BUYERS FOR MAKING MAS II WEEKEND ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL EVENT! |
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MAS SIMBRAH WEEKEND A HUGE SUCCESS!!! |
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Over 500 spirited Simbrah enthusiasts were in attendance at the MAS Simbrah SHOWDOWN and
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
Marco Flores won the SHOWDOWN Grand Champion Purebred Simbrah with LMC Swan and received a $3,000 premium check. Michael de los
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
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
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. 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
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
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Carlos X. Guerra with MAS Simbrah sale volume buyers Bud & Lupita Wentz from Olmito and second volume buyer Dr. Ernesto C. Guerra owner of Bet'M Ranch from Castroville. |
Rafael A. Guerra Memorial Scholarship Donation lots raised $39,300. Pictured are Mrs Rafael A. "Carmen" Guerra, Laura Guerra Ramirez, Dr. and Mrs. John Westfall, Rickey Burch, Dr. Ernesto C. Guerra and Felo Guerra. |
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The top selling herd bull/show steer prospect at the MAS Simbrah sale 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. |
Darrel Sklar from Edna was a repeat volume bull buyer at the MAS Simbrah sale. He is shown with Fred Grahmann, owner of 6G Ranch and Carlos X. Guerra from La Muneca Cattle Co. |
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Mike de los Santos from Linn won $1,500 in premiums at the MAS Simbrah SHOWDOWN with his purebred Simbrah named LMC CoCO sired by LMC Chacoal. Mike also won the LMC Jackpot with another of his LMC heifers. |
Marco Flores from Linn won $3,000 with his purebred Simbrah MAS SHOWDOWN Champion named LMC Swan sired by 6G LM TKO. He also sold a flush out of her to Bet'M Ranch for $4,500 in the MAS Sale. |
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The MAS family presented a plaque to Carlos & Sister Guerra at the beginning of the sale to express their appreciation for their long term dedication to the Simbrah breed and youth development. Pictured making the presentation are Michael Grahmann, Aaron Vela - MAS Chairman, and Victor Guerra. |
Jordan Grahmann from Halletsville won $400 in premiums at the MAS SHOWDOWN with his 3/4 x 1/4 heifer sired by PCC Night Moves and LM 5C-35. Jordan also sold some frozen embryos out of his champion in the MAS Sale. |
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Cassie Saenz from Edinburg won $600 in premiums at the MAS Perceentage show with LMC Gorgeous, a 3/4 x 1/4 heifer sired by Kenco Powerline out of LMC Sophie. The judge was Ken Persyn from Castroville. |
Wally and Irma Perez from Italy, TX were the third volume buyers at the MAS Simbrah sale. They are just starting their Simbrah program and bought lots of good cattle. |
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These MAS Simbrah SHOWDOWN junior exhibitors competed for and won $15,000 in prize money put up by the nine MAS Sponsors - 6G Ranch, La Muneca Cattle Co. , La Negra Cattle Co., LPJ Ranch, Monte Cristo Ranch, Reavis Farms Inc., RGV Cattle Co., Thunder Cattle Co. and Vela Cattle Co. |
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LA MUNECA AWARDS $8000 AT ANNUAL LMC JACKPOT |
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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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Champion Simbrah Heifer Mike de los Santos, Linn |
Reserve Champion Simbrah Heifer Hondo Martinez, Santa Elena |
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Champion Percentage Simbrah Heifer $300 Winner Sired by PCC Night Moves Jordan Grahmann, Halletsville |
Reserve Champion Percentage Simbrah Heifer $200 Winner Sired by Kenco Powerline Cassandra Saenz, Edinburg |
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