Transcript
A (0:00)
All right, so I got a really neat opportunity able to do a preview for Mr. Drew Brown. Him and his family there at brown farm alongside VC2 show cattle are having their final four fall born genetic sale there on April 5th. You can find it on SC. Drew actually reached out to me. He's been a fan and he likes how this goes and so I'm able to represent them and very excited. Drew, walk me through kind of what your thoughts are on the sale, what the primary goal is that you'll try to accomplish. And after that we'll go through the lots.
B (0:29)
Hey Weston, I really appreciate you taking the to do this with me today. Like I said, I'm Drew Brown here in Bloomingdale, Indiana with Brown Farms. And then I'm going to speak on behalf of Jake Cunningham and the Cunningham family there at BC2 show cattle there in Darlington, just about 45 minutes northeast of us. But you know, kind of had the opportunity to work with them over the past few years and it's been a great partnership kind of just to touch base a little bit on what we do here and what our goal is. I guess it's kind of, for lack of a better term, so bald over the past couple years. But you know, I came home there in 2024 and had our first sale here at our new sale facility and just started to roll from there. Kind of primarily raise Angus and Simmental cattle and some percent scimitars as well. And then over the last couple years we've integrated a little bit and changed things and gone ahead and raised some mains and keys and Jake has a big focus on that and you'll see on here as well. There's even a show steer opportunity. And I think that's something you can see kind of our operations heading a little bit more towards in the near future as well. You know, things are always changing, but ultimately our goal is helping families reach their goals and raising high quality livestock that we like. And we can feel comfortable and happy about standing behind because ultimately that's our passion.
A (2:05)
Yes, sir. No, I completely agree. And you start the sale off with lot one. She'd be listed as tag 20. This would be a 24 carat on the Sandy 2118. This is an October born female and purebred Angus. I like the female a whole lot, especially from profile. I think her maternal silhouette highlights an awesome sweep from fore rib to flank with a very, very exceptional hip and hind leg. Talk to about her and what you think of her and her story as well.
B (2:31)
So I'll just I'll kind of hit on this ball born deal a little bit. You know, we, we're big on quality over quantity just kind of here at the farm anyways. And so we put in, we put in some fall eggs last year obviously and we had four of them stick and all four of them are represented in this sale right here. But you know, probably one of my personal favorites and whether it's the mating or just going out and studying them is this lot one. She's a 24 karat 2118 that you know, kind of belovedly known here around the farm as the birdie cow. She's kind of our first donor, I guess that you would say that really hit a lick and she did so in a big way she would be our first million dollar producing female in her lifetime. She's an 8 year old cow but you know, just had this will be our fifth ET crop that we're rolling into this year and she's just done nothing but impress us from the very beginning. This female I think represents all the good things about that donor cow, like really, really good in terms of her shoulder build and her knee build. Awesome in terms of the sweep and just attractive balanced look to her center body and then hip and hind leg. That just allows her to kind of like stand the test of time for me. And that's going to be big I think especially in this senior yearling division, you know, when they go on, you know, next year at junior nationals. The ones that are sound and can maintain good structure and everything else, those are going to be the ones that rise to the top and then you know, mated back on 24 carat. If you're in the Angus deal or you're not in the Angus deal, you've probably heard of this bull. He makes them super eccentric up front and that's where she really excels as well too. So just a really nice blend of both those kind of powerhouse animals.