What a historic time to be in the cattle business! Over the past several months we have seen cattle prices we never dreamed were possible at the commercial level. As every- one knows, the size of the American cow herd has dropped to 1950’s level and herd expansion has not taken place in any significant form. All signs right now indicate that the market will be good for the foreseeable future and beyond for those of us that make beef our busi- ness. We are very excited to bring these bulls and heifers to you for your appraisal. After over 30 years in the Red Angus business building our breeding program, I think most will agree this is the best set we have ever offered. Bulls with actual real world performance, size and doability. It has not came easy as we have many times bucked the trends, fads and temptations to jump on the “popu- lar bull of the year” that many have followed. We have selected our breeding stock to perform on our endophyte infected fescue pastures and we have cow families we can trace back 30+ years in our herd. We select herd sires we feel will go head to head with any sire available in an AI catalog. We fully expect the bulls and heifers offered here in our sale to go home to their new owners operation and not only thrive but to also improve the genetics in their prospective herds. The bulls are fed in large pens that are 1/4 mile long so the bulls get plenty of exercise and have free choice hay in front of them at all times. Their feed is carefully controlled to insure that they achieve their maximum genetic potential and not over fed to the point that they will have issues as they go to
work for the new homes. We feed them like we like to buy them. The heifers are fed right with our own replacement heifers as well. Graystone Cattle Co. is solely owned and operated by our family with my wife Kaye and son Wyatt with some added help from my Kelpie stock dog Jet when it comes to moving cattle. Sale day you will likely see my sister, Cindy and Mike running the kitchen for the meal after the sale and my mom, Dorothy, will be there as head dessert maker and social director. Kaye and I hope you can join us for our 8th annual production sale. Please come and enjoy our hospitality and make sure you stay after the sale for the meal! Sincerely , Stuart & Kaye Gilbert & The Entire Gilbert Clan
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