The 13th Annual Pride of the Prairie Sale was held on Saturday, December 12, 2009 at the C-Mor Beef Sale Facility near Seymour, IL. A large number of breeders were in attendance as well as many on the cell phones via the combines as IL has apprx. 30 % of the corn crop is still in the field. This breeder group include C-More Beef Farms, Circle A Simmentals and Adcock Land & Livestock, Blackford Show Cattle, Fox Creek Cattle Farm, Charles Myerscough Show Cattle, Robb Simmental, Stoerger Simmentals as well as new additions of Allen’s 5X Farm, Northland Farms and Wright-Way Simmentals. This exceptional offering of show heifers will gather their share of the purple in the coming year.

High Selling Honors:
	Lot #1      JWA Nicolette 917W        $9,200 PVF ALL Payday 702 x Oval F Nicolette N443 - Open Consignor: Adcock Land & Livestock Buyer: Rincher Simmental, Strasburg, IL
	Lot #42     ALL PVF Missie 9023       $6,500 S A V Payroll 5281 x ALL PVF Missie 1646 – Purebred Angus Open Consignor: Adcock Land & Livestock Buyer: Prairie Cattle Company, Lafayette, IN
	Lot #3      FC Molly Maid W202      $6,400 SS Undreamabull R308 x HFS Mollys Destiny - Open Consignor: Fox Creek Cattle Farm Buyer: K- Lee Simmentals & Jessica Stamer, Hospers, IA
	Lot #14      CMB Miss Windstar W658       $6,000 SVF/NJC Built Right N48 x RSF Ms Force 471S - Open Consignor: C-MOR Beef Farms Buyer: Hamilton Brothers, LeRoy, IL
	Lot #32       CMSC Makin My Mark W212       $5,000 GWS Ebony’s Trademark 6N x HILCO Gonna B Fancy 212S - Open Consignor: Charlie Myerscough Show Cattle Buyer: Junck’s Simmentals, Sioux City, IA
	Lot #2      CMSC Miss Remarkable W110       $4,800 Triple C Invasion R47K x Misti 110P - Open Consignor: Charlie Myerscough Show Cattle Buyer: Craig Kurtz, Dunlap, IL
	Lot #7      CMB Miss Winona W507       $4,250 SVF/NJC Built Right N48 x CMB Roxie R7 - Open Consignor: C-MOR Beef Farms Buyer: Charles Wilson, Franklin, KY
	Lot #33      CMB Whoa Nellie W712      $4,200 CMB Black Cherry T210 x CMB Coalette T312 - Open Consignor: C-MOR Beef Farms Buyer: Makenzie Vinson, Fithian, IL
	Lot #11       CMB Miss Wildflower W670      $4,100 SVF/NJC Built Right N48 x CLW WTR Nelly S050 - Open Consignor: C-MOR Beef Farms Buyer: AKA Livestock and Allen's 5x Farms, Thomasboro, IL
	Lot #25      CMB Miss Whisper       $3,600 SVF/NJC Built Right N48 x CMB Polly P28 - Open Consignor: C-MOR Beef Farms Buyer: Jones Show Cattle, Harrod, OH
	Lot #58     LAA Libby 812U      $3,600 SS Undreamabull R308 x Circle A Camielle 098K - Open Consignor: Circle A Simmentals Buyer: Cecil McVey, Assumption, IL
	Lot #34      CMB Miss Wendy W721       $3,400 CMB Black Cherry T210 x CMB Tina T217 - Open Consignor: C-MOR Beef Farms Buyer: Kaleb Pruemer, Shelbyville, IL
	Lot #22     CMB Miss Wallstreet W717      $3,200 SVF/NJC Built Right N48 x Triple C Justice T17G - Open Consignor: C-MOR Beef Farms Buyer: Musser-Gordon Simmentals, Otterbein, IN
	Lot #9     A5XF Halo 4W      $3,000 Fatal Decision x Déjà Vu Clover P1 - Open Consignor: Allen's 5x Farm Buyer: Lundy Farms, Bardstown, KY
	Lot #53     Circle A Miss Jenny 805U     $3,000 SS Undreamabull R308 x Circle A Miss Sprint 928 Bred PVF All PayDay 729 Consignor: Circle A Simmentals Buyer: Breezeway Simmentals, Lincoln, IL
	Lot #61    A5XF Gingers Power U109     $3,000 CF Power On 101P x RS Ginger 109 Bred to DHF Jades Dreamworks Consignor: Allen's 5x Farm Buyer: Van Swanson, Thief River Falls, MN

Simmental Sale averages:
38 Open Simmental and Angus Females averaged $2,475
25 Bred Simmental Females averaged $1,631
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63 Simmental Lots Averaged $2,140

Auctioneer: Col. Tracy Harl, NE
Marketing Reps: Bob Dwyer, IL, Dalton Lundy, KY Roger Holstrom, IL, Joel Edge, IA, Jeremy Ruble- ASA Rep.
Sale Management: Eberspacher Enterprises, Inc., MN