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Showstopper II
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Sale Report
by Keith Smith
If you were looking
for some fine goats to add to your herd you should have been in Shreveport,
LA, on Saturday, July 28, 2001!
Ryals Rocking R, Benz Farms Boers, And Erath
General Genetic Services offered some awesome animals to a very enthusiastic
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The arrangement of the preview pens
was logical and the consignors were very helpful. Any question we had concerning
an animal of interest were very professionally and courteously answered. |
Anticipation was the mood of the day as the
crowd waited for the 1:00 p.m. start of the sale.
The sale catalog listed several big
name animals with great show records - not something you see at most sales. |
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Rocking R's M116 was the Grand Champion
at Houston in 2001, EGGS Marks the Spot M500 was Reserve. The owners
of these animals made a pact that day in the ring... "I'll put mine in
the sale if you'll offer yours".
Another example of the great animals
offered was BNZ M225, a 6 time grand champion winner. |
| A spokesman from each of the consigning
families presented introductions and delivered welcome messages. |
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152 hopeful bidders registered for
the sale. They came from Canada, Mexico, and 13 of the United States.
As the bidding proceeded it became
obvious that this was a group of buyers, not lookers.
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the gross sale amount was $299,375.00. That's an average of $1,847.99 per
animal offered - including percentages! The percentages averaged near $1,000.00
each with the top doe fetching $1,400.00. |
Robert Hughes purchased both of the
high selling does - the top one going on his trailer for $8,950.00.
The two high selling bucks are on their
way to Mexico. |
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SHOWSTOPPER III
Great Goats & Great Folks
by
Keith Smith
| The annual Showstopper sale has come to be known as one of the "Don't Miss" events in the Boer goat industry.
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main reasons are the high quality animals offered and the sellers'
willingness to point out any potential problems with any goat in the
sale. The other reason is the location of the sale and the facility...
The Louisiana State Fairgrounds is close enough to the majority of Boer
breeders to draw large crowds and the coliseum is set up in such a way
as to be an outstanding forum for this type of sale.
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Bill
Ryals (right) and two of his progeny, Blake and Amber, take part in the
introduction of the Edwards and Ryals clans at the beginning of the
sale. John Edwards opened the sale with a remembrance of the late Stan
Benz, a partner in the previous two Showstopper sales.
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Lot # 138, EGGStra Brassy (left) and RRD M20.
Brassy was winner of her class at the 2002 International BGA national
show. They were purchased by Butch Patterson of Azel, Texas. |
These
two does were perpetual pairs winners for the Edwards family. (I know
they bested our pairs plenty of times). The two goats were offered for
sale as "one or the other". |
Two recipient does carrying implants from this pair were offered by Rocking R.
The
sire is "Goldstrike", the 2002 International BGA Overall Grand Champion
Boer Buck and the dam is RRD N393, 2002 ABGA National Grand Champion
Jr. Doe.
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 High Selling Buck
- The high selling buck was lot #81, RRD P463. Joe and Sandy Wiley
added him to their SJW Boer Goats herd in Grovesport, Ohio, for $6500.
P463 is a double bred Magnum *ENNOBLED* grandson out of Top Brass
*ENNOBLED* over Magnum's Beauty. Joe is standing in the second row, 2nd
from the right, between Bill Ryals, Sr., and John Edwards (hidden).
Sandy is front row right holding the "High Selling Buck" and "Volume
Buyer" jackets awarded by the sale. |
High Selling Doe
- Pete Ward (wearing a straw hat at the bottom of the photo) also took
home a "high selling" jacket when he bid $6900 for RRD N206, a Magnum
*ENNOBLED* over RRD M2. Magnum *ENNOBLED* is out of EGGStreme
*ENNOBLED* over EGGSellent *ENNOBLED* and M2 is the daughter of
EGGSfile *ENNOBLED* over Green Gardens Mzuri's Jazzlyn.
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SHOWSTOPPER IV
LIVES UP TO THE NAME
by
Keith Smith
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The fourth edition in the Showstopper series held in West Monroe, Louisiana, on August 12th was the best yet!
The Showstopper has always been known for high quality Boer goats and
gracious hosts. This year both of those renown characteristics
surpassed previous presentations. The hosts, Rocking R Boer Goats -
Bill Sr, Bill, Niki, Blake, & Amber Ryals, combined with EGGS -
John & Jackie Edwards, make up an unbelievable team. An added
attraction this year was a full day of goat related seminars the day
before the sale. The seminars covered a wide range of subjects from
evaluating wether goats to Internet marketing and were presented by
experts in their respective fields.
The lure of great genetics, great phenotype,
good food, and eager, cooperative hosts was too much to pass up for the
estimated crowd of 250 that attended. Over 115 hopeful bidders vied for
the Boer goats offered.
Even the goats were excited!
RRD P636 expresses his disappointment at not being the "High Selling Buck"
The first lot usually sets the tone for the sale and RRD P485 , a
Magnum *Ennobled* daughter, was no exception. Going to Missouri for
$2,200 she was just under the average price of $2, 644.62.
Lot #2, EGGS Penitas P718, came closer to the average, going for $2,400.
And, before you panic and think that I'm going
to list every animal, I'll only list one more from the front of the
sale list - Lot #3...
RRD
Bigun P449, a RRD Remington *Ennobled* over RRD M151 *Ennobled* son,
was described in the catalog as "...placed 4th in class of 65 at the
2003 Nationals... ...Overall GC Buck at 2003 OMGA, Reserve GC Buck at
Baton Rough and GC Jr. Buck at 2002 Greater AL Fair." He has earned 65
ABGA ennoblement points and has passed visual inspection. What's so
special about him? He was Top Selling Buck at $22,500.
The partnership of Web Governor and Sam Abney of Florida outlasted Tracy Kiehl who was bidding for an Oklahoma partnership.
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The next real excitement for me was Lot #6, EGGSotically P699. She won
her class at the 2002 International National Show and has been a
consistent top ten placer in the major shows. She went for $6,200 to
Ken and Vickie Pelt of Kountze, TX.
I also had my eye on RRD Gold Strike, the 2002
International BGA National Champion Buck, Lot #23, but he went to the
partnership of Daryl Fryman and Matthew Cantrell for $11,500. Gold
Strike has accumulated all the necessary points for ABGA ennoblement
but must wait until his offspring are old enough to be inspected.
This
fine lady, RRD P479, a Top Brass *Ennobled* daughter, is going to the
partnership of Phillip & Mary Grover of Washington Courthouse, OH,
and Rollie Rosenboom of Clifton, IL.
She was the high selling doe at $8,300.
The high volume and high dollar buyer was Dr. M. Rad from New York. He
interrupted an Orlando vacation to be at the Showstopper and take home
28 Boer goats for $68,300.
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Was the sale successful? How about 130 head averaging $2644.62 for a total of $343,800.00!!!
The seminars presented on Friday included:
- "How to select prepare and show wether goats" - Joe Raff
- "Fitting Show Goats" - Johnny Ford
- "Goat Nutrition" - Dr. Rick Machen
- "Commercial Management Practices" - Dr. Rick Machen
- "The Dot Com Approach To Advertising" - Keith Smith
- "General Advertising" - Terry Hankins
- "Hoof Trimming" - Blake Ryals
- "A.I. clinic" - John Edwards
- "Semen Collection & Evaluation" - John Edwards
- A hands-on ultrasound session - John Edwards
Meals were "on the house" - Friday, after the
seminars, the Ryals and Edwards families provided a jambalaya dinner
and a lunch of barbeque beef, chicken and sausage was served before the
sale on Saturday.
Will I go back to next year's Showstopper? JUST TRY TO STOP ME!
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SHOWSTOPPER V ONLINE
SEMINAR AND SALE
by
Keith Smith
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A new era in goat sales and seminars was
inaugurated Friday, August 13, 2004. Interested goat raisers could attend The
Showstopper V seminar and sale by logging on to the Internet. Breeders John &
Jackie Edwards of Erath General Genetic Services (EGGS) and the Ryals family of
Bill Sr., Bill, Nikki, Blake and Amber from Rocking R Boer Goats put on quite an
event.
140 goat lots averaged over $3200
dollars each. There were 212 on-line attendees of the seminars and 201 people
watched the sale on their computers. There were 227 Internet bids resulting in
38 lots going to people bidding from the comfort of their home or office.
There are many benefits of such a presentation.
Seminar attendees and sale buyers can
take part in the event from anywhere in the world with no travel costs and
little or no interruption of their herdkeeping or other schedules.
The event consignors increase their
audience and number of bidders by a significant amount.
The industry gains exposure to a wide
group of potential new breeders.
Just as there are many benefits there are also
some drawbacks.
Although the technology is
available to make on-line presentation almost "live", the hardware, software,
and Internet connection speed of the expected audience requires that the video
portion of the transmission be limited to about two frames per second. That
limitation renders the evaluation of a sale animal's movements rather difficult.
On-line presentations such as these
are somewhat expensive for event organizers. At a base price of $2000 plus
expenses the cost might be beyond the budget of the smaller sales. But,
considering that the cost represents the earnings from maybe one or two sale
lots, it could be a good investment for mid to large sales.
Buyers expect to register before they
can bid in any auction, including on-line ones, but in the case of the DV
Auction presentations a separate initial user registration is required to view
an event. In these days of fear about identity theft many Internet users are
hesitant to provide their name, address, etc., to an organization that they are
not familiar with. In the case of DV Auction, Inc., there should be no such
worry... they've been presenting these type of events on the Internet for quite
some time.
Once registered to view, though, the user is free to browse any active sale or
event.
The experience was enjoyable for me in spite of
a few glitches, at least one of which was caused by "human error" - near the end
of the sale the auctioneer's Internet microphone somehow got turned down to zero
volume rendering it impossible to know how the bidding was going. The presence
of a bid tote board display on the DV web site would have lessened the impact of
such an error.
Is there a future for
Internet sales of replacement and show Boer goats? From the results garnered by
this annual Ryals/Edwards event you can be assured that other sellers will jump
on board.
Tami McIntosh, the
Specialty Sales coordinator for DV auction said, "DVAuction, Inc. was proud to
be a part of the Show Stopper Seminar & Sale. The Show Stopper was a ground
breaking even in two aspects. It was the first Boer goat auction for DVA and the
first Boer goat auction ever broadcast live via the Internet. The response was
absolutely phenomenal for a first time auction. The participation of online
viewers broke the 200 mark. The online involvement created an exciting
atmosphere with the crowd in attendance at the auction. The Boer goat industry
can be proud of its progressive producers. You could not ask for more friendly
and accommodating families than the Edwards & Ryals. DVAuction, Inc. looks
forward to further involvement with the Boer Industry and it's producers."
The Showstopper "family"
would like to thank all of the participants in it's Showstopper V and invite
everyone to attend the 2005 version of the Showstopper.
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