Brownotter Buffalo Auction

Preview Starts and Ends
Begins Closing:

Buyer's reception:

Please attend a buyer's reception hosted by Travis Vetch of Great Western Bank, 505 N Main St., Mobridge, SD, from 12 noon through the auction.  Auctioneers and owners will be on hand to answer questions and place bids if you are unable to bid online.  Auction day phone 605-381-2629.Loadout at the Ranch SE of Bullhead SD beginning Tuesday Nov. 9 at 8:00 am through 5:30 pm Saturday Nov. 13, daylight hours.  Please call ahead to schedule loadout.  Again, no Buffalo loaded out without verification of wire transfer payment!

 

Note:  Selling at Online Only Public Auction.  See  www.bradeenauction.com for details.  Inspection at the ranch by appointment.  Phone Ron Brownotter at 605-848-2623 for information.  Register and bid early.

Note the 2:00pm CST closing! For over 20+ years, the Brownotter’s have built a reputation herd with many satisfied & repeat buyers.  With access to herd bulls from Teddy Roosevelt, Wind Cave, Badlands, Custer State Park and other National/State parks, the genetic diversity of the Brownotter herd is simply not available anywhere…you WILL like these big, healthy, top quality calves and yearlings!

Buyer’s reception:  Please attend a buyer’s reception hosted by Travis Vetch of Great Western Bank, 505 North Main St, Mobridge, SD, from 12 noon through the auction.  Auctioneers and owners will be on hand to answer questions and place bids if you are unable to bid online.  Auction day phone 605-381-2629.

Selling:

-73 Heavy Heifer Calves – 410-568#, Average weight 443 pounds.  Sold gate cut from the pen of 73 head,  in 4 lots, a-d.  Lots are linked.

-119 Heavy Bull Calves – 419-538#, Average weight 451 pounds.  Sold gate cut from the pen of 119 head, in 6 lots, a-f.  Lots are linked.

-72 Medium Heifer Calves – 290-409#, Average weight 367 pounds.  Sold gate cut from the pen of 72 head, in 4 lots, a-d.  Lots are linked.

-76 Medium Bull Calves – 293-407#, Average weight 361 pounds.  Sold gate cut from the pen of 76 head, in 4 lots, a-d.  Lots are linked.

-40 Yearling Bulls – 473-834#, Average weight 687 pounds.  Sold gate cut from the pen of 40 head, in 4 lots, a-d.  Lots are linked.

Note: “Linked lots” explanation.  All sublots (a,b,c, etc.) will remain open for bidding until no further bids are received on any sublots in the main lot (Lot 1, 2, 3, ect.)  This helps ensure volume buyers an opportunity to build a larger lot.  Bid carefully, as you will be expected to purchase any lots sold to you, regardless of your needs.  All bidding by the “per head” basis.

The “Light” cut bull and heifer calves are retained annually and sold next year as Yearling Bulls, yearling heifers are traditionally kept for replacements.

 

50+ of these mixed calves are from the Rock Creek Tribal Pasture.  These calves are all from Brownotter Cows/Bulls.  They are building their herd annually!  

 

 21st Annual Brownotter Buffalo Auction - Ron & Carol Brownotter, Owners - Bullhead, South Dakota

ONLINE BIDDING begins to close at 2:00pm CST, Monday November 8th, 2021.

Buffalo located in the heart of buffalo country, near Bullhead, SD (from McLaughlin SD, 10.5 miles south on Hwy 63, 17.5 miles west on BIA 4, and 8.5 miles north to the ranch).  Selling their entire 2021 Buffalo Calf crop--over 400 prime head including 200+ Bull Calves (heavy and medium weight lots) and 200+ Heifer Calves (heavy and medium weight lots).  Also selling 30 Yearling Bulls.

UPDATE:  All Brownotter Buffalo have dangle ear tags and ID ear clips for identification.  All have Dectomax injectable, 7 Way, and Mycoplasma.  Heifers are OCV. Health papers furnished for transport, however, any additional Vet work required is at the Buyers risk and cost.  Weights were taken Nov. 2-4 on electronic scale (non certified).  Loadout/working facilities are excellent.  Payment by wire transfer only.  Buffalo loadout only after wire transfer has been verified.  Seller will guarantee a healthy (non-injured) buffalo on your truck/trailer.

Selling:

-73 Heavy Heifer Calves – 410-568#, Average weight 443 pounds.  Sold gate cut from the pen of 73 head,  in 4 lots, a-d.  Lots are linked.

-119 Heavy Bull Calves – 419-538#, Average weight 451 pounds.  Sold gate cut from the pen of 119 head, in 6 lots, a-f.  Lots are linked.

-72 Medium Heifer Calves – 290-409#, Average weight 367 pounds.  Sold gate cut from the pen of 72 head, in 4 lots, a-d.  Lots are linked.

-76 Medium Bull Calves – 293-407#, Average weight 361 pounds.  Sold gate cut from the pen of 76 head, in 4 lots, a-d.  Lots are linked.

-40 Yearling Bulls – 473-834#, Average weight 687 pounds.  Sold gate cut from the pen of 40 head, in 4 lots, a-d.  Lots are linked.

Note: “Linked lots” explanation.  All sublots (a,b,c, etc.) will remain open for bidding until no further bids are received on any sublots in the main lot (Lot 1, 2, 3, ect.)  This helps ensure volume buyers an opportunity to build a larger lot.  Bid carefully, as you will be expected to purchase any lots sold to you, regardless of your needs.  All bidding by the “per head” basis.

The “Light” cut bull and heifer calves are retained annually and sold next year as Yearling Bulls, yearling heifers are traditionally kept for replacements.

 

50+ of these mixed calves are from the Rock Creek Tribal Pasture.  These calves are all from Brownotter Cows/Bulls.  They are building their herd annually!  

 

All buffalo will be sold in dollars per head. 

NO ANIMALS TO BE REMOVED UNTIL PAYMENT MADE IN FULL WITH VERIFIED FUNDS. 

Wire transfer information will be emailed after auction conclusion to successful bidders.

Loadout begins at the ranch on Tuesday, November 9th @  8 am CST. Loadout continues,  All animals must be removed by Friday, November 12th @ 5:00pm. Ranch is located, from Mobridge, SD, go 30.7 miles west on Highway 12 to McLaughlin, SD, then 10.5 miles south on Highway 63 to Little Eagle, then 17.5 miles west on BIA 4 and north 8.5 miles.

From McIntosh, SD, go 22 miles south on Highway 65, then 13 miles east on BIA 4 and north 8.5 miles.

From Isabel, SD, go 16 miles north on Highway 65, then 13 miles east on BIA 4 and north 8.5 miles.

Facilities available onsite for vaccinating and testing at buyer's risk and cost. Seller guarantees a healthy animal on your truck/trailer or into the working chute if testing required. Not responsible for accidents. If accident or injury occurs in the handling facilities while animals are in for additional testing after purchase, the new buyer assumes all risk, liability and loss.

***ONLINE AUCTION DISCLAMER*** 

When using our online auction services, you are making firm commitments to purchase said item(s) and are entering into a legal and binding contract. Bids may not be cancelled or retracted for any reason. Nonpaying bidders or fraudulent bidding will subject you to legal recourse and possible criminal charges including any fraud and/or interstate commerce violations. You also acknowledge that the Internet may be an unreliable and error prone network. Bradeen Auctions will not guarantee that bids placed online will always be transmitted to or received by the auctioneer in a timely fashion. You agree to hold Bradeen Auctions and their employees harmless for any interruptions in online bidding. Further, the auctioneer has the sole discretion to accept or refuse any bid. Bradeen Auctions retains the right, at our sole discretion, to add, delete or change some or all of our online services and the terms and conditions governing their online auctions at any time without notice.  Bradeen Auction further reserves the right to cancel and/or reopen the auction in the case of system failures.

 

Loadout at the Ranch SE of Bullhead SD beginning Tuesday Nov. 9 at 8:00 am through 5:30 pm Saturday Nov. 13, daylight hours.  Please call ahead to schedule loadout.  Again, no Buffalo loaded out without verification of wire transfer payment!