Depressing Sales Stats

I know better than to even look. All it ever does is upset me. But I haven't looked in a while so I figured I'd better be educated on prices of loose horses. I went out on the SD Horse Sale website and looked at thier stats. Makes me sick.

Here's what I pulled from their last report:

The finished product, the big in demand type performance
horses and geldings, along with breeding
stock bred in the purple, brought big time Buyer interest
and packed the place to the rafters inside and
out. Lots of new buyers registered in along with
our many long time regulars. Almost 100% of our
sale line was rode in the sale ring, and that is what
makes the difference on buyer attraction.

Buyers and horses came went from one end of the
United States to the other. We sent horses to the
states of Texas, Pennsylvania, New York, Illinois,
Michigan, Kansas, Wyoming, Wisconsin, Oklahoma,
North Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska, Iowa
as well as all across South Dakota. We believe we
have one of the best advertised and most honest reliable
sale in the country. Our website alone gets
5000 readers a month.

Easy to sell that proven arena or show horse. We
never enough of those to meet the demand. Buyers
demand a good well broke, proven horses with
conformation and will pay the price. Geldings with
lots of hard ranch work or winnings listed on their
resume easiest to sell, although please note, this
month’s top two horses were MARES!

The top mare had NCHA winnings and was broke
for all ages to ride, and that is a big plus. The reserve
top mare, was very shapey, a red roan, was
well broke, with NCHA earnings, well bred and
bred to a top notch stallion. All the right ingredients
for a top broodmare. Broodmare buyers demand
they first be proven in the showring and then have
the conformation & pedigree to match.

Still not much interest in the average to better
broodmares and young non-broke horses. We sold
a lot of the average looking coming yearlings in
our loose horse sale for that $25 to $35 price. Feed
cost of raising these young horses and getting them
trained or even finding a trainer to train them, getting
harder and harder all the time. Takes a big
fancy, exceptional bred yearling or 2-yr old to get
buyer interest up, and than they will pay the big
price. The horse has to be a outstanding product
that is certain to turn out to be the winner in the
arena as was the Fischer Farms, Wagner, SD sale
horses.

LOOSE HORSES – Sold 309 head Our volume
loose horse sale brings in all the top buyers in the
country. Seats always full. 7% commission, with
$30 minimum. We are open on Sundays from 1
PM to 7 PM to deliver your loose horse to the
yards for the Monday sale. If registered, bring
papers to gate at time of check in.
700 lb and under sold $5 to $350, with most selling
$35 to $75.
800-900 lb sold 425 to $450 with most selling $75
- $100.
900-1000 lb sold $25 to $285 with most selling
$100 to $125.
1000-1100 lb sold $50 to $285 with most selling
$150-$200.
1100-1200 lb sold $85 to $725 with most selling
$200 to $260.
1200 lb & over sold $100 to $1000 with most selling
$235 to $325.

A Few of the Better Loose Horse Sales:
Reg. buckskin mare................1060#............... $775
8-yr bay gelding.....................1305#............... $775
Grey gelding...........................1230#............... $725
4-yr old buckskin geld...........1190#............... $725
Roan gelding..........................1145#............... $725
Bay roan geld.........................1130#............... $710
Reg blue roan mare...............1130#............... $600
Brown gelding........................1345#............... $650
6-yr old buckskin geld...........1140#............... $500
Buckskin gelding...................1110#............... $525
Black gelding.........................1325#............... $460
Paint gelding..........................1205#............... $450
Brown gelding........................1170#............... $425
Grey gelding...........................1135#............... $550

The Special Loose Horse consignments, Reg.
AQHA broodmares from Dakota Winds Quarter
Horses sold $285 to $700 and averaged $537.
The Special Loose Horse Consignment of 14
coming yearlings from Gary Spelbring sold $60
to $250, with the 9 stud colts averaging $178. A
lot more than the majority of yearlings in our loose
horse sale.


Anyone interested in going to the sale with me? I can't go alone (I know better). For some reason I can't attend that auction. I can go to the Sioux Falls Regional Horse Sale by myself but this one at Corsica is just too weird for me. I think it's all "The Good Ol' Boys club" and I'm not a member. I get creeped out. Maybe if I went with someone and we were much braver! I'd definately make time to go. So if anyone wants to attend, these sales are always the third Monday of the month. Just let me know.