The Tenth Annual BHR’s Designer’s Classic was held on Saturday, May 15, 2004. A crowd in excess of 200 enthusiastic breeders from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Columbia, Mexico, as well as the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Tennessee, Virginia, Missouri and Texas participated in the bidding to produce a $9,375 sale average.

Agro Zurita from Brazil, represented by Oscar Kennedy and Pinheiro Machado purchased the four high selling lots: Lot 7, an open Doorn daughter for $31,000; Lot 8, an open Doorn daughter for $30,000; Lot 24, an Orange River daughter bred to BHR Three Sixes, for $24,000 and Lot 20, an Orange River daughter bred to BHR Three Sixes, for $22,000. They also purchased Flush Lot 1A for $10,000, a Hadau x Susi daughter along with semen from BHR Doorn and BHR Sir Andi L538E.

Paulo Marques from Brazil, represented by Paulo Marques and Pinheiro Machado purchased the high selling Flush Lot 1B, a Hadau x Susi daughter, for $20,000. He also purchased Lot 6, a Primal x AI AI Rina daughter bred to BHR Kalahari, for $10,000 and Lot 27, a Doorn daughter bred to BHR Three Sixes, for $10,000. Mr. Marques also purchased ½ interest in Lot 3D, a Doorn son, with Bar 5 Simmental Stock Farms for $3,500.

Tom Baker from Australia purchased the second high selling flush, Lot1C, Lady Pretoria, for $12,000.

Allan Roberts from Indian Valley Ranch, Arkansas purchased Lot 4, an Orange River daughter bred to BHR Three Sixes, for $5,000. Allan also purchased the following semen: BHR Hans L566E @ $75/unit, BHR Durban @ $50/unit, Antonius @$200/unit, C&B Western @ $175/unit and Solway Adonis@ $300/unit.

Dr. Mikell & Mary Cheek Davis, Little Creek Farm, purchased the second high selling bull for $10,500 and Lot 17, a Doorn daughter bred to BHR Three Sixes, for $4,000. Dr. and Mrs. Davis also purchased 20 doses of Doorn @ $500/dose, 5 units of Zulu @ $200/unit, 10 units of Orange River @ $125/unit, 5 units of Kalahari @ $250/unit and 5 units of Zuboomafo @ $250/unit.

Enrique Sosa from Tamaulipas, Mexico purchased Lot 3B, a Doorn son, for $7,000, Cesar Gonzalez from Nuevo Leon, Mexico purchased Lot 31, a Solway Adonis heifer bred to Three Sixes, along with 20 units of Orange River semen @ $125 a dose. Hernando Guerra from Nuevo Leon, Mexico purchased Lot 18, a ¾ x ¼ Doorn daughter bred to LMC Ocho, for $5,100, Lot 12, a Antonius out of Elsa bred to Sir Ro-Leo 680K, for $3,200 and Lot 15, a Romulus daughter bred to Sir Ro-Leo 680K, for $3,400.

Runnells-Pierce Ranch purchased Lot 5, HVR Bailey, for $5,000 and Lot 11, an Orange River daughter bred to BHR Three Sixes, for $4,000. He keeps putting that Hacks Fraulein breeding together.

John and Jeanne Scorse, Joplin, Missouri, purchased Lot 14, an Orange River daughter bred to Three Sixes, for $3,250, Lot 32, a Durban daughter bred to Three Sixes, for $2,500 and Lot 35, an open Durban daughter, for $3,100.

Lanny and Sheila Sullins purchased Lot 16, a Romulus daughter bred to Three Sixes, for $4,000 and Kent and Glenna Dollar purchased Lot 33, an Orange River daughter bred to BHR Three Sixes consigned by Gary Cooper from Colorado, for $4,000.

Louis and Nancy Hubnik have purchased cattle every year out of the Designer’s Classic and this year they purchased Lot 19, a Doorn daughter bred to Three Sixes, for $3,500 and Lot 30, a Gritiron daughter bred to Three Sixes, for $2,750.

Dr. Bill Moore from Alabama purchased Lot 28B, a SV Bavarian daughter bred to BHR Three Sixes and his neighbor Greg Kemp purchased Lot 28C, a full sib bred to BHR 680K, for $5,000. A new breeder from Alabama, Chad Granger, purchased Lot 21 an Electro daughter bred to Three Sixes, for $2,300.

Jim Ligon, representing Tennessee Tech University purchased Lot 9, the first Three Sixes daughter to ever sell, for $4,500.

Murle Blasingame from Granbury, Texas, purchased Lot 22 & 23, Gritiron daughters bred to Three Sixes and BHR 680K, for $2,400 each. Murle also purchased Lot 36, a 680K daughter, for $2,100. Cecil and Cindy Peters also from Granbury, purchased Lot 29, a 680K daughter bred to Three Sixes, for $3,700.

Randy Lehman, from Iowa, purchased Lot 13, an Antonius x Elsa daughter bred to 680K, for $3,000 and Lot 40, an open BHR Edwin heifer, for $2,500.

Jim Von Behren, Three Child Farms in Missouri, purchased Lots 34, 38 and 39, all open Electro daughters.

Buzzy and JoNell boase, Houston, Texas, also a guest consigner, purchased Lot 3A, a tremendous Doorn son to add to their Herd Sire Battery.

It was a great day in Texas and thanks to all that came