TSLN Rep: Dan Piroutek
Date: March 27, 2025
Location: At the farm, northeast of Armour, South Dakota
Auctioneer: Seth Weishaar
Averages: 34 registered yearling Angus Bulls avg. $7404
17 registered Angus Heifers avg. $6897
Lau’s Valley View Angus, owned by Jeff and Brenda Lau and Marcus and Allison Lau, welcomed folks with good food and a complete catalog, helping bidders make their selections.
This was a big, stout set of bulls with tremendous growth and structure. Many old and new customers bid up to compete for this good set of bulls and heifers.
Top Selling Bulls:
Lot 13: $17,500 sold to Fast Angus Ranch, New Salem, North Dakota – Sitz Domain 12371 x GAR Home Town.
Lot 24: $11,000 sold to Mike Hansen, Wilmot, South Dakota – Hoffman LLL Barracuda 1215 x Basin Payweight 1682.
Lot 21: $9,500 sold to VS Cattle, Sioux City, Iowa – Basin Jameson 1076 x VAR Generation 2100.
Lot 15: $9,500 sold to Patrick Jarding, Alexandria, South Dakota – Virginia Tech Statesman x Square B True North 8052.
Top Selling Heifers:
Lot 52: $32,000 sold to Jacob Hanen, Buhler, Kansas – Connealy Craftsman x Basin Rainmaker 4404.
Lot 43: $9,000 sold to Jeff Brand, Lake City, Minnesota – Basin Jameson 1076 x VAR Legend 5019.
Amy Puepke of Martin-Trudeau Livestock Insurance at Mitchell, South Dakota, with Dave Melland, Forbes, North Dakota, who paid $8,000 to own Lot 29, a son of Connealy Craftsman.Lau-Valley-Puepke-Melland
Terry Hochhalter, Armour, South Dakota, bought Lot 32, a son of Sitz Barricade 632F.Lau-Valley-Hochhalter