The lots were bedded with sand and straw at the 2003 Bieber Mature Cowherd Dispersal, Saturday, November 15, 2003. Rain-fall the day before made viewing cattle a bit mucky, but cattlemen and women from 21 different states and Canada, pulled on their overshoes to view Red Angus and commercial Red Angus females.
   Topping the sale was a Lot 83. Bieber Sirena 6708, sold to the Steve Bowden Family, WI, and Johnson Red Angus, IL, for $8,000. Bieber Sirena 6708 is the dam of legendary herd sires Bieber Top Money and Bieber Make Mimi, who are both in Accelerated Genetics line-up. She sold safe in calf to Bieber Hot Rock 7946.
   Also in the top end of the bred cows was Lot 19, Bieber Lass 6646 sold to Arrowhead Ranch, OK, for $4,000. She sold safe in calf to Bieber Montoya 8237. Lot 2, Bieber Sheba 5537, safe in calf to GMRA Vermillion 796, sold for $4,000 to Hust Cattle Company, KY. Tri R Cattle of Lincoln, NE purchased Lot 4, Bieber Lass 5627, safe in calf to MRM Lancer 916, for $4,000. 72 March-April calving cows were sold averaging $1960. 23 May-June calving cows were sold averaging $1826.
   Fall calving pairs were sold, with Lot 181 topping the sale, selling to Fick Red Angus of Inman, NE, for $1300. She sold with a heifer calf at side, sired by Lonk Canyon Reb. 3 fall calving pairs were sold averaging $1300.
   In the bred heifer section of Bieber's Mature Cowherd Dispersal, a number of elite lots were available for potential buyers. Of these heifers, Lot 37, Bieber Moon Fork 8801, rose to the top, selling for $3,500 to Kal Kota Ranch of Steele, ND. She sold safe in calf to Brown Vacation H7106. Sonstegard Cattle Company of Montevideo, MN snatched up Lot 48, Bieber Ladyluck 8840, for $3,2000. She sold safe in calf to Buffalo Creek Romeo L081. Rounding out the top three was Lot 45, Bieber Queen 8950, sold to 3J Farms of Ravina, OK for $2,800, safe in calf to Buffalo Creek Romeo L081. 19 bred heifers averaged $2,376.
Several fancy heifer calves, halter broke to tie, found a new home with many buyers. Lot 31, Bieber Toryanna 9213, was the high selling heifer. Her new home is with Walnut Springs Farm, Hopkins, MI, for $3,100. Coming in a close second was Lot 78, Bieber Chic 9400, selling to Hansen Ranch, Faulkton, SD for $3,000. Dan Braesch of Herman, NE took home Lot 130, Bieber Ladyluck 9222 for $1,900. 19 open heifers sold averaging 1,468.
   29 commercial bred heifers were consigned to the sale from Wolff Farms, Long Lake, SD, KNK Ranch, Eureka, SD, and Bieber Red Angus Ranch, Leola, SD. 2 consignments from Wolff Farms topped the sale, fetching $1,300, purchased by A.R. Sawyer of Allison, IA. KNK Ranch's consignment of 10 heifers brought $1,200 all going to Schroeder Brothers Red Angus of Hecla, SD. 29 commercial heifers averaged $1,157.
Volume buyers of seedstock were Tom Ryckman of Pollock, SD with 10 head. Milton and Peggy Ustad of Beresford, SD came in next with 8 head purchased. Vulture Acres Reds, Sandra and Doug Martsching also purchased in volume with 6 head. Jeff Earles, 3-J Farms, of Ravina, OK was the volume purchaser of bred heifers with 6 head. In the commercial side, Schroeder Brothers of Hecla, SD were volume buyers with 20 head.