September 2013 vs 2014 Online Steer Sale Sires

There were 236 bulls that were listed as the sire for steers sold in online sales in September of this year.

However, 53% of the 1,412 steers sold online that we tracked this September were out of just five bulls.

18.7% of calves were sold as sired by Man Among Boys, the highest percentage of calves sold in September of any bull other than Monopoly in 2012 (23%).

16% of calves were sold as sired by Monopoly or Monopoly clones, twice as many as the third most popular bull.  

Believe in Me ranked #5 in September of 2012, #2 in 2013, and was #3 in 2014 with a 7.3% share of the calves sold in September.

I-80 moved up from #7 in 2013 to #4 in 2014 with a 6.3% share.

Unstoppable moved from #9 to #5 with 4.7% of the calves sold.

Heat Wave and Walks Alone still hang strong at #6 and #7.

Other bulls listed as the sire on at least 1% of the 1,412 steers sold online that we tracked in September…

#8 – Walk This Way 1.6%

#9 – Eye Candy 1.6%

#10 – Monopoly Money 1.5%

#11 – Jesse James 1.3%

#12 – Two Tone 1.2%

#13 – Fu Man Chu 1%