Terms and Conditions

HORSES ON DISPLAY: Foals and their mothers will be hauled into Dunlap Livestock Auction on Friday evening and available for early preview at 6:30 PM They will be available for official preview Saturday morning at 8 AM

TERMS & CONDITIONS: Terms of the sale are cash or personal check in U S funds Every animal sells to the highest bidder. Announced changes in the catalog information on sale day take precedence over printed material.

All horses are buyer’s property as soon as the horse is sold. No delivery is available until final settlement is made on all purchases. Buyers must make arrangements for care of horses at their own risk until delivery is made. All deliveries must be taken within five(5) days of the sale. Any horse left beyond five days will be assessed a $10/day feed charge.

Due to poor pasture conditions, it is in the buyer’s best interest to bring their trailers to the sale Foals have been on feed for 45 days and are ready to wean Any person attending this sale does so at his/her own risk

Neither the sellers, Dunlap Livestock Auction, nor any other persons connected to this sale assume any liability, legal or otherwise

GUARANTEE: To the best of our knowledge, every horse in the sale is free of disease or defect. Known defects will be called at sale time. If a defect was not announced at the time of sale, the buyer shall have a veterinarian examine the horse and notify the seller within three days of the sale. The seller will appoint a veterinarian of their choice to determine the status of the horse’s defect and if the defect was present at sale time. His decision will be final. If a defect did exist at sale time, sale of the horse is null and void upon delivery of the animal to the seller in a timely manner.

Any animal described as a colt and does not have two testicles descended to the scrotum must be announced. Warranty with respect to descended testes does not apply to any horse sold prior to January 1st of his yearling year

Broodmares in the sale were bred to the stallion indicated in catalog and will sell “as exposed” to these stallions Broodmares will be pregnancy checked in foal prior to sale Live foal guarantee does not apply

All registrations on the weanlings have been applied for (sent in to the AQHA) Registration papers are guaranteed on all horses sold, unless otherwise stated the day of the sale. Many of the papers have been received from AQHA, we will send registration papers out as we receive the rest of them.

Welcome to this exciting event th years in the making. Our last live auction production sale was in 2012 at which time we dispersed most of the broodmare band in order to free up more time for our young families. I should have known that once the horse business is in your blood, there is no avoiding it So, here we are eleven years later John Sachau and I started partnering some of the best own daughter type broodmares over the last five years We have been doing strictly online sales the last few years Our numbers have reached such a level, though, that we felt it was time to go back to a live auction So again, here we are!! While Sachau and I both maintain our own core broodmare bands, about half are partnership mares that we own jointly It is a partnership that works great because we are both livestock men at our core We each have our own strengths in the equine world, but we see them the same way for the most part.

As far as family goes, Kari keeps busy as a dental hygienist. I keep occupied selling John Deere equipment for VanWall along with the equine business. Both of our girls are in college. Olivia is starting medical school at the end of July at Des Moines University. Violet is at Iowa State University majoring in chemical engineering and starting her Masters of Business Administration degree concurrently. Needless to say, we are very proud of both girls! Tim and Jamie have two beautiful youngsters: Gus (11) and Aubrey (8). Gus is going to the MLB after finishing his college baseball career and Aubrey is still undecided! Both love the horses and are starting to be a lot of help. Dad, Ed, is still very active and still lives at the ranch, taking care of many of the day to day duties with the horses I have to mention my nephew Gabe Walski Gabe has been living at the ranch with dad the last two summers while on summer break from Iowa State He has been a godsend by feeding pairs every morning and checking health twice a day I am happy to have the next generation taking such an interest in the horses

John Sachau ended a 47-year-long single streak and got married last spring He and Brinda live on their family century ranch outside of Denison along with their two beautiful girls Whitley and Wrynn. Whitley is starting her senior year of high school while taking core college classes for her nursing degree. Wrynn is 14 and is tasked with choring the Denison groups of mares, as well as keeping us entertained on the occasional long trips to Texas.

John’s sister Michelle Sachau is very involved with the horse operation and we greatly appreciate all she does for us to keep things running smoothly.

We would also like to welcome our good friends Ryan and Kelly Sonnichsen along with their kids Sophie and Sawyer as guest consignors on our sale. They have a very nice offering of Roosters Okie weanlings and a couple very nice yearlings

I am confident that you will be very pleased with our large offering I feel this is one of the most spectacular offerings of weanlings in the country We appreciate your interest, and look forward to all of you joining us on August 19th in Dunlap, Iowa