January 2011 Hereford World by American Hereford Association and Hereford World

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Published by the American Hereford Association

January 2011; Vol. 101, No. 8

Simply Value

PHoto by becky HArrell

Forage section . . . . . . . 18

Proving Efficiency . . . . 30 Ironman, Remetee Top Louisville National Hereford Show . . . . . . . 46

At Simplot an increasing number of baldie calves like this are born each year. All solid black cattle in the AI program are bred to Hereford bulls, and females with white markings are bred to Angus bulls.

When the J.R. Simplot Co. needed to add consistency and value to its cow herd, the choice was simple: Herefords. by Christy Couch Lee

Impacts of Crossbreeding included with this issue

t’s a company with a legacy of success. The multi-billiondollar J.R. Simplot Co. strives to build quality into every aspect of its vertically integrated operation — from potato and vegetable products, to industrial products, to turf and nursery fertilizers, to the cattle that graze its ranches and are fed in its feedlots. With two feedlots holding 220,000 head and 15 ranches totaling nearly 30,000 cows, Simplot ranks second in the top 10 cow-calf operations in the U.S., based on CattleFax data. Always seeking new means of improving its product, Simplot began a process seven years ago to build

more consistency into its cow herd. Because ranches are on desert land, the cattle need a smaller frame, high fertility and docility to withstand the harsh conditions. By incorporating Hereford genetics into its cow herd, Simplot has discovered great success in consistent quality genetics, highly marketable feeder cattle and a replacement female program benefiting cattlemen in the Western U.S.

How they began The J.R. Simplot Co. was founded by J.R. “Jack” Simplot more than 70 years ago and today is one of the largest

privately held firms in the country with annual sales of about $4.5 billion. J.R. Simplot began his business as a potato farmer and established the cattle-feeding business four decades ago as a way to utilize large quantities of potato by-products generated by the company’s food-processing plants. Today Simplot is involved in virtually all aspects of beef production — raising cattle and feed crops, selling animal health products and grain storage facilities, and selling cattle products, which are raised in two feedyards and on 15 ranches in Idaho, Oregon, Utah and Nevada. Bronc May is the Simplot custom cattle-feeding manager, responsible for customer service and assisting with risk management within the feedlot division. Potato by-products from Simplot food-processing plants have always been an important part of the feedlot diet, May says. The majority of the feedlot stock is purchased from independent ranchers in the Western U.S. with Simplot ranches providing the remaining yearling calves. “We sit in a very dry climate with an average of 6.9 inches of rain per year,” May says. “Performance at our feedyard is the best in the country, and feeding potato by-products allows us to be competitive with our ration costs.” May says many ranchers feed their cattle through the Simplot feedlots year after year because of the success they’ve found through the Simplot risk management strategies. “We have two packers that most of our cattle go to, with a third that also buys in this area,” he says. “The formulas with each packer are a little different, but each will fit our different customers’ needs.”

Cattle for the climate Most of the 2.5 million acres of Simplot ranchland is U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and private land that includes continued on page 14...

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January 2011 • Vol. 101 • No. 8

When the J.R. Simplot Co. needed to add consistency and value to its cow herd, the choice was simple: Herefords.

10 National Hereford Feedout Tests Hereford Efficiency 18 If Your Operation Is Forage-Dependent, This ‘Top 10’ Is For You 20 A Better Way to Feed Hay Bale grazing offers options for cutting costs and chores.

Breed Focus

Is Expansion in the Future? . . . . . . . . 6

Performance Matters

Olsen NRSP Results Announced . . . 8

What’s New?

Association News and Events . . . . 10

22 Mob Grazing 101

Start with a high stock density for a short period of time, allow for ample recovery of the plants, and you might yield some impressive pasture results.

24 Planned Grazing

A good grazing strategy can help producers improve their bottom lines.

26 Drought Management Mistakes 30 Proving Efficiency

Measuring residual feed intake allows producers to select for more efficient animals.

Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 From the Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 New Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Sales Digest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Advertisers’ Index . . . . . . . . 88

36 Corn Driving 2011 Economic Outlook

Could corn prices continue to go up while cattle numbers shrink?

Impacts of Crossbreeding included with this issue

40 La Niña Strengthening for Winter 2011

Cold and wet forecast for Northern Plains; South will stay warm and dry.

46 Ironman, Remetee Top Louisville National Hereford Show 68 Cut Back on Hay Costs During Winter Feeding

Innovative hay bale feeders eliminate the waste inherent in traditional hay rings.

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AHA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President John Woolfolk, Jackson, Tenn . Vice president David Breiner, Alma, Kan . Directors Term expires 2011 Jerry Huth, Oakfield, Wis . James Milligan, Kings, Ill . Term expires 2012 Paul “Butch” Funk, Copperas Cove, Texas Jimmy Johnson, Clinton, Okla . Term expires 2013 Cliff Copeland, Nara Visa, N .M . Marty Lueck, Mountain Grove, Mo . Dale Micheli, Ft. Bridger, Wyo. Term expires 2014 Keith Fawcett, Ree Heights, S.D. Steve Lambert, Oroville, Calif . Dale Venhuizen, Manhattan, Mont .

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by Craig Huffhines, executive vice president chuffhin@hereford.org

Is Expansion in the Future? The stars are aligned, or are they? Record beef prices with the prospects of $1.10 fat cattle, steady and stabilized domestic beef demand, rising export demand, and tightened beef supplies are all factors that should add up to major profit opportunities for cow-calf producers during the next few years; but will profitability be enough to entice producers to hold on to more females and begin to expand numbers? It’s hard to say whether we’ll see expansion like more traditional cycles of the past; however, it’s certain that

those who do grow cow numbers will reap the reward from what has become a shrinking industry with tremendous demand opportunity. No doubt, there have been regional differences in cow herd decline in the last five years. According to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports, there has been a major migration of the nation’s cow herd to the plains region of the U.S. Since 1996 replacement female levels have dropped by 4% in the Southeast and 2% in the Northwest

while other regions have remained flat to up. The Northern and Southern Plains regions have witnessed a 2% increase in replacement females the last five years. Factors such as transportation cost, land values, public land regulations and feed availability may all have had an affect on regional shifts, but the economic recession may have

Curtis Polled Herefords

59th Annual Sale • Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011 • 1 p.m. (CST) Bales Continental Commission Co., Huron, S.D. FeATuring

• 40 2-Year-Old Bulls • 4 Registered Yearling Heifers • 2 Yearling Bulls • 60 Commercial Yearling Hereford Heifers

Bulls and Heifers Like These That Sold in our 2010 Sale Will Sell

DH Ahead Of The Game 606 Sold to Jim Clark, Mercer, Mo.

LCG Master One Way 132U

Sold to Louie Kehn, Herrick, S.D.

had the biggest foot on the neck of expansion across the country. It has been described that for average producers with less than 20 cows, their cow herds are more or less like a piggy bank. Cows are a fairly liquid asset that, when times are tough, can be cashed in for emergencies. Couple an extremely lucrative beef and cull cow market with a 9.6% unemployment rate and stagnant economic growth; it appears that many piggy banks have been broken open, turning cows to cash. This could very well be the case in the Southeast, where the cow herds are traditionally smaller in number. Regardless of region of the country, smaller cow herds make up a very sizable portion of our business. According to the 2007 USDA census, producers with less than 20 cows make up 54% of all beef producers and account for 10% of total production. The Southeast and, for that matter, all regions of the U.S. may be due a significant rebound provided the economy gradually comes back, the unemployment rate is addressed and the government decides it wants to be business friendly again. The natural grass resource in the Southeast is remarkable. Granted, more and more grass land is being broken up and planted to crops, but there is still a tremendous resource there that may soon be taken advantage of, considering the profit potential the cow-calf sector projects.

The Hereford opportunity

LCG Master Duster 51W

Sold to Arnold Sheriff, Orient, Iowa and Jim Clark, Mercer, Mo.

LCG Lydas Secret 132W

Sold to Gail Williams, Presho, S.D.

Videos and Picture of Sale Offering Available at: www.curtispolledherefords.com For catalog or information: Larry and Carol Gildemaster 38230 214th St., Virgil, SD 57379 605-883-4566 • lcghereford@santel.net

The prospects of expansion bring about a few questions for Hereford seedstock breeders. For starters, what kind and type of cattle will cattlemen be looking for? What traits will be deemed important or possibly more important than in the past? 2010 Vance Publishing research revealed to seedstock producers those issues that are becoming increasingly important to commercial cattlemen. First, seedstock must be user-friendly. With more than 54% of producers relying on non-farm income as their major source of livelihood and with the aging population of all involved in beef cattle production, producers will obviously want to raise cattle that are “idiotproof.” In other words, they want them to be gentle and easy to handle, to be fertile and easy to breed, and to calve unassisted with no problems. continued on page 70...

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Average EPDs on all of our 2011 sale bulls CE BW WW YW MM MCE SC FAT REA MARB BMI$ CEZ$ BII$ CHB$ 2.7 2.4 52 79 19 2.0 1.1 0.00 0.31 0.22 23 17 21 28 15% 20% 15% 25% 30% 20% 10% 50% 25% 5% 1% 15% 1% 1%

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by Jack Ward, chief operating officer and director of breed improvement jward@hereford.org

Olsen NRSP Results Announced The American Hereford Association (AHA) National Reference Sire Program (NRSP) has proven very beneficial to the discovery of young sires that will make an impact within the industry. The AHA uses several commercial herds around the country to test young sires. Printed to the right is the final report on the 2009-born calves at Olsen Ranch, Harrisburg, Neb. Included in this data will be measurements along all levels of production including feed intake information. In the summer of 2010, the Olsens, along with support from the AHA, built a GrowSafe feeding system. This will be utilized to collect phenotypes for feed intake. In addition to the NRSP test progeny, the Olsens will make this system available to Hereford breeders so they can collect feed intake information on different contemporary groups. The lot is set up to handle various sized groups. For more information, contact Art or Douglas Olsen at 308-641-1273 or 308-673-5597. Key test results include these: the group graded nearly 78% Choice or Prime, were yield grade 3 and had an average dry matter feed/gain of 6.51. Even with only a difference of .65 from highest to lowest for feed to gain, there would be about $17/head cost savings over the test period using Olsens’ cost of gain. HW

Table 1: 2009-born steer calves at Olsen Ranch Reg #

Sire name

HCW

Ratio

Dress %

Ratio Marb Ratio

REA

Ratio

BFAT

Ratio

CYG

Crx Ratio Count

CH or PR

% CH or PR

70-day DM F/G

BW WW YW Ratio Ratio Ratio

42759945 /S Bottomline 6420 ET

918.3

1.04

61.64

1.00

444

0.98

14.57

1.07

0.56

0.97

3.22

0.94

77.27

6.56

101

102

42653939 BRP R5 of P26 5N ET

854.8

0.97

61.14

0.99

452

1.00

13.09

0.96

0.59

1.02

3.54

1.04

71.43

6.30

103

100

103

42394633 DS 1045 Advance 3575N

908.5

1.03

61.59

1.00

545

1.21

14.22

1.04

0.67

1.17

3.58

1.05

100

6.66

101

100

101

42672722 EFBeef 821C Fellis S701 ET

927.5

1.05

61.66

1.00

448

0.99

13.76

1.01

0.68

1.19

3.82

1.12

66.67

6.38

101

42531422 CSU Ram Dominator 4203

844.0

0.96

62.36

1.01

445

0.99

13.59

1.00

0.50

0.87

3.11

0.91

77.05

6.49

100

41149734 DS Beef 9059

893.9

1.01

62.44

1.01

435

0.96

14.52

1.06

0.46

0.81

2.90

0.85

86.67

6.21

42796392 L1 430 0424 0701

826.7

0.94

61.53

1.00

406

0.90

12.30

0.90

0.57

1.00

3.64

1.06

50.00

6.39

101

42730082 O L1 Domino S58

881.9

1.00

61.40

0.99

475

1.05

13.66

1.00

0.53

0.92

3.30

0.97

82.35

6.63

42795872 SHF Twister R125 T27

947.9

1.07

61.44

0.99

423

0.94

13.84

1.01

0.69

1.21

3.90

1.14

78.57

6.86

101

108

110

42795823 SHF Treasure R117 T58

893.2

1.01

62.19

1.01

439

0.97

13.37

0.98

0.54

0.95

3.47

1.02

81.82

6.57

102

100

42644307 UPS Domino 5216

864.7

0.98

62.23

1.01

438

0.97

13.45

0.99

0.61

1.07

3.50

1.03

65.00

6.46

101

42862013 WS King Ten 6314 ET

902.6

1.02

61.77

1.00

478

1.06

12.93

0.95

0.66

1.15

3.94

1.15

100

6.39

100

102

Average

882.2

1.00

61.81

1.00

452

1.00

13.65

1.00

0.57

1.00

3.42

1.00

252

196

77.78

6.51

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Table 2: EPDs for 2009 NRSP bulls tested at Olsen Ranch Reg #

Sire name

42759945 /S Bottomline 6420 ET

CE CE BW BW WW WW YW YW MM MM M&G MCE MCE SC SC FAT FAT REA REA MARB MARB BMI CEZ EPD Acc EPD Acc EPD Acc EPD Acc EPD Acc EPD EPD Acc EPD ACC EPD Acc EPD Acc EPD Acc $ $

BII $

CHB $

-0.4 0.13 4.6 0.72 50 0.63 91 0.64 20 0.20

3.5 0.11 1.3 0.32 0.01 0.33 0.62 0.35 0.11

0.30

42653939 BRP R5 of P26 5N ET

4.1 0.22 3.1 0.79 51 0.70 97 0.71 17 0.27

4.3 0.17 1.9 0.38 -0.02 0.54 0.29 0.55 0.32

42394633 DS 1045 Advance 3575N

0.4 0.08 3.0 0.73 40 0.64 79 0.67 11

0.18

1.6 0.08 0.7 0.15 0.04 0.46 0.72 0.49 0.55

42672722 EFBeef 821C Fellis S701 ET

0.3 0.14 2.9 0.70 49 0.59 82 0.62 15 0.21

42531422 CSU Ram Dominator 4203

3.0 0.32 -0.2 0.88 36 0.81 59 0.83

0.51

0.58

0.52

3.8 0.12 1.1 0.28 0.00 0.32 0.39 0.34 0.33

0.30

2.5 0.25 1.0 0.42 -0.03 0.70 0.12 0.72 0.30

0.75

41149734 DS Beef 9059

3.1 0.35 2.0 0.89 41 0.85 69 0.86 12 0.73

0.5 0.33 1.0 0.61 -0.04 0.74 0.81 0.77 0.16

0.79

42796392 L1 430 0424 0701

1.8 0.12 2.0 0.61 26 0.52 27 0.54 22

0.18

1.8 0.11 0.3 0.12 0.00 0.09 -0.16 0.18 0.01

0.07

42730082 O L1 Domino S58

6.0 0.20 -0.3 0.70 47 0.63 79 0.65 30

0.19

1.5 0.15 1.3 0.45 0.00 0.42 0.47 0.42 0.33

0.39

42795872 SHF Twister R125 T27

-2.6 0.17 3.7 0.73 71 0.66 129 0.68 15

0.19

3.2 0.14 1.4 0.47 -0.01 0.46 0.79 0.48 -0.09 0.49

42795823 SHF Treasure R117 T58

0.2 0.14 2.5 0.68 47 0.60 82 0.63 23

0.16

3.0 0.11 2.1 0.34 0.01 0.34 0.20 0.35 0.35

0.32

42644307 UPS Domino 5216

5.7 0.37 1.7 0.86 52 0.81 75 0.80 32 0.34

3.5 0.25 1.3 0.43 0.09 0.57 0.42 0.59 0.20

0.61

42862013 WS King Ten 6314 ET

-0.9 0.16 2.5 0.64 44 0.57 81 0.59 21 0.22

1.8 0.15 0.4 0.27 0.00 0.29 0.40 0.32 0.18

0.26

American Hereford Association National Reference Sire Program Responsibilities of Test Herd:

• Select from nominated bulls • Contact bull owner for semen shipping instructions • Breed 55-60 cows at a random mating across genotypes • Breed 30 cows to one reference sire that has been tested in previous years (at the cost of the test herd, semen and shipping at a commercial rate) • Provide complete data on NRSP forms • Breeding data: Cow ID, specific breed makeup (based on percent), age of cow at breeding time, date bred and sire used • Birth data: Calf ID, date of birth, weight and calving ease score • Weaning data: Calf ID, date weaned and weight • Interim data: Calf ID, date, weight • Carcass data: Calf ID, carcass weight, marbling score, fat thickness, ribeye area, internal fat and yield grade • Test herd must provide at least 55% conception rate • Test herd must retain ownership or partnership at 50% or greater on cattle until they have been harvested

Test Herd Cost:

• All costs will be covered by test herd • Test herd will pay for the reference sire semen for the 30 cows, and shipping semen will be priced at a commercial rate, data collection will be paid by test herd on all cattle

Responsibilities of Bull Owner:

• Nominate bulls for test sire • Nominate bulls to American Hereford Association (AHA) by March 1, 2011 • Furnish 60 straws of semen and pay shipping cost to test herds • Pay fees as required

Bull Owner Cost:

• Semen and shipment of semen • Pay the test herd fee per bull tested when semen is shipped — contact Jack for details.

Responsibilities of AHA:

• Receive data and report all data back to bull owner and to test herd

AHA Cost:

There will be no cost to the test herd or the bull owner for the data reporting done by the AHA

Program ✁Sire Nomination Form 2011 National Reference Sire Feedlot and Carcass Testing Benefits of Test Sires: Ranch Name

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1. Obtaining high accuracy carcass EPDs. 2. Obtaining performance data compared to other sires tested in herd contemporaries 3. Opportunity to market semen as a reference sire in the National Reference Sire Feedlot and Carcass Testing Program, after nominated and selected 4. Opportunity to test sires next to the top Hereford genetics in the breed Send application by March 1, 2011 to: American Hereford Association Jack Ward P.O. Box 014059 • Kansas City, MO 64101-0059 816-842-3757 • jward@hereford.org www.hereford.org

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Sale bulls average at the top of the breed for growth and yet significantly below breed average for BW. • Over 1,200 to pick from • Dams of Distinction herd since 1980 • 518 Dams of Distinction • 35 more qualiﬁed this year

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by Angie Stump Denton, editor adenton@hereford.org

“What’s New?” is a column designed to keep you in-the-know about Hereford happenings. You can also sign up for Hereford eNews, a weekly electronic newsletter from the American Hereford Association (AHA). Send an e-mail to eNews@hereford.org to subscribe. Archived issues are posted at Hereford.org.

Contact AHA to cancel National Western hotel rooms The American Hereford Association (AHA) room block at the Renaissance Denver Hotel is full. If you have a reservation and decide to cancel your reservation, please contact Mary Ellen Hummel at AHA to handle your cancellation. We have a waiting list of Hereford breeders who would like a room at the Renaissance. If you cancel a room online or by calling the hotel, the room is removed from the block and is not available at the block rate for other Hereford breeders. So please help us in retaining as many rooms as possible for this event. To cancel your room, call 816-842-3757 and ask for Mary Ellen.

Louisville, Reno photos available Photos from the North American International Livestock Expo (NAILE) and the Western Nugget National Hereford Show are available to purchase at HerefordPhotoshop.com.

Harris reports available Hereford breeders can order copies of the Harris final report, which is included with this issue. Various package sizes are available, including 10, 25, 50 and 100. To place your order, contact Angie Denton at adenton@hereford.org or 785-363-7263.

Use Y for 2011 The year letter code for 2011 is Y. This notice is for producers who use letter codes in their identification system. For more on tattoo and identification tips, visit the Education Center at Hereford.org. HW

Denver Hereford activities planned Hereford activities during the 2011 National Western Stock Show (NWSS) in Denver will be Jan. 13-15.

__________________ NWSS Schedule of Hereford Events _________________ Monday, Jan. 10 Process Yard cattle Tuesday, Jan. 11 Process Hill cattle Wednesday, Jan. 12 9 a.m. Hereford Hospitality Suite opens 6 p.m. Hereford Hospitality Suite closes Thursday, Jan. 13 8 a.m. National Hereford Bull Show, Stadium Arena on the Hill 9 a.m. Hereford Hospitality Suite opens 1 p.m. Junior Hereford Show, Stadium Arena on the Hill 6 p.m. Hereford Hospitality Suite closes

National Hereford Feedout Tests Hereford Efficiency I n 2010, 465 cattle were fed through the National Hereford Feedout. Divided into a winter test and a spring test, the National Hereford Feedout has been testing cattle for six years. “The data from the 2010 feedout has been gathered and the results clearly show that the trend for Hereford cattle working in the feedyard and carcass phase is confirmed again. Over the years, Hereford breeders involved have improved the muscling, marbling, growth and yield of the Hereford cattle tested without negatively

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affecting the most important trait of all, efficiency,” says Tom Granzow, test coordinator and Kansas Hereford Association (KHA) secretary. In the winter test, 281 cattle were placed on feed in December 2009. The steers gained 3.87 lb. per day at a cost of gain at $.59 lb. of gain total. Average feed intake was 5.26 lb. of feed per lb. of gain compared to a yard average of 5.69. This is a 9% advantage to Herefords in feed consumed and a 12% advantage in feed costs. Yet, the Hereford steers were even with the yard average on gain at

3.60 lb. per day. This is a $42.38 feed savings per animal to the Hereford cattle tested. In the carcass phase, the Herefords had a yield of 65.14%, a Yield Grade of 2.97, hot carcass weight of 810 lb., a backfat measurement of .49 inches, and a marbling score of 5.0 (low Choice). The ribeye area averaged 13.35. The live weight on this group of steers averaged 1,243 lb. The spring phase of the test began in February with 184 steers. The steers gained 3.87 lb. per day. On the rail, the steers had an average ribeye area of 13.62 inches, an average

Friday, Jan. 14 9 a.m. Hereford Pen of Three Female Show, Livestock Center Arena in the Yards 9 a.m. Hereford Hospitality Suite opens 10 a.m. Hereford Pen and Carload Bull Show, Livestock Center Arena in the Yards 6 p.m. Mile High Night National Hereford Sale, Beef Palace Auction Arena on the Hill 6 p.m. Hereford Hospitality Suite closes Saturday, Jan. 15 8 a.m. National Hereford Female Show, Stadium Arena on the Hill HW

backfat of .51 inches, an average marbling score of 5.1 (low Choice), and a hot carcass weight of 857 lb. All of this computed to an average Yield Grade of 3.14. The average live weight on this group was 1,327 lb. The National Hereford Feedout allows producers from across the country to consign whiteface cattle. The KHA organizes the program in such a way that Hereford and Hereford-English-cross pens can be entered in the test with just a minimum of five head. The steers in the 2010 feedout represented a diverse cross section of Hereford genetics and were all handled the same. They were sorted by weight and body type, and after 75 days on feed, ultrasound data for backfat was collected. The cattle were then marketed according to ultrasound data, with a desired backfat thickness of .4 inches. In this manner, the cattle were all subjected to the same environmental conditions and feed. At harvest they were individually weighed again, and final carcass information was gathered. The feed efficiency of each steer was calculated based on a Cornell University formula that breaks down pen statistics into individual feed efficiency figures by accounting for maintenance and growth requirements of different sized animals. At the end of the trial, each participant gets a graph analysis of his or her cattle ranked in comparison to the others in cost of gain (COG), as well as other performance and carcass data measures. For producers who consign sire groups, this service provides for genetic selection and rapid herd progress. For more information and to find out how you can participate in future tests, contact Granzow at 785-466-2247, 785-466-6790 or kansashereford@tctelco.net. HW www.hereford.org

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Upstream Ranch

AnnuAl Bull SAle Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011

UPS Shadow 9203

Calved: Sept. 5, 2009 BW 4.6; WW 61; YW 97; MM 18; M&G 48; REA 0.96; MARB 0.17

UPS Domino 9524

UPS Domino 9590

Calved: Sept. 3, 2009 BW 3.0; WW 62; YW 100; MM 29; M&G 60; REA 0.53; MARB 0.11

Calved: Sept. 6, 2009 BW 2.9; WW 62; YW 109; MM 30; M&G 61; REA 0.44; MARB 0.18

UPS Domino 9525

UPS Saga 9280 1ET

Calved: Sept. 3, 2009 BW 2.5; WW 63; YW 103; MM 28; M&G 60; REA 0.40; MARB 0.20

UPS Nitro 9554 ET

Calved: March 24, 2009 BW 5.5; WW 58; YW 102; MM 18; M&G 47; REA 0.48; MARB 0.03

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Calved: April 10, 2009 BW 3.2; WW 56; YW 86; MM 21; M&G 49; REA 0.18; MARB 0.17

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Calved: March 30, 2009 BW 5.0; WW 56; YW 97; MM 21; M&G 50; REA 0.37; MARB 0.23

UPS Tug 9254

Calved: April 4, 2009 BW 3.8; WW 66; YW 101; MM 20; M&G 53; REA 0.52; MARB 0.32

UPS Script 9214

Calved: March 26, 2009 BW 2.9; WW 49; YW 96; MM 26; M&G 51; REA 0.23; MARB 0.36

UPS Domino 9667

Calved: Sept. 22, 2009 BW 3.9; WW 52; YW 86; MM 27; M&G 53; REA 0.48; MARB 0.25

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trees, shrubs, meadows, desert and irrigated pastures. “We had to design a cow herd that will take the desert climate and build feedyard performance into those calves,” May says. “We have worked hard to get a consistent cow herd that will work and fit that rugged, desert area.” Steve Scribner, Simplot land and livestock manager, agrees that it takes a special type of cow to survive and thrive in the desert. “These cattle trail from winter range to summer range and back again,” he says. “They live in the environment, and it’s fairly harsh. Herefords add the ability to travel, and they provide a native animal that we can market.” The Hereford-Angus cross also provides value in foraging ability and in the production of a moderate-framed cow, Scribner says. “You cannot run a big cow on the desert,” he says. “Her nutritional needs are more than a desert can provide. But, you can make it work with a Hereford-Angus-based cross.” Dick Frederickson, DVM, has served as the Simplot ranch and feedlot staff veterinarian for 23 years. He says that in the past Simplot relied on purchasing replacements for its operation. “But, we decided to get our cow herd to where we wanted to be, we needed to begin raising our own replacements,” Frederickson says. “Seven years ago, we began a 10- to 15-year project to turn our cow herd completely over. Our goal was to maximize the efficiency of our cow herd with a moderate-framed, efficient, English-bred, crossbred cow herd. Ultimately, we strive to maximize efficiency, while producing a quality calf for the feedyard.” In order to achieve these cow herd goals, May says, artificial insemination (AI) was essential. “The best way to reach our goals was to use the AI program and choose the bulls we want,” he says. Frederickson says Simplot searched the major U.S. semen companies for

the Hereford bull to meet their needs. They decided on Enhancer, housed at ABS Global Inc. (ABS). Of the 5,000 replacement heifers to be bred via AI each spring, all solid-colored heifers are bred to this bull. In the Simplot breeding program, all black cattle are bred to Hereford, and females with white markings are bred back to Angus bulls. Charolais bulls are also used on terminal cows. “Now, we’re down to breeding 3,500 females each spring,” Frederickson says. “We’re discovering we don’t need as many replacements as we did five or six years ago. When we started this program, about 10% of females were baldies, and 90% were solid color, either Angus- or Red Angus-based. But, this past spring, we had 40% baldies in our replacement female herd.” Sam Shaw, Caldwell, Idaho, works as an ABS independent representative. He says the quality of Simplot replacement heifers has continually improved through this AI program. “The quality of replacement heifers being kept on the ranches has improved dramatically,” Shaw says. “This is the right progression for their ranch, and the next step for increased quality in their cattle.” Simplot has also taken steps to help Western cattlemen improve the quality of their replacement heifer herds.

The Sagebrush program Utilizing the experience gained in the Simplot AI program, the Sagebrush Heifer Development program was created in conjunction with ABS. Through this program, 1,500-3,000 heifers are developed for Western cattlemen yearly. The producer selects the bull and the AI program of his choice, based on recommendations from the Simplot staff, May says. “Many ranchers don’t have the time to really develop their heifers, and we do an expert job,” he says. “We get them growing and cycling with the right minerals and vitamins. And, we’ve been very successful in

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Simplot developed the Sagebrush Heifer Development program in conjunction with ABS Global Inc. Through this program, 1,500-3,000 heifers are developed for Western cattlemen yearly.

getting heifers bred for the first time. When you get a female started right and bred to have an early calf, she starts making money.” Shaw says his family’s operation, Shaw Cattle Co., Caldwell, Idaho, utilizes the Sagebrush program every year. “Per head, the price is cheaper than what we can do,” Shaw says. “It’s economical for us, and it’s nice to have a place for those heifers to go.” The pregnancy rate with the Sagebrush program has been high, May says. The overall pregnancy success rate is 60-63%. And, with the CIDR® program, the 10-day pregnancy rate averages 68%, he says.

The whiteface advantage Without question, May says, Hereford genetics have added value to the Simplot program. With heterosis, black baldie calves will grade and perform well in the feedyard and packing plant, May says. “It’s hard to beat that HerefordAngus cross animal, as it brings a premium to the packer,” he says. “They feed well and grow well. And, there are many premiums out there for choice and high choice animals.”

Simplot has discovered Hereford genetics provide consistency in the feedlot, resulting in added value and marketabilty for their feeder cattle.

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The value is also evident in the replacement female herd. An F1 Hereford-based cross adds hybrid vigor to replacement females, May says. That hybrid vigor translates to increased performance, and the cows being easy keepers and a smaller frame size. In addition, Hereford genetics can bring longevity to a cow herd, May says. “When you look at depreciation in your cow herd, if you can keep a cow until she’s 8 or 10 years old, that results in a lot of revenue for that ranch,” May says. “The Hereford has some longevity to her.” Docility is another advantage that Herefords bring to the table, he says. “That is one of the reasons they feed well in feedyards,” May says. “They’re not a high-strung type of animal, and they don’t have a lot of jitteriness. That helps with performance.” This docility is also a benefit on the range, Scribner says. “Herefords tend to be a stable, docile breed,” he says. “We work outside, and many of our facilities are portable panels moved into the desert once a year. We wouldn’t do well with wild animals.” May adds that black baldie females also add versatility to a marketing program. “The black baldie is a superior cow,” May says. “You can breed her to almost any bull you want. And, when you have a consistent cow herd, you can go any direction the market dictates you go. Right now in the feedyards, the black baldies may not bring the biggest premium, but they’re the easiest to sell.” Frederickson agrees. “If you’re a commercial producer hoping to produce a better steer calf to sell, over the long term, you will increase the value and the production of your cow herd by utilizing crossbreeding and hybrid vigor,” he says. For this ranch, one of the largest cattle operations in the world, Hereford genetics have brought added value to an already quality cow herd — providing consistent quality genetics, highly marketable feeder cattle and a valuable replacement female program, all in the harsh conditions of the desert. Yes, for the J.R. Simplot Co., consistent value has been found in the Hereford breed. HW www.hereford.org

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If Your Operation Is Forage-Dependent,

This ‘Top 10’ Is For You by Troy Smith

Top Ten Bale Grazing Mob Grazing Planned Grazing Manage Drought

ho knows when it started? Some say it was in 1950, when the Federal Bureau of Investigation established its “10 Most Wanted Fugitives” list. Regardless of how or when it began, we have become inundated with “Top 10” lists. Be it music, movies or mustaches on hockey players, we must rank the 10 best or worst. Television comic David Letterman even bases a running gag on our apparent obsession with lists of 10. Of course, most lists are offered in all seriousness. You don’t have to look far to find somebody’s top 10 tips for shedding weight, managing money, nurturing passion, raising children or filing for divorce. You could find 10 easy steps to mastering country line dancing or the 10 best ways to waste time on the Internet. Naturally, there may be a cost involved. Selling successby-the-numbers ranks high on the list of 10 most popular moneymaking schemes. But what “top 10” list might be most useful in helping cow-calf producers and stocker operators make money? According to Texas AgriLife Extension Forage Specialist Larry Redmon, it would have to be 10 strategies for optimizing forage production. Arguably, forage is the most critical resource to a ranch or stock farm. It has been called the beef industry’s single most important leverage point. It so happens that Redmon really does advocate 10

fundamental steps to managing forage for optimal production. However, he says producers often overlook, or ignore, one or more of them, thus endangering the profitability and sustainability of their operations. “Fuel and fertilizer prices have pushed production costs through the roof,” Redmon says. “Therefore, livestock producers have to carefully consider their management decisions to ensure they optimize every input dollar spent on the operation and reduce potential for waste.” Warning that inefficiencies cannot be tolerated in the current economic climate, Redmon suggests producers consider adopting the following 10 strategies for improved forage management:

Have a plan

“Regardless of the size of the operation a written plan describing the goals and objectives is critical to success,” Redmon says. “Each year the plan should be evaluated to determine if goals are being achieved. If not, then the plan should be modified, following careful analysis of production records. Remember, you cannot manage what you don’t measure.”

Test soil

Given the aforementioned high cost of fertilizer, Redmon says applications should always be based on

Forage is the most critical resource to a ranch, so it’s important to manage it properly.

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soil test recommendations. Otherwise, producers are likely to over-apply nutrients, which is expensive and wasteful. Or, they are apt to under-apply nutrients, which can result in reduced production. Never apply fertilizer on the basis of a guess or some old rule-of-thumb. “No one, and I mean no one,” says Redmon, “can tell you how to fertilize without a soil test.”

Use weed and insect management

Your planned goals and objectives won’t be met if weeds rob the nutrients needed by forage or if insect pests grow fat on forage meant for cattle. Therefore, Redmon recommends strategic pest management to maintain healthy, vigorous forage stands. “One good thing,” says Redmon, “is that pest control costs haven’t increased as much as fertilizer. And herbicide, applied at the appropriate time, will provide better weed control than mowing. Mowing isn’t very effective at all, except maybe during a drought. Herbicides work best when there is adequate moisture.”

Consider alternatives to inorganic fertilizer

Introduced forages usually require fertilization to optimize production and, unfortunately, many producers have little choice but to purchase commercial inorganic fertilizer. However, producers located near chicken or turkey operations should be aware that poultry manure may be an economical source of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. An analysis of the manure, along with a soil test, will allow producers to determine proper application rates. “But watch phosphorus accumulation over time,” warns Redmon. “Poultry manure generally contains equivalent amounts of nitrogen and phosphorus, and because forage plants generally use approximately three to four times the amount of nitrogen as they do phosphorus, care must be taken that phosphorus does not accumulate at the site beyond a threshold level.” Redmon says another alternative to inorganic fertilizer is the Class A biosolid (waste water treatment sludge) offered

by some large municipalities. These products also may provide nitrogen and phosphorus at a competitive cost, compared with commercial fertilizer. However, they contain little to no potassium.

Include forage legumes in pastures

Evaluate stocking rate

Purchase hay rather than raise it

According to Redmon, one of the best methods of providing nitrogen to pastures dominated by warm-season grasses is to incorporate a forage legume. The “nitrogen fixing” ability of legumes may provide up to 100 lb. of nitrogen per acre per year. So adding a legume can eliminate the need for nitrogen fertilization or at least reduce it. Other potential benefits cited by Redmon include improved nutrient availability to grazing cattle, a related improvement in animal performance, opportunity to extend the grazing season and reduced winter-feeding costs. The presence of forage legumes benefits wildlife too and may also help suppress weeds.

Redmon says a combination of things may have whittled away at the carrying capacities of many properties. Cattle size has increased over the last few decades, and forage intake increases with body size. Brush or cedar encroachment, over time, also decreases the amount of forage available for grazing. Also, due to the high costs involved, many producers have cut back on fertilization or weed control measures. Consequently, many properties are overstocked. Throw in periodic periods of drought and the problem worsens. “Think about what is sustainable and apply a moderate stocking rate for your environment,” advises Redmon. “Realize that adjustments have to be made as conditions change, like during a drought.”

In many regions of the country, it is the custom of both farmers and ranchers to harvest hay for winter feed. It’s what they do, like their fathers did, and their fathers before them. In many instances, harvested forages provide the www.hereford.org

bulk of winter rations for cattle. However, Redmon says making hay isn’t necessarily a requirement for being in the cow business. “Most producers cannot justify the expense of owning hay-harvesting and baling equipment,” Redmon says. “And if you can’t justify it, you don’t need it.” The most common argument for owning hay-making equipment is that it is difficult to hire and schedule custom harvesters to put up quality hay in a timely fashion. Redmon’s answer is to stop being concerned about harvesting hay and buy it from a reputable supplier. He insists buying hay is usually cheaper, in the long run, and acreage that would be hayed could be grazed instead.

Utilize forage analysis

Consider alternatives to feeding hay

paddocks. Allow cattle to graze the top 65% of available forage in each paddock, which will be mostly leafy material and provide the most nutrition. Then move the herd through other paddocks in rotation.

Consider your forage base

Rising costs of production inputs are forcing more and more producers to rethink many production practices. Producers accustomed to using fertilization or irrigation, or both, to increase yields of introduced forages may be particularly hard-pressed to justify high production costs. In many cases, says Redmon, it just isn’t working anymore.

He cites reliance on Bermuda grass by many graziers in Texas and other parts of the South as an example. It has its advantages – particularly the volume of forage it can yield compared to many other grass species. However, the advantages don’t come without cost. “Development of Bermuda grass varieties has been based on selection for response to fertilizer. It needs fertilizer to maintain production. Without fertilizer the composition of your forage base will change,” Redmon explains. “Unless your fertilizer costs are under $40 per acre annually, maintaining Bermuda grass for grazing may not work.” In situations where the costs of maintaining acceptable levels of

production from introduced forages cannot be justified, Redmon advises producers to consider returning to native forages, which do not require fertilizer to provide adequate nutrition to grazing livestock. Of course, there are trade-offs associated with the transition. Native plant species may be expensive to establish, and they won’t yield as much total forage as do most well-fertilized introduced forages. “Producers relying on a forage base comprised of native species generally have to use lower stocking rates,” says Redmon. “But inputs are much less, and native forages can offer better wildlife habitat compared to monocultures consisting of introduced forages.” HW

“Whether a producer purchases or produces hay for feeding to livestock during the winter, a forage analysis should be conducted to determine the hay’s nutritive value,” insists Redmon. “It can’t be determined by looking, feeling or smelling the hay. And underestimating nutritive value can be as costly as overestimating it. You want to know if animal requirements are being met, but you don’t want to waste money on additional supplements if nutrition provided by the hay is adequate.” Certainly, producers need to know the protein content of hay. In the case of warm-season annuals harvested for hay, like sorghum-sudan or millets, Redmon recommends a separate test for nitrate content to make sure the hay does not contain toxic levels.

The use of forage legumes has already been mentioned as a tool for extending periods of grazing and lessening the need to feed hay during late winter and early spring. Other cool-season annual forages, such as ryegrass, wheat, oats, rye and triticale, may also be used to provide forage for grazing, in lieu of feeding hay. “Another alternative is stockpiled grass,” adds Redmon, referring to deferring the use of certain pastures and saving them for use after the traditional grazing season. “Essentially it’s a standing hay crop that is saved for use when you otherwise would feed hay.” Stockpiled warm-season grass, for example, may meet the nutritional requirements for dry, pregnant cows during fall and early winter – perhaps through January – with little or no supplemental protein. “Crude protein in stockpiled grass declines over time but not all at once. You might be surprised how high the protein is,” says Redmon. To optimize use of stockpiled grass and minimize waste, he recommends limiting herd access to an area providing one or two days of grazing. Portable electric fencing is useful for dividing larger pastures into smaller www.hereford.org

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A Better Way to Feed Hay Bale grazing offers options for cutting costs and chores. by Kindra Gordon

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t may sound peculiar, but Neil Dennis of Wawota, Saskatchewan, Canada, starts putting out bales for winter feeding in the fall — long before the snow and winter weather sets in. He may position 600 bales in a pasture, each about 20 feet apart. Months later, when winter arrives and cattle need to be fed supplemental hay, Dennis will move the cattle into the pasture and allow the herd access to a section of the bales that are fenced off with electric tape or polywire fence. After two to three days, when they’ve cleaned up the area, he’ll move the herd to a new fenced off area with bales and so on. Dennis points out that this is a much easier method of feeding hay than starting the cold tractor each morning — and it saves on fuel costs and time. But the primary reason Dennis and many other beef producers are advocates of this process of bale grazing is because of what it can do for soil health and the future productivity of the pasture. Namely, nutrients from manure and urine are distributed across the pasture and the hoof action helps impact the soil — it’s a means to fertilize next year’s grass crop naturally.

Focus on the forage

Research results Bart Lardner, Western Beef Development Centre research scientist at Lanigan, Saskatchewan, has been conducting bale-grazing trials and believes the process has merit. He estimates expenses at 10-20% less than feeding in feedlots. He notes that it takes time to organize the bales for restricted feeding and it takes time to remove bale strings

or nets. After that, the rest is managing consumption. Additionally, bale grazing generates up to three times more nitrogen than the site would gain from cleaning out a feedlot. “All the nitrogen is captured on the feed site and available for next year’s growth,” he points out. “That’s a huge deposition of nutrients a producer can manage.”

Be willing to experiment Dennis acknowledges that much of what he has learned about grazing management has come through trial and error, and he encourages other cattle producers to do the same. He suggests, “Try something new on 10 acres and see what happens.” For instance, with bale grazing you might just try it on a small pasture with a few bales for a week or a month. Then watch and see how the land recovers next summer and spring. Or, Dennis suggests “massage grazing” to renovate pastures is also a good experiment. He says, “A deep massage isn’t as good [for the soil] as bale grazing, but it’s the next best thing.” Massage grazing entails rolling out a bale on an acre at a time in the spring and having a large group graze that area that is fenced around it. The next day the fence is moved over and a new bale is rolled out. The advantages of massage grazing over bale grazing are that you can cover more land in a shorter period of time, and massage grazing spreads the benefit of the manure and litter cover more uniformly across the paddock, making the regrowth

more even than after bale grazing, Dennis explains. The disadvantage is that you have to start a tractor every day to roll out the bales. Here’s how Dennis massage grazed: He treated a 10-acre crested wheat paddock over a period of 10 days using 800 yearlings. The paddock had been grazed once the year before, then stockpiled for spring grazing. The massage treatment began with Dennis calculating the feed requirements and then rolling out brome-alfalfa bales on one acre. The hay was placed in strips, leaving a bale width between each strip. When that hay was cleaned up, he went back and rolled bales into the alternating strips. “This way, you get more tramping and better spread of urine and manure because they go back and forth over the treated areas to get to the water,” he explains. “When you’re done, you want it to look like indoor-outdoor carpet with lots of manure tramped in. The forage has to be in contact with the ground so the soil microorganisms can break it down.” He doesn’t recommend using straw bales because the animals would leave too much litter cover behind. His preference is hay bales made from any mix of forages mature enough to have some seed in the heads. The seeds shell out or pass through the digestive tract, ultimately increasing the diversity of species in the stand. It’s best to carry out this treatment first thing in the spring so that the paddock will have lots of time to recover and

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Dennis tells that he grew up on a family livestock operation that did things conventionally: “We looked after the animals and not the land.” But difficult financial times during the 80s and 90s forced Dennis and his wife to look to alternatives to help their farm’s sustainability and profitability and their quality of life.

This led them to learn about holistic management and to take several classes that have shifted their focus on soil and forage management. Dennis says he now has the philosophy that, “The only way to heal the land is with animal impact.” Dennis explains, “Healthier sod equals healthier plants, equals healthier animals; and healthier animals and plants for food, equals healthier people.” Whether he is utilizing mob grazing in the summer or bale grazing in the winter, Dennis says his goal is to impact the soil and then allow for ample recovery for the land. “When I leave a paddock, I want every square inch to have a footprint. Then I allow adequate recovery time for that area.” He also notes that on his ranch he only receives an average of 12-13 inches of rainfall, but he believes “It’s not how much rain you get; it’s how much you hold in the soil.” Through their year-round grazing management, the Dennises have transformed unproductive pastures into pastures with increased carrying capacity — as much as 300%.

Bales are in place and ready to be “grazed.” Cows are allowed access to a new group of bales when they clean up an area.

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Bale grazing benefits • self-feeding of animals • reduction in chore time • reduced wear and tear on tractor, which is reduced to one period

• lower operating costs • less manure to manage in the corral, meaning lower haul-out costs

• reduced greenhouse gas emissions from manure piles/ packs and diesel burning

• less wear and tear on corral fencing

• improved land fertility • Better distribution of manure nutrients, which increase future forage production

regrow that same season, Dennis explains. The plants shut down for about 21 days after being grazed, so short. regrowth has to come from the root reserves because there are no leaves left for photosynthesis to occur. If you get rain, it could be ready to graze again in 80 or 90 days — if not, it could be a year. His general rule of thumb is to avoid grazing the pasture again until the forages are budding or starting to set seed. At this stage of maturity, the root reserves will have been replenished and the stems will have firmed up enough that the cattle will tend to eat the tops of the plants, leaving six inches or so behind to trap snow during the winter.

The crested wheat pasture massaged in May was left to rest for 123 days and grazed again on Aug. 24. In previous years, the crested wheat paddock had yielded 20 to 25 animal days per acre (ADA) — that is, one acre had the capacity to carry 20 or 25 animals for one day. After the deep massage treatment in the spring of 2007, the second pass in late August produced 111 ADA. In 2008 the paddock produced 123 ADA grazing on the first pass in August. The increase in plant diversity was already apparent — 40-plus forage species were identified in the paddock that had predominately been crested wheat the year before. This benefit came from the new seed introduced from the bales as well as the hoof action of the animals, which disturbed the top layer of soil enough to promote germination of seeds lying deeper below the surface. Dennis notes that a deep massage using a lower stock density would work — just not as quickly. He concludes that there’s no magic number that defines high stock density grazing whether the animals are grazing bales or pastures. He emphasizes that it is a matter of trial and error, grazing the plants and impacting the area and then allowing ample time for the plants to regrow and recover before being grazed again. HW

this photo shows the manure and leftover material following bale grazing at a density of 25 bales per acre (40-foot centers). at this rate, the overall average nutrient deposition from urine and manure is considered environmentally safe and economically optimal.

Editor’s Note: Neil Dennis spoke at the Nebraska Grazing Conference this past August. The 11th annual Nebraska Grazing Conference will be Aug. 9-10, 2011, in Kearney, Neb.

Bale grazing basics

Bale grazing proponents note that the system will only work with feed testing and good planning. here are some guidelines:

• Put bales out in fall, when weather is still nice and there is no snow to plow through.

• Bales should be placed 15-20 feet apart in rows that are at

intensive bale grazing on a selected site. electric fencing controls livestock access to the bales.

least 20 feet apart to allow adequate space for electric fence between the rows. (the outside row of bales can be used to hold up the fence.)

• to determine how many bales to allow access to, you’ll need to test the hay to know the quality, and you’ll also need to factor in bale weight and cow size and nutritional need. as a rule of thumb, Dennis estimates that a two-day supply of hay is about one bale per 20 cows. some trial and error is needed to determine how many bales to allow access to. and, depending on hay quality, you may need to include a mix of alfalfa grass hay and straw bales and/or sometimes supplement with protein.

• Based on hay quality and number of animals you will be bale feeding, you may want to consider separating cattle into different groups — cows, bred heifers and yearlings or calves — to minimize competition between older cows and younger cattle and to target nutrition to the group that needs it most.

• Portable electric fence is an essential tool for controlling the cattle movement and access to bales. he recommends moving the fence every couple days to keep the cattle actively eating the hay in front of them in order to reduce waste. he typically starts a long narrow row with the water source at one end and then moves the fence out from there to include a new row of bales, while still allowing cattle access to the water. Dennis notes that cattle won’t clean up all the hay, but 80% usage is a good target.

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• Consider bale placement for distribution of manure. for example, Dennis especially likes to bale graze in areas with low soil fertility. the strategic placement of bales in those areas encourages more cattle activity and additional nutrients/manure. or you may bale graze one pasture one winter and a different one the next.

• Because some of the areas Dennis grazes offer little wind protection, he does utilize some portable windbreaks in pastures that don’t have natural shelter.

• you may need to cut the bale strings as you allow cattle access to the bales. Plastic bale strings can be removed by hand. sisal twine tends to be preferred because the strings disintegrate into the soil eventually.

• Dennis notes that bale grazing may lead to dead spots where the bales have been placed if a thick layer of forage is left uneaten. But he says that these dead spots are usually only temporary. a year or two later a dead spot often ends up growing taller than the rest of the grass in the pasture.

• if he plans to be gone for more than two days, Dennis says he just gives the cattle access to more bales and no one has to do chores for him. HW

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Mob Grazing 101

Start with a high stock density for a short period of time, allow for ample recovery of the plants, and you might yield some impressive pasture results. by Kindra Gordon

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o traditional cattle ranchers, 250-500 cows — or more — per acre sounds like too many cattle in the pasture. But with management, it can be a tool that is actually beneficial for the pasture. It’s a concept called mob grazing, and it’s earning acclaim among grazing enthusiasts here in the U.S. The practice was developed by South African grazing guru Allan Savory and entails using ultra high concentrations of cattle per acre for a short period of time and then giving the plants ample time for rest and regrowth. To give an example of how concentrated the stock density is with mob grazing, in 1,000 lb. cow terms, it may be 250 to 500 cows — or more — per acre. University of Nebraska Extension Educator Terry Gompert says, “The objective is to create a major disturbance and then move on and give the pasture an extended period of rest — up to a year or more — before it is grazed again.” And what is the effect on the land? Mob grazing is actually a tool that can restore grass health and productivity, says Gompert, who is also a beef producer. Gompert has followed the progress of several cow-calf producers who are successfully integrating mob grazing into their operations. He reports

that once the stock densities are concentrated and the animals are moved one or more times per day, forage production is increasing two- to four-fold. Additionally, plant diversity is bouncing back. Gompert credits this enhanced production to the soil building from the compaction of plants into the ground, the manure distribution from the high stock density and the control of unwanted plants — because the cattle are so highly concentrated in a small area they are forced to eat or trample all the plants in their path.

Give it a try If you are considering giving mob grazing a try, Gompert suggests doing some experimenting to find what fits your operation. “Different tools work in different environments,” he says. And he adds, “You don’t need to use ultra high stock density every time. It’s a tool like a hammer. You don’t use a hammer for every job. Mob graze for one day and see what it does.” He offers these guidelines: Don’t overgraze. Gompert says, “The biggest mistake people make is overgrazing; I call it scorched earth grazing — and this creates animal performance issues.” He suggests producers should strive for 60% utilization of plants by livestock — with the remaining 40% knocked down as plant litter.

Real world example

Missouri rancher Greg Judy spent 14 years using management intensive grazing (MIG) on his ranch — but four years ago he made the switch to mob or high stock density grazing. Judy says he made the switch because with the MIG system he didn’t feel he was sustainable. “We had three herds that we were moving, and we felt we were working all the time. And, by July we were always out of grass.” Judy has now combined the cattle into one herd — or mob — and moves them once a day. Using electric fence, he rotates through pastures twice per year — once during the growing season and once during the dormant season. Today, he reports that his pastures are healthier, new plant species are appearing and it is attracting more wildlife. He has completely reduced his inputs as well. He does not use lime, fertilizer or machinery, and he does not put up any hay. He estimates that he now only feeds hay about eight days out of the year — and he purchases that hay. Most importantly, his labor demands have decreased, and Judy says his quality of life has “skyrocketed.” Judy says, “With this type of grazing management, I’ve never been more excited about our future or any farm. It requires no inputs and allows more grazing and more cattle. We’re growing top soil, we’re sustainable now and we have diversity.” HW

Don’t ignore animal performance. Gompert acknowledges that he has seen some variation in animal performance. In the majority of instances animals will gain weight or maintain their condition. But he has seen some herds where animals can lose weight. So it is important to monitor animal performance. Be creative. “People often say: ‘I don’t have enough cows and I don’t have enough time,’” says Gompert. He suggests combining your own herds or combining

herds with a neighbor. The latter choice allows you to increase stock density and share land and labor. Have a plan. Plan ahead where the cattle will be grazing and what you’ll stockpile for fall and winter grazing. Make the cattle walk. For access to water, a temporary lane can be created with electric fence. The lane can then moved with each rotation. Keep back fences optional. Some back fences may be needed when you are first starting a mob movement to prevent cattle from going back to regraze where they’ve been, but most mob graziers have found that cattle don’t go back where they were the day before. Use ground litter as a key. Once an area has been mob grazed and litter is sufficiently on the ground, cattle need to be moved to a new area. Allow ample recovery time. This is the most important guideline of all, according to Gompert. All plants should be fully recovered before being grazed again. Gompert gives the example that with management intensive grazing (MIG) many of the plant species decrease over time. He explains this reduction occurs because not all plants have recovered before being grazed again — which means the key species return, but several others tend to decrease. With ample rest, mob grazing allows all plant species in the soil a chance to grow and flourish. HW

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Planned Grazing A good grazing strategy can help producers improve their bottom lines. by Heather Smith Thomas

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here are many facets to a well-planned grazing system. How you manage the grazing on your place will depend a lot upon your soils and climate, topography and types of pasture, and your goals. Rotational short-duration or management intensive grazing (MIG) has become well recognized as a way to increase cattle performance, pasture health and productivity. How long the animals stay in one place before being moved to the next paddock, pasture or strip will depend in part upon the constraints and individual features of the land base (size, type of pastures and forage species, whether it’s rangeland or irrigated pastures) and upon the purposes and goals of the stockman. The nutritional needs of the animals will also be a factor, whether they have high requirements for protein and total nutrients (such as lactating cows or young, growing stocker cattle) or lower needs (such as mature, dry cows). Maximizing pasture production and allowing cattle to graze as much of the year as possible will help improve any rancher’s bottom line. As pointed out by Jim Gerrish, American Grazinglands Services of May, Idaho, finding ways to

allow cattle to harvest their own forage is the most cost-effective management tactic.

An old idea is new again “What we’ve been ‘discovering’ in the last 20 to 30 years was known in the late 1700s,” says Gerrish. “An agriculturalist in Scotland, James Anderson, wrote basically the same book that I wrote on management intensive grazing. In 1777 he wrote about daily rotation, turning cattle into a pasture at optimum quality stage of growth and allowing plant recovery.” The difference today is that it’s easier to do it. “In Anderson’s day, in Scotland, if you wanted to split your pastures up so you could move the cattle every day, it was all done with stone fences. The labor to build miles of stone fences made it much harder and, most people didn’t do it,” says Gerrish. “We’ve seen this old system in Ireland on some of the farms that were abandoned in the mass exodus due to the potato famine in the 1840s and 1850s. These farms were all subdivided with stone fence. They had a handdug ditch that started at the top of the farm, snaking back and forth through all the pastures so they’d have stock water in every

when you are feeding stored feed. “This is another make-orbreak issue for many producers,” says Gerrish. Late spring or early summer calving is one way to match peak demand with peak forage production. In a fall calving situation, a good pasture management strategy is to wean calves at the start of spring grass and let them graze the best lush pastures, following them with dry, pregnant cows to utilize the aftermath, since the cows at that stage don’t need the highest quality forage. The key to successful fall calving is lowcost winter grazing, however, so your climate will dictate whether it will work for you. The third key is the forage resources available. “Is the pasture strictly rangeland, or is there irrigated pasture involved? The types of forage plants in a pasture are not as important as what you do with them, however. Even some of what we consider lessthan-desirable forages can be used effectively with the right planned grazing strategy,” explains Gerrish. You can graze that forage at peak nutrient quality. Avoiding maturity by grazing the plant sooner — when it has optimal energy and protein level and palatability — can maximize animal performance on these types of forage. “Grazing creeping foxtail is a good example. Many people don’t consider it very good forage, but if we graze it when it’s immature, we get excellent animal performance,” says Gerrish. It can be grazed and allowed to regrow, keeping it at a vegetative and more palatable stage.

pasture. Today, electric fencing has revolutionized our ability to do rotational grazing, but the understanding of plant-animal relationships and time-controlled grazing is not new.”

Stored feed usage “Stored feed costs are the biggest expense for most cow-calf producers. Our basic goal is to reduce stored feed use,” Gerrish explains. “There are three big considerations from the animal side of the equation. First is the type of cow you’re running, in regard to relative milking ability. Also, many ranchers don’t realize how much the feed demand increases for cows at peak lactation. Many producers chase high milk value EPDs (expected progeny differences), and those cows have a high feed requirement compared to maintenance levels — as much as 60-80% higher. If you have a herd of 100 cows, when they’re at peak lactation, it’s more like you have a herd of 150 to 160 cows, in terms of feeding them. Those high-milking individuals not only have a higher quantity demand but also higher quality demand.” Secondly, timing of calving will also make a difference in determining whether you’ll have peak demand occurring during your peak pasture season or

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“Back in the early 1980s when we were first starting recommending controlled grazing, going to shorter grazing periods — down from a week to five days, then three days, and then to moving cattle every day (which is what we recommend today) — I thought the primary benefits we got were increased uniformity of grazing and more consistent pasture. Then as the years went by, I realized how much benefit we’re also gaining with animal nutrition,” he says. The shorter grazing periods take away the cows’ opportunity for selective grazing. “When you put cows in a new pasture for a week, they eat all the best forage within the first two days and by the end of the week may be on www.hereford.org

a maintenance diet or less. But you can take that same pasture and split it into more feed breaks and get better individual animal performance,” he explains. “Regarding the type of animal (stocker, lactating cow, dry cow, etc.), the greater the nutritional demand of that animal, the greater the benefit of going to shorter grazing periods,” Gerrish adds. “This gives the animal a balanced diet with optimum nutrients. The place where you really see this illustrated is with pasture-based dairies. Typically, they move cows to new pasture after every milking — so the cows are in a pasture for only 12 hours. But some of these dairymen go out and move the cows again between milkings, and maybe a couple times in between. No matter how full a cow thinks she is, if you open up a new bunch of feed, she’ll get up and go eat some more.” Dairymen see the beneficial response from this short-term rotation every day — in the milk tank. With beef cattle, that same type of response is there, but producers don’t see it until they weigh the calves at weaning. “Young calves are a little less responsive than older animals, but we see it very clearly in grazing stockers or finishing cattle on pasture. This is where you see the real benefit of more frequent moves,” he says. For grass-finished cattle, especially, using this type of rotation would be a way to maximize their intake and production because the forage would be at its best each day. There are other advantages from planned rotational grazing. High-density, short-duration grazing is healthiest for the land and vegetation, spreading the cattle manure more uniformly over the pasture to get nutrients back into soil. It’s the most

optimum way to improve soil health and vegetation. “Typically, the shorter the grazing period and the higher the stocking density, the more uniform the manure distribution,” Gerrish says. “Also, if you are managing each pasture to graze it at optimum quality stage, the breakdown of the manure will be much swifter than if forage is grazed at a mature stage. If the rumen bugs can’t readily digest the forage (due to low protein content), soil microbes won’t either. The higher the quality of forage going into the rumen, the more effectively rumen microbes can process it.” Thus the forage goes through the tract faster, enabling the animal to eat more total volume in a shorter time (and hence obtain more total nutrients), and comes out as looser, more moist manure — rather than firm. It breaks down much more readily on the ground. If cattle are grazing the tops of the plants and then moving on, they are also less likely to become re-infected with internal parasites. They graze down to a uniform height but leave a lot of the plant to regrow. Since parasite larvae don’t crawl very far up the plant, they won’t be ingested if cattle merely eat the top portion. This type of controlled grazing can be a huge help in parasite control. “The more you explore all of these relationships between the grazing animal, the soil and the forage, the more you understand the many benefits obtained with well-planned rotational grazing — things you don’t even think about when you first start out,” Gerrish says. The success of any grazing management will depend on how well you can adapt it to your own ranch situation to take advantage of what your ranch produces,

high-density, short-duration grazing is healthiest for the land and vegetation, spreading the cattle manure more uniformly over the pasture to get nutrients back into soil.

Reseeding a pasture

Glenn shewmaker, university of idaho state forage specialist, says people often ask what types of plants are best for a good pasture. if you are reseeding and selecting a certain species or mix of forage species, make sure you have optimum conditions for establishing a good stand. he recommends using high-quality, certified seed; selecting the best species for local conditions; and possibly using a mix of species to optimize a pasture. reseeding will only be successful if pastures can be well managed and rotated, giving plants some rest periods. “until a pasture is no longer subjected to continuous season-long grazing, it won’t matter what a person plants, to try to improve the pasture, because they’ll end up with just bluegrass or quack grass again,” he explains. interseeding with legumes can boost production and also reduce the need for nitrogen fertilizer. “having a legume in the pasture really helps keep animal production levels high, especially in July and August when grass plants don’t have as much recovery during hot weather,” shewmaker says. “the legumes grow back better after being grazed. this requires a rotational system, however, and more intensive management than season-long grazing.” the first year after reseeding, he recommends clipping or haying the pasture rather than grazing — until young plants are well established with a good root system. HW

pasture-wise. And in a drought year, a person must be prepared to reduce numbers. “Stan Parsons, who started the Ranching for Profit school, once said that if you try to feed your cow herd through a drought and maintain numbers, it will generally take the profit

of the next five years to pay off the debt for that feed bill — for one drought year. Always have a drought strategy, and this should include being willing to destock to whatever number your ranch can support in dry years,” explains Gerrish. HW

Grazing terminology rotational grazing is a term that’s been used a lot during the past 30 years, but it is not specific enough to describe the type of managed grazing most producers use today. rotational grazing means moving cattle around, but there is no specified time element. “the term ‘short-duration grazing’ is only slightly more specific. for the rancher who has been moving cattle once a month — and now moves them once a week — the once-a-week move is short duration. Another rancher who has been moving cattle once a week may go to once a day. to him a week was a long grazing period and now the single day is short duration,” explains Jim Gerrish of American Grazinglands services. Another rancher might take it a step further and call the system “short duration, high-density grazing,” but this again is not specific because what might be highstock density to one producer may not be so high to another, Gerrish adds. the term “management-intensive grazing” or “time-control grazing” is more flexible because it indicates intensive management rather than intensive grazing. HW shorter grazing periods take away the opportunity to selective graze. www.hereford.org

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Drought Management Mistakes by Troy Smith

Top Ten Bale Grazing Mob Grazing Improve Pasture

records 14 inches of precipitation annually. Gill claims, however, that it has been known to come in just two rain events. “Where I come from, the climate is best described as perpetual drought, with intermittent flooding,” quips Gill.

Develop a plan In a country where scarcity of rain is normal, and periods of even drier weather come all too frequently, it seems like cattle producers ought to be pretty drought savvy. But regardless of location, every producer in business for the long haul will experience drought. All should have a plan for coping with the consequence — reduced forage production. Certainly, some producers do have drought strategies. Others take steps that Gill considers shortsighted or just plain wrong. Too often their decisions may actually undermine the sustainability of their operations. According to Gill, a realistic plan for surviving severe drought should include measures to reduce forage demand. That means removing cattle. Usually, it means selling some cattle. If the operation runs yearlings, as well as cows, yearlings can be liquidated to save forage for the breeding herd. If it’s strictly a cow outfit, though, significantly reducing cow numbers can be a bitter pill to swallow. Realizing cattle numbers must be reduced, producers may choose to wean early and sell the calves and hope conditions improve so cows don’t have to be sold.

When faced with droughtdriven reduction of a springcalving herd, for example, Gill recommends the culling start with any cows that do not have calves at side. Early culling candidates should also include replacement heifers not already in production. Additional culling should be based on soundness of teeth, feet, legs and udders. Then look for cows with marginal production histories.

“I believe that’s a mistake,” says Gill. “Selling light-weight calves under six months of age will not save a significant amount of forage. Those calves only consume 15 to 25% as much forage as their dams. And light-weight calves will likely be of low value when marketed during widespread drought conditions.” Early weaning can be a management tool for reducing the cow nutrient requirement and boosting cow body condition. While it won’t help stretch the forage supply very much, it can minimize cow supplement costs. Gill says, when considering early weaning, retaining ownership of calves should also be considered. Feeding the calves is cheaper than supplementing nursing cows.

Don’t buy feed and hope

Sell smart Another common mistake, says Gill, is to sell the wrong cows. When ranchers do decide to reduce breeding herd numbers, they typically sell the older cows. That often includes culling cows five to seven years old in favor of retaining heifers and the very youngest cows. “But first- and second-calvers are less productive,” explains Gill. “They generally wean the lightest calves and rebreeding rates are lower. The middleaged cows are probably more environmentally adapted and able to survive the drought better. Their calves generally are heavier, generating more income. And their future daughters saved as replacements are likely to be better adapted too.”

PhoTo by Debby DulworTh

Manage Drought

here is a story about a man who was better at raising children than calves on his drought-afflicted ranch. According to the tale, it was this rancher’s habit to go outside each evening and gaze wishfully at the clear, starry sky. One night, after studying the horizon, he gathered pebbles in a bucket and began throwing handfuls on the roof of his family’s house. This prompted the rancher’s good wife to come out, demanding to know what had prompted such curious behavior. “There is lightning in the west and it might rain. Surely, if not tonight, it will rain eventually,” the rancher is said to have replied. “I thought it would be a good idea for the kids to get accustomed to hearing something fall on the roof. Then, when it does rain, they won’t spook and stampede.” Maybe that story really isn’t so far-fetched. There are parts of cow country where drought has lingered so long that small children have had few chances to hear rain on the roof. For a while now, it’s been seldom heard in some Southeastern, Southwestern and far Western states. There is a parched patch of real estate in the Great Lakes region and even parts of Hawaii are abnormally dry. As this is written, Texas is suffering most. Supposedly, Texas is the origin of that little anecdote about the rancher “preconditioning” his children for the eventual coming of rain. It’s also the stomping ground for Texas AgriLife Extension Livestock Specialist Ron Gill. He grew up in a ranching area of the state that, on average,

A realistic plan for surviving severe drought should include measures to reduce forage demand. That means removing cattle.

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Perhaps the worst mistake made by ranchers is to do nothing but wait, hoping the drought will break in time or that additional pasture can be leased. Sometimes, a rancher tries to maintain cow numbers and buy feed or sell part of the cows to purchase feed for the remainder. “At the end of the drought, you are out of money and out of cattle,” states Gill. “When cattle are sold, the money should be put aside to purchase replacements at the end of the drought.” Gill says he believes the majority of commercial cowcalf producers cannot afford to buy feed to survive a drought or an overstocked ranch. In his experience, most who have tried did not survive unless they were able to infuse substantial amounts of outside money. “Because many ranchers are afraid a blade of grass might go to waste, their ranches are overstocked anyway. Don’t try to push the envelope to the limit,” warns Gill, adding that “wait-and-see” management can decrease the short- and long-term productivity of a ranch’s forage base. He believes one of the best drought management strategies is to stock a ranch at a moderate level, which allows more reaction time and more opportunities to take in cattle and income when times are good. Gill also warns that hanging on too long reduces cattle marketing options. Local cattle markets decline during periods of drought, while feed prices climb. Delayed destocking usually results in lower net income. “My recommended approach to drought is to sell cattle and sell early. Try to sell enough cows, or yearlings, early enough that you don’t have to sell more for a year. If you manage your forage well, eventually you can try to buy back cattle before the price gets high,” Gill says. “Think long-term. The next 15 years are predicted to be drier than normal in many areas. Manage accordingly and don’t be surprised.” HW www.hereford.org

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in the Hereford Business Cattlemanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Connection Bull Sale Monday, March 14, 2011 1 p.m. (MST) At Spring Cove Ranch, Bliss, Idaho

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Sons and daughters of JWR 024P Saraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Prince 153T sell March 14th.

Selling 40-head of 2-year-old, fall yearling and yearling Hereford bulls and 12 yearling heifers.

Sons and daughters of /S Cowboy Logic sell March 14th.

JBB/AL Herefords John and Bev Bryan 208-280-1507 James and Dawn Anderson 208-280-1505 1993 S. 1500 E. Gooding, ID 83330 jbbalherefords@hotmail.com

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Messner ranch

50 annual Production sale th

Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011 • At the Ranch • 12:30 p.m. (CST) Selling Over 120 Bulls: 49 Angus bulls, 65 Hereford bulls and 30 spring calving Hereford heifers

M 6098 Advance 008X

M 6098 Advance 9302W

BW 1.6; WW 49; YW 77; MM 25; SC 0.7; FAT 0.03; REA 0.49; MARB 0.03

BW 1.3; WW 45; YW 75; MM 23; SC 0.7; FAT 0.01; REA 0.50; MARB 0.08

M 424 Domino 9297W

M 7245 Neon 0216X

BW 3.6; WW 52; YW 88; MM 15; SC 0.5; FAT 0.00; REA 0.32; MARB 0.07

M 062 Traveler 055X

BW 2.8; WW 38; YW 67; MM 25; SC 0.8; FAT -0.02; REA 0.35; MARB 0.07

BW 2.5; WW 63; YW 103; Milk 15; SC .49; MARB .14; REA .15; FAT -.20

Hereford Herd Sires HH Advance 6098S ET CL 1 Domino 869U M9126 Domino 424P HH Advance 222M 1ET JA L1 Domino 8551U C Neon 7245 DS Beef 9059

BW 0.7 0.6 4.2 0.9 3.4 4.7 2.2

WW 52 48 45 34 58 62 42

YW 80 74 77 63 95 111 69

MM 27 22 34 27 23 15 13

SC 0.7 1.1 0.8 0.4 1.2 0.6 1.1

REA MARB 0.60 0.11 0.51 0.16 0.28 0.01 0.36 -0.04 0.32 0.17 0.64 0.05 0.74 0.18

Angus Herd Sires BW WW YW SC MM Connealy 044 062 1.4 87 137 1.52 16 Sitz Upward 472T -.6 65 122 .52 38 B/R Traveler 004-420 .8 60 108 1.49 14 Gardens Prime Star K77 3.0 50 97 1.50 20 Gardens Star Time K048 2.6 42 88 .06 17 Connealy Power One 1.2 44 86 .13 28

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MARB .04 .57 .38 .96 .78 .59

REA .23 .34 .21 .32 .23 .58

FAT -.033 .009 .057 .042 .039 -.027

R.R. 1, Box 130 Slapout, OK 73848 Milton 580-837-5384 Van 580-552-1555 Roxanna 580-552-1102 Located 6 miles south, 11 miles west of Laverne, Okla.

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Elkington PollEd HErEfords and soutH dEvons PrEsEnts tHE

2011 Efficiency Experts range raised Cattle sale

Friday, Feb. 4, 2011 • 12:30 p.m.

At the Ranch • 7 miles east of Idaho Falls at 5080 E. Sunnyside Rd.

selling:

75 Bulls — sound, easy keeping, range raised 65 Polled Herefords • 15 Polled Hereford Heifers 10 South Devons • 1 Poundmakers — black

Don’t miss out on the catch of the year!

ur severe environment culls inefficient, poor fleshing cattle. Forty years of selection has greatly increased the efficiency and fleshing ability of our cattle. Linebred Elkington bulls will produce high performing calves and easy fleshing, high producing cows that will work anywhere on less feed than they are accustomed to. Our bulls live in harsh conditions and are developed on a high roughage ration at high altitude. A new customer of ours turned five of our Hereford bulls and five Sits Angus bulls in with 300 head of straight Angus cows. The resulting Hereford cross heifer calves were 35 lb. heavier at weaning time and calmer with tremendous depth of body.

EPHR Lancer 813W

• A very good bull out of a good, young cow. Look at this bull’s ratios. He will really add weight to your calves. • BW 1.7; WW 44; YW 76; MM 16; M&G 37; FAT 0.01; REA 0.33; MARB 0.05 • Birth wt. 80 lb.; WR 111; YR 111; REA 116; MARB 112

EPHr Potato 891W

• A herd bull prospect out of the great 582M cow. He will make a tremendous herd sire. • BW 4.4; WW 48; YW 97; MM 11; M&G 35; FAT 0.00; REA 0.26; MARB 0.02 • Birth wt. 94 lb.; WR 104; YR 108; REA 96; MARB 100

BJE Mission Statement 827W

• Herd bull prospect. A very thick, meaty bull. Goggled eyed, red clear to the ground. Tremendous bull. Be sure to look him over. • BW 2.5; WW 49; YW 98; MM 11; M&G 35; FAT 0.01; REA 0.40; MARB 0.08 • Birth wt. 88 lb.; WR 114; YR 118; REA 118; MARB 125 • Selling 3/4 interest, full possession. We are retaining 1/4 profit sharing interest.

Free delivery: West of Mississippi on $4,000 bull purchases. We will pay 1/2: East of Mississipi on $4,000 bull purchases and on nationwide heifer purchases. www.hereford.org

EPHR Simion 957W

• A herd bull prospect. This bull is thick, long and deep. He is very impressive! • BW 3.2; WW 52; YW 94; MM 16; M&G 42; FAT 0.00; REA 0.27; MARB 0.10 • Birth wt. 90 lb.; WR 122; YR 116; REA 107; MARB 139 • Selling 3/4 interest, full possession. We are retaining 1/4 profit sharing interest.

EPHr royal 865W

• This is a very good bull. He has a big hip and will produce great calves. • BW 2.0; WW 42; YW 77; MM 14; M&G 35; FAT 0.00; REA 0.33; MARB -0.02 • Birth wt. 82 lb.; WR 106; YR 110; REA 114

BSE Silk 942W

• This heifer is beautiful! Her mother is a very good producer. Should make someone very happy in their program. • BW 2.3; WW 45; YW 80; MM 11; M&G 34; FAT -0.01; REA 0.34; MARB 0.01 • Birth wt. 80 lb.; WR 103; YR 102

For more information, contact:

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5080 E. Sunnyside Rd., Idaho Falls, ID 83406 Keith 208-523-2286 • Brent 208-523-6461 Layne 208-523-8508 • 208-681-0765 Cell

Cattle available for viewing anytime in beautiful eastern Idaho. We will help with all delivery arrangements.

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Proving Efficiency Measuring residual feed intake allows producers to select for more efficient animals. by Sara Gugelmeyer

t’s a simple concept. If an animal eats less and gains more in a production setting, it’s a superior animal. That, in essence, is what the RFI (residual feed intake) value measures. And, what more and more beef cattle producers are discovering is that an animal that is more efficient, or has a “good” RFI value, benefits everyone in the production chain. For example, a more efficient cow helps the cow-calf guy by weaning a more efficient, bigger calf on less feed. The more efficient calf eats less and gains more all the way to the packinghouse, making more money for the stocker, backgrounder and feeder, which

in some cases is all the same person. Now, wouldn’t it be smart to be that person? That’s what cattlemen like Alex Mih and Tom Krauss think, anyway.

Testing for efficiency Alex Mih is the co-owner of MM Ranch, Chanute, Kan., and has been collecting RFI data on some of his calves since 2005. “The data itself allows us to select individual animals who are very efficient without necessarily selecting for excessive mature cow size,” Mih explains. The MM Ranch herd consists of about 1,200 cows and started testing bulls for RFI in 2005, then added heifers to the test in 2006.

Testing for feed efficiency is the only way to determine an animal’s efficiency, it can’t be identified by physical traits.

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Mih now has data on more than 700 females and 100 bulls and even bought a GrowSafe system so he could test calves himself. Tom Krauss, Russell, Kan., runs about 150 cows, part of which are registered Herefords. He sells registered Hereford bulls and females as well as commercial females. He’s tested about 50 head a year for the last three years for RFI data because efficiency is important to him and his customers. “The whole reason we started doing RFI is because feed efficiency and cost of gain is a prime driver on feeding cattle and cow maintenance costs,” Krauss says. Although Krauss tests most of his cattle at the University of Wyoming facility near Lingle, many other bull tests offer RFI testing as well. The privately owned Green Springs Bull Test, Nevada, Mo., was the first bull test to use the GrowSafe technology back in 2005. According to Kent Abele, owner and manager, demand for RFI testing has increased, and the facility has doubled its capacity to accommodate. Green Springs can now test up to 260 head at a time and usually tests about 1,000 head a year. “Breeders want this data because they realize that about 65% of the variable costs in their operation is feed cost,” Abele says. “Efficiency is the one area that we can genetically make the biggest gains in regard to the bottom line.”

Not a single trait selection tool Although it’s tempting to simply select for the most efficient

cattle or cull the least efficient, it’s important to not use RFI as a single trait selection tool. “We need to find the cattle that do several things well,” Abele says. “Not all efficient cattle grow well or have good carcass data. We need to find cattle that move several traits in the right direction.” Mih says, “RFI complements everything else we measure. If we have a bull that is good on birth weight, carcass and rate of gain, among others, and also has a highly negative residual feed intake, indicating a very efficient animal, that is highly desirable, so we want to multiply that animal. To us it’s valuable because it allows us to add input in addition to all the other criteria we think are important in breeding stock.” Krauss also says not to get too focused on the actual RFI value but to consider the measurements that are used to calculate that number. “I don’t get too hung up on the RFI number itself. I think what is important is the gain and intake and conversion data that ultimately means cost of gain.” Because the technology to test for RFI is relatively new, Mih and Krauss base their progress on somewhat limited data, but both agree selecting for efficient cattle has helped their operations. The heritability of efficiency is about the same as carcass traits, which is defined as moderate or about a .39 to .45. Krauss says he culls anything that falls out of a desirable range for efficiency. “I cull anything that totally falls out of bed in terms of RFI data,” he says. “Replacement www.hereford.org

heifers that don’t gain but intake is through the roof have to go. Also anything that really gained but was abysmally inefficient about it gets culled.” With bull prospects, Krauss uses the data as more of a selection tool. “We look for a bull that is above average for that calf crop as far as gain and efficiency, carcass and birth weight and growth and their momma’s cow record for production.”

Making a difference Mih and Krauss have only had one or two calf crops of progeny from measured high efficiency females and bulls. However, by simply eliminating very inefficient bulls and females, change can be seen. “What I’ve seen is if we breed a bull that gains more on less to a heifer that’s the same way, that calf is not necessarily always going to come to the top of the bunch, but he will likely be within an acceptable range. We are seeing a higher proportion of calves that are more efficient. We are eliminating the variance.” RFI value, at least in Krauss’ operation, has proven to correlate to a more efficient cow. He prefers a cow with moderate milk for his environment and management style. If there are two cows in his herd, both with moderate milk and weaning ratios over 100, he says the cow with the better (more negative) RFI value will be in a better body condition at weaning. “Within a given level of milk on a set of cows, the cows with better BCS at weaning with also have a better RFI,” Krauss explains. “But if a heifer has a 30 milk, you can throw it all out the window. It doesn’t matter how good her RFI number is; she will

“RFI complements everything else we measure. If we have a bull that is good on birth weight, carcass and rate of gain, among others, and also has a highly negative residual feed intake, indicating a very efficient animal, that is highly desirable, so we want to multiply that animal.” — Alex Mih milk herself out of pregnancy in my program.”

Where’s the value? But, these two cattlemen are seedstock producers, so are buyers also looking for a proven efficient animal? The problem is many people still don’t understand RFI values, Mih and Krauss say. “Right now the topic is new and some of our customers are interested in it,” Mih says. “There is maybe some confusion about it and it’s not known by everyone.” Krauss has now offered RFI data on three bull crops for sale and admits most of his bull customers retain ownership of their calves and the majority considers RFI when purchasing. “They were somewhat hesitant, but customers that bought RFItested bulls and are now getting

progeny in the feedyard are looking at it harder because they are seeing some correlation there. It’s definitely selling some bulls.” A proven efficient bull can also make a difference for a cattleman looking to improve the efficiency of his cow herd if he raises his own replacements. “A few of my customers are looking to go toward more of a grass and cake scenario and chop a bunch of winter feed out of their cows,” Krauss explains. “They have really grabbed on to the RFI data because they know the newest genetics coming in and their progeny will be able to handle (less feed) better. Guys that are downsizing their cows (in terms of mature cow size) and making cows do more on less in the winter know that efficient genetics should prevail in that kind of environment.” RFI, like any new technology, has adversaries. It’s been proven that there may be no physical difference between an animal with a highly negative “good” RFI value and an animal with a highly positive “bad” RFI value. For some more traditional buyers who like to make decisions based on appearance rather than paper, RFI is a tricky concept to trust. Mih says some have come to him with a question about the poor doer — the animal that doesn’t eat much but doesn’t gain much either. They ask, “Could he have a ‘good’ RFI value?” Mih says he explains to them that poor doers are already easily identified by poor growth and carcass and physical characteristics. That’s all the more reason to remember that seedstock producers and commercial cattlemen should not base decisions on a single trait. It’s important to see the big picture. HW

Understanding RFI Residual feed intake, or RFI as it is commonly called, is the difference between actual feed intake and predicted feed intake based on the requirements for production and maintenance of body weight. The predicted feed intake is calculated by considering the feed intake, average body weight and average daily gain of all the calves in the group. University of Missouri animal scientist Monty Kerley has focused his research on cattle efficiency. He explains, “We’ll take a group of animals (any size), and we feed them all together. And we measure individual feed intake; then we regress the intakes of the calves on their average body weight and average daily gain. This gives us a regression line; from that we have coefficients for body weight and average daily gain. Then we take each animal’s body weight and average daily gain and plug that into the equation with those coefficients and then that solves for the expected intake of that calf. That intake is an estimate of what the average intake of that group of calves would have been for that particular body weight and average daily gain. Then you take actual intake of the calf and subtract from it that expected intake value to get an actual RFI value.” RFI is sometimes referred to as net feed intake because it is the difference of the two numbers. A highly efficient

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animal will consume less than predicted, resulting in a negative value. The more negative the value the more efficient the animal. If the number is positive, it would indicate an inefficient animal, meaning the animal consumed more than predicted. The problem with using the RFI value as a selection tool is that animals from two different test groups cannot be fairly compared based only on the final RFI value. It is more fair to simply identify the animals as being in the top, middle or bottom third of their test groups, Kerley explains. For example, if two bulls are being compared from two different test groups and if one bull is in the top third of his group and the other is in the bottom third, the first bull is more likely to be more efficient. However, this method is flawed as well, because, overall, one group may be more efficient than the other group, skewing the average when compared to the general population of cattle. The bottom line is actual RFI values can only be fairly compared within test groups, and an index or EPD (expected progeny difference) is needed to fairly compare cattle from different tests. Most breeds are working toward such an index or EPD now. HW

The Association’s perspective on RFI American Hereford Association (AHA) staff members realize the importance of feed efficiency and finding a way to make it a more provable and, therefore, more easily marketable trait. AHA Chief Operating Officer and Director of Breed Improvement Jack Ward points out that the AHA already has a sizeable amount of feed intake data collected, as well as data compiled that breeders have collected and submitted. In fact, about 200 head of Herefords came off feed efficiency test at Olsen’s Ranch, Harrisburg, Neb., Oct. 1. The AHA has a partnership with Olsen’s to collect data on cattle using the new GrowSafe system just installed there. Although animal scientists are working hard on developing a measurement, like an EPD (expected progeny difference), to fairly and accurately compare cattle for feed efficiency, the science is still in progress. “It’s up to the scientists to evaluate what way is the best to use feed efficiency,” Ward says. “But we do realize that we need to collect data on feed intake and gain, and how the scientists will use that data we’re not sure yet. But we will definitely be utilizing it for not only a measurable trait but possibly in the area of genomics as well.” Ward expects a DNA marker for efficiency will eventually be discovered, which will be of great use to cattlemen. “I think that’s where DNA markers are going to have a lot of value, because obviously feed intake is an expensive and hard-to-measure trait. So if there’s some way we can use DNA markers to make progress, that’s where they are going to have their useful place in our industry.” At this point it’s hard to speculate on when an EPD, index or DNA marker will be developed that incorporates feed efficiency, but Ward says it is something the AHA Board and staff are and will continue emphasizing. For now, it’s important for Hereford breeders to collect as much feed efficiency data with DNA data as possible and submit it to the AHA. “We aren’t using it in the genetic evaluation today,” Ward says, “but we are compiling it for future use. If breeders have a set of cattle that are on test in GrowSafe or feed efficiency testing bunks, they should not only collect the data but it’s also very important to collect DNA on the cattle being tested, preferably blood. Also, just like every other trait, keeping contemporary groups accurate and making those groups as big as you can is important.” HW

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The Premier Performance Sale

Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011

1 p.m. (MST) • At the Ranch • Rapid City, S.D. Where Quality Runs Generations Deep! A breeding program with Focus

1946-2011 — 65 Years of Dedication to Breed Improvement Herd Sires Represented

M&G

REA

MARB

KB L1 DOMINO 521R

2.5

0.12

0.21

KB L1 DOMINO 641

4.2

0.27

-0.09

KB L1 DOMINO 842U

3.7

0.56

0.00

CL 1 DOMINO 417P

2.9

0.30

0.22

CL 1 DOMINO 592R 1ET

2.0

0.34

0.19

CL 1 DOMINO 6105S

3.4

0.52

0.10

CL 1 DOMINO 795T 1ET

6.0

112

0.26

0.30

CL 1 DOMINO 7110T

0.0

0.15

0.29

CL 1 DOMINO 849U

1.5

0.19

-0.03

CL 1 DOMINO 862U

3.6

0.68

0.15

HH ADVANCE 6001S

2.2

0.28

0.11

HH ADVANCE 8086U

2.8

0.59

-0.15

Selling choice of 2010 heifer crop along with 40 outstanding heifers!

KB L1 DOMINO 003X

BW 3.4; WW 50; YW 75; MM 23; M&G 48; REA 0.27; MARB 0.13 Sire: 417P • Birth wt. 90 lb.; 205-day wt. 850 lb.

KB L1 DOMINO 049X

BW 4.7; WW 57; YW 89; MM 21; M&G 50; REA 0.28; MARB 0.14 Sire: 795T • Birth wt. 93 lb.; 205-day wt. 790 lb.

KB L1 DOMINO 080X

BW 3.5; WW 50; YW 87; MM 28; M&G 53; REA 0.32; MARB 0.09 Sire: 6105S • Birth wt. 84 lb.; 205-day wt. 830 lb.

• Focused on birth weights… live calves are a must here. • Focused on maternal traits… a cow herd that milks and re-breeds • Focused on pay weights… weaning and yearling weights and EPDs right for today’s markets. • Focused on meat and muscle… something you will appreciate in this offering. An entire herd line-bred for predictability. SELLING: 84 BULLS 40 OUTSTANDING HEIFERS AND PICK OF 2010 HEIFERS 40 top heifers that will make top cows • Several show heifers will sell

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KB L1 DOMINO 0122X ET

BW 3.5; WW 42; YW 73; MM 23; M&G 44; REA 0.11; MARB 0.19 Sire: 0152K • Birth wt. 93 lb.; 205-day wt. 750 lb.

KB L1 DOMINO 012X

BW 4.3; WW 50; YW 85; MM 34; M&G 59; REA 0.29; MARB 0.05 Sire: 592R • Birth wt. 65 lb.; 205-day wt. 800 lb.

KB L1 DOMINO 066X

BW 3.2; WW 55; YW 83; MM 25; M&G 52; REA 0.26; MARB 0.12 Sire: 6001S • Birth wt. 80 lb.; 205-day wt. 815 lb.

KB L1 DOMINO 092X

BW 3.9; WW 54; YW 90; MM 26; M&G 53; REA 0.38; MARB 0.08 Sire: 6105S • Birth wt. 90 lb.; 205-day wt. 805 lb.

KB L1 DOMINO 041X

BW 1.9; WW 46; YW 73; MM 23; M&G 45; REA 0.45; MARB -0.05 Sire: 842U • Birth wt. 85 lb.; 205-day wt. 805 lb.

KB L1 DOMINO 073X

BW 2.4; WW 59; YW 93; MM 23; M&G 52; REA 0.16; MARB 0.26 Sire: 7110T • Birth wt. 77 lb.; 205-day wt. 755 lb.

KB L1 DOMINO 0102X

BW 3.9; WW 52; YW 87; MM 34; M&G 60; REA 0.32; MARB 0.10 Sire: 592R • Birth wt. 95 lb.; 205-day wt. 730 lb.

KB L1 DOMINO 048X

BW 1.7; WW 46; YW 79; MM 29; M&G 52; REA 0.17; MARB 0.10 Sire: 521R• Birth wt. 83 lb.; 205-day wt. 830 lb.

KB L1 DOMINO 075X

BW 4.2; WW 53; YW 86; MM 30; M&G 57; REA 0.38; MARB 0.00 Sire: 842U • Birth wt. 96 lb.; 205-day wt. 780 lb.

KB L1 DOMINO 0115X

BW 1.0; WW 53; YW 84; MM 29; M&G 55; REA 0.12; MARB 0.17 Sire: 7110T • Birth wt. 75 lb.; 205-day wt. 675 lb.

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Corn Driving 2011 Economic Outlook Could corn continue to go up while cattle numbers shrink? by Kindra Gordon

peculation has been all over the board during the final months of 2010 as economists aim to make predictions on cattle and corn for the new year. One headline proposed “Think $5 corn is expensive? Some betting on $10 next year”; another touted “Will there be enough cattle?” That, in a nutshell, sums up current market conditions: corn prices are sky-high which has resulted in continuing liquidation of the U.S. beef cow herd.

“We need you to keep a few more heifers…we need a few more cows.” — Randy Blach Cattle prices are expected to be favorable, but with higher feed costs, that could erode some of cattlemen’s and cattle feeders’ profits. Time will only tell how everything plays out for 2011, but here’s a roundup of what economists are anticipating:

Keep an eye on corn The corn market’s rally above $5/bushel this fall — and even reaching a two-year high of $6.05 — was fueled by a smallerthan-expected U.S. crops outlook and increasing demand from top buyers such as China — both factors could force grain prices even higher in 2011. This possibility is also stirring growing concern among livestock producers and others dependent on corn, which is the U.S.’s largest crop. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has trimmed its estimate for the nation’s corn harvest three times this fall and predicts domestic stocks of

the grain in 2011 will sink to a 15-year low. That is intensifying market skittishness over potential shortfalls in coming years, with importers, ethanol producers and livestock feeders competing for dwindling global grain supplies. As a result, expectations are for corn prices to remain high, but the speculation of corn at $10 is an extreme scenario, and it’s unlikely prices will climb that high, many traders and analysts say. Even with this year’s rally, corn is still below a mid-2008 peak of $7.65, the highest since corn futures began trading in Chicago in 1877.

also depends on corn prices and (their effect on) calf prices.” Similarly, Purdue University Extension economist Chris Hurt says the cattle industry is ready to set records for high prices this year and next, but he adds, “Although this is positive news for finished cattle prices, calves and feeder cattle still face the pricedepressing burden of high feed costs. In the longer run, current high feed prices will keep the industry in a liquidation phase, and smaller beef supplies in coming years will be positive for returns for years to come.” Hurt adds, “The most recent surge in feed prices will likely keep producers from expanding until feed prices moderate. That will not be until the 2011 U.S. crops are assured, which is still at least eight to nine months away. This means cow numbers will not likely expand until 2012 and that beef supplies will not start to grow until 2014.”

Strong cattle prices Cattle prices are anticipated to be strong in 2011 as well due to a boost in export demand and the tight supplies. Most projections call for fed cattle prices to be in the low $100s during the first quarter and then reach yearly highs in the second quarter, when they may average about $105. Texas AgriLife Extension livestock economist David Anderson’s 2011 forecast has 600-lb. calves priced at $104 to $112 per hundredweight (cwt.) and 700-800-lb. calves priced at $99-$105 per cwt. Anderson would have pegged prices even higher than that if corn prices were more moderate. But, because of the increasing cost of production for beef producers, Anderson anticipates that cattle numbers will be fewer over the next couple of years and that the price of corn will dictate the level and spread in calf prices. He says, “We are forecast to produce 25.4 billion lb. of beef in 2011 versus 25.9 billion lb. in 2010. That reduction will lead to increases in price, but it

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Presently, the U.S. beef cow inventory is at about 31 million head — the lowest inventory since 1963. Heavier carcass weights have helped offset some of the loss in production, but U.S. cattle producers clearly are continuing to decrease their inventory of cattle and calves. In the July 1, 2010, cattle report, cattle producers told U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) they had about 500,000 fewer beef cows that had calved (1.6% less) than a year ago. Beef cow replacements were down 100,000 head (2.2% less) from a year ago at 4.4 million head. These decreases suggest that herd liquidation will continue in 2011. HW

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With tight cattle supplies, increases in demand could boost cattle prices even higher. Domestically, cull cattle particularly have been fetching premium prices — a result of the demand for ground beef. The export markets also continue to show strength in customer demand for U.S. beef exports, which for 2010 increased to 2.3 billion lb. — up 21% over the previous year — due to a significant recovery by the majority of U.S. trading partners and a weak dollar. That trend of increasing beef exports is expected to continue — albeit gradually in 2011 as world economies recover from recessionary conditions. Any increase in the levels of U.S. exports of beef and/or competing meats such as pork or poultry will likely have a significant impact on U.S. beef prices during the next couple of years. Anderson concurs, saying “Booming exports tighten domestic beef supplies even more and should lead to higher cattle prices for the next couple of years.” But beef demand domestically could dip in 2011 if consumers continue to experience rising prices for most goods and services — as is anticipated. One projection calls for beef to average $4.65/lb. This could force consumers to substitute — or reduce — the bundle of goods and services they consume — including beef — which would have a negative toll on cattle prices.

That said, continuing growth in beef export markets is critical. “These export markets could be worth $5 to $10 per cwt. on the value of fed slaughter cattle,” says Walt Prevatt, Auburn University Extension economist.

To expand or not? Given the market outlook, it’s a great time to own cattle — if you can pay the feed bill. Most economists agree that cow-calf producers should hold on to their cow herds because record finished cattle prices and, hopefully, cheaper feed in the fall of 2011 should result in much higher calf prices, perhaps for multiple years to come. Randy Blach, CEO of Cattle Fax, is among those who believe the U.S. cow herd inventory needs to begin expanding. He says to producers, “We need you to keep a few more heifers…we need a few more cows.” Specifically, Blach anticipates America’s beef industry needs to grow by 600,000 to 700,000 more cows by the end of this decade to supply the anticipated increase in global beef demand. He explains, “When you see that the national herd is smaller and is going to be even smaller on Jan. 1, that means it will be three years until we can impact production to meet demand. What’s the opportunity? You can see what the masses are doing — not many are keeping heifers or buying a few more cows. So those who do will have a pretty good pay day.” Of the future, Blach is optimistic and says, “It looks pretty good. I think there is a tremendous opportunity for cow-calf producers who know their costs, manage production and have market savvy. The cowcalf sector could have the most profitable three to four years ahead as any time in history.” That said, there are no sure bets, and Auburn’s Prevatt acknowledges that the 2011 cattle market will continue to operate with a great deal of uncertainty. He suggests cattle producers monitor several factors including changes in domestic and global beef demand, supplies of broilers and pork, export and import sales of all meats, feedstuff prices, monetary exchange rates, and adverse weather effects. The cattle markets could experience some volatile movements with abrupt changes in any of these factors and/or combinations of factors, Prevatt concludes. HW www.hereford.org

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La Niña Strengthening for Winter 2011 Cold and wet forecast for Northern Plains; South will stay warm and dry. by Kindra Gordon

The Pacific Northwest and Northern Plains should brace for a colder and wetter than average winter, while most of the South and Southeast will be warmer and drier through February 2011, according to the winter outlook released by the Climate Prediction Center (CPC). A moderate to strong La Niña is influencing weather across most of the U.S. this winter. “La Niña is in place and will strengthen and persist through the winter months, giving us a better understanding of what to expect between December and February,” explains Mike Halpert, CPC deputy director. Specifically, cities from Fargo and Minneapolis to Green Bay will receive above-normal winter snowfall. Other cities predicted to receive above-normal winter snowfall include Chicago, Omaha, Detroit, Cleveland, Seattle and Portland. La Niña is associated with cooler than normal water temperatures in the Pacific Ocean, unlike El Niño, which is associated with warmer than normal water temperatures. The current La Niña developed this past spring and summer. Iowa state climatologist Harry Hillaker is also betting on La Niña to produce a cold and snowier than normal winter for Iowa and the Upper Midwest from January through March. He explains that during a La Niña, there is usually a warm, dry fall as a run-up to winter but that changes dramatically for the Northern Plains as we get further into winter. Both La Niña and El Niño, which typically occur every two to five years, influence weather

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patterns throughout the world and often lead to extreme weather events. Last winter’s El Niño contributed to record-breaking rain and snowfall leading to severe flooding in some parts of the country with record heat and drought in other parts of the country. Although La Niña is the opposite of El Niño, it also has the potential to bring weather extremes to parts of the nation. Here’s what the CPC is anticipating for the regions for early 2011 and into the spring as La Niña conditions persist:

• Pacific Northwest: colder and wetter than average. La Niña often brings lower than average temperatures and increased mountain snow to the Pacific Northwest and western Montana during the winter months. • Southwest, Southern Plains and Southeast: warmer and drier than average. This could exacerbate drought conditions — particularly in southern California — and wildfire concerns in all of these areas.

• Northern Plains: colder and wetter than average. This area is likely to see increased storminess and flooding.

• Ohio and Tennessee Valleys: warmer and wetter than average. They are likely to see increased storminess and flooding.

• Northeast and MidAtlantic: equal chances for above-, near- or belownormal temperatures and precipitation. Winter weather for these regions is often driven not by La Niña but

by weather patterns over the northern Atlantic Ocean and Arctic. These are often more short-term and are generally predictable only a week or so in advance.

• Central U.S.: equal chances of above-, near- or belownormal temperatures and precipitation.

• Florida: warmer-than-normal temperatures all winter long. The best weather this winter is expected to be in Florida and warmer weather is expected all along the Gulf Coast.

The CPC emphasizes that its seasonal outlook for winter does not predict where and when snowstorms may hit or total seasonal snowfall accumulations. Halpert explains that snow forecasts are dependent upon winter storms, which are generally not predictable more than several days in advance.

What to expect for spring? What about the growing season for 2011? If the current La Niña is still in place in April or early May in 2011, “Iowa and Upper Midwestern states could expect to have a rather dry spring,” explains Elwynn Taylor, Iowa State University Extension climatologist. He goes on to say that since we have been in a La Niña for a while, the 2011 growing season could be similar to what happened in 1974. He reports that the current pattern of weather is much like 1973 going into 1974. Taylor says, “It doesn’t mean we will have a dry weather pattern in 2011. This is not a forecast. But looking at how things are shaping

up, the possibility of drought bothers us a little bit. Also the strength of the current La Niña event is like it was in 1955 going into 1956 and 1973 going into 1974. The years 1956 and 1974 were not desirable years for corn production in Iowa and the U.S. Corn Belt.” Taylor says it will be important to watch the Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) to determine if La Niña is strengthening or weakening this winter. The National Weather Service puts out an update every two weeks on what’s going on with the SOI. Taylor further explains that the Benner drought cycle, based on more than 100 hundred years of crop yields and weather in the U.S. Corn Belt, shows droughts of major proportions coming every 18.6 years on average. “Tree ring studies over the last 800 years also tell us that the cycle of 18.6 years holds true,” says Taylor. What it shows is that there is an average of approximately 18.6 years of relatively good growing weather in between the times when a major widespread drought will occur in the Corn Belt. 2011 is at the end of the period in that cycle when drought is likely to occur. Taylor has studied the tree ring history of the past 800 years, and he reports that 23 years is the longest time we’ve gone without a major drought in the Midwest. “And right now we are at 22 years,” says Taylor. He concludes, “So if we can make it through the year 2011 without a major drought occurring in the Corn Belt, we are going to break an old record — an 800-year-old record. This is one record I’d especially like to see set.” HW www.hereford.org

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Ironman, Remetee Top Louisville National Hereford Show W CC WOF Ironman U302 Karey Howes, Taneytown, won the champion bull Md., exhibited JB Remetee 213 honors and JB Remetee to the champion female title 213 topped the female show at the after being named champion National American International junior yearling heifer. She is a Livestock Exposition February 2009 daughter (NAILE) Thursday, of Purple Milsap 45S. Nov. 18, in Louisville. Mariah Behrends, San Don Boggs, Jose, Ill., with JBC Manhattan, Kan., judged Crane Victory 954 ET the 223-head show, by CH Enuff Prophet and said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is an 2913 was chosen reserve outstanding show. The champion female breeders have done a after winning the Judge Don Boggs good job bringing both intermediate division. bulls and heifers that look good in In the cow-calf show, Gary the ring and on paper.â&#x20AC;? Allen Taylor III, Winchester, Ky., Ironman was slapped grand with TF Maui Ann 237 819 ET champion after winning the were chosen champion cow-calf senior bull division. He is a pair. TF Maui Ann is an April February 2008 son of WCC Slam 2008 daughter of C Maui Jim Dunk R26 ET owned by Chad ET. She showed with a March Wilson, Cloverdale, Ind., and heifer calf at side by Beckley Hunter Hamilton, Heltonville, 758P Ontime 934S. Oak Ledge Ind. Daniel and Robin Riker, Farm, Belmont, N.H., won the Ionia, Mich., and BJ Herman & reserve banner with KEB Kira Sons, Edgerton, Ohio, claimed the Kilo 002S by NS Lakes Kilo 002. reserve champion bull title with She showed with a May heifer SSF RLB Onkey 122L 949 850ET calf at side by UPS TCC Nitro by Remitall Online 122L. 1ET.

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The premier breeder banner went to Purple Reign Cattle Co. and the premier exhibitor was Doug LeTourneau. DeLHawk Herefords, Earlville, Ill., won firstplace get with a group sired by CH Enuff Profit 2913. The junior show was Sunday, Nov. 14, and Mark Hoge, Good Hope, Ill., judged the 81 entries. Karey Howes and JB Remetee 213 also won grand champion female in the junior show. Reserve champion went to Anna Krieger, Universal, Ind., with Kriegers Hard Candy 3W ET, a December 2009 daughter of SR CG Hard Rock 5073. To view complete results of the 2010 National American Livestock Exposition National Hereford Show visit Hereford.org. HW

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Reserve grand and reserve senior champion bull, by Daniel and Robin Riker, Ionia, Mich., and BJ Herman & Sons, Edgerton, Ohio, with a Sept. 9, 2008, son of Remitall Online 122L.

JBC Crane Victory 954 ET

Reserve grand and champion intermediate female, by Mariah Behrends, San Jose, Ill., with a May 4, 2009, daughter of CH Enuff Prophet 2913.

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AdditionAl division results spring calf champion heifer: Michigan State University, E. Lansing, Mich., with MSU Apollonia 39X ET by CRR About Time 743. reserve spring calf champion heifer: Doug LeTourneau, Gallatin, Tenn., with C&M New Mexico Lady 0045 by GO 3196 Advance T9. Junior calf champion heifer: Karey Howes and Purple Reign Cattle Co., Toulon, Ill., with KPH Purple Snooki 002 by THM Durango 4037. reserve junior calf champion heifer: Trent George, Niles, Mich., with WRB DeLHawk Amber 210 ET by CRR About Time 743. Fall calf champion heifer: Purple Reign Cattle Co. and Drew Schmidt, Taneytown, Md., with DNT Purple Babbs 101W ET by UPS TCC Nitro 1ET. reserve intermediate champion heifer: Matthew Compton, Greenfield, Ind., with MSC Ramseys Sylvia Powerload by AA Powerload. spring yearling champion heifer: Pleasant View Ranch, Posen, Mich., with MSU Queen 48W by Boyd First Class 6040. reserve spring yearling champion heifer: Matt Woolfolk, Jackson, Tenn., and Doug LeTourneau with S&S Miss Lamp 714W by NJW 94J Boulder 51M. reserve junior yearling champion heifer: Nicole and Danielle Starr, Manawa, Wis., with MSU Keepsake 24W ET by BR Moler ET. senior yearling champion heifer: Matthew Blankenship, Nolensville, Tenn., with RC Ms Chekota 862 by MHW Chekota 512. reserve senior yearling champion heifer: Hunter Hamilton, Heltonville, Ind., with WCC Dixie U320 ET by JCS Showtime. spring calf champion bull: Ike Redden, Bloomington, Ind., with Redden 743 Just N Time X02 by CRR About Time 743. reserve spring calf champion bull: River Circle Farm, Hartsville, Tenn., with RC Rock Solid 107 by RC Rock On 753. Junior calf champion bull: DeLHawk Cattle, Earlville, Ill., and Happ Herefords, Mendota, Ill., with DeLHawk Kahuna 1009 ET by CH Enuff Prophet 2913. reserve junior calf champion bull: Terrace Farms, Lexington, N.C., with TF Rock Solid 10S 279R 208X ET by GH Rambo 279R. Fall calf champion bull: River Circle Farm with RC MS Wallace 975 ET by BR DM CSF Wallace ET. reserve fall calf champion bull: Chad Wilson, Cloverdale, Ind.; Flatter Hereford Farms, Yellow Springs, Ohio; and WDF Cattle Co., Yellow Springs, Ohio, with WCC Young Money W326 ET by DB Grand Slam. intermediate champion bull: Desiree Davis, Mooresville, Ind., with DAD Lawman 15W by GH Neon 17N. Champion yearling bull: Able Acres, Wingate, Ind.; Mud Creek Farms, German Valley, Ill.; and Thousand Hills Herefords, Stockton, Ill., with AA Airline 972 ET by Remitall Online 122L. reserve yearling champion bull: Oak Ledge Farm, Belmont, N.H., with KEB Erec E Deal 609W by H Easy Deal 609 ET.

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Junior Show Judge: Mark Hoge, Good Hope, Ill. • 81-head shown

Champion female, Karey Howes with JB Remetee 213, 2/13/09, by Purple Milsap 45S.

Reserve champion female, Anna Krieger, Universal, Ind., with Kriegers Hard Candy 3W ET, 12/12/09, by SR CG Hard Rock 5073.

2010 Louisville Reserve Grand Champion Female 43034316 — Calved: May 4, 2009 — Tattoo: BE 954 M&M TUFF ENUFF 618 CH ENUFF PROPHET 2913 42314202 CH LADY PROPHET 0220

STAR DONALD 335F 4ET {SOD} M&M MISS JORDAN 258 RPH PROPHET 64G AC MS L1 DOMINO 6429

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Bluegrass Stakes Sale Averages $3,657 The Bluegrass Stakes sale featured 14 heifers and one flush this year as auctioneer Dale Stith cried the sale. As the final animal walked out of the ring, 14 heifers had averaged $3,657 and one flush had gathered $4,300. Leading the sale at $11,000 was Lot 14, Pennells Queen Sanoa, a consignment from Pennell Bros., Navarre, Ohio. The April 18, 2010, daughter of THM Durango 4037 was selected by Lindsey Pugh, Louisville, Ohio. Purple Reign Cattle Co., Toulon, Ill., always brings a good one to this sale and to the Ladies of the Royal Sale in Kansas City. The Louisville entry was Purple Sappy 39X, a March 25, 2010, daughter of Purple Milsap 45S. This outstanding show prospect sold for $6,500 going to Garrett Post, Shabbona, Ill., and DeLHawk Cattle Co., Earlville, Ill. The right to flush MH 29F Miss Online 8367 ET, a Feb. 1, 2008, daughter of Remitall Online 122L, was consigned by Miller Herefords, Thorntown, Ind. The Musser Family of Otterbein, Ind., bid $4,300 for the purchase of this lot. Rounding out the high sellers at $4,200 were two heifers. Lot 2 a consignment from Terrace Farms, Lexington, N.C., Star GV/CMR All the Rave 80X, a Jan. 17, 2010, daughter of GO 3196 Advance S109, was selected by Scot Sell, Garden Prairie, Ill. Longtime consignor to this sale, Thomas Farm, Richmond, Ky., entered TF MS Currency 416 003, a March 4, 2010, daughter of Purple Currency 24U ET. This heifer was selected by Sunset Ridge Herefords, Cumming, Ga. John Meents, American Hereford Association (AHA) field representative, was the sale manager for this event. — Joe Rickabaugh, AHA director of seedstock marketing and field staff

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Winning Purple Twice in Louisville JB Remetee 213

• 2010 NAILE Grand Champion Female, owned by Karey Howes, Taneytown, Md.

Remetee’s other winnings:

• VCCP Show, Harrisburg, Va., Grand Champion Over All Breeds • 2010 Maryland Junior Hereford Preview Show Grand Champion • ABC Show, Maryland, Champion Hereford • 2010 Maryland State Show Grand Champion • 2010 Keystone National Hereford Show Reserve Grand Champion • 2010 NAILE Junior Hereford Show Grand Champion

KPH Purple Snooki 002

• 2010 NAILE Junior Heifer Calf Champion, exhibited by Karey Howes, Taneytown, Md. Introducing Karey’s exciting new heifer for the 2011 show season!

JB Remetee 213

• 2010 NAILE Junior Show Grand Champion Female, shown by Karey Howes, Taneytown, Md.

A very special thanks to Billy Widerman, the Bloomberg Family, Purple Reign Cattle Co., MOM and DAD, Katlyn and Ryan. Also, thank you to a great fitting team of Derek, Clayton and Jacob. TERRIFIC JOB, CREW! Ray, Cyndy, Katlyn and Karey Howes 1616 John Shirk Rd., Taneytown, MD 21787 Ray cell 443-871-4917 Cyndy cell 443-871-6657 clhowes@aol.com www.hereford.org

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53rd Annual

MAGNOLIA HEREFORD ASSOCIATION

Polled and Horned Show and Sale Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011

At the Columbia County Fairgrounds One mile north of Magnolia, Ark., on AR 355 off Hwy. 82

Show: 9 a.m. (CST) • Sale: 12:30 p.m. (CST) Steve Roberts, Judge • Dale Stith, Auctioneer

SELLING 42-HEAD Bulls • Cow-Calf Pairs • Females • Show Heifer Prospects Scott Sullivan, President • Joe Crowson, Vice president Tommy Owen, Secretary 520 Columbia 10 E., Magnolia, AR 71753 870-696-3824 • tmoherefords@att.net

CONSIGNORS 4M Herefords A. Leon Crittenden Arkansas State University C3 Cattle Co. Copeland Cattle Co. Steve Decker

Ellison Polled Herefords K Bar K Ranch Kinzer Polled Herefords Metch Polled Herefords Nolan Herefords Ridgeview Farms

Roth Hereford Farm Soules Livestock Enterprises Stewart Polled Herefords Tolley Polled Herefords Triple S Ranch

870-696-3824 Phone and Fax • tmoherefords@att.net BOARD OF DIRECTORS Shaw Andrews • Aubrey Ellison • Scott Galyon • Bill Langley • Robert Russell • Robert Tolley

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MRNAK HEREFORDS

44th Annual Production Sale

Sunday, February 13, 2011 • 1 p.m. (MST) Bowman Auction Market • Bowman, N.D.

Selling 95 performance tested 2-year-old bulls, 70 registered Hereford heifers, 180 Hereford and baldie replacement heifers and 5 ranch horses MH Monument 913

MH Rambo 964

MH Monument 909

MH Monument 914

MH Monument 990 1ET

MH TRS Keynote 966 1ET

BW 5.8; WW 63; YW 98; MM 24; M&G 56; FAT 0.03; REA 0.42; MARB 0.01 Sire: MH Monument 3147 Adj. 205-day wt. 766 lb. Adj. 365-day wt. 1,260 lb lb.

BW 5.5; WW 64; YW 102; MM 25; M&G 56; FAT 0.03; REA 0.35; MARB 0.09 Sire: MH Monument 3147 Adj. 205-day wt. 765 lb. Adj. 365-day wt. 1,200 lb.

BW 4.6; WW 51; YW 88; MM 19; M&G 45; FAT 0.04; REA 0.31; MARB 0.12 Sire: MH Monument 3147 Adj. 205-day wt. 731 lb. Adj. 365-day wt. 1,187 lb.

BW 5.2; WW 66; YW 100; MM 24; M&G 57; FAT 0.02; REA 0.62; MARB 0.02 Sire: MH Rambo 717 1ET Adj. 205-day wt. 717 lb. Adj. 365-day wt. 1,134 lb.

BW 5.0; WW 47; YW 77; MM 22; M&G 46; FAT 0.03; REA 0.29; MARB 0.00 Sire: MH Monument 567 Adj. 205-day wt. 623 lb. Adj. 365-day wt. 1,047 lb.

BW 5.8; WW 51; YW 95; MM 17; M&G 42; FAT 0.02; REA 0.51; MARB 0.03 Sire: Remitall Keynote 20X Adj. 205-day wt. 702 lb. Adj. 365-day wt. 1,209 lb.

MH Miss Rambo 050 1ET

BW 5.8; WW 61; YW 96; MM 19; M&G 49; FAT 0.02; REA 0.42; MARB 0.04 It is exciting to offer this "featured lot" in our annual sale! This female won her division at the 2010 Canadian Western Agribition and is one of the best show prospects we have ever raised.

For more information, contact:

MRNAK HEREFORDS

Wayne, Jill and Robyn Home 701-574-3172 Cell 701-523-6368

14503 91st St. S.W. • Bowman, ND 58623

Marlene 701-574-3124

Catalogs available upon request. www.mrnakherefords.com

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Andy 701-206-1095

Terry and Debby Home 701-574-3193 Cell 701-523-6386 Brent and Jenna 701-206-0604 January 2011 /

2010 Black Hills Stock Show Grand Champion Female and Grand Champion Bull

At Rushmore Civic Center

Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 Show 9 a.m. (MST) • Sale 1 p.m. (MST)

Selling: 36 Yearling and 2-Year-Old Bulls 2 Yearling Heifers Breed repreSenTaTiveS Jeff Baker ...................................................... 605-381-2444 Levi Landers, AHA/Hereford World ...........308-730-1396 Todd Woods ................................................ 605-206-0090 Art Handel, Sale Consultant ....................... 605-391-8233 COnSiGnOrS Glenn Muller Davis, S.D. 605-359-0668

Hanson’s polled Herefords Sherry Hanson, Conde, S.D. 605-382-5868

Kai Thomsen Cory Thomsen, Mitchell, S.D. 605-730-2397

JB ranch Jack and Bev Beesen, Wayne, Neb. 402-375-3404

eggers Southview Farms Philip Eggers, Sioux Falls, S.D. 605-351-5438

Larry Stangle Marsland, Neb. 308-632-1038

nelson Herefords Kaci Nelson, Burwell, Neb. 608-214-0950

Lambert Family Jim or Roy Lambert, Chadron, Neb. 308-432-3067

daniel Fawcett/ryan Ollerich Daniel Fawcett, Ree Heights, S.D. 605-870-6172

Hills view Herefords Todd Woods, Sturgis, S.D. 605-206-0090

Kenneth Stangle Hemingford, Neb. 308-632-4778

double Heart diamond Cattle Co. Dave Goertz, Berwyn, Neb. 308-935-1292

Sidwell Herefords Bryan or Harrold Sidwell, Carr, Colo. 970-381-0264

reese and elly Jo Wagner Redfield, S.D. 605-596-4370

vin-Mar Cattle Co. Vince Bickel, Gordon, Neb. 308-282-0416

englehaupt Herefords Jack Englehaupt, Butte, Neb. 402-775-2588

ernst Herefords Marshall Ernst, Windsor, Colo. 970-381-6316

S.e. West and Sons Brett West, Lusk, Wyo. 307-430-0148

Harrold Lietzau/Lietzau Hereford ranch Harrold Lietzau, Sparta, Wis. 608-633-2875

Muller Cattle Steven Muller, Agar, S.D. 605-359-0667

Fawcett’s elm Creek ranch Keith Fawcett, Ree Heights, S.D. 605-943-5664

Kiara Steinbrink/Lietzau Hereford ranch Harrold Lietzau, Sparta, Wis. 608-633-2875

Judge: Brian Barragree • auctioneer: Lynn Weishaar 605-866-4670

ruSHMOre CiviC CenTer 444 n. Mt. rushmore rd., rapid City, S.d. auction Block phone 605-718-7235

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The Brand for Improvement...The Half Circle Brand

Annual Production Sale — Feb. 3, 2011 at 1 p.m. (CST) at the ranch

Selling 130 Lots — 65 coming 2-year-olds, 15 Denver carload yearlings, 50 replacement yearling heifers

R 93U North Star 21X R 54U North Star ER15X

R 29P North Star 48X

R 521T North Star J27X

R 521T North Star 44X

R 41T North Star J28W

R 157K North Star 49X R 157K North Star 6W

R 157K North Star 47W

R 461 North Star 91W

R 157K North Star 58W R 48T North Star 83W

R 461 North Star 93W

R 0041 North Star J96W

R 521T North Star 97W

RIDDER HEREFORD RANCH Contact us for a catalog, for information or to arrange a ranch visit. John and Mary Ridder Family 79225 Rye Valley Rd. • Callaway, NE 68825 308-836-4430 • mailbag@RidderRanch.com www.RidderRanch.com www.hereford.org

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“BuyHereford.com is one of the best things the AHA has come up with for Hereford breeders. It is a true marketing opportunity for all sizes of Hereford Operations.” Joe Brazil, J-B h erefords, Merced, c alif.

• In the November BuyHereford.com sale, Joe sold TH JWR SOP 16G 57G Tundra 63N semen for $460 per unit.

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January 25, 2011 — Entry Deadline January 11 February 22, 2011 — Entry Deadline February 8 The January sale will feature consignments from Denver pens and both bulls and females. If you are in Denver, stop by the Hereford hospitality suite to view exciting consignments taken right from the yards.

BuyHereford.com — The new place to buy and sell Hereford genetics. For more information, contact your AHA field representative or Joe Rickabaugh, AHA, 816-218-2280 or Tyler Humphrey, Wendt Group, 419-230-3450

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Stroh Herefords & Friedt Herefords AnnuAl Production SAle Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011 • 1 p.m. (MST) Stockmen’s West Dickinson, N.D. • Auctioneer: Scott Weishaar

SelliNg: 35 Coming 2-Year-Old Bulls • 25 Yearling Bulls 5 Registered Hereford Heifers Bred to Black Angus Bulls (ultrasounded) 15 Commercial Hereford Heifers Bred to Black Angus Bulls (ultrasounded) 40 F1 Baldie Heifers (True F1s)

SelliNg THe RANCHeR’S KiND • Our bulls are raised on the range for more stamina and longevity • Using a Hereford bull on your black cows only makes $$$ sense • Crossing Hereford bulls with black cows increases weaning weights in the fall bringing more profit when you sell your calves

BW WW YW MM M&G FAT REA MARB

• Today’s demand is for Hereford Cross Angus cattle to get the hybrid vigor • Purchasing a Hereford bull to cross on your Angus cows will give you two marketing options (Certified Hereford or Certified Angus) • 61 years in the Hereford business • Solid marked, sound bulls with gentle dispositions

BW 5.3 WW 45 YW 72 MM 25 M&G 47 FAT -0.01 REA 0.04 MARB -0.03

5.5 52 85 26 52 0.00 0.17 0.14

SHR ROBiN HOOD 941 Reg. number 43046639

SelliNg CAlveS FROM THe FOllOWiNg SiReS: HH Robin Hood l130, SH Bonanza 5007, OXH Diamond 2215, MH Dakota lad 3164, KB l1 Domino 563R (2010 Top 200 Active Sire list), Bll Red Addition 175T, KB l1 Domino 567R, FH l1 Domino 695 MF, HH Advance 7056T, H5 501 Domino 001, K 64H Ribstone lad 157K and UPS Brutus

SHR ROBiN HOOD 958 Reg. number 43046727

BW WW YW MM M&G FAT REA MARB

2.8 58 87 24 53 0.04 0.28 0.09

FH l1 DOMiNO 040 Contact Information:

Reg. number 43125352

stroH HereFords Tony and Leona Stroh 10550 Hwy. 200 Killdeer, ND 58640 701-764-5217

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Mike, Dawn, Lucas and Matthew Stroh 1010 Hwy. 22 S., Killdeer, ND 58640 701-573-4373 • 701-290-1191 Mike cell acmecatl@ndsupernet.com

FrIedt HereFords Gary, Kirsten, Lindsey and Aaron Friedt Megan and Dusty Dukart 8733 55th St. S.W., Mott, ND 58646 701-824-2300 • gfriedt@hotmail.com www.friedtherefords.com January 2011 /

New Arrival Christopher and Brandy Jones, Lakin, Kan., announce the birth their son, Colby Wade, born Oct. 21. Colby weighed 8 lb. 4 oz. Colby Jones and was 21 inches long. Maternal grandparents are Mick and Donna Valek of Eddie Valek and Sons, Agenda.

In Passing Dorance Clayton “D.C.” Berry, 92, of Cheyenne, Wyo., passed away Oct. 10. He graduated from high school in 1936 and then enrolled at the University of Wyoming for one year on

a Union Pacific Scholarship. He served in General Mark Clark’s 5th Army Field Artillery in North Africa and Italy during World War II. On Feb. 19, 1944, he was severely wounded during one of the bloodiest battles of the Italian campaign in Monte Cassino, and he spent the next 11 months recovering in numerous hospitals. He was awarded the Purple Heart, Victory Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Middle East Medal and numerous other battle stars. For most of his life, D.C. was actively involved in the Hereford industry. During the ’20s and ’30s, he participated in 4-H, where he showed steers and won two state champion

livestock judging team titles. He was also actively involved in FFA. In 1935 D.C., his father and D.C.’s two brothers purchased some registered Hereford heifers, which were their beginning in the purebred cattle business. Following his and his brothers’ return from the war, The Berry’s Herefords was officially incorporated. The ranch hosted an annual bull sale from 1941-1980, when the entire herd was sold and the corporation was dissolved. D.C. is survived by his loving wife of 63 years, Dorothy; three sons, Don, Dave and Ty Berry; his daughter, Sue Ford; 10 grandchildren; and two greatgrandchildren.

Shaw Bull Sale

Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 Shaw Sale Barn 1 1/2 miles south and 3 miles west Notus, Idaho

Sale starts at 1 p.m. (MST)

65 2-Year-Old Hereford Bulls Sell

Call or e-mail for sale catalog. Tim 208-484-9162 • ttshaw11@yahoo.com Tom 208-278-9040 • tomandsandelle@q.com 56

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Frank Hurling, 90, Roseville, Calif., passed away Oct. 15. He played football at the University of Southern Illinois before joining the Marine Corps, serving in World War II and the Korean War. Frank spent more than 50 years in the auto industry, starting as a boy working at his father’s dealership in Illinois. Before he retired, Frank had owned his own Chevy dealership for more than 10 years. After retirement from the auto industry, he bred and raised polled Hereford cattle on a 45-acre ranch in Greenwood, El Dorado County. Frank is survived by his wife, Virginia, whom he first wed in 1944. They divorced after 18 years but remarried in 2002 after his second wife died. Other survivors include his daughters, Cheryl Weaver and Channa VanAlstine; stepdaughter Laurie Humiston; four grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren, six great-grandchildren and one step-great-granddaughter. Bruce D. “Skip” Wagner Jr., 48, of San Jose, Ill., passed away Nov. 20. Bruce was employed at Midwest Generation Co. in Pekin for 29 years. He was an avid fan of the University of Illinois football and basketball teams as well as the Chicago Cubs and Bears. He was a member of the American Hereford Association (AHA) and enjoyed raising Hereford cattle and showing them at fairs and national events. He also enjoyed boating and spending time at his lake home in Missouri. Survivors include his wife, Lila; son, Bruce D. “Chip” Wagner; and parents Bruce and Ruby Wagner. Marvene S. Grotefendt, 83, Marine, Ill., passed away Nov. 22. The Grotefendt family has been in the Hereford business for several generations. Marvene was a member the United Church of Christ of Marine. She was also a member of Order of Eastern Star, Marine UCC Women’s Guild and Madison County Association for Home and Community. Survivors include her husband, Glenn, and daughter, Teri Leitschuh. C. Bruce Orvis, 83, of Farmington, Calif., passed away Nov. 27. Bruce was a leader in the cattle industry and had served as a director for the AHA. In 2006 he and his wife placed their 2,500-acre ranch near Farmington in a conservation easement to ensure it would remain productive ranchland and never be divided up for housing. He served in the U.S. Navy and played football at the College of the Pacific, now the University of the Pacific, in Stockton, Calif. Bruce is survived by his wife, Roma; sons Bill, Bruce and Scott Orvis; daughter Bridget Fraser; and 12 grandchildren. HW

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You can have it all...Right Now! RB 29F 002 RIGHT NOW 630S P42701674 — Calved: Jan. 20, 2006 — Tattoo: RE 630S

JSF 37 271 DEVO 23C {SOD} RLOA R271 DYNASTY ET 37U NS LAKES KILO 002 JSF 183 VICTORIA 7A P42049996 GK APOLLONIA 834Z GK APOLLO OF FL 1ET GK DYNA GIRL 849T CS BOOMER 29F {SOD,CHB} PSB LADY BOOMER KLONDIKE 340N P42386879 KFF TARZAN’S PRIDE 954

REMITALL BOOMER 46B {SOD,CHB}{HYF,IEF,DLF} CS MISS 1ST FLAG 21A {DOD} KFF KLONDIKE TARZAN DUNWALKE PRUDENCE E38 Easier

Calv. Ease Direct (%) Birth Wt.

Lighter

Weaning Wt.

Heavier

Yearling Wt.

Heavier

Milk

Higher

Milk & Growth

Higher

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Easier

Scrotal Circ.

Bigger

Fat

Leaner

Rib Eye Area

Bigger

Marbling

Higher

BMI Index ($)

Higher

CEZ Index ($)

Higher

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Higher

P42701674 • Right Now is a fantastic, stylish bull that you can use on heifers. He’ll add muscle shape and depth while improving soundness, front ends and EPDs! • Semen: $25/Straw. Owners, Baker Family, Wisc.

CHB Index ($) 100

EPD

% Rank

CE BW WW YW MM M&G MCE SC FAT 4.7 2.3

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Higher 90

.17 .56 .43 .42 .18 5

REA MARB BMI$ CEZ$ BII$ CHB$

2.1 0.8 -0.02 0.37 -0.07 .15

.10

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.18

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View our whole line-up online! 13015 S. 63 Hwy., Clark, MO 65243 866-356-4565 • www.cattlevisions.com

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2011

S I O U X

E M P I R E FARM SHOW

Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011 • Show at 8 a.m. • Sale at 11:30 a.m. W.H. Lyons Fairgrounds, Sioux Falls, S.D.

Selling 33 Lots — 26 yearling and 2-year-old bulls and 7 heifers (bred and calves) Judge: Clint Rusk, SDSU, Brookings, S.D. • Auctioneer: Chisum Peterson, Chamberlain, S.D. Hotel and Sale Headquarters — Ramada, Sioux Falls, located south of the Fairgrounds. Book by Jan. 1, 2011, for special rates, 605-330-0000. Hereford Social and Dinner — Wednesday evening, Jan. 26, at the Fairgrounds

This 2-year-old consigned by Blacktop Farms sells!

He sells! The 2010 American Royal Junior Calf Champion. Consigned by Larry Crane.

2010 Champion Female Consigned by Huwaldts Herefords

2010 Champion Bull Consigned by Schmidt Herefords

CONSIGNORS Lounsbery Herefords, Centerville, S.D. Eggers Southview Farms, Sioux Falls, S.D. Hanson’s Polled Herefords, Conde, S.D. Springwater Polled Herefords, Garretson, S.D. RCR Polled Herefords, Lake Andes, S.D. Schmidt Herefords, Pipestone, Minn. Larry Crane, Mitchell, S.D. JB Ranch, Wayne, Neb. Steven Muller, Agar, S.D. Huwaldt’s Herefords, Randolph, Neb.

Sale Representatives: Levi Landers, AHA 308-730-1396 Art Handel, Handel Marketing 605-391-8233

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Brad Pauley, Jordan, Minn. Ed Melro, Kulm, N.D. McCarty Polled Herefords, Rock Rapids, Iowa Blacktop Farms, Mitchell, S.D. Starmak Herefords, Tea, S.D. Jaime and Jody Hanson, Comfrey, Minn. Jeff Gerlach, Mitchell, S.D. Scott and Melissa Runck, Avoca, Minn. Kyle and Kayla Eisenhauer, Wausa, Neb. Dakitch Hereford Farms, Ada, Minn.

For catalogs or other information, contact Cindy Christensen at the Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce at 605-373-2016 or any of the Sale Committee: John Schmidt 507-825-2383 Phil Eggers 605-351-5438 Pete Atkins 605-368-2837 January 2011 /

T-Bone Ranch Sale Herefords & Quarter Horses Wednesday January 12th 2011 7:30pm

Holiday Inn Stapleton 3333 Quebec St. Denver, CO 80207 719-588-3871

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O S Grand National Stock Show

San Francisco, Calif.—Oct. 23 Judge: Tim Fitzgerald, West Grove, Pa. 25-head shown Champion female, Erica Bianchi, Gilroy, with EB Isabella 178, 3/2/10, by Grandview 7Oaks Sonora 145R. Reserve champion female, Santos Hereford Ranch, Hilmar, with SHR Scarlet Sin 7W, 4/17/09, by SHR Strictly Business 14S. Champion bull, Erica Bianchi with EB Tonka 183 ET, 1/5/10, by Grandview 7Oaks Sonora 145R. Reserve champion bull, Santos Hereford Ranch with SHR Incognito 2W, 3/6/09, by BR DM Channing ET.

North Star Classic

Hereford wins supreme champion bull at Canadian Western Agribition

Valley City, N.D.—Dec. 2

Douglas (Buddy), Frances and Lance Leachman, Big Gully Farm, Maidstone, Sask., exhibited the supreme champion bull over all breeds at the Canadian Western Agribition, Nov. 29 in Regina, Sask., with Big-Gully 611 Bounty 517U, 3/5/08, by KSU Bounty Hunter 611.

Supreme pen of bulls over all breeds and champion pen of Hereford bulls, DaKitch Hereford Farms, Ada, Minn. Group sired by Harvie Traveler 69T, TH 12L 63N Tundra 62T and TH 805H 20N Spartan 125T.

Baumg a r te n Cat tl e

8th Annual Production Sale Friday, Feb. 4, 2011 — 1 p.m. (MST) At the Ranch, Belfield, N.D.

Reserve supreme over all breeds pen of heifers and champion pen of Hereford heifers, DaKitch Hereford Farms. Group sired by Harvie Traveler 69T.

BCC L1 Red Eye 031X

Sire: CL 1 Domino 4162P 1ET BW 2.2; WW 44; YW 75; MM 30; M&G 52 Birth wt. 89 lb. 205-day wt. 720 lb.

BCC L1 Domino 030X

Sire: HH Advance 286M 1ET

BW 3.1; WW 55; YW 87; MM 18; M&G 46 Birth wt. 93 lb. 205-day wt. 817 lb.

BCC Turbo 024X

BCC L1 Domino 041X

BW 2.8; WW 50; YW 85; MM 29; M&G 54 Birth wt. 82 lb. • 205-day wt. 740 lb.

BW 3.1; WW 44; YW 72; MM 17; M&G 39 Birth wt. 89 lb. • 205-day wt. 730 lb.

Sire: HH Advance 286M 1ET

FEATuRiNg SiRES: CL 1 Domino 4162P 1ET • BCC L1 Hogan 710 • HH Advance 286M 1ET TFR High Cotton 328 ET • KB L1 Domino 655 ET

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Plymouth, Calif.—Nov. 21 Judge: Dick Hubman, Central Point, Ore. 66-head shown

Big, Stout Performance Tested Bulls

CHECK ouR PEN oF BuLLS AND HEiFERS iN THE YARDS AT DENvER Selling a 286M daughter in the Mile High Night Sale.

For more information and video go to our Web site

California/Nevada Polled Hereford Assn.

SELLiNg 52

Sire: KB L1 Domino 655 ET

BAuMgARTEN CATTLE Co. Rollie, Tama, April and Jake 4260 127th Ave. SW • Belfield, ND 58622 701-575-8292 or 701-290-3469 www.baumgartencattle.com

Champion female, Kallie Goss, Vinton, with KF Opal 910W, 5/20/09, by KF Big Time 702T. Reserve champion female, Kallie Goss with KF Cowgirl Diva 101X, 1/28/10, by TH 75J 243R Bailout 144U ET. Champion steer, Clarissa Castaneda, Lodi, with a 735-lb. steer. HW

Proven Results BW WW YW MM M&G FAT rEA MArB

4.3 68 103 21 55 0.01 0.66 0.23

C&L Advantage M326 22S ET

Sire: KCF BENNETT 3008 M326 • Dam: HH MS ADVANCE 8037H

HErEForD rANCH

920-474-7403 • 262-617-6346 Cell www.cnlfarm.com • cnlfarm@execpc.com

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A W O I t c e l e S

HEREFORD SALE Thursday, February 17, 2011 12 Noon (CST) Iowa State Fairgrounds — Des Moines, Iowa

50 HAND-PICKED LOTS

2-Year-Old Bulls Yearling Bulls • Bred Heifers • Yearling Heifers • Embryos

Schedule

ATTENTION JUNIORS: Excellent set of 2010 heifers eligible for the 2011 Junior National in Kansas City!

9 a.m. — Parade of Sale Cattle, Pavilion 12 noon — Sale in North Annex

Consignors from top herds in Iowa, Illinois, Missouri and Wisconsin “This is a sale based on performance records and conformation; I have seen and selected them all. This will be the strongest set of cattle offered at the Expo since beginning the selected/screening process!” -Joe Rickabaugh, American Hereford Association director of field management and seedstock marketing Sponsored By LIVE ON THE INTERNET. LIVE AUDIO, VIDEO, BIDDING.

To View or Bid visit www.iowabeefexpo.com or www.LiveAuctions.tv

Call, write or e-mail for catalog: Mike & Becky Simpson 13359 280th St. • Redﬁeld, IA 50233-6014 515-833-2991 • becksimp@aol.com

Auctioneer: Monte Lowderman 309-255-0110 See our catalog online at: www.iowahereford.org or www.herefordmarketplace.com • Watch for consignors list in our February Hereford World ad

WEST VIRGINIA HEREFORD BREEDERS GRASSY RUN Farms

DAVID LAW & SONS

Polled Herefords Since 1954 Rt. 2, Box 36A Harrisville, WV 26362 Butch 304-643-4438

Certified and Accredited lawherefords.bravehost.com lawherefords@yahoo.com

McDonald Polled Herefords W. Michael McDonald Rt. 2, Box 215A Jane Lew, WV 26378 304-884-6669 Home 304-745-3870 Office 304-677-5944 Cell

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ghf Grandview Hereford Farm

600 Rocky Step Rd. Winfield, WV 25213 Gary Kale 304-586-1790 or 304-552-4464 Cell Aaron Glascock 304-312-7060

HAUGHT BROS. Ira Haught

HC 80, Box 15 Harrisville, WV 26362 304-643-4184 304-643-4186 Office imhaught@ruralnet.org

Quality Hereford Cattle Ken and Chris Scott 2586 Grandview Rd. Beaver, WV 25813 304-763-4929 chance37@suddenlink.net

Monumental, W.Va.

Registered Certified Accredited Polled Herefords John H. Brasuk Rt. 2, Box 211-A Fairmont, WV 26554 304-363-5918 Home 304-363-3118 Fax JHB470@aol.com

A. Goff & Sons COTTAGE HILL FARM 1661 Hazelgreen Rd. Harrisville, WV 26362 304-643-2196 agoffandsons@yahoo.com Since 1910 Celebrating our 100th Year

October 16, 2010

Oldest continuous Polled Hereford Herd in America Herd Sires: Beckleys 934S Ontime 816U, TLR Lara’s Line 122L 804U, FPH Victor Boomer P606 R69, G Starview Rebel 110 811

Registered Polled Hereford Cattle

W.C. Taylor Family HC 59 Box 265 Petersburg, WV 26847 Sonny 304-257-1557 Michael 304-257-1040 mwtaylor@frontiernet.net January 2011 /

N M The Hereford World welcomes new members who joined the American Hereford Association July 1, 2010, through Nov. 30, 2010.

CL 1 DOMINO 860U

2T Cattle Co. Toby & Tammy Owens, 138 Byrd Ln., Selmer, TN 38375-6113 4B Ranch Clifford Black, 64 Bonniebrook Rd., Cabot, PA 16023 Achieve Farms Alison Headley, 2355 N. 475 E., Fremont, IN 46737 Adams Farms Matthew Adams, 24795 Rd. G24, Continental, OH 45831-8931 Brad Adams 6105 Hwy. 40, Miller, NE 68858 Jace Anderson P.O. Box 512, Turner, OR 97392-0512

Darren & Karen Ashby 320 Vaness Rd., Castle Rock, WA 98611 Backyard Herefords Kodi Shelite, 10510 S.E. Stony Creek Rd., Leon, KS 67074 Deans Bakenhof Lewis & Willy Dean, 6499 Dry Lake Rd., Nampa, ID 83686 Brad Barron HC 61 Box 79, Lenapah, OK 74042-9708 CR Bass 2500 Tanglewilde St. Ste. 484, Houston, TX 77063 Floyd Bates P.O. Box 452, Standish, CA 96128-0452 Robert Beard & Family 8641 E. 1475 N., Odon, IN 47562

Beechwood Farm Leslie Wilson, 494 Central St., Bucksport, ME 04416-4642 Kyle Benedict P.O. Box 7, Flippin, AR 72634-0007 Bertsch Beef Brandon Bertsch, 11395 Sample Rd., Milton, IN 47357 Samantha Berube 7206 K.5 Ln., Escanaba, MI 49829-9708 BEW Hereford Farm Wade Milton, 7928 Belle Helene Dr., Denham Springs, LA 70726-6610 Black Butte Ranch Holly Reimers, 5600 W. Rd. 200, Orland, CA 95963

CL 1 DOMINO 860U {DLF,IEF} 42897554 — Calved: Jan. 10, 2008 — Tattoo: LE 860 L1 DOMINO 03396 {CHB}{IEF,DLF} CL 1 DOMINO 637S 1ET 42692477 CL1 DOMINETTE 118L CL1 DOMINO 1172L CL 1 DOMINETTE 5142R {DOD} 42571150 CL 1 DOMINETTE 810H

L1 DOMINO 00552 L1 DOMINETTE 96893 {DOD} CL 1 DOMINO 888H 1ET CL 1 DOMINETTE 903J HH ADVANCE 767G 1ET {SOD,CHB}{IEF,DLF} CL 1 DOMINETTE 7192G {DOD} CL 1 DOMINO 640F CL 1 DOMINETTE 6117F

CE 2.0 (.12); BW 4.2 (.66); WW 58 (.36); YW 105 (.38); MM 27 (.10); M&G 56; MCE -0.5 (.08); SC 1.4 (.26); FAT 0.06 (.24); REA 0.33 (.23); MARB 0.11 (.21); BMI$ 19; CEZ$ 15; BII$ 16; CHB$ 26

• Raised on high elevation — on grass.

150 Coming 2-Year-Old Hereford Bulls for Sale Private Treaty

Bill King 505-220-9909 Tom and Becky Spindle 505-832-0926 P.O. Box 564 • Stanley, NM 87056 Located 5 miles north of Moriarty on Hwy. 41 then 1.5 miles east.

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John or Janna Boyer 10122 W. 32nd Ave., Stillwater, OK 74074-2180 BRT Miniature Cattle Bonnie Glover, 69629 Hwy. 50, Montrose, CO 81401-9783 Kevin Buffett P.O. Box 548, Creston, CA 93432-0548 Burford’s Herefords Jimmy Burford, P.O. Box 17, Stonewall, LA 71078 C&K Draper Herefords Corey & Kristina Draper, 801 Snowden Rd., White Salmon, WA 98672 Cade’s Corrals David Morere, 11630 Willie Garrett Rd., Franklinton, LA 70438-4884 Cahawba Cattle Co. Melanie & Dale Wallace P.O. Box 85, Vance, AL 35490-0001 Caltalpa Ridge Farm Albert (Wes) Nelson, 7999 Stonehouse Rd., California, KY 41007-9285 Stormi Campbell P.O. Box 57, Albany, TX 76430 Doug Cartee II 16000 New Church Rd., St. Genevieve, MO 63670-9020 Michael Carter 5192 Brookhaven Circle, Toccoa, GA 30577 CE Cattle Co. Chad Eaton, 74 Wally Ln., Victoria, TX 77905 Century Family Farms Leroy & Anne Gehring, 4830 Hwy. 83, Hartford, WI 53027-9572 Choate Cattle John Shoate, S. 4314 Hwy. 23, Reedsburg, WI 53959 Circle S Ranch Robert L Schunke, 7615 Co. Rd. 6 S.W., Stewartville, MN 55976-8253 Cloyd Farms Jimmy & Linda Cloyd, 1095 Stewarts Ln., Junction City, KY 40440-8637 Carl Cole 368 Old Lewis Rd., Harrodsburg, KY 40330 Collins Cattle Co. Cody Collins, 128 Dogwood St., Buffalo, WY 82834 Corner Cattle Co. 7045 S. Coster Rd., Gardner, IL 60424 Cotton Patch Farm David Haney, 1903 Chapel Rd., New Canton, VA 23123-2113 County Line Ranch Joshua Nagel, D2653 C.R. M, Auburndale, WI 54412-9442 Craig Covey 26063 319th Ave., Hamill, SD 57534-7002 Joseph Cowling IV 2198 C.R. GG, Neenah, WI 54956 Crackerdog Ranch Lynne Earle, 750 Allison Ln., San Marcos, TX 78666 Critter Hill Farm LLC Dottie Hare, 224 Quaker Run Rd., Biglerville, PA 177307-920 D-) Ranch James Jacobson, 14801 C.R. 14, Sterling, CO 80751 D Broken Bar Ranch Keith & Jean Goslin, 520 Airport Rd., Manhattan, KS 66503-9755 Diamond W Livestock Justin & Marla Willard, 6000 E. Wood Rd., Waukomis, OK 73773 Ronald Distefano 51 Clark Gates Rd., Moodus, CT 06469-1222

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Double E Ventures Inc. Joe Giedeman, P.O. Box 554, Harper, TX 78631 Double H Heissinger Herefords Matt Heissinger, 10200 Buckhart Rd., Rochester, IL 62563 Double K Show Cattle Kyle & Kayla Eisenhauer, 87718 545 Ave., Wausa, NE 68786-8636 David Doyle 1500 Ln. 16½, Worland, WY 82401-8713 Duck River Herefords Josh Maddox, 2751 Totty’s Bend Rd., Duck River, TN 38454-3631 Glenn Duncan 1397 Manley Rd., Griffin, GA 30223-8066 Ecklin Farms Jared Ecklin, 1041 130th St., Diagonal, IA 50845-8814 El Gran Rancho Ltd. Robert Behar, 283 Mickle Creek Rd., Medina, TX 78055 El Sueno Ranch Donna & Ray Mayfield Jr., 12853 S.W. 170th St., Rose Hill, KS 67133-8198 Mike & Dawn Ely 3720 Lindsey Rd., Sidney, OH 45365 Jeffrey Emanuel 21 James St., Applewood Manor, Dallas, PA 18612 Engelsma Bros. Farm David Engelsma, 3779 O’Brien S.W., Grand Rapids, MI 49534 Dustin Estes Rt. 2, Box 2524, Sedgewickville, MO 63781 James Everett 1377 Farmers High Rd., Carrollton, GA 30117-6592 EZ/ Mini Herefords David & Wendy Morris, P.O. Box 1001, Whitefish, MT 59937-1001 June Fadler 283 Cedar Ln., Marksville, LA 71351 Marie Farr 43701 S. Snell Rd., Moorefield, NE 69039-9621 Steven Fecik 3305 Garyville Pike, Pennsburg, PA 18073-2614 Tom & Ellen Fender 1820 N. Deep Creek Rd., Medical Lake, WA 99022-9655 Fenton Farms Chris & Kevin Fenton, P.O. Box 129, Stigler, OK 74462-0129 Five Star Polled Herefords Derek Haught, P.O. Box 85, Smithville, WV 26178-0085 James & Dena Floyd Box 863, Wink, TX 79789 Flying S Cattle Co. James Ed Strode Jr., 5950 Berkshire Ln. Ste. 1600, Dallas, TX 75225-5844 Ford Family Farm Michael & Tamela Ford, P.O. Box 415, Salem, WV 264216-160 Luke Foster P.O. Box 91, Paragould, AR 72451 Frese Herefords Eric Frese, 37800 205th Ave., Columbus, NE 68601 Chloe Fussell 10901 Bakerville Rd., Waverly, TN 37185 Ganaderia Telpochcalli Felix Urias, 416 E. Ridgeland Ave., McAllen, TX 78503 Carroll & Marva Gentzel P.O. Box 195, Deleon, TX 76444 Douglas Germann 7580 Wolfcale Rd., Van Wert, OH 45891 Les & Cheri Glanz 1515 20th Ave., Sydney, NE 69162-1807 www.hereford.org

Sam Goodwin R.R. 1 Box 159, Madill, OK 73446-0159 Charlie Green 10608 Clemsonville Rd., Union Bridge, MD 21771 Karl Hagemann 6289 N. Adeline Rd., Mt. Morris, IL 61054-9611 Glenn Hartman 648 E. Summit Dr., Wimberley, TX 78676 Haschke Land & Cattle Amy Haschke, P.O. Box 134, Umbarger, TX 79091-0134 Headquarters Ranch Ralph Kinder, 790250 S. Hwy. 177, Carney, OK 74832 Wayburn Hebert 751 Bayou Dularge Rd., Houma, LA 70363

Hensley Farms Gabe Hensley & Family, 11851 Rally Roads, Everton, AR 72633 Herston Farm James Herston, 865 Co. Rd. 144, Killen, AL 35645-3711 John & Joanne Hespen 1151 Edwards St., Gillette, WY 82718 William Hileman 1692 S. Harrison Ave., Harrison, MI 48625 Theo & Dawn Hirshfeld P.O. Box 901, Buffalo, WY 82834 Warren Hohertz 16251 Jack Manning Rd., Hearne, TX 77859-9259 Justin Holland 8751 Foraker Rd., Crooksville, OH 43731

Andy Hollenback 20654 Bell Church Rd., Utica, OH 43080-9707 Dennis Huck 2081 Rd. 15, Coldwater, KS 67029 Rob Hurford 15955 Gumwood Rd., Argos, IN 46501-9203 J&B Farms Jeri Dalton, 7339 F.M. 118, Commerce, TX 75428 J and K Herefords Jim Sinnema, 1325 Pioneer Hwy. E., Arlington, WA 98223 JB Minis Bridget Grotberg, E4598 N. Star Rd., Ironwood, MI 49938-9711 continued on page 66...

Dvorak

Herefords

2011 True Integrity Bull Sale Friday, Feb. 4, 2011 • 1 p.m. (CST) • Pickstown, S.D.

Some of the sires include: S Winchester 24T ET, S Fence Post 28T, F L18 Excel 543 and F 915 Star 142 • All bulls have been tested negative for BVD, footrot vaccinated and semen tested • Ten years of ultrasound data • Complete performance data

BW WW YW MM REA MARB

5.1 68 108 29 0.56 0.30

BW 2.1 WW 51 YW 78 MM 34 REA 0.24 MARB 0.15

DVOR 28T Sandbur 9105 {IEF,DLF,HYF}

DVOR T57 T-Bone 952

• Birth wt. 90 lb. • WW ratio 114; REA ratio 116; Dam’s nursing ratio 2 at 107.5 • Sire: S Fence Post 28T; MGS: CL 1 Domino 9126J 1ET

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DVOR 543 Excel 9140 • WW ratio 103; YW ratio 101; MARB ratio 115; Dam’s nursing ratio 3 at 103 • Sire: F L18 Excel 543; MGS: F 915 Star 142

Dvorak

Herefords

Birth wt. 88 lb. WW ratio 132; YW ratio 121; REA ratio 116; MARB ratio 132 Scurred Sire: SHF Tug R117 T57

BW 6.6 WW 56 YW 86 MM 22 REA 0.25 MARB -0.10

BW 7.2 WW 47 YW 83 MM 28 REA 0.12 MARB 0.02

DVOR 28T Sandbur 9215 • WW ratio 117; YW ratio 102; Dam’s nursing ratio 2 at 113 • Sire: S Fence Post 28T; MGS: MH Dakota 2321

29738 383rd Ave., Lake Andes SD 57356 Boyd Dvorak 605-491-7090 Jeff Dvorak 605-491-2068 www.dvorakherefords.com January 2011 /

...New Members continued from page 65

Bill & Dolores Jenkins 18502 Gail Hwy., Big Spring, TX 79720 Johnson Cattle Co. Tom Johnson, Rt. 2, Box 2764, Alton, MO 65606 John Kane 2094 Greenwood Rd., Lapeer, MI 48446 Keechi Creek Ranch Jack Eppes, P.O. Box 93, Fairfield, TX 75840 James Keil 1690 Rt. 9, Stuyvesant, NY 12173 Krystal Kelley P.O. Box 4223, Jachin, AL 36910-4223 Joseph Kelly 1849 Cummins Ferry Rd., Salvisa, KY 40372-9311 Gary Kennedy 17735 Ridge Park, Baton Rouge, LA 70817 Mikey Kerr 708 Crabtree Rd., Glasgow, KY 42141-8636 Larry & Charlotte Kier 1759 Hillcrest Dr., Delta, CO 81416

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Kenneth Kitchens 1301 Simons Rd., Social Circle, GA 30025 KMC Herefords Bob & Theresa Tickler, 10151 Eichar Rd., Rockford, OH 45882-8935 Jeff & Kellie Krenning 36 Price Rd., Bridger, MT 59014-9536 Kstar Farm Joel Kuhens, 237 Manning Rd., Mt. Vernon, AR 72111 Tom & Rhonda Kupke 14110 Antelope Rd., Kearney, NE 68847-1100 Joe Landrum 1412 W. 900 S., Warren, IN 46792-9445 Riley Landrum 1412 W. 900 S., Warren, IN 46792-9445 Lariat Express Ranch Michael Hinrichs, 10625 Flory Rd., Lanark, IL 61046 Craig & Patricia Larson 5117 127th Ave. S.W., Olympia, WA 98512-9191

Paul Lawrence P.O. Box 14346, Springfield, MO 65814-0346 Dustin Layton 16400 Seminole, Edmond, OK 73013 The Lazy F Farm-BLJ Barbara Fritts, 2038 Rd. Fork Run Rd., Sherman, WV 26164 Joe Ledford 544 Albert Reid Rd., Cleveland, GA 30528 Harold Lipscomb III 102 Nicholson Loop, Morgantown, WV 26505 Little Tex Ranch Neal Little, P.O. Box 1134, Mason, TX 76856 Locust Hill Farm LLC Michael Webert, P.O. Box 247, Middleburg, VA 20118 Lost Soule’s Ranch Tim & Kristy Soule, 654 N. River Rd., Belle Plaine, KS 67013-8268

Lundgaards Hereford Iver Lundgaard, Resedavej 3 ISAL T H, 8600 Silkeborg, Denmark Susan Main 9 Hyde Mill Pentway, N. Stonington, CT 06359 Mann Show Cattle Rodney & Annette Mann, 6539 State Rt. 726, Eldorado, OH 45321 Kyle & Gayle Marshall 12930 Johnson Rd., Churubusco, IN 46723 Thomas Martin 4273 Prospect Rd., Toccoa, GA 30577 JR Matheny Ranch Joshua Matheny, 1614 Cheston Dr., Houston, TX 7702 Maurer Farms Curt Maurer, 1918 215th St., Manchester, IA 52057 Greg McGee 13400 Williams Rd., Farmington, AR 72730 McKechnie Hereford Ranch James McKechnie, 21 S Dunkirk, Shelby, MT 59474 MD Ranch Michael Hess, 4010 Sandlewood, Pasadena, TX 77504-3032 Miller Farms Keith & Janice Miller, 876 Tom Odum Rd., Vidalia, GA 30474-7105 Mills East P.O. Box 27, Garden City, TX 79739 Edwin Mitchell Rt. 3, Box 4450, Checotah, OK 74426-9782 Joel & Elizabeth Moreau 7755 E. 1570 Rd., Stockton, MO 65785-7234 N Lazy S Ranch Mike & Diane Neff, 220 N. 200 W., Blackfoot, ID 83221 Bobby Nabours P.O. Box 331, Wheelock, TX 77882 Anthony Niemerg 4460 E. 200th Ave., Edgewood, IL 62426-2010 Mark Niemerg 100 Norb Ave., Dieterick, IL 62424-1055 Bill Noland 100 Noland Downs Rd., Waynesville, NC 28785 David Norris 163 Co. Rd. 700 N., Norris City, IL 62869-3018 John O’Brien 125 Lower Woodville Rd., Natchez, MD 39120 Christine Oldfield 17807 E. 1900 St., Atkinson, IL 61235 Open Range Cattle Co. Kristin Allen, 2949 Vacherie Ln., Dallas, TX 75227-1361 Charles & Rose Palmer 5339 Rootstown Rd., Ravenna, OH 44266-9578 Abby Penzenstadler 10629 258th St., Chisago City, MN 55013-9782 Emma Penzenstadler 10629 258th St., Chisago City, MN 55013-9782 Tom Perjak 18010 Posen Rd., Nashville, IL 62263 Phelps Twin Ponds Norman Phelps, 583 Sugartown Rd., Malvern, PA 19355 William Phillis 155 Cherry Valley Rd., McDonald, PA 15057 PMW Polled Herefords Philip Weathington, 5081 Maroney Mill Rd., Douglasville, GA 30134-4016 Poverty Acres Too Kevin & Cindy Mory, 5660 S. 800 W., Pleasant Lake, IN 46779-9653 Powerhouse Beef Cynthia Powers, 671 Forks Rd., W. Winfield, NY 13491 William Pritchard 24791 Co. Hwy. 22, Atkinson, IL 61235-9608

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R&E Ranch Randy & Elaine Good, 34 Denton Rd., Gordonville, TX 76245 Troy Rasmussen 27952 477th Ave., Canton, SD 57013-5816 Red Horse & Hereford Ranch Clint & Kristen Ezell, 1724 Tower Dr., Moody, TX 76557 Brett Roberts 4488 E. 400 N., Monterey, IN 46960-9795 James Roberts 5003 Lynch Rd., House Springs, MO 63051-3213 Rocken 4R Kevin Rodriguez, 29650 Minnehaha Rd., Hermiston, OR 97838 Rocky Acres Farm Jas Findley or Toni Morgenstern, 8022 Deerfield Rd., Remus, MI 49310 Rocky Ridge Cattle Ron & Jeni Shurtz, 964 E. 100 N., Rupert, ID 83350 Larry & Linda Romine 26310 S.E. 429th, Enumclaw, WA 98022 Ruemenappâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Polled Herefords David & Vicki Ruemenapp, 8320 Broadbridge Rd., Fair Haven, MI 48023-2506 Jack & Patti Ryback 3640 Lilly Rd., Brookfield, WI 53005 S&K Herefords Shelby Ehart, 60799 Salt Creek Rd., Collbran, CO 81624 S&L Farms RG Smith, 4353 Erikson Dr., Ft. Worth, TX 76114-3407 Schlatter Farm Buddy Schlatter, 13054 Kiowa Rd., Altamont, KS 67330-9361 Lonnie Sharping 35329 247th St., Pukwana, SD 57370-6508 Silver Peaks Farm Dave & Terri Potter, P.O. Box 563, Silverton, OR 97381-0563 Grant Skelton 355 Sinking Creek Prong, Linden, TN 37096 Rob & Carol Slusser 41333 C.R. DD, Akron, CO 80720-9431 Mary Frances Smith 585 Marshall Ln., Hartsville, TN 37074-3365 Thomas Smith 2430 Country Ln., Springdale, AR 72762-9417 Sonshyn Acres Jim & Pamm Fuller, 23091 510th Ln., Chariton, IA 50049 Wayne Stafford & Associates Inc. 558 Hwy. 468, Brandon, MS 39042 Stainless Banner Agriculture Dennis Beal, 6349 S. F.M. 2038, Bryan, TX 77808-9135 AJ Stewart Jr. P.O. Box 405, Walnut Springs, TX 76690-0405 Ron Stewart 8487 Four Mile State Line Rd., Eaton, OH 45320 Strawberry Hill Farm Mike Ward, 4580 Hair Lake Rd., Summerville, GA 30747-6407 Stutheit Family Herefords Josh Stutheit, 72627 Hwy. 105, Johnson, NE 68378-9755 Andrew Sullivan 1090 Hwy. 1 N. Mt. Vernon, IA 52314 Sunny Brook Polled Herefords Mark Matthies, 27008 455th Ave., Parker, SD 57053-5212 Sunnyside Ranch Ed Melroe, 8148 Hwy. 56, Kulm, ND 58456 TA Farm LLC Dennis Clark, 2561 State Hwy. 148, Bedford, IA 50833-8200

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Thomas Cattle Co. Josh Thomas P.O. Box 1, Mountain Center, CA 92561 Three Bar Ranch Greg Reynolds, P.O. Box 390, Murray, KY 42071 TNT Herefords Kellis Tarter, R.R. 1 Box 139, Ramsey, IL 62080 Justin Travis E19413 Livermore Rd., Augusta, WI 54722-7526 Triple B Farm BJ Marks, 243 Mount Mariah Rd., Covington, GA 30014-8815 Shane Truby 69 C.R. 305, Durango, CO 81303 Cari Turner 420 Elmington Ave., Nashville, TN 37205 Twisted Horseshoe Farm Sam & Christa Davidson, 875 Walford Hollow Rd., Stewart, TN 37175-7645

Uinta Farms LLC 17821 Oak Forest Dr., Flint, TX 75762-8114 V7 Ranch Bill or Elree Langford, 17950 Midway Rd., Tracy, CA 95377 Vanderwal Polled Herefords Tim & Jill Vanderwal, 13347 U.S. Hwy. 71, Sanborn, MN 56083-3088 Walker Family Farms Dale Walker, 228 Ingram Dr., Lafayette, IN 47909-6819 Brian Weisenfels 8817 State Hwy. 393, Scranton, AR 72863-9122 West End Farm Robert & Helen Vadney, 2273 W. Old State Rd., Altamont, NY 12009 Carole White 7620 Harold Clark Rd., Bartlett, TX 76511 White Oak Ranch LLC Donald Longwell, 40163 Banks Rd., Grafton, OH 44044-9759

Jay Williams 21905 W. Hwy. 12, Gentry, AR 72734 Paul Williams 207 Happy Trail, Blackstone, VA 23824 Willow Spring Farm Zack Swang, 869 Woodward Rd., Mocksville, NC 27028-5860 James Womack 3837 Valley Forge Rd., Farmington, MO 63640-7369 Bernard Wood 380 Yenowine Ln., Georgetown, IN 47122-9201 HW

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New Product

Cut Back on Hay Costs During Winter Feeding Innovative hay bale feeders eliminate the waste inherent in traditional hay rings.

reddie Davis, a rancherfarmer in Royse City, Texas, faced a problem common to many. “I wasn’t going to have enough hay to make it through the winter. I was going to have to buy about $6,000 worth of hay to make up the shortfall,” he says. Like many ranchers who have found themselves squeezed in recent years by outside forces — from drought and a weak economy to rising oil and grain prices — Davis, who owns 75 head of mixed-breed cattle, wanted better control of his input costs, especially the hay his cows wasted eating from traditional hay rings each winter.

/ January 2011

The problem with a hay ring is that cattle stand outside the feeder, tear the hay out and let the excess fall from their mouths. When cattle bite off too much, as they are inclined to do, the waste falls to the ground, gets trampled and otherwise damaged — and will not be eaten. Davis found a solution in a new type of square hay bale feeder designed to keep cows from tearing out the hay and wasting it. “A square hay bale feeder has metal bars that cows must stick their heads through to get to the hay bale inside,” explains Bob Studebaker, owner of GoBob Pipe and Steel, an innovative farm

supplier that first introduced its original Hay Conserver square hay bale feeder to the market about six years ago. “With the hay bale inside, cows have to commit their heads inside and stay there while they eat. They won’t go in, get a bite and back out. They stay in the feeder, so anything that drops out of their mouths stays in the feeder, which they eat later.” “When I called Bob of GoBob, I bought his Hay Conserver with a 30-day guaranty that I’d use at least 25% less hay,” says Davis. “It worked, so I bought a few more. When they made my hay last that first winter, they quickly paid for themselves. Since then, I’ve cut my hay consumption by a third each winter.” Since Davis’ cows waste much less hay in winter, he finds himself making fewer trips to the barn and pasture to put out hay bales. “I’m saving a couple hours a week each winter putting out less hay because the cows waste less,” says Davis. “It lets me get to everything else that needs to be done that much faster.” About five years after buying his square hay bale feeders, Davis says, “They’re still holding up well and have years of life left in them.” John Rummel and his wife, who run a 250-acre ranch with 70 cows in Ash Grove, Mo., were also tired of the hay wasted by traditional hay rings. In fact, they even had difficulty getting their big 5 foot by 6 foot bales to fit in their hay rings, which typically left “at least two feet of bale sticking out of the top.” The cows would eat out under the hay bale, and big chunks of bale would fall out of the ring and get trampled, making a mess, according to Rummel. “When my wife found what looked like half a hay bale lying on the ground, she got so upset she said, ‘We’ve got to do something,’” says Rummel. “What made it worse is that our cows were wasting about a third of the clean barn-kept hay we gave them.” While there’s an ample supply of square hay bale feeders on the market today, not all are created equal. Rummel says some of the square hay bale feeders he’s looked at would be hard to fit his big 5 foot x 6 foot bales in. “If the feeder is too small, the cows may not be able to fit their heads inside,” says Rummel. “If it’s too tight, they’d pull their heads out along with the hay and drop it outside where it’d go to waste.” Some square hay bale feeders, in fact, are as small as 6 foot by 6 foot at the top, which would be a tight squeeze for a big bale. Others use thinner gauge pipe, which may not be built to

withstand years of hungry, pushy cows or harsh winter weather. Some, however, like GoBob’s newest feeders, guarantee that animals won’t tear them up, are tested to hold over 15,000 lb., have up to a 10-year warranty and even guarantee up to 30% hay savings. At the time, however, Rummel was more than pleased when he bought several square hay bale feeders from GoBob. “When my cows reach their heads in to feed, their heads stay in and they clean up all the hay,” says Rummel. “They just don’t waste hay, so I can put out about 30 to 35% less.” While Rummel typically put out bales in his hay ring every day with his tractor, he finds he can now put them out about every other day in his square hay bale feeders. “I’m saving time, money and gas because I don’t have to restock the bales so often,” he says. “I can stay warm in the house on cold winter days and in bad weather. It makes things easier when I don’t have to feed them so much.” Since the cows are not tearing out and trampling his clean, barnkept hay, it stays nice and fresh where they can get at it whenever they want. “The cows just go to the square bale Hay Conservers. They work so well I got rid of my hay rings.” As market uncertainty leads many ranchers, dairy farmers and even farm equipment dealers to control input costs, the growing popularity of square hay bale feeders has proven there’s a market for conserving hay. But as circumstances change, the market and design of square hay bale feeders cannot stand still. Studebaker explains, “We were one of the first to offer a hayconserving feeder and the first to offer a square-shaped feeder for round bales. We were the first to offer a 25% hay-savings guarantee. But that’s not enough. Like the ranchers, dairy farmers and others we serve, we have to innovate and keep improving the tools they use.” With an improved design, GoBob now guarantees 30% hay savings on its latest square bale Hay Conservers. The company also offers double bale, along with larger, stronger versions for bulls and horned cattle. New skid corners also allow them to be dragged almost anywhere. GoBob Pipe and Steel offers a complete selection of feeders, fencing, pipe and guards, as well as flatbeds and hay trailers — all designed to provide farmers with a top quality product that saves them money by helping them work better and more efficiently. For more information, call 1-877-851-2365 or visit www.gobobpipe.com. HW www.hereford.org

D strang Herefords

sAlE INDEX Able Acres - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Beck -Powell Herefords - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The Berry’s - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Burns Farms - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - California/Nevada Polled Hereford Assn. - - Fallfest 2010 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hereford Holiday Classic - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Heritage Cattle Co. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Largent and Sons - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mid -Atlantic Fall Bonanza - - - - - - - - - - - - Nebraska Hereford Assn. - - - - - - - - - - - - - Plum River Ranch/Lamb Bros. - - - - - - - - - Rees Bros. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Show -Me Polled Hereford Classic - - - - - - - South Dakota Excellence Sale - - - - - - - - - - Sparks -Kimbrough Ranch - - - - - - - - - - - - Spencer Herefords - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Strang Herefords - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - W4 Ranch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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The Berry’s

Cheyenne, Wyo.—Oct. 18 Auctioneer: Lynn Weishaar Reported by: Ben Brillhart 48 bulls - - - - - - - - -$166,080; average - - - - - $3,460 8 females - - - - - - - -$11,899; average - - - - - -$1,487 56 lots - - - - - - - - - - $177,979; average - - - - - -$3,178 Bulls B 2010 Rancher 38, 3/15/10, by Churchill Rancher 592R, to Carl Schaffer, Rock River - - - - - - - - - $6,000 B Ribstone 9007, 3/14/09, by F 157K Ribstone 763, to Rabou Ranch LLC, Albin - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $6,000 B 461 Domino 9029, 3/26/09, by CL 1 Domino 461P 1ET, to Graves Ranch Inc., Wheatland - - $5,500 B Ribstone 9009, 3/14/09, by F 157K Ribstone 763, to Banner Ranch Co., Casper - - - - - - - - - - - - - $5,000 B Ribstone 9011, 3/14/09, by F 157K Ribstone 763, to Knott Land & Livestock Co. Inc., Oak Creek, Colo. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $5,000

W4 Ranch

Morgan, Texas—Oct. 22 Auctioneer: Jim Birdwell Reported by: Adam Cotton 102 bulls - - - - - - - -$309,696; average - - - - - -$3,036 132 females - - - - - -$229,020; average - - - - - -$1,735 234 lots - - - - - - - - -$538,716; average - - - - - $2,302 Additional lots 71 comm. females -$101,404; average - - - - - -$1,428 Bulls W4 522 Domino u582, 9/16/08, by MCR L91 Mark Domino 522 ET, to Bluford Thornton, Pyote - -$12,000 W4 613 Domino W219, 3/3/09, by H Banker 613 ET, to River Bluff Ranch, Weatherford - - - - - - - - - $8,500 W4 205 Domino u699, 10/2/08, by W4 9005J Power House M205, to Bluford Thornton - - - - -$7,000 W4 Downtown u903 ET, 10/17/08, by H -LR Members Only 607 ET, to Bluford Thornton - - $6,500 W4 Banker u909 ET, 10/13/08, by H Banker 613 ET, to Bluford Thornton - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $6,500 W4 205 Domino u783, 9/22/08, by W4 9005J Power House M205, to Michael DeShazo, Newville, Ala. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $5,000 W4 Members Only u908 ET, 10/13/08, by H -LR Members Only 607 ET, to Flat Top Ranch, Walnut Springs - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $5,000

Meeker, Colo.—Oct. 26 Auctioneer: Roger Jacobs Reported by: Ben Brillhart 44 bulls - - - - - - - - - $115,700; average - - - - - $2,630 10 females - - - - - - -$15,300; average - - - - - -$1,530 54 lots - - - - - - - - - -$131,000; average - - - - - -$2,426 Bulls sH 715 Ribstone 904W, 3/6/09, by F 157K Ribstone 715, to Bob Swift, Walden - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $4,750 sH 741T Rancher 929W, 3/17/09, by Churchill Rancher 741T ET, to Bob Swift - - - - - - - - - - - $4,500 sH Red Tamo 9101W, 3/20/09, by GH Tamo Red 126M, to Duane Acord, Bingham, Neb. - - - - - -$4,100 sH 739T Domino 935W, 3/20/09, by CL 1 Domino 739T, to Irby Ranches LLC, Gunnison - - - - - - - $3,850 sH 739T Domino 936W, 3/20/09, by CL 1 Domino 739T, to Irby Ranches LLC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -$3,750

Burns Farms

Pikeville, Tenn.—Nov. 6 Auctioneer: Tommy Barnes Reported by: Joe Rickabaugh 52 bulls - - - - - - - - -$168,450; average - - - - - $3,239 Additional lots 69 comm. females - -$69,730; average - - - - - -$1,011 Bulls BF Chekota 8101 aka BF Chekota 891W, 10/5/08, by MHW Chekota 512, to Lanier Herefords, Jachin, Ala. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -$7,000 BF 2490 Adam 8107, 10/8/08, by K&B 927 Advance 2490, to Dudley Bros., Comanche, Texas - - - - $6,000 BF 670 Aden 897, 10/5/08, by BF 2490 Adam 670, to Montgomery Farm, Jonesville, Va. - - - - - - $5,250 BF 2490 Adam 8149, 10/19/08, by K&B 927 Advance 2490, to Montgomery Farm - - - - - - $5,000 BF 670 Aden 876, 9/30/08, by BF 2490 Adam 670, to Bob Mullins, Wheelersburg, Ohio - - - - - - - $5,000

Fallfest 2010

E. lansing, Mich.—Nov. 6 Auctioneer: Dale Stith Reported by: John Meents 3 bulls - - - - - - - - - - - $10,125; average - - - - - -$3,375 48 females - - - - - - $155,475; average - - - - - $3,239 51 lots - - - - - - - - - -$165,600; average - - - - - -$3,247 FEMAlEs Msu Keepsake 25X ET, 2/26/10, by Remitall Online 122L, to McDonald Farm, Byron Center - - - - - -$7,900 Msu Keepsake 21X ET, 2/18/10, by Remitall Online 122L, to Trent Neal, Bellevue - - - - - - - - - - - - -$7,500 Msu Victoria 18X, 2/7/10, by NJW FHF 9710 Tank 45P, to MacNaughton Farms, Grand Ledge - - - -$7,500 MF 9F Tessa 755T ET, 3/25/07, by PW Mohican Nasdaq P316, consigned by McDonald Farm, to Andrea Dewar, Bakersfield, Calif. - - - - - - - - - $5,600 ssF 507 Miss B Future 017, 1/15/10, by STAR Bright Future 533P ET, consigned by Sunnyside Stock Farm - Jim Herman Family, Edgerton, Ohio, to Whispering Pine Farms LLC, Kimball, Minn. - - $5,200

Beck-Powell Herefords

Bainbridge, Ind.—Nov. 7 Auctioneers: Dale Stith and Ike Redden Reported by: John Meents 32 females - - - - - - -$67,275; average - - - - - -$2,102 Additional lot 1 flush - - - - - - - - - - $4,900; average - - - - - $4,900 6 embryos - - - - - - - - -$1,875; average - - - - - - - $313 FEMAlEs BP CB Patsy Enuff 31X ET, 3/24/10, by CH Enuff Prophet 2913, to Michael Pearson, Bainbridge - $5,000 MH 29F Miss T-Bone 0804, 3/5/10, by Harvie Dan T -Bone 196T, consigned by Miller Herefords,

sAlE suMMARY No. 9.50

Bulls Avg. $2,771

Females No. Avg. 189.00 $2,313

No. 198.50

Total Gross $463,456

Avg. $2,335

$3,276

505.50

$2,564

980.00

$2,850,598

$2,909

Production

474.50

Month Total

484.00

$3,266

694.50

$2,496

1,178.50

$3,314,054

$2,812

10/11 YTD

67 1,288.75

$3,574

3,070.00

$3,293

4,358.75

$14,716,124

$3,376

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Rees Bros.

Morgan, utah—Nov. 12 Auctioneer: Butch Booker Reported by: Mark Holt 34 bulls - - - - - - - - - $95,600; average - - - - - -$2,812 Additional lots 14 comm. females - -$18,550; average - - - - - -$1,325 Bulls RB Dateline 48W, 4/7/09, by JWR 34E Dateline 587N, to Wilford Brimley, Greybull, Wyo. - - - - $5,250 RB Court 44, 4/5/09, by CTY Bonanza 483P, to Doc Jensen, Boulder, Wyo. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $4,800 RB Court 37, 3/27/09, by CTY Bonanza 483P, to Wilford Brimley - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $4,750 RB Court 40, 4/3/09, by CTY Bonanza 483P, to Doc Jensen - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $4,500 RB Dateline 31, 3/21/09, by JWR 34E Dateline 587N, to Wilford Brimley - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $4,250

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Mid-Atlantic Fall Bonanza

Harrisonburg, Va.—Nov. 13 Auctioneer: Dale Stith Reported by: Adam Cotton 4.5 bulls - - - - - - - - -$10,048; average - - - - - $2,233 61 females - - - - - - - $101,748; average - - - - - $1,668 65.5 lots - - - - - - - - $111,796; average - - - - - -$1,707 Bull AsF Reliance 2W, 3/20/09, by THM 5052 Marvel’s Choice 7511, consigned by All Seasons Farm, Princess Anne, Md., to John and Tammy Richards, Pullman, W.Va. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -$3,150 FEMAlEs RKH Ms Irene 3A20 6G03, 8/12/06, by BTF Grazer 540 5015, consigned by Dunrovin Farm, Crozet, to Mohican Polled Hereford Farms, Glenmont, Ohio - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $3,500 JlWG 67J uela R19 u3, 2/21/08, by Mohican Eureka 67J, consigned by Grassy Run Resources Inc., Winfield, W.Va., to Sunny Side Farm, Dresden, Ohio - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $3,400 TF salacious 10s 279R 206X ET, 2/6/10, by GH Rambo 279R, consigned by Terrace Farms, Lexington, N.C., to Michelle Rhymes, Leesburg - - - - - - - - $3,300 sRM 561P Anna 934, 2/23/09, by STAR Orlando 561P ET, consigned by Joshua Doody, New Market, Md., to Rebecca Allar, Edinburg - - - - - - - - - - $2,500

Plum River Ranch/lamb Bros.

(U.S. sales reported in this summary occurred during the 2010-11 fiscal year.) No. Sale Sales Consignment 6

Thorntown, to Lorenzen Farms, Chrisman, Ill. and Albin Farms, Newman, Ill. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $4,500 MH Miss T-Bone 0339, 2/17/10, by Harvie Dan T -Bone 196T, consigned by Miller Herefords, to Heritage Cattle Co., Milton - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $3,400 MH 29F Miss Gold 9414 ET, 1/30/09, by CS Boomer 29F, consigned by Miller Herefords, to Martin Musser, Otterbein - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $3,200 FlusH Right to flush EF Mona 607 907, 3/24/09, by MH Monument 3147, to Aden Family Farms, St. Joseph, Ill. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $4,900

Freeport, Ill.—Nov. 13 Auctioneer: Monte Lowderman Reported by: John Meents 3 bulls - - - - - - - - - - - $4,675; average - - - - - -$1,558 43 females - - - - - - $83,700; average - - - - - -$1,947 46 lots - - - - - - - - - -$88,375; average - - - - - -$1,921 FEMAlEs RWD PRR Tinker Bell 10s, 1/27/06, by NJW 1Y Wrangler 19D, to Lamb Bros., Wilson, Wis.; and an April heifer calf by LCC 32M Cricket 553 ET to Jade McWorthy, Monroe, Wis. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $5,500 ClF lAKE Gallory Girl u224, 2/24/08, by STAR TRF Battle Chief 356P, to Arnold Adams, Platteville, Wis.; and a May bull calf by TLR Bounty 55N 29F 753T ET to Dane Ward, Watseka - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $4,200 PRR Miss Betty Ann 55X, 5/27/10, by TLR Bounty 55N 29F 753T ET, to Tyler Copeland, Paragould, Ark. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $4,000 sCF Danielle 114 E3 428P, 3/16/04, by SCF Daniel 114; and a February heifer calf by TLR Dom 41E 29F 648S ET, to Lamb Bros. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $3,400 lAKE Msu 002 Ann 313N, 3/11/03, by NS LAKES Kilo 002, to Jeff Reininger, Capron - - - - - - - - $3,400

Two page spread — $2,050 Full page — $1,150 A half page — $725 First photo of the bull is free, any additional photos included are $20/each.

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Contact your field representative, Joe Rickabaugh or Amy Myers at 816-842-3757

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...Sales Digest continued from page 69

South Dakota Excellence Sale

Brookings, S.D.—Nov. 13 Auctioneer: Chisum Peterson Reported by: Levi Landers 29 females - - - - - - $82,700; average - - - - - -$2,852 Additional lots 26 steers - - - - - - - - -$44,148; average - - - - - -$1,698 fEmalES RO She’s about Time 0286 ET, 4/6/10, by CRR About Time 743, consigned by Daniel Fawcett, Ree Heights and Ryan Ollerich, Clear Lake, to Nicole Peckham, Clark - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $5,250 ESf 743 Catalina 030, 3/29/10, by CRR About Time 743, consigned by Eggers Southview Farms, Sioux Falls, to T -Bone Ranch Co., Antonito, Colo. - - - -$5,100 lH ms Rib Eye 050, 2/27/10, by SHF Rib Eye M326 R117, consigned by Wade and Lori Leddy, Twin Brooks, to Whispering Pine Farms LLC, Kimball, Minn. - $5,000 DKf RO She’s about Time 0202ET, 3/28/10, by CRR About Time 743, consigned by Daniel Fawcett and Ryan Ollerich, to Don Stangeland, Pipestone, Minn. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $4,250 lCX Unleashed lady 101, 1/20/10, by Triara Unleashed 893U, consigned by Larry Crane, Mitchell, to K&E Cattle Co., Miller - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $4,000

largent and Sons

Kaycee, Wyo.—Nov. 18 Auctioneer: Joe Goggins Reported by: Levi Landers 84 bulls - - - - - - - - -$310,800; average - - - - - -$3,700 39 females - - - - - - -$65,325; average - - - - - - $1,675 123 lots - - - - - - - - - $376,125; average - - - - - -$3,058 Additional lots 5 steers - - - - - - - - - - $5,700; average - - - - - - $1,140 BUllS l3 Pix Rambo 911 ET, 9/4/08, by GH Rambo 279R, to Steve Kroll, Billings, Okla. (¾ interest, full possession) - - $9,500 l3 Pixie Ram Boy 975 ET, 4/15/09, by GH Rambo 279R, to Page Saunders, Yorktown, Texas (¾ interest, full possession) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $5,000 l3 Ram Boy 967, 4/12/09, by GH Rambo 279R, to Warren Ranch Co., Cheyenne - - - - - - - - - - - - $6,500 l3 Direct Vision 930, 2/6/09, by STAR L3 Gerber Vision 053, to Bridenstein Cattle Co., Perkins, Okla. - - - $5,250 l3 Desert Storm 936, 3/23/09, by HPH Desert Dust 139, to Roedeske Cattle Co., Cartwright, N.D. - - $5,000

...Breed Focus continued from page 6

In addition, they will want them to be efficient, producing more pounds with less input cost. The Hereford breed is poised to deliver those traits that are important to virtually all cattlemen regardless of region or size.

Final Harris report Along with this issue, you will find the final report of the Harris Ranch Heterosis Project. The report includes exciting information regarding the economic “hybridkick” that the Hereford breed offers to commercial Angus herds. The true economics of heterosis in a real-world scenario coupled with the convenience traits of docility, fertility, ease of fleshing and longevity make Hereford a logical choice for those producers who will be rebuilding in the future. The report is also available online at Hereford.org/HarrisHeteroisisProject, or members can also order copies to distribute. To order, contact Angie Stump Denton at 785-363-7263 or adenton@hereford.org. HW

/ January 2011

California/Nevada Polled Hereford assn.

Plymouth, Calif.—Nov. 20 Auctioneer: Bill Lefty Reported by: Mark Holt 1 bull - - - - - - - - - - - $2,625; average - - - - - -$2,625 23 females - - - - - - -$61,310; average - - - - - -$2,666 24 lots - - - - - - - - - - -$63,935; average - - - - - -$2,664 Additional lots 21 steers - - - - - - - - -$23,605; average - - - - - - $1,124 fEmalES Bf fallon 902W ET, 1/4/09, by BF Elko 647S ET, consigned by Brumley Farms, Orovada, Nev., to Justin Schohr, Gridley (½ interest, full possession) - - - - - - - $6,300 a384 Eikos Shelly, 5/2/10, by BF Elko 647S ET, consigned by Alto Herefords, Arcata, to Caitlyn Hartzell, Oakdale - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $4,800 CSW 32N lula 230R 7W ET, 2/7/09, by SB 122L Pride Line 32N ET, consigned by Circle S West Ranch, Buhl, Idaho, to Bar One Ranch, Eugene, Ore. - $4,300 a356 lady In Question 4034, 2/6/08, by PR H917 Lad 4034, consigned by Alto Herefords, to Courtney Smith, Yuba City - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $3,900 m ms Harlette 1021, 3/1/10, by CJH Harland 408, consigned by Morrell Ranches, Willows, to Art Whitney, Grass Valley - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $3,500

Heritage Cattle Co.

milton, Ind.—Nov. 20 Auctioneer: Eddie Sims Reported by: John Meents 21 females - - - - - - -$51,225; average - - - - - -$2,439 Additional lot 1 flush - - - - - - - - - - $3,000; average - - - - - -$3,000 fEmalES Heritage Two Timin 1045 ET, 2/24/10, by NJW 139J Duster 47P, to Jake Sims, Edmond, Okla. - - - - - - $5,250 Heritage Glamour 1012 ET, 2/17/10, by NJW 139J Duster 47P, to Neal Ward, Blackfoot, Idaho - - $4,750 Heritage De lish 1121, 3/16/10, by NJW 139J Duster 47P, to Seth Leinenbach, Jasper - - - - - -$3,100 Heritage Harley 8456, 10/29/08, by WSF Oak Ridge Victor 034, to Rich Cattle Co., Blackfoot, Idaho -$3,100 Heritage Wench 1080, 3/7/10, by Haroldson’s WLL Anchor 4T, to Andrew Walther, Centerville - - $3,000 Heritage farm Girl 1171, 4/3/10, by NJW 139J Duster 47P, to Misty Freeman, Upperco, Md. - $3,000 flUSH Right to flush Tf Cow made 920 226, 5/7/02, by Boyd Cow Maker 0101, to Miller Herefords, Thorntown - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $3,000

Nebraska Hereford assn.

N. Platte, Neb.—Nov. 20 Auctioneer: Ronnie Morgan Reported by: Levi Landers 16 females - - - - - - - -$29,552; average - - - - - -$1,847 Additional lots 13 steers - - - - - - - - -$21,450; average - - - - - -$1,650 fEmalES mRI miss Davidson 1067, 4/1/10, by TCC Mr Davidson 81 ET, consigned by Morgan Ranch Inc., Burwell, to Herink Family, Lee - - - - - - - - - - - $3,500 HH Dominette Odessa 1027, 3/2/10, by UPS Odyssey 6018, consigned by Brian Hula, Weston, to Withers Family, Fairmont - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $3,400 RKP miss Power 001, 3/1/10, by 6M Power Pac B22P, consigned by Persons Bar M Herefords, Hordville, to Jake Sellman, Chadron - - - - - - - $2,500 KN malibu Babe 011 ET, 3/20/10, by DJB CMR Callaway 11N, consigned by Nelson Herefords, Burwell, to Kim Huwaldt, Osmond - - - - - - - - $2,500 STEER morgan steer, 3/29/10, by TCC Mr Davidson 81 ET, consigned by Patrick Morgan, Burwell, to Withers Family - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $3,000

Show-me Polled Hereford Classic

Sedalia, mo.—Nov. 20 Auctioneer: Dale Stith Reported by: Joe Rickabaugh 4 bulls - - - - - - - - - - -$13,650; average - - - - - - $3,413 46 females - - - - - - $110,625; average - - - - - -$2,405 50 lots - - - - - - - - - - $124,275; average - - - - - -$2,486 BUll DRC 023R Prime Choice 55W, 4/9/09, by KJ C&L J119 Logic 023R ET, consigned by Reeds Farms, Green Ridge, to McClun Polled Herefords, Veteran, Wyo. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $4,700 fEmalES Rf loganette 18T, 1/12/07, by CMF 21E Logan 544K, consigned by Reed -Rohlfing, Green Ridge, to David Boatright, Sedalia; and a February bull calf by TRM 37E 121 King 3238 to Ken Demiglio, Richmond, Mich. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $4,750 Rf 9040 Vickie Rose 30P, 2/12/04, by TRM BTF 260 745 9040, consigned by Reeds Farms, to Jan Schulte, Mabel, Minn.; and a February bull calf by TRM 37E 121 King 3238 to Fran Daley, Frenchtown, N.J. - - - - $4,650 Glengrove Sapphira S28, 4/11/06, by LJR 11H Garrett 46M, consigned by Glengrove Farm, Rolla, to Journagan Ranch, Mountain Grove; and a February bull calf by THM Durango 4037 to McClun Polled Herefords - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $4,600 Rf Princess 3238 22T, 1/13/07, by TRM 37E 121 King 3238, consigned by Scott Rohlfing, Valmeyer, Ill., to Sunny Side Farm, Dresden, Ohio; and a March heifer calf by RF Dream Maker 71I 61T to Marshall Stief, Cherokee, Iowa - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -$4,100

Spencer Herefords

Brewster, Neb.—Nov. 20 Auctioneer: Lynn Weishaar Reported by: Levi Landers 77.75 bulls - - - - - - -$282,077; average - - - - - -$3,628 Additional lots 46 comm. females - $62,468; average - - - - - - $1,358 BUllS DS Class act 9353, 4/3/09, by KCF Bennett 10H S252, to Kyle and Annette Geiser, Merna (½ interest, full possession) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -$7,500 DS Class act 9382, 4/10/09, by KCF Bennett 10H S252, to WRK Hereford Enterprises Inc., Heartwell (¾ interest, full possession) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -$5,750 DS Class act 9437, 4/26/09, by KCF Bennett 10H S252, to Brad Boner, Glenrock, Wyo. - - - - - - - -$7,000 DS Spartan 9327, 3/26/09, by MSU TCF Saginaw 5S, to John Mumm, Alexandria - - - - - - - - - - - - - $6,750 DS 3650 adv 9401, 4/14/09, by DS 7133 Adv 3650, to Zero Hereford Ranch, Miller - - - - - - - - - - - $6,500 DS ambition 9335, 3/31/09, by KCF Bennett M326 S380, to Kyle and Annette Geiser - - - - - - - - - -$5,750 DS Class act 9344, 4/3/09, by KCF Bennett 10H S252, to Doug Allemang, Bartlett - - - - - - - - - $5,500 DS Class act 9551, 6/5/09, by KCF Bennett 10H S252, to Brad Boner - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $5,500 DS Class act 9495, 5/16/09, by KCF Bennett 10H S252, to Britt Anderson, Gothenburg - - - - - - $5,300 DS Rambo 9343, 4/3/09, by GH Rambo 279R, to Gary Rasser, Red Cloud - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $5,250

able acres

Wingate, Ind.—Nov. 27 Auctioneer: Dale Stith Reported by: John Meents 3 bulls - - - - - - - - - - -$12,450; average - - - - - - $4,150 37 females - - - - - - $127,950; average - - - - - -$3,458 40 lots - - - - - - - - -$140,400; average - - - - - - $3,510 Additional lots 7 steers - - - - - - - - - - $8,700; average - - - - - - $1,243 fEmalES laGrand millie 24S, 1/27/06, by AA PRF Wideload, to Albin Farms, Newman, Ill., and Lorenzen Farms, Chrisman, Ill.; and a February heifer calf by Harvie Dan T -Bone 196T to Dale Walker, Lafayette - -$24,700 aa Online Gal 508, 1/10/05, by Remitall Online 122L, to Schroer Farm, Seymour; and a May heifer calf by CRR About Time 743 to Ramsey’s Herefords, Greenfield - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -$7,500

SHO lTS Juliette Starlet 2X, 1/8/10, by Remitall Online 122L, to Sennett Cattle Co., Waynetown - $5,400 aa NBD Reality Gal 01, 1/4/10, by WLB Eli 10H 83T, to Sturdy Hereford Outlet, Rochester, Ill - - - - $5,300 SHO Swimming line lady 17N, 7/3/03, by Remitall Online 122L, to Schroer Farm; and a February heifer calf by SHF Ultra Max R117 U71 to Mallory Minnick, Logansport - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $4,950

Sparks-Kimbrough Ranch

marietta, Okla.—Nov. 27 Auctioneer: Eddie Sims and Matt Sims Reported by: Adam Cotton 22.75 bulls - - - - - - - -$73,616; average - - - - - -$3,236 96 females - - - - - -$389,760; average - - - - - -$4,060 118.75 lots - - - - - - -$463,376; average - - - - - -$3,902 BUllS Sparks Trend 2007, 3/11/07, by R Puckster 2013, to Bent Creek Herefords, Gladstone, Va. - - - - - $30,000 Sparks m326 5U, 1/14/08, by KCF Bennett 3008 M326, to Bob Strunk, Coalgate - - - - - - - - - - - $6,000 Sparks 62R Titleist 404X ET, 1/17/10, by MSU TCF Titleist 2T ET, to Stehr Cattle Co., Altus - - - - - $5,500 fEmalES Sparks lady 401T ET, 2/27/07, by BR Moler ET, to Stehr Cattle Co. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $6,600 Remitall Super marvel ET 322U, 5/11/08, by Remitall Super Duty 42S, to T -Bone Ranch Co., Antonito, Colo. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $6,500 Sparks 62R Catie 405X ET, 1/17/10, by MSU TCF Titleist 2T ET, to Kevin Fenton, Stigler - - - - - - $6,000 KCf miss 774 P159, 3/4/04, by Feltons Domino 774, to T -Bone Ranch Co. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $6,000 NXGN Tiffany T03, 2/12/07, by CL 1 Domino 9126J 1ET, to Skrivanek Ranch, Caldwell, Texas - - - - $6,000 Sparks Trend mariah 423X ET, 3/4/10, by Sparks Trend 2007, to Jacob Gould, Stillwater - - - - - - $5,700 Sparks miss ada 440W ET, 3/18/09, by KCF Bennett 3008 M326, to National Cattle Services, Elgin $5,500 Sparks 37R miss 17U, 2/24/08, by Sparks MSU Reliant 37R, to Bent Creek Herefords - - - - - - - -$5,100 Sparks 151U 2013 Rita 19X, 2/6/10, by R Puckster 2013, to T -Bone Ranch Co. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -$5,100 Sparks 17U 2007 Ginny 1X, 1/26/10, by Sparks Trend 2007, to Bent Creek Herefords - - - - - - - -$5,100 Sparks miss 9126J 6222S, 2/11/06, by CL 1 Domino 9126J 1ET, to Kroos Farms, Prague - - - - - - - - $5,000 Sparks Two Timin 407T ET, 3/22/07, by KCF Bennett 9126J P18, to Mark Sims, Elgin - - - - - $5,000

Hereford Holiday Classic

Clinton, Ill.—Nov. 28 Auctioneer: Cody Lowderman Reported by: John Meents 1 bull - - - - - - - - - - - $5,250; average - - - - - -$5,250 39.5 females - - - - - -$99,150; average - - - - - -$2,510 40.5 lots - - - - - - - -$104,400; average - - - - - -$2,578 Additional lots 1 pick of herd - - - - - $2,900; average - - - - - -$2,900 5 steers - - - - - - - - - -$13,100; average - - - - - -$2,620 BUll Bar-S-TNT mr 5216 002, 1/1/10, by UPS Domino 5216, consigned by Stephens Hereford Farms, Taylorville; and TNT Herefords, Nokomis, to Sand Rock Ranch, Benton, Wis. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $5,250 fEmalES Bar-S-ms Dutchess 024, 1/17/10, by Churchill Dutch -S 738T, consigned by Stephens Hereford Farms, to TNT Herefords (½ interest) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -$6,100 Bar S lHf 7110 008, 1/4/10, by HH Advance 7110T ET, consigned by Stephens and Loehr Hereford Farms, Taylorville, to Cooper Hereford Ranch, Willow Creek, Mont. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -$5,100 lHf l1 Suzer 076 ET, 3/3/10, by GH -Adams Shadow 144S, consigned by Loehr Hereford Farms, Peoria, to Roe Bros. Livestock, Albertville, Ala. - - - - - - - $4,800 STEER 0010 steer, 3/28/10, by Gold Mint, consigned by Crane Herefords, LaSalle, to John Adams, Springfield, Ohio - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $5,500 HW

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Bulls to Maximize Your Profit Selling at South Texas Polled Hereford Assoc. Sale

Feb. 26, 2011 • Lockhart, Texas

KPH Trousdale T01 W17

Dam: KPH Dominette N15 R27 BW 2.6; WW 57; YW 98; MM 20; M&G 49; FAT 0.00; REA 0.43; MARB -0.01; BMI$ 15; CEZ$ 13; BII$ 11; CHB$ 26 W17 is true to his numbers. Reduced BW and excellent WW and YW weights. Pigment, extra length and out of a profit making kind of cow.

KPH Trousdale T01 W38

Dam: KPH Purr Key P14 ET BW 4.1; WW 57; YW 87; MM 21; M&G 49; FAT -0.01; REA 0.46; MARB 0.01; BMI$ 18; CEZ$ 11; BII$ 17; CHB$ 25 W38 combines thickness, structure, performance and style. His Dam of Distinction mother always raises one of our best.

Both bulls are sired by SHF Trousdale R125 T01. He is a proven calving ease sire, who shortens gestation length, lowers birth weights and increases performance.

Kinnear Polled Herefords James, Linda, Jeff, Kristin and Courtney 225 Trailwood Dr., Joshua, TX 76058 817-235-5968 • kphcattle@att.net

TEXAS BREEDERS Kinnear Polled Herefords James, Linda, Jeff, Kristin and Courtney 225 Trailwood Dr. Joshua, TX 76058 817-235-5968 kphcattle@att.net 78

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McMullin Ranch Home of Woodson Herefords Larry and Mary Woodson 214-491-7017 Tommy Sutherland 903-583-0898 Bonham, Texas Ranch located 10 miles south of Bonham and 1 mile south of Gober.

Donlie and Linda McMullin SPEARHEAD RANCH Paul and Sheila Funk 254-248-1915 525 County Rd. 51 Copperas Cove, TX 76522 sheilabfunk@aol.com www.spearheadranch.net

1005 Perryman Creek Rd. Copperas Cove, TX 76522 254-547-0172 dboydmc@yahoo.com

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K7 HEREFORDS

Sale Schedule for 2011 IOWA BEEF EXPO

DENVER 2011

SELLING CHOICE OF 2011 PEN OF HEIFERS AT MILE HIGH NIGHT SALE

Sired by: CJH Harland 408, UPS Domino 3027, C Gran Torino 8172 ET, K7 2072 Lad 618

Also look for us at the American Royal and cattle available private treaty

Bred Heifer from our 2010 Denver Champion Pen of Heifers, bred to CJH Harland 408 1 Elite Fall Heifer Calf by C Gran Torino 8172

20 Fall 2009 and Spring 2010 Bulls for Sale By CJH Harland 408, UPS Domino 3027, UPS Domino 5216, C Gran Torino 8172 and RJ Advance 748

K7 HEREFORDS

Calls always welcome! The Tom and Jo Heidt Family Tom cell 608-574-2309 • Lockridge, Iowa

Amos Hereford Farm Craig and Denise Amos 515-961-5847 515-238-9852 Cell cdamos@msn.com

TOMORROW’S CATTLE

Jackson Hereford Farms

David Trowbridge 402-740-7033 Cell Tabor, Iowa Mike England 712-251-5494 Adel, Iowa www.beefresources.com

OHNEMUS FARMS

TODAY

JR CCF

James N. Rosenberg, DVM

Jay Curran 240 Hwy. 18 W. Clear Lake, IA 50428 641-357-8705 641-357-7087 Fax 641-423-2669 Bus. 641-357-8705 Bus.

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Encore The best problem-free, hard working genetics from a non-pampered, closed herd. Visit our century farm.

Duane and Mary Jo Ohnemus 641-942-6500 or 515-238-6627 21392 G58 Hwy., Milo, IA 50166 ohfarms@fbx.com

Jim and Cathy Sladek 4680 Taft Ave. S.E. Iowa City, IA 52240 jesladek@hotmail.com 319-337-3261 Office 319-330-3380 Cell 319-339-1744 Fax Cattle for sale at all times Visitors are always welcome

64 Indian Ave., Mechanicsville, IA 52306 LeRoy 563-432-6969 Buell 563-432-6962 cdj@netins.net FOR SALE  BULLS, FEMALES, SHOW STEERS AND HEIFERS HORNED AND POLLED Registered Herefords Since 1890

Steve Landt Herefords Steve, Jinny, Erin and Adrienne Landt 33797 V Ave. Union, IA 50258 641-486-5472

Rod, Sue, Lisa and Sarah Stream 51590 State Hwy. 14 Chariton, IA 50049 641-774-8124 641-774-7422 Fax 641-203-2648 Cell streamcattle@hotmail.com www.streamcattle.com

WIDE ANGLE

ST. CLAIR HAY AND CATTLE

Dick St. Clair Jefferson, Iowa 515-386-2795 Home 515-370-1261 Cell

Ray, Jerry and Mike Sorensen

Box 221 Greenfield, IA 50849

Mike 641-745-7949 Jerry 712-579-1511 Ray 641-745-2231 lpi@mchsi.com

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Our New Herd Bull

K7 592R 1 Dom 729 42798957 — Calved: Feb. 16, 2007 — Tattoo: LE 729/ RE K7 MH DAKOTA 0230 {SOD,CHB}{IEF,HYF,DLF} CHURCHILL RANCHER 592R {CHB}{IEF,DLF} 42580855 CHURCHILL LADY 202

SR LAD 447 {SOD,CHB}{DLF,IEF} JV ANGEL 684 HH ADVANCE 767G 1ET {SOD,CHB}{DLF,IEF} CHURCHILL LADY 0113

K7 20J L1 LAD 211 K7 211 DOMINETTE 428 {DOD} 42502941 K7 688-7059 DOMINETTE 129

WB BEARCAT ET 20J K7 DOMINETTE 8003 HH ADVANCE 688F 1ET {CHB}{IEF,DLF} K7 783 DOMINETTE 8028

CE 0.4 (.08); BW 3.3 (.42); WW 55 (.35); YW 78 (.37); MM 19 (.14); M&G 46; MCE -0.3 (.06); SC 0.8 (.29); FAT 0.02 (.26); REA 0.27 (.26); MARB 0.34 (.24); BMI$ 21; CEZ$ 15; BII$ 19; CHB$ 29

• Bull and heifer calves for sale!

Still Available!

Sire: Churchill Rancher 592R

Semen on PR Commander 4021 Semen $15/Straw; Non-certificate AI sire

Veeser’s Triple E Farm Registered Horned Herefords

W2883 Veeser Ln. • Powers, MI 49874 Mark 906-497-5946 • Greg 906-497-5872 Jeremy 906-271-0344 or 906-497-5430 Home

Contact your field representative, John Meents, to advertise here! 419-306-7480 jmeents@hereford.org

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The Girls of Fall Red Hills Holly 59N U23

Schu-Lar 33W Of 717 22S

LOOK FOR OUR CONSIGNMENTS AT THE OHIO BEEF EXPO, M ARCH 19, 2011

Helsinger Polled Herefords Chris, Sarah, Grant and Lindie Helsinger 6518 Farmersville-Germantown Pike, Germantown, OH 45327 cshelsinger@gtownonline.com • 937-855-0491

Herman Ralph E. F A M I LY Jim and Beth Herman 6753 C.R. C75 Edgerton, OH 43517 419-298-2078 Rod, Tammy, Brandi and Cody 2016 Rd. 20 Continental, OH 45831 419-303-4060

POLLED HEREFORDS

38585 St. Rt. 26 Graysville, OH 45734 Keith Ullman 740-934-9321 Cell 740-228-2253 info@ullmanherefords.com

Polled Herefords

Calvin, Carman and Collin Helsinger 6568 Farmersville-Germantown Pike Germantown, OH 45327

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Polled Hereford Farms The Deckers Pat, Loretta, Caitlin and Colton Vincent, Ohio Office 740-749-3939 Josh VanHorn, Herdsman

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Banks Polled Herefords

Helsinger Chris, Sarah, Grant and Lindie Helsinger 6518 Farmersville-Germantown Pike Germantown, OH 45327 937-855-0491 937-751-9841 cell cshelsinger@gtownonline.com

Mohican

Ullman & Son

Cattle Services Jeff, Lou Ellen and Keayla Harr 334 Twp. Rd. 1922 Jeromesville, OH 44840 Cell 419-685-0549 jlcattleserv@aol.com

Chris 937-751-9841 • Sarah 937-545-6139 Calvin and Carman 937-855-7694 • Calvin 937-430-2592

Doug and Jane Banks 513-726-6876 Brian Banks 513-200-4248 5590 Wayne Milford Rd. Hamilton, Ohio 45013 dbanks3878@aol.com

Conard and Nancy Stitzlein 4551 State Rt. 514 Glenmont, OH 44628 330-378-3421 stitz@bright.net Matt Stitzlein 330-231-0708 cell

Berg Polled Herefords

“Where Legends are born.” Jerry and Mary Ann Berg 16821 Withrich Rd. P.O. Box 224 Dalton, OH 44618 330-857-7967 330-465-6185 cell jwberg@bright.net

Farno Home of SHF Red Oak

Polled Herefords Paul and Marsha Farno Eaton, Ohio Luke, Sarah and Jacob Farno Tipton, Indiana 937-456-6842 pmfeaton@infinet.com

HEREFORD ASSOCIATION www.buckeyeherefords.com

10914 Main Rd. Berlin Heights, OH 44814 Lisa Finnegan Keets, Secretary 440-320-6193 ohioherefordlady@yahoo.com

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Home of Sound, Functional Cattle With Eye Appeal!

Host of the 2011 Pennsylvania Hereford Sale, May 14, 2011

HAUSNER CATTLE CO.

J.P., Tina, Zane and Tara Hausner • 5807 W. Canal Rd., Thomasville, PA 17364 717-259-9992 • Cell 717-465-1584 • tjhausner@cs.com • www.hausnercattlecompany.com Check us out on facebook.com

HAUSNER CATTLE CO. J.P., Tina, Zane and Tara

Hausner • 5807 W. Canal Rd., Thomasville, PA 17364 717-259-9992 Cell 717-465-1584 tjhausner@cs.com www.hausnercattlecompany.com

Sid Rogers 420 N. Hayfield Rd. Winchester, VA 22603-3426 540-888-3134 SIDSROLLINGHILLS@hughes.net

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All Seasons

Kove Cattle COMPANY

Farm

Harry and Karen Taylor 10402 Stewart Neck Rd. Princess Anne, MD 21853 401-651-4486 allseasonsfarm@gmail.com

The Baldwins 2 Church View Rd. Millersville, MD 21108 443-871-0573

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Heritage Hill Farm

Land & Cattle Co., LLC

Dan and Susie Snyder Seth Snyder 654 Cold Spring Rd. Gettysburg, PA 17325-7335 717-642-9199 herefordcattle@stoneridgemanor.com www.stoneridgemanor.com

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Elizabeth Randall, Owner Lee Chaney, Manager P.O. Box 58 Rocky Ridge, MD 21778 240-446-3331 Cell 301-271-2732 Home

773 Sloop Point Ln. Kure Beach, NC 28449 919-624-3833 randy_martin52@bellsouth.net

RANDALL Bob Kube 6470 Beverley Mill Rd. Broad Run, VA 20137 rfkube@verizon.net 540-347-4343 cell 540-905-2667

Randy Martin

KNOLL CREST FARM

“Serving the beef industry since 1944” 17659 Red House Rd. Red House, VA 23963 Office 434-376-3567 Fax 434-376-7008 James D. Bennett 434-376-7299 Paul S. Bennett 434-376-5675 Jim G. Bennett 434-376-5760 Brian R Bennett 434-376-5309 knollcrest@hughes.net

Dustin, Rachel, Emma and Addison Heeter 2142 Auen Rd. Saltsburg, PA 15681 724-639-9159 Cell 724-433-2730

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Purple Dreams?

Let Us Make Your Dreams a Reality.

Millie Teachers Pet

Starry Sky

Baby Doll

Our best sell October 2, 2011, at the Genetic Selection Sale. B.J. Jones Family 14990 C.R. F, Darlington, WI 53530 Cell 608-482-2961 • docjones@centurytel.net www.wildcatcattle.com

WISCONSIN HEREFORD BREEDERS BOETTCHER'S BROOKVIEW ACRES Butch and Maryellen W16163 U.S. Hwy. 10 Fairchild, WI 54741 715-597-2036 Brandon 715-533-2470 Garritt 715-586-0033 Michael 414-339-2516 Ryan, Tiff and Andrew Timm 507-433-1183 cmboettcher@centurytel.net www.brookviewacres.com

STOCK FARM The Marv Espenscheid Family 12044 Hwy. 78 Argyle, WI 53504 608-543-3778 Fax 608-543-3824 wlbaosf@mhtc.net

MGM East Harold and Connie Lietzau 7477 Iband Ave. Sparta, WI 54656 608-269-3627 Tammy and Dam Kiara and Austin Troy and Michelle Jaydon and Devon Taylor, Emily and Ty www.hereford.org

Steve Merry 1840 Hwy. CC Hartford, WI 53027 262-628-3649 262-628-4946 Fax

MGM West Gordon Merry 6488 Hwy. C Sun Prairie, WI 53590 608-837-4919

Improving Polled Herefords Since 1932

BBC FARMS Breeding for Consistent Quality Bruce and Bonnie Clemence S104 W15379 Loomis Dr. Muskego, WI 53150 414-425-8134 bbcfarms@gmail.com Vistitors are always welcome! Breeding stock always for sale at the farm.

HUTH

Joe and Amy Starr and Family

E5198 N. Water Dr. Manawa, WI 54949 920-596-2580 Fax 920-596-2380 starr@wolfnet.net

Lininger Farms Chester and Kathy Lininger W1018 Spring Prairie Rd. Burlington, WI 53105 262-763-8846 clininger@wi.rr.com

Wiswell Family Registered Polled Herefords

Polled Herefords Jerry, Maryann, Michael and Karl Huth W9096 County Trunk AS Oakfield, WI 53065 920-583-3223 Fax 920-583-2068 Cattle always for sale at the farm huth@wildblue.net www.huthcattle.com

Grant, Judy, Jena, and Morgan Wiswell N5920 Connaughton Ln. Elkhorn, WI 53121 262-723-4861 262-215-6499 cell Michelle Britzke Herd Manager wizsph@elknet.net

Ken and Sandy 608-356-2578 Travis 608-434-2843 Jim E10 645 Hatchery Rd. Baraboo, WI 53913 U.S. Hwy. 12 S., 1/2 mile from McDonald’s, west on Hatchery Rd., 1 mile to farm sign. ken254@centurytel.net www.piercesherefords.com

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C The “Calendar” is a listing of Hereford sales and events known to our staff. Italicized dates denote shows and events. Non-italicized dates denote sales. To make the “Calendar” concise we have used the following abbreviations: association, assn.; international, int'l; junior, jr.; mountain, mtn.; national, nat’l; northeast, NE; northwest, NW; performance tested, PT; southeast, SE; southwest, SW; and university, Un.

January ____________________________ 4 Greater Midwest Certified Hereford Feeder Calf Sale, Carthage, Ill. 9 Pennsylvania Farm Show Jr. Steer and Heifer Show, Harrisburg 10 Missouri Hereford Assn. Hereford-Influenced Feeder Calf Sale, Eldon, Mo. 10 Pennsylvania Farm Show Open Hereford Show, Harrisburg 12 T-Bone Ranch, Denver, Colo. 13-15 Nat’l Western Stock Show Hereford Shows, Denver 14 Mile High Night Hereford Sale, Denver 17 Special Hereford-Influenced Feeder Cattle Sale, Beatrice, Neb. 17 Van Newkirk Herefords, Oshkosh, Neb. 22 Indiana Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Indianapolis 22 Iowa Hereford-Influence Feeder Calf Sale, Anita 25 Advertising Deadline for March Hereford World 25 BuyHereford.com Internet Auction 29 Red Bluff Bull Sale, Red Bluff, Calif. 27 Sioux Empire Farm Show Hereford Show and Sale, Sioux Falls, S.D. 29 Buckeye Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting and Embryo Auction, Plain City, Ohio 29 Texas Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Ft. Worth 30 Southwestern Exposition “Cowtown Select” Sale, Ft. Worth 30 Texas Hereford Assn. Female Sale, Ft. Worth 31 Southwestern Exposition Nat’l Hereford Show, Ft. Worth 31 Texas Polled Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Ft. Worth

February ___________________________ 2 Black Hills Stock Show Hereford Show and Sale, Rapid City, S.D. 2-5 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show, Denver, Colo. 2 Shaw Bull Sale, Notus, Idaho 3 Ridder Hereford Ranch, Callaway, Neb. 3 Stroh Herefords/Friedt Herefords, Dickinson, N.D. 4 Baumgarten Cattle Co. Bull Sale, Belfield, N.D. 4 Dvorak Herefords Bull Sale, Pickstown, S.D. 4 Elkington Polled Herefords, Idaho Falls, Idaho 5 Klamath Falls Bull Sale, Klamath Falls, Ore. 5 Messner Ranch, Slapout, Okla. 5 South Texas Hereford Assn., Beeville 5 Upstream Ranch Bull Sale, Taylor, Neb. 6-13 JBN Livestock Internet Sale, Box Elder, S.D. 7 Topp Herefords Bull Sale, Bismarck, N.D. 8 San Antonio Livestock Show, San Antonio, Texas 9 San Antonio Livestock Show All Breeds Bull & Commercial Female Sale, San Antonio, Texas 12 Baker Hereford Ranch, Rapid City, S.D. 12 Wisconsin Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Wisconsin Dells 13 Mrnak Herefords, Bowman, N.D.

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March _____________________________ 1 S&S Polled Herefords, Guide Rock, Neb. 3 Northwest Hereford Breeders Bull Sale, Hermiston, Ore. 4 Kentucky Beef Expo Hereford Show, Louisville 4 Wisconsin Hereford Assn. Banquet, Platteville 5 Kentucky Beef Expo Hereford Sale, Louisville 5 Maryland Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Hagerstown 5 Wisconsin Hereford Assn., Lancaster

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Ret i Rem en t Cow He Rd d i s pe Rsa l All Females 3- to 8-Years-Old Bred to start calving March 14, 2011

14 Cows 2 Bred Heifers 5 Open Heifers

Mostly Line One Breeding SireS repreSented: F Starfire 187 ET RCH L1 Domino 0082 PR 8123 Lad M38

Proven and Experienced

BW WW YW MM M&G

14 BB Cattle Co. Bull Sale, Connell, Wash. 14 Logterman Family Bull Sale, Valentine, Neb. 16 Nebraska Cattlemen’s Classic Hereford Show and Sale, Kearney, Neb. 16 Shaw Cattle Co., Caldwell, Idaho 17 Iowa Hereford Breeders Assn., Des Moines 17 Olson’s Bull Sale, Argusville, N.D. 18 Blacktop Farms Bull Sale, Mitchell, S.D. 18 Beef Maker Bull Sale, Horton, Ala. 19 Carmichael Herefords Bull Sale, Faith, S.D. 19 Curtis Polled Herefords, Huron, S.D. 19 Fallon All-Breed Bull Sale, Fallon, Nev. 19 Four L Herefords Bull Sale, Atwood, Tenn. 19 Magnolia Hereford Assn. Annual Show & Sale, Magnolia, Ark. 21 Rausch Herefords, Hoven, S.D. 22 Anderson Family Herefords, Lethbridge, Alta. 22 BuyHereford.com Internet Auction 22 Mill Creek Ranch Bull Sale, Manhattan, Kan. 25 Advertising Deadline for April Hereford World 25 Gant Polled Herefords Bull Sale, Platte, S.D. 25 Illinois Polled Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting and Embryo Auction, Springfield 25 Jamison Herefords Bull Sale, Quinter, Kan. 26 Heritage Cattle Co., Buhl, Idaho 26 Illini Classic, Springfield, Ill. 26 South Texas Polled Hereford Assn., Lockhart 28 Colyer Herefords, Bruneau, Idaho

1.0 42 74 24 46

2 Herd BullS CH Enuff Image 744 Sage Starfire 16

Wayne Sage Herefords Ogden, Illinois 217-694-4558 217-369-1996 Cell rxsag@aol.com

Breeding Herefords Since 1955

7 Harrell Hereford Ranch, Baker City, Ore. 9 Udy Cattle Co., Rockland, Idaho 11 NE Texas Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Mt. Pleasant 12 Boyd Beef Cattle Bull Sale, Mays Lick, Ky. 12 Central Missouri Polled Hereford Breeders Assn., Eldon 12 NE Texas Hereford Assn., Mt. Pleasant 14 Holden Herefords, Valier, Mont. 14 JBB/AL Herefords Bull Sale, Bliss, Idaho 15 Cooper Hereford Ranch, Willow Creek, Mont. 18 Ohio Beef Expo Parade of Hereford Sale Animals, Columbus 19 Cattleman's Weekend Bull Sale, Prescott, Ariz. 19 Ohio Beef Expo Hereford Sale, Columbus 19 West Tennessee Polled Hereford Assn., Martin 21 Gibson Herefords/Double Heart Diamond Cattle, N. Platte, Neb. 23 Washington Cattlemen's Assn. Bull Test Sale, Eltopia 25 Advertising Deadline for May/June Hereford World 25 North Carolina Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Statesville 26 North Carolina Hereford Assn., Statesville 26 Oregon Hereford Assn. Jr. Jackpot Show and Annual Meeting, Albany 27 Oregon Hereford Assn., Albany 29 BuyHereford.com Internet Auction

April _______________________________ 1 Michigan Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, E. Lansing 1 Sandhill Farms, Haviland, Kan. 2 Ellis Farms Bull Sale, Chrisman, Ill. 2 Michigan Beef Expo Hereford Sale, E. Lansing 7 West Virginia Polled Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Jane Lew

8 Early Bird Advertising Deadline for July Hereford World 8 West Virginia Beef Expo Hereford Show, Jane Lew 9 West Virginia Polled Hereford Assn., Jane Lew 11 Missouri Hereford Assn. Hereford-Influenced Feeder Calf Sale, Eldon, Mo. 16 Rockin’ W Polled Herefords, Schulenburg, Texas 19 Bar JZ Ranches, Holabird, S.D. 22 Middle Tennessee Polled Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Cross Plains 23 Middle Tennessee Polled Hereford Assn., Cross Plains 23 Ritchie County Polled Hereford Assn., Harrisville, W.Va. 26 BuyHereford.com Internet Auction 30 Burns Farms Female Sale, Pikeville, Tenn. 30 Larson/Hoffman/Topp Sale, Clifton, Texas

May _______________________________

6 Advertising Deadline for July Hereford World 6 New England Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, W. Springfield, Mass. 7 New England Hereford Assn., W. Springfield, Mass. 13 Switzerland of Ohio Polled Hereford Assn., Old Washington 14 Four L Herefords Female Sale, Atwood, Tenn. 14 Pennsylvania Hereford Assn., Thomasville 20 Star Lake Cattle Ranch Jr. Futurity Show, Skiatook, Okla. 21 Star Lake Cattle Ranch, Skiatook, Okla. 28-30 NW Regional Jr. Hereford Show, Moses Lake, Wash. 31 BuyHereford.com Internet Auction HW

Hereford.org Banner Ads Drive Traffic The American Hereford Association (AHA) recently introduced banner ad packages, combining banner advertisements on the AHA Web site with advertisements in the Hereford World. Each banner advertisement can be created with a maximum of two frames. Up to two additional frames can be added for $50 each. All information for banner advertisements — including information and photos — should be submitted to the AHA staff at least one week prior to the anticipated start date.

Pricing options include: • 1-month with 4 eNews or Sales Digest ads — $500 • 2-month with 4 eNews or Sales Digest ads — $900 • 1 year with 20 eNews or Sales Digest ads — $1,500 • HPI Contract — 4 one-page Hereford World ads (4-color) and a one-year banner ad on the AHA Web site — $5,500 • Creative Service Contract — catalog, one-month banner ad on AHA Web site and 4 eNews or Sales Digest ads — Catalog bid price + $400 • 1 distribution in eNews or Sales Digest — $100 or $200 for top spot In July banner ads posted on Hereford.org had a total of 193,479 views. Most ads, both sizes combined, are getting about 6,000 views per month. For more information, visit Hereford.org/mediakit or contact Caryn Vaught at cvaught@hereford.org or 816-842-3757. www.hereford.org

Thank you to those who supported the

2010

Opportunity Sale December 5, 2010 • Sedalia, Mo. 43 LOTS GROSSED $91,050 TO AVERAGE $2,117 4 Bulls grossed $9,775 to average $2,444 39 Female lots grossed $81,275 to average $2,084 1 Flush $2,650 • 1 Steer $1,650 TOP SELLING LOTS: Lots 16 and 16A — PRF P606 Miss Harley 26S and PRF 262S Hannah 85X........................$4,500 Lot 17 — PRF Ms Good As Gold PC1 84X.............................................................................$3,500 Lot 44 — Belzer Miss KP Lady 10X........................................................................................$3,300 Lots 11 and 11A — Glengrove Michelle U17 and Glengrove Eva X21....................................$3,150 Lot 5 — BPH 3242 Pendleton 463W.......................................................................................$3,000 Lot 28 — RH Laura 1024........................................................................................................$3,000

Jim and Linda Reed P.O. Box 126 Green Ridge, MO 65332 660-527-3507 • Fax 660-527-3379 reedent@iland.net • www.reedent.com Brian, Samara and Terrell Reed 416 North Drive Abernathy, TX 79311 Craig, Natalie, Macy and Mallory Reed 11621 Kenwood Ave. Kansas City, MO 64131

Jim D Bellis Family

Jim D. and Carla Bellis Jamie, Joanna and Jonathan 17246 Hwy. K Aurora, MO 65605 417-678-5467 jim.bellis@centurytel.net www.hereford.org

Malone Hereford Farm Breeding Stock, Polled Hereford and Cross Steers Alton and Marie Malone

1371 Rd. F Emporia, KS 66801 Phone/Fax 620-342-7538 malone@maloneherefordfarm.com www.maloneherefordfarm.com

McMillens Toothacre Ranch J.L. and Fonda Trent and Mary 9128 W. Farm Rd. 30 Walnut Grove, MO 65770 417-788-2787 Cell 417-830-7257 Fax 417-863-6884

GLENGROVE FARM Bob and Gretchen Thompson 12905 C.R. 4010 Rolla, MO 65401 573-341-3820 bandgthompson@earthlink.net

www.glengrovefarms.com

Supplying the Hereford industry with value-added genetics for 35 years!

CA CATTLE RANCH

Charles and Eleanor Aikens Owners HCR 61, Box 3865 W. Plains, MO 65775 417-764-3025 Chuck Aikens, Ranch Manager 417-764-3717 Trip Aikens, Herdsman 417-270-7051

ROTH HEREFORD JOURNAGAN RANCH FARM Leo and Jean Journagan Home of RHF THM Supreme 2026 1146 N.E. Hwy. J Windsor, MO 65360 Ed and Carol 660-694-2569 • 660-694-0000 Fax Eddie, Mary, Lane and Levi 660-647-9907 croth745@earthlink.net

Rt. 1, Box 85G Mountain Grove, MO 65711 Marty Lueck, Manager 417-948-2669 or 417-838-1482 Fax 417-948-0509

AbraKadabra

BIGLIENI

Mark, Terry, Sabrina and Brianne Abramovitz 6969 Bass Ln. Columbia, MO 65201 573-864-6475 Cell 573-441-9951 Home/Fax Jason Ewing, Herdsman 417-689-2016 Cell

FARMS

Tom and Belle Biglieni 4125 St. Hwy. P Republic, MO 65738 417-827-8482 tgbig@sbcglobal.net Shane and Brooke Bailey Stella, Mo. 417-793-0512 Hereford Breeder Since 1962 January 2011 /

NORTH DAKOTA HEREFORD BREEDERS CARTER'S POLLED HEREFORDS

NORTH DAKOTA HEREFORD ASSN.

Bulls and females for sale at all times

Mark, Annette, Christopher, Brett Joana Friesz, Secretary P.O. Box 67 New Salem, ND 58563 701-400-8744

21901 422nd St. N.W. Donnybrook, ND 58734 701-482-7770 www.RockemanHerefords.com

joana@northlandinsuranceagency.com

BOEHNKE HEREFORD RANCH

Registered Herefords Since 1946

UNPAMPERED FUNCTIONAL SOUND Cattle for Sale at All Times

8424 4th Ave. N.E. Kramer, ND 58748 Jeff 701-359-4450 Jared 701-768-2914 jboehnke@utma.com

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PELTON Polled Herefords We produce polled Herefords for the commercial cowman.

Craig, Janet, Kayla and Kain 4093rd Ave. N.W. Halliday, ND 58636 701-548-8243 craigp@ndgateway.com

Jimmy Carter P.O. Box 55 Rocklake, ND 58365 701-266-5575 Terry Carter 6760 92nd St. N.E. Rocklake, ND 58365 701-266-5468 Malynda Penner 605-925-7016

FRIEDT

HEREFORDS Gary, Kirsten, Lindsey and Aaron Friedt and Megan and Dusty Dukart 8733 55th St. S.W. Mott, ND 58646 701-824-2300 gfriedt@hotmail.com www.friedtherefords.com Stroh/Friedt Production Sale Feb. 3, 2011

FRIESZ

Livestock Duane, Joana, Taylor and Thomas Friesz 4465 34th St., P.O. Box 67 New Salem, ND 58563 joana@northlandinsuranceagency.com

OLSON Hereford Ranch Carl Olson 2713 166 Ave. S.E. Argusville, ND 58005 701-484-5068 Cell 701-361-0684

www.frieszsheep.com Selling bulls and females private treaty www.olsonherefordranch.com Breeders of polled Herefords olsoncandc@aol.com and Corriedale sheep.

To advertise here, call Levi Landers 308-730-1396

14503 91 St. S.W. Bowman, ND 58623 Wayne, Jill and Robyn Mrnak Home 701-574-3172 Jim and Marlene Mrnak 701-574-3124 Terry, Debby, and Andy Mrnak 701-574-3193 Brent and Jenna 701 206-0604 www.mrnakherefords.com www.hereford.org

Our Leading Donor Cows

First Bridget x Connection calves hit the winner’s circle…

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These Bridget calves are just the beginning… EMBRYOS NOW AVAILABLE:

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Illinois Preview Show Reserve Grand Champion Bull

Rick Kim and Miranda Morgan 618-548-4314 • appleridge@ruralcomm.net

ARF CEP Destiny E19X ET

American Royal Class Winner 2010 DuQuoin State Fair Junior Show Calf Champion

3127 Bannister Rd. Salem, IL 62881

Kevin and Lisa Babbs 618-322-5880 • kevinbabbs@sbcglobal.net

CRANE Plainview Benedict Herefords HEREFORDS Farms 12526 N. Weldon Rd. Rockford, IL 61102 www.perksranch.com Office 815-335-2824 Craig Crutcher 815-289-2855 Doug Perks 815-505-1289 Wade Perks 817-269-9263

LORENZEN FARMS Steve Lorenzen 17696 E. 1825th Rd. Chrisman, IL 61924 217-269-2803 www.lorenzenfarms.com

www.hereford.org

Jack and Sherry Lowderman Monte, Carrie and Rhett Brent, Kris, Blake, Cody and Morgan P.O. Box 488 Macomb, IL 61455 Office 309-833-5543

Dave, Marcia, Mike and Elise Hackett

www.lowderman.com

Dave.Hackett@cell1net.net

1170 E. U.S. Hwy. 36 Tuscola, IL 61953 217-253-4900

David and Marcia DeLong, Owners 6625 E. Elm Dr. Janesville, WI 53546 608-756-3109 delcoph@aol.com Tom and Mandy Hawk, Managers 1880 S. Paw Paw Rd. Earlville, IL 60518 815-739-3171 Cell www.delhawkcattle.com thawk@delhawkcattle.com September 17, 2011 DelHawk Cattle Company Steak and Egg Sale

Larry and Julie 34227 E. C.R. 1000 N. Mason City, IL 62264 benherf@abelink.com 217-482-5606

Chad, Becky, Noah, Caleb and Faith chad@benedictherefords.com 217-246-5099

Floyd, Annette and Brittany 815-223-4484 Chad, Erin and J.W. 815-712-5739 LaSalle, IL 61301 C_herfs1@yahoo.com

www.benedictherefords.com

FARMS 35073 E. C.R. 1550 N. Mason City, IL 62664 bhrnds@speednet.com Brent, Cell 217-971-5897

Gene, Vicki, Matt, Bryan and Amy 7318 Stone School Rd. Leaf River, IL 61047 gvmiller5@signalblast.com www.millerfarmscattle.com Location: Rte. 72 west of Byron 3 mi., south 3/4 mi.

815-738-2334

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ALABAMA Beef Maker Bull Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Debter Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Campbell Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 ARIZONA Las Vegas Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Mountain View Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Nine Cross Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 ARKANSAS Crooked Creek Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Magnolia Hereford Assn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Winningham Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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CALIFORNIA Alto Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jess Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lambert Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McDougald Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morrell Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrnak Herefords West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nyland Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oak Knoll Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pedretti Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Perrin Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Red Bluff Bull Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sonoma Mountain Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tripp Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Two Mac Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Valentine Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weimer Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wilbourn Cattle Co ., Aaron & W6 Herefords . . . . . . . Wintun Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

71 71 71 71 71 71 71 71 71 71 34 71 71 71 71 71 71 71

COLORADO Campbell, James T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cline Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coleman Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coyote Ridge Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ernst Family, Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hall Herefords, Doug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hanging W Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Indian Cave Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kubin Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robb & Sons, Tom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roderick Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sidwell Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Strang Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T-Bone Ranch Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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DELAWARE SV Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 FLORIDA Crooked Lake Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IBC GEORGIA CES Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 CSR Polled Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Dillard Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Greenview Farms Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Hill-Vue Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Leonard Polled Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Mead Cattle Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IBC Nunnally Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Predestined Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Thompson Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Whaley Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 White Hawk Ranch Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 IDAHO Canyon Gem Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Cattleman's Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Circle C Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Circle S West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Colyer Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 71 Elkington Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29, 71 Fern Ridge Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71, 86 Heritage Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 JBB/AL Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7, 7 2 Johnson Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Moonlight Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Shaw Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 72 Shaw Herefords Inc ., Tim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Split Butte Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Wooden Shoe Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 ILLINOIS Apple Ridge Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Behrends Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48, 87 Benedict Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Bickelhaupt Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Bob-O-Lou Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Burns Polled Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Crane Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 DeLHawk Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Ellis Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38, 72 Fleisher Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Harbison and Sons, Ray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Knott Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Loehr Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 72 Lorenzen Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Lowderman Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 McCaskill Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Miller Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Milligan Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Newbold Farms Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Northfork Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Oak Hill Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Perks Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72, 87 Plainview Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Prairie Meadow Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Purple Reign Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

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Riddell Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 River Ridge Ranch & Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Sage Herefords, Wayne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Sayre Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Stephens Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 72 INDIANA Beck-Powell Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CDF Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Everhart Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gray Family Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Green Meadow Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greives Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hunt Bros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kesling Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kottkamp & Son Polled Herefords, Edwin . . . . . . . . . Miller Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stuckey Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . White Oak Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wilson Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

72 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 47 47

IOWA Amos Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Beef Resources Partnership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 GAR-NANC Cattle/Rau Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Iowa Select Hereford Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Jackson Hereford Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 K7 Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Landt Herefords, Steve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72, 79 Ohnemus Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Rosenberg, James N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Sladek Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Sorensen Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 St . Clair Hay & Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Stream Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72, 79 Wiese & Sons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 72 Woodland View Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 KANSAS Alexander Farms Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Davis Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 4V Douthit Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Douthit Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 EE Ranches Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BC Herbel Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Jamison Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 72 Jensen Bros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 M-M Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Malone Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Meitler, Gene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Mill Creek Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Oleen Brothers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Oleen Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Sandhill Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 7 3 Schu-Lar Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Springhill Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Towner Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Umberger Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 VJS Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 KENTUCKY Botkin Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boyd Beef Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chambliss Hereford Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dogwood Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JMS Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peyton Well Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

73 73 73 89 89 89

LOUISIANA 5C’s Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 P&K Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 MAINE Maplewood Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 MARYLAND All Seasons Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Church View Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Foggy Bottom Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Randall Land & Cattle Co . LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCH Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tamsey Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

82 82 49 82 73 73

MICHIGAN Behnke’s Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cottonwood Springs Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grand Meadows Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hanson’s Double G Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McDonald Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Parks Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RLB Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sugar Sweet Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Templeton Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Veeser’s Triple E Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80

MINNESOTA DaKitch Hereford Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delaney Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frederickson Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lawrence Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oxley Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schafer Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Springwater Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

73 73 73 73 73 73 73

MISSISSIPPI Broadlawn Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caldwell Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EE Ranches Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grandview CMR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

90 73 BC 73

MISSOURI Abra Kadabra Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bellis Family, Jim D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Biglieni Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bonebrake Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CA Cattle Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

85 85 85 73 85

Cattle Visions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Falling Timber Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Findley Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Glengrove Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Harding Bros . Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Journagan Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73, 85 McMillens Toothacre Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Reed Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Roth Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73, 85 Schneider Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 MONTANA Brillhart Ranch Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Broken Pick Land & Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Churchill Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IFC Cooper Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 16, 73 Curlew Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Dutton Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Ehlke Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Feddes & Sons, Marvin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Holden Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 7 3 J Bar E Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 McMurry Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Mohican West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Thomas Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Westwind Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 NEBRASKA 7 Mill Iron Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Blueberry Hill Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Fisher, Lowell and Carol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Frenzen Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Gibson Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Hoffman Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 JB Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Linton Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Logterman Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Monahan Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Nebraska Cattlemen’s Classic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Niedermeyer Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Ridder Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 74 Schutte & Sons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Spencer Herefords Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Upstream Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 13, 74 Van Newkirk Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 74 NEVADA Bell Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Brumley Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Genoa Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Hutchens Herefords, Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 NEW HAMPSHIRE Overlook Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 NEW MEXICO C&M Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Cornerstone Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 King Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64, 74 West Star Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 NEW YORK SK Herefords LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 NORTH CAROLINA Kove Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Myers Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74, 89 Terrace Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Triplett Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 W&A Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Will-Via Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 NORTH DAKOTA Baumgarten Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Boehnke Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Carter’s Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Friedt Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55, 86 Friesz Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Mrnak Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 74, 86 North Dakota Hereford Assn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Olson Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Pelton Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Rockeman Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Stroh Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Stuber Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IFC Topp Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Insert OHIO Banks Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Berg Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Buckeye Hereford Assn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Circle D Energy & Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Farno Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Helsinger Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Herman Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Hively’s Hereford Lane Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 J&L Cattle Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Mohican Polled Hereford Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74, 81 Morrison Stock Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 NS Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Oakridge Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Ullman & Son, Ralph E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 OKLAHOMA Beacon Hill Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 CBY Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 CNB Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Dennis Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Dufur Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Durham Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Flying G Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Fullerton Hereford Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Graft-Britton Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Gray Land & Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Jacobs Ranch LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Langford Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Loewen Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Messner Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Moss Herefords, Allen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Nelson Land & Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 P&R Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Sparks-Kimbrough Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Star Lake Cattle Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 OREGON Bar One Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Bird Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Chandler Herefords Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 England Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Erickson Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Harrell Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39, 75 High Desert Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Klamath Bull & Horse Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Oregon Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Quick Mill Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Stallings Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Y Cross Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 PENNSYLVANIA Bar-H Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Creekside Hollow Acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Deana Jak Farms Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Deitschland Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Flat Stone Lick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IBC Glenview Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IBC Hausner Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75, 82 Heritage Hill Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 L&D Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Slayton’s BearDance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Stone Ridge Manor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Vogel Valley Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 SOUTH CAROLINA Forrest Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fowken Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Keese Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . White Column Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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SOUTH DAKOTA Baker Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Bar JZ Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Bischoff’s Ravine Creek Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Black Hills Stock Show & Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Blume Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Courtney Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Cranston Herefords, Roy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Curtis Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Dvorak Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Eggers Southview Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Fawcett’s Elm Creek Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Hoffman Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 JBN Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 75 K&B Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 LaGrand Angus and Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Rausch Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 75 Sioux Empire Hereford Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Thorstenson Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 TENNESSEE Burns Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75, 90 Coley Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Four L Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Jackson Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Kerr Polled Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Mud Creek Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75, 90 Parker Bros . Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 River Circle Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Triple L Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Walker Polled Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Woodard Hereford Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 TEXAS Alpha Equine Breeding Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 B&C Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Barber Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Case Ranch Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Cowtown Select Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Dauer Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Doyle Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Dudley Bros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 EE Ranches Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BC Fuston Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 GKB Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Glaze Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 H2 Ranch and Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Indian Mound Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Kinnear Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76, 78 Larsons’ Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Lone Star Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Massey Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 McInnis Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 McMullin Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Metch Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 ML Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Neel Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Noack Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Nolan Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Pied Piper Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Powell, James L . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Rockin’ W Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Rocking Chair Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 San Antonio Livestock Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Sanders Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Schmidt Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Schock Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Spearhead Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76, 78 Still River Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Sunny Hill Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Texas Hereford Assn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Williams/Ferguson Ranch L .P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Willis Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 UTAH Allen & Son, Phil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Circle BJ Polled Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ekker Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Johansen Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pallesen Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rell Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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VIRGINIA Fauquier Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 JPS Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Knabe Jr ., Harry A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Knoll Crest Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Rolling Hills Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76, 82 Thistle Tree Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 WASHINGTON BB Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IFC CX Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Diamond M Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Dusty Coyote Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Ottley Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Washington “Select” Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Yoricka Farm Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 WEST VIRGINIA Cottage Hill Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Goff & Sons, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63, 76 Grandview Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Grassy Run Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Haught Bros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Hickory Springs Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Law & Sons, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 McDonald Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Sapp Valley View Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Westfall Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 WISCONSIN BBC Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Boettcher’s Brookview Acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 C&L Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62, 77, 84 DeLHawk Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Huth Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 7, 8 3 Kegley Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Lietzau Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Lininger Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 MGM East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 MGM West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Owego Stock Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Pierce’s Hereford Haven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Starr Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Wildcat Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Wiswell Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 WY OMING Berry’s, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Holmes Herefords/Drake Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Largent & Sons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McClun’s Lazy JM Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Micheli Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Middleswarth Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ochsner Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Perkes Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ward, Ned and Jan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wyoming Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Semen is available on these grass raised Trask bulls. Dillard Polled Herefords Donnie and Anita Dillard 264 N. Prospect Ave., Waco, GA 30182 770-832-2268 • Cell 770-834-1979

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PARKER BROS. WHITE COLUMN FARMS POLLED HEREFORDS

Toby and Debby Dulworth 2492 S. Kirkman Rd. LaCenter, KY 42056 270-224-2993 dogwood@brtc.net

Kenneth, Houston and David Parker 129 Banks Rd. Bradyville, TN 37026 David and Paula Parker 615-765-5359 615-765-7260 Fax David cell 615-464-7008 dplp@dtccom.net www.dkmfarms.com

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FORREST Danny Miller 4850 Caldwell Ridge Rd. Knifley, KY 42753 270-465-6984 jmsfarm@msn.com www.jmsvictordomino.com

www.hereford.org

POLLED HEREFORDS

101-103 N. Main St. Saluda, SC 29138 Earl B. Forrest 864-445-2387 864-445-7080 Office 864-445-3707 Fax Brad Forrest 864-445-7633 Herd Certified and Accredited

385 Sweetwater Rd. N. Augusta, SC 29860 Dr. John L. Williams Ashley Williams, manager 803-279-0641 or 803-279-0049 Breeding Predominantly Victor Cattle Cow Herd: 90 brood cows, mainly Victor Domino and Banner Domino Located: 3 miles northeast of I-20 off U.S. Hwy. 25

MYERS HEREFORD FARM

321 Elmwood Rd. • Statesville, NC 28625 Harry Myers 704-872-7155 Cell 704-450-1598 Fax 704-871-9997 Harry Meyers III 704-872-1234 Cell 704-880-1084 hmastecc@i-america.net www.cattletoday.com/myers Herd Sires: JA L1 Domino 0224, JA L1 Domino 314 and JA L1 Domino 327 Cow Herd: Jamison Herefords and our own selection from 35 years.

PEYTON WELL POLLED HEREFORDS Lowell, Barbara and Beth Atwood Paul, Linda, Caleb and Luke Epling 133 Edgewood Dr. Stanford, KY 40484 606-365-2520 606-669-1455 Cell peytonwell@netzero.net

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CSR Polled Hereford Farm Steve and Elaine Roberts 5561 Wycliff Roberts Rd. Alapaha, GA 31622 229-532-7963

Will-Via

Polled Herefords 328 Fowken Farm Rd. Jonesville, SC 29353 Norris Fowler nrfowler@brecwb.com 864-674-5147 Farm Office/Fax 864-427-3330 Office Rogers Fowler 864-426-3281 Greg Fowler 864-674-6837 864-426-7337 Cell Raising Herefords for the past 62 years

Lavette and Brenda Teeter 2075 Landis Hwy. (NC Hwy. 152) Mooresville, NC 28115 704-664-1947 704-663-1466 Farm Robert Smith, Manager 704-663-0329

January 2011 /

New Year — New Opportunities Thank you to all of our past customers. May the blessings of 2011 be bountiful.

Introducing our newest herd sire...

Grandview CMR Plato 9097 Reg. # P43007479 • Calved: Feb. 15, 2009

1095 Charles Smith Rd. • Wadley, GA 30477 Charles E. Smith, Owner 478-252-5622 • 478-494-7567 Cell Kyle Gillooly 478-494-9593 Cell

2731 River Rd. • Wadley, GA 30477 Kyle and Jennifer Gillooly, Owners 478-625-7664 Kyle 478-494-9593 Jennifer 478-494-6693 predestinedcattle@hotmail.com

WHALEY

POLLED HEREFORDS

P. O. Box 280 Chatsworth, GA 30705 706-695-8351 Office 706-695-2008 Home Sherman and Peg gy Leonard Seth Ridley 706-463-3970 Matt McCurdy 706-280-9002 Jeff Stancill, Manager 706-217-5962

4134 County Hwy. 30 Horton, AL 35980 Glynn Debter 205-429-2040 Perry Debter 205-429-4415 Fax 205-429-3553

A Program to Watch… A Name to Remember. Truman and Starr Whaley, Owners 2634 Riverbend Rd. Dalton, GA 30721 Res. 706-277-3240 Office 706-277-3993 www.whaleypolledherefords.com Farm manager: Tim Connell 706-277-0832 Farm Office truman@southern-chemical.com

R EGISTERED POLLED HEREFORDS EST. 2001 JOHNNY, TANUJA, JONATHAN AND JUSTIN DAGLEY  L R. W, TN  -- J, C: - - 90

/ January 2011

Roy Roberts 54 Nunnally Farm Rd. Monroe, GA 30655 770-267-2706 770-267-7762 Fax

Burns Farms HEREFORDS

12733 Old State Hwy. 28 Pikeville, TN 37367 David and Beth 615-477-5668 Fax 423-447-2023 Dr. Phillip Burns 423-886-1325 Joe Burns 423-618-8825 www.burnsfarms.com

Jim O’Mara 3600 Ludlow Rd. Good Hope Community Lena, MS 39094 601-654-3584 omaraj@phelps.com

POLLED HEREFORD FARM Eric, Rhonda, Cody and Casey P.O. Box 146 • Morrison, TN 37357 931-607-6356 cell 931-668-4622 office 931-635-2181 home 931-668-7365 fax wphf@blomand.net www.walkerpolledherefordfarm.com

WHITE HAWK RANCH, INC.

1475 Canton Rd., Ste. 100 Marietta, GA 30066 Gary R. Hedrick 770-425-5200 • 770-425-4191 fax 678-858-0914 cell g.hedrick@whitehawkinc.com www.whitehawkbeefmakers.com Sale: Feb. 18, 2011

www.hereford.org

Are We Teaching Kids the Wrong Thing? If, for most of the country, a steer finishes at its mother’s mature weight, why are yearling SHOW heifers winning shows at Frame 7 weighing 1,600 to 1,800 pounds?

Kids like to win! The division between performing pasture cattle and cattle in our national shows is wider than ever. In the long term, are youngsters learning breeding lessons at home in their own pasture so they can become the future of the beef industry OR are they just looking for their next calf to win in today’s showring?

What kind of cattle should a breeder or future breeder put on grass?? We at Flat Stone Lick believe that "Quality Family Time” has to be on the right track. If you too are concerned about where the tracks are heading, it will take effort to bring both worlds together.

FSL

Les and Nancy Midla & Family

FLAT STONE LICK

34 Cranberry Marsh, Marianna, PA 15345 724-267-3325 • nmidla@pulsenet.com Don Riggin, herdsman DOCUMENTED CATTLE THAT ARE RIGHT FOR TODAY’S INDUSTRY.

Pro Performance Breeders

FSL

FLAT STONE LICK

CATTLE ENTERPRISES Tommy, Robin and Tommie Lynne 1230 Reeves Rd. • Midville, GA 30441 706-554-6107 • Cell 706-339-0201 www.meadcattle.com tommy@meadcattle.com

Les and Nancy Midla & Family

P.O. Box 3398, Lake Wales, FL 33859 Pat Wilson Inc., Owner 863-679-6700 Office

crookedlakeranch@verizon.net • wwwcrookedlakeranch.com

David McCullers, Manager 863-635-3821 Home

W. Massey Booth Jr. and Curtis H. Booth 711 Kings Run Rd. Shinglehouse, PA 16748 814-697-6339 masseyb@frontier.com

34 Cranberry Marsh Marianna, PA 15345 724-267-3325 nmidla@pulsenet.com Don Riggin, herdsman Documented cattle that are right for today’s industry.

RANCHES, INC. Mississippi Jack Evans, Manager P.O. Box 310 • Winona, MS 38967 662-283-3337 • Fax 662-283-4375 PRIVATE TREATY SALES

Bill and Jo Ellard, Owners P.O. Box 802207 Dallas, TX 75380 Office 972-532-2100 Fax 972-532-2190

Kansas Ray Meyer, Manager • 284A EE Rd. Fall River, KS 67047 Cell 620-636-0045 Office 620-658-4494 Fax 620-658-4426 PRIVATE TREATY SALES