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TABLE OF CONTENTS the Register ◆ September 2020 Volume 34, Number 1
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2020 Walton-Berry Award Recipients Announced By Jackie Atkins, Ph.D. Development of an IGS multi-breed heifer pregnancy EPD and understanding the genetics of methane production are the two projects funded by the 2020 round of Walton Berry Graduate Student Support Grants.
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Women of ASA By Lilly Platts From teaching to raising her family, beef cattle are at the center of Keela Trennepohl’s life.
16 National Classic Results By ASA and Register Staff
46 Merit Award Recipients Named By Darla Aegerter Deserving recipients of ASA’s prestigious scholarship stipends.
50 A Legacy Built on Genetic Improvement By Emme Troendle Kory Bigalk develops a donor transfer business alongside his Simmental herd.
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Updates on Growth Trait Predictions By the International Genetic Solutions Science Team The IGS Genetic Evaluation Science Team is implementing five areas of improvement for the prediction of growth traits.
Also in this issue . . . Mailbag
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Cow Sense
Former ASA Chairman Passes
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International
From The Headquarters
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News Makers
Bulletins
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Circuit
AJSA Connection
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Fleckvieh Forum
Beef Business
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New Members
Foundation Update
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ASA Fees
Foundation Focus
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Date Book
Cutting Edge
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Menu Morsels
Corporate Report
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Rates & Policies
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Advertisers' Index
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About the cover: “If These Fields Could Talk” by Whitney Olson, Alexandria, MN, won “Best in Show” in the 2020 AJSA Photography Contest and is this month's cover photo.
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Offering three picks of the entire female herd in our November 21 Bred Female Sale.
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES Executive Committee: Tim Curran, Chairman Randy Moody, Vice Chairman JW Brune, Treasurer Steve Eichacker Fred Schuetze
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Executive Vice President: Wade Shafer, Ph.D. Immediate Past Chairman: Gordon Hodges
North Central Area: Tom Hook (2021) 11333 180th Street Tracy, MN 56175 / 507.829.5283 hookfarms@mvtvwireless.com
JW Brune (2022) 414 E 700 Road Overbrook, KS 66524 / 785.865.6624 jwbrune@embarqmail.com
Kent Brunner (2023) 3559 Upland Road Lost Springs KS 66859 / 785.466.6475 kent@cowcampbeef.com
Steve Eichacker (2023) 25446 445th Ave Salem, SD 57058 / 605.421.1152 es@triotel.net
Eastern Area: Jim Ligon (2021) 1362 Dyer Creek Road Cookeville, TN 38501 / 931.510.3328 gdcligon@gmail.com
Cliff Orley (2021) 1486 Mount Wilson Road Lebanon, PA 17042 / 717.269.0128 corley01@comcast.net
Randy Moody (2023) 811 Frank Hereford Road New Market, AL 35761 / 256.655.5255 randymoody@ardmore.net
Barry Wesner (2023) 1821 W 700 S Chalmers, IN 47929 / 219.863.4744 wesnerlivestock@yahoo.com
Western Area: Michael Forman (2021) 2451 Number 81 Road Ellensburg, WA 98926 / 509.929.0312 mforman7777@gmail.com
Tim Curran (2022) 1000 Cook Road Ione, CA 95640 / 209.765.1815 circleranch@volcano.net
Clay Lassle (2022) 42 Road 245 Glendive, MT 59330 / 406.939.1348 Irsbeef@midrivers.com
Tom Nelson (2023) 5831 Hwy 7 Wibaux, MT 59353 / 406.939.1252 nlcsim@midrivers.com
South Central Area: John Griswold (2021) 5922 S Brush Creek Road Stillwater, OK 74074 / 405.780.3300 john@griswoldcattle.com
Fred Schuetze (2021) 2649 Pear Orchard Road Granbury, TX 76048 / 817.894.0563 fred.schuetze@yahoo.com
Greg Walthall (2022) 1051 NE 500 Windsor, MO 65360 / 660.525.9921 gregwalthall@gmail.com
Dr. Gary W. Updyke (2023) 107030 S. 4250 Road Checotah, OK 74426 / 918.843.3193 garyupdyke38@gmail.com
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MAIL BAG To the Editor: While our juniors were hit hard with the cancellation of the Regional Classics along with most state shows and county fairs, the AJSA National Classic went off without a hitch. From ASA’s Manager of Youth Activities Darla Aegerter, along with Ujazdowski and Whitney Andras to ASA’s customer service team, who ensured the juniors were entered in to show, and countless volunteers, our Simmental community stepped up to ensure AJSA members could show their cattle this summer.
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On behalf of ASA and the ASA Board of Trustees, I would like to personally thank our sponsors, along with the widespread support of staff, parents, the South Dakota Simmental Association, and the numerous volunteers around the country, for ensuring our youth received a well-rounded, educational, and memorable experience this year of all years. The 2020 National Classic will be remembered for years to come. Tim Curran, ASA Chairman of the Board ◆
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By Jackie Atkins, Ph.D., Director of Science and Education
Development of an IGS multi-breed heifer pregnancy EPD and understanding the genetics of methane production are the two projects funded by the 2020 Walton –Berry Graduate Student Support Grants.
Drs. Scott Speidel, R. Mark Enns, and Milt Thomas with their Ph.D. student, Lane Giess at Colorado State University will use the funding to support developing a multi-breed Heifer Pregnancy EPD, a long-held priority for the IGS genetic evaluation. In addition to the model development, guidelines for the standardized collection of data will be presented to the IGS-partner breed organizations. This research plans to provide a more thorough understanding of the genetic control of heifer pregnancy, contributions of heterosis, genomic markers, and genetic correlations of heifer pregnancy to other traits. Dr. Megan Rolf and her M.S. student, Andrew Lakamp, at Kansas State University will use the funding to support their research into the genetic control of methane production in beef cattle including estimating variance components and heritabilities of methane production, genetic correlation of methane production and other economically relevant traits, and identification of genomic markers related to methane production. The Walton–Berry Graduate Student Support Grant, originally started by Jim Berry of Wildberry Farms, honors Dr. Bob Walton’s lifelong efforts in animal breeding and raising Simmental cattle. This grant aims to help train future animal breeders and advance our knowledge of applied livestock genetics offering up to two grants per year. ◆ Jim Berry (left) and Bob Walton, founders of the graduate student support grants.
2013 – Drs. Jennifer Bormann, Bob Weaber, Dan Moser, and Mike MacNeil from Kansas State University. Funds used to support graduate student stipend and living expenses for a collaborative research project in quantitative and molecular genetics in beef cattle at the US Meat Animal Research Center. 2014 – Dr. Jennifer Thomson, Montana State University. Funds used to study the genetics and objective measurements of temperament in beef cattle. 2014 – Dr. Stephanie McKay, The University of Vermont. Funds used to characterize the brain methylome in steers with extreme measures of docility 2015 – Dr. Heather Huson, Cornell University. Funds used to study the genetics of digital Cushion Thickness and pay travel expenses for a graduate student to present research findings at an international conference in Sweden. 2015 – Dr. Megan Rolfe, Oklahoma State University. Funds used to analyze genetic links to water intake in beef cattle. 2016 – Dr. Jerry Taylor, University of Missouri. Funds used to identify potentially lethal haplotypes in beef cattle.
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2017 – Dr. Jared Decker, University of Missouri. Funds used for graduate student travel to Beef Improvement Federation meetings and develop extension publications. 2017 – Drs. Scott Speidel, Milton Thomas, and R. Mark Enns, Colorado State University. Funds used to investigate stayability genetic predictions using endpoints beyond six years of age. 2018 – Dr. Jason Ahola, Colorado State University. Funds used to study beef cow mature size across varying environments. 2018 – Dr. Lauren Hanna, North Dakota State University. Funds used to characterize efficiency traits in the commercial beef cow herd. 2019 – Dr. Hao Cheng, University of California. Funds used to build a faster genomic prediction tool. 2019 – Dr. Jared Decker, University of Missouri. Funds used to support graduate research to study abroad at the University of Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute in Scotland looking at genomic signatures of selection to apply to population genetics.
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FROM THE HEADQUARTERS By Rachel Endecott, Ph.D., Director of DNA Research Managment
Needless to say, 2020 is not turning out like anyone expected. I keep seeing the meme that hopes this year is like a mullet and we can party in the back half, but I think maybe that’s turning into wishful thinking as well. If you’re a researcher who studies how people manage adversity, what a goldmine you rendecott@simmgene.com have in front of you now! Those of us involved in the agriculture business probably have more practice in managing adversity than some of our peers, although we may be better prepared for livestock and crop pandemics rather than the human type! I hope the greater public appreciation and understanding of where food comes from that has grown during this uncertain time continues after we return to whatever normal is going to be. Certainly, there are a lot of unique opportunities for those who are willing to lead and take some risks. When everyone else is pulling back, it’s sometimes hard to keep your foot on the gas pedal, but if you change nothing, nothing will change.
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“Adversity causes some to break;
others to break records.” – William Arthur Ward Where can you make changes to move your operation forward? What unique opportunities are available in your particular space that might require embracing some risk and leading the pack? ◆
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Former Board Chairman Passes Bob Schalles 1935-2020 Dr. Robert Schalles was many things to many people. He was an educator, mentor, animal scientist, cattle breeder, leader, husband, father, and loyal friend. On June 19, at the age of 85, he passed away at the Good Shepherd Homecare and Hospice in Manhattan, Kansas. Born in Durango, Colorado, Schalles graduated from Ignacio High School before joining the US Navy, serving from 1954-58 with the Pacific Submarine Fleet. Following his military hitch, he earned his Bachelor’s degree from Colorado State University, then matriculated at Virginia Polytechnic Institute to obtain both his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. Subsequently, he served 32 years as a professor of Genetics in Animal Science and Industry at Kansas State University (KSU), before retiring in 1998. His expertise in population and quantitative genetics coupled with beef cattle management enabled him to contribute significantly to the animal breeding, genetics, teaching, and research programs at KSU. He is also credited with the development of an innovative and practical research focus relevant to the needs of the US beef cattle industry. Schalles served on the graduate committee for fellow KSU professor, Dr. Michael Dikeman, and the two remained fast friends for more than 40 years. “Bob always focused on the role of genetics in practical, real-world beef cattle production,” Dikeman said. “Among many major accomplishments, he helped establish the Kansas Bull Test, ran a ground-breaking research project on feed efficiency and authored a booklet titled Genetics of Coat Color in Cattle, that was extremely important since Simmental cattle were being discriminated against because of the diluter gene.” In 1993, he was elected to the ASA board for the first of two three-year terms, including a year as Chairman in 1997-98. In 1999, he was honored with ASA’s highest honor, the Golden Book Award. Former ASA CEO Dr. Jerry Lipsey admired Schalles’ instincts with regard to data collection and animal breeding. “When ASA started our Carcass Merit Program, I wanted to test the “hot” bulls but Bob, who was on our board at the time, insisted that we test the “legacy” bulls instead — and he was right!” he said. “He had an innate ability for collecting, understanding and evaluating beef cattle data,” Lipsey continued. “As a student at Virginia Tech, he was among the first there to use the main campus computer for analyzing data.”
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Former Trustee Willie Altenburg concurred with Dikeman and Lipsey. “Dr. Schalles was a leading geneticist during the Simmental transition period that included polled; scurred; color, including black, red, diluter/rat tail; plus the inheritance of spotting, stripes, and white on the face and back feet. It was a complex mix of traits, but he understood it and could explain it in a way that even this simple cowboy could understand,” he recalled. In 1956 Schalles married Betty Sewell who passed away in 1996. In 2000, he married Daisy Fielder, an administrative assistant in the KSU Animal Sciences and Industry Department.
In 1993, Schalles was elected to the ASA board for the first of two threeyear terms, including a year as Chairman in the 1997-98. In 1999, he was honored with ASA’s highest honor, the Golden Book Award.
In addition to Daisy, his wife of 20 years, Schalles is survived by four children: Philip (Leanne), Larry (Susanne), Karen, and Glen; a brother, Harold; three stepchildren: Mark (Jill) Fielder; Lisa (Kendall) Lynn; and Jana (Brian) Grimm. Also remembering Bob are 14 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren. A brother, John, preceded Bob in death. “Dr. Bob was instrumental in the way Simmental changed in the '90's, all while being one of the most pleasant and patient board members I knew,” Altenburg added “Bob was a fabulous professor and friend. I’ll never forget him,” Lipsey concluded. “He was a very good friend,” Dikeman offered. “You always knew where Bob stood, either from a beef production standpoint or as a personal friend. He was a great supporter of Simmental cattle and the American Simmental Association.” ◆
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Women of ASA By Lilly Platts Editor’s Note: The Women of ASA is a series of articles highlighting significant contributions of women in the Simmental community.
From teaching to raising her family, beef cattle are at the center of Dr. Keela Trennepohl’s life.
Keela Trennepohl Ph.D. Keela Trennepohl grew up in the beef industry on an Angus seedstock operation in Southwest Wisconsin owned by her parents, Kevin and Keri Retallick. “My sisters and I were very involved with all aspects of the operation and were fortunate to show locally as well as nationally, and that was how it all began.” She enrolled in college despite wanting to stay on the farm and raise cattle. “I would say that my life hasn’t gone according to plan, but cattle have always been my constant. Cattle encompass all facets of my life. I wanted to stay home and raise cattle, but was challenged by my parents to try it for a semester. My ‘never quit’ mentality has me still going to college today.” She initially had her Keela Trennepohl with her daughter, heart set on going to Maroska, and husband, Chris. veterinary school after receiving her degree in animal science from University of Wisconsin-Madison, but after 12 denial letters and $2,000 in application fees she accepted that it wasn’t in the cards. “I didn’t know what grad school was, but Dr. Dan Shaefer recommended it. My resume ended up with Dr. Dan Faulkner at the University of Illinois. It was on his desk when his colleague, Dr. Doug Parrett, saw it and recognized my name from showing cattle. What a valuable lesson for young exhibitors — work hard and represent yourself in an upstanding manner even if you don’t win the big banner, you never know who you’re impressing along the way.” Last minute, Trennepohl was accepted into graduate school and became her advisor's last student at the University of Illinois and his first female student. At the University of Illinois, the Simmental breed became a part of her life, as well as ASA. “It was then that I became immersed in Simmental cattle, because ASA funded some important research projects. The University of Illinois was also a part of the Carcass Merit Program, and that was when I really started to see what these Simmental bulls could do with the commercial cows we were utilizing. I recognized and understood the potential that existed in this breed.” After realizing how much she enjoyed her studies, she decided to stay on for a Ph.D. program. Simmental, Angus, and commercial cattle were at the heart of her studies. During this same time, she met her now-husband, Chris, who always valued and had a passion for Simmental cattle, which led Trennepohl to become even more interested. She intended to get a job in industry but ended up in academia. After passing on the opportunity once, she applied for a position at Cal Poly, in San Luis Obispo, California. “I got the call that I got the job while exhibiting cattle at NAILE, and I still wasn’t sure I wanted to go. Cal Poly was a long way from everything I knew. It was a
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subtle push from a friend, Nick Reimann, that convinced me to give it a go. I started teaching, and that is when I realized that despite my plan, I was meant to be a teacher.” California not only offered Trennepohl a different perspective on ranching, with brandings and western culture, but she also learned how to interact with people who didn’t grow up in the industry. “The students were exactly what I needed. Most were urban students who wanted to go to vet school. Many had little to no farm or ranch experience, so I had to learn how to teach the beef industry to people who didn’t know anything about it, or maybe even had a negative opinion about it. I had to learn how to teach in a way that was inclusive to everyone. I became aware of some of my hidden biases and vowed to keep improving.” She spent five growth-filled years in California, before returning to Illinois, and now teaches at Western Illinois University (WIU), where she is an assistant professor and director of the bull test station and cow herd. Today, her students primarily come from agricultural backgrounds, allowing her to bring insight from her experiences in California and provide a new perspective. Trennepohl, alongside her students, is transitioning WIU’s 50-head cow herd to Simmental. “Involving and relating to students helps me to gain their trust and respect, allowing both parties to constantly learn from one another. This is key in educating students.” Keela and her husband, Chris, are also building their family’s operation, True North Cattle. “Starting our own operation hasn’t been easy, but we continue to learn how to prioritize our time and money, because if you don’t allocate these two things, I promise you they will go somewhere. You have to be strategic with your resources because they are precious — especially time.” They have two young daughters, Maroska and Kort. True North Cattle will be having their first online sale on September 23, 2020. Quality cattle, customer service, and education are their foundation. “We want anyone who comes to us to feel part of the TRU family and ask questions without judgement. We promote positivity without ignoring reality — giving compliments while pointing out ways we can improve together.” Authenticity, integrity and trust, kindness, and passion fuel their philosophy as cattle breeders. “We are standing together as our own entity fulfilling our dreams together with the aspiration of encouraging others’ dreams along the way.” In everything she does, spreading a message of positivity and encouragement is at the forefront. She loves to teach and to learn. “I have to keep growing as a person, because if you’re not growing, you’re dying. Personal growth and a strong faith like I have now is something I used to really scoff at, but I have realized I need to care for myself: mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. That’s what I want to tell anyone in the cattle industry who will listen, is to take a breath, and re-align your focus with why you started all of this in the first place. I always come back to cattle. I love this breed and what it represents. The people are amazing, and it’s the breed our children will be involved with. I want quality cattle, I want to raise my children this way, and I want to be an example of how to really live truly and freely as yourself.” ◆
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Chance Ujazdowski reflects on the 40th Anniversary National Classic
The day after the National Classic. It’s always one of the saddest days of my year. The banners have been awarded, the barns are empty, the work is done, and my friends are headed home. This year has been an especially difficult one. With only 56 days to plan and constant curve balls thrown our way, we pulled off one of the largest AJSA National Classics ever. 729 cattle entries and 463 contestants checked in from 31 states and one Canadian province. And you know what? We absolutely rocked it. Nobody will convince me otherwise. Like I said on stage: It was very important for us to have this event. And not “because of the times,” but because of the youth and because of the great Simmental breed. Thank you all for being there, for being a part of this record-setting, “who knew if we were going to have it” event. It’s been amazing. It’s been a lot of work. But I could not be happier to have done it. So thank you. I need to express my personal appreciation for the people who made this week possible and those who made it special. Thank you, AJSA parents and mentors, for bringing your talented juniors to Brookings. Thank you, juniors, for applying your talent, passion, and determination to the Simmental breed. Thank you, judges and volunteers, for getting behind our juniors. Thank you, sponsors, for your financial support. ASA Board: You set the path for this event to happen. You understood the need for a National Classic, and you proved it. Swiftel Center: Tom Richter, Scott Smith, Natalie Page, Jeremy Linstad and your entire team. You are incredible. You navigated our event on short notice — with a 12-hour turnover time and an unexpected overflow. And you did it with smiles on your faces and more genuine care and customer service than we’ve ever experienced. I would recommend your team and your facility any time. South Dakota Simmental breeders: Chris and Kristi Effling, Kevin and Amber Blagg, Steve and Cathy Eichacker, Bridgette Twedt, and many more. From May 16 until now, you put your plans on hold to help us. We could not have done it without you.
Wade Shafer: Without your support, I would not have the opportunity to work with the AJSA. AJSA Board of Trustees: Great job this week. I know you didn’t envision a summer without Regionals or a Summit Leadership ConferChance Ujazdowski was presented with National Classic ence, and you made the keepsakes by ASA Director of Youth Programs Darla Aegerter most of your limited oppor- and outgoing AJSA President Clay Sundberg. tunity to lead the junior membership. most of your time in the AJSA. I am truly Bob Grass, Katie Bennett, Kelly honored that I could present your HerdsSchmidt, Chris and Allison Beins, Lindman of the Year award, proud to be your say Lunning, Tonya and Chan Phillips, friend, and I cannot wait to see what you Michaela and Nick Olson, Scott Trendo next in this business. Congratulations nepohl, Chris and Denise Sweat, Emily on your week! You deserve it. Lochner, Matt and Jessica Aggen, and Clay Sundberg: In many ways, your anyone else who reached out to me AJSA story began alongside mine -— shortly after the May 15 decision: “If there at the 2011 North Central Regional. Your is anything I/we/our crew can do to help, involvement, growth and leadership conplease let me know.” We lived on those tinue to inspire me to give 100% to this words, and you all stepped up exactly as organization. You sacrificed a shot at that promised. Swiss Bell to make sure the week was Kirsta Murphree: Your unofficial AJSA better for the entire AJSA. Thank you internship was a breath of fresh air. You for being you, Mr. President. And I trust get it, and we’re so thankful for your help. that your Board is in great hands with John better find you a full-time position. Cara Smith. Maddy Beins, Claire Trennepohl, Joel Mom: Your love for Simmental cattle is Mackey, and Leslie Walker: It has hit me what put me here, even after I spent most pretty hard that this was your last National of my teenage years saying I didn’t like Classic. I’ve known you all so long, and it cows. You were right all along, as usual. It has been a pleasure watching you grow up is a privilege to work with you in this busiin the AJSA. ness. Thank you for always being there for Whitney Andras: You are Darla’s rightme. I love you. hand girl, but I think we all underestimate Darla: Where do I begin? You are the how much you also do for me. I appreciate rock of this organization. There is more you and your sass more than you know. excitement in and around the AJSA than Mic Olson: Thank you for regularly ever before, and you deserve all the credit. making sure my head was above water. We make a great team and even better I’m still swimming, and I’m so thankful friends. A million times: Thank you. for your friendship. You’re irreplaceable. Tonya Phillips: My fellow AJSA histoI won’t apologize for the length of this rian. Thank you for wanting to celebrate message, but I will apologize if I’ve forgotthe AJSA history as much as I do. With a ten to show appreciation to anyone. little help from DP and the Register staff, Whomever you are, I appreciate you! we’ll keep that ball rolling. The 40th Annual AJSA National Classic To the Beins, Sweat, Priddy, Grass, is in the books. I don’t know if I’ll be Frederick, Phillips, Hoffman, and Mackey around for #41, but it has been an honor families: I didn’t get nearly as much time to serve the AJSA and its members for the with you as I wanted. Trust me when I say past decade. It has reshaped my life and that I would’ve loved to have dinner or given me a home. I love this breed. I love play 9 holes. It is always good to see you! this junior association. Whitney Olson: Your story is one that Thank you to everyone who has been more young people should know. In six a part of it. short years, you have made the absolute (Continued on page 18)
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Overall Junior Division
Top 20 Cattlemen’s Quiz, Junior Division
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Kiersten Priddy, AR Anna Sweat, AR Kenidey Effling, SD Ellie Drach, IL Josie Phillips, KY Paisley Nelson, MO Japser Tarr, IL Mabrey Schick, IL Keeli Whitaker, TX Calla Higbie, KS
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Luke Harker, IN Walker Housley, TN Katelyn Cowdrey, OH Sara Sweat, AR Jazlynn Hilbrands, MN Hallie Hackett, TX Baleigh Peterson, MN Chase Harker, IN Emerson Tarr, IL Ty Knodle, IL
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Garrett Stanfield, OH Sydney Baty, CO Joel Mackey, TX Clay Sundberg, IL Toby Noble, SK Whitney Olson, MN Bennett Walther, IN Whitney Walker, AR Sawyer Naasz, SD Katie Moller, MN
Kutter Prinz, NE Jenna Donaldson, OK Tucker Bayer, WI Anah Higbie, KS Chael Roberts, MT Kelton Arthur, OK Luke Gilbert, IL Gatlin Priddy, AR Ty Petersen, NE Blake Krueger, MN
Intermediate Division 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
Audrey Redalen, MN Collin Fedderke, OH Rachel Weyland, WI Colton Raatz, MN Magen Tol, MN Garrett Walther, IN Annie Reinke, TX Abby Wood, KS Tyler Abney, OK Jonna McCullough, MT
Senior Division Top 20 Cattlemen’s Quiz, Intermediate Division
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
Teegan Mackey, TX Tyler Drach, IL Damon Higbie, KS Cody Knodle, IL Claire Trennepohl, IN Martha Moenning, MN Kayla Schaefer, ND Lauren Trauernicht, NE Madyson Frederick, IL Taylor Falkenstine, NE
Cattlemen’s Quiz Junior Division Top 20 Cattlemen’s Quiz, Senior Division
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Kiersten Priddy, AR Gatlin Priddy, AR Anna Sweat, AR Paisley Nelson, MO Ty Petersen, NE Keeli Whitaker, TX Kenidey Effling, SD Mabrey Schick, IL Calla Higbie, KS James Jackson, KY
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Katelyn Cowdrey, OH Rachel Weyland, WI Hallie Hackett, TX Luke Harker, IN Magen Tol, MN Walker Housley, TN Jazlynn Hilbrands, MN Matthew Koverman, OH Ethan Vanderwert, MO Dillon Mai, ID
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
Anah Higbie, KS Chael Roberts, MT Ellie Drach, IL Jenna Donaldson, OK Jasper Tarr, IL Cash Lehrman, SD Taylor Anderson, TX Brennir Peterson, MN Cassidy Dalquest, KS Braydon Cull, MO
Intermediate Division
Top 20 Judging Contest, Junior Division
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Allison Coats, MO Carter Brown, WV Sara Sweat, AR Auston Foss, IA Wade Leachman, MT Baleigh Peterson, MN Michelle Falkenstine, NE Chase Harker, IN Ryleigh Whitaker, TX Blake Rice, ID
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Senior Division 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Garrett Stanfield, OH Joel Mackey, TX Bennett Walther, IN Damon Higbie, KS Lori Wardynski, MI Cody Knodle, IL Gabrielle Nemitz, MN Katie Moller, MN Courtney Vonracek, IA Clay Sundberg, IL
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
Whitney Olson, MN Audrey Wilson, MO Teegan Mackey, TX Gracy Schlueter, MN Sydnee Shive, KS Olivia Branum, MS Clay Allen, MO Taylor Falkenstine, NE Andrew Nelson, NE Dakota Heidt, MO
Top 20 Judging Contest, Intermediate Division
Judging Contest Junior Division 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Kiersten Priddy, AR Gabby Howell, FL Ellie Drach, IL Jasper Tarr, IL Cash Lehrman, SD Josie Webel, IL Jady Ledoux, SD Kenidey Effling, SD Jenna Donaldson, OK Kadyn Sisco, NE
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Jazlynn Hilbrands, MN Drew Brown, IN Paige Lucic, OH Logan Schlim, SD Walker Housley, TN Brooklyn Welsh, IL Annie Reinke, TX Ryan Blagg, SD Lizzie Schafer, IL Ty Knodle, IL
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Sawyer Naasz, SD Sydney Baty, CO Teegan Mackey, TX Kara Cloud, MO Bailey Sigrist, IL Kayla Schaefer, ND Tyler Drach, IL Martha Moenning, MN Emily Jennings, FL Grace Greiman, IA
Kerstynn Heim, SD Blake Krueger, MN Kelton Arthur, OK Brennir Peterson, MN Anna Sweat, AR Dakota Norman, TX Taten Twedt, SD Calla Higbie, KS Gage Baker, MO Piper Blum, SD
Intermediate Division 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
Top 20 Judging Contest, Senior Division
Sophie Korytowski, NE Avery Oliver, TX Luke Harker, IN Cody Larson, SD Audrey Redalen, MN Anna Webel, IL Jonna McCullough, MT Aribella Beins, UT Lauren Frederick, KS Drew Pederson, SD
Senior Division 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
Cody Knodle, IL Jacob Schmeidler, KS Bennett Walther, IN Joel Mackey, TX Katie Moller, MN Leslie Walker, IL Ross Gilbert, KS Whitney Walker, AR Clayton Walker, MO Garrett Stanfield, OH
Top 20 Sales Talk, Junior Division
Sales Talk Junior Division 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Calla Higbie, KS Kate Schmidt, MN Anah Higbie, KS Mabrey Schick, IL Anna Sweat, AR Josie Phillips, KY Quade Wride, UT Kate Liggett, OH Keeli Whitaker, TX Jaxon Hilbrands, MN
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
Paisley Schick, IL Jasper Tarr, IL Aubree Schmidt, MN Kiersten Priddy, AR Ethan Graber, IA Bradyon Cull, MO Kenidey Effling, SD Brant Will, IA Josie Webel, IL Jayna Blume, SD
Top 20 Sales Talk, Intermediate Division
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Sales Talk Intermediate Division
Top 20 Sales Talk, Senior Division
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Sara Sweat, AR Emerson Tarr, IL Alex Kellen, MN Audrey Redalen, MN Baleigh Peterson, MN Tyler Loudon, IA Walker Housley, TN Ty Knodle, IL Cecillia Newby, KS Colton Raatz, MN
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Clay Sundberg, IL Lauren Trauernicht, NE Martha Moenning, MN Taylor Falkenstine, NE Carli Henderson, IA Grace Schlueter, MN Toby Noble, SK Madyson Frederick, IL Audrey Wilson, MO Garrett Stanfield, OH
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
Ethan Vanderwert, MO Katelyn Cowdrey, OH Tessa Pederson, SD Drew Pederson, SD Abby Wood, KS Chase Harker, IN Lauren Frederick, KS Kaitlyn Micheel, SD Jenna Spangler, IL Avery Oliver, TX
Senior Division
Top 20 Calvin Drake Genetic Evaluation Quiz, Junior Division
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
Katie Moller, MN Cody Knodle, IL Hannah Tremaine, WI Colin DeCap, IA Madellyn Beins, UT Damon Higbie, KS Leslie Walker, IL Abigail Dickinson, KS Whitney Olson, MN Weston Svoboda, NE
Calvin Drake Genetic Evaluation Quiz Junior Division 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Kiersten Priddy, AR Ellie Drach, IL Jasper Tarr, IL Ella Miller, NE Anna Sweat, AR Blake Krueger, MN Makynna Heim, SD Taylor Anderson, TX James Jackson, KY Teagan Schleeter, CO
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Katelyn Cowdrey, OH Walker Housley, TN Rachel Callison, MO Sara Sweat, AR Blake Rice, ID Baleigh Peterson, MN Hallie Hackett, TX Luke Harker, IN Collin Fedderke, OH Rachel Weyland, WI
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Whitney Olson, MN Garrett Stanfield, OH Sawyer Naasz, SD Joel Mackey, TX Weston Svoboda, NE Bennett Walther, IN Branstyn Peterson, MN Clay Sundberg, IL Dacotah Rohner, MN Kennedy Early, MO
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
Aubree Schmidt, MN Jenna Donaldson, OK Keeli Whitaker, TX Brennir Peterson, MN Jaxon Hilbrands, MN Kate Fischer, MO Braydon Cull, MO Amelia Webel, IL Caroline Spangler, IL Mabrey Schick, IL
Top 20 Calvin Drake Genetic Evaluation Quiz, Intermediate Division
Intermediate Division 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
Colton Raatz, MN Carter Howell, FL Carter Brown, WV Jazlynn Hilbrands, MN Emerson Tarr, IL Alyson Simpson, OH Dillon Mai, ID Garrett Walther, IN Carter Hall, WV Ella Fischer, MO
Senior Division Top 20 Calvin Drake Genetic Evaluation Quiz, Senior Division
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Showmanship Junior Division
Top 20 Showmanship, Junior Division
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Josie Phillips, KY Chael Roberts, MT Tucker Bayer, WI Kenidey Effling, SD Paisley Nelson, MO Kutter Prinz, NE Paisley Schick, IL Luke Gilbert, IL Brant Will, IA Conley Schick, IL
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Luke Harker, IN Jonna McCullough, MT Tyler Abney, OK Aribella Beins, UT Casandra Besse, IL Jackie Sleichter, KS Tanner Curtin, IA Emerson Tarr, IL Chase Harker, IN Annie Reinke, TX
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Whitney Walker, AR Claire Trennepohl, IN Tyler Drach, IL Toby Noble, SK Sydney Baty, CO Kathy Lehman, OH Cade Liggett, OH Leslie Walker, IL Madyson Frederick, IL Lauren Trauernicht, NE
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
Kate Liggett, OH Kinsly Altena, IA Lucas Leefers, MO McKenna Decap, IA James Hoffman, KS Mabrey Schick, IL Bodie Shipman, TX Anna Sweat, AR Katherine Nemcovic, FL Jaxon Hilbrands, MN
Intermediate Division
Top 20 Showmanship, Intermediate Division
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
Millie Lashmett, IL Jazlynn Hilbrands, MN Drew Pederson, SD Collin Fedderke, OH Garrett Walther, IN Brock Henderson, IA Wade Leachman, MT Brooklyn Hiniker, MN Abby Wood, KS Jaycee Schomberg, NE
Senior Division 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
Morgan Jackson, TX Katy Berry, TX Natalie Phillips, WV Madellyn Beins, UT Rachel Dickson, OH Garrett Stanfield, OH Kara Cloud, MO Joel Mackey, TX Brooklyn Curtin, IA Kayla Schaefer, ND
Top 20 Showmanship, Senior Division
Photo Contest Winners: 2020 Herdsman of the Year
Simmental Cattle: Keeli Whitaker, TX
Landscape: Tyler Loudon, IA
General Agriculture: Mitchell Schmidt, SD
People: Anna Sweat, AR
Best in Show: Whitney Olson, MN
Herdsman of the Year: Whitney Olson – Alexandria, MN Award sponsored by Simmental Breeders Sweepstakes and Rocking P Livestock. Pictured L-R: Chan Phillips and Keith Phillips, Rocking P; Whitney Olson; Doug Parke, Simmental Breeders Sweepstakes
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Purebred Simmental Heifers
3. “ETR Pink 9205G,” s. by Profit, exh. by Sydney Baty, Loveland, CO.
4. “GBC Legend G915,” s. by HPF Quantum Leap Z952, exh. by Kutter Prinz, West Point, NE.
5.4/62/85/2.3/51/12.3/-.33/.00/100/61
12.5/67/93/4.4/58/13.7/-.42/.11/124/72
5. “LKCC Miss Duchess 908G,” s. by Profit, exh. by Ashley Moore, Piasa, IL.
6. “BTYL Prada 204G,” s. by W/C Loaded Up 1119Y, exh. by Sydney Baty, Loveland, CO.
8.5/56/75/2.7/48/12.4/-.34/-.05/101/58
9.4/64/94/4.9/53/17.7/-.56/-.10/114/62
7. “JLR STCC Sheza Knockout 034G,” s. by W/C Executive Order 8543B, exh. by Claire Trennepohl, Middletown, IN.
8. “KDP Miss Hoya Hayleigh,” s. by LLSF Pays To Believe ZU194, exh. by Toby Noble, Lloydminster, SK.
11.3/73/109/4/58/9.1/-.45/.05/115/74
8.6/66/94/5/51/13.2/-.38/.12/118/69
1. “America,” s. by W/C Bankroll 811D, exh. by Sara Sullivan, Dunlap, IA. 10.1/65/92/3.6/54/15.6/-.52/.18/129/72
2. “S/P True Love F789,” s. by W/C Executive Order 8543B, exh. by Sara Sullivan, Dunlap, IA. 11.8/74/112/3.8/58/9.8/-.41/.11/122/77
9. “WGBC Beauty Secret 909G,” s. by W/C Relenteless 32C, exh. by Tucker Bayer, Ringle, WI.
10. “PAIS HF Sweetie Pie 01F,” s. by W/C Executive Order 8543B, exh. by Paisley Nelson, Platte City, MO.
11. “Rocking P Blackcap G085,” s. by LLSF Pays To Believe ZU194, exh. by Wyatt Phillips, Maysville, KY.
12. “CLAC Black Satin 379G,” s. by SC Pay The Price C11, exh. by Luke Harker, Hope, IN.
8.5/63/84/4.1/50/13.1/-.45/.02/108/63
11.4/71/104/5.2/59/10.9/-.41/.13/123/76
8.9/71/103/4.3/55/9.1/-.38/.16/115/73
7.1/66/96/3/49/10.3/-.52/-.08/97/62
13. “TJSC Diamonds Destiny 115G,” s. by W/C Relentless 32C, exh. by Sydney Wisnefski, Wyoming, IL.
14. “JSUL Rosie Leap 9808G,” s. by HPF Quantum Leap Z952, exh. by Kinsly Altena, George, IA.
15. “CLAC Diamond 549G,” s. by SC Pay The Price C11, exh. by Whitney Walker, Prairie Grove, AR.
16. “TENA Gracie 912G,” s. by Profit, exh. by Kyle Dolieslager, Doon, IA.
9.6/63/81/3.9/50/12/-.44/-.05/103/62
11/69/100/4.9/58/13.6/-.51/.13/125/73
10.4/67/94/4.9/49/11.8/-.44/.05/114/68
7.2/59/87/3.3/53/16.7/-.42/.04/115/63
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Editor’s Note: PTP data for the Owned and Bred and Owned Shows are in the following order: Calving Ease EPD, Weaning Weight EPD, Yearling Weight EPD, Maternal Calving Ease EPD, Maternal Weaning Weight EPD, STAY EPD, Yield Grade EPD, Marbling EPD, $API and $TI. PTP data for the Steer Show includes Actual Weight and Birth Weight EPD in addition to all of the above EPDs with the exceptions of Calving Ease EPD, $API and $TI. All EPDs were current as of 7/07/2020.
17. “CARD Lady Cora 43G,” s. by DWC Easy Out 58D, exh. by Megan Harrell, Carthage, IL.
18. “WLTZ Luvs To Dream 818F,” s. by Mr. HOC Broker, exh. by Maddie Dold, Emporia, KS.
19. “WHF Andie 369F,” s. by CDI Innovator 325D, exh. by Grady Grass, Prairie City, IA.
20. ”Angel 901G,” s. by Profit, exh. by Megan Harrell, Carthage, IL.
13/63/90/5.7/52/14.5/-.39/.17/131/72
7.4/65/95/2.2/54/15.9/-.41/-.10/108/63
11.2/81/116/5.5/62/14.4/-.39/-.01/124/77
6.8/63/86/2.4/52/8.3/-.39/-.08/91/61
Purebred Cow/Calf Pairs
(Dam’s EPDs are listed first)
1. “NPC Glitz & Glamour C519,” s. by Welshs Dew It Right 067T, Calf, “KRJ Corona H915,” s. by LCDR Witness 541C, exh. by Tessa Pederson, Garretson, SD.
2. “Ruby NFF Rhythm E754,” s. by Ruby SWC Battle Cry 431B, Calf, “RTZ H154,” s. by RTZ F92, exh. by Colton Raatz, Jasper, MN.
12.6/61/83/5.5/48/16.5/-.33/.04/124/65 9.1/78/114/5.2/59/18.1/-.40/-.07/122/72
9.8/78/114/5.5/64/17.1/-.39/-.25/112/68 8.8/79/118/5/63/14.3/-.44/-.13/111/71
4. “VLF Lady Reactor 01D,” s. by LLSF/VLF Reactor A40, Calf, “DDLC Logical Choice 05H,” s. by JBSF Logic 5E, exh. by Colin McIntyre, Bolivar, MO. 3. “HBE Miss Fantasy,” s. by LLSF Pays To Believe ZU194, Calf, “HBE Mr. Believe,” s. by LLSF Believe D722, exh. by Hailey Eads, Trenton, MO. 8.3/76/116/4.8/56/10.3/-.38/.06/111/72 9.8/71/106/5.6/54/11.1/-.43/.03/113/70
12.6/68/97/7/52/14.9/-.40/-.03/121/69 9.7/67/94/4.7/51/13.5/-.42/.01/113/67
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Bred & Owned Purebred Heifers
3. “MKL Relentless Sioux 218G,” s. by W/C Relentless 32C, exh. by Madison Loschke, Kingsdown, KS.
4. “Wood Splenda 9071G,” s. by W/C Double Down 5014E, exh. by Abby Wood, Leavenworth, KS.
9.5/62/82/3.5/48/10.2/-.41/.15/110/66
14.9/60/84/5.8/50/11.6/-.51/-.18/108/62
5. “Walther Gianna 76G,” s. by W/C Relentless 32C, exh. by Garrett Walther, Centerville, IN.
6. “SHCO Gretchen 159,” s. by ACLL Fortune 393D, exh. by Kayla Schaefer, Des Lacs, ND.
9.2/59/76/2.4/48/11.5/-.49/.00/104/61
8/72/107/2.6/54/10.5/-.39/-.05/104/68
7. “Bramlets/DBLG Emmy G930,” s. by TJSC Hammer Time 35D, exh. by Luke Gilbert, Fults, IL.
8. “ S B C Shez A Lady 116G,” s. by CDI Innovator 325D, exh. by Jordan Stephens, Ewing, KY.
12/62/91/5.4/51/13.4/-.38/.01/118/67
12/82/122/5.5/58/16/-.40/.15/139/82
1. “PAIS HF Sweetie Pie 01F,” s. by W/C Executive Order 8543B, exh. by Paisley Nelson, Platte City, MO. 11.4/71/104/5.2/59/10.9/-.41/.13/123/76
2. “NXT Regards G906,” s. by Yardley High Regard W242, exh. by Ellie Drach, Pontiac, IL. 8.5/65/95/2.2/53/13.4/-.49/-.15/103/62
9. “FFSC Vixon 16G,” s. by WLE Uno Mas X549, exh. by Collin Fedderke, Napoleon, OH.
10. “Hall Black Star F802,” s. by W/C Loaded Up 1119Y, exh. by Carter Hall, Ripley, WV.
11. “Welsh Miss Mas,” s. by WLE Uno Mas X549, exh. by Gracyn Welsh, Blandinsville, IL.
12. “NPC Rainy G944,” s. by Mr CCF 20-20, exh. by Ty Petersen, Fremont, NE.
14.6/60/82/6/47/12.4/-.52/.24/133/73
11.9/66/95/6/53/20.7/-.55/-.01/131/67
11.5/63/84/4.9/47/11.9/-.44/.25/126/72
13.1/72/104/6.7/55/15.2/-.56/.05/129/74
13. “HVNR Veruca G902,” s. by LLSF Pays To Believe ZU194, exh. by Will Heavner, Pearl, IL.
14. “DF Talk About Me G349,” s. by Mr CCF 20-20, exh. by Claire Dorsey, Moro, IL.
15. “Flitsch Ms. Gloria,” s. by TLLC One Eyed Jack, exh. by Katie Flitsch, Central City, IA.
16. “MJF Olympia,” s. by WLE Uno Mas X549, exh. by Madyson Frederick, Chadwick, IL.
8.6/68/99/4.5/51/11.4/-.38/.15/117/71
9.3/67/95/3.8/51/13.3/-.55/-.02/112/67
9.5/55/81/1.8/52/14.7/-.43/-.04/109/60
8.9/62/86/2.3/48/11.3/-.42/.30/123/72
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17. “NXT Heart Throb G917,” s. by W/C Relentless 32C, exh. by Tyler Drach, Pontiac, IL.
18. “Classic Lori Belle H31,” s. by W/C Bankroll 811D, exh. by Carter Brown, Fairmont, WV.
19. “TPHT Rumba G450A,” s. by DMCC Elijah 48E, exh. by Madellyn Beins, Deweyville, UT.
20. “RCC Blackeyed Suzy G5194,” s. by W/C Bankroll 811D, exh. by Audrey Redalen, Chatfield, MN.
8.7/65/85/2.9/47/9.4/-.46/.02/102/65
11.9/63/87/5.3/51/17.3/-.40/.06/126/67
8.6/63/95/5/49/14.3/-.45/-.01/112/64
18.4/61/85/8.9/60/20.9/-.48/.17/153/75
Bred & Owned Purebred Bulls
1. “Mr BH Fits the Bill,” s. by HPF Quantum Leap Z952, exh. by Blake Henrichs, Okarche, OK. 11.8/71/102/5.3/56/12.5/-.40/-.02/115/70
2. “Harkers Sharpshooter G211,” s. by W/C Relentless 32C, exh. by Chase Harker, Hope IN. 11.7/67/91/6/49/7.3/-.47/.03/103/67
3. “Granger Law 901G,” s. by Hook`s Black Hawk 50B, exh. by Whitney Olson, Alexandria, MN.
4. “CNS/HFS Distinction G29,” s. by Hara`s Distinction 10C, exh. by Conley Schick, Clinton, IL.
5. “RP5 Kid Curry,” s. by Rolling Hills Creed, exh. by Gatlin Priddy, Nashville, AR.
6. “HS/JXO Global Icon G162E,” s. by Mr CCF 20-20, exh. by Jaxon Hilbrands, Holloway, MN.
17.2/78/121/8.9/61/17.7/-.39/.12/150/82
9.4/63/91/4.7/50/11.2/-.41/.03/110/66
7/62/89/4.7/51/12.9/-.44/-.03/102/61
13.2/68/94/4.9/50/11.4/-.56/-.03/113/68
7. “RHF Nemesis 383G,” s. by W/C Executive Order 8543B, exh. by Olivia Branum, Poplarville, MS.
8. “Amazon G901,” s. by HPF Tradecraft D010, exh. by Garrett Bromenshenk, Billings, MT.
9. “TLLC Joe Exotic,” s. by KMJ Revenue, exh. by Tyler Loudon, Creston, IA.
10. “FC Frosty,” s. by THSF Lover Boy B33, exh. by Jasper Tarr, LeRoy, IL.
14.4/86/129/6.9/63/11.9/-.59/.27/143/89
6.5/73/108/3.5/56/14.6/-.40/.19/122/73
8.9/67/94/3.6/49/10.8/-.49/-.02/104/65
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Bred & Owned Purebred Cow/Calf Pairs
1. “HB Miss Fantasy,” s. by LLSF Pays To Believe ZU194, Calf, “HBE Mr. Believe,” s. by LLSF Believe D722, exh. by Hailey Eads, Trenton, MO.
2. “WWC Georgina 4F,” s. by W/C Relentless 32C, Calf, “WWC Georgina 5H,” s. by Koch Big Timber 685D, exh. by Taylor Falkenstine, Franklin, NE.
8.3/76/116/4.8/56/10.3/-.38/.06/111/72 9.8/71/106/5.6/54/11.1/-.43/.03/113/70
10.2/64/84/5.1/51/12/-.41/.19/117/69 13.6/66/89/8.1/56/15.5/-.30/.27/139/76
Percentage Simmental Heifers
1. “JSUL Reba`s Fancy 8375F,” s. by FHEN Halftime A127, exh. by Sara Sullivan, Dunlap, IA. 12.9/52/79/7.5/50/13.8/-.15/.51/132/69
2. “BBRS Gucci 124G,” s. by Mr. HOC Broker, exh. by Kelton Arthur, Stillwater, OK. 6.6/57/80/2.8/43/11.3/-.39/.00/90/55
3. “AAA Broker’s Phyllisity 1F,” s. by Mr. HOC Broker, exh. by Kenidey Effling, Highmore, SD.
4. “3ACES Stella F978,” s. by Profit, exh. by Madison McCormick, Dunlap, IA.
5. “Freedom,” s. by Mr. HOC Broker, exh. by Kutter Prinz, West Point, NE.
6. “JBOY RJTammy 902G,” s. by W/C Relentless 32C, exh. by Joshua Darbyshire, Morning Sun, IA.
6.7/67/99/3.7/50/9.9/-.13/.10/95/63
8.9/58/81/4.6/49/8.6/-.15/.29/102/63
9/70/107/5.4/56/11.9/-.13/.33/118/72
9.8/55/75/4.9/48/7.6/-.14/.43/110/66
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7. “JSUL Glamour Profit 8408F,” s. by Profit, exh. by Clint Main, Seymour, IN.
8. “RP/BCR Built To Love G303,” s. by PVF Insight 0129, exh. by Josie Phillips, Maysville, KY.
9. “S&S Sweet Southern Girl 966G,” s. by Colburn Primo 5153, exh. by Caitlyn Skiles, Stephenville, TX.
10. “Boy HL Too Too’s Girl 9019 ET,” s. by HPF Quantum Leap Z952, exh. by Carter Hoge, Good Hope, IL.
11.5/52/72/6.1/42/6.8/-.18/.34/103/61
10.5/66/102/4.9/54/11/-.20/.19/112/68
8.6/67/100/5.6/51/10.4/-.12/.22/104/66
10.4/68/96/4.8/52/8.2/-.31/.07/98/65
11. “RJ Miss Heartbreaker 9121G,” s. by Mr NLC Handsome 605D, exh. by Kinsly Altena, George, IA.
12. “Wood Keymura Katy 9069G ET,” s. by Profit, exh. by Abby Wood, Leavenworth, KS.
13. “AAA Brokers Phyllisity 20G,” s. by Mr. HOC Broker, exh. by Lauren Aust, LaCygne, KS.
14. “UDE Princess 159G,” s. by WS Pilgrim H182U, exh. by Olivia Beeson, Anthon, IA.
8.5/67/98/3.7/41/11.3/-.32/.27/111/68
1.2/68/103/-1.1/52/8.5/-.14/.34/96/67
6.7/67/99/3.7/50/9.9/-.13/.10/95/63
10.8/60/77/4.7/43/8.2/-.34/.10/95/60
15. “STCC Serenas Queen 9011,” s. by Circle M Tejas, exh. by Claire Trennepohl, Middletown, IN.
16. “JBOY Tammy 933,” s. by SC Pay The Price C11, exh. by Nolan Hoge, Good Hope, IL.
17. “Wallace Arkdale Pride 9155G,” s. by LLSF Pays To Believe ZU194, exh. by Macy Collum, Perkins, OK.
18. “WEIS Miss Snicker G401,” s. by Plum Creek Paradox 161B, exh. by Tucker Bayer, Ringle, WI.
10.2/64/94/5.3/55/18/-.24/.34/130/69
8.9/56/84/4.8/47/6.3/-.15/.37/105/66
8.4/67/97/4.8/46/9.4/-.23/.20/102/66
6.6/66/100/4.5/54/12.7/-.13/-.05/92/59
19. “Steck WSCC Lucy 920G,” s. by WS Revival, exh. by Whitney Walker, Prairie Grove, AR.
20. “BTYL Nocona 215G,” s. by GSC GCCO Dew North 102C, exh. by Sydney Baty, Loveland, CO.
10.8/57/81/7.1/46/9.5/-.34/.13/102/62
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Percentage Cow/Calf Pairs (Dam’s EPDs are listed first) (^-indicates a percentage cow with a purebred calf; # -indicates a purebred cow with a percentage calf).
3. “RCC Shimmering Star,” s. by RCC Rocka Fella, Calf, “CLZ Rising Star,” s. by HILB Oracle C033R, exh. by Cortney Zimmerman, Spencer, WI.
4. “WF Faith F305,” s. by MAR L Frist Class 504, Calf, “RA/TA Get Hustled,” s. by ACC1 Hustler 2N, exh. by Tyler Abney, Watonga, OK.
13.8/58/86/6.2/53/18.9/-.19/.25/134/67 12/69/99/5.7/55/15.2/-.41/.13/119/69
17.2/73/108/12.1/57/13.3/-.26/.16/128/74 14.1/69/96/8/53/11/-.38/.08/110/68
5. “Fiji 843F,” s. by S A V Brilliance 8077, Calf, “FP/L Henry Ford 004H,” s. by WLE Uno Mas X549, exh. by Whitney Olson, Alexandria, MN.
6. “WMCC Jenna,” s. by HPF Gunslinger A310, Calf, “Pit-Stop Janies Gota Gun,” s. by WS Red Moon D76, exh. by Baleigh Peterson, Gibbon, MN.
12.5/61/94/5.5/54/10.6/-.18/.12/108/65 13.1/60/84/5.3/49/10.6/-.33/.28/117/68
13.4/55/80/6.5/47/12.8/-.13/.28/120/64 16.2/58/84/8.4/52/11.7/-.29/.24/125/69
7. “Broker Pride 10E,” s. by Mr. HOC Broker, Calf, “Tremaine Pride H010,” s. by W/C Lock Down 206Z, exh. by Hannah Tremaine, Oconomowoc, WI.
8. “ALL Hope 721E,” s. by Mr. HOC Broker, Calf, “ECS/ALL Miss Hope 021H,” s. by W/C Relentless 32C, exh. by Lizzie Schaefer, Owaneco, IL.
10.7/63/93/4.4/49/12.3/-.14/.22/110/64 12/70/107/6.4/56/15.9/-.09/.35/133/74
9.1/65/94/3/43/10.7/-.17/.24/107/65 8.8/66/90/3.1/50/11.6/-.32/.21/105/65
9. “Wiregrass Barbie 705F^,” s. by W/C Executive Order 8543B, Calf, “BLAG Hugo 1H,” s. by W/C Bullseye 3046A, exh. by Abigail Blagg, Salem, SD.
10. “DRC Faith 1811F,” s. by LLSF Pays To Believe ZU194, Calf, “Hope,” s. by W/C Lock Down 206Z, exh. by Elizabeth Albrecht, Howard, SD.
12.6/73/111/4.3/58/10.1/-.33/.10/113/73 12.7/69/102/3.2/48/15.2/-.44/.13/135/76
7.6/65/98/2.7/50/7.5/-.14/.40/109/70 10.5/71/109/5.5/56/13.5/-.09/.44/132/77
1. “JBSF Hello 1F#,” s. by LLSF Pays To Believe ZU194, Calf, “SKR Hello Beautiful,” s. by Daddys Money, exh. by Sadie Robison, Cushing, OK. 8.6/63/88/4.5/50/12.3/-.48/.01/108/65 11.1/51/70/5.3/42/4.1/-.56/-.02/83/56
2. “GCC Miss Broker 133F,” s. by Mr. HOC Broker, Calf, “C-4 Sweet Pickens 133H,” s. by WLE Uno Mas X549, exh. by Riley Collum, Perkins, OK. 9.6/58/82/4.9/45/8.5/-.15/.15/96/60 11.6/59/79/5/45/9.3/-.32/.29/111/66
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3. “KTE Ms. Dixie 9663G ET,” s. by Ruby`s Currency 7134E, exh. by Kenidey Effling, Highmore, SD.
4. “Boy HL Too Too`s Girl 9019 ET,” s. by HPF Quantum Leap Z952, exh. by Carter Hoge, Good Hope, IL.
9.6/73/108/4.2/54/14.6/-.36/.19/118/71
10.4/68/96/4.8/52/8.2/-.31/.07/98/65
5. “Steck WSCC Lucy 920G,” s. by WS Revival, exh. by Whitney Walker, Prairie Grove, AR.
6. “RP/BCR Built To Love G103,” s. by PVF Insight 0129, exh. by Josie Phillips, Maysville, KY.
10.8/57/81/7.1/46/9.5/-.34/.13/102/62
10.5/66/102/4.9/54/11/-.20/.19/112/68
7. “STCC Serenas Queen 9011,” s. by Circle M Tejas, exh. by Claire Trennepohl, Middletown, IN.
8. “HRM Ms. Blacklist G06,” s. by PVF Blacklist 7077, exh. by Carli Henderson, Wiota, IA.
10.2/64/94/5.3/55/18/-.24/.34/130/69
10/72/109/3.7/51/9.9/-.23/.09/101/66
1. “RP/BCR Built To Love G303,” s. by PVF Insight 0129, exh. by Josie Phillips, Maysville, KY. 10.5/66/102/4.9/54/11/-.20/.19/112/68
2. “BTYL Nocona 215G,” s. by GSC GCCO Dew North 102C, exh. by Sydney Baty, Loveland, CO. 11.7/71/102/6.9/54/11.4/-.31/-.04/101/65
9. “PAIS Sweet Jelly 01G,” s. by PAIS Sweet Ride 01D, exh. by Paisley Nelson, Platte City, MO.
10. “S B C Faith 750G,” s. by HPF Quantum Leap Z952, exh. by Jordan Stephens, Ewing, KY.
11. “Miss Moxie 4G,” s. by CCR Wide Range 9005A, exh. by Carson Finch, Kelley, IA.
12. “AM Trina G93,” s. by ACLL Fortune 393D, exh. by Ashley Moore, Piasa, IL.
12.8/63/96/5.8/54/13.5/-.19/.38/129/72
12.7/75/110/6.9/57/11.1/-.38/.27/121/76
12.1/76/117/6.2/50/14.9/-.35/.03/117/70
8.9/67/96/3.4/48/7.7/-.36/.00/89/61
13. “Halls Keeping The Faith G918,” s. by FHEN Halftime A127, exh. by Carter Hall, Ripley, WV.
14. “TK Sassy 70G,” s. by PAL/CLAC Meant To Be, exh. by Ty Kitzerow, St. Charles, IA.
15. “GSJG Glamour 10G,” s. by LLSF Pays To Believe ZU194, exh. by Shelby Greiman, Goodell, IA.
16. “GSJG Impressive 15G,” s. W/C Relentless 32C, exh. by Grace Greiman, Goodell, IA.
15.4/61/94/9/53/14.9/-.16/.28/131/70
11.5/58/82/6.2/46/13/-.26/.01/101/57
10.1/59/86/5.3/46/6/-.14/.38/106/67
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17. “Heidt Sadie 92XG,” s. by Colburn Primo 5153, exh. by Dakota Heidt, Ozark, MO.
18. “TCK Gigi 19G,” s. by CCR Boulder 1339A, exh. by Ty Knodle, Fillmore, IL.
19. “Lady Gaga 43G,” s. by MCM Top Grade 018X, exh. by Jenna Donaldson, Enid, OK.
20. “Besse Beauty Stella,” s. by SJW Right Time 669D, exh. by Casandra Besse, Freeport, IL.
11.2/66/100/4.9/51/13.3/-.19/.33/122/70
9.4/64/96/5.2/52/12.8/-.35/.37/121/71
11.7/63/95/6.2/60/16.7/-.47/.19/125/69
11.8/56/82/6.6/49/13.8/-.24/.10/109/60
Bred & Owned Percentage Bulls
1. “HBE G-Money,” s. by W/C Bankroll 811D, exh by Hailey Eads, Trenton, MO. 11.2/77/110/5.3/60/16.1/-.39/.19/124/74
2. “KRMS Rockstars Mufasa,” s. by PPCC Broker 39E, exh. by Keanna Smith, Ignacio, CO. 7.7/66/99/3.4/50/11.9/-.17/08/99/62
3. “CNS/HFS Clarified 02H,” s. by Mr. CCF Clarified, exh. by Conley Schick, Clinton, IL.
4. “Dayspring Gas Pedal 914G,” s. by Lees Uno Mas 6453, exh. by Jacob Schmeidler, Hays, KS.
5. “Harlees Mr. Steve,” s. by W/C Bankroll 811D, exh. by Harlee Heim, Wessington Springs, SD.
6. “LZKT Lunars Eclipse,” s. by DUX Crusader, exh. by Taylor Harriman, Parker, SD.
11.6/59/85/5.5/47/7.8/-.26/.17/102/63
12.3/57/82/4.7/45/10.8/-.25/.35/119/67
12.6/63/87/4.8/53/14/-.37/.17/117/66
11/65/92/3.5/52/11.1/-.44/.04/112/67
7. “ZHNF Harvey 040H,” s. by W/C Lock Down 206Z, exh. by Zoey Hall, Windom, MN.
8. “HVNR Badlands H182,” s. by HPF Quantum Leap Z952, exh. by Will Heavner, Pearl, IL.
9. “FSSR Fire Prince,” s. by W/C Lock Down 206Z, exh. by Seth Callison, Verona, MO.
10. “KRMS Ebonys Braveheart,” s. by PPCC Broker 39E, exh. by Keanna Smith, Ignacio, CO.
10.7/69/103/6.1/54/14/-.09/.32/125/72
13.2/68/99/6.8/54/11.5/-.45/.22/120/72
14.6/67/102/8.6/57/16.7/-.25/.34/142/77
10.7/55/80/5.7/48/16/-.23/.06/110/58
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1. “Fiji 843F,” s. by S A V Brilliance 8077, Calf, “FP/L Henry Ford 004H,” s. by WLE Uno Mas X549, exh. by Whitney Olson, Alexandria, MN.
2. “RCC Sweet Design,” s. by Triple J Design Of Foxcross, Calf, “RCC Sweet Talkin,” s. by OMF Epic E27, exh. by Audrey Redalen, Chatfield, MN.
12.5/61/94/5.5/54/10.6/-.18/.12/108/65 13.1/60/84/5.3/49/10.6/-.33/.28/117/68
15.5/71/107/6.7/55/17.7/-.28/.36/148/79
Steers
(*indicates a Purebred Simmental)
3. “MCCS Force G1,” s. by TGM Force 5D, exh. by Chase Harker, Hope, IN.
4. “RJ Gunner 60G,” s. by W/C Bankroll 811D, exh. by Ty Bergh, Florence, SD.
1,476/2.2/51/71/4.8/40/11.2/-.42/-.01
1,269/.8/59/82/5.3/48/11.3/-.48/.04
5. “Morgan`s Rio 77G*,” s. by CSCX Bandwagon 513A, exh. by Morgan Will, Wiota, IA.
6. “HBE Monopoly,” s. by Monopoly, exh. by Bo Eads, Trenton, MO.
1,302/1.7/65/90/3.6/48/11.5/-.50/.05
1,186/4.4/49/74/1.1/37/9.7/-.28/.15
7. “NETO Lil Nas X,” s. by Mr. HOC Broker, exh. by Belle Netolicky, Fairfax, IA.
8. “MCF/CWC Hammertime 81G,” s. by ACLL Hammer 369D, exh. by Damon Higbie, Princeton, KS.
1,400/3.2/55/77/1.4/36/8.1/-.28/-.03
1,078/.8/61/89/6.2/49/6.7/-.45/.08
1. “EDGE Lil Wayne 72G,” s. by In God We Trust, exh. by Colin DeCap, Dixon, IA. 1,238/2.7/55/77/2.6/46/7.3/-.27/.22
2. “Mr. Baldy,” s. by W/C Bankroll 811D, exh. by Clay Pelton, Paradise, KS. 1,286/.2/66/95/6.6/55/16.7/-.19/.33
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9. “PJD Mr 417G*,” s. by W/C Loaded Up 1119Y, exh. by Ethan Lulich, Lyndon Station, WI.
10. “FELT Here I Am 176G,” s. by Fu Man Chu, exh. by Kyler Plugge, Lincoln, NE.
11. “MNMGidget G106,” s. by W/C Relentless 32C, exh. by Taylor Hauck, Wheatland, CA.
12. “Pigeon,” s. by W/C Bankroll 811D, exh. by Clayton Van Aernam, Exira, IA.
1,346/1.6/63/91/4.4/50/15.2/-.45/.00
1,115/4.3/56/81/1.1/43/10.9/-.24/.24
1,183/2.2/64/86/4.6/50/12/-.41/.14
1,298/.3/59/82/6.8/51/11.8/-.35/.15
13. “MCF Mr Hammertime Whiskey 20G,” s. by ACLL Hammer 369D, exh. by Natalie Trauernicht, Wymore, NE.
14. “TKC Griff 23G*,” s. by TKCC Carver 65C, exh. by Ty Knodle, Fillmore, IL.
Bred & Owned Steers
1,160/1.5/61/88/5.1/48/6.7/-.37/.14
1,295/1.6/76/109/3.5/59/14.5/-.39/.12
(* indicates a Purebred Simmental)
15. “LFE 10X,” s. by DS LR 55X 163B, exh. by Lauren Frederick, Sterling, KS.
16. “SLTR Mr Nick 63G*,” s. by FFC Nick, exh. by Cole Glick, La Prairie, IL.
1,105/.6/42/58/5.3/36/12.3/-.37/.12
1,365/2/59/81/4.8/48/11/-.42/.22
1. “TOL`s Buddy,*” s. by TSA Mr. Fire D648, exh. by Magen Tol, Canby, MN. 1,230/2.7/72/107/5.9/53/12.4/-.41/.00
17. “RJ Mr Bankroll 4G,” s. by W/C Bankroll 811D, exh. by Quaid Wride, Benjamin, UT.
18. “MKLA O-W Marker,” s. by Jass On the Mark 69D, exh. by Kaitlyn Micheel, Cavour, SD.
1,197/.0/59/81/7.2/49/11.8/-.19/.33
1,040/2.3/67/100/6.1/52/18.4/-.32/17
19. “Grand Am 924G,” s. by Monopoly, exh. by Drew Pederson, Garretson, SD.
20. “Autumn Runs Cosmo,” s. by W/C Bankroll 811D, exh. by Carley Reinke, Oshkosh, WI.
1,256/3.4/50/74/1.7/39/12.5/-.33/.04
1,351/1.5/58/79/5.5/47/11.8/-.52/-.02
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3. “CWSC Diamond Dealer*,” s. by Mr. HOC Broker, exh. by Clayton Walker, Chillicothe, MO.
4. “QSF Harry,” s. by TKCC Classified, exh. by Quinten Frederick, Chadwick, IL.
5. “MNMGidget G106,” s. by W/C Relentless 32C, exh. by Taylor Hauck, Wheatland, CA.
6. “JB3 Gilberto 947G,” s. by W/C Lock N Load 1143Y, exh. by Cassandra Twedt, Beresford, SD.
1,398/3.3/66/92/2.5/50/14.4/-.33/-.08
1,103/1.3/70/106/3.5/53/7.4/-.46/08
1,183/2.2/64/86/4.6/50/12/-.41/.14
1,175/-.1/57/87/7.5/48/11/-.39/-06
7. “HMT Phillip*,” s. by W/C Lock N Load 1143Y, exh. by Halee Hendel, Avon, IL.
8. “Tiger G906,” exh. by Garrett Bromenshenk, Billings, MT.
9. “BLAG Spuds 220G,” s. by Jass On the Mark 69D, exh. by Ryan Blagg, Salem, SD.
10. “Oval F Guillermo G949,” s. by Oval F Singletary Z250, exh. by Ella Fischer, St. Joseph, MO.
1,292/1.5/59/86/5.5/47/13.8/-.47/-.07
1,198/-.7/53/72/6.7/44/8.2/-.33/.28
1,302/2.1/56/83/6.2/44/16.4/-.33/.17
1,228/1.9/59/86/4.8/54/10.9/-.52/.07
Simbrah Heifers
1. “Smith Real Classic 912G,” s. by Smith Just Because, exh. by Justin Majewski, Washington, TX. 14.5/67/93/9.5/50/8.3/-.48/-.17/103/66
2. “Smith Spirits Power,” s. by Smith Always In Style, exh. by Braden Roehling, Hempstead, TX. 10.1/67/92/6.2/52/8.3/-.54/-.25/89/61
3. “Smith DRFF For the Money 3G,” s. by Smith CRC Lubbock 36B, exh. by Callie Heaton, Washington, TX.
4. “RHF/SA Gucci,” s. by Kimbo 114D, exh. by Sara Sweat, McCaskill, AR.
5. “LMC Demi 5F/148,” s. by JSSC Currency 003C, exh. by Avery Oliver, Sealy, TX.
6. “Charmont Cranberry G28E,” s. by LN LMC 12th Man Y238, exh. by Katelyn Cowdrey, Russellville, OH.
15/62/87/9.3/50/9.4/-.52/-.23/102/62
6.1/65/94/4/50/7.3/-.45/-.07/79/58
9.2/63/90/5.5/49/12.9/-.50/-.36/81/52
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7. “Smith Bar CB Royal Belle 272G,” s. by Smith Have No Fear 909B, exh. by Trenton Stewart, Washington, TX.
8. “Smith Victoria Secret 113FG,” s. by Smith Secret to Success, exh. by Justin Majewski, Washington, TX.
9. “Smith JCC Enchanted 146G,” s. by Smith Satisfies, exh. by Ryleigh Whitaker, Ranger, TX.
10. “Smith Splash of Color 937G,” s. by Smith Just Because, exh. by Kaitlyn Bell, Washington, TX.
11.9/60/85/7.1/46/9.1/-.51/-.25/93/58
15.5/67/90/9.7/49/8.3/-.54/-.38/93/61
12.5/64/91/7.9/49/8/-.53/-.23/95/62
12.3/56/78/8.8/47/7.9/-.54/.09/88/57
Simbrah Cow/Calf Pairs (Dam’s EPDs are listed first)
3. “Smith Bar CB Smashing,” s. by Smith Jessie, Calf, “Bar CB Smashing Lily,” s. by LMC MT Transformer 5E/32, exh. by Trenton Stewart, Washington, TX.
4. “RFI Smith Lotsa Hugs,” s. by Smith CRC Lubbock 36B, Calf, “784H,” s. by Smith Black Cool Cat, exh. by Callie Heaton, Washington, TX. 12.7/64/87/8.2/51/8.2/-.47/-.25/84/57 12.6/72/102/7.1/55/5.8/-.51/-.13/99/69
9/75/105/6.6/51/8.8/-.50/-.24/90/63 6.9/71/102/5.1/51/8.3/-.47/-.15/80/59
1. “LMC Fendi 5F/61,” s. by Mr. HOC Broker; Calf, “HIUP Queen Latifah,” s. by TK/FCC Hard Body, exh. by Avery Oliver, Sealy, TX. 6.4/63/87/3/43/10.2/-.41/-.44/65/47 6.4/61/87/3.8/47/8.3/-.46/-.28/70/51
Bred & Owned Simbrah Bull
2. “McCrary Smith Stormy 21F,” s. by McCrary Smith Ol`Roy, Calf, “Smith McCrary Sunny 021H,” s. by Smith RFI Go-To 708E, exh. by Hallie Hackett, Texarkana, TX. 8.3/62/86/5.8/47/6.7/-.48/-.29/70/53 9.8/63/88/6.2/48/7.4/-.55/-.27/76/55
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1. “RHF/SA Glacier Bay,” s. by Kimbo 114D, exh. by Anna Sweat, McCaskill, AR. 6.5/65/97/4.7/52/11.9/-.46/-.01/103/64
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1. “RHF/SA Gucci,” s. by Kimbo 114D, exh. by Sara Sweat, McCaskill, AR. 6.1/65/94/4/50/7.3/-.45/-.07/79/58
2. “Charmont Cranberry G28E,” s. by LN LMC 12th Man Y238, exh. by Katelyn Cowdrey, Russellville, OH. 7.4/61/87/4.5/51/13.6/-.50/-.22/86/53
Fullblood Heifer
1. “Faulkner Farms Talula 205G,” s. by Outback of Double Bar D, exh. by Kiersten Priddy, Nashville, AR. 2.4/70/100/-.7/69/12/-.68/-.03/96/66
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LBRS Genesis G69 ASA# 3603651 CMP Class of 2020
The American Simmental Association Carcass Merit Program (CMP) is the beef industry’s most demanding and informative young sire test. The program is a hallmark of ASA breed improvement for economically relevant carcass traits. Commercial producers play an integral part in this project.
Participants receive: u $60 for each AI-sired calf with carcass information u Free semen on top young herd sires u Free ASA Genetic Evaluation on your cowherd u Free genotyping on terminal progeny u Keep any or all replacement females Become a Carcass Merit Program test herd today To learm more about the CMP visit www.simmental.org, then click Carcass Merit Program under the Commercial tab. Questions, contact lgiess@simmgene.com for more information regarding this program.
*The CMP is a structured young sire progeny test. Participating cooperator herds will random sample their cowherd with CMP semen, and the resulting male (or female) progeny will be harvested with individual carcass data gathered. ASA Staff will work with cooperator herds to provide bulls that fit the general criteria of your management program, however only bulls nominated into the CMP program may be used. Producers are encouraged to be somewhat proficient in Microsoft excel for accurate and consistent record keeping.
Merit Award Recipients
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Seventeen outstanding junior members have been named to receive the American Simmental Association’s (ASA’s) prestigious Gold and Silver Merit awards. The winners were announced during the 2020 National Classic Awards banquet on July 16, 2020, in Brookings, South Dakota. Five Gold award winners were named to receive scholarship stipends in the amount of $3,000 each, while 12 Silver awards, worth $2,000 each, were also awarded. The total value of the combined Merit Award scholarships is $27,000, funded through direct support from the American SimmentalSimbrah Foundation. All awards are required to be used for postsecondary educational purposes.
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Whitney Olson, Alexandria, MN, is the daughter of Nick and Michaela Olson. This past December, she finished her third and last semester of graduate school at North Dakota State University where she obtained her Masters in Business Administration. She is currently employed by Hurley & Associates with the goal of becoming a broker. She is a seven-year member of the AJSA and the Minnesota Junior Simmental Association.
Gold Clay Sundberg, Arlington, IL, is the son of Kenneth and Staci Sundberg. As the 2019-2020 President of the AJSA Board of Trustees, he has served three years on the Board while being an active AJSA and Illinois Junior Simmental Association member for the last 10 years. He will be attending South Dakota State University this fall where he plans to major in Animal Science with an industry focus. While at SDSU, he will be a member of the livestock judging team.
Gold Cara Smith, Pleasant Garden, NC, daughter of Craig and Elaine Smith, is currently a junior at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She plans to graduate in December 2021 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition with a concentration in wellness. Cara has actively been involved in the AJSA and North Carolina Junior Simmental Association for six years and is also serving as Eastern Region Board Trustee.
Gold Kennedy Early, Leeton, MO, is the daughter of Howard and Cheryl Early. She is currently attending Kansas State University, majoring in Animal Sciences and Industries with a production and ranch management option. She is on track to graduate in two and a half years and plans to enroll in the Ruminant Nutrition Master’s program at K-State. Kennedy has been actively involved in the AJSA and Missouri Junior Simmental Association for 12 years and currently serves as a South Central Region Board Trustee.
Gold Lauren Glick, La Prairie, IL, daughter of Lane and Christy Glick, will be a junior this fall attending Oklahoma State University majoring in Animal Science with an emphasis in Biotechnology. She plans to attend a graduate program to become a certified animal embryologist lab technician and open a chiropractic lab. Lauren has been an active AJSA member and a member of the Illinois Junior Simmental Association (IJSA) for 11 years. She is currently the IJSA Vice President.
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Nathan Pulliam, Perkinston, MS, son of Chad and Shelly Pulliam, is an upcoming junior attending Mississippi State University in Animal Science with a focus in Production Management. He’s an eight-year member of the AJSA and has been active with the Mississippi Junior Simmental-Simbrah Association for five years.
Emerson Tarr, LeRoy, IL, daughter of Stan and Jennifer Tarr, will be a senior at LeRoy High School this fall. She has plans to compete on a collegiate livestock judging team and study Agriculture Communications and Marketing. She has been an active member of the AJSA and Illinois Junior Simmental Association for 10 years
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Silver Jordan Stephens, Ewing, KY, son of Jeff and Angie Stephens, will be a freshman this fall attending Black Hawk Community College and will be competing on the livestock judging team. He is an eightyear member of the AJSA and a five-year member of the Kentucky Junior Simmental Association, including two years as president.
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Rachel Callison, Verona, MO, is the daughter of Glenn and Kristina Callison. She will be attending Missouri State University this fall, where she has already earned credits through their honors program, with goals of being accepted into the nursing program and becoming a licensed nurse practitioner. She is a 13-year member of the AJSA and the Missouri Junior Simmental Association.
Silver Kaitlyn Cowdrey, Russellville, OH, daughter of Brain and Jenny Cowdrey, will be a freshman this fall at Morehead State University majoring in animal science with goals of becoming a livestock geneticist for a semen distribution company and owning a Simmental and club lamb program. She is an eight-year member of the AJSA and the Ohio Junior Simmental Association.
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Silver Lauren Trauernicht, Wymore, NE, is the daughter of Scott and Denielle Trauernicht. She will be a freshman attending University of Nebraska-Lincoln this fall, majoring in Agricultural Economics with a minor in Entrepreneurship. She is a 10-year member of the ASJA and the Nebraska Junior Simmental Association.
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Gabrielle Nemitz, Canby, MN, is the daughter of Chris and Amy Nemitz. She will be a junior this fall at North Dakota State University majoring in Animal Science with possible plans to enter the field of genetics. She has been an active member of the Minnesota Junior Simmental Association for six years.
Silver Leroy Stavinoha III, Eagle Lake, TX, is the son of Leroy and Tina Stavinoha. He will be a senior at Rice High School, where he is ranked first in his class. After graduation, he plans to pursue a degree in Aerospace Engineering to become a pilot in the US military. He is a five-year AJSA member and a seven-year member of the Texas Junior Simmental-Simbrah Association.
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Carli Henderson, Wiota, IA, is the daughter of Mike and Beth Henderson. She will be attending Iowa Western Community College and plans to graduate with an Associates Degree in Veterinary Technology, and she is considering an eventual transfer to Iowa State to study agriculture. Carli is an eight-year member of the AJSA and the Iowa Junior Simmental Association.
Silver Madyson Frederick, Chadwick, IL, is the daughter of Scott and Lynette Frederick. She will be a junior this Fall attending the University of Wisconsin-River Falls and is pursuing a degree in Animal Nutrition. She has been an active AJSA member for 11 years. ◆
Mitchell Schmidt, Willow Lake, SD, is the son of Brett and Rochelle Schmidt. He is planning to attend Lake Area Technical Institute in the welding program this fall. He has been an active AJSA member for six years and a member of the South Dakota Junior Simmental Association for eight years.
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Kaitlyn Cloud, Carthage, MO, is the daughter of Chris and Michelle Cloud. She will be attending Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College this fall where she will be on the livestock judging team. She later plans to transfer to Oklahoma State University to major in Food Science and Ag Business. She is an eight-year AJSA member and is currently the president of the Missouri Junior Simmental Association.
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“Thank you to the AJSA for putting on this high-quality and educational event. I’ve enjoyed every minute and look forward to watching this program grow. I will totally do this again!” – Audrey Redalen, program participant, MN “Many thanks to the entire staff at the American Junior Simmental Association who put forth so much effort to make this opportunity possible for me and all the other young people who have been involved in this opportunity. Thank you!” – Madeline Smith, program participant, KY “I just wanted to start my last monthly summary by saying thank you. Thank you for having this awesome program for me to participate in my senior year of high school. I have enjoyed every minute of it, and I am excited to watch this program grow and have hundreds of participants in the upcoming year.” – Carlye Rodenbeck, program participant, TX “Thanks to you all at AJSA! It’s been a great experience! Mitchell said to me last night, “now that my last write up is done, I’m gonna miss it!” Kudos to you all!” – Jen Vaad, program parent, CO “Thank you for all your hard work making this happen and working through all the kinks for us! – Brady Wulf, program participant, MN “I have enjoyed the competition and learned so much over the past months.” – Ella Fischer, program participant, MO
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2021 AJSA Steer Profitability Competition The AJSA Steer Profitability Competition (SPC) is designed to provide junior members meaningful exposure to the opportunities and challenges associated with cattle feeding. The SPC will not only allow participants to measure and compare the profitability of their own animal(s), but of greater importance, it will introduce young beef enthusiasts to peers, mentors, industry advocates, and experiences that are exceedingly difficult to acquire for any beef producer. Participants in the SPC program will be powerful voices as they transition from junior membership to adult participation within the beef industry.
Animal Requirements
Contest Guidelines
1. Steers only 2. Entrant must by an AJSA member 3. Animals must be entered in the ASA database 4. One parent on file in the ASA database 5. Birth date range: 1/15/20 to 4/15/20 6. Weaning date range: 8/15/20 to 10/15/20 7. Castration must occur prior to weaning 8. Steers must weigh 500 - 750 lbs at delivery 9. Steers must be polled or dehorned 10. Any breed composition welcome provided they meet rules 1-9
1. Entry fee of $65/ head 2. Feedlot placement approximately November 1 3. All decisions at the discretion of feedyard 4. Harvest will occur approximately May 2021 5. Participation in monthly e-meetings 6. Entrant will receive reports on: a. Monthly feed and health bill b. Final feedyard data c. Final carcass performance data
Winners will be announced at the 2021 National Classic Awards Banquet. Awards will be granted for the top three animals overall, top three pen of 3 overall, and top monthly write-up participant.
CONTEST DETAILS: 1) All steers on GrowSafe feed intake system throughout the entire project. 2) Individual intake and gain information on all steers. 3) Monthly weights on all steers. 4) Steers will be fed at University of Missouri Beef Research & Teaching Farm in Columbia, MO. 5) A monthly newsletter highlighting SPC details, industry news and steer performance. 6) Monthly bill detailing specific expenses on each steer.
Continued This Year Different feedback formats each month
n Short essay questions with prompts n Infographic or social media post n 1/2 to 1 page summary n Short online quiz tailored to participant age
Animals must be entered by 10/2/2020. Go to: juniorsimmental.org to register or find more information.
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By Emme Troendle
“Embryo Transfer and AI work is an opportunity to accelerate your genetic progress,” says Dr. Kory Bigalk, veterinarian and long-time advocate of Simmental genetics. “With the advent of IVF, and other technologies, it allows the beef and dairy industries more opportunity to produce better cattle faster.” For as long as he remembers, Bigalk has been in the Simmental business. His father started breeding Simmental in the mid-seventies with the guidance of a family friend, Dr. Lynn Aggen, Oak Meadow Farms. After his father passed away and the family farm sold, Bigalk continued the partnership with the Aggens. Bigalk attended the University of Minnesota studying veterinary medicine. While in veterinary practice, he met his wife, Kareen. “Even before we got married, we agreed that eventually we’d like to own our own farm and raise our children in that environment,” he explains. Today, Bigalk owns and operates a growing 40-head Simmental operation and diversified donor facility northeast of Rochester, Minnesota, called Diamond K Genetics. From the embryo transfer services to the annual bull sale, Bigalk focuses on improving the customer’s bottom line by helping maximize the genetic potential in their herd. “Within my herd, we collect as much data and do as much genomic testing as possible. For dairy and beef clients, we provide a full line of professional embryo transfer services.”
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Building the Donor Business
After completing his veterinarian degree, Bigalk worked in a large animal practice for 12 years while doing embryo transfer (ET) work on the side. Ten years ago, he left general practice and purchased a retiring veterinarian’s ET business and began his own journey into providing donor services to the beef and dairy industries. For the first few years, a majority of his time was spent travelling and setting up donors right on his client’s farms. The majority of his work was focused on dairy operations, but in the last five years, the dairy and beef work has evened out. “We did most flush work right on the farm. With many dairy operations calving year round, they pretty much always had recips to set up. We do a lot of fresh transfers and freeze embryos, and we also travel to do everything right on the farm.” During a transition period over the past five years, Diamond K Genetics introduced IVF, simultaneously shifting from on-farm work to housing donors. A long time friend Bob Grass, Grass-Lunning Simmental, Leroy, Minnesota, housed donors for Bigalk’s clients. “At first about 10% of my work was completed on Bob’s farm, but I was still doing conventional flush work. When IVF was introduced, we were down there every other week to collect donors.” Two years ago, Bigalk built a donor housing facility on his farm. The enterprise now completes most donor work on-site. “We collect IVF donors weekly and do in-house conventional flushes once or twice a week. Embryos produced in-house are transported to client’s farms for fresh or frozen transfers. We also have a mobile lab so we can still do on-farm conventional flushes and in-vitro transfers. We are continually adding new services and adapting our current services to the ever changing beef and dairy industries.”
Kory Bigalk develops a donor transfer business alongside his Simmental herd.
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The busiest time of year for Diamond K Genetics is the spring. In conjunction with calving and breeding his own Simmental cattle, Bigalk also flushes and sets up recipients for beef industry clients. In addition to himself, Bigalk has one technician who shares the workload with him. He shares, “Nikki Dube has been with me for about five years now. She handles all the paperwork while I handle the cow work. We split lab work like embryo sorting, grading, and freezing.”
Developing the Cattle Operation After calving from the end of January to mid-March, Bigalk transitions into one of his busiest seasons; simultaneously setting up donors and recipients for his beef clients and for Diamond K. By using high-accuracy AI sires and donor dams for the embryo transfer work, Bigalk hones-in on providing reliable genetics for their commercial customers, “You’ve got more cost involved when you start doing embryo transfer and AI work. But, we make a lot more genetic progress as we continue to collect data. Quality data makes the numbers more accurate, reliable, and consistent.” From scheduling client work to working and breeding Diamond K cattle, a big part of their philosophy is that herd improvement and efficiency is a work in progress. Bigalk compares his beef selection decisions to that of the dairy industry, “As the dairy industry has shown over the last 10 years, there is a lot more genomic work, revising and editing that they are doing, but their accuracy is much more consistent because of consistent, quality data.” From April to the end of June each year, half the cow herd is AI bred and put out with a clean up bull and the other half is set up as recipients. In recent years, Diamond K has expanded the bull and heifer offering by using cooperator herds, “I usually keep one or two donors on the farm to flush on my own, along with a few partnership donors. In the past, I've worked with a couple of different cooperators to put in a few embryos. As the interest grows in SimAngus™, so do we.” When the clean-up bull gets turned out in the beginning of May, the cows are moved to pasture. Bigalk focuses on rotational grazing on their permanent pasture. A portion of their cropland is designated for corn and beans. Most of the corn is turned into silage, and winter hay is purchased. Depending on the year, cows are left out after harvest to graze the corn and beans through December. At weaning time, bull calves are sent to the Aggen family for development, and in February, the yearling bulls are sold in the Oak Meadow Farm’s annual sale. Bred heifers being prepped for the sale are shipped to a partner in northern Minnesota through November for grazing. “We typically get the heifers back the first of November, and we jump into sale photos for both bulls and heifers in December.” In addition to the partnership sale in February, Bigalk consigns a few heifers to the South Dakota Source Sale and the Minnesota State Sale. (Continued on page 52)
A balance of the donor facility work is split between the beef and dairy clients.
Diamond K Genetic’s new donor facility.
Bigalk ultrasounding a SimAngus female.
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Commercially Focused Genetics “Our customer base is mostly commercial cattlemen. I’ve always sold my bulls with Oak Meadow Farms, who have a great commercial client base in southeast Minnesota and northeastern Iowa.” Bigalk shares, “We are making strides to ratchet-up our marketing and broaden our client list.” To ensure that their customers are selecting the right animal for their operation, Bigalk is dedicated to data collection. With the assistance of Leoma Wells from Data Genie, a company designed to help with data management and submission to breed associations, Bigalk collects mature cow weights and body condition scores on the entire cow herd in addition to calf birth weights, weaning weights, and yearling data. “As my business picks up and gets busier, partnering with Leoma helps ensure I am collecting all the data I need to be submitting. For example, I am preparing to collect all udder scores this upcoming calving season. She helps by reminding me of deadlines, what data needs to be collected, and what tools are available to make it the easiest.” “My herd is also DNA tested,” shares Bigalk, referencing the Cow Herd DNA Roundup, a genomic research project the ASA launched in partnership with Neogen Genomics. “I’m providing parent-confirmed bulls and females in addition to enhanced EPDs.” When making sale selection decisions, Bigalk focuses on a combination of indexes and phenotype, “We’re trying to sell bulls and females that are phenotypically impressive, have a lot of growth and muscle, but are as problem-free as can be. So we select animals with no holes in their EPD profile. We want to sell a good looking animal that is well above average $API or $TI.” Bigalk emphasizes the importance of uniformity, “Our clients appreciate the numbers more and more, and feel they are getting a more well-rounded animal. Phenotypically, the bulls are big and stout, but with the calving ease and carcass traits to make them successful additions to our customer’s herds.”
A combination of data collection, Index and phenotype selection allows Diamond K Genetics to remain at the forefront of the cattle industry. Raising the Legacy Kory’s wife, Kareen, is a nurse in Rochester and helps with the operation as much as possible. Kareen also grew up in rural, southeast Minnesota and like Kory, wants to provide their children the opportunity to grow up in the agriculture industry. Their oldest kids, James and Lilla are twins, age nine, and Peyton, the youngest is five. All three have been involved in Cloverbuds, and the oldest have started exhibiting livestock in 4-H and other local events. “The last two years, they’ve also gone to the Minnesota Beef Expo in October. It’s a really great weekend where kids are involved in events in addition to showing cattle,” Kory shares, referring to the Expo’s Knowledge Bowl, Livestock Judging, and Ambassador competition, not unlike many of the AJSA competitions the kids may get to experience in the future. “It’s a fun activity to get them outside and get them involved, and they are liking it. We hope to start doing more of it,” he concludes, “It was always our plan to be out in the country, raise our kids with livestock, and provide them the opportunity to take over the operation someday.” ◆ Kory and Kareen Bigalk with their three children: Peyton, James, and Lilla.
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Designed to gather production, longevity, and fertility data on the whole cow herd.
THE is tailored for any producer:
Herds that participate in THE:
• Who needs EPDs on the whole calf crop to make informative selection decisions, or
• Are included in the world’s largest multi-breed genetic evaluation.
• Who collects data on the whole calf crop but has minimal registrations, or
• Receive more informative EPDs.
• Who only needs EPDs for replacement heifer selections, or
• Have access to free online data submission, reports, management software, and genetic trends.
• Who runs cows that are registered, commercial or other breeds.
• Improve cow records and develop pedigrees.
For more information contact a THE specialist at 406-587-4531 ext. 704 or by email the@simmgene.com.
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Updates toGrowth Trait Predictions By the International Genetic Solutions Science Team
The genetic evaluation is constantly evolving with updates to models as new science is discovered and new technologies are available. One area under recent scrutiny is the prediction of growth traits (birth, weaning, and yearling weights, and milk). The International Genetic Solutions (IGS) Genetic Evaluation Science Team is implementing the following areas of improvement for the prediction of growth traits.
1. Milk modeling updates.
3. New DNA Marker subset.
The magnitude, and even direction, of the correlation between weaning weight direct and milk, has been long debated in scientific circles. In fact, there is a wide range of estimates that exist in the scientific literature. Given that, the science team developed a model that assumes milk and weaning weight direct are independent (i.e., genetic correlation of 0). In addition, with some of the other proposed updates, it was discovered that the evaluation solved more effectively when genomics were removed for Milk EPDs. In light of this discovery, the IGS Milk EPD will not use genomic information for the time being.
As the number of genotyped animals has increased, so has our ability to estimate marker effects and identify subsets that are more predictive. Relative to growth traits, a new (and larger) subset of markers has been identified to add more accuracy to EPD.
2. Different variances for different sexes. Males usually have a higher growth potential than females simply due to gender. As a consequence, the variation associated with their weights also tends to be greater. This difference in the amount of variation between the sexes are set to a male scale in the updated growth trait predictions.
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4. Accounting for different birth weight collection methods. When we began looking into growth trait data, we discovered that not all birth weights followed expected amounts of variation. Some of the examples of reduced variation included weights rounded to the nearest 5 pounds, reduced variation when hoof tapes were used, and likely-fabricated data with little to no variation. Some of these data are useful, but they are clearly on a different scale and need to be treated appropriately. Dr. Bruce Golden developed a way to use machine learning to recognize unique features of each class of birth weight observation and predict how it was obtained. By accounting for the various categories, the genetic evaluation is still able to use submitted records that fall out of biological expectations for most scenarios, while more accurately accounting for different practices of collecting the weights.
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Results of Updates to Growth Model With these proposed changes, a considerable amount of work went into testing if the new models improved growth trait predictions. One of the most common procedures for evaluating updates to EPD systems is to exclude a certain portion of the phenotypes available, run the evaluation, and compare the correlation of the
EPD from two systems to the phenotypes that were removed from the evaluation (higher correlation is better). For these updates, this procedure was used where all animals born after 2018 were excluded from the evaluation system and then comparisons between the current growth trait EPDs and the updated EPDs were made to this phenotypic information. The results for each of the analyses are presented in the following table.
Pearson correlation between parental average EPDs and excluded phenotypes from animals in the IGS genetic evaluation that were born in 2018 or later.
Trait Birth Weight Weaning Weight Yearling Weight
Updated Evaluation 0.52 0.38 0.45
The results in the table above show the evaluation updates had higher correlations to phenotypes than the previous growth trait models. This equates to more precise EPDs for Birth, Weaning, and Yearling Weight. An additional trait that is evaluated with the growth analysis is the Milk EPD. A Milk EPD represents the genetic difference in calf weaning weight based on the maternal environment provided by the dam. Due to the nature of this trait being the maternal component of weaning weight, a different validation strategy must be used to evaluate the updated predictions. To evaluate the updated Milk predictions an expected weaning weight for the excluded animals was formed using the following equation:
Previous Evaluation 0.50 0.34 0.37
Predicted Weaning Weight = Calf WW EBV + Dam’s Milk EBV This predicted weaning weight was then correlated with the excluded weaning weight phenotypes. Again, the updated predictions of Milk had higher correlations compared to the previous Milk EPDs (0.42 vs. 0.39, respectively). These results show that the updated predictions more precisely predict the weaning weight of an animal than the currently published evaluation. Breeders may notice reranking of animals with the release of the growth trait updates. While the change may be unsettling, the end results by every measure have shown an improvement in the precision of the growth trait predictions. ◆
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BULLETINS Six Trustees Positions Open A total of six Trustee positions are open in four regions. The Eastern Region has two open positions; North Central has one open position; South Central has two open positions and the Western Region has one open position.
Election Timetable Sept. 18 Oct. 19 Nov. 18 Dec. 14
Jan. 7 Jan. 16
Write-in Ballots for Trustee nominations mailed and posted online. Deadline for write-in ballots to reach Chairman of the Tellers. Trustee election ballots mailed and posted online. Deadline for Trustee ballots to reach Chairman of the Tellers. Call to Meeting mailed and posted online, including ballots, for any Rules or Bylaw changes. Deadline for Rule/Bylaw change ballots to reach Chairman of the Tellers. 53rd Annual Meeting
2021 National Western Stock Show ASA is moving forward with plans to be in Denver this January. Due to changing circumstances with the pandemic, the most up-to-date information can be found online at simmental.org.
Upcoming 2021 Fall Focus Event The 2021 Fall Focus board meeting and educational day will be held in Roanoke, VA, August 27 - 31. The conference headquarters are located at the Hotel Roanoke with a block of rooms available for August 26 - 31. Want to help support 2021 Fall Focus? Contact ASA to ensure your sponsorship is highlighted. Call the office at 406-587-4531 or check out fallfocus.org to find more information.
ASA Launches Calf Crop Genomic Testing Project Calf Crop Genomics is a recent program launched by the American Simmental Association in collaboration with Neogen®. Calf Crop Genomics offers a 50% off GGP-LD genomic test including parentage ($25 compared to $50 equivalent test) to participating breeders who test their entire calf crop group. Genotyping entire contemporary groups is important to 1.) use genomically-enhanced EPDs (GE-EPDs) for selection decisions, 2.) reduce selection bias in genomic predictions, and 3.) increase the volume of genotyped animals for future improvements to genetic predictions. The latter two points make any singular genomic test in the future better for all members using genomics.
Cow Herd DNA Roundup Continues The ASA Board of Trustees approved Phase II of the Cow Herd DNA Roundup at the 2019 Fall Focus meeting. The project will continue to accept new herds at $25 per sample for a low-density genomic test. Members must test 90% of their calving-age cows to qualify for the reduced price. When members submit mature cow body weights and body condition scores or hip heights from 90% of their calving-age cows, they will receive a $5 credit to their account for each cow reported. Cows must be 18 months of age or older when mature cow measurements are taken to qualify for the $5 credit. The $5 credit will only be applied once in an animal’s life (if a member received a credit for the phenotypes in 2018 for that cow, they cannot receive another credit for the same cow with a new weight and BCS in 2019). Heifers may also be tested at the $25 price point and may receive a $5 credit if mature cow data is submitted after they reach 18 months of age. For members who have already participated in the CHR project, the same $25 rate is available
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for heifers and new purchases as long as 90% of the member’s calving age cows have a genomic test. With the advent of the Calf Crop Genomics Project, the ASA Board of Trustees has amended the CHR program for females younger than calving-age. Heifer calves and replacement heifers will no longer be eligible for the CHR research rate as of January 1, 2021, but calving-age cows and new purchases of calving age will remain eligible for the research rate.
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Performance Advocate Program Update At the 2019 Fall Focus Board Meeting in Manhattan, KS, the Board passed a resolution to revise the Performance Advocate Program including three major changes. 1. Among the traits included, the program requires record submission on 90% of the contemporary group (rather than 100%) to gather records on nearly the whole herd while allowing for circumstances where records are missed. 2. Establish a two-tier system to qualify. Since additional traits are being added (see point 3) but some of these traits are difficult and/or expensive to collect, there will be a two-tier system for qualifying as a Performance Advocate. If THE herds submit 90% of the records on eight of the 13 traits, they qualify for the first tier. THE herds with 90% of the records on 10 out of the 13 traits qualify for the higher tier system. 3. An additional seven traits have been added to the list of qualifying records in the program As ASA develops more traits (example, feet/leg scores), they may be added to the Performance Advocate Program. ◆
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By Cara Smith, AJSA President I hope everyone had a wonderful week at the 40th National Classic in Brookings, South Dakota. When you consider everything we have all been through so far in 2020, you realize how blessed we are to have had the opportunity to come together in Brookings. Then think about changing the venue and planning the National Classic in less than 3 months! I don’t think we can adequately express our gratitude to Darla, Chance, South Dakota Adult and Junior Associations, and the ASA staff for all their hard work. Thank you, thank you! It was great to see everyone enjoy their time in Brookings and participating in the contests and cattle shows. The 40th National Classic was one for the books with 729 head of cattle exhibited by 463 juniors from across the United States and Canada. Our contests looked a little different this year, but y’all didn’t let that affect your drive for success.
I am truly honored to have the opportunity to serve you as the 2020-2021 AJSA President. I’m excited to see what we will accomplish together. The Board continues to plan for upcoming events with frequent conference calls and (fall and spring) board meetings. We will be setting goals for what we want to accomplish as a Board. I challenge you to do the same. No matter your age, set one (or more) goal. Then work to achieve it and keep moving forward. We owe a huge thank you to the six Trustees finishing their terms in 2020, Hunter Aggen, Olivia Branum, Kara Cloud, Bentley McCullough, Cody Smith, and Keanna Smith. Thank you for all your hard work, dedication, and teamwork during your time on the Board. I am excited to see all the great things that the newly elected Trustees will accomplish over their term. Remember to be grateful for every day and the opportunities that we are given. As always if you have any questions or concerns please don’t hesitate to contact myself or any of the Trustees. Best of luck to everyone this fall at the PTP shows and I look forward to seeing you throughout the upcoming year. ◆
2020-2021 American Junior Simmental Association Board of Trustees Eastern Region President Cara Smith, Pleasant Garden, NC 336-601-2681 carasmith142@gmail.com
Luke Joseph Harker, Hope, IN 812-371-7976 lukeharker2252@gmail.com
Rachel Dickson, Saint Louisville, Ohio 740-915-1160 dicksonfarms21@gmail.com
Matt Koverman, Minford, OH. 740-988-0203 kovermanm211@minfordfalcons.net
North Central Region Clay Sundberg, Arlington, IL 815-878-6758 sundberg.clay@gmail.com
Grace Greiman, Goodell, IA 641-512-1662 grace.greiman@gmail.com
Martha Louise Moenning, Hayfield, MN 504-923-1114 marthamoenning@gmail.com
Lauren Trauernicht, Wymore, NE 402-239-4517 lauren.trauernicht@gmail.com
South Central Region Kennedy LeAnne Early, Leeton, MO 660-525-2583 earlykennedy@gmail.com
Kaitlyn Cloud, Carthage, MO 417-793-7824 kcloud2002@gmail.com
Teegan Mackey, Brenham, TX 512-718-3165 Tteeeeegan@gmail.com
Sara Sweat, McCaskill, AR 870-826-0808 sweat.sara03@gmail.com
Western Region Sydney Schwenk, Sandy, OR 503-847-6828 sydney.schwenk55@gmail.com
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BEEF BUSINESS Beef Cattle Experts Outline ‘pillars’ for Sustainable Ranches In agriculture, the word sustainability is often associated with environmental topics, but a senior official with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association said it also has economic and social ties. “The three pillars of sustainability are economic, environmental, and social, and there are ways that cattle ranchers can impact each of these on a local level,” said Myriah Johnson, NCBA’s senior director of sustainability research and recent guest on the Kansas State University Beef Cattle Institute Cattle Chat podcast. Johnson is a contractor to the beef checkoff and her research is funded through checkoff support. Johnson said producers need to first focus on economics; “If we don’t make money on our operations, they are not sustainable.” K-State Research and Extension agricultural economist Dustin Pendell said “Producers won’t know where they stand economically without collecting data. It is important to have benchmarks to measure by.” Veterinarian and Beef Cattle Institute director Brad White advised producers to consider both income and expenses to find a balance between the two. Another economic factor that also has environmental implications are transition plans.“When thinking of transition plans, we focus on handing down the ranch from one generation to the next, but there is also an environmental impact in reducing land fragmentation,” Johnson said. When land is fragmented, subdivisions often are created and new roads are built, which can lead to far-reaching implications for wildlife. Johnson said that water management and the use of diesel fuel are two other environmental factors within a rancher’s control. “When we burn diesel fuel, that is a resource that can contribute toward greenhouse gases so we need to consider ways to be efficient in using that resource,” Johnson said, using an example of maximizing driving routes as one way to best use diesel fuel.“Not only does that have environmental benefits, but it also has an economic advantage because there is a direct cost for running the truck,” White said. Johnson’s third pillar is social sustainability: “Worker safety is an example of social sustainability. It is often something ranchers don’t think a lot about.”She encouraged cattle producers to have “tailgate conversations” with employees
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where they discuss an emergency action plan and identify ways to reduce hazards. An added benefit of these conversations, White said, is the likelihood of employee retention. “With planning and training, we are able to minimize employee loss,” he said. Johnson and the K-State experts said six key points to manage sustainability on a cattle operation include: • Create efficiencies wherever possible. • Focus on employee retention to minimize loss. • • • •
Develop a transition plan. Design a water management plan. Evaluate financial benchmarks. Manage safety protocols to benefit everyone. To hear the full discussion about sustainability relating to cattle ranching, listen to the BCI Cattle Chat podcast online. To learn more about this topic, tune into the BCI Cattle Chat podcast.
Shortened Breeding Season for Cattle Provides Marketing Benefits By Oklahoma State University Extension The ability to sell heavier, more uniform groups of calves at marketing time underscores the need for spring cow-calf operations to complete their breeding season no later than the end of June. “Studies show that larger groups of calves that look alike, weigh the same, are the same breed, and have been treated the same bring more dollars per hundredweight than animals that have to be sold one to three at a time,” said Glenn Selk, OSU Extension emeritus animal scientist and managing editor of the university’s popular Cow-Calf Corner newsletter and SUNUP television segment. Research from Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona, Arkansas, and Kentucky has shown a well-defined, 60-day breeding season can provide cow-calf operations — regardless of size — with this marketing advantage. Oklahoma data collected on 15,473 lots of feeder cattle sold at 14 auction locations indicated the following: Lots with 10 or more steers sold for $7.14 per hundredweight more than the price of steers sold as singles.The premium for multiple head lots held for heifers but at about $4 per hundredweight. Multiple head lots that were not uniform sold for approximately $2 per hundredweight less than uniform lots for steers and heifers.
A 2010 study on Oklahoma Quality Beef Network sales indicated the advantage may be on the upswing. Lots of 10 calves averaged about $8 per hundredweight more than similar calves sold one head at a time. The advantage increased up to truck-load size lots of 40 to 60 head where sale prices were as much as $12 to $13 dollars more per hundredweight as compared to similar cattle sold as singles. “The premium for uniform, multiplehead lots is generally attributed to the convenience of filling orders for cattle of a specified description on the part of an order buyer,” Selk said. “Larger, uniform lots also may indicate a single point of origin for the cattle leading to less stress and fewer health problems.” To take advantage of a shortened breeding season, cows must be in good body condition at calving and only bulls known to be fertile should be used as herd sires. Good news for cattle producers: Markets are returning to normal as the nation adapts to coronavirus disruptions, said Derrell Peel, OSU Extension livestock marketing specialist. “Beef demand will be critical with supplies increasing in the second half of the year,” he said. “Retail grocery stores will transition from limited beef supplies in recent weeks to ample supplies at the same time that food service demand is slowly building.”
Mystery Seeds From China Identified Residents in all 50 states have reported receiving bags of unsolicited seeds. Officials have warned the shipments of mystery seeds, which appear to have originated in China, could be invasive plant species. According to a recent news release, USDA has identified some of the plant species, and they appear to be innocuous. At least 14 of the seed species had been identified and include mustard, cabbage, morning glory, hibiscus, and rose, as well as herbs like mint, sage, rosemary, and lavender. The USDA says if you receive a packet of seeds, do not plant them and contact your state plant regulatory official. Although the species identified so far are harmless, plant experts have warned that seeds from other parts of the world could damage crops. The packages are most likely part of a “brushing” scam, the USDA warns. In this scam, a seller sends unsolicited items to
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someone and then posts false positive customer reviews to boost sales. “Brushing scams involving seed packets in international mail shipments are not uncommon,” the USDA said. “US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has intercepted similar seed shipments in recent years.” Phylissia Clark of the Better Business Bureau shared in a news release that if you are a victim of brushing, “your identity has been compromised. Somebody knows enough about you to create a profile online and use you to manipulate systems”. Many of the seeds have been mailed in white or yellow pouches with the words “China Post” in English and other words in Chinese lettering. Some of them falsely suggest jewelry inside; others provide no clues about contents. The USDA continues to investigate.
COVID-19 Not Carried by Food The US Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have issued a joint statement addressing food export restrictions, emphasizing that there is no evidence that people can contract the coronavirus from food or food packaging. The statements were made in response to China’s customs authority reportedly suspending imports from processing plants in Europe and the US after recent outbreaks at or near the slaughter facilities. The statement in a news release from the US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and FDA Commissioner Stephen M. Hahn, M.D., says: “The United States understands the concerns of consumers here domestically and around the world who want to know that producers, processors, and regulators are taking every necessary precaution to prioritize food safety especially during these challenging times. However, efforts by some countries to restrict global food exports related to COVID-19 transmission are not consistent with the known science of transmission.” “There is no evidence that people can contract COVID-19 from food or from food packaging. The US food safety system, overseen by our agencies, is the global leader in ensuring the safety of our food products, including products for export.” The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in conjunction with the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), has issued guidance for manufacturing facilities,
including food facilities, specific to controlling the spread of COVID-19 between workers. The COVID-19 guidelines from CDC and OSHA are separate and distinct from the food safety requirements that all US facilities must follow to ensure food safety. The FDA, an agency within the US Department of Health and Human Services, protects the public health by assuring the safety, effectiveness, and security of human and veterinary drugs, vaccines and other biological products for human use, and medical devices. The agency also is responsible for the safety and security of our nation’s food supply, cosmetics, dietary supplements, products that give off electronic radiation, and for regulating tobacco products.
The most recent list of people who have made a donation to the ASA Foundation. Richard D & Tina M Gilbert LeRoy, KS Graystone Graphics Nixa, MO Dougan Family Castle Rock, CO Red River Farms Blythe, CA Nelson Livestock Company Wibaux, MT Donaldson Land & Cattle Enid, OK Double JR Simmentals Paradise, UT
School Meal Rules More Flexible This Fall USDA announced a range of waivers to provide more flexibility to adapt meal service operations for children in the fall for schools, states, and childcare providers, including allowing for new feeding options as institutions return from closings due to the coronavirus. Noting schools are considering many different learning models, USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue said the flexibilities allow organizations “to operate the USDA child nutrition programs in ways that make sense given their local, on-the-ground situations and ensure America’s children can count on meal service throughout the school year.” The waivers allow meals that do not meet normal meal pattern requirements when necessary to keep kids fed; meals to be served outside of group settings and outside of standard times to facilitate grab-and-go and other alternate service options; and parent/guardian pick-up of meals for students participating in distance learning. USDA also is waiving the requirement for high schools to provide students the option to select some of the foods offered in a meal. The agency explained that the practice, known as “offer versus serve” encouraged social distancing or meals-inthe-classroom models would make the regulatory requirement difficult. ◆
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Foundation Focus A BIG THANK YOU for all the support to the American SimmentalSimbrah Foundation! The 2020 AJSA National Classic Foundation Silent Auction was a large success this year during the National Classic in Brookings, SD, gathering $2,235 to help support our Youth Pillar. Donations included: lounge chairs, lazy susans made from whisky barrel lids, deer antlers, a custom made leather belt, handmade earrings, a bourbon bucket, a sunshine basket, a bath bomb basket, and a beer nut basket. Through generous donations and support like this we can continue to build on our pillars of success! â—†
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CUTTING EDGE Use of Gender-Selected Semen in Beef Cattle By George Perry, Professor & SDSU Extension Beef Reproductive Management Specialist, written collaboratively with Saulo Menegatti Zoca and Jerica Ric. Originally published by South Dakota State University Extension. The use of new technologies by the beef industry usually lags its development by researchers. An example of this would be gender-selected semen. The incorporation of this or any new technology is dictated by its necessity and positive economic advantage. Semen sorted for a specific gender (sexed semen) became commercially available in 2003 for dairy cattle but did not have significant use by the industry until 2006. On the other hand, the number of sires with sexed semen available for the beef industry was still 0 (zero) in 2007 but increased to 70 in 2011. The delayed use of gender-sorted semen by the beef industry may be related to the perceived economic return. For the dairy industry the economic benefit for heifer calves over bull calves is huge; however, in the beef industry gender differences in economic return exist but are not as dramatic. Therefore, for the beef industry to adapt this technology more knowledge is needed on how to capture economic returns from incorporating it. First it is important to highlight that calves born from genderselected semen will have similar production traits as their herd mates from conventional semen. For example: birth weight, calving ease, calf vigor, calf health, weaning weight, and mortal-
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ity rates before weaning do not differ between calves from gender-selected and conventional semen. Second, with recent improvements in this technology conception rates with genderselected semen are typically between 80% to 95% of conventional semen, in other words if AI conception rates are 60% with conventional semen, with gender-selected semen you would expect conception rates to be between 48% to 57%. One thing to be aware of to get the best possible conception rates is cows that exhibit estrus prior to AI have greater conception rates compared to cows that do not exhibit estrus behavior. So, the use of gender-selected semen only in animals that exhibit estrus prior to AI will result in greater conception rates. Another method is to delay insemination of non-estrus cows to 20 hours after an injection of GnRH. Even though gender differences are not as large in the beef industry as they are in the dairy industry, gender-selected semen has many applications which will depend on the herd. In commercial beef cattle a strategy would be to use genderselected semen to produce replacement heifers. This strategy would start by selecting cows with desired maternal traits, such as age at sexual maturity, milk yield, fertility, maternal behavior, adaptation to environmental challenges, and longevity. These animals would then be inseminated with gender-selected semen from sires with similar maternal traits. An advantage of this strategy would be the production of top replacement heifers and increasing the rate of genetic change in the herd. In addition, there would be a decrease in the number of steers produced from maternal sires. This benefits the herd as these steers often have decreased performance when compared to steers from terminal sires. When the number of cows to be inseminated with gender-selected semen is achieved the remaining cows can be inseminated to terminal sires, knowing these calves will not be kept as replacement heifers. It also brings the opportunity to utilize different breeds, without affecting the herd’s genetics. The remaining cows could also be bred to herd bulls with terminal characteristics or of a different breed, since no heifers are expected to be retained from those dams. Another alternative, would be inseminate the remaining females with male selected semen from terminal sires, increasing the proportion of steers produced from terminal sires in the herd. Overall, the inclusion of gender-selected semen can bring economic advantages to the beef industry. However, there are situations in which the use of gender-selected semen can negatively impact the economic return of a herd, too. If only female selected semen is used to inseminate the entire herd; this will optimize the selection of replacement heifers but the proportion of male:female calves will shift from an approximately 50:50 to a greater number of females whichcould affect economic returns due to lower prices for heifers sold to slaughter. If only male selected semen is used to inseminate the entire herd; this will optimize the genetic performance of steer calves for slaughter but removes any genetic benefit of AI on the future of the herd, as replacement heifers can only be selected from calves born from the clean-up bull battery. Thus, the use of gender-selected semen in a beef herd has the opportunity to benefit the overall performance and future of the herd, but care must be given to implement this technology correctly. ◆
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CORPORATE REPORT Marfrig to Build Tracking System for Cattle Raised in Amazon Marfrig Global Foods SA, the second-largest beef producer in the world, will start a five-year project to build a tracking system for cattle raised in critical areas of the Amazon, according to founder and chairman Marcos Molina, who says it’s possible to do the same throughout the nation. While Marfrig says it doesn’t buy cattle directly from farms in areas where illegal deforestation has been an issue, the initiative addresses indirect suppliers, one of the main problems linking cattle to deforestation. Over the past decade, major Brazilian beef companies invested a lot of time and money to show they don’t make direct purchases of cattle raised in deforested areas. But meatpackers can’t ensure they are not buying from any farms involved in deforestation indirectly. Repeating the statements made to Brazil’s Vice President Hamilyon Mourao, Molina said, “The beef sector is the most affected by Brazil’s bad reputation on fighting Amazon deforestation, but issues related to cattle raising are the easiest to solve.” According to Marfrig, the government has the ability to track all of Brazil’s 200 million head of cattle, but actions are needed to ensure that tracking systems are effective. Molina recommends adding an environmental topic in documents for animal transit and requiring all cattle to be tracked from a certain date. Initiatives of this nature could reduce fires and deforestation, while improving Brazil’s reputation abroad, helping the nation
COW SENSE Listed below are ten questions designed to test your knowledge of the beef industry. Elite: 9-10 correct; Superior: 7-8; Excellent: 5-6; Fair: 3-4; Poor: 1-2.
2. What is the most practical method of measuring an animal’s performance during the feeding period? 3. If a horned bull is mated to a horned cow, what percentage of their progeny would you expect to be polled? 4. Animals with backbones that are symmetrical on both sides are known collectively by what term? 5. What is the normal range in respiratory rate for mature beef cows at rest? 6. The infectious disease of cattle that causes undulant fever in humans and is known commonly as “Bang’s disease” is also known by what other term?
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7. What is the highest award given by the American Simmental Association, in conjunction with the World Simmental Fleckvieh Federation? 8. What is the science that deals with the form and structure of organisms? 9. Which vitamin is required for maintaining the skin, the lining of the nose, eye, gut and reproductive tract? 10. Organized groups of cells are known by what collective term?
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1. Small intestine; 2. Periodic weighing; 3. 0%; 4. Vertebrates; 5. 10-30 breaths per minute; 6. Brucellosis; 7. The Golden Book Award; 8. Anatomy; 9. Vitamin A; 1 0. Tissues
1. Into what structure does food enter as it leaves a cow’s abomasum?
gain access to new markets. In the article, Molina gave the example of Uruguay, which has access to 12 markets partly thanks to its full tracking system. Marfrig currently exports beef from Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, and the US. “Marfrig is doing a five-year plan,” Molina said. “But if we were able to join the government and companies on this purpose, we could do it faster.” The news release shared that Brazil’s Vice President, who chairs the Council of the Amazon, was open to the suggestions, adding the federal government is aligned with Brazilian companies’ concerns about growing deforestation criticism. In attendance at the meeting, senior executives of other companies including Cargill Inc. and Suzano SA sent a letter to authorities stating that the negative perceptions are potentially damaging to both reputation and business prospects, but Molina was the only representative from the meat industry to sign the letter. In an attempt to limit the indirect supplier issues, around 40% of the cattle slaughtered by Marfrig in Brazil are supplied by farmers that raise animals from birth to slaughter.
Burger King Retracts Claims Burger King released a new commercial touting the use of lemongrass in cows’ diets to reduce methane emissions by “up to 33%”. The globally-recognized restaurant chain shared in a news release that they partnered with scientists to develop and test the new diet, which reduced cattle methane emissions by an average of 33% per day during the last three or four months of their lives. The diet includes the addition of 100 grams of lemongrass leaves daily to their regular feed in the last four months, helping cows release less methane — a greenhouse gas blamed for contributing to global warming — as they digest their food. While introducing us to the eco-friendly Whopper, Burger King noted “cattle are responsible for roughly 14.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions,” a percentage cited from the United Nations, but American beef production is responsible for 3% of greenhouse gas emissions. Beef industry news outlets, skeptical to the lemongrass claims, interviewed Dr. Frank Mitloehner, a University of California-Davis professor, one of the world’s leading experts on air quality. He shared that there are technologies that can reduce methane production by up to one-third, but, “lemongrass is not one of them.” Two studies have been conducted on lemongrass. One was conducted at UC Davis, “and their results have been inconclusive. The second one in Mexico and their research has not been published,” meaning not peer reviewed. Therefore, Mitloehner calls Burger King’s promotion of lemongrass “premature”. The beef and dairy industry would love if lemongrass provided a tool to lower the environmental impact of livestock production, but Mitloehner shares that the science isn’t fully conclusive yet. Additionally, Burger King used problematic cow farts as the hook to their advertising. The majority of the methane emissions emerge from belches — the other end of the cow. After receiving flack from the animal agriculture community, the company dropped the TV ad and asked Mitloehner to work with them, moving forward. “They have asked me to cooperate with them in order to infuse science-based research on the one hand and get communication out — and check it before it reaches the masses,” he said. ◆
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“Red and Black, Polled, Pigmented Simmentals”
J&C SIMMENTALS Black Simmental Bulls & Females Purebred to Percentage Jay & Kim Volk Clark & Leslie Volk Bob & Jeanette Volk Jay 402-720-7596 • Clark 402-720-3323
20604 US Hwy 30 • Arlington, NE 68002 volkjk@aol.com • www.jandcsimmentals.com
Registered Simmentals, SimAngusTM & Angus Cattle Cleo Fields Forrest & Charlotte Lucas, Owners 417-399-7124 RT 91 Box 1200 Brandn Atkins Cross Timbers, MO 65634 417-399-7142 Office 417-998-6878 Jeff Reed Fax 417-998-6408 417-399-1241 www.lucascattlecompany.com Visitors Always Welcome
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402-641-2936 Cell Nick and Andrea 303 Northern Heights Drive • Seward, NE 68434 a.sloup@juno.com • www.sloupsimmentals.com
Join us at the Farm, October 10, 2020 for our 24th Annual Production Sale.
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NEWSMAKERS
INTERNATIONAL Globally Canned Meat Gains Ground
10 Tons of Chinese Meat Seized
Canned meat, scorned by those who prefer a fresh product, is currently gaining in popularity. The booming global demand for products like Spam and canned corned beef is taking the meat industry by storm. In the US, sales surged more than 70% in the 15 weeks ended June 13. In the UK, consumption of canned corned beef has taken off. Even in South Korea, where Spam is an old favorite, sales are expanding at the fastest pace in years. The public’s increased hunger for canned protein started as people stocked up or hoarded staples with long shelf lives during stay-at-home orders to stem the coronavirus. Additionally, with millions thrown out of work in the last few months, consumers are looking for a way to cut back on grocery bills, and they’re trading in fresh meat for canned varieties. Shortages of some fresh meat, especially in the US, also helped fuel sales. Tulip Pork Luncheon Meat, sold in 120 markets around the world, is expecting sales to increase 25% this year. Sales are “growing all over,” including in the UK, Germany, Greece, Japan, and Singapore, among many others. Marfrig Global Foods SA, the Brazilian beef giant, is seeing a similar jump at its Uruguay business, which supplies corned beef to the US. Sales of the product are expected to reach as high as 3,500 metric tons this year. That would be almost double compared with 2019, when about 1,800 tons were sold.
US Customs and Border Protection CPB officials intercepted 19,555 pounds of prohibited pork, chicken, beef, and duck products arriving from China at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. According to the CBP statement, most of the animal products were mixed in boxes of headphones, door locks, kitchenware, LCD tablets, trash bags, swim fins, cell phone covers, plastic cases, and household goods. Agriculture specialists identified, examined, and seized 12 shipments containing a total of 834 cartons that lacked the required USDA entry documentation. In the first five months of fiscal year 2020, prohibited meat interceptions from China at the LA & Long Beach Seaport has increased 70% compared with the same period a year ago. Additionally, airline passengers bringing in prohibited items remains a top priority, even with international flights down substantially due to COVID-19.
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China Suspends Processing Plants in Brazil Four Brazilian meat processing facilities have recently been banned from exporting to China. The General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China (GACC) has temporarily suspended meat imports from three Brazilian meat processing plants, said Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply. The Brazilian Ministry also decided to voluntarily suspend exports to China from another facility, which had been ordered to stop production temporarily by a court decision. Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture shared in a statement that they have not been supplied with the reasons for the suspension. The Ministry said it had already started negotiations with the GACC to lift the suspensions and allow the resumption of exports from these meat processing facilities to China. The suspended plants include Marfrig's beef processing facility in Várzea Grande, Mato Grosso state; JBS's chicken processing plant in Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul state; Minuano's chicken processing facility in Lajeado, also in Rio Grande do Sul; and Agra Agroindustrial de Alimentos. ◆
AJSA Member Receives Memorial Scholarship One junior member of the Association was awarded a scholarship from the 605/805 Memorial Fund started by the Donors Unlimited Cattle Sale. Will Shelby, Madil, Oklahoma, a stuWill Shelby dent at Oklahoma State University, was ranked based on scholastic and extracurricular achievement, and received a cash award to be used for the advancement of his education. The scholarship was established to honor the memories of Brent Bietlespacher, Logan Rau, and Nick Reimann, three young South Dakota cattlemen who died in a tragic plane crash while returning from the spring 2014 Donors Unlimited Share the Future Sale in Hereford, Texas. A portion of each purchase made at a Donors Unlimited event goes toward the funding of this scholarship, and to-date, more than $51,000 has been awarded to students in need.
In Memoriam . . .
● Edwin Foshee, Thomaston, GA, a partner in Danfowin Farm, passed away r e c e n t l y. H e a v i l y involved in agricultural organizations, he was a member of the Georgia Cattlemen’s Association and Mid-Georgia Cattlemen’s Association where he was Foshee President in 1978 and Secretary-Treasurer in 1983. In 1990, he was selected as Purebred Cattleman of the Year by the Mid Georgia Cattleman. He is survived by his brother, Danny Foshee, and wife Coopie (Vidalia, GA), and countless other family members and friends.
● Former ASA Board of Trustees Chairman, Dr. Robert R. Schalles, age 85, of Manhattan, KS, passed away recently. Schalles was a Professor of Genetics in Animal Science and Industry at Kansas State University. His expertise in population and quantitative genetics, in addition to beef cattle management, enabled him to contribute significantly to animal breeding, genetics teaching, and research at KSU. See page 12 to read more about Schalles. ◆
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29th Annual Production Sale February 10, 2021
Kent, Mark and Nolan Brunner 3553 Upland Rd. Lost Springs, KS 66859-9652 785-466-6475 Kent 785-466-1129 Nolan 785-258-0173 Mark nolan@cowcampbeef.com
Spring Bull Sale – Friday, February 5, 2021.
Annual Production Sale March 19, 2021
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Steve & Mary Gleason • Jake, Becky, Ben, Joe & Sam 12410 Blazingstar Rd • Maple Hill, KS 66507 Phone: 785-256-6461 • Steve: 785-640-8060 • Jake: 785-640-8062 www.Sunflowergenetics.com
Ralph Brooks Cassidy Brooks 7440 Lake Elbo Rd. Manhattan, KS 66502 C: 785-556-0385
THE PERFORMANCE IS BRED IN – BEFORE THE BRAND GOES ON!
DICKINSON SIMMENTAL AND ANGUS RANCH Kirk • 785-998-4401 (phone & fax) 2324 370th Ave. Gorham, Kansas 67640 www.dickinsonranch.com
March 20, 2021 49th Annual Production Sale At the Ranch
PO Box 127 Harrod, OH 45850 419-648-9196 (home) 419-648-9967 (office) 419-230-8675 (cell)
Troy Jones & Randy Jones jonesshowcattle@hotmail.com • jonesshowcattle.com
Dixson Farms, Inc. Carol Dixson, Kevin Dixson, & Lyle Dixson, D.V.M. 13703 Beaver Creek Rd • Atwood, KS 67730 785-626-3744 • drlyle@live.com www.dixsonfarms.com
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JENSEN SIMMENTALS Steven A. Jensen • 913-636-2540 24580 W. 319th Street Paola, KS 66071 jensensimmentals@gmail.com
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23098 Gunder Rd • Elkader, IA 52043 Jerry: 563-245-2048 • Preston: 563-880-2075 jbrink@alpinecom.net Visit our website: www.brinkgenetics.com
Mitchell Lake Ranch Jim Ethridge and Donna Adams 9834 James Cemetery Road Franklin, TX 77856-5838 979-828-5316 • 979-255-2882 cell jim.ethridge@hughes.net www.mitchelllakeranch.com Fullblood and Purebred Simmentals • Quality by Design
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Steve: 217-799-1105 15957 N 200 E • Covington, IN 47932 hickscattleco@gmail.com • www.thediamondh.com
180 Black Simmental, SimAngusTM and Angus Bulls to Sell
Bill Begger 482 Custer Trail Road Wibaux, MT 59353 Bill: 406-796-2326 John: 406-795-9914 darbegger@yahoo.com
Wednesday, February 3, 2021 • at the ranch, Wibaux, MT
Prickly Pear Simmental Ranch
Quality Red & Black Simmental
Birthplace of the first Polled Black Simmental Bull Made in Montana Sale • February 6, 2021 Troy Wheeler, Cattle Manager: 406-949-1754 Gary Burnham: 406-439-2360 2515 Canyon Ferry Road • Helena, MT 59602 ASA No. 174 E-mail: ppsranch@gmail.com
John & Barbara 812-546-5578 15633 E Jackson Rd. Hope, IN 47246
Dan, Jill, Luke & Chase 812-371-6881 Ben, Ashley, Gracie & Laynie 812-371-2926
Clay and Marianne Lassle 42 Road 245 Glendive, Montana Clay: 406.486.5584 Ryan: 406.694.3722 lrsbeef@midrivers.com
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Mark Your Calendars for 2020-2021 Major PTP Open Shows American Royal Show Dates – October 24 & 25, 2020 816-221-9800 • www.americanroyal.com North American International Livestock Exposition Show Dates – November 17 & 18, 2020 502-595-3166 • www.livestockexpo.org National Western Stock Show Show Dates – Pen Shows: January 17 & 18, 2021 Hill Shows: January 19 & 20, 2021 800-336-6977 • www.nationalwestern.com Note: NWSS is the National Show this year. Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo Show Date – January 31, 2021 817-877-2400 • www.fwssr.com Note: All dates are tentative.
The American Simmental Association is proud to sanction high-quality purebred and percentage Simmental Progress Through Performance (PTP) shows throughout the country. The PTP program is designed to promote multi-level progress within the SimGenetics industry. PTP shows effectively combine the assessment of statistical data, such as EPDs and actual measurements, with traditional phenotype evaluation. PTP Judges PTP approved judges have been deemed as respectable and knowledgeable cattle evaluators by the ASA Board of Trustees Activities and Events (A&E) Committee. Each year the A&E Committee inspects the list of approved judges and makes modifications when necessary. View the PTP approved judges list at: www.simmental.org
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Only the four major shows involved in the national show rotation are eligible for the “ASA RING OF CHAMPIONS 2020-2021”. Shows include: 2020 American Royal 2020 North American 2021 National Western Stock Show 2021 Fort Worth Stock Show
Award Divisions:
• Purebred Simmental Heifer of the Year • Purebred Simmental Bull of the Year • Percentage Simmental Heifer of the Year • Percentage Simmental Bull of the Year Qualifications: Exhibitor must be an active member in • good standing with the American Simmental Association Purebred Simmental: 7/8 Simmental and up
• Percentage Simmental: at least 1/2 Simmental, • but less than 7/8 Simmental Animals and their exhibitors must abide by the • rules of the show(s) in which they participate Ring of Champions award winners must • atAllaASA minimum complete an ultra-low density DNA test before awards are given
Additional information: PTP Coordinator 406-587-4531 ext. 518 ptp@simmgene.com
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THE CIRCUIT Purebred Bred and Owned Females
American Junior Simbrah Round Up Date: June 26-27, 2020 Location: Crescent, TX Judges: Alan Lefieste, Cameron (Owned Show); Natalie Herzog, Robinson (Bred and Owned Show and Showmanship)
Division III Champion s. by TK/FCC Hard Body, exh. by Cassidy Fuchs.
Reserve Division V Champion S. by LMC BBS Long Shot, exh. by Harper Mau.
Grand Champion S. by LMC Gold Medal, exh. by MaKayla Sanchez.
Purebred Females
Reserve Division III Champion S. by Smith Wltrs Crockett, exh. by Ashyln Koehl.
Grand Champion and Division VI Champion S. by TK/FCC The Muffin Man, exh. by Caleb Fuches.
Reserve Grand Champion and Division I Champion S. by Hagan Dinero, exh. by Avery Rendon.
Reserve Grand Champion S. by Smith Born To Dare, exh. by Lauren Cooper.
Purebred Bred and Owned Bulls
Division IV Champion S. by LN LMC 12th Man, exh. by Emily Denny.
Reserve Division VI Champion S. by TMP Red Jewel, exh. by Gavin Hinckley.
Purebred Bulls
Reserve Division I Champion S. by TK/FCC The Muffin Man, exh. by Cassidy Fuchs.
Grand Champion S. by LMC Ragin Cajun, exh. by Colby Jedlicka.
Reserve Division IV Champion S. by Smith Have No Fear, exh. by Kayla Sanson. Grand Champion S. by LN MLMC 12th Man, exh. by Jarrett Pool.
Division II Champion S. by TSC Jack, exh. by Jake Williams.
Reserve Grand Champion S. by Smith DRFF Established, exh. by Cody LaBry.
Division V Champion S. by Mr. HOC Broker, exh. by Cameron Hein.
Reserve Division II Champion S. by LMC EF JW Black, exh. by Emily Denny.
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Reserve Grand Champion S. by LMC UpGraded, exh. by Charlee Bell.
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Grand Champion S. by HPF Quantum Leap, exh. by Mallorie Overton.
The La Muñeca Animo Winners for 2020 — Lane Guilbeaux and Wade Sullivan and each received $1,000. Front row (L-R): Hope Hogan (past winner), Lane Guilbeaux, Wade Sullivan and Faith Onstot (past winner). Back row (L-R ) all past winners: Lauren Ellis, Brody Hill and Logan Perry.
Cattle Judging (Seated L-R, 1-5): Zachary Ellis, Rylee Morrison, Willa Fucik, Kinleigh Compton and Aiden Glueck. (Standing L-R, 6-10): Pebbles Whitaker, Paisley Lightfoot, Wade Sullivan, Rylan Bell and Stockton Lightfoot.
Skillathon (Seated L-R, 1-5): Kinleigh Compton, Jayden Overton, Pebbles Whitaker, Zachary Ellis, Rylan Bell. (Standing L-R, 6-10): Sawyer Mau, Bailee Wilson, Aiden Glueck, Travis Ellis and Wade Sullivan.
Intermediate Division
Reserve Grand Champion S. by 3CC Steamboat, exh. by Bailee Wilson.
Percentage Bulls
Grand Champion S. by Smith Farms Dreamer, exh. by Barrett Novak.
Percentage Bred and Owned Females
Victor A Guerra and American Junior Simbrah Roundup Scholarship Winners: Front row (L-R): Cynthia Ellis, Robert Stavinoha, Trevor Jenkins, Caleb Fuchs and Colby Jedlicka. Pictured with them are scholarship committee members Gerald Koehl and Brandie Fruge. Each winner received $1,000 from the Guerra scholarship and a total of $5,250 was split between the five winners from the Roundup Scholarship Fund.
Cattlemen’s Quiz (Seated L-R, 1-5): Pebbles Whitaker, Aiden Glueck, Codie Marie Hill, Bailee Wilson and Wade Sullivan. (Standing L-R, 6-10): Sawyer Mau, Jayden Overton, Travis Ellis, Rylee Morrison and Paisley Lightfoot.
Overall (Seated L-R, 1-5): Ryleigh Whitaker, Taylor Groce, Jarrett Pool, Cooper Mau, Lane Guilbeaux. (Standing L-R, 6-10): Gavin Hinckley, Rory Die, Avery Holland, Matthew Sanchez and Aiden Andrejczak.
Junior Division Showmanship (Seated L-R, 1-5): Kinleigh Compton, Pebbles Whitaker, Bailee Wilson, Sawyer Mau and Aiden Glueck. (Standing L-R, 6-10): Codie Marie Hill, Paisley Lightfoot, Jayden Overton, Rylan Bell and Wade Sullivan.
Grand Champion S. by CMFM Keep Dreaming, exh. by Lauren Cooper. Overall (Seated L-R, 1-5): Pebbles Whitaker, Kinleigh Compton, Aiden Glueck, Bailee Wilson, Sawyer Mau. (Standing L-R, 6-10): Zachary Ellis, Jayden Overton, Codie Marie Hill, Wade Sullivan and Rylan Bell.
Cattle Judging (Seated L-R, 1 to 5): Taylor Groce, Jarrett Pool, Kendall Compton, Aiden Andrejczak and Fisher Dees. (Standing L-R, 6-10): Ryleigh Whitaker, Rory Die, Avery Holland, Emme Dees and Jess Pool.
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Reserve Grand Champion S. by CTCF Mr. Hoover, exh. by Kaitlyn Hendricks.
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Cattlemen’s Quiz (Seated L-R, 1-5): Ryleigh Whitaker, Cooper Mau, Lane Guilbeaux, Taylor Groce, Julia Friedrich (not pictured). (Standing L-R, 6-10): Avery Holland, Gavin Hinckley, Kendall Compton, Jarrett Pool and Avery Glueck.
Showmanship (Seated L-R, 1-5): Jarrett Pool, Ryleigh Whitaker, Matthew Sanchez, Cooper Mau and Taylor Groce. (Standing L-R, 6-10): Gavin Hinckley, Charlee Bell, Rory Die, Emily Denny and Kaleb Morgan.
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Skillathon (Seated L-R, 1-5): Kendall Compton, Lane Guilbeaux, Kaitlyn Hendricks, Ryleigh Whitaker, Gavin Hinckley. (Standing L-R, 6-10): Rory Die, Cooper Mau, Jess Pool, Fisher Dees and Harper Mau.
Cattle Judging (Seated L-R, 1-5): Lane Easterling, Erin Stockland, Grant Hinckley, Ashlyn Koehl and Martin Austin. (Standing L-R, 6-10): Avery Rendon, Cassidy Fuchs, Jakob Sansom, Caleb Fuchs and Jaime Salinas.
Showmanship (Seated L-R, 1-5): Cassidy Fuchs, Ashlyn Koehl, Caleb Fuchs, Chase Glueck and MacKenzie Groce. (Standing L-R, 6-10): Hallie Hackett, Grant Hinckley, Jake Williams, Cynthia Ellis and Haley Bryand.
Cattlemens’ Quiz (Seated L-R, 1-5): Robert Stavinoha, Hallie Hackett, Carlos Silvestre, Avery Oliver and Braeden Stork. (Standing L-R, 6-10): Erin Stockland, Chase (not pictured), Ethan Richardson and Caleb Fuchs.
Skillathon (Seated L-R, 1-5): Erin Stockland, Avery Oliver, Robert Stavinoha, Trevor Jenkins and Jake Williams. (Standing L-R, 6-10): Hallie Hackett, Braeden Stork, Kayla Sansom, Cynthia Ellis and Lorelai Hill. ◆
Senior Division
Overall (Seated L to R, 1-5): Erin Stockland, Hallie Hackett, Robert Stavinoha, Avery Oliver, Ashlyn Koehl. (Standing L-R, 6-10): Cassidy Fuchs, Grant Hinckley, Chase Glueck, Caleb Fuchs and Braeden Stork.
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Simmental genetics bring calving ease, early growth, and cow longevity while keeping feed costs at a minimum.
Mature Cow Wt.
Hereford Angus Red Angus Simmental
Source: USDA MARC
1,419 1,410 1,409 1,404
$All Purpose Index ($API)
predicts cow herd profitability using valuable traits like cow longevity (STAY) and calving ease while keeping pressure on terminal traits.
Compare the profit potential of two Simmental bulls using $API
1 Bull A’s $API = $120 and Bull B’s $API = $180 2 Breeding 25 females/year 3 Used for 5 years
Bull
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Simmental cattle bring marbling and growth without too much fat. Simmental genetics perfectly complement British strengths and weaknesses for an ideal carcass.
According to the National Association of Animal Breeders, Simmental ranks second for semen sales compared to all other beef breeds and in recent years, the percentage of semen sold in the US from Simmental bulls has grown by 33%.
Profit Potential
$15,000
$22,500 $7,500
Just like an EPD, compare two bulls to see the expected difference in profit. Bull B is likely to result in direct revenue and expense savings of an additional $7,500 over the course of five years. Plug in your numbers for 1 , 2 , and 3 to compare your potential earnings.
Simmental rank compared to other Continental breeds First Second Second First
28% 21% $API $TI
$API increased 28% and $TI increased 21% in the last 20 years. This translates to an average increased profit of $3,440 per bull when used to sire replacement heifers and harvesting remaining calves or $1,498 when all calves are harvested.
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FLECKVIEH FORUM By Larry Maxey, Founder and Superintendent, NAILE Fullblood Simmental Shows
Author’s Note: This is the fifth in a series of articles for this column featuring some of the “Pioneers” so prominent in the introduction of Simmental cattle to North America. In finalizing the coverage of the storied history of Bar 5, this piece will focus on their latter years. Credit again is given to the kind input and assistance from Wilf Davis.
Our Pioneers – Bar 5 Simmental Breeders, LTD – The Latter Years
The previous article in this series ended with the sale of Bar 5 by Emil Stange of Springfield, Missouri. This occurred in July 1990. The new owners were Ron and Carla Nolan of Harkaway Simmentals, Markdale, Ontario, and the Langills of Farnham, Ontario. The Nolans had operated their Markdale farm since 1973 and began the development of a quality Simmental herd focusing on the polled factor. Eventually, the Langills sold their ownership stake to the Nolans. Ron and Carla’s son, Greg, devoted much of his time to the operations of both Harkaway and Bar 5. The first Bar 5 sale under the Nolans was in the fall of 1990. This female sale saw cattle and embryos sell to breeders in Argentina, Brazil, and Australia. Once again, Bar 5 had opened new markets. By 1991, polled Fullblood Simmental bulls from Harkaway were featured in the Bar 5 bull sale and they found good acceptance in the industry. To further promote their genetics, Bar 5 successfully exhibited their cattle in shows in Markdale, London Western Fair, Ag Ex, Toronto Royal, Agribition, Denver, and Sao Paulo, Brazil. At the Denver Stock Show, Bar 5 exhibited the Reserve Champion Pen of Three Bulls, a first for Bar 5, and continued to show in the Pen of Three Bulls class there for several years. In 1994, Bar 5 offered 40 polled Fullblood bulls in their sale with 20 sons of Harkaway Enforcer 16Y. The featured son of 16Y was Bar 5 Eastwood selling to Prospect Hill Farms of Ontario for $112,000. 16Y was a homozygous polled, red, ring-eyed herd sire that put growth and thick-
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ness in his calves. His sons went on to top the next four bull sales. He has over 400 progeny in the CSA registry. In 2001, the Nolans decided to concentrate operations to Ontario and dispersed their Manitoba holdings larryhmaxey@gmail.com in August of that year with Bar 5 now anchored in Markdale. The interest in the Fleckvieh strain of Fullblood Simmental at Bar 5 began to increase in the 1990’s. In the mid 90’s, Ron was in South Africa and was introduced to their Fleckvieh Simmental cattle that had origins in Austria and Germany. Impressed with the cattle quality, Ron arranged to have embryos shipped to Bar 5 and implanted at the Ontario farm. With the birth of the first South African calf in February 1997, a whole new chapter in the life of Bar 5 had been opened, and what a chapter it was! An entire program was developed to continue the South African embryo importation system that flourished until Bar 5 dispersed in 2016 when Ron decided to retire. Even though Bar 5 dispersed in 2016, the Bar 5 name and legacy lives on. The Nolans still own Bar 5. They have maintained the Bar 5 tradition by continuing to run cattle in Markdale with their son Greg, daughters, grandsons, and other family members actively involved in the business of feeding a hungry world. A special thanks is in order to the countless people involved with Bar 5 over the past 50-plus years that contributed to this remarkable story of a true “Pioneer” in the Simmental breed in North America. Going forward, other “Pioneers” will be profiled. I hope you have enjoyed these pieces to date and look forward to more stories to come. ◆
As of this writing, the 2020 NAILE is still being planned for November. Of course, many unknowns exist and especially so relative to the Covid-19 crisis that the world is dealing with. Each day presents new challenges. In August, the Kentucky State Fair is still on schedule and I understand that organizers have developed a unique and unprecedented set of plans in order to accommodate the strict State health guidelines to meet Covid-19 requirements. Should Kentucky State Fair management and staff successfully conduct the August events, this will be a good barometer to evaluate whether plans will continue for the NAILE. I will advise the status of things in the October Fleckvieh Forum.
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Trinity Farms
Angus SimAngusTM Simmental
Generations of Excellence Sale...first Saturday in March Robb & Debbie Forman Mike & Paulette Forman 509-201-0775 509-968-4800 2451 Number 81 Rd. Ellensburg, WA 98926 www.trinityfarms.info • Email: trinity@fairpoint.net
www.illinoissimmental.com Red River Farms 13750 West 10th Avenue Blythe, CA 92225 Office: 760-922-2617 Bob Mullion: 760-861-8366 Michael Mullion: 760-464-3906 Simmental – SimAngus™ – Angus
Owner: Jim Berry
Commercially Targeted Seedstock
Cattle Manager: Ben Lehman 563-920-0315 6502 Rt. 84 South Hanover, IL 61041 815-297-5562
KAELBERER SIMMENTALS Claye and Michelle Kaelberer and Family 4215 County Road 85 • New Salem, ND 58563 701-220-3124 (cell) • 701-843-8342 (home) Edge of the West Bull and Female Production Sale each February
Terry Ellingson & Family
www.northdakotasimmental.com
www.wildberryfarms.net
VJT Ranch
QBVJT
Power by Design 701-710-0843 Oakes, ND Quandt Brothers 701-710-0080 Sale Feb. 16, 2021
Phone: 701-384-6225 Cell: 701-741-3045
5065 125th Ave. NE • Dahlen, ND 58224 tellings@polarcomm.com • www.ellingsonsimmentals.com Annual Production Sale, January 22, 2021
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SIMMENTAL CATTLE Adams, North Dakota 58210 Joe: 701-944-2732 • Mark: 701-331-3055
THE MA jpbata@polarcomm.com ... ...QUALITYAnnual Production Sale • February 12, 2021
Wilkinson Farms Simmentals Terry and Cathy Schlenker Family 7649 49th Street SE Montpelier, ND 58742 701-489-3583 (home) 701-320-2171 (cell) www.wilkinsonfarmssimmentals.com
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Roger, Jeanette, & Erika Kenner
5606 57th St. NE Leeds, ND 58346 Phone 701-466-2800 Erika 406-581-1188 erika.kenner@gmail.com Fax 701-466-2769 www.kennersimmental.com
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NEW MEMBERS CANADA
Kelly Hahs
OHIO
Gregg Upchurch
Rosengren Cattle Co
11449 State Hwy B Friedheim, MO 63747
Box 540 Midale Sakatawan, Canada S0C 1S0
Gerloff Farms
6622 Ganges Five Points Rd Shiloh, OH 44878
3120 Czesachin Rd Bland, MO 65014
Nicole Johnston
Hawley Farms
15185 CR 16 Wauseon, OH 43567
LFR La Familia Ranch LLC
ALABAMA
OKLAHOMA
Wallen Cattle
Molly Odell
1722 SW 300th Rd Kingsville, MO 64061
21015 Bolding Rd Athens, AL 35614
Hancock Farms
FB Genetics
3415 E State Hwy 14 Sparta, MO 65753
Mike West
5601 FM 281 Dumas, TX 79029
MISSISSIPPI
John Mollet & Jarrod Brown
Our Place
GEORGIA Anna Scott 758 Yankee Rd Hazlehurst, GA 31539
Hard Rock Farms 115 Harper Loop Blakely, GA 39823
20154 E 380th Rd Chelsea, OK 74016
Ally Cattle Company
157 Blue Ridge Elk City, OK 73644
2564 Simpson Hwy 13 Mendenhall, MS 39114
JMAC Cattle Co
MONTANA 4-P Cattle Company 7061 Hwy 12 E Martindale, MT 59053
PO Box 323 Webbers Falls, OK 74470
Dick Broomfield & Clint York 41637 S CR 258 Cleo Springs, OK 73729
Michelle Helm
NEBRASKA
9411 2850 Rd Geary, OK 73040
Eric & Tanya Storer
Kelley Stamps
Hadden Farms
19075 Adamson Dr Whitman, NE 69366
27101 E 41st St S Broken Arrow, OK 74014
1285 State Hwy 78 Jacksonville, IL 62650
Garrett Long
Hallum Farms
13901 Fairview Rd Springfield, NE 68059
36550 Ew 1220 Wewoka, OK 74884
Logan Warner
KND Farms
42432 Main St Arapahoe, NE 68922
235 S Forrest Hill Rd Atoka, OK 74525
Hatfield Cattle Co
Bell Cattle Co
1301 10th St Pawnee City, NE 68420
31810 W 191st S Bristow, OK 74010
ILLINOIS
INDIANA Ruge Farms 812 N 200 W Valparaiso, IN 46385
Reuben Kesler 22609 County Road 40 Goshen, IN 46526
IOWA
Flat Rock Cattle Co
NEW YORK Hanfts Hickory Hill Farm
3108 Quebec Ave Orient, IA 50858
Thousand Acre Farm
Tubmill Creek Farms
2581 Thousand Acre Rd Delanson, NY 12053
152 Florida Ln New Florence, PA 15944
MINNESOTA
Schusters Simmentals
MISSOURI RS&T Simmentals LLC 9024 N Manning Ave Kansas City, MO 64157
Joseph Lolli 30019 Klondike Place Macon, MO 63552
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4 Bar W Wood Ranch LLC PO Box 251089 Plano, TX 75025
Cotie Brothers Cattle 5310 Chinaberry Grove Missouri City, TX 77459
Braddick 4 Farms 27462 Kingport Dr Splendora, TX 77372
UTAH Oyler Farm Simmentals PO Box 52 Loa, UT 84747
Barton Cattle Co 184 S 1150 W Hurricane, UT 84737
VIRGINIA Shenando Farms 369 Hawksbill Pines Rd Stanley, VA 22851
Sequim Valley Angus and Simmental
PENNSYLVANIA
32240 760th Ave Olivia, MN 56277
5777 McCoy Rd Victoria, TX 77905
WASHINGTON
9919 Utley Rd East Otto, NY 14729
8800 Schuster Rd Dansville, NY 14437
Southern Jewel Cattle Co/ Hawes Cattle Co
31180 E 650 Rd Chouteau, OK 74337
Matthew & Chasse Downing
Brittany Harazin
1409 E 29th St Mission, TX 78574
PO Box 675 Tuttle, OK 73089
250 Wilhelm Dr. Scottsboro, AL 35768
2648 Greene 609 Rd Beech Grove, AR 72412
TEXAS
PO Box 8 Edcouch, TX 78538
Brandon Wilhelm
Harvill Show Cattle
538 Country Ln Grandview, TN 37337
Shook Cattle
28874 S 1525 Rd Sheldon, MO 64784
ARKANSAS
Steven & Courtney Snider
373 Schmuck Rd Sequim, WA 98382
WEST VIRGINIA TENNESSEE Jason Thompson
NORTH CAROLINA
131 Whitetail Ln Moss, TN 38575
Gaddy-Presson Farms
JB Farms
4918 New Hope Church Rd Monroe, NC 28110
2300 Saint James Rd Greeneville, TN 37743
Craig Lawing
BS Cattle
910 Toney Rd Bostic, NC 28018
100 N Fishing Ford Rd Petersburg, TN 37144
Windy Ridge Farm & Cattle 2577 Hogback Rd Parsons, WV 26287
Kelby Abels 2252 Pleasant View Ridge Rd Millwood, WV 25262
Blackace Farms 8583 Harris Hwy Belleville, WV 26133 â—†
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Genomic Tests: *GGP-HD (Required for AI sires/donor dams) . . . . . . . . . $90 *GGP-LD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $50 GGP-uLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $33
Genetic Conditions Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25 (Must run with LD or HD)
Arthogryposis Multiplex (AM) Neuropathic Hydrocephalus (NH) Developmental Duplication (DD) Tibial Hemimelia (TH) Pulmonary Hypoplasia with Anasarca (PHA) Osteopetrosis (OS) Contractural Arachnodactyly (CA)
*Add-on tests available
Stand Alone **Parental Verification ( PV ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . $18 Coat Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20 Red Charlie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15 Horned/Polled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $33 PMel (Diluter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20 Oculocutaneous Hypopigmentation (OH) . . .$25 BVD PI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$5
Add-on . . . . . . Free . . . . . . . $9 . . . . . . . NA . . . . . . $19 . . . . . . Free
( Individual defect tests can be ordered for $25.) **Research Fee charged at $1.00/min – Includes but is not limited to: DNA re-checks to more than 2 additional parents, multi-sire pastures, excess time spent to confirm parentage, mis-identified samples, and samples arriving at lab without proper ASA paperwork. ***Prices are subject to change
DNA Collector Fees: Allflex TSU - $20.00 (box of 10) Allflex Applicator - $40.00 Blood Cards - $1.00 ea. (processing fee) Hair Cards - $5.00 ea. (processing fee) Sample Pull Fee – $2.00 ea.
' $ " &$# Spring 2021 THE Enrollment (dams calve January 1-June 30) — Early enrollment open October 15 through December 15, 2020. Late enrollment available until February 15, 2021. Fall 2021 THE Enrollment (dams calve July 1-December 31) — Early enrollment open April 15 through June 15, 2021. Late enrollment available until August 15, 2021. Option A (TR)
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Option C
Option D (CM)
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$500/herd $500/herd
Early Enrollment *Late Enrollment *Late enrollment fees
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www.ncsimmental.com www.oklahomasimmental.com REGISTERED SIMMENTAL F-1 REPLACEMENTS REGISTERED BRAHMANS
www.coloradosimmental.com
MYRA NEAL MORRISON 8800 Row-Cab Line Rd. • Rockwell, NC 28138 704-279-3128 • 704-202-6171 Cell E-mail: myram@morrisonfarm.com www.morrisonfarm.com
Gary and Cindy Updyke Checotah, OK • 918-473-6831 (H) • 918-843-3193 (C) garyupdyke38@gmail.com www.facebook.com/UpdykeSimmentals
Willis Simmentals www.mnsimmental.com
5759 Enville Road Marietta OK 73448 willissimmentals@arbuckleonline.com
Quality Simmental Breeding Cattle Dr. Lynn Aggen Office: 507-886-6321 Mobile: 507-421-3813 Home: 507-886-4016
Performance with Quality
Matt Aggen Mobile: 701-866-3544 Home: 507-772-4522 Email: mattaggen@hotmail.com
10 miles east on Hwy. 32, 1/4 mile north on Enville Road.
Bobby 580-276-2781 (ph. & fax)
Jon 580-795-4601
Harmony, MN 55939 www.oakmfarm.com
www.breedingcattlepage.com/ Simmental/iasimmassoc/
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Kentucky Simmental Fall Sale — Lexington, KY Gonsalves Ranch Bulls Eye Breeders Angus and SimAngus Bull Sale — Modesto, CA Keith Franck Complete Fleckvieh Simmental Dispersal — Waverly, IA ETSSA and HOTSSA Fall Fest Sale — Henderson, TX Family Matters Sale — Auburn, KY Illini Elite Sale — Shelbyville, IL (pg. 13) Mertens Cattle Company Dispersal Sale — Watertown, SD Circle Ranch Beef Solutions Bull Sale — Ione, CA Three Cedars Farms’ 1st Annual Open House/Private Treaty Sale — Sedalia, MO Ferguson Show Cattle's Rare Vintage Simmental Sale — Jefferson, OH H2O’s Cattle Online Genetic Sale — www.dponlinesales.com (pg. 27) Head of the Class Sale — Louisburg, KS The Seedstock Connection Sale — Franklin, TN Synergy XIII — Giddings, TX
OCTOBER 1 3 3 4 4 9 9 10 10 13-14 16 17 17 17 17 24 24 26 30 31 31 31 31 31 31
Trennepohl Farms’ Early Opportunity Sale — Middletown, IN (pg. IFC) Buckeye’s Finest Sale — Zanesville, OH (pgs. 25, 73) Factory Direct Sale — Lafayette, IN Traynham Ranches’ Bull and Female Sale — Klamath, OR (pg. 6) WSA Midwest Fall Round-Up Sale — Lancaster, WI Ladies of the Lone Star Sale — Grand Saline, TX Red River Farms’ Production Sale — Grand Saline, TX (pg. BC) Magnolia Classic — Starkville, MS (pg. 15) New Direction Sale — Seward, NE (pgs. 66, 71) RA Brown Ranch’s 46th Annual Bull and Female Sale — Throckmorton, TX Buckles and Banners Sale — West Point, IA Fred Smith Company Extra Effort Sale — Clayton, NC Freedom Run Farm – Oktoberfest Fleckvieh Sale — Saline, MI (pg. 43) Indiana Performance Tested Bull Sale — Springville, IN MN Beef Expo – White Satin On Ice and All Breeds Sale — Minneapolis, MN Cattlemen's Preferred Sale — Ratcliff, AR Clear Choice Female Sale — Milan, IN Rust Mountain View Ranch’s Female Dispersal Sale — Mercer, ND (pgs. 54-55) 26th Annual Hokie Harvest Sale, Virginia Tech — Blacksburg, VA 7P Ranch’s 45th Annual Production Sale — Tyler, TX (pg. 11) Genetic Opportunity Sale — Albemarle, NC High Ridge Farms’ Genetic Opportunity Sale — Albemarle, NC Pennsylvania Fall Classic Sale — Waynesburg, PA Red Hill Farms’ “Bulls and Females of Fall VI” — Lafayette TN Yon Family Farms Fall Sale — Ridge Spring, SC
NOVEMBER 1 1 2 2 7 7 7 14 14 14 15 16 20 21 21 21 21-24 21 21 21 27 28 28 30
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Hawkeye Simmental Sale — Bloomfield, IA Triangle J Ranch’s Annual Female Sale — Miller, NE (pg. 71) Hanel’s Black Simmentals’ Female Sale — Courtland, KS Harriman Santa Fe Annual Bull Sale — Montrose, MO Cason’s Pride and Joy Elite Female Sale — Russell, IA Hilltop Simmentals’ Dakota Ladies’ Bred Heifer Sale — Worthing, SD Irvine Ranch 16th Annual Production Sale — Manhattan, KS Deer Creek Farm’s Annual Bull Sale — Lowesville, VA Gibbs Farms’ Bull and Replacement Female Sale — Ranburne, AL SK Cattle’s Complete Simmental Dispersal Sale — Aberdeen, SD Houck Rock Creek Ranch’s Fall Private Treaty Bull Sale — Allen, KS Bichler Simmentals’ Production Sale — Linton, ND Heartland Simmental Performance with Class Sale — Waverly, IA 9th Annual Strickland-Driggers Bull Sale — Glennville, GA Best of Both Worlds Sale — Newark, OH Callaway Cattle Company’s 8th Annual AffordaBULL Sale — Carrollton, GA LMC and Friends Giving THANKS Online Sale VI — www.lamuneca.com Southern Cattle Company Bull Sale — Marianne, FL Stanley Martins Farms’ Herd Reduction Sale — Decorah, IA (pg. 4) Timberland Cattle’s Fall Bull Sale — Vernon, AL Chestnut Angus Female Sale — Pipestone, MN Felt Farms’ Foxy Ladies Sale — West Point, NE Right By Design Sale — Middletown, IN (pg. IFC) WLB Livestock Complete Dispersal — Douglas, MB
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Which genomic panel is the right choice? Is the animal a current or potential AI Sire or Donor Dam?
Yes GGP-HD
Adding a genomic test to your decision is like knowing:
No
$90
25+ calving ease scores Will the animal have a large impact in your herd?
15 stayability records
Yes GGP-LD or higher
8 marbling scores
No
6 ribeye area measurements
Will additional trait or condition tests be ordered?
Yes GGP-LD
25+ weaning weights
No
$50 GGP-uLD
$33
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Spicing up your dinner table with tasty, beef-based dishes.
DECEMBER
Italian Veggie Beef Soup Ingredients 1-½ pounds lean ground beef (90% lean) 2 medium onions, chopped 4 cups chopped cabbage 1 package (16 ounces) frozen mixed vegetables 1 can (28 ounces) crushed tomatoes 1 bay leaf 3 teaspoons Italian seasoning teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper 2 cartons (32 ounces each) reducedsodium beef broth
Directions 1.) In a six-quart stockpot, cook ground beef and onions over medium-high heat until beef is no longer pink, breaking up beef into crumbles, 6-8 minutes; drain. 2.) Add cabbage, mixed vegetables, tomatoes, seasonings, and broth; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until cabbage is crisp-tender, 10-15 minutes. Remove bay leaf. Freezing option: Freeze cooled soup in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in the refrigerator overnight. Heat throughly in a saucepan, stirring occasionally; add a little broth if necessary. Editor’s Note: Each month a favorite beef recipe is presented in this space. the Register encourages and welcomes contributions to this column. Email your recipe to editor@simmgene.com.
Office Holiday Schedule The ASA office will be closed for the following 2020 holidays. Labor Day Monday, September 7 Thanksgiving Thursday and Friday, November 26 and 27 Christmas Thursday and Friday, December 24 and 25 u
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Jewels of the Northland — Clara City, MN Montana’s Choice Simmental/SimAngus™ Sale — Billings, MT Next Step Cattle Company’s 8th Annual Bull Sale — Livingston, AL T-Heart Ranch’s Fall Female Sale — LaGarita, CO Hartman Cattle Company’s Customer Appreciation Sale — Tecumseh, NE NDSA Annual Showcase/Sale — Mandan, ND North Alabama Bull Evaluation Sale — Cullman, AL Trauernicht Simmental Nebraska Platinum Standard Sale — Beatrice, NE South Dakota Source Sale — Mitchell, SD
JANUARY 2021 15 18 19 22 23 29 30 31
Diamond Bar S Bull Sale — Great Falls, MT (pg. 75) National Western “The One – Volume XXVII” Sale — Denver, CO Powerline Genetics’ Bull Sale — Arapahoe, NE Ellingson Simmentals’ Annual Production Sale — Dahlen, ND (pg. 82) Forster Farms 42nd Annual Production Sale — Smithfield, NE Double J Farms’ 47th Annual Private Treaty Bull Sale — Garretson, SD (pg. 63) J&C Simmentals’ Annual Bull Sale — West Point, NE (pg. 71) Triangle J Ranch’s Bull Sale — Miller, NE (pg. 71)
FEBRUARY 1 1 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 8 9 10 10 11 12 12 13 13 13 15 15 15 16 19 19 19 19 20 20 20 20 21 24 25 26 27-3/6
APEX Cattle “Heterosis Headquarters” Bull and Bred Heifer Sale — Dannebrog, NE Gateway Simmental 41st Annual “Breeding Value” Bull Sale — Lewistown, MT Begger’s Big Sky Genetic Source Bull Sale — Wibaux, MT (pg. 75) Lazy C Diamond Ranch’s Production Sale — Kintyre, ND Hart Simmentals’ Power Bull Sale — Frederick, SD Stavick Simmental’s Annual Sale — Veblen, SD (pg. 63) Cow Camp Ranch’s Annual Sale — Lost Springs, KS (pg. 63) Kunkel Simmentals’ Annual Bull and Bred Female Sale — New Salem, ND 39th Annual Klain Simmental Ranch’s Production Sale — Ruso, ND Powerline Genetics’ PAP Tested Bull Sale — Castle Dale, UT Prickly Pear Simmental Ranch’s Bull Sale — Helena, MT (pg. 75) Value Based Genetics Sale — Decorah, IA Hartman Cattle Company’s Simmental Bull Sale — Tecumseh, NE Dakota Power Bull Sale — Valley City, ND Edge of the West Production Sale — Mandan, ND Jackpot Cattle Company’s Bull Sale — Wessington, SD River Creek Farms’ Spring Bull Sale — Manhattan, KS (pg. 73) Lassle Ranch Simmental’s Annual Bull Sale — Glendive, MT Bata Brothers/Bell Family 23rd Annual Bull Sale — Rugby, ND Bred For Balance Sale — Starbuck, MN Kenner Simmentals’ 25th Annual Production Sale — Leeds, ND Mississippi/Dixie National Simmental Sale — Jackson, MS Rydeen Farms’ 23rd Annual “Vision” Sale — Clearbrook, MN Bulls of the Big Sky — Billings, MT (pg. 75) Houck Rock Creek Ranch’s Spring Private Treaty Bull Sale — Allen, KS Iowa Simmental “Mark of Excellence” Sale — Des Moines, IA QBVJT Power By Design Sale — Oakes, ND (pg. 82) 32nd Annual Power Bull Sale — Carstairs, AB Dakota Xpress Annual Bull and Female Sale — Mandan, ND (pg. 82) R&R Cattle Company’s Annual Production Sale — Chamberlain, SD Sandy Acres’ Bull Sale — Neligh, NE (pg. 71) 7P Ranch’s 27th Annual Spring Bull and Female Sale — Tyler, TX Dixson Farms, Inc., Private Treaty Sale — Atwood, KS Nebraska Cattlemen’s Classic Simmental Sale — Kearney, NE Yon Family Farms Spring Sale — Ridge Spring, SC Bred For Balance Annual Sale — Starbuck, MN C Diamond Simmentals’ Annual Production Sale — Dawson, ND Illinois Performance Tested Bull Sale — Springfield, IL Mid-America Simmental Sale — Springfield, IL Hofmann Simmental’s “Buy Your Way” Bull Sale — Clay Center, KS
MARCH 1 1 2
Hanel’s Black Simmentals’ Black and White Bull Sale — Courtland, KS Sweet 16 Online Bull and Female Sale — www.lot1.com Hill’s Ranch’s Bull Sale — Stanford, MT ◆
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AD INDEX 3C Christensen Ranch . . . . . . . . . 63 50K DNA Test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 7P Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 ABS® Global, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 1, 63 Accelerated Genetics . . . . . . . . . . 5 Active Herd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 All Purpose Index ($API) . . . . . . . 81 Allflex® Livestock Intelligence™ . . . 7 Allied Genetic Resources . . . . 11, 17 Altenburg Super Baldy Ranch, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 American Junior Simmental Association (AJSA) . 28, 29, 48, 49 American Live Stock Inc. . . . . . . . 62 American Royal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 American Simmental Association . . . . . . . . . . 2, 45, 48, 49, 53, 59, . . . . . . . . . . 61, 67, 68, 73, 76, 77, . . . . . . . 80, 81, 85, 89, 91, 93, 95 Anchor D Ranch Simmentals . . . . 15 APEX Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 ART-JEN Simmental Farm . . . . . . 74 ASA Customer Service Team . . . . 67 ASA Performance Advocate . . . . . . . . . . . 68, 73, 75 ASA Publication, Inc . . . . . . . 69, 74 ASA SimmApp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Bar 5 Simmental Stock Farms Ltd.. 63 Bata Bros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Bauer Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Bayer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Begger’s Diamond V . . . . . . . . . . 75 Benda Simmentals, Jim . . . . . . . . 63 Bessler Inc., James F . . . . . . . . . . 62 Bichler Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Bohrson Marketing Services. . . . . 54 Boitnott Family Cattle. . . . . . . . . . 13 Bouchard Livestock International . 62 Bovine Elite, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Bridle Bit Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . 87 Brink Fleckvieh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Brooks Simmental Ranch . . . . . . . 73 Brush Country Bulls . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Buckeye’s Finest . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Bulls of the Big Sky . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Cable Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Calf Crop Genomics . . . . . . . . . . 91 California Breeders . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Canada Simmental Breeders . . . . 63 Canadian Simmental Country Magazine . . . . . . . . . . 62 Carcass Merit Program (CMP). . 45, 63, 71, 73, 75, 83, 87 Cattle In Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Cattle Visions. . . . . . 17, 62, 96, IBC CattleMax Software . . . . . . . . . . 57 CCI.Live . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Check Us Out Online . . . . . . . . . . 2 Circle 3 Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Circle E Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 CJ Simmental Ranch . . . . . . . . . . 15 ClearWater Simmentals. . . . . . . . 75 Clover Valley Simmentals. . . . . . . 75 Colorado Simmental Breeders . . . 87 Conover, Al, Auctioneer & Sale Management . . . . . . . . . 62 Corley, Bob & Nikki . . . . . . . . . . 15 Cow Camp Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . 73
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Cow Herd DNA Roundup (CHR). . 59 Cydectin® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Dakota Xpress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Deer Creek Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Diamond Bar S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Diamond H Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Dickinson Simmental and Angus Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Dixson Farms, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Double Bar D Farms . . . . . . . . . . 15 Double J Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 DP Online Sales, LLC . . . . . . . . . . 27 DP Sales Management, LLC . . . . . 66 DVAuction . . . . . . . . 15, 25, 43, 66 Eberspacher Enterprises, Inc. . . . . BC Ediger Simmental . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Eichacker Simmentals . . . . . . . . . 63 Ekstrum Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . 63 Elk County Simmentals . . . . . . . . 74 Ellingson Simmentals. . . . . . . . . . 83 Elmore Cattle Services. . . . . . . . . BC Feeder Profit Calculator™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63, 71, 72, 73, 87 Ferguson Show Cattle . . . . . . . . . 73 Ferme Gagnon, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 15 Filegonia Cattle Company . . . . . . 75 Flittie Simmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Forster Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo . 77 Foster Mill Simmental . . . . . . . . . 15 Fox Creek Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Freedom Run Farm . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Gender Selected Semen . . . . . . . . 5 GGP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 GGP-HD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 GGP-LD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 GGP-uLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Gold Bullion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Graham Land and Cattle . . . . . . . 93 H2O’s Cattle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Haley Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Harker Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Harl, Tracy Auction Company . . . 62 Hart Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Hicks Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 High Prairie Genetics . . . . . . . . . . 5 Hillstown Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Hofmann Simmental Farms . . . . . 73 Illini Elite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Illinois Simmental Breeders . . . . . 83 Indiana Simmental Breeders . . . . 75 Innovation AgMarketing, LLC . . . . 54 International Genetic Solutions (IGS) . . . . . 21, 63, 71, 72, 73, 87 Iowa Simmental Breeders . . . . . . 87 J & C Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Jacobs, Roger, Auctioneer . . . . . . 62 Jensen Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Jones Show Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . 73 JR Simmentals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 K-LER Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Kaelberer Simmentals . . . . . . . . . 83 Kansas Simmental Breeders . . . . . 73 Keller Broken Heart Ranch . . . . . . 83 Kenner Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Kreis, Ron, Auctioneer. . . . . . . . . 62 Ladies of the Lone Star . . . . . . . . BC Lassle Ranch Simmentals . . . . . . . 75
Leadbetter, Jon, Auctioneer . . . . . 62 Lewis, Jeff and Justin . . . . . . . . . . 13 Ligon Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Little Creek Cattle . . . . . . . . . 15, 74 LiveAuctions.TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Livestock Services . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Low Density DNA Testing . . . . . . . 80 Lucas Cattle Company . . . . . . 71, 80 M&M Simmental . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Magnolia Classic . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Martin Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Miller Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Minnesota Simmental Breeders . . 87 Missing Rail Simmentals . . . . . . . 73 Missouri Simmental Breeders . . . . 71 Mitchell Lake Ranch. . . . . . . . 15, 74 Montana Simmental Breeders . . . 75 Monte Christo Ranch & Investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Morrison, Myra Neal . . . . . . . . . 87 National Classic . . . . . . . . . . 28, 29 National Western Stock Show . . . 77 Nebraska Simmental Breeders . . . 71 Neogen® Genomics . . . . . . . . 3, 89 NLC Simmental Ranch. . . . . . . . . 63 North American Fullblood Breeders . . . . . . . . . . 74 North American International Livestock Exposition. . . . . . . . . . 77 North Carolina Simmental Breeders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 North Dakota Simmental Breeders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Oak Meadow Farms . . . . . . . . . . 87 Ogle Show Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Ohio Simmental Breeders . . . . . . 73 Oklahoma Simmental Breeders . . 87 Old Magnolia Farm . . . . . . . . . . 15 ORIgen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Peaceful Valley Farms . . . . . . . . . 13 Pine Ridge Ranch, LLC . . . . . . . . . 75 Plaugher Simmental Farm . . . . . . 15 Powerline Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Prickly Pear Simmental Ranch . . . 75 PrimeTime Agri Marketing Network . . . . . . . . . IFC Progress Through Performance (PTP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76, 77 Purdue University . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Quandt Brothers (QBVJT) . . . . . . 83 R&R Cattle Company. . . . . . . . . . 63 Red Oak Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Red River Farms . . . . . . . . . . 83, BC Riddle Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Rincker Simmentals . . . . . . . . 13, 83 Ring of Champions . . . . . . . . . . . 77 River Creek Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Rocking P Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . BC Rolling Hills Farms Simmentals LLC . . . . . . . . . . 25, 73 Ronald McDonald House Charities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Rugged R Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . 15 Russell Land and Cattle . . . . . . . . 13 Rust Mountain View Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54, 55, 83 S/M Fleckvieh Cattle . . . . . . . . . . 74 Saftey Zone™ Calf Catchers . . . . 10
Saint John Simmentals. . . . . . . . . 15 Sale Catalogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Sales Call . . . . . . . . 2, 65, 71, 73, 75, 83, 87 Sandy Acres Simmental. . . . . . . . 71 Secondino, Krieger, Jame . . . . . . 62 Select Sires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Shipman, Jered, Auctioneer. . . . . 62 Shoal Creek Land & Cattle, LLC . . 71 Simbrah-SimGenetics Feedout . . . 93 Simbrah-Simmental Superbowl . . BC SimGenetics Profit Through Science . . . . . . . 45, 48, 59, 73, 89, 93, 95 Simmentals of Texas . . . . . . . 15, 74 Six Bar R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Sloup Simmentals . . . . . . . 5, 66, 71 South Dakota Junior Simmental Association. . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 29 South Dakota Simmental Association . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 29 South Dakota Simmental Breeders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Springer Simmental . . . . . . . . . . 87 Stanley Martins Farms. . . . . . . . . . 4 Stavick Simmental. . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Steaks Alive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Steer Profitability Competition 48, 49 STgenetics® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Sunflower Genetics, LLC . . . . . . . 73 Swinney Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 T-Heart Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 T5 Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Tennessee Simmental Breeders . . . 71 Terminal Index ($TI). . . . . . . . . . . 81 Texas Simmental & Simbrah Breeders . . . . . . . . . 75 the Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Thomas Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Total Herd Enrollment (THE) . . . . . 53, 63, 71, 73, 75, 87 Travis Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Traxinger Simmental . . . . . . . . . . 63 Traynham Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Trennepohl Farms. . . . . . . . . IFC, 75 Triangle J Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Trinity Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Triple S Simmentals Farm. . . . . . . 15 Triple Z Simmental . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Turkey Creek Cattle Company . . . BC UltraInsights Processing Lab, Inc. . 62 Updyke Simmentals. . . . . . . . . . . 87 Vernon Cattle Company . . . . . . . 15 VJT Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Volk Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Wallace Cattle Company. . . . . . . BC Washington Simmental Breeders . 83 Werning Cattle Cattle . . . . . . . . . 63 Wesner Livestock Enterprises . . . . . 5 Western Cattle Source . . . . . . . . . 71 White Farms Simmental. . . . . . . . 87 Wildberry Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Wilkinson Farms Simmentals . . . . 83 Williams Land & Cattle Auction Co. . . . . . . . . . 62 Willis Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Willow Oak Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 ◆
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WS Proclamation E202
W/C Pinnacle E80
W/C Night Watch 84E
Mr. Hoc Broker C623
By CCR Cowboy Cut 5048Z EPDs: CE: 17 $API: 167 $TI: 98
By W/C Loaded Up 1119Y EPDs: CE: 16 $API: 134 $TI: 69
By CCR Anchor 9071B EPDs: CE: 18 $API: 156 $TI: 83
By Steel Force EPDs: CE: 6 $API: 85 $TI: 56
NEW SSC Shell Shocked 44B
THSF Lover Boy B33
Longs Capitalist G523
Ruby NFF Up The Ante 9171G
By Remington Secret Weapon 185 EPDs: CE: 19 $API: 121 $TI: 60
By HTP/SVF Duracell T52 EPDs: CE: 18 $API: 150 $TI: 81
By W/C Night Watch 84E EPDs: CE: 16 $API: 142 $TI: 77
By Ruby`s Currency 7134E EPDs: CE: 12 $API: 121 $TI: 67
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ACLL Fortune 393D
W/C Bullseye 3046A
Ruby SWC Battle Cry 431B Mr SR 71 Right Now E1538
By MR TR Hammer 308A ET EPDs: CE: 8 $API: 98 $TI: 67
By Lock N Load 54U EPDs: CE: 16 $API: 139 $TI: 68
By MR HOC Broker EPDs: CE: 13 $API: 106 $TI: 70
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GSC GCCO Dew North 102C PAL/CLAC Meant To Be 823E Reckoning 711F
TJSC King of Diamonds 165E
By HTP/SVF Duracell T52 EPDs: CE: 16 $API: 114 $TI: 71
By LLSF Pays To Believe ZU194 EPDs: CE: 10 $API: 109 $TI: 67
By Mr HOC Broker EPDs: CE: 12 $API: 109 $TI: 63
By W/C Relentless 32C EPDs: CE: 12 $API: 114 $TI: 62
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PBF Red Paint F88
OMF Epic E27
JASS On The Mark 69D
W/C Relentless 32C
By W/C Executive Order 8543B EPDs: CE: 14 $API: 117 $TI: 70
By WS All-Around Z35 EPDs: CE: 15 $API: 153 $TI: 89
By W/C Loaded Up 1119Y EPDs: CE: 12 $API: 138 $TI: 71
By Yardley Utah Y361 EPDs: CE: 9 $API: 112 $TI: 68
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WLE Copacetic E02
WS Stepping Stone B44
B C R Perfect Vision F022
By HPF Quantum Leap Z952 EPDs: CE: 12 $API: 115 $TI: 68
By W/C Lock Down EPDs: CE: 12 $API: 125 $TI: 77
By MR CCF 20-20 3/4 SimAngusTM By CCR Anchor 9071B EPDs: CE: 10 $API: 123 $TI: 80 EPDs: CE: 14 $API: 112 $TI: 70
EPDs as of 8.4.20
LLSF Vantage Point F398
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LLSF Pays To Believe ZU194 W/C Bankroll 811D
CLRS Guardian 317G
By LLSF Uprising Z925 EPDs: CE: 11 $API: 113 $TI: 67
By CNS Pays To Dream T759 EPDs: CE: 8 $API: 112 $TI: 71
By Hook`s Beacon 56B EPDs: CE: 20 $API: 202 $TI: 98
By W/C Loaded Up 1119Y EPDs: CE: 14 $API: 135 $TI: 73
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KSU Bald Eagle 53G
W/C Rolex 0135E
FELT Perseverance 302F
HPF Tradecraft D010
By Hook`s Eagle 6E EPDs: CE: 14 $API: 173 $TI: 96
By Yardley Utah Y361 EPDs: CE: 16 $API: 130 $TI: 68
By W/C Executive Order 8543B EPDs: CE: 13 $API: 106 $TI: 67
By JF Milestone 999W EPDs: CE: 6 $API: 110 $TI: 71
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MR CCF The Duke G42
Erixon Bitten 203A
CCR Anchor 9071B
SFG The Judge D633
By Mr CCF Vision EPDs: CE: 13 $API: 112 $TI: 70
By NCB Cobra 47Y EPDs: CE: 18 $API: 156 $TI: 77
By CCR Cowboy Cut 5048Z EPDs: CE: 14 $API: 153 $TI: 83
By CCR Cowboy Cut 5048Z EPDs: CE: 10 $API: 152 $TI: 92
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TL Ledger 106D
GPG Focus 135F
HPF Rockstar B332
LHT Viper 65E
By Profit EPDs: CE: 10 $API: 112 $TI: 64
By Mr CCF 20-20 EPDs: CE: 9 $API: 115 $TI: 69
By JF Milestone 999W EPDs: CE: 7 $API: 121 $TI: 74
By W/C Loaded Up 1119Y EPDs: CE: 16 $API: 134 $TI: 67
JBSF Logic 5E
Long`s Stand Alone B35
Yardley Top Notch C371
Perfect Vision 26D
By W/C Relentless 32C EPDs: CE: 7 $API: 109 $TI: 63
By Built Right EPDs: CE: 7 $API: 127 $TI: 69
By Sandeen Upper Class 2386 EPDs: CE: 15 $API: 126 $TI: 65
By MR CCF Vision EPDs: CE: 14 $API: 112 $TI: 70
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JSUL Something About Mary 8421 CDI Innovator 325D
By Hooks Trinity 9T EPDs: CE: 16 $API: 144 $TI: 89
By W/C Relentless 32C EPDs: CE: 9 $API: 101 $TI: 62
EPDs as of 8.4.20
By TJ Main Event 503B EPDs: CE: 14 $API: 149 $TI: 91
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