Welcome
to the first edition of DreamWorks, and thank you for your consideration of what we believe to be one of the highest quality sets of of Simmental and Angus genetics available for your appraisal. This inaugural sale has been many years in the making. Careful selection of sires for use in artificial insemination and cleanup roles, coupled with rigorous culling has resulted in a premier herd of highly productive cattle. Now, for the very first time, we have opened the gates to our bred and open replacement heifer pens for you to select from the cream of the crop. We expect a lot of our cows at NFF. Fertility. Fleshing ability. Feet and udders that last. Each year the calves deemed not to be of seedstock quality go to Iowa Corn Beef, owned and operated by Matt and Jordan Nelson, for finishing where they are monitored closely so that under performing genetic lines can be removed. www.nelsoncattle.com Equally as important is that our cattle exhibit a phenotype that Joe and Barb • Gabe and Kayla • Matt, Jordan and Maverick pleases the eye. While we realize that not every one is meant to be a show heifer, our females are selected heavily for balance and femininity. Through all of this selection pressure we’ve identified a number of cow families that have set themselves apart from the rest and become the cornerstones of our herd. It’s a formidable task, but each year we choose only the most elite of these females to be utilized in our embryo transfer program. This technology allows us to stack the deck in our favor and in turn, deliver to customers our most potent genetics in volume every year.
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One thing you will not see in this catalog is any “retained embryo interest.” In fact, each and every female listed is selling in her entirety and we won’t even withhold a single flush. This is certainly not because we don’t think these females are worthy. Quite the contrary, we feel many of them have the potential to go on to be great donors. But they are intended to be your donors, not ours. Rest assured that if and when you choose to make those genetics available for purchase again we will be waiting at the front of the line to support your program, but your new acquisitions will be totally yours and free of any complications from us. A select group of the open heifers have been entered in the open show “on the hill” at the NWSS so that their new owners may show them in Denver if they would like. Also, it’s going to be an exciting summer for our juniors as both the Simmental and Angus Junior National shows will be returning to the upper midwest in 2018. We feel that the show prospects offered in this sale all have the potential to be successful at a high level. We look forward to hearing the reports and seeing photos of your new purchases around the show circuit, and please let us know if there is anything we can do to help you on your way to the backdrop! The bred females offered at DreamWorks all sell safe with an A.I. sired calf. By performing an ultrasound on our replacements 70100 days after artificial breeding we were able to determine with certainty which females had settled A.I. and sex almost all of the pregnancies. We have included all of this data in the catalog so that our customers can make an informed decision when making their selections. We have a strict policy at NFF: if we know something, you will know also. Also selling at DreamWorks will be 50+ open commercial cows nursing August-November calves. We sourced them as pregnant cows out of the west this spring and calved them out on grass this summer and fall. These young, sound females will make excellent recipient candidates for their new owners. They have been managed at a high level alongside cows receiving NFF embryos so regardless whether you choose to use them in a fall or spring calving rotation know that all the chute work will be done and they will be ready to go to work for you. We are fortunate to be partnered with some of the best breeders in the business. We are proud to say that those great partners have become great friends and we appreciate their continuing support of our program. Rest assured that they hold themselves to the same high standards for quality and customer service as we do, and we all anticipate the opportunity to expand our circle of friends thanks to this new event. There is only one thing more important than the cattle at NFF, and that is our customers. Large or small, near or far, there is nothing more valuable to us than your confidence in our cattle and our commitment to stand behind them. We look forward to the opportunity to assist you after the sale with nutrition, breeding decisions, or anything else you might encounter. Please do not hesitate to contact us with questions at any time. One close look at this offering and we think you’ll have no trouble finding the kind of females that are right for you. Simmental and Angus, opens and breds, the variety throughout these pages includes something for everyone. But as you study their differences also keep in mind the things they have in common, like a sound structure and pleasing look, backed by years of quality management practices and our promise to do everything we can to make you successful with them. So join us on Friday evening December 1 for a fine meal and even better fellowship at the first edition of DreamWorks, and help us kick off what is sure to become a great tradition for years to come! Sincerely, The Nelson Family