2025 BAS Ranch Iowa Beef Connection by Julie Murnin

IOWA

Welcome

Here at Bielenberg Angus Simmental we have focused on building great mother cows. Cows that are easy going, very balanced and well rounded with great maternal traits. We utilize sires that have similar traits and few, if any holes in them.

This way we are not trying to breed something in that is missing and potentially end up keeping daughters that perform inconsistently. We have been crossing like on like for decades, trying to improve the predictability which has helped us and our customers stay in business. It may sound like we’ve plateaued, but really quite the opposite is true.

We continue to strive for genetic excellence. If we believe we can gain more pay weight, larger hip, more fertility, etc. We utilize a sire as long as we aren’t undoing anything and breeding out another economical trait or using a bull whose calves are lacking in phenotype.

The tools we use to accomplish our goals are cow sense, the stuff our parents, grandparents and accomplished cattlemen neighbors taught us as we grew up.

We also rely on the science that is helping our breed move forward so rapidly. Not only does the genomic test give us a better prediction and accuracy of the traits our bulls or cows possess, but we also pay attention to how much the EPDs change per animal. In our cow 801’s case she seems to really hit the genomic markers well and when her or her progeny are tested, we see a larger positive change in the numbers.

The last tool we used and maybe most important is Microsoft excel. We are a part of the Total Herd Enrollment program with the ASA. We also have all our cows, their calves, their sires, and our yearlings every year on Microsoft Excel. We always encourage breeders to use this tool. With the click of our mouse, I can tell you the average birth weight a sire has had on all calves. We also can see the wean weights and ratios and yearling weights. We can sort if for cow families, we can sort it for cows out of x, y or z bull, and we can quickly figure out where we are making money and where we are losing it. This really helps us make wiser decisions.

We are a program designed to create efficient cattle with max pound at wean and yearling, maternally productive cows that look great while weaning off those big calves, cows with longevity-built in. If you breed for excellent cows all other pieces will fall into place!

We thank you for your interest in our sale and hope you can join us on sale, either in person or online. We will be available and would like to meet new friends and give you the information you need to get the bull or heifer best suited for your program.

Jared, Mike and Josh

BIELENBERG

Angus Simmental

April 13

IOWA CONNECTIONbeef

HERD HEALTH

ANITA, IOWA

1 pm ct at WCC COW PALACE

SALE LOCATION

WCC Cow Palace 55169 730th St., Anita, IA 50020

SALE DAY PHONES

Jared Bielenberg 515-620-6881

Mike Bielenberg 515-357-0144

Josh Engelman 515-509-8942

Marty Ropp, Allied Genetic Resources 406-581-7835

Corey Wilkins, Allied Genetic Resources 256-590-2487

Jared Murnin, Allied Genetic Resources 406-321-1542

ACCOMMODATIONS

In Atlantic, IA

Americas Best Value Inn & Suites 712-243-4723

Rock Island Inn & Suites 712-243-1600

AUCTIONEER

Jon Schaben

LIVESTOCK PRESS

712-263-0755

Chris Beutler, Livestock Digital 402-380-8244

Austin Brandt, Midwest Marketer 712-621-1829

Kelly Klein, Tristate Livestock News 701-320-5817

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

April 12, 2025

All Day Cattle are available for viewing at the WCC Cow Palace

April 13, 2025

9:00 am Cattle Available for viewing 11:30 am Complimentary Lunch

1:00 pm Auction Begins

The bulls and females in the offering have been on a complete herd health program. They were given 7-way black leg and Inforce 3 at spring turn out time. At weaning they were boostered with Vision 7/Somnus, Inforce 3, and Pyramid 5 + Presponse SQ. The females are bangs vacinated and the bulls and heifers have had all of their prebreeding vaccinations.

REGISTRATION AND UPDATED EPDs

All cattle will be registered in the American Simmental Association. All EPDS are the most current BOLT at the time of printing conducted by IGS and the American Simmental Association. Please note that EPDs may change from the time the sale catalog is printed until registration papers are transferred.

BREEDING GUARANTEE

We stand behind all of our bulls and want you to be satisfied, so let us know as soon as possible if there are any problems. Scrotal measurements are actual (not adjusted) as reported at the time of fertility exam, and will be listed on the supplement sheet on sale day. All of our bulls have passed a fertility soundness exam unless indicated on the sale block. All bulls are guaranteed breeding sound. Come with a standard 90 day breeding season guarantee at the onset of breeding season.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Announcements made sale day take precedence over printed material in the sale book or other printed material associated with the sale.

LIABILITY

Owners, their agents, sales management, or any of the sale staff will not be held responsible for any personal injury, loss or accident while attending this sale.

CONDITIONS OF SALE

All animals will be sold in accordance with suggested guidelines of the American Simmental Association. Unless other conditions are stated in this book.

VOLUME DISCOUNT

5% off of 5 or more bulls purchased.

ONLINE BIDDING

Bid live online at www.dvauction.com. For more information, see page 3.

Improved Buying Conﬁdence with Greater Genomic ASSURANCE

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From the Sale Manager

We would like to welcome you to the inaugural Bielenberg bull and female sale. The cattle in this offering are exceptional and have genetic value to burn. The EPD profiles on this group of bulls and females is eye popping and then you look at the cattle on the hoof and the quality matches the data. This program has recently produced two breed leading A.I. sires with BAS Money Maker J801 and BAS Mega Millions K2801. The influence of both sires, as well as their donor dam F801, is heavy in this offering and I promise you will not be disappointed. Along with Money Maker and Mega Millions they will offer sons of other breed leading A.I. sires like Gibbs 9114G Essential and KBHR Bold Ruler to name a few. Again, the genetic value in this offering runs deep.

To sweeten the deal the Bielenberg’s are offering choice of the open heifers right out of the heart of their replacement females. All twenty-five head of females they chose to keep as replacements are listed in this catalog and they will sell in groups of five with the winning bidder being able to pick their choice out of the group. The Bielenberg’s will keep the other four heifers not chosen by the winning bidder to keep as their replacement females to continue to progress their program. Opportunities to select off the front end of a herd of this quality doesn’t happen very often. Don’t miss out on this golden opportunity.

If you have questions about the offering or need assistance on sale day, please reach out to one of us on the Allied team.

Sincerely,

Marty Ropp, Corey Wilkins and Jared Murnin

BAS Bulls

BAS MAX MONEY M4144 Sells as Lot 1.

BAS MAX MONEY M4144

This Guy really has it all. He’s an attractive made bull and stands at a moderate 5.8 frame. Max is a very correct and good footed, big spread bull. He’ll be a sleep all night safe bet with heifers or cows. Wow what an epd profile, with 7 EPD’s in the top 1%, and 12 EPD’s in the top 10%. Max’s mother is a rising star in our herd, she’s a very fault free young cow with an extremely snug udder, and great little teats, she’s surely built to last! Her stats read 2@89bwr, 2@121wwr, 2@113ywr. This cross made Max Money, and his 3/4 brother in blood across the page is currently our favorite. Max would be a bull we would really count on to be very consistent in throwing the sensible traits we most need and desire as breeders, or commercial men. His best feature may be his ability to make great females with a lot of maternal power and instinct

Scrotal: 36 cm BW: 70 BW Ratio: 82 WW: 739 WW Ratio: 112 YW: 1,354

This donor has been a phenomenal producer. She is the most consistent cow weve had and comes with a lot of maternal instinct. Each calf she has had, have all been home runs, with excellent performance phenotype and genotype. She is a very fertile, longer bodied cow, structurally correct with a great set of feet and legs. Her cow families stats are unparalleled, her individual stats are vest in herd. We could not be more excited to offer so many grandsons in our sale. We crossed her sons on our greatest cows primarily stemming from our best cow families.

BAS MISS BEACON F801

BAS DREAMED UP M4042 Sells as Lot 2.

BAS MISS FREE TRADE H042

When this donor dam was a calf as well as a yearling, Mike would see her and comment “Wow, I don’t think we’ve made a nicer heifer!” She is a moderate framed very attractive female. Her sire CLRS Free Trade 210F really stamps out these smooth made very correct and tight uddered females that have a ton of maternal character built in they make for excellent mothers. Since we’ve had Free Trade, each year one of his two-year-olds had the heaviest wean weight among the heifers, they are shooting up the ranks in our herd and turning into great cows. Miss Free Trade H042 is a very well accomplished cow, throwing lighter birth weights and her and her DAM, both collectively each have raised all calves @115 WWR. Customer satisfaction guaranteed on her progeny!

2 BAS DREAMED UP M4042

Dreamed Up is a stud! He’s a thick made bull with a lot of depth and rib shape. His donor dam and granddam are known to throw exceptional phenotype, he certainly comes with extra style, and he’s a smooth made wider bull, and is very square and masculine. He has 11 EPD’s in the top 1% and has an incredible EPD average percentile ranking. His cow family have done a tremendous job for us his dam and granddam record great stats as well as both have a 115wwr collectively on calves raised. We named him dreamed up because it’s been such a dream growing the two great cow lines that made him and making that cross that we feel ensures genetic superiority. All four cows in pedigree we have flushed and have calves out of. This bull we have th highest hopes for and like lot one believe he will consistently do so many things right, and stamp out some really awesome females and sons alike.

Scrotal: 36 cm BW:69 BW Ratio: 81 WW: 713 WW Ratio: 108 YW: 1,426

BAS MISS FREE TRADE H042 Dam of Lot 2.

BAS COW POWER M4531

Sells as Lot 3.

BAS DYNAMIC DYNASTY M4231 Sells as Lot 4.

BAS COW POWER M4531

HOOK`S EAGLE 6E GW ROBUST 605Z

BAS MONEY MAKER J801 BAS C531 ROBUST BAS MISS BEACON F801 BAS Z231 COMMANDER

DYNAMIC DYNASTY M4231

This bull is one we were looking forward to being born as much if not more than anything. He has got a great cow making package with all the maternal instinct built in and growth on his calves. His dam is of our 551 family which has been by far the most successful cow line in herd statistically, they’ve been genetically strong for consistent type and performance. His dam we consider our most valuable cow, she just kept knocking it out of the park with each calf on performance and phenotype. Dam and granddam are both big bodied softer made cows built to last. This guy is ET made and has a full sister offered in the heifer lots, BAS MS Money Maker M421.

Excellent straight black bull with striking phenotype coming from a great old cow that’s done a tremendous job like we know they will of this line. This guy is closely related to Cow Power, being a maternal brother to his dam. These two bulls out of a mother daughter duo could be described the same besides color pattern. The cow summaries should speak for themselves on all four of the bulls from our 551 cow family.

Scrotal: 38 cm BW: 78 BW

BAS MUSCLE MAN M4841 Sells as Lot 5.

BAS MASSIVE MAN M4545 Sells as Lot 6.

5 BAS MUSCLE MAN M4841

HOOK`S EAGLE 6E K M J RUBICON C16 BAS MONEY MAKER J801 BAS F841 RUBICON

This bull has been a standout since day one, wow is a massive power bull. Coming from his cow line the 551 line and then having our 801 on top we believe this bull will perform at a high level in growth and that big powerful phenotype put into his sons and should make extra deep thicker made daughters.

Scrotal: 38 cm BW: 88 BW Ratio: 104 WW: 759 WW Ratio: 115 YW:

MASSIVE MAN M4545

A muscular bull with a lot of stretch. He will surely have a ton of performance. He’s backed by the 551 family with our most influential and successful cow in herd, being his granddam. He will be a consistent sire that will give a lot of payweight at weaning, and make larger deep and thick cows and sons. His dam stays fleshy and is a larger framed deep bodied broody gal who has passed the test of time.

Scrotal: 38 cm BW: 89 BW Ratio: 105 WW: 707 WW

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BAS PROFESSOR M4701

This Money Maker son comes out of one of our most accomplished older cows and comes from one of our best and oldest lines. He is a great prospect that is correct and good footed and offers a lot of great economical positives.

8 BAS MORE MONEY M4245

9 BAS FIFTH MAN M4603

10 BAS COW MAKER M4614

This is a bull we feel can really be counted on, his dam and granddam are big bodied deep made cows that raise great calves and look good while doing it. Fifth Man will be the 5th son we’ve sold out of dam, that’s a pretty nice accomplishment. He is a nice made and well-balanced baldy whose genetics should run true. We’ve gotten very positive feedback on his brothers we’ve sold. He is the youngest bull in the sale, we really believe in him. Scrotal: 34

We bred Fleckvieh into this line one time and this bulls granddam was the half fleck. This bull’s family has been milking hard and he should make some females that can do well.

36 cm

BAS BALD MONEY M4103

Good prospect out of a nice young cow that’s doing a good job for us, her dam is still in production as well and a great old cow. Both females hold

12 BAS ALL PURPOSE M4048

Like the name sounds we think this guy looks great and expect him

lighter birth weight with a big spread.

Scrotal:

13 BAS MONUMENTAL MONEY M4202

Great halfblood! Powerful young gun full of red meat. If you like depth and rib shape and a lot of performance then look no further. He comes out of our Angus Donor dam and is a maternal brother to lot 2’s dam. This guy should be able to produce great bulls and females that will weigh up.

14 BAS PEDIGREE M4003

Great prospect. Love his breeding and know the animals that made him are tried and true. Scrotal: 38 cm

BAS Bulls

BAS FRUITION M4314 Sells as Lot 15.

16 BAS LOOKER M4668

15 BAS FRUITION M4314

Homo Black Homo Polled

EAGLE 6E

A thick made, Money Maker by Top grade. We thought of Top Grade as one of the most elite cow makers. He sure could put the look in them, and they did a good job and lasted a long time. This bull we believe has traits that are locked in bred in from both sides. Expect him to make long bodied deeper cattle. He shouldn’t be lacking in anything; we have absolutely loved his dam who is still a great cow at 12 years of age. Keep the daughters out of this guy.

Scrotal: 37 cm BW: 90 BW Ratio: 106 WW: 713 WW Ratio: 108

17 BAS TWIN M43776A

BAS TWINAGAIN M43776B

19 BAS MONEY PLAN M4304

Out of one of the top old cows in herd. This guy has the genetics to improve various breeding systems. Count on Money Plan to you the pounds you need in a longer bodied package, with capacity, structure, feet, and udder quality we expect on our females. His 12-year-old dam is still working hard.

Scrotal:

20 BAS ECONOMICS 101 M4308B

Just as his name sounds, he’s a thicker made very sensible bull whether you sell all calves at wean or keep some back this bull is worth looking into. His old dam has done well for us. Scrotal:

21 BAS ROCK N ROLL M4835

22 BAS CAPITAL M4942

BAS CAPITAL M4942 Sells as Lot 22.

23 BAS TURN KEY M4039

BAS WAM BAM M4635

BAS EYE PLEASER M4253 Sells as Lot 25.

25 BAS EYE PLEASER M4253

MEGA MILLIONS K2801 Sire of Lots 25, 26.

26 BAS SLEEP EASY M4243

27 BAS BUILT IN M4831

Homo Black Homo Polled 3/4 SM 1/4 AN Bull 4426414 M4831

GIBBS 7382E BROAD RANGE HOOK`S BETHEL 26B GIBBS 9114G ESSENTIAL BAS F831 BETHEL GIBBS 7153E STAR 3136A BAS 831 LARIMIE

We really appreciate this bull. He has a prettier style to him, he’s long bodied and extra docile. His very fertile dam 831 comes from the 831 cow family which has been spreading quickly in head count in herd because of the success these cows have had. His dam got a serious lifelong injury at the age of two. We made an exception and kept her around and believe she throws the traits you need to stay in business. We expect the same from Built In. Scrotal: 37 cm BW: 75 BW Ratio: n/a WW: 616 WW Ratio: n/a YW: 1,238

28 BAS DESIGN N MIND M4029

29 BAS BODY BUILDER M4122

Wow, here’s a stout made power bull. His dam is still calving for us at 14 years of age, she’s still fleshy, large, long, and heavy muscled. This son appears to have all of his dams’ traits. He’s a big-time pounds maker and phenotype builder.

Scrotal: 40

BAS BUILT IN M4831 Sells as Lot 27.

BAS BODY BUILDER M4122 Sells as Lot 29.

GIBBS 9114G ESSENTIAL Sire of Lots 27, 28.

KBHR BOLD RULER H152 Sire of Lots 29-31.

KBHR HIGH ROAD E283 Sire of Lot 32.

30 BAS DONALD M4644

PROCLAMATION E202 HOOK`S XAVIER 14X KBHR BOLD RULER H152 BAS D644 XAVIER

Very sensible bull that will work in a lot of different program types. Dam is fertile calving every 368 days and is a curve bender collectively on all calves they’ve come 4% below herd birth average and a 107 wwr on calves weaned. Donald weaned off 4th of 72 in his contemporary group.

Scrotal: 37 cm BW: 93 BW Ratio: 110

BAS LONG TERM M4532

Another great option with security bred in. This is the 5th son of dam that we will have sold, she is 10 years old and holds a 358 day calving interval raising calves 5% and 9% heavier at wean and year, granddam fits same description and both are larger framed.

Scrotal:

BAS SAFE BET M4232

33 BAS COW PATROL M4462

34 BAS GOLDEN RULE M4308

Should be a really good bull. Great phenotype and genotype and dam who has done a great job for us and is still on the farm and showing the younger moms how it’s done. She is one of the best producers we have. This bull is smoother made and is out of one of our favorite bulls all time. He should be a big spread bull that can create some curve bender daughters that stay in herd for years to come.

Scrotal: 36 cm BW: 86

35 BAS WELL DONE M4037

BAS NICHE M4341

Out of a nicer cow bull is a friend as well. Cow is a little smaller framed that can raise big calves, her and her daughters have what it takes to keep a calf alive that’s for sure. This bull likely will give you lighter calves and birth, and sons and daughters that get up and go.

Scrotal: 37 cm BW: 71 BW Ratio: 84

GOLDEN RULE M4308 Sells as Lot 34.

CLRS GUARDIAN 317G Sire of Lot 33.

Jayden Bielenberg, our latest addition to the crew. He’s one and already thinks he is a cowboy.

37 BAS BIG MADE M4645

Couple months older than our average age. This bull would be larger regardless, at a 6.4 frame he’s got all the body, extra-large hip and stretch you need in a cow bull to create those sons that wean off well. Heaviest yearling adjusted weight of all bulls.

BAS PREDICTABLE M4250

Out of the matriarch of our best and biggest angus line in herd, like his dam this bull will pass on smooth make up and stay easy keeping. His 13-year-old dam has become one of the most influential cows in herd. This guy will have a lot of longevity and maternal function in him. It is a safe bet he will be the type of bull stamps out attractive females and cows that come with all the necessities and longevity we strive for.

Scrotal: 35 cm

39 BAS BLASTER M4198

Scrotal:

40 BAS TICK TOCK M4219

Homo

HOOK`S EAGLE 6E

EXPLOSIVE K2042 BAS MS FREE TRADE K219Y BAS MISS FREE TRADE H042 BAS D619 KERBER CREEK

This bull had the highest 205-day weight out of a heifer. He posts great individual ratios in herd from light birth weight, at 10% lighter than average, to 124 wean and 113 yearling. He is a smooth made, wider topped guy with round muscles. He comes out of a successful cow line in herd with great long-term stats going back many generations as well as great calving intervals and fertility on the females that came before him. His sire is lot 2’s maternal brother a very nice power bull whose very eye pleasing and muscular. This genetic package should work for various types of operations and make things more profitable short term and long term.

Scrotal: 35 cm BW: 76 BW Ratio: 90 WW: 730 WW Ratio: 124 YW: 1,255

41 BAS COWBOY KIND M42517

624 MM KAPP TOREBY BARBARA BM 212

Stout guy with big heavy muscles. Cowboy Made really made thick calves that were at times our heaviest scale pounders as a sire group. This son is a perfect half-blood example of his power bull sire. Dam is also a big, deep, long bodied 13-year-old cow still with us and raising calves.

Scrotal: 37 cm BW: 97 BW Ratio: 114 WW: 691 WW Ratio: 105 YW: 1,310

42 BAS ON COURSE M4622

Homo Black Homo Polled

WENTZ E190

His dam has been really consistent producer and have sold maternal brothers to this well-rounded guy. He should do a lot of things right.

Scrotal: 35

43 BAS MAJOR TIMELINE M4317

PAYWEIGHT 1682

IF 4925 8513

PAYWEIGHT PLUS 6048 SPA 736E OF 6124 X IN FOCUS

ROYAL LASS 2810 SPA 6124 OF 2 X RR

One of the best Angus raised here. What a great phenotype he has. He’s out of a neat smaller framed cow that has no faults and great phenotype. Scrotal: 39 cm BW: 76 BW Ratio: 90 WW: 703 WW Ratio: 107 YW: 1,280

BAS Bulls

BAS GENETIC MARK M4133 Sells as Lot 44.

J TRADEMARK 1037 Sire of Lots 44-46.

BAS SAFE N SOUND M4650 Sells as Lot 46.

44 BAS GENETIC MARK M4133

A lot of genetic potential in this guy. We got his mother as a yearling as Mill Brae had a herd dispersal sale. She is as correct made cow that we have sold sons out of.

BAS QUALITY MARK M4855

Out of a fancier made, deep bodied cow of sensible size. We believe this bull is a gem. He is a sure-fire heifer bull. Another bull we’d keep females out of. His grandam was awesome. She became the matriarch of a line in our herd. She calved at a 365 day calving interval with 9@ 98 for birth and 9 @ 108 for weaning.

Scrotal: 35 cm

BAS SAFE N SOUND M4650

This guy has a really fitting name. His great granddam is the dam of lot 38. They’ve been fundamentally correct cattle with fertility, longevity, and a cookie cutter look.

Scrotal: 34 cm

103

47 BAS ARCHITECT M4096

2025 PUREBRED SIMMENTAL PERCENTILE TABLE

BAS Open Heifers

When you’re on the pursuit of making females to perfection, over decades of time, it should reflect that in your females. What’s become clear to us while on this journey, is that we appreciate the quality and type we strive to create. We believe in these young ladies and have never had as good a set. We truly believe what’s inside of them will be predictable. I’m confident many of these will pass the 10-year mark and beyond and become some of our most favorite cows, as the cows that came before them have been.

This is a rare opportunity to pick from the top of the Bielenberg replacement heifer pen. These are the 25 heifers that they intend on keeping as replacements and are the very best of the 2024 calf crop. They have never before offered any of their replacement females for sale to the public. These females will sell in groups of five head with the winning bidder getting the pick of the group. The Bielenbergs will keep the other four females not chosen by the winning bidder for their replacement females. In total there will be five groups of five females in the offering with five head selling and twenty head stay on the farm as their replacement females. This is a rare opportunity to pick from the top of the Bielenberg Angus and Simmental herd.