Charlotte and I would like to welcome you to our 2025 Spring Performance Bull & Female Online Sale. Lucas Cattle Company has been in the Simmental cattle business for almost 3 decades and has had private treaty bull sales for 24 years and now look forward to offering the same high-quality set of cattle to you online via DVAuction. We are very proud of the powerful Simmental and SimAngus bulls and commercial bred females that we are presenting to you for your consideration. We have also decided to expand our offering to include seedstock heifers. We are going to offer the ‘Elite Heifer Showcase’ where we will offer the opportunity to select choice of a group of 7 highly selected heifers.
Lucas Cattle Company continues to ratchet up our genomic efforts by establishing a relationship with Allied Genetic Resources to expand our embryo transfer program along with the selective addition of some of the most powerful cow families in the Simmental breed. These include the breed changing WS MS SUGAR C4 and SSF BLK LOUISE Y534 along with recently adding ADV MS Genesis J1017 and some additional young donors. It has also been a very somber year for Lucas Cattle Company as we have lost WS MS SUGAR C4 recently, and SSF BLK LOUISE Y534 in the fall of 2024.
Both Sugar and Louise were very productive while at Lucas Cattle Company and while we will miss their continued direct contribution to our operation, we have been blessed to produce many offspring from these two cornerstone females and will continue to produce more for the next season or two. These two foundation females have made a significant impact to the direction and trajectory of Lucas Cattle Company and their impact will be felt for years to come. We are committed to make significant enhancements in our genetic cow power to continue the Sugar and Louise legacies to serve commercial, purebred and seedstock cattlemen. We look forward to being a sought-after partner in the Simmental cattle business to help our customers be the most successful they can be with their operations.
We sincerely thank our crew at Lucas Cattle Company for making our operation successful. Running a high impact seedstock operation has a lot of moving pieces and requires a tremendous amount of organization and attention to detail. Jeff, Holly, Cleo, Jonathan and Junior champion our efforts and their hard work is very much appreciated.
If you are one of our past private treaty sale customers, then welcome back and if this is your first visit to Lucas Cattle Company via our online sale then welcome. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our team.
Welcome to Lucas Cattle Company, Forrest Lucas
Forrest & Charlotte Lucas - Owner
Jeff Reed - Cattle Manager - 417-399-1241
Holly Hubert – Breeding Manager 417-733-0059
Dr. Mike Siemens – Genetics & Marketing Strategy 316-737-9318 Office 417-998-6512
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The impact SUGAR made on our operation in the short time we have owned her, helped revive the excitement for breeding superior cattle with all the necessary traits to push us forward in an extremely, competitive industry. The daughters we’ve purchased and the calves we have raised so far, will continue her legacy, passing on her superior traits to the next generation. Additionally, the embryos stored as part of our breeding program ensure that her genetic impact will reach even further, helping shape the future of the Simmental breed for years to come. No other female in the rich history of Simmental has made a greater impact on the breed.
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Col. Tracy Harl 402-469-3852
LUCAS CATTLE COMPANY CONTACTS.
Jeff Reed, Cattle Manager 417-399-1241
Holly Hubert, Breeding Manager 417-733-0059
Cleo Fields, Data Manager 417-399-7124
Jonthan Henry, Commercial Manager 417-224-2455
Junior Stroup, Feedlot Manager 417-733-3050
Jamie Devney, President 317-439-0616
Dr. Mike Siemens, Genetics & Marketing Strategy 316-737-9318
Jared Murnin, Allied Genetic Resources 406-321-1542
REGISTRATION AND UPDATED EPD s .
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.
SALE MANAGEMENT
Marty Ropp 406-581-7835
Corey Wilkins 256-590-2487
Jared Murnin 406-321-1542
www.alliedgeneticresources.com
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.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS.
April 11
All Day Cattle Available for Viewing
April 12
8:00 am Cattle Available for Viewing 11:30 am Complimentary Lunch 1:00 pm Auction Begins
ONLINE BIDDING.
Bid live online at www.dvauction.com.
For more information, see page 24.
Improved Buying Confidence with Greater Genomic ASSURANCE
Access to more and better information has always been key to making wise decisions. The evolution and improvement of genetic evaluation tools too has given us an ever-clearer picture of the true genetic makeup of cattle and thus a better view of the value proposition. RightMate, powered by Top Genomics LLC is taking the evaluation of genetics and genomics one giant step further. By combining speci c genomic information with the long-proven value of EPDs, this new advancement in technology improves our depth and precision when evaluating the actual ability to transmit value and pro t.
The 3 Accreditation Logos below are designed to simplify bull selection and improve buyer con dence by more accurately describing the genetics o ered and by reducing risk. What this means to you as a customer is a much greater assurance that you are getting both what you want and need from the genetics you purchase. What it means to your seedstock provider is access to RightMate technology that simply sets them apart from the rest of the industry.
ACCREDITED GENOMIC PLUS – For the majority of producers who simply need consistent and balanced genetic improvement, without genomic setbacks, G+ Accredited bulls should be on your list for premium purchase. These sires will absolutely move you forward for both cost reduction and income producing traits and substantially reduce risk when compared to all other evaluation programs. It’s simple, the right genes are in these bulls to help secure a pro table future and the they have great EPDs to match!
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FROM THE SALE MANAGER
Welcome to the 2025 Spring Bull Sale at Lucas Cattle Company in Cross Timbers, MO. Optimism in our country and in the beef business continues to grow in 2025. Cattle producers are seeing demand for all classes of cattle at all time highs. One can hope these fruitful times are here to stay for years to come in the business.
Lucas Cattle Company has invested and worked tirelessly in delivering the best Sim influenced genetics to the beef business. There intense embryo transfer program is paying dividends in what is easily the best offering of Lucas bulls to date. Study your pedigrees closely and you will a large offering of bulls from the most influential dams the Simmental breed has to offer. New to the 2025 offering is the chance at some registered open females which comes from the heart of Lucas Cattle Company embryo transfer program. Each female has the makings of a front-end donor and will no doubt have the brightest futures ahead of them.
If you have not taken the time to make the trip to Cross Timbers now would be as good as time as any. The crew would like nothing more than to earn your business as a trusted seedstock provider. The vast operation is rooted in the commercial beef business and the cattle are born bred and developed on fescue to best serve their fescue belt customers.
As always, if we can be any assistance to you, please do not hesitate in reaching out to us about this powerful offering of genetics. If you can not be with us on sale day, make sure to catch the sale of DVAuction.com.
Sincerely, Marty Ropp, Corey Wilkins and Jared Murnin
LUCAS Multiplier M748 Sells as Lot 1.
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M658 Sells as Lot 5.
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LLUCAS MAIN EVENT M738 Sells as Lot 24.
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KBHR GLOBAL J138 Sire of Lot 24.
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LUCASLATEMODELM742
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LUCASMAVERICKM45
LUCASMANHATTANM20
LUCASMAGICIANM753
LUCASMOJOM775
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Today’s industry pays big for heavy fat steers, but your pocketbook demands smaller cows. What to do? The answer is clear, dependable data and the courage to bypass traditional straightbreeding.
Simmental-influenced cows are an average 74 lb. lighter at maturity than Angus-sired counterparts.a
Meanwhile, packers pay $20 to $34 more for SimAngusTM and Simmental-sired steers than English-sired calves.b
Finally, raise efficient cows and high-performance calves. The proof is in the data – and the cash.
Sire-Breed Group, Calf Sex and Year Group on Carcass Traits. Breeds represented in the English-sired group: Angus, Red Angus, South Devon, Hereford and Shorthorn.
What an opportunity to obtain some of the very best genetics out of the most prolific donors the Simmental breed has to offer. We are offering our BEST open heifers who comes from the likes of C4, 18E, Y534 and many more. These females will no doubt combine the figures and phenotype to serve as cornerstone breeding pieces for their new owners. We feel these front-end females all are worthy of embryo production and when we started our venture in intensifying our embryo transform program our vision was to make genetics of this caliber!
LUCAS MISS M703 Sells as Lot 79.
LUCAS MISS M701 Sells as Lot 80.
LUCAS MISS M700 Sells as Lot 81.
LUCAS MISS M691 Sells as Lot 82.
LUCAS MISS M749 Sells as Lot 83.
LUCAS MISS M785 Sells as Lot 84.
LUCAS MISS M24 Sells as Lot
WS MISS SUGAR C4 Donor dam of Lots 86A-86C.
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Selling choice of three embryo packages out of the great WS Sugar C4. Sugar needs no introduction to the Simmental breed she garnered a purchase price of over $200,000 and is on the bottom side of some of the most dominant Simmental bulls in recent memory. No other female has had as much impact as Sugar in the rich history of the Simmental breed. We recently lost Sugar and her embryo inventory is just over 100 eggs. This will be one of few opportunities to purchase direct progeny from Sugar. We are guaranteeing one successful pregnancy in each of the packages. The matings range from both purebred and Simangus cattle and with Sugar proven track record will be safe bets to be have a big-time impact.
Black hided, ranch raised Lucas bred heifers for multiple generations. Females will be sorted into groups of like kind and estimated calving date. AI bred females will be do mid-September, and natural service females will be due early October to late November. Look for more information closer to the sale.
Tehama Patriarch
5 Star Jackson
GW Medicine Man
TERS Leopold 316L
ASA QUICK REFERENCE TO EPDS, INDEXES AND $VALUES
EXPECTED PROGENY DIFFERENCES (EPDs): EPDs are the most accurate and effective tool available for comparing genetic levels. In using EPDs, the difference between two sires’ EPDs represents the unit difference expected in the performance of their progeny. For example, if sires A and B have EPDs of +10 and -5, a 15-unit difference would be expected in their progeny (moving from -5 to +10 yields 15 units). Key to using EPDs is knowing in what units they are expressed. For example, if the above case referred to weaning weight EPDs, sire A would be expected to sire 15 pounds more weaning weight than sire B. If calving ease was the trait, sire A would be expected to sire 15 percent more unassisted births in first-calf heifers; in other words, if sire B sired 30 assists in a group of 100 heifers, we would expect sire A to require 15 assists. A percentile-ranking chart is required to determine where a bull’s EPDs rank him relative to other bulls in the breed. For more detailed information about EPDs and $ indexes, visit www.simmental.org.
Listed below are the units in which ASA EPDs are expressed:
ALL-PURPOSE INDEX (API): Dollars per cow exposed under an all-purpose-sire scenario.
BACK FAT (BF): Inches of carcass backfat at 475 days.
BIRTH WEIGHT (BW): Pounds of birth weight.
CALVING EASE (CE): Percent of unassisted births when used on heifers.
CARCASS WEIGHT (CW): Pounds of carcass weight at 475 days.
DOCILITY (DOC): Percent of offspring receiving a disposition score of 1 (docile).
MATERNAL CALVING EASE (MCE): Percent of unassisted births in first-calving daughters.
MILK (MLK): Pounds of weaning weight due to milk.
MARBLING (MARB): Carcass marbling score at 475 days.
MATERNAL WEANING WEIGHT (MWW): Pounds of weaning weight due to milk and growth.
RIBEYE AREA (REA): Square inches of carcass ribeye at 475 days.
TERMINAL INDEX (TI): Dollars per cow exposed under a terminal-sire scenario.
WEANING WEIGHT (WW): Pounds of weaning weight.
YEARLING WEIGHT (YW): Pounds of yearling weight.
YIELD GRADE (YG): Carcass yield grade score at 475 days.
$ INDEXES: Though EPDs allow for the comparison of genetic levels for many economically important traits, they only provide pieces of the economic puzzle. This is where $ indexes come in. Through well-conceived, rigorous mathematical computation, $ indexes blend EPDs and economics to estimate an animal’s overall impact on integrated commercial production. The same technology that led to the dramatic progress in swine, poultry and dairy genetics over the last several decades was used to develop the following $ indexes: ALL-PURPOSE INDEX (API): Evaluates sires for use on the entire cow herd (bred to both Angus first-calf heifers and mature cows) with the portion of their daughters required to maintain herd size retained and the remaining heifers and steers put on feed and sold grade and yield.
TERMINAL INDEX (TI): Evaluates sires for use on mature Angus cows with all offspring put on feed and sold grade and yield.
For more detailed information about EPDs and $indexes, visit: www.simmental.org
2025 PUREBRED SIMMENTAL PERCENTILE TABLE
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A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE.
Following in the tradition of Lucas Oil Products and Lucas Cattle Company, Forrest and Charlotte Lucas are proud to announce Lucas Performance Horses.
Forrest and Charlotte Lucas are not strangers to excellence. They brought the nation some of the finest oil products on the market. Over the last 25 years, the Lucas family and Lucas Cattle Company have also curated a large and successful herd of Simangus and Simmental Cattle. With these same goals in mind, Lucas Performance Horses is committed to breeding high quality performance horses for the cutting, reined cow horse, and ranch horse markets.
