RAILEGELBVIEH/BALANCER Production Sale

RAILE GELBVIEH/BALANCER Production Sale

DMRS The Factor 297Z-- Lot 16

Thursday March 14th, 2013 12:30 p.m. MST Burlington Livestock Exchange Burlington, Colorado

Welcome to our 2013 Sale

We would like to take this opportunity to welcome all of you to our annual production sale. Also, a special thanks to those of you who have purchased bulls in the past and have confidence in our program.

Most of the bulls again this year are Balancers. The Meat Animal Research Center (MARC) proclaims that crossbred females are 30% more productive over their lifetimes. The advantages of crossbreeding effect cow efficiency, longevity, lifetime productive, weaning performance and yearling performance. Remember, Balancer is a trademark name that the Gelbvieh breed has given to the Gelbvieh-Angus cross in which both parents are registered in their respective breed associations. If one parent wasn’t registered, the offspring could not have a meaningful set of EPDs and other valuable information.

The American Gelbvieh Association as of January 2013 released a new set of EPDs that will share a common base with Simmental and Red Angus.

The Board of Directors passed this measure to help simplify bull selection for commercial producers. If the EPDs seem a little different this year this is why. We have inserted a page in the catalog called New Generation AGA EPDs. It explains more on these new EPDs and gives the averages for purebreds and Balancers along with the percentile breakdowns.

In order to keep improving and stacking the genetics in our favor we try to use herdsires that are balanced in their traits for calving ease, growth, milk and the carcass traits. The three Angus sires that we use to produce the F1 cross: Lee’s Outline 7047 with his great disposition, easy fleshing ability and Milk EPD; and Hopps Look At Me who gives his offspring that great look with a long wide hip and bone substance to go along with his excellent growth EPDs and Eagle Pass Total 0007 ET who excels in growth,milk and disposition. The Balancer herdsires that we use on our Balancer females are: U409 (a Net Worth son whose offspring consistently come home in the fall having the heaviest weaning weights as a sire group), Mr Premium 9152WET(GAR US Premium Beef) to add growth and carcass traits,TAU Mr Manitoba 13X(a Grid Topper 43T son) with lots of rib and muscle and last but certainly not least is our sire for heifers TAU Mr In Focus 18W(Mytty In Focus) who has really done his job well.

This year in addition to the bulls we will offer 6 open Balancer Registered heifers for sale.

It’s an exciting time in the cattle business despite the challenges we had this past summer with the drought. The prices have remained very good and experts tell us that it should hold for some time. The nation’s cowherd is still shrinking and when cow numbers do start increasing and more heifers are retained for breeding, slaughter numbers will drop even further and prices will increase even more.

We weaned off earlier this past summer due to the drought and placed all the calves in a local feedlot for the first 30 days due to the fact that we had no feed laid in yet. They were pretty much on a maintenance ration until they were brought home. The bulls did exceptionally well after they were home as you can see by their WPDA and some of their gains since weaning.

There are bulls in this sale that offer calving ease as well as performance. We look forward to seeing you on sale day to evaluate this year’s set of bulls.

The sale this year is again in Burlington, Colorado, a full service community along I-70 that has most major motel chains.

This year’s sale will be broadcast on the internet with DV Auction so if you can’t make the sale you can do it online. Videos of each lot will be up before the sale.

Or if you are interested in a bull, let us know and we can help you with the purchase or put you in touch with someone that will help bid on the bull for you. Please do not hesitate to call or stop by if you have questions on any of the offerings.

Sincerely, The Railes

There will be a $50/bull discount for taking them home sale day.

Please join us for a complimentary lunch on sale day.

Raile Gelbvieh/Balancer Production Sale Thursday March 14th 2013 12:30 p.m. MST Burlington Livestock Exchange Burlington, Colorado Sale Day Phone: 719-346-8900 Auctioneer: Tracy Harl, 2420 N. 2nd Avenue, Hastings, NE 402-461-3575

Please Join Us For Complimentary Lunch

Selling 50 Bull Lots

100% Black, 80% Homozygous Black, Some Homozygous Polled Spring and Fall Yearling Bulls Plus 6 Registered Balancer Open Heifers Broadcasting Real-time Auctions

The sale will be broadcast live on the internet.

Real time bidding and proxy bidding available.

First Season Breeding Guarantee: Buyers of all bulls selling for $2,000 or more injured the first breeding season will have credit at the next sale at the value of the purchase price minus salvage value. Contact Raile Gelbvieh promptly so the decision to return the bull to Raile Gelbvieh or sold by buyer may be made. First breeding season ends September 1st of the year of the purchase. Death loss is the buyer’s risk as one can purchase mortality insurance.

Trucking: Free trucking on bulls of $2,500 or more within a 200 mile radius. Otherwise to a central location.

If bulls are taken home sale day there is a $50 per head discount.

Viewing: Bulls may be viewed at home, online at www.railegelbvieh.com or the DVAuction website.

Igenity DNA Tested: All bulls have had a DNA profile test for the carcass traits, coat color and BVD-PI negative and some for the homozygous polled trait.

Herd Health: All bulls have had shots, been poured and will have passed a semen and Trich test by sale day. Necessary health papers will be supplied with each sale animal. Registration papers will be transferred.

All announcements from block take precedence over all written material.

Accommodations: Burlington is on I-70 and is served by most major motel chains.

Contact Information:

Delbert Raile Matt Raile Cody Raile 755 Road U 755 Road U 750 Road U St. Francis, KS 67756 St. Francis, KS 67756 St. Francis, KS 67756

785-332-2756 785-332-2756 785-332-2219

Cell 785-332-4347 Cell 785-332-8399 Cell 785-332-6089

New Generation AGA EPDs The American Gelbvieh Association’s (AGA) January 2013 EPDs are based on a new collaborative national cattle evaluation (NCE) with the American Simmental Association (ASA). Below is a summary of some of the enhancements to the AGA new generation EPDs, followed by trait averages and percentile charts.

Multi-Breed EPDs Provide More Complete Balancer EPDs The true multi-breed EPD NCE conducted by the ASA enables the inclusion of more progeny data from Red Angus and Angus sires, especially for the carcass traits.

Growth Traits are More Reliable

Gelbvieh and Balancer® Share a Common Base with Simmental and Red Angus

The new EPDs for weaning weight (WW), yearling weight (YW) and carass weight (CW) are more reliable because the new statistical process accepts a wider age window for weaning weight. This is especially beneficial for breeders that wean calves early due to drought. Historically, weights from early-weaned calves were not included in the NCE.

Gelbvieh and Balancer EPDs are now on the same base with Simmental and Red Angus, which means that EPDs for each trait (except stayability) are directly comparable to ASA and Red Angus Association of America (RAAA) EPDs. This was a huge, progressive decision by the AGA Board of Directors, made to simplify bull selection for commercial producers.

Carcass Traits are Standardized In recent years, Gelbvieh and Balancer carcass traits were adjusted to a fat end-point instead of an age endpoint like the rest of the industry. AGA’s transition to age-adjusted carcass EPDs will eliminate the gaps in the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center’s carcass EPD breed comparisons. This change also means that the days-tofinish (DtF) EPD is replaced by a fat (FT) EPD. A yield grade (YG) EPD is also new. For both FT and YG, lower EPDs are typically more favorable.

For questions or more information contact the AGA at 303-465-2333 or visit www.gelbvieh.org.

Calving Ease and Calving Ease Daughters EPDs Converted to Industry Standard Terminology For over 25 years, the AGA calving ease (CE) and calving ease daughter (CED) EPDs were reported in the form of a ratio. They are now reflected as percentages. Higher CE values equal more unassisted births from sires when mated to first-calf heifers. Higher CED EPDs indicate less calving difficulty from a sire’s own first-calf daughters.

New EPD Averages for Active Sires CE

BW

WW

YW

MK

TM

CED

ST

YG

CW

REA

MB

FT

CV

FM

Gelbvieh

8

2.0

65

91

26

59

5

5

-0.16

25

0.29

-0.13

-0.06

1.40

29.43

Balancer

10

0.6

62

97

24

55

6.6

4

-0.08

28

0.33

0.27

-0.02

42.39 36.15

MB

FT

Gelbvieh EPD Percentile Chart for Active Sires Percentile

CE

BW

WW

YW

MK

TM

CED

ST

YG

CW

REA

CV

FM

5

13

-1.4

83

120

37

71

10

11

-0.29

46

0.58

0.10

-0.09

29.94 46.34

25

10

0.9

72

102

31

64

8

7

-0.21

34

0.39

-0.05

-0.07

12.07 35.47

50

8

2.1

65

91

26

59

6

5

-0.16

26

0.27

-0.14

-0.06

1.11

29.24

75

5

3.3

58

80

22

53

4

3

-0.11

19

0.18

-0.21

-0.05

-8.76

23.22

95

2

5.0

46

61

14

45

0

0

-0.02

6

0.02

-0.32

-0.03

-26.60 13.82

Balancer® EPD Percentile Chart for Active Sires Percentile

CE

BW

WW

YW

MK

TM

CED

ST

YG

CW

REA

MB

FT

5

16

-2.8

80

128

34

67

11

9

-0.26

49

0.71

0.63

-0.06

83.10 54.58

25

13

-0.6

69

109

28

60

9

5

-0.15

36

0.47

0.38

-0.04

57.44

50

10

0.7

63

97

24

55

7

4

-0.08

28

0.32

0.25

-0.03

40.49 35.81

75

8

1.9

55

84

20

50

5

2

-0.01

20

0.18

0.13

-0.01

26.26 28.89

95

5

3.7

44

67

14

44

1

-1

0.09

7

-0.02

-0.01

0.02

3.68

American Gelbvieh Association • (303) 465-2333 • www.GELBVIEH.org • info@gelbvieh.org

CV

FM 43.25

19.13

SPRING YEARLING BULLS LOT

1

DMRS MR FOCUS 207Z

HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 50GV, 50AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 1/27/2012 Reg. #: 1211017 Tattoo: DMRS 7Z BW: 67 Adj. WW: 655 Adj. YW: 1130 WPDA: 2.92

Mytty In Focus TAU MR IN FOCUS 18W

TAU Ms Sleepy 204P 7124T

EGL U409 DMRS MS NET WORTH 045X

DMRS Temple 771T

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

5 7 5 7 7

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED

17 -0.9 61 86 26 57 11.0 · Recommended for heifers · Out of 1st calf heifer · Top 5% for Calving Ease

DMRS Ms In Focus 114Y A paternal half sib to Lots 1 and 2 LOT

DMRS MR FOCUS 229Z

LOT

2

DOUBLE BLACK 50GV, 50AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 2/9/2012 Reg. #: 1211031 Tattoo: DMRS 29Z BW: 71 Adj. WW: 593 Adj. YW: 1163 WPDA: 3.02

Mytty In Focus TAU MR IN FOCUS 18W

TAU Ms Sleepy 204P 7124T

Hopps Look At Me DMRS SHOWTIME 060X

DMRS Sugar’N Spice 663S

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED

14 -0.2 52 80 32 58 9.2

· Recommended for heifers · Out of 1st calf heifer · Maternal great grandam (Monique 222M) · Upper 25% of the breed for Calving Ease and Milk

LOT 2

6 7 5 7 6

3

DMRS MR MANITOBA 231Z

HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 38GV, 62AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 2/10/2012 Reg. #: 1211032 Tattoo: RHRG 31Z BW: 95 Adj. WW: 703 Adj. YW: 1223 WPDA: 3.37

TAU Mr Grid Topper 43T TAU MR MANITOBA 13X

TAU Ms Junior 3303K 7149T

GA Whitman 510 DMRS WINTER 944W

DMRS Nanny

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

7 8 6 8 8

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED 7 3.5 74 109 23 60 6.9 · A real soggy herdsire prospect that has the thickness and natural width throughout · In the top half for all Balancers in the breed for WW and the top 25% for YW · Igenity scores of 7 for Tenderness and 8’s for Marbling and Percent Choice

LOT 3

LOT

4

RHRG MR PREMIUM 244Z

LOT

HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 38GV, 62AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 2/13/2012 Reg. #: 1211042 Tattoo: RHRG 44Z BW: 70 Adj. WW: 557 Adj. YW: 1079 WPDA: 2.90

G A R US Premium Beef RHRG MR PREMIUM 9152W ET

BAG Miss Licorice 114L

Hopps Look At Me RHRG MS LOOKER 9108W

BDCG Joanie 3N ET

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

5

H A R B Tanker 717 JH EGL FREIGHTLINER X137 ET

EGL Cadee J029 ET

4 8 5 8 6

Lee’s Outline 7047 WIGS WONDER WOMAN 9104

RHRG Tinsel 751T ET

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED 6 2.6 68 108 20 54 7.1

6

· Igenity scores of 8 for Marbling and Percent Choice · Above average EPDs for WW and YW. Top 25% for YW EPD · Grandam 751T was a Dam of Merit

DMRS MR PREMIUM 252Z

HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 50GV, 50AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 2/15/2012 Reg. #: 1212244 Tattoo: DMRS 52Z BW: 94 Adj. WW: 641 Adj. YW: 1262 WPDA: 3.49

G A R US Premium Beef RHRG MR PREMIUM 9152W ET

BAG Miss Licorice 114L

DMRS Scooter 677S RHRG MS SCOOTER 881U

Raile 1407 New Design 601S

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

3 7 4 7 5

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED 8 2.5 66 104 25 58 6.8 · These bulls that go back to US Premium Beef really perform · Above average EPDs for WW and YW

LOT 5

LOT 6 LOT

7

DMRS THE FACTOR 261Z

HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 50GV, 50AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 2/17/2012 Reg. #: 1212251 Tattoo: DMRS 61Z BW: 77 Adj. WW: 619 Adj. YW: 1197 WPDA: 3.32

TAU Mr Krugerrand 70M 130P SDCG X-FACTOR 202X Tenderness

GRU Ms Right 202M Marbling Ribeye Area

SCC Legend 542 DMRS MISS LEGEND 815U Percent Choice

DMRS Snowbunny 631S Yield Grade

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED 7 3.5 67 110 22 55 8.3

· Above average EPDs for both WW and YW · High Igenity scores for Marbling and Percent Choice

LOT

WIGS MR FREIGHTLINER 250Z

HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 38GV, 62AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 2/15/2012 Reg. #: 1212241 Tattoo: WIGS 50Z BW: 94 Adj. WW: 573 Adj. YW: 1250 WPDA: 3.33

10 6 5 6 7

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED

11 0.7 57 83 24 52 5.3 · Sire (X-Factor 202X) was the 2011 Balancer Bull Futurity Champion at the NWSS in Denver · One of the very few bulls anywhere that had an Igenity score of 10 for the Tenderness trait · Dam (815U) is Legend sired which promotes calving ease

LOT 7

4 8 6 8 6

LOT

8

RHRG MR PREMIUM 267Z

LOT

HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 38GV, 62AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 2/18/2012 Reg. #: 1212256 Tattoo: RHRG 67Z BW: 83 Adj. WW: 578 Adj. YW: 1165 WPDA: 3.14

G A R US Premium Beef RHRG MR PREMIUM 9152W ET

BAG Miss Licorice 114L

SCC Legend 542 RHRG MS LEGEND 904W

DMRS Trish 736T

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

9

TAU Mr Grid Topper 43T TAU MR MANITOBA 13X

TAU Ms Junior 3303K 7149T

4 8 5 8 7

Bon View New Design 878 DMRS SATIN’N LACE 611S

DMRS Nina

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED

12 0.2 56 87 19 47 8.4

10

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

3 7 4 7 6

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED 10 1.2 71 113 27 63 8.2

· Above average Calving Ease EPD · Great grandam was a former Dam of Merit · Igenity scores of 8 for Marbling & Percent Choice

LOT

DMRS MR MANITOBA 269Z

HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 38GV, 62AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 2/18/2012 Reg. #: 1212458 Tattoo: DMRS 69Z BW: 83 Adj. WW: 680 Adj. YW: 1131 WPDA: 3.19

· Dam is a Bon View Design 878 daughter · Above average EPDs for Calving Ease, Weaning Weight and Yearling Weight

RHRG MR PREMIUM 278Z

HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 38GV, 62AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 2/20/2012 Reg. #: 1213454 Tattoo: RHRG 78Z BW: 94 Adj. WW: 757 Adj. YW: 1250 WPDA: 3.55

G A R US Premium Beef RHRG MR PREMIUM 9152W ET

BAG Miss Licorice 114L

Vermilion Dateline 7078 RHRG SNUFFLES 653S

WVR 518E

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

3 7 5 7 6

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED 8 3.2 78 113 25 64 8.5 · One of the highest weaning wt. bulls in the sale (ratio 122) ranks 4th · Ranks in the top 25% for both Weaning and Yearling EPDs · Another US Premium Beef grandson that will pack on the pounds

LOT 10

LOT

11

DMRS MR FREIGHTLINER 280Z

LOT

HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 50GV, 50AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 2/20/2012 Reg. #: 1213455 Tattoo: DMRS 80Z BW: 83 Adj. WW: 610 Adj. YW: 1145 WPDA: 3.11

H A R B Tanker 717 JH EGL FREIGHTLINER X137 ET

EGL Cadee J029 ET

Lee’s Outline 7047 DMRS MS OUTLINE 945W

DMRS Simarron 645S

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

5 7 6 7 6

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED

10 1.0 63 95 23 54 9.4 · Solid set of EPDs to go along with better than average Igenity scores for Marbling and Percent Choice

12

DMRS MR OUTLINE 284Z

HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 50GV, 50AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 2/20/2012 Reg. #: 1213459 Tattoo: DMRS 84Z BW: 95 Adj. WW: 616 Adj. YW: 1194 WPDA: 3.35

DCC 002 Outlook 472 LEE’S OUTLINE 7047

Vermilion Lass 2823

BDCG Upper Limits 14M DMRS MS UPPER LIMITS 797T

DMRS Prissy 437P

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

3 6 5 6 5

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED 6 3.2 67 103 28 61 4.2 · An Outline son that has really performed well since weaning, gaining 3.67 pounds · Both grandam 437P and great grandam 969J were former Dams of Merit

LOT

13

DMRS MR MANITOBA 288Z

HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 38GV, 62AN HOMOZYGOUS POLLED Calved: 2/22/2012 Reg. #: 1213462 Tattoo: DMRS 88Z BW: 98 Adj. WW: 756 Adj. YW: 1276 WPDA: 3.61

TAU Mr Grid Topper 43T TAU MR MANITOBA 13X

TAU Ms Junior 3303K 7149T

F A R Krugerrand 410H DMRS SWEETNESS 622S

DMRS Rhonda 053K

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

10 6 7 6 5

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED 4 4.6 84 125 19 61 7.4 · Out of a Krugerrand 410H daughter, this guy has performance to burn · Ranks 5th for ADJ WW at 756# among all the bulls in the sale · WW EPDs is the top 5% for the Breed and the top 25% for YW EPDs · Another rare bull that scored a 10 for Tenderness

LOT

14

RHRG MR PREMIUM 291Z

LOT

HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 50GV, 50AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 2/23/2012 Reg. #: 1213563 Tattoo: RHRG 91Z BW: 89 Adj. WW: 651 Adj. YW: 1259 WPDA: 3.55

G A R US Premium Beef RHRG MR PREMIUM 9152W ET

BAG Miss Licorice 114L

BR Midland RHRG MS MIDLAND 753T ET

DCSF Post Rock Arata 45H2

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

1 8 4 8 6

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED 8 2.5 70 108 18 53 8.6

16

15

DMRS MR MANITOBA 296Z

HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 38GV, 62AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 2/24/2012 Reg. #: 1213566 Tattoo: DMRS 96Z BW: 95 Adj. WW: 573 Adj. YW: 1235 WPDA: 3.44

TAU Mr Grid Topper 43T TAU MR MANITOBA 13X

TAU Ms Junior 3303K 7149T

Buffalos Conclusive BN46 MISS CONCLUSIVE 840U Madelyn

· Another high performing bull that has gained 4.17/day since weaning · Above average EPDs for both WW and YW

DMRS THE FACTOR 297Z

HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 50GV, 50AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 2/24/2012 Reg. #: 1213567 Tattoo: DMRS 97Z BW: 95 Adj. WW: 682 Adj. YW: 1197 WPDA: 3.42

TAU Mr Krugerrand 70M 130P SDCG X-FACTOR 202X Tenderness

GRU Ms Right 202M Marbling Ribeye Area

Bon View New Design 878 DMRS SHIM SHIM SHIREE 605S Percent Choice

DMRS Pickles 470P Yield Grade

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED 4 3.3 70 110 17 52 5

· Out of an ET Midland daughter · Good performance Premium son that is above average for both WW and YW EPDs

LOT

LOT 13

6 9 5 9 6

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED

6 3.1 64 93 26 58 4.9 · Was our Balancer Bull Futurity entry at the NWSS this year · Out of one of my favorite cows, a Bon View Design 878 daughter who has had 4 calves with a weaning index of 103 · He has an above average Milk EPD · Great grandam was a Dam of Merit · One of the highest ranking Igenity scores of 9’s for both Marbling and Percent Choice

LOT 16

9 5 5 5 5

LOT

17

DMRS MR MANITOBA 2106Z

LOT

HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 38GV, 62AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 2/26/2012 Reg. #: 1213734 Tattoo: DMRS 106Z BW: 71 Adj. WW: 596 Adj. YW: 1110 WPDA: 3.15

TAU Mr Grid Topper 43T TAU MR MANITOBA 13X

TAU Ms Junior 3303K 7149T

Baldridge Nebraska 901 DMRS SCARLETT 604S

DMRS Precious 435P

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

18

DCC 002 Outlook 472 LEE’S OUTLINE 7047

Vermilion Lass 2823

4 7 7 7 6

· Excellent growth spread from birth to weaning and yearling · Both Homo Black and Homo Polled · EPDs are above average for WW, YW and Milk · Very good Igenity scores for the carcass traits · His Dam Leila 148L is a very tame cow that has produced 8 calves with a weaning ratio of 111

RHRG MR PREMIUM 2109Z

HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 50GV, 50AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 2/27/2012 Reg. #: 1213735 Tattoo: RHRG 109Z BW: 71 Adj. WW: 644 Adj. YW: 1254 WPDA: 3.43

G A R US Premium Beef RHRG MR PREMIUM 9152W ET

BAG Miss Licorice 114L

Hopps Look At Me RHRG MS LOOKER 934W

RHRG Lacie 043K

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

1 8 5 8 8

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED

9 1.2 61 97 26 56 9.4

LOT 18

· Another Premium son that scored 8’s on the carcass traits for Marbling, Percent Choice and Yield Grade

LOT

20

3 8 3 8 6

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED 8 1.1 70 112 31 66 7.0

· A well balanced bull that puts it all together · He has above average EPDs for CE, WW, YW and Milk · His Baldridge Nebraska 901 Dam has had 4 calves with a weaning ratio of 109 · Great grandam was a Dam of Merit

19

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

Spur Special Legend 819H ET DMRS LEILA

DMRS Ms Trad’s Image 618F

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED 11 1.0 71 112 26 62 10.3

LOT

DMRS MR OUTLINE 2108Z

HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 38GV, 62AN HOMOZYGOUS POLLED Calved: 2/26/2012 Reg. #: 1213740 Tattoo: DMRS 108Z BW: 77 Adj. WW: 721 Adj. YW: 1278 WPDA: 3.57

DMRS MR MANITOBA 2112Z

LOT

BLACK 38GV, 62AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 2/28/2012 Reg. #: 1213738 Tattoo: DMRS 112Z BW: 83 Adj. WW: 673 Adj. YW: 1251 WPDA: 3.42

TAU Mr Grid Topper 43T TAU MR MANITOBA 13X

TAU Ms Junior 3303K 7149T

S A V Final Answer 0035 TAU FINAL ANSWER 9143W

TAU Miss Rodeo Drive 188L

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

4 6 4 6 6

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED 9 1.6 80 116 20 60 8.8 · Dam is a Final Answer daughter that knows how to raise’em · He has a WW EPD of 80 that puts him in the top 5% for all Balancers and a YW EPD in the top 25%

21

DMRS MR OUTLINE 2119Z

HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 38GV, 62AN HOMOZYGOUS POLLED Calved: 2/29/2012 Reg. #: 1213744 Tattoo: DMRS 119Z BW: 67 Adj. WW: 630 Adj. YW: 1141 WPDA: 3.20

DCC 002 Outlook 472 LEE’S OUTLINE 7047

Vermilion Lass 2823

BTI Extra 2106K ET DCSF POST ROCK JILT 274T8

DCSF Post Rock Jilt 258M1

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED

12 -1.3 63 99 23 54 9.0 · Recommended for heifers · Homo Black and Homo Polled by birthright · Above average CE and YW EPD and a -1.3 BW EPD

4 6 4 6 6

DMRS MR TOTAL 2125Z

LOT

22

HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 50GV, 50AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 3/1/2012 Reg. #: 1229026 Tattoo: DMRS 125Z BW: 83 Adj. WW: 705 Adj. YW: 1176 WPDA: 3.63

TC Total 410 EAGLE PASS TOTAL 0007 ET

EGL Miss New Design 1171

DCSF PRC Bocephus 229M2 DMRS SUNNY 689S

DMRS Namby Pamby

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

5 7 5 7 7

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED 8 1.3 73 110 29 66 4.5 · A real solid bull you won’t want to overlook · A weaning ratio of 114 · Top 25% for WW, YW and Milk EPDs · Out of a dam that is very easy fleshing and an easy keeper

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RHRG MR PREMIUM 2128Z

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HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 50GV, 50AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 3/2/2012 Reg. #: 1213771 Tattoo: RHRG 128Z BW: 89 Adj. WW: 662 Adj. YW: 1171 WPDA: 3.33

G A R US Premium Beef RHRG MR PREMIUM 9152W ET

BAG Miss Licorice 114L

SCC Legend 542 RHRG MISS LEGEND 823U

RHRG She-Devil 607S

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

3 6 4 6 6

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED 8 3.4 71 110 14 49 7.3

· A Premium son that really cranked it up after weaning, gaining 3.93#/day · Top 25% for WW and YW EPDs

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HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 50GV, 50AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 3/2/2012 Reg. #: 1213776 Tattoo: DMRS 131Z BW: 83 Adj. WW: 694 Adj. YW: 1286 WPDA: 3.53

H A R B Tanker 717 JH EGL FREIGHTLINER X137 ET

EGL Cadee J029 ET

Lee’s Outline 7047 DMRS WHISKEY GIRL 928W

DMRS Santana 43S

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED 10 1.0 67 102 27 60 8.6

· The Freightliner sons are proving to be performance cattle · Indexed 112 on WW and 106 on YW · Above average EPDs on WW, YW and Milk

MCC Look Out 530 HOPPS LOOK AT ME

Antholz Sara 454

BDCG Upper Limits 14M DMRS SHIRLEY TEMPLE 650S

DMRS Mae

5 6 5 6 7

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

4 7 4 7 6

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED

6 2.2 63 96 32 64 4.6 · Indexed 107 on WW · Top 25% for Milk EPD · Dam had a weaning ratio of 108 on 4 calves

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DMRS MR FREIGHTLINER 2131Z

LOT

RHRG MR LOOKER 2130Z

HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 50GV, 50AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 3/2/2012 Reg. #: 1213775 Tattoo: RHRG 130Z BW: 83 Adj. WW: 662 Adj. YW: 1171 WPDA: 3.33

DMRS MR TOTAL 2136Z

HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 38GV, 62AN HOMOZYGOUS POLLED Calved: 3/3/2012 Reg. #: 1229030 Tattoo: DMRS 136Z BW: 89 Adj. WW: 653 Adj. YW: 1305 WPDA: 3.69

TC Total 410 EAGLE PASS TOTAL 0007 ET

EGL Miss New Design 1171

BDCG Upper Limits 14M DMRS SNOWBUNNY 631S

DMRS Maude

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED 7 2.1 70 113 31 66 5.6 · High performing bull. Indexed 110 on WW and 107 on YW · One of the highest WPDA bulls in the sale and gained 4.13#/day since weaning · Top 25% on WW, YW and Milk EPDs

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4 6 4 6 6

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RHRG MR NET WORTH 2139Z

BLACK 50GV, 50AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 3/5/2012 Reg. #: 1213818 Tattoo: RHRG 139Z BW: 92 Adj. WW: 638 Adj. YW: 1189 WPDA: 3.38

S A V Net Worth 4200 EGL U409

EGL M276

GA Whitman 510 RHRG MS WHITMAN 79T

WVR Hilda 6100F

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

5 5 4 5 5

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED

7 3.1 68 92 25 58 5.7 · Net Worth sons always excel in performance and he is no exception · Ratio 103 in ADJ WW and his EPD for WW is also in the top half for Balancers · His grandam Hilda 6100F was a Dam of Distinction

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DMRS MR TOTAL 2143Z

LOT

HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 50GV, 50AN HOMOZYGOUS POLLED Calved: 3/5/2012 Reg. #: 1229022 Tattoo: DMRS 143Z BW: 84 Adj. WW: 729 Adj. YW: 1233 WPDA: 3.44

TC Total 410 EAGLE PASS TOTAL 0007 ET

EGL Miss New Design 1171

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area

DMRS Sarge 635S DMRS POST ROCK BELLE 132U1 Percent Choice

DCSF Post Rock Belle 59R1ET E Yield Grade

NR 6 4 6 6

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED 8 1.2 79 116 30 69 8.0

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DMRS MR NORTHERN WIND 2144Z

HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 50GV, 50AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 3/5/2012 Reg. #: 1213821 Tattoo: DMRS 144Z BW: 77 Adj. WW: 631 Adj. YW: 1169 WPDA: 3.28

EGL Northern Wind P068 ET EGL U709

EGL Miss Freedom 5209

Tenderness Marbling

Northern Improvement 4480 GF Ribeye Area DMRS MISS NORTHERN 863U Percent Choice

DMRS Rosette Yield Grade

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED

9 0.8 62 86 24 55 9.0

· Homo Black and Homo Polled by birthright · One of the highest WW Bulls in the offering · 118 ratio for WW and above average in YW · His dam we purchased from Post Rock is sired by Sarge 635S (a bull they purchased in our sale in 2007)

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· A Homozygous Black son of Northern Wind · Above average WW ratio · His great grandam Robbie 969J was a Dam of Merit

DMRS MR MANITOBA 2145Z

BLACK 38GV, 62AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 3/5/2012 Reg. #: 1213822 Tattoo: DMRS 145Z BW: 68 Adj. WW: 690 Adj. YW: 1135 WPDA: 3.22

TAU Mr Grid Topper 43T TAU MR MANITOBA 13X

TAU Ms Junior 3303K 7149T

TC Freedom 104 DMRS TIC-TAC 744T

DMRS Marie 832H

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

7 6 6 6 5

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED 12 -0.6 72 101 26 62 10.7 · A good combination of calving ease and growth · Above average EPDs for Calving Ease and WW · A TC Freedom Dam that has above average WW on 4 calves and she’s also a Dam of Merit · His WW ratio was 111

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3 7 4 7 6

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DMRS MR MANITOBA 2152Z

HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 38GV, 62AN HOMOZYGOUS POLLED Calved: 3/6/2012 Reg. #: 1213828 Tattoo: DMRS 152Z BW: 89 Adj. WW: 723 Adj. YW: 1349 WPDA: 3.76

TAU Mr Grid Topper 43T TAU MR MANITOBA 13X

TAU Ms Junior 3303K 7149T

DDF Mr Chunky 515R DCSF POST ROCK BLK BAL 99U8

DCSF Post Rock Red Bal 75P6

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

5 5 4 5 7

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED 6 3.2 79 120 25 65 7.1 · Homo Black and Homo Polled son of Manitoba · Top 25% EPDs for WW and YW · He proved his EPDs by indexing 117 on WW and a 1349# YW · His Dam is a Dam of Merit

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DMRS MR MANITOBA 2153Z

HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 38GV, 62AN HOMOZYGOUS POLLED Calved: 3/6/2012 Reg. #: 1213829 Tattoo: DMRS 153Z BW: 100 Adj. WW: 781 Adj. YW: 1402 WPDA: 3.97

TAU Mr Grid Topper 43T TAU MR MANITOBA 13X

TAU Ms Junior 3303K 7149T

TC Freedom 104 DMRS TULIP 729T

DMRS Precious 435P

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

5 6 5 6 6

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED 5 5.5 94 128 21 68 7.2 · Homo Black and Homo Polled out of a Dam (Tulip 729T) that was the highest WW heifer in 2007 · Exceptional performing bull · Top 5% EPDs for WW and YW · 2nd ranked bull for WW with a ratio of 126 · Highest WPDA bull at 3.97 · Highest YW of 1402 · If you sell by the cwt, he will add pounds

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DMRS MR NET WORTH 2154Z

HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 50GV, 50AN HOMOZYGOUS POLLED Calved: 3/6/2012 Reg. #: 1213831 Tattoo: DMRS 154Z BW: 99 Adj. WW: 762 Adj. YW: 1354 WPDA: 3.83

S A V Net Worth 4200 EGL U409

EGL M276

Bon View New Design 1407 TWINKIE 733T Mae

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED 7 5.0 80 117 25 63 8 · Homo Black and Homo Polled · He ranks 3rd for WW with an index of 123 · He also ranks 3rd for WPDA · Top 25% for WW and YW EPDs

5 6 5 6 6

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RHRG MR PREMIUM 2156Z

HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 50GV, 50AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 3/7/2012 Reg. #: 1213835 Tattoo: RHRG 156Z BW: 83 Adj. WW: 633 Adj. YW: 1284 WPDA: 3.53

G A R US Premium Beef RHRG MR PREMIUM 9152W ET

BAG Miss Licorice 114L

Hopps Look At Me RHRG MS LOOKER 990W

DMRS Shirley 6103S

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

3 7 2 7 4

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED 7 3.3 68 109 20 54 -0.2 · His young dam has produced two calves with a weaning ratio of 106 · Top 25% for YW EPD

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DMRS MR MANITOBA 2158Z

LOT

HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 38GV, 62AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 3/8/2012 Reg. #: 1213837 Tattoo: DMRS 158Z BW: 67 Adj. WW: 685 Adj. YW: 1178 WPDA: 3.32

TAU Mr Grid Topper 43T TAU MR MANITOBA 13X

TAU Ms Junior 3303K 7149T

GA Whitman 510 DMRS MS WHITMAN 7136T

DMRS Whiskey Girl 427P

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

36

H A R B Tanker 717 JH EGL FREIGHTLINER X137 ET

EGL Cadee J029 ET

6 7 6 7 6

Hopps Look At Me DMRS WANETTA 9106W

DMRS Marcie

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED 13 -0.9 70 110 25 60 9.9

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RHRG MR LOOKER 2162Z

Vermilion Dateline 7078 RHRG SALLY 654S

WVR Hilda 6100F

6 7 6 7 7

· His grandam is a Dam of Distinction · Only 4.4 percent of the active Gelbvieh/Balancer cows in the breed qualify for Dam of Merit and only .9 percent qualify for Dam of Distinction · His weaning index is 107

LOT

BLACK 25GV, 75AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 3/9/2012 Reg. #: 1213840 Tattoo: RHRG 162Z BW: 83 Adj. WW: 716 Adj. YW: 1377 WPDA: 3.91

MCC Look Out 530 HOPPS LOOK AT ME

Antholz Sara 454

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED 9 1.5 67 107 25 59 7.1

· Recommended for heifers · Excellent birth to weaning spread · Weaning index of 110 · Dam has had 3 calves with a WW ratio of 104 · Top 25% EPDs for WW and YW

LOT

DMRS MR FREIGHTLINER 2161Z

HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 38GV, 62AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 3/8/2012 Reg. #: 1213841 Tattoo: DMRS 161Z BW: 77 Adj. WW: 664 Adj. YW: 1246 WPDA: 3.42

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED

6 2.0 67 98 28 61 3.4 · WW Index of 115 · 2nd highest WPDA of 3.91 · Gained 4.16#/day since weaning · Very high performing bull that has above average EPDs for WW, YW and Milk

3 6 3 6 6

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RHRG MR LOOKER 2163Z

HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 25GV, 75AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 3/9/2012 Reg. #: 1213842 Tattoo: RHRG 163Z BW: 83 Adj. WW: 709 Adj. YW: 1226 WPDA: 3.44

MCC Look Out 530 HOPPS LOOK AT ME

Antholz Sara 454

SCC Legend 542 RHRG MISS LEGEND 825U

RHRG Sassy 696S

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED

9 1.2 63 91 26 57 4.9 · Out of a Legend daughter and weaned off with an ADJ WW of 709# · Indexed 114 for WW

6 8 7 8 6

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RHRG MR NET WORTH 2166Z

LOT

HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 50GV, 50AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 3/10/2012 Reg. #: 1213845 Tattoo: RHRG 166Z BW: 85 Adj. WW: 664 Adj. YW: 1231 WPDA: 3.49

S A V Net Worth 4200 EGL U409

EGL M276

TAU Krugerrand 70M TAU MISS KRUGERRAND 70M 776T

TAU Miss Freedom 216M

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

40

S A V Net Worth 4200 EGL U409

EGL M276

5 5 5 5 6

Bon View New Design 1407 WIGS TWEETY 702T

WIGS Mahoney 84R

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED 8 2.7 75 111 20 58 8.1

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DMRS MR OUTLINE 2168Z

DMRS Black Powder DMRS 485P

DMRS Ms Double Trad 772G

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

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Tenderness Marbling

DCSF Post Rock Power Cat ET Ribeye Area DCSF POST ROCK ROYALE 232N2 Percent Choice

DCSF Post Rock Royale 137K2ET Yield Grade

3 7 4 7 6

DMRS MR TOTAL 2170Z

DCSF PRC Bocephus 229M2 DMRS SANTANA 43S

DMRS Ms Betsy Busty 024K

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED

9 0.1 57 90 33 61 6.3 · Dam has produced 5 calves with an average weaning ratio of 104 · He has a WW ratio of 109 · Milk EPDs in the top 10% for all Balancers

· This bull’s Dam (232N2) has raised 8 calves and she has been a consistent producer · If you look at the average EPDs for Balancers he is right on; but he is not just an average bull.

LOT

HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 50GV, 50AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 3/12/2012 Reg. #: 1229034 Tattoo: DMRS 170Z BW: 83 Adj. WW: 675 Adj. YW: 1227 WPDA: 3.49

TC Total 410 EAGLE PASS TOTAL 0007 ET

EGL Miss New Design 1171

6 8 5 8 6

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED

8 0.5 61 97 26 56 8.6

· We don’t have that many red cows. And if we keep them they have to be good and believe me this bull’s Dam is that good and is probably one of the best on the place. She’s had 6 calves with a WW ratio of 109. This bull has her highest WW ratio (119) thus far. · He ranked 6th for WW and 7th for WPDA of 3.73 · Could work on heifers

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RHRG MR LOOKER 2169Z

HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 50GV, 50AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 3/12/2012 Reg. #: 1213848 Tattoo: RHRG 169Z BW: 72 Adj. WW: 628 Adj. YW: 1153 WPDA: 3.28

MCC Look Out 530 HOPPS LOOK AT ME

Antholz Sara 454

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED

12 -2.1 55 89 36 64 9.3

LOT

4 5 3 5 8

· Dam has produced 4 calves with a weaning index of 108. She is also a Dam of Merit. · Maternal great grandam (Lorelei 17L) was a Dam of Distinction · EPDs for WW and YW are in top 25% for all Balancers · Igenity score of 8 for Yield Grade · He’s gained 4.67#/day since weaning

LOT

BLACK 50GV, 50AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 3/11/2012 Reg. #: 1213847 Tattoo: DMRS 168Z BW: 66 Adj. WW: 738 Adj. YW: 1321 WPDA: 3.73

DCC 002 Outlook 472 LEE’S OUTLINE 7047

Vermilion Lass 2823

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED 5 5.4 77 127 23 62 6.3

· Out of Krugerrand 70M daughter and a Net Worth son. Dam has weaned 4 calves with above average WW and this bull has been her highest WW Index so far with a ratio of 107 · His EPDs for WW and YW are in the top 25%

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RHRG MR NET WORTH 2167Z

HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 50GV, 50AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 3/10/2012 Reg. #: 1213846 Tattoo: RHRG 167Z BW: 94 Adj. WW: 586 Adj. YW: 1329 WPDA: 3.78

4 7 5 7 7

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WIGS MR FREIGHTLINER 2174Z

BLACK 75GV, 25AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 3/12/2012 Reg. #: 1213851 Tattoo: WIGS 174Z BW: 78 Adj. WW: 795 Adj. YW: 1243 WPDA: 3.43

H A R B Tanker 717 JH EGL FREIGHTLINER X137 ET

EGL Cadee J029 ET

EGL Fosters Lo17 ET CIRS 9RU

HCCG Ms Adriana ET

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

4 6 4 6 5

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED 10 1.3 81 105 26 66 4.9 · Matt and Cody purchased his Dam (CIRS 9RU) at the National Sale in Denver.

She wasn’t just a show heifer; she’s proven she can produce with the rest in short grass country. Her bull calf had the highest ADJ WW at 795# with an Index of 128 ranking him at No. 1. And he did it without creep. · And the way this past summer was, I guess you could say he did it on mama’s milk, short grass and hot air. And if you think it took hot air to write this you’re probably right!! But seriously he did ok!

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DMRS MR NET WORTH 2180Z

LOT

BLACK 50GV, 50AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 3/15/2012 Reg. #: 1213858 Tattoo: DMRS 180Z BW: 90 Adj. WW: 721 Adj. YW: 1318 WPDA: 3.75

S A V Net Worth 4200 EGL U409

EGL M276

GA Whitman 510 DMRS TILLY 710T

DMRS Pom-Pom 421P

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

4 6 7 6 6

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED 7 3.7 80 114 28 68 7.1

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DMRS MR FREIGHTLINER 2183Z

BLACK 38GV, 62AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 3/16/2012 Reg. #: 1213861 Tattoo: DMRS 183Z BW: 78 Adj. WW: 752 Adj. YW: 1243 WPDA: 3.42

H A R B Tanker 717 JH EGL FREIGHTLINER X137 ET

EGL Cadee J029 ET

Lee’s Outline 7047 DMRS MS OUTLINE 989W

DMRS Snowbunny 631S

RHRG MR LOOKER 2190Z

TC Freedom 104 RHRG MISS FREEDOM 856U

DCSF Post Rock Missie 116J2

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

6 10 7 10 6

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED 9 1.1 62 107 28 50 7.0 · His Dam has had 3 calves that have averaged above 100 for WW · EPDs for Milk and YW are above average

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DMRS MR TOTAL 2198Z

HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 50GV, 50AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 3/25/2012 Reg. #: 1229032 Tattoo: DMRS 198Z BW: 88 Adj. WW: 618 Adj. YW: 1201 WPDA: 3.45

TC Total 410 EAGLE PASS TOTAL 0007 ET

EGL Miss New Design 1171

Tenderness Marbling

DCSF Post Rock Direction 4L2 Ribeye Area DMRS REBEKKA 55R Percent Choice

DMRS Belle 934J Yield Grade

5 6 6 6 5

· A Freightliner son that excelled in ADJ WW where he indexed 121 to rank him 5th over all · He is above average for Calving Ease, WW, YW and Milk

HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 25GV, 75AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 3/21/2012 Reg. #: 1213867 Tattoo: RHRG 190Z BW: 72 Adj. WW: 621 Adj. YW: 1220 WPDA: 3.45

MCC Look Out 530 HOPPS LOOK AT ME

Antholz Sara 454

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED 11 0.8 72 108 27 62 8.7

· Another Net Worth grandson who has performed as expected · WW ratio of 116, ADJ YW over 1300# and a WPDA of 3.75 which ranks him 6th in the sale · His Dam (Tilly 710T) has had 4 calves with an average weaning ratio of 113

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4 7 4 7 7

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED

9 1.5 64 96 27 59 -0.3 · Dam (Rebekka 55R) has had 6 calves with an average WW ratio over 100 · He gained 3.7#/day since weaning

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FALL BULLS

The fall bulls were turned out on grass in the spring, after they were weaned from their dams, with no supplemental feed until they were brought back home in November. Thus the lighter yearling weights.

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DMRS MR WHITMAN 1174Y

LOT

BLACK 50GV, 50AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 10/15/2011 Reg. #: 1219449 Tattoo: DMRS 174Y BW: 84 Adj. WW: 555 Adj. YW: 1024

TC Freedom 104 GA WHITMAN 510

Freds Whitney 235

DCSF PRC Bocephus 229M2 DMRS MISS BO 8100U

DMRS Peggy 032K

Tenderness Marbling Ribeye Area Percent Choice Yield Grade

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TC Freedom 104 GA WHITMAN 510

Freds Whitney 235

Tenderness Marbling

TAU Mr Freedom 920 175P ET Ribeye Area DMRS URSULA 883U Percent Choice

DMRS Panama 482P Yield Grade

4 6 4 6 5

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED

12 -1.3 38 69 38 57 8.4 · The fall bulls are always at a disadvantage compared to the spring bulls but the two in the sale I think you will agree are very good bulls · This guy is above average for calving ease and minus for birth weight · His maternal grandam was a Dam of Merit

DMRS MR WHITMAN 1175Y

HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 50GV, 50AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 10/25/2011 Reg. #: 1219450 Tattoo: DMRS 175Y BW: 86 Adj. WW: 535 Adj. YW: 988

3 6 3 6 5

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED

11 0.3 48 88 36 60 8.8 · His maternal grandam was a Dam of Merit and also produced a Division Champion a few years ago in Denver · Above average CE EPD and top 5% for Milk EPD · The Whitman herdsire always produced good milking mothers and these are his last two bulls to ever sell!

OPEN BALANCER HEIFERS LOT

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DMRS MS FOCUS 236Z

DOUBLE BLACK 50GV, 50AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 2/12/2012 Reg. #: 1211038 Tattoo: DMRS 36Z BW: 56 Adj. WW: 589

DMRS THE FACTOR 272Z

DOUBLE BLACK 50GV, 50AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 2/19/2012 Reg. #: 1212460 Tattoo: DMRS 72Z BW: 62 Adj. WW: 536

TAU Mr Krugerrand 70M 130P SDCG X-FACTOR 202X

GRU Ms Right 202M

Mytty In Focus DCSF POST ROCK BLK BAL 15XB

DCSF Post Rock Belle 132U1

SCC Legend 542 WALDA 914W

Ms Upper Limits 797T

· Excellent CE and BW EPDs · CE of 18 puts her in the top 5% for all Balancers

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Mytty In Focus TAU MR IN FOCUS 18W

TAU Ms Sleepy 204P 7124T

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED

18 -1.5 58 92 28 57 11.8

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CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED

14 -1.1 49 72 24 48 6 · Top 25% for CE and BW EPD · 1/2 brother to Lot 16 (our Balancer Futurity entry) · Sire (X-Factor) was the 2011 Balancer Futurity winner in Dener · Maternal great grandam was a Dam of Merit

DMRS MS NORTHERN WIND 2120Z

DOUBLE BLACK 50GV, 50AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 2/29/2012 Reg. #: 1213753 Tattoo: DMRS 120Z BW: 68 Adj. WW: 568

EGL Northern Wind P068 ET EGL U709

EGL Miss Freedom 5209

GA Whitman 510 DMRS MS WHITMAN 936W

DMRS Magnolia CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED

10 -0.7 59 89 24 53 8.2

· Top 25% for BW EPD · You can expect a good maternal mama cow being a Whitman granddaughter

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DMRS MS OUTLINE 2197Z

BLACK 50GV, 50AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 3/24/2012 Reg. #: 1213872 Tattoo: DMRS 197Z BW: 78 Adj. WW: 514

DCC 002 Outlook 472 LEE’S OUTLINE 7047

Vermilion Lass 2823

DMRS Power Cat DMRS PICKLES 470P

DMRS Chely 953J CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED 6 2.7 62 101 27 58 1.3

· An Outline daughter with above average YW and Milk EPDs · Her grandam (Chely 953J) was a Dam of Merit

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DMRS MS MANITOBA 2210Z

DOUBLE BLACK 38GV, 62AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 4/7/2012 Reg. #: 1213883 Tattoo: DMRS 210Z BW: 62 Adj. WW: 582

DMRS MS TOTAL 2221Z

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DOUBLE BLACK 50GV, 50AN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 4/18/2012 Reg. #: 1229029 Tattoo: DMRS 221Z BW: 60 Adj. WW: 583

TAU Mr Grid Topper 43T TAU MR MANITOBA 13X

TAU Ms Junior 3303K 7149T

TC Total 410 EAGLE PASS TOTAL 0007 ET

EGL Miss New Design 1171

Lee’s Outline 7047 WYNONA 932W

Penny 443P

DCSF Post Rock Direction 4L2 DMRS RIKKI 52R

DMRS Francine

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED 10 -0.1 70 110 23 58 8 · Above average EPDs for BW, WW and YW · She has several outstanding brothers in the sale by Manitoba

CE BW WW YW Milk TM CED

12 -1.6 57 86 36 65 4.8 · Very good CE and BW EPDs · The Total calves have performed very well · Dam has had 4 calves that averaged a weaning index of 112

KWHG Ms Lillian 8X34 Division Champion Sire: Mr Krugerrand 70M 130P MGS: Mach One 54L

ANGUS REFERENCE SIRES REF

A

LEE’S OUTLINE 7047

Calved: 3/5/2007 Reg. #: 15837096 BW: 83 Adj. WW: 945 O C C Genesis 872G

DCC New Look 101 O C C Dixie Erica 814G DCC 002 OUTLOOK 472 O C C Grand Prix 625G

DCC Merle 002 C M Merle 750H S A F Focus of E R

Baldridge Nebraska 901 Baldridge Flossie 367 VERMILION LASS 2823 Sitz Alliance 6595

Vermilion Lass 0823 Vermilion Lass 3076

BW WW YW Milk 2.6 40 77 21

One of our newer herdsires that adds tremendous volume and thickness to his offspring. There are several good sons by him in this sale. He is one of the better herdsires we have ever owned as far as disposition goes.

REF

B

LEE’S OUTLINE 7047

HOPPS LOOK AT ME 745 Calved: 3/1/2007 Reg. #: 15819290

B E B Juneau 104 MCC LOOK OUT 530

Riley Flat Ideal 839

Four Winds EXT 011 ANTHOLZ SARA 454

Lewis Sara 10

Northern Improvement 4480 GF B E B Erica 963 J S A R Flatlander 765F J A R Ideal G033 Four Winds Ext 514 Four Winds Blackbird 432 Annaleas Traveler 260 Laflins Miss Class 2078

BW WW YW Milk 1.4 40 64 22

A herdsire that makes his offspring long, stylish and square hipped. His sons in this sale have performed very well while on their dams and had very good post weaning gains.

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HOPPS LOOK AT ME 745

EAGLE PASS TOTAL 0007 ET

Calved: 1/31/2010 Reg. #: 16796402 BW: 80 Adj. WW: 619 Adj. YW: 1220 B/R New Design 036

Bon View New Design 208 Bon View Erica 443 TC TOTAL 410 Twin Valley Precision E161

TC Erica Eileen 2047 TC Erica Eileen 5116 V D A R New Trend 315

B/R New Design 036 B/R Blackcap Empress 76 EGL MISS NEW DESIGN 1171 Sitz Alliance 6595

EGL 9418 Eagle Pass 5292

CE BW WW YW Milk 1 2.8 60 108 27

He is a total bull with calving ease, weaning wt., yearling wt. and milk.

There are several outstanding offspring in this year’s sale.

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EGL U409

Calved: 4/5/2008 Reg. #: 1085623 BW: 80 Adj. WW: 659 Adj. YW: 1212 Sitz Traveler 8180

S A V 8180 Traveler 004 Boyd Forever Lady 8003 S A V NET WORTH 4200 S A F 598 Bando 5175

S A V May 2410 S A V May 6269 EGL Gadget F1258

EGL Guido K051 ET EGL Olive F025 ET EGL M276 EGL Dark Star E1613 ET

EGL H228 EGL F822

CE BW WW YW Milk 6 5.1 83 122 17 One of our Balancer Herdsires who sires excellent weaning weights. His sire (SAV Net Worth 4200) is one of the Angus breed’s more popular AI Sires who packs a punch with mass and thickness. U409 has WW and YW EPDs that rank him in the top 10% for Balancers.

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MR PREMIUM 9152W ET

EGL U409

Calved: 9/27/2009 Reg. #: 1147276 BW: 89 Adj. WW: 574 Adj. YW: 1083 Tehama Bando 155

G A R Precision 1680 G A R 856 G A R US PREMIUM BEEF N Bar Emulation EXT

G A R Ext 2928 G A R 6807 Traveler 154 Leachman New Day 205B

Freedom 178F ET Miss 61Y MISS LICORICE 114L Dr Pepper 29D

Miss DP 136F Miss Leader 214Y

CE BW WW YW Milk 10 1.6 70 115 15

An ET son out of Licorice 114L and GAR US Primium Beef. His progeny have hit the ground running and never looked back. He sires calves that perform on Mama, in the feedlot and should do as well on the rail.

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FREIGHTLINER X137 ET

Calved: 3/5/2010 Reg. #: 1157412 BW: 85 Adj. WW: 670 Adj. YW: 1198 Bon View Bando 598

Connealy Freightliner Joana Erica of Conanga H A R B TANKER 717 JH H A R B Cincha 829

H A R B Princess Vel 36 JH H A R B RCA Princess Vel 03 Polled Midnight

Cocoa 35C Miss Kaiser 449Y CADEE J029 ET Bennett Premier Z104 D009 B50 ET

CE BW WW YW Milk 12 0.8 69 111 20

Above average CE and top 25% for WW and YW EPD’s, Freightliner sires calves that have exceptional performance.

His RFI score was a 7, with 10 being the best for feed efficiency.

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FREIGHTLINER X137 ET

TAU MR MANITOBA 13X

Calved: 1/24/2010 Reg. #: 1157078 BW: 88 Adj. WW: 732 Adj. YW: 1260 G A R Grid Maker

TC Grid Topper 355 TC Pride 8067 MR GRID TOPPER 43T T G Ty 313L

Miss Ty 3130N Freedom 102L Echo 575E

3303K ET Miss 92C MS JUNIOR 3303K 7149T Bon View New Design 878

TAU Ms New Design 878 308 T G Ms Vision 1134 of 4420

CE BW WW YW Milk 9 2.3 85 131 17

A homozygous black son of Grid Topper and a JBOB Junior dam. Moderate framed but heavy muscled and natural width through out. His excellent EPD’s for WW and YW put him in the top 5% for all Balancers.

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TAU MR IN FOCUS 18W

Calved: 1/25/2009 Reg. #: 1114271 BW: 75 Adj. WW: 745 Adj. YW: 1245 S A F Fame

S A F Focus of E R G D A R Forever Lady 246 MYTTY IN FOCUS Sitz Alliance 6595

Mytty Countess 906 Baldridge Countess 357 Sleepy 161F ET

Mr Sleepy 204P Miss Freedom 177L MS SLEEPY 204P 7124T Power Pac 9070J

Miss Power Pac 2179M Ms Dr Pepper 747G

CE BW WW YW Milk 23 -4.0 42 64 29

A herdsire we use on heifers and he does his job very well. His sire Mytty in Focus, is one of the Angus breed’s premier AI calving ease sires. His CE of 23 and BW of -4.0 puts him in the top 1% for all Balancer Active Sires.

He’s a moderate framed bull with loads of thickness and very easy fleshing ability. He comes home in the fall looking very good.

TAU MR IN FOCUS 18W

(Use IGENITY logo on this page) The IGENITY Profile IGENITY® provides the beef industry with the most comprehensive genetic profile of multiple traits of economic importance. The insights gained from an IGENITY profile help producers make more confident selection, management and marketing decisions. The IGENITY profile includes multiple-marker analyses for traits such as: Tenderness, Marbling, Quality Grade, Yield Grade, Fat Thickness, Ribeye Area, Average Daily Gain, Heifer Pregnancy Rate, Stayability, Calving Ease and Docility.

IGENITY Profile traits reported: Raile Gelbvieh is providing IGENITY scores for several of the traits. The remaining trait scores are available upon request for your consideration. Please contact us or our IGENITY Representative Rick Pfortmiller (785) 230-9507 and we will be happy to share those with you.

Profile Score Advantages To assist cattle producers in understanding the value of DNA technology, IGENITY has developed a scoring system for each trait using a scale of 1 to 10. Higher values are not necessarily better — they simply indicate that the animal has the potential for more of that trait.

The following descriptions and table (Table 1) are useful in describing each trait and reflect the relative difference expected in animals compared to contemporaries with an IGENITY profile score of 1.

Average Daily Gain: The IGENITY profile results for Average Daily Gain identifies an animal’s genetic potential for rate of gain. Animals which score a 10 would have the potential to gain .81 pounds more per day than animals that score a 1.

Tenderness: The analysis in the IGENITY profile for tenderness represents an animal’s genetic potential for tenderness as measured by WarnerBratzler Shear Force (WBSF), with 10 being the most tender and 1 being the least tender. Lower shear force means more tender beef. In a group of animals with a score from IGENITY of 10 for tenderness, 2.3 pounds less shear force is required than an animal with a score from IGENITY of 1.

Marbling Score: Higher scores from IGENITY for marbling equal greater genetic potential for marbling. In a group of animals with a score from IGENITY of 10 for marbling, the average marbling score can be expected to be 161 points greater than animals with a score of 1. The USDA beef grading system for marbling uses a 100 to 999 point scale. Marbling points reflect how much intramuscular fat is present in each carcass, and thus the potential to grade USDA Choice.

Fat Thickness: Lower IGENITY profile scores indicate less external fat, while higher scores reflect more external fat with a difference of .37 inches between a group of animals that scored a 1 versus a group of animals that scored a 10.

Ribeye Area: Higher scores from the IGENITY profile reflect larger ribeye areas and lower scores reflect smaller ribeye areas. In a group of animals with a score from IGENITY of 10 for ribeye area, the average ribeye is expected to be 2.56 square inches larger than in a group of animals with a score of 1.

Percent Choice (Quality Grade) Higher scores from IGENITY for quality grade equal greater genetic potential to grade choice or higher. In a group of animals that possess a score from IGENITY of 10 for quality grade, it is likely that 64.4%or more should grade USDA Choice or higher.

Trait Trait

Table 1. IGENITY RESULTS KEY Table 1. IGENITY RESULTS KEY

IGENITY Result IGENITY Result Average Daily Gain Average Daily Gain Tenderness in lbs. of Tenderness in lbs. of WBSF WBSF USDA Marbling Score USDA Marbling Score Backfat Thickness Backfat Thickness Ribeye Area in Sq. RibeyeInches Area in Sq. Inches Percent Choice Percent Choice Yield Grade Yield Grade

1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 2 0.05 0.05 -0.2 -0.2 17.7 17.7 .06 .06 0.24 0.24 7.2 7.2 0.15 0.15

3 3 0.14 0.14 -0.4 -0.4 35.5 35.5 .09 .09 0.53 0.53 14.3 14.3 0.31 0.31

4 4 0.24 0.24 -0.8 -0.8 53.3 53.3 .13 .13 0.80 0.80 21.5 21.5 0.46 0.46

5 5 0.34 0.34 -1.1 -1.1 70.6 70.6 .17 .17 1.07 1.07 28.6 28.6 0.61 0.61

6 6 0.44 0.44 -1.2 -1.2 88.4 88.4 .21 .21 1.35 1.35 35.8 35.8 0.76 0.76

7 7 0.54 0.54 -1.5 -1.5 106.

106.

4 4 .24 .24 1.64 1.64 42.9 42.9 0.92 0.92

8 8 0.64 0.64 -1.9 -1.9 123.

123.

6 6 .28 .28 1.93 1.93 50.1 50.1 1.07 1.07

9 9 0.72 0.72 -2.0 -2.0 141.

141.

3 3 .32 .32 2.22 2.22 57.2 57.2 1.21 1.21

10 10 0.81 0.81 -2.3 -2.3 161.

161.

4 4 .37 .37 2.56 2.56 64.4 64.4 1.35 1.35

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Why Balancers®?

FACT SHEET

Crossbreeding made easy.

Wayne Vanderwert, Ph.D.

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Hybrids. It started with singlecross corn; it has dominated broiler and swine production, the state conservation department releases hybrid game fish, and now the car companies are promoting hybrids. All for the same reason; there are advantages to hybrids.

The movement to hybrid seedstock in beef production is in its infancy and increased usage in commercial beef production is inevitable. Why…because hybrids simplify many of the challenges a commercial beef producer faces and increase profitability. Hybrids also stabilize breed composition; in turn that provides more, not less, consistency in a calf crop.

I remember sitting in Beef Production class and a number of Animal Breeding classes while the professor diagramed crossbreeding systems for beef production.

I caught myself wondering how anyone could sleep though such a stimulating lecture. It’s all about heterosis, breed complementarity, maternal heterosis and potentially utilizing terminal breeds, what could be better? I’ve since figured out it was all about maximizing complexity, ignoring simplicity and real-world application…the smartest students may have been the ones napping.

Let’s take a look at a basic two-breed rotation. The textbook model assumes that you’ll have bulls of each breed and separate your cows into two breeding groups based on their sire breed. In big herds, where it is feasible, it requires extra labor to sort cows and calves, making sure you don’t split a pair, and it doesn’t fit with improved management practices like rotational grazing. The three-breed textbook model, to take full advantage of maternal heterosis, is just one step more complicated.

The Crossbreeding Reality The reality approach in most herds is to buy a bull of one breed use him two years and then replace him with one from the second breed. This is especially true

in small, single herd sire cowherds, but for simplicity even many big herds rotate breeds every other year. Keeping replacement females every cycle in this system means the resulting calf crop has a variety of percentages, from 50% and up, of the sire breed used in that cycle. How does that provide consistency?

The temptation might be to consider straight breeding commercial cows. But the merits of crossbreeding are too great for a commercial cattleman to ignore.

Crossbreeding provides heterosis in many traits but in particular the traits that are the most difficult to apply selection pressure for improvement. Cow longevity, lifetime productivity and calf survivability, are examples where heterosis can give a 25 percent or higher advantage.

some Gelbvieh influence in a majority of my cowherd. At that point, I’d switch to Balancers® to stabilize the level of Gelbvieh and British in my herd at a desirable level.

Under this scenario, the skeptics argue that somehow the parent breeds will genetically segregate in the offspring, yielding more variability, but this just isn’t the case. Consistency in the calf crop comes from the progeny being very similar in breed composition.

The data from the Gelbvieh Alliance and Meat Animal Research Center agree that combining continental and British influence at the right levels pay big dividends in feed efficiency and targeting a desirable, and profitable, level of Yield and Quality grades.

The heterosis advantages in growth and milk are smaller, and in carcass traits we see little hybrid vigor. In these traits breed complementarity, combining breeds with offsetting strengths and weaknesses comes to play.

In the pasture, Gelbvieh influence in your cowherd that will provide great fertility, milk and growth, while keeping mature cow size in check.

There is a reason commercial beef producers appreciate the advantages of Balancer bulls. They take the headaches out of crossbreeding, provide heterosis, and let producers focus on the windows of acceptability for feedlot performance and end product merit. Balancers are the easy shortcut to profitability.

The Balancer® Advantage As a commercial producer, if I had straight-bred or high-percentage British cattle, I’d use Gelbvieh bulls until I had

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Good Bulls Don’t Cost...They Pay

By Frank Padilla

COST CUTTING HAS become a survival tool for most cow-calf producers for many years. In current economic times, producers are looking hard to reduce input costs in any phase of their operations where they can. But when it comes to the bottom line, lower costs will get you only half of the equation. Herd sire selection is directly attributable to 80 percent of herd improvement. What you can afford to pay for a bull depends on more than finding one at the lowest price.

Let’s compare two Gelbvieh bulls, Bull A and Bull B. Each bull’s expected progeny differences (EPDs), plus the breed average for Gelbvieh sires are listed in table 1. If both bulls sire 40 calves (20 heifers and 20 bulls) from the same cow herd for four consecutive years, how much more can you afford to pay for a bull with better genetics?

Growth Growth trait EPDs are expressed in pounds. If the steer and heifer calves are sold at weaning, what advantage does Bull A have over Bull B? Bull A has a weaning weight EPD of 50 pounds; Bull B, 30 pounds. Based on these EPDs, you can expect Bull A, on average, to sire calves that weigh 20 more pounds at weaning than Bull B when bred to the same cows.

If 15 percent of the 40 calves are kept for replacement females, 34 calves multiplied by the additional pounds sired by Bull A results in 680 pounds of additional weaning weight per year.

If these pounds are valued at $150 per hundredweight (cwt), yearly gross sales from calves sired by Bull A amounts to an increase of $1,020 per year. That annual gross sales amount ($1,020) multiplied

over four years results in a $4,080 of increased gross sales from Bull A when compared to Bull B.

Maternal Daughters from Bull A should not be overlooked when adding productivity and dollars. Bulls with superior maternal genetics sire daughters that have increased performance. Increased milk production and growth are passed on to daughters of superior genetic bulls.

One way to compare a sire’s ability to transmit milk and growth rate to his daughter is to calculate maternal weaning weight. The maternal weaning weight is expressed in pounds and is equal to the sire’s milk EPD plus one-half of his weaning weight EPD. Bull A’s maternal weaning weight would be one-half 50 plus 22 or 47 pounds (1/2 x 50WW + 22Milk = 47 pounds of maternal weaning weight).

Bull B’s calculated maternal weaning weight would be one-half of 30 plus 12 or 27 pounds (1/2 x 30WW + 12 = 27 pounds of maternal weaning weight). Using this example, you can expect Bull A’s daughters, on average, to raise calves that are 20 pounds heavier at weaning than Bull B’s, assuming they are bred to the same bull.

If twenty-four females, 15 percent of the total calf crop each year, are retained out of Bull A and these cows stay in the herd six years, there will be an additional 2,880 pounds of weaned weight compared to Bull B’s daughters. If this weight is valued at $150 cwt, there will be extra gross sales of $4,320 for Bull A’s daughters’ lifetimes compared with that to that of Bull B’s. Take note that optimum selection for milk production needs to take place in

consideration of environmental differences and nutrition. Producers should analyze their requirements and make breeding decisions accordingly.

Herd sire selection is directly attributable to 80 percent of herd improvement. What you can afford to pay for a bull depends on more than finding one at the lowest price.

Easy math tells us that Bull A has returned $8,400 more over his lifetime used than Bull B. This example does not necessarily suggest that you pay an extra $8,400 for Bull A but it does help explain why a sire’s genetic potential is such an important factor when selecting bulls to purchase. Purchasing a bull is a long-term investment that has great influence on your herd’s productivity. Consider all the factors when you decide to purchase a bull.

Remember as well that EPDs of different breeds cannot be compared without across breed adjustments being calculated.

Take the time and do the math. Good bulls don’t cost…. but rather they pay you back big in the long run.

Note: Frank Padilla is the director of breed promotion for the American Gelbvieh Association. He can be reached at frankp@ gelbvieh.org or 303-465-2333.

Table 1. Sire A and B’s EPDs Compared with Gelbvieh Breed’s Average

Trait

Birth Weight Weaning Yearling (BW) Weight (WW) Weight (YW)

Milk

Gelbvieh Breed Averages

1.2

38

72

16

Bull A

1.0

50

90

22

Bull B

1.0

30

60

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