Rockin' R Simmentals - 2016

Rockin’ R

Simmentals 1st Annual Production Sale February 21, 2016

Bloomington Livestock Exchange | Bloomington, WI

Rockin’ R Simmentals

Welcome!

Welcome to our first production sale! Thank you for your interest in our cattle.

We have been raising Simmentals for over 40 years. Most of our breeding stock originates from Montana and North Dakota. We have been selling heifers at the North Dakota Classic for the past five years. The Classic showcases cattle from some of the leading Simmental breeders in the United States.

In our 40 plus years of raising SImmentals, we have focused on performance and profitability.

This is our business - not a hobby. We cull each year for fertility, udder quality, disposition and performance.

We use limited AI with the majority of our cattle being bull bred. Any new breeding stock purchased must be moderate framed, polled, possess docile dispositions and have outstanding performance for both maternal and growth qualities.

Any of the bulls offered should work well in any crossbreeding program. If you have any questions, please give us a call, or stop by and we will be glad to assist you in finding the best bull for your program.

Thanks Again, Larry & Michelle Tourdot Rockin’ R Simmentals 608.432.2853 (c) | 608.253.5025 (h)

Dedication

We would like to dedicate our sale this year to the memory of Ray Riddlestine, Michelle’s dad and husband of Bette.

Ray lost his battle to cancer in January of 2014.

He was a major part of the success of Rockin’ R Simmentals. Now that he is gone, Bette continues his passion to produce quality cattle. The cattle are still raised on the home farm that’s been in the family since 1865. In fact a few of the bulls selling are hers.

We also would like to thank Harvey Behnke, Shawn Nemitz and the staffs of Sunrise Veterinary Clinic and Bloomington Livestock Exchange for their assistance.

Rockin’ R Simmentals 1st Annual Production Sale February 21, 2016

Bloomington Livestock Exchange | Bloomington, WI

Rockin’ R Simmentals

Larry & Michelle Tourdot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608.432.2853

Sale Location & Schedule Bloomington Livestock Exchange . . . . . . . 608.994.2020 9663 County Road A Bloomington, WI 53804

Saturday, February 20, 2016 Bulls may be viewed all day at Bloomington Livestock Exchange Sunday, February 21, 2016 Approximately 3:00 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bulls sell, after bred cow sale, which starts at 12:00 p.m.

Sale Representatives

Roger Vanderleest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815.718.1377 Kevin Kirshbaum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608.732.0732

Auctioneer

Cody Kirschbaum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608.412.3142

Announcements

Announcements made sale day and from the auction block during the sale take precedence over printed material associated with this sale. Anyone attending this sale attends at their own risk. Breeders or any of the sale staff will not be held responsible for any personal injury while attending this sale.

EPDs

EPDs in this catalog are the American Simmental Association 2016 Spring EPDs for all animals.

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Terms & Conditions

We guarantee all bulls to be breeders and we reserve the right to test any bull in question as a non-breeder for at least 180 days before making an adjustment. If the bull is declared a sound breeder by a competent veterinarian, the bull will be returned to the buyer at the buyer’s expense.

In the case an adjustment is required it will be made with a replacement of equal value to the animal in question, credit towards the purchase of another animal or return of the purchase price.

Each animal becomes property and therefore is also the risk of the purchaser after it is sold. We guarantee the cattle to be healthy sale day.

For those who cannot attend the sale we will honor a telephone order and guarantee your phone purchase to meet your request when inspected personally by you.

All cattle sell under the terms and conditions of the American Simmental Association, which may be viewed online at, tinyurl.com/asasaleterms Certificates of registry will be supplied by the seller.

Each bull will be sold to the buyer with 100% ownership and semen rights.

Herd Health

All the bulls in the sale were calfhood vaccinated with Alpha 7 and Ocu-guard MB-1. At turn out they were treated with Long Range. Pre-weaning shots were Bovi-Sheild Gold 5 and Ultrabac 7/Somubac. At weaning they were boosted with Bovi-Shield Gold 5. Post-weaning they were vaccinated with One Shot and received their second Ultrabac 7/ Somubac. On November 15th they were poured with Eprinex. Early February they received Vista Once.

BVD Status

All bulls in the sale were tested for BVD and tested negative.

About the Cover Emily Brinkman | 419-967-0141 | www.generation6.co

Rockin’ R Simmentals 2015 replacement heifers.

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Rockin’ R Simmentals 3

ROCKIN R DAKOTA C03 BD: 4/11/15 | ASA#: 3018573 | Tattoo: C03 | B 3/4 SM 1/4 CS | B | P | Adj. BW: 89 | Adj. WW: 770 BCLR SHAMWOW W611

KS SHAMWARI A485

PSR CRACKIN GOOD 184R SRS 60W MONTANA

ROCKIN R MELODY

Lot 3

6

CE

BW

11.1

1.2

WW

YW

58.4 92.9

T7

MCE

6.2

MM

MWW

CW

YG

Marb

Stay

29.3 58.6 27.0 -0.28 0.12

TI

• Dakota’s pedigree includes cattle from four prominent North Dakota and Montana Simmental Ranches. He is a nice Shamwari son that should work well on heifers or cows.

ROCKIN R OTIS C91 BD: 3/20/15 | ASA#: 3006482 | Tattoo: C91 | B 3/4 SM 1/4 CS | B | P | Adj. BW: 82 | Adj. WW: 752 OLF ODIN U5

OLF OTIS Y43

OLF MISS GUNNER W8 ROCKIN R GRANITE Y20

ROCKIN R ROSEBUD A73 CE

BW

13.3

0.0

WW

YW

MCE

70.5 109.7 7.0

MM

W73 MWW

CW

YG

Marb

Stay

API

TI

27.7 63.0 35.2 -0.32 0.01 16.5 119.5 73.0

• Rockin R Otis has excellent EPDS’s. His dam is a first calf heifer. His dam’s sire is out of KS Ariela. His grandam is the dam of Lot 73. Buy with confidence, he has it all!

Lot 6

22

ROCKIN R WARRIOR C22 BD: 3/27/15 | ASA#: 3006484 | Tattoo: C22 | B PB SM | B | P | Adj. BW: 94 | Adj. WW: 747 BCLR SHAMWOW W611

KS SHAMWARI A485

PSR CRACKIN GOOD 184R SRS 60W MONTANA

ROCKIN R ATHENA

Lot 22 2

API

106.9 61.9

CE

BW

10.8

2.0

WW

YW

58.5 93.1

MCE

9.9

SRS W22 MM

MWW

CW

YG

Marb

27.5 56.7 28.6 -0.24 0.21

Stay

API

TI

126.7 65.9

• We purchased Warrior’s granddam from Skillestad Simmentals in Montana. His maternal sister sold in the 2014 North Dakota Classic. He is one stout, medium framed purebred.

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ROCKIN R DURANGO C34 BD: 4/8/15 | ASA#: 3006487 | Tattoo: C34 | B 3/4 SM 1/4 CS | B | P | Adj. BW: 81 | Adj. WW: 769 BCLR SHAMWOW W611

KS SHAMWARI A485

PSR CRACKIN GOOD 184R SRS 60W MONTANA

ROCKIN R EMERALD A34 CE

BW

12.2

0.2

WW

YW

59.2 93.8

MCE

6.2

MM

X34 MWW

CW

YG

Marb

Stay

API

30.5 60.1 26.3 -0.29 0.12

TI

124.4 66.9

• Durango is out of a first calf heifer. He is another nice Shamwari son with a low birth wieght and a 769 pound ADJ WW.

Lot 34

39

ROCKIN R RAM TOUGH BD: 3/21/15 | ASA#: 3006489 | Tattoo: C39 | B 1/2 SM 1/2 CS | R | P | Adj. BW: 97 | Adj. WW: 880 HOOKS/KS SEQUOIA 35S

ROCKIN R STERLING

KS ARIELA U432

Y39

Lot 39

56

CE

BW

7.9

3.4

WW

YW

MCE

72.2 104.4 4.0

MM

MWW

CW

YG

Marb

24.4 60.5 36.7 -0.32 0.06

Stay

API

TI

104.6 67.7

• We have included three 1/2 PB Simmentals in our bull sale. They are all out of Sterling, and our three best commercial Simmental cows. Their ADJ WW are all over 800 pounds. Use them on cows and watch your calves grow. Ram tough had the highest ADJ WW of 880 pounds.

ROCKIN R GEMINI C56 BD: 3/12/15 | ASA#: 3006478 | Tattoo: C56 | B 1/2 SM 1/2 CS | R | P | Adj. BW: 87 | Adj. WW: 813 HOOKS/KS SEQUOIA 35S

ROCKIN R STERLING

KS ARIELA U432

Y56 CE

BW

9.5

2.0

WW

YW

64.5 93.8

MCE

4.0

MM

MWW

CW

YG

Marb

26.9 59.2 28.6 -0.35 0.06

Stay

API

TI

109.2 65.5

• Gemini is out of Sterling and what we consider our best red commercial Simmental cow. If you keep heifers, with his growth combined with her maternal characteristics, you can’t go wrong. His ADJ WW of 813 pounds was 3rd highest.

Lot 56 3

Rockin’ R Simmentals 73

ROCKIN R ONE EYE C73 BD: 4/7/15 | ASA#: 3006486 | Tattoo: C73 | B 1/2 SM 1/2 CS | B | P | Adj. BW: 95 | Adj. WW: 816 HOOKS/KS SEQUOIA 35S

ROCKIN R STERLING

KS ARIELA U432

W73

Lot 73

74

CE

BW

8.8

3.2

WW

YW

65.0 94.7

MCE

4.2

MM

MWW

CW

YG

Marb

Stay

29.0 61.5 30.9 -0.34 0.06

TI

• One Eye is out of Sterling, and our best black commercial Simmental cow. He is W73’s first bull calf. Her four heifer calves are in our herd or have been sold as breeding stock. W73’s grandson sells as Lot 6. One Eye’s ADJ WW of 816 pounds is the second highest in the sale.

ROCKIN R OSKER C74 BD: 3/19/15 | ASA#: 3006480 | Tattoo: C74 | B PB SM | B | P | Adj. BW: 81 | Adj. WW: 805 OLF ODIN U5

OLF OTIS Y43

OLF MISS GUNNER W8 LRS ADJUSTER 793Y

ELLIOTT MISS A74 CE

BW

15.5

-0.9

WW

YW

MCE

THSR XAVA X022 MM

MWW

CW

YG

Marb

Stay

API

TI

78.3 123.4 10.7 25.8 65.0 41.9 -0.23 0.16 15.7 133.8 82.5

• Osker may be our best all-around bull. His EPD’s are out of sight. His spread between BW and WW is 81/805 pounds. His dam is a first calf heifer, that we won as the donation heifer at the North Dakota Classic. His sire OLF Otis is in AI with Bouchard in Canada. Osker should become your next herd sire. He has sleep at night calving ease with tremendous growth.

Lot 74

75

ROCKIN R HERCULES C75 BD: 3/22/15 | ASA#: 3006483 | Tattoo: C75 | B PB SM | B | P | Adj. BW: 105 | Adj. WW: 785 HOOKS/KS SEQUOIA 35S

ROCKIN R STERLING

KS ARIELA U432 TRIPLE C GAMES OVER S517

ROCKIN R JENNA U75

Lot 75 4

API

105.5 64.4

CE

BW

4.9

5.5

WW

YW

MCE

70.1 102.7 8.7

MM

KS MISS BULL DOZER R638 MWW

CW

YG

Marb

Stay

API

TI

21.8 56.8 39.0 -0.26 0.19 23.1 120.2 68.0

• This bull has been a standout since birth. Hercules has herd sire written all over him. He will cross well with Angus cows. Use him to add pounds to your calves.

His ADJ WW of 785 pounds was second highest among the purebreds

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ROCKIN R ALL WOW C96 BD: 4/13/15 | ASA#: 3006488 | Tattoo: C96 | B 3/4 SM 1/4 CS | B | P | Adj. BW: 91 | Adj. WW: 774 BCLR SHAMWOW W611

KS SHAMWARI A485

PSR CRACKIN GOOD 184R WS ALL IN W111

ROCKIN R PEARL A39 CE

BW

11.3

1.3

WW

YW

MCE

68.0 100.8 6.8

MM

Y39 MWW

CW

YG

Marb

Stay

32.1 66.1 31.6 -0.28 0.13

API

TI

124.0 70.7

• All Wow should be a bet the farm calving ease bull. The calving ease EPD’s on both his parents sires are 13.7 and 15.4. A bonus would be his growth numbers.

His dam is a first calf heifer. His granddam is the dam of lot 39.

Lot 96

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ROCKIN R REMUS C97 BD: 3/14/15 | ASA#: 3006479 | Tattoo: C97B | B PB SM | R | P | Adj. BW: 80 | Adj. WW: 607 HOOKS/KS SEQUOIA 35S

ROCKIN R STERLING

KS ARIELA U432 BGL RED KNIGHT W135B

ROCKIN R ANGEL

Lot 97

127

BW

4.8

WW

YW

MCE

MM

MWW

CW

YG

Marb

Stay

API

TI

67.2 96.7 10.0 24.6 58.2 32.4 -0.31 0.16 18.3 117.2 69.2

• Remus was born a twin. With his low birth weight he should have good calving ease. He is a very nice, red purebred out of Sterling.

BD: 4/3/15 | ASA#: 3006485 | Tattoo: C127 | B 3/4 SM 1/4 CS | R | P | Adj. BW: 104 | Adj. WW: 797 HOOKS/KS SEQUOIA 35S KS ARIELA U432 BGL RED KNIGHT W135B

ROCKIN R KAYLIE CE

BW

3.5

ROCKIN R GRAND MAN

ROCKIN R STERLING

8.3

CE

9.5

KS MISS RED ROCK S329

WW

YW

MCE

75.0 109.4 7.7

U125 MM

MWW

CW

YG

Marb

Stay

API

TI

26.1 63.6 41.7 -0.28 0.11 14.7 106.7 71.0

• Grandman comes from one of our best cow lines. His great-granddam was in our herd for 23 years. Each year she had one of our highest weaning wieght calves.

Grandman’s ADJ WW was 797 pounds.

Lot 127 5

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Reference Sires ROCKIN R STERLING BD: 5/3/10 | ASA#: 2556213 | Tattoo: X120 | Bull PB SM | R | P | Adj. BW: 88 | Adj. WW: 699 HOOKS SHEAR FORCE 38K

HOOKS/KS SEQUOIA 35S

HOOKS NICOLE 15N TNT GUNNER N208

KS ARIELA U432

Rockin R Sterling

Hooks/KS Sequoia 35S - Sire

CE

BW

9.6

4.0

WW

YW

MCE

74.0 103.3 9.9

KS SHANIA H871 MM

MWW

CW

YG

Marb

Stay

API

TI

28.5 65.5 36.7 -0.27 0.30 19.6 128.7 76.2

• Sterling is our senior herdsire. His dam, KS Ariela was a high selling female in the 2008 North Dakota Classic. She resides back at Kenner Simmentals in their donor pen. If you want to add pounds to your calves, his sons will make you very happy.

Six of his sons sell.

KS Ariela U432 - Dam

OLF OTIS Y43 BD: 2/26/11 | ASA#: 2613322 | Tattoo: Y43 | Bull PB SM | B | P | Adj. BW: 99 | Adj. WW: 817 ELLINGSON LEGACY M229

OLF ODIN U5

OLF LADY TRIATHLON S655 TNT GUNNER N208

OLF MISS GUNNER W8

OLF Otis Y43 6

CE

BW

18.7

-1.8

WW

YW

MCE

MM

OLF MISS RED FREEDOM T15 MWW

CW

YG

Marb

Stay

API

TI

82.5 130.2 10.8 29.0 70.3 44.5 -0.29 0.04 23.0 149.8 84.1

• Otis is an AI sire with Bouchard in Canada. In the 2015 Bata Brothers/Olafson Brothers’ bull sale, 20 Otis sons sold with an average of $6,775. He is referred to as Mr. EPD. All of his calves were born early, born small and have grown like weeds . He is in the top 2% for calving ease, weaning weight, yearling weight and maternal calving ease in the Simmental breed. Two of his sons sell.

KS SHAMWARI A485 BD: 2/25/13 | ASA#: 2758037 | Tattoo: A485 | Bull PB SM | B | P | Adj. BW: 88 | Adj. WW: 815 WS BEEF MAKER R13

BCLR SHAMWOW W611

BCLR MISS SHANIA S611

PSR CRACKIN GOOD 184R CE

BW

10.6

2.2

WW

YW

MCE

73.5 112.5 7.3

MM

MWW

SRS J914 PREFERRED BEEF RIV BLK KISCO 014K CW

YG

Marb

30.8 67.5 40.0 -0.17 0.27

Stay

API

TI

129.6 75.9

• We purchased Shamwari from Kenner Simmentals. We used him on our first calf heifers the past two years. They come small and grow fast. Four of his sons made this sale. They should work well on heifers or cows.

ks shamwari a485 - pictured as a yearling

Bclr Shamwow w611 - Sire

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Bull Buyers Quick Guide to EPDs 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-purposesire scenario. (See $ Indexes for more details.)

Back Fat (BF): Inches of carcass backfat at 475 days.

Maternal Calving Ease (MCE): Percent of unassisted births in first-calving daughters.

Milk (MLK): Pounds of weaning weight due to milk.

Marbling (MRB): 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.

Stayability (STAY): Percent of daughters remaining in the cowherd at six years of age.

Terminal Index (TI): Dollars per cow exposed under a terminal-sire scenario. (See TI for more details.)

Warner-Bratzler Shear Force (WBSF): Pounds of force required to shear a rib-eye steak.

Birth Weight (BW): Pounds of birth weight.

Weaning Weight (WW): Pounds of weaning weight.

Calving Ease (CE): Percent of unassisted births when used on heifers.

Yearling Weight (YW): Pounds of yearling weight.

Carcass Weight (CW): Pounds of carcass weight at 475 days.

Yield Grade (YG): Carcass yield grade score at 475 days.

Docility (DOC): Percent of offspring receiving a disposition score of 1 (docile). $ 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.

Using API and TI: First, determine which index to use; if you are keeping replacements use API, if not, use TI. Then, just as with EPDs, zero in on the unit difference between bulls. (As described above, index units are in dollars per cow exposed.) The difference can be used to determine how much a bull is worth compared to another. Put another way, how much you can pay for one bull compared to another. For example, when buying an all-purpose-type sire, you can quickly figure a bull scoring +100 for API is worth an extra $6,000 over a +50 bull if both are exposed to 30 cows over 4 years ($50 diff. x 30 hd. x 4 yr.=$6,000).

A percentile-ranking chart is required to determine where a bull’s index value ranks him relative to other bulls in the breed. For more detailed information about EPDs and $ indexes, visit: www.simmental.org Important disclaimer: DO NOT compare index values of purebreds of different breeds, hybrids of different breed composition or purebreds with hybrids — our system was not developed to make valid comparison among these groups. Therefore, you must first determine the breed and breed composition appropriate for your herd and use index values to compare animals within that population.

CE

BW

WW ADG

YW

PUREBRED SIMMENTAL EPD AVERAGES 9.0

1.8

63.1

92.1

8

0.18

MCE MLK MWW STY DOC CWT 9.4

21.7

53.3

20.5

10.7

YG

MRB

BF

REA

SF

API

TI

26.9 -0.31 0.14 -0.06 0.79 -0.33 120.80 67.40

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