Rausch Herefords

FEATURED JUNIOR HERD SIRE OF THE MONTH RV VALOR 944G ET

This promising young junior herd sire gets up early every morning, ignores the weathermen, scientists and politicians and goes to work. Like our other herd sires, he goes about his business not caring what part of the desert we live in. Watch for his rst calves this fall. They look great. We will be weaning 1350 calves from our multifamily registered cow herd. Crops in our area are running about 1/3 of normal this year. Like everyone else, the rain showers seem to go around both sides of us.

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CED BW WW YW SC Fertility Milk CEM Udder Carc Wt REA IMF Blk Cow CEZ CHB Total Value 11.5 0.7 57 94 1.1 19.9 30 2.9 1.5 98 0.77 0.17 $443 $205 $318 $966 Chris Ef ing has made signi cant discoveries on South Dakota Hereford Tour

The 2009 South Dakota Hereford tour was an event that will leave a lasting impression for our family. I will never forget standing on the east side of the Rausch sale facility in a group of 2 year old pairs. I was visiting with Jerry Bischoff, when this red eyed heifer calf came walking across that pen. Dylan Koepke had also seen her and I said to him, “who is that heifer?” He replied, “039 is her number and she’s pretty dang good.” One thing led to another and our family purchased that female, R Sweet Red Wine 039 before leaving that evening. She generated over $500,000 in progeny sales and has had an impact in numerous programs. I later went back to Rausches and discovered R Leader 6964, who is currently making a tremendous impact on the Hereford breed. He has over 2500 progeny in 388 herds. We would have never acquired her or had the opportunity to look at several good programs that day without taking the time to enjoy the great people and cattle. This is just one of many stories that can be shared about going on tours. Thank you to the South Dakota Hereford Breeders for taking the time to promote your programs and your breed.

Please call, write or e-mail for more information: RauschHerefords.com Since 1946

Of ce phone: 605.948.2375 • Jerry: 605.769.0218 (cell) Shannon: 605.769.0203 (cell) 14831 Hereford Road • Hoven, SD 57450

40th Anniversary

918 Rausch dams have qualifi ed! America’s No. 1 Dams of distinction herd