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HEREFORD AMERICA • February 2022
FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY
Selling: Two-Year-Old Bulls
plus Registered Hereford Yearling Heifers available in Feb. Also BWF and Black Yearling Heifers
Looking for some extra size, length and muscle?
All these traits and more in outcross genetics that thrive in real world conditions. Big, rugged, two-year old bulls for sale private treaty. TOP-QUALITY WORKING CATTLE BRED AND FED WITH THE COMMERCIAL CATTLEMAN IN MIND.
746H
#44210226 BW: 97 • 205 WT: 568 Scrotal: 40 cm Everything about this bull is big, big top and really big butt end. Exceptionally deep and long. One of our top bulls this year. Really quiet too. BW 3.0 WW 63 YW 101 M 24 REA .32
770H
#44210231 BW: 97 • 205 WT: 665 Scrotal: 40 cm A true herd bull here. A huge-bodied, massive muscled, large hipped bull with incredible length. Definite power bull with great EPD’s. One of our best. Has scurs. BW 4.8 WW 75 YW 121 M 30 REA .53
Bar JZ...
their herds.” John Zilverberg was inducted into the American Polled Hereford Hall of Fame in 1994. “They took his old felt hat and bronzed it,” Don said. “It’s on display in the Gammon Barn at the Iowa State Fair. It sure is special that we now have the fifth generation, Seth’s son, on the ranch with the opportunity to carry on the Bar JZ tradition that Dad started.” “I really admire his vision for starting a purebred Hereford herd and sticking with building up his business,” Seth said. “I love these cattle, especially their quiet disposition, and I am thankful I didn’t have to start from scratch. I have a lot of respect for both my grandpa and my dad who had the vision for Bar JZ Herefords.”
(continued from page 10) time and people are aware of our breeding program,” Don said. “We have sold cattle from coast to coast, north to south, east to west. We have also sold to several foreign countries including Canada, Mexico and Argentina. Four years ago we started a fall calving herd to transfer some of the work load from spring calving and also offer some older bulls for sale. “We also sold a group of heifers to Kazakhstan about 10 years ago,” Seth said. Friendships built with other Hereford breeders and their customers are treasured. “We’ve had customers buying bulls from us for three or four generations,” Don said. “We’ve gotten to know a lot of people really well and become good friends. It’s very interesting and fulfilling to choose bulls that we think can improve our herd, to get the cows bred and then see the calves born and develop into what you hoped they would be Tagging and weighing the newborn calves is always a and see them meet time consuming but necessary calving season job. customers’ needs in
South Dakota Hereford Association Show & Sale
798H
#44210565 BW: 78 • 205 WT: 541 Scrotal: 39 cm Big massive beef bull with heavy pigment. Great profile, thick any way you look at him. Very tame. Twin to 797H. BW 3.0 WW 61 YW 98 M 25 REA .43
Watertown Extension Bldg., Watertown, SD
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
Sale: 1:00 p.m. or immediately following Angus Sale. Hereford Show immediately following 9 a.m Angus Show
26 Bulls 22 Yearling Bulls, and 4 Two-Year-Old Bulls
Selling: 6 Open Heifers
Consignors:
815H
#44210246 BW: 85 • 205 WT: 521 Scrotal: 40 cm A big stout, heavy muscled bull with lots of style, goggle eyes and red to the ground. A really long bull with power. Dam is a really good, big volume cow. BW 1.9 WW 51 YW 93 M 25 REA .53
Call for a catalog or view online at www.HerefordAmerica.com For more information contact:
7480 26th St., Sheyenne, ND 58374 midwayph@gondtc.com (2.5 miles south and 5.5 miles east of Sheyenne) Bill and Karen Smith: (701) 996-3300 cell: (701) 302-0254 Jake and Whitney Burkhardsmeier: cell: (701) 650-8906 • home: (701) 996-3600
Visitors always welcome.
Cardinal Creek Cattle Co. ...................... Lot 32 .........................................320-894-0171 Dandy Acres Enterprises ..................... .. Lot 18 .........................................507-215-1114 Derek & Allison Gaikowski ................ ..... Lot 26 .........................................605-265-0796 Frecking Cattle Co. ................................ Lots 12, 16 .................................507-841-0401 Hansmeier and Son Inc. . ...................... Lots 2, 19, 21, 24 .......................605-216-5556 Hanson’s Polled Herefords ......... ........... Lots 11, 13 .................................605-382-7477 Jeff & Rebecca Mikel ............................. Lots 1, 3, 5, 8 .............................605-222-9800 Klages Herefords .................................... Lots 20, 22, 25 ...........................320-273-2163 .....................................................................................................................or 605-880-0521 Landon Laible ......................................... Lots 14, 27, 29 ...........................605-579-0148 Michael Lindstrom .................................. Lots 4, 7 .....................................605-300-0297 Neil Farms ............................................... Lot 31 .........................................507-649-7110 Schmidt Herefords ........................... ...... Lots 9, 10 ...................................507-215-1037 Springwater Hfds/Fawcett’s Elm Creek .. Lot 23 .........................................605-254-7875 .....................................................................................................................or 605-870-0161 Taylor Lacek ............................................ Lots 6, 17, 28 .............................507-476-7064 Walsh Family Herefords ....................... .. Lot 15 .........................................320-368-0225 Zens Herefords ...................................... Lot 30 .........................................605-310-5782
For Catalog or More Information Contact Sale Committee:
Jeff Klages - 605-880-0521 Ryan Ollerich - 605-759-6405
Catalog also online at: www.SouthDakotaHerefords.org