What a great time to be in the cattle business. Cow/calf ranchers are earning record high prices, enjoying amazing profitability, and both are forecasted to stay for a good while. Now is a great time to invest in better genetics that produce “COWS THAT STAY and STEERS THAT PAY” to continue improving your profits.
COMING SOON: More value for your calves Sustainable Beef LLC is a new beef packing company in North Platte, NE that will open this spring with Walmart as a major stakeholder (Walmart and Sam's Club collectively rank as one of the largest beef retailers.) This venture will revolutionize the Angus beef market by packaging and selling both red and black Angus as Angus beef. USDA considers Red Angus cattle eligible to be sold in all Angus beef programs. For the past four years, we have been working with several other top seedstock producers to develop a supply chain that is sure to earn more value for our customers’ calves. We will be focusing on high quality Angus beef from both colors of Angus with a sustainability story. Our SimAngus genetics fit too if the calves are at least half Angus. In our pursuit to do more with less, we have been feed efficiency testing for 10 years and will use the data proven metrics of Feed to Gain (F:G) and FERTility to validate the enhanced sustainability of our customers’ calves.
$PROFIT: Ten years ago, we added more tools to our toolbox when we started using the $Profit database. $Profit is growing rapidly with more data, more DNA, more accuracy, and additional traits. They stay on the cutting edge with new and improved techniques and technology to most accurately describe the genetic differences impacting your profitability the most. This year the carcass EPDs in this catalog for the Red Angus bulls, Black Red Angus Bulls and SimAngus bulls are from the $Profit database. We chose to use the $Profit data because of the recent addition of 20,000 actual carcass records. Even more impressive is that those animals were DNA tested and therefore it greatly improves the accuracy of the EPDs of all our cattle because they are DNA/genomically tested. This more than doubled the amount of actual carcass data in the evaluation and therefore increased the accuracy of these EPDs significantly. The Red Angus Association has had lots of ultrasound data submitted over the past 5 years, but not much actual carcass data. This huge amount of new actual carcass data was on modern genetics being used in the industry today, making the $Profit carcass metrics arguably the most relevant and accurate for these cattle.
SHARING OUR SECRET EPD TARGETS
For over 30 years I have been color-coding EPD spreadsheets as a tool to better identify and select the cattle that do the most things right. In the past year I have shared my secrets of success and EPD targets with audiences while speaking at the TSCRA and National Cattlemen’s Conventions. Go to our website and you can see these color-coded spreadsheets for every animal in our catalog. You can look at 3 different EPD targets: 1) for calving ease, 2) All Purpose / Maternal and 3) Terminal where all calves are sold on a value-based grid. Take a look, I think you will like it.
“Donald” Donnell Brown aka Grandpa EPD Donnell
Rancher’s Rendezvous
Monday, March 10, 2025 at Horse Facility
8:00 am: 11:00 am: 6:30 pm:
Cowboy Coffee / Breakfast (provided by Nutrien Ag Solutions & Cowpuncher Coffee)
Ranch Horse Competition starts at Horse Facility (sanctioned by RHAA)
Lunch (prepared and served by ADM Animal Nutrition)
Cowboy Coffee / Breakfast(provided by Nutrien Ag Solutions )
Complementary Clinic / Demonstration by Million Dollar Horsemen, Gary Bellenfant & Kory Pounds
Preview of Sale Horses
Lunch (prepared & served by Nutrition Plus)
**Calcutta (Cowboy Auction) of the 10 winners from Monday’s show (proceeds benefit the Braden Johns hospital fund & the National Ranching Heritage Center)**
Saddle Shoot-Out - top 10 Ranch Horse competitors from Monday will go head to head in a battle for the saddle.
Awards Ceremony
Family & Friends Ranch Horse Sale (streamed live on CCI.live)
Dinner at the Marketing Center (prepared & served by Livestock Nutrition Center)
Cowboy Coffee & Breakfast (provided by Vence & Cowpuncher Coffee)
Annual March Bull & Female Sale begins (streamed live on DVAuction.com)
Angus & Black Red Angus Bulls
Lunch (provided by Spitzer Animal Health)
Commercial Females
Red Angus Bulls
SimAngus Bulls
Registered Red Angus & Blk Red Angus Females
The End
DETAILS
LOCATION: R.A. Brown Ranch Headquarters; 204 Brown Ranch Road; Throckmorton, TX 76483. It is located 4 miles west of Throckmorton on HWY 380. Then turn at the ranch sign and go 1 mile north on County Rd 112. Cross the cattleguard into the ranch and then 1 mile north and follow signs west to the new Marketing Center.
AIR TRANSPORTATION: Wichita Falls: 75 miles, Abilene: 75 miles, Dallas/Ft Worth: 150 miles. For those with private planes, Olney, TX is 30 miles away and has three 5100’ runways. The N/S is lighted. They also have E/W and fuel availability 24 hours. Please call us well in advance if you need us to pick you up. The Throckmorton Airport is closed.
SALE ORDER & CHUCKWAGON: The sale begins promptly at 10 a.m. with cattle selling in catalog order. Our complimentary meals for three full days are courtesy of our PARTNERS. We highly recommend these folks and encourage you to visit with them about their outstanding services.
Ralph Means – Weekly Livestock Reporter, 817-235-9708
Cas Salley – Special Assignment, 918-855-3152
Colton Pratz – Oklahoma Cowman, 405-385-1054
Taylor Ohlde – Red Angus, 913-626-2715
SALE DAY VETERINARIAN:
Janey Powe DVM – 806-752-0999
HEALTH: 1) To insure that our cattle are healthy and to provide you with healthy cattle, we have a strict vaccination, herd health and biosecurity protocol. 2) All cattle have been VACCINATED to prevent Blackleg, IBR, PI3, BVD, BRSV, Vibrio, Lepto and Pinkeye. 3) All bulls in this catalog are CERTIFIED AS VIRGINS unless otherwised marked. 4) INTERSTATE HEALTH PAPERS will be provided for animals going to states that only require the specifications listed above. Any additional testing (i.e. Brucellosis or TB) will begin after the sale and those interstate health papers will be ready after all testing is completed. If you plan to haul your own cattle after the sale across the state line, please check with your state veterinarian to make sure your state will receive cattle from us without additional testing.
FERTILITY
GUARANTEE: All bulls and females are guaranteed breeders as described in the “Terms & Conditions” at the back of this catalog. All of these bulls passed a breeding soundness exam (BSE) by one of our Veterinarians. None of us can afford a bull not doing his job. Bulls can become temporarily infertile due to fever, excessive heat, injury, diet (whole cottonseed or poor diet), etc. We have experienced this with bulls we purchased with breeding soundness exams and took for granted that they were still ready to breed cows. We recommend that you fertility test all your bulls 30 days prior to each breeding season every year. If you find a bull infertile prior to or during his first 60 days with cows, please contact us immediately. After a second failed test, at least two weeks after the first, we will replace the bull or give you credit, according to the “Terms & Conditions” in the back of this catalog. Getting your cows pregnant is a high priority for us.
DELIVERY of BULLS and FEMALES: Please see the detailed information on our Delivery Service, pages 12-13.
INSURANCE: Mortality Insurance will be available for purchase on sale day from Ag Defense Risk Management / Shari Holloway .
FUTURE CARE: We appreciate your investment in R.A. Brown Ranch genetics and want to make some recommendations to help you protect your investment. These bulls are ready to go straight in with your cows; however, the stress of the sale, hauling, and relocating these animals can weaken their immune system; therefore, we recommend that you check them daily for a couple of weeks. If you don’t put your bull in with cows right away, we recommend that you put your bull with another animal so that he is not by himself. Cattle are herd instinct animals and feel more comfortable with a friend. If you plan to mix your new purchase with other bulls, we recommend that you do not do it in a small pen, but rather the larger the pasture the better so that they have room to get away from each other. If you have to mix bulls, it is better to mix several at one time that have not been together, than to just put one or 2 into a large group. We recommend vaccinating for Vibrio/Lepto and fertility testing your bulls 30 days prior to the breeding season each year. 18 month old bulls can be used very effectively when turned out with one cow per month of age (18 months - breed 18 females). Remember they are still growing and losing their baby teeth so they may need some extra care after their first breeding season.
BUYING OPTIONS: BUYING OPTIONS: Obviously we prefer for you to be with us on sale day but, if you are unable to make it you have three options: 1. Log on to DV Auction & bid on the internet (see info at top of next page). 2. Personalized Bull Shopper. We will be glad to find you the bulls you need, within your budget. To utilize this option, like about many of our long-time customers, please call Donnell Brown as soon as possible so that we can discuss how we can help you. 3. Customer Service Representatives. These men will be here and have studied the bulls. They can also put their eyes on specific cattle for you.
MORE INFORMATION: We want you to have all of the info you need to make the best decisions. To view more information, you can visit our website at www.RABrownRanch.com to sort the animals and/or view their data in spreadsheet form. Also, we have included registration numbers on the registered animals so that you can look them up on the internet. If you want more information about these bulls and/or females than what is in this catalog or on the web, please call and ask prior to Sale Day. In an effort to simplify the process, we have included the information in this catalog that we believe to be the most useful tools in describing genetic merit of each animal for economically relevant traits. To contact Donnell or Kelli Brown, you may call the ranch at 940849-0611 or email us at kelli@rabrownranch.com.
FOOTNOTES: Donnell Brown, Mike Wood & Greg Comstock
PROOF READING: the whole Coop team, it takes a village
VIDEOS: Ideal Video Productions (Wade Fisher)
CLERKING SERVICES: Ranch Hand Analytics (Brad Wright)
SALE DAY DECORATIONS: Morghan Ruggles & Michelle Mathiews
CATALOG PRINTING: Slate Group, Lubbock, TX
14 MEET THE TEAM
100 SIMANGUS BULLS
26 AN & BLK RED ANGUS BULLS
110 REGISTERED RED ANGUS FEMALES
57 COMMERCIAL HEIFERS
124 SEMEN SPECIAL
62 RED ANGUS BULLS
139
Online Bidding
HERD HEALTH PROTOCOL
RAB Fall Herd Vaccination Protocol
Branding/Tattoo (Nov / Dec)
Bull and Heifer Babies
Dectomax Injectable – de-wormer
Bovishield Gold L5 FP
Covexin 8
Cows
Long Range Injectable – de-wormer
Bovishield Gold VL5 FP
Spirovac
Covexin 8
Herd Bulls
Dectomax Injectable – de-wormer
Bovishield Gold L5 FP
Vibrin
Covexin 8
Preg-Check/Pre-weaning (March)
Cows
Long Range de-wormer
Heifers
Long Range de-wormer
Bovishield Gold L5 FP
Tri-View Pinkeye
Spirovac (Heifers Only)
Bulls
Bovishield Gold L5 FP
Tri-View Pinkeye
Dectomax Injectable
Weaning (April-May)
Bulls and Heifers
Bovishield Gold L5 FP
Covexin 8
Post Weaning (July)
Bulls Wart Vaccine
Yearling Ultrasound-Prebreeding (Late October)
Heifers
Long Range Injectable – de-wormer
Bovishield Gold VL5 FP
Spirovac
Endovac
Bulls
Dectomax Injectable – de-wormer
Bovishield Gold L5 FP
Endovac
18 Month old March Sale Bulls (February):
Dectomax Injectable – de-wormer
Vibrio/Lepto 5 SQ
Covexin 8
Breeding Soundness Exam
Our exclusive Star Rating System is designed to help summarize all of the data and simplify your selection process. It takes into account all information available, along with some “cowboy common sense” to rate each bull for the 5 most economically relevant traits: Calving Ease, Growth, Carcass, Cow Herd and Efficiency. These ratings are consistent throughout the catalog so that you can compare all bulls across breeds. EPDs and Indexes are the most precise tools for selection within a breed and now can be used to compare Red Angus, Black Red Angus & SimAngus, however, EPDs are not comparable across all breeds yet. Angus are different.
The more stars a bull has, the better he is for that trait. Each bull is rated from 0 to 5 stars in each trait. Our Five-Star
Rrating is the same as it has been in the past and designates elite bulls in each category. For Growth, Carcass, Cow Herd & Efficiency, a bull has to be in the top half of the industry to even get 1 star. A Five-Star rating is only given to the cream of the crop, the most ultimate. Others have tried to emulate our system, but most imitations simply use some stars as a marketing tool to help them sell what they have rather then helping you buy what you need.
Use the individual EPDs and their respective percentile ranks to most accurately determine which bulls can help you best meet your specific needs. For example when looking at the Growth Rating, if you sell your calves at weaning time then you should look more specifically at WW EPD. For Carcass, if you need more quality grade then put more emphasis on Marbling EPD.
You may notice that our Calving Ease ratings are much more conservative than what many breeders and breed associations may recommend for use on heifers. We believe it is better to be safe than sorry. This doesn’t mean that you never have to assist one at calving, because sometimes calves are born backwards or have a leg turned back. Even the best and most proven Calving Ease sires in the industry will get a
Ratings etained Interest in Bulls
OWNERSHIP - We are selling full possession, full salvage value and 1/2 revenue-sharing semen interest in every bull in this sale. This means the bull is totally in your control in how you want to handle him plus you get 100% of the salvage value of the bull. We are retaining 1/2 revenue-sharing semen interest in every bull in this sale. This simply gives us the right to half of the semen sales revenue from the bull if at some time in the future, semen sales become a reality.
If you choose to sell the bull to anyone else, R.A. Brown Ranch (and Cooperators) retain our semen interest in the bull. If you wish to buy a bull in this sale and would prefer that we did not retain a semen interest, then please talk with us about it prior to the sale and we will consider selling the bull(s) to you without us retaining an interest and make that agreement in writing prior to the sale. The buyer may elect to purchase as much additional semen interest as you desire by paying the additional pro-rated amount. For example you can purchase 2/3 or 3/4 semen interest by paying an additional 33% or 50% of the final bid price respectively.
If a buyer is not interested in marketing the semen from a bull then R.A. Brown Ranch reserves the right to collect a semen bank on the bull at our cost and the buyer’s convenience. That semen would be 100% owned by the R.A. Brown Ranch for our use or marketing.
EXCLUSIVE SEMEN MARKETING RIGHTS - The buyer may elect to purchase exclusive semen marketing rights on any bull in this sale by paying double the final bid price on the bull at the time of the sale. In the event that the buyer elects to purchase exclusive semen
big calf every once in a while. Our goal is to help eliminate calving difficulty to the best of our ability and therefore help you manage risk.
COMPLETE Stars is a new category that we implemented this year to help identify the bulls that do the most things right for all economically relevant traits. The more stars in this category means they are the MVP- Most Valuable Producer. We calculate this star category with a formula that combines all other star categories plus all of the selection indexes like $Profit, $Ranch, $Combined, API, TI, GM etc. It could also be called All-Purpose, Comprehensive or Total Merit.
Our Cow Herd stars are designed to help you select bulls that will produce better replacement females that are easier keeping, medium to smaller sized and have a medium milk production with better fertility and Stayability. Research and experience tell us that these females are more likely to stay producing calves in your herd for many years and therefore improve your profitability.
This Star Rating System is simply a tool to help you quickly find the bulls that fit your needs. Then you can take more time studying the details to find the bulls that best fit your more specific needs.
marketing rights, then R.A. Brown Ranch retains the right of first refusal on the purchase of natural service rights of the bull if the original buyer decides to sell the natural service rights and or possession of the bull anytime during his lifetime.
REALISTICALLY SPEAKING - It is unlikely that large amounts of semen will be sold from very many bulls. However, the reason we are keeping an interest in every bull, is that we want to keep it simple and we have great bulls scattered throughout the sale. The bulls that do develop a market for large amounts of semen can be very financially rewarding; therefore, as a breeder of some of the best seedstock in the industry, we want to share with you in these bulls. Even bulls sold to commercial herds may become popular at a later time, especially if carcass data is collected on their calves. We want to be a great partner with you.
SEMEN RIGHTS - Buyers receive semen rights proportional to the interest purchased. Therefore if you purchase a 1/2 revenue-sharing semen interest then you are entitled to 1/2 of the semen collections at cost provided that you indicate that you want semen prior to collection. If you choose to collect semen from one of these bulls as an “insurance policy” for your own use, that semen is 100% yours, but before any semen is collected on any bull in this sale, R. A Brown Ranch must be notified.
FURTHER TERMS IN THIS REGARD - See Sale Terms and Conditions at the back of the catalog.
Heifer Calving Ease Rating
5
4
3
Star Superior Calving Ease for well developed heifers and all cows
2 ** Star Excellent Calving Ease for heifers with Brahman influence & all cows
1 * Star Good Calving Ease for heifers with 50% or more Brahman & all cows
BRX Heavier birthweights, recommended for Brahman cross cows
Growth Rating
Carcass Rating
CowHerd Rating
Complete Rating
ServiceDelivery
DELIVERY
We can deliver the bulls at least 80% of the distance to your ranch. We may not drop at your ranch except on purchases totaling over $40,000. Preferred delivery drop points are not guaranteed and are subject to change depending on load routes. We try hard to get the cattle to everyone as safely, timely and cost effectively as possible.
FREE DELIVERY
We are offering free delivery to our “preferred delivery points” within the continental US for each buyer that purchases at least $18,000 in bulls or $30,000 for any combination of bulls and registered females. For purchases totaling less than these amounts, we will provide delivery service to a “preferred delivery points” at the costs outlined on the next page. Please inform us when you check out if you are hauling your own or that you would like us to coordinate the delivery of your cattle. If you want us to deliver the
cattle, we need you to fill out a Delivery Information Sheet in the sale day supplement and give it to the clerk when you pay out. Please note the cost of delivery associated with each delivery point. These charges will be reflected on your invoice on a per head basis.
LOAD-OUT SERVICE (for all registered cattle)
Many people prefer to haul their own cattle, and we are glad to help make this process as quick and easy as possible. If you choose to haul your own cattle, we can load them any time during the day on Wednesday through Saturday. We can load your cattle during the sale but you must first pay out and then bring the extra copy of your bill of sale (that you will receive at check out). Cattle will only be loaded when you present the extra copy of the paid Bill Of Sale. All animals that are to be hauled by the customer will be cared for at no cost through noon Saturday (3 days after the
sale). Starting at noon Saturday there will be a charge of $6/head/ day for all remaining animals that were to be picked up by the buyer. There will be no charge for feed and care of animals that are designated for us to deliver when you check out unless the delivery is delayed for any reason by the buyer. We can have Interstate Health Certificates for all animals that are going to states that accept cattle without additional testing. However, if your state requires additional testing like TB or Brucellosis, then that will be done the week after the sale and we can provide Interstate Health Certificates as soon as vet has all of the requirements met including permits from the buyer’s state.
TAKING DELIVERY ON COMMERCIAL FEMALES
All commercial females sell FOB the ranch they sell from as described in the catalog. The buyer is to coordinate directly with the seller of the heifers to coordinate picking up the heifers.
PREFERRED DELIVERY POINTS
The destinations on the chart have been selected as “Preferred Delivery Points.” Please select the two delivery points that are most convenient for you. Drop points may be adjusted after the sale time depending on the location and purchases of each buyer. Please keep in mind that this is a guide for “Preferred Delivery Points,” not guaranteed delivery points. We will be glad to calculate the cost to additional delivery points after the sale. Please give us your home, office and mobile phone numbers so that we can contact you (and anyone else that may be involved in receiving your cattle) in regard to the delivery of your cattle.
RISK and INSURANCE
As outlined in the Terms and Conditions in the back of this
TELL RUGGLES RANCH CHOREOGRAPHER
Hometown: Novinger, MO
Favorite Sport: Quidditch
Favorite Pastime: Long range precision shooting competition
Favorite TV Show: Meateater
If I could transform into any animal on the Ranch: Freckles
MORGHAN RUGGLES SOCIAL STRATEGIST
Hometown: Round Rock, TX
Favorite TV Show: Bluey
Favorite Pastime: Going on walks at the ranch
If I could transform into any animal on the Ranch: Trav the ranch kitty
MICHELLE MATHIEWS BIG CHIEF BEAN COUNTER
Hometown: Rolla, KS
Favorite TV Show: The Lioness
Favorite Pastime: Working in my yard
If I could transform into any animal on the Ranch: Wilson or Freckles
Best Advice Ever Given: Be patient... Karma will take care of it.
TUCKER BROWN MANAGER OF WILD ANIMALS & STORYTELLER
Hometown: Throckmorton, TX
Best Advice Ever Given: Don’t let what you want cause you to use bad judgement.
Favorite TV Show: The Office
If I could transform into any animal on the Ranch: Trav’s dog, Stubbs
Favorite Team: Texas Tech Football
ELGA RAY SMITH OUTSTANDING OPERATOR
Hometown: Woodson, TX
Motto to Live By: Be good to my wife
Favorite Memory of the RAB: All things related to the Brown Lake Fishing Hole
Favorite Team / Sport: Anything my grandchildren are playing in
TRAV GOBER MASTER CHEF
Hometown: Throckmorton, TX
Favorite TV Show: Landman
I am Most Challenged on the Ranch by: the weather
Favorite Pastime: playing with my grandson
If I could transform into any animal on the Ranch: Tate
GRACE OYER GATOR PATROL
Hometown: Fort Meyers, FL
Favorite Team / Sport: FL Gator Football Challenged on the Ranch by: Donnell’s spreadsheets
If I could transform into any animal on the Ranch: Freckles, I would live my best life!
WILLIE WARDLE ASSISTANT TO THE STORYTELLER
Hometown: Bel Air, MD
Favorite Pastime: Bull Riding
Best Advice Ever Given: Everyone has their own story. Follow God’s plan.
If I could transform into any animal on the Ranch: Casino
Favorite Team / Sport: Penn State Football
Meet the Team
LANHAM BROWN WRANGLER
Hometown: Throckmorton, TX
Favorite TV Show: The Cowboy Channel
If I could transform into any animal on the Ranch: my dog, Tate
Favorite Pastime: Spending time with family and friends
STACIE UNGER RIGHT HAND ALL THINGS EQUINE
Hometown: White Cloud, MI
Favorite TV Show: Longmire Best Advice Ever Given: Always work as hard for someone as you would expect from others.
I am Most Challenged on the Ranch by: Houdini Casino’s stall because he likes to take the latch apart and escape
Favorite Pastime: Spending time with family and friends
DONNELL BROWN | HEAD HONCHO
Hometown: Throckmorton, TX
Favorite Team / Sport: Texas Tech Livestock Judging Challenged on the Ranch by: Running out of time before I run out of things that need done.
If I could transform into any animal on the Ranch: Lanham’s horse, Casino (I like winning at what I love to do)
EASON REECE THE BULL MAN
Hometown: Spring Garden, AL
Favorite TV Show: Any documentary Challenged on the Ranch by: keeping the bulls healthy & sound
If I could transform into any animal on the Ranch: Freckles!
EMMA THRASHER INTERN TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
Hometown: Wahoo, NE
I am Most Challenged on the Ranch by: Lifting calves that almost weigh as much as me
Favorite Pastime: Working ponies
If I could transform into any animal on the Ranch: Jackrabbit Favorite Team / Sport: Husker Football
KELLI BROWN HANDLER OF HEAD HONCHO
Hometown: Curtis, NE
If I could transform into any animal on the Ranch: Wilson, my faithful Aussie Favorite TV Show: anything on the Cowboy Channel
Favorite Team / Sport: Nebraska Volleyball
HANNAH COLLINS INTERN TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY
Hometown: Justin, TX
Best Advice Ever Given: You are the sum total of everything seen, heard, loved, and experienced. It is all an influence so make it a positive one.
Favorite Team / Sport: Oklahoma Sooners Football
Favorite TV Show: Yellowstone
We get by with a little help from our neighbors.
Thank you!
“From
initial concept to completion, we design and manufacture with your needs at the center of every step.”
We are fortunate to have some of the most astute cattlemen as a part of this team. You will see that each lot in the sale shows which herd they originated in.
These cattle follow the same genetic plan that ours do. They have very high targets to meet to be considered for the program including weight per day of age, optimum epds, health protocol, verified parentage, genomically enhanced, structure standards, no creep feed and most importantly, integrity in the data.
The cooperator bulls are born and raised at their respective ranches and then delivered to Throckmorton after being weaned at least 45 days. Once here they are co-mingled,
branded, and developed for at least eight months. Under our care, they are evaluated multiple times for feet and leg structure and disposition. They are developed right along side our own and treated as such. We take all of the yearling measurements including ultrasound, yearling weight, yearling height, scrotal measurements, and most of them are feed efficiency tested. Finally, they must pass a fertility test to be included in the sale day offering.
Simply put, buy with confidence. Together we are proud to offer bulls that have not only met the highest standards but come to you with one goal in mind....to make you, our customer, more profit.
Team RAB
3KC — 3K Land & Cattle Co., Judy Kay Ferguson, Kyley & Brenna DeVoe, Justin, TX (Red Angus)
TOLL — Williams Ranch, Mallory & Ross Tolleson and Paula Williams, Jacksboro, TX (Angus)
WALD— Brett & Susan Waldman, Tryon, OK (Red Angus)
XACT— Sue Ann Berend, Joy, TX (Angus, Red Angus)
Family & Friends Horse Sale
presented by:
This year’s horse sale features 35 outstanding horses. Whether you’re looking for a futurity or show prospect, a dependable ranch partner, a broodmare for your program, or a pony your grandkids will love, we are honored to offer these exceptional horses.
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
4 pm at the Ranch
Horse Facility
SCAN HERE: Videos Catalog
Sale Lot Number:
All bulls and registered females sell in catalog order.
How to Read the Data
RAB Exclusive Star Rating System
Compares bulls across breeds in five areas of economic relevance: Complete, Heifer Calving, Growth, Carcass Merit, and Cowherd. In general more stars indicate greater genetic improvement. There is a more detailed explanation of the RAB Star System in the front of the catalog.
Docility Score Every RAB bull is individually scored 1-5 for docility where 1 represents the most docile.
DOB: Birthdate of Animal.
REG# Registration number assigned by the American Angus Association (AAA).
Herd: Identifies cooperator (herd of origin). Go to RABrownRanch.com/ cooperators/ and meet our cooperator team.
Animal ID: Animal’s tattoo
$PROFIT is an Economic Selection Index comparing bulls’ impact on profitability over their productive life (100 calves).
$RANCH is an Economic Selection Index comparing bulls impact on profitability per calf when keeping replacement females and selling calves at weaning time.
$FEEDER is an Economic Selection Index comparing bulls’ value as a post weaning feeder calf. Growth, Feed Efficiency and Carcass Value are included.
% RANK compares an individual animal to all Angus that have been evaluated in $Profit multi-breed genetic evaluation of over 1 million head.
FERT
EPD Fertility predicts differences in females’ ability to get pregnant and and raise a calf every year. A higher FERT EPD predicts greater lifetime fertility, which will result in higher $Profit and $Ranch.
F:G EPD is a genetic prediction of relative differences in feed efficiency. Lower F:G EPDs indicate less feed will be consumed to produce one pound of gain. This EPD is calculated using Feed Intake data through the $Profit genetic evaluation.
Weight YW - Yearling Weight
Milk - Daughters Milk Production MARB - Marbling RE - Rib Eye Area
Program Designations
Targeting the Brand indicates that this bull’s high genetic carcass values should sire calves should meet specs for CAB.
The Powered By Angus symbol means that you are buying a registered Angus Bull. We are proud to register and test every bull in this sale.
Percentile Ranks: Percentile ranks indicate where this animal’s EPDs rank vs. other non-parent animals in the AAA database. A 10% rank indicates that animal is in the top ten percent of the over half a million non-parent animals in the AAA database.
$M: AAA Index predicting profitability for cattlemen who sell their calves at weaning time and retain their own replacement females.
$C: AAA Index is an “All Purpose Index” designed to help improve the long term profitability of producers that raise their own replacement heifers while feeding the rest of their calves and
Max Acc. The presence of these indicate Genomically Enhanced EPDs. The AGI symbol indicates genomic data obtained through DNA at AAA.
Bulls
Don’t buy an imposter.
Not all “Angus” bulls are REGISTERED Angus bulls.
If you see this logo in conjunction with an individual animal or group of animals, you know that that animal is registered with the American Angus Association and backed by the power of data , programs and pedigrees of the Association.
Invest wisely in those that carry the Powered By Angus logo.
Look for the REGISTRATION NUMBER. For more information on the Powered By Angus program, visit: Angus.org/PBA.
Headliner is one of those special, unique, rare animals with
need help in the breed today. He is the only bull in the entire
Plus, he does it with super soundness, fleshing ability, thickness, capacity, docility and eye appeal. His pedigree is loaded with proven families yet outcross to so many that need the excellence he has.
Much like lot 1, this bull has a beautiful combination of $M, $B & $C combined with strong Heifer Pregnancy of 17.8 (top 10%), as well as breed leading growth & carcass traits. We strive to produce cattle that do all things well and therefore make you more money. We are adding value to our customers’ calves through a supply chain we have been building for the past four years. More details to come.
Take a look at the breed leading calving ease and carcass combination. We started using the $Profit database a decade ago to give us more tools for more accurate genetic selection. This includes new traits like FERTility and F:G Feed Efficiency, the All Purpose Index of $Profit and the Maternal Index, $ Ranch and this bull ranks near the top of the breed for all of these new metrics.
keeping kind.
Take a look at this bigger framed, stout made, long bodied beast that will produce cattle that are designed to improve your profitability with more growth and carcass traits combined with industry leading feed efficiency that is validated through our ongoing feed efficiency testing program that we started a decade ago. We see a bright future for more sustainable Angus that do more with less like this
Notice our star rating system that so effectively summarizes all the science and mountain of information into the 5 categories that best describe the most economically relevant traits. Each bull earns from 0 to 5 stars (with 5 being the best) for Calving Ease, Growth, Carcass & Cowherd (or maternal) traits as well as an overall Complete score. Notice this bull scores very well for growth, carcass & making great replacement females including top 5% for Heifer Preg.
Functional Longevity is coming soon and with that additional information will be added to $M & $C for the most
relevant traits associated with Fertility & Longevity. Cattle like this that excel for the FERTility trait in the $Profit database tell us they excel for those traits. We lover our High Security offspring because they make COWS THAT STAY & STEERS THAT PAY. Watch for coming details on our supply chain to bring more value to our customers’ calves.
This bull fits our mantra of “COWS THAT STAY & STEERS THAT PAY.” Notice how he ranks among the very best for Marbling, $M, $Profit, $Ranch, $Feeder, FERTility, Feed Efficiency (F:G), & Docility. We used this bull in our family’s cowherd this past year because of his combination of multi-trait genetic excellence with amazing power, depth and eye appeal. Our data shows bulls like this make you more money and will produce the most profitable offspring.
The Angus breed is the leader for feedlot growth and marbling, but we need to bring those great cowherd traits back to the breed and this bull can do it. Swagger is a bull we have been using for 2 years in our program because of his outstanding FERTility (top 1%), Marbling, $Profit, $Ranch and Feeder index along with $B & $C in a massively thick, deep bodied, long made easy keeping body type. Selling bull possession, full salvage value and in herd semen use.
Here is the highest marbling bull in our sale who also has excellent growth, Feed Efficiency (both Feed:Gain & RADG). Big time $B of $236 & $C of 366 both ranking better than 98% of all other Angus bulls in the Angus Breed. This is another bull we used on our family’s cows. This bull is fine in the herd but can be more easily excited when sorted off by himself.
traits in sortable spreadsheets on our website RABrownRanch.com.
Much more than just a “sleep all night” calving ease bull, this good-looking rascal also comes with excellent, growth, carcass and cowherd traits (high FERTility) to make great replacement females. They come in a more conservative size that stay in better body condition on pasture and breed up better without costly extra feed supplementation.
Yes, you can have it all. 1) great feet (top 4% for claw/foot shape), RADG, growth, carcass & long with top 3% Heifer Pregnancy and conservative mature size that produces more with less feed needs & less cost. Take a look at his rankings for $M, $B at 196 (top 15%) & $C. Earn more profit with Cows that Stay & Steers that Pay.
HeadStart semen is rare and we are thankful to have an excellent set of his sons in this sale because of their multi-trait excellence. We love cattle like this that rank high for $M, $B (top 5%) and $C combined with breed leading growth and outstanding claw shape and carcass values.
How to Read the Data
RAB Exclusive Star Rating System
Compares bulls across breeds in five areas of economic relevance: Complete, Heifer Calving, Growth, Carcass Merit, and Cowherd. In general more stars indicate greater genetic improvement. There is a more detailed explanation of the RAB Star System in the front of the catalog.
DOB:
Birthdate of Animal.
REG#
Sale Lot Number:
All bulls and registered females sell in catalog order.
Docility Score Every RAB bull is individually scored 1-5 for docility where 1 represents the most docile.
Registration number assigned by the Red Angus Association of America (RAAA).
CAT: All Red Angus and Black/Red Angus Bulls are registered with the RAAA. This indicates their respective registry category and percent Angus parentage.
Herd: Identifies cooperator (herd of origin). Go to RABrownRanch.com/ cooperators/ and meet our cooperator team.
Animal ID: Animal’s tattoo
$PROFIT is an Economic Selection Index comparing bulls’ impact on profitability over their productive life (100 calves).
$RANCH is an Economic Selection Index comparing bulls impact on profitability per calf when keeping replacement females and selling calves at
FERT EPD Fertility predicts differences in females’ ability to get pregnant and and raise a calf every year.
A higher FERT EPD predicts greater lifetime fertility, which will result in higher $Profit and $Ranch.
GdM: RAAA GridMaster Index compares relative profitability per cow exposed when bulls are used on mature cows but no replacements are kept, and all progeny are fed and marketed on a value based grid. Red Angus EPDs and Percentile Ranks: CED - Calving Ease Direct BW - Birth Weight WW - Weaning Weight YW - Yearling Weight Milk - Daughters Milk Production
Max Acc. The presence of these indicate Genomically Enhanced EPDs.
$P EPDs:
CW - Carcass Weight
IMF - Intramuscular Fat
REA - Ribeye Area
Black Red Angus
This may be the best bull in the entire sale and perhaps one of the best we have ever sold. I remember the day he was born, and I knew he was special. His mother’s teat and udder quality was phenomenal and remains the best I have ever seen. Put Locked and Loaded’s EPDs into the RAAA search engine and you will find that he is the only animal in the entire database that can match his combination of industry leading Calving Ease, light Birth Weight, Marbling and muscle. In addition, he has excellent growth, Heifer Pregnancy, Stay and ProS. 0.0% Rank describes EPDs that are in the most elite top 0.04% or better. This bull has 5 traits in this league. Notice his top 2% FERTility combined with industry leading $Profit, $Ranch & $Feeder combined with is outstanding phenotype and then it starts to become clear how unique and special he really is. Go to our website & watch his video and you will be even more impressed. Locked & Loaded fits perfectly into the industry trend towards value determination of feeder cattle based on genetics regardless of color. Sustainable Beef LLC is a new packing company in North Platte, NE that will open in the spring of 2025 with Walmart as a major stakeholder (Walmart and Sam’s Club collectively rank as one of the largest beef retailers.) This venture will revolutionize the Angus beef market by packaging and selling both red and black Angus as Angus beef. USDA considers Red Angus cattle eligible to be sold in all Angus beef programs.
We began blending the best of both colors of Angus together 28 years ago with the focus of making the most superior Red Angus genetics possible. These efforts have proven to be successful with the majority of the most used sires in the Red Angus breed over the past 3 years, contain a black animal in their 3-generation pedigree. Even more exciting is that the American Angus Association modified their rules making it possible to use Black Red Angus
bulls like this on registered Angus cows & every calf that DNA tests homozygous black can be registered in the American Angus Association. This is an exciting way to blend the outstanding maternal strength, thickness and fleshing ability of the Red Angus breed with the industry leading growth and carcass of black Angus. When bred to Red Angus cows - 50% of his offspring will be red. When breeding Black Red Angus bulls to registered Angus cows, 50% of them will be homozygous black and registrable with the American Angus Association. If you breed him to commercial Angus cows that don’t have a red gene, 100% of the calves should be black and eligible for Certified Angus Beef, CAB. If you love cattle that make you money, then you should buy this bull.
Please note that the carcass EPDs for the Black Red Angus bulls, the Red Angus Bulls and the SimAngus bulls are from the $Profit database. We chose to use the $Profit data because they recently added 20,000 actual carcass records along with DNA on those animals. This more than doubled the amount of actual carcass data in the evaluation and therefore increased the accuracy of those EPDs significantly. The Red Angus Association has had lots of ultrasound data submitted over the past 5 years, but not much actual carcass data. This huge amount of new actual carcass data was on modern genetics being used in the industry today, making the $Profit carcass metrics arguably the most relevant and accurate for these cattle. However, you can go to our website and download our sortable spreadsheets that include the carcass EPDs from both associations. You will see that Locked & Loaded ranks in the top 1% for Marbling at RAAA as well. Come to the sale fully prepared to see Locked & Loaded ready to become an industry changer. The only question left to answer is: will you own him or will you have to compete against him?
Black Red Angus
I developed our star rating system decades ago to help summarize the science and the mountain of information into an easy-to-use scale of 0 to 5 with 5 being the best for the most economically relevant traits. These stars are comparable across breed; therefore, a bull like this that earned 5 stars for Carcass is at the same level of excellence for all carcass traits as all other bulls that earned 5 stars for carcass, regardless of breed. BROWN RHCS FRAN OF G L7061 SPUR FRANCHISE OF
Full brother to the bull above. We started using $Profit about a decade ago and we are so glad we did because it gives us more tools in our toolbox to select and produce the best genetics. The $Profit numbers are directly comparable across all breeds, however their % Rank is specific to their breed. Black Red Angus % Ranks are comparable to Red Angus.
More than just a calving ease bull, this bull does a multitude of things very well. Look at all the stars he earned across all traits. He is a deep-bodied, thick made, easy keeping bull earned with an amazing combination of FERTility, and all the Selection $Profit indexes as well as Gridmaster & ProS.
This is one of the highest growth and carcass bulls in the entire sale. He also comes along with added maternal strength and FERTility to make great replacement females.
Take a look at the amazing, multi-trait genetic excellence of this
Here is a bull that we used on our own family’s cows because of his amazing combination of being the highest growth bull of all the Black Red Angus and yet conservative in his size. We also love his carcass value, efficiency and all his $Profit metrics. Let his year of healthy experience work to your advantage. All bulls in this sale virgin or not have been trich tested & are ready to go to work.
You are sure to like this deep-bodied, thick made easy keeping efficiency specialist with outstanding carcass value and strong cowherd traits.
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Over the past 28 years we have continued to see more and more customers use these Black Red Angus bulls interchangeably with Black Angus bulls. When bred to black cows that don’t have a red gene, all their offspring are eligible for Certified Angus Beef and other Angus beef premium programs.
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Five Star calving ease is only earned by bulls that rank better than 90% of all other bulls in
if you like trouble free cattle that make you money.
size, strong FERTility, sound feet and excellent feed efficiency (F:G).
This is one of the highest $Profit bulls in the sale that excels in calving ease, carcass traits & cowherd traits. Bulls like this improve your profits by reducing your cost of production with cattle that eat less. We have been testing cattle for feed intake and feed efficiency for a decade and have learned that bulls like this with added fertility and cost less to produce can improve your profits more than the ultra high growth cattle that eat you out of house & home.
Look at all the stars this bull earns with his multi-trait superiority. This is the
use on heifers and will produce “COWS THAT STAY & STEERS THAT PAY!”
We need to grow the nation’s cowherd with highly fertile heifers. Use this bull to breed heifers with his 5-Star Calving Ease and he will also produce conservative sized females with added fertility and carcass value.
Angus cows have become the largest mature size and high appetite breed in the industry. If you want more practically sized females that cost less to produce, fit your environment better, still produce Prime beef with added flavor and value; then you need bulls like this.
Black Red Angus
Here we go back into the Black Angus bulls that are registered in a different Angus Association. They have all the calving ease, growth & carcass superiority we love with added FERTility and maternal strength to make better cows that fit your environment better and therefore improve your profitability as a cow/calf producer. This is the highest FERTility & $Ranch bull in the entire sale and we continue on with this string of super calving ease bulls that have so much more.
Check out this 4-Star calving ease bull that also earns 5-Stars for growth and carcass. Remember a bull is an investment, not a cost. Invest in bulls like this with enhanced fertility to improve your profitability and sustainability in the cattle business.
CONSISTENCY, CONSISTENCY. This bull earned the same stars as the bull
This is one of the most feed efficient bulls in the sale that also combines excellent calving ease growth and carcass traits. In a deep bodied, thick made easy keeping package.
Ultimate Calving Ease and he earned the 2nd most total stars across all traits of any Angus or Black Red Angus bull in the sale.
Look at the ultra-high FERTility and $Ranch in this bull. $Ranch identifies the bulls that make the most money for ranchers who keep their own replacement females and sell their calves at weaning or as pre-conditioned weaned calves. If you need a bull to keep heifers & also want to improve your profits, then you should look at this bull.
What traits impact profitability & sustainability on your ranch the most. Experts continue to say it is traits that make you the most money are Fertility, Efficiency and in today’s market, superior Marbling. We have added tools from the $Profit system to help us best measure these traits of economic importance in addition to the traits measured by the association.
Our #1 goal is to improve your profitability and sustainability through our genetics and our services. These bulls have the right genetics, and we are soon to announce a supply chain that we have been building for the past 4 years to help you get paid more for your cattle. This bull leads into a group of bulls that excel for Prime producing pounds in the right package.
Oh wow. Look at this super feed efficiency specialist with amazing growth and carcass traits. He is a full brother to the October 2024 high seller, Brown JR Top Gun, that has semen available on page 126.
Here we are about halfway through the Black Angus bulls. This is usually the time that people who came only looking to buy Angus bulls begin to realize that the Black Red Angus bulls will work great for them too. We like them both and are working to produce as many bulls as we can that make you the most money. You have been selling your calves at record high prices. Now is the time to invest some of those profits in genetics that make you more money.
Black Red Angus
We continue with high growth bulls with strong carcass value. They are black and they are Angus, they just happen to be
with a different Angus Association and your cows will never know the difference.
This may be one of the deepest, thickest and easiest keeping bulls in the sale. He starts with 5-Star Growth and Carcass traits to make you more money with his offspring.
Here is one of the high growth bulls in the entire sale. I love the Confidence Plus sons and daughters. True to form, this one is deep thick, easy keeping and really attractive in a conservative size.
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Join the ever-growing list of ranchers who are buying 5-Star calving ease Angus bulls instead of Longhorns, Corrientes or Wagyu bulls because they can get the easy calving experience for their heifers yet sell their calves for so much more money.
Black Red Angus
Join the ever-growing list of ranchers who are buying 5-Star calving ease Angus bulls instead of Longhorns, Corrientes or Wagyu bulls because they can get the easy calving experience for their heifers yet sell their calves for so much more money.
More calving ease specialists.
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Here is one of the highest growth bulls in the
Take a look at this 5-Star growth bull that is sure to produce calves that press hard on the scales while also producing highly fertile and efficient replacement females.
Black Red Angus
Two full brothers that excel for growth and carcass.
This is one of the best-looking bulls in the sale and he comes with outstanding growth and carcass traits.
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This is the last Angus bull in the sale that is registered with the American Angus Association, but don’t worry, the next eleven bulls are black and Angus, that are registered with the Red Angus Association and they come with lots of genetic merit.
Black Red Angus
Who set the sale order. Look at all the stars, FERTility, $Profit, $Ranch and $Feeder that he has in his DNA that will be passed on to his offspring. Every bull in this sale has been DNA tested to give you a huge increase in the accuracy of their EPDs and Indexes.
If you need to make highly FERTile females that fit your environment and therefore will produce more pounds of calf per acre, then take this bull home to build a cowherd around.
Deep, thick easy keeping and one of the highest growth bulls in the sale. If you sell your calves by the pound, then buy this
more pounds to sell from your cowherd.
This is one of the best-looking bulls in the sale and he comes with 4-Star growth and 5-Star Carcass Traits.
Black Red Angus
$11.2 Million...
5326 head of our customers’ cattle have sold through the R.A. Brown Ranch sale ring.
Our
R.A. Brown Ranch
Customer Appreciation
Commercial Bred Heifer Sale
Wednesday, March12, 2025
Customers’ Best
Our customers represent a healthy mix of some of elite ranching operations across the southern plains as well as the beef industry’s rising generation of superstar cowmen and cattlewomen. They share a common appreciation for profitable beef genetics. Through the front-end bulls they purchase, and the balanced-trait calving ease sires they use A.I., these ranchers have developed some of the most sought after, ranch-ready replacement females in the industry. In Ranchers’ Rendezvous 2.0 they will share those front-end females.
How the Commercial Heifer Sale will work:
• Consignments will all be videoed prior to the sale and will be available at RABrownRanch.com along with the bull videos.
• Larger groups of heifers will be sold in “gate-cut” of approximately 10 head. The successful bidder will have the option of taking any/all consecutive 10 head sorts from the same lot and at the same bid price.
• The following pages contain general descriptions of each ranch’s entire consignment as well as delivery information. Our Sale Day Supplement will have any updated palpation/ultrasound information and how that impacts the exact head count for each lot.
• The Commercial heifer lots represented in this catalog will be sold FOB their respective consignor’s ranch.
• The Commercal heifer lots will sell after the black bulls and prior to the red bulls.
Breeding Guarantee: All commercial females identified as “Bred” have been determined pregnant by a competent ultrasound or palpation technician. If prior to May 1, 2025 it is determined (by competent palpation/ultrasound technician) that one of the commercial females you purchased in this sale is not pregnant, then please call us and you will be reimbursed (by the seller ) the difference between her purchase price and the salvage value you receive for her.
Red Angus heifers pictured at Bellah Cattle Company.
Delivery Terms: Delivery FOB Ranch- 4 miles NE Stamford, TX, March 17-21
Sale Method: Will sell as two “gate cuts” of 10 head of A.I. breds. Then will sell one set of 15 natural service breds.
serv. bred due 9/20 to 11/10/25
20 head A.I. Bred to Brown GTLS Titus K6257 on 12/5/24.
15 head natural serv. bred to R.A. Brown Ranch Calving Ease Red Angus Bulls.
This offering won’t come around very often! For the past several years the Black Angus pairs offered by Bellah Cattle Company have been at or near the top of the October R.A. Brown Ranch Sale. These are the same “Home Raised” Bellah Ranch heifers, just avaible 6 months earlier. The Bellah program is has it’s foundation in the front-end R.A. Brown Ranch bulls, and this is the largest offering of replacements we’ve shared out of the elite nucleus Bellah herd during this century!
Brown GTLS Titus K6257
• Service Sire of the Lot C1, C2 and C3 A.I. bred heifers.
FP5 VL5 (fetal protection) Pelvic Measured and Tract Scored
Preg Check: De-wormer and Multi-Min
Bred A.I. on 1/5/25 to Brown GTLS
Titus K6257 who combines 17 CED to 137 YW spread with best 12% Feed Efficiency and Top 1% $Ranch and Top 1/10 of 1% $Profit
Delivery Terms: FOB the ranch @ Kaufman, TX. Will Deliver May 15-31, due to calve on 10/10/25.
Sale Method Sells as 3 “Gate Cuts” of 12 head solid reds, then 1 cut of 12 Red Motley Faced . Winning bidder has the option to take 12, 24, 36 or all 48 head.
48 Red Angus Bred Heifers. All built by Bridwell Ranches decades long commitment to superior genetics with high fertility and marbling. Pelvic Measured, Tract Scored, Cake Broke, worked a foot and horseback, and every one A.I. Previous set of feeder heifers from the Bridwell genetics graded 61% prime. Several sets of steer-mates have been running @ 22-50% prime the last several years.
C3
Fall Calving
Bare Bones Farm
Asa & Lydia Bennett • 662-299-7921
605 Robert E Lee Dr • Greenwood, MS 38930
50 950 Black Angus
Black Angus Bred Heifers # Head Est. Wt (lbs) Genetic Makeup Color
Prebreeding: Triangle 10, Ultrabac 7, BarSomnus 2P, Safegaurd dewormer, and PI tested FREE.
No
Estimated
9/15/25
A.I. Bred to Brown JR Gratitude 9690J on 12/10/24.
Delivery Terms: Deliver FOB Ranch- 6 miles north Greenwood, MS, as soo as practical after the sale.
Sale Method: Will sell one set of 5 “gate cuts” of 10 head each.
A uniform set of straight Angus females that were preg-checked safe to the A.I. to to Brown JR Gratitude 9690J, who combines the lightest 2% birthweight EPD with the heaviest 20% at weaing. With Gratitude’s Top 2% ranking for $Maternal Value, 5% rank for hair coat shdding and 1% rank for docility, you’ll want to keep every daughter as a replacement.
C4
Fall Calving
Angus Cross
Bred Heifers
Prebreeding: Triangle 10, Ultrabac 7, BarSomnus 2P, Safegaurd dewormer, and PI tested FREE.
A.I. Bred to Brown JR Gratitude 9690J on 12/10/24.
Delivery Terms: Deliver FOB Ranch- 6 miles north Greenwood, MS, as soo as practical after the sale.
Sale Method: Will sell one set of 5 “gate cuts” of 10 head each.
Afancy set of Angus influenced females females These heifers were preg-checked safe to the A.I. to to Brown JR Gratitude 9690J, who combines the lightest 2% birthweight EPD with the heaviest 20% at weaing. We expect Gratitude to be a real cow herd builder, thanks to his best 2% ranking for $Maternal value, and 1% rank for docility. His top 20% rank for marbling predicts feeder cattle that should earn more qualtiy grade premiums
Bellah Cattle Co.
Jody & Matt Bellah PO Box 100 • Throckmorton, TX 76483 806-786-4468 • jmattbellah@gmail.com
C5
Fall Calving
Red Angus
Bred Heifers # Head Est. Wt
Dates 10 900 Red Angus
Red AI bred due 9/10/25 Natural serv. bred due 9/20 to 11/10/25
Date/Service Sires
5 head A.I. Bred to Brown GTLS Titus K6257 on 12/5/24.
Delivery Terms: Deliver FOB Ranch- 4 miles NE Stamford, TX, March 17-21
Sale Method: Will sell one set of 10 Red Angus bred heifers.
5 head natural serv. bred to R.A. Brown Ranch Calving Ease Red Angus Bulls.
A uniform, very fancy set of straight Red Angus heifers that were born on Los Paraisos Ranch Breckenridge, TX and developed as replacements by Bellah Cattle Co. These are the product of multiple generations of front-end R.A. Brown Ranch bull purchases. Each has a high value calf in their belly that begin hitting the ground in early September.
ADDRESS THE STRESS
PROTECT YOUR BOTTOM LINE AGAINST REDUCED APPETITE AND WEIGHT LOSS.
EACH BUYER WILL RECEIVE A BOTTLE OF FERAPPEASE ® WITH THEIR BULL PURCHASE.
Stress happens every time cattle are handled, transported or commingled. Cortisol levels increase from stress impacting appetite, health and weight gain. Studies demonstrate FerAppease® reduces the impact of stress on calves treated:*
• Reduced cortisol levels
• Improved appetite
• Increased weight gain
• Improved immunocompetence
• Improved health response, better recovery
• Decreased mortality
*Conducted by Dr. Reinaldo F. Cooke, Texas A&M University
HEALTHIER & HEAVIER CALVES = MORE PROFIT
CONTACT YOUR VETERINARIAN OR ANIMAL HEALTH PROVIDER TODAY.
How To Read The Data
RAB Exclusive Star Rating System
Compares bulls across breeds in five areas of economic relevance: Complete, Heifer Calving, Growth, Carcass Merit, and Cowherd. In general more stars indicate greater genetic improvement. There is a more detailed explanation of the RAB Star System in the front of the catalog.
DOB:
Birthdate of Animal.
REG#
Sale Lot Number:
All bulls and registered females sell in catalog order.
Docility Score Every RAB bull is individually scored 1-5 for docility where 1 represents the most docile.
Registration number assigned by the Red Angus Association of America (RAAA).
CAT: All Red Angus and Black/Red Angus Bulls are registered with the RAAA. This indicates their respective registry category and percent Angus parentage.
Herd: Identifies cooperator (herd of origin). Go to RABrownRanch.com/ cooperators/ and meet our cooperator team.
Animal ID: Animal’s tattoo
$PROFIT is an Economic Selection Index comparing bulls’ impact on profitability over their productive life (100 calves).
$RANCH is an Economic Selection Index comparing bulls impact on profitability per calf when keeping replacement females and selling calves at weaning time.
$FEEDER is an Economic Selection Index comparing bulls’ value as a post weaning feeder calf. Growth, Feed Efficiency and Carcass Value are included.
% RANK compares an individual animal to all Red Angus that have been evaluated in $Profit multibreed genetic evaluation of over 1 million head.
FERT EPD Fertility predicts differences in females’ ability to get pregnant and raise a calf every year. A higher FERT EPD predicts greater lifetime fertility, which will result in higher $Profit and $Ranch.
F:G EPD is a genetic prediction of relative differences in feed efficiency. Lower F:G EPDs indicate less feed will be consumed to produce one pound of gain. This EPD is calculated using Feed Intake data through the $Profit genetic
GdM: RAAA GridMaster Index compares relative profitability per cow exposed when bulls are used on mature cows but no replacements are kept, and all progeny are fed and marketed on a value based grid.
Red Angus EPDs and Percentile Ranks:
CED - Calving Ease Direct BW - Birth Weight WW - Weaning Weight YW - Yearling Weight Milk - Daughters Milk Production
Percentile Ranks: Percentile ranks indicate where
Max Acc. The presence of these indicate Genomically Enhanced EPDs.
$P EPDs:
CW - Carcass Weight
IMF - Intramuscular Fat
REA - Ribeye Area
(Montana State University)
t is a beautiful thing when the best-looking bull also has the best data. Put Chairman’s EPDs into the RAAA search engine and you will find that he is the only animal in the entire database that can match his multi-trait excellence. Go to our website & watch his video and you will be even more impressed. Chairman fits perfectly into the industry trend towards value determination of feeder cattle based on genetics regardless of color. Sustainable Beef LLC is a new packing company in North Platte, NE that will open in the spring of 2025 with Walmart as a major stakeholder (Walmart and Sam's Club collectively rank as one of the largest beef retailers.) This venture will revolutionize the Angus beef market by packaging and selling both red and black Angus as Angus beef. USDA considers Red Angus cattle eligible to be sold in all Angus beef programs. For the past four years, we have been working with several other top seedstock producers to develop a supply that is sure to bring more value to our customers’ calves. We will be focusing on high quality Angus beef from both colors of Angus with a sustainability story. In our pursuit to do more with less, we have been feed efficiency testing for 10 years and will use the data proven metrics of F:G and FERTility to validate the enhanced sustainability of our genetics. Chairman ranks high for both traits and has the full genetic profile to improve your profitability and sustainability. Chairman comes with tremendous outcross mating flexibility with 5 black animals in his 3-generation pedigree. With the focus of making the most superior Red Angus genetics possible, we began blending the best
Red Angus
of both colors of Angus together 28 years ago. These efforts have proven to be successful with the majority of the most used sires in the Red Angus breed over the past 3 years, containing a black animal in their 3-generation pedigree. This is an exciting way to blend the outstanding maternal strength, thickness and fleshing ability of the Red Angus breed with the industry leading growth and carcass of black Angus.
Please note that the carcass EPDs for the Red Angus bulls, the Black Red Angus Bulls and the SimAngus bulls are from the $Profit database. We chose to use the $Profit data because they recently added 20,000 actual carcass records along with DNA on those animals. This more than doubled the amount of actual carcass data in the evaluation and therefore increased the accuracy of these EPDs significantly. The Red Angus Association has had lots of ultrasound data submitted over the past 5 years, but not much actual carcass data. This huge amount of new actual carcass data was on modern genetics being used in the industry today, making the $Profit carcass metrics arguably the most relevant and accurate for these cattle. However, you can go to our website and download our sortable spreadsheets that include the carcass EPDs from both databases. You will see Chairman ranks in the top 1% to 3% for Carcass Weight, Marbling, and Ribeye Area in RAAA as well.
If you love cattle that make you money, then you should buy this bull.
WOW! This guy smashes the antagonisms between marbling and muscling with his phenomenal ratios of 135 IMF and 108 REA. Notice that the Red Angus carcass traits we have printed in the catalog are genomically and data enhanced $Profit ABCs ($Profit’s EPDs.) We are extremely excited that $Profit has incorporated actual kill data and genomics on more than 20,000 head into their indices. Buy with confidence knowing the bulls you select have maximum accuracy.
Check out the stars this multi-trait specialist offers. I developed this exclusive system to help buyers easily identify bulls that excel in the traits that are most important to their operation. Those that have followed our program will notice that as we have emphasized multi-trait superiority, we have more studs like this that earn more stars. This guy can produce cows that stay and steers that pay while offering first calf heifer calving ease combined with main cowherd growth.
Red Angus
Take a look at the complete stars that this bull offers. For the first time in our Spring sale we are offering this new star ranking. The higher the rankings, with 5 being highest, the more of a multi-trait specialist that bull is, in
a
that can do it all. Whether you study his stars, his DNA enhanced EPDs and $Profit Indices or his actual data you will find that this bull does a lot of things right and that he can do loads for the profitability of your outfit.
Feed efficiency is the next great frontier of the cattle industry. 10 years ago we made the decision to invest in feed efficiency testing to identify genetics that can gain more while eating less. This large investment is paying dividends as it identifies bulls like this guy that can help you and your customers increase the efficiency, and thus the profitability, of their operation. Notice, he also posts one of the highest star totals in the sale.
OH, MY! Check out how this stud bends the curve between calving ease and performance with single digit rankings for
and
You can certainly see why he earns 5-star rankings for both heifer calving ease and growth. If you want steers that pay you sure need to be investing in bulls like this guy with his great $Feeder that he gets from his superb IMF and REA ABCs along with great F:G.
WOW! WOW! WOW! This guy is the highest $Profit Red Angus in the sale and one of the highest that you are going to find anywhere. This bull is the epitome of genetics that produce cows that stay and steers that pay. You can see how he gets that exceptional $Feeder when you study his tremendous IMF and REA ABCs. THAT FERT EPD IS PHENOMENAL! With fertility like that his daughters can probably just look at a bull and get pregnant!
BROWN
Bulls
Remember, we all still get paid by the pound and this stud has performance in droves. Just think of the extra profitability that he can provide just from the extra pay weight that he can produce. Notice the superb cow herd traits that he offers. That FERT ABC is tremendous. As you know, fertility is the number one profit driver for the cow calf operator. Take this bull home, build a herd around him and reap the rewards for years to come.
Say hello to your heifers’ new best friend. With CED and BW EPDs like that a heifer could probably sneeze and have a calf out of this stud. How much of a luxury will it be to have this much profit potential out of your first calf heifers’ calves with his exceptional 5 carcass stars and top ranked $Feeder. Speaking of Stars, notice that this guy has the most stars of any Red Angus bull today. Oh, and look at that $Ranch, build a herd around him.
I believe you will like what you see when you find this stylish made stud out in the pens. Imagine the incredible set of attractive, fertile and profitable females that he can produce. Our goal here is to make bulls that increase your profitability and sustainability through “females that stay and steers that pay.” He does just that by offering 5 cowherd stars and a superb $Ranch combined with top $Feeder and GMI. Notice the 5-star heifer calving ease as well.
This guy is a 5-star carcass improver. If you are in the business of producing steers that pay, you need to be loading up bulls like this with his tremendous IMF and REA ABCs. Notice that these ABCs were enhanced with the injection of over 20,000 head of actual carcass data. This stud can also get you ahead of the curve for efficiency with his excellent F:G ABC. Keep those daughters as well with that great $Ranch.
Red Angus
A wise cattleman once told me “A pound of gold is worth more than a pound of lead.” With this bull’s superb IMF and top-notch $Feeder you can see why he earns 5 out of 5 stars in our exclusive star ranking system. Even if you market your calves at weaning this guy offers tremendous profit potential with his 5-star growth. Remember to advertise the $ numbers on these bulls when you market their calves as buyers have shown they will pay premiums for high $Feeder calves.
Here comes the second highest $Feeder Red Angus bull in the sale. You can see why when you study his phenomenal IMF and REA
If you market your cattle on the rail, I sure hope that you are loading up on these really good bulls. He will put out more of those profitable premium pounds with his 4 star growth. I sure believe that you will like his phenotype as well with his thick, fleshy high volumed body style that is consistently a crowd favorite.
Check out the tremendous fertility that this guy offers with his top of the chart FERT ABC. This helps to give him a fantastic $Ranch so you sure might want to keep every daughter out of this guy. You can see why he has such an impressive $Profit when you add his chart-topping IMF ABC and a great $Feeder. Market your calves at weaning? He has you covered there as well with his 4-star growth score.
OH, MY! Here is the #2 ranked F:G ABC Red Angus bull selling today. If you want to get ahead of the curve on the efficiency revolution you need to be investing in bulls like this guy. Expect him to put out more of those efficient pounds with his 5-star growth ranking that he earns from his single digit rankings for WW, YW and ADG. Those efficient pounds should be premium as well with his top of the chart $Feeder and 5 star carcass score.
Look at all the stars on this group of bulls. It looks like the milky way! They offer multi-trait superiority to help give you calves that are born easily,
Here we go into a new group off bulls that is jam packed with sleep all night calving ease and big-time cow makers. Take these bulls home to help next calving season go smoothly for both you and your heifers as well as build females that can be profit centers in your herd for years to come.
Bulls
profitable daughters?
Red Angus
This guy is firing on all cylinders when it comes to end product quality. Remember these bull’s $Profit ABCs achieve maximum accuracy through DNA,
This stud will have a lot of friends on sale day. He is loaded with quality and volume and so much muscle that except for DNA we would swear that he was Continental.
Red Angus
If you are wanting a set of cow-makers, this group is as good as any in the sale. Check out the tremendous FERT
If you have a large group of heifers to breed, this is your pen. 70% of the bulls in this pen offer 5-star heifer calving ease, while the other 30% offer a 4 star ranking (and I’m SUPER CONSERVATIVE on my ranking system.)
This new group of bulls is the living definition of “pounds in the right package.” They are stout made bulls that will produce progeny that press down the scales and earn lots of premiums on a value based grid.
Remember that a pound of gold is worth a lot more than a pound of lead. Take this stud home that earns 10 out of 10 stars for growth and carcass and let him produce more of those premium profitable pounds.
Bulls
WOW! This guy has the top ranked F:G among the Red Angus bulls. This is our 10th year of feed efficiency testing and it helps to find bulls like this for you, that can do more with less.
Sale Lot Number:
All bulls and registered females sell in catalog order.
How To Read The Data
RAB Exclusive Star Rating System
Compares bulls across breeds in five areas of economic relevance: Complete, Heifer Calving, Growth, Carcass Merit, and Cowherd.. In general more stars indicate greater genetic improvement. There is a more detailed explanation of the RAB Star System in the front of the catalog.
Docility Score Every RAB bull is individually scored 1-5 for docility where 1 represents the most docile.
DOB:
Birthdate of Animal.
REG#
Registration number assigned by the American Simmental Association (ASA).
Breed%:
Describes the proportion of Simmental and Angus/Red Angus for each SimAngus bull.
P/S: Polled Status
Color:
BB: Homozygous Black
Bb: Heterozygous Black Red: Red Color
Herd: Identifies cooperator (herd of origin). Go to RABrownRanch.com/ cooperators/ and meet our cooperator team.
Animal ID: Animal’s tattoo
$PROFIT is an Economic Selection Index comparing bulls’ impact on profitability over their productive life (100 calves).
$RANCH is an Economic Selection Index comparing bulls impact on profitability per calf when keeping replacement females and selling calves at weaning time.
$FEEDER is an Economic Selection Index comparing bulls’ value as a post weaning
FERT EPD Fertility predicts differences in females’ ability to get pregnant and and raise a calf every year.
A higher FERT EPD predicts greater lifetime fertility, which will result in higher $Profit and $Ranch.
F:G EPD is a genetic prediction of relative differences in feed efficiency. Lower F:G
SimAngus EPDs and Percentile Ranks:
CED - Hfr Calving Direct
BW - Birth Weight
WW - Weaning Weight
YW - Yearling Weight
Milk - Daughters Milk Production
STAY - Stayability
Percentile Ranks:
Percentile ranks indicate where this animal’s EPDs rank vs. other non-parent animals in that respected database. A 10% rank indicates that animal is in the top ten percent of the age
$P EPDs:
CW - Carcass Weight
IMF - Intramuscular Fat
REA - Ribeye Area
API: ASA All Purpose Index compares relative profitability per cow exposed when bulls are used on heifers and cows, replacements are kept, and all steers and cull heifers are fed and marketed on a value based grid.
TI: ASA Terminal Index
Max Acc. The presence of this GenEE (Genomically Enhanced Epds) symbol indicates genomic data obtained through Geneseek or $Profit/Zoetis DNA testing have been incorporated into the above EPDs / Indices to ensure the highest possible accuracy for non-parent bulls.
SimAngus
This bull has it all and perfectly fits our mantra: COWS THAT STAY & STEERS THAT PAY. He is the only animal of any breed in the entire ASA & IGS Database that can match his EPD profile. Plus, he has amazing eye appeal, great feet, powerful growth and super feed efficiency that he earned after going through our feed efficiency test. We believe he will be a major breed impact sire.
If you like great looking cattle with amazing carcass value and top 10% for Average Daily gain, then you will love this bull. His marbling and ribeye stats rank in the top 1% to 3% in both the ASA & $Profit databases. Buy this bull to increase your profits with more Prime premiums. He has multi-trait excellence. Look at all the stars he earns for all traits.
Check out this 5-Star calving ease bull that also has excellent growth and cowherd traits plus top 1% Marbling. We included the carcass EPDs from the $Profit database because it just added 20,000 actual carcass records, most of which also had DNA to make the evaluation even more accurate. Download our spreadsheet with all ASA & $P EPDs from RABrownRanch.com to sort the data & see our color code system.
One of the hardest decisions will be which of these full brothers in blood to choose. You probably should just buy them both. Both are safe to use on heifers and will earn you more money for marbling premiums. This bull ranks high for growth. He is the front pasture kind that will stop traffic in their tracks. BROWN KCCF GALILEO L4868
SimAngus
It is exciting to see that more and more people are using our star rating system that helps simplify all the data to quickly describe the strengths of each bull. Notice this bull is a high growth bull that also earned the maximum of 5 stars for carcass. Sell more pounds and earn more premiums with bulls like this and you will love their powerful looks.
Here is our first red SimAngus bull. He is ideal for producing highly fertile females that will make great replacements for your cowherd while also producing breed leading payweight that will ring the cash register when you sell your calves. Notice he ranks in the top 9% or better for a multitude of traits that are sure to increase your profits including feed efficiency and marbling.
This is a super attractive bull with multi-trait excellence including outstanding growth to help you sell more pounds in the right package.
Wow, this bull is handsome, and his mother is a cow that we raised & sold as a 4-year-old to Advanced Beef Genetics and All Beef. She topped their dispersal sale at almost 10 years of age for $25,000. This is the right kind, and he will make you money when you sell your calves live or on a value-based grid.
Growth and carcass traits are where our SimAngus cattle really shine. Eagle is a great sire and you will continue to see him in many of our pedigrees. We believe in breeding the best.
Here is the first of 4 bulls that you can breed to both heifers and cows with great results. If you are keeping replacement heifers and building a highly fertile cowherd, then you need bulls like this that rank high for both FERTility & STAYability.
EPDs are the most accurate tool to help us select cattle that do more things right than any other tool we have. We started using breed association EPDs 40 years ago and added the $Profit system almost a decade ago. We are thankful for the extra tools in our toolbox to help you and I both more accurately select cattle that increase your profits. Our stars simplify the science.
This is the first of 3 full brothers that all rank high for the traits that make you the most money. FERTility, STAYability, Marbling and Carcass Weight. These are ideal bulls if you sell on a value based grid because of their combination of both marbling and pounds on the rail.
You will surely like this full brother who looks amazing, and he excels in feed efficiency to help produce more pounds of beef with less cost. We must remember that Profit = Income - Expenses. This bull is a profit improver: the calves start small, cows will breed back quicker, lower feed cost, and he’ll produce more pounds to sell.
Check out this red full brother to the two black bulls above. We are building a supply chain to add value to your calves & this is a bull that fits our mantra to produce COWS THAT STAY & STEERS THAT PAY.
Here is the first of two full brothers that are loaded with muscle. Their mother is an outstanding President daughter. There are lots of Redhill Double Agent daughters and they have all shown to be productive, fault free females.
This should be a safe choice to use on virgin heifers to get calves that are born easy and then grow into high yielding offspring with lots of muscle. There are lots of Redhill Double Agent daughters and they have all shown to be productive, fault free females.
Bulls
This is the first of three virgin bulls that are full two years old to give you an even bigger age advantage than most bulls in the industry that are sold as yearlings. Why ask a boy to do a man’s job? Use this bull’s added maturity to your advantage to get more cows bred early & more payweight on your calves because they are born earlier in the calving season.
This bull should make great feeder calves with strong genetics for growth and carcass. We recommend these last 3 bulls be used just to produce steers and heifers for the feedyard and sold live or on a value-based grid. Female descendants of their maternal grandsire have not been good females to keep for replacements.
Here is the highest growth bull in the entire sale that also has outstanding carcass value. This bull is more easily excitable. We recommend these last 3 bulls be used just to produce steers and heifers for the feedyard and sold live or on a value-based grid. Female descendants of their maternal grandsire have not been good females to keep for replacements.
Here is a bull that can be used on heifers and is sure to add marbling. He is more easily excitable especially when sorted off by himself. We recommend these last 3 bulls be used just to produce steers and heifers for the feedyard and sold live or on a value-based grid. Female descendants of their maternal grandsire have not been good females to keep for replacements.
$PROFIT is an Economic Selection Index comparing bulls’ impact on profitability over their productive life (100 calves).
$RANCH is an Economic Selection Index comparing bulls’ impact on profitability per calf when keeping replacement females and selling calves at weaning time.
$FEEDER is an Economic Selection Index comparing bulls’ value as a post weaning feeder calf. Growth, Feed Efficiency and Carcass Value are included.
% RANK compares an individual animal to all other Red Angus that have been evaluated in $Profit multi-breed genetic evaluation of over 1 million head.
Sale Lot: All bulls and registered females sell in catalog order.
Female Service Info: Service Sire, Expected
Date and Fetal Sex as determined by Ultrasound
Red Angus
FERT EPD Fertility predicts differences in females’ ability to get pregnant and and raise a calf every year.
A higher FERT EPD predicts greater lifetime fertility, which will result in higher $Profit and $Ranch.
F:G EPD is a genetic prediction of relative differences in feed efficiency.
Lower F:G EPDs indicate less feed will be consumed to produce one pound of gain. This EPD is calculated using Feed Intake data through the $Profit genetic evaluation.
Red Angus EPDs:
GdM - Gridmaster Index
CED - Calving Ease Direct
BW - Birth Weight
WW - Weaning Weight
YW - Yearling Weight
Milk - Daughters Milk Production
MARB - Marbling
REA - Rib Eye Area
Percentile Ranks: Percentile ranks indicate where this animal’s EPDs rank vs. other non-parent animals in the RAAA database. A “1%” rank indicates that animal is in the top one percent of the approximate 150,000 non-parent animals in the RAAA database.
Red or Blk. Both are registered in the Red Angus Association of America.
Herd: Identifies cooperator herd.
Animal ID:
Max Acc. The presence of this GenEE (Genomically Enhanced EPDs) symbol indicates genomic data obtained through Geneseek and/or $Profit/Zoetis DNA testing have been incorporated into the above EPDs / Indices to ensure the
Animal’s tattoo number.
Females
Red Angus Reference Sires
Brown JVCC Authentic K104
Brown GTLS Titus K6257
Brown Sure Thing K122
Red Angus
Few sires have had the staying power of Oracle with his high accuracy growth and carcass superiority and more recently, he’s in the very upper echelon of high accuracy Red Angus sires for Fertility. Just 5 months ago at our 50th Anniversary sale, an Oracle daughter brought $30,000 and this one is higher $Profit and might be as functional and structurally correct as any Oracle daughter we’ve worked with. She sells exposed to the high Profit, elite marbling, Grand Slam.
Embryos
EMBRYOS: CORNERSTONE X G551. As a special bonus will sell with four frozen embryos sired by Wedel Cornerstone 0244H, who ranks in the top 4% for Feed Efficiency and top 4/10 of 1% for IMF.
Females
302 Embryos G551 x Titus
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Selling 4 embryos sired by Brown GTLS Titus K6257. Few calving ease bulls balance as much growth, feed efficiency, carcass merit and cow herd building traits as Titus. These embryos are line bred to Oracle, who remains one of Red Angus’ greatest sources of fertility, quality grade, yield grade and pay-weight. Buyer pays 3 times the bid price and gets the 4th embryo in lieu of a guarantee.
303 Embryos G551 x Grand Slam
Selling 4 embryos sired by Wedel Grand Slam 3377. Grand Slam was the $37,000 high selling yearling at Wedel’s 2024 sale and stacks some of the most productive and high fertility females from that program. Buyer pays 3 times the bid price and gets the 4th embryo in lieu of a guarantee. 4
Red Angus
We can’t make them any sounder or more genetically prepotent than the outstanding black/red donor selling as Lot 302. She delivers best of breed numbers for Fertility and Marbling and balances a 17 CED to 121 YW so she’ll mass produce those hi-value bulls that can be used on both replacement heifers and running age cows.
Embryos
EMBRYOS: GRAND SLAM X F1729. As a special bonus will sell with four frozen embryos sired by the $37,000 Wedel Grand Slam 3377, who ranks in the top 4% for Feed Efficiency and top 4/10 of 1% for IMF.
305 Embryos
F1729 x Titus
4 Embryos (F1729 x Titus)
F1729 G
C670
Selling 4 embryos sired by Brown GTLS Titus K6257. Study the projected EPDs from this mating and just imagine what her Red Titus progeny could be worth. This could be your next donor dam or herd sire. Buyer pays 3 times the bid price and gets the 4th embryo in lieu of a guarantee.
Females
306
Ranchers Rendezvous 2.0 features many of the Red Angus cow families that are responsible for the front-end or past bull sales. Lot 306 is an own daughter of marbling legend, HomeTown and out of “Goldilocks”, the 114 MPPA donor for Mathias Ranch with 37 ET and natural progeny to her credit. Goldilocks remains one of the most phenotypically pleasing and highest selling females to ever leave Throckmorton County.
Lot 307 is an own daughter of GTLS Glorify G2701, the $30,000 high seller from our recent 50th Anniversary sale. Glorify G2701 is the dam of Titus, who is also the high semen sales Red Angus bull at R.A. Brown Ranch in 2024. This powerful King Arthur daughter might be the best combination of growth, marbling, fertility and calving ease from this highly predictable cow family to date.
308 Embryos G9008 x Titus
When we talk about famous cow families it all comes together in this mating! The donor dam, G9008 is the dam of the $120,000 Brown JVCC Authentic K104, who was recently leased by Genex. Their paternal grandam will be Glorify G2701, The $30,000 dam of Titus and one of the most powerful and prepotent Oracle daughters on the planet! Buyer pays 3 times the bid price and gets the 4th embryo in lieu of a guarantee.
309 Embryos
G9008 x Longmire
If you’ve been sitting on the bench watching some of the homeruns that are being hit by folks combining the best of Black and Red Angus genetics, here’s your chance to get up to bat with the bases loaded. Lot 309 features the dam of the $120,000 Authentic mated to the Angus sire, Longmire, whose Red Angus EPDs venture into uncharted territory for marbling, ribeye and fertility. Buyer pays 3 times the bid price and gets the 4th embryo in lieu of a guarantee.
Red Angus
When we said Ranchers’ Rendezvous 2.0 featured some of the breed’s most storied cow families we weren’t kidding! Lot 310’s maternal grandam, the 107 MPPA, Brown Ms Shazzam P7940 is the dam of Brown Commitment S7206, our first $100,0000 Red Angus bull. At 19 years of age, Commitment still ranks well beyond the top 1% for marbling, 2% for $Profit and 3% for Fertility.
The bottom side of Lot 311’s pedigree reads like a who’s
When we said we were sharing our most productive and
and a whopping 114 MPPA. If lot 312 was a bull, she’d have more total stars than any other female in this sale.
1209 BROWN MS ORACLE G539 BROWN ORACLE B112 BROWN MRS INDEPENDENCE
The Ranchers Rendezvous 2.0 Red Angus female sale is a small, yet elite offering of females you can build your herd around, as they come out of herd impacting donors themselves. Lot 313’s dam is a half-sister to the leadoff cow in this sale, and is also 95 birthweight, 101 weaing, 104 yearling, 123 IMF and 107 REA.
Females
You will find some absolute genetic gems spread throughout this sale offering. Here at the half way point we
Fertility EPD female in the entire offering.
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If your bull customers sell them by the pound, you’ll want to be selling sons of this powerful King Arthur daughter who ranks in single-digits for weaning, yearling, gain, carcass weight and marbling.
This good-footed, 104 MPPA donor dam of Lot 317 was selected as the choice of the R.A. Brown Ranch herd and has already produced 59 registered progeny. It’s no doubt this is one of the highest $Profit females in the entire offering, she combines exceptional feed efficiency, fertility and marbling and REA.
Red Angus
Lot 318 is one of the highest $Ranch females in the offering, and also one of the best
relevant traits of: Fertility, Feed Efficiency, Calving Ease and pay-weight.
MERLIN 018A
BROWN MS MERLIN J753
X7876
R.A Brown Ranch Sale veterans know to read this catalog to the last lot and watch the sale until the final gavel falls. Genetic gems are spread throughout the offering! Here with 8 Red Angus females to go we find an own daughter of Della 502, one of the highest selling females in breed history and dam of the $120,000 LSF BJR High Voltage 1803J.
Lot 321 begins a run of fancy open yearling heifers that sell as Lots 321 through 323. Her dam is one of our most
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dams with average progeny ratios of: 110 weaning and 107 yearling.
Shortly after the sale these heifers selling as Lot 321-323 will be ready to AI to the bull of your choice. Lot 322 will cure several economically
Red Angus
This good footed daughter, out of the $80,000 Ranchmaster, weaned two calves at over 670 lbs. each as a three-year-old. Lot 324 represents one of the few opportunities to purchase the service of Brown Sure Thing K122, who at over $31,000, is amongst the very highest Red Angus sires for $Profit.
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in the sale order.
Here’s the half-sister to the high $Ranch female that sold back at Lot 314, and like her, Lot 327 excels for $Ranch and Fertility EPD. Her dam is a powerful donor that adds horsepower and carcass merit as indicated by her outstanding progeny ratios of: 111 yearling, 118 IMF and 110 REA.
Owned By: R.A. Brown Ranch, Throckmorton, TX
Leachman Cattle of CO, Fort Collins CO Meinders Stock Farms, Buffalo Center IA
Just in case you run second-place when the natural service rights on Swagger sell on Wednesday, March 12th...no worries! You still have access to semen, and it’ll be discounted during our annual March bull, female and horse sale. Swagger enjoys tremendous popularity with those customers’ who have already weaned their fist calves.
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Gratitude’s outstanding Fertility, Calving Ease, and Pay-weight all translate to more product delivered to market. But the real “Profit Multiplier”occurs when those extra pounds are weighed against his incomparable Feed Efficiency (F:G).
In addition to Calving Ease, Gratitude also improves other necessities such as: Scrotal Circumference, Hair shedding, Docility and Claw shape
Fix more Traits with Top Gun!
Top Gun balances 13 traits in the top 25% of Angus, and he dominates the economically relevant traits that impact: quality grade, calving ease, lower cow maintenance costs, foot soundness and more efficient feed conversion.
Profit is often won or lost in the cow herd, and Longmire’s “off-the-charts” fertility EPD will correct generations of single trait selection on end-product traits. Sustained selection for $Ranch over time results in moderated mature cow size, improved stocking rates, fewer opens and ower cow herd depreciation costs. Use Longmire to maximize fertility and produce more pounds of premium qualty calves per acre.
As Complete as it Gets!
Loaded with thickness, rib-shape and eye appeal, Noble was a phenotypic stand-out and the $36,000 second high seller at the October 2023 R.A. Brown Ranch Sale.
Noble allows you to mash on the throttle for extra fertility, gain, quality grade and carcass weight in addition to adding muscle, fleshing ability, docility and soundness.
Sure Thing is the bull to use on mature cows when Profit matters most!
No trait impacts cow/calf profitability like fertility and Sure Thing is as good as it gets ranking in the top 1/100 of 1%. He adds pay-weight without increasing size or birth weight, and has the marbling necessary to ensure those extra pounds will be earning PRIME premiums. No Energize, Merlin, Genuine, Confidence Plus or P707 in the first 3-geneartions of his pedigree.
#4641223 01-30-2022 K122 : RABR
Owned by: R.A. Brown Ranch, Schuster Farms
Owned by: R.A. Brown Ranch, Cactus Creek Cattle Co., Double A Cattle Co, M3 Cattle Co. Brown SW2W Noble K6728
He Really Does It All !
Here’s an outcross pedigree with single digit ranks for calving ease, marbling, gain, fertility and PROFIT! He Does It All adds value when used on heifers or cows, and will be an outcross pedigree for daughters of: Merlin, Energize, Genuine, Confidence Plus, and many other of today’s popular sire lines.
High Accuracy/Sleep-All-Night Calving Ease
Ranchmaster has emerged as the logical choice for large commercial heifer breeding projects with his 80+ percent accuracy for low birth weight and unassisted births. Best yet, Ranchmaster sires sound foot structure, and now has his third set of daughters in production with excellent udder quality.
Owned by: R.A. Brown Ranch, Wedel Red Angus, 3B Bar Ranch, BOLA Red Angus, JYJ Red Angus, Rocking P Angus, Rocking MR Ranch, Spruill Farms, Rhodes Red Angus, Cedar Hilo Farm, Schuster Farms, C&C Family Partners, Woodward Cattle, Speelman Red Angus, Durden Red Angus, Ferrill Family Cattle Co.
Owned By: R.A. Brown Ranch, Throckmorton, TX Wedel Beef Genetics, Leoti, KS Cedar Hill Farm, Jane Lew, WV
This Black/Red Tahoe son out of a 107 MPPA full-sister to Oracle combines sleep-all-night calving ease with best of breed pay-weight. Ideal puts 10 traits in the top 10% of Red Angus, and does it in a long hipped, deep ribbed, slick haired package. Just imagine the Value of his RED 1A sons and daughters!
Terms & Conditions
Except for those stated in the below terms and conditions, there are not warranties, either expressed or implied, as to merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose with respect to the cattle being sold at this auction. The warranties and guarantees are set forth in these Terms and Conditions are in lieu of all other warranties, either expressed or implied, and the remedies provided therein shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of the purchaser or any party claiming through purchaser, for any breach of warranty or guarantee therein provided, and all other obligations or liabilities.
BIDDING Each animal will be sold to the highest bidder. The auctioneer in charge will settle any disputes as to bids, and his decision on such matters shall be final.
TERMS of the sale are cash or check to the clerk at the conclusion of the auction. Animals are not to leave until paid for in full.
PURCHASER’S RISK
Each animal will be at the Purchaser’s risk as soon as sold, but it shall be the obligation of the seller to see that animals are fed and cared for free of charge to purchaser, until loaded for shipment or until the expiration of (72) hours after the sale for animals being picked up by the Purchaser. Animals being delivered will be cared for at no charge until delivered.
ANNOUNCEMENTS & SALE DAY SUPPLEMENT Printed information on the sale day supplement takes precedence over printed information in this catalog. Announcements from the auction block will take precedence over printed material in this catalog and on the sale day supplement. All animals will be sold by lot number as announced from the auction block. Every effort has been made to assure correctness of the catalog, and in most cases, information quoted concerning the animals is taken from the respective breed association’s official records.
PERSONAL LIABILITY All persons who attend the sale do so at their own risk and the R.A. Brown Ranch, its employees, cooperators, consignors and all other person connected with the management of the sale, assume no liability, legal or otherwise.
IDENTIFICATION Seller offers each registered animal with a readable tattoo corresponding to its catalog designation and registration when applicable.
REGISTRATION TRANSFER If you want registration certificates transferred to you, this request must be made with the sale clerk at settlement on sale day or within twenty (20) days thereafter by written notification. After twenty (20) days, the transfer fees will be the responsibility of the Purchaser. All registration certificates will be withheld until the check clears the bank. Registration certificates will be mailed to you within ninety (90) days of date of sale. Inform the clerk when checking out if you need them sooner than ninety (90) days.
HEALTH CERTIFICATES will be furnished on all animals going outside of Texas as soon as all required testing is complete. Some states require testing that may take several days to receive the results before our veterinarian can complete the health certificate to send cattle to your state.
BULL BREEDING GUARANTEE 1. All animals are guaranteed to be breeders with the exception of: a) Injury or disease occurring to the animal after time of sale; b) Gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the purchaser; c) Animals shown competitively after being purchased in this sale. 2. Any bull which either a) settles 1/3 or more of the healthy cows he serves; b) is the sire of 20 or more animals; or c) settles cows by natural service and passes a fertility test made by a competent veterinarian during any 6 month trial (provided for in the section of these sale terms and conditions entitled “Options and Privileges of Return or Adjustment”) shall be considered a breeder. Any guarantees with respect to the ability to freeze semen shall be made by separate agreement between the Purchaser and Seller.
REGISTERED FEMALE BREEDING GUARANTEE 1) Safein-calf females have been examined by a competent ultrasound or palpation technician and are so guaranteed.
All females that have been diagnosed safe in calf, have a projected calving date or date range printed in this catalog or in the sale day supplement. All projected due dates and emGyo sexing are best estimates only and are not guaranteed. Please remember that it is normal for females to give birth throughout the two weeks either side of their projected due date. 2) AI or pasture exposed females have been exposed, but are not guaranteed safe in calf. They are guaranteed to be breeders. 3) Open females have been examined open and are so guaranteed. Open females are guaranteed to be breeders or produce viable embryos if the Purchaser chooses to put the cow into embryo transfer. 4) Donor Females a) A female which has been used in an embryo transfer program and sells open is not guaranteed to be a breeder after date of sale unless by separate agreement between the Purchaser and seller. b) A female is not guaranteed to be a breeder after date of sale when that female is to be used, or attempted to be used in an invitro fertilization (IVF) program or embryo transfer program, unless by separate agreement between the Purchaser and seller. c) There is no guarantee as to the suitability of any female for embryo transfer.
COMMERCIAL FEMALE BREEDING GUARANTEE All Commercial Females that sell safe in calf have been determined pregnant by a competent ultrasound or palpation technician and are guaranteed to be pregnant through December 1st following this sale. Any commercial females that have a calf at side at the time of delivery (per delivery terms as stated in the catalog) shall be sold as open and ready to breed, and with no further guarantees. It is common for a small percentage of females to lose a pregnancy between palpation and calving. If you determine that one of the commercial females is not pregnant prior to May 1st, then please call us and you will be reimbursed by the seller of the heifers the difference between her purchase price and the salvage value you receive for her.
SELLER’S SEMEN RIGHTS 1) Seller retains a 50% revenue sharing semen interest and no possession, in every bull in this catalog unless otherwise noted in this catalog or in the sale day supplement. Future semen collections of the bull must be made known to all owners prior to collecting. These collections and costs will be divided according to each owner’s interest, unless otherwise agreed upon mutually by all owners prior to collection of said semen. 2) On any bull in the sale which is collected in the future, Seller reserves the right to 100 straws of semen with registration rights and will pay their portion of the collection costs. 3) Further official terms for this section are described at the front of this catalog entitled “Retained Interests in Bulls.”
OPTIONS & PRIVILEGES OF RETURN OR ADJUSTMENT
1) The following adjustments do not preclude the right of the Purchaser and seller to mutually agree upon other terms and conditions for settlement of any dispute. All claims for adjustment or refund must be made in writing either within six (6) months from the date of sale or no later than when the animal reaches 24 months of age, whichever occurs later, with the exception of claims involving parentage or defects. 2) All returns or refunds will be paid in the form of a replacement animal of similar quality or in credit for use on any products marketed by the seller. a) This credit will be limited to the purchase price less the salvage value of the animal. b) Salvage value = Market price x greater of “current weight” as taken in September prior to the sale or the animal’s current weight at the time of salvage, whichever is greater. 3) In the event an animal is claimed to be a non-breeder, the animal may be returned to the ranch of the Seller, at Purchaser’s expense, if in good physical condition, and the return is in compliance with the health requirements of the Seller’s state. The Seller shall be entitled to a six (6) month trial period following the return of the animal in which to prove that the animal is a breeder. If at the end of six (6) months the Seller is unable to prove the animal is a breeder, the seller shall, at the option of the Purchaser, replace the animal with another of similar value or grant the Purchaser a credit on any products marketed by Seller. Either of these options shall be deemed full satisfaction and settlement. If the Seller proves the animal to be a breeder, it shall be the obligation of the Purchaser to take delivery of the animal and pay all expense incurred for transportation. 4) If a registered female sold as “safe-in-calf” proves not to be in calf (by the projected due date listed in the catalog or
sale day supplement), the Purchaser may receive service from the bull previously used, if available or if the bull is not available the Seller shall be obligated to credit or refund the Purchaser $400. Any adjustment provided for herein shall absolve the Seller from further liability, except in case such female proves to be a non-breeder. If a female represented as “safe-in-calf” at time of sale to a certain bull proves to have been bred to a different bull, the Seller shall be obligated to reimburse the Purchaser up to $600 (adjustments shall not be considered to be a breeding fee or an allocation of the purchase price to any unborn calf). Any expenses incurred for transportation shall be the responsibility of the Purchaser. 5) If a female sold as “open” proves to be with calf, the Purchaser may return the animal to the farm of the Seller prior to calving for a credit of the full purchase price or for another animal of similar value, whichever is acceptable to the Purchaser. It shall be the obligation of the Seller to bear any expense incurred for transportation.
GENETIC CONDITION, DEFECT & PARENTAGE GUARANTEE 1) Technology is helping identify numerous genetic conditions that have been in the general cattle population for many years. Those known today include: Arthrogryposis Multiplex (AM), Double Muscling (DM), Dwarfism (DW), Hypotrichosis (HY), Alpha-Mannosidosis (MA), Neuropathic Hydrocephalus (NH), Osteopetrosis (OS), Protoporphyria (PR), Pulmonary Hypoplasia with Anasarca (PH), Syndactyly (SN) (Mule Foot), Tibial Hemimelia (TH), Neuropathic Hydrocephalus (NH), Contractural Arachnodactyly (CA) (Fawn Calf Syndrome), Parrot Mouth and Developmental Duplications Mutation (DD). Most of these are believed to be simple recessive in inheritance. These condition can be effectively managed by strategic DNA testing and avoidance of breeding carrier females to carrier bulls. All potential carriers of any of these defects will be tested with the results printed in this catalog or in the Sale Day Supplement. Animals tested as a carrier of one of these genes are noted with a (C) after the abbreviation. In the case that an animal is homozygous for that gene, then they will be listed with an (A) after the abbreviation.
The parentage of the animals bred by the Seller is guaranteed to the extent that the animal is by the Sire and out of the Dam indicated on its registration paper. These guarantees are effective for a period of two years from the date of sale only under the following conditions. a) The Purchaser shall notify the Seller in writing immediately upon the birth of a calf suspected of being defective or immediately after determination is made that such calf is defective, or if parentage is suspected or found to be in error. b) The Seller, at his expense, shall be permitted and provided, with reasonable opportunity, to obtain DNA samples of an alleged defective calf and its sire and dam for the purpose of DNA analysis to establish parenthood. In the case of suspect parentage, the Purchaser at his expense, shall be permitted and provided with reasonable opportunity to obtain DNA samples of the animal in question and its sire and dam for the purpose of blood type/DNA analysis to establish parenthood. If sire or dam is indicated on the animals registration paper is proven to be in error by such analysis, the Seller shall reimburse Purchaser for cost of such analysis. c) The animals will be returned by the Purchaser to the Seller at the Purchaser’s expense; provided the animal meets the health requirements for the Seller’s state. d) The replacement of an animal with another of similar value or the refund of the purchase price, in connection with a defect producing animal or an animal whose parentage is in error, shall be deemed full satisfaction and settlement.
2. In the event there is a dispute as to whether or not a calf is defective, or parentage is in error, “determination “referred to in Paragraph 1A above shall be made by a person or persons acceptable to both the Purchaser and Seller. In the event that the Purchaser and Seller cannot agree on the selection of such person or persons, then each of them shall appoint a representative to make the determination. In the event that such representatives fail to agree, a third person selected by the representatives of the Purchaser and Seller shall make the determination.
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
The terms and conditions of sale shall constitute a contract between the Purchasers and Sellers of each animal and shall be equally binding upon both. Any subsequent sale or resale of an animal constitutes a separate transaction.
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Throckmorton
The Lee House 817 West Chestnut & The Mustard Seed Guest House 211 South Minter 308-520-1058
Lazy T 202 College Street 325-669-3681
The Yellow Rose Lodge 207 W Chestnut St 469-995-5003
RV Options
The Corral RV Ranch 605 Benjamin St. thecorralrvranch.com
Crawdad Creek RV Park 308 W Waters St. 254-246-0126
The Shady Hookup 411 South Reynolds St. 940-862-3232
Our Place RV 402 S. Minter Ave. 940-256-2823
Berry Street RV Park 309 Berry St. 940-862-3292
Albany (35 Miles South)
Albany Inn & RV Campground 424 US Hwy 180 325-762-2224
Archer City (54 Miles NE)
The Spur Hotel www.thespurhotel.com 940-574-2501
Breckenridge (35 Miles SE) The Bell Mare Hotel thebellmarehotel.com 1822 West Walker St. 254-559-7247
Ridge Motel 2602 West Walker St. 254-559-2244
Graham (45 Miles East)
Best Western Graham Inn 1707 Hwy. 16 South 940-521-0190
Holiday Inn Express 1581 Hwy 380 940-521-9188Bypass
Middleton Hotel 509 4th St. hotelmiddleton.com 817-705-7403
Wildcatter Ranch 6062 Hwy 16 South wildcatterranch.com 940-549-3500
Ingleside Ranch 940-873-4481 Seymour (35 Miles N)
Glen & Myra’s Lodge & RV 1108 West California St. 940-889-4696
HH Creek Inn 400 S Main St. hhcreekinn.com 940-448-2001
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