Sale Lot Number
All bulls and registered females sell in catalog order.
Sale Pen
Sale Day Pen along the normal location in case you come prior to sale day.
SIMANGUS BULLS
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.
Color
BB: Homozygous Black Bb: Heterozygous Black Red: Red Color P/S Polled Status
Animal’s tattoo no. Herd Identifies cooperator (herd of origin). Go to RABrownRanch. com/cooperators/ and meet our cooperator team.
Animal ID
$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 Sim Hybrids 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 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.
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 appropriate population within that database.
$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 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.
Max Acc. The presence of this symbol indicates genomic data obtained through $Profit/Zoetis DNA testing have been incorporated into the above EPDs / Indices to ensure the highest possible accuracy for non-parent bulls. Most bulls are also DNA tested at the breed association.
*** We try to present the most concise job of accurately describing these animals for their genetic worth. We have spreadsheets full of more epds and data on the website. Also the registration number of the Association is included to make it easy to look up any possible changes from the time this information was sent to the printer.
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This amazing bull leads us into an outstanding set of SimAngus bulls that use hybrid vigor, breed complementarity and powerful genetics to improve your profitability by producing COWS THAT STAY AND STEERS THAT PAY! In addition to his tremendous eye appeal, he inherited multi-trait genetic excellence from conception to consumption. There is only one other animal in the entire SimGenetic database that can match his ultra-complete EPD combination. In addition, he is homozygous black and homozygous polled with very tame docility. He will be easy to find on sale day because his powerful and stylish type and kind earned him a spot on the front row right up by the overhead bins in pen 27. Take a look at his handsome photo – You can look at this picture anytime, but we encourage you to just buy the bull and watch him breed your cows so that you can benefit from his next generation of outstanding genetics walking in your pasture.
Calves from our SimAngus bulls also qualify genetically for our Rancher’s Sustainable Angus Alliance (RSAA) if they are bred to cows with enough Angus or Red Angus genetics so that the calf is at least half Angus. This “calf buy-back-program” is designed to earn you more premiums for your calves while minimizing your risk and allowing you to get carcass data back on each individual calf. Come join us on the afternoon of October 7th to learn more about RSAA, meet the CEO as well as the head buyer of Cobalt Cattle who will buy your weaned calves or yearlings to flow them through our system. They will be joined by President of RSAA, CJ Blew along with Blake Angell & Marcine Moldenhauer to share more about this supply chain that we have been developing for over four years. This program is designed to help you get paid more for your calves, while also getting data back to help you make better breeding and selection decisions to continually improve your profitability and sustainability in the cattle business.
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Our SimAngus are known for their powerful growth and carcass strength with maternal traits that help them produce outstanding hybrid females like this bull. He is complete from end to end with awesome feet, female fertility and feed efficiency.
Need growth? Are you selling pounds? This bull is sure to produce great looking cattle that press hard on the scales & then ring the cash register with his industry-leading carcass traits and terminal index. We don’t have room in this catalog to print all the info, so we print the stats that we believe will best help you select the bulls that best fit your needs. You can go to our website to see the full suite of EPDs in a color coded, sortable spreadsheet.
We continue with this theme of pounds that pay premiums in an eye appealing package. He is sired by our Brown RRR Emblem who topped our SimAngus sale a couple of years ago and we love his offspring.
Who would have imagined 30 years ago that we could combine exceptional eye appeal with calving ease, growth and carcass traits all in the same animal… we did. It has taken a long time, but through decades of focused dedication we bring you this multi-trait specialist.
Here is one of the highest $Profit bulls in the sale that is a prime selection to use for mouthwatering marbling combined with the safety of 5 Star calving ease and fertility genetics designed to make great replacement females. If you like bulls that will make you money, you are sure to like this bull.
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Here is another royally bred bull with the 5-Star calving ease rating that makes him a great choice to use on heifers as well as cows to make COWS THAT STAY & STEERS THAT PAY. Take a look at his picture here or his video on our website. When you get here, you will find this muscular made, impressive beast in pen 59 – halfway up “bull alley” to the north. Notice his high $Profit, $ Ranch, $Feeder, API, TI – all the indexes that tell us he has the genetics to improve your profits.
Notice his top 3% Carcass Weight EPD (CW) and his phenomenal top 1/10th of 1% for Intramuscular Fat (IMF – commonly referred to as marbling). These EPDs with the dark grey header are from the $Profit database that has incorporated over 20,000 actual carcass records into the genetic evaluation. What is even more powerfully increasing the accuracy of these EPDs is that most of these carcass records also have DNA for genomic enhancement. Bottom Line: These are the most accurate carcass EPDs I know of anywhere.
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The American Simmental Association and International Genetic Solutions (IGS) has been a leader in the development and use of outstanding selection indexes. Notice this bull blows the top of the charts with his amazing All Purpose Index (API) and Terminal Index (TI). Notice he is a high percentage Angus and a little Simmental.
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Here we go into a powerful set of red SimAngus bulls that are loaded with genetic superiority that are designed to improve your profitability. Reproductive efficiency and maternal function are the most economically relevant traits in the cattle business, and these red bulls are designed to make highly fertile, long-lasting daughters that produce calves that also grow fast with carcass merit.
Here is a ¾ brother to the bull above with even more carcass superiority. With our Rancher’s Sustainable Angus Alliance, you can sell your weaned calves while also sharing in the extra premiums they earn in the feedlot and on the rail. Just breed bulls like this to cows with enough Angus to ensure that the calves are half Red and or Black Angus and they can qualify for thhis industry-leading program.
This is one of the highest $Profit bulls in the sale. If you like profitable cattle you will like these Augustine sons that are designed to make amazing replacement females with lots of other stars, bells & whistles including industry leading marbling. I remember being the runner up bidder on Augustine when he sold. In hindsight, I would have made lots more money if I had bid again and bought him.
Bid again and remember that bulls are an investment, not a cost. I would have made lots more money had I bought his sire Augustine. Invest in quality during this time of record profits to make your cattle even more profitable.
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This bull leads us back into a powerful group of black SimAngus bulls that are loaded with stars & genetic excellence across the board combined with powerful muscle, length, volume, eye appeal and feet. Notice he inherited Simmental genes for muscle shape that can really fill out a pair of jeans. LOL.
Take a look at the genetic excellence shown in his outstanding percentile ranks for so many traits with exceptionally strong All Purpose Index (API) & Terminal Index (TI) ratings.
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Here is another Emblem son. It is exciting to produce outstanding genetics generation after generation.
Here is one of the highest $Profit and $Feeder bulls in the sale. Check out his stars that help summarize all the data to show that he is the kind of bull to produce “COWS THAT STAY AND STEERS THAT PAY!”
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These are our first Emblem sons to sell and wow do we love them. They are powerful, long, muscular and loaded with multi-trait genetic excellence.
This may be the most powerful bull in the entire sale. If you like “Front Pasture” eye appeal, you will love this beast!!! And I can’t believe we didn’t get a picture. That is OK, he will be easy to find when you get here. He will be a couple of pens north of our Marketing Center and AI barn. I think Ray Charles and Ronnie Milsap could find this bull!
We love the ability to have more tools in our toolbox to identify the best genetics. We have been using the $Profit database in addition to our breed association databases to produce the most genetically superior cattle in the business. Notice this bull ranks high for all of the $Profit data, earns lots of stars across the board and is an option to use on both cows & heifers.
This powerful Augustine son leads us back into a stout group of red SimAngus bulls that are loaded with genetic excellence. One of the best ways to make great cows is to use hybrid vigor (aka heterosis) by blending the best of two great breeds. Even better is to use genetic lines from each of those breeds that have DNA enhanced EPDs that show they rank at the top of the industry for FERTility & STAYability.
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Here is an Augustine son that is loaded with growth and carcass value. He looks amazing, but keep in mind his docility score of 2.5 shows he sometimes can get more easily excited when sorted off by himself, but he is fine in the group.
Oh my, you will love the power, growth, muscle and carcass value in this meat wagon. He is built like a brick outhouse. This entire group of red bulls selling in a row are super stout, high growth and easy to like. Remember, we want to buy back weaned calves & yearlings that are sired by our bulls and are at least half red or black Angus. Therefore a bull like this on red or black baldy cows or Brangus cows works great.
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Now we transition back into a powerful group of black bulls. We start this group with a bull that is a great choice to use on both cows and heifers. This is a great bull to use on straight Angus or high percentage Angus cows to get maximum hybrid vigor (aka heterosis). He is a Purebred Simmental, but he looks more like an Angus than the Simmentals that my dad started producing the year I was born, 1969.
The high rankings for $Profit and $Feeder keep coming one right after the other and they look great too. We are into a big group of them all in a row with multi-trait excellence as shown by their 4-Star Complete (All Around, All Purpose, All Things Considered) rating.
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If you want to make phenomenal replacement females that are amazingly efficient, then you need this bull. We have been measuring feed efficiency for over a decade which has helped us produce cattle like this that do more with less to improve your profitability and sustainability on the ranch and in the feedyard.
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WOW – this bull leads us into a group of bulls with amazing genetics to improve the payweight of your cattle at every stage of production. Notice their outstanding percentile ranking for Weaning Weight (WW) and Yearling Weight (YW).
This is a great bull to use on straight Angus or high percentage Angus cows to get maximum hybrid vigor (aka heterosis). He is a Purebred Simmental, but he looks more like an Angus than the Simmental’s dad started producing the year I was born. We have one of the oldest active memberships in the American Simmental Association - #79.
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This bull leads us back into another great looking set of red SimAngus bulls and this powerhouse is loaded with growth and carcass excellence. This is a full brother to the 2nd red SimAngus bull in this sale – lot 510. They would work great together as a pair.
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Take a look at this handsome beast pictured below. He is an all-around bull that does so many things well – earning him 4 total stars for his COMPLETE or all-around, multi-trait excellence. He leads back into an excellent group of black SimAngus bulls.
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Who put this sale order together? (oh, I did, and I like to keep some genetic gems buried deep into the sale order). Here is a red SimAngus bull that earned 4 stars across every category. That is what we call multi-trait genetic excellence!!! That includes calving ease that makes him a great choice to use on both heifers and cows.
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