Sale Day Phones: 712.643.5761 Trevor Roche........................................208.880.7676 Nick Weaver.........................................712.870.1634
Sale Staff:
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Jon Schaben...........Auctioneer.............712.263.0755 Craig Talkington....................................785.623.1789 Kent Jaecke..........................................405.408.2440 Randy Rasby.........................................308.539.6195
Breeding Guarantee:
Consultants:
Liability:
Brad Smith............................................712.209.1500 Chris Beutler.........................................402.380.8244 Kelvin Jorgenson..................................402.366.9475 James Felt............................................402.369.0513 John Peterson.......................................402.873.2224 Kirk Roecker..........................................712.269.2162 Scott Jorgensen....................................641.431.0756 Brent Powell.........................................712.253.7256 Brad Otto.............................................712.269.3473 Danny Roeber.......................................402.297.1269 Rick Frye..............................................319.361.6600 Jeff Boddicker.......................................319.560.0168 Wayne & Barb Ohlrichs........................402.649.6911
Hotels:
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All females are sold under the condition “safe incalf” and attested to by a licensed veterinarian. They sell with no further guarantee. All persons attending this sale do so at their own risk, legal or otherwise, for their safety or the behavior of the animals. The owners, auction service and sale staff assume no liability for property loss or any accidents that may occur.
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Air Transportation:
Omaha Eppley Airfield - 90 min. west of Dunlap
Trucking Available:
Courtney Lovett (Nebraska).................402.984.3133 Dalton Chambers (Colorado)...............719.740.8807
I can’t believe this is the sixth year we have had the privilege of putting on the Western Exposure. The first year we did the sale I think my wife was questioning her choice in a spouse. She had no clue why anyone would come to buy our cattle. I am excited this year to bring her and my youngest boy with me to sale to meet all of you! I honestly think of Iowa, and the people I deal with out there, as my second home and family. I greatly enjoy and appreciate the friendships I have been able to develop during my time in God’s country. I truly believe we have improved the cattle every year and one will truly be impressed with the quality from top to bottom. Our philosophy is rather simple around here: we focus on raising cattle that are versatile for all markets. I don’t think you ever want to chase one trait or one market. Eventually, the winds will shift and one will be left standing at the altar of a dead market. We strive to market a female that can be bred multiple ways and click mated to many different sires. Out here, in the Wild West, it takes a different animal to survive. One can’t understand until they have seen the country were we run our cattle. Not only do they have to raise a marketable calf, the cattle have to deal with predators, fires, drought and work hard to find grass at times; the majority of these females were raised in these conditions and know how to survive. I truly believe that is why they are received so well in the Midwest. These cattle know how to clock in and clock out everyday! Nothing pleases us more then to see the cattle working for our customers. Feel free to call whenever to talk about cattle. I am proud of this group. No, they aren’t fluffed up, super clean, and clipped for a show, but they are honest. They have never had a bath and trust that policy won’t be changing around here. We don’t have time to baby these things. They are in their working clothes and ready to go to work. They will only look better once they make it to their new home. Thank you for the interest and we look forward to see everyone in Dunlap on January 5th.
- Trevor Roche
It is with great pride we bring this is set of females to Dunlap, IA. They represent what the industry needs: substance, power and soundness. Whether you’re raising show steers, heifers, seed stock or good commercial cattle, there are bred females here to put you in the show ring or the sale ring next fall and many years to follow. There are many donors and proven cows backing these females, as you will see, several lots retaining a flush. Each year we try to improve what is in this sale and this year’s set is easy on the eyes. If you can’t make it to the sale, please call me or one of the consultants to talk on any of the females or bulls selling. I love raising show steers and these top notch females just as much! Read the foot notes, watch the videos, study the catalog and get to DUNLAP on JANUARY 5TH.
- Nick Weaver
“We couldn’t be happier with the cattle we bought from Roche Cattle Company. The semi load of bred heifers calved in February 2013 in our hoop barn. They were very quiet and gentle to work with, easy calving, and extremely maternal. The weaning weights were through the roof and the keeper heifers look to have some real promise for the future of our herd. You can’t go wrong with sound, functional cattle that are maternally and performance driven with elite show pedigrees. Thanks again for sharing your genetics and a piece of your program. It was great doing business with you.” - Andy and Larry Platner from Lisbon, Iowa WESTERN EXPOSURE • PAGE 3
1
2017
Roche 717 3/4 Simmental
Eligible
SIRE: THUNDERSTRUCK
DAM: 717 CHOPPER X DRAFT PICK DONOR
AI Date 5/25
AI Sire: Daddy’s Money
DUE: 3/3
Likely A.I.
Dalton Hartman visited me last summer looking for some females for his beyond impressive female sale. Lot 1 was one of his favorites, but at the time, she was rather big. She was a January but she was built like that kid in fourth grade that could touch the net and made everyone jealous. Fortunately for me, she quit growing and filled out and has become one of the most interesting pieces of the sale. She has a neck like a crossbred and a hip structure like one as well. Perfect blaze face, big bone and super soft pastern for a 3/4 Simmental. This one has more options than a 60 piece Swiss Army knife. Her donor mother has sold great ones in this sale every year. True consistency here and one everyone should pay a little extra attention to.
2
2017
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3/4 Simmental
Eligible
SIRE: THUNDERSTRUCK
DAM: 717 CHOPPER X DRAFT PICK DONOR
AI Date 6/10
Lot 2
Roche 717 AI Sire: Slider
DUE: 3/16
Likely A.I.
Her picture doesn’t do her justice because she is one of the gentlest females in the offering. Hopefully everyone can study her video online and appreciate the amount of power bone and mass she possesses. Yet she still keeps a very long extended front third, which usually sounds like one is describing a crossbred, but she comes in a 3/4 Simmental package. This one is extremely versatile. She can raise a purebred Simmental or a state champion steer. She comes from my best donor and one that has sold multiple high sellers in Iowa.
3
2017
Roche R306 3/4 Simmental
Eligible
SIRE: PILGRIM
DAM: 717 CHOPPER X DRAFT PICK DONOR
AI Date 6/10
DUE: 3/16
AI Sire: Slider
Likely A.I.
This one is not for the first time showman. She is great for Idaho but maybe a tick athletic for the corn farmer. She is made right and bred to the hills. Keep her close to home and she will be calm as a kitten in a month. Remember, we have wolves, mountain lions and usually dogs and 4-wheelers chasing our cattle 24/7. You would be a little on your tip toes if you lived out here too.
Roche 292W
4
2017
Eligible
SIRE: WIZARD
DAM: DREAM ON
AI Date 4/28
DUE: 2/3
AI Sire: Daddy’s Money
Likely A.I.
I love this bred. She is long fronted, soft made and has a great blaze. She comes from my buddy, Brad McCollough, that has had great luck with his purchases from the Western Exposure sale. His bred purchased in 2015 went on to raise a female that has won every show down south including Champion Simmental at Tulsa for the Berlowitz family. He knows how to pick and raise them. I expect this gal to click purebred or crossed up. She has the parts to succeed.
Lot 4
Roche 222W
5
2017
Eligible
SIRE: WIZARD
DAM: TOTAL RECALL
AI Date 5/19
AI Sire: Slider
DUE: 3/27
Bull Bred
Tracy & Shelley Irish in Donnelly Idaho
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6
2017
Roche 871C PB Red Angus
Eligible
SIRE: FIRESTORM DAM: DAMAR CECILIA X RED 6 MILE FULL THROTTLE
AI Date 4/28
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AI Sire: Fuzion
DUE: 2/1
Likely A.I.
These next two are the combination of strategic thinking, unrestrained internet bidding and, possibly, a little bit of luck. I purchased their mother and grandmother about four years ago in an online sale. She is, to this date, the most expensive cow I have ever purchased and was the first Red Angus cow I have ever owned. I love the idea of the Charolais/Red Angus cross and I think the Red Angus deal is getting hotter by the day. I jumped in and for once there wasn’t rocks tied around my ankles. I may have even had a life jacket on, for once in my life, because we hit the water swimming. Both of these females are exceptional in their rib shape and overall capacity, yet still keep a refined, angular front and possess some real power and bone for Red Angus females. They are out of a proven mother and grandmother who are both making their mark in my part of the world. Trust me, whomever has a Red Angus female in their sales next fall will be extremely pleased with the redhead in their life. Both of their mothers have flushed extremely well and, according to my sources at Trans Ova, that is highly heritable. I would expect the same with these.
7
Fall 2016
Roche 872C PB Red Angus
Eligible
SIRE: FIRESTORM DAM: DAMAR CECILIA X RED 6 MILE FULL THROTTLE
AI Date 4/27
AI Sire: Fuzion
DUE: 2/1
Likely A.I.
Bull elk taken in Central Idaho where the bear hunt will happen.
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8
2017
Roche 34 PB Charolais
Eligible
SIRE: LT TRIBUTE
DAM: VCR MISS INXS
AI Date 5/27
DUE: 3/2
AI Sire: Rojas Rioja
Likely A.I.
The only purebred Charolais in the offering, but certainly one that deserves one’s attention. Great fronted for a purebred with no extra leather and pencil-necked describes her front third. She is nice middled with a great rib shape and no navel. A lot of the Charolais cattle have a naval that about drags the ground but somehow this one was blessed without it. Breed her to Monopoly or keep her purebred, no doubt, she has options.
Lot 8
9
2017
2017
10
Roche 105M PB Angus
18887894
SIRE: MALSON’S SURE DEAL
DAM: BR MIDLAND
AI Date 4/26
AI Sire: Musgave Stunner
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DUE: 2/3
Likely A.I.
PB Angus
18887910
SIRE: MALSON’S SURE DEAL
DAM: SAV 8180 TRAVELER 004
AI Date 4/26
Lot 9
Roche 95M AI Sire: Musgave Stunner
DUE: 2/3
Likely A.I.
11
2017
Weaver 7113E PB Angus
18819680
SIRE: PRIMO
DAM: PVF WINDFALL/LAZY H BAR 5001
AI Date 4/30
DUE: 2/7
AI Sire: Sexed Bismark
I could write a book on this one on her pedigree and seeing her in person. The WINDFALL x 5001 was Reserve Angus at Kansas City as a heifer in 2014; she just sold for $50,000 in the Barry Hageman-LAZY H BAR 2018 dispersion. Multiple daughters sold in the $20,000 range with one for $22,000; I heard she was re-sold for $80,000. A full sister by PRIMO was Champion Angus, and 5th overall, at the 2018 Iowa State Fair FFA show. Add to the list the granddam, 5001, sold for $80,000. 5001 has multiple clones about to enter production and she is nearing the $1,000,000 mark in progeny sales. The homework is done here on a great one in the making. SELLER RETAINS 2 FLUSHES.
donor of lot 11
Roche Herf
12
2017
DAM: RELOAD
AI Date 6/10
Lot 12
PB Hereford
SIRE: SENSATION
AI Sire: Fuzion
DUE: 3/16
Likely A.I.
No sale is complete unless you have one of these prized animals. I have to have a Hereford every year just so the Hereford breeders can sit around the coffee shop and tell each other how stupid I am. Granted, they are probably correct, but with that being said, I am still not a Hereford fan. The one good thing about a Hereford is that you never have to take care of them in their old age because they have either blown their bag out, grown skis for toes, or they have lost both eyes before they get very old. They tell me this one does have a good pigment so she could only lose one of her eyes instead of both. Breed this one to MAB and let the internet sell the Hereford marked bovine for big dollars. In all honesty, the best bull I did ever see was the one and only, Miles. from Colyers. Breed her to him, or clubby, because color will even sell to the blind.
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Roche 276W
13
2017
Mainetainer
SIRE: IRISH WHISKEY
DAM: DUFF NEW EDITION
AI Date 6/12
AI Sire: Slider
DUE: 3/27
Bull Bred
Here is the start of the Whiskey influenced females and lot 13 could be the start of something special. If some young buck is wanting to get started in the club calf world this special gal could certainly break the ice in a hurry. The club calf starter pack includes the following: A Whiskey donor, a blog post of your awesome baby calf and a voicemail that is full. Once you’ve checked all three of these you are officially in the business. This gal will check two of those off the list in her first year. If you want to be a real big time club calf guru, don’t set up your voicemail. That means you have hit a status only few enjoy, and it drives me nuts!
Lot 13
Roche 261W
14
2017
Roche 263W
Mainetainer
SIRE: IRISH WHISKEY
DAM: OCC JUST RIGHT
AI Date 5/17
AI Sire: Slider
DUE: 3/18
Likely A.I.
15
2017
Mainetainer
SIRE: IRISH WHISKEY
DAM: TOTAL RECALL
AI Date 5/19
AI Sire: Slider
DUE: 3/27
Bull Bred
Roche 265W
16
2017
Mainetainer
SIRE: IRISH WHISKEY
DAM: KADABRA
AI Date 5/8
AI Sire: Brilliance
DUE: 2/3
Likely A.I.
Here is the start of a group of females out of the great Kadabra Donor from my good friends at Swanson Cattle in Iowa. They called last winter and offered me the opportunity to purchase a large group of females influenced by 5001. I jumped at the opportunity and have been very happy with the results. In fact, I kept many of them home for my own use. If anyone has been to Swanson’s pasture sale in the last 7-8 years they would know the 5001 cow has been an anchor for their great program. The first female I ever purchased that got the ball rolling for me was a 5001. She has raised champions at all levels. Here is your chance to take part in some great genetics that are getting harder to find.
Lot 16
Roche 3-13
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2017
Mainetainer
SIRE: IRISH WHISKEY
DAM: KADABRA
AI Date 4/27
AI Sire: Next Step
DUE: 2/3
Likely A.I.
Roche 3-77
18
2017
Mainetainer
SIRE: IRISH WHISKEY
DAM: KADABRA
AI Date 5/8
DUE: 2/3
AI Sire: Brilliance
Likely A.I.
This one is certainly different than the typical Irish Whiskey. She’s extremely long-sighted and loose made. I really like this one for her uniqueness, yet still possesses a pedigree that has a history of producing champions.
Lot 18
Roche 3-59
19
2017
Mainetainer
SIRE: IRISH WHISKEY
DAM: KADABRA
AI Date 4/27
DUE: 2/3
AI Sire: Slider
Likely A.I.
irish whiskey Irish Whiskey has created a sensation throughout the industry that is untouched, transmitting “the look” to not only his offspring, but down through generations. Whiskey daughters and granddaughters have won almost every major show across the nation. They are walking out of the winner’s circle and right into the donor pen.
Roche 168
20
2017
Mainetainer
SIRE: IRISH WHISKEY
DAM: KADABRA
AI Date 5/18
DUE: 4/2
AI Sire: Slider
Bull Bred
Another nice made Whiskey daughter out of the great Kadabra donor. I am sure you have noticed by now my cattle are not clean nor clipped to a T. I’m not Photoshop savy enough to clean them up, make all of their backs perfectly straight, and make them all stand in the perfect stance. We are too backwoods out here, but this heifer depicts exactly what we are trying to do. Market cattle that will produce and go to work. She is my type for a steer mama!
Lot 20
Roche 120
21
2017
Roche 156
Mainetainer
SIRE: IRISH WHISKEY
DAM: KADABRA
AI Date 4/28
AI Sire: Sexed Female Brillance
DUE: 2/3
Likely A.I.
22
2017
Mainetainer
SIRE: IRISH WHISKEY
DAM: KADABRA
AI Date 5/18
DUE: 3/16
AI Sire: Slider
Likely A.I.
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Roche 255W
23
2017
Mainetainer
SIRE: IRISH WHISKEY
DAM: STEEL FORCE’S FULL SISTER
AI Date 4/28
AI Sire: Bush’s Unbelievable
DUE: 3/1
Likely A.I.
Hop Harvest 2017 - Hops being processed and drying.
Roche 282W
24
2017
Mainetainer
SIRE: IRISH WHISKEY
DAM: OCC JUST RIGHT
AI Date 6/15
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AI Sire: Slider
DUE: 3/15
Likely A.I.
One of my favorites and possibly the best female I have brought to town for club calf purposes. She’s got the literature and pedigree behind her and the only thing better are her looks. When we talk about cow power, I think this is what we should be referring to. Those angular, feminine things are nice and fun to look at, but cow power means power! This thing is a beast. Monster footed, redwoods for legs, massive topped and her front third is as angular, cocky and feminine as anyone could want. They don’t come around very often like this one. She is truly special and one I will gladly hang my hat on for years to come.
Roche 283W
25
2017
Mainetainer
SIRE: IRISH WHISKEY
DAM: DESTINY’S ACE
AI Date 6/15
AI Sire: Slider
DUE: 3/15
Likely A.I.
I wish I had big, open lots and my cattle weren’t as dirty as this one! We have been dry as a bone since May and exactly one week before pictures we got .4 inches of rain. I realize, in the Midwest, that is a drizzle, but in this part of the world, that is ark building weather. We just about washed away! Cattle were knee deep in mud and water was running everywhere. Our dirt sucks and just washes away. In fact, when the Dankers were visiting us this fall we had to stop and let him feel the soil because he couldn’t believe it would grow anything! It’s a different world out here!
Lot 25
Roche 294W
26
2017
Mainetainer
SIRE: MATERNAL PERFECTION
DAM: RSVP
AI Date 5/28
DUE: 3/2
AI Sire: Slider
Likely A.I.
One of my favorites and raised by a cow that sold in the 2016 sale. I like everything about her. She is feminine yet still packs a punch when you get behind her. She’s the Rhonda Rousey of the offering.
Roche 258W
27
2017
Lot 26
Mainetainer
SIRE: MATERNAL PERFECTION
DAM: ANGUS
AI Date 5/21
DUE: 2/20
AI Sire: Slider
Likely A.I.
29
28
2017
Mainetainer
SIRE: HARD WHISKEY
DAM: ANGUS
Roche 277W 2017
Roche 287W
AI Date 4/28
Crossbred
AI Sire: Slider
DUE: 2/3
Likely A.I.
SIRE: STYLE
DAM: IRISH WHISKEY/ALI
AI Date 4/27
AI Sire: slider
DUE: 2/3
Likely A.I.
Roche 278W
30
2017
Crossbred
SIRE: BRILLIANCE
DAM: WHO X MEYER
AI Date 4/28
AI Sire: Daddy’s Money
DUE: 4/1
Bull Bred
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Roche 281W
31
2017
Crossbred
SIRE: FRICTION
DAM: WHO MADE WHO
AI Date 5/16
AI Sire: Daddy’s Money
DUE: 2/25
Likely A.I.
Going a little old-school with this pedigree, but if you study the high-dollar steers, a lot of them come from the older maternal pedigrees. Friction daughters have been getting it done for the past decade and I expect the same from this one. Super loose made and free in her structure. She is the type and kind to be one of the best females we will sell this year. Her markings make her stand out even more! I really like this type and if you’re a little bit skeptical, lay into her and next year you will agree with me.
Lot 31
Roche 54Y
32
2017
Roche 716P
Mainetainer
SIRE: DRIVING 80
DAM: ANGUS
AI Date 5/18
DUE: 4/10
AI Sire: Slider
Bull Bred
33
2017
DAM: MEYER GD
AI Date 6/10
Roche 2483P
34
2017
SIRE: IRISH WHISKEY X WHO
AI Date 4/28
AI Sire: Bush’s Unbelievable
DUE: 2/2
Likely A.I.
35
AI Sire: Slider
2017
36
SIRE: IRISH WHISKEY X WHO
DAM: MAINE
DUE: 3/13
AI Sire: Slider
WEAVER 14E 3/8 MAINE 5/8 ANGUS
Likely A.I.
496150
SIRE: IRISH WHISKEY
DAM: EXAR WINNER-PB ANGUS
AI Date 5/16
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Likely A.I.
Crossbred
AI Date 6/10
2017
Lot 36
DUE: 3/16
Roche 2462P
Crossbred
DAM: MAINE
Crossbred
SIRE: IRISH WHISKEY X WHO
DUE: 2/23
AI Sire: Daddy’s Money
These kind never get old. Breed her for steers or heifers. Her dam will blow you away in terms of mass and good looks. Her Daddy’s Money calf will be highly sellabe next fall.
2017
37
WEAVER 76E 3/8 MAINE 5/8 ANGUS
496159
SIRE: IRISH WHISKEY
DAM: 728 DONOR SIM/AN
AI Date 7/14
Her picture represents her 100%: flat out cool lookin, stout, hairy and great structure. I love raising ones like this, and you will too, if you buy her. The 728 donor has raised countless females that have sold in this sale. Bred to Friction Man (Friction x 608 Who Made Who), 65# BW. The 608 donor raised the Reserve Junior National Chi heifer in 2014 and many high sellers to her credit. This many good blood lines, feel lucky to own this great Irish Whiskey female. SELLER RETAINS A FLUSH.
DUE: 4/23
AI Sire: Friction Man
WEAVER 141E
38
2017
MAINE/ANGUS
SIRE: ADRENALINE
DAM: IRISH WHISKEY/728 Donor
AI Date 5/21
DUE: 2/28
AI Sire: Daddy’s Money
A sister to Lot 38 by Daddy’s Money sold here last year for $5k. This one is by Vanhove’s Adrenaline. Look up Lot 37, that is a full sib to Lot 38’s mother. This Adrenaline daughter is sleek fronted and rite sized to click with Daddy’s Money to hit a home run for her first time.
Lot 38 WESTERN EXPOSURE • PAGE 15
WEAVER 587E
39
2017
I’m crazy for selling this one. She looks just like her momma. Cool looking, shag haired, soft made and nice bellied with plenty of shape. This one, bred to Fu Man Chu, will raise that steer everyone wants and will put you in a new tax bracket.
MAINE/ANGUS
SIRE: POWERLINE
DAM: CERVASA
AI Date 5/21
DUE: 2/27
AI Sire: Daddy’s Money
WEAVER 6E
40
2017
CHI/MAINE
SIRE: SMOKIN BOB
DAM: 418 CERVASA/WHITELAKE
AI Date 5/11
DUE: 2/18
AI Sire: Silverias Style 9303
Look at the neck, the body and leg work on this gal. Wow factor! Full sibs sold very well last year, the 418 dam just raised an in god we trust steer that’s in the RCC barn for Rhylee in Denver 2020! Bred to STYLE, enough said bout that angus sire. You be the judge sale day.
Lot 40 PAGE 16 • WESTERN EXPOSURE
2017
41
AI Date 5/4
WEAVER 201E 3/8 MAINE
496148
SIRE: IRISH WHISKEY
DAM: 191 DRIVER DONOR
Come get a shot of Whiskey cause this female is pouring a strong one! Full sib to the great Irish Whiskey that sold here one year ago to a great cowboy from Oklahoma that knows the great ones. The 191 Driver donor produced a $10k in a flush heifer, 4 bulls that averaged $5,500, a Monopoly steer that sold for $10k to Goretska and another Whiskey for $12k. This one’s powerful, big legged, zipper fronted and has a big ol’ belly. She will be starred and circled by all on sale day. The offspring she raises will sell high. SELLER RETAINS A FLUSH.
DUE: 2/11
AI Sire: Daddy’s Money
WEAVER 57E
42
2017
3/8 MAINE
SIRE: MATERNAL MADE
DAM: JAZZY DONOR-MONOPOLY/DRAFTPICK
AI Date 5/4
Lot 42
DUE: 2/11
AI Sire: Sexed Brilliance
Take a good look here. Sired by one of the hottest sires in the country today. Don’t believe me? Call the club calf breeders of South Dakota and they will tell you this bull produces tremendous females that can produce champions. Hard to sell this one being out of of the JAZZY donor that produced over $50K in club calf sales in the last 4 years. She has the look to head to the front pasture. Her tight front third, tied together nicely with her rib shape and soft squishy pastern set is they are looking for in the show ring. WESTERN EXPOSURE • PAGE 17
WEAVER 119E
43
2017
MAINE/ANGUS
SIRE: SLIDER
DAM: I-80
AI Date 5/23
DUE: 3/2
AI Sire: Blaze of Glory
Talk about choke of the neck and shag of the leg. Choke fronted 1/3 with tremendous belly shape, big legged, yet sound on her feet and legs. This one has potential to raise maternal heifers or high dollar show steers.
Lot 43
WEAVER 4074E
44
2017
CHI/MAINE
SIRE: MONOPOLY
DAM: 717 FULL FLUSH DONOR
AI Date 6/1
Lot 44
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DUE: 3/12
AI Sire: Slider
Don’t let this female’s picture fool you, this one is flat good. She decided not to cooperate on picture day. She has a ton of potential to raise show calves. She is a full sib to the great white Plendl steers that dominated the show ring a few years back, so you know this female has a champion blood line.
2017
45
Roche 274W 1/2 Simmental
Eligible
SIRE: STYLE
DAM: HIGH VOLTAGE
AI Date 4/28
2017
46
AI Sire: Daddy’s Money
Roche 937R 1/2 Simmental
Here is one of the great ones in the offering and a female that was successfully shown by my kids’ favorite babysitter. She is an absolute tank but moves and glides across the pen with ease. She is yak haired and a future donor prospect for sure. She won supreme her only time out at our state fair and the judge continually said, “I’ve never seen anything like her before.” She is a standout and a donor prospect.
DUE: 2/4
Likely A.I.
Eligible
SIRE: BROKER
DAM: ANGUS
AI Date 6/25
AI Sire: Charlo
DUE: 3/29
Bull Bred
I didn’t picture this heifer and honestly, it was due to laziness, not her quality. She is one of the best half-bloods in the sale. After picturing cattle all day, one begins to get tired of the endless attempts and so many close calls ruined due to the need to urinate when standing perfect. In fact, had Marilyn Monroe been in in the on-deck pen towards the end of the day, I probably would have let her out as well. That’s what happened with this one. She is beautiful and plum good. We just failed getting her pictured. Broker females work and this one will for sure.
Wolf killed in Central Idaho WESTERN EXPOSURE • PAGE 19
Roche 041
2017
1/2 Simmental
47
Eligible
SIRE: HIGH CALIBUR
DAM: ANGUS
AI Date 5/4
DUE: 2/15
AI Sire: Daddy’s Money
Likely A.I.
As one looks through this catalog I hope they can appreciate the Hartman sires influence on the Simmental breds. This is not a paid advertisement for their program, but their cattle flat work in all environments. Yes, they win in the rings all across the nation, but to excel in our tough environment is a true testament to their functionality. I have been looking for an outcross to their genetics for years for inherd use. I have attended numerous bull sales all across the Midwest looking for something similar; I am sorry folks I can’t find it! All of my Hartman influenced cattle have big feet, great bone, belly, power and rarely, if ever, will you get a trashy front. These are great traits, but the most important for my world is they calve! We have NEVER touched one. Yes, our cows are thin when they calve, and that helps, but we like to sleep, and we have never had to check a cow a night. They flat out work in our area. I have tried others, but I keep coming back to Mr. Congeniality’s cattle. This one is an example of everything mentioned above.
Lot 47
2017
48
Roche 1324Y 1/2 Simmental
Eligible
SIRE: PROFIT
DAM: DRAFTPICK ANGUS DONOR
AI Date 4/28
AI Sire: Daddy’s Money
DUE: 2/1
Likely A.I.
This next group of sisters were raised in a co-op herd in south-central Idaho. They summered on a dry, desert permit that would make a grasshopper question his permanent residency. In fact, a group of these calves were partnership cattle I own with Kerry Danker. When he received them last fall, he called me and, as nicely as he could, asked me if I had ever thought of feeding the poor things. I’m sure he lost a lot of sleep wondering about what moron he was partnering with.. They were certainly green, but have turned the crank and have grown into some true breeding pieces. These will thrive anywhere they land…trust me it will be better than where they came from.
Lot 48
2017
49
Roche 1388Y 1/2 Simmental
Eligible
SIRE: PROFIT
DAM: DRAFTPICK ANGUS DONOR
AI Date 6/16
AI Sire: Bush’s Unbelievable
DUE: 3/17
Bull Bred
Bull elk taken in Central Idaho by Jay Roche, he guides the bear hunts.
2017
50
Roche 1398Y 1/2 Simmental
Eligible
SIRE: PROFIT
DAM: DRAFTPICK ANGUS DONOR
AI Date 4/28
Lot 50 PAGE 20 • WESTERN EXPOSURE
AI Sire: Brilliance
DUE: 2/15
Likely A.I.
Here is a really nice group of Profit females which I think truly attest to the high price of the Profit semen. This half-blood female is my type. She’s nice sized, long fronted, maternal looking and was raised in a co-op herd in an Idaho desert. We run things different in Idaho and these calves were green when I got them. Once feed was placed in front of her, she performed and excelled with the best of them. Out of a great female that has raised high sellers in years past, including a $6,500 bred heifer last year! I can expect nothing less from this beauty.
2017
51
Roche 811P 1/2 Simmental
Eligible
SIRE: PROFIT
DAM: ANGUS 004
AI Date 5/26
AI Sire: Slider
DUE: 3/4
Likely A.I.
Here is a special lady for any operation. She has the long cobra neck that we all love to see, but often in my experience that spells future calf starver. Not with this lady. She is as good as her picture looks, and her mother is a maternal marvel. All the bull calves still think her mom is hot at 8 years old. The 811 cow is one the best to roam this wanna-be operation. She has raised bulls, females, steers, and not a single unmarketable calf. I have all the confidence in the world here. She has a more optimistic future then both the Nebraska and ISU football programs. Let’s be honest, Lincoln isn’t changing anytime soon, and Campbell will be gone in a few years. Someone will probably want to poke me in the nose for that, but they are both better off than me. I cheer for BYU and the Dallas Cowgirls. I’m accustomed to a disappointing let down season every year.
2017
52
Roche 2176P 1/2 Simmental
Eligible
AI Date 5/12
AI Sire: Slider
2017
53
DUE: 2/25
Likely A.I.
Roche 255P 1/2 Simmental
Eligible
SIRE: PROFIT
DAM: MEYER GD
AI Date 6/10
SIRE: PROFIT
DAM: MAINE-ANJOU
Lot 53
DUE: 3/16
AI Sire: Slider
Likely A.I.
This is one of my favorites and, after you see her, you will understand why. She is long fronted, cocky through her front third, with a ton of bone mass and power behind her. Big, stout, level hip and really soft haired for a Simmental. Her mother is a Meyer, but I think there is some Maine in the background. Combined with the great sire, Profit, we are provided with a female that is more useful than a pocket on a t-shirt. She can raise steers, show heifers, bulls, or your kids. WESTERN EXPOSURE • PAGE 21
2017
54
Roche 227 1/2 Simmental
Eligible
SIRE: PROFIT
DAM: OCC JUST RIGHT
AI Date 6/10
AI Sire: Bush’s Unbelievable
DUE: 3/16
Likely A.I.
Lot 54
2017
55
1/2 Simmental
Eligible
SIRE: VISION
DAM: ANGUS
AI Date 4/28
2017
57
Roche 115A AI Sire: Bush’s Unbelievable
Roche 1352Y 1/2 Simmental
2017
56
Roche 490P 1/2 Simmental
Eligible
SIRE: VISION
DUE: 2/10
Likely A.I.
DAM: ANGUS
AI Date 6/1
AI Sire: Slider
DUE: 3/3
Likely A.I.
Eligible
SIRE: VISION
DAM: PB ANGUS DONOR
AI Date 4/28
AI Sire: Zezen
DUE: 3/12
Likely A.I.
Here are two sisters that were both out of the co-op herd from South Central Idaho. It looked like they had been living off of aerial food drops that never seemed to arrive. They both came in at about 400 pounds October 1st with a February birthday. Many people think you need to feed the size and growth in to cattle, but I beg to differ. These females have been stressed and know how to survive. I expect them to do great things. They’re full sister sold in the Hartman Customer Appreciation sale two years ago and did a lot of winning throughout the Midwest. These ladies will work.
Lot 57
2017
58
Roche 1414Y 1/2 Simmental
Eligible
SIRE: VISION
DAM: PB ANGUS DONOR
AI Date 4/25
Lot 58 PAGE 22 • WESTERN EXPOSURE
AI Sire: Brilliance
DUE: 1/30
Likely A.I.
2017
59
Roche 2947P 1/2 Simmental
Eligible
SIRE: HIGH CALIBUR
DAM: PB ANGUS DONOR
AI Date 4/28
DUE: 2/1
AI Sire: Sexed Female Brilliance
Likely A.I.
High Caliber got kicked to the curb way too early. At first, his calves look just okay but once they reach a year they start to become special and at 2 years they are exceptionally good. This heifer is a testament to that. Go ahead and try to pick a hole in her. She is so functional in her make and looks like the type of females we should all be striving to raise. Her mother has done an excellent job for us in Idaho and last year was flushed multiple times with great results. Functionality, reproduction and overall good looks back this great female.
Lot 59
2017
60
Roche 3583P 1/2 Simmental
Eligible
SIRE: HIGH CALIBUR
DAM: TYSON X DRAFTPICK DONOR
AI Date 5/28
Dogs getting ready to run down a bear.
2017
61
Roche 4501P 1/2 Simmental
Eligible
SIRE: HIGH VOLTAGE X EMBLAZON
DAM: ANGUS
AI Date 4/28
AI Sire: Slider
AI Sire: Slider
DUE: 3/3
Likely A.I.
Here is a great female out of my infamous 361 Tyson donor. She has raised three high sellers and Adam Pryor has windrowed them all. Granted, he can roll the dice on high priced cattle because he has a guaranteed backup plan as Scott Frost’s stunt double, if the cattle deal doesn’t work out. Granted, Frosty looks like he could bench 300 right now, and Adam might hang out at Casey’s General a little too much, but one thing for sure, Pryor knows how to find the good ones. His pasture sale is always one of the most impressive and they win all across the country. Jump on the 361 donor bandwagon and own a piece of that great cow.
DUE: 2/3
Likely A.I.
Holy frijole mis amigos! Yes, she is just a 1/4 blood Simmental, but how you can get this much power and volume into a heifer? I don’t know. She has been a standout since the day she hit the ground, in 2 feet of snow on a turnip field next to my house. She’s had a belly from day one, which usually means they will be a little early maturing, but this one has grown and is one of the largest, most powerful females in the offering. Mate this one to some little pencil-neck bull, reap the benefits, and send me a Christmas card.
Lot 61
2017
62
Roche 061 1/2 Simmental
Eligible
SIRE: HIGH CALIBUR
DAM: ANGUS
AI Date 6/10
Hounds looking for coyotes while riding on top of the hay truck.
AI Sire: Next Step
DUE: 3/16
Likely A.I.
WESTERN EXPOSURE • PAGE 23
2017
63
Roche 297W 1/2 Simmental
Eligible
SIRE: HAMMER
DAM: PB ANGUS DONOR
AI Date 4/28
AI Sire: Sexed Female Brillance
DUE: 2/8
Likely A.I.
A whole bunch of footballs could be made out of this girl. She is long, stout and large-and-in-charge. If you want to be honest in your dealings and not raise those frozen-eared, December calves that paper as late March’s, then this female is the ticket. She will raise a big one. I can see her clicking really well with Maine bulls needing a shot of softness and loosened up. When describing cattle it’s okay to make up words right?
Lot 63
Roche 182
64
2017
1/2 Simmental
SIRE: BROKER
Roche 1B
1/2 Simmental
SIRE: HAMMER
DAM: ANGUS
AI Date 5/9
65
2017
DUE: 2/15
AI Sire: Gold Standard
Likely A.I.
DAM: ANGUS
AI Date 5/9
DUE: 2/15
AI Sire: Gold Standard
Likely A.I.
Old school genetics here out of an Adamson bred, Ohlde Angus cow that was flat massive bellied. Really fun to own one of these next four maternal sisters. Breed them to a modern day Simmental and cash the checks.
Roche 21J
66
2017
Roche 10J
1/2 Simmental
SIRE: STEEL FORCE
DAM: ANGUS
AI Date 5/9
2017
AI Sire: Gold Standard
Roche 279W
68
5/8 Simmental
DUE: 2/15
Likely A.I.
67
2017
SIRE: UNO MAS
DAM: ANGUS
AI Date 5/9
Eligible
SIRE: CATALYST
DAM: SIM/ANGUS
AI Date 4/28
AI Sire: Slider
DUE: 3/16
Likely A.I.
This female came from my buddies, Kurt and Colton Kleinschmidt, in Nebraska. I have been buying their bulls for the last few years and sending them to my cousin to run in the Nevada deserts. Their cattle just work. They are raised hardy enough to survive in the West, yet the cowherd base is attractive enough to raise a winner. This is good stock and I wish I had a thousand that look just like this one. PAGE 24 • WESTERN EXPOSURE
1/2 Simmental
Lot 68
AI Sire: Gold Standard
DUE: 2/15
Likely A.I.
2017
69
Roche 1457P 1/2 Simmental
Eligible
SIRE: TARGET
2017
71
DUE: 2/12
AI Sire: Sexed Female Brillance
Roche 455P 1/4 Simmental
70
3/8 Simmental
Eligible
SIRE: PILGRIM X DRIVER
DAM: ANGUS
AI Date 4/28
2017
Roche 809P
Likely A.I.
DAM: MEYER GD
AI Date 6/16
AI Sire: Slider
DUE: 3/23
Likely A.I.
Eligible
SIRE: HIGH VOLTAGE X EMBLAZON
DAM: MAINE
AI Date 4/27
AI Sire: Brillance
DUE: 2/13
Likely A.I.
Lot 70
WESTERN EXPOSURE • PAGE 25
2017
72
1/2 Simmental
DAM: SOONER
2017
AI Sire: Daddy’s Money
Roche 354 1/2 Simmental
DUE: 2/22
Likely A.I.
Eligible
SIRE: THUNDERSTRUCK
DAM: MEYER
AI Date 2/27
2017
75
Eligible
SIRE: BROKER
AI Date 5/16
73
Roche 253W
AI Sire: Brillance
Roche 332P 1/2 Simmental
This is certainly one of my favorites in the offering and a definite future donor prospect. You will be hard-pressed to find a stouter female with such a feminine front. She carries down deep into that bottom third, yet still possesses a very eloquent, feminine front. Broker on Maine has been a recipe for success with some of the best calves I have raised coming out of that type of mating. This one will do great things. If she’s not on your list, quickly get to your local Walmart for the free eye exam.
DUE: 2/1
Likely A.I.
2017
74
Roche 309p 1/2 Simmental
Eligible
SIRE: THUNDERSTRUCK
DAM: MAINE-ANJOU
AI Date 6/10
DUE: 3/16
AI Sire: Brillance
Likely A.I.
Eligible
SIRE: THUNDERSTRUCK
DAM: MEYER
AI Date 6/20
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AI Sire: Charlo
DUE: 3/26
Bull Bred
Lot 75
WEAVER 88E
2017
76
1/2 Simmental
DAM: BC LOOKOUT X TRENDSETTER
AI Date 6/13
DUE: 3/13
AI Sire: W/C Night Watch
Cow Momma Deluxe. Good pedigree, good phenotype, flat out good cow prospect. Her Lookout dam has one hell of a Broker female that will be a feature lot on this sale next year. Load up while you can. Safe to Wernings Nightwatch.
Lot 76
WEAVER 101E
2017
77
Pending
SIRE: WLE UNO MAS
1/2 Simmental
3495693
SIRE: BLAZE OF GLORY
DAM: LAZY H BAR HAMMER DOWN
AI Date 7/14
DUE: 4/23
AI Sire: NIGHT TRAIN
One good rip. Pretty fronted, soft made, big bellied and great running gear to boot. Don’t blame the hot June weather for her being bred behind the others. Bred to Night Train, a Simplify x Tejas/Whiskey son with a 62 lb. BW.
Lot 77
2017
WEAVER 93E
78
3/4 Simmental
Pending
SIRE: WLE UNO MAS
DAM: TOTAL RECALL X STEEL FORCE
AI Date 7/6
AI Sire: Night Train
You want a great one, sit right in and bid to own her. Power, balance, mass and broody. Her Total Recall x Steel Force dam looks just like her, who also produced a loaded up son that is unreal for a bull prospect. Bred to Night Train, a Simplify x Tejas/Whiskey son, one good lookin bull with a 62 lb. BW, that I will be using as many years as I can. Should be a sellable one next fall. SELLER RETAINS A FLUSH.
Lot 78
WEAVER 1312E
2017
79
DUE: 4/15
1/2 Simmental
3495695
SIRE: BLAZE OF GLORY
DAM: LAZY H BAR HAMMER DOWN
AI Date 5/18
DUE: 2/25
AI Sire: W/C Lockdown
Flat made in the front 1/3, good haired, half-blood Simmy. She’s made to raise heifers year after year like her Angus dam by Hammerdown, a Lutton 1831 x 5001 son. Bred to W/C LOCKDOWN for a half- blood.
Lot 79 WESTERN EXPOSURE • PAGE 27
WEAVER 4021E
2017
80
1/4 Simmental
3495691
SIRE: GCC WHIZARD
DAM: OCC LEGEND/MEYER 734
AI Date 6/13
You want the good ones, they’re here to sell. This Whizard daughter will be marked to buy by all. Her dam just raised her third calf, a Fu Man Chu steer for $6,500, this Whizard, her second and a bull prospect, her first, that I sold. 3 for 3!!! Line this one up to Fu Man Chu next year and keep her rolling. SELLER RETAINS A FLUSH.
DUE: 3/23
AI Sire: W/C Lockdown
WEAVER 32E
2017
81
1/2 Simmental
DAM: TC STOCKMEN
AI Date 5/10
Lot 81 PAGE 28 • WESTERN EXPOSURE
3334383
SIRE: 3C MACHO
DUE: 2/17
AI Sire: W/C Night Watch
Donor Alert! Not a typical mating you see these days. This one gets it done, hard to put a hole in her with the long extended neck, deep rib shape and sounder than a starving cougar looking for a snack. She has a future so bright you might need sunglasses to even look at her. Imagine the Night Watch heifer calf she might have, don’t miss your chance to own a great one.
2017
82
WEAVER 1E PB Simmental
3293396
SIRE: REMINGTON SECRET WEAPON
DAM: LLSF EYE CANDY Y792
AI Date 5/25
DUE: 3/3
AI Sire: Pay the Price
Wow! This is what you will be saying after you lay eyes on this tremendous female. Those who have seen her in person think I’m crazy for selling one this high caliber, because this heifer is donor pen bound. This PB Simmy has it all in a sexy package with bone, mass, foot size with a ton of rib and belly shape that will leave you in awe. Not to mention, when you get behind this one and see the amount of power and substance it will leave you wondering if you are looking at the back of a dump truck! This one will raise the high dollar purebred and half-blood Simmental cattle that will be in high deamnd whether your selling or taking your herd up a notch. SELLNG 1/2 INTEREST WITH BUYER OPTION TO DOUBLE UP AND BUY HER ALL. SELLER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO 3 SUCCESSFUL FLUSHES IF BUYER CHOOSES DOUBLE UP OPTION.
WEAVER 3837E
83
2017
SIMM/ANGUS
SIRE: WHIZARD/MEYER
DAM: ANGUS
AI Date 5/13
Lot 83
DUE: 2/20
AI Sire: W/C Night Watch
Beautiful baldy, cowy feamle. Giraffe necked with a whale of a belly in this one that I wished I had a hundred of. You can build a herd off her with the power and style she has. Just imagine the baldy heifer calves she will produce.
WESTERN EXPOSURE • PAGE 29
WEAVER 2E
2017
84
1/2 Simmental
3293664
SIRE: BLAZE OF GLORY
DAM: FIRST CLASS/5001
AI Date 5/23
Power in the flesh and blood. She offers a lot from blood lines to her deep middle and beautiful top line all the way up to her head. It’s hard to find a female this long bodied that doesn’t give up any rib shape or power that presents it in a stylish package and is held up by a good set of feet and legs. Extended in that neck that holds up a neat baldy head. You can’t go wrong with the LAZY H BAR 5001 donor in the back ground!!! SELLER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO 3 SUCCESSFUL FLUSHES.
DUE: 3/2
AI Sire: Pay The Price
WEAVER 8261E
85
2017
SIMM/ANGUS
SIRE: WHIZARD/MEYER
DAM: STRICTLY BUSINESS
AI Date 5/15
Lot 85 PAGE 30 • WESTERN EXPOSURE
DUE: 2/22
AI Sire: Blaze of Glory
Look up this star-headed beauty sale day. Sleek fronted and awesome neck extension. This long bodied brute has much to offer with her deep rib shape and great feet and legs that could walk to Texas and back. A great mating with Blaze of Glory could be dynamite!
WEAVER 1519E
86
2017
ANGUS/HERFORD
SIRE: BISMARCK
DAM: TCF REVOLUTION/PVF HORIZON 284 DONOR
DUE: 2/17
AI Date 5/10
AI Sire: Blaze Of Glory
It’s about to get freaky up in here. Freak of nature baldy that is straight form another planet. She has it all with rib shape that’s deeper than a well pit and a neck that’s longer than the drive to Idaho. Sounder than a house cat walking on a hard wood floor. This is a rare opportunity to own a daughter from a Hereford x 284 donor because the rest are home in the replacement pen. As the great Steve Bonham says, “Don’t be afraid to spur that Shetland on a great female like this”. See her in Dunlap and you will understand what I’m talking about.
Roche 2 Sull
87
2017
Who Da Man females are becoming a collector’s item and there won’t be very many of them left. They are raising some of the great ones and I expect this one to follow in their footsteps. Coming out of the Sullivan program from down south, she should follow the path of her siblings. She is great muscled and has absolutely no chest. For what the ring is wanting, she should be able to fill that void.
Crossbred
SIRE: WHO DA MAN
DAM: 602
AI Date 4/27
AI Sire: Slider
Lot 86
DUE: 2/1
Likely A.I.
WESTERN EXPOSURE • PAGE 31
Roche 80W
88
2017
Crossbred
SIRE: STYLE DAM: KADABRA
AI Date 5/17
DUE: 2/24
AI Sire: Slider
Likely A.I.
The Maine-Anjou genetics are kind of like visiting your in-laws. A little bit goes a long ways, and too much can destroy everything in a hurry....I would say this female has just the right amount. Style brings the right amount of maternal traits, while not taking away from her mother’s great phenotype. Breed her to Maternal Made next year and I’ll try to buy the heifer calf back.
Lot 88
roche 17b
89
2017
Crossbred
SIRE: PADDY O’MALLEY
DAM: REIMANN FIREWATER
AI Date 4/28
AI Sire: Brilliance
DUE: 3/21
Likely A.I.
Here’s one of my favorite females for the club calf enthusiasts. Going old school, but the consistency and reputation of the Paddy females is second to none. I think one is not going back in time to incorporate this in their herd. Paddy daughters know how to raise them and I think this one will get it done. Super stout, monster boned, good fronted, nice shouldered and as smooth as a baby’s bottom. This is a good female.
Lot 89
Roche L4B25
90
2017
Crossbred
SIRE: LOADED FOR BEAR
DAM: MEYER GD
AI Date 5/19
AI Sire: I-80
DUE: 3/2
Likely A.I.
Yes, she is a Loaded for Bear and one of the very few in the offering that is club calf bred. She does possess a great maternal look and the best markings one could ask for. Plus, if you are lucky enough to take this one home, along with many others, you will need to be loaded for bear come this spring when you come to Idaho for the bear hunt!
Lot 90
Roche 7y
91
2017
SIRE: STYLE
DAM: MAINE-ANJOU
AI Date 5/23
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Crossbred
AI Sire:
DUE: 4/21
Bull Bred
92
2017
Roche 37
1/4 Simmental
SIRE: WIZARD
DAM: DR. WHO
AI Date 4/27
DUE: 2/3
AI Sire: Daddy’s Money
Likely A.I.
Everytime I look at this heifer I wonder what I’m thinking selling her! Then, I remember that I have five screaming kids at home and the power has been turned off since June. Hopefully one of them will make it to college and provide for the family so I don’t have to keep hauling my cows 1,500 miles to auction. In the mean time, I hope I can continue to bring this type to market. She is a fine female with endless breeding options. I can see her raising some high-dollar fuzzies in the future.
Lot 92
Roche 271W
93
2017
Mainetainer
SIRE: DADDY’S MONEY
DAM: DR. WHO
AI Date 4/28
DUE: 2/3
AI Sire: Bush’s Unbelievable
Likely A.I.
A really nice female out of a bred heifer Doug Hansen purchased out of the sale two years ago. She is super long fronted and big middled with a lot of power and nice hair. Her mother was one of the cheaper bred heifers, but one that can certainly raise a great one. Doug has always put together a really nice solid group at Walmart prices and done very well with them. There are only three in the sale this year from him because I wanted to keep the others for myself. Really nice cattle.
Lot 93
Roche 469P
94
2017
Roche 273W
Crossbred
SIRE: UNCLE SAM (IRISH WHISKEY)
DAM: MAINE/ANGUS
AI Date 4/28
AI Sire: Brilliance
95
2017
Crossbred
SIRE: NO WORRIES
DUE: 3/16
Likely A.I.
DAM: BRILLIANCE
AI Date 6/10
AI Sire: Brilliance
DUE: 3/16
Likely A.I.
WESTERN EXPOSURE • PAGE 33
Roche 275W 2017
96
Roche 256W
Crossbred
SIRE: FRISKEY WHISKEY
DAM: MATERNAL PERFECTION
AI Date 4/28
AI Sire: Slider
2017
97
SIRE: THOMPSON SQUARED
DUE: 3/21
Bull Bred
DAM: SMOOTH SAILING
AI Date 5/28
AI Sire: Daddy’s Money
Roche 266
2017
98
Crossbred
AI Date 5/11
AI Sire: Slider
99
100
DUE: 2/15
AI Date 4/28
AI Sire: Fuzion
Likely A.I.
AI Date 5/14
DUE: 2/2
Likely A.I.
My good friend, Ben Walbrecht, or as he’s known west of the Missouri River “Bin Laden,” told me last year he had the very best half-blood Simmental female, I had to buy. He said she would bring a bunch of money on my bred sale and would be a sale feature. I was liking everything about the conversation until he told me she’s white. White? Half blood Simmental? From a guy with the nickname of Bin Ladan? Sounds like a bad deal to me, but we are sticking to our story and after you see her, she will stick in your mind. She is really nice and made perfect from the ground up. Her color makes her extremely unique and opens many doors.
PAGE 34 • WESTERN EXPOSURE
Crossbred
SIRE: BLAZE OF GLORY
2017
DAM: SIM/ANGUS
1/2 Simmental
DAM: MONOPOLY X CHAROLAIS
Likely A.I.
SIRE: DADDY’S MONEY
Roch 286W
2017
DUE: 3/3
Roche 289W
SIRE: DADDY’S MONEY
DAM: SIM/ANGUS
Crossbred
Lot 100
AI Sire: Slider
DUE: 2/28
Likely A.I.
Roche 82W
2017
101
Crossbred
SIRE: HUFF N PUFF
DAM: ACE OF DIAMONDS
AI Date 6/10
AI Sire: Fuzion
DUE: 3/16
Likely A.I.
If I had a nickel for every time this heifer jumped the gate, I’d be a millionaire. Actually, she’s probably one of the most gentle in the offering and has the look to become a great mother. One of my favorites and will be one of yours. There’s nothing more relieving than to hear a heifer begin sniffing and licking her calf. Plan on plenty of that with this one. She is great haired for a smoke and probably one of the most extended heifers in the offering.
Lot 101
Roche 463G
2017
Composite Char/Red Angus
102
SIRE: FIRESTORM
DAM: PB CHAROLAIS
AI Date 5/28
DUE: 3/3
AI Sire: Fuzion
Likely A.I.
Two things the world needs more of is parking around a college campus and Charolais Red Angus cross females. I love these mellow yellows. They are so soft made yet powerful and their color makes them stand out from the rest. I sold this female’s brothers last year in my bull sale and they were beyond well received. Breed her club calf, breed her maternal, breed her to whatever you want. Charolais influence females will always raise a good one.
Lot 102
Roche 645P 2017
103
Roche 285W
Crossbred
SIRE: HI HO SILVER
DAM: ANGUS
AI Date 4/27
Crossbred
SIRE: SMOKING BOB
DUE: 2/2
AI Sire: Daddy’s Money
104
2017
Likely A.I.
DAM: ANGUS
AI Date 4/28
DUE: 2/13
AI Sire: Fuzion
Likely A.I.
A lot of the Charolais influenced cattle are not pictured because after being torched, and our 4-tenths of rain, we were a big mud hole. Yes, you read that right, .4 inches of rain and we were almost out of commission for a whole day because of the mud. The Charolais cattle just do not respond well to mud, burnt hair and cameras. This one is a maternal bred, club calf raising, female delight. She is packed with power, soft haired and good boned. Based on what her mother has done in the past, I expect her to be a great female in anyone’s herd.
Roche 1369P
105
2017
Roche 1463P
Crossbred
SIRE: INTERSTATE X CHANTEL
DAM: ROCKY BALBOA
AI Date 5/10
AI Sire: Fuzion
106
2017
Crossbred
SIRE: INTESTATE X CHANTEL
DUE: 2/13
Likely A.I.
The torch puts a really nice char outline on all of these Charolais. It’s kind of like how my mom used to outline the coloring pages I would get from the grocery store and resubmit with hopes of winning the $5 prize money for the best coloring. If we weren’t lazy, we would at least brush them when done, but maybe next year.
DAM: MAINE/ANGUS
AI Date 5/10
AI Sire: Fuzion
DUE: 2/13
Likely A.I.
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Roche 1306P
107
2017
Crossbred
SIRE: INTERSTATE X CHANTEL DAM: PB CHAROLAIS
AI Date 6/10
AI Sire: Rojas Rioja
DUE: 3/16
Likely A.I.
One of the worst traits of a Charolais is a skunk tail…unless you’re trying to raise club calves or skunks. Her mother is a purebred Charolais that raised a $7,500 bred heifer for Pryor two years ago. This one is packed with power but yet feminine and based on how her mother and her daughters have produced I expect great things from her. The skunk tail will hopefully throw some extra color into her calves and ease the marketing burden.
Lot 107
Roche 756H
108
2017
Crossbred
SIRE: INTERSTATE X CHANTEL
DAM: MAINE-ANJOU
AI Date 5/17
AI Sire: Rojas Rioja
DUE: 3/2
Likely A.I.
Lot 98 from 2018 sale.... being born...backwards...pulled by a four-wheeler...while it’s dam is roped by a garden hose.
Roche 77W
109
2017
Crossbred
SIRE: MAN AMONG BOYS
DAM: HOO DOO
AI Date 5/15
AI Sire: Fuzion
DUE: 2/17
Likely A.I.
If you are looking for added rib shape, don’t look here. If you are looking for an absolutely ridiculous, almost absurd amount of rib shape, this is your female. How she is not embarrassed, I do not know, but it looks like she swallowed a 500 gallon fuel tank.
Lot 109
Roche 78W
110
2017
Crossbred
SIRE: MAN AMONG BOYS DAM: HEREFORD
AI Date 4/28
Lot 110 PAGE 36 • WESTERN EXPOSURE
AI Sire: Charlo
DUE: 3/16
Likely A.I.
A perfect example of what MAB on a Hereford cow will give you. I love her markings. I love her power. I love her bone. I love her functional look. I have sold many of these Hereford influenced MAB daughters over the years and everyone has been pleased. Color always sells calves.
Roche 925P
111
2017
Roche 300W
Crossbred
SIRE: INTERSTATE X CHANTEL
DAM: MEYER GD
AI Date 4/28
DUE: 2/13
AI Sire: Fuzion
112
2017
Crossbred
SIRE: HUFF N PUFF
Likely A.I.
DAM: RAPTOR X FRICTION
AI Date 4/29
AI Sire: Fuzion
DUE: 2/13
Likely A.I.
No swap meet, bowling alley, county fair carnival, monster truck rally, or club calf sale is complete without a few rat tails. This one is borderline, but she is packed with power. She’s bred extremely maternal and when crossed to these new fuzz ball bulls that are getting all of the hype, I think a happy medium should be met.
Roche 408P
113
2017
Crossbred
SIRE: PICK YOUR FAVORITE DAM: NOT A HEREFORD
AI Date 5/10
AI Sire: Slider
DUE: 3/27
Bull Bred
After reading her pedigree pickup up your phone and call Mark Johnson in Iowa. He has been buying these no-name, no-pedigree, who knows what they are, the ticket to success bred females for years. I think they have all paid for themselves in the first year or two. This past year one of the no-name females raised the Champion Chi at the South Dakota State Fair for the Johnsons. This female is flat out awesome. Add the blaze in on the deal and this is a guaranteed winner. BUY HER!
Lot 113
Roche 295W
114
2017
Crossbred
SIRE: STYLE
DAM: DRIVER
AI Date 5/18
Lot 114
AI Sire: Slider
DUE: 2/21
Likely A.I.
This is just a really complete, solid, fault free female. I purchased her from Brad and Nathan Sorensen. Her mother sold in the 2017 sale bred to Style and this was her first calf. I am more than tickled with my purchase and I am 100% sure they are extremely pleased with her mother. I love to see the results of the cow sale and there are many females in the offering this year that were raised by females that we have sold in years past. This one along with her mother have a bright future ahead. If I know the Sorensen’s, and what they like, there is a good chance they might be pushing a guy or two on this future great one.
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Roche 296W
115
2017
Roche 399W
Crossbred
SIRE: DADDY’S MONEY
DAM: SIM ANGUS
AI Date 4/28
Crossbred
SIRE: DADDY’S MONEY
DUE: 2/28
AI Sire: Brilliance
116
2017
Likely A.I.
DAM: SIM ANGUS
AI Date 6/4
DUE: 3/16
AI Sire: Slider
Likely A.I.
Roche 351
117
2017
Crossbred
SIRE: NOT A CLUE
DAM: SIM ANGUS
AI Date 5/18
DUE: 4/26
AI Sire: Slider
Bull Bred
Here is a freaky, long fronted, club calf raising prospect that I have no clue what she is out of. Make it up and call her what you want.
lot 117
Roche 355NT
Roche 353NT
118
2017
Crossbred
SIRE: DADDY’S MONEY
DAM: SIMMENTAL
AI Date 5/8
AI Sire: Slider
Here Kitty, Kitty, Kitty. PAGE 38 • WESTERN EXPOSURE
119
2017
Crossbred
SIRE: DADDY’S MONEY DAM: SIMMENTAL
DUE: 2/13
Likely A.I.
AI Date 5/18
AI Sire: Slider
Bull Bred
Don’t miss out on the opportunity to go on an all-expenses paid, Idaho cougar hunt! Buy Lot 119, and the hunt is all your’s!
Roche 128P
120
2017
Mainetainer
SIRE: IRISH WHISKEY
DAM: MEYER X GUNSMOKE (ANGUS)
AI Date 5/25
AI Sire: Here I Am
Mountain Lion taken by Jay Roche.
DUE: 3/4
Likely A.I.
Manager of the year purchased this amazing beast from Mike Khulman a few years ago to lead off the bred heifer offering the following year. Of course with all good plans it never came to fruition and she was the only heifer out of 90 in her group that came in open. There was no way I was going to sell her with her full sister recently winning the Denver Stock Show, so I stuck her into the fall calving group and for lack of a better term, forgot her. She had a calf and this winter as I was going through the cattle I remembered who she was and brought her in to highlight the cow offering for this year. She’s about to have her second calf and it could be the humdinger we are all wanting to put on the front of our Show Circuit ad. My buddy, Mike, swears by this mating and I’m starting to think he’s sharper than he looks. It is hard to find a cow more powerful yet still maternal than this one. I found her this fall and kept her open specifically to be a feature for this sale. She is built like the girl in high school that wanted to wrestle but the boys were scared to tell her different. Rhonda Rousey in bovine form. She is stout, tough and taking names. This one could be a big time donor prospect. She is beyond impressive in every aspect. It would have helped had someone not pooped on her back before picture day, but around here, if that’s the biggest problem we have, we are doing pretty good.
Danker found these studs during his hunt in Idaho. WESTERN EXPOSURE • PAGE 39
2011
Roche 917
121
PB Angus
17133097
SIRE: BSAR OPPORTUNITY
DAM: KG STARLIFTER
AI Date 6/16
AI Sire: Here I Am
She is truly one of my favorites I have ever brought to town and, if I did not own her mother, she would not be here today. I cannot get enough of this one. Every time I look at her, my jaw drops with just the sheer amount of power, mass, dimension and brood cow look she possesses. If this one doesn’t trip your trigger, I give up, because she is truly special. They don’t come around very often like her. Bid with confidence. Purebred Angus aren’t supposed to be built like this beast. Finally an Angus that isn’t all belly! She has been flushed about 4 times and has averaged around 8 to 10 each time.
DUE: 3/20
Likely A.I.
2017
122
Roche 1456P PB Angus
17067678
SIRE: CONNEALY THUNDER
DAM: TC RANCHER
AI Date 4/27
AI Sire: Primo
DUE: 2/2
Likely A.I.
Bred to Primo and coming early. This one will show if it’s a heifer.
lot 122 PAGE 40 • WESTERN EXPOSURE
Roche 918Z
2012
123
1/2 Simmental
2808968
SIRE: GW PREDESTINED 701T
DAM: RDDS FUTUREPROTOTYPE 13M
AI Date 5/15
Likely A.I.
A complete outcross to today’s genetics and probably one of the most powerful females in the offering. She is a great donor prospect for any progressive herd. She has been flushed just twice with average results of 5.5 good embryos. She should be staying in Idaho, but her daughter is in my fall calving group and she is drop dead gorgeous. One of the best cows I have brought to market.
lot 123
WEAVER 133A
2013
DUE: 3/5
AI Sire: Pay The Price
124
1/2 Simmental
3495697
In the prime of her life and bred first time to a club calf bull. She’s stout, smooth made, massive and super sound. If you want to jump start your club calf herd and raise high quality steers this ones for you.
SIRE: WAGR DRIVER
DAM: MOSEMAN ANGUS 719
AI Date 5/23
DUE: 3/2
AI Sire: Monopoly
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Roche 2G
125
2009
PB Charolais
SIRE: PB CHAROLAIS DAM: PB CHAROLAIS
AI Date 5/26
AI Sire: Fu Man
DUE: 3/3
Likely A.I.
If I took this cow to Africa and pushed her into a mud pit, I could probably charge $25,000 to an avid sportsman for the opportunity to hunt an albino hippo. That’s exactly what she is. She’s large-and-in-charge. I purchased her two years ago to replace a Charolais donor that unexpectedly died on me. She has done an exceptional job. I have flushed her four times and have frozen or placed over 100 embryos out of her. Yes, that is correct, and no, I am not lying.
lot 125
2016
126
Roche 32
Composite Charolais
SIRE: FIREWATER
DAM: FABER’S CHANTEL
AI Date Brilliance Son
Roche 264W
127
2014
PB Charolais
SIRE: PB CHAROLAIS DAM: PB CHAROLAIS
AI Date 6/3
DUE: 3/28
Bull Bred
This female was going to be a sale feature last year, but after the 38 hour truck ride and a whole lot of stress, she kicked her calf out a week before last year’s sale. Once I got her home I bred her Angus right off the bat. She is too special to chance a calving problem at a young age. Her future belongs in the donor pen. She is out of the famous and money generating Chantel that raised a $65k heifer this past fall. She has been IVF flushed twice with amazing results. We have over 24 frozen eggs in the tank right now and I own 3 full sisters to her at home. If you are in need a new Charolais influenced donor this is your ticket!
lot 126
AI Sire: Brilliance Son
AI Sire: In God We Trust
DUE: 3/10
Likely A.I.
This female originated from Randy Beller in Nebraska. I own her with Jon Petersen from Nebraska and when we purchased her she was open and ready to flush. Unfortunately, I think she was a little stale and we have tried to flush this female twice with minimal results. She has produced in the past, and many ET calves have been sold out of her. She just needs to calve, in my opinion, and reset her reproduction cycles. Buy with confidence, because I need to pay Jon back! Actually our deals are so intertwined we aren’t sure who’s ahead of who! But, for sure, this one will put you ahead of the rest if she’s yours.
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lot 127
Roche 401B
2014
128
Roche 497P
PB Simmental
2014
SIRE: BROKER
DAM: PB SIMMENTAL
AI Date 5/17
AI Sire: Pay the Price
129
1/2 Simmental
SIRE: COMBUSTIBLE
DUE: 2/27
Likely A.I.
DAM: ANGUS
AI Date 5/24
AI Sire: Pay the Price
DUE: 3/4
Likely A.I.
This female is a reproductive machine. I flushed her 3 times and froze over 40 eggs. She has 10 calves coming this fall and I’m super excited to see what she produced. During her last flush, while in heat, I think she was rode a little too hard, and now kind of swings an outside leg. She is sound as can be just kind of moves like an old bullrider. Perfect blaze face and I have a great female at home to replace her.
Roche 1330
130
2013
Crossbred
SIRE: DRAFTPICK SON
DAM: MEYER GD
AI Date 5/24
AI Sire: Fu Man Chu
DUE: 3/3
Likely A.I.
This cow raised one of the best heifer calves in my lot right now. She will be a sale feature next year. This is the first time she has been bred for a steer. She is a tick underconditioned because she came out of the high country late with a calf the same size as her. She will be a superstar in the Midwest.
WESTERN EXPOSURE • PAGE 43
Lot 126 dam of embryos
Roche A14
Roche 301A
2014
131
SIRE: MAN AMONG BOYS
DAM: FIRE WATER X CHANTEL
132
2014
SIRE: MONOPOLY
DUE: 3/20
DAM: FIRE WATER X CHANTEL
Roche 193Y
133
2014
Crossbred
SIRE: MONOPOLY
DAM: FIRE WATER X CHANTEL
DUE: 3/3
TR Mr Fire Water 5792RET PAGE 44 • WESTERN EXPOSURE
DUE: 3/20
Weaver 226F
2/25/17
1/4 Mainetainer
134
SIRE: MATERNAL MADE
DAM: RSVP/ANGUS
If you want a bull to turn out and make replacement females year after year buy this one. Great necked, chubby middled, great haired, stout and soundness galore. His RSVP dam is a belly dragger and milks like a Holstein. She has raised many nice females. Solid black and polled.
lot 134
2/26/17
135
Weaver 93F 3/4 Simmental
Pending
SIRE: W/C LOADED UP
DAM: TOTAL RECALL X STEEL FORCE
I call this one THUMPER. This is one stout dude for a Simmy, awesome feet and legs, soggy. He will make females, look up his maternal sister that sells as Lot 77. Their mother is one hell of a cow with her first two offspring in this sale. Seeing these two at the sale will make you a believer in their dam.
lot 135
2/27/17
136
Weaver BDF 1/2 Simmental
Pending
SIRE: W/C EXECUTIVE
DAM: BROKER/6807 ANGUS
lot 136
Talk about a herd builder. He will produce some tremendous females. This guy can be used on heifers. He has the long body and perfect neck extension and a great set of feet and legs that carry this beast around and the power he carries when your behind him. Don’t miss out on a great herd bull to cover all your cows.
WESTERN EXPOSURE • PAGE 45
Roche 52ET
137
2017
3/4 Simmental
SIRE: HIGH CALIBUR
DAM: BROKER DONOR
High Caliber PAGE 46 • WESTERN EXPOSURE
Here is a great herd sire, and possibly, a promotional quality herd bull. His mother is an exceptional female I own with Dave Faber. She was a high seller and has since raised some really nice half-blood Simmentals that have been well received. This stud is packed with meat. No fluff and puff here. He is as honest as they come, and not overly conditioned like so many of the good bulls are come spring. The baldy face certainly doesn’t hurt add to his value. Let him clean up your crossbreds, purebreds or nurse cow and we will not be disappointed. On a side note, I will be selling over 100 bulls just like this one the last Wednesday in February, in Idaho. Free shipping anywhere in the United States! Call for a catalog.
Broker
WESTERN EXPOSURE • PAGE 47
First of all, I want to thank Trevor for this bear hunt. We went to North Central Idaho with Jay Roche and two other guides. Between their stories - some true, and some I’m not so sure about - and the scenic country, it was quite the experience! Trevor calls it “God’s Country,” but I’m not sure about that. We hunted with dogs that had GPS collars, across creeks, rocks, trees, snow and other obstacles. At one point, the bear was 12 miles away from us and circled back and ended up 1.2 miles away. The dogs tree’d him, thank heavens, because I wasn’t sure if I wanted to walk 12 miles in the mountains to shoot him. The hospitality Jay showed us was second to none. Besides wrecking two four-wheelers and tearing the front end out of one pick-up, everyone came back in one piece with lots of pictures and stories. I could go on and on about this hunting trip, but Trevor said to keep it short! Thanks again, Trevor, for one hell of an adventure. - John Stoltz PAGE 48 • WESTERN EXPOSURE
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