It is our honor to invite you to view the 2025 edition of our “Hand-Picked for the Future” Angus Female Sale. Bidding will open this year on Wednesday, March 5th at 5 pm, and will close on Thursday, March 6th at 7 pm. The sale will feature a Race Horse style close and bidding will be extended for 5 minutes to ensure everyone has the opportunity to own the individual of their choice.
We’re especially pleased this year to be joined by our friends, neighbors and partners from MaxLock Cattle Company in nearby Savoy, Texas. Clint Whitlock and Cody Maxwell are students of the Angus breed and have built their program by hand-picking some important females from our program. More recently, they have purchased our entire Spring calving cow herd.
We believe Profit begins in the cow herd. While our genetics are highly competitive in terms of payweight, quality grade and feed efficiency, we only realize those benefits after the cows have gotten pregnant, calved unassisted, raised a valuable calf and rebred to do it all again in 365 days. Additionally, those cows need to be pleasant for us to work around, not need any excess supplementation and have udder and foot structure that doesn’t require extra labor or management. This sale features our youngest and freshest genetics, and they’ve had our one more generation of our “Maternal Matters” strategy applied in their selection.
Since this is an online sale, we won’t have any type of organized gathering at Jones Ranch on sale day, however, you may come by on sale day to view the cattle, or any day before, just be sure to call ahead to ensure we’re here. As in our previous sales, online bidding will be available through DV Auction, and you are welcome to call any of the buyer representatives listed on page 3, if you have questions or need someone to look at these females on your behalf. We look forward to your questions about the offering and we welcome your visit if you’d like to see for yourself.
- Brad & Charlotte
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Jones Ranch Sale Catalog Data:
Sale Lot #
Registered Name Birth Date, Tattoo (ID), Registration CAB “Targeting the Brand Logo - identifies registered Angus that exceed breed average for Marbling & Angus Grid Value Index ($G).
JR Ms Blackcap
American Angus EPDs and associated percentile ranks for: Calving Ease Direct, Birth Wt, Weaning Wt, Yearling Weight, Milk, Heifer Pregnanc, Scrotal Circumference Marbling and RibEye Area.
(% Rank shown below the associated EPD)
$Profit - Revenue Traits:
• Calving Ease = More Calves
• Weaning & Yearling EPD = More pay-weight
• Fertility = more calves and fewer open cows
$Profit - Cost Traits:
• Carcass Weight = worth more up to 1050 lbs.
• Marbling = valued based on grid premiums
• Ribeye area = value as impacts Yield Grade
• % Retail Product = more yield is more meat
• Marbling = valued based on grid
$Ranch - Index developed by the $Profit team that predicts profitability for producers who sell calves at weaning.
Maternal Value ($M) Angus index that includes all the traits that make up both $Maternal and $Beef (% shown rank below).
Weaned Calf Value ($W), an index, expressed in dollars per head, to predict profitability differences in progeny due to genetics from birth to weaning.
Grid Value ($G) expressed in dollars per carcass, predicts profitability differences in progeny due to genetics for carcass grid merit. Includes: MARB, RE, CW and FAT.
Beef Value ($B), a terminal index, expressed in dollars per carcass, to predict profitability differences in progeny due to genetics for postweaning and carcass traits
Combined Value ($C) Angus index that includes all the traits that make up both $Maternal and $Beef (% shown rank below).
Feed:Gain (F:G) EPD
EPD that predicts differences in the amount of feed an animal’s progeny will consume to produce one pound of gain.
Fertility EPD - Developed by the $Profit team and predicts differences in the number of calves produced by an individual’s daughters by the time they are 8-yrs-old.
$Feeder - Index developed by the $Profit team that predicts differences in profitability due to traits that impact profitability during the post-weaning phase.
Angus Maternal Plus logo (see Maternal Plus Explanation on the opposite page)
All Cattle sell under the terms & conditions as suggested by the American Angus Association.
- Gratitude Daughters -
1
JR Ms Blackcap 1394M
3/8/24 ID: 1394M #21016019
Tehama Tahoe B767 Tehama Upward Y238
Brown JR Gratitude 9690J Tehama Mary Blackbird Y684
JR MS Rita 951G Baldridge Challenger JR MS Rita 770E2
Mill Brae Success 8017 Connealy Confidence Plus
JR MS Blackcap 1112J Mill Brae Indent Joanie 6288
JR MS Blackcap 934G G A R Dignity 6016 JNSR MS Blackcap 508C
$M 96 / 2%
$W 99 / 1%
$G 79 / 15%
$B 179 / 25%
$C 328 / 10%
Lot 1 - JR Ms Blackcap 1394M
• When our ads say, “Maternal Matters” this leadoff heifer and her supporting cow family is what we’re talking about.
• We’d like 100 more just like her type and kind and her profit indexes support that with elite predictions for $M, $Ranch and Fertility.
• Her EPD profile also predicts problem free cattle improvements predicted for foot structure, docility, PAP, hair shedding, maternal calving ease, moderate mature cow size, fertility and better than 1% Feed Efficiency.
• Sells open and ready to breed.
JR Ms Blacklass 1381M 2/6/24 ID: 1381M #21016012
Tehama Tahoe B767 Tehama Upward Y238
Brown JR Gratitude 9690J Tehama Mary Blackbird Y684 JR MS Rita 951G Baldridge Challenger JR MS Rita 770E Mill Brae Identified 4031 Koupals B&B Identity JR MS Blacklass 1007H Mill Brae Pro Blackcap 1092 R MS
Lot 2 - JR Ms Blacklass 1381M
• Lot 2 is a spitting image of her paternal grandam at the same age, and now as a 6-year-old, Gratitude’s dam, 951G, is as sound footed, good uddered, and easy fleshing as we can make one.
• For the majority of our ranch customers, profit is won or lost in the cow herd. Lot 2 ensures success in the cow/calf sector with superior predictions for heifer pregnancy, maternal calving ease, $M, $W, and Fertility. Plus she predicts to improve foot quality, docility and hair shedding.
• Sells open and ready to breed.
- Jones Ranch Elite Angus Replacements -
Lot 3 - JR Ms Queen 1380M
• We believe these Gratitude daughters are made for the southern plains and the southeast. They have the body and capacity to meet their intake requirements with wet, “washy” grass, they’re slick haired, and they excel for fertility.
• We sell them by the pound but buy feed by the ton. Gratitude’s elite Feed Efficiency, proven by sons tested for Dry Matter Intake, helps make that equation more profitable for ranchers and cattle feeders alike. Lot 3 is as good as they get with a best 2/10 of 1% ranking for Feed Efficiency (F:G).
• Paternal half-sisters sell as Lots: 1, 2, 9, 20, 24 and 25.
• Sells open and ready to breed.
Tehama Tahoe B767 Tehama Upward Y238
Gratitude 9690J Tehama Mary Blackbird Y684
951G
Lot 4 - JR Ms Blacklass 1377M
• It’s no surprise so many of our best replacents, like Lot 4, come out of Success daughters - their our best young cows - fertile, functional, good footed and great uddered.
• This Crossroads daughter has all the predictions to suggest she’ll be better yet, with best of breed ranks for Feed Efficiency (F:G), Claw Shape, Foot Angle, and $M.
• Sells open and ready to breed.
- Lots 5-10 - Spring Open Yearling Heifers -
• Nothing improves profitability like improved stocking rate and weaning percentage. With Lot 5’s combination of calving ease, heifer pregnancy, maternal calving ease and moderate mature size your customers will run more cows per given land resource, have better breed up and bring a higher percentage to the weaning pen. Her dam maintains a 368-day calving interval over 3 calves.
• Sells open and ready to breed.
JR Ms Blacklass 1385M 2/13/24 ID: 1385M #21016016
MS Blackcap 1169K Tehama Mary Blackbird Y684
MS Blackcap 1008H Baldridge Challenger JR
• If your bull customers sell them by the pound, they’ll line up to buy sons of Lot 6, with her elite ranks for weaing, yearling and carcass weight. We are sharing our top performing replacements from some of our most productive young dams. The Tahoe 2-yr-old that raised Lot 6 weaned her at a 112 WW ratio.
• Sells open and ready to breed.
JR Ms Rita 1390M 2/22/24 ID: 1390M #21016018
Woodhill Complete A130-C2 EF Complement 8088
Brown JR Just Right 9010H Woodhill Evergreen U181-A130
JR MS Rita 758E G A R Momentum
JNSR
• If you like them deep ribbed, wide sprung and deep quartered don’t miss this Just Right daughter out of a typically good uddered first-calf heifer by Mill Brae Success 8017. Like her sister, Lot 6, this females predicts extra payweight and they both come with the added bonus of enhanced Feed Efficiency.
• Sells open and ready to breed.
Mill
- Jones Ranch Cow Herd Builders -
JR Ms Rita 1360M 12/27/23 ID: 1360M #21015993
Connealy Confidence Plus Connealy Confidence 0100
MS Rita 409B
• This one belongs in anyone’s front pasture. Putting Success and Payweight together in the same pedigree ensures you won’t worry about pounds or phenotype. Her dam has weaned 5 calves with an average weaning ratio of 106.
• Sells open and ready to breed.
JR Ms Balnorma 1379M
2/3/24
Tehama Tahoe B767 Tehama Upward Y238
JR Gratitude 9690J Tehama Mary Blackbird Y684
MS Rita 951G Baldridge Challenger JR MS Rita 770E Baldridge Challenger baldridge Xpand x743
JR MS Balnorma 1111J Baldridge Isabel Y69 JR MS Balnorma 807F G
• To consistently average in the $10,000 price on our range bulls it requires those “dual purpose” bulls with sufficient calving ease to be used on heifers, but sufficient horsepower, feed conversion and cow herd building traits to roll right into the cow herd as they mature. Lot 9 has the big time spread to mass produce high value sons.
• Sells open and ready to breed.
• No female has done more for Jones Ranch than 212Z, the maternal grandam of Lot 10. When 212Z turned 11-year-old, she still looked as fresh as most of our 6-yr-olds, and her 7 natural calves average 113 weaning, 107 yearling, 104 IMF and 101 REA.
• Sells open and ready to breed.
- Lots 1 1- 13 - Spring Open Yearling Heifers -
• Better study this sale offering to the last lot. Here’s the last Jones Ranch open spring yearling, and she comes with big time predictions for Marbling, $C, $B and $G. She also ranks well above the best 1% for Feed Efficiency.
• Sells open and ready to breed.
• Lot 11 is another high marbling Testament daughter that predict more pounds of PRIME product produced per acre. Her combination of calving ease, heifer pregnancy rate and responsible mature cow size adds up to better bottom lines for your bull customers.
• Sells open and ready to breed.
• Lot 12 should attract high value bull customers by producing big scrotal sons with outstanding spread from high calving ease to heavier payweights. Her daughters should have excellent breed up and improve stocking rates through conservative mature size.
• Sells open and ready to breed.
- Lots 14 & 15 - Fall Calving Bred Heifers -
Lot 14 - JR Ms Gal 1336L
• Here’s the full-sister to Brown JR Top Gun 8409L, who was the second high seller at the 50th Anniversary R.A. Brown Ranch Bull Sale.
• Just pick the Profit index that best suits your program and marketing strategy - she’s good at all segments of beef production.
• If you like the idea of producing more pounds of PRIME and buying fewer tons of feed, you need to start mass producing sons and daughters out of Lot 14. Check out her elite values for Marbling and Feed Efficiency (F:G)
• Due on 9/21/25 to Brown JR Gratitude 9690J.
Connealy
Lot 15 - JR Ms Blackcap 1340L
• Here’s the half-sister to the leadoff Angus bull at R.A. Brown Ranch’s 10th Annual March sale which takes place 6 days later in Throckmorton, Texas.
• Lot 15 has one of the highest $C values in the entire offering and that’s because few can run with her exceptional combination of $M and $B. She’ll add muscularity without losiing quality grade and payweight without increasing mature cow size.
• Due to calve 9/21/25 to Brown JR High Caliber 8416L.
- Lots 16-19 - Fall Calving Bred Heifers -
JR Ms Pride 1334L
Lot 16 - JR Ms Pride 1334L
• If you’re not used to looking at 100+ lb. weaning weight EPDs, this is what one looks like! Better yet, all that top 1% payweight comes in the form of best 10% ranks for Marbling, $G and $F.
• Lot 16’s dam is one of the most “picture-perfect” daughters of Mill Brae Success ever to graze in Telephone, Texas.
• Due to calve 9/21/25 to Brown JR High Caliber 8416L.
JR Ms Balnorma 1330L
Lot 17 - JR Ms Balnorma 1330L
• Lot 17 is a long-hipped, sweet fronted Remington daughter that comes with extra depth of body and tremendous shaped in her lower rib.
• This female’s EPD tabulation predicts doing more with less. Her best 25% dry matter intake (DMI) contributes to her better than 1% Feed Efficiency (F:G) EPD. Her responsible mature size and weight predictions couple with her lower intake and greater efficiency to suggest improved stocking rates and more pounds weaned per acre.
• Due to calve 9/20/25 to Brown JR Gratitude 9690J.
- Maternal Matters at Jones Ranch -
Lot 18 - JR Ms Rita 1324L
• If the idea of more unassisted births, bigger PRIME premiums and having to buy less feed sound like a recipe for Profit, take a good hard look at this Rawhide x Fireball daughter that sells as Lot 18.
• Due to calve 9/21/25 to Brown JR High Caliber 8416L.
JR Ms Rita 1324L
9/15/23 ID: 1324L #20878569
Lot 19 - JR Ms Gammer 1348L
• Maternal Matters at Jones Ranch and Lot 19 delivers where it counts! She comes with predictions for outstanding foot structure, reduced dry matter intake (DMI), improved pregnancy rates, and more unassisted births. All of this supports her elite $Maternal Value.
• Her dam has weaned 5 calves at a 103 WW ratio anad 4 yearlings with a 107 YW ratio.
• Due to calve 9/21/25 to Poss Vigilante 2506.
- Lots 20-24 - Spring Open Yearling Heifers -
MXLK
Ms Gratitude 4021M 2/6/25 ID: 4021M #21132601
Tehama Tahoe B767 Tehama Upward Y238
Brown JR Gratitude 9690J Tehama Mary Blackbird Y684
JR MS Rita 951G Baldridge Challenger JR MS Rita 770E
A A R Ten X 7008 S A Mytty In Focus
JR MS Pride 708E A A R Lady Kelton 5551
JNSR MS Pride 514C Leachman TL Proficient G651Y JNSR MS Pride 301A
$Indexes
66 / 45%
$W 81 / 10%
$G 74 / 20%
$B 177 / 25%
$C 296 / 25%
Lot 20 - MXLK Ms Gratitude 4021M
• Back into the open yearling heifers, these come from MaxLock Cattle Company, but you’ll find they fit right in with the Jones Ranch with similar sire selections and many of their dams being hand-picked from the top-end Jones Ranch offerings over the past few years.
• Lot 20 fits right with the Gratitude daughters that started this sale and she somes from a cow that’s been at the top of both the Jones Ranch and Maxlock herds. 708E has nineteen natural and ET calves to her credit. Her average progeny ratios are: 118 weaning, 106 yearling, 105 IMF and 105 REA.
• Sells open and ready to breed.
MXLK Ms High Security 4009M
2/6/25 ID: 4009M #21132594
Lot 21 - MXLK Ms High Security 4009M
• Here’s the first daughter of High Security to sell and this one is out of one the most productive and prolific cow families to ever come out of Jones Ranch. Her maternal grandam, 863F maintains a 105 average progeny weaning ratio, and her great maternal grandam, 212Z, maintained an average progeny weaning ratio of 113.
• If like us, you believe Profit starts in the cow herd, you’ll appreciate the amazing profit indexes that come with Lot 21. Best of breed ranks for $M, $W and $Profit, she predicts to improve fertility, feed efficiency, docility and foot structure. Here’s one to build a cow herd around, all you have to do is own her.
• Sells open and ready to breed.
- Cow Families to Build your Herd Around -
MXLK Ms High Security 4011M
• Here’s another High Security daughter, and this one’s out of the highly productive maternal grandam of Lot 21. Like her 5/8th sister, Lot 22 has elite maternal indexes and comes with the bonus of elite genetics to improve qualty grade and grid value.
• Sells open and ready to breed.
MXLK Ms Judge 4016M
• Here’s one of three daughters the the calving ease specialist, T D L Judge J187 that are featured in our 2025 Elite Replacement Female Sale. Like her old man, Lot 23 delivers much more than calving ease. She combines superior quality grade with better than Top 1% Feed Efficiency, so you can expect more PRIME premiums with lower feed bills.
• Sells open and ready to breed.
• Full-sister to Lot 20, and like her superior feed efficiency (F:G), feritlity, depth of heel and spread from CED to YW. Her $M, $W and $Ranch values will make you want to retain all of her daughters.
• Sells open and ready to breed.
- Lots 25-28 - Spring Open Yearling Heifers -
Brown JR Gratitude 9690J
- Sire of Lots 1, 3, 9, 20, 24 and 25 -
- Service Sire of Lots 14 and 17 -
Lot 26 - MXLK Ms High Security 4026M
MXLK Ms Gratitude 4024M
2/6/25
• Full-sister to Lots 20 and 24, and just like them, Lot 25 dominates for Feed Efficiency (F:G) and balances calving ease with Feed Efficiency and Feeder calf value.
• Sells open and ready to breed.
• Maternal-sisters sell as Lots 23 and 28 and paternal half-sisters sell as Lots 21 and 22. Lot 26 combines high horsepower genetics that will add pay weight and increase feeder calf value outstandnig feeder calf value and best of breed feed efficiency.
• Sells open and ready to breed.
• When we said these replacement heifers were good till the last drop, we weren’t kidding. Here is the second to last live lot and we still combine 200+ $B and 300 $C. with outstanding quality grade, REA and Feed Effiency.
• Sells open and ready to breed.
- Lots 29-30 Frozen Genetics -
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• Full-sister sells as Lot 23. Maternal-sister sells as Lot 26. Excellent EPD values for marbling and Feed Efficiency leads to marketing more PRIME premiums and lower feed bills.
• Sells open and ready to breed.
Top Gun x 1223K Embryos
Donor Dam: 1/12/22 ID: 1223K #20413109
Poss Remington Connealy Clarity
Brown JR Top Gun 8409L Poss Blueblood 6502
JR MS Gal 901G JR Fast Forward JR MS Gal 724E Mill Brae Success 8017 Connealy Confidence Plus
JR MS Barbara 1223K Mill Brae Ident Joanie 6288
JNSR MS Barbara 212Z JNSR Predestined 063x
Projected EPDs/Indices JR Miss Final Answer 007X
Brown JR Top Gun 8409L - Sire of Lot 29 Embryo Mating -
High Caliber x 2050K Embryos
• This embryo mating features a different path to the immortal 212Z whose natural calves earned a 113 average progeny weaning ratio. Top Gun excels for Grid Value, Beef Value and quality grade, and his semen only hit the market just before the first of the year, so these embryos offer the opportunity to bring some of his first progeny to market.
• Selling 4 embryos: Buyer pays three times the bid price and gets the fourth embryo in lieu of a guarantee.
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Hand
(American Angus EPDs in the above table pulled on 2/17/25)
• The G1177 cow is one of the most phenotypically flawless cows we’ve ever laid eyes on. Stacking High Caliber, Tahoe and G1117 in one pedigree is a recipe for deep ribbed, widebody, and powerfully made progeny. The projected EPD profile focuses on elite profitability through superior maternal traits that keep the pedal to the metal in terms of pay weight, quality grade and feed efficiency.
• Selling 4 embryos: Buyer pays three times the bid price and gets the fourth embryo in lieu of a guarantee.
