Western Aberdeen Breeders Association - 2019 Membership Directory

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Membership Directory

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Welcome Welcome to the first edition of the Western Aberdeen Breeders Association Annual Breeders Directory. Our members are extremely excited to share all that the American Aberdeen breeders in our region have to offer in this invaluable resource. In our region, you will find both Fullblood and Moderator Aberdeen producers. Whether you are looking for seedstock or beef, from the small acreage rancher to the commercial producer, we have the answer for you!

Our Region encompasses the Western United States, from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Coast and everywhere in between. The vast area of the Western Aberdeen Breeders Association (WABA) includes Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Aberdeen Cattle thrive throughout the West, and we have breeders that will surpass your needs and expand your Aberdeen network of resources. Whether you are looking for Fullblood or Moderator Aberdeens, you will find unbeatable genetics for your operation.

The Western Aberdeen Breeders Association hosts our Annual Regional Show at the NILE in Billings, MT in October. The Kootenai Classic show held in Coeur d’ Alene, ID offers a great opportunity for juniors. WABA is participating in the Grassfed Exchange held in Santa Rosa, CA this year. The American Aberdeen Association National Show is in our region in Denver, CO in January. There are several other shows and events throughout the year within our region, offering many opportunities to see exceptional Aberdeen genetics and meet passionate breeders. Please come and join us!

We welcome you to become a member of our ever-expanding American Aberdeen Association in the West. You may visit our website at WesternAberdeen.com to find up-to-date information from the association, upcoming events and membership. We also invite you to follow us on our Facebook page - Western Aberdeen Breeders Association. We hope you take advantage of the tremendous opportunities, camaraderie and networking resources that WABA offers.

Become a Western Aberbeen Breeders Association Member Today!

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Farm/Ranch Membership u $35 Junior Membership Associate Membership u $25

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Membership year runs January 1 to December 31.

Dues must be renewed each year to be included in WABA mailings and member listings.

Associate memberships are open to anyone outside our 12 state territory.

Junior memberships are intended for any junior 21 or under whose family does not have a membership.

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Events We invite you to join us at these upcoming Western Aberdeen events.

Gem State Stock Show

(Aberdeen Division) Kootenai County Fairgrounds • Coeur d’Alene, ID

May 18 - 19, 2019

Kootenai Classic Youth Jackpot Show (Aberdeen Steer/Heifer Divisions) June 14 - 16, 2019 Kootenai County Fairgrounds • Coeur d’Alene, ID

SW Washington Fair Aberdeen Show

Southwest Washington Fairgrounds • Chehalis, WA

Northwest Aberdeen Classic Show

Spokane Interstate Fair • Spokane, WA

Central Washington Fair Aberdeen Show

Central Washington State Fair • Yakima, WA

August 16 - 18, 2019 September 11 - 15, 2019 September 27 - 29, 2019

WABA Regional Aberdeen Show & Annual Meeting

October 13 - 15, 2019

National Aberdeen Show and Sale

January 11 - 26, 2020

Northern International Livestock Expo (NILE) • Billings, MT National Western Stock Show • Denver, CO

Why Aberdeen?

Now is the time to add American Aberdeen genetics to your cow herd to increase EFFICIENCY and PROFITABILITY. >> Reduce mature cow size to a >> Produce more gain per acre more profitable level >> Increase percentage of cow >> Reduce calving problems weight weaned >> Produce more ribeye per >> Increase pounds and value of hundredweight beef raised per acre >> Increase marbling

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Information and graphics for WHY ABERDEEN?, THE ABERDEEN ADVANTAGE, DO THE MATH, and CROSSBREEDING provided by American Aberdeen Association.

Visit them online at AmericanAberdeen.com.

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Credits

Cover Photo

by Ashley Mugnier

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The Aberdeen Advantage Aberdeen cattle offer what producers are looking for: More profit, cattle that perform in any environment and convert feed efficiently, without sacrificing quality. This is the Aberdeen Advantage.

Size

Fullblood Aberdeen bulls are highly efficient and moderate sized, but big enough to cover full-size commercial cows. Mature American Aberdeen bulls will generally fall into a range of 45-48 inches, measured at the hip, and weigh from 1300 to 1600 pounds. Mature cows generally measure 42-46 inches and weigh between 900 and 1100 pounds.

American Aberdeen Moderators®, with an average weight of 1100 pounds, require 27% less feed than a 1500-pound cow and will wean more pounds of calf per acre. A 1500-lb. cow eating 3% of her body weight = 45 lbs. An 1100-lb. cow eating 3% of her body weight = 33 lbs.

For years, U.S. registered and commercial cattle have been bred bigger, less efficient, and with less muscle. The result has been higher input costs per cow and reduced stocking rates, while national average weaning weights have stayed the same or gone down for the past 24 years. In a commercial environment, larger cows wean fewer pounds as a percentage of their body weight. (Urick et al., 1971; Gadberry, 2006; Mourer et al., 2010; Dobbs, 2011).

high-quality, high-value beef carcasses. Muscle fibers are smaller, making the beef more tender than other breeds.

American Aberdeen Moderators are well suited to grassfed production, as they are easy fleshing and will finish on native and improved pastures, producing high value carcasses with minimum input costs. The NDSU Dickinson Research Center has 15 years of data showing that F1 Moderator cattle hit commercial specification for carcass, including CAB. F1 steers finished in the feedlot at 1250 to 1350 pounds.

Pedigree and No Genetic Defects

The original herd was developed at the Triangie Research Center in New South Wales, Australia.

Animal scientists began with a herd of registered Aberdeen Angus cattle, purchased in 1929 from Canada, that we carefully selected for efficiency and smaller frames. The end result was a breed of small, black, polled cattle of pure Aberdeen descent.

The American Aberdeen focus is back to the basics: Efficiency, quality, phenotype, longevity, and carcass. EPDs fail to take into

account many of the breed’s benefits.

All cattle registered with the American Aberdeen Association trace their ancestry back to the Triangie Research Center and to the original Angus purchased from Canada. They are free of known For every 100 pounds of additional cow weight, cow defects, including the dwarf gene. maintenance costs go up $42 (Doy and Lalman, 2011). Cows that produce more milk have higher and year-long maintenance costs (Ferrell and Jenkins, The American Aberdeen are the original Angus.

1984; Montano-Bermudez et al.).

They adapt to hot and extremely cold climates, like

Heat Tolerance

American Aberdeen cattle are smaller than most commercial cattlemen are accustomed to, but when crossed with most breeds the resulting offspring hit an efficient, commercially-desirable size without sacrificing muscling. NDSU Dickinson Research data show that American Aberdeen cross cows increased weaning weight per acre by 37%.

The Moderator and Moderator Plus® programs provide American Aberdeen breeders options for breeding cattle to fit their buyers’ needs.

Calving

Commercial heifers bred to Fullblood American Aberdeen bulls calve easily and breed back quickly, reducing the calving interval.

Finishing and Carcass

Aberdeen carcasses possess excellent beef characteristics of taste, texture, and tenderness, as well as exceptional ribeye per hundred pounds of body weight. This translates to very high-yielding,

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Adaptability

any of the British breeds.

Business Model

The commercial cattle industry is taking note of American Aberdeen genetics. Cattlemen are looking for Angus-type, easy-keeping cows that mature at 1100 pounds - and they can’t find them in loadlot numbers. Aberdeen genetics create value by moderating the size of commercial cattle.

There is nothing wrong with being a small operation, but the breed also needs larger-scale breeding herds to help mature the market for American Aberdeen genetics. Growing the market will not lower prices for small operations; demand will grow with breed acceptance and supply.

To better understand the commercial market, operators of smaller herds selling into the commercial market should be sure to study the work being done on efficiency and value at the Dickinson Beef Cattle Research Station by Dr. Kris Ringwall and his staff.

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Do The Math

Taking into account all of the variables that Mother Nature throws at you,

THE KEY FACTOR YOU CAN CONTROL IS COW SIZE.

What are your biggest costs? Labor and feed.

Getting cow size and stocking rate right has a huge impact on your bottom line.

Having smaller cows means more cattle on the same forage base. Spreading those fixed costs over greater numbers and reducing variable costs per head improves your net profit.

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Cow Weight vs. Herd Size

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100 hd 1100 lb

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Herd Size

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1200 lb

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1300 lb 83 hd

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A ranch that produces enough forage to feed 71 hd of 1,400 lb cows could run 100 hd of 1,000 lb cows on the same acreage.

Value of Calves Sold

77 hd

71 hd

Cow Weight (lb/hd)

100 hd 500 lb steer calves @ $1.658/lb = $82,900 Total pounds sold = 50,000

71 hd 583 lb steer calves @ $1.535/lb = $63,538 Total pounds sold = 41,393

Advantage to the Smaller Cows = $19,362 MORE COWS ON THE SAME FORAGE

Crossbreeding MEANS MORE PROFIT.

The average Angus cow weights 1400 lbs. If you want to make replacement females that mature as 1100-pound cows - without sacrificing muscle and shape - there's only one way to get there.

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The American Aberdeen Crossbreeding Advantage: a PRODUCE LARGER RIBEYES

FIX COW SIZE IN ONE GENERATION MAXIMIZE CALVING EASE

PER HUNDREDWEIGHT

MAINTAIN MATERNAL QUALITIES

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INCREASE PERCENTAGE OF COW WEIGHT WEANED

ENHANCE TENDERNESS AND QUALITY GRADES

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CREATE MORE GAIN PER ACRE

When evaluated on a per-acre unit of production, smaller cattle have a 10% advantage over larger cattle.

Are YOU Ready for an American Aberdeen Bull?

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Membership Alaska

1. Douglas & Meghan Orona

HC 62 Box 5866 Delta Junction, AK 99737 907-803-8872 meghanorona@gmail.com

Arizona

2. The Ranch

Jerry & Julie Sparks PO Box 1819 Ash Fork, AZ 86320 928-351-4581 julie@theranch.farm TheRanch.farm

California

3. BLV Enterprises, Inc.

Bruce Vogt 403 Lighthouse Avenue Pacific Grove, CA 93950 209-777-0086 bvogtjr@gmail.com

4. Butte Country Ranch

Jerry & Tee Long 4839 E Butte Road Live Oak, CA 95953 530-701-5263 jerry@countryvet.net

Colorado

5. Dayspring Farm, LLC

Bob & Roxi Lane PO Box 57 Olathe, CO 81425 970-234-6360 bob@dayspringfarm.net DaySpringFarm.net

6. Diamond Crazy R Ranch

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CJ & Jennifer Radestock 11444 Soap Weed Road Calhan, CO 80808 720-272-6377 cjrfan8@hotmail.com DiamondCrazyR.com

7. G Squared Livestock

Shane & Amy Goss 23665 Falcon Highway Calhan, CO 80808 720-202-7798 gsquaredlivestock@hotmail.com

8. Walters Land & Cattle Co.

Brian Walters 21581 E 118th Avenue Commerce City, CO 80022 303-478-2275 walterslandcattle@yahoo.com WaltersLandCattle.com

Idaho

9. Archer Valley Ranch

Ellen, Jeff & Keala Archer 1686 Peterson Road Priest River, ID 83856 208-448-0305 or 253-208-5100 archervalleyranchllc@yahoo.com ArcherValleyRanch.com Ad on Page 1

10. Cloverdale Farms

Bill & Donna Boekel 1180 W Boekel Road Rathdrum, ID 83858 208-772-5191 cflowlines456@yahoo.com CloverdaleFarms.net Ad on Page 9

11. D & D Cattle Company

Jacqui Dodd & Orlando Duran 1385 W Brunner Road Athol, ID 83801 208-659-6622 jacquidodd@yahoo.com DandDCattleCo.com Ad on Page 10

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Membership 12. Idaho Livestock

Jay & Diana Lillefloren 2755 E Spring Rock Lane Hayden, ID 83835 Jay | 208-304-5184 ilccj@yahoo.com Diana | 208-215-4460 ilccdi@yahoo.com idaholivestockandcattle.com Ad on Back Cover

13. JMC Farms, LLC

Jeanne McDaniel PO Box 1862 Priest River, ID 83856 208-448-0234 jleemc41@yahoo.com

14. Lillefloren Farms

Jay & Diana Lillefloren 1690 E Spring Rock Lane Hayden, ID 83835 Jay | 208-304-5184 ilccj@yahoo.com Diana | 208-215-4460 ilccdi@yahoo.com Ad on Page 9

15. Mini Cows West

Gene Kantack 5405 Lone Cove Drive Idaho Falls, ID 83404 208-523-5959 easy4s@msn.com

16. Ken & Ilene Shirts

27153 N Ramsey Road Athol, ID 83801 208-755-2201 kishirts@hotmail.com

Montana

17. Bull Mountain Aberdeens

Chet & Judy Burrows 3680 S Hwy 87 Roundup, MT 59072 406-323-1158 teri.burrows@umconnect.umt.edu

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18. Deer Creek Livestock

Ed & Carlena Quinn 26 Road 564 Glendive, MT 59330 406-987-3282 deercreekaberdeens@gmail.com

19. Meadowlark Farm

Davin & Julia Athman 250 Meadowlark Lane Hamilton, MT 59840 406-640-FARM (3276) cattle@MeadowLarkFarmMT.com MeadowlarkFarmMT.com

20. Muddy Creek Ranch

David & Karen Shockey 101 Muddy Creek Road Wilsall, MT 59086 406-600-7179 or 406-600-0488 kmugnier68@hotmail.com MuddyCreekRanchLowlines.com Ad on Inside Back Cover

21. Runamucka Ranch

Nancy & Cliff Marks 574 Sweathouse Creek Road Victor, MT 59875 406-642-3083 cmarks8423@aol.com Ad on Page 10

22. Snowy Mt Livestock

Roger & Teri Burrows-Harper 516 2nd Avenue N Lewistown, MT 59457 406-320-1651 teri.burrows@umconnect.umt.edu

Oregon

23. Ashwin Farm

Irwin & Britt Ash 10811 S Bremer Road Canby, OR 97013 503-516-8114 info@ashwinfarm.com AshwinFarm.com 7

Membership 24. JJL Aberdeen Cattle Company

Jeffrey & Jana Staples 320 Old Onion Mountain Road Wilderville, OR 97543 541-287-1217 downhomeguy2001@yahoo.com

25. Rogue Valley Aberdeens

Joe & Celesha Gorski 6771 Old Stage Road Central Point, OR 97502 541-727-1976 cgorski@charter.net

26. Y4 Ranch

Missy Ousley & Cowan Perkins 27810 Hwy 20 West Hines, OR 97738 Missy | 541-589-4852 Cowan | 541-589-1475 y4ranch@yahoo.com Y4RanchLowlines.com

Washington

27. Amerian Alps Ranch

Rick & Brenda Palmer PO Box 339 Marblemount, WA 98267 360-873-4507 americanalpsranch@gmail.com AmericanAlpsRanch.com

28. Clear Valley Farm

Julie Davis & Teddy Smith 727 Lakewood Road Arlington, WA 98223 425-308-4456 or 425-350-7742 clearvalleyfarm@hotmail.com ClearValleyFarm.com Ad on Page 10

29. Fraid Knot Farms, LLC

Jared & Diana Westerman 26523 Old Pipeline Road Monroe, WA 98272 206-510-4892 FraidKnotFarmLLC@gmail.com

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30. Pacific NW Aberdeens

James & Corrie Hayes 14819 Kayak Point Road Stanwood, WA 98292 425-345-1045 farmerjim066@gmail.com

31. S Four Farms, Inc.

Allen & Chad Sieverkropp PO Box 235 Ephrata, WA 98823 509-750-4203 sieverkropp@gmail.com SFourFarmsLowlines.com Ad on Page 11

32. Topline Aberdeen Cattle Co.

Rick, Shelley & Jalyn Dodd 11821 Wagner Road Monroe, WA 98272 Rick | 206-459-3778 Shelley | 206-819-3637 info@toplineaberdeencattle.com ToplineAberdeenCattle.com Ad on Inside Front Cover

33. TRG Ranch

Tom & Renae Stentz PO Box 33 Spangle, WA 99031 509-869-1407 2stentz@gmail.com

34. Tunk Mountain Ranch

Darren & Katherine Wise 1765 Tunk Creek Road Riverside, WA 98849 Darren | 509-846-3075 Katherine | 509-846-3013 tunkmountainranch@live.com TunkMountainRanch.com Ad on Page 12

Wyoming

35. Lovell Lake Land & Livestock

Stacey Workman 1396 Road 11 1/2 Lovell, WY 82431 307-272-8558 sworkman1122@gmail.com

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L I L L E F L O RE N FA R M S Diana & Jay Lillefloren

1690 E Spring Rock Lane Hayden, Idaho 83835 208-215-4460 ilccdi@yahoo.com 208-304-5184 ilccj@yahoo.com Find us on Facebook

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For Sale at the Farm

S FOUR FARMS

PERCENTAGE AND FULLBLOOD HEIFERS AND BULLS

22288 Sagebrush Flats Road Ephrata, WA | 98823

Contact Us for Details

Allen Sieverkropp (509) 750-4203

AS Jase

reg #26139

www.sfourfarms.com

This 5 year old sire is correct, deep, thick and long, making him one of the most attractive Red Fullblood bulls available! >>

> Bluey is not in Jase’s pedigree.

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ILC Locomotive FM26217

ILC Maverick FM27936

We Sell Seedstock Fullbloods & Moderators, Semen, Embryos & Beef.

Idaho Livestock 2755 E. Spring Rock Lane Hayden, ID 83835 idaholivestockandcattle.com

Diana Lillefloren 208-215-4460 ilccdi@yahoo.com Jay Lillefloren 208-304-5184 ilccj@yahoo.com