Welcome!
Cattleman, Friends and Neighbors,
We would like to invite you to our 58th Annual Production Sale on Saturday, January 10th, 2026. On behalf of the Dethlefs’, we want to thank all of our friends, neighbors, and customers that have made it possible for us all of these years. We have been fortunate to have met so many good people and good customers over the years throughout raising Angus cattle. We will be selling over 100 big, stout, 2-year-old virgin bulls. As always, these bulls are our top end. They are not picked over, and are selected from over 250 head of bull calves. They have never been fed hard and have been developed on pasture so they get plenty of exercise.
Wow, what a wild year it has been. We hope you have been able to take advantage of this incredible cattle market. With record low cow herd numbers, the leverage is back in the hands of the cattle producers and looks to stay that way for some time. Like always, high quality cattle are in high demand.
We are breeding bulls to work for the commercial customer. Every year we spend countless hours and drive thousands of miles seeking out the best bulls we can find to fit our program. We have our greatest success using sires we either purchase ourselves or sires we home raise. We ensure that every cow is being serviced by the best bulls possible. Due to this, you will see the consistency of quality non-AI bulls all throughout the sale.
Our true pride and joy is our cow herd. A good bull starts with the good cow behind him. Our herd is run very similarly to a commercial cow herd. We believe in culling our cow herd hard. We demand that our cows wean heavy calves, breed back on time, and hold their body condition throughout the year. We are always culling and striving to improve our herd.
For the last few years we have been having our steer mates custom finished. These steers have been gaining over 4 pounds per day and returning close to 100% choice and prime. They have been earning premiums and positive returns being sold on the grid. These are the type of cattle we have been breeding to ensure our customers’ success.
Just like last year, lots 1-30 are genomic tested. Most of the bulls’ growth EPDs increased substantially. Because of that, it would be safe to say that the bulls we did not genomic test would also have more growth than their current EPDs indicate. This is due to generations of breeding for growth and not just breeding for EPDs.
We hope the good Lord blessed you with enough rain and green grass. Cattle prices are the bright spot of all the things going on right now and the future looks bright for cattleman. As always, we would love for you to stop by to look at the cattle and visit. Be sure to join us for lunch on sale day.
Thank you again,
Dethlefs Family
L to R: Clayton, Tyler, Capri, Dar, Gary, Dianna, Jerry, Cody, Callie, Weston, Connor, & Emily
Connor, Weston, Jerry, Gary, & Clayton
Annual
Production Sale
SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 2026
1 p.m. CST | At the Ranch | 78119 S. River Road | Rockville, NE 68871
Sale Day Phone:
308-372-3200
Auctioneer:
Matt Lowery 308-750-6119
Ring Service: Will Harsh 740-272-1386 Angus Journal
Chris Beutler ............... 402-380-8244 Livestock Digital
Randy Rasby 308-539-6195 American Cattlemen
Cody Nye .................... 308-760-8588 Tri-State Livestock News
Accommodations
Frederick Hotel 308-745-1241
Landing Strip
Loup City Airport
Videos
Videos of bulls .......... DVAuction.com Online Biddig
Live bidding .............. DVAuction.com
See page 2 for bidding instructions.
Lunch
A complimentary lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Sale Information
Volume Discount
A 5% discount on the purchase of 5 or more bulls.
Trailer Discount
Bring your trailer on sale day and save $100 per bull on a qualified purchase.
Free Delivery & Wintering
Free delivery on bulls to a central location within 300 miles on a purchase of $3,500 or more per individual. We are offering an option to winter your bull for free until March 1, 2026. If you choose for us to winter your bull, we STRONGLY recommend that you buy insurance on your bull, which will be offered on sale day. We do our best to keep your bulls free from injury, but we are not responsible for injury or death while wintering your bull.
Loadout is available for bulls on sale day.
Sale Location and Directions
Sale to be held at the Jerry Dethlefs ranch near Rockville, Nebraska.
Directions to ranch: 3-1/2 miles south of Loup City on Hwy. 10, then 7 miles southeast on S. River Road to ranch; or 3 miles south and west of Rockville, Nebr., on Hwy. 68, then 5 miles northwest on S. River Road to the ranch.
Herd Health and Guarantees
All cattle selling are free of CA-NH and AM defects by test or pedigree. The bulls are fertility tested and are guaranteed breeders. Out-of-state buyers will be furnished with necessary health papers.
Semen Tested, Breeding Guarantee & First-Season Guarantee
First Breeding Season Guarantee to September 1, 2026, on injuries that occur in the breeding pasture that make an injured bull incapable of service. The animal must sustain an irrecoverable injury in order for the guarantee to apply. An injured bull will be replaced by a suitable replacement if one is available. If no replacement is available, credit for half the cost over $2,500 can be applied toward the purchase of another bull in next year’s sale. Please notify us as soon as possible if an injury should occur and prior to injured bull being sold. Every situation is unique. Vet verification is required. Bull must be
returned to us or sold in order for credit to apply. This does not cover death of bull or poor management or neglect. If full coverage is desired, insurance will be available sale day and we will pay 2.5% of purchase price toward your insurance.
Insurance
A representative from Dakota Ag Insurance will be available on sale day. We recommend a visit with the representative to discuss different insurance options. If you desire full coverage, we will pay 2.5% of the purchase toward your insurance.
Terms and Conditions
The terms of the sale are cash. All settlements must be made at the close of the auction.
All animals of breeding age are guaranteed breeders. Animals failing to breed in reasonable periods may be returned if in as good of condition as when sold. The seller reserves the right to try said animal for five months and if it proves to be a breeder, return same animal to station of
the buyer at the buyer’s expense. If said animal proves sterile, the breeder may make a satisfactory exchange or refund the purchase price. All bulls are semen tested.
Special care has been taken to ensure accuracy in the matter of pedigrees and information included in this catalog, but we are not to be held responsible for any error which may appear and which is beyond our control. Corrections that may be discovered prior to the sale will be announced at the time of selling. Any disputes as to bids shall be settled by the auctioneer, whose decision shall be final and shall bind purchases to the announcement of the sale and sale price.
Inclement Weather Announcements
In the event of inclement weather, sale postponement announcements can be found on our website www. dethlefsangus.com, Facebook page Carl Dethlefs & Sons Angus, or tune into KRVN AM 880 or KBEAR 92.3.
Dethlefs bulls are managed to fit the needs of the commercial producer!
Can’t make the sale?
We are pleased to bring you real-time Internet bidding and a live broadcast of this sale through DVAuction. To watch or bid online, complete the following steps:
1. Visit the DVAuction website at www.dvauction.com
2. Click on the “Register” tab.
3. Enter a user name, password and your contact information.
4. Click on “Apply for Bidding.”
- Select the sale from the list of other auctions and click “Apply.”
- Complete the process by filling out the Banking & Lending information requested.
- Be sure to include a personal contact at your bank. We will contact them in order to get a credit reference.
- If you would prefer to be approved using your credit card, call 402-316-5460.
- Please be sure to apply for bidding at least a day in advance of the sale. Every effort will be made to process your application in a timely manner.
DVAuction will contact you once you have been approved to bid. We do not provide buyer numbers until you have purchased a lot in the sale, and that number is only usable for that auction. After the sale contact the sale owner or manager to make arrangements for payment and delivery of your online purchase.
PLEASE NOTE:
High speed Internet access (DSL, T-1, or Broadband) is required to be able to bid successfully during the sale. If you have any questions, pleasecontact DVAuction at 402-316-5460 or 402-474-5557 or email: support@dvauction.com
PROXY BIDDING:
If you can’t access a computer during the sale, you can now place a “proxy bid” through DV Auction. Simply follow the instructions listed above, and as the sale date nears there will be a “Proxy Bidding” link under the sale listing on the main page of DV Auction. You can then place the maximum amount that you’d like to bid, and our system will represent your bid just as if you were there.
Why use an age-advantaged bull?
Are you …
- Tired of buying over-conditioned yearling bulls that fall apart during the breeding season?
- Questioning if your yearling bull will be able to cover your mature cows?
- Afraid that your yearling bull won’t be able to service very many cows?
There is nothing wrong with using a yearling bull; however, you are often asking that bull to do a lot. More often than not, the bull has been fed a high concentrate diet and pushed until the time of the sale.
These young bulls, sometimes not much over a year of age, are turned out and expected to go to work going from a high concentrate diet to a forage diet.
On top of that, that yearling bull is still growing and maturing. His nutrient requirements are going to be a lot higher than a mature animal.
Therefore, he will often lose weight during the breeding season, and will need more supplement over the winter to be ready for the next breeding season.
We do the hardest part for you!
When you receive one of our bulls, he is mature, in the right condition, and ready to go to work. His hardest year is already past him. He will be able to …
- Be trusted to service mature cows his first breeding season
- Be able to service many more cows his first breeding season
- Hold his body condition a lot easier throughout the season
- Last the whole breeding season, not wear out halfway through
Reasons to use Dethlefs bulls ...
- We don’t “push” our bulls, so they are not over-conditioned come sale time.
- They aren’t in a lot. They are out on pasture getting plenty of exercise until sale time.
- Our cow herd is expected to survive the same way a commercial herd does – have good dispositions, calve unassisted, raise a heavy calf and re-breed in a timely manner year after year.
- We don’t breed solely for EPDs. Instead we focus on breeding sound, functional cattle that look the part.
- We equally value growth, carcass and maternal traits in our cattle.
McConnell Regard 4260
MCCONNELL REGARD 4260
REG
S A V RESOURCE 1441
S A V REGARD 4863
S A V BLACKCAP MAY 5530
S A V BISMARCK 5682
Q V S GEORGINA 4491
CHAMPION HILL GEORGINA 5989
McConnell Regard 4260 was our pick of the 2022 McConnell Angus bull sale. His calves are exceptionally heavy-muscled and thick, growing and weighing really well. This is an impressive sire group and you’ll notice these bulls throughout the sale. We calved out his first daughters this last spring and they raised really nice calves. They have picture perfect udders and milked really well. They are deep-bodied and easyfleshing, much like their bull mates, and are well on their way to being great cows.
U2 COALITION 206C
Coalition is a Canadian import we traveled up to Spickler Ranch South in North Dakota to get a look at. He walks on good feet and throws a lot of middle and fleshing ability. Calves show plenty of thickness and daughters are feminine and docile with great udder quality. We have used Coalition on heifers with great success.
S ARCHITECT 9501
Architect is a very popular Genex sire used heavily across the country. He is a proven heifer bull that sires growth in his calves. We had the opportunity to see him at Genex in Billings and were impressed by his feet and structural correctness. The herd he came from is known for some of the best uddered cows you’ll ever find.
S NIAGARA 005
SYDGEN C C & 7
ERICA OF ELLSTON C124
B/R NEW DAY 454
JET S S T151
GDAR GAME DAY 449
S PRIDE ANNA 709
S CHISUM 6175
S ELBA 4136
S Niagara 005 was our pick of the yearling bulls at Spickler Ranch South in North Dakota. He is the son of SS Niagara and the Spickler donor cow S Elba 1004. The calves from this bull impress us more and more as time goes by. They show tremendous depth of body and a good hip. His calves are easy keeping, good footed, and have good growth. This bull will produce a lot of crowd favorites the next few years.
RCL Stunner 0408
RCL STUNNER 0408
REG #: BIRTH DATE: 19904259 1/10/20
LD CAPITALIST 316
MUSGRAVE 316 STUNNER
MCATL BLACKBIRD 831-1378
KOUPALS B&B IDENTITY
RCL RUTH 4086
RCL RUTH 0863
CONNEALY CAPITALIST 028
LD DIXIE ERICA 2053
MCATL PURE PRODUCT 903-55
MCATL BLACKBIRD 1378-573
SITZ UPWARD 307R
B&B ERICA 605
S A V BISMARCK 5682
RCL RUTH 8663
RCL Stunner 0408 is a high-performance son of Musgrave Stunner we bought from Geppert’s Rock Creek Livestock in South Dakota. This stunner son weaned at over 900 lbs. and looked flawless. We lost him his first season due to breeding injury but had semen collected on him. His sons show more frame and have excellent feet. His calves performed really well.
MILLARS DUKE 816
REG
Duke is a true calving ease sire that still has growth and performance. We were able to make a trip to see Duke in person and were very impressed. The reports of daughters in production are very good. They have great udders and mothering ability. One thing we noticed at an early age is how tame and quiet his calves are. The Duke cattle have great dispositions, incredible length of body, structural correctness, and attractiveness.
AK BLOODLINE K481
CHARLO 0256
JILT 539
We purchased Bloodline K481 from the Kuck Ranch. One of the reasons we were drawn to him was because of his mother – she’s as good of a cow as you can find. She’s a massively deep bodied, picture perfect cow that is one of their top producers. The Bloodline bulls are slightly more moderate in size and are super deep chested. This bull had perfect feet and his calves carry that on. We lost this bull last summer to a breeding injury but will continue to use him via AI. We can’t wait to get his daughters in production!
S
S
We bought Woodrow from the D Lazy T ranch in South Dakota. This bull’s donor dam has produced sale toppers for both the SAV herd in North Dakota and the D Lazy T ranch. These Woodrow bulls have a huge hind quarter and show more muscle expression than any sire we use. We are
Millars Duke 816
CASH R400
This is an exceptional bull that we thought would be great to start the sale with. It’s hard to build a bull more structurally correct than this one. He has an abundance of muscle and power, yet he still moves well and has great feet. As you study him from all angles you will notice how powerful he is in his rear quarter. His sire is a home raised Net Worth son we think very highly of, he has produced some of our best calves.
Very good Niagara bull that is hard to fault. These Niagara bulls are very consistent in their type and were very well received on last year’s sale. He is well balanced, deep bodied, and stoutly constructed. His dam is a good producing cow with a 102-weaning ratio on 5 calves.
Great bull. This Bloodline son is large framed, deep ribbed, and big hipped. He’s a very attractively built bull that’s structurally sound. He’s also very good on paper and has a high RE EPD. Another good thing about this bull is his Identity dam, she’s a superb looking cow that consistently produces our top bulls. She has a weaning ratio of
on 6 calves.
LOUP VALLEY STUNNER 442
Very impressively built bull. He’s an incredibly deep bodied, powerful bull that already has that herd bull look. He is built much like his dam – she’s a great one. She remained in the herd until 10 years of age and had a weaning ratio of 107 on 7 calves.
Very good bull. This Ten Times son puts a lot of good pieces together. He’s long spined, deep bodied, and heavy muscled. He is a
of a bull, you will notice when you study him from behind. His dam is young Sitz Logo daughter with a weaning ratio of 102 on 2 calves.
LOUP VALLEY REGARD 417
This is the biggest framed Regard son on the sale and he is massive in every shape and form. He’s a big, heavy boned bull that is loaded with muscle from front to back. His Identity dam is as good as
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Rae Chilewski, daughter of Callie & Cody Chilewski born on May 16, 2025.
REG
S A V REGARD 4863
MCCONNELL REGARD 4260
4491
SITZ WISDOM 481T
LV MISS WISDOM 0175
REGARD 4332
Another long bodied, powerful Regard son. He performed really well throughout his life and had above average weaning and yearling weights. His Wisdom dam is an outstanding cow that has raised a great bull calf in all 4 of her production years, we currently use one of her sons in our own herd.
LOUP VALLEY REGARD 4146
Another Regard son you will notice on sale day. Despite his genomics indicating he’s a heifer bull, I would still be cautious about using him on heifers. His dam is an
producing cow with a weaning ratio of 106 on 5 calves.
LOUP VALLEY DUKE 4198
Suitable for use on heifers. This Duke son is very docile. He’s extra-long
new addition to our herd is Maylie
This President bull is larger framed, masculine, and big boned. He is impressively long and loaded with red meat. This bull already has a herd bull look and will add pounds to a calf crop. His dam is a pathfinder and has a weaning ratio of 108 on 4 calves. This isn’t the first bull calf she has raised that is at the top of our sale.
Big time bull that is suitable for use on heifers. Huge BW EPD to YW EPD spread on this bull – the best in the sale. This bull is just as good physically as on paper too. He is large framed
Attractively constructed Bloodline son with good length and frame size. His dam has a weaning ratio of 105 on 4 calves. She produced our 3rd
selling bull back on our 2024 bull sale.
Regard son with added muscle and shape. He had very big weaning and yearling weights. His dam is a great looking Identity daughter with
calves.
This is a well-built bull that’s attractive looking. He had above average weaning and yearling weights. His dam is a stout, deep bodied Upward granddaughter with a weaning ratio of 102 on 7 calves.
Very solid U2 Coalition son that is hard to fault and good on paper. He had a 105 weaning ratio and 102 yearling ratio. The Coalitions are excellent cows and have the best udder you can find on a cow. This bull will sire excellent
495
This bull is out of a proven Coalition son we use to
sire, he is deep bodied. His dam is a
top selling bull on last year’s sale. He’s one of the youngest bulls on the sale, but he has caught up well. He is super masculine and already looks like a herd bull. He is loaded with muscle from front to back and carries it very well. His dam is an
LOUP VALLEY WOODROW 4234
Outstanding bull out of our President son. He’s built stoutly from the ground up and stands wide. This bull is big boned, deep bodied, and muscular. He will impress you from all angles. His dam is a great producing Renown granddaughter with a weaning ratio of 105 on 4 calves.
Very good bull out of our Renovation son. He has that herd bull look and extra masculinity. You’ll love the shape this bull has through his middle. His dam is a
producing Net Worth granddaughter with a weaning ratio of 102 on 6 calves.
Powerhouse of a bull! There’s a lot to like about this rugged, stout Woodrow son. You will notice when you
LOUP VALLEY C EDGE 4183
Despite his EPDs, I would still be cautious using this bull on heifers. His sire usually sired heavier calves, his EPD is a +4.7. This bull is a good one, he has a ton of volume. He’s extra soft made much like the other Cutting Edge sons.
LOUP VALLEY REGARD 4112
Powerhouse Regard bull that is extra-long bodied. He’s full of muscle from front to back and has a powerful rear quarter. He had above average weaning and yearling growth. His dam is a great producing middle-aged cow with a
ratio of
on 5 calves.
LOUP VALLEY REGARD 428
Regard son with added frame size and muscle shape. He had above average weaning and yearling weights. His dam is big framed also, she is 11 years old and still produces well. We have sold many bulls out of this cow – her last 7 calves have all been bulls.
Very good Regard son that’s a powerhouse. He’s deep bodied and stout boned. He grew very well and had a well above average weaning weight. His
This Regard son is very large framed – one of the largest on the sale. He’s massive in every way. He’s huge bodied, big boned, and loaded with muscle. If you sell your calves by the pound, this is your bull. He had a nearly 800 lb. weaning weight with no creep feed.
Really solid bull out of our America son. He’s structurally correct, long bodied, and powerful in his rear quarter. His dam is an attractive Capitalist 316 daughter that produces very well and his granddam is a really good Net Worth cow.
Good
Youngest bull in the sale offering but he’s a good one. He’s long spined, heavy muscled, and stout.
Suitable for use on larger heifers. Very good bull further down in the sale! This bull is sired by our home raised Sitz Logo son that’s a tank. This bull puts a lot of good pieces together. He’s deep bodied, neat fronted, square hipped, and moves very well.
LOUP VALLEY REGARD 4100
LOUP VALLEY L EASTBOUND 4360
fronted
LOUP VALLEY BLOODLINE 4286
LOUP VALLEY REGARD 4428
moderate framed, big middled bull that has a great amount of capacity. He’s out of one our home raised herd bulls that
REGARD 4149
LOUP VALLEY C EDGE 4344
LOUP VALLEY REGARD 4380
bull has good frame size and length of body. He’s out of our
This is a really nice Bloodline son further down in the sale
Bloodline bull that is deep ribbed and attractive fronted. His dam is a great uddered U2 Coalition
Bloodline son that is incredibly deep bodied – he’s as deep as any bull on the sale. His dam and granddam are built the same exact way and are very good, productive cows. His granddam is still in our herd at 15 years of age.
LOUP VALLEY COALITION 4170
LOUP VALLEY BLOODLINE 4280
LOUP VALLEY STELLAR 4103
Suitable for use on heifers. He’s one of the very few Sitz Stellar sons on the sale and has good
WOODROW 4334
LOUP VALLEY BLOODLINE 487
Well-balanced Bloodline bull that is structurally sound and pleasing to look at. The disposition is great in these Bloodline sons.
LOUP VALLEY L EASTBOUND 4444
2118
Attractively built bull with a square hip. His dam is a very good producing Net Worth daughter with a weaning ratio of 105 on 3 calves. This bull’s pedigree is loaded with cow making sires such as Renown, Pioneer, Net Worth, and Upward.
GROWTH FUND 4110
LOUP VALLEY M PRESIDENT 4413
SAV President grandson who had good weaning and yearling weights. His Reliabull
Solid Regard son that is extended in his front end and hard to fault. His
LOUP VALLEY REGARD 424
LOUP VALLEY C EDGE 4189
LOUP VALLEY S NIAGARA 4420
Another S Niagara son with good frame size and body depth. His dam is a stoutly built cow with a weaning ratio of 99 on 3 calves.
This bull is a twin and was left on his dam all summer so he had a slower start than most. His dam is one of the best-looking cows in the herd. She’s big framed, incredibly deep bodied, and attractive. She raised our 2nd high
Driving the science of better breeding
There’s little room for error in the cattle business. Producers need the most advanced information to make smart selection decisions, and Angus Genetics Inc. (AGI) provides it through genomic-enhanced expected progeny differences (GE-EPDs).
GE-EPDs have become the industry standard for herd improvement, building on decades of science-backed genetic evaluation tools originated and maintained through the American Angus Association®, home to the largest and ever-growing single-breed beef cattle database.
EPDs that traditionally contained all pedigree, performance and progeny information now also include results from available genomic, or DNA, tests. Breeders who use genomic technology give buyers access to AGI-generated GE-EPDs that provide:
Increased predictability and decreased risk for young and unproven animals due to enhanced accuracy of EPDs
Better characterization of genetics for difficult-to-measure performance traits (such as carcass traits, maternal traits and feed efficiency)
The ability to make more rapid progress for traits that are important to you, due to:
· more accurate selection
· easier identification of genetic outliers
· the ability to propagate young animals with confidence earlier in their lives
In fact, GE-EPDs on unproven animals have the same amount of accuracy as if they have recorded an average of 15 progeny, depending on the trait. That’s valuable insight, offered regularly through the breed’s weekly national cattle evaluation.
How do you know if EPDs are genomic-enhanced?
Ask your breeder, refer to the registration paper, or look for the AGI GE-EPD logo, Angus GS TM powered by partner Neogen or the HD50k by partner Zoetis. These images indicate animals for which genomic testing has been conducted and incorporated by AGI into GE-EPDs
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