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29th Annual Production Sale Saturday, April 24, 2021 - 1p.m.

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LEARY ANGUS 1 Representing 75 years plus year Purebred Angus!

16th Annual Production Sale Sunday March 28, 2021 2:00 PM • at the farm

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Springlake Angus

by Tim McCray Tim@ABPmag.com

- An Accidental Legacy -

The Legacy of Rito 707 & 7075 is well established in the herd at SpringLake Angus in Lynch, Nebraska. It is probably Delbert Timperley’s luck that he had purchased a 707 son in the late 60’s from a breeder in Iowa, which set SpringLake Angus on its path.

His son, Gene Timperley, his wife Kelcey, and their daughter Teal, make up SpringLake Angus today.

It’s probably Gene’s legacy that built the SpringLake Angus Center. It was that Center that also served as the inspiration for this article. But it turned into so much more...

I was shocked that nothing had been written about this family, so I feel it necessary to at least acknowledge its start and give a very brief account of their history.

Delbert Timperley met his wife MaryLee while she was renting from his brother, and working as a teacher at their rural school. They were married in 1945 while Delbert was home on leave before being deployed to Japan. His unit was one of the first to occupy Japan at the end

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of WWII. There was no time off back then, so when you came home you just went back to work. When Delbert returned, he planted corn and continued his chores with his herd at their home on the family farm in Stanton County Nebraska. They had a small commercial herd and some Herefords at the time, and Delbert also owned and ran a service garage from the farm.

Being born into a family of “The Greatest Generation” has its rewards, and as some might say, its punishment. If you choose to look at work rather than play as punishment. To a child it is anyway.

But those children are taught a good work ethic at the same time.

A work ethic that also transfers to the next generation (hopefully). But of course hard work has its own rewards. One of Gene’s earliest memories was around the time he was four years old. Not yet able to walk through the snow on his own, his father would carry him to the tractor. It was Gene’s job to hold the steering wheel straight so that

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Delbert could be on the feed wagon throwing bales. “I was too small to sit on the seat, so I stood to the side and did the best I could to keep those wheels straight” Gene recalls.

“Then when it would be time to turn around, Dad would jump off the wagon and hop back into the driver’s seat to turn us around.”

A few years later, Delbert would buy a few registered Angus as he was getting tired of de-horning the

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Herefords. That, you could say, was the birth of SpringLake Angus. Another memory that Gene offers up is of feeding the cattle after school until his dad could get there to help him. “Sometimes, if Dad was busy I’d have to do my best to feed the cows, until he could get there. I was about 10 years old, and everything was done by hand. I also was pretty small for my age, so I just kept throwing feed and trying to stay ahead of the cattle, which I could never do. But I tried my best until he would get there to help out. Though I never knew when that would be – could be a couple of hours.” The Herd contained quite a bit of the Blackbird bloodline. They also used a lot of Rito 707 in the beginning and bought a son in Iowa shortly thereafter. Then the herd grew, with the help of that son - and Delbert’s as well.

Gene Timperley marches to his own drum. A drum that he has been beating since the early 60’s. He doesn’t chase fads, isn’t concerned with epd’s or the market of this year’s best bulls as much as he is about carcass data, and the flavor of the end product. He’s also one of the few to raise his hand and ask questions that makes some people uncomfortable. “How do they hang?” “Can you tell its Angus on the hook?” Last year, 89% of his cattle hung prime, and the other 11% choice. The yield of which was 72.15%. He also admits that number isn’t accurate, because of the fact that the FDA lowered its criteria for Prime back in the 80’s. It’s questions like “why did we have to lower the criteria for Prime beef?” that sets him apart from the crowd that is usually just looking at numbers.

THE DRUMMER There are a few uncommon surprises about Gene Timperley I found as we were discussing his life. Amateur boxer, drummer, band leader, inventor, and most recently a busy club owner. He likes to say he’s “been in Angus my whole life, except for two years that I worked as a professional musician.” He began playing drums March 2021

Teal, Kelcey & Gene Timperley

in a family band at the age of 10.

Shortly thereafter he was performing in front of an audience. Around the time he turned 20, there was a national talent search audition held near him. He explains “it was kind of a bucket list item to try out. Just to see if I was good enough to make a living as a musician.” Quite literally, “One day I was driving a tractor down main street in a protest for the NFO, the next day I was rehearsing with the Terry & Lydia Edwards show” for a US tour. He then spent the next 2 years traveling the US playing shows all over from Nashville to Lake Tahoe. “That [Being a traveling musician] is a hard life.

Ranching is hard too, but that’s hard in a different way.” Gene described talking about his life as a drummer.

“For the 4 or 5 hours that you’re on stage, everything’s great. Your taxes, your marital problems, your bills, are all gone, you’re there to entertain.” Then when the audience leaves, all those problems come back, it’s very addicting. On top of that, there are promoters who don’t want to pay you, drug dealers, pimps and the sort of people you American Beef Producer

don’t like doing business with. So after a few years of traveling, playing hotels, night clubs, beautiful halls in Vegas and elsewhere, Gene decided he’d had enough and returned home to SpringLake Angus.

“I didn’t get paid for working on the ranch” Gene tells me quite a few times. “That was just an expectation that my Dad had. I got a percentage of the herd, but I didn’t get paid.” Although his father explained that if Gene needed money, he didn’t care what he did after his work on the ranch was finished. Shortly after his return from touring, the stage called him again.

This time it was in the form of an old classmate that wanted to form a band. Redeye began as a 3 piece band and played just about every weekend. But the Angus always came first, he insists. Redeye grew in both popularity and size for the next twenty years. They managed to release a CD, and they played their final show on New Years Eve 2000.

In 2011 Redeye was inducted into the Nebraska Music Hall of Fame.

“I never intended to play so much

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when I came off the road and quit traveling,” Gene said. “We just kept getting calls” and the demand was high for live music in those days.

THE FAMILY

After his “retirement” from the road, (and returning to SpringLake Angus) Gene also began raising a family of his own. His son Kiel was born in 1982 and then in 1986 he married Kelcey who came with her daughter Kodi into the family.

They also started a hunting club as another revenue stream during this time frame. “The band & the hunting club really helped pay the bills for us back then” Kelcey tells me.

“In fact, it was Kodi who told me about the hunting club in the first place”, as I spoke to her from her own beauty shop in McCook. It was the kids job to raise the pheasants, quail, chukars, and Canadian geese for the hunting club. Gene: “there were many times where the hunters would be waking up, drinking their coffee and I would be pulling in from playing in the band the night before. Gene would tell them “Give me 10 minutes to change into hunting clothes, and I’ll take you out to the blinds.” Yeah, that probably still explains his lack of sleeping.

Kiel, who now lives in Denver (and a little more difficult to track down) spoke of the memories of his father converting an old school bus to a

band bus, with space for gear in the back and couches and chairs in the front for band members and guests. They both mention a 200 foot water slide that Gene had back in Stanton. Gene had set up a pump to get water from the pond to the top of the slide. Kodi mentioned that you had to go down head first, because if you tried sitting up, when you hit the surface of the water at top speed it would probably lead to a broken nose. At the time, they lived just down the driveway from Delbert & MaryLee, so she spent a lot of time with Grandma. They spent their time gardening, canning, sewing, and cooking. Teal was born in 1994 and doesn’t recall too much from their time in Stanton, but still ended up with a water slide and diving board of her own, though on a different lake. Gene had also built a 1800’s era log cabin from scratch, logging out the trees himself. They would rent this out (pre airbnb) for some other income.

THE INVENTOR

After leaving Stanton in 1998, the Timperley’s moved a few times. First to Ainsworth, then Chambers before they finally bought land at their present location near Lynch, NE. In addition to SpringLake Angus, Gene was also working for Sinclair Cattle Co during this time.

That’s in addition to the band, and his other endeavors such as inventor

of the Tree Chopper and the Electric Bumper Guard.

The Tree Chopper attached to an atv on the front, and it’s designed to cut small cedar trees off at the ground, with nothing but the momentum of the ATV to cut through. So, simply put, it’s two blades that sit opposite each other on a metal frame that attaches to the front of your ATV. As you “drive through” the tree, the blades rotate and cut the tree. “Ideally you want to be going the same speed out the other side of the tree as when you went in.” “Hang on...” I said as my brain was catching up (this did go by rather quickly). “So there’s no motor or hydraulics powering the blades?”, I asked. “Correct, and do you know the problem with that? It was too simple. Things that are too simple are difficult to sell” he went on to say. But he did sell them, and a lot of them, all over the US. The only place he couldn’t cut was after Mt. St Helens erupted in Washington.

“The blades didn’t work in a foot of ash. That’s the only place in the US that I couldn’t cut” he says. Then it was during one of the trade shows selling the Tree Chopper that he had seen someone selling a rubber mat that conducted electricity.

That inspired his next invention.

He basically had that concept and formed into a bumper guard for the front of his ATV. Imagine an electric fence on the front bumper. Cattle would bump into it, but they will only do that once. Unfortunately, the bumper didn’t sell as well as the tree chopper. But the good news here is that he has a few bumpers left. I suggested he offer them as a bonus for when you buy a bull at his upcoming sale - this April 2nd.

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Teal spent the majority of her childhood around their present location of Lynch. She attended a little country school that had 3 other girls, and of course they’re still friends to this day. Gene took some lessons from his previous water slide in Stanton, and built a far less dangerous one for Teal. Then

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he also added some huge bonfires that made for some great party memories for her. After graduating from Lynch public schools, she attended Hastings college. Gene & Kelcey insisted that if she’s going to college, and then plans on coming back to the ranch, she needed to be invested in something that would benefit the ranch. Teal, like her father, wouldn’t fall into the stereotype of what you would expect. She thought a bit about becoming a vet, but then realized it wasn’t a good fit. So she started as a web designer, but the artist within lost interest in the web coding. So she ended earning a degree in studio art with an emphasis in web design, while also taking some photography classes.

But, as she explained, they weren’t really teaching anything for livestock photography, so that was all selftaught. Today, she is responsible for the SpringLake Angus website, the ad designs, and all of the social media for SLA and SpringLake Angus Center. She’s also the operations manager of the center as well as one of its main bartenders. Basically, nothing happens at SpringLake Angus Center without going through Teal.

SpringLake Angus Center got its start as a sales barn. It was out of a necessity to bring the people to the cattle, rather than the cattle to the people. After several years spent at the local sale barn for their annual sale, Gene states “the people there were really good to us, but they didn’t have anywhere to wash the cattle and we lost a few animals during transport back and forth”. That plus the commissions, of course, was what led them to break ground on their own facility in June of 2016. That process is pretty well documented on their facebook page and they hosted their first sale there the following April.

The 4,700 sq ft facility is capable of hosting sales & other events with a capacity of 275 – 300 people. It’s temperature controlled, has a fully operational kitchen, an 18 ft bar, a large outdoor grill, selective lighting, surround sound, 2 projectors each with a 103” screen and a 60” monitor above the auction block.

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There are 6 speakers that line the sides of the hall that allow auctioneers or pastors to be heard without having to strain to get their voices for the back of the room. The two speakers at the front of house are recycled from the PA system that Redeye used. This post and beam construction also houses a separate office, mud room, restrooms, and eventually upstairs will be a living quarters. The layout of its interior was fully designed with what Gene had learned playing in the most memorable halls as a traveling musician. His design allows activities to be going on “behind the scenes” that are unnoticeable to the guests.

The building also reflects his philosophy on his cattle: bring in the old design, that has been built to last, but with some updated technology included. It was easy to accommodate the facility for other uses as well. Cattle sales and weddings have similar aspects to them of course, with a minister replacing the spot of an auctioneer, and guests replacing the bidders. There are also pens directly outside the door that can accommodate bulls or rowdy groomsmen. Once your inside however, it resembles more of a western museum than a sales barn.

When you visit, ask some questions, because the interior reads more like a family history rather than a museum. There’s a story attached to every item, items that are too plentiful to mention. There’s an antique phone booth, a WWII box dedicated to Delbert, a cooler taken from Gene’s original schoolhouse, a few lights from a nearby schoolhouse, and many pieces of artwork that are handmade, or commissioned by Teal herself, who also had a hand in the interior’s design.

The recent trend of closing public gathering spots have really opened up places like this to thrive in the current environment. With so many offerings being minimized, (or shut down altogether) this has allowed smaller competition for housing functions of gatherings to really thrive. They started taking public reservations of SpringLake Angus Center on April 1, 2017. They’ve been host to weddings, celebration March 2021

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of life events, game nights, craft fairs, watch parties for Husker football and the like. They even host an annual NYE Barn Dance. It was a few of these gatherings that got them noticed by one of their business neighbors. That eventually brought the state patrol, who concluded that they couldn’t have liquor in their building at all for anything – including their own sale. This led them to being required to get a liquor license – which no one fully expected them to get. A blessing in disguise? Yes. They succeeded in that process just last year, and started hosting some local bands on Saturday nights. Then things grew to include Fridays and game day on certain Sundays too. In fact, their calendar is quite full. All of this, in an odd way, brought Gene back to his musical roots so to speak. In fact, he’s played with numerous bands at his club. When drummers are out or unable to perform, he offers up his services. He’s actually played more in the last year, than he had in the previous 19 since he “retired”. SpringLake Angus Center

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is aptly named, as it’s become the central gathering spot in the area, a place for us to meet, let our hair down, and have some fun. They just hosted a Valentine’s day party that brought them into a partnership with some neighboring businesses as well; Holt County Grill provided the food and the cooks, and Handlebend Tap (both out of O’Neill) supplied their own brand of specialty drinks and Nebraska Micro Brews. In addition, this June they are booked to be the dinner & final stop for the Nebraska Grazing Lands coalition’s summer tour.

Last year’s sale catalog really sums up what SpringLake Angus is all about: They have tried to stay true to the Angus breed while looking at the overall picture instead of focusing on one trait within the breeding. They breed for the table, because they think the final product is the most important. The fast gain in feed, % hung and Prime plus the one thing nobody talks about: Taste.

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SPRINGLAKE ANGUS: 100% Prime and Choice 23.7% Prime 76.3% Choice NATIONAL AVERAGE: 51% Prime and Choice 49% Select BULL SALE DAY - April 2

Come out on sale day - Kodi comes from McCook, takes over the kitchen and provides all the meals for the sale every year. Kiel returns often from Denver to help out at many of the larger events or whenever he’s needed. Teal will surely be there taking pictures and/or serving drinks. Kelcey will be around to help you with any sale questions. Of course all of them, especially Gene, will be there to make sure you’re having a good time.

SpringLake Angus Center was the real inspiration of this story for me. In fact, at the beginning it was going to be the entire focus. But as you can tell there’s so much more to SpringLake Angus and the Timperleys. To find out more, check out both the cattle and the Center (aka sale barn) on April 2nd in Lynch, NE.

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Sale Calendar 1-Mar

Arrowsmith Red Angus

Bassett, NE

4-Mar

Northwest Hereford Breeders

Stanfield, OR

1-Mar

Clear Creek Angus

Chinook, MT

4-Mar

Split Diamond Ranch

Dillon, MT

Alabama Cattlemens Convention

Montgomery, AL

1-Mar

Campbell Red Angus

Mcintosh, SD

5-Mar

1-Mar

Caraway Red Angus Production sale

Lake Benton, MN

5-Mar

Chimney Butte Ranch Annual Sale

Mandan, ND

Crouthamel Cattle Bull Sale

Stanfield, OR

1-Mar

Cody Cattle Co.

Courtland, KS

5-Mar

1-Mar

Hanel’s Black Simmental

Courtland, KS

5-Mar

Dille Red Angus

Buhl, ID

Eichacker Simmentals

Salem, SD

1-Mar

Harrell Hereford Ranch Sale

Baker City, OR

5-Mar

1-Mar

Hojer Ranch 29th Production Sale

Lake Preston, SD

5-Mar

Express Ranches Spring Bull Sale

Yukon, OK

Kentucky Angus Annual Mtg.

Louisville, KY

1-Mar

Kester Herefords Bull Sale

Atkinson, NE

5-Mar

1-Mar

KM Cattle Co.

Coon Rapids, IA

5-Mar

Kentucky Beef Expo Hereford Sale

Louisville, KY

KY Beef Expo Open Hereford Show

Louisville, KY

1-Mar

Leveldale Farms

Mason City, IL

5-Mar

1-Mar

Lyons Ranch

Manhattan, KS

5-Mar

Ksu’s Annual Legacy Sale

Manhattan, KS

L Bar W Cattle Co. Production Sale

Absarokee, MT

New Mexico Angus Assn Annual Mtg Roswell, NM

1-Mar

Pearcy Angus Bull Sale

Eakly, OK

5-Mar

1-Mar

Sweet 16 Bull And Female Sale

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5-Mar

North Platte, NE

5-Mar Reminisce Angus Dillon, MT

1-Mar

Vision Angus

2-Mar Apex Angus Valier, MT

5-Mar

Sandmeier Charolais 40th Bull Sale Bowdle, SD

2-Mar

Best Angus

Watford City, ND

5-Mar

Sutherlin Farms Red Angus

Stevensville, MT

2-Mar

Cornwell Farms

La Crosse, KS

6-Mar

4 Brands Sale

Paragould, AR

Blackjack & Guests Bull Sale

Seminole, OK

2-Mar

Doll Ranch 41st Production Sale

Mandan, ND

6-Mar

2-Mar

Hill’s Ranch’s Bull Sale

Stanford, MT

6-Mar BoPat Angus Bradford, TN

2-Mar

Ipsen Cattle Co. Online Bull Sale

Dingle, ID

6-Mar Brookdale Angus Lester, IA

2-Mar

Lott/McMurphy Bull Sale

Alva, OK

6-Mar

Bulls Of The Bitterroot

Cannon Valley Ranch Bull & Female Sale Goodhue, MN

Stevensville, MT

2-Mar

Macholan Angus Bull Sale

Columbus, NE

6-Mar

2-Mar

Manzano Angus Bull Sale

Estancia, NM

6-Mar Crawford Angus Massena, IA

2-Mar

Sandhill Red Angus

Sidney, MT

6-Mar Davis Angus Clinton, OK

2-Mar

Schutte & Sons Polled Herefords

Guide Rock, NE

6-Mar

DK Red Angus Top Coming to Town Grenora, ND

2-Mar Style’s Angus Brentford, SD

6-Mar

Dubas Cattle Co.

2-Mar

Baker City, OR

6-Mar

Georgia Angus Ass’n Mtg. & Banquet TBD, GA

Blackfoot, ID

6-Mar

Hilltop Farms Gelbvieh & Balancer

Carthage, MO

3-Mar Bruns Angus Madison, SD

6-Mar

Hobbs Angus/ Eathington Angus

Fairview, IL

3-Mar

Carcass Plus Bull Sale

Isabel, KS

6-Mar

Intermountain Genetic Alliance

Nephi, UT

3-Mar

Hall Ranch

Bassett, NE

6-Mar

Kentucky Angus Sweepstakes

Louisville, KY

Kentucky Beef Expo Sale

Louisville, KY

3-Mar

Thomas Angus Ranch Bull Sale Adams Connection Bull Sale

Fullerton, NE

3-Mar

Houston Livestock Show All Breed

Houston, TX

6-Mar

3-Mar

Klein Ranch

Atwood, KS

6-Mar

Knop Angus Farm

Ida Grove, IA

Laflin Angus Ranch

Olsburg, KS

3-Mar

Ox Bow Angus Ranch Spring Sale

Wolf Creek, MT

6-Mar

3-Mar

Peterson’s Broken Heart Ranch

Firesteel, SD

6-Mar

Lazy Jb Ranch

Montrose, CO

3-Mar Ridl Angus Dickinson, ND

6-Mar

Loving Farms

Pawnee Rock, KS

3-Mar

Irwinville, GA

6-Mar

Linhart Limousin

Leon, IA

Tifton Bull Test Sale

3-Mar

Thomas Charolais Spring Bull Sale

Raymondville, TX

6-Mar Lucky 7 Angus Riverton, WY

4-Mar

Cattleman’s Kind Bull Sale

San Saba, TX

6-Mar

Mead Farms Spring Bull Sale

Versallies, MO

Leola, SD

6-Mar

New Mexico Angus Assn Sale

Roswell, NM

6-Mar

Pabco Performance Bull Sale

Madras, OR

4-Mar Bruns Angus Madison, SD

6-Mar

Peterson Farms

Mtn. Grove, MO

4-Mar

Preston, ID

6-Mar

Powerline Genetics

Castle Dale, UT

QPB Bull Sale/Greeneline Angus

Mount Hermon, LA

4-Mar

Bieber Fever

4-Mar

Brink Simmentals Auction www.brinkgenetics.com Cannon Angus Bull Sale

4-Mar

Diamond Seven Angus

Tucumcari, NM

6-Mar

4-Mar

Generic Genetics

Ida Grove, IA

6-Mar

Redland Red Angus

Hysham, MT

6-Mar

Rich Red Angus & Friends

Vinton, IA

6-Mar

Rooney Angus Ranch

Desdemona, TX

4-Mar

Jensen Bros. Bull Sale

Courtland, KS

4-Mar

Keller Broken Heart Ranch

Mandan, ND

4-Mar

Larson Angus Ranch

Sharon Springs,KS

4-Mar

Pasture View Angus Bull Sale

Valentine, NE

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Tessier Herefords Bull Sale

Belfield, ND

10-Mar R.A. Brown Ranch Bull Sale

Throckmorton, TX

6-Mar Trinity Farms Ellensburg, WA

10-Mar Sitz Angus Ranch

Dillon, MT

6-Mar

Tricky’s Herefords Sale

Bellfield, ND

10-Mar Stucky Ranch

Kingman, KS

6-Mar

VF Red Angus

Terrenbonne, OR

10-Mar UDY Cattle Bull Sale

Rockland, ID

6-Mar Wilde Angus Shevlin, MN

11-Mar Bj Angus Genetics

Manhattan, KS

6-Mar

Wildorado Cattle Co.

11-Mar Effertz Key Ranch

Rugby, ND

6-Mar

Wisconsin Hereford Association Sale Lancaster, WI

11-Mar Fritz Red Angus

Brady, MT

7-Mar

Bredemeier Angus Farms

11-Mar Ingram Angus Online Sale

Pulaski, TN

Wildorado, TX Falls City, NE

7-Mar Corsair Angus Lone, OR

11-Mar Jagels Angus Mankato, KS

7-Mar

Fagan-Naylor Production Sale

Blackwell, OK

11-Mar McCurry Angus Ranch Bull Sale

Burton, KS

7-Mar

Gateway Genetics

Pierce, NE

11-Mar Mogck Farms

Ripp, SD

7-Mar

Gold Bullion Group Annual Sale

Wamego, KS

11-Mar Rooney Angus Ranch

Desdemona, TX

7-Mar

Lazy H Ranch

Hays, KS

11-Mar Sunny Okanogan Bull Sale

Omak, WA

7-Mar

Smoky Hills Charolais

Hays, KS

11-Mar Wheeler Mtn.

Whitehall, MT

7-Mar Wilde Angus Shevlin, MN

12-Mar Christensen Angus Ranch

Okarche, OK

8-Mar

Dix Angus Ranch

Plainville, KS

12-Mar Flesch Angus Valier, MT

8-Mar

Don Johnson Angus

Salina, KS

12-Mar High Desert/Rolling Rock

Pilot Rock, OR

8-Mar

Evans Farms Bull Sale

Proctor, TX

12-Mar Hueftle Red Angus

Cozad, NE

8-Mar

Holden Herefords Production Sale

Valier, MT

12-Mar Keller Cattle Corp.

Tremonton, UT

8-Mar LBS Angus Fortuna, ND

12-Mar Kenny Angus Schaller, IA

8-Mar

Niobrara Red Angus

Yankton, SD

12-Mar Leland Red Angus Production Sale

Sidney, MT

8-Mar

Pine Coulee Bulls

Hardin, MT

12-Mar Ok Angus Assn Annual Mtg.

Oklahoma City, OK

8-Mar

Spring Cove Ranch Bull Sale

Bliss, ID

12-Mar Olson Land & Cattle

8-Mar

Stone Gate Farm

Flemingsburg, KY

12-Mar Quest Of The West 16th Annual Sale Spanish Fork, UT

8-Mar

Tegtmeier Polled Herefords

Burchard, NE

12-Mar Rollin Rock 50th Anniversary Bull Sale Pilot Rock, OR

Hereford, TX

9-Mar Conroy Angus Gordon, NE

12-Mar Schlager Angus Canton, MO

9-Mar

12-Mar Smithland Angus

Russell Springs, KY

9-Mar James Angus Alma, NE

12-Mar Sw Nebraska Angus Assn Sale

McCook, NE

9-Mar

Loosli Red Angus

12-Mar T-Bone Angus Atkinson, NE

9-Mar

Macdonald Ranches Performance Power

12-Mat Tennessee Beef Agribition

Lebanon, TN

9-Mar

Mckenzie Land & Livestock Bull Sale Fort Stockton, TX

12-Mar Wall Street Cattle Co.

Lebanon, MO

9-Mar

Romans Ranches Charolais

12-Mar Western Illinois Un. Pt Bull Sale

Macomb, IL

Cooper Hereford Ranch

Willow Creek, MT Asgton, ID Mandan, ND

Westfall, OR

9-Mar Schreiber Angus Beaver, KS

13-Mar Bar S Ranch Annual Production Sale Paradise, KS

9-Mar

13-Mar Beavers Charolais 2 day private treaty Collins, IA

Trask & Petersons

Wasta, SD

9-Mar Veltkamp Angus Manhattan, MT

13-Mar Big Rok Angus Bull & Female Sale

9-Mar

Weber Land & Cattle

Detroit Lakes, MN

Lake Benton, MN

13-Mar Boyd Beef Cattle Bull Sale

Mays Lick, KY

10-Mar Bischoff’s Ravine Creek Ranch

Huron, SD

13-Mar Carcass Performance Partners

Lucedale, MS

10-Mar Flat Iron Angus

Washington, KS

13-Mar Coyote Hills Ranch

Chattanooga, OK

13-Mar Dikeman And Huninghake

Wamego, KS

10-Mar Open A Angus/Heart River Ranch Sale Belfield, ND

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Sale Calendar 13-Mar Double R Bar Ranch

Plymouth, IN

13-Mar Sunnyhill Angus Fairview, IL

13-Mar Express Ranches Honor Roll Sale

Yukon, OK

13-Mar Tennessee Beef Agribition

Lebanon, TN

13-Mar Fast-Dohrman-Strommen Bull Sale

Mandan, ND

13-Mar Thousand Hills Angus

Three Forks, MT

13-Mar Genetic Alliance Bull Sale

Franklin, WV

13-Mar Tucumcari Bull Test Sale

Tucumcari, NM

13-Mar Great Lakes Beef Connection 11th Bull Sale Clare, MI

13-Mar Western Colorado Angus Assn

Delta, CO

13-Mar Heart Of The Ozarks Angus Sale

13-Mar Wright Charolais

Kearney, MO

West Plains, MO

13-Mar Herb Angus Pierce, NE

13-Mar Zumbrunnen Angus Lusk, WY

13-Mar High Roller Angus Center, TX

14-Mar 4M Angus

Blue Hill, NE

13-Mar I-29 Bull Run Sale

Sioux Falls, SD

14-Mar Bar J Ranch Angus Bull Sale

Brooten, MN

13-Mar Jones Family Angus

Belvue, KS

14-Mar Brent Charolais online

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13-Mar Keystone Elite

Mill Hall, PA

14-Mar Minnesota Angus Breeders Sale

Lanesboro, MN

13-Mar Koberstein Angus Ogallala, NE

14-Mar RBM Livestock

Florence, SD

13-Mar Lucht Red Angus

Bozeman, MT

14-Mar Snyder Livestock

Yerington, NV

13-Mar Ludvigson Stock Farms

North Platte, NE

15-Mar Angus in the Basin Bull Sale

Duchesne, UT

13-Mar May-Way Farms

Baldwin City, KS

15-Mar B&D Herefords And Angus

Claflin, KS

13-Mar Nipp Charolais

Wilson, OK

15-Mar Bloomfield Ica Bull Sale

Bloomfield, IA

13-Mar Nelson Angus Egeland, ND

15-Mar Brent Charolais Fourth Annual Online Bull Sale

13-Mar Northwest Select Simmental Sale

15-Mar Dodds Cattle Bull Sale

Stanley, ND

Fullerton, NE

13-Mar Red Alliance Groesbeck, TX

15-Mar Executive Ranches/Hornung Livestock Stratton, CO

13-Mar Rifle Creek Cattle Co.

Anselmo, NE

15-Mar Flat Water Gang

13-Mar Riverbend Ranch Bull Sale

Idaho Falls, ID

15-Mar Freouf Angus Erickson, NE

13-Mar Rock’n D Ranch Bull Sale

Junction City, OR

15-Mar Hinkle’S Prime Cut Angus

Nevada, MO

13-Mar Sampson Cattle Co. Bull Sale

Kirksville, MO

15-Mar Rocking Jt & Snowy Mtn.

Lewistown, MT

13-Mar South Central Red Genetics

Marietta, OK

15-Mar Sun River Red Angus

Great Falls, MT

15-Mar Whistling Winds Angus

Hingham, MT

Broken Bow, NE

16-Mar Bartels Angus Riverton, NE 16-Mar Blevins Angus Missoula, MT 16-Mar Camas Prairie Angus Bull Sale

Lewiston, ID

16-Mar Diamond C Red Angus

Mandan, ND

16-Mar Flying S Herefords Production Sale

Paluxy, TX

16-Mar Green Mountain Red Angus

Logan, MT

16-Mar Hinkson Angus Ranch

Cottonwood Falls, KS

16-Mar Layzzzzzz Acres

North Platte, NE

16-Mar Nelson Red Angus Revolution Bull Sale

Philip, SD

16-Mar Powerline Genetics Bull Sale

Arapahoe, NE

16-Mar Quirk Land & Cattle

Hastings, NE

16-Mar Schrader Ranch’s Bid Off Sale

Wells, KS

16-Mar Vanbeek Angus Mobridge, SD 16-Mar Vaughn Farms

Napoleon, ND

17-Mar 2 Bar Angus Bull Sale

Hereford, TX

17-Mar Ernst Herefords Bull Sale

Atkinson, NE

17-Mar Klompien Red Angus

Manhattan, MT

17-Mar Lufkin Cattle Bull Sale

Tendoy, ID

17-Mar Mid-Kansas Angus Breeders

La Crosse, KS

17-Mar Stevenson Angus Hobson, MT

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17-Mar Valley Oaks Angus

Oak Grove, MO

17-Mar Wagonhammer Ranches

Bartlett, NE

17-Mar Western Breeders’ Ass’N Bull Test

Eltopia, WA

17-Mar Woodbury Farms

Overbrook, KS

18-Mar Benoit Angus Ranch

Esbon, KS

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Sale Calendar 18-Mar Carter Cattle Bull Sale

Pingree, ID

20-Mar Live Oak Spring Sale

Three Rivers, TX

18-Mar DBL Angus Fullerton, NE

20-Mar Lone Oak Cattle 9th Annual Bull Sale Mechanicsville, IA

18-Mar Edgewood Angus Online Sale

West Point, VA

20-Mar MCA/MSU Bull Evaluation Sale

Crystal, MI

18-Mar Evenson Angus Hettinger, ND

20-Mar Milk Creek Reds Bull Sale

Plevna, MT

18-Mar Henke Angus Salisbury, MO

20-Mar Molitor Angus Ranch

Zenda, KS

18-Mar K7 Herefords 14th Bull & Female Sale Lockridge, IA

20-Mar More Than A Bull XVI

Lafayette, TN

18-Mar Malek Angus Highwood, MT

20-Mar Musgrave Angus Griggsville, IL

18-Mar Martin Red Angus

Glasgow, MT

20-Mar NE Arkansas Angus Assn Spring Sale Charlotte, AR

18-Mar Vallad/Oft Bull Sale

Vale, OR

20-Mar Nelson Angus Bull Sale

19-Mar 3C Christensen Ranch/Nlc Ranch

Wessington, SD

20-Mar Ohio Beef Expo/Eastern Spring Classic Columbus, OH

19-Mar Keller Cattle Corp. Bull Sale

Tremonton, UT

20-Mar Pinegar Limousin

19-Mar Laubach Red Angus

Big Timber, MT

20-Mar Pollard Farms

Waukomis, OK

19-Mar Lautenschlager & Sons

Othello, WA

20-Mar Red Hill Farms’

Lafayette, TN

19-Mar Leadore Bull Sale

Leadore, ID

20-Mar Schweitzer Red Angus

Beatrice, NE

19-Mar Marshall & Fenner Sale

Malta Bend, MO

Salmon, ID

Springfield, MO

20-Mar South Montana Angus Ass’N Sale

Ramsay, MT

19-Mar McKellar Angus Mount Pleasant, TX

20-Mar Springhill Herefords

Blue Rapids, KS

19-Mar Meadow Lawn Angus 3rd Production

Eastman, WI

20-Mar T And S Strnad Charolais

Formoso, KS

19-Mar MT Performance With Basin Angus

Columbus, MT

20-Mar TK Cattle Co

San Angelo, TX

19-Mar Mushrush Red Angus

Strong City, KS

20-Mar UBIA Performance Bull Test Sale

Salina, UT

19-Mar Pacific Northwest Red Bull Rendezvous Othello, WA

20-Mar Waukaru Farms

Rensselaer, IN

19-Mar S.C. Angus Assn Mtg. & Banquet

Clemson, SC

20-Mar Ward Ranch Bull Sale

Gardnerville, NV

19-Mar Scherbenske Angus Ranch

Lehr, ND

21-Mar 2K Cattle 23rd Production Sale

Bloomington, WI

19-Mar Southern WV Bull Test Sale

Ripley, WV

21-Mar April Valley Farms

Leavenworth, KS

19-Mar Sunflower Genetics’

Maple Hill, KS

21-Mar Briarwood Angus Butler, MO

19-Mar TD Angus At Rishel Ranch,

North Platte, NE

21-Mar E.D. Angus Ashby, NE

19-Mar THM Land & Livestock

Vienna, MO

19-Mar Wann Ranch

Poteau, OK

20-Mar 007 Charolais & Flippo

Rush Springs, OK

20-Mar 9 Mile Ranch

Touchet, WA

20-Mar 44 Farms Abilene Bull Sale

Abilene, TX

20-Mar Alcove Cattle Co. Bull Sale

Blue Rapids, KS

20-Mar Altenburg Super Baldy Ranch

Fort Collins, CO

20-Mar Aschermann Charolais/Akaushi

Carthage, MO

20-Mar Beef On Forage – Texoma

McAlester, OK

20-Mar Blubaugh Angus Ranch

Tonkawa, OK

20-Mar Brinkley Angus Ranch

Milan, MO

20-Mar Buckeye Hereford Assoc Sale

Columbus, OH

20-Mar Carolina Futurity

Clemson, SC

20-Mar Cattlemen’s Choice Sale

Greenleaf, KS

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20-Mar CES Polled Herefords/Predestined Cattle Wadley, GA 20-Mar Dickinson Ranch’S

Gorham, KS

20-Mar East Tennessee Angus Assoc. Sale

Knoxville, TN

20-Mar Fairview Farms

Moorefield, WV

20-Mar Falling Timber Farm Sale

Marthasville, MO

20-Mar Fred Ranch

Burwell, NE

20-Mar Gardel’s Angus Annual Bull Sale

Kearney, NE

20-Mar Gray’s Angus Ranch

Harrison, NE

20-Mar Hales Angus Farm Canyon, TX 20-Mar J&J Sonstebo Angus

Wallace, SD

20-Mar K&B Herefords Sale

Ionida, SD

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Sale Calendar 21-Mar Hanneken Angus 16th Annual Focus Sale Pierz, MN

24-Mar McCumber Angus Ranch

Rolette, ND

21-Mar Leachman Cattle of CO

Fort Collins, CO

24-Mar NJW Polled Herefords

Sheridan, WY

21-Mar Magness Land & Cattle

Miami, OK

24-Mar Nebraska Bull Test Sale

Broken Bow, NE

21-Mar Vision Quest Angus

Yates Center, KS

24-Mar Performance Unlimited Bull Sale

Creston, IA

21-Mar Wabasha Valley Angus Assoc. Sale

Harrisburg, IL

24-Mar Rossow Angus Ranch

Herreid, SD

22-Mar CES/ Presidential Partners in Progress Wadley, GA

24-Mar Schilling Cattle

Brewster, KS

22-Mar Ful Angus Columbus, MT

24-Mar Westphal Red Angus

Grass Range, MT

22-Mar Emmy Group Angus Sale

Decorah, IA

24-Mar York Creek Red Angus 10th Annual Bull Sale

22-Mar Feddes/ C-T Red Angus

Manhattan, MT

25-Mar Dethlefs Angus Ranch

Burwell, NE

22-Mar Larsen Angus Ranch

Forsyth, MT

25-Mar Driscoll Cattle Co.

Huron, SD

22-Mar Luddington Cattle

Freedom, KS

25-Mar Gartner-Denowh Angus Ranch

Sidney, MT

22-Mar Oleen Bros.

Dwight, KS

25-Mar Gibbs Red Angus

Glasgow, MT

22-Mar Smith Angus/Predestined Cattle Co.

Wadley, GA

25-Mar Glasoe Angus Ranch Annual Bull Sale Williston, ND

22-Mar Snowshoe Cattle Co. Hereford

Arthur, NE

25-Mar McCabe Genetics Sale

Elk City, KS

23-Mar Bar JV Angus

Fairview, MT

25-Mar NJW Polled Herefords

Sheridan, WY

23-Mar C-B Charolais 35th Annual Production Sale

Montpeller, ND

Dunlap, IA

25-Mar Northern Lites Red Angus

Glasgow, MT

23-Mar Ferguson Angus Phillipsburg, KS

25-Mar Riley Taylor Charolais

Delta, CO

23-Mar Frenzen Angus & Polled Herefords

Fullerton, NE

25-Mar Sundberg Farms Bull Sale

Mendota, IL

23-Mar Hall Stock Farm

Berthold, ND

25-Mar Sweiger Farms

Maysville, MO

23-Mar Rossow Angus Ranch

Herreid, SD

25-Mar VR Commercial Heifer Sale

Billings, MT

23-Mar Slovek Angus Ranch

Philip, SD

25-Mar Wardensville Bull Test Sale

Wardensville, WV

23-Mar Superior Beef Genetics

Lamar, MO

26-Mar Antczak Angus/ Hollow Point Angus Chetek, WI

23-Mar Thomas/3-String Cattle Bull Sale

Shoshone, ID

26-Mar Brent Cattle Co.

Woodrow, CO

24-Mar Diamond H Ranch Annual Production Sale LaCrosse, KS

26-Mar Duff Cattle Co.

Hobart, OK

24-Mar Master Angus Chinook, MT

26-Mar Haugen Cattle Co.

Mandan, ND

Gardels Angus

26-Mar Lisco/M Diamond Casper, WY 26-Mar N.C. Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting Statesville, NC

Annual Bull Sale March 20th, Kearney

26-Mar Pennsylvania’s Finest Female Sale

Furnace, PA

26-Mar Roth Angus 23rd Annual Sale

Freeman, SD

26-Mar Sexton Genetics Bull Sale

Fort Gibson, OK

26-Mar Smith Angus Ranch

Bassett, NE

26-Mar The Great Northern @ Northern Genetics

Casino Bomber N33 #18658677

Clear Lake, MN

26-Mar Texas & SW Cattle Raisers Assn

Fort Worth, TX

26-Mar Vermilion Ranch Bull Sale

Billings, MT

27-Mar 3C Cattle Carrollton, MO 27-Mar 8 Story Farms

Gallatin, MO

27-Mar Basin Bullfest Sale

Klamath Falls, OR

27-Mar Candy Meadow Farms Production Sale Lexington, TN Bushs Wind Chill 982 #17954351

27-Mar Connealy Angus Ranch

Whitman, NE

27-Mar Cranview Gelbvieh

Rugby, ND

27-Mar Croissant Red Angus

Briggsdale, CO

27-Mar D&W Angus Hartwell, GA Vermillion Huntley #18345105

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27-Mar Dahlke Red Angus

Bagley, MN

27-Mar DaKitch Farms 7th Annual Sale

Ada, MN

27-Mar Deer Valley Farm Bull Sale

Fayetville, TN

27-Mar Emmons Ranch Annual Bull Sale

Groesbeck, TX

27-Mar Fischer Red Angus

Harlowton, MT

27-Mar Gabriel Ranch

Grand Saline, TX

27-Mar Geyer Cattle Co.

Huron, SD

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Sale Calendar 27-Mar Hammock Ridge Production Sale

Alma, WV

27-Mar Heart Of America Hereford Assoc.

Wayne City, IL

27-Mar Heim Cattle Co. Production Sale

Saint Charles, MN

27-Mar Kramer Angus Farina, IL 27-Mar Lehrkamp Livestock

Caputa, SD

27-Mar Littlerobe Angus Higgins, TX 27-Mar Lund’s B Bar

Baker, MT

27-Mar New Haven Angus

Leavenworth, KS

27-Mar North Carolina Hereford Classic Sale Statesville, NC 27-Mar P Bar S Ranch

Sand Springs, OK

27-Mar Rogers Cattle Co. & Lile Farms

Stafford, MO

27-Mar Sandhill Farms Production Sale

Haviland, KS

27-Mar Sauk Valley Angus

Rock Falls, IL

27-Mar Sinclair Cattle Co.

Buffalo, WY

27-Mar Three C Cattle Co.

Carrollton, MO

27-Mar Valley View Charolais

Polson, MT

27-Mar Wakefield Farms Performance Bull Sale Dunlap, IA 27-Mar Whitestone Farm Aldie, VA 27-Mar Worthington Angus Dadeville, MO 27-Mar Zehnder Waage Partnership Bull Sale Greenbush, MN 28-Mar Arrow One Angus

North Platte, NE

28-Mar Leary Angus 16th Production Sale

Caledonia, MN

28-Mar Mlnarik Cattle Co. Bull Sale

Clearwater, NE

28-Mar WHR Shorthorns Van Alstyne, TX 28-Mar Woody Ranch

Barnard, KS

28-Mar York Farms

Palestine, IL

29-Mar Axtell Cattle Co.

Sterling, CO

29-Mar Copeland And Sons Herefords LLC

Clayton, NM

29-Mar Harrer’s Lost Lake Ranch

Great Falls, MT

29-Mar Heritage Farm Bull Sale

Shelbyville, KY

29-Mar Live Wire Auction Female Sale

Springfield, MO

29-Mar Mcentire Red Angus

Sweetwater, OK

29-Mar Miller Angus Of Estelline

Bruce, SD

29-Mar Oak Hollow Bull Sale

Smiths Grove, KY

29-Mar SW Missouri PT Bull Sale

Springfield, MO

30-Mar Horse Creek Charolais

La Junta, CO

30-Mar Littau Angus Dallas, SD 30-Mar Peacock Angus Ranch

Covington, TX

30-Mar Sliver Bit Angus Ranch

May, ID

31-Mar Peterson Land & Cattle

Havre, MT

1-Apr

Bassett, NE

A&B Cattle Co. Annual Bull Sale

1-Apr Arntzen Angus Hilger, MT 1-Apr

Bar 69 Angus Ranch

Belle Fourche, SD

1-Apr

Bowles J5 Red Angus

Glasgow, MT

1-Apr

Fox’s Angus Farm Bull & Female Sale Watertown, SD

1-Apr Kaiser Angus Park, KS 1-Apr

Midland Bull Test Final Sort Sales

Columbus, MT

1-Apr

Minnesota Beef Cattle Improvement

Jackson, MN

2-Apr

GA Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting

Perry, GA

2Apr

Kammerer Livestock

St. Onge, SD

2-Apr

Meyer Cattle Co.

Curryville, MO

2-Apr

Midland Bull Test Angus Day

Columbus, MT

2-Apr

Pieper Performance Leader Sale

Hay Springs, NE

2-Apr

SD State University Bull Sale

Brookings, SD

2-Apr

SE Elite Female Sale

Perry, GA

2-Apr

Springlake Angus Ranch & Guests Sale Lynch, NE

2-Apr Weers Abgus Diller, NE

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3-Apr

Andras Stock Farm

3-Apr

Opportunity Sale at Buckner & Jeffries Canmer, KY

3-Apr

Brook’s Chalky Butte Angus Ranch

Bowman, ND

3-Apr

Circle G Ranches

Adel, GA

3-Apr

DeBruycker Charolais

Great Falls, MT

3-Apr

Dean Angus Female Sale

Boyd, TX

3-Apr

Four State Angus Assoc. Sale

Springfield, MO

3-Apr

Gardiner Angus Ranch

Ashland, KS

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Sale Calendar 7-Apr Schelske Angus Virgil, SD 8-Apr

Bowling Ranch Spring Bull Sale

Blackwell, OK

8-Apr

Capitol Angus Bull Sale

Whitehouse, TX

8-Apr

McClun’s Lazy JM Ranch

Torrington, WY

8-Apr

Reich Charolais

Belle Fourche, SD

8-Apr

Sonderup Charolais Ranch, Inc.

Fullerton, NE

9-Apr

5L Red Angus

Sheridan, MT

9-Apr

Cardinal Charolais

Hillrose, CO

9-Apr

Country Roads Angus

Carthage, IL

9-Apr Ingram Angus Pulaski, TN 9-Apr

Kirkwood Ica Bull Sale

Cedar Rapids, IA

9-Apr

Prairie View Farms

Gridley, IL

9-Apr

Quaker Hill Farm @ Knight Cattle Co. Orange, VA

9-Apr Regency Acres Sidney, MT

3-Apr

Grassy Valley Farm

Greeneville, TN

9-Apr

Sellman Ranch

9-Apr

Wulf Cattle Annual Opportunity Sale Atkinson, NE

Crawford, NE

10-Apr Branch View Angus

Hustonville, KY Wadley, GA Gainesville, TX

3-Apr

GA Hereford Association Finest Sale Perry GA

10-Apr Cam Ranches/Ogeechee Angus

3-Apr

Haugestuen Ranches Production Sale Barron, WI

10-Apr Charolais Association Of Texas

3-Apr Kraye Angus Mullen, NE

10-Apr Collier Farms Giddings, TX

3-Apr

Lawson Family Farm

Ewing, VA

10-Apr Crazy K Michie, TN

3-Apr

Louisiana BBA Rose Capital Classic

Shrevport, LA

10-Apr Ellis Farms Production Sale

Chrisman, IL

3-Apr

Magness Land & Cattle

Loma, CO

10-Apr Fink Beef Genetics Bull Sale

Manhattan, KS Stillwater, OK

3-Apr

MC Livestock Spring Sale

Greenville, VA

10-Apr Griswold Cattle Co. Bull Sale

3-Apr

Panther Creek Ranch

Bowen, IL

10-Apr Hansine Ranch

Hayes, SD Hyannis, NE

3-Apr

Paint Valley Farms

Millersburg, OH

10-Apr Hebbert Charolais

3-Apr

Reisig Cattle Co.

Hardin, MT

10-Apr I Like It Like That & 4C Red Angus

Chinook, MT Red House, VA

3-Apr

Ridder Farms

Hermann, MO

10-Apr Knoll Crest Farms Spring Sale

3-Apr

Show-Me Classic

WINDSOR, MO

10-Apr Lazy Bar F & Double G Shorthorns

Seminole, OK Shepherd, MT

3-Apr

Spear J Red Angus

Joran, MT

10-Apr Ludvigson Stock Farms

3-Apr

Vaughan Family Ranch

El Dorado, KS

10-Apr Montgomery Angus

Carrington, ND Platte, SD

3-Apr

Wisconsin Beef Improvement Assn 64th Online

10-Apr Prairie Valley Farm

4-Apr

Mather & Hartzell at

Colfax, IA

10-Apr Rambur Charolais

Sidney, MT

Brookfield, MO

10-Apr Sensations Charolais

Williamston, SC

Cascade, MT

10-Apr Shady Brook Angus

Leoma, TN

Ellsworth, KS

10-Apr Sonstegard Cattle Co.

Montevideo, MN

10-Apr SW Ranchers Bull Sale

Chickasha, OK Strafford, MO

5-Apr

Brockmere Farms

5-Apr

Gollaher Ranch

5-Apr

Green Garden Angus

5-Apr

Ridder Farms

Breeders World Online Sales

5-Apr

Stewart Select Angus

Greensburg, IN

10-Apr The Renaissance

5-Apr

Weber Charolais& Red Angus

Lake Andes, SD

10-Apr Thorstenson Hereford Ranch

Selby, SD Jacksons Mill, WV

6-Apr

Barta Farms

Lyons, KS

10-Apr West Virginia Beef Expo Hereford

6-Apr

Coleman Limousin Ranch

Missoula, MT

10-Apr Woodhill Farms Bull Sale

Viroqua, WI

North Platte, NE

11-Apr Northern Indiana Angus Breeders

Logansport, IN

6-Apr Hinman Angus Malta, MT

11-Apr OSU Cowboy Classic Sale

Stillwater, OK

6-Apr

Hubert Charolais Ranch

12-Apr Cook Angus Billings, MT

6-Apr

SpringLake Angus Ranch & Guests Sale

6-Apr

6-Apr

Daigger-Orr Angus

Vollmer Angus Ranch - New Date

Monument, KS Lynch, NE

Wing, ND

12-Apr Eggleston Charolais

Wessington, SD

12-Apr Grass Time Partners

Mount Sterling, KY

6-Apr WEBO Angus Lusk, WY

12-Apr Herbster Angus 10th Annual Bull/Female Marysville, KS

7-Apr 2J Angus Dunlap, IA

12-Apr Northern Plains Simmental

Bowbells, ND

7-Apr

12-Apr Wagner Charolais

Nunn, CO

13-Apr Beckton Red Angus

Sheridan, WY

Kansas Bull Test

Wamego, KS

7-Apr Nissen Angus Chinook, MT American Beef Producer 42

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HOT OFF THE PRESS

“Deadwood”

TK Cattle pays big $$ for prize bull f r o m Po s s A n g u s - n o w r a n k e d # 3 02/05/21 - All eyes and ears were on the Poss Angus Bull Sale outside of the small town of Scotia in central Nebraska. A bull there that had caught the attention of many cattlemen and women, near and far. He checked all the boxes. This bull was the lot 1 and lead off. When the chant of the auctioneer ended and the dust settled, “Poss Deadwood” commanded a selling price of $900,000, going to TK Cattle of Menard, TX. Poss Angus is a first-generation operation owned and operated by Danny & Kristi Poss. Danny started with Angus 30 years ago while still in college and this year marked their 21st bull sale. His goal is to raise superior Angus genetics based on economically important traits. Cattle must be fault free with moderate birth weights and excellent performance. These cattle are raised on high roughage and get plenty of exercise to ensure predictability and longevity which turns into customer satisfaction.

They felt blessed and fortunate to have raised and sold a bull of this caliber. Nolan recognized Deadwood at calving time. While tagging and weighing him, Nolan sensed they had something big. He called his dad to say 399 had a pretty good calf that was very stout. From then on, Deadwood was always 3 steps ahead of his herdmates.

A year later, the DNA numbers came back for all of the recorded traits

and that’s when Deadwood separated himself from the rest. His mother, Poss Ellunamere 399, had good balanced numbers, nothing crazy. But Deadwood’s DNA numbers were exceptional. People started to see Deadwood show up regularly in data search results. Then the calls started coming and picked up pace when Poss’s hosted their first female sale last fall. That day, Reverse Rocking R Ranch of NM selected Deadwood’s mother as the top seller that day for $22,000.

Picture day was a special day. Deadwood walked into the pen and popped a pose right off the bat. That picture hit social media and the buzz was on! At sale time about 5,000 straws of semen had already been ordered with production going well. Now all orders have been transferred to the new buyer, TK Cattle.

David Powell, of TK Cattle, is excited. While doing an early sort of EPD’s with specific parameters, Deadwood’s name surfaced in every search. “That‘s a bull that checks all the boxes. He‘s an all-around individual that people have been waiting for. Great phenotype combined with a no hole’s genomic profile makes him a bull that should work for everyone”, David said.

With this sale, Deadwood is now ranked #3 in the Angus breed.

It will be fun and exciting to watch the future of Deadwood and his progeny on down the road.

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Sale Calendar 13-Apr Cedar Ridge Online Production Sale

Pulaski, TN

13-Apr Hager Cattle Co.

Karlsruhe, ND

13-Apr Hilltop Angus Denton, MT 13-Apr Sydenstricker Angus Genetic

New Cambria, MO

13-Apr Thomas Ranch

Harrold, SD

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14-Apr Carr Angus Hobson, MT 14-Apr Dybdal Charolais

Laurel, NE

14-Apr Pass Creek Angus

Wyola, MT

14-Apr Peterson’s L7 Bar Ranch

Pukwana, SD

15-Apr Big Dry Angus

Jordan, MT

15-Apr Milk River Angus

Malta, MT

15-Apr Southard Land & Cattle

Wheatland, WY

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16-Apr DeGrand Baker, MT 16-Apr Friendship Farms

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Canoochee, GA

16-Apr MO Charolais Breeders Banquet & Meeting Springfield, MO 17-Apr Alabama Angus Ass’n Sale

Cullman, AL

17-Apr Barnes/Whitehawk Southern Belles

Cedartown, GA

17-Apr Black Ink Farms

Delmont, SD

17-Apr Belle Point Ranch

Lavaca, AR

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17-Apr Britt Angus Hartwell, GA 17-Apr Clifford Farms & Guests

Cynthiana, KY

17-Apr Cobb Charolais Ranch

Great Falls, MT

17-Apr D-N-D Ent. Complete Dispersion

Bluford, IL

17-Apr DLCC Ranch Spring Productions Sale Pierz, MN 17-Apr Double G Bull Sale

Rush Springs, OK

17-Apr East Texas & Louisiana BMG Sale

Crockett, TX

17-Apr IBEP Winter Bull Test Sale

Springville, IN

17-Apr Lindskov – Thiel Ranch

Isabel, SD

17-Apr Missouri Charolais Breeders Assoc.

Springfield, MO

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17-Apr Sandrock Ranch Benton, WI 17-Apr Southwest Ranchers (Wheeler/Sims)

Chickaska, OK

17-Apr Stuber Ranch Production Sale

Bowman, ND

17-Apr SW Ranchers Bull Sale

Chickasha, OK

17-Apr Terry Little’s Tl Angus Ranch

Monticello, MO

19-Apr JAC’s Ranch Online Sale

Bentonville, AR

19-Apr Ohlde Cattle Co.

Palmer, KS

20-Apr Bieber Fever Online Female Sale

Leola, SD

20-Apr Lawrence Family Limousin

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20-Apr Tifton Herd Sale

Irwinville, GA

20-Apr Treasure Test Bull Sale

Great Falls, MT

21-Apr Ade Polled Herefords

Amsterdam, MO

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RANCH RAISED KIDS A series of photo books celebrating the heritage and future of Cattle Ranching in America Publisher‘s Note: The one thing that sticks with me when we tour all of the different ranches and farms for our magazine, is how proud all of the kids are of their home and their family. More times than not, they take me aside to show how involved they are in every day operations and how important their role is in this place they call home. Every single Ranch Raised Kid plans to run the ranch one day. That look in their eyes..that excitement...shows through with every spoken word.

With that said, about a month ago I noticed an ad for a book about Ranch Raised Kids. I instantly felt a connection. I had to get in touch with the book‘s authors and see what we could do to help promote this idea, this amazing project of theirs. This feel-good book series by Seth Joel and Charlie Holland about kids growing up on ranches is heart-

warming and addicting. Then there‘s the stunning photos by Seth Joel, who is basically royalty amongst us photographers. Plus they drove over 25,000 miles around California alone interviewing 70 kids at 26 ranches, grazing allotments, fairs, rodeos and parades.

So far there are 2 books: California and Arizona. Next on the list? Montana and New Mexico. If this peaks your interest, and it should, read on for more about this important project that Charlie and Seth started, and will continue, much to our delight! - Derek 46

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As They See Themselves written by Charlie Holland and photography by Seth Joel, co-authors of the Ranch Raised Kids book series

The “Ranch Raised Kids” book series is a testimony to the kids and the culture of the families that are raising cattle on America’s ranches.

Although we‘ve always had more pavement than pasture under our feet, the kids we met in Arizona and California looked familiar because ‘Cowboys’ are staple characters in movies and books that celebrate bygone America. But, the kids we know, true Ranch Raised Kids, are not imita-

tions or wannabes. They dress like cowboys because they are cowboys. Like their predecessors, they ride horses with skill and work cattle without fear, in pastures that can be measured in square miles.

Five years ago, if we had an agenda, it was this: follow these kids home, photograph their everyday lives, and ask them to tell us about their hopes and dreams. We wanted to show their urban peers that

ranching doesn’t take place in a faraway land before time and that ‘cowboy-ing’ and real cattlemen exist in the here and now.

Now we have met 170 kids on 52 ranches in the tightly-knit ranching community that is widely-dispersed across Arizona and California. Some families had laid down roots seven generations ago, others were just starting to build a herd and some skilled young families were still on the move, moving from ranch to

“Ranch Raised Kids are impressive. Mature beyond their years, they ride horses with skill and rope steers without fear. They are well educated and beautifully mannered” Clayton Wolf, 10, Medoc County, California “Sam is just like happy,

Charlie is going to be a Rancher”

Will Kemp, 11, Mono County, California “Everyone should know what Ranchers do to keep the land running and looking

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Documenting the reality, not the myth, of ranching life on Cattle Ranches, as seen through the eyes of the next generation...

Josie Wilder, 9, Kern County, California “People are really interested in the history of this ranch”

Emma Westbrook, 11, Greenlee County, Arizona “The thing I am most proud of in life, is learning how to work on a ranch” ranch, buoyed by their good reputations. Ranching is still a hands-on profession, a carefully calibrated business of managing unpredictable elements and limited resources: in Arizona that‘s water, in California that‘s land.

In the branding corral, where the dust boils up and “Hot Iron‘ is shouted over and over again, the unromantic truth about the danger of working cattle sinks in. Parents teach their kids to moderate their appetite for danger and learn to be alert and safe. They bring up children with the know-how and confidence to make life and death decisions. They make sure their children are well educated, beautifully mannered and tip their hats with aristocratic elegance.

Ranch raised kids taught us that grit isn‘t the dirt between your teeth; it‘s the effort. It means making a hand, putting in a day‘s work, punching above your weight, and having “the try”. It means not quitting, not complaining, and taking care of your animals first.

The men who drove cattle out of Texas quickly became a thing of the past, mythologized in their own lifetime. But the rigors of life on the trail established a right way and a wrong way of going. The way things are done has changed, but the common sense code is still alive, 140 years later, in these kids with their way of going, behaving and believing.

Every kid has a different experience and but one things holds; if it‘s in your heart, and if you are blessed, your life has purpose. So we will continue to photograph and celebrate these impressive kids.

We will pursue Ranch Raised Kids in Montana, Oregon and New Mexico. We will always be the people “who are not from round here” who want to know what‘s going on around here.

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We have visited with 52 families and interviewed 170 kids, aged 6-18

In 2015, we were in Arizona producing commercial photography and writing magazine stories. We were invited to the Arizona Cowpuncher’s Reunion Rodeo. That’s where we met the kids being raised ‘cowboy’ in America today. We were impressed. We sought out their parents and asked them to allow us to tell their kid‘s stories. After many months, one family in Arizona said yes, and started the ball rolling. We‘re honored that the community, who are justly proud of their children, trusted us and welcomed us into their close-knit but far-flung ranching community.

In 2018 Arizona Cattle Grower’s Research and Education Foundation realized that our book was a celebration of their heritage and lives as seen through the eyes of their children. Thanks to the generous support of their president, Dr. Suzanne T. Menges, Arizona Ranch Raised Kids was published in 2018.

That book is available through https://www.azcattlegrowers.org/arizona-ranch-raised-kids.

At our first meeting, the California CattleWomen immediately understood our passion and agreed to sponsor California Ranch Raised Kids. Their members introduced us to many remarkable ranching families who invited us, without hesitation, to their ranches all over the state. We travelled 25,000 miles through California and visited with 26 hard working families in the cow/calf and seedstock industry.

Julie Barnett, president of the California CattleWomen, recruited co-sponsors and donors from community leaders in support of California Ranch Raised Kids. These sponsors included the California Rangeland Trust, California Beef Council and California Cattlemen’s Association and the more than 60 individual donors. The book was published in hard back and soft cover.

California Ranch Raised Kids is available exclusively through https://cattlewomen.org/shop/.

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Sale Calendar 21-Apr Bieber Fever Online Female Sale

Leola, SD

24-Apr Pleasant Hill

Rockfield, KY

21-Apr Milk River Angus

Malta, MT

24-Apr RAO Salers Cattle Ranch

Williston, ND

22-Apr Bieber Fever Online Female Sale

Leola, SD

24-Apr Ritchie County Polled Hereford Assoc Harrisville, WV

22-Apr JMAR Genetics & Guests

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24-Apr Spring Fever Sale

Union Grove, NC

22-Apr Mangen Angus Broadus, MT

24-Apr Springtime in Texas Sale

Brenham, TX

22-Apr Valley View Angus Online Female Sale Republic, MO

24-Apr Texas Limousin Association Annual Sale

23-Apr Knoxville ICA Bull Test Sale

Knoxville, IA

24-Apr Wienk Charolais Ranch

Lake Preston, SD

23-Apr McKean Bros PT Angus Sale

Mercer, PA

24-Apr Wild Indian Acres

Cuba, MO

23-Apr Medicine Rocks Ranch

Ekalaka, MT

24-Apr WR Bar Ranch 29th Production sale

Pequot Lakes, MN

23-Apr Nextgen Cattle Company Spring Event Paxico, KS

25-Apr Quintin Smith Family & Guests

Lebanon, TN

23-Apr Red Western Red Angus

Crawford, NE

25-Apr Rocking W Angus Jefferson, GA

23-Apr Spring Flint Hills Classic Sale

Paxico, KS

26-Apr ND Angus Assoc. Bull Test Sale

24-Apr 4 Brands Alliance Group Production

Foss, OK

27-Apr Baxter Angus Annual Production sale Rockham, SD

Dickinson, ND

24-Apr 5th an. Beefmaster Bull & Heifer sale Exeter, MO

27-Apr Currant Creek

Miles City, MT

24-Apr Brand Angus

27-Apr Grasstime Sale

Billings, MT

24-Apr Collins Farms Cusseta, AL

27-Apr Hemphill County Tx A&M

Canadian, TX

24-Apr Double G Bull Sale

27-Apr Lindskov-Thiel Ranch

Isabel, SD

Lake City, MN Rush Springs, OK

24-Apr Hallstrand Angus Prentice, WI

27-Apr Linhart Limousin Divas Fallborn Online Heifer Sale

24-Apr Iron Lake Ranch Dispersal

Athens, TX

28-Apr Gill Red Angus

Timber Lake, SD

24-Apr Lesikar Angus Female Sale

Athens, TX

29-Apr Kentucky Angus Derby Sale

Shelbyville, KY

24-Apr Little W Farm

Lebanon, TN

30-Apr Crosshair Simmental

Dawson, ND

24-Apr Middle Tennessee Hereford Assn Sale Cross Plains, TN

30-Apr Express Ranches Grass Time Sale

Yukon, OK

24-Apr Murray State College

Tishomingo, OK

30-Apr Kuhns Red Angus

Napoleon, ND

24-Apr OK Angus Commercial Female Sale

Holdenville, OK

30-Apr South Carolina Hereford Assn.

Clemson, SC

1-May

OD Butler Texas A&M Research Center College Station, TX

1-May Bridges Angus Lexington, GA 1-May

Cowboy Heritage Beefmaster

Oklahoma City, OK

1-May

Coyote Hills Ranch

Chattanooga, OK

1-May

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1-May

Genomic Gems Female Sale

Giddings, TX

1-May

Karr Farms

Gallipolis, OH

1-May

MS Angus Assn. Sale

Raymond, MS

1-May

South Carolina Hereford Assn. Sale

Clemson, SC

1-May

Tennessee River Music

Ft. Payne, AL

1-May

Trowbridge Farms

Ghent, NY

1-May

The Cowboy Heritage Beefmaster Sale Oklahoma City, OK

6-May

44 Frams Online Female Sale

Cameron, TX

6-May

Cactus Cattle Co.

Plevna, MT

6-May Paint Rock Angus Hyattville, WY

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A Bar Ranch Commercial Female Sale Claremore, OK

8-May

Central States Bba Sale

Locust Grove, OK

8-May

Burns Farms Female Event

Pikeville, TN

8-May

Central States BBA Sale

Locust Grove, OK

8-May

Hillhouse Angus Female Sale

Schulenburg, TX

8-May

Maternal Gems Sale

Union Springs, AL

8-May

Mead Farms Female Sale

Versailles, MO

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TX Angus Assoc. Female Sale

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LaMoure, ND

25-Sep Forrest Polled Herefords Production Sale Saluda, SC

15-May Swinging B And Friends Sale

Salado, TX

26-Sep Ludvigson Stock Farms West Coast

16-May Heuchert Willow Creek Angus

Hensel, ND

2-Oct

18-May Cottonwood Angus Farms Bull Sale

Philip, SD

16-Oct Beef On Forage Bull Sale

Brenham, TX

19-May Innisfail Farm/Mead Cattle Enterprises Madison, GA

16-Oct Bill Carr & Others Fall Sale

Floresville, TX

22-May Heritage Farm Production Sale

Shelbyville, KY

17-Oct Ludvigson Stock Farms Ozark

Nevada, MO

22-May MO/KS/AR/OK Angus Sale

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30-Oct Ludvigson Stock Farms

Shepherd, MT

22-May Soaring Eagle Farms

Springfield, MO

4-Nov

5L Red Angus

Sheridan, MT

22-May Spur Ranch Female Sale

Vinita, OK

5-Nov

Beefmaster E6 Commercial Female Sale McAlester, OK

25-May Ludvigson Stock Farms

Shepherd, MT

15-Nov Bichler Simmental & Red Angus

29-May Innisfail Farm/ Mead Cattle

Madison, GA

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2-Jun

Calhoun Herd Sale

Calhoun, GA

5-Jun

Appalachian Classic Sale

Knoxville, TN

6-Jun

Hawkeye Country Angus Sale

Bloomfield, IA

7-Jun

Sunnyslope Angus Bull & Female Sale Lanesboro, MN

11-Jun

Missouri Angus Assn Preview Show

12-Jun

Wallen Prairie Ranch Production Sale Lockwood, MO

18-Jun

Iowa Angus Assn Preview Show

Oskaloosa, IA

19-Jun

Lone Star BBA Female Sale

Sulphur Springs, TX

26-Jun

Baldridge Female Sale

North Platte, NE

26-Jun

Clark Jones & Cottage Farm

Savannah, TN

2-Jul

Junior National Hereford Expo (July 2-9) Madison, WI

28-Jul

Faces Of Leadership Conference (July 28-31) Columbus, OH

30-Jul

Mason-Dixon Polled Hereford Assn. Show Dunbar, PA

2-Aug

Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course College Station, TX

7-Aug

Edisto Pines

7-Aug

J & T Farms 7Th Production Sale

Lexington, TN

9-Aug

Indiana State Fair Jr. Steer Show

Indianapolis, IN

Visalia, CA

Isa Beefmasters 60Th Performance Test San Angelo, TX

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Leesville, SC

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12-Aug MO State Fair 4-H & FFA Angus Show Sedalia, MO 13-Aug MO State Fair Open Angus Show

Sedalia, MO

14-Aug Spruce Mountain Ranch

Larkspur, CO

20-Aug Express Ranches Big Event Sale

Yukon, OK

21-Aug Emmons Ranch Production Sale

Bryan, TX

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30-Aug Daltons On The Sycamore Online

Gretna, VA

4-Sep

Beefmaster Breeders Harvest Sale

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5-Sep

Blackstone Cattle Co.

Mineral Point, WI

6-Sep

Parker Bros. Sale

Bradyville, TN

11-Sep Arkansas BBA Razorback Classic

Damascus, AR

11-Sep Northeast Elite Hereford Sale

Ghent, NY

11-Sep Pearcy Angus Ranch Female Sale

Fairy, TX

18-Sep Capitol Angus Whitehouse, TX 18-Sep Ehlke Herefords Montana Made Sale Townsend, MT 24-Sep Beef On Forage - Florida Bull Sale

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24-Sep 4Th Annual Flint Hills Classic Bull Sale Paxico, KS March 2021

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Rose MacPhee, 16, San Joaquin County, California “The girls that don‘t work with cattle on a ranch, don‘t know how to approach them”

Reagan Pascoe, 11, San Luis Obispo County, California “If you forget to do something, it always leads to something that is probably worse. Everything you do affects the next thing”

Bennett Fischer, 13, Placer County, California “Cattle are so smart. They know exactly continued what is on going on before it page 43 happens”

Rylie Jean Mello, 13, Tulare County, California “Some kids get to play cowboy while they are young, but ranch kids get to live it their whole lives”

Charlie Johnston, 13, Mohave County, Arizona “Work hard, don‘t complain, do what you are asked to do and always do it.

These are the things you want to be known for”

Madeline Holmes, 18, Humboldt County, California “We understand how life works. We know how hard it is to create life and we know how hard it is to see it go” Kade Rodgers,4, Coconino County, California “I could rope them all, if everybody would stop watching” Kyle Fowle, 11, Siskiyou County, California “We try our hardest to take care of our animals and give them a good

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How we work:

We rely on our partners to introduce us to families, with children aged 6-18, who represent the diversity, traditions and future of ranching in their state. Charlie contacts these families and sets up ranch visits. We show up for brandings, everyday work, we hang out in the barn, or take sunset ranch tours on the ATVs. We tag along and meet our families at county fairs, high school rodeos and cattle auctions.

Seth photographs the kids doing what they want to do, wearing what they want, in an honest and informal way. When we arrive at a ranch Seth hits the ground running. When he is shooting he is ‘all-in’ and his enthusiasm is contagious. Whether they are training horses or practicing the violin, the kids recognize that and give him all the time he needs.

Charlie talks to everyone and records her conversations with the kids. She finds out what interests them, allows the kid to be the expert and lets them teach her something about their lifestyle and about themselves. Mostly we listen. We let them tell us stories about their work, their The Future:

We will start photography for two new Ranch Raised Kids books in 2021! We are in discussion with ranching associations in Montana and New Mexico to produce books in both those states. We continue to seek partnerships with leading agricultural organizations, beef industry leaders and ranchers who want to be part of Ranch Raised Kids.

We are happy to engage commercial sponsors and donors who can help us produce these publications. Sponsors are given space in the book to state their mission and purpose. The readers of American Beef Producer represent a level of excellence and commitment to the cattle industry and we welcome their support.

Ranch Raised Kids are simply written so beef consumers and urban communities can understand who produces the beef they eat – and how. Readers are delighted by their insights that accompany this visual narrative of ranching in contemporary America. Audiences have a deep emotional connection to the universally recognized icon – the American cowboy.

Seth Joel and Charlie Holland, Authors

Biographies:

Seth Joel is an award-winning career photographer who produces commercial, editorial, and personal work. His love of storytelling began at home. He was mentored by his father, Yale Joel, himself a legendary LIFE magazine staff photographer. Seth’s personal work is diverse and includes photo essays on food culture and the new wave of ‘Old-Time’ folk musicians in addition to the long-term project, Ranch Raised Kids.

Charlie Holland was born and educated in the UK and Africa. She directs photography for editorial and commercial projects. She is producing and writing the Ranch Raised Kids project with her husband, Seth. They live, work, and ride in Los Angeles, California.

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Adver tising Index

Showcasing 14 different Breeds

75 YEARS AND 5 GENERATIONS OF QUALITY CATTLE

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American Foods Group 32

Blue Lake Plastics 51 C B Charolais 56 Callicrate Banders 40 Cardinal Creek 36

Dahlke Red Angus 40 Dairyland Supply 44

DaKitch Herefords 9

Diamond H Ranch 39, 60

DLCC Ranch 16, 44

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Fox‘s Angus Farm 55 Gardels Angus 38 Galloway Association 12 Glasoe Angus 15

Hammel Equipment 8

Hanneken Angus 2, 39 Haugestuen Ranches 10

Heart River/Open A Angus 6 Hebbert Ranch 42

Heim Cattle Co 7

Herbster Angus 30-31

High Forest Bobcat 44

Horseshoe Hill Ranch 57 K7 Herefords 37 Leary Angus 19

Lone Oak Cattle 32 Meadow Lawn 13 MBCIA 10 MLS Tubs 56

MN Angus Breeders 41 Northern Genetics 17

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Rockin H Simmentals 45 Roth Angus 54 Rollin Rock 5

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