VOLUME 51, NUMBER 5
MAY/JUNE 2015
Thank you to all of our customers who made our 70th Anniversary Sale so successful!
Founded by the Forbes family in 1945, Beckton Red Angus has maintained the longest continuous performance testing program in the industry. Beckton cattle today are the commercial producer’s solution for complete performance, combining maternal and functional traits together with growth and carcass traits. Beckton-sired calves are high sellers on video sales, and replacement heifers and females sired by Beckton bulls are highly sought after by commercial cattlemen. Combining moderate size with easy fleshing and excellent marbling, Beckton genetics are also a #1 source for producers of grass-fed and specialty beef.
The Beckton ranch office – photographed in 1899 when it was George Beck’s original home
Trish and Cam Forbes
Of equal importance are the functional traits which result from a herd that must produce year after year on a rotation between the high Bighorn Mountains and dry Wyoming range. Structural soundness and high fertility are mandates of the environment, while selection for quiet disposition, good udders and total performance have been part of this program for many years.
Beckton Julian B571
Call, write or email for a catalog www.becktonredangus.com becktonwyo@gmail.com 37 Beckton Drive • Sheridan, WY 82801 307-674-6095 • 307-674-8162 - Evenings Fax: 307-672-7281 Cam and Trish Forbes
Beckton is dedicated to the continued success of our many customers. And our customers return year after year for the genetics that work.
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Board Commentary
RAAA Board of Directors
President Kim Ford Bertrand, Nebraska thefords@crossdiamondcattle.com
First Vice President/ Area 3 Director - Rocky Mountain Kevin Miller Briggsdale, Colorado kmiller@wigginstel.com Second Vice President/ Region A Director Bob Morton Three Forks, Montana info@gmracattle.com Region B Director Connie Mushrush Strong City, Kansas redcows@mushrushredangus.com Region C Director Johnny Rogers Roxboro, North Carolina jrrogers1968@gmail.com Area 1 Director - West Leonard Wood Sandpoint, Idaho woodvxranch@aol.com Area 2 Director - Montana Bruce Ketchum Plevna, Montana ketchum@midrivers.net Area 4 Director - Southwest Kyley DeVoe Justin, Texas kyley@3klandandcattle.com Area 5 Director - Northern Plains Steve Koester Steele, North Dakota koester@bektel.com
by Kim Ford, RAAA President
We are Entrusted as the Grassroots Stewards Here's something that I love. The American Red Angus (ARA) Magazine is a publication serving Red Angus stakeholders nationwide – the focus of the magazine is commercial beef production. (Okay, just that is enough to love, but there's more.) What I love about this issue of the ARA is that the focus is environmental stewardship. That's who we all are and what we all do – we take care of the resources that have been put in our trust. We were given dominion – and with dominion comes responsibility. Those of us who are involved in production agriculture are the grassroots stewards. We take care of the land and resources, because that's our living. Here's a definition that I like from Wikipedia, "Stewardship is an ethic that embodies the responsible planning and management of resources." I like the use of the word "ethic." Stewardship is not just a "practice" or a "method," it is an ethic, a way of living deeply rooted that guides our behavior in relation to the land and resources.
Area 6 Director - Great Plains Newley Hutchison Canton, Oklahoma newley@chainranch.com Area 7 Director - Northeast John Langdon Benson, North Carolina johnlangdon5@gmail.com Area 8 Director - Southeast Raymond Prescott Gray Court, South Carolina bullhill2@prtcnet.com Area 9 Director - Midwest Kurt Rich Vinton, Iowa richreds@aol.com
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I've heard it stated that, "Ranchers are first grass farmers." Cattle make highquality protein from the acres and acres of forage that grows on acres and acres of land in this great nation of ours. As the acres dedicated to agriculture become fewer and fewer due to urbanization, the agricultural stewards become more and more adept in leveraging the resources to grow more food to feed a growing population. Now for a history lesson: On April 10, 1872, Julius Sterling Morton, a Nebraskan who was Grover Cleveland's Secretary of Agriculture, celebrated the nation's first Arbor Day. This "holiday" was first celebrated in Nebraska and was observed by planting trees. You see, Morton held the belief that Nebraska's landscape and economy would benefit from trees. Over one million trees were planted that first year, according to the website, TreeHelp.com. In 1885, Arbor Day became a legal holiday and used April 22 as the date. (This was also a tribute to Morton, as April 22 was his birthday.)
Thank you to all the buyers from our March Production Sale! 1976
40th ANNUAL SPRING SALE
2015
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Bieber Fever VIII Production Sale March 5, 2015 • Leola, South Dakota Auctioneers: Seth Weishaar and Mark Hove 16 Herd Bull Prospects............................$28,396 301 Red Angus Yearling Bulls...................$7,078 7 Black Red Angus Yearlings.....................$9,000 8 Red Angus-Simm Hybrid Yearling Bulls.........$6,938 67 Red Angus Open Heifers......................$2,978
If you have a bull get hurt this season, give us a call! We often have options and will do our best to help you out.
Watch for more information on our November Sale!
Board Commentary After the first Arbor Day in Nebraska, many other states followed suit immediately – among them Kansas, Tennessee, Minnesota and Ohio. Today, all 50 states have an official Arbor Day. In 1970, Richard Nixon proclaimed that last Friday in April as National Arbor Day. Keep in mind that this all stemmed from the idea of a man who farmed in Nebraska, served as Secretary of Agriculture and encouraged his neighbors to plant trees. So, maybe you weren't familiar with Arbor Day. How about Earth Day? Here's what's interesting – Earth Day came about in 1970, nearly 100 years after Morton's first Arbor Day. Back to Wikipedia. "It now is observed in 192 countries, and coordinated by the nonprofit Earth Day Network, chaired by the first Earth Day 1970 organizer Denis Hayes, according to
whom Earth Day is now ‘the largest secular holiday in the world, celebrated by more than a billion people every year." Environmental groups have sought to make Earth Day into a day of action which changes human behavior and provokes policy changes.’ Well, I don't know about provoking policy changes, but that quote provokes me in its somewhat hoity-toity attitude that someone only began caring for the earth in 1970. Interestingly, Earth Day took the date of April 22 as their own, but in my research, I could find no mention of Arbor Day in the Earth Day literature. So it seems that Earth Day organizers not only hopped on the bandwagon, they completely hijacked it and chose to ignore the environmental work and awareness that had taken place the previous 100 years.
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Don't get me wrong. I support Earth Day, recycling and the big effort to conserve resources and take care of our planet. What chafes me is the attitude that no one cared about these things prior to 1970. We've had people observing a day to plant trees and live out great stewardship since 1872. This great heritage should be celebrated and continued. Fellow cattlemen and cattlewomen, this is another portion of our story that is imperative that we tell. We are stewards and have been entrusted with much by our Creator. We have the God-given ethic to care for our cattle, our land and each other. We know that and we do it. Now let's do our best to tell this great portion of our story – the daily care for our land and the preservation of our resources. ■
Association Commentary
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by Twig Marston, RAAA Chief Executive Officer
Responsible Stewardship of Genomics This issue of ARA Magazine emphasizes an important aspect of beef production – stewardship. Stewardship can be defined as the careful and responsible management of the resources and things entrusted to you. Automatically we begin to think of the common resources that all of us manage: soil, water, air and genetics. The everyday things that define our worth and sustainability.
What can we expect next? We already have EPDs, ERTs, selection indices and genomic tests for defects, parentage and MBVs. I believe the next advances will be to increase the amount and the accuracy of genomic information. Instead of 80K chips, the chips will have densities of 150K, 800K or more. Technology will allow longer strands of DNA to be analyzed.
RAAA members have highlighted the careful and responsible management of genetics since 1954. Our members continue to band together to protect, record and verify the genetics used to maintain the breed registry.
This simple-sounding task (which has been difficult to master) will dramatically decrease the amount of time between sampling and results, improve accuracy, and better identify specific sites of genetic influence (genes, enhancers and regulators).
Systematically, Red Angus breeders have recognized the importance of performance testing to properly evaluate genetics year after year after year. This has made genomic stewardship a cornerstone of the breed. In turn, progressive commercial cattle producers discovered the reliability and capabilities of Red Angus genetics. Over the past decade, RAAA members and stakeholders have embraced new genomic technologies to continue along the path of being good genetic stewards. The creations of the Technology and Breed Improvement Committees, funding research projects and developing Economical Relevant Traits (ERTs) have all been part of an evolution of building the best possible information to base profitable business decisions. The time, effort and money vested by the RAAA in developing genetic evaluation has been the best return on investment the RAAA has ever made. The power of the Red Angus database cannot be over emphasized. Again and simply put, the stewardship of Red Angus genetics provides the cattle industry the best possible information to build profitable business decisions.
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The technologies used for genetic stewardship are advancing at a rapid pace. As a matter of fact, it is advancing so fast that it is essentially reinventing itself at an alarming rate. Very few people have accurately predicted the pace of science. This may not translate into a dramatic reduction in cost (as we have seen in the last decade) but it will guarantee we will harvest huge amounts of information at our disposal. In summary, the common bond between breed associations are pedigrees. Defining an association is how it approaches the evaluation of the genetics that lie within the pedigree. Ultimately, DNA will tell what the pedigrees really are. The choice gets to be, “Are you going to embrace technology and use it in your favor?” Or, “Are you going to allow someone else to use technology to compete against you?” In the end, those cattle operations preparing to carefully and responsibly manage genetic information will also be better stewards of soil, water and air resources. ■
29AR0258 PREMIER
BROWN PREMIER X7876 RAAA 1379610 1A
BECKTON NEBULA P P707 x 5L DESTINATION 893-6215
The PREMIER Curve Bender & Carcass Sire ✔ Among an ultra-elite group of proven sires ranking in the top 2% of the breed for both Herdbuilder & GridMaster Indexes ✔ PREMIER progeny and his service have commanded attention around the country and have been highly sought after ✔ Progeny are thick made, correct, well balanced and clean fronted CED
BW WW
YW
MILK
ME
HPG
CEM
STAY MARB
+10 .51
-3.9 +76 .60 .54
+119 .55
+10 .43
+2 .52
+12 .38
+8 .50
+18 .42
YG
+1.11 +.05 .49 .39
CW
REA
+35 .44
+.22 +.01 .45 .47
FAT
HB
GM
+211
+57
SPRING 2015 TOP 35%
29AR0260 GOLD MINE
BROWN GOLD MINE A7610 RAAA 1607046 1A PARINGA IRON ORE E27 x 1BWJ JULIAN 17P
Eureka - A Genetic GOLD MINE ✔ Outcross pedigree stacked for calving ease, growth and carcass merit ✔ Ranks in the top 10% of the breed or better on 6 traits or indexes, his incredible balance offers top quartile performance on 10 different traits ✔ Both a maternal and carcass leader ranking in the top 10% of the breed for both the HerdBuilder and GridMaster Indexes CED
BW WW
YW
MILK
ME
HPG
CEM
STAY MARB
+9 .30
-2.9 +63 .40 .35
+113 .35
+20 .20
-7 .00
+11 .00
+9 .25
+12 .00
YG
+1.08 +.07 .26 .24
CW
REA
+33 .29
+.35 +.02 .23 .33
FAT
HB
GM
+159
+54
SPRING 2015 TOP 35%
29AR0251 PINNACLE
KCC PINNACLE 949-109 RAAA 1486656 1A HXC CONQUEST 4405P x LCC RIBEYE A133L
Dynamic Calving Ease and Marbling ✔ Low birth weight, solid milk and high marbling - traits you can build a cowherd around ✔ Ranks in the top 10% of the breed for the GridMaster Index ✔ Good footed bull that is long bodied and capacious with added muscle CED
BW WW
YW
MILK
ME
HPG
CEM
STAY MARB
+11 .42
-6.4 +56 .68 .60
+87 .55
+27 .30
+5 .04
+5 .27
-1 .39
+12 .42
YG
+.67 +.07 .33 .29
CW
REA
+12 .45
+.17 +.03 .27 .33
FAT
HB
GM
+119
+54
SPRING 2015 TOP 35%
29AR0247 ULTIMATE
BROWN ULTIMATE X7752 RAAA 1385238 1A
BECKTON NEBULA M045 x S S OBJECTIVE T510 0T26
The Calving Ease Outcross ✔ Progney proven +13 CED with a -5.0 BW and a marbling EPD in the top 10% of the breed ✔ Outcross pedigree to the vast majority of today’s popular pedigrees - NEBULA x OBJECTIVE x LOGAN ✔ Descending from the Abigrace cow family at Brown’s, expect him to make moderate, deep sided, productive females with excellent udders CED
BW WW
YW
MILK
ME
HPG
CEM
STAY MARB
+13 .56
-5.0 +45 .68 .61
+82 .60
+24 .42
-5 .48
+12 .28
+7 .52
+13 .44
YG
+.88 +.07 .47 .38
CW
REA
FAT
HB
GM
+12 .47
+.14 .42
+.01 .47
+167
+53
SPRING 2015 TOP 35%
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MLK CRK CUB 722 WEBR DR. PHIL WEBR MS DOLLY 1L WEBR DR. FEEL GOOD 1112 GLACIER NYACK 688 PFFR MS NYACK 237 RRM MISS BONUS 506
Extremely unique 100% 1A Red Angus. Great look and pattern, correct skeleton, tremendous foot and bone with unparalleled upper rib shape, muscle, width and squareness of hip.
BUF CRK HOBO 1961 3 ACES SIDEWAYS TROWBRIDGE LANA 707 TC TOMMY GIRL 107Y TLC LATIGO 2565 NBAR TOMMY GIRL
All who have seen this bull have ordered semen!! Cost is $35 a unit. CED 1
BW -.04
WW 54
YW 85
MILK 15
ME 4
HPG 8
CEM 6
STAY 7
MARB 0.32
YG 0.11
CW 20
REA -0.06
FAT 0.02
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VICTORY
1DRA VICTORY 0034 Reg#: 1390141| 014AR02062 CONQUEST x DYNASTY
Victory is a high growth Conquest son that offers a balanced set of EPDs with very impressive phenotype. CED
BW
WW
YW
MILK
ME
HPG
CETM
STAY
MARB
YG
CW
REA
FAT
HB
GM
4
-1.6
65
111
27
4
7
3
12
.61
.20
34
-.03
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114
52
.51
.46
.31
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.89
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.34
.26
.92
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ZION
OVER ZION 674Z Reg#: 1645273 | 014AR02072 CONQUEST x KING ROB
Zion exhibits tremendous muscle and mass. He is wide based and powerful for a calving ease prospect. CED
BW
WW
YW
MILK
ME
HPG
CETM
STAY
MARB
YG
CW
6
-3.5
57
89
26
6
2
5
9
.37
.04
18
.35
.37
.33
.35
.30
.17
.27
.39
.45
.31
.24
.29
TRIUMPH
REA
FAT
HB
GM
.17
.01
82
51
.26
.27
LSF SRR TRIUMPH 3100A Reg#: 1623938 | 014AR02074 CONQUEST x VENTURE
Triumph offers great maternal traits in a balanced calving ease package. CED
BW
WW
YW
MILK
ME
HPG
CETM
STAY
MARB
YG
CW
REA
FAT
HB
GM
12
-4.7
57
91
28
5
2
3
10
.82
.14
17
.24
.06
109
55
.32
.42
.36
.38
.27
.04
.27
.36
.42
.34
.27
.31
.28
.36
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Spring 2015 EPDs
Marketing Update
by Gary D. Fike, Director of Commercial Marketing
The nuts and bolts of the Choice+ Grid enhancements
The Choice+ Grid, offered by Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. for Red Angus cattle enrolled in the Feeder Calf Certification Program (FCCP), is entering its second year. The grid financially rewards cattle that grade well in terms of quality grade and, for those cattle that are exceptionally good, the premiums can be pretty lucrative. However, most recently, the RAAA Alliance Committee and staff met with Tyson personnel to raise the ante, and the grid has been enhanced to attract more Red Angus-influenced cattle. Under the old grid, premiums ranged from north of $150-per-head down to minus $40 –per-head. The top 25 percent of cattle on the grid averaged $103.99-per-head and the next 25 percent averaged $53.80-per-head. The range in values for each of those quartiles went from $65-per-head to $160per-head and $32- to $64-per-head, respectively.
I have had more than one producer question these values, in terms of the figures I have quoted in other articles I’ve written or statements I’ve made. I stand beside those. We do know what was paid from the data supplied to us by Tyson during calendar year 2014 on this grid, but do not have the average carcass weights, which naturally affects the premium amount when expressed as dollars-per-head. If you are receiving a $6-premium-percwt, the difference between an average pen weight of 750-pounds-per-carcass and an average hot carcass weight (HCW) of 950 lbs. is $12-per-head. Keep in mind, if you have extremely high-quality cattle that are heavy, grade 20 to 25 percent Prime or better; greater than 40 percent upper 2/3s Choice, and the entire lot is over 75 percent low
Choice or better, with less than 15 percent YG 4 and 5s, you are going to be richly rewarded. If you’re 5 percent Prime, 35 percent upper 2/3s and 75 percent Choice or better with under 15 percent “outs,” you’re still going to receive great premiums. If you’re under 55 percent Choice, have 20 percent “outs,” and no Primes, you’ll not be very happy. But, you’ll never know if you don’t get some carcass data back, and you will if you sell on the grid. It is likely you will not if you sell live. Also, remember that the cattle must be managed to minimize Yield Grade 4 and 5 cattle (overly fat cattle). The discount is $20-per-cwt on the HCW basis; but Tyson will stand the first 15 percent so you have somewhat of a “free ride” up to that point. A good feedlot manager will do all he or she can to minimize the “out” cattle. To calculate premiums, you also must know what your base price is. The base price used to be the Five Area Weighted Average (FAWA) on the HCW basis. Now it is the FAWA plus $1-per-cwt. But, when comparing premiums to what everybody else is getting, you would calculate that off of the original FAWA price, not the base plus $1. Simplified: Look at the price per head you received, minus the FAWA, and you can figure the premium yourself, in dollars per head. The key to the treasure chest is the FCCP tag. That is the ticket to get into the gate. This tag, which is a USDA Process Verified Program tag that verifies age, source and 50 percent Red Angus genetics, must be in place for the cattle to be eligible. One of the messages that we need to spread – and you can help us do this – is
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to make sure that sale barns and feedlots do NOT remove it. Communicate. If so, the cattle become ineligible and you’ve lost whatever chance you had for the cattle had to qualify. A word about the packer: We need them. At times, we have what I would term as a somewhat antagonistic relationship between cattle feeders and packers. Everybody understands that when you are negotiating prices, whether you are a big-box retail store or a cattle feeder, you’re messing with dollars, with incomes, with bottom lines. I prefer to think of the packer as our partner, but sometimes we may not all agree and think we’re the ones getting the short end of the stick. But we must work with them, and we very much appreciate them for marketing our cattle to the consuming public. And, without cattlemen and women and the cattle they produce, they’d have a tough time too. Buying Red Angus bulls and purchasing and using Red Angus semen is a positive step in today’s beef cattle environment. Red Angus cattle are in demand by the packer for their highquality carcass characteristics. In addition to that, you are producing highly maternal females for herd replacements and selecting for economically relevant traits at the same time. It’s been no secret that the Red Angus female has been in huge demand. If you’d like to visit with me about the specifics of this grid, or other marketing opportunities, please give me a call at (785) 410-2608 or email me at gary@redangus.org. ■
Orion Beef Group
Thanks to all our buyers at our Spring Herdbuilder Sale April 11, 2015!
Reputation Red Angus and Hybreds
Lot 1 LSF SRR Overtake 4059B sired by LSF Takeover 9943W and out of a TR Julian LT142 daughter sold for $31,000 to Tilleman Bootjack of Havre, Montana. Lot 6 LSF TBJ Takeback 4856B sired by LSF Takeover 9943W and out of a Basin EXT 7455 daughter sold for $100,000 to Nelson Red Angus of Oakland, Oregon, Bar CK Cattle Co of Culver, Oregon, Idle Wind Farm of New Haven, Missouri, Keller’s Broken Heart Ranch of Mandan, North Dakota, Wilkinson Farms Simmentals of Montpelier, North Dakota, Zia Ag Consulting of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Lorenzen Ranches of Pendelton, Oregon and Judd Ranch of Pomona, Kansas. Lot 29 LSF SRR Superb 4044B sired by Beckton Epic R397 and out of a LCHMN Enterprise 1370H daughter sold for $16,000 to Hageman Red Angus of Winfred, South Dakota.
Lot 19 LSF SRR Smooth 4083B sired by LSF Night Calver 9921W and out of a Beckton Cody T085 K2 daughter sold for $20,000 to the RA Brown Ranch of Throckmorton, Texas.
1 Elite Herd Bull • $100,000 10 Premier Herd Bulls • $16,750 227 Ranch Ready Range Bulls • $6,814 Volume Buyers were Delong Ranches from Winnemucca, Nevada, Wagonhound Land and Livestock from Douglas, Wyoming, Putensen Farms from Cushing, Iowa, Skinner Ranches from Jordan Valley, Oregon, Cornwell Ranch from Glasgow, Montana and Zia Ag Consulting from Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Lot 154 LSF SRR Takeover 4135B sired by LSF Takeover 9943W and out of a LSF JBOB Expectation 6034S sold for $16,000 to Rollins Ranches of Okeechobee, Florida.
www.ludvigsonstockfarms.com Ryan Ludvigson Billings, Montana (406)534-4263 office • (515)450-3124 mobile rl_ludvigson@hotmail.com
Park Ludvigson Cushing, Iowa (712)384-2200 office • (712)229-3431 mobile parkludvigson@hotmail.com
Member Services Bulletin Year End Announcements June 30 marks the end of the RAAA Fiscal Year. A few items need to be reviewed moving forward into July.
• Is your member account in good standing? This includes all payments made for 2014-2015 Total Herd Reporting (THR) Billing, DNA submission payments, magazine ads, reactivations, etc. • Spring Herd Inventories have been entered that have been received. As of March 31 if Herd Inventories have not been received, then all active females will be subject to THR Billing in July. THR calendar is available online at redangus.org/registration/thr-calendar, or if you would like a hard copy, contact the National Office.
Spring Inactivation, Females Missing a 2014 record Spring Inactivation’s will take place at the end of May. If any member has cows on inventory that haven’t complied with THR it is time to catch up and report information for females that are missing a 2014 calf record or reason code. If a record is received in the National Office before July 1, the cow will not be subject to reactivation fees. All data received does have an impact on at least one Expected Progeny Difference (EPD). Spring Inactivation contributes to the Stayability EPD.
Heifer Exposure Spring 2015 Building replacement females is a concrete goal for producers. How is this achieved you may ask? They count on a higher percentage of pregnant heifers to have a larger number of replacements that they can cash crop. The Red Angus heifer pregnancy (HPG) EPD predicts the probability of heifers conceiving to calve at two years of age. The heifer exposure inventory enables members to submit data, which is a key factor in the Heifer Pregnancy EPD.
Yearling Heifers 9 - 17 months of age appear on the prelisted heifer exposure report and will be entering the herd inventory and be subject to assessments in 2016. The information to report is: • Breeding season dates • Exposure information • Contemporary group designation • Disposal information (if applies) • Heifer Exposure Inventory is due the second week of August.
Fall 2015 Herd Inventory Your Herd Inventory is the base of THR and a very important step that needs to be reevaluated every year for each calving season, spring or fall. The fall inventory is billed in December based on the active females in your herd or that entered your herd during the calving season. Herd inventories can be accessed online in Member Data–REDS. Updates or changes can be submitted online, printed and sent hard copy to the National Office, or a hard copy can be requested from the National Office. Fall herd inventory needs to be received in the National office before July 1. Transfers Bull sale season is coming to a close; therefore keep in mind that transfers need to be completed within 60 days after the sale date to avoid a late transfer fee. To help make all documents as correct as possible, please double check the buyer information to be submitted. This includes correct spelling of name(s), address, contact number, etc.
If information is not correct this can cause duplicate and/or incorrect accounts for buyers. The buyer account number is very beneficial to the buyer to ensure that their inventory is complete, so that the Red Angus Feed Calf Certification Program (FCCP) and Allied Access tagging program can be used to the fullest. If buyers have bought Red Angus previously, feel free to contact the National Office for the buyer account number to help with this process.
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DNA Helpful Tip of the Month:
All animals that are submitted for a registration number have to go through a check point to verify that DNA is not needed to move forward to become at a Registered (R) Status. The DNA requirements that must be met are different for Natural vs. AI/ET mated animals. For an AI/ET mated animal, the AI sire and donor dam must have a DNA sample on file for parentage. Along, with testing for genetic defects, if there are any genetic defects in the pedigree without an intervening free animal. For a Natural-mated animal, if there are any genetic defects in the first two generations, then the animal needing to be at (R) status will need to be tested for those genetic defects. NOTE: All DNA requirements must be met before a registration paper can be issued. It is important to know this if animals need to be transferred, date stamped, etc. Herd Navigator Have you considered using the commercial female DNA test for selection and culling decisions this breeding season? The Herd Navigator test is a specialized test used to develop a set of EPDs for percentile rank for each individual animal submitted for each EPD offered by the RAAA. The results received also include parent verification to the sire or dam, as long as the sire and dam are on file with RAAA. The test is recommended for females that are of 75 percent Red Angus or higher. To read more in depth please visit redangus.org/genetics/herd-navigator%20. If this is of interest or questions arise, contact Halla at the National Office to discuss or order your DNA testing kits. ■
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Red Angus Play a Major Role in Sustainability of Wyoming Ranch by Trinity Lewis for American Red Angus Magazine
Joyce and Dave Hall appreciate their ranching lifestyle where they have been able to raise their family in God’s country.
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There is not an industry that can drive one to his knees faster than agriculture. Dependency on man-made markets and constantly living at the mercy of natural elements, guarantee that discouraging days are bound to take place. But living a life enjoying the seasons and the changes they bring in terms of ranch duties, working on something new every day and carrying on family traditions makes it all worth it for Dave and Joyce Hall. The lifelong Wyoming ranchers say, “What we love most about ranch life is that we are living in God’s country.”
Sustaining a Family Heritage The Hall Ranch, located near Buffalo, Wyo., at the base of the Bighorn Mountains along Upper French Creek, has been in the Hall family since 1943. Dave Hall’s grandfather, Joe Hall, purchased the place in order to begin his own operation and it is where Dave was born and raised. As Dave’s wife Joyce explained, “Dave always wanted to ranch and to keep the family ranching tradition going. The lifestyle was a huge calling.”
Dave and Joyce met each other while attending Casper College. Joyce, a ranch girl who was raised near Devils Tower, Wyo., had the same desire to continue ranching. “Being married and planning a family, both of us wanted to raise our children with ag values, teach them the meaning of work ethic and most of all, we wanted to live in the country and be our own boss.”
Business Sustainability The Halls run Red Angus cattle on their commercial cowcalf operation. As with all forward-minded operations, improving genetics and efficiencies is an ongoing goal and the Halls have been noted for going beyond the norm with an intensive production recordkeeping program that aids them in selection and culling.
“Back in the mid 70s we were in the Hereford business, as were most people at that time. We had a droughty year and the calves were lucky to weigh 400 pounds. We knew we needed to do something different.”
Dave and Joyce were able to fulfill their dream of raising ranch kids. Currently four generations of Halls live on the ranch: Don and Phyllis Hall, who own the ranch and are Dave’s parents, Dave and Joyce, who lease and operate the ranch, their son Joe with his wife Tara and their three children, as well as their daughter, Amanda, her husband Greer and their three children.
Halls have used strictly Red Angus bulls for the past 25 years to develop efficient, sustainable and productive cows.
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Red Angus Play a Major Role in Sustainability of Wyoming Ranch Taking a progressive initiative to improve their herd, Dave and Joyce purchased an individual calf scale. At the time, the calf scale was a weighty investment of $2,500. A similar scale today would cost around $7,500. As input costs continued to rise, the Halls found innovative ways to enhance their herd from the ground up.
needed to moderate our cows a little bit. We chose to go with Red Angus cows to do that,” Dave said, summing up their initial strategy.
The Halls made the decision to use Red Angus over blacks so that they didn’t get the gray diluter gene in their herd. “We just kept using Red Angus and, heck, things were going the way we wanted them. We haven’t used anything but a purebred Red Angus bull for over 25 years or so,” said Dave, enthusiastically.
“We got that scale and we started measuring what the cows were doing. We started doing some crossbreeding with Simmental and a few other breeds. We did just like everybody else did in the 70s and 80s,” said Dave. “The cows got huge and we got milk which was what we wanted but then we got too much and then we decided we
The Red Angus cow is the cornerstone of Halls’ program and they maintain diligent records on each female’s yearly production.
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having very little storage memory, they still had to print spreadsheets as they created them.
Not only have their records allowed for an informative index – or ratio – of each animal on their place, Joyce reflects on the accomplishment of being able to look back on how far they’ve come. “It’s fun to go back and compare and see what our calves were doing in 1990 compared to now, and to even compare the number of steers and heifers.”
Don Hall, left, and his son, Dave, have been lifelong stewards of their ranch near Buffalo, Wyo.
Keeping close track of their herd has allowed the Halls to retain their cattle for 20 years. They record both birth and weaning weights on their calves but as Dave explained, “It doesn’t really matter what they weigh, we just do it to compare one to the other in the herd.”
ratios – birth, gain, weaning weight, and then the final two weighings. At that time Dave and Joyce average all of the numbers and then rank that particular group of heifers.
The final time the first-year calvers will be weighed and ranked is during the fall when the Halls pregnancy check. When they enter the cowherd, the females have five different
Dave and Joyce raise all of their replacement heifers on the ranch. Their steers and non-replacements are sold as feeders or retained, fed and sold as fats in Nebraska.
They winter their replacement females on a light grain-andhay ration weighing them in the spring before breeding and then ranking each of them among themselves upon being turned out on summer range.
Each cow’s individual performance is added to regularly, and the Halls have learned what changes in data correlate with a cow’s overall health and production abilities. Dave said that the secret to it all is to love your kids and love your wife, but that you can’t love your cows. When it’s time to get rid of the bottom end they do so to keep their herd in optimum shape.
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Red Angus Play a Major Role in Sustainability of Wyoming Ranch
“We have a great relationship with Folken Feed Yards in Nebraska,” said Dave. “This will be our 23rd year of sending our calves there. I partner with the feed yard owner who usually buys half of our calves and we retain the other half.” Joyce chimed in to say that each year at shipping time their young grandchildren think that the calves are being shipped to Nebraska to attend college. Practicing Environmental Sustainability All of the hay and grains that are fed to the base cowherd are harvested on the Hall Ranch which is one of the many ways the Halls work to maintain agriculture’s sustainability. Innovative ideas continue to drive all that the Halls are involved with.
Along with four neighbors and expert help from the National Resource Conservation Service and the Wyoming Water Development Commission, the Halls have helped to form the Hopkins Producers Irrigation District. Together they have created a high-tech gravity water pipeline delivery system that allows for various irrigation options –such as pivot sprinklers and side rolls – all based on the water rights of each neighbor.
Joyce explained, “This has allowed us to save labor and greatly improve our production and water efficiency.” Dave and Joyce keep their operation diversified with their small feedlot where they custom feed market beef for themselves and other producers. They also sell hay, straw and oats that they combine each fall.
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Halls have built a relationship with their feeder to retain interest in a portion of their steer crop.
Dave is a brand inspector for the Wyoming Livestock Board, Treasurer of the First United Methodist Church, Executive Secretary of the Johnson County Predatory Animal District, and serves on several other boards in the community.
Joyce, a retired business teacher at Buffalo High School, who now serves as the secretary for the First United Methodist Church, enjoys gardening, flowers and her grandkids. She and her daughter Amanda make a variety of specialty cakes and wedding cakes in addition to the year-round catering service that she and Dave offer with the help of another ranch couple.
Sustaining a Lifestyle The Halls are no strangers to bad days they described as, “The rain falling on our hay – again; the neighbor’s black bull getting in on our Red Angus cows; the pivot getting stuck or the hired man calling in to say he won’t be here for the day.” Together they agree that the beauty and splendor of living in God’s country is something one should never take for granted. Dave concluded, “Living a life closely tied to the land, being able to enjoy the seasons and the changes they bring, and being able to have family so close – well it doesn’t get a whole lot better than that.” ■ (The Halls were first featured in The Cattle Business Weekly in August 2014.)
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Importance of Pregnancy Detection
by Olivia Amundson and George Perry, South Dakota State University Professor and Extension Beef Reproductive Management Specialist
Beef cows need to become pregnant, deliver healthy calves and wean productive calves in order for producers to make their operation economically profitable. However, every year beef females fail to become pregnant for numerous reasons including anestrous, prepuberty, disease, sub-optimal management and unknown reasons. Incorporation of timely pregnancy detection has multiple advantages for producers including 1) the ability to assess reproductive performance of their operation; 2) group cattle based on expected calving date; 3) improve management strategies; 4) focus the correct time and labor needed during calving; 5) allow producers to take advantage of marketing options for these animals; and 6) decrease winter-feeding costs.
Pencil the Expense The expense to maintain an open cow through the winter is paid for by the calves born and weaned the following year. For example to maintain a 1,250pound bred cow during the winter currently requires approximately $1.30 per day. This would result in roughly $270 per cow for wintering costs. For a herd of 100 cows where seven are left open that results in an additional $1,890. This would then increase the cost of the remaining 97 calves by $19.48.
Additional costs after calving can be associated with calf mortality or cows
calving late in the season, which can further reduce the overall revenue per cow exposed. Determining the cows’ expected calving date can help assist producers with increasing revenue per cow exposed.
Calves gain 1.5 to 2 pounds per day while sucking their dam. This allows a calf born early in the calving season to gain 90 to 120 more pounds than a calf born 60 days into the calving season. With the current price of a 400- to 500pound calf being approximately $2 per pound, determining the expected calving date can increase pounds weaned and total revenue.
While producers cannot overcome all reasons for infertility, understanding the costs associated with it can help take advantage of opportunities to add value and correctly manage any open cows.
For cows calving January to April, pregnancy detection usually occurs from August to November. Cull cow prices tend to be 5 to 10 percent higher in August than October, and cows still have quality forage to maintain weight at this time. Determining cull cows early also allows producers flexibility in their marketing strategies for optimal revenue generated.
Furthermore, producers that utilize early pregnancy detection on heifers have the advantage in marketing options. They can either market that open
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female as soon as they are identified or continue to put weight on her and market at a later time – both allowing that female to maintain a maturity class A for carcass quality. PG Checking Options Many different methods of pregnancy detection are available to cattle producers. One of the oldest methods of pregnancy detection is the absence of estrus or a calf on the ground during calving season.
Historically, veterinarians have performed pregnancy diagnosis by rectal palpation, however, more recent advancements in pregnancy detection are now available. Advancements in pregnancy detection include transrectal ultrasonography and blood pregnancy tests that uses a diagnostic technique to measure a pregnancy associated glycoprotein (PAG) secreted by the fetus.
While each detection method has its benefits and downfalls, pregnancy detection can have multiple benefits in any operation. However, it is important to evaluate each technology based on the type of operation as well as that operation’s ability to access the technology.
When incorporating pregnancy detection into an operation, producers can increase the overall revenue of their operation as well as add value to their herd. n
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America’s cattle ranchers have a vested interest in sustainable environmental practices. After all, the industry thrives on multigenerational family farms, meaning land stewardship and best practices for green farming go hand-in-hand with managing a successful and long-term family business. In fact, recent research indicates that the beef industry continues to make great strides toward increased environmental sustainability. Using less water, producing less greenhouse gas, and preventing overgrazing have become cornerstones of modern cattle ranching.
Greener and More Efficient Beef Production Today’s cattlemen are significantly more environmentally sustainable then they were 30 years ago. A study by Washington State University in 2007 found that today’s farmers and ranchers raise 13% more beef from 30% fewer cattle. When compared with beef production in 1977, each pound of beef produced today: • Produces 16% less carbon emissions • Takes 33% less land • Requires 12% less water
Today’s farmers and ranchers are using fewer natural resources to produce a more abundant and affordable supply of great-tasting, nutrient-rich beef.
Cattle Raising and Air Quality The United States cattle industry continues to be a model for the rest of the world in terms of greenhouse gas mitigation. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, beef production accounts for only 2.8% of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions, compared to 26% for transportation.
Beef Production and Land Management Land is critical to cattle operations and their environmental efficiency. According to the Economic Research Service of USDA, approximately 85% of all land is not suitable for agricultural crops. As a result, by grazing
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animals on this land, ranchers double the land area that can be used to produce food.
Environmental Stewardship The beef industry honors leaders in conservation with an annual award. The Environmental Stewardship Award recognizes farmers and ranchers who have successfully combined natural resource conservation efforts with good business practices. It also encourages the adoption of new environmental best practices across the entire industry.
Furthermore, the beef industry encourages all cattle farmers and ranchers to practice responsible resource stewardship by: • Managing for the environment as a whole, including climate, soil, topography, plant and animal communities; • Monitoring and documenting effective practices and regularly soliciting input from expert sources to improve resource management; • Helping develop public and private research projects; and • Never knowingly causing or permitting public or private land abuses
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America’s Farmers and Ranchers Depend on Natural Resources The steps America’s cattle farmers and ranchers take to improve the environment aren’t new; like Earth Day,
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they have been around for many decades. In fact, as long as cattle have been raised on their land, the families that raise beef have worked to protect and enhance our environment.
Farm facts: More than 97 percent of U.S. beef cattle farms and ranches are classified as family farms. Approximately two-thirds have been under the same family ownership for two generations or more.
Conservation is an Important Part of Farm Life For the American families that raise cattle, sustainability means ensuring that the land will provide for the next generation by focusing on the well-being of their animals and maintaining the natural resources on their land. Farmers and ranchers employ a variety of environmentally friendly practices that often are as unique as the area where they raise their cattle. Cattle ranches support a lot more than just cattle. The same land that provides food and open space for raising cattle also offers a home for many types of wildlife, including threatened and endangered species of fish, mammals, birds and plants. Farmers and ranchers help wildlife by providing feed, delaying hay harvest until after nesting season and maintaining or restoring native plants and grasses.
Water is a source of life for everyone on the farm, including the cattle, the wildlife and the families that raise and protect them. Water, whether drinking water for people, cattle and wildlife or irrigation water for crops, is essential for maintaining farm life. Beef producers’ everyday water conservation efforts include conducting water quality tests, fencing off streams to protect the fish and waterways and creating manmade irrigation ponds.
Farm families across the country always practice responsible land manage-
ment. If you take care of the land, it will take care of you. Land preservation is essential for maintaining America’s open spaces. Cattle grazing stabilizes the soil and promotes growth of beneficial grasses while protecting against erosion and forest fires. Erosion control practices, including rotational grazing, brush control management and no-till farming, protects this fragile ecosystem. Everyday Practices, Rural and Right Up Your Street Cattle ranching and farming families walk the same land, breathe the same air and drink the same water as the families who consume the beef they raise. These farming and ranching families take their commitment to protect and improve these natural resources seriously, and they take many of the same everyday actions to protect the environment as people living in towns and cities.
Conserving energy – In a recent survey, 80 percent of beef farmers and ranchers said they use compact florescent bulbs and energy-efficient appliances in their homes. Many said they also are adjusting their thermostats to use less energy and washing their clothes in cold water.
Alternative Energy – In the same survey, many beef producers also indicated they are embracing alternative energy sources, including solar, wind and biofuels, to meet the energy needs on their farms and ranches.
Creating compost piles – Just like a home compost pile, nearly all beef producers use manure to recycle nutrients back into the land, according to the survey of beef producers.
The Everyday Benefits of Cattle Farms and Nutritious Beef Today’s farmers and ranchers are using fewer natural resources to produce a more abundant and affordable supply of great-tasting, nutrient-rich beef. n
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Farm Facts
Farmers and ranchers who raise cattle are doing their part to protect the environment while providing food for a growing planet.
Today’s American farmer feeds about 144 people worldwide.
Grazing animals on land not suitable for producing crops more than doubles the land area that can be used to produce food. If 1955 technology were used to produce the amount of beef raised today, 165 million more acres of land would be needed – that’s about the size of Texas!
Cattle serve a valuable role in the ecosystem by converting plants humans cannot consume into a nutrient-dense food. Iron deficiency is the most common nutritional deficiency worldwide. Beef provides the most readily available and easily absorbed source of iron. In fact, just one 3-ounce serving of beef supplies 51 percent of the Daily Value (DV) for protein, 38 percent of the DV for zinc and 14 percent of the DV for iron.
#1725576 C-T The Quest 1103 x Buf Crk The Right Kind Semen Exculsive We found this stud in Larry Mehlhoff’s ‘keeper’ pen and right away we knew we needed this bull in our program! He jumped thru all the hoops with a record of: 73 BW, 878 AWW, 136 WR, 1442 AYW, 127 YR, and ultrasound indexes of 111 for Marbling and 121 for Ribeye! Owned by the Legacy Genetics group and 5L Red Angus. HBLD
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#1719138 Beckton Julian GG B571 x BJR Make My Day 981 Semen Available! Justice 4017B was the third high seller in Hueftle’s ‘15 sale, and he is absolutely the best looking Julian son we have found to date. Proven genetics, his full sister, HXC Jolene 301N, is one of the breed’s most powerful donors and the dam of HXC Jackhammer. Owned with Lautenschlager’s & Hueftle. HBLD
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#1701553 5L Defender 560-30Z x OCC Prototype 847P 1 Semen Package left! We set out to obtain the best son of carcass leader 5L Defender, and we IRXQG KLP LQ / %ORFNDGH % 7KLV PHDW ZDJRQ KDV XQUHDO FDUFDVV ¿Jures and he is a calving ease and low birth bull as well! Semen has already sold to Kenny Forster, Bill Ceynar, Brian Severance and Seth Cargo all in ND, and TA Reds in NE. Owned with TJS Red Angus and 5L. HBLD
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#1671538 Andras Thunder R196 x Bfck Cherokee Cnyn 4912 Semen Available! Out of a 108 MPPA Cherokee Cnyn x Mlk Crk Capstone bred dam, Andras Thunder A092 offers unique outcross genetics through his sire who combines Angus superstars, Connealy Thunder and Boyd New Day! He topped Andras’ 2015 offering. Owned with Jeffries Red Angus and Andras Stock Farm. HBLD
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Sale Reports
Loonan Stock Farm 40th Annual Production Sale February 7, 2015 70 Red Angus Bulls $5,296 21 Red Simmental Bulls $5,076 12 Red Sim-Angus Bulls $4,133 7 Reg. Purebred Red Angus Hfrs $2,971 40 Reg. Red Angus Heifers $2,656 16 Unregistered SimAngus Hfrs $2,344 12 Unregistered Simmental Hfrs $1,975 The top-selling bull was a son of Beckton Nebula U049, selling to Brad & Larry Lamont of Hopkinton, Iowa for $10,600. Two other Beckton Nebula U049 sons topped the sale as the second and third high sellers. One sold to Patrick & Julie Bries of Worthington, Iowa, for $9,000 and the other sold to Ken Willson of Canton, N.C., for $8,400. A son of Dakota Beef sold to Ryan Wohlers of Logan, Iowa, for $8,200. Two more Beckton Nebula U049 sons sold for $8,000 each. One sold to Ken Willson of Canton, N.C., and the other to Hugh and Joe Miller of Winfield, Iowa. The top-selling heifer was a Beckton Nebula U049 daughter that sold to Thom Miller of Winfield, Iowa, for $3,300. Volume heifer buyers were Paul Jones of Clarinda, Iowa, with 15 head, Craig Hupfeld of Liscomb, Iowa, with 13 head, and Steve Becker of Humbolt, S.D., with 13 head.
Gill Red Angus Annual “You Buy Our Bulls, We Will Bid On You Calves” Sale February 17, 2015 Timber Lake, South Dakota 111 Coming 2-Year-Old Bulls $7,656 112 Yearling Bulls $6,355 The top-selling 2-year-old bull was Lot 8, LMG Gills Indeed 3779, a LMG Gills Indeed 8845 son, that sold to Larry Denke of Long Valley, S.D., for $15,500. Lot 2, LMG Gills Wide 3777, a LMG Gills Widespread 0904 son, sold to Kacey Holm of Oakes, N.D., for $15,000. Lot 21, LMG Gills Vin Diesel 3772,
a LMG Gills Vin Diesel 7611 son, sold to Prewitt Land and Livestock of Sidney, MT for $13,500. Lot 6, LMG Gills Idneed, a LMG Gills Indeed 8845 son, sold to Chris Aberle of Glencross, S.D., for $13,000. Lot 3, LMG Gills Vin Diesel 3692, a LMG Gills Vin Diesel 7611 son, sold to Prewitt Land and Livestock of Sidney, Mont., for $12,000. Lot 30, LMG Gills Wide 3810, a LMG Gills Widespread 0904 son, sold to Dave Wolfe of Scranton, Iowa, for $12,000. Lot 77, LMG Gills Indeed 3739, a LMG Gills Indeed 8845 son, sold to Ken Kingsbury of Wood, S.D., for $12,000. Lot 50, LMG Gills Packer 3679, a Messmer Packer S008 son, sold to Bill Klesalek of Mandan, N.D., for $11,500. Lot 24, LMG Gills Statement 3812, a C-T Grand Statement 1025 son, sold to Tom Watt of Elbert, Colo. for $11,000. Lot 120, LMG Gills Diesel 3769, a LMG Gills Vin Diesel 7611 son, sold to Prewitt Land and Livestock of Sidney, Mont., for $11,000. Lot 117, LMG Gills Lancer 3778, a son of LJC Lancer 313Y, sold to Ryan Vanzee of Sioux Center, Iowa, for $10,500. Lot 111, LMG Gills Indeed 3786, a son of LMG Gills Indeed 8845, sold to Dick Knox of Highmore, S.D., for $10,500. Lot 25, LMG Gills Diamond Back 3744, a son of Lucht Diamond Back 894, sold to Clayton Ruff of Underwood, N.D. Lot 38, LMG Gills Diesel 3787, a son of LMG Gills Vin Diesel 7611, sold to Prewitt Land and Livestock of Sidney, Mont., for $10,000. Lot 35, LMG Gills Boss 3735, a son of Lucht Boss 181, sold to Bill Klesalek of Mandan, N.D., for $10,000. Lot 42, LMG Gills Statement 3752, a son of CT Grand Statement 1025, sold to Steve Landis of Trail City, S.D., for $10,000. Lot 113, LMG Gills Indeed 3758, a son of LMG Gills Indeed 8845, sold to Tom Aberle from Glencross, S.D., for
$10,000. The top-selling yearling bull was Lot 144, LMG Gills Jericho 4737, a Messmer Jericho W041 son, that sold to Jeff Stradinger of Isabel, S.D., for $16,000 Lot 137, LMG Gills Statement 4725, a C-T Grand Statement 1025 son, sold to Dan and Tara Hooper of Merriman, Neb., for $15,000. Lot 136, LMG Gills Victory 4730, a 1DRA Victory 0034 son, sold to Jim Garret of Pierre, S.D., for $14,000. Lot 124, LMG Gills Hard Drive 4745, a son of Bieber Hard Drive Y120, sold to Bauman Red Angus, of Linton, N.D., for $14,000. Lot 128, LMG Gills Hard Drive 4111, a son of Bieber Hard Drive Y120, sold to Dan and Tara Hooper of Merriman, Neb., for $13,500. Lot 174, LMG Gills Diesel 4777, a son of LMG Gills Vin Diesel 7611, sold to Brian Andres of Medina, N.D., for $13,000. Lot 126, LMG Gills Contour 4705, a son of CBar Contour 107X, sold to Jon Tebelius of Bowdon, N.D., for $12,000. Lot 127, LMG Gills Hard Drive 4741, a son of Bieber Hard Drive Y120, sold to Sandy Willow Red Angus of Waubay, S.D., for $12,000. Lot 129, LMG Gills Arson 4101, a son of SSS Arson 85U, sold to Shawn Claymore of McLaughlin, S.D., for $12,000. Lot 156, LMG Gills Jericho 4732, a son of Messmer Jericho W041, sold to Chad Prezler of Hosmer, S.D., for $12,000. Lot 139, LMG Gills Statement 4711, a son of CT Grand Statement 1025, sold to Shawn Claymore of McLaughlin, SD for $11,000. Lot 125, LMG Gills Oly 1010, a son of SSS Oly 554T, sold to Prewitt Land and Livestock of Sidney, Mont., for $10,500. Lot 123, LMG Gills Hard Drive 4708, a son of Bieber Hard Drive Y120, sold to Jeff Stadinger of Isabel, S.D., for $10,000.
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Sale Reports Lot 138, LMG Gills Statement 4743, a son of CT Grand Statement 1025, sold to Mitchell Red Angus of Kadoka, S.D., for $10,000. Lot 145, LMG Gills Statement 4738, a son of CT Grand Statement 1025, sold to Prewitt Land and Livestock from Sidney, Mont. Lot 150, LMG Gills Victory 4751, a son of 1DRA Victory 0034, sold to Joe Senn from Seneca, S.D., for $10,000. Lot 155, LMG Gills Hard Drive 4712, a son of Bieber Hard Drive Y120, sold to Royce Ritter of Akaska, S.D., for $10,000. Volume buyers were Bruce Ranch of Hayes, S.D., with 12 bulls; Prewitt Land and Livestock of Sidney, Mont., with eight bulls, and Jerry Nelson of Phillip, S.D., with seven bulls. Bulls sold into nine states. Nordlund Stock Farm, LLC 18th Annual Production Sale February 21, 2015 Auctioneer: Chisum Peterson 35 Red Angus Bulls $4,657 32 Black Angus Bulls $4,398 11 Red Angus Bred Heifers $5,068 11 Black Angus Bred Heifers $3,864 2 Red Angus Open Heifers $6,625 2 Black Angus Open Heifers $3,750 28 Commercial Bred Heifers $3,032 The top-selling Red Angus bull, Lot 8, a Bieber Hard Drive son, sold to Jeff Dewitz of North Dakota for $8,750. Lot 1, a Six Mile Game Face son, sold to NGN Red Angus of Minnesota for $7,250. Lot 7, a Bieber Hard Drive son, sold to Claire Eby of Minnesota for $6,750. The top-selling Black Angus bull was Lot 41, a Connealy Final Product son. He sold to Alroy Lewis of Minnesota for $7,000. Lot 44, an EXAR Counsel son, sold to Bruce Bang of Minnesota for $6,500. Lot 56, a Connealy Stimulus son, sold to Colby Suhr of Nebraska for $6,000. The top-selling Red Angus bred heifer was Lot 74, a Six Mile Timberlake
daughter, that sold to NGN Red Angus of Minnesota for $13,500. Lot 76, a WEBR TC Card Shark daughter, sold to David Dickerson of Kansas for $7,000. The top-selling Black Angus bred heifer was Lot 87, a R5 Monument daughter sold to Strandberg Farms and Anderson Farms Cattle of Minnesota for $5,250. Lot 95, a Hart Icon daughter, sold to Troy Promersberger of Minnesota for $4,500. The top-selling Red Angus open heifer was Lot 85, a SLGN Yardmaster daughter, that sold to NJ Farms of Minnesota for $9,000. Lot 86, a LSF RSL Ability daughter, sold to Twedt Red Angus of North Dakota for $4,250. The top-selling Black Angus open heifer was Lot 98, a Connealy Final Product daughter, that sold to Dahlke Red Angus of Minnesota for $4,000. Ludvigson Stock Farm’s Dakota Bull and Female Sale February 23, 2015 Mandan, North Dakota 81 Ranch-Ready Red Angus Range Bulls $4,614 28 Ranch Ready Red Hybred Range Bulls $4,178 109 Red Angus and Red Hybred Bulls $4,502 Lot 2, LSF SRR Bottom Line 4314B, sired by Red Crowfoot Moonshine 8081U and out of a Basin Future Direction 7303 daughter, sold for $7,750 to Gerald Kadrmas of Dodge, N.D. Lot 87, LSF DSR Takeover B529, sired by LSF Takeover 9943W and out of a WS Beef Maker R13 daughter, sold for $7,750 to Otley Ranch of Diamond, Ore. Lot 20, LSF SRR Hughes 4331B, sired by Bieber H Hughes W109 and out of an Andras Energizer 2222 daughter, sold for $7,000 to Skinner Ranches of Jordan Valley, Ore. Lot 13, LSF SRR Sarg 4302B, sired by Red Lazy MC Sergeant 4302B and out of a Suth Better Huckleberry 76W
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daughter, sold for $6,500 to Bill Burress of Isabel, S.D. Lot 5, LSF SRR Thickness 216 4327B, sired by SRR EXT 216 and out of a Basin Future Direction 7303 daughter, sold for $6,500 to Putensen Farms of Cushing, Iowa. Volume buyers were Zia Ag Consulting of Albuquerque, N.M.; Cornwell Ranches of Glasgow, Mont.; Putensen Farms of Cushing, Iowa; Skinner Ranches of Jordan Valley, Ore.; and Wyse Brothers of Lindsay, Mont. “We're Doing It Different” Part Ill Arrowsmith Red Angus, Choat Cattle Co. March 2, 2015 Burwell, Nebraska Auctioneer: Mike Baxter 27 Red Angus Yearling Bulls $6,163 60 Red Angus 2-Year-Old Bulls $5,250 Three hundred commercial replacement heifers, consigned by Neil and Mary Ammon of Newport, Neb., and Scott Boettcher of Atkinson, Neb., sold from $1,750 to $2,000. The Pick of the Arrowsmith Red Angus 2014 heifer calves sold to SSS Red Angus, Dave, Mary Beth and Dylan Sibbald, of West Calgary, Alberta, Canada, for $17,000. The top-selling bull, Lot 17, ARO Uno 445, a JSG Uno x 5L Express 11529755 son, sold to Shaggy Meadows Red Angus of Marion, S.D., for $18,000. ARO Paydirt 424, sired by SSS Pay Dirt 357Z and out of Basin EXT 7455-influenced dam, sold half interest to Tom Kasson of St. Paul, Neb., for $10,250. Two more SSS Pay Dirt 357Z sons sold for $9,500. Lot 11, ARO Paydirt 429, sold to Broken Heart Red Angus of Firesteel, S.D., and Lot 12, ARO Paydirt 431, sold to Neil and Mary Ammon of Newport, Neb. Lot 27, ARO Uno 473, a JSG Uno son, sold to High Caliber Genetics, Matt, Dawn, Kaydee and Emmet Caldwell of Edgar, Neb., for $9,000. Two more SSS Pay Dirt 357Z sons sold for $8,000. ARO Paydirt 432, sold
to John Mundorf of Mullen, Neb., and ARO Paydirt 436 sold to Glen May of Bassett, Neb. ARO Paydirt 427, sold to Cross Diamond Cattle Co. of Bertrand, Neb. For $7,500. Leading off the Choat Cattle Co. offering was Lot 53, Choat Nytol A231, sired by HXC Nytol 1003Y and out of a Beckton Epic daughter. He sold for $10,500 to Bruns Red Angus Ranch of Bloomfield, Neb. Lot 52, Choat Jed A222, a Messmer Jed V510 son, sold to Keith and Kevin Beierman of Albion, Neb., for $9,250. Lot 51, Choat Grand Legend A252, a son of ARO Legend 916 and out of a 5L Tradesman dam, sold to Bud Reed of Lance Creek, Wyo., for $9,000. Lot 54, Choat Grand Express A248, a MLK CRK Express 9127 son, sold for $8500 to Vern Griess of Grafton, Neb. Choat Express A288, an ARO Express 022 son out of a Normandy Canyon dam, sold to Ray Burdick of Johnstown, Neb., for $8,500. Choat Nytol A161, a Choat Nytol A231 son, sold to Robert Schropfre of Ohiowa, Neb., for $8,000. Volume buyers were Circle Dot Ranch of Hyannis, Neb., with five bulls; Rhett Shrewsbury of Alliance, Neb., with five bulls; Keith and Kevin Beierman of Albion, Neb., with four bulls; and Ben and Craig Pfeifer of Lindsay, Neb. with three bulls. Pederson Broken Heart Ranch 37th Annual Red Angus Production Sale March 4, 2015 Firesteel, South Dakota Auctioneer: Lynn Weishaar 97 Yearling Bulls $5,840 5 Registered Bred Heifers $5,900 5 Registered Open Heifers $4,250 75 Commercial Heifers $2,306 Otto Red Angus of Grace City, N.D., purchased BHR Moonshine 408 for $17,000. He was a March 28, 2014, son of RED SSS Moonshine 391Z. Ryan Van Zee of Sioux Center, Iowa, purchased BHR Bases Loaded
493, for $17,000. He was an April 5, 2014, son of VGW Bases Loaded 166. Henricksen Red Angus of Ft. Pierre, S.D., purchased BHR Resistol 4138, for $17,000. He was an April 12, 2014, son of BHR Resistol 296. Redland Red Angus of Hysham, Mont., purchased BHR Drifter 495 for $12,000. He was an April 6, 2014, son of RED SSS Drifter 327W. Jack Bickel of Firesteel, S.D., purchased BHR Bases Loaded 4115 for $12,000. He was an April 9, 2014, son of VGW Bases Loaded 166. Barenthsen Red Angus of Powers Lake, N.D., purchased the top-selling bred heifer, Miss BHR Hector 3244, for $7,750. She was sired by Messmer Hector V011 and is bred to Feddes Cougar. Gus Gran of Winner, S.D., purchased the top-selling open heifer, Miss BHR Catapult 47, for $5,500. She is a March 22, 2014, daughter of LSF RAB Catapult Y7004. Bieber Red Angus Ranch Bieber Fever VIII March 5, 2015 Leola, South Dakota Auctioneer: Seth Weishaar 16 Herd Bull Prospects $28,396 301 Red Angus Yearling Bulls $7,078 8 Red Angus-Simm Yrling Bulls $6,938 7 Black Red Angus Yrling Bulls $9,000 67 Red Angus Open Heifers $2,978 The top-selling Red Angus bull was Lot 5, Bieber Let’s Roll B563, selling to Crump Red Angus of Arvada, Wyo., for $70,000. Lot 2, Bieber Even Deeper B552, also sold to Crump Red Angus of Arvada, Wyo., for $65,000. Lot 7, Bieber Federation B544, sold to Scott Bachmann of Chillicothe, Mo., for $65,000. Lot 57, Bieber Federalist B543, sold to Twedt Red Angus of McHenry, N.D., and Genex/CRI of Shawano, Wis., for $42,500. Lot 77, Bieber Fusion B549, sold to Dahl Land and Cattle of Gackle, N.D., for $28,000. Lot 1, Bieber Rou Overload B10
B646, sold to Valnes Ranch Red Angus of Eden, S.D., for $25,000. Lot 140, Bieber Rollin Deep B221, sold to Weisbeck Red Angus of Herreid, S.D., for $22,000. Lot 180, Bieber Rollin Deep Rollin Deep, sold to Tim Kessler of Leola, S.D, for $20,000. Lot 24, Bieber Rollin Deep B194, sold to Cindy Mader and Kenny Viergets of Gillette, Wyo., for $19,500. Lot 22, Bieber Fusion B538, sold to Lorenzen Red Angus of Pendleton, Ore., and Linnel Red Angus of Hermiston, Ore., for $17,500. Lot 9, Bieber FAF Rollin Deep B627, sold to Green Mountain Red Angus of Three Forks, Mont., for $17,000. Lot 10, Bieber Hard Drive B105, sold to Bichler Simmentals of Linton, N.D., for $16,000. Lot 67, Bieber Rollin Deep B540, sold to Cooksley Red Angus of Valentine, Neb., for $16,000. Lot 16, Bieber Rou Samurai B16, sold to TJS Red Angus of Lodge Grass, Mont., for $15,000. Lot 6, Bieber CL Iron Ore B147, and Lot 8, Bieber H Hughes B535, both sold to Harrison Ranch of White River, S.D., for $15,000 each. Lot 14, Bieber Epic B534, sold to Weisbeck Red Angus of Herreid, S.D., for $14,500. Lot 15, Bieber Fusion B238, sold to Pieper Red Angus of Hay Springs, Neb., for $14,500. Lot 41, Bieber Rou Take 2 B68 sold to Neo Sho Farms of Southwest City, Mo., for $14,500. Lot 50, Bieber Rolling Deep DEEP B308, sold to Loren Roseland of Seneca, S.D., for $14,500. The top-selling Red Angus-Simmental bull was Lot 4, Bieber Hard Drive B110, selling to Shawn Claymore of McLaughlin, S.D., for $15,000. The top-selling black Red Angus yearling bull was Lot 12, Bieber Rollin Deep B550, selling to Angie and Joshua Bieber of Bowdle, S.D., for $11,000. Lot 104, Bieber Iron Ore B138, sold
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Sale Reports to Hoyle Ranch LLC of Ipswich, S.D., for $10,500. The top-selling Red Angus open heifer was Lot 398, Bieber Daphine 299B, selling to Marion Thomsen of St. Paul, Neb., for $5,250. Lot 403, Bieber Red Beverly 315B, sold to Shady Oaks Farm of Jacobson, Minn., for $5,250. Lot 391, Bieber Primrose 263B, sold to Shieldknight Land & Cattle of Spearman, Texas, for $5,000. Lot 392, Bieber Lincoln 166B, sold to E3 Farm and Cattle of Atoka, Okla., for $4,000. Lot 393, Bieber Rose 155B, sold to Beechfork Ranch of Casey, Ark., for $4,000. VF Cattlemen’s Classic Spring Sale March 7, 2015 Terrebonne, Oregon Bulls $5,151 Females $3,100 Lot 1, Dunn Acquisition B506, was purchased by VF Red Angus of Terrebonne, Ore. for $28,000. Lot 2, VF Shazam’s Dynasty B113, was purchased by Eddie Curtis, C&C Family Partners, of Silsbee, Texas, for $10,250. Lot 4, VF Polyana Cash Flow B111, was purchased by Ron Hotchkiss, 70 Ranch Inc., of Lakeview, Ore. Volume buyers were Franklin Driscoll, J&F Livestock of Gunnison, Utah, and Martin & Stone Ranch of Glennville, Calif. DK RED ANGUS Annual Production Sale March 7, 2015 Williston, North Dakota Auctioneer: Butch Haugland 51 Red Angus Yearling Bulls $4,889 3 Red Angus/Charolais Composite Bulls $3,416 8 Bred Red Angus Comm Hfrs $3,100 33 Yearling Comm Heifers $1,966 The top-selling bull was Lot 39, DK Bronson B579, a March 28, 2014, son of NS Bronson X079 x BFCK Chero-
kee Canyon 4912, who sold to Loyal Larson of Grenora, N.D., for $10,000. Lot 1, DK Lookout B051, a March 9, 2014, son of Red Lazy MC Lookout 39Z x VGW Extra 51, sold to Greg Rauschendorfer of Poplar, Mont., for $9,500. Lot 5, DK Bronson B739, a March 4, 2014, son of NS Bronson X079 x Frey’s Grand Prix 525P, sold to Klompien Red Angus of Manhattan, Mont., for $9,000. Lot 2, DK Bronson B9041, a March 9, 2014, son of NS Bronson X079 x HRR Trojan 709, sold to to Stangeland Ranch of Williston, N.D., for $8,500. Lot 6, DK Lookout B131, March 10, 2014, son of Red Lazy MC Lookout 39Z x BMRA MR Statement 998, sold to Greg Rauschendorfer of Poplar, Mont., for $8,500. Lot 13, DK Bronson B8022, March 15, 2014, son of NS Bronson X079 x Prairie Pride Cheyenne 608, sold to Stangeland Ranch, Williston, N.D., for $8,500. Lot 22, DK Bronson B410, March 21, 2014, son of NS Bronson X079 x LCC Cheyenne B221L, sold to Smith Farms of Dagmar, Mont., for $7,750. The volume buyers were Westgard Farms of Westby, Mont., and Greg Rauschendorfer of Poplar, Mont. Ludvigson Stock Farm’s Second Annual Ozark Bull and Female Sale Spring Edition March 7, 2015 Diamond, Missouri 4 Premier Herd Bulls $18,625 123 Ranch-Ready Range Bulls $5,092 19 Elite Females $2,565 The top-selling bull was Lot 4, LSF BRA No Worries 4657B, sired by Brown JYJ Redemption Y1334 and out of an LSF JBOB Expectation 6034S daughter. He sold for $35,000 to ABS Global of DeForest, Wis. Lot 3, LSF SRR Herd Changer 4090B, sired by Brown JYJ Redemption Y1334 and out of a Messmer Packer S008 daughter, sold for $16,000 to
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Leachman Cattle of Colorado of Fort Collins, Colo. Lot 5, LSF SRR World Beater 4656B, sired by LSF Night Calver 9921W and out of an LCB Jewelmaker N155 daughter, sold for $13,000 to Tlach Red Angus of Britt, Iowa. Lot 112, LSF RHO Takeover 45B, sired by LSF Takeover 9943W and out of an LJC Mission Statement P27 daughter sold for $10,500 to Cross B Cattle Co. of Morgan Mill, Texas, C&C Family Farms Red Angus of Spurger, Texas, and B&L Red Angus of Putnam, Okla. Volume Buyers were Brock Farms of Notasulga, Ala., Putensen Farms of Cushing, Iowa, Maurice Wyatt of Hollister, Okla., and Zia Ag Consulting of Albuquerque, N.M. Rich Red Angus Annual Production Sale March 7, 2015 Vinton, Iowa Sales Manager: Red Cow Relocators 45 Red Angus Bulls $5,354 22 Open Red Angus Heifers $5,065 19 Commercial Heifers $1,867 The top bull was Lot 410, RRA Conquest 218 410, a Jan. 9, 2014, son of RRA Conquest 229. He sold to Hootridge Red Angus, Larry Thomann, of Riverside, Iowa for $17,500. Lot 460, RRA Crimson Tide 135460, a Feb. 2, 2014, son of RRA Crimson Tide 135, sold to Turtle River Cattle Co., Ron Clementson, of Grand Forks, N.D., for $10,500 Lot 480, RRA Game Plan 976-480, a Feb. 23, 2014, son of VGW Game Plan 508, sold to Dave Runner of Gilman, Iowa, for $9,000. Lot 490, RRA Sin City 43T 490 ET, a March 8, 2014, son of Red Wheel Sin City 43T, sold to Dave Runner of Gilman, Iowa, for $8,500. Lot 402, RRA Crimson Tide 402, a Dec. 30, 2013, son of RRA Crimson Tide 135, sold to Dave Runner of Gilman, Iowa, for $8,000. The top-selling open heifer was Lot 415, RRA Rachel 746 415 ET, a Jan.
10, 2014, daughter of RRA Mulberry 26P 922, who sold to High Ridge Red Angus Ranch, Dwight McDonald, of Russell, Iowa, for $14,000. Lot 435, RRA Mabel 342Z 435, Jan. 20, 2014, daughter of RRA Logistics 227, sold to High Ridge Red Angus Ranch, Dwight McDonald, of Russell, Iowa, for $11,000. Lot 486, RRA Roxie 20S 486ET, a March 4, 2014, daughter of Red Wheel Sin City 43T, sold to High Ridge Red Angus Ranch, Dwight McDonald, of Russell, Iowa, for $9,000. Lot 442, RRA Rachel 290 442 ET, a Jan. 24, 2014, daughter of Connealy Earnan 76E, sold to Fehrman Red Angus, Paul Fehrman, of Lake Benton, Minn., for $8,500. The volume buyer was High Ridge Red Angus Ranch, Dwight McDonald, of Russell, Iowa, with five lots, Junior VanGorp of Newton, Iowa, with five lots, Brad Hooper of Conrad, Iowa, with four lots, and Kolby Marriott of Braddyville, Iowa, with four lots. Cattle sold into nine states and 20 different established purebred Red Angus operations. Wedel Red Angus March 10, 2015 Leoti, Kansas 108 Red Angus Yearling Bulls $6,772 13 Char x Red Angus Hybrid Bulls $6,365 4 SimAngus Hybrid Bulls $8,063 190 Comm. Red Angus Open Hfrs $2,137 20 Comm. Red Baldy Open Hfrs $1,925 36 Commercial Fall-Calving Red Angus Bred Heifers $3,150 The high-selling bull, Lot 47, a red SimAngus sired by WFL Nebula 707 165Z, sold to Otley Brothers Ranch of Diamond, Ore., for $15,000 for one-half interest and full possession. The second-high-selling bull, Lot 4, a WFL Pawnee Canyon 8127 son sold to Don and Cindy Sitz of Drewsey, Ore. The third-high-selling bull, Lot 6, a son of LSF RAB Easy Calver 2758Z, sold to Janssen Red Angus of Geneseo, Kan.
Green Mountain Red Angus March 17, 2015 Logan, Montana Auctioneer: Trent Stewart 76 Yearling Red Angus Bulls $6,793 The top-selling bull was Lot 4, GMRA Trigger 4248, a GMRA Peacemaker 1216 son, that sold 2/3 interest and full possession to Lucht Red Angus of Bozeman, Mont., for $22,000. Lot 5, GMRA Out West 4251, a GMRA Peacemaker 1216 son, sold 2/3 interest and full possession to Laubach Red Angus of Big Timber, Mont., for $15,500. Lot 9, GMRA Duplex 4201, a GMRA Trilogy 0226 son, sold 2/3 interest and full possession to Accelerated Genetics of Baraboo, Wis., for $13,000. Lot 3, GMRA Legend 4247, a Beckton Epic R397 K son, sold 2/3 interest and full possession to Mike Kueffler of Grenora, N.D., for $10,500. Lot 12, GMRA Stetson 4279, a GMRA Stetson 2240 son, sold 2/3 interest and full possession to Summers Red Angus of Flaxville, Mont., for $10,000. Lot 14, GMRA Epic 4272, a Beckton Epic R397 K son, sold 2/3 interest and full possession to Don Fancher of Tonasket, Wash., for $10,000. Wood V Bar X Ranch Red Angus March 20, 2015 Sandpoint, Idaho 48 Yearling Bulls $4,036 4 2-Year-Old Bulls $5,538 The high-selling 2-year-old bull, Lot 27, Wood Notus 3018, a Feb. 22, 2013, Lorenzen Jashua V X639 x Wood Hi-Rb- Las 474 son, sold to Kelley Cattle Co. of Roosevelt, Wash., for $8,750. The high-selling yearling bull, Lot 6, Wood Xpress 4047, a March 8, 2014, 5L Travel Xpress 77Z x Wood Lacey 2135 son, sold to Steve & Louise Wood, Wood V Bar X Ranch, of Sandpoint, Idaho, for $8,250. Lot 18, Wood Xpress 4028, a Feb. 21, 2014, 5L Travel Xpress 77Z x Wood Louise 2100 son, sold to Kelley Cattle Co. of Roosevelt, Wash., for $7,000
Milk Creek Reds March 21, 2015 Plevna, Montana Auctioneer: Scott Weishaar 93 Red Angus Yearling Bulls $5,596 The top-selling bull, MLK CRK Fushion 4207, an Andras Fusion R236 son out of MLK CRK Lakota 953, a Beckton Epic R397 K daughter, sold to Bieber Red Angus of Leola S.D., for $40,000. The second-high-selling bull, MLK CRK Fusion 4215, an Andras Fusion R236 son out of MLK CRK Sun Gal 888, a BUF CRK Giuliani L851 daughter, sold to Don Kirkpatrick of Midland S.D., for $13,000. MLK CRK Redstone 4221, a MLK CRK Redston son out of MLK CRK Malta 066, a 5L Trailblazer 1766-188V daughter, and MLK CRK Redstone 4290, a MLK CRK Redstone son out of MLK CRK Lakina 523, a Shoco Data daughter, both sold for $12,000 to Wagonhound Land & Livestock, LLC of Douglas, Wyo. Two bulls sold for $11,500. MLK CRK Fusion 4228, an Andras Fusion R236 son out of a Shoco Data daughter, sold to Don Kirkpatrick of Midland S.D.; and MLK CRK Redstone 4206, a MLK CRK Redstone son out of a Beckton Epic R397 K daughter, sold to Gary Rusley of Baker Mont. Schrieffer Red Angus of Golden Valley, N.D., purchased MLK CRK Just Right 4353, a BUF CRK Just Right son out of a 5L Trailblazer 1766-188V daughter; and Reg and Lana Hoff from Forsyth, Mont., bought MLK CRK Redstone 4321, a MLK CRK Redstone son out a Shoco Data daughter for $10,500. Steve MacDonald of Jordan, Mont., bought MLK CRK Express 4262, a MLK CRK Express 9141 son out of a Red YY Red Knight 640F daughter; and Eric Ravenscroft of Nenzel, Neb., purchased a 5L Secret Agent son, MLK CRK Advocate 4324, out of a Mushrush Impressive daughter for $10,000.
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Sale Reports
Red Hill Farms More Than a Bull X 10th Annual Bull Sale March 21, 2015 13 Fall Red Angus Bulls $8,712 13 Spring Red Angus Bulls $9,404 25 Spring SimAngus Bulls $4,370 10 Fall SimAngus Bulls $5,200 The top-selling fall Red Angus bull, Lot 1, 176A, sold for $24,250 to B Lazy T Ranch of South Dakota, Grill Cattle Co. of South Dakota, and Fick Red Angus of Nebraska. The top-selling spring Red Angus bull, Lot 14, 9B, sold for $16,250 to Dan and Justin Vinton of Nebraska. The top-selling spring SimAngus bull, Lot 29, 85B, sold for $10,000 to Jay Price and David Billingsley, both of Kentucky. The top-selling fall SimAngus bull, Lot 63, 210A, sold for $7,000 to Purdue University/Feldun Ag Center of Indiana. Cattle sold into 14 states.
Rogers Cattle Co. and Lile Farms Production Sale March 21, 2015 Strafford, Missouri 9 Yrlng Red Angus Bulls $4,283 2 Yrlng Red Angus Hybrid Bulls $3,600 2 Commercial Cow-Calf Pairs $3,000 2 Yearling Red Angus Heifers $1,900 The top-selling bull, RCC Bold B99, a Beckton Epic R397 K son out of Brown Ms 17P Y6663, sold to Bill and Kim Berry of Tunas, Mo., for $6,100 RCC BRAVO B69, a Brown JYJ Redemption Y1334 son out of Brown Ms Pride Y7734, also sold to Bill and Kim Berry of Tunas, Mo., for $5,100. Bill & Kim Berry of Tunas, Mo. were the volume buyers with four bulls and two commercial cow-calf pairs. Bob Shockley of Conway, Mo., purchased two bulls, and Andras Stock Farm of Manchester, Ill., purchased two yearling heifers. Axtell Cattle Company March 25, 2015 Sterling, Colorado
Auctioneer: Jim Santomaso 53 Yearling Red Angus Bulls $5,415 20 Yearling Red Angus Heifers $1,973 The top-selling bull was Lot 11, Axtell Dominor 4124, a Beckton Dominor T754 ZC son out of a Beckton Clifftop T3 N800 daughter sold to Feiring Angus Ranch of Powers Lake, N.D., for $15,000. Lot 3, Axtell Emperor 4229, a Beckton Emperor X342 J3 son out of an Axtell Pay Day 8205 dam, sold to Steve Kalous of Brush, Colo., for $10,000. Lot 13, Axtell Legend 4835, a Choat Legend Y200 son out of a KDCS Epic Jules 618 cow, sold to Ranches, Inc. of Ft. Morgan, Colo., for $8,000. Lot 16, Axtell Legend 4846, a Choat Legend Y200 son out of a BJR Gambler 027 daughter, sold to Karl and Ginger Wright of Akron, Colo., for $8,000. Lot 21, Axtell Emperor 4249, a Beckton Emperor X342 J3 son out of a Beckton Epic W690 C4 dam, sold to Karl and Ginger Wright of Akron, Colo., for $8,000. The top-selling heifer was Lot 84, Axtell Lakota 05-417, an Axtell Dominator 1925 daughter out of an Axtell Pay Day 8205 dam, sold to Nebeker Cattle Co. of Battle Mountain, Nev., for $2,400. The volume bull buyer was Pete Pyatt of Simla, Colo., with six bulls and the volume heifer buyer was TC Livestock of Horse Creek, Wyo., with seven heifers. Washington Cattlemen’s Association All-Breed Bull Test Sale March 25, 2015 Eltopia, Washington Sponsored by: Washington Cattlemen’s Assn. Auctioneer: C.D. “Butch” Booker Sale Managed by: Kendall Cattle Sales 6 SimAngus Bulls $4,108 6 Red Angus Bulls $3,508 9 Simmentals Bulls $3,433 26 Herefords Bulls $5,469 42 Angus – Growth Division Bulls $4,026
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18 Angus – Low BEPD Division Bulls $5,008 The top-selling Red Angus bull was Lot 45, a Feb. 11, 2014, son of Glacier Cougar 720, consigned by Cabernet Cattle Co. of Pomeroy, Wash., He sold to Bill Swannack of Lamont, Wash., for $4,500. Lot 44, a Jan. 1, 2014 son of Red Brylor Mulberry 9X consigned by Cabernet Cattle Co. of Pomeroy, Wash., sold to Bill Swannack of Lamont, Wash., for $4,000. Westphal Red Angus Sale March 25, 2015 Grass Range, Montana Auctioneer: Ty Thompson Sale Manager: Deichmann Livestock Brokerage 87 Yearling Bulls $6,486 9 Fall Long Yearling Bulls $6,722 48 Reg. Open Yearling Heifers $3,060 47 Comm. Open Yearling Heifers $2,138 The top-selling bull, Lot 3, VGW Fortunate 417, a Red Crowfoot Moonshine 8081U x VGW 508-Hazy 0832 son, sold to von Forrell Ranch of Wheatland, Wyo., for $16,000. Lot 7, VGW Megatron 403P, a VGW Megatron 141 x VGW Oly-Red P0902 son, sold to Koester Red Angus of Steele, N.D., for $14,500. Lot 17, VGW Innovation 471, a VGW Megatron 141 x VGW 554T-Star 1083 son, sold to Redland Red Angus of Hysham, Mont., for $14,500. Lot 1, VGW Explorer 410, sold to Buster Stuber, Opheim, Mont., at $14,000. Lot 34, VGW All-Weather 429, a VGW Navigator 010 X VGW U199CHRSS 1219 son, sold to Flugge Ranch of Hobson, Mont., for $12,500. The top selling registered heifer was Lot 108, VGW Gy-Chrss 1440, who sold to Kenner Simmentals of Leeds, N.D., for $5,000. Lot 103, VGW Nav-Star 1406, Lot 109, VGW Riv-Star 1461, and Lot 132, VGW Ms-Star 1413, each sold for $5,000 to Brickhouse Farm of, Tina, Mo.
Jordan Cattle Co. All-Breeds Bull Sale March 26, 2015 9 Red Angus Bulls $6,889 The high-selling Red Angus bull sold for $8,750 and was consigned by Collier Diamond C Ranch. Mushrush Red Angus Pasture-Proven Profit-Driven Sale March 26, 2015 Strong City, Kansas 2 2-Year-Old Bulls $9,500 75 18-Month Fall Bulls $7,956 77 Spring Yearling Bulls $6,383 The high-selling bull was Lot 86, Mushrush Era B079, who sold to T.K. Ballard, King-Ballard Farm, of Charleston, Ark., for $14,750. Lot 8, Mushrush Julian DRYF A513, sold to Ole Farms LTD., Athabasca, Alberta, Canada, for $13,500. The volume bull buyer was Matt Duffy, D.E. Cattle, of Goodwell, Okla., with nine head. Females topped at $3,700 for the pairs, $3,000 for the bred heifers and $2,450 for the yearling open heifers. Pelton Simmental & Red Angus 22nd Production Sale March 26, 2015 LaCrosse, Kansas Auctioneer: Bruce Brooks 35 Fall SimAngus Bulls $8,286 1 Fall Purebred Simmental Bull $5,000 26 Fall Red Angus Bulls $9,673 48 Spring SimAngus Bulls $6,266 43 Spring Red Angus Bulls $7,669 12 Fall Bred Red Angus Heifers $6,854 1 Fall Bred Purebred Simm. Hfrs $8,750 31 Fall Bred SimAngus Heifers $4,806 25 Spring Red Angus Open Hfrs $5,310 26 Spring SimAngus Open Hfrs $3,333 10 Fall Bred Comm. Heifers $3,340 22 Spring Open Comm. Hfrs $2,716 Lot 116, a 1A Red Angus bull sired by Pelton Statement 225W, sold to Flying H Genetics and D Cross Genetics for $25,000.
Lot 40, a 1A Red Angus bull sired by SLGN Wideload 920W, sold to Gerri Schumacher for $17,000. Lot 48, a 1A Red Angus bull sired by Beckton Epic R397, sold to Jim Sawyer for $12,500. Lot 45, 1A Red Angus bull sired by Beckton Epic R397, sold to Whitley Farms for $12,000. Lot 150, a 1A Red Angus bull sired by ALC Mr. Oscar Y11, sold to Prairie Creek Cattle for $12,000. Lot 46, a 1A Red Angus bull sired by Beckton Epic R397, sold to Whitley Farms for $12,000. Lot 47, a 1A Red Angus bull sired by Beckton Epic R397, sold to Finkenbinder Farms for $11,500. Lot 160, a Red Angus bred heifer sired by Becton Epic R397, sold to Chad Ledbetter for $15,000. Lot 158, a Red Angus bred heifer sired by SLGN Wideload 920W, sold to Chad Ledbetter for $10,750. Lot 159, a Red Angus bred heifer sired by Beckton Epic R397, sold to Jesse Boomhower for $10,000. Lot 223, a Red Angus open heifer sired by Beckton Epic R397, sold to Askew Red Angus for $10,000. Schuler Red Angus March 26, 2015 Bridgeport, Nebraska 109 Red Angus Yearling Bulls $8,170 38 Schuler Red Comp. Yrling Bulls $6,099 Wedel Red Angus of Leoti, Kan., purchased the top-selling Red Angus bull, Lot 1, a son of Schuler Endurance 2101Z, for $18,000 for on-half interest and full possession. Wedel also selected Lot 17, a son of Schuler Omygoodness 2121Z, as the second- high- selling Red Angus bull for $14,500 for one-half interest and full possession. Janssen Red Angus of Geneseo, Kan., purchased the third-high-selling Red Angus bull, Lot 3, another Omygoodness son, for $14,000 for one-half interest and full possession. Joe & Cindy Frasier of Limon, Colo., purchased Lot 7, a line-bred son
of 5L Double Design 1177-227W, for $10,000. The high-selling Schuler Red Composite bull was Lot 118, and was purchased by Otley Brothers Ranch of Diamond, Ore., for $10,000. He was a three-quarters Red Angus and onequarter Continental composite son of Schuler Red 62 P707 Y852. Repeat customers of the Schuler program were Kenansville Cattle Co. of Florida and Cullan Farms of Nebraska. Croissant Red Angus March 28, 2015 Briggsdale, Colorado Red Angus Bulls $7,674 36 Comm. Red Angus Open Hfrs $2,169 The top-selling bull, Lot 1, a son of LJC Merlin 937Z, sold two-thirds interest and full possession for $16,000. The second high-selling bull was Lot 4, a Beckton Nebula X038 N4 son, who sold two-thirds interest and full possession for $15,000. The third high-selling bull was Lot 23, a son of LJC Merlin T179, who sold two-thirds interest and full possession for $11,500. Namken Red Angus Bull Sale March 28, 2015 Lake Norden, South Dakota 23 Yearling Bulls $5,222 Popham P4 Ranch of Hayti, S.D. purchased two of the top selling bulls. Namken Pay Dirt 51B, a March 9, 2014, black son of SSS Pay Dirt 357Z sold for $9,600. Namken Wagonboss 45B, a March 8, 2014, son of PIE KAR Wagonboss 172, sold for $8,300. Brad Arrowsmith of Bassett, Neb., also took home two top sellers. Namken Endorse 28B, a March 1, 2014, son of Red SSS Endorse 639X sold for $9,200, and Namken Endorse 61B, a March 12, 2014, son of Red SSS Endorse 639X sold for $6,800. Keith Nelson of Madison, S.D., purchased Namken Stronghold 90B, a March 25, 2014, son of Trotters Stronghold 156, for $6,800.
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Sale Reports Frank Burggraff of Egan, S.D., purchased P4 Forster Pat 322, a March 22, 2014, son of PIE KAR Wagonboss 172, for $6,400. 20th Annual Power of the Reds Red Angus Sale March 28, 2015 Macomb, Illinois Auctioneer: Col. Monte Lowderman Sale Manager: Red Cow Relocators 12 Open Heifers $3,125 3 Bred Heifers $3,934 9 Bred Cows $3,017 8 Cow Calf Pairs $4,813 9 Bulls $2,478 12 Packages of Embryos $1,693 10 Packages of Semen $368 The top selling open heifer was Lot 21, MFIN Miss B59, a March 28, 2014, WCR Power Eye 020Z daughter, selling for $4,600. She was consigned by Finch Red Angus, the Mark Finch family, of Kelley, Iowa, and purchased by Alex Hildreth of Harvard, Ill. Lot 13, DHX Holly Rose 206B, a Jan. 3, 2014, NBAR Hamley S913 daughter, sold for $4,500. She was consigned by Deer Hill Farms, Dick & Carol Kealy, of Waterloo, Ill., and purchased by Blaine Behnken of Massema, Iowa. Lot 22, MFIN Miss B12, a Jan. 26, 2014, daughter of Fritz Justice, sold to Haege Farms, Daniel Haege, of Nashville, Ill., for $3,400. She was consigned by Finch Red Angus, the Mark Finch family, of Kelley, Iowa. The top-selling bred heifer was Lot 26, Vanwye Dina 316, a March 6, 2013, daughter of 1DRA Victory 0034. She was consigned by VanWye Red Angus, Connie & Jerry VanWye, of Atlanta, Ill., and sold for $4,400 to Harsin Oaks Farm, Chandler Nunnikhoven, of Harvey, Iowa. She is bred to Vanwye Samurai 327. The top-selling bred cow was Lot 29, JK Red Garnet 120, an April 3, 2011, daughter of Red Lazy MC Cowboy Cut 26U. She was consigned by VanWye Red Angus, Connie & Jerry VanWye of Atlanta, Ill., and sold for $4,200 to Dou-
ble J Farms, Ray Johnson, of Monmouth, Ill. She is bred to Beiber Rollin Deep A198. Lot 28, VanWye Blackcap Thelma 37Z, a Feb. 12, 2012, daughter of LSF RSL Berry Cherry 0503X, was consigned by VanWye Red Angus, Connie & Jerry VanWye, of Atlanta, Ill., and sold for $3,850 to Steiger Cattle Co, Brian Steiger, of Delavan, Ill. She is bred to Vanwye Samurai 327. The top-selling cow-calf pair was Lot 33, VanWye Blackcap Princess 56Z, a July 1, 2012, daughter of LSF RSL Berry Cherry 0503X. She was consigned by VanWye Red Angus, Connie & Jerry VanWye, of Atlanta, Ill., and sold for $6,350 to Blue Ridge Cattle LLC of Monticello, Ill. Her red heifer calf at her side was sired by Bieber Rollin Deep A198. Lot 10, Damar W085 Mimi A187, a March 3, 2013, daughter of Red Brylor New Trend 22, consigned by Cross Creek Ranch, Paul & Annette Hildreth, of Harvard, Ill., sold for $6,000 to Ellis Cattle Co., Jerry Ellis of Centerview Mo. Her bull calf at her side was sired by JJC March Madness 7A. The top-selling bull was Lot 40, LRAS Sharpshooter 304, an Oct. 10, 2013, son of Bieber Real McCoy Y124. He was consigned by Logterman Red Angus, Logan Logterman of Moro, Ill., and sold for $3,000 to Tom Anderson of Butler, Ill. The top-selling embryo package was Lot 44, C-Bar Evolution 107Y x DFRA Tarmily N512. The embryos were consigned by Damar Farms, Dave & Mary Hehli of Strum, Wis., and sold $3,875 to Campbell Creek Red Angus, James & Linda Campbell, of Dunnegan Mo. The top-selling semen packages were Lots 54A & 54B, Messmer Packer S008, consigned by Rhodes Red Angus, Darryl Rhodes, of Maize, Kan. and selling for $600 each. Wood Cattle Co., Chad Wood of Sun Prairie, Wis., and Seeger Red Angus, Brandon Rusch, of New Salem, N.D., purchased the semen packages.
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High-volume buyers were Double J Farms of Monmouth, Ill., with a purchase of four lots and Wood Cattle Co., Sun Prairie, Wis., with a purchase of four lots. Cattle sold into nine states. SERAA Grasstime Sale March 28, 2015 Cullman, Alabama Auctioneer: Kyle Gilchrist Sale Manager: Gilchrist Auction Co. 9 Cow-Calf Pairs $4,672 16 Fall Bred Females $4,197 5 Spring Bred Females $3,420 2 Pregnant Recips $4,400 25 Open Heifers $3,184 11 Bulls $4,618 The top-selling cow-calf pair was Lot 5, consigned by Bell Farms Red Angus of Tennessee. She was a LCC Major League A502M daughter with a SLGN Yosemite 1143Y heifer calf. The cow sold to Andy Camp, Camp’s Red Angus, of Georgia, for $4,100, and the calf sold to Circle N Farm of Louisiana for $2,600. Lot 42, consigned by Forbes Farm of Kentucky, was a 5L Norseman King 2291 daughter with a FOR P.C. Roger heifer calf. The cow sold to Hickory Hill Farm of Tennessee for $3,300 and the calf sold to Hodge Red Angus of Mississippi for $2,100. The top-selling fall bred female was Lot 44, consigned by Rocky Hill Farms of Tennessee. She was a 3 Aces Sideways x UBAR High Capacity 224 heifer bred to Andras New Direction R240. Circle N Farm of Louisiana purchased her for $7,750. Lot 45, consigned by Rocky Hill Farms of Tennessee, a Red Lazy MC Eye Spy 64Y x BHC Rebel One daughter, bred to Andras New Direction R240, was purchased by Jerry Henderson of Texas for $6,750. Lot 62, consigned by Bull Hill Ranch of South Carolina, was a Bull Hill Viking 8033 x OHRR 10H Dakota Rambler 75R daughter and is bred to Brown Premier X7876. She sold to Hickory Hill Farm of Tennessee for $4,600.
The top spring bred females were Lot 37 and 38, HXC 0025X x Schuler Gold Medal 6618S daughters both consigned by Diamond P Cattle Co. of Kentucky and selling for $4,100 each. Lot 37, was bred to Bieber CL Rollin Deep, and sold to Camp’s Red Angus of Georgia. Lot 38, was also bred to Bieber CL Rollin Deep, and sold to Samual Nisly of Alabama. Lot 43, consigned by Forbes Farm of Kentucky, was a Coley’s 1P Top Cat 722T x Riggins Pri-Destined 611 daughter, bred to FOR Colas 4X. She sold to Dry Creek Red Angus, of Virginia for $3,100. Topping the open heifers was Lot 57 at $5,500. She was a Tree Lane Perfect Storm x SWCR Mo Jo daughter and was consigned by Swan Creek Red Angus of Tennessee. She sold to Bluff Creek Farms of Tennessee. Lot 17, a Brown Covenant U7548 x GP Catalyst 025 daughter, consigned by Pine Hill Farm if Alabama, sold for $4,500 to Smeenk Livestock, Alabama. The top-selling bull was Lot 74, consigned by Putman Cattle Co. of Tennessee. A son of Red SSS Oly 554T out of a Messmer Packer S008 dam, he sold for $9,000 to Circle N Farm of Louisiana. Lots 68, 69 and 70 all sold for $4,750. Lot 68, a Brown P707 Y7002 x HW Milky Way 2756 son consigned by Jimmy Whitley of Alabama, sold to Collins Farm of Georgia. Lot 69 was a Majestic Lightning 717 SGMR x Red Six Mile Sakic 832S son consigned by Bell Farms Red Angus of Tennesses, sold to Lake Creek Farm of Georgia, and Lot 70, consigned by Dwyer Hilltop Ranch of Florida, a LCHMN Gold Robber 1909E x Larson Bonanza 926 son, sold to Robards Red Angus of Kentucky. Cattle sold into 12 states including. Flying W Red Angus and Rock Creek Red Angus Production Sale April 4, 2015 Mandan, North Dakota. Auctioneer: Col. Dustin Carter Sale Manager: Red Cow Relocators
54 2-Year-Old Bulls $3,920 6 Open Heifers $2,983 21 Bred Heifers $2,700 15 Commercial Heifer Calves $1,367 3 Packages of Semen $567 The top-selling bull was Lot 4, Flying W Magnum 180A, a May 13, 2013, son of RCRA Magnum PI 841. He sold for $7,000 to Collin LaPlant of Binford, ND.. The second-high-selling bull was Lot 3, Flying W Advantage 194A, a May 16, 2013, son of RCRA Advantage 735. He sold to Graystone Cattle Co. of Stockport, Iowa, for $6,500. The third-top-selling bull was Lot 1, Flying W Xtra 149A, a May 7, 2013, son of Flying W Xtra 111X. He sold to Triple M Ranch of Bismarck, N.D., for $5,750. The fourth-top-selling bull was Lot 2, Flying W Xtra 165A, a May 11, 2013, son of Flying W Xtra 111X. He sold to Jerry Schuster of New Rockford, N.D., for $5,000. The top selling open heifers were Lots 58, 59, 60, 61 and 62, all selling for $3000. Lot 58, Flying W Larkaba 197B, a May 24, 2014, daughter of RCRA Bull Market 4Y, sold to Barenthsen Red Angus of Powers Lake, N.D. Lot 59, Flying W Sue 175B, a May 18, 2014, daughter of Flying W Got R Did 249Y, sold to Christensen Red Angus of Park City, Mont. Lot 60, Flying W K Lass 171B, a May 17, 2014, daughter of Flying W Xtra 111X, sold to Vinton Red Angus of Indianola, Iowa. Lot 61, Flying W Verddale 223B, a June 1, 2014, daughter of 4DDR Yukon 7154, sold to Mark Fetzer of Max, N.D. Lot 62, RCRA Lass 051B, a May 3, 2014, daughter of RCRA Grid Iron 22X, sold to Barenthsen Red Angus of Powers Lake, N.D. The top-selling bred heifer was Lot 72, Flying W Foxy 233A, a June 1, 2013 daughter of RCRA Bull Market 4Y and bred to PIE Code Red 199. She sold to Arnie White of Red Lodge, Mont.
The top-selling semen package was Lot A, Flying W Xtra 111X, for $600. The packages were purchased by Walnut Springs Farm of Hopkins, Mich., and Brandon Rusch of Seeger, N. D. The high-volume buyers were Howard, Maurice & Matt Hecker of Dickinson, N.D. with seven lots and Dean Frank of Shields, N. D., also with seven lots. Cattle sold into 5 states. Daigger – Orr Angus and Red Angus Production Sale April 7, 2015 North Platte, Nebraska Auctioneer: Kyle Schow 61 Angus Yearling Bulls $6,532 32 Red Angus Yearling Bulls $6,453 The top-selling Red Angus bull was Lot 72, 1DRA Redemption 4006, a Brown JYJ Redemption Y1334 x MLK Creek Epic 8171 son that sold for $17,000 to Kravig Red Angus of Karval, Colo. Lot 98, 1DRA Keystone 4027, a Frenzel Keystone 856 x HXC Conquest 4405P son that sold for $13,500 to Overmiller Red Angus of Smith Center, Kan. Lot 73, 1DRA Redemption 4008, a Brown JYJ Redemption Y1334 x Messmer Packer S008 son that sold for $13,000 to Hall-Pokorny Red Angus of Stapleton, Neb. Ludvigson Stock Farm’s 7th Annual Herdbuilder Bull Sale April 11, 2015 Shepherd, Montana 1 Elite Herd Bull $100,000 10 Premier Herd Bulls $16,750 227 Ranch-Ready Range Bulls $6,814 The top-selling bull was Lot 6, LSF TBJ Takeback 4856B, sired by LSF Takeover 9943W and out of a Basin EXT 7455 daughter, who sold for $100,000 to Nelson Red Angus of Oakland, Ore., Bar CK Cattle Co of Culver, Ore., Idle Wind Farm of New Haven, Mo., Keller’s Broken Heart Ranch of Mandan, N.D., Wilkinson Farms Simmentals of Montpelier, N.D., Zia Ag
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Sale Reports Consulting of Albuquerque, N.M., Lorenzen Ranches of Pendelton, Ore., and Judd Ranch of Pomona, Kan. Lot 1, LSF SRR Overtake 4059B, sired by LSF Takeover 9943W and out of a TR Julian LT142 daughter, sold for $31,000 to Tilleman Bootjack of Havre, Mont. Lot 19, LSF SRR Smooth 4083B, sired by LSF Night Calver 9921W and out of a Beckton Cody T085 K2 daughter, sold for $20,000 to the RA Brown Ranch of Throckmorton, Texas. Lot 29, LSF SRR Superb 4044B, sired by Beckton Epic R397 and out of a LCHMN Enterprise 1370H daughter, sold for $16,000 to Hageman Red Angus of Winfred, S.D. Lot 154, LSF SRR Takeover 4135B, sired by LSF Takeover 9943W and out of a LSF JBOB Expectation 6034S daughter, sold for $16,000 to Rollins Ranches of Okeechobee, Fla. Lot 26, LSF SRR Takecharge 4850B, sired by LSF Takeover 9943W and out of a LCC Ribeye A133L daughter, sold for $15,500 to Slack Red Angus of Harrisburg, S.D. Lot 11, LSF SRR Redeem 4103B, sired by Brown JYJ Redemption Y1334 and out of a Messmer Packer S008 daughter, sold for $15,000 to Chile Beef of Los Angeles, Chile. Lot 36, LSF TBJ Confirm 4807B, sired by HXC Conquest 4405P and out of a Beckton Lancer F442T daughter, sold for $14,000 to Bradbury Land and Cattle Co. of Byers, Colo. Lot 20, LSF SRR Best Bet 4017B, sired by LSF Night Calver 9921W and out of a Basin EXT 5233 daughter, sold for $14,000 to Dunn’s Double Eagle Ranch of Terrebonne, Ore. Lot 109, LSF SRR Night Calver 4076B, sired by LSF Night Calver 9921W and out of a Beckton Epic S163 K5 daughter, sold for $13,000 to Truitt Spruell of Carbon, Texas. Volume buyers were Delong Ranches from Winnemucca, Nev., Wagonhound Land and Livestock from Douglas, Wyo., Putensen Farms from Cushing, Iowa, Skinner Ranches from
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Jordan Valley, Ore., Cornwell Ranch from Glasgow, Mont., and Zia Ag Consulting from Albuquerque, N.M. Performance Plus Bull Sale April 11, 2015 Bloomfield, Iowa Auctioneer: Col. Phil Schooley Sale Manager: Red Cow Relocators 24 Yearling Bulls $3,324 5 18-Month-Old Bulls $5,420 5 2-Year-Old Bulls $4,190 1 3-Year-Old Bull $3,600 The top-selling yearling bull was Lot 6, Batterson Eclipse 102B, a Feb. 24, 2014, son of Batterson Eclipse 747W out of a Glacier Chateau 744 dam, who sold to Perry Middlesworth of Fremont, Iowa, for $6,250. He was consigned by Batterson Red Angus, Jason and Dana Batterson, of Bloomfield Iowa. The second-high-selling yearling was Lot 29, HRR Abigall1406-P29, an April 10, 2014, son of Brown JYJ Redemption Y1334 out of a Bieber Rouse Samurai X22 daughter, who sold to Curtis Cattle Co. of Brashear, Mo., for $4,700. He was consigned by High Ridge Red Angus Ranch, Dwight & Cindy McDonald, of Russell, Iowa. The top-selling 18-month-old bull was Lot 10, Batterson Eclipse 741A, a Sept. 1, 2013, son of Batterson Eclipse 747W and out of a PIE Avalanche 381 daughter, who sold to JB Farms of Bloomfield, Iowa, for $7,500. He was consigned by Batterson Red Angus, Jason and Dana Batterson, of Bloomfield Iowa. The second-top-selling 18-monthold bull was Lot 12, Batterson Eclipse 743A, a Nov. 15, 2013, son of Batterson Eclipse 747W and out of a 5L Director 703-5275 daughter, who sold for $6,500 to Perry Middlesworth of Fremont, Iowa. He was consigned by Batterson Red Angus, Jason and Dana Batterson, of Bloomfield Iowa. The top selling 2-year-old bull was Lot 18, RRA Oly 345, a Jan. 11, 2013, son of Red SSS Oly 554T and out of a MLK CRK Cub 722 daughter, who sold for $5,800 to Curtis Cattle Co. of Brashear,
Mo., for $5,800. The second-high-selling 2-year-old bulls sold for $4,200 each and were both consigned by Graystone Cattle Co., Stuart and Kaye Gilbert, of Stockport, Iowa. Lot 21, GCC Compass 1332, a March 28, 2013, son of WSF Red Glacier 1136 200U and out of a PIE Thunderbo 846 daughter, sold to Roger Porter of Bloomfield, Iowa. Lot 22, GCC Augustus 1316, an April 21, 2013, son of Red Brylor Walkerton 10W and out of a Red Brylor ALC Strong 116S dam, sold to Brian Samson of Baxter, Iowa. The 3-year-old bull, Lot 23, Red Blairs Cash 29Z, a March 4, 2012, son of Red Corner Creek Cash 2R and out of a Red Pipestone Bond 165B daughter, sold to JD Damman, John & Darci Damman of Melbourne, Iowa, for $3,600. He was consigned by Graystone Cattle Co., Stuart and Kaye Gilbert, of Stockport, Iowa. High volume buyer was David Gibson of Bloomfield, Iowa, with a purchase of five lots. Sonstegard Cattle Co., L.L.C. 11th Annual Red Angus Bull Sale April 11, 2015 Montevideo, Minnesota Auctioneer: Kyle Gilchrist 57 Yearling Red Angus Bulls $5,399 10 2-Year-Old Red Angus Bulls $4,375 2 Red Angus Herd Bulls $4,500 The high-selling yearling bull was Lot 1, 3SCC Northern King B312, a son of 3SCC King of the North Z602 out of a KF Right Time 635 daughter, that sold for $22,000 to Jacobson Red Angus of Hitterdal, Minn. Lot 3, 3SCC Explorer, a VGW Navigator 010 son out of a Basin Trend Setter 45S5 daughter, sold for $18,000 to TA Cattle of Thurston, Neb. Lot 5, a son of VGW Navigator 010 out of a 3SCC EXT T240 daughter, sold for $10,000 to TA Cattle of Thurston, Neb. Lot 8, an ET son of Red Crowfoot Ole’s Oscar out of a Basin Hobo 0545
daughter, sold to Paul Fehrman of Lake Benton, Minn., for $10,000. Lot 7, a Bieber Hard Drive Y120 son out of a Beckton Dominor T122 Z1 daughter, sold to Terry Bailey of Towner, N.D., for $9,000. Lot 11, a son of LJC Colt 963Z out of a Basin Hobo 0545 daughter, sold to Kemen Farms Red Angus of Madison, Minn., for $8,500. The high-selling 2-year-old bull was a son of Paringa Iron Ore E27 out of a Hammel Lancer 41P daughter, that sold to Gordon Kane of Marvin, S.D. for $5,250. Bulls sold into six states. Benchmark Red Angus Makin’ the Grade Sale April 15, 2015 Warner, Alberta, Canada Auctioneer: Col. Robert Balog 25 Red Angus Bulls $8,148 The top-selling bull was Lot 64, Red Benchmark Momentum 25'14, a March 3, 2014, son of Red LSF MEW Game Changer 1613Y out of a SL Travlin Exp 1892-1695 daughter. He was purchased by Jensen Red Angus of Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada, for $35,000. The second top-selling bull was Lot 63, Red Benchmark Momentum 10'14, a Feb. 26, 2014, son of Red LSF MEW Game Changer 1613Y out of a Benchmark Sureshot 8119 daughter. He was purchased by Rowland Ranches of High River for $25,000. The third top-selling bull was Lot 73, Red Benchmark Committed 11'14, a Feb. 26, 2014, son of LSF RAB Commitment 2792Z out of a 5L Norseman King 2291 daughter. He was purchased by Peter Boone of Picture Butte, Alberta, for $9,250. Lots 77 and 88, both Red LSF RAB Commitment 2792Z sons out of Red Basin EXT 45T5 daughters sold for $8,250 each. These bulls were purchased by Open A-V Red Angus of Walsh, Alberta, and James & Joan McKinley of Ravenna, Ontario.
Bullis Creek Ranch Generations of Predictability 15 Bull Sale April 20, 2015 Burwell Livestock Market, Burwell, Nebraska Auctioneer: Mike Baxter 39 Red Angus Yearling Bulls $4,618 16 Red Angus Fall Bulls $4,797 17 Lim/LimFlex Yearling Bulls $3,691 7 Limousin/LimFlex Fall Bulls $3,893 Two bulls topped the Red Angus offering at $8,500 each. The first was BCRR New Look 4107B, sired by Andras New Look, who sold to Troy and Michelle Sage of Sparks, Neb., for $8,500. The second bull was BCRR Oly 4109B, a son of Oly 554T, selling to Jeffries and Sons of Burwell, Neb., for $8,500. BCRR Trapper 409B, a son of SSS Trapper 683X, sold to Klompien Red Angus of Manhattan, Mont., for $7,000. BCRR King 3218A, sired by BHR King, sold to Duffy Burrell of Chambers, Neb., for $6,250. The volume Red Angus buyer was Moe Sinclair of Iowa with eight head. BRAW Xclusive 426B, a son of Wulf’s Xclusive, topped the Limousin/LimFlex offering, selling to John Stoll of Pavillion, Wyo., for $8,250. BRAW Upper E 4119B, a son of PBRS Upper Echelon, sold to NCJ Cattle of Taber, Alberta, Canada, for $6,000. BRAW Yankee 3240A, a son of Wulf’s Yankee, sold to long-time buyer E.J. Steinke Ranches of Idaho Fall, Idaho, for $5,500. BRAW Upper E 3241A, sired by Upper Echelon, sold to Ken Colburn of Valentine, Neb., for $4,500. Volume Limousin/LimFlex buyer was Taylor Farms of Kansas with 13 bulls. ■
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Red Angus Essential to Scholarship Winners’ Futures
The RAAA Junior Activities Committee is pleased to name each of the following four JRA members as a recipient of a $1,000 college scholarship.
It is quite evident that Red Angus has not only played a critical role in the development of these young people, but as you read each winner’s application response to, “Describe your ambitions and goals. How may Red Angus play a role in your future?” you’ll note that Red Angus is essential to his or her future as well. help feed the growing global population is a challenge that our industry has ahead. With long-term drought, the ever-changing markets, and our public perception issues; agriculturists need to be strong leaders to guide American food production in the right direction. Lanham Brown Lanham, the son of Donnell and Kelli Brown, of Throckmorton, Texas, will be a freshman this fall at Texas Tech University studying animal science. Agriculture is more than a lifestyle; it is my passion and career choice. As soon as I was old enough to walk, I was in the saddle gathering cattle and sorting bulls with my dad on the ranch. The love for cattle and horses runs deep in my family’s heritage and I hope to carry on the sixth generation to be in the Texas ranching business at the R.A. Brown Ranch. With this in mind, I have been researching, inquiring and reading to map out a plan of higher education so that I can further my knowledge and skills to be an asset to our family business. Growing up on a ranch, I have experienced and thus better understand many of the hardships and challenges that one must endure in agriculture. Building better beef and more of it to
My goal is to use my leadership skills, college education, outgoing nature, passions and love for agriculture to help serve and feed the world. Red Angus is a natural choice for me personally. It is the one breed that continues to work hard to provide the solutions that food production in our global economy is so desperately needing. My ambitions and goals are wrapped up in a very simple statement: I want to be the sixth generation to raise my family and great beef genetics for the industry.
Idaho, will be a sophomore this fall at Casper College studying agricultural business. The Red Angus breed will continue to be a major part of my future, both personally and professionally. I am attending Casper College in Casper, Wyo., pursuing a degree in agribusiness with an emphasis or possible second major in marketing and management. While studying towards my degree, I will also be competing on the collegiate livestock judging team. I will have completed 42 credits in my freshman year. After my graduation from Casper College, I will transfer to either Kansas State University or Oklahoma State University in the fall of 2016 to complete my collegiate journey. Hopefully, while attending either or both colleges, I will be able to partake in internship opportunities that will allow me to develop qualities that will further enhance my education and influence in the Red Angus community as well as the beef industry as a whole.
Morgan Cortez Morgan, the daughter of Pete and Holly Cortez, of American Falls,
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Upon receiving my degree, I am very excited to begin my occupation in one of several fields. Some of the avenues that I am most interested in pursing include: agricultural / financial consulting, ranch operations
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management, sales management, and marketing strategist for a ranch or breed association (such as RAAA). I will undoubtedly continue to raise Red Angus no matter where I reside. Some people have encouraged me to shift toward other breeds, but I will forever bleed red!
Jaclyn Ketchum Jaclyn, the daughter of Bruce and Tena Ketchum, of Plevna, Mont., will be a sophomore this fall at Kansas State University studying animal science. I have several ambitions and goals and most of them involve Red Angus in some way. I am an animal science major with the biotechnology option. After receiving my Bachelor’s Degree, I will attend graduate school at the University of Nebraska- Lincoln. Throughout college I plan to continue
to have a job that will help pay my way through college as well as allow me to attain work experience. After completing my education I plan to get a job that will allow me to utilize my education. My ultimate goal is to either take over the family ranch or have a ranch of my own that I will be able to run registered and commercial Red Angus cattle on. I plan to stay involved in Red Angus through my state organization as well as the national association. The experiences I have had through Red Angus that have improved my leadership, advocacy and people skills will help me achieve all of my present and future goals.
State University studying animal science. After I complete my college education, I plan to practice veterinary medicine. I would love to open my own clinic and work on mainly cattle and horses. Along with being a veterinarian, I plan to continue growing my herd of Red Angus cattle and being actively involved in the North Dakota Stockmen’s Association and the Red Angus Association of America. By continuing my involvement in these organizations, specifically Red Angus, I will be provided with industry information and knowledge that will help me complete my career goals. The Junior Red Angus Association has provided me with leadership and communication skills. By participating in national activities, I have made lifetime friendships that will be very helpful in my future. It is often said that having a large network of friends and connections will help you succeed in the world and I am a full believer in this statement.
Kacey Koester Kacey, the daughter of Steve and Tracey Koester, of Steele, N.D., will be a freshman this fall at North Dakota
Because I have made these friendships and connections, I have already worked with many people who I will most likely work with in my future career. ■
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Member News
Shuter named young cattleman of the year Amie Sites, AgriNews Field Editor Madison County, Indiana native Brian Shuter has been involved in the cattle industry his entire life. Shuter, a fourth-generation farmer, grew up on his family’s farm and was a 10-year 4-H member, showing cattle, sheep and pigs. He worked for the Indiana Beef Cattle Association for 12 years before returning to the family farm full-time last year. Today, he manages the family’s Red Angus operation along with the herd of Red Poll that was started by his grandfather in 1941. It is because of his beef manage-
ment skills and leadership abilities that Shuter recently was named the Indiana Beef Cattle Association’s Young Cattleman of the Year. Tell me about the operation. I grew up around here. My father, Mike Shuter, and my brother, Patrick, and I farm 2,800 acres of corn, soybeans and wheat. We raise about 70 head of Red Poll, Simmental, Simmental-cross and Red Angus cattle. We also contract feed about 8,000 hogs a year for a farm out of Michigan. How did it feel to be named Young Cattleman of the Year? It was very rewarding and very satisfying to be considered a good cattleman. A lot of people I look up to have won the award in the past and to be included in that group is very flattering.
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Mark and Deb Pieper (308) 638-4557 HC 70 Box 13 • Hay Springs, NE 69347
What do you like about working with cattle? I like spending time in the barn. It’s relaxing. I like seeing a newborn calf learn to stand and learn to nurse. What do you like about the industry? The future is bright in agriculture. The cattle industry is strong right Paul & Milissa Birnie 610 S. 7th Ave. Broken Bow, NE 68822
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Ross A & Lane Knott
P.O. Box 43 • Petersburg, NE 68652 Home (402) 386-5411 Work (402) 386-5297 Cell (402) 843-8726
Red Angus & Composite Seedstock info1@schulerredangus.com Butch & Susan Schuler • (308) 262-0306 Darrell Schuler • (308) 262-0925 7522 Rd 74 • Bridgeport, NE 69336 Red Angus with built-in Performance!
Tell me about your family. My wife, Sarah, and I have been married for 12 years. We have two children – Jacob, 8, and Carly, 5.
Michael & Kathleen Jackson 33070 Shelton Rd. • Ravenna, NE 68869 (308) 467-2366 • Cell (308) 390-3960
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Why did you want to come back to the farm? I have kids now so it’s nice to have the freedom of being back home and being around. It was just a matter of getting the farm where it could support another family.
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Cattle Company St. Edward, NE
Wayne & Jody Choat • 402-678-3439 Dave & Kathy Stodola • 402-981-1586
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BULLIS CREEK RANCH
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Scott & Kim Ford (308) 876-2211 Bertrand, NE 68927
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now, and it’s exciting to be a part of a growing industry. Cows are currently worth a lot of money, and it’s pretty profitable. What goals do you have for 2015? We’ll be taking part in a few more sales with our Red Angus cattle. What’s a challenge in the industry? Input costs are expensive. I’ve been lucky to be able to move in to the family farm, but if I wasn’t able to do that it would have been nearly impossible to get ground. Why do you farm? We’re excited about our future in agriculture. Hopefully, we can raise kids and give them the opportunity to be in the industry if they so choose, whether it be on the farm or in another way.
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In Memory
Shirley L. Tate, 81, of Ashland, Va., went to be with the Lord on March 1, 2015. He is survived by his beloved wife of 60 years, Barbara Tate; and his sons, David and Art Tate; and his daughter Donna Jones; six grandchildren, Jerry and Joseph Kirwin, Susan, Will and Kaitlyn, and Landon Tate; and two great-grandchildren Sophia and Christopher Kirwin. Shirley was a general contractor for over 50 years for C & T Builders, Inc. He had many accomplishments in life. He was a founding member of the Farrington Volunteer Fire Department and he also volunteered there. He had a lifelong membership to the Calvary Christian Church and was a member of the
Farrington and Rockville Ruritan Club. Along with those clubs he was also in the Mason Lodge #10. Shirley was also on the Board of Directors for Southern States. Above all of this he was a farmer. He ran a small herd of Red Angus cattle on the outskirts of Ashland, Va. He loved the chance he had to work with his cattle and improve his herd. He also got a lot of enjoyment out of helping Bernie Tate with his cattle. He enjoyed everything cattle related whether it was riding around the farm looking at the cattle or going with Bernie to the stockyards. Shirley loved the chance to be around red cattle. ■
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BEATTY FARMS, L.P. Registered Red Angus 2699 New Highway 7 Santa Fe, TN 38482 (931) 682-2658 • (931) 682-3436 FAX beattyfm@bellsouth.net Carl Hollinsworth, Herd Manager (615) 758-7437
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Sandra Jarvis • (270) 525-3403
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Symposium Targets Applied Reproductive Strategies in Beef Cattle The 2015 Applied Reproductive Strategies in Beef Cattle Symposium (ARSBC) will be hosted by the University of California, Davis, Department of Animal Science on Aug. 17 and 18 in Davis, Calif. Cowcalf producers, bovine veterinarians, industry representatives, students and extension personnel are encouraged to attend. The conference is an annual Beef Reproduction Task Force event that is held in a different location every year; this is the first time that it has been held in California. The task force is a multi-state extension activity in cooperation with the North Central Agricultural and Natural Resources Pro-
gram Leaders Committee and the Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service.
The program will include six general sessions that will cover a variety of topics, from physiology to genetics to management, and will present the latest information on reproductive technologies in beef cattle. The current program can be viewed online at www.appliedreprostrategies.com. The two-day conference will take place at the UC Davis Conference Center on the university campus. Key goals of the Beef Reproduction Task Force include promoting widespread adoption of reproductive technologies among cow-calf
producers, educating producers in management considerations that will increase the likelihood of successful breeding of animals through artificial insemination, and educating producers about marketing options to capture benefits that result from the use of improved reproductive techniques. Anyone seeking additional information about the 2015 ARSBC conference should visit the conference website at www.appliedreprostrategies.com or email Dr. Alison Van Eenennaam at alvaneenennaam@ucdavis.edu; or call at (530) 752-7942. n
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Area 5 – Northern Plains Director – Steve Koester LANDON OFFORD 10209 110TH AVE SW HAYFIELD, MN 55940
FORSTER RED ANGUS DANIEL FORSTER 13040 ORANGE ROAD WILTON, CA 95693
ARROW D RANCH WACEY DAHL 18900 55TH ST SE SAWYER, ND 58781
SONIA DELTORO 4441 ROLLING HILLS RD SHERIDAN, CA 95681
MASON RECLA 3355 SUNBURST LN VALE, OR 97918
Area 2 – Montana Director – Bruce Ketchum HEART H RED ANGUS JOSH OR AMANDA HODGE 44 MERCHANT CUT ACROSS VOLBERG, MT 59351
Area 3 – Rocky Mountain Director – Kevin Miller FORBES FAMILY RANCH LLC WALDO E. FORBES JR PO BOX 7116 SHERIDAN, WY 82801
ZIMMERSCHIED CATTLE CO. ERIC ZIMMERSCHIED 3708 BROADWAY ST GILLETTE, WY 82716 Area 4 – Southwest Director – Kyley DeVoe BRYNDEN ANDREWS 610 CR 2421 COMO, TX 75431 AUDREY DANIEL PO BOX 157 WOODSON, TX 76491 PAT DILLARD 368 CR 1205 SAVOY, TX 75479
CCKD CATTLE KEVIN FELIX 1005 S HARVARD PERRYTON, TX 79070
GRAYSON GREGORY 7235 FM 2071 GAINSVILLE, TX 76240
DANIEL LAWRENCE 1704 COLLEGE ST SULPHUR SPRINGS, TX 75482
TOMBSTONE LAND & CATTLE KEVIN & KATHY MICHAEL 589 YORK CREEK RD KINGSBURY, TX 78638 OWEN CATTLE CO. HARROLD OWEN III 8341 RED ROSE TRAIL NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TX 76182
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PAUL RAMSRUD 17809 MOSQUITO CREEK RD BAGLEY, MN 56621
ELTON R. ANSON PO BOX 147 MILLER, SD 57362
RED GENETICS RANCH TRAVIS & JACKIE BEESON 29927 400TH AVE WAGNER, SD 57380
TALEBAR ANGELA & JOSHUA BIEBER 13875 319TH AVE BOWDLE, SD 57428 GRAN RED ANGUS AUGUSTUS GRAN & KIMI COONROD 28930 US HWY 18 WINNER, SD 57580 BEAR BUTTE RED ANGUS MARK WALTER 12548 EDEN RD WHITEWOOD, SD 57793
Area 6 – Great Plains Director – Newley Hutchison GRACE AUST 20999 REGAINS ROAD LACYNGE, KS 6040 LAUREN AUST 20999 REGAINS ROAD LACYGNE, KS 66040 ELLIE BOWMAN 1458 K ROAD LEWIS, KS 67552
ADDIE HOEME 40489 NE 40TH ST PRESTON, KS 67583
HAVEN JOHNSON 1840 14TH RD WASHINGTON, KS 66968
DEVIN McCLAYLAND 26736 PAW PAW CREEK RD ALMA, KS 66401 PARKER SCHWARZ 20418 KS HWY 7 LACYGNE, KS 66040
LAKEN STEELE RED ANGUS LAKEN STEELE 671 RD G TRIBUNE, KS 67879
CEDAR CREEK RED ANGUS BRIAN THIEL 11461 131ST RD WINFIELD, KS 67156 CARSON MARICLE 2985 STATE HWY 39 ALBION, NE 68620 CODY MARICLE 2985 STATE HWY 39 ALBION, NE 68620
KARTER OTTE 6669 250TH TRL GORDON, NE 69343
BOLEN FARMS BRENT BOLEN 326 STONE HAVEN RD IDABEL, OK 74745
NORTHWEST GENETICS WILLIAM GUTHRIE 207247 E CR 41 WOODWARD, OK 73801-5065 BAYLER HENSLEY 720 S LAIRD MOORELAND, OK 73852 TY HENSLEY 720 S LAIRD MOORELAND, OK 73852
JACOB OR EDDIE MACK 5527 E OSBORNE RD BISON, OK 73720 OLSEN RED ANGUS TIMOTHY OLSEN PO BOX 584 WEWOKA, OK 74884
Area 7 – Northeast Director – John Langdon JORGE LEON 44700 SPRINGBROOK DRD ST CLAIRSVILLE, OH 43950
L & K TRAILSIDE CATTLE LEE & KATHY SPANGLER 233 BUFFALO CREEK RD MIFFLINBURG, PA 17844
Area 8 – Southeast Director – Raymond Prescott ACE AG DIV DBA BEECHFORK RANCH KELLY CRUM 1456 HWY 155 N CASA, AR 72025
SIDNEY SOWDER 2718 KY HWY 32 W CYNTHIANA, KY 41031
JET TOBE 83 SHELBY LN STANFORD, KY 40484
LEAH WALKER 6605 VAIDEN RD HERNANDO, MS 38632
KEELEY WALKER 102 EASTHAVEN DR BRANDON, MS 39042 WESLEY WALKER 102 EASTHAVEN DR BRANDON, MS 39042
KASH WITCHER 963 SHILOH RD MANTACHIE, MS 38855 KANNON WITCHER 963 SHILOH RD MANTACHIE, MS 38855
TAYLOR THOMAS 613 POINTE WILDWOOD DRIVE SENECA, SC 29678 3 SONS FARM ALAN BINGHAM 3848 RUGBY PIKE ALLARDT, TN 38504
SHAMROCK NOOK RED ANGUS
ALBANY, WISCONSIN
JOE/JIM DUNPHY 608.558.5342 JOE@SHAMROCKNOOK.COM
He Does Everything Right! Buf Crk The Right Kind U199 #1260155 • Sire: Buf Crk Lancer R017 • MGS: Buf Crk Julian L080
FLAT CREEK FARMS MIKE HAMMERS 400 NEW HERMAN RD SHELBYVILLE, TN 37160 HOBBS FARMS BO & PATTI HOBBS 7463 HWY 69 S SPRINGVILLE, TN 38256
BLUFF CREEK FARMS FRANCIS & LEE WILKERSON 204 BRADFORD HILL RD BRUSH CREEK, TN 38547 Area 9 – Midwest Director – Kurt Rich GODDARD FARMS MATHEW OR JADA GODDARD 2385 ASHERTON AVE NASHUA, IA 50658
Sire of this Spring’s High Selling Bulls
DELANEY RIDGWAY PO BOX 25 ELDON, IA 52554
Box 186 • Leiter,WY 82837 • bufcrk@rangeweb.net
COLE MEIER 370 ROSE AVE CLARENCE, IA 52216
ALYSSA ANDERSON 717 N BLACKJACK RD GALENA, IL 61036
KAGNEY COLLINS 13942 N 800 EAST RD FLANAGAN, IL 61740
BEAVER BROOK FARM DAN AND MARY ELLIOTT N3554 COUNTY HWY K SHELL LAKE, WI 54871-8659
KARA HUTTER 201 N WINSTED ST SPRING GREEN, WI 53588 JESSICA PATTERSON 9587 HWY 133 GLEN HAVEN, WI 53810
CED 13 CEM 11
BW -3.7 STAY 13
WW 55 MARB 0.80
YW 93 YG 0.08
MILK 23 CW 20
ME -0 REA 0.08
HPG 15 FAT 0.01
Jack & Gini Chase • 307-736-2422
ROBERTSON LINDSAY CATTLE COMPANY REGISTERED RED ANGUS BULLS AND FEMALES Contact us today for more information!
936-394-5413 H 979-255-1991 C
alexiem@yahoo.com www.robertsonlindsaycattle.com
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Building Better Beef Registered Red Angus
Sales by Private Treaty
(406) 632-5598 P.O. Box 2913 Harlowton, MT 59036
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Steve & Shelly Newberry,Owners • Jim Frazier,Ranch Manager Livingston, MT 59047 • (406) 333-9506 • jim@srredangus.com visit us online at www.srredangus.com
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Jim Phillips (800) 974-5653
Ron and Esther Fischer
www.fischerredangus.com
Registered Red Angus
300 Red Angus Lane Helmville, MT 59843 www.meyerbeef.com meyercoranch@blackfoot.net
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Amie & Teri Angelo
(406) 288-8171 • angelocattleco@blackfoot.net 96 N Mullan Trail • Drummond, MT 59832
www.sutherlinfarms.com
suthfarm@gmail.com Spooner Creek Lane Stevensville, MT
Tim & Julie Shick
(406) 639-9112 • tjshick@dishmail.net
Ken & Cheri Graves (307) 738-2247
Convenience Traits until the Cows Come Home!
2384 Barnum Rd. • Kaycee, WY 82639 Email: gravesredfork@wildblue.net
Mark & Sue Mees • (406) 347-5413
Leland
Fertility Tested Bulls - Private Treaty
RED ANGUS RANCH
Annual Production Sale: 2nd Friday in March (701) 565-2347 Melvin & Luella Leland 34 mi. SE Sidney, MT Todd Leland 42 mi. N Beach, ND 192 ND Hwy 16 N Mile Mark 118 Hwy 16 Sidney, MT 59270
P.O. Box 311 Lodge Grass, MT 59050
Bob & Julie Morton
2435 Logan Trident Road• Three Forks, MT 59752 1-866-GMRA-COW • www.gmracattle.com Annual Bull Sale Third Tuesday in March
Glacier Red Angus Harold, Pat & Chris Hughes
40126 Eli Gap Road • Polson, MT 59860 (406) 883-4654 • www.GlacierRedAngus.com
Proud to be a part of Montana’s Red Angus history!
Spear J Red Angus
Harold Isaacs Family P.O. Box 49 Jordan, MT 59337 (406) 557-2371 Fax (406) 557-6158
MONTANA RED ANGUS ASSOCIATION Cam, Spike and Sally Forbes 37 Beckton Dr. • Sheridan, WY 82801 (307) 674-6095 • Fax (307) 672-7281 Email: beckton@wavecom.net
1-877-Red-Angus • email: mtraa@mtredangus.com • www.mtredangus.com President: Donna Laubach • Big Timber, MT • klaubach@mtintouch.net Vice President: Julie Morton • Three Forks, MT • info@gmracattle.com Sec/Treasurer: Larissa Oldenburger • Sheridan, MT • larisa 5Lra@hotmail.com Directors: Francis Koenig • Winnet, MT • francis@midrivers.com Karen Raisland • St. Ignatius, MT • sti4058@blackfoot.net Veronica Christensen • Park City, MT • criters@charter.net
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in Big Sky Country! - We Focus on The Female -
Vic & Shari Westphal
Email: klmpnra@gmail.com Registered Red Angus Cattle
North American Curly Horses
MARS RANCH
Maddy & Andy Roberts marsranch@midrivers.com 142 Silo Loop • Kinsey, MT 59338 406-234-2652 www.midrivers.com/~marsranch
MONTANA HEADQUARTERS Ryan Ludvigson • (406) 534-4263 rl_ludvigson@hotmail.com
FRITZ RED ANGUS
1542 Fritz Ranch Ln Joe & Heidi Fritz Brady, MT 59416 (406) 627-2374 fritzra@3rivers.net
RED ANGUS P.O. Box 72 Grass Range, MT 59032 • (406) 428-2179
ROCK CREEK RED ANGUS
LUCHT RED ANGUS ML
Bozeman, MT • 406-585-0874 greg@luchtredangus.com
Box 396, Joliet, Mt 59041 "Females & Bulls For Sale Year Round"
Charlie & Linda Lewis
(406) 962-3330
Breeding Joint Bull Sale for with Feddes Balance Red Angus Craig & Taryn DeBoer Manhattan, MT • (406) 282-9029 Cell (406) 570-3304 • www.ctredangus.com
Shepherd Red Angus Jim & Ginger Shepherd
3631 Maple Leaf Ave. Cody, Wyo. 82414 406-698-6657 • 307-578-8741 jsgshepherd@gmail.com - PRIVATE TREATY SALES -
Contact us today for a breeder near you!
Bob (406) 855-3614 Jon (406) 581-7800 Chad (406) 740-0099
88 Redland Ranch Ln • Hysham, MT 59038 redland@rangeweb.net • www.redlandredangus.com
Welcome to Montana for the 2015 RAAA National Show!
Nomination forms due June 1st for the 33rd Annual Prestigious NILE Red Angus Sale. - Contact Red Cow Relocators for more information American Red Angus Magazine n May/June 2015 71
SHEAMAN RANCH
AREA 1 - West
Leonard Wood, Director District 1 Breeders can be found on page 77
AREA 2 Montana
Kerry and Debbie Sheaman
400 East Douglas Road • Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 493-7346 • Kerry.Sheaman@colostate.edu Maternal, Disposition, Calving Ease & Stayability Traits
Kevin Miller, Director
KRAVIG RED ANGUS
Sound udders-Great Dispositions Moderate Frames-Calving Ease-Excellent Growth www.kravigredangus.com h1: 719-446-5355 • h2: 719-446-5391 Karval, Colorado
www.solidrockredangus.com
AREA 4 - Southwest
Texas • New Mexico • Arizona
Texas Breeders can be found on page 67 Kyley DeVoe, Director
Minnesota North Dakota • South Dakota Steve Koester, Director
FLATIRON RED ANGUS Cory & Katy Johnson
5822 CR 23 • Veteran, WY 82243 Cory 307-575-0169 • Katy 307-575-2677
Fort Garland, CO 81133 Mobile (719) 588-1877
www.smithredangus.com
CATTLECLIFFS RANCH
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609 Pass Creek Rd. • Parkman, WY 82838
Red Angus & Red Angus Cross Steers & Heifers For Sale Edith Clarke & Gordon Harper (307) 655-9720
RED ANGUS Scott & Connie Kueffler Michala & Kirsti • Bonnie Kueffler Box 187 • Grenora, ND 58845 701-694-3620 (h) • 701-641-0519 (c) redangus@nccray.com • www.dkredangus.com
Female Sale First Saturday in December Bull Sale Second Saturday in April Gary, Elaine, Tory & Tyler Sonstegard (320) 269-7290 (320) 226-2340 www.3scc.net
BROKEN HEART RANCH
HC 83 Box 9 Firesteel, SD 57633 (605) 865-3236 or (605) 865-3190 Email: bhrranch@lakotanetwork.com www.pedersonbhr.com
Barenthsen BBRedAngus.com Bullinger Red Angus Mark & Kathy Barenthsen Jeremy & Jessica Bullinger 701-464-5741 701-464-4893
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8815 81st St. NW, Powers Lake, ND
Scott Farm Red Angus Box 67 Lengby, MN 56651 (218) 668-2277
Quality Breeding Stock & Semen Available
Forster Red Angus Raising 100% 1A Red Angus since 1967 www.forsterredangus.com
Lawrence Forster 1600 Ash Ave. New Salem, ND 58563
Kenneth Forster 3247 85M Ave. SW Richardton, ND 58652 (701) 974-2450
Gary & Val
JACOBSON RED ANGUS Registered & Commercial Catttle Bulls & Heifers - Open & Bred
28280 75th Ave. N. (218) 962-3360 Hitterdal, MN 56552 Cell (701) 361-3189 www.Jacobson RedAngus.com Tony & Karen Messmer
8860 39th St. S.W. Richardton, ND 58652 (701) 974-3966 Cell (701) 290-2556 Email: tmessmer@messmerredangus.com
Private Treaty Sales of all Embryos & Semen Many Rare Sires!
Minnesota Red Angus Association
Contact MNRAA President Gary Jacobson (701) 361-3189 Check out our New Web Site at
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Smith Land and Cattle Company, LLC
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Joe, Cindy & Emily Frasier • Ronny & Kelsey Pope 45965 County Road 118 • Limon, CO • (719) 775-2790
AREA 5 - Northern Plains
MAINTENANCE/FEED EFFICIENCY EXPERTS
"We Breed Excitement"
Edward, Jeanne, Carl, Craig and Caryn 16068 24 St. S.E. • Argusville, ND 58005 Phone/Fax (701) 484-5779 www.olsonredpower.com
Producing Cattle that Perform for the Cattleman
“Cattle Working for You”
1A BULLS & HEIFERS
The Olsons
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American Red Angus Breeder Directory
Utah • Colorado • Wyoming
ANGUS
Harold & Family Robert & Kara 5094 93rd St. S.W. McIntosh, SD 57641 (701) 422-3726
Bruce Ketchum, Director Bob Morton, Region A Director MT Breeders can be found on pages 70-71
AREA 3 Rocky Mountain
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Alaska • California • Hawaii Idaho • Nevada • Oregon Washington
Ranch Red Angus
John & Stephanie Jung Family Mina, SD • (605) 380-1796 www.lazyjbarranch.com
Valnes Ranch Red Angus
Emit & Jayme Valnes • Eden, SD (605) 698-6596 • Cell (605) 228-8857 valnesranch@hotmail.com Registered & Commercial Red Angus
MCMURPHY FARMS Alva, Oklahoma
ANGUS, RED ANGUS & COMMERCIAL
Jared, Lacey & Paisley Namken • 605.881.3845 cell 45536 189th Street • Lake Norden, SD 57248 www.namkenredangus.com • jarednamken@hotmail.com
BASEL RED ANGUS Private Treaty Sales
Dallis Basel (605) 985-5205
Box 29 Union Center, SD 57787
AREA 6 - Great Plains Kansas • Nebraska • Oklahoma
Nebraska Breeders can be found on page 64 Kansas Breeders can be found on page 75
www.mcmurphyfarms.com
AREA 7 - Northeast
Connecticut • Delaware • Indiana Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan New Hampshire • New Jersey • New York North Carolina • Ohio • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island Vermont • Virginia • West Virginia
John Langdon, Director
CEDAR HILL FARM …suppliers of profitable, low maintenance, - Bulls, females, embryos and semen by Private Treaty -
ELMWOOD FIELDS Oscar and Janet Stine 7633 Flowing Springs Road Shepherdstown, WV 25443 (304) 876-2009
(918) 473-6723 Route 4 Box 520 Fax (918) 610-0016 Checotah, OK 74426 Email: jjeffriescattleco@lakewebs.net
WILLOWS FARM COMPANY RED ANGUS
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Registered Red Angus Bulls • Bred Heifers
If you’re looking for Efficiency... Look under “R” for RED ANGUS!
Tom Karr
Red Angus
(740) 985-3444 Day (740) 591-9900 Cell 34740 State Route 7 Pomeroy, OH 45769 Patricia Beeby BB Janet & Ray Hicks
P.O. Box 177 Marshall, OK 73056 (580) 935-6646 (580) 935-6701
2734 Old Washington Rd. • Westminster, MD 21157
Valentine Farms Red Angus Bulls, Cows, Calves & Semen with Breed Leading EPDs
WRIGHTS MILL FARM RED ANGUS
Steven Harris DVM
Red Angus Low BW Bulls & Semen for Sale!
Kurt Rich, Director Missouri Breeders can be found on page 77 Red Angus • Red Simmental • Red SimAngus
JUDY LOONAN (641) 322-3921 • 1724 Holly Ave. • Corning, IA 50841 Located 75 mi. east of Omaha, NE, in the hills of Southwest Iowa
Kathy J. Meyer & Jennifer M. Ringwelski 6105 Meyer Road • Marengo, IL 60152 USA (815) 568-6888 • Cell (815) 382-1887 Email: thundergroveangus@sbcglobal.net www.thundergroveangus.com
Bruce Westhuis
Registered Red Angus N 2802 490th St. Menomonie, WI 54751 (715) 664-8854
ROUSE RED ANGUS
30 years breeding cattle with Richard & Bob Johnson 2687 Moriah Rd. performance & longevity in mind in a highly intensive Oak Hill, OH 45656 grazing management system. 740.682.7869 Cattle that work for a living! 740.418.5022
(405) 222-1600 • Chickasha, OK
Iowa • Illinois Missouri • Wisconsin
920-982-1670 Brad Ketterhagen khiddencreek@aol.com Sales/Customer Service www.hiddencreekfarm.com 417-669-1619
Kathy Zepp • (410) 848-2160 Gabe & Kelly Zepp • (410) 635-3922 David & Laura Zepp • (410) 751-2719
Put a Valentine in your herd!
Joe Bob, Nicona, Hannah & John Nelson
AREA 9 - Midwest
high performance genetics
Dan & Alicia Stickel Phone & Fax (304) 884-7993 Rt. 2 Box 85A Email: cedarhillredangus@frontier.com Jane Lew, WV 26378 www.cedarhillfarmredangus.com
Dedicating Backgrounded Red Angus Calves to Certified Feeder Calf Sales
Ernest & Betty Jo Christian P.O. Box 566, Union Bridge, MD 21791 (410) 775-0225 • Email: eschris@msn.com
Raymond Prescott, Director Region C SERAA Breeders can be found on page 66
4720 Wrights Mill Road Trappe, MD 21673 410-924-3905 WWW.WMFREDANGUS.COM EMAIL: SPHARRISDVM@YAHOO.COM
Gene Rouse 515-231-9129 Dan Bormann 515-520-7707 53966 290th St. • Huxley, IA 50124 www.rouseredangus.com email: rousefam@huxcomm.net
American Red Angus Breeder Directory
Newley Hutchison, Director Connie Mushrush, Region B Director
RANDY & PAULA - (580) 829-3150 CODY & MEGAN - (405) 880-4587 CASEY & TRACY - (520) 906-8509
AREA 8 - Southeast
Alabama • Arkansas • Florida • Georgia • Kentucky Louisiana • Mississippi • Tennessee • South Carolina
Russ Dahl Deerfield, WI 608-444-8295
Red Angus Bulls and Heifers For Sale Great Genetics at an Affordable Price
Oakridgefarms.org
Connie Van Wye, President • (309) 212-4838 Chad Daugherty, Sec/Treasurer • (217) 369-0466
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Foreign Breeders
“Always With the Best Cattle‌Alwaysâ€? DEICHMANN LIVESTOCK BROKERAGE
• Sale Management • Auctioneer • Livestock Brokerage Dan Deichmann (406)423-5500 (406)799-5200 Hobson, MT 59452 • deichman@mtintouch.net
Joel Birdwell Auctioneer
American Red Angus Breeder Directory
CANADIAN RED ANGUS PROMOTION SOCIETY
P.O. Box 39075 • Lakewood Common Saskatoon, SK CA S7V 0A9 306.227-2992 • Fx 306.373.3515
HC 64 Box 29 Kingfisher, OK 73750 Home (405) 375-6630 Mobile (405) 368-1058
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877.700.4099 www.pifers.com
Custom Semen Services
“In the Ozarksâ€? Professional collection & processing of semen CSS approved facility • Individualized bull care Worldwide semen shipping • Monitored semen storage 8 miles east of Springfield, MO 1 mile north of I-44 at Exit #88 8134 E. State Hwy. C, Strafford, MO 65757
Contact Chelsea Tomscik (940) 320-8316 • chelsea@redangus.org
CK Sonny Booth - Auctioneer -
P.O. Box 1172 Miami, OK 74355 Cell (918) 533-5587 smbooth_1995@yahoo.com
Angus Plus Breeders
Pool Ranch
Quality Red Angus & Angus Plus Cattle
www.poolranch.com
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David Pool, Owner david@poolranch.com 903-863-2171 • Cell: 903-646-2068 Loacted in East Texas
Red Angus Enough Ear, But Not Too Much.
www.KansasRedAngus.org Tim Flaming 620-382-4894
FLC
Ryan Flaming 620-382-5107
FLAMING LIVESTOCK CO. REGISTERED RED ANGUS 465 170th • Hillsboro, KS 67063 620-367-8350 hm
Frank & Susan Wedel
1012 West County Rd. K • Leoti, KS 67861 www.wedelredangus.com • (620) 375-2578 fswedel@wbsnet.org
Annual Production Sale 2nd Tuesday in March
PELTON RED ANGUS
Production Sale 4th Wed. in March
“Satisfied customers is our primary objective.”
(620) 525-6632 Burdett, KS
Janssen Red Angus Cattle Co.
Registered Bulls • Commercial Bred Heifers
Jack & Roxie Janssen
1825 Ave. X • Geneseo, Kansas 67444 (620) 824-6426 • Cell (620) 562-7041 “Seedstock Producers with a Commercial Focus”
H & F Red Angus Cattle Bred Replacement Heifers
Abilene, Kansas Brian- 785-479-6048 Daryl-785-479-0536 www.hfredanguscattle.com “Bred with You the Cattleman in Mind”
FAYLOR RED ANGUS
SINCE 1975 • PRIVATE TREATY SALES Dwight (785) 298-3463 • Dale (785) 298-3251 St. Francis, Kansas
GRIFFITH SEEDSTOCK
John Griffith • (785) 743-2553 RR 1 Box 31 • Wakeeney, KS 67672 In the Flint Hills of Kansas 2346B N Road • Strong City, KS 66869 Joe Mushrush: (620) 273-8581 • Bob Mushrush: (620) 273-8604
Annual Sale the 4th Thursday of March
HARMS PLAINVIEW RANCH 2528 250th St. • Lincolnville, KS 66858 (620) 924-5544 • hprbulls@tctelco.net Red Angus - Angus - Charolais
Mark and Kim Harms
“Your Partner in Progress” Bulls, Females and Embryos by Private Treaty
Visit our website to locate a breeder near you!
Darryl & Susie Rhodes 3932 N. Sage Ct. Maize, KS 67101 Phone: (316) 722-6900 Cell: (316) 648-8310 rhodesredangus2@gmail.com
www.rhodesredangus.com Registered & Commercial Red Angus
HOFT RED ANGUS
18 mo.& 2 yr. old Registered Bulls No feed ration, range tested, hard ‘n ready Commercial Bred Heifers in the fall Rick Pflughoeft • Ellsworth, KS 785-472-3734 • 785-472-1033
Ramsdale Reds “Red Angus since 1964”
John & Dan Ramsdale 780 S.E. 130 Ave. • Murdock, KS 67111 (316) 542-3297 • (620) 532-6060
KEVIN & MARY ANN KNIEBEL 428 S. 2600 Road • White City, KS 66872 (785) 349-2821 • Fax (785) 349-2822 Email: kniebel@tctelco.net www.Kcattle.com
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Sales & Events June 9-12 10-11 15-20 22-27
2015 Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) Annual Meeting, Biloxi, MS Superior Corn Belt Classic XVII Video Auction NAJRAE, Grand Island, NE JRA Round-Up, Bismarck, ND
1 6-10 19-21 27-31
Final Ad Reservation/Editorial Deadline for July/August ARA Magazine Superior Week in the Rockies XXVII Video Auction Red Angus Summit, Kansas City, MO Superior Video Royale XXIII Video Auction
1 11-13 17-18 17-21
Final Ad Reservation/Editorial Deadline for September ARA Magazine Empire Farm Days Red Angus Exhibit, Seneca Falls, NY Applied Reproductive Strategies in Beef Cattle Symposium, Davis, CA Superior Big Horn Classic Video Auction
1 9-11 9-11
Final Ad Reservation/Editorial Deadline for October ARA Magazine Red Angus National Convention, Grapevine, TX Superior Labor Day Video Auction XXXV
1 4 7 16 31
Final Ad Reservation/Editorial Deadline for November ARA Magazine Rhodes Red Angus Female Fiesta, Emporia, KS Halfmann Ranch Production Sale, Miles, Texas NILE Prestigious Red Angus Sale, Billings, MT Red Dirt Round Up Female Sale, Canton, OK
1 6 14
Final Ad Reservation/Editorial Deadline for December ARA Magazine Ludvigson Stock Farms Fall Herdbuilder Sale, Shepherd, MT Laubach Red Angus, Big Timber, MT
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Final Ad Reservation/Editorial Deadline for January ARA Magazine Big Sky Elite Female Sale, Logan, MT Dukart Ranch, Manning, ND Cross Diamond Cattle Co. Production Sale, Bertrand, NE Forster Red Angus, Stockmen’s Livestock, Dickinson, ND
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Missouri
Red Angus Association
Route 61 Box 851 • Cabool, MO 65689 417-962-0181 kmassey.moredangus@gmail.com www.missouriredangus.com
Scott Bachman • (660) 247-1112
scott_bachman@yahoo.com www.bachmancattlefarms.com
17520 Hwy. JJ Chillicothe, MO 64601
Balanced & Proven Genetics www.lacysredangus.com
"As Good as the Best, Better than the Rest"
McPhee Red Angus
Ken & Brenda Keesaman
Columbia, MO 573-881-0395 • 573-449-1809
SPREUTELS FARM RED ANGUS
ELLSINORE, MO 573-593-4299 Cell: 573-300-8112 lazyws@yahoo.com Dan (913) 909-1912 Kay (816) 657-4655
Balancing Performance with Maternal Mike and Stephanie Smith
Bulls & Females at Private Treaty Commercial Replacements
Rt. 2 Box 129A • Koshkonong, MO Wilbur, Elsie or Steve Spreutels (417) 867-5695 • (417) 867-5545
Red Angus Bulls • Heifers
Osborn,MO 64474 25 E. St. Joseph on Hwy. 36 (816) 675-2503
In Your RED ANGUS QUEST...
Look toTHE WEST!
www.northwestredangus.com www.calnevredangus.org
RED ANGUS CATTLE
John & Jennifer Menke 10935 Quartz Valley Rd. (530) 468-5341 Ft. Jones, CA 96032
DOUG and BETTY DUNN 9695 Lowerbridge Way • Terrebonne, OR 97760 (541) 923-1705 • Fax (541) 923-5005 A Leachman Cattle Company Cooperator
North Santiam Red Angus
Ralph and Louise Bochsler 41210 Kingston Lyons Drive Stayton, Oregon 97383 Residence Business Fax (503) 769-6483 (503) 769-3436 (503) 769-7358 Registered Red Angus
Todd, DeeDee & Cody Kluser PO Box 8 John Day, Oregon 97845
Red Angus & Club Calves
Ph. (541) 932-2722 Fax (541) 932-2706 Email: Kluser@ortelco.net
www.highsummit.us
Leonard & Naomi Wood • (208) 263-5246 481649 Hwy 95 North • Sandpoint, ID 83864 • woodvxranch@aol.com
LORENZEN RANCHES P.O. Box 1519 Pendleton, OR 97801 (541) 276-6108 Larry Lorenzen
RED ANGUS SINCE 1959
Carl, Jodi & Scott Lautenschlager
(509) 657-3301 • carljodi@hotmail.com Rt. 1 Box 12 Endicott, WA 99125
American Red Angus Magazine n May/June 2015 77
Advertiser Index
3K Land & Cattle Co ............................67 5L Red Angus ......................................71 ABS ......................................................11 Accelerated Genetics ..........................13 Andras Stock Farm ..............................78 Angelo Cattle Company .......................70 Angus World ........................................74 Atkinson Reds ......................................65 Axtell Cattle Co ....................................72 Bachman Cattle Farms ........................77 Bar C Red Angus..................................67 Barenthsen-Bullinger Red Angus .........72 Basel Red Angus..................................73 Beatty Farms .......................................65 Beckton Stock Farm ..........................3,70 Beeby Prairie City Farms ....................73 Bieber Red Angus ................................7 BIM Red Angus ....................................73 Birdwell, James ....................................74 Birdwell, Joel ........................................74 Birnie Red Angus..................................64 Bola Red Angus ..............................67,68 Booth, CK Sonny..................................74 Bowles J5 Red Angus ..........................71 Broken Heart Ranch.. .....................32,60 Brown, RA ............................................67 Brylor Ranch ........................................74 Buffalo Creek Red Angus ....................69 Bull Hill Ranch ......................................70 Bullis Creek Ranch..........................67,68 C-T ..................................................45,75 Cabernet ..............................................77 Campbell Red Angus............................72 Canadian RA Promotion Society ..........74 Cattlecliffs Ranch ................................72 Cedar Hill Farm ....................................73 Chiefline Red Angus ............................71 Christensen Red Angus........................71 Choat Cattle Co....................................64 Clay Maxey Ford ..................................18 Collier Diamond C Ranch......19-22,28,29 Conover, Al ..........................................74 Country Acres Farm ............................73 Croissant Red Angus............................72 Cross Diamond................................64,79 Crump Red Angus ..............................,72 CUP Lab...............................................74 D&D Cattle Co .....................................64 DK Red Angus......................................72 Deichmann Livestock Brokerage..........74
336 490th Ave. Searsboro, Iowa 50242
Diamond H ..........................................75 Double Eagle Ranch ............................77 Double Tree Red Angus ......................71 Elmwood Fields ....................................73 Englewood Farms ................................19 Faylor Red Angus ................................75 Feddes Red Angus ..............................45 Fick Red Angus ....................................64 Fischer’s Red Angus ............................71 Flaming Livestock Co ..........................75 Flat Iron Red Angus..............................72 Forster Red Angus ..............................72 Fritz Red Angus....................................71 Genex/CRI ......................................74,80 Gibson Red Angus ..............................65 Gilchrist ................................................74 Glacier Red Angus ..............................70 Green Mountain Red Angus ............27,70 Griffith Seedstock ................................75 G.W. Land & Cattle Co ........................67 H & F Red Angus .................................75 Halfmann Red Angus ........................2,67 Hall - Pokorny Red Angus ..............41,64 Harbin Red Angus ...............................67 Harms Plainview Ranch ......................75 Hickory Hill Farm ..................................65 Hidden Creek Farm ..............................73 High Summit Cattle Co.........................77 Hoft Red Angus ...................................67 Hueftle Cattle Co ............................39,64 Illinois Red Angus Association..............73 J6 Farms ..............................................77 J&J Cattle Company ............................12 JST Red Angus ....................................77 Jacobson Red Angus ..........................72 James Red Angus ................................78 Janssen Red Angus ............................75 Jacobs, Roger ......................................74 Jarvis Red Angus ................................53 Jeffries Land & Cattle ..........................73 Kansas Red Angus Assoc. ..................79 Karr Farms ..........................................73 Kernen’s Cattle ....................................65 KK Farms ............................................77 Klompien Red Angus............................71 Kniebel Cattle Co ................................75 Kolle Red Angus ..................................67 Kravig Red Angus ................................72 Lacy’s Red Angus ................................75 Laubach Red Angus ............................70
JoAnn James (641) 593-6526 Fax (641) 593-6646
78 American Red Angus Magazine n May/June 2015
Lautenschlager & Sons ........................77 Lazy J Bar ............................................72 Lazy W Farm ........................................77 Legacy Genetics ............................47-50 Leland Red Angus ..........................17,70 Liberty Ranch ......................................75 Little Creek Farm..................................65 Loonan Stock Farm ..............................73 Loosli Red Angus ................................77 Lorenzen Ranches ..............................77 Lucht Red Angus .............................15,71 Ludvigson Stock Farms........................71 MARS Red Angus ................................71 Maple Oaks Red Angus........................77 McEntire Red Angus ............................26 McLean Red Angus ..............................65 McMurphy Farms. ................................73 McPhee Red Angus..............................77 Meado-West Farms..............................73 Mees Ranch ........................................70 Mercer Farm ........................................65 Messmer Red Angus. ..........................72 Meyer Cattle Co. ..................................70 Milk Creek Reds. ..................................71 Minnesota Red Angus Assoc................72 Morris/Box Ranch ................................67 Mushrush Red Angus. ......................5,75 Namken Red Angus ..........................8,73 Nelson Ranch ......................................73 North Santiam Red Angus....................77 OHR ....................................................72 OK Cattle Co. ......................................22 Oak Ridge Farms ................................73 ORIgen ................................................74 Osborn Red Angus ..............................65 Ozark Hills Genetics.............................77 Peacock Red Angus ............................65 Pelton Red Angus.................................75 Pieper Red Angus ................................98 Pifers Livestock Marketing ............,68,74 Plain Jan’s ............................................68 Pool Ranch...........................................74 Quality Genetics ..................................70 Quartz Valley Red Angus ....................77 RCR Promotions ..................................74 Rafter JX Ranch ..................................64 Ramsdale Reds ...................................75 Red Angus Society of Australia ............74 Red Angus Summit..........................42,43 Redland Red Angus ............................71
Red Cow Relocators ............................74 Red Fork Red Angus ............................70 Red Hill Farm ......................................69 Red Western Sale ................................46 Rhodes Red Angus ..............................75 Ritchey ................................................65 Robertson-Lindsay Cattle Co ..............69 Rock Creek Red Angus ........................75 Rouse Red Angus ................................73 S Diamond Angus ................................64 Sandbur Ridge Red Angus ..................64 Sandhill Red Angus ..............................71 Schuler Red Angus ..............................64 Schumacher Trust ................................75 Scott Farm Red Angus ........................72 Shamrock Nook Red Angus ................69 Sheaman Ranch ..................................72 Shepherd Red Angus ..........................71 Shoal Creek..........................................77 Smith Land & Cattle Co........................72 Solid Rock Red Angus. ........................72 Sonstegard Cattle Co. ..........................72 Southeast Red Angus Association .......65 Spear J Red Angus ..............................70 Spreutels Farm Red Angus ..................77 Stout, Justin..........................................74 Strauss Free Raised ............................76 Strawberry Ridge Reds ........................70 Sun River..............................................70 Sutherlin Farms ..............................25,70 Swan Creek Red Angus ......................65 Sycamore Farm....................................65 TJS Red Angus ....................................58 Tailgate Ranch .....................................75 Tally Farms ..........................................65 Thunder Grove Angus ..........................73 Trinity Creek Red Angus ......................65 Triple Creek Ranch ..............................67 VF Red Angus ........................................9 Valentine Farms ..................................73 Valnes Red Angus ................................72 Wedel Red Angus ................................75 Westphal Red Angus............................71 Whitley Red Angus ..............................65 Wildcat Creek Ranch ......................23,75 Willows Farm Company ......................73 Windrush Farm ....................................77 Woods V Bar X Ranch ........................77 Wrights Mill Farm Red Angus ..............73
Andras
Stock Farm
Visit us online at www.andrasstockfarm.com or find us on Facebook.
Steve: 217-473-2320 • Will: 217-473-2355 P.O. Box 71 • Manchester, IL 62663 email: andras@irtc.net
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Red Angus Association of America 4201 N. Interstate 35 Denton, Texas 76207
Reaching over 9,000 Red Angus Buyers every issue!
1AR00950 ANDRAS HB
GM
192 53
CED
BW
13 -0.5 .32 .47
4% 15% 10%
WW
75 .36
15%
YW
126 .34
New Direction R240
MILK
30 .22
ME
-8 .00
10% 10% 10%
HPG CETM
STAY
10%
10%
12 .00
12 .32
14 .00
MARB
0.51 .20
YG
0.25 .19
CW
44 .30
10%
REA
FAT
0.19 0.050 .19 .19
Reg# 1506922 / Andras In Focus B152 x Morgans Direction 111 9901 New Direction offers outstanding EPDs, a purely outcross pedigree and the masculine, robust phenotype of a breed changer. This big-bodied, capacious powerhouse is always a crowd favorite at Genex Dakota Sire Service in Mitchell, South Dakota. Expect strong maternal merit – his dam possesses an excellent udder and hails from the Karuba cow family stacked with some of the Angus breed’s best cow makers.
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