American Red Angus Magazine: March 2016

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MARCH MARCH 2016 2016

AMERICAN RED ANGUS MAGAZINE • MARCH 2016

HERD HERD STAYABILITY STAYABILITY Beckton Beckton is the is the #1 Herd #1 Herd in the in the breed breed for for Stayability, Stayability, andand hashas been been for for many many years. years.

43 of 43the of the toptop 50 sires 50 sires in the in the breed breed for for Stayability Stayability EPDEPD areare Beckton Beckton sires sires or descended or descended from from Beckton Beckton sires sires including including 15 of 15the of the toptop 20. 20.

High High reproducreproductiontion raterate andand cattle cattle thatthat work work for for their their owners, owners, rather rather thanthan the the other other wayway around. around.

These These areare thethe cattle cattle thatthat staystay in in your your herd. herd.

LOW LOW MAINTENANCE MAINTENANCE ENERGY ENERGY ThisThis hashas alsoalso been been thethe #1 Herd #1 Herd for for LowLow Maintenance Maintenance Energy Energy requirements requirements for for many many years. years.

6 of6the of the toptop 20 sires 20 sires in in thethe entire entire breed breed for for lowest lowest Maintenance Maintenance Energy Energy EPDEPD areare Beckton Beckton sires. sires.

No No other other cattle cattle willwill do adobetter a better job job cutting cutting youyou cowherd cowherd feedfeed requirements requirements andand saving saving youyou money. money.

EASY EASY CALVING CALVING TheThe #1 Herd #1 Herd for for easyeasy calving, calving, withwith thethe bestbest average average Calving Calving Ease Ease EPDEPD of any of any major major herd. herd.

13 of 13the of the toptop 20 sires 20 sires in in thethe breed breed for for lowlow Birth Birth Weight Weight EPDEPD areare Beckton Beckton sires. sires.

No No other other genetics genetics come come close. close.

GROWTH GROWTH from from Birth Birth to Market to Market Beckton Beckton bulls bulls areare leaders leaders in total in total raterate of growth, of growth, from from birth birth to market to market weight. weight.

TheThe average average birth birth weight weight EPDEPD of our of our salesale bulls bulls lastlast yearyear waswas minus minus -4.0,-4.0, andand the the average average yearling yearling weight weight EPDEPD is plus is plus +80.+80.

Beckton Beckton cattle cattle start start withwith lowlow birth birth weight weight andand reach reach a high a high market market (yearling) (yearling) weight weight quickly quickly – for– for quicker quicker marketability marketability andand lessless costcost to market. to market.

TheThe newnew HERD-BUILDER HERD-BUILDER Index Index recently recently developed developed andand implemented implemented by by thethe RedRed Angus Angus Association Association combines combines economically economically relevant relevant EPD’s EPD’s (maternal, (maternal, growth growth andand carcass carcass traits traits as well as well as fertility), as fertility), andand weights weights each each EPDEPD for for its contribution its contribution to overall to overall herd herd profitability. profitability.

Designed Designed for for commercial commercial producers producers retaining retaining replacement replacement heifers, heifers, thisthis single single index index measure measure compares compares andand ranks ranks all Red all Red Angus Angus sires sires in the in the breed, breed, to provide to provide a single a single measure measure of expected of expected profitability profitability for for every every siresire compared compared to all to all other other RedRed Angus Angus sires. sires.

41 of 41the of the 50 highest 50 highest ranking ranking sires sires on the on the RedRed Angus Angus Herd Herd Builder Builder Index Index areare Beckton Beckton sires sires or descended or descended from from Beckton Beckton sires, sires, including including 16 of 16the of the toptop 20. 20.

In our In our annual annual bullbull salesale on Tuesday, on Tuesday, April April 12, 12, most most of the of the 250250 bulls bulls andand 50 heifers 50 heifers selling selling willwill rank rank in the in the toptop 10%10% of Red of Red Angus Angus breed. breed.

Many Many of the of the bulls bulls in the in the salesale willwill be in bethe in the toptop 1 or12% or 2% of the of the breed, breed, withwith an expected an expected profprofitability itability gaingain overover $15,000. $15,000.

Even Even thethe average average bullbull in our in our salesale willwill have have an expected an expected profitability profitability gaingain of more of more than than $10,000 $10,000 compared compared to the to the average average non-Beckton non-Beckton RedRed Angus Angus bull. bull.

ForFor more more information information about about thethe Herd Herd Builder Builder Index, Index, please please contact contact either either us or usthe or the RedRed Angus Angus Association.

Association.

Industry Industry leading leading genetics genetics andand thethe highest highest quality quality RedRed Angus Angus- 71- 71 Years Years of of Satisfied Satisfied Customers Customers

BECKTON’S 71st Anniversary BULL and HEIFER SALE Tuesday, April 12, 2016

These are the cattle that work for the commercial producer – 41 of the top 50 highest ranking sires on the Herd-Builder Index are Beckton sires or descended from Beckton sires,

Selling 300 Red Angus

including 16 of the top 20.

250 Bulls and 50 Heifers

And the cattle stay in your herd – 43 of the top 50 Red Angus sires for Stayability EPD are Beckton sires or descended from Beckton sires.

1:00 pm at our ranch 10 miles west of Sheridan Delivered free anywhere in the continental U.S. Video of sale animals will be available on our website.

Direct line telephone bidding will be available.

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

The Beckton ranch office – photographed in 1899 when it was George Beck’s original home

Trish and Cam Forbes

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TOTAL PERFORMANCE IN THE MOST ECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT TRAITS High reproduction rate; high calving rate; less time and cost to market weight; and lower total feed inputs and feed costs. Plus 71 years of selection for the convenience traits – good dispositions – cowherd fertility – good udders and milk – and structurally sound cattle that run on dry Wyoming range conditions and summer at high elevation in the Bighorn Mountains.

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Board Commentary Association Commentary Marketing Update Member Services Bulletin JRA Junior Spotlight Sale Reports Member News New Members

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Information Directories

Cover photo by Jennifer Carrico of Redfield, Iowa. Photo taken at the Dale & Bryon Hoffman operation in Graettinger, Iowa.

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Calving Ease, Growth, Maternal and Carcass Traits

LSF TAKEOVER'S BEST SON

# Unique Pedigree # Best Red and Black Genetics # Superb Phenotype # Top 1% Herdbuilder and 1% GridMaster

HERD GRID CED

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MESSMER PACKER S008 LSF WIDELOAD R5014 U8061 LSF WIDELOAD N3195 R5014 SITZ TRAVELER 8180 S A V FINAL ANSWER 0035 S A V EMULOUS 8145

First Calf Crop on Ground & Looks Great!

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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 Sam Lorenzen Pendleton, Oregon lorenzensam@gmail.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 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

by Kim Ford, RAAA President

Ask, Seek and Knock

"Ask, seek, knock..." It seems this time of year, as bull sale season is in full swing, we all do a lot of asking, seeking and knocking to gather information on bull prospective purchases.

For bull buyers, it is a time of assessment, comparison and study – both on the hoof and on paper. For bull sellers, it is a time of information gathering, presentation and communication. For both parties, this is a big process and one that takes time and dedication.

Challenges From the bull seller side, the preparation is detailed and filled with deadlines and planning to get the bulls from birth to point-of-sale. When one deadline is missed along the way, the whole system of sale preparation can fall quickly behind.

The past five months have been a challenge for seedstock providers in staying on-deadline with data as the RAAA undergoes a database transition. Turn-around times for data have been longer than what our membership is accustomed. Our dedicated RAAA staff has been committed to helping breeders meet their goals and deadlines. Even with cooperation, perseverance and communication, there has been stress for both members and staff as the database transition has progressed. So if you are a recent Red Angus buyer, just know that your seedstock provider may have a few more gray hairs that have come from providing you that great genetic package known as Red Angus seedstock.

When the database transition is complete, both Red Angus members and Red Angus customers will have greater access to information with increased speed, security and efficien-

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cy in the process – which will be an asset to all involved.

Feeder Calf Value Let's shift now from seedstock marketing to the focus of this issue of ARA – feeder calf marketing. Red Angus enthusiasts had a great forum to "ask and seek" at January's RAAA BrainTrust in Denver, Colorado. Dr. Ken Odde spoke about the value of Red Angus feeder calves compared to other breed types. How does Red Angus stack up? Leading the herd!

Analysis of video auction data showed that Red Angus-sired calves – both steers and heifers – earned higher prices than other breeds.

Dr. Odde's talk quantified what many of us have been seeing across this country – there is not only great demand for Red Angus in the feeding and replacement sectors, but the willingness to pay a premium. Those of us raising Red Angus know that the demand is there because buyers are finding the value in the cattle. We must always continue to look forward to ways of defining, adding and realizing value from the cattle we are producing.

Strategic Plan BrainTrust focused on the 2016-2020 RAAA Strategic Plan that was recently approved by the Board of Directors. This plan, in my opinion, has at its core a central theme of serving those who raise Red Angus cattle – both members and commercial producers – and adding value to the Red Angus cattle they raise.

VALUE ADDED FEMALES • RANCH WORTHY BULLS -SP EM?J GQ RM NPMBSAC ECLRJC @SJJQ RF?R UGJJ FMJB SN ?LB NCPDMPK GL @GE PSEECB CLTGPMLKCLRQ DMP RFC AMKKCPAG?J AMUK?L A?L QR?W GL EMMB @MBW AMLBGRGML BSPGLE ?LB ?DRCP RFCGP jPQR @PCCBGLE QC?QML F?TC ? f@SJJt NFCLMRWNC ?LB F?TC @?J?LACB #." LSK@CPQ 5C QRPGTC DMP @SJJQ RF?R A?RRJCKCL A?L PCR?GL FCGDCPQ DPMK MP NPMBSAC QRCCPQ UGRF ?BCOS?RC NCPDMPK?LAC ?LB ? FGEF A?PA?QQ T?JSC

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Board Commentary One main "value-adder" for Red Angus discussed by the marketing team at BrainTrust is the Feeder Calf Certification Program (FCCP). This genetic-, source- and age-verification system has incredible potential for expanded growth and value – with easy access to commercial Red Angus producers. Watch for enhancements and increased opportunities with the FCCP Yellow Tag. I have confidence that our Marketing team, along with the Alliance Committee, will be knocking on doors and looking for ever-more Red Angus opportunities.

Opportunities Another focus of BrainTrust was for attendees to get to know Tom Brink, RAAA CEO. Tom's past experiences in the cattle feeding sector as well as other areas of the beef industry brought him to recognize the value of Red Angus cattle. His vast industry knowledge and leadership will add value to our Association – and to our cattle.

tions. RAAA and Top Dollar Angus will operate as two stand-alone entities, each providing synergistic benefits to the other. The leadership of RAAA sees this as an opportunity to grow Red Angus and its impact in the cattle industry.

Watch for enhancements and increased opportunities with the FCCP Yellow Tag.

Finally, it was my honor to announce at BrainTrust that RAAA has invested in Top Dollar Angus, a pioneer in differentiated feeder calf marketing based on superior genetics and management protocol. Top Dollar Angus is a value-added program that creates opportunity and returns premiums to cow-calf opera-

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In summary, BrainTrust was a kickoff to the many things that are happening in Red Angus. Red Angus has the components – the cattle, the programs and the people – to rise to a new level.

Remember: "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened."

Matthew 7:7-8.

I encourage everyone to "ask, seek and knock" to realize fullness and abundance in life and in raising a great breed of cattle. ■

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BIEBER HARD DRIVE Y120

LOT 1

Reg # 1436718

CED 3 acc 60 %Rank 64%

BW WW 85 -1.9 80 86 3% 39%

Herdbuilder % Rank

119 22%

EPD

LOT 5

REG # 3474416

REG # 3474724

When you study Hard Driveís data you are pretty hard pressed to find a sire that will post as many traits in as high of percent rank as he does. Visitors last fall and this winter have been very impressed with Hard Drives daughters in the replacement heifer pen. We have evaluated the bull pen and have over 65 sons and they will impress everyone. Hard Drive is no long producing freezable semen so the next couple of groups of sons will be where we find our next great sires.

YW 133 76 4%

Gridmaster % Rank

LOT 10

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CEM STAY MARB REA

19 39 56%

2 4 58%

11 21 32%

1 42 81%

11 39 30%

0.92 38 6%

0.72 32 6%

55 3%

LOT 11

HARD DRIVE Y120 X ROMERO 9136 Lot 5 has an amazing set of 8 full brothers 5, 15, 33, 41, 82, 86, and 88 that all are going to get a lot of attention. We have an outstanding group of full sisters making the impact of this mating go on a long time. 246U is a Romero daughters and they are really noted for their extremely easy fleshing ability which keeps them in the herd a long time. Make sure you check out all the full brothers. Let us know which one you like better.

CED BW WW YW MILK 5 -1.9 68 97 18 47% 36% 14% 29% 57% CEM STAY MARB REA 0 13 0.85 0.47 EPD 90% 28% 3% 7% %Rank 52 121 Gridmaster Herdbuilder 9% 29% % Rank % Rank

CED BW WW 6 -1.3 74 39% 46% 5% CEM STAY MARB 2 12 0.65 EPD 79% 40% 13% %Rank 120 Gridmaster Herdbuilder 30% % Rank % Rank

FAT 0.00 43 47%

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REG # 3474722

HARD DRIVE Y120 X HIGH NOON A093R We lead of the sale with a Hard Drive son that really pushes the envelope for more traits than any bull that will we offer this year. The High Noon daughters are some of our best proven cows and his dam is no exception.

LOT 12

REG # 3474727

ME 4 78% FAT 0 55%

HPG 11 35%

PF50K

EPD %Rank

YW 115 6%

ME 5 86% FAT 0.02 87%

52 7%

LOT 15

REG # 3474419

MILK 21 33% REA 0.53 4%

HPG 11 31%

PF50K

REG # 3474421

HARD DRIVE Y120 X ROMERO 9136 Lot 10, has 8 full brothers 10, 15, 33, 41, 82, 86, and 88 that all are going to get a lot of attention. B&K Cattle Co, Blake & Kirsten Angell, KS bought this dam and we told Blake that he was going to be impressed with the offering this dam has produced for our spring offering. His dam. her dam, and granddam all spent time in our donor pen. Make sure you check out all the full brothers.

HARD DRIVE Y120 X BOONE 8000 Lot 11, 12 and 16 are going to get a lot of attention. They are maternal brothers to Rollin Deep Y118. Tilly 399W is one of those cows that always produces a good one.

HARD DRIVE Y120 X BOONE 8000 Lot 12 is a maternal brother to Rollin Deep Y118. Tilly 399W is one of those cows that always produces a good one.

HARD DRIVE Y120 X ROMERO 9136 Lot 15, is one of an amazing set of 8 full brothers 5, 10, 33, 41, 82, 86, and 88. B&K Cattle Co, Blake & Kirsten Angell, KS bought this dam and we told Blake that he was going to be impressed with the offering 246U produced for our spring offering. Make sure you check out all the full brothers.

CED BW WW 3 -1.6 77 70% 41% 3% CEM STAY MARB -1 12 0.59 EPD 95% 40% 19% %Rank 111 Gridmaster Herdbuilder 41% % Rank % Rank

CED BW WW 4 -2.4 78 56% 27% 2% CEM STAY MARB -1 8 1.03 EPD 94% 84% 1% %Rank Gridmaster 89 Herdbuilder 69% % Rank % Rank

CED BW WW 2 -0.9 79 76% 52% 2% CEM STAY MARB 0 8 0.65 EPD 92% 84% 14% %Rank 82 Gridmaster Herdbuilder 77% % Rank % Rank

CED BW WW 5 -1.3 74 50% 46% 5% CEM STAY MARB 1 10 0.61 EPD 83% 64% 18% %Rank 101 Gridmaster Herdbuilder 55% % Rank % Rank

EPD %Rank

YW 122 3%

MILK 23 23% REA 0.55 3%

ME 5 86% FAT 0.03 92%

52 5%

LOT 16

HPG 11 31%

PF50K

EPD %Rank

YW 122 3%

MILK 25 12% REA 0.41 9%

54 1%

LOT 19

REG # 3474173

ME 5 86% FAT -0.01 43%

HPG 11 26%

PF50K

EPD %Rank

YW 125 2%

ME 5 86% FAT 0.01 74%

HPG 11 26%

53 3%

LOT 27

REG # 3475049

MILK 23 19% REA 0.59 2%

PF50K

EPD %Rank

YW 114 7%

ME 5 86% FAT 0.02 88%

HPG 10 39%

51 10%

LOT 28

REG # 3475041

MILK 23 21% REA 0.49 6%

REG # 3474728

HARD DRIVE Y120 X BOONE 8000 Lot 16 is another maternal brother to Rollin Deep Y118

HARD DRIVE Y120 X SSS NORTHERN 625X Lot 19 is a Hard Drive son that will catch your eye. This cowline has been very reliable and is the same one that produced Roosevelt W384 with lot 19? granddam being a maternal sister.

HARD DRIVE Y120 X WALLACE 016 This high growth Hard Drive son gives you Gridmaster in the top 1% of the breed.

HARD DRIVE Y120 X BASIN FUTURE DIRECTION Lot 28 is the first of two full brothers the other selling as lot 36. Lot 28’s dam’s pedigree makes her an outcross to a lot of the Red Angus breed making these son outcrosses as well. These two sons are very interesting and warrant a look.

CED BW WW 1 -0.6 87 88% 60% 1% CEM STAY MARB -2 8 0.63 EPD 97% 84% 15% %Rank 79 Gridmaster Herdbuilder 80% % Rank % Rank

CED BW WW -1 0.7 76 94% 81% 3% CEM STAY MARB -2 12 0.59 EPD 98% 47% 20% %Rank 98 Gridmaster Herdbuilder 59% % Rank % Rank

CED BW WW 1 1 85 85% 84% 1% CEM STAY MARB 1 12 0.8 EPD 87% 38% 5% %Rank 118 Gridmaster Herdbuilder 32% % Rank % Rank

CED BW WW 2 1.3 78 80% 88% 2% CEM STAY MARB 1 11 0.6 EPD 87% 59% 19% %Rank 101 Gridmaster Herdbuilder 55% % Rank % Rank

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YW 139 1%

53 2%

MILK 25 11% REA 0.57 3%

ME 5 86% FAT 0 65%

HPG 11 26%

PF50K

EPD %Rank

YW 115 6%

MILK 20 42% REA 0.37 12%

51 18%

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BIEBER ROUSE SAMURAI X22

BIEBER ROLLIN DEEP Y118 Reg # 1436844

Rollin Deep Y118 new picture shows he is a powerful†sire that†does†the cow†man things right. †Bieber Roosevelt has become of cornerstone to our commercial†customers†producing thick†cattle with great dispositions.†Rollin Deep Y118 is the kind of bull that can leave positive†impact on the breed for years to come.

If you are looking for a bull that sires great phenotype, power†and makes balanced cattle with the†ability to flesh, breed back,†stays sound and productive for the long haul. Look†no further. A limited number of daughters brought in some outstanding progeny. We have always believed that through focused selection you can breed cattle that have it all.

Reg # 1363427

Samurai has become a main calving ease option in our cow herd for the past few years.

He has produced consistent cattle with great CE and vigor. Samuraiís data hits a lot of the right sweet spots making them versatile and profitable cattle. Right now we have over 40 Samurai daughters in the herd and they are big broody cows.

Samurai available thru Select Sires.

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Limited semen Available thru Bieber Red CED 5 acc 68 %Rank 50%

BW WW 77 -0.2 82 85 9% 64%

Herdbuilder % Rank

89 51%

EPD

YW 128 81 6%

Gridmaster % Rank

LOT 6

MILK

ME

HPG

CEM STAY MARB REA

34 66 2%

-1 4 44%

11 24 29%

3 66 56%

8 39 67%

0.49 62 39%

0.41 57 19%

51 20%

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LOT 8

REG # 3474415

ROLLIN DEEP Y118 X NORSEMAN KING 2291 Here is a very outstanding Rollin Deep son that is a 1B but gives nothing up to any 1A in the offering on growth. His Durheim dam has done a great job and with carcass like he has they will qualify for Top Dollar and other premium programs. They will excel!

CED BW WW 10 -2.9 67 13% 20% 16% CEM STAY MARB 7 7 0.92 EPD 10% 88% 2% %Rank 108 Gridmaster Herdbuilder 45% % Rank % Rank

CED BW WW 0 3 76 93% 98% 4% CEM STAY MARB 2 6 0.46 EPD 78% 92% 39% %Rank 61 Gridmaster Herdbuilder 92% % Rank % Rank

YW 111 9%

MILK 34 1% REA 0.55 3%

ME -2 25% FAT 0.04 96%

54 1%

HPG 12 18%

PF50K

LOT 13

EPD %Rank

YW 128 1%

ME -5 12% FAT -0.01 39%

51 17%

LOT 21

REG # 3474385

MILK 25 10% REA 0.38 11%

HPG 10 47%

PF50K

ROLLIN DEEP Y118 X BASIN EXT 5233 Lot 21? dam sold last fall and was one of the best EXT 5233 daughter we have owned.

CED and BW data like they post make him very hard to get around. One full brother comeS as lot 22 and another as lot 110.

CED BW WW 6 -2.1 76 36% 32% 4% CEM STAY MARB 0 9 0.55 EPD 90% 78% 24% %Rank 97 Gridmaster Herdbuilder 61% % Rank % Rank

CED BW WW 10 -4.5 64 10% 7% 25% CEM STAY MARB 5 12 0.65 EPD 30% 39% 13% %Rank 143 Gridmaster Herdbuilder 11% % Rank % Rank

EPD %Rank

YW 115 6%

MILK 32 1% REA 0.63 1%

ME 0 39% FAT 0.03 90%

52 8%

LOT 24

HPG 12 14%

PF50K

CED BW WW 5 -2.2 69 46% 31% 12% CEM STAY MARB 3 11 0.69 EPD 55% 48% 10% %Rank 122 Gridmaster Herdbuilder 28% % Rank % Rank

YW 115 6%

53 2%

YW 111 9%

54 1%

MILK 34 1% REA 0.55 3%

ME 2 61% FAT 0.02 86%

HPG 12 17%

PF50K

Gridmaster % Rank

121 21%

MILK

ME

HPG

CEM STAY MARB REA

17 75 65%

13 67 98%

10 32 49%

8 76 11%

11 47 34%

0.85 42 8%

-0.18 36 89%

52 12%

FAT 0.05 47 94%

RA50K

LOT 14

REG # 1746104

REG # 3474725

SAMURAI X22 X HIGH NOON A093R Lot 14 is a full brother to Bieber Spartacus A193 as is lot 18. When we identified Spartacus in the 2014 offering we had him penned wrong and he stuck out. These two full brothers have always been right at the top and you will not have much trouble finding them. We are going to be pretty tempted to sample one or both of these two as well.

CED BW WW 5 -0.7 50 45% 58% 73% CEM STAY MARB 6 10 0.56 EPD 11% 71% 24% %Rank 118 Gridmaster Herdbuilder 33% % Rank % Rank

CED BW WW YW MILK 3 -2.4 67 101 20 65% 28% 17% 21% 47% CEM STAY MARB REA 3 11 0.79 0.12 EPD 66% 50% 5% 40% %Rank 51 104 Gridmaster Herdbuilder 10% 50% % Rank % Rank

EPD %Rank

YW 128 1%

MILK 23 18% REA 0.06 53%

ME -8 4% FAT 0.01 81%

HPG 12 99%

55 1%

LOT 18

EPD %Rank

REG # 3474427

LOT 100

ME 9 99% FAT 0.03 91%

MILK 30 1% REA 0.43 8%

ME 2 56% FAT 0.01 76%

HPG 12 17%

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HPG 9 77%

REG # 3474723

SAMURAI X22 X HIGH NOON A093R See footnote on lot 14 as they are full brother to Bieber Spartacus A193. They are so close we have no idea which one is better.

SAMURAI X22 X LACY GOLD BAR 8123 Lot 100 dam is a maternal brother to last year’s lot 2. His pedigree makes him very unique and his data makes him find!

CED BW WW YW MILK 6 -4.1 62 94 21 37% 9% 31% 35% 38% CEM STAY MARB REA 3 14 0.74 0.14 EPD 62% 14% 8% 39% %Rank 52 135 Gridmaster Herdbuilder 9% 16% % Rank % Rank

CED 9 15% CEM 6 EPD 14% %Rank Herdbuilder % Rank

EPD %Rank

ME 9 99% FAT 0.02 87%

HPG 9 72%

PF50K

EPD %Rank

BW WW YW MILK -5.1 69 107 22 4% 12% 13% 24% STAY MARB REA 14 0.75 0.26 19% 7% 21% 53 155 Gridmaster 2% 6% % Rank

ME 5 84% FAT 0.03 93%

REG # 3474864

ROLLIN DEEP Y118 X BROWN-LSF CELEBRATION Here is a pretty unique pedigree and as a 1B he really hits it out of the park.

EPD %Rank

EPD %Rank

YW 115 83 15%

SAMURAI X22 X FMB GOLD ROBBER 30K Lot 4 is one of the highest performing Samurai X22 sons we have ever produced.

His maternal sire lead the way in growth for many years and his high volume dam has done a nice job, with progeny ratios on WW 104.

REG # 3474422

ROLLIND DEEP Y118 X CHEROKEE CANYON Lot 13’s dam Basin Primrose 2043 has over 70 progeny to date and countless daughters who have been flushed. Last year? high selling bull sold to Crump Red Angus and lot 13 is a full brother. Lot 13? full brothers sell as lot 59, 149, 247, 249, and 310. Maternal brothers sell as lot 225, 294, 296 AND 319.

BW WW 76 -4.3 83 86 15% 10%

LOT 4

REG # 3474862

ROLLIN DEEP Y118 X EXAR 263C Lot 6 definitely has possibilities as an outcross for a lot of herds. Lot 6’s dam, Basin Rose 0T54 has already had an impact with a maternal grandson working in the Bachman herd. We could take more about Rollin Deep but the truth is we just like a lot of what he does.

EPD %Rank

CED 5 77 48%

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HPG 11 22%

PF50K

ANDRAS FUSION R236 Reg # 1506931

We liked Fusion for his outcross pedigree, his data and his phenotype. Fusionís calving ease is sure shot. We are calving the first Fusion daughters and they are meeting all expectation.

Our offering is solid again this year with over 50 sons in the offering.

BIEBER ROOSEVELT W384

No other sire in the history of Bieber Red Angus has had the impact that Roosevelt has had.

Roosevelt has been an exceptional sire and has produced some of our finest progeny†in recent years. Cattlemen appreciate the power and†type†in†Roosevelt’s progeny. Roosevelt is a†very well balanced bull†and is always among the†favorite sires when people come to the ranch to view the cattle.

Reg # 1311829

Semen available thru ABS.

Semen Available thru Bieber Red Angus.

CED 17 acc 60 %Rank 2%

BW WW 45 -3.4 81 86 22% 79%

Herdbuilder % Rank

115 25%

EPD

YW 90 77 50%

Gridmaster % Rank

LOT 3

MILK

ME

HPG

33 26 3%

1 0 53%

9 0

CEM STAY MARB REA 7

68%

31 16%

8 3 68%

0.98 35 5%

-0.2 31 90%

53 7%

FAT 0.01 41 63%

EPD acc %Rank

Herdbuilder % Rank

PF50K

LOT 23

REG # 3474996

CED 3 80 61%

BW WW 56 0.9 85 87 77% 55% 102 38%

LOT 70

REG # 3474937

YW 79 85 67%

Gridmaster % Rank

ANDRAS FUSION R236 X BECKTON EPIC R397 Lot 23 stacks Gridmaster index in the top 1% of the breed.

ROOSEVELT W384 X GMRA LARAMIE 5110

CED BW WW 13 -2.6 69 3% 24% 12% CEM STAY MARB 3 12 0.63 EPD 60% 47% 15% %Rank 138 Gridmaster Herdbuilder 14% % Rank % Rank

CED BW WW 6 0.6 64 41% 79% 23% CEM STAY MARB 4 10 0.83 EPD 40% 68% 4% %Rank Gridmaster 112 Herdbuilder 39% % Rank % Rank

CED BW WW YW MILK 1 0.8 64 104 31 84% 82% 23% 17% 1% CEM STAY MARB REA 4 15 0.49 0.04 EPD 45% 11% 35% 57% %Rank 49 132 Gridmaster Herdbuilder 39% 18% % Rank % Rank

YW 127 1%

MILK 29 2% REA 0.21 27%

ME 6 89% FAT 0.01 73%

54 1%

LOT 210

HPG 11 36%

PF50K

EPD %Rank

YW 127 1%

54 1%

MILK 25 9% REA 0.15 35%

ME -5 14% FAT 0.03 92%

HPG 10 44%

PF50K

EPD %Rank

ME

HPG

CEM STAY MARB REA

28 78 12%

-10 69 19%

15 41 6%

6 79 26%

10 44 47%

0.71 45 16%

FAT 0.05 48 95%

0.21 40 36%

48 69%

RA50K

REG # 3474823

ANDREAS FuSION R236 X HUST CHIEF SEQUOYA We are very proud of the crew at BRAR and they have the opportunity to run some cows. Craig and Lindley Howard have a pretty good eye helping us selection throughout the program.

EPD %Rank

MILK

LOT 130

REG # 1746112

ROOSEVELT W384 X LCC FIELD DAY A614N

ME 6 89% FAT 0.02 82%

HPG 14 4%

PF50K

CED BW WW 3 0.4 78 72% 77% 2% CEM STAY MARB 1 10 0.64 EPD 82% 67% 14% %Rank 98 Gridmaster Herdbuilder 59% % Rank % Rank EPD %Rank

REG # 3474334

YW 113 7%

ME 1 47% FAT 0.03 90%

HPG 14 5%

50 23%

LOT 140

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MILK 27 4% REA 0.49 6%

REG # 3474320

ANDRAS FUSTION R236 X ROUGH RIDER 10712 Lot 210 has full brothers sells as lot 89, 231, 271, 272, 303, 313 and 334.

ROOSEVELT W384 X MISSION STATEMENT Lot 140 is a full brother to Deep End Y597, currently in Genex’s lineup.

CED BW WW YW MILK 11 -1.3 54 90 30 9% 46% 59% 44% 1% CEM STAY MARB REA 5 11 0.85 0.1 EPD 24% 53% 3% 46% %Rank 52 129 Gridmaster Herdbuilder 9% 21% % Rank % Rank

CED BW WW YW MILK 5 -0.8 58 94 26 47% 54% 44% 34% 6% CEM STAY MARB REA 6 11 0.86 0.88 EPD 21% 54% 3% 1% %Rank 52 125 Gridmaster Herdbuilder 4% 25% % Rank % Rank

EPD %Rank

ME -5 12% FAT -0.01 32%

HPG 11 22%

PF50K

OVER 90% OF THE BULL OFFERING 50K TEST AND GENOMICALLY ENHANCED EPD ARE PROVIDED!

EPD %Rank

ME -2 26% FAT 0.01 79%

385 Bulls Sell!

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HPG 15 2%

PF50K

PARINGA IRON ORE E27 Reg # 1562199

Iron Ore has been used as an outcross bull in our herd the past three breeding seasons. Since he is an Australian sire his type is a bit different but his daughters have knocked it out of the park. They are moderate and seem to milk very well.

BIEBER STORMER Z433 Reg # 1522532

Stormer is the true definition of a power†bull.

Both his sire and†maternal grand sire are well known for producing thick,†powerful progeny†and†Stormer is sure to follow suit. He†was one of the highest†ADG bulls in our 2013 offering and was the†high selling bull in our†production sale that spring selling to Bachman Farms and Accelerated Genetics.

Semen is available thru Accelerated Genetics.

Semen available thru ABS.

CED 2 acc 74 %Rank 74%

BW WW -2.4 56 87 84 34% 56%

Herdbuilder % Rank

19 95%

EPD

YW MILK 105 35 84 71 27% 2%

Gridmaster % Rank

LOT 2

ME

HPG

CEM

STAY MARB REA

-12 0 15%

7 17 83%

-1 71 90%

1 0 94%

0.94 35 5%

0.62 31 9%

55 3%

FAT 0.01 43 72%

PF50K

LOT 17

REG # 3475151

CED 8 37 %Rank 28%

BW WW -3.3 84 64 55 24% 4%

Herdbuilder % Rank

101 39%

EPD acc

Gridmaster % Rank

LOT 31

REG # 3474942

YW 135 55 3%

MILK

ME

HPG

CEM

STAY MARB REA

21 29 43%

15 4 99%

5 24 97%

0 38 84%

10 39 44%

0.67

37 18%

0.29 31 28%

54 6%

RA50K

LOT 72

REG # 3474847

REG # 3474649

PARINGA IRON ORE E27 X MISSION STATEMENT Lot 2 is out of a cow that we feel may be one of our top cows. Last year her son was lot 36 and sold to a very discriminating commercial customer Wagonhound Livestock, who was one of the RAA Commercial Producers of the Year. Laura 112W goes back to the same cowline as Laura 158W who recently sold for $30,000 to Twedt Red Angus on the Western Heritage Sale in Denver.

PARINGA IRON ORE E27 X SAMURAI X22 Lot 17 stacks a pedigree that ought to interest cattlemen across the country with Gridmaster index in the top 1% of the entire breed.

STORMER Z433 X ROOSEVELT W384 Lot 31’s dam Laura 101Y is in our ET program and comes from the famed cowline that produced Hard Drive. Lot 31 really hits the sweet spot in the data with a CED of 10 and growth in the top 20% of the breed.

STORMER Z433 X RDDA HUSTLER 19G

CED BW WW 0 -0.8 69 89% 56% 11% CEM STAY MARB 0 5 0.93 EPD 90% 96% 2% %Rank Gridmaster 57 Herdbuilder 93% % Rank % Rank

CED BW WW 0 0.7 76 91% 81% 3% CEM STAY MARB 4 8 0.91 EPD 40% 84% 2% %Rank 89 Gridmaster Herdbuilder 71% % Rank % Rank

CED 9 16% CEM 4 EPD 50% %Rank Herdbuilder % Rank

CED BW WW 8 -3.1 62 23% 19% 31% CEM STAY MARB 2 13 0.45 EPD 73% 26% 43% %Rank 131 Gridmaster Herdbuilder 19% % Rank % Rank

EPD %Rank

YW 119 4%

MILK 24 13% REA 0.91 1%

ME -1 37% FAT 0 61%

HPG 11 37%

EPD %Rank

55 1%

LOT 26

CED BW WW 0 1.7 64 91% 91% 24% CEM STAY MARB -1 2 0.87 EPD 95% 99% 3% %Rank 21 Gridmaster Herdbuilder 99% % Rank % Rank

YW 114 7%

MILK 29 2% REA 0.26 21%

ME -5 14% FAT 0.02 86%

54 1%

HPG 10 52%

PF50K

EPD %Rank

BW WW YW MILK -3 65 106 29 19% 20% 15% 2% STAY MARB REA 15 0.65 0.34 11% 13% 14% 52 149 Gridmaster 7% 7% % Rank

ME 4 73% FAT 0.05 98%

HPG 9 65%

PF50K

YW 116 5%

53 2%

MILK 27 5% REA 0.15 35%

ME 4 74% FAT 0 59%

HPG 8 88%

PF50K

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MILK 25 12% REA 0.63 1%

ME -10 2% FAT -0.02 17%

HPG 8 89%

53 2%

BIEBER SPARTACUS A193

LOT 9

Reg # 1617230

REG # 3474701

Spartacus was a crowd favorite in our 2014 spring production sale selling to Accelerated Genetics and Jefferies Land and Cattle. He is a great†disposition bull stacked for profit.†Powerfully made and very stout boned.Spartacus is a very complete bull that leaves a breeding program in a very good position going forward.

s.

Semen is available thru Accelerated Genetic SPARTACUS A193 X MISSION STATEMENT Every year we do our best to design some of the best matings in the breed and Lot 9 makes that very clear. Lot 9 is the first son of Bieber Spartacus A193(Accelerated) and is also a maternal brother to Hard Drive Y120 (Select Sires) and Deep End B597(Genex).

CED 6 38 %Rank 34%

BW -4.8 55 6%

Herdbuilder % Rank

142 7%

EPD acc

EPD %Rank

REG # 3475177

PARINGA IRON ORE E27 X 5LNORSEMAN 2291 Lot 26 will have a lot of blow and go and stacks carcass that is sometimes hard to get to in two or three generations. He gets you there now!

EPD %Rank

YW 134 1%

FAT 0.02 41 79%

WW 61 47 34%

YW 98 44 29%

Gridmaster % Rank

MILK

ME

HPG

CEM

STAY MARB REA

22 28 31%

9 19 97%

9 0 69%

4 35 46%

14 5 8%

53 2%

1.03 28 1%

0.32 26 17%

FAT 0.06 34 98% PF50K

CED 9 18% CEM 6 EPD 16% %Rank Herdbuilder % Rank EPD %Rank

BW WW -4.9 67 5% 16% STAY MARB 13 1.12 27% 1% 161 Gridmaster 4% % Rank

YW 128 1%

58 1%

MILK 23 23% REA 0.94 1%

ME 8 96% FAT 0.02 82%

HPG 12 21%

PF50K

OVER 90% OF THE BULL OFFERING 50K TEST AND GENOMICALLY ENHANCED EPD ARE PROVIDED!

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29AR0255 FUSION

FUSION x Basin Trendsetter 6074, Bieber Fusion B544, Bieber Red Angus, SD

ANDRAS FUSION R236 RAAA 1506931 1A ANDRAS IN FOCUS B175 x ANDRAS THUNDER B105

Energize Your Herd with FUSION Elite calving ease potential with strong growth, marbling and maternal traits Wide bodied, deep ribbed and heavy muscled Outstanding foot quality and structural soundness Outcross pedigree featuring the proven influence of calving ease, maternal and docility leader IN FOCUS CED BW WW YW MILK ME HPG CEM ✔ First progeny are moderate in stature, thick made, deep bodied and soft sided - they have a super +17 -3.4 +45 +90 +33 +1 +9 +7 disposition with excellent calving ease .60 .86 .81 .77 .26 .00 .00 .31 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

)86,21 [ (3,& 0/. &5. 8QLÀHG Bieber Red Angus Ranch, SD and Mill Creek Reds, MT

STAY MARB YG

CW

REA

+8 .03

+20 .57

-.20 +.01 .31 .41

+.98 +.12 .35 .34

DNA tested AMF, CAF, DDF, NHF, OSF

29AR0257 OSCAR X28

FAT

HB

GM

+115

+53

SPRING 2016 TOP 35%

FEDDES OSCAR X28 RAAA 1368605 1A RED CROWFOOT OLE’S OSCAR x BIEBER ROMERO 9136

Next Step Calving Ease & Maternal ✔ OLE’S OSCAR’s best son for both direct and maternal calving ease and still an industry leader for growth and marbling ✔ Offers more depth of rib, muscle shape, and calving ease than his sire ✔ His dam is a fabulous young cow that is working toward donor status ✔ His maternal grand dam, Feddes Sleek 2S, is a favorite in the Feddes Red Angus donor pen ✔ Progeny are very consistent, moderate framed, deep bodied and wide based CED

BW WW

YW

MILK

ME

HPG CEM

STAY MARB YG

CW

REA

FAT

HB

GM

+15 .50

-4.4 +66 .73 .66

+116 .64

+28 .43

+2 .49

+10 .34

+11 .21

+33 .50

-.01 .27

+.01 .39

+154

+54

+11 .42

+.70 +.14 .29 .31

DNA tested AMF, CAF, NHF, OSF

These sires continue to gain in popularity for their outcross calving ease genetics with their sons commanding attention at bull sales across the country. To order, contact your ABS Representative or call 1.800.ABS.STUD ©2016 ABS Global, Inc. • 1525 River Road, DeForest, WI 53532 • 608-846-3721 • www.absbeef.com

SPRING 2016 TOP 35%

Best of the Breed for Calving Ease Synergy

014AR02081 Reg#: 1384811 Nebula P707 x Mission Statement

He provides a standard of excels for blending calving ease and total carcass merit for unparalleled profitability.

CED

BW

WW

YW

MILK

ME

HPG

CETM

STAY

MARB

YG

CW

REA

FAT

HB

GM

14

-7.0

45

84

27

2

14

3

16

1.28

.07

11

-.04

.02

182

55

.55

.77

.72

.72

.47

.19

.33

.54

.43

.41

.37

.54

.36

.46

Rebel

014AR02075 Reg#: 1382355 Nebula P707 x Romero 99.9% 1B

Rebel brings the traits to the table that make Red Angus cattle great: calving ease, strong performance, maternal strength and marbling.

CED

BW

WW

YW

MILK

ME

HPG

CETM

STAY

MARB

18

-6.5

58

94

24

-2

9

1

16

.96

.70

.81

.76

.75

.65

.45

.53

.67

.44

.54

YG

CW

REA

.18

16

.44

.56

Nice & Easy

FAT

HB

GM

-.31

.02

173

53

.50

.52

014AR02071 Reg#: 1550614 Paramount X Revelation

Donnell Brown said, “This has to be one of the best heifer bull prospects to sell this year. He achieves our highest 5-star rating for calving ease.”

CED

BW

WW

YW

MILK

ME

HPG

CETM

STAY

MARB

YG

CW

REA

FAT

HB

GM

13

-5.8

55

91

18

5

13

5

21

1.0

.04

16

-.07

-.00

221

54

.37

.61

.52

.50

.29

.14

.24

.38

.39

.33

.29

.41

.27

.36

Sleep Easy

014AR02079 Reg#: 1681923 Night Calver X Cody T085

If you would prefer sleep, over pulling a calf, then Sleep Easy can help you out. With a top 10% CED and top 2% BW, you could probably throw away your calf pullers.

CED

BW

WW

YW

MILK

ME

HPG

CETM

STAY

MARB

YG

CW

REA

FAT

HB

GM

15

-7.1

60

101

24

4

13

4

14

.74

-.05

20

.61

.04

171

54

.31

.42

.37

.39

.28

.18

.24

.35

.40

.35

.28

.32

.29

.37

Spring 2016 EPDs

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Association Commentary

RAAA National Office

4201 N. Interstate 35 Denton, TX 76207 (940) 387-3502 • Fax (888) 829-6069 Email: info@redangus.org RedAngus.org

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Registry Manager Angelia Brooks Ext. 5 • angelia@redangus.org Registry Specialists Fax: (888) 829-6069

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DNA/Breed Improvement Projects Coordinator Halla Pfeiff Ext. 10 • halla@redangus.org

by Tom Brink, RAAA Chief Executive Officer

Strategic Plan Maps Course for Progress

The diligent work of our Strategic Planning Committee and staff culminated in the recently released Red Angus five-year Strategic Plan. This well-constructed plan maps the breed’s course for continued progress through 2020.

Every organization needs to set measurable goals and concentrate its efforts on achieving objectives most important to its long-term success.

The Red Angus Association of America is no different. We thank chairman Frank Wedel and the rest of the committee for their leadership in developing this important plan. We now stand better equipped to keep Red Angus moving toward the forefront of the beef industry. Road map in hand, it’s time to get the wheels turning!

Let’s briefly review each of the Plan’s five key strategies.

Strategy 1: Create additional value for our commercial customers.

Yes, the customer comes first. Red Angus will maintain its focus on adding value to Red Angus-influenced feeder calves for its commercial customers. This is, and will continue to be, the foundation of success. Commercial users of Red Angus genetics can expect to see even more support on marketing day, whether selling their calves through local auctions, on a video or through direct trade. Leading the way is the Feeder Calf Certification Program. Yellow tags in the ears of Red Angus-sired feeder calves have become synonymous with added value for both buyer and seller. We will be working

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hard to keep it that way and to keep Red Angus price premiums strong and growing. A measurable goal associated with this strategy is to increase feeder calf tag sales by 6 percent per year.

Strategy 2: Provide scientifically accurate genetic predictions.

Through its EPDs, indices and partnership with International Genetics Solutions (IGS), RAAA is already part of a genetic evaluation system that provides a host of genetic selection tools. However, we can do even better, just as the Strategic Plan prescribes. More quality data going into the system results in more accurate genetic predictors. One goal tied to this strategy is to increase the volume of voluntary data reporting by 20 percent annually. For example, reproduction is an emphasis area, and Red Angus breeders will be asked to submit more heifer exposure information to bolster the breed’s Heifer Pregnancy EPD. It comes down to this simple formula: Large volumes of quality data going in = accurate genetic predictors for economically relevant traits coming out. RAAA members can do their part to help Red Angus EPDs be the best in the business and, in doing so, they will be directly benefiting themselves and their customers.

Ozark Bull Sale

Orion Beef Group

March 5, 2016

New Sale Location!

Reputation Red Angus and Hybreds

Selling 100 Bulls

Green Springs Development Center • Nevada, Missouri • 1 PM CST The Bulls are born, raised and developed in the Midwest

LOT 2 • LSF SRR ASSISTANT 5117C • #1744111

LOT 6 • LSF DDC DEPTH CHARGE 510C • #1752293 Conquest x Mastermind x Cherokee

LOT 7 • LSF BRA GENOTYPE 5655C • #1752237

Takeover x Chateau x Alfa Romeo HERD 148 GRID 52 CED 10 BW -3.9 WW 66 YW 102 MK 24 ME 4 HPG 9 CEM 6 STAY 14 MB 0.74 YG 0.01 CW 25 REA 0.31 BF 0.02

HERD 105 GRID 51 CED 7 BW -2.4 WW 63 YW 102 MK 21 ME 1 HPG 4 CEM -2 STAY 12 MB 0.48 YG 0.01 CW 27 REA 0.1 BF -0.02

Right from the LSF Donor Cow herd!

One of the best sons of Conquest to ever sell!

HERD 189 GRID 54 CED 7 BW -2.8 WW 68 YW 120 MK 22 ME-2 HPG 12 CEM 2 STAY 19 MB 0.8 YG 0.13 CW 37 REA 0.29 BF 0.04 This calving ease growth bull is off the charts Herdbuilder Index!

LOT 8 • LSF BRA DEDICATION 5656C • #1752236

LOT 11 • LSF RHO QUALITY 922B • #1725325

LOT 12 • LSF LRA DALE'S LEGACY 414 • #1735833

Redemption x Expectation x Jewel Maker

Redemption x Major League x GlacMarias

Night Calver x Oly 554T x Summit

HERD 174 GRID 53 CED 9 BW -2.8 WW 62 YW 106 MK 20 ME 3 HPG 12 CEM 5 STAY 16 MB 0.94 YG 0.11 CW 29 REA 0.01 BF 0.01

One of the Best Redemption sons ever offered!

Redemption x Epic x Expectation

HERD 138 GRID 53 CED 7 BW -2.3 WW 78 YW 124 MK 23 ME 2 HPG 12 HERD 127 GRID 52 CED 12 BW -5.2 WW 65 YW 103 MK 22 ME 0 HPG 11 CEM 3 STAY 13 MB 0.94 YG 0.16 CW 40 REA -0.03 BF 0.01 CEM 5 STAY 10 MB 0.46 YG 0.03 CW 23 REA 0.37 BF 0.03

Ranks at the top of the breed for any index you throw at him!

Blending some of the best calving ease genetics in the business!

Every Bull will have a DNA profile and Feed Efficiency Record.

LOT 28 • LSF RHO DOUBLE PACK 963B • #1725368

LOT 77 • LSF RHO YOSEMITE 61C • #1734470

Pacman x Packer x Warrior

Yosemite x B571 x Cody

HERD 166 GRID 53 CED 8 BW -4.6 WW 75 YW 119 MK 17 ME 6 HPG 13 CEM 0 STAY 17 MB 0.32 YG -0.09 CW 34 REA 0.75 BF 0.02 One of the heaviest muscled and thickest bulls in the entire sale!

HERD 144 GRID 51 CED 12 BW -3.1 WW 69 YW 106 MK 15 ME -4 HPG 12 CEM 0 STAY 14 MB 0.3 YG -0.06 CW 28 REA 0.47 BF 0.01

Outcross bull that brings many things to the table!

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

Asociation Commentary

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Strategy 3: Unify membership around RAAA’s vision.

A diverse membership can be unified in our enthusiasm for Red Angus cattle, the breed’s Core Policies and our stated mission and vision (redangus.org/association). We do this by staying focused on the founding principles that put Red Angus on the map.

Members are encouraged to share their concerns and ideas through RAAA’s committee structure and by speaking directly to Board members in their area or region. Work positively within this system, leave room for the perspective of others, and the result is sure to be a stronger breed organization and a stronger breed.

Strategy 4: Enhance external communications to create a positive perception.

Most would agree that we have a running start here because the beef industry already has a favorable perception of Red Angus cattle. However, we know it can be better. We must continue to tell our story in many different ways and in many different places. Weaving our message with other information that is useful to commercial ranchers and farmers can also be beneficial. Look for more Red Angus feature articles in major beef publications as this portion of the plan is followed.

Strategy 5: Provide Quality, Professional Service.

As a member organization, the lifeblood of our business is to take care of our customers and provide them with excellence across the full spectrum of RAAA services. Your RAAA staff is strongly committed to that end. Recent experience with our new data and software system (REDSPro) has challenged – and sometimes compromised – the quality and timeliness of that service. But make no mistake, we will overcome these challenges and get back to a level of quality, timeliness and professionalism that is second to none. That is an important part of our Strategic Plan and we will be working hard to get there as soon a possible.

Toward the Destination Now the work begins to meet the objectives we have mapped out. It will take a team effort. Staff, Board Directors, committee roster members and all other Red Angus members must pull together to take us forward for the next five years. The course has been mapped and the destination determined. Success awaits, so let’s get going! ■

Herdbuilder Bull Sale

Orion Beef Group

April 9, 2016 Reputation Red Angus and Hybreds

Selling 300 Red Angus and Red Hybred Bulls Weschenfelder Development Center • Shepherd, MT • 12:30 PM MST A Sample of the Superior Outcross Bulls Selling in this Power Packed Event Multi-Trait Leaders That Are At The Top Of The Breed For Herdbuilder Index

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ID

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5618C

172

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52

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26

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27

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Tyson x Berry Cherry x Julius • The number 1 Herdbuilder Index bull in the entire offering!

1744129

5241C

165

55

10 -5.3 69 109

22

1

11

Takeover x Epic R397 x Big Sky • Incredible calving ease, growth, maternaland carcass in a great phenotypic package!

3472002

5606C

182

51

14 -4.5 57

89

13

2

13

8 16 0.65 0.01

16 -0.02 -0.01

Premier x Tradesman x Julius • Superior outcross herdsire prospect that knocks it out of the park for Herdbuilder Index!

1744230

5026C

165

54

7

-2.4 74 119

21

1

11

4 16 1.02 0.04

37

0.52 0.04

5 15 0.76 0.10

26

0.54 0.08

Takeover x Epic R397 x New Chapter • Big Time growth in this high Herdbuilder Index bull!

1744125

LSF Takeover 9943W The Elite Herdbuilder bull in the breed siring sale toppers all over the country. This sale will have the largest selection of sons anywhere in the country!

5062C

179

53

12 -4.0 60 104

20

0

17

Takeover x Epic R397 x Tank • Herd sire prospect from the Cover Girl Cow Family!

Gridmaster Elite Prospects That Will Bring "TOP" Dollar REG #

ID

HERD

1744608

5074C

198

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55

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WW

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Premier x Conquest x Packer • Could possibly be the top herd bull in the entire offering!

1744643

5044C

179

55

11 -4.2 74 127

20

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Redemption x Packer x Big Sky • Stacks three of the most legendary sires in the entire breed!

1744528

5082C

177

54

10 -5.0 60 105

18

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Big Iron x Packer x Jewel Maker • From the famous herd bull producing Dina cow family!

1744149

5015C

145

54

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92

28

Prospect x Pinnacle x Big Sky • Sired by the $75,000 phenotypic star Prospect!

1738525

5863C

168

55

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Trilogy x Jewel Maker x Cheyenne • Great outcross Gridmaster to all the P707 line cattle in the industry!

The Program That Is Known For Calving Ease With Growth In The Industry

Brown JYJ Redemption Y1334 The “solution” bull that complements so many herds in so many ways. One of the largest sire groups to sell this spring. If you need several half brothers this is the sale!

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190

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53

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89

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Redemption x Conquest x Expectation • How "Sweet" is this bull? From our awesome Sweetness Cow Family!

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85

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1744453

5118C

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1744168

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160

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89

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Takeover x Sovereign x Enterprise • Stacked to be a calving ease and maternal great!

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5641C

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92

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Tyson x B571 x None Better • Talking about stacking some of the breed greats with some freshness on the sire side!

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5089C

147

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53

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MILK ME

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0.13 0.01

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0.63 0.10

49

0.14 0.01

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Big Iron x Big Sky x No Equal • Bred for Power, Growth, Stayability and Carcass!

1751232

5660C

118

55

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-2.6 78 125

9

1.17 0.17

Incredabull x New Standard x Destination • Complete outcross pedigree - this could be the feature of the entire sale!

1738539

5867C

121

53

10 -1.9 80 137

13

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Redemption x Opportunity x Packer • Big time calving ease to growth spread with stayability and carcass too!

3471992

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5639C

124

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20

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Tyson x Chateau x Elway • If you need power and growth this is the herd bull for you!

5622C 158 52 4 0.3 75 122 23 5 13 4 16 0.69 -0.03 43 0.52 0.00 The first sons to sell out of this $105,000 breed top- 3472014 per from 2014. Check out the listing to the right with Sure Shot x Goldrobber x B571 • Could be the best calving ease maternal power bull in the entire offering! several of the top sons we are featuring this year.

Contact us to be put on our mailing list!

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

www.ludvigsonstockfarms.com

NORTHLINE ANGUS

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Offering ten exclusive Crush semen packages in 2016. Contact one of the owner’s for more information.

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FROM: EDMONTON, ALBERTA Red Northline GFA CRUSH 16B Farmfair International Edmonton, Alberta, Canada November 13, 2015

TO: FORT WORTH, TEXAS

Red Northline GFA CRUSH 16B Fort Worth Stock Show Fort Worth, Texas January 31, 2016

Metta Collier holding Grand Champion Bull ribbons CRUSH recently won at the Ft.Worth Regional Red Angus Stock Show.

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Because we have to eliminate the dominate black color VT]T cWTXa X]pdT]RT Xb b[^f but their impact on the Red Angus breed is huge!

#1 cow in Diamond C Ranch R & D Herd

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Marketing Update

by Chessie Garrett, Tag Program Coordinator and Member Services Specialist

Rolling Through the Red Angus Marketing Programs

As most ranchers know, calving season can be one of the most stressful, yet rewarding times of the year. While you are busy worrying about cows in the pasture, it is easy to forget about marketing your calves months down the road. The Red Angus Marketing Programs allow you to capitalize on your Red Angus investments. Calving season is an opportune time to consider adding the Red Angus marketing programs to your ranch’s arsenal to boost the bottom line.

Producing calves that reap premiums in the marketplace starts by using value-added tag programs.

The first tag option is for cattlemen and women using registered Red Angus bulls. The Feeder Calf Certification Program (FCCP) enrolls calves in the industry’s first genetic, source and age, USDA-process-verified program.

The program is unlike any other age- and source-verification programs. The “yellow” tag allows for the industry’s only marketing claim to at least 50 percent registered Red Angus bloodlines. Red Angus producers enrolling in the program will be able to have access to many Angus product lines.

The second tag option is for producers in a planned crossbreeding program. The Allied Access program delivers age and source verification through the USDAprocess-verified program. The program provides a solution to Red Angus customers’ crossbreeding programs utilizing multiple breeds, hybrids or composites.

The Allied Access “green” tag incorporates age and source verifications without the genetic boundaries of the FCCP. The Red Angus tag programs have no enrollment fees.

The panel tag is only 99¢ and the combo set (panel & electronic ID) is available for $3. Unique imprints are available for customers as well. Working with our tag supplier, an improved tag applicator has been developed for use with the FCCP tags. For each order placed, a new applicator is included in the shipment at no cost to the buyer.

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How to enroll:

1. Contact Red Angus at 940-387-3502, Ext. 2 to go through a short rancher-friendly supplier enrollment questionnaire over the phone. Red Angus will ask general management, animal identification and breeding program questions to verify program eligibility.

2. Once approved, tags are shipped directly to the customer and should be applied prior to the calves leaving the ranch of origin.

3. The producer will receive a customer enrollment agreement to complete and return with a copy of the first page of the calving record. This will allow RAAA to verify the group age on the calves and the tags numbers used.

4. Upon submission of the customer enrollment agreement and calving record, a USDA-approved certificate of conformance (COC) will be issued from the RAAA office.

Red Angus marketing programs offer feeder cattle marketing tools at no charge to those using Red Angus genetics. Red Angus FeederFax is a proven marketing tool used to draw attention to load-lot sized offerings of Red Angus-influenced cattle or large offerings at scheduled sales marketed via video sales, livestock markets or private treaty. The FeederFax breaks includes load details and is distributed to our active buyer base to draw added attention to our bull customers' calves. To submit a listing please visit redangus.org /marketing/feeder-fax or contact 940-387-3502, Ext. 2.

Another effective marketing tool used by many cattlemen marketing smaller or individual lots of cattle is the Red Angus Stockyard. This is an online listing of cattle for sale in the breed. You can visit www.stockyard.redangus.org to submit or view listings of Red Angus bulls, registered females and commercial females for sale in the country.

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Member Services Update Commercial Female DNA Test Available Herd Navigator was developed to allow commercial females that are at least 75 percent Red Angus content to be tested with a DNA test to determine a breed percentile rank for all the Expected Progeny Differences (EPDs) offered through Red Angus. This allows for commercial females to be evaluated on a much larger scale than just phenotypically. This test also allows for parent verification as long as the sire being compared has a DNA sample on file with the RAAA.

Sires of 2017 Calf Crop Requirements Per the Rules and Regulations: All sires being used in 2016 to breed cows for the resulting offspring to be registered in 2017 must have a DNA sample on file for parentage. To request a DNA test kit, email dna-kit-request@redangus.org or call 940-387-3502, Ext. 10. The DNA order form can be found at redangus.org/genetics/dna-tools/resources.

Collect and Submit Ultrasound Data Ultrasound data is an ideal way to increase the accuracies of carcass EPDs. Traits that are measured are ribeye area, rump fat, fat thickness and marbling. A certified Annual Proficiency and Testing Certification technician takes these measurements and then reports to an approved ultrasound lab. To find a list of technicians and labs visit redangus.org/registration/ultrasound.

If an ultrasound barnsheet is needed, this can be generated by following the tutorial on how to create a group and then select the default report Ultrasound Barnsheet.

Results can be viewed at REDSPro via the Herd Management Tab/My Reports/Ultrasound Summary Report.

Help Us Better Serve You! When submitting electronic data files please include your member number in the subject of email that is being sent to web.rrts@redangus.org and web.transfer@redangus.org.

Also, if it to be rushed this should be included in the subject and/or in the content of the email.

36 American Red Angus Magazine ■ March 2016

REDSPro Chat Feature When sending a question via the REDSPro chat feature please include your member number either along with your name in this field or in the question section. This will help us better serve you.

REDSPro Updates and Frequently Asked Questions How to view Actual and Adjusted Values – Search for the animal in the animal search then select Expanded Report in the bottom right hand corner of page.

This portion will then populate under the basic animal information in the animal search.

How to view Progeny Report and/or Cow Summary – Search for dam in the animal search and then click Progeny Report or Cow Summary

This report will be viewable within the animal search.

Scroll down past Sire and Dam EPDs to view (see page 38).

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Red Angus females with disposition, loads of maternal and lots of look. Bred to be brood cows and come in volume!

Selling...

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Selling sons of these new breed leading sires

PIE One of a Kind 352

PIE The Cowboy Kind 343

LSF Saga 1040Y

Andras New Direction R240

LSF Prospect 2035Z

Andras Fusion R236

For catalogs call or visit us online at www.pieperredangus.com

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Member Services Update Example of Cow Summary

Example of Progeny Report This report will generate on a separate page to be downloaded or each individual can be clicked on to view additional data.

See Genetic Details: This is where all DNA results are viewable on the animal screen. Here you will see if genomic data, parentage and genetic defects have been completed (see page 40).

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Member Services Update

Quality & Integrity

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Custom reports can be created for any specific fields of data you want to know on your animals. For example, you want to know the Birth Weight, Sex, Dam and Sire. A custom report can be created that can be reference at any time. Here are the steps to do so.

Herd Management Tab Create Report 1. Give Report a name

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Bieber H Hughes W109 #1311331

Brown JYJ Redemption Y1334 #1441805

HB: 127 GM: 48 CED: 1 BW: -2.7 WW: 63 YW: 87 MK: 12 HPG: 9

HB: 191 GM: 49 CED: 4 BW: -2.0 WW: 77 YW: 106 MK: 18 HPG: 16

HB: 192 GM: 55 CED: 15 BW: -5.4 WW: 62 YW: 114 MK: 19 HPG: 11

C-Bar Evolution 107Y #1474506

Majestic Lightning 717 SGMR #1155775

NBAR Hamley S913 #1102983

HB: 134 GM: 50 CED: 9 BW: -3.9 WW: 50 YW: 93 MK: 24 HPG: 12

HB: 14 GM: 47 CED: -6 BW: 4.6 WW: 78 YW: 120 MK: 17 HPG: 8

HB: 38 GM: 46 CED: 8 BW: -2.5 WW: 35 YW: 40 MK: 22 HPG: 5

Red Lazy MC CC Detour 2W #1352939

Red Lone Stone Pursuit 81W #1528643

SLGN Yosemite 1143Y #1451718

HB: 70 GM: 48 CED: 10 BW: -4.5 WW: 40 YW: 65 MK: 21 HPG: 7

HB: 58 GM: 47 CED: 1 BW: 3.4 WW: 87 YW: 119 MK: -9 HPG: 2

HB: 83 GM: 51 CED: 1 BW: -0.1 WW: 83 YW: 127 MK: 12 HPG: 8

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Visit our website for a complete listing of bulls available.

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Zayne Morell says, "Never too young or old to purchase a Plateau Red Angus bull!”

Member Services Update 2. Select Criteria by clicking on the name of the header.

This will expand additional fields to select from. To select that field simply click on that field name. This will place the selected field under Selected Headers.

Plateau Red Angus 16th Annual Production Sale “Tomorrow’s Genetics Today”

Tuesday, March 15, 2016 • 1:00 pm MDT Ogallala Livestock Auction Market Ogallala, NE

18-Month-Old Bulls 2-Year-Old Bulls Above & Beyonds • Capstones • Cheyennes King Robs • Lancers • Nebulas Flat Irons • Cherokees • Epics • Conquests Conquerors • Jack Hammers

3. Specify the order the fields would like to be viewed in. If listed under selected headers top to bottom will be viewed in report from left to right. The order can be rearranged by simply clicking up or down. The field names can also be renamed or removed by also clicking the respective buttons.

4. Once this has been completed click save report to be used and viewed under My Reports.

These cattle have not been topped. This is the first time they have been offered!

Please email or call for a catalog & plan on attending our 2016 sale.

Our goal is and has been to have a lasting relationship with our buyers as a result of their success using our genetics.

Plateau Red Angus 20201 CR 76 #100, Peetz, CO 80747 Lee & Janice Walz, (970) 334-2200 Email: walzredangus@peetzplace.com 42 American Red Angus Magazine ■ March 2016

Complete tutorials are available at redangus.org to help maneuver in REDSPro to report and access data on any animals. This includes new registrations, report performance data, transfers, ultrasound barn sheets, sale catalog data extracts, etc.

Summer NCE Deadline

Data must be received in the National Office by May 9, 2016, for paper submissions and May 16, 2016 for electronic submissions to be included in the Summer National Cattle Evaluation.

PEACOCK ANGUS RANCH 4th Annual Online Bull Sale

MARCH 23-24

Selling 25 Top End Herd Bulls Yearlings & Coming Two Year Olds - ET’s & AI & Natural

PAR Prime Design 9C 131 68 -1.3 90 141 14 14 .70 .19 .02

One of two ET brothers

PAR Rawhide 2C 120 61 -2.1 70 101 26 14 .28 .50 -.01

Sale on Cattle in Motion

Natural Calves Sired By PAR Gunsmoke 25B 118 61 0.8 67 96 19 14 .33 .48 -.01

PAR Walks The Talk 27B 110 58 0.1 62 89 17 15 .42 .05 .02

U2 Big League 173z

PAR Red Zone 4B

PAR Boss 28B

117 60 -2.9 60 103 32 13 .28 -.10 .03

128 67 1.1 74 125 26 15 .46 .20 .00

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TRANSITION

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45

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0.61

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99

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35

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OWNER: BENCHMARK ANGUS, PHIL ROWLAND & SEMEX ALLIANCE

REG. # 1683796

BENELLI 0200AR20714 RED LAZY MC BENELLI 102B RED LAZY MC COWBOY CUT 26U

RED NCJ LAZY MC VENOM 34Z RED HXC JOLENE 301N

RED LAZY MC LOOKOUT 153X

RED LAZY MC FIREFLY 36Z RED LAZY MC MISS FIREFLY 31S

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1

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62

99

76

70

40

33

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17

3

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77

67

37

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0.18

29

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93

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25

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30 USA

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BULLSEYE

0200AR20713 RED DOUBLE B BULLSEYE 1B RED COCKBURN RIBEYE 308U

RED SOO LINE POWER EYE 161X RED TR LYNN 301R

RED RINGSTEAD KARGO 215U

RED BLAIRS PRICILLA 44Z RED BRYLOR PRISCILLA 67W

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85

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PARKER

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109

95

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94

89

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RED TER-RON DIAMOND MIST 164Y RED TER-RON DIAMOND MIST 29S

40 USA

$

OWNER: TERRY AND ROB ADAMS, LAZY MC RANCHES INC. & SEMEX ALLIANCE

FOR ORDERS PLEASE CONTACT SEMEX USA: P.O. Box 8280, Madison, Wisconsin, 53718-6790, tel: 1-800-303-BULL (2855) HEAD OFFICE: 5653 Highway 6 North, Guelph, ON N1H 6J2, tel: (519) 821-5060 www.semex.com

JRA Update

white water rafting in 50-degree weather with the water temperatures being much colder than that. Let’s just say the southerners were popsicles by the end of it.

Round-Up 2016 Registration Opens March 1

by JRA President, Jaclyn Ketchum The Round-Up in Virginia will be my seventh as a JRA member. At each conference, I have had several great experiences and have made unforgettable memories. However, when it boils down to my favorite Round- Up, I would have to say it would be in Montana in 2013.

Several awesome things happened on that Round-Up. The best thing that happened, though, was getting elected to serve on the Junior Red Angus Board of Directors. Running against six other people and creating friendships with them was an incredible experience.

There were just over 60 attendees and when Round-Up was over I had gotten to know each and every one of them.

I created lasting friendships that I still have today and consider them to be my best friends. Even though Montana is my home state and I had already seen most of the things we toured, I still enjoyed touring them with a group of people that I shared a common interest.

Once-in-a-lifetime-opportunities, like a TV station interviewing our JRA President, are what Round-Up is all about.

Being able to see and experience things that you would never get to do otherwise is just one of the benefits of attending Round-Up. However, while Round-Up is full of learning experiences we also like to have some fun like

If you or your child has a passion to learn, experience new things, or just have fun, I strongly encourage you to register for Round-Up 2016. This Round-Up will be like no other and the overall experience will be greater than before. I’ve attended six Round-Ups and I am the most excited about this seventh Round-up experience. Registration materials will be available March 1, 2016.

Round-Up Commercial Cattleman’s Scholarship Attention Red Angus producers! The JRA is in search of commercial Red Angus youth who are willing to learn about Red Angus and the beef industry!

The Round-Up Commercial Cattleman’s Scholarship provides one commercial youth between the ages of 9 to 20 years old a fully paid trip (travel and registration) to Round-Up. The 2016 Round-Up will be held in Virginia June 29 – July 2 and the youth do not need to be JRA members to apply for the scholarship. If you know of any commercialbased youth that you think would benefit from Round-Up, please email their name and contact information to Kim Heller (kim@redangus.org) or Kacey Koester (jrakacey@gmail.com).

Experiencing the National Western Stock Show

by JRA Member Anna Behrens This year was the first year that I have ever shown at the National Western Stock Show (NWSS) in Denver, Col-

50 American Red Angus Magazine ■ March 2016

orado. In previous years, I have attended for events like the JRA Loaded 4 Leadership Conference and 4-H and FFA Meats Judging.

This year was a phenomenal experience to work with people who have been in the cattle business their whole lives. I met a ton of new people who will be great connections for me in the future.

More importantly, I had fun and made amazing memories. I am truly thankful to all of the people who have helped me get ready for and attend the NWSS. This is an experience that cannot be fully described and should be experienced by all. I challenge other JRA members to always look for opportunities to try something new and get the full benefit of your JRA membership.

National Western Junior Show Results

Paige VanDyke of Louisville, Illinois, exhibited the Grand Champion Red Angus heifer during the junior heifer show at the National Western Stock Show.

The Reserve Grand Champion Junior Red Angus heifer at the 2016 National Western Stock Show was shown by Marin Eng of Greenbush, Minnesota.

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JRA Update

Generous supporters donate $25,550 to support Red Angus youth leadership programs Honoring the legacy of long-time Red Angus breeder Sal Forbes while supporting the future leaders in the beef industry, the Sal Forbes Legacy Foundation Female sale netted $25,550 for the benefit of the Junior Red Angus (JRA) Association.

Funds raised from this pick-of-the-2015 heifer crop, a special project of the Red Angus Foundation, Inc., will provide leadership training and industry enrichment for the next generation of Red Angus breeders. SRS Red Angus of Haswell, Colorado, and Bledsoe Ranch of Hugo, Colorado, purchased the female during an online event hosted by DVAuction.

Jaclyn Ketchum, president of JRA, noted that the effort was humbling for the junior board. “The impact the Sal Forbes Legacy Heifer will have is priceless,” said

Madelyn Mushrush, Genna VanWye, Kacey Koester, David Stavely of SRS Red Angus, Wil Bledsoe of Bledsoe Ranch, Cam Forbes of Beckton Red Angus, Jim Bledsoe of Bledsoe Ranch, Joseph Groce, Anna Miller and Jaclyn Ketchum.

Ketchum. “The generosity and uniqueness of this donation is a huge financial boost for JRA. The employees of Beckton Red Angus are a great example of how this breed functions as a family and the many great people who make up this breed. Their willingness to put this Legacy Heifer donation forward to the JRA is a memorable tribute to Sal Forbes and her love for the juniors.”

Kim Heller, advisor to the JRA said that she was extremely pleased with the project.

52 American Red Angus Magazine ■ March 2016

“It is a strong testament to the Red Angus breeders who are willing to provide such incredible financial support to the next generation of beef industry leaders,” said Heller. “Red Angus has a bright future in the coming years because we are willing to invest in our young people today. We want to thank everyone who participated in the auction. I am excited about the high-quality programing that these funds will make possible for our Red Angus youth.”

BORN: 1/01/2014 Sire: C-Bar Eldorado 114Z

100% IA MCBR/100C REG#:3468578 Dam: C-Brown&KM Abigrace T715 by Mission Statement

HBLD GRID HPG STAY MARB YG REA FAT

Top 6% Top 11% Top 5% Top 2% Top 13% Top 7% Top 10% Top 7%

C-Bar El Capitan 153B & C-Bar Three D 148B... sons of Abigrace Y11!

124C & 107C... a pair of Brown Alliance sons out of Stony W928 & Stony A305!

#3498989: Alliance x Stony A305...

153B: Eldorado x Abigrace Y11... #3499005: Kodiak x Abigrace Y11... #3498982: Alliance x Stony W928...

Stony W928 and her daughter Ms Stony A305!

Abigrace Y11 and Geis Countess 20’10

#3498994: Evolution x Countess 20’10... dam is top outcross Canadian genetics! #3498909: Saga x SAV Pioneer...

#1734460: Kodiak x Beckton New Era... dam is direct Abigrace L7730 daughter!

56B: Beef King x RA Simm hybrid!

#3498990: Contour x Stony W909...

#1742509: KS Mr Shamwow x Cher Cnyn... one of 14 RAxSM 1/2 brothers selling!

#1725248: Right Kind 199U x Cheyenne.. one of several Right Kind sons selling!

#3498970: Cowboy Cut x Cheyenne... dam is direct Abigrace L7730 daughter!

#1725283: Kodiak x Night Calver...

www.bulliscreek.com Bullis Creek Ranch “Generations of Predictability 16” Spring Production Sale

Tues., April 5, 2016 – 1 pm CST

Burwell Livestock Market – Burwell, NE (308) 346-4257

80 Reg. Performance Tested Bulls Senior Bulls & Spring Yearlings

Limousin –Red Angus – Lim-Flex

Decades of Performance Testing Focusing on Maternal – Growth – Carcass

BULLIS CREEK RANCH

Rob & Brenda Brawner

(402) 967-3060 – (402) 376-4465

88102 S Wood Lake Rd • Wood Lake, NE 69221

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Directors

Dr. Mikell Davis • (662) 323-0744 Deborah Dwyer • (352) 544-0326 Jim McLean • (912) 632-7985 Lowell Morgan • (912) 754-1445 Johnnie Cundiff • (606) 305-6443 Jeff Pettit • (270) 836-2963

Officers

Tim Whitley - President • (205) 446-5090 • tm_whitley@yahoo.com Rhonda Deist - Vice President • (931) 625-2001 • swancreek@tds.net Shonia Parrish - Secretary/Treasurer • (386) 755-4819 • sycamor@atlantic.net

Mercer Farm Registered Red Angus Cattle

Owners: Jim & Nancy Mercer & Rebecca Burnette 32237 Hwy. 58 N. • Ten Mile, TN 37880 Sales: Steve Burnette • Home (423)334-3649 Farm (423)334-5433 • Cell (865) 804-8156 mercerfarms@gmail.com

Sycamore Farm

Darryl & Rhonda, Matthew & James Deist 1780 McDaniel Hollow Rd • Lewisburg, TN 37091 (931) 293-2148 • Email: swancreek@tds.net

Pure Bred & Commercial

770 Northeast Tammy Ln. • Lake City, FL 32055 (386) 755-4819 • sycamor@atlantic.net

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Alex Gardner, Farm Manager 2638 Turkey Creek Rd • Starkville, MS 39759 Michael (662) 418-0686 • Alex (662) 769-2577 Fax: (662) 324-7721 • www.littlecreekcattle.com

Red Angus Cattle

Contact Steve at 225.603.8220 or steve@rockingkredangus.com

Joe Tally

Red Angus Cattle

Dale & Shonia Parrish, Owners

TYLERTOWN, MS

RockingKRedAngus.com

Registered Red Angus Commercial Heifers

10320 Hwy. 501 South Forest, MS 39074 Home: 601-789-5896 Office: 601-782-9606 Cell: 601-498-5969

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

McLean Red Angus Jim & Alynda McLean

Whitley Red Angus 1408 Co. Rd. 35 Horton, AL 35980

Breeding Red Angus since 1965!

Henry, Jane, Jim, Kathy, Tim, James Ray & Natalie (205) 466-7612 • Tim Cell (205) 446-5090 tim@whitleyredangus.com

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206 Morningside Drive Alma, GA 31510 (912) 632-7985 • (770) 595-3542 mcleanredangus@aol.com -Registered Red Angus since 1970 -

788 Red Belt Rd. • Chickamauga, GA 30707 Randy Garner 423.421.9884 Christa Garner 423.595.2029 RedBeltRedAngus@yahoo.com

Osborn Red Angus 21053 AL HWY 251 Athens, Alabama (256) 679-6307 Email: dko2005@hotmail.com

Jarvis Red Angus

12745 St. Rt. 181 N. Bremen, Kentucky (270) 525-3403 Registered 100% 1A Certified Herd David • Sandra Chris • LaDonna davidandsandra65@bellsouth.net

Jim and Alvina Meeks • (864) 682-3900 1986 Trinity Church Rd. • Gray Court, SC 29645 Raymond Prescott, Mgr. • (864) 682-2828 bullhillredangusranch.com Visit our website at bullhill.home.mindspring.com

Registered Red Angus

300 Pisgah Pike • Pulaski, TN 38478 (931) 424-8127 • (931) 424-8227 Fax (931) 424-0319 email: rca@energize.net

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Hickory Hill Farm Red Angus

The Wiley Finley Family 143 Robertson Hollow Rd. Taft, TN 38488 (931) 425-6111 John Carter, Mgr. (931) 703-0090

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25%

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27%

24%

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20%

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40+ Bulls in the best 10% for Calving Ease • 60+ Bulls in the top 10% for HerdBuilder Index 50+ Bulls in the top 10% for GridMaster Index • 40+ Bulls in the top 10% for Stayability 50+ Bulls in the top 10% for Marbling

34th Annual Production Sale

120 Red Angus & 40 Schuler Red Composite Bulls Thursday, March 24, 2016 • 1:00 p.m. • at the Ranch SCHULER red-angus

7522 Rd 74 • Bridgeport, NE 69336 • info1@schulerredangus.com • 308-262-0306

www.schulerredangus.com

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Same WideBody Shape Now Conversion Tested

5L Advantage 3267 221Y: rare balance of traits Growth, Cow Profit Traits and Carcass with WideBody shape - Sire of top selling bull in each of our last three sales - more sons sell on April 8th.

See the shape, muscle, and carcass merit of Defender's sons and udder quality of his daughters and understand why he's sold out of semen each of the past two years without ever running an ad.

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BrainTrust Unveils Vision of Red Angus Breed

by Beth Gaines, Communications Coordinator

The room was filled to standing-room-only capacity to kick off the year for the annual BrainTrust conference held during the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado.

Cattlemen and women from around the country assembled to garner information and meet the new Red Angus Association of America CEO, Tom Brink. They also learned about the course of RAAA for the next five years as the recently finished Strategic Plan was unveiled to the membership.

BrainTrust is an annual event sponsored by RAAA designed to focus on the strategic planning process, either gaining input from the membership about the direction of the breed or sharing the plan developed by the committee and staff members, and providing an update on the body of work completed by RAAA staff members.

Tom Woodard, Decatur, Texas, served as emcee for BrainTrust. During the day’s events, he shared the importance of moving forward with the breed to remain relevant for modern cattle operations.

Strategic Vision In 2015, Midan Marketing was contracted to facilitate the development of the strategic planning process. The Strategic Planning Committee, chaired

by Frank Wedel and in concert with

staff members, invested hundreds of hours of work developing the new fiveyear Strategic Plan. The plan that was developed has five goals and is supplemented with staff-developed tactics in order to achieve those objectives.

“I believe that this Strategic Plan gives us something to shoot for by increasing the number of new Red Angus bull transfers by 20 percent annually,” said Woodward. “We have a goal and will know if we are making progress.”

Members heard from staff including Gary Fike, director of commercial marketing, Harold Bertz, director of business development, Barrett Carlisle, marketing specialist, Larry Keenan, director of breed improvement, and Beth Gaines, communications coordinator, who shared the tactics supporting their areas of work within the Strategic Plan.

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Another highlight of BrainTrust was the introduction of new CEO Tom Brink Those wanting to view the Strategic Plan overview brochure can access an electronic version on the Red Angus website at redangus.org/association.

BrainTrust Unveils Vision of Red Angus Breed CEO’s Vision Another highlight of BrainTrust was the introduction of new CEO Tom Brink. In his comments to membership, he provided some of his vision for the future as well as predicting future growth for the breed.

“I think we will be right-sizing Red Angus. What this means is probably doubling the population of Red Angus cattle in the next 10 years,” said Brink. “I believe one of the opportunities before us is that the contribution these cattle can make to the beef industry is much bigger than the size of the breed today.”

He noted that the potential contribution Red Angus can make to the beef industry and the prosperity of their worth is exciting and holds much promise for cattlemen in the business – even if the population of the breed is currently undersized.

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He identified three “buckets” that would take the breed forward. First, the people. With the focus on commercial cattlemen, breeders have kept the right focus to move the breed forward. “We have the people who have kept the right things in mind,” said Brink.

Second, the tools. “We have a suite of EPDs and indices that focus on the economically relevant traits that allow this breed to make tremendous progress,” he said. “In the last 10 years, we have seen tremendous multi-trait progress, and we’ve done that with the right tools and the right people making those decisions. Red Angus has been an innovative breed and that is going to continue.”

Finally, we should be proud of our press, public relations and publications. “That presents a very professional image and gives credibility to

our breed,” said Brink.

Brink noted that there have been challenges facing the organization, and the delays and frustrations with the implementation of the new database have been heard. “It’s important that we pull together in the good times and the tough times to keep the breed moving forward.”

When looking to the future and moving forward, Brink left the group with these words. “It won’t be easy. We have to work hard, we have to work smart and we have to be innovative.

The good news is we have a foundation with the cattle and the history – and the people to get it done.”

Value Vision Dr. Ken Odde, head of the animal sciences department at Kansas State University, shared information about the statistical analysis of data being

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BrainTrust Unveils Vision of Red Angus Breed completed in Manhattan, Kansas. He noted this research of tracking sales data and identifying breed information in the Superior Livestock catalogs began in 1994. At that time, it was tedious work with many of the tasks completed by hand to extrapolate the information from the sale catalogs. Mike King, who initially did much of the work, is now an employee of K-State and continues to work on the project. The study includes more than 3 million head of calves from the past five years of sale data.

The key takeaway messages from Odde’s presentation are 1) the fact that above all breeds Red Angus steer calves were sold for a premium in the marketplace and 2) the heifers found even greater rewards.

Odde shared some of the datasets that made up the study including calf

weights, health information, location of calves and size of lots. He said there are still premiums being paid for calves with known and verified health programs, although the base program for health standard has changed over time.

“If you look at the price effects on breed, Red Angus are up about $9 to Brahman influenced-calves,” said Odde. “Price difference by breed and sex also has an impact in a significant way. Red Angus-sired heifers were up $12. The relative value of the Red Angus-sired female really comes through in this study.”

As Odde wrapped up his presentation, his words were encouraging for users of Red Angus genetics everywhere. “The data becomes richer over time. There is more information that allows us to look at more things. The message to me is pretty clear – there

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Dr. Ken Odde, head of the animal sciences department at Kansas State University, shared information about the statistical analysis of data being completed in Manhattan, Kansas. is great demand for Red Angus-sired calves and particularly the Red Angus females.” n

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Mastering the Cowherd, Feeders and the Grid with Red Angus

by Jennifer Carrico for American Red Angus Magazine

Adding value to commercial cattle is a goal all producers share.

Northern Iowa cattle producer Dale Hoffman has added value to his herd through the use of Red Angus genetics.

Dale, along with his son Bryon and brother-in-law, Steve Olesen, run a commercial cow-calf herd near Graettinger, Iowa. Bryon is the fifth-generation cattlemen and hopes he can continue the tradition of the multi-generational operation well into the future.

“We’re always trying new things to make our operation run more efficiently and profitably,” said Dale. “With Bryon becoming more involved in the operation, this becomes even more important.”

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Masters of the Grid This efficiency and improvement in the herd helped the operation earn three Grid Master Awards in the past two years.

years we have slowly been expanding acres and cow numbers.”

Cattle enrolled in the Red Angus Feeder Calf Certification Program (FCCP) have the opportunity to meet stringent standards to be given the award. Meeting these prestigious goals also qualify the carcasses for premiums on a value-added marketing grid.

The cowherd is almost 100 percent red in color now thanks to the help of the Red Angus bulls that have been purchased from the same source for 19 years. Some Simmental influence can still be seen in the cows but for the most part, the 210head herd is solid red.

The Hoffman cattle are fed naturally and meet the minimum qualifications of at least a 30-head lot size, minimum of 90 percent Choice and Prime, maximum of 10 percent yield grade 4s and minimum grid score of 100. Conventionally fed cattle must meet the minimum qualifications of a minimum of 30 head lot size, minimum of 85 percent Choice and Prime, maximum 5 percent yield grade 4s and minimum grid score of 100.

“We had some Simmental-patterned cows and moved to Red Angus to get more solid colors and fewer gray calves than we would have had if we used black bulls,” sais Hoffman.

This accomplishment wasn’t something that was acquired easily. Hoffman’s interest in cattle started in 4-H and FFA. Dale received his agricultural education degree from Iowa State University in 1970 which was the same year he married Ginger. In 1974, the two began farming and raising cattle while Dale also taught agriculture at the high school in nearby Graettinger.

“We bought a farm a half mile from my dad’s farm,” said Dale. “It is sandy ground and was a perfect situation for a cow-calf enterprise. The addition of a center-pivot irrigation system allowed us to run more cow-calf pairs. Through the

In 1999, Dale’s brother-in-law and sister, Steve and Ronda Olesen, returned to take over Dale’s father’s farming operation. Hoffman said Olesen brought a new view to the operation. While each has their own cows, they farm together and help each other out on nearly a daily basis.

“We’ve always been willing to try new things and Steve jumped right on board with ideas that helped us,” said Hoffman.

In 2000, Hoffmans started marketing the feedlot cattle on a grid and saw premiums for their cattle. In 2007, they decided to start raising their cattle naturally which meant no ionophores, implants or antibiotics could be used.

“If we had an animal that had to be treated, that became the one we fed for our own freezer,” said Hoffman.

Bryon and Dale Hoffman (left), along with Steve and Ronda Olesen (right), have won the prestigious Grid Master Award three times for achieving excellence in carcass quality.

Mastering the Cowherd, Feeders and the Grid with Red Angus Cowherd Masters The Hoffmans and Olesens want cows to be in good shape at calving time to ensure a good healthy calf is born to a cow who can provide good colostrum. Very few calving problems make for easier management during calving.

During their spring calving season, Dale, Bryon and Steve like to move pairs out to pasture as soon as they can after the calf is identified, recorded and started on the cow, and male calves are banded. Red Angus FCCP and Allied Access visual and electronic tags are used for calves to ensure age and source verification. The Red Angus Association of America started the Allied Access marketing program to assist producers utilizing Red Angus in their crossbreeding system.

Calves are vaccinated in late spring when cows are sorted into groups to go with bulls. Rotational grazing is used in larger paddocks of 20 to 40 acres so cows only need to be moved once per week. The summer is also filled with baling hay to be used throughout the winter months as Hoffman realizes grazing year-round or stockpile grazing doesn’t work for them.

During winter months, cows are divided into two groups

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A bale processor is used for feeding hay in the winter giving younger cows a chance to get the feed she needs and not be pushed away from bale feeders.

with heifers and first-calvers in one group so they can be fed a little more, and mature cows in another group.

“We mostly calve in the spring, but will have some calves that string out. That is why we like to keep replacement heifers from our own herd,” said Hoffman. “We can look at what each heifer’s mother has done in our herd and what her calving interval is in order to keep cows that are productive.” Replacements are selected on genetics, phenotype, size and scale.

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Mastering the Cowherd, Feeders and the Grid with Red Angus The Hoffmans want their cows to be in good condition. A bale processor is used for feeding hay in the winter. Bales are limit fed on the ground in order to give thinner or younger cows a chance to get the feed she needs and not be pushed away from bale feeders by bossier cows. A total mixed ration of silage, ground oat hay and ground cornstalks is weighed out carefully and fed once per day to give the cows more supplemental nutrition. Salt and mineral are available at all times, along with a fresh water source.

Masters of Feeding and Marketing In 2007, a hoop building was constructed to be used as a place to finish out about 300 calves. The first load of all-natural calves was sold to a harvesting plant in Minnesota. After two years of that, the Hoffman’s began marketing their fed beef through Meyer Natural Angus in Colorado. The cattle received a nice premium usually varying from $160 to $180 per head and some gaining over $200 per head.

The past two years, calves have been sold to a neighbor as feeders. His children fed some of the calves for the county fair feeder pen projects with great feed efficiency and average gains over 4.5 pounds per day. This year, Steve’s daughter will be taking a feeder pen to the county fair as well.

The cowherd is almost 100 percent red in color since they have purchased Red Angus bulls from the same source for 19 years.

Some Simmental influence can still be seen in a few cows.

Bryon said they might go back to feeding out the calves again.

“We know what we are working with and what to expect. If it is more economical for us to feed them out, that is what we will do.”

The hoop building serves as a cool place for cattle during the summer heat. Currently, it is housing some later calving cows and calves and a pen of replacement heifers.

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The Allied Access marketing program assists producers utilizing Red Angus in their crossbreeding system.

Some hay is stored in the hoop building also to help protect the quality of the hay. Manure is cleaned from the building to be used as fertilizer. As a closed herd, the only genetics that are brought in is through the bull battery. Bryon has been using artificial insemination in his herd for several years and Dale and Steve noticed the fast improvement Bryon has seen in the genetics he’s used. In the spring of 2015, Dale and Steve used AI for the first time on heifers and were very pleased with conception rates. He said they plan to use AI more in the future.

The Hoffmans have been very happy with the health of their cattle. Calves are vaccinated at weaning. Cows do not receive any vaccination past what they are given as a heifer calf. Dale said they have built a natural immunity to the diseases and another important factor is a good nutrition program. A combination of the two plus controlling internal and external parasites helps keep the cow herd healthy.

Dale retired from teaching high school agriculture a few years ago and said he is proud to say that not only is his son involved in cattle production, but also 20 of his former students live in close proximity and are involved in the cattle industry.

“It’s great to see the next generation coming back to cattle production because there are so many other opportunities these days,” said Hoffman. “We still need good people in production agriculture.”

Dale, Steve and Bryon are all glad to raise their families in agriculture and know the importance of raising good cattle to keep the operation going.

“We believe in raising cattle in a way that works for us and is efficient and profitable. We are very honored and humbled to have received the Grid Master awards,” said Hoffman. ■

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LOOSLI RED ANGUS 42nd Production Sale • Wednesday, March 16, 2016 1:00 pm MST • At the Ranch • Ashton, Idaho Over 120 Quality Red Angus Yearling Bulls • 80 Red Angus Heifers

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Changes in Red Angus Stayability EPD and HerdBuilder

by Larry Keenan, Director of Breed Improvement

RAAA and the Canadian Angus Association (CAA) have enjoyed a positive relationship that was solidified in 2002 when RAAA and CAA began merging their datasets for EPD calculations. Initially, CAA only provided data on their Red Angus animals, but as the use of Black Angus animals increased in RAAA members’ herds, CAA cordially provided RAAA with their Black Angus data as well. This data allowed us to do a better job in genetically describing RAAA and CAA animals with Black Angus in their pedigrees. Additionally, CAA benefitted through having larger contemporary groups, as many of their members raise both Red and Black Angus cattle in the same herd.

Unfortunately, this cooperative data-sharing relationship suffered a sizable setback in the Fall 2015 National Cattle Evaluation (NCE) when CAA elected not to provide RAAA with their Black Angus data and specifically declined RAAA’s request to use the historical Black Angus data. As a result of that decision, Red Angus cattle with Black Angus in their pedigree lost significant data that was previously used in their EPD calculations. The traits most impacted in the Fall 2015 NCE were CED, CEM and HPG. These EPDs are calculated at Colorado State University, and are based only on the RAAA/CAA datasets.

In general, we saw Black Angus-influenced animals drop significantly in these EPDs and Accuracies. This result

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isn’t surprising from a scientific standpoint, as when the quantity of data drastically decreases, the animals migrate toward “0.” As data on a population increases, more is known about the genetics of the population, thus the spread in EPDs increases across the population.

The growth and carcass EPDs weren’t impacted by the removal of the CAA Black Angus data because those EPDs are calculated at International Genetic Solutions (IGS) using the RAAA, CAA, Simmental, Gelbvieh and Limousin datasets. The Simmental, Gelbvieh and Limousin associations contribute a significant amount of data on Black Angus animals, due to their active registration of hybrid animals.

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Changes in Red Angus Stayability EPD and HerdBuilder In reviewing the Spring 2016 EPDs, members will notice significant changes in the Stayability EPD, especially on Black Angus-influenced animals. After a thorough investigation, we have determined this is a direct effect of CAA withholding their Black Angus data. Due to methodology implemented at CSU that prevents loss of data in Stayability EPD calculations, the CAA Black Angus data that was included in the Spring 2015 NCE was indirectly used in the Fall 2015 Stayability EPD calculation. Thus, we did not see a major change in the Stayability EPDs with the Fall 2015 EPDs. However, this historical Black Angus data was not used in the Spring 2016 Stayability EPD calculation, and as a result all cattle registered with RAAA and CAA have been negatively impacted. Similar to the changes in CED, CEM and HPG described in a previous paragraph, in the Spring 2016 NCE, we observed Black Angus-influenced animals suffering unfavorable moves for Stayability. In addition, with the removal of the CAA Black Angus data, we have significantly less Stayability observations, which impacts all Red Angus animals through reducing the variation (spread) of Stayability EPDs in our population.

Red Angus’ HerdBuilder Index has also been impacted by these EPD changes. While the impact from the changes in CED, CEM and HPG were noticeable, the change in Stayability has drastically impacted the HerdBuilder Index. The HerdBuilder is greatly impacted by Stayability, CED, CEM and HPG. Therefore, as the spread in those traits has decreased, so has the spread in the HerdBuilder.

Keep in mind that virtually all animals have migrated toward the average HerdBuilder value, therefore, while the HerdBuilder number may have changed, in many cases the percent rank of animals without Black Angus influence in the pedigree is almost identical to the previous percent rank.

The challenges this has caused for both RAAA and CAA members are fully recognized, and we are committed to acquiring Black Angus data in an effort to increase the reliability of genetic predictions on all animals registered with RAAA and CAA. ■

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"The Andras Kind" Bull Sale Saturday, April 2nd, 2016 • 1:00 pm • At the Farm • Manchester, Illinois

Calving-Ease Bulls loaded with Maternal Genetics will sell!

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Andras Fusion R236 • Andras JLJ Smart Choice R264 • Andras Summer Genes R256 Andras New Direction R240 • Andras Thunder R196 • Andras Thunder 2062 And many more!

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Andras In Focus B164 #1747982 A powerful paternal-brother to New Direction, out of a maternal sister to our 2015 high-selling bull!

Efficiency (RFI) tested

University of Illinois (feed efficiency) trial data will be posted in sale catalog.

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Drones – Unmanned Aerial Pen Riders

by Trinity Lewis for American Red Angus Magazine

Not long ago the thought of self-driving vehicles, vacations in space and a live video communication in the palm of one’s hand was only possible in an episode of the Jetson’s TV show. Today, not only are these things a reality but ag producers across the country are equipped with better technology than ever bringing precision agriculture to an all-time peak.

Things to consider before buying a drone: Not all drones are easy to fly Not all drones are ready to fly Invest in a good controller Buy a good charger

Drone Communities to be part of: KnowBeforeYouFly.org Dronethusiast.com DIYDrones.com “My First Drone Beginners Group” on Facebook RCGroups.com

Drones were one of the top-recommended Christmas gifts in 2015 and, even in the agriculture industry, their popularity is catching fire.

Central Montana ag producer Brandon Ewen incorporates drones – also referred to as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) or Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) – in his work with his cattle, crops and his land surveying business.

Ewen explained that drones come with a variety of different cameras and features.

“I use my near inferred spectrum camera for monitoring crop health and have used a camera with thermal imagery to collect data for heat synching heifers.” Ewen has also flown over feedlots for monitoring. For him, his drone is another set of data.

“We still use the combine, soil samples and field maps. This data is just another sample to bring into our algorithms.” With enthusiasm Ewen concluded that UAVs are another instrument in the ag technology toolbox.

One of the largest hurdles drone owners currently have to overcome before flying their UAV is registration of the drone. According to the Department of

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Transportation Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) “… all aircraft are required to register. Congress has defined ‘aircraft’ to include UAS, regardless of whether they are operated by modelers and hobbyists.”

Registration requires a $5 fee and the failure to register may be prosecuted with civil penalties to nearly $30,000 and criminal penalties at $250,000 and three years of imprisonment. Registration can be obtained on the FAA website.

Brian Jensen is a Project Engineer for Ehresmann Engineering, Inc. on the Nebraska-South Dakota border. His business uses UAVs to gather aerial data (pictures, video and measurements) for structural analysis. Jensen admitted that the issue of licensing is extremely complex but considers the livestock industry as a commercial user.

“I’m not going to give any legal advice but the way I read into the rules, farmers and ranchers fall into the commercial category. The FAA used an example of a realtor using drones to take pictures of listed houses. They aren’t selling the pictures but the pictures aid in selling the house. This example was categorized as a commercial operation.”

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GF Missionary Man 133 is smooth, fluid and athletic in his movement, functional in his structure and sports an eye-catching profile. This successful blending of phenotype and genetics will make this one of the great additions to your program.

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Drones – Unmanned Aerial Pen Riders Once drones are registered and ready to fly, they have a variety of applications within the livestock industry. A commercial cattle producer from western South Dakota is a new drone user.

“The drone has an incredibly clear camera so you can check cows and water tanks. The possibilities are plenty.” Although he likes his drone, he admits that it will take some getting used to it in order to use it to its full potential. “I've used it to take pictures of cattle and bulls for promotional purposes with limited success. It takes a higher level of skill to take a professional looking picture versus flying over just to check things out.” The Meade County rancher finds counting stock with drones far easier than on horseback.

Said rancher’s drone is a Phantom 3 with specs that claim it can travel 1.5 miles from the user. Regulation, however, states that the drone has to be within eye site and can fly no higher

away.” Most drones can fly as low to the ground as their pilot likes and when they get too high they depend on GPS to keep them near their controller.

than 400 feet above ground. If a drone happens to get too far from its signal, it automatically flies up to a certain height and then returns to the spot from which it was launched.

Although docility varies amongst herds, this Meade County, South Dakota, rancher doesn’t worry about causing a stampede with his. “Cattle seem to be more afraid of [my drone] when it is a hundred feet in the air versus when it is eye level. I've had good luck chasing cows with it but I've also been able get right up to them and read their ear tag without scaring them until I flew it

Although drone usage employs cuttingedge technology, some age-old issues still have to be considered. Although at the writing of this article no federal trespassing rules exist for drones, it is understood that one must ask permission to fly above land that is not theirs. Several states have introduced drone trespass legislation.

In a volatile industry, having the resources to do more with less is always a priority. The agricultural robot market was an $817 million industry in 2013, and according to the latest Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Research report it will reach $16.3 billion by 2020.

While still a rather foreign concept, don’t be surprised when a UAV ranks as one of your top ranch necessities in the near future. ■

Category 1A • Jan. 2011 S: Red Towaw Indeed 104H D: Brown C- Jolene S618 HB: 127 • GM: 48 • CE: 1 • BW: -2.7 • WW: 63 • YW: 87 Milk: 12 • HPG: 9 • CM: -1 • Marb: .21 • YG: -.03 CW: 17 • REA: .04 • FAT: -.02 BW: 82 • WW: 665 • YW: 1,148

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Bernie and Nishi (DVM) Giefer Bernard, Helen, Sybil & Wyndom 1004 Easter Avenue • WaKeeney, Kansas 67672

785-743-2498 • www.GieferRanch.com

Annual Production Sale

Our Home on the Range of the Great American Plains

April 7, 2016 at 12 o’clock noon CDT WaKeeney Livestock LLC, WaKeeney, Kansas

Stout, Rugged, Moderately Framed Coming Two-Year-Old Bulls Coming Yearling Heifers & Yearling Horses

Balanced Cattle Genetics Emphasizing Calving Ease, Reduced Maintenance Energy, and Enhanced Stayability; Selected For Gentle Disposition

Auction management by: Kyle and Lisa Gilchrist Kyle: 641/919-1077 • Lisa: 515/669-9945 14075 120th St. • Douds, IA 52551 redcowseller@yahoo.com

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Grasstime Auction Saturday, March 19, 2016

1 p.m. • Central Time | Cullman Stockyards, Cullman, Alabama

For more information, contact: SERAA, Inc. President Tim Whitley Email: tim_whitley@yahoo.com

Expecting 85+ Registered Lots Cow/Calf Pairs | Bred Females | Heifer Calves Excellent Bull Selection | Embryos and Semen

www.seraa.org or www.redcows.net View catalog online at:

Auction management by: Kyle and Lisa Gilchrist

Kyle: 641/919-1077 • Lisa: 515/669-9945 14075 120th St. • Douds, IA 52551 redcowseller@yahoo.com

SUN RIVER RED ANGUS Annual Spring Production Sale On the beautiful banks of the Sun River

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Six Ways to Makeover Your Cowherd for the Future

By Wyatt Bechtel, Drovers/CattleNetwork

Home remodeling shows are all the rage on cable television and they have some resemblance of changes needed in the beef industry. You might not consider your cowherd as a “fixer upper,” but it could be time to remodel your breeding strategies.

A panel during the opening session of Cattlemen’s College at the Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show in San Diego, California, discussed strategies for a wholeherd makeover.

Panelists included: • David Daley, Interim Dean for the College of Agriculture at California State University-Chico and family rancher in northern California • Patsy Houghton, Heartland Cattle Co. of Tipton, Kansas, specialist in developing heifers for customers • Tom Brink, founder and owner of Top Dollar Angus and CEO of the Red Angus Association of America • Don Schiefelbein, co-owner of Schiefelbein Farms, a registered Angus operation near Kimball, Minnesota

1. Genomics Schiefelbein said the tools we have today with just a few drops of blood are unbelievable.

The technology and data behind genomics have skyrocketed in just five years. “This genetic revolution is coming and it is coming hard,” Schiefelbein said.

Brink encouraged commercial producers to use genomic testing to select replacement heifers.

Testing doesn’t have to be done on all heifer calves. A producer can take out the youngest or smaller calves out of the testing pool. Those that don’t fit as replacements phenotypically don’t need to be tested either.

The conversation touched on an array of topics centered on genetics and how to improve a growing cowherd after reaching a 60-year low just two years ago.

Genomic testing can knock out the bottom part of the heifers genetically. Brink said, “Every herd has a tail end,” and testing with DNA can help improve selection along with visual appraisal.

Many cowherds won’t be total rebuilds. They have good foundations, so there is no need to work from the ground up. Here are six approaches to renovate your cow-calf operation:

Daley believes genomic testing won’t work because he has large herd numbers and grazes in rough terrain. He runs cows on a mix of public and private pastures.

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Six Ways to Makeover Your Cowherd for the Future Because of drought conditions in California heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s culled down from 1,000 head to 700 head. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For me testing those heifers doesn't have any value,â&#x20AC;? Daley countered.

2. Crossbreeding Crossbreeding has a lot of value, but it needs to be done right, Brink said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is such a thing as crossbreeding done wrong.â&#x20AC;? We need to have crossbreeding with a true plan that we can stick with overtime, Brink added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I'm not going to criticize anyone who has a true breeding program,â&#x20AC;?

Brink said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Straightbreeding can work, but the biggest problem is those people who don't have any sort of set breeding program.â&#x20AC;?

3. Work with Your Seedstock Producer Seedstock producers are genetic creators. Commercial cattlemen are genetic multipliers, Houghton said.

She has been developing heifers for the past 25 years - over 100,000 head - for her clients. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is a license to be a veterinarian and doctor. There is no license to

be a seedstock producer,â&#x20AC;? Daley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People forget we are competitors.

There are seedstock breeds competing with other breeds,â&#x20AC;? Schiefelbein said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want a seedstock producer who is good at what they do and does what they say,â&#x20AC;? Daley added.

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4. Expected Progeny Differences “We need to use our information,” Brink said. EPDs are only as good as the data collected to create the values.

Brink believes using selection indexes to make genetic decisions is a good start for producers buying bulls.

5. Don’t Follow the Lead of Dairy Daley pointed to the Holstein breed as an example not to follow. The breed’s genetics can be traced to seven cow families causing some lethal recessives and pulling down performance.

market is that we have a two-tier market: high quality and low quality,” said Houghton. High quality heifers didn't drop in price as badly, but the market for those low-quality heifers dried up.

We do not want to go down the same road as the dairy industry, cautioned Houghton of chasing numbers and straight breeding.

6. Expansion Tactics “What I always say is, ‘You want to expand smartly,’” Schiefelbein said.

If Daley sees an opportunity to expand he’ll do it, but he'll have the feed, water and land in place first.

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Schiefelbein estimates he lost $400 per head on heifers held back to sell as replacements. Maybe the reins should be pulled back on heifer development as it is now a buyer’s market.

Brink’s advice: “Expand with marbling.” He recommends making genetic decisions that will improve carcass quality, while not sacrificing other traits to help advance the cowherd during expansion.

“If I don't have longevity in my cow herd I can't expand,” Daley added. n

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Axtell Cattle Company Selling 50 Red Angus Yearling Bulls plus 10 Registered Red Angus Yearling Heifers

March 23, 2016

11:00 a.m. (MST) Sterling Livestock Commission Sterling, Colorado

We believe in our program!

96% of our sale bulls are out of Axtell cows and 56% are out of Axtell sires.

Your source of commercially focused bulls!

Sale bulls averaged a 77 pound birthweight and ratioed 107 for weaning weight. Our average sale bull is in the top 31% for HB (Herdbuilder), top 18% for CED (Calving Ease Direct) and 19% for BW (birthweight).

Our bulls are backed by a cowherd culled on fertility, udder quality and structure. Our cows are run tough in a short grass environment where mother nature sorts the good ones.

Check out our website and Facebook page for more photos and sale information. Sale videos and broadcast available on DVAuction.com.

Axtell Cattle Company Brian and Jamie Jo Axtell PO Box 21 - Anton, CO 80801 970-383-2332

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40TH Annual Production Sale

THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2016 1:00 PM • Lincoln County Fairgrounds • North Platte, Nebraska

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RED ANGUS BULL SALE

Tues., March 29 ~ 1 p.m.

at the Four Winds Ranch ~ Saint Jo, Texas Selling 41 Bulls & 41 Red Angus Commerical Heifers F-Bar Expansion 508C

1/30/15 - BW: 89 - WW: 651 Andras New Direction R240 x CJKT Miss Mae 3383 HB: 76 GM: 52 BW: -1.8 WW: 69 YW: 114 MK: 21

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3/5/15 - BW: 85 WW: 642 A-1 Lazy MC Centruy 5322 x Red Lazy MC Jessie 144A HB: 100 GM: 50 BW: -2.5 WW: 60 YW: 93 MK: 22

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F-Bar Vigor 502C

4/17/14 - BW: 76 - WW: 668 Red Six Mile Sakic 832S x TCCC 2430 HB: 76 GM: 47 BW: 0.2 WW: 67 YW: 97 MK: 22

2/21/15 - BW: 86 - WW: 528 Red Lazy MC Trooper 21Y x A-1 Prida 4232 HB: 127 GM: 49 BW: -0.8 WW: 51 YW 82 MK: 21

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Payne Ranch P.O. Box 298 Saint Jo, TX 76265 Craig McCrary 940.736.9203

Four Winds Ranch 654 Childress Rd. Saint Jo, TX 76265 Cody Carpenter 940.736.9203

Saint Jo Land & Cattle 6116 CR 414 P.O. Box 26 Saint Jo, TX 76265 Tony Clark 940.390.3700

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9 5 14 0.50 -0.03 33 0.33 -0.01 Ten traits in the top 25%, BW ratio 91,WR 111, REA ratio 122 Dam’s MPPA 103.4. Calving ease with power. HerdBuilder top 7%, GridMaster top 3%.

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14 2 15 0.75 0.17 30 0.07 0.05 This is a big-time spread bull on a moderate frame and very wide based.

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13 5 8 0.91 0.25 43 0.14 0.06 His dam is a first-calf Grand Statement daughter out of Feddes Lakina 310. If you like mass and power, take a hard look. He will have a big-time gain ratio and boasts a 117 IMF ratio.

Sale Reports

Bull Hill Ranch “More Bull for a Buck” Sale January 16, 2016 Gray Court, South Carolina

32 Yearling Red Angus Bulls $3,350 10 Reg. Red Angus Open Heifers $2,030 16 Comm. Red Angus Open Hfrs $1,625 The top-selling bull was Lot 4, Bull Hill Red Iron 4022. He sold to South Creek Ranch of Ferris, Texas, for $7,100.

Lot 27, Bull Hill Trustee 4067, sold to Morris Robinson of Clover, South Carolina, for $5,700.

Lot 3, Bull Hill Director 4035, sold to Foster Farms of Vass, North Carolina, for $4,600.

Lot 1, Bull Hill Director 4002, sold to Adams Ranch, Inc. of Fort Pierce, Florida, for $4,500.

The top-selling heifer was Lot 39, Bull Hill Susie 4045. She sold for $2,900 to Swan Creek Red Angus of Lewisburg, Tennessee.

Lot 41, Bull Hill Prissie 4123, sold to Austin Cattle Co. of Burnsville, North Carolina, for $2,500.

Lot 44, Bull Hill Juanita 4038, sold to Hess Farms of Hershey, Pennsylvania, for $2,300.

Cattle sold into nine states including Georgia, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.

NWSS Mile High Red Angus Classic January 10, 2016 • Denver, Colorado Auctioneer: Kyle Gilchrist Managed by Gilchrist Auction Co., Kyle and Lisa Gilchrist, Douds, Iowa, and Newley and Mandy Hutchison, Canton, Oklahoma

1 Donor Cow 1 Cow-Calf Pair 1 Bred Heifer 12 Open Heifer Calves 6 Bulls 5 Flush Lots 154 embryos

$54,000 $10,500 $18,000 $6,029 $11,750 $6,400 $919

Jerry Jeffries, Jeffries Land & Cattle of Checotah, Oklahoma, sold pick of the herd of the 2016-born Red Angus heifers.

Junior Red Angus members Will Guthrie of Woodward, Oklahoma, and Brock Hutchison of Canton, Oklahoma partnered up to purchase this opportunity for $18,000. The funds will go toward the National Red Angus Convention in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Sept. 7 – 9.

The top-selling lot was Lot 1 consigned

by Royce McPhee, McPhee Red Angus, of Lodi, California. This McPhee New Revelation x PIE Gridmaster 589 donor cow sold to Linthicum Ranch of Welch, Oklahoma for $54,000.

The top-selling bull was Lot 24C consigned by Jeffries Land & Cattle of Checotah, Oklahoma, selling to ABS Global of DeForest, Wisconsin for $26,000. He was a Fritz Justice 8013 x Red Fine Line Mulberry 26P son.

Jeffries Land & Cattle of Checotah, Oklahoma also consigned Lot 24D, an Andras New Direction R240 x Red Fine Line Mulberry 26P. He sold for $17,500 to Pieper Red Angus of Hay Springs, Nebraska.

Lot 4, consigned by Johnsen Land & Cattle and Bieber Red Angus of Leola, South Dakota, was the top-selling bred heifer, selling for $18,000 to Bachman Farms, of Chillicothe, Missouri. She was a Schuler Endurance 2101Z x HUST Chief Sequoya R336 heifer bred to Bieber Federation B544.

The single cow-calf pair was consigned

by Radiant Reds, Megan and Kenny Elwood, of Bella Vista, California, and the pair sold for $10,500 to NW Genetics, Will Guthrie and Brock Hutchison, of

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Oklahoma. The cow was an Ankonian Deschutes x Roth Holiday Paradox 1040 5-year-old with a heifer calf at side sired

by JKC Huckleberry. The cow was bred back to Brylor Kodiak 3A for a September calf.

The top-selling open heifer was Lot 2, a January HXC Conquest 4405P x WR MR Sakic daughter, consigned by Chain Ranch, Newley and Mandy Hutchison, of Canton, Oklahoma. She sold to Wayne and Linda Polock of Canton, Oklahoma, for $14,500.

A Minburn Copenhagen 3Y x LLLL Ch Canyon T100 daughter sold to Jeffries Land & Cattle, of Checotah, Oklahoma, for $8,000. She was consigned by NW Genetics, Will Guthrie and Brock Hutchison of Oklahoma.

Lot 7C, consigned by Lacy’s Red Angus of Drexel, Missouri, sold to Ray Paslawski, Maple Oaks Ranch, of Glencoe, Missouri.

Lot 20 topped the embryo flush division at $20,000, selling to Thomas Mathers, Topline Farms of Tremont, Illinois. The flush was on GT Cita 4060, a Citation 138 x LMAN King Rob 8621 cow consigned

by Weidenbach Ranch of Highmore, South Dakota.

Other top-selling embryos were Lot 37 consigned by Autumn Hellerud, C-Bar Ranch of Brownell, Kansas. Three packages of C-Bar Stony A302 mated to A) PIE One of a Kind B) Saga 1040Y C) New Direction R240, totaled $24,750 to average $2,750 per embryo. Lots 37A and 37B sold to Clint Morasch, Lazy MC Angus, of Bassano, Alberta, Canada, and 37C sold to David Stavely, SRS Red Angus, of Haswell, Colorado.

Lot 35 was the second-high-selling embryo package at $15,300 to average $2,550 per embryo. Damar N327 Bonnebell A185 mated to 35B) PIE The Cowboy Kind, consigned by Englewood Farms and Ty-Be Farms of Newbern, Tennessee, sold to Keith Shuey, Shuey

Sale Reports Farms, for $7,800. Lot 35A) embryos sold to Billy Estrada, Durango, Mexico, for $7,500.

Fort Worth Stock Show Red Angus Showcase Fort Worth, Texas January 30, 2016 Auctioneer: Kyle Gilchrist Managed by Gilchrist Auction Co., Kyle and Lisa Gilchrist, Douds, Iowa, and Newley and Mandy Hutchison, Canton, Oklahoma 1 Cow $15,000 1 Cow/Calf Pair $5,250 1 Choice of Calves $10,500 11 Bred Heifers $3,500 8 Open Heifer Calves $3,875 2 Bulls $7,875 79 Open Comm. Heifers $1,615 80 embryos $478/embryo 18 semen Lots (124 straws)$70.00/straw Eddie and Mary Curtis, C & C Family Farms Red Angus, of Silsbee, Texas, donated a LJC Mission Statement x Judd 3102U heifer mated to P707 with semen donated by Beckton Stock Farms of Sheridan, Wyoming. The $22,730 proceeds benefited the Texas Red Angus and the Texas Junior Red Angus Associations.

Lot 1, a Beckton Epic R397 K x Brown Ms. Abigrace female bred to Brown Sensational B5147, sold to Shieldknight Land & Cattle of Spearman, Texas, for $15,000. She was consigned by R.A. Brown Ranch of Throckmorton, Texas.

Blairs.Ag of Lanigan, Saskatchewan, Canada purchased Lot 2, choice of 2016born calves, consigned by Tony and Carla Clark, St. Jo Land & Cattle, of St. Jo, Texas.

The top-selling bulls were two flushmate brothers offered as Lots 22A and 22B from Tammy and Thomas Glascock, Timber Creek Ranch, of Marietta, Oklahoma. They were sired by Red Soo Line

Power Eye 161X and out of Damar Mimi W085. Lot 22B sold to Gerald Wood, of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, for $8,000, and Lot 22A sold to Brandon Show Cattle, Porter, Texas, for $7,750.

26P, purchased by Chain Ranch of Canton, Oklahoma, for at $7,500 ($1,250 per embryo). The embryos were consigned

by C.C. Rice, Rice Red Angus, of Eastland, Texas.

The single cow-calf pair was consigned

by Tony Ballinger, Cross B Cattle Co., of Morgan Mill, Texas, and sold to Ronald Cannon of Stephenville, Texas, for $5,250. The cow was a TR Ricardo WT963 x LJC Javelin N11 daughter with a bull calf at side by Brown 3K Stakeholder X7870.

Cassie Smieja of Belgrade, Montana, purchased embryos of the mating of Brown Ms Conquest A7068 x C-Bar Eldorado 114Z, for $3,200 ($800 per embryo). This package was consigned by Frank Horn, consultant of Southern Cattle Co., Marianna, Florida.

The two top-selling bred heifers were consigned by Kelly and Amber Chain of Canton, Oklahoma. Lot 21, a Bieber Conquest X112 x Lonk Cheyenne 854 daughter bred to Damar X285 Envy B521, sold for $4,500 to Tommy Morrison of Italy, Texas. Lot 19, a Bieber Packer X283 x Lonk Cheyenne 854 bred to Damar X285 Envy B521, sold for $4,250 to La Dolce Vita Farms, Jones, Oklahoma.

Lot 4, a Beckton Epic R397 K x LJC Mission Statement P27 bred to JYJ Profit Center A107, was consigned by Judy Kay Ferguson and Kyley DeVoe, 3K Land & Cattle, of Justin, Texas. She sold to R.A. Brown Ranch of Throckmorton, Texas, for $4,000.

The top-selling open heifer, Lot 11, a February Red Brylor Big Rock 65T x Badlands Design 225, sold to Whisnand Red Angus of Whitewright, Texas, for $5,500.

She was consigned by Lisa and Kyle Gilchrist, Star G Ranch, Inc., of Douds, Iowa.

Lot 6, a March LSF Takeover 9943W x Brown 3K Stakeholder X7870 daughter, sold to Shieldknight Land & Cattle of Spearman, Texas, for $5,250. The was consigned by Judy Kay Ferguson and Kyley DeVoe, 3K Land & Cattle, of Justin, Texas.

The top-selling embryo package was Lot 29, from the dam of LJC Mission Statement mated to Red Fine Line Mulberry

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The high-selling semen was Lot 44, Red Fine Line Mulberry 26P, at $200 per straw. Packages of five straws sold to Brandon Gregson, of Willis, Texas; Josh Brown, Diamond J Ranch, of Newberg, Oregon; and Abel Rodriguez of Plano, Texas. The semen was consigned by JD Enterprises of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Sixteen “Pen of Five” commercial heifers sold after judge Jon Sutphin awarded a buckle donated by 3K Land & Cattle Co. to the winning pen owned by Billy Skiles, S and S Cattle Co., and Kenny Graham, KD Cattle Co. of Council Hill, Oklahoma. Topping the commercial open heifers at $2,000 per head were pens 61 and 62 from Tom Woodward, Broseco Ranch, of Decatur, Texas. Both pens sold to Wally Perez of Italy, TX. Cattle and genetic lots sold into 11 states including Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin and Saskatchewan, Canada.

The annual event was sponsored by the Texas Red Angus Association. ■ Email your sale report to media@redangus.org

by March 1st to be included in the next American Red Angus Magazine. Your sale report will also be posted online at redangus.org/calendar/sale-reports.

5076(#3498602)... Mtn Sign x Independence Posted a 729 AWW, with a -2.3 BW to 116 YW spread!

5058(#3498607)... Eldorado x Ribeye Meat wagon with top 11% Hbld & 17% Grid!

5057(#3498740)... New Direction x Chivas Bigtime herdbull with great data & numbers!

5022(#3498601)... Mtn Sign x Independence -3.7 BW to 107 YW with .77 Marbling!

5059(#3498700)... Alliance x 5L Advantage Elite top 1% for GM, WW, YW, MB & CW!

5049(#3498662)... Eldorado x Extremist Beautiful 113 WR bull out one of our top cows!

5100(#3498607)... New Direction x JL Lightning Flash 112 WR with a -1.1 BW to 119 YW EPD spread!

5032(#3498631)... Mtn Sign x DKK Ultimate Top 7% Marb & 20% REA with -2.2 BW EPD!

5152(#3498683)... Independence x Mission Statement Eight traits in the top 10% or better in the breed!

BULL & FEMALE SALE FRI., APRIL 8 - 1 p.m.

At the Ranch - Monument, Kansas

SELLING...

70+ BULLS 50 Red Angus First-calf Heifer Commercial Pairs 50 Red/Black Open Commercial Yearling Heifers Auctioneer: C.K. “Sonny” Booth

Smoky Y 5032C - 2/21/15 S: Red Lazy MC CC Detour 2W D: WCAT Rebecca 084Y

Smoky Y 572C - 2/10/15 S: PZC TMAS Red Sky 2794 D: Windy Hill Blackwood 1221Z

Smoky Y 544C - 1/29/15 S: Andras Fusion R236 D: Camp 1A Cher Lan V150 For more sale information or a catalog, contact:

SALE MANAGEMENT: SEEDSTOCK CONSULTANTS SPECIALIZED SALES

Smoky Y 515C - 1/22/15 S: Brown Premier X7876 D: Smoky Y Dina A363

Smoky

Smoky Y 5000C - 1/3/15 S: Red Lazy MC Trooper 21Y D: Red Lazy MC Diona 52W

Keith Kissee Cell: 817-821-6263 2300 Monument Ave. Richmond, VA 23220 Ph: 804/353-2220 • Fax: 804/353-2221 kkseedstock@comcast.net www.kkseedstock.com

Y Ranch Red Angus

1206 CR 340, Monument, KS 67747 syredangus@gmail.com • smokyyranchredangus.com Cody Younkin (303) 621-4970 • Kelly Younkin (785) 672-2354

Announcing… the purchase of the Rocking K Ranch’s herd

by Ponderosa Farms Steve Nathanson thanks the Ponderosa Farms’ principals for purchasing privately…

58 Registered Pairs 46 Red Angus Commercial Pairs 24 Yearling Bulls 15 Yearling Heifers Sires Represented in this Group…

Trooper - Soldier - Brown Ultimate - Conquest - Blazin Red

Special thanks to Keith Kissee of KK Seedstock Consulting for his professional conduct to help make this private treaty purchase happen.

SEEDSTOCK CONSULTANTS SPECIALIZED SALES Keith Kissee • Cell: 817-821-6263 2300 Monument Ave. • Richmond, VA 23220 Ph: 804/353-2220 • Fax: 804/353-2221 kkseedstock@comcast.net • www.kkseedstock.com

Steve Nathanson (225) 603-8220

Owners. Jimmie and Brian White Wayne Smith Manager. Tony Tolar (601) 422-3350 721 SCR 19 South Taylorsville, Mississippi 39168

2016 Photo Contest Entry Deadline: October 14, 2016

Categories • General Ranch Life • Calves • Cow/Calf Pairs • Females • Bulls • Summer pasture • Fall pasture • Winter pasture • Spring pasture

Rules • All eligible entries must be in a mega-pixel digital format.

• All entries must include a minimum of one Red Angus animal.

• Please include category and photographer’s name in file name (example - winterpasture.johndoe.jpg). Please also include your location and whether it’s an adult or youth entry in your email.

• Open to all except RAAA employees, contactors and their families.

• Entries must be received by 5:00 p.m. CST on October 14, 2016.

• All entries become property of ARA Magazine.

Cash Prizes • $100 per each category • $500 Grand Prize (Adults 18+) • $500 Grand Prize (Under 18)

Submissions & Questions Contact Kevin LeMaster at kevin@redangus.org

ADAMS ANGUS RANCH

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The Sieberts - Kim, Lindy, Samantha & Kendall 108 Road 3 • Henderson, NE 68371 (402) 723-4376 • Email: sdiamond@telcoweb.net website: sdiamondangus.com

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BULLIS CREEK RANCH

Wayne & Jody Choat • 402-678-3439 Dave & Kathy Stodola • 402-981-1586

Thursday, March 10, 2016 Annual Sale www.hallredangus.com

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KAL-KOTA RANCH

SCHRIEFER RED ANGUS

Ed Kalianoff • Steele, ND 701/475-2694 • 701/471-4006 kalkota@bektel.com

Marc, Jodi, Riley, Cheyenne & Cassi Schriefer Golden Valley, ND 701/983-4292 • 701/870-4292 701/870-2609 marcjodi@westriv.com schrieferredangus.com

KOESTER RED ANGUS Steve & Tracey Koester • Steele, ND 701/475-2736 • 701/400-1611 koester@bektel.com www.koesterredangus.com

Brian Severance • Palermo, ND 701/862-3681 • 701/898-3681 redcows@restel.net

KUHN’S RED ANGUS BADLANDS RED ANGUS

CUTTING EDGE RANCH

Bill & Sharon Ceynar • Arnegard, ND 701/586-3435 • 701/570-4578 badlandsredangus@gmail.com badlandsgeneticsplus.com

Rick & Amber Rohrich • Steele, ND 701/475-2285 • 701/391-1911 cuttingedgeranch@bektel.com www.cuttingedgeranch.com

BARENTHSEN-BULLINGER RED ANGUS

DAHL LAND & CATTLE CO.

Mark & Kathy Barenthsen Jeremy & Jessica Bullinger Powers Lake, ND 701/464-5741 • 701/339-1834 mkbar@mccray.com jbullinger@nccray.net bbredangus.com

BAUMAN RED ANGUS Dave, Kathy, Wayde & Jake Bauman Linton, ND 701/336-7201 • 701/321-1994 bb.ranch@hotmail.com

BRENNER ANGUS Sidney & Melva Brenner Carson, ND 701/522-3335 • 701/471-9135 brennersmb@gmail.com

BROKEN HEART RANCH Gary & Chad Pederson • Firesteel, SD 605/865-3413 • 605/850-9878 bhrredangus@lakotanetwork.com www.pedersonbhr.com

BUEE RED ANGUS Justin and Brandi Buee Burlington, ND 701/725-4369 • 701/721-4232

CAMPBELL RED ANGUS Robert Campbell McIntosh, SD 701/422-3721 • 605/845-4812 campbellra@westriv.com www.campbellredangus.com

CARGO STOCK FARM Seth, Laci, Dylon, Preston, Ritch Cargo Arnegard, ND 701/586-3010 • 701/537-3320 cargostockfarm@RTC.coop badlandsgeneticsplus.com

Events ...

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Jeff Dahl • Gackle, ND 701/485-3762 • 701/269-5368 jldahl@daktel.com www.dahlcattle.com

DK RED ANGUS Scott Kueffler • Grenora, ND 701/694-3620 • 701/641-0519 redangus@nccray.com www.dkredangus.com

James & Stephanie Kuhn Napoleon, ND 701/332-6378 • 701/426-6921 kuhnsred@bektel.com kuhnsredangus.net

SPUR M RED ANGUS Doug & Darcy McGee • Bowman, ND 701/523-3635 • 701/523-6086 ddmcgee@ndsupernet.com

L83 LODOEN RANCH Leonard Lodoen • Matt & Jennie Lodoen Westhope, ND 701/245-6280 • 701/263-1330 matjen@srt.com • lodoencattle.com

LELAND RED ANGUS Melvin & Luella Leland Todd & Carla Leland • Sidney, MT 701/565-2347 • 406/489-1466 lelandra@restel.net lelandredangus.com

FLYING W RANCH JV

MCGEE RED ANGUS

John Wakefield • Cooperstown, ND 701/797-3612 • 701/789-0666 skyways@mlgc.com

Meryl & Stacy McGee • Rhame, ND 701/279-5539 • 701/523-6995 mcgeeredangus@ndsupernet.com www.mcgeeranch.com

FORSTER RED ANGUS Kenneth Forster • Richardton, ND 701/974-2450 • 701/290-2450 forsterredangus@yahoo.com www.forsterredangus.com

FREY ANGUS RANCH Lynn Frey • Granville, ND 701/728-6678 • 701/720-5036 freyangusranch@srt.com www.freyangusranch.com

HEART RIVER RANCH Chuck & Annette Steffan • Belfield, ND 701/575-8145 • 290-9745 • 260-4630 heartrr@ndgateway.com

HUBER EY RED ANGUS Bryan & Emmy Huber • Jud, ND 701/685-2687 • 701/320-8054 emmy@drtel.net • huberredangus.com

JACOBSON RED ANGUS Gary & Val Jacobson • Hitterdal, MN 218/962-3360 • 701/361-3189 gjrangus@feltontel.net www.jacobsonredangus.com

NORDLUND STOCK FARMS LLC Mike and Sam Norlund Clearbrook, MN • 701/799-0943 nordlundstockfarm@gvtel.com norlundstockfarm.com

Broken Heart Ranch, Ranch DK Red Angus, Sitting Bull Auction, Williston, ND Lewis Red Angus, Ranch Campbell Red Angus, Mobridge Livestock, Mobridge, SD March 9 Heart River Ranch, Feedlot, Belfield, ND March 10 Schriefer Red Angus, Stockmen’s Livestock, Dickinson, ND March 11 Leland Red Angus & Koester Red Angus, Ranch

TNT SIMMENTAL & RED ANGUS Kevin & Lynette Thompson Almont, ND 701/843-8454 • 701/391-1631 kevinandlynette@westriv.com www.tntsimmentals.com

TRIPLE M RANCH Frank & Deana Mack • Bismarck, ND 701/222-1418 • 701/226-0811 tmrmack@hotmail.com www.tmrmack.com

TURTLE RIVER CATTLE CO. Ron & Ryan Clemetson Grand Forks, ND 701/739-0639 • 701/739-6407 trreds@hotmail.com

TWEDT RED ANGUS Sam Twedt • McHenry, ND 701/262-4768 • 701/388-4035 twedtredangus@hotmail.com www.twedtredangus.com

OHR RED ANGUS Edward, Jeanne & Carl Olson Argusville, ND 701/484-5779 • 701/238-3601 olsoncandc@aol.com

URIELL RED ANGUS Ed Uriell • Lakota, ND 701/247-2844 • 701/739-2560 eduriell@polarcomm.com

PRESSER RED ANGUS Troy & Annette Presser Turtle Lake, ND 701/447-2855 • 701/220-0189 tpresser@westriv.com

VALNES RED ANGUS RANCH Emit Valnes • Eden, SD 605/698-6596 • 605/228-8857 valnesranch@hotmail.com valnesranch.com

LAZY D RED ANGUS John & Sara Berg • Williston, ND 701/826-4211 jsbergcc@yahoo.com

RUST MOUNTAIN VIEW RANCH Josh & Trista Rust • Mercer, ND 701/447-2479 • 701/391-9769 rustmountainviewranch@hotmail.com www.rustmountainviewranch.com

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SEVERANCE RED ANGUS

WASEM RED ANGUS Chris & Jolyn Wasem • Halliday, ND 701/938-8365 • 701/260-1513 701/290-9634 kcjwasem@ndsupernet.com

WEST BRANCH RANCH Greg Bailey • Baldwin, ND 701/255-2424

North Dakota Red Angus Association

March 22 L83 Lodoen Ranch, Kist Livestock, Mandan, ND March 24 Homestake Ranch, Huron Continental, Huron, SD President: Bryan Huber March 25 Rust Mountain View Ranch, Turtle Lake, ND Vice President: Jodi Schriefer March 26 Namken Red Angus, Norden, SD Immediate Past President: Todd Leland March 31 Jacobson Red Angus, Ranch Directors: Ron Clemetson & Doug McGee, April 2 Flying W & Rock Creek Red Angus, Kist Josh Rust & Scott Kueffler Livestock, Mandan, ND Secretary/Treasurer: Emmy Huber April 4 Presser Red Angus, Ranch 701/685-2687 • emmy@drtel.net April 9 Valnes Red Angus, Ranch

Member News

Pederson Honored as BQA Educator of the Year

by John Maday, Drovers CattleNetwork Beef producers in North Dakota, and in other states as well, know Lisa Pederson as a tireless and passionate advocate and educator of beef quality assurance (BQA) principles. During the 2016 Cattle Industry Convention in San Diego, California, NCBA and the Beef Checkoff recognized Pederson, who serves as her state’s BQA specialist at North Dakota State University, with the 2016 BQA Educator of the Year Award.

During the presentation, farm broadcaster Russell Nemetz, who served as emcee for the program, outlined how Pederson has enthusiastically worked with beef and dairy producers across North Dakota to help them improve cattle health and overall management

Kernen’s Cattle

volving cattle, such as trailer wrecks on highways. The BERP training helps responders set a plan for contacting local producers and veterinarians to quickly assist in containing cattle at the accident scene and treating or humanely euthanizing injured animals as needed.

to protect beef quality and optimize productivity.

Pederson has also served as one of the founders and a driving force behind the national Bovine Emergency Response Plan (BERP). That plan, developed by specialists at several universities, aims to provide training and education for first responders in communities around the country with a goal of ensuring rapid and appropriate response to emergencies in-

Red Angus Seedstock

Using God’s air, water, sunshine, and soil to better feed His people with quality beef.

Modern cattle with old fashion value.

1256958

Big Kahuna

Semen from these and & other great sires.

He measures 1.29 square inches of REA per cwt.

Pederson has conducted more than 500 BQA certification and educational meetings for beef, dairy, youth and allied industry audiences in North Dakota over the last 16 years.

Pederson grew up on her family’s ranch in southwestern Colorado and earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Colorado State University. She and her husband, Chad, and daughter Bricelyn, are part of the family’s registered and commercial Red Angus operation, Broken Heart Ranch, at Firesteel, South Dakota. ■

He Does Everything Right!

Buf Crk The Right Kind U199 #1260155 • Sire: Buf Crk Lancer R017 • MGS: Buf Crk Julian L080

1199054

Mission Specialist

He measures 1.31 square inches of REA per cwt.

31391 250th Street • Glidden, Iowa 51443 712 659 3062 • www.kernenscattle.com

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Welcome to our Newest RAAA Members!

Area 1 – West Director – Sam Lorenzen DOUBLE D RED ANGUS DAN DIONAS 8722 258TH ST E BUCKLEY, WA 98321

Area 2 – Montana Director – Bruce Ketchum HARMONY HILL GARRETT KNEBEL 9969 RIVER RD BOZEMAN, MT 59718

MOORE RANCHES NATE & CASSIE MOORE PO BOX 69 UNITY, OR 97884

FAITH STEVENSON PO BOX 178 HOBSON, MT 59452 WANG RANCH LLC DEAN OR KAREN WANG 56061 CROW DAM RD CHARLO, MT 59824

JILLIAN MORGAN 5653 RINGOLD RD MESA, WA 99343 MASON MURDOCK 74571 YOAKUM RD ECHO, OR 97826 TALMAGE RED ANGUS FARMS ROBERT L. WAKLEY PO BOX 29 BANCROFT, ID 83217

Area 4 – Southwest Director – Kyley DeVoe 4C RED ANGUS RONNIE AND ANGIE CANNON 4835 CR 522 STEPHENVILLE, TX 76401

AUDREY IVEY 4541 BRADY LANE BROWNWOOD, TX 76801

CHRIS & BRENDA WHITE 710 HWY 11E WOLFE CITY, TX 75496

JERRELL KEY PO BOX 1006 GRUVER, TX 79040

WHITE STONE WAY RANCH BENJAMIN & KRISTI WHITE 9715 REED RANCH RD SILSBEE, TX 77656

KOLE NICHOLS PO BOX 95 MT ENTERPRISE, TX 75681 COOPER PUCKETT 10401 CR 466 PRINCETON, TX 75407 RK CATTLE CO. RYAN & KAYLA RATHMANN 20906 FM 2192 SLATON, TX 79364

Area 5 – Northern Plains Director – Steve Koester CHARLES LEILA RANCH CHARLES AHO 16398 560TH AVE MENAHGA, MN 56464 STURDY POST RANCH JUSTIN OR CARISSA FRUECHTE 2344 30TH AVE WARD, SD 57026

RIGGIN STEWART 13600 US HWY N STERLING CITY, TX 76951

Texas Red Angus Association www.TexasRedAngus.org

Mark E. Harbin

Home 254-527-4650 3955 Co. Rd. 314 mobile 512-413-0384 Jarrell, TX 76537 harbinredangus.com fax 254-527-3475

BAR C RED ANGUS Dennis Coe Forney, Texas 214-632-8711

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CHIEFLINE RED ANGUS Mark & Celia Miller Rt. 1 Box 9 • Abernathy, TX 79311 (806) 328-5210 • Email: mfmrraider@aol.com “Your source of foundation pure Chiefline Genetics”

Morris/Box Ranch

KOLLE RED ANGUS 961 N. FM 444 Inez, TX 77968

Jim Kolle

Registered Red Angus Kelly & Sallye Box

REGISTERED RED ANGUS & ANGUS PLUS

(361) 782-2510 • jakolle@tisd.net

ANGUS PLUS Enough Ear, But Not Too Much.

G.W. LAND & CATTLE COMPANY

TRIPLE CREEK RANCH

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Mac Williams 116 Fox Hall Cv San Antonio, TX 78213 (210)684-1071 • (210) 341-6701

1995 National Champion Bull One of the largest herds in the South • Rockwall, TX

Ty Davenport DVM (972) 524-5105 Tim Head

R.A. Brown Ranch Donnell & Kelli Brown Throckmorton, Texas (940) 849-0611 www.RABrownRanch.com 150 Bulls & 100 Females offered every October

7371 Sherman Rd. • Justin, TX 76247 Cell (817) 929-7773 • Home (940) 242-3216 kelly_box@msn.com • morrisboxranch.com

Judy Kay Ferguson Kyley DeVoe 214-536-6902 940-367-4708 judykay@3klandandcattle.com kyley@3klandandcattle.com Justin, TX • 3klandandcattle.com

P.O Box 1380 Van Horn, TX 79855

Bobbe McClure

(432) 284-9664 REGISTERED RED ANGUS qgra@hughes.net

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Welcome to our Newest RAAA Members!

DRY CREEK RANCH ISAAC JACOBS 9808 132ND AVE SW SCRANTON, ND 58653

GLOVER CATTLE CO. DUSTIN GLOVER 1328 NE GLOVER RD ELGIN, OK 73538

Area 6 – Great Plains Director – Newley Hutchison TEGAN BOWERS 107 LIBERTY ST OSKALOOSA, KS 66066

GWENDOLYN SUE RANCH JIM KRAGH 4812 CRYSTAL LAKES ROAD NORMAN, OK 73072

DK CATTLE DUSTY OR JO EMIG 102 SKIPPER RD ABILENE, KS 67410 D & M FRECH CATTLE DREW & MCKENZEE FRECH 54466 S CR 2487 FAIRVIEW, OK 73737

ADDISON PECHA 3129 SAND CREEK RD ENID, OK 73703 PETERS BROTHERS STOCK FARM CORY PETERS 22101 S 134 ST HICKMAN, NE 68372 JAYLEA POPE 26075 WILLOW RD RAVENNA, NE 68869

JAYDEN PRITCHETT PO BOX 291 ROSE, OK 74364

CLAYTON WILLIAMS 12751 VALLEY RD RED ROCK, OK 74651

REMPE FARMS JAMES REMPE 388 ROAD 3800 SUPERIOR, NE 68978

ALYSSA G. WORTHINGTON 23220 CR EW 180 FREDERICK, OK 73542

CADEN ROGERS 19425 E 1030 RD CHEYENNE, OK 73628

WORTHINGTON CATTLE CO., LLP JOHN, CULLEN & KYLE WORTHINGTON 18079 CR NS 230 FREDERICK, OK 73542

TYLER SALE 1154 S OLIVE ST CHERRYVALE, KS 67335

Area 7 – Northeast Director – John Langdon MAPLE VALLEY FARM TIM OR KAREN SHEELEY 11325 STATE ROUTE 506 HILLSBORO, OH 45133

CALEIGH SCHEIHING RT 1 BOX 72 WATONGA, OK 73772 TOM SHARP 1480 ROAD Q ST. FRANCIS, KS 67756

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BULLIS CREEK RANCH

HC 68 Box 1 Wood Lake, NE 69221 Phone/Fax (402) 967-3060 www.bulliscreek.com

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L.E. SMITH FARMS LECIL SMITH 1872 WEST AVE STE 102 CROSSVILLE, TN 38555

CHRISTENSEN FARMS A-Z ANDY CHRISTENSEN W6246 EAGLE COURT WEST FIELD, WI 53964

ROY LEE STRICKLAND 1765 TOWNSEND RD VILLA RICA, GA 30180

CLAIRE DUCH N 5498 COLLIER RD NEW LONDON, WI 54961

TWEEDY CATTLE CO. JOHNATHAN KASH JUSTIN OR TESHA TWEEDY 161 OXFORD JET RD 6670 BLACKS FERRY RD CLARENCE, IA 52216 IMBODEN, AR 72434 KOLIN KRAUSKOPF Area 9 – Midwest 1897 CR A14 Director – Kurt Rich DECORAH, IA 52101 TRENT BERTSCHE 17831 N 600 EAST RD PEYTON NAGEL FLANAGAN, IL 61740 12 PRIMROSE LN TRENTON, IL 62293 BREEZE BUNKER 13080 JANUS AVE SPARTA, WI 54656

SHAMROCK NOOK RED ANGUS

ALBANY, WISCONSIN

JOE/JIM DUNPHY 608.558.5342 JOE@SHAMROCKNOOK.COM

ROBERTSON LINDSAY CATTLE COMPANY REGISTERED RED ANGUS BULLS AND FEMALES

DIAMOND P FARMS MICHAEL & JENNIFER PARKS 6671 ROSEBUD ROAD GOLCONDA, IL 62938 SUNNY RIDGE FARMS JAMI STEEG 271 TITANIUM LANE JACKSON, MO 63755 SARAH STOCK 542 FOUR CORNERS RD SE WAUKON, IA 52172 WINTER CATTLE CO. BRENT WINTER 2366 500TH ST BUFFALO CENTER, IA 50424

PEACOCK ANGUS RANCH

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Building Better Beef (406) 632-5598 P.O. Box 2913 Harlowton, MT 59036

Harold Isaacs Family P.O. Box 49 Jordan, MT 59337 (406) 557-2371 Fax (406) 557-6158

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Ron and Esther Fischer

Proud to be a part of Montana’s Red Angus history!

www.fischerredangus.com

88 Redland Ranch Ln • Hysham, MT 59038 redland@rangeweb.net • www.redlandredangus.com

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(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!

Mark & Sue Mees • (406) 347-5413 Fertility Tested Bulls - Private Treaty

P.O. Box 311 Lodge Grass, MT 59050

2384 Barnum Rd. • Kaycee, WY 82639 Email: gravesredfork@wildblue.net

Visit our website for more informaion, sales and events!

Bob & Julie Morton 2435 Logan Trident Road • Three Forks, MT 59752 (406) 580-0348 • www.gmracattle.com Annual Bull Sale Third Tuesday in March Big Sky Elite Female Sale First Wednesday in December

Glacier Red Angus Harold, Pat & Chris Hughes

40126 Eli Gap Road • Polson, MT 59860 (406) 883-4654 • www.GlacierRedAngus.com

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

www.mtredangus.com 1-877-Red-Angus • email: mtraa@mtredangus.com

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in Big Sky Country!

- We Focus on The Female -

1721 Plevna Rd. • Plevna, MT 59344 (406) 778-3819 • ketchum@midrivers.com

Vic & Shari Westphal

Email: klmpnra@gmail.com Registered Red Angus Cattle

RED ANGUS P.O. Box 72 Grass Range, MT 59032 • (406) 428-2179

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

FRITZ RED ANGUS

1542 Fritz Ranch Ln Joe & Heidi Fritz Brady, MT 59416 (406) 627-2374 fritzra@3rivers.net

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 -

LUCHT RED ANGUS ML

Bozeman, MT • 406-585-0874 greg@luchtredangus.com

ROCK CREEK RED ANGUS 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

Contact us today for a breeder near you!

MTRAA Officers

President: Julie Morton - Three Forks, MT - info@gmracattle.com Vice President: Francis Koenig - Winnet, MT - francis@midrivers.net Sec/Treasurer: Larisa Oldenburger - Whitehall, MT - larisa_5lra@Hotmail.com

MTRAA Directors

Karen Raisland - St. Ignatius, MT - sti4058@blackfoot.net Veronica Christensen - Park City, MT - criters@charter.net Mark Jansma - Acton, MT - angus_baron@yahoo.com American Red Angus Magazine ■ March 2016 139

SHEAMAN RANCH

AREA 1 - West

Sam Lorenzen, Director District 1 Breeders can be found on page 145

AREA 2 Montana

Kerry and Debbie Sheaman

Kevin Miller, Director

Maternal, Disposition, Calving Ease & Stayability Traits

Joe, Cindy & Emily Frasier • Ronny & Kelsey Pope 45965 County Road 118 • Limon, CO • (719) 775-2790

www.solidrockredangus.com

AREA 4 - Southwest

Texas • New Mexico • Arizona

Sound udders-Great Dispositions Moderate Frames-Calving Ease-Excellent Growth www.kravigredangus.com h1: 719-446-5355 • h2: 719-446-5391 Karval, Colorado

Texas Breeders can be found on page 135 Kyley DeVoe, Director

AREA 5 - Northern Plains Minnesota North Dakota • South Dakota Steve Koester, Director

FLATIRON RED ANGUS

RED ANGUS

5822 CR 23 • Veteran, WY 82243 Cory 307-575-0169 • Katy 307-575-2677

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

Cory & Katy Johnson

Fort Garland, CO 81133 Mobile (719) 588-1877

www.smithredangus.com

CATTLECLIFFS RANCH C

609 Pass Creek Rd. • Parkman, WY 82838

Red Angus & Red Angus Cross Steers & Heifers For Sale Edith Clarke & Gordon Harper (307) 655-9720

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

Registered & Commercial Catttle Bulls & Heifers - Open & Bred

JACOBSON RED ANGUS

28280 75th Ave. N. (218) 962-3360 Hitterdal, MN 56552 Cell (701) 361-3189 www.Jacobson RedAngus.com 8860 39th St. S.W. Richardton, ND 58652 (701) 974-3966 Cell (701) 290-2556 Email: tmessmer@ndsupernet.com

Tony & Karen Messmer

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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“Cattle Working for You”

MAINTENANCE/FEED EFFICIENCY EXPERTS

"We Breed Excitement"

Harold & Family Robert & Kara 5094 93rd St. S.W. McIntosh, SD 57641 (701) 422-3726

KRAVIG RED ANGUS

1A BULLS & HEIFERS

The Olsons

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American Red Angus Breeder Directory

Utah • Colorado • Wyoming

ANGUS

Edward, Jeanne, Carl, Craig and Caryn 16068 24 St. S.E. • Argusville, ND 58005 Phone/Fax (701) 484-5779 www.olsonredpower.com

400 East Douglas Road • Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 493-7346 • Kerry.Sheaman@colostate.edu

Bruce Ketchum, Director Bob Morton, Region A Director MT Breeders can be found on pages 138-139

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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 131 Kansas Breeders can be found on page 143

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

Rob & Amy Hess

CEDAR HILL FARM …suppliers of profitable, low maintenance, Dan & Alicia Stickel Phone & Fax (304) 884-7993 Rt. 2 Box 85A Email: cedarhillredangus@frontier.com Jane Lew, WV 26378 www.cedarhillfarmredangus.com - Bulls, females, embryos and semen by Private Treaty -

ELMWOOD FIELDS Dedicating Backgrounded Red Angus Calves to Certified Feeder Calf Sales

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 Ernest & Betty Jo Christian P.O. Box 566, Union Bridge, MD 21791 (410) 775-0225 • Email: eschris@msn.com

If you’re looking for Efficiency...

Look under “R” for RED ANGUS!

Tom Karr

P.O. Box 177 Marshall, OK 73056 (580) 935-6646 (580) 935-6701

2734 Old Washington Rd. • Westminster, MD 21157

Valentine Farms

WRIGHTS MILL FARM RED ANGUS

Steven Harris DVM

(405) 222-1600 • Chickasha, OK Red Angus Low BW Bulls & Semen for Sale!

Kurt Rich, Director Missouri Breeders can be found on page 145

Bruce Westhuis

Registered Red Angus N 2802 490th St. Menomonie, WI 54751 (715) 664-8854

Red Angus Bulls, Cows, Calves & Semen with Breed Leading EPDs

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

Joe Bob, Nicona, Hannah & John Nelson

Raymond Prescott, Director Region C SERAA Breeders can be found on page 58

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 Zepp • (410) 848-2160 Gabe & Kelly Zepp • (410) 635-3922 David & Laura Zepp • (410) 751-2719

Put a Valentine in your herd!

AREA 8 - Southeast

Alabama • Arkansas • Florida • Georgia • Kentucky Louisiana • Mississippi • Tennessee • South Carolina

Red Angus • Red Simmental • Red SimAngus

(740) 985-3444 Day (740) 591-9900 Cell 34740 State Route 7 Pomeroy, OH 45769

Patricia Beeby BB Janet & Ray Hicks

Pasture to Plate Performance Tested

Iowa • Illinois Missouri • Wisconsin

Bulls • Bred Heifers

BIM

Embryos, Semen and Cattle by Private Treaty

AREA 9 - Midwest

Registered Red Angus

Red Angus

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Hershey, PA 717-821-1782 bowcreekbeef.com

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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

4720 Wrights Mill Road Trappe, MD 21673 410-924-3905 WWW.WMFREDANGUS.COM EMAIL: SPHARRISDVM@YAHOO.COM

920-982-1670 Brad Ketterhagen khiddencreek@aol.com Sales/Customer Service www.hiddencreekfarm.com 417-669-1619

ROUSE RED ANGUS

Gene Rouse 515-231-9129 Dan Bormann 515-520-7707 53966 290th St. • Huxley, IA 50124 www.rouseredangus.com email: rousefam@huxcomm.net

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Russ Dahl Deerfield, WI 608-444-8295

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Joel Birdwell

American Red Angus Breeder Directory

Connie Van Wye, President â&#x20AC;˘ (309) 212-4838 Chad Daugherty, Sec/Treasurer â&#x20AC;˘ (217) 369-0466

Foreign Breeders

CANADIAN RED ANGUS PROMOTION SOCIETY

P.O. Box 39075 â&#x20AC;˘ Lakewood Common Saskatoon, SK CA S7V 0A9 306.227-2992 â&#x20AC;˘ Fx 306.373.3515

HC 64 Box 29 Kingfisher, OK 73750 Home (405) 375-6630 Mobile (405) 368-1058

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Bryan Gill

Sales Manager 701.730.0134

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Sales & Services

â&#x20AC;˘ Sale Management â&#x20AC;˘ Auctioneer â&#x20AC;˘ Livestock Brokerage Dan Deichmann (406)423-5500 (406)799-5200 Hobson, MT 59452 â&#x20AC;˘ deichman@mtintouch.net

1506 29th Ave S Moorhead, MN 56560

877.700.4099 www.pifers.com

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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

David Pool, Owner david@poolranch.com 903-863-2171 â&#x20AC;˘ Cell: 903-646-2068 Loacted in East Texas

Red Angus Enough Ear, But Not Too Much.

www.KansasRedAngus.org Tim Flaming 620-382-4894

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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

(620) 525-6632 Burdett, KS

“Satisfied customers is our primary objective.”

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 janssen@hometelco.net “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 March 18, 2016

HARMS PLAINVIEW RANCH Mark and Kim Harms 2528 250th St. • Lincolnville, KS 66858 (620) 924-5544 • hprbulls@tctelco.net Red Angus - Angus - Charolais

“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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Calendar of Events March 1 1 2 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 13 14 14 14 15 15 15

Final Ad Reservation/Editorial Deadline for April ARA Sandhill Red Angus Sale, Sidney, MT Pederson’s Broken Heart Ranch Sale, Firesteel, SD Bieber Fever X, Leola, SD Snake River Bull Test LLC Sale, Jerome, ID Sutherlin Farms Production Sale, Stevensville, MT Chain Ranch, Canton, OK DK Red Angus, Williston, ND Judd Ranch Gelbvieh & Red Angus Sale, Pomona, KS Ludvigson Ozark Bull Sale, Nevada, MO Redland Red Angus, Hysham, MT Rich Red Angus Annual Production Sale, Vinton, IA Arrowsmith Red Angus, Bassett, NE Campbell Red Angus, Mobridge, SD Calvo Family Red Angus Bull Sale, Valentine, NE Lott & McMurphy Farms Bull Sale, Alva, OK Wedel Red Angus, Leoti, KS Heart River Ranch & Open A Angus, Belfield, ND Mar Mac Farms Sale, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada R.A. Brown Ranch Spring Bull Sale, Throckmorton, TX Red Connection Bull Sale, Madison, SD Bar-E-L Angus, Stettler, AB, Canada Hall-Pokorny Red Angus, North Platte, NE Schriefer Red Angus, Dickinson, ND Darrel Holliday Ranch, Inc. Silent Auction, John Day, OR Hueftle Cattle Co. Bull Sale, Cozad, NE Leland and Koester Red Angus Sale, Sidney, MT Sutphin Cattle Co. Sale, La Junta, CO A&W Farms & Country Boy Farms Sale Chappell & Swank Farm Red Angus, Mill Hall, PA Red Alliance Sale, Shawnee, OK REDstock - The Power of RED Sale, Chillicothe, MO Damar Farms Bull Sale, Mondovi, WI C-Bar Annual Bull Sale, Brownell, KS The Cattlemen’s Bull Sale, North Platte, NE Spring Western Classic Bull Sale, Madras, OR Green Mountain Red Angus Bull Sale, Logan, MT Leeuwenburgh Angus Annual Bull Sale, Lethbridge, AB, CA Plateau Red Angus, Ogallala, NE

16 Loosli Red Angus, Ashton, ID 16 Wilbar Cattle Co Bull & Female Sale, Dundurn, SK 17 Lone Tree Red Angus, Faith, SD 17 Klompien Red Angus, Manhattan, MT 17-19 O’Doherty Selection Days, Boardman, OR 18 Mushrush Red Angus, Strong City, KS 18 Wood V Bar X Ranch Sale, Sandpoint, ID 19 Lautenschlager/Dykes “Real World” Bull Sale, Touchet, WA 19 Janssen Red Angus, Geneseo, KS 19 Lazy MC Angus Signature Sale, Brooks, Alberta, CA 19 Milk Creek Reds, Plevna, MT 19 Red Hill Farms’ Bull and Female Sale, Lafayette, TN 19 Rogers Cattle Co. Production Sale, Strafford, MO 19 SERAA Grasstime Auction, Cullman, AL 21 Bridle Bit Simmentals & Red Angus, Walsh, CO 21 SSS Red Angus Bull Sale, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 21 Sun River Red Angus, Great Falls, MT 22 L83 Lodoen Cattle Co., Mandan, ND 22 U2 Ranch Ltd. Bull Sale, Stavley, AB, Canada 23 Axtell Cattle Co. Annual Production Sale, Sterling, CO 23 Pelton Red Angus & Simmental Sale, LaCrosse, KS 23 Westphal Red Angus Sale, Grass Range, MT 23-24 Peacock Angus Ranch Online Bull Sale 24 J6 “Bull Power II” Sale, Gibbon, NE 24 JE Red Angus Sale, San Saba, TX 24 Schuler Red Angus, Bridgeport, NE 26 Croissant Red Angus Bull Sale, Briggsdale, CO 26 Fischer Red Angus Annual Spring Fling, Harlowton, MT 26 Namken Red Angus, Lake Norden, SD 26 Power of the Reds, Macomb, IL 28 Cockburn Red Angus, Moose Jaw, SK, Canada 28 Feddes and C-T Red Angus Sale, Manhattan, MT 28 Flat Water Red Angus Gang Sale, Valentine, NE 28 McEntire Red Angus Sale, Sweetwater, OK 28 Weber Red Angus & Charolais Sale, Lake Andres, SD 29 Texas Traditions Bull Sale, Saint Jo, TX 30 Dvorak Brothers Ranches, Inc., Bassett, NE 31 Jacobson Red Angus Bull Sale, Hitterdal, MN

1 1 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 7 7 8 8

Final Ad Reservation/Editorial Deadline for May/June ARA Pieper Red Angus, Hay Springs, NE Andras Stock Farm “The Andras Kind” Bull Sale, Manchester, IL Flying W & Rock Creek Red Angus, Mandan, ND Lazy MC Angus Select Bull Sale, College Station, TX Spear J Red Angus, Jordan, MT Blairs.Ag Cattle Co. Bull Sale, Sedley, SK, Canada Bullis Creek Ranch “Generations of Predictibility 16,” Burwell, NE Daigger-Orr Angus, North Platte, NE Howe Family Farm Bull Sale, Moose Jaw, SK, Canada Bowles J5 Red Angus, Glasgow, MT Giefer Ranch, WaKeeney, KS 5L “Right For The Times” Spring Bull Sale, Sheridan, MT Grill’s Red Western Red Angus Bull Sale, Crawford, NE

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April

Feeder Calf Sale March 11

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Woodward Livestock Auction, Woodward, OK

Smoky Y Ranch Red Angus Sale, Monument, KS Ludvigson Herdbuilder Sale, Shepherd, MT Performance Plus Bull Sale, Bloomfield, IA Six Mile Ranch Bull Sale, Fir Mountain, SK, Canada WV Beef Expo Red Angus Classic, Jacksons Mill, WV Sonstegard Cattle Co., LLC, Montevideo, MN Valnes Ranch Red Angus, Eden, SD Kravig Red Angus, Karval, CO Beckton Red Angus, Sheridan, WY Thomas Ranch Annual Sale, Harrold, SD Flying K Ranch Bull Sale, Current, SK, Canada South View Ranch Bull Sale, Ceylon, SK, Canada MoRAA Ozark Red Roundup, Springfield, MO Kuhn-Crosshair-Huber Sale, Napoleon, ND

Please visit RedAngus.org for an extended list of Sales and Events!

Missouri

Red Angus Association

Route 61 Box 851 • Cabool, MO 65689 • 417-962-0181 kmassey.moredangus@gmail.com • www.missouriredangus.com

Balancing Performance with Maternal Mike and Stephanie Smith

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17520 Hwy. JJ Chillicothe, MO 64601

SPREUTELS FARM RED ANGUS

ELLSINORE, MO 573-593-4299 Cell: 573-300-8112 lazyws@yahoo.com

Dan (913) 909-1912 Kay (816) 657-4655

Ken & Brenda Keesaman

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In Your RED ANGUS QUEST...

Columbia, MO 573-881-0395 • 573-449-1809

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Rt. 2 Box 129A • Koshkonong, MO Wilbur, Elsie or Steve Spreutels (417) 867-5695 • (417) 867-5545

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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 Registered Red Angus

John & Jennifer Menke 10935 Quartz Valley Rd. (530) 468-5341 Ft. Jones, CA 96032

Ralph and Louise Bochsler 41210 Kingston Lyons Drive Stayton, Oregon 97383 Residence Business Fax (503) 769-6483 (503) 769-3436 (503) 769-7358

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

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Advertiser Index

3K Land & Cattle Co ..........................135 5L Red Angus................................61,139 9 Mile Ranch ..................................44,45 ABS ......................................................18 Accelerated Genetics ..........................19 Adams Angus Ranch..........................131 Andras Stock Farm........................93,146 Angelo Cattle Company .....................138 Angus World ......................................142 Atkinson Reds ......................................58 Axtell Cattle Co ............................111,140 Bachman Cattle Farms ......................145 Bar C Red Angus................................135 Barenthsen-Bullinger Red Angus .......140 Basel Red Angus................................141 Beatty Farms .......................................58 Beckton Stock Farm ....................2,3,138 Beeby Prairie City Farms ..................141 Beef 360 ..............................................35 Bieber Red Angus ..........................11-16 BIM Red Angus ....................................69 Birdwell, James ..................................142 Birdwell, Joel ......................................142 Birnie Red Angus................................131 Blairs.Ag ..............................................57 Bola Red Angus ..........................135,136 Booth, CK Sonny................................142 Bovine Elite ....................................41,95 Bowles J5 Red Angus ..................39,139 Brain Trust ............................................20 Bridle Bit ..............................................32 Broken Heart Ranch.............................10 Brown, RA ..........................67,68,69,135 Brylor Ranch ......................................142 Buffalo Creek Red Angus ..................134 Bull Hill Ranch ......................................58 Bullis Creek Ranch ................56,127,136 C-Bar Ranch ............................54,55,107 C-T ........................................116,117,139 Cabernet ............................................145 Campbell Red Angus..........................140 Canadian RA Promotion Society ........142 Cattlecliffs Ranch ..............................140 Cattle Visions ......................................75 Cedar Hill Farm ..................................141 Chain Ranch ..........................................9 Chappell Red Angus ..........................141 Chiefline Red Angus ..........................135 Christensen Red Angus......................139 Choat Cattle Co..................................131 Clay Maxey Ford ................................112 Cockburn Red Angus ..........................70 Collier Diamond C Ranch................26-29 Conover, Al ........................................138 Country Acres Farm ..........................141 Croissant Red Angus ....................79,140 Cross Diamond............................127,147 Crump Red Angus ..............................140 D&D Cattle Co ...................................131 DK Red Angus....................................140 Daigger-Orr ..........................................31

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Damar Frams ....................................121 Darrel Holliday Ranch ..........................66 Deichmann Livestock Brokerage........142 Diamond H ........................................143 Double Eagle Ranch ..........................145 Double Tree Red Angus ....................138 Dvorak Brothers ..................................52 Dykes Cattle Co. ................................99 Elmwood Fields ..................................141 Faylor Red Angus ..............................143 Feddes Red Angus ......................116,117 Fick Red Angus ..................................131 Fischer’s Red Angus ....................78.139 Flaming Livestock Co ........................143 Flat Iron Red Angus............................140 Flat Water Gang ..........................125,126 Flying K Ranch ....................................86 Flying W Red Angus ............................60 Forster Red Angus ............................140 Fritz Red Angus..................................139 Genex/CRI ..................................142,148 Gibson Red Angus, GA ........................58 Gibson Red Angus, OK ........................94 Giefer Ranch ........................................99 Gilchrist ..............................................142 Gill Red Angus....................................104 Glacier Red Angus ............................138 Grasstime Auction ..............................100 Green Mountain Red Angus ..........38,138 Griffith Seedstock ..............................143 G.W. Land & Cattle Co ......................135 H & F Red Angus ...............................143 Halfmann Red Angus ........................135 Hall - Pokorny Red Angus ..........113,123 Harbin Red Angus .............................135 Harms Plainview Ranch ................34,143 Heart River Ranch................................24 Hickory Hill Farm ..................................58 Hidden Creek Farm ............................141 Hoft Red Angus .................................139 Howe Family Farm ............................114 Hueftle Cattle Co ..........................17,131 Illinois Power of the Reds Sale ............65 Illinois Red Angus Association............141 J6 Farms ............................................111 JE Red Angus ....................................110 JST Red Angus ..................................145 Jacobson Red Angus ..................123,140 James Red Angus ..............................146 Janssen Red Angus ......................22,143 Jacobs, Roger ....................................142 Jarvis Red Angus ................................58 Jeffries Land & Cattle ........................133 Karr Farms ........................................141 Kernen’s Cattle ..................................134 KK Farms ..........................................145 KK Seedstock Consultants ................130 Klompien Red Angus ..................103,139 Kniebel Cattle Co ..............................143 Kolle Red Angus ................................135 Kravig Red Angus ..............................140

JoAnn James (641) 593-6526 Fax (641) 593-6646

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Kuhn’s Red Angus..............................124 Lacy’s Red Angus ..............................145 Laubach Red Angus ........................12,65 Lautenschlager & Sons ................99,145 Lazy J Bar ..........................................140 Lazy W Farm ......................................145 Leachman Cattle of Colorado..........88,89 Leeuwenburgh Angus ..........................64 Legacy Genetics ..................................31 Leland Red Angus ........................25,138 Liberty Ranch ....................................143 Little Creek Farm..................................58 Lodoen Cattle ..................................46,47 Lone Tree Red Angus ..........................66 Loonan Stock Farm ..............................85 Loosli Red Angus ..........................82,145 Lorenzen Ranches ............................145 Lucht Red Angus ...............................139 Ludvigson ..............................21, 23,80,81 MARS Red Angus ..............................139 Maple Oaks Red Angus......................145 McEntire Red Angus ............................92 McLean Red Angus ..............................58 McMurphy Farms. ........................77,141 McPhee Red Angus............................145 Meado-West Farms............................137 Mees Ranch ......................................138 Mercer Farm ........................................58 Merck....................................................85 Messmer Red Angus. ........................140 Milk Creek Reds. ..........................98,139 Minnesota Red Angus Assoc..............140 Morris/Box Ranch ..............................135 Mushrush Red Angus. ..................4,5,143 Namken Red Angus ......................37,141 Nelson Ranch ....................................141 North Dakota Red Angus Association 133 North Santiam Red Angus..................145 OHR ..................................................140 OK Cattle Co. ......................................22 Oak Ridge Farms ..............................142 ORIgen ..............................................142 Osborn Red Angus ..............................58 Ozark Hills Genetics...........................145 Peacock Red Angus ......................43,137 Pelton Red Angus .........................51,143 Performance Plus Sale ......................106 Pieper Red Angus ........................36,131 Pifers Livestock Marketing ..........132,136 Plain Jan’s ..........................................136 Plateau Red Angus..........................42,86 Pool Ranch.........................................142 Quality Genetics ................................135 Quartz Valley Red Angus ..................145 RCR Promotions ................................142 Rafter JX Ranch ................................123 Ramsdale Reds .................................143 Red Alliance ......................................134 Red Angus Society of Australia ..........142 Red Angus World ................................74 Redland Red Angus ..........................139

Red Belt Red Angus ............................58 Red Cow Relocators ..........................142 Red Fork Red Angus ..........................138 Red Hill Farm ......................................97 Red Western Bull Sale ........................90 Redstock ....................................108,109 Rhodes Red Angus ............................143 Robertson-Lindsay Cattle Co ............137 Rock Creek Red Angus ......................143 Rocking K Ranch..................................58 Rogers Cattle Co. ................................76 Rouse Red Angus ..............................141 S Diamond Angus ..............................131 STgenetics ..........................................48 Sandbur Ridge Red Angus ................131 Sandhill Red Angus ............................139 Schuler Red Angus........................59,131 Schumacher Trust ..............................143 Scott Farm Red Angus ......................140 Select Sires ..........................................53 Semex ..................................................49 Shamrock Nook Red Angus ..............137 Sheaman Ranch ................................140 Shepherd Red Angus ........................145 Shoal Creek........................................145 Six Mile Ranch ....................................63 Smith Land & Cattle Co......................140 Smoky Y Ranch..................................129 Solid Rock Red Angus. ......................140 Sonstegard Cattle Co. ..................83,140 Southeast Red Angus Association .......58 South View Ranch................................77 Spear J Red Angus ............................138 Spreutels Farm Red Angus ................145 Stout, Justin........................................142 Strauss Free Raised ..........................144 Sun River ....................................101,138 Sutherlin Farms ..................................138 Swan Creek Red Angus ......................54 Sycamore Farm....................................54 Tally Farms ........................................138 Texas Tradition Bull Sale ....................115 Thomas Ranch ....................................87 Thunder Grove Angus ........................141 Trinity Creek Red Angus ......................54 Triple Creek Ranch ............................135 VF Red Angus ........................................7 Valentine Farms ................................141 Valnes Red Angus ......................119,140 Weber Red Angus ..............................107 Wedel Red Angus..........................71,143 Westphal Red Angus ..................105,139 Whitley Red Angus ..............................54 Wilbar Cattle Co. ..................................91 Wildcat Creek Ranch..........................143 Willows Farm Company ....................141 Windrush Farm ..................................145 Woods V Bar X Ranch ................33,145 Wrights Mill Farm Red Angus ............141

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GENEX GENEXRED REDANGUS ANGUSLINEUP LINEUP 1AR00949 1AR00949 BETTER BETTER ANSWER ANSWER HB

GM HB CED GM CED BW

Reg. No. Reg.1506922 No. 1506922 | LCS| X2 LCS x MONU X2 x MONU 4X 4X

BW WW WW YW MILK YW MILK ME HPG ME HPG CEM CEM STAY STAY MARBMARB YG

YG CW

CW REA REA FAT

FAT

1AR00955 1AR00955 LEGEND LEGEND HB

GM HB CED GM CED BW

Spring Spring 2016 2016 EPDs EPDs

Reg. No. Reg.1612741 No. 1612741 | EPIC| R397 EPIC R397 K x NEBULA K x NEBULA P P707 P P707

BW WW WW YW MILK YW MILK ME HPG ME HPG CEM CEM STAY STAY MARBMARB YG

YG CW

CW REA REA FAT

FAT

135 135 51 12 51 -5.6 12 -5.6 43 43 85 85 23 23 0 13 0 13 7 711 11 0.41 0.41 0.15 0.15 14 14 -0.06-0.06 0.0500.050 205 205 54 12 54 -3.9 12 -3.9 70 70 120 120 21 21 -6 16 -6 16 2 219 19 1.03 1.03 0.27 0.27 36 36 0.28 0.28 0.1000.100 .38 .59 .38 .59 .50 .50 .51 .51 .29 .29 .04 .04 .24 .24 .38 .38.42 .42.33 .33.29 .29 .42 .42.27 .27 .37 .37 .27 .34 .27 .34 .30 .30 .32 .32 .24 .24 .04 .04 .27 .27 .32 .32.42 .42.31 .31.23 .23 .26 .26.25 .25 .27 .27

1AR00907 1AR00907 BIG SKY BIG SKY HB

78

GM HB CED GM CED BW

51 78

Reg. No. Reg.1025891 No. 1025891 | MAKE | MAKE MIMIMIMI x GRANDCANYON x GRANDCANYON

BW WW WW YW MILK YW MILK ME HPG ME HPG CEM CEM STAY STAY MARBMARB YG

97

GM HB CED GM CED BW

54 97

FAT

Reg. No. Reg.1368793 No. 1368793 | CONQUEST | CONQUEST x ENTERPRISE x ENTERPRISE 1370H1370H

BW WW WW YW MILK YW MILK ME HPG ME HPG CEM CEM STAY STAY MARBMARB YG

1AR00958 1AR00958 MERLIN MERLIN 937Z937Z HB

GM HB CED GM CED BW

YG CW

CW REA REA FAT

FAT

1AR00904 1AR00904 MISSION MISSION STATEMENT STATEMENT HB

GM HB CED GM CED BW

GM HB CED GM CED BW

Reg. No. Reg.1562054 No. 1562054 | CONQUEST | CONQUEST x LOADED x LOADED 19T 19T

BW WW WW YW MILK YW MILK ME HPG ME HPG CEM CEM STAY STAY MARBMARB YG

YG CW

CW REA REA FAT

FAT

1AR00950 1AR00950 NEWNEW DIRECTION DIRECTION HB

GM HB CED GM CED BW

CW REA REA FAT

FAT

YG CW

CW REA REA FAT

FAT

1AR00959 1AR00959 DEEPDEEP END END

1AR00957 1AR00957 PROFITBUILDER PROFITBUILDER

GM HB CED GM CED BW

Reg. No. Reg.1694338 No. 1694338 | ROLLIN | ROLLIN DEEPDEEP x MISSION x MISSION STATEMENT STATEMENT

BW WW WW YW MILK YW MILK ME HPG ME HPG CEM CEM STAY STAY MARBMARB YG

123 123 54 54 8 -1.9 8 -1.9 77 77 124 124 30 30 3 .32 .33 .32 .33 .29 .29 .28 .28 .24 .24

13 3

1AR00960 1AR00960 DOMAIN DOMAIN GM HB CED GM CED BW

YG CW

CW REA REA FAT

FAT

HB

53 66

Reg. No. Reg.1506922 No. 1506922 | ANDRAS | ANDRAS IN FOCUS IN FOCUS x MORGANS x MORGANS DIRECTION DIRECTION

BW WW WW YW MILK YW MILK ME HPG ME HPG CEM CEM STAY STAY MARBMARB YG

66

HB

YG CW

Reg. No. Reg.960383 No. 960383 | LANCER | LANCER 806 x 806 HOLDEN x HOLDEN HI HOHI 753 HO 753

BW WW WW YW MILK YW MILK ME HPG ME HPG CEM CEM STAY STAY MARBMARB YG

111 111 52 12 52 -4.4 12 -4.4 57 57 91 91 24 24 3 3 33 311 11 0.66 0.66 -0.08-0.08 18 18 0.22 0.22 -0.020 -0.020 .38 .55 .38 .55 .47 .47 .44 .44 .27 .27 .04 .04 .12 .12 .35 .35.15 .15.29 .29.27 .27 .37 .37.27 .27 .34 .34

HB

Reg. No. Reg.1535025 No. 1535025 | MERLIN | MERLIN T179 xT179 JULIAN x JULIAN ST630ST630

BW WW WW YW MILK YW MILK ME HPG ME HPG CEM CEM STAY STAY MARBMARB YG

14 54 -5.5 14 -5.5 61 61 119 119 29 29 4 4 3 32 28 8 0.77 0.77 0.39 0.39 34 34 -0.23-0.23 0.0900.090 118 118 54 54 3 -0.8 3 -0.8 72 72 124 124 17 17 10 10 14 14 -2 -212 12 0.55 0.55 -0.24-0.24 43 43 0.90 0.90 -0.030 -0.030 .73 .84 .73 .84 .80 .80 .80 .80 .69 .69 .62 .62 .42 .42 .71 .71.43 .43.64 .64.49 .49 .57 .57.60 .60 .59 .59 .95 .96 .95 .96 .96 .96 .96 .96 .95 .95 .71 .71 .82 .82 .94 .94.67 .67.78 .78.57 .57 .61 .61.76 .76 .74 .74

1AR00947 1AR00947 CONVOY CONVOY HB

CW REA REA FAT

51 7 -4.6 7 -4.6 59 59 80 80 26 26 7 14 7 14 -2 -27 7 0.68 0.68 -0.20-0.20 11 11 0.40 0.40 -0.030 -0.030 158 158 52 17 52 -6.5 17 -6.5 53 53 85 85 20 20 4 10 4 10 5 514 14 0.58 0.58 0.00 0.00 11 11 0.27 0.27 0.0300.030 .93 .95 .93 .95 .94 .94 .94 .94 .93 .93 .70 .70 .77 .77 .93 .93.64 .64.70 .70.54 .54 .61 .61.68 .68 .67 .67 .42 .67 .42 .67 .58 .58 .58 .58 .29 .29 .19 .19 .20 .20 .37 .37.09 .09.49 .49.40 .40 .46 .46.46 .46 .49 .49

1AR00936 1AR00936 CONQUEROR CONQUEROR HB

YG CW

53 7 -1.9 7 -1.9 74 74 126 126 33 33 -6 .48 .85 .48 .85 .79 .79 .67 .67 .29 .29

GM HB CED GM CED BW

10 -6

YG CW

CW REA REA FAT

FAT

10 8 83 3 0.78 0.78 0.27 0.27 42 42 0.18 0.18 0.0800.080 .33 .33.03 .03.28 .28.29 .29 .53 .53.25 .25 .33 .33

Reg. No. Reg.1683223 No. 1683223 | TAKEOVER | TAKEOVER x NEBULA x NEBULA P P707 P P707

BW WW WW YW MILK YW MILK ME HPG ME HPG CEM CEM STAY STAY MARBMARB YG

YG CW

CW REA REA FAT

FAT

13 5 510 10 0.76 0.76 -0.22-0.22 41 41 1.18 1.18 0.0200.020 223 223 56 15 56 -4.3 15 -4.3 78 78 128 128 22 22 2 10 2 10 2 221 21 1.17 1.17 0.06 0.06 40 40 0.31 0.31 0.0200.020 .32 .32.01 .01.32 .32.27 .27 .24 .24.30 .30 .37 .37 .30 .41 .30 .41 .35 .35 .35 .35 .26 .26 .03 .03 .21 .21 .35 .35.39 .39.29 .29.22 .22 .30 .30.23 .23 .25 .25

Reg. No. Reg.1619642 No. 1619642 | DOMINOR | DOMINOR T122 T122 x HOBO x HOBO 0545 0545

BW WW WW YW MILK YW MILK ME HPG ME HPG CEM CEM STAY STAY MARBMARB YG

YG CW

CW REA REA FAT

FAT

1AR00946 1AR00946 REDEMPTION REDEMPTION HB

GM HB CED GM CED BW

Reg. No. Reg.1441805 No. 1441805 | NEBULA | NEBULA P P707 P P707 x MISSION x MISSION STATEMENT STATEMENT

BW WW WW YW MILK YW MILK ME HPG ME HPG CEM CEM STAY STAY MARBMARB YG

YG CW

CW REA REA FAT

FAT

202 202 51 10 51 0.1 10 0.1 63 63 106 106 25 25 -2 19 -2 19 6 619 19 0.87 0.87 0.28 0.28 33 33 0.21 0.21 0.1000.100 192 192 55 15 55 -5.4 15 -5.4 62 62 114 114 19 19 0 11 0 11 3 317 17 0.83 0.83 0.07 0.07 31 31 0.03 0.03 0.0000.000 .38 .52 .38 .52 .44 .44 .44 .44 .28 .28 .04 .04 .26 .26 .38 .38.40 .40.30 .30.26 .26 .37 .37.24 .24 .32 .32 .68 .92 .68 .92 .89 .89 .88 .88 .57 .57 .05 .05 .40 .40 .54 .54.43 .43.52 .52.43 .43 .60 .60.47 .47 .52 .52

1AR00956 1AR00956 FEDERALIST FEDERALIST HB

GM HB CED GM CED BW

Reg. No. Reg.1689751 No. 1689751 | FUSION | FUSION x TREND x TREND SETTER SETTER

BW WW WW YW MILK YW MILK ME HPG ME HPG CEM CEM STAY STAY MARBMARB YG

YG CW

CW REA REA FAT

FAT

1AR00961 1AR00961 RESTREST ASSURED ASSURED HB

GM HB CED GM CED BW

Reg. No. Reg.1697189 No. 1697189 | REDEMPTION | REDEMPTION x GRAND x GRAND MARSHALL MARSHALL

BW WW WW YW MILK YW MILK ME HPG ME HPG CEM CEM STAY STAY MARBMARB YG

126 126 53 11 53 -2.6 11 -2.6 57 57 93 93 31 31 0 11 0 .31 .33 .31 .33 .28 .28 .27 .27 .17 .17 .04 .04

11 2 211 11 1.01 1.01 0.01 0.01 22 22 0.10 0.10 0.0000.000 163 163 54 17 54 -6.7 17 -6.7 65 65 109 109 17 17 2 .27 .27.03 .03.23 .23.23 .23 .23 .23.24 .24 .34 .34 .30 .42 .30 .42 .36 .36 .38 .38 .25 .25

1AR00951 1AR00951 FORECAST FORECAST

Reg. No. Reg.1547668 No. 1547668 | EXPECTATION | EXPECTATION x TOPx BRASS TOP BRASS

HB

87

GM HB CED GM CED BW

54 87

BW WW WW YW MILK YW MILK ME HPG ME HPG CEM CEM STAY STAY MARBMARB YG

YG CW

CW REA REA FAT

FAT

54 0 -0.2 0 -0.2 69 69 112 112 19 19 2 13 2 13 4 48 8 1.30 1.30 0.11 0.11 36 36 0.42 0.42 0.0600.060 .42 .60 .42 .60 .52 .52 .48 .48 .32 .32 .19 .19 .21 .21 .39 .39.25 .25.30 .30.28 .28 .40 .40.27 .27 .35 .35

1AR00957 1AR00957 PROFITBUILDER PROFITBUILDER

Now Now $20$20 1AR00958 1AR00958 MERLIN MERLIN 937Z937Z

1AR00948 1AR00948 STRONGHOLD STRONGHOLD HB

97

GM HB CED GM CED BW

47 97

CW REA REA FAT

FAT

Reg. No. Reg.1496650 No. 1496650 | CITADEL | CITADEL 812 x 812 ADVANCE x ADVANCE 140 140

BW WW WW YW MILK YW MILK ME HPG ME HPG CEM CEM STAY STAY MARBMARB YG

47 0 4.7 0 4.7 89 89 123 123 15 15 1 .36 .76 .36 .76 .68 .68 .64 .64 .27 .27

YG CW

13 2 13 6 612 12 0.50 0.50 -0.01-0.01 26 26 0.15 0.15 -0.010 -0.010 .24 .24 .34 .34.38 .38.33 .33.27 .27 .32 .32.27 .27 .36 .36

1 9

YG CW

CW REA REA FAT

FAT

97 711 11 0.49 0.49 0.13 0.13 49 49 0.22 0.22 0.0200.020 .33 .33.03 .03.31 .31.31 .31 .50 .50.27 .27 .39 .39

Now Now $18$18

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