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Board Commentary

RAAA Board of Directors President Bob Morton Three Forks, Montana info@gmracattle.com

First Vice President/ Area 3 Director - Rocky Mountain Kevin Miller Briggsdale, Colorado kmiller@wigginstel.com Region A Director Chuck Feddes Manhattan, Montana feddesredangus@gmail.com Region B Director Connie Mushrush Strong City, Kansas redcows@mushrushredangus.com Region C Director/Treasurer Johnny Rogers Roxboro, North Carolina jrrogers1968@gmail.com Area 1 Director - West Sam Lorenzen Bend, 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/ Board Secretary 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 Stuart Gilbert Stockport, Iowa redcowrelocators@gmail.com

by Bob Morton, RAAA President

FCCP Helps Customers Achieve Goals This issue of ARA focuses on the common theme of commercial marketing and the Red Angus Feeder Calf Certification Program. I want to share a little background on the program to establish the significance of FCCP and its recent growth.

FCCP was started over 20 years ago and, in the last couple of years, it has really taken off! Throughout fiscal year 201516, the Association enrolled 157,350 animals between the Allied Access Program and FCCP. In fiscal year 2016-17, enrollment in both programs grew by over 18 percent, selling 185,685 tags to Red Angus stakeholders! In fact, we enrolled 163,250 animals in FCCP alone in 201617. This fiscal year is also starting out with a bang. In the month of July, over 5,000 animals were enrolled – that is the most enrollments ever in the month of July! Total enrollments in FCCP since its inception in 1994 are over 2 million animals. Why has the number of enrollments increased so dramatically over the last couple of years? Feeders and packers have learned that Red Angus-sired calves work and therefore they are more aggressive when purchasing these calves. Research shows that calves wearing the distinctive yellow FCCP ear tag are bringing a premium of $3.38 per cwt over non-tagged Red Angus calves. This equates to a value of $17 to $23 per head for an investment of less than $1 for the price of the tag! Simple math dictates that our commercial customers profit from FCCP. If our customers benefit, there is no reason not to urge them to enroll in the program. As I traveled around Montana last spring

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attending Red Angus bull sales, I started to see more and more seedstock breeders partnering in the success of their customers. Some do this by offering to reimburse the customer a portion of their FCCP tag costs for every bull they purchase. Others help their customers to find the best avenue to market their tagged calves to buyers and feeders that utilize these value-added programs. Additionally, some breeders are on-site shipping day to help weigh their customers’ calves. Partnering in our customers’ accomplishments makes all of us more successful. We can all do our part to achieve the goal of adding more Red Angus cattle to the supply pipeline. This is something we, as seedstock breeders, need to be cognizant of all year long, not just when we are trying to market our own bulls. I am reminded of this as I watch the news of so much of Montana literally burning up in fires. We all remember the devastating fires in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas in March. For the ranchers affected by these types of disasters, it is not just success, but literally their livelihoods that are at stake. We need to remember these people next year and the year after as they continue to rebuild their lives one building or fence at a time. Similarly, we need to encourage the success of our customers throughout the seasons, not just during bull sale season. Our success – and all of agriculture – relies on partnerships and friendships that are often forged out of hard times, but maintained through good times and into the future. As seedstock cattlemen and women, let’s put our efforts into the success of not only our operations, but those of our associates, as well. n

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Association Commentary

RAAA National Office

18335 E 103rd Avenue, Suite 202 Commerce City, CO 80022 (940) 387-3502 • Fax (888) 829-6069 Email: info@redangus.org RedAngus.org

RAAA National Staff Chief Executive Officer Tom Brink Ext. 4 • tombrink@redangus.org

Director of Breed Improvement Larry Keenan Ext. 12 • larry@redangus.org Accounting Director Janet Russell Ext. 11 • janet@redangus.org

Director of Commercial Marketing Gary Fike Ext. 20 • gary@redangus.org Commercial Marketing Programs Coordinator Harold Bertz Ext. 19 • harold@redangus.org

Commercial Marketing Specialist Katie Ochsner Ext. 16 • katieochsner@redangus.org

Tag and Show Programs Coordinator Chessie Mitchell Ext. 2 • chessie@redangus.org Communications Coordinator Brandi Buzzard Frobose Ext. 17 • brandi@redangus.org

ARA Publisher/Advertising Director Kevin LeMaster (515) 225-0051 • kevin@redangus.org ARA Editorial Coordinator Tracey Koester tracey@redangus.org

Junior Programs Coordinator Kim Heller (515) 851-2019 • kim@redangus.org

Red Angus Foundation, Inc. Fund Raiser Patsy Krause (406) 599-2852 • patsy@redangus.org Database and Registration Consultant Kenda Ponder Ext. 15 • kenda@redangus.org Registry & Office Manager Angelia Brooks Ext. 5 • angelia@redangus.org Manager of Membership and DNA Programs Halla Pfeiff Ext. 10 • halla@redangus.org

by Tom Brink, RAAA Chief Executive Officer

Creating High-Value Feeder Cattle The formula for creating highvalue feeder cattle is not overly complicated. Feeder cattle and calves that create exceptional value for the feedlots who purchase them are known to do four things very well.

Real-World Example We can see these principles at work in a set of Red Angus steers harvested earlier this year at National Beef in Dodge First, and most important, they stay healthy throughout the feeding period, City, Kansas. There were 82 head from a single central Kansas producer in the with minimal sickness and zero or overall group. Shown below is a table very little death loss. Next, they grow comparing the most valuable 15 head to fast and efficiently in the feedlot and the bottom, least valuable 15 steers. The produce a large number of saleable pounds at harvest. Third, superior cat- differences are striking. The top 15 steers outran and out-valued the bottle produce high-quality carcasses, tom-end steers by $485.30 per head, with a high percentage of Choice and which is a huge number of dollars by Prime grades. Fourth, and last, they any measuring stick. have enough muscle such that Yield Grade 4s and 5s are not a problem, How did those top steers create such even when fed to a fairly heavy endtremendous value? To start with, their point. carcass weights averaged 202 pounds above the low-value steers. They were These attributes constitute the “Big undoubtedly healthier during the feedFour” toward the creation of highing period, while the bottom-value, value feeder cattle that move through lighter weight steers probably experithe beef supply chain with great sucenced some morbidity. It is also a good cess. They dollar up exceedingly well bet that the heavier and more valuable for the feedlots who purchases them, steers had stronger growth genetics. and are therefore the kind of feeder

Value and Trait Comparison in Red Angus Steers

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cattle that top the market, and even bring a premium, when sold by the ranchers and farmers that produce them.

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Association Commentary They had pound-making excellence programmed into their DNA. Good health and better growth performance paid off here in the form of more pounds to sell and more bankable dollars.

However, both groups had a very acceptable yield grades overall (averaging better than a YG3), and it is also evident that the top-value steers could have been shipped and harvested a week or two earlier and still maintained adequate external finish.

Marbling score and quality grade were also important in helping the high-value steers perform so well financially. Four Prime-grading carcasses and zero Selects were noted among the top steers, which rang the bell with 100 percent Choice and Prime carcasses. A much poorer showing was evident in the lowvalue group, with seven of 15 grading Select (47 percent), zero Primes and a net discount for quality grade on the whole.

In Order of Priority Health is always at the top of the list because even cattle with great genetics fall flat and fail to perform if they get sick. Second in importance when seeking to produce high-value feeder calves is growth rate and the ability to create ample weight. Pounds certainly do pay, and we can’t forget that. Third – and still very important – is marbling and quality grade. Even though U.S. quality grading percentages have risen during recent years, the market is still “paying for quality” every single day. Last on the list – and

The yield-grade advantage actually goes to the low-valued animals in our Kansas-based comparison.

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fourth in importance – is yield grade. Both muscle and fat affect yield grade, and probably the main consideration here is to make sure your breeding and selection program eliminates all light-muscled cattle (rather than pursuing larger and larger ribeye at the expense of other traits). The Red Angus breed is blessed with great genetics, capable of making both superior replacement females and highly valuable feeder steers. Red Angus EPDs are readily available to help you make wise selection and breeding decisions whether your operation is seedstock or commercial. The traits that matter at the cow-calf level and beyond are well represented. Be sure to check out the Fall 2017 Red Angus EPDs on the RAAA website at www.redangus.org. n

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Marketing Update

by Harold Bertz, Commercial Marketing Programs Coordinator

We’re Having a Record Year

Loosely borrowing a quote from the Eric Church song, “Record Year,” I penned the title of this month’s Marketing Update. Though Mr. Church is addressing a lost love in his song, I am using the title to thank all of you who have chosen to add value to your calf crop through the Feeder Calf Certification Program and Allied Access programs. Thanks to ranchers utilizing Red Angus Marketing Programs, we are having our own “Record Year.” For the fiscal year 2016-17, the FCCP enrollment grew an outstanding 14 percent while Allied Access swelled a whopping 62 percent – definitely a record year! Over the period of 2015-17, enrollments in FCCP have increased 39 percent with Allied Access enrollments up 27 percent during the same period (see Graph 2 on page 92). With no age and source premium during this time period, most Process Verified Programs have seen a decline. This sustained growth speaks volumes to the value of differentiating your calves as Red Angus in the marketplace. We on the RAAA Marketing team truly appreciate your involvement in this valuable program. We understand the extra effort it takes to enroll and identify these cattle and want to thank you for your commitment to genetic, age, and source verification through the RAAA. As enrollments have grown, so have rancher profits. In recent Kansas State University data from a study of Supe-

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rior Livestock Auction sales from 2013-16, Red Angus-sired calves wearing the FCCP tag brought $3.38 per cwt more than their Red Angus-sired counterparts not wearing the tag. The mean weight of these 1,412 lots – 132,000 head – was 580 pounds. That means that the 99-cent investment in FCCP yellow tags yielded $19.60 per head! In future Marketing Updates in the ARA Magazine, we will be listing Auction Barns and their contacts that will be holding Special Feeder Calf Sales for FCCP- and Allied Access-tagged calves. These sales provide an opportunity for ranchers to assemble large groups of genetic-, age- and source-identified calves to attract buyers looking for these premium groups. As you market your calves this fall, don’t forget to remind buyers of the extra premiums finished FCCP calves receive through the Tyson Fresh Meats Choice+ grid and the Greater Omaha G.O. Red grid. These grids add premiums for top-grading and yielding carcasses. On behalf of all of us on the Marketing Team and the RAAA, thank you for helping us make the 2016-17 fiscal year, a “Record Year.” The continued growth of Red Angus is a direct result of the coordination between high-quality seedstock being used by the best ranchers in the business. We are focused on adding value to your calf crop to help you make 2017-18 your “Record Year.” n

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RAAA Hired New Communications Coordinator ducers be successful, and is looking forward to working closely with seedstock and commercial operators from all parts of the country.”

Brandi Buzzard Frobose of Greeley, Kansas, has joined the Red Angus team as communications coordinator. “We are pleased that Brandi is joining our professional staff at Red Angus,” said Tom Brink, RAAA CEO. “Brandi has the knowledge, experience and motivation to help take our communications program to the next level. She is committed to seeing cow-calf pro-

Brandi is a native of southeastern Kansas and grew up rodeoing and showing livestock. She is a dyed-inthe-wool Wildcat and holds a master’s in animal sciences and industry and bachelor’s degrees in agricultural economics and animal sciences and industry, all from Kansas State University. Brandi is a member of the local United Methodist Church and is also actively involved in the Kansas Livestock Association, her county fair board and her county livestock board. Additionally, she serves on the board of directors for the Ranchland Trust of Kansas and the Kansas State University College of Ag Alumni Board.

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Before joining the Red Angus Association of America, Brandi worked at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association as the Associate Director of Issues Communication, specializing in issues and crisis management and advocacy programs. She has also worked for the Beef Cattle Institute at K-State as a project and communications coordinator and spent a year working at the University of Melbourne in Australia as an animal research assistant. Outside of her professional interests, Brandi enjoys rodeoing, running, cheering for the Wildcats and globetrotting. She, her husband Hyatt and her daughter Oakley, own a small ranch in Greeley, Kansas, and are building their herd, one red cow at a time. n

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Our Genetics We have established a breeding philosophy over the years that incorporates optimizing multiple traits without over emphasizing any single trait. We are now utilizing the patented Leachman $Profit Index that essentially takes our philosophy and ranks cattle on their ability to return a profit to our customer’s operations. Additionally, we also use the indexes developed by the RAAA in a multiple index system. Herd sires such as Platinum, X-Citement, 18 Karat and Mythos are perfect examples of our genetics that balance all traits and produce least cost cattle with exceptional phenotypes.

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Our Team The LSF team includes not only our family but our managers, cooperators and customers. It takes a team to remain competitive in the industry today and we value the input from all of our team members.

Our Key Members Ryan Ludvi gson – is our main marketing representative and oversees the Ozark Performance Group. Park Ludvigson – is our main breeding specialist and the architect for the direction of our various breeding lines. He is also in charge of our data collection and information systems. In addition to this he runs our semen sales division.

Ricky Booth – is our Gulf Coast / Southeast Marketing specialist and represents us in those regions. Long family history in the region and understands what works well in this unique environment. Bri an Br igham – is a recent addition to our staff. Brian has been coordinating all of the Growsafe Systems at Colorado State University for the last three years. In addition to this Brian is also our “in house” geneticist and is helping us develop individual herd indexes for our customers. Brian will be a real “asset” to all of our customers through our "enhanced" customer service program.

Our Customers Our customers play an integral and ongoing part in our breeding program. It would be impossible for us to remain competitive without constant input by our customers. We have had many customers from the Ozarks, Southeast and Gulf Coast over the years and we felt that we could better serve their needs by developing bulls closer to their area. We have always bred our cattle to adapt to any environment but we feel that by developing bulls closer to our customers operations, we can be even more successful at providing a better product for our customers.

LSF MEW Platinum 5660C • Reg #1751232 Incredabull x New Standard x Destination 8CED, -2.9BW, 87WW, 147YW, 21MILK, 19HPG, 7CEM, 10STAY, 1.06MB, 0.99RE

LSF MEW X-Citement 6690D • Reg #3538995 Ten X 104U 190A x Icon x Make Mimi 10CED, -3.3BW, 71WW, 128YW, 28MILK, 11HPG, 2CEM, 10STAY, 0.91MB, 0.53RE

LSF SRR Mythos 4036B • Reg #1681867 Saga x Packer x Cheyenne 11CED, -4.3BW, 71WW, 119YW, 28MILK, 17HPG, 6CEM, 17STAY, 0.67MB, 0.26RE

The $150,000 Breed Sensation that took the industry by storm in 2016. We have the first calves on the ground and this sire group looks extremely promising. This super sire pushes the limits on growth, carcass, feed efficiency and $Profit.

The $100,000 genetic outcross herdsire prospect that we are relying on heavily to take our operation to the next level. This herdbull combines outstanding phenotype with breed leading growth, carcass and maternal qualities.

One of the up and coming herdsires in our bull battery. This multi-trait leader blends phenotype and genotype into a perfect package. Look for his sons and daughters to impact our program.

BROWN MS P707 X7580 • #1366642

She sells!

She sells! BROWN MS P707 X7539 • #1385147

NEBULA P707 X GAR RETAIL PRODUCT X VACATION 191HB, 53GM, 10CED, -3.6BW, 58WW, 104YW, 23MILK, 0ME, 14HPG, 6CEM, 18STAY, 0.72MB, 0.13RE One of the best outcross donor cows in the entire country!

Lewistown, Montana

BROWN MS P707 X7583 • #1366646

NEBULA P707 X MISSION STATEMENT X LOGAN 146HB, 53GM, 7CED, -3.2BW, 61WW, 98YW, 25MILK, 2ME, 18HPG, 6CEM, 12STAY, 1.16MB, -0.10RE One of the best Abigrace daughters of all time!

She sells! LSF CRYSTAL LA394 T7129 • #1176222

NEW CHAPTER X TOP BRASS X ROBINHOOD 99HB, 52GM, 4CED, -2.0BW, 61WW, 97YW, 20MILK, 1ME, 17HPG, -3CEM, 10STAY, 0.99MB, 0.46RE The dam to the Breed Leader for Carcass and Feed Efficiency LSF Nextpectation!

She sells! LSF WIDELOAD R5014 U8061 • #1248516

ENTEPRISE X ENTERPRISE X CHEROKEE CANYON PACKER X VACATION X MARIAS 548 76HB, 51GM, 7CED, -2.8BW, 59WW, 102YW, 33MILK, 9ME, 128HB, 51GM, 6CED, -2.0BW, 58WW, 88YW, 23MILK, 4ME, 9HPG, 6CEM, 6STAY, 0.53MB, 0.05RE 9HPG, 5CEM, 14STAY, 0.58MB, 0.61RE The dam to the Genex Super Sire LSF Conqueror! The dam to the Breed Legend LSF Takeover!

Ryan Ludvigson Billings, Montana (406)534-4263 office • (515)450-3124 mobile rl_ludvigson@hotmail.com

Cattle Company

The Elite Nucleus Herd

She sells!

She sells! LSF DINA R5000 U8039 • #1248513

NEBULA P707 X MISSION STATEMENT X LOGAN 192HB, 53GM, 8CED, -3.2BW, 68WW, 115YW, 27MILK, 2ME, 19HPG, 7CEM, 17STAY, 0.80MB, -0.06RE The $31,000 donor cow from the Abigrace Cow Family!

She sells! LSF DELLA P4078 U8051 • #1248503

BIG SKY X LANCER F442T X ROBINHOOD 96HB, 52GM, 9CED, -4.2BW, 57WW, 88YW, 23MILK, 7ME, 13HPG, 2CEM, 8STAY, 0.53MB, 0.46RE The dam to the Breed Leader for Herdbuilder Index LSF Nightcalver!

Park Ludvigson Cushing, Iowa (712)384-2200 office • (712)229-3431 mobile parkludvigson@hotmail.com

www.ludvigsonstockfarms.com

Member Services Update

Registration and DNA Frequently Asked Questions

What is the MultiBreed NCE? The National Cattle Evaluation is the biannual process through which RAAA calculates EPDs for animals in the RAAA database. To ensure inclusion in the NCE, please provide all data possible. For Spring calves, if weaning weights and data are not available yet, it will be included in the next NCE run. The EPDs that result from this process are released January (Spring EPDs) and July/August (Fall EPDs) each year. NCE Deadline October 24 for Paper Submissions October 31 for Electronic What are the requirements of Total Herd Reporting? Each cow on active inventory (16 months of age and older) should report one of the three for each calving season. 1) calf record, 2) reason code for the cow, or 3) disposal code for the cow. Calving season for spring inventories is Jan. 1 to June 30. Calving season for fall inventories is July 1 to Dec. 31. Do I have to report calves born dead or that die shortly after birth? Yes, to comply with THR requirements, the cow must have record for giving birth to a calf. Sire, dam and birth date and/or year are required with applicable disposal code for the calf. What does the registration type indicate? R – Registered, met all requirements for registration I – Incomplete, Pre-Registered before reporting weaning weight and date. Once weaning data points are reported, the calf will move to registered status. C – Compute, record on file giving the cow documentation for having a calf, but the calf is not considered registered and cannot be transferred or used as a parent, and will not display EPDs.

U – not meeting all genetic defect requirements Z – not meeting DNA parentage requirements B - on hold for DNA exclusion in pedigree What information do I report when submitting calving records? The following is a list of fields of information for data reporting of calving records under THR guidelines. Please note, RAAA does have an open Herdbook, therefore fields of information may vary for the reporting process. • Dam Registration Number • Sire Registration Number • Calf ID and Prefix • Date of Birth or Birth Year • Sex • Birth Weight Group • Twin Code • Mating Code • Color • Horned, Polled or Scurred • Registration Code • Print Registration Paper • Name • Wean Date • Wean Weight • Wean Group • Feed Code What data points can I report that will enhance my animals’ EPDs and Accuracies? For more information on EPDs, please visit the RAAA website at redangus.org/genetics/ ranchers-guide-to-epds. • Calf Record with Pedigree Information • Birth Weight, Weaning Weight and Yearling Weight • Calving-Ease Scores • Body Condition Scores • Dam Mature Weight • Udder Scores – Suspension and Teat Size • Heifer Exposure Data • Ultrasound Data • Actual Carcass Data • Genomic Test

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Increased Data = Increased Accuracy = Increased Reliability

What are No Progeny Reports? Females listed on the No Progeny Report are active on inventory but do not have a progeny record reported for compliance with THR requirements. The report should be used to submit a progeny record, reason or a disposal code for the previous calving year. If information is not reported for each cow, the females will be subject to inactivation. If all dams were reported on the weaning data worksheet, then you will not be requested to complete a No Progeny Report. The report can be accessed online in REDSPro. A printed report can be mailed upon request. Avoid Reactivation Fees Dams previously listed on the Fall Herd Inventory will be inactivated if a calf record or reason code for no calf record is not submitted for the previous year. The National Office will send out a list of females that have been inactivated. To avoid inactivation fees, submit a calf record or reason code. Spring 2017 Weaning Worksheets As a reminder that it is time to report data on Spring 2017-born calves. The weaning worksheets may be requested hard copy to report data. Data may also be reported online in REDSPro. To ensure data points are included in the next NCE, please submit by the end of October. Time to Update All Cooperator Agreement(s) If you have participated in an agreement between Agent and Cooperator, those original agreements have become null and void. The terms have also changed and will need to be reviewed by each participant. New agreements will require both the Agent and the Cooperator's signatures, a start date and specific end date.

Home of the Contact us for a complete listing! HOTTEST Sires! www.cattlevisions.com • 866-356-4565 Red Lazy MC Cowboy Cut 26U

BW 2.0 WW 71 YW 111 Milk 8 Marb -.18 REA .18 • Solution Genetics has awesome progeny!

Silveiras Mission Nexus 1378

BW -3.1 WW 74 YW 122 MILK 23 Marb .21 REA .96 • Extremely Complete!

NBAR Hamley S913

TLF King of Spades

BW -0.1 WW 62 YW 94 MILK 14 Marb .26 REA .00 • Card Shark X Perfect Storm's dam. • This bull is amazing! Check out his first calves at Tree Lane Farms, IL!

Bow Crk Heavily Armed 310A

BW -4.1 WW 58 YW 93 MILK 25 Marb .60 REA .23 • Powerful calving ease with balance. • Champion at KILE twice!

Red Lazy MC CC Detour 2W

Red Double B Bullseye 1B

Rojas Rioja 6052

BW -2.8 WW 46 YW 70 MILK 21 BW 0.1 WW 60 YW 95 MILK 10 Marb .36 REA -.19 Marb .2 RE -.17 • Power Eye son with show ring appeal out of • RIOJA (Ree-oh-hah) is a stunning Firestorm the tremendous Blairs Pricilla 44Z Champion son out of Six Mile Lakota 112Y, lead donor at Female! Las Rojas and 2013 NWSS Res. Champ!

WEBR Dr. Feel Good 1112

BW -2.0 WW 42 YW 70 MILK 25 Marb -.11 REA -.06

SLGN X Files 006X

BW -4.8 WW 56 YW 89 MILK 22 Marb .49 REA .46

• Dr. Feel Good is producing complete progeny! • Full brother to Card Shark!

• Solution Genetics’ exciting calving ease sire who's producing excellent quality!

BW -1.4 WW 44 YW 75 MILK 22 Marb .41 REA .32 • Spyder is heavily used for calving ease and to add body depth!

BW -2.0 WW 63 YW 92 MILK 18 Marb .44 REA -.05 • Awesome Doc Holiday son at TC Reds, McMurphy and Webers. • Sired high-sellers at Ladies in Red Sale!

Red Lazy MC Spyder 149A

WEBR Night Train 324

BW -2.5 WW 35 YW 40 MILK 22 Marb .45 REA -.35 • He’s siring tremendous champions everywhere! • Daughters working great!

BW -4.5 WW 40 YW 65 MILK 21 Marb -.16 REA .60 • The exciting Wildcat Creek & Griswold calving ease herdsire!

BW -0.7 WW 47 YW 64 MILK 21 Marb .23 REA -.12 • New, hot outcross with QUALITY!

BW 1.1 WW 63 YW 96 MILK 14 Marb .13 REA -.35 • Sideways is an exciting phenotype and genetic package.

BW -0.7 WW 66 YW 100 MILK 23 Marb .67 REA -.03 • A high performance and maternal bull by Red U2 Reckoning. OUTCROSS QUALITY!

BW 1.6 WW 61 YW 86 MILK 21 Marb .44 REA .26 • Full brother to popular, deceased Red Zone. High sellers at Smoky Y Ranch, KS!

BW 1.4 WW 78 YW 131 MILK 19 Marb .40 REA .26 • Sired 2015 NWSS champion female for TC Reds, yet is top 1% for performance! Complete Quality!

BW 3.3 WW 106 YW 169 MILK 20 Marb .45 REA .20 • Brylor/Badlands monster performance sire by Jackhammer!

BW -4.0 WW 70 YW 112 MILK 22 Marb .99 RE .18

Red Rainbow Transendence 29B

CBCB Crossfire

BW 0.4 WW 51 YW 71 MILK 20 Marb .17 RE .06 • Crossfire is a Firstorm x Gangster who is siring tremendous progeny!

3 Aces Sideways

BHR Durango 1158

Red Six MIle Custom Made

Red Badlands Opportunity 53Y

PZC TMAS Red Sky 2794

Damar Redeeming C618

• Redeeming is a Redemption x Conquest with top % ranks across the board with phenotype to match!

Member Services Update The agreements should be renewed at the end of those terms. Once the agreement has ended, the Agent’s access is complete. The new agreement allows the Agent to gather data for marketing purposes (sale catalogs and promotion), complete registration status if needed, and transfer animals after the sale. The Agent only has access to animal data and not personal information such as billing, and the agreement only lasts for the time specified by the Cooperator. The new updated agreement is available for review and print at redangus.org/registration/forms. All agreements should be forwarded to the RAAA National Office via mail, fax or email to attention of either Angelia or Amanda. If you have questions after you read the agreement, please email angelia@redangus.org or amanda@redangus.org.

DNA

Why should I submit DNA early? • Reduce getting caught in a time crunch to complete a registration. • Samples may fail due to quantity or quality of sample and need to be resubmit. • Exclusions may result and need to try other animals. Weaning time always presents a great time to collect DNA samples. It allows for plenty of time before sale season to accomplish your goals. To be prepared here are a few ideas to help organize: • Order Test Kits from the National Office early. You can always order more than exactly needed. • If animals are being requested for Genomic Merit (GGP-HD, GGP-LD, GGPULD, Zoetis 50K and I50K) testing they are required to have a registration number to be able to be apply results. • Think about submitting an electronic order form to DNA@redangus.org to help speed up the submission process. What is the turnaround time? The turnaround time from the lab is 15

to 20 business days. This can vary if the sample needs to be reran because it failed the first time. Samples that fail are always ran twice to ensure the sample did truly fail the first time. This can take up to 30 days to receive results. Is a hair, blood or tissue sample better? Blood or tissue is better because hair has a higher statistic of failure. Hair also is more time consuming for the lab to extract the DNA. Due to these reasons, the lab is now charging a $2 processing fee per hair sample. The only time having a hair sample is beneficial is if samples are being submitted on animals that are twins. This is because the blood between twins is cross contaminated in utero. How can I prevent any delay in results? Submit good quality samples, complete paperwork and avoid cross contamination. Also, if sires or dams are not on file with RAAA, please have them sent to us from the respective lab. This ensures results are as accurate as possible. Should animals be registered before submitting DNA? If at all possible, yes. This ensures that DNA results will automatically be updated in the database. This is required for samples that are being submitted for Genomic Merit (GGP-HD, GGP-LD, GGP-ULD, Zoetis 50K and I50K). If samples submitted for all other tests do not have registration numbers at time of submission, the member must provide the registration number once it’s available or it will not be entered in database. Why do samples fail? • Cross Contamination (fresh, wet samples stacked on top of each other, new needle not used for each animal, twins) • Dirt/Feces • Chemicals (insecticide, tattoo ink, lotion, GermX, etc.) • Exposure to extreme heat and/or sunlight • Not enough sample • Blood samples submitted on twins (cross-contaminated in utero)

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What does Qualified, Excluded and Not on File mean? Qualified - The sire/dam of the tested animal was on file and the test confirmed parentage. Excluded - The sire/dam of the tested animal was on file, and the test did NOT confirm parentage. Not on File - The sire/dam does not have a DNA profile on file at the lab with SNP markers and parentage cannot be confirmed. What if samples have completed parentage with the old technology (ISAG or Microsatellite)? If sires or dams have been completed for parentage using ISAG technology, they do meet the RAAA requirements for AI sires and ET dams. However, if calves must be parent verified to these animals, the original samples will either need to be converted to SNP technology, or a new sample will need to be submitted and tested.

Red Navigator Fall Promotion

A special reduced-rate promotion is being offered for the Red Navigator DNA test! Normally $25, this test designed for high-percentage (75 percent or greater) Red Angus commercial females will be available for just $19 per test from Aug. 15 through Nov. 30, 2017. By submitting blood or tissue samples, you will receive results in the form of a percentile rank for every Red Angus EPD and index on females tested. This percentile rank will be benchmarked against the commercial females tested through Red Navigator in the database. Additionally, Red Navigator includes sire verification. Katie Ochsner, commercial marketing specialist, will call to aid you in interpreting your results. Order your test kits by contacting Fallon Flick, fallon@redangus.org, 940-3873502, ext. 7.

Selling 20 Open Red Angus Heifers & 5 Simmental and SimAngus Heifers

Saturday, September 30th starting at 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. (C.S.T.) at www.J6farms.com Sale Management ...

R&R

Marketing

David Spencer 308.627.6259 Charles Spencer 308.224.4367 Mark Blake 712.269.1361

615.330.2735 Randy@RRMktg.com

Brett Schroeder 308.627.8422 5960 Maple Road, Gibbon, NE 68840 www.j6farms.com

Member Services Update

Full Access to REDSPro Now Available to Members Video tutorials offer step-by-step instruction for successful training

Member Services staff created tutorial videos to assist members through each function of REDSPro. Members can access the tutorials at redangus.org/search-tools.

The day members have anxiously awaited arrived Aug. 9, 2017, when RAAA staff released full access to the REDSPro database. Members can now log in to REDSPro with their member number and password to register, transfer, update weights and herd inventories, and pay their bill. They can perform all registration tasks online and in real time under the ‘Data Entry’ tab, eliminating processing turnaround and delays. “We appreciate members’ patience and understanding during this multiyear database construction process,” said RAAA CEO Tom Brink. “We believe it was worth the wait so we could provide our members with the most comprehensive, state-of-theart program, granting them full control of their data with immediate processing the very moment they hit the ‘Submit’ button. Members are able to review their registrations and updates online instantly.”

“Please take time to watch the tutorials,” said Registry and Office Manager Angelia Brooks. “These tutorials have been utilized by our 130-plus REDSPro beta testers with great success. You can start them, stop them or rewind them, and view them as many times a necessary. Best of all, you can have them open when maneuvering through the system for a step-by-step learning experience.” Members can view their account, pay their balance, enter new animal data, add weaning or yearling information, make corrections to existing data, look up members and buyers, create new buyers, transfer animals and more – all by logging in to their own account. “We know some members are apprehensive about working ‘live,’ but please understand we have designed the system so that everyone will be able to use it,” Brooks assured. “If you make a mistake, you can most often fix it yourself. If you

are unable to do so, we are just an email away.” If a member forgets their password, they can request an updated password from the login page. If they currently have data pending in the office and would prefer to enter it themselves – whether it was submitted electronic or on paper – they can email a staff member in the registration department who will return the data to the member. If the member used an electronic template, they will be able to upload the file and not have to start over. Registration certificates will still be printed and mailed from the National RAAA Office, and, of course, the new owner’s name will display correctly online. “We hope that you will be pleased with the capabilities and efficiency of REDSPro,” said Brooks. If you have additional questions or comments, please email Brooks at angelia@redangus.org or Assistant Registration Department Manager Amanda Travis at amanda@redangus.org. n

2nd Fall Sale November 13, 2017 At Torrington Livestock Auction Torrington, Wyoming

Selling 170 Head of Red Angus Bulls & Females

27 head of 18-month-old bulls Summer born bulls, many ET full sibs

20 Bred cows 120 Commercial Bred Heifers Sell in select groups sorted by AI & bull bred dates

K Re d 2

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PAP Tested Fertility Tested Guaranteed

k2redangus.com

Jason & Kim Cullen Goertz 307-331-2917 kcullen@wyoming.com

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Gill Red Angus FOR SALE

You Buy Our Bulls We Bid On Your Calves!

Over 20,000

head of our customers steers, replacement heifers, & bred heifers! We are the seed stock supplier who works everyday to market your calves!

Gill Red Angus 13138 256th Ave Timber Lake, SD 57656

www.gillredangus.com

Follow Gill Red Angus on Facebook!

Larry Gill • 605.865.3288 Brent Gill • 605.848.3722 Bryan Gill • 701.730.0134

bigredgenetics@hotmail.com

Passion with Purpose Delivers Pay Weight by Tracey Koester, American Red Angus Editorial Coordinator

The husband-wife team of Jon and Patty Tebelius exemplifies the passion of Red Angus cow-calf producers nationwide. Their ranch, located in central North Dakota near the town of Bowdon, faces environmental challenges from cold, harsh winters to hot summer droughts. Their Red Angus cowherd not only survives these extremes, but excels.

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The Tebeliuses work with purpose to reach their specific production goals. They implement value-added programs by enrolling in the Red Angus Feeder Calf Certification Program, profiling their replacement heifers with the Red Navigator DNA test, following specific nutritional and health protocols, and building a reputation for delivering quality feeder calves that weigh up on shipping day. “If we could wave a magic wand over our cowherd,” said Jon, “our cows would be 100 percent red hided and weighing 1,300 to 1,350 pounds. We are getting close to reaching those goals.”

Over the past two decades, Jon and Patty built their cowherd by purchasing sets of cows and heifers when the opportunity arose. Unfortunately, most of those cows were from other breed compositions. Patty grew up in the western part of the state, and her parents had been using Red Angus bulls on their cowherd since the mid-1980s. Jon had been watching the breed and liked what he saw. “By 2011, we were using all Red Angus sires on our cowherd,” said Jon. “We were finally making our herd our own.” They began culling for traits that didn’t meet their criteria, and disposition was at the top of the list. “The temperament of Red Angus cattle is wonderful,” said Patty. “It’s a very important trait and we realized just how significant it was after we both suffered broken bones on different occasions. We just can’t afford that.” Jon added that the maternal instinct of their cows has also improved. “In our environment, it is essential that cows mother their calves right after birth and newborns get up and nurse. That vigor means life to a new calf and it’s amazing to watch.”

The majority of Jon and Patty’s cowherd is now Red Angus after years of culling and retaining their own replacement heifers.

Now, their cowherd is predominantly Red Angus through the purchase of heifers over the years and by retaining their own replacements. Several years ago, the ratio of steer calves to heifers was lopsided, leaving a smaller-than-normal number to choose from. They learned about the Red Navigator commercial female DNA profile and decided to try it. “The test identified which heifers carried the HerdBuilder traits we desired – stayability, fleshing ability, fertility, calving ease, growth and carcass,” explained Jon. “We were able to add the top-ranking heifers to our herd and sell the others.” Through their stringent selection criteria, the Tebeliuses have also tightened their calving window with 80 percent calving in the first 30 days, improved the maternal instincts and mothering ability of their cows, and increased the average weaning weight of their calves. “I appreciate cows that work for us,” said Jon, “instead of us working for our cows.” Passionate Production With the harsh winters Mother Nature dishes out in central North Dakota, the Tebeliuses feel a 1,300-weight cow with a body condition score of 6 can handle the brutally cold temperatures, driving wind and excessive snowfall. Jon continued, “I cannot emphasize enough the importance of a strong, custom-formulated mineral program. If the cows have a good nutritional foundation, we can bed and feed our way out of any weather-related situation.” American Red Angus Magazine ■ September 2017 37

Passion with Purpose Delivers Pay Weight “Our vaccination protocol works hand in hand with our mineral program to get the most out of each,” added Patty. They enlist the expertise of their feed company’s nutritionist and their veterinarian’s recommendations for optimal herd health. The Tebeliuses weigh and band each newborn calf, and tag it with the yellow FCCP tag. Additionally, they administer an intranasal vaccine to each calf to prime its immune system, aiding in the prevention of respiratory disease. “Because we calve in February, all cows go through the barn and are in tight quarters. Even though we are diligent about cleaning pens and rebedding, the nasal vaccine is an essential precaution to keep our calves healthy,” said Jon. In April, Jon and Patty vaccinate to aid in the prevention of clostridial diseases, viral and bacterial respiratory ailments, and bovine viral diarrhea. They then sort pairs into seven different breeding groups on their ranch. Because of the northern climate, grass is just starting to grow in North Dakota in April, so Jon continues to feed in the pasture until forage quantity and quality is adequate. “It’s a distinct reproductive advantage to continue to manage their nutritional intake during the first 35 days of breeding,” he said. At the end of May, they haul pairs to three different summer pastures for the remaining breeding season. They inject and pour for parasite and insect control at that time. “It’s such a relief to get the cows out on clean, fresh pasture in the spring,” said Patty. “They are good mothers and happy to be out on green grass to raise a healthy calf.”

Tebeliuses identify their calves with the yellow FCCP tag, ensuring age, source and verified Red Angus genetics. Yearling heifers stay at home until the end of June when the Tebeliuses pull the bulls and then haul the replacements to their summer pasture. They pregnancy ultrasound the cows and heifers the first week of August. Jon and Patty wean in mid-September, weighing each calf individually and vaccinating to boost their disease-resistance titer. They believe their investment in a cattle scale was one of their most important management decisions. “We weigh the calves at weaning and again in three weeks when we give another round of shots,” said Jon. “That weight information tells us exactly how the cattle are gaining and converting, and if we need to make nutritional adjustments.” They shared those weights with their nutritionist who studied their feed conversion and rate of gain, confirming they were right on track. The Tebeliuses plan for a 50-day weaning period before shipping to ensure the calves are healthy, eating well and ready for the next phase of production. Purposeful Marketing In 2014 at the encouragement of a friend, they listed their calves in Superior Livestock Auction’s late-August Big Horn Classic Sale in Sheridan, Wyoming. They guaranteed a potload of 740-weight steers for early-November delivery which drew active bidding and top dollar in their weight division.

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“The FCCP tag validates our Red Angus genetics along with age and source,” said Jon. “The Superior buyers recognize and trust calves identified as Red Angus and, along with our nutrition, vaccination and pre-weaning management practices, we are building a solid reputation for our cattle.”

Passion with Purpose Delivers Pay Weight To deliver what they promised, Jon and Patty weigh and sort their steers to fulfill the weight requirements. “We want to keep our buyers happy,” said Patty, “so we sort for a very consistent pot load of steers right out of the heart our pen.” Jon and Patty also recognize the value of their local sale barns and market their heavyweights, lighter calves and extra heifers through the ring. “We sell about half our calves through Superior and the other half locally,” said Jon. “We share the same management information at the sale barn as we do in the video auction. We want to build our reputation with the buyers on the seats, too.” “The heifers usually sell over feeder price and will be bred. The Red Angus female is much more valuable as a mother cow than in a feedlot,” he said. Advancing Their Future Jon and Patty feel they are just starting to hit their stride with their genetics and look forward to the future. They rely on resources, information and experts to escalate their success. They both study the bull sale catalogs that arrive in the mailbox and analyze pedigrees, EPDs and performance data before marking which bulls they will look at on sale day. “We have extra confidence in EPDs because of the Red

Angus Association of America’s Total Herd Reporting,” said Jon. “Seedstock breeders have to report all their calves, not just the ones from their top cows,” added Patty, “and that gives us commercial producers assurance we can trust the selection tools in a bull sale catalog.” The Tebeliuses appreciate the advancements in DNA profiling, selection indices and EPDs to help them identify which bulls will meet their expectations for their herd. They are open to exploring new management practices and valueadded marketing techniques to identify and deliver top quality to their buyers. Because of their sire selection criteria, Jon and Patty’s calves meet the high-growth and high-carcass-value criteria for Top Dollar Angus®. Adding this label at market time assures buyers the calves will perform well in the yard and on the rail. “We are always striving to improve,” concluded Jon. “We enjoy learning new practices and visiting with industry experts for insight on how we can deliver a better product to feed the world. I’ll admit it – I’m happy to be a secondhand vegetarian and I enjoy a juicy steak. We want to share that experience with our consumers.” ■

The Red Navigator DNA test helped Jon and Patty identify which heifers possessed the best HerdBuilder traits and therefore re-entered the herd as replacements.

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It’s Still All About The See for yourself at our final production sale…

Saturday, November 18, 2017 • 1:30 p.m. New Location…Bassett Livestock Auction • Bassett, Nebraska Highlights from our 2016 sale:

2017 has brought many changes to the Bruns family. On June 1, Kelly became owner and broker of Bruns Land & Home, LLC, a full service, Nebraska licensed realty office, and the decision was made to sell the cowherd to Orton Ranch Red Angus in Ainsworth, Nebraska. While this may be the last production sale for Bruns Red Angus Ranch, it’s the beginning of a new era for Orton Red Angus as they plan to continue using these “Momma Cows” to produce the high quality bulls and females our customers have come to expect. Look for the Orton Red Angus Production Sale in the fall of 2018!

Selling Purebred Registered Cattle including:

18-Month Old Bulls • Spring Calving Bred Heifers & Cows

Moderate-Framed # Fertile # Calving-Ease # Easy Fleshing # Minimal Inputs

Bruns Red Angus Ranch

Kelly & Cindy Bruns • 88180 539 Ave. • Bloomfield, NE 68718 C: 402.841.7320 • H: 402.373.4906

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Auction management by: Kyle and Lisa Gilchrist

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North American Jr. Red Angus Event

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Be strong enough to stand alone, be yourself to stand apart, but be wise enough to stand together when the time comes.

400 CATTLE 259 HEAD OF

JUNIOR EXHIBITORS

STATES REPRESENTED

OWNED HEIFER SHOW

GRAND CHAMPION HEIFER Kip Wallace, WI

RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION HEIFER Sarah Fowler, OH

GRAND CHAMPION HEIFER Marin Eeg, MN

RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION HEIFER Sydney Zehnder, MN

GRAND CHAMPION Blake Madden, KS

RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION Annie Meier, TN

GRAND CHAMPION Kennedy Vanzant, OK

RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION Luke Prill, KS

BRED AND OWNED FEMALE SHOW

BRED AND OWNED BULL SHOW

PERCENT� AGE HEIFER SHOW

SATELLITE EVENT WINNERS PUBLIC SPEAKING

PHOTOGRAPHY

LIVESTOCK JUDGING

SALES TALK

ARTS & CRAFTS

HERDSMAN QUIZ

Junior: Jase Beltz Intermediate: Owen Tolar Senior: Kaydee Caldwell Junior: Madison Ory Intermediate: Marcie Harward Senior: Kaydee Caldwell

LEGACY HEIFER RECIPIENT Ethan and Caleb Bouldin, CO

Junior: Hayden Stubbs Intermediate: Carson Ballinger Senior: Menzi Spiller Junior: Zachary Griffeth Intermediate: Rylee Smith Senior: Catherine Luft

Junior: Chastain Spiller Intermediate: Kaitlin Geyer Senior: Kip Wallace Junior: Chastain Spiller Intermediate: Jenna LeBlanc Senior: Kaydee Caldwell

LEGACY SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS:

Wyatt Durst, Ty Montgomery, Kip Wallace, Sydney Zehnder

TEAM FITTING

Kennedy Vanzant Katie Green Madison Fischer Andrew Meier

SHOWMANSHIP

Pee Wee – Tucker Bayer Intermediate – Grayson Fritcher Senior – Sydney Zhender

QUIZ BOWL

Junior: Tess Lillibridge, Grace Ahrendsen, Collin Batterson, Clara Smuck Senior: Sam Dickinson, Megan Ahrendsen, Hallie Anderson, Genna VanWye

SUPREME FEMALE & GRAND CHAMPION COW/CALF Andrew Meier, TN

RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION COW/CALF Holly Thomas, TX

SUPREME FEMALE & GRAND CHAMPION COW/CALF Sydney Zehnder, MN

Owen Tolar, MS

GRAND CHAMPION Jacob Presnell, NC

RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION Kip Wallace, WI

GRAND CHAMPION Brady Edge, IA

RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION Tristan Fields, OK

RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION COW/CALF

FUTURITY HEIFER SHOW

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Red Angus EPDs – Ranch Tested, Feedlot Trusted by Larry Keenan, Director of Breed Improvement

RAAA believes in the science behind its genetic selection tools and can validate their reliability with multiple examples demonstrating EPDs’ effectiveness. While data points for birth, weaning and yearling weights are abundant and easily gathered, researchers must prepare a more in-depth plan to collect carcass information. Ultrasound scan records offer a valuable snapshot under the hide and help increase carcass EPD accuracies of young seedstock. Combined with parental EPDs and genomic profiling, producers can confidently rely on the expected carcass merit differences between animals. However, actual carcass data from a sire’s offspring will help further prove the dependability of his EPDs. One of the valuable breed-improvement programs offered by RAAA is the Carcass Progeny Test. This program is designed to validate the carcass genetics of young, unproven bulls. Bulls being tested, along with a high-accuracy reference sire, are randomly mated via artificial insemination to a single cowherd and performance data are collected on the resulting calves through harvest.

Table 1.

Table 2.

The 2012 CPT stands out as a great example to learn from, as 100 percent of the steer calves were harvested on the same day. Given that EPDs are advocated as being able to predict differences in average progeny performance, the 2012 CPT dataset provides for a ‘real-world’ evaluation of the reliability of carcass EPDs on young, unproven bulls. To conduct this study, each of the sires’ Marbling and Ribeye Area EPDs at the time of breeding (Spring 2012) were compared to the average Marbling and Ribeye Area data of their resulting steer progeny, which is presented in Tables 1 and 2. 48 American Red Angus Magazine ■ September 2017

Red Angus EPDs – Ranch Tested, Feedlot Trusted Sires participating in the 2012 CPT • Bieber Rollin Deep Y118 (#1436844), • Brown 3K Stakeholder X7870 (#1379607), • LSF Saga 1040Y (#1445368) and • Messmer Packer S008 (#1109534) - Served as the reference sire

Marbling Observations: • In reviewing the Spring 2012 EPDs of these bulls, the bulls break into two groups: Higher Marbling EPDs – Packer and Stakeholder; and Lower Marbling EPDs – Saga and Rollin Deep. • While there’s a modest re-ranking within the two Marbling EPD groups, the average progeny of the two higher Marbling EPD bulls absolutely post higher average marbling scores as compared to the two lower Marbling EPD bulls. Ribeye Area Observations: • In evaluating the four sires’ genetic merit for Ribeye Area based on their Spring 2012 EPDs, the sires sort into

three groups: High – Packer; Average – Stakeholder and Rollin Deep; and Low – Saga. • The EPD groups of the bulls at breeding (High, Average and Low) accurately predict the Ribeye Area performance of their resulting CPT offspring. • Due to minor differences, there’s modest re-ranking within the Average group. However, the progeny group with the highest average progeny Ribeye Area were sired by the High Ribeye EPD sire, Packer, and the progeny group with the lowest average progeny Ribeye Area were sired by the Low Ribeye EPD sire, Saga. Keep in mind that the Spring 2012 EPDs on the test sires used in this evaluation (Stakeholder, Rollin Deep and Saga) were non-parent EPDs. The data included in their EPD calculations were limited to their pedigree and own ultrasound information. The carcass EPDs of these bulls were low accuracy, yet the progeny data supports the validity and use of carcass EPDs when making selection decisions for important carcass traits such as marbling and muscling. ■

Bottom line: EPDs work well to predict actual carcass results.

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Selling 2 daughters of the prolific $30,000 donor owned with C-Bar Red Angus by New Direction & Independence at the 2017 Bet on Red Sale

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Orion Beef Group

November 20, 2017 150 Coming Two Year Old Bulls 250 Registered Bred Females

Established in 1954

Weschenfelder Development Center • Shepherd, MT • 12:00 noon MST Our Program

Our Ranches

The Elite Nucleus herd runs on our "home" ranch located 10 miles south of Lewistown, Montana in the Snowy Mountains. We also have an advanced genetics center located in Iowa where our parents began farming over 50 years ago.

Our Genetics

We have established a breeding philosophy that incorporates optimizing multiple traits withoutoveremphasizinganysingletrait. Our herdsires Takeover, Night Calver, and Tyson are perfect examples that balance all traits and produce least cost cattle with exceptional phenotypes. Our next generation of herd sires such as Titonka, Platinum and Excitement continue this tradition and headline the bulls that will shape our program in the next few years.

Our Bull and Heifer Development

We develop our bulls and females at the Weschenfelder Development Center just outside of Shepherd, MT. The bulls are fed a high roughage ration designed to produce a 3.0 lb ADG with 0.2 of an inch back fat. The replacement females are fed a carrying ration and we have maintained over an 80% first service AI conception rate on our females. The cattle are developed for large rugged environments.

Our Team

The LSF team includes not only our family but our managers, cooperators and customers. It takes a team to remain competitive in the industry today and we value the input from all of our team members.

Our Key Members:

• Ryan Ludvigson – is our main marketing representative and oversees the cowherd and development operations in Montana. • Park Ludvigson – is our main breeding specialist, managing our embryo collection and transfer program as well as our embryo export program. • Steve Newberry - our chief business strategist that oversees LN Cattle Company operations. • Rodger Reitman – Our main reproductive specialist and development manager – numerous years experience with seed stock and commercial herds. • Kraig Sweeney - Our ranch manager that oversees the Elite Nucleus Herd in Lewistown. Well qualified with years of experience in seedstock and commercial cow calf production.

Our Customers

Our customers play an integral and ongoing part in our breeding program. It would be impossible for us to remain competitive without constant input by our customers. Our customer's environments range from the High Desert to the High Plains and from the Midwest to the Rio Grande. Adaptability of our genetics has been the key to why our customers come back year after year.

$Profitability

Again this year, every bull will have a $Profit Index. This index ranks cattle on their ability to return “profit” to the beef industry. We believe that this index will simplify the selection process for our customers and move their operations in the right direction faster in this competitive market. Please contact us to visit about this ground breaking index as well as to receive materials that explain the process in more detail.

www.ludvigsonstockfarms.com

Opening Up the Herd 50 Seven Year Old Bred Females Proven and Productive • Every Seven Year Old Cow Sells!

100 Young Bred Females Lots of Future Left in these Girls

Cattle Company

100 Bred Heifers Right Out of the Heart of Our Replacements The Elite Nucleus Herd Lewistown, Montana

A Few of the Highlights of the Seven Year Old Cows Selling in this Event! DAUGHTERS OF THE FAMED "DINA" COW FAMILY SOME OF THE HIGHEST PRICED BULLS IN THE BREED IN THE 1990'S! RAAA#

Name

1368727 LSF DINA S6120 X0058

102 51

7 -2.2

64 100 19

HPG CEM STAY Marb

REA

11 0.59 -0.02 26 0.44 0.02

PACKER X ROMEO X CHEROKEE CANYON • From the famed "Dina" Cow Family with 9 traits in the top 1/3 of the breed!

1374105 LSF DINA R5000 X0232

4 -0.5

73 117 21

0.41 0.04 39 0.39 0.01

10 0.74 0.03 22 0.33 0.03

PACKER X ENTERPRISE X CHEROKEE CANYON • 102 MPPA Cow that is the dam to LSF SRR Reclaim 4138B!

Messmer Packer S008 One of the great sires of all time - many daughters sell in this event that have had a great impact on our program!

1368807 LSF DINA U8073 X0031

4 -1.8

92 21

-1

PACKER X EXPECTATION X BANDITO TRES • Well balanced female with superior carcass numbers ranking the top 6% for MB and the top 13% for RE!

1368754 LSF DINA T7090 X0089

113 51

11 -4.8

89 27

10 0.62 -0.02 16 0.15 0.00

CONQUEST X BIG SKY X ENTEPRISE • Solid producing female that has never missed!

THE CRYSTAL COW FAMILY IS ONE OF THE MOST PRODUCTIVE IN OUR HERD AND THE BREED! 1382576 LSF CRYSTAL R5145 X0415

2 -0.3

70 115 26

-3 10 0.86 0.00 38 0.42 0.00

MISSION STATEMENT X RIBEYE X TOP BRASS • Big Time Donor Prospect with a 105 MPPA, 357 day calving interval with a 95BR, 107WR and 105 YR!!!

1387049 LSF CRYSTAL R5145 X0417

5 -3.1

95 21

-3 10 0.57 -0.25 22 0.97 0.00

MISSION STATEMENT X RIBEYE X TOP BRASS • From the donor herd this female posts a 104 MPPA with a 95BR, 105WR and 104YR!!!

1382578 LSF CRYSTAL R5145 X0414

5 -2.0

90 18

-3

-2 10 0.80 -0.13 20 0.46 -0.01

PACKER X RIBEYE X TOP BRASS • Really great female from a great cow family with 11 traits in the top half of the breed!

1382575 LSF CRYSTAL R5145 X0413

5 -2.9

84 21

-2 10 0.74 -0.29 16 0.72 -0.04

MISSION STATEMENT X RIBEYE X TOP BRASS • Big Time Carcass Cow ranking in the top 6% for MB, the top 1% for YG and the top 6% for RE!!!

THE RAINDANCE COW FAMILY EPITOMIZES FEMININE STRUCTURALLY CORRECT FEMALES! LSF RR Charismatic One of the top carcass and stayability sires in the entire breed - great set of daughters selling in this event!

1382533 LSF RR RAINDANCE U8002 X0323

3 -1.0

70 106 17

11 0.21 0.01 31 0.12 -0.01

BIG TIME X ROMERO X VACATION This 101 MPPA Cow comes from the "Uber" productive Raindance Cow Family! 1382485 LSF RR RAINDANCE R5169 X0314 108 49 2 0.4 65 102 18 7 10 1 13 0.35 -0.08 31 0.49 0.00 PACKER X VACATION X ON TARGET • Solid Producing female with a great EPD profile and super phenotype! 1368721 LSF RR RAINDANCE S6004 X0088 131 51 6 -0.9 61 92 20 3 9 8 13 0.71 -0.08 24 0.44 0.00 CHARISMATIC X ENTERPRISE X VACATION • Super productive female with a 101 MPPA with average progeny ratios of 101 Weaning and 106 Yearling!

1374102 LSF RAINDANCE P4002 X0222

117 50

3 -1.0

96 29

11 0.50 -0.05 26 0.19 -0.03

EXPECTATION X VACATION X BULLSEYE • One of the best Raindance Daughters ever with over a 105 MPPA! Check her out!

THE FOUNDATION COW FAMILY FOR OUR OPERATION THAT IS KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE BREED! 1368756 LSF DELLA T7094 X0090

3 -0.5

71 114 19

-3 11 0.38 -0.03 37 0.55 0.01

PACKER X RIBEYE X ON TARGET • This Awesome Della Daughter ranks in the top 10% of the breed for WW, YW, CW and RE!!

1374107 LSF DELLA R5010 X0237

-1 2.9

80 138 26

0.47 0.21 57 0.09 0.01

EXT 8628 X ENTERPRISE X NEW CHAPTER • Powerful best describes this female with over a 105 MPPA and ranks in the top 1% of the breed for growth!

1374106 LSF DELLA R5010 X0238

1.5

78 137 28

0.64 0.11 54 0.39 0.02

EXT 8628 X ENTERPRISE X NEW CHAPTER • Straight from the Donor Pen this Della Daughter is an incredible 109 MPPA genetic gem!!!

Basin EXT 8628 One of the first great outcross sires in the breed - many powerful daughters sell in Shepherd, Montana in November!

1368834 LSF DELLA U8235 X0024

3 -2.1

87 20

-1

0.65 -0.10 18 0.28 -0.02

BIG SKY X COMBINATION X NEW CHAPTER • Check out the production record on this 103 MPPA female with a 98 BR and a 104 WR!!

THE COVERGIRL COW FAMILY DAUGHTERS CONTINUE TO BE ONE OF THE BEST IN THE PROGRAM! 1374116 LSF COVER GIRL T7157 X0219

103 53

3 -0.4

74 118 21

11 1.02 0.00 40 0.73 0.04

PACKER X JEWEL MAKER X NO EQUAL • From the Donor Pen, this female boasts over a 106 MPPA and carcass numbers out of this world!!! 1374118 LSF COVER GIRL R5057 X0236 105 50 5 -2.6 62 103 17 17 9 0 12 0.06 -0.13 28 0.34 -0.04 PACKER X VACATION X COWBOSS • Solid Cover Girl Daughter that posts a 368 calving interval and a 95 birth ratio!!! 1368768 LSF COVER GIRL T7155 X0109 76 51 4 -1.5 58 91 29 4 13 1 8 0.88 0.15 22 0.12 0.06 VENTURE X JEWEL MAKER X NO EQUAL • Big Time Donor female that boasts a 116 MPPA! Yes a 116 MPPA!!!

OUTCROSS DAUGHTERS FROM THE BREED LEGEND EVERGREEN COW FAMILY FROM THE ANGUS BREED! 1368759 LSF EVERGREEN T7104 X0065

105 50

6 -2.1

66 101 18

11 0.36 -0.05 27 0.56 0.02

PACKER X CAPITAL X CHEROKEE CANYON • The Evergreen females are well known throughout the Angus breed!

1374080 LSF EVERGREEN 19J X0218

2 -0.5

99 19

0.84 -0.01 28 0.27 0.00

PACKER X LOGAN X NONE BETTER • Look at the "throwback" pedigree on this super productive 109 MPPA female!

HXC Conquest 4405P One of the top calving ease bulls to ever come out of the breed - moderate flawless set of daughters sell!

Ryan Ludvigson (515)450-3124 rl_ludvigson@hotmail.com

1374083 LSF EVERGREEN 19J X0202

2 -0.6

95 16

0.61 0.03 26 0.16 0.00

PACKER X LOGAN X NONE BETTER • 101 MPPA cow with a 370 day calving interval with an outcross pedigree to boot!

Park Ludvigson (712)229-3431 parkludvigson@hotmail.com

Kellen Ludvigson (515)314-2883 kellen@orionbeefgroup.com

Brian Brigham (970)481-5192 brian@orionbeefgroup.com

Do All the Different Programs Pay? by Kenny Stauffer, Top Dollar Angus® General Manager

$ ®

Are you a producer who questions all the “certification stickers?” Do they pay? Do they confuse you? Or maybe you ask, “How big of a hassle is it to get certified?” With most of the summer video sales wrapping up over the next couple of weeks, it is safe to say, “Program cattle work!” From the producer to the auction company, industry professionals agree that program cattle paid dividends throughout the summer and, in many cases, substantial premiums. No matter which program your operation is geared up for, there is a reputable company ready to walk you through the qualification process. One thing that all programs have in common is added value. Today more than ever, you must focus on differentiation and how to make your cattle stand out. Here is a brief overview of some top value-added programs and the premiums we are witnessing.

Genetic Certification: Top Dollar Angus® If you have the carcass merit and growth genetics that allow your herd to rank in the top 25 percent of the industry, and desire to receive premiums above market average, look to Top Dollar Angus for your herd’s genetic certification. It is simple to qualify; submit the past six years of all registered sires used or DNA, and Top Dollar Angus will evaluate your herd. If your herd ranks in the top 25 percent for growth and carcass traits, you will be certified and Top Dollar Angus is now your marketing agent. Currently, genetic certified cattle are seeing a $5- to $6-per-cwt premium over non-certified cattle. Export Programs: Age and Source Verification and NHTC IMI Global-NHTC Red Angus Association – Age and Source Verification Age and source verification is mandatory for your cattle to be eligible for export. This program is a USDA Process Verified Program that authenticates your cattle to be of a certain age and source. To get qualified, it may require an on-site audit and you will need detailed calving records showing the dates of the first and last calves born. To comply with export regulations, cattle must be individually identified with an 840-EID tag, and have a copy of recent sale receipts. If interested in getting your cattle age and source verified, look to RAAA’s yellow tag Feeder Calf Certification Program. Independent research confirms 580-pound, FCCP-enrolled calves earned $3.38 per cwt more than non-FCCP-tagged Red Angus calves. Another export driven program, Non-Hormonal Treated Cattle, is focused on the European Union. Cattle that are eligible for NHTC are hormone free with no implants or prostaglandins such as Lutalyse or MGA. This certification also requires an on-site PVP audit. Currently, there is a high demand for NHTC-approved cattle with premiums of $6 to $7 per cwt over non-verified cattle.

58 American Red Angus Magazine ■ September 2017

Do All the Different Programs Pay?

Specialty Program Markets: All-Natural and GAP IMI Global Verified All-Natural and Global Animal Partnership programs are intended for the local specialty markets with an emphasis on the Natural and Whole Food retailers, both of which require third-party verification and a PVP audit. To be eligible for All-Natural certification, cattle must never have received hormones, antibiotics, ionophores or animal by-products. GAP eligibility differs depending on the level at which a producer is qualified. In the beef industry, there are two predominate levels – 1 and 4. This audit is very extensive. Please contact IMI Global for full details, but here are a few of the areas that they look at on your operation. • Mortality records • Dystocia and calving problems • Lameness and treatment protocols • Transportation and Hauling – 24, 16, 12 hours or less • Overall health and body condition of livestock • Castration & dehorning methods

If you have the outlets and the market for these two programs, you have the potential for generous premiums ranging from $5 to $10 per cwt over non-certified cattle. I hope this explains some of the different value-added programs and will initiate your thought process on which programs fit your operation. If you have questions or are interested in capturing added value premiums, please contact any of these companies. n

$ ® Kenny Stauffer Top Dollar Angus® General Manager 720-925-5906 kenny@topdollarangus.com

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

LOWER MAINTENANCE. EASIER CALVVING. MORE POUNDS AT WEANING. BETTER CARCASS. DEEPER AND THICKER GENETICS.

CED

MILK

148

-3.9

-5

HPG

CEM

STAY

MARB

REA

FAT

0.68

-0.03

0.16 -0.00

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As good as the best and better than the rest!

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Wyoming’s Elite Source for Red Angus Bred Heifers Is Selling

400 Red Angus Bred Heifers

Superior Livestock Labor Day XXXVII Sale September 14-15, 2017

✳ Industry topping heifers sired by Crump Red Angus bulls including many never offered to the public ✳ Selling in 28 day calving intervals ranging from February 10th to May 10th different calving periods to fit your program ✳Bred to guaranteed calving ease bulls with -5.7 average BW EPD’s from Pieper Red Angus and Crump Red Angus C al v Qua es lify! !

✳ Ultrasounded and sexed - purchase full loads of heifers carrying bull or heifer calves ✳ Complete vaccination program; 950 to 1,000 lbs at weaning ✳ All calves out of the heifers will qualify for the Red Angus FCCP tag program Tally Ho Ranch Superior Livestock Manfred Rietsch 949-400-0270 Tom Odle 970-396-5591

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Fall Bull & Replacement Sale Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017 • Noon • Sheridan, MT • 150 PAP Tested, Feed Efficiency Tested, Age Advantaged Bulls • 200 Front-End Spring-Calving Commercial Bred Heifers Larry Mehlhoff Family • 877-5L-BULLS • 5lranch@3rivers.net

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Key Management Strategies Add Return on Investment By Tracey Koester, American Red Angus Magazine Editorial Coordinator

Fundamental practices – such as ear tagging, vaccinating and castrating – can add a substantial return on investment to feeder calves on sale day. Buyers recognize the trickle-down effect that these practices have in identifying quality genetics and bringing healthy cattle to the feed yard. Recent research validates these facts – and the increased profit margin for cow-calf producers. Cattlemen who invest even a modest amount of time and money can realize a genuine increase in profit. To Tag or Not to Tag? The simple practice of applying an ear tag could add up to $20 per head on sale day, but not just any tag will do. In an independent study, Kansas State University evaluated the price of Red Angus calves sold on Superior Livestock Auction’s video sales from 2013 to 2016. The study assessed 1,412 lots of beef calves representing 131,975 head through 94 video auctions. The researchers specifically compared the price of Red Angus calves enrolled in the Feeder Calf Certification Program to calves described as Red Angus sired,

but not wearing the Red Angus yellow tag. What they learned was that the FCCP designation significantly increased the sale price of 580-pound calves by an impressive $3.38 per hundredweight – or nearly $20 per calf. For a 99-cent investment for the tag and no herd enrollment fees, that’s an impressive return on investment just by snapping a tag into a calf’s ear before it leaves its ranch of origin. The FCCP tag guarantees USDA age and source verification and that the calf

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is at least 50 percent Red Angus in its genetic makeup. Enrollment is easy for producers who use registered Red Angus bulls through either AI or natural service. A simple call to the Red Angus Association of America to answer a few basic management questions will get the ball rolling and ultimately yield more profit on sale day. Marcus Harward of Richfield, North Carolina, owns and manages three auction markets in the Carolinas as well as Mid-Atlantic Cattle Sales, a video auction company.

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Key Management Strategies Add Return on Investment His businesses market nearly 140,000 head annually. He and his family also run 700 mother cows. “Program enrollment adds value,” said Harward. “We see quality cattle enrolled in a program bring a 10- to 20cent premium – whether it’s RAAA’s Feeder Calf Certification Program or an all-natural or hormone-free program.” He agrees that verified genetics play a key role in a buyer’s decision to purchase a set of calves, as does the producer’s reputation. “Establish quality and genetics first, then find a program that fits your operation,” he advised. “Take time to learn what the buyers like and what premiums they are willing to pay. Enroll in an established program and leverage it to build a good reputation for you and your cattle.” He said ranchers will prosper more by staying in a program over 20 years than by jumping around trying to outguess the market. “Identify what works for you, your ranch and your grass. See what brings the most money and determine when you want to sell your cattle. That is your starting point. Now, take your calendar and back up to when you want to begin calving, and turn out your bulls accordingly.” An Ounce of Prevention The adage, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” holds true for healthy feedlot cattle. K-State and RAAA recently teamed up to survey beef cow-calf veterinarians on the common health care practices they recommend to their clients. These experienced bovine health experts prescribed disease prevention measures through strategic vaccination and parasite control, as well as management practices including castration and weaning for 45 days or more before shipping. They also expressed the im-

portance of nutrition and mineral programs during the preconditioning and weaning phases of a calf’s life. Randy Hodge, a cattle buyer and owner of Hodge Livestock Network, Inc., of Newport, Tennessee, said health issues are the No. 1 factor in determining the profitability of a set of calves. When purchasing stockyard cattle, his wish list includes two rounds of modified-live-viral vaccinations including pasteurella. “I think the modified-live vaccines offer the best immunity,” said Hodge. “And for the vaccinations to work properly, the cattle need to be on a good nutrition and mineral program.” He likes to see calves weaned a minimum of 45 days but prefers 60, and wants the calves trained to eat from a bunk and drink from waterers.

will perform like they expect. “When we analyze the market reports, we find properly weaned and vaccinated cattle receive a $5 to $7 premium per hundredweight.” Hodge backgrounds his purchased calves until they reach 800 to 900 pounds, then sends them 1,200 miles to a finishing yard in the Midwest. “Everything we do is designed to prepare these calves for shipping day. We give them their final booster 21 days before shipping to be the most effective.” Veterinarians surveyed in Red Angus/K-State research agreed that vaccines need time to work. Thirty percent recommended the last preventative vaccine should be administered seven to 14 days before shipping, while 67 percent prefer varying times within a 15- to 45-day window.

“The hardest person to sell on these management practices is the producer,” said Hodge. “They want to see immediate premium results, but sometimes they gain value in added weight and efficiency off their farm. That adds profitability as well.”

“Shipping is a stressful time. For cattle that aren’t properly weaned and vaccinated, death loss and illness are much higher than for calves that are well prepared.”

When buyers build a relationship with producers, they can trust that the cattle

Harward agreed that cattlemen and backgrounders are responsible for stewarding good health.

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Key Management Strategies Add Return on Investment “These cattle need to be ready for next stage of their life. Feedlots don’t need to have problems when the calves come off the truck,” he said. “They need to be healthy and ready to eat so they grow and grade.” When Harward loads cattle on trucks in the Carolinas, they have a long trip ahead of them. Harward’s team works hard to prepare cattle for the often 1,400-mile trip to feedlots in the Midwest or Great Plains. “We make sure they have hay, water and rest before they get on the truck,” he said. “We found it’s best to load calves early in the morning after their body temperatures have cooled down in the night. We don’t want to put that heat on the truck.” If cattle are showing stress from heat and humidity, his truckers will break up the 22- to 24-hour trip with a rest stop along the way.

Manage for Profit Management plays a crucial role in delivering healthy calves to the feedlot. A full vaccination protocol, at least a 45day weaning period, and backgrounding combine to add value that the buyers recognize and are willing to reward.

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Harward said, “We have to do everything right at home – castration, timely and proper injections, low-stress handling – to provide the tastiest, most tender product for our consumers. If they are satisfied eating beef they won’t turn to other protein sources.”

Key Management Strategies Add Return on Investment The Red Angus/K-State health study reported 87 percent of the surveyed veterinarians recommend castration before three months of age. The younger the calf, the less stressful the procedure will be. Steering bull calves prevents secondary sex characteristics, minimizes aggressive behavior, facilitates easy handling and improves beef quality. “Cattlemen should also consider fly and parasite control for improved rates of gain,” said Hodge. ”Parasites harm so many things – conception, weight gain, eye health – that is why controlling them should be a standard practice.” In addition to health and management, genetics affect cattle behavior. Harward said, “Docility is an extremely important trait. Calm cattle simply gain better than wild ones.”

Producers who aren’t following these recommended practices should consider adding them to their management plan. Over the years, they will improve the health and well-being of their cattle, build relationships with buyers and feeders, and ultimately add value to their calves. “Whether your goal is to reach the export markets with age- and sourceverified all-natural calves, or feed the American population, cattle producers need to consider who is purchasing the meat we raise,” concluded Hodge. “Our consumers – especially the younger generation – want to know where their food comes from. They are well educated and more demanding. We need to do the best job we can on our operations and at every step along the production chain. Then, we can be proud of the product we raise.” ■

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InspiRED to Lead: 2017 JRA Round-Up by Genna VanWye, JRA President

At the 2017 JRA Round-Up, June 28 - July 1, 30 Red Angus juniors and two Canadian Junior Angus Association guests toured the states of Iowa and South Dakota, gaining knowledge relative to the Red Angus breed, beef industry and agriculture.

InspiRED by Agriculture The regions visited in South Dakota and Iowa are ones that put a heavy focus on agriculture. During the week of Round-Up, juniors had the opportunity to learn and explore fields of agriculture that they may not deal with on a daily basis. One such visit was the Hy-Vee Distribution Center in Cherokee, Iowa. Juniors toured this center that distributes to 223 Hy-Vee grocery stores in seven states. Another stop was Plymouth Dairy, which sells their milk exclusively to Wells Blue Bunny and dedicates time to educating people about dairy production. InspiRED by Beef Several opportunities to further beef knowledge and skills were offered during Round-Up. Beef stops included the South Dakota State University Cow-Calf Research and Teaching Unit, Sioux Falls Regional Livestock, the Opportunities Farm, Trans Ova Genetics, Grand Meadow Feeders and Solution Genetics. These stops included topics such as marketing, feedlot housing systems, nutrition, reproduction and raising registered cattle. InspiRED to Learn Throughout the week, three guest speakers shared their ideas and experiences with juniors. On the opening night of Round-Up, Holly Hoffman, a Survivor Nicaragua finalist, shared her experiences with juniors. She encouraged juniors to take opportunities and to never give up. While at Dordt College, Zeb Gray presented to juniors on the three ways of marketing cattle (live, carcass 80 American Red Angus Magazine â– September 2017

and on a grid). He explained and provided examples of determining quality and yield grades of live cattle based on conditioning and muscling. At the end of the night, teams challenged each other as they bought fat cattle through a mock live auction process, complete with an award winning auctioneer. Zeb then calculated how those cattle would sell on a grid and a winner was determined. Amanda Radke of the Beef Daily blog, shared her story with juniors at the Round-Up banquet. She discussed her experiences advocating for agriculture and writing about timely beef industry news. InspiRED to Achieve Juniors competed in four national contests throughout the week of Round-Up, demonstrating livestock knowledge and leadership skills. Red Angus Promotions The Red Angus Promotions contest is designed to develop marketing and written communication skills. This yearâ€™s contest asked juniors to develop a print advertisement promoting the JRA LiveWiRED campaign, accompanied by a cover letter explaining the piece. Agriculture Advocacy The Agriculture Advocacy contest targets the development of written and oral communication skills. Juniors engaged in a radio interview, presented an oral message, and prepared a written response in a mock blog entry. Each piece focused on the utilization of science and technology in the beef industry.

InspiRED to Lead: 2017 JRA Round-Up Meat Animal Evaluation The Meat Animal Evaluation contest focuses on developing skills in cattle evaluation and product knowledge. SDSU put together several classes for both live and meat evaluation. The classes included heifer placing, heifer keep/cull, ribeye placing, yield grade calculation and retail cut identification.

Stockman’s Knowledge The Stockman’s Knowledge contest targets beef knowledge and cattlemen skills. The contest consisted of an exam, 10 pieces of equipment to identify, and three pieces of equipment to explain or demonstrate the use of to a panel of judges. InspiRED to do Business The JRA Annual Meeting was conducted at Round-Up. During the meeting, the JRA Board provided an overview of the Association’s activities and an update on the Board’s

strategies to fulfill the organization’s purpose. Four constitutional amendments were brought forth and passed by the membership. This included: 1. Change the Association address from Denton, Texas, to Commerce City, Colorado. 2. Change the length of JRA board terms from two years to one year. 3. Remove the regional assignments of board seats. 4. Allowance to fill a vacant board seat. Three members were elected to serve on the board: Genna VanWye of Missouri; Kaitlyn Templeton of North Carolina, and Madison Adams of North Carolina. These three join Savannah Howard of North Carolina, and Royce McPhee-Bayha of California, as they begin their second year of service on the Board.

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InspiRED to Build Friendships Round-Up is an excellent opportunity to meet JRA juniors from all across the country, and even Canada. With 11 states represented and several team-building activities planned, juniors connected and built many friendships. Throughout the week, juniors competed alongside team members of various age ranges and home states in challenges. These challenges were meant to develop team skills and allow juniors from various age ranges to create friendships. A winning team was awarded at the end of the week. Juniors were inspired to do many great things during the week of Round-Up. Iowa and South Dakota provided great places to learn about Red Angus, beef and agricultural production. Friendships were built, memories were made, skills were developed and knowledge was gained.

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Thank you to all of our tour stops!

Dordt College • Grand Meadow Feeders • Hy-Vee Grocery Stores Opportunities Farm • Plymouth Dairy • Sioux Falls Regional Livestock Solution Genetics • South Dakota State University • Trans Ova Genetics

Monday, October 9, 2017

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InspiRED to Lead: 2017 JRA Round-Up

Congratulations to all of our contest winners!

JRA Scholarships Merit Award Scholarships: 1st Emily Young, 2nd Emma Ahrendsen, and 3rd Kaitlyn Templeton Commercial Cattleman’s Scholarships: Monica Fitterer and Megan Ahrendsen Heather Presser Memorial Scholarship: Jamie Geyer

Promotions Contest 1st Place Junior: Mia Gibson 2nd Place Junior: Coby Guenzler 1st Place Senior: Shaye Koester 2nd Place Senior: Madison Adams

Agriculture Advocacy 1st Place Junior: Mia Gibson 2nd Place Junior: Mitchell VanderWal 1st Place Senior: Shaye Koester 2nd Place Senior: Madison Adams

Meat Animal Evaluation 1st Place Junior: Mitchell VanderWal 2nd Place Junior: Mia Gibson 1st Place Senior: Shaye Koester 2nd Place Senior: Monica Fitterer

Stockman’s Knowledge 1st Place Junior: Mia Gibson 2nd Place Junior: Mitchell VanderWal 1st Place Senior: Kaitlyn Templeton 2nd Place Senior: Shaye Koester

JRA High Point High Point Junior: Mia Gibson High Point Senior: Shaye Koester

JRA Top Hand Top Hand Award: Mitchell VanderWal

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• Further research into the Superior Livestock Auction data shows that FCCP-enrolled feeder calves brought $3.38 more per cwt than non-enrolled or non-FCCP-tagged Red Angus-influenced calves. That’s nearly a $20-per-head increase in sale value when calculated on the average weight of the calves in the study (580 pounds). Red Angus Seedstock Growing in Popularity Registration numbers swelled to an all-time high of 80,041 head for 2016-17, up 29 percent compared to last year’s 62,094 head. The prior year’s increase in registrations was also 29 percent, so in just two years, the Red Angus breed has grown by an amazing 66 percent! The active Red Angus cow inventory has also expanded at a phenomenal rate. 88 American Red Angus Magazine ■ September 2017

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• Feeder Calf Certification Program and Allied Access experienced record growth. Fiscal year 2016-17 set yet another record for FCCP enrollments with 163,250 total yellow tags sold – a 14 percent increase compared to the previous fiscal year. Likewise, the increase in Allied Access enrollment was huge at nearly 62 percent, albeit against a smaller figure of 22,475 tags sold from the year before. All in all, calf enrollments in both programs combined grew by a whopping 39 percent during the past two years.

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The Red Angus breed has gathered a strong head of steam and the rapid growth that has been occurring for some time was nothing less than stellar during the recently completed 2016-17 fiscal year. Large increases in registration numbers vaulted Red Angus into a virtual tie as the third largest beef breed in the U.S. That sends a clear message: Red Angus cattle are in high demand and can often be found topping the market across the nation.

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by Gary Fike, Director of Commercial Marketing

Graph 1. RAAA Recorded/Registered Calf Crop by Year

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Red Angus Growth Trends

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RAAA Year in Review During the past fiscal year, 106,371 cows were counted on the breed’s roster, representing a 21 percent increase over the previous year. Clearly, the Red Angus breed is as large and influential in the American beef business as it has ever been. Members and commercial customers commonly report a dilemma that goes with strong demand for Red Angus heifers and older females. These females are generally easy to sell at favorable prices, yet some must be kept in their own herd to maintain or increase numbers at home.

The industry is changing; it’s time to take cattle feeding down a new road. Recent advancements in cattle nutrition have opened new routes to help limit pulls, treatment and positively benefit the health of an animal. Adopting a new measure of prevention through the feed is an important first step to help minimize delays on the road ahead. Take a new road with ProTernative® - a proven probiotic that positively activates the immune system of cattle during times of stress. ProTernative works in the lower gut to influence the animal’s natural immunity through an internal active process that only a specific, robust and active live yeast can deliver.

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Another key point is that commercial cattlemen rely heavily on EPDs and other data when making their purchasing and ultimately their breeding decisions. Red Angus has been in alignment with this thinking for decades, placing major emphasis on scientifically sound, accurate data that is packaged and presented with a “keep it simple” philosophy which resonates with cow-calf producers in all regions of the country. This approach will continue to pay dividends down the road, both for Red Angus customers and those producing Red Angus seedstock. Membership Growth Another important measure of success is growth in memberships and customers. During fiscal year 2016-17, regular RAAA memberships grew to 2,642 and Junior members increased to 896, a boost of 6 percent and 4 percent, respectively. Red Angus has also added a tremendous number of new bull customers, which will be reported on in future issues of the ARA Magazine. The cattle market experienced all-time high prices in 2014 and early 2015. Unfortunately, the market has suffered somewhat since then, and it could be a while before such high prices are seen again. However, it is certain that the right genetics, when combined with good management, will keep the industry profitable. We strongly believe that Red Angus cattle are a part of that equation. Given the breed’s rapid growth rate, it is safe to say that the beef industry agrees. ■

RAAA Year In Review

Red Angus Top Ten (2016-2017 Fiscal Year)

Members by State

Transfers by State

Total number of members in 2016-2017 Fiscal Year – 2,642

1. Texas 2. Oklahoma 3. Missouri 4. Kansas 5. Iowa

301 164 154 149 147

6. Minnesota 7. Nebraska 8. Montana 9. South Dakota 10. Wisconsin

Junior Members by State

Number of transfers per each of the top ten states

143 142 126 115 107

1. Montana 2. Nebraska 3. Texas 4. South Dakota 5. Kansas

Registrations by State

Total JRA Membership for 2016-2017 Fiscal Year – 896

1. Texas 2. Oklahoma 3. Iowa 4. Kansas 5. Nebraska

160 87 86 49 46

6. Iowa 7. North Dakota 8. Wisconsin 9. Missouri 10. Minnesota

1. Montana 2. Nebraska 3. South Dakota 4. Kansas 5. Texas

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RAAA Year in Review Top Ten RAAA Members by Cow Inventory 5L Ranch, Montana

LN Cattle Company, Montana

Beckton Red Angus, Wyoming

Silver Spur Ranches, Colorado Gill Red Angus, South Dakota

Bieber Red Angus, South Dakota

2,360

1,618

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800

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736

Damar Farms, Wisconsin

Mushrush Red Angus, Kansas

715

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LN Cattle Company, Montana

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697

Sutherlin Farms, Montana

507

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Pieper Red Angus, Nebraska

Hall-Pokorny Red Angus, Nebraska

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Your visit is always welcome... Hope to see you soon! Rob Brawner

BULLIS CREEK RANCH

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

PEACOCK ANGUS RANCH

Texas Red Angus Champion Genetics

Rt. 1 Box 45J Covington, TX 76636 (254) 874-5868 www.peacockredangus.com Where Quality Cattle are the Rule, Not the Exception!

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Mail contributions to: 18335 E. 103rd Ave., Suite 202 Commerce City, CO 80022

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Member News

Koester Named Country Woman of the Year Tracey Koester of Steele, North Dakota, was selected as Farm & Ranch Guide's 2017 Country Woman of the Year. Koester, who was selected from a field of six finalists, was presented the award during the annual program held in July. “I was shocked,” Koester said upon hearing her name called as the 24th recipient of the award. “I expected it to be one of the other finalists. It’s very humbling.” Tracey and her husband Steve ranch in south central North Dakota. Their two daughters – Kacey and Shaye – are also involved in their operation. In addition to working on their ranch, Koester is the owner/manager of Cow Camp Promotions that specializes in seedstock sales promotion, catalogs and ad design. She is also the editorial coordinator for the American Red Angus Magazine. Koester had high praise for past County Woman winners, as well as the other five finalists. “So many amazing women have been nominated and recognized for this award,” she said. “I just do what I do – care of our cattle and whatever else needs to be done on a day-to-day basis. I don’t expect recognition for that, but I am very honored.” Earlier in her career, Koester worked at Farm & Ranch Guide and then for the North Dakota Stockmen’s Association. Her typical day begins before sunrise, working on projects for her clients or communications for the Red Angus Association of America. Depending on the time of year, she is either helping calve their Red Angus herd in the fall or their commercial

cows in the spring, helping with chores, and other cattle and ranch work. Although only one winner can be selected, the County Woman of the Year program is designed to bring recognition to all women in agriculture, according to Pat Sitter, general manager of Farm & Ranch Guide. “Each of the finalists is a winner in our minds," said Sitter. “They share a common thread of their love and passion for agriculture and their families.” As Country Woman of the Year, Koester received a blue New Holland Rustler Utility Vehicle, which was provided by the Northern Region New Holland Dealers. She also received a Medora (North Dakota) vacation package for two, sponsored by the Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation. n

Please sumbit all member news, sale reports, show reports and calendar of events items to media@redangus.org to be included in the next American Red Angus Magazine.

NEBRASKA RED ANGUS ADAMS ANGUS RANCH

Quality & Performance Since 1965 Registered Bulls, Heifers and Bred Cows Available

Scott C. & Patty Adams • (308) 750-7949 78250 464th Ave • Litchfield, NE 68852

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Paul & Milissa Birnie

Inman, NE • Visitors Welcome!

(402) 394-5489

610 S. 7th Ave. Broken Bow, NE 68822

DOUG Balance from (402) 394-5486 Start to Finish! (402) 340-9910

(308) 870-3133 (cell)

www.fickredangus.com Annual Bull Sale Every March

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

Pieper Red Angus

paul@flatwaterredangusgang.com www.flatwaterredangusgang.com

Rob Brawner

Ross A & Lane Knott

P.O. Box 43 • Petersburg, NE 68652 Home (402) 386-5411 Work (402) 386-5297 Cell (402) 843-8726

Red Angus & Composite Seedstock info1@schulerredangus.com Butch & Susan Schuler • (308) 262-0306 Darrell Schuler • (308) 262-0925 7522 Rd 74 • Bridgeport, NE 69336 Red Angus with built-in Performance!

Mark and Deb Pieper (308) 638-4557 HC 70 Box 13 • Hay Springs, NE 69347

CHOAT RED ANGUS GENETICS

Cattle Company St. Edward, NE

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

BULLIS CREEK RANCH

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

Scott & Kim Ford (308) 876-2211 Bertrand, NE 68927

www.crossdiamondcattle.com Bartlett & Stapleton Nebraska

Annual Sale in March www.hallpokornyredangus.com

Brad & Paula Pokorny (308) 636-2275

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SERAA

Southeast Red Angus Association www.seraa.org

Officers

Lowell Morgan - President - 912-754-1445 - morganredangus@windstream.net Michelle Pettit - Secretary/Treasurer - 270-836-1651 - michelle@noashconstruction.com

Directors

Johnnie Cundiff - 606-305-6443 • Jim McLean - 770-595-3542 • Jeff Pettit - 270-836-2963 Tom Bell, II - 731-225-2490 • Dr. David Evans - 256-490-7578 Chris B. Holloway - 662-213-1955 • Tim Orr - 731-676-3133

Mercer Farm Registered Red Angus Cattle

TYLERTOWN, MS

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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

Contact Steve at 225.603.8220 or steve@rockingkredangus.com

Sycamore Farm Red Angus Cattle

Joe Tally

Pure Bred & Commercial

Dale & Shonia Parrish, Owners

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

CREEK FARM CF LITTLE Fleckvieh Simmental &

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

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

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

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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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 Visit our website at bullhillranch.com

Registered Red Angus

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

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

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Dennis Coe Forney, Texas 214-632-8711

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TRIPLE CREEK RANCH 1995 National Champion Bull Bulls, Cows & Heifers—All Ages

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Registered Red Angus Kelly & Sallye Box

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

G.W. LAND & CATTLE COMPANY Registered Red Angus Breeders in the Texas Hill Country

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

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

Morris/Box Ranch

961 N. FM 444 Inez, TX 77968

REGISTERED RED ANGUS & ANGUS PLUS

RED ANGUS SINCE 1964

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

KOLLE RED ANGUS

Jim Kolle

Annual Sale in October • Miles, Texas 325-895-0544 www.halfmannredangus.com

CHIEFLINE RED ANGUS

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! Area 1 â€“ West Director â€“ Sam Lorenzen JILL ADOLPHSEN 3815 OLD OLYMPIC HWY PORT ANGELES, WA 98362

Area 5 â€“ Northern Plains Director â€“ Steve Koester LUKE BJORKLUND 48240 280TH STREET HENNING, MN 56551

Area 3 â€“ Rocky Mountain Director â€“ Kevin Miller ELKHORN RANCH JOE & JASON FUHRIMAN 2400 SOUTH HIGHWAY 165 LOGAN, UT 84321 LOGAN JOHNSON PO BOX 360025 HOLDEN, UT 84636 Area 4 â€“ Southwest Director â€“ Kyley DeVoe ROY AND DORA RED ANGUS ROY BELL 2445 GRINDSTONE RD. MILLSAP, TX 76066 KAYLEE BRAGG 2102 ROYAL ST. SALADO, TX 76571 SARAH DIEBEL 4011 SALEM RD VICTORIA, TX 77904 NICOLE SPEED 801 SHADY BEND LANE FRIENDSWOOD, TX 77545

MCDANIEL RED ANGUS DAVID MCDANIEL 1204 GLENN ST SCOTT CITY, KS 67871

T SOLA FARMS MIKE MATHEWS 612 GUILFORD PLACE YUKON, OK 73099

JONAH CHRISTENSEN 1561 250TH AVE TYLER, MN 56178

MUSHRUSH RED ANGUS COLE MUSHRUSH 2346B N RD STRONG CITY, KS 66869

SHAFER SHANKS 416 W 7TH NEWKIRK, OK 74647

MATTHEW FUNK 28290 140TH ST. FULDA, MN 56131

JAY YOUNG 558 ROAD D TRIBUNE, KS 67879

SARA PENZENSTADLER 8702 275TH CHISAGO CITY, MN 55013

CAMERON DITLOFF 317 RD 19 BRADSHAW, NE 68319

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COLE WILLIAMS 12751 VALLEY RD RED ROCK, OK 74651 Area 7 â€“ Northeast Director â€“ John Langdon HANNAH GEORGES 10457 S 1150 E LYNNVILLE, IN 47619 HIDDEN CANYON FARM JUSTIN OLSON 3041 LAYTON STREET RD LYONS, NY 14489 VALENTINE FARMS RICHARD & DEBORAH JOHNSON 2687 MORIAH ROAD OAK HILL, OH 45656

HELM FARMS MIKE HELM 257368 E 940 RD GEARY, OK 73040

WEST WIND FARM ROGER & LISA WHITE 1213 STONE CHURCH ROAD WHEELING, WV 26003

REECE & REBECCA JOHNSON P O BOX 501 OKARCHE, OK 73762

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Area 8 – Southeast Director – Raymond Prescott BOIS D’ARC FARM DAMON FOLMAR 8661 HWY 183 UNIONTOWN, AL 36786 ROCKING H FARM BILL HOEK 6390 HWY 71 S COVE, AR 71937 RUDNIANYN FARMS,LLC MATT RUDNIANYN 186 NW 68TH AVE OCALA, FL 34482 DEEP GRASS GRAZIERS JOHN GLENN 600 MEADOWLARK ROAD FITZGERALD, GA 31750 HB FARMS GREG BLAYDES 1938 W LEESTOWN RD MIDWAY, KY 40347

CODY CLARY 286 CLARYVILLE RD. SALUDA, SC 29138

ALLIAS NOLIN 2941 ROSEBUD AVENUE MONROE, IA 50170

CLARYVILLE FARM PHILLIP CLARY 286 CLARYVILLE ROAD SALUDA, SC 29138

SERIAH NOLIN 2941 ROSEBUD AVE MONROE, IA 50170

HANK HARRIS 102 HILLWOOD ST SHELBYVILLE, TN 37160 Area 9 – Midwest Director – Stuart Gilbert GRACE AHRENDSEN 1004 BLAKE ST SIOUX RAPIDS, IA 50585 BROCK BARNETT 1720 RODEO AVENUE MONROE, IA 50170 GABRIEL HANSON 5071 15TH AVE LA PORTE CITY, IA 50651

ROBARDS RED ANGUS JAMES ROBARDS 3032 TABB HOLLOW ROAD EASTVIEW, KY 42732

KAISAND CATTLE FARM CRAIG KAISAND 2006 228TH PLACE BUSSEY, IA 50044

CONNOR HIDALGO PO BOX 392 AMORY, MS 38821

TERRY MCMURRY 200 S 3RD ST INDIANOLA, IA 50125

ASHLYN SCHULTZ 1956 305TH ST NORTH ENGLISH, IA 52316 JENEL R. WENNDT 537 TAYLOR AVE LOWDEN, IA 52255 DIAMOND P FARMS MICHAEL & JENNIFER PARKS 6671 ROSEBUD ROAD GOLCONDA, IL 62938 MAVERICK WEBER 3757 N BERLIN SCHOOL RD ROCK CITY, IL 61070

DARRAH LAND & CATTLE, LLC RON DARRAH 1212 N MAIN ST MOUNTAIN GROVE, MO 65711 SINKING CREEK CATTLE CO. VICKI WALKER 1315 E DADE 36 ALDRICH, MO 65601 WALKER FAMILY FARM WESTON & ELIZABETH WALKER 657 N DADE 231 ALDRICH, MO 65601 AHA ACRES ARNOLD & ALICIA ADAMS 2062 FOUNTAIN BLUFF LANE PLATTEVILLE, WI 53818 RENAE KRAUSE 179 HICKORY FLAT RD MUSCODA, WI 53573

DOUBLE A ANGUS RANCH 6121 SHELBY 232 SHELBYVILLE, MO 63469

LARSON’S FULL DECK GENETICS MITCH LARSON W395 ALBANY J MONDOVI, WI 54755

BUSKE CATTLE JILL BUSKE 7231 S STATE HWY 43 SOUTH WEST CITY, MO 64863

SPRING CREEKS CATTLE CO. BOB MITCHELL 48715 HILLDALE RD WAUZEKA, WI 53526

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Building Better Beef Ken & Cheri Graves (307) 738-2247

Ron and Esther Fischer

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

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

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www.fischerredangus.com

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

Amie & Teri Angelo

Bob & Julie Morton 2435 Logan Trident Road • Three Forks, MT 59752 (406) 285-6773 • www.gmracattle.com

(406) 288-8171 • angelocattleco@blackfoot.net 96 N Mullan Trail • Drummond, MT 59832

www.sutherlinfarms.com

Bob (406) 855-3614 Jon (406) 581-7800 Chad (406) 740-0099

suthfarm@gmail.com Spooner Creek Lane Stevensville, MT

Convenience Traits until the Cows Come Home!

Mark & Sue Mees • (406) 347-5413

Leland

Fertility Tested Bulls - Private Treaty

Annual Bull Sale Third Tuesday in March Big Sky Elite Female Sale First Wednesday in December

Tim & Julie Shick

P.O. Box 311 Lodge Grass, MT 59050

(406) 639-9112 • tjshick@dishmail.net

Visit our website for more informaion, sales and events!

Glacier Red Angus Harold, Pat & Chris Hughes

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

The Forbes Family 37 Beckton Dr. • Sheridan, WY 82801 (307) 674-6095 • Fax (307) 672-7281 Email: becktonwyo@gmail.com

MONTANA RED ANGUS ASSOCIATION RED ANGUS ANGUS RANCH RANCH RED

Annual Production Sale: 2nd Friday in March Annual Production Sale: 2nd Friday in March (701) 565-2347 Melvin & Luella Leland 565-2347 Melvin & Luella Leland 34 mi.(701) SE Sidney, MT Todd Leland 34 mi. SE Todd Leland 42 mi. N Sidney, Beach, MT ND 192 ND Hwy 16 N 42 mi. N Beach, ND 192 ND Hwy 16 N Mile Mark 118 Hwy 16 Sidney, MT 59270 Mile Mark 118 Hwy 16 Sidney, MT 59270

www.montanaredangus.com 1-877-Red-Angus • email: MTRAASecretary@gmail.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

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

LUCHT RED ANGUS ML

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

ROCK CREEK RED ANGUS

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 -

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

MTRAA Officers

President: Julie Morton - Three Forks, MT - info@gmracattle.com Vice President: Francis Koenig - Winnet, MT - francis@midrivers.net Sec/Treasurer: Chris Pierce - Molt, MT - MTRAASecretary@gmail.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 ■ September 2017 103

AREA 1 - West

SHEAMAN RANCH Kerry and Debbie Sheaman

400 East Douglas Road • Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 493-7346 • Kerry.Sheaman@colostate.edu Maternal, Disposition, Calving Ease & Stayability Traits

RED

ANGUS

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

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

Alaska • California • Hawaii Idaho • Nevada • Oregon Washington Sam Lorenzen, Director District 1 Breeders can be found on page 109

Bob Morton, President Chuck Feddes, Region A Director Bruce Ketchum, Director MT Breeders can be found on pages 102-103

AREA 3 Rocky Mountain

Utah • Colorado • Wyoming Kevin Miller, Director

KRAVIG RED ANGUS “Cattle Working for You”

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

Producing Cattle that Perform for the Cattleman

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

Texas Breeders can be found on page 99 Kyley DeVoe, Director

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

RED ANGUS

FLATIRON RED ANGUS

Scott & Connie Kueffler Michala & Kirsti • Bonnie Kueffler Box 187 • Grenora, ND 58845 701-694-3620 (h) • 701-641-0519 (c) redangus@nccray.com • www.dkredangus.com

1A BULLS & HEIFERS

MAINTENANCE/FEED EFFICIENCY EXPERTS

Cory & Katy Johnson

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

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

HC 83 Box 9 Firesteel, SD 57633 (605) 865-3236 or (605) 865-3190 Smith Land and Cattle Company, LLC

Fort FortGarland, Garland,CO CO81133 81133 Mobile Mobile(719) (719)588-1877 588-1877

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www.smithredangus.com

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 8815 81st St. NW, Powers Lake, ND

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Box 67 Lengby, MN 56651 (218) 668-2277

Quality Breeding Stock & Semen Available

Forster Red Angus Raising 100% 1A Red Angus since 1967 Kenneth Forster & Family 8285 30th St, SW • Richardton, ND 58652 (701) 974-2450 • Cell (701) 290-2450 www.forsterredangus.com

Gary & Val

JACOBSON RED ANGUS Registered & Commercial Catttle Bulls & Heifers - Open & Bred

28280 75th Ave. N. (218) 962-3360 Hitterdal, MN 56552 Cell (701) 361-3189 www.Jacobson RedAngus.com Tony & Karen Messmer

8860 39th St. S.W. Richardton, ND 58652 (701) 974-3966 Cell (701) 290-2556 Email: tmessmer@ndsupernet.com

Private Treaty Sales of all Embryos & Semen Many Rare Sires!

Minnesota Red Angus Association

Contact MNRAA President Gary Jacobson (701) 361-3189 Check out our New Web Site at

www.mnredangus.org

LAZY J BAR

BROKEN HEART RANCH

Scott Farm Red Angus

American Red Angus Breeder Directory

AREA 2 Montana

"We Breed Excitement"

The Olsons

2017 Breeder Directory

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

$275 per year!

Get Your Breeder Directory ad for only Jared, Lacey, Paisley & Cooper 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

Contact Kevin LeMaster at kevin@redangus.org

CEDAR HILL FARM …suppliers of profitable, low maintenance, high performance genetics

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

ELMWOOD FIELDS

Kansas • Nebraska • Oklahoma

Dedicating Backgrounded Red Angus Calves to Certified Feeder Calf Sales

Nebraska Breeders can be found on page 97 Kansas Breeders can be found on page 107 Newley Hutchison, Director Connie Mushrush, Region B Director

(918) 473-6723 Route 4 Box 520 Fax (918) 610-0016 Checotah, OK 74426 Email: jjeffriescattleco@lakewebs.net

AREA 9 - Midwest

Registered Red Angus Bulls • Bred Heifers

If you’re looking for Efficiency... Look under “R” for RED ANGUS! (740) 985-3444 Day (740) 591-9900 Cell 34740 State Route 7 Pomeroy, OH 45769

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

RANDY & PAULA - (580) 829-3150 CODY & MEGAN - (405) 880-4587 CASEY & TRACY - (520) 906-8509

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

Put a Valentine in your herd!

Russ Dahl Deerfield, WI 608-444-8295

Oakridgefarms.org

Red Angus • Red Simmental • Red SimAngus

2734 Old Washington Rd. • Westminster, MD 21157

ANGUS, RED ANGUS & COMMERCIAL

Stuart Gilbert, Director Missouri Breeders can be found on page 109

Red Angus Bulls and Heifers For Sale Great Genetics at an Affordable Price

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

Alva, Oklahoma

Iowa • Illinois Missouri • Wisconsin

Tom Karr

WILLOWS FARM COMPANY RED ANGUS

MCMURPHY FARMS

Raymond Prescott, Director Region C SERAA Breeders can be found on page 98

Valentine Farms 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

JUDY LOONAN (641) 322-3921 • 1724 Holly Ave. • Corning, IA 50841 Located 75 mi. east of Omaha, NE, in the hills of Southwest Iowa

Bruce Westhuis

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

American Red Angus Breeder Directory

Oscar and Janet Stine 7633 Flowing Springs Road Shepherdstown, WV 25443 (304) 876-2009

AREA 8 - Southeast

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

WRIGHTS MILL FARM RED ANGUS

Steven Harris DVM

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

Rob & Amy Hess

Hershey, PA 717-821-1782 bowcreekbeef.com

Pasture to Plate Performance Tested

Embryos, Semen and Cattle by Private Treaty

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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â€œAlways With the Best Cattleâ€ŚAlwaysâ€?

Paul Hildreth, President â€˘ (815) 482-3742 Bill Embry, Vice President â€˘ (309) 264-3192 Chad Daugherty, Sec/Treasurer â€˘ (217) 369-0466

DEICHMANN LIVESTOCK BROKERAGE

Foreign Breeders

Joel Birdwell

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

Auctioneer

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

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Box 177 â€˘ Stavely, AB TOL 1Z0 Canada Phone: (403) 549-2234 â€˘ Fax (403) 549-2207 Email: office@angusworld.ca

Sales & Services

CK Sonny Booth - Auctioneer -

P.O. Box 1172 Miami, OK 74355 Cell (918) 533-5587 smbooth_1995@yahoo.com

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Bryan Gill Sales Manager 701.730.0134 bigredgenetics@hotmail.com 1506 29th Ave S Moorhead, MN 56560

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FLAMING LIVESTOCK CO. REGISTERED RED ANGUS 465 170th • Hillsboro, KS 67063 620-367-8350 hm

FAYLOR RED ANGUS

SINCE 1975 • PRIVATE TREATY SALES Dwight (785) 298-3463 • Dale (785) 298-3251 St. Francis, Kansas 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 17, 2017

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

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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”

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

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”

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 September 1 9 13-15 14-22 23 23 29 30 30

Final Ad Reservation/Editorial Deadline for October ARA Magazine Kick Off Classic, Knoxville, IA National Red Angus Convention, Colorado Springs, CO Mushrush HerdBuilder Online Heifer Sale McPhee Red Angus Bull & Female Sale, Lodi, CA Paul Fehrman Family Complete Dispersal, Madison, SD Jeffries Red Angus, Checotah, OK J-6 Fall Harvest Online Sale Leddy Hereford & Red Angus Dispersal, Twin Brooks, SD

1 2 3 4 5 7 7 7 9 10-11 15 17 20 21 21 25 28 28 28 28 28 29 30

Final Ad Reservation/Editorial Deadline for November ARA Magazine Red Alliance, Sulphur Springs, TX Lorenzen Ranches Fall Bull Sale, Galt, CA Halfmann-Beckton Red Angus, Miles, TX California Girls Online Female Sale, Gilroy, CA Hall-Pokorny Red Angus Dispersal, Bartlett, NE Solution Genetics Sale & Dan Johnson Estate Dispersal, Cushing, IA VF Red Angus Cattlemen’s Fall Classic, Terrebonne, OR Burlap & Barbed Wire Sale, Clay Center, KS R. A. Brown Ranch Bull & Female Sale, Throckmorton, TX Tolbert Cattle Co. Extra Reserve IV Online Female Sale Jacobson Red Angus Female Sale, Mahnomen, MN 35th Annual Prestigious NILE Female Sale, Billings, MT Ludvigson Stock Farms Fall Ozark Bull Sale, Nevada, MO C-Bar & Cloud 9 “The Elite Female Sale,” Brownell, KS UTI/MMM, Emporia, KS Flat Water Gang Female Sale, Broken Bow, NE Frey Red Angus Dispersal, Granville, ND Pieper Red Angus Sale, Hay Springs, NE Red Dirt Roundup, Canton, OK Triple S Cowgirls Fall Female Sale Lacy’s Red Angus Bull & Female Sale, Drexel, MO Rust Mountain View Ranch Female Sale, Mercer, ND

1 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 9 10 11 13 15 15 18 20

Final Ad Reservation/Editorial Deadline for December ARA Magazine 5L Profit Seeker Fall Bull & Replacement Sale, Sheridan, MT Begin Your Legacy Female Sale 2, Mandan, ND Milk Creek Reds Female Sale, Plevna, MT Red Western Classic Show, Reno, NV Bet On Red Auction, Reno, NV Andras Stock Farm Female Sale, Manchester, IL Ludvigson Stock Farms Fall Herdbuilder Sale, Shepherd, MT Bieber Fever XIII, Leola, SD Rhodes Red Angus Fall Female Fiesta, Emporia, KS Laubach Red Angus Sale, Big Timber, MT K2 Red Angus Fall Sale, Torrington, WY Front-Pasture Female Sale, Putnam, OK Ladies of Louisville Red Angus Sale, Louisville, KY Bruns Red Angus Ranch, Bassett, NE Fall Herdbuilder Bull & Female Sale, Shepherd, MT

1 2 6 8 9 11 31

Final Ad Reservation/Editorial Deadline for January ARA Magazine Osborn Red Angus Bull and Female Sale, Athens, AL Big Sky Elite Female Sale, Logan, MT NDRAA Annual Meeting & Banquet ND Red Select Sale, Mandan, ND Cross Diamond Cattle Co., Bertrand, NE Lazy J Bar New Year’s Eve Extravaganza, Aberdeen, SD

October

November

December

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Missouri Red Angus Association

Balancing Performance with Maternal

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

SPREUTELS FARM RED ANGUS Bulls & Females at Private Treaty Commercial Replacements

Scott Bachman • (660) 247-1112

scott_bachman@yahoo.com www.bachmancattlefarms.com

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

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McPhee Red Angus

Ken & Brenda Keesaman

17520 Hwy. JJ Chillicothe, MO 64601

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

Red Angus Bulls • Heifers

Osborn,MO 64474 25 E. St. Joseph on Hwy. 36 (816) 675-2503

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RED ANGUS CATTLE

DOUG and BETTY DUNN 9695 Lowerbridge Way • Terrebonne, OR 97760 (541) 923-1705 • Fax (541) 923-5005 A Leachman Cattle Company Cooperator

North Santiam Red Angus

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

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

LORENZEN RANCHES P.O. Box 1519 Pendleton, OR 97801 (541) 276-6108 Larry Lorenzen

RED ANGUS SINCE 1959

Leonard & Naomi Wood • (208) 263-5246 481649 Hwy 95 North • Sandpoint, ID 83864 • woodvxranch@aol.com

Carl, Jodi & Scott Lautenschlager

(509) 657-3301 • carljodi@hotmail.com Rt. 1 Box 12 Endicott, WA 99125

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Advertiser Index 3K Land & Cattle Co ............................99 5L Red Angus................................69,103 9 MIle Ranch ........................................17 ABS ......................................................11 Accelerated Genetics ..........................13 Adams Angus Ranch............................97 AgBotanica ..........................................84 Agri Affiliates, Inc. ..............................100 Andras Stock Farm ............................110 Angelo Cattle Company .....................102 Angus World ......................................106 Atkinson Reds ......................................98 Axtell Cattle Co ..................................104 Bachman Cattle Farms ......................109 Bar C Red Angus..................................99 Barenthsen-Bullinger Red Angus ......104 Basel Red Angus................................105 Beatty Farms .......................................98 Beckton Stock Farm ........................3,106 Bet On Red Sale ..................................86 Bieber Red Angus ..................................7 BIM Red Angus ....................................97 Birdwell, James ..................................106 Birdwell, Joel ......................................105 Birnie Red Angus..................................97 Bola Red Angus ..............................95,99 Booth, CK Sonny................................106 Bowles J5 Red Angus ........................103 Broken Heart Ranch.. ...................12,104 Brown, RA ........................20,21,22,23,99 Bruns Red Angus Ranch ......................41 Brylor Ranch ......................................106 Buffalo Creek Red Angus ....................60 Bull Hill Ranch ......................................98 Bullis Creek Ranch..........................96,97 C-T ................................................57,103 C Bar Red Angus..................................79 Campbell Red Angus..........................104 Cattle Visions ......................................31 Canadian RA Promotion Society ........106 Cedar Hill Farm ..................................105 Chain Ranch ........................................75 Chappell Red Angus ..........................105 Chiefline Red Angus ............................99 Christensen Red Angus......................103 Choat Cattle Co....................................97 Clark Cattle Services..........................106 Clay Maxey Ford ..................................16 Country Acres Farm ..........................105 Croissant Red Angus..........................104 Cross Diamond ..............................97,111 Crossroads Cattle Company ..............105 Crump Red Angus ........................60,104

336 490th Ave. Searsboro, Iowa 50242

D&D Cattle Co .....................................97 DK Red Angus....................................104 Deichmann Livestock Brokerage........106 Diamond H ........................................107 Double Eagle Ranch ..........................109 Elmwood Fields ..................................105 Faylor Red Angus ..............................107 Feddes Red Angus ..............................57 Fehrman Family Red Angus ................73 Fick Red Angus ....................................97 Fischer’s Red Angus ..........................102 Flaming Livestock Co ........................107 Flat Creek Farms..................................98 Flat Iron Red Angus............................104 Flatwater Gang Sale ............................81 Forster Red Angus ............................104 Frey Red Angus ..............................52,53 Fritz Red Angus..................................103 Front Pasture Sale ..............................49 Genex/CRI ..................................106,112 Gibson Red Angus, GA ........................98 Gilchrist ..............................................106 Gill Red Angus......................................35 Gilreath Farms......................................97 Glacier Red Angus ............................102 Green Mountain Red Angus ..........39,102 G.W. Land & Cattle Co ........................99 H & F Red Angus ...............................107 Halfmann Red Angus ........................2,99 Hall - Pokorny Red Angus ..............93,97 Harbin Red Angus .............................103 Harms Plainview Ranch ....................107 Hidden Creek Farm ............................105 Hoft Red Angus .................................103 Hofmann Simmental Farms..................83 Hueftle Cattle Co ............................77,97 Illinois Red Angus Association............105 J6 Farms ..............................................33 JST Red Angus ..................................109 Jacobson Red Angus ....................25,104 James Red Angus ..............................110 Janssen Red Angus ..........................107 Jacobs, Roger ....................................106 Jarvis Red Angus ................................98 Jeffries Land & Cattle ..............26,27,105 K2 Red Angus ......................................34 Karr Farms ........................................105 KK Farms ..........................................109 Kick Off Classic Sale ............................76 King’s Farm ..........................................23 Klompien Red Angus..........................103 Kniebel Cattle Co ..............................107 Koenig Ranch Reds ..........................102

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

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Kolle Red Angus ..................................99 Kravig Red Angus ..............................104 Kuhn’s Red Angus................................68 Lacy’s Red Angus ..............................109 Laubach Red Angus ......................50,102 Lautenschlager & Sons ................51,109 Lazy J Bar ..........................................104 Leddy Hereford & Red Angus ..............18 Lodoen Cattle Company ......................65 Lorenzen Ranches ..............................85 Leland Red Angus ........................15,102 Like It Like That Red Angus ................19 Little Creek Farm..................................98 Loonan Stock Farm ............................105 Loosli Red Angus ..............................109 Lorenzen Ranches ............................109 Lucht Red Angus ...............................103 Ludvigson ..............................28,29,54,55 MARS Red Angus ..............................103 Maple Oaks Red Angus......................109 McLean Red Angus ..............................98 McMurphy Farms. ..............................105 McPhee Red Angus ......................64,109 Meado-West Farms............................105 Mees Ranch ......................................102 Mercer Farm ........................................98 Messmer Red Angus. ........................104 Milk Creek Reds. ..........................59,103 Minnesota Red Angus Assoc..............104 Morris/Box Ranch ................................99 Mushrush Red Angus. ....................5,107 NAJRAE ................................42,43,44,45 Namken Red Angus ..........................105 National Western Red Angus Show ..101 NILE Red Angus Sale ..........................87 North Santiam Red Angus..................109 OHR ..................................................104 Oak Ridge Farms ..............................105 ORIgen ..............................................106 Osborn Red Angus ..............................98 Ozark Hills Genetics...........................109 Peacock Red Angus ............................96 Pelton Red Angus...............................107 Pieper Red Angus ......................70,71,97 Pifers Livestock Marketing ............95,106 Plain Jan’s ............................................96 Pool Ranch.........................................106 ProTernative ........................................90 Quality Genetics ................................103 Quartz Valley Red Angus ..................109 RAAA National Convention ..................62 RAAA National Show............................67 RCR Promotions ..................................98

Rafter H Ranch ....................................95 Ramsdale Reds ...................................99 Red Angus Foundation....................63,96 Red Angus Society of Australia ..........106 Red Angus World ................................78 Redland Red Angus ..........................102 Red Alliance Sale ............................46,47 Red Belt Red Angus ............................98 Red Cow Relocators ..........................106 Red Fork Red Angus ..........................102 Rhodes Red Angus ......................61,107 Robertson-Lindsay Cattle Co ..............95 Rock Creek Red Angus ......................107 Rocking K Ranch..................................98 Rouse Red Angus ..............................105 ST Genetics..........................................89 S Diamond Angus ................................97 Sandbur Ridge Red Angus ..................97 Sandhill Red Angus ............................103 Schuler Red Angus ..............................97 Schumacher Trust ..............................107 Scott Farm Red Angus ......................104 Sheaman Ranch ................................104 Shepherd Red Angus ........................104 Shoal Creek........................................109 Smith Land & Cattle Co......................104 Solid Rock Red Angus. ......................104 Solution Genetics ................................56 Sonstegard Cattle Co. ........................104 Southeast Red Angus Association .......98 Spreutels Farm Red Angus ................109 Stout, Justin........................................106 Strauss Free Raised ..........................108 Sun River............................................102 Sutherlin Farms ............................24,102 Sycamore Farm....................................98 Tally Farms ........................................102 Tally Ho Farms ....................................67 Tolbert Cattle Company........................91 Trinity Creek Red Angus ......................98 Triple Creek Ranch ..............................99 UTI/MMM Sale ....................................94 VF Red Angus ....................................8,9 Valentine Farms ................................105 Valnes Red Angus ..............................104 Veto Valley Farms ................................98 Wedel Red Angus ..............................107 Westphal Red Angus..........................103 Whitley Red Angus ..............................98 Willows Farm Company ....................109 Windrush Farm ..................................109 Woods V Bar X Ranch ......................109 Wrights Mill Farm Red Angus ............105

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1AR00963 1AR00963 HXC HXC DECLARATION DECLARATION 5504C 5504C

DECLARATION DECLARATION

Reg#: Reg#: 3494198 3494198

Leachman Leachman Pledge Pledge A282Z A282Z x Beckton x Beckton Nebula Nebula P P707 P P707 A unique A unique blend blend of black of black Angus Angus genetics genetics withwith a top a top cowcow lineline from from oneone of the of the RedRed Angus Angus breed’s breed’s foundation foundation herds. herds. Declaration hashas a tremendous combination of moderate BWBW EPD, Declaration a tremendous combination of moderate EPD, huge growth to yearling, andand outstanding MARB andand REA. huge growth to yearling, outstanding MARB REA. HB

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585 -0.6 5 -0.688 88151 15120 20-3 .28 .28 .41 .41.35 .35.37 .37.23 .23

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-3 12 12 2 2 10 10 1.23 1.23 -0.11-0.1159 590.57 0.57 -0.050 -0.050 .21 .21.32 .32.38 .38.31 .31.25 .25.31 .31.24 .24.35 .35

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1AR00946 BROWN REDEMPTION Y1334 1AR00946 BROWN JYJJYJ REDEMPTION Y1334

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Reg#: Reg#: 1441805 1441805

Beckton Beckton Nebula Nebula P P707 P P707 x LJC x LJC Mission Mission Statement Statement P27P27 ThisThis prepotent prepotent siresire of rapid of rapid early early growth growth andand moderate moderate mature mature sizesize continues continues to be to the be the choice choice of progressive of progressive herds herds looking looking to build to build a a highly highly productive productive andand profitable profitable cowcow herd herd base. base. His His daughters are are impressive for udder quality as well as foot shape. daughters impressive for udder quality as well as foot shape. HB

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5517 17 -5.1 -5.166 66119 11918 18-3 -3 11 11 9 9 17 17 0.72 0.72 0.07 0.0734 340.06 0.06 0.0000.000 .86 .86 .94 .94.93 .93.92 .92.87 .87.04 .04.56 .56.84 .84.43 .43.52 .52.44 .44.61 .61.48 .48.53 .53

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