American Red Angus Magazine: January 2018

VOLUME VOLUME 54, 54, NUMBER NUMBER 1 1

AMERICAN RED ANGUS MAGAZINE • JANUARY 2018

2018 2018 Bull BullBuyer’s Buyer’s Edition Edition

JANUARY JANUARY 2018 2018

HERD HERD STAYABILITY STAYABILITY Beckton Beckton is theis#1 theHerd #1 Herd in theinbreed the breed for Stayability, for Stayability, and has andbeen has been for many for many years. years.

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LOWLOW MAINTENANCE MAINTENANCE ENERGY ENERGY This This has also has been also been the #1 theHerd #1 Herd for Low for Low Maintenance Maintenance Energy Energy requirements requirements for many for many years. years.

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No other No other cattlecattle will do willa do better a better job cutting job cutting you cowherd you cowherd feed feed requirements requirements and saving and saving you money. you money.

EASYEASY CALVING CALVING The #1 TheHerd #1 Herd for easy for easy calving, calving, withwith the best the best average average Calving Calving EaseEase EPD EPD of any of major any major herd.herd.

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No other No other genetics genetics comecome close.close.

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The Red The Angus Red Angus HERD-BUILDER HERD-BUILDER IndexIndex combines combines economically economically relevant relevant EPD’sEPD’s (maternal, (maternal, growth growth and carcass and carcass traitstraits as well as well as fertility), as fertility), and and weights weights eacheach EPD EPD for its forcontribution its contribution to overall to overall herdherd profitability. profitability.

Designed Designed for commercial for commercial producers producers retaining retaining replacement replacement heifers, heifers, this this single single indexindex measure measure compares compares and ranks and ranks all Red all Angus Red Angus siressires in thein the breed, breed, to provide to provide a single a single measure measure of expected of expected profitability profitability for every for every sire sire compared compared to alltoother all other Red Angus Red Angus sires.sires.

47 of47 theoftop the50 tophighest 50 highest ranking ranking siressires on the onRed the Angus Red Angus HerdHerd Builder Builder IndexIndex are Beckton are Beckton siressires or descended or descended fromfrom Beckton Beckton sires,sires, including including 16 of16 theoftop the20. top 20.

In our Inannual our annual bull sale bull on saleTuesday, on Tuesday, AprilApril 10, most 10, most of theof250 thebulls 250 bulls and 50 andheifers 50 heifers selling selling will rank will rank in theintop the10% top 10% of Red of Angus Red Angus breed. breed.

ManyMany of theofbulls the bulls in theinsale the will sale be willinbe theintop the1top or 2% 1 orof2% theofbreed, the breed, withwith an expected an expected prof-profitability itability gain gain over over $15,000. $15,000.

EvenEven the average the average bull in bull our insale our will sale have will have an expected an expected profitability profitability gain gain of more of more thanthan $10,000 $10,000 compared compared to the toaverage the average non-Beckton non-Beckton Red Angus Red Angus bull.bull.

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47 of the top 50 highest ranking sires on the Red Angus HERD-BUILDER Index are Beckton sires or descended from Beckton sires, including 19 of the top 20. These are the cattle that work for the commercial producer, and that will build a great cow-herd.

Delivered free anywhere in the continental U.S. Video of sale animals will be available on our website.

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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

Success Brings Responsibility One of the most exciting things about being president is being ‘up close and personal’ concerning changes and updates to the breed. I have the opportunity to receive firsthand information regarding happenings in the breed – and the industry as a whole – as they are unfolding.

I often receive information before it is published. I also have the opportunity to visit face-to-face with breeders and industry professionals and learn of ground-breaking news items as they are happening. Being president, I am apprised of situations as they are arising and this has done nothing but raise my excitement for the breed. This was something I never thought about much before being on the Board, but that I am very grateful for now. I have learned a great deal about how the cattle industry really works and how Red Angus fits into that industry. It has also given me the opportunity to think in depth about the future of Red Angus. I must say that our future looks awesome!

We are poised with the rise of Red Angus to become one of the premiere breeds in the nation, and may already be the second largest beef breed behind Black Angus (we’ll know more on that next summer when final registration counts become available).

This puts all of us as Red Angus breeders in a unique position. We need to maintain a strong focus on producing the best Red Angus genetics we can and provide outstanding bulls for commercial herds across the nation. Doing so will keep the Red Angus breed growing. We’re in the driver’s seat, but we also need to be very aware of the awesome responsibility that has been bestowed upon us with the rise in recognition and popularity.

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There is an old saying, “Getting to the top is easy – Staying there is the hard part!” The way to stay at the top is through perseverance, hard work and team work! All of us as breeders need to be each other’s champions.

Red Angus has gotten to where it is because of its popularity and acceptance in all segments of the industry. We need to keep making a positive showing in all arenas, whether it’s through high-profile bulls in semen studs, impressive phenotypes in the public eye of the show ring, or the incredible number of breeders producing highly useful bulls for the commercial cattlemen across our nation. We need to keep that pipeline supplied with not only red-hided, but sourced and genetically verified Red Angus cattle. All of these things combined are what is going to keep Red Angus growing and heading for the top.

These facts are undisputed: · Red Angus replacement heifers topped markets all across the country in all weight classes last year! · Red Angus FCCP enrollment is on the rise! · Red Angus registrations are on the rise! · Red Angus memberships are on the rise! · Red Angus is exceeding the growth of any other breed in the industry!

These are the facts and this is why all of us should be proud of the Red Angus breed. Let’s go into the 2018 bull sale season with pride about a very successful year in 2017, but let’s also commit to NEVER resting on past accomplishments, but continuing to strive forward in every possible way.

Let’s keep Red Angus heading for the top! 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 DNA Programs Coordinator Fallon Flick Ext. 7 • fallon@redangus.org

by Tom Brink, RAAA Chief Executive Officer

A Lesson in Value-Added: Missouri’s Show-Me-Select Heifer Program

Everyone enjoys selling cattle at a premium. The trouble is, for many years commercial cattle were little more than a commodity. Prices for feeder cattle, calves, bred heifers and even cows varied little from group to group despite substantial differences in health, genetics, overall quality and performance potential.

Thankfully, times have changed. It is now common to see price differences of $15 to $20 per hundredweight on calves and feeders in the same sex and weight category. Real-world examples of how value-added cattle outsell their non-descript counterparts are becoming more prevalent. Which begs the question – what can we learn from programs that create added value well before sale day, and then successfully capture that extra value when the cattle are sold? The answer is “plenty,” and one program with much to teach is Missouri’s Show-MeSelect Replacement Heifer Program.

Initiated in 1997 as an effort to improve calving ease and reduce dystocia-related death loss, the Show-Me-Select Program now creates value across a much wider spectrum. It’s become about placing better genetics and bettermanaged replacement heifers into the herds of Missouri producers. Heifers

Registry Specialists Fax: (888) 829-6069

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REDSPro/Registry Specialists Jeananne Mosher Ext. 18 • jeananne@redangus.org

DNA/Customer Service Specialist Caroline Graham Ext. 14 • caroline@redangus.org Receptionist Bibiana “BB” Valdes bibiana@redangus.org

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that qualify for the program must meet minimum standards for a host of characteristics including: reproductive soundness, pelvic area, vaccination program, weight, frame size, muscle, body condition and disposition. Heifers must also be bred to bulls with approved calvingease EPDs. During 2017, Show-Me-Select conducted 10 sales across the state. One such sale was held in Kirksville, Missouri, on Nov. 17. At that sale, 147 bred heifers sold for an average of $1,872 per head. Top prices exceeded $2,000. Overall, Show-Me-Select heifers were valued by their buyers at $213 per head more than the CattleFax average bred heifer price for November ($1,659 per head). That’s a very positive result! Value-added followed by value capture in the form of a premium sales price – exactly how value-added programs are supposed to work for the seller.

Outcross, Quality and Diversity FUSION

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✔ Elite calving ease potential with strong growth, marbling and maternal traits ✔ Wide bodied, deep ribbed and heavy muscled ✔ Outstanding foot quality and structural soundness ✔ Outcross pedigree featuring the proven influence of calving ease, maternal and docility leader IN FOCUS ✔ Progeny are moderate in stature, thick made, deep bodied and soft sided - daughters display near perfect feet, beautiful udders and awesome disposition

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✔ His sire, Leachman Pledge, is an extreme growth, feed efficiency and carcass outlier ✔ High performance individual that ranks in the top 1% of the breed for growth and marbling ✔ His 170 IMF ratio gives his dam and average of 2@155 following his incredible maternal grandam that has posted 5@136 ✔ First progeny have been born effortless and possess his great phenotype ✔ Phenotypically near flawless, attractive profile, super sound, very thick with added muscle yet deep and soft sided

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✔ Australia’s number one Red Angus bull for all four profit minded index values - Angus Breed, Domestic, Heavy Grain, Heavy Grass ✔ MARBLE BAR’s Australian proof shows him to have an untouchable combination of Calving Ease, Short Gestation, Growth, Scrotal and Carcass Merit ✔ Compare to the now-proven Australian sire IRON ORE - shorter gestation, increased performance, larger ribeyes and significantly more marbling ✔ First US progeny will be born in the spring of 2018 after being sampled by many of the breeds leading Red Angus Breeders ✔ MARBLE BAR offers you the complete pedigree outcross to fix feet, growth and carcass you have been searching to find TRAIT

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Contact your local ABS Representative to put these high quality and high marbling sires to work in your operation!

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Association Commentary And for the buyer, Show-Me-Select utilizes objective criteria guaranteeing an above-average product – in this case, a superior heifer and ultimately, a superior cow.

Missouri is the nation’s third-largest beef-cow state, with just over 2 million cows. Historically, the Show-Me state was not known for quality cattle, but over the years its reputation has changed for the better. The ShowMe-Select Heifer program gets a significant portion of the credit for that change, having contributed to the betterment of Missouri cattle both directly and indirectly. By setting minimum standards and encouraging producers to buy verified, valueadded heifers, Show-Me-Select has shepherded large numbers of superior heifers into herds across the state during its 20-year existence. That’s the direct effect.

Indirectly, this program has changed mindsets, causing both seedstock and commercial producers to think differently about how they select replacement heifers and also about the bulls used on them. You can hardly find a Missouri producer today who doesn’t know about the program, and many say it has positively influenced how to approach their business as a commercial cow-calf producer or seedstock breeder.

Dave Patterson, State Beef Extension Specialist at the University of Missouri, explained that, “One of the program’s biggest benefits is that it is an educational conduit, helping bring technology into herds that will positively affect financial outcomes.”

There are a lot of interesting parallels between the Red Angus FCCP or “Yellow Tag” program and Show-Me-Se-

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lect. Both started in the 1990s when few in the cattle business were thinking about differentiation or value added in any form. Both involve objective criteria and a qualification process assuring buyers receive what they pay for, and both FCCP and Show-Me-Select have earned positive reputations allowing them to market cattle at premium prices. One difference is that FCCP focuses primarily on feeder calves, while Show-Me-Select is all about heifers. The overall takeaway is that both of these programs are tremendous examples of how the value-added and value-capture process works. It’s also encouraging to see Red Angus heifers become a growing part of Show-Me-Select.

We applaud everyone involved in the Missouri Show-Me-Select Heifer program. Great job and thanks for showing the industry how value-added is done! n

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Marketing Update

by Katie Ochsner, RAAA Commercial Marketing Specialist

The Proof is in Your Pocketbook

It’s that busy and exciting time of year when calves are being shipped and the hard work of the year is finally being rewarded with a big fat check. For some producers, that check is bigger than others. Sale barns across the nation have been hosting Red Angus-focused sales where Red Angus producers and buyers gather to exchange high-quality genetics. Mobridge Livestock Market hosts one of the largest Red Angus sales in the country, and is unique in the fact that it is a “Red Angus only” sale. On Oct. 24, more than 6,000 head of Red Angusinfluenced steers and replacement heifers ran through the sale ring at Mobridge, South Dakota. It was obvious that the demand for Red Angus genetics was high that day and the bidding was aggressive!

In order to quantify the premium that Red Angus calves received at the Mobridge sale, we compared price data from the Oct. 24 Mobridge Sale Report to the USDA South Dakota Weekly Auction Summary for the same week. Results can be seen in the table below.

Mobridge Sale Report vs. USDA South Dakota Weekly Auction Summary Oct. 24, 2017 Steers Heifers

Average Weight

Actual Price

Projected Price*

Price Premium

Premium Per Head

554 537

$183.36 $178.41

$181.53 $166.82

$1.83 $11.60

$10.62 $61.64

Special Red Angus Feeder Calf Sales

The numbers tell the story – Red Angus breed influence resulted in a premium on both steers and heifers. On a 5weight feeder steer, the premium was $10.62 per head, which would add up to more than $900 on a single truck load of calves. I’m sure a producer wouldn’t mind adding that extra cash to their pocketbook, but if they had Red Angus heifers to sell the premium was even more substantial.

For years the Red Angus breed has been able to tout the quality advantage of the Red Angus female, and here’s proof once again; Red Angus heifers are favored above other breeds.

With an $11.60 premium per hundredweight, the $61.64 advantage per head is hard not to like. That’s more than $5,500 difference on a single truck load! In a market environment where many producers usually take a discount on the heifer portion of their calf crop, this price advantage on females alone should be enough to sway producers to add Red Angus to their bull battery.

While these price results are specific to South Dakota, we hear similar stories across the nation about the financial advantage that Red Angus genetics are bringing to the market place. The words of RAAA’s popular national advertising campaign ring true once again – it’s good to be ...

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* Average South Dakota Market (same week)

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Member Services Update

Reports Due in February

Spring Herd Inventory Your Herd Inventory is the basis of Total Herd Reporting, and a very important step that needs to be reevaluated every year for each calving season – Spring or Fall. Review every cow that you plan to keep or cull for the upcoming year, or any that unexpectedly exited the herd. This task should not be taken lightly as the animals left in your herd after this process is complete are the ones that are assessed and billed THR in July.

Herd inventories can be accessed online in REDSPro. Updates or changes can be submitted online, printed and sent hard copy to the National Office, or a hard copy can be requested from the National Office.

Fall Heifer Exposure The heifer exposure inventory enables members to submit breeding data, which is a key factor in the Heifer Pregnancy EPD. This EPD is also a key component to the HerdBuilder index, which can be used to evaluate your animals on one scale.

Yearling Heifers 9 to 17 months of age appear on the prelisted inventory. These females will be entering the herd inventory and will be subject to assessments in 2018. The information to report is: • Breeding season dates • Exposure information • Contemporary group designation (i.e Management group) • Disposal information (if applies) Contemporary group designation is used to characterize females that were given different opportunities to conceive. A few ways to distinguish might include: • AI only versus AI plus clean-up bull • Pasture versus dry lot development • Differences in nutrition and/or location The Fall THR first installments have been billed. Also, accounts have been inactivated if members have failed to meet payment requirements. If this is of concern, please contact the Association as soon as possible.

Objective and Purpose of Total Herd Reporting

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THR Calendar PDF

This calendar includes all of the Association deadlines. We encourage members – especially new members – to review the calendar frequently. Also, we place reminders for each of these deadlines in the ARA magazine (page 26) and eNewsletter with explanations on the importance of each report.

out controlling which animals should be reported. The purpose is to report either a calving record or a reason code as to why the female did not produce a calf for each year the registered female is listed as active.

Why would we require every animal be reported and not just a select few?

Requiring every animal allows for the elimination of bias towards elite animals, which in return is in favor for the elite animals to express the superiority of the individual. This also allows for a closer evaluation of those that are expressed as being inferior.

The information from Total Herd Reporting is used to monitor overall breed reproductive performance and identify genetic, environmental and management efforts. This in return allows for improvement efforts to assist in selection and culling decisions, and generate data for producing genetic predictions for reproductive traits. For further information about THR either contact the Association or visit redangus.org.

The Importance of Transferring Animals to all Buyers Not only is it important to report reproductive and performance data, but equally important to transfer animals after they have been sold. Animals should be transferred to all types of buyers – commercial and seedstock producers. The transfer allows for animals to be moved from the current owner’s inventory to the new owner. The new owner can then register offspring from the females if they are registered. The transfer also documents which bulls are available for breeding, allowing the new owner the opportunity to utilize Red Angus’ FCCP and Allied Access tagging programs.

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Member Services Update When is a membership needed versus a buyer number created?

When an animal is transferred, we need a few points of contact to complete this process so the Association can mail the registration papers to the new owner.

The points needed would be: Name Ranch Name (optional) Address Phone number (optional) email (optional) The optional data may become important if staff needs to contact the buyer in the event the registration papers or ARA Magazine is returned for an error or change in the mailing addresses.

However, even though this information is needed to complete the transfer, the new owner does not have to pay a membership fee. Our system will allow for the new owner to be documented as a buyer for these purposes. If the new owner plans to register any of the offspring from the newly purchase animal(s), he or she would need to purchase a membership.

What are the most important questions to ask before submitting DNA samples?

DNA testing is very complex and time consuming, so before you collect and submit DNA samples, understand what you want and what to expect from the results.

What do you want to receive from the DNA results?

If the animal is on hold for a potential genetic defect (U status), test for the defect in which the animal in the pedigree is listed as a carrier (ex: OSC).

If the animals is on hold for parentage (Z status), test the sire or dam for parentage (on file). This includes ALL sires and donor dams.

If you want to improve the accuracy of your registered animals’ EPDs without waiting several generations, profile them with GGP-HD, LD, uLD, or Zoetis 50K or i50K. All tests provide parentage, and the respective DNA order form explains the different options, add-ons and pricing.

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What do your DNA results mean?

Genetic Defects “Free” indicates that the animal has been confirmed to NOT be carrying the genetic defect listed in their DNA. A tested-free animal is listed with the genetic defect and then the letter “F” (ex: OSF). “Carrier” (C) indicates that the animal has been confirmed as a carrier of the specific genetic defect for which it was tested, and resulting offspring could express the defect or be a carrier.

Parentage “Qualified” indicates that the sire or dam listed on the pedigree is confirmed correct through the DNA parentage test.

“Excluded” indicates that the sire or dam listed on the pedigree DOES NOT verify through the DNA parentage test to be the correct parent(s). To verify the correct parent, the member must supply information on other possible parents for RAAA staff to try to match.

“Not on File” indicates that the sire or dam’s DNA parentage verification is simply not on file with RAAA and therefore cannot be tested to qualify or exclude as the parent(s). The sample for the offspring is now on file and can be used for any future DNA parent verifications when needed.

Genomic Data Genomic data is promptly applied to the animal’s EPDs in the database once RAAA staff receives from the lab, which adjusts the EPDs and increases the accuracy number.

Sample Failed “Failed” indicates the lab was unable to extract DNA from the sample, and therefore unable to report results.

All samples that are listed as “failed” have been subject to two rounds of testing, in an effort to retrieve data from the sample. RAAA staff will send an informational document with failed results explaining failure causes.

It is the member’s responsibility to read this information. The second submission of a failed sample DOES require payment. In the case that the second sample fails, RAAA covers the cost of the third sample submission.

If a member has questions, please contact RAAA staff to discuss the best possible options. The DNA department can be reached at 940-387-3502, Ext. 8.

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Scholarships

JRA Update

The Red Angus Association of America offers five $1,000 scholarships to Junior Red Angus members who are high school seniors or college freshmen. These members should have definite plans to enroll in post-secondary education during the 2018-19 school year. The link for applications is online at redangus.org/jra/programs/scholarships with submissions accepted until Feb. 15, 2018. The application process includes a résumé, current transcript, head-and-shoulders high-resolution photo, three letters of reference, and answers to several essay questions. Previous applicants and recipients may reapply.

Take advantage of this opportunity and assistance in paying of college.

Young Stockman Program

The 2018 Young Stockman Program will be held in Kansas City, Missouri, March 2-4. The program will offer hands-on experience in cattle handling, nutrition and cattle health, with guidance from specialists in each area. The event will focus on each of these topics in calves at weaning, with the ability to see the LiveWiRED project calves who are at this age.

Miriam Martin, a Colorado State University student working and conducting research under the direction of Temple Grandin, will speak to juniors about animal han-

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dling, offering her tips and techniques to reduce stress and increase efficiency. Juniors will have the opportunity to practice these techniques on cattle.

The animal health focus will involve selecting proper equipment, learning tips on administering vaccines, and looking for the key signs of a decrease in health, specifically in calves at weaning. Fruit will be utilized to mimic cattle skin and juniors will practice administering subcutaneous and intramuscular vaccinations.

As cattle age, their nutritional needs change. In the nutrition-focused portion of the Young Stockman Program, juniors will explore these changes, looking at various feedstuffs, additives, what purposes they serve and, finally, developing rations. This educational experience will be very hands-on and will allow juniors to interact with others from across the country.

Registration for this event is open and is due by Jan. 1, 2018. To learn more and register for the event, go to redangus.org/jra/programs/youngstockman.

NWSS

The 2018 National Junior Red Angus Show will be held in conjunction with the National Western Stock Show on Saturday, Jan. 6 in

National Junior Show at NWSS, Denver: Jan. 6 JRA Scholarship Application Deadline: Feb. 15 Young Stockman’s Program: March 2 - 4 Round Up: July 18 - 22 JRA Annual Meeting: July 21

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Denver, Colorado. On Friday afternoon prior to show day, the JRA Board of Directors will be putting on an educational workshop for junior exhibitors. This will include background knowledge and information on stockyards in U.S. history, in particular, the Stockyards at the National Western. A social as well as some fun activities are also planned for the day. Good luck to all exhibitors and the JRA Board looks forward to visiting with you in Denver. n

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Since building a commercial cowherd that is high-percentage Red Angus, Brian Downing of Brush, Colorado, said he’s experienced a major challenge the past number of years. “I get such good prices for my heifers that it’s tough to keep all of the replacements I need,” said Downing. “People want Red Angusbased heifers and Red Angus has been a hot breed because it offers the whole package – high-quality, efficient cows and good beef.”

Rick Chenoweth (left) has managed Ranches Inc. for more than 40 years and is the right-hand man for Brian Downing (right). Downing’s fiancée, Jenny Robinson, donated a painting to the Red Angus Foundation, Inc.’s fundraising auction this past September.

Uniformity

Ranches Inc., the name of the family-owned corporation that Downing oversees, runs about 500 mother cows. Since using solely Red Angus bulls as its sire power for the past 20 years or so, about 90 percent of the cows are high-percentage Red Angus. The remaining 10 percent, Downing pointed out, have a little Simmental influence.

Ranches Inc. has two calving seasons – spring and fall.

The spring cows start calving in mid-March, while the fall cows begin Sept. 20. Downing said having two calving seasons works for the ranch as the fall herd can utilize after-feed from its irrigated hay fields, with the fall calves typically bringing 20 to 30 cents a pound more than the spring calves.

This year, the spring calves were sold in May on video auction for November delivery. The fall calves typically sell via video auction in April to be shipped the end of May. They retain at least 25 replacement heifers from each of their herds.

They confine the calving season for both groups to 60 days. The goal is a uniform group of calves to sell and “to keep the help happy.”

Buyers Buyers trust trust the the Red Red Angus Angus yellow yellow tag tag and and pay pay aa premium premium for for Ranches Ranches Inc.’s Inc.’s quality quality calves. calves.

The “help” Downing refers to is Ranches Inc.’s manager, Rick Chenoweth, who has been with the family cow-calf and farming business for more than 40 years.

Chenoweth, with assistance from his wife Sharon, is an experienced and dedicated calving manager.

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Prolific Cow Herd Starts with Stringent Bull Selection Criteria Bull Selection

Downing considers Chenoweth’s opinion and safety in his herd bull selection criteria.

“Because I don’t like to get run over when tagging calves, disposition has to be a part of the bull selection equation,” Chenoweth stated. “And I’m not big on pulling calves, either, so, they look for bulls that excel in calving ease.

“They’ve been doing a great job because I seldom have to pull a calf. If I do, it’s because it’s an odd presentation.”

The “they” Chenoweth refers to is Downing and Downing’s fiancée Jenny Robinson.

At Ranches Inc., bull selection – which typically includes the purchase of two heifer bulls and two cow bulls per year – is a team effort. Downing zeros in on the performance side of bull selection while Robinson looks at type, conformation and movement.

With a wealth of information generated by the Red Angus Association of America and available to bull buyers, Downing said he and Robinson “review information about EPDs every year.”

Likewise, on an annual basis they go over herd needs and goals to pinpoint parameters for traits deemed the highest priority while keeping all traits in balance.

Downing said when he first took over the family ranch in 2001, he initially concentrated on carcass traits.

Downing and Robinson are diligent in selecting their herd sires to produce market-topping steers that have earned them several Grid Master awards.

“I chased the carcass traits before realizing that a cowman can go too far in one direction,” he shared. “Plus, with Red Angus so strong in carcass traits, we can focus on other traits and still have the carcass characteristics we want.”

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Prolific Cow Herd Starts with Stringent Bull Selection Criteria For the past five years, Downing has zeroed in his genetic selection on bulls that excel in herd-building ability. He wants bulls that produce top-quality replacement heifers and, for him, it comes down to maternal traits such as milk production, stayability and growth traits, particularly weaning weight.

“I want cows that last forever and raise calves that hit the scale at 600 pounds or so without creep feed,” he said.

“If a cow only lasts four or five years, you haven’t made any money on her. Replacement heifers are the most expensive animal on a ranch. They have more risk, and it takes two years in a herd before we know what a female will do. I want to raise replacement heifers that will be in the herd for 10 years at least.”

Red Angus cows are favored by cattlemen across the country because the breed offers the whole package of maternal traits, efficiency and quality beef production.

Using what Downing calls his “EPD cheat sheet,” he and Jenny pore over a sale catalog for hours, identifying the bulls that meet their criteria first on paper. Once they have narrowed their list based on performance, Downing turns the reins over to Robinson.

“And that is where Jenny shines,” Downing said. “She uses her artist’s eye and knowledge of a bull’s conformation to pick a bull apart. She finds things I would have missed.”

“If a video is offered, we watch it and whittle our list down even more before going to a sale,” Robinson said. “We also call a bull seller before sale day and see if our choices correlate with the owner’s opinion of each bull. Come sale day, we visually inspect every bull on our list if at all possible.”

Visually, the couple prefers a bull that’s moderate-framed, deepbodied, thick, longer hipped and has good feet and joints. They also like a pleasing head and balance from head to tail. Downing and Robinson are adamant, however, that no matter how much a bull excels in these areas, a gentle disposition takes priority.

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Prolific Cow Herd Starts with Stringent Bull Selection Criteria Seven Sage Secrets

Seven key factors help Downing and Robinson decide where to buy their bulls – and he offers wise advice behind each dynamic: 1. Lives within 200 miles of their ranch. “While there are a lot of great bulls outside of our target area, we like bulls that are acclimated to this area. Plus, it means we don’t have to drive a long way to purchase bulls.”

2. Bulls carry a warranty. “While I’ve never had to use a warranty, it’s nice to know that it is there if you need it.”

3. Family operation. “I want a family operation where the owner knows each and every animal.”

4. Integrity. “We only purchase bulls from reputable seedstock producers where we know information provided in the sale catalog is accurate. We want honest operations where no weight is fudged.”

5. Ranches that cull a decent percent of male calves rather than keeping all as bulls. “Not every male calf born on a seedstock operation deserves to be kept as a bull and sold as a herd sire.”

6. Rancher delivers bulls. “It’s a convenience thing.”

7. Producer who cares about my operation. “I like to buy bulls from a person who builds a relationship with me by asking about my cowherd – someone who cares about the success of my cowherd.”

Returning to a seedstock producer to purchase bulls hinges primarily on the bull’s experience on the ranch.

“Because we use multiple bulls in a pasture, we don’t know a calf’s sire. So, we don’t cull a bull based on his calves,” Downing explains. “But if a bull has fallen apart that first year or developed a less-than-desirable disposition, he’s gone. And we will look for another bull source.”

The foundation of Ranches Inc.’s operation is good maternal genetics.

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Downing’s attention to herd sires has paid off. Since taking over the ranch, cow size is down from 1,700 pounds to 1,200 to 1,300 pounds, and weaning weights are in the 600s without creep.

“Our calves usually top the market,” Downing stated. They enroll their calves in RAAA’s Feeder Calf Certification Program, verifying age, source and Red Angus genetics with the yellow tag. “The yellow ear tag has helped tremendously,” said Downing. “Buyers look for that yellow tag because it guarantees they are buying quality calves.”

Ranches Inc. markets only all-natural calves – without implants and antibiotics.

“We’ve always been all-natural,” Downing explained. “We’re not against guys who use implants, but the all-natural route for us creates a larger buyer pool, and I want as many buyers looking at my calves as I can get.”

With several Grid Master awards to his credit, Downing said they “tell me our bull selection has been right on point.” The Grid Master award recognizes ranches and feeders who excel at combining superior genetics, quality end product and precise marketing of Red Angus cattle.

“Right now, I’m relying on buyers to tell me if our calves are performing in the feedyard and on the rail as expected, and evidently, they are,” he said. “We are experiencing repeat video auction buyers, and I have to be steadfast in my decision to keep more replacement heifers and not bend when others want them.

“It’s a good place to be in.” n

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www.southdakotaredangus.com 46 American Red Angus Magazine n January 2018

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Vaccination Protocol is Invaluable Investment for Healthy, Profitable Cowherd

by Trinity Lewis for American Red Angus Magazine

With the changing seasons and a fresh year ahead, it’s the perfect time for cattle producers to strategically plan their cowherd’s health and vaccination protocols for optimal well-being and increased profits.

Choosing Prevention Over Treatment Understanding that treatment without prevention is simply unsustainable has been a step in the right direction for progressive cattlemen. Validating what many producers have begun practicing over the past several decades, Kansas State University – by way of assistant professor and beef Extension veterinarian A.J. Tarpoff, MS, DVM – teamed up with the Red Angus Association of America to gather information from veterinarians across the United States and Canada regarding recommended herd health practices for cow-calf operators.

Unvaccinated cattle are susceptible to multiple diseases, jeopardizing the health of the animal and the profitability of the cow-calf producer and all other entities along the beef production chain.

Practical Application for a Powerful Investment Mark and Jaime Burchfield own a cow-calf operation near Cody, Nebraska, and run a strict vaccination protocol that closely follows that recommended in the fore-sited RAAA and KSU study. “We look at our health program as an investment,” Mark Burchfield stated.

Veterinarians that responded to the survey devoted 50 percent or more of their time to commercial cow-calf producers.

Over two-thirds of the veterinarians’ practices represented 5,000 to 10,000 cows. In short, these are experienced health experts in the cow-calf industry.

The Burchfields begin their annual preventative approach starting in January by administering their bred cows with vaccine to avoid diarrhea in their calves and overeating disease, and another vaccine to prevent Clostridial A. They also pour their cows for parasites.

The research deduced immunization as the pivotal element in healthy beef cattle herds to aid in the prevention of infectious diseases. Disease prevention through a comprehensive vaccination program is the foundation to good health for the lifetime of the animal.

The key to a comprehensive program like the Burchfields follow is that by taking care of the bred cows, their calves have a better chance of being born healthy and remaining healthy for their lifetime.

52 American Red Angus Magazine ■ January 2018

Dakota Bull Sale February 12, 2018

Orion Beef Group

Selling 100 Red Angus & Red Hybred Bulls Reputation Red Angus and Hybreds

7426E • #3725595 • 1/29/17

Schmidt Development Center • Center, North Dakota • 1 PM CST

7428E • #3725637 • 1/29/17

7430E • #3725639 • 1/29/17

157HB, 51GM, 10CED, -4.8BW, 57WW, 93YW, 29MILK, 7ME, 21HPG, 13CEM, 11ST, 0.41MB, 0.22RE Kingmaker x Gold Robber x Hevn's Sake Super clean made calving ease bull!

169HB, 53GM, 11CED, -5.4BW, 59WW, 95YW, 25MILK, 2ME, 14HPG, 3CEM, 15ST, 0.82MB, 0.39RE Independence x Conquest x Major League Good looking Indy son that is very balanced!

165HB, 54GM, 11CED, -2.8BW, 62WW, 106YW, 27MILK, 2ME, 13HPG, 3CEM, 15ST, 0.93MB, 0.21RE Sure Shot x Warrior x Salute Super stout bull that does everything right!

7457E • #3725553 • 2/5/17

7481E • #3725505 • 3/5/17

7447E • #3725555 • 2/3/17

148HB, 52GM, 9CED, -3.2BW, 56WW, 90YW, 29MILK, 3ME, 13HPG, 7CEM, 13ST, 0.69MB, 0.17RE Profitbuilder x Dateline x King Rob Big testicled rascal that is super balanced!

154HB, 50GM, 8CED, -3.4BW, 50WW, 82YW, 22MILK, 1ME, 16HPG, 3CEM, 15ST, 0.62MB, -0.10RE Nice and Easy x Norski x Make Mimi Lots of potential in this long clean bull!

111HB, 49GM, 6CED, -0.1BW, 57WW, 85YW, 18MILK, -3ME, 14HPG, 1CEM, 11ST, 0.64MB, 0.31RE Sure Shot x Red Native x Cherokee Canyon Lots of Shape and Depth in this bull!

7434E • #3725569 • 1/30/17

171HB, 53GM, 10CED, -3.5BW, 49WW, 88YW, 26MILK, 2ME, 15HPG, 6CEM, 15ST, 0.85MB, 0.22RE Independence x Future Direction x Make My Day Really correct herd bull and dam has a 108 MPPA!

7448E • #3725583 • 2/3/17

133HB, 51GM, 10CED, -3.4BW, 57WW, 89YW, 25MILK, 1ME, 13HPG, 3CEM, 12ST, 0.57MB, 0.11RE Profitbuilder x Norski x Right Time Solid maternal built bull to set a cowherd foundation!

Feed Efficiency and Power Bulls in this Sale! Sons of Titonka!

ID

Reg #

BD

HB

GM

CED

BW

WW

YW

MILK

7431E 3725511 1/29/17 143 54 7 -2.1 87 137 29 Titonka x EXT 7455 x Top Ridge • Big time growth in this outcross herd bull!

7450E 3725507 2/3/17 128 53 10 -2.8 77 124 19 Titonka x Salute x Top Ridge • Great calving ease to growth spread in this feed efficient herd bull!

7474E 3725489 2/24/17 108 52 8 -0.5 73 124 24 Titonka x Elixir x Top Ridge • Come get the power in this bull!

7443E 3725503 2/2/17 149 53 8 -4.1 77 121 26 Titonka x EXT 7455 x Major League • Great dam of this bull with over a 108MPPA! 7459E 3725581 2/6/17 143 52 9 -1.8 77 121 25 Titonka x EXT 7455 x Make Mimi • Great combination bull with loads of performance!

7436E 3725455 1/31/17 148 52 8 -2.7 76 118 19 Titonka x Make Mimi x Major League • Super balanced bull backed by some of the breeds sire legends!

ME

HPG

CEM

ST

MB

YG

CW

RE

BF

8

13

6

12

0.84 0.00

48

0.58

0.02

4

14

6

10

0.69 0.00

39

0.33

-0.01

2

10

7

9

0.33 -0.08

44

0.49

-0.02

4

14

5

13

0.61 0.01

36

0.38

0.01

5

8

7

13

0.56 -0.02

39

0.26

-0.02

2

9

4

15

0.48 -0.02

36

0.38

0.00

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Vaccination Protocol is Invaluable Investment for Healthy, Profitable Cowherd “We give a lot of shots but a healthy cow herd is invaluable,” said Mark Burchfield. “Our vaccination protocol protects the cows, calves and their future calves. It’s just not worth the risk of not safeguarding them.”

Mark and Jaime learned firsthand the importance of paying close attention to herd health. In years past they were experiencing health issues with enterotoxemia, a form of overeating disease, and worked closely with their veterinarian to find a solution to eradicating the problem. While they were already vaccinating for Clostridial C and D, they discovered through a necropsy that they were actually battling Clostridial Type A. They began vaccinating for that strain and haven’t doctored a calf since.

In an effort to build on their foundation of health, the Burchfields give their newborn calves a seven-way clostridial.

They also tag them with the Red Angus Feeder Calf Certification Program yellow tag that verifies age, source and Red Angus genetics.

At branding, they inoculate with combination vaccines to aid in the prevention of IBR, BVD Types I and II, PI3, BRSV, enterotoxemia, blackleg and other diseases. They also administer injectable parasite control and bull calves are castrated.

Near late summer, they booster all the calves and Bangs vaccinate their heifer calves so they are ready to enter the Burchfield herd as replacements or to be sold as breeding heifers. The cows are pregnancy ultrasounded, treated for parasite control, and vaccinated to aid in the prevention of abortion, respiratory viruses and BVD. In addition to their cow and calf protocol, Burchfields also follow strict guidelines for the health of their replacement heifers and herd sires.

“We have good breed-up on our cows and heifers,” said Burchfield. “We just don’t have reproduction or health issues, and we doctor very few calves.”

Largely credited to the fastidious health care of their calves, the Burchfields sell 600-pound FCCP-enrolled steer calves, and heifers that average 540 pounds. They sell through Superior Livestock Auction and have gained a reputation for selling calves that perform well at the feedlot.

Building Blocks of Health Just like protein requires amino acids, good health starts with healthy animals who have access to good nutrition.

Chris and Hannah Davis manage their commercial Red 54 American Red Angus Magazine ■ January 2018

Angus cow-calf operation at England Farms, a family-owned farming operation in central Kentucky.

The Davises calve during both the spring and fall seasons, and background their calves after weaning.

“Without nutrition, you don’t have the opportunity to express the genetics you have spent so much time building,” said Chris Davis, explaining that it also takes a well-fed beef animal to be able to accept the benefits or even put to use vaccinations.

The Davises’ vaccination protocol consists of mostly modified-live vaccines. At birth, they inject calves with a supplemental source of zinc, manganese, selenium and copper to boost their immune system.

When calves are a couple months old, the Davis family administers an intranasal dose to prevent respiratory disease cause by BRSV and aid in the prevention of IBR and PI3, a seven-way killed-virus clostridial vaccine, and pour-on parasite control.

They booster the calves at weaning and add a combination IBR and BVD shot to the regime and implant the steers and feeder heifers. In the spring, all cattle receive the pinkeye vaccine.

The Davises are a great example of a comprehensive nutrition program that, while strategic, doesn’t take any kind of unusual methods to conquer.

“My father-in-law grows several types of winter annuals that we ensile for haylage,” Chris David explained. “We also provide our cattle with a free-choice by-product supplement that is 10 percent fat and 16 percent protein just in case there are any short comings in their hay or pasture.”

They take precaution headed into weaning to ensure optimal health. “Three weeks prior to weaning, we creep feed our calves soy hulls with an additive that improves feedlot efficiency and prevents and controls coccidiosis. The calves also have free choice of the by-product supplement,” said Davis.

Vaccination Protocol is Invaluable Investment for Healthy, Profitable Cowherd “We do this to get the calves accustomed to feed prior to weaning and to decrease stress, illness and weight loss.”

Davises follow the same vaccination protocol for both their spring and fall calves, and follow similar feed programs.

They usually wean their heifer calves at 550 to 575 pounds and background the steers and feeder heifers until they reach 650 to 700 pounds.

Implementation Experiencing success in herd health is something that takes careful attention and planning in the beginning, but once an operation has a system established for their cow herd, it is simply a matter of repetitive implementation.

For forward-thinking producers like the Davises and the Burchfields, taking a proactive approach to prevent disease is simpler and more efficient than attempting to cure a full herd problem. Healthy calves gain and grow in the feed yard, delivering a profitable, high-quality end product. That responsible beef production in turn allows more people to enjoy a positive beef-eating experience keeping beef in the center of American’s plates. ■

The official abstract, “A survey of recommended practices made by veterinary practitioners to cow-calf operations in the United States and Canada” (Fike, G.D., J.C. Simroth, D.U. Thomson, E.F. Schwandt, R. Spare, and A.J. Tarpoff) was published December 2017 in The Professional Animal Scientist and is available for download at www.professionalanimalscientist.org.

The abstract outlines vaccination, health and production protocols as recommended by top veterinarians in the nation.

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Orion Beef Group

Western Classic Bull & Female Sale

Monday, February 26, 2018 100 Yearling Red Angus Bulls 50 Registered Spring Calving Cows

Reputation Red Angus and Hybreds

Symons Development Center • Madras, Oregon • 1 PM PST A Sample of the Superior Outcross Bulls Selling in this Power Packed Event Outstanding Herd Bull Prospects in this Offering!

ID

Reg #

BD

7025E

3723187

1/12/17 100.8 219 56 17 -3.9 76 130 23 0 13

MPPA

HB

GM CED BW WW YW MILK ME HPG CEM STAY MB

6

YG

CW

RE

BF

19 1.04 0.12 42 0.47 0.06

Independence x Conquest x Epic R397K • Big time herd bull prospect! Incredible spread and a great cow family!

7089E 5L Independence 560-298Y Great calving ease bull that is leaving his maternal mark on the Breed!

3722807

1/28/17 99.43 214 56 14 -5.6 69 120 24 3 14

7

18 1.02 -0.02 33 0.36 0.00

Independence x Redemption x Packer • Solid bull both ways for Herdbuilder and Gridmaster indexes!

7144E

3722827

2/5/17 101.71 203 56 10 -4.4 86 142 20 0 19

6

17 1.13 0.20 48 0.43 0.07

6

17 0.77 0.01 38 0.61 0.0

Platinum x Redemption x Packer • One of the top herd bull prospects to sell anywhere this season!

7046E

3722831

1/20/17 98.86 197 54 11 -3.3 71 122 19 -3 17

Independence x Epic R397K x Packer • This bull stacks three of the best Red Angus bulls of all time!

Pounds are Where the Dollars are and this Group Can Offer as Much as Anywhere in the Country!

ID

Reg #

BD

7229E

3722109

2/24/17 109.6 158 54

MPPA

HB

GM CED BW WW YW MILK ME HPG CEM STAY MB

6 -1.2 97 159 22 3 22

YG

CW

RE

BF

8

12 0.70 0.19 63 0.49 0.06

3

12 0.69 0.02 59 0.58 0.01

Platinum x Hobo Design x Big Sky • Incredible growth genetics backed up by a 109 MPPA dam!

7116E

3723077

1/31/17 104.8 135 54

7 -0.5 91 150 12 4 10

Titonka x Harmony x Packer • Feed efficiency and high growth all in one package! Dam sports a 104 MPPA!

7033E

3722275

1/16/17 106.55 178 55 10 -4.9 85 143 21 -1 17

5

14 0.76 0.16 48 0.83 0.11

Platinum x Deniro x Conquest • Awesome Calving Ease to Yearling Spread! One of the best in the breed!

7063E LSF MEW Platinum 5660C The first sons to sell out of this breed changing herdsire!

3722625

1/23/17 106.29 164 55 12 -4.4 80 132 15 1 15

4

13 1.19 0.29 42 0.02 0.07

Bourne x Beter Answer x P707 • 111 AWR in this great spread and growth bull! Dam posts a 106 MPPA!

We All want to Build Great Cowherds - this Offering has the Bulls that can do it!

ID

Reg #

BD

7172E

3722833

2/10/17 100 203 53 14 -4.7 69 111 27 4 12

MPPA

HB

GM CED BW WW YW MILK ME HPG CEM STAY MB

8

YG

CW

RE

BF

18 0.71 0.10 29 0.31 0.05

Redemption 4422B x Night Calver x EXT 8628 • This bull is built for maternal excellence and should sire great females!

7060E

3722483

1/23/17 96.67 196 54 13 -3.9 62 104 21 3 16

6

17 0.78 -0.21 26 0.81 -0.01

Independence x Complete x Packer • Great herdbuilder bull that balances both ribeye and marbling as well!

7062E

3722785

1/23/17 93.71 195 53 12 -5.5 62 97 24 1 17

0

19 0.76 0.04 20 0.40 0.05

3

18 0.87 -0.04 24 0.42 0.01

Tyson x Epic R397K x Big Sky • Multi-trait balance in this outcross bull!

7210E

3722835

2/22/17 93.14 192 53 12 -3.7 64 101 22 -1 16

Sure Shot x Herdbuilder x Conquest • Solid herd bull that really is outstanding for the Herdbuilder Index!

We Pride Ourselves in Producing Calving Ease Bulls in Volume!

H2R Profitbuilder B403 Putting everything together to produce multi-trait balance sons!

ID

Reg #

BD

7235E

3722779

2/26/17 94.86 176 52 16 -5.9 58 93 24 3 16

MPPA

HB

GM CED BW WW YW MILK ME HPG CEM STAY MB

4

YG

CW

RE

BF

15 0.76 0.16 17 0.19 0.08

Conqueror 4208B x Takeover x New Chapter • Superior calving ease bull that can still get things done on other fronts!

7013E

3723169

1/4/17

99.2 189 55 14 -5.8 58 100 19 -1 15 10

15 0.97 -0.08 21 0.25 -0.02

Independence x Premier x Strategy • Not only a calving ease but an exceptional maternal bull!

7166E

3722687

2/9/17 100.57 181 52 14 -5.6 67 100 29 -1 15

6

16 0.52 -0.06 21 0.50 0.02

Night Calver x Herdbuilder x Julian LT142 • If you want to build a group of females this herdsire prospect is for you!

7054E

3722437

1/22/17 100 186 52 13 -4.0 68 111 21 4 11

4

18 0.67 0.19 30 0.26 0.08

Profitbuilder x Quarterback x Packer • Calving ease, growth, maternal and carcass in this great young herdsire prospect!

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Red Angus EPDs Provide Reliable Genetic Selection Tools

by Larry Keenan, Director of Breed Improvement

Since their release in 1979, EPDs have provided Red Angus breeders with a simple, yet effective genetic-selection tool, which is validated by real-world information.

Table 4.

In an era of abundant information used to promote and describe animals – actual weights, adjusted weights, ratios, EPDs, etc. – producers can have confidence that EPDs remain the gold standard in reliably predicting an animal’s genetic merit.

Growth Data Results Included in the original release of EPDs, Weaning Weight (WW) EPD has been a significant component of commercial bull-buying decisions for several decades.

Assuming the majority of producers were placing selection pressure on growth using WW EPDs, we would expect a gradual increase in the populationwide average weaning weights reported to RAAA. However, some producers have observed that while the average WW EPD across the entire Red Angus breed continues to increase, phenotypic average weaning weights have not changed in their operation.

The question thus becomes, “Has the positive selection pressure producers have placed on WW EPDs resulted in an increase in the average weaning weight reported to the RAAA?” To answer this question, we can simply calculate the average adjusted weaning weight (adjusted to 205 days of age) for each birth year and compare those averages against the average WW EPDs published

by RAAA, which is presented in Table 4.

Observations: • The average 205-day adjusted weaning weight re62 American Red Angus Magazine ■ January 2018

ported by members has definitely increased over the last few decades, as has the average WW EPD of registered animals.

• The degree of agreement between the increases in average adjusted weaning weight and weaning weight EPD is quite remarkable.

• Recall that RAAA operates under Total Herd Reporting, which requires members to report the weaning performance of the entire herd and not just the animals with enough performance to justify the costs of a registration certificate. Thus, the average weaning weights included in Table 4 truly reflect the entire registered Red Angus population.

Bottom line: Positive selection pressure has increased weaning weights.

Genetic Trend Data The previous evaluation validated that increases in WW EPD resulted in related increases in average adjusted weaning weights for registered Red Angus animals, thus supporting the value and use of EPDs as measures of genetic merit.

Knowing that EPDs were not available in the early years of RAAA’s history, one has to wonder how much genetic change was made in WW genetic merit when the selection tools were limited to actual or adjusted weaning weights?

Grill’s 14th Annual

APRIL 13, 2018 • 1 PM SELLING 60 RED ANGUS BULLS

5L Right Signal 1901

Crawford Livestock, Crawford, NE Yearling, 18 mo. & 2-year-old bulls

Red Hill Medal 176A

B Lazy T Ranch Regal Z003

Brown JYJ Redemption Y1334

Beckton Julian B571

Larson Sun King 016

Red Hill Ripper 132Y 69B

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Red Angus EPDs Provide Reliable Genetic Selection Tools The genetic trend (average EPD per birth year) for RAAA growth traits is displayed on Table 5 (page 48), along with the dates in which new selection tools were released to RAAA members and stakeholders.

Observations: • Between 1954 and 1974, breeders were limited to using actual or adjusted weaning weights as a means of making genetic improvement. Table 5 indicates that the genetic change made during this period was actually an unfavorable change.

• In 1974, RAAA released within-herd Estimated Breeding Values (EBVs), which were similar to EPDs but, due to their calculation, they were limited to within-herd comparisons. As breeders began to use the within-herd EBVs, limited positive changes to weaning and yearling weight were observed.

• Following the release of EPDs in 1979, a tremendous increase in WW and YW genetic merit has been documented.

• Table 5 shows EPD-based selection decisions are

Table 5.

the most effective in making genetic change as compared to basic tools such as adjusted weights or ratios.

Bottom line: EPD-based selection decisions are effective in genetic advancements.

To learn more about the reliability of Red Angus EPDs, visit redangus.org/genetics. ■

Let our Genetics Explode in your Program!

OVERMILLER February 17, 2018 at the Ranch north of Smith Center, KS

2017 High seller - Purchased by ST Genetics - Full sib brother and several paternal brothers sell

30 yearlings with style, substance, and balanced traits like this ET bull that sold to IL will sell **several bulls suitable for heifers

Selling: 50 ~ Red Angus Bulls (12-18 mo. old) 35 ~ Gelbvieh/Balancer Bulls

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(12-18 mo. old)

60 ~ Commercial open heifers Red & Black 15 ~ Fall bred hfrs Red & Black

Red Angus & Gelbvieh 20 ~ 18 month olds developed on grass all summer will sell like this stout dude that sold to a KS seedstock operation.

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Ozark Bull Sale Saturday, March 3, 2018

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50 Fall Yearling Bulls • 75 Spring Yearling Bulls Green Springs Development Center • Nevada, Missouri • 1 PM CST A Sample of the Superior Outcross Bulls Selling in this Power Packed Event Some of the Best Herd Bull Prospects to Sell Any Where in the Country this Spring!

ID

Reg #

7703E

3750739 1/11/17 200 57 12 -4.3 82 134 26

BD

HB

GM CED

BW WW

YW Milk ME HPG CEM Stay MB

4

14 3

YG

CW

17 1.29 0.04 43

RE

BF

0.49 0.0

Profitbuilder x Night Calver x Make My Day • Big time herd bull prospect with exceptional numbers and phenotype! Top spring bull!

E738

3727879

3/15/17

203 55

10

-3.8 72 121 21

3

14

4

19 0.84 -0.01 36

0.47 0.01

Profitbuilder x Pacesetter x Mission Statement • Great combination bull that sports excellent EPD's and the dam reports a 105 MPPA!

H2R Profitbuilder B403 One of the most complete bulls in the entire Breed!

7709E

3750751

1/30/17

186 55

10

-2.7 69 117 19

2

14

7

16 0.94 -0.09 36

0.56 0.00

Independence x Bank Statement x Packer • Incredible balance in this herd bull that does everything right!

7415E

3722023

1/30/17

123 54

7

-2.4 84 135 14

3

13

5

10 0.71 0.01 46

0.60 0.02

Titonka x Packer x Top Brass • Bred for feed efficiency with out of this world growth and a dam with a 106 MPPA!

Herdbuilding Bulls that will set the Foundation for any Herd!

ID

Reg #

7715E

3750761

BD

3/5/17

HB

GM CED

BW WW

YW Milk ME HPG CEM Stay MB

216 54 16 -8.0 62 90 20

0

18 7

YG

CW

18 1.02 -0.04 11

RE

BF

0.36 0.03

Kingmaker x Takeover x Impressive • If you are building a herd this bull could be a cornerstone in any program!

E725

3727911

2/26/17

195 55

13

-4.7 65 113 22

0

13

8

16 0.87 0.00 30

0.12 -0.02

Independence x P707 x Mission Statement • This great herd building bull ranks at the top of the breed and the dam posts a 104 MPPA!

E720

3727881

2/12/17

193 54

11

-4.5 57

98 25

3

13

4

18 0.97 -0.06 22

0.45 0.02

Profitbuilder x Pacesetter x Mission Statement • You can take things to the bank with this top 1% HB bull!

7701E 5L Independence 560-298Y Fast becoming the go to sire for Calving Ease and Maternal Traits!

3750733

1/6/17

190 57

13

-6.9 64 101 30

3

15

3

16 1.42 -0.01 20

0.51 0.05

Profitbuilder x Expectation x Ribeye • Herdbuilder and Gridmaster in this combination of old genetics and new! Dam has a 110 MPPA!

We have One of the Largest Offerings of Calving Ease and Show Me Select Bulls in the Region!

ID

Reg #

7735E

3741723 2/10/17 182 56 17 -7.0 60 100 22

BD

HB

GM CED

BW WW

YW Milk ME HPG CEM Stay MB

3

9

6

YG

CW

RE

BF

15 1.25 -0.06 19

0.29 0.00

15 0.79 0.19 31

0.01 0.04

Commander x Conquest x Judge • Calving ease and so much more with next generation genetics!

7700E

3750735

1/6/17

178 54

17

-5.9 72 117 27

2

10

4

Redemption x Night Calver x Conquest • Where else can you find a 17 CED bull that has over a 72 WWEPD? The Ozark Bull Sale!

7732E

3741717

2/10/17

171 53

15

-4.4 64 112 30

2

10

5

15 0.62 0.06 31

0.16 0.01

Redemption x Conquest x Dateline • Redemption sons never go out of style and the breed legend continues to put a mark on the breed!

E741

3727855

3/25/17

170 54

14

-5.8 65 104 30

8

11

4

15 0.74 -0.07 24

0.43 0.00

Night Calver x Lancer 806 x Cherokee Canyon • Superior calving ease sire that leaves herd with superior daughters! Dam a 102 MPPA!

7726E

3741705

2/5/17

178 54

13

-4.8 66 114 28

3

12

4

16 0.82 0.03 31

0.24 0.01

Profitbuilder x EXT 7455 x Hobo 1961 • Great outcross pedigree in this deluxe calving ease bull!

LSF RHO Titonka Z721 The Feed Efficiency Leader in the Breed!

These High Growth Bulls will Sire Calves that will Push the Scales Down!

ID

Reg #

E701

3727885 1/12/17 158 55

BD

HB

GM CED

7

BW WW

YW Milk ME HPG CEM Stay MB

-1.2 77 128 23

5

14 1

YG

CW

15 0.94 -0.03 45

RE

BF

0.60 0.01

Revelation x P707 x Mission Statement • Great combination of Growth, Carcass and Maternal! Dam has a 104 MPPA!

72E

3747217

2/7/17

125 51

8

-2.4 81 125 20

3

16

7

10 0.31 0.13 41

0.08 0.01

Legend x Samurai x End Cut • The dam is a real standout with over a 110 MPPA coupled with top 3% breed rank for WW and YW!

7747E

3741747

2/24/17

150 55

6

-0.4 79 135 24

5

10

5

14 0.93 -0.06 50

0.68 0.00

Commander x Right Direction x EXT 7455 • Highest yearling weight bull in the entire offering! Dam has over a 102 MPPA!

723E

3754025

3/18/17

127 53

5

-2.9 83 130 20

-1 11

2

12 0.59 0.03 43

Redeemed x Epic R397K x Cherokee Canyon • Highest weaning weight bull in the entire offering! Dam has a 103 MPPA!

LSF Nightcalver 9921W The Breed Legend that continues to sire some of the best bulls in the breed!

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Do you Run a Business or Have a Hobby?

by Kenny Stauffer, Top Dollar Angus® General Manager

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When asked if you run a business or have a hobby, I know most all of you would answer, “Business.”

Let’s look into that.

There is nothing that ranchers hate worse than paperwork. It is the last thing we want to do when we get home in the evenings, let alone schedule time for during the day. We all know our AI breeding schedules, calving dates, weaning and shipping dates a year in advance, but records get left until the absolute last minute and then we throw something together.

So, if we are all running a business, how do we know where to improve or adjust without the proper business records (i.e. Unit Cost of Production or Production Scoring)? I know there are many operations that have superior business plans and know their expenses to the penny, but if you are not one of those producers, let’s look at one area of measurement that is very eye opening and can make huge changes to any operation – Individual Female Production Scoring.

“Cattle producers must become business people who specialize in cattle, rather than cattle producers who function only occasionally as business people.” This is a quote that one of my college professors and good friend uses regularly with his Production Management students.

Now for all of you to get the whole Individual Production Scoring System imbedded in your mind, I need you to look at every female as a single factory on your operation. If that factory is not running efficiently and profitable, you must shut her down (cull) or make changes that will allow for her to optimize her yearly inputs. I understand that every operation is unique and has different requirements, so we will start with some basics that are easy to measure but critical for any operation’s factory. The best part about this unit of measurement is that it only requires two tools; a scale and a willing body to keep track of records.

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Growth Scores 1. Average Daily Gain (ADG) – This is a very simple figure that can vary greatly amongst your herd. This number is going to tell you how many pounds per day your factory produced from the time she gives birth until the day you wean her calf. To be accurate with this figure you must get a birth weight within the first six hours of life (do not use a hoof tape). This equation would look something like this: (BW = 72 pounds, WW = 605 pounds, Age = 215 days) (605-72)/215= 2.48 pounds per day 2. Total Pounds Weaned – Most cattle producers know annually what their calves will average when they wean. That is great to know, but wouldn’t it be nice to know which factories are your best and which one’s are costing your operation year after year?

Pounds are what we all get paid on when we sell cattle and we need the to know if we are optimizing the factory’s potential based on the resources provided. I personally don’t believe that you should ever adjust your weaning weights when you Production Score your herd. Why would you give a cow an advantage for calving late, by adjusting her score to be equal to all the other early calves? All that adjusting WW will tell you is what she could have done if she calved earlier – but she didn’t. If she calves late and weans you a lighter calf, that’s what she needs to be scored on because that’s what she produced. This will penalize your lower fertile cows and begin to weed them out of your system.

3. Percent of Body Weight Weaned – I feel this measurement might be the most important, but very few producers use this on their operation for selection purposes. When you measure Percent of Body Weight Weaned, you are measuring efficiency. Your factories should be weaning between 55 to 60 percent of their total weight.

Do you Run a Business or Have a Hobby?

If you will, consider what your annual cow cost is to run each factory for a year. Now consider what the economic loss to your bottom line is if 15 percent of those factories are costing you a $100 per factory to keep in production because they are requiring (eating) more than they are producing. By looking at this on a per-head basis, you will quickly see the cows that are costing you and who are the rock stars!

Once you can get a score for each of these measurements, break your herd into thirds based on the scores.

Top Third = 3 points Middle Third = 2 points Bottom Third = 1 point Once you assign every cow her score for each growth category, you will then add them together. A cow scoring a 9 will be in the top third of your herd and a cow scoring a 3 would be at the bottom of your production and costing your operation money.

Once you begin Production Scoring your herd, you will be amazed of the results and more than likely this will be an eye-opening experience. I would suggest adding a few other categories such as a score for feet and leg structure, docility,

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udder and teat scoring and longevity. Don’t make this too difficult – use a simple number range based on desirable or undesirable traits. You will find scoring systems for both feet and udder scoring from your breed association that can help with determining what is most desirable.

The Production Scoring data and physical records that you begin to accumulate should be highly considered when selecting replacement heifers. You want females from your best producing factories!

Records, Records, Records. I cannot stress this enough to our producers! Please contact a Top Dollar Angus representative today to help with your herd’s Genetic Certification and marketing needs. We will help you get premiums for your high genetics. All we need to get your herd Top Dollar Angus qualified is either six years of registration numbers for all sires used on your operation or for 25 percent of your herd to be DNA tested. n Kenny Stauffer Top Dollar Angus General Manager 720-925-5906 kenny@topdollarangus.com

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SELLING: 75 grown-out coming 2-year-old Bulls

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What Do Feeders Want?

It’s Not All About Hide Color

by Brandi Buzzard Frobose, RAAA Communications Coordinator, with assistance from Gary Fike, RAAA Director of Commercial Marketing

Ask any number of feedyard owners what they value in incoming cattle and you’re likely to get a host of answers as broad and varied as the seven seas. Some like them weaned for 45 days, others insist upon nothing less than 60 days. A few have very specific guidelines for vaccinations and preconditioning, while others will vaccinate and deworm upon arrival. But one thing that many agree on is that hide color isn’t the top priority. Sage advice for sure.

Scott Keeling, owner of Keeling Cattle Feeders in Hereford, Texas, attests the fact that everybody wants the red steers and when it comes time to market finished cattle, it’s very easy to market reds, blacks and smutnosed cattle. In fact, Keeling adds that he receives multiple inquiries on the reds in his feedyard. These come from packer buyers looking to purchase finished cattle with quality and yield.

John Schroeder, who manages Darr Feedlot in Cozad, Nebraska, doesn’t let hide color guide his decisions on which cattle to buy and which to pass over.

“You can go too far with any trait, as a rancher. Calving ease and hide color have dominated the industry too much. Calving ease has created smaller calves that don’t allow me to take cattle as far as I’d like them to

go, in terms of out-weight. Hide color is a problem in the summer – even being in an area with lower humidity the weather won’t forgive me on black cattle, without adding more management expenses to handle summer heat.”

there’s more to raising great feeder cattle than hide color, so what else do feedyard operators want in their incoming calves?

Traverse south approximately 250 miles to Hy-Plains Feedyard in Montezuma, Kansas, and manager Tom Jones says that known genetics, not hide color, are part of his risk management program.

“The more cows you have on your ranch, the greater your flexibility to send a whole pen of cattle. If you are a smaller rancher with smaller numbers, you need to make sure to tighten up your calving period so you have less sorting. Additionally, smaller ranchers can work together and make their cattle more similar, which will increase the value you receive.”

“If I am running with known genetics, I don’t really care what their hide color is. There are so many good seedstock producers out there and the commercial ranchers can benefit from them and their offerings. Good genetics are reliable and predictable.”

Obviously, breeders, commercial producers and feeders understand

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Schroeder believes that group size matters, to a point.

One factor that smaller breeders should consider is efficiency and working together with ranchers with similar genetics and management styles.

What Do Feeders Want? It’s Not All About Hide Color Schroeder said, “It’s not about big guys versus small guys. It’s about efficiencies. Smaller operators need to work with someone else to get bigger marketing groups, which will help you on sale day as a smaller rancher.

If you have to buy a 10 ml vaccine bottle and only use 3 ml, then your cost increases. But if you have larger numbers, you spread your costs out and are more efficient. All categories of costs are that way.”

While Schroeder is less particular about hide color, he and Darr Feedlot have built a detailed vaccination protocol that they prefer all incoming calves receive. For example, Schroeder prefers three rounds of intranasal and/or injectable doses of a modified-live vaccine for virals, two rounds of Pasteurella, Manhemia, Histophilus, one to two rounds of

Clostridial and pinkeye as needed, along with being dewormed two to three times.

Schroeder stressed, “The important piece is to talk with your veterinarian on building immunity to diseases cattle are most likely to come in contact with throughout stages of their life.”

Simply put – plan the plan, then work the plan.

Similarly, Keeling prefers to buy cattle that have had two rounds of vaccines, particularly Pasteurella, BRD complex as a modified-live and clostridials. Jones is also a proponent of a modified-live vaccine program, but encourages producers to work with their veterinarian to identify what protocol best fits their operation.

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While health, hide color and weight all factor into the marketability of calves, these feedyard operators want producers to know that weaning length is crucially important. In fact, Jones and Keeling agree that 60 days minimum weaning length is the ticket to attracting their business as buyers of large numbers of feeder calves.

Combining vaccination protocols with good management practices, while providing calves proper nutrition and a good mineral program, will certainly pave the way for success and overall improved wellbeing for calves at the feedyard.

This article is the first in a two-part series focused on sharing insight into what makes calves attractive to feedyard operators. n

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80 Bulls • 25 Yearling Heifers • 10 Bred Heifers Herd Sire - Loosli Right Solution 3071 Reg. #1626723

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Herd Sire - Feddes Big Horn Z150 Reg. #1516301

Herd Sire - Larson Sun King 016 Reg. #1384618

Herd Sire - PIE Code Red 199 Reg. #1483973

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Gains Captured Through Lost Opportunities; More Work Ahead

by Jesse Fulton, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, and Deb VanOverbeke, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University

In 1990, Chuck Lambert, then the economist for the National Cattlemen’s Association, sought to identify ways the beef industry was missing the boat when it came to maximizing profits. His research concluded that the industry was losing almost $12 billion a year due to inefficiencies – about $458 per head. His “Lost Opportunities in Beef Production” study led to some significant steps by the industry to improve efficiencies and gain back some of the lost profits.

The biggest step was the establishment of the National Beef Quality Audit (NBQA) in 1991, a comprehensive beef checkoff-funded study that included several different types of research that captured both data and attitudes about beef. Early NBQAs focused on the physical attributes of beef and beef by-products – marbling, external fat, carcass weight and carcass blemishes. The research has evolved to include food safety, sustainability, animal well-being and the growing disconnect between producers and consumers (see Table 1.).

As a result, over the past 25 years, NBQA results have provided an increasingly meaningful set of information from which to improve production and marketing. Data from the 2016 National Beef Quality Audits – for fed steers and heifers, and market cows and bulls – have added significantly to the core knowledge that was gained from the audits that preceded it.

The audits contained research that featured three major elements: Face-to-Face Interviews These interviews provided understanding of what quality means to the various industry sectors, and the value of the quality attributes. This research helps the industry make modifications necessary to increase the value of its products.

Among the findings in 2016 from the 194 interviews of beef purchasers were that for both the steer-heifer and cow-bull industries, food safety is the key quality factor.

For some, it is an implied part of doing business.

Also, important for those in the fed steer-heifer research was size consistency in beef boxes. Furthermore, large carcasses seem to be making it harder for further processors to meet customer specifications for thickness and weights. While end users said they can accept an increase in size, they cannot accept variation of size within a box because it makes it hard for them to market the product.

Many companies in the interviews were willing to pay a premium for guaranteed quality attributes, but the average premiums they were willing to pay were lower than in 2011. Tenderness and flavor continue to be the two beef quality factors that drive customer satisfaction.

Beef Quality Assurance is not a recognized leader in consumer-facing channels, and this was evident in the 2011 NBQA, too. On the cow and bull side, it is becoming apparent that fewer beef buyers, especially in retail and food service, truly understand the types of cattle from which their products are being sourced. This is an area in which the beef industry can do a better job – helping beef buyers understand the products they’re purchasing.

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Gains Captured Through Lost Opportunities; More Work Ahead In-Plant Research \

The bottom line is that while total cattle slaughtered is the lowest in years, total beef production has increased.

The fed steer and heifer research showed that there was a dramatic increase in the frequency of Prime and Choice, and a decrease in the frequency of Select. One of the reasons for this is the increase in dairy-type carcasses. While the greatest proportion of carcasses were within the lowest third of the grade for Choice and Prime, most qualifying for Select were in the top half of the grade.

Examinations from within the plants compared data from 2016 with that of previous surveys to assess progress in improving quality. It also provided another benchmark for future beef industry educational and research efforts.

The 2016 research for fed steers and heifers showed that while the industry is improving the quality of beef being produced, that quality is being accompanied by an increase in size and fatness. It also showed that since 1991 there has been a continued increase in hot carcass weight.

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Gains Captured Through Lost Opportunities; More Work Ahead For market cows and bulls, transportation and cattle mobility were key elements of the research. It was found that, averaged across all trailer types, sufficient space in trailers was generally provided, as outlined by the Animal Handling Guidelines. However, when analyzing potbelly trailer data alone, sufficient space was not provided.

This indicates more work is needed to ensure adequate space is provided on potbelly trailers when transporting market cows and bulls.

Over the past 10 years, significant improvements in market cow and bull soundness has been demonstrated.

Since 2007 there has been a 3.3 percentage point increase in sound beef cows, a 24.6 percentage point increase in sound dairy cows, and a 14.2 percentage point increase in sound beef bulls. Despite the positive soundness findings for cows, it’s important for producers to be mindful of the advantage of culling cows before lameness is observed whenever possible.

For all cattle types in the market cow and bull research (beef cows, beef bulls, dairy cows and dairy bulls), the majority of cattle walked normally with no apparent lameness. This compared favorably with results from previous cow and bull audits. Overall, mobility research for both classes of cattle would suggest the bar is set high for future audits.

Meanwhile, prevalence of mud in market cows and bulls was noticeably lower in 2016 than it was in 2007, suggesting industry improvements in removing mud from hides prior to harvest. The presence of brands on cows and bulls was also lower in 2016.

In the fed steer-heifer research, more cattle had no brands or horns. There were fewer cattle without bruising – but the bruising found was less severe. There were more liver, lung and viscera condemnations, but fewer head and tongue condemnations.

Since audits were first instituted, reducing injection site lesions has been a key area of interest – and one of the industry’s most compelling success stories. In 2017, additional research was conducted at seven plants that had been audited in 2016 to determine the presence of injection site lesions in cow and bull rounds based on a slice audit procedure that had been used in a 1998-2000 audit.

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Gains Captured Through Lost Opportunities; More Work Ahead The research demonstrated a further reduction of 13 percentage points in beef-type carcasses and 20 percentage point reduction in dairy-type carcasses since that previous audit.

Strategy Session At a Strategy Session in December 2016, more than 70 individuals representing every sector of the beef industry met to review results of the research and discuss industry implications. Outcomes from that meeting provide quality guidance to the industry for the next five years.

One essential need identified by this group was for greater education and communication of BQA to the supply chain and consumers, and how increased certification of BQA followers could enhance respect for the program.

Participants on the fed steer and heifer side provided guidance on what kinds of industry improvements could be made in food safety and animal health, eating quality and reduction of variety, and optimizing value and eliminating waste. Those reviewing the

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market cow and bull beef supply identified needs for more timeliness in the marketing of animals; appropriate changes to placement and size of brands; addressing the appropriate site for injections; greater coordination to ensure promotion of BQA principles; more effective communication about animals that are not fit for transport; and diligence in educating on BQA principles.

More Work to Do

Although the beef industry has worked since 1991 to significantly improve the quality of its product, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always room for improvement in terms of reducing the number and severity of lost opportunities. The 2016 NBQAs for Fed Steers and Heifers and Market Cows and Bulls demonstrate the truth of this statement.

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Gains Captured Through Lost Opportunities; More Work Ahead In the 2016 NBQA for Fed Steers and Heifers, cattlemen and women could find a reason to appreciate the excellent mobility scores for animals going into the plant, as well as the increasing prevalence of Choice and Prime carcasses. The audit also acknowledged the decrease in cattle with hide brands, and the decreased presence of horns. However, it was apparent that further improvement is needed with liver condemnations and seeking to better understand the causes of liver abscesses, as well as reducing the number of carcasses with bruising.

For market cows and bulls, significant improvements have been made in animal mobility, soundness and bruise severity. Even more progress can be made, however, through greater focus on food safety, appropriate management to increase muscle condition before harvest, culling animals before physical defects are severe, implementing measures to eliminate bruising, effectively communicating with those who transport or purchase animals about their right to refuse to transport or purchase, reducing defects and emphasizing producer education in the BQA program.

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In fact, an important strategy for improved industry health and success was evident in the research: utilizing BQA and its principles to increase consumer confidence and enhance industry commitment would encourage greater beef demand, and improve industry harmonization. Carrying this BQA message throughout the industry all the way to consumers would benefit every audience.

We encourage you to read the full Executive Summaries of both the NBQA for Steers and Heifers and NBQA for Market Cows and Bulls. They can be found on the Beef Quality Assurance website at www.bqa.org. â&#x2013;

Jesse Fulton, M.S., is associate director, producer education for the National Cattlemenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Beef Association.

Deb VanOverbeke, Ph.D., is a Georgo Chiga Endowed Professor and Interim Assistant Dean, Academic Programs, for the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources at Oklahoma State University.

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Ranchers Must Clear the Air of Production Falsehoods When critics of livestock agriculture take aim at the beef industry and its impact on the environment, cattlemen can’t afford to run, hide or sit idle.

Dr. Frank Mitloehner, professor and air quality specialist in cooperative extension at the University of California – Davis, knows firsthand how scientific data has been manipulated to demonize livestock agriculture. The strategy to fight those misperceptions? Learn the facts about your cattle production methods and then get to work defending them.

“The media is just full of articles portraying the livestock industries in a very negative way,” Mitloehner said at the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef Communicators Summit in Denver, Colorado. “I think the beef industry – like any other livestock industry – should be well educated on the topic whether or not you believe in [sustainability], because your customers do.”

Mitloehner went to the forefront of the debate in 2006 when the Food and Animal Organization of the U.N. (FAO) released the report “Livestock’s Long Shadow,” which reported that livestock producers created 18 percent of all human-related greenhouse gas, a larger share of emissions than what is created by all of transportation.

“And if that sounded fishy to you, it sounded fishy to us,” Mitloehner said.

He and other scientists tackled the report and found major mistakes. The biggest was that two different models were used to assess livestock ag and transportation.

Livestock had a life-cycle assessment, showing the environmental footprint for a gallon of milk and a pound of beef, in which “you look at everything from the soil, to the crops that eventually become feed, to the animals, then the manure [and] manure being applied to soil again, the transportation of the product to supermarket or to restaurant.”

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showing transportation with much greater impact than initially reported, the media are slow to acknowledge the change and continue targeting animal agriculture.

Dr. Frank Mitloehner presents a slide at the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef in Denver. Photo by David Cooper.

FAO did that for livestock, but they didn’t do that for transportation.

“In other words, they didn’t look at the environmental footprint of producing the steel, the rubber, the roads, the harbors, the airports, getting the oil out of the ground in Saudi Arabia and shipping it to Texas, refining it, getting it to the gas stations and then burning it in your car. But they only looked at burning the gas in your car.”

Such a classic apples-to-oranges comparison, Mitloehner said, can’t be valid when saying livestock emit more greenhouse than transportation or energy. Those who wrote the U.N. report even admitted the criticism was valid.

Mitloehner and other colleagues responded with another report, “Clearing the Air, Livestock’s Contribution to Climate Change,” and found that livestock agriculture in developed nations such as the U.S. is significantly lower in greenhouse gas emissions. According to EPA data, livestock production emits just 3.4 percent of greenhouse gas in the U.S. compared with 26 percent from transportation.

Speaking of the FAO and its revisions, Mitloehner said, “I give them a lot of credit, because who in the world makes a mistake and goes out in public and tells the world?”

The issue, however, is that with revisions

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“The problem is that a lot of the media outlets that have loved that 18 percent number, and who have loved the comparison of livestock to transportation, have not accepted what the authors of that report acknowledge themselves,” Mitloehner said. “They still put out that 18 percent. You read it up until this day.”

Facing the Definitions Mitloehner doesn’t believe today’s producers win any arguments by shirking from science and data proving the reality of climate change.

“Do I believe climate change exists? The answer is yes. There has always been heating and cooling through the world’s history. What is different now from the past, recent heating trends have been more frequent and more intense, and the most recent concentrations of some of the greenhouse gas have far exceeded normal levels.”

Greenhouse gas molecules trap heat, which makes the planet habitable. But gas levels have exceeded normal ranges as carbon and fossil fuels are extracted and burned.

The EPA has reported transportation creates 27 percent of greenhouse gas, with energy production and use going up to 33 percent.

“The entire agriculture sector, both animal and plant, makes up about 10 percent,” Mitloehner said, with livestock ag producing 3.8 percent.

“So, to say livestock exceed vehicle emissions, that is not true. And the first ones to tell you that are the EPA folks, the agency there to generate emissions inventory. They will be your biggest friends.

Use them.”

Ranchers Must Clear the Air of Production Falsehoods

Food Choice Campaigns Mitloehner said the public is being sold a fraud on Meatless Monday campaigns, when they claim that one less burger reduces one-seventh of emissions. “It misleads the public to believe our food choices are the No. 1 contributor to these issues. Food choices matter, but they don’t come close to what you drive.”

If consumers wanted to tackle a food choice that can improve sustainability, Mitloehner said food waste is the bigger culprit.

“Forty percent of the food produced in the U.S. goes to waste, and the same number holds true throughout the world.” Global waste is more related to harvest ability, equipment and transportation to the market. But in the U.S., it’s more related to sale-by stamps on food.

“We’re wasting a lot of food,” Mitloehner said. “When you think about the entire

food supply chain, this is the worst atrocity we have to deal with right now.

Everybody would agree this is not tolerable for a society like ours.”

Sustainability of Modern Agriculture Mitloehner’s research shows that modern agricultural tools and production are critical to reducing air emissions from livestock. Farming and ranching in developed nations is far ahead of developing countries in sustainable practices.

And where population growth and food demand are growing fastest are in those nations that need to learn from U.S. production methods.

“There is a strong relationship between efficiency and productivity of livestock to sustainability.

“A cow that produces very little milk has a greater carbon footprint than one that produces more milk. It’s basically like a car sitting idle.”

With fewer dairy cows and fewer beef cattle than in previous decades, the U.S. is producing more milk and still producing the same amount of beef.

“And what has allowed us to go down to 9 million dairy cows? What has led to going down to 90 million beef cattle? Improved reproduction, improved veterinary care – that’s vaccinations or prevention of disease – improved animal genetics and the feeding of more energy-dense diets. This concert of tools has allowed us to shrink the number of animals needed to produce a given amount of food. It’s that simple.”

Beef producers have a role to explain those efficiencies with the experience and change they’ve seen on their ranches.

“You have to be a compassionate folk that you really are, and not be scared of [critics]. I find that the normal rancher and farmer has the greatest credibility out there, if he or she is able and willing to say what they do and why.” n

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Ludvigson Stock Farm’s Second Annual Ozark Bull and Female Sale Fall Edition October 21, 2017 • Nevada, Missouri 2 Premier Red Angus Herd Bulls $32,500 101 Ranch Ready Red Angus Range Bulls $3,962 23 Registered Red Angus Donor Females $5,141 24 Registered Red Angus Bred Heifers $2,535 Lot A, LSF SRR Takeover CLN, sired by HXC Conquest 4405P and out of a Messmer Packer S008 daughter, sold for $40,000 to McDonald Red Angus of Russell, Iowa, and Chile Beef of Santiago, Chile.

Lot 4, LSF SRR Merit 6281D, sired by 5L Independence 560298Y and out of HXC Brute Force 6600S daughter, sold for $25,000 to Lorenzen Ranches of Bend, Oregon.

Lot 12, LSF SRR Atoned 6445D, sired by Brown JYJ Redemption Y1334 and out of a Bieber Romero 9136 daughter, sold for $9,500 to Doc Partin Ranch of St. Cloud, Florida.

Lot 2, LSF SRR Stout 6329D, sired by LSF SRR Redemption 4203B and out of a LSF JBOB Expectation 6034S daughter, sold for $7,000 to Cooper Eilers of Greenville, Illinois.

Lot 81, LSF SRR Takeover 6410D, sired by LSF Takeover 9943W and out of a Brown Premier X7876 daughter, sold for $7,000 to Jim Comes of Atlantic, Iowa.

The top-selling donor female was Lot 126, Brown Ms P707 X7539, sired by Beckton Nebula P P707 and out of a GAR Retail Product daughter, sold for $17,500 to Bill Houck of Berryville, Virginia.

Lot 127, Brown Ms P707 X7580, sired by Beckton Nebula P P707 and out of a LJC Mission Statement P27 daughter, sold for $16,000 to Pieper Red Angus of Hay Springs, Nebraska, and Berwald Red Angus of Toronto, South Dakota.

Lot 128, Brown Ms P707 X7583, sired by Beckton Nebula P P707 and out of a LJC Mission Statement P27 daughter, sold for $16,000 to Larson Red Angus of Clearbrook, Minnesota.

The top-selling bred heifer, was Lot 152, TLA Miss Della 4209 632D, sired by Bieber Takeover B350 and out of a LSF Slam Dunk 2056Z daughter. She sold for $5,000 to 3K Land and Cattle Co. of Justin, Texas.

Lot 158, TLA Mattie 4159 646D, sired by LSF SRR Pursuit 4002B and out of a Beckton Epic R397K daughter, sold for $3,250 to 3K Land and Cattle Co. of Justin, Texas.

Pieper Red Angus October 28, 2017 • Hay Springs, Nebraska 70 18-month-old Red Angus Bulls $7,389 30 Registered Red Angus Bred Heifers $4,241 26 Registered Red Angus Bred Cows $2,233 260 Commercial Red Angus Bred Heifers $2,307 6 AQHA Broke Ranch Horses $6,858 24 AQHA Weanling Colts $1,990 Lot 1, PIE Eclipse 6337, sold to Bradbury Land & Cattle of Byers, Colorado for $20,000.

Lot 2, PIE Fusion, sold for $17,000 to Jim Kolle of Inez, Texas.

Kirk Potadle of Herman, Nebraska, purchased Lot 17, PIE Saga, for $14,000, and Lot 3, PIE Prospect 6322, for $11,500.

Long-time customer, John Stuckley of Schulenberg, Texas, purchased Lot 18, PIE Unchained 6441, for $12,500.

Lot 8, PIE Payweight 6348, sold for $11,500 to Lautenschlager & Sons Red Angus of Endicott, Washington.

Martin & Lois Hanley of Crawford, Nebraska, purchased a Saga son, Lot 12, for $11,500.

Volume buyers were long-time customers, Wagonhound Land & Livestock of Douglas, Wyoming, and DeCordova Cattle Co. of Groesbeck, Texas.

The high-selling bred heifer, Lot 78, an LSF 1040Y daughter, went to Hansine Ranch of Pierre, South Dakota, for $9,500.

The top registered bred cow sold to Hangin F Ranch of Worland, Wyoming, for $5,250.

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Sale Reports

Bieber Red Angus Ranch "Bieber Fever XIII!" November 9, 2017 • Leola, South Dakota Auctioneer: Seth Weishaar 73 Red Angus Coming 2-Year-Old Bulls $4,955 8 Red Angus Donor Cows $5,562 135 Registered Red Angus Bred Cows $2,255 116 Registered Red Angus Bred Heifers $2,947 241 Commercial Red Angus Bred Heifers $1,858 The top-selling bull, Bieber Hard Drive D629, was a May 7, 2016, son of Bieber Hard Drive Y120. He sold to Trigg Hollow Red Angus of Cornersville, Tennessee, for $15,500.

Bieber Hard Drive D427, an April 26, 2016, son of Bieber Hard Drive Y120, sold to Shady Bottom Red Angus of Crossville, Tennessee, for $15,000.

Bieber Hard Drive D424, an April 25, 2016, son of Bieber Hard Drive Y120, sold to Trigg Hollow Red Angus of Cornersville, Tennessee, for $10,000.

The top-selling bred cow was Bieber Dateline 308Y, a 2011 daughter of Hust Chief Sequoya R336, bred to Bieber Mitigator C314. She sold to Twedt Red Angus of McHenry, North Dakota, for $8,000.

Bieber Laura 112W, a 2009 daughter of LJC Mission Statement P27, bred to PIE Stockman 4051, sold to Fair Acres Stock Farms of Waldorf, Minnesota, for $7,250.

Bieber Belga 345X, a 2010 daughter of Bieber Rough Rider 10712, bred to Bieber Gladiator C386, sold to Twedt Red Angus of McHenry, North Dakota, for $7,250.

The top-selling bred heifer was Bieber Lass 117D, a January 17, 2016, daughter of Bieber Spartacus A193, bred to LSF TBJ Proud 5875C. She sold to Dahlke Red Angus of Bagley, Minnesota, for $7,000.

Bieber Surprise 243D, a February 13, 2016, daughter of Bieber Rollin Deep Y118, bred to Bieber CL Atomic C218, sold to Dean Christianson of Ashley, North Dakota, for $6,000.

Buyers hailed from 24 states.

Ludvigson Stock Farm’s Sixth Annual Herdbuilder Bull Sale Fall Edition November 20, 2017 • Shepherd, Montana 123 Red Angus Herd Bull Range Bulls $4,572 106 Red Angus Bred Heifers $3,036 66 Red Angus Bred Cows $2,443 7 Red Hybrid Bred Heifers $2,085 10 Red Hybrid Bred Cows $2,035 5 Red Angus Commercial Bred Heifers $1,700 4 Red Angus Commercial Bred Cows $1,700 The top-selling bull was Lot 4, LSF SRR Big Spread 6670D, sired by LSF Takeover 9943W and out of a Beckton Nebula P P707 daughter. He sold for $20,000 to McDonald Red Angus of Russell, Iowa.

Lot 1, LSF SRR Evaluation 6641D, sired by LSF Night Calver 9921W and out of a LCHMN Enterprise 1370H daughter, sold for $19,000 to the Big Sky Cattle Ranch of Cayucos, California.

Lot 10, LSF DRY Constitution 107D, sired by 5L Independence 560-298Y and out of a Red Wildman El Grande daughter, sold for $13,500 to One Way Cattle Company of Olton, Texas.

Lot 5, LSF SRR Longevity 6671D, sired by LSF Takeover

9943W and out of a Beckton Nebula P P707 daughter, sold for $12,500 to Gerald Kadrmas of Dodge, North Dakota.

Lot 37, LSF SRR Takeover 6637D, sired by LSF Takeover 9943W and out of a Beckton Nebula P P707 daughter, sold for $10,500 to Bud Reed of Lance Creek, Wyoming.

Lot 51, LSF SRR Takeover 6668D, sired by LSF Takeover 9943W and out of a Beckton Nebula P P707 daughter, sold for $10,500 to Cross Diamond Cattle Co. of Bertrand, Nebraska.

The top-selling female was Lot 142, LSF SRR Raindanc A3157 D6084, sired by 5L Independence 560-298 and out of a Beckton Epic R397K daughter, sold for $7,500 to Hansine Ranch Partnership of Pierre, South Dakota.

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Lot 184, LSF SRR Crystal B4419 D6200, sired by 5L Independence 560-298Y and out of a Beckton Epic R397K daughter, sold for $7,500 to Rippling A Red Angus of Lanark, Illinois.

Lot 197, LSF SRR Rainbow 995 B6500, sired by LSF SRR Chronicle 3001A and out of a Basin EXT 7455 daughter, sold for $7,500 to Hansine Ranch Partnership of Pierre, South Dakota.

Lot 188, LSF SRR Lakeisa B4223 D6317, sired by LSF Night Calver 9921W and out of a LSF Conqueror 2139Z daughter, sold for $7,000 to Henry’s Fork Cattle of Rexburg, Idaho. ■

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Jim and Alvina Meeks, Owners 1986 Trinity Church Rd. • Gray Court, SC 29645 Raymond Prescott, Mgr. • (864) 981-2080 Visit our website at bullhillredangusranch.com

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

Bull Hill Ranch Open House & “More Bull for a Buck” Sale

January 20th, 2018 at the ranch in Gray Court, South Carolina

Featuring 45 Service-Aged Bulls and 40 Registered and Commercial Red Angus Heifers!

AI SIRES INCLUDE:

5L Advantage 221Y 3 SONS SELL!

Andras New Direction R240 10 SONS SELL!

THESE BULLS ARE: • Bred for performance • Fescue developed • Climate adapted to Southeastern heat and humidity.

• Ready to deliver more profit to your program’s bottom line.

• Managed with fertility, soundness and longevity in mind.

PIE Legend 468 10 SONS SELL!

Brown Premier X7876 3 SONS SELL!

Genetics that WORK from a Program that WORKS!

Visit our website for more information, a catalog link and video links!

Or call 864-981-2080 for your catalog!

That's no BULL...That's Bull Hill Ranch!

Jim and Alvina Meeks, Owners Raymond Prescott, Mgr. Gray Court, SC 29645 (864) 981-2080 bullhill2@prtcnet.com

bullhillredangusranch.com

2008 South Carolina Seedstock Producer of the Year • 2011 RAAA Gridmaster Award Winner

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

(361) 550-5045 • jakolle@tisd.net

Enough Ear, But Not Too Much.

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

www.RABrownRanch.com 150 Bulls & 100 Females offered every October

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!

Patsy Krause Fund Raiser

Red Angus Foundation Inc. (406) 599-2852 • cell patsy@redangus.org

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

Area 1 – West Director – Sam Lorenzen KLARISSA GNESA 3543N 2770E TWIN FALLS, ID 83301

DEEDEE KLUSER DELINDA KLUSER 49035 HWY 26 MOUNT VERNON, OR 97865 DILLON MITCHELL 76886 RIDGE DR. COTTAGE GROVE, OR 97424

He Does Everything Right!

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

Area 2 – Montana Director – Bruce Ketchum CM LAND AND LIVESTOCK CHRISTINA MCRAE-HOLLAND 3952 HWY 287 SHERIDAN, MT 59749 ADM RED ANGUS DON & ANN MARIE MORK 780 OLD HIGHWAY 10 SANDERS, MT 59076 Area 3 – Rocky Mountain Director – Kevin Miller JOHN T. BRINK 14546 GALENA CT. BRIGHTON, CO 80602

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Several sale-topping progeny

PRIVATE TREATY BULLS NOW AVAILABLE

Allan Havick • 1225 900th St • Harlan, IA 51537 (712) 235-1225 • rafterh@fmctc.com

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SARA CASNER PO BOX 441 SILVERTON, TX 79257 PAULA CERVANTES 905 NW MAIN ENNIS, TX 75119 KYRA CRUSE PO BOX 679 COLLINSVILLE, TX 76233 JULIE DIEBEL 4011 SALEM RD VICTORIA, TX 77904 GRAYSON FRITCHER 8872 BROOKES DR MONTGOMERY, TX 77316 LANCE GILLILAND 2308 CR 429 STEPHENVILLE, TX 76401 ABBASTANZA LLC CLIFFORD HAIR 3845 CR 264 DUBLIN, TX 76446

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Jack & Gini Chase • 307-736-2422

Reg# 1025756

MIDDLE WELL RANCH CECILIA BURTNETT 219 SAWYER DR SONORA, TX 76950

SOLID ROCK RED ANGUS RESEARCH HERD JOE FRASIER 45965 COUNTY ROAD 118 LIMON, CO 80828 GLEASON LIVESTOCK BRUCE & WENDY BETHEA 452 HEALD RD WESTON, WY 82371 NATALIE JOHNSON 5822 CR 23 VETERAN, WY 82243 LAZY LO RANCH JUSTIN AND TRINITY LEWIS 175 HWY 341 ARVADA, WY 82831 Area 4 – Southwest Director – Kyley DeVoe MANZANO ANGUS BILL GARDNER 502 CR B 107 ESTANCIA, NM 87016

JACKSON RED ANGUS SAM JACKSON 11314 N. FM 1264 LUBBOCK, TX 79415 CHLOE PEOPLES PO BOX 1448 ROCKWALL, TX 75087 SPEELMAN RED ANGUS JOHAN SPEELMAN 3008 HARMONY AMARILLO, TX 79106 Area 5 – Northern Plains Director – Steve Koester BRIDGET WEESE 2255 EAKEN AVE NE BUFFALO, MN 55313 DONNELLY FARMS DAN DONNELLY 3326 109TH AVENUE SE VALLEY CITY, ND 58072

DYLAN ENGER 7828 55TH ST NW STANLEY, ND 58784

PIPER SHOULDERS 30627 CR 50 ORLANDO, OK 73073

CRAIG OR RACHEL JOHNSON 2010 QUIET ACRES DRIVE DEVILS LAKE, ND 58301

SHRYOCK LAND & CATTLE BRAD SHRYOCK 211210 EAST CR 53 MUTUAL, OK 73853

WYATT LODOEN 1421 104TH ST NW WESTHOPE, ND 58793

WHITE VALLEY RANCH CHRIS AND KELSEY WHITE 12555 HWY 69 N ADAIR, OK 74330

SIX-L RANCH EAST LARS HANSON 40436 127TH STREET GROTON, SD 57445 Area 6 – Great Plains Director – Newley Hutchison CHESNIE DICKINSON 32087 9 RD OGALLAH, KS 67656 DOWLING CATTLE KELLY & ROXANNE DOWLING PO BOX 1238 DODGE CITY, KS 67801 BELLA MUSHRUSH 2324 N RD STRONG CITY, KS 66869

KEVIN WILLIAMS 220951 E 800 RD PUTNAM, OK 73659 REAGAN WORTHINGTON 23220 CREW 180 FREDERICK, OK 73542 WYNN SHOW CALVES MORGAN WYNN PO BOX 1280 KREBS, OK 74501 Area 7 – Northeast Director – John Langdon KARABIN FARMS DIANE KARABIN 894 ANDREWS ST SOUTHINGTON, CT 6489

RILEY SHAY 3247 ROAD 80 EDSON, KS 67733

SERENA CLOCK 5280 W 300 S MARION, IN 46953

SYDNEE SHIVE 24015 W 101ST N MT HOPE, KS 67108

FREDRICK GENETIC REPRODUCTIONS ERNEST CHRISTIAN PO BOX 566 UNION BRIDGE, MD 21791

AARON HUEFTLE 41446 RD 758 COZAD, NE 69130 JEFF & JENNIE SCHOLL RURAL ROUTE 1 BOX 95 NORA, NE 68961 WIEDEL CATTLE CO. CURTIS WIEDEL 5968 RD J HEBRON, NE 68370 MCKAY CATTLE CO. BRYAN MCKAY 18920 W 6TH ST ORLANDO, OK 73073

HANNAH HALEY 1966 BEECHTREE TRAIL KITTRELL, NC 27544 TURNER MOUNTAIN PLANTATION DUSTIN ROGERS 1672 TURNER MOUNTAIN ROAD MOUNT AIRY, NC 27030 EMILY PADEN 44700 SPRINGBROOK DRIVE ST. CLAIRSVILLE, OH 43950

HILLCREST FARMS DAVE STICKNEY 5659 NEER ROAD SOUTH VIENNA, OH 45369 ARROWHEAD RED ANGUS PHILIP DEVER 42 SYCAMORE RIDGE WALTON, WV 25286 Area 8 – Southeast Director – Raymond Prescott CLAY KENNAMER LIVESTOCK CLAY KENNAMER 3297 COUNTY ROAD 42 HOLLYWOOD, AL 35752 CLAY MAXEY RED ANGUS CLAY MAXEY 4594 UNION RD HARRISON, AR 72601 AVERY HARNED 2339 UPTON ROAD UPTON, KY 42784 3H RANCH KYLE HEBERT, DVM 4885 EAST SHOALS CREEK DRIVE LAKE CHARLES, LA 70605 DREW DIXON 4400 FREEMAN RD LIBERTY, MS 39645 LILLI DIXON 4400 FREEMAN ROAD LIBERTY, MS 39645 ADDISON VOWELL 130 WOOD HAVEN DR. FOREST, MS 39074 DANNON & ADDIE GRACE WEAVER 347 CASH ROAD LENA, MS 39094 PEERY BEND FARM GARY SAWYER 500 HOWARD COOK ROAD DUCK RIVER, TN 38454 Area 9 – Midwest Director – Stuart Gilbert HUNTER ANDERSON 2609 150TH AVE ALGONA, IA 50511

RAVEN HALL 1019 INDIAN AVE CASEY, IA 50048 SKYLAR HALL 1019 INDIAN AVE CASEY, IA 50048 KIRK & ERIN SCHWARTE 1006 CEDAR ST ADAIR, IA 50002 WILHELM FAMILY ANGUS REX WILHELM BOX 635 STUART, IA 50250 LILY SIMPSON 295 COUNTY RD 2000 E BARNHILL, IL 62809 TRAVIS CATTLE DEXTER TRAVIS 14068 LAKE WINDERMERE RD TREMONT, IL 61568 ALFALFA HILL FARMS MARK UHLES 611 S BROADWAY AVE WALTONVILLE, IL 62894 TH CATTLE CO. TYLER HARRIS 34285 HWY 65 SEDALIA, MO 65301 RILEY’S 4-R GELBVIEH DALE RILEY 10085 COUNTY RD 2340 ROLLA, MO 65401 WAYNE STUMP 126 E. DADE 72 GREEN FIELD, MO 65661 CEDAR RIVER RED ANGUS IRV, JARED, MICAH SNYDER E4907 TIMBERLINE ROAD SPRING GREEN, WI 53588 International DIAMOND T CATTLE CO. BRODY & JUSTINE GARDNER RR 2 SITE 16 BOX 5 OLDS, AB T4H 1P3 WILDMAN LIVESTOCK BRETT & TRACI WILDMAN BOX 89 SANGUDO, AB T0E 2A0

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

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

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

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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

Ron and Esther Fischer

suthfarm@gmail.com Spooner Creek Lane Stevensville, MT

Convenience Traits until the Cows Come Home!

Mark & Sue Mees • (406) 347-5413 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

www.montanaredangus.org 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

Box 396, Joliet, Mt 59041 "Females & Bulls For Sale Year Round"

Charlie & Linda Lewis

(406) 962-3330

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 -

MTRAA Officers

President: Francis Koenig - Winnett, MT 59087 - francis@midrivers.com Vice President: Kara Herbst – Manhattan, MT 59741 – kklompien@hotmail.com Secretary: Christina Pierce – Molt, MT 59057 - mtraasecretary@gmail.com

MTRAA Directors

Karen Raisland - St. Ignatius, MT - sti4058@blackfoot.net Veronica Christensen - Park City, MT - criters@charter.net Ryan Clark – Fishtail, MT 59063 - diamondbarcattle@hotmail.com

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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

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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 129

Bob Morton, President Chuck Feddes, Region A Director Bruce Ketchum, Director MT Breeders can be found on pages 122-123

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 119 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 Garland, CO 81133 Mobile (719) 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

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8815 81st St. NW, Powers Lake, ND

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

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AREA 2 Montana

"We Breed Excitement"

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

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Ranch Red Angus

John & Stephanie Jung Family Mina, SD • (605) 380-1796 www.lazyjbarranch.com

Valnes Ranch Red Angus

Emit & Jayme Valnes • Eden, SD (605) 698-6596 • Cell (605) 228-8857 valnesranch@hotmail.com Registered & Commercial Red Angus

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

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 Kansas • Nebraska • Oklahoma

Nebraska Breeders can be found on page 117 Kansas Breeders can be found on page 127

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

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

- Bulls, females, embryos and semen by Private Treaty -

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

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

AREA 8 - Southeast

Registered Red Angus

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

Tom Karr

AREA 9 - Midwest

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

Iowa • Illinois Missouri • Wisconsin

Stuart Gilbert, Director Missouri Breeders can be found on page 128

Russ Dahl Deerfield, WI 608-444-8295

Kathy Zepp • (410) 848-2160 Gabe & Kelly Zepp • (410) 635-3922 David & Laura Zepp • (410) 751-2719 2734 Old Washington Rd. • Westminster, MD 21157

Rob & Amy Hess

Hershey, PA 717-821-1782 bowcreekbeef.com

Pasture to Plate Performance Tested

Embryos, Semen and Cattle by Private Treaty

MCMURPHY FARMS Alva, Oklahoma

ANGUS, RED ANGUS & COMMERCIAL

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

WRIGHTS MILL FARM RED ANGUS Steven Harris, DVM 4720 Wrights Mill Road Trappe, MD 21673 410-924-3905 www.wmfredangus.com

Join us on March 17, 2018 in Mill Hall, Pennsylvania for our Annual Production Sale with Chappell Red Angus and Swank Farm Red Angus!

The Only Red Angus Production Sale in the Northeast U.S.!

$275 per year!

Get Your Breeder Directory ad for only Contact Kevin LeMaster at kevin@redangus.org

Raymond Prescott, Director Region C SERAA Breeders can be found on page 118

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

Oakridgefarms.org

Red Angus • Red Simmental • Red SimAngus

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

Bruce Westhuis

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

American Red Angus Breeder Directory

Newley Hutchison, Director Connie Mushrush, Region B Director

Dan & Alicia Stickel Phone & Fax (304) 884-7993 Rt. 2 Box 85A Email: cedarhillredangus@frontier.com Jane Lew, WV 26378 www.cedarhillfarmredangus.com

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

ROUSE RED ANGUS

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

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

Foreign Breeders

Joel Birdwell Auctioneer

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

MORE BULL POWER

American Red Angus Breeder Directory

BREEDER TO BREEDER GENETIC SERVICES

1-866-867-4436

www.ORI genbeef.org CANADIAN RED ANGUS PROMOTION SOCIETY

South East of Billings, Montana • I-90 Exit 469 10 West Arrow Creek • Huntley, MT 59037

P.O. Box 39075 • Lakewood Common Saskatoon, SK CA S7V 0A9 306.227-2992 • Fx 306.373.3515

CANADA’S ANGUS MAGAZINE

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

Sales & Services

CK Sonny Booth

Auctioneer • Sale Manager (641) 919-1077

Dedicated to the Red Angus Breed since 1973

www.redcows.net www.redcows.net

Licensed & Bonded with Packers & Stockyards

Bryan Gill

Sales Manager 701.730.0134

bigredgenetics@hotmail.com 1506 29th Ave S Moorhead, MN 56560

Justin B. Stout

- Auctioneer -

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

877.700.4099 www.pifers.com

AUCTION SERVICE

23724 W. 87th Terrace . Lenexa, KS 66227

(913) 645-5136 jbs5356@hotmail.com Making your program stronger, one sale at a time.

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

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Angus Plus Breeders

Pool Ranch

Quality Red Angus & Angus Plus Cattle

www.poolranch.com

David Pool, Owner david@poolranch.com 903-863-2171 • Cell: 903-646-2068 Located in East Texas

Red Angus

$275

Enough Ear, But Not Too Much.

Get Your ARA Breeder Directory ad for only

per year!

Contact Kevin LeMaster at kevin@redangus.org

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

FLC

Ryan Flaming 620-382-5107

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

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

Visit our website to locate a breeder near you!

“Your Partner in Progress” Bulls, Females and Embryos by Private Treaty

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

January 1 6 6 7 7 7 7 8

Final Ad Reservation/Editorial Deadline for February ARA NWSS Red Angus Junior Show, Denver, CO Reds on the Rocks Volume IV, Denver, CO J6 Mile High Online Sale NWSS Red Angus Pen Show, Denver, CO Mile High Classic Sale, Denver, CO TC Reds “Power of the Pens” Online Sale NWSS Red Angus Open Show, Denver, CO

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Ressler Land & Cattle, Cooperstown, ND Bull Hill Ranch “More Bull for a Buck” Sale, Gray Court, SC Grassy Meadow Ranch, Jamestown, ND Sioux Empire Farm Show Red Angus Show, Sioux Falls, SD Ft. Worth Red Angus Showcase Sale, Ft. Worth, TX Ft. Worth Stock Show Red Angus Show, Ft. Worth, TX Bullis Creek Generations of Predictability 18, Burwell, NE

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Final Ad Reservation/Editorial Deadline for March ARA Black Hills Stock Show Red Angus Show & Sale, Rapid City, SD TJS Red Angus Sale, Buffalo, WY K2 Red Angus Online Sale Loonan Stock Farm, Corning, IA T & T Cattle Bull & Female Sale, Riverton, WY Twedt Red Angus & Ressler Angus, McHenry, ND Badlands Genetics Plus, Dickinson, ND Rust Mountain View Ranch, Mercer, ND TNT “Genetic Explosion 18” Sale, Almont, ND Berger’s Herdmasters, North Platte, NE Ludvigson Stock Farms Dakota Bull Sale, Center, ND Bichler “Quality Not Quantity” Sale, Linton, ND Forster Red Angus, Richardton, ND Olson’s Red Power Sale, Argusville, ND Wasem Red Angus, Halliday, ND Crump Red Angus, Arvada, WY Nordlund Stock Farm, Clearbrook, MN

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Overmiller Red Angus & Gelbvieh, Smith Center, KS Larson Lost River Livestock, Clearbrook, MN Turtle River Cattle Co., Napoleon, ND Gill Red Angus, Timber Lake, SD Barenthsen-Bullinger Red Angus, Powers Lake, ND The Nebraska Classic Red Angus Show & Sale, Kearney, NE Lorenzen Ranches Annual Bull and Female Sale, Madras, OR Brenner Angus, Mandan, ND Rancher’s Choice Bull Sale, Eltopia, WA South Central Red Genetics, Ardmore, OK Kal-Kota Ranch Sale, Mandan, ND Namken Red Angus, Lake Norden, SD Lone Tree Red Angus, Faith SD Ludvigson Western Cattlemen’s Classic, Madras, OR Houston Livestock Red Angus Open Show, Houston, TX

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Final Ad Reservation/Editorial Deadline for April ARA Bieber Fever XIV, Leola, SD Sutherlin Farms & 3C Red Angus, Stevensville, MT DK Red Angus, Williston, ND Kentucky Beef Expo Red Angus Sale, Louisville, KY Smith Farms & Huntsrod Red Angus, Hay Springs, NE Judd Ranch Sale, Pomona, KS Ludvigson Ozark Bul & Female Sale, Nevada, MO Redland Red Angus, Hysham, MT Rich Family Production Sale, Vinton, IA S Diamond Angus, Henderson, NE Arrowsmith Red Angus Bull Sale, Bassett, NE Campbell Red Angus Bull Sale, Mobridge, SD Dikeman Simmental & Huninghake Angus, Wanego, KS McMurphy Farms Trusted Performance Sale, Alva, OK Sandhill Red Angus, Sidney, MT Pederson’s Broken Heart Ranch, Firesteel, SD Fritz Red Angus, Brady, MT Schriefer Red Angus, Dickinson, ND Hueftle Cattle Co., Cozad, NE Leland & Koester Red Angus, Sidney, MT Red Alliance Sale, Shawnee, OK Like It Like That Red Angus, Columbus, MT REDStock Partners, Chillicothe, MO C-Bar Red Angus, Brownell, KS Wedel Red Angus, Leoti, KS Heart River Ranch & Open A Angus, Belfield, ND

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Klompien Red Angus, Manhattan, MT Hot Shoe Red Angus Production Sale, Salina, UT Mushrush Red Angus Production Sale, Strong City, KS Rohrich’s Cutting Edge Ranch, Steele, ND Wood V Bar X Ranch Red Angus, Sandpoint, ID 9 Mile Ranch Annual Sale, Touchet, WA Janssen Red Angus, Geneseo, KS Keystone Elite, Mill Hall, PA Milk Creek Reds Bull Sale, Plevna, MT Red Hill Farms ‘More Than A Bull Sale XIII,’ Lafayette, TN The Cowboys Red Angus Sale, Knoxville, IA Flatwater Red Angus Gang, Broken Bow, NE Sun River Red Angus, Great Falls, MT Green Mountain Red Angus, Logan, MT Schuler Red Angus, Bridgeport, NE Arkansas Annual Bull & Female Sale, Heber Springs, AR Croissant Red Angus, Briggsdale, CO Fischer Red Angus Spring Fling Sale, Harlowton, MT Axtell Cattle Company Annual Production Sale, Sterling, CO Feddes and C-T Red Angus, Manhattan, MT McEntire Red Angus Partners in Progress, Sweetwater, OK Diamond H Ranch, LaCrosse, KS Westphal Red Angus, Grass Range, MT Pieper Red Angus, Hay Springs, NE Peacock Angus Ranch, Covington, TX Power of the Reds, Macomb, IL Valnes Red Angus, Eden, SD

February

March

Visit RedAngus.org for an extended list of sales and events.

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The Red Angus Association of America will host an Open House at the new headquarters in Commerce City, Colorado, during the National Western Stock Show.

Open House hours are Jan. 6 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Jan. 7 from 4 to 7 p.m. Walk-ins are welcome at any time as well!

Missouri Red Angus Association

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

Balancing Performance with Maternal

Mike and Stephanie Smith Columbia, MO 573-881-0395 • 573-449-1809

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

Balanced & Proven Genetics www.lacysredangus.com

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

Look to THE WEST! In Your RED ANGUS QUEST...

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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

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

RED ANGUS SINCE 1959

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

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

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Advertiser Index 3K Land & Cattle Co ..........................119 5L Red Angus..............................103,123 9 MIle Ranch ........................................17 ABS ......................................................11 Adams Angus Ranch ..........................117 Andras Stock Farm ............................130 Angelo Cattle Company .....................122 Angus World ......................................126 Arrowsmith Red Angus ........................76 Atkinson Reds ....................................118 Axtell Cattle Co..............................94,124 Bachman Cattle Farms ............28,29,129 Bar C Red Angus................................119 Barenthsen-Bullinger Red Angus ..82,124 Basel Red Angus................................125 Beatty Farms .....................................118 Beckton Stock Farm ........................3,126 Berger’s Herdmasters ..........................69 Bichler ................................................102 Bieber Red Angus ..................................7 BIM Red Angus ..................................117 Birdwell, James ..................................126 Birdwell, Joel ......................................125 Birnie Red Angus................................117 Bola Red Angus ..........................115,119 Booth, CK Sonny................................126 Bovine Elite ..........................................83 Bow Creek Beef ................................125 Bowles J5 Red Angus ........................123 Broken Heart Ranch.. ...................47,124 Brown, RA ..........................................119 Brylor Ranch ......................................126 Buffalo Creek Red Angus ..................120 Bull Hill Ranch..............................118,119 Bullis Creek Ranch ................45,116,117 C-Bar Red Angus ................................48 C-T ................................................79,123 Campbell Red Angus..........................124 Canadian RA Promotion Society ........126 Cattle Visions ......................................66 Cedar Hill Farm ..................................125 Chappell Red Angus......................27,125 Chiefline Red Angus ..........................119 Christensen Red Angus......................123 Choat Cattle Co ..................................117 Clark Cattle Services..........................126 Clay Maxey Ford ..................................49 Country Acres Farm ..........................125 Cowboys Red Angus Sale..................101 Croissant Red Angus ....................89,124 Cross Diamond............................117,131 Crossroads Cattle Company ..............125 Crump Red Angus ........................37,124 D&D Cattle Co ...................................117 DK Red Angus ..............................99,124 Daigger-Orr Red Angus ......................117 Deichmann Livestock Brokerage........126

336 490th Ave. Searsboro, Iowa 50242

Diamond H ....................................34,127 Dikeman Simmental ..........................100 Double Eagle Ranch ..........................129 Elmwood Fields ..................................125 Faylor Red Angus ..............................127 Feddes Red Angus ..............................79 Fick Red Angus ..................................117 Fischer’s Red Angus ....................40,122 Flaming Livestock Co ........................127 Flat Creek Farms................................118 Flat Iron Red Angus............................124 Flat Water Gang ..................................43 Forster Red Angus ........................75,124 Fritz Red Angus..................................123 Genex/CRI..........................................132 Gibson Red Angus, GA ......................118 Giefer Ranch ........................................96 Gilchrist ..............................................126 Gill Red Angus......................................25 Gilreath Farms....................................115 Glacier Red Angus ............................122 Green Mountain Red Angus ..........73,122 G.W. Land & Cattle Co ......................119 H & F Red Angus ...............................127 Halfmann Red Angus ......................2,119 Hall - Pokorny Red Angus ..................117 Harbin Red Angus .............................123 Harms Plainview Ranch ....................127 Heart River Red Angus ........................87 Hidden Creek Farm ............................125 Hoft Red Angus .................................123 Hueftle Cattle Co ........................107,117 Huninghake Angus Ranch..................100 Huntrods Red Angus ............................67 Illinois Red Angus Association............125 J6 Farms ..............................................59 JST Red Angus ..................................129 Jacobs, Roger ....................................126 Jacobson Red Angus ........................124 James Red Angus ..............................130 Janssen Red Angus ......................44,127 Jarvis Red Angus................................118 Jeffries Land & Cattle ........................125 Judd Ranch ....................................30,31 K2 Red Angus ......................................41 Kal-Kota..............................................114 Karr Farms ........................................125 KK Farms ..........................................129 King’s Farm ..........................................50 Klompien Red Angus..........................123 Kniebel Cattle Co ..............................127 Koenig Ranch Reds ..........................122 Koester Red Angus ..............................16 Kolle Red Angus ................................119 Kravig Red Angus ..............................124 Lacy’s Red Angus ..............................129 Laubach Red Angus ..........................122

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

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Lautenschlager & Sons ..................9,129 Lazy J Bar ..........................................124 Lone Tree Red Angus ..........................12 Lorenzen Ranches ............................129 Leland Red Angus ........................15,122 Like It Like That Red Angus ..........19,122 Little Creek Farm ................................118 Loonan Stock Farm ......................14,125 Loosli Red Angus ..............................129 Lorenzen Ranches ........................68,129 Lost Creek Red Angus ......................123 Lucht Red Angus ...............................123 Ludvigson ..................................53,57,65 MARS Red Angus ..............................123 Maple Oaks Red Angus......................129 McEntire Red Angus ............................20 McLean Red Angus ............................118 McMurphy Farms. ..............................125 McPhee Red Angus............................129 Meado-West Farms............................125 Mees Ranch ......................................122 Mercer Farm ......................................118 Messmer Red Angus. ........................124 Mile High Classic Sale..........................93 Milk Creek Reds. ........................105,123 Minnesota Red Angus Assoc..............124 Mobley, Luke ......................................126 Montana Red Angus Assn ....................51 Morris/Box Ranch ..............................119 Mushrush Red Angus. ....................5,127 Namken Red Angus ..........................125 Nebraska Cattlemen’s Classic ............86 Nordlund ..............................................74 North Dakota Red Angus Assn ............88 OHR ..............................................97,124 Oak Ridge Farms ..............................125 ORIgen ..............................................126 Osborn Red Angus ............................118 Overmiller ............................................64 Ozark Hills Genetics...........................129 Peacock Red Angus ......................56,116 Pelton Red Angus...............................127 Pieper Red Angus..........................21,117 Pifers Livestock Marketing ..........115,126 Plain Jan’s ..........................................116 Pool Ranch.........................................126 Quality Genetics ................................123 Quartz Valley Red Angus ..................129 Rafter H Ranch ..................................120 Ramsdale Reds .................................119 Reds on The Rocks Sale....................110 Red Alliance Sale ..............................108 Red Angus Foundation ......................120 Red Angus Showcase Sale ..................95 Red Angus Society of Australia ..........126 Red Angus World ................................98 Redland Red Angus ............................58

REDstock ............................................85 Red Belt Red Angus ..........................118 Red Cow Relocators ..........................126 Red Fork Red Angus ..........................122 Red Hill Farms ............................113,118 Red Western Sale ................................63 Rhodes Red Angus ............................127 Rich Red Angus....................................61 Ritchey Tags ........................................92 Robertson-Lindsay Cattle Co ............116 Rock Creek Red Angus ......................127 Rouse Red Angus ..............................125 S Diamond Angus..........................23,117 STgenetics ............................................8 Safety Zone Calf Catchers ..................36 Sandbur Ridge Red Angus ................117 Sandhill Red Angus ......................77,123 Schuler Red Angus......................109,117 Schumacher Trust ..............................127 Scott Farm Red Angus ......................124 Select Sires ..........................................13 Sheaman Ranch ................................124 Shepherd Red Angus ........................124 Shoal Creek........................................129 Shobe, Kyle ........................................126 Smith Farms Red Angus ......................67 Smith Land & Cattle Co......................124 Solid Rock Red Angus. ......................124 Sonstegard Cattle Co. ........................124 South Central Red Genetics ................35 South Dakota Red Angus Assn ............46 Spreutels Farm Red Angus ................129 Stout, Justin........................................126 Strauss Free Raised ..........................128 Sun River ......................................60,122 Sutherlin Farms ............................71,122 Sycamore Farm ..................................118 TJS ......................................................55 TNT ....................................................111 Trinity Creek Red Angus ....................118 Triple Creek Ranch ............................119 Twedt Red Angus ................................33 Valnes Red Angus ......................112,124 Veto Valley Farms ..............................118 Wasem Red Angus ..............................42 Wedel Red Angus..........................91,127 Western Livestock Journal ..................84 Westphal Red Angus ....................81,123 Whitley Red Angus ............................118 Wilkinson Farms Simmenatls ..............43 Willows Farm Company ....................129 Windrush Farm ..................................129 Woods V Bar X Ranch ................72,129 Wrights Mill Farm Red Angus ............125

Andras

Stock Farm

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Steve: 217-473-2320 • Will: 217-473-2355 P.O. Box 71 • Manchester, IL 62663 email: andras@irtc.net

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