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Tips For Managing Free Choice Mineral Intake A look at how to stretch, but yet adequately provide mineral for your cowherd.

12 One Heifer Then-Now A Herd For The Mullins Family The Golden Star Simbrah program, owned by the Mullins Family, started with one show heifer and the desire of a family to be in the purebred sector. Today their growing program incorporates AI and embryo transfer and continues to be a family operation.

15 Annual Cow Costs-Here’s The Big 3 Here’s insight into production costs and how to manage the big ticket items.

20 Tightening Up Calving Season A look why a defined calving season is important and advice on how to shorten that time period.

Smith Practical 42D 3/4 Sire. Sired by Devils Cut. Polled/Non Dilutor Top 1% for API • Top 3% for TI See his daughters in Synergy

Smith Dirty Mike N Black 214G Polled Simmental Sired by W/C Executive Order And from the Gracie Cow Family Top 15% for Calving Ease

VISIT OUR WEBSITE AND SEE OUR SIRES www.smithgenetics.com

Tim Smith, Joel Isgrig & Haley Smith P.O. Box 330, Giddings, TX 78942 512-587-7896 • smithgenetics1@gmail.com

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3 News You Can Use 22 ASA Provides Open Breed Registration 25 Four Ways to Create Purebred Simbrah 31 Save the Date 31 Index to Advertisers

Photographed at La Muñeca Ranch by Carlos X. Guerra

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East Texas/Heart of Texas Associations announce sale plans The East Texas and Heart of Texas Simmental/Simbrah Associations recently announced that they will hold their annual fall sale on Sept. 11th. They will be moving back to a live sale this year to be held at the Rusk County Expo Center, Henderson, Texas. For those that choose to buy remotely, online bidding will be provided at BestCattleSales.com. For more information contact Kenneth Airheart, 903/539-1666 or Lou Langford, 214/801-2966 or visit www.etssa.net.

Triple C set to hold online sale Triple C Cattle’s Simbrah Select Sale will be held on Sept.

13 and 14th at PremierLivestockAuctions.com. For more information follow them on Facebook or contact Marshall Curl at 956/537-6510.

Simbrahs part of Club 1835 offering A multi-breed online sale, Club 1835 will be held on Sept.

18th. Simbrahs will be part of the offering that will be on SConlinesales.com. For more information visit www.rrmktg.com or contact Webb Fields at 903/563-3260.

Synergy XIV dates announced Sale host, Tim Smith announces that Synergy XIV will be held Sept. 25-26th. It will include a sale of approximately 100 lots of purebred and percentage Simbrah, Simmental, SimAngus cattle, a junior show for qualifying heifers, showmanship and educational contests. Simulcast bidding will be provided on DVAuctions.com. For additional information contact Smith at 512/587-7896 or smithgenetics1@ gmail. com. You may also visit the Synergy Facebook/Twitter accounts or their page on www.smithgenetics.com

Silent auction scheduled for Synergy XIV Once again, a silent auction will be held at Synergy, Sept.

25th. to raise funds for Simbrah promotion. Belva and Twila (Continued on page 4)

Quality is our goal and we know that starts with sound cattle, backed by generations of predictability, solid EPDs and productivity. Just look at some of the high profile individuals now working in our herd.

Smith Adventurer 814F-A purebred heterozygous polled and black young purebred sire, we have recently added. He’s sired by Smith Just Because and from the Wentz Smith Superior female, a Fort Worth and Houston Junior Show Champion. He combines the Diva and Juliet Cow Families. Add to that, he ranks in the top 10% of the breed for API and in the top 5% for TI.

Smith The Next Bella-A percentage donor sired by Mr. HOC Broker and out of Smith Ciao Bella, an International Champion and heir apparent to Bella Bella. We are flushing this female to accelerate our quality.

Smith TMP Call Me Bella 331J-A fancy Lubbock daughter out of the 321B donor, who is pictured in this ad. Full interest in this fancy, halter broke purebred heifer sells at the upcoming Synergy. This is a fourth generation member of the Bella Cow Family.

She can show in the Synergy Showcase.

Smith TMP Royal Jewel 109G-This coming twoyear-old female is sired by Shortstop and out of our Smith RFI Hidden Jewel donor, who is from the Pure Diamond Cow Family. We are excited about what she brings to the table and the potential she offers.

We invite you to evaluate our lots in the Synergy Sale and join us Sept. 25th in Giddings.

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Johnson are coordinating the items and auctions. Please contact them at belvajohnson@sbcglobal.net to provide details on your donation to the auction and/or to place bids.

Peach Creek Ranch to conduct sale The Onstot family invites everyone to join them for their 2nd Annual Peach Creek Ranch Online Heifer Sale on Oct. 1st on SmartAuctions. Viewing and ice cream will be available at their open house on Sept. 25-26th. Barns will open for viewing on Sept. 7th. For more information follow the ranch on Facebook.

La Muñeca announces their fall events La Muñeca Cattle Co., Linn, Texas, has announced their annual LMC Roundup & Futurity will be held at the ranch Oct. 2nd. They will also host their LMC & Friends GIVING Thanks Online Sale, Nov. 20-23rd on CattleinMotion. This sale benefits a number of scholarships and causes, including American Junior Simbrah Roundup. For additional details follow them on social media and/or visit their website www.lamunecacattle.com.

For all the latest information on Simbrah, click on: www.simbrahworld.com

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American Junior Simbrah Roundup held The American Junior Simbrah Roundup was held this summer and drew entries of Simbrah cattle and exhibitors from three states. Full details, photos of all contest winners and all champions can be accessed at www.simbrahworld.com under the junior news tab.

Simbrahs part of AJSA National Classic Several junior Simbrah exhibitors competed at the American Junior Simmental Association National Classic in Nebraska in July. For a complete reporting of winners visit http://www.juniorsimmental.org/index.php.

Sympathies extended to Knezek family Abbie Kristen Knezek, age 39, passed away Saturday, July 31, 2021. She was a graduate of Brenham High School and received a bachelor’s of science degree in criminal justice from Sam Houston State University in 2003 and was a supervisor for the Child Protection Agency. She married Brian Knezek in 2005.

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Tips For Managing Free Choice Mineral Intake

By Mary Drewnoski Free choice mineral mixes are commonly used to provide the mineral that grazing cattle need. However, ensuring that cattle are getting enough mineral without overconsuming can be a struggle. Being on either side of the spectrum can be costly either in reduced performance due to deficiency or in increased feed cost due to over consumption. An extra 1 oz per cow per day can cost $4 to $8 per cow per year. If your mineral mix is designed to meet the cows needs at 4 oz. per day, intake above this only adds unnecessary cost.

In most situations cattle intake of free choice mineral is driven by their desire for salt. Although there may be other ingredients that are added to improve intake such as molasses or even distillers. Cattle do not have nutritional wisdom and do not vary their intake of mineral based on their need for minerals in the mix. Because salt is usually one of the key drivers of intake, you will observe variation in intake throughout the year as the cows’ desire for salt change.

Therefore, salt can be used as a weapon to control intake.

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intakes usually have more salt than those with greater target intakes, i.e., 2 oz. vs. 4 oz. targets. As you start increasing the salt, you can cause them to start decreasing their intake because they get their salt “fix” with less intake. So, if cattle are eating above your target intake, mixing in more salt at home can help reduce intake of the mix. Relatively speaking, salt is cheap and can be a very cost-effective way to manage mineral intake.

If you do add extra salt at home, do not include this salt in your calculation for reaching the target intake of the mineral mix as it is diluting the mix. The goal is to make sure cows reach the target intake of actual mineral. For instance, if the target is 4 oz. per hd (0.25 lb. per hd) of a mineral mix, then for 100 cows you are looking for them to consume 25 lbs. of the mineral mix per day or half a 50 lb. bag. If you add 10 lbs. of salt to a 50 lb. bag of mineral, you actually want them to consume 30 lbs. total per day to get their target intake of the actual mineral mix. The easy way to ensure you are reaching your goal is to track the amount of mineral mix you feed separate from the amount of salt you add. Then you don’t have to do extra math. Although, it is still a good idea to record the amount of salt that is being added so that the amount can be

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Free choice mineral mixes are commonly used to provide the mineral that grazing cattle need adjusted based on intake (i.e., increase if still eating too much or decrease the added salt if not reaching the target intake).

Can’t I just put out salt separate? It will reduce intake of my mineral.

While providing salt separate can reduce mineral intake, it can lead to more variability in intake of mineral among the herd. Some cows may be eating the mix while others may only be consuming salt. Thus, you may not be meeting your objective even if the “right” amount of mix is disappearing.

Also, you may find that on a whole the herd is over or under consuming the mix. Providing the salt separate reduces your ability to use one of your best weapons in controlling intake.

If weatherization is important, try adjusting location of the feeder first.

Word of caution, if you are paying for a mineral mix that has weatherization because your feeder does not protect the mix from the rain/wind and you add additional salt, you can reduce effectiveness of the weatherization. So, depending on the type of feeder and the amount of protection from weather it provides, you may want to first try moving the location of the feeders to help control intake. Moving feeders closer to water or loafing areas can increase intake. Moving them away from these areas can often reduce intake.

Can’t I just limit intake by putting out the amount I want them to eat and not fill again until the prescribed time?

For instance, one could just put out a week’s worth of mineral mix and not fill the feeder again until the next week, regardless of the fact that all the mineral mix disappeared in the first day or two. It is true that for some minerals cattle do not need a constant intake, as they can store some of them in their body and use them at a later time. However, this is not true for the macrominerals like phosphorous and magnesium. But an even bigger problem with this system is that the boss cows are likely to be the ones getting most of the mineral. This means that some of your herd will be consuming more than they need while others are getting less than they need. When you put out mineral after they have not had access for a period of time, they will often overconsume and the boss cows are going to be the ones that get the first shot.

Using this method to control intake may not result in the best outcomes.

Do this first if mineral feeders are empty.

We have all been there. We put out mineral and a week later we check and it is empty. What should you do? Again, salt is your friend. If they eat the mineral too quickly and you come back to find an empty mineral feeder put out some straight salt for a day to ensure everyone has met their salt

craving. This will help to reduce them gorging on mineral when you put it out. It will also help you get a better handle on their normal craving for salt and better hone in on how much to add to the mix because they will not be binging. Make sure to take away the straight salt when you provide them with the mineral mix the next day. If the feeder was empty because they over consumed, then consider either moving the location and/or adding more salt to get intake more in line with the target.

One last thing to consider, do you have enough feeders?

A good rule of thumb is one feeder per 30 cows. This will help make sure that more timid cows have the opportunity to get access. This is especially important for larger pastures/ rangeland as cows tend to move as a group. This means they are often in the area with the feeders all at the same time. If there is limited accessibility, the more timid cows likely will not get their dose.

POWER in the BLOOD When it comes to adding individuals to our herd, we look for power--both phenotypically and genetically with great eye appeal and backed up by top API and TI rankings. In the last year, we have added the breeding power of Smith Like Never Before 328G and Smith Mills Juliet’s Forever. We are excited about the future they bring to our program.

Smith Like Never Before 328G. Sired by Smith Practical and out of Smith Isgrig Bella Notte, a daughter of Bella Bella x Mr HOC Broker. His numbers fit our program by ranking in the top 15% for API and top 10% for TI. We are looking forward to being able to offer some of his first calves later this year and into 2022.

5MM Ranch

Giddings, Texas Purebred/Percentage Simbrah Cliff & Sandra Marshall 512/799-4471 cliff.marshall@gmail.com

Smith Mills Juliet’s Forever 915F. A purebred female sired by Smith Secret To Success and out of Smith SWFS Juliet 315A, who is a leading donor at Smith Genetics. We are looking forward to her Smith Practical 42D calf that arrives in early 2022.

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We’re developing new lines of genetics through the breeding power of Accelerator, a purebred Brahman and Pay It Forward, a purebred Simmental. We have chosen these sires as we think they bring a lot of power, mass, breeding predictability and diversity to our program.

Call us, we’d love to visit with you about the difference we are breeding.

RS Pay It Forward 7141G - A homozygous black purebred Simmental that we purchased from Rinker Simmentals in Illinois. He is sired by the Denver Champion, LLSF Pays To Believe. He has a top 30% ranking for TI. We are utilizing him to produce Simmentals and breeding him on our 3/8 SM x 5/8 BR females to produce a new line of Simbrah genetics.

Thank you Simpson Family - We want to thank the Billie Dee Simpson family for purchasing this fancy baby doll that son, Ryan will show. She’s sired

by Smith No Better Than This 328G and out of a cow we own with Smith Genetics, Full Karat, who is a product of Smith Nu Approach and Smith Pure Diamond. We are excited to see her campaigned by this family.

Mr. 4F Accelerator - A homozygous polled Brahman. His sire is Mr. V8 279/7 (P), his grand sire is +JDH Mr. Elmo Manso. Accelerator’s dam is a granddaughter of the 2005 International Champion Mr. V8 845/5 “The Rock”. Owned with Luis Flores Family. His calves are phenomenal and we are using him for Brahmans and Simbrahs. Call Pete for details on semen and his calves.

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Synergy Lots - This baby doll, sired by 7N Smith Potential, is one of our lots that will sell in the Synergy Sale, Sept. 25th. Be sure to check out our lots in the catalog and we look forward to seeing you in Giddings, Texas.

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She held many interests including hunting and fishing, cooking and baking, camping and spending time with her family and friends.

Survivors include husband Brian; daughter, Kinley Grayce; her parents, Charles and Cynthia Hahn; sisters, Emily Melngailis (Noah); Katie West (Cameron); brother, Andrew Hahn (Hanna); in-laws, Ernest and Jeannie Knezek and numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021 at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Yoakum, Texas.

Vows exchanged Emily Mullins and Mason Wintters exchanged vows at Old Glory Ranch in Wimberly, Texas on June 10th. She is the daughter of Jason and Amanda Mullins and a past junior exhibitor, Texas Junior Simmental/Simbrah Association Sweetheart and Director. The couple reside in Lindale, Texas and are both agricultural science teachers at Winona ISD.

Congratulations to Martinez family Charlie and Vanessa Martinez, former junior Simbrah exhibitors, welcomed Remington Rose to their family on Aug. 4, 2021. She weighed 7 lbs. and 1 oz. and measured (Continued on page 10)

Emily and Mason Wintters

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20.25 in. in length, She was welcomed by big brother, Henry and grandparents Lucas and Norma Hinojosa and Rick and Martha Martinez. The family now resides in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he is an assistant professor and Extension specialist in the University of Tennessee Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

For Simbrah news, go online Simbrah breeders and enthusiasts are encouraged to visit www.simbrahworld.com for latest news, calendar dates and show results. In addition to the news, all issues of the magazine and the annual Simbrah News Commercial Feature are archived on this site. Simbrah World is also very social, check out our Facebook page for posts on a weekly basis. Also, at the bottom of the home page on the website is a form that can be filled out to receive the magazine in the mail. Fill it out for your customers. There is no charge to receive magazine. For information on advertising opportunities contact Martha at hollidacompany@gmail.com or call 903/316-8465.

To advertise in Simbrah World, Simbrah News or the web, contact: Martha Hollida Garrett hollidacompany@gmail.com 903/316-8465

Remington Rose Martinez

We purchased Smith BSF Monas Valentin 210U in the 2018 Synergy Sale and we continue to be impressed with her and her production.

Smith JCC The Thrill 04J He’s a 3/4 SM x 1/4 BR, sired by Smith CRC Lubbock and out of our jointly owned, Smith Go Girl N Black, a purebred Simmental sired by Flying B Cut Above. The Thrill ranks in the top 4% for API and top 5% for TI, while having a total of 12 EPD tabulations in the top 30%.

He’s heterozygous black, polled and loaded with muscle, mass and shape. We will be campaigning him on the show circuit this coming year.

Keep an eye out for The Thrill — we think you will be thrilled with him!

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Wayne Johnson 830/391-2571 Kenny Johnson 361/438-3413 • wjohnson4945@sbcglobal.net Tim Smith consultant • 512/587-7896 • smithgenetics1@gmail.com Follow us on Facebook- Johnson Cattle Company, Kenedy, Texas

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210U is sired by Smith Nu Wave II and is out of the Eleanor cow herself— making her a full sister to Smith Isgrig Charismatic. Females from the Eleanor line are known for their longevity, milking ability and maternal power to raise high indexing calves. Ellie is carrying on the family traditions. You have to appreciate her angularity and substance of bone.

We want to thank Jason Taylor for purchasing a fancy daughter of 210U and Smith Just Because from us.

We are located near Caldwell, Texas and invite you to follow us on Facebook, visit our website and the gates are always open for visitors.

Mark Melson

P.O. Box 1085 Caldwell, Texas 77836

979/777-0771

melsonsimbrah@gmail.com

www.melsonsimbrah.com

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(L to R) Graceann, Jason and Amanda Mullins; Emily, Ross and Mason Wintters.

One Heifer ThenNow A Herd For The Mullins Family

By Martha Hollida Garrett For the Mullins family, it can all be traced back to a junior heifer project. That heifer is the reason the family now runs 35 plus head of Simbrah cattle in Golden, Texas.

Jason and Amanda Mullins, along with their daughters, Emily and Graceann own Golden Star Simbrahs in East Texas and say, “it’s all been a learning experience.”

“Jason and I grew up in this area, but neither of us were exposed to the cattle business. In high school, I became interested in showing. There was a lady in the area that raised Simmentals and she let me show some of her heifers.

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duction to the cattle business, “ recalled Amanda.

When Amanda wasn’t at the barn, she was working at the local McDonalds and so was Jason. They began dating and the high school sweethearts were married in 1995. Cattle were not a part of their discussions, as both began building careers and today she is a director of rehab skilled nursing facility, while he is a machinist.

Fast forward and Emily arrives in 1996, followed by Graceann three and one-half years later.

“We were living in a house with large back yard in Mineola, when the girls were little. They began asking for calves they could feed on a bottle, “ Amanda remembered.

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The girls’ requests were met, as the family went to the nearby sale barn and purchased two bottle calves.

“This became our cattle business for a while, as we would raise them on the bottle, get them on feed, then sell at the sale barn and buy new bottle calves. Our interest in cattle really grew from this backyard business,” added Jason.

By the time Emily was old enough to show cattle, the Mullins family had acquired more land and decided to enter the junior show world. Amanda led the breed selection process and recalled seeing Simbrah cattle in high school.

“When I was in high school I attended a sale with the breeder of the Simmental heifer I was showing. I saw a heifer there that impressed me and she was a Simbrah. I remembered that and began researching the Simbrah breed for Emily’s first heifer,” said Amanda.

The family liked what the breed had to offer and how they fit their East Texas environment. They also found out that the largest breeder, Pine Ridge Ranch, at the time, was just down the road from them.

They went to Pine Ridge Ranch and visited with owners, Bill and Jane Travis and bought a Simbrah heifer to kickstart Emily’s show career. Their program today includes females (Continued on page 14)

This is a 14-year-old Red Moves sired female and her heifer calf at side is sired by 6G/LMC Golden Boy.

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that trace back to that original heifer.

As the saying goes, “the rest is history.” The entire family loved the cattle, loved the show ring competition and the challenges of breeding better cattle.

“Looking back, we knew so little about the business. We figured out almost everything on our own, mostly through trial and error,” said Amanda.

Both girls loved the show ring and the educational contests offered at the Texas Junior Simmental/Simbrah Association Futurity and American Junior Simbrah Roundup. Their show careers boast several class and division wins at all levels. In 2010, Emily showed the reserve grand champion at the Houston Livestock Junior Show, which was a Pine Ridge bred heifer. In 2019, one of Golden Star’s junior customers showed the grand champion at the State Fair of Texas.

While the girls were busy showing, Amanda and Jason decided they wanted to expand beyond the show ring and build a program.

“Our herd today has two percentage Simbrah females and the rest are purebred. We also have 10 pregnant recipients, as we have just started flushing three of our females.

We also utilize AI to raise the quality of the herd and I would say we are at about 40% AI. We do all the setup work for both the AI and ET. The AI and IVF work is done by Clayton Lennon with Cryogen, located nearby in Alba, Texas,” said

Jason, adding that their first IVF embryo calves are due this fall.

Their senior sire is 6G/LMC Golden Boy, a bull that was a many time champion with Graceann at the halter. He was the 2017 National Reserve Grand Champion and is sired by LMC Justice 5Y/127.

In addition to retaining the girls’ show heifers, they have made purchases over the years from Pine Ridge Ranch, La Muñeca Cattle Company, Hagan Cattle Company, Larson Cattle Company and Reavis Farms at the Synergy Sale.

“We never selected a female with the idea of winning a banner. We concentrated more on what she could do outside of the competition and what she could add to our program.

We like our females to have lots of power; we like them to be big boned with a lot of natural body and we want them to be sound,” emphasized Amanda.

While Jason and Amanda still work full time, the now empty nesters plan to grow their herd. Emily and her husband, Mason Wintters and their son, Ross live nearby in Lindale, Texas where, they both are ag teachers in the Winona ISD. Graceann is now in the final year of college pursuing a degree in social work. They both continue to help with many of the aspects of Golden Star Simbrahs and Amanda says “everyone has a say about each selection and evaluates each calf born.”

“We have no trouble selling our females. We have a strong local private treaty market and we have participated in the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo event, sponsored (Continued on page 24)

BCC Delightful Lady, a percentage Simbrah sired by FBFS Wheel Man 649W and bred in the Baring program. She was shown by Ryder Baring to the 2021 Texas Simmental/Simbrah Association Southern Showcase Grand Champion Percentage Female honor in both the open and junior shows, in addition to many other wins this past spring.

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We have purebred and percentage Simbrah show heifers for sale by private treaty. Call us today.

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Annual Cow Costs –

Here’s The Big Three

By Aaron Berger

When looking at annual cow costs and doing an economic analysis, three categories tend to make up the largest percentage of total costs: feed, labor/equipment and cow depreciation. Other expenses occur, such as breeding expense and veterinary costs, but they tend to be significantly less than the “Big Three.” To conduct an economic analysis, break the ranch into enterprises to understand where value is being created and costs are occurring. Land ownership, hay production, cow-calf and replacement heifer development are the major enterprises on many ranches.

Feed When including both grazed feed and harvested feed, 4070% of annual cow costs fall into this category. If the ranch is owned, the cash cost for feed may be less; however, when conducting an economic analysis, grazed and harvested feed from owned land should be valued at market price. In other words, the cow-calf enterprise is asked to pay fair market value for the grass that is grazed and the hay that is fed.

If the land is owned, the market value of the grass is a return to land ownership. The same goes for hay raised on the ranch. What is the market value for the same quality of hay

if you were to sell it off the ranch? The cow-calf enterprise should be asked to pay that value to the hay enterprise. If the market value of the grass that cows graze or the hay they are fed is not being accurately accounted for, then the cowcalf enterprise may be being subsidized by other enterprises

Labor/Equipment on the ranch.

When categorizing costs to the cowherd, labor and equipment can be lumped together as a category because they often go hand-in-hand. Equipment is often purchased to reduce labor and labor is needed to operate equipment.

These two things together are also often identified as a fixed or an overhead cost. Overhead costs are expenses that don’t change very much based on the number of cows in the herd. For example, if a rancher has 200 cows and leases a neighbor’s place and is now able to run an addition 100 cows, they probably are not going to buy another pickup, trailer, tractor, or ATV just because they added another 100 cows. The equipment they had to care for 200 cows is likely adequate to care for 300 cows. Overhead costs related to (Continued on page 19)

Hosted By: Louisiana Simmental Simbrah Association December 3-5, 2021 At the Burton Complex in Lake Charles, La • Largest jackpot show in Louisiana •

Check out our website: lasimmentalsimbrah.com or our Facebook page Louisiana Simmental Simbrah Association for more information!

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The Excitement BUILDS Our program continues to grow and we are excited about the future as we have flushed two of our females, LCC Golden Estella and Golden Legacy. The resulting pregnancies are by 6G/LMC Golden Boy, LMC Gold Medal, 6G LMC Pappadeaux, LMC MT Transformer 5E/32, Hagan Hush Money 6475G and TK/FCC Hard Body..

Embryo calves arriving Fall 2021 and Spring 2022.

Establishing a Foundation Our entry into Simbrah came as the result of our children wanting to show.

That was just the beginning, as we are now building a herd and are excited to be seedstock breeders.

Two of their show heifers are now playing foundational roles as we are flushing them to build our numbers and to assure a quality foundation. We are anticipating great things from these two in their new arenas.

Golden Legacy Carries the genetics of Rajin Cajun, Jennie Walker, LMC Gold Medal , and Hagans Eva.

LCC Golden Estrella A daughter of LMC Gold Medal and out of Hagans Eva 50U.

For information on these matings and availability or our entire program, please call.

Smith Charming N Lively 938F - This female was a many time champion for Kayla, including the 2021 Superbowl and 2020 Synergy. She is sired by Smith Have No Fear and her maternal lineage includes RFI Real Deal and the Annie Lou Cow Family. She carries top 25% rankings for API and TI.

Smith Zoe Moves U 36G - Zoe was campaigned to several wins by Jakob. She is a daughter of the popular Smith Just Because, who is from the Diva Cow Family.

She also carries Real Deal maternally and her EPD profiles show her ranking in the top 10% of the breed for API and TI.

Inquiries Welcomed.

The Sansom Family Don, Anika, Kayla and Jakob 2103 Tigerpoint, Brenham, Texas 77833 Don: 979/203-6583 • Anika: 325/200-8543

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labor/equipment tend to be the second largest expense for the cow herd after feed. When a rancher is serious about trying to address annual cow costs, overhead expenses per cow unit is an area where there is often opportunity to improve. Increasing the number of cows per person/equipment or aggressively finding ways to reduce the labor/equipment needed to care for cows are two ways to address this expense.

Cow Depreciation Cow depreciation is an economic cost that is often overlooked on many ranches. The costs associated with getting a bred heifer into the cowherd are often hidden because many ranchers raise their own replacement heifers. In an economic analysis, the heifer calf’s market value at weaning is identified and then all additional costs from weaning until she enters the herd as a bred female are accounted for. A market value is placed on the heifer at weaning because that was value generated by the cow-calf enterprise. A market value is also placed on the bred heifer at the time she enters the cowherd because that value minus her weaning value was value generated from the replacement heifer development enterprise. The heifer calf could have been sold at weaning or she could have been sold after being developed as a bred heifer. Knowing the economic cost of developing a replacement heifer can give insight into understanding where value is being created and where costs are occurring

on the ranch. If the market value of a bred replacement heifer is less than what it costs the ranch to develop her, buying replacements may be a better option.

Cow depreciation expenses can be addressed three ways for a cow-calf enterprise.

1. Reduce the cost to get a cow into the herd.

2. Create and capture more value from a cow when she leaves the herd.

3. Find ways to increase the number of years that a cow is productive in the herd.

For many ranchers, creatively finding ways to reduce or even eliminate cow depreciation can be a significant way to reduce annual cow costs.

A quick and dirty way to calculate the cost of depreciation to a cow herd inventory that basically remains constant is to annually compare the market price of bred females entering the herd to the revenue being generated by cows leaving the herd. Don’t forget to include death loss when counting the cows that leave the herd! If bred heifers have a market value of $1,500 and cull cows leaving the herd have a value of $700, this is $800 of depreciation. If a cow is in the herd for an average of four years, this is a cost of $200/year for cow depreciation.

Now is always a great time to evaluate all of the costs associated with a beef operation. In particular take a look at “The Big Three” of feed, labor/equipment and cow depreciation. Consider where there are opportunities to make changes that could improve profitability in the future and develop a plan to implement them. ***

B & M Cattle has a really simple mission—we want to produce the type of cattle that perform well in the pasture, yet still compete in the show ring. With an aggressive AI program, utilizing some top genetics of both the past and present, as well females from top breeders, we strive to have calves that are functionally correct and sound along with eye appeal. Our herd sire, Smith Gaston, a son of RFI Real Deal, is loading his calves with power, mass, and muscle. His calves are showing a lot of style and performance.

GIVE US A CALL FOR YOUR SHOW CALF PROJECTS, HERD SIRES OR REPLACEMENT FEMALES. GIVE US A CALL FOR YOUR SHOW CALF PROJECTS, HERD SIRES OR REPLACEMENT FEMALES. Brandon and Mary Hebert 7500 Harris Road • Bell City, LA 70630 337/370-8864 Brandonhebert60@gmail.com

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Tightening Up Calving Season

By Olivia Amundson

One of the most important indicators of success in a cow-calf herd is reproductive efficiency of that population. A major profit-determining factor is the percent of calf crop weaned. This is accomplished through incorporating a shortened and defined breeding and calving season. According to USDA APHIS, (2008) 54.5% or one-half of operations from 24 states failed to have a defined breeding season. Cultivating uniformity of a calving season can be the first step toward improving production efficiency.

Cultivating uniformity of a calving season can be the first step toward improving production efficiency. Photo taken at Tom Brothers Ranch by Ellen Tom.

What is calving distribution?

calving interval: •When the third mature cow (3years-old or older) has calved or: •Begin the first 21-day period 285 days after the start of the breeding season.

Calving season can be defined as the number of calves born within a 21day calving period. Ideally, 60% of the herd should calve within the first 21-day period. According to the Standard Production Analysis Guidelines there are two ways to start the first 21-day

How do we fall out of a shortened calving season?

son cows are culled from the herd.

Instances such as illness, injury, poor cow nutrition, depressed body condition score, and extreme weather events are some reasons cows fail to rebreed or become pregnant late in the breeding season. If there is not a defined calving season in place cows slowly fall farther and farther out of the assumed calving period.

Cows fall out of a defined calving season for multiple reasons. Reproductive failure is the number one rea-

Uniformity of calving produces multiple benefits for the production herd.

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Calf crops more uniform in size and age have market advantages and exceed returns over calves that lack uniformity in both age and weight. Calves from these females produce heavier unadjusted weaning weights for the first six parturitions. Furthermore, at weaning, one day of age difference translates to 2.4 lbs. of weaning weight lost.

Female progeny born within the first 21-day period have also demonstrated benefits compared to females born in the second or third 21-day period. Heifers born early: •Had increased weaning, pre-breeding and pre-calving body weight, •Greater percentage cycling at beginning of breeding season, •Greater pregnancy rates, •Larger percentage of these females calved in first 21day period of their initial calving season.

Male progeny born in the first 21-day period performed greater compared to calves born in the second and third 21day periods. Steers born early: •Had increased weaning weights, •More ideal marbling scores (grading Choice or Prime), •Overall, positive effect on feedlot and carcass performance.

Implementation of a shortened calving season provides opportunity to facilitate improvements in herd health and management. Labor and resources during a defined calving season can be managed more intensively to decrease labor requirements and enhance overall efficiency. Likewise, timing of vaccinations are more adequately scheduled as a result of uniformity of the herd. More intense observation of the cow herd during a shortened calving season due to greater allocation of time and resources allows for a reduction in calf losses. This is significant as one of the profitdetermining factors in cow-calf operations is percent of calf crop weaned.

Finally, through grouping of cows based on stage of gestation, improvement of heifer and brood cow nutrition can be accomplished. Independent of which calving season a herd falls into, having a defined breeding and calving season allows for a better representation of nutritional needs. Cows strung out within the breeding and calving season are harder to provide adequate nutrition to.

tion periods 20 to 30 days apart will help move up late calving cows.

An ideal breeding consists of a 60-90-day breeding season. For guys that put the bull out longer than the ideal breeding season, consider pulling the bull around 60 days to help shorten the following calving season. Those who use natural service (NS) also have the opportunity to incorporate simple synchronization protocols to ensure a tightened calving window. Protocols such as a 7-day CIDR with NS or a 1shot prostaglandin can help move up some of those late calving cows. When using estrous synchronization ensure the bull to female ratio is 1:15 to 1:25. If a situation arises and cattle go off feed or we are blessed with a rain or snowstorm, modifying the original protocol may be permitted.

Consider where you will breed cows and make a game plan. If your usual workspace is in an area of water and mud, consider using portable facilities on higher ground to get cows synched and bred. If this isn’t an option, it may be an opportunity to consider time of calving. Pushing calving back is easily accomplished and allows for a more desirable and dryer time to breed cows, however, several considerations need to be reviewed before changing the calving season.

If setting up cows is not an option due to time and labor, facilitating the use of AI technicians to breed the herd can help manage that breeding period. This decreases the amount of personal time and stress required to accomplish a set breeding period and permits herd improvement. When considering incorporating estrus synchronization, consider when you want the calving season to occur.

Summary Implementing a controlled calving season is important for the profitability and lifetime productivity of the herd.

Recognizing the effect of a spread-out calving season and incorporating reproductive technologies and management strategies to tighten calving can contribute economic benefit to the operation.

How can we implement strategies to tighten our calving season?

Environmental challenges, including mud and a wet spring pose challenges to producers as they prepare for the upcoming breeding season. Advances in reproductive technologies can help decrease breeding time as well as increase the proportion of cows that conceive in the first 21days of the breeding season. Successful control of estrus in well-managed herds can shorten the breeding season dramatically while increasing the uniformity of the calf crop.

The primary way to group calving is through synchronization of estrus with incorporation of AI or natural service.

Incorporation of a synchronization program every year will progressively increase the number of cows calving earlier in the breeding season. In herds where calving season is strung out for >120 days, incorporation of two synchroniza-

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ASA Provides Open-Breed Registration Promotion Source: American Simmental Association Knowledge is a powerful tool for success. The American Simmental Association (ASA) recognizes that informed, data-driven decisions improve the bottom line for both seedstock and commercial producers. Making access to complete herd data easier, the ASA Board of Trustees recently passed an open-breed promotion to dual-register cows that are registered with another breed association at the nominal rate of $5.00 per head for the fiscal year 2022. As the ASA runs an open herdbook to any breed and believes strongly in the benefits of crossbreeding, many members of the ASA raise a variety of breeds of seedstock. The dual registry enables breeders to garner EPDs from the largest multibreed beef cattle genetic evaluation with the International Genetics Solutions (IGS), opens opportunities with other programs available from the ASA, and paints a more complete picture of the herd when all cows are in the database.

“We are taking away that cost-based hurdle for any person who wants access to the IGS Multi-breed Genetic Evaluation to receive a multi-breed, directly comparable EPD,” shares Chip Kemp, ASA director of Commercial and Industry Operations. “If someone has been intrigued by our database but was holding out, this is the opportunity to invest, and bring a large group of females into the IGS database for a credible multi-breed EPD.”

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As of July 2021, the ASA reduced the rate to register a cow already registered in another recognized breed association from $17.00 to $5.00 for the 2022 fiscal year (July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022).

ASA’s director of Performance Data Programs, Jannine Story, shares that by dual-registering females, cattle producers take advantage of more meaningful data by creating ties to other offspring and animals in the genetic evaluation.

“Not only is this a clear advantage for current members to receive a more complete picture of their herd’s performance through fuller pedigrees,” she says, “but also, this openbreed registration promotion coupled with our various Total Herd Enrollment options provide any producer, who may have not had access to a multi-breed evaluation before, timely access to weekly updated, low-cost, cross-breed directly comparable EPD on cows and calves.”

Any person can apply for registration on an animal registered with another breed association. To take advantage of ASA’s open-breed registration promotion, all dual-registration requests must be received or postmarked during the 2022 fiscal year. To get started, email a list of the other breed association numbers with tattoos to simmental@simmgene.com. ***

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Congratulations Junior Simbrah Exhibitors

3JP Who Dat At the American Junior Simbrah Roundup (AJSR) this summer, six scholarships were awarded by a combination of funds from the AJSR monies and the Victor A. Guerra Memorial monies. 2021 recipients included (left to right) Mary Sanders ($1,500), Natalie Eillis ($1,500), Lorelai Hill ($2,000), Cassidy Fuchs ($2,000), Kayla Sansom $2,000 and standing James Hewitt $2,000. Congratulations to each of you.

For more information on the scholarships visit simbrahroundup.com.

To learn more about funding for future scholarships contact Victor Guerra at vgg03@aol.com or Brande Fruge’ at juniorsimbrah roundup@gmail.com.

2018 State Fair Grand Champion • 2019 International Champion in Houston 2019 Roundup Champion Sired by LN LMC 12th Man Y238 and out of H-3 Sweet Thang His calves are now entering the show rings— we would love to tell you about them.

SEMEN FOR SALE ON WHO DAT AND LMC TROOPER, A HOC BROKER X PIONEER WOMAN SON! CONTACT US FOR DETAILS

POOL FARMS

Josh, Heather, Jarrett and Jess Pool • Henderson, Texas Josh 903/646-3123 • Heather 903/557-0877 Pool_heather@hotmail.com

We added the Smith JCC Richer Look 3B cow to our herd in 2014, as she was the highest selling lot in the Synergy Sale and for good reasons-pedigree, profile and profit potential. She has been an outstanding producer for us and now her influence is enriching other programs—her daughter 3G is now at work for the Mixon Family.

The Richer Cow Family goes back to Golden Glory, a Houston Champion and we think her value in terms of production and profit are just beginning.

Smith JCC Richer Look 3BSired by Stout, with the Golden Glory Cow Family represented maternally. A three quarter female that ranks in the top 5% of the breed for API and 10% for TI. A donor in our program.

Contact us today to learn more about Richer and other cattle we have in our program.

Smith DRFF For The Money 3GRichard and Betsy Foster and Richard III P.O. Box 88 Floresville, Texas 78114 713/412-4487 (Richard III) Rjfoster.ksu@gmail.com

Sired by Lubbock, who is a descendant of Bella Bella and out of Smith JCC Richer Look 3B. She is a purebred with a top 3% ranking for API and 1% for TI. She is part of the Mixon Family’s growing program now and was a successful show heifer for their daughter, Callie.

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by the Texas Simmental’/Simbrah Association. It can be a challenge to market our cattle, as we want to keep the best ones as we are still building numbers, but it’s also necessary that we sell some of the good ones “ said Jason.

Both Jason and Amanda will tell you this is not where they saw themselves when they married, but both enjoy the cattle and the challenges it provides.

6G/LMC Golden Boy is the senior herd sire at Golden Star Simbrahs.

“We like to see how the matings work or don’t work. We are proud of how we have been able to improve each year and we enjoy the Simbrah cattle and breed. We’re proud of both our girls’ work ethic and determination, which was largely influenced by their cattle projects and related contests. They were able to win scholarships, which greatly helped, also.

We are glad we chose Simbrah and that we chose this lifestyle. We feel we’re carving out our little niche in the breed with each calf crop,” she concluded.

Spring born Golden Boy sired heifer out of LMC BBS Dixie.

For Sale •Open Heifers •Bred Heifers •Bulls We have cattle that are red or black. Purebred.

Bred and developed to be productive in our herd and our customers.

Call us today.

Jud & Margie Flowers 12111 North Bryan Road • Mission, Texas 78541 • 956/207-2087 • judf@lonestarcitrus.com FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK

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Registered Sire

Registered Dam

Comment

Purebred Simmental

1/4 Simmental x 3/4 Brahman (foundation Brahman)

Most heterosis overall; increased weaning weight without increased birth weights.

1/4 Simmental x 3/4 Brahman Purebred Simmental High level of heterosis in calf; highest (foundation Brahman)

Purebred Simmental

High level of heterosis in calf; highest expected weaning weights, but also a potential for increased birth weights.

3/4 Simmental x 1/4 Brahman

1/2 Simmental x 1/2 Brahman

Moderate level of heterosis in calf and high degree of maternal heterosis; weaning weight potential similar to option two but with less expected increase in birth weight.

Four Ways To Create Purebred Simbrah

1/2 Simmental x 1/2 Brahman

3/4 Simmental x 1/4 Moderate calf and materBrahman nal heterosis; weaning weight potential somewhat less than other options.

Source: American Simmental Association website

We are thrilled with our decision to enter the purebred industry and to have become involved with the Simbrah breed. We feel we have made purchases that fit the design we have established for our program. Those design elements include—predictability, proven and recognized genetics, functional and sound individuals with performance and style.

We would love to visit with you about our program and the designs we have for it.

3JK Cattle Co.

Topanga Liv 158B-We have added embryos from this member of the Topanga/Debutante Cow Family and Smith Practical. Liv is a sleek fronted, smooth made female with lots of elegance and she has a history of producing cattle in high demand. These embryos are full sibs to a heifer that sold for $15,000. This cow family line is known for show ring winners, as it includes Sweet Deb, a two time National Champion and Smith RFI Go-To, the 2018 International Reserve Grand Champion Bull, plus many other breed leading females and bulls.

Smith Dreamer 952G-We have added this powerfully made female and she will definitely be one we will build a foundation from. She represents the Dream Girl family as she is out of Smith 7N Nice Dreams, a daughter of Satisfies and Hagan Dream Girl 52S. Her sire is RFI Real Deal, a ASA National and National Grand Champion Bull. She ranks in the top 10% for API and TI, plus she is sound and has lots of body.

Smith Like Never Before 328G-A three-quarter son of Practical and the National Champion Female, Smith Isgrig Bella Notte. He is polled and a non-dilutor and we think he is flat out exciting. Add to his pedigree the fact that he ranks in the top 10% of the breed for API and TI.

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BAR P BAR CATTLE COMPANY

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KYLE AND HEIDI POPPE 1632 CR 230 WEIMAR, TEXAS 78962 979/561-6597 KYLE 512/627-2131 HEIDI EMAIL: HHOSKINS@HOTMAIL.COM

Floyd Goodwin PUREBRED SIMBRAH CATTLE

Utilizing the genetics of Smith Bella Bella

STARTING WITH THE BEST

Jeff and Erin Glueck

BURESH CATTLE

4079 Cat Spring Road Cat Spring, Texas 78933 979/733-4544

Bob Buresh

We have the influence of Priceless in our young program.

Cattle located in Caldwell, Texas 512/659-0218 Consultant: Mark Nelson 979/777-0771

For information contact our consultant, Tim Smith, 512/587-7896

Grinstead Dan & Kris Grinstead Iowa City, Iowa

Smith Bella Kris 08A-A daughter of Smith Matt N Black and Smith Bella Bella.

Contact Tim Smith, Consultant 512/587-7896 - smithgenetics1@gmail.com

Ronnie Reeves 9660 FM 713 Dale, Texas 78616

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KATHY HUTTO & JEFFREY REED 9660 FM 713 Dale, Texas 78616 512/507-5718 Embryos for sale sired by Charismatic

Simmental and Simbrah

Featuring Sargeant daughters

For cattle information contact Tim Smith, 512/587-7896

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Ryan Robertson

Promote Your Breed...

Simbrah World has Simbrah logos available at no cost for you to use in promoting the breed and/or your operation.

14846 South Hwy 183 Luling, TX 78648 512-217-6205 • rtfarms@gmail.com

SHALLOW WATER RANCH Your Leading Source for Black Simbrah Cattle - Since 1993

REGISTERED BLACK SIMBRAH BULLS FOR SALE

Bobby & Jeanne Thornhill 21501 CR 496 Rising Star, TX 76471

SWR Black Chief Homozygous black, purebred Simbrah.

Ranch 254-643-6715 Cell 325-647-4030

Email Martha at: hollidacompany@gmail.com to receive the artwork.

RGV CATTLE COMPANY

Rene, Gina, Olivia, Ava and Emma Vela 34729 Black Buck Dr. Edinburg, Texas 78542 956-279-2200 Rgvrene@aol.com

Anthony Lopez Cattle located in Houston area

281/414-6187 Incorporating genetics like this Smith Practical daughter.

anthonyphiliplopez@gmail.com

TAYLOR SIMBRAH JASON TAYLOR

Breeding High Quality Simbrah Cattle jctaylor9619@gmail.com 281/830-2222

6899 Rossignol Road Bell City,LA 70630 Doug Schultz • 337.540.8901 Craig Schultz • 337.802.2173 Email:lazysfranch@live.com

THORP FAMILY Smith Practical 42DWe are using his service heavily

14404 FM 1008 Dayton, Texas 77535

281/658-4711

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We purchased HR Red Label a few years ago and we are so pleased with our decision. His calves have continually impressed us and each crop makes us glad we are using him. In fact , he is the best bull we have used to date. We have a number of daughters now working in our herd. Red Label is a three-quarter bull sired by LMC Red Alert and out of a Sand Ranch Hand daughter. He’s homozygous polled and ranks in the top 15% of the breed for API.

Son of Red Label

Check out this bull calf sired by Red Label and we have two daughters selling in the upcoming Synergy Sale. Check out our lots 110-118 in the catalog!

Call us as we would love to discuss his breeding power and show you his progeny.

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Daughter of Red Label that sells in Synergy, Sept. 25th

HR Red Label

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HODGES CATTLE COMPANY Featuring the influence of Smith Stout N Black

Sam Hodges 903/701-7929 825 Usener Street #725 Houston, TX 77009 SamHodges90@gmail.com Cattle located in DeKalb and Giddings, Texas

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Fisher Family Cattle

Smith Practical 42DExcited to have his influence in our herd.

Practical is functional, sound, and has style that produces power and performance! He ranks in top 1% for API and 3 % for TI. Threequarter bull.

CODY TRIESCH

219 Peaceful Lane • Blanco, Texas 78606 • 512/750-2338

979.255.0332 Simmental • Simbrah • SimAngus Genetics

KENTUCKY DIVISION Quarter Horses, Simmental and Simbrah Cattle

WLC Genuine E2020 - we now have 5 of his daughters working in our program.

Jason Smith, Aimee & Andy Nienaber, Lisa & Nathan Naive, William & Beth Smith For information contact Tim Smith, smithgenetics1@gmail.com • 512/587-7896

Senior Herd Sire Smith Born To Dare

CHRIS BAKER A member of Smith Genetics Kentucky Division

Percentage sire sired by WHF Devil’s Cut and out of the great Oprah. He is polled and has a top 3% ranking for API and 4% for TI.

Chris Baker 1560 Spillman, Morning View, Kentucky 41063 859/630-3052

BURCH CATTLE 361/563-3124 Address 44408 Moccasin Trail Rd Meeker, OK 74855

We have a select number of show heifers for sale.

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For more information contact Tim Smith, consultant 512/587-7896

Smith Topanga Liv 158B We are adding the genetics of this great donor through embryos sired by Smith Practical 42D.

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• Sept. 11-East Texas and Heart of Texas Simmental/Simbrah Association’s Annual Production Sale, Henderson, Texas • Sept 13-14-Triple C Cattle Simbrah Select Online Sale III • Sept 13-West Texas Fair & Rodeo Junior Simmental/Simbrah Shows, Abilene, Texas • Sept 18-Club 1835 Elite Online Heifer Sale • Sept. 25-26-Synergy XIV Sale and Showcase, Giddings, Texas • Sept. 25-East Texas State Fair Junior Heifer Shows, Tyler, Texas • Oct. 1-Peach Creek Ranch Cattle Online Heifer Sale • Oct. 2-La Muneca‘s 33rd Annual LMC Roundup & Futurity, Linn, Texas • Oct. 2-3-Heart of Texas Fair Junior Heifer Shows, Waco, Texas • Oct. 9-Pan American Simmental/Simbrah Shows, Dallas, Texas • Oct 11-State Fair of Texas Junior Simmental/Simbrah Shows, Dallas, Texas • Oct. 30-7P Ranch Annual Bull and Production Sale, Tyler, Texas • Nov 20-23-LMC & Friends Giving THANKS Online Sale VII • Dec. 4-Tom Brothers Opening Day Private Treaty Bull Sale, Campbellton, Texas For 2022 Stock Show Events, please visit their respective websites for the latest information, dates and most current news. For updated Simbrah dates and events, please refer to the home page on www.simbrahworld.com.

3JK Cattle Co. ..............................................25 5MM Ranch ....................................................7 4S Cattle.......................................................18 6G Cattle Co. ................................................32 7N Ranch .......................................................8 7P Ranch........................................................5

La Muneca Cattle Co. ..................................BC Lazy SF Ranch .............................................27 Lopez, Anthony ............................................27 Lost Cause Ranch ........................................26 Louisiana Simmental/Simbrah ..................... 15

Back to Grass ...............................................18 Baker, Chris..................................................30 Baring Cattle Co. ..........................................14 Bar P Bar Cattle Co.......................................26 B&M Cattle ...................................................19 Bovine Elite ..................................................26 Brolaco Cattle Co. ..........................................9 Burch Cattle..................................................30 Buresh Cattle Co. .........................................26

McCrary Farms...........................................IFC Melson Simbrah ...........................................10 Monte Christo Ranch ....................................24

Diamond RF .................................................23 Fisher Family Cattle......................................30 Ford-Bergner, LLP........................................21 Fort Worth Stock Show .................................22 Fralise Farm and Ranch ...............................29 GHG Cattle...................................................19 Glueck Cattle Company................................26 Golden Star Simbrah ....................................18 Goodwin, Floyd ............................................26 Grinstead .....................................................26 Hensgens Bros. .............................................4 Hodges Cattle Co. ........................................29 Hutto, Kathy..................................................26 J&L Ranch....................................................30 Johnson Cattle Co. .......................................10 La Familia Ranch..........................................28 La Morra Cattle ............................................30

Peach Creek Ranch .....................................15 Pine Ridge Ranch.........................................17 Pool Farms ..................................................23 Reagan, Terry...............................................26 Reavis Farms .............................................IBC Reed, Jeffrey ................................................26 Reeves, Ronnie............................................26 RGV Cattle Co. .............................................27 Robertson Farms..........................................27 Sandifer, Brian & Britni..................................27 Shallow Water Ranch ...................................27 Silveus..........................................................11 Simbrah-Simmental Superbowl....................16 Smith Genetics ............................................1,2 Smith Kentucky ............................................30 Strack Farms ................................................28 Taylor Simbrah .............................................27 Temperance Livestock....................................3 Thorp Family ................................................27 Tindle Cattle Co. ...........................................30 Triesch, Cody ...............................................30 Triple J Ranch...............................................29 Yardie SimGenetics......................................27

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Thank you to Addyson Fucik of Garwood, TX for your confidence in the 6G Ranch program! This powerhouse female is sired by 6G Jake 5E14 and out of a powerful LMC Arcadio daughter. Her pedigree carries the heavyweight names LMC Rhino, LMC ATZ Dr. Feel Good, and LMC RFI Red Bullet. The combination of a great show family, a power packed pedigree and a powerful female will be fun to watch in 2021-2022!

Thank you to long-time supporters Jason and Annette Hill! Their son, Kannon, will be on the end of the halter of this powerful 6G prospect. 6G S Shirly is a percentage female, who carries the breed greats of LMC Rhino and LMC Full House on the top side of the pedigree! Her dam, Ms. Betm Alexandria, was successfully shown by our kids, and she is turning into a phenomenal factory as a cow! Kannon has his hands on a super deep, powerful and correct female that will be tough to get around!

Looking for a dynamite spring prospect! We have her and she is backed by a proven pedigree! This April baby at the side of her dam, LMC Moonlight (2011 Houston Jr Show Champion), is loaded with potential! Her moderation, correctness, muscle and sleek front end make her a very intriguing prospect! She has champions on both sides of her pedigree, as her sire is 6G LMC Desperado, who traces back to LMC Rocco and the great LMC Diva. On the bottom side, well, there is nothing but maternal power and correctness! At 12 years of age, Moonlight still brings a great one to the pens!

This solid black female is destined for the front pasture and the backdrop in the showring! Her sire is 6G LMC Desperado (LMC Red Rock and LMC Dream Girl in the pedigree), and her dam is one of our most predictable and consistent producers as a young cow. This female is a combination of design, power and genetics! Don’t miss this one!

Prospect Alert! This young female checks all the boxes of successful show heifers…Super feminine fronted, straight lines, correct on her feet and legs with lots of muscle and skeletal power! Her dam was the many time champion, Adella, and her pedigree is stacked with power and performance. LMC Rhino, LMC Wave Amigo, LMC ATZ Dr. Feel Good and Rolling Hills Endeavor highlight a power packed pedigree. Come take a look at this female as her best days are ahead!

We have a handful of pregnant and open replacement heifers at the ranch available for sale. The pregnant heifers are bred A.I. to some of the power bulls of the breed! These females speak to the depth of the quality of our females as our numbers aren’t big, but our quality is deep! These females can be the foundation of a great breeding program!

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