2020 Dakota Classic Bred Female & Bull Sale

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F E B RUA RY 1, 2 0 2 0 SIOUX FALLS, SD

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February 1, 2020 1 P.M. CST • SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA Held at the Sioux Falls Regional Livestock Center Located at the junction of I-29 and Hwy. 18, 12 miles south of Sioux Falls right off I-29 Canton exit No. 62…or 9 miles west of Canton on Hwy. 18.

VANHOVE CATTLE CO. 47 SPRING-CALVING COWS • 91 SPRING-CALVING HEIFERS 11 SPRING YEARLING HERD SIRE PROSPECTS 1

Welcome, Friends!

Each year as I sit down to write this welcome letter, I am reminded of the audience that I am addressing—YOU, our loyal and trusted customer. Whether you are a past, present or future customer of Vanhove Cattle Company, Sheryl and I say “THANK YOU.” It’s because of you that we do what we do, 365 days a year.

We love developing a product with look, soundness, function and predictability to perform for you in your own programs.

So many times you hear owners at sales all over the country claim that this is “the best set we have ever brought to you,” but isn’t that the goal? We try to select genetics each year that we feel can advance our program to the next level and keep improving on our cow herd, which in turn gives us the ability to create a better product each year for you. We are extremely proud of this set of cattle. Our commitment to you is to offer you our very best, and we can say with confidence that this 15th set of proven young cows and powerful bred heifers is the absolute greatest set we have ever brought to the Dakota Classic.

The proven blend of Angus, Simmental and Maine-Anjou genetics has created a maternal base for these model club calf producing females. Many of the sires represented are owned by our program. Sires like Damage Control, Powerline, Adrenaline, Merlin and others are the basis of our program, and then we have added such proven maternal sires like Irish Whiskey, Cerveza, Whizard, Patton and Daddy’s Money to create a cow herd that will give you years of production. Whether you choose to produce club calves or replacement females, these genetics have proven time and time again to work.

As committed to the maternal side of this business as we are, so many of these young cows in the sale have never been mated to club calf sires until now for the sale. You will be amazed at how powerful and massive bodied these females are.

The cattle will be available for viewing online at the Dakota Classic Sale page on www.vanhovecattlecompany.com. Please call any time if you have questions about the cattle or if you may need further buying assistance. We will help you in any way to arrange transportation throughout the Midwest and Southern states. Buy with confidence and get with us immediately after the sale.

We welcome you and humbly Thank You for your interest in the 15th Annual Dakota Classic, Saturday, February 1, 2020 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. We look forward to seeing you all there.

Please make the trip—You Won’t Be Disappointed. We sincerely thank you and appreciate your friendship and continued business.

See you at the sale,

Rob Vanhove

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HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS Ramkota Hotel 3200 W. Maple St., Sioux Falls, SD (605) 336-0650 Holiday Inn Express—Sioux Falls Southwest 3821 W. Avera Dr., Sioux Falls, SD (888) 465-4329 Comfort Inn & Suites 3721 W. Avera Dr., Sioux Falls, SD (605) 275-9577

HONORED SALE GUESTS

Josh Cribbs, Director of Commercial Development, American Maine-Anjou Assn. 813-967-6949 John Griswold, Director, American Maine-Anjou Assn.

405-780-3300

RETAINED BREEDING INTEREST

Vanhove Cattle Company retains the right to two successful flushes on every female in the sale, at the new owner’s convenience and the seller’s expense.

BREEDING GUARANTEE

All females are sold under the condition “safe in calf” as attested to by a licensed veterinarian and sell with no further guarantee. The ultrasound results reported are as accurate as possible but are not guaranteed. No guarantee is given that bred females will deliver a live calf.

NOTE ABOUT PREGNANCY TESTING

Careful consideration was given when selecting the cattle for the sale in reference to A.I. service. We feel that the majority of the cattle selling are safe to their A.I. date or the approximate due date that is given. Please make sure that you do not confuse A.I. service date with approximate due date.

Some of the females that were only exposed to the pasture sires are given an approximate due date in correlation with the vet examination. While we cannot guarantee A.I. service, we are confident that a large part of the offering is A.I. safe.

Any additional pregnancy testing will be available on the sale supplement sheet.

The cattle are available for viewing at Vanhove Cattle Co., Madison, South Dakota, until Wednesday, January 29th.

They will be ready for viewing at Sioux Falls Regional Livestock beginning Friday, January 31st. Lunch will be available sale day.

VANHOVE CATTLE CO. Rob & Sheryl Vanhove Rob (605) 480-0909 • Sheryl (605) 480-4186 45041 227th Street, Madison, SD 57042 Email: vanhoveshowcattle@yahoo.com Cory Thomsen (605) 730-2397 Octavio Aldana

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Join us Saturday, February 1 SALE DAY STAFF

STEVE BONHAM, Auctioneer . . . . . . . . . . (405) 823-2972

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WADE RODGERS, Consultant . . . . . . . . . . (515) 480-6896 Sale produced by: Rockin’ K Productions Kent Jaecke (405) 408-2440

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Good To Go Here I Am x Vanhove Merlin 304A Owned with Griswold Cattle

New promotional sire!

2020 Denver display bull

CATALOG PRODUCED BY SOUTHWEST TYPESTYLES • JILL OTTERSTAD, (405) 317-1743 SALE CATTLE PHOTOGRAPHY BY KEVIN MEARS

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2019 Kansas Beef Expo Fifth Overall Market Animal (Ring B) Full sister to Good To Go

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Vanhove Whizard 418B

Tag: 418B • Spring 2014 • Black/white face Sire: Whizard • Dam: GDAR Traveler 044 x EXT Service: AI 6-19 Here I Am • PE 6-21 to 8-3 Maternal Perfection • Safe AI, due 3-28-20

Vanhove 736 — daughter of Lot 1 …sold as Lot 56 in the 2019 sale

ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY! You need to study this female in person to truly understand the power and dimension that she has from nose to tail. Whizard daughters are in demand and for good reason—they click with the great Here I Am as good as anything going.

Five out of the top seven selling steers in the 2019 Vanhove pasture sale were Here I Am x Whizard calves that averaged $17,750. The Whizards have been mainstays at Vanhove’s and are hard to get Rob to part with, but this time we’re bringing two Whizards to town to show you our commitment to offer you the very best. There are no guarantees in the cattle business, but here’s one that checks all the boxes in terms of genetics and quality, and the Here I Am calf in her belly could really be something special.

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Vanhove Merlin 636

Tag: 636 • Spring 2016 • Black/white face Sire: Merlin • Dam: Total Solution Service: AI 6-26 Fu Man Chu • PE 6-28 to 8-5 Fu 805 • Safe AI, due 4-4-20

Fu Man Chu His daughters and AI service sell

LOVE THE CHROME! This baldy/white socked Merlin daughter will stand out in the crowd.

This one has the added dimension of power that it takes to raise twenty-first century show steers.

Merlin (Whizard x Irish Whiskey) daughters have really been a mainstay of the Dakota Classic.

The Merlin cattle have the generating capacity of his sire, Whizard, with a shot more power that comes from his Irish Whiskey mother. We bred 636 to the sire of champions Fu Man Chu. Expect big things!

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Vanhove Patton Y128

Tag: Y128 • Spring 2011 • Black Sire: Patton • Dam: G713 6807 Service: AI 6-6 Getcha Some • PE 6-12 to 8-7 No Pressure • Safe AI, due 3-15-20

AI service sire Getcha Some

DONOR COW DELUXE! Here’s a cow straight from the heart of the donor program. This one has had seven head make the pasture sale the past three years and had three calves sired by Monopoly in the 2018 pasture that brought over $20,000. The Patton cattle have long been known as some of Irish Whiskey’s best descendants, and this Patton daughter is solid built from the ground up. Cattle with this kind of foot size and bone along with this much width and power are hard to find in the world. This mating to the hot Rodgers sire Getcha Some could be an absolute homerun. If you want to add more high selling cattle to your calf crop, here’s a chance to tie into a donor that will take the guesswork out of the equation for you.

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Vanhove Adrenaline Junkie B468

Tag: B468 • Spring 2014 • Black/white face Sire: Adrenaline Junkie • Dam: P428 Freestyle Service: AI 6-25 Getcha Some • PE 6-26 to 8-6 Lutton son • Safe AI, due 3-27-20

POWER! BODY! LOOK! The AJ daughters are flat getting the job done, and this impressive beast will show you why that is. Here’s one that will fly to the forefront of someone’s donor program and get it operating at a level it’s never been at before. B468 is as stout and wide as you can build an animal but yet so athletic when you set her in motion. This is the kind that the Dakota Classic was built around and the kind that makes us excited to get out of bed in the morning to make more of. This year more than ever before these females are bred to go home and generate from year one, and this mating to the hot Rodgers sire Getcha Some is a perfect example of that.

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Vanhove Predator D675

Tag: D675 • Spring 2016 • Black Sire: Predator • Dam: U834 Machinist Service: AI 6-21 Getcha Some • PE 6-23 to 8-6 Lutton son • Safe AI, due 3-30-20

MAINE-ANJOU OPPORTUNITY! This half-blood Maine Predator daughter we fully believe has unlimited upside potential. She has the length, structure, and elegance to raise high percentage and MaineTainer show heifers and yet is stout and heavy structured enough to raise a steer that knocks it out of the park. Her mother, the U834 Machinist cow, is an absolute belly dragging, cow making kind of female that has made her mark in our herd.

This is the first time we have AI’d this great young cow; we chose to go steers this time on her and bred her to the hot Rodgers sire Getcha Some. Getcha Some on stout made Maine cows like this one is an absolute homerun. Maternal sister sells as Lot 46.

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Vanhove Cerveza 667

Tag: 667 • Spring 2016 • Black Sire: Cerveza • Dam: 915 Angus Service: AI 6-25 Getcha Some • PE 6-26 to 8-6 Lutton Son • Safe AI, due 4-3-20

BIG SHAGGED CERVEZA! Here’s one that will have you looking twice at the catalog. This is one of the shaggiest daughters of Cerveza we have ever seen. 667 is an absolute beast in her build and design. She’s fully equipped with the huge feet and killer running gear and packed with an extra stout punch of power, which comes from that Cerveza bloodline. Cerveza (Irish Whiskey x Chill Factor) has long been known for his contribution of unequalled maternal production and predictability, but you will drive the wheels off the truck to find another one with this much body, power, and mass. We fully believe the Cerveza cows like this were put on this earth to be mated to the Rodgers Getcha Some bull and jumped for joy when the vet said she was bred that way.

Here’s a great young cow that will put your program on the map.

Maternal sister sells as Lot 59. Daughter sells as Lot 103.

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Vanhove Powerline A383

Tag: A383 • Spring 2013 • Black Sire: Powerline • Dam: Y30 Meyer son Service: AI 6-11 Unleashed • PE 6-14 to 7-30 Unleashed • Safe AI, due 3-20-20

FROM THE HEART OF THE FACTORY! Powerline daughters are the pillars that have built Vanhove Cattle, and A383 will show why we appreciate these cattle so much. Here’s one that is maternal in her design with an extra shot of power in an Angus-sired female. This cow has put two daughters in the herd so far, and this time she is mated the best yet. Unleashed on this maternal phenom will be a work of art. Incredible MaineTainer mating offered in this lot.

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Vanhove Powerline A314

Tag: A314 • Spring 2013 • Black Sire: Powerline • Dam: Y17 Meyer son Service: AI 6-4 Luke Duke • PE 6-8 to 8-4 Luke Duke • Safe AI, due 3-13-20

POWERLINE PUNCH! A314 is truly one of the sale highlights. She is so picture perfect in her build and design with an extra shot of width and power all the way through her skeleton. She is an own daughter of the cornerstone sire of our herd and the foundation of the program, Powerline. Powerline daughters flat out work and get the job done, and they mate so well to a variety of breeding choices. We have retained three daughters in the herd out of this proven matron, and this year we finally bred her for a steer to the past Doris high selling sire and Rodgers promotional sire Luke Duke. We think Luke Duke will breed a lot like his daddy, Here I Am. It is really going to work on this cow.

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Vanhove Thick n Chewy A343

Tag: A343 • Spring 2013 • Black Sire: Thick n Chewy • Dam: T763 Maine Cross Service: AI 6-12 Fu Man Chu • PE 6-16 to 8-5 Fu 805 • Safe AI, due 3-21-20

WIDELOAD! This Thick n Chewy daughter is truly a sale feature. Thick n Chewy was a Patton son that puts as much width and power in his offspring as any maternal genetics you will find. If you are wanting to make a dent in the club calf industry, this A343 cow had better be on your radar. Today’s industry is as competitive as it has ever been, and we fully believe this cow will rise above all competition you put in front of her. She will fly to the forefront of your donor program and have your accountant looking for loopholes for the tax problems you will have. We think this mating to the great Fu Man Chu will be a hell of a way to start your journey with this great cow.

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Vanhove Adrenaline Z201

Tag: Z201 • Spring 2012 • Black/white face Sire: Adrenaline • Dam: 524 Promise Angus Service: AI 6-6 Fu Man Chu • PE 6-10 to 8-5 Fu 805 • Safe AI, due 3-15-20

STAR HEADED BEAUTY! This one is the result of a planned mating combining Adrenaline with the 524 donor that originated from the Hainy herd. This star-headed, beautiful beast will be sure to catch your eye sale day. There are so many things you can do with a cow built like this.

Z201 has the elegance and structural build to raise elite show heifers, yet she has the power in her blood to raise the steers that will compete at the big shows. We chose the steer route this time on this great female and AI’d her to the leading sire to win the jackpot shows this show season, Fu Man Chu. This calf will be a roped necked absolute freak of nature.

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MONEY MAKER DELUXE! This Hot Sauce daughter will be sure to command your attention sale day.

She is backed by the great 063 Emblazon donor, whose blood runs in many of the best cows in our herd.

121 is honestly built like a jungle animal. She has feet like an elephant, a body like a rhino, and a neck like a giraffe. Here’s a cow that has put several daughters back in our herd, and this is the first time we have bred her for steer production. This mating to the great Here I Am makes us excited to start calving cows.

Vanhove Hot Sauce 121

Tag: 121 • Spring 2011 • Black Sire: Hot Sauce • Dam: 063 Emblazon Service: AI 6-8 Here I Am • PE 6-12 to 8-7 No Pressure • Safe AI, due 4-1-20

LOT 12 TRY A LITTLE HOT SAUCE! Dean Kephart has forgotten more about raising high quality maternal cattle than many people will ever know, and because of this we went deep breeding the Hot Sauce bull.

A309 has the huge paws and as good a hip and hind leg as you will find on a cow.

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This mating to the Rodgers Maine sire Driving 80 will be a big, big deal.

We ran Driving 80 this past summer, and he is one of—if not the best— mature Maine bulls that we have ever laid eyes on. The Driving 80 cattle are winning and selling high as well.

This could be a really solid mating on this cow.

Vanhove Hot Sauce A309

Tag: A309 • Spring 2013 • Black Sire: Hot Sauce • Dam: 399 Duff Angus Service: AI 5-30 Driving 80 • PE 6-1 to 7-30 Driving 80 • Safe AI, due 3-8-20

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SPRING BRED COWS LOT 13 SAFE TO HERE I AM! You will love this ground sow once you have her home. A354 is a moderate, easy doing one sired by a direct son of Irish Whiskey. Proven old school genetics are offered to you right here, and when you take a cow that is built and bred like this and put a straw of Here I Am in her, something big is going down.

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Vanhove Irish Whiskey A354

Tag: A354 • Spring 2013 • Black Sire: Irish Whiskey son • Dam: 135 Duff Angus Service: AI 6-8 Here I Am • PE 6-15 to 8-7 No Pressure • Safe AI, due 3-17-20

Here I Am — many of the cows selling carry his AI service

LOT 14 SAFE TO HERE I AM! These AJ cows are genetically built to be dual purpose type of cattle. B476 will raise you top notch steers and the keeping kind of replacement females.

She is a moderate, huge ribbed beast of a cow that raised the Lot 133 bred heifer in the 2019 Dakota Classic. We swung for the fences this year and spent the extra money and bred this one to the go-to sire in the industry, Here I Am. Take advantage of this situation, it is set up for success.

B476’s MAB daughter sells as Lot 77.

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Vanhove Adrenaline Junkie B476

Tag: B476 • Spring 2014 • Black Sire: Adrenaline Junkie • Dam: S646 Jauer Angus Service: AI 6-6 Here I Am • PE 6-15 to 8-7 No Pressure • Safe AI, due 3-15-20

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SPRING BRED COWS LOT 15 PROVEN GENETIC PACKAGE! When you talk about a dense made and rugged built cow, Z247 will come to the forefront of your list. She is as wide bodied and gigantic footed as you can build a bovine. Z247 was the mother of the Lot 79 2019 Dakota Classic standout, sired by Fu Man Chu. That Lot 79 Fu Man Chu was one of our favorites in the 2018 calf crop, and because of that we AI’d her back the same way. Here’s one that has the potential to knock one out of the park for you year one.

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Vanhove Carney Man Z247

Tag: Z247 • Spring 2012 • Black/white face Sire: Carney Man • Dam: W19 Adrenaline Service: AI 6-18 Fu Man Chu • PE 6-20 to 8-5 Fu 805 • Safe AI, due 3-27-20

Vanhove Fu Man Chu 7068 — daughter of Lot 15, sold as Lot 79 in the 2019 Dakota Classic

LOT 16 MATERNAL FACTORY! Northern Improvement has long been sought after for quality maternal genetics. Y133 has raised as many Dakota Classic Sale and replacement females as any cow in our herd. Her latest one was a killer looking baldy that sold as Lot 110 in the 2019 Dakota Classic. This is the first time we have mated this huge ribbed, choke necked cow for a steer. This mating to Fu 805 will be just what the doctor ordered. Maternal sisters to Y133 sell as Lots 17 and 45.

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Tag: Y133 • Spring 2011 • Black Sire: Northern Improvement • Dam: W938 Novice Service: AI 5-20 Fu 805 • PE 5-25 to 8-5 Fu 805 • Safe AI, due 2-26-20

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Vanhove Merlin 701 — daughter of Lot 16, sold as Lot 110 in the 2019 Dakota Classic

SPRING BRED COWS LOT 17 PROVEN PRODUCER! A350 had a Here I Am baldy steer last fall that sold for $10,000 to Mark Copus in Texas. This cow flat out gets it done. The Adrenaline cattle are some of our best producers year after year, and A350 is no exception. We think Luke Duke will build them much like his father, Here I Am, has, and we bred him where we have had success with HIA. The calf on board this one will be a big coupon to cash in this fall. Maternal sisters to A350 sell as Lots 16 and 45.

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Vanhove Adrenaline A350

Tag: A350 • Spring 2013 • Black/white face Sire: Adrenaline • Dam: W938 Novice Service: AI 5-29 Luke Duke • PE 6-1 to 8-4 Luke Duke • Safe AI, due 3-7-20

Luke Duke — sired by Here I Am His service sells

LOT 18 HIGH O SILVER!

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This silver motley-faced cow is one stout bovine! Sired by the Dean Kephart-bred Canute (Chill Factor son), this one is maternal bred with an extra shot of muscle and power.

A325 was put on this earth to create the show steers that people will fight over. She had a Here I Am already that sold for $8,000 in our pasture sale in 2017, and we believe this mating to the new Rodgers sire Luke Duke will be her best one yet.

Luke Duke’s muscle and power on this silver beast will be a recipe for success.

Vanhove Canute A325

Tag: A325 • Spring 2013 • Smoke/white face Sire: Canute • Dam: X2 Char Service: AI 6-15 Luke Duke • PE 6-18 to 8-4 Luke Duke • Safe AI, due 3-24-20

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Vanhove Whizard 364

If you have been studying your lesson this fall sale season, you know the Whizard cattle have been the ones they have been fighting over. Ryan Went’s top seller in his dispersal at $40,000 was a Whizard daughter, and Griswold Cattle had several Whizard daughters that were in demand. The Whizard cattle mate so well to the bulls that people are using today, and this 364 cow will be no exception.

Here’s one that we couldn’t believe that Rob would let us take to the Dakota Classic. She has a bunch of stuff going the right direction. An extra stout, bold ribbed one that has the big paws. This mating to the hot new Rodgers sire Wynne In Doubt will be a match made in heaven.

Big time opportunity here, guys!

Tag: 364 • Spring 2013 • Black Sire: Whizard • Dam: U867 Meyer 3 Service: AI 6-9 Wynne In Doubt • PE 6-12 to 8-7 No Pressure • Safe AI, due 3-18-20

LOT 20 PROVEN PRODUCER! B460 is the mother of a $25,000 steer that went on to be Fifth Overall at the 2018 Ohio State Fair for the Jones family. This cow has some old school Maine genetics running through her veins. We’ve only had a few Merger (Sooner x Sharpie) cows, but they sure do a great job. These old school Maine genetics are hard to find, especially in a proven, productive package like this. We really think the Wynne In Doubt bull on this cow is gonna knock it out of the park.

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Vanhove Merger B460

Tag: B460 • Spring 2014 • Black Sire: Merger • Dam: X051 Carney Man Service: AI 6-15 Wynne In Doubt • PE 6-21 to 8-7 No Pressure • Safe AI, due 3-24-20

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2018 Ohio State Fair Fifth Overall Market Steer — dam sells as Lot 20

SPRING BRED COWS LOT 21 GROUND POUNDER! This is the only daughter of Jameson in this year’s offering. Jameson was an awesome Irish Whiskey son out of the Hainy 610 donor, Powerline’s mother, one of the most prolific cows in the business and a great daughter of DCC New Look. D616 is a huge footed, extra stout one that is moderate in her build and design.

We are pumped about this mating to Fu 805. We had some Fu 805 cattle last year, and when used on cows like this one, he does one hell of a job.

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Vanhove Jameson D616

Tag: D616 • Spring 2016 • Black Sire: Jameson • Dam: A360 Upgrade Service: AI 6-9 Fu 805 • PE 6-11 to 8-5 Fu 805 • Safe AI, due 3-18-20

Fu 805 — Fu Man Chu x Goretska 805 His service sells

LOT 22 MERLIN DOES IT AGAIN!

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These Merlin cattle have really been a mainstay at the Dakota Classic.

People have loved them since the first year we had them, and those who try a Merlin daughter usually come back for more. They have the right combination of Maine, Simmental, and Angus genetics that it takes to create high quality steers and females.

D655 is no exception. This one is even backed by a proven Carney Man cow family. Here’s one that has the extra body it takes to breed to high percentage Maine bulls, and we think this mating to Unleashed will be one to watch for.

Vanhove Merlin D655

Tag: D655 • Spring 2016 • Black/white face Sire: Merlin • Dam: Y175 Carney Man Service: AI 6-17 Unleashed • PE 6-19 to 7-30 Unleashed • Safe AI, due 3-26-20

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SPRING BRED COWS LOT 23 ABSOLUTE GROUND SOW!

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This is an own daughter of Limestone Trifecta. Trifecta is a combination of maternal Ohlde genetics combined with a shot of Meyer 734 on the bottom side. This makes for an awesome recipe for a maternal machine, and this 6026 cow will show you what we’re talking about. 6026 is stacked with Ohlde genetics on both sides of her pedigree. When you take one that is as big bellied and wide constructed as this beast and breed her to Fu Man Chu, it is really going to be something great.

Vanhove Trifecta 6026

Tag: 6026 • Spring 2016 • Black Sire: Trifecta • Dam: OCC Prototype Service: AI 6-21 Fu Man Chu • PE 6-23 to 8-4 Maternal Made son • Safe AI, due 3-30-20

LOT 24 THE SILVER FOX! Here’s a big haired, extra stout silver cow that has “club calves” written all over her. Sired by a Special Delivery son bred by Dennis Garwood named Special Order, this one has an extra shot of clean Maine genetics. 4028 is an extra bold bodied cow that shakes the ground with the amount of power she has.

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Strike it rich with this one right out the gate. She is bred to the Here I Am son Luke Duke. This is going to be good!

Vanhove Special Order 4028

Tag: 4028 • Spring 2014 • Smoke Sire: GVC Special Order • Dam: Yellow Jacket Service: AI 7-7 Luke Duke • PE 7-8 to 8-4 Luke Duke • Safe AI, due 4-15-20

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SPRING BRED COWS LOT 25 TOP SHELF SIMMENTAL GENETICS! This Grandmaster daughter has been a consistent producer in our herd.

She produced the D682 cow, Lot 31, in this year’s Dakota Classic. Z287 is a huge ribbed cow with miles of maternal quality to her. We kept a ton of Unleashed females in the replacements this time, and they are out of cows like this one. An exciting MaineTainer calf opportunity comes on board with this Z287 cow.

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Vanhove Grandmaster Z287

Tag: Z287 • Spring 2012 • Black Sire: Grandmaster • Dam: S602 Homer Service: AI 6-18 Unleashed • PE 6-22 to 7-30 Unleashed • Safe AI, due 3-27-20

Unleashed — 3/4 Maine — Unlimited Power x Irish Whiskey — His service sells

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A390 is as soggy and sound as you will find them. This star-headed matron has raised several replacement females that are at the heart of our herd. When you take one bred like this that has generations of powerful maternal genetics stacked in her and has Meyer 734 and Chill Factor in her immediate pedigree, then throw in there that she is safe in calf to the Rodgers Driving 80 purebred Maine sire…makes you wonder why you don’t increase your herd size here.

Vanhove Harwood A390

Tag: A390 • Spring 2013 • Black/white face Sire: Harwood 209 • Dam: N15 Chill Factor Service: AI 7-2 Driving 80 • PE 7-4 to 7-30 Driving 80 • Safe AI, due 4-10-20

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425 is one that will have a bunch of friends sale day. Payment Plan daughters have been some of the very best that we have sold in the Dakota Classic, and this one is backed by one of the best RSVP cows that we own.

This beautiful baldy is more than a pretty face. She has the power and elegance that the most critical cattlemen will appreciate. She has the freaky long neck, flat shoulder and the running gears to raise cattle of high caliber.

Vanhove Payment Plan 425

This mating to Here I Am could not be planned any better. This one will make a mark in your program in the years to come.

Tag: 425 • Spring 2014 • Black/white face Sire: Payment Plan • Dam: 853 RSVP Service: AI 6-20 Here I Am • PE 6-22 to 8-4 Luke Duke • Safe AI, due 3-29-20

LOT 28 SAFE TO DRIVING 80!

The Doc Holiday cows are hard to find. Doc was a popular Ohldeinfluenced bull that was very popular 10 years ago. The Doc cattle have really kept their foothold in the last decade, and this 2087 cow will show you why that is. Here’s a Doc cow in her peak production years that is safe in calf to the sire of champions Driving 80. Get on board!

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Vanhove Doc Holiday 2087

Tag: 2087 • Spring 2012 • Black Sire: Doc Holiday • Dam: Maine cross (Duello) Service: AI 7-6 Driving 80 • PE 7-7 to 7-30 Driving 80 • Safe AI, due 4-14-20

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Vanhove Powerline C509

Tag: C509 • Spring 2015 • Black/white face Sire: Powerline • Dam: Z205 Amen Service: AI 7-12 Driving 80 • PE 7-13 to 7-30 Driving 80 •

Safe A.I., due 4-20-20 COW POWER DELUXE! This baldy Powerline daughter is straight from the heart of the herd. This is the kind of cow that keeps the Dakota Classic rolling, ladies and gentlemen.

C509 is an absolute ground sow bodied one that is extra sound and soft built from nose to tail. We are sort of jacked up about this MaineTainer mating to the Rodgers sire Driving 80. The Reserve Champion MaineTainer Female in Louisville was a Driving 80 this year. The Driving 80 cattle are in demand from coast to coast, and we believe this mating has a good chance to pay you big dividends next fall.

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Vanhove Adrenaline C592

Tag: C592 • Spring 2015 • Black Sire: Adrenaline • Dam: U873 Carney Man Service: AI 5-30 Driving 80 • PE 6-2 to 7-30 Driving 80 •

Safe AI, due 3-8-20 FREAK ON A LEASH! If you like them choke necked and good looking, then C592 is right up your alley. We love these Simmental/Angus-influenced females. They give you that softer, sounder, more maternal look, and this sow bellied, stout made, huge footed, three-dimensional one shows you why we like them so well. Out of a Meyer x Windsor son and a Carney Man cow. You just won’t find maternal genetics bred like this every day. She sells bred to Driving 80, the sire of the Reserve Champion MaineTainer Female on the green shavings in Louisville this year.

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Vanhove Blockbuster D682

Tag: D682 • Spring 2016 • Black Sire: Blockbuster • Dam: Z287 Grandmaster Service: AI 6-14 Unleashed • PE 6-16 to 7-30 Unleashed •

Safe AI, due 3-23-20 LOOKS TO KILL! This is a long necked freak of nature. These Blockbusters are extra sexy in the way their neck comes high out of their shoulders.

Blockbuster is a Riemann Firewater (Irish Whiskey) out of a Net Worth x Frosty cow…how much more high quality maternal Maine Angus genetics can you stuff into a bull’s pedigree? D682 put her second calf,

by Unleashed, into the replacement heifer pen, and we liked her so much that we bred her right back that way. Her dam sells as Lot 25.

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Vanhove Powerline D650

Tag: D650 • Spring 2016 • Black Sire: Powerline • Dam: Y32 Meyer son Service: AI 5-30 Meant To Be • PE 6-1 to 7-30 Meant To Be •

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Meant To Be

POWERLINE IN THE BLOOD! If you want to see the type of cow that built the Dakota Classic and Vanhove Cattle to what it is today, you need to take a look at D650. These Powerline daughters are where it’s at for making the females to build your herd around. Her big, bold body and overall mass make D650 the kind of cow that pairs so well with many maternal bulls on the market today. Meant To Be, the hot new Simmental sire, on this ground sow of a cow will be like shooting fish out of a barrel. If you are serious about increasing the maternal quality of your cow herd, give this one a hard look. Powerline with an extra shot of Meyer back in there—we just don’t know how to make them any better.

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Vanhove Merlin D672

Tag: D672 • Spring 2016 • Black Sire: Merlin • Dam: 919 Legend Service: AI 6-19 Getcha Some • PE 6-21 to 8-6 Lutton son •

Safe AI, due 3-28-20 MERLIN MAGIC! The Merlin cows have been sale features for years at the Dakota Classic. They are powerful, huge bodied cattle that flat work and raise quality stock. D672 is a stout made, huge ribbed one that you will be sure to have a pile of marks beside in the catalog. She is a Merlin (Whizard x Whiskey) on an OCC Legend daughter—how much better can they be bred? We mated this one for a steer this time, and she sells safe to the hot Rodgers sire Getcha Some. We had a lot of luck with our Getcha Some cattle last fall. We had a steer that sold for $19,500 and a baldy heifer that sold for $9,000 in the pasture sale from matings to cows built like this D672 cow.

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Vanhove Merlin D653

Tag: D653 • Spring 2016 • Black Sire: Merlin • Dam: W918 Outer Limits Service: AI 6-6 Bandwagon • PE 6-9 to 7-30 Bandwagon •

Safe AI, due 3-15-20 SAFE TO BANDWAGON! We leased the Bandwagon bull from Jason Minnaert this summer and couldn’t be happier with the decision. Bandwagon in person is an impressive looking beast, especially for a purebred Simmental bull.

When we saw him for the first time, we knew he was really going to click on cows built like D653. We cannot wait to see what this Simmental Solution mating result is.

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Vanhove RSVP 272

Tag: 272 • Spring 2012 • Black/white face Sire: RSVP • Dam: T754 Northern Improvement Service: AI 6-21 Unleashed • PE 6-24 to 7-30 Unleashed •

Safe AI, due 3-30-20 RSVP COW POWER! This hip and hind leg structure on 272 is absolutely impeccable. She is so square and wide built that it is absolutely phenomenal. These RSVP cows are sought after for being consistent producers of high quality seed stock and high dollar show steers. No matter what sex you get, this mating to the Rodgers/Doris sire Unleashed will be an explosion of big time MaineTainer genetics. The high selling heifer in our 2019 fall pasture sale was a $32,000 daughter of Unleashed, and the Unleashed bulls we offer in this year’s Dakota Classic are among the best bulls we have ever raised. This mating could really get the job done.

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Vanhove Momentum B408

Tag: B408 • Spring 2014 • Black/white face Sire: Momentum • Dam: 6215 OCC Holiday Service: AI 5-24 Bandwagon • PE 5-29 to 7-30 Bandwagon •

Safe AI, due 3-2-20 SIMMENTAL POWER! This half-blood Simmental by Momentum is one that is built right for the times. She is a huge ribbed, flat shouldered one that has the feet and legs to climb tall mountains. She has the elegance to generate high caliber females and yet is stout enough to make those steers that will have the neighbors wishing they would have attended the Dakota Classic last year. This year we mated her Simmental and bred her to the Minnaert sire Bandwagon, whose list of winners and high sellers continues to grow every year. This mating will result in a 3/4 Simmental calf that will be an exciting bonus to this powerful cow.

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Vanhove Harwood Y134

Tag: Y134 • Spring 2011 • Black/white face Sire: Harwood 209 • Dam: 315 Duff Angus Service: AI 6-12 Bandwagon • PE 6-15 to 7-30 Bandwagon •

Safe AI, due 3-21-20 BIG TIME BROOD COW! Harwood 209 has been one of the best Meyer 734-influenced sires to date. His daughters are some of our most consistent producing momma cows.

Y134 is a massive ribbed, huge footed one that is as maternal built as you will find them. This year we bred her to the Minnaert bull Bandwagon. Bandwagon is an incredible bull in terms of his phenotype, and genetically speaking, his mother, Diamond, is the hottest cow in the Simmental breed. High quality SimSolution mating offered in this lot.

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Vanhove Powerline 339

Tag: 339 • Spring 2013 • Black Sire: Powerline • Dam: 174 Hot Sauce Service: AI 6-22 Wynne In Doubt • PE 6-23 to 8-6 Lutton son •

Safe AI, due 3-31-20 POWERLINE POWER! 339 is a freaky fronted direct daughter of the great Powerline. She is backed up on the bottom side by a powerful daughter of the Kephart-bred Hot Sauce. If you’re wanting to make show steers or show steer mothers, there are just a lot of genetic packages that work well at our place, like this Powerline x Hot Sauce mating. Getting this one bred to Wynne In Doubt will be just what the doctor ordered. We’ve never seen such excitement for a calf crop like these Wynne In Doubts.

We can’t wait to get them on the ground.

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Vanhove Whiskey Z243

Tag: Z243 • Spring 2012 • Black/white face Sire: Irish Whiskey son • Dam: R511 Northern Improvement x Meyer Service: AI 6-22 Luke Duke • PE 6-24 to 8-4 Luke Duke •

Safe AI, due 3-31-20 EVERYBODY LOVES A BALDY! This stripe-faced baldy will be sure to catch your eye sale day. She has the look and power that we have come to expect from the Irish Whiskey genetics. Z243 is another cow that is built to go any direction you want to go. This year we sold a $6,500 Here I Am out of her to California. We think this making to the Rodgers/ Doris sire Luke Duke could be her best one yet. Luke Duke is an absolute freak show in terms of his muscle and bone work. We think this Here I Am son is really going to click on these Dakota Classic style cows.

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Vanhove Cerveza Z218

Tag: Z218 • Spring 2012 • Black Sire: Cerveza • Dam: 620 Schelske Angus Service: AI 6-21 Getcha Some • PE 6-23 to 8-6 Lutton son •

Safe AI, due 3-30-20 Cerveza has long been known as the most popular and widely used Irish Whiskey son there has been to date.

This Z218 cow will show you why these Cerveza daughters have been and will be in demand in the years to come. You just can’t go wrong owning cows like this one. The body, power, and balance are all there. The way this cow is made is for this mating to the hot Rodgers bull Getcha Some. The Getcha Somes are taking this country by storm, especially when you breed him to Whiskey and Cerveza cows like this one.

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Vanhove Merlin 651

Tag: 651 • Spring 2016 • Black/white face Sire: Merlin • Dam: 2562 Anchor Service: AI 6-17 I Believe • PE 6-21 to 8-7 No Pressure •

Safe AI, due 3-26-20 BLACK BALDY MERLIN! These Merlin cattle have been a recurring theme of the Dakota Classic the past few years and for good reason. He builds them like good cattlemen like to see cattle built. We bred this baldy female to the popular Rodgers sire I Believe. I Believe raised the Reserve Champion at the 2018 Iowa State Fair Steer Show and is the sire to one of the hottest young sires going, Getcha Some.

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Vanhove Adrenaline 345

Tag: 345 • Spring 2013 • Black/white face Sire: Adrenaline • Dam: 911 Right Time Service: AI 6-6 Wynne In Doubt • PE 6-12 to 8-7 No Pressure •

Safe AI, due 3-15-20 BIG TIME BALDY! A wise man once said that if you want to build powerful cattle that will raise them with width and dimension, they’ve got to be wide between the eyes. If that’s the case, this one will kick them out like Sherman tanks. She’s the widest, stoutest skulled cow in the sale. This baldy Adrenaline daughter has generations of breeding to make her this way and is for the first time bred to raise a show steer. This mating to Wynne In Doubt will be the culmination of years of mating these cattle and will put her new owner on the map.

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Vanhove Whiskey B441

Tag: B441 • Spring 2014 • Black Sire: Irish Whiskey • Dam: 135 Duff Angus Service: AI 7-2 Luke Duke • PE 7-4 to 8-4 Luke Duke •

Safe AI, due 4-10-20 TAKE A SHOT OF WHISKEY! Very few Maine bulls have the breeding power and stay ability of this cow’s sire. Whiskey has been around the Maine breed a long time. It’s cows like B441 that have made Whiskey one of the most influential sires in the business. The Here I Am x Whiskey mating has been really clicking for cattlemen, and we think this mating to one of Here I Am’s greatest sons, Luke Duke, could be just the ticket!

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Vanhove Cerveza A351

Tag: A351 • Spring 2013 • Black Sire: Cerveza • Dam: N356 Imprint Service: AI 6-23 Getcha Some • PE 6-25 to 7-31 Ghost Pepper • Safe AI, due 4-1-20 HAVE ANOTHER CERVEZA! If you have ever bought or raised a Cerveza cow before, you dang sure know that you’re gonna want more. Cerveza has for years been the bull to use to raise powerful maternal cattle that milk and can generate high caliber steers and steer mommas. We have bred and kept two daughters of A351, and this year the stars lined up and we got her safe in calf to the bull of our choice. We have found Getcha Some to work really well on the Whiskey descendants, and this one will be no exception.

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Vanhove Predator D680

Tag: D680 • Spring 2016 • Black Sire: Predator • Dam: W938 Novice Service: AI 7-17 Unleashed • PE 7-18 to 7-30 Unleashed • Safe AI, due 4-25-20 MAINE VERSATILITY! Here’s one that offers a variety of breeding options for your program. D680 is a half-blood Maine-Anjou female that when mated to any purebred Maine sire will result in high percentage offspring. The high percentage Maine cattle in the country are getting as hard to find as Bigfoot.

Next, all this cow’s offspring will be MaineTainers to offer this marketing tool. Finally, and possibly the most lucrative, breeding her for show steers.

This year we mated her to the hot 3/4 Maine sire Unleashed. Don’t miss this Maine opportunity. Maternal sisters to D680 sell as Lots 16 and 17.

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Vanhove Canute Y143

Tag: Y143 • Spring 2011 • Black Sire: Canute • Dam: U834 Machinist Service: AI 6-16 Luke Duke • PE 6-20 to 8-4 Luke Duke • Safe AI, due 3-25-20 K– GENETICS! If you have followed the club calf industry the past couple of decades, you find that much of the best maternal club calf genetics have come through Canute, OK, from our great friend and cattleman Dean Kephart. Full Throttle, Full Flush, Meyer 734, McKinley, and Banshee are some of the many that K– promoted over the years. Canute was a Chill Factor son that we got from Dean and used extensively. We have had a bunch of these cows, and they flat get the job done. This moderate ground sow is bred to the Rodgers/Doris sire Luke Duke. We ran Luke Duke this summer and believe that this Here I Am son is going to build them just like his dad.

Maternal sister sells as Lot 5. Daughter sells as Lot 115.

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Vanhove Avalanche 404B

Tag: 404B • Spring 2014 • Gray/white face Sire: Avalanche • Dam: X050 Adrenaline Service: AI 5-23 Monopoly • PE 5-31 to 8-2 Hobart Son • Safe AI, due 3-1-20 POWERFUL SMOKE! You have to see this silver cow in person to truly understand the power and the body she has. Here is one that combines Avalanche and Adrenaline, the two bulls that are the backbone of our club calf cow genetics, into one package. The shear body and mass of this one is absolutely astounding. We love this mating to the Lautner Farms go-to sire of champions and high sellers, Monopoly. Monopoly on this beast could be the homerun. We can’t wait to see the success story you have next fall.

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Our customers know the Vanhove difference…

We have always heard great things about Vanhove Cattle.

Last spring we made our first bred heifer purchase, and she sure lived up to the Vanhove reputation. She already paid for herself in her first calf, and we have a tank full of embryos to boot, averaging 11 embryos per flush as just a two-year-old!

– Cory Schrag

Vanhove Show Cattle had one of the best sets, if not the best set, of cattle in South Dakota out of RCC Bulls.

– Wade Rodgers

I have bought cattle from Rob Vanhove for many, many years, and one thing you can always count on when buying offspring from their place is they will feed. That is a huge deal when I am selling them, because I can send Vanhove-bred cattle out the door with confidence that the buyer will not be calling me back and wondering why he has a calf that is not performing…that is a huge positive to me to keep egg off my face. None of us want to sell livestock that don’t perform and meet customers’ expectations. We are all in pursuit of customer satisfaction! – Dave Guyer Of all the places I visited this past summer and fall, the set of calves at Vanhove’s was by far and away the deepest and soundest set.

– Todd Caldwell Last fall I traveled to well over 100 different sets of calves selling. I felt Vanhove’s set was the deepest set last fall, hands down, using the same genetics and pedigrees that will be offered in the Dakota Classic. Another interesting fact is that four sire groups had calves sell for $25K or more. Rob’s genetics just flat work to all of today’s “go-to” clubby bulls. – Brad Otto When Brock and I stopped by the 2018 Vanhove pasture sale, there was a silver steer there that we loved the build of, but we couldn’t convince ourselves that he would be big enough for a state fair. We were wrong on this one, because he goes onto win the 2019 South Dakota State Fair. Never under estimate the feeding ability and consistency of Vanhove genetics. – Bob May One of the best sets of calves for a pasture sale. Awesome program! Robbie has it going on. – Tracy Goretska One thing I would say about Rob Vanhove’s cattle is, to sum it up in one word, “consistency.” Year after year, he produces some of the best in the country. You can buy with confidence from Vanhove Cattle and the Dakota Classic. – Travis Otterstad Rob and Sheryl's cattle offer look and power and still boast maternal strength and feed-ability. Whether you’re looking for a donor, a show steer or a herd sire, they always have the goods. – Tim Heckman, Midwest Genetics I’ve done business with Rob and Sheryl for several years. The calves I’ve purchased always were sound, good looking and performed for my customers, and the females never disappoint. Calf raisers that put body, look and power in their calves. When I have bought a cow or bred heifer from Vanhove, they flat out got the job done. – Luke Doris We’ve added several females over the past few years to our program from Rob and Sheryl Vanhove. We’ve found their versatility to adapt to our environment in Oklahoma from South Dakota to be very beneficial in their production. They calve easy, cycle right back, breed easy and raise calves that are always the heaviest in our herd. They’re built right for the times, whether we breed them for show steers or heifers. The females we’ve purchased have most definitely added to our bottom line each year. – Wes and Angela Holland, 177 Ranch

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the Bred Heifers We are extremely proud to bring you this set of spring bred heifers. We know you have many choices to make your selections from across the country, but this group of females represents a lifetime of a program dedicated to producing maternal designed, structurally sound, productive females that still give you the look and phenotype to produce those killer steers and show heifers.

We are committed to following our plan of stacking proven genetics on top of proven genetics on top of proven genetics. We believe in selecting herd sires from some of the most prolific programs in the U.S. that will take our program to the next level of maternal perfection and productivity.

If this set of females doesn’t perform for you, we want to know about it. But one thing is for sure, they are sound, they are gentle, they are bred to all the right bulls and, most importantly, they are designed to make you money. Buy with confidence.

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Vanhove Primo 8038

Tag: 8038 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Colburn Primo • Dam: 70R/228 Ali Service: AI 6-2 May We All • PE 6-5 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 3-11-20

THE DAKOTA CLASSIC FEMALE! This 8038 female really embodies the type and kind of female that we try to build the Dakota Classic around. These moderate, huge bodied, sound structured cattle that have the necks that shoot up high out of their shoulder are hard to build, but man once you’ve made them and you get them heavy bred, they are fun to look at. When you come sale day, this is one you have to see. This is an own daughter of Colburn Primo, the Angus sire of champions, and out of an Ali cow. This one is bred in the purple and honestly could have been shown and been very competitive herself. She has that extra cocky look with the belly that drags the ground. Steers or females, your choice with this one. Either way, they will operate on a high level. This one bred to May We All could be absolutely incredible right out the gate. Do not miss this one—she is a success story waiting to happen!

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Vanhove Merlin 8037

Tag: 8037 • Spring 2018 • Black/brockle face Sire: Merlin • Dam: 7092 Double Vision Service: AI 5-20 Daddys Money • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 2-26-20

BABY BLUE! The phone has rung off the hook since the first ads went out with this beautiful blue roan female in them. She is one that you will not miss! What a unique individual this one is.

Color, body, muscle, stoutness, hair, and look to burn. This Merlin (Whizard x Whiskey) daughter is just what your program needs to stand out in the crowd. We think there are some really exciting things this one can be mated to in terms of red Shorthorn bulls or colored bulls to raise wild colored breed steers for the Southern country, black steer sires for state fairs in the Northern country, and maybe the best way to mate her is how she is bred right now. Breed her to a maternal Maine sire in hopes of a classy, elegant show heifer and go and chase a few banners.

Any way you slice it, this one will replicate quality at a high degree.

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Vanhove On The Mark 822

Tag: 822 • Spring 2018 • Black/white face Sire: Jass On The Mark • Dam: 4031 A Step Up Service: AI 6-2 May We All • PE 6-5 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 3-11-20

Maternal sib to Lot 52 — second high selling steer in our 2019 pasture sale. Down 4 the Cause Champion Chi and Third Overall, sired by Here I Am

SIMMENTAL POWER! 822 has been one of our absolute favorites since she was born. We have had many chances to sell her, but we looked forward to the opportunity to take her to the bright lights in Canton. She is a registered 3/4-blood Simmental that has as much center body, width and structural quality as any that we have seen. We think that there are so many avenues that you could go with one bred like this. The Simmental breed is hot, and the number of great Simmental purebred bulls is at an all-time high. We like the odds on that route very well. If you do use her first to raise quality seed stock and show heifers, you’re gonna get to wondering if she can raise a show steer and will find this will also be the case, as her mother was bred to Here I Am for the first time this year and raised the second high selling steer in our pasture sale at $34,500, going to Wade Rodgers and shown by the Manning family in Iowa. At his first show, Manning’s steer was Champion Chianina and Third Overall. Factor in that this motley-faced superstar is bred to May We All, and this is one of the best lots we’ve ever brought to you. Take advantage of the situation.

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Vanhove Merlin 8074

Tag: 8074 • Spring 2018 • Black/white face Sire: Merlin • Dam: 144 Lookout Service: AI 5-19 May We All • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 2-25-20

ROB VANHOVE SPECIAL! This beautiful Merlin daughter is the kind we get fired up to load and bring to the Dakota Classic. Moderate and chubby middled with extra power, a baldy face and white udder and sired by Merlin, the great Whizard son. If you have followed the Dakota Classic sales throughout the years, these are the kind that we strive to raise and bring to you.

These are the kind that get us fired up to do what we do. It is our belief that with a versatile female like this, there are so many directions you can go and things you can do to generate high quality stock and, at the end of the day, dollars. We can’t wait til this one writes her own Dakota Classic success story, and we think she has a shot right out of the gate. The mating of this baldy phenom to the Rodgers sire May We All will be absolutely perfect.

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Vanhove MAB 802

Tag: 802 • Spring 2018 • Red/white face Sire: Man Among Boys • Dam: 036 RSVP Service: AI 6-15 May We All • PE 6-18 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 3-24-20

Full sib to Lot 54 — 2016 South Dakota State Fair Open to the World Steer Show Grand Champion Steer

BIG TIME DONOR OPPORTUNITY! There are times in a person’s life when a situation presents itself, and we have to decide to either charge forward or watch from the sidelines. 802 is one of those situations. We think she offers as much generating power as any club calf cow that was sold or will be sold this season. In an era of most of the high selling steers being line bred Heat Wave descendants and MAB cows which are in demand, we believe you will drive the wheels off the truck to find one any better than this great female. The amount of quality colored cattle that you could make with this factory and the different matings that would have success on her would be endless. 802 had a full brother that won the 2016 Open to the World Steer Show at the South Dakota State Fair. We hope you can make it sale day to see the ground shaking power and quality of this red baldy female. Added bonus is that she sells safe in calf to the hot Rodgers calving ease sire May We All. She will always be your gift that keeps on giving.

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Vanhove Maternal Made 8124

Tag: 8124 • Spring 2018 • Black/white face • Reg. 1/4 Maine 497554 Sire: Maternal Made • Dam: My Kind 3165 (Machinist x Meyer) Service: AI 5-22 Driving 80 • No PE • Safe AI, due 2-28-20

Maternal Made — sire of Lot 55

BIG TIME BALDY! This Maternal Made daughter will be a sale highlight! She is an absolute beast. We are really excited and so proud of this entire set of heifers, and ones built and designed like this really get us excited. Maternal Made x Machinist x Meyer734…what a power-packed pedigree this great baldy has, and to put all these genetics into such a powerful, wide-based package makes her one you are not going to want to miss. We can’t wait for you to get to Canton and see this great future donor. She is so big and bold bodied, stout legged, extra clean and long necked. We can go on and on about this one and the things that you will be able to do with her in your breeding program, and it will be a hell of a story. We like your odds with a variety of mating choices on ones built like this. This year we chose to breed her to the hot Maine bull of Wade Rodgers’, Driving 80. We think either sex, this will be a stem winding good calf.

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Vanhove Exit Strategy 8084

Tag: 8084 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Exit Strategy • Dam: 402B Merlin Service: AI 5-17 May We All • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 2-23-20

POWERFUL BROOD COW! The Exit Strategy females continue to surface to the top of the Dakota Classic, and this absolute powerhouse will be right at the top of your list. What more can you ask for, because this one might have it all. There is so much true width and power in this great female that it is absolutely amazing, and she puts it all together with such elegance and class. Here’s one that will spearhead someone’s donor program and get it operating at an elite level. With Exit Strategy (Bushs Unbelievable by Bismarck) x Whizard x Whiskey, this one has a stacked pedigree of top-notch quality genetics. Study your lesson on this great female, because she checks all the boxes. She has the outstanding genetics coupled with the build and design that will put you in the driver’s seat. Throw in that she is bred for a February 23 calf by May We All, and this is one female that has to command your utmost attention sale day. Get in on the ground floor of this big time female.

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Vanhove RSVP 819

Tag: 819 • Spring 2018 • Black/white face Vanhove S637 — dam of Lot 57

Sire: RSVP • Dam: S637 Irish Whiskey Service: AI 5-18 May We All • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 2-24-20

BIG TIME RSVP DAUGHTER! This is truly one that demands a person’s attention. When you have one that combines the genetics that this baldy female has and puts them into such a solid skeleton and phenotype, it makes for a truly interesting piece of livestock. 819 has led the pack in terms of performance, mass and power since day one, and she has never looked back. These RSVP cattle make tremendous momma cows and more importantly will replicate quality at an extremely high level. She is also backed by a mother that was a past Dakota Classic highlight, sired by Irish Whiskey. 819 is an embryo full sister to 867 (Lot 81) to prove once again how solid this mating really is. We can’t wait to see what this mating to May We All does on this absolute beast of a donor candidate. If you are looking to get in and stay in the business, then this is one that better be on your radar. She will put someone on the map.

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Vanhove No Pressure 8119

Tag: 8119 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: No Pressure • Dam: 351 Thick n Chewy Service: AI 6-2 May We All • PE 6-5 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 3-11-20

ONE OF THE BEST TO SELL THIS SEASON! We honestly feel like this is the deepest set we have ever assembled for the Dakota Classic, and 8119 is one of the very, very best. Sired by the Rodgers Insight x BC Lookout son, No Pressure, this one has a killer look. She is also backed by a maternal Thick n Chewy x OCC Laredo cow. No matter what angle you study this one at, she will impress you to the highest degree. The front one-third one cannot be built any better. She has the neck that shoots out high out of her shoulders, and for the cool front she has, she will not disappoint you with her amount of width and power. Here’s one that can generate a wide range of low percentage continental breed show heifers that will bring a king’s ransom at sale time.

We also would not rule out raising steers with this one. With the Thick n Chewy cow she’s out of, she will pack a punch in her calves.

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Vanhove Fu Man Chu 880

Tag: 880 • Spring 2018 • Red Maternal sister to Lot 59 — sells as Lot 6

Sire: Fu Man Chu • Dam: 915 Angus Service: AI 6-16 Daddys Money • PE 6-18 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 3-25-20

EVERYBODY LOVES A RED HEAD! The deep, dark cherry red color pattern is the hot ticket right now in the Southern market, and we love what this female offers to produce those high dollar colored Southern slick-shear steer prospects. When you find these Fu Man Chu bred heifers that are big enough and extended enough to throw another shot of Heat Wave on, you just need to gather them up. The hair and bone that 880 has is absolutely jaw dropping, and with her color, there are so many different breeds of steers to go after in a Southern classification system.

Shorthorn, Simmental, Red Angus, Red Cross, and countless others. Heck, you may just try her once for black steers and tackle Cowtown. The opportunities are endless with one like this. We look forward to seeing which way her new owner decides to go on her. She’s also bred to the immortal sire of champions Daddys Money to start firing right out of the gate.

Maternal sister sells as Lot 6.

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Vanhove MAB 815

Tag: 815 • Spring 2018 • Black/white face Sire: Man Among Boys • Dam: A369 Powerline Service: AI 5-22 May We All • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 2-28-20

A BALDY MAB! The MAB cows are doing a great job from coast to coast, and when they have a Powerline mother behind them like this great female has, you know good things will follow. This black baldy beauty will be sure to reach out and grab you the minute you lay your eyes on her.

More than just a pretty face, she has been a herd standout since the minute she went to the replacement pen. You just don’t find them with this much body, mass and power every day, and when you combine it with her structural quality and attractiveness up through her front onethird, it’s like winning the South Dakota lottery! 815 is a MAB that will milk with the best of them, and in an era when raising those high dollar show steers is a battle, this one will take the reins and help you win the war. Her mating to May We All will put her on the map year one.

We don’t know exactly how to breed May We All yet, but we’re thinking this mating will be it.

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SPRING BRED HEIFERS LOT 61 MERLIN MADE!

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Vanhove Merlin 891

This is what the cattle business is all about. Functional females that look like this with all of the tremendous shape and dimension, structural integrity, straight lines and impeccable balance and symmetry.

Bred heifers like 891 make donor cows that produce the kind that win banners at the majors. When you study this female from nose to tail, there is really not much you would change. Power, look, and pedigree.

Merlin has earned a place as one of the great breeding bulls ever injected into our program because of females like this one. Whizard, Irish Whiskey, Meyer 734, and Angus…what more could you ask for? She sells safe in calf to the Sub-Zero easy calving Angus bull.

Tag: 891 • Spring 2018 • Black/white face Sire: Merlin • Dam: Northern Improvement Service: AI 5-23 Sub-Zero • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 3-1-20

LOT 62 SHE’S MADE FOR YOU!

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Maternal Made is rewriting the history books for producing the right kind of cattle all over the country, and we fully believe that the Maternal Made son Made For You has the same generating power as his dad.

8015 is one that needs to be on your radar. She has the dense, bold skeleton that it takes to raise those stout ones that bring the dough. She is huge legged and extremely big footed. Look at the big, wide pin set she has. There’s a lot of revenue generating avenues to go down with this one. We can’t wait to write about the success story that you have with her.

Vanhove Made For You 8015

Tag: 8015 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Made For You • Dam: 5027 Cerveza Service: AI 5-26 Capitalist • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe, due 4-10-20

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Vanhove Merlin 8043

Tag: 8043 • Spring 2018 • Black/white face Sire: Merlin • Dam: 7091 Paddy O’Malley Service: AI 5-24 Daddys Money • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Too close to call, due 3-2-20

MERLIN POWER! The power and the mass in the Merlin females never disappoints. This striking baldy by Merlin is out of a Paddy O’Malley daughter that is a core cow in our herd.

The predictability and proven genetics behind this female are unlimited. A Whizard x Whiskey x Paddy O’Malley! When you talk about a recipe for a twenty-first century club calf cow, this would be a foundation. An extra stout one with plenty of body that has feet and legs that glide across the pasture. If this baldy doesn’t stop you in your tracks, then you may want to check your heart beat.

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SPRING BRED HEIFERS LOT 64 POWER FROM ANY ANGLE!

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This super complete, whale bellied, ultra-sleek designed female will blow you away with her body, mass, and power. The No Pressure cattle will be sure to grab your eye sale day. No Pressure is from Rodgers Cattle Company and is a son of the popular SAV Brilliance out of a BC Lookout daughter. If you’re looking for a burley, stout made power cow, don’t let this one’s pedigree fool you. She’s packed with all the power you will ever want for your next great cow.

This one sells safe to the hot new calving-ease sire May We All for a knockout MaineTainer mating.

Get on board here!

Vanhove No Pressure 812

Tag: 812 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: No Pressure • Dam: B435 Momentum Service: AI 5-20 May We All • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 2-26-20

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Vanhove Made For You 8020

MADE FOR YOU STRIKES AGAIN! We absolutely love the Made For You cattle, and when you breed him to a ground pounding Powerline cow, the whole thing really comes together. He adds a shot more look and length to those chubby, moderate ground sow Powerline cows. 8020 will show what we are talking about, as she is a culmination of this mating.

We are really fired up about the breeding potential of this one. She is one that many of the early visitors found. You just don’t find cattle with this kind of presence and style that also come with this kind of true width and power from end to end. Furthermore, look at the big, bold rib cage in this Maine-influenced female. There are a lot of different ways to mate this great future donor, and we sure can’t wait to see what direction you choose to go with her. It’s going to be an exciting ride.

Tag: 8020 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Made For You • Dam: 597 Powerline Service: AI 6-15 Daddys Money • PE 6-18 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe, due 4-10-20

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Vanhove No Pressure 841

Tag: 841 • Spring 2018 • Black/white face Sire: No Pressure • Dam: Total Recall Service: AI 6-1 May We All • PE 6-2 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 3-10-20

SHE’S A STAR! This is truly one of the sale highlights! She has so many things going the right direction. First and foremost, it’s extremely hard to make or find females that possess the amount of femininity and style that this one has without giving up the big, bold body and the shear power.

Next, genetically this one’s sire, No Pressure, is an incredible looking Angus bull that we have had a lot of success with. This bull’s neck shoots straight up out of his shoulder blades, and he passes this trait to his offspring. This neck set and placement is a challenge to breed into cattle, and we guarantee you will not find them any better than 841. This one is also backed by an awesome Total Recall x Irish Whiskey cow that will add a shot more power and will come in handy when you mate this one for steers. When you factor in that she sells safe in calf to the great May We All bull, we love the upside potential in this great female.

LOT 67 POWER AND ELEGANCE!

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Vanhove Defiant 840

Here’s a Defiant daughter that will stop you in your tracks. Defiant is one of the leading sons of the legendary TR Hammer 308A to ever surface.

He is a light birth weight and high growth bull that truly is a curve bender in performance. 840 is one of the best Defiant daughters in the offering. She has the elegance of a lady with her extra long neck and tight throat latch that will stand out in the crowd. What’s different about this one is that along with this cocky, cool design, she packs a punch when you get in right behind her. She is the kind that after you kick her out in the front pasture the neighbors will be talking about at the coffee shop. Safe to the Sub-Zero bull, you will be able to sleep easy the night she calves.

Tag: 840 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Defiant • Dam: C531 Powerline Service: AI 6-1 Sub-Zero • PE 6-5 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 3-10-20

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SPRING BRED HEIFERS LOT 68 HOLY SMOKE!

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Vanhove Adrenaline 8001

This one here is an absolute beast!

We are so proud of this sale offering of bred females, and ones like this really get us excited. When you start looking for females to add to your program, how one is built should be at the top of the list. 8001 starts with as good a base with huge feet and legs as any in the sale, then combine the extra dimension through her middle, down her top and into a square, level, thick hip. All this power and strength yet so attractive through her front one-third with an ideal head. We love these Adrenaline females, and you will too when you get this one home and in production. Bred to the $100 a unit Daddys Money. These cattle are selling high, and this one could make hay right out of the gate.

Tag: 8001 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Adrenaline • Dam: Damage Control Service: AI 5-31 Daddys Money • PE 6-1 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 3-9-20

LOT 69 ROB VANHOVE SPECIAL! Here is a daughter of the proven sire that has numerous head in the Dakota Classic, Dakota Rush. If you have followed our program, then you will know the effect that the Adrenaline bull has had on the cattle we have produced, and we believe Dakota Rush (Adrenaline x 610 Powerline’s mother) is Adrenaline’s greatest son…we have big plans for him in the future of the program.

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Vanhove Dakota Rush 887

Tag: 887 • Spring 2018 • Black/white face Sire: Dakota Rush • Dam: Y184 Harwood 209 Service: AI 5-20 May We All • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 2-26-20

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887 is a Rob Vanhove special!

Chubby bodied, moderate, and built with power from the ground up. If you want to see what the core genetic base of our cow herd looks like, check out 887. She’s the kind that will make you money, and being bred to the hot Maine sire May We All, we really like your odds right from the start with this one.

SPRING BRED HEIFERS LOT 70 STEER PRODUCER DELUXE!

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Vanhove McKinley 8072

This stout made powerhouse is sure to be a sale highlight. She is sired by the Sojka-raised and Kephart-owned SAK McKinley. The McKinley cattle are gaining a lot of popularity for maternal Maine-influenced genetics with extra hair and bone. 8072 is an elite one in this offering. She is extra stout and wide from nose to tail with a deep and robust rib cage in her.

She is the kind that will work to raise those high selling, banner winning show steers bred to a variety of different sires. Look at the bone work and the quality skeletal build of this great female. She will satisfy the pickiest of cattle evaluators. She sells bred to May We All for an explosive start right out of the box.

Tag: 8072 • Spring 2018 • Silver Sire: SAK McKinley • Dam: Monopoly Service: AI 5-31 May We All • PE 6-1 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 3-9-20

LOT 71 CLUB CALF COW DELUXE!

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Vanhove Monopoly 8028

Monopoly daughters are taking the club calf industry by storm. With the quality TH clean bulls on the market today, these maternal built Monopoly daughters with growth and power are in demand, and we think 8028 is truly something special. This one is absolutely picture perfect in her design and stout from nose to tail.

We sold a Fu Man Chu in last year’s Dakota Classic sale for $10,000 to John Grauer that was built a bunch like this one. John stopped by this fall and said buying that heifer was the second smartest thing he’s ever done…behind marrying his wife. This one will put a club calf program on the map.

Tag: 8028 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Monopoly • Dam: 102 Looker son Service: AI 5-15 Titan • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Too close to call, due 2-21-20

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SPRING BRED HEIFERS LOT 72 DADDY LIKE!

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Vanhove Daddys Money 8107

Here is the Daddys Money daughter that you’ve been waiting for. We absolutely love the job this bull did for us last year, especially for a 3/4 Maine sire. This 8107 MaineTainer female is one that a wide variety of cattlemen will appreciate. Here’s a Maine-influenced female that is extra moderate and chubby in her kind but still has a killer look. You will love her structure…she has the great feet and legs and takes that extra long stride.

This one is backed by a salty Dr. Who cow that milks like a freight train and is a great looker in her own right.

Daddys Money died last year, but his legacy will live on through great daughters such as this. This one sells safe to the one and only Gold Standard. Get on board here!

Tag: 8107 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Daddys Money • Dam: 41 Dr. Who Service: AI 5-31 Gold Standard • PE 6-1 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 3-9-20

LOT 73 NO PRESSURE!

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We can’t wait to see the reception these No Pressure breds get at this year’s sale. We think they are some of the very best that we have ever loaded up for the Dakota Classic. 8081 is an extremely high caliber baldy female that you will be sure to have marked sale day. This one has the awesome front one-third that we love about the No Pressure cattle and is bred to the most popular Maine calving-ease sire in the country, May We All. What would a baldy May We All heifer out of this mating be worth?

Vanhove No Pressure 8081

Tag: 8081 • Spring 2018 • Black/white face Sire: No Pressure • Dam: 336 Everclear Service: AI 5-26 May We All • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 3-4-20

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SPRING BRED HEIFERS LOT 74 POWER IN THE BLOOD!

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When you start looking for females to add to your program, how one is built should be at the top of the list. 8055 starts from a great base from the ground up with huge feet and legs and combines this with extra dimension through her center body and a maternal look from a side profile. And her genetics won’t disappoint you a bit. She is an own daughter of the Griswold sire Maternal Made and out of a Damage Control x 6807 cow. She sells safe in calf for a high quality MaineTainer mating to May We All. This one might be the buy of the sale right here.

Vanhove Maternal Made 8055

Tag: 8055 • Spring 2018 • Black/white face Sire: Maternal Made • Dam: Damage Control Service: AI 5-26 May We All • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 3-4-20

LOT 75 MULTIPLE OPTIONS!

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Here’s an Axelrod daughter. Axelrod was raised by Travis Otterstad out of his 555 power donor that has produced multiple high sellers and show ring champions of both sexes.

This one might be the best one here.

Axelrod is TH free and PHA free, keeping your options wide open for mating decisions. 8051 is a huge, wide hipped individual that is so correct and comfortable in her skeleton and combines all this with a killer, attractive look. Here’s a big time colored steer donor that is AI’d to Sub-Zero. Get on board here!

Vanhove Axelrod 8051

Tag: 8051 • Spring 2018 • Smoke Sire: Axelrod • Dam: Z275 Cerveza Service: AI 5-30 Sub-Zero • PE 6-1 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 3-8-20

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SPRING BRED HEIFERS LOT 76 EVERYBODY LOVES A BALDY!

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Vanhove Monopoly 8040

This one is as maternal looking as any Monopoly you will find anywhere, any place. This super soft made, deep sided, long spined, sound, super good looking baldy beauty puts all the power and stoutness from Monopoly with the maternal greatness of the Z205 Amen (Friction) cow on the bottom side. If you are wanting to raise the big time steers, this one needs to be on your radar. Monopoly has left his mark in the business for consistently siring some of the best steers known to mankind, and in recent years we are starting to see him in a bunch of the cow pedigrees of steers that are winning the big ones.

8040 is one that has a bright future in your donor pen. We will have the TH test by sale day. This could be a gold mine. Maternal sister sells as Lot 29.

Tag: 8040 • Spring 2018 • Black/white face Sire: Monopoly • Dam: Z205 Amen Service: AI 5-19 Connealy Capitalist • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 2-25-20

LOT 77 MAB daughters are making awesome cows across the country and are replicating quality at a high degree.

8069 is as maternal as any MAB you will find. She is extra soft made and perfect structured with that smooth, long muscle pattern that it takes to have longevity as a momma cow. This one is backed by the B476 Adrenaline Junkie cow that sells as Lot 14. We will have the TH test results back by sale day so that you will know exactly how to mate this powerful donor.

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Vanhove MAB 8069

Tag: 8069 • Spring 2018 • Black Dam of Lot 77 — sells as Lot 14 Sire: Man Among Boys • Dam: B476 Adrenaline Junkie Service: AI 5-27 Connealy Capitalist • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe, due 3-27-20

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SPRING BRED HEIFERS LOT 78 WHERE THERE’S SMOKE, THERE’S FIRE!

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Vanhove Axelrod 8048

Here’s another daughter of the THfree and PHA-free Solid Gold son Axelrod that we purchased from Travis Otterstad in Newcastle, OK. Axelrod is a full sib to many high selling steers and heifers and show ring champions. This silver female will be a big time steer producer!

She is a stout built, sound one that is built to breed to the hot new sires.

Moderate, chubby and stout are always popular, and 8048 will have a lot of friends sale day. Wade Rodger’s bought this one’s mother from us last year. 8048 sells bred to the calvingease king Capitalist to get her started on the right track.

Tag: 8048 • Spring 2018 • Smoke Sire: Axelrod • Dam: 908 Adrenaline Service: AI 5-27 Connealy Capitalist • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 3-5-20

LOT 79 MATERNAL PERFECTION!

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These cattle sired by Rodger’s Maternal Perfection bull we flat out love. Maternal Perfection is an Irish Whiskey x Imprint x Chill factor x Witch Doctor bull that is pretty much the kitchen sink of old school maternal genetics. He mates so well at our place with moderate, chubby Duff/Ohlde-bred cows. 8060 will show you exactly what we are talking about. This beautiful baldy is a moderate, huge ribbed, stout made beast of a female. She has an extra shot of hair and bone to help you raise the added-value cattle. Breed this one to something long necked and sit back and watch the fireworks.

She sells bred to Connealy Capitalist for an exciting first calf.

Tag: 8060 • Spring 2018 • Black/white face Sire: Maternal Perfection • Dam: Y405 Angus Service: AI 5-28 Connealy Capitalist • PE 6-1 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 3-6-20

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SPRING BRED HEIFERS LOT 80 POWER AND BALANCE!

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This own daughter of the great Whizard x Irish Whiskey son Merlin brings extra muscle, hip shape, thickness, three-dimensional body and tremendous rib shape. You will appreciate the extra flex and agility this one has when you set her in motion. The Merlin cattle are producing every bit as good as the hot Whizard cows across the country.

John Griswold purchased our top club calf sire this year, “Good To Go,” a Here I Am son out of a Merlin daughter. You can mate these Merlins just like you do a Whizard. Merlin might have a little more power coming from his Whiskey mother.

Vanhove Merlin 8034

Tag: 8034 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Merlin • Dam: 7093 Irish Whiskey Service: AI 5-24 Daddys Money • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 3-2-20

LOT 81 RSVPs THAT PRODUCE!

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Vanhove RSVP 867

Tag: 867 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: RSVP • Dam: S637 Irish Whiskey Service: AI 5-15 Titan • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 2-21-20

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867 is an embryo full sister to the popular 819 baldy selling as Lot 57.

This one didn’t get the same white face as her sister but does have the same wide build and powerful design as her counterpart. These RSVP cattle make incredible mature cows, and they produce. Ask Chad Thompson about his 800 RSVP donor purchased at the Dakota Classic that is approaching a half million dollars in revenue; we think these two have the same upside potential as Chad has had with his purchase. You just do not find maternal bred cattle like this with this kind of base width and power.

This one sells safe to the MidContinent calving-ease specialist Titan. We love the Titan daughters that we have kept.

SPRING BRED HEIFERS LOT 82 HOLY MOLY!

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If you ever wanted to own one with that backdrop look or one to produce them for the backdrop, here she is.

Phenotypically, they don’t make them much better. 828 is absolutely stunning through her front one-third yet so soft middled and extra stout with a perfect square hip and hind leg structure. Maternal Made will go down in history as one of the highest selling and most influential sires in the Maine breed, and this female will be sure to show you why. This one is backed by the B451 Powerline cow that has been a cornerstone in our herd.

Vanhove Maternal Made 828

Tag: 828 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Maternal Made • Dam: B451 Powerline Service: AI 5-28 May We All • PE 6-1 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe, due 3-27-20

LOT 83 STYLE AND PROFILE!

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Vanhove Style 852

The Silveiras Style cattle are in big demand. His ability to breed sound structured, huge ribbed, great looking females is second to none in the Angus breed. 852 shows why the Style cattle are so popular. Look at the neck set and the elegance of this great female—you won’t find them any better. She has that smooth made maternal look to her and has an extra shot of performance and growth that some Style cattle don’t have. Her added bonus is that she is out of an Irish Whiskey granddaughter that is an absolute phenom and very rarely misses, making this lot a solid genetic investment. Factor in that 852 is bred to the immortal Daddys Money, whose semen is in limited supply, making this a really exciting one.

Tag: 852 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Silveiras Style • Dam: Irish Whiskey son Service: AI 5-21 Daddys Money • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 2-27-20

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SPRING BRED HEIFERS LOT 84

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Vanhove Made For You 8046

Tag: 8046 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Made For You • Dam: C515 Powerline Service: AI 5-25 May We All • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 3-3-20

Made For You is a Maternal Made x Jupiter son that we purchased in Dave Caffee’s bull sale. We knew when we saw him he was just the bull we needed to breed to our moderate, chubby Powerline cows. We couldn’t be any happier with the outcome.

8046 is exactly what we were hoping for out of this mating. She has a shot of Maternal Made in her to add a little more growth and extension, and the Powerline cow will always keep the big, bold rib and body depth that you’ve come to expect in Dakota Classic bred heifers. 8046 will be a sale highlight! Study the length of body and hip in this great female. We just think when they are built like 8046, there so many breeding options. Bonus on this one is that she’s bred to May We All. This calf will be an absolute freak show, and we can’t wait to hear about it.

LOT 85 FIRST CLASS SIMMENTAL GENETICS! Here’s a daughter of the past high selling bull from Tom Kearns in Nebraska, Defiant. The Defiant cattle do a lot of things right. They are light birth weight cattle that perform as well as any bull we use. 827 is built for speed. She has the extra high neck set and super attractive build and structure. You will love the bold body and the stout running gear on this one.

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Vanhove Defiant 827

Tag: 827 • Spring 2018 • Black Defiant — sire of Lot 85 Sire: Defiant • Dam: 540 I80 Service: AI 5-19 Uno Mas • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Too close to call, due 2-25-20

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SPRING BRED HEIFERS LOT 86 BRED TO DADDYS MONEY!

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Vanhove Exit Strategy 800

Ray Charles would be able to find this great female sale day. She has the look and powerful design to ignite your program to the next level. Exit Strategy has been the next stage of evolution in our breeding program.

This Bushs Unbelievable son has allowed us to add a shot of Angus into these pedigrees without sacrificing power. This female will be sure to show you what Exit Strategy is all about, and she is backed by a tremendous Whizard cow. It’s hard to build cattle with this type of cool head, neck, and shoulder and still have the kind of base width that she presents. She sells safe to the immortal and surefire sire Daddys Money. We could make a list of Daddys Money’s high sellers and winners, but we would run out of catalog space fast.

Tag: 800 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Exit Strategy • Dam: C516 Whizard Service: AI 5-31 Daddys Money • PE 6-1 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 3-9-20

LOT 87 MADE FOR THIS SALE!

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This daughter of the legendary Gold Standard goes back to a promising Blockbuster Maineinfluenced cow. This one has cow quality written all over her. Look at the depth and body shape in this Angus-based female. She is an absolute belly dragging ground sow!

This is the kind of cattle that the Dakota Classic Sale stands for. The Gold Standard cows are some of our very best females in terms of being great uddered maternal cattle that have miles of longevity. 8122 is safe in calf to the Mid-Continent sire Titan for an easy calving way to start her career.

Vanhove Gold Standard 8122

Tag: 8122 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Gold Standard • Dam: Blockbuster Service: AI 5-15 Titan • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 2-21-20

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Vanhove Merlin 8035

Tag: 8035 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Merlin • Dam: A334 Canute Service: AI 5-28 Sub-Zero • PE 6-1 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 3-6-20

The power and mass in these Merlin daughters never disappoints. This one is out of a Canute x Simulcast daughter that has brought home a good one every fall. The predictability and proven genetic strength of this female are unlimited. Combine this with her overall body mass, extra bone, extra shot of hair and look, and you have a future brood cow built for years of production for high selling show steers and those fancy, competitive show heifers. This one is safe to Sub-Zero. Take advantage of the situation here!

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Vanhove Made For You 8117

Tag: 8117 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Made For You • Dam: C573 Whizard Service: AI 5-20 May We All • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe, due 3-20-20

MADE FOR YOU! The Made For You bull has really been clicking the past couple years, and when we turned him out with cows to make this calf crop, he got kicked in with a lot of good cows as a result. This heifer by the Whizard x Great Plains son could be one his very best. Whizard needs no introduction as to what he has accomplished, and the grandmother of this heifer is the tried-and-true U18 cow that has produced as many great daughters and cow families as any donor in the herd. 8117 will command your attention sale day. This one has a cool look and great neck length and set while not giving up an ounce of power or width. We think this one will work to raise the sought-after banner chasing show heifers as well as the big time high selling club calves.

When they’re as good as this one, the opportunities are endless.

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Vanhove Exit Strategy 846

Tag: 846 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Exit Strategy • Dam: C521 Maternal Perfection Service: AI 5-31 Sub-Zero • PE 6-1 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 3-9-20

AWESOME GENETIC PACKAGE! Power in the blood sells in this Exit Strategy daughter.

846 combines in her immediate pedigree Bismarck, Irish Whiskey, Northern Improvement, and Chill Factor. In this day and age, it is hard to find one or two bulls in the pedigree of a female that are at the top of their game for raising maternal cattle, and this one has four of the all-time greats. Furthermore, 846 is a powerful, wide built female that will be sure to have multiple marks beside her name sale day. She is the kind the Dakota Classic is built around—moderate, chubby, sound cattle that are bred to go home and have success.

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Vanhove No Pressure 881

Tag: 881 • Spring 2018 • Black

No Pressure — his daughters & service sell

Sire: No Pressure • Dam: B464 Irish Whiskey Service: AI 5-19 Connealy Capitalist • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 2-25-20

COME BOYS! When you talk about the high, tight neck set and show ring presence, 881 is right at the top of the list. The No Pressure cattle have the killer look that is hard to find, and for as long and tall fronted as they are, they also possess the added body and power that great cattlemen have come to expect from the Dakota Classic. 881 is an absolute freak show with a bright future. The easy thing to do with one built like this is to make award winning MaineTainer and SimSolution show heifers that will have people driving to your place from all over country… an equally important plan to try is to mate this one for steers. 881’s Whiskey mother was a stout ground sow of a cow, and her genetics will come through to add more than enough width and power to make high dollar show steers. This one is AI bred to the calving-ease king Capitalist.

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Vanhove Gold Standard 8078

Tag: 8078 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Gold Standard • Dam: 621 Powerline Service: AI 5-15 Titan • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 2-21-20

A PERFECT COMBINATION! No pedigree says maternal power and predictability more than Gold Standard x Powerline. This moderate, whale bellied, stout made, super designed female creates this maternal greatness. 8078 is sired by the calving ease and cow making king Gold Standard and out of an own daughter of the legendary Powerline himself. As if she wasn’t stout enough, we’ve mated her to the Mid-Continent sire Titan for an early coupon.

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Vanhove Primo 897

Tag: 897 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Colburn Primo • Dam: Upgrade Service: AI 5-25 Daddys Money • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 3-3-20

SIMMENTAL TANK! This is an own daughter of the popular Angus heifer sire Colburn Primo.

Primo has been the go-to bull to use for low percentage Continental bred heifers such as SimSolution, MaineTainer, and Chi-influence. They have been a dominant force in the show ring and are starting to show up in pastures from coast to coast. This 897 Simmental/Angus bred female will be one that will be on your short list. She is a moderate framed, belly dragging, easy doing kind that the cowboys will appreciate. Ones like this have so many different breeding choices. Whenever you start with this kind of power, body and balance, you really can’t go wrong no matter how you mate her. This one is bred to Daddys Money, and this will flat out work.

Several of the top heifers in our 2019 replacement heifers are by Daddys Money. He works big time on this type of female.

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Vanhove No Pressure 853

Tag: 853 • Spring 2018 • Black/white face Sire: No Pressure • Dam: A344 Merlin Service: AI 5-28 May We All • PE 6-1 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Too close to call, due 3-6-20

ROB VANHOVE SPECIAL! When you think of the Dakota Classic and the kind of cattle that it embodies, you picture one like 853. A baldy headed, bold ribbed, powerful one with a genetic arsenal that has been 20 years in the making! This female is one of the crew’s favorites in the offering. This No Pressure (Insight x BC Lookout) daughter is extremely high quality with so much style and elegance but yet so stout made and robust in the way she’s put together. 853 will make you money two fold by making you future donors that will keep your program headed the right direction, and she is also bred to head right into steer production, if need be, where she will make the kind that Steve Bonham will drive four hours out of his way to look at. We can’t wait to see the story this one writes for her new owner.

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Vanhove Counter Attack 8005

Tag: 8005 • Spring 2018 • Black/white face • Reg. 1/2 Simmental 3496458 Sire: Counter Attack • Dam: 8115 Broker granddaughter Service: AI 5-29 May We All • PE 6-1 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 3-7-20

SIMMENTALS ARE HOT! The Simmental breed continues to pick up steam with no signs of slowing down, and much of their popularity is due to easy fleshing, great built baldy females like this. 8005 is sired by the hot new Diamond M Simmental sire Counter Attack, who has really taken a foothold in breeding programs across the country. This baldy female is one that a wide variety of cattlemen and women will appreciate, not just Simmental breeders. She has the extra body, width and power to have success, however you decide to mate her. We hope that you can make it to see her sale day, because we know you will appreciate one like this in person. She looks killer in her picture, but she will exceed your expectations when you see her. We are also really jacked up about this mating to May We All. This heifer’s body and mass mated to a freaky fronted, cocky looking bull like May We All will flat out work!

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WOW! Daddys Money has helped to revolutionize the Maine breed with his extra moderate build and design and by putting a show ring look in cattle while keeping them low birth weight. 829 is a perfect example of why Daddys Money continues to pick up steam even after his death. This lot is a monster footed, huge ribbed female that has a sexy, attractive look.

She is out of a Hot Sauce x Everclear cow, making her double bred Kephart genetics. This star-headed one is bred to Capitalist. We had Capitalist calves for the first time last spring and loved the calving ease and the maternal look these cattle have.

Vanhove Daddys Money 829

Tag: 829 • Spring 2018 • Black/white face Sire: Daddys Money • Dam: 44 Hot Sauce Service: AI 5-25 Connealy Capitalist • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 3-3-20

LOT 97 LOOKS TO KILL!

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Vanhove Made For You 8008

Tag: 8008 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Made For You • Dam: C542 Powerline Service: AI 5-29 May We All • PE 6-1 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 3-7-20

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This Made For You (Maternal Made x Jupiter) daughter will reach out and grab you the minute you lay eyes on her. She has an undeniable killer look and that super high and tight neck set that commands your attention when you walk in the pen. Maternal Made x Jupiter on a Powerline x Meyer 734 cow—how much more maternal of a pedigree can you stack up and still have the base width and natural power that this one has? 8008 will be a sale standout because of the revenue earning power of this great beast. There are so many bulls you can breed and flush ones built like this to and replicate quality stock.

She sells bred to May We All, and we could not be happier with this mating. It will be a long necked freak on a leash!

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Vanhove Merlin 8039

Tag: 8039 • Spring 2018 • Black/white face Sire: Merlin • Dam: 7094 The Godfather Service: AI 5-20 May We All • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 2-26-20

INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY! What a cow prospect! This great looking baldy doll really puts it all together into a complete package. She will be sure to be a sale highlight, as this Merlin (Whizard x Whiskey) female will be one of the stouter built, softer made, sexiest looking ones in the offering. This female is what the Dakota Classic is all about, and she gets us fired up! The build, power, body, and genetics of this one check all the boxes. Your biggest problem with this great female will be ownership. 8039 is out of a proven Godfather cow that is an absolute beast.

Whizard x Whiskey x Godfather. With a pedigree like this, she will be a genetic factory no matter if you want to raise steers or females. We have the utmost faith in this one and can’t wait to hear about the May We All calf that’s in her belly. It could be a smoker!

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Here’s a daughter of our Dakota Rush bull, who is a son of Adrenaline out of the 610 (Powerline’s mother) cow family. There are quite a few Dakota Rush daughters in the sale that we sure are proud of. If you study 818’s pedigree, she is out of a Powerline x Bismarck cow that is a foundation female in our herd. This one has a shot more power than most and has the big, bold body and rib that comes from her Powerline mother. She sells bred to Connealy Capitalist, and we really love this mating of Angus genetics.

Vanhove Dakota Rush 818

Tag: 818 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Dakota Rush • Dam: A319 Powerline Service: AI 5-18 Connealy Capitalist • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 2-24-20

LOT 100 You really must stop and take a second look at this moderate, super complete, ultra-cool designed female sale day. She is one of the soundest, best footed females in the offering and absolutely glides across the ground in motion. Not enough emphasis is put into structure and soundness, but this Merlin x Everclear daughter will really impress you with her structure and skeletal design.

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Vanhove Merlin 883

Tag: 883 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Merlin • Dam: X045 Everclear Service: AI 5-29 May We All • PE 6-1 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe, due 3-27-20

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Vanhove Corona 861

We love the way these Corona cattle are bred. Corona was an own son of Cerveza and was backed by a DCC New Look cow. This Corona daughter is one that a wide variety of cattlemen will appreciate for her type of cattle. This one has a great pedigree with Cerveza, DCC New Look, Northern Improvement and Carrousel 8 Meyer all combined into one package. Once you get past her solid genetic base, you will be sure to appreciate her outstanding phenotype. This one will not disappoint, as she is extra stout and square built and has that extra neck extension that it takes to raise addedvalue cattle. We love this mating to the Genex calving ease specialist Eathington Sub-Zero.

Tag: 861 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Corona • Dam: T754 Northern Improvement Service: AI 5-23 Sub-Zero • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 3-1-20

LOT 102 We don’t offer very many of our Avalanche females for sale.

Avalanche was our Yellow Jacket x Fullback son that we have had a bunch of success with. These cattle flat out work for us, and you will find this bull at the heart of a lot of the steer raising cows in the cow herd.

This Avalanche daughter is safe to the hot new calving-ease sire of Wade Rodgers called May We All. We think this mating could really work right out of the gate.

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Vanhove Avalanche 821

Tag: 821 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Avalanche • Dam: X058 Irish Whiskey son Service: AI 5-19 May We All • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 2-25-20

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This is the only daughter of Ridin In Style in the offering. Ridin In Style is a Silveiras Style son that Roger Beare and Barry Reimann purchased from Bush Angus. He is a maternal brother to Bushs Unbelievable out of the Blackbird 8708 cow that has been an elite donor for the Bush program. 8054 has a stacked pedigree that features Style, Cerveza, Chill Factor and OCC Anchor, making this moderate, chubby, cool looking female a unique find in maternal power. She sells safe in calf to the hottest Maine calvingease bull in the country, May We All. Her awesome dam sells as Lot 6.

Vanhove Ridin In Style 8054

Tag: 8054 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Ridin In Style • Dam: 667 Cerveza Service: AI 5-16 May We All • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 2-22-20

Dam of Lot 103 — sells as Lot 6

LOT 104 BODY! BODY! BODY! What a beast! 808 really tips the scales over for overall width, dimension, and power. Super bone and sound feet carry this load. If you like them stouter with big backs, long, square, level hipped and belly dragging, this female is for you. The Powerline females make awesome cows, and this powerhouse really comes to the top. Bred to the SubZero surefire calving-ease Angus sire makes this the real deal.

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Vanhove Powerline 808

Tag: 808 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Powerline • Dam: D620 Merlin Service: AI 5-28 Sub-Zero • PE 6-1 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 3-6-20

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Powerline — his daughters and granddaughters sell

SPRING BRED HEIFERS LOT 105 PICTURE PERFECT!

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Vanhove Texhoma 8009

The Texhoma (Chill Factor) bull is straight from Thrashers in Oklahoma, breeders of some the best Maine bulls in the industry, such as Irish Whiskey and Cerveza. 8009 is a stout built and sexy fronted individual that will show you what the Texhoma cattle are all about.

Plenty of power and width in this great female with style to burn.

With her Chill Factor x Powerline x Harwood 209 x Outer Limits pedigree, this one is genetically stacked and ready to go home and work for you. We bred her this time to the Capitalist son Sub--Zero. The calving reports on Sub-Zero have been off the charts.

Tag: 8009 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Texhoma • Dam: 550 Powerline Service: AI 6-1 Sub-Zero • PE 6-5 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 3-10-20

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Vanhove Uno Mas 8007

Tag: 8007 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Uno Mas • Dam: Adrenaline Service: AI 5-17 May We All • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 2-23-20

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UNO MAS, AMIGO! 8007 is out of the Dream On x Goldmine purebred Simmental sire Uno Mas. The Uno Mas daughters are flat out making great cows, and we sure do think 8007 will be one of them. The fact that she is a half-blood Simmental is just icing on the cake.

She is a moderate, stout built ground sow that has many breeding options, and Simmental is just the tip of the iceberg. Her mother is a Hainy-bred Adrenaline cow that will throw a shot of punch and the ability to mate her for a show steer. Take her home and decide what direction you want to go with this great female—we like your odds no matter what you decide. For this first calf, we chose the calving ease sire May We All. Check out his picture on page 67. He is an absolute freak show. When you take a freak like him and breed him to a ground sow like 8007, we like your odds!

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Vanhove Defiant 859

Tag: 859 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Defiant • Dam: C587 Powerline Service: AI 5-30 May We All • PE 6-1 to 7-14 Gold Standard son

• Safe, due 3-29-20 Simmental, Maine, and Angus power. These composite females just flat get the job done maternally and by putting the extra look and power into their calves. They work no matter how you choose to utilize these genetics, whether you’re looking to produce powerful steer calves, competitive show heifers or making those soft made, productive replacement females.

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Tag: 8049 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Made For You • Dam: C556 Powerline son Service: AI 5-20 Daddys Money • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard

son • Safe, due 3-20-20 The Made For You (Maternal Made x Jupiter) x Powerline mating strikes again. This one’s sire is a son of the $300,000 Maternal Made, who is rewriting the history books in the Maine breed for siring champions and high sellers around the country. We wholeheartedly believe that Made For You is cut from the same cloth as his father and generates the same type of maternal quality as his daddy does. With Maternal Made x Jupiter x Powerline x Northern Improvement x Anchor, the deck is stacked on this one!

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Tag: 866 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Exit Strategy • Dam: C595 Cerveza Service: AI 5-29 May We All • PE 6-1 to 7-14 Gold Standard son

• Safe, due 4-2-20 We absolutely cannot say enough about the job that Exit Strategy has done for our program. These cattle year after year have been right at the top of the bred heifer offering at the Dakota Classic. This Bismarck grandson stamps out females like 866 that have that extra stoutness and width that many Angus cattle lack.

When you calve 866, you will also see the udder structure and quality that we have come to love with these cattle as well. 866 is one that will be worth far more than what she brings through the sale ring.

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Tag: 8125 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Fu Man Chu • Dam: 541 Novice Service: AI 5-25 Capitalist • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son

• Safe AI, due 3-3-20 FU FOR YOU! These Fu Man’s are flat out making great club calf cows, especially when they are built like this one right here. 8125 is very maternal made for one with a shot of club calf genetics, and we believe that cattle built like this are the kind that milk and go on and make great mothers. Look at the body shape and the perfect hip structure of this one. She is begging for you to pick the right bull to mate her to.

She has the power in the blood to raise your next high dollar show steer. She is bred to the calving-ease specialist Connealy Capitalist to make sure she gets headed the right direction.

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Tag: 8120 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: No Pressure • Dam: 4026 Looker son Service: AI 5-15 Titan • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son •

Safe AI, due 2-21-20 MATERNAL QUALITY! If you like them long necked and cool looking, this No Pressure daughter will be right up your wheelhouse. Body, softness and extra dimension with a perfect skeleton and design only adds to this one’s value. We love what the No Pressure cattle have done in our herd, and they are sure to be sale highlights. The power runs deep in this set of cattle, and a female like this shouldn’t be overlooked. This one is bred to the maternal calvingease specialist Titan.

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Vanhove Corona 8011

Tag: 8011 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Corona • Dam: 031 Texhoma Service: AI 5-29 Sub Zero • PE 6-1 to 7-14 Gold Standard son

• Safe AI, due 3-7-20 If you love the Cerveza daughters, we think you will really appreciate the Corona daughters as well. Corona is a Cerveza x DCC New Look son that is really working well in our herd. 8011 is a super smooth, bold bodied one that has that long, smooth muscle pattern the Cerveza cattle tend to have. If we stack this one’s pedigree, we have Cerveza x DCC New Look x Texhoma (Chill Factor) x Ali x Jauer Doctor. That’s a bunch of great genetics packed into one awesome female! This many generations of genetic selection for quality maternal genetics you don’t find on every corner, and you dang sure don’t find as many as we are bringing you in this offering. This one sells safe to Sub-Zero. Make sure and check her out!

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Tag: 8026 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Made For You • Dam: C548 Whizard Service: AI 5-24 Daddys Money • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard

son • Safe, due 4-11-20 NEXT STAGE OF EVOLUTION! If you follow genetics in the industry, today the Whizard cattle are getting people to bid heavy and hard to get them in their trailer for the ride home. 8026 is by the Maternal Made son Made For You and out of an outstanding Whizard mama cow. That shot of Maine gives this one a shot more neck extension and more power than are found in Whizards as a whole. Maternal Made x Whizard x Patton—what a recipe for a powerhouse donor. You don’t find them bred and built like this every day. Make sure you sit up and pay attention when this one hits the ring.

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Tag: 8053 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Dakota Rush • Dam: 845 Jauer Angus Service: AI 5-28 Sub-Zero • PE 6-1 to 7-14 Gold Standard son

• Safe AI, due 3-6-20 COW POWER! We didn’t hold anything back when selecting cattle for this year’s sale, and 8053 is another example of that. She could start a lot of sales! 8053 is another daughter of the Dakota Rush bull that is an Adrenaline son out of the 610 donor (Powerline’s mother). The Dakota Rush daughters will be sale features, and this one will sure be one of them. Her mother is a huge bodied ground sow that is Jauer bred on the top side with a shot of Meyer 734 on the bottom. Powerful maternal genetics sell in this stout built, square made female. She sells safe to the Genex Sub-Zero bull.

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Tag: 813 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Maternal Made • Dam: Y143 Canute Service: AI 6-2 Sub-Zero • PE 6-5 to 7-14 Gold Standard son •

Safe AI, due 3-11-20 This female will have a lot of friends sale day. So complete, sound and functional in a moderate and stunning profile, she’s sired by the $300,000 Maternal Made and out of the Y143 Canute x Machinist cow that sells as Lot 46. If you made a list of the best maternal bulls in the business, this cow would have about five on both sides of her pedigree. This one sells safe to the Genex sire Sub-Zero for a quality calf that will come easy. Bred heifers like this make power cows in the future for generations to come.

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Tag: 8045 • Spring 2018 • Yellow Sire: Axelrod • Dam: Y108 Carney Man son Service: AI 6-16 Daddys Money • PE 6-18 to 7-14 Gold Standard

son • Safe AI, due 3-25-20 YELLOW ROSE! This cool looking yellow female is sired by our exciting Solid Gold son from Travis Otterstad, Axelrod. 8045 has the power in the blood and is built to raise those high dollar colored slick shear cattle. She is TH free, so your breeding options are wide open on this gal. This is one that the crew has loved since weaning last fall and one that will write a big story for her new owner. She is bred to Daddys Money. This will get things moving right along the first year. Daddys Money bred to this long tall fronted one will be extremely cool.

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Vanhove Monopoly 885

Tag: 885 • Spring 2018 • Black/brockle face Sire: Monopoly • Dam: P402 Frosty Service: AI 5-22 Connealy Capitalist • PE 5-28 to 7-14

Gold Standard son • Safe, due 3-31-20 Bred in the purple, 885 is the result of a planned genetic mating that resulted in three full brothers that averaged $16,500 in the 2018 fall pasture sale, with one of the brothers, purchased by the Beitelspacher family, ending up Reserve Maine Steer and Fifth Overall at the South Dakota State Fair. 885’s mother is one of the biggest footed, widest built animals we have ever been around, and this motley-faced 885 did not fall far from the tree.

This beauty was blessed with the same powered up build and design of her momma. We think there are many options to mating this one no matter if she is clean or dirty, but we will have the test results back by sale day to help you with your breeding decisions down the road.

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Tag: 845 • Spring 2018 • Silver/white Sire: Fu Man Chu • Dam: 835 Beat the Heat Service: AI 5-19 Connealy Capitalist • PE 5-28 to 7-14

Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 2-25-20 SMOKE A LITTLE SMOKE! The Fu Man females have done a terrific job in their first few years of production, and with 845 backed by the 835 Beat the Heat cow, we like the maternal longevity she offers.

This silver-and-white heifer is extra heavy and sound structured and a hairy, hairy beast. We like your odds of raising those highly competitive show steers with this one. She sells safe to Connealy Capitalist. We were really impressed with the calving ease and the quality of the Capitalist calves last year. A replacement heifer bred this way would be really cool!

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Vanhove Texhoma 8063

Tag: 8063 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Texhoma • Dam: C519 Powerline Service: AI 6-16 Daddys Money • PE 6-18 to 7-14 Gold Standard

son • Safe AI, due 3-25-20 ABSOLUTE GROUND SOW! Here’s a daughter of the Thrasher-bred Chill factor son, Texhoma, and she’s the cowman’s kind. This is the kind that we have built our herd around and the kind that have kept the lights on over the years—moderate, huge bodied females that have just enough style to raise those added-value cattle. Take this one home and write your own story. This one is built to breed to Maternal Made or any other maternal Maine sire, as she is packed with generations of soggy Angus genetics. She is bred this first time to the immortal Daddys Money, whose semen is getting hard to find.

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Vanhove Merlin 8033

Tag: 8033 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Merlin • Dam: 907 Duff Angus Service: AI 5-27 Daddys Money • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard

son • Safe AI, due 3-5-20 PICTURE PERFECT! They often say a picture is worth a thousand words. This picture says it all. This awesome built, perfect structured, long sided, super complete, extra stout female comes from the mating of our great female producing sire Merlin to a Duff-bred Angus cow.

Merlin really clicks on these moderate, chubby cows like this one’s mother, and 8033 is a perfect example of just how well. This bold built, beautiful female sells safe in calf to the immortal Daddys Money. The top selling bred female in the 900-plus head Griswold Classic in December at $80,000 was an own daughter of Daddys Money. The Daddys Money cattle are bringing the coin, and with this mating to 8033, we like your odds.

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Tag: 830 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Exit Strategy • Dam: C559 Damage Control Service: AI 5-25 Connealy Capitalist • PE 5-28 to 7-14

Gold Standard son • Safe AI, due 3-3-20 COW POWER DELUXE! These Exit Strategy cattle are the real deal. We acquired Exit Strategy from Bush & Sons in Britton, SD, who have always known how to breed Angus genetics with some power in them. When we came across 830’s sire, it was love at first sight. 830 is huge bodied and maternal in her build. Where this one will really make you excited is when you take her home and calve her. Exit Strategy daughters are great uddered and incredible momma cows. This one is bred to the great calving-ease specialist Capitalist for an exciting mating.

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Tag: 851 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Dakota Rush • Dam: X032 Outer Limits Service: AI 5-20 May We All • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard

son • Safe AI, due 2-26-20 If you like them big bodied with that easy fleshing look, this 851 female is just the way you like them. She is an absolute beast in terms of her center body capacity and the boldness that carries through that body cavity. This is another cow-making kind of female, sired by our Dakota Rush (Adrenaline x 610 Powerline’s mother), and she is backed by the X032 Outer Limits cow that is a foundation cow in the herd. There’s a big coupon on board this great female. She is safe in calf to the hot Maine calving-ease sire May We All. We like your odds with this mating of a freak show Maine sire and this Angus-influenced absolute ground sow. We can’t wait to see what you get.

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Vanhove Sub-Zero 8022

Tag: 8022 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Sub-Zero • Dam: D624 Merlin Service: AI 5-31 Gold Standard • PE 6-1 to 7-14 Gold Standard

son • Safe AI, due 3-9-20 COW! Instead of her tag on her right hip, we should have just freeze branded “COW.” This one is as huge bodied as anything you will look at sale day. You will not be able to stop looking at her for her super complete design and balance, overwhelming dimension and volume, broodiness and mass. We’ve talked about these females that are bred to Sub-Zero.

Well, this 8022 heifer is an example of why we use that bull. When you can get cattle like this out of a first-calf heifer, it’s a homerun. This one is bred back to the tried-and-true Gold Standard.

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Vanhove Whizard 8004

Tag: 8004 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Whizard • Dam: B442 Powerline Service: AI 6-1 Sub-Zero • PE 6-2 to 7-14 Gold Standard son •

Too close to call, due 3-10-20 WHIZARD ALERT! Never before has the demand for Whizard cattle been as high as it was in 2019. You need to start collecting these cattle, because they will not get any cheaper. Here I Am on the Whizard daughters is the hottest mating in the club calf industry today. The Champion Steer at the Iowa State Fair in 2018 was a Here I Am x Whizard, and in our pasture sale last fall, five of the top seven high sellers were Here I Am x Whizards that sold for a $17,500 average. It flat works, and especially when you have a Whizard that has the extra chubby body like this one has. The $40,000 high selling cow in Went’s dispersal was a Whizard. It’s time to get to buying them before they get any higher.

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Vanhove Texhoma 898

Tag: 898 • Spring 2018 • Black/white face Sire: Texhoma • Dam: C539 Powerline Service: AI 5-30 Sub-Zero • PE 6-1 to 7-14 Gold Standard son

• Safe AI, due 3-8-20 This snip-nosed baldy is sired by an own son of Chill Factor. We have raised a bunch of great replacement heifers that we have retained in our herd that are by this one’s sire and this year we brought down for the Dakota Classic. Chill Factor x Powerline x Carney Man. You would have had a hard time to find one bred this way 10 years ago, let alone today. Time-tested, proven maternal genetics are offered here. 898 has that long, level hip that comes with breeding generations of maternal genetics into these cattle. There is a variety of bulls to mate this one to.

This year we bred her to Sub-Zero for surefire calving ease and the hopes of a top end replacement female.

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Tag: 889 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Made For You • Dam: C562 Whizard Service: AI 6-2 May We All • PE 6-5 to 7-14 Gold Standard son

• Safe AI, due 3-11-20 ROYALLY BRED! This one has the “power in the blood” that Kent Jaecke talks about. Sired by the Maternal Made x Jupiter son Made For You, 889 is out of the C562 cow that is an own daughter of Whizard backed by a powerful Powerline cow. This a genetic recipe for success if we’ve ever seen one. You will love the extra long hip in this one, and she has the neck that all you choke necked lovers will love. The big bonus here, boys and girls, is that she is bred to May We All. Christmas came early with this one.

Big time coupon in her belly!

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Vanhove Merlin 8075

Tag: 8075 • Spring 2018 • Black/white face Sire: Merlin • Dam: A381 Hawkeye Service: AI 5-21 May We All • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard

son • Safe, due 3-21-20 Here’s a Merlin that is a little bigger and longer than most. This baldy female is out of a Maine-influenced cow sired by the Dennis Garwood-bred Special Delivery son Hawkeye. 8075 is extended and long necked with massive rib shape, and she pulls it all together with her perfect structure, huge feet and a lil extra bone and stoutness. The baldy females are in high demand across the country, and when they are built like this one, the demand is even greater.

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Vanhove Defiant 8016

Tag: 8016 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Defiant • Dam: C575 Jameson Service: AI 5-21 Uno Mas • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son

• Safe AI, due 2-27-20 The Defiant cattle have far surpassed our expectations. They are easy calving cattle that get up and out perform the cow bulls. 8016 is a cocky one that will be sure to catch your eye. Just look at the body dimension combined with the maternal, sound structure and look. This Defiant daughter will give you years of predictable production, and this mating to the Simmental calving-ease bull Uno Mas will be muy bueno.

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Tag: 8064 • Spring 2018 • Black/brockle face Sire: Adrenaline • Dam: Damage Control Service: AI 5-26 Sub-Zero • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son

• Safe AI, due 3-4-20 GREAT LOOKING BALDY! Adrenaline and Damage Control are the sires of many of the top steer producing cows at Vanhove Cattle. Rarely though do you find one that combines both generating sires in one pedigree. This sexy looking motley-faced female is bred for your utmost success. She has the high, tight neck set and the athletic build to operate at a high level. She is double clean for TH and PHA and is just begging you to take her home and breed her to the club calf bull of your choice. We can’t wait for you to lay your eyes on the Subzero calf she is going to have in early March. A soggy Angus bull on this freak show will be pretty sweet!

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Tag: 8031 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Made For You • Dam: 543 Patton Service: AI 5-19 Daddys Money • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard

son • Safe, due 3-31-20 COBRA NECKED! This one has the good neck and shoulder design that those choke-necked loving people will dig. Here’s a Made For You (Maternal Made) out of a Patton cow that has some great maternal Maine genetics stacked in her pedigree. This one is just waiting to be bred to a variety of club calf bulls on the market today. We just don’t know how you could go wrong with this much look, power, and pedigree.

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Vanhove Defiant 8111

Tag: 8111 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Defiant • Dam: C505 Cerveza Service: AI 5-30 Gold Standard • PE 6-1 to 7-14 Gold Standard son •

Safe, due 3-17-20

Lot 131

SIMMENTAL GENETICS! This is a daughter of the $29,500 high seller off the Kearn Cattle production sale, Defiant. Defiant is an incredible Hammer x Dream On purebred Simmental bull that, as you can see by this first calf crop, is making an impact. The Defiant cattle are stout made and sound Simminfluenced cattle, and we love that about them. 8111 is an extra stout and wide one that is backed by a powerful Cerveza x Machinist cow.

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Vanhove Made For You 823

Tag: 823 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Made For You • Dam: C510 Cerveza Service: AI 5-21 May We All • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son •

Safe AI, due 2-27-20

Lot 132

Made For You, in his third year of production, has made such a dramatic impact in the quality of our calf crops. He stamps them with the same look and power of his daddy, Maternal Made. 823 will show you why we love the Made For You cattle. She has the high neck set and killer style we have come to expect from these cattle. This one is safe to May We All, and we can’t wait to get the calving report on this one—it will be an absolute freak.

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Vanhove Powerline 8070

Tag: 8070 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Powerline • Dam: D691 Merlin Service: AI 5-25 Connealy Capitalist • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son •

Safe AI, due 3-3-20

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Vanhove Defiant 844

Tag: 844 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Defiant • Dam: C550 Dakota Rush Service: AI 5-23 Uno Mas • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son •

Safe AI, due 3-1-20

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Vanhove Corona 801

Tag: 801 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Corona • Dam: Z222 Carney Man Service: AI 5-16 Sub-Zero • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son •

Safe AI, due 2-22-20

This moderate, chubby, huge hipped, stout female is the result of what every good cattleman in the country is looking for: Angus x Simmental females with look and power. A daughter of the powerful Defiant Simmental sire, purchased from Kearns Cattle in Nebraska, this one is whale bellied and will add value to your herd. She sells safe to the hot purebred Simmental bull Uno Mas for a 3/4-blood calf.

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Here’s a Powerline daughter that truly highlights the genetic base of our herd.

These type of stout, robust, easy keeping Powerline females are the kind that we have geared this sale around and the kind of cattle that we like to work with on a day-to-day basis. 8070 is a moderate, stout one that can be bred a lot of different ways for success. We like your odds with this powerhouse brood cow. A maternal brother sells as Lot 147.

This super complete, sound, well designed female is a daughter of Corona, our Cerveza x DCC New Look son that we have kept a lot of great daughters of in the herd. If you like them moderate and easy keeping, 801 will be your kind. She sells safe in calf to the great Genex sire Sub-Zero for a surefire calving ease scenario.

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Vanhove Exit Strategy 8098

Tag: 8098 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Exit Strategy • Dam: 408B Merlin Service: AI 6-17 Daddys Money • PE 6-18 to 7-14 Gold Standard son •

Safe, due 4-8-20 EXIT STATEGY X WHIZARD X WHISKEY. An awesome recipe of maternal genetics is offered in this female. We just could not be happier to bring a product like this to town. When we stack them with generations of the highest quality maternal genetics and put them together with a phenotype like this one has, we think we will have happy, satisfied customers for years to come. This one has the great neck set on her and is a bold, stout bodied one.

She has the look to make a productive brood cow.

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Vanhove Merlin 8083

Tag: 8083 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Merlin • Dam: 321 Powerline Service: AI 5-27 Sub-Zero • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son •

Safe AI, due 3-5-20 IF IT AIN’T BROKE, DON’T FIX IT! The Merlin x Powerline mating is a go-to move that we continue to go with. The Whizard x Whiskey x Powerline packages, no matter what size or shape they come in, always produce the utmost quality and tend to be the ones that put the cattle in the sales and the dollars in the bank. 8083 is a long fronted one that has a little extra length and extension. She sells bred to the Capitalist son Sub-Zero for another shot in maternal Angus genetics.

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Vanhove IGWT 826

Tag: 826 • Spring 2018 • Silver Sire: In God We Trust • Dam: Y125 Alias Service: AI 6-16 Daddys Money • PE 6-18 to 7-14 Gold Standard son •

Safe AI, due 3-25-20 In God We Trust has become a staple in the club calf industry because of his consistency and the quality that he adds. The Leddy family Champion Steer at the 2019 South Dakota State Fair was an IGWT that they bought in our 2018 pasture sale. 826 is a moderate, stout built female that is extra heavy structured. This hairy silver beast will kick out some dominant steer progeny.

We can’t wait to see her first calf by the immortal Daddys Money. There is not much Daddys Money semen left in the country, this is a big bonus on this one!

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Vanhove Axelrod 8090

Tag: 8090 • Spring 2018 • Yellow Sire: Axelrod • Dam: T722 Ringo Service: AI 6-4 May We All • PE 6-8 to 7-14 Gold Standard son •

Safe, due 4-11-20 Here’s a cool yellow female sired by Axelrod, our impressive Solid Gold son raised by Travis Otterstad. Here’s a double clean pedigreed one that is whale bellied and as square made as you will find them.

8090 was made to make slick shear Southern steers, and her extra body and extra sound structure and skeleton will allow you to mate her to a wide variety of steer bulls. Show steer producers, make a mark by this one. She will not let you down.

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Vanhove Made For You 899

Tag: 899 • Spring 2018 • Black Sire: Made For You • Dam: 5042 Powerline Service: AI 5-15 Titan • PE 5-28 to 7-14 Gold Standard son •

Safe AI, due 2-21-20 The Made For Yous have style to burn, and 899 is no exception. This one is a long rope necked girl that that will be sure to catch your eye.

Her mother is a go-to cow, a daughter of Powerline and going back to OCC Legend. Made For You has worked on the Duff/Ohlde-bred cows such as 5042, giving them a shot more growth and length, and 899 is a perfect example of why we dig them. Here’s one that will mate well to a variety of popular club calf sires, or go for the banner-winning show heifers with this one’s cool look. We like your odds either way. Safe to the Mid-Continent Angus proven calving-ease specialist Titan.

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We sell Champions...and the cattle that produce Champions!

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Vanhove Unleashed D690

Tag: D690 • 3-6-19 • Black • Bull Sire: Unleashed • Dam: D690 Merlin

This lead off bull has been on our radar since before he was born. His mother is one of the favorite young cows in the herd and an incredible daughter of Merlin (Whizard x Whiskey).

She is a long necked, cool looking one that has the huge feet and perfect structure. We mated her to the 3/4 Maine Unleashed bull and got this man child.

This bull’s body shape and mass have been there since the day he hit the ground. He is so big and bold up high with more than enough muscle. When you factor in this bull’s performance, body, bone and genetics, we think he has a lot to offer cattlemen. We can’t wait to see the effect this bull could have in the Maine breed to help add extra rib and body. He will be a breed changer, guaranteed.

Birth weight 83 lbs.

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Vanhove Ain’t Bluffin B421

Tag: B421 • 3-15-19 • Black/white face • Bull Sire: Ain’t Bluffin • Dam: B421 Powerline

Ain’t Bluiffin in his first year has far exceeded our expectations. We knew he had potential, but what he has accomplished in his first year in our herd and around the country is nothing short of incredible. The Ain’t Bluffin sons in this sale are some of the very best that we have raised, and we are really excited about his set of replacement daughters that we kept this time—they are really special.

What we offer you here in this B421 bull is an absolute powerhouse in terms of body mass, muscularity, and structural quality. This bull has a bunch of things going the right direction.

He is also out of a Powerline cow that gives an added boost in maternal genetics. This one will be sure to catch your eye sale day. He is a great young herd sire!

Birth weight 80 lbs.

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This stripe-faced baldy bull will be sure to have a bunch of friends sale day. This is a favorite of our crew.

This is good looking, long necked, huge ribbed, extra sound, and the fact that he is a stripe-faced baldy is just icing on the cake. The Ain’t Bluffin cattle are the real deal. We had 24 head of Ain’t Bluffin calves this year, and every single one of them is either a bull, a show steer, or a replacement heifer. He was as consistent at raising added-value cattle as any bull we have used to date. Do your cows a favor and kick this bull out this summer. He will be sure to make you piles of money long term.

Vanhove Ain’t Bluffin 627

Birth weight 78 lbs.

Tag: 627 • 3-30-19 • Black/white face • Bull Sire: Ain’t Bluffin • Dam: 627 Powerline

LOT 144

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How about this power bodied, snipfaced baldy stud! Rob loves this bull’s mother because of the daughters she has produced and the effect that she has had on the herd. As far as proven maternal cow power, this one might be as good as any in this set. He has been a standout since birth. Our Ain’t Bluffin cattle since day one have been a force to be reckoned with, and this bull is one of the best. Muscle, body, bone and great structure. We struggle to find many holes in this young sire. We are counting down the days until February 1st when we can show you this tremendous set of bulls!

Birth weight 85 lbs.

Vanhove Ain’t Bluffin X053

Tag: X053 • 3-20-19 • Black/white face • Bull Sire: Ain’t Bluffin • Dam: X053 Outer Limits

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145 Vanhove Daddys Money 778

Tag: 778 • 2-27-19 • Black • Bull

Sire: Daddys Money • Dam: 778 Powerline

High-quality Maine calving-ease sires are hard to come by, especially with the quality that this one has. 778 is an own son of the immortal calving ease legend Daddys Money and is out of a Powerline cow, giving him a double shot of calving ease. We just can’t say enough about the high hopes we have for this great young sire. He is so sound structured, soft made, and has the long, shaggy hair coat that we like to see. This is one that we can see used in a variety of programs, as he will increase the value of your first-calf heifer calf crop. The replacement females sired by this bull will be mouthwatering good. AIi x Hard Drive x Wisdom x Powerline are all the bulls in this one’s immediate pedigree. Calving ease with quality is offered here!

Birth weight 73 lbs.

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Vanhove Made For You X046

Tag: X046 • 3-12-19 • Black • Bull Sire: Made For You • Dam: X046 Powerline

If you have looked through this catalog, you have noticed several top end bred females by the Maternal Made son Made For You. The M4U cattle really click, and in this lot we show you our top Made For You bull. If you like them killer looking with style to burn, or if you need a little more frame and extension in your calf crop, this is your bull. This one is as long and tall fronted as any bull in the offering. His mother, X046, is a Powerline daughter that is a proven producer and cornerstone dam in our herd. This bull will revolutionize your calf crop in one generation.

Birth weight 80 lbs.

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SPRING YEARLING SIRE PROSPECTS LOT 147 This Unleashed son is an absolute powerhouse in terms of the meat and muscle he has from nose to tail.

Furthermore, he is a huge boned, rugged designed bull that has that herd bull look. If you like your bulls huge ribbed and stout made, this one will be right up your wheelhouse. He is backed by a Merlin (Whizard x Irish Whiskey) daughter, giving you a shot of that proven Whizard maternal blood back in his pedigree. This bull will work for a variety of programs!

Maternal sister sells as Lot 133.

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Birth weight 88 lbs.

Vanhove Unleashed D691

Tag: D691 • 2-28-19 • Black • Bull Sire: Unleashed • Dam: D691 Merlin

LOT 148

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D668 was one of our early favorites.

He is a moderate, chubby middled son of Unleashed that has a great set of running gear when you set him in motion. You will love the big, stout, square hip in this one, and for the amount of muscle that he has, he is so smooth and complete in the way that he is designed. He is out of a Merlin (Whizard x Whiskey) daughter that is a young, promising cow in our herd. Merlin will give you another shot of milk and maternal.

If you are hunting a great young MaineTainer sire, be sure to check this one out.

Birth weight 87 lbs.

Vanhove Unleashed D668

Tag: D668 • 3-20-19 • Black • Bull Sire: Unleashed • Dam: D668 Merlin

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Tag: 514C • 3-20-19 • Black • Bull Sire: Ain’t Bluffin • Dam: 514C Powerline

Here’s another Ain’t Bluffin (Maternal Made x Paddy O’Malley) that is sure maternal in the way he is put together. He’s extra soggy bodied and big and bold in his upper rib cage. You will love the long, level, dead square hip in this guy as well. Throw in the fact that he is super soft haired, and this bull is a surefire bet to raise the kind of replacement heifers to take your program to the next level. We think he would work well to raise steer raising mommas or just good, solid, added-value cattle in general.

150 Vanhove Ain’t Bluffin C538

Birth weight 82 lbs.

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Tag: C538 • 3-23-19 • Black • Bull Sire: Ain’t Bluffin • Dam: C538 Powerline

The Ain’t Bluffin cattle will be in demand in the years to come, and bulls like this one will show you why that is. C538 is a huge bodied, extra chubby, moderate Ain’t Bluffin son. His hip and pin set are as square and wide as they come. He will add extreme value to your replacement heifers and help build your genetic base in your herd. He comes out of a huge ribbed Powerline cow, giving you another shot of maternal genetics.

Bulls like this will make you money long term.

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Birth weight 78 lbs.

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Vanhove Merlin 418

Tag: 418 • 2-8-19 • Black • Bull Sire: Merlin • Dam: 282 Bodacious 418 is sired by the go-to maternal bull in our herd, Merlin (Whizard x Irish Whiskey). The Merlin cattle have been the mainstays of the Dakota Classic for many years because of the maternal look they have and the quality in their build and design. 418 is a super sound structured individual that would add miles of maternal base to your cow herd. Get on board here! He’s the only Merlin son in the sale!

Birth weight 87 lbs.

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Ain’t Bluffin

SEMEN AVA I L A BLE

DUEL Aint Bluffin 701E • 3-5-17 • Black/white face • Reg. 1/2 Maine 498911 • THF, PHAF Sire: Maternal Made • Dam: Paddy O’Malley • Owned with Duello Cattle Co.

Patron

SEMEN AVA I L A BLE

RJC Patron 8556F ET • 1-13-18 • Black • Reg. 1/4 Maine 499058 • THF, PHAF Sire: TCTC Patton (Irish Whiskey) • Dam: Hara’s Miss Heartbreaker (Mr HOC Broker)

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SEMEN AVAIL A B LE

This Defiant daughter sells as Lot 67

KCC1 Defiant 540D • 2-18-16 • Black/white face • Reg. PB Simmental (Polled, homozygous black) Sire: Mr TR Hammer 308A • Dam: CNS Dream On L186 • Owned with Roger Hainy

Dakota Classic XV Sire Reference ADRENALINE Meyer 734 ✕ Windsor

JSAR TITAN JSAR Mr Rodman ✕ MCW Future Direction P47 (Angus 16542035)

ADRENALINE JUNKIE “AJ” Adrenaline ✕ Anchor

LUKE DUKE Here I Am ✕ Irish Whiskey

AXELROD Solid Gold ✕ Charolais

MADE FOR YOU Maternal Made ✕ Jupiter

CONNEALY CAPITALIST SAV Final Answer ✕ CRA Bextor 872 (Angus)

MAY WE ALL Daddys Money ✕ Irish Whiskey ✕ Angus

CORONA Cerveza ✕ Duff New Look

MERLIN Whizard ✕ GCC Sioux Miss 8/47U (Irish Whiskey)

DADDYS MONEY GOET I80 ✕ HAA Wisdom 505S (3/4 Maine 427013)

NO PRESSURE SAV Brilliance ✕ BC Lookout (Angus 18354345)

DAKOTA RUSH Adrenaline ✕ 610 DCC New Look ✕ OCC Anchor

PAYMENT PLAN SAV Bismarck ✕ Antidote

(Powerline’s dam)

POWERLINE DCC Baseline ✕ DCC New Look

DAMAGE CONTROL Who Made Who ✕ Meyer 734

RIDIN IN STYLE Silveiras Style 9303 ✕ Bushs Blackbird 8708

DRIVING 80 I80 ✕ Destiny (Hard Drive) (PB Maine 443334)

RSVP Meyer 734 ✕ Angus

EXIT STRATEGY Bushs Unbelievable423 ✕ O’Reilly Factor (Angus 17675416)

SUB-ZERO Connealy Capitalist x BC Matrix (Angus 17379591)

GOLD STANDARD Total Recall ✕ OCC Juanada 925R (Angus 17001727)

UNLEASHED Unlimited Power ✕ Irish Whiskey (3/4 Maine 478822)

HOT SAUCE Hustler (Simm) ✕ Irish Whiskey

WYNNE IN DOUBT Here I Am ✕ MF Structure ✕ Northern Improvement

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