30 YEARS IN THE CHAROLAIS BREEDING STOCK BUSINESS!
About the Operation:
Koepsell Charolais Farm is a 3rd generation family-owned operation in rural Southeast South Dakota established in 1952, providing quality purebred Charolais seedstock to producers since 1995. We pride ourselves here at Koepsell Charolais Farm in the honest real-world functionality, longevity, and performance our seedstock can provide to any operation! We work with these animals day in and day out to produce some of the gentlest and easiest handling cattle available. We represent our stock with honesty and the highest detail so there can be nothing to surprise our fellow producers. AT KCF we strive to produce herd sires and females with easy calving, gentle dispositions, as well as top gaining and performing attributes to maximize our customer’s profits and pounds! When you invest in a KCF bull, we fully stand behind our animals with honesty and integrity because here at Koepsell Charolais Quality over Quantity Truly is our Measure. We believe this year’s bull offering continues to affirm that motto!!
We thank you for your time and consideration in purchasing a KCF bull!
Location :
Koepsell Charolais Farm
24654 436th Avenue, Canova, SD 57321
Contacts:
Logan Koepsell – 605-480-1643
Marlon Koepsell – 605-480-1642
BULLS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO VIEW AT THE FARM BEGINNING APRIL 1! PLEASE GIVE US A CALL AHEAD OF TIME TO SCHEDULE WHEN YOU WOULD LIKE TO STOP BY!
Veterinary Work & Herd Health
Dr. Erik Holum – Sweetgrass Veterinary Services – 605-928-8387
Dr. Mike Stiefvater – Salem Veterinary Services – 605-425-2020
Bulls will be semen tested, scrotals measured, and given their full vaccination protocol on April 8th! For more info on their full vaccination history, we’d be happy to provide that for you!
Nutrition:
All bulls follow a high fiber ration and mineral program set forth by Central Farmers Co-op feed division on Canova, SD. All sale bulls are fed for a 3.0-3.5 ADG from weaning to yearling age. The ADG at KCF is calculated by total actual pounds gained from 205 days of age to 365 for a realistic honest figure. Our bulls are easy feeding as we do not push them with high amounts of feed to get unrealistic, heightened gains. We strive to provide longevity in all our bulls, no matter the type of operation they may be going into.
Sale Terms:
This is a private treaty, first-come-first-serve basis sale. We are in the business of providing quality top tier animals at an affordable price. We would rather gain your business than be greedy, so pricing can be reasonably negotiable. Acceptable payment methods are cash or check only. A deposit of half of the agreed sale price is needed on the day of commitment to lock-in your desired bull, with the remainder being due upon pickup or deliver of the animal.
Bull Delivery:
Free delivery within 250 miles of the farm is included in the purchase of a bull. Outside of that, we will work with you to set up transportation. We would like bulls picked up or delivery setup by June 1, after that date $2.50/day will be charged to the sale price.
Breeding Guarantee:
All KCF bulls are backed by a first breeding season guarantee and are guaranteed in good health as well as being free of sickness/disease at the time of sale. The breeding season is defined as 60 days after the bulls has been turned into the breeding pasture. Full credit or a replacement animal will be provided if circumstances show our bull has become a non-breeder due to health or genetic reasons. This guarantee will be void if problems are due to negligence, injury, mortality, improper management, or acts of God. Bulls must be returned in good health and body condition. Every claim is reviewable by the team at Koepsell Charolais before credit is awarded.
Genomics:
All bulls in the offering have been 100K genomic tested through the AICA for guaranteed parentage, homo or hetero polled horn status, as well as PA status. EPD’s are updated and accurate to the last AICA Cattle Evaluation on March 1, 2025.
Understanding EPD’s for Selection:
Cattle Evaluations use the term Expected Progeny Differences (EPD) to express genetic transmitting ability of a sire for the various traits listed. An EPD is a prediction of how future progeny of a sire are expected to perform in a particular trait relative to other sires in the analysis. The key word is “difference”. The EPD itself does not imply “good” or “bad” performance. But rather, the EPD gives a prediction of the average difference to expect in the performance of a sire’s progeny relative to other sires in the same analysis.The EPD for a given trait on each animal in the analysis is compared to every other animal in the analysis. The EPD is reported as a plus or minus value in the unit which the trait is measured.
Birth Weight EPD (BW) The expected difference in average birth weight (pounds) of progeny. Birth weight reflects prenatal growth.
Calving Ease Direct (CE) is expressed as a difference in percentage of unassisted births in first calf heifers. A higher value indicates greater calving ease. It predicts the average difference in unassisted births with which a sire’s calves will be born when bred to first-calf heifers.
Calving Ease Maternal (MCE) is expressed as a difference in percentage of unassisted births in first calf daughters. A higher value indicates greater calving ease. It predicts the average difference in unassisted births with which a sire’s daughters will calve as first-calf heifers when compared to daughters of other sires.
Weaning Weight EPD (WWT) The expected difference in average weaning weight of calves. The evaluation reflects the genetic influence on pre-weaning growth rate.
Yearling Weight EPD (YWT) The expected difference in average yearling weight of progeny. The evaluation reflects genetic influence on both pre-weaning and post-weaning growth rate.
Maternal Milk EPD (Milk) The genetic ability of a sire’s or dam’s daughters to express in pounds of weaning weight in her calves due to her maternal ability through mothering instinct and milk.
Total Maternal EPD (MTL) A value to predict the weaning weight performance of calves from a animal’s daughters due to genetics for growth and maternal ability. Total Maternal is calculated by adding ½ the WWT EPD to the Maternal Milk EPD.
Terminal Sire Index (TSI) The AICA Terminal Sire Index (TSI) is a formal method of combing Expected Progeny Differences (EPD) – BWT, WWT, YWT, REA, HCW, MARB and FAT – into one single value on which to base selection decisions. The TSI uses estimates of the genetic relationships between traits with an economic default value based on three year rolling USDA data.
The TSI represents a dollar index per terminal progeny produced for a bull in the AICA database, ranking them for profit potential. This dollar index is to be interpreted much like single trait EPD. For example, if Sire A’s index is $191.66 and Sire B’s index is $200.00, then we would expect Sire B’s offspring to average $8.34 more net return ($200.00 minus $191.66) than Sire A’s offspring.
BD:3/20/24 HOMO
LT Atlas sons continue to impress us here at KCF as well as in the rest of the breed! This standout bull has been at the top of our watchlist since birth! His father, LT Atlas 0251, shattered record books last year siring Lindskov’s high seller at $300,000. Olympia is out of a perfect uddered proven Vedvei Charolais dam who has consistently raised standout progeny for us! The absolute performance balance here cannot be beat; sleep-easy calving ease, big-time performance, and a pedigree full of breed leaders! We think he would be in the list of top selling bulls at any sale! With 6 EPD rankings in the top 20-30% of the breed he is definitely a herd sire prospect, and one of the best we have ever raised! *PA FREE*
HEIFER BULL – This Atlas son is the #1 heifer safe and calving ease bull in our selection this year! Starting out at a LOW LOW BW of only 70lbs with CE & BW EPD’s above the top 10% of the breed and a TSI index in the top 15% of the breed, put him with any pen of heifers and you can sleep soundly all night every night at calving time! Once his progeny practically fall out at birth; he has the structure, look, and performance to bring those gains and muscle desired by all in the feedlot! *PA FREE*
CURVE BENDING PERFORMANCE AND GAINS! – The two words that best describe this brute of a bull! All the frame, depth, and muscle you could want! THE #1 weaning weight and yearling weight bull in the selection this year he will add POUNDS to your calves at sale time! With a WWT EPD in the top 20% and YWT EPD in the top 7% of the breed, your calf crop will infinitely improve without a doubt! Maternal grandson of the great Tank E108 coupled with LT Affinity on his sires side, he has the look with the calving ease you cannot go wrong! *PA FREE*
Tank sons continue to top sales and create an impact on the breed! We are still true believers in any animal with Tank E108 in his pedigree! Abrams 422 adds to that list of desirably structured bulls just packed with rib depth, muscle, and frame from brisket to rump! With a WWT ratio of 108 and ADG of 3.68 Abrams will add the pounds and look in the feedlot and at selling time! *PA FREE*
4/8/24 HOMO POLLED
TANK, TANK, TANK! – Many will ask why I didn’t give this guy a special name, well I didn’t want to take away from what he is! The #1 ADG bull in the offering and #2 YWT bull, he will add BIG performance to your calves! WWT & YWT EPD’s in the top 15% of the breed! He is not one to overlook if you are looking to add pounds in the feedlot! With that soggy, deep desirable Tank look to him, he is a spitting image of his grandsire!
The second highest weaning bull in this years selection he is one of the top phenotypically sound bulls we have to offer this year! His sire, LT Tioga, continues to produce herd sires for multiple breeders throughout the country! Out of a perfect uddered J&J Trust first calf heifer who continues to impress us, Integrity is exactly the word to describe selecting this fine bull to add to your operation! *PA FREE*
Another heifer safe Atlas son who happened to also have the second highest ADG in our bull crop this year! He has the performance numbers to back it up; WW and YW EPD’s in the top 30% of the breed! Another balanced performance herd sire prospect with muscle and a proven pedigree! *PA FREE*
414P BD: 3/15/24
As Tony Stark said it: ”For your consideration, I give to you the Jericho!!” This bull has been another standout Tank since 6 months of age! His length and height of frame packed with muscularity on him are second to none! Coupled with the legendary, WCR Kingsbury 116 on his dams side, who continues to produce top herd sires for the Weber Charolais operation, he is packed full of top-tier genetics! *PA FREE*
A calving ease bull who while being nearly 2 months younger than his pen mates has consistently gained and stood up with the best of them! Heifer safe calving ease with a -2.3 BW EPD and over a 3.5 ADG, he would be a no-brainer to anyone looking for consistent performance! *PA FREE*
MATERNAL POWER BULL with all the look and depth a producer could ask for! He is out of arguably one the best J&J Trust Tank E108 daughters who we purchased in a group of 20 from Jon a couple years ago! *PA FREE*
Another low BW Tioga son who weaned at a healthy 104% ratio against his contemporaries! He is a standout phenotypically with an ultra deep ribbed structure to him, a thick rump, and perfect feet! Out of these final couple Tioga sons, I believe him to be the favorite! *PA FREE*
2/29/24
HERE PAYWEIGHT STARTS
Why select a bull from the KCF Private Treaty Selection?
To start off, you have the opportunity to get similar or even greater top tier genetics and performance without paying for the big name price! You are able to select a bull on your time, no rush or hype of an auction. You get real world functional and longlasting animals represented with honesty and the highest detail so you can expect no surprises! Viewing of the bulls is on your schedule; take your time selecting and enjoy the hospitality we will provide in the process! And finally, you are being backed by an honest and proven program who is only going to continue to progress into the future! Trust in the KCF prefix and from our 30 years of experience in the Charolais seedstock business we can guarantee your satisfaction!
