April 2023 Hereford World Magazine

The voice of the American Hereford Association | April 2023

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2,590 Dams of Distinction Honored

The Dams of Distinction program recognizes superior cows in the breed — efficient, fertile, productive, foundational females — and those who manage them.

105 Bulls Recognized as Sires of Distinction

The Sire of Distinction program recognizes bulls that sire superior Hereford females. The honor is reserved for bulls with daughters that have received at least seven Dams of Distinction awards. page 32

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National Hereford Women work hard on their operations and on behalf of young people involved in the breed. 16 |

Association News and Events

Nominate candidates for AHA Board of Directors, JNHE entries opening and updates to MyHerd.

The voice of the American Hereford Association

Other Features

19 2023 Junior National Hereford Expo Schedule

Here are the details to chart your course at this year’s JNHE.

54 Hereford Champions Named in Fort Worth

60 Tighten the Calving Window

Steps to improved reproduction.

— by Todd R. Bilby

64 Clean Matters

Proper syringe and needle care protects animals and product effectiveness.

— by Heather Smith Thomas

68 The Chosen One

Cover photo: “Spring Has Sprung” by Grace Vehige, taken at Birdwell Ranch, Fletcher, Okla.

Time Marches On World’s Perspective

by Sydnee Shive

The only thing that stays the same is everything changing.

Something about country music from the ’90s and ’00s takes me right back to my childhood. I can remember bouncing around in the back seat, listening to whatever station my parents had on the radio. I usually had to ask for country music — they preferred classic rock. When I hear a song I used to love, I can’t help but wonder where the time went.

And, when I think about time, I like to think about history. As time has marched on and things have changed, Hereford publications have been a mainstay. The first Hereford publication was published in 1910, starting with The American Hereford Journal, which was privately owned and published twice each month. There’s no doubt the breed, along with its publications, has changed over the past century, but some of its guiding principles remain. In the first issue, there were stories about the success of Hereford cattle, sale reports, market outlooks, advertisements, editorial from staff members and testaments from breeders.

For perspective, an excerpt from Vol. 1, No. 1., of The American Hereford Journal published in 1910 reads: “Something like twelve years ago, J.B. Shields, a farmer living near Lost Springs, Kan., a famous point on the famous Santa Fe Trail, purchased a registered Hereford cow with calf at foot for $90. He sold the calf a year later and re-invested the proceeds in a heifer. Since his first purchase Mr. Shields has sold $5,240 worth of cattle more than he bought, and today he owns 125 head, worth at least $10,000. During this time, farming and butchering have taken more of his time than the cattle. In other words, the Herefords have been more or less of a sideline.

“Such instances, no doubt, are numbered by the dozen. Herefords are money makers.”

As time has marched on, the Hereford breed has remained a leader. Whether it’s trailblazing research, range bulls, feedlot efficiency or foundation females, Herefords are there at the forefront. Change is expected, and almost guaranteed. Like the Tracy Lawrence song goes, “The only thing that stays the same is, everything changes, everything changes.”

Change is also important. Change is essential for growth and improvement. Today’s glossy Hereford World and fourcolor commercial tabloids are starkly different than those first small black and white Hereford publications printed on newsprint. Much of the evolution stems from how and what Hereford breeders communicate to fellow breeders and commercial customers. In 2023, the American Hereford Association (AHA) and Hereford Publications Inc., continue to find new ways to share the Hereford story — just like we have for years.

In this issue

In every issue, we celebrate history of some kind — and the April 2023 Hereford World is no different, starting with the Dams and Sires of Distinction on Pages 32 and 42. In 2023, the AHA named 2,590 Dams of Distinction, and added 105 bulls to the list of Sires of Distinction. We celebrate an Environmental Stewardship Award Program (ESAP) winner and Hereford breeder on Page 26, and the historic Line 1 Herefords on Page 46. Champions were named at the Fort Worth Stock Show; find those winners on Page 54.

It’s hard to believe it’s already April. As time continues to march on, different aspects of life will continue to change. While the past is important, don’t spend too much time reflecting on it. Keep your eyes forward and continue making history. As Vince Gill sings, “There ain’t no future in the past.”

Sydnee Shive is the managing editor of Hereford World. She can be reached at sshive@hereford.org.

Contacts

| American Hereford Association

Address:

11500 N. Ambassador Dr., Ste. 410 Kansas City, MO 64153

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AHA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President

Bill Goehring, Libertyville, Iowa

Vice president

Wyatt Agar, Thermopolis, Wyo.

Directors

Term expires 2023

Whitey Hunt, Madison, Ga.

Becky King-Spindle, Moriarty, N.M.

Term expires 2024

Jerome Ollerich, Winner, S.D.

Bob Schaffer, Spotsylvania, Va.

Term expires 2025

Chad Breeding, Miami, Texas

Lou Ellen Harr, Jeromesville, Ohio

Travis McConnaughy, Wasola, Mo.

Term expires 2026

Jim Coley, Lafayette, Tenn.

Hampton Cornelius, LaSalle, Colo.

Austin Snedden, Maricopa, Calif.

ADMINISTRATIVE

STAFF

Executive vice president

Jack Ward, jward@hereford.org

Chief operating officer and director of breed improvement

Shane Bedwell, sbedwell@hereford.org

Chief financial officer

Leslie Mathews, lmathews@hereford.org

Director of records department

Stacy Sanders, ssanders@hereford.org

Director of youth activities and foundation

Amy Cowan, acowan@hereford.org

National shows coordinator and youth activities assistant

Bailey Clanton, bclanton@hereford.org

Associate director of youth marketing and education

Chloé Fowler, cfowler@hereford.org

Education and information services coordinator and records supervisor

Laura Loschke, lloschke@hereford.org

Director of communications and digital content

Taylor Belle Matheny, tmatheny@hereford.org

Audio-visual specialist

Kelsey Vejraska, kvejraska@hereford.org

Office assistant and event coordinator

Emily Wood, ewood@hereford.org

Member Cattle Registration Fees

| Certified Hereford Beef Staff President and chief executive officer

Amari Seiferman, aseiferman@herefordbeef.org

Brand manager

Ty Ragsdale, tragsdale@herefordbeef.org

Marketing manager

Brenyn Burkholder, bburkholder@herefordbeef.org

| Commercial Programs

Director of commercial programs

Trey Befort, tbefort@herefordbeef.org

Commercial marketing partner - Western Region Jake Drost, jdrost@hereford.org

| Hereford World Staff

Director of field management and seedstock marketing

Joe Rickabaugh, jrick@hereford.org

Production manager

Caryn Vaught, cvaught@hereford.org

Executive editor

Wes Ishmael, wishmael@hereford.org

Managing editor

Sydnee Shive, sshive@hereford.org

Assistant editor

Katie Maupin Miller, kcommunicates@gmail.com

Advertising coordinator

Alison Marx, amarx@hereford.org

Creative services coordinator

Bailey Lewis, blewis@hereford.org

Editorial designer/assistant

Cindy Himmelberg

Graphic designers

Sharon Blank and Teri Wolfgang

Contributing writers

Todd R. Bilby, Will Fiske, Heather Smith Thomas

| Field Staff

Western Region – Colt Cunningham Ariz., Calif., Idaho, Nev., Ore., Utah and Wash. P.O. Box 15887, Boise, ID 83715 918-978-8779, ccunningham@hereford.org

Mountain Region – Kevin Murnin Colo., Mont., N.D., Wyo., and western Canada P.O. Box 105, Worden, MT 59088 406-853-4638, kmurnin@hereford.org

North Central Region – Contact Joe Rickabaugh Kan., Minn., Neb., S.D., and central Canada

Upper Midwest Region – Noah Benedict Ill., Ind., Ky., Md., Mich., Ohio, Pa., W.Va. and Wis. 605 CR 2300 N., Dewey, IL 61840 217-372-8009, noahb@hereford.org

Southwest Region – Cord Weinheimer Ark., La., N.M., Okla. and Texas 5303 Greenbriar Rd., Madisonville, TX 77864 830-456-3749, cweinheimer@hereford.org

Eastern Region – Tommy Coley

Ala., Fla., Ga., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tenn. and Va. 1284 Stage Coach Rd., Sewanee, TN 37375 815-988-7051, tcoley@hereford.org

8-12 months

than 12 months

of Commercial advertising representative Jay Carlson, Carlson Media Group LLC 913-967-9085, jay@carlsonmediagroup.com

Central Region – Joe Rickabaugh Iowa, Mo. and eastern Canada 11500 N. Ambassador Dr., Ste. 410, Kansas City, MO 64153 785-633-3188, jrick@hereford.org

Northeast Region – Contact the AHA Conn., Del., D.C., Maine, Mass., N.H., N.J., N.Y., R.I., Vt.

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by Jack Ward

Genetic and Management Distinction Breed Focus

Recognizing elite Hereford females and the sires behind them.

Efficient, fertile and productive females are the foundation of successful seedstock and commercial herds. Building cows that breed and produce a superior calf on time year after year demands both reliable genetics and management prowess.

The American Hereford Association (AHA) Dams of Distinction (DOD) program, highlighted in this issue, recognizes such females and the efforts behind them. Females earn recognition based on data submitted through the AHA Whole Herd Total Performance Records (TPR™) program. These females emulate the original vison of the breed — more production-efficient females that can build more pounds of quality beef with fewer resources.

Every seedstock producer should strive to make females like these that will satisfy the most discriminating stockman — structurally correct, sound feet and legs, good udder quality, fleshing ability and easy disposition, along with calving ease, optimal growth, optimal milk, efficiency and end product merit.

In turn, sires — often out of elite dams like these — are the bedrock for building foundational females across a herd. AHA’s Sires of Distinction program, also highlighted in this issue, recognizes sires that have produced at least seven DOD.

Hereford is essential

U.S. cattle producers have done a remarkable job of increasing genetic potential for post-weaning calf growth. This potential, coupled with technology and feedlot management, continues to fuel more pounds of production per cow in the national inventory.

Likewise, industry use of genetics that can produce USDA Choice and Prime carcasses — often through straight-breeding — is behind resilient consumer beef demand.

However, production data also suggests this terminal, end-product focus and pursuit of high-quality, high-growth cattle has come with the unintended consequence of stagnating or depressing ranch-level profit-linked production performance, such as cow fertility and pounds of calf weaned per cow exposed.

That’s why Hereford opportunity has never shone brighter for individual producers and the collective industry.

Hereford cattle arrived in the United States in 1817 to provide efficient production, high beef yields and sound reproduction. The breed’s inherent advantages are tried and true across decades. They include fertility, longevity, feed efficiency, production efficiency and disposition.

Coupled with complementary crossbreeding, these advantages power the kind of direct and maternal heterosis that can turn the tide of lost ranch production performance. Years of industry-wide research document the advantages of crossbreeding systems.

Plus, commercial producers can maintain or improve average carcass quality when crossbreeding with Hereford genetics because of the positive genetic trends established by dedicated Hereford breeders.

Hereford has a unique opportunity to help rebuild a more efficient and productive U.S. cow herd, which requires the industry to raise the bar on maternal traits.

I recently reviewed papers from the Beef Cattle Type Symposium at Oklahoma State University in 1988. The late Harlan Ritchie, distinguished professor in the Department of Animal Science at Michigan State University, was one of the presenters. Always insightful, Dr. Ritchie shared a quote from U.S. President Thomas Jefferson. It captures the confidence and boldness that fortune so often favors: “I prefer the dreams of the future to the history of the past.”

Jack Ward is the executive vice president of the American Hereford Association. He can be reached at jward@hereford.org.

Hit to Win Performance Matters

by Shane Bedwell

The greatest teams always seek to improve.

Mother Nature kept pitching curve balls through what was an enduring winter for many. All I know is to keep swinging and focus on what you can control.

Along those lines you’ll find a list of the top 10 Hereford sires below (Table 1), in terms of the number of their sons and daughters registered through the American Hereford Association (AHA) in 2022. Look at the average expected progeny differences (EPDs) for the bulls and where the average EPD fits in percentile rankings for each trait (Table 2).

The average values are mostly strong across the board for multi-trait excellence. Hereford breeders have answered the call to improve calving ease and growth with end-product merit. You’ll find that in abundance for most of these bulls. Some also offer a high level of maternal merit, which to me, is fundamental to the long-term success of the breed. We must continue building maternal functionality into the breed and our national cow herd by using available selection tools.

Table 1: Top 10 sires for AHA registrations — 2022

Fill the gaps

In baseball, scouts talk about “fivetool players” who are above average for hitting, hitting for power, running, fielding and throwing. These players are rare. Major League Baseball players who excel in three or four of those five areas typically enjoy tremendous success, if not an eventual trip to the Hall of Fame.

Arguably, winning the World Series requires a team comprised of players possessing a mix of talents and various levels of proficiency. Part of the reality

has to do with the fact there are so few five-tool players.

Likewise, it is difficult in any breed of cattle to identify bulls well beyond breed average for all economically relative traits. However, there are complimentary Hereford sire lines and breeding programs that enable breeders to take their programs to higher levels.

There are too many multi-tool players for bulls to compete if they do only one or two things exceptionally well, or if they have a glaring hole that slows down the rest of the team. I believe that’s true between breeds and within breeds.

Look at the average EPDs and percentile rankings in the table for dry matter intake (DMI) and mature cow weight (MCW). I would argue this is where we need to improve as a breed noted for efficiency.

Certainly, there are bulls in the breed to help make improvements in these areas. As a breed, we might not be able to hit the target dead on right away, but we can easily be in the ballpark within a generation or two.

Every program is unique, but we must keep raising the bar without overlooking fundamental traits. AHA search tools on MyHerd.org allow you to identify bulls that bend the curves.

Let’s keep digging deep and continue making the next generation of Hereford cattle profitable for ourselves, our seedstock clients and our commercial cow-calf customers who are poised to knock it out of the price park as cattle numbers and beef production decline. Best wishes this breeding season as you create your winning lineup for the upcoming sale season.

As always, keep them sound.

Shane Bedwell is the chief operating officer and director of breed improvement of the American Hereford Association. He can be reached at sbedwell@hereford.org.

Table 2: Average EPDs and percentile ranking of top 10 sires

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Your Search, Your Way, MyHerd Member Service

by Laura Loschke

Any time you renovate or rebuild a barn or a set of working pens, it takes some getting used to. As an example, even though you improved the design to make processing cattle more efficient, you’re likely to encounter some frustration as you learn your way to the new benefits.

The same can be said of the animal and expected progeny differences (EPD) search functions that have been added to MyHerd.org. These tools look different than what you’re used to at the older HerfNet/Authorized User site. But these new search tools enable you to accomplish everything you could before and so much more.

The new MyHerd search tools make your searches much more flexible — both in terms of your search criteria and how your results are displayed. You can turn on/off specific data types in your search results based upon what data you want to see. Once you have these tailored search results, you can easily download the data to use however you need — such as for an Excel worksheet that can then be sorted. And, once you have a search narrowed down to exactly what you’re looking for and the results you want to see, you can save this customized search. This allows you to apply the exact same set of search criteria to search for animals the next time you log on. With these new

using a registration number. Once you are on the MyHerd.org search page, hover over the Search Tools and select Animal Search. Under the “General” heading on the left side of the page, look for the first box/ field — “Registration Number.” When you click on it, another box will open where you can type in the registration number or numbers of animals you want to search. You can type the registration number or numbers into this field (see the purple outline in the figure above), or you can copy registration numbers from a list or file and paste them into this field.

Once you have entered the registration number or numbers, click Save. To choose the specific data you want to view for this set of animals, scroll up and down the left-hand side, where you will find headings, such as “Sex,” “Status,” “Owner,” etc. Clicking on any of these headings reveals a list of related sub-categories that you can apply to the search. Notice the blue “eye” icons in the figure above. When the icon is blue, the selected information will appear

wish to see, scroll back up toward the top and click “Search.”

Your results will display to the right. To download these results, simply click “Download CSV.” This will download the information to an Excel spreadsheet that you can save and sort on your computer.

Help along the way

Watch for future Hereford World articles for more details on the new MyHerd search features and how they can benefit you and your buyers. Learn more about the MyHerd search tools by visiting the online resource page — Hereford.org/ myherd-search/ — for educational information. Also be sure to check out the step-by-step tutorials on all the new search functions at Hereford.org/ member-services/register-an-animal/ myherd-tutorials/. As always, feel free to call or email the customer service department for help walking through these new features.

Laura Loschke is the records supervisor and education and information service coordinator of the American Hereford Association. She can be reached at lloschke@hereford.org.

Sharing CHB with Thousands CHB Bites

marketing manager. “This event was the perfect introduction for the brand into Barbados.”

and the compelling story behind the superior eating experience.

Certified Hereford Beef® (CHB) was a star player at the Super Bowl LVII watch party hosted by the U.S. Embassy in Bridgetown, Barbados, which serves Barbados, the eastern Caribbean and Organization of Eastern Caribbean States.

Attendees watched the big game on the large blow-up screen and were thrilled to watch Rihanna — originally from Barbados — perform during the halftime show. Throughout the night, guests enjoyed a delicious selection of beverages and food samplings, which added to the exciting atmosphere. The event gained media attention and was featured on the NFL’s social media accounts.

Chef Scott Ames’ creative island flare combined with Certified Hereford Beef was a match made in heaven. The combination of the delectable bone-in frenched tomahawk, smoked in a rum barrel and served over plantain puree, was a showstopper that left guests wanting more. The homemade chuck sliders were a delightful addition that showcased Certified Hereford Beef’s bold flavor.

Ty Ragsdale, Certified Hereford Beef brand manager, and Brenyn Burkholder, Certified Hereford Beef marketing manager, shared CHB benefits with potential customers as they networked with current customers. Colin Campbell and Terry Thornton, National Beef sales and marketing managers, were also on hand to share insights.

The CHB team offered show attendees samples of several popular CHB products, including beef snack sticks and four varieties of summer sausages. The team also showcased a wide range of products, including corned beef, sous vide prime rib and pastrami, all displayed in a beautiful state-of-the-art meat case.

Bryden Stokes, CHB’s foodservice distributor; Agri Food and Feed, CHB’s export partner; and CHB staff showcased the brand to hundreds of business owners, local chefs and embassy officials during a night of celebration and camaraderie.

“We were honored to be invited to highlight our brand at the watch party alongside Bryden Stokes, Agri Food and Feed, and the U.S. Meat Export Federation,” says Brenyn Burkholder, Certified Hereford Beef

“Our booth stood out at the event with a constant line of customers wanting to try our product,” Burkholder says. “Attendees declared every bite delicious, and the popular samples were gone by halftime. The night was a huge success. We’re thankful for the talented Chef Scott and the Caribbean flare he added to our superior product.”

Certified Hereford Beef stood out at the show with a new booth backdrop focusing on the rich history behind the brand, as well as its sustainability story, which helps retailers succeed in a competitive marketplace.

Thousands of attendees at the 2023 United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI) National Food Show in Orlando, Fla., had the opportunity to learn more about Certified Hereford Beef

“The show was busy, and we had many retail group owners stop by our booth to discuss the opportunities Certified Hereford Beef can provide their stores to be successful in their markets,” Ragsdale says. “Our brand provides retailers with the competitive edge they need to stand out in the marketplace through in-store signage, farmer and rancher connections, and our unique sustainability story. We are committed to providing our partners with the highest level of service and support to ensure that our relationship will last for years to come.”

For more information about Certified Hereford Beef, visit CertifiedHerefordBeef.com or email info@herefordbeef.org

“CHB

Bites” is a column designed to keep you in-the-know about the Certified Hereford Beef® (CHB) program. To get involved with CHB on social media, search Certified Hereford Beef on Facebook and Pinterest, or @certifiedherefordbeef on Instagram.

CHB featured at U.S. Embassy Super Bowl LVII watch party

CHB Exhibits at UNFI National Food Show

Chef Scott Ames preparing CHB bone-in frenched tomahawk steaks for sampling at the Super Bowl watch party hosted by the U.S. Embassy in Bridgetown, Barbados.

3139 Valier Dupuyer Rd., Valier, MT 59486

Home 406-279-3301 // Ranch 406-279-3300

Jack Holden 4 06-450-1029 // Brad Holden 406-590-3307

Jay D. Evans 406-450-0129 // Eric Lawver 406-600-3118

jholden@3rivers.net // www.HoldenHerefords.com

Thank you to Section 16 Cattle Co. for their purchase of these three elite Line One donors. We appreciate their faith in our genetics to add these great females as a base to use in their outstanding breeding program.

HH MISS ADVANCE 7131E ET

• 7131E was the 3rd high-selling female in our 2022 Female Sale selling for $42,500. She is big topped, fancy fronted, deep ribbed, and well marked with exceptional udder quality and EPDs. 7131E has curve-bending EPDs that rank in the top 5% on Milk, M&G, UDDR, TEAT, CW, and CHB$, the top 10% on MARB, and the top 20% on YW EPD.  Look for an outstanding set of ET calves in 2023 by Highland 84E and Daybreak D287.

HH MISS ADVANCE 4020B ET

• Feminine, moderate-framed, easy-fleshing, perfect-uddered donor out of one of our very best cow families. 4020B ranks in the top 1% on TEAT, the top 4% on UDDR, the top 5% on SCF, and the top 10% on BMI$. This female is loaded with functionality and longevity in her pedigree. She will have ET calves by Highland 84E and Bristol 58D in the fall of 2023.

HH MISS ADVANCE 2026K ET {DLF,HYF,IEF,MSUDF}

• 2026K is a full sister to the 2066K heifer that sold in Denver for $56,000 and out of the 8123F cow that topped our 2022 Female Sale at $47,500. This well marked, deep ribbed heifer comes out of one of the best flushes of heifer calves ever born at Holden Herefords. The three sisters in this flush sold for an average of $35,000. She is out of the exciting young carcass sire 0159H and ranks in the top 1% of the breed on SCF and BMI$, the top 5% on Milk and TEAT, the top 10% on REA and CHB$, and the top 15% on WW. This heifer is an elite young foundation female to build a herd around.

“ We are very happy with the animals we are currently making by crossing Holden L1 genetics onto our S16 Polled Genetics. Jack has been awesome to work with and has helped us find genetics that we feel will really work for what we are trying to accomplish.”

Hereford Women

by Marlena Ballinger

Hard-Working Women

While talking to ranchers or farmers, the conversation always seems to lead to family. Farming and ranching have always been a family affair and with that comes the age-old question of, “Who’s in charge?” There are so many strong, intelligent and hard-working women in the Hereford community, including the 14 National Hereford Women (NHW) board members. These women believe everyone brings something unique to the table, and they work equally hard in maintaining their own operations.

NHW board president Briley Miller and her husband own and operate Deep Creek Land and Livestock, and their family works as a unit. Miller makes an extra effort to include their children in the day-to-day life on their Wyoming ranch.

President-elect Sally Wingler, who owns Cedar Forest Farm, says that while her role on their Tennessee farm began as the decision maker, once her boys learned the ins and outs of the operation, they became the ones to make those types of decisions. Wingler still advises and serves as the bookkeeper and showmanship scheduler.

Bellana Putz, co-owner of Putz Cattle and Working Aussies, wears several hats in her operation. While juggling the busy schedules of three boys, farm chores, showing cattle, coordinating several community events and more, she is considered the CFO, or the chief family organizer, of her family-owned operation. Putz works hard to ensure that her boys maintain their responsibilities both on and off the farm.

Kathy Bryan, owner of Bryan Cattle Co. in Texas, knows the meaning of hard work. Since her husband works away during the week, Bryan must rely on her two daughters to help with daily ranch duties. She contributes to their family’s success both inside and outside of the show arena.

All these women work hard on their ranches, farms and companies while putting their hearts into giving back to Hereford youth through NHW efforts.

Dixieland delight

The NHW is proud to announce a fundraiser that will be held in conjunction with the Tennessee River Music’s Dixieland Delight Red, White & Black Angus & Hereford Production Sale in Fort Payne, Ala.

OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE CHAIRS

President: Briley Miller, Newcastle, Wyo.

Vice president: Kathy Bryan, Garrison, Texas

President-elect: Sally Wingler, Christiana, Tenn.

Secretary: Beth Mansfield, Liberty, Tenn.

Treasurer: Melinda Watson, Flemingsburg, Ky

6196 Mt. Sterling Rd., Flemingsburg, KY 41041

Ex Officio: Shannon Worrell, Mason, Texas DIRECTORS

Marlena Ballinger, Bluffton, Ohio

Bridget Beran, Claflin, Kan.

Abbygail Pitstick, South Solon, Ohio.

Cameron Kolinski, Patrick Springs, Va.

Bellana Putz, Otley, Iowa

Stephanie Murnin, Musselshell, Mont.

Brandi Murphree, Hamilton, Texas

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Cameron Kolinski received her first cow-calf pair from her grandfather when she was 4 years old. When she was 14 years old, she purchased her first registered Hereford, which has turned into a 35-head herd of registered cattle located on Greenview Farm in West Virginia. Kolinski is the sole decision maker for her herd with help from her mother.

Marlena Ballinger, owner of The Dough Hook Meat Market in Bluffton, Ohio, took over the family business in 2013. She learned the craft of meat cutting from her father and grandfather. While she is the main meat cutter of the company, she wears many other hats, which accompany growing a family business. Her meat market specializes in the sale of Certified Hereford Beef®.

On Friday, May 5, during the Dixieland Delight Country Social at the ranch, NHW will have commemorative glasses available to purchase for $50. Anyone who purchases a glass will be allotted free beverages during the event. Money from this fundraiser will help fund scholarships for youth involved in the Hereford community. NHW would like to thank Tennessee River Music for allowing us to hold this fundraiser during their event.

“We are so blessed to have breeders who want to help NHW fund scholarships for our youth,” says Wingler, NHW president-elect and event coordinator.

To join and to learn more about the NHW, visit HerefordWomen.com or email nationalherefordwomen@gmail.com.

Burns Farms

Annual Female Event

12 noon CDT

SATURDAY, MAY 13 Pikeville,

SELLING 100-PLUS HEAD AS 65 LOTS

TN

BF WICKED 116K ET

10/4/22 • P44432720 • Polled

SIRE: H Swanson 902 ET

DAM: BF Sinful 8252 ET (UPS Sensation 2296 ET)

CED +5.4 / BW +3.5 / WW +64 / YW +108 / MILK +35

REA +.65 / MARB +.08 / CHB +127

BF MOXIE 120K ET

10/10/22 • P44432722 • Polled

SIRE: H Swanson 902 ET

DAM: BF Girl Power 646 ET (Winchester Powerball)

CED +5.7 / BW +2.5 / WW +62 / YW +106 / MILK +31

REA +.56 / MARB +.05 / CHB +126

BF MEGHAN 205K ET

9/27/22 • P44435102 • Polled

SIRE: KLD RW Marksman D87 ET

DAM: BF Girl Power 646 ET (Winchester Powerball)

CED +4.1 / BW +3.1 / WW +59 / YW +95 / MILK +29

REA +.54 / MARB +.04 / CHB +118

BF AMBITION 11J ET

4/8/21 • P44275353 • Polled

SIRE: Boyd 31Z Blueprint 6153

DAM: BF Novel 5502 ET (Golden Oak Outcross 18U)

Featured in the 2021 Burns Farms and Friends Sale, commanding $20,000 to the Musser Family in Indiana. Two full sib heifer calves sell as well as a full sister with a fall calf at side.

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What’s New?

Association News and Events

“What’s New?” is a column designed to keep you in the know about Hereford happenings. You can sign up for Hereford Headlines, an electronic newsletter distributed the first Friday of each month by the American Hereford Association (AHA) highlighting Hereford news and events. You can also receive the Bald Faced Bottom Line, a commercially-focused electronic newsletter sent the third Friday of each month. To subscribe to these free newsletters, send an email to outreach@hereford.org. Archived issues are posted at Hereford.org.

Board Announcements

Choose your voting delegates

Each year at the American Hereford Association (AHA) Annual Membership Meeting in Kansas City, Mo., voting delegates representing each state cast ballots to determine three new members of the AHA Board of Directors.

A nominating committee selects a slate of Board candidates. However, all active adult AHA members have the opportunity to provide input to the election process via their selection of state voting delegates.

With that in mind, active adult AHA members will soon receive information about how to nominate themselves or another active adult AHA member to serve as a state voting delegate. Please take part in the AHA Board election process by nominating the AHA member(s) who will represent you in electing the next AHA Board members.

In early May, eligible AHA members will receive information about how to nominate voting delegates. Replies will be due by May 31.

Nominate AHA Board of Directors

The AHA’s Board of Directors nominating committee is requesting volunteers to serve a four-year term as a Director. Members are encouraged to contact representatives in their respective regions to submit nominees. This year’s nominating committee is:

Joel Birdwell, chairman

Kingfisher, Okla.

405-368-1058

jbirdwell73@icloud.com

Kyle Colyer (Northwest region) Bruneau, Idaho 208-250-3924

kyle@hereford.com

Wade Perks (Southwest region) San Angelo, Texas 817-269-9263

wadeperks@gmail.com

Ron Melancon (Southeast region) Woodville, Miss. 601-597-5995

mgfarms@bellsouth.net

Mark Stephens (Northeast region) Edinburg, Ill. 217-825-7913

mark_stephens46@yahoo.com

Hall of Fame/Hall of Merit nominations due June 1 Nominations for the AHA’s prestigious Hall of Fame and Hall of Merit are due June 1. Deserving recipients for the 2023 induction will be honored at the AHA Annual Meeting and Conference in Kansas City in October.

The Hall of Fame recognizes Hereford breeders who have dynamically influenced the direction and advancement of the breed. The Hall of Merit commends individuals who have greatly influenced the cattle industry.

You may submit your nomination online by going to the AHA website at Hereford.org. You will find the nomination forms under the “About” tab.

Please contact Emily Wood at ewood@hereford.org or 816-842-3757 for more information about sending in your nomination.

Century and Golden Breeder nominations due June 1

Celebrating generational Hereford breeders is a highlight during the AHA Annual Meeting and Conference. The Century Breeder recognition honors families and operations in the Hereford business for 100 years. Golden Breeders recognizes those in the business for 50 years. You will find the nomination form at AmericanHerefordAssociation. formstack.com/forms/golden_ century_breeders. You can find a list of those previously recognized at Hereford.org. For questions or more information, contact Emily Wood at ewood@hereford.org.

MyHerd Updates

The American Hereford Association (AHA) recently launched new animal and member search tools in MyHerd.org. You will be able to access the following searches from the MyHerd menu located in the upper part of the screen under “Search Tools.”

Animal Search — This is comparable to the HerfNet EPD/ animal search members have been using since 2001 when HerfNet was launched. The number and flexibility of search criteria has been greatly expanded as well as the ability to easily change the information seen in search results. It is also much easier to download data from search results to take offline as needed.

Animal Lists — This feature allows members to easily maintain multiple lists of animals for various purposes and download data on those animals to use in many ways. This is especially helpful with the weekly expected progeny differences

(EPD) updates. Animal Lists varies from the past saved searches because animals no longer have to share anything in common to be added to a list. Up to 112 data points are included in a downloadable file for a list of animals, and animal lists can be incorporated into animal searches, which allows for very flexible downloads of other types of data on listed animals.

Saved Searches — This search tool saves time because users don’t have to start a search from scratch each time they are searching for a set of animals that meet a specific set of routinely-used criteria. Simply save the search and the display information, and results will load exactly as they were saved. Different animals may show in the results depending on the criteria selected as things change over time (like EPDs).

Mating Predictor — You now have access to all animal search criteria when selecting animals for use in the mating predictor. You can also use saved searches and animal lists when selecting animals to use in this latest version. The calculation of the inbreeding coefficient has been changed so the tool performs more efficiently. The new mating predictor reduced the number of generations used in the inbreeding coefficient calculation to around 10.

All these features are interrelated, making them easier to access. At first, getting to a specific location within the search options may be a bit more confusing because there are multiple paths to each tool. Remember, you can always go back to the menu in the upper part of the screen.

If you have any questions, please reach out to myherd@hereford.org.

Marketing Herd Bull and Reference Edition advertising

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to advertise in July’s 100th Herd Bull and Reference Edition of the Hereford World. Submit your advertisement by Friday, April 28, to receive a 5% early bird discount.

The final deadline for all advertising materials is Friday, May 26. A late fee of 10% will be assessed on materials received after the final deadline.

Contact your AHA field representative today to reserve your space.

Feature your program in the Hereford Register

The 16th edition of the Hereford Register will be published as a special bound-in section in the July Hereford World.

These “yellow pages” of Hereford breeders located in the U.S. and Canada feature a listing of July advertisers with a quarterpage or larger ad and July seedstock advertisers. Listings include name, address, telephone number, email address and website. If you are not a July Hereford World advertiser, listings can be purchased for $50.

Listings are organized by state and then alphabetized by ranch or farm name. Seedstock ads are added at the end of the section and are available for $385 per inch per year.

The deadline for submissions is Friday, May 26. Reprints will be available upon request. For more information, contact Alison Marx at amarx@hereford.org or 816-842-3757.

Youth

judging contestants must pre-enter by June 1 and must pay the entry fee at that time. JNHE participants must be members of the National Junior Hereford Association (NJHA).

JNHE entry deadlines

Early bird online entry deadline ($20 discount per entry): May 15 Final ownership and entry deadline: June 1.

If you have questions about the online entry process or anything related to JNHE, contact Bailey Clanton at bclanton@hereford.org or Amy Cowan at acowan@hereford.org.

NJHA board applications open

Twelve outstanding Hereford juniors serve each year on the NJHA board of directors. Each year, four board members are elected to three-year terms at the annual membership meeting, which is held in conjunction with JNHE. During their term, directors develop and implement programs and events that serve junior Hereford members from across the nation. Candidate applications close June 1. Find more details at Hereford.org/youth/ NJHA/board.

Association News

Save the date: 2023 BIF Convention

Entries opening for JNHE

Watch for online entries to open for the 2023 VitaFerm® Junior National Hereford Expo (JNHE) July 8-14 in Madison, Wis. Visit JrHereford.org to enter online and to receive more information. Please note all entries must be completed online.

To accommodate our growing contests, JNHE participants must pay $5 to participate in showmanship and judging. All showmanship and

This year’s Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) Annual Meeting and Research Symposium will be in Calgary, Alberta, July 3-6. It’s an annual highlight as seedstock breeders, commercial producers and researchers discuss the latest genetic innovations and applications. Visit BeefImprovement.org for more information.

Mark your calendar: 2025 World Hereford Conference

AHA is eager to host the 2025 World Hereford Conference, associated tours and the Young Breeders Competition Oct. 22-26, 2025. Event details will be provided as they become available at WorldHerefordConference.com.

Youth Movement

by Kaylee McInvale

Are you BOLD?

Given its definition, “bold” is the perfect acronym for the Building on Leadership Development (BOLD) Conference, which provides National Junior Hereford Association (NJHA) members — aged 18-21 — elite leadership training. It is organized and sponsored by NJHA

and the Hereford Youth Foundation of America (HYFA).

Gary and Kathy Buchholz, owners of GKB Cattle, graciously hosted BOLD participants at their Hi-Point Ranch in Desdemona, Texas, March 23-26. They also hosted the inaugural BOLD Conference last year.

Chairman

JW Cox, jwcox2009@gmail.com

Vice chairman

Ralston Ripp, ralstonripp@gmail.com

Communications chair

Libby Rushton, libbyrushton2001@gmail.com

Fundraising chair

Wesley Denton, dentonw@ksu.edu

Leadership chair

Tar Tut, tartut@outlook.com

Membership chair

Lauren McMillan, laurentmcmillan@gmail.com

Directors

Lauren Jones, ljherefords15@gmail.com

Logan McFatridge, lrmcfatridge@gmail.com

Kaylee McInvale, kayleemcinvale@gmail.com

Haley Mouser, msfherefords@gmail.com

Hannah Pearson, hjpearson001@gmail.com

Isaac Rhode, isaaceb2021@gmail.com

Director of youth activities

Amy Cowan 816-842-3757, acowan@hereford.org JrHereford.org

BOLD provides NJHA members personalized leadership, career development and industryeducation opportunities. NJHA directors lead the event, which features leadership development experts, cutting-edge, real-world industry tours, home-cooked meals, and the chance to network with peers and established professionals. Participants are selected from BOLD applicants and limited to no more than 30 each year, which makes it a very personal learning experience.

BOLD firsthand

I was able to attend the inaugural BOLD Conference in 2022, and I wouldn’t trade the leadership skills I gained and developed for the world. BOLD was created to build upon the leadership skills elite junior members have already honed while attending the Faces of Leadership Conference and participating in other NJHA programs, such as Pen-to-Pen or state Hereford workshops.

Personally, I was exposed to many facets of leadership and personal development I had never considered. BOLD allows attendees, like myself, to better prepare for life as a college student and beyond, while discovering what their future may look

like after their junior career is complete. In small roundtables, we were able to meet industry leaders who shared their life stories and advice. I took those tales to heart. This conference pushed me to grow as an individual, and the excitement and potential of the BOLD Conference continues to grow as well.

When breeders, like GKB Cattle, put faith into young people and their programs, it showcases the excitement the industry has for NJHA members as the leaders of the next generation, within and beyond the Hereford breed. The American Hereford Association and breed leaders look to the BOLD Conference as another example of providing young people with the skills they need to step up and lead our industry into the future.

Kaylee McInvale, NJHA director

This conference pushed me to grow as an individual, and the excitement and potential of the BOLD Conference continues to grow as well.

— Kaylee McInvale

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Honoring the Vanier Legacy Foundation’s Focus

by Amy Cowan

In 2008, the late Jack and Donna Vanier of CK Ranch, Brookville, Kan., established the Vanier Family Scholarship Program through the Hereford Youth Foundation of America (HYFA). This fall, HYFA will proudly carry on Jack and Donna’s legacy by awarding 10 scholarships in the Vanier family’s name. Thanks to the Vanier family’s philanthropy over the years, upwards of $750,000 has been awarded to more than 70 National Junior Hereford Association (NJHA) members.

Jack passed away Feb. 10. He was a pillar of the Hereford breed and instrumental in the creation of a firm foundation for young people in the Hereford breed. The Vanier family name and HYFA are synonymous with supporting Hereford youth, and over his lifetime, Jack humbly gave so much to so many. HYFA is built on the pillars of scholarship, leadership, research and education, and we are so grateful to Jack and Donna Vanier and all they have given as they helped pave the way for youth in agriculture through scholarship and education.

Jack’s family said it best in his obituary: “His contributions to agriculture, the livestock industry, to Kansas State University and to all the organizations and people he touched are many and significant. But it was by living his life the way he did that marks the profound contribution Jack Vanier made to our greater society, the rural culture and a way of life worth preserving that will stand out. He was a patriarch, touching many lives through scholarship, mentorship and stewardship and for that, we will miss him as we continue to carry out the legacy that he laid.”

The following is a testament to the Vanier family’s legacy as we hear from past scholarship winners, and how these generous

scholarships made a difference in their college and career paths.

Austin Cook, financial analyst, Stephens Inc.

“My parents are a first-generation Hereford family. My involvement in 4-H and then FFA was enhanced by leadership and other skill development opportunities provided for me through the NJHA. When I say we started this journey with used T-posts and a 20-year-old squeeze chute, I’m not exaggerating. If I’ve learned anything from these experiences, it’s that very few of us can get by without the generosity and assistance provided by someone else. The $10,000 scholarship provided by the Vanier family was a game-changer for my family and me. Because of my love of Hereford cattle and my degree in agricultural economics, I will always be involved in raising Hereford cattle. Today, I’m a financial analyst for Stephens Inc., an investment firm based out of Little Rock, Ark., and I continue to grow my own herd, using the knowledge attained while in college and through

valuable hands-on experiences. The generosity of the Vanier family was extremely humbling for me. I’m extremely grateful for their generosity.”

Dixie Miller, agricultural teacher, Pea Ridge High School

“I am forever grateful for the Vanier family and their contributions to my education.

Receiving Vanier Family Scholarships through HYFA alleviated the financial burden from mine and my family’s shoulders and allowed me to continue my education and pursue a career in agriculture. I am now an agricultural teacher at Pea Ridge Schools in Arkansas, where I strive to cultivate talent within my students and provide educational experiences and opportunities. HYFA and the Vanier family opened a door of possibilities for me and have provided many blessings to others as well. My goal as an agricultural teacher is to pay it forward as much as I can.”

Noah Benedict, upper Midwest region field representative, American Hereford Association

“I never had the good fortune of knowing Jack and Donna Vanier very well, but it was easy to see what they stood for through their work with the NJHA and HYFA. To have the Vanier family be so generous to members of the NJHA was exciting year after year. As a scholarship recipient, the Vanier family provided me so much freedom. This scholarship gave me the freedom to be able to join whatever campus organization I wanted, be a member of the

Jack and Donna Vanier were dedicated to HYFA and the NJHA. In 2005 they were recognized as honorary members of the NJHA.

NJHA board of directors and so many other great opportunities, not to mention the prestige of the scholarship and what it means on a confidence level to be selected as a recipient. To be able to receive that scholarship reminded me that what I was trying to accomplish was worthwhile and other people took recognition as well.

“I also got to look at the Vanier Family Scholarship through the lens of a past NJHA chairman. As I stood up in front of the membership at the American Hereford Association Annual Meeting to help Amy Cowan announce the Vanier Family Scholarship recipients, I couldn’t help but be happy. Seeing 10 young people push themselves and put themselves in a spot to be selected was the definition of what the scholarship embodied. It rewarded NJHA members who were diligently becoming the most successful versions of themselves. I want to say thank you to Jack and the entire Vanier family for all that they have done for Team Hereford. They made a tremendous impact on my life and so many other NJHA members through their unmatched generosity.”

Kelsey Stimpson Gibson, English teacher, Brookhaven High School

“I vividly remember touring Kansas State University one summer on our way to the Junior National Hereford Expo, which was held in Kansas City that year. I was only in sixth grade, but I knew then that I was determined to attend a midwestern college. Years went by and as college grew near, a stormy cloud of anxiety quickly cast through my mind as I began to think of the daunting cost of college. I was raised by a single mother who worked as a teacher. As a teacher myself, I know firsthand that no person gets into education to become rich. I quickly realized that I could not burden my mother with a hefty tuition bill, and that paying for college was going to be my own responsibility.

“As a two-time recipient of the Vanier Family Scholarship,

I can attest to how influential those funds were in my college career and adult life. Although my primary career path doesn’t directly involve agriculture, Vanier Family Scholarships helped to pave a way so that I could continue to grow and expand on my cattle herd directly following graduation. Graduating college with no student debt allowed my husband and I to immediately start investing our extra funds into our cattle operation. As we now have two children, Kolyer and Riggins, we feel grateful that we have been able to establish a small purebred Hereford herd in hopes that they will love this breed as much as I have. My dream growing up was to continue the Hereford legacy for my children, and the Vanier family played a large role in allowing my husband and I to do just that.

“The Vanier family has made an everlasting impact on my life and countless lives of Hereford youth across the country. Their support and generosity allowed me to graduate college debt-free. As the world’s population continues to rise at a rapid rate, the support for agriculture decreases. Supporting youth in agriculture is as vital as ever before. The Vanier family understands and appreciates the need for agriculture and the Hereford breed. It is a true honor that this family places such a high regard and trust in the youth of tomorrow. The Vanier family has left a lasting imprint on my life and the lives of many others. For that, I will be forever grateful.”

Bryden Barber, student, Oklahoma State University

“The Hereford breed is so lucky to have such outstanding support from sponsors, and especially the Vanier family. Through the Vanier family’s generosity year in and year out, so many opportunities have been created for so many kids over the last several years to follow their dreams and accomplish their goals. I know firsthand that I would not be in the position I am currently in

if it weren’t for the Vanier family. To give out a $10,000 scholarship is incredible, and to give out 10 scholarships annually just shows how much faith they have in us juniors to go above and beyond. I am forever indebted to the Vanier family and cannot thank them enough.”

Briana Katzenberger, trade show and channel marketing coordinator, Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin

“I am a third-generation Hereford breeder. I was a member of the Wisconsin Junior Hereford Association for 13 years and am a current member of the Wisconsin Hereford Association. I graduated from the University of Wisconsin La Crosse in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in marketing and a goal to work in agricultural marketing. From people to soil, the agriculture community is built on hard work and passion, and I wanted to help show that to the world, wherever I ended up. I remember receiving the email that I had been selected as a recipient of the Vanier Family Scholarship as I was on my way to class in the fall of 2016. I stopped in the middle of campus to immediately call my family to share the exciting news. I cried tears of joy because I was honored to have been selected among my peers for this prestigious scholarship. At the time, I was working three jobs to support myself and pay for my schooling on top of attending classes and taking care of my animals. The Vanier family changed my life with this scholarship by giving me the financial freedom I needed to get the most out of my education and reach my goals. I am currently working for the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board, sharing the passion behind America’s Dairyland across the United States, and I couldn’t have made it without the Vanier family. Thank you for your continued support of Hereford youth following their dreams.”

Amy Cowan is the American Hereford Association director of youth activities and foundation.

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Producers now have the power to know sooner if a bull is acting unusual or being inactive, something that may go unnoticed by their eye alone while in the field. This allows cattle raisers to treat sick bulls quicker or make the decision to cull unproductive bulls.

In short, bulls play a critical role in cattle operations, and their careful selection and management can have a significant impact on the success of the operation.

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Providing and Protecting

by Katie Maupin Miller

Jerry Huth’s Hereford cattle have grazed and thrived among the wet Wisconsin lowlands on the outskirts of Oakfield for 60 years. Originally a 4-H project run amuck, Huth’s herd of bald-faced bovine serves as a model of sustainable cow-calf production, from his careful grassland management to Huth-bred cattle’s ability to efficiently convert available forages into growth, gain and fertility.

Huth and Josh Scharf, his commercial cattle partner, were recognized as a 2022 Environmental Stewardship Award Program (ESAP) regional winner by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) during the 2023 Cattle Industry Convention & NCBA Trade Show in New Orleans.

Bald-faced sustainability

Huth landed on Hereford cattle after a run-in with an Angus show heifer prospect, which ended with the black-hided heifer running through the village of Oakfield. Since then, docility has always been topof-mind when building his cow herd. The Hereford breed, though, ticks many other boxes Huth needs to manage a profitable cow-calf operation. They’re efficient, fertile and docile with exceptional fleshing ability and stayability. He culls hard on all counts.

Huth believes cows should work for you — not the other way around. Each female at Huth’s needs

to have a calf each year, on time and unassisted. She must have enough milk to ensure adequate calf growth; large teats or drooping bags are not tolerated. Cows must do all of this in a moderate, efficient, easy-keeping package with no structural or soundness issues. Failure on any count means that females will be culled quickly and without question.

“We try to keep it as simple as possible around here,” Huth says. “It is very important that the cow works for us and that we don’t work for our cows. We cull our cows very strictly. They better produce for us, or they are heading to town.”

Huth doesn’t pamper or baby his cow herd for them to perform; he simply expects them to carry their weight. He touts the “KISS” method of cow-calf management — keep it simple. He willingly admits that building a low-maintenance, high-performing set of females is not always simple. Doing so requires striking a balance between antagonistic traits, such as birth weight and growth or moderate cow size and high-performance genetics. But, with careful record-keeping and evaluation tools such as expected progeny differences (EPDs), Huth has been able to improve his cow herd over the last six decades.

So, when an opportunity arose for Huth to partner with longtime family friend and farm employee Scharf on a commercial cow herd,

Huth Polled Herefords and S&H Livestock Enterprises were recognized as an ESAP regional winner.

bringing Huth Hereford genetics into the fold was a no-brainer. The breed brings added efficiency, fertility and docility, and the heterosis from crossbreeding with unrelated black bulls added an extra boost to their crossbred calf crop. Steer calves from their commercial operation, called S&H Livestock Enterprises, are sold at the Greater Midwest Hereford-Influenced Feeder Calf Sale in Carthage, Ill., and buyers readily pay premiums for their quality genetics. Many steer calves sold through the program eventually become Certified Hereford Beef® or find their way to other valueadded, Hereford-centric branded beef programs.

To summarize Huth and Scharf’s choice in breed — bald-faced sustainability. This made Hereford genetics a popular choice among ESAP award winners nationwide (watch for more in future issues).

And as Huth reminds us, a sustainable cow-calf operation isn’t just environmentally conscious.

“Sustainability is really a hot topic right now. And most people are talking about environmental sustainability. But we can’t forget about the other things that make an operation sustainable,” Huth says. “Number one, it has to be profitable financially … it also has to be socially acceptable. And those three things — environmental, social and financial — are the three legs of the stool that keep us balanced. Keep working on all three; it should be a sustainable operation, and that’s what we’re shooting for.”

For the love of the land

Currently, of course, sustainability is often used to discuss environmentally friendly management styles as concerns about the climate, resources and wildlife are top-of-mind with consumers. By any use of the word, Huth Polled Herefords and S&H Livestock Enterprises are sustainable beef cattle operations. Huth and Scharf manage their cattle in a way that is not only profitable but future minded.

“I think that cattlemen, by the nature of the beast, are some of the best stewards of the land. You have to take care of the land, and then the land will take care of you,” Huth says.

Focused land stewardship here comes with the added responsibility of running cattle within a mile of Horicon Marsh, the largest freshwater cattail marsh in the U.S. — recognized as a Wetland of International Importance by the United Nations. Managed by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), this is also home to the Horicon Marsh Wildlife Area, a critical waterfowl nesting and migratory resting area.

The 400 acres of the original Huth Polled Herefords farm have been in Huth’s family since 1964. After reading Grassworks papers in the 1980s, Huth began to manage his pastures more intensively. Today, with three decades of grass management under his belt, Huth rotates his cow herd through the pastures, grazing in one spot only one to three days before the cattle are moved, and then that pasture is rested for 20-30 days.

This management minimizes inputs while maximizing the available forages; it also has positive effects on the environment — sequestering carbon, encouraging healthy soil development and providing a safe haven for local wildlife. This grass

relationship between Huth Polled Herefords, S&H Livestock Enterprises and the Wisconsin DNR. The cattle operations now conduct controlled grazing on 130 acres of state-managed public land next to the home farm. As Scharf attests, the results have been remarkable.

When Huth and Scharf first stepped onto statemanaged public land, it was overwhelmed with tall, woody vegetation. Before turning the cows out to graze, the pair had to mow the land to knock back the brush. Soon the cattle could do their jobs under the proper management, and their timed and

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Jerry Huth (l) and Josh Scharf (r) were recognized for their sustainable cow herds, careful management and conservation during the 2023 Cattle Industry Convention & NCBA Trade Show. Huth Polled Herefords and S&H Livestock Enterprises were awarded a regional ESAP award for their efforts.

Photo by NCBA and the Environmental Stewardship Award Program

Photos by NCBA and the Environmental Stewardship Award Program

controlled grazing balanced the forages and fauna. The DNR was happy that native grassland birds sought shelter on the acreage, and warm-season grasses emerged for the first time in years without being crowded out by a brushy canopy. The only vestige of the land’s previous state is a small fenced-off section left untouched to showcase the power of managed grazing. The small square patch is a mess of woody branches and tall reed grasses tangled, twirly and nearly head high.

The management of the public-owned acreage is just one example of how Huth and Scharf serve as stewards of the land. Large grass strip buffers protect the lowland’s marshy waterways. Managed pastures need less spraying and chemical applications. Timed grazing rotations help preserve seasonal nesting grounds for important native birds. This extra reverence for the land made Huth Polled Herefords and S&H Livestock Enterprises stand out among a stack of ESAP award applicants.

Recognizing farms and ranches

The ESAP was conceived in 1991 to recognize outstanding stewardship and conservation practices among cattle producers nationwide. Gary Price, previous national ESAP award winner and ESAP award selection committee chair, knows firsthand about the ethics, unflappable spirit and forward-

thinking required to win the award from a pool of worthy, sustainable cattlemen and stewards.

“Sustainability to me means the slow, long haul, the big picture and the long term — staying year after year after year with all the challenges,” Price says. “Sustainability is looking at the various changes and how we can adapt … We like to take a holistic approach.”

Price also knows that outside of encouraging sustainable land use and management, the ESAP awards encourage beef industry advocacy. The winners serve as sources, examples and storytellers for not only those in the industry but also for consumers. The tales of their concern for their land and cattle serve as supporting evidence of cattlemen and women’s constant quest to leave this world better than they found it.

“We have a good story to tell about how the cow, when taken care of and grazed properly, is a great asset for the land. We like to say if we didn’t have the cow, we would probably be trying to invent her,” Price says.

Huth’s story and his dedication to his land left a lasting impact on Price.

“Jerry is reverenced by God’s creation. The ethics he created for his land over time were born through his faith,” Price says.

While Huth is undoubtedly moved by his faith in God and the future, he and Scharf hope that those 400 original acres and the cow herd they’ve created will serve their families for generations.

“Herefords paid for my college education. Herefords paid for my children’s college education, and I hope they will do so for my grandchildren,” Huth says.

Scharf feels as though the next generation is coming full circle. He fondly remembers Huth helping him with his first county fair steer project, which launched him into a lifetime of stockmanship and stewardship.

“My 10-year-old daughter showed a steer for the first time this year at the county fair. She is following the path that I started with, and I know that the condition of the animals and the land has only improved over the years,” he says.

“We take care of our animals. We take care of the land, and we’re creating a product that is nutritional and sustainable.”

Huth Polled Herefords is less than a mile from the Horicon Marsh, the largest freshwater cattail marsh in the U.S. and a critical waterfowl nesting area. Proper land management is essential to protect this important habitat.

Huth and Scharf utilized rotational grazing and disciplined management to transform 130 acres of public land from a tangled, brushy mess into a bountiful resource, which provides refuge for grassland birds and sustenance for cows. The only vestige of its previous state is the small fenced square of brush (left), maintained to illustrate the benefits of managed grazing.

Photos by NCBA and the Environmental Stewardship Award Program

Let your fingers do the walking through the … HEREFORD REGISTER

The HEREFORD REGISTER will be published as a special section in the July 2023 Hereford World.

The “yellow pages” of Hereford breeders throughout the United States and Canada will include basic listings of July 2023 advertisers with a ¼ page or larger ad and July 2023 seedstock advertisers.

HEREFORD REGISTER listings will include name, address, phone, e-mail and website. Listings can be purchased for $50 if not a July advertiser meeting previous specifications. Listings will be organized by state then alphabetical by ranch or farm name. As previously mentioned, seedstock advertisements will be added at the end of the section, available for $385 per inch per year. The section will be printed on special paper and bound in the July 2023 Hereford World. Reprints will be printed and available upon request.

The HEREFORD REGISTER is an economical way to advertise your operation — large or small. Reprints of this section will be included in new member packets and distributed at trade shows by field staff. Your listing adds value to your breeding program and allows readers to quickly find Hereford breeders in their area.

How can I be listed in this section?

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Kansas City, MO 64153 For more information, please contact your field representative, or Alison Marx at 816-842-3757.

Deadline for submission is May 26, 2023.

Please fill in the following form and send to: Hereford World Magazine 11500 N. Ambassador Dr., Suite 410, Kansas City, MO 64153

AHA Customer #: Ranch or Farm Name: Contact Person: Phone:

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2,590 Dams of Distinction Honored

The Dams of Distinction program recognizes superior cows in the breed and the cattle producers who manage them based on data submitted to the American Hereford Association (AHA). Efficient, fertile and productive females are the foundation of the most successful cow herds.

With 372 cows recognized in 2022, South Dakota had the most dams honored. A list of the top 20 states and top 20 breeders who have females recognized follows.

A cow receiving the Dam of Distinction honor meets the highest standards of commercial cattle production. The cow must do her job, but her owner must also manage the herd correctly to give her the opportunity to excel.

Only a few active cows are recognized. All females have the potential to be a Dam of Distinction, but only a small percentage fit the job description of an ideal cow year in and year out. For more information about the Dams of Distinction Program, visit Hereford.org, hover on “Genetics” and select “Recognition Programs.” Females attaining the Dam of Distinction status are recognized with “DOD” after their names on the AHA website.

Top 20 States

Top 20 Breeders

DAMS OF DISTINCTION

2,590 Hereford cows

from 725 Hereford performance herds in

43 states

To be honored as a 2022 Dam of Distinction, a cow must have:

1) Weaned a calf born since Jan. 1, 2021.

2) Produced at least three calves.

3) I nitially calved at 30 months of age or less.

4) H ad an interval between the first and second calves of no greater than 400 days. In addition, a 370-day calving interval must have been maintained after her second calf. The longer initial calving interval allows breeders to calve 2-year-old heifers prior to the mature cow herd.

5) H ad weaning records submitted to the AHA Whole Herd Total Performance Records (TPR™) program for every calf produced that was born before June 30, 2022.

6) H ad a progeny average 205-day adjusted weaning weight ratio of at least 105.

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18 Feerer & Feerer Inc., Fargo, Okla. 20

18 Monahan Cattle Co., Hyannis, Neb. 20

Alabama

Haynes Farm, Blountsville

Darrell Hicks, Cullman

Maples Stock Farm, Elkmont

Arizona

San Carlos Apache Tribe R100 Ranch, San Carlos

Arkansas

J. Chester Farms, Pocahontas

LM Polled Hereford Farm, Brookland

Nicholson Farms, Searcy

Jim Penturf, Ogden

Sterling Cattle Co., Hartford

Sugg Hereford Ranch, Huntsville

Triple S Ranch, Grannis

Johnathan Wood, Berryville

California

Jackie and Christie Davis, Lincoln

Meagan Dewar, Bakersfield

Happy Valley Ranch, Susanville

Lambert Ranch, Oroville

Ellis MacFarlane, Cottonwood

Bobby and Heidi Mickelson, Santa Rosa

Jamie Mickelson, Santa Rosa

O'Reilly Polled Herefords, San Luis Obispo

Gino Pedretti, El Nido

Gino Pedretti III, El Nido

Perrin Ranch, Penryn

Regina Schneider, Plymouth

Snedden Herefords, Maricopa

Sonoma Mountain Herefords, Santa Rosa

Weimer Cattle Co., Susanville

Garrett Wunschel, Plymouth

Colorado

Bauer Bros., Sugar City

Clinton Clark, Karval

Coleman Herefords, Westcliffe

Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins

Coyote Ridge Ranch, La Salle

Ernst Herefords, Windsor

Katheryn Ernst Gunther, Windsor

Fuchs Ranch Herefords, Del Norte

Gilmar Ranch, Hamilton

Sidwell Herefords, Carr

David Smith, Boulder

Tom Robb & Sons, McClave

Robert and Rita Weitzel, Dolores

Delaware

Gunner Whitehead, Townsend

Florida

TW Cattle Co., Ocala

Georgia

7 Oaks Plantation and Cattle Co., Senoia

7R Ranch LLC, Kingston

Roy Barnes, Marietta

Blackwater Cattle Co., Lake Park

Hardy Edwards IV, Winterville

Greenview Polled Hereford Farms Inc., Screven

Gary Hedrick, Marietta

Innisfail Farm, Madison

Johnson Polled Herefords, Warrenton

Robert Neligan, Eatonton

T-Bone Ranch, Sandersville

Twelve Stones Farm, White Plains

Idaho

Kathy Albertson, Ashton

Shane Alder, Melba

Anderson Livestock, Gooding

Canyon Gem Livestock, Jerome

Cedar Butte Land & Livestock, Blackfoot

Colyer Herefords, Bruneau

Piper Colyer, Bruneau

Eagle Canyon Ranch, Buhl

Elkington Polled Herefords, Idaho Falls

Eric Elkington, Idaho Falls

Piper Elkington, Idaho Falls

Jack and Colleen Filipowski, Sandpoint

Logan Ipsen, New Plymouth

JBB Herefords, Gooding

JBB/AL Herefords, Gooding

John J. Stephenson & Sons, Salmon

Johnson Polled Herefords, Craigmont

Malson Hereford Ranch, Parma

Emma Malson, Parma

Shaw Cattle Co. Inc., Caldwell

Ava Shaw, Caldwell

Gwen Shaw, Caldwell

Lydia Shaw, Caldwell

Udy Cattle Co., Rockland

Jaylin Ward, Blackfoot

Zade Ward, Blackfoot

Zeke Ward, Blackfoot

Wooden Shoe Farms, Blackfoot

Illinois

Cassie Allscheid, Waterloo

Krista Allscheid, Waterloo

Bakerville Cattle Co., Timewell

J. Wyatt Claire, Watseka

Fauths Polled Herefords, New Athens

Fleisher Farms, Knoxville

Hartenstine Land & Livestock LLC, Ramsy

Heyen Farms, Medora

Ronnie McCaskill, Clayton

Meteer Farms, Blue Mound

W. Chance Meteer, Mansfield

Moffett Farms, Decatur

Pleasant Acres Farm, Marengo

Tru-La-Da Ranch, Fieldon

Gabe Winans, Chrisman

Indiana

Comanche Star Farm, Heltonville

Hattie Duncan, Wingate

Ray Duncan, Wingate

E. Hoyt Stuckey & Sons, Vincennes

Elzemeyer Polled Herefords, Richmond

Gerber Polled Herefords, Richmond

Green Meadow Farms, Jasper

Greives Herefords, West Lafayette

Kesler Herefords, Brookston

Matt and Pam Sporleder, North Vernon

Katie Vanderbur, Greenburg

Iowa

BJK Herefords, Vinton

Cody Bourrette, Villisca

Buell F. Jackson & Sons, Mechanicsville

Cooper Polled Herefords, Mondamin

Danielle Cooper, Mondamin

Sydney Espenscheid-Stolee, Centerville

Bill Goehring, Libertyville

Hereford HQ, Diagonal

Johnson Hereford Farm, Milford

K7 Herefords, Lockridge

Jonathon Kreutner, Vinton

Lenth Herefords, Postville

M&L Lacina Farms, Tama

Tyler Mach, Wilton

Maple Glen Farm, Princeton

Ohrt Polled Herefords, Haverhill

Brent Petersen, Dewitt

Dylan Petersen, De Witt

Nicole Petersen, North Liberty

Sophia Ryan, Bernard

Sheriff Polled Herefords, Orient

Simpson Polled Herefords, Redfield

Stickley & Sons, Parkersburg

Sunny View Herefords, Postville

Sunrise Polled Herefords, Sperry

Three Hills Ranch, Bernard

Tiernan Polled Herefords, Stuart

Wiese & Sons, Manning

Kansas

Cooper Acheson, Wichita

Emmett Acheson, Wichita

B&B Cattle Co., Virgil

B&D Herefords, Claflin

Blackjack Herefords, Fredonia

Bookcliff Herefords, Russell

Brannan & Reinhardt, Otis

Brian Coon, Goodland

Brinley Davis, Maple Hill

Danica Davis, Maple Hill

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Jalyn Davis, Maple Hill

Dustin Denton, Blue Rapids

Wesley Denton, Blue Rapids

Gary Dorrell, Highland

Douthit-Downey Land & Cattle, St. Francis

Jim Douthit, St. Francis

Davey Dukart, Hutchinson

Evans Hereford Farms, Fall River

Kallen Evans, Fredonia

Kinzley Evans, Fredonia

Matt Evans, Fredonia

Mike Flory, Lawrence

Flying S Ranch, St. Francis

Frank Hug & Sons, Scranton

G & R Polled Herefords, Marysville

Dakota Gillig, Blue Rapids

Kinsley Gillig, Blue Rapids

GLM Herefords, Marysville

Granzow Herefords, Herington

Robby Gray, Hutchinson

Gustafson Herefords, Junction City

Tava Gustafson, Junction City

H Bar Ranch, Modoc

Highfill Farms, Atchison

Jamison Herefords, Quinter

Ben Jensen, Courtland

Brooke Jensen, Courtland

Casey Jensen, Courtland

Jessica Jensen, Courtland

Kevin Jensen, Courtland

Kirk Jensen, Courtland

Katherine Krauss, Russell

Mayo Ridge Ranch, Scott City

Menke Polled Herefords, Morrowville

Alexander and Alison Mih, Chanute

Alexander and Mariam Mih, Chanute

Kamdyn Moore, Modoc

Oleen Bros., Dwight

Brooke Porter, Waterville

Reed Polled Herefords, Clifton

Sandhill Farms LLC, Haviland

Schlatter Herefords, Altamont

Callie Schmidt, Blue Rapids

Lexi Schmidt, Blue Rapids

Tyler Schultz, Haviland

David and Alma Shorter, Kendall

Spring Hill Hereford Farms, Blue Rapids

Umberger Polled Herefords, Rozel

Kalli Valek, Agenda

VJS Polled Herefords, Hays

Walnut Grove Farm, Agenda

Logan Weiche, Greenleaf

Woodbury Farms, Quenemo

Kentucky

Beckleys Herefords, Ravenna

Will Beckley, Irvine

Botkin Polled Herefords, Lexington

Boyd Beef Cattle, Mays Lick

Clifford Farms, Cynthiana

Lincoln Clifford, Cynthiana

Crown L Herefords, Paris

DRS Herefords, Guston

Caleb Epling, Stanford

George Horton, Monticello

JMS Polled Herefords, Knifley

Bryan Nordheim, Butler

W. C. Norris Jr., Burkesville

Louisiana

Greens Polled Herefords, Dubach

Homerun Herefords, Slaughter

Ryland Watts, Livingston

Why-Oh-Why Farm, Mt. Hermon

Maryland

Samuel Hunter, Hagerstown

Lindsey Jacobs, Gambrills

Norwich Creek Farm, Queen Anne

Michigan

Behnkes Registered Herefords, Wallace

Randy Christy, Union City

Charlee Klink, Garden

Loveland Polled Herefords, Jackson

Phil and Chris Rottman, Fremont

Minnesota

Jody and Brandon Anderson, Comfrey

Bremer Polled Herefords, Zumbro Falls

Cardinal Creek Cattle Co., Willmar

Clark Family Polled Herefords, Pine Island

DaKitch Hereford Farms, Ada

Delaney Herefords Inc., Lake Benton

Marty Delaney, Lake Benton

Dose Family Herefords, Arlington

Lillian Dose, Arlington

Rachael Dose, Arlington

Jared and Makayla Flower, Holloway

Galen and Anne Janson Herefords, Pierz

Harv's Happy Herefords, Hanley Falls

William Isaacson, Park Rapids

Jones Farms, Le Sueur

Matthew Kitchell, Ada

Klages Herefords, Ortonville

Krogstad Polled Herefords, Fertile

Karly Kruse, Ellsworth

Montana Lawrence, Princeton

Wade Lawrence, Princeton

Wyatt Lawrence, Princton

Wynn Lawrence, Princeton

Marty and Julie Malin Family, Peterson

Hannah Neil, Northfield

Steven and Keely Neil, Northfield

Oxley Hereford Ranch-N Div., Mahnomen

Jeffrey and Bonnie Reed, Hampton

Scott and Melissa Runck, Avoca

Daryl Rupprecht, Thief River Falls

Lester Schafer, Buffalo Lake

Robert Schafer, Mahnomen

Jackson Walsh, De Graff

Williams Hilltop Farms, Rushford

Mississippi

3D Cattle Co., Charleston

Bayou Pierre Farm, Wesson

Jack Hamilton, Taylor

Joe A. Waggoner LLC, Jackson

McGuffee Polled Herefords, Mendenhall

Walker McGuffee, Mendenhall

S & W Polled Herefords, Burnsville

Missouri

Bade's Polled Herefords, Augusta

Bradshaw Ranch, La Belle

Kenneth and Carleen Buchanan, Higginsville

Burden Bros., West Plains

Mike and Cathy Choate, Pleasant Hope

Circle Y Herefords, Rich Hill

College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout

Consolidated Cattle Ranch, Oak Ridge

Day's Family Farm, Pilot Grove

Jaden Decker, Centralia

Jensen Decker, Centralia

Duvall Polled Herefords, Lockwood

Evans Hereford Ranch, Squires

Hannah Evans, Squires

Rebekah Evans, Squires

Falling Timber Farm, Marthasville

Flying A Ranch LLC, Cabool

Freeman Cattle Co. LLC, Jefferson City

Gregory Polled Herefords, Houstonia

Greyson Grooms, Springfield

Harding Bros. Herefords, Ridgeway

Heiman Herefords, Russellville

JBJ Ranch, Long Lane

Journagan Ranch - Missouri State Univ., Mountain Grove

Kaczmarek Cattle Co., Rolla

Kauflin Farms, Bonne Terre

Adler Kautsch, Russellville

Grayson Kautsch, Russellville

KK Polled Hereford Kattle, Tipton

L III Farms, Rogersville

Michael McCorkill, Greenfield

Mike McDaniel, Farmington

Dean McKibben, Liberal

Landon McMillen, Walnut Grove

Tanner McMillen, Walnut Grove

Mead Farms, Barnett

Nation Polled Hereford, Vandalia

Elisabeth Nation, Vandalia

Craig Reed, Green Ridge

Reynolds Herefords, Huntsville

Makayla Reynolds, Huntsville

Shoenberger Polled Herefords, Aurora

Eric Shoenberger Jr., Aurora

Simon Polled Herefords, Excelsior Springs

Rick and Laurie Steinbeck, Hermann

Sweiger Farms, Weatherby

Abigail Thompson, Rich Hill

Eddie Watson, Cabool

Shaun Watson, Cabool

Wayne James Cattle Co. LLC, Lawson

Monty-Georgia Williamson, Mountain View

Jordan and Whitney Witt, Phillipsburg

WMC Cattle Co., Wasola

WPH Ranch, Mountain View

Yankee Hereford Farms, Warrensburg

Schroeder's Black Herefords, Westphalia

Montana

Bar Star Cattle, Musselshell

Beery Land & Livestock Co., Vida

Churchill Cattle Co., Manhattan

Mark Cooper, Willow Creek

Donald Dallas, Canyon Creek

Ace Diemert, Lothair

Double Bit Ranch North, Libby

Duncan Ranch Co., Joplin

Dutton Hereford Ranch, Gold Creek

Ehlke Herefords, Townsend

Feddes Herefords, Manhattan

Holden Herefords, Valier

Jim Hultin, Helena

Abby Indreland, Missoula

J Bar E Ranch, Plentywood

K & C Herefords, Deer Lodge

K L Slagsvold Herefords, Lindsay

L Bar W Cattle Co., Absarokee

Mohican West, Laurel

Rafter Ranch Inc., Wise River

Storey Hereford Ranch, Bozeman

Heather Thomas, Gold Creek

Richard and Shirley Thomas, Gold Creek

Don Weaver, Big Sandy

Wichman Herefords, Moore

Nebraska

7 Mill Iron Ranch, Gerhing

Adams Cattle Co., Fullerton

Blueberry Hill Farms Inc., Norfolk

Joe Brockman, Lawrence

Bernard and Stacie Buzanowski, Arthur

Rachael Buzanowski, Arthur

Dana Polled Herefords, Clay Center

Mike Dyer, Crawford

Levi Farr, Moorefield

Frenzen Polled Herefords, Fullerton

Helms Polled Herefords, Holbrook

Hoffman Herefords, Thedford

Huwaldts Herefords, Randolph

Angela Huwaldt, Randolph

J. Skavdahl Herefords, Mitchell

JB Ranch, Wayne

Keg Herefords, Valentine

Kester Herefords LLC, Arlington

Kracke Herefords, De Witt

Frank Kucera, Litchfield

Landgren Ranch, Bartlett

Dwight Logterman, Kilgore

Carlee Meeks, Taylor

Melchers Herefords Inc., Page

Ashley Melcher, Page

Madison Melcher, Page

Monahan Cattle Co., Hyannis

Olsen Ranches Inc., Harrisburg

Ridder Hereford Ranch, Callaway

Rutt Herefords Inc., Campbell

James Satorie, Herman

Andrew Schipporeit, Sumner

Schroeder Bros., Arapahoe

Alfred Schutte & Sons, Guide Rock

Larry Stangle, Marsland

T W J Farms, Carroll

TK Cattle Co., Burwell

Trenton Schumm Herefords, Guide Rock

Upstream Ranch, Taylor

Valley Creek Ranch, Fairbury

Van Newkirk Herefords, Oshkosh

Amelia Vyborny, Herman

Wieden Cattle Co., Blue Springs

Windhorst Polled Herefords, Syracuse

XA Cattle, Moorefield

Nevada

6D Land & Cattle, Fallon

Bell Livestock, Winnemucca

Bell Ranch, Winnemucca

Brennen and Joanna Burkhart, Austin

Genoa Livestock LLC, Genoa

Lee Livestock Co., Spring Creek

New Jersey

Amy Haig, Monroeville

New Mexico

B&H Herefords, Mesilla

Kagan Bequette, Ft. Sumner

Copeland & Sons LLC, Nara Visa

Jaye and Sue Decker, La Plata

Hooper Cattle Co., Quemado

Bill King, Moriarty

Kyle Pérez, Nara Visa

Michael Pérez, Nara Visa

West Star Ranch, Folsom

New York

Timothy Dennis, Penn Yan

Mayer Cattle Farm, Salamanca

Emma Montross, Weedsport

Isabella Montross, Weedsport

Madelyn Montross, Weedsport

Grace Parker, Weedsport

SK Herefords, Medina

Spring Pond Farm, Mattydale

Spring Pond Farm II, Branchport

North Carolina

Beckland Farm, Lexington

Double J Farm LLC, Trap Hill

Five J's Cattle Co., Clayton

North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh

Dolores Redmond, Statesville

Terrace Farms, Lexington

W & A Hereford Farm LLC, Providence

Bryson Westbrook, Shelby

Will-Via Polled Hereford Farm, Mooresville

North Dakota

4J Cattle Co., Glenburn

Baumgarten Cattle Co., Belfield

Larry J. Behm & Family, Beulah

Logan Behm, Beulah

Lindsey Courtney, Oakes

David Dahl, Verona

Darold Schimming & Sons, Enderlin

Kayla Kial Dorrell, Halliday

Mike Dubisar, New England

Megan and Dustin Dukart, Richardton

Engelhard Farms, Carpio

Tyrel Franklund, Wilton

Friedt Herefords, Mott

Aaron Friedt, Mott

Taylor Friesz, New Salem

Thomas Friesz, New Salem

Giedd Hereford Ranch, Washburn

Midway Polled Herefords, Sheyenne

Mrnak Herefords, Bowman

Brent Mrnak, Bowman

Robyn Mrnak, Bowman

Oscar Huso Jr. & Sons, Aneta

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Pelton Polled Herefords, Halliday

Kain Pelton, Halliday

Stroh Hereford Ranch, Killdeer

Stuber Herefords, Bowman

Stuber Ranch, Bowman

Zach and Larissa Tessier, Belfield

Topp Herefords, Grace City

Jason Winter, Goodrich

Matthew Wolf, Fredonia

Ohio

Heather Bradford, St. Marys

Rex Bradford, St. Marys

Jaye and Sue Decker, Dresden

Lisa Finnegan Keets, Berlin Heights

Keayla Harr, Jeromesville

Helsinger Polled Herefords, Germantown

Mohican Polled Hereford Farms, Glenmont

Andrew Osborn, Blanchester

Ashleigh Osborn, Blanchester

David Smith, Upper Sandusky

Weber Rose Farms LLC, Cambridge

Wilson Stock Farm, Kensington

Oklahoma

4B Herefords, Hennessey

Ashwood Cattle Co., Haskell

J. M. Birdwell, Fletcher

Bowling Herefords, Newkirk

Buford Ranches, Cleveland

Johnny and Ronda Canaday, Laverne

Colton Castor, Vici

Cummins Land & Cattle, Hollis

Rhett Dennis, Bartlesville

Double Seven Ranch LLC, Ft. Cobb

Dufur Herefords, Caddo

KayAnn Eck, Putnam

Feerer & Feerer Inc., Fargo

Leslie Feerer, Fargo

Graft-Britton Ranch, Leedey

Harrison Cattle Co., Arapaho

Hat Top Herefords, Duncan

Headquarters Ranch, Carney

Matthew and Jessica Holland, Stroud

C. V. Ledbetter & Son Inc., Okmulgee

Ryan Littau, Balko

Sam Littau, Balko

Mendel Hereford Ranch, Covington

Messi Hart Farms, Arcadia

Messner Herefords, Laverne

Momma Tried Ranch, Ft. Cobb

Murrow Farms, Alva

Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater

Hannah Pembrook, Beggs

Trae Quickle, Walters

Rafter O Herefords, Elgin

Red Hills Herefords, Clinton

Lynn and Kevin Rolen, Lindsay

Sadler Herefords, Tryon

Secratt Farms, Tahlequah

Ken Starks, Stillwater

Layton Strate, Fairmont

Uhlenhake Cattle Co., Loyal

Wild Horse Hill Ranch, Boynton

Wishing Star Polled Herefords, Tuttle

Oregon

David and Lynda Bird, Halfway

Chandler Herefords Inc., Baker City

Duane Chandler, Baker City

Jake Drost, Klamath Falls

Harrell Hereford Ranch, Baker City

Hibberds Hornless Herefords, Imbler

High Meadow Farm, Fall Creek

Hufford's Herefords, Ft. Rock

David Knieling, Salem

Phillip Kudlac, Grants Pass

Donald Schafer, Baker City

Greg Thomas, Bonanza

Pennsylvania

A&A Ranch LLC, Bentleyville

Bar H Farm, Sewickley

Dana Livestock, Tunkhannock

Durham Valley Farm, Riegelsville

Flat Stone Lick, Marianna

Sheila Miller, Womelsdorf

Paul and Bette Slayton, Bedford

Stone Ridge Manor, Gettysburg

Vogel Valley Farms, Evans City

South Carolina

Ted Bourne III, Donalds

Fowken Farm, Jonesville

Norris Fowler Jr., Jonesville

South Dakota

Amdahl Hereford Ranch, Piedmont

Peter and Laura Atkins, Tea

Bar JZ Polled Herefords, Holabird

Peyton Bischoff, Huron

Blacktop Farms, Mitchell

Carmichael Herefords, Meadow

Keith Carmichael, Meadow

CML Herefords, Aberdeen

Mike Connor Family, Winfred

Dvorak Herefords, Lake Andes

Eggers Southview Farms, Sioux Falls

Fawcett's Elm Creek Ranch, Ree Heights

Fink Polled Herefords, Bridgewater

Frederickson Ranch, Spearfish

Gant Polled Hereford, Geddes

Hansmeier & Son Inc., Bristol

Hanson's Polled Herefords, Conde

Luke Hennebold, Winner

Hillsview Farms, Eureka

Colin Hoffman, Leola

Hoing Herefords, Chamberlain

K&B Herefords, Onida

Colby Kaup, Hoven

Knippling Bros., Gann Valley

Kreth Herefords, Mitchell

Landon Laible, Lake Preston

Rebecca Milbrandt/Schuette, Highmore

Dale Neu, Rockham

Brock Nichols, Willow Lake

Nickolas & Stoeser Herefords, Ft. Pierre

Steve and Amy Nuhsbaumer, Zell

Blake Peskey, Iroquois

Kyla Peskey, Iroquois

Mike and Lori Peskey, Iroquois

Rausch Herefords, Hoven

Ravine Creek Ranch, Huron

Ben Roudabush, Mitchell

Schuette Land & Cattle Co., Highmore

Schuette Land & Cattle Co. Inc., Highmore

Courtney Schuette, Highmore

Collin and Nyree Schweigert, Gregory

Stuwe Herefords, Hoven

Thorstenson Hereford Ranch, Selby

TSR Cattle Co., Aurora

Mitchell Vanderwal, Howard

Reese and Elly Jo Wagner, Redfield

Weston Wagner, Redfield

Richard and Betty Wettlaufer, Winfred

Matthew Zens, Mitchell

Treston Zens, Mitchell

Tennessee

Billy Ashe, Selmer

Wesley Ashe, Stantonville

Candy Meadow Farms Inc., Lexington

Jim Coley, Lafayette

Crouch Polled Hereford Farm, McMinnville

Stan East, Carthage

Highridge Farm, Crossville

Jernigan Farm, Columbia

Langley Farms LLC, Ramer

M & M Dennis Farms, Chapel Hill

Manna Acres, Dunlap

Matt Hearn Farms, Henderson

David Parker, Bradyville

Jozada Smith, Morrison

TMC Land & Cattle Co. LLC, Wartrace

Triple H Ranch, Shelbyville

Triple L Ranch, Franklin

Walker Polled Hereford Farm, Morrison

Texas

3B Cattle Co., Katy

4S Farms LLC, Denison

Barber Ranch, Channing

Aidyn Barber, Channing

Bryden Barber, Channing

Rylee Barber, Channing

Case Ranch, Mertzon

Coates Ranch Co., Mertzon

D2 Farms, Dalhart

Eric Daniels, Dalhart

Doyle Hereford Ranch, Wolfe City

Landon Doyle, Lantana

Flying S Herefords, Dallas

GKB Cattle, Desdemona

Graves Cattle Co., Bowie

Indian Mound Ranch, Canadian

A.J. Johnson, Howe

JP Family Limited Partnership, San Angelo

Kinnear Polled Herefords, Joshua

Kurtis Mathias, Mt. Pleasant

Mark McClintock, San Angelo

Barbara Metch, Canton

Gary Moore, Brenham

Shayne Moore, Ft. McKavett

MW Hereford Ranch, Richland Springs

Noack Herefords LLC, Rockdale

O H Triangle Ranch, San Angelo

Rafter M Herefords, Mt. Pleasant

Ricketson Herefords, Dalhart

Rocking Chair Ranch, San Angelo

R. Schlegel & Sons, Olney

Mark Shepard, Loving

Spearhead Ranch, Copperas Cove

Spivey Herefords, Lometa

Still River Ranch, Van Alstyne

Texas Stardance Beef, Hamilton

Wesley Theuret, Kenedy

Kurt and Jessica Thomas, Wolfforth

Trinity Farms, Mt. Pleasant

W-2 Cattle Co., Dublin

W4 Ranch, Morgan

Willis Polled Herefords, Emory

Utah

Four Taylors Livestock LLC, Neola

Jensen Bros. Herefords, Wellsville

Johansen Herefords, Castle Dale

Rees Bros. Herefords, Morgan

Vermont

HP Polled Herefords, Rupert

Virginia

Deer Track Farm, Spotsylvania

Greeno Farms, Louisa

Jessica Harrison, Broadway

Hereford Hollow Farm, Wytheville

Knoll Crest Farm, Red House

Meadow Ridge Farms Inc., Broadway

Stuckey Farms, Forest

Turkeycock Farms, Penhook

Washington

Jolene Bennett, Connell

William Cox, Pomeroy

Desert Oasis Ranch, Warden

Hagen Cattle and Hay Inc., Chewelah

J & J Livestock, Concrete

KT Ranch, Connell

Sullivan Herefords, Tonasket

West Virginia

Cottle Bros., Summersville

Five Star Polled Herefords, Smithville

Grandview Hereford Farm, Beaver

Grassy Run Farms LLC, Winfield

Haught Bros., Harrisville

Justin Hoover, Washington

Knotts Hereford Farm, Fairmont

Pineridge Hereford Farm, Fairdale

Christopher Scott, Beaver

Callie Taylor, Maysville

West Virginia Univ., Morgantown

Wisconsin

Babcock Farms, Wisconsin Dells

Baker Polled Herefords, Elkhorn

Gavin Boettcher, Lake Mills

Gretta Boettcher, Lake Mills

Greylen Boettcher, Lake Mills

Blake Brancel, Endeavor

Bryce Brancel, Endeavor

Clarence Boettcher Family, Fairchild

Alison Folkman, Ixonia

Nicole Folkman, Ixonia

Kurt Groholski, Stevens Point

Huth Polled Herefords, Oakfield

Jim Jarvis, Wautoma

Eric and Susan Koens, Bruce

James Kypke, Loganville

Kenneth Kypke, Loganville

Larson Hereford Farm, Spring Valley

Lemar Polled Herefords, New Richmond

Peters Polled Herefords, Ixonia

James Pierce, Baraboo

Travis Pierce, Baraboo

Rhiner Polled Herefords, Poynette

Sand Rock Ranch, Benton

Ainsley Schuett, Mukwonago

Breyson Schuett, Mukwonago

Sawyer Schuett, Mukwonago

Schumacher Farm, Merrill

Shadow Ridge Ranch, River Falls

Jerry Sobojinski, Wisconsin Dells

Spaeth Farms, Cadott

Spruce Hill Polled Herefords, Deerfield

Melissa Stogdill, Bay City

Kevin Stork, New Richmond

Larry and Ursula Tutland, Mason

Whiskey Run Farms, Cottage Grove

Wyoming

Samuel Birdsall, Torrington

Sarah Birdsall, Torrington

Clayton Brown, Powell

Lloyd Brown, Powell

Cody and Shawna Chabot, Sundance

Largent & Sons, Kaycee

Jordan Largent, Kaycee

Micheli Hereford Ranch, Ft. Bridger

Fred and Phyllis Neilsen, Glenrock

Ochsner Roth Cattle Co., Torrington

Jared and Laurie Schinzel, Burns

Sommers Herefords LLC, Pinedale

Gene and Cindy Stillahn, Cheyenne

The Berry's, Cheyenne

Bell Ward, Sheridan

Ned and Jan Ward, Sheridan

True Genetic Standouts Backed by Maternal Cow Power

1HP00860 CHURCHILL RED THUNDER 133J ET Reg#: 44267942 // DM All Around 904G ET x EFBeef BR Validated B413 Homozygous Polled

Red Thunder is a dynamic new GENEX sire that offers an exceptional blend of high-quality phenotype with excellent genetic predictions, good pigmentation, and an unmatched combination of EPDs and indexes.

1HP00858 GERBER HIGH TIME H65 Reg#: 44189906 // Gerber Canaan 041C x Mohican THM Excede Z426 Homozygous Polled

High Time is an exciting sire that is an outlier for combining calving ease, growth and carcass traits without sacrificing maternal excellence. He promises Hereford breed production advancement on nearly every front.

1HH00115 CHURCHILL ROUGHNECK 0280H ET Reg#: 44198621 // Churchill Rough Rider 719E x LJS Mark Domino 1321 Horned

Roughneck is a unique straight-horned, thick-t opped, red-eyed bull that is destined to be a breed-changer, offering a fresh pedigree along with calving ease and many profit-driven traits.

Find your next A.I. sire in our power-packed 2023 Beef Sire Directory. Scan to view or contact your local GENEX representative for a copy.

LJS MARK DOMINO 2207 {DLF,HYF,IEF,MSUDF}

P44344458 — Calved: 3/18/2022 — Tattoo: LE 2207

L JS MARK DOMINO 1607 {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF,MSUDF}

LJS MARK DOMINO 2012 {DLF,HYF,IEF,MSUDF}

P44151724

L JS MS MARK DOMINO 1735 {DLF,HYF,IEF,MSUDF}

L JS MARK DOMINO 1722 {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF,MSUDF}

L JS MARK DOMINO 1321 {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF,MSUDF,MDF}

L JS MS MARK DOMINO 1337 {DOD}{DLF,HYF,IEF,MSUDF}

L JS MARK DOMINO 1444 {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF}

L JS MS MARK DOMINO 1204 {DLF,HYF,IEF}

L JS MARK DOMINO 0945 {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF,MSUDF}

LJS MS MARK DOMINO 2029 {DLF,HYF,IEF,MSUDF} LJS MS MARK DOMINO1361 {DOD}{DLF,HYF,IEF,MSUDF}

P44151792

L JS MS DOMINO 1620 {DOD}{DLF,HYF,IEF} CL 1 DOMINO 0150X {SOD}{CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF}

L JS MS BOGART 1210 {DLF,HYF,IEF}

CE 7.4; BW 3.3; WW 60; YW 97; DMI 0.9; SC 1.4; SCF 10.6; MM 43; M&G 74; MCE 9.6; MCW 58; UDDR 1.60; TEAT 1.70; CW 82; FAT 0.070; REA 0.82; MARB 0.50; BMI$ 291; BII$ 388; CHB$ 154

• BW 99 lb., WW 795 lb., scurred.

• Big time growth, maternal and carcass here. He’s the first calf for both parents and sets the bar high. His pedigree is a cross of two of our strongest cow families.

LJS MARK DOMINO 2216

44344473 — Calved: 3/23/2022 — Tattoo: LE 2216

L JS MARK DOMINO 1607 {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF,MSUDF} LJS MARK DOMINO 1321 {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF,MSUDF,MDF}

LJS MARK DOMINO 1954 {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF,MSUDF} L JS MS MARK DOMINO 1337 {DOD}{DLF,HYF,IEF,MSUDF}

P44036654

L JS MS MARK DOMINO 1125 {DLF,HYF,IEF} L JS YANKEE 0904 {DLF,HYF,IEF}

L JS MS MARK DOMINO 0735 {IEP}

LJS MS MARK DOMINO 1508 {DLF,HYF,IEF} L JS MS ADVANCE 0601 {DLF,HYF,IEF}

43594876 L JS MS MARK DOMINO 1204 {DLF,HYF,IEF} L JS BOGART 0876 {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF}

{CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF,MSUDF,MDF} LJS MARK DOMINO 1954 {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF,MSUDF}

JS MS MARK DOMINO 1337 {DOD}{DLF,HYF,IEF,MSUDF} P44036654 L JS MS MARK DOMINO 1125 {DLF,HYF,IEF}

L JS MARK DOMINO 0945 {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF,MSUDF} L JS MARK DOMINO 0709 {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF}

SCHAFER HEREFORDS

L JS MS MARK DOMINO 0834 {DOD}{DLF,HYF,IEF}

CE 7.8; BW 1.9; WW 48; YW 81; DMI 0.4; SC 1.1; SCF 8.0; MM 37; M&G 61; MCE 8.2; MCW 60; UDDR 1.50; TEAT 1.40; CW 76; FAT 0.010; REA 0.63; MARB 0.37; BMI$ 248; BII$ 323; CHB$ 148

• BW 83 lb., WW 765 lb., dehorned.

LJS MARK DOMINO 2213 {DLF,HYF,IEF,MSUDF} Selling 7 Yearling Bulls — 6 polled, 1 dehorned 1 polled 2-year-old — 6 replacement caliber open yearling heifers Lester & John Schafer 64664 170th St. Buffalo Lake, MN 55314

— Calved: 3/22/2022 — Tattoo: LE 2213 L JS MARK DOMINO 1607 {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF,MSUDF} jschafer@wildbluecoop.com Lester 320-582-0489 John 320-582-1458

JS MARK DOMINO Schafer Herefords Online Sale April 18, 2023 on Closes at 7 p.m. CDT Hereford.org April 2023 | 39

The Sires of Distinction program recognizes superior Hereford bulls. The

Hereford Association Board of Directors initiated the program in August 2007 to recognize Hereford bulls that sire efficient, fertile and productive females. To be

105 Bulls Recognized as Sires of Distinction

HEREFORD AI SIRES INDEX

Non-certificate AI Sire

The following sires are enrolled in the Non-certificate AI Sires Program, which lowers the cost of using AI by eliminating the purchase of AI certificates on sires entered in the program. These sires were denoted by a special AI icon in the AI Source Book.

BAR STAR FRESH PRINCE 018 ET $125/straw; Non-certificate . . . . . . 29

Contact: Scott McDonald 641-446-2146 or Drew Flokstra 616-368-0818

CCH 39G 903G VEGAS 201J

$45/straw; Non-certificate 42

Contact: Streamline Genetics 765-490-6286

CHEZ/PUGH/HARA LOGIC 8815F ET

$50/straw; Non-certificate

C ontact: Scott McDonald 641-446-2146 or Drew Flokstra 616-368-0818

CHURCHILL RED BARON 8300F ET

31

$100/straw for 10-20 straws, $80/straw for 20 plus straws; Non-certificate; Commercial discounts available; Foreign semen available . . 34

C ontact: Churchill Cattle Co 406-284-6421 or Sierra Ranches 209-968-7232

CMF 3005 EPIC 384E ET

$40/straw; $50/straw Heifer Plus; Non-certificate . . .

Contact: WMC Cattle Co 417-989-0486

CMF OHR 250D HOLLAND 625H

Contact: Carl Olson 701-361-0684

CRR 66589 BALANCE 107

Contact: HME Herefords 706-714-9012

EF MF LONGEST YARD 19Z 228J ET

10 straws for $1,250, 20 straws for $2,500 or 50 straws for $5,000; Non-certificate 30

Contact: Scott McDonald 641-446-2146, Drew Flokstra 616-368-0818 or Bruce Everhart 317-407-3618

EKS DWK B26 FINAL CHAPTER J10

5 straws for $1,250; Non-certificate

Contact: Dale Kottkamp 317-752-1523, Gary Buchholz 214-537-1285 or Reed Enterprises 660-527-3507

LPH 785F JAVELIN 229G 445J

27

BIRDWELL BULLNANZA 7098 0552ET

$50/straw, 10 straw minimum; $75/certificate .

Contact: Birdwell Ranch 405-368-1058

BIRDWELL DYNAMIC 5022 1673 ET

$50/straw, 10 straw minimum; $75/certificate

Contact: Birdwell Ranch 405-368-1058

BIRDWELL REDBIRD 7098

$30/straw; $50/certificate

C ontact: Select Sires 614-873-4683

BIRDWELL VANGUARD 5022 9337

10 straws for $500; $100/certificate

Contact: Birdwell Ranch 405-368-1058

BIRDWELL WALL STREET 0588ET $35/straw, 10 straw minimum; $75/certificate

Contact: Birdwell Ranch 405-368-1058

Contact: Scott McDonald 641-446-2146 or Drew Flokstra 616-368-0818 BK

Contact: Genesource 979-561-7115

10 straws for $1,000; Non-certificate 26

Contact: Ryan Littau 806-435-0279 or Sam Littau 580-525-1155

RRLCC 456B A 230 FORTITUDE ET

Contact: Rocking Rolls Land & Cattle Co 209-604-3012

RRLCC X651U201 SIR CATALYST ET

Contact: Rocking Rolls Land & Cattle Co 209-604-3012

SHF HIGHLAND 722 H340 ET

Contact: Rocking Rolls Land & Cattle Co 209-604-3012

TH 523F 738C SLEEP ON 163H $25/straw; Non-certificate

Contact: Select Sires 614-873-4683

AW STATESMAN 038H

$30/straw; $75/certificate; Volume discount: 20 straws for $500 6

Contact: Marty Lueck 417-838-1482, Billy Ashe 731-610-4445 or Reed Enterprises 660-527-3507

B&C EL SENSATION 1207J

Contact: Genesource 979-561-7115

BACC 747 FUNDAMENTAL 114 ET

Contact: Genesource 979-561-7115

BG LCC 11B PERFECTO 84F

$30/straw; $50/straw of sexed heifer semen; $40/certificate

C ontact: Goehring Herefords 641-919-9365

Contact: Ken Pierce 608-434-0578 or Reed Enterprises 660-527-3507

CHURCHILL

Contact: ABS Global 800-ABS-STUD

CHURCHILL RED THUNDER 133J ET BC

Contact: Churchill Cattle Co 406-284-6421 or Genex 888-333-1783

CHURCHILL ROUGHNECK 0280H ET . . . . . BC

Contact: Churchill Cattle Co 406-284-6421 or Genex 888-333-1783

CL 1 DOMINO 0186H

$50/straw, 10 straw minimum; $75/certificate; Volume discounts available; Foreign semen available . . . . 33

Contact: Churchill Cattle Co 406-284-6421, Cooper Hereford Ranch 406-539-6885 or Roger Stuber 701-523-5371

CMF 1720 GOLD RUSH 569G ET $25/straw; $50/certificate

C ontact: Select Sires 614-873-4683

CSR 73D VALENTINO B413 40H

$25/straw, 5 straw minimum; 25 straws for $500; $65/certificate 43

Contact: Reed Farms 660-527-3507

ECR 238 FORTIFIED 1002

$25/straw; $75/certificate . . .

Contact: Eggers Southview Farms 605-351-5438

ECR 628 IVYS ADVANCE 8923 ET 50

Contact: Genesource 979-561-7115

EFBEEF BR VALIDATED B413

$60/straw, 10 straw minimum; $40/certificate; Limited semen 24

C ontact: Birdwell Ranch 405-368-1058 or Genex 888-333-1783

417-839-8401

Bob Coker 916-539-1987, Chris Beck 618-367-5397, Jody Standley 919-291-4212 or Kim Prestwood 828-320-7317

Goehring Herefords 641-919-9365

920-251-0281 or jerry@huthcattle com

NJW 139C 103C RIDGE 254G

$25/straw; $75/certificate . . . . . . . 11

Contact: NJW Polled Herefords 307-751-9470

NJW 202C 173D STEADFAST 156J ET

Available through ST genetics with sexed semen available . . 59

Contact: ST genetics 979-571-0028

NJW 247C 41E SOUL 173K

$25/straw; $75/certificate

C ontact: NJW Polled Herefords 307-751-9470

NJW 281F 168C TUFF 10H

$25/straw; $75/certificate

C ontact: NJW Polled Herefords 307-751-9470

NJW 76S 27A LONG RANGE 203D ET Semen: $25/straw; $75/certificate; Foreign semen available . .

C ontact: NJW Polled Herefords 307-751-9470

PYRAMID DJF INFLUENCE 9156 $35/straw; $50/certificate

Schutte & Sons Polled Herefords 402-756-3462 or Reed Enterprises 660-527-3507

SHF

406-861-4426 SHF

Contact: Mettler Cattle 605-951-3007 or Reed Enterprises 660-527-3507 MPH Z311 RAMPAGE D1

Contact: Mettler Cattle 605-951-3007 or Reed Enterprises 660-527-3507

NJW 119E 87G ENDORSEMENT 216J

Contact: Select Sires 614-873-4683

NJW 11B 028X HOSS 41E ET

$25/straw; $75/certificate

Contact: NJW Polled Herefords 307-751-9470

NJW 11B 173D CHARACTER 178J ET

Contact: Reed Enterprises 660-527-3507

NJW 133A 6589 MANIFEST 87G ET

$25/straw; $75/certificate; Foreign semen available . . .

Contact: NJW Polled Herefords 307-751-9470

or Chapman Land & Cattle 615-335-3187

C

Brumley Farms 209-479-0287, Streamline Genetics 765-490-6286, Hoffman Ranch 308-645-2279 or Premium Beef Genetics 405-894-4848

Contact: Chris Stuckey 434-665-6110, Reed Enterprises 417-860-3102 or Cattle Visions 573-641-5270

THF CHIEF 3J

$25/straw, 5 straw minimum; $25/certificate

C ontact: Twin Hills Farms 330-464-1810

THF MILFORD 21J

$25/straw, 5 straw minimum; $25/certificate . . . .

C ontact: Twin Hills Farms 330-464-1810

THF TOBY 3H

$25/straw, 5 straw minimum; $25/certificate . . . .

C ontact: Twin Hills Farms 330-464-1810

UPS ENTICE 9365 ET $50/straw, 10 straw minimum; $100/certificate

Contact: Atkins Herefords 605-351-9847

WF MANDATE 002X 129 ET

Contact: Wilcox & Family Cattle Co 509-953-2535

WLKR LF BITCOIN 84E 728 229K

Contact: Walker Herefords 931-607-6356

WMC 20183 44H DEVOUT 6K

Contact: WMC Cattle Co . 417-989-0486

WMC EF 18051 9G DEVOTION 5K

50 straws for $5,000 with 10 certificates; 20 straws for $2,250 with 5 certificates; 10 straws for $1,250; additional certificates $60 . . .

C ontact: WMC Cattle Co 417-989-0486, Everhart Herefords 317-407-3618 or Durbin Creek Ranch 307-921-8825

Faith and Focus

Line 1 Herefords ushered in the age of performance testing and genetic evaluation.

by Wes Ishmael

Line 1 Hereford cattle — relatives to an outsized proportion of Hereford cattle registered each year — are often noted for their performance, consistency and predictability. These attributes are a byproduct of astute selection and strategic, disciplined linebreeding across generations.

However, Line 1 cattle also are at the root of performance testing and the genetic evaluations for all breeds, which are often taken for granted.

It’s a story worth hearing again, or for the first time, because it highlights and connects so many pivotal moments in both breed and U.S. beef cattle history.

Researchers at USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Laboratory (LRRL) in Miles City, Mont., founded Line 1 in 1934, to focus on methods of measuring performance in beef cattle. At the time, the eye, showring success and pedigree were often the primary selection criteria for seedstock producers.

Miles City researchers aimed to define the heritability of production traits such as weaning and post-weaning growth and demonstrate how they could be improved through selection. They succeeded and their successful demonstration has continued for almost 90 years. Early on, those researchers also set parameters for performance testing, such as length of the feeding period and adjusting phenotypic weights for sex, age and age of dam among others. These researchers contributed the first heritability estimates and genetic correlations, which comprise the bedrock of modern genetic evaluation.

Stacking desired traits

Linebreeding was an apt breeding mechanism for what researchers were trying to demonstrate.

In simple terms, if applied correctly, this controlled form of inbreeding enables maintaining close relationship of subsequent generations to an identified sire or dam of superior merit.

Although a less intense form of inbreeding, the rationale behind linebreeding is the same: increase homozygosity for traits within a population and decrease heterozygosity. In simple terms the more identical genes shared (homozygous), the more alike the population. But Mother Nature is an equal opportunity employer. Identical genes can be positive or not. So, it’s not something for the careless, casual or faint of heart.

Advance Domino 20

Advance Domino 54

and Thomas Coke, both 18th-century British agriculturalists, as the originators. At the time, Bakewell was focused on selecting for meat production in both cattle and sheep rather than on their respective aptitudes for being oxen or growing wool, which were the traditional aims.

So, when researchers began Line 1 Herefords, linebreeding was already a dog-eared, if not commonly practiced concept in the cattle industry and the breed.

For instance, Anxiety IV 9904 — considered by many to be the “Father of American Herefords” — was the product of linebreeding. Charles Gudgell and Thomas Simpson imported the bull from England in 1881, intending to continue harnessing the power of linebreeding, which they did.

When ARS began the Line 1 program, agricultural producers were also keenly aware of the how recent gains in corn production were achieved.

“Through work at the Carnegie Institution and at the University of Connecticut, corn producers achieved great success with hybrid varieties that greatly out-performed previously available stocks,” explained Mike MacNeil in the January 2009 issue of Beef Breeding Research, dedicated to the 75th anniversary of developing Line 1 Hereford cattle. “It was these scientific and practical foundations that sparked development of inbred lines of livestock in the 1930s.”

MacNeil, a noted ARS geneticist, was the Line 1 project leader at Fort Keogh for a number

of years beginning in 1989. He is a member of the American Hereford Association (AHA) Hall

“In the 1930s, research with the Line 1 Hereford focused on methods of measuring performance of beef cattle. The implied breeding objective was economic return above feed costs, with return derived from carcasses of steers harvested at 900 pounds,” MacNeil explained. “It was established that gain per 100 pounds of total digestible nutrients consumed had the greatest correlation with the economic breeding objective and progeny groups of different sires varied significantly with respect to this objective and its indicator.”

Sowing the seeds of growth

Line 1 began in 1934 with two sons of Advance Domino

13 — Advance Domino 20 (L1 Domino 20) and Advance Domino 54 (L1 Domino 54). Both sons were purchased from Fred C. DeBerard, Kremmling, Colo.

“Daughters of L1 Domino 20 were bred to his paternal half-sibling L1 Domino 54 and vice versa,” MacNeil explained. “Since that time, the Line 1 Hereford cattle maintained by USDA at Miles City descend solely from this foundation, with the increase in level of inbreeding per generation being reduced as Line 1 expanded in numbers and mating of close relatives was avoided.”

Ultimately, MacNeil explained the project included 14 lines of genetically diverse cattle at

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While other lines rose and fell based on their showring winnings and subsequent price structure, the Line 1 cattle made its inroads into the breed through years of selection based on performance criteria.

— Hop Dickinson, past AHA executive vice president

Jack Cooper

Les Holden

Miles City and 34 more at other agricultural experiment stations throughout the western United States. This was in the August 1996 issue of Agricultural Research magazine, published by ARS. Each line was intended to be the equivalent of parent stock used to develop hybrid seed corn.

“The eventual ascendance of Line 1 was due, I am sure, to the superior genetics for growth in the initial selections, and perhaps to some extent, in the large numbers available in this line,” explained Ray Woodward, at the LRRL field day in 1984. He was a beef cattle geneticist at Miles City from 1946 until 1960 and returned to Fort Keogh as research leader from 1976 to 1979.

“The increase in pounds produced in 1953 versus 1975 (or approximately four generations) was 9 pounds at birth, 41 pounds at weaning and 82 pounds off test,” Woodward explained. “Remember that this is sire effect alone, measured by mating unrelated cows. Obviously, we would expect progeny from L1 sire and cows to be again superior.”

Hop Dickinson was AHA executive vice president at the time and presented at the same field day program.

“While other lines rose and fell based on their showring winnings and subsequent price structure, the Line 1 cattle made its inroads into the breed through years of selection based on performance criteria,” Dickinson explained. “Herein lies the main difference between the continued and stable demand for this line as compared to the sharp rise and fall of other popular lines. Line 1 cattle became a part of the breed when economics dictated that breeders become more objective in their breeding programs. The emergence of the Line 1 cattle as a significant force in breeder programs coincided with the introduction of performance genetics and the need for a different type of animal for our breed.”

Dickinson pointed out Line 1 cattle were also unique because they were not the product of a single sire.

“This has expanded the genetic base for this line and allowed more versatility in selection for breeders using these cattle,” Dickinson said. “In other words, this research project also fit the needs of a breed from the standpoint of how it was developed. Few lines or few breeds can withstand the impact of a single sire line. Spreading the genetic base is important for a breed, and the Line 1 program complemented rather than deteriorated the genetic base.”

Spreading the word

Keep in mind, Line 1 Herefords came along at a time when Hereford cattle were the classic beltbuckle variety — shorter and smaller were all the rage. Line 1 cattle were the opposite, being bred for growth.

So, when the LRRL began offering Line 1 genetics to the industry in the 1940s, one can imagine only the most independent-minded cattlemen were interested. Among them were Jack Cooper and Les Holden, half-brothers who believed in performance and the power to make genetic improvement.

Ray Woodward also happened to be their brother-in-law. He helped convince Cooper and Holden about the merits of linebreeding and performance-based selection, according to MacNeil.

“I think it’s fair to say that three breeders of Line 1 could be singled out as having the first impact on sending Line 1s into the mainstream of the breed. Those are Les Holden; his son, Scott; and Jack Cooper, longtime advocates of not only Line 1 cattle but of the total performance and selection guidelines used in this project,” Dickinson explained.

The eventual ascendance of Line 1 was due, I am sure, to the superior genetics for growth in the initial selections, and perhaps to some extent, in the large numbers available in this line.

— Ray Woodward, former ARS geneticist and research leader

In the 1930s, research with the Line 1 Hereford focused on methods of measuring performance of beef cattle. The implied breeding objective was economic return above feed costs, with return derived from carcasses of steers harvested at 900 pounds.

— Mike MacNeil, former Line 1 project leader

In fact, the same families continue to make a lasting impact as they hone their Line 1 families. Check out Episode 3 of AHA’s 1881 podcast to hear personal Line 1 insights from Mark Cooper of Cooper Hereford Ranch, Willow Creek, Mont., and Jack Holden of Holden Herefords, Valier, Mont.

Shifting direction

The Line 1 project at Miles City was 20 years old before the first state Beef Cattle Improvement Association was organized (see When Performance Testing Went National). The project established much of the foundation. It demonstrated the need for performance testing, showed what could be accomplished with it and established the measures and records required.

“The fact that they (Line 1) were the product of a rigid performance program gave breeders a confidence in performance concepts that couldn’t be communicated through talks and articles,”

When Performance Testing Went National

“Programs for genetic improvement must be based on accurate measures of performance of individual animals. The traits must be measurable and heritable if selection is to be effective. Traits that are measurable early in life and are moderate to high in transmissibility are more amenable to rapid progress through selection …”

When Thomas Marlowe wrote that in the introduction to Development of Beef Cattle Performance Testing in the United States, the observation was still new to many cattle producers. He was hired by Virginia Tech University in 1955 to run the state’s Beef Cattle Improvement Association (BCIA), the first of many to come in the U.S. That same year, he explained a small group of cattle breeders in Texas and Oklahoma organized Performance Records International (PRI). Subsequently, he said those two groups encouraged and assisted the organization and development of numerous other state and breed association programs.

“With the newfound knowledge that: 1) beef cattle differ in their inherent productivity; 2) these differences are fairly highly heritable;

3) that efficiency and rate of gain are rather highly correlated; and

4) that brood cow performance is important to the total economy of beef production and that it is a repeatable trait, a great impetus was provided to develop efficient and effective performance testing programs,” according to Marlowe.

If this knowledge didn’t originate with the Line 1 project at Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Laboratory in Miles City, Mont., it certainly coalesced there.

“One of the major efforts of PRI was to recommend uniform procedures in adjusting performance data and reporting for the convenience of cattlemen throughout the nation ...” Marlowe explained. “The Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) was organized in 1968 to extend and further improve numerous state and breed association programs of performance testing. The major difference between BIF and PRI is that major emphasis by BIF has been on establishment of uniform procedures for measuring and recording data to permit widespread use of the results in animal evaluation and selection, whereas PRI was also a data gathering and processing organization.” Over time data processing shifted from PRI to state BCIAs and then to breed associations.

Dickinson explained. “That the Line 1 emergence coincided with the acceptance of performance concepts by this breed is more than just a coincidence. When the breeders discovered Line 1s, they also found that Line 1 breeders were performance advocates and that they applied these concepts to their breeding programs. Perhaps this aspect, more than anything else, is the basis for the breed’s strength today. Miles City and Line 1 cattle played a major role in this positive development.”

Line 1 at Miles City continues to progress after almost nine decades.

“Needless to say, when finally completed, heritability estimates placed the seal of approval upon the validity of performance testing and ensured the continuation of the linebreeding program.” Woodward said.

When the project turned 75, MacNeil explained, “Periodic assessments of genetic trends have shown selection for growth to one year of

age as efficacious throughout the 75 years Line 1 has existed as a closed herd. Genetic potential for growth continues to increase at all ages less than one year. Even in populations with small effective size as result from linebreeding and intense selection fostered with tools such as artificial insemination and embryo transfer, breeders should be encouraged that genetic improvement will continue.”

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Hereford Champions Named in Fort Worth

Herefords hit the showring at the Fort Worth Stock Show as Chad Wilson, Wawota, Saskatchewan, sorted the 40-head Hereford bull show and 107head Hereford female show in Fort

proud of,” Wilson said before selecting the polled champion female. “It’s great to see out here.”

Each year, the Texas Hereford and Polled Hereford Associations honor two families who have made an impact show honoree was Chastain Cattle Co.,

Mineral Wells, Texas, and the polled show honoree was Joey Skrivanek, Caldwell, Texas.

Bull show

GKB Cattle, Desdemona, Texas, and

Grand and polled champion yearling bull, Stellpflug Cattle Co. LLC, Glenrock, Wyo., with a Jan. 27, 2021, son of EFBeef Resolute CEO.

WF Pit Boss 1214 ET Reserve and polled champion senior bull calf, Wheeler Farm, Chickasha, Okla., with an Oct. 5, 2021, son of CH High Roller 756 ET.

BR GKB Winchester 1314

Grand and horned champion senior bull calf, GKB Cattle, Desdemona, Texas, and Barber Ranch, Channing, Texas, with a Sept. 19, 2021, son of BR Belle Air E133 ET.

H Front Runner 1495 ET Reserve and horned champion yearling bull, 4 J Farms, Cabot, Ark., with a Feb. 6, 2021, son of H The Profit 8426 ET.

H WMS Thomas County 1443 ET

BR GKB Winchester 1314. This son of BR Belle Air E133 ET was born Sept. 19, 2021, and was first named champion senior bull calf. 4 J Farms, Cabot, Ark., received the horned reserve champion bull banner with H Front Runner 1495 ET. The champion yearling bull was born Feb. 6, 2021, and was sired by H The Profit 8426 ET.

The polled champion bull was owned by Stellpflug Cattle Co. LLC, Glenrock, Wyo., with H WMS Thomas County 1443 ET, sired by EFBeef Resolute CEO. The Jan. 27, 2021, entry was first named champion yearling

bull. Wheeler Farm, Chickasha, Okla., was named polled reserve champion bull with WF Pit Boss 1214 ET. Sired by CH High Roller 756 ET, this champion senior bull calf was born Oct. 5, 2021.

Female show

Ella Weldon, Piedmont, Okla., and her junior yearling female, BK CMCC Jungle Cat 149J ET, were awarded the polled champion female title. This daughter of KLD EB Trump D58 was born Feb. 2, 2021. Sara Sullivan, Dunlap, Iowa, with BK CMCC Jungle Girl 147J ET, claimed

the polled reserve champion female title. The March 3, 2021, entry was sired by SR Dominate 308F ET and was first named champion spring yearling female.

Grady Creamer, Waxahachie, Texas, claimed the horned champion female title with GKB 8123 Brooklyn F071 1803, sired by BR Belle Air 8123. The Oct. 3, 2021, female was first awarded champion senior heifer calf honors. The horned reserve champion female went to Kynsleigh Krebs, Gordon, Neb., with JCS Marie Laveau 2441 ET. The Churchill High continued on page 56...

GKB 8123 Brooklyn F071 1803

Grand and horned champion senior heifer calf, Waxahachie, Texas, with an Oct. 3, 2021, daughter of BR Belle Air 8123.

JCS Marie Laveau 2441 ET

Reserve and horned champion junior heifer calf, Kynsleigh Krebs, Gordon, Neb., with a Feb. 28, 2022, daughter of Churchill High Noon 8339F ET.

BK CMCC Jungle Cat 149J ET

Grand and polled champion junior yearling female, Ella Weldon, Piedmont, Okla., with a Feb. 2, 2021, daughter of KLD EB Trump D58.

BK CMCC Jungle Girl 147J ET

Reserve and polled champion spring yearling female, Sara Sullivan, Dunlap, Iowa, with a March 3, 2021, daughter of SR Dominate 308F ET.

Noon 8339F ET daughter was born Feb. 28, 2022, and was first awarded champion junior heifer calf.

Other awards

GKB Cattle, Desdemona, Texas, was recognized as the horned premier exhibitor and horned premier breeder. The polled premier breeder was Buck Cattle Co., Madill, Okla. Schmitz Farms, Gainesville, Texas was named polled premier exhibitor and won get of sire with CH High Roller 756 ET progeny.

Winning the Hereford pen show was Mann Cattle Co., Lubbock, Texas. Reserve pen honors went to Robert Francis, Matador, Texas. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Huntsville, Texas, topped the Herefordinfluenced pen show, and Brainard Cattle, Pampa, Texas, took home reserve honors.

Editor’s Note: The EPDs published are reflective of the show date. Visit Hereford.org to view current EPDs.

Additional polled division results

Champion spring bull calf: Curry Herefords, McAlester, Okla., with CH Premier 233 ET by KLD RW Marksman D87 ET.

Reserve champion spring bull calf: Joe Weil, Irene, Texas; A A Cox Ranch, Corsicana, Texas; and Weil Cattle Co., Irene, Texas, with WCC 8459 Bell Ringer 229K by H Bell Ringer 8459 ET.

Champion junior bull calf: Moore Cattle Co., Madill, Okla., with BK CMCC Kool Profit K001ET by H The Profit 8426 ET.

Reserve champion junior bull calf: Barber Ranch, Channing, Texas, with BR Trending K016 ET by BR GKB Trending 0104.

Reserve champion senior bull calf: Buck Cattle Co., Madill, Okla., with BK Jet Smooth J18 ET by JDH AH Standout 16G ET.

Champion intermediate bull: Schmitz Farms, Gainsville, Texas, with High Gamble by CH High Roller 756 ET.

Reserve champion yearling bull: GKB Cattle, Desdemona, Texas, and T/R Cattle Co., Glencoe, Okla., with T/R GKB AC Red Kingdom J16 by T/R BPF AmericanClassic 561CET.

Champion senior bull: Jibben Polled Herefords, Fort Worth, Texas, and Stone Creek Cattle Co., Findlay, Ill., with STNY Leader 024 by R Leader 6964. Reserve champion senior bull: KH Herefords, Jacksboro, Texas, with KH Dametri 529H by CSF SHR Sound Asleep 42D ET.

Champion spring heifer calf: Kynlee Dailey, Kingston, Okla., with BK CMCC Kalamazoo 245K ET by H The Profit 8426 ET.

Additional horned division results

Champion spring bull calf: GKB Cattle, Desdemona, Texas, with GKB 8688 6011 Belleair K102 ET by BR Belle Air 6011.

Reserve champion spring bull calf: Allison Stephens, West Salem, Ill., with GB 249D Davis 109 336K by CRR 719 Catapult 109.

Champion junior bull calf: Hudson Carter, Stratford, Okla., with GHC BKMT Kicking Bird 51K ET by SR Dominate 308F ET.

Reserve champion junior bull calf: Skyler Starrett, Hobbs, N.M., with KCL Red Notice J06 by T/R BPF AmericanClassic 561CET.

Reserve champion senior bull calf: Buck Cattle Co., Madill, Okla., with BK VC J-Rod J22 ET by H The Profit 8426 ET.

Champion intermediate bull: Austin Breeding, Miami, Texas, with B&C Mighty Option 1217J by B&C Stock Option 6026D ET.

Reserve champion yearling bull: Chad Breeding, Miami, Texas, with B&C El Sensation 1207J by B&C El Jefe 7086E.

Champion spring heifer calf: GKB Cattle, and Curry Herefords, McAlester, Okla., with CH Ms Thank You 235 ET by CH High Roller 756 ET.

Reserve champion spring heifer calf: Copeland & Sons LLC, Nara Visa, N.M., with JCS Katie 2445 ET by CHEZ/PUGH/HARA Logic 8815F ET.

Reserve champion spring heifer calf: GSCC Marilyn K13 ET by T/R BPF AmericanClassic 561CET.

Champion junior heifer calf:

Churchill Lady 2286K ET by KCF Bennett Resolve G595.

Reserve champion junior heifer calf: with DJF Melania 1K ET by CRR 109 On Point 559 ET.

Champion senior heifer calf: Kynlee Dailey, with JFR Jackpot Lotto 1051ET by CH High Roller 756 ET.

Reserve champion senior heifer calf: Madeline Braman, Refugio, Texas, with MC Jo Mama Think’s Im Good by H Montgomery 7437 ET.

Champion intermediate female: Maddie O’Leary, Weatherford, Texas, with HAW Shivers 802J by KLD RW Marksman D87 ET.

Reserve champion intermediate female: Maddie Smith, Athens, Texas, with MSCC Janice 5J 8302 ET by HFR JCG Augustus 286W 1818 ET.

Reserve champion spring yearling female: Landry Kirkpatrick, Poolville, Texas, with BK Jazzy Vicky 173J ET by SR Dominate 308F ET. Reserve champion junior yearling female: Holli and Noah Perry, Fort Gibson, Okla., with WSCC Breathless 96J ET by T/R BPF AmericanClassic 561CET.

Champion senior yearling female: Texas A&M Univ-Commerce, Commerce, Texas, with TAMU-C 2296 3035 Brie H102 ET by UPS Sensation 2296 ET.

Reserve champion junior heifer calf: Madelyn Thompson, Amity, Mo., with KLL T/R 111F Candy 10K ET by KLD RW Marksman D87 ET.

Reserve champion senior heifer calf: Jettie Funderburgh, Stephenville, Texas, with Purple Eleanor 125J by Purple RGR Moonshine 104E.

Champion intermediate female: Brayley Carr, Alba, Texas, with BART PSC SCC Rosebud 1025 ET by CH High Roller 756 ET.

Champion spring yearling female: John Dauer, Panhandle, Texas, with JPD 826 Emmylou 53121 by Langfords 9406.

Reserve champion spring yearling female: W4 Ranch, Morgan, Texas, with W4 8130 Miss Colleen 109J ET by EXR Bankroll 8130 ET.

Champion junior yearling female: John Dauer, with JPD Chile Pepper 6026D 139 ET by B&C Stock Option 6026D ET.

Reserve champion junior yearling female: Hayes Devine, Chickasha, Okla., with HAWK Remy 4J ET by K Rustic 711 ET.

Champion senior yearling female: Maddie Smith, Athens, Texas, with MSCC Hazel 909H by HFR JCG Augustus 286W 1818 ET.

Reserve champion senior yearling female: Shelby and Bailey Pearl, DuQuoin, Ill., with BP SP EF 88X Henrietta 45H ET by NJW 98S R117 Ribeye 88X ET.

The FWSS Hereford honorees were Chastain Cattle Co., Mineral Wells, Texas, and Joey Skrivanek, Caldwell, Texas. Pictured (l to r) are Jack Chastain of Chastain Cattle Co. and Joey Skrivanek.

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Tighten the Calving Window

Steps to improved reproduction.

by Todd R. Bilby

There is nothing more satisfying to a cattle producer than a pasture full of cows, all with uniformly-sized calves by their sides. But a consistent calf crop is not just eye-appealing; it also leads to economic advantages at weaning time and beyond.

One secret to achieving uniform calves is maximizing the number of pregnancies early in the breeding season. Producers can gain profit potential by striving for tighter calving windows. The key to success is getting most of your cows and heifers bred early in the breeding period.

Advantages of earlier calving Research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) found key performance advantages for calves born during the first three weeks of the calving season. Calves born earlier not only have heavier weaning weights and more value at market time, but earlier-born heifers also have higher reproductive performance when they reach breeding age.1

UNL researchers studied calving records over 10 years from the Gudmundsen Sandhills Laboratory in Whitman, Neb. Records analyses found these advantages for calves born during the first 21-day period, compared with calves born later:

• Calves born in the first 21 days were 75 pounds heavier at weaning compared to calves born in the last 21 days of the calving season.

• Earlier-born steer calves had heavier carcass weights, higher marbling scores and more positive yield grades at harvest, resulting in more overall carcass value.

• As mature cows, heifers born earlier weaned heavier calves and had greater longevity in the herd.

Achieving a tighter calving window with bull breeding

Estrus synchronization is a useful tool for producers looking to calve earlier, tighten calving windows and produce higher-value calves with more consistency. Although many cattle producers connect estrus synchronization with AI breeding, research demonstrates the benefits of using synchronization programs with natural service breeding as well.

In a second study at UNL, researchers compared calves born during non-synchronized, 60-day breeding seasons with calves born during a shorter, 45-day calving season achieved by using estrus synchronization. To synchronize estrus, cows received a single injection of prostaglandin administered 108 hours after mixed-age bulls were turned in. Control cows were not synchronized.2

Results showed that estrus synchronization with prostaglandin increased the number of cows giving birth early in the calving season. Here are key research findings:

• Significantly more synchronized cows (73%) calved during the first 21 days, compared with unsynchronized cows (61%).

• Calves born to synchronized dams were 20 pounds heavier at weaning.

• Compared to calves born later, calves born in the first three weeks of the calving season recorded increased carcass performance with heavier carcass weights, higher marbling scores and more positive yield grades. Overall, calves born to dams given prostaglandin were worth $77 more in carcass value.

Synchronization timing matters

When using estrus synchronization with natural service, the ideal time to give prostaglandin is four to five days after turnout with the bulls. That’s because the corpus luteum (CL) is more responsive to prostaglandin by days five and six of the 21-day estrus cycle. Cows that show heat in the first five days of their cycle will not respond to the prostaglandin, but bulls often catch these cows in heat, and a prostaglandin shot will do no harm.

1Funston RN, Musgrave JA, Meyer TL, Larson DM. Effect of calving distribution on beef cattle progeny performance. J. Ani. Sci. 2012;90:5118-5121.

2Larson DM, Musgrave JA, Funston RN. Estrus synchronization increases early calving frequency, which enhances steer progeny value. Nebraska Beef Report. 2010;14-16.

To achieve the best response from prostaglandin, cattle must be cycling at the time of the shot. By giving prostaglandin at day five after turnout, 75% of cycling cows will likely respond and be bred by the bull in the following two to five days. The best approach is to run all cows through the chute to administer prostaglandin at day five.

Due to labor or facility limitations, this protocol may not be practical on every cow-calf operation. In such situations, an alternative is giving one shot of prostaglandin when you turn cows out with the bulls. This “plan B” protocol will induce more cows to show heats sooner and facilitate a tighter breeding window than breeding with no synchronization.

Management steps for reproductive success

Many management factors can impact the success of reproductive programs, with or without estrus synchronization programs. Keep these steps in mind as you plan for the breeding season.

• Vaccination —Work with your veterinarian to develop a vaccination program that protects heifers, cows and bulls against the reproductive diseases that are prevalent in your area. Implement yearly vaccinations against diseases such as bovine viral diarrhea (BVD), bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV), infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR), parainfluenza-3 virus (PI3), leptospirosis and vibrio. Vaccinations for cows and heifers should focus on optimizing conception and preventing embryo loss.

• Breeding soundness — To ensure your bulls are highly fertile, ask your veterinarian to conduct breeding soundness examinations within 60 days of the start of the breeding season. Early testing allows ample time to purchase replacement bulls if necessary.

• Stocking rate —Plan for an adequate number of bulls to ensure a short breeding window. The industryrecommended standard of 1:25 bull-to-female ratio is sufficient when using a onedose prostaglandin protocol for synchronization. More bull power may be needed if using younger, inexperienced bulls.

• Adequate nutrition — Heifers and cows need good body condition to conceive and carry a calf successfully. Provide good nutrition, including mineral supplements, based on your nutritionist’s recommendations.

• Parasite management — It’s ideal to deworm animals after they come off pasture in the fall. Keeping pregnant animals free from internal parasites during the winter helps them maintain body condition and maximize nutrients for fetal development. Administer a dewormer again in the spring, and consider a fecal egg count reduction test to measure effectiveness of parasite control.

• Accurate recordkeeping — Keeping accurate records can help you measure reproductive success, evaluate the value of your management tools and help you make culling decisions based on cow fertility. Examples of reproductive goals include:

• Greater than 90% of females in heat during the first 21 days of the breeding season.

• Seventy percent conceive on first breeding.

• Less than 5% difficulty calving.

• More than 90% of bred cows successfully wean a calf. Investing time and resources to tighten the calving window is beneficial, regardless of the size of operation or the breed of cows. Consult your veterinarian for assistance in developing a successful breeding program that fits your needs. Another useful resource is the Beef Reproduction Task Force website at BeefRepro.org.

Editor’s note: Todd R. Bilby, Ph.D. is director of dairy technical services, Merck Animal Health. Copyright © 2023 Merck & Co. Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, and its affiliates.

Estrus synchronization is a useful tool for producers looking to calve earlier, tighten calving windows and produce highervalue calves with more consistency.

— Todd R. Bilby, Merck Animal Health

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Clean Matters

Proper syringe and needle care protects animals and product effectiveness.

by Heather Smith Thomas

Clean needles and syringes are crucial, and proper

to ensure no contaminants enter an animal when it receives an injection for any purpose, like vaccinations, treatment with antibiotics or vitamin supplementation.

Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) guidelines include the use of clean syringes and needles for any type of injection to minimize the risk of contamination or infection at the injection site. Sterile, disposable syringes and needles used just once on one animal are the safest to avoid contamination (and prevent transfer of bloodborne diseases). However, many producers process multiple animals at once and use multi-dose syringes. If care is taken when filling them (using a sterile needle each time you draw the product from the bottle), and needles on the syringes are changed every time you refill, contamination is kept to a minimum.

It is also important to properly clean any syringes after use if they will be used again. Syringes used for vaccinating cattle or administering injectable drugs, such as antibiotics, should always be clean before filling them. Make a habit of thoroughly cleaning them after each use and store them in a clean, dry place, so they are ready to go for next time.

Immediate and thorough

The sooner you can rinse the

In years past, with glass syringes, people took them apart and boiled

“Don’t leave syringes sitting on the counter for a week, or until next year, and then try to clean them. The sooner you can get them clean, the better — even if it’s just a quick rinse and then cleaned more thoroughly later that day when you have more time. Leaving residue in them to dry and solidify makes it more challenging the next time you clean them.”

It is important to avoid using disinfectants because residue from them can deactivate modified live vaccines, Endecott says. “My tip for cleaning a syringe is to clean it until you think it’s clean, and then do it one more time like that last rinse when washing dirty clothes.”

Here’s a multi-dose syringe cleaning kit: distilled water for rinsing, cooking spray to lubricate the O-ring, dish soap and resealable bags.

Nora Schrag, DVM

— assistant

clinical professor, Kansas State University College of

Veterinary Medicine — says repeat-dosing syringes (multi-dose syringe guns) are a bit more difficult to clean, but they always need to be cleaned.

“A good rule of thumb is to clean them with regular soap and hot water on the outside, and sometimes just hot water on the inside,” Schrag says. “If you’ve used a vaccine that’s very thick, take the syringe apart completely and clean it with soap and water, and then rinse thoroughly with clean water.

“You should use distilled water to rinse, so it won’t leave any deposits or residue from the water. Many people have hard water (with minerals in it) and MLV vaccines are very sensitive to mineral deposits and disinfectants. The minerals in hard water will mix with the components of the vaccine sometimes and cause some problems. You also don’t want to clean a syringe with disinfectant and then use it for a MLV vaccine, or the vaccine will be deactivated. You just need the syringe to be clean. You can use soap and water, and then rinse it with distilled water.

“The final step is to boil some distilled water or heat it in a microwave for two minutes to get it boiling. Put the recently cleaned syringe back together. Then suck up the boiling water and blow it out the end of the syringe, three times. After you’ve done that, the syringe is not perfectly sterile (not like it would be in an autoclave), but it is very clean and safe to use to vaccinate cattle.”

After syringes are thoroughly rinsed with boiling water, Schrag and her crew put them in Ziploc® bags to store in a cabinet so they won’t get dusty.

“Don’t tighten the Ziploc or it will seal dampness inside,” Schrag says. “Leave it open enough to dry out. After a day or so when it’s all dry, seal it up. Then we can put that syringe in our treatment box or wherever we will be using it next or storing it until the next use. Then when we pull it out, it’s clean and ready to go.”

Sometimes syringe plungers need to be lubricated after many uses. “We’ve gone away from using mineral oil for lubrication because mineral oil tends to break down the O-rings over time,” Endecott says. “Glycerin or vegetable oil are the most recommended lubricants, these days.”

Even though you think it’s clean because that’s all you use it for, she says it still needs to be rinsed, just like your syringes, after you are done working cattle.

“If you have more than one type of vaccine you are mixing up during a day, it’s a good idea to have a separate transfer needle for each type,” Endecott adds. “After use, a person can simply rinse and boil these needles.”

Years ago, many people rinsed and boiled used needles, especially ones used only for the occasional antibiotic injection. Today, however, disposable needles are cheap, and it’s better to simply use a new needle, especially for vaccinating.

The final step is to boil some distilled water or heat it in a microwave for two minutes to get it boiling. Put the recently cleaned syringe back together. Then suck up the boiling water and blow it out the end of the syringe, three times …

— Nora Schrag, DVM, Kansas State University

Needle care

Most needles should not be reused. The exception might be “transfer” needles for rehydrating MLV vaccines.

“Some vaccines come with disposable plastic ones, but if you have a metal one that you always use for transferring the sterile solution into the vaccine vial, don’t forget to clean it after use,” Endecott says. “It has residue in it, and over time some dry residue buildup means it won’t flow as well.”

“If you have a non-disposable needle that you’ve used for treating one animal and plan to keep it on hand for later, rinse it immediately after use, especially if you’ve injected an antibiotic that is thick and viscous. Otherwise, that material will solidify in the needle,” Endecott says. She advises rinsing it thoroughly and then boiling it before the next use.

Editor’s Note: Heather Smith Thomas and her husband, Lynn, have ranched near Salmon, Idaho, for more than four decades. She also writes cattle articles that appear in numerous U.S. and Canadian cattle publications, including Hereford World. She is the author of numerous books, including “The Cattle Health Handbook.”

Success Breeds Success

BLUE RIBBON FARMS

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MISSOURI BREEDERS

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Rusty, cell 317-840-7811

Marijane, cell 317-341-3846

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The Chosen One

How a single cow and the Hereford breed continue to impact the world.

by Will Fiske

L1 Dominette 01449 (L1 Dominette) was born April 14, 2001. She was a product of the Line 1 (L1) Hereford cattle breeding program at the Livestock and Range Research Station at Miles City, Mont. USDA animal scientists first developed L1 Herefords in 1934 as part of a strategic effort to introduce successful linebreeding to beef cattle production systems. Recognized as being at the forefront of beef cattle breeding research, the Line 1 Hereford population’s contribution to procedures for performance testing is historic. Data from Line 1 was fundamental in developing the first estimates of heritability and genetic correlation for beef cattle.

As for L1 Dominette, approximately 70 years of disciplined and well-defined breeding resulted in her possessing a high level of inbreeding (30% inbreeding coefficient) and a 93% genetic relationship with her sire, L1 Domino 99375 (31% inbreeding coefficient). Such high inbreeding coefficients were nontraditional to the Hereford breed but a unique focus of the Line 1 breeding program. Over her productive life L1 Dominette reared five calves, but it wasn’t the genetic contribution to her progeny that established her as a matriarch of the Hereford breed. In fact, the impact of L1 Dominette and her genomic profile reach far beyond the American Hereford Association (AHA) registry.

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On April 24, 2009, nearly eight years after L1 Dominette was born, the field of animal genomics reached a significant milestone: the bovine genome was officially sequenced, as reported in the Journal of Science. And it was L1 Dominette 01449’s genome that was sequenced. From the New York Times to BBC News, this scientific achievement made headlines around the world — marking a major breakthrough for the scientific community.

The accomplishments from sequencing L1 Dominette’s DNA have fundamentally improved our understanding of cattle genetics. A tremendous amount of information has been discovered since mapping the bovine genome.

“Understanding the cattle genome and having the sequence will allow researchers to understand the genetic basis for disease in domestic cattle and could result in healthier production of meat and milk while reducing producers’ dependence on antibiotics,” United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack said in a statement.

Groundbreaking genomic research

At the time, the bovine genome was one of the largest animal genomes ever sequenced. Sequencing the bovine genome took a team of more than 300 researchers from 25 countries six years and $53 million of funding. L1 Dominette was selected as the reference animal for the project due to her increased genetic

uniformity which resulted from long-term linebreeding. This level of inbreeding minimized the amount of expected heterozygous haplotypes, making her DNA ‘simpler’ to interpret and the genome sequence easier to assemble.

Throughout the bovine genome project, substantial interest from animal agriculture groups immediately began to leverage preliminary research and the first draft of the bovine sequence into actionable tools and solutions. Parentage verification was an early goal for the application of the bovine reference genome, and by the mid-2000s cattle producers on the cutting edge were utilizing a parentage SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) panel in place of blood typing for a more robust means of parent verification. In 2009, the cost of SNP genotyping declined to the point it was half the price of microsatellite genotyping, which

Bickhart, D.M., et al. “Symposium Review: Advances in Sequencing Technology Herald a New Frontier in Cattle Genomics and GenomeEnabled Selection.” Journal of Dairy Science, vol. 103, no. 6, 2020, pp. 5278–5290., https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2019-17693.

MacNeil, M. D. “Invited Review: Research Contributions from Seventy-Five Years of Breeding Line 1 Hereford Cattle at Miles City, montana1,2.” Journal of Animal Science, vol. 87, no. 8, 2009, pp. 2489–2501., https://doi.org/10.2527/jas.2009-1909.

Rexroad, Caird, et al. “Genome to Phenome: Improving Animal Health, Production, and Well-Being – a New USDA Blueprint for Animal Genome Research 2018–2027.” Frontiers in Genetics, vol. 10, 2019, https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2019.00327.

promoted more academic efforts to identify the SNPs, which could characterize specific breeds and be correlated to the expression of polygenic traits of economic importance. This created an opportunity for cattle genomics consortia and cattle geneticists to work together to develop new methods and genomic products which promoted the adoption of high-throughput genotyping in the cattle industry. Most notably, this time of collaboration resulted in the Bovine HapMap consortium and the design of a new cattle SNP chip — the BovineSNP50. It’s important to note that the majority of the genotyping technology used to map the bovine genome was the result of technology developed to map the human genome, as part of the Human Genome Project.

Effects on agriculture

The accomplishments from sequencing L1 Dominette’s DNA have fundamentally improved our understanding of cattle genetics. A tremendous amount of information has been discovered since mapping the bovine genome. Millions of DNA markers have been identified to enhance selection decisions and ultimately the management decisions of individual animals, herds and livestock populations. Human health has also benefited from the sequencing of the bovine genome.

“By comparing the human genome to the genomes of many different species, such as the domestic cattle, we can gain a clearer view of how the human genome works in health and in disease,” said Dr. Raynard S. Kington. Dr. Kington served as the Acting Director for the National Institute of Health (NIH) when the bovine breakthrough was publicly published. The NIH’s National Human Genome Research Institute and the USDA were two of the primary funders for the bovine sequencing project.

It has been nearly 20 years since L1 Dominette’s DNA was

first sequenced and the groundbreaking research was made available to the world. Numerous livestock species have capitalized on the institutional knowledge gained from her DNA and the Bovine Genome Project.

Swine breeding companies actively use genome information to accelerate genetic improvement by 30% and address efforts to mitigate the costly effects of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome. Poultry breeding companies use genome information to accelerate genetic improvement in broilers and layers as well as identifying genetic lines that are more resilient to the negative effects of heat stress. Aquaculturebased breeding systems, which utilize genomic selection, have observed rapid genetic gain by

doubling the selection accuracy in a single generation for species such as rainbow trout.

Genomic technology will continue to evolve in its application to food animal production around the globe, ever improving the safety, security and efficiency of agricultural production systems.

Editor’s Note: Will Fiske is a technical service scientist for NEOGEN.

L1 Dominette 01449

Photo courtesy of USDA Agricultural Research Service Research Geneticist Michael D. MacNeil.

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ACT’s Playbook Five Steps for Families

Family operations should take steps to develop and coach the next generation of leaders.

Last month we discussed developing leadership, and I shared some stories from the amazing women I met at the Top Producer Summit in Nashville, Tenn. As I reflect on that event, there is one theme that keeps coming back to my mind — family.

While all six of the women had different jobs, backgrounds and hailed from different parts of the country, they all had one thing in common — family. They were managing successful businesses and their families. Many also worked side-by-side with their family on a daily basis.

How do you balance family and work when you work with your family? Is there a perfect formula to achieving this?

Five Steps to Develop the Next Generation

Step 1: Start with why.

Perhaps the “Five Steps to Develop the Next Generation” applies to families too.

Bringing family into the fold Going back to Susan Weaver Ford’s remarks during the Executive Women in Agriculture (EWA) panel, she says, “I was never forced into farming. I just loved it from a young age, and I saw it as quality time spent with my dad, so it was easy for me. Now that I have my own kids, I never want to make them do anything they don’t want to do. I can already see the passion they have for farming at young ages, so again, it’s really easy.”

in showing livestock. Thrilled to hear her daughter wanted to show cattle, Dobbs wondered how she would juggle her heavy workload on top of teaching her daughter the ins and outs of the showring. Starting with boundaries, she decided they weren’t going all-in from the get-go. “Let’s start small, and if we can do this one thing really well, we can move up from there,” she says.

Be clear about your “why.” Then, it’s much easier to outline a vision and strategy that includes a set of goals for this process.

Step 2: Take inventory.

As we see leadership and management transition to younger generations, pure passion for farming helps mold quality leaders. The eagerness to get out in the field or submerge oneself into new technology makes those five steps to coach and develop your next generation a breeze, and it may look a little different when it comes to working with family.

Create your human asset state-of-the-state. How can employees become better prepared to lead? How much time is spent identifying critical topics for knowledge transfer and taking action?

Step 3: Cultivate culture.

The idea of coaching — beyond the sports field — is fairly unfamiliar to most people in agriculture. But it can’t be the case any longer.

Step 4: Build influence.

The overall theme is about building a powerhouse professional network. Consider training, education, peer groups and advisory boards, to gain experience, and develop advocacy and communications skills.

Step 5: Develop accountability.

No successful process is ever complete without implementation, and remember it’s a joint effort. Build accountability systems (like performance metrics and personnel reviews).

Indiana farm girl turned lawyer Polly Dobbs served on the second panel of women. While still practicing agricultural law, Dobbs and her family decided to move back to the farm. In juggling these responsibilities, she says, “It’s important to set boundaries, pick one job at a time and do it really well.”

While passion for farming can create your next generation of leaders, boundaries are extremely important when those future leaders are your children and close family. Dobbs shared a story about her daughter exhibiting interest

Hearing how Dobbs’ daughter focused on one thing and achieved her goal translates to preparing your future leaders at the farm. When it comes to family, boundaries are important. Setting those are incredibly different, but as you’ve heard me say in this column before, when young leaders return to the farm, it is the perfect time to implement boundaries. Along with boundary setting, start small and give the young leader one essential role. This responsibility — and all that comes with it — helps develop that future leader’s work style, attitude and drive. It is like a tryout, if you will.

Creating culture for the future

Thinking about the five steps to develop and coach your next generation, when it’s your family, it’s always easier said than done. Once you have your boundaries set, make the effort to learn how to stick with them. You’re not just passing down a farm legacy; you’re molding your culture and expectations to be passed down for generations. As you mold this culture, your future leaders know they have a strong foundation to lean on; you become their influence. Before your eyes, you see your new leader being accountable not only for themselves but also for the next generation.

Sarah Beth Aubrey is an entrepreneur and founder of Aubrey Coaching and Training (ACT). She can be reached at sarah@sarahbethaubrey.com.

| by Sarah Beth Aubrey

EAST SIDE FARM & GUESTS

6TH ANNUAL PRODUCTION SALE LABOR DAY – SEPT. 4, 2023

George, Tammy, William and Andy Ward 3404 Shady Grove Rd. Providence, NC 27315

336-388-2177

Cell 434-251-3637 gwwardjr@centurylink.net

Jay and Shelly Stull • 301-898-8552 10718-A Liberty Rd., Frederick, MD 21701

Matt Bauerlein, Herd Manager • 410-215-5008 eastsidehereford@comcast.net

Dan Snyder, cell 240-447-4600

Seth Snyder, cell 240-405-6049

654 Cold Spring Rd. Gettysburg, PA 17325-7335 717-642-9199

herefordcattle@stoneridgemanor.com www.stoneridgemanor.com

Bob Schaffer, Owner-manager 3320 Deer Track Rd. Spotsylvania, VA 22551 540-582-9234 bob@deertrackfarm.com www.deertrackfarm.com

Bob and Pam Rhyne 3700 Peach Orchard Rd. Charlotte, NC 28215

Bob’s cell 704-614-0826

Kim, Alexis and Courtney Eudy 10945 Hickory Ridge Rd. Harrisburg, NC 28075

Kim’s cell 704-589-7775

FOUNTAIN

The Bachtel Family Westminster, MD Randy 443-340-4418 rbachtel@bprsurveying.com

Brooks 443-340-4419 brobachtel@hotmail.com

The Baldwins 2 Church View Rd. Millersville, MD 21108

Bill 443-871-0573

Tara 443-871-0520

Lindsey 443-306-3218 webald@aol.com

KNOLL CREST FARM

“Serving the beef industry since 1944” P.O. Box 117 Red House, VA 23963 Office 434-376-3567

Paul S. Bennett 434-941-8245

Jim G. Bennett 434-664-7935

Brian R Bennett 434-664-8309

Dalton G. Bennett 434-664-7946

Scott R. Bennett 434-660-7268 knollcrest@knollcrestfarm.com

248 River Bend Ln. Smithville, WV 26178

Derek Haught 304–477–3818 — Home 304–299 –9170 — Cell

Annual Sales: Female Sale: Oct. 2023

Bull Sale: Feb. 20, 2023

Slaytons’ Hereford and Angus Performance Seedstock

J. Paul and Bette Slayton 2272 Dibert Rd., Bedford, PA 15522 814-623-0772

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David cell 765-366-0295

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90-Day Bred Recips

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Stephen L. Ferguson

225 N. Washington Bloomington, IN 47402

Abe Redden 662-352-4290

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Lee, Cindy and Matthew Elzemeyer

2538 State Rd. 122 Richmond, IN 47374 765-969-2243

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Plymouth, IN

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Jim Haug

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FARMS

Bruce, Shoshanna, Blake, Ashley, Jordan and Brian 4072 E. 500 S. Waldron, IN 46182

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Jon Ray

75 Salem Ridge Rd. Brooksville, KY 41004

606-782-1737

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Bobby and Brenda Wells

439 Flatwoods Frozen Camp Rd. Corbin, KY 40701

606-344-0417 cell wells_farm@yahoo.com

Kevin, Angela, Kenlea and Kyler Murray

606-682-8143 cell

129 Banks Rd. Bradyville, TN 37026

615-765-5359

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David cell 615-464-7008

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565 Candy Meadow Farm Rd. Lexington, TN 38351

Rob Helms 731-968-9977

Randy or Steve Helms 731-968-2012

Heath Helms 731-614-3979

Fax 731-967-1445

Toby and Debby Dulworth 2492 S. Kirkman Rd. LaCenter, KY 42056

270-224-2993

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FORREST POLLED HEREFORDS

101-103 N. Main St. Saluda, SC 29138

Earl B. Forrest

864-445-2387

864-445-7080 Office

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Brad Forrest 864-445-7633

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Matthew Murphy 770-778-3367

3432 Red Bud Rd. N.E. Calhoun, GA 30701

Keene Murphy 770-355-2192

Jody Standley 919-291-4212

Kim Prestwood 828-320-7317

84 Austin Farm Lane

Clayton, NC 27520

Ben, Jane,

Clifford Noah and Shelby Wright

3459 KY Hwy. 1284 E. Cynthiana, KY 41031

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Danny Miller

4850 Caldwell Ridge Rd. Knifley, KY 42753

270-465-6984

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From the Field

New Arrival

Abby Spindle and Josh O’Connor announce the birth of their Blair Alice . Blair was born on Feb. 15, and weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces, and she was 19.5 inches long. Becky King-Spindle and husband, Tommy, are the proud grandparents and Bill King is the proud great-grandfather — all of Bill King Ranch, Moriarty, N.M.

In Passing

Maryln Sue Johnson, 84, Iowa Falls, Iowa, passed Feb. 17.

A special lady, Maryln passed away due to complications of cancer. She died peacefully at home surrounded by her family. Maryln was born Oct. 18, 1938, the daughter of Tom and Margaret (Schafer) Paswalk. She graduated with valedictorian honors from Owasa High School and enjoyed basketball and roller skating. On Sept. 1, 1957, Maryln was united in marriage to Allen Johnson at the Berlin Church. They started their life in Davenport, Iowa, and then Alden, Iowa, where she worked in the banking business in both locations. In 1968 they returned to her birthplace farm near Owasa, Iowa, and began their farming operation, which grew into Johnson Ag Farms.

A wonderful cook, homemaker and entertainer, she loved all types of activities involving her kids and grandkids. In 1988, she started her own llama business and three years later started the first 4-H llama program in the state of Iowa. She was a founding member of the Iowa Llama Association. Other counties and states would soon replicate her efforts. Maryln was a mentor to more than 450 kids spanning 32 years. She enjoyed helping to mold and watch as her young kids turned into

great adults. In 1998, she received the Governor’s Volunteer Award and in 2018 was inducted into the Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame. Maryln always looked forward to cattle and llama shows and sales and visiting with the attendees. Hereford cattle were very important to Maryln as she also served on the Iowa Hereford Auxiliary Board for 16 years as treasurer. Maryln was known for fitting some of the best tails at cattle shows!

Later on, she expressed her musical talent by playing organ with a group of friends from Cedar Falls, Iowa. Maryln and Allen were avid tennis players in their earlier years, playing in leagues in Iowa Falls and Eldora, Iowa, as well as their own courts with their great friends the Harms family. They also enjoyed many years of dancing with friends. Maryln and Allen spent the last 18 years of their marriage vacationing several times a year in Branson, Mo. Recently, she loved watching Caitlin Clark, Keegan and Kris Murray of the Iowa basketball teams, while enjoying a Dairy Queen Blizzard.

Maryln always put others’ needs before hers. Truly one of God’s angels here on Earth, a sweetheart of a woman passed away a few days after Valentine’s Day and now resides in Heaven.

Maryln is survived by her sons, Lynn Johnson and Kevin (Jennifer) Johnson of Iowa Falls; grandchildren, Colin (April) Johnson of Eldora, Dylan Johnson of Hubbard, Iowa, Kelsey (Joe) Patava of Ankeny, Iowa, and Luke (Kaitlin) Erbes of Waterloo, Iowa; great-grandchildren, Landen Johnson, and Dallas and Audra Patava; sister, Gayle Schmalz of Eldora; and many nieces, nephews and friends.

Maryln was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Allen, in 2017; brother, Bob Paswalk; and in-laws, Wilmer and Josephine Johnson.

Leonard Leroy Lodoen, 85, Westhope, N.D., passed Feb. 16.

He was born in Westhope on March 17, 1937, the son of Clarence and Hazel Lodoen and the eldest of four children.

He attended Westhope High School and was a key member of the basketball team, which won the North Dakota Class “C” tournament in 1954. Upon graduation, he began a lifetime of farming and ranching north of Westhope, living on the same farm since 1960. He refereed the basketball games of — and later married — Bette Henry on Oct. 22, 1959. They were married for 46 years until her death in 2006.

They shared many interests including their love of the rural life and history — having co-authored “This Land of Mine,” a history of the local community and its homesteaders. They have four children: Jim, Toni, Penny and Matt. Leonard was supportive of his children, assisted them in pursuit of their many dreams and endeavors, and was proud of his grandchildren’s accomplishments whether in showing cattle, farming, sports, music or academics.

Leonard married Maysil Malard, a diabetes nurse educator and widowed farm wife, on June 27, 2015. Leonard spent the last three and a half years of his life in the Bismarck Health and Rehab Center where he enjoyed the daily visits by his loving and dedicated wife, Maysil, who lived a mile away.

Leonard liked farming but loved his cattle. His first experience showing cattle was in seventh grade when his steer earned him a white ribbon — last in the class — at the Bottineau County Achievement days. He was determined to do better. The next year, his steer was first in the red-ribbon group, and then he showed the grand champion the next three years in a row. From this start, he and his brother, Myron, and their families, developed a nationally recognized herd of Hereford cattle and then a nationally recognized herd of Red Angus cattle under the name of L83 Ranch. He exhibited cattle at all the major

Leonard Lodoen

Maryln Johnson

Blair Alice O’Connor

national shows, resulting in many champions. He developed a reputation among cattlemen of both breeds as a student of bloodlines, genetics and performance criteria. Cattlemen, young and old, sought his advice.

He was recognized as the Seedstock Producer of the Year by the Beef Improvement Federation, Agriculturalist of the Year by the North Dakota State University Saddle (NDSU) and Sirloin Club, and along with his wife, Bette, recognized as Golden Age honorees by the Bottineau County Crop Improvement Association. He and Bette were honorary Westhope FFA Chapter Farmers, and he received the NDSU Outstanding Agriculturalist Award for Bottineau County.

He was also called upon to serve in many capacities including as a Director and President of the American Hereford Association (AHA), being appointed by the governor to serve on the North Dakota Board of Animal Health, and locally serving on the Westhope School Board, Bottineau County School Reorganization Board, president of the Westhope Rural Fire Department, director of the Farmers Union Grain Elevator, director and president of the Bottineau County Fair Board, elder of the First Presbyterian Church, and as a leader for the B&W Livestock and Antler Farm Boys 4-H clubs. He also brought the motion and arranged support to have the state fair officially located in Minot.

Leonard is survived by his wife, Maysil; his children Jim (Teresa) Lodoen, Toni (Myron) Broderick, Penny (Russ) Ballantyne, Matt Lodoen, and daughter-in-law Jennie Lodoen; 15 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; his brother Mylon; sisters-in-law, Patty Lodoen and Wanda Henry; and Maysil’s children, Kim (Doug) Rausch, Lowell (Shannon) Malard and Wendy (John) Wellmann, and their respective children.

Hereford Happenings

Delaney inducted into Minnesota Livestock Hall of Fame

Jerry Delaney, Delaney Herefords Inc., Lake Benton, Minn., was inducted into the Minnesota Livestock Breeders Hall of Fame on March 9 during the Minnesota Livestock Breeders’ Association meeting in St. Paul, Minn.

“Jerry’s unparalleled commitment to the cattle industry in the state of Minnesota and across the country makes him a perfect choice for this recognition,” Jack Ward, AHA executive vice president, says.

Delaney Herefords Inc., began in 1936, when Jerry’s father, Jack, purchased his first Hereford heifer as a 4-H project. In 1969, Jack and his wife, Dorothy, established the Hereford cattle operation now known as, Delaney Herefords Inc., which has spanned three generations. Today, Jerry and Shelly Delaney run the operation with their youngest son, Nick, and his wife, Holly. Their herd consists of 180 cows and 80 replacement heifers, and their stock is constantly improved through embryo transfer, AI, genomic testing and AHA Whole Herd Total Performance Records (TPR™). Delaney Herefords Inc. has been recognized as a Gold TPR breeder for their commitment to performance testing.

The Delaneys sell their top-end heifer calves each October, and bulls and bred females at the end of January. Although the weather for their “Bulls & Breds Sale” can be unpredictable, the sale is a success with many highly sought-after offerings bringing top dollars and landing in prestigious Hereford herds nationwide.

Offspring from these sires perform well for commercial cattlemen and showmen alike.

Jerry and Shelly have five grown children, who along with their spouses all play integral roles in the family business. Currently, the fifth generation consists of eight grandchildren, who are starting to get involved with the National Junior Hereford Association (NJHA) and the Minnesota Junior Hereford Breeders.

Iowa Hereford Hall of Fame inductees

Mike Dierenfeld of Northwood, Iowa, and David Trowbridge of Tabor, Iowa, are the newest members of the Iowa Hereford Hall of Fame. They were inducted at a ceremony during the Iowa Hereford Breeders Association (IHBA) banquet at the Iowa Beef Expo.

The Iowa Hereford Hall of Fame honors people who have had a significant impact on the breed in the state.

Mike Dierenfeld

It’s appropriate that Mike was inducted into the Iowa Hereford Hall of Fame on the eve of the Iowa Hereford Breeders Association’s (IHBA) annual sale at the Iowa Beef Expo while he is president of the sponsoring Iowa Beef Breeds Council (IBBC). In 1987, he and his wife, Joan, brought their first consignment to the Beef Expo — and they have consigned in all but two of the years since then.

Mike followed in his father’s footsteps by getting his DVM from Iowa State University in 1979 and his master’s in 1998. He practiced in southwest Minnesota for five years, before moving to Northwood in 1984 to start his own practice.

MDF Polled Herefords started in the fall of 1985, as the foundation for a 4-H project for his daughter, Ashley. Over the last nearly 40 years, the herd has grown significantly. They calved 88 cows and heifers in 2022, but this year that number will be a little over 60. Last year they sold 20 pairs to a young breeder in Maryville, Mo.

Leonard was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Bette; son-inlaw, Joel Joraanstad; brother, Myron; nephew, Dusty Lodoen; infant sister, Linda Lou; brothers-in-law, Bob Henry and Clyde Kersten; and sister-in-law, Robin Kersten. continued on page 78...

Delaney Herefords Inc. has been a longtime supporter of the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colo., and their cattle were found in Pen #1531 from the 1970s through 2019. Today, the JDH prefix is displayed at the Cattlemen’s Congress in Oklahoma City. Jerry’s love and dedication for exhibiting high-quality cattle at national shows remain. Two recognizable and widely used examples of the Delaney Hereford herd include AH JDH Cracker Jack 26U and JDH Victor 719T 33Z ET.

Over the years, Mike infused his herd with several prominent Canadian bloodlines, including Remitall and Medonte Highlands. Mike’s pursuit of great cattle didn’t stop there. A licensed pilot, he’s flown himself to sales in Canada, Oklahoma, Wyoming, Montana, Kansas, Minnesota and Illinois.

Mike’s dedication to the breed and the industry is evident in the many roles and responsibilities he has fulfilled over the years. He served two terms on the IHBA board of directors, from 2003-2009. During his tenure, he urged the association to start its own website, became its first administrator and pushed for cattle screening for the Expo sale. For more than 15 years, he and Russ Stickley alternated as the IHBA’s official vet for the sale.

In 2005, Mike became one of the IHBA’s representatives to the IBBC, where he spent three years as secretary, 10 years as treasurer and one year as vice president. He is now in his third year as IBBC president.

“Herefords have been good to me,” Mike says, crediting Joan and daughters Ashley and Allyson with keeping the operation running smoothly. Both girls were active in the Iowa Junior Association and showed at the Junior National Hereford Expo. Both daughters are married and have families of their own. All four grandkids have shown bucket calves at the Worth County Fair and the oldest granddaughter is now old enough to join 4-H and show cattle.

David Trowbridge

David’s passion for Hereford cattle started with 4-H in 1964 when a Hereford heifer was given to him by his great-uncle. By the time he started college at the University of NebraskaLincoln, he had a small herd of registered cows.

After college and marrying Mary, he started a career managing Gregory Feedlots Inc. (GFL) in 1977. He grew the reputation of the custom cattle feeding operation into a nationwide cattle-feeding industry leader. He has spoken at cattlemen’s organizations in dozens of states across the nation and has given feedlot tours to groups of people from across the country and around the world.

He worked with Certified Angus Beef in building the brand. GFL received the Feedlot Partner of the Year in 2002 and the Progressive Partner of the Year in 2011. David received the Quality Control Officer of the Year in 2005. Scores of articles have been written over the years about GFL’s data management for the improvement of the cattle industry and their leadership in the cattle industry.

In the late 1990s, David and Mike England started a Hereford herd, Beef Resources Partnership (BRP), to raise high-grading genetics for David’s customers at GFL. This started his involvement in Hereford organizations. He served on the Iowa Hereford Breeders Association board as a director from 2011 to 2014 and as president in 2015. John

Hardy and David were instrumental in reestablishing the Hereford breed’s participation in the Governor’s Charity Steer Show.

He was elected to the AHA Board in 2011. David served as chairman of the Certified Hereford Beef® (CHB) board in 2015 and still serves as a director on the board today. He and Jerry Huth were responsible for starting the NJHA Fed Steer Shootout, which has grown into a dynamic educational program for Hereford youth. In recognition of their efforts for the Fed Steer Shootout and CHB programs, GFL was the recipient of the Friend of the IHBA award in August 2018.

David’s involvement in beef industry organizations at the state and national level grew over the years. He served as a director, a regional vice president, president-elect and finally as president of the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association in 2018-19. David currently serves on the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Animal Welfare Advisory Group and as a director on the Iowa Cattlemen’s Foundation board.

David and his wife of 46 years, Mary, live in Tabor, Iowa, where they raised their five children and are enjoying their eight grandchildren. The couple has focused on 4-H youth for many years. They created the Trowbridge Class at the Mills County Fair, using their Hereford calves for children that could not have cattle at their homes. More than 100 families have participated over the last 12 years.

David Trowbridge of Tabor, Iowa, was inducted into the Iowa Hereford Hall of Fame. Pictured (l to r) are: Mary Trowbridge, David Trowbridge and IHBA president, Thad Espenscheid.

Mike Dierenfeld of Northwood, Iowa, was inducted into the Iowa Hereford Hall of Fame. Pictured (l to r) are: Joan Dierenfeld, Mike Dierenfeld and IHBA president, Thad Espenscheid.

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Jeff, Lou Ellen and Keayla Harr 334 Twp. Rd. 1922 Jeromesville, OH 44840 Cell 419-685-0549 jlcattleserv@aol.com

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Jeff Jordan 740-704-4807 cell

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Tom, Angie, Tucker, Tanner and Tripp Ostgaard 7602 Pleasant Chapel Rd. Newark, Ohio 937-475-9625

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Sales Digest

Black Hills Stock Show

Rapid City, S.D. | Feb. 1

Auctioneer: Lynn Weishaar

Reported by: Kevin Murnin

Lots Gross Average

27 bulls $112,750 $4,176

15 females $42,250 $2,817

42 total $155,000 $3,690

TOP BULL LOTS

$11,500 — MC Miles 190

DOB 3/28/2021, by JDH AH Miles Ahead 35F

ET, consigned by Muller Cattle, Davis, sold to Rich Kaup, Hoven.

$7,500 — K Justified 142 ET

DOB 1/20/2021, by Churchill High Noon 8339F

ET, consigned by Krebs Cattle Co., Gordon, Neb., sold to Robert Larsen, Verdigree, Neb.

$6,000 — Ernst Fresh Prince 247

DOB 3/1/2022, by Bar Star Fresh Prince 018 ET, consigned by Ernst Herefords, Windsor, Colo., sold to Douthit Herefords, Saint Francis, Kan.

$5,500 — HPH 537G Kickin Country 171K

DOB 3/21/2022, by TH Big Country 537G ET, consigned by Hanson’s Polled Herefords, Conde, sold to Topp Herefords, Grace City, N.D.

TOP FEMALE LOT

$6,000 — LW 808 Montana 23K

DOB 2/11/2022, by Churchill Majestic 903G ET, consigned by Wirth Herefords, New Richmond, Wis., sold to 3R Cattle Co. LLC, Winner.

Ridder Hereford Ranch

Callaway, Neb. | Feb. 2

Auctioneer: Joel Birdwell

Reported by: Joe Rickabaugh Lots

TOP BULL LOTS

$13,500 — R D 236F North Star J92

DOB 4/14/2021, by LBH 6103 Advance 236F, sold to Knippling Bros., South Dakota.

$13,500 — R 7143 North Star 36K

DOB 3/6/2022, by HH Advance 7143E ET, sold to Hild.

$12,500 — R 36F North Star J37

DOB 3/7/2021, by LBH 6103 Advance 236F, sold to Johnson.

$12,500 — R 9102 North Star J53

DOB 3/16/2021, by BCC L1 Advanced 9102G ET, sold to Johnson.

$11,000 — R 87G North Star 21K

DOB 3/2/2022, by RUT 66C Red Classic Lad 87G, sold to Knippling Bros.

$10,000 — R 9102 North Star J93

DOB 4/14/2021, by BCC L1 Advanced 9102G ET, sold to McTygue.

$9,000 — R 236F North Star 31K

DOB 3/4/2022, by LBH 6103 Advance 236F, sold to Holm.

$8,000 — R 623 North Star J116

DOB 10/1/2021, by KB L1 Domino 623D 1ET, sold to Paxton.

$7,750 — R 623 North Star J118

DOB 10/5/2021, by KB L1 Domino 623D 1ET, sold to Murray, Wyoming.

TOP FEMALE LOT

$4,000 — R Starlette 286

DOB 3/28/2022, by CL 1 Domino 0140H, sold to Engelhard, North Dakota.

Stroh Hereford Ranch

Killdeer, N.D. | Feb. 2

Auctioneer: Scott Weishaar

Reported by: Kevin Murnin

$7,250 — SHR Grand Slam 108

DOB 3/31/2021, by BR 69D Grand Slam 118G, sold to Kieson Ranch, Watford City.

$6,750 — SHR Baseline 102I

DOB 3/28/2021, by BR 69D Grand Slam 118G, sold to Larry Sorenson, Watford City.

$6,750 — SHR Hometown Boy 139

DOB 4/10/2021, by H5 10Y Hometown 6194, sold to Marc Fridley, Taylor.

$6,750 — SHR L1 Domino Shep 171

DOB 4/15/2021, by CL 1 Domino 432B, sold to Kieson Ranch.

$6,500 — SHR Ironsight 178

DOB 4/15/2021, by SR Scope 117E, sold to Springhill Ranch, Wibaux, Mont.

Baumgarten Cattle Co.

Belfield, N.D. | Feb. 3

Auctioneer: Roger Jacobs

Reported by: Kevin Murnin

TOP BULL LOTS

$19,000 — BCC Sunrise 243K ET

DOB 2/6/2022, by SHF Daybreak Y02 D287 ET, sold to ABS Global Inc., DeForest, Wis. (3/4 interest).

$22,000 — BCC Dominator 1124J

DOB 2/27/2021, by BCC Dominator 829F, sold to Bud and Wes Obrigewitch, Belfield.

$12,000 — BCC Domino 227K

DOB 1/24/2022, by CL 1 Domino 917G, sold to Carmichael Herefords, Meadow, S.D.

$9,500 — BCC Advance 1309J

DOB 9/8/2021, by HH Advance 8392F ET, sold to Quint Dahl, Wheatland.

TOP FEMALE LOT

$10,000 — BCC Lucy 1101J

DOB 2/23/2021, by Haroldson’s Upgrade T100 33D, sold to Kuelbs Cattle Co., Belfield.

Dvorak Herefords

Lake Andes, S.D. | Feb. 3

Auctioneer: Seth Weishaar

Reported by: Joe Rickabaugh

SALE SUMMARY (Sales reported in this summary occurred during the 2022-23 fiscal year.)

TOP BULL LOTS

$11,000 — DVOR 619G 933 Expedition 110J

DOB 2/18/2021, by SR Expedition 619G ET, sold to Walker Herefords, Morrison, Tenn.

$8,500 — DVOR 619G 934 Expedition 1154J

DOB 3/16/2021, by SR Expedition 619G ET, sold to Hula Herefords, Weston, Neb., and Nelson Herefords, Burwell, Neb.

$8,250 — DVOR 619G 8191 Expedition 160J

DOB 3/1/2021, by SR Expedition 619G ET, sold to Todd Pile, Stratford, Iowa.

$8,000 — DVOR 619G 9106 Expedition 117J

DOB 2/20/2021, by SR Expedition 619G ET, sold to Mark Guthmiller, Menno.

$8,000 — Roudy 21G 618D Prominent 199J

DOB 3/7/2021, by JDH AH Prominent 21G ET, sold to Greg and Mike Anderson, Menno.

$8,000 — DVOR 8114 744 Advance 1112J

DOB 3/9/2021, by HH Advance 8114F ET, sold to Dan Cimpi, Wagner.

$7,500 — DVOR 436F R551 Safekeeper 185J

DOB 3/6/2021, by Bar JZ Safekeeper 436F, sold to Dan Trobaugh, Hartington, Neb.

$7,500 — Roudy 27A 210 Hometown 120J ET

DOB 2/22/2021, by NJW 135U 10Y Hometown 27A, sold to Mark Kimball, Platte.

TOP FEMALE LOTS

$17,000 — Roudy 7850 210 Indigo 169J ET

DOB 3/3/2021, by UPS Mighty 7850 ET, sold to Landgren Ranch, Bartlett, Neb. (1/2 interest).

$9,500 — DVOR 619G 919 Dixie 1104J

DOB 3/8/2021, by SR Expedition 619G ET, sold to Landgren Ranch.

Elkington Ranch

Idaho Falls, Idaho | Feb. 3

Auctioneer: Butch Booker

Reported by: Colt Cunningham

Lots Gross Average

TOP BULL LOTS

$6,750 — EPHR Elker Pathfinder 465J

DOB 4/3/2021, by EPHR Pathefinder 4G 842B, sold to Byram Land & Livestock, Rigby.

$6,500 — EPHR Elker Path Finder 383J

DOB 3/25/2021, by EPHR Pathefinder 4G

842B, sold to Fayette Ranch, Pinedale, Wyo.

$6,500 — EPHR Elker Path 408JZ

DOB 4/15/2021, by EPHR Elker Pathfinder

999G, sold to Sipriano Ledezma, Denver, Colo.

$6,000 — EPHR Elker Pathfinder 272J

DOB 3/8/2021, by EPHR Elker Pathfinder 842

266B, sold to Bill Stovall.

JM Cattle Co.

Lawrenceburg, Tenn. | Feb. 4

Auctioneer: Dustin Layton

Reported by: Tommy Coley

SALE INDEX

TOP BULL LOTS

$3,750 — JM Endure 578 J087

DOB 9/6/2021, by NJW 79Z Z311 Endure 173D

ET, sold to Marty Ferguson, Iron City.

$3,750 — JM Natural Excede 746 J064

DOB 8/26/2021, by Mohican THM Excede Z426, sold to Kenneth Tyler, Union Grove, Ala.

$3,750 — JM Aire To Apollo 8052 J118

DOB 9/23/2021, by BR Belle Aire E126 ET, sold to Komp Bros. Farm, Paris, Ark.

$3,500 — JM Endure 3053 571 J092

DOB 9/12/2021, by NJW 79Z Z311 Endure 173D

ET, sold to Ground Zero Farms, Watts, Okla.

$3,500 — JM LM He Rules E126 9126 J119

DOB 9/23/2021, by BR Belle Air E126 ET, sold to Denny Pankratz, Hydro, Okla.

Klamath Cattlemen’s Assn.

Klamath Falls, Ore. | Feb. 4

Auctioneer: Eric Duarte

Reported by: Colt Cunningham

Lots Gross Average

11 bulls $38,346 $3,486

TOP BULL LOTS

$5,200 — JNS VX 63E Big Advance 1J

DOB 1/30/2021, by VX 1542 Advance 63E, consigned by Taylor De Jong, Lebanon, sold to Chase Ranch, Montague, Calif.

$3,750 — OO Advance Excell C310

DOB 2/10/2021, by CX 3022 Advance 1542, consigned by Mike Owen, Eugene, sold to Falk Land and Cattle, Halsey.

$3,700 — JRD 8320 Mighty 30J

DOB 11/10/2021, by PCC 6020 Mighty 8320, consigned by JRD Cattle Co. LLC, Klamath Falls, sold to Larry Quilici, Bonanza.

$3,600 — OO Advance Lights C342

DOB 4/2/2022, by CX 3022 Advance 1542, consigned by Mike Owen, sold to Bruce Tapley, Merrill.

$3,300 — JRD 6049 Seco 497J

DOB 1/21/2021, by PCC 457Y Hondo 6049 ET, JRD Cattle Co. LLC, sold to ME Cattle Co., Montague, Calif.

Messner Ranch

Slapout, Okla. | Feb. 4

Auctioneer: Tommy Barnes

Reported by: Cord Weinheimer

Lots Gross Average

57 bulls $200,000 $3,509

26 females $56,550 $2,175

83 total $256,550 $3,091

TOP BULL LOTS

$8,500 — M 7151 Domino 1341J

DOB 2/24/2021, by CL 1 Domino 7151E 1ET, sold to Bent and Brandy Barby, Laverne.

$6,250 — M 7103 Domino 1281J

DOB 2/15/2021, by CL 1 Domino 7103E 1ET, sold to Bent and Brandy Barby.

$5,000 — M 7103 Domino 214K

DOB 1/7/2022, by CL 1 Domino 7103E 1ET, sold to Bent and Brandy Barby.

Upstream Ranch

Taylor, Neb. | Feb. 4

Auctioneers: Seth Weishaar, Lynn Weishaar

Reported by: Joe Rickabaugh

Lots Gross Average

286 bulls $1,534,250 $5,344

43 females $276,500 $7,421

329 total $1,810,750 $5,504

TOP BULL LOTS

$23,000 — UPS Validated 1069 ET

DOB 4/28/2021, by EFBeef BR Validated B413.

$11,750 — UPS Endure 1177

DOB 5/4/2021, by NJW 79Z Z311 Endure 173D

ET, sold to Four B Farm LLC.

$11,500 — UPS Mandate 1052

DOB 4/27/2021, by /S Mandate 66589 ET, sold to Jaguar Tonniges.

$11,500 — UPS Mandate 1082

DOB 4/29/2021, by /S Mandate 66589 ET, sold to Star Bar Ranch.

$11,000 — UPS 7850 Mighty 111 ET

DOB 10/22/2021, by UPS Mighty 7850 ET, sold to Cane Creek Cattle Co. continued

$11,000 — UPS 7616 Sensation 1634

DOB 9/4/2021, by UPS 2504 Sensation 7616, sold to Mark Holling.

$10,000 — UPS 7850 Mighty 1676

DOB 9/7/2021, by UPS Mighty 7850 ET, sold to Ron Thomson.

TOP FEMALE LOTS

$45,000 — UPS Miss Validated 1137 ET

DOB 5/2/2021, by EFBeef BR Validated B413, sold to Ark Valley Hereford Farm (1/2 interest).

$34,000 — UPS Miss New York 1246

DOB 5/12/2021, by R New York 4259, sold to Ark Valley Hereford Farm (1/2 interest).

$22,000 — UPS Miss Mandate 1050

DOB 4/27/2021, by /S Mandate 66589 ET, sold to Chapman Land & Cattle.

$9,500 — UPS Miss Endure 1011 ET

DOB 4/14/2021, by NJW 79Z Z311 Endure 173D ET, sold to Prairie Meadow Herefords.

TOP PICK LOT

$33,000 — Pick of fall heifer calves

Sold to Cummins Ranch.

Pelton Polled Herefords

Haliday, N.D. | Feb. 6

Auctioneer: Tony Heins

Reported by: Kevin Murnin

TOP BULL LOTS

$7,750 — CKP Cash 2241

DOB 3/6/2022, by /S Cash 00127 ET, sold to Fred Kershisnik, Killdeer.

$6,500 — CKP Integrity 2255

DOB 3/8/2022, by TH Integrity 232H, sold to Mike Sonsalla, Marmarth.

$6,000 — CKP Integrity 2254

DOB 3/8/2022, by TH Integrity 232H, sold to Klay Carlson, Dunn Center.

TOP FEMALE LOTS

$4,750 — CKP Venus 1238

DOB 3/4/2021, by WSF Warrior Fusion F51, sold to Earl Pelton, Dickinson.

$4,750 — CKP Beth 1332

DOB 3/21/2021, by CMF 202C Evident 335E, sold to Duane Keller, New Salem.

Durbin Creek Ranch

Worland, Wyo. | Feb. 8

Auctioneer: Joe Goggins

Reported by: Joe Rickabaugh

Lots Gross Average

108 bulls $555,225 $5,141

174 comm.

TOP BULL LOTS

$13,500 — DCR 7059 True Grit 1012

DOB 3/13/2021, by THM Grits and Grace 7059, sold to BIT Ranch, Sheridan (3/4 interest).

$8,000 — DCR DVB 8179 Endure 1541

DOB 3/26/2021, by UPS Endure 8179, sold to Pitchfork Ranch, Meeteetse (3/4 interest).

$7,750 — DCR 7237 Trust 1168

DOB 4/15/2021, by DCR 320 Trust 7237, sold to Intermountain Heifer Development, Thermopolis (3/4 interest).

$10,000 — DCR 8128 Endure 1198

DOB 4/23/2021, by UPS Endure 8128, sold to Uttecht Farms LLC, Woonsocket, S.D.

$9,750 — DCR 6009 Manhattan 1047

DOB 3/28/2021, by DCR 428B Manhattan

6009, sold to Armstrong Ranch, Lander.

$8,500 — DCR 6009 Manhattan 1020

DOB 3/17/2021, by DCR 428B Manhattan

6009, sold to Linden Cattle Co., Riverton.

$8,000 — DCR 8128 Endure 1183

DOB 4/18/2021, by UPS Endure 8128, sold to Mark Mackenzie, Jordan Valley, Ore.

$8,000 — DCR 8128 Endure 1440

DOB 4/9/2021, by UPS Endure 8128, sold to Mark Mackenzie.

$7,500 — DCR 8128 Endure 1152

DOB 3/26/2021, by UPS Endure 8128, sold to Ishawooa Mesa Ranch, Cody.

$7,500 — DCR 8128 Endure 1197

DOB 4/23/2021, by UPS Endure 8128, sold to Clinton Breeden, Ten Sleep.

Friedt Herefords

Dickinson, N.D. | Feb. 8

Auctioneer: Scott Weishaar

Reported by: Kevin Murnin

Topp Herefords

Grace City, N.D. | Feb. 10

Auctioneers: Roger Jacobs, Greg Goggins

Reported by: Kevin Murnin Lots Gross Average 227 bulls $3,445,000 $15,176

TOP BULL LOTS

$60,000 — TH 195B Oracle 19K

DOB 12/16/2021, by Harvie Smoke Stack ET 195B, sold to Coal Creek Land & Cattle, West Terre Haute, Ind.

$50,000 — TH 195B Heritage 11K

DOB 12/14/2021, by Harvie Smoke Stack ET 195B, sold to Gustavo Camarena, Guadalajara, Mexico.

$50,000 — TH 105H Executive 82K

DOB 1/2/2022, by TH Innovation 105H, sold to Gustavo Camarena.

$42,000 — TH 515G 0225 Venture 158K

DOB 1/7/2022, by ECR Venture 0225, sold to Monahan Cattle Co. and Harvest Herefords, Hyannis, Neb.

$35,000 — TH Big Picture 196K

DOB 1/12/2022, by TH Masterplan 183F, sold to Huso & Sons, Aneta.

$30,000 — TH 183F Masterplan 511K ET

DOB 1/15/2022, by TH Masterplan 183F, sold to an Iowa buyer.

$30,000 — TH 13Y 183F Masterplan 538K ET

DOB 1/19/2022, by TH Masterplan 183F, sold to an Oklahoma buyer.

$30,000 — TH 183F Baseline 521K ET

DOB 1/16/2022, by TH Masterplan 183F, sold to a Montana buyer.

$29,000 — TH 324G 183F Masterplan 175K

DOB 1/9/2022, by TH Masterplan 183F, sold to a South Dakota buyer.

$29,000 — TH 62F 183F Masterplan 61K

DOB 12/31/2021, by TH Masterplan 183F, sold to a South Dakota buyer.

$26,000 — TH 6153 Imprint 956J ET

TOP BULL LOTS

$18,500 — AF B G16 Genesis 244 ET

DOB 2/15/2022, by Loewen Genesis G16 ET, sold to Hills View Herefords, Sturgis, S.D. (3/4 interest).

$11,250 — AF B G16 Genesis 232 ET

DOB 2/15/2022, by Loewen Genesis G16 ET, sold to Prause Polled Herefords, Yoakum, Texas.

$8,250 — FH 417 Advance 222 AF

DOB 2/9/2022, by H5 1147 Advance 417, sold to Buster and Nancy Peterson, Kadoka, S.D. (3/4 interest).

$7,000 — FH 9102G Advance 1469

DOB 2/20/2021, by HH Advance 9102G, sold to Daryl Thompson, Akaska, S.D.

$6,750 — FH 242 Navarro 1106 HDD

DOB 3/22/2021, by FH Navarro 242 MD, sold to Trell Shypkoski, Belfield.

DOB 5/14/2021, by Boyd 31Z Blueprint 6153, sold to Olson Hereford Ranch and Gravel Ranch, Argusville.

Mrnak Hereford Ranch

Bowman, N.D. | Feb. 12

Auctioneers: Seth Weishaar, Scott Weishaar

Reported by: Kevin Murnin

TOP BULL LOTS

$21,000 — MH 2239 Advance 1540 1ET

DOB 4/19/2021, by H5 9075 Advance 2239, sold to Ron Buckman, South Heart (3/4 interest).

$19,000 — MH 4119 Advance 1568 1ET

DOB 4/27/2021, by MH 2239 Advance 4119, sold to Scott Katus, Watauga, S.D. (3/4 interest).

$16,000 — MH 830 Revere 1522 1ET

DOB 4/16/2021, by MH Revere 830 ET, sold to Scott Katus.

$15,000 — MH BN 708 Red Time 1791

DOB 9/30/2021, by 7MI 4151 Red Time 708, sold to Brad Beckstrand, Warwick.

$14,500 — MH 830 Revere 1567 1ET

DOB 4/27/2021, by MH Revere 830 ET, sold to Jesse Kittleson, Bottineau.

$13,000 — MH 708 Red Time 1227

DOB 4/13/2021, by 7MI 4151 Red Time 708, sold to Larry Tinjum, Powers Lake.

$13,000 — MH Gunsmoke 179

DOB 3/29/2021, by BR 69D Gunsmoke ET 126G, sold to Luke Erickson, Minot.

$13,000 — MH 4119 Advance 1507 1ET

DOB 4/9/2021, by MH 2239 Advance 4119, sold to Braydon Katus, Watauga, S.D.

$12,000 — MH 6220 Spear 1279

DOB 4/19/2021, by MH 343 Spear 6220, sold to Travis Anderson, Warwick.

TOP PICK LOTS

$20,000 — Pick of bred heifers

Sold to Shawn Hollermann, Long Prairie, Minn.

$12,500 — Pick 2 bred heifers

Sold to John Harms, Humboldt, Iowa.

Fawcett’s Elm Creek Ranch

Ree Heights, S.D. | Feb. 13

Auctioneer: Lynn Weishaar

Reported by: Joe Rickabaugh

TOP BULL LOTS

$33,000 — ECR 9170 Endure 2178

DOB 3/1/2022, by Pyramid Daybreak 9170, sold to a Georgia and an Illinois buyer (3/4 interest).

$16,000 — ECR 173 Endure 2175 ET

DOB 3/2/2022, by NJW 79Z Z311 Endure 173D

ET, sold to a South Dakota buyer.

$14,000 — ECR 8923 Tator Tot 2453 ET

DOB 4/4/2022, by ECR 628 Ivys Advance 8923

ET, sold to a South Dakota buyer.

$10,000 — ECR 238 Fortified 2113

DOB 2/27/2022, by NJW 84B 4040 Fortified

238F, sold to a South Dakota buyer.

$10,000 — ECR 0136 Domino 2106

DOB 2/25/2022, by CL 1 Domino 0136H, sold to a South Dakota buyer.

$9,500 — ECR 9170 Early Riser 2156

DOB 2/28/2022, by Pyramid Daybreak 9170, sold to a Minnesota buyer.

$9,500 — ECR 8014 Advance 1336

DOB 3/31/2021, by ECR 628 Advance 8014, sold to a South Dakota buyer.

$9,000 — ECR 0136 Domino 2029

DOB 2/21/2022, by CL 1 Domino 0136H, sold to a Wyoming buyer.

$8,500 — ECR 238 Fortified 2100

DOB 2/24/2022, by NJW 84B 4040 Fortified 238F, sold to a Wyoming buyer.

$8,500 — ECR 0136 Domino 2107

DOB 2/26/2022, by CL 1 Domino 0136H, sold to a South Dakota buyer.

$8,500 — ECR 11E Bar None 1231

DOB 3/16/2021, by Innisfail 4013 11E, sold to a South Dakota buyer.

$8,500 — ECR 9170 Early Riser 2072

DOB 2/23/2022, by Pyramid Daybreak 9170, sold to a South Dakota buyer.

$7,500 — ECR 893 Advance 1683

DOB 5/5/2021, by ECR DM Advance 893 ET, sold to a South Dakota buyer.

$7,500 — ECR 1628 Advance 1504

DOB 4/14/2021, by MC Advance 955W 1628 ET, sold to a South Dakota buyer.

$7,500 — ECR 8014 Advance 1255

DOB 3/18/2021, by ECR 628 Advance 8014, sold to a South Dakota buyer.

$7,500 — ECR 8454 Lambeau 1369

DOB 4/2/2021, by ECR WF Lambeau 8454, sold to a South Dakota buyer.

$7,500 — ECR 326 Whitty 1439

DOB 4/4/2021, by TSR Whit E326, sold to a South Dakota buyer.

TOP FEMALE LOT

$18,000 — ECR 8923 Lady Sancho 2383 ET

DOB 4/2/2022, by ECR 628 Ivys Advance 8923 ET, sold to a South Dakota buyer.

Logertman Family

Valentine, Neb. | Feb. 13

Auctioneer: Matt Lowery

Lots Gross Average

79 bulls $340,250 $4,307

TOP BULL LOTS

$7,250 — L 9118 Mauer 1318

DOB 5/3/2021, by L 15E ET Munson 9118, sold to Dexter Black, Spencer.

$6,500 — L 6997 Easy Money 1475

DOB 6/28/2021, by UPS Easy Money 6997 ET, sold to Wesley Schmidt, Norris, S.D.

$6,000 — L 993 Domino 1265

DOB 4/26/2021, by CL 1 Domino 993G 1ET, sold to Daryl Thompson, Akaska, S.D.

$6,000 — L 9118 Mauer 1035

DOB 3/2/2021, by L 15E ET Munson 9118, sold to Wesley Schmidt.

Iowa Beef Expo

Des Moines, Iowa | Feb. 15

Auctioneer: Justin Stout

Reported by: Joe Rickabaugh

TOP BULL LOT

$11,000 — MGM Vanguard Momentum 2K

DOB 1/20/2022, by Birdwell Vanguard 5022 9337, consigned by MGM Polled Herefords, Hartford, Wis., sold to Tegtmeier Polled Herefords, Burchard, Neb. (3/4 interest).

TOP FEMALE LOTS

$10,500 — BG 84F Ms Perfecto 91J

DOB 2/7/2021, by BG LCC 11B Perfecto 84F, consigned by Goehring Herefords, Libertyville; and a February heifer calf, by F Final Test 722, sold to Lynn Johnson, Iowa Falls.

$10,000 — Rigg 173D 424 Indie 1I

DOB 1/7/2021, by NJW 79Z Z311 Endure 173D ET, consigned by Riggan Family, Tiffin; and a February bull calf, by Rigg 8815 5E. Pandemic 8I, sold to Bill Isaacson, Minnesota.

$8,750 — Wildcat LMAY Mistress 2966 ET DOB 2/1/2022, by T/R BPF AmericanClassic 561CET, consigned by Wildcat Cattle Co., Darlington, Wis., sold to Curtus Mallett, Baring, Mo.

$7,750 — G5CC Sweet Sensation 1322K

DOB 5/5/2022, by UPS Sensation 2296 ET, consigned by Abigail Greiman, Perry, sold to Kendi Miigerl, Ravenna, Neb.

Shaw Cattle Co.

Caldwell, Idaho | Feb. 15

Auctioneers: Butch Booker, Trent Stewart

Reported by: Colt Cunningham

TOP BULL LOTS

$40,000 — /S Masterplan 22088 ET

DOB 1/11/2022, by TH Masterplan 183F, sold to 4S Farms, Texas.

$25,000 — /S Long Haul 11443

DOB 8/29/2021, by NJW Long Haul 36E ET, sold to Upstream Ranch, Nebraska.

$22,500 — /S Final Test 22023 ET

DOB 1/5/2022, by F Final Test 722, sold to STgenetics and Five J’s Cattle Co.

$22,000 — /S Devout 11682 ET

DOB 9/7/2021, by JW B716 Devout 18051, sold to 4S Farms.

$17,500 — /S Mandate 11614

DOB 9/2/2021, by /S Mandate 66589 ET, sold to Barboni and Bussman, California.

$12,000 — /S Mandate 11708

DOB 9/10/2021, by /S Mandate 66589 ET, sold to IZ Ranch, Oregon.

$12,000 — /S Mandate 11442

DOB 8/30/2021, by /S Mandate 66589 ET, sold to IZ Ranch.

$12,000 — /S Devout 22054

DOB 1/9/2022, by JW B716 Devout 18051, sold to David Parker, Tennessee.

Hoffman Ranch

Thedford, Neb. | Feb. 17

Auctioneer: Rick Machado

Reported by: Joe Rickabaugh

TOP BULL LOTS

$41,000 — H High Time 2236 ET

DOB 3/6/2022, by Gerber High Time H65, sold to Rausch Herefords, Hoven, S.D.

$36,000 — Stellpflug Homemaker 8G 222 ET

DOB 2/11/2022, by JDH AH Benton 8G ET, sold to Brumley Farms, Orovada, Nev.

$22,000 — H High Time 2220 ET

DOB 3/1/2022, by Gerber High Time H65, sold to XA Cattle, Moorefield.

$19,000 — H PG Entice 2349 ET

DOB 1/18/2022, by UPS Entice 9365 ET, sold to Genoa Livestock, LLC, Genoa, Nev.

$16,000 — H Broadway 2345 ET

DOB 1/12/2022, by Churchill Broadway 858F, sold to Stellpflug Catte Co. LLC, Glenrock, Wyo.

$14,000 — H DS Broadway 2346 ET

DOB 1/20/2022, by Churchill Broadway 858F, sold to Todd Boettcher, Spencer.

$13,000 — H Entice 2242 ET

DOB 3/11/2022, by UPS Entice 9365 ET, sold to Snowshoe Cattle Co., Arthur.

$13,000 — H PG Entice 2344 ET

DOB 1/17/2022, by UPS Entice 9365 ET, sold to Ravine Creek Ranch, Huron, S.D.

$12,500 — Stellpflug Domino 9329 2106

DOB 2/22/2022, by B&D L1 Domino 9329 ET, sold to Ty Bergh, Florence, S.D.

$12,000 — H Prominent 1906 ET

DOB 8/10/2021, by JDH AH Prominent 21G ET, sold to Roy Hopkins, Winchester, Tenn.

$10,500 — H PG Entice 2356 ET

DOB 1/20/2022, by UPS Entice 9365 ET, sold to Brooks Shepard, Wheatland, Wyo.

$10,000 — H DS Broadway 2341 ET

DOB 1/26/2022, by Churchill Broadway 858F, sold to Roy Hopkins.

$10,000 — Stellpflug Perfecto 11B 2064

DOB 1/11/2022, by LCX Perfecto 11B ET, sold to Pallesen Herefords, Manila, Utah.

TOP FEMALE LOT

$30,000 — H DS Kelly 2309 ET

DOB 1/27/2022, by Churchill Broadway 858F, sold to Cummins Land & Cattle, Hollis, Okla.

Rees Bros.

Morgan, Utah | Feb. 17

Auctioneer: Kyle Colyer

Reported by: Colt Cunningham

Lots Gross Average

44 bulls $180,928 $4,112

TOP BULL LOTS

$9,000 — RB 237 Mandate 78J ET

DOB 3/10/2021, by /S Mandate 66589 ET, sold to Probst Cattle, Malad City, Idaho.

$8,750 — RB 237 Endurance 75J ET

DOB 3/25/2021, by NJW 79Z Z311 Endure

173D ET, sold to Jerry Jensen, Boulder, Wyo.

$7,250 — RB Uncle Sam 62J

DOB 3/26/2021, by /S Hometown 55510 ET, sold to Daniel Stevens, Holden.

White Hawk Ranch

Buchanan, Ga. | Feb. 17

Auctioneer: Dale Stith

Reported by: Tommy Coley

Lots Gross Average

20 bulls $109,750 $5,488

TOP BULL LOTS

$15,000 — Whitehawk Arthur 240G ET

DOB 8/10/2019, by Innisfail WHR X651/723

4013 ET, sold to Rausch Herefords, Hoven, S.D. (1/2 interest).

$10,000 — WHR 4020 363G Douglas 826J

DOB 8/16/2021, by Innisfail WHR X651/723

4013 ET, sold to Seven Oaks Plantation, Senoia.

$10,000 — WHR 845C 300G Beefmaker 812J

DOB 8/12/2021, by Whitehawk Warrior 845C ET, sold to Terrace Farms, Lexington, N.C., and Kevin Robinson, Mocksville, N.C.

$7,500 — WHR 4013 5407 Beefmaker 915JET

DOB 9/20/2021, by Innisfail WHR X651/723

4013 ET, sold to J&L Cattle Services, Jeromesville, Ohio.

$6,000 — WHR 493E 337G Beefmaker 905J

DOB 9/20/2021, by WHR X51 T306 Beefmaker 493E ET, sold to Chelsea Ronny, Fort Valley.

Colorado State Univ.

Fort Collins, Colo. | Feb. 18

Auctioneer: Tom Frey

Reported by: Kevin Murnin

Lots Gross Average

17 bulls $83,250 $4,897

5 females $15,650 $3,130

TOP BULL LOTS

$8,000 — CSU Genesis Ram 1217 ET

DOB 4/23/2021, by Loewen Genesis G16 ET, sold to Bill Kuehn, Heartwell, Neb.

$7,250 — CSU Kid Ram 1204

DOB 4/11/2021, by KT Small Town Kid 5051, sold to Odessa Mathias, Lusk, Wyo.

$7,000 — CSU Mandate Ram 1207

DOB 4/14/2021, by /S Mandate 66589 ET, sold to David Koester, Akron.

$7,000 — CSU Mandate Ram 1210

DOB 4/17/2021, by /S Mandate 66589 ET, sold to Don Cain, Broken Bow, Neb.

$6,500 — CSU Mandate Ram 1205

DOB 4/11/2021, by /S Mandate 66589 ET, sold to LeValley Ranch, Hotchkiss.

Magnolia Hereford Assn.

Magnolia, Ark. | Feb. 18

Auctioneer: Joel Birdwell

Reported by: Joe Rickabaugh

Lots Gross Average

5 bulls $14,550 $2,910

23 females $53,400 $2,322

28 total $67,950 $2,427

4 comm. females $4,400 $1,100

TOP BULL LOT

$4,500 — NH Sensation H901

DOB 9/19/2020, by UPS Sensation 2296 ET, consigned by Nolan Herefords, Gilmer, Texas, sold to Dyanna Moyer, Lincoln.

TOP FEMALE LOTS

$3,500 — Metch 641 Gloria H048

DOB 10/27/2020, by ILR 78P Miles 641 ET, consigned by Metch Polled Herefords, Canton, Texas; and a September bull calf, by RW KLD Malcohm 6964 9048 ET, sold to South Ark Cattle Co., Rosston.

$3,400 — PLR Camaro K11

DOB 5/1/2022, by PLR Booms Cat D10, consigned by PLR Farms, Lincoln, sold to Julieann Stacks, Taylor.

$3,000 — PLR Ms Cici J18

DOB 4/15/2021, by SHF Carson 001A C169, consigned by PLR Farms, sold to Sterling Cattle Co., Hartford.

Southern Opportunity

Lexington, Tenn. | Feb. 18

Auctioneer: Tommy Carper

Reported by: Tommy Coley

TOP BULL LOT

$4,650 — WB Perfecto 011F

DOB 9/15/2020, by BG LCC 11B Perfecto 84F, consigned by Zane White, Scotts Hill, sold to Gilreath Farms, Somerville.

TOP FEMALE LOTS

$5,200 — HAF 4312 Sofie F227 ET

DOB 10/29/2018, by C Bailees Miles 4312 ET, consigned by Emma Rushton, Waverly, sold to Jay Harrison, Savannah; and an October heifer calf, by NJW 79Z 22Z Mighty 49C ET, sold to Garrett Buffaloe, Scotts Hill.

$4,100 — Laneview Ms Belle 4013 H80

DOB 10/12/2020, by Innisfail WHR X651/723 4013 ET, consigned by Laneview Farms, Kenton; and an October heifer calf, by TH Frontier 174E, sold to White Hawk Ranch, Buchanan, Ga.

$3,600 — WHR 4013 B906 Beefmaid 427E

DOB 8/7/2017, by Innisfail WHR X651/723 4013 ET, consigned by Laneview Farms; and an October heifer calf, by LCX Perfecto 11B ET, sold to Owen Smith, Pall Mall.

$3,600 — BF Lady Commander 104J

DOB 9/30/2021, by Spearhead 22S Corps

Commande14, consigned by Dakota Brasher, Bath Springs, sold to Chapman Land & Cattle, Nunnelly.

Five Star Polled Herefords/ Haught Bros.

Weston, W.Va. | Feb. 20

Auctioneer: Dale Stith

Reported by: Noah Benedict

TOP BULL LOTS

$5,500 — H B711 Justified 167

DOB 9/5/2021, by KCF Bennett Sensation

B711 ET, sold to the Hunter Family, West Alexander, Ohio.

$5,250 — 5STAR B711 Lord Stirling 130

DOB 8/31/2021, by KCF Bennett Sensation

B711 ET, sold to the Wilkins Family, Hillsboro.

$5,200 — 5STAR B711 Jubilee 135

DOB 9/12/2021, by KCF Bennett Sensation

B711 ET, sold to Stephen and Miller, Woodsfield, Ohio.

$4,500 — 5STAR QMH 5715 Jackson 115

DOB 3/14/2021, by 5STAR 501C Double Shot

715, sold to Garrett Farms, Glenville.

$4,000 — H 5908 Gold Glove 152

DOB 8/27/2021, by 5STAR 18U Gold Glove 908 ET, sold to Still Mabry Farm, Albemarle, N.C.

TOP FEMALE LOT

$4,750 — 5STAR 6011 Cheyenne 228 ET

DOB 8/20/2022, by BR Belle Air 6011, sold to Fountain Valley Farm, Westminster, Md.

Rausch Herefords

Hoven, S.D. | Feb. 20

Auctioneer: Joe Goggins

Reported by: Joe Rickabaugh

40 females $142,160 $3,550

194 total $1,100,964 $5,675

171 comm. females $326,781 $1,911

TOP BULL LOTS

$25,000 — R New York 5142

DOB 2/27/2022, by R New York 4488, sold to Laprath Ranch, South Dakota (3/4 interest).

$20,000 — R Entrust 6282

DOB 3/24/2022, by RST 167Y Trust 8132, sold to Midway Polled Herefords, North Dakota.

$12,500 — R Horizon 7792

DOB 4/8/2022, by Pyramid Daybreak 9165, sold to Vernon Arens, Nebraska.

$12,000 — GR Excel 3431

DOB 3/20/2021, by UPS Excel 8768, sold to Damon Decker, South Dakota.

$11,500 — R Excel 5102

DOB 2/25/2022, by UPS Excel 8768, sold to Colby Kaup, South Dakota.

$11,500 — R Valor 7352

DOB 4/4/2022, by KCF Bennett 33Z G103 ET, sold to Keith Kaup, South Dakota.

$11,000 — R Excel 5852

DOB 3/14/2022, by UPS Excel 8768, sold to Dalton Baloun, South Dakota.

$11,000 — R Addition 5871

DOB 4/11/2021, by Schu-Lar 15D of 913 X51, sold to Kolousek Farms, South Dakota.

$10,500 — R Excel 5922

DOB 3/17/2022, by UPS Excel 8768, Blume Ranch, South Dakota.

TOP FEMALE LOT

$30,000 — R Miss Victor 1522

DOB 3/29/2022, by AH JDH 34X Victor 33Z 2E ET, sold to Adam Harms Illinois; Keaton Dobbs, Illinois; and R3 Cattle Co., Illinois.

Ulrich Hereford Ranch Inc.

Lethbridge, Alberta | Feb. 21

Auctioneer: Bob Balog

Reported by: Kevin Murnin

Reported in Canadian funds

Lots Gross Average

21 bulls $108,900 $5,186

73 females $270,550 $3,706

94 total $379,450 $4,037

TOP BULL LOTS

$10,750 — AGA 67G Giant Journey 92J

DOB 4/23/21, by AGA 160A Exact Giant 67G, sold to Misty Valley Farms, Maidstone, Saskatchewan.

$8,900 — AGA 2G Geometric Jimmy 135J

DOB 6/5/2021, by AGA 43K Stanmore

Geometric 2G, sold to Far Star Ranch LLC, Riverside, Wash.

$8,250 — AGA 47E Dakota Jester 175J

DOB 9/30/21, by C 121Z Dakota Lad 47E, sold to Grant Musgrove, Halkirk.

TOP FEMALE LOTS

$7,600 — AGA 2G Ms Geometric 44J

DOB 4/7/2021, by AGA 43K Stanmore

Geometric 2G, sold to Melroe Sunnyside Ranch, Kulm, N.D.

$6,400 — AGA 382 Ms Dakota Dom Jean 1J

DOB 3/16/2021, by MH 9126J Domino 382

1ET, sold to Melroe Sunnyside Ranch.

$6,400 — AGA 382 Ms Dakota Dom Jan 2J

DOB 3/16/2021, by MH 9126J Domino 382

1ET, sold to Melroe Sunnyside Ranch.

NCC – The Classic

Kearney, Neb. | Feb. 23

Auctioneer: Dustin Carter

Reported by: Noah Benedict

Lots Gross Average

29 bulls $121,350 $4,184

17 females $55,650 $3,274

46 total $177,000 $3,848

TOP BULL LOTS

$7,750 — MCM Genesis 2118 ET

DOB 9/4/2021, by Loewen Genesis G16 ET, consigned by MCM Polled Herefords, Ayr, sold to Mills Farms, Stratton, Colo. (3/4 interest).

$7,500 — HH N4 Voyager 287

DOB 2/20/2022, by HH J45 Right Double Miles L41, consigned by Huwaldts Herefords, Randolph, sold to Doug Nordhues, McLean (3/4 interest).

$6,750 — RPM Endure T674ET

DOB 3/25/2021, by NJW 79Z Z311 Endure 173D ET, consigned by Morgan Ranch Inc., Burwell, sold to Scott Yelken, Burr Oak, Kan.

$6,000 — CCJ 172E Jose 351J

DOB 9/29/2021, by ECR 628 Ivys Advance 8923 ET, consigned by Jensen Land & Cattle, Courtland, Kan., sold to Richard Mooney, Sumner.

$6,000 — DC 70E 101G Gator 11K

DOB 3/1/2022, by NJW 79Z 6589 Mandate 227G ET, consigned by Danny Calderwood, Eckley, Colo., sold to Scott Yelken.

TOP FEMALE LOTS

$10,750 — MCM RCC D87 Star Kori 291K ET

DOB 3/6/2022, by KLD RW Marksman D87 ET, consigned by MCM Polled Herefords, sold to Silo Creek Farm, Mount Airy, Md.

$5,250 — CCJ 266H Tina 395K

DOB 4/11/2022, by CCJ D702 Tobias 288H, consigned by Jensen Land & Cattle, sold to Koller Cattle Co., Arapahoe.

Jamison Herefords

Quinter, Kan. | Feb. 24

Auctioneer: Lynn Weishaar

Reported by: Joe Rickabaugh

Lots Gross Average 110 bulls $593,450 $5,395

TOP BULL LOTS

$12,000 — JA L1 Domino 109J

DOB 2/7/2021, by CL 1 Domino 6187D, sold to Worden Ranch, Cooper, Texas.

$11,000 — JA L1 Domino 1637J

DOB 2/28/2021, by CL 1 Domino 6163D, sold to B&B Cattle Co., Virgil.

$10,000 — JA L1 Domino 100J

DOB 2/1/2021, by CL 1 Domino 6187D, sold to Phillip Paulich, Trinchera, Colo.

$10,000 — JA L1 Domino 1804J

DOB 2/25/2021, by JA L1 Domino 6816D, sold to Jim Helbling, Mandan, N.D. continued on

$9,500 — JA L1 Domino 1301J

DOB 2/12/2021, by HH Advance 5322C ET, sold to Taylor Farms, Morganville.

$9,500 — JA L1 Domino 1642J

DOB 3/14/2021, by CL 1 Domino 6163D, sold to Currie Smith, Amarillo, Texas.

$9,500 — JA L1 Domino 1807J

DOB 2/26/2021, by JA L1 Domino 6816D, sold to Graft-Britton Ranch, Leedey, Okla.

$9,000 — JA L1 Domino 170J

DOB 2/2/2021, by CL 1 Domino 9164G 1ET, sold to Chuck Walker, Brownell.

$9,000 — JA L1 Domino 1913J

DOB 4/1/2021, by CL 1 Domino 386A 1ET, sold to Chad Pond, Troup, Texas.

$8,500 — JA L1 Domino 106J

DOB 2/5/2021, by CL 1 Domino 6187D, sold to Matthew Garner, Pelham, Tenn.

$8,500 — JA L1 Domino 1517J

DOB 2/19/2021, by HH Advance 6193D ET, sold to Gregg Pickens, Stillwater, Okla.

$8,000 — JA L1 Domino 1611J

DOB 2/1/2021, by CL 1 Domino 6163D, sold to Chris Amick, Warm Springs, Ark.

$8,000 — JA L1 Domino 1803J

DOB 2/25/2021, by JA L1 Domino 6816D, sold to Chris Amick.

Chapman Land & Cattle/ Woolfolk Farms

Nunnelly, Tenn. | Feb. 25

Auctioneer: Dale Stith

Reported by: Tommy Coley

TOP BULL LOT

$8,500 — GTN WF CLC 87G The Man 903 2J

DOB 8/26/2021, by NJW 133A 6589 Manifest 87G ET, sold to William Litman, Washington, Pa. (1/2 interest).

TOP FEMALE LOTS

$35,000 — CLC 1857 New Beginnings 23J

DOB 2/4/2021, by JW X651 Tested 1857 ET, consigned by Chapman Land & Cattle, sold to Five J’s Cattle Co., Clayton, N.C.

$10,000 — EXR Bristol 6022

DOB 1/29/2016, by SHF Access Y90 A216, consigned by Chapman Land & Cattle; and a November bull calf, by RMB 345F 504B

Cornbread 885H, sold to Five J’s Cattle Co.

$8,000 — WF Z426 Excede 2068 2334

DOB 3/3/2021, by Mohican THM Excede Z426, consigned by Woolfolk Farms, Jackson, sold to Tennessee River Music Inc., Fort Payne, Ala.

TOP 3-IN-1 LOT

$11,500 — Pregnancy recip. with heifer calf

DOB 11/1/2022, by RST Final Print 0016; and a

pregnancy of NJW 202C173DSteadfast 156J x WHR 4013 820C Beefmaid 659F, consigned by Chapman Land & Cattle, sold to Burns Farms, Pikeville, and Express Ranches, Yukon, Okla.

Tegtmeier Polled Herefords

Burchard, Neb. | Feb. 25

Auctioneer: Joel Birdwell

Reported by: Joe Rickabaugh Lots

TOP BULL LOTS

$10,500 — CT Todd 130J

DOB 12/19/2021, by EFBeef A250 Tested F225, sold to Sandhill Farms LLC, Haviland, Kan. (1/2 interest and 1/2 possession).

$7,000 — CT Garfield 19J

DOB 2/26/2021, by Loewen 4B Garfield B42

G24 ET, sold to Schaardt Cattle Co., Table Rock.

$6,250 — CT John 38J

DOB 3/5/2021, by Loewen MHF 167Y 20A 40F ET, sold to David Reuter, Humboldt.

TOP FEMALE LOTS

$7,500 — CT Miss Test 122H

DOB 9/17/2020, by F Final Test 722, sold to Blue Chip Herefords, Oxford.

$6,500 — CT Miss Golden 1K

DOB 3/19/2022, by Loewen 4B Garfield B42

G24 ET, sold to Kole Svec, Milligan.

Bar JZ Polled Herefords

Holabird, S.D. | Feb. 27

Auctioneer: Sonny Booth

Reported by: Noah Benedict

Lots Gross Average

62 bulls $350,000 $5,645

TOP BULL LOTS

$51,000 — Bar JZ On Demand

DOB 3/26/2022, by RV Valor 9444G ET, sold to Hoffman Ranch, Thedford, Neb., and Genex Cooperative.

$13,500 — Bar JZ Rimrider 505K

DOB 2/28/2022, by NJW 139C 103C Ridge 254G, sold to Semex Alliance, Guelph, Ontario.

$12,500 — Bar JZ Valiant 508K

DOB 3/1/2022, by RV Valor 9444G ET, sold to Smith Cattle Co., Batesland.

$8,500 — Bar JZ Centennial 573K

DOB 3/17/2022, by APH 4356 Colorado 15G, sold to Marvin and Nathan Antonen, Arlington.

$8,000 — Bar JZ Borderline 666K

DOB 3/30/2022, by TH Frontier 174E, sold to Leesman Ranch, Blunt.

$7,500 — Bar JZ Borderline 536K

DOB 3/10/2022, by TH Frontier 174E, sold to Nielson Ranch, Draper.

Colyer Herefords

Bruneau, Idaho | Feb. 27

Auctioneers: Butch Booker, Kyle Colyer

Reported by: Colt Cunningham

Lots Gross Average

137 bulls $979,050 $7,146

26 females $111,500 $4,288

163 total $1,090,550

TOP BULL LOTS

$165,000 — C Arlo 2135 ET

DOB 1/16/2022, by Loewen Genesis G16 ET, sold to Buck Cattle Co., Madill, Okla., and Hoffman Ranch, Thedford, Neb. (3/4 interest).

$37,500 — C 1311 Genesis 2105 ET

DOB 1/11/2022, by Loewen Genesis G16 ET, sold to Duane Loy, Shipman, Ill. (3/4 interest).

$37,500 — C Cuda Belle 2111

DOB 1/11/2022, by C Barracuda 0114 ET, sold to Knox Bros. Herefords, San Angelo, Texas (3/4 interest).

$22,000 — C 1311 Endure 2124 ET

DOB 1/13/2022, by NJW 79Z Z311 Endure 173D ET, sold to Arapahoe Ranch, Thermopolis, Wyo. (3/4 interest).

$17,500 — C 4196 Genesis 2113 ET

DOB 1/12/2022, by Loewen Genesis G16 ET, sold to Mark Mackenzie, Jordan Valley, Ore.

$8,750 — C Belle Heir 1278

DOB 8/26/2021, by C CJC Belle Heir ET, sold to Matador Ranch, Dillon, Mont.

$6,500 — C G16 GENESIS 1183

DOB 1/29/2021, by Loewen Genesis G16 ET, sold to Ganaderia El Maguey, Chihuahua, Mexico.

TOP FEMALE LOT

$8,750 — C Donna West 2066

DOB 1/8/2022, by C Key West 0065, sold to Tudahl Herefords, Bigfork, Mont.

Hereford Heritage

Fort Cobb, Okla. | Feb. 27

Auctioneers: Dustin Layton, Joel Birdwell

Reported by: Cord Weinheimer

Lots Gross Average

80 bulls $364,150 $4,552

TOP BULL LOTS

$15,500 — BR Red Baron 8300F 7098 1786ET

DOB 10/4/2021, by Churchill Red Baron 8300F ET, consigned by Birdwell Ranch, Fletcher, sold to Bill Goehring, Libertyville, Iowa (3/4 interest).

$10,000 — Birdwell Merit 2833ET

DOB 1/30/2022, by DM All Around 904G ET, consigned by Birdwell Ranch, sold to Sadler Ranches, Tryon (3/4 interest).

$9,000 — Loewen Mendel 4G K2 ET

DOB 1/18/2022, by Loewen CMF Mendel 7G, consigned by Loewen Herefords, Waukomis, sold to Still River Ranch, Van Alstyne, Texas (3/4 interest).

$8,500 — BR Red Baron 8300F 7098 1782ET

DOB 10/1/2021, by Churchill Red Baron 8300F

ET, consigned by Birdwell Ranch, sold to Michael Smith, Elk City (3/4 interest).

$10,750 — 4B Potency 2002

DOB 1/1/2022, by 77 Potency 8F 63G, consigned by 4B Herefords, Hennessey, sold to Whispering Pine Farms LLC, Hot Springs, Mont.

$10,500 — 4B Garfield 1211

DOB 11/8/2021, by Loewen 4B Garfield B42

G24 ET, consigned by 4B Herefords, sold to Landrum Family Farms Inc., Warren, Ind.

$10,000 — 77 Mr Potency 686A 53J

DOB 8/23/2021, by 77 Potency 8F 63G, consigned by Double Seven Ranch LLC, Fort Cobb, sold to Heyen Farms, Medora, Ill.

$7,500 — 77 Mr Potency 90G 78J

DOB 11/16/2021, by 77 Potency 8F 63G, consigned by Double Seven Ranch LLC, sold to Groendyke Ranch, Enid.

$7,500 — BR Daybreak D287 7778 1774

DOB 9/29/2021, by SHF Daybreak Y02 D287

ET, consigned by Birdwell Ranch, sold to Hughes Cattle Co., Carmen.

$7,500 — 4B Command 1251 ET

DOB 12/31/2021, by Spearhead 22S Corps

Commande14, consigned by 4B Herefords, sold to Hughes Cattle Co.

Pérez Cattle Co.

Nara Visa, N.M. | Feb. 28

Auctioneer: Dustin Layton

Reported by: Cord Weinheimer Lots Gross Average

65 bulls $340,550 $5,239

TOP BULL LOTS

$10,000 — PCC 7028 G16 Genesis 2045 ET

DOB 3/1/2022, by Loewen Genesis G16 ET, sold to Gallicantu Ranch, Colorado.

$9,750 — PCC 6123 87G Manifest 1326 ET

DOB 10/20/2021, by NJW 133A 6589 Manifest

87G ET, sold to Gallicantu Ranch.

$9,500 — PCC 457Y 87G Manifest 1338 ET

DOB 9/26/2021, by NJW 133A 6589 Manifest

87G ET, sold to T4 Cattle Co., New Mexico.

$9,000 — PCC 9366 238F Fortified 1311

DOB 9/7/2021, by NJW 84B 4040 Fortified

238F, sold to Criswell Cattle, New Mexico.

$8,500 — PCC 5036 173D Endure 1377 ET

DOB 10/18/2021, by NJW 79Z Z311 Endure

173D ET, sold to Gallicantu Ranch.

$8,500 — PCC 9333 901 Boulder 1313

DOB 9/8/2021, by CSC 701 Bolder 901, sold to Gallicantu Ranch.

$8,250 — PCC 349G 254G Ridge 1308

DOB 8/27/2021, by NJW 139C 103C Ridge

254G, sold to Legleiter Farms, New Mexico.

$8,000 — PCC 2043 87G Manifest 1397 ET

DOB 9/20/2021, by NJW 133A 6589 Manifest

87G ET, sold to Bar G Ranch, Colorado.

$8,000 — PCC 2043 87G Manifest 1396 ET

DOB 9/18/2021, by NJW 133A 6589 Manifest

87G ET, sold to Singleton Ranches, New Mexico.

Open Shows

Black Hills Stock Show

Rapid City, S.D. | Jan. 27

Judge: Ed Cody, Menomie, Wis. 46 head shown

Champion female, Wirth Herefords, New Richmond, Wis., with LW 808 Montana 23K, 2/11/2022, by Churchill Majestic 903G ET. Reserve champion female, Holt Cattle Co., Mina, with Holt Ms Pickles 295K, 5/26/2022, by H FHF Advance 628 ET. Champion bull, Krebs Cattle Co., Gordon, Neb., with K Justified 142 ET, 1/20/2021, by Churchill High Noon 8339F ET. Reserve champion bull, Muller Cattle, Davis, with MC Miles 190, 3/28/2021, by JDH AH Miles Ahead 35F ET.

Dixie National Livestock Show

Jackson, Miss. | Feb. 12

Judge: Webb Fields, College Station, Texas

78 head shown

Champion female, Morgan Jackson, Kaufman, Texas, with Bright Miss Shelby 2214 ET, 1/21/2022, by CRR About Time 743. Reserve champion female, Mary Carter Shirley, Sparta, Tenn., with HAWK Aubri 3K ET, 1/21/2022, by T/R BPF AmericanClassic 561CET.

Champion cow-calf pair, Levi Womack, Pembroke, Ky., with Womack Lady 8401 ET, 10/5/2018, by NJW 79Z 22Z Mighty 49C ET; and an October bull calf, by KLD EB Trump D58. Reserve champion cow-calf pair, Jalen and Mattie Holt, Mantachie, with Womack

Champion bull, Morgan Thompson, Baton Rouge, La., with DCF 6303 Blue McKee J36 ET, 11/4/2021, by Boyd 31Z Blueprint 6153. Reserve champion bull, S & W Polled Herefords, Burnsville, and Leaning Cedar Herefords, Iuka, with Harfst BF 912 Go’in Rogue 102, 1/9/2021, by Harfst WRB 5317 Liam 912.

Nebraska Cattlemen’s Classic

Kearney, Neb. | Feb. 22

Judge: Dan Harker, Hope, Ind. 46 head shown

Champion polled female, Jensen Land & Cattle, Courtland, Kan., with CCJ 266H Tina 395K, 4/11/2022, by CCJ D702 Tobias 288H. Reserve champion polled female, Malina Lindstrom, Elm Creek, with LIN Karli 2200, 3/11/2022, by H Montgomery 7437 ET.

Champion horned female, MCM Polled Herefords, Ayr, with MCM RCC D87 Star Kori 291K ET, 3/6/2022, by KLD RW Marksman D87 ET.

Reserve champion horned female, Malina Lindstrom, with LIN Kelly 2295, 2/10/2022, by LCX Perfecto 11B ET.

Champion polled bull, Jensen Land & Cattle, with CCJ 172E Jose 351J, 9/29/2021, by ECR 628 Ivys Advance 8923 ET.

Reserve champion polled bull, Landgren Ranch, Bartlett, with Land Makers Mark 2039ET, 3/14/2022, by Green JCS Makers Mark 229G ET.

Champion horned bull, Landgren Ranch, with Land Profit 2023, 3/12/2022, by H The Profit 8426 ET.

Reserve champion horned bull, Nelson Herefords, Burwell, with NH The Gambler 1010 ET, 9/9/2021, by CH High Roller 756 ET.

Nebraska Cattlemen's Classic champion polled bull by Jensen Land & Cattle, Courtland, Kan.

Nebraska Cattlemen's Classic champion horned bull by Landgren Ranch, Bartlett, Neb.

ALABAMA

Glynn Debter, Perry Debter or John Ross Debter

205-429-4415 or 205-429-2040

4134 County Hwy 30 • Horton, AL 35980 debterfarm@otelco.net

Randy & Kelly Owen

John & Randa Starnes

Office: 256-845-3936

John: 256-996-5545

Red, White, and Black: Dixieland Delight Angus, Hereford Production Sale 1st Sat. in May

Roland Starnes: 706-601-0800 553 Randy Owen Dr. NE Fort Payne, AL 35967 www.tennesseerivermusic.com cattle@tennesseerivermusic.com

CALIFORNIA

Brandon Theising

High Cotton Bull Sale

Last Monday in October

1975 E. Roosevelt Rd. • El Nido, CA 95317

Gino Pedretti 209-756-1609 Mark St. Pierre 209-233-1406

Gino Pedretti Jr. 209-756-2088

The Mickelson Family P.O. Box 2689 Petaluma, CA 94953 707-481-3440 Jim 707-396-7364 Bobby JMMick@sonic.net

8 05-526-2195

P.O. Box 1019 8 05-358-2115 cell Simi Valley, CA 93062-1019 b randon@pwgcoinc.com www.pwgcattle.com

Steve Lambert Family 2938 Nelson Ave. Oroville, CA 95965 Cell 530-624-5256

lambertranchherefords.com

Jim McDougald Manager 559-822-2178

McDougald Family 559-822-2289

Registered Herefords 46089 Rd. 208, Friant, CA 93626

Registered Herefords & Angus Barry, Carrie and Bailey Morrell

5640 Co. Rd. 65 Willows, CA 95988

Morrell Ranches morrellranches@yahoo.com

Carrie Cell 530-218-5507

Barry Cell 530-682-5808

54286 W.C.R. 27 | Carr, CO 80612 Bryan and Linda Sidwell

Bryan cell 970-381-0264

Linda cell 970-381-6811

sidwell@ezlink.com

Shaw Cattle Co.

S22993 Howe Rd. Caldwell, ID 83607 www.shawcattle.com greg@shawcattle.com

Greg: (208) 459-3029

THE BULL BUSINESS

Sam: (208) 880-9044 5540-998 )802( :rekcuT Ron Shurtz: (208) 431-3311

Neal Ward Family 673 N. 825 W. • Blackfoot, ID 83221

Alicia Billman 208-589-0870 • 208-684-5252 woodenshoefarms@gmail.com

FARMS FFleisher arms

HAPP

ILLINOIS

Polled Herefords • Brafords

Jonny and Toni Harris 334 K-Ville Rd. Screven, Ga 31560 912-586-6585 • Cell 912-294-2470 greenviewfarms@windstream.net

www.greenviewfarms.net

Square and Round Bermuda Grass Hay Performance and Quality from Grazing since 1942

GEORGIA IDAHO

31058 Colyer Rd. Bruneau, ID 83604 www.hereford.com

Guy and Sherry Colyer – 208-845-2313

Guy cell – 208-599-0340

Kyle cell – 208-250-3924

Katie cell – 208-599-2962

DANIELS HEREFORD RANCH

Commitment to Quality since 1915

Bulls for Sale at Private Treaty Excellent Replacement Heifers Follow us on Facebook DanielsHerefordRanch danielsherefordranch@yahoo.com

Baker Farms

Family Agri-Business Since 1933

1278 E. 20th Rd. Streator, IL 61364 Fred Debby Sarah Susan • John 815-672-3491 Cell 815-257-3491 Fax 815-672-1984

HEREFORDS

Dan Bixler 7115 E. 1000th Ave., Newton, IL 62448 618-544-1842 • 618-562-3888 cell insman542002@yahoo.com

Gary and Debbie McConnell Box 253, Kincaid, IL 62540 217-237-2627

Gary’s cell 217-827-2761

Farm is 1.5 miles west of Sharpsburg, Ill.

Bur Ns POlled HerefOrd farm

11770 Wilson Rd., Coulterville, IL 62237

Sherwood Burns 618-521-3678

Kent & Barb Burns 618-521-3199

Cattle for sale at all times

Keith Elkington 208-521-1774

Layne 208-681-0765

Eric 208-881-4014

RANGE READY, PERFORMANCE PROVEN

Visitors always welcome.

ELKINGTON POLLED HEREFORDS

5080 E. Sunnyside Rd. • Idaho Falls, ID 83406

JBB/AL HEREFORDS

James and Dawn Anderson / Bev Bryan

Bryan and Charly Anderson / 208-280-1505 1973 S. 1500 E., Gooding, ID 83330 jbbalherefords.com

Private treaty bull and heifer sales Herefords Since 1967

Double B Herefords LLC

Chase and David Brown 9879 Hackney Rd. Warrensburg, IL 62573 Chase 217-620-9133 cdbrow2@gmail.com

Joe and Lauri Ellis 765-366-5390

Matt and Lisa Ellis

26455 N. 2300th St. • Chrisman, IL 61924 www.efbeef.com • efbeef1@aol.com

11268 Hobbs Rd. Rochester, IL 62563 Office 217-529-8878

Greg 217-725-7095

Winton and Emily Harris Family

Randy and Jamie Mullinix 997 Twp. Rd. 150E Toulon, IL 61483

309-995-3013

Randy 309-853-6565 • Jamie 309-853-7674 purplereign76@gmail.com • www.purplereigncattle.com

Nate and Courtney Wirtjes 9272 Freeport Rd. • Durand, IL 61024 815-629-2441 • Cell 815-871-9118 • wirtjes2@msn.com

Visitors always welcome • Member of The Offense

SAYRE HEREFORD FARM

Tim and Tracie Sayre Seely, Kendi and Kira Sayre 13188 Virginia Rd. • Arenzville, IL 62611 217-473-5143 sayreherefords@gmail.com

Eric, Cindie, Cassie and Krista Allscheid 8052 Andy Rd. • Waterloo, IL 62298 Cell 618-593-9642 soph@htc.net www.ShingleOaksPolledHerefords.com

The Platter Family 4214 E State Road-234 Greenfield, IN 46140

Margaret 912-585-7471

Bill 317-997-1760

margaretplatter@icloud.com

Cows for

sale at

all

Jason’s cell Todd’s

HERBEL

“Straight Station Line Ones”

20161 Saline Rd. Lucas, KS 67648

HEREFORDS

STREAM CATTLE CO.

Gene, Lori, Lucas, Logan and Cory Stumpf 473 Gilmore Lake Rd. Columbia, IL 62236

GENE 618-407-8374

LORI 618-407-0429

LUCAS 618-830-0971

West Wind Herefords

Jeff and Kelly Yoder 2356 N 1230 E. Rd. Edinburg, IL 62531 jwyoder62@gmail.com

Kyle 217-565-3275 • Brian 217-827-9708 • Adam 217-823-9763

INDIANA

Douglas E. Gerber 5324 State Rd. 227 S. • Richmond, IN 47374-9425 765-935-5274 Cell • 765-220-1070 douglas@gerbercattle.com • www.gerbercattle.com

Jon and Robin Herbel 785-324-2430 herbelxp@gmail.com

Sue,

Lisa and Sarah Stream 51590 St. Hwy.

Annual Bull

C.R. 74 • Quinter, KS 67752

Gordon

Daron Jamison 785-650-9639 Devin Sweitzer 785-299-0663 www.jamisonherefords.com

JENSEN BROS.

October 19, 2023

“The Brand That Works” Alma, KS

Chad, Karsten & Kasen Breiner 7 85-564-2091

David & Diane Breiner 7 85-456-4790

Ryan & Sharon Breiner 7 85-207-3070 millcreekranch.com millcreekranch@embarqmail.com

Alex & Alison Mih, and Mariam Mih P.O. Box 2, Chanute, KS 66720 620-431-3917 • 620-212-3250 cell amih@mmherefords.com

92 | April 2023 Hereford.org

10272 S. Forsse Rd. • Falun, KS 67442 www.oleencattleco.com

oleencattle@hometelco.net

Glenn 785-826-0870

Chuck 785-452-2961 Brandon 785-452-8148

Kevin and Vera Schultz Cell 620-546-4570 Tyler and Hannah Schultz 620-546-1574

2048 280th Ave., Haviland, KS 67059 www.sandhillfarms.com

Annual Production Sale • 4th Saturday in March Stop by for a visit anytime.

Schu-Lar Herefords, LLC

“YOUR BRAND OF HEREFORD”

SCHUMANN

367 Hwy. 40, Lecompton, KS 66050 • 785-887-6754 brycegina@sunflower.com

LARSON

508 Rockfence Pl., Lawrence, KS 66049 • 785-843-5986 schular@sunflower.com

David and Delores Stump

Dan and Kim Schmidt 1128 Hwy. 9 Blue Rapids, KS 66411

Dave 785-556-0124

Dan 785-562-6685

info@springhillherefords.com • www.springhillherefords.com

Umberger Polled Herefords

Greg Umberger 3018 U Rd. • Rozel, KS 67574 620-527-4472 Cell: 620-923-5120 gregumberger@yahoo.com www.umbergerpolledherefords.com

MATHENY HEREFORDS

Brad, Carla, Clay, Clint, Caleb and Cooper 1011 Driftwood Lane Elizabethtown, KY 42701 Cell 270-668-7126

Fax 270-735-9922

bchambliss@priorityapproval.com

6706 US Hwy. 68 Mays Lick, KY 41055

Andrew, Suzanne, Austin and Taylor Belle Matheny Andrew 606-584-5361 Austin 606-375-2167 amathenyherefords@gmail.com

TUCKER STOCK FARMS

Registered Angus and Polled Herefords

John A. Tucker, II 1790 Hidden Valley Lane Hudson, KY 40145 270-617-0301

BULLS ALWAYS FOR SALE

EAST SIDE FARM

Registered Polled Herefords

eastsidehereford@comcast.net

Visitors welcome!

MINNESOTA

David and Lorie Kitchell Family Matthew & Darci, Dawson and Dutton Kitchell 3471 State Hwy. 200 • Ada, MN 56510-9260 701-799-7690 • www.dakitchfarms.com

Jerry and Shelly Delaney & Family 2071 C.R. 101 • Lake Benton, MN 56149 507-368-9284 • 507-820-0661 Jerry cell jdh@delaneyherefords.com • www.delaneyherefords.com

Les Krogstad 3348 430th St, Fertile, MN 56540 218-945-6213 • kph@gvtel.com www.krogstadpolledherefords.com

Darin Krogstad 16765 Welch Shortcut Welch, MN 55089 651-485-0159

Jay and Shelly Stull 10718-A Liberty Rd. Frederick, MD 21701 301-898-8552 www.eastsidehereford.com

1616 John Shirk Rd., Taneytown, MD 21787

Ray 443-871-4917 • ray.howes64@gmail.com

Cyndy 443-871-6657 • clhowes@aol.com

2477 N.W. Main St. • Coon Rapids, MN 55448 We welcome your visit!

Doug and JoAnn 763-755-4930

Bryan and Marytina 763-389-0625

Bradley and Brigitte 612-720-1311

Jacob, Michelle and Andrew Wolfrey Melissa Grimmel Schaake 3859 Federal Hill Rd. • Jarrettsville, MD 21084 410-692-5029 • GGSC@grimmelfarms.com www.grimmelgirlsshowcattle.com

SCH Polled Herefords

Samuel C. and Linda Hunter • 301-824-4771 13651 Newcomers Rd., Hagerstown, MD 21742

FOR SALE:

• B ulls

• Females

Lester and John Schafer 64664 170th St. Buffalo Lake, MN 55314 320-833-2050

• Se men

SPRINGWATER

POLLED HEREFORDS

Troy Williamson 110 161st St. Garretson, SD 57030

507-597-6221

605-254-7875 Cell twilliamson@alliancecom.net

Chad Williamson 339 91st St. Pipestone, MN 56164 507-825-5766 507-215-0817 Cell springwater@svtv.com

MISSISSIPPI

POLLED HEREFORDS

KENTUCKY BOTKIN

Robert and Susan Botkin 1999 Walnut Hill Rd. Lexington, KY 40515 859-271-9086

859-533-3790 Cell shane4413@windstream.net

Cattle for Sale at All Times

6077 Helena Rd. • Mays Lick, KY 41055

Charlie 606-584-5194 • Blake 606-375-3718

www.boydbeef.com

HERD SIRES: KCF Bennett York D377, KCF Bennett D367 G391, KCF Bennett 776 G413 and SCH Sensation D503 G4

MICHIGAN

W7048 C.R. 356 • Stephenson, MI 49887

Glenn Hanson, Sr 9 06-753-4684

Glenn Hanson, Jr 9 06-630-5169

“Cattle made for the North in the North”

Hwy. 28 W. • P.O. Box 753 • Hazlehurst, MS 39083 Ann Zimmerman 601-894-2755 Dayne Zimmerman 704-906-1571 daynez@mindspring.com • www.cranch.com

Herman Nunely and Family 204 Co. Rd. 994 • Iuka, MS 38852 Cell 662-279-5136 Home 662-423-3317 leaningcedarherefords@gmail.com

103 Earl McGuffee Rd. New

MS 39140 www.mcguffeeherefords.com

Chris and Susan Illg

13299 Bear Ave. Cainsville, MO 64632

J Bar E Ranch

Since 1898

Joe McGuffee 601-672-0245

Ryan McGuffee 601-668-1000 ryanmcgu@bellsouth.net

Bobby Singleton 615-708-1034

Ranch 662-462-5885 Don 662-284-9410 Colton 662-415-5885

122 Co. Rd. 358 Burnsville, MS 38833 donaldksims@hotmail.com

MISSOURI

Chris 660-425-2561

illgcattleco@outlook.com

Journagan Ranch

Marty D. Lueck, Manager Rt. 1, Box 85G • Mountain Grove, MO 65711 417-948-2669 • Cell 417-838-1482

Eric, Jr. 417-860-7151

Eric & Kami 417-737-0055

SPHHerefords@outlook.com

McMURRY CATTLE

2027 Iris Ln. Billings, MT 59102 406-697-4040 406-254-1247

TOM BIGLIENI AND JILL EWING 2109 Des Peres Rd., St. Louis, MO 63131 417-827-8482 • tgbig@sbcglobal.net

FARM ADDRESS: 3345 Lollar Branch Rd., Sullivan, MO 63080

Owner: Al Bonebrake

James Henderson, Herdsman 417-588-4572 • Springfield, MO

MONTANA

2.4 mi. E of 7 Hwy

ROD FINDLEY 32505 E. 179th St. Pleasant Hill, MO 64080 816-540-3711 • 816-365-9959 findleyfarms@gmail.com

Straight Line One Cooper Holden Genetics

BULLS AVAILABLE AT PRIVATE TREATY

Harding Bros. Herefords

MARVIN AND EVERETT HARDING

Rt. 2 • Ridgeway, MO 64481 660-872-6870

HIGH PRAIRIE FARM

Gregg and Denver Alsup 18 Alsup Ln. Fair Grove, MO 65648 417-766-6801

gailalsup@gmail.com

26 Years Line 1 Genetics

CURLEW Cattle Company

BULLS For Sale in the Spring Howard Moss 895 Whitetail Rd., Whitehall, MT 59759 406-287-9947

www.ehlkeherefords.com

Mark, Della, Lacey and Jane’a Ehlke P.O. Box 1487 Townsend, MT 59644 406-266-4121 Cell 406-439-4311 info@ehlkeherefords.com

FEMALE PRODUCTION SALE in September • Bulls sell Private Treaty

Feddes

Herefords

2009 Churchill Road Manhattan, Montana 59741

Dan 406-570-1602

drfeddes@msn.com

Tim 406-570-4771

tfeddes@msn.com

“THE BEST IN LINE 1 BREEDING”

• 406-279-3300 Ranch • 406-450-1029 Mobile www.holdenherefords.com

REGISTERED POLLED HEREFORDS

Genetics for Certified Hereford Beef®

Fred, Doreen and Rebecca McMurry

Squaw Creek Ranch 20 miles east of Billings www.mcmurrycattle.com mcmurrycattle@gmail.com

18 N Fork Road Townsend, MT 59644 (406) 422-6464 info@schockherefordranch.com

HERDSMAN: Dallas Casqueira (406) 461-4698

Richard and Shirley 406-560-8122

Bruce and Tammy 406-544-1536

Kurt and Jessica 406-239-5113 P.O. Box 30055 Gold Creek, MT 59733 bruce@thomasherefords.com

Wichman Herefords

www.wichmanherefords.com

Registered bulls and females for sale by private treaty. Proven bloodlines, longevity, performance, functional justinwichman22@gmail.com

Justin and Carmen Wichman 1921 Wichman Rd. 4 06-350-3123 cell Moore, MT 59464 4 06-374-6833 home

NEBRASKA 7 Mill Iron Ranch

Burl and Doug McMillan 210560 CR U • Gering, NE 69341 970-326-8391 • burl_mcmillan@yahoo.com

From I-80 exit 48 west of Sidney, Neb. south 1 1/4 miles, west 1 mile, south 3/4 mile

Herd sire: BB 1065 Domino 6081 • Cow herd: Mark Donald and Line 1

Quality Cattle That Work

Lowell and Carol 402-589-1347 48979 Nordic Rd. Spencer, NE 68777

Hebron,

Don and Tammy Sims Colton and Brittany Sims Ross and Amber Parker

Galen Frenzen and Family

ANNUAL BULL SALE

Fourth Tuesday in March

Mrnak Herefords West

Galen Frenzen

50802 N. Edgewood Rd., Fullerton, NE 68638

Galen 308-550-0237

Eric 308-550-0238

MINIATURE - CLASSIC HEREFORDS

www.splittcreekranch.com

North Platte, Nebraska 69101

Shaun Brott 308-530-4161

Loren, Terrie, Hunter and Tanner PO Box 2412 • Minden, NV 89423 775-848-0160

lorenmrnak@aol.com

Henkel Polled Herefords

Pure Station Polled L1 Dominos

Females and club calves for sale private treaty. Eric 402-239-9838

Gene 402-729-5866

56095 715 Road • Fairbury, NE 68352 henkelhereford@hotmail.com

Denny and Dixie Hoffman • 406-425-0859

Jason and Kaycee Hoffman • 530-604-5096

Office 308-645-2279 • P.O. Box 287 • Thedford, NE 69166 jason@hoffmanranch.com • www.hoffmanranch.com

Milk, Muscle, Performance and Weight Outcross Pedigrees

Bulls and females always for sale. Visitors always welcome!

Jack and Bev Beeson Wayne, NE 68787

Females that Produce

Prolific Disposition 402-375-3404

Cell 402-375-9027

Albert Moeller & Sons

7582 S Engleman Rd Grand Island, NE 68803 308-384-0979

Cattle for sale by Private Treaty and at Nebraska Cattlemen’s Classic

P.O. Box 306 • Hyannis, NE 69350 James 308-458-2406

Bryan 308-458-2865 • Bob 308-458-2731 1417 Rd. 2100 Guide Rock, NE 68942-8099

Ron 402-756-3462 rnschutte@gtmc.net

www.schutteandsons.net

BERNIE AND STACIE BUZANOWSKI Arthur, NE

308-726-2138

• 406-855-8288 cell

Judy Splitt 308-530-1287 judysplitt@gmail.com

UPSTREAM RANCH

Annual Bull Sale • First Saturday in February 45060 Upstream Rd. • Taylor, NE 68879 Brent and Robin Meeks • 308-942-3195

upstreamranch@gmail.com www.upstreamcattle.com

www.mrnakherefordswest.com

NEW JERSEY NEW MEXICO

B&H HEREFORDS

Phil Harvey Jr. P.O. Box 40 Mesilla, NM 88046 575-524-9316 Cell: 575-644-6925 philharveyjr@comcast.net www.bhherefords.com

859 Romero Rd · Nara Visa, NM

Oshkosh, NE 69154 • www.vannewkirkherefords.com

Joe: 308-778-6049 • Kolby: 308-778-6230 Quality Herefords Since 1892

NEVADA

Dennis and Rachel Lee 775-217-2280 dlee6d@gmail.com

2705 Testolin Rd., Fallon, NV 89406

“The Best of Both” Horned and Polled Genetics

Don, Skeeter, Kari, Brooke and Bryce P.O. Box 239 • Orovada, NV 89425

775-272-3152 Home • 775-272-3153 Fax 209-479-0287 Cell orovadaherefords@aol.com brumleyfarms.com

Horned and Polled Herefords

Bull & Female Sale

Sept. 4, 2023

Chris Beck, Mgr. 618-367-5397

Bob Coker, Owner 916-539-1987 640 Genoa Ln. Minden, NV 89423 www.genoalivestock.com

Cliff Copeland · 575-403-8123

Matt Copeland · 580-336-8284

Alyssa Copeland · 731-499-3356

Jim Bob Burnett 205 E. Cottonwood Rd. Lake Arthur, NM 88253 Cell: 575-365-8291 burnettjimbob@gmail.com

cornerstone@plateautel.net www.cornerstoneranch.net

575-355-2803 • 575-355-6621

616 Pecan Dr., Ft. Sumner, NM 88119 LaMoyne and Opal Peters

Leslie and Glenda Armstrong Kevin and Renee Grant Ephesians 2:20

Bill King 5 05-220-9909

Tom Spindle 5 05-321-8808

Becky Spindle 5 05-252-0228

P.O. Box 2670 Moriarty, NM 87035 www.billkingranch.com

9767 Quay Road O Nara Visa, NM 88430

Michael Pérez - 575-403-7970

Kyle Pérez - 575-403-7971

Drew Pérez - 806-640-8340 Info@PerezCattleCo.com

PerezCattleCo.com

PREDICTABLE GENETICS

Sheldon Wilson 575-451-7469 • cell 580-651-6000 1545 Dry Cimarron Hwy • Folsom, NM 88419

AJ Stahoski -Herdsman-

NEW YORK

Timothy Dennis 315-536-2769

315-856-0183 cell

tdennis@trilata.com

3550 Old County Rd. Penn Yan, NY 14527

HOME OF CHURCHILL BROADWAY 104J

SPRING POND FARM

John and Ted Kriese – 4385 Italy Hill Road – Branchport, NY 14418 315-856-0234

hereford@frontiernet.net

www.fingerlakescattle.com

BREEDING CATTLE BUILT FROM THE GROUND UP

NORTH DAKOTA OHIO

LLC

NORTH CAROLINA

J. Brent Creech 14926 Taylor’s Mill Rd. Zebulon, NC 27597

919-801-7561

www.tmfherefords.com tmfherefords@icloud.com

Farm

C. Porter Claxton Jr. 240 Upper Flat Creek Rd. Weaverville, NC 28787

828-645-9127

cpcfarm@msn.com

Sales: Wayne Welch 828-768-3024

Visit our website to see current offering — www.claxtonfarmcattle.com

Ten miles north of Asheville, N.C., on future I-26 West

T ripleTT polled Herefords

James Triplett

127 Roseman Ln. • Statesville, NC 28625

704-876-3148 (evening) 704-872-7550 (daytime)

VisiT ors Welcome

Bulls and Females For Sale Private Treaty

Will-Via Polled

Herefords

Lavette and Brenda Teeter

2075 Landis Hwy. (NC Hwy. 152) Mooresville, NC 28115

704-662-5262

Bulls & Females available for sale private treaty

Robbie & Tracie Gipson 918-774-4795

g4gcattleco@gmail.com

headquartersranch.com

Bulls & Females available for sale private treaty 23731 NS 157 Rd.

van1messner@gmail.com

Paul Laubach 72251 N 2080 Rd • Leedey, OK 73654 Cell 580-822-5089 • paul@pandrherefords.com PandRHerefords.com

TRENT RAY

12700 E. Lone Chimney Road Glencoe, OK 74032 309-299-2387

trcattleco@hotmail.com BULLS FOR SALE YEAR-ROUND

OREGON

Registered Herefords George and Karen Sprague 85777 Vilhauer • Eugene, OR 97405 541-465-2188 gks@bar1ranch.com • www.bar1ranch.com

David and Lynda Bird 45863 Crow Rd. • Halfway, OR 97834 541-742-5436 • Cell 541-403-2828 • bird@pinetel.com

Hereford.org

PENNSYLVANIA

Shawn Guyer 814-285-0602

Traci Guyer 814-285-6880

Mason Guyer 814-330-5334 traciguyer@gmail.com

4G Herefords

Don and Madeline Hennon Sewickley, PA 15143

412-741-2883

Fax 412-741-2883

Robert Glenn, manager 724-748-4303 www.barhfarm.com

SOUTH DAKOTA

Bar JZ Ranches

Homozygous Polled Herefords

Don, Peg, Seth and Bridget Zilverberg 18542 326th Ave. Holabird, SD 57540 605-852-2966 www.barjz.com cattle@barjz.com

75th Annual Production Sale Feb. 20, 2024

Bischoff’s Ravine Creek Ranch

Gerald and Janelle Bischoff 20025 399th Ave., Huron, SD 37350 605-352-5530 • Cell 605-350-0979 Garret 605-461-1555 • Matt 605-350-0980 ravinecr@santel.net • www.ravinecreekranch.com

Annual Production Sale - 2nd Wednesday in March

HEREFORDS

Gordon and Thordys 39462 178th St. Frankfort, SD 57440 605-472-0619

Michael and Becky 605-224-4187 605-870-0052 blumeherf@yahoo.com

e GGers sOut H view farms

Tim and Philip Eggers 25750 476th Ave., Sioux Falls, SD 57104 Tim cell 605-929-6560 Philip cell 605-351-5438 eggerssouthviewfarms@gmail.com

I-29 Bull Run Sale 2nd Saturday in March

44130 279th St. Freeman, SD 57029

Lance Pankratz, owner

Office 605-925-7611

Cell 605-359-9221

Home 605-925-4283

Fax 605-925-4354

lagrand@gwtc.net

www.lagrandranch.com

Ollerich Brothers Herefords

29188 303 Ave., Clearfield, SD 57580 605-557-3246

Jerome 605-842-5212 • jeromeo@goldenwest.net

James 605-359-4006

Rausch Herefords

14831 Hereford Rd., Hoven, SD 57450

Shannon 605-769-0203

Jacob 605-769-0552 Peter 605-281–0471

rauschherf@rauschherefords.com • RauschHerefords.com

America’s #1 Dams of Distinction Cow herd

in February

SOUTH CAROLINA

P.O. Box 1057 • Seneca, SC 29679

864-882-1890

• Deryl cell 864-324-3268

deryl@keeserealtysc.com

• Grass Fed Cattle

SD 57371

Keith, Cheryl, Erin and Matt Fawcett • 605-870-0161

Dan, Kyla, Hollis and Ivy Fawcett • 605-870-6172

Weston, Kristin, Falon and Jensen Kusser www.fawcettselmcreekranch.com

PYRAMID BEEF Bull Sale

First Saturday in December

Hoffman Herefords

Horned & Polled Herefords

11341 357th Ave. • Leola, SD 57456 Colin 605-216-7506 • Miles 605-277-5048 cmbhoffman@msn.com www.hoffmanherefords.com

ivestOCk Registered Herefords

Jim and Jeannine Bockwoldt 22370 152nd Place, Box Elder, SD 57719 605-923-2366

jbnlivestock@rushmore.com • www.jbnlivestock.com

47229 232 St. Colman, SD 57017

Consignment sales and private treaty

Cody Williams, Cell 605-695-0931

Dave Stenberg 605-997-2594 • Cell 605-530-6002

Lindsey Wolles 605-496-2487

Bill and Paula Thorstenson 30491 131st St. • Selby, SD 57472 605-649-7940 • Cell 605-845-6108 wpthorstenson@venturecomm.net paulathorstenson@yahoo.com

TENNESSEE

Jim and Kay Coley and Family

140 Morgan Rd., Lafayette, TN 37083 615-804-2221 • coleyherefords@gmail.com

www.coleyherefords.com

PO Box 215, Cross Plains, TN 37049 615-478-4483 billymjackson@aol.com website: jacksonfarmsherefords.com

Jonathan cell 865-803-9947 Home 423-346-7304

314 Letory Rd. Wartburg,TN 37887 mudcreekFarms@msn.com

Johnny, Tanuja, Jonathan & Justin Dagley Ellis & Lovalene Heidel

Bulls and Females Available

Jerry Roberson 615-325-1883 P.O. Box 492 Portland, TN 37148

Mike Rogan 1662 McKinney Chapel Rd. Rogersville, TN 37857 423-272-5018 423-754-1213 Cell roganfarm@yahoo.com

Steven Lee 615-799-8085 cell 615-456-6165

5121 Bedford Creek Rd., Franklin, TN 37064 triplelranch@msn.com • sleehereford@gmail.com www.lllranch.com

Woodard Hereford Farms

Since 1945 – Quality Line 1 Cattle For Sale!

Winn Woodard 615-389-2624 • Phil Spicer 615-351-2810

4948 William Woodard R d. S pringfield , TN 37172

TEXAS

ATLAS FARMS

Your source for top end bulls and females.

Jimmy, Claudia and Precious Atlas 4920 CR 401 • Grandview, TX 76050 214-202-5178 • 817-456-4691 atlasfarms@sbcglobal.net

Bill or Chad Breeding 1301 N. Lions • P.O. Box 186 8 06-868-4661 or 806-570-9554 Miami, TX 79059 b reeder@amaonline.com

Pete and Angela Case P.O. Box 240, Mertzon, TX 76941 325-650-6209 • pete@caseranch.com www.caseranch.com

Jack & Lyn Chastain 3924 Burkett Dr Ft. Worth, TX 76116 817-821-3544 Farm located at Mineral Wells, TX

DUDLEY BROS.

Box 10, Comanche, TX 76442 • Office 325-356-2284 John Dudley 325-642-0745 Tom Dudley 325-642-0748 john@dudleybros.com www.DudleyBros.com Registered Herefords Since 1938

NOLAN HEREFORDS

Scott, Alise, Ilissa, Bethany and Audrey 1950 Skylark Rd. • Gilmer, TX 75645 nolanherefords@aol.com Res. 903-797-6131 Cell 903-738-5636

Terri Barber 817-727-6107

Jason Barber 817-718-5821

Dale Barber 806-673-1965

Justin Barber 806-681-5528

Brett Barber 806-681-2457

Mary Barber 806-930-6917 10175 F.M. 3138 • Channing, TX 79018 www.barberranch.com • office@barberranch.com

Maynard and Sandi Warnken Kevin Warnken, manager P.O. Drawer 29 • Schulenburg, TX 78956 979-561-8846 • 979-561-8867 fax Kevin cell 979-743-0619 rockinw@cvctx.com • rockinwranch.net

Randy Wood, manager 325-396-5526 5749 Rocking Chair Ln. Ft. McKavett, TX 76841 www.therockingchairranch.com

Raising cattle in Texas since 1855

Joey and Susan Skrivanek, owners 407 W. Mustang • Caldwell, TX 77836 Cell 979-224-4698 • Office 979-567-3131 j.skrivanekranch@outlook.com

WISCONSIN

Larry Woodson Bonham, TX 214-491-7017

MARBLELATION!

larrywoodson@gmail.com www.stillriverranch.com

SUNNY HILL RANCH

Horned and Polled

Pete Johnson, owner St Hwy 94 • Lufkin, TX 75904 936-465-1672 • pljmhj@yahoo.com

http://www.sunnyhillranchherefords.com

Southeast Texas Bull Sale Headquarters

4609 Airport Freeway Ft. Worth, Texas 76117 817-831-3161

texashereford@sbcglobal.net www.texashereford.org

williams family H erefOrds

Herb and Susan Williams, Owners

P.O. Box 567, Decatur, TX 76234

Herb Cell 940-393-1651 • Office/Ranch 940-466-3381 Fax 940-466-7237

Williamsfamilyherefords.com • herbsusan@msn.com

Since 1891, family owned and operated for five generations! Hwy. 51 north, 10 miles from Decatur, Texas

Registered/Commercial Hereford Cattle

UTAH

Rod Curtis 435-770-0509 rod@cachefeeds.com herefords1@hotmail.com

Bill and Linda Johnson 3350 N. St. Rd. 32 Marion, UT 84036 435-783-4455

bjohn@allwest.net

Cattle for sale at the ranch

JB Herefords

3847 W. 2200 S. • Wellsville, UT 84339 www.jbherefords.com

Billy Jensen 435-764-2422 Kyson Smith 435-421-9032 jbherefords@gmail.com

Jensen Brothers Herefords – Since 1920

Jonathan and Craig Johansen Castle Dale, UT • 435-650-8466 johansenherefords@gmail.com www.johansenherefords.com Line One Performance Breeding Since 1979

Jake Rees 801-668-8613 Scott Rees 801-949-8960 Roger Rees, DVM 801-913-5747

Herefords & Angus ReesCattle.com reescattle@gmail.com

2235 E. Rees Ln.•Morgan , UT 84050

VIRGINIA

Featuring Polled Descendants of J215

Thistle Tree Farm

Linda Lonas P.O. Box 187 • Purcellville, VA 20134 703-850-5501 Cell • 703-368-5812 Office

WASHINGTON

Bill and Terrilie Cox 688 Pataha St. Pomeroy, WA 99347 509-566-7050 cell cxranch@live.com

SINCE 1943 DIAMOND M RANCH

Kevin and Janice Bennett 3752 Ollie Bell Rd. Benton, WI 53803 608-778-8685 kevinjanicebennett@gmail.com www.sandrockranchherefords.com

WYOMING

Jay and Janice Berry 3049 C.R. 225 Cheyenne, WY 82009 307-634-5178 • www.wherecowmenbuybulls.com

LARGENT and SONS

Hereford Cattle Since 1902 P.O. Box 66 • Kaycee, WY 82639 307-738-2443 or 307-267-3229 Cell Sale Date – Nov. 16, 2023 largentandsons@yahoo.com www.largentandsons.com

McClun’s Lazy JM Ranch

Polled

Angus

Private

Winter Headquarters 646 Lake Rd. Burbank, WA 99323 509-545-5676

SELLING 1,500 HEREFORDS ANNUALLY “The great feedlot performance cattle” The McIrvins Box 99 Laurier, WA 509-684-4380

WEST VIRGINIA

westfall POlled H erefOrds

Jim Westfall, owner 304-927-2104 • cell 304-377-1247 jimwestfall2104@gmail.com

John Westfall, herdsman 304-927-3639 1109 Triplett Rd. • Spencer, WV 25276

Bulls and Females For Sale

CANADA

Billy Elmhirst R.R. 1 Indian River, ON Canada K0L 2B0 705-295-2708 • ircc@nexicom.net elmlodgeherefords.freeyellow.com

Your Source For Success

MEDONTE HIGHLANDS Polled Herefords

Jack McAughey K evin Brown 905-625-3151 705 -330-4663 Farm • Orillia, Ont. 705-326-6889 Business Office: 3055 Universal Dr., Mississauga, Ont. L4X 2E2

SERVICES

www.JamesFBessler.com

Jim@JamesFBessler.com

4812 McBreyer Pl. Fort Worth, TX 76244-6083

O: 817-562-8980 • Fax: 817-562-8981

Joel Birdwell, Auctioneer 5880 State Hwy. 33 Kingfisher, OK 73750

Home: 405-375-6630 Cell: 405-368-1058

LATHROP

Eddie Burks , Auctioneer 531 Rick Rd. Park City, KY 42160 270-991-6398 Cell endburks@hotmail.com

DALE

Advertisers’ Index

Calendar of Events

“Calendar of Events” is a listing of Hereford sales and events known to our staff. Italicized dates denote shows and events. Non-italicized dates denote sales. To make the calendar concise we have used the following abbreviations: association, assn.; international, int’l; junior, jr.; mountain, mtn.; national, nat’l; northeast, NE; northwest, NW; performance tested, PT; southeast, SE; southwest, SW; and university, Un.

APRIL

1 HYFA Spring Scholarship Deadline

1 Michigan Beef Expo Sale, Lansing

4 Freking Cattle Co. Show Heifer Sale (Online), Alpha, Minn.

4 Gerber Land & Cattle The Right Kind Sale, Richmond, Ind.

4 Grimmel Girls Show Cattle Fall Born Heifers & Frozen Genetics Sale (Online)

4 Lowderman Cattle Co. Fall Born Sale (Online), Macomb, Ill.

6 Jensen Bros. Female Sale (Online), Courtland, Kan.

6 Nat’l Hereford Women The Queen’s Court Show Heifer Prospects & Frozen Genetics Sale (Online)

6 Wildcat Cattle Co. Frozen Genetics Sale (Online), Darlington, Wis.

8 Central Missouri Polled Hereford Breeders Assn. Spring Sale, Cuba

8 Knoll Crest Farm’s Spring Bull & Female Sale, Red House, Va.

8 West Virginia Polled Hereford Assn. Sale, Weston

11 Buck Cattle Co. Bull Sale (Online), Madill, Okla.

12 Clark Anvil Ranch Annual Sale, Karval, Colo.

12 Curry Herefords Elite Herd Bull Sale (Online), McAlester, Okla.

13 Bowling Ranch Spring Bull Sale, Newkirk, Okla.

13 Dry Creek Farms Fall Born Show Heifer Sale, Pell City, Ala.

13 McClun’s Lazy JM Ranch Production Sale, Torrington, Wyo.

14 Virginia Hereford Assn. Mid-Atlantic Spring Bonanza Sale, Harrisonburg

15 Clifford Farms & Guests Production Sale, Lexington, Ky.

15 Ellis Farms Bull & Female Sale, Chrisman, Ill.

15 Indiana Bull Evaluation Program Sale, Springville

15 Sandrock Ranch Herefords 5th Annual Production Sale, Benton, Wis.

15 Stuber Ranch Annual Sale, Bowman, N.D.

15 W4 Ranch Spring Bull & Female Sale, Morgan, Texas

MAY

5 South Carolina Hereford Assn. Meeting, Clemson

6 South Carolina Hereford Assn. Sale, Clemson

6 Tennessee River Music 40th Annual Dixieland Delight Red, White & Black Sale, Fort Payne, Ala.

7 Jim D. Bellis Family Herefords No Excuse Herefords Production Sale, Aurora, Mo.

7 Maryland Jr. Hereford Assn. Preview Show, Gaithersburg

11 Kentucky Certified Hereford Influence Feeder Calf Spring Sale, Stanford

12 North Carolina Hereford Assn. Banquet, Statesville

12 Switzerland of Ohio Polled Hereford Assn. 45th Annual Sale, Old Washington

13 Burns Farms Annual Female Event, Pikesville, Tenn.

13 Mead Farms Bull & Female Sale, Versailles, Mo.

13 North Carolina Hereford Assn. Classic Sale, Union Grove

20 JM Cattle Co. & Blazer Farms Production Sale, Lawrenceburg, Tenn.

26 Ad deadline for July Hereford World

26-28 Kansas Jr. Preview Show, Manhattan

26-27 Kentucky State Hereford Show, Winchester

27 Buck Cattle Co. Sharing the Tradition Cow Sale, Madill, Okla.

27 Mead Cattle & Innisfail Farm 3rd Joint Production Sale, Midville, Ga.

29 White Hawk Ranch Beef Maker Bull & Female Sale, Buchanan, Ga.