October 2024 Baldy Advantage

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MATERNAL HETEROSIS AND MORE

Cow-calf key performance indicators.

Sizing up software.

MORE POUNDS — LESS COST

the American Hereford Association | October 2024

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Contacts

American Hereford Association

Address:

11500 N. Ambassador Dr., Ste. 410, Kansas City, MO 64153 816-842-3757 • Fax 816-243-1314 hworld@hereford.org • Hereford.org

AHA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President

Wyatt Agar, Thermopolis, Wyo.

Vice president

Chad Breeding, Miami, Texas

Directors

Term expires 2024

Jerome Ollerich, Winner, S.D.

Bob Schaffer, Spotsylvania, Va.

Term expires 2025

Lou Ellen Harr, Jeromesville, Ohio

Travis McConnaughy, Wasola, Mo.

Term expires 2026

Jim Coley, Lafayette, Tenn.

Hampton Cornelius, LaSalle, Colo.

Austin Snedden, Maricopa, Calif.

Term expires 2027

Jerry Delaney, Lake Benton, Minn.

Cindy Pribil, Hennessey, Okla.

Scott Sullivan, Grannis, Ark.

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 commercial programs

Trey Befort, tbefort@herefordbeef.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 Durian, cdurian@hereford.org

Education and information services coordinator and records supervisor

Laura Kouba, lkouba@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

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| Certified Hereford Beef Staff

President and chief executive officer

Ernie Davis, edavis@herefordbeef.org

Brand manager

Ty Ragsdale, tragsdale@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, kmiller@hereford.org

Creative services coordinator

Bailey Lewis, blewis@hereford.org

Editorial designer/assistant Megan Underwood, munderwood@hereford.org

Graphic designers

Sharon Blank and Teri Wolfgang

Contributing writers

Stan Bevers, Laura Nelson, Heather Smith Thomas

| Field Staff

Western Region – Emilee Holt Ariz., Calif., Idaho, Nev., Ore., Utah and Wash. 208-965-3130, eholt@hereford.org

Mountain Region – Kevin Murnin Colo., Mont., N.D., Wyo., central and western Canada 406-853-4638, kmurnin@hereford.org

North Central Region – Aaron Friedt Kan., Minn., Neb. and S.D. 701-590-9597, afriedt@hereford.org

Upper Midwest Region – Corbin Cowles Ill., Ind., Ky., Md., Mich., Ohio, Pa., W.Va. and Wis. 270-991-2534, ccowles@hereford.org

Southwest Region – Cord Weinheimer Ark., La., N.M., Okla. and Texas 830-456-3749, cweinheimer@hereford.org

Eastern Region – Tommy Coley Ala., Fla., Ga., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tenn. and Va. 815-988-7051, tcoley@hereford.org

Central Region – Joe Rickabaugh Iowa, Mo. and eastern Canada 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. and eastern Canadian provinces

The publisher reserves the right to decline any advertising for any reason at any time without liability, even though previously acknowledged or accepted.

• Homozygous Polled, heavily pigmented, short marked, dark red.

• Dominion was the standout of his calf crop, earning an 83# BW, 118 WWR, 116 YWR, 118 RER, 6.1 FS, 36 cm SC.

• Homozygous Polled, 100% eye pigmentation, short marked, dark red

• His early birth weight and calving ease reports are exceptional.

• Monument was the standout performer in his contemporary group, posting a 96 BWR, 119 WWR and 115 YWR. He is massively constructed, easy fleshing, athletic and nearly perfect footed.

• No animal in the breed comes close to matching his combination of CED, BW, WW, YW, SC, SCF, Udder EPDs, CW, REA and Marbling.

• His prototype dam is arguably the most ideal cow at Knoll Crest, with a nearly perfect udder.

• Dominion froze high quality semen at 13 months of age and bred 24 cows natural service in December and January, just prior to this photo being taken.

• No animal in the Hereford population comes close to matching his unique combination of calving ease, growth, SCF, MCW, REA and Marbling.

• In addition, he ranks top 1-2% for all index values and has the distinction of ranking in the top 1% CW yet smallest 3% MCW.

• An interest in the dam of Monument recently sold to Stellpflug Cattle Co. No other female in the breed comes close to matching her combination of calving ease, growth, MW, udder traits, REA, marbling and index values.

Maternal and More

Commercial producers continue to demand more baldies.

by Katie Maupin Miller

We don’t buy cattle to trade; we buy cattle to last,” says Daniel Shuler of Shuler Farms, who relies on Hereford-sired F1s to thrive rather than survive during Missouri’s humid summers running on fescue pastures.

Three truckloads of bred baldy replacement heifers Shuler purchased in 2022 serve as a sterling example. He purchased them from the TH Pitz Heifer Development Program (TH Pitz), a partnership between Topp Herefords, Grace City, N.D., and Bill Pitz, Farley, Iowa.

The heifers arrived in good flesh from North Dakota and easily adapted to their new environment. Shuler maintained their condition well over the winter, but after they calved, the first-calf heifers were turned out in a pasture an hour away from the home farm and spent the summer with the mature cow herd. Even with no special treatment, this set of efficient and fertile bald-faced females had a 92-93% breed-back rate — outperforming straightbred, black-hided peers. And that set of baldies continues to breed back, wean nice calves and, most importantly, remain profitable.

Frankly, Shuler doesn’t have time to baby them while balancing 700 mama cows with 2,500 acres of crops and a precision agriculture business.

“They’re an overall commercial mother cow that generates money year after year,” Shuler says. “We have a lot more luck with an F1 cow — weaning weights, breed-backs, efficiency; and they’re easy fleshing as far as maintaining them.”

Shuler scales everything at his place, and his best guess is that the added maternal heterosis of baldy dams adds about 5% to the weanling weights of their calves. The Hereford-sired females boast a natural mothering ability, docility, longevity and fertility.

In fact, Shuler was so happy with the heifers that he purchased bulls from Topp Herefords to make his own F1s in his operation at Trenton, Mo.

He’s not the only one. Each year, the TH Pitz program typically markets 2,000-2,500 head of baldy replacement females sired by Topp Herefords bulls — black-white-face, red-white-face and commercial Herefords. And, each year, these powerful baldy replacements demonstrate the moneymaking maternal heterosis the cross is known for.

Kody Woodward was looking for a set of 30-40 replacements in 2021 when he stumbled upon a TH Pitz online ad. After making the trip to Grace City to see the set being preg-checked, though, he bought 120.

Today, the fourth-generation cow-calf producer still has 95 of those females in production at his Dupree, S.D., ranch. While this set might not have had to travel as far as Shuler’s to settle into their new home, they had to work once they arrived. As Woodward says, they expect their cattle to make it on their own. The family needs their cattle to thrive on winter grazing, and like all commercial cattlemen, they’re chasing pounds.

Woodward Ranch runs some Charolais bulls on their baldies to optimize heterosis with smoke-colored, threeway-cross feeder calves, and their baldy dams know how to pack on the pounds to their offspring.

“I really believe in the Hereford breed,” Woodward says. “I love the maternal instincts, their conformation and disposition, but, more than anything, I’m after pounds.”

With the bang-up job these baldy cows did for Woodward, it’s little surprise that when his family happened upon a quality set of commercial Angus cows, they added some Topp Herefords sires to create their own replacements.

Baldy boom

These producers buying the genetics to make their own baldy replacements is even less surprising when you know the demand for the TH Pitz heifers. This year, the program offered 1,850 bred baldy heifers, and after featuring the offering on social media the TH Pitz crew received more than 500 inquiries. The demand for Hereford-sired replacement females is growing as more producers realize the added pounds maternal heterosis brings.

As TH Pitz heifer development manager Jordan Staton says, word gets around about these baldy females.

“Somebody buys a set (of baldy replacements), and their neighbors are like, ‘Hey, what are those?’ Then, the neighbor comes over to help brand cattle, and they’re seeing what kind of calves these cattle are throwing. They’re seeing these cattle out in the pasture, and the demand is really starting to grow,” he says. “This year, we’ve got a list of people trying to buy these baldies.”

With a growing list of cattlemen and women looking to buy these baldy replacements, Topp Herefords and partner Bill Pitz strive to sustain this program for years to come. As Staton says, “The sky is the limit with the F1 Hereford cross.”

R&D — raising and developing

Putting together such a quality set of replacement heifers year after year is no small task. Staton points out the logistics of developing these females, from procurement to feeding and development, health and estrous synching protocols to breeding and preg-checking. The entire Topp team works diligently year-round to put the set together.

Topp Herefords owner, Ryan Topp, says they reach out to their previous bull buyers in October to offer at- or near-steer prices to contract the top-cut of their replacement quality, Hereford-sired heifer calves. Cattle producers call the Topp Herefords office to lock in their contracted price and weight on a sliding scale that goes both ways. All eligible females must be vaccinated, but the program accepts delivery from October through January, receiving anything from bawling calves to backgrounded heifers. Sellers receive a premium for heifers that have been weaned for 45 days.

TH representatives visit the producer’s ranch to sort out the top cut of their potential replacements. Generally, about 60-85% of the top-end of the group will land in the TH Pitz Heifer Development Program. Ryan explains they’re selecting heifers that will make profitable cows for commercial producers. They want easy-doing, bigmiddled prospects that will forage well and maintain their condition. Topp Herefords’ crew also knows commercial cattlemen are paid ultimately on pounds, so their heifers have the scale needed to add weight to their calves.

Chad Miller, TH Pitz heifer procurement representative and one of the main representatives sorting the replacement stock, notes demand for the baldy heifers continues to grow based upon their ability to breed-back, last and wean big calves. As a man who sorts a lot of stock, he commends their docility as well.

“When you’re walking through the baldies, you really see the docility compared to the straight blacks or anything else,” Miller says.

Reliable docility is an added bonus for the TH crew who have a hands-on approach to heifer development, breeding females in groups of 500 head, synching them and adding heat patches, before heat checking the bunch a couple of times each day to AI, rather than using a timed breeding protocol.

Unsurprisingly, this is where the baldy replacements really shine. This year, out of nearly 2,000 head, less than 5% preg-checked open after a 60-day breeding season.

After the heifers are bred, there are three ways potential buyers can take delivery — straight out of the AI chute to cover with their own clean-up bulls, out of the preg-check chute or at the beginning of October. Each option gives ranchers the flexibility to crunch the numbers and balance their budget with their available forage.

Pitz notes the management it takes to develop this many quality replacement heifers. When he picked up the phone to call Topp Herefords about five years ago, Pitz was looking for a set of Hereford-sired replacements he could develop with a solid, consistent genetic base, and he found that and more. Together, Pitz and Topp Herefords can offer Topp Herefords’ bull buyers a value-added market for front-pasture type heifers, while offering commercial cattlemen a consistent set of F1s with known genetics.

For Pitz, the white face was an essential part of his heifer development program.

“The disposition is better. The fertility is better; they average 15% better on AI,” he says. “Plus, that bald head makes them have a little more pizzazz.”

Pizzazz might be one way to summarize the extras the bald face brings commercial cattlemen and women, but it starts with the Hereford genetics.

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This year, less than 5% of the TH Pitz baldy replacement heifers preg-checked open after a 60-day breeding season.

The breeding behind the bald face

The Topp family produces Hereford cattle with their commercial customers in mind, in part because they know the bald-faced fundamentals of fertility, longevity and efficiency add value to their operations and in part because Topp Herefords offers their bull customers buyback programs for replacement heifers and facilitates contracts for their feeder cattle. These marketing programs give the Topp Herefords crew front-row seats to see how their genetics perform in the field.

“Topp Herefords were early adopters of genomic testing, but we need to take a step back and remember there is a very practical side of genetic improvement that happens in the real world — out in the pasture with actual performance. What you see with your eyes is feed efficiency and docility, and what you see in the books is fertility and longevity,” Ryan says. “By us having the two programs — the heifer program and the feeder cattle program — it has just been very, very valuable to see how these cattle perform.”

Ryan adds that being a seedstock producer isn’t enough for Topp Herefords; they want to see their customers succeed with their genetics and realize added value.

Keith Herberg, Topp Herefords seedstock manager, works with the Topp family to make sure they have a topquality set of Hereford cows. To him, a good cow is the start of the industry, and she must be good-uddered and good-producing for several years — weaning eight or nine calves during her time on the ranch.

This maternal power behind TH-bred bulls creates great baldy females. Herberg sees the Topp Herefords cow herd selections come full circle with every load of replacement females the TH Pitz program develops.

“I have a lot of confidence in how good our cow herd is and that the bulls they produce are going to go on and make a lot of really good females,” Herberg says. “Good cattle produce good cattle.”

With current market conditions in the cattle cycle good cattle are worth more than ever before, and it is extra important that they can pay for themselves — and then some.

“Now more than ever, maternal heterosis is of the utmost importance,” says Logan Topp, Ryan’s son. “Then on the other end of it, once they’re older, that seventh or eighth calf is so valuable in terms of what you’re getting for your initial investment in that female and the cost to maintain her over the years … How much money can you make if a cow lasts two more years?”

As Ryan says, when much of the beef industry chased black-hides and heavy marbling, they did so in a way which sacrificed other important profit traits for commercial cattlemen, such as longevity, fertility and efficiency. But today, Hereford-influenced baldy cows stand poised to right the ship.

“Herefords have stayed the course on many of the most profitable traits of the beef industry,” Ryan says. “Now it has come full circle because people have lost growth, efficiency and longevity, and now they’re coming back to the plate.”

Simply put, a bald face pays because heterosis pays. Baldy females make calves year after year, which pay the only way commercial cattlemen are cut checks — by the pound.

The TH Pitz Heifer Development Program consists of the top-cut of Hereford-sired replacement quality females from Topp Herefords’ bull buyers’ herds.

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Fall 2024 Platinum TPR Breeders

Twelve Hereford breeders achieved Platinum Total Performance Records (TPR™) Breeder status for fall 2024.

The Platinum TPR program was established in 2018 to recognize breeders who participate in the Association’s Whole Herd Total Performance Records (TPR™) program that was implemented in 2001 to create a more accurate database and increase the value of Hereford genetics. The Platinum TPR Breeder is the highest level of achievement when it comes to complete calf crop reporting. Breeders must meet all of the requirements of Gold TPR Breeder

status plus genotype 85% of their calves with a weaning weight submitted.

The Platinum TPR Breeder awards are designated two times a year and are awarded each calving season. The selection of Platinum TPR breeders takes place during the process of loading each new run of expected progeny differences (EPDs) in January (spring) and July (fall). The criteria for Platinum TPR breeders will be evaluated two years prior to the award year. The following fall 2024 TPR awards reflect the fall 2022 calf crop.

The following Hereford breeders earned Platinum TPR status this fall:

Arkansas

Triple S Ranch, Grannis

Georgia

Colton Pollard, Carrollton

Iowa

K7 Herefords, Lockridge

Kansas

Kansas State Un., Manhattan

Montana

Holden Herefords, Valier

North Carolina

Double J Farm LLC, Trap Hill

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Oklahoma

J. M. Birdwell, Fletcher

Buford Ranches, Cleveland Express Ranches, Yukon

Virginia

Deer Track Farm, Spotsylvania

Knoll Crest Farm, Red House Mantews Farm, Barboursville

Breeders must fulfill the following specifications in order to qualify for Platinum TPR status:

• Herd inventory must be submitted prior to the date inventory surcharge goes into effect

• Complete reporting of calving ease and reproductive status for each dam on inventory

• Complete reporting of birth weights, weaning weights and yearling weights for each live calf recorded in the calf crop

• Complete reporting of scrotal measurements for each bull calf in the calf crop with a recorded yearling weight

• 85% of calves with a weaning weight submitted must be genotyped

• Ultrasound data reported on 25% or more of the calf crop

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Fall 2024 Gold TPR Breeders

Twenty-one Hereford breeders achieved Gold Total Performance Records (TPR™) Breeder status for fall 2024.

Established in 2005, the recognition pays tribute to breeders who go the extra mile to collect data at all levels

of production and report the data in a timely manner. Gold TPR Breeders are progressive Hereford producers who have measured traits and promptly submitted performance data at all levels of production.

The following Hereford breeders earned Gold TPR status this fall:

Alabama

Sul-Tay Polled Herefords, Elrod

California

B Bar Six Polled Herefords, Potter Valley

Gino Pedretti, El Nido

Sonoma Mountain Herefords, Santa Rosa

Georgia

Innisfail Farm, Madison

J.W. McCallum, Ambrose

Indiana

Greives Herefords, West Lafayette

Kansas

Brannan & Reinhardt, Otis

Kentucky

JMS Polled Herefords, Knifley

Missouri

Greyson Grooms, Aurora

Montana

Ehlke Herefords, Townsend

Nebraska

Monahan Cattle Co., Hyannis

Ohio

J & L Cattle Services, Jeromesville

Rex Bradford, St. Marys

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Breeders must fulfill the following specifications in order to qualify for Gold TPR status:

South Dakota

Bar JZ Polled Herefords, Holabird

Tennessee

Jim Coley, Lafayette

Stan East, Carthage

Texas

Double Diamond Ranch, McDade GKB Cattle, Desdemona

JP Family Limited Partnership, San Angelo

Virginia Greeno Farms, Louisa

• Herd inventory must be submitted prior to the date inventory surcharge goes into effect

• Complete reporting of calving ease and reproductive status for each dam on inventory

• Complete reporting of birth weights, weaning weights and yearling weights for each live calf recorded in the calf crop

• Complete reporting of scrotal measurements for each bull calf with a recorded yearling weight

• Ultrasound data reported on 25% or more of the calf crop

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Sizing Up Software

Evaluate digital recordkeeping programs for your ranch.

by Katie Maupin Miller

You can’t change what you don’t know. This philosophy helped Denise Loyning of L Bar W Cattle Co., a purebred horned Hereford operation in south central Montana, seek out the best tech solutions to help gather data about their genetics and their operation’s efficiency.

Currently, L Bar W uses two tech programs to help manage day-to-day operations — GEM, a cow herd management program, and Performance Livestock Analytics (PLA), a feed and health data management platform.

Tom Field, director of the Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program at the University of NebraskaLincoln, believes two important factors drive technology decisions, aside from cost.

“First, since so much diversity in marketing methods of size and scale exist, (the technology) must provide data and information a producer can turn into decision-making tools. If it checks this box, I’d suggest taking a hard look,” Field says. “Second, does a technology deliver market access due to improved and more detailed information? If it opens the door to an interesting supply chain opportunity for higher premiums or increased average prices, it may have the margins to validate the choice to bring on a new layer of management and data collection.”

For Loyning, the programs that they use at L Bar W do both. While the ranch keeps paper records on their cow herd, in addition to their digital copies, their cow herd management software is invaluable to make important selection decisions chute-side. With a couple of clicks, the ranch’s crew can know how a cow has produced in the past and where she might belong in their operation in the future. Likewise, PLA has revolutionized how they develop herd bulls for their sale. While the program was originally tailored to feedyards, it helps Loyning easily and efficiently track feed consumption, weight gain, health, rations and input costs. This program not only sheds light on the operation’s bottom line but also helps eliminate human error when mixing feed. Both programs help L Bar W make profitable decisions, which should always be a factor when selecting software.

“Ultimately, a fit is determined by profit,” Field says. “If it positively affects my break-even, I need to seriously consider it. Admittedly, potential profit is hard to establish early on.”

Added data, added value

When it comes to implementing new technology, Loyning suggests being brave. Admittedly, it was a little nervewracking for the L Bar W crew to head to the bull barn with an iPad in hand to track rations via bluetooth for the first time, but more than diving into tech, producers must be willing to dive into the data that comes with it.

“You can’t be afraid of the data. You have to want to be better,” Loyning says. “Utilizing all the different things out there helps us improve our herd — PLA for rations and cost inputs, a software program to keep track of your cow herd and the Hereford Feedout Program for carcass data.”

CattleMax, for example, updates information for multiple animals at one time, streamlines registration and herd reporting with the Association and ultimately presents the data collected as reports producers use for day-to-day decision-making. PLA provides timely insights on feed and health trends. While these programs are designed to help producers analyze different aspects of their operation, both cut paper clutter and present data in an easy-to-follow format to impact profitable decision-making.

“The cattle business has many challenges, and it’s important that an operation have good records to ensure profitability,” explains Terrell Miller, CattleMax founder.

As Bailey Rist, Performance Livestock Analytics head of customer success, adds, “Digital recordkeeping, with an easy-to-use system like Performance Beef, means less time spent in an office crunching numbers. It’s easier than ever for producers to see breakevens and input costs down to the penny, resulting in better short- and long-term decision-making.”

Easing into it

When it comes to digital recordkeeping systems, easy-touse is a must-have.

“If it’s not user-friendly, I’m not interested,” Field says. “A program requiring a ton of support or adding a boatload of complexity to an already complex environment isn’t the answer. As Einstein said, ‘Make things as simple as possible but no simpler.’”

Producers who do their due diligence when looking into potential software often have the best luck when implementing it. Scheduling demos or free trials with reps is a great way to take the software for a test drive, as well as clearly communicating with your software representative about the data you need to collect and how it will be used in your operation. Additionally, Miller suggests that

each operation should have basic training with its team members so that everyone understands the program and is clear on who is responsible for data entry.

“The customers who get the most out of the program have the whole team take advantage of our onboarding process. This gives them exposure to all key features and functionalities, including a deep dive into their data and resulting insights,” Rist adds. She also reminds producers to check on hardware compatibility to see if their potential program syncs with scale heads, electronic IDs, etc.

At the end of the day, a lot of this research means asking the right questions.

Ask away

Field recommends producers approach technology providers with three key questions:

No. 1 - Can you demonstrate that it works?

No. 2 - Is your technology better than what I’m using now, and why?

No. 3 - Will you outline the increased profitability and improved efficiency timeline?

Cattle software providers field questions every day from potential clients. Rist is often asked about upfront costs, onboarding time investment and team availability for support and questions. Miller receives frequent inquiries regarding cost, ease of use and the software’s compatibility with breed associations to exchange data. In addition to Field’s three key questions, Rist and Miller suggest cattle producers quiz potential tech providers about the following:

• If I have questions, how do I get them answered?

• What hours/days do you have product support available?

• Will I be able to talk to real people?

• What support do you offer when I can’t call in?

• What methods (phone, email, chat) are available?

• Where is the team based (U.S. or international)?

• Do the customer service team members know cattle and use the software in their own herds?

You can’t be afraid of the data. You have to want to be better. Utilizing all the different things out there helps us improve our herd ...

— Denise Loyning, L Bar W Cattle Co., Absarokee. Mont.

Once you’re satisfied with the answers, Field suggests looking to trusted sources, including consultants, friends or peers with knowledge, expertise or experience.

Service and support

Regardless of how much research cattlemen and women do before selecting a recordkeeping software, choosing a program with great customer support is a must-have. Both Miller and Rist agree that customer support is a key to success; Loyning echoes their sentiments.

“I am a big customer service person,” she says. “If I pick up the phone, I want to talk to somebody … When you pay for an online platform service, that is something you should be able to count on. Ranching and ag is not a 9-5 job. We need to know that we have people on our team who are available to help with things.”

Besides having a great tech support team for new software, Miller suggests pulling reports periodically to measure progress. Loyning also does check-ins with the L Bar W crew to make sure that their recordkeeping and software systems are still adding efficiency to their operation. She checks that no step in the process is slowing anyone down and that all the data is not only being properly recorded, but once it is in the system, it is also easy to follow and can be used to make day-to-day decisions. The ability to more easily use data to drive profitability is the cornerstone to each successful system.

“If it’s accurate, works quickly, reduces labor, demonstrates a verifiable ROI, makes for better decisionmaking and takes away aggravation, give it serious consideration,” Field says.

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Targeting Critical Performance

Key performance indicators for cow-calf operations

by Stan Bevers

Cattle prices are positioned to increase sharply when the nation’s cow-calf producers begin rebuilding the national herd. This provides an excellent opportunity for you to review performance measurements that are critical to your operation. These measurements are known as key performance indicators (KPIs) and are based on production and financial data. You can use these KPIs to evaluate different factors that are crucial to the success of your cow-calf operation. They can help any rancher evaluate whether the operation is fulfilling his or her goals. In a sense, they are a report card that can be used to identify weaknesses in a given operation. Below are 13 KPIs that every rancher should consider as they bring their ranch to full capacity.

It is important that you calculate KPIs correctly and base them on good data. Be honest with yourself. In some instances, ranchers find that their financial recordkeeping isn’t as good as it should be. The most accurate KPIs are calculated from financial accrual-adjusted records. Remember that no single KPI assures success. As with a ranch’s resources, the ranch manager must balance the use of these indicators. To focus on one KPI, at the expense of another, will not improve the overall performance of the ranch. As an example, increasing the pounds weaned per exposed female does no good if the nutritional base expense indicator is too high. KPIs have to be in balance for the overall performance to be excellent. Finally, most ranches are involved in multiple enterprises. The KPIs discussed below are strictly for the cow-calf segment of a ranch.

Target levels

Target levels for the various KPIs have been identified through analysis of herd data from several sources including hundreds of herds in the Beef Cow-calf Standardized Performance Analysis (SPA) program and the author’s research and experience working with individual ranch owners and managers.

No. 1: Pounds weaned per exposed female – greater than 460 pounds per exposed female

The primary objective for owning breeding beef females is to wean calves. While every rancher has this goal, how they accomplish it varies over time. However, the number of calves weaned and how heavy those calves are serve as indicators of ranch productivity. From a production standpoint, the pounds of weaned calf per exposed female remains the most important production KPI. To calculate this KPI, divide the total pounds of weaned calves by the total number of exposed breeding females that were intended to be bred. This KPI is a function of weaning percentage and weaning weights. A high weaning percentage begins with a high pregnancy rate followed by a high calving percentage. While weaning weights are certainly a function of genetics and management, weather and days of age are the most important determinants. To solve low pounds weaned per exposed female, a rancher should first look at reproduction rates, not at increasing weaning weights.

No. 2: Revenue per breeding female –greater than $950 per breeding female

For a ranch to record net income, it must sell products and generate revenue. In its simplest form, this KPI is a product of pounds weaned being sold for a competitive price. However, revenue per breeding female also includes other items. First, this KPI would include the gains or losses associated with the sales of culled breeding stock. Second, it should include the annual value change (accrual adjustment) of the weaned calves that are kept in the herd as replacement heifers or replacement bulls. Ideally, this value would be the accumulated expenses of the calves; however, many ranchers may choose to use market value. The target figure of $950 per breeding female is based

on accumulated expenses, not market value. If you use the market value approach, the KPI should be higher than $950.

No. 3: Nutrition base expense as a percent of total expenses – between 30% and 45%

Because reproduction is the most important factor in ranch productivity, proper herd nutrition is imperative. Yet, no two ranches have exactly the same resources to grow, purchase and maintain the nutritional base required by the breeding herd. Thus, we need to identify three groups of nutritional expenses: 1) expenditures for purchasing forage, protein supplement, salt and minerals; 2) expenses for producing raised feed, such as hay production; 3) costs to maintain and improve grazing for the herd. Those familiar with the Beef Cow-calf SPA analysis will recognize these as the Raised/Purchased Feed Expense and the Grazing Expense. To calculate this KPI, start with the total expense of the ranch including owner labor and depreciation. Then, identify the nutritional costs. Most successful ranchers keep nutritional expenses at 30% to 45% of total expenses.

No. 4: Labor and management expense as a percent of total revenue – less than 25%

Labor and management expense can be the most variable cost across beef herds. To calculate this KPI, determine the total labor and management expense. If the ranch uses only hired labor and management, this figure is relatively easy to determine. If an owner operates the ranch, he must establish a figure for his labor for this KPI to be comparable. In either case, items such as payroll taxes and employee benefits need to be included. Labor and management costs are higher than most people realize due to the benefits that hired managers receive. To interpret this KPI, the ranch owner should target spending less than $0.25 for labor and management per one dollar of revenue generated.

No. 5: Operating expense as a percentage of total revenue – less than 70%

Controlling expenses can be one of the most important exercises for ranch owners and managers. Managers should target operating expenses at less than 70% of total revenue. Operating expenses include all expenses except interest paid and depreciation. If operating expenses are less than 70% of the ranch’s total revenue, the ranch can use the remaining 30% to: 1) pay interest; 2) hold in escrow to cover depreciation expense; 3) retain as net income. Clearly, a ranch will suffer a net loss if operating expenses plus interest expense and depreciation is greater than total revenue.

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6: Net income ratio – greater than 5%

This ratio corresponds with the fifth KPI. Net Income is calculated as total revenue minus total expenses. This KPI represents the portion of total revenue that is retained as net income. Put another way, a ranch can do four things with total revenue: 1) pay operating expenses; 2) pay interest expenses; 3) place in escrow to account for depreciation expenses; 4) retain as net income. This KPI records each of the four as a percent of total revenue. The target is to retain greater than 5% of the total ranch revenue as net income, while the remaining 95% can be used to pay for operating, interest or depreciation costs.

No. 7: Cost per hundredweight (cwt.) of weaned calf – less than $175 per cwt.

For a ranch manager, the best number to know is what it takes to produce a pound of weaned calf, or in this case, 100 pounds of weaned calf. This KPI incorporates the productivity of the ranch and the total expenses it took to create that productivity. Every ranch has a different set of resources that it uses to create calves. This KPI illustrates how efficiently that manager is using those resources. When calculated correctly, you can compare this figure to other ranchers across the country regardless of the resources that the manager is using.

Industry wide, this bottom-line KPI is where ranchers compete with one another. Further, it is known that the cattle industry is cyclical and calf prices move between high (resulting in financial profits) and low (generating financial losses). This cyclical movement of prices relative to each ranch’s cost of production is what encourages specific ranchers, and the cow-calf industry in general, to expand or contract. Given current fundamentals, a cost of less than $175 per cwt. is a target ranchers should shoot for.

No. 8: Current ratio – greater than 2.0

Most ranchers have only one significant payday per year. That makes it imperative to have enough liquid assets to combat unforeseen events such as prolonged dry periods. The current ratio KPI reflects a ranch’s ability to pay short-term liabilities, but also provides an estimate of its ability to quickly mitigate the impact of shortterm unknown events. This indicator is calculated by dividing the ranch’s current assets by the liabilities that have to be paid within the year. Current assets can be cash, savings or any other asset that can be quickly turned into cash. Ranchers should strive to maintain a current ratio greater than 2.0.

No. 9: Total investment (market basis) per breeding female – between $7,500 and $15,000

On most ranches, owned land is the major asset on the balance sheet. Currently, external factors have driven land prices higher. In today’s real estate market, ranchers are finding it hard for breeding cows to pay for any land purchase. Furthermore, potential ranch heirs look at the large investment, labor required and low rate of return and have to wonder whether it would be better to invest elsewhere. The ranch manager’s job is to generate the greatest return on the lowest investment possible. This KPI target range of $7,500 to $15,000 takes into account that some land has already been purchased (or inherited) or that some portion of land the ranch used is leased. To calculate this KPI, divide the total asset investment from the balance sheet by the beginning fiscal year inventory of breeding females.

No. 10: Debt per breeding female –less than $500 per breeding female

Given the low rate of return on assets, most ranches cannot pay for much debt. To illustrate, a target Rate of Return on Assets KPI (see No. 13) is greater than 1.5%. With interest rates greater than 6%, it is impractical to purchase assets that will only return 1.5% when interest is costing the ranch 6%. This example does not take into account cases where the asset improves the ranch efficiency enough to overcome the interest cost. This KPI can vary with some herds able to handle more debt than others. To calculate this KPI, divide the total debt of the ranch from the balance sheet by the beginning fiscal year inventory of breeding females. In general, successful ranch managers keep the debt per breeding female under $500 each.

No. 11: Equity to asset ratio (market basis) – greater than 50%

The equity to asset ratio is the percentage of a ranch the owner owns. To calculate this KPI, divide the net equity by the total assets. Both figures come from a ranch’s

balance sheet. The opposite image of this KPI is the debt to asset ratio that shows the percentage of the ranch owned by others, such as a lender. Few lenders will want to finance a ranch if they already own more than 50% of it. This being the case, you should strive to own more than half of the assets. The type of ranch assets you own will influence whether you can get financing. For example, if your share is made up of land you own, a lender may find it easier to lend money against an equity to asset ratio of less than half.

No. 12: Asset turnover ratio (cost basis) – greater than 22%

Because ranching is such a highly capitalized business, it is vital that the manager generate the greatest possible net income from those assets. The asset turnover ratio illustrates how much those assets are generating (turning). To achieve a KPI target of 22%, every dollar of asset making up a particular ranch must generate $0.22. This figure may seem quite low, but it demonstrates the nature of the ranching business. To calculate this KPI, divide the net income by the value of assets from the balance sheet.

No. 13: Rate of return on assets (market basis) – greater than 1.5% Managers depend on the rate of return on assets (ROA) to evaluate their performance. The manager’s charge is to use the ranch’s assets to generate positive net income. In this way, ranch managers are like fund managers on Wall Street. The difference, however, is the expected ROA. While the long-term return from Wall Street may be greater than 6%, the long-term return from breeding beef cows is closer to 0.5%. When calculated correctly, the ROA can be compared to any other asset management business including your savings account at the local bank. To calculate this KPI, start with the net income and add to it the interest expenses for the year. Then, divide this figure by the average value of the assets from the balance sheet. In this case, we use the market value basis as opposed to the cost basis of the assets. Successful ranches have an ROA greater than 1.5% over time.

The 13 KPIs presented here are not the only measures that a ranch should consider. However, these KPIs provide an excellent starting point for evaluating the financial targets a ranching operation should strive for. Remember, each ranch is unique and possibly involved in multiple enterprises that contribute to the financial wellbeing of the operation. These variations may alter how certain KPIs are viewed.

Editor’s note: Stan Bevers is a ranch consultant and professor and Extension economist emeritus with Texas A&M University. Reprinted from Feb. 2023 Hereford World.

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Helping Bred Heifers Brave the Cold

Bred heifers need more care and nutrition during winter months.

by Heather Smith Thomas

Abred heifer needs enough nutrition to support her growth, as well as that of her growing fetus. This means, bred heifers often need additional support over the winter, according to Shannon Williams, University of Idaho Extension educator.

“A heifer has many demands on her nutritional plate. Nutrition is the most important aspect of winter management. No matter what you are feeding (hay, silage, concentrates, winter pasture or a mix of various feedstuffs), make sure you are meeting those needs, which will change as the heifer gets farther along in pregnancy,” she notes.

A bred heifer that is eight months into her gestation will have different nutritional requirements than a female that is just two or three months along.

“The nutritional scale is constantly changing as the fetus develops (with highest demands during the final trimester), because the heifer is growing, getting ready to calve and preparing to produce milk afterward,” Williams says.

The calving season also affects winter feeding; fall-calvers or MayJune calvers will be in earlier stages of gestation than February-calvers, which require more nutrients.

Research on fetal programming, or the concept that a mother’s nutrition during gestation can have long-term effects on her offspring, adds more importance to properly wintering bred heifers.

“We realize that what we feed the pregnant heifer or cow will influence how her calf performs after birth — as a growing calf, in the backgrounding lot, in the feedlot or as a mature animal,” Williams says.

Know your feed

Feeding decisions start with knowing the nutrient values of the feed — protein levels, energy, mineral profiles, etc. Purchased and homegrown feeds can change from year to year depending on weather conditions, soil fertility, maturity, harvesting timeliness, etc. Producers must know if their hay is adequate in protein for a growing, pregnant heifer or if they will need to add supplement.

“If heifers can stay in your herd longer because you fed them properly during their first couple years, testing feeds is a good investment,” Williams says. “When you look at the cost of developing a heifer — your investment to get her to that first calf — you don’t want to pay that money again (to develop another heifer to replace her) just because you didn’t meet her nutritional demands, and she comes up open after her first calf or breeds back late.”

Checking the nutrient values of hay and available forages helps producers make informed winter

feeding decisions. For example, producers may save their higher protein hay for younger, still-growing cattle. Holding back high-protein hay for later in the winter season can also save the best available forages for times when bred heifers may be later in gestation or early in lactation. Whereas, mature cows, 4-years-old and older, can more easily maintain their condition and pregnancies on lower quality forages.

“If you are purchasing feed, ask for a feed analysis before you buy it. You need to know protein level (sometimes certain mineral levels) and nitrate levels, especially if it’s oat hay or any cereal hay. Even if you buy from the same forage producer every year, these levels can change dramatically with different growing conditions,” Williams says.

It pays for producers who plan to winter cattle on pasture or crop residue to take samples (with grass trimmers) in for testing. “Observe what the cattle are actually eating and take samples of those plants,” Williams says. “Sometimes producers bring me samples to send to a lab, and I wonder whether their cattle are really eating those plants. If you sample what cattle are actually eating, your sample will be more accurate and the information more useful.”

Manage for the weather

Feeding forage generates body heat during winter weather. Cattle need windbreaks and more feed just to keep warm during harsh winter weather. Necessary energy can usually be supplied by forages. The fermentation breakdown of roughage in the rumen produces heat. If cattle don’t have additional energy during cold weather, they rob body fat to keep warm, and they lose weight.

Bred heifers often need supplemental winter nutrition to maintain their body condition, growth and pregnancy.

During cold weather, Williams says cattle should be given all the hay they will clean up, or a protein supplement on dry pastures — to encourage them to eat more. As long as the protein level in the diet is adequate (to “feed” the rumen microbes), they can process/ferment sufficient roughage to provide energy and body heat. She also suggests having a contingency plan for extra feed for really cold days or blizzard conditions.

Winter the bred heifers separate from the cow herd since their nutritional needs are different.

Save the best pasture for the bred heifers or divide a winter pasture with temporary electric fencing to provide the bred heifers with a supplement — such as a lick tub or alfalfa hay — that the mature cows don’t need.

“If you provide a protein or mineral supplement to augment deficient pastures, monitor intake to make sure they are eating the amount recommended. Just putting a tub out, you don’t know if they are over-eating or under-eating or if some individuals are consuming more than their share, keeping timid ones away,” Williams says. “If cattle are consuming too much or too little, call your feed or mineral rep, to re-mix the ingredients to either slow or speed their consumption.”

She considers alfalfa hay to be one of the best protein/mineral supplements for bred heifers, but the time and fuel it takes to start the tractors and/or trucks required to feed each day (or every other day) make it less convenient than lick tubs which may last for several days. Not to mention, cattle wintering in rough or rugged pastures, where producers can’t take a truck or tractor. In this instance, it may be more feasible to supplement via tubs or blocks that can be transported with an ATV.

Sparse nutrition doesn’t equal easy calving

Remember, the fetus grows fastest in late gestation, and research shows that bred heifers calving after a cold winter tend to have heavier birthweight calves. This is because more blood is shunted to internal organs rather than extremities to maintain the heifer’s body core temperature. Since the uterus has more blood flow when this happens, more nutrients are available to the growing fetus.

Some producers cut back on pregnant heifers’ feed in late winter, to try to have

Considering body condition

Think about body condition first, says Karl Hoppe, North Dakota State University Extension livestock specialist.

“We need to be thinking 6 months in advance in terms of the body condition we want them to be. If they’ve already lost weight, it can be too late to catch up, unless a person has a lot of silage and feeds a ‘finishing’ diet. We don’t encourage that for heifers,” he says.

Producers must also ensure that bred heifers are receiving the proper vitamin and minerals. Calcium and phosphorus, in proper proportion, are needed for bone growth. Correct levels of magnesium and potassium are also imperative. Vitamin A is often deficient in winter feed, so producers will need to give growing cattle green, leafy forages or a mineral mix including vitamin A.

“I want bred heifers gaining 1.5- to 2-pounds-per-day through the winter. If you have bad weather, like we often do in North Dakota, they need more feed to do that,” Hoppe says.

One problem he notes in North Dakota is ranchers are tempted to let cattle graze on crop residue or in pastures too long during the winter without adding supplemental feed.

“In a corn field, when you stop seeing corn kernels in the manure, you know the quality of that forage is poor; cattle are not gaining weight anymore. All they have left is rough stalks,” Hoppe says. “With bred heifers, if we try to save feed by getting them to graze more, they might be going backward, so we have to watch this closely.”

smaller calves and fewer calving problems, but Williams says this is a poor practice.

Even though a well-fed heifer that comes through a cold winter may end up having a slightly bigger calf (and possible dystocia), she and the calf will both be healthier than if she received inadequate nutrition.

“You don’t want heifers too fat when they calve, but you definitely don’t want to shortchange them. You walk a fine line on this,” Williams says.

It takes protein and energy for a heifer to grow a strong, healthy fetus and produce high-quality colostrum. Providing bred heifers with inadequate nutrition, hoping for easier calving not only sacrifices her health, but potentially her calf’s. The calf needs good colostrum, and the heifer needs adequate body condition or she won’t be able to produce milk and breed back.

“For calving ease, it’s more important to select the right bulls, and the right heifers — with genetics for easy calving and feed efficiency,” Williams says.

Other considerations

Other winter management considerations include timely vaccinations and parasite control. Deworming and delousing may be beneficial.

“Work with your veterinarian to create a good health management plan. This includes preg-checking. If you have a large herd and your calving season is more than 100 days, you may want to divide heifers into an early-calving group and a later-calving group to feed

differently. If you have some that will calve later than you prefer, you might market those to someone who calves later,” Williams says.

Frame score and body size may also affect how quickly replacement heifers breed and how much nutrition they require to maintain their weight and pregnancy over the winter. Williams urges producers to avoid extremes by culling both the smallest and largest potential replacements.

“Maybe you got by feeding ‘x’ amount of forage to heifers back then, but because you chose to keep your biggest heifers, the average size is creeping up, and you may need to feed them more,” she says. “Early feed recommendations were based on a 1,000-pound cow, but today most heifers weigh that much and become much larger than that as cows.”

Mature cow size has certainly crept up in the last decade, and it’s important for producers to keep track of how their bred heifers grow, breed, maintain their weight, etc. Williams encourages cattlemen and women to keep more bred heifers than their operation needs so they can cull the females that don’t quite work.

“If some don’t fit your environment and can’t perform the way you need them to, they are better off somewhere else — even in a box as beef. It’s survival of the fittest for what fits your place and management system, so monitor your heifers and make appropriate management decisions,” she says.

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Making the Switch

Shifting to regenerative management without big upfront costs and tough trade-offs.

What’s the cost? What’s the trade-off?

Those are the two primary questions cattle producers ask when considering a transition to regenerative ranching.

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Trade some productivity for true profitability

Noble Research Institute senior regenerative ranching advisor Mike Porter says ranchers often expect to hear that new management practices automatically come with a prohibitive price tag, but that doesn’t have to be the case if you start small and begin with what you have.

“The fact is, if somebody is doing regenerative management appropriately, they should have fewer costs,” Porter says. “The whole point is to work with the resources you have.”

Porter is leery of anyone who says a rancher needs to make big, upfront infrastructure investments or pay a high price for a new tool or trick in order to consider themselves regenerative.

Traditional thinking holds that more production is better: run the largest herd possible, weigh the most pounds on sale day, grow the biggest bushel load to put in the bin, measure the success of a day by how many tasks were checked off the list.

However, this productivity mindset does not always pay with true profitability. Instead, the most important, immediate investment may be the time and attention to keep detailed records on exactly where money flows in and out of the ranch business.

“If you start looking — and I mean really looking hard — at exactly what it costs to feed that bale of hay or grow that bushel of grain or send that calf to market, you’ll likely become regenerative on your own,” Porter says. “It might

become apparent that a lot of those expenses are not actually making money in return.”

He points to Noble’s Red River Ranch in southern Oklahoma as an example. The 3,000-acre property was traditionally a pecan farm and monoculture bermudagrass grazing and haying operation. The land produced, on average, a little more than 900 tons of hay each year to feed its year-round cow herd, part-time stocker herd and bulls. The operation also exported hay to other Noble ranch properties.

When the managers of Red River Ranch eliminated the haying enterprise to shift to a year-round grazing-based system, they immediately eliminated tens of thousands of dollars of fertilizer, herbicide and haying expenses.

Forage growth previously cut and baled for hay was instead utilized as

year-round forage to graze a more diverse herd. The ranch maintained the same number of mature cows and decreased stocker numbers while adding a yearround yearling heifer herd, plus sheep and goat herds. These new income streams better utilized available resources.

Veterinary bills also declined after the switch to regenerative grazing eliminated herbicide application. The ranch manager hypothesized that increased forage diversity provided a better-balanced diet and increased the animals’ natural immune response.

The ranch no longer had the hay enterprise, but the managers realized it had acted as a mining operation, exporting much-needed nutrients and fertility from the soil at a rate that was difficult to replace with chemical inputs. The ranch staff also switched from riding a tractor all summer to spending more time with the livestock.

Red River Ranch’s stocking rate (animal units) remained at about 94% of its traditional usage, while eliminating costly equipment, labor and input costs associated with the haying operation. In this situation, these were profitable trade-offs in financial and ecological measurements.

“This might not be the case on every ranch,” Porter says. “A hay enterprise might make sense in a different context, and it may even involve a little herbicide or fertilizer use. But you’ve got to really evaluate those decisions and make sure they’re in line with soil health principles and ecosystem processes and true profitability.”

Look for small, sustainable solutions — not a silver bullet

Someone seeking new solutions in regenerative ranching might assume upfront infrastructure costs in fencing and water are inevitable. Again, Porter cautions against that kind of silver-bullet-solution thinking or dread of high expenses.

If you’re moving to a more adaptive grazing approach, you might need to make some investments in electric, temporary fencing, but Porter suggests taking a conservative approach.

“Start small, and start somewhere that’s easy to monitor,” he says. For instance, try a new grazing system with a small group of animals near the home place where you can keep close track

of the changes in your plant community, the soil and livestock performance.

“Until you do it for a while, you might not know for sure where your water needs to be located or what the flow rate should be or where fences need to be located, so I think it’s a big mistake to invest in a bunch of infrastructure upfront,” Porter says.

Use what you have until you’re confident any investment you make will return profitability. Perhaps you don’t have the water infrastructure you need to graze a particular pasture the way you’d like to, but your neighbor does have water near that land. Does it make sense to reduce your own herd and lease that land to the neighbor for a few years while you save the money for the water investment?

Maybe you have heavy woody encroachment in an area, but you don’t have the capital to increase stock density enough to trample it down naturally. Or you’re in a drought, and prescribed fire isn’t an option. You don’t want to spend the money or sacrifice ecological function to wage a chemical war.

“Maybe that woody vegetation is supporting some deer, some turkey or quail, and that land is well-suited as a hunting or recreational lease instead,” Porter explains.

The point, he says, is rather than asking how another costly input could solve a problem, you should ask yourself: “How can I work with what I have? How would nature solve this problem?”

Invest in new thinking first

“I think it’s fair to say that the biggest upfront cost is mentally and emotionally re-thinking the way we’ve done things,” Porter says. “Too often, we feed hay four, five months of the year because we have the equipment to do it. We spray weeds because we don’t like to look at them. We fertilize because we like that manicuredlooking monoculture. Agriculture is full

of our own prejudices and biases about how things should be, or how they should look to ourselves and our neighbors.”

Change inevitably comes with an emotional price for bucking social stigmas. Overcoming our preconceived notions of what we think we should do, or how our land should look might be easier as we gather educational resources and develop a network of peers aimed at similar goals. It’s hard to go against the norm, Porter admits, but acknowledging and accepting that challenge is the start of overcoming it.

“It’s like wearing out-of-style clothes, knowing everybody else is looking at you and thinking you’re strange or wrong,” he says. “But maybe you’re the trendsetter, and you’ve got the style that’s going to be in vogue in five years. So, stick with it when you believe it is the right thing to do.”

Editor’s Note: This is part of a continuing series of articles about regenerative ranching from Noble Research Institute, long trusted by beef cattle producers for supporting the industry with research, education and consultation. Follow the series in future issues of Baldy Advantage and Hereford World, as well as in special 1881 podcasts, at Hereford.org. Additional regenerative resources and past articles in the series are also at Noble.org

Mike Porter recently retired as a senior regenerative ranching advisor from Noble Research Institute after 44 years with the organization, where his work focused on wildlife and rangeland ecology along with regional habitat and plant management.

Laura Nelson is a freelance agricultural journalist based in western Nebraska.

Photo courtesy of Rob Mattson/Noble Research Institute

Regenerative grazing can support animal health while reducing input costs ranging from herbicide treatments to veterinary bills.

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Minimize Transport Stress in Cattle

Tricks for making shipping day a success.

by Heather Smith Thomas

There’s no doubt hauling cattle is stressful — especially for livestock that have never been on a trailer. However, careful handling of cattle when sorting, hauling and shipping can reduce shrink and help prevent “shipping fever” after they reach their destination. Too much stress hinders the immune system, making the cattle more vulnerable to disease.

Handle and wean beforehand

Ron Gill, Ph.D., Texas A&M University professor and Extension livestock specialist, says the more your cattle are accustomed to being handled, the easier the shipping and hauling process will be on them.

“If they’ve been handled properly at branding or any other time they are moved or sorted, it helps,” Gill says. “Another thing that really helps reduce stress on calves during transport at sale time is having them already weaned, and well-handled. The best way we can reduce stress

at this time is to have already taken away the nursing, companionship of the dam, etc.”

When producers wean their calves and spend time quietly interacting with them, Gill explains the calves are comfortable without their dams rather than walking the fence or bawling.

“One of the biggest advantages of ranch-weaned calves is that we’ve already reduced a lot of the stress, and that’s probably why they don’t get sick nearly as often as other classes of cattle when shipped,” Gill says. “We’ve already reduced the ‘stacked’ stresses. But it also must be done right to work well.”

Gill points to research looking at weaned calves shipped from Hawaii to the U.S. mainland.

“Those cattle only showed stress when they interacted with people,” he explains. “The voyage was not particularly stressful, and none of the other things were stressful; they were most stressed while being loaded, and on this end while being unloaded …

This tells me they weren’t handled properly to reduce the stress associated with humans during weaning.”

Schedule and sort for success

“The way cattle are sorted and loaded at the ranch and hauled to a sale, or shipped off to a feedlot — how quiet and how smooth the sorting and loading process is — can reduce the stress during transportation,” Gill says. “We see many people sort their cattle right before they go on the truck. If possible, they should have the cattle sorted well in advance of shipping. Then on the day of shipping, all you have to do is gather them, cut them into truckload groups and load them.”

Ideally, you can do this before the trucks arrive, so the crew isn’t hurrying too much, and the truckers aren’t waiting.

“Part of this involves scheduling. We don’t want trucks to show up until cattle are sorted and ready. Then as soon as the first truck backs up to

the chute, cattle are loading — and they haven’t been standing in the pen a long time,” Gill explains. “It’s a timing issue. You don’t want cattle held off feed and water any longer than necessary, but you also don’t want them too full when they get on the truck, or they will create a bigger mess and cause slippery footing. There is a balance on what those cattle should have, in terms of fill.”

Sorting is often where producers can get in too big of a hurry.

“This may be because the trucks are waiting. Hurrying cattle adds stress and shrink, especially if you are trying to do everything that day,” Gill says. “Anything you can do the day before they ship will help.”

Sometimes there are too many people sorting. You don’t need a big crew if cattle are used to being handled and at ease.

“They will also flow more readily past fewer people than past a lot of people. If you have trouble sorting because of poor facilities, it would be money well spent to build something better, just in reducing shrink,” Gill says. “If you have a lot of missed cattle and have to re-sort, you need a good sorting alley where you can sort quickly and quietly.”

Low stress loading and unloading

If the livestock are calm, relaxed and loaded quietly onto the trucks, there’s less stress.

Most truckers today are professionals and know how many animals to load in each compartment (not too crowded or too loose), which also reduces stress when traveling.

Tips From a Trucker

Steve Hilker and his daughter own a trucking company based in Cimarron, Kan.

“One of the key things, from our perspective, is to have the cattle sorted and ready to load when trucks arrive,” Hilker says. “All too often a rancher starts sorting after the trucks get there.”

You never want to rush with cattle. This makes them more anxious and stressed, and the animals start moving faster, exerting and wasting energy — becoming more fatigued (and vulnerable to illness) by the time they get to their destination.

“Quieter is always better,” Hilker says. “You don’t want any hollering or too much hot-shot usage.”

Good facilities for sorting and loading can help but special attention should be directed to how the cattle are handled.

“Sometimes our truckers have to help load, and they are all BQAT (Beef Quality Assurance) certified. The T stands for transportation; there is a special animal handling program for drivers.” Hilker says. “We prefer that they not be doing anything but loading the trailers, closing the gates, dropping the end gate, etc., but sometimes if a ranch crew is short of help, the trucker helps sort and bring the cattle up.”

Producers often want to ship and load cattle early in the morning, but this may not be best for the livestock.

“If it’s a long trip, it would be better to load in the evening and run through the cool of the night,” Hilker says.

It pays to figure out the miles and the time it takes.

“Some clients prefer to load toward evening, so the trucks are running through the night, and delivering cattle at sunrise,” Hilker says. “If you get there in the middle of the night, by contrast, there may not be facilities or crew to unload, so the cattle are just standing on the truck waiting until daylight when it’s light enough to unload them.”

“When cattle are loaded properly, the drivers appreciate it because the cattle ride better; they don’t shift as much,” Gill explains. “It’s an easier haul when cattle are calm when loaded, and they stay calm on the truck.” He adds truckers also must be skilled at handling the truck, as the way they drive can influence cattle stress. Getting calves off the truck is easy, just keep them quiet and gently push them away from the gate and give them time to turn around and find their way out.

Reducing transport stress is a systems approach. Take a look at the

whole picture to make it work. There are many little things you can do to help minimize stress.

“Have a plan, so everyone on the crew knows what you are going to do,” Gill says. “This reduces the number of missed cattle, re-sorts, etc. The more you stir up cattle with unnecessary handling, the more their stress level rises.”

As the old saying goes, “The devil is in the details.” All the little things either increase or decrease stress, and it pays to utilize low-stress methods when handling and managing cattle.

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Later and Longer

Stalled herd expansion suggests an extended period of higher prices.

by Wes Ishmael

Seasonal late-summer headwinds pressured cattle markets but did nothing to alter the fundamentals supporting near-historically high prices, nor did the fact that prices will advance when producers begin retaining heifers to expand the nation’s herd.

When that happens remains a mystery.

On one hand, Tyler Cozzens, Livestock Marketing Information Center director, explains, “Weekly cow slaughter has been tracking well below year-ago levels since the start of the year, which suggests minimal beef cow herd liquidation compared to prior years. If there has been any beef cow herd liquidation (this year), it has been at a slower pace than what was seen over the last few years.”

On the other hand, the percentage of heifers on feed July 1 was 39.6%, near the highest level in two decades, according to Derrell Peel, Extension livestock marketing specialist at Oklahoma State University. He explains the heifer percentage of feedlot inventories drops below the average level of 36.7% during periods of heifer retention and herd rebuilding; it’s above average during periods of herd liquidation.

“We’re just taking longer to do what we ultimately will do,” Peel says. “I’m not convinced we’ll have an aggressive push into expansion.”

Unlike ambitious herd rebuilding in 2014-15, made possible by increasing replacement heifer retention preceding it, Peel points out the industry is starting from scratch this time around.

“Beef replacement inventories increased three of four years prior to the beginning of herd expansion in 1991 and for three years prior to herd expansion in 2015,” Peel explains. “Both expansions included one year of very large heifer retention with smaller increases before and after.”

With no pipeline of heifers to jumpstart expansion, rebuilding the herd will take years.

“We do not yet have a zero year (low inventory) from which herd rebuilding can begin,” Peel explained in his August market comments. “Beef cow slaughter is sharply lower, down nearly 16% year over year thus far in 2024. However, that level of beef cow slaughter, combined with the low beef replacement heifer inventory in 2024 implies that the beef cow herd continues to liquidate by another 0.5-1% in 2024.”

Cattle producers could take an initial step toward herd expansion this fall. The first indication will come with the Jan. 1 USDA Cattle report. Peel believes it could show increased beef heifer replacements of 2-3% at most.

Moreover, even if moisture and replenished hay supplies allow some producers to think about expansion this fall, high prices continue encouraging them to sell.

“A sustained decline in the percentage of heifers on feed could signal producers are retaining heifers for herd rebuilding efforts and requires watching as this would be supportive of calf and feeder prices,” Cozzens says.

Making more from less

“In broad terms, when numbers are tight and we’re trying to maintain beef production, it encourages moving cattle through the system quicker,” Peel explains. “The market is telling cow-calf producers to produce as many as they can and move them as quick as they can; the equivalent of selling grain off the combine.”

That partly explains how beef production has remained significantly higher than expected despite declining cattle numbers. Plus, cattle feeders figured out how to keep pens fuller for longer than many dreamed possible by keeping cattle on feed longer as packers slowed production.

In the September 2023 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE), USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) forecast this year’s beef production to be 25.2 billion pounds. That would have been 1.8 billion pounds less (-6.6%) year over year. Estimated 2024 beef production in this year’s September WASDE was just 172 million pounds less (-0.6%) year over year at 26.8 billion pounds.

In turn, increased production with fewer cattle helps explain the August swoon in cash and futures prices for cattle.

In broad terms, when numbers are tight and we’re trying to maintain beef production, it encourages moving cattle through the system quicker. The market is telling cow-calf producers to produce as many as they can and move them as quick as they can; the equivalent of selling grain off the combine.

— Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University

“The decline in prices was due in part to cattle being on feed for a longer period, as shown in cattle on feed inventory levels remaining near year-ago levels,” Cozzens says. “The higher-than-expected number of cattle on feed is a headwind to calf and feeder steer prices in the near term (see Market Tracks, Page 66).”

Numbers ahead

Besides slow and prolonged herd expansion, history suggests cyclical peak beef cow numbers will be fewer than the prior one. That’s been the case since the loftiest cattle numbers of the mid-1970s.

For perspective, this year began with 28.2 million beef cows, according to USDA’s Cattle report. Peel says that was the smallest cow herd since 1961.

The Food and Agricultural Policy Institute (FAPRI) projects the U.S. beef cow herd declining to 28 million to begin 2025 and then growing slowly by 1.5 million to 29.5 million by 2029. That’s from FAPRI’s 2024 Baseline Update for U.S. Agricultural Markets published in late August (see Extended Outlook).

“Comparing FAPRI’s forecasted beef cow herd growth of 1.5 million head from 2025-2029 to a similar period during the last cattle cycles’ expansionary phase is reasonable and signals an expectation that the industry will have a measured approach to herd rebuilding efforts,” Cozzens says.

By way of comparison, Cozzens explains there were 29 million beef cows when expansion began in 2014. The beef cow herd grew by 2.2 million head (8%) to almost 31.2 million head by 2017; it peaked at 31.6 million head in 2019.

Peel also believes growing the herd by 1.5 million is reasonable if not conservative.

“We need to be able to produce more beef than we are,” Peel says. “Beef demand continues to be remarkably robust, and I can’t see any reason for that to change.”

Extended Outlook

“Increased supplies, a strong dollar and several other factors have caused prices for many agricultural commodities to fall sharply from their 2022 peak levels. In the absence of new shocks to the weather, the macroeconomy or policy, projected prices generally remain near current levels over the next five years,” according to the 2024 Baseline Update for U.S. Agricultural Markets from the Food and Agricultural Policy Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri.

“The cattle sector is the most important exception to the pattern of declining commodity prices,” according to FAPRI. “Past years of drought and low returns have resulted in a smaller U.S. beef cow herd, reducing beef production and pushing up prices for feeder and slaughter animals.”

FAPRI projects peak cattle prices in 2026.

Prices for steers (600-650 pounds, Oklahoma City) are projected at an average of $283.70 per hundredweight (cwt.) this year, rising to $289.65 next year and then declining to $260.77 in 2029.

FAPRI forecasts the five-area direct average fed steer price at $187.95 per cwt. this year, rising to $191.52 next year and then declining to $260.77 in 2029.

Based on information available in mid‐August this year, other updated FAPRI highlights include:

• “Record yields result in the second consecutive 15-billionbushel U.S. corn crop in 2024, despite a 4-million acre decline in planted area. The projected $4.10 per bushel 2024-25 farm price of corn is 37% below the price just two years ago.”

• “Given the projected reduction in prices for a broad range of crops and moderating production costs, there is currently little incentive to sharply change the allocation of crop acreage in 2025.”

• “Assuming average growing conditions in future years, projected prices remain near 2024-25 levels for many crops. Between 2025-26 and 2029-30, corn prices average $4.12 per bushel, soybeans average $9.98 per bushel and wheat prices average $5.70 per bushel.”

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Market Tracks

Prices flatten.

by Wes Ishmael

Jittery outside markets and elevated beef production relative to declining cattle numbers stalled cash cattle prices late in the summer. Fundamentals remain positive, though, with the upward price trend intact, although some prices declined year over year in the third quarter.

For instance, steer calves (600-700 pounds) were $7.90 per hundredweight (cwt.) lower year over year at $267.93 per cwt. in the North Central region the week ending Sept. 7, according to USDA’s National Weekly Feeder and Stocker Cattle Summary (see Table). However, prices the same week were $1.49 higher in the South Central region at $264.05 and $6.60 higher in the Southeast at $245.47.

Based on recent price weakness, the USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) lowered the expected third-quarter feeder steer price (750-800 pounds, Oklahoma City) by $2 to $261/cwt. in the August Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook. This year’s projected average also declined by $2 to $256.50. However, the estimated fourth-quarter average price of $268 was unchanged, as was next year’s projected average of $262.50.

Cash fed cattle prices also retreated in late summer. The weekly five-area direct FOB (Free on Board) live steer price for the week ending Sept. 9 was $1.10 lower year over year at $181.18/cwt.

The ERS lowered expected five-area direct fed steer prices for the remainder of this year and the first half of 2025, according to the September World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates

Based on recent price weakness, forecast prices were lowered by $3 in the third quarter to $188/cwt. and by $7 in the fourth quarter to $183 for an annual average of $185.11, which was $3 lower than the previous month’s estimate. Projected prices were lowered in the first quarter next year by $3 to $186 and by $4 in the fourth quarter to $186 for an

annual average price of $186, which was $5 lower.

Although late-summer wholesale beef prices and premium beef prices slackened year over year, retail beef prices continued higher at record levels. The all fresh retail beef price in July was 4.6% higher year over year at $8.15 per pound.

Short term versus the long game

Many were taken aback by the sudden, deep plunge of Cattle futures in August, but the market was vulnerable to an overcorrection at the time, says Derrell Peel, Extension livestock marketing specialist at Oklahoma State University.

The correction illustrates the volatility that often accompanies record and nearrecord high prices, according to Peel. He says it also points to the disconnect between Cattle futures and market fundamentals. The former has to do with the short run and what he likens to trading marbles at school. You walk away with a lighter or heavier bag at the end of each session. On the other hand, fundamentals rule the long term and the final price destination.

Current feedlot inventories mask the continued decline in the domestic feeder cattle inventory, according to Peel, in his early-September market comments.

For context, for feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity, July placements were 94,000 head more (+5.8%) than the previous year, according to USDA’s August Cattle on Feed report. That was about 2% more than the average of analyst expectations. The 11.1 million head of cattle on feed Aug. 1 were 31,000 head more (+0.3%) than the previous year.

However, Peel explains this year’s projected total calf crop of 33.12 million head would be 3.22 million head less than the cyclical peak in 2018, and the least since about 1941.

Although the Cattle on Feed report pegged the August inventory slightly higher year over year, Peel says the

12-month moving average of feedlot inventories peaked in September 2022.

“Total feedlot placements have decreased by 1.3% in the last 12 months compared to the previous 12-month period,” Peel says. “However, in the last year, average feedlot inventories have increased to 11.64 million head. Feedlot inventories have risen countercyclically due to continued feeding of heifers and increased days on feed. Feedlots have slowed the feedlot turnover rate enough to keep average monthly inventories higher despite fewer cattle entering feedlots.”

Plus, national herd expansion has yet to begin (see Later and Longer, Page 56).

U.S. beef export gain

Exports of U.S. beef continued to build momentum in July, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF).

July beef exports totaled 110,419 metric tons (mt), up 7% from a year ago and the second largest of 2024. Export value climbed 12% to $910.9 million, also the second highest this year. July growth was fueled primarily by strengthening demand in Japan, Taiwan, Mexico and the Middle East and ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) regions.

For January through July, beef export value increased 6% from a year ago to $6.13 billion, despite a 2% decline in volume (754,152 mt).

“It is very gratifying to see demand for U.S. beef trending upward in Asian markets, with Japan and Taiwan leading the way and an outstanding showing in the ASEAN region,” says Dan Halstrom, USMEF president and CEO. “U.S. beef has weathered severe headwinds in Asia and especially in Japan, but the outlook for the remainder of the year is encouraging. July was also another impressive month for Mexico, which continues to display excellent demand for an expanding range of U.S. beef cuts and variety meats.”

Regional Feeder Steer Prices1 North

CME Feeder Cattle Index

Wholesale Beef Prices4

1 AMS National Weekly Feeder & Stocker Cattle Summary, week ending 09/07/24

2 CME Feeder Cattle Index 09/06/24 year over year.

3 USDA Five-area weekly weighted average direct slaughter cattle, year over year, week ending 09/09/24

4 National Weekly Boxed Beef Cutout and Boxed Beef Cuts (negotiated, weekly cutout value summary), weekly average for weeks ending 09/06/24 and 09/08/23.

5 USDA steer byproduct drop value (FOB central U.S.), 09/06/24 year over year.

6 National Weekly five area direct slaughter cattle premiums and discounts, weighted average week of 09/09/24 and 09/11/23.

7 Meat Price Spreads, Choice beef values and spreads and all fresh beef retail value, USDA ERS; monthly values, cents per pound of retail equivalent (July year over year).

8 U.S. Meat Export Foundation data — July 2024 and 2023

9 CME futures, nearby contracts year over year, 09/06/24

10 WTI-CME, nearby contact, year over year, 09/06/24

11Estimated weekly meat production under federal inspection, year to date 09/06/24 year over year.

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From El Niño to La Niña

Drought conditions expected to persist with a potential La Niña.

by Sydnee Shive

Parts of the U.S. welcomed much-needed moisture in 2023 and 2024. However, La Niña’s expected resurgence will most likely bring higher-than-average temperatures and less moisture to some areas.

La Niña versus El Niño

According to the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), El Niño and La Niña are Pacific Ocean climate patterns that affect weather conditions around the world. La Niña and El Niño cycles usually last anywhere from nine to 12 months and can span several years. Developing, on average, every two to seven years, the patterns don’t appear on a regular basis — and El Niño is more common than La Niña.

With El Niño, regions of the northern U.S. and Canada are drier and warmer than usual, while the Gulf Coast and Southeast see more flooding and increased moisture. The opposite happens during La Niña — typically, drought

worsens in the southern U.S. while increased flooding, lower temperatures and heavy precipitation happen in the Pacific Northwest and Canada.

The U.S. saw drought conditions improve with the 2023-2024 El Niño.

“El Niño had the effect of reducing drought coverage in the lower 48 states,” says Brad Rippey, USDA meteorologist. “Following a 126-week period (from September 2020 to February 2023) with U.S. drought coverage topping 40%, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, there was substantial improvement during El Niño from late 2023 into early 2024. U.S. drought coverage reached a four-year low in June 2024, briefly dropping to slightly less than 12%.”

The most recent La Niña lasted from 2020-2023, and the pattern has a nearly 75% chance of developing by the end of 2024, according to Rippey. La Niña also brings some uncertainty and unpredictability in weather patterns, and this one is not expected to be a strong or long-lasting event.

“U.S. drought coverage tends to increase during La Niña, so we might expect to see a national increase (from the current level of 30% in drought) between now and next spring. That doesn’t mean the entire country will turn drier, but there is certainly an enhanced risk of La Niña-induced drought expansion over the next several months across the southern tier of the U.S., including the southern Great Plains.”

Moisture and temperature outlook

“With hot, dry weather making a return in recent weeks, U.S. drought coverage more than doubled between June 11 and Sept. 3, 2024,” Rippey says.

“If La Niña materializes this autumn, as expected, drought impacts across the South, including the southern Great Plains, could quickly mount, with potential adverse effects on rangeland, pastures and winter wheat.”

Figure 1: Seasonal Precipitation Outlook (September 2024 - November 2024) Issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Aug. 15, 2024

There is a higher-than-average risk of a drier-thannormal fall in much of the south central and southwestern regions of the U.S. (Figure 1).

“From the High Plains westward, this dryness may be accompanied by significantly above-normal temperatures,” Rippey says. “Therefore, areas that are already experiencing drought may see drought intensification, while drought may develop elsewhere.”

Looking to winter 2024 and into 2025, most of the weather outlook relies on the potential La Niña.

“The arrival of La Niña tilts the odds toward a warmer- and drier-than-normal winter across the southern U.S. (Figure 2),” Rippey says. “That warmth may carry into spring and summer 2025, but the dry signal should disappear as La Niña fades away next spring.”

As of mid-September, there are three primary regions of the U.S. currently struggling with drought, per the U.S. Drought Monitor. They are portions of the Southern Plains, Ohio Valley and Northwest.

“This has pushed national (lower 48 states) drought coverage up to nearly 30% by early September, more than double the mid-June minimum of 12%,” Rippey says.

Moreover, there were only five named storms during June, July and August (the National Weather Service forecast in May 2024 called for 17-25 named storms for the entire season). But those hurricanes and tropical storms have brought some drought relief to the East and Southeast.

The arrival of La Niña tilts the odds toward a warmer- and drier-than-normal winter across the southern U.S. That warmth may carry into spring and summer 2025, but the dry signal should disappear as La Niña fades away next spring.

— Brad Rippey, USDA meteorologist

“The only area of the country that has seen widespread, substantial drought improvement recently has been the East, in part due to Hurricane Debby in early August,” Rippey says. “More recently, heavy rain has fallen along and near the Gulf Coast. Other areas seeing modest, late-summer drought improvement have been the southern Rockies and the Pacific Northwest.”

According to the latest seasonal drought outlook from the National Weather Service (Figure 3), drought is expected to persist in the central and northern Great Plains and Ohio Valley.

“Any early-autumn drought improvement in the South, from Texas eastward, could be important if La Niña development induces a drier pattern later in the year,” Rippey says.

Expect drought to continue affecting large swaths of the U.S.

“Various parts of the country are still reeling from the long-lasting drought of 2020-23 that led to reduced cattle inventory, lower hay and row-crop production, lack of surface water and diminishing groundwater reserves,” Rippey says. “Even with partial recovery in 2023 into the first half of 2024, drought impacts persist in some of the hardest-hit areas.”

Figure 2: Seasonal Precipitation Outlook (December 2024 - February 2025) Issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Aug. 15, 2024

Figure 3: U.S. Seasonal Drought Outlook for Sept. 1, 2024-Nov. 30, 2024 Released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Aug. 31, 2024

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Brian 419-651-0978

Lisa 440-320-6193 ohioherefordlady@yahoo.com

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and Mary Ann Berg

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Board Action

Board Meeting Highlights

These are highlights from the summer American Hereford Association (AHA) Board of Directors meeting in Worland, Wyo., Aug. 19-20, 2024.

Finance/audit

The Board unanimously voted to approve the 2025 consolidated budget of $93,224 before depreciation and ($118,712) after depreciation.

The Board unanimously approved a 3% transaction fee for all credit card payments for all AHA and AHA subsidiaries starting in the 2024-2025 fiscal year. The Board asked that the staff share with members that they can pay with an electronic check (eCheck) with no extra fees.

Marketing/communications

Staff presented the new national ad campaign and placement. The team also shared analytics about social media growth and website engagement, along with updates about a potential regional marketing campaign.

Member service

The Board voted unanimously to ratify the current AHA Board of Directors’ election process.

Show and sale

The Board unanimously approved that starting with the 2025 (May 1, 2025) show season, the cowcalf champions will compete in the selection of the champion female at level 1, level 2 and regional Hereford open shows.

Certified Hereford Beef® (CHB)

Ernie Davis, CHB CEO and president, presented his strategy to fuel brand growth.

Commercial programs

Staff shared a promotional letter and flier mailed to 270 feedyard contacts, providing information about the value of Hereford-influenced feeder cattle. Information included genetic progress from the National Reference Sire Program, University of Tennessee economic analysis of heterosis and available AHA tools.

The Board discussed the possibility of changing the CHB visual specifications to allow Hereford-influenced cattle into the program that do not have a predominantly white face but could be confirmed through sire verification.

The Board unanimously voted to select Ellsbury Ranch, Sundance, Wyo., as the 2024 Commercial Producer of the Year.

Breed improvement

The Board reviewed suggestions presented by the DNA policy task force (Dave Bielema, Sam Shaw, Mark Cooper, Mark Squires and Charlie Boyd) and unanimously supported the following:

1. In addition to AI sires, all embryo transfer (ET) donor dams and walking sires born after Jan. 1, 2026, will be required to have a genomic profile completed at the AHA official lab and be fully parent verified and tested for all recognized genetic conditions.

2. In addition to labeling clones and gene-edited animals, descendants

from founder animals will also be labeled. Progeny of cloned animals will be labeled Cloned Progeny (CLP) and progeny of gene-edited animals will be labeled as Precision Breeding Progeny (PBP).

3. Upon the release of a new genetic abnormality to the membership, the AHA will publish the affected animals and available parents. Additionally, the AHA will publish the genetic abnormality results of all animals involved in the research and discovery of a new genetic condition.

4. The AHA will wholegenome sequence sires when they achieve a weaning weight accuracy of .80 and include them in a genomic reference library for research and breed improvement objectives. If available, the results of these sires will be published when a new genetic abnormality is released.

5. Terms and conditions of DNA sample submission: these changes and additions can be found at Hereford. org/Hereford-Handbook

6. A $10 DNA sample pull fee will be added to any sample pull requests.

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Kim Prestwood 828-320-7317 84 Austin Farm Lane Clayton, NC 27520

Toby and Debby Dulworth 2492 S. Kirkman Rd. LaCenter, KY 42056 270-224-2993

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Matthew Murphy 770-778-3367 3432 Red Bud Rd. N.E. Calhoun, GA 30701

Keene Murphy 770-355-2192

David and Paula Parker 129 Banks Rd. Bradyville, TN 37026 615-765-5359 615-765-7260 Fax David cell 615-464-7008 dplp@dtccom.net www.dkmfarms.com

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Mike Sorensen and Family Box 221, Greenfield, IA 50849 Mike 641-745-7949 mikelpi@yahoo.com www.mikesorensenfamily.com

John and Marytha Pitt 515-290-1383 pitt@iowatelecom.net www.pittfarms.com

Josiah and Sara Hulbert 419-308-7055

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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.

Annual Meeting Notice

American Hereford

Association

Annual Meeting

The 2024 American Hereford Association (AHA) Annual Membership Meeting and Conference — “Make it Count” — will be Oct. 24-27 in Kansas City, Mo., at the Kansas City Marriott Downtown. This is a can’t-miss opportunity for progressive cattlemen and women. Please RSVP online to assist with planning the event: Hereford.org/Annual-Meeting.

Activities begin on Thursday, Oct. 24, with workshops for all attendees. The schedule also includes the Educational Forum and industry trade show on Friday, Oct. 25. The Hereford Youth Foundation of America (HYFA) Scholarship winners, as well as the National Junior Hereford Association (NJHA) Fed Steer Shootout winners, will be recognized at a special awards luncheon on Friday, Oct. 25, in conjunction with the Educational Forums.

The Annual Membership Meeting and Hereford Honorees breakfast takes place Saturday morning, Oct. 26, and will honor the 2024 Hereford Hall of Fame and Hereford Hall of Merit inductees as well as the Hereford Commercial Producer of the Year. The national show award winners will be recognized before the Ladies

of the Royal sale on Saturday, Oct. 26. The National Hereford Queen will be crowned for the coming year on Sunday, Oct. 27.

All AHA members are invited to the Annual Membership Meeting and Conference and the national Hereford show at the American Royal. This event is an opportunity to network with Hereford breeders and enthusiasts from across the U.S. and other countries.

Youth Enter the Fed Steer Shootout

Plan to learn more about the cattle feeding sector and how your genetics perform in the feedyard by participating in the 2025 NJHA Fed Steer Shootout. The contest entry deadline is Nov. 1, 2024, and cattle must be delivered to HRC Feed Yards LLC in Scott City, Kan., Dec. 14-17, 2024. For more information and to plan your cattle delivery, contact Trey Befort at tbefort@herefordbeef.org. Cattle can be entered individually or in pens of three and must meet the following qualifications:

• Be 2024-born steers

• Be purebred Hereford or commercial Herefordinfluenced steers

• Weigh a minimum of 600 pounds.

• Be weaned at least 45 days prior to delivery

• Received two rounds of vaccinations

Visit Hereford.org/Youth/NJHAFed-Steer-Shootout to enter and learn more.

Association News Credit card fees

During the 2024 summer Board meetings, the AHA Board of Directors voted unanimously to add a 3% fee to all credit card transactions for any AHA and its subsidiaries business. This will begin in the fiscal year 2025 as soon as the programming is complete. To avoid the credit card fee, you can choose to pay by electronic check in MyHerd or by regular check when mailing in your payment. Remember, if you are a MyHerd user, your statements will only appear electronically through MyHerd.

Sires selected for the NRSP

The AHA’s National Reference Sire Program (NRSP) is designed to identify and validate the genetic merit of young sires that offer seedstock producers and commercial users opportunities to improve their herds for specific traits and a combination of traits. It also provides ongoing confirmation of the profitability associated with Hereford genetics. Find the list of sires selected to use at Olsen Ranches, Harrisburg, Neb., for the NRSP at Hereford. org/2024-National-ReferenceSire-Program-sires-used.

Herefords are known as the efficiency experts for a reason. Herefords boost pregnancy rates by 7% and add $30 per head in feedyard profitability in a crossbreeding system. And Hereford genetics bring unrivaled hybrid vigor, longevity and disposition.

Come home to Hereford.

FALL BULL SALE

Hereford and Brahman

Already consigned: Case Ranch, Schmidt Hereford, Plfuger Herefords, B&C Cattle Co., O H Triangle, Moscatelli Herefords, Smith Herefords, Sahadi Ranch LLC, Rocking Chair Ranch, Flying 5 Herefords, Kyler Felux, Schatte Herefords, Rafter J, Ivey Ranch

PRIDE of TEXAS FEMALE SALE

Registered and commercial Hereford

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True F1 (1 parent Hereford)

Black or Red Baldy (1 parent Hereford)

Already consigned: 2J Donnell Livestock, Case Ranch, O H Triangle, Nick’s Livestock, Edward Roeder, Roy Steindorf, Kyler Felux, Moscatelli Herefords, B & C, Rafter J, Stubenthal Brothers

WESTERN REGION

Ariz., Calif., Idaho, Nev., Ore., Utah, and Wash. Emilee Holt 208-965-3130 | eholt@hereford.org

NORTH CENTRAL REGION Kan., Minn., Neb. and S.D. Aaron Friedt 701-590-9597 | afriedt@hereford.org

UPPER MIDWEST REGION Ill., Ind., Ky., Md., Mich., Ohio, Pa., W.Va., and Wis. Corbin Cowles 270-991-2534 | ccowles@hereford.org

FIELD STAFF

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The American Hereford Association Field Staff are Here to Help You Market Your Cattle and Promote Your Operation. Contact your local field representative when you are interested in:

• Placing an ad in the Hereford World/Baldy Advantage

• Creative Service projects, including sale catalogs, flyers or brochures

• Buying or selling Hereford-influenced feeder calves

• Marketing cattle through the CHB program

• Assistance in marketing your Hereford seedstock and commercial females

EASTERN REGION Ala., Fla., Ga., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tenn. and Va. Tommy Coley 815-988-7051 | tcoley@hereford.org

American Hereford Association

11500 N. Ambassador Dr., Suite 410 Kansas City, MO 64153 816-842-3757 | www.hereford.org

SOUTHWEST REGION Ark., La., N.M., Okla., and Texas Cord Weinheimer 830-456-3749 | cweinheimer@hereford.org

MOUNTAIN REGION Colo., Mont., N.D., Wyo., and central and western Canadian provinces Kevin Murnin 406-853-4638 | kmurnin@hereford.org

CENTRAL REGION Iowa, Mo. and eastern Canada Joe Rickabaugh 785-633-3188 | jrick@hereford.org

NORTHEAST REGION Conn., Del., D.C., Maine, Mass., N.H., N.J., N.Y., R.I., and Vt.

Duncan Family

1264 N. Mountain Rd. Wingate, IN 47994

David cell 765-366-0295 davidandjilld@aol.com www.ableacrescattle.com

G ary Greenwood

Kottkamp Family 2261 E. U.S. Hwy. 40 Clayton, IN 46118

Dale 317-752-7523

Dylan 317-752-3267

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Hereford Cattle Herd West Terre Haute, IN Matt – 812-870-6968 mmarion.coalcreekcattle@gmail.com Megan – 812-870-3620

Rachel – 812-230-6689

Tanner – 254-485-5080

765-585-1105

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3013 W. State Rd. 38 West Lebanon, IN 47991

Lee, Cindy and Matthew Elzemeyer

2538 State Rd. 122 Richmond, IN 47374

765-969-2243 lee@elzehereford.com

kottkampcattle@gmail.com 201 W. S.R. 58 Edwardsport, IN 47528 812-328-6258 Gordon Clinkenbeard 821-881-8988 cell gjclink@hotmail.com

14477 S. Carlisle St. Terre Haute, IN 47802

812-696-2468

812-236-0804 cell HayhurstFarms@aol.com

Brian, Janelle, Collin and Landon Deatsman 5708 North 200 East Leesburg, Indiana 46538 Brian Cell: 574-527-6679 gdeatsman@hotmail.com Visit our website! www.deatsman.com

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

317-407-3618 cell bruceeverhart56@gmail.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

EAST SIDE FARM

Bob and Pam Rhyne

3700 Peach Orchard Rd. Charlotte, NC 28215

Bob’s cell 704-614-0826 rhynelandfarms@gmail.com

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

Kim’s cell 704-589-7775

Seth Snyder, cell 240-405-6049 654 Cold Spring Rd. Gettysburg, PA 17325-7335 717-642-9199 herefordcattle@stoneridgemanor.com www.stoneridgemanor.com

Floyd and Annette 815-712-5735

Chad, Erin, John and Ella 815-712-5739

LaSalle, IL 61301 c_herfs01@yahoo.com

Tuscola, IL 61953

Dave, Marcia & Elise Hackett

Dave: 217-621-1761

Elise: 217-621-6864

davehackett91@yahoo.com

Lonny, Kim (Carney) and Riley Rhodes 18736 Cross Creek Rd. Carlinville, Il 62626 217-899-4104 Cell

rhodesfarminc.kim@gmail.com

Cattle and Embryos for sale at all times

Steve Lorenzen 17696 E. 1825th Rd. Chrisman, IL 61924

Adam Harms 217-369-3609 adamdharms@icloud.com www.lorenzenfarms.com

EDENBURN FAMILY FARM

1764 U.S. RT. 136 Penfield, IL 61862

Buddy 217-649-0108

Bailey 217-714-4955

Cody 217-871-9708 edenburnfamilyfarm@gmail.com

Jack and Sherry Lowderman

Monte, Carrie and Rhett

Brent, Kris, Blake, and Morgan

Cody and Abby P.O. Box 488 Macomb, IL 61455

Monte 309-255-0110 info@lowderman.com www.lowderman. com

E. C.R. 1550 N. Mason City, IL 62664 bhrnds@speednet.com

Brent, cell 217-971-5897

baffordfarms@gmail.com

From the Field

In Passing

Ray D. Shaffer, 97, Bruneau, Idaho, passed July 30.

Ray was born Nov. 14, 1926, in Hopwood, Pa. He was one of eight children, having three brothers and four sisters. His eighth-grade education and dedicated work ethic carried him into many business ventures. He signed up for the U.S. Navy the day before his 18th birthday and proudly served two years during World War II. After getting out of the service, he married the love of his life, Carol Critchfield, and they settled in Pennsylvania for a short time.

Ray realized to provide for a family he needed to leave and work on civilian construction projects in other countries. He went to Vietnam and Greenland while Carol stayed home, but she did accompany him to Iceland. Later, they moved to Washington with Carol’s parents and started a mobile home trailer park in Parkland. After their daughter Sherry was born, Ray went to Afghanistan and Cambodia. He operated heavy equipment and worked on road construction in these countries. Once he had enough money saved, he stayed home and started working for himself: first, starter houses, and then larger projects, like the Diamond and Palisade Apartments, which they managed and where they lived. Carol was always by his side supporting him with his next adventure. Ray built and operated Tacoma Truss Systems for many years. He had many real estate projects in the Spanaway and Parkland, Wash., area. His purchase of Tacoma Livestock Market started him in the cattle business.

When Sherry married Guy Colyer and moved to Idaho, they started purchasing registered Hereford cattle at sales throughout the U.S. His support in starting Colyer Herefords was part of the foundation it is today. He thoroughly enjoyed attending cattle shows but mostly in Reno and Denver. The people that he met at these events became lifelong friends.

After Carol passed in 1990, he followed the sun and warm weather he so loved. His family teased him that he was solar powered. Ray settled in La Quinta, Calif., and loved playing golf. But what he probably loved more was baking chocolate chip cookies and sharing them with the people at the courses. He quickly became known as the “cookie guy” and was a favorite of the bag boys, starters, gift shop girls and anyone that ate his cookies. He would purchase flour in 25-pound bags. Ray was able to live a life we all aspire to.

He worked hard in his early years and was able to enjoy the “golden years.” Keeping his independence, he was able to live at his home and drive until he was almost 97. He joined Sherry and Guy in Bruneau, Idaho, last fall and enjoyed ranch life but not the winter weather.

He was preceded in death by his parents, and all his siblings and their spouses. He is survived by his daughter, Sherry (Guy) Colyer; his grandchildren: Kyle Colyer and Katie (Tige Skaar) Colyer; and great-grandchildren, Piper and Cruz Colyer.

Kenneth Ray Larson, 86, Clifton, Texas, passed Aug. 7.

He was born Sept. 15, 1937, to Lee and Allene

Larson who raised Hereford cattle and sharecrops in Clifton, Texas. As a child, Kenneth lived in an old schoolhouse where he was born, and because of this, he always said, “I never got out of the schoolhouse.” Growing up he had many responsibilities on the farm, and this was the foundation for his exceptional work ethic.

Kenneth attended school in Clifton from first grade until he graduated high school. While in Clifton, he was very active in FFA. As a junior in high school, he received the Santa Fe Award for being one of the top 10 FFA boys in the state of Texas. In addition to that, he was selected “Best All-Around Senior Boy” by his graduating class, and he was the president of his senior class. He graduated from Clifton High School in 1956.

After high school, Kenneth attended Baylor University. While most people in the agricultural community went to College Station, Kenneth commuted from Clifton to Waco, Texas, so that he could continue to work on the family farm. In his junior year of college, he received the American Farmer Degree and traveled to Kansas City, Mo., to accept the award. He was also a member of the National FFA Alumni Association. He graduated from Baylor University in 1961 with a bachelor’s degree in physical education and a split minor in education and psychology. He set out to reach his goal of becoming a teacher and coach.

Kenneth’s pursuit led him to Big Spring Independent School District (ISD) in the spring of 1961 where he taught students and ran the Big Spring YMCA as the youth director of summer activities.

His impact on young people had begun, along with the legend of “Mr. Larson,” as we

respectfully and lovingly addressed him. In September of 1961, Dallas ISD hired him as a physical education teacher. Mr. Larson always said that 30 students were on his class roll, but close to 100 students would show up for his class. He told them all if they were on time and worked hard, they could stay. And stay they did. During this time, he was named Outstanding Young Educator of Oak Cliff.

In 1968, he received his master’s degree in physical education from East Texas State University where he was a member of Kappa Delta Pi (an honorary education fraternity). He began postgraduate work at East Texas State University, Baylor University and Southern Methodist University. He also directed the summer program at the Kiwanis Club. He was proud to serve in the 36th Division of the National Guard from 19561966 and received an honorable discharge after his service.

In 1967, during 12 years of service in Dallas ISD, Mr. Larson married Carolyn Stegemueller, a graduate of Blinn College and the University of Texas at Austin. Their family grew with the birth of two children, Lee and Kelle.

In the fall of 1972, because of his belief that the educational system could offer so much more, Mr. and Mrs. Larson founded DeSoto Private School (DPS). Mr. Larson’s mission was to provide a top-quality private school education at an affordable price for working parents. He found a vacant church in DeSoto, Texas, and with hard work and sacrifice, the renovation began and the DPS legacy was born.

The school began as a prekindergarten and day care program. Over the years, the school evolved into a nationally accredited private school

Ray Shaffer

Kenneth Larson

for children ages 3 through sixth grade. DPS became an educational cornerstone in the South Dallas/Northern Ellis County area. It was a rare occurrence to ever find a day that Mr. Larson was not at DPS impacting students’ lives. Mr. Larson’s educational philosophy of discipline and structure, grounded in love, created a successful learning program that has served thousands of children and their families over the years. The lives affected by his educational vision span far and wide.

Mr. Larson was a lifetime member of the NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children) and the Texas Parent Teacher Association.

Even with the responsibilities of running a school, Mr. Larson found time to serve his DeSoto community. He served on the board of directors at DeSoto State Bank and was chairman of the DeSoto Parks board for several years.

Returning to his roots, Mr. Larson established the Larson Running L Ranch in Clifton. Mr. Larson raised nationally recognized, award-winning polled Hereford cattle. His hard work led to several national champions for the ranch. He was the honoree at the 2014 national polled Hereford show at the Fort Worth Stock Show. Over the years, he supported Hereford youth setting up a foundation that awards annual scholarships to FFA youth, one of which is in the name of his ranch.

Mr. Larson, at the age of 86, still enjoyed spending time at DeSoto Private School where he served as a consultant while still directing affairs at his ranch. He cherished time with Carolyn, his wife of 56 years. He was an inspiration to his family, friends and students. We are all blessed to have been a part of his life. He will be missed, but his legacy will live on.

Kenneth is preceded in death by his parents, Lee and Allene Larson; his brother, Marvin Larson; and his sisters, Betty Stanford and Jeanette Jensen. Kenneth’s spirit continues to support and encourage Carolyn Larson, his loving wife of 56 years; his brother, Richard (Catherine) Larson; his son, Lee (Heather) Larson; and his daughter, Kelle (Josh) Lowe. He was blessed with seven grandchildren: Leah Larson, Aubrey Larson, Emma Larson, Savannah Lowe, Brooke Larson, Levi Lowe and Harper Larson.

Gregory C. Henderson, 67, Olathe, Kan., passed Aug. 16.

Greg was born to Q.C. and Marie Henderson on Aug. 11, 1957, in Caney, Kan. He is preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Glenda McDonald.

He is survived by his wife of 41 years, Ruth Molstad Henderson; children Lisa (Greg) Suellentrop and Jared Henderson; grandchildren Charlie and Amelia Suellentrop; and brother Gary (Kathy) Henderson of Havana, Kan.; brother- and sister-in laws; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

He was raised on a ranch in the southern Flint Hills of Kansas and attended Kansas State University. Greg loved taking his family back to the ranch he grew up on and teaching his “city kids” the beauty of country life.

In the 152 years of publication of the Drovers Journal, Greg was one of four men that served as editorial director. During his time at Drovers, Greg served as an advocate to the beef industry by serving on boards, speaking on panels and meeting with ranchers to elevate their concerns.

Greg received recognition for his writing and editorials throughout his career. Most

notably Greg served as the president of the Livestock Publications Council (LPC) from 2000-2001 and was a Royal Board member of the Livestock and Meat Industries Council. In 2002 he was honored with the Ed Bible Distinguished Service Award, and in 2008 he was inducted into the LPC Hall of Fame. He was previously awarded the prestigious Jesse H. Neal Award for business journalism and was a finalist for the award again this year.

Greg will be remembered for his humor, dry-wit and sarcasm. He was a beloved husband, father and papa.

Douglas D. Bennett, 91, Echo, Ore., passed Aug. 18.

Doug and twin brother, Don, were born May 8, 1933, to J.W. and Marie Bennett on a cattle and wheat ranch in Winona, Wash. The twins quickly followed the lead of their two older brothers, Bill and Jack, and J.W. and Marie’s vision continued. The four boys were soon spending countless hours on horseback in the rough Winona countryside learning the registered Shorthorn business. With J.W. at the helm, showing cattle took center stage. The Bennetts started showing and garnering championships throughout the U.S. It wasn’t long before the young Bennett boys were headed to Chicago in boxcars to exhibit the grand champion Shorthorn bull. This set the stage for Doug’s life.

Doug graduated high school and served in the U.S. Navy for two years. In 1953, he married Gladys Hudson. With the GI Bill and a growing family, Doug headed to Pullman, Wash., to attend Washington State University (WSU). Upon graduation from WSU, in 1960,

he went on to manage Lehn Bros. Hereford. During that time, Doug purchased his first registered Herefords. He returned to WSU to earn a master’s degree, teach animal science and coach the livestock judging team. In 1967, Doug had the opportunity to join Howard Stone and manage Stone Hereford Ranch. He was able to continue to build his private herd with a unique agreement he had with Howard. Stone Hereford became one of the premier Hereford operations both in the showring and in production sales.

Doug utilized Whole Herd Total Performance Records (TPR™) and developed young sires by testing in Stone’s commercial herd and retrieving feedlot and carcass data. Stone Hereford Ranch had many Roll of Merit champions. Stone had grand champion bull in Kansas City, Mo., with Royal Saint who sold for $30,000 with threequarter-interest to John Mecon; he went on to be grand champion bull at the National Western Stock Show (NWSS) in Denver. Stone also had two NWSS grand champion carloads.

Stone Hereford became the site for the All-American Hereford Field Day and brought together many top cattleman and youth from across the U.S. While Stone Hereford Ranch was thriving, Doug, Don and Howard Stone established High Meadows Cattle Co. in Wallowa, Ore., which Don would manage.

The record-setting Stone Hereford Ranch dispersion sale was held in 1976 with the cow herd selling for $2.2 million. The highlight of the sale was SR Big Arthur H201. The bull brought $180,000 for half interest and sold to John Wayne and Louis Johnson of 26 Bar Ranch. On the conclusion of the dispersal, Doug and Don purchased Stone Hereford Ranch, and then renamed it Oregon Hereford Ranch. And Doug’s vision continued.

Greg Henderson

Doug Bennett

In 1979, Doug expanded by joining Sam Friedman to form Lone Star Hereford Ranch in Texas. Lone Star was quickly put on the map with two grand champion bulls, seven grand champion carloads and two reserve grand champion carloads at the NWSS. The show program was strong with several champions at major shows. Doug’s mission was to produce high-quality herd bulls to sell in their annual production sale, as well as in Denver. Lone Star was one of the first herds to ultrasound cattle for ribeye, marbling and fat thickness, using the measures as selection criteria for selection. These bulls included Star Mark 300C ($175,000 half interest); Star Mark Donald ET ($50,000 half interest); and Star Donald 288D (NWSS grand champion selling for $225,000). Then, Lone Star’s 335F became one of ABS’s top-selling semen/ certificates bull at more than $1 million.

Doug initiated many programs for youth, including the Texoma Beef Clinic and the Lone Star Heifer Futurity Show. The Texoma Beed Clinic brought more than 700 participants to evaluate several classes of Hereford cattle. The Lone Star Heifer Futurity Show became a yearly event that provided an opportunity to showcase progeny purchased at Lone Star Hereford Ranch.

After the sale of Lone Star Hereford, Doug returned to his beloved Northwest and joined brother Don at Oregon Hereford. They dispersed the Hereford cow herd to devote more time to their 4,000 head feedlot. Not ready to retire yet, Doug and Don purchased an Angus cow herd. They started selling bulls in Madras, Ore., with Greg Lechner, forming many new friendships. In 2007, they sold the feedlot and a large portion of the ranch while retaining the main headquarters.

In their final years, Doug and Don reduced their cow herd to a few head and sold the headquarters to grandson, Jordan.

Doug also benefited the industry through serving in various leadership roles. He served on the American Hereford Association (AHA) Board as president and director of the Oregon, Washington, Northern Idaho Hereford Association (OWNI), as president of the Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) and as executive committee member of the Texas Hereford Association. He also won several awards including the 1994 Man of the Year in Texas Agriculture, member of the Diamond Pioneer (an agricultural achievement award by Oregon State University) and was inducted into the AHA Hall of Merit in 2008.

Doug will be remembered for the profound impact he had on so many lives and all the friendships he made during his wonderful life.

Doug is survived by Ruth, Phyllis Bennett, Norma Bennett and Donna Bennett. Children: Doug (Kris) Bennett, Susan (Joe) Parks, Randy (Vanessa) Bennett and Mitch (Becky) Bennett. Grandchildren: Adrianne (Matt) Williams, Jordan (Betsy) Bennett, Alex (Allison) Bennett, Ty (Emily) Parks, Sam (Courtney) Parks, Ben (Kim) Parks, Monica (Scott) Warlick, Adam (Melissa) Bennett, Neil (Breanne) Bennett, Austin Bennett, Sophie Bennett and Rachel Bennett. As well as several grand-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by wife, Gladys Bennett: brothers Don Bennett, Jack Bennett and Bill Bennett; and parents J.W. and Marie Bennett.

Ned Ray Purtle, 88, a lifetime resident of Southwest Arkansas, passed Sept. 1.

Ned Ray was born on Jan. 31, 1936, to Ned and Pauline Ray Purtle. He was a member of the Hope Methodist Church of Hope, Ark. He has served on the University of Arkansas Community College at Hope Board since Nov. 2, 2001. He also served as a Trustee Emeritus for the University of Arkansas (U of A) System board and on the University of Arkansas at Hope-Texarkana (UAHT) Foundation board. As foundation chairman, Ned Ray invested much of his time, energy and effort into the continued success of the college and the UAHT Foundation. Additionally, he and his wife, Carolyn, have generously endowed scholarships that are awarded to nine students per semester, enabling a great number of students to successfully complete healthcare programs of study to work locally and enhancing the quality of life for the entire community.

He attended Southern State University and Oklahoma State University (OSU). In 1956 he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in animal science from OSU.

Ned Ray owned and operated Ned Purtle and Sons Ranches in Hope, Ark. He was the principal owner and chairman of the board at Arkansas State Bank Clarksville, Ark., from 19881997, owner and chairman of the board of Automatic Solutions Inc., Knoxville, Ark., from 19962000, and beef cattle judge at various state and national shows, including five times at the NWSS.

He has served on the board of directors for the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation and Mutual Insurance Company; board of directors of Heartland Community Bank, Camden,

Ark.; Board of Governors of the Arkansas State Fair since 1957 and chairman of this board since 1997; board of directors for Citizens National Bank and Summit Bank in Hope; and the board of directors on Summit Bank of Arkadelphia, Ark. He also served on the Board of Visitors with U of A Community College, Hope, and chairman on the UACCH Foundation. He served as president of the Arkansas Cattlemen’s Association, president of the Hempstead County Farm Bureau Cattlemen’s Association, president of the Hempstead County Fair and Third District Livestock Show, board member of the National Cattleman’s Beef Association, AHA, National Beef Board, Arkansas Beef Council and member of the U of A Board of Trustees.

Ned Ray received the following honors: The Progressive Farm Man of the Year in Agriculture 1997, Friend of Animal Science Award U of A 1998, Animal Science Graduate of Distinction 2000, Special Recognition Award, U of A Department of Agriculture 2001, Honorary Arkansas Farmer degree 2001 and U of A Chancellor’s Society 2004.

Survivors include Ned Ray’s wife of 65 years, Carolyn Barham Purtle; two sons, Michael Purtle of Hope, and Steve (Michelle) Purtle of Russellville, Ark.; grandchildren Makayla Purtle, of Hope, and Dr. Ashton Smith (Drew)of Conway, Ark.; great-grandchild Beckett D. Smith of Conway; and a host of friends.

Ned Ray Purtle

Iowa Hereford Tour

The Iowa Hereford Breeders Association held their annual tour Saturday, Aug. 25. The event kicked off with a stop at Scott and Kim Powell’s Diamond P Ranch, Bluegrass, Iowa. The couple highlighted their farm-to-table operation on their Century Farm. Next, attendees stopped at R & R Cattle Co., in Wilton, Iowa, operated by Jack and Charls Rife, which featured good cattle and a breed memorabilia display. The group enjoyed ribeye sandwiches at Jackson Hereford Farms, in Mechanicsville, Iowa. The Jackson siblings — Brian, Craig and Nicole — are the fifth generation to oversee one of the oldest Hereford operations in the country. The event rounded out at Three Hills Ranch Inc., where David and Jake Morehead raise Hereford cattle and award-winning bucking horses in Bernard, Iowa.

Dan Bixler

7115 E. 1000th Ave. Newton, IL 62448 618-544-1842

618-562-3888 cell insman542002@yahoo.com

Ronnie 217-430-8705

Randy 217-242-1262

randy.mccaskill@burrusseed.com

Matt 217-779-0775

Derke 217-617-8443

Tait 217-430-5949

Fred and Elaine Nessler

217-741-5500

fwn@theprairiecross.com ejn@theprairiecross.com

Elizabeth Nessler 217-496-2442 ehn@theprairiecross.com

Ray Vandeveer 6261 Brubaker Rd. Salem, IL 62881

618-780-5153 or 618-547-3164 ravan52@hotmail.com

HEREFORDS 10124 Michael Rd. Coulterville, IL 62237

Kent & Barb Burns 615-477-5668

618-521-3199

burnsherefords@gmail.com

Cattle for sale at all times

andy.fleisher@diamondag.com

Jack Rife (right) and Bill Goehring look at cattle at R & R Cattle Co.

The fifth generation now operates Jackson Hereford Farms, one of the oldest herds in the country.

Wagons took participants through Three Hill Ranch’s Hereford herd.

Scott and Kim Powell, of Diamond P Ranch, pose with family, (l to r) are: Levi, Cody, Scott, Kim, Ree and Owen.

A New Generation of Excellence

10Y ET {SOD}{CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF,MSUDF,MDC} OFF SMALL TOWN RUBY {DLF,HYF,IEF,MSUDF,MDP} KT MS 0124 TIMES A WASTIN

WISCONSIN HEREFORD BREEDERS

Issac and Stephanie Knuth

E4924 Narrows Creek Farm Loganville, WI 53943

608-415-7511

iknuth@knuthconcreteandconstruction.com

Whiskey Run Farms LLC

hjh@whiskeyrunfarms.com www.whiskeyrunfarms.com

Hank and Charlotte Handzel and Family 2791 Sime Rd.

Cottage Grove, WI 53527

608-839-5207 Main 608-235-9417 Cell

Ken and Sandy 608-434-0578

Travis and Megan 608-434-2843

Jim and Veronica E10645 Hatchery Rd. Baraboo, WI 53913 kenpierce254@gmail.com

Hereford Haven

Marie, Shawn, Jenny and Dillion Prodell N7145 Pleasant Rd. Algoma, WI 54201 920-255-3993 mklplivestock2020@gmail.com

Joe and Amy Starr and Family

E5198 N. Water Dr. Manawa, WI 54949

920-596-2580

Harold and Connie Lietzau 7477 Iband Ave. Sparta, WI 54656 608-633-2875 hllietzau@gmail.com

Troy and Michelle Jaydon, Devon and Jocelyn Taylor and Ty Taylor cell 608-487-0015

Butch and Maryellen W16163 U.S. Hwy. 10 Fairchild, WI 54741

715-597-2036

Brandon 715-533-2470

Garritt 715-586-0033

Michael 715-533-3370

Steven, Jill, Nicole, Curtis, Alison and Austin Folkman N250 Highview Rd. Ixonia, WI 53036 262-617-6346 cell cnlfarm@hughes.net www.cnlfarm.com

Steve Merry 1840 Co. Rd. CC Hartford, WI 53027

Steven.Merry@aurora.org 414-881-5274

mgmpolledherefords.com

Ryan, Tiff and Andrew Timm 507-433-1183

Fax 920-596-2380 starr@wolfnet.net BOETTCHER’S BROOKVIEW ACRES

cmboettcher@centurytel.net www.brookviewacres.com

Tod, Sondra, Blake and Bryce Brancel 608-697-9026 • 608-617-6949

brancel@nextgenerationgenetics.com www.nextgenerationgenetics.com facebook.com/NextGenerationGenetics

WISCONSIN HEREFORD BREEDERS

W13707 Hwy. 44 Brandon, WI 53919

Brent & Emma Hopp

920-266-6936

608-628-2330 hoppbre@gmail.com

Facebook @ H&H Cattle Farm

LARSON HEREFORD FARMS

N8494 110th St. Spring Valley, WI 54767

Fred 715-495-0837 fredlarson@mac.com Easten 715-495-6233

Jerry 715-772-4566 www.larsonherefordfarms.com

OTTER CREEK

Polled Herefords

Chuck and Tracy Badertscher

4313 Cannonball Tr. Dodgeville, WI 53533

608-574-2002 Chuck 608-574-3858 Tracy ctbad2@hotmail.com

Mark Friedrich and Family

1454 70th Ave. Roberts, WI 54028

715-760-2350 markfriedrich@yahoo.com

JOSH and AMY SPAETH

2515 250th St. Cadott, WI 54727

715-289-4098

spaethherefords@gmail.com www.spaethfarms.com

Eric, Rosie, Briana, Rhett and Madison Katzenberger Monroe, WI 608-214-1154 ekatz@tds.net

Nick and Lenore Katzenberger Pearl City, IL www.plumriverranch.com

Starck Centur y Farm

Rick, Jenny, Ryder and Ricki Starck Cadott, WI

Cell: 715 313 3234

E-mail: starckfarm@gmail.com

100% AI sired herd and whole herd DNA tested!

Dave and Joyce Bevan

Jason, Jaclyn, Mya and Bianca Bevan 1681 Aust Rd. Platteville, WI 53818

Dave 608-732-3622 baconbranchbeef@outlook.com

Jackie 608-732-4251

Jerry, Maryann, Michael and Karl Huth W9096 County Trunk AS Oakfield, WI 53065 920-251-0281 jerry@huthcattle.com www.huthcattle.com

Investing, Breeding and Exhibiting Elite Hereford Cattle

Eric 262-719-6902  Allison 262-751-6406

alisonsmith819@gmail.com

Tessa, Makenna, Austin & Killian www.FourLeafCattle.com

Herd Bull Prospects

STEINBECK FARMS

MISSOURI BREEDERS

Rusty and Marijane Miller 20500 Sioux Dr. Lebanon, MO 65536

Rusty, cell 317-840-7811

Marijane, cell 317-341-3846 millerherefords@yahoo.com www.millerherefords.net

Matt, Barb, Makayla, Tye & Lauren 1071 C.R. 1231 Huntsville, MO 65259

Cell 660-676-3788 Home 660-277-3679

reynoldscattle@cvalley.net www.reynoldsherefords.com

Annual Sale Last Sunday in October

21658 Quarry Ln. Barnett, MO 65011

Alan Mead 573-216-0210 meadangus@yahoo.com ANNUAL BULL

First Saturday in March Last Saturday in October

Bradshaw Ranch

Riley Bradshaw 12180 272nd St. La Belle, MO 63447 217-491-6096

rileybradshaw23@gmail.com

AL BONEBRAKE Springfield, MO 417-849-1324

JAMES HENDERSON Herdsman 417-588-4572 jameswhend@gmail.com www.bonebrakehereford.com

Gary and Frances Duvall 1082 Hwy. 97 Lockwood, MO 65682

417-232-4817

417-827-2163 cell duvallherefords@keinet.net

Herdsman: Miguel Cifuentes 417-793-5082

Jeff and Stephanie Rawie

Aaron and Kylie Noble 11768 W. Farm Rd. 34 Walnut Grove, MO 65770 417-209-5538

jeffrawie24@yahoo.com

& Heifers Skyler Storie 4534 State Hwy. 22 Conway, MO 65632 417-839-8401 sjstorie129@gmail.com

www.wmccattleco.com

Marty Lueck, Manager Rt. 1, Box 85G Mountain Grove, MO 65711 417-948-2669 or 417-838-1482 (cell) Fax 417-948-0509 mvlueck@centurytel.net Menzies Cattle Co.

Gary and Debbie Doss 6200 N.E. 142nd St. Smithville, MO 64089 816-699-8831 DHF6200@aol.com

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

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

High Cotton Bull Sale Last Monday in October

CALIFORNIA

Brandon Theising

805-526-2195

P.O. Box 1019 805-358-2115 cell Simi Valley, CA 93062-1019 brandon@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

Registered Herefords 46089 Rd. 208, Friant, CA 93626

The Brand You Can Count On MORRELL RANCHES

Registered Herefords & Angus Barry, Carrie and Bailey Morrell morrellranches@yahoo.com 5640 Co. Rd. 65 Willows, CA 95988

McDougald Family 559-822-2289 Carrie Cell 530-218-5507 Barry Cell 530-682-5808

PEDRETTI RANCHES

THE COLEMAN FAMILY

Tim, Kara, Tyler and Kathryn Tim 209-968-7232 • tim@sierraranches.com Kara 209-613-6062 • kara@sierraranches.com P.O. Box 577980, Modesto, CA 95357

SALE SECOND SATURDAY OF OCTOBER

P.O. Box 129, Maricopa, CA 93252 www.SneddenRanch.com

Austin and Sarah 805-423-0248

Richard and Susie 805-839-1049

The Mickelson Family P.O. Box 2689 Petaluma, CA 94953 707-481-3440 Jim 707-396-7364 Bobby JMMick@sonic.net sonomamountainherefords.com

WEIMER

CATTLE COMPANY

Tom and Cindy Weimer P.O. Box 1197 • Susanville, CA 96130 530-254-6802 • 530-260-0416 mobile weimercattleco@citlink.net www.weimercattleco.com

COLORADO

James T. Campbell

High Altitude Registered Horned Herefords Our G Oal is Quality — NOt Qua N tity 850 Meadow Ln. • Guffey, CO 80820 719-689-2047 or Cell 719-650-4929 Clinton Clark 32190 Co. Rd. S • Karval, CO 80823 719-446-5223 • 719-892-0160 Cell cathikclark@gmail.com www.clarkanvilranch.com

Herefords and Salers Annual Sale • Second Wednesday in April

GEORGIA

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

IDAHO

qualityis@canyongemlivestock.com 106 W. 500 S. Jerome, ID 83338 TIM DOLCINI 208-308-4083

Guy and Sherry Colyer – 208-845-2313

Guy cell – 208-599-0340

Kyle cell – 208-250-3924

Katie cell – 208-599-2962 31058 Colyer Rd. Bruneau, ID 83604 www.hereford.com

Bulls for Sale at Private Treaty Excellent Replacement Heifers

DANIELS HEREFORD RANCH

Commitment to Quality since 1915

1350 N. 2100 W. Malad, ID 83252 Dan 208-339-2341 Teresa 208-339-2340 Rex 208-766-2747

Follow us on Facebook DanielsHerefordRanch danielsherefordranch@yahoo.com

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

Shaw Cattle Co.

22993 Howe Rd. Caldwell, ID 83607 www.shawcattle.com greg@shawcattle.com

Neal Ward Family 673 N. 825 W. • Blackfoot, ID 83221 Alicia Billman 208-589-0870 • 208-684-5252 woodenshoefarms@gmail.com

ILLINOIS

Family Agri-Business Since 1933

Baker Farms

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.

Burns Polled Hereford farm

Kent & Barb Burns 618-521-3199

Cattle for sale at all times 11770 Wilson Rd., Coulterville, IL 62237

Joe and Lauri Ellis 765-366-5390 Matt and Lisa Ellis 217-712-0635 Phil and Joyce Ellis 765-665-3207

26455 N. 2300th St. • Chrisman, IL 61924 www.efbeef.com • efbeef1@aol.com

NEWBOLD FARMS INC.

OAK HILL FARM

11268 Hobbs Rd. Rochester, IL 62563 Office 217-529-8878 Greg 217-725-7095 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

Winton and Emily Harris Family

Eric, Cindie, Cassie and Krista Allscheid 8052 Andy Rd. • Waterloo, IL 62298 Cell 618-593-9642 soph@htc.net www.ShingleOaksPolledHerefords.com

Rob, Kristie, Kylie and Logan 7477 E. 825 N. • Otterbein, IN 47970 765-491-0258 kristielm2001@yahoo.com SHOW STEERS AND HEIFERS FOR SALE!

IOWA

Mark Stephens Pete Loehr

704 Virginia Ave. 113 Northgate Rd. Taylorville, IL 62568 Peoria, IL 61614

217-825-7913 309-692-6026

Farm is located at: 1777 N. 1000 East Rd., Taylorville, IL 62568 Visit our website for updates throughout the year www.stephensandloehrherefords.com

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

BECK-POWELL POLLED HEREFORDS

7157 N. C.R. 500 E., Bainbridge, IN 46105

Gene and Alice Beck

765-522-3235

Andy and Betsy Beck 765-522-3396 home • 765-720-1696 Andy cell Cody Beck 765-719-1622 Cody cell • beck.3396@gmail.com

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

Cows for sale at all times

Curtis, Tobie, Erica and Ethan Kesling 1918 W. Delaware Rd. Logansport, IN 46947 574-753-3193

LAUDEMAN FAMILY FARM 3629 5th Rd., Bremen, IN 46506

Connie, Todd and Cassie, Jason and Jeni, and Bryan

Todd’s cell 574-298-4959

cjlaudy@fourway.net www.laudemanfamily.com

Jason’s cell 574-209-6470

STREAM CATTLE CO.

Rod, Sue, Lisa and Sarah Stream 51590 St. Hwy. 14, Chariton, IA 50049 641-774-8124 • streamcattle@hotmail.com www.streamcattle.com Just north of Chariton on State Hwy. 14

KANSAS

Dean and Danny 29111 B Keene Rd. • Maple Hill, KS 66507 785-256-4643 • 785-256-4010 Danny cell 785-383-2493 Located 13 miles west of Topeka on I-70, Keene/Eskridge exit then 3 miles south

Grant and Linda McKay and Family 1226 8th Rd. Marysville, KS 66508 785-619-6086 308-470-1190 cell glmherefords@bluevalley.net www.glmherefords.com

Gus, Deb and Shelbi Gustafson Tava and Koy 7477 Davis Creek Road Junction City, KS 66441 785-238-7306 I-70 exit 303... 7 miles South

Devin Sweitzer 785-299-0663 www.jamisonherefords.com

JENSEN RANCH

Kevin Jensen 785-243-6397 Sheila Jensen 785-262-1116 Brady Jensen 785-614-1645

197 • Courtland, KS 66939 jensenks@courtland.net www.jensenbros.net

Creek Ranch “The Brand That Works” Alma, KS

Karsten & Kasen Breiner 785-564-2091

& Diane Breiner 785-456-4790 Ryan & Sharon Breiner 785-207-3070 millcreekranch.com millcreekranch@embarqmail.com

& Alison Mih, and Mariam Mih P.O. Box 2, Chanute, KS 66720 620-431-3917 • 620-212-3250 cell amih@mmherefords.com

cattle for economically relevant traits and performance. mmherefords.com

785-452-8148

785-452-2961

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

KENTUCKY

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

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

S F T MARYLAND

EAST SIDE FARM

Registered Polled Herefords

eastsidehereford@comcast.net Visitors welcome!

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

Jacob, Michelle and Andrew Wolfrey 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

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 906-753-4684 Glenn Hanson, Jr 906-630-5169

“Cattle made for the North in the North”

Les Krogstad cell 218-289-5685 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

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

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

Hwy. 28 W. • P.O. Box 753 • Hazlehurst, MS 39083 Dayne Zimmerman 704-906-1571 daynez@mindspring.com www.caldwellherefordranch.com

Herman Nunely and Family 204 Co. Rd. 994 • Iuka, MS 38852 Cell 662-279-5136 Home 662-423-3317 leaningcedarherefords@gmail.com

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

Joe McGuffee 601-672-0245 Ryan McGuffee 601-668-1000 ryanmcgu@bellsouth.net Tyler Russell 601-331-0409

MISSOURI

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

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

FARM

Gregg and Denver Alsup 18 Alsup Ln. Fair Grove, MO 65648 417-766-6801 gailalsup@gmail.com

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

MONTANA

26 Years Line 1 Genetics BULLS For Sale in the Spring Howard Moss 895 Whitetail Rd., Whitehall, MT 59759 406-287-9947

Mark, Della, Lacey and Jane’a Ehlke P.O. Box 1487 Townsend, MT 59644 406-266-4121 Cell 406-439-4311 info@ehlkeherefords.com

Dan 406-570-1602 drfeddes@msn.com Tim 406-570-4771 tfeddes@msn.com www.feddes.com

2009 Churchill Road Manhattan, Montana 59741

Rd. • Valier, MT 59486 406-279-3301 • 406-279-3300 Ranch • 406-450-1029 Mobile www.holdenherefords.com

Richard and Shirley Bruce and Tammy 406-544-1536 Kurt and Jessica 406-239-5113 P.O. Box 30055, Gold Creek, MT 59733 bruce@thomasherefords.com www.thomasherefords.com

Arvid and Linda Eggen 406-895-2657 Box 292 • Plentywood, MT 59254 jbare@nemont.net

7582 S Engleman Rd Grand Island, NE 68803 308-384-0979

Oshkosh, NE 69154 • www.vannewkirkherefords.com Joe: 308-778-6049 • Kolby: 308-778-6230 Quality Herefords Since 1892

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

MINIATURE - CLASSIC HEREFORDS www.splittcreekranch.com North Platte, Nebraska 69101

Shaun Brott 308-530-4161 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

NEVADA

“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. 9, 2024

Paul Sarman (775) 934-3905

HC 36 Box 59 Spring Creek, NV 89815 cpsarman@gmail.com www.leelivestock.com

Chris Beck, Mgr. 618-367-5397 Bob Coker, Owner 916-539-1987 640 Genoa Ln. Minden, NV 89423 www.genoalivestock.com Mrnak Herefords West

NEW JERSEY NEW MEXICO

Loren, Terrie, Hunter and Tanner PO Box 2412 • Minden, NV 89423 775-848-0160 lorenmrnak@aol.com www.mrnakherefordswest.com AJ Stahoski -Herdsman-

NORTH CAROLINA

J. Brent Creech 14926 Taylor’s Mill Rd. Zebulon, NC 27597

919-801-7561 www.tmfherefords.com tmfherefords@icloud.com

LLC

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.,

Farm: 2296 N. Lomax Rd., Traphill, NC 28685 775 Clacton Circle, Earlysville, VA 22936 John Wheeler, owner • 910-489-0024 doublejfarmllc@yahoo.com • www.doublejfarmllc.com

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

NORTH DAKOTA

www.mrnakherefords.com

Jenna 701-290-7218 Terry 701-523-6368 Andy 701-206-1095

OHIO

Mohican Polled Hereford Farm 4551 S.R. 514 Glenmont, OH 44628

Conard and Nancy Stitzlein 330-378-3421 Matt Stitzlein 330-231-0708 Alexis Stitzlein 330-231-9538 stitz@mohicanfarms.com

Mohican West 3100 Sportsman Park Rd. Laurel, MT 59044 Phone/Fax 406-633-2600 Terry Powlesland 406-670-8529 mohicanw@yahoo.com www.mohicanpolledherefords.com

OKLAHOMA

DENNIS RANCH

SINCE 1916 22990 E. 2090 Rd., Terral, OK 73569 REGISTERED AND

23731 NS 157 Rd. Laverne, OK 73848 Milton 580-273-9494 Van 580-552-1555 van1messner@gmail.com

Paul Laubach 72251 N 2080 Rd • Leedey, OK 73654 Cell 580-822-5089 • paul@pandrherefords.com PandRHerefords.com

OREGON

Registered Herefords

Bulls & Donor Females For Sale

P.O. Box 166 • Caddo, OK 74729 Alan Dufur — 580-775-3830

George and Karen Sprague 85777 Vilhauer • Eugene, OR 97405 541-465-2188 gks@bar1ranch.com • www.bar1ranch.com

19402 W. Hwy. 51 P.O. Box 434 Sand Springs, OK 74063

Mike and Lotsee Spradling 918-640-7711 918-245-8854

Registered Polled Herefords Pecans flyinggranchss@aol.com

Robbie & Tracie Gipson 918-774-4795 g4gcattleco@gmail.com

Bulls & Females available for sale private treaty

Ralph & Stephanie Kinder, Owners 790250 S Hwy 177 Carney, OK 74832 (405) 714-3101

ralph@headquartersranch.com headquartersranch.com

David and Lynda Bird 45863 Crow Rd. • Halfway, OR 97834 541-742-5436 • Cell 541-403-2828 • bird@pinetel.com 42590 Salmon Creek Rd. • Baker City, OR 97814

Harrell Jr. 541-403-2210 Don Schafer 541-403-0008

Hereford Cattle and Quarter Horses

Sale First Monday In March Cattle Co. “Your Eastern Oregon Range Bull Source” Registered Herefords and Quarter Horses

M.T. and Cori Anderson 47295 Izee Paulina Ln. Canyon City, OR 97820 541-477-3816 M.T. 541-377-0030 Cori 541-377-3347

Breeding Today for Tomorrow Greg and Therese Stallings Eugene, OR 97405 Office 541-485-3615

info@stallingspolledherefords.com www.stallingspolledherefords.com

PENNSYLVANIA

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

Gerald and Janelle Bischoff 20025 399th Ave., Huron, SD 37350

Gerald 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

21115 344th Ave. Ree Heights, 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

Mark and Mary Kay

Frederickson

19975 Bear Ridge Rd.

Spearfish, SD 57783

605-642-2139

Cell 605-645-4934

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

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

jacob@rauschherefords.com

Woodard Hereford Farms

TEXAS

Nate and Jayna Frederickson Cell 605-254-4872

Shawn and Sarah Tatman 307-673-4381

Jack and Lyn Chastain 3924 Burkett Dr. Ft. Worth, TX 76116 817-821-3544

Farm located at Mineral Wells, TX

Mike Doyle

P.O. Box 82 | Wolfe City, TX 75496 214-240-4538 | mike@acecreditconsulting.com doyleherefordranch.com

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

Harry and Cheryl Grett 512-585-2948

P.O. Box 969 Elgin, TX 78621 g3ranch@aol.com

Lee & Jacqui Haygood 923 Hillside Ave. Canadian, TX 79014 806-323-2906 lee@indianmoundranch.com indianmoundranch.com

Noack Herefords

116 E. Bell Ave. Rockdale, TX 76567

Cell 979-218-0065 Office 512-446-6200

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

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

Seth Koetting, manager 806-584-4922 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 9 miles east of Caldwell on Hwy. 21 or 15 miles west of Bryan-College Station on Hwy. 21

Larry Woodson Bonham, TX 214-491-7017 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

VIRGINIA

WASHINGTON

Bill Cox 688 Pataha St. Pomeroy, WA 99347 509-566-7050 cell cxranch@live.com

SINCE 1943

DIAMOND

M RANCH

McClun’s Lazy JM Ranch

Polled Herefords and Angus Raising Herefords since 1967

Jim and Jerri McClun and Family

1929 Rd. 60 • Veteran, WY 82243 • 307-837-2524 Cell 307-534-5141 • jkmcclun@wyomail.com www.mcclunranch.com Private Treaty Sales and Annual Production Sale in April Selling Herefords for 80 years

SELLING 1,500 HEREFORDS ANNUALLY “The great feedlot performance cattle” The McIrvins Box 99 Laurier, WA 509-684-4380

Winter Headquarters 646 Lake Rd. Burbank, WA 99323 509-545-5676

njwardherefords@gmail.com www.NJWHerefords.com

CATTLEMAN N ed and Jan Ward 406-757-0600 Ned (c)

WISCONSIN

Marty, Shannon, Matt and Derrick Wilcox 17912 S. Hwy. 195 Spangle, WA 99031 509-953-2535 – Marty www.wilcoxfamilycattle.com

CANADA

Kevin and Janice Bennett 3752 Ollie Bell Rd.

WI 53803 608-778-8685 kevinjanicebennett@gmail.com www.sandrockranchherefords.com

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

WEST VIRGINIA HEREFORD BREEDERS

westfall

POLLED HEREFORDS

Jim Westfall, owner 304-927-2104 • 304-377-1247 cell jimwestfall2104@gmail.com

Lucille Westfall, herdsman 304-532-9351

1109 Triplett Rd. Spencer, WV 25276

Bulls and Females For Sale

Cottle Brothers Farm & Litton Livestock

Quality Polled Herefords Since 1960

Certified and Accredited Herd Martin & Joe Cottle-Founders

Neil Litton-Operator 1194 Armstrong Road Summersville, WV 26651

Neil 304-618-7313 forestking02@gmail.com

Grandview

Hereford Farm

Quality Hereford Cattle

Ken and Chris Scott 2586 Grandview Rd. Beaver, WV 25813

Ken 304-573-0844

Chris 304-228-5524 chance37@suddenlink.net

5683 Rocky Step Rd. Winfield, WV 25213

www.grassyrunfarms.com

Polled Herefords Since 1954

192 Ruger Dr. Harrisville, WV 26362

Butch 304-643-4438

Certified and Accredited lawherefords@yahoo.com

Gary Kale, Owner Aaron Glascock, General Manager 304-312-7060 / alglascoc@aol.com

Derik Billman, Herdsman 330-432-3267

Dave 304-612-3795

Robert 304-265-0005 dnsk0603@gmail.com

Statement of Ownership

MIDDLE TENNESSEE HEREFORD ASSN. FALL SALE

We are selling four outstanding cow calf pairs in this sale. They are easily the BEST we have ever sold! Each with a calf at side sired by Boyd Applause 2004 (P44356918). This CUDA son was the high selling Bull in Boyd’s sale in 2023!

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.

OCTOBER

1 Copeland & Sons 9th Annual Demand the Brand Female Sale (Online), Nara Visa, N.M.

2 Fryeburg Fair, Fryeburg, Maine

2 Topp Herefords Female Sale (Online), Grace City, N.D.

3 Dudley Bros. 63rd Annual Bull Sale, Comanche, Texas

3 Lamb Bros. Elite Female Sale (Online), Wilson, Wis.

4 Keystone Int’l Livestock Exposition (KILE) Open Show, Harrisburg, Pa.

4-5 Michigan Fall Spectacular, Shiawassee

5 Cattlemen’s Delight Hereford Sale, Black River Falls, Wis.

5 Colyer Herefords Annual Fall Female Sale, Bruneau, Idaho

5 Fawcett’s Elm Creek Ranch Annual Fall Female Sale, Ree Heights, S.D.

5 Journagan Ranch/Missouri State Un. 32nd Annual Production Sale, Springfield

5 Mann Cattle Co. 6th Annual Bull Sale, Caldwell, Texas

5 Mississippi State Fair, Jackson

5 The Breeder’s Classic Sale, Gettysburg, Pa.

6 Badger Southern Select Sale, Burlington, Wis.

6 KILE Jr. Show, Harrisburg, Pa.

6 Purple Reign Cattle Sale, (Online), Toulon, Ill.

6 Snowshoe Cattle Co. Complete FallCalving Cow Herd Dispersal, (Online), Arthur, Neb.

7 Express Ranches Fall Bull & Commercial Female Sale, Yukon, Okla.

7 Neil Farms Fall Female Sale (Online), Northfield, Minn.

8 Bar C Livestock Fall Sale (Online), Gorman, Texas

8 Freking Cattle Annual Fall Female Sale, Alpha, Minn.

8 Green Cattle Co. & Locust Grove Livestock Female Sale, (Online), Hodgenville, Ky.

8 Grimmel Schaake Cattle Co. Heifer Sale, (Online), Manhattan, Kan.

8 Powell Herefords 27th Annual Production Sale, Ft. McKavett, Texas

10 GKB Cattle Inaugural Fall Bull Sale, Desdemona, Texas

10 Grimmel Girls Show Cattle Sale, (Online), Jarrettsville, Md.

11 Cardinal Creek Cattle Co. Fall Female Sale (Online), Wilmar, Minn.

11 Carolina Classic Fair, Winston-Salem, N.C.

12 Buck Cattle Co. Fall Premier 30th Annual Sale, Madill, Okla.

12 Jim D. Bellis Family Polled Hereford Production Sale, Aurora, Mo.

12 Mohican Farms & Guests Sale, Glenmont, Ohio

12 Perks Ranch Fall Celebration Sale, Rockford, Ill.

12 Snedden Ranch Bull Sale, Maricopa, Calif.

13 Brumley Farms Ranch Royalty Heifer Sale (Online), Orovada, Nev.

14 Delaney Herefords & Atkins Herefords Genetic Opportunity Sale (Online), Lake Benton, Minn./Tea, S.D.

14 Indian Mound Ranch Annual Bull & Female Production Sale, Canadian, Texas

15 Bernard Show Cattle Sale (Online), Grand Ridge, Ill.

17 North Carolina State Fair, Raleigh

17 South Carolina State Fair, Columbia

18-20 State Fair of Texas, Dallas

18 W4 Ranch Annual Fall Production Sale, Morgan, Texas

19 ANL/Glenlees & Guests Female Sale, Steelman, Saskatchewan

19 Lambert Ranch Bull Sale, Oroville, Calif.

19 Northern Int’l Livestock Expo Hereford Show, Billings, Mont.

19 South Carolina State Fair Jr. Show, Columbia

19 Switzerland of Ohio Polled Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Sarahsville

20 Blair Athol & Friends Female Sale, Arcola, Saskatchewan

20 Express Ranches Annual Hereford Event, Yukon, Okla.

20 Reynolds Herefords Annual Production Sale, Huntsville, Mo.

20 The Exclusive Volume IV Fall Female Production Sale, El Reno, Okla.

21 Keester Herefords Heifer & Frozen Genetics Sale (Online), Clearwater, Neb.

21 White Hawk Bull & Female Sale, Buchanan, Ga.

22 111 Farm Sale (Online), Whigham, Ga.

23 Micheli Ranch Bull Sale, Ft. Bridger, Wyo.

24 Able Acres Circle of Champions Online Sale, (Online), Wingate, Ind.

24-27 American Hereford Assn. Annual Membership Meeting & Conference, Kansas City, Mo.

24 Jensen Ranch The Chosen Sale, Louisburg, Kan.

25 30th Annual Hokie Harvest Sale, Blacksburg, Va.

25 Ad deadline for December Hereford World

26-27 American Royal Nat’l Hereford Show, Kansas City, Mo.

26 Debter Hereford Farm Bull Sale, Horton, Ala.

26 Dry Creek Farms & Guests Annual Production Sale, Pell City, Ala.

26 Jamison Ranch 12th Annual Fall Bull & Female Sale, Beggs, Okla.

26 Lacy’s Red Angus & Polled Herefords Annual Production Sale, Drexel, Mo.

26 Ladies of the Royal Sale, Kansas City, Mo.

26 Mead Farms Bull & Female Sale, Versailles, Mo.

26 South Texas Hereford Assn. Annual Fall Bull & Female Sale, Beeville, Texas

27 Pérez Cattle Co. Annual Fall Bull & Commercial Female Sale, Columbus, Texas

28 Tennessee River Music Bull Sale, Ft. Payne, Ala.

30 State Fair of Louisiana, Shreveport

30 Texas Hereford Assn. Fall Classic Bull Sale, Buffalo

NOVEMBER

1 Cornhusker Classic, Kearney, Neb.

1 Groendyke Ranch Production Sale, Nash, Okla.

1 Red Deer Hereford Showcase Female Sale, Red Deer, Alberta

2 Burns Farms Bull & Commercial Sale, Pikeville, Tenn.

2 Menzies Cattle Co. Bull & Female Production Sale, Springfield, Mo.

2-3 Missouri Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Sedalia

2 Nebraska Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting & Banquet, Kearney

2 Red Deer Hereford Showcase Genes Event Bull Sale, Red Deer, Alberta

3 Missouri Hereford Assn. Opportunity Sale, Sedalia

3 Huth Polled Herefords Complete Dispersal, Oakfield, Wis.

4 P&R Herefords 9th Annual Bull Sale, Trail, Okla.

5 Landgren Ranch Female Sale (Online), Bartlett, Neb.

8 South Dakota Excellence Sale, Brookings

8 South Dakota Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting & Banquet, Brookings

9 Big League Genetics Annual Female Sale, Ft. Cobb, Okla.

9 Mid-Atlantic Fall Bonanza Sale, Harrisonburg, Va.

10 Heitshusen Cattle Co. Inaugural Female Sale (Online), Walla Walla, Wash.

11 Mohican West Bull Sale, Laurel, Mont.

13 Barber Ranch Annual Bull Sale, San Saba, Texas

14 Hoffman Ranch Fall Bull Sale, Thedford, Neb.

16 MG/4M Farms Bull & Female Sale, Woodville, Miss.

16 Middle Tennessee Hereford Assn. Fall Sale, Cross Plains

16 North American Int’l Livestock Exposition (NAILE) Jr. Show, Louisville, Ky.

16 Southern Partners in Performance Bull Sale, Union Grove, N.C.

19 B&D Herefords The Fall Classic Bull Sale, Odin, Kan.

19 NAILE Open Show, Louisville, Ky.

21 Largent & Sons Desert Prime Bull Sale, Kaycee, Wyo.

23 Buckeye Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Zanesville, Ohio

23 Maryland Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, New Windsor

23 McGuffee Herefords Principles Progress Sale, New Hebron, Miss.

23 Silveira Bros. Show Heifer Sale, Firebaugh, Calif.

24 Heart of America Hereford Assn. Fall Sale, Shelbyville, Ill.

25 Ad deadline for January Baldy Advantage

25 The Berry’s Bull Sale, Cheyenne, Wyo.

30 Able Acres 52nd Annual Winning Tradition Sale, Wingate, Ind.

30 Oklahoma Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Chickasha

DECEMBER

3 Day Ridge Farms & P&J Farms Frozen Genetics Sale (Online), Telford, Tenn./ Monroe, N.C.

3 Ward Livestock Red, White & Blue Bull Sale, Laramie, Wyo.

3 Western Video Market, Reno, N.V.

4 Big Bend Ranch Annual Female Sale, Keosauqua, Iowa

4 Goehring Herefords Annual Female Sale, Keosauqua, Iowa

4-7 Western States Hereford Show, Reno, Nev.

5 Traditions Hereford-influenced Feeder Calf Sale, Stanford, Ky.

6 Hirsche Herefords Production Sale, Lethbridge, Alberta

6 Knoll Crest Farm Total Performance Bull Sale, Red House, Va.

6 Western States Hereford Sale, Reno, Nev.

7 Frederickson Ranch Sale, Spearfish, S.D.

7 Kentucky Hereford Autumn Sale, Lexington

7 Pied Piper Farms Annual Bull Sale, Industry, Texas

12 Kentucky Hereford Assn. Fall Feeder Calf Sale, Lexington

13 Minnesota Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Hutchinson

14 GKB Cattle & Barber Ranch The Female Event, Desdemona, Texas

14 Illinois Hereford Assn. Winter Classic Sale, Carthage, Ill.

14 Minnesota Hereford Assn. Go-Pher the Purple Sale, Hutchinson

19 Golden Oak Livestock Production Sale, Olds, Alberta

19 Three Hills Bull & Female Sale, Maquoketa, Iowa

25 Ad deadline for February Baldy Advantage

30 Arizona Nat’l Livestock Show, Phoenix

2025

JANUARY

4 Greater Midwest Hereford-influenced Feeder Calf Sale, Carthage, Ill. 9-11 Cattlemen’s Congress, Oklahoma City

9 Hereford Eve in OKC, Oklahoma City

10 Hereford Night in OKC, Oklahoma City

16-18 Nat’l Western Stock Show, Denver, Colo.

17 Herefords in the Yards Sale, Denver, Colo.

18 Anita Livestock Auction Herefordinfluenced Feeder Cattle Sale, Anita, Iowa

20 Van Newkirk Herefords Sale, Oshkosh, Neb.

25 Melcher Herefords Sale, Page, Neb.

25 Mrnak Herefords Annual Production Sale, Bowman, N.D.

25 Red Bluff Bull Sale, Red Bluff, Calif.

25 Wisconsin Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Mauston

27 Ad deadline for March Hereford World

28 Churchill Cattle Co. World Class Bull Sale, Manhattan, Mont.

30 Ridder Hereford Ranch Sale, Callaway, Neb.

FEBRUARY

1 Buckeye Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Plain City, Ohio

1 Messner Ranch 64th Annual Production Sale, Slapout, Okla.

1 South Texas Hereford Assn. Annual Spring Bull & Female Sale, Beeville

1 Texas Hereford Assn. 55th Annual Powerhouse Hereford Sale, Ft. Worth

1 Texas Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Ft. Worth

1 Upstream Ranch Annual Production Sale, Taylor, Neb.

3 Pelton Polled Herefords Production Sale, Haliday, N.D.

3 Ft. Worth Stock Show, Ft. Worth, Texas

5 Black Hills Stock Show Hereford Show & Sale, Rapid City, S.D.

5 Durbin Creek Ranch Bull Sale, Worland, Wyo.

6 Stroh Herefords Production Sale, Killdeer, N.D.

7 Baumgarten Cattle Co. Annual Production Sale, Belfield, N.D.

7 Dvorak Herefords Bull & Female Sale, Pickstown, S.D.

7 Elkington Herefords Annual Bull Sale, Idaho Falls, Idaho

7 XTC Ranches Bull Sale, Eastend, Saskatchewan

8 Klamath Falls Bull Sale, Klamath Falls, Ore.

9 Dixie Nat’l, Jackson, Miss.

10 Fawcett’s Elm Creek Ranch Sale, Ree Heights, S.D.

10 Logterman Family Hereford Bull Sale, Valentine, Neb.

12 Friedt Herefords Annual Production Sale, Bowman, N.D.

12 Iowa Beef Expo Select Hereford Sale, Des Moines

12 L Bar W Cattle Co. Production Sale, Absarokee, Mont.

14 Topp Herefords Bull Sale, Grace City, N.D.

15 Colorado State Un. Annual Bull & Female Sale, Ft. Collins, Colo.

15 Delaney/Atkins Sale, Lake Benton, Minn.

15 Magnolia Hereford Assn. 66th Annual Polled & Horned Hereford Sale, Magnolia, Ark.

17 Five Star Polled Herefords & Haught Bros. A Lasting Legacy Sale, Harrisville, W.Va.

17 Rausch Herefords Sale, Hoven, S.D.

17 Southern Opportunity Sale, Lexington, Tenn.

18 Bar JZ Herefords Sale, Holabird, S.D.

19 Shaw Cattle Co. Annual Bull Sale, Caldwell, Idaho

20 Olson’s Red Power Sale, Argusville, N.D.

21 Hoffman Ranch Spring Bull Sale, Thedford, Neb.

22 Chapman & Woolfolk Bull & Female Sale, Nunnelly, Tenn.

22 Illinois Beef Expo, Springfield

22 Michigan Beef Expo Hereford Sale, Lansing

22 Tegtmeier Polled Herefords 65th Annual Bull Sale, Burchard, Neb.

24 Colyer Herefords Annual Bull Sale, Bruneau, Idaho

24 Hereford Heritage 13th Annual Bull Sale, Ft. Cobb, Okla.

25 Ad deadline for April Hereford World

25 Pérez Cattle Co. Annual Spring Bull Sale, Nara Visa, N.M.

28 Jamison Herefords Total Performance Production Sale, Quinter, Kan.

MARCH

1 Illinois Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Bloomington

1 Kentucky Beef Expo Hereford Sale, Louisville

1 Mead Farms Bull & Female Production Sale, Versailles, Mo.

1 Perks Ranch Bull Sale, Rockford, Ill.

1 Wisconsin Hereford Assn. Spring Sale, Fennimore

2 Kentucky Beef Expo, Louisville

3 Harrell Ranch Bull Roundup, Baker City, Ore.

3 Keester Herefords Annual Bull & Commercial Female Sale, Atkinson, Neb.

4 S & S Herefords Sale, Guide Rock, Neb.

6 Jensen Ranch Annual Bull Sale, Courtland, Kan.

7 Express Ranches Annual Spring Bull Sale, Yukon, Okla.

7 Tennessee Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Lebanon

8 Boyd Beef Cattle Bull Sale, Mays Lick, Ky.

8 Doyle Hereford Ranch Annual Bull Sale, Wolfe City, Texas.

8 I-29 Bull Run, Sioux Falls, S.D.

8 Tennessee Beef Agribition Sale, Lebanon

10 Holden Herefords Annual Production Sale, Valier, Mont.

11 Cooper Herefords Annual Production Sale, Valier, Mont.

11 Harvie Ranching Bull Sale, Olds, Alberta

12 Bischoff’s Ravine Creek Ranch, Huron, S.D.

12 Udy Cattle Co. Annual Bull Sale, Rockland, Idaho

14 Sleepy Hollow Farms Annual Bull Sale, Centerville, S.D.

15 Buckeye Hereford Spring Sale, Columbus, Ohio

15 CES/Predestine Sale, Wadley, Ga.

15 Falling Timber Farms Annual Bull & Female Sale, Marthasville, Mo.

16 Ohio Beef Expo, Columbus

17 B&D Herefords The Spring Opener Annual Bull Sale, Odin, Kan.

18 Flying S Herefords 11th Annual Production Sale, Puluxy, Texas

20 Bar Star Cattle Annual Sale, Musselshell, Mont.

20 GKB Cattle & Barber Ranch 3rd Annual Spring Bull Sale, Desdemona, Texas

20 K7 Herefords Annual Production Sale, Lockridge, Iowa

21 North Carolina Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Statesville

22 Candy Meadow Farm Bull & Female Sale, Lexington, Tenn.

22 DaKitch Farms Annual Bull Sale, Ada, Minn.

22 North Carolina Hereford Classic Sale, Union Grove

22 Sandhill Farms Production Sale, Haviland, Kan.

24 Copeland & Sons Annual Demand the Brand Bull Sale, Clayton, N.M.

24 Oleen Bros. Production Sale, Dwight, Kan.

24 Sidwell & Frank Herefords Bull Sale, Columbus, Mont.

25 Ad deadline for May/June Hereford World

25 Frenzen Polled Herefords Annual Production Sale, Fullerton, Neb.

25 Harrison Cattle Co. Annual Production Sale, Arapaho, Okla.

26 NJW Polled Herefords Annual Sale, Sheridan, Wyo.

27 Bradshaw Cattle Co. Bull & Female Sale, Keosauqua, Iowa

27 Schu-Lar Annual Bull Sale, Lawrence, Kan.

28 Hennebold Herefords Annual Production Sale, Winner, S.D.

29 Heart of America Hereford Assn. Spring Sale, Wayne City, Ill.

31 Snowshoe Herefords Annual Bull Sale, Arthur, Neb.

APRIL

1 Lorenzen Farms Striving for Integrity Bull Sale, Chrisman, Ill.

2 Lowderman Cattle Co. Fall Born Sale, Macomb, Ill.

10 Bowling Ranch’s 5th Annual Spring Production Sale, Newkirk, Okla.

10 McClun’s Lazy JM Annual Production Sale, Torrington, Wyo.

11-13 Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Assn. Convention & Expo, Ft. Worth

12 7th Annual SW Rancher’s Bull & Female Sale, Chickasha, Okla.

12 Central Missouri Polled Hereford Breeders Assn. Annual Spring Sale, Cuba

12 Ellis Farms Bull & Female Sale, Chrisman, Ill.

12 Knoll Crest Farm Bull Sale, Red House, Va.

12 NE Texas Hereford Assn. 73rd Annual Sale, Mt. Pleasant

12 West Virginia Polled Hereford Assn. Sale, Weston

13 SandRock Ranch Sale, Benton, Wis.

18 Mid-Atlantic Spring Bonanza Sale, Harrisonburg, Va.

19 Clifford Farms & Guests Sale, Lexington, Ky.

19 Stuber Ranch Annual Production Sale, Bowman, N.D.

19 W4 Ranch Annual Spring Production Sale, Morgan, Texas

24 Middle Tennessee Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Cross Plains

25 Express Ranches Annual Grass Time Sale, Yukon, Okla.

25 Middle Tennessee Hereford Assn. Spring Sale, Cross Plains

25 Ritchie County Polled Hereford Assn. Sale, Harrisville, W.Va.

29-30 Hemphill County Beef Cattle Conference, Canadian, Texas

Advertisers’ Index

ALABAMA

Debter Hereford Farm 68, 96, 112

Dry Creek Farms 21

Tennessee River Music 63, 96

CALIFORNIA

Lambert Ranch 96

McDougald Herefords 96

Morrell Ranches 96

P.W Gillibrand Cattle Co . . . . 96

Pedretti Ranches 96

Red Bluff Bull & Gelding Sale 58

Sierra Ranches 96

Snedden Ranch 96

Sonoma Mountain Herefords . 96

Wiemer Cattle Co 96

COLORADO

Campbell, James T 96

Clark Anvil Ranch . . . 96

Cline Registered Herefords 96

Coleman Herefords 96

Coyote Ridge Ranch 96

Ernst Herefords 96

Fuchs Herefords, Mike . . . 96

Leroux Land & Cattle 96

Robb & Sons, Tom 96

Shaffer Herefords 96

Sidwell Herefords . . . 96

Strang Herefords . . . 96

GEORGIA

Barnes Herefords 5

Greenview Farms Inc . . . . 97

HME Herefords . . . . . . 112

Mead Cattle Enterprises BC

MTM Polled Herefords 80

Predestined Cattle Co 112

White Hawk Ranch . . . . . IBC

IDAHO

Canyon Gem Livestock 97

Colyer Herefords & Angus 97

Daniels Hereford Ranch . . . . 97

Elkington Polled Herefords . . . 97

JBB/AL Herefords 97

Shaw Cattle Co 97

Wooden Shoe Farms 97

ILLINOIS

Bafford Farms 87

Baker Farms 97

Behrends Farms 87

Benedict Herefords . . . . . . 87

Bixler Herefords 91, 97

Bob-O-Lou Herefords 97

Burns Polled Hereford Farm 91, 97

Crane Herefords 87

Edenburn Family Farm . . . 87

Ellis Farm 9, 97

Eubank Farms 97

Fancy Creek Farm of the Prairie Cross 91

Fleisher Farms . . . . . 91, 97

Happ Herefords 97

Knott Farm 97

Lorenzen Farms 87

Lowderman Cattle Co 87

McCaskill Farms . . . . . 91

Milligan Herefords 97

Nature’s Acres 91

Newbold Farms Inc 97

Oak Hill Farm 97

Parish Farms . . . . 87

Plainview Stock Farm 87

Prairie Cross, The 91

Prairie Meadow Herefords 97

Prairie Rose Cattle Co . . 91

Purple Reign Cattle Co . . 97

RGR Cattle Co 87

Sayre Hereford Farm 97

Shingle Oaks Polled Herefords 98

Stephens and Loehr Herefords . 98

Stumpf Land & Cattle . . 98

West Wind Herefords 98

Young Cattle Co 91

INDIANA

Able Acres . . . . . . . 84

Beck-Powell Polled Herefords 98

Clinkenbeard Farms & Sons 84

Coal Creek Land and Cattle LLC 84

Deatsman Farms . . . . . 84

Elzemeyer Polled Herefords . 84

Everhart Farms 84

Gerber Land & Cattle 98

Greenwood Family Herefords 84

Hayhurst Farms . . . . 84

JC Cattle Co 84

Kesling Polled Herefords 98

Landrum Family Farms 98

McFatridge Cattle Co 98

IOWA

Amos Hereford Farm 81

Deppe Bros Cattle Co 81

Goehring Herefords 29, 81

Iowa Hereford Breeders Assn . 81

Jackson Hereford Farms 81

K7 Herefords 81

Petersen Herefords 81

Pitt Farms Herefords 81

R&R Cattle Co . . . . 81

Sorensen Family, Mike 81 Stream Cattle Co 98

Wiese & Sons 98

KANSAS

B&D Herefords 47

Brannan & Reinhardt Polled Herefords 98

Davis Herefords 98

Douthit Herefords . . . . 98

GLM Herefords 98

Grimmel Schaake Cattle Co 98

Gustafson Herefords 98

Jamison Herefords 98

Jensen Ranch . . . . . . . . 98

Malone Hereford Farm 94

Mill Creek Ranch 98

MM Ranch Polled Herefords 98

Oleen Cattle Co 98

Sandhill Farms . . . . . . . . 98

Schu-Lar Herefords LLC 99

Springhill Herefords 99

Umberger Polled Herefords . . 99

VJS Polled Herefords 99

KENTUCKY

3R Herefords 80

Botkin Polled Herefords . . 99

Boyd Beef Cattle 99

Chambliss Hereford Farms 99

Clifford Farms 80

Dogwood Farm 80

JMS Polled Herefords . . . 80

Matheny Herefords 99, 112

Tucker Stock Farms 99

Wells Farm 80

Womack Cattle Co . . . 112

MARYLAND

Church View Farm 86

East Side Farm 86, 99

Grimmel Girls Show Cattle . . 99

SCH Polled Herefords . . . 99

MICHIGAN

Breasbois Farms 111

Cedar Creek Herefords . . . 111

Cottonwood Springs . . . 111

Grand Meadows Farm 111

Hanson’s Double G Herefords 99

MacNaughton Farms 99

McDonald Farm . . . . 111

Michigan Hereford Assn 111

Sugar Sweet Ranch 111

MINNESOTA

Atkins Herefords . . . . 52

DaKitch Hereford Farms . . 99

Delaney Herefords 99

Krogstad Polled Herefords 99

Lawrence Herefords 99

Springwater Polled Herefords . 99

MISSISSIPPI

Broadlawn Farm Polled Herefords 112

Caldwell Hereford Ranch 99

Leaning Cedar Herefords . . 99

McGuffee Herefords 39, 99

MG/4M 41

MISSOURI

AbraKadabra Cattle Co . . 94

Bellis Family Herefords 94

Biglieni Farms 100

Blue Ribbon Farms 95

Bonebrake Herefords 95, 100

Bradshaw Ranch . . . . 95

Central Missouri Polled Hereford Assn 95

Doss Hereford Farms 94

Duvall Polled Herefords 95

Falling Timber Farm . . . 100

Findley Farms 100

Harding Bros Herefords 100

High Prairie Farm 100

Journagan Ranch/

Missouri State Un . . . 94, 100

Lacy’s Red Angus & Polled Herefords . . . . . 95

Ladies of the Royal 45

McMillen’s Toothacre Ranch 94

Mead Farms 53, 95

Menzies Cattle Co LLC 94

Miller Herefords . . . . . . 95

Missouri Opportunity Sale 71

Reed Farms 94

Reynolds Herefords 54, 95

Shoenberger Polled Herefords 94, 100

Steinbeck Farms . . . . . . 95

Storie Farms 94

WMC Cattle Co 94

WPH Ranch 95

MONTANA

Churchill Cattle Co IFC

Cooper Hereford Ranch 100

Curlew Cattle Co 100

Ehlke Herefords . . . . . . .100

Feddes Herefords . . . . . 27, 100

Holden Herefords 100

J Bar E Ranch 100

L Bar W Cattle Co 100

McMurry Cattle . . . . . .100

Schock Hereford Ranch . . . . .100

Thomas Herefords 100

Wichman Herefords 100

NEBRASKA

Fisher Family, Lowell . . . . . 100

Frenzen Polled Herefords 100

Henkel Polled Herefords 100

Hoffman Herefords 59, 100

Hutton Ranch . . . . . . .100

JB Ranch Polled Herefords 101

Kolt Cattle Co 46

Moeller & Sons, Albert 101

Monahan Cattle Co 101

Ridder Hereford Ranch . . . . 101

Schutte & Sons 101

Snowshoe Cattle Co 101

Splitt Creek Ranch 101

Upstream Ranch 101

Valley Creek Ranch . . . . . 101

Van Newkirk Herefords 101

NEVADA

Brumley Farms 101

Genoa Livestock, LLC . . . . . 101

Lee Livestock, LLC 101

Mrnak Herefords West 101

NEW JERSEY

Grass Pond Farm . . . . . 86, 101

NEW MEXICO

B&H Herefords 101

Copeland & Sons Herefords LLC 101

Cornerstone Ranch . . . . . 101

King Ranch, Bill 101

Perez Cattle Co 32, 33, 101

West Star Herefords 101

NEW YORK

Glade Haven Herefords 101

Spring Pond Farm 101

NORTH CAROLINA

Claxton Farm LLC 102

Five J’s Cattle Co 1, 80

Four B Farm 112

P&J Farms . . . . 15, 112

Rhyneland Farms 86

Taylor’s Mill Farm Herefords 102

Triplett Polled Herefords 102

Will-Via Polled Herefords 102

NORTH DAKOTA

Mrnak Hereford

Fawcett’s Elm Creek Ranch 103

Frederickson Ranch 103

Hoffman Herefords . . . . 103

Ollerich Brothers Herefords 103

Rausch Herefords 103

South Dakota Excellence 38

Stenberg Herefords 103

Thorstenson Hereford Ranch . . 103

TENNESSEE

Burns Farm 61

Candy Meadow Farms 80

Coley Herefords . . . . . 103

Day Ridge Farm 15, 112

Jackson Farms 103, 107, 112

Mud Creek Farms 103

Parker Bros 80

Rogan Farms Herefords . . . . 103

Triple L Ranch 103

Woodard Hereford Farms 103

TEXAS

4S Farms . . . . . . 60

Atlas Farms 103

B&C Cattle Co 103

Bar J Bar Hereford Ranch 103

Barber Ranch 69, 103

Case Ranch Herefords . . . . 103

Chastain Cattle Co 104

Doyle Hereford Ranch 104

Dudley Bros 104

G3 Ranch . . . . . . 104

GKB Cattle . . . . . . 104

Indian Mound Ranch 104

Polled

Pied Piper Farms 65 Powell Herefords 50, 104 Redbird Ranch 104

Rockin’ W Polled Herefords 104

Rocking Chair Ranch . . . . 104 Skrivanek Ranches 104 South Texas Hereford Assn 83

River Ranch 104 Sunny Hill Ranch 104

Texas Hereford Assn . . . . 34, 104 W4 Ranch 75

Willis Polled Herefords 104

UTAH

Cache Cattle . . . . . . 104 JB Herefords 104 Johansen Herefords 104 Rees Bros 104

VIRGINIA Deer Track Farm 86

Fauquier Farm 86

Hereford Hollow Farm 112

Knoll Crest Farm 4, 86

Mid-Atlantic Fall Bonanza . . 51 Thistle Tree Farm 104

CX Ranch 105 Diamond M Ranch . . . . 105

Ottley Herefords 105 Wilcox Family Farm 105

WEST VIRGINIA

Cottage Hill Farm 106

Cottle Brothers Farm 106

Grandview Hereford Farm 106

Grassy Run Farms . . . 106

Haught Farms 86

Knotts Polled Herefords 106

Law & Sons, David 106

Litton Livestock 106

McDonald Polled Herefords . . . 106

Westfall Polled Herefords 106

WISCONSIN

Bacon Branch Beef 92

Boettcher’s Brookview Acres . 93

C&L Hereford Ranch 70, 93

Four Leaf Cattle 92

H&H Cattle Farm 92

Huth Polled Herefords 19, 92

Larson Hereford Farms . . 92

Lietzau Hereford Farm 93

MGM Polled Herefords 93

MKP Cattle Co 93

Narrows Creek Farm . . . . 93

Next Generation Genetics . . . 92

Oleson Family Farm 93

Otter Creek Polled Herefords 92

Pierce’s Hereford Haven 93

Plum River Ranch . . . . 92

Sandrock Ranch Herefords . . . 105

Spaeth Farms 92

Starck Century Farm 92

Starr Polled Herefords 93

Whiskey Run Farms . . . . . 93

Windy Hills Herefords 92

WYOMING

Berry’s, The 105

Largent and Sons . . . . . 35, 105

McClun’s Lazy JM Ranch 105

Micheli Hereford Ranch 40, 105

NJW Polled Herefords 105

Ochsner-Roth Cattle Co 105

Ward Livestock . . . . . . . 68

Wilhelm Cattle 105

CANADA

Alberta Hereford Showcase 44

ANL Polled Herefords . . . 16, 17

Blair-Athol Polled Herefords 76

Blairs Ag Cattle Co 16, 17

Brooks Farm 16, 17

Charlton Farms 76

Elmlodge Polled Herefords . . . 105

Glenlees Polled Herefords 16, 17

Hirsche Herefords 74

Manns Polled Herefords 76

McCoy Cattle Co . . . . . 16, 17

Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords 105

Roselawn Polled Herefords 76

SERVICES

361 Browning Rd., Telford, TN 37690 Cell 423-791-4458 Jason and Emmy, Chelsea, Baileigh, Madison and Rhett Day jason@dayridgefarm.com jason@jasondayconstruction.com www.DayRidgeFarm.com Herdsman - Jordan Daigle 252-520-3419

Jim O’Mara

3600 Ludlow Rd. Good Hope Community Lena, MS 39094 601-654-3584 omaraj@phelps.com

Rd. • Wadley, GA 30477 Kyle and Jennifer Gillooly, Owners 478-625-7664 Home Kyle: 478-494-9593 • Jenn: 478-494-6693 ces-predestined.com

2685 Elmo Rd. Pembroke, KY 42266 womackcattle@aol.com Wes 270-484-0556 Wayde 270-484-0287 Lucas 270-839-2322

P.O. Box 215 Cross Plains, TN 37049 615-478-4483

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