October 2011 Hereford World by American Hereford Association

Inside… Published by the American Hereford Association

2011 Annual Meeting Planned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

October 2011; Vol. 102, No. 5

Hereford Made the Difference Hereford genetics increased profitability for Scott and Matt Cupps. Story by Sara Gugelmeyer, photos by Jocelyn Butler

The Customer is Always Right . . . . . . . . . 40

ereford genetics changed Scott Cupps’ cattle program and his bottom line. By breeding Hereford bulls to what Scott calls “generic” Angus-based cows, he and his brother Matt have increased prices paid for their replacement heifers by $200 to $350 a head.

Simple start

All in the Grade . . . . . . 42

A Bountiful ‘Harvest’ for Youth . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

John and Sandy Cupps raised twin brothers Scott and Matt and younger sister Julie on the family cattle and crop farm near Shell Knob, Mo. The Cupps family, like many others, was victim to the hostile economic climate for agriculture in the mid-90s, so when Scott and Matt decided to enter into the cattle business, they started from scratch. In 1999 the brothers were freshmen in high school when they were each granted a FSA young farmers and ranchers program loan to purchase five cows from a local Angus seedstock breeder. “That made our herd a whole 10 head,” says Scott, chuckling. “He sold them to us at commercial price because he knew we would take care of his babies, so to speak. They were good cows, not outstanding, but it gave us a pretty good start.” At that time Scott and Matt’s goals were simple. “We hoped to make enough money to put gas in our trucks to go to town on Friday night,” Scott says. “We wanted to make the loan payment and buy a little gas and maybe buy a pair of tennis shoes.” And raising a few “generic” Angus calves and selling them as weaned yearling replacement heifers and bulls allowed them to do that, Scott says. However, bigger and better ideas started to form as the two matured

and studied agriculture at Crowder College, Neosho, Mo., and then Missouri State, Springfield. “As time went on we started thinking about the future and how maybe it would be nice to have some income,” Scott says. “And, when we were in college, we realized that this is a lifestyle that might be able to support a family someday if we make the right decisions along the way. Then maybe we could move back home and start a legacy for future generations.” Also, as Scott and Matt gained more knowledge, they started to identify some problems in their program. “Since we were retaining heifers and selling replacement heifers, we

ended up breeding for calving ease. After breeding calving-ease Angus genetics for five or six years, we really started to question whether that was going to be sustainable. “We were raising calving-ease Angus stacked on top of calvingease Angus. That was leading to lower weaning weights, definitely lower yearling weights, and mature size was decreasing on females. The fleshing ability was decreasing and saleability was decreasing because of all those reasons.” During this period of reflection and considering where to take their operation, Scott learned about the

Scott Cupps says he considers the Hereford-Angus cross the best.

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Ten Great Reasons to Get Excited About the 2011 Churchill Bull Calf Crop!

Churchill Lady 7174T

BW 4.5; WW 48; YW 80; MM 25; M&G 49; REA 0.24; MARB 0.06

• Gorgeous! Bull calf 1110Y is a low birth Yankee son.

Churchill Lady 7203T

BW 2.9; WW 51; YW 85; MM 32; M&G 58; REA 0.32; MARB 0.29

• Powerful Harland cow! Bull calf 1120Y is a low BW Yankee son that has it all.

Churchill Lady 766T ET BW 3.7; WW 53; YW 83; MM 27; M&G 54; REA 0.46; MARB 0.50

• Amazing producer out of 202! Bull calf 1125Y by Outcross is one of the best we have produced.

Churchill Lady 9140W BW 4.0; WW 51; YW 90; MM 23; M&G 48; REA 0.30; MARB 0.29

• Awesome Yankee 2-year-old! Bull calf 194Y is a low birth Total Balance son.

Churchill Lady 6109S ET BW 2.9; WW 59; YW 95; MM 22; M&G 51; REA 0.65; MARB 0.43

• Yankee’s full sister! As powerful as you can make a cow. Two headline 955 sons are great ones.

Churchill Lady 7202T ET BW 2.6; WW 60; YW 90; MM 23; M&G 52; REA 0.69; MARB 0.05

• Dam of Sensation! Bull calf 185Y by Outcross is a GREAT one again.

Churchill Lady 910W

BW 3.1; WW 49; YW 73; MM 19; M&G 44; REA 0.50; MARB 0.26

• Super About Time 2-year-old! Bull calf 1126Y is powerful, low BW and very good.

Churchill Lady 7124T ET BW 3.6; WW 53; YW 94; MM 14; M&G 40; REA 0.74; MARB -0.02

• Take a look at this Neon cow! Bull calf 125Y by 8203U is powerful and good.

Churchill Lady 956

BW 3.8; WW 40; YW 71; MM 21; M&G 41; REA 0.43; MARB 0.08

• Ideal in so many ways! A 12-year-old 19D cow with two very good Helton sons.

The Churchill Bull Program There’s nothing else like it!

See www.churchillcattle.com for more information.

STAR Be Still My Heart 273U BW 3.6; WW 53; YW 79; MM 22; M&G 49; REA 0.26; MARB -0.05

• Full sister to Shock & Awe! Powerful polled son of Quantum. Next year she has Outcross calves coming, wow!

Dale and Nancy Venhuizen 1862 Yadon Rd. • Manhattan, MT 59741 Cell 406-580-6421 • Home 406-284-6421 • dale@churchillcattle.com • www.churchillcattle.com

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October 2011 • Vol. 102 • No. 5

Cover Hereford Made the Difference

Hereford genetics increased profitability for Scott and Matt Cupps.

24 2011 Annual Meeting Planned

AHA members will meet in Kansas City Oct. 28-30 to conduct Association business.

40 The Customer Is Always Right

Taking customers’ needs to heart enhances one Montana Hereford breeder’s operation.

42 All in the Grade

Tips to help producers understand feeder cattle grading.

Breed Focus

Herefords Are the Answer . . . . . . . . . . 6

Board Action

Highlights of August Board Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

What’s New?

Association News and Events . . . . 12

CHB Bites

Certified Hereford Beef program happenings . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

46 A Bountiful ‘Harvest’ for Youth

2012 marks 100 years of patience and perseverance by the Wiese family - dedicated to agriculture and breeding superior Hereford cattle.

From the Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

56 Service You Can Count On

Sales Digest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

At Federal Meats Certified Hereford Beef (CHB®) is sold with an emphasis on exceptional service.

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Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 National Show and Sale Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Advertisers’ Index . . . . . . . . 80

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AHA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President John Woolfolk, Jackson, Tenn. Vice president David Breiner, Alma, Kan. Directors Term expires 2011 Jerry Huth, Oakfield, Wis. James Milligan, Kings, Ill. Term expires 2012 Paul “Butch” Funk, Copperas Cove, Texas Jimmy Johnson, Clinton, Okla. Term expires 2013 Cliff Copeland, Nara Visa, N.M. Marty Lueck, Mountain Grove, Mo. Dale Micheli, Ft. Bridger, Wyo. Term expires 2014 Keith Fawcett, Ree Heights, S.D. Steve Lambert, Oroville, Calif. Dale Venhuizen, Manhattan, Mont.

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52 Livestock Fence and the Law

We produce bulls for those serious about producing efficient, profitable beef cattle. We have groups of bulls for sale throughout the year. We welcome your visit.

“The Harvest” fundraiser generated more than $292,000 for youth.

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32nd Annual Sale

High Altitude - PAP Tested Cattle

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

2011 Hereford Sale Bulls:

SH 739T Domino 004X sired by

CL 1 Domino 739T x SH Diamond 881 dam

SH 881 Diamond 022X ET sired by SH Diamond 881 x CL 1 Domino 504R dam

SH 5131E Domino 036X ET sired by CL 1 Domino 5131E x 164D dam

A Proven Program for 49 Years ... Offering muscular,

calving ease bulls with sound feet who will add pounds, milk, pigment and productive replacement females to your herd.

SH 739T Domino 039X sired by CL 1 Domino 739T x 164D dam

SH 741T Rancher 060X sired by Churchill Rancher 741T ET x 164D dam

SH 739T Domino 069X sired by CL 1 Domino 739T x 164D dam

Heifer Service Sires:

Sale Sale Bulls Bulls by: by:

•• CL CL 1 1 Domino Domino 739T 739T •• Churchill Churchill Rancher Rancher 741T 741T ET ET •• SH SH 501R 501R Domino Domino 816U 816U •• SH SH Diamond Diamond 881 881 •• FF 157K 157K Ribstone Ribstone 715 715 •• R R 350 350 North North Star Star 22R 22R •• GH GH Tamo Tamo Red Red 126M 126M •• CL CL 1 1 Domino Domino 5131E 5131E •• JNHR JNHR 414 414 Diamnd Diamnd 164D 164D

CL 1 Domino 739T - PAP 35

BW 1.5; WW 52; YW 74; MM 32; M&G 58; REA 0.01; MARB 0.30

SH 501R Domino 816U - PAP 38

BW 1.7; WW 30; YW 59; MM 20; M&G 35; REA 0.06; MARB 0.06

Broadcast on

Mary Strang 800-351-5362 • Cell 970-270-4445 Tom and Lisa Walsh 970-878-5879 • Cell 970-270-9599 2969 Co. Rd. 8, Meeker, CO 81641-9526

strangherefords@wreawildblue.org • www.strangherefords.com

Please call, write or e-mail for catalogs and DVDs of sale offering. www.hereford.org

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by Craig Huffhines, executive vice president chuffhin@hereford.org

Herefords Are the Answer Despite escalating input costs and severe drought in a large portion of cattle country, demand for Hereford seedstock has remained strong. During last spring’s sale season, record prices were paid for bulls and females, and this fall seems to be holding to that trend. Hereford breeders have reclaimed market share as the industry recognizes the trait benefits the Hereford breed delivers. Disposition, cost-cutting feed efficiency, hardiness during tough climate conditions and the heterosis effect the breed has on much of the nation’s cow herd have driven the breed

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to a new level of popularity. Change in the beef industry’s economic dynamics and environmental stresses across the agriculture sector have put a strain on the beef industry in general, but the genetic capabilities of the Hereford breed make it a good tool for addressing these issues from a genetic selection standpoint. Fiscal year 2011 proved to be an interesting year as it relates to seedstock numbers for the Hereford breed, reflecting a stable supply of genetics during unstable economic and environmental times. Bull and female registrations were even with a year

ago at 65,000. Cow herd inventories were down 4% from a year ago at 97,400 cows, much of which can be explained by timing variance of when breeders submit inventories. Although the Southwest continues to experience a 500-year drought, with its bulk of registered Hereford cow numbers located in Texas and Oklahoma, it actually experienced a 1% increase in registered Hereford cow inventory. Perhaps we have not yet experienced the full long-term effect of drought conditions on registered seedstock cow numbers, but for the time being, we

have seen a carryover of optimism from last spring’s sale season reflected in these August fiscal year-end inventories. That is not, however, the case in the commercial cow-calf industry. U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that commercial beef cow inventories have continued to decline and that total beef production could be off as much as 4% in 2012. Record numbers of cows have been run out of the Southwest region to the Midwest, where grass is plentiful, or to one of a few cow packers running at full capacity. Continued pressure on energy and grain prices have put stress on total U.S. protein production. During a time of inflated grain prices, beef cows narrow the efficiency gap with pork and poultry when grass is plentiful. Remember that 50-60% of finished weight of a fed steer or heifer is produced from forage and 100% of the weight of market hogs and broilers is produced from grain. There is a silver lining behind the staggering trends of unprecedented increases in global energy and grain costs as they relate to the beef industry, and whenever the drought breaks, commercial cow and replacement female value is going to trend even higher. The American consumer continues to favor beef in the meat case even though cheap pork and poultry prices have resulted in the erosion of beef being featured at retail and on restaurant menus in recent months. We have been spoiled in the U.S. with a long history of cheap food and energy. The ballgame is changing. The result of higher corn prices brought on by massive demand from China and reported declining corn yields due to the summer heat wave in the Midwest has put an enormous toll on the pork and poultry industries. As the price spread between pork and poultry prices narrows with beef prices, beef will capture a larger share of consumer spending for protein. Beef prices will remain high for the foreseeable future, particularly in light of the fact that cow inventory decline has not yet leveled out. Beef demand will remain strong because of growing export markets and a more competitive price in relation to competing proteins. Today, if you are a Hereford seedstock producer, you may have had a couple of thoughts cross your mind: 1) Do I sell off cows now while the market is extremely high? or 2) Do I take advantage of the opportunity cost these Hereford cows hold for returning profit for years to come? If your feed resource is manageable, I would vote for the latter. Never before have we seen such opportunity if you want to be a seedstock supplier. If I’m a commercial producer, I may be thinking about reducing feed inputs, quieting down the disposition of my herd, increasing breeding rates and percent calf crop weaned, or maybe even increasing my weaning weights. If you think that these traits are important during these volatile times, then Hereford is your answer. HW www.hereford.org

“BIG DAY” SALE • Nov. 17, 2011

DESERTHMART bulls at the Myers Ranch, Hamilton, Colo. When you really want BIG returns for your genetic investment, may we suggest the DesertHMart “BIG DAY” Sale. This is truly the one sale that brings together all the following: • “BIG DAY” carcass ability. Possibly no herd in America has more long term, documented excellence in this area. • “BIG DAY” selection options. Not just one bloodline or betterment in one trait, but across the board quality control in all the traits necessary for your particular needs. • “BIG DAY” cash flow. The bottom line is always better returns for dollars spent. There is a good reason we have so many repeat customers (several over 20 years and counting)... they expect performance that brings extra money to the bank.

L3 Winn Rambo 851

L3 Direct Vision 046

Progeny by this great young sire sell!

This exciting prospect sells!

“BIG DAY”

SELLING: 80 BULLS and 50 HEIFER CALVES

SALE November 17, 2011 — 1 p.m. At the Ranch Call or email for your catalog. Mark’s cell 307-267-3229 Fax 307-738-2297 largentandsons@yahoo.com www.hereford.org

• “BIG DAY” maternal ability. The right milk flow from the right container insures big, strapping calves without extra labor and, starting this year, we are scoring each lot for dark pigment on the udders of females. • “BIG DAY” customer service. The industry’s only full 2-year, “bumper-to-bumper” guarantee on all bull purchases. • “BIG DAY” satisfaction. Quote from a repeat customer: “Your bulls are doing everything right. We’ll be back for more bulls again this fall!”

• Free delivery on total bull purchase of $4,000 or more. • Lunch at noon; sale 1 p.m. (MST) • Wintering arrangements available

LARGENT & SONS Hereford cattle since 1902 P.O. Box 66 • Kaycee, WY 82639 10 miles south of I-25

307-738-2443 • www.largentandsons.com

Sale will be broadcast on

David’s cell 307-267-4491 Visitors welcome anytime! October 2011 /

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October 23rd, 2011 • 1 p.m. (EST)

Canfield Fairgrounds, State Route 46, Canfield, Ohio

Show heifers, bred heifers, cow-calf pairs, bulls and show steers

Genetics for the Changing Industry TLR Fancy Dom 301L 648S 1106Y

Reg. #P43210737 Daughter of 2002 Denver champion, Fancy Judy Pace

4WF Sunrise 4W ET Reg. #P43015343

TLR Victoria 648S 1040S Reg. #43151660 Granddaughter of BRL Call 100L

Sale broadcast live on:

Vogel Valley Farms Certified and Accredited Herd Tom, Wanda, Sadie and Marissa Pay 15120 Akron Canfield Rd. • Berlin Center, OH 44401 Cell 330-206-4755 • 330-547-4712 tlrherefords@hotmail.com • www.tlr-herefords.com Don and Madeline Hennon 2449 Camp Meeting Rd. • Sewickley, PA 15143 412-741-2883

Alvin, Donna, Luke and Charlie Vogel 148 Spithaler School Rd. Evans City, PA 16033 724-538-8413

Wayne, Susan, Skye and Elliot Budney 97 Geer Rd Lebanon, CT 06249 860-886-0716 • wbudney@yahoo.com

For more information, contact Tom at TLR Herefords. Catalog will be available on AHA website www.hereford.org

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The American Hereford Association (AHA) Board of Directors met for its annual summer budget-planning meeting in Columbia, Tenn., Aug. 11-12. The Board reviewed its strategic plan objectives and initiatives and developed a 2011-12 operating budget for the Association and its subsidiaries. The following are committee briefings from the meeting:

Breed improvement committee The Board continued to support ongoing genetic discovery research with the National Beef Cattle Evaluation Consortium (NBCEC) and, principally, Iowa State University, University of

Nebraska and University of Missouri, along with support from a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Federal research grant. The Board approved the negotiation of a new DNA laboratory agreement with GeneSeek, a laboratory based in Lincoln, Neb., that has additional research capabilities as well as cost effective technology that can transfer the AHA from microsatellite technology to SNP technology when the time is right. These plans are to be initiated in the coming fiscal year. Collaborative efforts with staff and research consultants have developed new traits pertaining to longevity,

fertility and mature cow size. The Board approved the development of updated economic indexes utilizing these new traits that measure economic efficiency. The Board supported continued research efforts on functional defects and baldie genetic evaluation.

Marketing committee report The Board approved several marketing, communications and advertising initiatives including: 1) The national advertising campaign 2) Continued complimentary Hereford World subscriptions sent to commercial bull buyers

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The Debter Program Continues... 39th Annual Bull Sale — Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011 • Noon Selling 80 2-year-old Hereford Bulls and 100 Commercial Bred Heifers

3) September media event 4) RFD-TV “American Rancher” promotional/educational video 5) Social media strategy including the hiring of a communication specialist for the development of a “Buy Hereford” and Certified Hereford Beef Facebook site (see Page 12) 6) The hiring of a BuyHereford.com general manager 7) Development of a series of educational YouTube videos 8) Continued support of National Western hospitality suite in the Livestock Exchange building 9) The promotion of BuyHereford.com within the AHA national advertising campaign

Member service committee The Board discussed the transition to the new ILR2 registry and business management system, which was a required development because of the software and equipment of the old ILR1 system becoming obsolete. The Board strongly endorsed the new Annual Membership Meeting format in Kansas City Oct. 28-30 (see Page 24).

Hall of Fame/Hall of Merit committee

BW 2.8 WW 43 YW 68 MM 21 M&G 42

DH Domino 915

• Sired by DH Domino 650. Dam is nice uddered. Extra eye pigment as a bonus.

BW 4.4 WW 48 YW 83 MM 25 M&G 49

DH Domino 938

• Son of DH Domino 302. MM EPD ranks in the top 10%. Dam is extra nice.

The Board unanimously endorsed the proposed candidates to be inducted into the AHA Hall of Fame and Hall of Merit during the Annual Meeting in October.

Certified Hereford Beef The Board was encouraged by the performance of Certified Hereford Beef (CHB) LLC in 2010-11, including an 8% growth in beef volume and a near breakeven projection for the year in finances. The Board supported the budget submitted by the CHB board, including two proposed new employees in fiscal year 2012.

Finance committee

BW 5.2 WW 59 YW 99 MM 25 M&G 54

DH Domino 947

• WW and YW rank in the top 4% of the breed. Dam has produced three of our herd sires.

BW 4.7 WW 48 YW 80 MM 26 M&G 50

DH Domino 977

• A powerful son of CL 1 Domino 638S. Dam is a top donor in our ET program. Grandam produced our 302 herd sire.

The Board unanimously approved a deficit budget for fiscal-year end 2012 of –$79,000 after depreciation. This budget projects a positive cash flow for the year, takes into consideration the concerns over drought conditions and supports a growing number of initiatives designed to enhance the marketability and value enhancement of the Hereford breed. HW

4134 Co. Hwy. 30, Horton, AL 35980

Glynn Debter 205-429-2040 • Perry Debter 205-429-4415 John Ross Debter • debterfarm@otelco.net Farm located 50 miles north of Birmingham, 50 miles south of Huntsville, 25 miles east of Cullman, 25 miles west of Gadsden. Look for farm signs on Hwy. 278, mile marker 104.

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Join us for our Production Sale October 29, 2011, at Noon

DJF 8E 2069 Aria 1043 ET DJF S109 267S Bella 0014

R Miss Boulder 3037

DJF 111R R30 Marlee 1035 DJF 552 2069 Yakima 1024 ET

DJF 966R 129R Yalena

1020 DJF 408 P12 Utley 0058 ET

Guest Consignors DJF 408 R07 Aurora 1013 ET

Sale is visible online at www.frontierstockyards.com

www.deanajakfarms.com Corporate Office: P.O. Box 304 Wagontown, PA 19376 610-942-4249 610-942-4288 Fax www.hereford.org

Farm Address: 337 Guyer Corner Rd. New Enterprise, PA 16664 814-766-2893

Doug and Jenny Howe, owners dhowe@deanajakfarms.com Austin and Andre Howe, farm managers

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by Angie Stump Denton, editor adenton@hereford.org

“What’s New?” is a column designed to keep you in-the-know about Hereford happenings. You can also sign up for Hereford eNews, a weekly electronic newsletter from the American Hereford Association (AHA). Send an e-mail to eNews@hereford.org to subscribe. Archived issues are posted at Hereford.org.

“Like” CHB and Buy Hereford on Facebook Certified Hereford Beef (CHB) and Buy Hereford are new pages on Facebook promoting Hereford beef and Hereford genetics. Like the CHB page — Facebook.com/ CertifiedHerefordBeef — to keep up-to-date on happenings with the CHB program. The Buy Hereford page — Facebook.com/ BuyHereford — will highlight upcoming BuyHereford.com sales, as well as Hereford production sales, Hereford events and other Hereford deadlines and announcements.

Annual Meeting approaches The 2011 American Hereford Association (AHA) Annual Membership Meeting will be Saturday, Oct. 29, at the Hyatt Regency Crown Center. A weekend packed full of events is planned for Hereford enthusiasts. For more information, see Page 24.

Submit data by Nov. 1 for spring analysis All data need to be submitted prior to Nov. 1 in order to be included in the next genetic evaluation. The AHA performance department requests all breeders submit cow weights and body condition scores when sending weaning

weights. These weights and scores are imperative to the development of longevity and fertility genetic selection traits.

Hereford Christmas cards available If you’re planning to send Christmas greetings this year, consider Herefordthemed Christmas cards available through online ordering. Information about the cards will be available in midOctober at Hereford.org/ChristmasCards. Christmas card orders will be accepted and shipped through Boelte-Hall through mid-December, subject to availability. A portion of the card sales will benefit the Hereford Youth Foundation of America.

Take advantage of feeder calf sales in your area Consigning Hereford and Herefordinfluenced calves to a special Hereford sale not only provides a great outlet for buyers interested in Hereford genetics but may also result in a premium for the seller. Contact these organizers today for the specific requirements of each sale. Many have a consignment deadline, and the earlier you commit your stock, the better advertisement your calves will get. Whether you have one head or 100, one of these sales may be the perfect marketing outlet for you:

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October 22, 2011, 1 p.m. — Angus and Hereford Female Sale October 23, 2011 — All Breeds Jackpot Show Deschutes County Expo Center, Redmond, Ore.

Sale sponsored by the Oregon Angus and Oregon Hereford Association

Special Heifer Futurity $2,000 Grand Champion • $1,000 Reserve Champion

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February daughter by UPS TCC Nitro 1ET

January daughter by KF Got Class 809U

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April daughter by H W4 Banker 9221 ET

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For show information, contact: Lisa Forester 541-923-7704 Teresa Cox 541-327-2458

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Kansas Hereford Feeder Calf Sale Date: Oct. 21 Location: Manhattan Commission Co., Manhattan, Kan. Contact: Gus Gustafson 785-238-7306, Tom Granzow 785-466-2247 or John Cline 785-776-4815 Tennessee Hereford Marketing Program Feeder Calf Sale Date: Oct. 24 Location: Tennessee Livestock Producers, Columbia, Tenn. Contact: John Woolfolk 731-225-2620 or Darrell Ailshie 931-212-8512 Kentucky Certified HerefordInfluenced Sale Date: Oct. 25 Location: Bluegrass Stockyards South, Stanford, Ky. Contact: Lowell Atwood 606-669-1455 or John Meents 419-306-7480 Missouri Hereford Association Hereford-Influenced Feeder Calf Sales Dates: Nov. 7, 2011; Jan. 9, 2012; April 9, 2012; and July 9, 2012 Location: Miller Co. Regional Stockyards, Eldon, Mo. Contact: Matt Reynolds 660-676-3788 or Marty Lueck 417-948-2669 or mvlueck@centurytel.net Montana Hereford Association Hereford-Influenced Feeder Calf Sale Date: Nov. 16 Location: Headwaters Livestock Auction, Three Forks, Mont. Contact: Jerry Gereghty 406-662-3375 or jgereghty@transdynamics.com Greater Midwest Certified Hereford Feeder Calf Sale Date: Jan. 3, 2012 Location: Carthage Livestock Auction, Carthage, Ill. Contact: Jerry Huth 920-583-3223 or huth@wildblue.net

Watch JNHE videos online, order pictures Watch highlight videos from the 2011 VitaFerm Junior National Hereford Expo (JNHE) by going to the Hereford YouTube channel, http://www.youtube.com/user/herefordvideos. To view and purchase JNHE photos, visit HerefordPhotoshop.com.

Research foundation fundraiser set for Nov. 8 A BuyHereford.com online auction fundraiser is scheduled for Nov. 8. All proceeds will benefit the Hereford Research Foundation (HRF). Donated items include equipment, embryos, semen, flushes, hunting trips and other items that will help fund special breed improvement research projects. For more information, contact Jack Ward at jward@hereford.org or 816-842-3757

Lee joins communication team Christy Couch Lee has joined the AHA communication team as a communication specialist for both AHA and CHB LLC. She grew up on a purebred cow-calf operation in southern Indiana. After graduating from Oklahoma State University, Christy was a field editor for the American Quarter Horse Journal. She then served as a regional editor for John Deere’s The Furrow magazine and was quickly promoted to managing editor of John Deere’s Homestead magazine. Christy served as the National Swine Registry director of communications from 2003-10. As AHA/CHB LLC communication specialist, Christy will manage the Association’s social media and assist with other communication and marketing projects. She and her husband, Craig, have two sons, Waylon, 6, and Nolan, 3, and live near Wellington, Ill. HW

Schock hired as BuyHereford.com manager The American Hereford Association (AHA) has chosen a longtime Hereford advocate and former employee to fill the new position of BuyHereford.com manager. Dennis Schock has a long history of dedicated service to the Hereford breed. He was raised on his family’s polled Hereford Dennis Schock operation in Montana. Then after graduating from Montana State University in 1978 and spending a couple of years as a banker, he began working for the American Polled Hereford Association (APHA) as an area coordinator. After two years spent working for a seedstock business, he served as the executive secretary of the Texas Polled Hereford Association for six years before returning to the APHA as vice president of member and state relations. During the merger and restructuring in 1995, Dennis was appointed the director of youth activities. But in 1997 he left the Association to manage Shafer Ranch and then the past two years his own ranch in Sherman, Texas. Now, he is ready to return and is excited about this new role. AHA Executive Vice President Craig Huffhines says, “Dennis has been a lifetime promoter of the Hereford breed. His background as a Hereford breeder along with his knowledge of the Hereford breed and longtime relationships with great people and programs that drive the Hereford business make him a tremendous candidate for growing this new technology that will very inexpensively expose sale offerings to nearly every Hereford breeder in America.” As BuyHereford.com Manager, Dennis will be responsible for developing a business plan and continuing to build BuyHereford.com business. Dennis and his wife, Mary, live in Ft. Worth. Individuals interested in BuyHereford.com sales can contact Dennis at dschock@hereford.org. HW www.hereford.org

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Winning Tradition Sale Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011 • 6:30 p.m. (EST) 138

Calved: Feb. 2, 2011 Sire: SHF Rib Eye M326 R117 Sire of Dam: Remitall Online 122L Sire EPDs: BW 1.6; WW 55; YW 81; MM 19; M&G 47; FAT -0.033; REA 0.34; MARB 0.24 Dam EPDs: BW 3.5; WW 51; YW 84; MM 20; M&G 45; FAT 0.017; REA 0.39; MARB 0.10

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Calved: Jan. 30, 2011 Sire: CRR Helton 980 Sire of Dam: PW Victor Boomer P606 Sire EPDs: BW 3.6; WW 60; YW 99; MM 26; M&G 56; FAT -0.013; REA 0.54; MARB 0.12 Dam EPDs: BW 4.4; WW 50; YW 79; MM 32; M&G 57; FAT 0.022; REA 0.81; MARB 0.05

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Calved: Jan. 22, 2011 Sire: AA Airline 972 ET Sire of Dam: Exclusive 7N Sire EPDs: BW 2.3; WW 47; YW 80; MM 19; M&G 43; FAT -0.015; REA 0.29; MARB 0.04 Dam EPDs: BW 4.1; WW 49; YW 75; MM 21; M&G 45; FAT -0.001; REA 0.29; MARB -0.01

Calved: Jan. 5, 2011 Sire: SHF Rib Eye M326 R117 Sire of Dam: WNH Paymaster 9606 Sire EPDs: BW 1.6; WW 55; YW 81; MM 19; M&G 47; FAT -0.033; REA 0.34; MARB 0.24 Dam EPDs: BW 1.4; WW 39; YW 55; MM 13; M&G 33; FAT 0.080; REA -0.16; MARB 0.12

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Calved: Jan. 19, 2011 Sire: Harvie Traveler 69T Sire of Dam: NJW 1Y Wrangler 19D Sire EPDs: BW 6.4; WW 72; YW 110; MM 20; M&G 55; FAT 0.005; REA 0.58; MARB -0.12 Dam EPDs: BW 4.5; WW 43; YW 74; MM 26; M&G 47; FAT -0.028; REA 0.40; MARB 0.07

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Calved: Feb. 2, 2011 Sire: SHF Ultra Max R117 U71 Sire of Dam: AA Wrangler 305 Sire EPDs: BW 3.1; WW 56; YW 83; MM 16; M&G 44; FAT -0.038; REA 0.56; MARB 0.27 Dam EPDs: BW 2.2; WW 39; YW 63; MM 9; M&G 28; FAT 0.003; REA 0.23; MARB 0.00

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Calved: Feb. 2, 2011 Sire: LaGrand Moler 86S ET Sire of Dam: STAR TRF Battle Chief 356P Sire EPDs: BW 1.6; WW 49; YW 78; MM 26; M&G 51; FAT -0.027; REA 0.74; MARB 0.07 Dam EPDs: BW 3.2; WW 46; YW 70; MM 16; M&G 39; FAT 0.065; REA 0.11; MARB 0.07

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Calved: Feb. 2, 2011 Sire: STAR TCF Shock & Awe 158W ET Sire of Dam: KT Top Secret 1030 Sire EPDs: BW 5.7; WW 61; YW 98; MM 22; M&G 53; FAT 0.000; REA 0.38; MARB -0.05 Dam EPDs: BW 2.6; WW 55; YW 86; MM 27; M&G 55; FAT 0.023; REA 0.26; MARB 0.24

Selling: 20 Cows • 30 Show Quality Heifer Calves 3 Bulls • 10 Steer Prospects Dale Stith Cell 918-760-1550

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Able Acres

L.R. Duncan and Family 1264 N. Mountain Rd. • Wingate, IN 47994 David Duncan, Cell 765-366-0295 Lawrence Duncan, Cell 765-918-2297 davidandjilld@ aol.com • www.ableacres.com October 2011 /

by Christy Couch Lee, AHA/CHB LLC communication specialist christylee@hereford.org

“CHB Bites” is a column designed to keep you in-the-know about Certified Hereford Beef (CHB) program happenings. You can also follow CHB on Facebook at facebook.com/CertifiedHerefordBeef.

Kohl Wholesale presented million-pound achievement On Aug. 19 Kohl Wholesale, Quincy, Ill., was presented with the Certified Hereford Beef (CHB®) million-pound achievement award by the CHB LLC food service division. Bron Zimmerman, Kohl Wholesale meat buyer, says in its year-and-a-half relationship with the CHB Program, Kohl Wholesale has been pleased with the product’s consistency and quality. “We were looking for a product that was excellent and would serve our customers well,” he says. “It’s a limited source, which keeps the product consistent. And it’s a domestic product, coming from two Midwestern plants. Our customers like the quality of the product, as well.” Kohl Wholesale is led by the fourth and fifth generations of the Ehrhart family and serves customers in Illinois, Missouri and Iowa. Kohl Wholesale provides service to restaurants, hotels, supermarket delis, schools, hospitals, nursing homes, retail groceries, caterers and taverns.

Butcher Block charity cookout On June 17 CHB LLC staff teamed up with CHB retailer Butcher Block, Quincy, Ill., for charity. During this Special Olympics cookout, between 1,000 and 1,200 people enjoyed CHB ribeyes, bacon and cheddar ground chuck burgers, and brisket meals, generating $1,500 for West Central/Area 11 Special Olympics Illinois. The Butcher Block, owned by Dan and Chris Veihl, conducts CHB cookouts several times a year for charities, including the local Alzheimer’s association.

Home Builders Association treated to ribeyes

Pictured (l to r) are: Mick Welch, CHB LLC vice president of food service, presenting Mike Ehrhart, owner Kohl Wholesale; Ted Myer, Kohl Wholesale director of sales; and Bron Zimmerman, Kohl Wholesale meat buyer, with the million-pound CHB award.

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More than 300 members of the Quincy, Ill., Home Builders Association enjoyed CHB ribeyes during an association event on June 17. During this event, Mick Welch, CHB LLC vice president of food service, addressed the crowd about the cattle industry, and more specifically, the value and benefits of Hereford cattle and Hereford beef.

Sysco provides CHB for “The Harvest”

TFR Cyrus 225 ET

CE 0.4 (.18); BW 5.4 (.60); WW 57 (.39); YW 92 (.35); MM 16 (.18); M&G 44; MCE 3.9 (.15); SC 0.5 (.17); FAT -0.066 (.17); REA 0.80 (.19); MARB -0.08 (.16); BMI$ 17; CEZ$ 15; BII$ 13; CHB$ 30 • Majority of heifer prospects selling are out of Cyrus.

HH Miss Advance 4016P ET

• Look for our awesome show heifer prospect by 4016P.

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Sysco Foods, one of the world’s largest foodservice distributors and CHB purveyor, was well represented at the Hereford Youth Foundation of America fund-raising event, “The Harvest,” Aug. 19-20 at the Kunde Family Estate in Sonoma, Calif. Gary Allee, Sysco Foods protein procurement specialist, attended the event to meet Hereford breeders and develop a relationship with American Hereford Association (AHA) members and staff. In addition, he is exploring the possibility of utilizing the Kunde Family Estate to showcase CHB and Kunde wine to clients. According to Craig Huffhines, AHA executive vice president, this relationship could be a win-win for CHB LLC and Sysco Foods. “The Kunde family has graciously offered their ranch and winery to host product demonstrations and seminars with food industry representatives,” Huffhines says. “Kunde Winery and the family’s Sonoma Mountain Herefords offer a unique opportunity to tell the Hereford story — and to showcase our history and heritage, demonstrate the quality of the product, and provide a hands-on view of Hereford seedstock production.” During “The Harvest,” CHB filet mignon and tri-tip were served. To date, Sysco Foods distributes CHB in seven major metropolitan cities including Boston; Minneapolis; Nashville, Tenn.; Norfolk/Virginia Beach, Va.; Ocoee, Fla.; Sacramento, Calif.; and Baraboo, Wis. Collectively, Sysco handles more than 3.5 million lb. of CHB annually. HW

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10th Annual Sale • Nov. 5, 2011 Held at the Farm, Sale starts at Noon • Lunch starting at 10:30 a.m. Sale Offering

20 — 2011 Heifer Calves, 16 — Breeding Bulls age 7- to 12-Months Old, 12 — Spring Calving Bred Females, 7 — Fall Pair Bred AI to Remedy, 5 — Show Steer Prospects Both Horned and Polled Offered

Featuring Progeny by:

BW 3.6 WW 36 YW 57 MM 22 M&G 40 FAT -0.011 REA 0.25 MARB 0.22

BW 3.2 WW 47 YW 63 MM 27 M&G 50 FAT 0.034 REA 0.62 MARB 0.05

LHF L1 Odyssey 730 ET

LJR P606 Ultra 350U

November 4, 2011

Sale Staff:

Sale Offering on Display at 4 p.m. Dinner at 6 p.m.

Call or e-mail for catalog. Watch the website for updates

Cody Lowderman 309-313-2171 Joe Rickabaugh 785-633-3188 Shane Ryan 309-371-7490 RH Hugo 1009 Service sire on bred heifers selling

Sale Features:

2011 HC by LJR P606 Ultra 350U

RH Bonnie 1010

Bred Heifer by LHF L1 Odyssey 730ET

6-year-old 8020 Granddaughter. Bred AI 4-20-11 to GO Abe T32

Reynolds Herefords 1071 Co. Rd. 12231, Huntsville, MO 65259 • 660-277-3679 Matt 660-676-3788 • Barb 660-676-4788

reynoldscattle@cvalley.net • www.reynoldsherefords.com www.hereford.org

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...Hereford Made the Difference continued from the cover

Scott and Matt Cupps have discovered that using Hereford bulls on their black cows has increased profitability.

Show-Me Select Heifer program (see “Show-Me profitability”) and saw an opportunity. “We thought maybe this could be a secondary profit point for our operation. So while we were in college we purchased 20-30 heifers with a loan and those were almost all solid black, straight Angus genetics with a handful of baldies on them. We AI (artificial insemination) bred them to easy

calving Angus bulls and ran some easy calving Angus bulls clean up on them.”

Hereford solution That’s when things started coming together, Scott says. Whether it was the Herefords’ efficiency influence or the advantages of heterosis, Scott’s not sure, but he says the handful of baldie heifers in the group were easier fleshing

Cupps’ black baldie calves are highly sought after for replacements or feeders.

and went to the sale in better condition even though they were managed in the same group as the solid black heifers. Scott explains, “We were developing our heifers on grass and a little bit of supplement, and it seemed like the heifers that you could tell went back to a little bit of Hereford genetics were a lot easier fleshing on the same low amount of feed we were giving them.”

Show-Me profitability There are many programs available to help producers make the right decisions when developing heifers to sell or to retain for the cow herd. All are designed with the producer’s profitability in mind. And one such program is Show-Me Select Replacement Heifers Inc. (SMS). It was developed by the University of Missouri and in 2004 became a producer-owned-and-operated non-profit corporation. SMS was patterned after a similar program developed by the University of Kentucky. Basically, the program consists of established guidelines and protocols that produce a reliably consistent product for replacement female buyers. And the advantage for producers is an established marketplace in which to sell their heifers at a premium. Of course, the SMS program’s protocol may not be perfect, but it is a good example of what buyers may be looking for. Here are a few of the guidelines that must be met in order for heifers to be eligible for the program: • Prebreeding evaluation: A prebreeding reproductive evaluation is required for all heifers. Individual animal identification, pelvic area and reproductive tract score is required. It is strongly encouraged that prebreeding exams be performed six weeks prior to breeding. Heifers with a pelvic area less than 150 cm2 at prebreeding may be re-measured at the initial pregnancy exam within 90 days from the start of the breeding season and must have a minimum pelvic area of 180 cm2 at this examination.

• Minimum vaccination requirements: A comprehensive herd

health vaccination program starting at weaning age or before should be administered under the advice and guidance of your veterinarian in the context of a valid veterinary-client-patient relationship. Calfhood vaccination against Brucellosis (Bangs) must be given in accordance with state and federal regulations by an accredited veterinarian.

• Weaning: Heifers must be vaccinated and boostered for IBR, BVD, PI 3, BRSV, leptospirosis (5-way), vibriosis and 7-way

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clostridia. Heifers must be 5 months of age or older at time of vaccinations. Follow label directions for all products used.

• Prebreeding: To maximize protection against reproductive loss,

vaccinations against Leptospirosis (5-way) and Vibriosis must be given between 60 and 30 days prior to breeding. A booster vaccination against IBR and BVD is required between 60 and 30 days prior to breeding. Modified live viral vaccines for IBR and BVD are recommended. If killed viral vaccine products are used, two boosters are strongly recommended. Follow label directions for all products used.

• Pregnancy check: A booster vaccination against Leptospirosis

(5-way) is required at pregnancy examination.

• Pregnancy examination: An initial pregnancy examination must be performed within 90 days from the start of the breeding season. Individual animal identification, pregnancy status and fetal age (in days) are required. Herds utilizing artificial insemination must report breeding dates. Any heifer that fails to become pregnant during or loses a pregnancy following the original breeding season is no longer eligible for the program.

Also outlined in the program are restrictions on the bulls the heifers can be bred to in order to qualify. There are criteria for each breed of bull used for either birth weight or calving ease direct expected progeny differences (EPDs). The guidelines above are not comprehensive, and even more criteria must be met in order for the heifers to be eligible to be sold through the SMS consignment sale. A complete list of requirements and costs involved with the program can be found at http://agebb. missouri.edu/select/prgmreq.htm. Although these guidelines are specific to the SMS program, but any producer can adopt similar procedures in order to effectively manage their heifers to sell or retain in the herd. HW

It was also hard to discern if it was the heifers’ whitefaces or that they were fleshier, but the baldie heifers brought $200 to $300 more per head than the solid black heifers. “That’s when we really started questioning the validity of our program from a heifer retainment standpoint. That, in turn, has slowly lead us to where we’re at today.”

Today’s Cupps Farms Where they’re at today is a successful farming and ranching operation. Scott and Matt farm row crops and raise top-quality Hereford-Angus cross calves. The cow herd consists of about 280 solid black cows, although Scott says that’s not necessarily on purpose. “Many of them do have Hereford genetics a couple years back, but it seems if I was ever able to hang on to a good baldie cow, inevitably somebody would want to buy her from me,” Scott explains. “If I ever priced her and/or some solid black animals, same genetics, same quality of cattle, they would always take the baldie cattle. So I just kept ones that didn’t have as high of saleable value. “I think that the F1 50-50 Hereford-Angus cross is not only the best fit for southwest Missouri and our area but is also the best fit from a marketing standpoint. It’s hard to hang on to any because somebody else wants it too.” The cows are bred to Hereford bulls, and the heifers are raised with the goal of being replacements, but the Cupps brothers keep their options open. Scott says, “We usually sell, depending on what we’ve got, anywhere from 20-80 heifers in the fall and 20-80 heifers in the spring. That varies depending on the quality of cattle coming out of each calving season and also www.hereford.org

“There have been Show-Me Select sales where my solid black females out of the same calf crop, out of the same black Angus based cows, would bring $300 to $350 less than their Hereford-sired counterparts. That’s not just because they had a whiteface; that’s because they were better heifers.” — Scott Cupps what the market dictates. If feeder heifers are real high and there’s not much value in replacements, then that number is going to be lower. If feeder cattle have slacked off and replacements are doing well, then we’ll retain more of those and go ahead and develop those heifers and AI them for the program.” The heifers must meet all the requirements for the Show-Me Select program, which include being bred to a calving-ease bull. Scott says they usually breed the baldie heifers to an Angus bull and use an Angus clean-up bull as well. “We have AI bred some of our solid black heifers to Feltons Legend 242, a Hereford bull that meets the requirements of the Show-Me Select program. There was one sale that we had a fairly sizeable group of heifers, probably 40 to 45, that were all bred to Legend and then the balance were bred to easy calving Angus bulls that were the same accuracy and same calving ease scores and same exact heifers, same exact genetics, same everything.” The proof that the producer is looking for Hereford-Angus cross genetics was in the price paid. “The solid black heifers bred to the Hereford bull did bring more money because the producers knew they were likely going to have black baldie calves,” Scott says. “The producers that are buying those heifers, they know what they want because of what they’ve had in the past and what’s performed for them. They always seem to be willing to give a better price for something they know is crossbred with Hereford, and it didn’t take us long to figure out if that’s what was in demand then that’s what we’re going to produce.” The Cupps’ Hereford-Angus cross steers are also highly sought-after. The steers are sold at Joplin Regional Stockyards, Joplin, Mo., through a value-added sale. They are weaned 45-70 days, started on feed, sourceand age-verified through the Pfizer WeanVAC program. “Our black baldies seem like they always top the market; you just can’t find a set of steer calves that do better.” Although Scott says the buyers have always believed in his cattle, he decided to retain them to prove their advantage. He entered them in the Missouri Steer Feedout with excellent results. “In comparison to the straight Angus genetics, they did just as well from the gain and quality standpoint, but they had less fat thickness. They graded 100% Choice and didn’t have any “outs.” They were all yield grades 1 and 2, so from a feeding standpoint, you couldn’t ask for any better. In my opinion, if I had used www.hereford.org

straight Angus genetics on my same cow herd, I probably wouldn’t have had a set of steers that did that well.” At the end of the day, Scott says, Hereford genetics have made their program successful. “The big deal is we were raising straight Angus genetics and we had run-of-the-mill black cattle and we were getting run-

of-the-mill black cattle prices. When we introduced those Hereford genetics, we saw an increase in price of $200 a head at the low end. “There have been Show-Me Select sales where my solid black females out of the same calf crop, out of the same black Angus based cows, would bring $300 to $350 less than their Hereford-

sired counterparts. That’s not just because they had a whiteface; that’s because they were better heifers. I’m here to tell you anytime you are trying to be competitive in the marketplace and you can get $350 more for a heifer it makes that genetic investment definitely worth it.” HW

KENTUCKY HEREFORD AUTUMN SALE

October 25, 2011 • 4 p.m.

Blue Grass South Livestock Market, LLC • Stanford, Ky. Sale is sponsored by the Kentucky Hereford Association. Sale is held 2 ½ hours prior to the Kentucky Certified Hereford Influence Feeder Calf Sale

Sale will feature registered breeding stock, cow-calf pairs, bred cows, bred heifers, open show heifer prospects, commercial and/or replacement heifers that are 50% Hereford and a select few bulls Grandview Vicky 4297 Selling females like this

Sale headquarters: Hampton Inn, Danville, Ky. 859-236-6200

For more information or a catalog, contact: Earlene Thomas 2396 Union City Rd., Richmond, KY 40475 859-623-5734 • thomasep@roadrunner.com October 2011 /

FOR SALE PRIVATELY

80 bull calves — 30 bred females Check them out at feddes.com

Our weaning weights are achieved on mother’s milk and grass. All calves are dehorned but pure horned Hereford. Visit feddes.com to see more cattle for sale plus sires and mothers. Better yet, visit the ranch!

BW 2.9 WW 61 YW 90 MM 35 M&G 65 REA 0.20 MARB 0.07

Standard 68L Dom Lad 38T

• Fresh genetics! Our heaviest sire group at weaning. Fifteen sons for sale. Canadian owner: Bar Pipe. Australian owner: Mawarra Stud.

F 5216 Domino 134 — UPS Domino 5216 x Stanmore 56M

• BW 88 lb.; 205-day wt. 788 lb. Super depth, width and pigment. See his mother at feddes.com

BW 2.6 WW 49 YW 81 MM 28 M&G 52 REA 0.19 MARB 0.08

F 38T Standard Lad 141 — 38T x CL 1 Domino 480P • BW 84 lb.; 205-day wt. 791 lb. Dam’s three calves: BR 99, NR 109.

BW 1.9 WW 50 YW 78 MM 37 M&G 62 REA 0.45 MARB 0.04

F 5216 DOMINO 148 — UPS Domino 5216 x GO Excel L18 • BW 80 lb. Dam’s five calves: BR 97, NR 105.

BW 2.6 WW 48 YW 78 MM 28 M&G 51 REA 0.40 MARB 0.03

F 38T Standard Lad 160 — 38T x GO Excel L18 • BW 82 lb. Dam’s four calves: BR 97, NR 111.

BW 1.6 WW 51 YW 87 MM 31 M&G 56 REA 0.34 MARB 0.16

F Rest Easy 105 — Rest Easy x HH Advance 4140P heifer • BW 74 lb. Super style, muscle, pigment and calving ease.

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7980 Meadowview Rd., Manhattan, MT 59741 Dan 406-284-6810 • Tim 406-284-6990 Marvin 406-284-3709 tfeddes@msn.com • www.feddes.com

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J&L

Cattle Services & Guests Production Sale Jeromesville, Ohio

October 22, 2011 • Noon Selling 65 Lots From: Glenview Farms LLC, Pennsylvania Berg Polled Herefords, Ohio Beckley Herefords, Kentucky Oakridge Polled Herefords, Ohio KC Polled Herefords, Ohio

THM 9554 Easy Vicky 1226

BW 4.0; WW 53; YW 82; MM 22; M&G 48; FAT 0.026; REA 0.20; MARB 0.14

Y24

NXGN, West Virginia Grassy Run Resources Inc., West Virginia Kesling Polled Herefords, Indiana J&L Cattle Services, Ohio Paul Horrie, Ohio

STAR FBF Raise Yer Hand 266Y

BW 4.3; WW 54; YW 85; MM 16; M&G 43; FAT -0.040; REA 0.62; MARB -0.04

JLCS 934S Ulla 237N U8

FPH Miss Vicki Boomer P606 BW 3.3; WW 42; YW 63; MM 26; M&G 47; FAT 0.015; REA 0.61; MARB 0.06

For catalogs, contact: Dale Stith, Auctioneer 918-760-1550 dalestith@yahoo.com www.dalestith.com

Attend the Tri-State Elite Sale Oct. 23, 2011 www.hereford.org

Calved: Feb. 16, 2011 Sire: THM Durango 4037 MGS: THM Victor Dom 8027

KH 28P Corona X89

Calved: Jan. 26, 2011 Sire: Mohican Summit 411S ET MGS: Feltons Ozzie 492

BW 3.4; WW 47; YW 85; MM 8; M&G 31; FAT -0.010; REA 0.62; MARB 0.03

Y01

BW 4.5; WW 49; YW 78; MM 15; M&G 39; FAT -0.010; REA 0.37; MARB -0.08

ECA 10H Havana 023R 6X

BW 5.2; WW 59; YW 94; MM 17; M&G 46; FAT 0.002; REA 0.59; MARB 0.06

Y32

Calved: Feb. 12, 2011 Sire: Beckley 758P Ontime 934S MGS: Mohican Lucky

ECA 318 Urmia 7P 18U

BW 5.8; WW 43; YW 69; MM 14; M&G 36; FAT 0.012; REA 0.07; MARB 0.01

SAH Sam Cowseye B58 837S F45 GHF Ga Girl P606 BEP96 R107 BW 4.1; WW 50; YW 71; MM 25; M&G 49; FAT 0.024; REA 0.15; MARB 0.05

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BW 4.6; WW 45; YW 71; MM 28; M&G 50; FAT 0.006; REA 0.67; MARB 0.08

J&L Cattle Services

Jeff, Lou Ellen and Keayla Harr 334 Mohican Twp. Rd. 1922 Jeromesville, OH 44840 • Cell 419-685-0549

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Their Progeny Sells!

SB 122L Dottie 109N ET

BW 2.3; WW 53; YW 89; MM 17; M&G 43; FAT -0.01; REA 0.37; MARB 0.03

Remitall Catalina 24H

BW 4.9; WW 49; YW 77; MM 19; M&G 43; FAT -0.03; REA 0.19; MARB -0.06

SVPH Patti 600S

Sire: BW 1.5; WW 54; YW 79; MM 21; M&G 48; FAT 0.04; REA 0.16; MARB -0.08

Mohican Lady 415S ET

BW 7.1; WW 58; YW 91; MM 29; M&G 58; FAT -0.05; REA 0.83; MARB -0.03

TH 71U 719T MR Hereford 11X {DLF,HYF,IEF} BW 1.8; WW 61; YW 77; MM 19; M&G 49; FAT -0.04; REA 0.78; MARB -0.02

For more information, contact: Dale Stith 918-760-1550 â&#x20AC;¢ Eddie Sims 580-595-1626

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At the ranch in Blackfoot, Idaho

These Cows Sell!

Tiara Super Star 66T

Mohican Vicky 85S

WSF Lady Catalina 8045

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2011 Annual Meeting Planned AHA members will meet in Kansas City Oct. 28-30 to conduct Association business.

embers of the American Hereford Association (AHA) will be in Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 28-30 for the 2011 Annual Meeting. A new schedule of events and a venue change is planned for this year’s event. The Hyatt Regency Crown Center, located at 2345 McGee St., will host the event. The hotel is conveniently connected via a glass-enclosed skywalk to the Crown Center Complex, which is home to more than 60 shops and restaurants. Friday morning, new members are invited to the AHA office for a chance to tour the headquarters, visit with AHA staff about services and discuss any questions. Reservations are requested for this event. To

Schedule of Events (subject to change)

Friday, October 28 9 a.m. 1 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m.

New member orientation, AHA Headquarters Educational Forum, Hyatt Regency Crown Center Hereford Genomics Update — Dorian Garrick EPD Basics — Matt Spangler Getting ’Em Bred — Bill Beal National Hereford Women (NHW) board meeting, Hyatt Regency Crown Center Hereford Homecoming reception, Hyatt Regency Crown Center

Saturday, October 29 9 a.m. 1 p.m. 3 p.m.

Annual Meeting, Hyatt Regency Crown Center NHW Annual Meeting, Hyatt Regency Crown Center Ladies of the Royal Sale, American Royal Complex Wagstaff Sale Arena 7:30 p.m. American Royal Rodeo and Reba, Sprint Center

Sunday, October 30 8 a.m. 9 a.m.

National Hereford Show, American Royal Complex Board Q&A Session, American Royal Complex Governors Room

Headquarter Hotel

Hyatt Regency Crown Center 2345 McGee St., Kansas City, Mo. 64108 816-421-1234 or 800-233-1234 http://www.Hyatt.com Room rate: $95 Reservations need to be made by Oct. 7

All reservations must be made on or before the cutoff date. Ask for the American Hereford Association rate when making reservations.

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reserve your space at the orientation, contact Mary Ellen Hummel at 816-842-3757 or mhummel@hereford.org. Friday afternoon an educational forum will be at the Hyatt, followed by a “Hereford Homecoming” reception. The educational forum will focus on genomics, basics about expected progeny differences and reproduction.

Saturday highlights Saturday the Annual Membership Meeting, which is open to the public, will start at 9 a.m. Association members selected 134 delegates to conduct the Association’s business and to elect three members to serve on the AHA Board of Directors. The six Board candidates are David DeLong, Earlville, Ill.; Fred Larson, Spring Valley, Wis.; Les Midla, Marianna, Pa.; David Schubel, Medina, N.Y.; David Trowbridge, Tabor, Iowa; and Eric Walker, Morrison, Tenn. Candidate profiles start below and a list of delegates starts on Page 27. The Association’s Annual Report will be presented and distributed during the Annual Membership Meeting along with other reports on activities within the Association, Hereford Publications Inc., Certified Hereford Beef (CHB) LLC and the Hereford Youth Foundation of America (HYFA). This year’s Hereford Heritage Hall of Fame and Hereford Hall of Merit recipients will also be recognized.

Buses will be available to shuttle attendees to the American Royal complex for the Ladies of the Royal Sale, which will start at 3 p.m. AHA has seats blocked for the American Royal Rodeo Saturday night featuring Reba McEntire at the Sprint Center. To purchase seats in the block, contact Mary Ellen Hummel at 818-842-3757. Shuttle service will be available to the Sprint Center.

Herefords in the ring Sunday the junior Hereford show will begin at 8 a.m. at the American Royal complex. The junior show judge will be Robert Alden, Hamilton, Mo. The National Hereford Show, judged by Jeff Gooden, Iberia, Mo., will follow the junior show. Between the female and bull shows, 2010‑11 National Show Award winners will be recognized. Prior to the selection of the champion bull the 2011-12 National Hereford Queen will be crowned. At 9 a.m. the AHA Board of Directors will be available in the American Royal Governor’s Room at the American Royal complex to answer questions about the Association and its programs. For those who can’t make the trip to Kansas City, show results will be available online at Hereford.org. HW

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he American Hereford Association (AHA) nominating committee has announced six Hereford breeders vying for positions on the AHA Board.

David DeLong David DeLong of DeLHawk Cattle Co., Earlville, Ill., has had a passion for the Hereford business since his youth. His first experience with Herefords was as a 4-H project. His children continued the tradition of showing Herefords as youth, and then in 2008 David and his wife, Marcia, started DeLHawk Cattle Co. along with manager Tom Hawk. DeLHawk has cattle at the Earlville headquarters as well as Janesville, Wis., where David lives. The current DeLHawk herd is approximately 60 purebred Hereford cows and 60 commercial cows. David and Tom strive to produce cattle that will provide genetics to improve their herd maternally and paternally as well as have the ability to perform well in the showring. They market heifer calves for junior show programs and help juniors achieve their goals of having performance and longevity in their cow herds. They also strive to provide bulls to their customers that will allow the customers

to produce the same type and kind for their individual programs. David is a past president and director for the Wisconsin Hereford Association (WHA) and served on the executive committee for the 2005 Junior National Hereford Expo (JNHE). He has served as treasurer for the World Beef Expo and is currently treasurer of the Wisconsin Cattlemen’s Association. He is also a member of the Illinois Polled Hereford Association and the Illinois Hereford Association. He is a past director of the National Ag Retailers Association and a past agricultural representative to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Throughout high school and college, David worked at his family business — The DeLong Co. Inc. The company comprises six divisions: agronomy, grain, seed, wholesale feed, transportation and international export. In 1978 David was elected to the board of directors. In 1982 he became manager of the agronomy division and was elected vice president, and since 1994 he has served as president. David and Marcia have two married daughters, a son and four grandchildren.

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A Hereford breeder since birth, Fred Larson of Spring Valley, Wis., began his involvement with the Hereford breed as a junior member participating in the junior national and other Hereford youth activities. Larson Hereford Farms began in the 1870s as a diversified livestock farm. Registered Herefords were purchased in the 1940s. The third, fourth and fifth generations now make their livings by marketing 45 bulls and 35-50 females by private treaty annually and feeding out 70 steers. The Larson family hosted the Genetic Selection Sale in 2011. They maintain an inventory of 230 registered Hereford breeding females. Several hundred acres of corn, soybeans and oats, as well as all of the hay, are grown for feed and as cash crops. The Larsons have been performance testing since the 1960s. They incorporated artificial insemination (AI) into their breeding program in the ’70s and embryo transfer (ET) in 1983. The Larsons’ No. 1 goal is to provide their customers with problem-free breeding stock that will surpass performance expectations in practical conditions. Fred has served several terms as a director and president of the Indianhead Polled Hereford Association and the WHA. He and his wife, Lori, have been Wisconsin junior advisors, and he served on the executive committee for the 2005 JNHE. Their children have participated in 13 junior nationals/ JNHEs, and they have exhibited animals across North America and participated in many local, state and national association sponsored sales. Fred is a lifelong member of the Spring Valley Congregational Church and is a several time board of trustees and board of deacons member and chairman. Fred has served as Spring Lake Township Land Use commissioner and a 4-H club beef leader and is a 15-year member of Pierce County Animal Livestock Committee and several time chairman. Fred and Lori have two sons, Justin and Easten.

Les Midla Pennsylvania Hereford breeder Les Midla’s family has been in the Hereford business since the 1950s. The Flat Stone Lick herd is located near Marianna, and is a Gold Total Performance Records (TPR) herd. Les utilizes artificial insemination (AI) to produce easy keeping Herefords with modestly positive, but balanced, expected progeny differences (EPDs). Each year about 75% of the herd has an AI-sired calf in a closed season. Today Les and his son, Brendan, manage the farm. The father-son team strives to market problem-free young pairs and a few bulls to both commercial and registered herds with the goal of improving the quality and marketability of those herds. The Midlas participate in sales in Pennsylvania and Kentucky and occasionally in surrounding states. Les has been a Pennsylvania Hereford Association board member for 37 years, serving several terms as president and currently serving as secretary and sale manager. He was also a Mason-Dixon Hereford Association charter

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board member and served several terms as president. He is a past board member of the West Virginia Hereford Association and has served on the AHA nominating committee. Outside the Hereford industry, he has served on the County Planning Commission board for 30 years, including several terms as president. In this role he helped develop a strategic plan for the county and transition it from a rust belt area to a progressive position. He has been a parish council member for 28 years and has also served the council as president and has been a Farm Bureau state delegate and legislative committee member. Owning a small town dental practice for 38 years, Les has served on the Western Pennsylvania Dental Society 1,600-member board for 30 years and has been a state delegate to the Pennsylvania Dental Society since 1973. He has chaired the ethics committee and has served on various task forces. Les and his wife, Nancy, have two married children and five grandchildren.

David Schubel David Schubel, Medina, N.Y., is a partner in SK Herefords LLC with Phil and Dawn Keppler. The SK herd includes 300 cows, with approximately 100 registered Herefords. Their commercial cows are Herefords and red and black baldies. Prior to forming the partnership with the Kepplers, David had his own herd — Schubel Herefords — from 1986-1996. Today, David and the Kepplers retain ownership of their calf crop not sold for breeding stock and feed the calves out in their own facility. They also produce corn and forge sufficient for their herd’s needs. David has been a member of AHA and the New York Hereford Association since 1986. He’s also a member of the New York Beef Producers Association, having held numerous offices, and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA). He’s been a member of the NCBA beef production research committee and the New York Beef Industry Council, serving as secretary/treasurer and vice president. He has been a member of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board (CBB), serving on the joint human nutrition research committee and joint evaluation committee, which he chaired in 2010. He is also involved in his church, Trinity Lutheran Church, and with various local charities.

David Trowbridge David Trowbridge, Tabor, Iowa, has been involved in all facets of the beef industry. In 2004 David and Mike England started Beef Resources Partnership (BRP) with a few Felton cows after a lifetime of being in the cattle business. David has been manager at Gregory Feedlots Inc. since graduating from University of Nebraska in 1977. The BRP herd includes 50 to 60 cows split between a fall and spring herd. BRP maintains a herd of moderate-frame cows with excellent udders and strives to maintain a young herd with a high percentage of Dams of Distinction. David and Mike ultrasound test all animals, collect carcass data on all culls, feed efficiency

test all of their breeding stock and have been doing some DNA testing. BRP is a Gold TPR Breeder and its marketing goals are to produce the highest performance animals possible with the greatest carcass values in the Hereford breed. David serves on the Iowa Hereford Breeders Association board and has been active in many organizations involved in the cattle business and cattle feeding in Iowa. He is currently an Iowa Cattleman’s Association director. He has traveled to several states as a representative of the Tri-County Steer Carcass Futurity and Gregory Feedlots to speak about the beef industry, cattle feeding and cattle management at cattlemen’s meetings and commercial producers’ seminars. David has worked with commercial and seedstock producers to maximize the performance and value of their cattle. At Gregory Feedlot David was recognized by Certified Angus Beef (CAB) as the Quality Assurance Officer of the Year in 2004, and under his management Gregory Feedlot was awarded the CAB Small Feedlot Partner of the Year in 2002 and the Progressive Partner of the Year 2011. David and his wife, Mary, have three sons, two daughters and five grandchildren.

Eric Walker Eric Walker of Morrison, Tenn., inherited the love of the Hereford breed from his father, Sam Walker, who was a weighmaster at the local stockyard and raised commercial Hereford cattle. In 1981 Eric purchased his first registered Hereford, and now, 30 years later, he owns and manages a herd of 125 registered Hereford cows. He has utilized AI since 1982 and ET since 1989. He has collected ultrasound data since 1999. His farm has hosted 16 production sales since 1986. The Walker program has bred class winners and champions at shows on a local, state and national level. Walker genetics have been sold in 32 states, as well as Canada, Mexico and the United Kingdom. The Walker cow herd utilizes approximately 500 acres of his total 1,100acre farming operation. The remaining 600 acres are used for the production of shade and ornamental trees and shrubs that supply products for Walker Nursery Co. Eric is the sole proprietor of Walker Nursery Co., and he sells and markets his products to the landscape and retail green industry, shipping to 35 different states. Eric is a member of the Middle and East Tennessee Hereford Associations, as well as a member of the Tennessee and Warren County Cattlemen’s Associations. He has been a director and president of the Tennessee Polled Hereford Association. He has served twice on the AHA nominating committee and has been a delegate to the AHA Annual Membership Meeting for several years. He is also a past president of the Tennessee Nursery and Landscape Association and currently serves as secretary for the Regional Planning Commission Board for the town of Morrison. Eric and his family — wife, Rhonda; son, Cody; and a stepson, Casey — are members of the Central Church of Christ in McMinnville.

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Fred Larson

All six candidates had a chance to respond to three questions. Below are the questions and the candidates’ responses. Why are you running for the Board? DeLong: I would like to help continue the incredible growth of the Hereford breed and our Association that we have witnessed in recent years. I would like to learn more about the day-to-day operations of the AHA and offer my business experience to best serve the membership.

Midla: I have a passion for the Hereford breed which

Larson: The opportunity for Herefords and

Schubel: Having bred Hereford cattle for upwards

Hereford breeders is exceptional and for agriculture in general. This breed holds a special place in my heart, and I want to do all I can to protect its heritage and help to carefully move it toward the bright horizon. We’ve all worked hard, sacrificed and invested to reach the point we’re at today. We need to keep working to strengthen our position, eliminate negatives and recapture the prominence in our industry that all of our efforts have made possible. Herefords should be the top-of-mind breed for our commercial customers when they are considering their next move.

of 25 years, now more than ever, I am a passionate believer in the functionality of the breed, which enables all segments of producers to realize profits in their respective operations. I would like the opportunity to play a role in shaping Association programming to encourage high-quality genetics that fit the different geographic areas where cattle are produced, balanced against the need for cow-calf producers to have profit as their highest priority.

I renew every day. At this critical point in time, there are opportunities for the breed. I am at a point in my life where I would like to give back and help meet the challenges it takes to move the breed into a stronger position within the beef industry.

Trowbridge: I am running for the Board because I have a unique view of and perspective on the beef industry. I have 35 years of working with cattlemen and producing the highest quality product. I believe that the Hereford breed is poised to make a historic move to regain its position as a leader in the beef industry. I know that the Hereford breed can be a performance leader in all areas of production. I know that I can bring some fresh and innovative ideas to the Board. Walker: I feel it would be an honor and privilege to represent the Southeast region on the national board. I want to be a part of the exciting times that our breed is having now and in the future. I have been breeding Hereford cattle for 30 years, and it’s time to give back to the Association that has been so good to me.

What are some goals or ideas you have for the Association? DeLong: My goal would be to serve the membership and help them voice their ideas and concerns. Larson: One goal we should all share is to make the AHA the most technologically advanced breed association out there. Technology is changing the industry daily, whether it be measuring performance, identifying positive or negative genetics, using computerized records or expanding online sales potential. We don’t need or want to force anyone into using today’s newest tools, but it would benefit us all to move forward as quickly as possible when these technologies prove reliable and of value to our members.

Midla: Goals fit into two categories, those for the organization and those for the breed. My goals for the AHA as an organization would be: • to increase registrations (which are its financial lifeline) • to attract new members • to help change the perception of Herefords more favorably within the industry to gain market share • and more than ever, to get young breeders involved and influence them to have an ongoing presence within the breed. For the Hereford breed, the priority is to continue to increase the number of genetically superior seedstock that are right for the times and free of defects. We must then use these animals to build consistency, beyond what we currently have, throughout purebred herds.

Schubel: Continued interaction by the AHA with the USDA MARC (U.S. Department of Agriculture Meat Animal Research Center), BIF (Beef Improvement Federation) and NBCEC (National Beef Cattle Evaluation Consortium) is critical to ensuring the Hereford breed stays relevant and profitable. Additionally, the AHA needs, to a limited extent, to make information available to the members concerning human nutrition and consumer demand determinates so breeders and producers are sensitized as to what consumers want when they purchase our product.

Trowbridge: My main goal is to define our product. I believe this means producing the highest quality food product possible, which will translate into marketing more breeding stock. The goal of the Association is to bring Hereford genetics into the main mindset of producers as the breed to use in a crossbreeding program. This will require a multiplestep approach: • Educate commercial producers • Educate Hereford seedstock producers • Establish CHB (Certified Hereford Beef®) as a self-supporting high-end product in destination outlets • Produce proven genetics that producers want • Make possible premiums for Hereford feeders and finished cattle • Research real world production of Hereford cattle

• Establish predictability of Hereford genetics through DNA research and technology

My plan is to achieve these goals by educating and focusing our members on the fact that we are producing food. Beef is the highest quality protein source and the most desired food product in the world. If we are the most efficient, productive, predictable breed and produce the highest quality food product, we will control and increase our market share of breeding stock.

Walker: One goal would be to increase our market share in the bull market. With the nation’s cow herd still predominately black, we need to continue to promote Herefords as a crossbreeding tool. If we have a larger market share of the bull market, we would be guaranteed more whitefaced animals that would qualify for CHB and help that program continue to grow. We must always take into consideration that an association is only as strong as its membership. We must always be on the lookout for ways to grow our number of members. I hope, as board member, I can help derive ideas and innovations to offer our membership. Our junior association is one of the top organizations in this country. All breeders need to support our kids and help them continue a strong presence in the beef industry. They are our future leaders.

What is the biggest issue the AHA will face in the next five to 10 years. How does the board prepare to face that issue? DeLong: I think two issues we face as an association are how to continually improve our breed and our position in the market and how to use technology to keep our members informed and involved so that they see the value in their membership with the AHA.

Larson: As we look ahead at the potential growth for our breed, the challenge of providing genetics that will exceed our customers’ demands and expectations and eliminating any defects presents itself. I’m positive we can do it, but we can’t be shortsighted in our attempts to meet that demand. We’ve survived some lean times, and we would be wise to take care to protect all that we’ve accomplished by maintaining standards and not cutting corners. The field of genomics can be an enormous help in that regard. As new tests are developed, we need to utilize the technology to move ourselves forward. We also need to keep the costs low enough that breeders will use these tools. There will be new issues regarding test results and/or data ownership that will need to be thoroughly researched and discussed

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to be legally sound and fair to all parties involved. The AHA needs to be ahead of the curve on this issue so we all benefit from advances in genetics.

Midla: To be ahead of the speed at which things occur. As our data collection grows, we need to create information that is reliable and will consistently predict what a breeder can best use and adopt. The Association also must make sound decisions as we walk through the DNA research maze and be vigilant with funding, expectations, possible outcomes and, finally, how to apply what we learn. We must use cutting-edge science to take us in the right direction while remaining true to our Hereford roots.

Schubel: Can we combine phenotypic performance information with gene level DNA information to come up with “DNA-enhanced EPDs”? If so, is it worth the cost? Who is going to do it? Who is going to be the service provider to the breeders?

Trowbridge: I believe that the biggest issues the AHA will have to deal with are: • Declining cow herds in the U.S. and tighter markets for breeding stock • Increasing production costs in all facets of the production chain. I know that the answer to both of these issues is education and research. The AHA has to prove to producers that the Hereford breed has a predominate place in all aspects of the cattle industry. Walker: One of the biggest issues I feel we as breeders will be facing in the future is government regulations. We must stay informed of what is going on in our local, state and national government. We must educate nonfarm people about who we are and what we produce. As animal activists become more widespread, we must be prepared to face their challenges. Genomics is playing a major role in the development of our breed. We must always strive for breed purity and rid our breed of any animals with genetic defects. I applaud our current Board for adopting the policy for DNA sire testing. HW www.hereford.org

embers of the National Hereford Women (NHW) will join in Kansas City Oct. 28-29 to celebrate NHW’s second birthday. The weekend events will kick off on Friday, Oct. 28, at 4 p.m. with the NHW board meeting at the Hyatt Regency Crown Center. Queen candidates will have an orientation Friday at 5 p.m. and interviews will be Saturday at 9 a.m. The NHW annual membership meeting will be 1 p.m. Saturday at the Hyatt. The meeting will include the introduction of National Hereford Queen candidates, the election of

directors, a general business meeting and the announcement of NHW’s Outstanding Woman for 2011. NHW members are encouraged to attend the AHA Annual Membership Meeting prior to the meeting, which will also be at the Hyatt. Saturday during the Ladies of the Royal Sale, the new 2011 NHW original commissioned artwork, a cow-calf pair titled “Secrets,” by

Amanda Peak Raithel will be part of the fundraiser auction. Proceeds from the original artwork will be split between NHW and Hereford Youth Foundation of America in support of youth programs managed by each of these organizations. For more information about the events, contact NHW co-presidents Susan Gebhart at susan.gebhart@cmmglobal.com, Cheryl Evans at eehje@dixie-net.com or Mary Ann Berg at maryannberg2003@yahoo.com. HW

Delegates ALABAMA Glynn Debter Debter Hereford Farm Horton, Ala. One delegate to be determined. ARKANSAS Phillip Moon Phillip A. Moon & Lisa D. Sparrow Harrison, Ark. Scott Sullivan Triple S Ranch DeQueen, Ark. CALIFORNIA Jim Mickelson Sonoma Mountain Herefords Santa Rosa, Calif. Loren Mrnak Mrnak Herefords West Whitmore, Calif. Gino Pedretti El Nido, Calif. COLORADO Kenneth Coleman Coleman Herefords Westcliffe, Colo. Jane Evans Cornelius Coyote Ridge Ranch Lasalle, Colo. Bryan Sidwell Sidwell Herefords Carr, Colo. GEORGIA George Allen TNB Herefords Hull, Ga. Ray Hicks Visionary Cattle Statesboro, Ga. One delegate to be determined. IDAHO Guy Colyer Colyer Herefords Bruneau, Idaho Katie Colyer Bruneau, Idaho Greg Shaw Shaw Cattle Co. Inc. Caldwell, Idaho Tom Wiseman Eagle Canyon Ranch Buhl, Idaho

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ILLINOIS Steve Lorenzen Lorenzen Farms Chrisman, Ill. Jack Lowderman Lowderman Cattle Co. Macomb, Ill. Kyle McMillan Rustic Oaks Farm Ohio, Ill. James Milligan Milligan Herefords Kings, Ill. Mark Stephens Stephens Hereford Farms Edinburg, Ill.

KENTUCKY Hansell Pile Jr. Hansell Pile & Sons Cecilia, Ky. Tony Staples TK4 Herefords Brandenburg, Ky. Ron Thomas Thomas Farm Richmond, Ky.

INDIANA Joe Carlson Carlson Cattle Royal Center, Ind. Bruce Everhart Everhart Farms Waldron, Ind. Bob Prince Robert & Maryilyn Prince Poseyville, Ind. Ray Ramsey Greenfield, Ind.

MINNESOTA Ross Carlson Carlson Farms Murdock, Minn. Mark Frederickson Frederickson Hereford Farm Starbuck, Minn. David Jones Jones Farms Lesueur, Minn.

IOWA Steve Landt Union, Iowa Dave Wiese Wiese & Sons Manning, Iowa Jim Kuhlman Mason City, Iowa KANSAS Craig Beran B&D Herefords Claflin, Kan. Ryan Breiner Kansas State University Manhattan, Kan. Dean Davis Davis Herefords Maple Hill, Kan. Tom Granzow Granzow Herefords Herington, Kan. Glen Oleen Oleen Cattle Co. Falun, Kan. Jan Oleen Oleen Bros. Dwight, Kan.

LOUISIANA Two delegates to be determined. MICHIGAN Two delegates to be determined.

MISSISSIPPI Jim O’Mara Jackson, Miss. One delegate to be determined. MISSOURI Jim Bellis Jim D. &/or Carla Bellis Aurora, Mo. Marty Lueck Journagan Ranch-Missouri State University Mountain Grove, Mo. Jim Reed Reeds Farms Green Ridge, Mo. Edgar Roth Roth Hereford Farm Windsor, Mo. Kenneth Staten Lilac Hill Fayette, Mo. Bob Thompson Glengrove Farm Rolla, Mo.

MONTANA Mark Cooper Willow Creek, Mont. Mark Ehlke Ehlke Herefords Townsend, Mont. Jack Holden Holden Herefords Valier, Mont. Fred McMurry McMurry Cattle Billings, Mont. Dale Venhuizen Churchill Cattle Co. Manhattan, Mont.

NORTH DAKOTA Roger Stuber Stuber Ranch Bowman, N.D. Ryan Topp Topp Herefords Grace City, N.D. Two delegates to be determined.

NEBRASKA Doug Bolte Blueberry Hill Farms Inc. Norfolk, Neb. Scott McGee Valley Creek Ranch Fairbury, Neb. Brent Meeks Upstream Ranch Taylor, Neb. Ronny Morgan Morgan Ranch Inc. Burwell, Neb. Art Olsen Olsen Ranches Inc. Harrisburg, Neb. John Ridder Ridder Hereford Ranch Callaway, Neb. Kyle Rutt Campbell, Neb. Ron Schutte Alfred Schutte & Sons Guide Rock, Neb. Russ Tegtmeier Clarence Tegtmeier & Sons Burchard, Neb.

OKLAHOMA Charles Buckminster Charles-Nancy Buckminster Lahoma, Okla. Bob Call Cby Polled Herefords Cushing, Okla. Jimmie Johnson Red Hills Polled Herefords Clinton, Okla. Leon Langford Langford Herefords Okmulgee, Okla. John Loewen Loewen Herefords Waukomis, Okla. Eddie Sims MCS Polled Herefords Elgin, Okla. Montie Soules Star Lake Cattle Ranch Skiatook, Okla.

NEW MEXICO Cliff Copeland Copeland & Sons LLC Nara Visa, N.M. Bill King Stanley, N.M. NEW YORK Timothy Dennis Penn Yan, N.Y. Ted Kriese Spring Pond Farm Cato, N.Y.

OHIO Doug Banks Hamilton, Ohio Jeff Harr J&L Cattle Services Jeromesville, Ohio

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OREGON Bob Harrell Harrell Hereford Ranch Baker City, Ore. George Sprague George & Karen Sprague Jr. Eugene, Ore. One delegate to be determined. PENNSYLVANIA Les Midla Flat Stone Lick Marianna, Pa. Sheila Miller Womelsdorf, Pa. continued on page 28...

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SOUTH DAKOTA Jerry Bischoff Ravine Creek Ranch Huron, S.D. Phil Eggers Eggers Southview Farms Sioux Falls, S.D. Keith Fawcett Fawcetts Elm Creek Ranch Ree Heights, S.D. Michael Fink Fink Polled Herefords Bridgewater, S.D. Vern Rausch Rausch Herefords Hoven, S.D. Steve Repenning Blacktop Farms Mitchell, S.D. One delegate to be determined.

TENNESSEE Mitch Ingram Notchey Creek Farms Madisonville, Tenn. David Parker Bradyville, Tenn. Eric Walker Walker Polled Hereford Farm Morrison, Tenn. TEXAS Gary Buchholz Gary & Kathy Buchholz Waxahachie, Texas Jack Chastain Jackie L. & Evelyn Q. Chastain Ft. Worth, Texas Mike Doyle Doyle Hereford Ranch Garland, Texas Jordan Glaze Andy Glaze Gilmer, Texas

Lee Haygood Indian Mound Ranch Canadian, Texas Pete Johnson Sunny Hill Ranch Lufkin, Texas Donlie McMullin McMullin Ranch Copperas Cove, Texas Don Metch Metch Polled Herefords Canton, Texas Scott Nolan Nolan Herefords Gilmer, Texas Kevin Warnken Rockin’ W Polled Herefords Schulenburg, Texas Loyd Whitehead L.C. Whitehead Menard, Texas Larry Woodson Still River Ranch Wolfe City, Texas

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ARIZONA/NEVADA Lee Hutchens Jr. Lee & Dianne Hutchens Family Trust Fallon, Nev.

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25% of the AHA recognized most profitable young females in the breed are bred by EFBeef or by an EFBeef sire. 18% of the AHA recognized most profitable sire prospects in the breed are bred by EFBeef or by an EFBeef sire. Our livelihood depends on offering bulls to the commercial cow/calf customer. Bulls that are built on the tenents of profitable cattle production; fertility, calving ease, growth, end product merit, and moderating mature size. We recognize that commercial cattlemen have many choices of breed and breeders to buy from. To compete in the commercial cow/calf market, our bulls are genetically designed, environmentally pressured and finally, selected to be profit leaders for the cow/calf producer. We are confident that you and your banker will like the results that EFBeef bulls provide.

EFBeef Schu-Lar Proficient N093 CE BW WW YW MM M&G MCE SC FAT REA MARB BMI$ CEZ$ BII$ CHB$ 7.7 0.8 57 83 28 56 7.4 1.1 0.033 0.52 0.01 23 23 16 26

• Super fertility (outlier for the AHA research EPDs of heifer pregnancy and sustained cow fertility). Trait leader for calving ease. Good gain ability. Adequate carcass merit. Superior mothering ability with beautiful udders.

EFBeef M821 Beef Eater U332 EFBeef M821 Beef Eater U332

EF F745 Frank P230

CE BW WW YW MM M&G MCE SC FAT REA MARB BMI$ CEZ$ BII$ CHB$ 2.4 2.2 59 82 16 45 1.6 2.4 0.025 0.38 0.27 37 21 36 30

CE BW WW YW MM M&G MCE SC FAT REA MARB BMI$ CEZ$ BII$ CHB$ 5.2 3.1 55 85 10 38 4.2 2.0 0.091 -0.35 0.93 40 24 37 37

• The number 11 BMI$ profit sire in the breed. First daughters calve in 2012. Early data proof is very good. Expect high fertility, good calving ease, strong growth and end product value with easy fleshing females and momma cows.

• The #2 BMI$ profitability sire in the breed. Dominates the Australian database as a triple threat curve bender. No other sire combines his proof for birth to yearling to mature size spread.

EFBeef 821C Fellis S701 ET

EF K334 Crown Beef N014

EFBeef Foremost U208

CE BW WW YW MM M&G MCE SC FAT REA MARB BMI$ CEZ$ BII$ CHB$ 0.1 2.8 52 82 14 40 3.7 1.1 0.062 0.44 0.28 24 16 21 26

CE BW WW YW MM M&G MCE SC FAT REA MARB BMI$ CEZ$ BII$ CHB$ -2.4 2.6 52 76 18 44 -0.5 0.4 0.030 0.62 0.41 17 11 16 30

CE BW WW YW MM M&G MCE SC FAT REA MARB BMI$ CEZ$ BII$ CHB$ 2.5 2.7 75 117 16 53 1.6 1.8 0.031 0.82 0.57 35 19 30 47

• A high customer satisfaction sire. Early feed efficiency data looks promising. Daughters are calf raisers. Maternal sisters are outstanding. Trait leader for CHB$ profitability.

• The #1 Young Sire in the breed for CHB$ profitability. Early proof is as promising as any sire sampled at EF. A standout in the Fall 2011 AHA analysis.

• BMI$, BII$ and CHB$ leader. Data from the AHA Young Sire Test show that the S701 progeny are high carcass weight, strong feed/gain cattle. The first daughters are very nice. Dam might be the prototype Hereford cow.

Recent Young Sire prospects selling in the annual EFBeef Sale.

Where Profitable Ranchers Shop Phil and Joyce Ellis 26455 N. 2300th St. • Chrisman, IL 61924 • 765-665-3207 Matt and Lisa 217-666-3438 • Joe and Lauri 765-665-0095 Call us or visit our website for more information and a catalog: 765-665-3207 • www.efbeef.com www.hereford.org

ANNUAL BULL SALE APRIL 14, 2012

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Pride of the Pasture

November 12, 2011 • 1 p.m. Gonzalez Ranch, Freeport, Ill.

Over 50 Lots Selling

Kilowatts x Neon x P606

STAR KKH SSF Kamikaze 41W ET daughter and her 3-year-old LCC mother sell

Cutter x 29F

February LHF N72 Nobel S655 daughter

This NJW Demand daughter and her donor dam, PRR 29F Diamond both sell

A full sister to this high seller in last year’s sale sells

DCC Erin 5040 Progeny from this P606 donor sell!

KJ 832P Spikette 301S and her Kamikaze heifer sell.

Sale Broadcast live on:

Guest Consignor:

Friedrich’s Windy Hill Herefords Mark Friedrich 1454 70th Ave. Roberts, WI 54023 715-760-2350 cell markfriedrich@yahoo.com

Lamb Bros. Andy and Ben Lamb Families 250 310th St. Wilson, WI 54027 715-308-1347 Lance Wirth, manager Cell 715-377-6876

The Katzenberger Family N1153 Clarno Rd., Monroe, WI 53566 Eric Katzenberger 608-214-1154 • ekatz@tds.net Aaron Katzenberger 815-291-8866 Nick 815-291-8869

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Catalogs will be mailed by request. Contact one of the sale owners or visit our website www.plumriverranch.com for more information. www.hereford.org

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The Harvest raises $292,000 for scholarships and educational programs at PRIDE Convention and Junior National Hereford Expo Thank you Hereford Breeders and Harvest Supporters

Thank you Eddie and Ruth Sims, National Cattle Services, Inc. Thank you George and Karen Sprague and the $100,000 Bar One Scholarship Endowment, given in memory of Ken Tracy, Split Butte Livestock.

Thank you Jim and Marcia Mickelson Family and Kunde Family Estate.

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Thank you Harvest consignors and donors, your contributions will leave a lasting legacy... Delaney Herefords, Lake Benton, Minn. Atkins Herefords, Tea, S.D. Barber Ranch, Channing, Texas Beacon Hill Ranch, Claremore, Okla. Brumley Farms, Orovada, Nev. Cache Cattle, Wellsville, Utah Churchill Cattle Co., Manhattan, Mont. Colyer Herefords, Bruneau, Idaho Dennis and Mary Schock, Sherman, Texas Cottonwood Springs Farm, Cedar, Mich. DeanaJak Farms, Inc., New Enterprise, Pa. EE Ranches, Dallas, Texas Fauquier Farm, Warrenton, Va. GKB Cattle, Waxahachie, Texas Holden Herefords, Valier, Mont. Langford Herefords, Okmulgee, Okla. Loewen Hereford, Waukomis, Okla. 4B Herefords, Hennessey, Okla. The Lowderman Family, Macomb, Ill. McMurry Cattle, Billings, Mont. Ehlke Herefords, Townsend, Mont. MCS Cattle Company, Elgin, Okla. Nelson Land and Cattle Co., Plano, Texas NJW Polled Herefords, Sheridan, Wyo. Purple Reign Cattle Company, Toulon, Ill. Rausch Herefords, Hoven, S.D. Rocking Chair Ranch, Ft. McKavett, Texas Rockinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; W Polled Herefords, Schulenburg, Texas Running L Ranch, Clifton, Texas Sandhill Farms, Haviland, Kan. Star Lake Cattle Ranch, Skiatook, Okla. Thomas Herefords, Gold Creek, Mont. Topp Herefords, Grace City, N.D. Tennessee River Music, Inc., Ft. Payne, Ala. Curtis Younts & Son, Belton, Texas

John Moss, Bend, Ore. Matt Woolfolk, Columbia, Tenn Larry Johnson, Abilene, Texas Stallings Polled Herefords, Bend, Ore. Bent Creek Farms, LLC, Royalton, Ohio MGM East, Hartford, Wis. John and Ginger Dudley, Comanche, Texas Perks Ranch, Rockford, Ill. Moser Family Herefords, Effingham, Kan. Bar One Ranch, Eugene, Ore. P & R Herefords, Leedey, Okla. Jeff Kunde and Pat Roney, Kenwood, Calif. King Herefords, Stanley, N.M. Chris Frans, Thomas, Okla. C&L Hereford Ranch, Ixonia, Wis. Bonnie Coley-Malir, Dublin, Ohio Starr Polled Herefords, Manawa, Wis Bruce Sharp, Shelley, Idaho Burns Farms, Pikeville, Tenn. Double D, Bakersfield, Calif. Schohr Herefords, Gridley, Calif. Red Hills Herefords, Clinton, Okla. Sparks Ranch, Birmingham, Ala. Jennifer Mason, Plymouth, Calif. BJ & Melissa McFarland, Cottonwood, Calif. Everhart Farms, Waldron, Ind. Ray Ramsey, Greenfield, Ind. Sonoma Mountain Herefords, Santa Rosa, Calif. Cary & Sarah Aubrey, Monrovia, Ind. Eva Hamman, Jacksboro, Texas Delhawk Cattle Co., Janesville, Wis. Wicker Family, Canadian, Texas California Nevada Hereford and Polled Hereford Associations

HYFAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mission

Encourage, recognize and reward the development of life skills and values in the next generation of leaders by providing education, scholarship and leadership opportunities for Hereford Youth. The immediate goal of the foundation is to secure an asset base of $3.5 million by 2013. Upon reaching this goal the investment in Hereford youth will be: $50,000 in scholarships awarded each year, $50,000 to fund education programs in conjunction with the Junior National Hereford Expo and $10,000 to fund NJHA's PRIDE Leadership Convention

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BIG GULLY FARM 2011 INTERNET HEREFORD SALE • Nov. 11-16, 2011 www.biggullyfarm.com

8 Heifer Calves • 4 Bull Calves • 7 Bred Heifers • Commercial Heifer Calves Sale broadcast live on: Featuring progeny of: PDHR 20J Stanmore 47R

Easy calving, powerful, big bodied. Semen available. BW 1.5 WW 37 YW 61 MM 26 M&G 45 FAT -0.050 REA 0.27 MARB 0.20

Other sires: CRR About Time 743 MH Monument 8151 KSU Bounty Hunter 611 H5 4157 Domino 8285

BW 6.2 WW 61.3 YW 94.8 MM 22.2 TM 52.8 FAT -0.034 REA 0.87 MARB -0.22

Big-Gully 611 Bounty 517U

2010 Agribition Supreme Champion Semen available.

Service sires: PDHR 20J Stanmore 47R Triple-A 1T Chrome 66X MH Monument 8151

Buyer Incentives for 2012 Shows: JNHE: $5,000-Grand Champion • $500-Class Winner World Hereford Conference: $5,000-Open Grand Champion All cattle confirmed IEF, DLF, HYF

Buddy, Frances, Lance and Tyler Leachman 306-893-2879 • Buddy 306-893-7001 • Lance 540-382-5342 leachman_biggully@hotmail.com • Twelve miles north of Maidstone, Sask., Canada

FALL BONANZA SALE — 11 a.m. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2011 ROCKINGHAM COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS — HARRISONBURG, VA

Special invitation to all juniors who participate in the Mid-Atlantic Junior Round-Up Show at 3 p.m., show cattle will be available in the sale and eligible to show that afternoon. Catalogs will be available upon request or visit www.hereford.org, click sale catalogs under marketplace or www.virginiaherefords.org Sale Contact Rodney Phillips 804-556-3810 rodney@baybrookherefords.com

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Show Contacts Jerry Funkhouser 540-333-1020 Bob Schaffer 540-582-9234

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Sometimes with bulls, it’s about the cow ...

X0141 By Dakota Gold

X0148 By Rambo 279R

X0039 By Golden Oak Outcross

X0140 By Rambo 279R

CL 1 Dominette 825H — Dam of Distinction CL 1 Dominette 825H is the mother of herd bulls and champions at Calgary and Ft. Worth. Beautiful udder, moderate size. Her daughters are a treasure.

X0151 By Rambo 279R

Four L Buffy 8012 Many-times champion including the North American as a yearling and Denver as a cow-calf with the spring calf champion bull at side. She has “the look.” A daughter has one of the best calves at Perks this spring.

Y0009 By HH Advance 8203

X0153 By Rambo 279R

Y0008 By Rambo 279R

HH Miss Advance 793G — Dam of Distinction 793G is the dam of 5140R above that went to Bobby Edgar in the Holden cow sale. 793G may be the most proven cow of the breed for marbling with 30 calves at a 110% average. Dam of herd bulls.

Bull Sale • February 21, 2012 5190 Clay Farm Rd., Atwood, TN 38220 Tom Lane 615-804-0500 Albert Stone, manager, 931-200-0164

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Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011 3:00 p.m. Wagstaff Sale Arena American Royal Complex, Kansas City, Mo.

his sale features outstanding show heifer prospects, future brood cows and a select set of Hereford steers. Also this sale will feature some solid embryos.

If you want to show a good one — this is the sale to be at

Contact Joe Rickabaugh 785-633-3188 or jrick@hereford.org for catalog.

Ladies of the Royal Consignors Abra Kadabra Cattle Co., Columbia, Mo. ....................573-864-6475 Beacon Hill Ranch, Claremore, Okla............................ 918-342-0327 Belzer Farms/ Taylor Miller, Lee’s Summit, Mo..............816-305-7490 Biglieni Farms, Republic, Mo..........................................417-827-8482 Blacktop Farms, Mitchell, S.D.......................................605-996-0196 C&M Herefords, Nara Visa, N.M.................................575-403-7971 Crane, Larry, Mitchell, S.D............................................605-996-8791 Curry Herefords, McAlester, Okla.................................918-623-6677 Deppe Bros., Maquoketa, Ia........................................... 563-599-5035 Diamond Ring Rnach, Taylor, Neb............................... 308-214-0852 Falling Timber Farms, Marthasville, Mo....................... 636-358-4161 Hidden Oaks Ranch, Hamilton, Texas..........................254-386-5699 Hoffman Ranch, Thedford, Neb....................................530-604-5096 JC Cattle Co., Junction City, KS.....................................785-770-7469 K7 Herefords, Lockridge, Ia........................................... 608-574-2309 Kegley Farms, Burlington, Wis.......................................414-254-2379

Landt Herefords Sire: ECR L18 Extra Deep 9279 DOB: 2/4/11

Beacon Hill Sire: CH Enuff Prophet 2913 DOB: 1/7/11

Curry Herefords Sire: HCC Legacy S01 ET DOB: 12/22/10

Sadler Herefords Sire: STAR TCF Lock-N-Load 300W ET DOB: 1/21/2011

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Landt Herefords, Union, Ia............................................641-486-5472 Lierle Cattle Service, Fort Cobb, Okla............................405-206-5551 Lovrien Show Cattle, Clarksville, Ia................................ 319-231-1334 Lowederman Cattle Co., Macomb, Ill............................309-833-5543 MCS Cattle Co., Elgin, Okla......................................... 580-595-1626 Niedermeyer Farms, Cook, Neb. ...................................402-864-2031 Prill, Shane, Wichita, Kan...............................................316-734-2558 Purple Reign Cattle Co., Toulon, Ill.............................. 309-995-3013 Sadler Herefords, Perkins, Okla...................................... 405-334-2752 Sorensen, Mike and Family, Greenfield, Ia.....................641-745-7949 Stream Cattle Co., Chariton, Ia......................................641-774-8124 Thompson Herefords, Osceola, Ia.................................. 816-284-3276 Towner Farm, Girard, Kan.............................................620-724-6636 Wirth Polled Herefords, New Richmond, Wis................715-247-5217 Worrell Enterprises, Mason, Texas...................................210-241-4925 Ward, Randall, McAlester, Okla. ...................................918-421-1232

K7 Herefords Sire: ECR L18 Extra Deep 9279 DOB: 2/7/11

Hoffman Ranch Sire: Golden-Oak 4J Maxium 28M DOB: 1/2/2011

C&M Herefords Sire: THM Durango 4037 DOB: 2/26/11

Blacktop Farms Sire: MSU TCF Titleist 2T ET DOB: 1/21/2011 www.hereford.org

Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011 â&#x20AC;¢ 3:00 p.m. Sale Features: Full sister to About Time, 3 units of Tundra seman and 3 embryo packages

Blacktop Vicky 028 ET 2011 National Western Reserve Grand Polled Female. Purchased in the 2010 Ladies of the Royal Sale.

Belzer Farms/Taylor Miller Sire: STAR TCF Shock & Awe 158W ET DOB: 3/13/11

Diamond Ring Ranch Sire: UPS Odyssey 6207 DOB: 3/21/11

Hidden Oaks Ranch Sire: LaGrand Reload 80P ET DOB: 9/17/11

Randall Ward Sire: HH Advance 8203U ET DOB: 4/12/11

Kegley Farms Sire: KF Load Out 8 DOB: 2/2/11

Worrell Enterprises Sire: Purple Milsap 45S DOB: 4/27/11

Lovrien Show Cattle Sire: CRR About Time 743 DOB: 4/5/11

Sadler Herefords Sire: GO Excel L18 DOB: 2/15/11

Mike Sorenson Family Sire: Golden Oak Outcross 18U DOB: 1/9/11

Purple Reign Cattle Sire: Purple Currency 24U ET DOB: 4/3/11

Towner Farm Sire: SHF Rib Eye M326 R117 DOB: 9/6/10

Biglieni Farm Sire: TH JWR SOP 16G 57G Tundra 63N DOB: 2/17/11

Niedermeyer Farms Steer Sire: STAR NK Gr8Expectations 78W ET

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JC Cattle Company Steer Sire: GO Larry W26

Hoffman Ranch Steer Sire: KJ HVH 33N Redeem 485T ET

JC Cattle Company Steer Sire: GO Larry W26

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“We precondition and source- and age-verify our calves because we’re doing what the feedlots want.” — Chuck Kohlbeck

The Customer Is Always Taking customers’ needs to heart enhances Montana Hereford breeder’s operation. by Wendy Mayo

cull for a lot of things. Our buyers want bulls they can keep for four or five years — or longer — to get their investment back.” But, Kohlbeck says, his bull buyers weren’t the only ones influencing his marketing decisions. It also was important to listen to his feedlot customers. “We precondition and sourceand age-verify our calves because we’re doing what the feedlots want,” Kohlbeck says. “It was an easy decision. It’s another 25 cents a pound for us when we sell those calves. Getting into a good health program and good vaccine program, especially from branding on, pays for itself.” Additionally, fitting SelectVAC®, a documented preconditioning program, into his current herd health plan was a simple transition because he and his veterinarian were already vaccinating and deworming all of the Kohlbecks’ cattle. “You have a list of things to vaccinate for through the program and you just make sure you follow that list, so SelectVAC is really easy to follow,” Kohlbeck says. “We sell our calves at a Hereford-influence sale, and we’ve sold our calves at the top of the sale since it started because we do the age and source verification and preconditioning through SelectVAC.” In the nearly 10 years they have been preconditioning their calves, they have never had a report of one calf being pulled or sick. “That’s why these guys are willing to pay a few more cents per pound for our cattle,” Kohlbeck says. “They know they’re healthy.”

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hen Chuck and Kathy Kohlbeck decided to return to the family’s Hereford seedstock operation in 1981, they knew they would need to make a few updates to ensure its success and longevity. “We eliminated some things we used to do, such as selling 2-year-old bulls,” Kohlbeck says. “I don’t know anyone who can afford to keep 2-year-old bulls anymore. Now, we have a quicker turnaround because we only market yearling bulls.” But that wasn’t the only change at Storey Hereford Ranch in Bozeman, Mont. Kohlbeck says

they took another look at the bulls they had been keeping, reducing the number of bull calves by 60% to ensure they are raising only the best. And, they changed from horned to polled Herefords to suit their customers’ and the industry’s changing desires and needs. In fact, Kohlbeck relies on frequent feedback from his commercial customers. This helps him gauge customer needs and price points. The result is Kohlbeck can help buyers select bulls that will fit into their individual operations and budgets. “We have worked with these guys enough — and they’ve worked with us enough — that they believe in our product,” Kohlbeck says. “We rigidly

Gerald Stokka, DVM, veterinary operations, Pfizer Animal Health, agrees. “Calf preconditioning is one of the most demonstrated ways producers can add value to their animals and market healthier calves,” Stokka says. “And, sellers aren’t the only ones who can reap the preconditioning rewards — buyers also can profit from purchasing preconditioned calves.” In fact, Stokka says, buyers can expect to see reduced health risk, lower treatment costs, less labor and handling, and less stress from preconditioned calves. “Calves that were preconditioned following the WeanVAC® designation through SelectVAC were four times less likely to get sick than calves with an unknown health history and gained 36 lb. more in the first 85 days on feed,” Stokka says. When choosing a preconditioning program, Stokka says producers should look for highly credible programs with third-party verification. “SelectVAC is a well-known preconditioning program with established credibility, quality products and an excellent track record,” Stokka says. Kohlbeck says preconditioning calves through the SelectVAC program just makes good sense when it comes to marketing their feeder calves. “It’s really simple,” he says. “From what we have seen when we watch the Superior Livestock sales, someone says, ‘These cattle have been through the SelectVAC program,’ and the price goes up.” HW

A good health program, as well as backgrounding calves before marketing, yields more dollars for the Kohlbecks.

Storey Hereford Ranch now markets yearling Hereford bulls.

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THE FALL SCHEDULE

Entry Deadline October 11 November 15 December 13

Sale October 25 November 29 December 27

BuyHereford Breeder Sales The Journagan Ranch/Missouri State University video sale catalog will be featured on BuyHereford.com. This sale is slated for October 8, 2011, Springfield, Mo. Contact Marty Lueck for more information at 417-838-1482. The Fall Harvest Collection Vol. 1 Internet Sale will also be featured on BuyHereford.com October 3-10, 2011 with the auction being on October 10, 2011. Show heifer prospects will be a feature of this sale for AbraKadabra Cattle Co., Columbia, Mo.; McMillen’s Toothacre Ranch, Walnut Grove, Mo.; Malone Hereford Farm, Emporia, Kan.; and Biglieni Farms, Republic, Mo. Contact Tom Biglieni at 417-827-8482 for more information. Curry Herefords Internet Female Sale — Auction will be on October 20, 2011, McAlester, Okla. Featuring heifer prospects sired by TFR Cyrus 225 and a show hefier prospect out of HH Miss Advance 4016P. For more information, contact Curtis Curry 918-521-4629. Falling Timber Farm Internet Bred Heifer Sale, November 9, 2011. This sale features 20-head of quality bred heifers all ultrasounded safe to calve to SHF Rib Eye M326 R117, Sparks Trend 2007 and KCF Bennett 9126J R294 in January 2012. For more information contact John Ridder 636-358-4020.

Feature Lots — October BuyHereford

Selling three embryos Oct. 25 by HH Miss Advance 1088L x CL 1 Domino 7128T

LJR Dawn 60R, a featured cow in the Journagan/Missouri State sale!

A super Revolution daughter selling Oct. 25.

This heifer sells in the Fall Harvest Collection.

BuyHereford.com — The new place to buy and sell Hereford genetics. For more information, contact Dennis Schock, BuyHereford.com manager, 903-815-2004 or dschock@hereford.org, or your AHA field representative or Joe Rickabaugh, AHA, 816-218-2280 www.hereford.org

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Management Tips

All in the Grade Tips to help producers understand feeder cattle grading. by Troy Smith

f you’re in the business of marketing feeder cattle, you might follow the market by checking prices paid at local auction markets or by checking information received through some market reporting service. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) issues feeder cattle price summaries for various marketing regions. Monitoring the market through these price reports can help a producer get a feel for what his or her feeder cattle might be worth. But the information is probably most useful to the producer who understands the terminology used

by market reporters. For example, let’s say a report summarizing feeder cattle sales said “Medium and Large 1” steers weighing 500 to 600 lb. earned prices ranging from $149.60 to $155.12 per hundredweight (cwt), while “Medium and Large 1-2” steers of the same weight class fetched prices ranging from $144.13 to $160/cwt. Does the average producer understand that the value difference between those groups of steers was related to feeder cattle grade? Does the average producer know to which group his or her feeder calves might compare? Producers probably understand if they trade a lot of feeder cattle,

says Corbitt Wall, who supervises USDA market reporting in Missouri. But Wall thinks plenty of producers — and particularly those not “in the market” frequently — may not really understand feeder cattle grading. Differences in grade account for differences in prices paid for cattle in the examples cited above. A lack of understanding is nothing to be ashamed of, but having a grasp of feeder cattle grading concepts can enhance feeder cattle marketing efforts. At the very least, a producer will understand the feeder cattle descriptions used in USDA market reports.

According to Wall, standards were established to describe various types of feeder cattle to create a common trade language between buyers and sellers. These standards are used to sort cattle at sales where cattle are officially graded and ownership commingled. They are used to officially describe cattle associated with contracts on the futures market. And, of course, the standards are used as a basis for federal-state livestock market reporting. “Feeder cattle grades are based on differences in frame size and muscling. Those are the two most important factors affecting value. Basically, we’re looking for the feeder calf’s potential to produce a Choicequality carcass when it reaches slaughter weight,” explains Wall. “We look at frame size, because it’s related to the weight at which an animal ought to produce a carcass that will grade Choice. Large-framed animals typically require more time in the feedlot to reach a given carcass quality grade and will weigh heavier than small-framed animals would weigh at the same grade. We look at muscle thickness in a feeder calf as an indication of lean meat yield. Thicker muscled animals will have more lean meat.” Wall says feeder cattle grading standards recognize three frame size categories: L (large), M (medium) and S (small). Muscle thickness is scored numerically from 1 to 4 (see accompanying charts). Animals scoring No. 1 would be at least moderately thick and full in the forearm and gaskin, showing a rounded appearance through the back and loin areas, with moderate width between the legs, both front and rear. No. 2 feeder cattle must display at least slight thickness of

USDA feeder-cattle grading standards for frame Large frame

Medium frame

Small frame

Typical minimum qualifications for this grade, are thrifty, have large frames, and are tall and long bodied for their age.

Typical minimum qualifications for this grade, are thrifty, have slightly large frames, and are slightly tall and slightly long bodied for their age.

Feeder cattle included in this grade are thrifty, have small frames, and are shorter bodied and not as tall as specified as the minimum for the medium frame grade.

Expected weight to grade Choice Steers Heifers Large + Large Large - 1,250 lb. 1,150 lb.

Expected weight to grade Choice Steers Heifers Medium + Medium Medium - 1,100 lb. 1,000 lb.

Expected weight to grade Choice Steers Heifers Small + 1,100 lb. 1,000 lb. Small Small -

Source: October 2000 USDA Agricultural Marketing Service publication U.S. Standards for Grades of Feeder Cattle.

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USDA feeder-cattle grading standards for muscle thickness

No. 1

Moderately thick and full in the forearm and gaskin, showing a rounded appearance through the back and loin with moderate width between the legs, both front and rear.

muscling throughout and slight width between the legs. A No. 3 muscle score denotes thin muscling and close-set legs, as may be typical of animals with a significant amount of dairy breeding. Muscle score No. 4 would describe animals which have less thickness than the minimum requirements for No. 3. This system creates 12 possible combinations for grading thrifty feeder cattle, using an appropriate frame size coupled with an appropriate muscle score. “Thrifty,” says Wall, is the term used to describe cattle that are healthy and should respond favorably to normal feeding and management practices. A thirteenth grade, “Inferior,” exists for feeder cattle which are unthrifty due to injury, disease, parasitism or mismanagement. “Double-muscled” animals also are included in the Inferior grade. Despite the volume of muscle they produce, they are unable to produce carcasses with sufficient marbling to grade Choice. “So, a large frame No. 1 (L1) feeder calf would be of large frame size — tall and long-bodied for its age — and the kind of steer we would expect to have a half-inch of fat over its twelfth rib and produce a Choice carcass when finishing at 1,250 lb. or more. No. 1 means the calf has at least moderately thick muscling throughout,” says Wall. “Nearly everyone thinks they raise No. 1s, but most people don’t. No. 2s are far more common.” In practical application, muscle score 4 is almost never used. Wall says it would describe “the sorriest one you ever saw, just before it died.” Consequently, feeder cattle market summaries typically report prices for feeder cattle graded according to the three frame sizes and just three muscle scores. In examples from a September, St. Joseph, Mo., report, both groups contained a mix of large and medium frame cattle, but the first group was well-muscled and demanded higher prices than the second group representing a mix of cattle with muscle scores of 1 and 2. “Assuming the cattle are healthy,” says Wall, “grading feeder cattle is about frame size relative to age, and muscling. Muscling is pretty important.” HW www.hereford.org

No. 2

Slightly thick and full in the forearm and gaskin, showing a rounded appearance through the back and loin with slight width between the legs, both front and rear.

No. 3

Thrifty and thin through the forequarter and the middle part of the rounds. The forearm and gaskin are thin and the back and loin have a sunken appearance.

No. 4

Thrifty, with less thickness than the minimum requirements specified for the No. 3 grade.

Source: October 2000 USDA Agricultural Marketing Service publication U.S. Standards for Grades of Feeder Cattle.

SATURDAY, OCT. 15, 2011 11 a.m. — Harrisville, W.Va.

SELLING 65 LOTS Guest Consignors David Law & Sons, Harrisville, W.Va..................................................304-643-4438 Grandview Hereford Farm, Beaver, W.Va.............................................304-763-4929 Westfall Polled Hereford Farm, Spencer, W.Va.....................................304-927-2104 Cottage Hill Farm, Petersburg, W.Va...................................................304-257-1040 Ralph Ullman & Sons Polled Herefords, Graysville, Ohio...................740-228-2253

Auctioneer: John Spiker

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Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011 • Noon Hosted by Roth Hereford Farm, Windsor, Mo.

8 miles northwest on Hwy. 2, then 1 mile south on Hwy. J 0135

A great heifer sired by CRR About Time 743 out of our donor dam, LT Miss P305 233Z 210, who is sired by PW Bar B Phantom.

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A super daughter of THM Durango 4037 out of a 2-year-old daughter of Demolition.

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A superb daughter of RHF Mobile 616S out of our donor dam, LT Miss P305 233Z 210, who is sired by Bar B Phantom.

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A daughter of the popular STAR Bright Future 533P out of NJW 62E Emma 22L.

Glengrove Tally T19

A power cow with a long, strong hip and big top. Her sire is a former grand champion bull at the Ozark Empire Fair and a 19D donor dam for us. Pasture exposed and safe in calf to CMF 829 Wagon Boss 4U.

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A son of THM Bodacious 6108 out of the donor cow, 6S, a daughter of SSF JJD Shrek, who also sells.

A daughter of KJ C&L J119 Logic 023R out of a daughter of BKR Triple Plus 73C 20L. Tremendous quality in this heifer out of a 2-year-old. Her dam also sells.

A daughter of KJ C&L J119 Logic 023R out of a daughter of TRM 37E 121 King 3238 that is out of a daughter of DRF JWR Prince Victor 71I. A great stacked pedigree here!

Sale Managed by:

Dale Stith, Auctioneer

Jim and Linda Reed • P.O. Box 126 • Green Ridge, MO 65332 660-527-3507 • Cell 417-860-3102 • reedent@iland.net www.reedent.com

Glengrove Farm Bob and Gretchen Thompson 12905 C.R. 4010 • Rolla, MO 65401 573-341-3820

Steinbeck Farms 2322 Drake School Rd. Herman, MO 65041 573-680-0954

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See catalog at www.reedent.com

Roth Hereford Farm

Ed & Carol 1146 NE Hwy. J, Windsor, MO 65360 660-694-2569 • 660-694-0141 Fax Eddie, Mary, Lane and Levi 660-647-9907 croth745@earthlink.net

Rohlfing Farms Polled Herefords Garrett and Gene Rohlfing 5203 Bluff Rd. • Valmeyer, IL 62295 618-935-2594 Garrett cell 618-741-7642 • Gene cell 618-580-6912

Jim and Linda Reed P.O. Box 126 • Green Ridge, MO 65332 660-527-3507 • Fax 660-527-3379 reedent@iland.net • www.reedent.com

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A Bountiful ‘Harvest’ for Youth “The Harvest” fundraiser generated more than $292,000 for youth.

ereford youth reaped the benefits Aug. 20 as Hereford breeders enjoyed the picturesque landscape, Certified Hereford Beef (CHB®) and Kunde wine during “The Harvest” fundraiser. More than 175 Hereford enthusiasts gathered on Boot Hill at the Kunde Family Estate while 100 online viewers and 44 registered bidders participated online. The auction benefiting the Hereford

Youth Foundation of America (HYFA) raised more than $292,000 to support Hereford youth. The auction featured embryos from the breed’s most prominent donors, flushes, semen and heifers, as well as one-of-a-kind items including vacation getaways, historic Hereford artwork and commemorative wine bottles. Topping the sale was the 2012 National Finals Rodeo Vacation Package consigned by Curtis Younts

The Mickelsons (Jamie, Bobby, Marcia and Jim) were presented one of the 10 limited edition historic Hereford Giclee prints that were offered during the auction. The canvas prints raised $21,700 during the auction.

and Son, Belton, Texas. The Las Vegas trip sold for $20,500 to the Wicker family of Canadian, Texas. Special labeled wine bottles generated $20,400, historic Hereford prints raised $21,700, Hereford genetics $85,000 and travel packages and other consignments totaled $68,000. A highlight of the evening was when George and Karen Sprague of Bar One Ranch, Eugene, Ore., gifted $100,000 to HYFA (see “Spragues contribute $100,000 to Hereford youth” on Page 48). The event was hosted at Kunde Family Estate in Sonoma, Calif., by the Jim and Marcia Mickelson family. The sale was managed by National Cattle Services Inc., Eddie and Ruth Sims. All proceeds went to HYFA’s $5 million capital endowment campaign to benefit scholarships and education for Hereford youth across the nation. “On behalf of the Hereford Youth Foundation of America board

of directors, I would like to thank everyone for their generous support of ‘The Harvest’ fundraiser. Hereford enthusiasts traveled from across the country to support HYFA’s mission and it was very rewarding to see the enthusiasm and passion that attendees showed through their contributions for Hereford youth,” says Ray Ramsey, HYFA president. “The excitement surrounding the event and the funds generated for scholarship and education will benefit the entire Hereford breed. The foundation’s longterm goal is $5 million, but we have set a short-term goal to raise $1 million in the next year. Thanks to all the donors who supported “The Harvest” auction, we are one-third of the way there.” See Page 35 for a complete list of donors, including consignors and buyers. Visit HerefordYouthFoundation.org for more information about HYFA, or contact Amy Cowan at 816-842-3757 or acowan@hereford.org.

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KCF Bennett M326 S380 Powerful new sire group BW 6.3; WW 67; YW 109; MM 22; M&G 55; FAT 0.003; REA 0.53; MARB

0.22

Sires of 2011 Offering…

KCF Bennett 10H S252 {CHB,DLF,HYF,IEF} DS Spartan 8008 {DLF,HYF,IEF} Sire: 5S Exceptional new sire in our lineup! Our 2009 top seller at $14,500 to Upstream. Incredible spread numbers and backed by industry greats 552, Legend, Online, 9126J and CL 1 Dominet 496.

Great young sire in our program recently leased by ABS. Moderate framed, deep ribbed, easy fleshing sire group known for overall dimension and eye appeal. Progeny topped our 2010 fall sale! BW 2.7; WW 60; YW 91; MM 28; M&G 59; FAT 0.060; REA -0.08; MARB 0.39

BW 0.7; WW 66; YW 105; MM 21; M&G 54; FAT 0.035; REA 0.62; MARB 0.24

Lower Labor, Input and Feed Costs...

✔Fast Early Growth ✔Moderate Mature Size ✔More Muscle ✔Lower Birth Weights ...A longtime focus on easy fleshing, big ribbed cattle with more carcass REA and MARB!

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HH Advance 8141U {DLF,IEF}

Holden’s 2009 second top seller at $22,000 to Upstream, Dixon and Spencer. Tremendous new sire group with balanced growth and maternal excellence.

BW 2.5; WW 52; YW 83; MM 26; M&G 52; FAT 0.114; REA -0.04; MARB 0.32

Sat. November

19, 2011

75 spring yearling bulls

80 fancy red and red baldie bred heifers

from Wilson Ranch, Lakeside, Neb., bred AI to Conquest and cleaned up with Spencer bulls

New Total Performance Genetics For America’s Cowmen

Spencer Herefords

Dale Spencer and Family • www.spencerherefords.com 308-547-2208 • Cell 308-870-1784 • 43500 East North Loup Rd. • Brewster, NE 68821

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Spragues contribute $100,000 to Hereford youth George and Karen Sprague of Bar One Ranch, Eugene, Ore., gifted $100,000 to the Hereford Youth Foundation of America (HYFA) during “The Harvest” fundraiser for youth Aug. 20 at Kunde Family Estate. “This generous gift by the Spragues brings us one step closer to reaching the $5 million dollar goal set by the HYFA,” says Amy Cowan, American Hereford Association director of youth activities and foundation. “George and Karen have been involved in academia for many years, the past 30 years at University of Oregon. Together they have a passion for Herefords and youth.” Because of this generous donation, an annual Bar One Ranch Scholarship will be presented by HYFA and given in memory of Ken Tracy of Split Butte, who lost his battle with cancer prior to “The Harvest.” “Ken was a huge supporter of Hereford youth,” Cowan says. “Combined with George and Karen’s passion for education and leadership, this scholarship will leave a lasting legacy honoring two great Hereford families.” HW

Attendees enjoyed touring the caves where Kunde wine is aged. The caves are built deep into the hillside behind the winery and include more than 32,000 square feet of tunnels and can house more than 6,000 barrels of wine.

Jim Mickelson and his family hosted Hereford breeders during the two-day event in the beautiful Sonoma Valley.

Jim and Marcia Mickelson and John Dudley discuss grape ripening and the harvesting process.

Chateau St. Jean Winery was a stop during the Saturday tours. Guests enjoyed wine tasting and browsing in the visitor center.

During the Friday night welcome reception, Williams and Ree, “The Indian and the White Guy” entertained guests following a CHB tri-tip dinner at the Kunde Family Estate.

Wine tasting was also enjoyed at Landmark Winery on Saturday.

Participants enjoyed lunch Saturday on the “Mountain Top” at Kunde Family Estate.

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While touring the Kunde Family Estate, participants had a chance to view the bulls that will sell in the Sonoma Mountain Herefords’ production sale in October.

“The Harvest” auction was managed by Eddie and Ruth Sims. www.hereford.org

Range Developed Herefords 55 years of dry range condition genetics

Annual Beef Country Breeders Bull Sale December 7, 2011 Beef Country Breeders • Selling 50 2-year-old bulls — Ultrasounded for REA and MARB

Herd Sires

KC L1 Domino 07016 BW 4.0; WW 54; YW 78; MM 22; M&G 48; FAT -0.002; REA 0.40; MARB -0.14

F 157K Ribstone 763 BW 4.5; WW 64; YW 104; MM 37; M&G 68; FAT -0.013; REA 0.49; MARB 0.22

CL 1 Domino 540R BW 2.9; WW 40; YW 63; MM 21; M&G 41; FAT -0.021; REA 0.27; MARB -0.07

B Noble Lad 8016 BW 4.4; WW 59; YW 97; MM 19; M&G 48; FAT 0.003; REA 0.70; MARB -0.02

Rugged, Sound Rancher Bulls — Developed for Big Country

Brillhart Ranch Co. Box 185 • Musselshell, MT 59059 Ben 406-947-2222 Wayne 406-947-2511 brill44@midrivers.com

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J&L Cattle Services Stock is

BULLISH ...

JLWG 67J Uela R19 U3

P42933957 She and her heifer calf were the top selling lot in the 2010 Mid-Atlantic Fall Bonanza for Grassy Run Resources Inc. at $5,900.

The next opportunity to purchase J&L stock will be at the J&L AND GUESTS SALE, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011, at 12:30 p.m. in Jeromesville, Ohio.

HEREFORD ASSOCIATION www.buckeyeherefords.com

10914 Main Rd. Berlin Heights, OH 44814 Lisa Finnegan Keets, Secretary 440-320-6193 ohioherefordlady@yahoo.com

Helsinger Polled Herefords

Chris, Sarah, Grant and Lindie Helsinger 6518 Farmersville-Germantown Pike Germantown, OH 45327 937-855-0491 937-751-9841 cell cshelsinger@gtownonline.com Calvin, Carman and Collin Helsinger 6568 Farmersville-Germantown Pike Germantown, OH 45327

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These females and others were purchased as heifers from J&L and topped sales or produced sale toppers for their new owners. JLCS M18 Robin 3099 R28 P42586099 Sale topper in the 2011 Mead Program Sale at $8,100 for R28 and her heifer calf.

CATTLE SERVICES

Banks Polled Herefords

Doug and Jane Banks 513-726-6876 Brian Banks 513-200-4248 5590 Wayne Milford Rd. Hamilton, Ohio 45013 dbanks3878@aol.com

Berg Polled Herefords

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Where Legends are born.â&#x20AC;? Jerry and Mary Ann Berg 16821 Withrich Rd. P.O. Box 224 Dalton, OH 44618 330-857-7967 330-465-6185 cell jwberg@bright.net

Ralph E. Ullman & Son

POLLED HEREFORDS

38585 St. Rt. 26 Graysville, OH 45734 Keith Ullman 740-934-9321 Cell 740-228-2253 info@ullmanherefords.com

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

Mohican

Polled Hereford Farms Conard and Nancy Stitzlein 4551 State Rt. 514 Glenmont, OH 44628 330-378-3421 stitz@bright.net Matt Stitzlein 330-231-0708 cell

Rod, Tammy, Brandi and Cody 2016 Rd. 20 Continental, OH 45831 419-303-4060

Home of SHF Red Oak

Polled Herefords Paul and Marsha Farno Eaton, Ohio Luke, Sarah and Jacob Farno Tipton, Indiana 937-456-6842 pmfeaton@infinet.com

Grandview Hereford Farms

F A M I L Y Jim and Beth Herman 6753 C.R. C75 Edgerton, OH 43517 419-298-2078

Farno

8570 Shannon Rd. Dresden, OH 43821

Jay and Becky Reed 5890 Moorefield Rd.

Cecil Jordan 740-828-2626

Springfield, OH 45502

Jeff Jordan 740-828-2620 or 740-704-4807 cell

937-342-0629

Jay cell 937-605-4218

Janet Quaintance 937-399-9349 grandview5890@att.net www.hereford.org

Micheli Hereford Ranch Sale: October 26, 2011 • 1 p.m.

The place to find nationally competitive genetics at reasonable prices for the commercial man.

UPS TCC Nitro 1ET {DLF,HYF,IEF} • Sons sell

5.3 .80

64 .70

3.7 .60 72 .47

106 .65

113 .45

12 .19

22 .17

M&G 44

M&G 58

FAT 0.016 .36

FAT 0.006 .13

REA 0.70 .37

REA 0.77 .18

MARB -0.03 .33

MARB 0.03 .10

CC Franchize 39T {IEF,DLF}

• Sons sell

These Bulls Sell!

Micheli Hereford Ranch P.O. Box 15, Ft. Bridger, WY 82933 Dale 307-782-3469 Ron 307-782-3897 dmicheli@bvea.net

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Sale Date: October 26, 2011 Lunch at 11:30 a.m. Sale at 1 p.m. at the Ranch

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Management Tips

Livestock Fence and the Law by Troy Smith

o your livestock fences meet the law’s requirements? Some livestock owners may be unaware that state laws prescribe when a fence is required, what kind of fence it should be and who has responsibility for building and maintaining it. Familiarity and compliance with requirements for a lawful or legal fence could help livestock owners avoid disputes with neighboring landowners and might also help minimize liability issues. While many states have relatively few state statutes pertaining to agricultural issues, every state has a fence law statute, says University of Missouri Emeritus Professor Steven Matthews, director of the Missouri Agricultural Law Center. “The original American colonies adopted the English Common Law,” explains Matthews. Common Law, or case-made law, puts the burden of responsibility on livestock owners to keep their animals from trespassing on a neighbor’s property. However, some states departed from Common Law, requiring crop farmers to fence their fields to keep free-ranging cattle out.

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“While states often first defined ‘open range’ by statute, in doing so, they necessarily defined how a crop farmer could lawfully erect a ‘lawful fence’ and thus be allowed to collect damages or apply other remedies (to impound or kill trespassing livestock) if he first protected his land with a lawful fence,” adds Matthews. The definition of a lawful fence varies considerably among states and may include specific descriptions of acceptable fences constructed of rails, boards and stone and fences incorporating natural barriers such as cliff walls or bluffs. Even the requirements for a lawful barbed wire fence are variable from state to state.

State laws In some states, a legal barbed wire fence must be at least 36 inches high, while others call for minimum heights of 48 or 52 inches. The minimum number of strands of barbed wire required can vary from three to as many as eight. Some state codes require spacing between the wires to meet specific measurements. Requirements may call for fence posts to be placed at intervals of 20 feet, one rod (16.5 feet)

or other distances, sometimes depending on whether stays or pickets are used between posts. Different livestock species often are addressed, with different requirements for hog- or sheeptight fence than for cattle, horses and mules. Some state fence laws are more subjective. In some New England states, for example, the law reads as follows: “All fences four feet high and in good repair, consisting rails, timber, stone walls, iron or wire, and brooks, rivers, ponds, creeks, ditches and hedges, or other things which in the judgment of the fence viewers having jurisdiction thereof are equivalent thereto, are legal and sufficient fences.” In states requiring the services of “fence viewers,” the duty may go to local elected officials or, by appointment, to fence-savvy persons. It’s their job to determine if new fences are legal and to arbitrate fence-related disputes. In every state, however, plenty of fences on livestock operations fall short of specifications set down in law. For certain fences, that’s OK. The laws do not pertain to fences that subdivide a landowner’s pastures and fields.

They do apply to boundary fences and certainly those which serve as a partition between properties of neighboring landowners. And it’s over these fences that neighbors sometimes argue.

Fence disputes “In my opinion, based upon 35 years of Extension work and fielding fencing questions,” says Matthews, “the most common fence disputes are over fence boundaries, maintenance of existing fence and the replacement of an old fence.” According to Matthews, disputes over placement of an existing fence may arise when a piece of real estate changes hands and a land survey is performed to determine actual boundaries for the property. A survey may reveal that an existing “boundary” fence really doesn’t stand on the property line, but some distance to one side or the other. If the buyer of the property feels he is giving up too much of his newly acquired land to a neighbor, he may want the fence moved to align with the surveyed boundary. That might be agreeable to the neighbor, or it may not. If that neighbor has actually been using the land gained because of fence placement for a long enough period of time, he may be able to claim it through the doctrine of adverse possession, which is observed in all 50 states. “It basically means,” states Matthews, “an existing fence (that the previous landowner and the neighbor) regarded as being on the lawful boundary for a statutorily prescribed minimum of time, that such fence will re-establish the lawful boundary line.” States vary in the time required before someone can assert a claim of adverse possession. It may be as few as two years or as many as 60 years.

Neighbors and fences Neighboring landowners sometimes disagree over who has responsibility for building and maintaining fences. The answer, found in their state’s fence law, depends on whether it is a “fencein” or “fence-out” jurisdiction. “Most states are fence-in jurisdictions now,” says Roger McEowen, Director of the Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation, Iowa State University. “That means livestock owners are responsible for fencing in their livestock. In fence-out or openrange jurisdictions, crop farmers and other landowners must use fences to keep livestock out. “In application it’s not quite that simple. Statutes often require neighbors to share responsibility for maintaining boundary fences, even if one of them doesn’t have livestock,” adds McEowen. “That www.hereford.org

surprises a lot of people, but it’s that way in most of the major livestock-producing states.” In such instances, landowners might be required to equally share the cost of maintaining a boundary fence. Or, the law may state that each landowner is responsible for maintaining half of the fence — specifically that half which lies to his right when he stands on his side of the fence at the midway point and facing the fence. Typically, each party is responsible for the cost of the prescribed share of a legal fence, as defined by law. “You only have to pay for your share of a fence meeting minimum requirements, even if your neighbor wants a fence to make an enclosure as secure as Fort Knox,” says McEowen. A state might have it both ways, with fence-in or fence-out status determined at the county level. And while state statutes may determine minimum requirements for a legal fence, additional local codes may also apply. The ever more popular electric fence is a good example. A single electrically charged wire might qualify as a legal fence, according to some state statutes but not meet county requirements. McEowen advises livestock producers to be aware of their respective state and local laws.

The consequences What if a livestock owner’s boundary fences don’t meet requirements for a lawful fence? What if his cattle escape and cause damage to the neighbor’s crops? Worse yet, what if the cattle mix it up with highway traffic, resulting in a motorist’s injury or death? If an injured party brings a lawsuit against the livestock owner, does the kind of fence really matter? “It matters. Technically, a legal fence is required,” states McEowen. “With anything less, you’re more at the mercy of a complaining party.” Steven Matthews agrees that maintaining legal fences is a good defense. A good example comes from an actual Illinois case Matthews often used in his undergraduate Ag Law classes. In this particular case, a rancher’s horses had escaped onto a highway. A motorist whose vehicle struck one of the animals sued the rancher, citing negligence in failing to maintain a lawful fence. “The rancher’s attorney at trial offered evidence for the jury that the fence where the horses broke through was a corner section recently rebuilt and reinforced with extra posts and cross-posts and that the www.hereford.org

fence was flattened by the impact of the horses breaking through,” explains Matthews. “The jury apparently inferred that the animals got out through no fault of the rancher, even though there was no evidence that dogs had chased them or that a storm had spooked them. The rancher’s attorney also offered evidence that this rancher had a reputation for always maintaining good fences and that his livestock were not known to have escaped onto the highway before. The jury held there were no liability and no recovery for the motorist.” Matthews’ example brings up the point that, in spite of a good lawful fence, livestock may escape due to an “Act of God.” Events which a jury may consider plausible acts of God could include a storm-felled tree which takes down a fence or dogs chasing livestock through a fence. However, according to Matthews, jury consideration of such events is not meant to excuse negligence by livestock owners. A lawful fence is still required. Bob Kingsbery, Frisco, Texas, is a livestock management and fencing consultant who also provides “expert opinion” for court cases involving livestock related incidents. In cases involving cattle

or horses that wandered onto a highway and were hit by a vehicle, Kingsbery has been called upon to review the livestock owner’s fence and management practices and present testimony. He emphasizes that reputation matters. An injured party usually must prove the livestock owner was negligent. That’s harder to do when he has a reputation for good management, maintaining good fences and responding quickly if livestock do escape. In some states, a livestock owner may be required to prove that he was not negligent when his livestock escaped, so a history of good stewardship is invaluable. “Increasingly, accidents involving automobiles and livestock result in the livestock owner getting sued. That can happen whether he maintains legal fences or not,” says Kingsbery. “If he does end up in court, I can almost guarantee that he will be asked to explain his fence maintenance program. And they will find out what kind of reputation he really has.” Kingsbery reminds livestock owners that a fence built according to the state’s definition of a “legal fence” doesn’t automatically make it the best fence for every situation.

In an increasingly litigious society, the construction and maintenance of good fences represents an investment in risk management. “It depends on your purpose,” explains Kingsbery. “In Texas a four-wire fence, 48 inches high, is a legal fence. But it’s not the best fence for holding a set of bawling, just-weaned calves, when their mamas are in another field directly across the road. Neither is that kind of fence going to keep a bull separated from a set of cycling heifers. You need a fence that’s adequate for the purpose. Kingsbery, Matthews and McEowen agree there is wisdom in that old saying, “Good fences make good neighbors.” Meeting requirements for a lawful fence is the least a livestock owner should do. In certain situations, however, fences that meet the letter of the law might not be good enough. In an increasingly litigious society, the construction and maintenance of good fences represents an investment in risk management. And because no fence is foolproof, liability insurance can be a wise investment too. HW

Who is liable, landowner or tenant? Suppose you are the owner of some grazing land. It could be native range, improved pasture or wheat pasture. It might be a field with crop residue suitable for grazing. You own land with available forage but possess no livestock. So you rent the land to another party who stocks it with cattle. Then, one dark night, the ringing telephone brings you out of bed. It seems your tenant’s cattle have breached the fence surrounding your property and wandered onto the adjacent highway. Actually, the fence wasn’t too great, but there hadn’t been any problems until this night. But now, at least one escaped critter has been party to a fender bender. No one was injured but the owner of a banged-up automobile is mad and threatening to sue somebody for damages. Who should be worried about potential liability for damage to the motorist’s car? Is it you, as owner of the land, or your tenant, who actually owns the cattle? According to Terry Arthur, attorney for Kansas Farm Bureau, it’s hard to provide a pat answer since state and local laws can vary so much. However, both parties may have cause for concern. “Generally, a landlord is responsible for maintaining a legal fence,” says Arthur, noting that most state fence law language says “landowners” must maintain legal fences when and where they are required. And responsibility for escaped cattle would rest with the landowner if he provided custom grazing services including care of the cattle on his property. “But a tenant, as owner and manager of the livestock, is responsible for escaped cattle. It’s possible, however, that the complaint could come against both landlord and tenant,” Arthur adds. California attorney and cattleman William Thomas thinks it is likely that both landlord and tenant would be named in the suit. He’s seen it plenty of times. Typically, the landlord is included because fences are considered fixtures that go with the land he owns. Also, landowners are often viewed as having deep pockets. The tenant cattle owner would be named as having responsibility

for stewardship of the livestock. Thomas says the outcomes of such lawsuits usually depend on the particulars of the state’s fence law and whether that jurisdiction observes “comparative” or “contributory” negligence tort law liability. “In a comparative liability state, a jury usually assigns each party a percentage of responsibility,” explains Thomas. “In a contributory liability state, one party — either the landlord or the tenant — probably gets socked for the whole thing.” Other factors can muddy the water in situations like the one described, making it even more important for landowners and tenants to protect themselves. “It’s incumbent upon a landlord to make clear who is responsible for fences on the property in a lease with a tenant,” states Arthur, who recommends putting terms of the agreement in writing. “A lease agreement can be an overriding factor if it clearly assigns duties and responsibilities, including responsibility for maintaining fence and preventing cattle escape and trespass,” adds Thomas. “It doesn’t guarantee total immunity, but it sure helps.” HW

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NJW 98S

Durango 44U

7HP105 P42892264

Sire: THM Durango 4037 MGS: CL 1 Domino 9126J 1ET

Durango blends Calving Ease, Carcass and Cow Power with good looks, muscle and shape. This high-capacity wide body is a great choice for modern, high production cattle. From Ned and Jan Ward, Wyo. Fall 2011 AHA Sire Summary CE BW WW YW MM M&G MCE SC FAT REA MARB BMI$ CEZ$ BII$ CHB$ EPD 4.9 0.4 47 76 28 51 2.8 0.8 -0.015 0.28 0.09 18 19 15 25 Acc .18 .61 .46 .43 .16 .14 .29 .25 .26 .22 % Rank 10 10 10 15 20 20 25 10 20

GAR

$25 Semen $60 Certificate

Predestined

7AN222 AAA 13395344 Sire: 036 • MGS: EXT

The best beef bull in the business — and he’s proven! He sires sound, moderate-sized, easy fleshing cattle that excel on feed and on the rail. Predestined daughters make high capacity, great uddered cows — he makes super baldies! AAA EPDs as of 9/1/11

$25 Semen $20 Certificate

BAR JZ

Production Maternal

CED BW WW YW RADG YH SC DOC CEM Milk Dt/Hd $EN

Carcass CW Marb RE

C U

Fat Grp/Pg Grp/Pg

$Value $W

EPD 4 4.0 52 98 .0 -.1 .29 13 9 29 4467 8.00 31 1.24 .62 .042 126 6563 40.75 36.45 39.51 73.44 Acc .90 .98 .97 .95 .80 .97 .96 .94 .90 .93 922 % Rank

.87 .89 .88 .88 474 18512 15

Traditions Legend 463S

7HP101 P42693193

Sire: Feltons Legend 242 MGS: BAR JZ Tradition 434V

A standout in heifer AI programs, Tradition is moderate for size with a low BW EPD and comes from a proven pedigree. He is high for Marbling and excels for high $Profit Indexes.

Fall 2011 AHA Sire Summary

$15 Semen No Certificate

CE BW WW YW MM M&G MCE SC FAT REA MARB BMI$ CEZ$ BII$ CHB$ EPD 9.9 -0.5 44 67 18 40 2.8 .03 .07 .10 .34 19 23 14 24 Acc .28 .66 .50 .49 .20 .22 .33 .27 .28 .24 % Rank 1 3 20 3 20 1 20

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Service You Can Count On

At Federal Markets, CHB® is sold with an emphasis on exceptional service.

by Sara Gugelmeyer

tepping into a Federal Markets store is like stepping back in time. Instead of promises of rock-bottom prices, Federal promotes its top-quality products. Instead of frustratingly searching up and down endless aisles, customers are provided with service from the moment they walk in. And instead of one-size-fits-all products, customers can get what they want, how they want it at Federal. “It’s like an old-time butcher shop,” says Niagara Falls store manager John Hirtreiter. “We know a lot of the people by name. They

come in and tell us their stories and it’s more of a personal experience,” he says. Federal Markets has been doing business this way since 1930 and, for the last decade or so, has offered its customers the top-quality consistency of Certified Hereford Beef (CHB®).

Unique commitment to service

Federal’s Supervisor of Stores Tom Benzin explains that if you’re looking for quality meats in western New York, Federal is the place to go. There are 10 locations within about a 30-mile radius of Buffalo, and Benzin says it’s a type of store that is unique. “Everything that we do is very little self-service. It’s a one-on-one relationship between clerk and customer from the door to the end.” That relationship is based on providing the customer with the best meat available, and meat is the focus of the store. “You can’t come in here and buy a box of Cheerios,” Benzin says. “We might have a few hot sauces, breads and a few things like that, but we’re in the meat business.” He explains that in 1930, when the store was founded, that’s how all markets were. If you wanted meat, you went to the butcher shop; for breads you went to the bakery, and so on. There were no giant superstores open 24 hours a day. “The competition is tough today especially for a market that’s not open seven days a week,” Benzin says. “We are a Monday through Saturday from 8 to 6 operation. Our customers are dedicated people and we rely on their loyalty. We work very hard to keep Federal prides itself on service and quality, not rock-bottom prices. them satisfied.”

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Although Federal doesn’t offer the convenience of 24-hour-a-day one-stop shopping, there are many advantages to shopping its stores. “We have the ability to cut whatever the customer is looking for,” Benzin says. “If they’re looking for a steak that’s one and a half inches thick or a steak that’s exactly 12 ounces, we can do that. We also can wrap them individually for freezing or however the customer wants.” Hirtreiter says, “It’s a serviceoriented emphasis. Anything they want we’ll do. They want it chopped up in itsy-bitsy pieces and wrapped up a quarter pound in a package and we do that, no extra charge. “We also get questions, often on cooking. A lot of the customers aren’t sure how to cook something. They ask us about cooking and once in a while will even come in with a cookbook and say, ‘I need this; do you have it?’ If we don’t, we can get it. We’ll order anything.” Compare that with a supermarket atmosphere where most of the meat cutting isn’t even done on the premises, and Benzin says they don’t really even consider that as competition because what they’re offering is so much different.

Passionate about beef The quality is what drew them to Hereford beef, Benzin says. “We had always been a Choice beef store and we just weren’t happy with it. It was starting to get watered down and there was all these programs where they siphoned off the top end of the Choice. And frankly, the biggest disappointment was it just didn’t taste like anything anymore.” Benzin says they looked around and tried some Angus programs and natural meats and eventually settled on CHB from Greater Omaha Packing Co. “Between the flavor and consistency, it was a perfect match for us,” Benzin says. “We had finally found something that tasted like

beef from years ago. When you eat a Hereford steak you don’t need a bottle of A1 steak sauce or ketchup to try to mask some sort of flavor coming off that piece of meat.” Both the Federal employees and shoppers have been pleased ever since. “I swear by it and we get passionate about it. We have pork and chicken, but we’re known as a beef house,” Benzin says, “If you want the best beef in town, you’ve got to go to Federal Markets to get it.” It’s also important to remember that Federal operates on quality, not necessarily quantity. Benzin jokes, “We don’t want all the business; we just need a piece of it.” That’s not to say Federal doesn’t set some trends, however. “Quite a while back, the owner wanted to try cutting the tenderloin into portions and wrapping a piece of bacon around it,” Benzin says. “We’d never seen anything like that before around here. He wanted to display it in our meat cases.” Benzin cautioned that it was a risky idea because once the meat is cut and in the case, if it doesn’t sell in a day or two, it loses its effectiveness in the counter. It was a risk, but the customers loved them. Now the “gourmet tender,” as Federal calls it, is its most popular cut. What’s more, though, is the supermarkets are now offering that option. “Obviously they do come in our stores and see what we’re doing, because now you see them in the supermarkets,” Benzin says. “If you ask someone that’s lived in Buffalo all their life,” Benzin says, “‘Where’s the most expensive place to buy meat?’ They would say Federal Markets. If you asked them, ‘Where’s the least expensive?’ They would say everywhere else.” But Federal’s customers are willing to pay more for exceptional customer service, meat quality and consistency. And that’s how Benzin feels about dealing with CHB LLC and Greater Omaha, as well. “If I have a question and I want to call Brad (Ellefson, CHB LLC account manager),” Benzin says, “it’s not like I get a recording and push this button and that button. Nine times out of 10 when I call he actually answers the phone and it’s the same with Greater Omaha. To me, that’s important. We have a relationship. With the little account we are, he still checks in and makes sure everything’s OK. It makes us feel special.” Making customers feel special is what keeps Federal in business. And great-tasting CHB helps. Hirtreiter says, “The consistency is always there. We have no complaints on our steaks, ever. With the amount of steaks that we sell, we never get a complaint. So I am totally sold on Hereford beef.” HW www.hereford.org

Annual Production Sale Noon, Friday,

October 21, 2011, at the ranch

100 Bulls — 80 full 2-year-olds, 20 18-month-olds

40 3-year-old spring bred, registered Herefords bred to Hudgins Brahman bulls

Sale will also be broadcast on Superior Internet Auction and viewed at www.superiorlivestock.com

Our gates are always open for visitors!

Catalog will be online at w4ranch.com

www.hereford.org

Registered Herefords and Certified F-1s Bosque County, since 1961 Jay Wright, Manager • 254-635-4444 office 254-396-2584 mobile • jay@w4ranch.com P.O. Box 9 • Morgan, TX 76671 James and Joe Walker 817-595-1121

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In Passing Donald G. Gray, Mays, Ind., passed away June 2. Donald attended Purdue University and served in the Army in the Pacific Theatre and was part of the occupation of Japan. In 1946 he returned to the family farm, where he raised purebred Hampshire swine and polled Hereford cattle. He purchased a herd of horned Herefords in 1953 and began using polled genetics in 1958. He bred many champions over the years, and the Gray family hosted sales until 1983. He was a recipient of the Golden Breeder award and was a member of the Indiana Hereford Association Hall of Fame. Donald was known throughout the Midwest as a sale ringman, working with the Indiana Prairie Farmer and various auctioneers. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Norma Lee. He is survived by his wife, Mary Ann; children, Marilyn Roberts, Janet Sparks and Brian Gray; seven grandchildren; nine greatgrandchildren; four stepchildren; and 21 step-grandchildren and step-greatgrandchildren.

Bill Henderson Sr.

William R. “Bill” Henderson Sr., 79, Alliance, Neb., passed away June 17. Bill ranched in Sioux and Box Butte

Counties with his father and brother, raising Hereford cattle under the Earl Henderson & Sons banner. Following his father’s death, Bill and his brother, Jack, ranched together until the ranch was divided in recent years. At the time of his death, he ranched with his sons, Bill Jr. and Doug. Having been a 4-H member himself, he felt his proudest honor was being a Box Butte County 4-H leader. He became a 4-H leader when his oldest son joined in 1962, and remained one until 1985. Bill served on the board of directors for the Sandhill’s Cattle Association. He was a member of the Nebraska and American Hereford Associations. Bill and his family showed Hereford cattle on both a state and national level. He served as president of the local school board, secretary of the On Top Bull Sale and chairman of the election board. He was a Master Mason of Alliance Lodge 183 and was a member of the Elks for more than 60 years. He received the Rural Leadership Award from the Alliance Area of Commerce in 1972 and was named an Honorary FFA Chapter Farmer of the Alliance FFA. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Barbara; four children, Bill Jr., Doug, Ann Henderson and Carla Berglund; seven grandchildren; and a great-grandson.

Dale Kenneth Doyle, 80, Wolfe City, Texas, died June 19. Dale, along with his wife, Patricia, owned and operated Doyle Hereford Ranch and Doyle’s Garage and Body Shop. Surviving is his wife; sons, Mike and Terry; daughters, Cindy Brown and Stacey Nicholson; 12 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Johnny Floyd Summerour, 76, Dalhart, Texas, passed away July 2. He lived all his life at the Summerour Ranch doing what he loved to do — working and raising registered Hereford cattle. Johnny served as director for the Ft. Worth Stock Show and Rodeo Association for 15 years, president of the Texas Hereford Association for two years, president of the Panhandle Livestock Association and president of the Great Plains Hereford Association in Guymon, Okla. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, JoWayne; daughters, Melody Sample and Stephanie Sanders; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Wadie Boyd Glover, 66, Atoka, Okla., passed away July 8. Wadie was a longtime rancher. He was a member of the American Hereford Association (AHA) and the Oklahoma Hereford Association. After receiving his master’s, Wadie

was a teacher, coach and school administrator. He taught and coached for 20 years at Harmony and was superintendent at several Oklahoma schools. Wadie is survived by his wife, Rosa Lee; his children, Lora Rogers, Lisa Crawford and Amy Price; his mother, Kathryn; and six grandchildren. Lucas Reyes, Beeville, Texas, passed away July 15. Lucas was manager of the Hereford Pen Bull Sale for the South Texas Hereford Association. He was proud to point out that after selling more than 3,000 bulls, he never received a complaint from the hundreds of buyers. The South Texas Hereford Association selected Lucas as the 1982 honoree for its annual Hereford show and sale. Known as “Mr. Agriculture of South Texas,” he was a 50-year research scientist in agronomy for the Texas A&M University agriculture system, serving thousands of farmers and ranchers throughout Texas. He is credited for the vast improvement in production per acre in cotton, grain, sorghum, corn, wheat and flax. He authored more than 50 papers on soil and crop improvement in Texas. Lucas retired from the Texas A&M University system as a research scientist emeritus. He was preceded in death by his wife, Celia. He is survived by his sons, Hector and Joel; and daughter, Alma. HW

WEST VIRGINIA HEREFORD BREEDERS GRASSY RUN Farms

DAVID LAW & SONS

Polled Herefords Since 1954 Rt. 2, Box 36A Harrisville, WV 26362 Butch 304-643-4438

Certified and Accredited lawherefords.bravehost.com lawherefords@yahoo.com

McDonald Polled Herefords W. Michael McDonald Rt. 2, Box 215A Jane Lew, WV 26378 304-884-6669 Home 304-745-3870 Office 304-677-5944 Cell

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ghf Grandview Hereford Farm

600 Rocky Step Rd. Winfield, WV 25213 Gary Kale 304-586-1790 or 304-552-4464 Cell Aaron Glascock 304-312-7060

HAUGHT BROS. Ira Haught

HC 80, Box 15 Harrisville, WV 26362 304-643-4184 304-643-4186 Office ira@haughtlaw.com

Quality Hereford Cattle Ken and Chris Scott 2586 Grandview Rd. Beaver, WV 25813 304-763-4929 chance37@suddenlink.net

A. Goff & Sons 1661 Hazelgreen Rd. Harrisville, WV 26362 304-643-2196 agoffandsons@yahoo.com Since 1910 Celebrating our 101st Year

October 15, 2011

Oldest continuous Polled Hereford Herd in America Herd Sires: Beckleys 934S Ontime 816U, Boyd Payday 0023 ET, G Starview Rebel 110 811

Monumental, W.Va.

Registered Certified Accredited Polled Herefords John H. Brasuk Rt. 2, Box 211-A Fairmont, WV 26554 304-363-5918 Home 304-363-3118 Fax JHB470@aol.com

Registered Polled Hereford Cattle

W.C. Taylor Family HC 59 Box 265 Petersburg, WV 26847 Sonny 304-257-1557 Michael 304-257-1040 mwtaylor@frontiernet.net www.hereford.org

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Texas Hereford Fall Classic Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011 • 12 noon Buffalo Livestock Marketing, Inc. • Buffalo, Texas Sale barn phone 903-322-4940

Auctioneer: Leo Casas Sale broadcast live on:

Selling: 58 service age Hereford bulls, 400 replacement females, including 100 registered Herefords, commercial Herefords, Black Baldies, Hereford-Brahman and Angus-Brahman cross Consignors: Atlas Farms, Grandview B&H Herefords, Mesilla, N.M. Covered M Ranch, Floresville Steve Decker, Gilmer Flying S Cattle Co., Paluxy Nolan Herefords, Gilmer Rafter J Cattle Co., Abilene Larry Karrh, Boerne

R. Schlegel & Sons, Olney Fuston & Mehaffey, Turkey H2 Ranch & Cattle, Madisonville Warren Hohertz, Hearne Jackson Hereford Ranch, Ranger McMullin Ranch, Copperas Cove Prairie Meadow Herefords, Springfield, Ill. Spearhead Ranch, Copperas Cove

Joel McClatchy, Blum Mockingbird Hill Herefords, Mineral Wells Texas Stardance, LLC, Hamilton W4 Ranch, Morgan Wendee Whitehead, McDade Curtis Younts & Son, Belton Thomas Smith, Gatesville

For more information, contact:

Texas Hereford Association

texashereford@sbcglobal.net • www.texashereford.org Jack Chastain 817-821-3544 • Ty deCordova 903-390-6183 60

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East Tennessee Polled Hereford Assn.

White Pine, Tenn.—Aug. 20 Auctioneer: Dale Stith Reported by: Tommy Coley 3 bulls- - - - - - - - - - - $3,825; average - - - - - - - $1,275 43 females - - - - - - $61,820; average - - - - - - - $1,438 46 lots - - - - - - - - - $65,645; average - - - - - - - $1,427 femal es DW Miss 29F’s L egend 754, 9/6/07, by Feltons Legend 242, consigned by Diamond W Farm, Abingdon, Va., to William Vermillion, Bristol, Va.; and a January heifer calf by VPI DW FPH Class Act P414 to Frank Davis, Clinton- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $2,700 High Country Miss Classy, 7/1/06, by DR World Class 517 10H, consigned by Andrew Chastain, Danielsville, Ga., to Gary Smelcer, Dandridge; and an October heifer calf by UPS TCC Nitro 1ET to Jeffery and Hannah Bowling, Robbins- - - - - - - - - - - - $2,250

CL N Victra 817, 9/22/08, by Walker PRM Ruler 57H S57 576ET, consigned by Carlton Norris, Georgetown, to M&J Polled Herefords, Madisonville; and a September heifer calf by CLN Prince Victor 701, to White Hawk Ranch Inc., Marietta, Ga.- - - - - - - $2,050 MCF 2E Renee 8006 12R ET, 7/6/05, by H 8E Embracer 8006 and an April bull calf by HCC FPH HFF Lore U01, consigned by Fritts Polled Herefords, Elizabethton, to Diamond W Farm - - - - - - - - - $2,035

TF Four L Miss Wide L oad 6039S, 3/2/06, by AA PRF Wideload, consigned by Mud Creek Farms, Wartburg, to Whillock Farms, Kodak; and a February heifer calf by JWR L56 Round Up 071R ET to Notchey Creek Farms, Madisonville - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $2,000 HW

Barber Ranch Hereford Bull Sale

SAL E SUMMARY (U.S. sales reported in this summary occurred during the 2010-11 fiscal year.) No. Bulls Females Total Sale Sales No. Avg. No. Avg. No. Gross Avg. Consignment 1 3.00 $1,275 43.00 $1,438 46.00 $65,645 $1,427 Production 0 – – – – – – – Month Total 1 3.00 $1,275 43.00 $1,438 46.00 $65,645 $1,427 10/11 YTD 165 4,974.63 $3,937 5,963.50 $3,033 10,938.13 $37,672,850 $3,444

Wednesday, November 9, 2011 11:30 a.m. (CST)

Broadcast Live on RFD-TV Jordan Cattle Auction San Saba, Texas

CL 1 DOMINO 860U {DLF,IEF} 42897554 — Calved: Jan. 10, 2008 — Tattoo: LE 860

L1 DOMINO 03396 {CHB}{IEF,DLF} CL 1 DOMINO 637S 1ET 42692477 CL1 DOMINETTE 118L

L1 DOMINO 00552 L1 DOMINETTE 96893 {DOD} CL 1 DOMINO 888H 1ET CL 1 DOMINETTE 903J

CL1 DOMINO 1172L CL 1 DOMINETTE 5142R {DOD} 42571150 CL 1 DOMINETTE 810H

HH ADVANCE 767G 1ET {SOD,CHB}{IEF,DLF} CL 1 DOMINETTE 7192G {DOD} CL 1 DOMINO 640F CL 1 DOMINETTE 6117F

• CE 1.1; BW 4.6; WW 62; YW 113; MM 25; M&G 56; MCE -0.8; SC 1.4; FAT 0.046; REA 0.23; MARB 0.07; BMI$ 19; CEZ$ 14; BII$ 15; CHB$ 28

300 HEREFORD, ANGUS AND CHAROLAIS BULLS FOR SALE ANNUALLY BY PRIVATE TREATY. Bill King 505-832-4330 • 505-220-9909 Tom and Becky Spindle 505-832-0926 P.O. Box 564 • Stanley, NM 87056

Located five miles north of Moriarty on Hwy. 41, then 1.5 miles east.

www.hereford.org

Selling: • Hereford horned and polled service age bulls • Black baldie and F1 replacement females raised by our bull customers

Barber Ranch Dale and Mary Barber 806-235-3692 806-673-1965 Justin Barber 806-681-5528 10175 F.M. 3138 Channing, TX 79018 barberranch@wildblue.net www.barberranch.com October 2011 /

C The “Calendar” 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.

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1 Colyer Internet Heifer Sale, Bruneau, Idaho 1 Nelson Land and Cattle Co., Marietta, Okla. 1 Breeders Classic Sale, Gettysburg, Pa. 1 Curtis Polled Herefords Dispersion, Virgil, S.D. 1-2 Mud Creek Farms, German Valley, Ill. 1-2 Ohio Hereford Futurity Show, Dayton 2 East Texas State Fair Hereford Show, Tyler 2 Genetic Selection VIII, Spring Valley, Wis. 2 Tulsa State Fair Hereford Show, Tulsa, Okla. 5 Fryeburg Fair Hereford Show, Fryeburg, Maine 6 Virginia State Fair Hereford Show, Richmond 7 Dixie Classic Fair Hereford Show, WinstonSalem, N.C. 7-11 Harvie Ranching Internet Sale, Olds, Alberta 7 Keystone Nat’l Hereford Show, Harrisburg, Pa. 8 Georgia Nat’l Fair Jr. Show, Perry, Ga. 8 Journagan Ranch/Missouri State Un., Springfield, Mo. 8 Maryland Hereford Assn., Frederick 8 North Dakota Hereford Assn. Tour, Dickinson 8 On The Horizon Sale, Eugene, Ore. 8 Tulsa State Fair Jr. Hereford Show, Tulsa, Okla. 9 Dixie Classic Fair Jr. Hereford Show, Winston-Salem, N.C. 9 Ridgeview Farms and Guests, Alto, Mich. 10 Baldy Maker Bull Sale, McArthur, Calif. 10 Fall Harvest Collection Volume I Internet Sale on BuyHereford.com, Springfield, Mo. 11 Powell Herefords, Ft. McKavett, Texas 11 Switzerland of Ohio Polled Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Belle Valley 12-16 Cow Palace Grand Nat’l Stock Show Hereford Show, San Francisco, Calif. 12 Sonoma Mountain Herefords/Lambert Ranch Bull Sale, Kenwood, Calif. 13 Dudley Bros. Bull Sale, Comanche, Texas 14 Alabama National Fair Open and Jr. Hereford Shows, Montgomery 14 State Fair of Texas Hereford Show, Dallas 15 A. Goff & Sons, Harrisville, W.Va. 15 ANL Polled Herefords and Guests, Steelman, Sask. 15 Arkansas State Fair Jr. Hereford Show, Little Rock 15-23 Cow Palace Jr. Grand Nat’l Hereford Show, San Francisco, Calif. 15 Heartland Genetic Blend Hereford Sale, Perryville, Mo. 15 Jensen Bros., Courtland, Kan. 15 Take the Next Step Sale, Kisbey, Sask.

16 Arkansas State Fair Hereford Show, Little Rock 16 California Bullfest, Galt 16 Blair-Athol/Haroldsons and Friends, Alameda, Sask. 16 Circle D Energy & Cattle/Hill & Hollow Farm, Vincent, Ohio 16 Star Lake Cattle Ranch, Skiatook, Okla. 16 Langford Herefords/Perks Ranch, Okmulgee, Okla. 17 Square D Herefords, Langbank, Sask. 19 North Carolina State Fair Hereford Show, Raleigh 19 Texas Hereford Fall Classic, Buffalo 20 Curry Herefords on BuyHereford.com, McAlester, Okla. 20-21 South Carolina State Fair Hereford Show, Columbia 21 Kansas Hereford Feeder Calf Sale, Manhattan, Kan. 21-22 South Carolina State Fair Jr. Hereford Show, Columbia 21 W4 Ranch, Morgan, Texas 21-22 West River Livestock Show Open and Jr. Hereford Shows, Dickinson, N.D. 22 Debter Hereford Farms Bull Sale, Horton, Ala. 22 J&L Cattle Services and Guests, Jeromesville, Ohio 22 Northern Int’l Livestock Expo Hereford Show, Billings, Mont. 22 Oregon's Cascade Spectacular Sale, Redmond 23 Oregon's Cascade Spectacular Jackpot Show, Redmond 23 Tri-State Elite V Sale, Canfield, Ohio 24 Hill Vue Farm, Blairsville, Ga. 24 Tennessee Hereford Marketing Program Feeder Calf Sale, Columbia, Tenn. 25 BuyHereford.com Internet Auction 25 Kentucky Hereford Assn. State Sale, Stanford 25 Kentucky Hereford-Influenced Feeder Calf Sale, Stanford 25 Strang Herefords, Meeker, Colo. 26 Micheli Ranch Bull Sale, Ft. Bridger, Wyo. 26 Wooden Show Farms, Blackfoot, Idaho 27 State Fair of Louisiana Open and Jr. Hereford Shows, Shreveport 29 American Hereford Association Annual Membership Meeting, Kansas City, Mo. 29 Deana Jak Farms, New Enterprise, Pa. 29 Ladies of the Royal Sale, Kansas City, Mo. 30 American Royal Nat’l Hereford Show, Kansas City, Mo. 30 Hausner Cattle Co., Thomasville, Pa. 30 Red Carpet Sale, Wilton, Calif.

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Keystone International Livestock Exposition 2300 N. Cameron St., Harrisburg, PA 17110 717-787-2905, keystoneinternational.state.pa.us Show date: Oct. 7 Entry deadline: Aug. 31 Judge: Terri Barber, Austin, Texas

American Royal National Hereford Show 1701 American Royal Court, Kansas City, MO 64102 816-221-9800, americanroyal.com Show date: Oct. 30 Entry deadline: Sept. 10 Judge: Jeff Gooden, Iberia, Mo.

Ladies of the Royal Sale — Oct. 29

North American International Livestock Exposition National Hereford Show P.O. Box 36367, Louisville, KY 40233 502-595-3166, livestockexpo.org Show date: Nov. 17 Entry deadline: Oct. 1 Judge: Mark Ebeling, Cleburne, Texas

Bluegrass Stakes Sale — Nov. 16

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3-6 Shades of Red & White Online Bid-off Sale, Chapman, Kan. 4 Innisfail Farm Bull Sale, Madison, Ga. 4 Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Assn., El Reno 5 Burns Farms Bull Sale, Pikeville, Tenn. 5 Fallfest 2011, Michigan State Un., E. Lansing 5 Reynolds Herefords, Huntsville, Mo. 7 Missouri Hereford Assn. Hereford-Influenced Feeder Calf Sale, Eldon, Mo. 9 Barber Ranch Bull Sale, San Saba, Texas 9 Falling Timber Farm Internet Bred Heifer Sale on BuyHereford.com, Marthasville, Mo. 9 Westwind Ranch Bull Sale, Valier, Mont. 11-16 Big Gully Farm Internet Sale, Maidstone, Sask. 11 Rees Bros. Bull Sale, Morgan, Utah 12 Grandview CMR, Como, Miss. 12 Mid-Atlantic Fall Round-Up Jr. Show, Harrisonburg, Va. 12 Pride of the Pasture Sale, Freeport, Ill. 12 South Dakota Hereford Assn., Brookings 12 Virginia Hereford Assn., Harrisonburg 13 North American Int’l Livestock Exposition Jr. Heifer Show, Louisville, Ky. 15 Montana Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Three Forks 16 Bluegrass Stakes Heifer Sale, Louisville, Ky. 16 Montana Hereford Assn. Hereford Influenced Feeder Calf Sale, Three Forks 17 Largent & Sons, Kaycee, Wyo. 17 North American Int’l Livestock Exposition Nat’l Hereford Show, Louisville, Ky. 19 California/Nevada Polled Hereford Assn., Plymouth, Calif. 19 Nebraska Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Grand Island 19 Show-Me Polled Hereford Classic Sale, Windsor, Mo. 19 Spencer Herefords Bull Sale, Brewster, Neb. 20 California/Nevada Polled Hereford Assn. Jr. Jackpot Show, Plymouth 20 Nebraska Hereford Assn. Show Steer and Heifer Sale, Grand Island 25 College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, Mo. 26 Able Acres, Wingate, Ind. 26 Hereford Holiday Classic, Clinton, Ill. 29 BuyHereford.com Internet Auction

December _______________________________ 1 Western Nugget Nat’l Jr. Hereford Show, Reno, Nev. 2 Oklahoma Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting and Banquet, Marietta

2 North Dakota Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Valley City 2 Western Nugget Nat’l Hereford Heifer Show, Reno, Nev. 3 Hoosier Beef Congress, Indianapolis, Ind. 3 Missouri Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting and Banquet, Sedalia 3 North Star Classic, Valley City, N.D. 3 Oklahoma Hereford Assn., Marietta 3 South Carolina Hereford Assn., Clemson 3 Western Nugget Nat’l Hereford Bull Show and Sale, Reno, Nev. 4 Missouri Hereford Assn., Sedalia 7 Brillhart Ranch Co. Bull Sale, Musselshell, Mont. 9 Minnesota Hereford Breeders Annual Meeting and Banquet, Hutchinson 10 Meyers Hereford Farm, Statesville, N.C. 10 Minnesota Hereford Breeders, Hutchinson 12 Buckeye Bonanza, Hillsboro, Ohio 27 BuyHereford.com Internet Auction HW

SULLIVAN SUPPLY Sullivan Supply South Hillsboro, Texas 800-588-7096 Fax 254-582-7114

Sullivan Supply Inc. Dunlap, Iowa 800-475-5902 Fax 712-643-5154

www.sullivansupply.com Check us out on Facebook

Proven and Experienced

BW 1.0 44 WW 75 YW MM 24 M&G 46 Semen: $20/Straw

C&L DOUBLE TIME 452M 9B

Sire: BT Butler 452M • Dam: WBF Lady Dom F243 6T PREDICTABLE, PROVEN CALVING EASE

HEREFORD RANCH

920-474-7403 • 262-617-6346 Cell www.cnlfarm.com • cnlfarm@execpc.com

NORTHFORK COWS WORK

Western Nugget National Hereford Show 1405 Crown Dr., Reno, NV 89503, 775-747-8917, 775-722-6116, nuggethereford.com Show secretary: Sue Hoffman, 1405 Crown Dr., Reno, NV 89503, 775-747-8917, 775-722-6116 Show date: Dec. 1-3 Entry deadline: Early, Oct. 15; Final, Oct. 30 Judge: Frank Ward, Orland, Calif.

NORTHFORK RANCH Galen Krieg

1795 E. C.R. 1000 • Basco, IL 62313 217-743-5382 • gkrieg@frontiernet.net

Western Nugget Hereford Sale — Dec. 3

National Western Stock Show

4655 Humboldt St., Denver, CO 80216 800-336-6977, nationalwestern.com, hwillard@nationalwestern.com Show dates: Jan. 12-14 Jan. 12 - Juniors and Bulls; Jan. 13 - Carloads/Pens, Sale; Jan. 14 - Females Entry deadline: Nov. 20 Judge: Jarold Callahan, Yukon, Okla. Carloads/Pens judges: Cody Lowderman, Macomb, Ill.; Greg Shaw, Caldwell, Idaho; and Chris Scharbauer, Amarillo, Texas

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Mile High Night Hereford Sale — Jan. 13

Southwestern Exposition National Hereford Show P.O. Box 150, Ft. Worth, TX 76101 817-877-2400, fwstockshowrodeo.com Show date: Jan. 30 Entry deadline: Nov. 15 Judge: Doug Satree, Montague, Texas

Morgan Ranch

www.morganranchshowcattle.com

Burwell, Neb. 308-346-4391

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ALABAMA Debter Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 82 Campbell Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 ARIZONA Las Vegas Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Mountain View Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Nine Cross Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 ARKANSAS Crooked Creek Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 James Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Winningham Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 CALIFORNIA Alto Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 California-Nevada Polled Hereford Assn. . . . . . . . . 28 Five H Farms/J-B Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Jess Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Lambert Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 McDougald Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Morrell Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Mrnak Herefords West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Nyland Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Oak Knoll Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Pedretti Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Perrin Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 R&R Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Sonoma Mountain Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Tripp Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Valentine Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Weimer Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Wilbourn Cattle Co., Aaron & W6 Herefords . . . . . 62 COLORADO Campbell, James T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Coleman Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Coyote Ridge Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Ernst Family, Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Hall Herefords, Doug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Hanging W Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Indian Cave Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Kubin Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Robb & Sons, Tom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Roderick Leach Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Sidwell Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Strang Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 62 CONNECTICUT Four Winds Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 DELAWARE SV Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 FLORIDA Crooked Lake Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BC GEORGIA CES Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSR Polled Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dillard Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greenview Farms Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hill-Vue Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leonard Polled Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mead Cattle Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nunnally Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Predestined Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thompson Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whaley Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . White Hawk Ranch Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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IDAHO Canyon Gem Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Circle C Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Circle S West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Colyer Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Elkington Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Fern Ridge Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Harrison & Sons, Hawley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Heritage Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 JBB/AL Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Johnson Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Moonlight Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Shaw Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Split Butte Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Wooden Shoe Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 23, 63 ILLINOIS Apple Ridge Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Baker Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Behrends Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Benedict Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Bickelhaupt Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Bob-O-Lou Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Burns Polled Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Crane Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 DeLHawk Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Ellis Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29, 63 Eubank Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Fleisher Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Harbison and Sons, Ray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Knott Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Loehr Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Lorenzen Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Lowderman Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 McCaskill Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Miller Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Milligan Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Newbold Farms Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Northfork Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Oak Hill Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Perks Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63, 79 Plainview Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Prairie Meadow Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Purple Reign Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 River Ridge Ranch & Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Sayre Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Stephens Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Sweatman Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

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INDIANA Able Acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 70 Beck-Powell Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63, 70 CDF Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Clinkenbeard Farms & Sons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 DAD’s Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 DaVee Enterprises, R.W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Everhart Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Ferguson Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Gray Family Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Green Meadow Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Greives Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Hayhurst Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Hunt Bros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 J&K Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Kesling Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Kottkamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Miller Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Stuckey Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 IOWA Amos Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Beef Resources Partnership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 GAR-NANC Cattle/Rau Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Jackson Hereford Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 K7 Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Landt Herefords, Steve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Ohnemus Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Rosenberg, James N. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Sladek Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Sorensen Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 St. Clair Hay & Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Stream Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63, 72 Wiese & Sons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 63 Woodland View Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 KANSAS Alexander Farms Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Davis Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4V Douthit Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Douthit Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Herbel Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jamison Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jensen Bros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M-M Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malone Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meitler, Gene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oleen Brothers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oleen Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sandhill Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schu-Lar Herefords LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Springhill Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stout, Stanley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Towner Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Umberger Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VJS Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KENTUCKY BBL Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Botkin Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boyd Beef Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chambliss Hereford Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dogwood Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JMS Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kentucky Hereford Assn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peyton Well Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Popplewell Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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LOUISIANA 5C’s Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Smith Land & Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 MAINE Maplewood Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 MARYLAND All Seasons Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Church View Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . East Side Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emerson’s Short Bridge Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Foggy Bottom Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R&T Acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Randall Land & Cattle Co. LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Red Oak Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCH Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tamsey Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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MICHIGAN Behnke’s Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Cottonwood Springs Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Grand Meadows Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Hanson’s Double G Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 McDonald Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Michigan State University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IBC Neal’s Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Parks Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 RLB Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Rottman, Phil and Chris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Sugar Sweet Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Veeser’s Triple E Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 MINNESOTA DaKitch Hereford Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delaney Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frederickson Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lawrence Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oxley Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schafer Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Springwater Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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MISSISSIPPI Broadlawn Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Caldwell Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Grandview CMR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 17, 64 MISSOURI Abra Kadabra Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Bellis Family, Jim D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Biglieni Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Bonebrake Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 CA Cattle Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 ET Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Falling Timber Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54, 64 Findley Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Glengrove Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45, 77 Harding Bros. Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Journagan Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64, 77 Ladies of the Royal Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38, 39 McMillens Toothacre Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Reed Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45, 77 Reynolds Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Rohlfing Farms Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Roth Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45, 64, 77 Schneider Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Show-Me Polled Hereford Classic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Steinbeck Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 MONTANA Brillhart Ranch Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49, 64 Broken Pick Land & Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Churchill Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IFC Cooper Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Curlew Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Dutton Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Ehlke Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Feddes & Sons, Marvin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 64 Holden Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 J Bar E Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 McMurry Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Mohican West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Thomas Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Westwind Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 NEBRASKA Blueberry Hill Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Fisher, Lowell and Carol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Frenzen Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Gibson Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Hoffman Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 JB Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Linton Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Monahan Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Morgan Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Niedermeyer Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Ridder Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 7 Mill Iron Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Schutte & Sons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Spencer Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47, 65 Upstream Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Van Newkirk Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 NEVADA Bell Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brumley Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Genoa Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hutchens Herefords, Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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NEW HAMPSHIRE Overlook Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 NEW JERSEY Grass Pond Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 NEW MEXICO C&M Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Copeland & Sons LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Cornerstone Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 King Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 65 West Star Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 NEW YORK SK Herefords LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 NORTH CAROLINA Double J Farm LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Kove Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Myers Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 81 Terrace Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Triplett Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 W&A Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Will-Via Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 NORTH DAKOTA Boehnke Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Carter’s Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Friedt Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Friesz Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Mrnak Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 78 North Dakota Hereford Assn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Olson Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Pelton Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Rockeman Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 OHIO Banks Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Berg Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Buckeye Hereford Assn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Farno Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Grandview Hereford Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Helsinger Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Herman Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Hively’s Hereford Lane Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 J&L Cattle Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 50 Mohican Polled Hereford Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 65 Morrison Stock Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 NS Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Oakridge Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Sunny Side Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 TLR Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Tri-State Elite V Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Ullman & Son, Ralph E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 OKLAHOMA Beacon Hill Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CBY Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CNB Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Curry Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dennis Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Dufur Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Durham Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Flying G Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Fullerton Hereford Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Graft-Britton Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Gray Land & Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Jacobs Ranch LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Langford Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 LeForce Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Loewen Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Moss Herefords, Allen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Nelson Land & Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 P&R Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Star Lake Cattle Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 OREGON Bar One Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bird Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chandler Herefords Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . England Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harrell Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . High Desert Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oregon Hereford Assn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oregon Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quick Mill Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stallings Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y Cross Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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PENNSYLVANIA Bar-H Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 66 Creekside Hollow Acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Deana Jak Farms Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 66 Flat Stone Lick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BC Glenview Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BC Hausner Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Heritage Hill Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Slayton’s BearDance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Stone Ridge Manor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Vogel Valley Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 66 SOUTH CAROLINA Forrest Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fowken Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Keese Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . White Column Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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SOUTH DAKOTA Bar JZ Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bischoff’s Ravine Creek Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blume Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Courtney Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cranston Herefords, Roy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eggers Southview Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fawcett’s Elm Creek Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hoffman Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JBN Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K&B Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LaGrand Angus and Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . Rausch Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thorstenson Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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TENNESSEE Burns Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Coley Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 DLL Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Four L Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37, 67 Jackson Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Kerr Polled Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Mud Creek Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67, 82 Parker Bros. Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 River Circle Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Triple L Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Walker Polled Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Woodard Hereford Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 TEXAS Alpha Equine Breeding Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 B&C Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Barber Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 67 Case Ranch Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Doyle Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Dudley Bros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Fuston Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 G3 Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 GKB Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Glaze Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 H2 Ranch and Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Indian Mound Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Kinnear Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67, 71 Larsons’ Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Lone Star Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Massey Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 McInnis Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 McMullin Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Metch Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 ML Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Neel Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Noack Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Nolan Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Powell, James L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Rockin’ W Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Rocking Chair Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Sanders Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Schmidt Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Skrivanek Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Spearhead Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67, 71 Still River Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Sunny Hill Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Texas Hereford Assn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 W4 Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Williams/Ferguson Ranch L.P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Willis Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Worrell Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

UTAH Allen & Son, Phil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Cache Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Circle BJ Polled Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Ekker Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Johansen Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Pallesen Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Rell Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 VIRGINIA Fauquier Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 JPS Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Knabe Jr., Harry A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Knoll Crest Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Mid-Atlantic Round Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Rolling Hills Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68, 74 Thistle Tree Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 WASHINGTON CX Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diamond M Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dusty Coyote Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ottley Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yoricka Farm Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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WEST VIRGINIA Cottage Hill Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Goff & Sons, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 58, 68 Grandview Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Grassy Run Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Haught Bros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Hickory Springs Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Law & Sons, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 McDonald Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Sapp Valley View Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Westfall Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 WISCONSIN BBC Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Boettcher’s Brookview Acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 C&L Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 68, 76 Friedrich's Windy Hill Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Huth Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68, 75 Kegley Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Koens Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Lamb Bros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Lietzau Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Lininger Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 MGM East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 MGM West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Owego Stock Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Pierce’s Hereford Haven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Plum River Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Starr Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Wildcat Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Wiswell Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 WYOMING Berry’s, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Holmes Herefords/Drake Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Largent & Sons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 68 McClun’s Lazy JM Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Micheli Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 68 Middleswarth Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Ochsner Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Perkes Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Ward, Ned and Jan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Wyoming Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 CANADA ANL Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Big Gully Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blair Athol/Haroldson’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C&T Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elm Lodge Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . .

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Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011 • Noon (EST) MSU Pavilion Auditorium, E. Lansing, Mich.

BW 0.8 WW 45 YW 78 MM 19 M&G 42

BW 3.3 WW 55 YW 95 MM 18 M&G 46

MSU Lanore 6Y

January GO 3196 Advance S109 horned heifer

MSU Rachael 18Y ET

Maternal sister to MSU TCF Revolution 4R sired by TH 75J 243 Bailout 144U ET

BW 2.9 WW 55 YW 85 MM 15 M&G 42

MSU Apollonia 38Y ET

Sells bred to STAR TCF Shock & Awe 158W ET

Sells bred to TH 71U 719T Mr. Hereford 11X

SSF 715 Miss Kelly 112

January STAR KKH SSF Bright Kelly 408 ET daughter

BW 5.4 WW 54 YW 86 MM 11 M&G 38

BW 4.1 WW 55 YW 86 MM 15 M&G 42

MSU Victoria 36W

MSU Rachael 19Y ET

Maternal sister to MSU TCF Revolution 4R sired by TH 75J 243 Bailout 144U ET

BW 5.9 WW 57 YW 89 MM 21 M&G 49

SSF 117 MS Palliadin 715

About Time out of a maternal sister to STAR TCF Shock & Awe 158W ET

BW 3.3 WW 55 YW 95 MM 18 M&G 46

MF 3001 Rebecca D03 R505 ET

Sells bred to TH 71U 719T Mr. Hereford 11X

BW 2.6 WW 52 YW 81 MM 18 M&G 43

MF 914W About Yasmine 104Y January CRR About Time 743 daughter

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Herman Family 419-298-2078 TCG Cattle Co. 269-684-2592 Hanson Double G 906-753-4648 Joe Starr Family 920-295-2499 Boyd Beef Cattle 606-763-6688 Pleasant View Ranch 989-464-9911 NS Polled Herefords 216-295-1511 Gale Laudeman 574-298-6470

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