Simmental and SimAngusTM Bulls
TSN SIMMENTALS
SALE LOCATION
Platte Livestock Market
36580 SD-44, Platte, SD 57369
SALE DAY NUMBERS
Tim Naasz
Platte Livestock Market
TERMS OF SALE
All cattle will sell under the suggested sale terms and conditions of the American Simmental Association. Terms available sale day.
605-207-0229
Wyatt Johnson 309-299-2313
Sawyer Johnson 605-680-4268
Justin Dikoff 605-290-0635
Marty Ropp 406-581-7835
Corey Wilkins 256-590-2487
Jared Murnin 406-321-1542
AUCTIONEER
Tracy Harl
xxx-xxx-xxxx
LIVESTOCK PRESS REPRESENTATIVES
Kadon Leddy 605-924-0757
Cattle Business Weekly
Kelly Klein 701-320-5817
Tristate Livestock News
INTERNET BIDDING
Sale will be broadcast online with wwww.DVAuction.com.
Please see page xx for more information.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Announcements made sale day take precedence over printed material in the sale catalog. Anyone attending this sale attends at their own risk. TSN Simmentals and sale force are not responsible for any personal injury while attending this sale.
SEMEN INTEREST
TSN Simmental Ranch will retain revenue sharing interest in semen sold from bulls in this sale according to the following:
Under $20,000 TSN will retain 50% semen interest
$20,000-39,999 TSN will retain 33.33% semen interest
$40,000+ TSN will retain 25% semen interest
FEEDING AND DELIVERY
We will offer to feed the bulls at no charge until April 15, 2025. Delivery will be free of charge up to 300 miles. We will assist in coordinating the arrangements to deliver. We are not responsible for injury or death to the bulls while they are in our care.
COMMENTS ON OUR NUTRITION
When these bulls were weaned, we put together a GROWING ration not to maximize gain, but rather to develop the bulls slowly and correctly. The bulls are still on this ration today. In the seedstock industry today, it seems that the price we are willing to pay for a bull is affected by how fat the bulls are, and we are not distinguishing the difference between bulls that are fed too “hard” and bulls that are not. A fat bull has the tendency to have feet problems, lower semen quality, and no longevity. He may be easier on the eyes, but if he needs to be replaced in 2 years, is he really the right bull for your program?
Tim has done a great job putting together some outstanding pedigrees. Feel confident that when you make
your visual appraisal of the bulls, they are not lying to you. There’s no “fluff” fed on. We at Pranger’s Feed Mill are very proud to put our stamp on this set of bulls. Pranger’s Feed Mill – Platte, SD
Jason Kuhlman – Purina Animal Nutrition
SALE MANAGEMENT
alliedgeneticresources.com
Marty Ropp 406-581-7835
Corey Wilkins 256-590-2487
Jared Murnin 406-321-1542
Welcome to the Sale
Welcome Cattlemen and Cattlewomen,
Thank you for your interest in our 2025 bull offering. It has been quite a year. The cattle markets have never been better. There is a lot to be optimistic about. I believe we are set to have a strong cattle market for the next few years. As you can see in the lineup we have a new prefix for the bulls that Wyatt and Sawyer are offering. Route 9 Simmental (Rt9) will be offering bulls with the quality that you have come to expect from TSN. We were blessed to welcome a new family member this September, our grandson Lael Charles Christman, born to Shad and Rebecca. What an experience it has been to become grandparents!
Our goal is to produce cattle that make you, our customers profitable. We use many tools to make this happen, including individual performance data, EPDs, and DNA analysis. We have teamed up with the ASA and Allied Genetic Resources to use these tools to help us make faster generic strides towards our goals. The team an Allied is great to work with and help us with marketing and DNA analysis. We encourage you to read through the RightChoice explanation ont inside back cover of this catalog. RightChoice combines a bulls specific genomic information EPDs to evaluate ability to transmit value and profit.
We are using DVAuction, the online auction service. All bulls have been video taped and will be offered online during the sale. The bulls will be at the sale facility the day of the sale and will be brought through ring. We are encouraging customers to get a DVAuction buyer number 24 hours prior to the sale. We also encourage you to view the bulls at the ranch prior to the sale.
We are offering to take the bulls home and winter the free of charge until April 1st. At that time delivery arrangements will be made. We are offering free trucking up to the first 250 miles of delivery. There will be a $200 dollar credit off of the purchase price for the bull taken home sale day.
We look forward to seeing you, and again, thank you for your interest.
The Tim and Sandy Naasz Family Tim and Sandy Naasz, Sawyer and Wyatt Johnson, Lyra, Rebecca, and Shad Christman
One Good Dog
LOUIE (TUCKER)
Black Tri, Blaze
ABC No 529384
Purebred Border Collie
BD: 7/13/2022
We’ve decided to sell a started cattledog this year. Louie is a neutered, 2 year old registered Border Collie. He has a lot of power and go. He both heads and heals cattle and they respect him. His video is with the videos of the bulls. He was competing in the NWSS Nursery class. This was the second round where he finished 4th out of 14.
TSN BOLD RULER M936
TSN BOLD RULER M936 Sells as Lot 1.
KBHR BOLD RULER H152
The Bold Ruler’s progeny is topping sales around the country. His pedigree is stacked, being sired by the immortal Proclamation and out of the great Keller’s Broken Heart donor dam 106Z. Bold Ruler sires muscle, volume and performance in an eye appealing package. His EPD profile is outstanding and his $API and $TI are at the top of the breed.
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TSN BOLD RULER L282
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TSN BOLD RULER M010
Homo Black Homo Polled
TSN BOLD RULER M234
RT9 BOLD RULER M265
TSN BOLD RULER M222
BOLD RULER
TSN BOLD RULER M238
Homo Black
A stout, powerfully built bull, what you’ve come to expect from this cross.
TSN BOLD RULER M002
A bigger framed bull carrying the ATM logo. He could add some power to a set of feeder calves. His
weaning ratio of 107 for 3 calves, with adaughter in the
Here’s a
TSN STATESMAN M237
TSN STATESMAN K006
TSN STATESMAN K006 Sire of Lots 11-19.
Reference
TSN Statesman K006 Statesman was the top selling bull in our 2023 sale, going to Werning Cattle Company. We used him thinking he would be a calving ease bull, but his calves have shown exceptional growth with the majority ratioing above average at weaning. He now ranks in the top 2% for WW and 5% for YW while still in the top 3% for CE and BW.
We’re excited to offer his first bull crop, but really looking forward to the replacement
coming up.
TSN STATESMAN M237 Sells as Lot 11.
TSN STATESMAN M218
Homo
TSN STATESMAN M942
TSN STATESMAN M218 Sells as Lot 12.
RT9 STATESMAN M273
Here’s a good one from Route 9. The top API bull in the sale, 2nd high TI (to another Statesman son) and a 5G+, homozygous black and homozygous polled. Plus he actually looks better in person then in his picture. An exciting herd sire prospect.
RT9 STATESMAN
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TSN STATESMAN M943
TSN STATESMAN M839
TSN
STATESMAN M252
TSN STATESMAN M252 Sells as Lot 19.
M133 Sells as Lot 21.
TSN GENESIS M947 Sells as Lot 20.
LBRS GENESIS G69 Sire of Lots 20-28.
TSN GENESIS M131
LBRS GENESIS G69
Genesis has been a no mis sire. His progeny has great growth and muscle and his EPDs are breed leading. The added bonus is that his daughters are making beautiful cows with added volume and great teat and udders. Genesis is proving to be a great all-around sire for growth, carcass and maternal traits.
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TSN GENESIS M130
TSN GENESIS M904 Sells as Lot 26.
TSN GENESIS M109 Sells as Lot 27.
TSN GENESIS M939 Sells as Lot 28.
TSN GENESIS M904
Homo
Here’s a calf that stood out this summer and came in with a 108 weaning
in the herd that produced the Lot 11 bull. This is a cow family with
TSN GENESIS M109
This Genesis son came in near the top of his group with a weaning ratio of 109. His granddam is still in the herd at the age of 12 with several
TSN GENESIS M939
Another Genesis son with the added performance of Eagle, putting him in the
for
TSN MEDICINE MAN M845 Sells as Lot 29.
TSN MEDICINE MAN M845
The Medicine Man calves came easy and vigorous at birth. We like this combination with Sure Fire on the cow side. Calving Ease with an API in the top 2%.
John Pranger - Owner Jason Kuhlman - Sales Darwin DeGroot - Mill
Medicine Man was the high selling bull at the 2023 Gateway Simmental sale. He has an outcross SimAngus pedigree with exceptional calving ease, growth and carcass EPDs. He sires added volume and muscle in a moderate framed package.
GW MEDICINE MAN 200K Reference
TSN MEDICINE MAN M594
TSN MEDICINE MAN M813
TSN RESOURCE M007
BRIDLE BIT RESOURCE G9117
Resource progeny have an elite combination of phenotype and maternal genetic punch. His dam, Bridle Bit Miss B452, is one of the elite donors of the breed today. She has produced many sons that are herd sires for registered operations and many daughters are front line donors.
TSN RESOURCE M125
CLRS GUARDIAN 317G
Guardian is one of the few elite sires that combines exception phenotype with breed leading genotype. He ranks in the top 1% of the population for many traits including $API and $TI.
CLRS GUARDIAN 317G Sire of Lots 34-36.
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TSN GUARDIAN M932
TSN GUARDIAN M245
TSN GUARDIAN M026
A Word from the Sale Manager
It is our pleasure to be working once again with TSN Simmentals. Tim and Sandy have always been at the forefront of utilizing technology and all the tools available to breed better cattle for their customers and this offering is proof that the plan is working. The bulls in this sale are sired by some of the most proven performance bulls in the industry without sacrificing the productive female. Over the years TSN Simmentals has produced bulls that have impacted the breed, and we are excited to offer the first progeny by TSN Statesman who sold in the 2023 sale. His sons are sure to impress, and it looks like this is just the beginning of a successful breeding career.
Once again TSN has utilized RightChoice technology to make your purchasing decisions easier. Please refer to the information page in this catalog for a description of what the logos mean and how best to put them to use for your breeding objectives. A majority of the bulls in this offering received logos for growth, maternal and calving ease traits making it a safe bet that you can find a bull that fits your breeding objectives. TSN Simmentals has quietly been breeding cattle that fit the demands of the industry, and the data of this offering proves they are producing cattle the meet industry demands.
If you have questions about the offering, please feel free to reach out to any of us on the Allied team. We will be glad to assist you in any way possible.
Sincerely,
Marty Ropp, Corey Wilkins and Jared Murnin
GIBBS 9114G ESSENTIAL
Essential progeny excel in most all economically relevant traits. He has numerous sons at stud and many daughters are finding their way to the donor pen. They have unmatched growth combined with great STAY and Docility. Essential is also a go to sire to improve foot quality.
GIBBS 9114G ESSENTIAL Sire of Lots 37-38.
TSN ESSENTIAL L278
TSN ESSENTIAL M210
Homo
Another bigger framed bull. His WW and YW EPDs rank
TSN HOME TOWN M239
Homo
Just what we’ve come to expect of the Home Town sons, born unassisted out of a 1st calf heifer. He balances calving
TSN DUAL THREAT M242
TSN DUAL THREAT M933
JC MR PONTIAC D114K
One of the heaviest used bulls in the breed in 2023. This first set of Pontiac calves is impressive and appear to check all of the boxes.
JC MR PONTIAC D114K Sire of Lots 42-43.
TSN PONTIAC M926 Sells as Lot 42.
TSN PONTIAC M048 Sells as Lot 43.
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TSN PONTIAC M926
A different pedigree here. Sired by the young Essential son, Pontiac, combined with the one and only Cowboy Cut, the replacement female specialist.
TSN PONTIAC M048
LCDR RESERVE 210J Sire of Lots 44-47.
TSN RESERVE M119
LCDR RESERVE 210J
Reserve has sired some to the top bulls in this sale in recent years and this set sure follows suit. He has an outstanding birth to yearling spread and top $API and $TI figures. His daughters are making excellent cows, and he is without a doubt one of the most popular baldy bulls in the breed.
TSN RESERVE M122
One of our favorite bulls, since the day he was born. If you liked this bull in our first ad, you should like him better now, as his DNA analysis has pushed him into the top 10% for API and the top 4% for TI while being in the top 2% for WW and YW. Ratioed 117 at weaning to rank 1st of 28. To top it off, he’s homozygous black and polled. HHS MR ENTOURAGE 867B HOOK`S DELEGATE 64D
TSN
M119 Sells as Lot 44. TSN
TSN RESERVE M044 Sells as Lot 46.
RT9 RESERVE M172 Sells as Lot 47.
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TSN RESERVE M044
Homo
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RT9 RESERVE M172
Here’s an eye appealing baldie bull. He’s got a 107 weaning ratio with good growth EPDs.
LCDR PATRIOT 8K Sire of Lots 48-50.
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TSN PATRIOT M118
Homo
Another
TSN PATRIOT M121
Reference
LCDR PATRIOT 8K
A new baldy sire that is out of the great WS Miss Sugar C4 cow who needs no introduction in the Simmental breed. Patriot is a phenotype standout paired with breed leading genomic figures.
TSN
TSN PATRIOT M027 Sells as Lot 50.
TSN EAGLE M045 Sells as Lot 51.
TSN EAGLE M708 Sells as Lot 52.
TSN PATRIOT M027
EAGLE M045
TSN EAGLE M708
TSN ARCHITECT J618 Sire of Lots 53-55.
TSN ARCHITECT M229
TSN ARCHITECT M229 Reference
TSN Architect One of the best bulls produced here. He was the pick of Apex Cattle Co. in our 2022 sale, with our semen interest going to LCOC. From his first calf crop he produced the 2nd high selling bulls at Apex, LCOC, and TSN.
TSN ARCHITECT M203
TSN ARCHITECT M229 Sells as Lot 53. TSN
TSN ARCHITECT M209 Sells as Lot 55.
TSN BALD EAGLE M814 Sells as Lot 56.
TSN ARCHITECT M209
TSN BALD EAGLE M814
TSN BALD EAGLE K011 Sire of Lots 56-58.
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TSN BALD EAGLE M804
Homo
TSN BALD EAGLE K011
Bald Eagle excels in calving ease and growth. He ranks in the top 1% for CE, top 10% for BW, top 2% for WW and the top 3% for YW EPDs. He also ranks in the top 10% for $API and top 4% for $TI.
A phenotypic standout, he ratioed 112 at weaning. Dam’s 5 calves have averaged
TSN BALD EAGLE M740
TSN BALD EAGLE M804 Sells as Lot 57.
TSN LANDMARK
Out of one of our few red cows. She produced some nice females for us.
RT9 JURISDICTION L271
Hetero Black Homo Polled
Jurisdiction was used very successfully by us on first calf heifers. His calves were born easy and the replacement heifers we kept looked excellent after DNA analysis.
TVW HANK 119L
RT9 TRADECRAFT L1970
2025 PUREBRED SIMMENTAL PERCENTILE TABLE
2025 HYBRID PERCENTILE TABLE
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