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A childhood dream was fulfilled in 1996 when a group of bred heifers were purchased in high school as a FFA project. That dream quickly became a reality and ultimately our way of life. Today, Rodgers Livestock is a family operation focused on breeding high quality cattle and working with top notch families and individuals. Our cattle are bred to compete at the highest level but that isn’t our only priority. We also hope our cattle serve as a catalyst for young people and ignite their passion for agriculture, just as it did for us. Over the years, our program has evolved based on the needs of our customers. Our focus will always include improving the quality of our own cattle, yet the goals of our customers continues to shape our direction. Winning shows, improving genetics and marketing assistance are all part of the business today and regardless of your need, our program is customer driven. We have established two sales to market our cattle and offer an outlet for our customers. Our first sale in the fall is the Rodgers Livestock & Associates Steer Sale, an opportunity to purchase our very best steers and market heifers. The second sale, also in the fall, is the RL Collection Female Sale which showcases show heifer and donor prospects, bred females and a select few bull prospects. These sales were created specifically for those who purchase semen from our bull battery or who purchase genetics in our RL Collection sale and are seeking an avenue to market their cattle. Regardless of your objectives, we are passionate about this business and eager to help you succeed. Please feel free to contact us anytime. We really enjoy talking about the cattle business.
Sale Management STEERBIDDER.COM Chris Rosa (641)203-1686
Sale consultants Blaine Rodgers (559)314-4630 Jacob Rodriguez (562)631-3769 Toby Wheeler (805)801-2460 Shane Geist (559)363-4117
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Blaine, Melissa, Payton & Reagan Rodgers 2399 N. Riverbend Ave • Sanger, CA 93657 Cell : (559) 314-4630
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We retain the rights to 2 successful flushes on all females sold unless stated different within the lot.
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Lot A Rodgers Liquid Courage
MAINETAINER RL 6/2821 | 3/27/16 | BW 82lbs | THF SIRE: LIQUID COURAGE DAM: MERCEDES BENZ X RL 821
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We call this one Ground Game at home because they don’t get any better than him from the ground up. From the shape of his big foot to the cushion on both ends of his skeleton he represents the build we desire to accomplish with every piece of livestock on our place. He puts that build, athletisism and flexibility together uniquely with his ability to still gather his skeleton, tie his neck high out of the top of his shoulder and blend that to a bold center body with a perfect hip and stout rear leg. He is the kind in our mind you can build a cowherd around and our comfort level is backed by two great consistent cow families in his pedigree. His dam is a 4 year old Mercedes Benz x Juneau x 79G (Meyer) cow that has made an immediate impact raising the Grand Steer at the Holiday Classic last year and several time champion. She also happens to be a maternal sister to the Lot 1 Liquid Courage daughter from two years ago that is the mother of the Lot 1 heifer this year! That combined with Liquid Courage’s potent ability as a sire gives us all the confidence in the world in this young sire’s ability to generate and we plan to use him heavily in our program. Selling Full Possesion and 2/3 Semen
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Lot 101 Rodgers/Heimer Messenger
MAINETAINER RL 6/4821 | 3/12/16 | BLACK | THF SIRE: MESSENGER DAM: LIQUID COURAGE X RL 821
Lot 101 dam and 16k 1/2 interest lot 1 in 2015 sale
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•We led off the 2014 edition of the RL Collection by offering 1/2 interest in the mother of this heifer, selling to Jesse Heimer. We were incredibly proud to offer that heifer and felt she was the culmination of a long term plan to build females with the genetic potency necessary to raise high quality steers consistently. Her first calf proves our intuition and no doubt will carry the torch for this cow family. •Every year we allocate the Lot 1 position for a female we not only feel phenotypically is one of the best but equally as important one that stems from a great cow family and genetically has the ability to be a big time generator. This daughter of 4/821 was a logical choice this year. For those following along her mother is a maternal sister to the dam of the bull we are offering as Lot A and a granddaughter of the 79G Donor that anchored our ET program for several years raising countless high sellers and champions. •There is no question in our mind this years Lot 1 is special and for those who missed the opportunity to own her mother two years ago represents another chance at redemption. •Selling One Half Interest
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Lot 102 Rodgers Irish Whiskey
MAINETAINER RL 607 | 1/4/16 | BLACK WHITE | THF SIRE: IRISH WHISKEY DAM: 504 MEYER 734 •Lot 2 is a full sister to lot 1 in our 2012 sale who sold to Red River Ranches and went on to raise the $15,000 featured high selling Mercedes Benz bred heifer last year to the Hartill’s. •The dam of this female, 504, was a phenomenal Meyer 734 cow who roamed the pastures for 16 years and did so many things right besides just raising elite heifers. •We all know the ability of Whiskeys to generate and this one already has a road map. •Lots 113 and 122 are both daughters of full sisters to this female.
15k Mercedes Benz bred heifer out of full sister to Lot 102
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Lot 103 Rodgers/Gunlund Messenger
MAINETAINER RL 6/417006 | 3/24/16 | BLACK | THF SIRE: MESSENGER DAM: LIQUID COURAGE X 1/7006 LOOKOUT •Lot 103 is the first of a trio of heifers that stem back to the 1/7006 Lookout Donor that is on a fastrack to proving she will be the cornerstone of female production around here and for the Gunlunds. •She herself won several shows including the Red Wave Classic and the Angus show at the California State Fair. Her first heifer sired by I-90 was Champion Maintainer several times and the Reserve Grand Champion Female at the 2014 Cow Palace. •This particular Messenger is out of her second daughter, an incredible first calf Liquid Courage daughter and we are extremely pumped about her potential. She is one of the unique ones that has big time show heifer potential and yet the ability to make an immediate impact in someone’s cowherd when she is done. RODGERS LIVESTOCK
Liquid Courage Irish Whiskey x Dr. Who
I-90 x 1/7006
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Lot 104 Rodgers/Gunlund Irish Whiskey
MAINETAINER RL 608 | 1/7/16 | BLACK | THF SIRE: IRISH WHISKEY DAM: 1/7006 LOOKOUT X GRIZZ
•A direct Whiskey daughter of the Lookout donor! • Over the last several years we are proud to say that several of the females we have sold have gone on to make quick returns for their new owners and in many cases have paid off their investment on their first calf. •This female would not be one we would bet against to do the same. •She offers immense quality and the trademark build the elite Whiskeys have, which allow them to raise the best!
1/7006 donor
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Lot 105 Rodgers/Gunlund Blue Chip
ANGUS RL 6/322 | 3/24/16 | BLACK | THF PHAF SIRE: BLUE CHIP DAM: 1/7006 LOOKOUT X GRIZZ •Without question one of the most unique females we have ever sold! •If you want a big time show heifer, BID! If you want a big time donor, BID! If you just want a pasture ornament to brag to your friends about, well just BID! •Opportunities to own females with this much diversity don’t come along often. •Retaining One Half Embryo Interest.
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1/7006 donor
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Lot 106 Rodgers Brillance
ANGUS RL | 2/26/16 | BLACK | THF PHAF SIRE: BRILLANCE DAM: SUL 898 STOCKMAN 365 •If you’re looking for a really good Angus heifer out of a no miss cow you will have a hard decision to make between these two females we are offering. •This Brilliance is a direct daughter of the famous Sullivan 898 Stockman 365 donor that has been on the bottom side of so many champion pedigrees over the years. •This female will be fun to show, but just like her high revenue generating donor dam she will offer a great opportunity to land a female with extreme donor potential!
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Lot 107 rodgers/Webster Irish Whiskey RL 6/133 | 4/1/16 | BLACK | THF | MAINTAINER SIRE: IRISH WHISKEY DAM: WEBSTER 101
•Another opportunity to purchase a direct Whiskey daughter out of a proven donor! •In the late 90’s and early 2000’s Webster’s 101 Donor raised the Grand Champion Steer at the Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri and Georgia State Fair. Websters made the decision to clone her and the result is the dam of this Whiskey. •Not many cows have a resume with five State Fair Champions on it and if they do, daughters usually aren’t offered out of them.
Lot 108 rodgers Liquid Courage RL 6/351 | 4/12/16 | BLACK | THF | CHI SIRE: LIQUID COURAGE DAM: PAYDAY X RAPTOR
•Liquid Courage is quickly becoming a must use sire to make females built and bred to raise high quality cattle. •His first daughters hit production this year and as you can see from this offering they are proving themselves to be big time generators. •This particular daughter has his trademark big legs and great build and is backed by a young Angus cow that was a champion herself as a calf.
Liquid Courage Irish Whiskey x Dr. Who
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Lot 109 rodgers Liquid Courage RL 6/701 | 5/16/16 | BLACK | CHI SIRE: LIQUID COURAGE DAM: HEAT WAVE X 79G
•This is the youngest heifer in the sale, but don’t overlook her because she is one of my favorites. •Her mother is my favorite Heat Wave daughter of 79G which makes her a full sib to a long list of champions and high sellers including the Grand Heifer at the Iowa Beef Expo and Grand Steer at the Hoosier Beef Congress. •Heat Wave granddaughters out of Maine sired bulls are starting to show up in pedigrees of many champion steers and this one is bred and built to follow suit.
Lot 110 wheeler I -90 WHEELER 628 | 4/19/16 | BLACK | THC PHAF | MAINTAINER SIRE: I-90 DAM: WC 105Y DR WHO x K-42
•Another great cow family represented in this neat female. •Her mother is an up and coming donor at Wheeler Cattle that is a direct daughter of the great K-42 donor of Geist and Kroupa. •Once again a great example of a dual purpose show heifer that can be a high end producer when she is done.
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Lot 111 Rodgers/Sousa Style
RL 6/4259 | 3/2/16 | GREY/WHITE | THF PHAF SIRE: STYLE DAM: I-80 x RL 259 FRICTION
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•Lot 111 is another success story from a previous sale purchased by Leonard Sousa. •A real breeding piece here that is a complete outcross to all Heat Wave and Monopoly dirivitives. •Her grandmother is a Friction out of the full sister to Silver Bullet making her a full sib to the Grand Steer at Illinois State Fair in 2008. •Her I-80 mother was the Friction’s second calf and the next year she raised a $20,000 MAB steer that hung several banners last year. •This first calf has propelled her mother into the donor program already for Leonard and we would bet history will repeat itself for whoever decides to own this one when the dust settles!
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Lot 112 Rodgers/Rider Dakota Gold
RL 6/101 | 4/7/16 | CREAM BALDY | THF PHAF | CHI SIRE: DAKOTA GOLD DAM: TROUBADOUR •Arguably the greenest heifer in the offering but one that makes everyone’s favorite list. •This double clean cream colored baldy has the running gear to win any show and with a little more time will be hanging banners for her new owner. •Not often do ones with a shot of club calf breeding have this kind of breeding heifer look, build and structure but when they do they are hard to beat.
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Lot 113 Rodgers/Mullion Fu Man Chu
RL 6/233 | 2/14/16 | BLACK BALDY | CHI SIRE: FU MAN CHU DAM: WHISKEY X 504
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•This striking baldy is a maternal sister to last year’s high selling Mercedes Benz bred heifer and her mother is a full sister to Lot 2. •Not a lot needs to be said of this one with her cow family’s track record and the look she gives you. •She is hard to miss.
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Lot 114 Rodgers/Bunt Extra Special
RL 6/320 | 3/21/16 | RED/WHITE | THF PHAF | COMM SIRE: EXTRA SPECIAL DAM: FRICTION X LEGALLY BLONDE •Cow buyers look in! •This awesome built female out of Airhart and Rodgers Extra Special bull that is stirring up interest has worlds of value from an outcross perspective and deriving from the great Gregory and Bunt Legally Blonde donor on the bottom side. •Many have commented that she would work well to make highly sought after colored steers or perhaps Shorthorn look-a-likes but ultimately no matter their color they ought to be good out of a female like this.
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Lot 115 rodgers G F K RL 6/154 | 3/22/16 | RED/WHITE | THF PHAF | COMMERCIAL SIRE: GFK DAM: FRICTION
•A great outcross female out of the now deceased GFK that was just taking off prior to his untimley death with limited semen collected. •Be one of the few to own a female out of a bull that would have left his mark.
Lot 116 wheeler Monopoly WHEELER 612 | 3/15/16 | RED | THF PHAF | CHI SIRE: MONOPOLY DAM: WC 35 MOSSY OAK x DOUBLE STUFF
•These two high quality red heifers are out of the successful Mossy Oak Donor of Wheeler Cattle that derrived from Mike Trienen and hung many banners for Wesley Boneso during her show carreer.
Reserve Grand steer Mid State Fair full sib to 116 and 117
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Lot 117 wheeler Monopoly WHEELER 618 | 3/20/16 | RED | THF PHAF | CHI SIRE: MONOPOLY DAM: WC 35 MOSSY OAK x DOUBLE STUFF
•These two should make great show heifers and their double clean status will make them more valuable once their successful show career is over. •Not to mentiion they are full sibs to several winning steers.
Lot 118 rodgers Messenger RL 6/41602 | 4/5/16 | BLACK | THF SIRE: MESSENGER DAM: LIQUID COURAGE x FRICTION X 602G
•The final Messenger daughter is out of our favorite replacement heifer from the ‘14 calf crop, another promising Liquid Courage daughter out of a Friction x 602G cow. •They don’t get bred much better than her and while she may be a little green so was her mom at this age and we turned down several visitors who tried to buy her later as a bred heifer. •We are very high on our Messenger daughters and several are starting to show up on the bottom side of elite steers.
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Lot 119 rodgers/heimer Style RL 6/4801 | 3/6/16 | BLACK/WHITE | THF PHAF | COMMERCIAL SIRE: STYLE DAM: STUD MONKEY x GK 801 ALL ABOARD
•Cow Prospect time once again. •These Styles are going to work! •We found the mother of this heifer as a calf at Kroupa’s and it took a few more trips and some serious negotiation to talk Greg into selling her. It sure looks like it was worth the time and effort. •This Stud Monkey cow is a daughter of the famous black and white All Aboard donor at Kroupa’s that is the mother of GFK and a fixture of the Donors Unlimited sale. If you’ve seen the All Aboard cow, you’ll agree that this heifer holds a striking resemblance to her grandmother both in build and color.
Lot 120 rodgers Style RL 6/48533 | 3/4/16 | BLACK | THF PHAF | CHI SIRE: STYLE DAM: HEAT WAVE x 79G
•A double clean Style x Heat Wave that looks like she should be double dirty! •I’d say this one’s future will be bright and will give the best of both worlds with her show winning capabilities and donor prospect quality and lineage. •She is also a maternal sister in blood to Lot 109.
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Lot 121 rodgers/person Man Among Boys RL 6/901 | 3/14/16 | PEACH | THF PHAF | CHI SIRE: MAN AMONG BOYS DAM: ALIAS
•This peach colored heifer is a full sib to the Grand Steer at the California Mid State Fair in 2014. •She has the same show winning quality as her brother but gives her new owner a chance to recoup some money with ther ability to generate like her mother.
Lot 122 rodgers Italian Stallion RL 6/230 | 4/2/16 | BLACK | CHI SIRE: ITALIAN STALLION DAM: IRISH WHISKEY x 504
•This younger snip nosed heifer is a daughter of the 3rd Irish Whiskey x 504 female we have represented within this offering. •As you can tell this is a generating cow family and once again a very high quality show prospect that continues to impress us more and more each day!
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Lot 123 Rodgers Man Among Boys
RL 6/103 | 3/22/16 | PEACH/WHITE | PHAF | CHI SIRE: MAN AMONG BOYS DAM: RL 875
27K full sib Bred Heifer sold by Brandon Bird
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Lot 124 Rodgers Man Among Boys
RL 6/457 | 3/25/16 | PEACH | PHAF | CHI SIRE: MAN AMONG BOYS DAM: RL 875 •Lot 123 and 124 are full sisters with a long story behind them. •We unfortunately lost the 875 donor in the summer of ‘15 and as a result these will be the last of this mating we will have. •This same mating has generated time and time again with the two promotional bulls Goldie Locks and Legacy, several champion steers and market heifers and most recently the $27,000 bred heifer that sold in Brandon Bird’s female sale that he had purchased from us as an open heifer. •While we are still waiting for the results from testing we would be willing to bet based on the past that Lot 23 is more than likely a TH carrier and that Lot 24 may very well be clean. •Either way they will give their new owners opportunity to generate high dollar steers whatever way you mate them.
27K full sib Bred Heifer sold by Brandon Bird
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Lot 125 wheeler I-90 WHEELER 652 | 5/4/16 | BLACK | THF PHAF | MAINTAINER SIRE: I-90 DAM: STRICTLY BUISINESS
•The greenest and one of the youngest females in the sale but one with tremendous upside. •If your patient and in it for the long haul this is one to keep an eye on. •She has all the pieces, just needs time. •Her full sister a few years ago was Champion Maintainer several times and Reserve Grand at the Holiday Classic for Carly Wheeler.
Lot 126 rodgers Fu Man Chu RL 6/934 | 4/3/16 | BLACK | CHI SIRE: FU MAN CHU DAM: RL 934 IRISH WHISKEY
•A really neat heifer out of a no miss cow. •Three years ago we sold a Monopoly out of her mother for over $20,000 that went on to be Reserve Market Heifer at Nebraska AGR and Reserve Division 3 Market Heifer at the Iowa Beef Expo. •She is also a maternal sister to several champion steers. •This heifer has the same kind of quality her mother is known to produce.
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Lot 127 porter Itallian Stallion PORTER 642 | 4/14/16 | BLACK | CHI SIRE: ITALIAN STALLION DAM: IRISH WHISKEY
•If you like them shaggy this one is for you. •This incredible haired heifer has the rest of the goods to make her a competitive heifer. •Whether you choose to manage her as a breeding heifer or max her out and show her as a market heifer this one should be fun to haul around all year.
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Regardless of your objectives, we are passionate about
this business and eager to help you succeed. Please feel free to contact us anytime. We really enjoy talking about the cattle business. Blaine Rodgers 559-314-4630
Blaine, Melissa, Payton & Reagan Rodgers 2399 N. Riverbend Ave Sanger, CA 93657 Cell :: (559) 314-4630