2011 Nebraska Maternal Edge Sale

December 9th, 2011 1:00 PM CST Kearney Livestock Kearney, NE • 200+ Bred Heifers and Young Cows Sell!

600+ Head Sell!

• 150+ Open Replacement Females Sell!

• 300+ Commercial replacement females Sell (Following Maternal Edge Sale!)

Nebraska Maternal Edge Sale Welcome to the 2011 Maternal Edge sale in Kearney, NE. This is a tremendous offering of Gelbvieh influenced, Balancer, and commercial females bred to Balancers. These cattle are pulled right from the top end of each of these consignors, and will make excellent breeding females down the road. The Maternal Edge females will stand with any breeding female offered in the industry today. Combining traits from both the Gelbvieh and Angus breeds, these cattle will be efficient in the pasture, and data shows Balancers have increased reproduction efficiencies and longevity due to heterosis. Take advantage of the opportunity to own a Maternal Edge female and see what she can do for your herd and your bottom line.

–Brandon McEndaffer- Area Coordinator American Gelbvieh Association Auctioneer: Rod Weeks, Kearney Livestock, 308-440-3810 Sale Day Phones: Brandon McEndaffer 970-520-3020, Dan Warner 308-962-6511, Scott Starr 308-530-3900 Terms: Terms of sale are cash or good check. Settlement must be made immediately after the sale. No animals shall leave the sale facility until settlements have been made.

Insurance of Purchases and Risk: All animals are at the owner’s risk and become the property of the purchaser when declared sold by the auctioneer.

Accidents: All precautions possible will be taken to protect the safety of buyers and other attending the sale.

Nevertheless, no responsibility will be assumed by the Gelbvieh Association in Nebraska, American Gelbvieh Association, or Kearney Livestock.

Health Terms: All females sold are considered to be calfhood vaccinated for brucellosis unless otherwise stated in the catalog. Verification of vaccination will be documented on health certificate. Vaccinated and boostered for IBR, BVD, PI3, BRSV, lepto, Haemophilus Somnus, 7-Way Clostridial, and dewormed according to BQA standards.

Supplement Sheet: A supplement sheet and sale order will be available on sale day. Any information on the supplement sheet or announced from the block will take precedence over the catalog.

General Female Requirements: Females will be tagged with a Maternal Edge tag. Heifers will be weaned a minimum 30 days prior to sale. Pregnancy status and projected calving date must be stated on the health paper.

All bred heifers will be bred to calving ease bulls based on their EPD’s for CE and BW. Bulls of known ID and breed will be reported in catalog.

Breeding Guarantees: Open Heifers will be guaranteed open and stated on health papers by local vet. If buyer purchases heifer that happens to be bred, the producer agrees to refund the full purchase price. This is subject to a veterinarian’s certification that the heifer is pregnant and the returned ear tag verifying the farm of origin. The heifer’s ownership then reverts back to the producer and the producer must negotiate with the buyer as how you can get the heifer marketed or the producer can make arrangements to have her returned. Bred Heifers/Cows are guaranteed safe in calf for up to 15 days following the sale date. If a heifer is proven open by veterinary exam within 30 days after the sale, the Consignor will replace the heifer or make financial settlement with the buyer.

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Bred Females Boehler Gelbvieh

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27 Bred Heifers Boehler Gelbvieh is located in Orleans, NE. This is a good set of black heifers with 23 Balancers and 4 Gelbvieh females. They trace back to Titanium, Ludacris, Old Iron Nuts, and OCC Legend.

These are straight from the top of Boehler’s herd and offered here as Maternal Edge females.

Call J.J. at 308-999-0207.

AI Sires:

EGL Tenderloin-(020x,026x,002w,003x) Ludacris-(018x,365,030x,006x,008x) Iron Mountain-(022x,027x,009x,19x,33x) W345 (017x,031x)

BC Lookout-(014x,001x,019x,) Style-(029x,011x,016x,61x,25x) New Frontier 095- (021x)

Due to Calve: January 1st (21 head due at beginning of 35 day window and 6 head due later) Health: All calf hood vaccinations, Lepto/Vibrio, Pour on, Scour Guard

C-Bar Cattle

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65 Bred Heifers C-Bar Cattle is offering a good set of commercial heifers bred to Balancer bulls. These heifers are Angus cross heifers. Two of the three Balancer bulls they were exposed to were ET flush mates and all three are calving ease heifer bulls. These Balancer bulls are from Warner Beef Genetics.

PE Sires: AMGV 1167719 CE 110 BW=(-1.0) WW 43 YW 89

MK 17

AMGV 1167906 CE 114 BW=(-0.4) WW 39 YW 87

MK 23 RE .01 MB .21

AMGV 1167721 CE 114 BW=(-0.4) WW 39 YW 87

MK 23 RE .04 MB .21

Due to Calve: February 20, 2012 for 30 days Health: All had calfhood vaccinations, pelvic measured, back poured, and had a first round of ScourGuard.

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Bred Females LeDoux Ranch

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30 Bred Heifers This is a nice set of 1 iron commercial Angus heifers. AI’d on May 4th to high selling Balancer bull from Swanson Cattle Co. at Oxford, NE. LeDoux Ranch is located in North Central Kansas.

The outfit operates a Seedstock cowherd consisting of Balancer, Red Angus, and commercial cows. Annual Production sale is the first Saturday in February at the ranch. Contact Andy with any questions (785) 527-3188.

AI Sires: AMGV 1155651 CE 107 BW=(-0.6) WW 36 YW 78

RE .20 MB .11

PE Sires: AMGV 1122494 CE 112 BW=(-1.3) WW 32 YW 67

RE .52 MB .12

Due to Calve: February 8th (Preg Info available at sale or by breeder) Health: Vacc w/ Pfizer Products (Black Leg & Vibrio), First round of Scour Guard, & Back poured

L & S Farms

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75 Bred Heifers L & S Farms is a commercial cow/calf and heifer development operation located in Westphalia, MO. L & S Farms is offering a good set of commercial heifers. These heifers are all either sired

by Warner Beef Genetics Balancer bulls or by daughters of Warner Bulls. The breed make up will be 25% to 50% GV, with a strong influence from the Circle A Angus program in Missouri.

They have never pulled a calf by the AI sire or the clean up sire. It looks like there are about 3 calving cycles, AI + 2 clean ups cycles.

AI Sires: AAA 15326281 Circle A In Focus 5627 PE Sires: AAA 15500966 Circle A Endeavor 6304 Due to Calve: 44 Head Due Feb 2nd, 22 Head Due Feb 23rd, 9 Head due Mar 20th Health: All calfhood shots, Lepto/Vibrio, Back poured, 1st round of Scourguard 4

Bred Females Schawang Cattle Co.

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8 Bred Heifers This is a nice set of Balancer sired females out of Angus cross cows. The sires of these females are out of the Schawang program operated by Randy Schawang DVM. They have a bull sale each spring and are located in David City, NE. These females will be Âź to 3/8 Gelbvieh and the resulting AI mating is to a Balancer Bull that is 50%. Make sure to find this group of females on sale day.

AI Sire: AMGV 1167719 CE 111 BW=(-2.6) WW 44 YW 89

MK 18

Due to Calve: February 25 – Mar 3rd Health: All Calfhood shots, Pre-Breeding- (Preg Guard 10), 2 Shots of Guardian, Ivermectin pour on

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Bred Females Black Gold Cattle Co.

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Bred Heifers & Cows Black Gold Cattle Co. is located in Pritchett, CO and run predominantly Balancer cattle. Mark Crane and his family have decided to sell their red females and we were fortunate enough to talk them into bringing them to this sale. This is an excellent opportunity to purchase red Balancer cows that have been tested on the short grass of Southern Colorado. These cows know how to work hard for you. Contact Mark for more information 719-523-3108, and more information will be provided sale day.

AI Sire: Information Available Sale Day Due to Calve: Information Available Sale Day Health: All Calfhood shots, Pre-Breeding, Back poured

A planned crossbreeding program adds more than $500 over the life of a crossbred cow. That exceeds $50/cow per year.

Gelbvieh and Balancers are a great maternal choice for a crossbreeding program!

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Open Replacement Heifers Schawang Cattle Co.

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20 Open Heifers This is a nice set of Balancer sired females out of Angus cross cows. The sires of these females are out of the Schawang program operated by Randy Schawang DVM. They have a bull sale each spring and are located in David City, NE. These females will be Âź to 3/8 Gelbvieh.

Calved: February and March 2011 Weaned: Mid October Health: All Calfhood vaccines, Ivermectin pour on

Flat Creek Farm

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20 Open Heifers Flat Creek Farm is a commercial cow calf operation located in South-Central Nebraska and is operated by the Dennis and Janelle Trausch family. This operation runs on a 60-day calving interval and uses Lemke Cattle Co. Balancer and Gelbvieh Bulls. These heifers are 10 to 11 months of age. This nice set of replacements, all are Balancers and are out of Black polled Balancer bulls. Contact them at 402-756-6212 Sires of Heifers:

AMGV 1073279 CE 105 BW=1.9 WW 38 YW 67

MK 17

AMGV 1073265 CE 105 BW=(-0.3) WW 34 YW 71

MK 23

AMGV 1125366

BW=0.3 WW 37 YW 84

MK 16

AMGV 1125330 CE 108 BW=0.9 WW 40 YW 88

MK 10

Health: No-Implants, Spring (Bovi-Shield Gold 5,One Shot Ultra 7, Pinkeye) Fall (Bovi-Shield Gold 5, One Shot Ultra 7, Dectomax pour on)

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Open Replacement Heifers Warner Beef Genetics

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30 Open Heifers This is fancy set of replacement females out of the Warner Beef commercial herd that consists of 600+ cows. These Balancer heifers have been hand selected for this sale and are out of bulls the Warners have raised from their seedstock herd. The operation has an annual bull sale in March offering Balancer, Gelbvieh, and Angus genetics.

February and March born heifers weaned in October.

Health: No-Implants, All Calfhood shots and Fall shots. Back poured

Witte Cattle Co

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45 Red Open Heifers This is a nice set of all red Balancer replacement heifers. These females are sired by Balancer bulls that trace back to Cherokee Canyon, Vahalla PayDay, and the famed Trevor cow family.

Witte’s have put together a good set of cows and have used Balancer bulls for a number of years. The Witte’s have also paid particular attention to carcass traits.

March 2011 born heifers Health: No-Implants, All Calfhood shots and Fall shots, Back poured

A Balancer Female Pictured.

Good crossbreds aren’t just baldies.

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Open Replacement Heifers Kurt Johnson

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16 Open Heifers Fancy set of 2nd and 3rd generation of Balancer genetics. Black OCV commercial Balancer heifer calves. Long time repeat customer of Cedar Top Ranch bull sale, consistently purchases front end Balancer bulls. Don’t miss this set of heifers on sale day!

March and April 2011 born Health: No-Implants, All Calfhood shots and Fall shots, Brucellosis vaccinated, Back poured

Black Gold Cattle Co.

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Open Heifers Black Gold Cattle Co. is located in Pritchett, CO and run predominantly Balancer cattle. Mark Crane and his family have decided to sell their red females and we were fortunate enough to talk them into bringing them to this sale. This is an excellent opportunity to purchase red Balancer cows that have been tested on the short grass of Southern Colorado. Contact Mark for more information 719-523-3108, More information will be provided sale day.

Health: All Calfhood shots, Pre-Breeding, Back poured

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