7th Annual Meating Demand Bull Sale Catalog

Monday, May 2, 2022 n 10 AM

Henry & Nan Gardiner Marketing Center At the ranch near Ashland, Kansas

We Are Grateful For Your Business.

AUCTIONEER:

Col. Joel Birdwell (405) 368-1058

LIVESTOCK PRESS REPRESENTATIVES

Matt Caldwell (913) 755-1105

Special Assignment

(Matt has seen the cattle, can take your phone bids or provide information. He can be reached by phone or email: mattcaldwell75@gmail.com)

Jeff Mafi (816) 344-4266

Guy Peverley (785) 456-4390

Stephen Russell (785) 458-2650

Chisolm Kinder (405) 747-4683 …………………………

Wes Tiemann (816) 244-4462

Bill Bowman (816) 752-0079

Angus Journal

Stock Exchange

Kansas Stockman

Oklahoma Cowman

Missouri Beef Cattleman

Special Assignment

GAR DESIGNATED SALE REPRESENTATIVES

If you are unable to attend the sale but are interested in placing a bid on any of the cattle, we encourage you to contact one of our designated representatives or Matt Caldwell. These representatives can respond to your request for visual information and bid for you during the sale.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:

AI Barn: (620) 635-2156

Mark: (620) 635-5095 • gar@gardinerangus.com

Greg: (620) 635-0233 • gar@gardinerangus.com

Grant: (620) 635-0382 • grant.c.gardiner@gmail.com

Cole: (620) 635-0727 • colegardiner1@gmail.com

Ransom: (620) 635-0283 • gardinerransom@gmail.com www.GardinerAngus.com

HOTEL

Don

Crossroads Cattle Company

Don has spent a lifetime in the beef business. For the past several years, he has worked with us and our customers and recognizes the value of GAR-influenced genetics throughout the supply chain. As a member of the Crossroads Cattle Co. team, Don works daily with every production sector to buy and sell cattle. We appreciate Don’s willingness to work with us as well as our customers to capture more value. If you do not plan on retaining ownership and would like to access the best market for your calves, we highly recommend Don Graham.

Dear customers and friends,

As most of you know, our 43rd Annual Spring Production Sale has just been completed. The sale was one of the best sales ever for us and we are truly grateful. We can’t overlook the fact this sale, like every GAR sale, is the result of an incredible team, from our ranch team to the team of professionals we rely on for input to help us make the best decisions we can regarding the continued improvement of beef.

Over the years, we have gradually added sales. This year, 2022, marks our 5th “Early Bird” sale, the 43rd spring sale, 7th “Meating Demand” sale and18th fall sale. Each sale was added to enable our customers to buy the same proven and predictable genetics in a window of time that best fit their operations.

Making sure we stay focused on our customers’ needs also requires us to never lose sight of the details. Even the smallest detail like weighing every calf born on the ranch for decades is as important as collecting harvest data on more than 3500 head of home-raised and customer cattle each year. Why? Accountability, reliability, and accuracy from birth to harvest for starters. As cow-calf producers and a diversified beef operation, we are the beginning of the supply chain. If we fail, the supply chain is challenged, and the customer must then make the final decision whether or not beef is a good value. We KNOW beef is a very good value when we design the best beef possible!

Sixty percent of the 179 bulls in the sale offering are sired by six of our most proven sires. The remainder of the offering is sired by several young sires that offer unique opportunities without compromising calving ease, early, explosive growth, moderate stature, and elite end-product merit.

We have almost daily conversations with customers asking about the traits that have significance to them. They want to talk about what maternal function means to them, how acceptable, functional feet are necessary, and how, or if, they need to understand genetic predictions like the PAP EPD. PAP is not a trait producers from the Great Plains need to monitor. However, Gardiner Angus Ranch needs to be cognizant of this for our customers operating ranches at a higher altitude. These discussions help us all understand the magnitude of these traits and how they affect their operations. We encourage customers to focus on highly heritable traits, apply pressure to improve those traits using genomic and phenotypic information, and use their culling discipline to address the lowly heritable traits. A quote I once heard that I believe fits well is “we select for the highly heritable traits of magnitude, and we “manage” the lowly heritable traits.” Reproduction is the #1 performance trait, yet it is lowly heritable, so we multiply the ones that breed, make food of those that do not! We believe this process avoids single trait selection or trying to change a population for a trait that is lowly heritable.

While writing this letter, we can’t help but think about the daily reports of a senseless war on a European democracy. Someone once said, “When America sneezes, the world catches a cold.” We argue that when there is a threat to a free market system anywhere around the world, we risk much more than a “cold.” Ukraine is the largest exporter of seed oils (primarily sunflower oil), 5th largest exporter of wheat in the world and provides approximately 15% of the global supply of corn.

As disturbing as the news coming out of Ukraine is to watch, a quote from a Ukrainian farmer describes the philosophy of all of us involved in agriculture. He said, “We need to win this war in the next three weeks and not delay planting.” The resilience of everyone involved in agriculture around the world understands exactly what he means. We must deal with the challenges. From wars, catastrophic fires, weather, or market volatility, we deal with the problems facing us today… but we do not miss the planting season! As we think of and pray for the Ukraine, we are reminded of one of Henry’s many sayings: “We can do this, so let’s get to doing it!” We go forward.

Greg Gardiner

Mark Gardiner

Grant Gardiner

Cole Gardiner Ransom Gardiner Quanah Gardiner

Eva Gardiner, DVM

Debra Gardiner

Megan Gardiner Kayla Dewey Gardiner

We are so thankful for your trust in our family and our cattle.

This catalog feature is presented as a tribute to Henry Gardiner and his habit of writing everything down (in triplicate). Henry made lists and studied them to analyze the performance of cattle at Gardiner Angus Ranch. This “good habit” began when Henry was young and continued into the years prior to his passing in 2015.

Henry also enjoyed baseball. So, in his honor we present the Top 10 sale bulls in nine categories as “League Leaders” in these very popular EPDs and performance traits. We hope you enjoy analyzing the lists and hope you learn about the cattle in the same way Henry did for so many years.

League Leaders

In Popular EPDs and Performance

The “Meating Demand” Bulls That Sell

For the 7th Annual “Meating the Demand” Sale we have chosen bulls with a wide age range. The sale will begin with 29, 19 to 20-month-old bulls, followed by 91 spring 14- to 16-monthold bulls and finish with 59 older bulls, 19- to 20-months-old. In total, the 179 sale bulls are the progeny of 33 different Angus sires. This offering presents bulls with a wide variety of pedigrees and a wide range of ages for our bull buyers.

As usual, the majority of the bulls in the sale are sired by five of our most trusted herd sires: GAR Ashland (30 sons); GAR Quantum (29 sons); GAR Home Town (28 sons); GAR Combustion (12 sons) and GAR Phoenix (9 sons). However, there are some exciting younger sires that have sons in this sale.

We have a saying, “Pounds pay the bills and QUALITY POUNDS pay more bills.” These bulls will sire calves with the “quality pounds.” You can find the pounds in the sale bulls that rank in the Top 15% of the Angus breed for yearling weight. You can find the quality in the sale bulls that rank in the top 3% of the breed for marbling. Check out the average EPDs for the entire group of sale bulls in the table below.

We continue to provide index values from Method Genetics (MG). Using MG indexes allows our customers who perform MG genetic evaluations on their own commercial cattle to compare indexes of our sale bulls directly to the index values in their own herds. Hence, this provides our customers with a unique “tie” to the commercial industry that is not offered by the use of AAA genetic predictions. The average MG index values for the entire group of sale bulls is shown in the table below.

Average Method Genetic

For The 2022 “Meating

Sale Bulls

The Retained Ownership Index (ROI) is the most complete index we can offer our customers for evaluating bulls. ROI provides a complete production system approach – it incorporates traits from conception through carcass endpoints. Unlike other indexes, ROI combines maternal, growth and carcass quality endpoints into one comprehensive index. This makes it the most useful index for selecting bulls to sire replacement females or offspring headed for the feedlot and processing plant.

Customers may ask, “how do I use ROI as a selection tool?” The strategies for using ROI vary, but many of our customers use individual EPDs like calving ease (CED), stature (YH) or milk along with the sale bull’s pedigree to reduce the list of 172 bulls down to a smaller group that meets their primary specifications. Then, rather than considering every other EPD individually, the buyers turn to the ROI index because it combines the effects of all the other traits on dollars per calf produced. That strategy allows each buyer to focus on some individual traits that may be “non-starters” for them, but in the end they rely on the most inclusive index value, ROI, to find the best “all-around athlete” within the group that fits their most important specifications. We have found the ROI index to be the highest correlated tool we have for profit.

This group of sale bulls provides a range of choices among bulls based on ages, pedigrees and individual traits. However, with the whole group averaging in the Top 15% for ROI, there are a lot of “all-around athletes” spread throughout the sale. We hope you find bulls that will work for you.

GAR Home town 830G

In January, 2022, the export value of fed cattle harvested exceeded $500 per head for the first time. The US Meat Export Federation reports beef exports, by volume, for January were up 13% from a year ago. The export value hit a record $1.03 billion for beef and increased 57% from 2021.

Lot 2 GAR Home town 720G

G A R Home Town 830G

G A R Home Town 720G

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G A R Home Town Y90

GAR Home town Y90

52% or 14,127 carcass records out of 27,455 in the current AAA database were submitted by Gardiner Angus Ranch.

GAR has gathered carcass data on 112 of the 663 sires that have at least one carcass record listed in the AAA main Sire Summary.

G A R Home Town 820G

20 Month Old Bulls

MARBLING MATTERS

We frequently discuss the importance of using high accuracy, progeny proven sires. We believe documenting the value of a calf, from birth to harvest, is the most accurate method to quantify value. The majority of the bulls in this offering are sired by GAR Ashland, GAR Quantum, GAR Home Town, GAR Combustion and GAR Phoenix. In early January, we shipped 179 home-raised steers, fed at Shaw Feedyards, and harvested at National Beef in Dodge City. The majority of the steers were sired by the same bulls. The 14-16 month old steers had an average harvest weight of 1,521, 976 lb. hot carcass wt., 15 sq. in. ribeye and 100% of the steers graded USDA Choice and Prime. Sisters of these steers become replacements in our commercial herd and replicate the process, raising the quality bar each year.

GAR Home town 850G

Over 12% of all U.S. beef is exported. Nearly 17% of all Certified Angus Beef® product is shipped overseas. The top export markets are Canada, Japan, South Korea, Mexico and Hong Kong. CAB makes its way into more than 50 countries around the world.

G A R Home Town 850G

G A R Home Town 860G

USPB DELIVERY RIGHTS

Many of our customers realize the value of access to GAR USPB delivery rights. Today, the demand exceeds our supply. Due to the increased demand, we are requiring prior authorization. If you are a GAR customer, retaining ownership, and would like to use GAR delivery rights, please contact Mark Gardiner (620) 635-5095 for prior authorization.

From 1998 through 2021, GAR customers marketed 122,000 head through U.S. Premium Beef, earning an average of $92.71 per head above the base price, totaling $11,310,280

G A R Home Town 800G

GAR Home town 800G

Each year, we retain ownership and sell our home-raised steers through U.S. Premium Beef. These home-raised steers enable us to prove the end product merit of the GAR “Young Guns” since they must compete against the proven GAR elite AI sires. The most recent group included 16 GAR Home Town steers. The steers averaged 963 pound HCW, 15 sq. in. REA, and 100% CAB and Prime. The Home Town progeny are an exact fit for the U.S. beef industry.

Lot 8

GAR Home town 810G

G A R Home Town 810G

G A R Dual Threat 1160G

Current Scholars

Henry Gardiner Scholarship & Lecture Series

Since 2012, the Henry C. Gardiner scholarship application process creates an environment for qualified students to compete for elite undergraduate scholarships. Thirty-three students applied for the 20222023 scholarships and represented the largest group of applicants to date. Academic standing, community service, work ethic and future goals are taken into consideration. A panel of K-State faculty and industry leaders review the applications. Finalists are selected and compete in a rigorous interview process. The students are academically elite agriculture undergraduates enrolled at K-State and plan to continue careers in agriculture.

G A R Dual Threat Y50

When asked to comment on the level of excellence of the applicants, Mark Gardiner said, “Dad was passionate about education, critical thinking and lifelong curiosity.” During the interview process, one student asked Mark to characterize Henry in two words, and those words were curiosity and caring. “Henry was adamant that students should have the opportunities to succeed. The six recipients of the Henry C. Gardiner scholarships are models for the level of excellence Dad would have appreciated.” In closing for the evening, Mark reminded the students that in the future, they, too, are expected pay it forward.

Henry C. Gardiner Scholarships for the 2022-2023 school year have been awarded to twin brothers, Sage and Lukas Dierks, Douglass, Kansas; Joshua Waller, Hoehne, Colorado; Chesney Effling, Highmore, South Dakota; Grace Knepp, Lincolnville, Kansas; and Riley Krehbiel, Kingman, Kansas.

The Henry C. Gardiner Scholarship is made possible through the generous contributions of Gardiner customers, friends and family continuing the legacy of Henry Gardiner. To date, 42 undergraduate students have received $195,500 in scholarships.

Students classified as a rising-junior, junior or senior, either enrolled in or planning to enroll at Kansas State University with a major in Animal Science and Industry or closely related field may apply. Scholarships are awarded annually to students meeting rigorous criteria and exhibiting a commitment to focus on improving the beef industry and food animal production.

Left to right: Sage Dierks, Lukas Dierks, Joshua Waller, Chesney Effling, Grace Knepp and Riley Krehbiel.

100% of the proceeds from the sale of Lot 10 will be donated to the Henry Gardiner Scholarship & Lecture Series at K-State.

G A R Set Apart 770G

G A R Set Apart 760G

G A R Set Apart 750G

G A R Set Apart 1150G

G A R Set Apart 740G

G A R Inertia 610G

G A R Inertia 1170G

G A R Home Town Y70

G A R Inertia 730G

G A R Home Town 870G

REVENUE SHARING AND SEMEN INTEREST

You will notice we are selling revenue sharing and semen interests on all bulls. This means the bull is totally in your control in how you want to handle him and you get 100% of the salvage value of the bull. Simply, we are reserving the right to a share of semen sales revenue from the bull if, at some time in the future, semen sales become a possibility. If you sell the bull to another breeder, Gardiner Angus Ranch retains the semen interest.

It is unlikely that large amounts of semen will be sold from many bulls. However, bulls are often “discovered” later in life, after proving themselves in the breeding pasture. It is for this reason we keep a semen interest in all bulls sold in our production sale.

Even bulls sold to commercial herds may become popular at a later time, as more carcass data is collected on their calves.

If you purchase a bull that we retain an interest in and you choose to collect semen from that bull as an “insurance policy” for your own use, that semen is 100% yours. Gardiner Angus Ranch may also wish to collect semen from the bull, either for in-herd use or to build a jointly-owned semen bank for sale purposes.

If you are not interested in collecting semen on the bull, GAR has the right to collect the bull, at their own expense, for their own use. Semen collection will be arranged at the convenience of the owner of the possession interest.

G A R Home Town 1090G

G A R Dual Threat Y40

Actual scrotal and hip height measurements. YW Adjusted to 452 days of Age. Selling 100% possession and retaining 1/2 revenue sharing and semen interest.

G A R Home Town 690G

G A R Dual Threat A075

20 Month Old Bulls

G A R Ashland 1080G

“Hawaiian Friday” is a “throwback” started by our 2017 spring interns. We appreciate their sense of humor and happy to go to work every day attitudes!

G A R Dual Threat Y60

G A R Combustion A086

G A R Combustion A091

G A R Phoenix A024

REPEAT BUYER POLICY

Once again we are offering our “repeat buyer credit policy.” This policy is the same as in previous years. If you purchased an animal in our May 2021, September 2021, January 2022 or April 2022 sales, you will receive 5% off your purchases in this sale. If you have not made a GAR purchase in the last 12 months, but make a purchase in this sale, you will become a repeat-buyer and receive 5% off of any future purchase you make in the next 12 months. This 5% discount is determined after all credits have been subtracted from the gross purchase price.

G A R Home Town J1133

GAR Home town J1133

The Meating Demand offering features 91 bulls mostly sired by GAR Home Town, GAR Quantum, GAR Ashland and GAR Combustion. These 14-16 month old bulls rank in the top 10% of the Angus breed for calving ease, top 2% for marbling, top 4% for $B and $C and top 10% for ribeye. The entire offering ranks in the top 16% of the unique Method Genetics database for retained ownership income (ROI), which is the most complete index from birth to harvest available in the beef industry.

14-16 Month Old Bulls

GAR Home town 971w

The four largest packers reported a dramatic increase in the premiums earned for Certified Angus Beef® brand. Annual grid, formula and contract premiums paid on CAB carcasses in 2021 totaled $182 million, an increase in the 2019 record of $92 million

G A R Home Town 971W

Making sure we stay focused on our customers’ needs requires us to never lose sight of the details. The smallest detail like weighing every calf born on the ranch is as important as collecting harvest data on more than 3500 head of home-raised and customer cattle each year. Why?

Accountability, reliability, and accuracy from birth to harvest. We are the beginning of the supply chain. If we fail, quality and consistency in the supply chain is challenged, and the customer must then make the final decision whether or not beef is a good value.

We KNOW beef is a very good value when we design the best beef possible!

G A R Quantum 12M

GAR QuAntum 12m

As we share the final carcass summary of our home-raised steers, it’s important to note these steers were harvested at 14-16 months of age. Six steers sired by GAR Quantum were in the home-raised group. The steers posted average 365 adj. wt. of 1,370, 928 hot carcass wt. , 15.4 sq. in. ribeye and graded 100% Choice and Prime. The Quantum steers were harvested, on avg., at 491 days of age.

G A R Quantum J1091

We have almost daily conversations with customers asking about the traits that have significance to them. They want to talk about what maternal function means to them, how acceptable, functional feet are necessary, and how, or if, they need to understand genetic predictions like the PAP EPD. PAP is not a trait producers from the Great Plains need to monitor. However, Gardiner Angus Ranch needs to be cognizant of this for our customers operating ranches at a higher altitude. These discussions help us all understand the magnitude of these traits and how they affect their operations.

G A R Combustion J1179

G A R Phoenix J1203

Month Old Bulls

G A R Combustion J1154

G A R Phoenix 131J

G A R Combustion J1159

G A R Fireball G1038

G A R Fireball L141

G A R Sure Fire K1

G A R Xceptional 31B

G A R Sure Fire K11

G A R Ashland D631

G A R Ashland L271

G A R Ashland 131L

G A R Ashland L111

G A R Combustion J1156

G A R Combustion 171G

G A R Combustion J1171

14-16 Month Old Bulls

GAR Alternative 1004H

G A R K263 Prophet 31J

GAR Early Bird JG 359 241

G A R Quantum J1176

G A R Inertia 111J

G A R Quantum J1174

G A R Quantum J1060

G A R Sitka 351J [M1P]

Lot 65

DEDUCT $100 FROM YOUR PURCHASE

Any buyer of any lot or group in the sale will have $100 deducted from the purchase price of that lot or group if he provides for the transportation from GAR within two weeks after the sale.

Month Old Bulls

G A R Home Town 921W

Approximately 12% of CAB brand carcasses qualify for Certified Angus Beef Prime label. Those premiums are paid to cattle suppliers in the form of Prime premiums, which are not included in the packer premium survey. In 2021, packers reported to USDA an average Prime grid price of $18.80 cwt. over Choice.

—Reported by CAB

G A R Home Town P151

G A R Home Town J1186

G A R Home Town P161 [M1P]

G A R Home

G A R Home Town J1205

G A R Home Town P111

G A R Home Town J1183

G A R Ashland L381

G A R Ashland B127

GAR Ashland has been one the high use sires in our history. He ranks in the top 10% of the Angus breed for calving ease and yearling weight, and is in the bottom 45% of breed for mature height. He is a +1.19 for marbling and +1.11 for ribeye. Nine Ashland steers harvested in our 2022 home-raised group had an average harvest weight of 1496 pounds, 965 pounds hot carcass weight, 15.5 sq. in. ribeye and 100% graded USDA Choice and Prime. Fifty-seven carcass records and more than 2,725 ultrasound records in the AAA database are the result of Ashland progeny.

G A R Ashland J1034

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G A R Ashland 801J

G A R Ashland 91J

G A R Combustion J1153

G A R Ashland D661

79

G A R Combustion J1138

82

G A R Ashland D641

G A R Bonfire W121

85

Month Old Bulls

G A R Sure Fire 106

G A R Phoenix U18

88

G A R K263 Prophet 321J

G A R Phoenix 941W

G A R Quantum P321

G A R Quantum 71E

G A R Quantum J1079

91

G A R Quantum J1198

G A R Quantum J1204

G A R Quantum J1218

G A R Quantum J1178

GAR Quantum 0760H

G A R Quantum J1215

Month Old Bulls

G A R Quantum 10M

G A R Quantum AS71

Each year, GAR spring interns have an opportunity to gain ultrasound experience on a large commercial ranching operation. We appreciate our long time GAR friend and customer, Joe Howard and Bobbie Williamson, Wichita Falls, Texas, for their business and for providing an educational experience for the next generation of beef producers.

G A R Quantum AS81

G A R Momentum D590

G A R Quantum 182L

GAR Momentum 103P

GAR spring interns Ambree Sandell, Shelby Stille, Zach Konicke and Olivia Lewis get valuable experience ultrasounding to determine the date of pregnancy.

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G A R Momentum 851J

G A R Drive J1220

GAR Momentum 109P

G A R Drive J1210

GAR Momentum 111P

G A R Genesis 201J

111

G A R L517 100X L1460

G A R Enhance M1216

G A R Early Bird 123L

G A R Ashland 911J

G A R Enhance L161

G A R Ashland B129

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G A R Ashland P131

G A R Ashland P141

G A R Ashland B125

G A

Home Town P181

Shelby Stille helps out getting hay to all the pastures.

G A R Home Town M102

We have a wide range of customers with very different operations and marketing plans. The best bull for one customer may not be the best choice for another. When we design matings to produce our sale bulls, we consider many key EPDs, including: calving ease, yearling weight, yearling height, marbling, $Beef and Method Genetics’ Retained Ownership Income (ROI). Decades of data collected on over a half century of Gardiner genetics from birth to harvest enable us to guarantee these bulls will work for you in your environment.

G A R Phoenix 10B

G A R Xceptional 1040G [DDF]

G A R Quantum 03B

G A R Xceptional 05B

100% possession and retaining 1/2 revenue sharing and semen interest.

G A R Quantum 01B

G A R Ashland 5630

G A R Proactive 066M

G A R Quantum 021M

G A R Quantum S160

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G A R Quantum 210E

G A R Quantum R820

We have worked with the Eatinger family in Thedford, Nebraska, for nearly 30 years as the GAR ET program grew. We are grateful for their attention to health, nutrition and overall best practice animal husbandry.

G A R Quantum EWA0137

G A R Quantum TA230

G A R Quantum J0240

USPB DELIVERY RIGHTS

Many of our customers realize the value of access to GAR USPB delivery rights. Today, the demand exceeds our supply. Due to the increased demand, we are requiring prior authorization. If you are a GAR customer, retaining ownership, and would like to use GAR delivery rights, please contact Mark Gardiner (620) 635-5095 for prior authorization.

From 1998 through 2021, GAR customers marketed 122,000 head through U.S. Premium Beef, earning an average of $92.71 per head above the base price, totaling $11,310,280

G A R Quantum R610

G A R Revamp Z190

G A R Quantum 4120J

G A R Combustion 170E

G A R Revamp Z260

G A R Combustion M0704

G A R Phoenix 6050

G A R Starbuck 064M

G A R Phoenix 1100G

G A R Starbuck 063M

G A R Phoenix S130

G A R Sure Fire S210

G A R Cache 6610

G A R Identified 6540

G A R Cache 6090

20 Month Old Bulls

A WORD ABOUT FREE DELIVERY

Gardiner Angus Ranch offers its customers free delivery anywhere in the lower 48 states. As a part of that delivery we work with reputable livestock transportation companies that we feel comfortable with in the handling of your cattle in both a professional and conscientious way. GAR will do everything possible to deliver your cattle to a point that is convenient for both you and the trucking company. In some cases where there are cattle from multiple owners loaded on the same truck, it is necessary for the buyer to meet the truck at a central location such as a livestock auction or veterinary clinic relatively close to them. We also encourage the drivers to be as flexible as possible and request that they not deliver your cattle in the middle of the night if avoidable. If you would like to insure your cattle, you can do so on sale day. Most of the cattle to be delivered from the sale are delivered within 45 days after the sale. If, for any reason, you desire an expedited delivery, please notify Grant Gardiner at (620) 635-0382 or email grant.c.gardiner@gmail.com and we will make arrangements for quicker delivery.

G A R Bonfire 060M

G A R Breakthrough R580

G A R Momentum 075L

G A R Breakthrough R920

G A R Momentum 680W

G A R Breakthrough 7840

G A R Method 290E [M1P]

G A R Method B2001

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G A R L927 100X L220

G A R On Tap Z8110

G A R L927 100X L330

G A R Genuine R530

G A R Enhance 7580

G A R Genuine 990J

G A R Enhance G093

G A R Bragging Rights 7010

G A R Plus One 5930

G A R Ashland 7180

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G A R Ashland S310

G A R Ashland Z290

G A R Ashland 460J

G A R Ashland Z8500

G A R Ashland 1150J

G A R Ashland 091L

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ATTENTION INTERNET BIDDERS

Every effort, within our control, has been made to provide Internet bidding platforms that responds to your bids in real time. However, Gardiner Angus Ranch sales are rapid paced events. Depending on Internet speed at your location, real time bidding may not be possible. If you are interested in specific lots, we encourage you to contact the GAR designated sale representatives or Matt Caldwell, Jeff Mafi, or Bill Bowman or any member of the Gardiner family. Your bids will be handled professionally and confidentially.

G A R Ashland G092

“Meating Demand” GAR-Influenced Commercial Females

Selling approximately 100 head of GAR-Influenced, AI bred commercial replacement heifers. The heifers are Method Genetics tested and the EPDs and Indexes will be available sale day. The heifers are bred AI to GAR Home Town and GAR Ignite. The females will sell gate-cut, minimum of 10 head. Buyer can take the entire load lot, but must take a minimum of 10 head.

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Method Matters

The Method Genetics index values are derived from Method Genetics EPDs combined with industry-focused economic weightings. The Method EPDs are generated from a multi-trait, ‘single-step’ genetic evaluation that uses performance measures, ancestral pedigree, and

available DNA genotypes. This single-step approach incorporates the genotypes directly into the genetic evaluation process and was implemented at Method in the summer of 2014.

Method Genetics® Selection Index Key Used in the catalog

MATERNAL PRODUCTION INDEX (MPI):

The Maternal Production Index is reported in dollars per calf produced from the breeding herd with Angus-based genetics. It encompasses direct and maternal calving ease, heifer pregnancy, weaning growth, maternal milk, and mature size differences in a scenario where replacement females are retained and calves are marketed at weaning.

Method Genetics Index/Percentile

QUALITY POUNDS INDEX (QPI):

The Quality Pounds Index is reported in dollars per calf for herds with Angus-based genetics. It focuses on the terminal side of the herd’s business for feedlot gain and carcass merit genetic differences. There are no provisions for calving ease or maternal traits, with the assumption that all calves are under a retained ownership scenario fed out and marketed on a premium quality-based grid.

MPI/% 167/1 QPI/% 166/1 ROI/% 300/1

METHOD GENETICS INDEX PERCENTILE RANKS (%):

A numeric ranking of the animal’s Index values on a 1% to 100% scale. A lower numeric value is considered more favorable. For example, a 25% presented with an index indicates that animal is in the upper 25 percent of the animals in the Method Genetics genetic evaluation for calves born in the last five years.

RETAINED OWNERSHIP INCOME (ROI):

Cattle producers interested in a complete production system approach from conception through carcass end-point can use the Retained Ownership Income index ties together reproduction, calving ease, maternal genetic merit, growth throughout the calf’s lifetime, and quality based carcass merit in an Angus-based herd. The ROI is reported in dollars per calf produced in the herd, and consolidates the sub-indexes of MPI and QPI.

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2022 “Meating Demand” Reference Sires

GAR Home Town

REF G GAR Breakthrough

GAR Quantum

REF H GAR Inertia

GAR Ashland

GAR Combustion

GAR Momentum

GAR Phoenix

F GAR Dual Threat

J GAR Genuine

K

GAR Set Apart

GAR Prophet K263

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

Expected Progeny Differences (EPD), is the prediction of how future progeny of each animal are expected to perform relative to the progeny of other animals listed in the database. EPDs are expressed in units of measure for the trait, plus or minus. Interim EPDs may appear on young animals when their performance has yet to be incorporated into the American Angus Association National Cattle Evaluation (NCE) procedures. This EPD will be preceded by an “I”, and may or may not include the animal’s own performance record for a particular trait, depending on its availability, appropriate contemporary grouping, or data edits needed for NCE.

GROWTH

Calving Ease Direct (CED), is expressed as a difference in percentage of unassisted births, with a higher value indicating greater calving ease in first-calf heifers. It predicts the average difference in ease with which a sire’s calves will be born when he is bred to first-calf heifers.

Birth Weight EPD (BW), expressed in pounds, is a predictor of a sire’s ability to transmit birth weight to his progeny compared to that of other sires.

Weaning Weight EPD (WW), expressed in pounds, is a predictor of a sire’s ability to transmit weaning growth to his progeny compared to that of other sires.

Yearling Weight EPD (YW), expressed in pounds, is a predictor of a sire’s ability to transmit yearling growth to his progeny compared to that of other sires.

Residual Average Daily Gain (RADG), expressed in pounds per day, is a predictor of a sire’s genetic ability for postweaning gain in future progeny compared to that of other sires, given a constant amount of feed consumed.

Dry Matter Intake (DMI), expressed in pounds per day, is a predictor of difference transmitting ability for feed intake during the postweaning phase, compared to that of other sires.

Yearling Height EPD (YH), is a predictor of a sire’s ability to transmit yearling height, expressed in inches, compared to that of other sires.

Scrotal Circumference EPD (SC), expressed in centimeters, is a predictor of the difference in transmitting ability for scrotal size compared to that of other sires.

Docility (DOC), is expressed as a difference in yearling cattle temperament, with a higher value indicating more favorable docility. It predicts the average difference of progeny from a sire in comparison with another sire’s calves. In herds where temperament problems are not an issue, this expected difference would not be realized.

MATERNAL

Heifer Pregnancy (HP), the heifer pregnancy EPDs are designed to characterize differences among sires in the Angus breed for daughter’s heifer pregnancy. When comparing two sires based on their heifer pregnancy EPDs (reported in units of percentage), a higher EPD sire would be expected to have daughters with a greater probability or chance of becoming pregnant than a sire with the lower EPD.

Calving Ease Maternal (CEM), is expressed as a difference in percentage of unassisted births with a higher value indicating greater calving ease in first-calf daughters. It predicts the average ease with which a sire’s daughters will calve as first-calf heifers when compared to daughters of other sires.

Maternal Milk EPD (Milk), is a predictor of a sire’s genetic merit for milk and mothering ability as expressed in his daughters compared to daughters of other sires. In other words, it is that part of a calf’s weaning weight attributed to milk and mothering ability.

Mature Weight EPD (MW), expressed in pounds, is a predictor of the difference in mature weight of daughters of a sire compared to the daughters of other sires.

Mature Height EPD (MH), expressed in inches, is a predictor of the difference in mature height of a sire’s daughters compared to daughters of other sires.

Cow Energy Value ($EN), expressed in dollar savings per cow per year, assesses differences in cow energy requirements as an expected dollar savings difference in daughters of sires. A larger value is more favorable when comparing two animals (more dollars saved on feed energy expenses). Components for computing the cow $EN savings difference include lactation energy requirements and energy costs associated with differences in mature cow size.

CARCASS

Carcass Weight EPD (CW), expressed in pounds, is a predictor of the differences in hot carcass weight of a sire’s progeny compared to progeny of other sires.

Marbling EPD (Marb), expressed as a fraction of the difference in USDA marbling score of a sire’s progeny compared to progeny of other sires.

Ribeye Area EPD (RE), expressed in square inches, is a predictor of the difference in ribeye area of a sire’s progeny compared to progeny of other sires.

Fat Thickness EPD (Fat), expressed in inches, is a predictor of the differences in external fat thickness at the 12th rib (as measured between the 12th and 13th ribs) of a sire’s progeny compared to progeny of other sires.

YEARLING AND ULTRASOUND ADJUSTED MEASUREMENTS

Adj. Yrlg. Scrotal Circ: Adjusted yearling scrotal circumference, the bull’s scrotal circumference measured in centimeters adjusted to one year of age.

Adj. Yrlg. Hip Ht.: Each bull’s hip height measured in inches and adjusted to one year of age.

Adj. %IMF: The percent intramuscular fat (marbling) adjusted to 365 days of age. Heritability for marbling is in the moderate range.

%IMF Ratio: The percent above or below average (100 = average) a bull or female is for its marbling scan within its contemporary group.

Adj. Yrlg. Ribeye Area: Each bull’s ribeye area measured in square inches and adjusted to one year of age.

REA Ratio: The percent above or below average (100 = average) a bull is for his adjusted ribeye area.

Adj. Rib Fat: This is the off-test backfat measured in inches adjusted to 365 days of age.

Rib Fat Ratio: The percent above or below average (100 = average) a bull or female is for its backfat scan within its contemporary group.

Adj. Rump Fat: This is the off-test rump fat measured in inches adjusted to 365 days of age.

Rump Fat Ratio: The percent above or below average (100= average) a bull or female is for its rump fat scan within its contemporary group.

$VALUE INDEXES

Weaned Calf Value ($W), an index value expressed in dollars per head, is the expected average difference in future progeny performance for pre-weaning merit. $W includes both revenue and cost adjustments associated with differences in birth weight, weaning direct growth, maternal milk, and mature cow size.

Feedlot Value ($F), an index value expressed in dollars per head, is the expected average difference in future progeny performance for post-weaning merit compared to progeny of other sires.

Grid Value ($G), an index value expressed in dollars per head, is the expected average difference in future progeny performance for carcass grid merit compared to progeny of other sires.

Quality Grade ($QG), $QG represents the quality grade segment of the economic advantage found in $G. $QG is intended for the specialized user wanting to place more emphasis on improving quality grade. The carcass marbling (Marb) EPD and ultrasound-derived percent intramuscular fat (%IMF) EPD contribute to $QG.

Yield Grade ($YG), $YG represents the yield grade segment of the economic advantage found in $G. $YG is intended for the specialized user wanting to place more emphasis on red meat yield. It provides a multi-trait approach to encompass ribeye, fat thickness and weight into an economic value for red meat yield.

Beef Value ($B), an index value expressed in dollars per head, is the expected average difference in future progeny performance for post-weaning and carcass value compared to progeny of other sires.

DAM’S PRODUCTION RECORD:

Act.BW — Actual Birth Weight: The number of calves each dam has had and the average actual birth weight of those calves. Example: 3-81 means the dam has had 3 calves with an average actual birth weight of 81 pounds.

BWR — Birth Weight Ratio: The number of calves a dam has had and their average birth weight ratio. Example: 2-98 means the dam has had 2 calves with an average BWR of 98.

WWR — Weaning Weight Ratio: The number of calves a dam has had and their average weaning weight ratio. Example: 2-102 means the dam has had 2 calves with an average WWR of 102.

YWR — Yearling Weight Ratio: The number of calves a dam has had and their average yearling weight ratio. Example: 2-103 means the dam has had 2 calves with an average YWR of 103.

DAM’S ULTRASOUND PRODUCTION RECORD

%IMF: The number of calves that each dam has had, and the average %IMF ratio on those calves. Example: 11-112 means that the dam of this animal has had 11 progeny ultrasounded for IMF with an average ratio of 112.

REA: The number of calves that each dam has had, and the average ribeye area ratio on those calves. Example: 11-112 means that the dam of this animal has had 11 progeny ultrasounded for REA with an average ratio of 112.

Fat: The number of calves that each dam has had, and the average rib fat ratio on those calves. Example: 11-112 means that the dam of this animal has had 11 progeny ultrasounded for rib fat with an average ratio of 112. A ratio above 100 would mean that this animal has above average rib fat (more fat) and a ratio of less than 100 means that the animal has less rib fat (less fat) within the animal’s contemporary group.

RU Fat: The number of calves that each dam has had, and the average rump fat ratio on those calves. Example: 11-112 means that the dam of this animal has had 11 progeny ultrasounded for rump fat with an average ratio of 112. A ratio above 100 would mean that this animal has above average rump fat (more fat) and a ratio of less than 100 means that the animal has less rump fat (less fat) within the animal’s contemporary group.

BW — Birth Weight: The actual weight in pounds at birth.

Calving-Ease Score: 1 = unassisted; 2 = some assistance; 3 = mechanical assistance.

METHOD GENETICS® CHOICE EPD AND SELECTION INDEX KEY

CARCASS WEIGHT (CW): The carcass weight EPD is reported in pounds of harvest carcass weight. As with other weight traits, selection for weight genetics is moderately to highly heritable and will lead to increased directional genetic change in pounds. The CW EPD has contributions not only from the genotyped calves, but harvest carcass records, ultrasound indicator trait results, and available pedigree.

MARBLING (MARB): Marbling EPDs are reported in harvest marbling score units, with a higher value being more favorable.

RIBEYE AREA (REA): The ribeye area EPD, with a higher value as the typical desired direction, can be used to place selection pressure on this trait to impact red meat yield.

CALVING EASE DIRECT (CED): Reported as a percentage of unassisted calvings, this EPD is used to select favorable calving ease genetics for use in matings to first calf heifers. The value is more noted for sire selection. In Angus-influenced herds that have heavily emphasized calving ease genetics, selection pressure for this trait may or may not be a priority. A higher value is more favorable. For example if there was a 5 percentage point difference between to animals (+10 vs +5), one would expect 5 more calves out of 100 to be born unassisted in future progeny, to favor choosing the animal with the CED of +10.

DOCILITY (DOC): Docility is reported as a convenience trait with a higher value favoring more docile temperament. Reported in percentage units, these EPDs can be used as an accessory sorting tool as needed.

CALVING EASE MATERNAL (CEM): This EPD is applicable to calves out of daughters of first-calf heifers and their unassisted calving percentage difference relative to other individuals. Again, as with CED, a higher value is more favorable and reported in units of percent.

MATERNAL PRODUCTION INDEX (MPI): The Maternal Production Index is reported in dollars per calf produced from the breeding herd with Angus-based genetics. It encompasses direct and maternal calving ease, heifer pregnancy, weaning growth, maternal milk, and mature size differences in a scenario where replacement females are retained and calves are marketed at weaning.

QUALITY POUNDS INDEX (QPI): The Quality Pounds Index is reported in dollars per calf for herds with Angus-based genetics. It focuses on the terminal side of the herd’s business for feedlot gain and carcass merit genetic differences. There are no provisions for calving ease or maternal traits, with the assumption that all calves are under a retained ownership scenario fed out and marketed on a premium quality-based grid.

RETAINED OWNERSHIP INCOME (ROI): Cattle producers interested in a complete production system approach from conception through carcass end-point should use the Retained Ownership Income index ties together reproduction, calving ease, maternal genetic merit, growth throughout the calf’s lifetime, and quality based carcass merit in an Angus-based herd. The ROI is reported in dollars per calf produced in the herd, and consolidates the sub-indexes of MPI and QPI.

METHOD GENETICS EPD AND INDEX PERCENTILE RANKS (%) are a numeric ranking of the animal’s EPD and Index values on a 1% to 100% scale. For most traits a lower numeric value is considered more favorable, such as for CED EPD. For example, a 25% presented with an EPD indicates that animal is in the upper 25 percent of the animals in the Method Genetics evaluation for calves born in the last five years.

THE GARDINER ANGUS RANCH BREEDING GUARANTEE

We guarantee that all breeding cattle sold by Gardiner Angus Ranch, both bulls and females, are fertile to the best of our knowledge. If a bull is injured at any time in the 12 months following the sale so as to make them functionally infertile, we will provide you with a satisfactory replacement, if available, or issue you a credit equal to the bull’s purchase price minus the salvage value received for that bull. If a female is determined to be a non-breeder, then we would ask you to sell her and would offer you the difference of her purchase price minus the salvage value as a credit in any future GAR sale. This guarantee is in addition to the Sale Terms and Conditions of the American Angus Association which also apply.

A WORD ABOUT FREE DELIVERY

Gardiner Angus Ranch offers its customers free delivery anywhere in the lower 48 states. As a part of that delivery we work with reputable livestock transportation companies that we feel comfortable with in the handling of your cattle in both a professional and conscientious way. GAR will do everything possible to deliver your cattle to a point that is convenient for both you and the trucking company. In some cases where there are cattle from multiple owners loaded on the same truck, it is necessary for the buyer to meet the truck at a central location such as a livestock auction or veterinary clinic relatively close to them. We also encourage the drivers to be as flexible as possible and request that they not deliver your cattle in the middle of the night if avoidable. If you would like to insure your cattle, you can do so on sale day. Most of the cattle to be delivered from the sale are delivered within 45 days after the sale. If, for any reason, you desire an expedited delivery, please notify Grant Gardiner at (620) 635-0382 or email grant.c.gardiner@gmail.com and we will make arrangements for quicker delivery.

GARDINER ANGUS RANCH VACCINATION PROGRAM

Two Month Calves—Endovac-Bovi (Immvac)

Vision 7 (Merck Animal Health)

VistaOnce (Merck Animal Health)

Calves at 205 day Pre-weaning

Vision 7 20/20 (Merck Animal Health)

Vista Once (Merck Animal Health)

Weaning (June)

Vista 5 (Merck Animal Health)

Yearling Heifers (>30 day Pre-Breeding)

Vista 3 V/L5 (Merck Animal Health)

Ivomec Pour-On (Merial)

Cows at Synchronization

Virashield 6V/L5 (Novartis)

Ivomec Pour-On (Merial)

Bulls (Pre-Sale) Anaplasmosis vaccination (1 dose)

All animals have been tested for PI BVD are found to be free of this disease. The goal of this vaccination program is to decrease the risk for diseases that are prevalent in our area and our management scheme.

ASHLAND VETERINARY CENTER, INC.

GAR Spring 2022 Interns

Since the spring of 2012, The Gardiner Angus Ranch structured internship program has hosted 53 students from universities across the U.S. The students arrive with lots of goals, aspirations and hopes to continue to gain useful experience and eventually become professionals in agriculture. While experience is helpful, it has never been a prerequisite for an internship. Curiosity and a willingness to learn, however, are. The spring interns arrive just days before we begin ultrasounding hundreds of cattle and embryo transfer on over 100 donors. From day one, interns learn low-stress handling, horsemanship, reproduction, data collection and basic animal husbandry skills.

Ambree Sandell, a junior at the University of Florida, plans to continue her education and seek a master’s degree at Texas A & M University. Her goal is to become an educator in an extension role at a land grant university.

Shelby Stille, a junior at University of Missouri, plans to become a veterinarian and join a mixed animal practice in rural Missouri. Shelby was raised on her family’s Red Angus operation. The family also raises pork, poultry and eggs to supply their direct to consumer business.

Zachary Klonicke, a senior at Virginia Tech University, plans to return to VT and enter vet school, with the goal of becoming a food animal veterinarian.

Olivia Lewis, a senior at Auburn University, plans to continue her education through graduate school. Olivia’s equine experience will be a valuable asset. Her long term goals are to return to join her family’s forestry business, as well as improve the genetics in her family’s cowherd and produce high quality beef.

In addition to our “day jobs” at GAR, the interns have an opportunity to travel with Mark to visit other seedstock operations, feedlots, GAR commercial cow-calf operations. A few nuggets of Southwest Kansas history are always included!

Each intern cohort is unique. We are grateful that 53 students from all across the country applied and made the commitment to advance their education at Gardiner Angus Ranch. It is humbling and reassuring to know these bright, young students are preparing themselves for careers in food animal production and will continue to pay it forward.

Ambree Sandell Shelby Stille Zach Klonicke Olivia Lewis

GAR TEAM

Jeff Golden began with GAR as a student at K-State. Following graduation in 1984, Jeff began working full time. Jeff’s main responsibilities include managing herd health as well as overseeing calving of the two year old heifers, and freeze branding thousands of GAR cattle each year. Jeff is as good of a cowboy as we know. His ability to see the condition of the cattle and the country is valuable to us. Jeff and his wife, Sheryl, have two children, Zane and Grace. Jeff and his family live just east of GAR on their own operation.

Scott Tune has been with GAR since June, 2002. Prior to joining the GAR team, Scott worked for Bar Six Dirt Construction. Scott’s oversees much of our farming during the summer. During the winter, Scott is an ace heat checker and assists in herd health at the GAR AI barn. Scott has delivered many GAR cattle all over the U.S. He does it proficiently and with a smile. Scott and his wife, Connie, live on the Gabbert Ranch at GAR.

Eric Campbell came to GAR in August, 2004, with extensive feedlot and ranch experience. Eric assists with heat detecting and winter feeding at the AI barn. During the summer, Eric also shares much of the farming responsibilities. Eric never met a job that was too big or too small and has a great attitude! Eric and his wife, Emilie, have two children, Mahala and Mykelti, and live on the Dunne Ranch.

Kurt Borgelt, native Nebraskan, moved to Clark County in 2004. Kurt has a degree in Animal Science from Univ. of Nebraska and is an allaround good hand in the GAR operation. Whether it’s heat detection, feed bunk management or herd heath, Kurt knows cattle! Kurt’s excellent feed bunk management has enabled GAR to consolidate bull development back on the ranch. Kurt and his wife, Aimee, have three children, Austin, Nicole and Landon, and reside just east of the GAR AI barn.

Jeff Golden

Scott Tune

Eric Campbell

Kurt Borgelt

GAR TEAM

Words can’t adequately describe our appreciation for the hard work and loyalty of our small but mighty staff. Each staff member accomplishes the work of multiple people, all in an effort to get the job done. Whether it’s planting, harvesting, working several thousand head of cattle multiple times a year, breeding, feeding, processing, calving, repairing equipment…there is NO job this crew can’t do. While we all appreciate our educations, life lessons of hard work, honesty, responsibility and integrity are learned outside the classroom.

Landon Borgelt grew up on Gardiner Angus Ranch and is the son of Kurt and Aimee Borgelt. Landon graduated from Ashland High School and attended Pratt Community College. Landon is keenly aware of the demands of our diverse ranching and farming operation. He assists in our minimum till farming operation and is responsible for much of the equipment maintenance. During fall calving, he assist in tattooing and data collection. We are grateful Landon decided to return to the Ashland community and Gardiner Angus Ranch.

C.J. Bonilla was raised in the Ashland community, graduated from Ashland High School and left Kansas to serve our country as a U.S. Marine. After his honorable discharge, C.J. returned to Clark County. C.J. is a valuable addition to the GAR team, observing penned cattle for health and wellness and assisting in the day to day cattle operation. C.J. delivers GAR cattle all across the Great Plains. We depend on his attention to detail and commitment to the welfare of the cattle under his care.

Calen Bailey was a fall 2020 intern at GAR. After graduation, Calen expressed an interest in gaining “post graduate” experience in minimum till farming and day to day ranch management. She has been a full time member of the GAR team since September 2021. We appreciate Calen’s curiosity and determination to search for the experience she needs to meet her personal goals and willingness to take on any job around the ranch. Calen is unflappable and always searches for the best outcome, regardless of the situation.

Landon Borgelt

C.J. Bonilla

Calen Bailey