If you are unable to attend the sale and wish to have someone on the sales staff assist you with an order
SALE DATE: Saturday, March 22, 2025, 1 p.m.
SALE LOCATION:
Daviess County Livestock Market, 912 W. Grand, Gallatin, Missouri, 64640: 660-663-2177
LUNCH:
A complimentary lunch will be served at 11 a.m. courtesy of 8 Story Farms.
FREE DELIVERY:
On all bulls within 200 miles or $50.00 off each bull if picked up sale day. All cattle, bulls and females must be loaded out of the sale barn sale day, unless the buyer makes arrangements with the sale barn owners. If you need assistance with trucking please contact Austin Story.
BREEDING GUARANTEE:
All bulls have passed a breeding soundness examination prior to the sale. All bulls are virgin bulls and the Coming 2-year-old bulls have been Trich tested.
HEALTH:
All bulls and heifers will sell with proper health certificates. All cattle are up to date on their vaccinations.
PA STATUS:
Some bulls will have a footnote stating their PA status. PA is a genetic condition that would only impact a purebred Charolais mating. It has no impact for commercial bull buyers. Only a handful of bulls were selected for DNA testing, the remaining bulls do not have PA listed and sell with an unknown status.
Dear Friends,
Welcome to our 7th Annual Production Sale. We hope this catalog finds you doing well, the weather favorable, and you are optimistic about the future of the cattle industry. Before we say more, first we want to say thank you for your continued dedication to using the 8S genetics to advance your beef herds. We look forward to continuing to provide you with excellent breeding bulls and replacement females now and in the years to come. If this is your first time looking at the 8 Story Farms program, thank you for your time and your interest.
As always, we will bring a great group of bulls for your selection, and a few select open heifers right out of our own replacement pen. You will find the majority of the bulls and heifers are from tried-andtrue sires. They have been proven in our herd and/or the Charolais industry as a whole. There will be a large sire group of bulls from the Marksman line this year, many of which are closely related. This is a great opportunity for those who need multiple bulls to put together some like genetics. Marksman has proven himself to be capable working on heifers and also putting on the pounds while maintaining a desirable phenotype.
The catalog layout is similar to past years, but I will highlight one notable change. The bulls are sorted by service sire, but this year we did not separate out the older coming 2-year old bulls from the long yearlings. You will find the older bulls intermixed in the catalog with a ribbon denoting them as “Age Advanced”.
It is certainly an exciting time to be in the beef business, and we hope that you have profited from the record prices. While we’ll enjoy this good run, we know the cattle market will eventually cycle. Now is the right time to make the investments in better genetics to keep you profitable when things cycle the other direction. We feel the Charolais advantage will be highly sought after as the herd numbers continue to decline. When feeders want to feed longer and get them bigger at finish, the Charolais breed will do that like none other.
As you review this catalog feel free to reach out with any questions on the sale offering, or just call and say hello! We always enjoy hearing from you and talking about cows. Again, thank you for your interest in our program and we look forward to seeing you on March 22nd.
CE: Calving Ease (A higher value indicates greater calving ease)
BW: Birth Weight (A lower value indicates the difference in average birth weight)
WWT: Weaning Weight (The expected difference in average weaning weight of calves)
YWT: Yearling Weight (The expected difference in average yearling weight of progeny)
Milk: Maternal Milk (The genetic ability to express pounds of weight through dam’s milk)
MCE: Calving Ease Maternal (A higher value indicates greater calving ease with a sire’s daughters)
MTNL: Total Maternal (A value to predict weaning weight due to genetics for growth & maternal ability)
SC: Scrotal Circumference (The expected difference of bull’s in circumference at yearling)
TSI: Terminal Sire Index (Is a formal method of combing many EPD traits into one single value. The TSI represents a dollar index per terminal progeny produced, ranking them for profit potential. Example: If Sire A’s index is $191.00 and Sire B’s index is $200.00, then we would expect Sire B’s offspring to average $9.00 more net return than Sire A’s offspring)
8S INTERCEPT 4005 P
• Exceptional blend of calving ease and individual performance
• Smooth shoulder accompanies his length of body and a touch more frame
• Top tier disposition
• His dam is sound on her feet and has a model udder
• There’s carcass merit and quality on both sides of the pedigree tabulation
• Homozygous Polled and PA Free
• Selling 2/3 Interest and Full Possession
• In the
8S INCREDIBLE 4027 P
of the
for Calving Ease • Excellent option for heifers • Maternal brother went to work for the Saunders family in our 2022 sale
8S INCREDIBLE 4020 S
8S INCREDIBULL 1039 P #M958364
COMMANDER 4038 P
8S SAVINGS 9004 P #F1281828
SAVINGS 725 P
• Long spined and good spring of rib
• Lots of depth, heavier bone structure and sound feet
• Converting feed to pounds with a ADG ratio of 121
• 3 very closely related brothers on this page, an opportunity to improve consistency in your next calf crop
8S PICK SIX 4033 P
• Wide top with extra thickness and a massive hind quarter
• Average Daily Gain from Weaning to Yearling was over 4.6lbs/day, good enough to ratio 132
• Maternal granddam hailed from the Eaton Charolais Ranch in Montana and is responsible for some great females in the herd today
• PA Free
8S COVERAGE 4040 P
• Nearly identical in type and kind to his ½ brother Lot 3 pictured above
• Heifer friendly Calving Ease and Birthweight EPDs
• The Angel cow family has a large influence in the 8S herd
• PA Free
8S TARGET 4024 P
• Stout yet refined
• Classic Citation look and the demeanor to go with it
8S CITATION 4087 P
• One of the youngest in the group but he brings power genetics to the table
• Maternal granddam is the dam of the lot 49
8S CITATION 4054 P
EATON CHOICE K717
EATONS MISS CHARLO 30537 P
CHARLO
EATONS CHARLO 6552
• There is consistency in the type and kind of these Citation sired calves and 4054 is no exception
• Lots of frame and growth in his pedigree
8S CITATION 3109 P
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8S RECEPTION 4068 P
CITATION 4205 P
• One to consider for adding stretch to a set of calves
• Dam is one of the best females in the herd
• Four full brothers can be found working in the Pickering, Heldermon, & Jones herds
• PAC
8S COMPLETION 4206
MARKSMAN SONS
8S END ZONE 4057 S
• Heavy muscle development and extra mass
• Take note of his high YW Ratio
• Exceptional gain nearing 5lbs/day
• Consider the value of the extra pay weight his calves bring in
• PA Free
8S MARKER 4014 P
8S MARKER 4008 P
• Blends nicely from his front to rear quarter
• Find a low birth weight and above the average growth
• Dam is one of the most attractive young females in the herd
8S MARKER 4047 P
8S RETURN 4043 P
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• A well balanced EPD profile lends itself to many breeding options
• A maternal brother 8S Solo Shot sold last year to Donald Herring in Linneus,
8S MARKER 4052 P
• Look at the similarities in genetics of this large Marksman offering, there’s an opportunity to put several together if needing more than one bull
• Calving Ease and Birth weight EPD’s put him in the top 15% of the breed
8S MARKER 3103 P
8S MARKER 3113 P
8S MARKER 4053 P
• 7/8 brother to the Lot 22 & 23 bulls
• A maternal sister was selected by Alyssa Kent to be her show heifer in 2023
8S RECEIVER 3107 P
• The natural born son of one of our donor dams • Appreciate his style and attractive profile
8S RED ZONE 3124 P
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8S SHIFT 4045 P
of the breed for
• Homozygous Polled and PA Free
8S MARKER 4063 P
8S MARKER 4058 P
LT MARKSMAN 9455 PLD ET #EM926819 8S IVORY 1044 S #F1311758 RBM FARGO Y111
8S IVORY 807 P
• Powered in as the #3 ranked bull calf at weaning time
• Quite a bit of maternal prowess in his pedigree
8S MARKER 4065 P
8S MARKER 3127 P
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• A genetic package to pound the scales
• Dam is a consistent top performer
• Two full brothers are both working for the Parsons in King City
8S FIRST DOWN 4004 P
rib and overall volume
• Modest frame score
• His BW EPD is heifer friendly, ranking in the top 8% of the breed
8S MARKER 3135 P
• Purebred by pedigree, just didn’t get papers
• Perhaps the most complete of the older fall bulls
8S RUSHER 4010 P
• Deep bodied and attractive, should have made it to the picture pen
• #1 Weaning and Yearling weights from the first calf heifers
• Highly maternal pedigree featuring Marksman and Long Distance on his dam’s side
8S X RECEIVER 4017 P
• Length, width and height, he adds dimension in every direction
• Extra growth with a smooth front
• Gaining over 4lbs per day since weaning
• Homozygous Polled and PA Free
8S XAVIER 4036 P
• More thickness and overall body mass
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8S XAVIER 4086 P
• Longer legs and extra hair coat
• One of the youngest bulls in the sale
8S EXTRA POINT 4204 P ET
XAVIER, PATRIOT & TANK SONS
8S BIG HIT 3115 P
BOX P XAVIER 0057 P #M947963
• Extremely correct and great conformation
• An enviable pedigree featuring legendary sires Patriot and Ledger, and donor dams Miss Rio 2119 and Julie 2055
• His Dam Julie is the dam of LT Citation 5228 PLD
• The largest frame in the offering
• Exceptional growth and gain
• Can cover more cows and add more pounds in year one
8S TANK 4201 P ET
• Sharp look in a moderate frame
• Appreciate his high maternal upside and easy calving EPD’s
• Maternal brother to breed legend LT Patriot 4004 PLD who is the sire of Lot 37
8S BLITZ 4006 P
• Thick made with extra stretch, the highest actual weaning weight in 2024
• Has the look of a true herd bull and a breeder friendly EPD profile
• Front pasture dam, exceptional female producing pedigree
• Extremely Quiet and PA Free
• Selling 2/3 Interest and Full Possession
8S EDGE 4023 P
DOB: 1/6/24 BULL
INFERNO 6561 P #M897949
TREASURY 00369
EATONS MISS WINSTON 40871 P #F1183756
WINSTON 10555
• Phenotype that grabs your attention
• Kind head and easy-going personality
• Perhaps one of the best built heifer bulls in the offering
8S RUSH 4034 P
WC TOTAL RUSH 3044 P #M832388
8S
• Exhibits many easy calving features
• His small head compliments his light 68lb birth weight
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8S COMMAND 3095 P
8S CHART 4076 P
• Starts thick in the front and carries it throughout
• An EPD profile right down the
8S VALUE 4208 P ET
• Thicker hair coat and built to cover the pasture
• Lots 44 & 45 are full sibs, pair them up for added consistency in your calf crop
8S VALUE 4209 P ET
CITATION OPEN HEIFERS
8S SETTER 4202 P ET
• A model look for a future brood cow
• Donor Dam from the Hebbert Ranch in Nebraska was flushed for her perfect udder and overall phenotype
• Maternal Grandsire Blue Value is renowned for his history as a tremendous cow maker
