2024 Leachman Grasstime Private Treaty Sale

Leachman Grasstime PT Sale

225 bulls Private Treaty starting April 11th.

• All priced individually from $3,250 to $12,000.

• These sell first come first serve.

• Videos and Data at: www.leachman.com/sales

• See page 3 for your local Sales Rep

New Fertility Star System: Fertility is the new EPD from Zoetis that predicts which bulls’ daughters will be more fertile. It was developed based on actual production records from the cattle in our 1.3 million head Leachman database. Bulls with more stars will produce daughters that produce more calves in their lifetime.

New Udder Star System:

Based on thousands of cow udder scores and DNA analysis, we can now predict the udder quality of a yearling bull’s daughters. More stars means better udders.

Semen Interest:

Leachman Cattle of Colorado is retaining 100% Semen Revenue Interest on all bulls unless otherwise announced.

Terms and Conditions:

The cattle will sell under the terms and conditions at http:// www.leachman.com/terms

Breeding Soundness Exam:

All bulls selling will have passed a breeding soundness exam. Several of the bulls featured in the sale were offered in the March Spring Sale, and scratched from that sale for being deferred on fertility. We plan to retest the bulls prior to delivery. Every bull sells with the Leachman Unconditional Breeding Season Guarantee.

We Make It Easy to Buy Bulls

We are bull experts and we will give you personal service to make sure that you get the bull or bulls that you want. We will listen to your needs and help you pick the bull that will ensure that you achieve your goals. Buy sight-unseen and we will guarantee your satisfaction 100%! We will organize delivery to a central location near you. If you don’t like the bull(s) when they get off the truck, we will take them back.

MEET OUR TEAM

Our dedicated team at Leachman Cattle is here to serve our fellow cattleman. Contact any of our team below for information on a decision making advantage - integrating Leachman genetics into your herd!

AARON RASMUSSEN

Midwest Regional Representative

308-763-1361 aaron@leachman.com

JERROD WATSON

Western Regional Representative

303-827-1156 jerrod@leachman.com

Lee Leachman CEO Fort Collins, CO (970) 568-3983 info@leachman.com

Brice White Semen Division Cheyene, WY (970) 629-8858 brice@leachman.com

Craig Hays

740-503-6270 kurt@leachman.com

KURT SCHENKEL

Eastern Regional Representative

Director of Genetics & Product Development Pierce, CO (660) 373-1897

craig@leachman.com

Alex Ohlheiser

Inherit Testing and Certificates Fort Collins, CO (970) 568-3983 EXT 5 alex@leachman.com

Russ Princ

Director of Sales & Marketing Wellington, CO Office: (720) 598-1313,

Cell: (970) 413-0993 russ@leachman.com

CATTLE

Western Region

Todd Stegall Colusa, CA (530) 713-8755 tmstegall@gmail.com

J. Kyle Larsen Wellsville, UT (435) 770-1432 jkliphone555@icloud.com

Matt Mellema Dalhart, TX (806) 316-0004 mattmellema@hotmail.com

Thomas Goold Yukon, OK (307) 359-5995 thomasgoold345@gmail.com

Rick Collins Calistoga, CA (707) 803-3334 collinscxlivestock@gmail.com

Cassidy Johnston Canon City, CO (303) 921-3531 cassidy.a.johnston@gmail.com

Aaron Pitts Roland, OK (918) 208-6572 a-pitts@sbcglobal.net

Matt Goold Wellington, CO (307) 359-3363

matt@leachman.com

Midwest Region

Matthew Jones Midland, SD (605) 515-4294 ropeonthecorner@yahoo.com

Kevin Unger Oberlin, KS (785) 470-1131 kevin@leachman.com

Isaac Detweiler Creston, IA (641) 202-9800 isaacrd1998@gmail.com

Josh Wegner Rosholt, WI (715) 310-9988 shortywegs@gmail.com

Bob Wilson Hillsburgh, ON, Canada (519) 831-0962 bob@leachman.com

Jerry Kusser Highmore, SD (605) 870-1790 klazykcattle@gmail.com

Nathan Evans Wadena, SK, Canada (306) 560-0232 ndevans10@hotmail.com

Eastern Region

Jeff Liston Lovilia, IA (641) 891-1270 jliston@iowatelecom.net

Scott Rittenhouse New Carlisle, OH (937) 408-4402 srittenhouse@uproducers.com

Brian Pogue Guelph, ON, Canada (519) 830-1274 bdpogue@rogers.com

Dr. John Pollard Hawi, HI (740) 275-2822 jpollard@therionscience.com

Bobby Robertson Tahlequah, OK (918) 822-0020 robertsoncattle@icloud.com

James Reed Sanford, CO (719) 298-2774 vheartranch@gmail.com

Sam Rempe Superior, NE (402) 879-5034 sam@leachman.com

Lucas Grubl Meriden, WY (605) 206-1043 lucas.grubl@gmail.com

Zach Meinders Buffalo Center, IA (515) 320-3835 meinders2@hotmail.com

Jason Botts Glasgow, KY (270) 308-5224 jbotts1974@yahoo.com

Bruce Statton Magazine, AR

(479) 675-6531 lazysranchar@gmail.com

How To View Animal Information, Access the Auction, and Bid Online

• The Leachman Cattle Grass Time Sale will be conducted Click-to-Buy style. Bulls will be available for purchase starting at 8:00 am (MT) on Thursday, April 11th, 2024.

• To access the auction, go to https://leachman.com/ sales/ and scroll down to the tab under the Leachman Grass Time Sale that states “ONLINE BIDDING.”

• To view the auction, and/or place a bid on an item/ lot you must first register for the auction. At the top right corner of the page you will see “LOGIN” and “REGISTER”. Click on the “REGISTER” tab and enter your information. Please be sure to click “YES” to receive both email and mobile text alerts. Once registered, these alerts will only used to notify you when you have been out bid.

• Please enter your preferred Drop Point, from the Leachman Delivery Map, on Page 5 of this catalog, under “Additional Information”, if Leachman is to deliver your purchase(s). If you will arrange trucking on your own, please type Will Call in this section.

• Once all information has been completed, click on the green “Complete Registration” button on the bottom left of the page. Upon doing so, you will be taken to your Account Profile page, and be sent both a text message and an email from “S3 One Goal”. You must open BOTH the text and the email, and follow the instructions to verify your account email and phone number. Simply click on the “ Verify Email Address” link in the email to verify your account. Then, click on the link from your smartphone, or scroll down to the phone section on your computer screen, and click on the green “Enter Code” button, to enter the Verification Code sent in your text. You will not be able

Updated Breeding Season Guarantee!

Effective Sept 1st, 2021

to bid until you have completed these steps.

• A Bidder Number will automatically be assigned to you, in your Account Profile, once your registration is complete.

• Once registered, click on “BROWSE ITEMS”. This will take you back to the Sale Platform. Click on, “April 11, 2024 Grass Time Sale” under “Items Closing Soon”, to view this offering prior to sale day.

• To view lot details, EPDs, photos, and videos, click on the lot of interest. There are faint arrows on each side of the animal information that will allow you to scroll through the information efficiently.

• Once you have registered, for any sale on this platform, you will use the same username and password to gain access to all other Leachman Cattle auctions on this site. You will not have to register again for future sales.

Bidding On Sale Day

• After you have registered for a bidder number, and on Sale Day, please click on the “April 11, 2024 Grass Time Sale” under the “View Live Events” Section to view the sale in real time.

• Once you have placed a bid, you will immediately receive confirmation via text message and email, regardless of whether you bid over a traditional computer, tablet or smart phone letting you know that you have purchased that lot.

If you have questions or need assistance registering and/ or bidding, please call Russ Princ at 970-413-0993 or e-mail him at russ@leachman.com

Leachman Cattle is offering a 90 day breeding season guarantee, starting the first day of turnout, on all bulls that we sell. This guarantee will cover your purchased bull(s) against death, injury, infertility, and loss of use. If, during the first season, you lose the use of your Leachman bull for whatever reason, we will give you a credit towards the purchase of a new bull. We only ask that your herd veterinarian provide a written statement describing the death, injury, or infertility. If the bull in question can be salvaged, we would like you to keep the salvage value, and a credit will be issued, less the salvage amount you receive for the bull. If the bull is turned out for breeding, then the credit will be given at 75% of the original purchase value (less any salvage value). All claims must be made within 1 year from the date of purchase and cannot exceed the greater of 2 bulls per invoice or 15% of the total invoice.

Example 1: Your $5,000 bull dies before you turn him out to breed. You receive a full credit of $5,000. (Purchase Price - $0 Salvage - $0 Use).

Example 2: Your $5,000 bull injures his scrotum after you pull him from the cows. You sell him for $1000 in salvage. You receive a credit of $2,750 ($5000 purchase - $1000 salvage - $1250 usage).

Requirements for claims:

1. All claims must be made within 365 days of purchase.

2. A veterinary statement regarding the circumstances is required.

3. A verbal agreement from Leachman Cattle is required prior to a bull being sold for salvage. Documentation of the salvage value of the bull, including identification of the bull on the sale barn ticket, that corresponds to the bulls Leachman identifications (ear tag or metal clip) is also required. This credit can be used for the purchase of bulls, females, semen, and/or embryos from Leachman Cattle. If the credit is not used within 24 months of the date of issuance, then it will expire.

Note: Guarantee will be revoked on all bulls that are not paid for within 30 days of invoice date.

We will deliver at least 80% of the distance to your operation. We will not drop at your ranch except on purchases over $80,000. Preferred drop points are not guaranteed and are subject to change depending on load routes. Delivery times, for below pricing, will be at our convenience.

The following destinations have been selected as “Preferred Drop Points.” Drop points may be adjusted after the sale depending on the location and purchases of buyers. Please keep in mind that this is a guide for “preferred drop points” not guaranteed drop points. Please provide all of your phone numbers, directions, email and turn out dates at check out to make delivery as smooth as possible.

• Please note the cost of delivery associated with each drop point. These charges will be reflected on your invoice on a per head basis.

• On Purchases over $80,000, delivery will be made directly to the buyer’s operation at the per head cost of the nearest drop point.

Suggested Delivery Point Map

• Northeast: Each year cattle are sent to this region. Routes will be determined based on purchases.

• Canada: All cattle will be delivered to the nearest port of entry. Buyers are responsible for export documentation / health fees.

Indicates a drop point that is a Leachman Rep or Cooperator. Select one of these reduced price drop points to have your purchases delivered to a friend of the system.

64 Tulia, TX $280

NM $290

48 Fallon, NV $470

49 Winnemucca,

33

34 Great

62

63 San

$Profit now re-focused for 2023 and beyond!

On December 12th, 2022, the Leachman $Profit system made one of the most significant Genetic Advancements in our Company’s history!

This unprecedented change was driven by new technology, better data, and changing markets. The primary drivers of the changes were as follows:

1. Leachman incorporated the Zoetis Fertility EPD into $Ranch and $Profit. The EPD predicts large differences in the calf crop percentage expected from a bull’s daughters!

• The Zoetis Fertility EPD was launched in May of 2021.

• After extensive investigation, Leachman believes that this EPD is the single best predictor of a cow’s lifetime productivity.

• Model analysis demonstrates that the number of calves produced in a cow’s lifetime is DIRECTLY related to that female’s probable annual calf crop percentage weaned.

• Higher Fertility EPD bulls produce daughters that will wean a higher average annual calf crop percentage weaned.

• These calf crop percentage differences drive HUGE differences in profitability.

• High Fertility EPD bulls will build cowherds with consistently better breed back, higher calf crop percentage weaned, less culling requirements, and reduced replacement rates.

2. Leachman raised the price of corn to $5.50 per bushel to reflect the new reality of future grain prices.

• This change increased the emphasis on feed intake and conversion. Cost of gain, not rate of gain, is the more important driver of feedlot profitability.

• Selection for $Profit and $Feeder will place increased emphasis on feed conversion and reduced intake levels.

3. Zoetis and Leachman launch the industry’s most accurate, multi-breed carcass evaluation!

• The $Profit database combines thousands of carcass data records, tens of thousands of ultrasound records, and over 75,000 DNA records to produce the most accurate carcass data predictions.

4. 2022 markets showed a record Choice/Select spread and a record Choice/Prime spread that make marbling more valuable than ever!

These modifications have significantly changed the expected $Ranch, $Feeder, and $Profit for animals in the Leachman $Profit database.

• Selection for $RANCH will build the most fertile and efficient cows.

• Selection for $FEEDER will build steers that efficiently gain and reach Prime marbling.

• Selection for $PROFIT will create the industries leading cowherds for fertility, efficiency, marbling, and profitability.

“

It’s all

working… Our cows bred up 94% and our 2-year-olds bred up 90% – all in a year with 3" less than normal rain. Plus, our calves weaned 30 pounds heavier.

We’ve been using high $Ranch and high Fertility Leachman Stabilizer bulls – over 700 bulls since 2008. Our cows are getting better and our calves are improving in the feedlot.”

Shane Cox, Seifert Division Manager IX Ranch, Big Sandy, MT

HERD ABOVE THE REST

increase genetic performance of your herd

“

Our Leachman heifers are the best we’ve ever had. Phenomenal maternal traits, great udders, good mamas, easy to be around, so many maternal traits built in. We don’t have to teach them how to be mamas.

Look at the results these bulls will bring your cow herd. These Leachman bulls are exceptional. They’ll bring your cowherd up above par. We’re doing something right.

“

SNOWDEN CATTLE

Toponas, Colorado

Stabilizer Cows Work in the Hills of Ohio

“Becky and I run these 600 cows ourselves. My cows are pretty much Stabilizers. They are easy keepers and raise great calves. We topped the Blue Grass Stockyard sales for years, but now we finish them all in our Nebraska feed yard.

They are on grass all year. Fescue in the summer and fescue/legume mixes in the winter. I first saw year-round grazing at Leachman’s ranch southeast of Billings, Montana. We attended the sale in 1993. I was impressed, so I set out to make it work here in Ohio.”

Bobby Shugert Morristown, OH

Bobby & Becky Shugert

The Shugert cows start calving March 15th –photos were taken May 10th, 2022.

Shugert Farms was awarded the “Commercial Cattleman of the Year” by the Ohio Cattlemen’s Association in 2021.

“Leachman allows our program to grow all the way around. Our heifers, our feeder steers, our dispositions—it’s all better. You can tell they put a lot of work and effort into their whole program because everything gets better every year.

PROUD LEACHMAN PROGRAM

PROGRAM CUSTOMERS

since 2003

Stabilizers have added weight to feeder steers, they’ve added better heifers back into our herd. The data behind them is a big one for us. You can customize what you want out of the Leachman program. The history and the data are right at our fingertips.

“

HTK RANCH

Albin, Wyoming

USING DATA FOR PROGRESS

“

This is our 4th year to have 100% breed-up on our heifers. The 2023 class of bred heifers bred 100% AI, and I am seeing 1st and 2nd calving heifers stay in the herd and out produce mature cows. They’re not only raising more complete calves but are in noticeably better condition than cows that are in their prime.

leveraging Inherit through Leachman Cattle

PROGRESS WITH LEACHMAN

Cattle and Zoetis to make breeding decisions

We started using Inherit 2 years ago. We are now on track to test our entire calf crop this year. The insight it has given us would not have been possible otherwise. The ability to predetermine an individual animal’s soundness, fertility, efficiency, and carcass merit is imperative for our success. We take samples at branding and make our heifer and mating selections early. It is astonishing to see a DNA evaluation so accurately sort your calf crop. At weaning, we have seen it, time after time, select the less fertile, larger females to go on feed with their steer mates. In turn, the smaller framed, easier fleshing, deeper ribbed females end up in the keeper pen.

“

LAZY SWEDE RANCH

Hemingford, Nebraska

We make bull buying easy!

When it comes to picking bulls, the first thing you need to do is choose how to balance the traits. Maternal vs Feed/Carc. $Ranch vs $Feeder. Moderate cow size & fertility vs growth and carcass weight. Leachman Cattle provides MORE data than any other bull producer. We also provide BETTER data.

Most catalogs are pretty good at telling you which bulls are terminal -- just look at indexes like $Feeder, $Beef, or TI, or TSI. However, there are almost no good indexes for finding ideal maternal bulls. At Leachman, we have had the $Ranch index for some time. Now, we also have Udder stars and Fertility stars. As of today, neither Udder nor Fertility is in $Ranch. Thus, the best Maternal bulls combine $Ranch, Udder and Fertility.

Last year we introduced a new concept: AllAround Bulls™. These bulls score four stars or more on BOTH Maternal and Feed/Carc. They are elite for both $Ranch and $Feeder. By definition, they are high on $Profit. The Leachman sale offers more 4-Star and higher AllAround Bulls than any other sale in the country. Why or how? Simply put, we select for these bulls.

The AllAround Specialists are scored 4, 4.5, and 5 Stars. 5-Star AllAround bulls are five for both Maternal and Feed/Carc. 4.5-Star AllARound bulls are 4 on Maternal or Feed/Carc and 5 on the other. 4-Star AllAround bulls are 4 stars on both Maternal and Feed/Carc. We think that these AllAround bulls are the most valuable bulls in the industry. They give you maximum flexibility to keep heifers, sell calves, and/or feed our your calves and sell on a grid. These bulls will bring a little more, but they are worth it.

First choose your trait emphasis. Then buy as much $Profit as you can afford.

Choose between: Maternal trait Emphasis Feed/Carc trait Emphasis Balanced trait Emphasis

Moderate, fertile, longlived cows

What you get:

More pounds per acre

Many may excel in Feed/ Carc traits as well

High gaining and heavy carcass weight

Better conversion and more grid value

Many may excel in Maternal traits as well

These bulls combine 4 & 5 stars on both Maternal & Feed/Carc

How you get it: Buy Four & Five Star Maternal bulls Buy Four & Five Star Feed/ Carc bulls Buy bulls with 4 - 5 AllAround Stars

Footnote designation: Maternal Specialists Calf Revenue Creator AllAround Specialists

NOTE: AllAround bulls can also be used as either Maternal or Feed/Carc Specialists. They are just as good as the specialist. Be sure to include them on your lists.

Hooks Capitalist 37C

This 5-Star Accuracy, 5-Star Maternal, Senior AI Herd Sire exemplifies the tremendous opportunity within our system to build an elite commercial herd that will stand the test of time. $Ranch 161 (Top <.1%), F:G -.02 (Top 33%), Intake -11 (Top 14%), Mat. Wt. 6.6, Gest. -1.65, 4-Star Udder, 4-Star Disp., 5-Star Fertility. All with proven Balanced Proofs and a -3.2 bw. ABC/EPD.

Leachmans is committed to helping ranchers reduce the losses from brisket disease.

We know from our own cowherds that losing calves to brisket at any time from birth through yearling stage can have significant financial cost. We are convinced that pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) scores are very strong predictors of whether or not animals will have the disease. For this reason, we have collected over 7,705 PAP scores on cattle in our program.

Unfortunately, taking measurements will not solve the problem. Most ranchers know that buying PAP tested bulls reduces the problems with brisket, but most still report losing 3% - 8% of their calves to brisket depending on the year. This level of calf loss is still unacceptable!

We believe that the best strategy to reduce brisket disease is to use genomically enhanced expected progeny differences (EPDs) for PAP. Think of selecting for low birth weight. Just buying bulls under 80 pounds would help calving ease, but using low birth weight EPD bulls is a much more effective strategy. This is true, because an EPD takes into account much more information. For example, buying a 75 lb. BW bull out of a sire that generally sires very heavy calves is far less likely to be easy calving than is a similar BW bull out of a sire that generally sires light calves. The same is the case with PAP.

Our PAP EPD closely relates to the actual PAP score of the bulls as shown in the graph below. The correlation between the PAP scores and the PAP EPDs are 85%. This is typical in a trait like PAP that is 30% heritable. However, as with all EPDs, you can see that some bulls score better or worse on the EPDs than on the actual score. Ranchers concerned with PAP scores should use the EPDs – not the actual PAP scores.

Key points regarding PAP and PAP EPDs:

• We have taken 7,705 PAP scores (all by Dr. Tim Holt).

• PAP is 30% heritable.

• The PAP EPDs reported were calculated by Zoetis. They include information related to the genomics of the bulls. This increases the accuracy of the prediction, even without a PAP test.

• Selecting bulls using the PAP EPD is FAR more accurate than simply using the PAP scores.

• Herds that have significant brisket disease should use the lowest PAP EPD bulls.

Leachman Cattle of Colorado Guidelines for High Altitude Selection of Cattle

AGE: Yearling Yearling 18 months +

ELEVATION:

ft. and lower

ft. and higher 8,000 ft. and higher

If you are taking our bulls to altitude, please only buy bulls that are below -1.0 on PAP EPD. The following PAP guarantees ONLY apply to bulls with PAP EPDs of under -1.0.

1. You can take the bull home to altitude, test the bull with your other Leachman bulls, and then decide whether or not to keep or return the bull. Transportation will be at your expense. Any returned bulls must be virgins and must be unbranded.

2. If you decide to keep the bull, all -1.0 or less PAP EPD Leachman bulls will be guaranteed for brisket disease for four years. If they die, you will need to document their ID and photograph their heart to show that the death was caused by brisket. At that point, we will give you a credit equal to the original purchase price less 25% for each season the bull was turned out with the cows. For clarification, if the bull dies during or after the first season, you will receive a 75% credit. If the bull dies during or after the 2nd season, you will receive a 50% credit. If the bull dies during or after the 3rd season, you will receive a 25% credit. If the bull is turned out for the fourth season, then no credit would apply.

Dr. Tim Holt PAP Testing.

Leachman Stabilizers –An American Beef "Breed" Success Story

• Built on Science: First designed in the 1970’s by USDA ARS scientists at the Meat Animal Research Center as the Marc II composite: ¼ Red Angus, ¼ Hereford, ¼ Simmental, ¼ Gelbvieh.

• Privatized: A private herd was developed by Pat Vinton, Gordon, NE and later sold to the Tessari family in Babb, MT – thus becoming the foundation for the Leachman Stabilizer herd.

• Modernized: From 1988 – 2003, Leachman modernized the Stabilizer composite:

▪ Reduced the birth weight.

▪ Made the cattle solid colored and polled.

▪ Increased the post weaning gain.

▪ Improved convenience traits including disposition and udder quality.

▪ Introduced black lines in addition to the original red lines.

▪ Injected top hybrid and purebred sires form the Angus, Simmental, and Gelbvieh breeds.

• Moved to Colorado: In 2003, Leachman Cattle of Colorado was formed with a nucleus of cooperators that included the Tessari herd and several other Stabilizer cooperators.

• Selected with $ProfitTM : LCoC began selecting the Stabilizer using $Profit with significant results:

▪ Dramatic further reduction in birth weight while increasing yearling growth.

▪ Significant improvement on marbling to now exceed average marbling Angus cattle.

▪ Substantial selection for reduced feed intake and improved feed efficiency.

▪ All of which coincided with a huge annual progress on $Profit.

• Expanded Internationally: In 2016, Leachman offered genetic analysis services to Stabilizer breeders in the UK, New Zealand, and Australia. This expansion increased the total Stabilizer herd being selected for $Profit to over 20,000 breeding females. Genetics are now flowing to and from each of these herds – increasing the rate of global selection improvement.

• Enhanced by DNA: In 2020, we partnered with Zoetis to build the largest, most accurate, composite DNA database in the world. This nearly doubles the accuracy of yearling EPDs, allowing even more rapid genetic improvement.

• Today: The most scientifically advanced, well identified, composite gene pool in the world.

Dr. Keith Gregory

Excerpts from a 2001 letter written by Dr. Keith Gregory, Research Geneticist at U.S. Meat Animal Research Center (MARC) to Jim Leachman:

“Your contributions to beef cattle breeding are unmatched in the history of beef cattle breeding. No one has had a greater impact on beef cattle breeding on a global basis. I have stated on several occasions that no one is implementing more of the available beef cattle breeding technology than Leachman Cattle Company.”

Every Leachman sire sells with Genomically Enhanced EPD’s from Zoetis!

What does that mean to you as a bull buyer?

1. More accurate EPD’s. The bulls you buy have more accurate EPDs because of the genomically enhanced (GE) Zoetis analysis of our 1.4 MM animal database. In rough terms, these GE EPDs are TWICE as accurate as non genomically enhanced EPDs.

2. Parentage is verified on every bull we sell.

3. Far more accuracy on the maternal traits that cannot be measured on a bull. These traits include mature size of a bull’s daughters, daughter fertility, daughter milk production, and daughter teat and udder quality!

What can Inherit™ do for you as a commercial producer?

1. You can have EPDs to select your replacement heifers. You invest $1,500 to $2,000 in every replacement heifer that you keep back and put into production. Unfortunately, without data, this process is difficult. In particular, we keep females that come up open and fall out of the system.

2. You can eliminate heifers that don’t fit your specifications. With EPDs, you can select optimal levels of milk, size, and feed requirements.

3. You can create higher value feeder calves. By selecting for the Zoetis Feeder Calf index, you can improve feedlot performance and carcass value in your future calves.

What can HD50K™ do for you as a seedstock breeder?

1. Get GE-EPDs and Leachman $Ranch, $Feeder, and $Profit on your cattle. By contributing your seedstock data to the Leachman $Profit Share database, you will be joining leading seedstock producers from around the world. You will have predictions on the feed cost on your animals. You will also have global comparability for your genetics as our database includes cattle from the US, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and the UK -- making it the largest, private, multi-breed, beef cattle database in the world.

2. Gain a new way to help your commercial customers. By linking your genetics to your customers replacement females, you provide improved services to your customers. You can become directly involved in helping them interpret their Inherit Select results. This will make them more loyal customers and better bull buyers.

Grasstime Age Advantaged Bulls Lots 1-61

1 LCHMN BANKER T007K

Available

on April 11th.

Grasstime Age Advantaged Bulls Lots 1-61

5

LCHMN MINER S731K

7 LCHMN HOME TOWN S704K

6

S493K

C.

8

LCHMN HOME TOWN S359K

Available Private Treaty on April 11th.

9

LCHMN GROUNDWORK U838K

Elite Calf Value Creator -- And Above Average Maternal!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $10000

10

LCHMN

Available

11

Grasstime Age Advantaged Bulls

Lots 1-61

Available Private Treaty on April 11th.

$9250

Available Private Treaty on April

Lot 12

Lot 14

Grasstime Age Advantaged Bulls Lots 1-61

15

17

LCHMN BLACK CROSS W573K

16

HABANERO S077K

4

Available Private Treaty on April 11th.

LCHMN EASY JOURNEY W009K

18

Elite Calf Value Creator -- And Above Average Maternal! Available Private Treaty on April 11th.

LCHMN ROCK SOLID U540K

Nt

C.

19

LCHMN BLACK CROSS W572K

20

5 Star Calf Value Creator -- more pounds and more value!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $6250

LCHMN FOUNDATION W571K

C.

$Ranch

$240 0.1% $Profit $25,342 2%

Elite Calf Value Creator -- And Above Average Maternal!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $7000

21

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $7000

C.

$Ranch $127 6% $Feeder $206 0.5% $Profit $27,296 0.8% 4 Star AllAround Bull!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $7000

Grasstime Age Advantaged Bulls Lots 1-61

22

C.

23

LCHMN GROUNDWORK U448K

Elite Calf Value Creator -- And Above Average Maternal!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $5250

LCHMN FIRST CLASS W512K

24

22

S842K

Feet Improver! Lots of Growth for the Feeders!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $6250

25

Available

27

LCHMN EXCALIBUR U992K

Available

Grasstime Age Advantaged Bulls

Lots 1-61

Lots 29-31 are Angus Age Advantage Bulls.

30

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $6500

Lots 32-34 are Red Angus Age Advantage Bulls.

31 LCHMN ABSOLUTE G346K

C.

32

4686537

--

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $7500

33

Udder

Available Private Treaty on April 11th.

34

Grasstime Age Advantaged Bulls

Lots 1-61

Grasstime Age Advantaged Bulls

38

Lots 1-61

LCHMN FREE RIDE P047K

39

LCHMN LIBERTY P058K

4 Star Maternal Bull -- Build Better Cows!

Available

40 LCHMN LEXINGTON P079K

41

M990530

Fertility to the Cow Herd!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $6000

42

$Feeder

Feet

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $6250

43

Feet Improver! And Great Phenotype!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $6250

Lot 42

Lot 43

Grasstime Age Advantaged Bulls

44

46

LCHMN FREE RIDE P048K

45

48

Feet Improver! Lots of Growth for the Feeders!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $4500

LCHMN SILVERSMITH P070K

Available

47 LCHMN ICON P081K

Lots 1-61

$Feeder

4 Star Maternal Bull -- Build Better Cows!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $4250

49

FREE RIDE P056K

Feet

Available Private Treaty on April 11th.

50

51

52

LCHMN BLANCO FLASH P071K

53

LCHMN LEXINGTON P055K

Feet Improver! Added Growth for the Feeders!

Available

54 LCHMN FREE RIDE P056L

55

Add REA and Muscle dimension to the Feeder calves!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $4000

LEDGER P057L

P1403974

C.

56 LEACHMAN JUSTIFIED M075J

Hays Izzie 3B94

Available

Grasstime Age Advantaged Bulls Lots 1-61

57 HPCA VERCINGETORIX

58 LCHMN FIREPROOF M328K

$Ranch

5 Star Calf Value Creator -- more pounds and more value!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $7750

59

4.5

Available Private Treaty on April 11th.

Lot 57

59

60

61

Ranchers Get Up an Hour Early to Live an Hour More

Grass Time Private Treaty Bulls Lots

101

LCHMN KING JAMES S001L

4.5

Available Private Treaty on April 11th.

103

LCHMN JAGUAR S136L

102

104 LCHMN JUSTIFIED S275L

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $10750

Grass Time Private Treaty Bulls Lots 101-263

105

4.5 Star AllAround Bull! 41.5 of 45 Stars!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $10250

106

LCHMN JESSE JAMES K163L

107

108

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $9500

JESSE JAMES U462L

109

4.5

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $10000

110 LCHMN

Available Private Treaty on April 11th.

Lot 105

Lot 110

Grass Time Private Treaty Bulls Lots 101-263

111

LCHMN BANKER U987L

4

Available Private Treaty on April 11th.

113

LCHMN JUSTIFIED S523L

C.

112

4

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $9500

115

LCHMN JOHN 3:16 S251L

114

LCHMN KING JAMES S298L

Available Private Treaty on April 11th.

116

Lot 112

Lot 113

Grass Time Private Treaty Bulls

117

LCHMN HEAVY DUTY S725L

Elite Calf Value Creator -- And Above Average Maternal!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $9000

118 LCHMN BALD EAGLE M194L

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $9000

119

4 Star AllAround Bull!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $9000

121

LCHMN

Lots 101-263

Available Private Treaty on April 11th.

Lot 117

Lot 118

Grass Time Private Treaty Bulls Lots 101-263

123

LCHMN BALD EAGLE U634L

4.5 Star AllAround Bull!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $8500

124

LCHMN KING JAMES U013L

Lot 123

125

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $8500

Lot 124

4

Available Private Treaty on April 11th.

127

LCHMN BALD EAGLE

128

Grass Time Private Treaty Bulls

129

Lots 101-263

130

C.

Available Private Treaty on April 11th.

131 LCHMN JESSE JAMES U523L

Elite Calf Value Creator -- And Above Average Maternal!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $7250

Lot 130

132

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$Ranch $124 3% $Feeder $256 2% $Profit $30,602 1%

4.5 Star AllAround Bull!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $8250

134

BANKER S864L

C.

133 LCHMN JAGGER S675L

Available

135

Elite Calf Value Creator -- And Above Average Maternal!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $8250

Grass Time Private Treaty Bulls Lots 101-263

136

LCHMN STARFLEET U663L

4.5 Star AllAround Bull!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $8000

138

LCHMN HABANERO S701L

137 LCHMN KING JAMES U875L

Nt

Elite Calf Value Creator -- And Above Average Maternal!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th.

C.

Available

C.

Available

Treaty on April 11th.

141 LCHMN HEARTLAND U459L

Elite Calf Value Creator -- And Above Average Maternal!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $7750

Lot 141

Grass Time Private Treaty Bulls Lots 101-263

143 LCHMN

Available Private Treaty on April 11th.

145 LCHMN BOULDER U809L

144 LCHMN JAGGER S772L

C.

Available Private Treaty on April 11th.

146 LCHMN HIGH YIELD U237L

147

148

Nt

4 Star AllAround Bull!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $7250

149

150

Elite Calf Value Creator -- And Above Average Maternal!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $6250

Grass Time Private Treaty Bulls Lots 101-263

151

LCHMN JUSTIFIED M155L

4.5 Star AllAround Bull!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $7250

153

LCHMN FIRST CLASS S055L

152 LCHMN GOVENOR S432L

--

Available Private Treaty on April 11th.

154 LCHMN FIRST CLASS S697L

C.

155

4 Star Calf Value Creator -- more pounds and more value!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $5250

Available

156 LCHMN HIGH PRO S551L

157

LCHMN GOVENOR N001L

Grass Time Private Treaty Bulls Lots 101-263

158

LCHMN JUSTIFIED S671L

Available Private Treaty on April 11th.

160

LCHMN FIRST CLASS W611K

159 LCHMN KING JAMES S788L

C.

162

4 Star Calf Value Creator -- more pounds and more value!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $6000

Elite Calf Value Creator -- And Above Average Maternal!

161 LCHMN JESSE JAMES U472L

4

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price:

163 LCHMN ADVANCE U113L

164

Available Private Treaty on April 11th.

Lot 162

Grass Time Private Treaty Bulls Lots 101-263

165

LCHMN DECREE S212L

4

Available Private Treaty on April 11th.

167

LCHMN JOHN 3:16 S256L

4 Star AllAround Bull!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $6500

168

169 LCHMN

Lot 166

Lot 168

170 LCHMN DOC S335L

Grass Time Private Treaty Bulls Lots 101-263

171

LCHMN JUST RIGHT S527L

4.5 Star Maternal Bull -- Build Better Cows!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th.

173

175

177

Elite

S077L

172

C.

Treaty on April 11th.

174 LCHMN PERCEPTION S208L

Nt

5

Value Creator -- And Above Average Maternal!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $6250

176

LCHMN JAGUAR S929L

Nt

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $6250

178

Grass Time Private Treaty Bulls

179

LCHMN REMEDY S234L

-- And Above Average Maternal! Available Private Treaty on April 11th.

181

LCHMN

S035L

180

Lots 101-263

WHITEWATER S321L

182

4 Star Calf Value Creator -- more pounds and more value!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $5000

Great Phenotype! Added Growth for the Feeders!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th.

Lot 180

183

Available Private Treaty on April 11th.

184

LCHMN

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $6000

Lot 183

Grass Time Private Treaty Bulls Lots 101-263

185

187

4 Star Calf Value Creator -- more pounds and more value!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $4750

LCHMN JESSE JAMES U531L

186

189

on April 11th.

188 LCHMN FIRST CLASS S411L

eee eeeea eeeea eeeaa eeeaa eeeaa eecaa eeeea eeeea $Ranch $145 3% $Feeder $167 3% $Profit $26,465 1% 4 Star Maternal Bull -- Build Better Cows!

Available Private Treaty

190 LCHMN HOSS S761L

191

Available Private Treaty on April 11th.

Elite Calf Value Creator -- And Above Average Maternal!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $5000

Grass Time Private Treaty Bulls Lots 101-263

192

LCHMN DISTINCTION S115L

4 Star AllAround Bull!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $4750

193

LCHMN

DOUBLE AGENT L003L

Lot 192

194 LCHMN DOC S331L

195

Elite Calf Value Creator -- And Above Average Maternal!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $4750

196 LCHMN GLOBAL S541L

197

198 LCHMN AUGUSTINE S797L

Grass Time Private Treaty Bulls Lots 101-263

Lot 200

199

LCHMN JESSE JAMES S903L

5 Star Calf Value Creator -- more pounds and more value!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th.

201 LCHMN

4.5

Available

Lot 201

Grass Time Private Treaty Bulls Lots 101-263

202

LCHMN HIGH PRO S465L

204

4 Star Calf Value Creator -- more pounds and more value!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $4250

LCHMN GROOMSMAN S093L

203

FIREPROOF M091L

205

Elite Calf Value Creator -- And Above Average Maternal!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $5250

JOCKEY S026L

Feet Improver! And Great Phenotype!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $5500

206

--

Available Private Treaty on April 11th.

207 LCHMN GLACIER S406L

208

Elite

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $5250

LCHMN JOCKEY S456L

209 LCHMN HIGH PRO S550L

Grass Time Private Treaty Bulls Lots 101-263

210 LCHMN DOUBLE AGENT S668L

211 LCHMN GROOMSMAN W578K

Feet Improver! Above Average on $Ranch.

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $5000

212 LCHMN JUSTIFIED U897L

Top 9% Weaning. Top 10% Yearling. #28 PAP EPD. Top 1% Cow Fertility. 4

213 LCHMN HELIX U806L

214

216

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $4250

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $5250 Lot 215

215 LCHMN DEVOUT S681L

the Cow Herd!

Available

Grass Time Private Treaty Bulls Lots 101-263

217

LCHMN JAGUAR S437L

4.5 Star Maternal Bull -- Build Better Cows!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $5000

219

LCHMN HEARTLAND S121L

220

Available Private Treaty on April 11th.

JAGUAR S384L

4 Star Maternal Bull -- Build Better Cows!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $5000

221

223

4

Available

LCHMN HEAVY DUTY W095L

222

224

Available

Grass Time Private Treaty Bulls Lots 101-263

225

227 LCHMN KING JAMES S299L

226

Available Private Treaty on April 11th.

228 LCHMN JESSE JAMES S177L

229

230 LCHMN

4

231

Lot 229

Grass Time Private Treaty Bulls Lots 101-263

232

S490L

233

234 LCHMN

S131L

$Ranch $91 16% $Feeder $190 1% $Profit $22,655 3%

Elite Calf Value Creator -- And Above Average Maternal!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $4250

Lot 233

4

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $4250

237

-- And Above Average Maternal!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th.

Lot 236

Grass

238

240

Available Private Treaty on April 11th.

M015L

239 LCHMN SECURITY

Elite

Grass Time Private Treaty Bulls Lots 101-263

241

LCHMN ACCELERATE U189L

Feet Improver! Add Fertility to the Cow Herd!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $4000

242

LCHMN DISTINCTION S190L

243 LCHMN HIGH ROAD S286L

Add more Marbling to the Feeders!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $3750

244

on $Ranch.

245

C.

$Ranch

Add Fertility to the Cow Herd!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $3500

246

LCHMN BALD EAGLE M106L

Grass Time Private Treaty Bulls

248

LCHMN JOCKEY S053L

249

Lots 101-263

EXCALIBUR S183L

Add Fertility to the Cow Herd!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th.

250

Available Private Treaty on April 11th.

Lot 249

251 LCHMN JAGUAR S169L

252

Great Phenotype! Added Growth for the Feeders!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $3750

253

Feet

Grass Time Private Treaty Bulls Lots 101-263

255

LCHMN CAPITALIST U964L

257 LCHMN HABANERO S054L

Grass Time Private Treaty Bulls Lots 101-263

258

260

U982L

259

AGENT S235L

Add Fertility to the Cow Herd!

Available Private Treaty on April 11th.

261 LCHMN VERCINGETORIX S313L

C.

262 LCHMN ADVANCE S277L

Available Private Treaty on April 11th. Price: $3250

$PROFIT ®

Are all small cows really efficient? There seems to be a big disconnect in today’s beef industry. On sale day we want heavy, high quality steers to pay the bills. The rest of the time we want efficient cows to keep our costs as low as possible. Simply selecting for smaller cows with no regard for feed efficiency is not the answer. Likewise, selecting for shear growth with disregard for cost is just as poor of a strategy. The best way to make your cowherd truly efficient, and your calf crop earn more, is to use Leachman $Profit® This is the only index in the industry that works on both sides of the ledger (production AND cost). Cows that work! Steers that pay!

How $Profit ® Works

$Profit assumes that the average commercial bull will have 100 progeny over its lifetime. The model assumes that you keep 30% of your heifers as replacements and that you retain ownership on the remainder of the calves through finishing and sell on a grid. We realize that many don’t retain ownership, but doesn’t it make the most sense to select from birth all the way to slaughter? Feedlots have already proven their willingness to pay premiums for superior Leachman sired calves.

Our simulation model then factors in all of the effects on both income and expense to come up with a net profit figure for each bull. $Profit allows you to compare any two bulls and calculate the difference in profit that they are expected to generate in your herd. Let’s compare a $10,000 $Profit bull to $6,000 $Profit bull (the average 2008 born Angus bull). The predicted difference between the bulls is $4,000 or about $40 per calf. $Profit works for us and it will work for you too.

What Traits are Included in $Profit ®

$Profit includes nearly every trait that impacts profitability. The effect of most traits on profit is fairly simple to understand. Here is the list of what is included and its effect:

Revenue Traits

▪ Calving ease = more calves

▪ Weaning and yearling EPD = more weight

▪ Cow Fertility = more calves at weaning

▪ Carcass weight = worth more up to 1050 lbs.

▪ Marbling = valued based on grid premiums

▪ Ribeye area = value as impacts yield grade

▪ % Retail Product = more yield is more meat

Cost Traits

▪ Cow mature size = in general bigger eats more

▪ Cow intake = more intake costs more

▪ Feedlot feed efficiency = cost of gain

Some traits are not so easily characterized for $Profit. Milk, for example, is a good thing until you get too much. When over +25, milk EPD has a more negative effect on fertility than it has a positive effect on weaning weight. There are a few traits not yet included in $Profit: udder, structure, and disposition. These traits are important but difficult to express in dollars.

Star System Explained

Calving Ease: The predicted calving ease if you use the bull on heifers.

 The easiest calving bulls in the industry.

 Use on smaller heifers with minimal assistance needed.

 Use on larger heifers with some assistance expected.

(If no stars are shown, the animal is recommended for use on cows only.)

Maternal: An estimate of the maternal efficiency of the daughters this bull will produce.

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Better qqqq

Best qqqqq

It includes cow size, milk, udder quality, fertility/longevity, growth, feed efficiency/intake and calving ease.

 Keep these heifers! They will make the most profitable females in the business.

Cow Fert: An estimate of the amount of calves the daughters will have in their lifetime.

 Will produce about 2 more calves in their life time than 1-Star fertility. This translates into a probable advantage in calf crop percentage of nearly 20%!

Udder: An estimate of the daughter’s udder quality.

 Thumb size teats and tight bag suspension.

Growth: A formula combines WW and YW to predict how much performance the bull will pass on to their progeny.

 Most growth.

Feed/Carc: A formula that combines: gain, conversion, carcass weight and carcass merit to predict post weaning performance.  Maximum overall value in your feeder calves.

Feet: An observation of the bull’s claw shape.

 Average, 4 & 5 star will improve you herd.

Disposition: An observation of the bull’s disposition.

 Average - respects flight zones and handles well, but is not a pet.

Pheno: An observation of the bull’s type and kind.

 Average - 4 and 5 star bulls will add phenotype.

Leachman Financial Indexes

Allow You to HAVE IT ALL !

$Ranch ® – Profit from birth through weaning. Includes:

• Fertility, Milk, Growth

• Cow feed intake and mature size

$Feeder ® – Profit from weaning to harvest. Includes:

• Feed conversion

• Carcass value

• Carcass weight

$Profit ® – Puts it all together. $Ranch ® + $Feeder ®

• One number that predicts your bottom line !

Feed:Gain – Difference in the amount of feed a bull's progeny will consume to produce one pound of gain. Example: A -0.50 F:G EPD means this animal's progeny will consume 1/2 pound less feed per pound of gain than would progeny of a 0.00 F:G EPD sire.

Feed Intake – Difference in feed consumption of each of a bull's progeny in a 112 day feeding period. Example: A steer whose sire has a -100 Intake EPD will eat 100 pounds less feed in 112 days than one whose sire had a zero Intake EPD.

Across Breed Comparisons

Dare

You cannot afford to make mistakes in your breeding program! Choosing to use sires with incomplete or low value data can unknowingly make your herd less profitable –same work, same cost, poor results - unacceptable. Leachman ABC’s are the most reliable and comprehensive EPDs in the industry. They are backed by a large (nearly a million), longstanding (over 30 years), multi-breed (over 15 breeds) database. Using this system assures you of making sound breeding decisions with minimal risk of failure.

On the Ranch, In the Feedlot, and On the Rail, $PROFIT ® simply works!

How to read this catalog

1. Reg#: the registration number of the animal. NotReg means the animal is not registered. Pending means that a registration number has been applied for, but was not issued at the time of catalog printing.

2. Brd: breed of the animal if two breeds or less are involved. If more than two breeds are in the animal, then the composition shows the percent British and the percent Continental, i.e. 58B 42C means 58% British and 42% Continental.

3. DOB: date of birth

4. P = polled. S = scurred. H = horned. PP = Homozygous Polled. PH = Heterozygous Polled, PHS = Heterozygous Polled & Scurrs.

5. Cooperator herd where the bull was raised.

6. Color: BBK=homozygous black, BLK = black, BWF = black white face, BBF = black brockle face, RED = red, RWF = red white face, WHT = white, BRC = black red carrier, BBW = Homozygous black, white faced, BRW = Black red carrier, white faced.

7. Pen where the bull is located.

8. Genetic Defect codes - a C appended to the end denotes carrier and an F denotes tested free and P denotes possible but untested.

NH - Neuropathic Hydrocephalus

AM - Arthrogryposis Multiplex

CA - Contractural Arachnodactyly

OS - Osteopetrosis

DD -Developmental Duplication

PA - Pulmonary Ataxia

Phenotype Scores to Make Bull

Buying Easier:

9. CE: Calving Ease is the predicted calving ease if you use the bull on heifers. If there is a number in the brown box, this indicates the breed calculated calving ease direct EPD. In addition, we provide our Leachman estimated calving star system.

***** The easiest calving bulls in the industry.

**** Use on smaller heifers with minimal assistance needed

*** Use on larger heifers with some assistance expected.

10. Maternal: This is an estimate of maternal efficiency, NOT milk. It includes $Ranch, Udder EPD and Fertility EPD as the basis for the Star system. The bulls are

Professional Bull Buyers Guide

scored from one star to five stars. Five Star bulls will produce some of the most profitable, good uddered cows in the industry.

11. Fertility: Predicts the number of calves that a bull’s daughters will have in the first 8 years of their life. As Fertility stars go up we would expect you to have a higher % weaned calf crop.

12. Udder EPD: This EPD assesses the bag attachment and teat size of the bull’s daughters. Bulls with 5 & 4 stars should sire females with exceptional udder quality.

13. Growth: This is a score from one star to five stars, where five stars means maximum growth. Even the one star bulls are as growthy as any bull in America 20 years ago.

14. Feedlot: This looks at all of the post weaning traits including gain, conversion, carcass weight, and carcass merit. Scored from one star to five stars, where five stars would produce maximum overall value in your feeder calves.

15. Feet: Is an estimate of the claw shape of an animal’s feet. The bulls are scored on a 1 to 5 scale. Bulls that are 5 and 4 Star for Feet should improve your herds feet and have a low incidence of claw issues himself. One star bulls should be used in a terminal breeding program.

16. Disposition: Our traditional score of 1 – 5 on disposition. Score 5 bulls are bulls you can walk up to and touch. Score 3 is about average historically for Leachman bulls. However, we are making a concerted effort to improve disposition, so most bulls score 3 or higher. The bulls scored 2.5 or 2 are nervous and do not like to be in close quarters with people on foot – but they are great for big range operations.

17. Phenotype: A combination of eye appeal and overall kind. Scored from one star to five stars. Five star bulls are the best phenotypic bulls in the sale (in our opinion)! Two star bulls are less attractive visually than average.

Indexes

18. $Ranch EPD: This Leachman profit index that predicts weaning profitability based on calving ease, weaning weight, maternal milk, cow cost, and FERTILITY. Based on producing 100 calves. This EPD assumes a slide on calf prices of $10 / cwt.

19. $Feeder: This number is expressed in terms of the bull’s added value to the sale price of your feeder calves. It is expressed in dollars per head. Thus when comparing a +100 bull vs. a +50 bull, we expect the first bull to sire calves worth $50 per head more at weaning (regardless of their weight).

20. $Profit™ EPD: One, simple, proven number that gives each trait a weight according to its impact on profit.

EPDs/ABCs

Breed Association EPDs (Expected Progeny Differences) are listed for all registered animals. Leachman ABCs (Across Breed Comparisons) are listed for all un-registered animals. All ABCs are on an Angus base and can be compared across breeds within this catalog. EPDs are appropriate association EPDs without any adjustments.

21. Birth weight EPD/ABC expressed on an Angus scale (or breed scale for Red Angus, and Charolais).

22. Weaning weight EPD/ABC expressed on a breed scale. The Stabilizers are expressed on an Angus scale.

23. Yearling EPD/ABC expressed on a breed scale. The Stabilizers are expressed on an Angus scale.

24. Milk EPD/ABC expressed on a breed scale. The Stabilizers are expressed on an Angus scale. This is the best predictor of a bull’s daughter’s ability to milk. It measures the difference in weaning weight that will be produced between one bull’s daughters and another bull’s daughters due solely to milk.

25. MWT is the predicted mature weight of daughters that you will get if you use the bull on a 1250 pound cow. If your cows weigh 1350, add 100 to this predicted weight. If your cows weigh only 1150, subtract 100 from this predicted weight. This EPD is the best indicator of daughter size -- far better than frame score or yearling height.

26. YHT is an EPD, expressed as frame score, predicting the yearling frame score of a sire’s progeny, compared to that of other sires.

27. IMF is the ultrasound based EPD/ABC for marbling expressed on a breed scale. The Stabilizers are expressed

on an Angus scale.

28. REA is the ultrasound based EPD/ABC for ribeye area expressed on a breed scale. The Stabilizers are expressed on an Angus scale.

29. F:G is the pedigree estimated feed to gain EPD that predicts the feedlot efficiency of the bulls offspring. A negative number means that the bull’s progeny will feed more efficiently. Example: -0.50 means that the bulls progeny will require ½ pound less feed per pound of gain.

30. Intake: is an estimate of the amount of feed that the bull’s progeny will consume over a 112 day feeding period. It is expressed in pounds. Animals with higher intake will consume more throughout their life. Animals with lower intake will consume less.

31. SC is an EPD, expressed in centimeters, predicting the yearling scrotal circumference of a sire’s progeny, compared to that of other sires.

32. PAP: PAP EPD. If there is a number in the green box, this is the actual PAP score of the animal. If there is a circle around the score, this indicates that the score was collected above 8500 ft in Walden CO.

Key to bull comments:

• Any reference to % rank is the percentile rank within that bull’s breed. Top 1% means the animal ranks better than 99% of the population on that trait.

• Reference to the number rank (i.e. #2 $Profit) is the bulls rank within his breed within the sale bulls for that trait. So, #4 F:G ST means the 4th best Feed:Gain Stabilizer bull in the sale.

• Other abbreviations used in the comments include:

• Dam 5@101 NR – indicates that the bull’s dam has five calves with an average weaning ratio of 101

• WR & NR = weaning or nursing ratio. How the calf ranked within herd on their adjusted weaning weight.

• YR = yearling ratio. How the calf ranked within herd on adjusted yearling weight.

• AWW = adjusted 205 day weaning weight. AYW = adjusted 365 day yearling weight.

• REA & IMF = either adjusted data or ratios for ultrasound ribeye area and inter-muscular fat (marbling).

• ADG = average daily gain on test. WDA = weight per day of age at a year.

• Stay = the Red Angus EPD for Stayability. This predicts the likelihood that a bull’s daughters stay in the herd. +14 means that 14% more of this bull’s daughters will be in the herd at age 6.

URUS Group LP acquires a majority stake in Leachman Cattle of Colorado

August 1st, 2023, Madison WI

URUS Group LP (URUS), based in Madison WI, proudly announces the purchase of a majority interest in Leachman Cattle of Colorado (Leachman), based in Fort Collins, Colorado. Both organizations bring together their extensive expertise, resources, and cutting-edge, market-leading technologies to drive advancements in cattle genetics across the globe.

Leachman combines leading genetics and proprietary data with a unique business model that will elevate URUS into a leadership role in the North American and global beef industr ies. Leachman genetics currently provide industry-leading value to the growing beef x dairy terminal cross programs and will benefit dairy producers, cattle feeders, consumers, and sustainability stakeholders.

Leachman has been developing its selection tools and genetic lines to improve cow efficiency, feeding performance, and supply chain value for over 30 years. With the largest private seedstock/commercial database in the U.S., Leachman provides the scale and ability to respond to performance and market signals with genetic improvement at an unprecedented scale and speed. Through this collaboration, URUS will offer members and customers around the globe an expanded and unmatched portfolio of genetic solutions.

Leachman will continue to offer semen, bulls, females, and data services to progressive beef operations in the U.S. and internationally. With Leachman as part of the family, URUS will empower additional sales strategies, expanded programs, and development of value chains for the beef and beef x dairy markets.

“This acquisition will put URUS at the forefront of beef genetic solutions globally,” states Paul Hunt, URUS CEO. “The Leachman team shares our passion for genetic excellence, data-driven innovation and longterm partnerships, and we are excited to bring together our combined expertise and strengths in designing the future of profitable and sustainable beef production for our members and clients ”

Lee Leachman, CEO of Leachman Cattle Colorado, comments, “We are thrilled to join forces with URUS, a global leader in the industry. This partnership will unlock significant opportunities, enabling us to provide cutting-edge genetics to a broader range of producers. We believe this collaboration will help accelerate genetic progress, produce the most sustainable beef possible and drive industry advancements.”

Both organizations are working closely to integrate, share knowledge, and develop new and enhanced offerings for beef and dairy producers in the US and around the globe.

The acquisition is effective August 1st

For more questions, please contact

Paul Hunt, CEO URUS Group LP

Lee Leachman, CEO Leachman Cattle

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