1:00 PM, March 19, 2025 | La Crosse, KS
30th Annual Sale at LaCrosse Livestock Market LaCrosse, KS 1:00PM, March 19, 2025
Join Us March 19:
10:00 AM Cattle Available for Viewing
11:00 AM Complimentary Lunch 1:00 PM Sale
Auctioneer:
Col. Jerry Lehmann 573-999-4759
Sale Staff:
Mid-Kansas Angus and Simmental Breeders
Ficken Angus Farms
John & Deanne Ficken
Lance & Tammy Ficken 2211 Co. Rd. 290, Bison, KS 67520 785-356-1041
Rafter W Cattle Co
Travis Williams 22600 K68 Hwy; Paola, KS 66071 816-820-6721
Schlegel Angus Ranch
Derrick Schlegel 1390 CR 100, Alexander, KS 67513 785-731-5221
Rosemayne Angus
Craig and Kristi Rucker 45708 SE Hwy 156, Burdett, KS 67523 620-285-1250
Video previews for every lot will be available at LiveAuctions.TV.
Lot Numbers:
The animals are tagged with their catalog lot numbers.
Health:
Ryan Zeltwanger, LaCrosse Livestock, 785-259-5420
Brandon Frederick, Kansas Stockman, 620-204-0841
Jeff Mafi, Angus Journal, 816-344-4266
Buyers unable to attend the sale may send their bids to the auctioneer, livestock press representatives or ringmen. Online bidding is available through LiveAuctions.TV
General Information
Sale Day Phone: 785-222-2586
Location:
LaCrosse Livestock Sales N Hwy 183, LaCrosse, KS
Motel Accommodations: Motels are available in LaCrosse, Great Bend and Hays.
All cattle sell with health certificates, ready for immediate shipping. Bulls have been vaccinated and PI tested, and have passed a breeding-soundness evaluation.
Delivery:
Free in-state delivery of bulls, or we will give a $50 per lot refund on bulls picked up sale day.
Guarantee:
All bulls selling for $3,000 and above are guaranteed against breeding injury for the first breeding season, defined as the 90 day period following the first turnout of the bull. An injured bull will be replaced by its breeder with another bull, if available or a credit in the amount paid, less salvage value of the of the injured bull, will be given toward another of the breeders’ bulls in next year’s sale. This breeding guarantee does not cover the death of a bull.
Food:
A complimentary lunch will be served.
We welcome all of you to our 30th Mid Kansas bull and female sale. You will find this year’s offering to possess improved genetic traits from past sales. These are bulls that will give you calving ease, some give breed leading growth, others have great carcass traits. You can find bulls that may give you all these traits in one animal. We have not forgotten about the maternal side of the equation. It has been said that it takes a good mother to produce a good bull, we have the good bulls in this sale…there are plenty of maternal traits bred into these cattle.
Look at the SimAngus bulls to put hybrid vigor into your replacement heifers and extra style in your steer calves. If you have baldy cows use one of our bald face bulls to maintain the white on the face and add a third breed for more hybrid vigor.
We are offering 17 two- to four-year-old bred pairs and 26 Angus, SimAngus Cross and Angus Cross open yearling replacement heifers. These females will improve your herd in the coming years and provide positive genetics to build back your cow herd to capitalize on these positive cattle market trends.
Thanks to everyone who makes this sale possible, and we look forward to seeing all of you on sale day.
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- Mid-Kansas Angus and Simmental Breeders
Schlegel Man In Black 331
Heifer Bull. Used on commercial heifers. Lots of growth, muscle and mass in this bull. Personally ratioed 113 WW, 112 YW, 115 F:G, 108 REA. A great bull to make cows. Out of a long time Pathfinder Dam. WR 108 & YR 106 on 8 calves. 365 day calving interval. IMF Ratio 102 & REA Ratio 109 ln 7 calves. She is one of the best cows I’ve owned. Maternal Brother to Lot 34.
Schlegel Man In Black 325
Heifer Bull. Used on commercial heifers. Plenty of growth and thickness. Ratioed 119 for IMF. Dam is a solid producer. Maternal brother to Lot 35.
RM Growth Fund 332
Growth Fund
Cow Bull. We used this bull for clean up. Orphaned from a great cow we lost. Seriously considered using him more.
RFTW SCC REVOLUTION M10
Heifer bull. Blaze face. Low BW with moderate frame and powerful build. And a nice EPD package.
RFTW FAF REVOLUTION M16
Schlegel Atlantis 431
FAF 413 Viroqua
Heifer bull. Performance with a touch more frame. Traces back to the 669 cow who has put 6 daughters back into the herd. You will love Viroqua.
FAF 403 Viroqua
Don’t buy an imposter.
Not all “Angus” bulls are REGISTERED Angus bulls.
If you see this logo in conjunction with an individual animal or group of animals, you know that that animal is registered with the American Angus Association and backed by the power of data , programs and pedigrees of the Association.
Invest wisely in those that carry the Powered By Angus logo.
Look for the REGISTRATION NUMBER. For more information on the Powered By Angus program, visit: Angus.org/PBA.
RFTW REVOLUTION CC M14
Cow bull. Excellent growth bull for WW & YW. Moderate framed, thick a complete package. Dam from top stud sire Cowboy Cut
RFTW ARISTOCRAT M17
Cow bull. Embryo Transfer calf. You can’t miss this complete stud, he had outstanding performance and topped all SimAngus bulls with #1 WW and #1 YW. Sire’s BW 84, Dam’s BW 76
RFTW FAF FROSTY M22
Cow bull. Moderate framed, thick and deep ribbed. Clean front one third, just like his sire CCR Boulder.
American Angus Association $Value Indexes
Dollar value indexes, or $Values, are a tool used to select for several traits at once based on a specific breeding objective. An economic index approach takes into account genetic and economic values as well as the relationships between traits to select for profit.
Maternal Weaned Calf Value ($M), an index expressed in dollars per head, predicts profitability differences in progeny due to genetics from conception to weaning. Increased selection pressure on $M aims to decrease overall mature cow size and improve foot structure and fertility while maintaining weaning weights consistent with today’s production.
Weaned Calf Value ($W), an index expressed in dollars per head, provides the expected difference in future progeny preweaning performance from birth to weaning. Over time, increased selection pressure on $W will increase weaning and maternal milk traits while also continuing to increase mature cow size.
Feedlot Value ($F), an index expressed in dollars per head, is the expected average difference in future progeny performance for postweaning merit compared to progeny of other sires. The underlying objective assumes commercial producers will retain ownership of cattle through the feedlot phase and sell fed cattle on a carcass weight basis with no considerations of premiums or discounts for quality and yield grade.
Grid Value ($G), an index expressed in dollars per carcass, is the expected average difference in future progeny performance for carcass grid merit, including quality and yield grade attributes, compared to progeny of other sires.
Beef Value ($B), an index expressed in dollars per carcass, facilitates simultaneous multi-trait genetic selection for feedlot and carcass merit. $B represents the expected average differences in the progeny postweaning performance and carcass value compared to progeny of other sires. This index assumes commercial producers wean all male and female progeny, retain ownership of these animals through the feedlot phase and market these animals on a quality-based carcass grid.
Combined Value ($C), an index expressed in dollars per head, includes all traits that make up both $M and $B with the objective that commercial producers will replace 20% of their breeding females per year with replacement heifers retained within their own herd. The remaining cull heifer and steer progeny are then assumed to be sent to the feedlot where the producers retain ownership of those cattle and eventually sell them on a quality-based carcass merit grid.
EPDS DIREC TLY INCORPORATED INTO EACH $VALUE MATERNAL TERMINAL
Heifer bull. He has an attractive profile and is very well put together. Balanced EPD package, goes back to Cowboy Cut and Lockdown.
Cow bull. Blaze face. Tons of growth and performance, with a touch more frame.
Schlegel Atlantis 447
FAF 416 Broadview
Ficken Angus Farms - Angus Pairs
Sold Individual
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*MLV 5-way + Vibrio/Lepto, Blackleg + Tetanus, Multimin, and CleanUp (ready for turnout)
Rafter W Cattle Co - Sim Angus Pairs
5-way + Vibrio/Lepto, Blackleg + Tetanus, Multimin, and CleanUp (ready for
Juno Farms - Commercial Pairs
6004/04/23
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6404/10/23 516 04/10/23 FAF 059 StimulusCommercial Cow 516 B 01/20/25SchlegelPatriarch223 6520903535 363 20903535 FAF Firewater 128FAF 410 Queen Con C 02/14/25FAF207Enhance *Calfguard, Blackleg, tagged to match, banded @ birth. Sandhill Farms Hereford/MKASB genetics. Eric Juno 620-923-6180, Tyler Maier 785-279-0525
Rosemayne Angus - Angus Pairs
MLV 5-way + Lepto/Vibrio. Ready to breed.
Ficken Angus Farms - Open Yearling Angus Heifers
Rafter W - Open Yearling Comm SimAngus Heifers
Juno Farms - Open Yearling Black/BWF Cross Heifers
Mid-Kansas Angus & Simmental Breeders
2211 CR-290
Bison, KS 67520
1:00 PM, March 19, 2025 | La Crosse, KS
