Cattleman's Choice Bull Sale by LivestockDirect

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CATTLEMAN’S CHOICE

SATURDAY, MARCH 15 | 5 PM CST |

GREENLEAF, KANSAS

WELCOME! With a great deal of pride and anticipation, we invite you to the 28th edition of the Cattleman’s Choice Bull Sale. As always, we are offering the top cut of bulls bred to calve easy, grow and sire calves that top the market on sale day.

Every cow represented is the result of total A.I. since 1956. Years of using the best bulls in the Angus and Simmental breeds has resulted in bulls that can truly do it all.

We offer these bulls with complete confidence that they will advance your calf crop. They sell with a complete guarantee! They have been fed a growing ration and developed in large pens to facilitate them staying fit and doing their job.

We look forward to seeing all of you March 15th at 5 PM. Come enjoy the livestock, a brisket meal, refreshments and the music of

T SEVEN RANCH

Jerry Gilliam | 785.452.1548

Mike Gilliam | 785.747.6969 1646 Upland Road, Washington, KS 66968

G&G CATTLE CO.

Tim Brad Gilliam

Aaron Doll | 316.734.4869 1038 13th Road, Washington, KS 66968

SALE DAY Details

AUCTIONEER

Ethan Schuette | 785-541-1027

SALE STAFF

Guy Peverley, The Stock Exchange | 785-456-4390

Andee Marston, Livestock Digital | 785-250-4449

Stephen Russell, Kansas Stockman | 785-458-2650

TERMS

These cattle sell under the suggested Terms and Conditions of the American Angus Association®, which briefly states: Terms of the sale are cash unless satisfactory credit arrangements have been made prior to the sale. The auctioneer will settle all disputes as to bids and his decision on such matters shall be final. Each animal will be at the purchaser’s risk as soon as sold.

INSPECTION OF BULLS

Bulls are located at sale location. We are happy to show them to you at anytime. Just give any of the owners a call.

HEALTH PAPERS

All cattle selling will be accompanied with appropriate health papers for immediate interstate shipment. Please notify the clerks of out-of-state transportation during check out.

LOAD OUT

Cattle may be loaded out anytime after check out.

REGISTRATIONS & TRANSFERS

Registration certificates will be transferred to the buyer if he so chooses at the seller’s expense. When asking for transfer of ownership, buyers must give complete written name and address for making out transfers.

INSURANCE

To properly insure your investment, please request more information in the office.

GUARANTEE

All bulls have passed a breeding soundness exam performed by Washington Veterinary Clinic PA. We 100% guarantee each bull for the first breeding season. Buyer assumes all risks for injury due to management decisions outside of genetic control. For the guarantee to apply, we ask that you contact us as soon as a condition is observed and before the animal is sold. We will work with you to determine a suitable replacement. If one cannot be provided, we will issue a sale credit to be used in a future sale.

OWNERSHIP

Cattle are the property of the buyer as soon as sold, with the buyer taking complete risk. Cattle kept after the sale, are also at the buyer’s risk. We encourage the purchase of insurance on all cattle at the conclusion of the sale. If a buyer declines the coverage, he/she assumes full risk for the bull(s).

LIABILITY

All persons attending the sale do so at their own risk, and the owners and their agents assume no liability, legal or otherwise, for any accident which may occur.

EPD’S

EPDs listed are current as of February 7. Updated EPDs can be viewed at www.angus.org and www.simmental.org.

BID ON THE PHONE

We understand that our customers have schedules that from time to time will not allow them to be with us on sale day. We also respect that many of our customers feel more comfortable talking with someone directly involved. Please feel free to call on sale day to any of the sales staff.

LOCATION

T SEVEN SALE FACILITY

2211 15TH ROAD, GREENLEAF, KS AT THE CORNER OF UPLAND & 15TH

NEW ONLINE BIDDING PLATFORM

Tools

SELECTION

DNA TESTING

We have recorded generations of our cow herd data through the American Angus Association. This year, we tested the bulls with the HD50K Zoetis DNA test. Adding a genetic profile to a young bull’s EPD profile allows us to view him as if we have already recorded up to 20 of his progeny. This is just another way we are able to help you make the best breeding decisions for your herd.

WHAT ARE EXPECTED PROGENY DIFFERENCES (EPD s )?

An EPD is a prediction of how future progeny of a sire or dam are expected to perform in various production and carcass traits that are measurable. EPDs are expressed in actual pounds, square inches, or centimeters (depending on the trait), plus or minus what you can expect in the weights or measurements of progeny sired by a particular animal as compared with another animal. The EPDs of the animals listed in this sale book can be compared to other animals of the same breed. However, you cannot compare across breeds, so always compare apples to apples.

PERCENT RANK

Provided under each EPD shows the bull’s ranking in the American Angus Association/American Simmental Association data base (1% representing the best among database contemporaries). If you are making selection decisions for traits based on the EPD provided, then the EPDs should be considered the selection tool of choice.

$ VALUE INDEXES

Multi-trait selection indexes, expressed in dollars per head, assist beef producers by adding simplicity to genetic selection decisions. The $Value is an estimate of how future progeny of each sire are expected to perform, on average, compared to progeny of other sires in the database if the sires were randomly mated to cows and if calves were exposed to the same environment.

1 T7 PATRIARCH 3033

PLEASE NOTE

Any EPD category that ranks in the Top 35% or higher among the breed percentile rankings will be highlighted in LIGHT RED.

We hope this assists buyers in better selecting for the genetics and areas of improvement they desire.

HOW TO READ THE RESULTS.

CALVING EASE DIRECT (CED), characterizes an animal’s genetic potential for unassisted births in first-calf heifers, with a higher value being more favorable to influence calving ease.

BIRTH WEIGHT (BW), is an indicator of calf weight, with a lower value characterizing lighter birth weight calves.

WEANING WEIGHT (WW), is an expression of genetic potential for calf weight at weaning, with a higher value indicating more pounds of weaning growth.

YEARLING WEIGHT (YW), describes an animal’s potential for postweaning gain measured near one year of age, with a higher value reflecting more total pounds.

DOCILITY (DOC), is the animal’s genetic potential to be extremely calm, or to have calm offspring. Higher values indicate an improvement in cattle temperament.

MATERNAL CALVING EASE (CEM), characterizes an animal’s genetic potential for unassisted births in first-calf daughters. A higher value would indicate more favorable genetics for the ease with which daughters calve as first-calf heifers.

MATERNAL MILK (MILK), is an indicator of milk and mothering ability as expressed in daughters. A higher value characterizes more milk expressed in pounds of weaning weight in a daughter’s calves.

CARCASS WEIGHT (CW), is a genetic predictor of hot carcass weight as measured at harvest time. A higher value characterizes more pounds expressed.

HEIFER PREGNANCY (HP), is a selection tool to increase the probability or chance of a sire’s daughters becoming pregnant as first-calf heifers during a normal breeding season. A higher EPD is the more favorable direction and the EPD is reported in percentage units.

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.

WEANED CALF VALUE ($W), an index value expressed in dollars per head, is the expected average difference in future progeny performance for preweaning 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 postweaning 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.

BEEF VALUE ($B), an index value expressed in dollars per head, is the expected average difference in future progeny performance for postweaning and carcass value compared to progeny of other sires.

THESE EXPLANATIONS REPRESENT A SMALL SAMPLING OF THE ANGUS EPD’S PROVIDED. FOR MORE INFORMATION, YOU CAN LEARN MORE AT ANGUS.ORG.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SIMMENTAL EPD VALUES, VISIT SIMMENTAL.ORG.

THE REFERENCE SIRES

S A V RAINDANCE 6848

AAA 18578965

SITZ CONTINUITY

AAA 19365373

SITZ RESILIENT 10208

AAA 19057457

SITZ STELLAR 726D

AAA 18397542

SITZ INCENTIVE 704H

AAA 19677938

MOGCK ENTICE

AAA 18952921

CONNEALY EMERALD

AAA 19257149

W/C BANK ON IT 273H

ASA 3808104

KBHR BOLD RULER H152

ASA 3789539

HOOK`S EAGLE 6E

ASA 3253742

CCR BOULDER 1339A

ASA 2880390

SCHOOLEY STANDOUT 27G

ASA 3585120

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