2PM Central February 22, 2025 at Valentine Livestock in Valentine, NE
FEBRUARY
SATURDAY AT 2PM
Sale Information
Bulls are available for review at the ranch located in central Cherry County, 35 miles south of Nenzel, NE. February 21 they will be on display at Valentine Livestock, Valentine, NE. Feel free to come look or call us with any questions you may have.
Again this year Bowlin Cattle Co. will be selling 52 yearling Black Angus bulls and 12 yearling heifers immediately after the red bulls.
Sale Day Phone Numbers
Eric Ravenscroft............................................ 402-322-9248
Shannon Ravenscroft.....................................402-389-0068
Auctioneer
Matt Lowery....................................................308-750-6119
Sale Representatives
Ryan Sexson....................................................402-389-1671
Valentine Livestock
Greg Arendt....................................................402-376-4701
Brogan Arendt................................................402-389-0281
Red Angus Association
Cory Peters......................................................402-418-2351
DVAuction
Tami McIntosh...............................................308-870-3661
Schedule of events
Friday, February 21, bulls will be on display at Valentine Livestock.
Saturday, February 22, 2:00 PM (CST) Red Angus bulls sell first, immediately after Bowlin Cattle Co. Black Angus bulls sell.
Delivery
Free delivery within Nebraska and to central points to neighboring states. We will assist all buyers with delivery in the cheapest way possible.
Bulls picked up and paid for the day of the sale will receive a $100 discount.
Health
All Red Angus bulls are coming virgin two-year-olds that have been tested for breeding soundness by Justin Ward DVM Valentine, NE (402-376-1571.)
Scrotal measurements and scan data will be available on a supplement sheet on ravenscroftredangus.com and on sale day.
Cattle going to out-of-state buyers will need to be trich tested following the sale. The tests will be performed quickly after the sale.
Breeding Guarantee
Bulls selling are guaranteed through the first breeding season, defined as 60 days following 1st turnout. If a fertility problem occurs preventing the bull from performing as a breeder, a replacement bull of similar value will be provided if available. If a suitable replacement is not available, credit for the full purchased price, less salvage value, will be issued to the buyer for next year’s sale. Please notify us as soon as possible should an injury occur and prior to the injured bull being sold for salvage. All claims must be made by September 15, 2025. This does not cover poor management or neglect.
Terms & Conditions
Terms of the sale are cash unless prior credit arrangements are established between buyer and seller. Settlements are to be made with Valentine Livestock after the conclusion of the auction.
Liability
Each animal will be at the buyer’s risk as soon as it is sold but will be cared for by the seller for a reasonable period of time. Every precaution will be taken for the welfare of the cattle sold. Neither the owner nor the sales management can be held responsible for accidents, but every effort will be made to provide for the safety and comfort of those attending the sale.
Bred heifers will be at the buyer’s expense.
Welcome Fellow Cattlemen
Thank you for taking the time to look at our bull lineup. This is our twelfth annual bull sale. The majority of our bulls sold have stayed in the Nebraska Sandhills region. Our first goal was to make bulls that thrive in our ranch environment. By doing this, our bulls have done well in west Texas, the high desert plains of Wyoming and Colorado, and the Dakotas. The best compliment we receive from our customers is how great our bulls look when they come out of the cows in the fall. We want to develop bulls that are going to get the job done and hold up in any type of environment.
We are the fourth-generation family to be ranching in the Nebraska Sandhills of Cherry County. The family ranch is the Three Bar Ranch. The ranch is a commercial cow/calf and yearling operation that has focused on rotational grazing practices since the 1980s. We calve our heifers in April and the cows will pasture calve in May and June. In the winter, our cows are run on cake and range. We run our registered cows in the same manner as the commercial herd. We feel there should not be a difference in how you run a seed stock cow and a commercial one.
We believe the slower development of our bulls adds to the longevity of them. The bull calves are weaned and fed in a pasture environment, then will graze throughout the summer like our yearling steers; this shows us which calves have the performance to grow in our environment. Performance is still a must in how we develop our bulls. The bulls continue grazing throughout the summer until November when we start feeding them a protein pellet and hay until sale day.
The protein pellet is “Bull Plus,” a pelleted bull developer from J & R Feeds that is formulated in a way that delivers an amino acid package designed to balance the existing amino acids found in the prairie hay being fed. Along with native grass hay, Bull Plus creates a ration that is extremely efficient at turning forage into muscle, paving the way for a bull that holds up to the demands of a breeding animal without showing the wear and tear that can be found with bulls developed on rations that are higher in starch. Bulls developed on Bull Plus consistently have a large scrotal measurement and pass fertility evaluations with flying colors, without compromising production excellence.
These sale bulls are the top half of the 2025 Bull crop.
Thank you for taking the time to look at our program.
Eric & Shannon Ravenscroft
If you are unable to make it to the sale in person, the sale will be live on DVAuction. Where the catalog and videos will be available for viewing. Unable to Attend the Sale?
RAVN ENDOWMENT L3141
A long made Endownment son that will cover some country. This is a cow bull that will be able to provide longevity to any herd.
SUH L3092
RAVN SUH L3098
Lot 1
Lot 2
Lot 3
Dam Wt. 1300 lbs
Dam Wt. 1420 lbs
This is a smooth made Suh son. Ratioed 125 IMF.
Dam Wt. 1225 lbs
This
RAVN CHL L3100
Lot 4
Lot 5
Lot 6
Dam Wt.
A power bull that is in the top 1% for WW and YW. This is an easy fleshing bull like his dam and granddam. 129 IMF ratio
Dam
Cool Hand Luke sons
RAVN CHARGER L3104
Lot
Sired by the 2021 high selling bull that is owned by Brad and Paula Pokorny. His dam has provided high quality bulls that have gone to NE, CO and TX. This bull would make an excellent heifer bull. Cup lab scan results 16.3 REA. We would like to collect semen on this bull for in herd use.
RAVN CHARGER
This is a heavy muscled bull that is in the top 3% for herdbuilder and top 5% in stayability. Dam has a 107 mppa on 7 calves.
This heifer bull comes from the lineage of two cows that have a history of making
RAVN L3057
RAVN PRYOR L3087
RAVN PRYOR L3155
Dam Wt. 1395 lbs
Coming from 6 yr old Linebacker cow with a 104 mppa, this bull comes from a lineage of maternal cows. His granddam Yogo 795 produced 12 calves
Dam Wt. 1230 lbs
K2 Pryor stamped
A calving ease bull with Ravn Linebacker length and muscle. Top 4 % CED and top 3 % BW.
Lot 13
Lot 14
Lot 15
Dam Wt. 1140 lbs
Dam Wt. 1270 lbs
This bull has a patch of black hair on his right hip. Natural muscle with - 5 ME. Note this bull is not GGP
RAVN PRYOR L3094
DVO Cool Hand Luke and RAVN Linebacker are in the pedigree for this bull. Both of those bulls would out breed other sires when they were turned out with the cows. This bull won’t be hanging out in the overflow pond at the windmill, he will be out working.
Dam
Linebacker cow with 109 mppa that raised RAVN Sandhiller J1049 owned by Hall-Pokorny Red Angus.
Dam Wt. 1195 lbs
Dam
DVO Duke daughter with 104 mppa. Duke is a flush brother to DVO Royal Touch. Top 1% HB & STAY.
RAVN SUH L3122
Dam Wt. 1115 lbs
Squared hipped bull with good spring of rib to him.
RAVN STOCKMARKET L3014
Dam Wt. 1015 lbs
This bull comes out of a young dam that has a 105 mppa. Side note: this bull does have a little spot in his right eye bull has total vision.
RAVN ENDOWMENT L3080
Dam Wt. 1230 lbs
RAVN OUTSPOKEN L3016
Dam Wt. 1000 lbs
DVO Outspoken is a half brother to Endowment. Highest IMF scan with a 3.34 only having .15 for back fat
Dam Wt. 1340 lbs
RAVN LAKOTA RIDGE L3069
Dam Wt. 1160 lbs
Heifer bull out of Eric’s favorite linebacker cow. The pedigree has Ravenscroft raised sires top and bottom.
RAVN PROPULSION L3066
RAVN LINEBACKER C537 RAVN MISS WIX H0216
Dam Wt. 1145 lbs
Dam is a daughter to RAVN Miss Wix E770, the dam of RAVN Charger G934
RAVN SLATER ROAD L3195
Dam Wt. 1130 lbs
TC Livestock out of Cheyenne, WY bought a K2 Pryor son out of this dam last year.
Dam Wt. 1140 lbs
Good Gridmaster top 6% in MARB, 110 WW ratio, 112 YW ratio.
RAVN PRYOR L3154
Top 1% in herdbuilder and stayability.
is a heifer bull that comes from a low input dam. This dam goes back to our donor cow Buf CRK Carrie L395.
COMPLETE 7000E KJL 1006J HXC E07
LAKOTA RIDGE D641
REDPRIDE H0117
REDPRIDE 518X
LEACHMAN PLEDGE A282Z HXC 507C
RAVN PRYOR L3144
Wt. 1265 lbs Dam Wt. 1470 lbs
Easy flushing bull out of a Domain daughter that was purchased from Bullis Creek Red Angus.
This is a deep chested Endowment son that has some punch.
Blockana cow family going back to HXC donor cow Jaylo LB136.
RAVN GOOD YEAR L3011
RAVN L3037
RAVN ENDOWMENT
RAVN PRYOR L3121
RAVN PRYOR L3161
RAVN L3174
RAVN ENDOWMENT L3160
RAVN LAKOTA RIDGE L3120
TRILOGY 0226
LAKOTA RIDGE D641 RAVN TILLY X014
DYNAMITE 625D
CARRIE F8111
CARRIE C5002
PACKER S008
LAKOTA 625 BCRR RIDGE 8124U BCRR 4F TILLY2 793T
WIDESPREAD Z229
Hall-Pokorny Bred Heifers
30 heifers raised by Brad and Paula Pokorny. They were AI bred to Ravn Sandhiller J1049 and Ravn Way Cool Jr. J1014. Both bulls were then turned out as clean up bulls. These two bulls were high sellers in our previous sales. We also AI bred our registered cows back to these two bulls.
The heifers have a March 25th calving date for 45 days. Heifers were developed on cake and range.
RAVN WAY COOL JR J1014
RAVN Way Cool Jr.
Semen Available
Linebacker grabs your attention with his stoutness and herdbull presence. With progeny proof, he has earned breed-leading weaning and yearling growth. Linebacker cattle exhibit his tremendous length of body, depth and stoutness of rib, with massive shape down their top and out thru their rump. Sound in their structure, Linebacker progeny are some of the best footed reds you’ll find. Whether in a low-input or a high-input environment, Linebacker cattle rise to the top of the herd for performance and do-ability. His sons have been sought after for all of these reasons, year after year. Look to Linebacker to be a dominant force in your herd.
Semen is avaible at Beef-360.com
Unit Price: $25
beef-360.com
RAVN CHARGER G934
A 4147040
5L LEADING EDGE 15383-117C RAVN MISS WIX E770 PAULS MISS WIX 919 JEFFRIES DEPTH CHARGE 556B ARO 7107 ARO MISS GAME PLAN 912
DEEP Y118 BASIN SAM 8948 4L GAME PLAN 72T ARO MISS NEW DEAL
5L LEADING EDGE 1221-79A 5L RED BIRD 411-15383 PAULS CHIEFLINE 5140 PAULS MISS WIX 563
Charger was a high selling bull in our 2020 sell going to Brad and Paula Pokorny. Sired by Arrowsmith 7107 out of the Wix cow line.
DVO A BULL NAMED SUH 179F
BRADINA 20C9
6378S
Purchased from Dvorak Red Angus, dark red powerhouse with structural soundness. This good footed bull comes from a female that is equally as impressive, with superior udder conformation. Semen Available
KJL 1006J
HXC E07 HXC 825U LEACHMAN PLEDGE A282Z KJL/CLZB COMPLETE 7000E HXC 507C
NEXTPECTATION 0083X LCOC ZARA TG004 BECKTON NEBULA P
This bull was purchased ftom Kim Lehmann. 1006J is a moderate, and easy fleshing out of the Complete 7000E bull.
DVO ENDOWMENT 658G
YY EXPEDITOR 3X
WJ BIRD 2284Z
CROWFOOT
The dam of this bull is still in production at 13 years. She has excellent udder quality. She was a sale feature at the Dvorak’s female sale. She is now a donor cow at Select Sires Argentina. Semen Available
K2 PRYOR PK 634 092
This bull is from K2 Red Angus in Wheatland, WY. He is a combination of two of their donor cow; K2 Paprika and K2 Sheridan.
RAVN LAKOTA RIDGE D641
MESSMER PACKER S008 GMRA TRILOGY 0226 GMRA LAKOTA 625
BCRR RIDGE 8124U RAVN TILLY X014
BCRR 4F TILLY2 793T
MESSMER JOSHUA 019P
MESSMER MILLIE 124P GLACIER CHATEAU 744
LAKOTA 380 PAULS CANYON RIDGE 470 BCRR MELODY 417 FEDDES BIG SKY R9
Lakota Ridge is out of one of the easiest fleshing cows we have Ravn Tilly X014. Semen Available
K2 SLATER ROAD 1120
Cat.
BECKTON DOMINOR T122 Z1 3SCC DOMAIN
K2 RESILIANCE 714 473
K2 EMULOUS RS 308 643
K2 EMULOUS ET 605 308
BIEBER CL STOCKMARKET E119
BB PROPULSION 1142
ADELLE 297Y LSF SAGA 1040Y PIE STOCKMAN 4051 PIE LAKOTA 046
4405P TPIE LAKOTA 806
IN FOCUS B175
ADELLE 475C
BECKTON HERITAGE H318 J5
Cat. RAAA# DOB Act. BW A 4377201
VGW GOOD YEAR 213
DOUBLE DESIGN 1177-227W
SUSIE 2525-1177
DESTINATION 893-6215
ANALISE 1591-273
NORSE DESIGN 673-5035
SUSIE 302-2525
Red Angus Guide to EPDS and Indexes
ProS ... Profitability and Sustainability is an all-purpose index that predicts average economic differences in all segments in the beef supply chain. This index is a combination of the breeding objectives modeled in the HerdBuilder and GridMaster selection indexes. In this index, replacement heifers are retained from within the herd and all remaining progeny are fed out to slaughter and sold on a quality-based grid. Traits included in this index include calving ease, growth, HPG, STAY, Mature Weight, Dry Matter Intake and carcass traits. The resulting index is expressed in dollars per head born (Index/High Value).
HB ..... HerdBuilder is a maternal selection index that predicts the economic differences of animals for traits that are important from conception through weaning. Expressed as dollars per head born, HB is calculated based on the scenario that bulls are mated to heifers and cows, replacement heifers are retained and all remaining progeny are marketed at weaning. Traits included in the HB index include Calving Ease Direct, Calving Ease Maternal, Weaning Weight, Milk, Mature Weight, Heifer Pregnancy and Stayability (Index/High Value).
GM..... GridMaster is a selection index that predicts the average economic difference of non-replacement calves through the postweaning phase of production. GM places selection pressure on growth, feedyard performance and carcass traits. Expressed as dollars per head born, GM is calculated based on the scenario that progeny are fed out to slaughter and marketed on a quality-based carcass grid. Traits included in GM include Average Daily Gain, Carcass Weight, Dry Matter Intake, Marbling, Back Fat and Rib Eye Area (Index/High Value).
CED Calving Ease Direct predicts differences in the percent of calves born unassisted out of 2-year-old dams. (Percent/High Value)
BW ........ Birth Weight predicts differences in actual birth weight of progeny. (Pounds/Low Value)
WW Weaning Weight predicts differences in 205-day weaning weight. (Pounds/High Value)
YW Yearling Weight predicts differences in 365-day yearling weight. (Pounds/High Value)
ADG ....... Average Daily Gain predicts differences in weight gain between 205 and 365 days of age. (Pounds/High Value)
DMI Dry Matter Intake predicts differences in daily feed intake as measured in a feedlot during the post-weaning period. (Pounds/Low Value)
MILK Milk predicts differences in weaning weight attributed to the milking ability of the animal’s daughters. (Pounds/High Value)
ME Maintenance Energy predicts the difference in maintence energy requirements. (Mcal per Month/Low Value)
HPG Heifer Pregnancy predicts differences in the percent of daughters who are able to conceive and calve at 2 years of age following exposure to breeding. (Percent/High Value)
CEM Calving Ease Maternal predicts differences in the percent of daughters who are able to calve unassisted as 2-year-old heifers. (Percent/High Value)
STAY...... Stayability predicts differences in the ability of an animals’ retained daughters to remain productive in the herd – calve every year – through 6 years of age. (Percent/High Value)
MARB Marbling predicts differences in marbling score – amount of intramuscular fat measured at the 13th rib. (Marbling Score Units/High Value)
YG Yield Grade predicts differences in USDA Yield Grade, which is calculated using CW, REA and Fat. (Yield Grade Units/Low Value)
CW Carcass Weight predicts differences in actual hot carcass weight. (Pounds/High Value)
REA Ribeye Area predicts differences in square inches of ribeye area measured at the 13th rib.(Square Inches/High Value)
FAT ........ Fat predicts differences in the depth of backfat measured between the 12th and 13th ribs. (Inches/Low Value)
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