FRESE
Angus and Hereford 9th Annual Bull Sale
FRIDAY, February 28, 2025 | 1:00 PM CST
Frese Angus and Hereford | 20286 Frese Drive Columbus, NE
Welcome
We would like to invite you to the 9th annual Frese Angus and Hereford bull sale. Thank you for taking time to consider our program and this sale offering. Whether you sell calves at weaning, finish them, or are hoping for replacement females I believe there are bulls in this offering that will fit your needs.
We will again have a live auction in our shop that will be broadcast on DV Acution. I encourage you to attend the sale in person as technology isn’t perfect. With that said we believe DV Auction is a great option and if you’re unable to be here in person you can bid through their platform. Please remember to register ahead of the sale. We also invite you to stop anytime prior to sale day to look through the bulls.
The bulls we are offering will be 18 months old when most people turn out. We feel this gives you the customer a more durable bull that can cover more cows, and hold up longer.
You, the customer, are the most important part of our business, we realize that without you we couldn’t do what we enjoy here everyday. An enormous amount of time and energy is spent to find and utilize top genetics both in our herd and from around the country. With that said we truly appreciate feedback from you, this is the way we are able to know what we’re doing right, and what we need to improve.
We look forward to visiting with each of you on sale day, or anytime by call, text, email, or in person. You are encouraged to stop out and see the bulls here at home before the sale. We love having you at the sale on sale day, but since that isn’t always possible, the sale will be online at DV Auction. We can also take orders if that’s more convenient for you. Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions about our sale or our program.
directions
• From Columbus go 11.5 miles north on 48th Avenue to Frese Drive.
• From Highway 81 & 91 junction go 6 miles south to 385th Street. Go 4.5 miles east to 205th Ave, then 1/2 south to Frese Drive.
• Sale will be in the shop down behind the shelter belt
Friday, February 28 | 1:00 PM CST
Eric, Ashley, Ellie, Maggie and Lawson Frese
FRESE
Angus and Hereford
9th Annual Bull Sale
Sale Location
FreseAngusandHereford
20286 Frese Drive| Columbus, NE 68601
Sale Contacts
Eric Frese ......................................... 402-276-4086
auctioneer
Justin Stout ......................................913-645-5136
Livestock press representative
Will Harsh, American Angus ............... 740-272-1386
Randy Rasby, American Cattlemen ......308-539-6195
Terms
Friday, February 28, 2025 | 1:00 PM CST
Frese Angus and Hereford | 20286 Frese Drive Columbus, NE
Herd Health
The cow herd, as well as the bulls are on a full vaccination and mineral program. Great care is taken to provide you with a healthy long lasting bull.
guarAntee
All cattle will sell under the terms and conditions recommended by the American Angus Association.
Delivery
If you choose to haul your bull home sale day, or within 2 days following the sale, you will receive a $100 discount off of the purchase price. Bulls not hauled at this time will be delivered in April free of charge for the first 150 miles. Delivery available at reasonable rates for longer distances. Bulls will be yarded free through May 1, 2025.
All bulls selling for $3000 or more will have a first breeding season guarantee. The first breeding season is defined as 75 days following first turnout. Bulls will be guaranteed against breeding injury or failure to breed. This is not an insurance policy and does not protect against death. Frese Angus and Hereford reserves the right to nullify any guarantee if obvious negligence has occurred. Any owner who believes that there is a problem with their bull should contact Frese Angus and Hereford immediately and before the animal in question is destroyed or sold. If the animal is deemed unfit to breed a suitable replacement will be provided with the fixed salvage value ($1800) of the bull being replaced going to Frese Angus and Hereford. If a suitable replacement is not available, credit for half the cost over the fixed salvage value ($1800) of the injured bull will be given for the following year’s sale. Example a $5,000 bull is injured, the buyer will receive $1,600 credit toward the following year’s sale if a suitable replacement is not available. The buyer will also keep any salvage value of the injured bull. All guarantees will be handled on a case by case basis. If you have any issues with your bull please contact us.
LIABILITY
All persons who attend the sale do so at their own risk. Frese Angus and Hereford nor any person connected with the sale assumes liability, legal, or otherwise for accidents or loss of property.
lunch
Will be available sale day starting at 11:30.
• 103 is Maggie’s bull Stuart
• Here is a massive power bull that combines impressive growth with a moderate BW
• This big bull ratioed 124 at weaning and 122 on yearling as his mother’s first calf
• Look him up sale day if you want to add pounds to a calf crop
• This good heifer bull is a flush brother to some of the popular bulls in last year’s sale
• His mother is a donor for us, and his flush sisters are doing a good job with their first calves
• Add pounds and carcass value to your heifers calves
• 513 is a big framed, high growth heifer bull
• He ratioed 99@birth, 108@weaning, and 114@yearling
• This bull’s mother is being flushed this year, good bull from a good cow
Frese Architect L 073
• 073 ratioed 98@birth, 116@weaning, and 111@yearling as his mother’s first calf
• This is a bigger framed heifer bull that will add pounds
• We’ve been pleased with these Architect sons
In the past we’ve had many questions about ET calf weights and why we print them as ET only. Over the years there have been recip cows that consitently produce high or low BW calves no matter the matings. We utilize AngusGS across all the bulls to add accuracy to EPD’s, but especially ET calves. We are printing the BW on the ET calves this year, however we felt it would be good to offer an explanation and encourage you to look beyond actual ET weights high or low, as they are heavily influenced by an unrelated recip.
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• Heavy muscled and deep bodied, look this power bull up
• He ratioed 112 at weaning and yearling
• This cow bull will add pounds to a calf crop
Frese Architect L
• This calving ease bull has been a favorite from birth
• His mother has a good udder and a gentle disposition
• Top 1% $M with a 115 weaning ratio from a first calf heifer
Lot 4 - Frese Architect L 073 Lot
Lots 7-15 are flush brothers out of the 738 donor. She is a big topped, deep bodied cow with great foot and udder quality. They are a high performing easy fleshing set of brothers out of the $500,000 Connealy Craftsman.
Frese Craftsman L 133
Frese Craftsman L 253
Frese Craftsman L 193
Frese Craftsman L 263
Frese Craftsman
Frese Resource L 323
Frese Resource L 473
Frese Abundance L 223
Frese Craftsman L 553
• This is Ellie’s bull with a great EPD profile
• Great carcass numbers from a son of Craftsman
• 573 is a stout made son of Net Worth out of a highly productive dam
• His pathfinder dam records a progeny weaning ratio of 6@115
• His dam records progeny ratios of BR 3@91 WR 3@107 and YR 3@105
• His daughters should make excellent cows and his sons should push down the scales
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• Calving ease and carcass on this son of Connealy Commerce
• His mother recorded progeny weaning ratio of 2@104 before we lost her to an injury
• This is a good bull that should leave good daughters
Frese Abundance L 183
• This is a good looking bull out of a great uddered and good footed 11 year old donor cow
• His dam records progeny weaning ratio of
Frese Abundance L 533
• Heifer bull out of a good uddered older cow
• His dam records progeny weaning ratio of 9@102
• This bull should leave good footed good uddered daughters
Prolific L 313
Frese Prolific L 503
• This son of Prolific is in the top 1% of the breed for $M, Claw, and HP
• Here is a well muscled bull from one of the best foot EPD bulls in the breed
Frese Commerce L 623
• Excellent EPD’s on this heifer bull from a good uddered cow
• This bull’s grand dam is the good 494 donor
• Moderate framed heifer bull out of Prolific
• Top 1% $M and top 10% $C
• This bull is a maternal brother to our 170 donor
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who was good footed and good uddered to the end
• His flush brothers have sold very well in past sales
• This is a good young calf out of an old cow
• His dam records progeny weaning ratio’s of 8@103
• Long lasting dam on this bull
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• His mother is a perfect uddered daughter of
• His dam records progeny
• A younger bull that would work on heifers
• This guy came out at only 71lbs
• We’ve used his sire successfully on heifers
• This is a purebred commercial bull from a cow purchased on a registered dispersion
• Moderate birth weight of 81 lbs
• He’s a little older and ready to cover cows
AMERICAN ANGUS ASSOCIATION SELECTION TOOLS
Expected Progeny Difference (EPD), is the prediction of how future progeny of each animal are expected to perform relative to the progeny of other animals listed in the database. EPDs are expressed in units of measure for the trait, plus or minus. Interim EPDs may appear on young animals when their performance has yet to be incorporated into the American Angus Association National Cattle Evaluation (NCE) procedures. This EPD will be preceded by an “I”, and may or may not include the animal’s own performance record for a particular trait, depending on its availability, appropriate contemporary grouping, or data edits needed for NCE.
Accuracy (ACC), is the reliability that can be placed on the EPD. Accuracy will range from 0 to 1 with an accuracy closer to 1.0 indicating higher reliability. Accuracy is impacted by the amount of information that is included in the analysis including individual genotype and performance records as well as number of progeny and ancestral records.
PRODUCTION
Calving Ease Direct (CED), expressed as a difference in percentage of unassisted births, with a higher value indicating greater calving ease in first-calf heifers. It predicts the average difference in ease with which a sire’s calves will be born when he is bred to first-calf heifers.
Birth Weight (BW), expressed in pounds, is a predictor of a sire’s ability to transmit birth weight to his progeny compared to that of other sires.
Weaning Weight (WW) expressed in pounds, is a predictor of a sire’s ability to transmit weaning growth to his progeny compared to that of other sires.
Yearling Weight (YW), expressed in pounds, is a predictor of a sire’s ability to transmit yearling growth to his progeny compared to that of other sires.
Residual Average Daily Gain (RADG), feed efficiency expressed in pounds per day, is a predictor of a sire’s genetic ability for post-weaning gain in future progeny compared to that of other sires, given a constant amount of feed consumed.
Dry Matter Intake (DMI), expressed in pounds per day, is a predictor of difference in transmitting ability for feed intake during the post-weaning phase, compared to that of other sires.
Yearling Height (YH), expressed in inches, is a predictor of a sire’s ability to transmit yearling height compared to that of other sires.
Scrotal Circumference (SC), expressed in centimeters, is a predictor of the difference in transmitting scrotal size compared to that of other sires.
MANAGEMENT
Claw Set (Claw), expressed in units of claw-set score, a lower EPD is more favorable, indicating a sire will produce progeny with more symmetrical, even and appropriately spaced toes compared to another sire.
Foot Angle (Angle), expressed in units of foot-angle score, a lower EPD is more favorable, indicating a sire will produce progeny with an angle closer to 45 degrees at the pastern and appropriate toe length and heel depth compared to another sire.
Docility (DOC), expressed as a difference in yearling cattle temperament, with a higher value indicating more favorable docility in a sire’s offspring compared to another sire.
Pulmonary Arterial Pressure EPD (PAP), expressed in millimeters of Mercury (mmHg), with a lower EPD being more favorable indicating a sire should produce progeny with a lower PAP score to decrease the risk of progeny contracting high altitude disease most commonly experienced at 5,500 ft or greater in elevation.
Hair Shed EPD (HS) expressed in units of hair shed score, with a lower EPD being more favorable. This indicates a sire should produce progeny who shed their winter coat earlier in the spring and has improved environmental adaptability in heat stressed areas and grazing endophyte-infected (hot) fescue.
MATERNAL
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.
Calving Ease Maternal (CEM) expressed as a difference in percentage of unassisted births, with a higher value indicating greater calving ease in first-calf daughters. It predicts the average ease with which a sire’s daughters will calve as first-calf heifers when compared to daughters of other sires.
Maternal Milk (Milk), expressed in pounds of calf weaned, is a predictor of a sire’s genetic merit for milk and mothering ability in his daughters. In other words, it is the part of the calf’s weaning weight attributes to milk and mothering ability.
Mature Weight (MW), expressed in pounds, is a predictor of the difference in mature weight of daughters of a sire compared to the daughters of other sires.
Mature Height (MH), expressed in inches, is a predictor of the difference in mature height of a sire’s daughters compared to daughters of other sires.
CARCASS
Carcass Weight (CW), expressed in pounds, is a predictor of the differences in hot carcass weight of a sire’s progeny compared to progeny of other sires.
Marbling (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 (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.
$VALUE INDEXES
$Value Indexes, expressed in dollars per head, are multi-trait selection indexes where a higher value suggests more profit. The $Value is an estimate of how future progeny of each sire are expected to perform, on average, compared to progeny of other sires if sires were randomly mated to cows and if calves were exposed to the same environment.
Maternal Weaned Calf Value ($M), expressed in dollars per head, predicts profitability differences in progeny due to genetics from conception to weaning by decreasing mature cow size and improving docility, foot structure and fertility while maintaining weaning weights consistent with today’s production.
Weaned Calf Value ($W), expressed in dollars per head, provides the expected difference in future progeny pre-weaning performance from birth to weaning.
Energy Value ($EN), expressed in dollar savings per cow per year with a larger value being more favorable. It assesses differences in cow energy requirements, due to maternal milk and mature cow size.
Feedlot Value ($F), expressed in dollars per head, is the expected average difference in future progeny performance for post-weaning feedlot merit (growth and feed efficiency) compared to progeny of other sires assuming producers retain ownership of cattle through the feedlot phase and sell on a carcass-weight basis.
Grid Value ($G), 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 ($B), expressed in dollars per carcass, represents the expected average differences in the progeny post-weaning performance and carcass value compared to progeny of other sires. This index assumes commercial producers wean all male and female progeny, retain ownership of these animals through the feedlot and sell on a carcass merit grid.
Combined Value ($C), expressed in dollars per head, which includes all traits that make up both Maternal Weaned Calf Value ($M) and Beef Value ($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 sell them on a quality-based carcass merit grid.
Angus and Hereford 9th Annual Bull Sale
FRIDAY, February 28, 2025 | 1:00 PM CST
Frese Angus and Hereford | 20286 Frese Drive Columbus, NE
