January 2020 - Bull Buyer's Guide

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Marc Wolf & Family (701) 579-4221 New England, ND

26TH ANNUAL

TOP CUT

BULL SALE

Saturday, January 25, 2020 at the Ranch in our heated facility • New England, ND Lunch starts at 11am MST • Sale at 1pm MST

Selling 150 Top Cut Bulls Many herd bull prospects in the offering!

He sells!

He sells!

He sells!

21AR LOGO 9003

21AR RENO 9332X

21AR POWERBALL 9372

Sitz Logo 12964 x S Chisum 255 x AAR Really Windy 1205

Spring Cove Reno 4021 x LT Bandwagon 3105 x Sitz Alliance 6595

Sitz Powerball 643D x Connealy Capitalist 028 x Connealy Packer 547

Reg# 19560529

Reg#19559431

Reg #19560687

View our auction and bid online at DVAuction.com

SPRING COVE RENO 4021 43 sons sell!

SITZ POWERBALL 643D 33 sons sell!

www.21angus.com

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SITZ LOGO 12964 66 sons sell!

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Featuring these proven sires:

406.600.7514

46TH ANNUAL

“Focus on Performance Sale” SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2020, 1:00 PM | AT THE FARM SELLING: 60 BULLS | 25 OPEN HEIFERS | 10 BRED FEMALES For nearly a century, our cow herd has been known for its ability to increase pounds and produce superb quality!

Their progeny will improve the look of your herd and your bottom line.

The bulls are stacked for performance and quality. Most have over 800 lbs. Weaning Weight.

There will be a large group of perfect heifer bull candidates that will be impressive.

Four sons of Southern Charm with an average Weaning Ratio of 110.

A GDAR Leupold son with a weaning ratio of 121 out of a Bushs Tundra 802 dam.

JACS RARE FIND 6503

Reg. 19026387 CED +9 BW +1.7 WW +86 YW +142 MILK +32 SC +1.51 Rare Find’s first entire bull crop at Bush Angus averaged 79# @ birth with an average Weaning Weight Ratio of 109.

Many are very special calving ease bulls!! His daughters are even more impressive.

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ON LEAP DAY 2020, BE WITH US FOR A VERY SPECIAL OFFERING OF BULLS AND FEMALES!!

SIRED BY: BUSHS DATE NIGHT 62 - #18601982 BUSHS DOMINO EFFECT 607 - #18978870 JACS RARE FIND 6503 - #19026387 BUBS SOUTHERN CHARM AA31 - #17853196 MAY-WAY OFF ROAD 719 - #19011790 GDAR LEUPOLD 298 - #17228402 BALDRIDGE BONANZA C239 - #18592806

BUSH ANGUS “PERFORMANCE IS OUR PRODUCT” 41785 109th ST, BRITTON, SD 57430

Scott 605/470-0555 • Jim 605/470-0605 Office 605/448-5401

www.bushangus.com for updated photos and info

SATURDAY, FEB. 1, 2020

1 PM CT • At the Ranch • St. Anthony, ND

280 Powerful Bulls, 20 Elite Registered Heifers, 1 Pick of the Cowherd & 700 Fancy Commercial Angus Heifers ELLINGSON RAINMAKER 9137

Rainmaker 4404 x Roughrider • BW: 79 • WW: 926 BW: +2.3, WW: +77, YW: +133, M: +28, MB: +.56, RE: +.49

ELLINGSON HOMEGROWN 9162 Homegrown x Advance • BW: 85 • WW: 913 BW: +3.5, WW: +76, YW: +134, M: +31, MB: +.60, RE: +.73

Free Delivery on Bulls & Free Bull Keep Until April 1 Feeder Calf Marketing Assistance

ELLINGSON HOMEGROWN 9122 Homegrown x Advance • BW: 68 • WW: 811 BW: -.4, WW: +61, YW: +111, M: +29, MB: +.41, RE: +.75

ELLINGSON ROUGHRIDER 9224

Roughrider x Bandwagon 1053 • BW: 86 • WW: 843 BW: +2, WW: +69, YW: +127, M: +26, MB: +.46, RE: +.41

ELLINGSON CHAPS 9348

Chaps x In Focus • BW: 88 • WW: 992 BW: +2.2, WW: +77, YW: +119, M: +29, MB: +.31, RE: +.72

701-445-7309 • 361-3606 (Chad’s cell) ellingsonangus@westriv.com www.ellingsonangus.com

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ELLINGSON AUTHORIZE 9030

Authorize x Commanche • BW: 79 • WW: 848 BW: +.5, WW: +72, YW: +127, M: +30, MB: +.48, RE: +.63

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CHAD & JULIE ELLINGSON FAMILY St. Anthony, ND

Maternal Herd That Performs March 14, 2020

March 14, 2020

All Bulls Selling are 18-Months-old PERFORMANCE TESTED BULL & FEMALE SALE March 14, 2020

March 14, 2020 MarchMarch 14, 2020 14, 2020 FEATURING: NOW

PRODUCTION EPDs MATERNAL EPDs CED BW WW YW CEM MILK $EN +0 +4.7 +82 +148 +9 +23 -36

PRODUCTION EPDs MATERNAL EPDs CED BW WW YW CEM MILK $EN +0 +4.7 +82 +148 +9 +23 -36

Big Rok is proud to announce the purchase of 2/3 interest and full possession of Stevenson Statement 70750. He was our pick of the 3 Jindra Acclaim calves offered at Stevenson Angus. Semen is available through Universal Semen Sales.

PRODUCTION EPDs CED BW WW YW

$M +50

$M +50

$ VALUES $W $F $G +69 +139 +56

MATERNAL EPDs CEM MILK $EN

$W +69

$M

$ VALUES $F $G +139 +56

$B +195

$W

$ VALUES $F $G +38

PRODUCTION EPDs MATERNAL EPDs $ VALUES +12 +.7 +68 +135 +14 $M+19 $W -31 $F +39$G +57$B +118 CED BW WW YW CEM MILK $EN +12 +.7 +68 +135 +14 +19 -31 +39 +57 +118 +38 +155 $B $B

PRODUCTION MATERNAL $$VALUES PRODUCTIONEPDs EPDs MATERNALEPDs EPDs VALUES CED $F $G CED BW BW WW WW YW YW CEM CEM MILK MILK $EN $EN $M $M $W $W $F $G PRODUCTION EPDs MATERNAL $ VALUES PRODUCTION EPDs +0 MATERNAL +4.7 +148 +9 -36 +0 EPDs +4.7 +82 +82EPDs +148 +9 +23 +23$ VALUES -36 +50 +50 +69 +69 +139 +139 +56 +56 +195 +195 CED BW WW $EN MILK $M $W $F $G $B CED YW BW CEM WW MILK YW CEM $EN $M $W $F $G $B +0 +4.7 +82 +9 +148 +23 -36 +50 +0 +148 +4.7 +82 +9 +23 +69 -36 +139 +50 +56 +69 +195 +139 +56 +195

#19311754

Outstanding Dually son out of a Rainmaker bred dam that will work on heifers or cows.

$B +195

#19311754

$B +155

Outstanding

Dually son out Outstanding Dually son out of a Rainmaker of a Rainmaker bred dam that bred dam that will work on will work on heifers or cows. heifers or cows.

DL AUTOMATIC 1088

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PRODUCTION EPDs MATERNAL EPDs $ VALUES PRODUCTION EPDs MATERNAL EPDs $ VALUES CED BW WW YW CEM MILK $EN $M $W $F $G CED BW WW YW CEM MILK $EN $M $W $F $G $B +10 +.3 +89 +157 +8 +25 -43 +66 +92 +121 +45 +10

PRODUCTION MATERNAL $$VALUES PRODUCTIONEPDs EPDs MATERNALEPDs EPDs VALUES CED $F $G $B CED BW BW WW WW YW YW CEM CEM MILK MILK $EN $EN $M $M $W $W $F $G $B PRODUCTION EPDs MATERNAL EPDs $ VALUES PRODUCTION EPDs+12 +.7 +135 -31 +12 MATERNAL +.7 +68 +68EPDs +135 +14 +14 +19 +19$ VALUES -31 +39 +39 +57 +57 +118 +118 +38 +38 +155 +155 CED BW WW YW CEM MILK $EN $M $W $F $G $B CED BW WW YW CEM MILK $EN $M $W $F $G $B +12 +.7 +68 +19 +14 -31 +39 +12 +135 +.7 +14 +68 +135 +19 +57 -31 +118 +39 +38 +57 +155 +118 +38 # # +155 Outstanding Outstanding

19311754 19311754

#19311754 #19311754 Outstanding Outstanding

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+89

+157

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+92

KEVIN & DENISE OLSON

Dually son out Dually son out of a Rainmaker of a Rainmaker bred dam thatbred dam that will work on will work on heifers or cows. heifers20549 or cows.

DL DL AUTOMATIC AUTOMATIC 1088 1088 PRODUCTION MATERNAL PRODUCTIONEPDs EPDs MATERNALEPDs EPDs DL AUTOMATICDL1088 AUTOMATIC 1088

+121

230th Ave., Detroit Lakes, MN 56501 218.439.3597 (home) ● 218.234.6690 (cell) bigrok@loretel.net ● Matt Olson, 218.234.9143

$$VALUES VALUES CED $F $G $B CED BW BW WW WW YW YW CEM CEM MILK MILK $EN $EN $M $M $W $W $F $G $B PRODUCTION EPDs MATERNAL EPDs $ VALUES PRODUCTION EPDs+10 +.3 +157 -43 +10 MATERNAL +.3 +89 +89EPDs +157 +8 +8 +25 +25$ VALUES -43 +66 +66 +92 +92 +121 +121 +45 +45 +166 +166 CED BW WW YW CEM MILK $EN $M $W $F $G $B CED BW WW YW CEM MILK $EN $M $W $F $G $B +10 +.3 +89 +8 +157 +25 -43 +66 +10 +157 +.3 +89 +8 +25 +92 -43 +121 +66 +45 +92 +166 +121 +45 +166

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BW WW YW Milk $B

3rd Dimension x Impression BW 76 • WW 852 • YW 1577

Hoff Blockbuster x Hoff Heartland BW 84 • WW 912 • YW 1517

JINDRA BLACKOUT

JINDRA STONEWALL

+1.4 +62 +124 +34 +185

Jindra Acclaim x Shear Force BW 74 • WW 965 • YW 1549

Jindra Acclaim x Jindra Double Vision BW 74 • WW 956 • YW 1567

CONNEALY GUINNESS

BALDRIDGE COLONEL C251

+1.8 +63 +113 +30 +156

Dublin x Target BW 82 • WW 741 • YW 1322

L argest s ire g roups by

Colonel • Renown • Acclaim • Megahit • Stout • Legend Blackout • Stonewall • Premium Blend 1623 • Contender Rectify • Beckon • Guinness • Atlas • The Rock Grand Banks • Manifest • Innovation Ad Design by Chrisman Cattle Services

BW WW YW Milk $B

+0.5 +94 +160 +15 +190

BW WW YW Milk $B

+1.7 +69 +134 +33 +217

BW WW YW Milk $B

+1.4 +63 +121 +20 +155

Baldridge Xpand x Styles Upgrade BW 78 • WW 691 • YW 1318

Call or stop by anytime!

Nick Jindra • 402-920-3171 Clarkson, NE 68629 nickjindra@hotmail.com www.jindraangus.com

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By Terry Mader, Professor, Animal Science, Haskell Agricultural

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TOPP HEREFORDS PRODUCTION SALE

At the Ranch, Grace City, ND | 1 PM (CST) February 14, 2020

We want to improve the profitability of your ranch.

—Ryan Topp

A Common Sense Approach to Genetic Excellence » Sound, dependable, proven genetics for commercial programs Progressive, no-nonsense approach produces genetics that are deep, balanced and high quality—in large contemporary groups.

150 Hereford Bulls

10 Elite Hereford Females

» Real-world data Fed cattle performance data, direct feedback from semen companies and documented results from clients to guide breeding decisions to what is making money in commercial production. » Large numbers of ET and AI siblings for consistency » Wintering and delivery options » Feeder calf marketing programs Capture the added value of your calf crop through Topp Herefords alliance programs.

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For ranchers who sell ’em by the pound—proven genetics, dependable results. Experience the Topp Herefords difference.

Every herd sire begins with a powerful mother.

Topp Herefords—Crossbreeding Solutions

» Topp Herefords makes crossbreeding easy—consistently improving net profits in commercial Angus herds. On average, commercial Angus herds can expect a 5 percent increase in weaning weights from heterosis. If the average cow raises seven calves, that’s an additional $248 in gross revenue. Multiply that by a herd of 250 cows and you are adding $62,000 to the bottom line without additional inputs. Can you afford not to crossbreed?

» Curious about how other cattlemen are making crossbreeding work at scale? Call Topp Herefords, 701.674.3152.

For a sale book, call 701.674.3152 or visit ToppHerefords.com

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» Replacement heifer solutions We’ll help market your baldy heifer calves and source black replacement heifers AI-bred to Topp Herefords bulls for you.

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Baldridge Bros. Angus Bull Sale, North Platte, NE Double J Farms’ 46th Annual Bull Sale, Garretson, SD J&C Simmentals’ Bull Sale, Arlington, NE Jauer Dependable Genetics 43rd Annual Production Sale Hinton, IA Jan 25 Thompson Angus Bull Sale, Kintyre, ND Jan 26 Classic Angus Ranch Bull Sale, Regent, ND Jan 26 ND Gelbvieh Assn Golden Rule Sale, Mandan, ND Jan 26 Reck Brothers-N-Sons Genetic Advantage Production Sale, Blakesburg, IA Jan 26 Triangle J Ranch’s Bull Sale, Miller, NE Jan 27 APEX Cattle Heterosis Headquarters ‘Age Advantaged Bull and Bred Heifer Sale, Dannebrog, NE Jan 27 Delaney/Atkins Bull Sale, Lake Benton, MN Jan 28 Churchill Cattle Co. World Class Bull Sale, Manhattan, MT Jan 28 Weigel Angus Ranch Bull Sale, Kintyre, ND Jan 29 Bear Mountain Angus Annual Bull Sale Palisade, NE Jan 29 Black Hills Stock Show Hereford Sale, Rapid City, SD Jan 29 JB Angus Annual Production Sale, Dickinson, ND Jan 30 Black Hills Stock Show and Sale, Rapid City, SD Jan 30 Ridder Herefords Bull and Female Sale, Callaway, NE Jan 31 Soreide Chaolais Ranch 37th Annual Bull Sale, at the ranch, Bowman, ND Feb 1-4 Bartos/ Frederick Angus Annual Production Sale Verdigre, NE Feb 1 Ellingson Angus Real World Genetics Production Sale St. Anthony, ND Feb 1 JMF Herefords 6th Annual Bull Sale Holloway, MN Feb 1 Klain Simmental’s 38th Annual Sale, Turtle Lake, ND Feb 1 Loonan Stock Farm 45th Anniversary Production Sale Corning, IA Feb 1 Prickly pear Simmental Ranch’s Made in Montana Sale, Helena, MT Feb 1 Springer Simmentals’ Sale of Value Based Genetics, Decorah, IA Feb 1 Turn in bull Sale, Worthing, SD Feb 1 Upstream Ranch Bull Sale, Taylor, NE Feb 2 Blue River Gang’s 36th Annual Production Sale, Rising City, NE Feb 2 Frey Angus Ranch 45th Annual Production Sale Granville, ND Feb 2 Hartman Cattle Company Simmental Bull Sale, Tecumseh, NE Feb 3 Gateway Simmental Breeding Value Bull Sale, Lewistown, MT Feb 3 Pelton’s Polled Herefords Bull Show, Halliday, ND Feb 3 Wicks Cattle Annual Bull Sale Richardton, ND Feb 4 Cane Creek Cattle Co. Bull Show, Mobridge, SD Feb 4 Koepplin’s Simmental Ranch Bull Sale, Mandan, ND Feb 5 Begger’s Diamond V Annual Sale, Wibaux, MT Feb 5 Lazy C Diamond Ranch Annual Bull and Female Production Sale, Kintyre, ND Feb 5 Stroh Herefords Production Show, Killdeer, ND Feb 6 Hart Simmental’s Power Bull Sale, Frederick, SD Feb 6 Rust Mountain View Ranch 9th Annual “Ace in the hole” Bull Sale, Mercer, ND Feb 6 Stavick Simmental Annual Sale, Veblen, SD Feb 7 Bata Brothers/Bell Family 23rd Annual Joint Simmental Bull and Female Sale, Rugby, ND Feb 7 Baumgarten Cattle Co. Bull Show, Belfield, ND Feb 7 Cow Camp Ranch Spring Bull Sale, Lost Sp[rings, KS Feb 7 Dvorak Herefords Bull Show, Lake Andes, SD Jan 25 Jan 25 Jan 25 Jan 25

Calendar of Bull Sales Jan 3 Jan 4 Jan 4 Jan 5 Jan 6 Jan 6

McCumber/Spickler Angus Partners Commercial Female Sale, Mandan, ND ND Angus Assn Select Sale, Mandan, ND Royal Classic, Hansen Learning Senter, Ames, IA Iowa Charolais Breeders Assn Annual Mtg, Ames, IA Greater Midwest Hereford-Influenced Feeder Calf Sale, Carthage, IL MacDonald Ranches Genetic Partners Saleers Influence Sale, Napoleon, ND The Berry’s Hereford Sale, Cheyenne, WY

Jan 9 Jan 11 Grassy Meadow Ranch Red Angus Bull Sale, Michigan, ND Jan 12 Ressler Land and Cattle Red Angus BullSale, Cooperstown, ND Jan 15 National Western Stock Show Junior Hereford Show, Denver, Co Jan 17 Diamond Bar S Bull Sale, Great Falls, MT Jan 17 Urlacher Angus Annual Bull Sale, Bowman, ND Jan 18 National Western Stock Show National ROE Pen Show, Denver, Colo.

Jan18 Rohrich’s Cutting Edge Ranch Annual Red Angus Bull Sale,

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Jan 18 SimMagic on Ice, Denver, CO Jan 19 Charolais In the Rockies Sale, 1 p.m., National Western Beef Palace Auction Arena, Denver, Colo.

Auctioneer: James Birdwell. Sale Manager: Hubert Cattle Sales.

Jan19 Jallo Angus Ranch Annual Production Sale, Fordville, ND Jan 19 National Western Stock Show Junior Charolais Heifer Show & Junior Percentage Charolais Heifer Show, Denver, Colo.

Jan 20 National Western Stock Show National ROE Show, Denver, Colo.

Jan 20 Van Newkirk Herefords Bull and Female Sale, Oshkosh, NE Jan 21 Powerline Genetics’ Bulll Sale, Arapahoe, NE Jan 21-24 University of MN Cow Calf days – see www.extension. umn.edu/beef for details and locations Jan 22 Sioux Empire Farm Sale and Sale, Sioux Falls, SD Jan 23 Sioux Empire Farm Show and Sale, Sioux Falls, SD Jan 24 Ellingson Simmentals 20th Annual Performance Bull & Female Sale Dahlen, ND Jan 24 Ruggles Angus Annual Production Sale Tri State Livestock McCook, NE Jan 25 21 Angus, 26th Annual Top Cut Bull Sale, New England, ND

P r o d u c t i o n

@carlsonangus

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Saturday, February 22nd, 2020 1 PM MST at the R anch - Regent, ND Jon Carlson :: 701-690-7190 Carlson Regent 9124

65 Registered Black Angus Yearling Bulls 30 Registered Black Angus Females

Carlson Bravo 9049

DOB: 1/22/19 Sire: Coleman Bravo 6313 MGS: McCumber Titanium

DOB: 3/10/19 Sire: Rito 707 of Ideal 3407 7075 MGS: Coleman Charlo 0256

Carlson Resource 9129

Carlson Rito 9136

DOB: 3/10/19 Sire: SAV Resource 1441 MGS: SAV Net Worth 4200

DOB: 3/15/19 Sire: Rito 707 of Ideal 3407 7075 MGS: Coleman Charlo 0256

Selling :

Carlson Regent 9124 He sells!!

Carlson President 9077

DOB: 2/10/19 Sire: SAV President 6847 MGS: Brooking Bank Note 4040

Carlson Resource 9004

DOB: 1/1/19 Sire: SAV Resource 1441 MGS: Carlson Right Effect 203

Herd Sires: sav president,

sav resource, coleman bravo, carlson right on, brooking limelight and more...

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McCumber Miss Wix 617 with her President bull calf. He sells!

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Kunkel Simmentals Annual Bull and Bred Female Sale, New Salem, ND

Maher Angus Ranch 43rd Annual Production Sale, Morristown, SD Severance Diamond Charolais & Angus and Zehnder Waage Partnershjip Annual Performance and Quality Bull Sale, Kist Livestock Auction, Mandan, ND Watertown Winter Farm Show and Sale, Rapid City, SD Baker Herefords/Amdahl Herefords Bull Show, SD CK Cattle Highmore, SD RL Fleckvieh Limerock Ranch 37th Annual Bull and Bred Female Sale, Brandon, IA Rousey SimAngus Bull Sale, North Platte, NE Rydeen Farms Genetics with Vision Simmental and SimAngus Bull and Female Sale, Clearbrook, MN

Schaff Angus Valley 117th Production Sale St. Anthony, ND

Stewart Charolais & Red Angus 13th Annual Bull Sale, Madison Sale Barn, Madison, SD

Sutphin Cattle Company 26th Annual Bull Sale, Lamar, CO

Treftz Limousin “Where Muscle Still Matters” Production Sale, Wetonka, SD Mrnak Hereford Ranch Production Show, Bowman, ND 56th Annual Iowa Beef Expo Charolais Sale, Iowa State Fairgrounds, Des Moines, IA Dakota Power Bull Sale, Valley City, ND Edge of the West Bull and Female Sale, Mandan, ND Fawcett’s Elm Creek Ranch Bull Show, Ree Heights, SD Horseshoe Hill Ranch Poppe Bulls Private Treaty Bloomfield, NE Iowa Simmental Assn’s Mark of Genetic Excellence Sale, Des Moines, IA Logterman Family Production Show, Valentine, NE Wilkinson Ranch Black Angus Bull Sale Lake Preston, SD Bichler Simmentals 15th Annual Quality Not Quantity Production Sale, Linton, ND Kuck Ranch Annual Production Sale Bertrand, NE Werning Cattle Company’s Production Sale, Emery, SD Broberg Charolais Bull Sale, at the ranch, Tilden, NE Durbin Creek Ranch Bull Show, Thermopolis, WY Friedt Herefords Bull Show, Dickinson, ND Jackpot Cattle Company’s Bull Sale, Wessington, SD Jindra Angus 20th Annual Production Sale Clarkson, NE River Creek Farms 9th Annual Production Sale, Manhattan, KS Wilkinson Farms Simmentals 22nd Annual Production Sale, Montpeelier, ND Brand of Excellence Sale, West Point, NE Iowa Select Hereford Show, Des Moines, IA Lassie Ranch Simmentals 27th Annual Bull Sale, Glendive, MT Mohnen Angus Power of Genetics Annual Bull Sale White Lake, SD Bred for Balance Sale, Starbuck, MN Hoffman Ranch Bull Show, Thedford, NE R&R Catle Company Annual Bull and Female Sale, Chamberlain, SD TNT Simmental 35th Annual Bull Sale, Almont, ND Topp Herefords Production Sale Vol. XX, Grace City, ND Carmichael Herefords Bull Show, Meadow, SD Dixson Farms Private Treaty Sale and Open House,

Atwood, KS Feb 15 Domek Charolais Bull Sale, at the ranch, Wibaux, MT Feb 15 Houck Rock Creek Ranch Spring Private Treaty Bull Sale, Allen, KS Feb 15 Schiefelbein Farms 29th Annual Sale Kimball, MN Feb 15 Strommen Ranch Maternal Power™ Angus Bull Sale, Fort Rice, ND Feb 15 Varilek Angus 68th Annual Angus Bull Sale Geddes, SD Feb 16 Trauernicht Simmental Nebraska Platinum Standard Bull Sale, Beatrice, NE Feb 17 Bulls of the Big Sky, Billings, MT Feb 17 Rausch Herefords Annual Production Show, Hoven, SD Feb 18 Bar JZ Ranches Bull Show, Holabird, SD Feb 18 Bina Charolais 25th Powerhouse Bull Sale Jamestown Livestock, Jamestown, ND Feb 18 QBVJT Power By Design Sale, Oakes, ND Feb 19 Hilltop Angus Farm 42nd Annual Production Sale Bowdle, SD Feb 19 Nebraska Cattlemen’s Classic Show & Show, Kearney, NE Feb 20 Illinois Performance Tested Bull Sale, Springfield, IL Feb 20 Lowell Fisher Family Herefords Production Show, Spencer, NE Feb 20 Nebraska Cattlemen’s Classic Simmental Bull Sale, Kearney, NE Feb 20 Olson’s Red Power Bull Show, Argusville, ND Feb 21 Nebraska Cattlemen’s Classic Simmental Female Sale, Kearney, NE Feb 21 R Lazy B Ranch Charolais Production Sale, Hub City Livestock, Aberdeen, SD Feb 21 Sandy Acres Bull Sale, Neligh,k NE Feb 22 Cannon Charolais Ranch 7th Annual Bull Sale, at the ranch, Newton, IA ‘Feb 22 Carlson Angus Ranch At the Ranch Regent, ND Feb 22 Kreth Herefords Production Show, MT. Vernon, SD Feb 22 Mid-America Simmental Sale, Springfield, IL Feb 22 MN State Simmental Sale, Rochester, MN Feb 22 TS Ranch Bull Show, Cottonwood Falls, KS Feb 24 Lehrman Family Farms Production Sale, Mitchell, SD Feb 26 C Diamond Simmentals Bull and Female Sale, Dawson, ND Feb 28 Gant Polled Herefords Bull Show, Geddes, SD Feb 28 Jamison Herefords Bull Show, Quinter, KS Feb 28 Vin-Mar Cattle Co. Bull Show, Rushville, NE Feb 29 Bush Angus 46th Annual Focus On Performance Britton, SD Feb 29 Hofmann Simmental “Buy Your Way” Bull Sale, Clay Center, KS Mar 1 Smoky Hills Charolais Annual Bull & Female Sale, Hays, KS Mar 2 Caraway Red Angus Ranch Bull Sale Lake Benton, MN Mar 2 Hojer Ranch Gelbvieh & Balancer Production Sale Magness Livestock Huron, SD Mar 2 Kester Herefords Bull Sale, Atkinson, NE Mar 3 Doll Charolais & Simmental Ranch 40th Annual Production Sale, Kist Livestock, Mandan, ND Mar 3 Ridl Angus 23rd Annual Production Sale Stockmens West Dickinson, ND Mar 3 Schutte & Sons Polled Herefords Production Sale, Guide Rock, NE Mar 5 Jensen Bros. Bull Sale, Courtland, KS

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Mar 8 Mar 8

Chimney Butte Annual Production Sale Mandan, ND L Bar W Cattle Co. Production Sale, Absarokee, MT Sandmeier Charolais 39th Anniversary Bull Sale, at the ranch, Bowdle, SD Bischoff’s Ravine Creek Ranch Bull Sale, Huron, SD DK Red Angus Top Coming To Town Production Sale Williston, ND Mead Farms Spring Performance Tested Bull Sale, Mead Sale Headquarters, Versailles, MO Peterson Farms Charolais 27th Annual Top Pick Bull Sale, PF Sale Facility, Mtn Grove, MO Bar J Ranch Annual Production Sale Brooten, MN RBM Livestock Annual Bull Sale, at the ranch, Florence, SD Holden Herefords Production Sale, Valier, MT

Mar 9 Mar 9 Tegtmeier Polled Herefords Production Sale, Burchard, NE Mar 10 Cooper Hereford Ranch Production Sale, Willow Creek, MT Mar 10 Macdonald Ranches Power In Your Pasture Kist Livestock Mandan, ND Mar 14 Big Rok Angus Performance Tested Bull & Female Sale Detroit Lakes, MN Mar 14 Brad Z Ranch Private Treaty Sale Guthrie Center, IA Mar 14 I-29 Bull Run Sale, Sioux Falls, SD Mar 14 Wright Charolais 13th Annual Bull Sale, Wright Charolais Sale Facility, Kearney, MO Mar 15 Hanneken Angus 15th Annual Focus on Quality Pierz, MN Mar 16 B&D Herefords & Angus Production Sale, Claflin, KS Mar 16 Baxter Angus Rockham, SD Mar 17 Nelson Red Angus Bull Sale Benson, MN Mar 18 Wagon hammer Ranches Annual Bull Sale, at the ranch, Bartlett, NE Mar 21 Aschermann Charolais/Akaushi 30th Edition Bull Sale, at the ranch, Carthage, MO Mar 21 Fred Ranch Bull & Heifer Sale, Burwell Livestock Market, Burwell, NE Mar 21 T&S Strnad Charolais Annual Bull Sale, at the ranch, Formoso, KS Mar 23 Oleen Bros. Sale, Dwight, KS Mar 24 Frenzen Polled Herefords Production Sale, Fullerton, NE Mar 25 Diamond H Ranch Lacrosse Livestock Market LaCrosse, KS Mar 25 NJW Polled Herefords Bull Sale, Sheridan, WY Mar 25 Performance Unlimited Bull Sale, Creston, IA Mar 25 Schmidt Cattle Company Charolais Bull Sale, Sheridan Livestock Auction, Rushville, NE Mar 27 North Grove Charolais Northern Genetics Bull & Female Sale, Clear Lake, MN Mar 27 Schurrtop Ranch Angus & Charolais Bull Sale, Tri-State Livestock, McCook, NE Mar 28 8 Story Farms Charolais Bull & Female Sale, Daviess County Livestock Auction, Gallatin, MO Mar 28 Dakitch Hereford Farms Bull Sale, Ada, MN Mar 28 Geyer Cattle Company Annual Bull Sale, Magness Livestock, Huron, SD Mar 28 Sandhill Farms Production Sale, Haviland, KS Mar 28 Valley View Charolais 52nd Annual Bull Sale, at the ranch, Polson, MT Mar 28 Wakefield Farms Bull Sale, Dunlap Livestock Auction, Dunlap, IA Mar 28 Zehnder Waage Partnership Annual Bull Sale, Waage Farms, Greenbush, MN

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Wolf Pack A 5th generation cattle ranch, now in its 112th year of cattle ranching, located in southwest North Dakota on the rolling prairies and brand identified as Quarter Circle 21 on the left hip have scheduled a bull sale at its heated facility in New England, ND, on January 25, 2020.

21 Angus Ranch could talk, it would yield a bumper crop of history. The Wolf name has a celebrated legacy of raising family, cattle and crops. Starting with Christ Wolf who settled on the Teepee Buttes in 1907, the generations that followed included John Wolf, Archie Wolf and Marc Wolf.

Fourth-generation Marc Wolf graduated from Regent High School in 1990 and earned an associate degree at the North Dakota State College of Science.

He attended pilot school in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Then, in the winter of 1993, with his dad in the middle of calving and needing help, Marc made the decision to come home.

Marc’s wife Anne was farm raised in the New England, ND, area. Her large rural family included seven brothers and sisters. When she was a college sophomore, she came home to help her brothers on the home place. That’s when she met Marc. They started dating that summer, and once Anne graduated from college with her Mass Communications degree in 1997, she and Marc were married.

Marc mused about the cattle operation. We are fortunate to have a good water situation in the five miles of the Cannonball River that runs through our pastures,” he says. “There’s nothing better than fresh water. Well-placed pipeline takes care of the rest of our watering needs”

“The original purebred cattle program got its start in 1993 with the purchase of an entire herd of registered Angus cattle from central Montana. We talked with Lorenz Hyde, and he was ready to sell.

I was lucky to come along at the right time.”

“Eventually, we phased out the commercial cows and replaced them with registered stock,” says Marc

Today, 21 Angus has developed herd genetics that work well in true ranch country. Cows and bulls need to withstand the most adverse weather conditions.

Females must have good udder quality, good foot shape and quiet dispositions to capably raise big calves by themselves year after year. “We know the mothers, grandmothers, great-grandmothers,” says

This year we calved in below zero for more than 30 days and earned every one of them!

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Marc. “We feel that it’s essential in the seedstock business to raise everything ourselves and to know exactly what our customers are getting.”

Calving starts the first week in February. “We start calving 225 heifers, and the last week in February the cows start to calve,” he continues. “We calve until April 1. March is usually a nice month to calve.

About 650 females calve every spring.”

Part of the management is the decision on which heifers to keep and which cows to cull. 21`Angus keep 150 heifers for bred replacement and sell 100 more private treaty. Cows are kept around as long as they are fertile and sound. “We’ve

had cows in production as old as 18 years,” says Marc.

The year of 2019 was a calving season that no one will soon forget. With temperatures below zero for over 30 days during the bulk of calving in February and March, it goes without saying it was a challenge!

“We kept all the cattle bedded down next to the barns and watched them round the clock,” says Marc. “When they went into labor, we brought them inside to calve. The pairs couldn’t be inside for long because we grew short on space. So we bought 150 handmade felt calf hats!

It became a fulltime job putting the hats

rental property. About 2000 acres are in hay; the rest is grazed.

“We put up all of our own feed, which consists of dryland mixed hay and alfalfa,” he continues. “We grow corn for silage and convert barley, oats, millet and winter rye to hay bales. Everything is seeded with a 20-foot 1590 John Deere seeder and a 9-row corn picker. We also raise some spring wheat and bale most of the straw for bedding. During a typical winter we feed about 4,000 big round bales. We try to fall graze until about Christmas.”

21 Angus Ranch folks are determined to be a breeder of high-quality and consis-

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on the newborns at night and taking them off during the day to dry. Every second was critical,” he says. He notes that cattle should be well fed and watered during this time, too.

It was a true test of maternal abilities and calf vigor, and the cattle were the winners. The Wolfs vowed to never go through that again. This last fall they built a 60’ x 120’ insulated calving barn. Two existing calving barns, a 40’ x 129’ and a 40’ x 80,’ complete the setup.

“We feed our own bulls, so some farming is a must,” says Marc. “We’ve gradually expanded our operation until we now aver 10,000 acres of deeded and

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tent genetics that benefit the commercial cattle industry. The Ranch is dedicated to producing Angus genetics that fit our environment and the country cow/calf commercial customers ranch in.

“If you’re not able to match your cattle to your environment, you are probably not going to like your cow herd very much in the years to come,” notes Marc. “We have no interests in fads. “It’s taken us two-and-a-half decades to become who and what we are. The plan is always the same: Stay the course with what we have here -- predictable, proven genetics.

“We want to effectively enhance the bottom line of our customers. That means we need to produce genetics that are repeatable. We believe that, by breeding like kind to like kind, the outcome is more predictable and, therefore, more easily managed by our bull-buying clientele.

“The moderate, easy-fleshing Angus cow works best for us,” he continues.

“That’s what we built 21 Angus Ranch

original headquarters nine miles west of Regent. “That’s where all the weanlings are housed and the yearlings are fed,” notes Marc. “Archie is responsible for feeding all the cattle at this location and for the development of bulls and females into good breeding condition. Diane has the invaluable task of keeping the crew fueled.” The rest of the workload is handled by three generations of Wolfs.

Marc’s family is located at the second location, six miles north. It’s here where the barn was built in 1998 and the location of the annual Top Cut Bull sale at the end of January. Between the two places, the work schedule includes calving in February and March, AI’ing in May, haying in June, ultra-sounding in July and August, and weaning in early October. The seven

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ranch full time. Jake is a senior in high school, with plans to attend Dickinson State University to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Ranch Management. Molly is a freshman in high school. Jake likes the busy work of calving and AI. John prefers the machinery end: he likes to run the combine, the haying equipment and driving truck. Molly enjoys all levels of animal husbandry, including her 4-H rabbits and horses.”

Marc explains how they’ve ensured that their kids have a vested interest in the family operation: “Each have a small herd of their own, with a special identifier on the end of the tattoo numbers – John’s is a J; Jake’s is an X; and Molly’s is an M.

Currently, the ranch has two locations. Archie and Diane live at the

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on, and that’s a path we will continue to pursue. Like our customers, we are trying to watch our inputs and the bottom line, and that size of cow seems to fit the bill.

“The commercial cattleman never seem to complain about the moderate-framed bull as he gets older, but the bigger, harder-doing ones… you’ll hear about.”

The next generation…

“It’s nice to be able to work with Marc and kids,” says Anne, Marc’s wife.

“At the end of the day or the end of the year, ranching gives one a wonderful sense of accomplishment. We work cattle most of the summer. Most of the work is done on horseback, and our kids play a big part in that.”

John is 20 years-old and back on the

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members of the Wolf family do as much of the work as possible, but it’s simply not possible to do all the work themselves

“We have two seasonal, 10-month-per-year employees – from January 6 to November 6,” says Marc. “We have help from friends and family to work cattle, and most notably for our bull sale. We take pride that we are a family-run operation where every member plays an important part. Ranch kids learn

the value of hard work, and ranch work builds character. We are blessed for this lifestyle and this opportunity.”

Bull Sales…

“The main focus of our daily work,” explains Anne, “is the bull sale, which is 1 day that but takes 364 to prepare for.” The bull calves are sorted tightly, and 150 yearling bulls, “the top cut,” are sold at the annual Top Cut Bull Sale on Saturday, January 25, 2020. Bulls are free fed through the winter, and all bulls are semen-tested. On March 15, bulls are delivered with a 90-day breeding guarantee.

About 150 bulls are delivered to North and South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska and Minnesota. The remaining bulls are sold private treaty.

“People always ask us, ‘What sets your ranch apart?’” says Marc. “My answer is, ‘hopefully, not much.’” Generations of the Wolf pack believe they’re part of a tremendous industry that, at its core, feeds the world.

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“We all live, ranch, and farm in outstanding communities that are hard at work taking care of the land and livestock that has been provided for us to stewardship over, says Marc. “Most of us are many generations into that process. We are doing our very best in order to turn our operation over to the next generation.�

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The Impact of Sexed Semen on Breeding, Management and Profitability of the Dairy Herd

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Editor’s Note: While this is research applied to dairy cattle, it has strong parallels to the beef industry. We recognize that this is a long article, but it provides answers to questions about sexed semen.

By Brian Van Doormaal General Manager, Canadian Dairy Network (CDN)

more alive calves or the option of considering an expanded list of provIntroduction en sires for virgin heifers that have a genetic evaluation for Calving Ability

The decades of research in the area of gender sorting bovine (CA) that is up to 4 points below avsemen came to the stage of broad commercial application within the erage (i.e.: 96 to 99) and achieve the past few years. Today, all major North American A.I. organizations offer same or better dystocia rates as with an average sire (i.e.: CA=100). sexed semen produced by selected sires, both progeny proven and young • For herds stable in size (i.e.: closed sires, to Canadian dairy producers. For some early adopters, the decision herds), selection of the best virgin to use sexed semen in their herd seemed easy, almost automatic, but heifers for breeding with sexed semen other dairy producers remain unsure with several questions unanswered. increases the likelihood of replacement heifers of superior genetic merit, The focus of this paper is to examine the value of sexed semen from hence faster genetic progress in the various perspectives including genetic improvement, herd management herd, and the opportunity to export excess heifers or sell them locally. by major global A.I. organizations.

Sexed Semen Technology and • For herds under expansion, heifer Commercially Available Products calves born from 90% of all virgin Expected Outcomes from Use of Sexed

A method referred to as “flow cyheifer calvings reduces the need to Versus Traditional Semen tometry” is now commonly used to sort purchase additional replacements

The main argument in favor of using sperm that have the X chromosome (that from outside the herd. sexed semen is the expected shift in the produces a female) from those that have • For any herd, the use of sexed semen the Y chromosome (that produces a male). sex ratio of live calves from the standard to ensure that the required number of 50:50 to an average of 90% females and Since the X and Y chromosomes are not replacement heifers needed each year 10% males, or the 75:25 ratio expected the same size and weight, the technoloare produced from within the herd with GenChoice 75TM semen offered by gy separates semen based on the DNA has the significant advantage from content of each sperm cell. Essentially all Genex/CRI (Table 1). Recent analysis at a biosecurity perspective to control Canadian Dairy Network (CDN), based on A.I organizations in North America that the presence and spread of various offer sexed semen use the same technolo- sexed semen breedings with the standard diseases.

90:10 product for which a subsequent gy patented by XY, Inc., Colorado, USA, The use of sexed versus traditional

calving ease record was available, coneither through contractual agreements for semen also involves some key disadvanfirms the claimed sex ratio of resulting the semen processing or through the purtages, which include: calves with 93% females born based chase and ownership of their own semen • Reduced conception rates, normally on nearly 969 Holstein calvings. Key sorting equipment and trained personclaimed to be 80% to 85% of those outcomes of this shift in sex ratio towards nel. With current laboratory technology for traditional semen, which translates more females instead of males include: and techniques, a single semen sorting to additional costs due to extended • Fewer problems at calving and assomachine produces 5-6 doses of semen rearing costs for breeding virgin heifciated reductions in costs for labour, per hour, which translates to an average ers (recommended) or extended days medical treatment and death loss, of 120 to 150 doses per 24-hour day. For open if used to breed lactating cows since females are born on average this reasons, most semen sorting facilities (not recommended). easier than males. This result provides • Lack of availability of sexed semen operate multiple machines, which increasthe option of maintaining normal sire es the capital investment of such organizafor all potential mating sires of interselection strategies and benefiting tions. Table 1 provides a summary of the est, both progeny proven and young from fewer calving problems and sexed semen products offered in Canada sires. In general, the high demand for traditional semen from the most elite progeny proven sires is prohibTable 1: Summary of Sexed Semen Products Offered by Major A.I. Organizations itive due to the significant reduction Stated % Females Organization Sexed Semen Product Label/Name in doses produced per ejaculate for ABS ABS Sexation TM 90 sexed semen. From any given semen Accelerated Genetics ACC-SS® (ACCESS Sexed Semen) 90 collection, the average ejaculate is Alta Genetics Alta511 90 able to produce only a fraction of Genex /CRI GenChoice 90TM 90 the number of doses of sexed semen

GenChoice 75TM 75 compared to the number that would 75 Select Sires gender SELECTed TM 90 otherwise be produced for convenSemex Alliance Semexx TM 90 tional semen.

Impact of Sexed Semen Use on Rates of Genetic Gain in the Herd

Figure 1: Schematic Diagram of the Four Pathways of Genetic Selection and Progress

of progeny proven sires available for sexed semen usage.

• For the selection pathway of dams to breed replacement heifers, the use of sexed semen on virgin heifers affects three components of annual genetic gain. Assuming a stable herd size whereby the superior half of the virgin heifers would be bred with sexed semen, therefore increasing the total proportion of heifers born each yield from virgin heifers relative to cows, the accuracy of selection is reduced since heifers only have a Parent Average and no performance data available but the intensity of selection is increased and the average generation interval is significantly shortened by .8 years.

Annual genetic gain was estimated for three scenarios. The first is based on the use of conventional semen to breed all breeding age heifers and cows based on the selection of top genomically tested proven sires for 65% of the breedings and elite genomically tested young bulls for the other 35% of the matings. Commonly accepted parameters were used as values for genetic variation, accuracy of selection, selection intensity rates and generation intervals, and the trait of interest was Lifetime Profit Index (LPI) since it is the main selection goal in Canada.

The second scenario included the use of sexed semen to breed the superior half of the virgin heifers and conventional unsexed semen to breed the remaining virgin

Dams of Young Sires

Dams of Replacement Heifers

heifers and cows in the herd. This use of sexed semen on virgin heifers yields a higher portion of future replacement heifers from this group of dams. In turn, this reduces the average generation interval for dams of daughters but also decreases the accuracy of selection given that heifers have a Parent Average reliability near 35% while cows have EBV reliabilites averaging 50%, both assuming no genotyping of females in the herd. Given that sexed semen is not currently offered for most elite progeny proven sires but it is for the high end genomically tested young bulls, the portion of breedings to proven versus young sires was shifted to 55:45 instead of 65:35 as in scenario 1. In terms of genetic gain, this second scenario shortens the generation interval of sires to breed replacement heifers but also reduces the intensity of selection for proven sire matings. It also reduces the overall accuracy of selection since the average LPI reliability for genomically tested young bulls is 60% compared to 90% for progeny proven sires with genomic evaluations.

To forecast into the future, a third scenario was also evaluated for potential genetic gains. This scenario was identical to the second one except that it was assumed that there were no more technology and cost limitations associated with the production of sexed semen such that it was available for all progeny proven sires and young sires. In other words, there was no sacrifice required in terms of the intensity and accuracy of selection within

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Sires of Young Sires

Sires of Replacement Heifer

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Genetic progress per year in a breed, population or even at the herd level is a function of four main variables. These include the genetic variation that exists in the population of animals available for selection, the accuracy of selection, the intensity of selection and the interval between generations measured by the average age of parents when progeny are born. In addition, this formula for annual genetic gain can be evaluated within four distinct pathways of selection (Figure 1), namely the selection of sires to produce the next generation of young bulls entering A.I., the selection of dams to produce that same group of young bulls, the selection of sires used to produce replacement heifers in the herd (or population) and the selection of dams used to produce the future replacement heifers in the herd (or population). In general, the first two selection pathways (i.e.: sires and dams of future A.I. young bulls) is the responsibility of the A.I. organizations in a given population or country while each specific dairy producer and/or herd owner is responsible for the latter two selection pathways (i.e.: sires and dams of future replacement heifers for the herd).

To evaluate the impact of sexed semen on the rate of genetic gain in the herd, the following assumptions were made: • Only the two pathways associated with the selection of sires and dams of replacement heifers in the herd are affected by using sexed semen so the contributions to genetic gain from the other two pathways remained fixed.

• The use of sexed semen has no impact on the genetic variation in the population and all sires with semen available have genomic information included in their published genetic evaluation, which increases the average accuracy of selection for sires.

Genomic evaluations for cows and heifers in the herd were not assumed in this analysis although this would significantly improve the accuracy of selection of superior virgin heifers for breeding with sexed semen.

• The selection pathway of sires to breed replacement heifers is affected given that sexed semen is currently offered for second tier progeny proven sires with genomic evaluations and elite genomically tested young bulls. This leads to some reduction in the accuracy of selection due to the shift towards using more genomically tested young bulls and also a reduced intensity of selection for the portion

the pathway of sires to breed replacement heifers, as assumed in the second scenario.

The end result of this analysis yielded a 4.4% increase in the rate of genetic gain achieved for LPI each year for use of sexed semen to breed only virgin heifers as outlined in scenario 2 compared to the use of only conventional unsexed semen in the first scenario. Under scenario 3, as sexed semen becomes increasingly available for all progeny proven sires, including elite LPI sires, the use of sexed semen to breed only virgin heifers in the herd is expected to increase the rate of genetic gain for LPI to 7% per year.

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Economic Analysis of Sexed Semen Usage for Virgin Heifers

To conduct an economic analysis of the use of sexed semen in dairy herds in Canada, a Sexed Semen Cost Analysis Module developed by Paul Meyer at Westgen, Milner, British Columbia, was applied. The required input parameters are listed in Table 2 with realistic example values provided. Users of the Excel spreadsheet can input different values to best suit the herd in question. In this example, the herd has a group of 50 breeding age heifers each year of which the top 50% are to be bred with sexed semen.

This 50% selection intensity is estimated to yield an average increase of $80 in terms of the genetic value of the heifers produced, and the module varies this added genetic value as the selection intensity changes. The module also allows the user to input their preferred value to override the automatic estimate provided, if desired. Since sexed semen is not recommended to breed older animals, all cows are assumed to be bred with conventional unsexed semen. Based on a survey of the major A.I. organizations offering sexed semen in Canada, conducted by the author, an average $20 increment in the cost of sexed semen versus unsexed semen was assumed with average semen prices set at $25 (unsexed) and $45 (sexed). To account for the known decrease in conception rates with the use of sexed versus unsexed semen, the example assumes a conservative conception rate of 50% for virgin heifers using unsexed semen (acceptable range is 50% to 60%) and a conception rate of 40% for unsexed semen based on a reasonable reduction to 80% of that for sexed semen (i.e.: 50% CR for unsexed semen x 0.8 for CR reduction = 40% CR sexed semen).

The remaining parameters required include the current (or expected) market value for week-old bull and heifer calves

as well as an estimated cost associated with each extra day that a virgin heifer needs to be reared due to delayed pregnancy and an increase in age at first calving.

Since the market value of heifer and bull

increased number of doses of semen and the extra costs for heifer rearing due to lower conception rates with sexed semen.

The example results in Table 3 are based on very reasonable values for input

Table 2: Example Input Parameters Required for Sexed Semen Cost Analysis Module1

I# Heifers for Breeding Heifers to Sexed Semen Unsexed Semen Price Sexed Semen Price

CR - Unsexed Doses CR - Sexed Doses Added Genetic Value per Sexed Calf (Estimate) Added Genetic Value per Sexed calf (Producer) Value of Heifer Calf Value of Bull Calf Cost per Day for Extra Heifer Rearing*

50% 50% $25. $45.

50% 40% $80. $80. $400. $50. $3.00.*

Extra Rearing costs for heifers can be replaced by Days Open costs for cows.

Note 1: Module was developed in Excel by Paul Meyer, Westgen, and available on demand. calves can be quite volatile across time, and perhaps even across herds, reasonable values of $400 for females and $50 for males were used in the example but a sensitivity analysis was also conducted to demonstrate the importance of these parameters on the resulting economic outcome of using sexed semen. A $3.00 cost was assumed for each extra day of heifer rearing, given that Canadian DHI partners use a value of $3.11 in the cow profitability index calculations they provide their clients. Should the user of the module wish to include the option of using sexed semen on cows (and account for the reduction in conception rates accordingly) the parameter of heifer rearing cost per day can be replaced by the cost for each additional day open in lactating cows.

Table 3 provides the results of the economic analysis of using sexed semen based on the example input parameters as described in Table 2. This module automatically applies two scenarios for the use of sexed semen, one where it is only used for first inseminations to breed the desired group of virgin heifers and another whereby sexed semen is also used for second services on the same heifers. The focus of this cost analysis is the evaluation of the impact on the value of all calves produced on the farm. Since most market environments yield higher values for heifer calves relative to males, the end result primarily depends on the extra calf value by producing more heifers compared to the increase cost for semen (due to price differential for sexed semen) as well as the

parameters applied to a herd with 50 breeding age heifers. With the use of all unsexed semen the total value of resulting calves is estimated at $8,138. With the use of sexed semen to breed the top half of those heifers the total value of calves, after considering extra costs for semen and heifer rearing, increases to $8,991 (10.5%) and $9,495 (16.7%), respectively, depending if the sexed semen was used only for first inseminations or the first two inseminations.

In an atempt to show the importance of market value prices for heifer versus bull calves on the economic benefit associated with using sexed semen, a sensitivity analysis using the same module was conducted. While fixing all other parameters identical to those outlined in the example above (Table 1) the value of a heifer calf was incremented at intervals of $100 in the range from $200 to $700. The results, as presented in Table 4, show that heifer calf prices need to be at least $150 more than bull calf prices ($200 row in table - $50 assumed value for bull calves = $150 difference) before sexed semen starts to provide an economic advantage.

While the dollar values presented in Table 4 are a function of using an example input value of 50 breeding age heifers for the herd, the percentage increase values are not affected by the actual number of breeding age heifers, whether it be 10 to several hundred. Even within a global environment that may have heifer prices at $400, which is a reasonable current estimate for Ontario, specific herds with

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superior genetic merit and/or a strong market for their heifer calves, such as elite breeder herds for example, may still realize heifer calf prices of $700 and therefore gain more by the use of sexed semen to breed their virgin heifers.

An alternative strategy that may be considered by herd owners using sexed semen to minimize the extra heifer rearing costs due to delayed conception is to inseminate virgin heifers with sexed semen one heat cycle earlier than usual for conventional unsexed semen. Reducing that average age at first insemination for these virgin heifers would therefore not delay the average age at first calving, compared to using only conventional unsexed semen.

Use of Sexed Semen Requires Quality Herd Management

While sexed semen use to breed virgin heifers makes economical sense in given market environments with strong

heifer calf prices relative to bull calf prices, this technology requires extra attention and quality management to avoid causing major havoc in the reproductive performance and profitability of the herd. Only herds with excellent heifer rearing programs, quality feed rations and general nutrition and effective overall herd management skills should add the complexities associated with the use of sexed semen. Improper use of sexed semen, in terms of storage, handling, thawing and insemination can significantly reduce conception rates to levels much lower than the average loss to 80% of conception rates achieved with conventional semen. In addition, virgin heifers selected for breeding with sexed semen must be healthy, normally cycling with observed heat signs, well-grown with moderate or better body condition and stress free as much as possible. Increased frequency and effort for proper heat detection will

contribute to more desired results. Sexed semen is not recommended in conjunction with timed breeding protocols but the use of estrus synchronization programs with observed heat is acceptable. In addition, sexed semen is not recommended for insemination of embryo transfer donor heifers or cows. Since average conception rates in cows when bred with conventional semen is 35-40% and the use of sexed semen is expected to reduce this to a level at or below 30%, it is highly recommended that sexed semen not be used to breed cows or any age.

Summary and Conclusions

Sexed semen has been commercially offered by most global A.I. companies in North America with the standard product yielding a sex ratio of at least 90% heifers accompanied by a reduction in heifer conception rates to a level of 80% of what is achieved with conventional

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Table 3: Output Results for Example Application of Semen Cost Analysis Module1

All SexedSemen Sexed Semen

Unsexed for 1st for 1st & 2nd

Semen Services Only Services # Heifer Calves Born 23 27 30 # Bull Calves Born 25 21 18 Total Unsexed Doses 97 77 64 Total Sexed Doses 25 40 Extra Semen Cost per Heifer Calf $23 $33 Total Extra Rearing Days 98 154 Extra Rearing Days per Heifer 2.0 3.1 Extra Rearing Cost per Heifer Calf $11 $15 Total Extra Semen Cost $617 $983 Total Extra Heifer Rearing Cost $295 $461 Total Extra Value $1,766 $2,801 Total Value of Calves over Extra Costs for Semen & Rearing $8,138 $8,991 $9,495 10.5% 16.7%.

Relative (%) Advantage (Loss) with Use of Sexed Semen

Total Value of Calves = Heifer Value + Bull Value - Semen Cost - Extra Heifer Rearing Cost Note 1: Module was developed in Excel by Paul Meyer, Westgen, and available on demand.

semen (i.e.: 40% versus 50%). Given the significant time and cost associated with the production of sexed semen, in addition to the reduced efficiency in terms of doses per collection, compared to conventional semen, most elite progeny proven sires are not available via sexed semen although an increasing trend exists towards the provi-

elite A.I. sires, both young and progeny proven.

From an economical perspective, the use of sexed semen to breed a portion (or all) of the virgin heifers in a herd, regardless of herd size, yields financial advantages once market prices for week-old heifers exceed that for bull calves by at

clear heat signs. Sexed semen should not be used to breed cows or in conjunction with any embryo transfer donor inseminations or timing breeding protocols.

Use of sexed semen should be considered by owners of herds with quality heifer rearing, nutritional and general herd management systems in order to capitalize on

Table 4 Impact of Market Value of Heifer Calves on Economic Advantage of Sexed Semen Instead of Conventional Unsexed Semen

sion of sexed semen for elite genomically tested young sires. Under these situations, the use of sexed semen is estimated to increase the herd’s rate of genetic progress by 4.4% per year, compared to no use of sexed semen, which could gradually increase to 7% per year if sexed semen progressively became available for all

Sexed Semen for 1st & 2nd Services Calf Value % Increase $3,534 1.3% $6,515 12.1% $9,495 16.7% $12,476 19.2% $15,456 20.9% $18,437 22.0%

least $150. The economic benefits increase proportionally as this price difference expands due to higher heifer value prices.

Sexed semen is recommended for breeding only virgin heifers that have been well managed, are healthy with good body condition and are reproductively fit with

the potential genetic and economic gains available via this new technology in the early stages of broad adoption across the industry.

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Heifer All Sexed Semen for 1st Calf Value Sexed Services Only At Market Semen Calf Value % Increase $200 $3,488 $3,516 0.8% $300 $5,813 $6,253 7.6% $400 $8,138 $8,991 10.5% $500 $10,463 $11,728 12.1% $600 $12,788 $14,466 13.1% $700 $15,113 $17,203 13.8% Note Assumed $50 market value for healthy newborn male calves

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Today, they operate Wicks Cattle and WIX Barn and Lodge. The “WIX” name is the cattle and horse brand Zane uses and it was his family’s brand in South Dakota. Mary Jo is also a family nurse practitioner at CHI St. Alexius Health Women’s Clinic, Dickinson, N.D. The couple has two daughters, Josie, a sophomore at Bismarck State College, Bismarck, and Mya, a seventh grader.

Zane, Josie, Mya and Mary Jo Wicks

They focus on a strong maternal cow program that is SimAngus based and are in the process of adding Red Angus to the mix. “Mary Jo decided she wants to do some Red SimAngus, so we’re doing it,” he said. They plan to offer 12 to 15 really good red bulls along with 60 black bulls in their annual sale.

Their cow herd started out half-Angus, half SimAngus, but Wicks explained, “As we would ultrasound every year the SimAngus cows had a better conception rate, so we stuck with those.”

Among the bulls that have most impacted Wicks Cattle are JF New Merit, a homozygous black, homozygous polled

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S.D., to Richardton, N.D., has been on the road toward producing and marketing quality seedstock for real-world ranchers. He favors a Simmental and Angus cross. “I want our SimAngus to look like a souped-up Angus: good-headed, clean-fronted,” Wicks explained. “I want my cattle to look like they’ve got a little more pop.”

Wicks grew up on a commercial cow/calf operation in west-central South Dakota where he attended the Enning School kindergarten through 8th grade and graduated from Faith High School. Next, he was on to a short stint at Dawson Community College, Glendive, Mont., where he competed in steer wrestling, team roping and bull riding, followed by a power lineman job and lineman school at Mitchell VoTech, Mitchell, S.D. “I tore up my knee real bad and then I went to auctioneer school,” Wicks said. “That’s how I got into livestock publication work.”

He worked for the Tri-State Livestock News in the Black Hills of South Dakota, had a position in Nevada and then in Nebraska. “I wrote for The Fence Post and the Tri-State,” he said. Then, shortly after returning home to Red Owl – where his brother, Dan, was already ranching – he met his future wife, Mary Jo Hammerschmidt from Richardton, N.D. The couple lived in Bismarck, N.D., while Mary Jo completed her degree as a family nurse practitioner.

SEEDSTOCK JOURNEY In February 2004 they moved to a ranch site 2.5 miles south of Richardton.

“It was wintertime,” Zane recalled. “I was trying to get up a hill with my little pickup and my father-in-law, Joe, was breaking a trail for me with his Subaru station wagon that he used to haul mail.”

So began the Wicks Cattle journey.

They bought the ranch site and some acreage in 2006. Zane contemplated setting up a feedlot, given their close proximity to Red Trail Energy, LLC, which produces ethanol, or a commercial cattle operation, but also wanted to seek financial opportunities beyond selling an annual calf crop. “When we first moved out here I saw how well the Simmental and Angus breeds complimented each other,” Zane said. “I’m kind of a people person and I appreciate good cattle, so we decided to do this SimAngus deal.

I’m a crossbred guy myself because when I was a kid down home everybody had black baldy cows with Charolais bulls on them. Heterosis. That’s where you get your main kick.”

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son of Dream On. “When Dream On passed away ABS (Global) leased New Merit for their program,” he said. “He was good.” Wicks’ also owned Triple C Singletary, who was in the GENEX Beef AI Studbook. “We’ve had very good results with him and his daughters,” Zane said. “He’s done us a load of good.”

Wicks has also used W/C Lock and Load 706Z AKA 6 Shooter. “I had on my radar to buy a homozygous black, homozygous polled bull,” Zane said, noting that he bought 6 Shooter from Werning Cattle Company, Emery, S.D. “He’s done a remarkable job – sound, great females, very maternal cows that have a feminine look to them.” Other bulls that may be up and coming in the Wicks herd are Bemer, a Basin Payweight 1682 crossed with Superior and Triple Crown, a Lock and Load son out of a Game Day cow.

PRODUCTION AND MARKETING When the calendar page turns to a new year, production at Wicks Cattle begins with calving season that runs from February 15 to April 10. They artificially inseminate (AI) everything, except the wet two-year-olds, around May 28.

“Last year our AI conception rate was 84 percent straight through on everything at one time. We were very, very happy,” Wicks said. However, it made for a challenging 2019 calving season as February and early March brought bitterly cold temperatures. “Our calving barn was full. They were stacked like chickens in there,” Wicks quipped, “And it was not very fun.” As the operation has grown they don’t have room to keep everything inside, so they kept the calving cows outdoors and checked them every half hour.

The cow/calf pairs go to grass the first of June. The older cows graze on a ranch near Lake Tschida, about 25 miles southeast of Wicks Cattle. “They will stay down there as long as they can,” Zane said, “Hopefully until the first of February, weather permitting.” The younger cows graze west of the headquarters while the yearling heifers stay at home.

In late August, Wicks Cattle begins preconditioning their calves and will ultrasound their cows. They typically wean around October 1. “Once we wean our calves the bull calves are penned up

“No mixer wagons and no corn silage at this camp and I like that. The bulls are fed for longevity and they’re grown out rather than burnt out.”

-Zane Wicks

to be fed in a lot,” he said. About six days later the steers and heifers are done bawling and are turned out onto cover crops, grass and Japanese millet fields.

The steers are sold through a sales barn about 75 days later. “The heifer calves stay out there and learn to be cows,” Wicks said, noting that he feeds them about three pounds of grain a day. They market some heifers privately through their sale.

They also have a fall calving program, which spreads out their work load and better utilizes their bull battery.

Beginning in 2020, they will offer some long-aged bulls along with their usual offering of yearling bulls.

The sale bulls develop in an 8-acre lot where they have plenty of room to get exercise. “They’re kind of cowboy-fed with free-choice ground hay that is 50 percent alfalfa grass hay mixed with Haybet barley,” he said. They also get six pounds morning and evening of dry distillers, cracked corn and soy hulls.

“We feed that with our feed pickup that’s got a scale under it, so we know exactly how much feed they get,” Zane said.

“It’s a hydra bed and a cake feeder.” He stressed, “No mixer wagons and no corn silage at this camp and I like that. The bulls are fed for longevity and they’re grown out rather than burnt out. We’ve sold bulls to several customers in rank, rugged ranch country and they are tickled pink on how the bulls cover county, cover cows and hold their condition.”

One South Dakota customer noted that his SimAngus bulls from Wicks Cattle are “always walking, searching for cows.”

Wicks Cattle has hosted 13 annual bull sales with the sale currently being held the first Monday in February. The bulls sell on video via big screen TVs at WIX Barn and Lodge. They were among the first seedstock producers in the area to sell on video, beginning in 2012. “It simplifies the whole sale atmosphere and is less stress on the cattle, ourselves and the people helping us,” Zane said. “The only time you have to work them is the day that we’re videoing them. That takes two people: me and the videographer.”

Zane Wicks, Wicks Cattle, appreciates the way in which the Angus and Simmental breeds compliment each other, thus, his family’s commitment to producing quality SimAngus seedstock.

“I look up to people who think outside the box.

People that are progressive, aggressive and successful in what they do.”

-Zane Wicks think outside the box. People that are progressive, aggressive and successful in what they do.”

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He notes that Wicks Cattle is strictly a cow deal. “We don’t sell horses, though we do have a few guinea hens and several dogs around here,” he chuckled. They hire out any planting that needs to be done and do their own haying. “I’m not going to buy farm equipment,” Zane added.

Wicks is a member of the North Dakota Stockmen’s Association, the Richardton Saddle Club and the Richardton Knights of Columbus. When asked who has most influenced him, he quips, “My wife. Mainly positively.” But, he added, “I look up to people who

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Wicks Cattle has hosted 13 annual bull sales with the sale currently being held the first Monday in February. The bulls sell on video via big screen TVs at WIX Barn and Lodge 2.5 miles south of Richardton, N.D.

BULL SALE FACILITY The Wicks Family began building their bull sale facility in 2012 and held the first sale on-site in 2013. Initially, they only planned a simple, 30-foot wide building with a small kitchen and most importantly, a vet room with indoor cattle working facilities. “It was only when Zane and I were standing amid the poles that were already in the ground that we decided to go bigger,” Mary Jo Wicks said.

With added space, she hatched the idea of incorporating six bedrooms along the north side of the multi-purpose area.

An oil boom was putting a crunch on area hotel rooms, so they imagined it to be a place for ringmen and auctioneers to stay, as needed. The facility also has a full kitchen, a lounging area, bathrooms, shower and laundry facilities, big screen TVs, heat and air conditioning.

They soon began using the bedrooms for extended family and overnight company. Perhaps Mary Jo’s mother, Mary – a mother of nine – was a bit prophetic back when she entered the sale barn-in-progress on December 15, 2012.

Though suffering with end-stage illness, she surveyed the facility and stated, “This is going to be a good place for family gatherings.” Mary passed away three weeks later, but by the end of that year the sale barn had begun to evolve into a community venue. One of the first non-livestock events held was a Holi-

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To the east of the multi-purpose area is a vet room that includes an indoor cattle working facility. Cattle walk from the calving area, through an alley and into a chute for weighing and can be dispersed back into the alley or into a calving pen.

There is space in the calving barn for up to 100 cows. “We calve out 84 percent of our cows within two weeks,” Mary Jo said, “So that part of the building has paid for itself many times over.”

The WIX Barn and Lodge saga continued to develop when Mary Jo’s nephew chose to get married there. “My sister-in-law and her sisters made it look wonderful in there,” Mary Jo said, of the multi-purpose area. There’s a bar, the auction block doubles as a stage and the area seats 150 sit-down dinner guests.

“I had absolutely no clue that there was such a demand for a facility like that in this area and it happened by pure accident, a bull sale,” Zane said.

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Though it was surprising and exciting to be heading down the road with this unexpected small business venture,

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anaging mud is a tough task.

Sure, everyone would love to have concrete feeding pads or facilities to get cattle up out of the mud.

While these are options, they are expensive. If you continually are dealing with muddy conditions, they could be worth the investment. Geotextile fabric and rock will be a good investment for temporary or mid-term mitigation of muddy, wet conditions.

For those dealing with short term mud challenges, picking well drained areas of the farm to concentrate feeding is best.

Also, de-stocking an area and spreading cattle out on cornstalk or tillable acreage temporarily may help. University of Illinois research conducted at the Dudley Smith research farm shows no negative agronomic effect to grazing cornstalks.

Removing cattle from cornstalks in mid-winter to allow the freeze-thaw-freeze period to occur will help reduce compac-

tion. Anyways, this is just another reason to have cows grazing cornstalks. If cows are trampling cornstalks, providing extra forage and supplement may be necessary.

Don’t over-stock these areas or mud and compaction could still be a problem.

Another option is to bed cattle.

Straw, cornstalks, soybean stubble, wood chips, etc. help cattle stay up out of the mud. Cattle feeding areas exposed to the outdoors will likely need bedded. Be mindful that this may be a temporary solution as the more organic matter added to the pen can create more mud after time. Deep bed packs work well to keep building mounded areas for cattle to stay on “high ground.” Lots of bedding will help, but it will also likely result in more manure hauling.

Managing mud is difficult. Frankly, it sucks. It makes for longer, dirtier chores and seems to slow everything down on the farm. While there is no sil-

ver bullet for getting cattle out of the mud, it can be managed to an extent. Here’s to hoping we get a good freeze and some tame cold weather… so we can all benefit from “poor man’s concrete.”

Challenges

One of the downfall’s to mud is the increase in energy requirement for cattle to navigate the terrain. After all, when you “boot up” and head out to tromp through the mud you are using more energy to travel the same distance through mud too. As you track through muddy lot you are normally out of breath and tired.

Same goes for cattle… they get a workout, too. The added energy needed results in less going to weight gain and performance.

In 1991, University of Nebraska researchers published common numbers associated with loss of gain due to mud.

Loss of Gain Mud depth Dewclaw deep....................... 7% Shin deep............................... 14% Hock deep............................. 28% Belly deep............................. 35%

University of Nebraska also published “Mud Effects on Feedlot Cattle” in 2011. This piece authored by Terry Mader, built a model and simulated conditions based on actual cattle feeding studies. The model showed under cold (16°F) and wet (6 in. rainfall for 120-day feeding period) conditions cost-of-gain was 56.1% higher than 26°F and no precipitation.

Another problem associated with extended muddy conditions is foot rot. Constant exposure to wet conditions can lead to breakdown of the skin around the hoof. This opens the tissues up to bacteria and can lead to infection. Swelling and lameness are usually the first signs that an animal has foot rot.

A dryer, less saturated area for cattle is the answer to maintain cattle performance and avoid health issues. Often-times a pasture is considered as the savior.

Stockpiled pastures with good drainage can be a big help. However, stocking too many animals in a small pasture area or the trailing of animals across pastures can cause disturbance of the soil. If tracked up, the forage stand will be reduced and opened to weed pressure in the following growing season.

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Midwest Beef Producer

Mud Effects on Feedlot Cattle

By Terry L. Mader1

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Summary

stimated mud depth and benefits of bedding were simulated under winter environmental conditions.

In general, providing greater pen area per animal decreased mud depth. At lower temperatures (16oF), 250 or 350 ft2 of pen space produced similar depths of mud and approximately 1 inch less than with the 150 ft2 allocations. Under the coldest (16oF) and wettest (6 inches total precipitation) conditions, cost of gain (COG) was 56.1% ($1.07/lb) greater than with no precipitation falling at 26o F, while use of bedding reduced COG to $0.80 /lb or just 17.3% greater than COG under more ideal conditions at 26o F.

Introduction

Managing cattle in periods of adverse weather can be challenging. Winter cold and wind, combined with precipitation, can increase the maintenance requirement of feedlot cattle and decrease performance. While cold stress alone can reduce profits, it is most detrimental when combined with mud. Cattle in mud have a tendency to eat less frequently at a time when the muddy hair coat reduces insulation. Thus, cattle performance can be reduced for multiple reasons. The objectives of this study were to develop models to predict mud effects and related mitigation strategies for feedlot cattle.

Procedure

Data from cattle feeding studies conducted in Canada, California, Colorado, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota (references available upon request) were used to assess effects of mud

and bedding on feedlot cattle. An initial model was developed to assess effects of muddy conditions on feedlot cattle feed intake and daily gain.

Estimates of mud depth were determined based on quantity of rain and snowfall, feedlot layout, feedlot soil and surface properties, and stocking densities.

From performance profiles, algorithms were derived to estimate maintenance energy requirements based on mud depth and environmental conditions.

To counter effects of mud, bedding can be used to absorb excess moisture.

Therefore, a subsequent submodel of the first model was developed to determine the effects of bedding on cattle performance. Performance assessments were based on amounts and type of bedding used, environmental conditions, and estimates of feedlot pen conditions as defined from the previous model used for determining feedlot mud depth. Bedding quantities needed to absorb excess moisture can be calculated based on water holding capacity of the soil and potential for run-off. However, quantity of bedding (lb/head/day) needed is comparable to the potential mud depth. Thus, approximately 1 lb of bedding is needed daily to overcome impacts of 1 inch of mud.

Model simulations were conducted based on feedlot pen soil profiles that were composed of predominantly clay based soils, reasonably clear of manure, with a 3% slope. A 120-day feeding period was simulated for cattle averaging 1,000 lb.

Pen densities of 150, 250, and 350 ft2/ animal were compared. Average winter temperatures of 16oF, 26oF, and 36oF were compared under low (2 inches) and high (6 inches) quantities of total precipitation between December 1 and April 1. Temperature and precipitation varied by week

and month to simulate variable winter conditions. Estimates of daily water intake were used to determine moisture accumulations attributed to urinary output.

Environmental conditions, in conjunction with feedlot and animal variables, were used to determine pen surface conditions and bedding requirements.

Mud depth is an estimate of the depth of mud or mud and snow mix. Simulations were based on 50% of all snowfall blowing out of pens (50% remaining) with snow compaction rates varying, depending on stocking densities. Cost of gain was based on performance estimates.

Feed ($150/ dry ton), yardage ($0.35/ head/day), and other costs comparable to those found in Nebraska feedyards were used. Bedding was charged out at $60/ ton. Manure hauling and additional pen cleaning charges associated with bedding were prorated on a per head basis at $6/ wet ton. Weight of bedding removed from the feedlot was estimated to be four times the original bedding weight, which would include the bedding, absorbed water, and attached mud and manure particles.

Results

For simulation purposes, a constant daily dry matter intake (DMI) of 22 lb was used. Under colder conditions, intakes would be expected to be greater; however, under muddy and/ or adverse feeding and pen conditions, DMI would be expected to be lower. The first data column indicates what the performance and cost of gain (COG) are under ideal (68oF) feeding conditions. Percent changes in winter maintenance energy requirements (NEm) and COG were determined based on those

Table 1. Estimated mud depth, change in Net Energy for Maintenance (NEm), and cost of gain for feedlot cattle under different simulations.

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150

150

150

250

250

250

250

350

350

350

350

120-day precipitation, inches:

0

2

2

6

6

2

2

6

6

2

2

6 6

Mean temperature F:

68

36

16

36

16

36

16

36

16

36

16

36

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Mud depth, inches

0.00 1.96

3.47

3.95

8.48

0.40

2.52

2.38

7.52

0.02

2.51

1.72

7.52

NEm, % change

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25.6

48.7

37.1

91.3

17.

8 41.

9 27.

9 82

16.1

41.9

24.3

82.2

DMI, lb/day

22.0 22.0

22.0

22.0

22.0

22.0

22.0

22.0

22.0

22.0

22.0

22.0

22.0

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Pen space, ft2/animal: ,o

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250

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ADG, lb

3.71 3.23

2.78

3.01

1.94

3.37

2.91

3.18

2.12

3.41

2.91

3.25

2.12

F:G

5.93 6.82

7.91

7.32

11.32

6.52

7.55

6.91

10.36

6.46

7.55

6.77

10.36

Cost of gain/ lb, $

0.61 0.70

0.82

0.76

1.17

0.67

0.78

0.71

1.07

0.67

0.78

0.70

1.07

% change2

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33.5

23.5

91.1

10.0

27.5

16.6

74.8

8.9

27.4

14.2

74.8 1

15.1

Change (%) in NEm; at 26oF with no mud, NEm is approximately 20% greater than at 68oF. 2 Compared to ideal feeding conditions averaging 68oF (first numerical column).

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Table 2. Projected effects of mud and bedding on feedlot cattle.

face soil particles. This phenomenon is enhanced as pen space declines. Although these mud depths may not always be fully realized, the potential for mud depth (or a comparable effect) increases under conditions in which precipitation comes as snow rather than as rain.

Thus, snow remaining in pens will

provide a constant source of moisture, keeping cattle wet and mixing with pen surface particles, with the same effect as increasing mud depth. Precipitation that comes as rain (warmer temperatures) can easily run off and contribute less to muddy conditions or wet cattle. Costs of gain are greater under colder conditions due to the effects of increased mud depth, which contributes to wetter and colder cattle and directly impacts NEm.

Table 2 displays the COG for various simulated mud depth, with and without bedding. In all instances, benefits of bedding were observed. Under lower precipitation conditions, even a small amount of bedding was useful, although the amount required per head per day ranged from 0.4 to 2.5 lb under these conditions. Even though simulations indicated a benefit for

adding even a small amount of bedding, it is unlikely that bedding amounts less than 1 lb could be effectively distributed daily to absorb the moisture needed to produce these results.

Thus, for average mud depths of less than 1 to 2 inches, depending on pen design, bedding may not be practical or recommended. In addition, with low average mud depths, the probability of having some dry places in the pen would be high.

Nevertheless, the benefits of bedding, as determined by the percentage change in COG, were much greater under high versus low moisture conditions. Under the coldest (16oF) and wettest conditions, COG was 56.1% ($1.07/lb) greater than with no precipitation falling at 26oF, while the use of bedding reduced the COG to $0.80/ lb or to just 17.3% greater than COG under more ideal conditions at 26oF.

Based on results of studies conducted primarily in the western and northern plains, the impacts of mud on feedlot cattle are substantial, but the use of bedding can help minimize the adverse effects. If bedding prices and/ or cost of handling the bedding or handling and hauling the

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ideal conditions. In general, providing greater area per animal decreases mud depth (Table 1).

However, at lower temperatures (16oF), 250 or 350 ft2 of pen space produced similar depths of mud with mud depths approximately 1 inch less than with the 150 ft2 allocations. The difference may be largely due to precipitation coming in the form of snow, and the effects of total precipitation combined with urinary output begin to diminish in the winter with greater pen space allocations.

Thus, at temperatures approaching 10oF below freezing or more, the potential for mud depth does not increase as pen space increases from 250 to 350 ft2/ animal. As a result of snow accumulation, snow/mud depth increases until temperatures warm up and snow begins to melt, allowing moisture to leave the pen through run-off. In general, at temperatures that are below freezing, animals continue to disturb the snow/soil interface, which increases snow/mud depth.

The impact of body heat from animals lying on the ground also contributes to snow melting and/or mixing with sur-

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Space, ft2/animal: 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 120 days precipitation, in: 0 2 2 2 6 6 6 Mean temperature,oF: 26 36 26 16 36 26 16 Estimated mud depth, inches 0.00 0.40 2.01 2.52 2.38 6.63 7.52 NEm, % change — 1.8 11.2 16.0 11.9 43.9 56.2 Intake, lb 22.00 22.00 22.00 22.00 22.00 22.00 22.00 Without bedding ADG, lb 3.31 3.37 3.10 2.91 3.18 2.47 2.12 Change, % — 1.8 -6.4 -12.1 -4.0 -25.6 -35.9 Feed/gain 6.64 6.52 7.10 7.55 6.91 8.92 10.36 Cost of gain, $/day Yardage and interest 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 Health and feed 1.77 1.77 1.77 1.77 1.77 1.77 1.77 Total 2.27 2.27 2.27 2.27 2.27 2.27 2.27 Cost of gain/lb 0.68 0.67 0.73 0.78 0.71 0.92 1.07 Change, % — -1.8 6.9 13.8 4.1 3 4.4 56.1 With bedding1 ADG, lb 3.31 3.41 3.31 3.22 3.41 3.31 3.22 Change, % — 2.9 0 -2.9 2.9 0 -2.9 Feed/gain 6.64 6.45 6.64 6.83 6.45 6.64 6.83 Change, % — -2.8 0 3.0 -2.8 0 3.0 Cost of gain, $/day Subtotal (less bedding) 2.27 2.27 2.27 2.27 2.27 2.27 2.27 Bedding 0.00 0.01 0.06 0.08 0.07 0.20 0.23 Scraping and hauling, prorated 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.08 0.09 Total 2.27 2.29 2.35 2.38 2.37 2.55 2.59 Cost of gain/lb 0.68 0.67 0.71 0.74 0.70 0.77 0.80 Change, % 0 -2.1 3.7 7.4 1.5 12.3 17.3 1 Bedding cost is $60/ton; scraping and hauling cost is $6/wet ton. Hauled weight is assumed to be four times original dry bedding weight.

resulting waste increase, the cost/benefit ratios may change. In addition, applied bedding does not have to be equally distributed throughout the pen, but initially needs to provide comfortable space (20 to 40 ft2/animal) for each animal to avoid competition. Bedding will generally be distributed by the cattle. It should be noted that if bedding is used heavily, the dynamics of pen drying may differ in bedded versus non-bedded pens when environmental conditions for drying improve.

This is due to the enhanced water-holding capacity of soil containing more fiber.

However, in virtually every bedding study in which an economical analysis was reported, a benefit to bedding was found during prevailing winter weather.

Terry Mader, professor, Animal Science, Haskell Agricultural Laboratory, Concord, Northeast Research and Extension Center.

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The South Dakota Cattlemen’s Association (SDCA) hosted a successful 71st Annual Convention and Trade Show last week in Pierre, where new leaders were elected, and plans were made for 2020 and beyond.

The event featured speakers who addressed issues from protecting your livestock assets to Animal Disease Traceability, truth in beef labeling, focusing on profit in your grazing enterprise, and county tax incentives for confined animal feeding operations. Lesley Kelly, of High Heels and Canola Fields fame, also tackled the subject of mental health on behalf of the Do More Agriculture Foundation.

“2019 has been an exceptionally challenging year for cattlemen and everyone involved in agriculture. We appreciate the members, vendors, and sponsors who took time to attend our event, where we worked to address many issues important to our industry, including how to deal with the additional stress of challenging weather and markets. Lesley Kelly shared her mental health journey and provided some great tools for dealing with farm-related stress. We were also pleased to host Karl Oehlke, a Physician’s Assistant specializing in psychiatry at Avera Behavioral Health and a farmer from southeastern South Dakota.

In addition to hearing from dynamic experts, SDCA members charted the organization’s policy direction and elected new leaders during the Annual Membership Meeting. Eric Jennings, a cow-calf producer from Spearfish will serve as the association’s President in 2020. Elected as vice President was Warren Symens who operates a seedstock and cattle feeding operation with his family in Amherst. Allen Walth, Secretary/Treasurer from Glenham, and Immediate Past President Steve Ollerich round out the 2020 officer team.

Members also reviewed policy proposals, allowing some to expire, adding new ones and modifying others in order to more accurately reflect SDCA’s position on issues impacting South Dakota cattlemen and women.

The convention wrapped up with the Best of Beef Banquet where the Johnson family from Frankfort was honored as the 2019 Leopold Conservation Award winners and Todd Wilkinson of DeSmet was named SDCA’s Cattleman of the Year.

Top Hand membership recruiters were also recognized: Eric Jennings, Steve Ollerich, Shirley Thompson, Cory Eich and John Morse.

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The bull lameness exam Reprinted From Bovine Veterinarian magazine

ameness can mean the difference between a valuable bull and hamburger. Identifying lameness and correctly diagnosing the cause of bull lameness can result in treatment success and potentially the retention of a valuable animal.

Meredyth Jones, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVIM, says 90% of lameness cases can be isolated to the foot, with 90% of claw lesions in the hind feet, mostly in the lateral claw. The causes of lameness in bulls are many (see sidebar), so it’s important to take a targeted approach to diagnosis.

Foot rot is the most common cause of lameness in cattle, but most of those cases are managed on-farm. “The most common things I see on farms as primary care cases are toe abscesses and subsolar abscesses,” Jones says. “I also see a fair number of subcutaneous abscesses that occur over the shoulder or thigh, usually as the result of fighting.

Subcutaneous abscesses are localized collections of purulent exudate located within the dermis and subcutis. Abscesses

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are common in large animals. In addition to puncture wounds, other predisposing causes include foreign bodies, injections, and shearing and clipping wounds. Granulation tissue or mature fibrous connective tissue borders the exudate. Subcutaneous abscesses frequently rupture and drain spontaneously and heal by scarring.

Beyond those, spinal trauma, developmental orthopedic diseases such as osteochondritis dissecans and spastic paresis occur with enough regularity that I keep an eye out for them.”

Spastic paresis, spastic syndrome, and corkscrew claw all likely have a heritable component. “We certainly see spastic paresis (weakness of voluntary movement) associated in cattle with overly straight hocks,” she says. “The developmental orthopedic diseases, like osteochondritis dissecans, are multifactorial with genetics, nutrition and environment likely all contributing. The real take home message is that, when making breeding and culling decisions, musculoskeletal and hoof quality should be important considerations.” Jones offers these recommendations for conducting a lameness exam on a bull.

1. START WITH HISTORY

Jones starts every lameness exam with as complete of a history on the bull as she can get. “Duration of the lameness and any previous history of lameness or systemic illness prior to this episode are useful to know when evaluating the animal,” Jones says. “Of particular interest to me when I’m evaluating a case is the progression of this episode of lameness, treatments that have been done on the farm and any response to those treatments.”

Jones says one of the most common things she sees is that the bull becomes lame, he gets treated with antimicrobials, usually oxytetracycline because it’s presumed to be foot rot, and then he doesn’t respond. “At this point, the bull needs to be examined because a simple case of footrot will almost always respond to a single dose of oxytetracycline,” she explains.

“When that is the history, the veterinarian knows to go on a more aggressive hunt for the cause of the bull’s lameness.”

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2. WHAT’S HIS JOB?

Depending on how the bull is used can influence treatment choice or disposition. The primary career choices for bulls are to be range or pasture bulls, AI sires or a combination. “We generally don’t see bulls in the feedlot, or prefer not to, but this may be a career option for young bulls that perhaps were intended to be sires but were channeled into the feeder route because of another reason,” Jones says. “Certainly, producers are generally more willing to go for more aggressive therapy with higher economic value bulls. I believe and teach my students that every case you see has three options for management: lowcost, middle-of-the-road and the Cadillac. Each of those has a cost estimate, aftercare and prognosis associated with it and veterinarians are there to educate their clients so they can make informed decisions.”

From another perspective, what the bull is expected to do for a living plays heavily in his prognosis for certain diagnoses.

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“For example, if the bull has distal interphalangeal septic arthritis in the lateral claw of the hind limb, we may be able to surgically manage him to be an AI sire or for small pasture breeding, but he may have reduced longevity in a large rangeland situation,” Jones says. “We want to be able to be very up front with producers about the prognosis for return to soundness for each type of breeding situation so that they can decide in their own mind if that is acceptable to them.”

3. LOOK AT THE WHOLE PACKAGE

Jones says when she looks at a bull for any reason, his body condition is always something on her mind. “If a young bull presents for lameness and he is very obese, it may be a clue as to his nutritional management (very high energy feeds and overfeeding) and would move developmental orthopedic disease up on my list,” she says.

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Jones adds how he got to the body condition he’s in may be a bigger factor in his disease and recovery than his actual condition at the time of evaluation. “Has he been out covering a lot of cows over a lot of ground? Is he still a young, growing bull that is breeding cows and is not being fed to meet both of those demands and he’s just getting run down in general? If he’s overfat, is that extra weight contributing to the strain on his joints or will it make his recovery more difficult? In many cases, body condition may not have a direct impact on lameness, but it certainly adds to the bull’s entire story which must be considered when managing him.”

4. THE “DISTANCE EXAM”

Certainly, the mantra of most veterinarians is that they want the animal caught up when they arrive on the farm and Jones holds to that as well, but with a slight difference. “For lameness cases, my

definition of ‘caught up’ is in a small trap or pen where there is room to walk him around. I don’t need 400 acres to see him walk, but likewise, I cannot evaluate his gait or see his whole body in the alleyway or chute either.”

Jones explains that when she can see the whole bull and walk him, she can look for subtle swellings, figure out exactly which leg is the problem or see if it is her impression that the problem might be up in his spine. “His degree of lameness also gives me a lot of information about the cause of his lameness. If I see a swelling in the area of a joint and the bull won’t put the leg down, then I have a pretty good feeling that the joint is septic, rather than just having a sprain or effusion.”

Jones says while she doesn’t see them with great regularity, diseases like spastic paresis and spastic syndrome are best

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How bull lameness happens

Bulls are aggressive and frequently groups of bulls are put together, often ranging in age. Young bulls, when placed with an established group of bulls, should be monitored closely to ensure that they don’t become the whipping boys which usually manifest as shoulder injuries, explains Meredyth Jones, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVIM. “Whenever possible, bulls should be allowed to spread out. Confinement, even for a short time, often results in a fight.”

A bull’s hind legs and back are under a tremendous amount of strain during breeding. “Acute injuries, from mild sprains to ligament tears can occur, but the chronic wear-and-tear is what prematurely ends the careers of most bulls,” Jones says. “Spinal and limb pain may be severe enough to reduce semen quality to an unacceptable level or can result in a bull limiting or even totally ceasing to mount cows.”

Bulls often travel long distances such as in range pastures, and footing is a contributor to lameness. “Two environmental conditions that most significantly affect a bull’s feet are very dry and very wet,” Jones says. “Very dry ground predisposes hooves to cracking vertically, which can get deep enough to pinch the sensitive laminae with every step. Very wet ground is a big risk factor for foot rot, but can also result in softening of the soles, making them more vulnerable to bruising.”

Causes of lameness

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Meredyth Jones, DVM, MS, Dipl.

ACVIM, offers this list of common causes of lameness, categorized by which part of the foot or leg they are usually found. “My goal with this is to give veterinarians a starting point of ideas to entertain when they localize a lameness to a particular anatomic location,” Jones explains.

“In general, this can be done fairly easily during the clinical evaluation, but every once in a while, they can be tricky. In lameness evaluation of horses, local anesthesia as a means of lesion localization has become mainstay. We do it some in cattle, but it certainly isn’t common. The disease processes which cause lameness in cattle tend to be infectious or inflammatory, making them fairly easy to spot in most cases.”

Foot: Mechanical causes • Sole ulcer/sole abscess/toe abscess • Corkscrew claw • White line disease/laminitis • P3 fracture>P2>P1 • Interdigital fibroma (corn) • Vertical wall crack • Horizontal crack

The Bull Lameness Exam Continued from page 54) diagnosed while observing the gait. Once they are in the chute, there’s not really much to do with them except rule out other disease processes.

Jones adds that she can also evaluate his symmetry and detect any muscle atrophy by watching him walk.

Disuse atrophy generally becomes noticeable after about two weeks of disuse, which helps the veterinarian get a sense of the duration of the lameness.

In cases where animals that are severely lame or have evidence of neurologic disease, Jones has to really consider the wisdom of even putting the animal in the chute and risking not being able to get them out. “In those cases, I’m going to consider casting restraint or sedation in a pen if further evaluation is necessary.”

5. RESTRAINT AND PALPATION

After Jones has seen the bull walk and feels comfortable sending him to the chute, she prefers to palpate the entire limb, particularly when it is a hind limb, prior to using a rope to pick up the foot. “We know that greater than 90% of lameness lesions are in the foot, so it’s logical to go there first, but if this guy has a partially ruptured cruciate ligament and I put a rope on his foot and pick it up

Foot: Infectious/septic causes • Septic arthritis of DIP joint>MTP>PIP • Septic tenosynovitis • Pedal osteitis • Papillomatous digital dermatitits Metatarsus/Metacarpus • Physitis • Fracture • Cellulitis Carpus • Hygroma • Septic arthritis Elbow • Septic arthritis Humerus • Hematoma • Fracture Shoulder • Hematoma • Septic arthritis • OCD Hock • Conformation issues • Septic arthritis • OCD Tibia • Fracture • Cellulitis

Stifle • Septic arthritis • Cranial cruciate rupture • OCD Femur • Diaphyseal fracture • Distalphyseal fracture Hip • Slipped capital physis • Coxofemoral luxation Spine • Trauma • Fracture/luxation • Spastic syndrome • Ankylosing spondylitis • Spinal lymphoma • Epidural abscess

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and he struggles for a minute, which they always do, then I may have just finished off his cruciate.” The same could be true for fractures or other unstable upper limb lesions.

Many cases have obvious swelling and when that’s the case, Jones palpates for any heat or coolness of the area and determining the character of that swelling: is it soft and fluctuant, firm or hard like bony proliferation? As the swelling increases in firmness, the chronicity of the process is usually increased and will likely result in the need for more aggressive therapy.

From the elbow and stifle up, palpation is more challenging. “I will often go back and forth from one elbow or shoulder to the other comparing the size and character of the joint to convince myself that the joint on the lame leg is normal or abnormal,” Jones suggests. “In the case of the stifles, I am generally able, even on large bulls, to place my hands on both stifles from behind the bull at the same time, making the comparison of size more direct.”

Evaluation of the hip requires palpation of the position of the greater trochanter of the femur relative to the ideal wing and ischiatic tuberosity. The three should form a triangle with the greater trochanter at the low point and if the greater trochanter is displaced, this indicates a hip dislocation. Further evaluation of the hip and pelvis really requires rectal palpation and casting restraint or sedation to put the limb through range of motion to palpate for crepitus.

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6. HAVE THE RIGHT TOOLS

Jones carries in the truck a foot box that contains a hoof tester, hoof nippers, half-round hoof nippers, Swiss knife, regular hoof knife, stainless steel teat cannulas, lidocaine, innertube tourniquet and butterfly catheters for foot anesthesia, and supplies to place a wooden block. “The most common hoof issues that I see are toe abscesses and subsolar abscesses. They can be discovered by trimming with foot trimmers or paring away the sole with hoof knives. Once discovered, these need to be opened completely, wide enough to provide good drainage.

This is not for the faint at heart and, if I’m going to get down to sensitive tissue, I will place a tourniquet at the mid-cannon bone and perform a Bier block (regional intravenous perfusion of lidocaine) to anesthetize the foot to allow me to be aggressive.

As I’m working, I use a teat cannula to probe to find every bit of undermined tissue and get it removed.”

Jones advises to not quit too soon. “Sometimes, I’ve had cases where I removed the entire sole. If it is undermined, it has to go. I have found half-round hoof nippers to be the best tool for peeling off the dead, infected sole.”

Jones finds that ultrasound is useful in evaluating the fluid character of effusive or enlarged joints, and for diagnosing septic tenosynovitis, as a backup to her clinical impression.

“People who are really experienced with ultrasound can find cartilage flaps, bursitis and even fractures with ultrasound,” she says. If arthrocentesis is to be performed for cytology, protein concentration and culture of the joint fluid, ultrasound guidance is useful.

Radiographs are also useful in some lameness cases and portable units can provide some good images of lower limb conditions. “All that said, I really believe that the vast majority of cases can be accurately diagnosed, prognosed and treated after a thorough clinical exam.”

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The Gelbvieh and Balancer show took place at the 2019 North American International Livestock Exposition (NAILE) on Wednesday, November 20.

Jerry Grund, Sharon Springs, Kansas, evaluated the Gelbvieh and Balancer cattle.

The grand champion Gelbvieh female was CRAN Fiona F812 ET, owned by Casey Martin of Oregon, Ill. This female first claimed the Gelbvieh junior heifer division and is sired by CIRS Overdrive 2207Z.

MDR Gemma Okie 902G was named reserve grand champion Gelbvieh female and is owned by Maya Carroll, Raymore, Mo. This heifer is the daughter of JRI Oklahoma 246C4 and was first named champion of the Gelbvieh junior heifer calf division.

The grand champion Gelbvieh bull was awarded to GGGE 3G Grand Entry 933G owned by Emily Griffiths of Kendallville, Ind. This bull is sired

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Emily Griffiths, Kendallville, Ind., owned the grand champion Balancer female, GGGE 3G Glass Slipper 940G. This heifer, sired by GGGE 3G Big Star 487B, received champion in the Balancer junior heifer calf division.

The reserve grand champion Balancer female went to PMCJ PMFG Foxy Lady 853F owned by Clayton Jones, Glasgow, Ky. This heifer is sired by PVF Insight 0129 and first claimed the Balancer senior heifer calf division.

After first claiming the Balancer junior bull calf division, GGGE 3G Ghost Town 913 G, sired by Baldridge 38 Special C040 received grand champion Balancer bull. This bull is owned by Emily Griffiths, Kendallville, Ind. who

has received this award for the third year in a row.

KBIT B-Factor E26 was named reserve grand champion Balancer bull and is owned by Aaron Bitzer, Shelbyville, Ky. This bull is sired by SDCG X-Factor 202X and first claimed the Balancer senior bull division.

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Gelbvieh Females Gelbvieh Champion Spring Heifer Calf : RBLG Bee Lick D.C. Ginger G926; The Day Farms, Manitou, Ky.;

Sire: GGGE 3G Die Cast 637D Gelbvieh Champion Junior Heifer Calf: MDR Gemma Okie 902G; Maya Carroll, Raymore, Mo.;

Sire: JRI Oklahoma 246C4

Gelbvieh Reserve Champion Junior Heifer Calf: CIRS 11G; Circle S Ranch, Canton, Kan.:

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Balancer Bulls Grand Champion Balancer Bull: GGGE 3G Ghost Town 913G; Emily Griffiths, Kendallville, Ind.;

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Large Choice-Select Beef Value Spreads

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The wide spread between Choice and Select beef cutout values continues to send a signal for more choice beef. The spread has been near or above $20 per cwt since June. The average weekly spread in October was more than double the his-

torical seasonal average and November was seasonally large, too. For 17 of the 21 weeks from July 6th to November 23rd, the weekly average Choice-Select spread was the largest for that week of the year over the past two decades.

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Demand for particular beef cuts also plays an important role. A wider Choice-Select spread is typically expected in October and November largely due to seasonal demand for Choice ribs and loins (i.e. the middle meats) during the holidays. For example, Choice ribeye prices usually increase due to seasonal demand.

Wholesale Choice ribeye prices hit just over $10.00 per pound a few weeks ago and continue to hover around $9.60. This is compared to a 2018 high of $9.15 per pound. Choice rib and loin primal values are 4% and 7% above a year ago, respectively while the Select rib primal value is only up 1% and the loin primal value is the same as a year ago.

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In case it wasn’t clear, and often it’s not; USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service considers all fresh meat “natural.” However, beef that carries a “natural” label cannot contain any artificial flavors, coloring, chemical preservatives or other artificial ingredients. Additionally, natural products must not be more than “minimally processed.” Ground beef falls under the minimally processed umbrella, so it can be labeled natural.

Label claims on food can be very confusing to consumers and adding unnecessary information would only add to that confusion. Some additional label claims include; free range, pasture raised, antibiotic free, partially produced with genetic engineering and a whole list of others. While some of these statements accurately describe a product, they may also be misleading.

Research tends to show that many consumers are not always informed with regards to claims on food labels. Another study from Oklahoma State University polled 1,000 consumers, of which 8 of 10 supported mandatory labeling of DNA on food products. This one leaves me scratching my head. I understand that most consumers probably receive little gain from understanding genetics and DNA, but I would sure hope that they understand that most of the food comes from living organisms.

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