MAT 4

FEMALE INFORMATION.

All McBee heifers are grown from weaning on a high fiber, low starch ration on grass. They are rigidly culled on how they perform on our fescue based pastures so those that make the cut will be able to adapt and perform in their new owners’ environment.

All bred heifers in the sale have been pregnancy examined two times. Once 70 days after the first breeding date and once close to sale day. They are guaranteed bred on sale day and up to 30 days after they leave. The new buyer is welcome to have the bred heifers pregnancy examined at their place within 30 days from the sale date.

All of the females are offered to you after they have gone through several culling periods. We have no problem guaranteeing our heifers, FB, PB, HY or BU Influ, to make good cows.

So confident in fact, that we have implemented the McBee Female Milk Guarantee for all of the females we sell. Any female that you purchase

from McBee Cattle Company is guaranteed to milk adequately to raise

a calf well and to the buyer’s satisfaction. If you purchase a female that does not milk to satisfy you, you contact us and agree to return the heifer or sell her. A credit will be issued to you for the difference of salvage value and the purchase price as a credit towards another purchase.

The heifers will be priced individually and penned according to category and price. Any females that have an * in front of their numbers are being sold as non-recorded females only. All other females will be sold with a McBee Performance Certificate furnished to the new buyer.

HEALTH.

Health papers, if necessary, will be provided for the animals to go anywhere in the continental U.S. Necessary TB testing and Trich testing will be performed after the sale, if required. All animals have had proper vaccinations for Blackleg, IBR, PI3, BVD, BRSV, Lepto and Vibrio. All animals have been dewormed within 60 days of the sale.

McBEE 1st BREEDING SEASON GUARANTEE.

We guarantee that all breeding cattle we sell are fertile to the best of our knowledge. If a bull is injured at any time during the first breeding season following the sale, that being defined as 90 days after the first turnout of the bull, so as to make them functionally infertile or unable to breed, we will provide you with a satisfactory replacement (if available), or issue you a credit equal to the bull’s purchase price minus the salvage value received for that bull. All bred heifers carry their own breeding guarantee. Any injured bull needs to be examined and certified by a veterinarian. All credit is good until it is used and does not expire. We would simply ask you to contact us before you cull your infertile or injured animal. This is not a life insurance policy, however. We cannot replace a dead bull or heifer or one that becomes incapacitated resulting from negligence.

PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATES & REGISTRATION PAPERS.

Every Fullblood and Purebred bull and female is out of registered parents and are eligible for registration and transfer with the Braunvieh Association of America unless they have an * in front of their number. All eligible animals, Fullblood, Purebred and McBEEF BUILDER Hybrids will be sold with a McBee Performance Certificate (MPC) furnished to the new buyer at no cost. The MPC has all the necessary performance information on that animal. If requested, a BAA registration paper will be transferred at no cost to the buyer on all eligible Fullblood and Purebred bulls and females. BAA registration papers can be provided on eligible McBEEF BUILDER Hybrid cattle, at an additional cost to the buyer, if requested.

McBEE SELECTION DAY BID PROCEDURE.

1. Register at desk and receive a Buyer’s Number 2. When you want to bid on an animal, put your Buyer Number on the line across from your $ bid on the bid sheet provided on each animal. 3. The first bidder on each animal can make his bid at the base price that is preprinted on each bid sheet. 4. You can record your bid on the bid sheets at any time and as many times as you want between 10 am to 2 pm. 5. On bulls, bids will be taken in $50 increments until the bidding on pens are closed about 2 pm.

On heifers, bids will be taken in $25 increments until the bidding on pens are closed. 6. We will begin closing the bidding on the bull pens starting around 2 pm with Pen 1. Subsequent pens will be closed as we move sequentially through the offering. Any buyers and only those buyers that have bid on an animal in that pen before closing, can then participate in the bid-off after the pen has closed. If needed, additional time will be taken to raise the bid at $100 increments for bulls and $50 increments for heifers. When the bidding stops, the high bidder on each animal is the new owner. 7. After the sales are completed in Pen 1, bidding will close on Pen 2 and the procedure will be repeated. This should allow you to select another animal if you don’t get your first choice. 8. If you were a bidder in any pen, but were not a successful buyer, you may place a bid on an animal in one of the other pens below that before the bidding closes on those. As mentioned above, we will move in numerical order until all bull pens are closed and then the same procedure will apply to the female pens. 9. When the bid sheet on a pen is removed and sent to the clerk’s table, you may settle up for your purchase with the clerk and be ready to load out as soon as an alleyway is cleared. 10. Both Buyer Number and $ Bid must be on corresponding lines on the bid sheet to be counted as a bid.

RATIOS VS. ACTUALS.

The reason we use ratios and EPD’s on our bulls is because we feel these are the best available indicators of genetic merit. Actual weights and some other actual performance measurements can tell more about management than genetic value. We have listed actual birth weights because we feel they have some importance as to the size and type of cow the bulls need to be used on. In our program, we have tried to keep birth weights at a moderate level while continuing to improve the growth of our cattle.

We have included as many measures as we believe best describes the genetic differences in our offering. The bulls have been ratioed in two contemporary groups: Purebreds and McBEEF BUILDER HYBRIDS. Obviously, when you ratio a group, half of the group are below the average of the group and half are above the average of the group. We think it more accurately rewards the better half in a larger group than a smaller one. None of our contemporary groups are very big, so some with below average ratios are still pretty good bulls. Please ask if you need other measures or additional information to help you make your selection.