Five Star
Sho Boat
Online Female and Frozen Genetics Sale
Video Sale Opens November 6, 2024 at 8:00 am CST
Video Sale Closes November 7, 2024 at 6:30 pm CST
Heifers are located at Grassy Lake Cattle Company south of Marquez,Texas for viewing prior to sale day.
Upon completion of purchase(s), please contact Cindy Holbert at 979-229-5165 to arrange payment. Heifers can be picked up at the conclusion of the sale and after payment has been made. Semen and embryos are located at Elgin Breeding Service. A release will be sent once payment has been received.
Directions to Grassy Lake Cattle Company
Located south of Marquez, Texas off Highway 79 and east on FM 3 approximatly 2 miles on the right. Turn right into the ranch entrance.
Grassy Lake Cattle Company 6472 FM 3 Marquez, Texas 77865
Yearling Weights and Measures
At sale time these sale cattle will not have their yearling weights and measures taken. Grassy Lake will keep the sale cattle until yearling weights and measures are taken and then buyer can arrange for transportation/pickup. This option is at buyer’s discretion.
Retaining Rights To One Embryo Flush
To simplify our female sale we will not retain breeding or embryo interests in any female in this sale. However, if any female goes into embryo production in her future, Grassy Lake Cattle Company will retain the rights on every female in the sale to one conventional embryo collection or IVF oocyte harvest at our expense.
Heifer Breeding Option
Grassy Lake Cattle Company will offer to keep any heifer sold in this sale for a prearranged breeding period to AI to any available Grassy Lake herd sire and then breed said heifer to Grassy Lake natural service sires. If interested in this program please contact Skylar Harris or Tracy Holbert to understand payment terms and details for this Heifer Breeding Option.
Contact
To bid online, just complete the following steps:
1. At www.dvauction.com click on the “Create New Account” tab
2. Follow the instructions to set up a new account.
3. Click on “Apply for Bidding” at least 24 hours prior to the sale. DVAuction will contact you once you have been approved to bid. A buyer’s number will not be provided until you have made a purchase.
4. After the sale, contact Cattle Brokers, Inc. at 979229-5165 or 979-255-4357 to make arrangements for payment and transportation.
Please note: High speed internet access is required to be able to bid.
Proxy bidding: If you can’t bid online, place a “proxy” bid through DVAuction. Follow the above steps and click the “Proxy Bidding” link under the sale listing. You can then place your maximum amount that you’d like to bid
Assistance during the sale: Please contact DVAuction at 402-316-5460 if you experience any problems with the bidding process.
Grassy Lake DONOR COW
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BWCC MS WIDE CENTER 313H28 ET
R10475472 Polled REG Free 9/22/20
BWCC SLICK 7B
BWCC HOT SHOT 192D31
BWCC CENTER SECTION 7F7
BWCC MS STATEMENT 192B48 UB10411375
BWCC MS DOC 7D6
BWCC DOC 111B6
BWCC MS FLIGHT DECK 7Z
MC SOMETHING SPECIAL 129W14
MC SPECIAL FORCES 924Y4
RBM MS SPECIAL FORCES 313A MISS NMSU 924 R10265306
MC RIGHT DIRECTION 624R
RBM MS RITE DIRECTION 313X3
RBM MS JOHN WAYNE 313R
• Unmatched genetic royalty whose pedigree has taken our breed by storm!
• This embryo sister to MC Sho Time 313H30 and MC Sho Boat 313H18 offers the rarest of genetic and marketing opportunities available in Brangus today!
• Sho Time and Sho Boat’s first calves created buzz that spread around like wildfire.
• At the 2024 Mound Creek Sale buzz became reality when 26 sons and daughters of Sho Time and Sho Boat averaged $38,096!
• During this same sale Sho Time set two new breed records when his son, MC Sho Me The Money 889K85, hit an all-time high at $300,000 and a daughter, MC Princess Diana 129L22, set the breed record at $200,000.
• Few sisters to Sho Time and Sho Boat hit the market so this an unheard of buying option to add this illustrious pedigree and elite quality female to any herd in Brangus!
• She sells with a bull calf at side sired by MC Five Star 541G30, born 10-8-2024 weighing 74 lbs.
Grassy Lake retains the rights to one embryo collection with a minimum of five transfer quality embryos produced.
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MC Sho Boat 313H18
Grassy Lake OPEN HEIFERS
GL MS FIVE STAR 313L6 ET
R10548399 Polled REG FREE 11/19/2023
BWCC BIG TOWN 192B16
MC FIVE STAR 541G30
MC MS RESOURCE 541A4
BWCC CENTER SECTION 7F7
BWCC MS WIDE CENTER 313H26
RBM MS SPECIAL FORCES 313A
Super Cow Prospect
• This young donor prospect is royally bred and offers the same pedigree as our high selling heifer from our 2023 Online Sale!
• Maternal grandam is the $120,000 313A that produced Sho Time, Sho Boat, Sho Nuff, and Final Time just to name a few elite ones!
• The daughters of our $160,000 Five Star have been in great demand throughout the breed.
• ELEVEN TRAITS in the BREED’S TOP 15% highlighted by a phenomenal set of Fertility Indicator values.
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Grassy Lake retains the rights to one embryo collection with a minimum of five transfer quality embryos produced.
GL MS SANTIAGO 889L12 ET
UB10548446 Polled UB2 FREE 10/12/2023
BWCC MERGER 468F9
MC SANTIAGO 541H30
MC MS RESOURCE 541A4
BWCC MCQUEEN 192E24
GL MS MCQUEEN 889J18
MC MS EXTRAVAGANT 889X4
One of Santiago’s Finest
• Stout featured, broody, super cow prospect, and destined for the donor barn!
• Considering all of the reported traits and indexes provided by IBBA this impressive powerful prospect offers FOURTEEN TRAITS in the TOP 20%!
• Dam is a maternal sister to MC Boulder 889Z14.
• She is highlighted by sensational fertility indicator values and completed by a great blend of calving ease, growth, maternal value, and carcass merit indicators!
• Her sire is a son of the $1,000,000 income earner MC Ms Resource 541A4.
Grassy Lake retains the rights to one embryo collection with a minimum of five transfer quality embryos produced.
MC Five Star 541G30
MC Santiago 541H30
Grassy Lake OPEN HEIFERS
GL MS FIVE STAR 192L4 ET
UB10548404 Polled UB2 FREE 10/3/2023
BWCC BIG TOWN 192B16
MC FIVE STAR 541G30
MC MS RESOURCE 541A4
BWCC BIG LAKE 111F4
SHCC MS BIG LAKE 192J12
BWCC MS CRUISE 192B62
Pedigree, Power, Phenotype
• She will compete for high selling honors and most assuredly brings a great look, incredible numeric values, and star-studded pedigree!
• Note her outstanding fertility indicator traits well blended with superior values for carcass, growth, maternal.
• She offers TWELVE TRAITS in the TOP 10% highligted by these just mentioned fertility traits!
• A full brother to SHCC Ms Big Lake 192J12 sold in Blackwater’s Final Time Sale for $50,000 and a full sister brought $25,000 in the 2023 ACE Sale.
• We have a set of ET brothers selling at the 2025 Mound Creek Sale that will compete for top dollar honors with several definite herd sire prospects!
• Many have suggested the young dam of 192L4 and 192L10, along with those young bulls selling next year, ranks as our top donor cow! Be hard to argue!
• This donor prospect checks all the boxes so look her up!
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Grassy Lake retains the rights to one embryo collection with a minimum of five transfer quality embryos produced.
GL MS FIVE STAR 192L10 ET
UB10548408 Polled UB2 FREE 10/6/2023
BWCC BIG TOWN 192B16
MC FIVE STAR 541G30
MC MS RESOURCE 541A4
BWCC BIG LAKE 111F4
SHCC MS BIG LAKE 192J12
BWCC MS CRUISE 192B62
Powerhouse Prospect
• What a pair of sisters! This super heifer, and GL Ms Five Star 192L4, offer undisputed proof of the quality we expect from their great donor!
• And don’t forget their herd sire prospect ET brothers selling next March at Mound Creek Ranch!
• We believe SHCC Ms Big Lake 192J12 is the best daughter of Big Lake in the entire breed!
• The pedigree of this great heifer is a Who’s Who of great icons of Brangus.
• TWELVE TRAITS and INDEXS in the TOP 10%!
Grassy Lake retains the rights to one embryo collection with a minimum of five transfer quality embryos produced.
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MC Five Star 541G30
BWCC Big Lake 111F4
Grassy Lake OPEN HEIFERS
GL MS FIVE STAR 192L9
UB10547720 Polled UB2 FREE 10/16/2023
BWCC BIG TOWN 192B16
MC FIVE STAR 541G30
MC MS RESOURCE 541A4
BWCC TANKS A LOT 192F42
BWCC MS TANKS A LOT 192H30
BWCC MS CHILL FACTOR 192A60
Outstanding Fertility Indicators
• Job One in any elite breeding program should be ensuring fertility and this well stacked heifer certainly fits that requirement!
• Her pictured maternal grandam is the donor dam of BWCC McQueen 192E24, the sire of the $100,000 BWCC Papillon 458G, the $100,000 BWCC Final Time 313H2, and the $50,000 BWCC Hugo 484H7.
• Her maternal sire, BWCC Tanks A Lot 192F42, is the best choice in the breed for adding IMF to a pedigree.
• Her sire Five Star is the $160,000 Big Town son!
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Grassy Lake retains the rights to one embryo collection with a minimum of five transfer quality embryos produced.
GL MS SHO BOAT 541L13
R10547712 Polled REG FREE 12/1/2023
BWCC CENTER SECTION 7F7
MC SHO BOAT 313H18
RBM MS SPECIAL FORCES 313A
BWCC TANKS A LOT 192F42
GL MS TANKS A LOT 541J14
MC MS RESOURCE 541A4
She’s a Sho Boat
• Impressive heifer, donor prospect, brood cow prospect and out of a full sister to the $45,000 MC Full Tank 541J26.
• Full Tank and the dam of this heifer are also maternal siblings to the $160,000 Five Star, $110,000 Boom Town, $75,000 Big Tex, and $48,000 Santiago.
• The immortal matriarch of this clan is the $1,000,000 income producer MC Ms Resource 541A4.
• GL Ms Sho Boat 541L13 will contribute TWELVE TRAITS and INDEXES in the TOP 15% of the breed!
Grassy Lake retains the rights to one embryo collection with a minimum of five transfer quality embryos produced.
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BWCC Ms Chill Factor 192A60
MC Full Tank 541J26
Grassy Lake OPEN HEIFERS
GL MS SHO BOAT 541L28 ET
UB10548420 Polled UB2 FREE 12/23/2023
BWCC CENTER SECTION 7F7
MC SHO BOAT 313H18
RBM MS SPECIAL FORCES 313A
BWCC MERGER 468F9
MC MS MERGER 541J6
MC MS RESOURCE 541A4
Maternal Giant
• These heifers are outstanding from end to end in this year’s offering!
• This genetic giant of a donor prospect heifer blends as many great cows in her pedigree as can be found!
• Consider RBM Ms Special Forces 313A, BWCC Ms Doc 7D6, BWCC Ms Overload 468D22, BWCC Ms Resource 10A10, Miss NMSU 924, SAV Blackcap May 4136, and the immortal MC Ms Resource 541A4!
• A remarkable heifer with FOURTEEN TRAITS in the TOP 25% of the breed!
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Grassy Lake retains the rights to one embryo collection with a minimum of five transfer quality embryos produced.
GL MS TABLE TOP 541L16 ET
UB10548414 Polled UB1 FREE 10/23/2023
BWCC BIG LAKE 111F4
MC TABLE TOP 948J18
MC MS CHILL FACTOR 948D5
BWCC MERGER 468F9
MC MS MERGER 541J6
MC MS RESOURCE 541A4
Rare Blend of Traits
• Another donor prospect and genomic giant with an outstanding blend of high-end fertility indicator values blended with sensational growth, carcass merit indicators, and maternal values.
• She is still in breed average for calving ease!
• Drive the country and not find a nicer blend of antagonistic traits blended to form the genetic map from this cool looking prospect!
• Her sire is impressively long ribbed with a huge top, big hip, and sired by the immortal Big Lake and out of the great donor cow MC Ms Chill Factor 948D5!
Grassy Lake retains the rights to one embryo collection with a minimum of five transfer quality embryos produced.
948J18
313H18
MC Ms Merger 541J6
MC Santiago 541H30
Grassy Lake OPEN HEIFERS
GL MS FIVE STAR 541L34 ET
UB10548423 Polled UB2 FREE 11/14/2023
BWCC BIG TOWN 192B16
MC FIVE STAR 541G30
MC MS RESOURCE 541A4
BWCC MERGER 468F9
BWCC MS MERGER 541H16
BWCC MS DOC 541F
High End Heritage in the Family
• The maternal grand dam of the next four heifers started this branch of a great set of 541 family members.
• BWCC Ms Doc 541F stems from a full sister to Cross Fit and sired by the balanced trait, good looking bull known as Doc.
• 541F scanned an IMF that measured 9.2% to ratio 194% after starting life at 61 lbs. growing to 102% WW ratio, 109% YW ratio, and 113% REA ratio!
• The dam of this cool heifer is BWCC Ms Merger 541H16 and she measured 8.4% for IMF.
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GL MS FIVE STAR 541L32 ET
UB10548422 Polled UB2 FREE 11/12/2023
BWCC BIG TOWN 192B16
MC FIVE STAR 541G30
MC MS RESOURCE 541A4
BWCC MERGER 468F9
BWCC MS MERGER 541H16
BWCC MS DOC 541F
Deep Sided and Broody
• ET sister to the previous heifer so look over those notes to learn the impressive history of this family tree.
• Additionally the following two heifers are each from the dam of 541L34 and 541L32.
• This heifer offers THIRTEEN TRAITS and INDEXES in the TOP 25% of better!
• She expertly blends calving ease with growth, milk, carcass potential, scrot, high end grid prospects, and fertility indicator traits.
• Doesn’t hurt she’s sired by our $160,000 Big Town son know as Five Star!
five transfer quality embryos produced.
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541G30
BWCC Ms Doc 541F
BWCC Merger 468F9
Grassy Lake retains the rights to one embryo collection with a minimum of five transfer quality embryos produced.
Grassy Lake retains the rights to one embryo collection with a minimum of
541A4
Grassy Lake OPEN HEIFERS
GL MS NAT RESOURCES 541L15
UB10547726 Polled UB1 FREE 12/1/2023
S A V RESOURCE 1441
SHCC NATURAL RESOURCES 313J6
BWCC MS MCQUEEN 313G2
BWCC MERGER 468F9
BWCC MS MERGER 541H16
BWCC MS DOC 541F
Long, Clean, Thick
• Economically framed heifer that is super nice, extralong, and squarely made.
• A natural daughter of BWCC Ms Merger 541H16 who is the excellent young donor cow that produced the two previous heifers and the heifer in the next lot!
• With these heifers from 541H16 their new owners will have calving ease, extra growth, plenty of milk, added carcass merit, and high end fertility.
• Her $75,000 sire is a rising star from the great 313 family and one we believe will leave a great legacy.
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Grassy Lake retains the rights to one embryo collection with a minimum of five transfer quality embryos produced.
GL MS TABLE TOP 541L18 ET
UB10548415 Polled UB2 FREE 11/2/2023
BWCC BIG LAKE 111F4
MC TABLE TOP 948J18
MC MS CHILL FACTOR 948D5
BWCC MERGER 468F9
BWCC MS MERGER 541H16
BWCC MS DOC 541F
Moderate, Clean and Thick
• Sire has ELEVEN TRAITS and INDEXES in the TOP 4%!
• Yes, ELEVEN TRAITS in TOP 4%!
• This heifer is stacked full of great ones including MC Ms Chill Factor 948D5 who is arguably the greatest daughter of Chill Factor in the breed!
• This blend of Big Lake, Chill Factor, Merger, and Doc offers a Who’s Who of highly accomplished and contributing sires from Brangus.
• Let’s not forget BWCC Ms Merger 541H16 who is the dam of four heifers in this offering.
Grassy Lake retains the rights to one embryo collection with a minimum of five transfer quality embryos produced.
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SHCC Natural Resources 313J6
MC Table Top 948J18
Grassy Lake OPEN HEIFERS
GL MS TABLE TOP 10L12 ET
UB10548432 Polled UB2 FREE 10/20/2023
BWCC BIG LAKE 111F4
MC TABLE TOP 948J18
MC MS CHILL FACTOR 948D5
BWCC PAPILLON 458G
SHCC MS PAPILLON 10J2
BWCC MS HOT SHOT 10G17
Impressive Genomics
• This nice-patterned heifer came from an outside ET calf raising program, so she started out well behind these others due to a substandard recipient.
• However, this genomic gem of a heifer offers incredible promise due to her pedigree, phenotypic design, and sensational genomic values.
• She offers TWELVE TRAITS and INDEXES in the TOP 10% blending incredible fertility values with growth, maternal, carcass prospects, and still better than breed average for birth!
• HF Ms Papillon 10J3 was a featured sale lot in a past Herndon Farms Sale and is an ET sister to the dam of this nice heifer.
• The grandam (BWCC Ms Hot Shot 10G17) of 10L12 was the pick of her age group at Blackwater, is Hot Shot’s finest daughter, and is now a featured donor at Mound Creek Ranch.
• Tracy thinks this might end up being the “buy of the sale”.
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Grassy Lake retains the rights to one embryo collection with a minimum of five transfer quality embryos produced.
HF Ms Papillon 10J3
GL MS BIG IRON 396L5
UB10547718 Polled UB2 FREE 10/16/2023
BWCC BIG TOWN 192B16
MC BIG IRON 889H38
BWCC MS TEN SPEED 889E56
MC FAVOR 936E
MC SHE’S FAVORED 396H
MC MS BIG TOWN 396E9
Double Bred to Big Town
• Her bottom side traces to Big Town and she is sired by a Big Town son we consider to be one of his best!
• MC Big Iron 889H38 is a calving ease specialist with predicted advantages for fertility, carcass merit, growth, and milk value.
• This big bodied, easy fleshing Big Town son should also sire nice udders, docility, and an attractive look to his offspring.
• Big Iron’s dam is pretty uddered, easy fleshing, big ribbed and out of BWCC Ms Elegido 889A28 who is one of Elegido’s finest daughters.
Grassy Lake retains the rights to one embryo collection with a minimum of five transfer quality embryos produced.
MC Big Iron 889H38
BWCC HOT SHOT 192D31
BWCC CENTER SECTION 7F7
MC SHO TIME 313H30
BWCC MS DOC 7D6 R10475474
MC SPECIAL FORCES 924Y4
RBM MS SPECIAL FORCES 313A
RBM MS RITE DIRECTION 313X3
BWCC BIG TOWN 192B16
MC BOOM TOWN 541F4
MC MS BOOM TOWN 889H85 MC MS RESOURCE 541A4 UB10479811
BWCC STRETCH 468D42
MC MS STRETCH 889G19
MC MS IGNITION 889D62
Selling: Twenty (20) straws of Sho Me The Money semen divided in five (5) lots of four (4) straws per lot. Prospective buyers will bid on a per straw basis and pay four (4) times the final bid price.
• Sho Me The Money is the $300,000 modern era record selling bull of the entire Brangus breed.
• He is massively constructed, big bodied, extra-long, huge hipped, and a definite fan favorite for all those in attendance at the 2024 Mound Creek Sale.
• He’s a sure fire copy of his incredible sire MC Sho Time 313H30 stemming from a daughter of the $110,000 MC Boom Town 541F4.
• The Sho Time progeny rang the big bell at the 2024 Mound Creek Sale averaging $47,147 for 17 sons and daughters! Certainly an understatement to say demand for this genetic line was solid!
• Sho Me The Money froze high quality semen at 13 months of age and we are expecting his first calves very soon as of this writing and prior to his second birthday.
• His semen has been outstanding in success rates both thru embryo transfer and AI use!
• Note birth to yearling spread, huge ribeye, and high end IMF value while gaining over 4 lbs. per day on test.
• He outranked all others in the elite Mound Creek sale starting life at 69 lbs. and then combining ratios of 118% for weaning, 116% at yearling, 112% for REA, and 120% for IMF.
A Plus 468J20
A PLUS 468J20
R10507115 Polled REG Free 12/1/21
MC BOULDER 889Z14
BWCC MONUMENT 10D7
MC PRIME PLUS 889G52
BWCC MS RESOURCE 10A10 R10449881
BWCC CROSS FIT 541B28
MC SHE’S FIT 889F6
MC MS DREAMLAND 889W15
S A V CHILL FACTOR 1418
BWCC SLICK 7B
MC MS SLICK 468E22
BWCC MS FLIGHT DECK 7Z UB10357269
MC REVELATION 129T
BWCC MS REVELATION 468Y12
MISS BRINKS CADENCE 468G15
Selling: Twenty (20) straws of A Plus semen divided in five (5) lots of four (4) straws per lot. Prospective buyers will bid on a per straw basis and pay four (4) times the final bid price.
• A Plus was the Mound Creek sale standout in 2023 and became our $155,000 selection due to his naturally great looks, pedigree quality, genomic value, and measured data set.
• Additionally, A Plus is the embryo brother to the $87,500 MC Ms Prime Plus 468L8, the big bodied, stout featured heifer that previously measured a high prime IMF value of 9.2%.
• Their dam, MC Ms Slick 468E22 is red carpet outstanding and destined to become “the donor” at Mound Creek.
• Their sire, MC Prime Plus 889G52 offers the highest proven IMF value in Brangus earning an astounding 1.18% IMF EPD value!
• A Plus is an easy natured herd sire that is excellent in a pasture breeding environment and never has a day one can’t imagine him lining up in the show barn.
• He is big bodied, perfectly sound, square at the corners, easy fleshing, great looking with numeric values to positively move any breeding program in the beef industry!
• A Plus has ELEVEN TRAITS or INDEXES in the TOP 25%, or higher, blending fertility with performance, carcass merit predictors, extra scrotal circumference, and top third pure milk value.
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MC MS STEALTH 889J30
UB10507130 Polled UB2 Free 11/20/21
Sire: MC Stealth 129H25 Dam: MC Ms Slick 889F38
Projected Non-Parent Pedigree EPD Values
MC FIVE STAR 541G30 UB10449606 Polled UB2 Free 12/4/19
Sire: BWCC Big Town 192B16 Dam: MC Ms Resource 541A4
889J30 x 541G30 SELLING: 5 UB2 Embryos $________ = __________
MC MS STEALTH 889J30
UB10507130 Polled UB2 Free 11/20/21
Sire: MC Stealth 129H25 Dam: MC Ms Slick 889F38
Projected Non-Parent Pedigree EPD Values
SHCC NATURAL RESOURCES 313J6
UB10491216 Polled UB1 Free 2/12/21
Sire: S A V Resource 1441 Dam: BWCC Ms McQueen 313G2
889J30 x 313J6 SELLING (19A): 5 UB1 Embryos $________ = __________ SELLING (19B): 5 UB1 Embryos $________ = __________
313H32
Sire: BWCC Center Section 7F7 Dam: RBM Ms
Projected Non-Parent Pedigree EPD Values
Sire: BWCC Center Section 7F7
Projected Non-Parent Pedigree EPD Values
x 889H38
Sire: BWCC Center Section 7F7 Dam: RBM Ms Special Forces 313A
Projected Non-Parent Pedigree EPD Values