American Red Angus Magazine: January 2015 Annual Bull Buyer's Edition

VOLUME 51, NUMBER 1

JANUARY 2015

Annual Bull Buyer’s Edition

Founded Founded by the by the Forbes Forbes family family in 1945, in 1945, Beckton Beckton RedRed Angus Angus hashas maintained maintained thethe longest longest continuous continuous performance performance testing testing program program in the in the industry. industry.

Beckton Beckton cattle cattle today today areare thethe commercial commercial producer’s producer’s solution solution for for complete complete performance, performance, combining combining maternal maternal andand functional functional traits traits together together withwith growth growth andand carcass carcass traits. traits.

Beckton-sired Beckton-sired calves calves areare highhigh sellers sellers on video on video sales, sales, andand replacement replacement heifers heifers andand females females sired sired

by Beckton

by Beckton bulls bulls areare highly highly sought sought after after by commercial by commercial cattlemen. cattlemen.

Combining Combining moderate moderate sizesize withwith easyeasy fleshing fleshing andand excellent excellent marmarbling, bling, Beckton Beckton genetics genetics areare alsoalso a #1a source #1 source for for producers producers of grass-fed of grass-fed andand specialty specialty beef. beef.

Of Of equal equal importance importance areare thethe functional functional traits traits which which result result from from a herd a herd thatthat must must produce produce yearyear after after yearyear on aonrotation a rotation between between thethe highhigh Bighorn Bighorn Mountains Mountains andand drydry Wyoming Wyoming range. range.

Structural Structural soundness soundness andand highhigh fertility fertility areare mandates mandates of the of the environment, environment, while while selection selection for for quiet quiet disposition, disposition, good good udders udders andand total total performance performance have have been been partpart of this of this program program for for many many years. years.

Beckton Beckton is dedicated is dedicated to the to the continued continued success success of our of our many many customers. customers.

AndAnd ourour customers customers return return yearyear after after yearyear for for thethe genetics genetics thatthat work. work.

The The Beckton Beckton ranch ranch officeoffice – – photographed photographed in 1899 in 1899 whenwhen it was it was George George Beck’s Beck’s original original homehome

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HERD STAYABILITY Beckton is the #1 Herd in the breed for Stayability, and has been for many years. 15 of the top 20 sires in the breed for Stayability are Beckton sires or descended from Beckton sires. Of the breed's entire 1,574 sires on the 2014 RAAA Sire Summary, 74 of the highest 100 sires for Stayability are also Beckton sires or descended from Beckton sires. These are the cattle that stay in your herd.

Serving our customers for 69 years, with industry leading genetics and the highest quality cattle.

LOW MAINTENANCE ENERGY This has also been the #1 herd for Low Maintenance Energy requirements for many years. 6 of the top 20 sires in the entire breed for lowest Maintenance Energy EPD are Beckton sires. No other cattle will do a better job cutting your cowherd maintenance requirement and saving you money.

The Beckton ranch office – photographed in 1899 when it was George Beck’s original home

Trish and Cam Forbes Beckton Julian B571

Call, write or email for a catalog www.becktonredangus.com becktonwyo@gmail.com 37 Beckton Drive • Sheridan, WY 82801 307-674-6095 • 307-674-8162 - Evenings Fax: 307-672-7281 Cam and Trish Forbes

EASY CALVING The #1 herd for easy calving, with the best average Calving Ease EPD of any major herd. 13 of the top 20 sires in the breed for low Birth Weight EPD are Beckton sires. No other genetics come close.

GROWTH from Birth to Market Beckton bulls are leaders in total rate of growth, from birth to market weight. The average birth weight EPD of our sale bulls last year was minus 4.0, and the average yearling weight EPD is plus 80.

Beckton cattle start with low birth weight and reach a high yearling weight - for marketability and less time and cost to market.

TOTAL PERFORMANCE IN THE MOST ECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT TRAITS – High reproduction rate; high calving rate; less time and cost to market weight; and lower total feed inputs and feed costs. Plus 69 years of selection for the convenience traits – good dispositions – cowherd fertility – good udders and milk – and structurally sound cattle well adapted to both high elevation in the Bighorn Mountains, and dry Wyoming range conditions.

Top Genetics and Smart Management Equal Superior Beef ...20

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Stem-Cell Research Unlocks the A.I. Barrier ...72

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Rollin Deep Progeny

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After being held off the open market since Rollin Deep Y118 sold on 2012, he will now be available to the entire Red Angus breed. Thistle Ridge and Silver Spur purchased Rollin Deep Y118 and have been excited about the impact he has had on their programs.

Rollin Deep Y118 is a powerful sire that does the cow man things right. His pedigree is well known for producing powerful cattle with exceptional feet, udders and fleshing ability. Rollin Deep’s dam, Bieber Tilly 399W, has become a centerpiece in our ET program and his sire, Bieber Roosevelt, has become the cornerstone to our commercial customers, producing thick cattle with great dispositions. Rollin Deep Y118 is the kind of bull that can leave positive impact in the breed for years to come.

If you are looking for a bull that sires great phenotype, power and makes balanced cattle with the ability to flesh, breed back, stay sound and productive for the long haul... Look no further!

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Board Commentary

RAAA Board of Directors President Kim Ford Bertrand, Nebraska thefords@crossdiamondcattle.com

First Vice President/ Area 3 Director - Rocky Mountain Kevin Miller Briggsdale, Colorado kmiller@wigginstel.com Second Vice President/ Region A Director Bob Morton Three Forks, Montana info@gmracattle.com

Region B Director Connie Mushrush Strong City, Kansas redcows@mushrushredangus.com Region C Director Johnny Rogers Roxboro, North Carolina jrrogers1968@gmail.com Area 1 Director - West Leonard Wood Sandpoint, Idaho woodvxranch@aol.com

Area 2 Director - Montana Bruce Ketchum Plevna, Montana ketchum@midrivers.net

Area 4 Director - Southwest Kyley DeVoe Justin, Texas flyingk3cattle@mac.com

Area 5 Director - Northern Plains Steve Koester Steele, North Dakota koester@bektel.com

Area 6 Director - Great Plains Newley Hutchison Canton, Oklahoma newley@chainranch.com Area 7 Director - Northeast John Langdon Benson, North Carolina johnlangdon5@gmail.com

Area 8 Director - Southeast Raymond Prescott Gray Court, South Carolina bullhill2@prtcnet.com Area 9 Director - Midwest Kurt Rich Vinton, Iowa richreds@aol.com

by Kim Ford, RAAA President

We can do amazing things together These are amazing times in the beef industry, and especially amazing in the Red Angus breed.

We continue to see growth, acceptance and demand. I've heard Red Angus referred to as the “best-kept secret” in the beef industry. Well, guess what? The cat is out of the bag.

There are many challenges before us.

These include living up to expectations and staying true to our core. As an association and as a breed, we are growing and developing. There are some growing pains.

There are some challenges. The Red Angus breed has historically been an "underdog," working diligently to prove its worth; working hard to create and market value.

That's what has brought us where we are.

A mentality of coming together with a common focus, standing together with great cattle and great people in a community – registered and commercial; feeder and packer; producer and consumer.

Our Association's Core Values are read before each and every board meeting. They are central to all decisions. In addition, each and every board meeting begins with prayer – another core value that is at the base of every decision.

We first must be vitally aware that the Red Angus Association of America IS a business. We must make decisions like a business. We must make decisions that won't necessarily please 100 percent of the people 100 percent of the time. We must put the good of the entire Association above personal interests at all times. It benefits all Red Angus stakeholders to see this as a business and run it as such.

Furthermore, the business keeps growing.

At a time when many breeds are shrinking, Red Angus is vibrant and growing ... and attracting more business. We're building that ever-important critical mass.

Increasing numbers of cattle producers are seeing the great blend of convenience and performance that make Red Angus cattle so desirable.

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I've written before that we need to keep the knife sharp in order to keep the quality up. We must build, but rigorously cull.

That's with the cattle, mind you. We must cull on the cattle side of our business and develop on the people side.

A business with strong core values, a strong product and a strong vision is set up well for success. The next component is the people to carry the values, product and vision.

Business IS people. Okay, this business is people AND cattle. But still. Business is people. Connections. Respect. Caring.

Service.

We are called by a Higher Power to love each other. We are called to serve each other. We are called to respond kindly to each other. Yep, that all got pretty mushy, didn't it?

You don't often equate business with a call to love one another. But look at any successful business and you'll see that serving people is the root of the success. And the root of serving people is genuine love and respect.

We have great people: look at Red Angus and you'll see staff and stakeholders alike, with uncommon dedication, knowledge, work ethic and service to a dynamic breed of cattle and to each other. We can do amazing things when we come together.

We need each other. Red Angus IS the leader of great cattle and great people. We need to concentrate on that. Let's lift each other up. Let's see the best in each other.

Let's build each other up. Let's live to serve each other and the cattle industry.

Let's encompass quality in cattle and people. Let's come together to cultivate a valued, welcomed, GOOD environment in Red Angus. ’Cause that's good for business and for life. ■

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Association Commentary

RAAA National Office

4201 N. Interstate 35 Denton, TX 76207 (940) 387-3502 • Fax (888) 829-6069 Email: info@redangus.org RedAngus.org

RAAA National Staff Chief Executive Officer Twig Marston Ext. 8 • twig@redangus.org

Director of Breed Improvement Larry Keenan Ext. 12 • larry@redangus.org Accounting Director Jeanene McCuistion Ext. 11 • jeanene@redangus.org

Director of Commercial Marketing Gary Fike Ext. 20 • gary@redangus.org

Director of Business Development Harold Bertz harold@redangus.org Marketing Programs Coordinator Chelsea Poe Ext. 4 • chelsea@redangus.org

Commercial Marketing Specialist Barrett Carlisle Ext. 16 • barrett@redangus.org

Media and Public Relations Coordinator Laurin Spraberry Ext. 17 • laurin@redangus.org ARA Publisher/Advertising Director Kevin LeMaster (515) 225-0051 kevin@redangus.org ARA Editorial Coordinator Tracey Koester tracey@redangus.org

Junior Programs Coordinator Dawn Bernhard (515) 679-4006 dawn@redangus.org

Database and Registration Consultant Kenda Ponder kenda@redangus.org Member Accounts Charli Crawford Ext. 3 • charli@redangus.org

Registry Manager Angelia Brooks Ext. 5 • angelia@redangus.org Registry Specialists Fax: (888) 829-6069

Lucila “Lucy” Meyer Ext. 7 • lucy@redangus.org Kay Hurley Ext. 6 • kay@redangus.org

Lori Ireland Ext. 18 • lori@redangus.org

DNA/Breed Improvement Projects Coordinator Halla Pfeiff Ext. 10 • halla@redangus.org

Interim Junior Programs Coordinator Katie Teague Ext. 14 • katie@redangus.org

by Twig Marston, RAAA Chief Executive Officer

Programs, People and Information As we celebrate the New Year, it’s the perfect time to reflect on yesterday and plan for tomorrow. Many factors related to the beef industry have changed this past year and have laid the groundwork for future endeavors.

Programs Two decades ago, in order to capitalize on the opportunities of the times, the Red Angus Association of America (RAAA) developed the commercially focused Feeder Calf Certification Program (FCCP). Looking back, the FCCP has become an industry leader to identify age, source and Red Angus genetics.

The FCCP has enrolled over 1.8 million head of Red Angus-influenced feeder cattle and replacement heifers that excel in the feedlot and in the pasture.

In 2012, we added the Allied Access tag program to assist our customers who were utilizing planned crossbreeding in their operations.

The Allied Access has guaranteed source and age verification to nearly 40,000 head of Red Angus customers’ cattle in just two years.

The RAAA has built relationships with video auction companies, sale barns and red meat distributors. Less than a year ago, we implemented the Choice+ Grid with Tyson Fresh Meats to reward carcass merit and profitability of high-quality Red Angus cattle. We will continue to promote these programs, all the while, creating new programs to capture even more Red Angus value and provide the greatest return on investment for Red Angus genetics.

People Our commercially focused marketing team has laid solid groundwork connecting segments of the beef industry. The team’s No. 1 goal remains to develop relationships between commercial producers and their customers – the feeders – helping them all realize the value of Red Angus genetics all the way to a positive eating experience for our consumers.

Looking forward, the Commercial Marketing Team is positioned to strengthen and grow these and new relationships up and down the

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beef production system. Their efforts will continue to focus on connecting cowherds to finishing programs, and finishing programs to the packing and food distribution companies.

Information Armed with both new and proven RAAA tools, Red Angus members are preparing data and information for bull sale season. Their Red Angus customers will be able to make selection decisions guided by EPDs, ERTs and selection indices that are backed by the most complete database in the industry.

The Red Angus database allows genetic merits to be reported for all phases of the production system including reproduction, maintenance, growth and carcass traits. This phenotype data, combined with 20 years of Total Herd Reporting and the sound science of genomic profiling, ensures Red Angus cattle are defined more accurately than cattle of any other breed.

HerdBuilder, the new Red Angus cowherd selection index, is developed specifically to aid commercial cattlemen in making decisions that will focus on their cowherd’s productivity and sustainability.

Similarly for feeder cattle, we developed the GridMaster Index to make genetic progress toward raising feeder calves that will excel in the feed yard and on the rail.

Members have been diligently collecting and reporting information to increase the power of the RAAA database. In the future, look for Red Angus members to continue to be innovative in technologies addressing genetic evaluation processes that are proven by science and driven by economics.

As you make your Red Angus bull selections this new year, buy with confidence knowing the programs, people and information of the RAAA are grounded in sound science geared towards creating profitable and sustainable cattle for commercial producers, feeders, packers and retailers.

I wish you a happy and prosperous New Year as we move forward together in 2015. ■

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GMRA PEACEMAKER 1216 Reg#: 1428993 | 014AR02065 JUSTICE x MISSION STATEMENT

Peacemaker is a calving ease sire that offers explosive growth in a moderate muscular package.

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Calving ease and carcass quality best describe this exciting young sire prospect.

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Marketing Update

by Chelsea Poe, Marketing Programs Coordinator

Happy New Year! January marks the start of the fast and furious bull sale season and we are sure that members and commercial producers are either getting sale catalogs ready or anxiously awaiting their arrival in the mail.

The Red Angus Association of America (RAAA) offers a variety of tools for sale preparation that can be found at redangus.org/marketing/sale-planner.

Sale Catalog Data Extracts Sale catalog data extracts are the first important factor in getting your sale catalog in order. RAAA can save you time and money with a sale catalog data extract – offered as a FREE service to RAAA members! By utilizing the data extract service, you are also ensuring your catalog information is accurate, complete and presented in a consistent format your customers are comfortable reading.

Sale Catalog Inserts RAAA offers a variety of sale catalog inserts to add to your spring sale catalog. Available are guides to EPDs and indices, information on the Feeder Calf Certification Program (FCCP) as well as the new Choice+ Premium Red Angus Grid.

Tag-Buying Program A new trend by RAAA seedstock producers is buying their bull customers a bag of tags for each registered Red Angus bull they purchase. If you’d like to start utilizing this type of customer service, an ad is available for your use. To learn more about how the tagbuying program works, contact Chelsea Poe at 940320-8316 or chelsea@redangus.org. Remember, only bulls 87.5% Red Angus or higher can qualify their progeny for the FCCP Yellow-Tag. Sale Terms and Conditions If you are new to the seedstock industry, you may be looking for basic information to start your sale catalog. RAAA provides suggested Sale Terms and Conditions for you to work from or include in your next sale catalog.

Red Angus Feeder Calf Special Sales 1/20 Missouri Valley Commission Co., Boonville, MO 1/23 Eastern Missouri Comm. Co., Bowling Green, MO 2/24 Missouri Valley Commission Co., Boonville, MO 2/27 Eastern Missouri Comm. Co., Bowling Green, MO

14 American Red Angus Magazine ■ January 2015

Gary Fike to Lead Red Angus Marketing Team

by Laurin Spraberry, Media and Public Relations Coordinator The Red Angus Association of America (RAAA) is pleased to announce its new Director of Commercial Marketing, Gary Fike.

Fike’s primary responsibilities will be to plan and direct marketing programs with a focus on increasing demand for Red Angus genetics.

“Gary brings to the Association not only a vast amount of knowledge in the beef industry, but has experience in connecting producers, feedlots and packers to reach a high-quality endpoint,” said Twig Marston, Association CEO. “We’re excited about his ability to lead our marketing team and see the positive aspect he will have on Red Angus stakeholders.”

Fike has 10 years of experience as a beef cattle specialist for Certified Angus Beef, LLC where he coordinated efforts with universities, feedlots and producers to drive the supply of Angus-sired cattle. He has also vast experience in extension work developing educational programs and conducting onfarm research pertaining to the cow-calf and feedlot industry.

"I am excited to begin working for the RAAA because I believe in the value of Red Angus cattle in today's beef industry climate,” said Fike. “They have so many great traits – maternal, calving ease, fertility, etc. – and superior carcass quality, which ultimately drives consumer demand for the cattle.”

Fike received his bachelor of science degree in vocational agriculture education from Oklahoma Panhandle State University, Goodwell, Okla., then went on to earn his master’s degree in ruminant nutrition from Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kan. He currently resides and will be based out of Westmoreland, Kan.

“This breed is very oriented to the commercial side of the beef industry and that will serve stakeholders well in the short-, mid- and long-term future,” said Fike. “I sincerely believe that Red Angus cattle are positioned for growth in these early stages of rebuilding the cowherd in the U.S. due to their widespread acceptance, and are adaptable to any area of the country."

Fike began his duties at the RAAA Dec. 8, and can be reached by email at gary@redangus.org.

We've Got You Covered!

Reputation Red Angus and Hybreds

700 Bulls Sell!

Dakota Bull and Female Sale February 23, 2015 Selling 100 Red Angus, Red Hybred and Red Simmental Bulls Glatt Livestock Center • Mandan, North Dakota • 1 PM CST LSF Takeover 9943W The "Only" way to access this great herdsire is through sons selling in these events...

No Semen For Sale.

Ozark Bull and Female Sale March 7, 2015

Selling 150 Bulls and 30 Females 18 month old and yearling bulls White’s Livestock Center • Diamond, Missouri • 1 PM CST

Spring Herdbuilder Sale April 11, 2015

LSF Saga 1040Y This exciting sire will once again be highlighted in our sale and many sales around the country this year.

Selling 250 Red Angus and Red Hybred Bulls 50 Private Treaty Bulls also for sale Weschenfelder Development Center • Shepherd, MT • 1PM MST

Fall Herdbuilder Sale November 6, 2015

200 Red Angus and Red Hybred Bulls Sell Weschenfelder Development Center • Shepherd, MT • 1PM MST

We’ve Got You Covered™ Program - Contact us for details Beckton Epic R397K This bull continues to sire some of the most balanced multi-trait cattle in the entire breed

We know it is going to be difficult to get a Red Angus Bull bought this next year with the current demand for Red Angus Genetics - Contact us about making sure your genetic needs are going to be "covered." If you need one bull or one truckload we have the supply to meet your needs.

Ryan Ludvigson Billings, Montana (406)534-4263 office • (515)450-3124 mobile rl_ludvigson@hotmail.com

Park Ludvigson Cushing, Iowa (712)384-2200 office • (712)229-3431 mobile parkludvigson@hotmail.com

Member Services Update

2015

Total Herd Reporting

Total Herd Reporting (THR) has been the foundation of the Red Angus Association of America for 20 years, and still stands true to the original ideas while allowing for an everchanging industry.

The objective of THR is to accumulate reproductive and performance data on all animals in the herd without controlling which animals will be registered. The purpose is to report either a calving record through weaning or a reason code as to why the female did not produce a natural calf.

With the requirement to report on all animals versus a select few, this eliminates bias towards elite animals and actually allows for elite animals to excel and inferior animals to be evaluated closer. The design is to work for all stakeholders, not against.

The information from THR is used to monitor overall reproductive performance, identify genetic, environmental and management areas in which to concentrate improvement efforts, assist in selection and culling decisions, and generate data for producing genetic predictions for reproductive traits.

All members are required to participate in THR and report information listed on the calendar of events.

• Report breeding herd inventory • Assessments are based off herd inventory (females only) • Report production and performance data • Report heifer exposure data/inventory (not required, but highly recommended) All information should be reported through its respective worksheet or online submission form. Members are encouraged to submit data electronically.

All herds are designated as spring or fall calving herds, which then determines when the above is due to the National Office. Spring calving season is January 1 to June 30, and fall calving season is July 1- December 31.

The herd inventory should include all females the breeder will be collecting production data on for the next 12 months.

Assessments The assessments associated with THR are on a per-cow basis versus per calf. The annual fee includes the reporting of each calf, whether registered or not and transfer is

16 American Red Angus Magazine ■ January 2015

Red Angus Dates to Remember JANUARY

• Jan. 2 – Statement Mailed • Jan. 2 – Spring Herd Inventory Requested • Jan. 28 – Fall THR 2nd Installment

FEBRUARY

• • • •

Feb. 2 – Statement Mailed Feb. 6 – Spring Herd Inventory Due Feb. 13 – Fall Heifer Exposure Due Feb. 25 – Fall THR 3rd Installment

• • • •

March 2 – Fall Birth & Weaning Data Requested March 2 – Statement Mailed March 13 – Spring No Progeny Requested March 27 – Fall THR 4th Installment

MARCH

APRIL

• April 1 – Statement Mailed • April 13 – Spring No Progeny Due • April 28 – Fall THR 5th & Final THR Installment • • • • •

MAY

May 1 – Statement Mailed May 8 – Fall Birth & Weaning Data Due for NCE (paper) May 15 – Spring Heifer Exposure Requested May 15 – Fall Birth & Weaning Data Due for NCE (electronic) May 29 – Spring InacƟvaƟons

JUNE

• June 1 – Statement Mailed • June 5 – Fall Herd Inventory Requested • June 30 – End of the RAAA Fiscal Year

JULY

• • • •

July 1 – Statement Mailed July 3 – Fall Herd Inventory Due July 29 – Annual Membership Dues Billed July 29 – Spring THR Assessment Billed

• • • •

Aug. 3 – Statement Mailed Aug. 14 – Spring Heifer Exposure Due Aug. 14 – Fall No Progeny Requested Aug. 27 – Spring THR 2nd Installment

• • • •

Sept. 1 – Statement Mailed Sept. 9-11 – Red Angus NaƟonal ConvenƟon Sept. 18 – Fall No Progeny Due Sept. 28 – Spring THR 3rd Installment

• • • • •

Oct. 1 – Statement Mailed Oct. 23 – Spring Birth & Weaning Data Due for NCE (paper) Oct. 28 – Fall InacƟvaƟons Oct. 28 – Spring THR 4th Installment Oct. 30 – Spring Birth & Weaning Data Due for NCE (electronic)

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

• Nov. 2 – Statement Mailed • Nov. 13 – Fall Heifer Exposure Requested • Nov. 25 – Spring THR 5th & Final THR Installment

DECEMBER

• Dec. 1 – Statement Mailed • Dec. 29 – Fall THR Assessment Billed

Orion Beef Group

Dakota Bull and Female Sale February 23, 2015 Selling 100 Red Angus, Red Hybred and Red Simmental Bulls

Reputation Red Angus and Hybreds

Glatt Livestock Center • Mandan, North Dakota • 1 PM CST A Sample of the Superior Outcross Bulls Selling in this Power Packed Event “CALVING EASE” BULLS THAT WILL LET YOU SLEEP ALL NIGHT LONG REG #

ID

1688024

4297B

HERD

97

GRID CED

53

9

YW

MILK ME

HPG

-3.4 60 102

BW

WW

30 -2

10

CEM STAY

6

7

MB

YG

0.82 0.07

CW

RE

FT

26

0.36 0.03

30

0.35 0.02

IRON ORE X LANCER L-297 X ROMEO • THE DAM REPORTS A 113 MPPA AND COMES FROM THE HISTORIC PINETA COW FAMILY

1688035

4399B

162

51

9

-1.5 64 105

24

3

14

8 15 0.47 0.05

EXT 7455 X B571 X BANDO 155 • A REAL OUTCROSS PEDIGREE THAT COMBINES SOME OF THE MOST MATERNAL SIRES IN THE ANGUS BREED

1688037

4398B

114

53

8

-3.3 73 109

20 -1

9

5

9

0.33 0.09

29

0.30 0.03

9

9

0.51 0.07

29

0.23 0.01

25

0.38 0.03

MOONSHINE X LANCER L-297 X ROMEO • THIS SUPER CALVING EASE BULL POSTED OVER A 750 LB AWW!

1684178

4301B

119

53

7

-4.2 67 110

25

8

12

EXT 216 X GRAND OSCAR X FUTURE DIRECTION • INTERESTING OUTCROSS PEDIGREE AND A 119 WEANING RATIO TO BOOT!

Red Crowfoot Moonshine 8081U The bulls are sired by many outcross bulls including Red Crowfoot Moonshine 8081U, Basin EXT 7455, Paringa Iron Ore P27, SRR EXT 216 and Bieber Hughes W109.

1684172

4330B

101

51

7

-1.5 62

96

20

1

12

5

8

0.57 0.05

SPITN IMAGE X CHALLANGER X FUTURE DIRECTION • FROM THE FAMED FLO MARIE COW FAMILY AND GREAT INDIVIDUAL TO HOLD UP THE LINE

“GROWTH” LEADERS THAT WILL SIRE THE MOST PAYWEIGHT! REG #

ID

HERD

1684156

4314B

123

GRID CED

53

6

BW

WW

YW

-0.2 82 125

MILK ME

14

HPG

2

11

CEM STAY

MB

YG

7 10 0.52 0.14

CW

RE

FT

44

0.39 0.04

43

0.17 0.02

MOONSHINE X FUTURE DIRECTION X EXT 7455 • LITERALLY OFF THE CHARTS FOR GROWTH WITH AN 82 LB WWEPD!

1684241

4327B

130

51

6

0.2 78 122

20 11

14

8 11 0.36 0.17

EXT 216 X FUTURE DIRECTION X WIDE SPREAD • COMBINE A 719 LB AWW, A 111 WEANING RATIO AND A DAM'S MPPA OF 104 INTO A VERY SMART PACKAGE

1684163

4348B

125

52

4

-0.1 76 103

16 -2

11

8 10 0.48 0.10

30

0.14 0.01

29

0.30 0.03

35

0.16 0.04

MOONSHINE X NO EQUAL X LOGAN 210 • ANOTHER BULL RIGHT AT THE TOP FOR GROWTH WITH AN OLD BUT GREAT PEDIGREE!

1688032

4390B

114

53

8

-3.3 73 109

20 -1

9

5

9

0.33 0.09

MOONSHINE X LANCER L-297 X ROMEO • THE MOONSHINE CATTLE GIVE A GREAT OUTCROSS PEDIGREE AND AWESOME PHENOTYPE

1684175

4332B

132

52

6

-0.7 71 111

22 10

10

8 12 0.46 0.18

EXT 216 X SUPER CONQUEST X CHALLANGER • THE EXT 216 SONS HAVE BEEN JUST PHENOMENAL

“HERDBUILDERS” THAT DO IT ALL RIGHT

Larson Flo-Marie 185 This breed legend has a tremendous influence in this sale and in the "Dakota" nucleus herd. Look for many herd bulls coming from this cow family.

REG #

ID

HERD

1684208

4354B

167

GRID CED

55

6

WW

YW

-4.6 68

BW

97

MILK ME

17

HPG

3

11

CEM STAY

MB

YG

CW

RE

FT

8 14 0.69 0.13

25

0.20 0.04

14

8 15 0.47 -0.07

0

0.35 0.02

12

6 15 0.40 0.11

27

0.15 0.02

HUGHES W109 X GRAND OSCAR X SALUTE • THE MOST BALANCED BULL IN THE ENTIRE OFFERING!

1688022

4394B

157

50

9

-1.5 64 105

24

3

EXT 7455 X B571 X BANDO 155 • GREAT INDEXES WITH OVER A 730 LB AWW AND A 105 MPPA DAM!!

1684189

4331B

151

51

5

-0.1 65

96

19

5

HUGHES W109 X ENERGIZER X SENSATIONAL • TOP 10% OF THE BREED FOR HERDBUILDER AND STAYABILITY!

1684220

4356B

151

51

7

-0.5 59

88

21 -2

12

9 14 0.68 0.08

21

0.16 0.02

13

10 14 0.30 0.04

20

0.41 0.04

SERGEANT X EXT 7455 X MAKE MIMI • TOP 25% OF THE BREED FOR 7 TRAITS AND INDEXES!

1684168

4318B

149

51

5

-2.9 62

92

26

5

HUGHES W109 X GOLD ROBBER X HEAVEN'S SAKE • THE BULL IN THE OFFERING THAT COMBINES MILK, MATERNAL AND STAYBILITY INTO A GREAT PACKAGE

“GRIDMASTERS” THAT WILL PUT YOU IN THE MONEY REG #

ID

HERD

1684165

4347B

130

GRID CED

53

1

YW

MILK ME

HPG

1.3 74 103

BW

WW

18 -5

11

CEM STAY

MB

YG

9 11 0.63 0.20

CW

RE

FT

32

0.02 0.03

WHEATLAND X MULBERRY X LOGGER • THIS 110 WEANING RATIO BULL IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST GRIDMASTERS IN THE OFFERING

1688033

4391B

114

53

8

-3.3 73 109

20 -1

9

5

9

0.33 0.09

29

0.30 0.03

10

6

7

0.82 0.07

26

0.36 0.03

0.84 0.08

30

0.30 0.02

29

0.36 0.02

MOONSHINE X LANCER L-297 X ROMEO • GREAT SPREAD BULL DOES A LOT OF THINGS RIGHT

1688023

Red Hybred and Red Simmental Bulls Our Red Hybred and Red Simmental bulls are just outstanding. We will have 30 of these bulls in the offering with numbers and phenomenal phenotype.

4299B

97

53

9

-3.4 60 102

30 -2

IRON ORE X LANCER L-297 X ROMEO • THIS OUTCROSS BULL KNOCKS IT OUT OF THE PARK FOR CARCASS TRAITS!

1684236

4334B

70

52

3

-0.4 59 100

25

0

11

6

1684192

4335B

120

52

6

-0.7 68 101

18

0

9

-1 13 0.65 0.05

BREAK THRU X MAKE MIMI X CHEROKEE CANYON • SIRED BY ONE OF THE MOST FEED EFFICIENT SIRES IN THE BREED

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Contact us to be put on our mailing list!

6

IRON ORE X TREND X CHAPPARAL • RANKS IN THE TOP 5% FOR MARBLING AND TOP 20% FOR BOTH RIBEYE AND GRIDMASTER

Ryan Ludvigson Billings, Montana (406)534-4263 office • (515)450-3124 mobile rl_ludvigson@hotmail.com

Park Ludvigson Cushing, Iowa (712)384-2200 office • (712)229-3431 mobile parkludvigson@hotmail.com

www.ludvigsonstockfarms.com

South Dakota...

Your Show & Sale Central!

Sioux Empire Farm Show

Thursday, January 29th, 2015 Sioux Falls, SD Show 9:30 am • Sale 2:00 pm Selling Bulls & Females!

Contact: Dean Odden (605)943-5601 Barb Curruthers (605)529-6325

Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo Thursday, February 5th, 2015 Rapid City, SD Show 8:30 am • Sale 1:00 pm Selling Bulls & Females!

Social and Semen Auction 6:30 pm on Wed. Feb. 4th (Holiday Inn) Contact: Brad Grill (605)891-3041 Brandon Mitchell (605)837-2794

Watertown Winter Farm Show Wednesday, February 11th, 2015 Watertown, SD Show 10:00 am • Sale 2:00 pm Selling Bulls & Females!

Contact Person: Jared Namken (605)881-3845

Member Services Update

at no additional charge provided the transfer application is received within 60 days of the date of sale. This encourages members to register and transfer all animals necessary.

Be aware time periods are allotted to do so, otherwise non-compliance will be subject to an additional fee. The assessments of THR may be paid in full at the time of billing or completed in five monthly installments or less to help stakeholders manage cash flow of their operation.

Advantages The requirement of THR has made for increasing confidence of the breed’s Expected Progeny Differences (EPDs). All EPDs benefit from collective data being reported, for example Heifer Pregnancy and Stayability.

These two EPDs along with the HerdBuilder Index make Red Angus exceptional in completely describing the essential cowherd traits.

The Gridmaster Index, allows for focus on carcass traits, but has a component that includes maternal EPDs, thus, the continued importance of THR. Placing selection pressure on these traits will have direct impact on your marketed product (weaned calves, yearlings and carcasses sold) can certainly increase your revenue on a per-calf basis. However, in order to achieve the higher goal of increased revenue per cow exposed, selection pressure must be placed on cowherd-building traits – Calving Ease, Heifer Pregnancy, Maintenance Energy and Stayability.

With a fluctuating industry, EPDs are what make new marketing ideas possible, such as Genomic Merit DNA tests. It is also important to report as much data as possible. This includes calving ease, udder scores, body condition scores, cow weights, ultrasound and carcass data.

As producers in a growing world, we are continuously asking more of our cattle. The best way to improve our production is to measure further and evaluate closer.

Therefore, THR gives Red Angus stakeholders the opportunity to exceed above the rest.

A new year is a great time to review the Total Herd Reporting Annual Schedule. To help our members accomplish each requirement, we sent a THR calendar from the National Office in the mail. Members can also find it on the web site at redangus.org/registration.

www.southdakotaredangus.com 18 American Red Angus Magazine ■ January 2015

To meet Step 1 of THR after January 1, it will be time to update your spring herd inventory for 2015. The herd inventory is available online via Member Data-REDS. Also, report Fall 2014 calving data through weaning. ■

Orion Beef Group

Ozark Bull and Female Sale March 7, 2015

Selling 150 Bulls and 30 Females 18 month old and yearling bulls

Reputation Red Angus and Hybreds

White’s Livestock Center • Diamond, Missouri • 1 PM CST

We’ve Got You Covered™ Program Contact us for details

The Bulls and Females are born, raised and developed in the Midwest A Sample of the Superior Outcross Bulls Selling in this Power Packed Event CALVING EASE PROSPECTS - The Sleep All Night Bulls REG #

ID

HERD

4650B

1689594

164

GRID CED

56

BW

WW

YW

15 -8.2 57 100

MILK ME

28

5

HPG

CEM STAY

15

MB

YG

CW

RE

FT

2 13 0.74 0.17

18

0.18 0.06

3 12 0.98 0.08

21

0.55 0.07

REDEMPTION X ENTERPRISE X BIG SKY • This top calving ease prospect had a 60# BW and over a 700 lb AWW!

4657B

1689588

156

57

14 -7.8 61 104

24

3

13

REDEMPTION X EXPECTATION X RIBEYE • BIG TIME herd bull prospect from the Crystal cow family with over an 800 lb AWW!

4073B

1682028

121

53

13 -1.7 74 132

28

8

10

7

9

0.44 0.33

47 -0.04 0.05

REDEMPTION X ENTERPRISE X ENTERPRISE • A maternal brother to Conqueror with an 812 lb AWW and a 114 WR!

4046B

1681963

155

55

13 -5.5 70 120

24

6

12

6 12 0.72 0.12

33

0.14 0.01

5 18 0.57 -0.06 26

0.67 0.02

REDEMPTION X BIG SKY X NONE HEAVIER • From the Della cow family and ranks in the top 25% of the breed in 12 traits!

115A

1652559

177

53

13 -5.2 67 107

19

2

4

CONQUEST X PACKER X ROMEO • Ranks in the top 5% of the breed for CED, BW, STAY and REA!

HXC Conquest 4405P The legend in the making, siring consistent calving ease bulls.

GROWTH PROSPECTS - These are the bulls that will "push" the scales down REG #

ID

HERD

A843

1698649

106

GRID CED

51

1

BW

WW

YW

1.5 80 110

MILK ME

16

6

HPG

13

CEM STAY

MB

YG

CW

RE

FT

4 10 0.47 0.06

34

0.20 -0.01

TRES TIEMPO X PACKER X GRAND SLAM • Top 1% of the breed for WW and the highest bull in the offering!

B034

1700364

110

52

5

-0.8 79 127

18

8

10

7 10 0.45 0.10

36

0.23 0.01

7

10

3 10 0.48 0.13

36

0.01 -0.01

4 14 0.64 0.28

48

0.06 0.04

0 13 0.75 0.11

34

0.01 -0.01

PACKER X T162 X TOP HAND • A great prospect with a 115 WR and out of a 106 MPPA Dam!

B174

1700315

100

52

2

1.0 79 114

15

STAMPEDE X TRES TIEMPO X FERDINAND • The Stampede sons were highly sought after in last year's sale

164A

1652601

145

53

2

0.6 78 130

26

4

16

EPIC R397 X HOBO X MAJOR • Off the charts WR of 120 and out of a fantastic dam that reports a 111 MPPA!

33B

1671023

149

55

5

-2.9 75 116

20

3

19

PARAMOUNT X BIG SKY X MISSION STATEMENT • Well balanced herd bull prospect that ranks in the top 5% for both WW and YW and with a 105 MPPA Dam!

HERDBUILDER PROSPECTS - All around breed specialists that will build great cowherds REG #

ID

HERD

32B

1671022

202

GRID CED

57

BW

WW

YW

14 -6.6 61 104

MILK ME

22

2

HPG

16

CEM STAY

MB

YG

7 16 1.03 0.10

CW

RE

FT

22

0.20 0.03

13 19 0.76 -0.07 27

0.47 -0.01

6 18 0.85 0.02

28

0.37 0.01

14

4 17 0.70 0.22

30

0.34 0.08

15

3 15 1.00 0.22

36

0.24 0.06

REDEMPTION X TURBO X COMMITMENT • Check out the Herdbuilder Index on this bull - most likely one of the top bulls to sell all year!

BROWN JYJ REDEMPTION Y1334 This bull is fast becoming a super sire in the breed and we have several sons in the offering.

39B

1671028

199

53

9

-3.5 65 104

13

3

6

PARAMOUNT X MISSION STATEMENT X CELEBRATION • The Highest Stayability bull in the entire offering!

42B

1671031

198

55

11 -4.1 69 107

9

3

9

TOOL TIME X PACKER X TRENDSETTER • 8 Traits in the top 25% and both indexes in the top 2% of the breed!

4656B

1689586

189

55

11 -3.7 67 110

15

3

NIGHT CALVER X JEWEL MAKER X HEVN OR BUST • A great balanced bull that hits on all cylinders!

4090B

1682170

188

57

13 -4.3 74 122

19

3

REDEMPTION X PACKER X BIG SKY • The only bull in the offering that ranks in the top 1% of the breed for both Herdbuilder and Gridmaster Indexes!

GRIDMASTER PROSPECTS - "Premium" bulls that will provide the best returns REG #

ID

HERD

4109B

1681810

179

GRID CED

57

6

BW

WW

YW

-4.2 63 106

MILK ME

27

5

HPG

17

CEM STAY

MB

YG

3 16 1.16 0.22

CW

27

RE

FT

0.44 0.10

EPIC R397 X P707 X SHAZZAM • At the top of the charts for Gridmaster and Marbling, definite herd bull prospect!

49B

1685754

120

56

8

-3.1 67 104

23

4

6

5 10 0.74 0.32

27 -0.11 0.07

SAMURAI X CONQUEST X GLADIATOR • Ranks in the top 20% of the breed for CED, BW, WW, YW, Milk and Marbling!

410B

1685725

115

56

5

-5.0 60

92

21

9

11

6

9

0.85 0.17

17

0.15 0.06

6

-1 15 0.89 0.00

19

0.48 0.03

8 14 0.84 -0.03 33

0.66 0.02

SAMURAI X STONEWALL X BUSTER • A very uique pedigree on this exceptional carcass prospect!

45B

Beckton Epic R397K This bull continues to sire some of the most balanced multi-trait cattle in the entire breed

1685729

138

54

8

-4.8 58

95

20

0

CONQUEST X MASTERMIND X CHEROKEE • Great combination of Marbling and Ribeye in this superb herd bull prospect!

4089B

1681809

159

53

7

-1.4 70 109

16

5

16

BOXED BEEF X B571 X LOGAN • Excellent combination of calving ease, growth, maternal and carcass quality and yield!

Contact us to be put on our mailing list!

Ryan Ludvigson Billings, Montana (406)534-4263 office • (515)450-3124 mobile rl_ludvigson@hotmail.com

Park Ludvigson Cushing, Iowa (712)384-2200 office • (712)229-3431 mobile parkludvigson@hotmail.com

www.ludvigsonstockfarms.com

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by Teres Lambert for American Red Angus Magazine

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“We fell into a pot of gold when we entered the cattle business nine years ago,” said Michael Wasson, Prairie Dog Creek Cattle Co., of Dresden, Kan. “We bought a turnkey operation – the farm, the house, the facilities, everything including the cowherd – that was the result of Merlin Anderson’s life’s work.

The Wasson family: Michael holding Mitchell, Kelly with Macy, and Michaela

“The cows we purchased helped Merlin and his wife Bonnie earn the 1997 Beef Improvement Federation’s Commercial Producer of Year award. Merlin and Bonnie were light years ahead of most commercial cowmen when it comes to collecting performance data and putting it to use,” said Wasson.

“The challenge for us now is to honor Merlin and Bonnie by keeping the herd moving forward. That means not settling and making smart management decisions.”

The Matriarchs of the Program The Anderson cowherd Wasson adopted was comprised primarily of halfblood Simmental-Red Angus and quarter Simmental, three-quarter Red Angus females. A fan of crossbred commercial cows, Wasson continued to employ the Anderson philosophy of using Red Angus bulls. Today, the herd is more heavily influenced with Red Angus.

Prairie Dog Creek Cattle Co.’s cows are divided into spring and fall herds. The majority of the cows calve from February 1 to the end of March while the fall herd calves from September 1 to the end of October. Wasson will move a cow from the spring herd to the fall program if she is in the top 20 percent and comes up open, but females ranking below the magic 20 percent mark don’t get a second chance.

“We sell our poorer producers and those that don’t breed and fit into our 60-day calving window,” Wasson said. “We don’t sell a female because of her age. I’m big on keeping a female as long as she’s productive. I believe you don’t get an accurate picture of a cow and her producing ability until you’ve seen what she has done at six years of age.”

This cowman is a fan of older, proven cows – the ones that calve, cycle, breed in the tight 60-day window and wean a scale-busting calf year after year.

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He added that in 2012 the herd was reduced by 20 percent due to drought. While Wasson admitted that cutting that deep was painful at the time, he now sees the move as a good one as he culled cows that weren’t performing as well as others.

Wasson retains about 10 percent of the heifer calves as replacements. “Our replacement heifers are a mix of heifers out of the older proven cows plus heifers out of our younger females that were A.I.ed,” he explained. “The heifers out of the younger females are our freshest genetics – the best genetics available to us. The heifers out of the older cows have the proven genetics – what’s been working best in our herd.”

While the commercial operation produces some outstanding heifers that many fellow commercial producers would want in their herd, Prairie Dog Creek Cattle Co. doesn’t market any replacement heifers. The premiums the ranch receives from feeding out the heifers at home in the feed yard and selling them as fat heifers on the grid typically surpasses the extra dollars they might have received as replacement heifers.

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Collecting Data is the Easy Part Wasson said having Merlin Anderson as a mentor underscored the importance of collecting and using data to make management decisions.

“Collecting data is easy,” he said. “Making the data do something for you is the challenge.”

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Cows are expected to meet strict performance criteria while breeding back in a 60-day window.

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Our Program

Ludvigson Stock Farms is a family operation established in 1954. Our roots are based in the commercial cow calf and cattle feeding sectors. We understand what is needed to be successful in these areas and it has shaped our breeding philosophies in the genetics that we produce.

Our Ranches

The Elite Nucleus herd runs on our "home" ranch located 10 miles south of Lewistown, Montana in the Snowy Mountains.

We also have an advanced genetics center located in Iowa where our parents began farming over 50 years ago. In addition to these ranches we have established regional ranch centers in Mandan, North Dakota and Raton, New Mexico.

Our Genetics

We have established a breeding philosophy that incorporates optimizing multiple traits without over emphasizing any single trait. Our herd sires Expectation and Packer are perfect examples that balance all traits and produce least cost cattle with exceptional phenotypes. Our next generation of herd sires such as Takeover, Nextpectation, Night Calver and Saga continue this tradition and headline the bulls that we will be selling in this event.

Our Bull and Heifer Development

We develop our bulls and females at the Weschenfelder Development Center just outside of Shepherd, MT. The bulls are fed a high roughage ration designed to produce a 3.0 lb ADG with 0.2 of an inch back fat. The replacement females are fed a carrying ration and we have maintained over an 80% first service AI conception rate on our females. The cattle are developed for large rugged environments.

Our Team

The LSF team includes not only our family but our managers, cooperators and customers. It takes a team to remain competitive in the industry today and we value the input from all of our team members.

Our Key Members:

• Ryan Ludvigson – is our main marketing representative and oversees the cowherd and development operations in Montana.

• Park Ludvigson – is our main breeding specialist, managing our embryo collection and transfer program as well as our embryo export program.

• Rodger Reitman – Our main reproductive specialist and development manager – numerous years experience with seed stock and commercial herds.

• Kraig Sweeney - Our ranch manager that oversees the Elite Nucleus Herd in Lewistown. Well qualified with years of experience in seedstock and commercial cow calf production.

• Weschenfelder Family – operate the Weschenfelder Development Facility and are responsible for the development of our bulls and replacement females.

• Cooperators – Well known and historic cooperating families (Raisland, Tilleman, Bootjack and Knaub)

Our Customers

Our customers play an integral and ongoing part in our breeding program. It would be impossible for us to remain competitive without constant input by our customers. Our customer's environments range from the High Desert to the High Plains and from the Midwest to the Rio Grande. Adaptability of our genetics has been the key to why our customers come back year after year.

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Again this year, every bull will have a $Profit Index. This index ranks cattle on their ability to return “profit” to the beef industry.

We believe that this index will simplify the selection process for our customers and move their operations in the right direction faster in this competitive market. Please contact us to visit about this ground breaking index as well as to receive materials that explain the process in more detail.

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The cows are is predominantly Red Angus with a Simmental influence for hybrid vigor, performance, marbling and yield.

Wasson doesn’t allow data to just accumulate in his office.

He uses performance data – including carcass data on the offspring of each female and daily gain records – to determine where he needs to focus on improving his herd and which A.I. sires to use on which females.

Data analysis also has him rethinking his bull program. With a heavy influence of Red Angus in his cows, Wasson also uses hybrid bulls that are Red Angus crossed with a Continental breed.

“I chose to crossbreed not only because Merlin was a fan of it but because crossbreeding gives you that hybrid vigor, more pounds at weaning and can improve fertility and cow longevity,” Wasson said. “I love my Red Angus cows and want to get the most out of them.”

Wasson is particular about where he shops for bulls. He and his wife have a handful of breeders that they are comfortable with and those breeders get their bull business.

“I like to do business with a person I know,” Wasson stated.

“I like to meet a seedstock producer face to face, and build a relationship with him or her. I also like to look at the type of cattle they raise and know their breeding philosophy.”

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Prairie Dog Creek Cattle Co. has an intensive A.I. program.

This past summer, he synchronized and A.I.ed all of the heifers one cycle, then A.I.ed 70 percent of his top-end cows one cycle as well. Next year, he plans to A.I. all of the cows.

He turns out bulls for 30 days, using a single-bull-to-a-single-pasture program.

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The Bull Investment Knowing the impact a bull has on a herd for generations to come, Wasson is particular about the bulls he purchases.

A couple of years ago, Wasson changed his program by purchasing two different kinds of bulls with different end targets. He selects one set of bulls for their maternal strength and uses them on his best cows with a goal of producing future replacement heifers. Wasson views these bulls as an investment in his heifers.

He selects the other set of bulls or their growth and carcass traits with a goal of producing calves that will perform well in the feed yard and on the rail.

“I’ll wear out a bull sale catalog before ever attending a sale,” Wasson said. “I like to go through a sale catalog and look at pedigrees and performance data to determine what bulls meet our two different sets of criteria. My wife Kelly grew up a ranch girl and definitely knows a good bull when she sees it. I’m lucky to have her help when we are going through the pens at a bull sale.

“Kelly and I go through the sale offering and score each bull among our top picks on conformation – and that includes good feet. We’ll walk away from a bull if he’s flighty. We’re always seeking that even-tempered, structurally sound meat wagon that excels in the growth traits and in marbling.”

Wasson is among the few buyers who will look at a bull with a heavier birth weight. He said his acceptance of a heavier birth weight – even 100 pounds – often lets him and Kelly buy a really good buy bull for less.

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Wassons chooses to crossbreed for more pounds at weaning and improved longevity in his cowherd.

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“We have some bigger, framier cows, and our cows can handle a bull with a birth weight that goes above what many other breeders don’t find as acceptable,” he explained. “I know a lot of cowmen who wouldn’t look twice at a bull with a 100-pound birth weight, but we can.”

While Wasson said they can pay a bit more for a bull because they use him twice a year with a spring-breeding and a fall-breeding seasons, the couple has a set price point when it comes to buying bulls. The average price they expect to pay for a bull is the price of five head of fat cattle.

Wasson said the question he asks himself after every bull purchase is, “Did we improve ourselves?”

“Buying a bull is like getting a Christmas package that you can’t open for two years or more,” he said. “While we’re excited when we buy the bull, we have to wait to see if he’s everything we thought he was. That means waiting until the carcasses of the offspring are hanging on the rail or waiting until his daughters are in production.”

Good Beef The young, progressive cattleman’s emphasis on using A.I. sires and natural service bulls strong in growth and carcass traits is buying nice dividends. His steer calves typically wean off averaging 700 to 725 pounds while their heifer counterparts average 650 to 675 pounds.

Prairie Dog Creek Cattle Co. has also earned the coveted GridMaster Award for six consecutive years. The Red Angus Association of America (RAAA) recognizes ranches and feeders that demonstrate their ability to combine superior genetics and precise marketing to produce a quality end product in a high-yielding package.

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Wasson feeds out his calf crop in his own feedlot then markets them on the Red Angus Choice+ Grid through Tyson Fresh Meats.

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Wasson enrolls his calf crop in the Feeder Calf Certification Program (FCCP) through RAAA, verifying the Red Angus genetics of his calves, as well as source and age with the USDA. The FCCP not only makes his calves eligible for the GridMaster Award, but more importantly, opens the door to marketing opportunities.

Armed with data and knowing their genetics, Wasson said it just made sense to retain ownership of their calves and use the Red Angus Choice+ Grid through Tyson Fresh Meats.

“We did just what Merlin did,” he said. “Merlin is one of the best cattlemen around, and he raised the kind of calves that you wanted to retain ownership of.”

If the Choice+ Grid had been available when Merlin ran cattle, Wasson is certain Merlin would have sold his cattle on it.

“Earning a GridMaster Award tells us our program is on track,” Wasson said. “Our goal is to make money while providing today’s consumer with a satisfying eating experience.

When you’re producing 85 percent or more Choice and Prime, 95 percent or more Yield Grade 2s and 3s and hitting a grid score of 100 or more, that’s some good beef.

Wassons retain the top 20 percent of their calves to sell privately to customers wanting high-quality beef.

“And we’re not even putting our top end in the program.

The top 20 percent of our calves go to the local butcher.”

Word-of-mouth has helped Prairie Dog Creek Cattle Co. build a reputation as a source for high-quality beef and the ranch now sells directly to consumers. Customers from as far away as Denver and Texas order a quarter, half or full beef – and most drive to the Dresden, Kan., area to pick up it up after processing.

“We ultrasound, identify the top 20 percent of the calves coming out of our on-farm feed yard and sell this beef directly to consumers,” Wasson states. “Each customer works directly with the butcher, specifying how they want their beef cut and packaged.”

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“I like it when a customer tells us about their positive experience eating our beef,” Wasson smiled. ■

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In particular, the supply of replacement-quality heifers is in short supply and the demand is excessive, which has provided the perfect environment for extreme prices being required to capture high-quality replacement commercial females. With such investments, producers must be confident of those females’ genetic ability to remain productive long-term and ultimately provide a positive return. Recognizing this need, the Red Angus Association of America (RAAA) has developed the Herd Navigator genetic profile.

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WOOD V BAR X RANCH ONE OF THE NORTHWEST’S LARGEST REGISTERED RED ANGUS HERDS HIGH MATERNAL, EASY HANDLING CATTLE WITH OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE

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481649 Hwy. 95 • Sandpoint, Idaho 83864 (208) 263-5246 • (208) 265-5572 fax (208) 290-7782 cell • (208) 255-6025 Ben Cell treemeatreds@aol.com • woodvbarxranch.com

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Scott Bachman 660-247-1112

Dwight Harper 660-542-4033

Randy Meyer 660-788-2066 Steve Meyer 660-998-3044

Craig Bieber 605-216-8169 Office 605-439-3628

2014 ARA Magazine Photo Contest Winners

Grand Prize (Youth): Carlie Piercy, Clinton, North Carolina

Grand Prize (Adult): Tyler Hardy, Philadelphia, Mississippi

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2014 ARA Magazine Photo Contest Winners

General Ranch Life: Carissa Koopman, Sunol, California

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Winter Pasture: Kelly Massey, Cabool, Missouri

2014 ARA Magazine Photo Contest Winners

Fall Pasture: Stephanie Schuler, Bridgeport, Nebraska

Summer Pasture, Paul Haugen, Lewistown, Montana

Bull Sale March 25, 2015 11:00 a.m. (MST) Sterling Livestock Commission Sterling, Colorado

Selling 50 Red Angus and 10 Black Angus Yearling Bulls plus 20 Red Angus Yearling Heifers Our bulls and heifers are backed by a maternally oriented cow herd that is run like area commercial cattle. The sale cattle ZLOO EH LQ ´ZRUNLQJµ FRQGLWLRQ QRW RYHU IDW 7KH GDPV DUH XGGHU VFRUHG WKH FDOYHV DUH FXOOHG IRU SHUIRUPDQFH ELUWK weight, disposition and structure. Check out our website and Facebook page for more photos and sale information.

Watch for video of sale lots and live coverage of our sale on DVAuction.com!

Axtell Cattle Company Brian and Jamie Jo Axtell PO Box 21 Anton, CO 80801 970-383-2332 www.axtellcattlecompany.com

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Maybe it is time for you to check out an AXTELL BULL!

2014 ARA Magazine Photo Contest Winners

Spring Pasture: Linda Campbell, Dunnegan, Missouri

Calves: Robert Shell, Auburn, Washington

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Cow/Calf Pairs: Katherine Plessner, Verona, North Dakota

S DIAMOND ANGUS Saturday, February 28, 2015 11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. CST Check out all the bulls at: sdiamondangus.com

In honor of our 25th bull sale, we are auctioning buyers choice of our replacement heifers (one black & one red).

ANGUS BULLS 29 Yearlings & 2 Two Year Olds

RED ANGUS BULLS 28 Yearlings

Sires Include:

Sires Include:

Identity, Dante, Mr Aberdeen, Pfred, Designers Pride & Double Vision

Conquest, Riptide, Pinnacle, Card Shark, Sterling & Heaven or Bust

Full EPD’s, Performance Data, Ultrasound, Pelvic and Scrotal Measurements.

Call us for more information on bulls or if you have questions on how the sale works.

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Kim & Lindy Siebert 108 Road 3 • Henderson, NE 68371 • 402-723-4376 In Pursuit of Excellence, where the only Extreme we Pursue is Extremely well Balanced!

2014 ARA Magazine Photo Contest Winners

Females: Lisa Mehlhoff, Sheridan, Montana

Bulls: Brian Axtell, Anton, Colorado

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P.O. Box 43 • Petersburg, NE 68652 Home (402) 386-5411 Work (402) 386-5297 Cell (402) 843-8726

Red Angus & Composite Seedstock info1@schulerredangus.com Butch & Susan Schuler • (308) 262-0306 Darrell Schuler • (308) 262-0925 7522 Rd 74 • Bridgeport, NE 69336

Mark and Deb Pieper (308) 638-4557 HC 70 Box 13 • Hay Springs, NE 69347

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Cattle Company St. Edward, NE

Wayne & Jody Choat • 402-678-3439 Dave & Kathy Stodola • 402-981-1586

Rob Brawner

BULLIS CREEK RANCH

HC 68 Box 1 Wood Lake, NE 69221 Phone/Fax (402) 967-3060

Scott & Kim Ford (308) 876-2211 Bertrand, NE 68927

www.crossdiamondcattle.com Bartlett & Stapleton Nebraska

Sale March 12, 2015 • North Platte Fairgrounds

www.hallredangus.com Helen Hall Brad & Paula Pokorny (308) 654-3220 (308) 636-2275

JRA offers leadership and networking opportunities

by Katie Teague, Interim Junior Programs Coordinator

A new year comes with new challenges and exciting opportunities for fun and growth! The 2015 year will be filled with lots of events that will allow juniors to grow as leaders, learn about the Red Angus breed and network with other juniors from across the nation.

Please stay tuned for more information on the upcoming events!

2015 National Junior Show • October 2015 • The NILE, Billings, Mont.

In addition to these events, the JRA offers several scholarship opportunities and contests. Please visit the JRA website, www.redangus.org/jra for more information about our scholarships and various contests. Scholarship applications must be postmarked by March 31.

Superior Select Female Auction Superior Livestock

January 29, 2015 Offering North Platte, NE

50 registered replacement heifers 25 Black Angus O 25 Red Angus

Nearly all are Al-sired and their pedigrees run deep with Al sires. Several are embryo transplants.

Angus sires include: Big Daddy, Windy 078, Tehama R525, Chisum, Heisman, Consensus 7229, Game Day, Chinook, Vindicator, Beacon, Foresight, Final Product, Final Answer, and Hoover Dam Red Angus sires include: Heritage, Oly, Conquest, Keystone, Victory, Mlk Crk Epic, and Redemption.

These heifers are selling as commercial with the option to have registrations transferred for $150 per head.

For registration numbers and performance data please go to www.daiggerangus.com

For more information contact: David Orr at (308) 520-3015 or John Daigger at (308) 532-4905.

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The Death of a Dynasty

by Jennifer Deroin, The Nichols Accounting Group P.C.

In previous articles we’ve written for the ARA Magazine, we’ve talked a lot about planning. We discuss the importance of a budget, a strategic plan, an operational plan and more. CPAs, wealth advisors and attorneys will talk to you about estate plans, wills, trusts and other complex strategies to address the technicalities of transferring generational wealth – and that’s good. They should. With all of that planning and complex strategy though, why is it that family wealth rarely survives beyond the third generation?

As with most issues in life, it has to deal with something more complex than asset protection trusts or charitable lead annuity trusts. It has to deal with people. By nature, we’re complex beings and we bring emotion, opinions, relationship bias and independent thought to the table. We have insecurities, beliefs and values, but we don’t always share them openly. Lack of communication, and lack of family planning to transfer generational wealth and responsibility before a patriarch passes, is the dagger to the family wealth’s heart. A trust document does not a good manager make, i.e., you can’t train your children from a paper document.

Let’s take a look at two examples.

The Vanderbilts Easily recognized as one of America’s wealthiest families, their dynasty fell to ruin in four generations.

In the words of William K. Vanderbuilt, “Inherited wealth is a real handicap to happiness. It is as certain a death to ambition as cocaine is to morality.”

They amassed the first great fortune in the Industrial Age, and went on to embody the excess of the Guilded Age. They accumulated extravagant assets and at the time of

the patriarch’s death, their wealth was more than that held in the U.S. Treasury. From this wealth, the family spent and spent, and in 1973 at a Vanderbilt family reunion held at Vanderbilt University, 120 members attended and there was not one millionaire in the group.

The Rothschilds Mayer Amschel Rothschild, born in 1744, developed a finance house and spread his empire by installing each of his five sons in the five main European financial centers to conduct business. The Rothschild coat of arms contains a clenched fist with five arrows symbolizing the five dynasties established by the five sons of Mayer Rothschild.

The Rothschild family banking businesses pioneered international high finance during the industrialization of Europe. They were instrumental in supporting railway systems across the world and in complex government project financing. Today the amount of their net worth is speculated to be in excess of $350 billion.

So why have the Rothschilds’ wealth survived and the Vanderbilts’ did not? It’s simple. The Rothschilds have a written and practiced plan to prepare generations for the responsibilities they will someday undertake. Beyond that, they have a clearly defined set of values and a written vision and mission statement.

When a Rothschild child needs or wants money, they take a loan from the family business. They are mentored, trained and prepared for the responsibilities of money, business and wealth. They hold an annual family meeting where the mission and values are discussed. Strategic plans are revealed and all family members must participate if they expect to benefit from the family fortune … each and every year.

They are groomed for this position and understand the expectations.

How does this relate to me?

Whether you’re managing $350 billion dollars in an international bank, or $10 million dollars on the family ranch, if you’re inexperienced or don’t understand expectations, you will likely stumble and make mistakes.

With enough generations stumbling and making mistakes, a fortune – even as large as the Vanderbilts’ – can dissipate.

A family legacy starts with a vision and a desire. A clear understanding of where you’ve been, how you got there, and where you intend to go is the critical first step. If Dad and Mom don’t communicate these wishes to their children and groom them for the impending responsibility, good intentions won’t be the glue that keeps it together.

Knowing your vision and having the desire to work towards it are only step one. From there, the real work begins. People often confuse succession planning and estate planning as one. They confuse the technical legal and tax strategies of asset distribution with the proponent for successful generational wealth transference. They perhaps ignore true business management planning and mentoring because they’re following “what we’ve always done,” and “what we’ve always done” may or may not be appropriate for today’s requirement – and may or may not be communicated appropriately.

Families bring a completely different dynamic to business – one that refuses to be ignored. If you have a vision for what you’ve built, your dynasty, it’s important that you work towards building expected outcomes. It doesn’t just happen by luck and happenstance. Often, an outsider can help you develop a plan – someone that can see the issues and be an unbiased advisor through the process. Typically the emotions of the family, within the family business, require a third party to help sort through the irrational that emotion inevitably brings.

The good news is that it’s never too late to start. ■

Jennifer Deroin is a Director with The Nichols Accounting Group located in Oregon and Idaho. They specialize in agribusiness tax planning and family business consulting. Reader questions can be submitted to taxquestions@nicholsaccounting.com. www.nicholsaccounting.com.

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Stem-Cell Research Unlocks the A.I. Barrier

by Sheyna Strommen for American Red Angus Magazine

Through artificial insemination, cattle producers throughout the world have been able to improve the quality and quantity of their herds by breeding cows to bulls with high genetic or phenotypic merit.

The limiting factor is: once a bull has stopped producing semen, the supply is exhaustible.

“That can be problematic for breeders who only learn about a bull’s ability to produce exceptional traits – like high-quality, productive females – years after that bull is gone or has stopped producing semen,” explained Dr. Kyle Caires, assistant professor and animal scientist at Berry College in Mount Berry, Georgia.

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“We started having success in bulls only after we stepped away from what worked in rodents; we started from scratch. Bovine SSCs have been frozen in our lab and we feel this provides an opportunity for long-term genetic preservation.”

What if a bull’s semen supply was everlasting even after his death? This is a question that has intrigued Caires ever since he was a young boy growing up on his family’s cattle ranch on the Hawaiian island of Maui. It led him to Oregon State University where he earned a bachelor’s of science degree in animal science and eventually to Washington State where

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he earned his Ph.D. in reproductive genomics.

Caires believes the possibility could revolutionize the cattle industry. And, thanks to research he and others are conducting at Berry College, the reality is closer than one may realize.

The answer lies in stem cell research – not the sometimes-controversial embryonic stem cells, but the adult stem cell population located in a male’s reproductive system that continually produce sperm throughout his life.

Stem Cell basics Stem cells, according to the Mayo Clinic, are the body’s “raw materials,” from which all other cells with

Spermatogonial stem cells either function to make new stem cells or enter a process known as ‘differentiation’ that leads to the production of sperm.

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specialized functions are generated.

Under the right conditions in the body or in a laboratory setting stem cells can divide to form daughter cells with a more specific function, such as blood, brain or muscle cells.

In the case of Caires’ research, spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) deep within a male’s testis either function to (1) make new stem cells (self-renewal) or (2) enter a process known as ‘differentiation’ that leads to the production of sperm. The presence of SSCs underlies a major difference in reproductive physiology between males and females.

“Females are born with a defined number of eggs,” explained Caires.

Prior to birth, the stem cells within a female’s ovary have differentiated themselves into oocytes. Thus, she has a set number of eggs throughout

A healthy bull produces about 70,000 sperm per second but once a bull has stopped producing semen, the supply is exhaustible. Caires and his team are finding methods to preserve a bull’s potency through stem-cell transplantation.

her lifetime. “Very few ovulate, while most are lost during each 21-day estrous cycle,” said Caires, reiterating, “Very few ovulate.”

By comparison, SSCs in males, while present at birth are maintained

throughout adulthood. Caires explained that once puberty is attained, a male can maintain spermatogenesis (sperm production) for the better part of his life because of a balance between SSC self-renewal and differentiation.

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Stem-Cell Research Unlocks the A.I. Barrier The offspring of a single SSC can yield 1,096 spermatozoa, whereas in females, one primary oocyte will differentiate into one egg. “The cycle is constantly occurring and extremely prolific as a mature, healthy bull produces about 70,000 sperm per second,” he said.

A male’s testicles serve as the factory where this process takes place. Conventional wisdom tells us that the bigger the factory (scrotal circumference), the more sperm are produced and as a correlate, his daughters will be early maturing. But conventional wisdom may be a little misleading, Caires said. Some bulls with smaller scrotal circumferences may actually have longer testicles and more functional testis tissue, so the overall volume of the testicles should be considered.

Another misleading factor connected to scrotal circumference is subcutaneous fat. “During really good growing seasons, or with unlimited access to creep feed, fat can be deposited in the scrotum. This could potentially lead to poor estimates of reproductive merit and as a result of that fat infiltration, create a semi-heat stress condition that diminishes a bull’s fertility.” This is supported by the fact that bulls developed on high-energy rations have reduced fertility. “It takes 60-62 days for an spermatogonia to undergo all of the changes needed before spermatozoa are produced. Any impingement – heat stress or disease – could damage this sensitive process and put a bull outof-pocket for several months.”

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not only predict bull fertility, but it may also lead to methods that produce an inexhaustible supply of semen.

Like Embryo Transfer, But for Sperm Production For decades cattle producers have been able to freeze and later utilize semen and embryos with relatively good success. But again, once their supply is exhausted, it is gone.

A better understanding of the factors that promote SSC survival and development may allow producers to harvest these unique cells and transplant them into a new factory, thereby eliminating the supply conundrum.

Though it sounds like science fiction, researchers are coming closer to that reality each day.

Stem-Cell Research Unlocks the A.I. Barrier Caires says the technique is successful in rodents, but cattle are more challenging as different hormones and factors regulate SSC development, not to mention the tremendous genetic variation between bulls. Mice strains often have inbreeding coefficients greater than 90 percent.

“We started having success in bulls only after we stepped away from what worked in rodents; we started from scratch. Bovine SSCs have been frozen in our lab and we feel this provides an opportunity for long-term genetic preservation,” Caires said.

In cattle, the process begins with sterilizing a young, healthy recipient bull – eliminating his SSCs. Then, a testicular biopsy is harvested from a donor bull.

Researchers isolate and culture the donor’s SSCs in a laboratory to increase the number that will be transplanted into the recipient.

Caires harvests a testicular biopsy from a donor bull.

After SSC transplantation, the stem cells kick-start the recipient’s reproductive factory and within several weeks, the recipient bull is producing sperm genetically identical to the donor. The donor bull may be young (pre-puberty), mature or recently deceased.

Caires and his team have, successfully isolated and worked with SSCs from bulls ranging from one day old to five years of age.

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Practical Applications Caires envisions several practical applications of the science.

“Without question, a better understanding of SSCs will provide insight towards boosting sperm production in bulls for the A.I. industry, and we have data to support that notion,” he said.

Caires has identified several genes im-

Stem-Cell Research Unlocks the A.I. Barrier portant for regulating SSC function in bulls and he hopes this work will lead to new strategies to directly select for improved fertility traits, instead of factors that are merely associated with fertility, like scrotal circumference.

SSC transplantation can facilitate an endless semen supply, and accelerate sperm production in young bulls or after a debilitating event. The process can also extend the reach of bulls into areas where heat stress, terrain or insects have made it difficult for them to perform. If the process can work between breeds, ranchers could produce Red Angus-cross calves out of Brahman cows that were serviced by a Brahman recipient bull.

SSCs are the only adult stem cell population that transmits genetics to offspring, so they may also be a realistic means for genetic manipulation. Re-

A potential practical application of Dr. Caires’ research could extend the reach of bulls into areas where heat stress, terrain or insects create breeding conundrums. searchers could insert genes of interest into SSCs, transplant them, and produce sperm with the potential to create genetically modified livestock for agricultural and human biomedical applications.

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“Realistically, those applications are several years away. The process needs more refinement before it will be a viable industry tool, but at this point, we have achieved 60 percent success with the technique in cattle,” Caires concluded. ■

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The Red Angus Association of America (RAAA) was the forerunning breed association to create and implement Total Herd Reporting (THR). This new concept revolutionized the fee structure for Red Angus registrations, but more importantly, focused the industry on the relationship between complete data and the value of subsequent genetic predictions.

Today, THR has become a pillar of the Red Angus breed and has set the bar for other breed associations to report ALL progeny records into their databases – not just the calves that breeders think are good enough to register.

Red Angus continues to be the only breed association where THR is not an option for its members. They are required to participate and report records on their whole herd. This commitment alone speaks of the dedication and performance mindset of Red Angus founders, leaders and members as they strive to produce the best and most-accurate genetics for commercial cow-calf producers.

The integrity of the Red Angus breed is built on the honesty of the breeders and the reliability of the cattle they raise. Red Angus leadership set the bar high when they implemented THR.

The first core policy of the RAAA, as written by the late breed founder Waldo Forbes, states, “The goal of the Association is to place its faith in objective tests and in-herd comparisons of factors of economic importance and known heritability. By making this policy an integral part of the registration system, Red Angus breeders

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can achieve faster progress toward the ultimate goal of more efficient beef production.”

A Concept is Born Discussion at the first Brain Trust meeting in 1993 in Denver, Colo., stimulated the need for a strategic plan for the RAAA. One of the areas the Strategic Planning Committee addressed was the inaccuracy of beef industry EPDs. “The only reason we could identify for the dramatic shifts in our EPD calculations was biased progeny reporting,” said Melvin Leland of Sidney, Mont., who served as RAAA president from ’92 to ’94. “Breeders weren’t reporting all of their progeny and, consequently, EPDs weren’t reflecting all of the data.”

At that time, the Red Angus membership was only reporting 46 percent of its calf crop based on the traditional method of paying on a per-calf basis to register stock.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Breeders were being penalized with a fee to do the right thing of registering and transferring animals,â&#x20AC;? continued Leland.

RAAA leaders worked for two years to convince the membership that THR was essential to the success of the Red Angus breed, but it was a hard sell. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No one likes â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;mandatoryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; things,â&#x20AC;? said Leland.

Jim Leachman of Billings, Mont., brainstormed the final solution to assess a fee to keep cows active on a breederâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inventory with no additional costs to report their offspring or transfer ownership. The new registration concept was appealing to the membership and, at the 1994 Red Angus convention, THR passed unanimously.

Benefits The most important benefit of THR is a more accurate database of Red Angus genetics built from the records that pro-

With complete contemporary group reporting, we are provided with comparisons between all animals which results in reliable EPDs.

ducers submit on their cowherds. That equates directly to more accurate EPDs â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the original goal of the conceptual founders of THR. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With complete contemporary group reporting, we are provided with comparisons between all animals which results in reliable EPDs,â&#x20AC;? explained Larry Keenan, RAAA director of breed improvement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s common sense â&#x20AC;&#x201C; since EPDs rely on measured variation within a contemporary group â&#x20AC;&#x201C; that THR pro-

duces more reliable EPDs and faster gains in EPD accuracy by ensuring the variation in performance of each calf is counted.â&#x20AC;?

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from this unique breed registry structure of paying an annual fee to keep a cow on active status.

“Our responsibility is to provide commercial producers with the best prediction of an animal’s true genetic merit,” said Keenan. “So when a producer purchases a bull whose EPDs indicate he will be a calving-ease sire, the bull performs as expected.”

Advancements in genomic technology have allowed Red Angus to develop DNA tests for genetic merit with the results being incorporated into EPD calculations as additional data points.

Based on the fact that such DNA tests are based on collected phenotypes, Red Angus benefits by having robust DNA tests based on the solid foundation of THR data.

“Trustworthy DNA tests are dependent upon reliable EPDs,” said Keenan, who pointed out that Red Angus stakehold-

ers have a tremendous advantage in making genetic progress due to the powerful combination of THR data and DNA tests, which produces EPDs with unsurpassed reliability.

Challenges Even though the RAAA has practiced Total Herd Reporting for over a decade, some breeders still struggle with the concept that they can benefit

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“With THR it’s important that our members realize the benefits of reporting on the complete cow inventory as opposed to a selection-based fee structure,” said Kenda Ponder, RAAA director of member services. “The breeder reports a cow’s production whether it’s a live calf, a stillborn calf or one that dies before weaning age, as well as a reason code if the cow doesn’t have a calf. That is all valuable information we incorporate into EPDs.” “If a breeder’s ultimate goal is to provide reliable genetics to commercial producers, they should manage their cowherd like it is a commercial cowherd,” said Keenan.

As we enter the 2015 show season, it is important to remember to make sure your show animals are eligible and all of the information is correct at the National Office. Here are a few things to remember to make sure you are ready to show:

• Remember to check the show’s ownership and entry deadlines and official show rules.

• Make sure the animal is registered or transferred to the correct owner before the deadline date.

• If the animal needs registering, please allow appropriate time for the work to be completed. Work is completed in the order it is received.

• Always allow extra time for DNA issues that may arise.

• If you are registering a calf prior to weaning, make sure you register the calf as an “Incomplete” to avoid a “Category II” designation.

• Remember to check the animal’s registration status and update data regularly as registration statuses and other information may change. Certificate issue dates cannot be changed.

For more information and a complete list of the RAAA’s Show Rules and Eligibility Guidelines can be found in the Breeder’s Guide at redangus.org/registration/breeders-guide.

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“Therefore, if a cow’s producing ability results in her being inactive, she should be culled from the herd. A producer may think they beat the THR financial system, but they can’t beat the genetic evaluation system, which will reveal a cows inability to remain productive.”

“THR works to your advantage,” said Ponder, who has directed the program since 1998. “Don’t try to beat the system – instead, let it work for you.”

The Next Level of THR As with any successful program, growth and change are inevitable, and with the genetic advancements the past few years, it is time to raise the bar for THR as well.

Currently, breeders are only required to submit birth and weaning dates and weaning weights, but they are encouraged to submit additional data that is used to formulate important EPDs. An

example is the data collected when an animal reaches a year of age – yearling weights, scrotal measurements and carcass ultrasound data.

The RAAA encourages producers to weigh their cows at weaning time and evaluate their body condition scores.

This information is incorporated into the formula for the Maintenance Energy (ME) EPD.

The Heifer Exposure Report provides valuable data toward the calculation of the Heifer Pregnancy (HPG) EPD. Members submit this simple report at the end of their breeding season to identify which heifers were exposed and should be entering the producer’s herd in the coming year.

The HPG and Stayability (Stay) EPDs rely heavily on yearly data in order to accurately predict these traits, said Keenan. Once RAAA had a decade’s

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worth of THR-based data, the Stayability EPD was upgraded from the old calculation that treated all data as non-THR data.

“Through our Stayability EPD upgrade, we were able to evaluate the impact THR data provides in predicting an animal’s genetic merit for that trait,” said Keenan. “In comparing the two Stayability models (evaluated as THR data vs. non-THR data) we found significant differences – high-accuracy sires had a rank correlation of 0.55. Forty-five out of 100 sires changed rank when evaluated with the upgraded THR model.

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the FCCP. “Our largest competitor isn’t another breed – it’s non-registered and non-transferred bulls,” said Ponder.

We are now able to provide commercial producers with a reliable tool in selecting for Stayability.”

The RAAA also mails a complimentary one-year subscription to the American Red Angus magazine to producers who have had an animal transferred to them.

This expanded mailing increases readership to Red Angus customers – those producers using Red Angus genetics.

Additional Benefits of THR There are additional benefits included in the RAAA registry that add value to Red Angus cattle for commercial producers.

Ponder emphasized that RAAA does not charge members to transfer animals within 60 days of the sale in order to encourage breeders to transfer those animals into the new owner’s name. “It is imperative that bulls are transferred to their new owners,” she said. When members sell and transfer ownership of their bulls, those commercial producers become eligible to enroll their calves in the Feeder Calf Certification Program (FCCP) and tag them with the Red Angus “Yellow Tag.” Enrollment in FCCP certifies that the

calf wearing the yellow tag is genetic, age and source verified with the USDA. It opens up marketing opportunities and increases profitability for that producer – both for feeder calves entering a feedlot and for heifers sold as replacement females.

If Red Angus bulls are not transferred, the RAAA cannot verify those commercial producers own the bulls and therefore they cannot enroll their calves into

“THR is about far more than reporting birth and weaning weights,” said Ponder. “The integrity of the Red Angus breed is built on the honesty of the breeders and the reliability of the cattle they raise. Red Angus leadership set the bar high when they implemented THR. Today’s breeders are challenged to continue that tradition, ensuring they are producing the best possible genetics and that our stakeholders have confidence in Red Angus cattle all the way down the chain.”

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The Nuts and Bolts of THR

“Total Herd Reporting may appear to be a complex and cumbersome reporting process,” said Ponder, “but in the overall scheme, it is as easy as 1–2–3.”

She broke down the process into three simple steps. For a complete THR calendar, visit redangus.org.

1) Members report active cowherd inventory (Spring Herds – Jan. 31; Fall Herds – June 1).

Most producers report their active cows between weaning and pregnancy check time and calving season. During this timeframe, producers can accurately determine which animals will remain in their herd for the coming year. For increased accuracy on HPG EPDs, breeders should also submit a Heifer Exposure Report on yearling females entering their inventory.

The RAAA considers a female to be active at the beginning of her respective calving season. At the assessment age of 16 months (determined Jan. 1 for spring-born heifers or July 1 for fallborn heifers), a female will be listed on a member’s cowherd inventory assuming that heifer will calve as a 2-year-old.

“This age assumption,” said Ponder, “covers the management practices for the majority of the membership.”

THR employs a two-inventory structure meaning active cows will calve either in the spring or fall. In order to allow for those cows who calve during the winter or summer months without adding additional inventories, the RAAA initiated a 45-day calving window to avoid cows changing inventory seasons every year.

Therefore, a spring-inventory female may calve as early as Nov. 15 and as late as Aug. 15 without changing calv-

ing seasons. Subsequently, a fall-inventory female may calve as early as May 15 or as late as Feb. 15 for the same reasons.

2) RAAA bills members for THR assessment fees based on cowherd inventory (Spring Herds – July 1; Fall Herds – Dec. 1).

Red Angus members pay an annual assessment fee per cow to keep each breeding-age female active. There are no fees to register calves or transfer animals within 60 days of the sale, nor are bulls assessed a THR fee.

The RAAA bills its members’ THR fees in five monthly installments to make it easier financially for members. This also helps the RAAA spread out its revenue throughout the year.

3) Members report calf crop (Spring Herds – Aug. 1; Fall Herds – March 1).

Members submit birth and weaning performance data to the RAAA at weaning time in order to report their calf crop. If a calf is reported, but not registered – which is an option through THR – the cow is given credit for having a calf. However, with incomplete reporting it is impossible to distinguish between cows that did not conceive and cows that did not produce a registered calf, hence damaging her own production and fertility EPDs. Due to the RAAA’s focus on performance, each calf must have both a birth and weaning date as well as a weaning weight. The RAAA incorporates this data into its registration database and assigns each calf a registration number.

Even if a cow loses her calf before weaning, the member must report that information in order to keep the cow active.

If producers however, fail to complete the above steps according to the THR

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calendar, they will need to report data through the following reports to avoid incomplete reporting.

Member submits “No Progeny” Report (Spring Herds – March 15; Fall Herds – Sept. 15 The No Progeny Report is a reminder to breeders that the RAAA did not receive one of the requirements for THR within the previous 12-month period for females that appeared on the initial inventory.

If a cow doesn’t wean a calf, the breeder can submit a reason code and avoid inactivating her. For example, if the calf died before weaning, or the cow was incorporated into a donor program, she will not be penalized or inactivated for not having a calf. Another viable reason is if she was moved to a different calving season such as a spring calver moving into a fall program.

RAAA issues “Inactivation” Report (Spring Herds – End of May; Fall Herds – End of Oct.) If a breeder removes a cow from inventory or fails to submit a “No Progeny” report, she becomes inactive. However, if the breeder decides to re-activate her at a later date, the RAAA will charge a reactivation fee per cow.

“It’s important for producers to report comprehensive data on their active cowherd,” said Ponder. “The RAAA relies on breeders’ reports for accurate and complete EPDs. We need that data.” ■

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Selling 130 Yearling Red Angus Bulls MODERATE FRAMED 7 LOW MAINTENANCE 7 THICK AND POWERFUL 7 CALVING EASE

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Owners: Jim & Nancy Mercer & Rebecca Burnette 32237 Hwy. 58 N. • Ten Mile, TN 37880 Sales: Steve Burnette • Home (423)334-3649 Farm (423)334-5433 • Cell (865) 804-8156 mercerfarms@gmail.com

Sycamore Farm

Darryl & Rhonda, Matthew & James Deist 1780 McDaniel Hollow Rd • Lewisburg, TN 37091 (931) 293-2148 • Email: swancreek@tds.net

Red Angus Cattle

Joe Tally

Pure Bred & Commercial

Dale & Shonia Parrish, Owners

770 Northeast Tammy Ln. • Lake City, FL 32055 (386) 755-4819 • sycamor@atlantic.net

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Registered Red Angus Commercial Heifers

10320 Hwy. 501 South Forest, MS 39074 Home: 601-789-5896 Office: 601-782-9606 Cell: 601-498-5969

BEATTY FARMS, L.P. Registered Red Angus

2699 New Highway 7 Santa Fe, TN 38482 (931) 682-2658 • (931) 682-3436 FAX beattyfm@bellsouth.net Carl Hollinsworth, Herd Manager (615) 758-7437

McLean Red Angus Jim & Alynda McLean

Whitley Red Angus

206 Morningside Drive Alma, GA 31510 (912) 632-7985 • (770) 595-3542 mcleanredangus@aol.com -Registered Red Angus since 1970 -

1408 Co. Rd. 35 • Horton, AL 35980

Breeding Red Angus since 1965

Henry, Jane, Jim, Kathy, Tim, Rhonda & James Ray (205) 466-7612 • Tim Cell (205) 446-5090 tim@whitleyredangus.com

Tim Whitley - Vice President (205) 446-5090 tgwhitley@hopper.net

Shonia Parrish - Secretary/Treasurer (386) 755-4819 sycamor@atlantic.net

Directors

Dr. Mikell Davis • (662) 323-0744

Deborah Dwyer • (352) 544-0326 Tim Whitley • (205) 466-3490

Sandra Jarvis • (270) 525-3403

Lowell Morgan • (912) 754-1445

Johnnie Cundiff • (606) 305-6443

Osborn Red Angus 21053 AL HWY 251 Athens, Alabama (256) 679-6307 Email: dko2005@hotmail.com

12745 St. Rt. 181 N. Bremen, Kentucky (270) 525-3403 Registered 100% 1A Certified Herd David • Sandra Chris • LaDonna davidandsandra65@bellsouth.net

Jarvis Red Angus

Jim and Alvina Meeks • (864) 682-3900 1986 Trinity Church Rd. • Gray Court, SC 29645 Raymond Prescott, Mgr. • (864) 682-2828 bullhillredangusranch.com Visit our website at bullhill.home.mindspring.com

Herd Sires:

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Officers

Danny Osborn - President (256) 679-6307 dko2005@hotmail.com

Registered Red Angus

300 Pisgah Pike • Pulaski, TN 38478 (931) 424-8127 • (931) 424-8227 Fax (931) 424-0319 email: rca@energize.net

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The Wiley Finley Family 143 Robertson Hollow Rd. Taft, TN 38488 (931) 425-6111 John Carter, Mgr. (931) 703-0090

Mark your calendars for the 2015 Grasstime Sale!

Performance with Style

Saturday, March 28th • Cullman, Alabama

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Member News Kansans explore cattle marketing opportunities in South America After traveling for hours by air to reach Argentina and Uruguay, a group of Kansas cattlemen found the scenery out their window to look strikingly similar to home. The land, mostly flat with scattered rolling hills, was dotted with cattle as far as the eye could see. Billy Brown, agribusiness development coordinator for the Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA) led Craig Beran of B&D Herefords, Megan Fink of Fink Beef Genetics and Daniel Mushrush of Mushrush Red Angus to explore Argentina and Uruguay in an effort to research and develop new markets for Kansas beef genetics.

“The ability to lean on these prominent Kansas cattlemen for their expertise in the cattle industry was especially helpful in identifying specific opportunities for future exports,” Brown said. “Their expertise assisted us in crafting a robust strategy for future efforts in the region.”

Kansas exports $5.35 billion dollars annually of cattle, meat, grains and other farm products around the globe. Identifying Argentina and Uruguay as two countries with the opportunities to expand beef exports and enhance marketing for U.S. beef genetics, KDA was able to secure funding for the assessment trip by submitting a proposal to the United States Livestock Genetics Export, Inc. The trade mission’s first stop on the explorative trip was the secondlargest country in South America, Argentina. Following Argentina, the group continued to Uruguay. The team visited each country’s breed association headquarters, five ranches and two bull sales.

Argentine gauchos welcomed Daniel Mushrush (left) to learn about their agriculture and management practices, and how Red Angus fit into their operation.

Almost 90 percent of the cattle raised in Argentina are Angus. Unlike in the U.S. where the Black and Red Angus associations are separate, Argentina’s Angus breed is comprised of both black and red cattle. Opening and expanding opportunities to export with Argentina would be easy for Kansas cattle ranchers since the Angus breed is very familiar in both countries. Hereford cattle are the second most popular breed in Argentina, another breed with a strong presence in Kansas.

While in Argentina, the team visited Angus and Hereford ranches to assess how Kansas genetics could be an asset around the globe. The group had the privilege to see calves sired by a Mushrush Red Angus bull. The semen had been exported to Argentina via CRI International. “It was a validating and humbling experience to see cattle in another country from one of my family’s bull,” Mushrush said. “It was the highlight of my trip.” Mushrush estimated there were more calves on the ground sired by his bulls there than at his own ranch. “Those calves represented all the hard work my family has put into our bulls and genetics,” he said.

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million head of cattle. An estimated 50 percent of these cattle are Herefords, 25 percent are Angus and the remaining 25 percent consists of other beef and dairy breeds. The cattle industry in Uruguay is very progressive and open to the use of U.S. genetics. Cattle in both Argentina and Uruguay are smaller in stature than that of the average American breed.

Argentinean and Uruguayan producers appreciate a more condensed build which more ideally fits their management style and environment.

Within the borders of these two countries lies tremendous potential for Kansas beef producers. “If it isn’t us, it’s going to be somebody else,” Mushrush said. Exporting semen and embryos provides another outlet for the Kansas beef industry to expand.

“Both countries present significant opportunities for Kansas and U.S. seedstock producers to export genetics in both the Angus and Hereford breeds,” Brown said. “As Kansas agriculturalists, it is our duty to seize advancement opportunities such as these. With our genetics in countries such as Argentina and Uruguay, the door to future opportunities is just beginning to open.”

Member News

Olson honored by North Star Classic livestock show

by Dale Hildebrant for Farm & Ranch Guide C. Edward Olson of Argusville, N.D., was honored at this year's North Star Classic livestock show in Valley City, N.D. on Dec. 5.

Olson was born and raised on his family's farm west of Argusville.

OHR (Olson Hereford Ranch) has been a family-owned and operated business since 1914, first as a grain operation and then expanding into a purebred cattle operation in 1936, first with Hereford, then adding Polled Hereford in 1967, and Red Angus in 1991.

Olson has been a member of the North Dakota Winter Show Livestock Committee serving as a rep for Herefords, Polled Herefords and Red

Angus breeds numerous times and in various capacities. He is currently an active member in the National Polled Hereford Association and the Red Angus Association of America. He has served as a director for Cass County Farm Bureau and is a current member of the NDSU Livestock Endowment Board.

Montana youth earn buckles

Olson is semi-retired and currently farms 2,800 acres and tends to 150 cattle with his son, Carl. He and his wife Jeanne reside in Fargo. In addition to Carl, Edward and his wife have two other children, Craig and Caryn.

This highly successful program has grown remarkably over the past few years, setting a record in 2014 by awarding 44 buckles.

OHR was the first operation to host its private production sale at the Winter Show building. The Red Power Sale was hosted there for five years, starting in 2002, and has since been held at the family farm. The Olsons have continuously operated as Olson Hereford Ranch with their Red Angus division known as OHR Red Angus.

The Montana Red Angus Association (MTRAA) awarded 44 buckles to Montana 4-H and FFA youth during the affiliateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s show and sale activities at the Northern International Livestock Exposition (NILE) in Billings, Mont., in October (photo below).

The youth earned a buckle for exhibiting a Red Angus or Red Angusinfluenced animal and winning either Grand Champion or Reserve Grand Champion at their county fair in breeding, market or carcass divisions.

The MTRAA requires that the exhibited animal is a registered Red Angus or has at least one parent that is a registered Red Angus.

Back row (l to r): Zachary Stoltz, Andrea Rutledge, Wyatt Phillips, Emily Nielsen, Tessa Larsen, Jaclyn Ketchum, Alyssa Hart, Jessie Hafer, Skylar Frame, Nicole Thompson, Tedi Jo Todd Front row: TJ Brown, Tyler Pancost, Brielle Gorder, Jordan Fields, Coby Guenzler, Carson Summers Not pictured: Jordan Wyse, Levi Mydland, Abbey Rice, Guy Williams, Cooper Booth, Dylan Booth, Tristen Thinglestad, Madison Hill, McKade Mahlen, Rylee Hoyem, Brooke Westby, Kell Schwers, Kaleb Flowers, Seth Christensen, Faith Stevenson, Mamie Hertel, Kori Kolka, Tiler Lester, Elizabeth Pacella, Sienna Utter, Lane Foster, Eric Peter, Kristen Vincent, Garrett Fritz, Austin James, Sophie Duffin, Ethan Beery

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Feb. 16 Turtle River Cattle Co., Napoleon Livestock, Napoleon, ND Feb. 18 Barenthsen-Bullinger Red Angus, Ranch Feb. 19 OHR Red Angus, Ranch Feb. 21 Nordlund Stock Farm, LLC, Clearbrook, MN Feb. 22 Kal-Kota Ranch, Kist Livestock, Mandan, ND Feb. 23 Rust Mountain View Ranch, Turtle Lake Weigh Station, Turtle Lake, ND Feb. 28 Brenner Angus, Kist Livestock, Mandan, ND

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Triple M Ranch Female Production Sale November 1, 2014 Mandan, North Dakota Sale Manager: Red Cow Relocators Lots Average 47 Red Angus Open Heifers....................$1,900 1 Red Angus Bred Heifers........................$2,800 16 Red Angus Bred Cows.......................$2,520 3 Red Angus Cow-Calf Pairs...................$2,650 4 Commercial Heifers...............................$1,665 Lot 44, Mack Victoria, a Feb. 22, 2014, daughter of Lazy J Prairiefire 1211-3002, topped the open heifer offering selling to Kal-Kota Ranch of Steele, N.D., for $2,500.

Lot 47, Mack Copper, a March 7, 2014, daughter of Lazy J Prairiefire 1211-3002, sold to Lazy J Bar Ranch of Mina, S.D., for $2,400.

Lot 4, Mack Hector, a Jan. 28, 2014, daughter of Red Crowfoot Moonshine 8081U, sold to Rich Red Angus of Vinton, Iowa for $2,300.

The top-selling bred heifer, Lot 50, Mack Diva, was a March 10, 2013, daughter of SRR Cowboy Cut Above. She was bred to Mack Blazin On and sold for $2,800 to Seeger Red Angus of New Salem, N.D. Two bred cows each sold for $3,200. Lot 56, Jacobson Reba 1219, a March 7, 2011, daughter of Glacier Bridger 212, sold to Pool Ranch of Laneville, Texas. She was bred to RRA Roll Tide 135-355. Lot 57, Jacobson Hiede 1159, a March 4, 2011, daughter of Jacobson Sun Grand 8041, sold to Brandon Rusch of New Salem, N.D. She was also bred to RRA Roll Tide 135-355.

The top-selling cow-calf pair was Lot 69, Jacobson Queen 1118, a Feb. 20, 2011, daughter of Jacobson Sun Grand 8041, with a heifer calf at side sired by L83 Entourage 112. The pair sold for $2,700 to Seeger Red Angus of New Salem, N.D. High-volume buyers of the sale were Rod Kleppe of Napoleon, N.D., with 12 lots, Campbell Red Angus of McIntosh, S.D., with eight lots, and Seeger Red Angus of New Salem, N.D., with seven lots. Cattle sold into five states.

Ludvigson Stock Farm’s Third Annual Herdbuilder Bull Sale, Fall Edition November 7, 2014 Shepherd, Montana Lots Average 13 Premier Red Angus Herd Bulls.....$13,346 60 Ranch-Ready AR Range Bulls..........$7,558

22 Ranch-Ready Red Hybred Range Bulls...$6,863 Lot 22, LSF TBJ Grid Profit 3414A, sired

by Messmer Packer S008 and out of a LSF JBOB Expectation 6034S daughter, sold for $23,000 to Zia Ag Consulting of Albuquerque, N.M. Lot 1, LSF SRR Premium 3179A, sired

by LSF Conqueror 0026X and out of a Feddes Big Sky R9 daughter, sold for $22,000 to JST Angus of Colusa, Calif. and Leachman Cattle of Colorado of Wellington, Colo.

Lot 24, LSF SRR Impeccable 3150A, sired by LSF Saga 1040Y and out of a SUNR Slam Dunk 436W daughter, sold for $18,500 to Pederson’s Broken Heart Ranch of Firesteel, South Dakota.

Lot 47, LSF SRR Conquistador 3066A, sired by LSF Conqueror 0026X and out of a LSF JBOB Expectation 6034S daughter, sold for $17,000 to Zia Ag Consulting of Albuquerque, N.M. Lot 46, LSF SRR Fantastic 3077A, sired

by LSF Conqueror 0026X and out of a Feddes Big Sky R9 daughter, sold for $11,000 to Knaub Cattle Co. of Lodge Grass, Mont.

Lot 6, LSF TBJ Direction 3438A, sired

by Bieber Romero 9136 and out of a LCC New Chapter A705L daughter, sold for $10,500 to Whisman Red Angus of Palco, Kan. Lot 9, LSF Longevity 3436A, sired by Beckton Epic R397 K and out of a LJC Mission Statement P27 daughter, sold for $10,500 to Boling Red Angus of Blackwell, Okla.

Lot 17, LSF TBJ Hollywood 3830A, sired by Feddes Oscar X51 and out of a Brown Vacation H7106 daughter, sold for $10,500 to Cooper Ranch of Billings, Mont.

Lot 50, LSF TBJ Home Run 3434A, sired

by Beckton Epic R397 K and out of a daughter of Messmer Packer S008, sold for $10,500 to Zia Ag Consulting of Albuquerque, N.M. Lot 5, LSF SRR MR Maternal 3152A, sired by Basin EXT 5233 and out of a daughter of LCC Cheyenne B221L, sold for $10,000 to Zia Ag Consulting of Albuquerque, N.M. Lot 18, LSF TBJ Impressed 3401A, sired

by Mushrush Impressive CA U236 and out of a daughter of Messmer Packer S008 sold for $10,000 to Rick Lawrence of Jordan, Montana.

Lot 23, LSF SRR Bells & Whistles 3176A, sired by LSF Saga 1040Y and out of a Feddes Big Sky R9 daughter, sold for $10,000 to Burchfield Ranches of Cody, Neb. Lot 54, LSF SRR Pinnacle 3068A, sired

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by LSF RAB Pinnacle X7756 and out of a LSF JBOB Expectation 6034S daughter, sold for $10,000 to Bud Reed of Lance Creek, Wyo. Volume Buyers were Zia Ag Consulting of Albuquerque, N.M., Burchfield Ranches of Cody, Neb., Otley Ranches of Princeton, Ore., and Whisman Red Angus of Palco, Kan.

Bowling Ranch Hereford & Red Angus Production Sale November 11, 2014 Newkirk, Oklahoma Auctioneer: Justin B. Stout Lots Average 30 Hereford Bulls....................................$4,833 7 Red Angus Bulls...................................$5,786 8 Hereford Spring Pairs.........................$5,931 3 Red Angus Spring Pairs........................$5,500 6 Hereford Fall Pairs...............................$4,358 6 Red Angus Fall Pairs..........................$4,983 11 Hereford Spring Bred Females...........$3,682 11 Red Angus Spring Bred Females.....$3,423 1 Hereford Spring Heifer Calf.................$2,200 1 Hereford Flush.....................................$3,500 13 Commercial Fall Pairs........................$3,600 70 Commercial Spring Bred Heifers.......$2,698 Lot 12, BH Jury 317A, was the top-selling Hereford bull, selling for $8,000 to Stan Crowder of Cherokee, Okla.

Lot 6, Bowling Sensation Via UPS 347A,sold for $7,500 to River Ranch of Medford, Okla., and Lot 3, BH Advance 334A, sold for $7,000 to Stan Crowder of Cherokee, Okla.

Lot 33, BRA Red Bull 3015, was the topselling Red Angus bull, selling for $7,500 to River Ranch of Medford, Okla.

Lot 34, BRA Red Bull 3002, sold for $6,500 to Freeman Ranch of Ponca City, Okla., and Lot 36, BRA Red Bull 3012, sold for $6,500 to Rex Hoyt of Burden, Kan. Lot 52, Bowling Lady 631 2006Z, was the top-selling Hereford female, selling for $5,750 to Dwaine Waite of Winfield, Kan. Lot 60, Bowling Lady 319A, sold for $5,000 to Cabin Creek Farms of Cushing, Okla., and Lot 55, EE MS Advance 530 6146 8246, sold for $4,750 to Carswell-Nichols Herefords of Alton, Kan. Lot 75, Lonk Lana U830, was the topselling Red Angus female, selling for $5,800 to CV Ledbetter of Okmulgee, Okla.

Lot 74, Lonk Prinola U821, sold for $5,750 to CV Ledbetter of Okmulgee, Okla., and Lot 77, BDEE Grand Lass 809, sold for $5,250 to Galen Gerlach, Peck, Kan.

The top-selling bull was Lot 32, MLF Samurai 327, a May 25, 2013, son of Bieber Rouse Samurai X22. He sold to Haege Farms of Nashville, Ill., for $4,900, and was consigned by VanWye Red Angus of Atlanta, Ill. The top-selling bred cow was Lot 29, VanWye Red Cherry 19Z, a Jan. 23, 2012, daughter of Bieber Outrider W388, selling for $4,900 to Vinton Red Angus of Indianola, Iowa. She was consigned by VanWye Red Angus of Atlanta, Ill. Lot 25, SCC Mimi S115, an Oct. 17, 2011, daughter of SCC Cinch S94, sold for $4,400 to Blair.Ag of Lanigan, Sask., Canada. She was consigned by Steiger Cattle Co. of Delavon, Ill. Lot 26, VanWye Queenette 60U, a Feb. 24, 2008, daughter of Andras Traveler 6042, sold for $4,400 to Cedar Creek Farms of Avon, Ill. She was consigned by VanWye Red Angus of Atlanta, Ill. Lot 14, BVR 901 Barney 9125-102Y, a Feb. 20, 2011, daughter of AKO Great North West 901, sold for $4,400 to Dusk To Dawn Farms of Woodstock, Ill. She was consigned

by Beever Farms of Mansfield, Ill. The top embryo package, Lot 40A, sold for $2,475 to VanWye Red Angus of Atlanta,

Harvest of the Reds Sale November 23, 2014 Macomb, Illinois Auctioneer: Monte Lowderman Sale Manager: Red Cow Relocators Lots Average 9 Red Angus Open Heifers......................$2,561 3 Red Angus Bred Heifers........................$3,967 15 Red Angus Bred Cows.......................$3,523 5 Semen Packages.....................................$625 8 Embryo Packages...................................$1,776 6 Red Angus Bulls.....................................$3,025 3 Black Angus.........................................$3,750 Lot 3, DHX Ruby Rose 202A, a Sept. 22, 2013, daughter of 3 Aces Sideways, topped the open heifer offering at $4,000, selling to Scott Wagner of Hooper, Neb. She was consigned by Deer Hill Farms of Waterloo, Ill. Lot 1, SCC Advande S409, a Feb. 13, 2014, daughter of SCC Hamley S114, sold for $3,800 to Blair.Ag of Lanigan, Sask., Canada. She was consigned by Steiger Cattle Co. of Delavon, Ill. Lot 10, VanWye Eleanor 303, a Jan. 8, 2013, daughter of Messmer Jericho W041, topped the bred heifer offering, selling to Cedar Creek Farms of Avon, Ill., for $4,500.

She was consigned by VanWye Red Angus of Atlanta, Ill.

Ill. The package consisted of three embryos out of Brown Ms. Big Sky U7829 by Flying W Maroon Five 155Z, consigned by Rhodes Red Angus of Maize, Kan. Lot 38, a package of three embryos out of Brown C-Bar Ms Abigrace P7946 by Red 6 Mile Full Throttle 171T, sold for $1,950 to Vonal Anderson of Wayne City, Ill. The embryo package was consigned by Claussen Red Angus of Bettendorf, Iowa.

The top semen package was Lot 44A, Tree Lane Perfect Storm, a son of Red Brylor Squall 230S, selling for $130 per straw to Cedar Creek Farms of Avon, Ill. The semen package was consigned by Rhodes Red Angus of Maize, Kan. Blair.Ag of Lanigan, Sask., Canada, was the top volume buyer with five lots. Cattle sold into five states and Canada. â&#x2013;

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Helen Pederson Funeral services for Helen Pederson, 96, of Timber Lake, S.D., were held Nov. 28, 2014, at United Parish Church in Timber Lake. Mrs. Pederson passed away on Nov. 23, 2014, at Good Samaritan Center in Selby, S.D. Helen May Pederson was born on March 29, 1918, in Chatsworth, Ill., to Elmer and Nancy Brammer. Like many families in the 1920s, the Brammers migrated west, settling near Dupree, S.D., where Helen attended grade school and high school. She graduated as valedictorian of her class and then went on to attend Northern Normal in Aberdeen, S.D. After receiving her teacher’s certificate, Helen returned to Ziebach County where she taught in country schools.

In 1941, she taught grades 1 through 4 at Firesteel, S.D., and met the love of her life, Ralph Pederson. In 1942 she became the Ziebach County School Superintendent.

On Oct. 6, 1943, Helen and Ralph were married. Together Ralph and Helen raised their sons Gary and Ron on the Broken Heart Ranch north of Firesteel. Ralph and Helen recently celebrated 71 years of marriage together. Helen enjoyed and was very active in ranching activities. She resided at her beloved Broken Heart Ranch until April of 2012 when she moved to the Good Samaritan Center in Selby.

Being an active ranch wife, Helen was always willing to ride her favorite horse and assist during the roundup. When working cattle, she always insisted on bringing the cows or calves down the alley, even at the age of 80. It scared the family, but they said they couldn’t keep her out of the alley.

Another of Helen’s favorite activities was driving the truck during silage harvest. It wouldn’t matter if the field

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was a half mile or three miles, she would be there waiting for the next load. It was her innovative idea to start using Red Angus genetics and thus was the start of Broken Heart Ranch Red Angus. Ralph and Helen were honored with the Pioneer Breeder Award by the Red Angus Association of America in 1999.

Helen’s true passion was raising and racing horses. Her home is filled with racing awards reflecting 50-plus years of successfully doing what she loved. In her spare time she was an avid stamp and coin collector.

When Helen wasn’t working on the ranch, she was a faithful member of the Prairie Parish Church and active in the Sew Willing Extension Club, Ladies Aid and Saddle Club. One of her favorite organizations was the Timber Lake & Area Historical Society & Museum. As president, Helen led the effort of nominating The Chapel of the Holy Spirit, often called the Old Stone Church, to the National Register of Historic Places. She was instrumental in getting new windows, a roof and point tucking done on the church.

Helen is survived by her husband, Ralph Pederson; sons, Gary (Sue) of Firesteel, and Ron of Rapid City; four grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren – Bart (Carol), Logan, Blake, Jessica and Kylie Pederson of Knoxville, Tenn.; Bret (Cindy), Graylin, Jayden, Code, Jessup and Jessa Pederson of Glad Valley; Kimberly (Cliff), Austin and Wyatt Olson of White River; and Chad (Lisa) and Bricelyn Pederson of Firesteel; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, one sister and four brothers.

Sheldon “Bud” Reese Sheldon S. "Bud" Reese, 85, of Sioux City, Iowa, passed away Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014, at a local hospital.

Sheldon, the son of Sheldon F. and Blanche (Baumhoff) Reese, was born on Aug. 13, 1929, in Huron, S.D. He graduated from Central High School in Aberdeen, S.D., in 1947, and from the University of Nebraska in 1953.

He was a lifetime member of the Nebraska Alumni Association and very proud to be a Husker, "Go Big Red."

Sheldon married Janet Risager on Dec. 30, 1948, in Aberdeen. He retired after 30 years with the USDA as a market news reporter, where he won the 1981 Distinguished Service Award. After retirement, he worked for Wells Fargo in the Ag Department for 10 years. He also owned and operated Reese’s Red Angus.

Bud served on several boards including the ALC Board of World Missions, the Scandinavian Society, Riverside Lutheran Church, and the Enchanted World Doll Museum. He was a member of the Red Angus Association of American and a lifetime member of the Salvation Army, a 50-

year member of the Masonic Lodge, a member of the Shrine Chanters, and an active member of Morningside Lutheran Church.

Bud found joy in making people smile and laugh. He had a very generous heart. He enjoyed fishing, traveling, camping and visiting the National Parks of our country, especially the Black Hills of South Dakota.

He loved to drive, was an avid coin collector, enjoyed playing cards and loved his beloved dog, Lucy.

Sheldon was an Eagle Scout and also honorably served his country in the United States Marine Corps.

Sheldon is survived by his wife of 65 years, Jan Reese of Sioux City; three daughters and their families, Rev. Susan (Rev. Paul) Stone of Eagle Grove, Iowa, and their children, Jordan (Jordan) Nye and Katharine (Billy) Harris and their children, Kyle and Evan Nye, Keegan Mersch, Gunner Sheldon Harris; Nancy Herr of

Kansas City, Mo., and her children, Aaron Harrington and Amy Rashele Tuso and their children, Dakota, Zachariah, and Noah Reese Harrington, and Landon Reese and Warren Tuso, and Laurie (Lynn) Mills of Sioux City, and their children, Nicholas (Jessica) Mills and Casey (Emily) Mills and their son, Reese Mills; and two sisters, Phyllis Pavelka of Rapid City, S.D., and Sylvia (Don) Andrews of Sacramento, Calif.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one daughter, Melinda Jane "Buffy.”

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SHEAMAN RANCH

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Harold & Family Robert & Kara 5094 93rd St. S.W. McIntosh, SD 57641 (701) 422-3726

Bruce Ketchum, Director Bob Morton, Region A Director MT Breeders can be found on pages 122-123

AREA 3 Rocky Mountain

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Alaska • California • Hawaii Idaho • Nevada • Oregon Washington

Ranch Red Angus

John & Stephanie Jung Family Mina, SD • (605) 380-1796 www.lazyjbarranch.com

Valnes Ranch Red Angus

Emit & Jayme Valnes • Eden, SD (605) 698-6596 • Cell (605) 228-8857 valnesranch@hotmail.com Registered & Commercial Red Angus

MCMURPHY FARMS Alva, Oklahoma

ANGUS, RED ANGUS & COMMERCIAL

Jared, Lacey & Paisley Namken • 605.881.3845 cell 45536 189th Street • Lake Norden, SD 57248 www.namkenredangus.com • jarednamken@hotmail.com

BASEL RED ANGUS Private Treaty Sales

Dallis Basel (605) 985-5205

Box 29 Union Center, SD 57787

AREA 6 - Great Plains Kansas • Nebraska • Oklahoma

Nebraska Breeders can be found on page 50 Kansas Breeders can be found on page 127

www.mcmurphyfarms.com

AREA 7 - Northeast

Connecticut • Delaware • Indiana Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan New Hampshire • New Jersey • New York North Carolina • Ohio • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island Vermont • Virginia • West Virginia

John Langdon, Director

- Bulls, females, embryos and semen by Private Treaty -

ELMWOOD FIELDS Oscar and Janet Stine 7633 Flowing Springs Road Shepherdstown, WV 25443 (304) 876-2009

WILLOWS FARM COMPANY RED ANGUS

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If you’re looking for Efficiency...

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Tom Karr

(740) 985-3444 Day (740) 591-9900 Cell 34740 State Route 7 Pomeroy, OH 45769 Patricia Beeby BB Janet & Ray Hicks

P.O. Box 177 Marshall, OK 73056 (580) 935-6646 (580) 935-6701

2734 Old Washington Rd. • Westminster, MD 21157

Valentine Farms Red Angus Bulls, Cows, Calves & Semen with Breed Leading EPDs

WRIGHTS MILL FARM RED ANGUS

Steven Harris DVM

Red Angus Low BW Bulls & Semen for Sale!

JUDY LOONAN (641) 322-3921 • 1724 Holly Ave. • Corning, IA 50841 Located 75 mi. east of Omaha, NE, in the hills of Southwest Iowa

Kathy J. Meyer & Jennifer M. Ringwelski 6105 Meyer Road • Marengo, IL 60152 USA (815) 568-6888 • Cell (815) 382-1887 Email: thundergroveangus@sbcglobal.net www.thundergroveangus.com

Bruce Westhuis

Registered Red Angus N 2802 490th St. Menomonie, WI 54751 (715) 664-8854

ROUSE RED ANGUS

30 years breeding cattle with Richard & Bob Johnson 2687 Moriah Rd. performance & longevity in mind in a highly intensive Oak Hill, OH 45656 grazing management system.

740.682.7869 Cattle that work for a living!

740.418.5022

(405) 222-1600 • Chickasha, OK

Kurt Rich, Director Missouri Breeders can be found on page 129

920-982-1670 Brad Ketterhagen khiddencreek@aol.com Sales/Customer Service www.hiddencreekfarm.com 417-669-1619

Kathy Zepp • (410) 848-2160 Gabe & Kelly Zepp • (410) 635-3922 David & Laura Zepp • (410) 751-2719

Put a Valentine in your herd!

Joe Bob, Nicona, Hannah & John Nelson

Iowa • Illinois Missouri • Wisconsin

high performance genetics

Dan & Alicia Stickel Phone & Fax (304) 884-7993 Rt. 2 Box 85A Email: cedarhillredangus@frontier.com Jane Lew, WV 26378 www.cedarhillfarmredangus.com

(918) 473-6723 Route 4 Box 520 Fax (918) 610-0016 Checotah, OK 74426 Email: jjeffriescattleco@lakewebs.net

BIM Red Angus

AREA 9 - Midwest

Red Angus • Red Simmental • Red SimAngus

CEDAR HILL FARM …suppliers of profitable, low maintenance,

Dedicating Backgrounded Red Angus Calves to Certified Feeder Calf Sales

Ernest & Betty Jo Christian P.O. Box 566, Union Bridge, MD 21791 (410) 775-0225 • Email: eschris@msn.com

Raymond Prescott, Director Region C SERAA Breeders can be found on page 102

4720 Wrights Mill Road Trappe, MD 21673 410-924-3905 WWW.WMFREDANGUS.COM EMAIL: SPHARRISDVM@YAHOO.COM

Gene Rouse 515-231-9129 Dan Bormann 515-520-7707 53966 290th St. • Huxley, IA 50124 www.rouseredangus.com email: rousefam@huxcomm.net

American Red Angus Breeder Directory

Newley Hutchison, Director Connie Mushrush, Region B Director

RANDY & PAULA - (580) 829-3150 CODY & MEGAN - (405) 880-4587 CASEY & TRACY - (520) 906-8509

AREA 8 - Southeast

Alabama • Arkansas • Florida • Georgia • Kentucky Louisiana • Mississippi • Tennessee • South Carolina

Russ Dahl Deerfield, WI 608-444-8295

Red Angus Bulls and Heifers For Sale Great Genetics at an Affordable Price

Oakridgefarms.org

Connie Van Wye, President • (309) 212-4838 Chad Daugherty, Sec/Treasurer • (217) 369-0466

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Angus Plus Breeders

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David Pool, Owner david@poolranch.com 903-863-2171 â&#x20AC;˘ Cell: 903-646-2068 Loacted in East Texas

Red Angus Enough Ear, But Not Too Much.

www.KansasRedAngus.org Tim Flaming 620-382-4894

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Ryan Flaming 620-382-5107

FLAMING LIVESTOCK CO. REGISTERED RED ANGUS 465 170th • Hillsboro, KS 67063 620-367-8350 hm

Frank & Susan Wedel

1012 West County Rd. K • Leoti, KS 67861 www.wedelredangus.com • (620) 375-2578 fswedel@wbsnet.org

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PELTON RED ANGUS

Production Sale 4th Wed. in March

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(620) 525-6632 Burdett, KS

Janssen Red Angus Cattle Co.

Registered Bulls • Commercial Bred Heifers

Jack & Roxie Janssen

1825 Ave. X • Geneseo, Kansas 67444 (620) 824-6426 • Cell (620) 562-7041 “Seedstock Producers with a Commercial Focus”

FAYLOR RED ANGUS

SINCE 1975 • PRIVATE TREATY SALES Dwight (785) 298-3463 • Dale (785) 298-3251 St. Francis, Kansas

Darryl & Susie Rhodes 2833 N. Wild Rose Ct. Wichita, KS 67205 Phone: (316) 722-6900 Cell: (316) 648-8310 wildrhodes2@cox.net

www.rhodesredangus.com Registered & Commercial Red Angus

GRIFFITH SEEDSTOCK

John Griffith • (785) 743-2553 RR 1 Box 31 • Wakeeney, KS 67672 In the Flint Hills of Kansas 2346B N Road • Strong City, KS 66869 Joe Mushrush: (620) 273-8581 • Bob Mushrush: (620) 273-8604

Annual Sale the 4th Thursday of March

HARMS PLAINVIEW RANCH Mark and Kim Harms

2528 250th St. • Lincolnville, KS 66858 (620) 924-5544 • hprbulls@tctelco.net Red Angus - Angus - Charolais

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HOFT RED ANGUS

18 mo.& 2 yr. old Registered Bulls No feed ration, range tested, hard ‘n ready Commercial Bred Heifers in the fall Rick Pflughoeft • Ellsworth, KS 785-472-3734 • 785-472-1033

Ramsdale Reds “Red Angus since 1964”

John & Dan Ramsdale 780 S.E. 130 Ave. • Murdock, KS 67111 (316) 542-3297 • (620) 532-6060

KEVIN & MARY ANN KNIEBEL 428 S. 2600 Road • White City, KS 66872 (785) 349-2821 • Fax (785) 349-2822 Email: kniebel@tctelco.net www.Kcattle.com

H & F Red Angus Cattle Bred Replacement Heifers

Abilene, Kansas Brian- 785-479-6048 Daryl-785-479-0536 www.hfredanguscattle.com “Bred with You the Cattleman in Mind”

Visit our website to locate a breeder near you!

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February 1 1 1 3 5 6 7 7 11 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 21 21 22 23 23 24 26 28 28 28 28 28 28 March 1 2 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 14 16 17 17 20 20 21 21 21 21 21 21 23 23 24 24 25 25 25 26 26 26 28 28 28 28 28 28 30 30

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Final Ad Reservation/Editorial Deadline for February ARA Magazine JRA Young Stockman Program, Denver, CO RAAA Board of Directors’ Meeting, Denver, CO Reds on the Rocks, Denver, CO NWSS Red Angus Junior Show, Denver, CO RAAA BrainTrust Symposium, Denver, CO NWSS Red Angus Pen Show, Denver, CO Mile High Classic, Denver, CO NWSS Red Angus Open Show, Denver, CO Bull Hill Ranch “More Bull for a Buck” Production Sale, Gray Court, SC K2 Red Angus Internet Auction, Wheatland, WY Rohrich’s Cutting Edge Ranch Sale, Napoleon, ND Sioux Empire Farm Show Red Angus Show & Sale, Sioux Falls, SD Superior Select Female Auction Fort Worth Red Angus Showcase Sale, Ft. Worth, TX M.C. Quantock “Canada’s Bulls” Bull Sale, Lloydminster, AB, Canada Final Ad Reservation/Editorial Deadline for March ARA Magazine Frey Angus Ranch Production Sale, Granville, ND Fort Worth Stock Show Red Angus Show, Ft. Worth, TX Twedt Red Angus Annual Sale, McHenry, ND Black Hills Stock Show Red Angus Show & Sale, Rapid City, SD TJS Red Angus “Red Truck” Bull Sale, Buffalo, WY Loonan Stock Farm Private Treaty Auction, Corning, IA Wasem Red Angus Cattlemen’s Choice Bull Sale, Halliday, ND Watertown Winter Farm Show Red Angus Show & Sale, Watertown, SD TNT Simmental & Red Angus Sale, Almont, ND Berger’s Herdmaster SimAngus Hybrid Bull Sale, North Platte, NE Turtle River Cattle Co., Napoleon, ND Gill Red Angus “You Buy We Bid” Bull Sale, Timber Lake, SD Barenthsen-Bullinger Red Angus Production Sale, Powers Lake, ND OHR Red Power Bull & Female Sale, Argusville, ND Beef Maker Bull and Female Sale, Horton, AL Nordlund Stock Farm Production Sale, Clearbrook, MN Overmiller Red Angus & Gelbvieh, Smith Center, KS Red Alliance Sale, Bryan, TX Kal-Kota Ranch Production Sale, Mandan, ND Ludvigson Stock Farms Dakota Bull & Female Sale, Mandan, ND Rust Mountain View Ranch, Turtle Lake, ND Sandhill Red Angus Bull & Female Sale, Sidney, MT Lorenzen Ranches Bull Sale, Pendleton, OR Brenner Red Angus, Mandan, ND Crump Red Angus “Forever Red” Bull Sale, Buffalo, WY Namken Red Angus Bull Sale, Lake Norden, SD Red Alliance Sale, Bryan, TX S Diamond Angus Private Treaty Bull Sale, Henderson, NE South Central Red Genetics Sale, Ardmore, OK Final Ad Reservation/Editorial Deadline for April ARA Magazine Arrowsmith Red Angus & Choat Cattle Co. Sale, Burwell, NE Campbell Red Angus Annual Production Sale, Mobridge, SD Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Red Angus Show, Houston, TX Broken Heart Ranch, Firesteel, SD Bieber Red Angus “Bieber Fever VIII” Sale, Leola, SD Sutherlin Farms Red Angus, Stevensville, MT DK Red Angus Production Sale, Williston, ND Judd Ranch Gelbvieh, Balancer and Red Angus Bull Sale, Pomona, KS Ludvigson Ozark Bull & Female Sale, Diamond, MO Redland Red Angus & Gelbvieah, Hysham, MT Rich Red Angus Annual Production Sale, Vinton, IA Cattlemen’s Classic Bull Sale, Terrebonne, OR C-Bar Ranch Bull Sale, Brownell, KS The Cattlemen’s Bull Sale, North Platte, NE McMurphy Farms Bull Sale, Carmen, OK Wedel Red Angus Sale, Leoti, KS Heart River Ranch & Open A Angus Sale, Belfield, ND Red Connection Bull Sale Schriefer Red Angus Production Sale, Dickinson, ND Hall-Pokorny Red Angus Sale, North Platte, NE Hueftle Cattle Co. Bull Sale, Cozad, NE Leland Red Angus & Koester Red Angus Sale, Sidney, MT A&W Farms & Country Boy Farms Bull Sale Red Alliance Sale, Shawnee, OK REDstock Joint Production Sale, Chillocothe, MO Sun River Red Angus Production Sale, Great Falls, MT Green Mountain Red Angus Sale, Logan, MT Plateau Red Angus Sale, Ogallala, NE Wildcat Creek Ranch Annual Bull Sale, Peabody, KS Wood V Bar X Ranch Bull Sale, Sandpoint, ID Damar Farms Spring Bull Sale, Mondovi, WI Janssen Red Angus Bull Sale, Geneseo, KS Lazy MC Angus Signature Series Bull Sale, Brooks Alberta, Canada Legacy Genetics Bull Sale, Othello, WA Milk Creek Reds, Plevna, MT Red Hill Farms “More Than A Bull X” Sale, Lafayette, TN Feddes and C-T Red Angus, Manhattan, MT Flat Water Red Angus Gang, Valentine, NE Lodoen Cattle Co. & Huber EY Red Angus Production Sale, Mandan, ND Peacock Angus Ranch Elite Bull Online Bull Sale Axtell Cattle Co. Bull Sale, Sterling, CO Pelton Red Angus Sale, LaCrosse, KS Westphal Red Angus Production Sale, Grass Range, MT Collier Diamond C Ranch Bull Sale, San Saba, TX Mushrush Red Angus, Strong City, KS Schuler Red Angus Bull Sale, Bridgeport, NE Croissant Red Angus, Briggsdale, CO Fischer Red Angus “Spring Fling” Bull Sale, Harlowtown, MT Namken Red Angus Bull Sale, Lake Norden, SD Power of the Reds Sale S Diamond Angus Private Treaty Bull Sale, Henderson, NE SERRA Grasstime Sale, Cullman, AL Jacobson Red Angus Bull Sale, West Fargo, ND McEntire Red Angus “Partners in Progress” Bull Sale, Sweetwater, OK

Missouri

Red Angus Association

Ed & Kathi Rule Excelsior Springs, MO 816-336-4200 Office

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SPREUTELS FARM RED ANGUS Bulls & Females at Private Treaty Commercial Replacements

Rt. 2 Box 129A â&#x20AC;¢ Koshkonong, MO Wilbur, Elsie or Steve Spreutels (417) 867-5695 â&#x20AC;¢ (417) 867-5545

Osborn,MO 64474 25 E. St. Joseph on Hwy. 36 (816) 675-2503

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McPhee Red Angus

RED ANGUS CATTLE

John & Jennifer Menke 10935 Quartz Valley Rd. (530) 468-5341 Ft. Jones, CA 96032

DOUG and BETTY DUNN 9695 Lowerbridge Way â&#x20AC;¢ Terrebonne, OR 97760 (541) 923-1705 â&#x20AC;¢ Fax (541) 923-5005 A Leachman Cattle Company Cooperator

North Santiam Red Angus

Ralph and Louise Bochsler 41210 Kingston Lyons Drive Stayton, Oregon 97383 Residence Business Fax (503) 769-6483 (503) 769-3436 (503) 769-7358 Registered Red Angus

Todd, DeeDee & Cody Kluser PO Box 8 John Day, Oregon 97845

Red Angus & Club Calves

Ph. (541) 932-2722 Fax (541) 932-2706 Email: Kluser@ortelco.net

www.highsummit.us

Leonard & Naomi Wood â&#x20AC;¢ (208) 263-5246 481649 Hwy 95 North â&#x20AC;¢ Sandpoint, ID 83864 â&#x20AC;¢ woodvxranch@aol.com

LORENZEN RANCHES P.O. Box 1519 Pendleton, OR 97801 (541) 276-6108 Larry Lorenzen

RED ANGUS SINCE 1959

Carl, Jodi & Scott Lautenschlager

(509) 657-3301 â&#x20AC;¢ carljodi@hotmail.com Rt. 1 Box 12 Endicott, WA 99125

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Advertiser Index

3K Land & Cattle Co ..........................119 3K & Friends ........................................26 5L Red Angus................................73,123 ABS ......................................................11 Accelerated Genetics ..........................13 Andras Stock Farm ............................130 Angelo Cattle Company .....................122 Angus World ......................................126 Arrowsmith Red Angus ........................35 Atkinson Reds ....................................102 Axtell Cattle Co..............................46,124 Bachman Cattle Farms ......................129 Bar C Red Angus................................119 Barenthsen-Bullinger Red Angus...83,124 Basel Red Angus................................125 Beatty Farms .....................................102 Beckton Stock Farm ....................2,3,122 Beeby Prairie City Farms ..................125 Berger ................................................111 Bieber Red Angus ..............................6,7 BIM Red Angus ..................................125 Birdwell, James ..................................126 Birdwell, Joel ......................................126 Birnie Red Angus..................................50 Bola Red Angus ..........................119,120 Booth, CK Sonny................................126 Bowles J5 Red Angus ........................123 Broken Heart Ranch.. ...................47,124 Brown, RA ..........................................119 Brylor Ranch.......................................126 Buffalo Creek Red Angus ..................121 Bull Hill Ranch ..............................70,118 Bullis Creek Ranch........................50,120 C-T ................................................55,123 C Bar Ranch ........................................95 Cabernet ............................................129 Campbell Red Angus..........................124 Canadian RA Promotion Society ........126 Cattlecliffs Ranch ..............................124 Cattle Visions ......................................34 Cedar Hill Farm ..................................125 Chiefline Red Angus ..........................119 Christensen Red Angus......................123 Choat Cattle Co ..............................35,50 Collier Diamond C Ranch................52,53 Conover, Al ..........................................90 Country Acres Farm ..........................125 Croissant Red Angus ....................77,124 Cross Diamond..............................50,131 Crump Red Angus ........................43,124 CUP Lab.............................................126 D&D Cattle Co .....................................50 DK Red Angus ..............................45,124 Damar Farms ......................................82 Deichmann Livestock Brokerage........126 Diamond H ........................................127 Double Eagle Ranch....................110,129 Double Tree Red Angus ....................122

Dykes Cattle Co. ..................................89 Elmwood Fields ..................................125 Faylor Red Angus ..............................127 Feddes ................................................55 Fick Red Angus ....................................50 Fischer’s Red Angus ....................22,122 Flaming Livestock Co ........................127 Flat Iron Red Angus ......................48,124 Flatwater Gang ....................................91 Flying W Red Angus ............................90 Forster Red Angus ............................124 Fort Worth Red Angus Showcase ........97 Frey Angus Ranch................................61 Fritz Red Angus..................................123 Geifer Ranch ........................................74 Genex/CRI ..................................126,132 Gibson Red Angus ............................102 Gilchrist ..............................................126 Gill Red Angus......................................65 Glacier Red Angus ............................122 Green Mountain Red Angus ..........63,122 Griffith Seedstock ..............................127 G.W. Land & Cattle Co ......................119 H & F Red Angus ...............................127 Halfmann Red Angus..........................119 Hall - Pokorny Red Angus ............50,100 Harbin Red Angus .............................119 Harms Plainview Ranch ....................129 Heart River ......................................51,60 Hickory Hill Farm ................................102 Hidden Creek Farm ............................125 High Summit Cattle Co.......................129 Hoft Red Angus .................................127 Hueftle Cattle Co ..........................50,107 Illinois Red Angus Association............125 ImmuCell ..............................................60 J6 Farms ............................................129 JST Red Angus ..................................129 Jacobson Red Angus ........................124 James Red Angus ..............................130 Janssen Red Angus ......................24,127 Jacobs, Roger ....................................126 Jarvis Red Angus ..............................102 Jeffries Land & Cattle ........................125 Judd Ranch ....................................36,37 K2 Red Angus ......................................99 Kansas Red Angus Assoc. ..................79 Karr Farms ........................................125 Kernen’s Cattle ..................................117 KK Farms ..........................................129 Klompien Red Angus..........................123 Kniebel Cattle Co ..............................127 Koester Red Angus ..............................27 Kolle Red Angus ................................119 Kravig Red Angus ..............................124 Lacy’s Red Angus ..............................127 Laubach Red Angus ..........................122 Lautenschlager & Sons ................89,129

Lazy MC ............................................103 Lazy J Bar ....................................15,124 Lazy W Farm ......................................129 Leland Red Angus ........................25,122 Liberty Ranch ....................................127 Little Creek Farm................................102 Loonan Stock Farm ......................29,125 Loosli Red Angus ..............................129 Lorenzen Ranches ........................67,129 Lucht Red Angus ...............................123 Ludvigson Stock Farms..15,17,19,23,123 MARS Red Angus ..............................123 Majestic Meadows................................79 Maple Oaks Red Angus......................129 Maxey Ford, Clay ................................12 McEntire Red Angus ..........................105 McLean Red Angus ............................102 McMurphy Farms. ..............................125 McPhee Red Angus............................129 Meado-West Farms............................125 Mees Ranch ......................................122 Mercer Farm ......................................102 Messmer Red Angus. ........................124 Meyer Cattle Co. ................................122 Mile High Classic ............................84,85 Milk Creek Reds. ..........................28,123 Minnesota Red Angus Assoc..............124 Montana RAAA.....................................62 Morris/Box Ranch ..............................119 Mushrush Red Angus. ....................5,127 Namken Red Angus ..........................125 Nelson Ranch ....................................125 Nordlund ..............................................96 North Dakota Bull Bash ........................66 North Dakota Red Angus Asociation ..115 North Santiam Red Angus..................129 OHR ............................................109,124 Oak Ridge Farms ..............................125 ORIgen ..............................................126 Osborn Red Angus ............................102 Overmiller ............................................94 Ozark Hills Genetics...........................129 Peacock Red Angus ..........................101 Pelton Red Angus .........................39,127 Performance Plus Bull Sale................104 Pieper Red Angus ................................32 Pifers Livestock Marketing ................120 Plain Jan’s ............................................68 Plateau Red Angus ..............................30 Pool Ranch.........................................126 Quality Genetics ..................................58 Quartz Valley Red Angus ....................81 RCR Promotions ................................126 Rafter JX Ranch ..................................50 Ramsdale Reds .................................127 Red Angus Society of Australia ..........126 Red Alliance Sale ..........................68,117 Red Angus World ................................80

Redland Red Angus ................70,71,123 Red Cow Relocators ..........................126 Red Fork Red Angus ............................74 Red Hill Farm ....................................102 Red Western Sale ................................90 Reds on the Rocks Sale ......................78 REDStock ............................................41 Rhodes Red Angus ............................127 Rich Red Angus....................................76 Ritchey................................................117 Robertson-Lindsay Cattle Co ............121 Rock Creek Red Angus ........................75 Rohrich ................................................57 Rouse Red Angus ..............................125 S Diamond Angus............................49,50 Sandbur Ridge Red Angus ..................50 Sandhill Red Angus ......................33,123 Schuler Red Angus..........................50,75 Schumacher Trust ..............................127 Scott Farm Red Angus ......................124 Shamrock Nook Red Angus ..............121 Sheaman Ranch ..................................88 Shepherd Red Angus ..........................87 Shoal Creek........................................129 Smith Land & Cattle Co......................124 Solid Rock Red Angus. ......................124 Solution Genetics ................................93 Sonstegard Cattle Co. ..................44,124 Southeast Red Angus Association ....102 South Central Red Genetics ................58 South Dakita Red Angus ......................18 Spear J Red Angus ............................122 Spreutels Farm Red Angus ................129 Stout, Justin........................................126 Strauss Free Raised ..........................128 Strawberry Ridge Reds ......................122 Sun River ......................................56,123 Sutherlin Farms ............................31,122 Swan Creek Red Angus ....................102 Sycamore Farm..................................102 TJS Red Angus............................113,122 TNT ......................................................59 Tailgate Ranch .....................................91 Tally Farms ........................................102 Thunder Grove Angus ........................125 Trinity Creek Red Angus ....................102 Triple Creek Ranch ............................119 Turtle River Cattle Co. ..........................21 Valentine Farms ................................125 Valnes Red Angus ........................81,124 VF Red Angus.. ......................................9 Wedel Red Angus..........................87,127 Westphal Red Angus ....................69,123 Whitley Red Angus ............................102 Wildcat Creek Ranch..........................127 Willows Farm Company ....................125 Woods V Bar X Ranch ................40,129 Wrights Mill Farm Red Angus ............125

Andras

Stock Farm

336 490th Ave. Searsboro, Iowa 50242

JoAnn James (641) 593-6526 Fax (641) 593-6646

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Steve: 217-473-2320 • Will: 217-473-2355 P.O. Box 71 • Manchester, IL 62663 email: andras@irtc.net

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Cross Cross Diamond Diamond Cattle Cattle Company Company Dec. Dec. 8, 2014 8, 2014 Sale Sale Report Report 220220 RedRed Angus Angus bulls.......................................................$9,360 bulls.......................................................$9,360 commercial commercial bred bred females........................................$3,344 females........................................$3,344 362362 20 open 20 open commercial commercial heifer heifer calves.................................$2,200 calves.................................$2,200 2 ranch 2 ranch broke broke horses.......................................................$4,850 horses.......................................................$4,850 Bright Bright sunshine sunshine andand temperatures temperatures in the in the 50s 50s set the set the tonetone for afor a hot hot salesale at Cross at Cross Diamond Diamond Cattle Cattle Company Company on Dec. on Dec. 8. Scott 8. Scott andand KimKim Ford, Ford, along along withwith theirtheir consignors, consignors, showed showed a buying a buying great great hospitality hospitality andand volume volume selections selections of outstanding of outstanding crowd crowd RedRed Angus Angus genetics. genetics.

TheThe highhigh selling selling bull,bull, Lot Lot 35, Crs 35, Crs Diamnd Diamnd Synergy Synergy 3021, 3021, sired sired

by Brown

by Brown Synergy Synergy X7838 X7838 fromfrom a Hustler a Hustler R588 R588 X Rambo X Rambo female female soldsold to Gilroy to Gilroy Land Land andand Cattle, Cattle, Dalton, Dalton, Neb.Neb. for for $26,000. $26,000.

Lot Lot 1, Crs 1, Crs Diamnd Diamnd Synergy Synergy 394,394, another another Synergy Synergy son,son, fromfrom a a Cattle Cattle Panhandle Panhandle Sandman Sandman 42554255 damdam soldsold to Right to Right On On Bertrand, Bertrand, Neb.Neb. for $25,000. for $25,000.

Company, Company, Lot Lot 90, Crs 90, Crs Diamnd Diamnd Granite Granite 3269, 3269, a son a son of 5L ofHard 5L Hard Rock Rock 2188218809X09X andand a BHR a BHR Copper Copper D 773 D 773 daughter, daughter, soldsold to Gilroy to Gilroy Land Land andand Cattle, Cattle, Dalton, Dalton, Neb.Neb. for $22,000. for $22,000.

Lot Lot 19, Crs 19, Crs Diamnd Diamnd Granite Granite 3273, 3273, a son a son of 5L ofHard 5L Hard Rock Rock 2188218809X09X andand a Beckton a Beckton EpicEpic R522K R522K daughter daughter soldsold to Right to Right On On Cattle, Cattle, Bertrand, Bertrand, Neb.Neb. for $20,000. for $20,000. son son Lot Lot 3, Crs 3, Crs Diamnd Diamnd Tradition Tradition 3272, 3272, a 5LaTradition 5L Tradition 795-6707 795-6707 fromfrom a Beckton a Beckton EpicEpic R522 R522 K daughter K daughter soldsold to Arrowsmith to Arrowsmith RedRed Angus, Angus, Bassett, Bassett, Neb.Neb. for $20,000. for $20,000.

LotsLots 91 and 91 and 92, Crs 92, Crs Diamnd Diamnd Landslide Landslide 356 356 andand Crs Crs Diamnd Diamnd Landslide Landslide 307,307, bothboth Poke Poke Nebr707 Nebr707 91169116 10641064 sons, sons, by by Medallion Medallion N328 N328 andand Tradition Tradition 795-6707 795-6707 daughters, daughters, respectiverespectively, were ly, were purchased purchased

by Tyler

by Tyler Dahlgren, Dahlgren, Bertrand, Bertrand, Neb.Neb. for for $20,000 $20,000 each. each.

TheThe highhigh selling selling group group of commercial of commercial bredbred heifers heifers soldsold to to Albia, Albia, Iowa.

Iowa.

They They were were a group a group of 32ofhead 32 head of of Mark Mark Bachman, Bachman, baldy baldy andand brockle brockle heifers, heifers, selling selling for $3650. for $3650.

TheThe 50 head 50 head of three-year-olds, of three-year-olds, coming coming withwith theirtheir second second calf,calf, consigned consigned

by Paxton

by Paxton Ranch, Ranch, Stapleton, Stapleton, Neb., Neb., soldsold to the to the Cherokee Cherokee Ranch Ranch andand Castle Castle Foundation, Foundation, Sedalia, Sedalia, Colo.

Colo. for for $3,610. $3,610.

And And a Blessed a Blessed New New Year Year from from Our Our Family Family toto Yours!

Yours!

Volume Volume buyers buyers were were Flying Flying U Cattle, U Cattle, Ogallala, Ogallala, Neb.Neb. withwith 120 120 head head of commercial of commercial heifers heifers andand Mark Mark Bachman, Bachman, Albia Albia , Iowa , Iowa heifers. heifers. of commercial of commercial withwith 52 head 52 head Volume Volume bullbull buyers buyers were were LeBlanc LeBlanc Cattle Cattle Company, Company, EastEast Bernard, Bernard, Texas Texas , with , with 11 bulls; 11 bulls; Glenn Glenn Cattle Cattle Company, Company, FortFort Morgan Morgan , Colo. , Colo. withwith 10 bulls; 10 bulls; Rapid Rapid Creek Creek Ranch, Ranch, Belvidere Belvidere , , So. Dak. So. Dak. withwith ninenine bulls; bulls; andand Paxton Paxton Ranch, Ranch, Stapleton Stapleton , Neb. , Neb. withwith six bulls six bulls

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