March 2021 - Red Angus Magazine

VOLUME VOLUME 57, NUMBER 57, NUMBER 3 3

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RED ANGUS Magazine n March 2021

UHF-EID Improves Efficiency, Decreases Stress ................... 44 ‘The Big Fat Surprise’ – A Resource for Advocating Beef ......................58 What Do Bull Buyers Want? ..................68 Back to Basics with Beef Grading ............................102 Board Commentary ...........................................................10 Association Commentary ....................................................14 Heller Becomes Director of Education ....................................20 Marketing Update ............................................................24 Member Services Bulletin ...................................................28 JRA Update ....................................................................34 Improving Genetic Merit in the Feedlot and on a Grid ..................38 Value-Added Programs – The Not-So-New ‘Normal’ .....................88 Smith Tapped to Lead Top Dollar Angus Team............................92 Record Keeping, Decision-Making and Profitability .................. 110 Prepare Now to Keep Calf Scours at Bay ............................... 118 Red Angus Well-Represented at Inaugural Cattlemen’s Congress .. 120 Ty Bayer Honored as Red Angus Herdsman of the Year ............... 122 Improve Your Herd’s Foot Scores with Observation and Culling .... 126 New Members ............................................................... 132 Sale Reports ................................................................. 136

Information Directories Calendar of Events ......................................................... 144 Advertiser Index ............................................................ 146

Cover Photo by Erin Brush

Spartacus

14AR2073 BIEBER SPARTACUS A193 // RAAA 1617230 // SAMURAI x High Noon SPARTACUS excels for docility, great feet and solid performance. He beats the average for both Marbling and REA, and sires daughters who last a long time.

CINCH

7AR73 PIE CINCH 4126 // RAAA 1725110 // Saga x Conquest Backed by real cow power, CINCH has earned his way to the top in many leading programs with stout, muscular offspring who offer ample growth with good looks.

From Bieber Red Angus, SD and Jeffries Land and Cattle, OK ProS 107 62

HB 54 88

GM 53 25

CED 14 36

BW -3.5 22

WW 77 8

YW MILK 119 26 13 37

ME 4 73

HPG 12 42

CEM STAY MARB YG 8 9 .68 .17 31 95 10 90

From Pieper Red Angus, NE and Rhodes Red Angus, SD CW 34 15

REA .13 40

FAT .05 91

ProS 74 93

EXCELLENCE

HB 70 65

GM 4 95

CED 13 42

BW -2.8 32

WW 72 16

GM 48 32

CED 23 1

BW -8.4 1

WW 51 80

YW 89 67

MILK 29 18

ME 4 69

HPG 10 75

CEM STAY MARB YG 14 18 .39 -.17 1 18 50 3

HPG 11 60

CEM STAY MARB YG 5 13 .04 .19 78 71 98 93

CW 23 39

REA -.19 92

FAT .03 71

14AR2092 HXC DAWSON 7003E // RAAA 3816299 // Pledge x P707 DAWSON saw significant sales last year for good reason. High for every index, he writes a strong EPD profile for CED, growth and carcass merit.

From Kneibel Farms, KS and All Beef, IL HB 97 15

ME -3 27

DAWSON

7AR85 KCC EXCELLENCE 139-774 // RAAA 3774413 // Merlin 937Z x Envy Here’s a Merlin son who excels for heifer breeding while moving the indexes of ProS, HB and GM in a positive direction. He offers moderate, outcross genes with added muscle.

ProS 145 15

YW MILK 114 27 20 36

From Hueftle Cattle Company, NE CW 13 71

REA .45 7

FAT -.01 5

ProS 191 1

HB 111 4

GM 79 4

CED 15 18

BW -3.8 18

WW 69 22

YW MILK 121 26 12 38

ME 7 90

HPG 13 27

CEM STAY MARB YG 10 20 .62 .07 11 7 15 54

CW 42 7

REA .29 18

FAT .01 40

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Board Commentary

RAAA Board of Directors President Johnny Rogers Roxboro, North Carolina jrrogers1968@gmail.com First Vice President/ Area 1 Director - West Sam Lorenzen Bend, Oregon lorenzensam@gmail.com Second Vice President/ Region A Director Chuck Feddes Manhattan, Montana feddesredangus@gmail.com Region B Director Connie Mushrush Strong City, Kansas redcows@mushrushredangus.com

by Connie Mushrush, Region B Director

Find Your Fit Dominate the Beef Industry with Red Angus Genetics That is the vision statement from the 2021-2026 Red Angus Strategic Plan, and it was approved at the January board meeting. It is bold, aggressive and ambitious!

Area 2 Director - Montana/ Board Secretary Kay Klompien Manhattan, Montana klmpnra@gmail.com

The Strategic Plan will be the roadmap for how the Red Angus Association of America operates for the next five years and beyond. Much thought and time have been put into this very important document by members, staff and industry leaders. As this month’s focus of the Red Angus Magazine is marketing, I am going to share Critical Objective #1 from the Strategic Plan.

Area 3 Director - Rocky Mountain Aaron Kravig Karval, Colorado akravig@kravigredangus.com

Create Market Demand – 20% of U.S. beef cattle will be Red Angus influenced by 2030.

Area 4 Director - Southwest Tony Ballinger Morgan Mills, Texas anthony.ballinger@adm.com

So, what does this mean if you are a Red Angus seedstock supplier or a commercial cattleman, and how do you fit in?

Region C Director Jeff Pettit Sebree, Kentucky jp@noashconstruction.com

Area 5 Director - Northern Plains Steve Koester Steele, North Dakota koesterredangus@gmail.com Area 6 Director - Great Plains Newley Hutchison Canton, Oklahoma newley@chainranch.com Area 7 Director - Northeast Rob Hess Hershey, Pennsylvania hessfarm@verizon.net Area 8 Director - Southeast Jim Yance Columbia, Alabama jim@jyjredangus.com Area 9 Director - Midwest Stuart Gilbert Stockport, Iowa redcowrelocators@gmail.com

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RED ANGUS Magazine n March 2021

Ask a feeder, high-desert cow-calf producer, packer or a corn farmer the type of Red Angus cattle they prefer and you will get a different answer every time. Obviously, performance, demand or environment dictates what works best for each. The truth is regardless of their answer, all of them are correct. They are responding to what they know works for them.

The key for each of these very different scenarios is knowing what they have and how to fit those accurately described genetics best into their system, and just as important, have demand for the end product.

Following Critical Objective #1, the job of RAAA is to accurately describe

the expected genetic potential and to create marketing opportunities for many classes of commercial Red Angus cattle. That means multiple endpoint opportunities and specifications. It becomes the responsibility of seedstock and commercial cattlemen to know what kind of cattle they are producing and find the markets that best fit.

A contrast to illustrate this is a highgrowth terminal Red Angus-Charolais cross that fits nicely into a calf fed program, and steer mates from a high-percentage Red Angus maternal mating that could benefit from more time before going on feed. Producers need to know what they have and market them so that they go into the system that best optimizes profit.

Feeders need to understand what type of cattle they are feeding as each will be handled differently. Once harvested, a specialty Angus brand might prefer a more moderate ribeye, while another market will want it really large.

Reading the strategies that support Critical Object #1 from the Strategic Plan, I get excited. Similar to Critical Objective #1, the strategies are aggressive, bold and more importantly, achievable. They don’t try to pigeonhole Red Angus cattle to fit a certain type. Instead, they embrace the reality that different regions have diverse advantages and limitations and different producers have different goals.

Successful implementation of this plan will help you to find where your Red Angus genetics best fit and help to create demand. Let’s get busy and together we will be well on our way to “Dominating the Beef Industry with Red Angus Genetics.” n

Leading the Next Generation DEFINITIVE

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FEDDES CCC DEFINITIVE 9416 RAAA 4124560 1A 5L DEFENDER 560-30Z x MLK CRK REDSTONE

CLEAR ANSWER FOR CALVING EASE PLUS GENETICS ɵ A wide bodied, soggy made specimen with four star CE potential ɵ 7UHPHQGRXV PDWLQJ ÁH[LELOLW\ PDWHUQDO DQG HQG SURGXFW JHQHWLFV ɵ Delivers a very rare combination of breed leading CE, top end growth and added end product in package that should leave ideal replacements

TRAIT EPD ACC %

CED

BW

WW

YW

ADG

DMI

MILK

ME

HPG

CEM

+19

-5.3

+69

+108

+.24

+2.05

+24

-3

+13

+8

.45 1

.49 4

.47 17

.47 23

.47 34

.17

ENERGIZE

.23

.24 24

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.31 20

.27 34

STAY MARB +11 .30

+.40 .44

YG

CW

REA

FAT

ProS

HB

GM

+.00

+25

+.34

+.02

+97

+63

+34

.38 21

.48 30

.45 10

.41

EPDs as of 1/31/2021 TOP 35%

BIEBER CL ENERGIZE F121 RAAA 3958815 1A BIEBER CL ATOMIC C218 x BIEBER HARD DRIVE Y120

ENERGIZE YOUR HERD ɵ *R 7R EXOO IRU G\QDPLF SKHQRW\SH VWXFWXUH DQG (3' SURÀOH DFURVV WKH ERDUG ɵ Blends the growth curve with added CE and exceptional carcass value ɵ Maternal strength backed by the Bieber Adelle cow family, his granddam Adelle 297Y is in the Bieber donor pen ɵ Loads of body and dimension, you really like how bold sprung and soft made he is, and you will love his feet and overall structure

TRAIT EPD

CED

BW

WW

YW

ADG

DMI

MILK

ME

HPG

CEM

+17

-6.0

+71

+123

+.32

+2.06

+27

+4

+11

+10

ACC .45 .50 .48 .48 % 8 3 188 10 DNA NA te teste tested sted ste dA AMF, MF, CA MF CAF CAF, F, DDF F, DDF,, M MAF MAF, AF,, NH NHF NHF, F, OSF F,

.48 6

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PROPULSION

.20 29

.53

29AR0280

.31

.27 10

STAY MARB +18 .29 20

+.63 .41 14

YG

CW

REA

FAT

ProS

HB

GM

+.10

+42

+.41

+.04

+175

+99

+76

3

13

5

.37

.47 7

.47 9

.36

EPDs as of 1/31/2021 TOP 35%

BB PROPULSION 9096 RAAA 4169122 1A PIE ONE OF A KIND 777 x LARSON SUN KING 016

MOVE YOUR HERD FORWARD WITH PROPULSION ɵ Standout from both a data and phenotype perspective, attractive cattle that will smash the scales ɵ Big time performance with style and length to burn - You will love the muscle, shape and phenotype he brings to the table ɵ Dam is a long sided female with a 107 MPPA ɵ One of the top performance bulls to sell in 2019

TRAIT EPD

CED

BW

WW

YW

ADG

DMI

MILK

ME

HPG

CEM

+.12

-0.6

+77

+127

+.31

+1.67

+32

+4

+17

+9

ACC .42 .48 .46 .46 % 4 3 DNA tested AMF, CAF, DDF, MAF, NHF, OSF

.46 4

.09

.14 5

.18

.24 2

.21 11

STAY MARB +13 .25

+.56 .36 17

YG

CW

REA

FAT

ProS

HB

GM

+.13

+34

+.25

+.04

+154

+92

+62

5

20

10

.34

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.45 9

.42 19

.34

EPDs as of 1/31/2021 TOP 35%

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NEXT GENERATION

#3920119 | Act. BW 74 lbs.

Semen: $20/straw

CALVO NEXT GENERATION 221D Calved: 9-18-2016 • Category: A - 100% AR BB 6021 GRAZER 6242

BB 5236 BBRED 6021 BB M740 BBRED 5382 PCC COLORADO HOBO OCC VANESSA 768P

OCC RED GRAZER 610Z OCC VANESSA 829S OCC EASY RED

OCC LINEBRED 801R OCC VANESSA 829S O C C KIDDO 832K OCC VANESSA 871L

OCC VANESSA 858Z

OCC VANESSA 822P

ProS

HB

GM

ME

HPG

CEM

STAY

MARB

148 110 37 12 -2.1 61 97 28 -3

CED

BW

WW YW Milk

14

5

20

0.37 0.15 31 0.09 0.04

YG

CW

REA

FAT

9% 2%

13%

3%

14%

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He carries a lot of look, charisma, and raw shape; for his wide top and massive rib shape make him appealing at any angle. The one thing that really stands out with him is his ability to move so freely with so much rib shape. He has just the right amount of flex in hiss pasterns and has perfect feet. One thing to note on Next Generation is that he does not grow much hair, and we have never seen a bull go all winter with such a fine hair coat. If you’re looking to make females or cattle that can thrive in the southern heat take a look at 221D.

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His mother OCC Vanessa 858Z is our definition of an ideal ranch cow. She is clean necked and feminine-made with a perfect udder. She is a pretty headed cow that has the kind of body & substance we strive to breed for.

She is 8 years old this spring and is one that we expect to stay in production for another 10.

OCC VANESSA 858Z

FORAGER

#4056728 | Act. BW 70 lbs.

Semen: $20/straw

CALVO FORAGER 57E Calved: 05-02-2017 • Category: A - 100% AR

BB 6021 GRAZER 6242

BB 5236 BBRED 6021 BB M740 BBRED 5382 PCC COLORADO HOBO OCC VANESSA 768P

OCC RED GRAZER 610Z OCC VANESSA 829S OCC EASY RED

OCC LINEBRED 801R OCC VANESSA 829S O C C PRACTICAL 841P RF JESSI 1277-3039-5227

SR JESSI 683A

SR MISS PRACTICAL 557

ProS

HB

GM

ME

HPG

CEM

STAY

MARB

131 96 36 14 -2.5 59 96 30 -4

CED

BW

WW YW Milk

13

6

18

0.36 0.14 25 0.03 0.03

YG

CW

REA

FAT

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The amount of rib shape, fleshing ability, and power is what makes this young bull exciting and his light color and slick hair coat makes him a very good candidate for southern heat. As you can see, 57E resembles his mom to a T; for they both offer the immense rib shape that we consistently try to stack up in our bloodlines.

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683A is in our flush program because every year she passes that massive power and shape onto her calves. If you're looking for a bull to add fleshing ability into your cow herd in one generation, then look no further.

SR Jessi 683A

87762 446th Ave., Bassett, NE 68714 Joe: 605-830-2210 | Rick: 402-760-1274 email:-calvorachael@yahoo.com

www.calvofamilyredangus.com

Thank you to all who continue to support our program, and if you are seeing this before our sale please join us February 26th at 1 p.m. CST in Bassett, NE or on dvauction.com.

RAAA National Office

18335 E. 103rd Ave., Suite 202 Commerce City, CO 80022 (940) 387-3502 • FAX (888) 829-6069 Email: info@redangus.org RedAngus.org

RAAA National Staff Chief Executive Officer Tom Brink Ext. 4 - tombrink@redangus.org

Director of Breed Improvement Ryan Boldt Ext. 12 - ryan@redangus.org

Director of Office Operations Halla Pfeiff Ext. 10 - halla@redangus.org

Manager of Performance Data Programs Fallon Flick Ext. 7 - fallon@redangus.org

REDSPro & Registry Specialist Billie Bukoski Ext. 6 - billie@redangus.org

REDSPro & Registry Specialist Toni Scanga Ext. 5 - toni@redangus.org

Association Commentary

by Tom Brink, RAAA Chief Executive Officer

Red Angus Tagging Programs Growing Over the Long Haul The Red Angus Feeder Calf Certification Program is more than 25 years old and still growing. During the most recent RAAA fiscal year, combined calf enrollments in FCCP and Allied Access set a new record high at 214,200 head. That number represents a 2% increase versus the previous year and a whopping 58% increase over 2015.

Database and Registration Consultant Kenda Ponder Ext. 15 - kenda@redangus.org

Tags and Show Program Specialist Jeananne Drouhard Ext. 18 - jeananne@redangus.org

DNA Data Programs Coordinator Alana Skelton Ext. 14 - alana@redangus.org

DNA Programs Specialist Sydney Williams Ext. 24 - sydney@redangus.org

Database and Registration Consultant Kenda Ponder Ext. 15 - kenda@redangus.org

Director of Commercial Marketing Harold Bertz (816) 661-2289 - harold@redangus.org

Red Angus was way ahead of its time when this program was established in 1995. Feeder calf verification of many types is getting more and more popular today. However, back then few people had even thought about identifying and differentiating calves based on important attributes, like specific breed content and age and source, or about creating a process-verified program with USDA to keep the bar high and the integrity of the program above reproach.

Commercial Marketing Coordinator Katie Martin Ext. 16 - katieochsner@redangus.org

Commercial Marketing Specialist

The following is a quote taken from the September 2006 ARA Magazine:

“The Red Angus Feeder Calf Certification Program was the first USDA process-verified program and offered genetic traceability to Angus parentage as well as source verification to the ranch of origin. Annually, USDA has visited Red Angus headquarters for the purposes of auditing the FCCP to ensure that the process-verified points of source and genetics are being met. Up until the last couple years, these audits typically produced one or two ‘continuing improvement points’ where the USDA auditors helped Red Angus staff fine tune the program to service the PVP claims even better than in previous years.”

Fast forward to today. Chessie Mitchell and Jeananne Drouhard, RAAA employees, do an excellent job administering this program, which annually services more than 1,000 commercial producers from all over the nation. We still conduct an annual audit with USDA. As well, we are

Nolan Woodruff Ext. 9 - nolan@redangus.org

Commercial Marketing Specialist Barrett Simon (316) 452-1792 - barrettsimon@redangus.org

Commercial Marketing Specialist Rachael Oliver (406) 480-1569 - rachael@redangus.org

Tag and Show Programs Coordinator Chessie Mitchell Ext. 20 - chessie@redangus.org

Director of Education and Junior Programs Dr. Kim Heller (515) 851-2019 - juniors@redangus.org

Editor & Director of Communications Brandi Buzzard Frobose (785) 448-0239 - brandi@redangus.org

Publisher & Advertising Director Tracey Koester (701) 391-5440 - tracey@redangus.org

Accounting Director Janet Russell Ext. 11 - janet@redangus.org

The Red Angus ‘yellow tag’ Feeder Calf Certification Program has been identifying Red Angus-sired calves for over 25 years, guaranteeing genetics, age and source.

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3 ACES FEEL GOOD 9716

BW -0.5 WW 51 YW 84 MILK 24 Marb.10 REA -.05

2018 NAILE Reserve Champion Bull!

LACY 1776 002D

TLF King of Spades

BW -1.3 WW 70 YW 116 Milk 27 Marb .65 REA .31

5L Independence son with 10 traits in the top third of the breed for % ranks!

SLGN Yardmaster 125Y

Card Shark X Perfect Storm's dam.

This bull is amazing! Check out his first calves at Tree Lane Farms, IL!

Bow Crk Heavily Armed 310A

BW -2.5 WW 35 YW 40 MILK 22 Marb .45 REA -.35

Red Rainbow Transendence 29B

BW -0.7 WW 47 YW 64 MILK 21 Marb .23 REA -.12

New, hot outcross with QUALITY!

WEBR Leatherman 883

BHR Durango 1158

CBCB CrossÀre

BW 0.4 WW 51 YW 71 MILK 20 Marb .17 RE .06

Crossfire is a Firstorm x Gangster who is siring tremendous progeny!

Out of the great Rebellas family that produced Major League, Grand Canyon, and LCB Hoss, he is surefire calving ease with huge growth and carcass.

Ringstead Kargo x 6 Mile Full Throttle. He's long-bodied, big-boned, bold-ribbed, deepsided and powerful!

WEBR Dr. Feel Good 1112

BW -2.0 WW 42 YW 70 MILK 25 Marb -.11 REA -.06

Dr. Feel Good is producing complete progeny!

Full brother to Card Shark!

DAMAR TRUMP C512

BW -2.1 WW 46 YW 74 MILK 26 Marb .52 REA -.08

The Power Eye x Mulberry son that makes your herd more valuable!

DAMAR NEXT D852

BW -3.1 WW 48 YW 82 MILK 28 Marb .38 REA .18

A calving ease stallion with phenotype!

BW 2.3 WW 78 YW 124 MILK 25 Marb .13 REA .14

BW 1.4 WW 78 YW 131 MILK 19 Marb .40 REA .26

Griswold new herdsire who's ultra complete with power & profile!

BJF PAR 7022E

BW -0.4 WW 76 YW 116 MILK 15 Marb .62 REA .40

Championships in his first two events of his career at Denver and Houston and has balanced EPDs!

WEBR Night Train 324

BW -2.0 WW 63 YW 92 MILK 18 Marb .44 REA -.05

Awesome Doc Holiday son at TC Reds, McMurphy and Webers.

Sired high-sellers at Ladies in Red Sale!

PZC TMAS Red Sky 2794

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Sired 2015 NWSS champion female for TC Reds, yet is top 1% for performance!

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BW 1.6 WW 61 YW 86 MILK 21 Marb .44 REA .26

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Association Commentary – Genetics Take Centerstage in the Beef Business 600-pound Red Angus feeder calf – a calf that most often sells at or near the top of the market. Compound that figure across a truckload of calves, and beef producers are quick to realize the value of Red Angus genetics guaranteed by the yellow tag.”

still tweaking the program from year to year to keep it up to date, and in some cases, to allow it to work more seamlessly with other industry value-added programs.

Since its inception, nearly 3 million head of Red Angus and Red Angus-influenced cattle have been enrolled in the FCCP/AA, making it the largest breedbased valued-added program in the U.S. by a large margin.

An informative article on the FCCP was published in the September 2018 edition of the ARA Magazine, in which the following statement was made:

“Nearly 3 million head of Red Angus and Red Angus-influenced cattle have been enrolled.”

“Red Angus producers recognize the value of the yellow FCCP tag and continue to receive market-topping premiums for minimal investment in enrollment. The 99-cent tag returns, on average, $2.80 per cwt., which equates to more than $16 on a

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The only thing that has changed since those comments were published twoand-a-half years ago is that FCCP and AA enrollments have continued to grow and the latest market premium estimate has increased a bit further and is now closer to $3 per cwt, on average.

Breed identity can and does carry value in the marketplace, maybe not for all breeds, but for Red Angus it certainly does.

When offering commercial Red Angus genetics for sale, the inexpensive valued-added programs RAAA offers help producers communicate to prospective buyers that their steers and heifers are verified Red Angus or Red Angus-influenced.

Buyers have repeatedly proven with their checkbooks that they want this information, which has provided the necessary pull-through demand to keep Red Angus tag enrollments on the rise over the long haul.

To learn more about Red Angus value-added programs, contact Chessie Mitchell or Jeananne Drouhard at tags@redangus.org or call 940-226-4762. n

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Heller Becomes Director of Education Dr. Kim Heller recently added a new role to her repertoire at the Red Angus Association of America as the director of education and junior programs.

This position is designed to strengthen engagement and assist members with knowledge-based initiatives to build the breed across all segments.

This new role was borne out of the 2021-2026 Red Angus Strategic Plan which identifies education as a key area to enable and support the breed’s strategic initiatives, and in particular, to enhance the knowledge base of Red Angus breeders nationwide.

Heller’s work will also better prepare board and staff members to be stewards of long-term breed success.

Heller has been with RAAA since 2015 and worked for more than five years as the junior programs coordinator, where she led and prepared Junior Red Angus members in education efforts, leadership development programs, scholarships and competitions.

She will retain this role with the Junior Red Angus Association along with her expanded position as director of education. n

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by Chessie Mitchell, RAAA Tag Programs Coordinator

Measuring Predictability in Feeder Cattle Through EIDs During a recent Red Angus Learn From The Best series, a feedlot manager answered the question, “What do you want most in feeder cattle?” The manager responded assertively, “Predictability.” Producers have many methods of incorporating predictability into their herds: EPDs, health protocols and genetics are just a few examples, however, I want to discuss the vehicle that can help collect the actual measurement of that predictability, EIDs. Electronic identification through radio frequency has come a long way since its inception in the 1970s. Significant improvements have been made to allow for a quicker read time, ample space between the animal and the reader, pricing that is more realistic for a producer and the ability to marry different monitoring systems.

Today’s scientists and feedlots are working to predict diseases ahead of time, monitor the amount of water the animal drinks, the number of times an animal enters a feed bunk, complying with ADT rules and much more, all through EIDs. There are many scientific benefits to RFID technology, but now many marketing methods require the use of EIDs. Some feedlots simply won’t accept cattle into their yards without EID technology or will cut out dangle tags to replace with EIDs, often losing the value-added program

compliant tags in the process. With EID-tagged cattle, feeders can track animals throughout their yards, ensure that proper identification is available to meet the requirements of third-party enrolled programs, and most importantly, data collection.

I often hear from producers that they would like to receive data back on their calves from the packer. The likelihood of receiving that data is significantly higher with EIDs when compared to the packer paying an employee to sit and read each tag number as it enters the plant.

Most of the more extensive packing facilities are already equipped with EID readers that scan for EIDs on each animal that enters the plant, no matter if the cattle have one or not. Although I can’t guarantee interested producers will receive the data, as there are many different components in play for that to happen, the likelihood of getting data back is much higher with the use of EID technology.

Commercial cow-calf producers are plagued with many different management decisions throughout the year, along with trying to be a step ahead of the market. On an operational side, one of the last things that we want to consider is how to use a computer in the midst of vaccinations, chute management and data collection. Thankfully, the actual use of EIDs isn’t as complicated as is often perceived.

To use an EID reader, simply wave the wand next to the animal’s head and wait for the beep signifying the EID has been read.

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Marketing Update EIDs can be purchased from many different livestock identification companies. Red Angus value-added programs offer high-quality EIDs for a reasonable price from Allflex.

The EIDs are shipped directly to the producer along with a paper manifest of each of the 15-digit numbers and the instructions to download the same electronic list from the Allflex website.

EIDs can be put in during processing time and then married to the animal’s pre-existing management tag numbers in the respective record-keeping system. Readers are available through most identification companies at reasonable rates.

Money is often the other most significant concern when discussing transitioning to EID technology. If enrolled in Red Angus value-added programs, EID-only 840/982 program compliant tags can be purchased for $2, or an additional option of visual plus EID program compliant tags can be purchased for $3 per set. Many third-party programs are now requiring the use of EID technology and, although not required for Red Angus value-added programs, EIDs are strongly recommended.

“EIDs are an easy and efficient method to incorporate both predictability and premiums into your herd.”

Once applied, when the animal enters the chute, wave the reader by the animal’s head and wait for the corresponding beep to signal the EID has been read. The EID numbers can be systematically downloaded into different management programs or even just a simple excel sheet. This allows for quicker processing time, fewer errors in recordation and fewer people required to help.

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While feeders desire predictability, ranchers desire premiums. As I have outlined above, EIDs are an easy and efficient method to incorporate both predictability and premiums into your herd.

If you are interested in incorporating EID technology into your program, want to learn more or are ready to order, feel free to give us a call.

Contact the tag program department at tags@redangus.org or give us a call at 940-226-4762. We are here to help you make the most of your Red Angus investment! n

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DNA Department DNA sample submissions are up nearly 11% January YTD Communications Despite COVID, successfully filmed two American Rancher episodes to highlight Red Angus operations REDSPro Faster implementation of necessary fixes Registration Members completed more than 3,000 jobs in January – an increase of 1,500 from previous year Commercial Marketing Team Attended 22 special FCCP sales with more than 13,000 Red Angusinfluenced calves marketed Red Angus Shows Incorporated the American Royal into the Regional Show rotation.

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Member Services Bulletin

by Halla Pfeiff, Director of Office Operations Transferring Animals – What is the Big Deal?

Transferring animals to new owners is a mixed bag of feelings – it can be cumbersome, but when it’s all finished, it provides much relief. So, if there is such unease about completing this task, why even do it?

New Red Angus Stakeholders New owners are excited about the genetics that have been purchased. They desire to show ownership and anxiously await the color certificates that arrive via mail. Additionally, with the completed transfer of the animal, these new stakeholders receive a complimentary one-year subscription to the Red Angus Magazine.

Access to Value-Added Programs The Red Angus Feeder Calf Certification Program is a genetic, age and source USDA verification program. To meet the genetic component of this program, animals MUST be transferred to the account that wishes to pursue RAAA valued-added programs. In this case, REDSPro serves and provides the proper documentation for acceptance by our marketing department and USDA. Accurate Herd Inventories Transferring and disposing of animals is vital to keep the most accurate list of animals in your herd. Females left on inventory due to non-transfer will accrue THR charges when the time comes due.

Developing Data Submissions Recording accurate sire and dam registration numbers on new offspring, of course, has significant impact on calves at time of submission, but more importantly in the future.

Transferring animals allows for the new owner to register new offspring with minimal disruption due to ownership requirements. This mainly impacts females and who will be listed as the owner of the dam at the time of calving.

Transfer Fees Transferring animals can seem like an easy task and because of that it easily is moved to the bottom of the to-do list. Avoid getting caught in this trap. Transfers completed within 60 days of the sale date are free, but a fee is incurred beyond 60 days.

Don’t let procrastination cost you money.

These may not seem critical at that moment in time, but the intentions of the new owner may not be seen for years.

Rest easy with these all-around performers 1AR00972 WFL MERLIN

018A

Reg#: 1628086 // LJC Merlin T179 x Brown Commitment S7206 ProS HB

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CE

BW

WW

YW

ADG DMI MM

9%

4%

6%

13%

ME

HPG CEM STAY MARB

YG

CW

REA

121 68 53 15 -4.7 81 128 0.3 1.38 36 -1 10 6 13 0.53 -0.05 21 0.34 .83 .94 .92 .91 .91 .63 .61 .68 .43 .63 .45 .62 .52 .66 .67 26% 18%

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Merlin 018A is foolproof for calving ease with growth, carcass and a quiet disposition. Daughters and sons alike are functional cattle that are the type to build your program around.

A true curve-bender, Merlin 018A calves are born small but exhibit excellent performance with impressive depth and thickness.

1AR00960 3SCC DOMAIN A163

Reg#: 1619642 // Beckton Dominor T122 Z1 x Basin Hobo 0545 ProS HB

GM

CE

BW

WW

YW

ADG DMI MM

ME

HPG CEM STAY MARB

153 92 62 15 -1.5 63 105 0.26 1.27 21 2 11 3 22 0.7 .81 .94 .92 .91 .91 .51 .66 .68 .56 .65 .41 .61 9% 22% 15% 26%

33% 27% 36%

2%

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YG

CW

REA

BF

0.21 23 0.05 0.07 .54 .70 .67 .64

Domain’s extreme index power catches your eye, but it’s his thick-made, well-built progeny that have made him a leader in return customer semen sales.

Sons are easy fleshing, thick and masculine. Daughters in production are medium-sized, easy-fleshing cows with good feet and fantastic udders.

1AR00970 LELAND MARKSMAN 6629

Reg#: 3543019 // WFL Merlin 018A x Glacier Chateau 744 ProS HB

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100 71 28 15 -5 61 107 0.29 1.27 35 4 9 6 17 0.11 -0.04 14 0.31 0.01 .72 .84 .80 .80 .80 .37 .34 .67 .25 .43 .35 .55 .45 .66 .56 .41 29% 16%

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Marksman is an excellent calving-ease option that doesn’t give up body capacity, thickness or growth.

Anchored by the great Pandora cow family and going back to the M186 cow, Marksman has power in the blood.

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Member Services Bulletin Options to Complete Transfers • The backside of the color certificate • Batch Transfer Form – available at redangus.org>herd management>offline forms • REDSPro data entry – transfer • REDSPro data entry – manual job Requirements for all options are: • New owner’s name • Address • Phone number • Email (if available) This data is accompanied by the percent ownership to be transferred, the date of sale, and signature of the individual transferring the animal.

When bulls are transferred to the new owner, the calves are eligible for Red Angus value-added programs.

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FEDDES SPRINGHILL 0275

C-T MARKSMAN 0018

FEDDES COACH WOODEN 0237

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ST

MA

YG

CW

DMI

MR COACH 1296 X BROWN JYJ REDEMPTION Y1334

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ST

MA

YG

CW

DMI REA

M FAT

-1 12 8 17 0.37 0.19 46 0.23 0.04 Coach Wooden is an outstanding son of MR Coach 1296, who should be a foot fixer. His dam is a donor cow that has never let us down – we plan to use 0237 in our program. GR 117.

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Reg. #

BW

205-Wt.

WW-Ratio

Reg. #

BW

205-Wt.

WW-Ratio

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114

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101

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ST

MA

YG

CW

REA

FAT

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HPG CEM

ST

MA

YG

CW

DMI

C-T RED ROCK 5033 X PIE ONE OF A KIND 352

ProS HB GM ME

DMI

5L ULTIMATUM 1893-03C X BASIN HOBO 79E REA

FAT

2 16 6 25 0.82 0.25 22 -0.12 0.06 We love our granddaughters by Laso Leanna BC114R. Four traits in the top 1% of the bred: ProS, HB, Stay & Marb. He is a 3/4 brother to Lautenschlager’s Bucket List Bull. Mid-test gain ratio of 139.

ME

HPG CEM

ST

MA

YG

CW

DMI REA

M FAT

11 12 9 13 0.32 -0.10 38 0.58 -0.01 Calving-ease Red Rock son with explosive growth. Moderate framed with wide body and extra muscle, 113 WR over 850 lbs and 205 WW. Very correct made with great feet and leg structure. Top 1% of breed for REA.

FEDDES BRUNO 0232

C-T DOMINATE 0135

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Reg. #

BW

205-Wt.

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Reg. #

BW

205-Wt.

WW-Ratio

Reg. #

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101

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118

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ADG

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CED BW

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ADG

M

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CED BW

WW

YW

ADG

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106

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108

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ST

MA

YG

CW

REA

FAT

0 14 8 16 0.53 -0.08 24 0.56 0.01 This is a moderate-framed Brunswick son that is long, deep and thick. The dam is a Grand Statement daughter that has earned her way into our donor pen.

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HPG CEM

0.8 ST

MA

YG

CW

DMI

WFL MERLIN 018A X 5L HOBO DESIGN 273-7047

ProS HB GM ME

DMI

C-T DOMINATE 7067 X BROWN JYJ REDEMPTION Y1334 REA

FAT

3 10 6 21 0.61 0.18 44 0.13 0.03 This Dominate son will grab your attention with performance and style. 118 WR over 840 lbs. 205 WW, top 1% Pro S, WW, YW, ADG. Top 4% Stay, top 12% Marb. He’s a powerful bull!!

FEDDES MERLIN 816-0208

ME

HPG CEM

ST

MA

YG

DMI

CW

REA

M FAT

-3 11 9 18 0.50 -0.01 13 0.19 0.01 0228 is one of a large group by Merlin 018A. O228’s dam is Feddes Lakina Y17, one of our all time best. She is the dam to Feddes Silver Bow B226 and several others working in good registered herds.

FEDDES BUBBA 806-0200

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BW

205-Wt.

WW-Ratio

Reg. #

BW

205-Wt.

WW-Ratio

Reg. #

BW

205-Wt.

WW-Ratio

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77

720

106

4289167

81

642

ET

4289047

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727

107

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YW

ADG

M

ProS HB GM

CED BW

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YW

ADG

M

ProS HB GM

CED BW

WW

YW

ADG

133 80 53

14 -2.7

78

125

0.30 1.65 32

129 92 37

11 -1.6

68

114

0.28 1.88 26

141 85 56

13 -2.6

81

129

0.30 1.98 28

HPG CEM

ST

MA

YG

CW

REA

FAT

0 9 8 14 0.50 -0.04 24 0.33 0.00 0208 is a really classy Merlin 018A. He’s out of a first-calf heifer and has a great EPD profile.

ME

HPG CEM

ST

MA

YG

CW

DMI

5L BOURNE 117-48A X 5L INDEPENDENCE 560-298Y

ProS HB GM ME

DMI

C-T DOMINATE 7067 X BIEBER ROMERO 9136 REA

FAT

3 11 5 19 0.45 0.16 21 -0.10 0.03 Dam 806 is 13 years old and keeps cranking out good ones.

She has two sons in bull studs and several more in really good registered herds.

ME

HPG CEM

ST

MA

YG

CW

DMI REA

M FAT

1 18 5 13 0.64 0.08 30 0.26 0.03 0269 is a really good Bourne 48A son that will add some power and carcass, along with the great Blockana maternal traits.

JRA Update

by Andrea Rutledge, JRA President Have you read our history?

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “We are not makers of history, but we are made of history.” If you have ever taken a look at the history of the Red Angus breed, you would probably agree that this quote is pretty accurate. The Red Angus Association of America was started in 1954 by seven innovative breeders that set out to reject the norms of the times and design an association around new scientific principles of performance testing.

Not far off in their vision was to create leaders that would help carry on the mission for years to come. With that, the development of the Junior Red Angus Association of America was developed and since then, our organization has been working to develop leaders and innovators for our breed and the agriculture industry.

We are excited for another year of creating leaders and for the opportunities to come this year – opportunities like the National Junior Red Angus Show at NAJRAE, Round-Up and the Young Stockman Program.

Calving Time For many of our juniors, their families and operations, calving time is just around the corner, happening right now, or maybe even on the downhill

slide. Calving is an important time of year within the cattle industry. It can be exciting, sometimes frustrating, but overall a rewarding experience.

We want to share in our juniors’ calving seasons. By using the link http:// bit.ly/jramemberphoto juniors can submit a photo and a description from their calving season! Those who submit photos and descriptions will be featured on our social media platforms and some will appear in the next Red Angus Magazine. We would love to see what our juniors are up to during this exciting time.

Junior Spotlight Addison Green Russell attends school in Smith Center, Kansas. She is involved in 4-H, FFA, volleyball and scholars bowl. She has been a JRA member for three years. However, she has enjoyed raising and showing commercial Red Angus cattle since the age of 8. She enjoyed her commercial show heifers so much that she decided to purchase her first registered show heifer at the Lemke Cattle annual production sale, a heifer she fondly nicknamed Pixie that went on to win the 2019 Kansas State Fair Red Angus division.

One of Addie’s favorite JRA memories is attending the 2019 NAJRAE, at which she was able to show Pixie.

Addison Russell While she participated in all the satellite events, the highlights of her experience were being selected as first place junior public speaking and sales talk individual. These placings helped her become the second overall sweepstakes individual.

Addie is looking forward to growing her passion for agriculture through 4-H and FFA activities such as meat judging, livestock judging, public speaking and the vet science career development events. This year she is looking forward to showing her first “bred and owned,” a March heifer sired by Pieper Cinch.

If you want to be reassured that the future is in good hands with JRA members, watch Addison’s REDtalk she created for the 2020 Young Stockman Program at https://bit.ly/ YSPredtalk. n

Connect with JRA!

Andrea Rutledge, Montana – President – jraandrea1@gmail.com Izzy McGibbon, Arizona – Vice President – jraizzy1@gmail.com Tiffany Watkins, Florida – Secretary – jratiffany@gmail.com Mia Gibson, Iowa – Director – jramiagibson@gmail.com Peyton Nagel, Illinois – Director – jrapeyton@gmail.com Isaac Berg, Minnesota – Director – jraisaac1@gmail.com Dr. Kim Heller, Director of Junior Programs juniors@redangus.org Website: redangus.org/jra Facebook: juniorredangus 2020-2021 JRA Board (l to r): Peyton Nagel, Andrea Rutledge, Instagram: juniorredangus Mia Gibson, Isaac Berg, Izzy McGibbon, Tiffany Watkins Snapchat: juniorredangus 34

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Improving Genetic Merit in the Feedlot and on a Grid

By Ryan Boldt, Director of Breed Improvement The ultimate goal of the beef supply chain is to produce healthy and nutritious beef for consumers. In order to achieve this goal, several segments of the beef industry are involved.

The goal of this article is to emphasize a tool that can help improve the genetic merit of non-retained animals entering into the terminal feedlot and harvest sectors.

Angus can be used to improve all facets of beef industry profitability.

Another question asked commercial producers to identify the main form of marketing they utilize within their operation. Among the possible choices, most respondents stated that they marketed weaned calves at a local auction or through a video sale. A lower percentage of respondents retained their commercial animals until they are yearlings.

This suggests that the majority of producers market calves Within these two sectors, the traits that influence profitabilthat have been weaned for some time and prior to them ity are those that occur after weaning. The RAAA publishreaching a year of age. The genetic trends graph identifies es an economic selection index on all registered animals the emphasis these producers were putting on post-weanthat focuses on traits that improve profitability in these ing traits in the bulls they pursectors. This index is called Gridchase.

Master and the EPDs included in it are: Average Daily Gain, Carcass “Red Angus can be used to In the above chart, the orange Weight, Dry Matter Intake, Marimprove all facets of beef line represents the average GM bling, Back Fat and Rib Eye Area. industry profitability.” index value for animals that were transferred from one owner to The pie chart represents the relaanother, and the blue line reptive importance that each of the resents all animals registered in the RAAA database. While traits has over the resulting index values. the current GM index was not available for the majority of these animals when they were purchased, it still serves as The biggest drivers of the index value each animal receives a valuable summary of the current estimates for terminal are the traits that influence carcass quality and weight. merit.

While GridMaster places emphasis on increasing gain and carcass quality, the model also considers Dry Matter Intake From the trend, we see that the average GM for transferred to select for more feed-efficient animals. Traits like Rib Eye animals was higher than the overall genetic trend. To no Area and Back Fat are included because of their imporsurprise, it appears that buyers who purchased these transtance in determining carcass yield grades. ferred animals were in fact identifying bulls to increase the genetic merit for traits included in the GridMaster index.

Last fall, the RAAA conducted a survey to collect information about how Red Angus genetics are utilized in the Across both populations, the trend has been to increase industry. One of the survey questions asked respondents the genetic value of traits that occur post weaning. This how they would describe Red Angus cattle in regard to increase should lead to more profitable calf crops in the their value in beef production. The majority – from all feedlot and when marketed on a grid. n segments of the industry – viewed Red Angus as a breed with multi-purpose applications. In other words, Red

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UHF-EID Improves Efficiency, Decreases Stress

By Trinity Lewis for the Red Angus Magazine Producers worldwide are turning to Ultra-High Frequency Electronic Identification tags as a means to eliminate manual labor, increase animal safety and to bolster efficiencies in monitoring the health and records of their herd.

Nephi Harvey, co-founder of Fort Supply Technologies, explained Ultra-High Frequency EID as a pasture-to-plate solution, “Our value-added proposition is letting you manage your animals in a way that you don’t have to work to collect the data. You don’t have to do extra work to know who the animal is. UHF EID tags allow us to make better beef that sells at a higher price.”

Harvey also cited the downstream benefits of managing animals for state and federal programs.

Low Frequency Versus Ultra-High Frequency The primary benefit of Ultra-High Frequency over Low Frequency tags is the ability to read long-distance and the speed at which information can be gathered – the speed of commerce. UHF tags and readers are able to gather information on animals as large numbers are run through an alley versus funneling animals down to a single-file line.

Advanced security also ensures that livestock data is only entered, collected and retrievable by verified users.

Functionality UHF-EID tags are similar to traditional cattle ID tags from an implementation standpoint. They are inserted in the ear of either calves or adult cattle, and are hallmarked for the ability to stay in the ear and last the animal’s lifetime. UHF-

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EID tags are passive, meaning no battery is required. They look similar to traditional tags although they are equipped with technology far beyond a dangling piece of plastic.

UHF tags can be read by a variety of data readers as well as by collection boxes, providing convenience and worker safety. Due to the ultra-high frequency, they can be read as far away as 20 feet from the animal.

Collection boxes can be powered by electricity in corrals or barns and also by an ATV or car battery, AC/DC battery and even solar panels for more remote locations. Upon collection, the data is transmitted to a handheld computer and, in some cases, directly to a smartphone.

Wi-Fi is not required for data collection. Data can be stored offline and then uploaded when internet service is reached.

Upon collection, the data is transmitted to a handheld computer and, in some cases, directly to a smartphone.

The collected data is then stored in an online portal accessible by those whom the administrator permits which allows for records to be accessed at the touch of a button.

Reduced Manual Labor and Decreased Errors The EID technology allows for accurate and clean retrieval of data as opposed to taking notes on paper in a muddy corral or during a spring snowstorm, or attempting to remember numbers and notes to document later. UHF-EID tags take manual errors out of the equation without having to capture each animal just to scan a tag.

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UHF-EID Improves Efficiency, Decreases Stress UHF systems have the ability to read animals autonomously and in large pens, in which case all of the animals within a certain radius are read and their information is collected. Replacing manual monitoring and hand data entry with automated data collection improves the speed and productivity of any operation and costly human errors are avoided. Stationary, hands-free EID equipment takes productivity to an even higher level.

UHF antennas can be placed in high-use locations, like chutes, scales, wide alleyways, on a truck, etc. A stationary data collection box can be installed, or a rugged, mobile data collection case can be transported as needed and attached to the antenna(s) wherever cattle are being worked.

In scenarios where pen riders or pasture riders were once necessary, UHF enables producers to monitor these areas based on information collected at common gathering places. Users have found success in hanging the data collection box over a regularly visited place like a water tank, mineral tub or gate. This way the producer can determine if a cow or several cows simply don’t show up to the tank or if other irregularities occur. This allows the producer to identify a potential problem days before they might otherwise while also saving them time and labor.

An ultra-high frequency EID reader can collect and record data securely and quickly.

Although UHF tag technology can be used to collect data on an entire pen, the power can be reduced honing in on individual numbers when cows walk through a chute for instance. Unlike LF tags, UHF-EID tag technology is not influenced by weather and can withstand surrounding “elec-

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UHF-EID Improves Efficiency, Decreases Stress tronic noise” produced by nearby motors, fans and lights.

Reduced Cattle Stress UHF tags are able to be read within seconds as a load of calves runs on or off of a semi.

“Ultra High Frequency tags allow people to walk into a pen and gather the information on the animals from a distance. They’re able to gather the information within minutes and get the paperwork completed so that they can get on the truck hours earlier than if they had to gather the information a different way,” stated Phil Lawler, head of marketing at Fort Supply.

Fewer trips through a tight alley or chute and a reduced need to gather cattle into a pen reduce stress on the cattle while also eliminating scenarios in which meat can be bruised or compromised.

Increased Profits With higher premiums available and less corral work required, it might be assumed that adopting an EID system would come with a high price tag. The dangle tags are $3.54/head and the strip tags less than $2/head with bulk orders driving the price point down even further

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The data gathering software and handheld computers are subscribed to on a case-by-case basis with the operation’s needs in mind. Harvey foresees the cost continuing on a downward trend.

“UHF is getting cheaper with greater adoption because UHF is widely used in other industries. UHF is used by the Walmarts, Home Depots, etc. of the world. This has the benefit of driving price down and innovations up on readers, tags, etc.”

Conclusion Producers seeking to increase their bottom line by pursuing programs and catering to niches are using UHF tags to sky-rocket their management capabilities.

EID tags are a logical option as the industry moves into the highly digitized future. Harvey emphasized that no rancher wants to rely on tech support to read their records and explained that it’s generally the younger generations on the operation who choose to employ UHF-EID. He also assured that overall the system is very user friendly, and even baby boomers are trading in their clipboards and spreadsheets for the efficiency of an EID system. n

PRODUCTION SALE AT THE RANCH STOCKPORT, IOWA Stuart & Kaye Gilbert Family

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Red Angus’ Most Versatile Calving Ease Bull!

Fantastic offers Sleep all night calving ease at Rock Solid Accuracy. Plus, he boasts an amazing spread with breed leading average daily gain, as well as outstanding feed efficiency and carcass traits. His daughters are elegant, feminine, fertile and showing excellent productivity. He is in high demand selling for $115,000 and then selling over $100,000 of semen in the first three months on the market. Many sons and daughters have been high sellers at our sales.

Spring Semen Special $24 per unit

10 straw minimum 50+ units - 10% Discount 100+ units - 20% Discount

Brown BLW FANTASTIC C5959

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R.A. Brown Ranch th

6 Annual March Bull & Female Sale

March 10, 2021 • 10 am • Throckmorton, TX over 200 head of Age-Advantage Eighteen Month Old Bulls over 50 head of Registered Females over 30 Commercial Bred Females Lot 277

Lot 227

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%Rnk %Rnk %Rnk %Rnk %Rnk %Rnk %Rnk %Rnk %Rnk %Rnk %Rnk %Rnk %Rnk DOB Sire Bred to: Lot 221 4264819 G616 151 62 14 -1.2 87 139 27 13 6 .70 .07 -.19 $45 9/13/19 Merlin Ranchmaster 7% 10% 23% 61% 1% 1% 32% 25% 71% 4% 55% 1% 26% Beautiful females like this are what makes Merlin so popular. She is due with a heifer calf by the highest selling bull of 2020, Ranchmaster.

Lot 222 4305755 G595 160 69 15 -3.4 68 112 24 12 7 .70 .51 .11 $57 8/22/19 Revelation Merlin 3% 5% 14% 21% 18% 15% 58% 37% 38% 4% 2% 58% 11% Oracle is the #1 proven $Profit bull in the breed that is a growth and carcass standout. This is a full sister & 3 brothers also sell.

Lot 227 4240548 H00 151 57 18 -6.8 71 117 32 13 8 .59 .31 .03 $58 1/8/20 Merlin Ready to breed 7% 15% 3% 1% 11% 10% 5% 18% 23% 13% 12% 31% 9% This is one of 24 Merlin daughters in the sale. Like many of her sisters, she is a powerhouse that ranks at the top of the breed in many traits.

Lot 236 3878333 E1597 154 79 17 -1.9 81 138 26 17 8 .66 .13 -.41 $78 9/9/17 Sure Fire Patriot 5% 1% 5% 42% 1% 1% 39% 2% 33% 5% 31% 1% 1% Outcross & she does it all, CE, growth, carcass, feed efficiency and good looks. She has one of the best combos ever of F:G, $Ranch & $Profit.

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$Profit %Rnk

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Tested for Performance Developed for longevity

Selling 103 Red Angus Bulls

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Selling 70 Angus Bulls

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178 bulls in the best 10% for $ Profit 1 out of every 5 Red Angus ranks in the top 1% for Marbling 75% of the Red Angus bulls have double digit calving ease with triple digit growth Red Angus bulls average in the top 23% for the maternal index, $ Ranch 100% of these phenotypically scored & evaluated for feet, structure and docility Sire

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Lot 91 4264795 153 71 14 -2.1 80 137 30 12 7 .40 .39 -.30 Merlin Absolute 6% 4% 28% 42% 2% 1% 9% 42% 54% 49% 6% 0.1% Amazing power and style combined with breed leading growth, feed efficiency, muscle and profit. His dam topped our 2020 sale at $14,500 Lot 92 4200180 129 63 14 -3.1 77 127 30 9 6 .61 .30 -.29 Merlin Independence 28% 9% 33% 24% 4% 3% 11% 83% 67% 11% 13% 0.1% One of 33 Merlin sons that have worlds of muscle, efficiency and capacity. His dam is a full sister to Perseverance at Select Sires

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Lot 99 4149564 183 69 18 -5.0 74 122 26 12 10 .68 .41 .29 Oracle Andras In Focus 1% 5% 2% 6% 7% 5% 37% 30% 5% 5% 5% 95% He has amazing calving ease to growth spread with super carcass value to go along with his excellent feet & docility. One of 10 Oracle sons.

Lot 93 4231678 139 65 12 -2.4 92 148 31 12 5 .74 .27 -.09 Merlin Ante Up 16% 8% 50% 37% 1% 1% 6% 36% 86% 3% 16% 5% This is a powerfully impressive bull on paper as well as on the hoof that ranks well above the top 1% for explosive growth and carcass.

Lot 24 4264839 134 85 14 -3.2 74 117 26 12 7 .84 .59 -.38 Franchise of Garton Independence 21% 1% 26% 24% 7% 10% 37% 27% 38% 1% 1% 0.1% This bull is a sign of things to come with his outcross pedigree, phenomenal genetic profile, eye appeal, super feet and excellent docility.

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Congratulations to a multi-decade bull customer (Spears & White) whose calf crop recently graded 63% PRIME!!!! We love hearing these success stories and it drives our commitment and passion to build a better bull. Thanks to all of our customers who utilize our genetics.

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Ian & Jessica Miller Henryetta, OK 918-843-1330

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Jacen & Brandi Claunch Needmore, Texas

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Sell Heavier Calf Crops Buy Less Feed Ranchmaster was the high selling bull of the entire breed in 2020 at $80,000. He stands alone as the only

animal in the database that combines his amazing levels of calving ease, light birth weight, explosive growth and highly efficient feed conversion. In addition he ranks at the top of the breed for Feed Efficiency, $Profit and $Ranch. No semen has been offered to date. March 1st is when his first semen will be released to the public.

Order now to get to the front of the line.

Initial Public Offering! $38 per straw

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WEDEL BEEF GENETICS Frank & Susan Wedel Leoti,KS

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‘The Big Fat Surprise’ – A Resource for Advocating Beef

by Dr. Kim Heller, Director of Education, and Barrett Simon, Commercial Marketing Specialist Another new year – and another wave of New Year’s resolutions focused on health and fitness.

a nutritionist in the 1950s, played an early role in the debate over dietary fat.

As beef producers, it is frustrating to see information that encourages those interested in their health to reduce or eliminate red meat as a source of protein. Fortunately, there are resources that provide the facts and support the benefits of making beef the center of the plate. Nina Teicholz, in her book, “The Big Fat Surprise,” provides an in-depth overview of the importance of fat in a healthy diet.

Through his research, he revealed the connection of a person’s fat intake with the development of heart disease from cholesterol. His message that saturated fats were unhealthy while unsaturated fats were healthy had a profound impact on the messaging and understanding of fat.

In her work, Teicholz trips through history to uncover key messages related to the recommendation of saturated fat in one’s diet. Ancel Keys,

The American Heart Association endorsed Keys’ hypothesis that saturated fats cause heart disease. Their promotion of the hypothesis and the Framingham Study’s findings linking heart disease and cholesterol resulted in mainstream acceptance of saturated fats causing heart disease.

In response to the widespread acceptance that consuming saturated fats could lead

to heart disease, food manufacturers began to look for fat alternatives.

Even the government encouraged the food industry to find replacements for saturated fats.

In the struggle to find a replacement that would be solid at room temperature, the industry turned to partially hydrogenated oils. Hydrogenated vegetable oil, a trans fat, quickly became the backbone of the processed food industry. However, research findings in the 1960s unveiled the dietary dangers of trans fats that were a result of the hydrogenation process.

While the danger was evident, it wasn’t until Joseph Judd’s 1994 research claiming a diet high in trans fats caused a rise in cholesterol levels that people began to oppose the use of trans fats in processed foods.

Therefore, food manufacturers once again searched for a saturated fat replacement. While several oil alternatives were tried, they were accompanied by additional health concerns.

The dilemma remained that saturated fats were bad, trans fats were worse, and vegetable oils could pose health problems.

In opposition to Keys’ research findings, in the 1960s there were studies of a Kenyan tribe called the Masai.

This research countered Keys’ research as more than 60% of the tribe’s caloric intake was from food high in saturated fat, yet their blood pressure was 50% lower than an average American. These studies encouraged researchers to continue pursuing the link between diet and heart disease.

Findings surfaced that revealed the different types of cholesterol and the realization that not all cholesterol is unhealthy.

In her book, “The Big Fat Surprise,” Teicholz discusses diets that effectively increase HDL cholesterol levels and reduce LDL cholesterol levels.

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‘The Big Fat Surprise’ – A Resource for Advocating Beef Armed with a clearer understanding of cholesterol, diets surfaced to increase HDL cholesterol levels and reduce LDL cholesterol levels. In particular, the Mediterranean Diet gained popularity as a way to reduce LDL cholesterol because the diet included high amounts of unsaturated fats by using olive oil rather than animal fats.

to increase a person’s HDL cholesterol. Research in the late 1990s found that the diet increased the good cholesterol and helped reduce blood pressure.

Additionally, some researchers studied the combination of the Atkins and Mediterranean Diets and concluded that the combination of the two was the most effective way to avoid heart disease.

Finally, scientific evidence that balanced diets that are high in good fats and low in carbohydrates can keep you healthy.

One of our roles as producers is to advocate for our product – beef.

The diet also included vegetables, fruits, nuts and lean meat. The diet remains popular today as research has proven the combination of foods has health benefits. Specifically, a 2008 study found that such a diet lowered LDL cholesterol more than a diet low in carbohydrates or fats.

While the Mediterranean Diet aimed to reduce LDL cholesterol, the Atkins Diet promoted the consumption of fat

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One of our roles as producers is to advocate for our product – beef.

Teicholz’s “The Big Fat Surprise” is a resource that can assist us in developing our case for putting beef at the center of the plate. n

“The Big Fat Surprise” provides an overview of the importance of fat in a healthy diet and is a resource that can assist cattle producers in advocating to putting beef at the center of the plate.

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Bulls to Improve Feed Efficiency & Cow Herd Profitability...in Volume!

21st Annual Bull Sale

Tuesday, March 9, 2021 - Leoti, KS

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$49

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23 -0.16 $16,658 $87

$96

-10 -0.04

25 0.10 $13,823 $87

$63

23 0.12

$123

-4 -0.10

MERLIN X TAKEOVER X REDEMPTION • Big time $Profit backed by a great cow family!

0039H

4275565

1/10/20

153 66

87

18

-5.9

72

120

30

12

11

10 0.84 0.04

MAGNITUDE X COMMANDER X TYSON • Great spread bull with top $Profit, $Ranch and $Feeder!

0216H

4275909

2/8/20

156 66

90

13

0.6

81

137

31

15

6

MAGNITUDE X SURE SHOT X DENIRO • $Profitable bull backed by both a 105 MPPA Dam and Granddam!

0036H

4275559

1/9/20

167 92

75

19

-5.3

68

110

29

15

10

14 0.82 -0.04 19 0.29 $22,195 $74

MERLIN X COMMANDER X SLEEP EASY • Top 1% for $Profit, $Ranch, $Feeder - Index Champion!

0104H

4275691

1/21/20

146 57

88

17

-1.4

85

149

31

10

9

10 0.73 0.04

40 0.39 $22,177 $46

MAGNITUDE X INDEPENDENCE X IRON ORE • Calving Ease to Growth Spread is out of this world!

WFL MERLIN 018A The Undisputed Feed Efficiency and Profitability Star in the Entire Breed!

$Ranch returns the Most Dollars to the Rancher Bar None!

ID

REG

DOB

ProS

0143H

4275767

1/26/20

193 112 81

HB

GM

CED

BW

WW

YW

15

-4.9

73

121

Milk HPG CEM Stay Marb YG

26

17

11

16 0.74 0.12

CW REA

$Pro

COMMANDER X NIGHT CALVER X EXT 8628 • Solid maternal $Ranch bull backed by 104 MPPA Dam and Granddam!

0313H

4276099

2/26/20

131 81

50

11

-4.0

73

114

29

13

7

15 0.69 0.32

RANCHER X COMMANDER X QUARTERBACK • Top of the breed for $Ranch with solid Milk and Stay!

0321H

4276115

2/26/20

166 99

67

16

-4.5

68

111

26

15

11

15 0.81 0.19

COMMANDER X PROSPECT X P707 • Great Marbling combined with low intake and feed conversion!

0110H

4275703

1/21/20

166 111 55

12

-3.5

72

111

32

17

7

18 0.77 0.24

RANCHER X NIGHT CALVER X PROSPECT • Outcross maternal bull with over a 111 adjusted weaning ratio!

0031H

4275549

1/8/20

167 68 100

13

-4.2

69

121

23

14

9

12 0.77 0.18

42 0.22 $18,698 $85

COMMANDER X PLATINUM X REDEMPTION • Not only one of the $Ranch bulls but also in the Top 1% for $Profit!

The New ProS Index Combines not only Growth and Carcass but Maternal Too! LSF SRR COMMANDER 5906C Calving Ease "Commander" with all the Marbling and Low Intake in the World!

ID

REG

DOB

ProS

HB

GM

CED

BW

WW

YW

0038H

4275563

1/9/20

191 92

99

14

-2.0

82

141

Milk HPG CEM Stay Marb YG

23

13

10

$Ran

$Feed

INT

F:G

47 0.30 $21,299 $64

$182

7

0.13

36 0.01 $21,487 $81

$159

-5 -0.07

49 0.32 $19,834 $77

$147

4 -0.14

17 0.58 -0.02 35 0.38 $20,682 $37

$214

41 0.32

$135

-48 -0.17

14 0.70 0.05

CW REA

$Pro

COMMANDER X DECLARATION X REDEMPTION • Outstanding numbers on this big hoss!

0318H

4276109

2/26/20

185 89

95

13

-2.2

82

139

24

13

9

15 0.94 0.21

COMMANDER X PLATINUM X EXPECTATION • Check out the Marbling on this numbers freak!

0351H

4276175

2/29/20

183 85

98

11

-2.5

77

130

23

12

8

16 0.72 0.15

COMMANDER X PLATINUM X EXT 5233 • Top 1% for ProS, $Profit, $Ranch and $Feeder!

0022H

4275531

1/7/20

180 95

85

13

-1.1

90

158

29

13

4

MERLIN X DEFENDER X REDEMPTION • The #3 bull for Weaning Weight EPD in the offering!

0346H

4276165

2/29/20

176 73 103

12

-4.8

67

112

22

16

7

13 0.81 0.14

47 0.38 $19,822 $85

COMMANDER X PLATINUM X NICE AND EASY • Top all around bull for all indexes, intake and F:G!

Herdbuilder Index is still the Tried and True Maternal Breed Index!

ID

REG

DOB

ProS

0291H

4276057

2/22/20

168 123 45

HB

GM

CED

BW

WW

YW

15

-5.1

73

110

Milk HPG CEM Stay Marb YG

33

16

7

$Ran

$Feed

INT

21 0.68 0.11

CW REA

21 0.10 $15,594 $72

$Pro

$105

-33 -0.17

F:G

18 0.56 0.11

22 0.20 $13,398 $74

$78

-19 -0.03

$89

12 -0.08

$101

16 0.25

$126

-13 -0.13

MERLIN X BOURNE X EXT 7455 • The #1 Herdbuilder Index bull in the entire offering!

0240H

LSF SRR RANCHER 7190E The Sire that Improves Bottom Lines for Ranchers throughout the West!

4275957

2/11/20

171 122 49

14

-5.2

66

103

31

19

8

NIGHT CALVER X TITONKA X QUARTERBACK • Strong pedigree stacked with 3 of the best bulls in the breed!

0076H

4275637

1/16/20

189 118 71

15

-4.2

74

118

31

19

11

16 0.67 0.22

37 0.22 $15,049 $79

NIGHT CALVER X COMMANDER X RIGHT VIEW • Outcross pedigree backed by a 104 MPPA Dam and Granddam!

0225H

4275927

2/9/20

192 115 77

18

-7.4

65

103

29

17

11

17 0.62 0.13

44 0.42 $14,477 $66

NIGHT CALVER X TITONKA X REDEMPTION • Calving ease deluxe bull with a great combination of ProS and HB! 0177H

4275835

2/4/20

140 113 26

16

-1.6

73

113

30

14

8

19 0.46 0.03

9

0.01 $15,285 $55

MERLIN X WHEATLAND X SALUTEGreat balanced bull that excels in Intake and Feed Efficiency!

The Big Spread Bulls in the Offering Combining CE, Growth, Maternal and Carcass!

ID

REG

DOB

ProS

HB

GM

CED

BW

WW

YW

0032H

4275551

1/9/20

158 70

88

15

-3.3

78

135

Milk HPG CEM Stay Marb YG

26

7

8

$Ran

$Feed

INT

14 0.72 0.08

CW REA

40 -0.02 $17,194 $28

$Pro

$186

76 -0.18

F:G

12 0.57 0.13

36 0.38 $17,678 $81

$116

-9 0.21

13 0.41 -0.03 38 0.54 $19,099 $62

$159

-18 -0.15

15 0.59 -0.05 16 0.26 $20,139 $57

$179

16 -0.04

10 0.72 0.13

$153

52 0.07

STATESMAN X PASSWORD X BIG SKY • The Statesman son that could unseat his Sire!

0037H

4275561

1/9/20

152 90

62

16

-4.0

85

132

33

17

9

NIGHT CALVER X BOURNE X CONQUEST • Huge spread in this bull that flat gets it done!

0056H

4275599

1/12/20

150 88

62

17

-3.5

81

129

33

14

10

MERLIN X X-PORTER X HOBO DESIGN • Incredible growth along with Feed Efficiency!

LSF NIGHT CALVER 9921W Still the One that Gets it done - Like a fine wine just keeps getting better!

Ryan Ludvigson 515-450-3124 rl_ludvigson@hotmail.com

Park Ludvigson 712-229-3431 parkludvigson@hotmail.com

0146H

4275773

1/26/20

155 100 55

15

-3.0

76

127

37

14

10

MERLIN X REDEMPTION X PASSWORD • Great spread bull with over a $20,000 Profit!

0088H

4275661

1/18/20

155 70

85

17

-3.3

75

127

33

18

10

44 0.37 $17,866 $57

MAGNITUDE X NIGHT CALVER X JEWEL MAKER • Awesome growth bull backed by a 103 MPPA Dam and a 108 MPPA Gdam

Kellen Ludvigson 515-314-2883 kellen@orionbeefgroup.com

Brian Brigham 970-481-5192 brian@orionbeefgroup.com

Annual Production Sale March 29, 2021 AXTELL RED KNIGHT 6249

1:00 p.m. (MST) Sterling Livestock Commission Sterling, Colorado

65 Yearling Red Angus Bulls 20 Registered Red Angus Heifers PLUS several large lots of commercial heifers RED FLYING K MAX 159Y

AXTELL DOMINOR 4124

Calving Ease Highly Maternal Range Ready

Brian and Jamie Jo Axtell PO Box 21 - Anton, CO 80801 H 970-383-2332 C 970-554-1132 www.axtellcattlecompany.com or follow us on Facebook Red SSS Knock Out 661D

His sons and a daughter will sell!

What Do Bull Buyers Want?

by Brandi Buzzard Frobose, Editor and Director of Communications If the customer is always right, how much weight are commercial cattlemen and women’s wishes given when it comes to bull development?

This question – and others that address nutrition, performance and age at the time of sale – are all discussed at length in the recently released Red Angus Association of America white paper, “Why All the Fat Bulls?” The paper, composed by the members of the commercial marketing team, sought to provide a service to the industry by providing increased education on the bull development process.

One of the keys to bull development is seeking to identify what commercial bull buyers want. Seedstock producers speak with their customers, painstakingly pore over EPDs and stew over mating decisions to best meet their production goals, as well as the requests of their commercial customers.

In a survey conducted by RAAA, commercial bull buyers ranked the traits they consider most important when searching for their next bull.

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Unsurprisingly, calving ease topped the list, followed closely by maternal traits, growth traits and carcass traits, then rounded out by visual appeal.

An additional, related takeaway from the RAAA survey was the determination that more education is needed surrounding the breed’s genetic evaluation.

As aforementioned, calving ease ranked at the top of the list of importance for commercial producers, partially due to animal welfare concerns regarding dystocia but also because many producers cannot justify hiring extra help just for calving season.

Ranking in a close second were maternal traits which were listed in the survey as HerdBuilder, Stayability, Calving Ease Maternal and Heifer Pregnancy. The focus on maternal traits is indicative of the common theme of both seedstock and commercial producers who are adamant that if you “Don’t mess up the cowherd, you will be miles ahead of the rest.”

Many producers ascribe to this phrase and want to ensure that their bull selection will improve their herd and not set them back inadvertently.

To read the full white paper, visit: redangus.org/communications/educational-resources/ A whopping 52% of bull buyers indicated that visual is appraisal is one of the top three factors they use to select animals. Predictably, feet and legs are included in the mental list of important visual traits for producers which gives credence to RAAA’s recent educational efforts regarding ideal foot structure and function.

Furthermore, seedstock producers who are in tune to their commercial

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What Do Bull Buyers Want? customers’ needs will seek to offer functional, phenotypically attractive cattle in their offerings as they know such animals, particularly those with accompanying desirable EPDs, will be highly sought after.

Another important takeaway from “Why All the Fat Bulls?” is bull sale data collected by the RAAA commercial marketing team that gives insight into the changing tendencies in bull development practices. For example, spoken emphasis on carcass traits is not extraordinarily common among commercial bull buyers, however, when it comes down to voting with their hard-earned cash, producers tend to put more emphasis on carcass traits. The bull sale data also shows, that over the past four years, bull buyers began to place more emphasis on growth traits and less on calving ease and birthweight EPDs, as they did in the early 2010s.

This documented pattern of emphasis on growth traits manifests itself in nutritional elements of bull development, which has subsequent effects

The University of Nebraska’s Bull Nutrition and Management implies bulls should enter breeding season in a BCS 5.5-6.5. on fertility and longevity. Interestingly, many bull buyers claim to want to buy bulls in a body condition score 5, which allows them to keep the bull on an increased plane of nutrition leading up to breeding season,

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however they also acknowledge that many young bulls for sale over the past several years have been fleshier than they consider ideal. As an aside, the University of Nebraska’s Bull Nutrition and Management implies bulls should enter breeding season in a BCS 5.5-6.5.

At the ranch of origin, seedstock producers must weigh the cost versus benefits of more desirable growth traits such as average daily gain, weaning weight and yearling weight, against the unintended effects on the fertility and feet of a bull that will need to “step down” from a fleshier condition to a more desirable condition for breeding season. This decision process shouldn’t be taken lightly, as commercial bull buyers indicated that “continued moderation of frame” is the No. 1 selection key they would like to see their seedstock suppliers focus on in the future.

Saturday, April 17, 2021 Sale Location: JS Ranch • Harris, Missouri Sale Time: 1 p.m.

Offering includes…

• 40 head of registered and percentage bulls 13-20 months old • 5 registered show heifer prospects • Spring pairs and bred females (registered and commercial) • 50 commercial Red Angus heifers ready to breed

Rogers Ranch

A.I. Sires…PIE One Of A Kind 842, RRA One and Only 733, WFL Merlin 018A, H2R Profitbuilder B403,

Nathan Rogers: 660-748-6350 Raymond Rogers: 660-748-3612

GMAR Trilogy 0226, GMRA Tesla 6214, 3SCC Doman 163A, 5L Norseman King 2291, Andras Bando B068

JS Ranch

Auctioneer: Kyle Gilchrist: 641-919-1077 70

RED ANGUS Magazine n March 2021

Cody Holt: 660-748-8352

Customer Driven . . . Industry Focused HARMS PLAINVIEW RANCH CONSISTENT • RELIABLE • PROGRESSIVE

ProS 186 (Top 1%) HB 140 (Top 1%) CED 20 (Top 1%) HPG 16 (Top 3%) STAY 23 (Top 1%) Marb 0.78 (Top 2%)

Sired by Merlin…

Merlot is balanced, attractive and three dimensional.

HPR MERLOT 9850

REG: 4325475

SIMPLE tailored to you

HPR EMPIRE 9948

REG: 4325609

For over 25 years we have perfected the “simple” approach to bull buying. We believe in a low pressure, pleasurable and informative process with our customer needs at the forefront.

Join us 6 days a week to select from over 250 bulls. No spur of the moment decisions, no high pressure sales... just a lifetime of experience and the opportunity to visit about YOUR goals.

ANGUS • CHAROLAIS • RED ANGUS

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www.HARMSRANCH.com Ranch - 620.924.5544 • Mark Cell - 620.382.6388 Harms Plainview Ranch • Lincolnville, Kansas E-Mail - hprbulls@tctelco.net Please check our Harms Plainview Ranch Facebook Page and KHarms Instagram page for frequent updates.

What Do Bull Buyers Want?

Bull development will continue to be an evolving process, however, “Why All the Fat Bulls?” indicates that both purebred and commercial bull buyers weigh bull selection heavily towards feet quality, structural soundness and overall phenotypic balance.

Furthermore, while calving ease and maternal traits rank highly in the minds of bull buyers, greater value is assigned by their pocketbooks to growth and carcass traits.

Seedstock producers who are attentive to the traits desired by their customers will continue to see success in their operations and at their sales.

As resources evolve over time, bull development will become more refined and those seedstock producers who capitalize on changes in genetics, technology and nutrition will be able to better serve their commercial bull customers. n

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Chappell EZ Calver H419 (Reg # 4250079)

3SCC DOMAIN A163 x CHAPPELL ZARA B312 141PROS, 87HB, 58GM, 14CED, -2.7BW, 64WW, 103YW, 0.24ADG, 26MILK, 14HPG, 6CEM, 17ST, 0.62MB, 0.09RE Domain sired bull with power and phenotype!

BRUNSWICK D202 x CHAPPELL MISS MOLLY C330 164PROS, 103HB, 62GM, 15CED, -1.5BW, 80WW, 129YW, 0.31ADG, 35MILK, 14HPG, 7CEM, 18ST, 0.72MB, 0.79RE Herd bull that offers calving ease and growth!

PROFITMAKER E7030 x CHAPPELL MISS LIBERTY D342 93PROS, 55HB, 38GM, 18CED, -4.0BW, 69WW, 105YW, 0.23ADG, 34MILK, 8HPG, 9CEM, 12ST, 0.46MB, 0.31RE Heifer bull with high growth!

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TOP Marb - 2% REA - 2%

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CARCASS LEADER

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TOP ProS - 2% WW - 2% YW - 2% Milk - 1% Marb - 3% YG - 2% REA - 1%

6.66 - IMF 123 Ratio 16.11 - REA 115 Ratio 737 - WW 114 Ratio 1325 - YW 110 Ratio

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SUPERIOR GROWTH

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TOP Marb - 1% REA - 5% BW - 3%

for Sale information or a catalog go to Chappellredangus.com 7th Annual Red Angus Bull & Female Auction

March 13th, 2021 in Mill Hall, PA Lunch Time 12:00 ĻļļĻ t Sale Time 1:00 pm

Cattle viewing starts Thursday March 11th at noon till sale time

k2redangus.com April 15-17, 2021

Online Auction For more information go to www.BILLPELTON.com

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4 5 TH A N N U A L

Selling 32 60

Yearling Red Angus Bulls Red Commercial Open Females

March 23, 2021 | 1 PM CST Kist Livestock | Mandan, ND

L83 HANK 29H MCKY 8731 | RAAA# 4335075 BW: 76 | ADJ WW: 737

L83 HOLLIS 26H KJHT POWER TAKE OFF | RAAA# 4342161 BW: 80 | ADJ WW: 715

L83 HAMLET 9H CSF RED ZONE 1C | RAAA# 4330447 BW: 72 | ADJ WW: 638

Come see the bulls at the ranch and you will be entered into our (3) $500 credit sale day drawings!

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L83 HYPE 2H

L83 HAVANA 5H

L83 HARVEY 6H

RED T-K RAPTOR 26E | RAAA# 4330431 BW: 83 | ADJ WW: 713

L83 DONN EVANDER 01E | RAAA#4344829 BW: 73 | ADJ WW: 606

CSF RED ZONE 1C | RAAA# 4330427 BW: 87 | ADJ WW: 678

L83 HUSTLE & FLOW 11H

L83 HERDSMAN 13H

L83 HERE ON EARTH 15H

RED T-K RAPTOR 26E | RAAA# 4330457 BW: 81 | ADJ WW: 696

RED T-K RAPTOR 26E | RAAA# 4330459 BW: 90 | ADJ WW: 684

CSF RED ZONE 1C | RAAA# 4330433 BW: 86 | ADJ WW: 685

L83 HANCOCK 19H

L83 HOT COMMODITY 27H

L83 HOBBLET 36H

CSF RED ZONE 1C | RAAA# 4344827 BW: 79 | ADJ WW: 646

CSF RED ZONE 1C | RAAA# 4369491 BW: 90 | ADJ WW: 751

L83 DONN EVANDER 01E | RAAA#4382319 BW: 79 | ADJ WW: 683

L83 HANNAFORD 45H

L83 HEBRON 46H

L83 HONDA 54H

CSF RED ZONE 1C | RAAA# 4330471 BW: 69 | ADJ WW: 651

RED T-K RAPTOR 26E | RAAA# 4330455 BW: 88 | ADJ WW: 809

TER-RON RIDDLER 57F | RAAA# 4385025 BW: 81 | ADJ WW: 783

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30th Annual

Grasstime Auction Saturday, April 3, 2021

Noon • Central Time | Cullman Stockyards, Cullman, Alabama

Selling over 100 Registered Lots Offering includes…

Featuring an elite set of Red Angus genetics like these sale features…

Cow/Calf Pairs | Bred Females | Heifer Calves Excellent Bull Selection | Embryos and Semen

Join us for the Annual Banquet, Red Angus Show and Semen Auction on Friday, April 2nd!

SERAA

Southeast Red Angus Association

For more information, contact: SERAA Grasstime Sale Chairman • Jimmy Whitley: 205-359-0154

Watch and bid online at:

Auction management by: Kyle and Lisa Gilchrist Kyle: 641/919-1077 • Lisa: 515/669-9945 14075 120th St. • Douds, IA 52551 redcowseller@yahoo.com

Alabama Auctioneer License #1206

View catalog online at: www.seraa.org or www.redcows.net

47th Annual Production Sale Tuesday, March 9, 2021 Lunch at 11:30 • 1:00 MST pm • At Ranch in Ashton, Idaho 100 Yearling Bulls and 85 Yearling Heifers

LOOSLI TRIAD 001 • #4281147 150 ProS, 98HB, 53GM, 16CED, -5.1BW, 69WW, 109YW, 0.25ADG, 1.73DMI, 28MK, 2ME, 18HPG, 9CEM, 14STAY, 0.74MB, 0.21YG, 25CW, 0.05REA, 0.06FAT

LOOSLI SILVER 019 • #4281185 159Pros, 89HB, 70GM, 15CED, -2.2BW, 73WW, 121YW, 0.30ADG, 1.54DMI, 34MK, -2ME, 12HPG, 8CEM, 14STAY, 0.54MB, 0.12YG, 40CW, 0.12REA, 0.01FAT

LOOSLI FRANCHISE 022 • #4281191 131ProS, 100HB, 31GM, 14CED, -1.7BW, 62WW, 107YW, 0.28ADG, 1.77DMI, 29MK, 3ME, 15HPG, 9CEM, 16STAY, 0.22MB, 0.02YG, 22CW, 0.36REA, 0.03FAT

LOOSLI MERLIN 038 • #4281221 133ProS, 92HB, 41GM, 15CED, -4.5BW, 76WW, 122YW, 0.29ADG, 2.11DMI, 32MK, -3ME, 9HPG, 8CEM, 16STAY, 0.40MB, 0.14YG, 35CW, -0.05REA, 0.01FAT

Call or email for a catalog!

Ranch is located 50 miles northeast of Idaho Falls on US 20

www.loosliredangus.com Videos and Data will be available online. The sale will also be broadcast live for internet bidding.

Brian Loosli 3127 E. 1100 N. • Ashton, ID 83420 208-652-3303 • 208-317-7878 blloosli@gmail.com

Jonathan Meek 208-227-3779 Mark Loosli 208-351-3333

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Value-Added Programs – The Not-So-New ‘Normal’

by Nate Smith, General Manager, Top Dollar Angus Every year hundreds of thousands of feeder cattle are sold with additional information attached to their resume.

This plethora of value-added programs and verifications seems to be the new normal. In reality, it is just a continuation of what the beef industry has been doing for years.

Since the inception of the modern beef production system, there has been a drive from all members in the supply chain to differentiate their product from commodity average. In the early days, it was within-breed comparisons at the seedstock level, the reason we began showing animals. Almost all major livestock shows were held near meatpacking districts, because animals were not typically fed in large groups like they are today. This marketing style, prevalent a century ago, allowed packers the opportunity to look for animals that showed the most visually admirable beef production traits.

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This era was dominated by two risk mitigation tools: pedigrees and faceto-face marketing. The established breeds played a large role because our best tracking method for these traits at the time was breeding stock pedigree information provided by breed associations. Along with this information, the cattle owner was more likely to be on hand when the packer-buyer viewed his harvest-ready animals.

As time went on and data collection became easier with scales, marking and grading systems at harvest, the industry could again mitigate risk by adding more data to the animals it offered for sale.

Transportation technology also allowed the industry to move away from the highly concentrated marketing and packing centers. The advent of more outlets gave producers additional options to market cattle and

add value when marketing outlets actively promoted their animals.

With animals coming from more locations and unknown origins, the feeding and packing industry saw the need to verify the data on the animals they were utilizing. Breed data, phenotypical traits and performance statistics allowed producers who provided that data to gain more value on their sale animals. From days weaned to the specific genetics used, and more recently the health programs in place, the industry has continued to add more information to an animal’s resume.

These details were often verbally communicated when marketing animals. While this approach did work, the consumer demand for a trusted third-party to manage such information and verification of these claims became relevant to industry members throughout the supply chain.

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The Feeder Calf Certification Program confirms genetics, age and source. Top Dollar Angus goes a step further to verify top 25% growth and carcass traits.

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Value-Added Programs – The Not-So-New ‘Normal’ This leads us to the role and the prevalence of value-added programs in feeder cattle marketing today.

Retailers are happy to add value to the final product if they know certain production practices were used and have been verified. From health and genetics to management practices, there is now a way to verify that information for the supply chain.

What do some of these tools look like? Let me briefly cover the most popular examples, explaining them and what they encompass.

The first program is the non-hormone treated cattle program. NHTC is a USDA-recognized program that qualifies cattle meeting specific requirements for export to the European Union. Cattle can never receive an implant or be fed a growth promotant and the ranch origin must be known.

NHTC is just one of a multitude of programs that focus on how the

cattle are produced. One of the most stringent management programs in the industry is the Global Animal Partnership program. This animal wellbeing program verifies how cattle are handled and treated from ranch of origin to the packing plant.

While verifications monitored throughout the supply chain are important, some programs focus on practices at the cow-calf level and verify to help mitigate risk for the next owner. Examples include verifying vaccination protocols and days weaned, which are gradually supplanting the verbal description and signed producer affidavit used in years past.

As with health and management information, genetics can now be quantified and recorded rather than verbally shared at the time of marketing. Most major breeds have specific programs similar to the Red Angus

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While these breed verification programs confirm general breed genetics, Top Dollar Angus goes another step further by verifying that a set of cattle have top 25% growth and carcass traits, which has additional value to feeders and processors further down the chain. The ability to verify this information and actively promote it into the market is what the Top Dollar Angus program is about.

Yes, the world of value-added programs is growing rapidly and will permanently change the cattle business.

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Smith Tapped to Lead Top Dollar Angus Team Top Dollar Angus Inc., the industry leader in genetic verification and marketing of high-value Angus and Red Angus-based feeder calves, recently hired Nathan Smith as its new general manager.

Smith joins Top Dollar Angus with a strong cattle and crop background, stemming from his family’s farm near Pratt, Kansas.

Nate Smith His early upbringing in the livestock industry led him to a career in the cattle business, focused on assisting producers in the improvement of their livestock. Throughout his career, Smith has served the American Simmental Association as a field representative, the North American Limousin Foundation as a regional manager and most recently as a territory manager for Neogen.

“I accepted this role with Top Dollar Angus because of the passion I have for the beef industry and I look forward to continuing to work with the great people involved,” said Smith. “This position with Top Dollar Angus is definitely a win-win in my mind. Not only do we get to verify and promote top-of-the-bell-curve beef genetics, but we also work with numerous producers and industry partners who share that same drive and passion for beef industry success.”

Tom Brink, CEO of the Red Angus Association of America and founder of Top Dollar Angus, said, “Nathan is the right person for this position to continue the company’s rapid growth, and we are pleased to have him join our team. He has a great cattle production background and understands all segments of the beef industry from seedstock to packer. He has worked and traveled in many parts of the country and is familiar with the challenges that ranchers face in different environments and market situations.”

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The onset of the IGS-BOLT evaluation, paired with the submission of phenotypic records, has led to a new era in genetic evaluation for the cattle industry. In an effort to collect necessary female genotype and phenotype information to improve genetic predictions, the Red Angus Association of America Board of Directors has approved the Red Cow Rally.

The Rally research collaboration between RAAA and Neogen is designed to increase phenotypic data collection and submission for mature weights, body condition scores and genotypes on Red Angus females. A limited number of research genotypes (GGP-LD) and rebate funds will be available for the project, so discounts and rebates will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis.

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• Members will receive a research price of $20 for genomic tests in order to DNA test 90%+ of their current active cow inventory. An additional $5 rebate will be available for females tested that are 6+ years of age.

1. All members must first enroll by signing a contract of understanding of the program requirements to participate.

Research prices and rebates are only available to Red Cow Rally participants.

• Participants that submit both mature weights and body condition scores electronically on 90%+ of current active cow inventory will receive an additional, one-time $5 rebate per head.

2. DNA samples must be submitted via Allflex Tissue Sampling Unit or blood card on the electronic Red Cow Rally order form. TSU orders larger than 50 must be submitted in 96-well trays.

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3. Payment for DNA testing must be made in full at the time of sample submission.

4. Rebates will be issued as a credit to the member account once additional data requirements have been met and verified.

5. Weight and BCS measurements are required to be taken at the time of weaning a calf during the duration of the project.

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Back to Basics with Beef Grading

by Kylene Scott, originally from the High Plains Journal

Beef grading is a skill that takes many elements of the carcass into consideration.

Ty Lawrence, professor of animal science at West Texas A&M University, broke it down for attendees at the recent virtual Cattle U and Trade Show event. The event was sponsored by High Plains Journal.

When animals are sent to harvest, Lawrence said, there’s a number of characteristics evaluated. Things like carcass size differences, weight and marbling scores, as well as yield grade, all influence what the end product will be.

“I like to teach students that the quality grade is effectively an indicator of how good the carcass is, and the yield grade is an indicator of how much we’re going to be able to put into the box as a percentage of the original carcass weight,” he said.

Grading is broken down into two primary components, quality and yield grade.

“The quality system is paramount on an improvement in the finished outcome of an animal,” he said.

“The pinnacle of that is what we call Prime, the highest quality grade, then followed by Choice, Select and Standard.”

On the other side of the system is Commercial, Utility, Cutter and Canner. This is reserved for animals that are older in age and typically culled from the herd.

Yield grades are from 1 to 5, with one being the highest yielding and 5 being the fattest animal.

Ty Lawrence, professor of animal science at West Texas A&M University Since December 2017, an animal’s age has been determined by dentition, where before age was evaluated by skeletal maturity and lean maturity.

“The addition of the dentition system improved our homogeneity of the animal and reduced some of the subjectivity inherent in those skeleton lean ossification systems,” he said.

Those animals with all their baby teeth or zero permanent incisors are less than 24 months of age. Those with two to three permanent teeth and six remaining baby teeth indicate an age greater than 24 months but less than 30 months. And when there’s three or more permanent incisors, the animal is considered greater than 30 months but less than 38 months of age.

Grading is broken down into two primary components – quality and yield. Prime is the highest quality grade, followed by Choice, Select and Standard. Yield grades range from 1 to 5 with 5 being the fattest.

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“So that’s now a new demarcation of quality versus what we’ve done in the past,” he said. “Animals that have two, one or zero permanent teeth are eligible for Prime, Choice, Select, Standard, whereas animals that have three or more permanent incisors go back to the traditional system of bone ossification and lean maturity evaluation.”

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Back to Basics with Beef Grading Very high quality marbling is indicative of slightly abundant, moderately abundant – and those rankings of abundance score categorizes them as prime.

“I would like you to think of a white tablecloth restaurant, very high-end product,” he said. “Actually not a product that commonly stays in the Midwest. Think of New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, Dallas, Miami. Those types of markets typically utilize most of the Prime product.”

Right now there’s just under 10% of cattle harvested daily that are Prime.

Those cattle who aren’t quite as marbled as their Prime counterparts, fall into Premium Choice and Choice.

These are about 73% of the daily harvest – about 30% at Premium Choice and a little over 40% at Choice.

“The Premium Choice market has traditionally been middle-tier restaurant quality beef,” he said. “Think something like an Outback restaurant.

Whereas, low Choice beef has traditionally been a daily restaurant beef, but we’re seeing a greater and greater proportion of Choice beef now reaching our supermarket shelves.”

Select product has lower marbling

and equates to about 14.25% of the market.

“Select was traditionally supermarket beef, and that is still where you can find it,” Lawrence said. “As well as some lower price-point restaurants.”

The last ranking is “no roll” and this indicated the beef product was not graded. Just under 3% of the beef supply is no roll.

“Now I kind of humorously, but somewhat truthfully, tell students that no roll beef is served to prisoners and schoolchildren,” he said. “The point being, no roll beef is traditionally lower price point and it’s served or sold to institutions that are seeking a lower price-point option.”

Bone ossification has been largely replaced by the dentition when determining maturity, but it remains important. The bone ossification is evaluated by the cartilaginous tips that are at the ends of the spinous processes.

The second part of that original maturity system is a lean maturity score.

As animals age, the concentration of myoglobin increases in the muscle tissue. For example, meat from veal calves is very light pink in color, very similar to pork, while a cull cow – 12 to 16 years of age – would have much darker meat.

They then give it a maturity score – A through E. A has abundant marbling, while E is practically devoid.

“There are 10 degrees of maturity and 10 degrees of marbling that are an option. So it can get quite complicated if you’re trying to find an exact quality grade based on an individual maturity and marbling score,” he said.

Yield grade is a measure of how much beef is going to go into a box and it is based on carcass weight, with backfat as the single most important outcome.

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Back to Basics with Beef Grading Yield grade is a measure of how much beef is going to go into a box and it is based on carcass weight. The single most important outcome, Lawrence said, is backfat thickness.

“There’s a linear measure of backfat observed on the animal between the 12th and 13th ribs,” he said. “Second to that is the relationship between the ribeye area and hot carcass weight, and finally is an estimation of the percentage trim fat in the kidney channel, pelvic channel and the heart cavity.”

Most cattle in the United States are in the YG3 category, just under half.

YG1 is 4.1%, YG 2 is 32%, YG 4 is 12%, and YG 5 is 2.3%.

Lawrence said, in practice, measurement of this fat thickness can be done with a ruler, but technology is more precise. “This is something that our new camera technology can do in an instant, and a grader can estimate

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with very good precision as well,” he said.

Also part of this is the assessment of the cross section rib eye area. USDA uses a dot grid, where one dot represents one-tenth of a square inch.

“Again, that can be done very accurately with the dot grid,” he said.

“The camera can do it with extreme precision and a grader can do it with very good precision as well after years of training.”

Estimating kidney, pelvic and heart fat gets a little more tricky. “This is probably without much argument, the most subjective portion of our yield grade, because we’re guesstimating the percentage of the carcass weight that is contained within the kidney area, the pelvic channel, in the heart fat,” he said.

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2. After all documentation is recorded, staff will ship the tags directly to the producer who must tag the calves before they leave the ranch of origin – birth, branding, preconditioning, weaning or before loading on the semi.

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Record Keeping, Decision-Making and Profitability

by Logan Hoffman, Colorado State University, Beef Extension There are always important aspects of the cattle industry to analyze, like markets, trade, genetics, antibiotic use, soil health and countless others.

But profitability is where the rubber meets the road. For cow-calf producers, it is hard to be sustainable if the ranch is not profitable, which is the reason managing toward profitability should always be the primary focus.

How have cow-calf producers fared over the last few years? According to 2016-2018 data from more than 75,000 breeding females collected by Ranch KPI LLC, a ranch consulting firm located in Vernon, Texas, the average cow-calf ranch has generated a meager 0.13% return on assets. This

can be equated to investing your sale barn check of $100,000 into a bank account and earning $130 over the next twelve months - certainly not a great business proposition. Margins have been slim over the last few years. To amplify this point, studies have shown that one in four ranches survive to the fourth generation, while only 1% advance to the sixth generation.

and low-profit producers. So even though we can’t control the cattle market, we can control where we fall on the high-versus-low return spectrum. There is no silver bullet to achieve profitability, but high-return ranches make many sound decisions both on the revenue and cost side of their operations, and they have the right data available to use in decision-making.

So where is the positive news amidst these challenges? Data reported by Cattle-Fax along with University Extension and Farm Management programs consistently show a financial return variance of up to $400 per breeding female between high-profit

There are several key metrics that drive cow-calf profitability.

Production Measures Even with the positive movement in the market toward rewarding carcass quality, pounds weaned are still a key revenue generator. The metric “pounds weaned per exposed female” is essentially the calf crop yield for ranchers. This metric is a simple mathematical product of weaning percentage and weaning weight.

Let’s say a ranch has an average weaning weight of 550 pounds and an average weaning percentage of 85%. This would equate to 468 pounds of weaned calf available for sale or retention per each female exposed. If a ranch can increase this number, even by a few percentage points, they can meaningfully increase ranch revenue.

Financial Measures How much does each cow cost per year? $700? $800? According to Ranch KPI, the average cow cost is near $1,000 annually.

A similar cost figure is found in producer databases and livestock budgets at Colorado State University, Kansas State University and the University of Nebraska, among others.

Pounds weaned per exposed female is a key revenue generator which is the calf crop yield. Ranchers who increase this percentage increase their ranch revenue.

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Expense inflation over the years has caused cow costs to steadily rise. It is also important to note that this number includes both direct costs and fixed costs, as it should. The big

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Record Keeping, Decision-Making and Profitability three expenses on any given ranch are feed, depreciation and labor (a fourth would be pasture rent if the land grazed is not owned). You will notice that feed is the only concrete cash expense out of the big three.

Many ranches don’t pay themselves regularly and don’t factor in depreciation into their cash cost budget. It can be argued that if the cows don’t pay for your labor, and they don’t pay for the capital assets that need replacement on the ranch (machinery, equipment, buildings, breeding livestock, etc.) that revenue would have to come from off-the-farm income.

Therefore, if a ranch can decrease its cow cost, it will almost certainly increase profitability.

Integrated Measures In any production-oriented business, the most important number to know is how much it costs to produce oneunit of output.

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In the cow-calf industry, the product being produced is a pound of weaned calf. Regardless of whether producers sell at weaning or retain their calves, it is imperative to know if they are producing calves at an economically sustainable cost.

The calculation of this number incorporates the efficiencies of the production side of the operation with the input expense side of the operation.

Once the unit cost of production number is calculated, managers will know if they are selling (or transferring onto the next enterprise) their weaned calves for more, less or the same amount that it cost them to produce those calves.

The first step to achieving progress with any of these profit drivers is having the ability to quantify and track each one. This leads us to the importance of record keeping.

From accurate records, we can set objective goals for improvement in each of the key profit drivers. There are innumerable data points that might be tracked on the ranch, but some are more important than others.

Ask yourself: • What records do we keep?

• Why do we keep them?

• How do they help us make more informed decisions?

A portion of those records will be production oriented, while others will be financially related.

Whether considering production or financial records, consistency is key.

Accurate data input leads to accurate information tools.

The bottom line is that good records inform good decision-making, and good decision-making leads to higher levels of profitability. n

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Prepare Now to Keep Calf Scours at Bay

by Tim Parks, DVM, Ruminant Technical Service Manager, Merck Animal Health Scours in young calves has a significant economic impact due to treatment cost, lost performance and mortality. Both viral and bacterial pathogens can cause scours – and they do so in different ways – but anytime there is damage to the intestinal tract, nutrient absorption is negatively affected and thereby calf performance. What’s more, the 2007 National Animal Health Monitoring System found that digestive problems, which included scours, caused 14% of losses in calves less than three weeks old. This is why it is critical to take steps to prevent scour infections.

A good offense for calf scours can start at preg-check. Aside from determining pregnancy and estimating calving dates, preg-check is an opportunity to work with your veterinarian to evaluate the body condition of cows and heifers, and adjust nutri-

tional or mineral requirements so they are in adequate body condition as they get close to calving.

In areas that may be impacted by drought, this is especially important as feed supplementation may be needed to be sure protein and energy requirements are being met.

This also is a good time to ask your veterinarian about administering a scours vaccine. Vaccinating cows and first-calf heifers with a scours vaccine prior to calving stimulates antibody production that will result in higher-quality colostrum, ultimately giving calves better protection against scours.

Not all scours vaccines are the same, so it’s important to select one that offers broad-spectrum protection. Primary scours-disease-causing agents include bacteria such as E. coli and clostridium, and viruses such as rota and corona, and typically more than one pathogen is involved.

Following the label instructions regarding vaccination timing is critical to stimulating and optimizing protective antibodies in colostrum.

Vaccinate too early and an antibody response may start to fall off prior to maximum colostrum being made.

Vaccinate too late and colostrum may be made before an antibody response is mounted.

For example, you can administer Guardian® scours vaccine 5 to 7 weeks prior to calving to boost antibody levels in the cow’s colostrum, so the newborn calf will have increased protection from scours. First-calf heifers or cows not previously vaccinated should receive an initial dose around 12 weeks prior to calving and then a booster 3 to 6 weeks following initial vaccination.

Environmental stressors can compromise a calf’s immune system.

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Vaccines aid in helping to prevent scours but management is also

Tim Parks, DVM, Ruminant Technical Service Manager, Merck Animal Health important. Starting with colostrum intake, it is ideal that calves get two quarts of colostrum within two hours after birth and another two quarts within six hours after birth for the best antibody absorption. It’s critical they have had colostrum within the first 12 hours. Vaccinating the cow with an effective vaccine only works if the calf receives an adequate amount of colostrum.

It’s also important to manage the environmental stressors and provide as much clean, open space as possible. Wet weather, crowding of calving areas or muddy lots can cause stress and lead to exposure to disease agents. It’s important to have a calving plan in place to give calves the best possible start and to handle any potential obstacles.

If scours occurs, work with your veterinarian to conduct diagnostics to help identify the specific pathogens and devise a plan for what can be done going forward.

A healthy calf is your most valuable asset, and the future of your herd.

Working with your veterinarian to prepare for calving season will help ensure your upcoming calf crop gets off to the best possible start. n

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Red Angus Well-Represented at Inaugural 2021 Cattlemen’s Congress

by Brandi Buzzard Frobose, Editor and Director of Communications At the inaugural 2021 Cattlemen’s Congress, Red Angus enthusiasts presented more than 600 entries at the National Red Angus Open Show, Junior Red Angus Regional Show and the National Red Angus Pen Show.

“Without a shadow of a doubt, this was the largest offering of Red Angus show cattle ever presented on an open show stage,” said Chessie Mitchell, RAAA show program coordinator. “The depth of quality was commended by

the judge, crowd, fellow industry professionals and other breeders.

Many positive comments were made about just how far this portion of the Red Angus breed has come in the past six years in terms of numbers exhibited, structural quality and overall eye-catching appeal. The RAAA team was highly motivated to conduct a top-notch show on short notice, and I think it’s safe to say that was accomplished.”

2021 Cattlemen’s Congress Red Angus Open Show Judge: Tyler Cates, Indiana – Associate Judge: Kyle Shoufler, Indiana

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Grand Champion Open Bull TWG PE LIFT 301F – 3962379 Timber Creek Ranch/Kip Wallace, OK

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Red Angus Well-Represented at Inaugural 2021 Cattlemen’s Congress 2021 Cattlemen’s Congress Red Angus Pen Show Pen Show Judge: Don Maclennan, Colorado

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Ty Bayer Honored as Red Angus Herdsman of the Year

by Brandi Buzzard Frobose, Editor and Director of Communications

Bayer took an early interest in cattle production and had a very involved role on his family’s operation growing up, attending livestock events across the country and working with cattle. He attended Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield, Illinois, where he was an active member of the livestock judging team. He then transferred to Colorado State University where he was again member of the livestock judging team and graduated in 2015 with a degree in animal science.

Ty Bayer, herdsman of TC Reds, Ringle, Wisconsin, is the 2021 Red Angus Herdsman of the Year.

Ty Bayer, Ringle, Wisconsin, was selected as the 2021 Red Angus Herdsman of the Year at the National Red Angus Open Show during Cattlemen’s Congress in Oklahoma City.

The award was announced prior to the selection of the grand champion open female on Jan. 6, 2021.

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After graduation, Bayer returned to Wisconsin to manage TC Reds, a family-owned Red Angus and Angus operation. TC Reds was started by Ty’s parents, Scott and Mia Bayer, and Ty, and his siblings, Calli and Tucker, are all integral parts of the operation. TC Reds holds several elite heifer sales and they have produced and shown many state and national champions.

“As parents it is always your hope that your children will grow up to do something that they love. Ty’s love

for cattle is evident, we are lucky to see it every day in the drive and desire he has to continually improve our operation. Watching Ty work side by side with his sister and brother to make TC Reds a success has been amazing. We are thrilled that all of Ty’s hard work is being recognized with him being awarded the Herdsman of the Year,” remarked Mia Bayer.

She added, “Ty is an integral part of the day-to-day operations and is a driving force behind the success of TC Reds in the sale and show ring. Ty prides himself on selling high-quality females that can excel in the show ring and then go on to make outstanding brood cows. Ty makes TC Reds customers a priority, always willing to lend a hand or help out.”

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Improve Your Herd’s Foot Scores with Observation and Culling

by Harold Bertz, RAAA Director of Commercial Marketing Diligent observation and subsequent action play a primary role in improving foot and leg structure. While it takes a little self-education and a bit of time, with practice and perseverance, producers can significantly improve the foot scores of their entire herd in a few generations.

Six ways to improving feet in your herd 1. Pay close attention to the feet in your herd; it all starts with observation.

2. Cull every animal with poor feet — make no exceptions.

3. Market no bad-footed animals as breeding stock — their place is the feedlot.

4. Make certain that your herd bull(s) and AI sires meet high standards for foot quality.

5. Scrutinize the feet of your replacement heifer candidates — make it key criteria as to whether a female is kept and bred or not.

6. Talk to other Red Angus breeders about which pedigrees and bloodlines produce poor-footed cattle and avoid them.

Red Angus staff members have diligently approached methods to increase awareness and ways to correct feet

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issues. One action was to send each RAAA member a laminated foot and leg scoring reference. These are designed to be placed where you are most likely to see your animals.

For example, hang it next to your working chute enabling you to refer to the guide while working cattle. I encourage all of us to be constantly mindful of feet issues in our herds and utilize the scoring guide.

Remember, a correct foot in beef cattle includes claw shape, size and angle. The angle of the pastern also plays into the correctness of the foot. Score both on a 1-to-9 scale, where 5 is the ideal score.

After observation, the next step is to cull every animal with poor feet – make no exceptions.

Culling animals, especially registered cattle, is an inherently difficult process and can have significant economic impacts on a herd. As a rule, it is more cost effective to cull young animals prior to their entering a breeding cycle than animals after they have entered the herd. This makes the foot evaluation of young animals an especially important part of the keep-cull equation for breeders.

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Improve Your Herd’s Foot Scores with Observation and Culling The key is to identify animals with suspect feet, or feet that fall in the 1-4 or 6-9 categories in Foot and Leg Scoring Reference on page 126.

On these identified cattle, put extreme pressure on mating decisions that can help to improve or possibly eliminate poor feet through genetic selection. On any of their daughters you might consider keeping in the herd, I suggest their feet must rate a 5 in both categories at weaning, yearling and breeding before making the financial commitment to keep them as a bred heifer in the herd.

you will see a notable decline in the number of heifers you have to cull for undesirable foot scores.

Identification, selection and action are all parts of correcting feet in a herd. Doing so in a manner that keeps us at a profitable level of culling is also mandatory. By never letting a low or high foot score female enter the breeding herd, disciplined progress can be made to eliminating poor feet. n

By disposing of the young heifers with feet problems, you are still able to receive a fair market value and not continue the cycle of poor feet in your herd. Using this method,

Foot and Leg Scoring Guidelines Feet and leg soundness are important traits that can increase longevity in the herd. The Beef Improvement Federation has recommended the collection of three feet and leg phenotypes to obtain data on structural soundness. These phenotypes include hoof claw shape, hoof angle and rear hock angle.

For all three measurements, scores range from 1-9 with a score of 5 considered ideal. Scores 4 and 6 show slight variation from ideal but are considered acceptable. Scores 3 and 7 show greater variation from ideal but are considered borderline acceptable for a commercial herd. Such scores are not generally acceptable for seedstock operations. Scores 2 and 8 should be looked at as possible cull animals. Scores 1 and 9 are definite cull animals.

When scoring feet, the following guidelines should be followed: • Animals should be scored prior to hoof trimming.

• For claw shape and hoof angle, score each animal’s worst hoof (front or back).

• Animals should be scored on a dry, flat and hard surface.

• Age at measurement: a. Score yearling bulls and heifers between 270500 days of age. b. Score mature females at weaning when collecting mature weight and body condition scores. c. Scoring mature bulls will not likely contribute to genetic evaluation due to limited contemporary information.

• Score all animals within a group on the same day.

• Variation must exist in submitted scores to determine genetic differences.

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Observe claw shape when scoring the front foot. The claws should not touch or cross over. The gap between the claws should be narrow and a straight line, not spaced more at the top of the foot which could lead to the claws touching at the bottom of the foot and crossing over.

On the back foot, evaluate the depth of the heel. Structure will influence how hooves wear, therefore a poorly structured bull tends to have worse feet. The angle of the hoof’s hairline should be the same as the angle of the base of the hoof.

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Averages BW 70 - Ratio 86 • WW 797 - Ratio 107 YW 1,374 - Ratio 105 • Frame 5.97 • 21-Month-Weight: 1810 lbs GGP EPDs ProS 133 • HB 73 • GM 60 • CED 17 • BW -4.4 • WW 72 • YW 114 Milk 28 • Stay 13 • Marb 0.58 • YG -0.09 • CW 31 • REA 0.54

Yearling Red Angus Bulls For Sale by Private Treaty!

CONTACT US TODAY FOR MORE INFORMATION!

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RED DIAMOND LAND & CATTLE JASON BRAGG 4250 BARNES RD SALADO, TX 76571

EKREN RED ANGUS ANDREW EKREN 685 5TH AVE S CARRINGTON, ND 58421

BEAUREGARD LIVESTOCK/ PROP. MNGMT LLC THOMAS BRANDON 1200 SOUTHERN OAKS COURT BURLESON, TX 76028

LOCKEN RED ANGUS RITA LOCKEN BOX 834 STANLEY, ND 58784

HATCHETT RANCH RED ANGUS JOHN CARNEY 5700 PRIVATE ROAD 4883 BAIRD, TX 79504 DOUBLE J RED ANGUS TIMOTHY JONES 1883 COUNTY ROAD 299 BAY CITY, TX 77414 M5BC BRYANT MALONE 536 N HWY 77 MILFORD, TX 76670 MASON LAND & CATTLE PAYDEN MASON 24610 W FARMERS WILDORADO, TX 79098 OQ CATTLE DWAYNE O`QUINN 174 COUNTY ROAD 662 DAYTON, TX 77535 SALOME HILL FARM CAMERON SALOME 7789 US HWY 79 S , HENDERSON , TEXAS-75654 HENDERSON, TX 75654 JULIE SHIRLEY 2012 FM 3378 NEW BOSTON, TX 75570 GEORGIA TULSA 2958 FM 413 REAGAN, TX 76680 Area 5 – Northern Plains Director – Steve Koester RODNEY BALVITSCH 7623 SW 74TH AVE ELLENDALE, MN 56026 BLANCHETTE CATTLE CO. ALEXANDER BLANCHETTE 10080 5TH AVE SE GRANITE FALLS GRANITE FALLS, MN 56241

AUSTIN PATTEN P.O. BOX 1022 WATFORD CITY, ND 58854 TREVOR BERGH 44226 155TH ST FLORENCE, SD 57235 Area 6 – Great Plains Director –Newley Hutchison WILD HILL FARMS LLC RUSS MOYER 4615 HWY. K-68 WELLSVILLE, KS 66092 VINTAGE ANGUS GENETICS TRAVIS ANDERSON 47143 876RD ATKINSON, NE 68713 CIRCLE B LIVESTOCK LLC MARK BENES 2276 STATE HWY 14 ALBION, NE 68620 KYLER PLUGGE 1377 SO. 176TH LINCOLN, NE 68520 JORDAN SETTLES 1963 HWY 79 NORTH BEND, NE 68649 PRESLEE BENNETT LANDRI BENNETT 13616 W HEFNER RD YUKON, OK 73099 EMERY BOWERS P.O. BOX 852022 YUKON, OK 73085 DALTON & SARAH BREWER DALTON BREWER 249344 E 840 RD FAY, OK 73646 BREWER FARMS KEVIN BREWER 83840 N 2540 RD WATONGA, OK 73772

MARTENS FAMILY FARM MARK MARTENS PO BOX 314 DASSEL, MN 55325

ZELL FREEMAN 1412 W IRIS AVE HOBART OK 73651 HOBART, OK 73651

TYSDAL HAY & CATTLE JESSE TYSDAL 24746 CTY HWY 1 FERGUS FALLS, MN 56537

CODY LEMONS 2901 NORTH ROCKWELL AVE BLANCHARD, OK 73010

BULL SALE and female

Sale bulls are running outside on wheat pasture and under an electric fence.

Red River Red Angus Saturday, March 27, 2021 • Vernon Livestock Auction • Vernon, TX

SELLING 50 Two-Year-Old Bulls Offering includes a Beckton 707 son out of a Julian 571 Cow 10 Registered Red Angus Pairs 100 Red Angus Commercial Heifers

The good type of cow you can expect to see in this sale.

to calve by sale day

He sells along with many just like him.

Cody NE-309 #4178582 Sired by Cody TR309 Redemption 33506755

CONTACT

CONSIGNORS CC Red Angus Ranch • Altus, OK China Creek Ranch • Electra, TX

Selling 20+ Bulls sired by CODY TR309 REDEMPTION #3506755 50% Prime Carcass Producer

Crawford Red Angus • Hollis, OK David & Lane Petzold • Altus, OK

Cody Cribbs 580-481-9449 cody@cribbsredangus.com

Colby Crawford 580-318-3211 colbycrawford@cableone.net

Welcome to our Newest RAAA Members!

ETHAN CHELL PROPP 435802 E. 360 RD. ADAIR, OK 74330 LANIE SASSER 3851 DARRIL RD EDMOND, OK 73025 GRADY SMITH 1211 KASE LANE MOORELAND, OK 73801 Area 7 – Northeast Director – Rob Hess AIDEN BENSE 5841 E 700 N COLUMBUS, IN 47203 TYLER BENSE 5841 E 700 N COLUMBUS, IN 46126 DAISLEY FARMS CHRIS DAISLEY 225W 250S LEBANON, IN 46052 JKG LIVESTOCK JOHN GRAY 17044 N. 100 E. KNIGHTSTOWN, IN 46148 GENTRY ROLLINS 13587 NORTH 550 EAST ELNORA, IN 47529

SECOND CHANCE FARMS DONNA BLAMBLE 2833 WILSON CORONA ROAD OAKLAND, MD 21550

YATES FARMS AARON YATES 8030 RINEYVILLE RD RINEYVILLE, KY 40162

ROBINSON CATTLE CO. LAYNE ROBINSON 32519 510TH ST RUSSELL, IA 50238

BLODGET FARMS MATT BLODGET 164 AUTUMN LANE OAKLAND, ME 04963

TBLOCK FARMS TIM BLOCKER 988 ENDRIS ROAD CANTON, MS 39046

PORTER SCHWANTZ 1075-1750TH ST LINCOLN, IL 62656

DYER FARMS JOHN DYER 12908 BIRCH DR LEROY, MI 49655

MACY HOWELL 232 ELLIS HODGE RD LUCEDALE, MS 39452

HERBON FARMS LLC JEFFREY HERBON 7560 NORTHLINE ROAD ANN ARBOR, MI 48105 POPLAR RIDGE FARMS NICK POPE 12 HOMESTEAD ROAD CALIFON, NJ 07830 WILDWINDKC FARM JOHN & LORETTA CLARKSON 1629 CORNWELL RD THORNTON, WV 26440 Area 8 – Southeast Director – Jim Yance MILL CREEK RANCH LLC DANIEL MORRISON 67 SOLOGNE CIRCLE LITTLE ROCK, AR 72223

MITCHELL RANCH JERALD MITCHELL PO BOX 193 CARRIERE, MS 39426 BROOKS POTEET 8104 CANTER LANE POWELL, TN 37849 Area 9 – Midwest Director – Stuart Gilbert PAUL BAILEY 2848 OHIO RD PROMISE CITY, IA 52583 GOLDEN KREEK ACRES LINDSEY KRAMBEER 23633 175TH STREET FARMERSBURG, IA 52047

TANNER BRIDDLE 22472 CR 213 BOGARD, MO 64622 TRAVIS GERMANN TANNER BRIDDLE 23986 CR 224 BOGARD, MO 64622 SCHAF TAL FARMS ROBERT BRODIE 314 AUTUMN RIDGE ALTENBURG, MO 63732 MACKENZIE MAWSON 17029 NW CR 701 ARCHIE, MO 64725 CODY ROPER 8642 STATE HWY 77 ORAN, MO 63771 International AIRAM FARMS MARIA TASCHUK BOX 285 TWO HILLS, AB T0B 0A4

PEACOCK ANGUS RANCH

Texas Red Angus Champion Genetics

313 FM 2488 Covington, TX 76636 (254) 874-5868 • (817) 774-7204 cell www.peacockredangus.com Where Quality Cattle are the Rule, Not the Exception!

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18-Month-Old Bulls Available Dennis Ory 417-839-7205 joann7@wildblue.net oryscircle7.com

328 Route U Rocky Comfort, MO 64861

Fescue-Raised & Heat Tolerant

Position your ranch for proƤtability with Red Angus-sired calves.

BADLANDS RED ANGUS Bill Ceynar • Arnegard, ND 701/586-3435 • 701/570-4578 badlandsredangus@gmail.com

BARENTHSEN-BULLINGER RED ANGUS Mark & Kathy Barenthsen Jeremy & Jessica Bullinger Powers Lake, ND • bbredangus.com 701/464-5741 • 701/339-1834 701/464-4893 mkbar@nccray.com • jbullinger@nccray.net

BAUMAN RED ANGUS

Dave, Kathy, Wayde & Jake Bauman Linton, ND • bb.ranch@hotmail.com 701/336-7201 • 701/321-1994

BRADEMEYER FARMS Mike Brademeyer • Verona, ND 701/742-2598 • 701/710-0445 kbrademeyer@drtel.net

BRENNER ANGUS

Sidney & Melva Brenner • Carson, ND 701/522-3335 • 701/471-9135

BROKEN HEART RANCH

Gary & Chad Pederson • Firesteel, SD 605/865-3190 • 605/850-9878 bhrredangus@lakotanetwork.com www.pedersonbhr.com

CAMPBELL RED ANGUS

DAHLKE RED ANGUS

KUHN’S RED ANGUS

DIAMOND C ND

L83 LODOEN RANCH

Bryantt Bolduc /Arlan Dahkle Bagley, MN • dahlkeredangus.com 218/533-0259 • 218/556-5896 dahlkeranch@gvtel.com Chase Furstenau • Cavalier, ND 701/520-0671 chasefurstenau@gmail.com www.diamondcnorthdakota.com

DK RED ANGUS

Scott Kueffler • Grenora, ND 701/694-3620 • 701/641-0519 redangus@nccray.com

DUKART ANGUS RANCH Derrick or Angie Dukart, Manning 701/573-4324 • 701/260-2422 ddukart@ndsupernet.com www.dukartangusranch.com

FORSTER RED ANGUS Kenneth Forster • Richardton, ND 701/974-2450 • 701/290-2450 forsterredangus@yahoo.com www.forsterredangus.com

GRASSY MEADOW RANCH David & Karissa Daws Michigan, ND • 701/270-1524 grassymeadowranch@gmail.com

HEART RIVER RANCH

Robert Campbell • McIntosh, SD 701/422-3721 • 605/845-4812 campbellra@westriv.com www.campbellredangus.com

Chuck & Annette Steffan • Belfield, ND 701/575-8145 • 290-9745 • 260-4630 heartrivergenetics@yahoo.com

CARAWAY RED ANGUS RANCH

Bryan & Emmy Huber • Jud, ND 701/685-2687 • 701/320-8054 emmy@drtel.net www.hubereyredangus.com

Jon Caraway • Lake Benton, MN 507/530-3166 • 308/325-2712 info@carawayredangus.com carawayredangus.com

CARGO STOCK FARM

Seth, Laci, Dylon, Preston, Ritch Cargo Arnegard, ND 701/586-3010 • 701/537-3320 cargostockfarm@RTC.coop badlandsgeneticsplus.com

DAHL LAND & CATTLE CO. Jeff Dahl • Gackle, ND • 701/485-3762 jldahl@daktel.com • www.dahlcattle.com

HUBER EY RED ANGUS

JACOBSON RED ANGUS Gary & Val Jacobson • Hitterdal, MN 218/962-3360 • 701/361-3189 gjrangus@feltontel.net www.jacobsonredangus.com

KAL-KOTA RANCH

Ed Kalianoff • Steele, ND 701/475-2694 • 701/471-4006 kalkota@bektel.com

KOESTER RED ANGUS

Steve & Tracey Koester • Steele, ND 701/475-2736 • 701/400-1611 koester@bektel.com www.koesterredangus.com

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SCHRIEFER RANCH LLC

James & Stephanie Kuhn Napoleon, ND 701/332-6378 • 701/426-6921 kuhnsredangus.net

Marc, Jodi, Riley, Cheyenne & Cassi Schriefer • Golden Valley, ND 701/870-4292 • 701/879-2609 marcjodi@icloud.com schrieferredangus.com

Ben Lodoen • Westhope, ND 701/201-0477 lodoencattle@gmail.com lodoencattle.com

SEEGER & RUSCH RED ANGUS Brandon & Dixie Rusch New Salem, ND 701/843-7191 • 701/226-5479 701/426-9443 ruschvet@gmail.com seeger-ruschredangus.com

LARSON’S LOST RIVER LIVESTOCK David Larson • Clearbrook, MN 218/766-3323 david.larson.lrl@gmail.com www.lostriverlivestockmn.com

SEVERANCE RED ANGUS

Brian & Mary Severance • Palermo, ND 701/862-3681 • 701/898-3681 redcows@restel.net

LAZY D RED ANGUS

John or Sara Berg • Williston, ND 701/826-4211 701/570-9788 • 701/570-0730 lazyredangus@yahoo.com

SPUR M RED ANGUS

Doug & Darcy McGee • Bowman, ND 701/523-3635 • 701/523-6086 ddmcgee@ndsupernet.com spurmredangus.com

LELAND RED ANGUS

Melvin & Luella Leland Todd & Carla Leland • Sidney, MT 701/565-2347 • 406/489-1466 lelandra@restel.net lelandredangus.com

TNT SIMMENTAL & RED ANGUS Kevin & Lynette Thompson • Almont, ND 701/843-8454 • 701/391-1631 www.tntsimmentals.com

NAMKEN RED ANGUS

TRIANGLE M RED ANGUS

Jared Namken • Lake Norden, SD 605/881-3845 jarednamken@hotmail.com www.namkenredangus.com

Blake Wold • Watford City, ND 701-770-4105

TURTLE RIVER CATTLE CO.

NORDLUND STOCK FARMS LLC Mike & Sam Norlund Clearbrook, MN • 701/799-0943 nordlundstockfarm@gvtel.com www.nordlundstockfarms.com

OHR RED ANGUS

Edward, Jeanne & Carl Olson Argusville, ND 701/484-5779 • 701/238-3601 olsoncandc@aol.com

PRESSER RED ANGUS Troy Presser • Turtle Lake, ND 701/447-2855 • 701/220-0189 tpresser@westriv.com

RESSLER LAND & CATTLE Mark or Bryan Ressler • Binford, ND 701-789-0191 • 701-789-7294 contact@resslerlandandcattle.com www.resslerlandandcattle.com

Leland Red Angus & Koester Red Angus, Ranch Diamond C North Dakota, Kist Livestock, Mandan L83 Lodoen Ranch, Kist Livestock, Mandan Dahlke Red Angus, Ranch Presser Red Angus, Ranch Jacobson Red Angus, Ranch Kuhn’s Red Angus and Huber EY Red Angus, Napoleon Livestock, Napoleon

Website: ndredangus.com • Facebook: North Dakota Red Angus Association

Ron & Ryan Clemetson • Grand Forks, ND 701/739-0639 • 701/739-6407 trreds@hotmail.com

TWEDT RED ANGUS

Sam Twedt • McHenry, ND 701/262-4768 • 701/388-4035 twedtredangus@hotmail.com www.twedtredangus.com

VALNES RANCH RED ANGUS Emit Valnes • Eden, SD 605/698-6596 • 605/228-8857 valnesranch@hotmail.com valnesranch.com

WASEM RED ANGUS

Chris & Jolyn Wasem • Halliday, ND 701/938-8365 • 701/260-1513 jolyn.wasem@gmail.com wasemredangus.com

WEST BRANCH RANCH Greg Bailey • Baldwin, ND 701/255-2424 funditos2@gmail.com

ND Red Angus Association President: Scott Kueffler Vice President: Sam Twedt Immediate Past Pres.: Jodi Schriefer Directors: Ryan Clemetson,

Bryan Ressler, Annette Steffan & Chris Wasem Sec./Treas.: Karissa Daws 701/270-1524 ndredangusassociation@gmail.com

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Sale Reports Sonstegard Cattle Co., LLC 24th Annual Female Sale Montevideo, Minnesota December 5, 2020 97 Purebred Red Angus Bred Heifers $2,718 26 Purebred Red Angus Bred Cows ... $2,450 71 Commercial Red Angus Bred Heifers ...................................... $1,818

9 Purebred Red Angus Open Heifers .................................... $1,606 3 Purebred Red Angus Elite Open Heifers ........................... $4,083

The high-selling bred heifer was Lot 75, 3SCC Classy G179, a Y296 KFRA daughter bred to Andras Fusion R236. She sold to Ravenscroft Red

In Your RED ANGUS QUEST ...

Look to THE WEST!

westernstatesredangus.com LORENZEN RANCHES P.O. Box 1519 Pendleton, OR 97801 (541) 276-6108 Larry Lorenzen RED ANGUS SINCE 1959

TODD STEGALL 3455 Grover Ave Colusa, CA 95932

tmstegall@gmail.com (530) 713-8755

LAUTENSCHLAGER & SONS RED ANGUS LAUT 1251 Cutler-Lautenschlage Rd Endicott, WA 99125 Ranch: (509) 657-3301 Cell: (509) 595-8131 LASOredangus@gmail.com Red Angus Genetics for Seed Stock Producers & Commercial Cattlemen

Doug and Betty Dunn 9498 NE 9th St • Terrebonne, Oregon 97760 (541) 923-1705

Recentlyy purchased Crump Red Angus Herd

Leonard & Naomi Wood • (208) 263-5246 481649 Hwy 95 North • Sandpoint, ID 83864 • woodvxranch@aol.com

Bull Sale - Feb. 20, 2021 Billings, Montana www.mccannredangus.com Lori McCann • 208-743-5517

Angus of Nenzel, Nebraska, for $5,250.

Lot 20A, 3SCC Dee G136, a daughter of 3SCC Domain A163, bred to 9 Mile Franchise 6305, sold to Gary Olsen of Brayton, Iowa, for $5,000.

Lot 18, 3SCC Siska G51, a daughter of 3SCC Domain A163, bred to Bieber Spartacus, sold to Kemen Farms Red Angus of Madison, Minnesota, for $4,750.

Lot 63, 3SCC Karen G795, a daughter of VGW Navigator 010, bred to Andras Fusion R236, sold to Jason Larson of Slayton, Minnesota, for $4,750.

The high-selling open heifer was Lot 21, 3SCC Millie H42, a daughter of 3SCC High Stakes E138. She sold to Chappell Red Angus of Mill Hall, Pennsylvania, for $5,250.

The high-selling bred cow was Lot 30, 3SCC Dana D458, a 2RJL Abel A856 daughter bred to Collier Finished Product. She sold to Brad Kaiser of Wells, Minnesota for $4,250.

Lot 2, 3SCC Brandy D157, was a LJC Colt 963Z daughter bred to GMRA Game Changer 8270F. She sold to Hanger Red Angus of Lake City, Kansas, for $3,750.

Lot E was the high-selling set of four commercial Red Angus heifers bred to Sonstegard calving-ease bulls. The set of heifers sold to Bryan Eigenberg of Windom, Minnesota, for $1,900 each.

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

Cattle sold into 11 different states.

Veril & Barbie Nelson 10387 Driver Valley Rd Oakland, OR 97462

(541) 643-9759 n5redangus@yahoo.com Like us on Facebook!

“Producing Balanced Trait Red Angus since 1993”

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Sale Reports Red Revolution Red Angus Auction January 5, 2021 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Auctioneer: Kyle Gilchrist Manager: Lisa & Kyle Gilchrist, Gilchrist Auction Co.

Resource 137E X Red Brylor 140M Vidalia 24Y embryos from Brylor Ranch of Alberta, Canada, and sold to Ryan Boner of Glen Rock, Wyoming.

In all, cattle and genetic lots were consigned

by Red Angus breeders from 13 states and two Canadian provinces and sold into

17 states and three Canadian Provinces including: Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. n

The top selling bull was Lot 14, L83 Homeboy 1H, consigned by L83 Ranch of Westhope, North Dakota. He sold for $15,000 to Chain Ranch, Inc of Canton, Oklahoma.

17133 NW Co Rd 701 • Archie, MO 64725 816-807-6606 info@missouriredangus.com www.missouriredangus.com

The top selling open heifer was Lot 7, Star G Flo-Marie H03, from the partnership of Whisnand Red Angus of Whitewright Texas, Steel Caps Cattle Co. of Howe, Texas, and Star G Ranch, Inc. of Douds, Iowa. She sold for $6,500 to Wickman Farms of McKinney, Texas.

Frozen genetics were in big demand with Lot 20 topping the field at $15,600 ($3,900 per embryo). They were a full sibling matings to Mann Red Box consigned

by Mann Ranch of Olathe, Kansas, and selling to Ryan Boner of Glen Rock, Wyoming.

Scott Bachman • (660) 247-1112

scott_bachman@yahoo.com www.bachmancattlefarms.com

Balancing Performance with Maternal

Lot 3 from Bootjack Cattle Co. of Lewistown, Montana, was a Pick of the BJR Female Herd selling for $10,500 to Garth Griffin of New Hampton, Iowa.

At $9,000 was a flush on Red Cinder Freyja 29E consigned by Brylor Ranch and Cinder Red Angus of Alberta, Canada. This right to flush with a guarantee of six embryos sold to On The Mark Cattle Co. of Sherwood, Oregon.

A Pick of the 2020-Born Females was offered by Feddes Red Angus of Manhattan, Montana, and sold for $7,000 to Kelly & Amber Chain of Canton, Oklahoma.

17520 Hwy. JJ Chillicothe, MO 64601

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Dan (913) 909-1912 Kay (816) 657-4655 Balanced & Proven Genetics www.lacysredangus.com

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

Rt. 2 Box 129A • Koshkonong, MO Wilbur, Elsie or Steve Spreutels (417) 867-5695 • (417) 867-5545

Lot 38 rounded out the top-selling embryos at $1,700 per embryo for a package of four ($6,800). They were Red MRLA

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Red Angus Bulls • Heifers

Ken & Brenda Keesaman

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

Seedstock • Semen • Embryos • Show Heifers & Steers

DENNIS ORY

oryscircle7.com • Phone/Fax: 417-839-7205 E-mail: joann7@wildblue.net 328 Route U Rocky Comfort, MO 64861

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Building Better Beef Ken & Cheri Graves (307) 738-2247

PO Box 2913 • Harlowton, MT 59036

406-632-5598 Ƃscherredangus.com

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406-642-3487 www.sutherlinfarms.com

Bob (406) 855-3614 Jon (406) 581-7800 Chad (406) 740-0099

FISCHER RED ANGUS Ron & Esther Fischer

suthfarm@gmail.com Spooner Creek Lane • Stevensville, MT

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Tim & Julie Shick

P.O. Box 311 Lodge Grass, MT 59050

(406) 639-9112 • tjshick@dishmail.net

Bob & Julie Morton • Tom Morton 2435 Logan Trident Road • Three Forks, MT 59752 (406) 580-0348 • www.gmracattle.com Annual Bull Sale Third Tuesday in March Big Sky Elite Female Sale First Wednesday in December

Glacier Red Angus Harold, Pat & Chris Hughes 40126 Eli Gap Road • Polson, MT 59860 (406) 883-4654 • www.GlacierRedAngus.com

The Forbes Family 37 Beckton Dr. • Sheridan, WY 82801 (307) 674-6095 • Fax (307) 672-7281 Email: becktonwyo@gmail.com

Recentlyy purchased Crump Red Angus Herd Bull Sale - Feb. 20, 2021 Billings, Montana www.mccannredangus.com Lori McCann • 208-743-5517

Visit our website for more information, sales and events!

MONTANA RED ANGUS ASSOCIATION email: MTRAASecretary@gmail.com

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in Big Sky Country!

- We Focus on The Female -

1721 Plevna Rd. • Plevna, MT 59344 (406) 778-3819 • ketchum@midrivers.com

LUCHT RED ANGUS

Vic & Shari Westphal

Dave & Kay Klompien & Family 8129 Amsterdam Rd. Manhattan, MT 59741 (406) 282-7537 • Cell: (406) 581-4043 Email: klmpnra@gmail.com

Maddy & Andy Roberts 142 Silo Loop • Kinsey, MT 59338 406-234-2652 marsranch@midrivers.com Specializing in low birthweight Red Angus caƩle www.mars-ranch.com

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Bozeman, MT • 406-570-7300 ldlucht@gmail.com www.luchtredangus.com

RED ANGUS P.O. Box 72 Grass Range, MT 59032 • (406) 428-2179

ROCK CREEK RED ANGUS Box 396, Joliet, Mt 59041 "Females & Bulls For Sale Year Round"

Charlie & Linda Lewis

5175 Road 1026 Froid, Mt 59226 Andrew Johnson 406-489-3773 sandhill_reds@yahoo.com McKenzie Johnson 406-963-2200

www.sandhillredangus.com

(406) 962-3330

FRITZ RED ANGUS 1542 Fritz Ranch Ln Joe & Heidi Fritz Brady, MT 59416 (406) 627-2374 fritzra@3rivers.net

Shepherd Red Angus Jim & Ginger Shepherd 3631 Maple Leaf Ave. Cody, Wyo. 82414 406-698-6657 • 307-578-8741 jsgshepherd@gmail.com - PRIVATE TREATY SALES -

MTRAA Officers President: Chris Pierce – lostcreekreds@yahoo.com Vice President: Ryan Clark – diamondbarcattle@hotmail.com Secretary/Treasurer: Tena Ketchum – mtraasecretary@gmail.com

MTRAA Directors Corey Guenzler – corky@hotspingsmt.net Luke Larson - lukelarson51@gmail.com Tim Geib – geibtimothy@yahoo.com

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2021 Breeder Directory AREA 1 - West

Alaska • California • Hawaii Idaho • Nevada • Oregon Washington Sam Lorenzen, Director District 1 Breeders can be found on page 136

Chuck Feddes, Region A Director Kay Klompien, Director MT Breeders can be found on pages 138-139

Kerry and Debbie Sheaman

400 East Douglas Road • Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 493-7346 • Kerry.Sheaman@colostate.edu Maternal, Disposition, Calving Ease & Stayability Traits

Recentlyy purchased Crump Red Angus Herd Bull Sale - Feb. 20, 2021 Billings, Montana www.mccannredangus.com Lori McCann • 208-743-5517 Dan Reardon Rocking R Red Angus www.RockingRRedAngus.com 970-729-2571 Dan@RockingRRedAngus.com

High Altitude Registered Red Angus

RED ANGUS

Scott & Connie Kueffler Michala & Kirsti • Bonnie Kueffler Box 187 • Grenora, ND 58845 701-694-3620 (h) • 701-641-0519 (c) redangus@nccray.com • www.dkredangus.net

RED

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The Olsons

"We Breed Excitement"

Edward, Jeanne, Carl, Craig and Caryn 16068 24 St. SE • Argusville, ND 58005 Phone/Fax (701) 484-5779 www.olsonredpower.com

Robert and Kara • Harold • Robby W • McIntosh, SD 57641 5096 95th St. SW 701-422-3721 angus.com www.campbellredangus.com Producing Cattle That Perform For The Cattleman

Diamond C North Dakota

AREA 3 Rocky Mountain

AREA 4 - Southwest

Texas • New Mexico • Arizona

Utah • Colorado • Wyoming

Texas Breeders can be found on page 111

Aaron Kravig, Director

Tony Ballinger, Director

KRAVIG RED ANGUS

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Registered & Commercial Red Angus Will & P J Crockett • Hope, NM 575-703-5970 • 575-512-7225 www.crockett-ranch.com

AXTELL CATTLE COMPANY Brian and Jamie Jo Axtell PO Box 21 – Anton, CO 80801 970.383.2332 or 970.554.1132 www.axtellcattlecompany.com Follow us on Facebook!

Chase and Tiffany Furstenau Cavalier, ND 701-520-0671 chasefurstenau@gmail.com www.diamondcnd.com

Forster Red Angus

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Sound Udders – Great Dispositions Moderate Frames – Calving Ease – Excellent Growth www.kravigredangus.com h1: 719-446-5355 • h2: 719-446-5391 Karval, Colorado

Annual Sale in March

AREA 5 - Northern Plains Minnesota North Dakota • South Dakota

Kenneth Forster & Family 8285 30th St, SW • Richardton, ND 58652 (701) 974-2450 • Cell (701) 290-2450 www.forsterredangus.com

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AREA 2 Montana

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Gary & Val

JACOBSON RED ANGUS Registered & Commercial Catttle Bulls & Heifers - Open & Bred

28280 75th Ave. N. (218) 962-3360 Hitterdal, MN 56552 Cell (701) 361-3189 www.Jacobson RedAngus.com

Steve Koester, Director

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Cory & Katy Johnson

5822 CR 23 • Veteran, WY 82243 Cory 307-575-0169 • Katy 307-575-2677 Kevin & Sallie Miller • 970-222-6094 kmiller@wigginstel.com Larry & Jean Croissant • 970-656-3545 Briggsdale, Colorado www.CroissantRedAngus.com

Annual Production Sale in March at the Ranch

Female Sale First Saturday in December Bull Sale Second Saturday in April Gary, Elaine, Tory & Tyler Sonstegard (320) 269-7290 (320) 226-2340 www.3scc.net

BROKEN HEART RANCH

12523 245th Ave Firesteel, SD 57633 (605) 850-9878 or (605) 865-3190 bhrredangus@lakotanetwork.com www.pedersonredangus.com

Joe, Cindy & Emily Frasier • Ronny & Kelsey Pope 45965 County Road 118 • Limon, CO • (719) 775-2790

www.solidrockredangus.com

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Mark & Kathy Barenthsen Jeremy & Jessica Bullinger 701-464-5741 701-464-4893 8815 81st St. NW, Powers Lake, ND

Minnesota Red Angus Association Contact MNRAA President Tyler Sonstegard – (320) 226-2340 Check out our website at: www.mnredangus.com

LAZY J BAR Ranch Red Angus

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

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Jared and Lacey Namken Family • 605.881.3845 cell 45536 189th Street • Lake Norden, SD 57248 www.namkenredangus.com

AREA 7 - Northeast Emit & Jayme Valnes • Eden, South Dakota (605) 698-6596 • Cell (605) 228-8857 valnesranch@hotmail.com

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

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ANNUAL PRODUCTION SALE LAST SUNDAY IN MARCH

AREA 6 - Great Plains Kansas • Nebraska • Oklahoma

Nebraska Breeders can be found on page 121 Kansas Breeders can be found on page 119 Newley Hutchison, Director Connie Mushrush, Region Director

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

Jim Yance, Director Jeff Pettit, Region C Director SERAA Breeders can be found on page 131

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AREA 9 - Midwest Iowa • Illinois Missouri • Wisconsin

Stuart Gilbert, Director Missouri Breeders can be found on page 137

Russ Dahl 'HHUÀHOG :, 608-444-8295

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

www.mcmurphyfarms.com

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

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(740) 985-3444 Day (740) 591-9900 Cell 34740 State Route 7 Pomeroy, OH 45769

Steve & Amy Weinreich 443-465-2959 Emma Kate Foster 443-257-5061 5224 Faraway Dr. Felton, PA 17322 crossroadscaƩle@gmail.com

WRIGHTS MILL FARM RED ANGUS Steven Harris, DVM 4720 Wrights Mill Road Trappe, MD 21673 410-924-3905 www.wmfredangus.com

Rob & Amy Hess Hershey, PA 717-821-1782 bowcreekbeef.com

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

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Arlan Dahlke • Bagley, Minnesota (218) 694-6727 • (218) 556-5896 www.DahlkeRedAngus.com

Rob Hess, Director

Gene Rouse 515-231-9129 Dan Bormann 515-520-7707 53966 290th St. • Huxley, IA 50124 www.rouseredangus.com email: rousefam@huxcomm.net Annual Power of the Reds Sale Last Saturday of March

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641-919-0196 Stockport, Iowa

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Foreign Breeders

Sales & Services CK CK Sonny Sonny Booth Booth

“Always With the Best Cattle…Always” DEICHMANN LIVESTOCK BROKERAGE

- Auctioneer -

P.O. Box 1172 Miami, OK 74355 Cell (918) 533-5587 smbooth_1995@yahoo.com

• Sale Management • Auctioneer • Livestock Brokerage Dan Deichmann (406)423-5500 (406)799-5200 Hobson, MT 59452 • deichman@mtintouch.net

Bryan Gill

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ROGER JACOBS Auctioneer P.O. Box 270 Shepherd, MT 59079 (406) 373-6124 Home (406) 698-7686 Office (406) 373-7387 Fax

CANADA’S ANGUS MAGAZINE Box 177 • Stavely, AB TOL 1Z0 Canada Phone: (403) 549-2234 • Fax (403) 549-2207 Email: office@angusworld.ca

Sales Manager 701.730.0134 bigredgenetics@hotmail.com 1506 29th Ave S Moorhead, MN 56560

Joel Birdwell

Justin B. Stout

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HC 64 Box 29 Kingfisher, OK 73750 Home (405) 375-6630 Mobile (405) 368-1058

877.700.4099 www.pifers.com

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15508 Woodward St. . Overland Park, KS 66223

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Digital Marketing – Graphic Design Websites/Social Media – Photography Videography – Advertising Sale Management – Event Planning Katrina Lautenschlager katrina@rancherprofiles.com 509-592-7664 rancherprofiles.com

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14075 120th Street • Douds, IA 52551

David Pool, Owner david@poolranch.com 903-863-2171 • Cell: 903-646-2068 Located in East Texas

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

FAYLOR RED ANGUS

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

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Simmental • SimAngus Red Angus Private Treaty Bulls Dustin Pelton 620-285-5465 Lynn Pelton 620-285-9934 Burdett, KS

Ed Durst Mobile: (785) 541-0248

Jennifer Durst Mobile: (785) 541-0545 Morrowville, Kansas

Darryl & Susie Rhodes 3932 N. Sage Ct. Maize, KS 67101 Phone: (316) 722-6900 Cell: (316) 648-8310 rhodesredangus2@gmail.com

www.rhodesredangus.com Registered & Commercial Red Angus

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”

HOFT RED ANGUS 18 mo.& 2 yr. old Registered Bulls No feed ration, range tested, hard ‘n ready Commercial Bred Heifers in the fall 5LFN 3ߕXJKRHIW ‫( ڞ‬OOVZRUWK .6 ‫ ڞ‬

Ramsdale Reds 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

“Red Angus since 1964”

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

Visit our website to locate a breeder near you!

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Calendar of Events March 1

Trusted Buyer, Growing Demand

1 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 8 9 9 9 9 10 10 11 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 15 15 16 16 16 16

Final Ad Reservation/Editorial Deadline for April Red Angus Magazine Campbell Red Angus, McIntosh, SD McMurphy Farms, Alva, OK Sandhill Red Angus, Sidney, MT Klein Ranch, Atwood, KS Pederson’s Broken Heart Ranch, Firesteel, SD Bieber Fever Spring Production Sale, Leola, SD Dille Red Angus, Buhl, ID Sutherlin Farms Red Angus, Stevensville, MT DK Red Angus, Williston, ND Redland Red Angus, Hysham, MT Rich Red Angus & Friends 2021 Production Sale VF Red Angus, Terrebonne, OR Niobrara Red Angus, Yankton, SD Anderson Land & Cattle, Leoti, KS Loosli Red Angus, Ashton, ID Weber Land & Cattle, Lake Benton, MN Wedel Beef Genetics, Leoti, KS Heart River Ranch/Open A Angus, Belfield, ND R.A. Brown Ranch Bull & Female Sale, Throckmorton, TX Fritz Red Angus, Brady, MT Hueftle Red Angus, Cozad, NE Leland/Koester Red Angus, Sidney, MT Ludvigson Stock Farms Cornhusker Classic, North Platte, NE Keystone Elite, Mill Hall, PA Lucht Red Angus, Bozeman, MT Bar S Ranch , Paradise, KS Red Alliance, Groesbeck, TX South Central Red Genetics, Marietta, OK Flat Water Gang Red Angus, Broken Bow, NE Sun River Red Angus, Great Falls, MT 3 Bridges Land & Cattle and Tempel of Colorado Annual Production Sale, La Junta, CO Diamond C North Dakota, Mandan, ND Green Mountain Red Angus, Logan, MT Leeuwenburgh Angus, Alberta, Canada

16 17 18 18 19 19

Temple of Colorado Klompien Red Angus, Manhattan, MT Martin Red Angus, Glasgow, MT Mushrush Red Angus, Strong City, KS Laubach Red Angus, Big Timber, MT Lautenschlager & Sons Pacific Northwest Red Bull Rendezvuos, Othello, WA 20 9 Mile Ranch, Touchet, WA 20 Milk Creek Reds, Plevna, MT 20 Red Hill Farms More Than a Bull XVI Sale, Lafayette, TN 20 Schweitzer Red Angus, Beatrice, NE 21 Graystone Cattle Co., Stockport, IA 22 C-Bar Red Anugs, Plainville, KS 22 Feddes/C-T Red Angus, Manhattan, MT 22 Triple S Bull Sale, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 23 L83 Lodoen Ranch, Mandan, ND 24 B&L Red Angus, Putnam, OK 24 Diamond H Ranch, LaCrosse, KS 24 Westphal Red Angus, Grass Range, MT 24 York Creek Red Angus, Dunlap, IA 25 Gibbs Red Angus, Glasgow, MT 25 Northern Lites Red Angus, Glasgow, MT 25 Schuler Red Angus, Bridgeport, NE 26 O’Doherty Private Treaty, Boardman, OR 26 Shaggy Meadows Red Angus, Yankton, SD 27 Croissant Red Angus, Briggsdale, CO 27 Fischer Red Angus Spring Fling, Harlowton, MT 27 Power of the Reds, Shelbyville, IL 27 Red River Red Angus, Vernon, TX 27 Rogers Cattle Co. & Lile Farms, Strafford, MO 28 Dahlke Red Angus, Bagley, MN 28 RedFest Red Angus Sale, Bloomington, WI 29 Axtell Cattle Co., Sterling, CO 29 Partners in Progress Bull Sale, Sweetwater, OK 30 Anderson Cattle Co. Bull Sale, Swan River, Manitoba, Canada 30 Peacock Angus Ranch, SC Online Sales 31-April 1 Young Red Angus, Tribune, KS

April 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 6 8

3 Bridges Land & Cattle High Altitude Bull Sale, Monte Vista, CO Bowles J5 Red Angus, Glasgow, MT Knaub Red Angus, Midland Bull Test, Columbus, MT TA Cattle, West Point, NE Pieper Performance Leader Sale, Hay Springs, NE The Andras Kind’ Bull Sale, Manchester, IL Reds in the Heartland, El Reno, OK SERAA Grasstime Auction, Cullman, AL Six Mile Ranch, Fir Mountain, Saskatchewan, Canada Spear J Red Angus, Jordan, MT Mountaineer Red Angus Classic, Jackson’s Mill, WV Weber Red Angus, Lake Andes, SD Daigger -Orr Angus, North Platte, NE Smoky Y Ranch, Monument, KS

9 10 10 10

5L Red Angus, Sheridan, MT Hansine Ranch, Hayes, SD I Like It Like That & 4C Red Angus, Chinook, MT Ludvigson Stock Farms Spring Herdbuilder Sale, Shepherd, MT 10 Sonstegard Cattle Co., Montevideo, MN 12 Garrigan Land & Cattle Annual Bull Sale 13 Beckton Red Angus, Sheridan, WY 14 Jacobson Red Angus, Hitterdal, MN 14 Flying K Ranch Bull Sale, Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada 15-17 K2 Red Angus ‘Treasure Chest Sale’ Frozen Genetics & Females, Online 17 Reds in the Green Hills, Harris, MO 23 Red Western Sale, Crawford, NE 28 Gill Red Angus Annual Spring Bull & Heifer Sale, Timber Lake, SD 30 Putting the Puzzle Together Sale, Napoleon, ND

May 1 1

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Final Ad Reservation/Editorial Deadline for May/ June Red Angus Magazine Karr Farms, Gallipolis, OH

6 Koenig Ranch Reds, Glasgow, MT 25 Ludvigson Stock Farms Grass Time Turnout Sale, Shepherd, MT

ADAMS ANGUS RANCH Quality & Performance Since 1965 Registered Bulls, Heifers and Bred Cows Available

Scott C. & Patty Adams • (308) 750-7949 78250 464th Ave • Litch¿eld, NE 68852

NEBRASKA RED ANGUS www.nebraskaredangus.com

Austin Schweitzer Schweitzer Red Angus "Improving Our Herd to Benefit Yours!"

Milford, NE 68405 • 402-641-8275 schweitzerredangus.com

FICK RED ANGUS Inman, NE • Visitors Welcome!

ED (402) 394-5489

DOUG Balance from (402) 394-5486 Start to Finish! (402) 340-9910

www.fickredangus.com Annual Bull Sale in March

Rob Brawner

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

Scott & Kim Ford

SCHULER red-angus

Red Angus & Composite Seedstock 308.262.0306 • Bridgeport, NE schulerredangus.com

Pieper Red Angus

Mark E. Harbin 3955 Co. Rd. 314 Jarrell, TX 76537 harbinredangus.com

Home: 254-527-4650 Mobile: 512-413-0384 Fax: 254-527-3475

www.crossdiamondcattle.com

CHOAT

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

(308) 876-2211 Bertrand, NE 68927

Cattle Company

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St. Edward, NE Wayne & Jody Choat • 402-678-3439 Dave & Kathy Stodola • 402-981-1586

TEXAS RED ANGUS ASSOCIATION www.TexasRedAngus.org

CHIEFLINE RED ANGUS Mark & Celia Miller Rt. 1 Box 9 • Abernathy, TX 79311 (806) 328-5210 • Email: mfmrraider@aol.com “Your source of foundation pure Chiefline Genetics”

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Red Angus Seedstock Supplier Since 1964 Age-Advantage Bull Sale the First Wednesday of October Miles, Texas • 325.468.2390 info@halfmannredangus.com HalfmannRedAngus.com

R.A. Brown Ranch Donnell & Kelli Brown Throckmorton, Texas (940) 849-0611

www.RABrownRanch.com 150 Bulls & 100 Females offered every October

Dennis Coe Forney, Texas 214-632-8711

961 N. FM 444 Inez, TX 77968

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The Sieberts - Kim, Lindy, Samantha & Kendall 108 Road 3 • Henderson, NE 68371 (402) 723-4376 • Email: sdiamond@telcoweb.net website: sdiamondangus.com

Ross A & Lane Knott

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

BULLIS CREEK RANCH

Judy Kay Ferguson Kyley DeVoe 214-536-6902 940-367-4708 judykay@3klandandcattle.com kyley@3klandandcattle.com Justin, Texas • 3klandandcattle.com

G.W. LAND & CATTLE COMPANY Registered RegisteredRed RedAngus Angus Breeders in the Texas Hill Country

Mac Williams 116 Fox Hall Cv San Antonio, TX 78213 (2(210) 684-1071 • (210) 341-6701

REGISTERED RED ANGUS & ANGUS PLUS

Jim Kolle (361) 550-5045 • jakolle@tisd.net

TRIPLE CREEK RANCH

Tim Head

Bobbe McClure

Bulls, Cows & Heifers – All Ages

One of the largest herds in the South – Rockwall, TX

Ty Davenport, DVM (972) 948-0332 tydavenportdvm@hotmail.com Tim Salazar, Mgr. (254) 644-8529

P.O Box 1380 Van Horn, TX 79855

(432) 284-9664 REGISTERED RED ANGUS qgra@hughes.net

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Advertiser Index 2 Step Cattle.............................. 52 3K Land & Cattle ..................... 145 5L Red Angus ......................... 123 5L Red Angus ......................... 139 9 Mile Ranch ................. 21, 22, 23 Aberdeen Angus World ........... 142 ABS ........................................... 11 Adams Angus Ranch............... 145 ADM Red Angus...................... 138 Allflex ........................................ 57 Anderson Land & Cattle ............ 47 Andras Stock Farm.................. 125 Andras Stock Farm.................. 146 Angelo Cattle Co...................... 138 Axtell Cattle Co. ......................... 67 Axtell Cattle Co. ....................... 140 B&L Red Angus .................. 49, 95 Bachman Cattle Farms ............ 137 Bar C Red Angus ..................... 145 Barenthsen-Bullinger Red Angus .......................... 140 Beckton Red Angus..........2-3, 138 Bieber Red Angus ....................6-7 Big Iron Auctions .................... 130 BIM Red Angus ....................... 141 Birdwell, Joel .......................... 142 Bola Red Angus .............. 134, 145 Booth, CK Sonny ..................... 142 Bovine Elite ............................... 17 Bow Creek Beef ....................... 141 Bowles J5 Reds ...................... 139 Brickhouse Red Angus ............ 137 Broken Heart Ranch .......... 27, 140 Brylor Ranch ........................... 142 Bull Hill Ranch ........................ 131 Bullis Creek Ranch .......... 130, 145 C-Bar Red Angus ............ 100, 101 C-T Red Angus ............ 32, 33, 139 Calvo Family Red Angus ........... 13 Campbell Red Angus............... 140 Cattle Visions ............................ 15 Cedar Hill Farm ....................... 141 Chappell Red Angus .... 74, 75, 141 Chiefline Red Angus ................ 145 Choat Cattle Co. ...................... 145 Christensen Red Angus........... 139 Clay Maxey Ford........................ 12 Cooksley Red Angus ................. 77

Crockett Ranch ....................... 140 Croissant Red Angus ........ 59, 140 Cross Diamond Cattle Co.145, 147 Crossroad Cattle Co. ............... 141 D Cross Red Angus ................. 143 D&D Cattle Co. ........................ 145 Dahlke Red Angus................... 141 Daigger-Orr Angus ............ 66, 145 Deichman Lvsk Brokerage ...... 142 Diamond C North Dakota ........ 140 Diamond H Ranch ............. 61, 143 DK Red Angus............. 42, 43, 140 Double D Red Angus ................. 35 Double Eagle Ranch ................ 136 Elmwood Fields ....................... 141 Estrotect.................................... 26 Evans Cattle Co. ...................... 145 Faylor Red Angus .................... 143 Feddes Red Angus ........ 32, 33, 35 Fick Red Angus ....................... 145 Fischer Red Angus ............ 16, 138 Five Oaks Farm........................ 131 Flaming Livestock Co. ............. 143 Flat Creek Farms ..................... 131 Flat Water Red Angus Gang ...... 77 Flatiron Red Angus.................. 140 Flying K Red Angus ................... 64 Forster Red Angus .................. 140 Fritz Red Angus....................... 139 G.W. Land & Cattle Co.............145 Genex ........................................ 29 Gibson Red Angus .................. 131 Gilchrist, Kyle .......................... 142 Gill Red Angus ........................ 127 Gilreath Farms......................... 130 Glacier Red Angus .................. 138 Graystone Cattle Co. ......... 48, 141 Green Mountain Red Angus ........ 35, 36, 37, 138 H&F Red Angus ...................... 143 Halfmann Red Angus ........ 52, 145 Hansine Ranch ........................ 109 Harbin Red Angus ................... 145 Harms Plainview Ranch .... 71, 143 Heart River Ranch .....................89 Hoft Red Angus....................... 143 Huber EY Red Angus............... 121 Hueftle Cattle Co. .............. 45, 145

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Illinois Red Angus Assn. ......... 141 Iron Will Cattle ................ 118, 131 Jacobs, Roger ......................... 142 Jacobson Red Angus ...... 119, 140 Jarvis Red Angus .................... 131 Jeffries Land & Cattle.............. 141 K2 Red Angus ........................... 76 Karr Farms .............................. 129 Karr Farms .............................. 141 KC Farms ................................ 131 KK Farms ................................ 137 Klompien Red Angus ........ 55, 139 Kniebel Cattle Co. .................... 143 Koenig Ranch Reds................. 138 Koester Red Angus ................... 18 Kolle Red Angus...................... 145 Kravig Red Angus ................... 140 Kuhn’s Red Angus................... 121 Lacy’s Red Angus.................... 137 Laubach Red Angus ........ 114, 138 Lautenschlager & Sons Red Angus ... 40, 41,86, 87, 136 Lazy D Red Angus ..................... 58 Lazy J Bar Ranch .................... 140 Leland Red Angus ............. 19, 138 Lodeon Cattle Co................. 78, 79 Loonan Stock Farm ................. 141 Loosli Red Angus ..............81, 136 Lorenzen Ranches................... 136 Lost Creek Red Angus............. 139 Lowderman, Cody ................... 142 Lowery, Matt ........................... 142 Lucht Red Angus .............. 97, 139 Ludvigson Stock Farm .............. 38 Ludvigson Stock Farm .............. 65 M2 Cattle................................... 52 Maple Oaks Red Angus ........... 137 MARS Ranch Red Angus ........ 139 McCann Red Angus .... 30, 136, 138, 140 McDonald Red Angus ............. 134 McEntire Red Angus ................. 99 McLean Red Angus ................. 131 McMurphy Farms.................... 141 McPhee Red Angus................. 136 Mercer Farm............................131 Milk Creek Reds ................ 73, 139 Minnesota Red Angus Assn. ... 140

MLS Tubs .................................. 20 Montana Red Angus Assn. ........ 60 Mushrush Red Angus ......4-5, 143 Namken Red Angus ................ 140 ND Red Angus Assn................ 135 Nelson Red Angus .................. 136 O’Doherty Cattle Co................... 92 Oak Ridge Farms..................... 141 OHR Red Angus ...................... 140 Ory’s Circl 7 Red Angus .. 134, 137 Osborn Red Angus .................. 131 Ozark Hills Genetics ................ 137 Peacock Angus ................. 46, 134 Pelton ..................................... 143 Pieper Red Angus ............. 25, 145 Pifer’s Livestock Marketing .................... 130, 142 Plain Jan’s ............................... 130 Pool Ranch ............................. 142 Power of Reds .......................... 93 Quality Genetics ...................... 145 Quartz Valley Red Angus ......... 136 R.A. Brown Ranch........49-54, 145 RAAA eBlast ............................ 114 RAAA Marketing Programs ..... 108 RAAA Photo Contest ................. 98 RAAA Profit. Repeat. ............... 124 RAAA Red Cow Rally................. 94 Rafter H Ranch........................ 132 Ramsdale Red Angus .............. 143 Rancher Profiles ..................... 142 Red Alliance ............................ 111 Red American Cattle.................. 31 Red Angus Foundation, Inc. .... 130 Red Angus Soc. of Australia ... 142 Red Fest Red Angus................ 106 Red Fork Red Angus ............... 138 Red Hill Farms ................ 131, 148 Red River Red Angus .............. 133 Red Western Sale...................... 72 Redland Red Angus ................ 138 Reds in the Green Hills.............. 70 Reds in the Heartland................82 Rhodes Red Angus ................. 143 Ritchey Manufacturing ............ 118 Rock Creek Red Angus ........... 139 Rocking Bar H ......................... 136 Rocking R Red Angus ............. 140

Roger’s Cattle Co. & Lile Farms ........................... 137 Rogers Cattle Co. ...................... 90 Rouse Red Angus ................... 141 S Diamond Angus ................... 145 Sandbur Ridge Red Angus ...... 145 Sandhill Red Angus........... 77, 139 Schuler Red Angus ......... 107, 145 Schweitzer Red Angus ...... 91, 145 Select Sires ................................. 9 SERAA Grasstime Auction ........80 Shaggy Meadow Red Angus ... 103 Sheaman Ranch ...................... 140 Shepherd Red Angus .............. 139 Shoal Creek Land & Cattle ...... 137 Shobe, Kyle ............................. 142 Smoky Y Red Angus ............... 113 Solid Rock Red Angus ............ 140 Sonstegard Cattle Co. ..... 112, 140 Spreutels Farm Red Angus ..... 137 Stegall Cattle Co. ..................... 136 Stout, Justin B. ....................... 142 Strauss Brands ....................... 144 Sun River Red Angus .............. 139 Sutherlin Farms....................... 138 Swank Farms ...................... 74, 75 TA Cattle.................................. 115 TJS Red Angus ....................... 138 Triple Creek Ranch .................. 145 Triple S Red Angus..................105 Valnes Ranch Red Angus .................. 118, 141 Veto Valley Farms ................... 131 VF Red Angus ...........................83 Weber Charolais & Red Angus Farm ................... 96 Wedel Red Angus.. 53, 62, 63, 143 Westphal Red Angus .........85, 139 Whitley Red Angus.................. 131 Windrush Farm ....................... 137 Woods V Bar X Ranch ............. 136 WRAZ Red Angus ................... 142 Wrights Mill Farm Red Angus . 141 Y-TEX ........................................ 69 York Creek Red Angus ..............84 Young Red Angus ................... 117

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