The Highway 21 Differnce

How well does your Management Practices Promote Advancement in Feed Efficiency?

HWY Odin 1212J

HWY Witness 1244J

HWY Tycoon

The best feed efficiency bull in the pen. Enough has been said about these Tycoon sons. Its like a broken record talking about performance. All I can say about this one is that we would be keeping him for ourselves if we didn’t already have another Tycoon son we are using in our program.

HWY Bender 1286J

HWY Tycoon 1291J

1369j

One of the best angus-based bulls in the pen with matching performance to that of his Simmental pen mates

HWY Thunderbird 1453J

As the saying goes, “If it’s not broke, don’t fix it.” This Simmental Sire holds the record in our herd with 295 progeny and 110 retained for the herd (37%). He bred for 8 years naturally which speaks to his longevity and structure. He ranks in the top 4% for BW in CSA. All his calves born here have averaged 85 lbs and overall have a 104% index for WW and 102% index for YW. Check out his 3 descendants in this year’s bull pen.

We used this Simmental sire for 1 year thus far in our AI program. Out of 18 progeny, 10 heifers were selected for replacement and 5 bulls for offering. Canadian Simmental ranks him in the top 1% for WW and YW. For us, his calving ease is in check with an average gestation length of 279 days, average BW of 93 lbs and 0% assisted births. He boasts a 205 day index of 107% and a 365 day index of 106% within our herd.

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Tycoon was used in our AI program in 2020. That might be the last time as well, only because his semen is so popular that we have now been told that it fetches $800 per straw at auction. Is it worth that?

The Simmental Assoc ranks him in the top 1% for WW and YW indexes and in the top 30% or greater for an additional 7 attributes they measure. With 700+ progeny registered to him, accuracy on these results are proven. In our program, we were fortunate to have 23 progeny, of which 7 are on offer, 7 heifers have been retained for breeding and 1 outstanding son is being retained for use in our program. (Our apologies to everyone that seen him and marked him down as their favorite as well). What likely no one else knows about him is how his progeny test for Feed Efficiency. We can tell you that 11 of the 15 tested are in the top of their group and he boasts a -0.55 RFI average, 115% index for WW and 107% for YW in our herd. No doubt that semen value is worth every penny.

THUNDERBIRD 14’14

This Angus Sire is a descendant of the famous Hamilton Farms Kodiak. Angus ranks him in the top 25% for CE, top 20% for WW and top 10% for YW. He ranks second in our herd for progeny born at 181 head, 52 of them retained in our herd (29%) with an average of a 103% index for both WW and YW. He is the sire of one of some of our rising stars which have continued to add more of his grandsons/dams to our program. Thunderbird runs deep here with 3 sons or grandsons selling.

When the Miller family and I sat to discuss nutrition for the Purebred Cattle we both had one clear goal in mind, “Feed the cattle in a safe and responsible way in order to maximize the genetic potential of these Bulls when they go to their new homes”.

These cattle have been raised on a high roughage diet with adequate energy in order to maintain strong breeding soundness throughout the growing phase. It is highly important that we have a balanced ration with Protein and Energy requirements being met so the fibrolytic and starch digesting bacteria can symbiotically metabolize the feedstuffs provided for these cattle on a daily basis. We believe at Cargill Animal Nutrition that we understand that as well as anybody in the industry with the use of our Beef Max software. I, along with the Miller family have spent an extensive amount of time and effort into understanding the feedstuffs and nutrients they exhibit on the Miller Ranch. Last fall the Miller’s got set up with the Cargill Version of Performance Beef in order to measure and verify daily growth and maintenance requirements of these cattle. This technology assists in proper daily feeding management which in turn benefits the cattle by maintaining a consist plane of nutrition in order to meet maturation requirements for these Bulls.

These bulls have been raised on a Chelated Mineral and balanced Vitamin program in order to ensure proper immune responses as well as maximize scrotal development and enhance semen quality. With the costs associated with producing a calf today its highly important that we select a bull that will add profitability to your calf crop by way of “Pounds of Beef.” It is also important that the genetics you purchase last as long as possible. These are two key traits you can trust the Miller Family put FIRST when it came to raising and developing these cattle.

Yours Truly,

Trevor Moebis

Ruminant Specialist Cargill Animal Nutrition

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