SALE REPORTS

Kretschman Angus Annual Bull Sale

Reported By: Curt Cox, WYLR Field Editor

Mt. Rushmore Angus Ranch

Annual Bull Sale

Reported By: Curt Cox, WYLR Field Editor Feb. 26, 2023

Mt. Rushmore Angus Ranch, Rapid City, S.D.

Auctioneer: Kyle Schobe 118 Yearling Angus Bulls Avg. $5,977

Myers Fair-N-Square M39

Dam’s Sire: KG Justified 3023 EPDs: BW: -0.6, WW: +82, YW: +140 and Milk: +32 Buyer: Payco-Holecek, Bowman, N.D. Lot 59 – M R A Intuition

+139 and Milk:

Buyer: Green Mountain Angus Ranch, Ryegate, Mont. Lot 12 – M R A Advocate

REG#-

A sharp, heavy muscled, herd bull prospect. 2122 is a top performer with a moderate birth weight, an ADG of 4.03 lbs/day and a 1416 lb 365-day weight. His dam is a top young daughter of Mc Cumber Armour 7148 that excels for structure, soundness, udder quality and fertility.

Selling

REG #- 20498836 A calving ease herd sire prospect with the structure, style, length and extension to get your attention. Additionally, he is heavy muscled, easy going and wide based. 280 is not only a double digit CED and minus BW EPD bull but has performed well with a WWR of 108 and YWR of 107. He is backed by all the top cows identified within our program.

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Bulls

40 REG. YEARLING HEIFERS 30 COMMERCIAL HEIFERS

A breeding program built for 59 years on producing profitable, predictable, adaptable cattle for the commercial cattle producers. Our commitment has never changed.

MC CUMBER 2008 TREMENDOUS 2103

REG #- 20498709 An impressive, heavy muscled, deep ribbed, high performing full brother to Mc Cumber Tribute 702. A herd bull prospect with the muscle, body dimension, and natural thickness to sire forage efficient, easy fleshing progeny. An additional sale highlight includes an Embryo interest in his flush sister and full sister to Mc Cumber Tribute 702.

REG#-20498755 A performance powerhouse with abundant capacity, natural thickness, and muscle shape. He was the #1 weaning weight bull of the calf crop with a 205-day weight of 845 lbs an ADG of 3.87 lbs/day and a 365-day weight of 1464 lbs. for a ratio of 111. More than a performance bull he is loaded with maternal quality bred in for generations.

Sire: M R A Advocate 9035 Dam’s Sire: Baldridge Breakthrough A091 EPDs: BW: +2.0, WW: +78, YW: +134 and Milk: +41 Buyer: Matt Bowen, Scenic, S.D. Lot 18 – M R A Fair N Square 2060 – Price:

$11,000 DOB: 1/9/22 Sire:

2216 – Price: $11,000 DOB:

1/22/22 Sire: Sitz Intuition

Dam’s Sire: Connealy Arsenal 2174 EPDs: BW: +3.2, WW: +90, YW: +151 and Milk: +37 Buyer: Darby Jespersen, Hemmingford, Neb.

Lot 61 – M R A Intuition 2332 – Price: $10,000DOB: 2/1/22 Sire: Sitz Intuition Dam’s Sire: Haynes Outright 452 EPDs: BW: +0.6, WW: +77, YW: +135 and Milk: +33 Buyer: Payco-Holecek, Bowman, N.D.

Reyes/Russell Annual Bull Sale

Reported By: Curt Cox, WYLR Field Editor Feb. 27, 2023

MR Angus Ranch, Wheatland

Auctioneers:

Top Sellers

Two-Year-Olds

Lot 6 – MR Next 00131

– Price: $21,000 DOB:

5/22/21 Sire: Next Gen 36

Next Step 189 Dam’s Sire: MR Marlboro 3308 EPDs: BW: +3.6, WW: +57, YW: +106 and Milk: +32

Lot 4 – MR Outside 34791 – Price: $20,000

DOB: 6/4/21 Sire: KR

Outside 7687 Dam’s Sire: Granger Great Falls 053

EPDs: BW: +0.9, WW: +70, YW: +120 and Milk: +33

Lot 67 – MR Ideal

FWS continued from page A1 ascension. These include Williams and Senior Advisor for Conservation Policy Tracy Stone-Manning.

In an exclusive interview with WyoFile, Sundaresan noted he worked on several regional issues of national significance, which also contributed to his new position at FWS.

“This led me to get recruited to go to work for a philanthropic foundation, where I was working on Western conservation issues – all the way from Yellowstone, up into Canada and down the spine of the Canadian Rockies,” he said. “I guess my approach to conservation and how I think about these issues caught the attention of people at the Department of Interior, and I was asked to consider this position.”

Second in command

Now, as FWS deputy director, Sundaresan is second in command for the national organization. In this position, he will help guide the management of 560 national wildlife refuges and 70 national fish hatcheries.

Additionally, he will work to enforce the Endangered Species Act and other federal wildlife laws.

“At the director’s office, we have Department Head Williams, Director of Policy Programs Steve Guertin and Deputy Director of Operations Wendi Weber,” Sundaresan told WyoFile. “I’m a political appointee, which means I’m slightly different from the other two deputy directors.”

“I have a portfolio of issues – on birds, fish and wildlife – which I represent the director’s office on,” he further explained. “I try to help understand where and how we can be effective and further the cause of conservation. There’s rulemaking, conversations with stakeholders and meetings about

UW professors honored

Members of the University of Wyoming’s (UW) Senior Honor Society recently honored their “Top Profs” at the 43rd annual Top Prof Night.

Students belonging to the Cap and Gown Chapter of Mortar Board selected professors who have positively influenced their lives at UW. These educators go beyond normal classroom expectations to help their students succeed.

Five faculty members in the College of Agriculture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources received “Top Prof” honors.

These include the Department of Family and Consumer Science’s Treva Sprout Ahrenholtz, selected by Ashlyn Dunn of Carbondale, Colo.; the Department of Family and Consumer Science’s Grace Shearer, selected by Grace McCartney of De Soto, Iowa; the Department of Family and Consumer Science’s Megan McGuffey Skinner, selected by Katie Norris of Green River; the Department of Molecular Biology’s Jason Gigley, selected by Kit Ng of Laramie and the Department of Molecular Biology’s Kassi Willingham, selected by Camryn Leland of Parker, Colo.

issues with other federal agencies we are trying to move the agenda on.”

Sundaresan noted his time working in the GYE has influenced the way he approaches his job as second in command at FWS.

“Throughout my career, internationally in India and Kenya, there’s been a running theme of how I approach conservation, which I also employed when I worked in the GYE. The approach which animated my entire career is one of working with all partners,” he said.

“Looking to find common ground is something I feel we can all do, whether it’s through advocacy, working at a foundation or right now in my role at a government agency. There’s a robust and thoughtful group of people who care deeply about conservation, even if our specific position on a particular issue might vary,” he concluded. “In many parts of the West, we share a deep and abiding love for

Siva Sundaresan, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service