the Register November 2013 by American Simmental Publication, Inc

TABLE OF CONTENTS the Register ◆ November 2013 Volume 27, Number 3

12 GRASS TO GRID Profitable conversion of forage through beef cattle is the focus of an innovative Oklahoma/South Dakota operation. By Dan Rieder

18 DEALING WITH GENETIC CONDITIONS, PART II The second part of a two-part series on genetic conditions. By Jackie Atkins, Ph.D

20 LIPSEY, NICHOLS NAMED TO ELITE 50 Many Simmental-associated individuals named to BEEF Magazines’ exclusive listing. By Dan Rieder

22 ASA NAMES AREA REPRESENTATIVES A highly qualified group of 11 will represent ASA at member, state and regional events.

Also in this issue . . . AJSA Hot Wire Newsletter

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Newsmakers

Viewpoint

Beef Business

Mail Bag

The Cutting Edge

State Scene

Corporate Report

Directors’ Dialogue

International

Bulletins

Sale Results

We Get Visitors

Circuit

EPD Accuracy

New Members

Foundation Honor Roll

ASA Fees

ASA’s New Stamping Program

Date Book

AJSA Connection

Rates & Policies

Fleckvieh Forum

Advertisers' Index

About the cover: Simmental influenced cows and calves roam the rich grasslands of South Dakota. Photo courtesy of John Griswold, Stillwater, OK.

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Executive Vice President: Dr. Wade Shafer Immediate Past Chairman: Bill McDonald

Eastern Area: Jessie J. Driggers (2014) 3649 Hugh Driggers Road Glennville, GA 30427 912-237-0608 driggsimm@yahoo.com Jimmy Holliman (2014) PO Box 266 Marion Junction, AL 36759 334-872-8530 hollijl@auburn.edu Brian DeFreese (2015) 7643 St Rd 25 S West Point, IN 47992 765-491-7421 bdefrees@purdue.edu Bill McDonald (2015) 2147 Walnut Spring Road Blacksburg, VA 24060 540-230-6225 info@mcdonaldfarms.com

North Central Area: Kevin Thompson (2014) 5125 53rd Street Almont, ND 58520 701-843-8454 kevinandlynette@westriv.com Harold Williams (2014) 2952 310th Street Orient, IA 50858 641-344-4786 hjwilliams@wildblue.net Roger Finke (2015) 13 14th Avenue NE Berthold, ND 58718 701-453-3157 srf@srt.com Dr. Calvin Drake (2016) 540 Deep Creek Road Manhattan, KS 66502 785-587-5968 cdrake@interkan.net

Western Area: Dale Miller (2014) PO Box 174 Gildford, MT 59525 406-376-3109 7dm0174@ttc-cmc.net Jim Butcher (2015) 2470 Wolverine Creek Road Lewistown, MT 59457 406-350-0467 butcher@3riversdbs.net Robert J. Lanting (2016) 2181 B. North 2300 East Twin Falls, ID 83301 208-655-4257 lant4257@filertel.com Susan S. Russell (2016) 24614 Road G Sugar City, CO 81076 719-267-3265 wwfeed@centurytel.net

South Central Area: Blake Nelson (2014) PO Box 172 Warner, OK 74469 918-484-2291 mblakenelson@hotmail.com Scott Cowger (2015) 9024 N. Manning Ave. Kansas City, MO 64157 816-304-0371 cowgers@aol.com Jon Willis (2015) 2876 Simmental Lane Marietta, OK 73448 580-276-4884 jonwillis99@yahoo.com Tim Smith (2016) PO Box 330 Giddings, TX 78942 512-587-7896 smithgenetics1@gmail.com

VIEWPOINT By ASA Trustee Jessie Driggers, Glennville, GA The past six years that I have spent as an ASA Trustee, representing the Eastern Region of the country has literally flown by. It surely doesn’t seem like it has been six years since my very first board meeting in November of 2007 in Louisville, Kentucky. I know that over the past six years, I have certainly learned a lot about the operation of a major breed association and it is my hope that I have been a beneficial part of the ASA Board of Trustees. At our fall Board of Trustee meeting in Bozeman, the ASA Board and many of the ASA Staff members participated in a Strategic Planning Session. The session was hosted by Ms. Barbara Collins, a professional strategic planning consultant with the Haines Institute of Strategic Management. The goal of the planning session was to turn expectations and ideas brought forth by board and staff members into a tangible plan that would serve as a road map for the future of ASA. Many of you will remember that a past Strategic Planning Session, entitled “Focus 2000” was held in the mid-90s and developed goals for the breed association to move toward. This Focus 2000 session had far reaching influence on where our breed is today. By all accounts of the attendees of this recent planning session, it was a huge success and as time goes by, we as ASA members will realize how much of an impact on the future of our breed that this session will have had. When Henry Ford built the very first Ford automobile, I am sure that he encountered many unforeseen problems along the way. So it is when you are the leader in any field of endeavor. Our genetic evaluation is one of the most, if not the most, state of the art in the cattle industry. As new genetic information is discovered and incorporated into our database and genetic evaluation, we continue to grow our evaluation to encompass them. My hat is off to our ASA staff for the great job that they do in keeping up with the multitude of new information about DNA and figuring out how to use it along with our genetic evaluation, so that we have even a more

accurate picture of what the true animal is. Everyone knows the old saying, “If you aren’t the lead dog, the view never changes”, so let us thank our staff for keeping us in the “lead dog” position as far as genomically enhanced genetics go. I want to close my last Viewpoint as an ASA Trustee with a tribute to Dr. Jerry Lipsey. When I first got into the Simmental breed in 1989, I did not realize that the breed was at or near the bottom of the heap, as far as being accepted by the commercial beef industry. The breed had fallen from the brightest of the shining stars among the recently imported “Continental” breeds, to one that was not functional, not acceptable and by most accounts, a total wreck. The breed floundered around near the bottom of the pile for several years, not really having any direction or idea on how to return to its former level of prominence among the commercial cattle industry of the United States. To add insult to injury, the ASA was reeling from several lawsuits and basically living hand to mouth financially. In 1996, the ASA Board of Trustees conducted a nationwide search for a new Executive Vice President. Among numerous applicants, Dr. Ralph Jerry Lipsey was hired and he immediately began to implement programs that would help the Simmental breed to return to producing functional, useful beef cattle that were respected and accepted by the commercial beef industry. Programs like Total Herd Enrollment, Carcass Merit Program and the innovative Joint Calving Program with Montana State University were just three huge programs that come readily to mind. Thank you Jerry, for all that you did for the Simmental breed and the members of the American Simmental Association. In closing my very last ”Viewpoint”, I want to say a huge THANK YOU to the ASA Membership for allowing me to serve as an Eastern Region Trustee for six years and to also serve as Chairman for a year. Also, a big THANK You to the ASA Staff and all that they do to make our business better. My only agenda that I brought with me six years ago was to try and make the American Simmental Association better and more profitable for its members. I hope that in some small way, that I have been able to accomplish this. ◆

By Dan Rieder, Contributing Editor Differing opinions — they’re what makes the world go around. It is a fact that in any given group, numerous issues will divide the people within those groups. It is true at the highest levels of our government — Congress and the Supreme Court are the two prime examples. It is true in every state government, and it is true even within smaller groups at the local level. Surprisingly, wide chasms of opinion also arise within groups that should be on the same wavelength — such as agriculture in general, the livestock business, and yes, even the cattle industry. The primary area of disagreement in today’s beef industry is the much — cussed and discussed Country of Origin

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Labeling (COOL) that was established by the 2002 farm bill and amended by the 2008 farm bill. That legislation specifically identifies “fresh and frozen food commodities such as beef, pork, lamb, fish, fruits and vegetables.” Independent surveys have found that consumers overwhelmingly support country-of-origin food labeling. However, retailers, represented by the Food Marketing Institute, have argued that the cost of implementing COOL far exceeds any benefits, with the strongest criticism stemming from the meatpacking and processing industry. The American Meat Institute (AMI), NCBA and trade groups from Canada and Mexico have recently file a lawsuit to block COOL. These groups stand firmly in support of the packing industry. On the other hand, several organizations including the United States Cattlemen’s Association, R-CALF USA, the National Farmers Union, American Sheep

Industry Association, the Consumers Federation of America and a number of state cattlemen’s groups have gone on record in favor of COOL. They point out that US consumers prefer to buy US food products, that consumers believe that US beef is safer than imported and have vowed to help fight the AMI/NCBA-sponsored lawsuit. Complicating the conflict even more is the fact that the World Trade Organization (WTO) sided with Canada and Mexico after those two countries challenged the US COOL rules. The two neighboring countries had argued that COOL imposed a trade-distorting impact by reducing the value and number of cattle and hogs shipped to the US market. COOL first passed a bipartisan Congress 11 years ago and remains in uncertain limbo. It is too bad that the courts will have the final word on such a significant issue, but to quote the late, legendary newscaster Walter Cronkite: “That’s the way it is.” ◆

STATE SCENE

MAIL BAG Appreciates Merit Award Dear ASA: I would like to express a big “thank you” for selecting me as a recipient of the Silver Merit Award. It means a great deal to me, not only will it help me great with finances, but also gives me confidence that my efforts are being recognized in the beef industry. Thanks again. Perri McGill Marietta, OK Editor’s Note: Miss McGill’s letter is an example of numerous letters that ASA receives each year from grateful AJSA, FFA and 4-H members who have received support through the ASA Foundation. ◆

Christensen Honored by ISA Drew Christensen, Exira, has been named as the 2013 recipient of $500 for the Iowa State Fair Heifer Award. This award, sponsored by the Iowa Simmental Association (ISA) and the Iowa State Fair, is to be used toward the purchase of an animal in the 2014 Iowa Beef Expo Simmental Sale. The ISA also released the names of FFA and 4-H individuals who exhibited Simmental champions during State Fair junior shows as follows: FFA Champion Foundation Female: Matthew Noland, Adair. FFA Reserve Champion Foundation Female: Reed Shockley, Keokuk. FFA Champion Purebred Female: Katy Ruth, Iowa City. FFA Reserve Champion Female: Michaella Beckman, New London. FFA All Other Breeds Cow/Calf Champion: Katy Ruth. 4-H Champion Foundation Female: Kiersten Jass, Garner. 4-H Reserve Champion Foundation Female: Ryan McConahay, Corydon. 4-H Champion Purebred Female: Kiley Elder, Pella. 4-H Reserve Champion Purebred Female: Grace Greiman, Goodell. 4-H Champion Market Animal: Taylor Duckett, New Liberty. 4-H Reserve Champion Market Animal: Colton Suhr, Dunlap. ◆

Announcing The Blockbuster Cattlemen’s Group, with members in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Texas, announces flushes this month of genetics from the famed donor cows including Zeis Miss Drive N423 owned by Jay Anderson of Nebraska and John Howard of Georgia; and for the first time by McClure Mills Farms, Dorothy, daughter of a Denver national champion Simmental cow.

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Family-based, Griswold Cattle Company of Oklahoma and South Dakota, focuses on converting forage to marketable beef.

By Dan Rieder Combine a large, industrious family with three breeds and large volumes of quality forage and you have a recipe for success in the beef business. Griswold Cattle Company, headquartered seven miles east of Stillwater, Oklahoma, qualifies on all counts. Historically, the family operation traces its cattle roots back more than 100 years. “We grew up with grandparents and parents who produced Angus seed stock. It was not only our livelihood, but it was a way of life and something that we developed a deep appreciation for,” says spokesman John Griswold, who directs operations for the family. Over the years, the composition of the cattle herd has been altered to include Maine Anjou and Simmental. “We’ve had a long history with Angus cattle and our base herd continues to be primarily Angus,” John explained. “The Maines provide looks and eye appeal that our customers demand and it is hard to beat Maines on that.”

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John, Maggie and Jeannie.

More recently, Simmental have been added to the mix. “We were drawn to Simmental after one of our buyers, Roger Tuell, told us how much he liked Simmentals in his feedlot. Several other people that I respected also spoke highly of the breed so that got us going on Simmies,” he continued. “We really like Simmental and what they’ve done for us.” The Griswold breeding program effectively combines all three breeds. “Our main base remains Angus, but we breed those Angus cows to both purebred Maine or Simmental bulls. Then, we’ll breed out half-blood Maines to Simmentals and that combination seems to click real well. We do the reverse, too, with halfblood Simmentals bred to Maine bulls,” John said. “We don’t breed for extreme growth, but they have to grow. We want moderate, thick, easy-doing cattle around here. Those females have to have nice udders, too.” Every one of their 1,600 cows is bred one time by artificial insemination. “Semen comes mostly from our own bulls. It’s a big job, spread over many weeks. Some days, we’ll be out the door at 4:30 in the morning and work some extremely long days getting them all bred,” John said. Commercial stud services have purchased Griswold bulls and are actively marketing them. In addition, Griswold Cattle Company collects and sells considerable semen on their own to other breeders via the company website: griswoldcattle.com. Heifers are bred to light birth-weight bulls to minimize calving difficulty.

Family First At the very top of the Griswold family tree are parents, Joe and Elaine, who provide wisdom and sound advice, along with overseeing the haying and planting of wheat pasture. There are six Griswold siblings: John, Greg and Garfield, and their families all reside in the Stillwater area, while Joseph and David and their lone sister, Melanie, and their families live in Miami. Joseph and David have cattle operations of their own, and pasture 350 head for the company. “There is no way we could do what we do without the backing and help of family and we wouldn’t want it any other way,” John exclaimed. John is the oldest of the three brothers in the Stillwater area and graduated from Oklahoma State University (OSU) in 1985 with a degree in animal science. He is married to the former Jeannie Yardley, the daughter of long-time, legendary Beaver, Utah breeder, Gib Yardley. John and Jeannie are the parents of 21-month-old Maggie Ann, and are expecting a little sister for Maggie soon. Currently, Joe and Elaine are proud grandparents to 10 members of the next Griswold generation. Jeannie holds an animal science degree with a business minor from BYU-Idaho in Rexburg, Idaho. “My dad actually remembers seeing John’s grandfather showing Spur Emu-

lous Master many years ago at the National Western in Denver. John’s family has always been known for good cattle,” she said. “My dad and John used to pen feeder calves next to each other, and we just basically became good friends over the years — until we finally got married.” Coincidentally, her dad also maintains a three-breed combination — Simmental, Angus and Maine Anjou.

Marketing Beef The Griswold family has become extremely proficient and successful at selling their genetics, hosting the “Grass to Grid” bull sale each April, and the “Classic Female Sale” each December. The Classic Female Sale is always the third Saturday in December on the place. This year, that will be on December 20-21. Because we’re dispersing our South Dakota herd, we are selling all 600 cows from that operation in that sale,” he said. Then, the following Saturday on December 28, they will conduct their annual Grass to Grid Customer Appreciation sale in Beaver, Oklahoma. “We try to help our customers in that way, assisting them in getting their calves sold. If we can do that, it certainly helps our bull business,” he commented. The annual Grass to Grid bull sale is scheduled for the second Saturday in April and is held in Follett, tucked away in the very northeast corner of the Texas Panhandle. “We’ll have a Simmental section, an Angus section and a Maine section, selling 200 bulls. This past year, our high-selling bull was a SimAngus™ that brought $42,000. The whole sale averaged right at $5,000, so we were real pleased,” he says. (Continued on page 14)

From the left, Bryson Johnson, Maggie, John and Ken Birkland, manager of the South Dakota operation.

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“We also have an Angus female sale in the fall,” Jeannie added. “Between my dad and John, there are six or seven sales with which I am directly involved.” The Griswolds have used success in the show ring to promote their cattle and raise their profile within the industry. Griswold cattle have excelled on every level from local to national. Long-time friend Luke Doris, has primary responsibility for overseeing the show cattle and for fitting all sale cattle. “He’s invaluable for his ability to sell and market cattle,” John said. For the first time one year ago, the Griswolds retained ownership of their feeder calves at Chappel Feedlot in Nebraska. “It worked out very well, but as good as the market is this year, we’ll probably just go ahead and sell them,” he stated. Farming is limited to the production of grass hay and planting of wheat — strictly for forage purposes. Wheat can be grazed continuously from November to June in their area. Hay stocks are supplemented by the purchase of quality alfalfa. The Oklahoma herd calves in January, February and March, while the bulk of the South Dakota calves were bred to hit the ground in April, when the weather has warmed up a bit. Very little snow

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Steel Force, owned by the Griswold family, whose progeny have been highly successful in both production and the show ring.

falls in the Stillwater area and when it does, it usually melts within a few days. Pasture in South Dakota is open during most winters, allowing cattle to graze on stockpiled forage over much of the winter. Once calving starts, the cows are supplemented with hay. “We took a real beating here in Oklahoma during 2011 and 2012, weather-wise,” Jeannie said. “Our dams were almost dry, we had fires during the summer and there wasn’t a spear of grass. This year has been excellent — everything is lush and green, our water tanks are full and it is beautiful.” Griswold is adamant about beautiful cattle and eye appeal. “We really want that eye-catching presence. We look at EPDs, especially for birth weight, but the cattle have to meet other standards as well,” he concluded. “Most Simmentals I’ve been around have plenty of growth and milk. The cattle have to be good, they have to perform and produce.” ◆

Dealing With Genetic Conditions Part II: What is the ASA doing to monitor Genetic Conditions? By Jackie Atkins, Ph.D., Director, Science and Education

n the last edition of the Register, we started a conversation about the everincreasing list of genetic conditions including the most recent Angus condition called Developmental Duplication (DD). It is becoming more and more obvious that all animals carry defective genes. As the list of genetic conditions increases, we need to be prepared to manage and monitor these conditions differently than we do now. We cannot cull all carriers from our herd- they all carry something. The American Simmental Association has long held a progressive genetic defect policy allowing carrier animals to be registered. What is ASA doing to help monitor and manage genetic conditions? We have three surveillance programs. 1.) Since 2009, we have tested the “Top 50” sires in our registry for the main beef genetic conditions. Each year, new sires enter our “Top 50” list and we test them for the main genetic conditions. The list of sires has grown to include 181 of the most used bulls in our registry. We are currently testing these sires for the following traits: AM, NH, CA, DD, PHA, TH, and OS (See Table 1 for further description of each defect). 2.) Our TraitTrac system monitors key genetic conditions in all animals in our registry and throughout their pedigrees. TraitTrac assigns a color to animals based on their genetic status (see Table 2). Through herdbook services, you can see the genetic status for all monitored genetic conditions for each animal and their ancestors. The current list of genetic conditions monitored through our TraitTrac system can be seen in Table 1. You can generate a report on your herd to see which animals are at risk for these conditions. TraitTrac has been a very effective tool to monitor the finite number of genetic conditions to date. In the future, we may need to develop an alternative that can manage the increasing list of genetic syndromes. 3.) We have developed a web-based archive that allows us to maintain information on abnormalities reported to the

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association in such a way that we can screen for similar conditions should they arise in the future. We work with top scientists to study the cause (environmental or genetic) of all unusual animals reported to our association. What should you do if you suspect you have an abnormal calf? DOCUMENT, DOCUMENT, DOCUMENT! We ask producers with suspected defects to send the following to the American Simmental Association: • Pictures or video capturing the affected animal. • Identification and approximate date of birth of the animal. • Thorough description of the affected animal. • Identification, breed, and pedigree of the potential dam and sire(s). We send this information to our collaborating pathologist, Dr. David Steffen at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. Dr. Steffen reviews the case for suspected environmental or genetic causes of the condition. Should the defect seem genetic in nature, we ask for DNA of the affected animal to verify parentage and to archive for future tests. We also ask for DNA of all potential parents to confirm the sire and dam. In the case of DD, the ASA Board has decided not to add this condition to our TraitTrac system yet. This decision is based on the number of unknowns that still surround DD. The scientific community is aggressively studying the inheritance of DD and the genetic control of the expression of DD. The ASA is monitoring the status of DD and is posting current test results on Simmental-influenced animals on our website https://herdbook.org/simmapp/. ASA will continue to send DD updates through our weekly eNews. To receive eNews, visit www.simmental.org and click on “subscribe to eNews”

Table 1. List of genetic conditions tested in our “Top 50” sires.

Code

Name

Description

Risk Population Lethal TraitTrac

Arthrogryposis Multiplex (Curly Calf)

Calves are stillborn or die soon after birth. Usually have severe contraction of limbs and curved spine.

Yes

Neuropathic Hydrocephalus (Water Head)

Calves are carried near to term and still born. The calves are small (25-35 lbs.) and have volleyball sized head with malformed bones in the skull.

Yes

Contractual Arachnodactyly (Fawn Calf)

Normally live births. Calves have an abnormal crouched position similar to a fawn due to contracture of the upper limbs (hips). CA calves often show significant improvement by 4 to 6 mo.

Yes

Developmental Duplication

Calves are born with extra limbs or other body parts (i.e., skin tags or nostrils). Calves appear to develop normally especially if extra limbs are removed.

PHA

Pulmonary Hypoplasia with Anasarca

Calves are stillborn and have nearly no lung tissue with extreme build up of fluids.

MA, CA, SS

Yes

Tibial Hemimelia

Calves frequently have abdominal hernias, severe shortened rear leg structure, and exposure of brain and spinal tissue.

MA, CA, SS

Yes

Osteopetrosis (marble bone)

Dense bone growth that invades the bone marrow cavity.

Yes

Table 2. TraitTrac color codes used to designate genetic status of animals in our registry. Color Code Designations

Description

Testing Requirement

TF Tested Free

Tested FreeTested Free of the genetic defect

None

PF Pedigree Free

Pedigree Free (not tested). All ancestors in question tested free (TF) of defect

None

DF Documented Free

Documented Free (not tested). Documented Free from another breed association or authorized source.

None

AF Assumed Free

Assumed Free (not tested). No known carrier in lineage and less than 1/8 blood from a population with a significant incidence of the defect.

None

PR Population Risk

Population Risk (not tested). Has at least 1/8 blood from ancestors from a population with a significant incidence of the defect.

Sires and donor cows must be tested before (additional) calves can be reported.

CL Carrier in Lineage

Carrier in Lineage (not tested). Has a carrier in pedigree without intermediary ancestor(s) Tested Free (TF).

Sires and donor cows must be tested before (additional) calves can be reported.

TC Tested Carrier

Tested CarrierTested Carrier of the genetic defect

None ◆

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Lipsey, Nichols Named to BEEF List A number of prominent figures closely allied with the American Simmental Association have been named to BEEF Magazine’s elite list 50 industry leaders who have contributed to the success of the industry. The list was compiled in conjunction with BEEF’s 50 year celebration anniversary. Leading the way among a large contingent with Simmental connections are: Dr. Jerry Lipsey, who recently retired from his ASA position of Executive Vice President; and J. David Nichols, Bridgewater, IA, a former ASA President and Trustee, who is among the nation’s most respected producers of Simmental and Angus bulls.

Others on the BEEF list were: Paul Andre, founding editor of BEEF magazine Charles E. Ball, Executive Vice President of Texas Feeders’ Association Frank H. Baker, Founder, Beef Improvement Federation W.E. Beal, Animal Scientist, helped develop estrus synchronization James D. Bennett, former President of BIF Minnie Lou Bradley, pioneer Angus performance breeder John Brethour, worked to perfect ultras-sounding Mel Coleman, founder, Coleman Natural Meats Louis “Mick” Colvin, Creator, Certified Angus Beef H. Russell Cross, Head, Texas A&M Animal Science John Crouch, 34 years with American Angus Association J. Burton Eller, Instrumental in passage of Beef Checkoff Paul Engler, Innovative cattle feeder and processor William D. Farr, founder of widely known cattle feeding enterprise Henry Gardiner, Renowned Kansas Angus Breeder Don Good, Department Head, KSU Animal Science Temple Grandin, Expert in cattle behavior

Nichols

Lipsey

Other noteworthy individuals recognized are: Dr. Paul Genho, long-time manager of Deseret Ranches, a champion of Simbrah genetics on Deseret’s Florida operation; Dr. Robert Totusek, an ASA Trustee and retired Head of the Oklahoma State University Department of Animal Science; plus Drs. John Pollak and Richard Quaas, who worked with ASA on development of its trailblazing animal evaluation programs, while they were members of the faculty of Cornell University.

H.C. Ladd Hitch, Jr., Chairman, Hitch Enterprises agribusiness Steve Hunt, CEO US Premium Beef Fred Johnson, noted Angus breeder Dell King, Founder King Livestock Company Terry Klopfenstein, authority on beef cattle nutrition John Lacey, former President, NCBA Richard McDonald, CEO, Texas Cattle Feeders Association James McGrann, godfather of standardized performance analysis (SPA) Warren & Ken Monfort, revolutioned meatpacking business Jackie Moore, Joint Regional Stockyards, Carthage, MO Charles E. Murphey, Authority livestock and meat standards

Quaas

Pollak

Totusek

Genho

Robert Peterson, CEO, Iowa Beef Processors Robert Rebholtz, Founder, Agri-Beef Company

Several of the top 50 BEEF choices were presenters at various ASA conventions and educational programs, and contributors to ASA Publications, including: Dr. Dell Allen, Kansas State University and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange; Roy Wallace of Select Sires; JoAnn Smith, one time President of the National Cattlemen’s Association; Dr. Gary Smith, Texas A&M and Colorado State University; Dr. James Wiltbank of BYU; and Dr. Harlan Ritchie of Michigan State University. Lipsey was described as a “national leader in improving the genetic merit of beef cattle. A high-energy industry workhorse, Lipsey started ASA’s Carcass Merit Program; was among the leaders involved with the national tenderness evaluation program; and led the establishment of ASA’s multibreed genetic database.” Nichols profile said: “he helped guide a 240-acre family farm into a national full-service genetic provider with locations in five states, by using tough standards, science-based technology and aggressive marketing. Today, there are Nichols franchises in North Carolina, Illinois, Wisconsin and Missouri.”

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Eugene Ritchey, Founder, Ritchey Manufacturing Company Charles G. Scruggs, worked to eradicate screwworms George Seidel, Jr., Developed method of transferring embryos Richard Spader, former CEO, American Angus Association Lloyd Tate, Pioneer of animal identification Topper Thorpe, 32 years with Cattle Fax Richard Wilham, Creator of Expected Progeny Differences (EPDs) Bud & Eunice Williams, experts in cattle handling David Wood, Founder, Harris Ranch Beef Company Editor’s Note: Judges for creation of this elite 50 list were; Dr. Dan Kniffen, Penn State University; Bill Miller, US Premium Beef; and Dr. Wayne Vanderwert, former CEO American Gelbvieh Association.

ASA NAMES AREA REPRESENTATIVES In an effort to expand the organization’s reach, while establishing a stronger local presence, ASA has modified its approach to field staffing. Instead of covering the entire nation with a few staffers, ASA now has several representatives, strategically located to serve the membership and beef industry. “It is with great pride that we introduce ASA’s new field team,” said ASA Executive Vice President Wade Shafer. “As can

Bill Zimmerman 320.247.7561 bzimmerman@simmental.org Foley, MN

Colton Buus 605.214.3532 cbuus@simmental.org Lennox, SD

Hunter Chapman 540.379.3753 hchapman@simmental.org Stephens City, VA

John Grande 406.572.3335 jgrande@simmental.org Martinsdale, MT

Stuart Jensen 208.570.4408 sjensen@simmental.org Emmett, ID

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be seen from the bios below, this is a very impressive team with a wide array of expertise. Each member has extensive experience in the cattle industry and is highly motivated to serve, and we feel very privileged to have secured their services. Each representative will be attending sales and other member and industry events in their area — make sure to catch up with them when you have a chance.”

Zimmerman, who was born and raised in the Midwest and educated at Arizona State and Utah State Universities, serves as ASA’s Manager of Regional Field Representatives. Associated with Simmental cattle for four decades, he spent a 19-year career in extension work in Utah, Nevada and Minnesota, plus shorter tenures with BEEF Magazine and Pfizer Animal Genetics (now Zoetis). He and Penny, his wife of 41 years, now reside in east central Minnesota, running a herd of 50 seed stock females, including Simmental, Charolais, LimFlex and Angus. They are proud grandparents of 18.

Buus (rhymes with moose) was educated at South Dakota State University (SDSU), graduating with a degree in Animal Science, after growing up on a cattle and crop operation in southeast South Dakota. In recent years, his family has been building a seedstock cow herd, B2/U Stock, with predominately Simmental, but also Angus and Maine-Anjou genetics. He and his wife, Maria, who works as a production superviser for Cargill, were married in 2012. Buus also works for SDSU at the SE Research Farm as a Livestock Research Assistant for feedlot cattle and confinement hogs.

Chapman worked with his father for several years as a professional sheepshearer, traveling throughout Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland; during this period, he also attended college and earned a B.S. in Agribusiness at Ferrum College. A licensed auctioneer, he has worked on several prominent Angus and Red Angus farms; has worked for Culpeper Farmers Cooperative as a field salesman; and currently drives a tractor-trailer for UPS. He retains great enthusiasm for the cattle industry and maintains his own small herd of commercial and registered cattle.

Grande is president of Grande Ranch Company, a commercial cow-calf operation. Grande Ranch has been AIing since 1990 and features an embryo transplant program utilizing Grande recipients to produce embryo calves on a contract basis. Calves are finished in custom lots with carcass and feeding data collected for 25 years. He served as a director of the Montana Stockgrowers Association and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, and has held numerous other volunteer positions in the beef industry. He is married to Hertha Lund, who operates Lund Law PLLC, a Bozeman-based law firm.

Jensen, who earned a degree in Ag Business with a minor in Animal Science from BYU-Idaho at Rexburg, currently maintains a SimAngus™/Angus herd of 100 females in the southwest region of Idaho. Prior to returning to the family operation, he gained invaluable experience working on a large commercial ranch in Florida, and later with the highly respected Rex Ranch in the Sandhills of Nebraska, where he became familiar with the economic value of Simmental genetics. Jensen and his wife, Heather, enjoy life with their four children: Cianna, Mara, McKay and Hyrum. (Continued on page 24)

ASA NAMES AREA REPRESENTATIVES Mason Lautenschlager 701.509.3251 mlautenschlager@simmental.org Berthold, ND

Andee Marston 931.335.0303 amarston@simmental.org Pikeville, TN

Bert Moore 701.541.5035 bmoore@simmental.org Elkhorn, NE

Nathan Smith 620.546.4839 nsmith@simmental.org Macksville, KS

Ben Spitzer 864.723.3779 bspitzer@simmental.org Justin, TX

Daniel Ulmanis 417.280.0282 dulmanis@simmental.org Koshkonong, MO

November 2013

(Continued from page 22)

A recent graduate of North Dakota State University where he received a B.S. in Animal Science and a minor in Agri-Business, Lautenschlager was involved in the university’s Saddle and Sirloin club and Meats judging team. He also spent much of his time working at the school’s Meat lab where he harvested and processed cattle, hogs, and sheep, as well as working in retail sales. He is also a marketing representative for Superior Livestock Auctions and is available within North Dakota to assist in marketing calves, including customers’ Simmental and SimAngus™ sired calves.

Marston, who was raised on a Shorthorn cattle operation in Kansas and graduated from Kansas State University, has been involved in the beef industry for his entire life. Previously, he had work experience as a manager for Bohi Land and Cattle of Wellsville, KS, and as the southeast field representative for the American Hereford Association. Currently, he serves as show and sale cattle manager at Burns Farms Herefords located in Pikeville. Marston and his wife, Robin, are the parents of one son, one-year-old Trigg.

Dr. Moore is a graduate in Animal Science from Iowa State University and holds M.S and Ph.D. degrees from North Dakota State University. A long-time faculty member at NDSU, he coached 40 Livestock Judging Teams and taught classes in meat animal evaluation, livestock selection, breeds of livestock, beef cattle pedigrees, feeds and feeding, ruminant nutrition, sheep production and horse production. A board member for the National Pedigreed Livestock Council, he has received awards for teaching and student advising from NDSU, and distinguished service from several organizations.

Smith was born and raised on a mixed livestock farm in south central Kansas. He attended Kansas State University, majoring in Animal Science with emphasis on production management. At KSU, he served on the College of Agriculture Student Council and was active in Block and Bridle. While employed with Superior Lamb, he helped develop facility improvements with Grandin Handling Systems. After graduation from KSU in 2013, he returned home to help manage the family farm. With his older brother, he jointly runs 100 head of commercial cows, using Simmental genetics.

Spitzer earned a degree in Animal Science with an animal production emphasis from Oklahoma State, before finishing his graduate work in 2004 in Integrated Resource Management at Colorado State University (CSU). After graduation, he worked as director of Communications/Member Services for the Red Angus Association of America. Recently, he founded Spitzer Agribusiness, LLC, working with ranchers and other industry partners in marketing and management. He was a founding member of the NCBA’s Young Producers Council (YPC).

Ulmanis, who served a Carcass Merit internship with the American Simmental Association during the spring of 2012, authored several articles for ASA publications. He now ranches alongside family members at the Bub Ranch, located in south-central Missouri, where registered Angus bulls are marketed to commercial producers throughout the area. Ulmanis graduated from the University of Missouri in the fall of 2012 with a degree in Agricultural Business Management. While at Missouri, he was a member of both the Livestock and Meats judging teams. ◆

DIRECTORS’ DIALOGUE By Jackie Atkins, Ph.D., Director, Science and Education

jatkins@simmgene.com

We had a very successful board meeting this past month including a 1½ day strategic planning session run by Barbara Collins with the Haines Centre for Strategic Management. Being new to ASA, this was a great way for me to get to know the ASA Trustees. It was very interesting to hear from this group about what we are doing well and areas where we need to improve. The strategic planning method that we used was to attempt to foresee what our Association would like like operating at its most successful capacity in the future and then step back to see what we need to do to get there. I think the group as a whole feels good about our current status at ASA and agreed on some common goals for the future. We brainstormed specific actions in areas of communication and education, genetic evaluation, membership services, and financial re-sources and have a solid base for committees to move forward in each area. After the strategic planning session was complete, we all piled into vans and went to Lewistown, for the Annual Red Angus Association of America meeting. Jim and Lynn Butcher hosted a dinner at their cabin and brought up some cattle for us to walk through. We were joined by members of the board and staff from the RAAA. Thanks to the Butcher family, we had a beautiful evening full of great conversation, wonderful food, and a picturesque view of Montana. The following day, we joined the RAAA for a brief strategic planning session between our two Associations. We broke into regional groups and brainstormed areas where we may continue our collaboration and enhance the two Associations. This was an excellent session with many innovative ideas as a result. Later we attended the commercial cattlemen’s Symposium and heard talks

from Dr. Andy Roberts (USDA/ARS) on beef cattle efficiency, Jon Scofield on pre- and post-partum nutrition, and Larry Gran (Zoetis) on DNA technologies. The attendance was great for these meetings with many commercial cattlemen in the room. This was a wonderful trip and we thank the RAAA for making us feel so welcome. One of the issues discussed at the board meeting was our stance on the latest genetic condition, Developmental Duplication (DD). Based on the current science and the certain number of unknowns surrounding DD, the board decided not to add DD to TraitTrac. The Trustees gave the staff at ASA a directive to post test results on Simmental influenced cattle. We will continue to monitor the ongoing research about DD and keep the board informed of any new findings. For a current list of DD test results, go to our herdbook homepage https://herdbook.org/simmapp/. This list is updated weekly as we receive results from our lab. If you have test results that were not ordered through ASA, please forward those to us DNA@simmgene.com so we can add your animals to the list. We have had visits this month from Dr. Dorian Garrick from Iowa State University and several of the staff from the Canadian Simmental Association. Both visits were full of ideas for future DNA evaluations and research projects. The CSA is working with the Canadian Genome Project to sequence and genotype a number of their highest impact bulls. They have an impressive list of animals included to date and the CSA has offered to help the ASA genotype any additional important sires that have not yet been completed. All in all, it has been another productive month here at the ASA and I look forward to the next projects on the horizon.

By Hannah Wine, Director, Media, Youth and PTP Programs

hwine@simmgene.com

November 2013

This time of year in Virginia means hurricanes, bright yellow and red leaves, and the chaos of the occasional ninety degree day that makes you wonder if winter is ever coming, followed by a hard frost that strikes utter panic at the thought of winter. It also means sale time, as a kid my family and I had our favorites. Attending fall sales became a bit of a family tradition — one in particular always entailed getting up from Thanksgiving dinner and driving straight to Ohio for the Black Friday sale. Each year as my parents would drive north we’d watch out the truck windows as families put up Christmas lights. There is no other way I’d rather have spent the wee hours of the morning on black Friday than in the backseat of the truck scanning the sale catalog and badgering my parents about the open heifer I wanted to bring home.

This year I’m sure I’m not the only one that’s found myself buried in sale catalogs, looking at sale results and thinking I should’ve been there, should’ve bought that one . . . after kicking myself a few times it’s been back to work, and work at ASA has been full of exciting projects lately!

Media For those of you who are regular Register readers or avid social media followers — we have something new just for you. The brand new online extension of the Register, TREG goes beyond the bounds of print with a special online only section — more member stories and further ASA happenings on the web. Visit www.simmental.org to catch up on recent stories about fellow SimGenetic producers.

PTP If you weren’t able to join us in Kansas City, check out American Royal PTP show results at www.simmental.org/ livecoverage. If you’re not making the trek to Louisville this month, you can still keep up on all the show ring action. Tune in during the North American for live video streaming at www.livestockexpo.org. Show programs and ringside updates will be available at www.simmental.org/livecoverage. If you’d like to learn more about recent and upcoming PTP judges visit TREG to learn more on these livestock evaluators than just the 30-second show ring bio. If you’re headed to Louisville, Denver, or Fort Worth read up on ASA’s new registration paper stamping program on page 40 of this issue. Don’t spend all day in the cattle check-in lines!

ASA PTP representatives, Courtney Wesner and Chance Ujazdowski, and I will be ready to stamp registration papers in Louisville.

AJSA As you’re all getting ready for your 2013 show heifer to lie down and calve, be sure to take a moment and schedule your vacation, make your hotels reservations, and mark your calendars for the AJSA Regional and National Classics this summer. Join us in 2014 for AJSA events in Bozeman, Montana, and Hutchinson, Kansas.

By Luke Keller, Director of Seedstock and Industry Operations Fall has always been a favorite time of year in the Keller household. Apparently, we will not be having much of one this year in North Dakota, because as I write this, the snow is falling heavily and October has just begun. Hopefully it will warm up some and melt the snow away so we can enjoy fall before winter sets in. I recently had the privilege to attend a cattlemen’s convention that featured Troy and Stacy Hadrick, South Dakota ranchers, speaking about how to be an advocate for agriculture and the beef industry. This got me thinking about how I can do my part to be an advocate for agriculture. Although I may work for the American Simmental Association which is a specific breed within the beef industry, I believe that the success of our breed is certainly dependent on the success of our overall beef industry. And as Simmental breeders, we not only have the responsibility to promote our breed but also to promote the beef industry to consumers. We can all be advocates in our own way to the general public. Although I do not participate in social media it seems to be part of communication

in modern society and a good way to let your friends and acquaintances know about the positive nutritional benefits from beef and the positive impact grazing cattle have on the habitat for wildlife. Another very simple way to educate is to talk to your family. As cattle producers, we should be the go-to resource for our family members who are not involved in agriculture. If we do a good job educating our family and friends, they in turn can become advocates for our industry and help educate the general public. Also, the more involved we become in our community, whether it is something like joining the PTA or participating in church activities, the more opportunities we have to educate people about what we do for a living. Troy and Stacy spend a lot of time speaking at events to people that have little knowledge of the agricultural industry and I commend them for their efforts. Although we all lead busy lives and many times we feel we do not have time to commit to doing as much as they have done, we can all help in small ways in educating and promoting what we do to the general public. Until next time, Happy Trails!

406-599-2394 lkeller@simmgene.com

By Will Townsend, Director, Commercial and Industry Operations As fall rolls around, we are working hard to prepare for fall feeder calf sales. There are a number of breeders this year who have made the extra effort to provide outstanding customer service to their customers by helping them market their feeder calves. In addition we are continuing to work on a system that predicts the value of feeder calves in order to help cattle buyers buy calves and producers to receive full value for their calves. The genetic evaluation has proven to be so affective breeding cattle that cattle buyers want to use it in order to buy cattle. This is truly a testimony to the Multi-Breed International Cattle Evaluation and its capabilities. Some of the spring calving Carcass Merit Program (CMP) herds will be shipping cattle to Chap-

pell feedlot in Chappell, Nebraska, while some of the calves will be fed out in Montana. Cattle at Cal Poly, Mississippi State University, Oklahoma State University, and a commercial herd in Oregon will be bred to bulls enrolled in the Carcass Merit Program this fall as well. With that being said please be sure to get your fall nominations in as spaces are limited. Tom Williams of Chappell feedlot recently stated that the CMP calves consistently out-perform and out-grade a large portion of the cattle he feeds every year. In addition, the perfor406-548-5770 mance of the CMP cattle goes up as the All-Purpose-Index (API) goes up, which should come as wtownsend@simmgene.com no surprise. (Continued on page 28) November 2013

DIRECTORS’ DIALOGUE continued from page 27

ASA# 2764068 • SimAngus™ • BD: 1/12/13 Ellingson Dominator W905 x Vermilion Enchantress 6089 CE

EPDs: 14

66 104 12

MCE Milk

MWW $API

$TI

136 73

The best heifer we’ve ever raised. Could be a donor after she starts producing! Look for her and others like her at these two sales:

Troy & Caroline Wheeler 2140 York Road Helena, MT 59602-1214 Phone: 406-949-1754 email: wheels@mt.net

November 2013

When it comes to helping customers (commercial cattlemen), there are two basic steps that provide the foundation for a successful breeding program, crossbreeding and selecting economically superior sires. However, we know that there’s a lot of information to consider and a lot more work to truly help them be successful. For example, we need to know what there cowherd is made up of and how their cattle currently perform in reference to economically relevant traits. In addition, we need to know what their operation is capable of handling in terms of crossbreeding programs. When I go to visit a producer, sometimes we’ll spend over an hour getting all of these details laid out. Then we begin to develop a game plan as to how we should implement a game plan that will facilitate an affective crossbreeding program and allow for selection of truly superior sires. In order to accomplish this task and provide the producer with the science that backs up what I am saying, I typically must carry around a number of different documents and have internet access in order to be truly affective. Of course, many producers will trust simply because of the relationship you’ve built and maybe you don’t need to back up what you’re saying. However, visuals certainly make the process more easily understood and most producers appreciate some material that you can leave with them when you leave. Therefore, I’ve put together a “Guide to Breeding for Profit” that provides the basic information a cattleman needs to lay a solid foundation for his genetic program. If you are interested in this, please contact me or the ASA office. ◆

BULLETINS NWSS Schedule Set The schedule of Simmental activities for the 2014 National Western Stock Show is shown below. The event is being held in conjunction with the 46th ASA Annual Meeting and Convention. The NWSS committee has approved PTP judges as follows: Pen Show: Tom Hook, Tracy, MN; Junior show: Shane Bedwell, Fort Collins, CO; Open show: Dr. Ryan Rathman, Lubbock, TX. Pertinent dates and times are as follows: November 20

Entry Deadline

January 17

Pen check-in

9:00 am

Yards

January 18

ASA Annual Meeting SimMagic Sale

3:00 pm 6:30 pm

Double Tree Hotel

January 19

Bull Pen Show People’s Choice Power Bull Judging Open & junior cattle processing Chairman’s Reception/Auction

8:00 am 3:00 pm 6:30 pm

Stockyards arena Stockyards arena Hill Double Tree Hotel

Power Bull Finalists announced Female Pen Show and People’s Choice Power Heifer Judging The One Sale

8:00 am 8:00 am

Yards

3:00 pm

Auction Arena

8:00 am 10:00 am 6:30 pm

Stadium Arena Stadium Arena Brighton Stadium Arena

January 20

January 21

Junior Show Open Bull Show Wild, Wild West Sale

January 22

Open Class Female Show

8:00 am

January 23

Market Steer Show

9:00 am

Trustee Election Details Listed A total of six ASA Trustee positions are open in all four regions as follows: Eastern Area: Jessie Driggers. Glennville, GA (term limited; not eligible for re-election); Jimmy Holliman, Marion Junction, AL (eligible for re-election). Holliman has been renominated for a second term and the Board’s nominee to replace Driggers is Rodney Hilley, Molena, GA. Write-in candidates are former Trustee Gordon Hodges, Hamptonville, NC, and Cliff Orley, Lebanon, PA. North Central: Kevin Thompson, Almont, ND (term limited; not eligible for re-election); Harold Williams, Orient, IA (term limited; not eligible for re-election). Nominated to replace Thompson and Williams are Erika Kenner, Leeds, ND; and Ralph Brooks, Manhattan, KS. Two write-in candidates have qualified: J.W. Brune, Overbrook, KS, and Dr. Paul Walker, Danners, IL. South Central: Blake Nelson, Warner, OK (eligible for re-election), has been renominated by the Board. No write-in candidate qualified, Nelson is re-elected. Western: Dale Miller, Gildford, MT (eligible for re-election), is also a candidate for a second three-year term. No write-in candidate qualified, Miller is re-elected. ASA Rules and Bylaws provide that if a Trustee serves as Chairman of the Board during the final year of the second term, that Trustee will be able to serve an additional year as a voting member of the Board. Therefore, Jessie Driggers, as outgoing Chairman, qualifies to serve an additional year on the Board.

Illinois to Host 2014 Classic The Illinois Simmental Association (ISA), which has enjoyed a long, mutually beneficial relationship with the ASA Junior Program for more than 30 years, will host the 2014 National Classic, but not on Illinois soil. Instead, the event will be held in nearby Louisville, with its state-of-the-art facilties. Dates for the ’14 event are July 13-20 at the Kentucky Fair and Expo Center, which is being advertised as “5 days of climate controlled SimGenetic exhibition at its best!” The Classic will be held in conjunction with the prestigious Simmental Breeders Sweepstakes. ◆

Announcing The Blockbuster Cattlemen’s Group, with members in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Texas added to the group’s donor herd Saturday, October 19, with the purchase of the Excaliber daughter of the famed cow CNS Black Star owned by Nancy Adkins of Illinois. Lazy H/Adkins Blkstar A12 will join daughters of other famed Simmental cows in the herds of the Blockbuster Cattlemen’s Group and its members.

November 2013

WE GET VISITORS Editor’s Note: Dr. Dorian Garrick is a Professor of Animal Science at Iowa State University. A native of New Zealand, he holds dual citizenship. He currently fills the prestigious Lush Endowed Chair in Animal Breeding and Genetics and has been deeply involved in ASA’s genomic analyses.

Noted Geneticist Comments Garrick

Q: What brings you to the Northwest? DG: I came out to Cody, Wyoming, for the Patron’s Ball which is a benefit for the Buffalo Bill Center of the West Museum there. A good friend manages a large ranch in that area and my wife, Karen and I, spent some time there. We also took advantage of the opportunity to photograph the large herds of elk in that area. Q: What is your connection to the American Simmental Association? DG: I’m here at ASA because I’ve been doing all the genomic analyses for some time, so I communicate with Wade Shafer and Lauren Hyde on a regular basis. Recently, I’ve been working with them on the development of the molecular predictions for Simmental and we’ve identified a few issues that needed addressing. Since I was so near in Cody, I decided to visit the ASA headquarters and catch up-to-date with Wade. Q: Explain the significance of the Lush Chair. DG: Dr. Jay L. Lush was really the first animal breeder. Before him, there was a debate about what caused inheritance. There were some people who thought inheritance was based on a few big factors and tried to explain inheritance being due to a small number of very big genes. Other people thought that environmental factors were somehow passed on to the next generation, and still others believed in a statistical approach. Lush and others realized that there was an element of truth in all three theories. Dr. Lush was the first to write a textbook on the subject. Q: Discuss your own research. DG: I started work with animal breeding in 1981 and have been working on improving populations ever since. That involves many different aspects, including the primary technical one of prediction, utilizing historic pedigree and performance information for predicting performance. But, it also involves aspects like which particular traits matter and how important one trait is to another. Prediction is a large part of what I do and for the past six years, we have been using DNA and Genome information, developing theoretical methods and computer programs to do that. I have been applying those methods on a wide range of species, even trees, chickens, pigs and more personally, on beef cattle. Q: What is your take on All-Purpose Indexes? DG: An index is definitely an efficient way to make progress, if you believe in it and it is properly constructed. For various reasons, it has not been widely accepted by the beef industry. It has, however, been very natural for the sheep industry because they see the profits from wool and lamb, so it makes sense for them to combine wool with reproductive and growth information to create indexes. It is also more natural for dairymen who focus on milk and swine breeders who have large litters. Many beef producers may like the idea of the API, but then they focus on such individual traits as birth weights, mature weights and others. ◆

November 2013

1. Get Your Preliminary Inventory

2. Decide which Cows will be in your 2014 Spring Calving Herd

(should include any cow enrolled in the previous year, first-calf heifers, and purchased cows) • Use the Data Entry section of Herdbook Services from our website www.simmental.org or complete paper inventory and return to ASA.

• “Enrolled Cows” are any females of calving age, 2012 Spring-born females, and jointly owned females managed with your herd • “Removed Cows” are any females of calving age removed from your herd. Every cow listed not given a removal code will be enrolled in your Spring 2014 herd.

3. Provide Enrollment/Removal Data

Enrollment Codes and Description

Codes for Enrolling Dams — • ASA number, tattoo, birth date, and breed codes.

0 1 2 3

4 Exposed and Failed to Conceive — Moved to Next Year (Spring 2015) 5 Donor Cow 6 Recipient Cow

Cow Bred to Calve During the Season Heifer Bred to Calve During the Season Not Exposed — Moved to Next Season Exposed and Failed to Conceive — Moved to Next Season (Fall 2014)

Removal Codes and Description

Codes for Removing Dams — • At least one is required, however, you may assign up to two removal codes per dam. • Remember to place an N in the A/B/C/N column.

60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71

Exposed and Failed to Conceive Aborted Age Appearance Calf Loss at Calving Calf Loss Post Calving Color Died – Calving Died – Other Died – Sickness/Disease Disposition Herd Reduction

72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82

Hoof Condition Horned Injury Production/Performance Prolapse Sickness/Disease Sold, Breeding Purposes, Paper Not Transferred Sold, Breeding Purposes, Paper Transferred Structural Soundness Udder Quality Genetic Defect Status

Steps for Enrolling in

THE

4. Decide which Payment Option Best Fits Your Herd These rates apply for enrollments submitted by December 15, 2013. Enrollment Fees: Registration Fees: Choosing the best options: If you register > 45% of your calf crop If you register < 45% of your calf crop and don’t use EPDs for selection decisions If you register < 20% and use EPDs for selection decisions.

Option A (TR)

Option B (SR)

Option C

$15.00 $0.00

$0.00 $30/$40/$50a

$7.50 $30/$40/$50a

✓

Benefits of Enrolling: EPDs to make informative selective decisions. Herd participates in genetic evaluation. Reproductive record on every cow enrolled. Commercial cows or cows of other breeds are eligible.

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Reg. Animals Only ✓ ✓ ✓

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Requirements when enrolled: Every registered SM/SI dam must be enrolled. Each dam enrolled must have calf or productivity reported/year. Deadlines to be met for enrollment and calf data.

✓ ✓ ✓

a) depending on age of calf

5. Send Your 2014 Spring Inventory to ASA by December

15, 2013

• Online — using Data Entry section of Herdbook Services — www.simmental.org • Email ASA — THE@simmgene.com • By Mail — 1 Simmental Way, Bozeman, MT 59715

Call if you would like a paper inventory:

406-587-4531

Example of Enrollment Form AnmRegNbr

AnmTatt

COW 1

2777777

COW 2

2333333

14R

50S

COW 4

(9444444)

13U

COW 5

2666666

COW 3

Primary Code Addtnl Code

A/B/C/N

Animal Name

Birth Dt

Brd Cds

Cornellia

2/4/04

PB SM

Bill Code

Poly Dolly

3/1/05

5/8 SM 3/8 BR

Aggie

1/1/06

1/2 AN 1/2 HH

MS Cornhusker

2/14/08

PB CS

Lady Cat

1/5/12

PB AN

Remarks

F AI-ed 2 Times

Too small to Breed

Cow 1 — Cornellia

Cow 3 — Aggie

Cow 5 — Lady Cat

Purebred Simmental registered with ASA Primary Code – 0 – Cow bred to Calve During the Season A/B/C/N – A – Enrolled in Option A Bill Code – F – Pay the full $15.00 for Option A enrollment now

Commercial cow who is NOT in ASA database Primary Code – 6 – Recipient Cow A/B/C/N – B – Enrolled in Option B Bill Code – Blank – No billing associated with Option B enrollment

Cow 2 — Poly Dolly

Cow 4 — MS CORNHUSKER

Purebred Angus registered with ASA as a Foundation cow Primary Code – 2 – Not Exposed-Moved to Next Season Fall 2014 A/B/C/N – A – Enrolled in Option A Bill Code – F – Option A enrollment will not be billed until Fall 2014 Remarks – Too Small to Breed

Purebred Simbrah registered with ASA Primary Code – 60 – Exposed and Failed to Conceive Addtnl Code – 74 – Injury A/B/C/N – N – Not Enrolled, removing from inventory Remarks – AI-ed 2 times

Commercial Simmental on file with ASA Primary Code – 0 – Cow bred to Calve During the Season A/B/C/N – C – Enrolled in Option C Bill Code – F – Pay the full $7.50 for Option C enrollment now

Instructions for Online

Enrollment

From the Simmental Home Page www.simmental.org 1. Select Herdbook Online Services 2. Log In by entering • 6-digit member number (zero filled example: 000317) • Password 3. Under Data Entry select Online 4. On inventory tab, make sure year is 2014 and season is Spring. 5. Select Update 2014 Spring THE Cow Inventory 6. Update Inventory • If the dam is remaining in your herd, enter appropriate Enrollment code in Primary Code column • If the dam has been removed from your herd, select a Removal Code and enter in the Primary Code column.To designate a second reason for removal, you may enter a Removal Code in the Addtnl Code column as well. • A/B/C/N Enrollment Type — If you are enrolling in Option A — place A in this column. For Option B — place an B in the column. For Option C — place a C in this column. If the cow is being removed from the herd place a N in the column. • Remarks — You may use this column if you wish to have additional remarks on a dam. This column is for member use only, ASA will not adjust enrollment based on this column. • Bill Code — This column is to be used by members to indicate how you would like to be billed for your enrollment. A “H” in this column indicates you wish to pay half the enrollment fee at time of submission. The other half of the fees will be billed later on in the year. An “F” indicates to pay the full amount due on each cow for the year upfront. If bill code column is blank an “F” is assumed. • To add cows — Scroll down to a blank row. If you do not have a blank row, click on your last dam and hit your enter key. This will create a blank row. – Cows on file with ASA*, enter ASA number in AnmRegNbr column – Cows not on file with ASA*, enter tattoo in the AnmTatt column, enter birthdate in BirthDt and breed(s) in Brdcds column. *Please note: If your dam has had a calf reported to her or has been enrolled in THE previously, she will have a number in the ASA system. Please type that number into the AnmRegNbr column so that a new dam record does not get created. 7. If there are Errors and/or Warnings • Errors (indicated in red at beginning of row) or Warnings (indicated in purple at beginning of row)

• Move cursor over to top of spreadsheet and select tab labeled Errors or Warnings – Screen will display each error or warning – Errors must be corrected before submitting data to ASA – Warnings may need to be corrected before submitting to ASA – Jobs may be submitted to ASA with warnings, but not errors 8. Once all cows have been given an enrollment or at least one removal code and there are not any errors, select Submit Data • A new page will display; if there are no errors, a proceed to billing link will be available • Select the proceed to billing link to display a billing summary. THE is billed at the time of submission, so you will have an invoice amount due if you are enrolling in Option A or C (after the first deadline all options (A, B or C) will have a balance due). • Choose one of the following to complete your job: – If you wish to complete payment with a credit card select Add Payment. Enter in your credit card information. Select confirm.You will then need to select the button Final Submit (Only click once). A screen will then show an invoice that you can print and store in your records. It should also say Invoice Status: Complete. – If you would rather mail a check to ASA, select Hold Until Payment Received. A screen will then show an invoice with the current amount due that you can print and store in your records. 9. To save job and return later, select Save and Exit. The job will remain in an incomplete status under your account. Please be aware that billing will work off the submission date, not the date the job was initiated. 10.Submit your inventory by December 15, 2013, to ensure the lowest possible THE enrollment fees.

Please double check to make sure your inventory job is complete. If you go to Data Entry, select Online and on the left hand side choose Incomplete Jobs. If your Inventory Dam 2014 S job is listed with a button that says Resume, it is still at an incomplete status. Select Resume and submit your job through completion.

All above enrollment information assumes inventory submission by December 15, 2013.

EPD Accuracy — Contemporary Groups By Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, NDSU Extension Service

he easy part is data collection. The tough part is having enough cattle treated alike so the calculated number based on the data set actually means something. A lot of data is discarded because it does not meet organizational criteria. For example, when calves are split within different management options, the performance in those different options is more than likely not the same. Calves on different pastures do not have the same opportunity to gain weight. The utilization of the data for genetic evaluations is compromised if those management groups are not noted in the data sheets sent to the recording organization. Good data comes from contemporary groups, which are essential to obtain usable data. Contemporary groups are same-sex calves maintained under similar management in the same location and environment. It’s a simple concept, but not a simple process when managing a herd of cattle. For example, as cattle are moved around and re-sorted for breeding, the contemporary groups can be reduced in size. It is best to try to maintain a decent number of calves within contemporary groups. The desired outcome requires good planning and understanding of the definitions. In this case, producers must plan the process they are going to implement within the herd to maximize the number of acceptable records eligible for submission to the database. Planning needs to start now and be followed through the entire time the calf needs to be part of the allotted contemporary group. Many times after calving, calves from a contemporary group are split up and put in smaller groups to be evaluated for various

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traits. This reduces the number of calves within the contemporary group and distracts from the data. For example, the sending of a particular sire’s calves to different feed yards to see how they perform in the different environments, especially when the number of calves from that sire are limited. That would be a way to evaluate feed yards, but at the expense of losing genetic data. The more calves in a contemporary group, the better the estimate of the average of the desired trait and the better the distribution of estimated weights. Plan first and then make sure contemporary groups are properly maintained so the estimate of the individual’s performance, in respect to the average of the contemporary groups, may contribute to the National Animal Evaluation for a breed. The utilization of sire data needs to start at the front end of the process with the submission of good data. The methods utilized by the many breed associations today are very effective at providing education and estimates of genetic potential, which in this case is EPDs. However, as breeders of cattle, it ultimately is up to individual breeders to submit data that will allow for the maximum number of cattle within the breeder’s operation to be added to the national database. Why go through all the effort of selecting good cattle and building good breeding programs only to have a higher percentage of the data fall out of the database due to mistakes made in data collection or the assigning of contemporary groups? Astute breeders understand data. Set some aside time to reread your association’s guidelines for data collection. Understanding the rules is worth it. May you find all your ear tags. ◆

Elite Level

Wrangler

$30,000+

$2,500-$4,999

Hudson Pines Farm Triple C Farms

SilverTowne Farms Bob & Connie McQuiston Special K Cattle Company Monarch Farms John T and Jeanne Scorse Shoal Creek Simmental Billy Mullinax/Roy Phillips Jim & Lynn Butcher Howard Sargeant Farms Gallagher Scale Company Parke Livestock Enterprises Bob & Jeanette Volk Dennis & Kelly Breinig

Cattle Baron $20,000-$29,999

Harker Simmentals Darrell & Sandra Ricksger

Wagon Master $10,000-$19,999

Klein Cattle Company Grindstone Creek Simmental Buzzard Hollow Ranch Nancy Kay Tom Lucas Cattle Company Jim & Gail Ligon Charles & Elaine Buus Hartman Cattle Company

Trail Boss $7,500-$9,999

LiveAuctions.TV Wildberry Farms Sanders Cattle Ranch Guerra Bros. Successors, Ltd.

Scout $5,000-$7,499

Dr. Fred & Phyllis Swain Eberspacher Enterprises River Creek Farms, Inc Ogborn, Summerlin & Ogborn, P.C. Kenner Simmental Ranch Circle M Farms Aaron & Jennie Owen TNT Simmental Ranch Buddy Ogles Verlouis & Darlene Forster Cheryl & Harrell Watts, Jr. Jeff and Leah Meinders/ Clearwater Simmental Larry Rodgers/ Pine Ridge Simmentals Foster Brothers Farms Wildberry Farms Tom & Patricia White Jim McLachlan/JDJ Ranch Raisinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Cain/Double Image

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Mike & Cathy Stoltey Bobby & Joan Willis Wisconsin Simmental Association Damar Farms Missouri Junior Simmental Association Dalton Lundy Farms Ankony Land, Inc. Krieger Farms William H. McDonald Lazy H Farm Jerry & Peggy Lipsey

Harry & Lisa Moser Mark & Lori Mueller Wisconsin Junior Simmental Association Jerry & Deloris Adamson Forest Brook Farms, LLC Texas Junior Simmental/ Simbrah Association Grunzel Farms Ron Miller Chris & Sheila Christensen Joe and Joyce Chowning Craig McCallum

Werning Cattle Company Wal-Mart Foundation ND Simmental Association Bar 5 Simmental Stock Farm Frontier Beef Systems Tim Graves American Fullblood Simmental Marketing Committee Triple H Simmental John & Cheryl Walston Stuart Land & Cattle Canadian Simmental Association Holli & Drew Hatmaker Charles & Kathy Powers SRF Simmental Ranch Robert & Christy Campbell Quail Valley Enterprises Wishing Well Simmentals Tomas Manske Joe Schneider Joe & Beth Mercer/ Filegonia Cattle Dr. John & Melissa Ulrich John Brosh

Minnesota Simmental/ Junior Simmental John & Gwen McBee Iron Hill Farms Harvey & Dena Baskin the Register Gregg & Sandy Bailey Stagg Cattle Company Harold & Joyce Williams Yardley Cattle Company Triple C Grandkids Simmental Breeders Sweepstakes Silver Spur Cattle Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. Ohio Junior Simmental Association Mark Barnell Kansas Junior Simmental Association KA Cattle Company John Randle Impact Marketing & Management Frederick Kieckhefer, Jr. Cherry Road Beef

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KenCo/Butner Gonzalez Farms, Inc. Mike & Connie Mallett Bill & Darlene Begger Roger & Susan Finke Dr. Bob Walton Sunset View Simmentals Rolling Hills Cattle Mississippi Junior Simmental Assoc. Lone Tree Simmentals Susan & Curt Russell Sarah J Buxkemper Rob & Peggy Brown Gateway Simmental, LLC Hudak Land & Cattle Gibbs Farms Whispering Hills Bob & Rhea Lanting Jeff & Robin Hall Michael & Earline Dikeman Ingram Livestock Timothy & Peggy Brinkman Bret & Becky Udell Ediger Simmentals Dale & Paula Miller Bob Finch Simmentals

Other Contributers Under $1,000 (Given in the last 12 months)

Buddy & Debbie Robertson Dr. Brian & Heather Swain Mike Henderson Jimmy & Kathleen Holliman Tim Smith/Smith Genetics Springer Simmentals Roger & Betty Brummett Erika Kenner Calvin & Mary Louise Drake John & Becky Cowger

Iowa Junior Simmental William Graber Roy & Jessica Canada Scott Cowger Aubreyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cattle Company Barry Wesner Laramie Smith John & Wilma Willis RYMO Cattle Company Kevin Presnell

Bar GH Cattle Co. JRW, LLC Jennifer Noble Brooks Simmentals Brian & Marla DeFreese Blake & Ruth Nelson Randy & Rebecca Favorite Beth Tartt

Heifer Donations 1997 Cheyanne Allen, Winchester, IN 1998 Triple C Farms, Maple Plain, MN 1999 Breinig Simmentals, Arapahoe, NE 2000 Dave Nichols, Bridgewater, IA/ Barry Wesner, Chambers, IN Buzzard Hollow Ranch, Granbury, TX 2001 Sue Ann Fletcher Nichols Cattle Company, Sioux City, IA 2002 LeighBert Farms, Lancaster, WI 2003 Double S Simmentals, Fountain Run, KY 2004 Hudson Pines Farm, Sleepy Hollow, NY 2005 Buzzard Hollow Ranch, Granbury, TX 2006 JDJ Ranch, Evart, MI 2007 Gateway Simmental Ranch, Lewistown, MT 2008 Triple C Farms, Maple Plain, MN 2009 Hart Farms, Frederick, SD 2010 Grindstone Creek, Sturgeon, MO 2011 Sanders Ranch, Louisburg, KS 2012 Holli & Drew Hatmaker, Paris, KY 2013 Lazy H Farm Fleming, OH 2014 Owen Bros. Cattle Company Bois d’Arc, MO ◆

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ASA Launches New Stamping Program at Shows Beginning at the 2013 American Royal, the ASA staff will stamp registration papers. This stamp is a seal of Tattoo Verification designed to alleviate the long lines of cattle at check-in. The chart below should answer all of your questions. Contact Hannah Wine at hwine@simmgene.com for more information.

Who should have papers stamped?

Exhibitors who enter the same cattle at multiple PTP shows.

How are papers stamped?

Registration papers will be stamped and signed with a specially designed PTP seal of Tattoo Verification and signed by an ASA director immediately following an accurate reading of the represented animal’s tattoo and the pull of a hair sample to be kept on file at the American Simmental Association.

What does the stamp mean?

Once an animal’s papers are stamped, the animal is eligible for paper-only check-in at all PTP shows that recognize paper-only check-in. Paper-only check-in will require that exhibitors bring their stamped registration papers to cattle check-in, cattle may stay in the stalls as they will not need their tattoos checked.* To ensure authenticity of those entries checked-in by stamped registration papers, five head will be selected at random following the close of check-in at each event and their tattoos will be checked in the stalls by an ASA director. The ASA reserves the right to check tattoos and/or pull hair samples on any animals with stamped registration papers. *Note: If a PTP show required actual measurements to be taken at check-in, all animals must be brought to check-in for measuring.

When can you have papers stamped? ASA staff will stamp papers at cattle check-in at the American Royal, North American International Livestock Expo, National Western Stock Show, and Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo.

Where is the stamp valid?

The PTP stamp will be recognized at check-in for all major PTP shows and AJSA Classics. Minor PTP shows may use their own discretion for their check-in processes.

Why have your papers stamped?

This is an effort to make our major PTP cattle check-in process more exhibitor friendly, timely, and safe. It is designed to alleviate the repeat checking of tattoos and the long lines of cattle on cement at check-in. ◆

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Missing Rail Simmentals “Not off the Track X in the Cattle Business”

Tim, Peg, Emily & Kyle Brinkman D860 County Road 15 • Holgate, OH 43527 419-264-3312 • email: mrailsimme@metalink.net

www.kansas-simmental.com

Dixson Farms, Inc. Carol Dixson, Kevin Dixson, & Lyle Dixson, D.V.M.

www.ohiosimmental.com

13703 Beaver Creek Rd • Atwood, KS 67730 785-626-3744 • drlyle@live.com www.dixsonfarms.com

Kaser Brothers Simmental Stephen Kaser H 785-346-5181 • C 785-346-6077 629 County 388 Drive Osborne, KS 67473 Ralph Brooks 7440 Lake Elbo Rd. Manhattan, KS 66502 H: 785-537-1214 C: 785-556-0385

ralphbrooks13@gmail.com Joe Mertz 785-456-9650 Bob Mertz 785-456-9201 Harold Mertz 785-456-9605 7160 Zeandale Road Manhattan, KS 66502 www.rivercreekfarms.com

24th Annual Production Sale February 12, 2014

PELTON SIMMENTAL/RED ANGUS Lynn & Gary Pelton 2029 370th Ave. Burdett, KS 67523 620-525-6632 lspelton@gbta.net • www.peltonsimangus.com To all our buyers, thank you for your patronage. ary Objective Is Satisfied Customers Our Prim

Cow Camp Ranch Kent, Mark and Nolan Brunner 3553 Upland Rd. Lost Springs, KS 66859-9652 785-466-6475 Kent 785-466-1129 Nolan 785-965-7168 Mark Black and Red Purebreds brunccr@tctelco.net Angus • SimAngus Halfbloods

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March 29, 2014 42nd Annual Production Sale At the Ranch

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Quality Simmental Breeding Cattle

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Jon 580-276-4884

Steve & Mary Gleason • Jake, Becky, Ben, Joe & Sam

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12410 Blazingstar Rd • Maple Hill, KS 66507 Phone: 785-256-6461 • Steve: 785-640-8060 • Jake: 785-640-8062 www.Sunflowergenetics.com

Red Dirt Divas Female Sale Red Dirt Bull Sale Sunday, December 1, 2013 Friday, March 14, 2014 Willy Couch, Ranch Manager 405.627.5200 • reddirtbulls@gmail.com Ken Davidson & Darvin Knapp, Owners Ranch located near Marshall, Oklahoma

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Jim & Jean Houck, 250 Road 392, Allen, KS 66833 • 620-443-5700 Jeff & Lori Houck, 3031 Road G, Americus, KS 66835 • 620-443-5751 Toll Free 866-687-4656 • www.houckrockcreekranch.com

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By AJSA Trustee Sarah Dickinson, Citronelle, AL Each fall hund re d s o f A J SA members set out in search for their next great s h o w h e i f e r. In an excited f r e n z y, I f l i p through numerous catalogs and view many videos. The goal is simple: On a mission to find the next great one. I have spent many long nights watching a certain heifer’s video millions of times. I can be quite picky when it comes to purchasing cattle. I vividly remember one of my first purchases. In fact, this purchase was the first heifer I ever bought for an AJSA Classic. I began my search in the fall of 2008. I remember running through the first few sales. I generally fell in love with one or two very expensive heifers and turned my nose up at everything else. Unfortunately, my pickiness and lack of funds led me straight through the fall sale season with no purchase. Toward the end of the season, I became desperate. I quickly became a lot less picky and bought a heifer in the next possible sale. I varied from my original plans and purchased a calf that I probably wouldn’t have considered at the beginning of the sale season. I liked my new heifer, but she wasn’t a superstar. Some would say she was “just a heifer.” I showed my heifer through the winter and into the spring. She wasn’t wildly successful, but she bred early and had a great disposition. As we entered summer, I was

excited to enter her in my first National Classic. I was ecstatic when we loaded the trailer and headed to Indiana to begin a Simmental-filled week. I’ll never forget that week. I’ll never forget the wonderful Simmental people we met, the sheer enjoyment I got from the contests, the pride of placing well at the banquet, or the feeling of walking out of that showring in the latter half of the class. I may not have won the heifer show, but I was one of the happiest juniors in the barn as I went about experiencing all that the National Classic had to offer. Once my family and I returned home, I turned my heifer out for the next five months to prepare her for calving. On a cold December day, she laid down and calved. She produced a pretty little heifer calf, and I was thrilled. The planning began as I anticipated the future, my future of showing that heifer calf. As the spring show season wound down, my heifer calf went into the show barn and became the first entry on my 2010 AJSA National Classic entry form. We hauled her to Des Moines, and lo and behold she won her class and made the Top 20 Bred and Owned heifers. Another year passed, and another Classic season began. Once again, that original cow played a part in my summer, as her now bred heifer was hauled to Sedalia, Missouri to once again be competitive in the Bred and Owned division. Fastforward 12 months, and I was back at the AJSA National Classic with the same heifer. This time, she was a wet, two year old with a huge bull calf at side. I was overjoyed when they were slapped Grand Champion Purebred Cow-Calf Pair.

Today, as I sit typing, there is a big, bred heifer in my front pasture. She’s freshening up from my summer show season. She’s relaxing after traveling to Nebraska for my last AJSA National Classic. She had a successful summer, and actually placed higher in the Bred and Owned show than her champion sister ever did. Yes, you guessed it. This final AJSA show heifer is out of my faithful original cow. That cow has played a part in every National Classic I ever competed in. She was “just a heifer” when we showed her, and most would say she’s still “just a cow.” However, to me she is so much more. That cow represents five years of learning and improvement, a young girl growing from a shy, first time exhibitor to a confident, last year member who has built many friendships through our junior program. She represents the birth of a breeding program, and the sweet success found through sound decisions and hard work. That cow represents my entire AJSA career, a huge part of my life. I hope each of you are fortunate enough to purchase successful heifers this year. Maybe you will find your next champion, or maybe you will be like me and come home with “just a cow” that will positively impact your program for years to come and create a legacy of her own. Thanks for everything, I have truly enjoyed my AJSA career and feel blessed to have participated in our great program. I sincerely hope each of you gain the friendships, knowledge, and small successes that I have experienced as a Simmental junior. It’s been an honor to show beside you and now serve you. ◆

President

Vice-Presidents

Jessica Smith, Picayune, MS 601-569-6467 jessicaNSmith@bellsouth.net

Membership Communications Sarah Dickinson, Citronelle, AL 251-214-1366 sed0029@tigermail.auburn.edu

Marketing Mollee Brown, Fairmont, WV 304-290-1096 unsinkablemollee@aol.com

Finance Tyler Mackey, Warner, OK 254-998-0026 ty_mackey@hotmail.com

Leadership Dulcie Fields, College Station, TX 903-573-1234 dulciefields93@gmail.com

Eastern Region Morgan Phillips, Maysville, KY 606-407-5679 morganmphillips@yahoo.com

North Central Region Kade Allen, Monroe, WI 715-977-1059 kacattle@hotmail.com

Samantha Walker, Danvers, IL 309-846-2702 samwa@ostatemail.okstate.edu

Katie Trail, Nebraska City, NE 402-881-6769 ktrail7@hotmail.com

Allyson Ottensmeier, Oskaloosa, KS 785.691.9742 allysono@kstate.edu

South Central Region Brett Willis, Marietta, OK 580-276-6622 willis.brett@rocketmail.com

Max Kaplan, Sturgeon, MO 573-864-5774 maxharrisburg93@gmail.com

Western Region Britney Beins, Deweyville, UT 435-452-2654 simcowshowgirl@yahoo.com

Trustees

November 2013

www.juniorsimmental.org

FLECKVIEH FORUM By Larry H. Maxey, Superintendent FSFF The Fullblood Simmental Fleckvieh Federation (FSFF) invites you to participate in an outstanding expanded line-up of FSFF sponsored activities for the upcoming 2013 North American International Livestock Exposition (NAILE) in Louisville this November 16-22. Our involvement with this prestigious venue continues to grow each year. The year 2013 certainly is shaping up to be the best yet thanks to your generous support, our exhibitors, and a proactive board dedicated to improving our Fullblood Simmental presence and acceptance within the industry. Last year, our big news was the launch of our first Junior Fullblood Simmental Heifer Show, The Challenge Cup. This turned out to be an extremely successful show, thanks again to our dedicated breeders and their families. Once again, we are announcing another “BIG NEWS” event!! You have asked for it, we have listened, and the NAILE has approved our request for a show for Fleckvieh-based Simmentals. This show, The Fleck Effect™, is open to cattle that are at least 50% Fleckvieh genetics and with the remaining 50% any other breed or combination thereof. These are not Fullblood Simmentals; this is the only rule change from those that apply to The Pinnacle. No new rules were made. This show will immediately follow the conclusion of The Pinnacle Show in Broadbent Arena on November 19, 2013 (The Pinnacle will start at 5 p.m.). With the addition of The Fleck Effect™ Show, Fleckvieh breeders now have several options to promote and market their programs at the largest livestock event on the planet. We

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continue to see the success and popularity of the Fleck-crossed cattle increase, and we know that demand far exceeds supply, especially for the F1 females. Therefore, we can now showcase these great cattle and allow more of the industry to see up close and personal what happens when Flecks are crossed with other breeds and why these F1 Flecks have been so successful for so many in the cattle industry. We encourage you to make plans to attend and view these incredible cattle first-hand. For a complete breakdown of the show rules, dates and schedules please go to our website at www.fleckvieh.com and view the 2013 NAILE information block on our homepage. A complete schedule of FSFF sponsored activities, hotel information, and other information is included here as well. Also, for all of our International visitors and participants, the NAILE has a special section that provides nice amenities to help reduce your costs substantially. They are always eager to assist, so please check with the NAILE and their International Visitors office for additional information. We certainly hope you will join us in November, and we look forward to seeing you at this exciting event. ◆

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Foxy Ladies Bred Heifer Sale Hosted by Felt Farms and Dunk Cattle

Saturday, November 30, 2013 • 6:00 PM West Point Livestock Auction • 839 Colfax Street • West Point, NE

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Ryan & Crystal Dunklau Ryan - 402-369-2025 Crystal - 309-221-1247

1/2 SM, 1/2 AN Flying B Cut Above “Fat Butt” x Bon View New Design January 2012 • ASA# 2642159

PB SM • ASA# 2689897 TNT Ever Ready x Gold Twister Sale managed by Bob Dwyer 309-337-1404 Nick Dwyer 309-337-6404 Email sales@dwyercattle.com

■ First calves small, Vigorous, Fancy. ■ Triple C Independence Dam is consistent with high-selling Progeny. ■ Catchin A Dream is structurally correct. ■ A must bull for 2013 for Show Stock or calving ease commercial cattleman. ■ Has been successfully used on heifers Heterozygous Black Polled/S CNS Dream On L186 Sire: WAGR Dream Catcher 03R 3C Melody M668 BZ Direct

HC Power Drive 88H Dam: KA TCF Independence S30L Triple C Krissie L30Y Maternal

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Carcass

CE BW WW YW

EPD

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2.0 59.1 80.4

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22.5

52.0

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10.4

20.1 -.38

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ACC

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.27

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Handsaker Simmentals 515-231-7042 (Gary) Anderson Simmentals 308-246-5361 (Jay)

January Purebred Zoom x Trademark Top Show Prospect

BADJ Cattle Company 402-641-2282 (Adam)

A357 January Purebred JS Sure Bet x W179 donor by Trademark Lots of style and cool fronted

The Rolling B 712-542-7712 (Roger)

A360 January 5/8 JS Sure Bet x LG772 donor Fancy blaze face with volume

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NEWSMAKERS Noble New NILE Manager Jennifer Altenburg Noble, daughter of former ASA Trustee Willie Altenburg, has been named to succeed Justin Mills, as the new General Manager of the Northern International Livestock Exposition (NILE) in Billings, MT. Mills had headed the organization since 2006 and resigned to return to his family’s ranch in Upton, WY. Noble, who was heavily involved in AJSA activities as a high school and college student, has most recently served as Communications Director for the Red Angus Association of America and had served on the Board of the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association.

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AJSA member Rebekah Callison, Verona, MO, has been named to receive the coveted $1,500 Earl K. Nau Scholarship. The announcement was made during the recent Ozark Empire Fair in Springfield. The scholarship is given annually, based on past performance of breeding animals, volunteer service at the Fair, participation in events with their own cattle at state and national levels, plus extra curricular activities, including 4-H, FFA, school and church. Rebekah Callison, winner of Her resume also includes winning the National Grassthe Nau Scholarship, poses with Ozark Empire Fair officials. lands contest and was high individual at the Missouri FFA State livestock judging contest.

In Memoriam . . . • Simmental breeder, Dr. Lee McKellar, Mt. Pleasant, TX, passed away on August 19 at the age of 85. A native of Louisiana, McKellar moved to Mt. Pleasant in 1957, where he practiced medicine for 56 years after obtaining his education from Baylor and the University of Texas. An educated cattleman, he raised Simmental, Angus and Brahman cattle. He is survived by his wife, Delores; three sons: Dr. Morris (Betsy); Mark; Dr. Matthew (Jennifer); one daughter, Zena (Larry) Lawrence; 12 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.

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• The September, 2013 issue of Drover’s Magazine, featured Dr. Michael Dikeman, recently retired Professor of Animal Science at Kansas State University. Dikeman, who has maintained a herd of Simmental cattle for many years, also served two three-year terms as a member of the ASA Board of Trustees. The story, entitled “A Legacy of Beef,” written by Greg Henderson, traced Dikeman’s career and many honors. Dikeman is a former president of the American Meat Science Association and the Federation of American Societies of Food Animal Sciences.

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• Forest Brook Farms of Chilton, WI, operated by Jay Juckem and his family, is the subject of a story in the Agri-View publication. Written by staff writer Peggy Coffeen, the story is entitled “First-Generation Cattle Producer Breeds Success at Forest Brook Farms.” The article focuses on how Juckem, a former dairyman, transitioned to Simmental and SimAngus™ beef cattle in less than five years, utilizing the resources left over from his diary operation, including implant of embryos in dairy heifers and raising beef The Juckem family, from left to right: Travis, calves in dairy hutches. Ashley, Jay, Peyton, Denise and Karissa.

◆ November 2013

BEEF BUSINESS Beef Production Up

Aquifers Losing Ground

Larger numbers of cattle being processed and heavier carcass weights contributed to more beef produced during the month of July, compared to the previous month and the previous year. Beef production totaled 2.29 billion pounds, up 90 million compared to June and up 130 million pounds compared to July of 2012. A total of 2.89 million cattle were processed during July, compared to 2.73 million head in June. July’s total was also 100,000 head more than in July of 2012. Nebraska led the way with 613,700 head, followed by Kansas with 598,000 and Tennessee a surprising third with 526,500 head. Live weights for slaughter cattle reached 1,302 pounds.

The widespread use of center pivots for irrigation is being partially blamed for a gradual drying up of aquifers in the high plains. A multi-disciplinary study from Kansas State University indicates that current levels of water use for crop and livestock production cannot be sustained indefinitely. Research has found that agriculture has pumped out 30% of the groundwater from the High Plains aquifer and at current irrigation usage rates, will remove another 39% over the next 50 years.

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Mid-Size Farm Numbers Down USDA’s Agricultural Resource Management Survey finds that the average farm size is now 234 acres. However, over the past 30 years, there are now fewer average-sized farms and considerably more larger and smaller farms. Four out of five farms are smaller than average at just 45 acres each. As technology and farm organization improves, so does the number of acres worked by larger operations. The majority of cropland is owned and operated by farms of more than 2,000 acres.

Farm Household Income to Decline Farmers will apparently have a smaller income this year, with projected 2013 farm income decreasing by 2.5%. USDA’s report lists the median total farm household income to reach $66,989 for the year, down $1,691 from 2012. Most recent data indicates that the total is a combination of farm and offfarm income. Farm income alone is predicted to fall while off-farm income is expected to increase by a small amount. Research shows that 91% of farm households claim income from off-farm jobs. Most common off-farm occupations are in professional or management positions.

Farmers Gets 15.5% of Food Dollar In the latest update of the USDA’s “Food Dollar Series,” which estimates the farmer’s share, its is revealed that for every dollar spent in the US on domestically produced food, US farmers received 15.5 cents. That figure was up from 14.1 cents in 2010.

However, after purchasing inputs to make their products, the farmer’s share was just 6.6 cents of every dollar. Inputs include fertilizer, utilities, interest on loans, labor and equipment costs among other expenses.

Top 10 Meat-Eating US Cities

‘Run With Bulls’ Hits US Spain’s famed running of the bulls has moved to North America. A run imitating the dangerous even attracted almost 4,000 “runners” in St. Petersburg, VA, the first stop on a 10-city tour of America. Runners took turns in waves of 500 as they were chased by a dozen bulls, which were supplied by a Kentucky ranch which specializes in rodeo bucking bulls. Most of the participants were men between the ages of 18 and 40. Two individuals were taken to the hospital with concussion-like symptoms and one other runner was stepped on. Subsequent stops in the US will include Atlanta, Houston, Dallas and Chicago. ◆

Data from several key categories was used to determine the top 10 cities for meat eater in the US. Only the most populous 100 cities were considered in the survey, which was conducted by a real estate blog site. Surprisingly, most of the cities on the list are in areas not generally considered critical for production of the nation’s beef supply. Ranked first is Orlando; followed in order by Cincinnati; Atlanta; Las Vegas; St. Louis; Birmingham; Tulsa; Baton Rouge; Miami; Honolulu; and Tampa. In all, there are 11 cities listed because Honlulu and Tampa tied for 10th place.

Ag Deaths Decline Results released from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics show that the agriculture sector has experience a decline in fatal work-related deaths, a trend that parallels the overall reduction in US work force. In 2012, 4,383 workers died from workrelated injuries, down from 4,693 fatalities in 2011. In addition work-related injuries also declined, to 3.2 per 100,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers, compared to 3.5 per 100,000 the previous year.

Ranchers Aid Rescue Ranchers in extreme southeast Montana were instrumental in the rescue of airmen following an explosion over their property earlier this year. A military B-1B bomber, out on a training run, broke up in mid-air and crashed. The four-man crew ejected and were found battered, scratched up and with broken bones, but all survived. Local ranchers searched for the men in the remote landscape, cared for them until emergency responders could arrive and then helped emergency vehicles in and out of the area.

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THE CUTTING EDGE Carcass Quality Affected by Diet A two-year study by researchers at Clemson University indicates that different types of feed supplied to cattle can make a big difference on cattle weight and on the quality and nutritional value of the beef produced. Feeds studied were alfalfa, Bermuda grass, chicory, cowpeas and pearl millet. Steer performance was improved for finishing cattle grazing alfalfa and chicory, while higher carcass quality and higher taste test scores were observed in cattle finished on alfalfa and cowpeas. Cattle finished on Bermuda grass and pearl millet had the highest levels of healthy fatty acids.

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Kerry, Mara, Justin, Travis and Jamie Hart 10904 387th Avenue • Frederick, SD 57441 605-329-2587 (home) • 605-252-2065 (Kerry’s cell) email: 4hooves@nvc.net

Jim: 605-730-6703 (Cell) Jay: 605-730-0215 (Cell) bendaranch@midstatesd.net

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Texas Mulling Brucellosis Regulations In an effort to mitigate the potential spread of brucellosis in the nation’s beef herd, the Texas Animal Health Commission is giving consideration to new testing regulations and quarantine requires for breeding cattle imported from the states of Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. Those states are being specifically targeted because there are known cases of elk and bison carrying the disease in the area around Yellowstone Park, which borders all thee states. In some cases, overlapping grazing occurs between the wildlife herds and domestic cattle.

Salmonella Incidence Reduced USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) reports a reduction in positive tests for Salmonella in meat and poultry for 2012, although a slight increase did occur in steer and heifer carcasses at 1.1%, up from 0.5% for the previous reporting period. The incidence of salmonella in poultry is higher than in beef, and the report shows a decline to 4.3% in poultry down from 6.5% in 2011. Pork was measured at 1.3% in 2012, down from 3.3% in 2011.

Bugs Cut Methane Researchers in Helsinki, Finland, have found that beetles living in cow dung may help reduce emissions of methane, a gas that is closely associated with global warming. Their study found that the beetles build tunnels through the manure to create an aerating effect, causing an easing of anaerobic conditions, thus preventing carbon dioxide from converting to methane. One major concern of the Helsinki research team of scientists is that many dung beetle species are declining in numbers worldwide. ◆

CORPORATE REPORT Additional Packers Balk at Zilmax™

Chipotle Criticized

Three additional packers have indicated that they will stop buying cattle which have been fed the feed supplement Zilmax™. While the supplement has not been linked to any specific incidents involving animal well-being, a consensus believes that more research is necessary to answer such questions. The three companies that more recently announced their intentions are Cargill, JBS USA and National Beef Packing. Previously, Tyson Foods had come forward with an announcement that they would no longer buy cattle fed with Zilmax. Merck, the parent company, suspended sales of Zilmax in the US and Canada in August.

Chipotle Mexican Grill has released an animated promotional film which has angered many in the agricultural industry. According to Chipotle, the film is “designed to help educate people about the world of industrial food production that supplies what they eat.” However, to many in the ag community, the film does nothing but mislead consumers. Among many critics, the Center for Consumer Freedom countered by saying: “Chipotle is out-of-line. There are many videos that accurately show modern farms in a straightforward manner.”

Ag Graduates in Demand A summary of annual data from 16 universities, mostly from the Midwest, shows that 2013 college graduates with agricultural majors are making 5% more money than starting salaries in 2012. On average, graduates of technical and biosystems engineering, industrial technology and packaging services made the highest starting salary — $50,732. Environmental sciences, fisheries, forestry and wildlife biology graduates earned the lowest starting salaries at $30, 447.

Smithfield Sale Moves Forward Smithfield Foods has won national security clearance for its proposed $4.7 billion sale to a Chinese meat processor. The approval comes despite deep-seated skepticism by many members of Congress who expressed concern over the wisdom of such a transaction. Smithfield and its proposed buyer, Shauanghui International, have argued that there is no danger of the American food supply being compromised. Although the deal has cleared the federal Committee on Foreign Investments, it was still required to pass a vote from the company’s shareholders. ◆

Office Holiday Schedule The ASA office will be closed for the following 2013 holidays. Thursday-Friday, November 28-29 Thanksgiving Tuesday-Wednesday, December 24-25 Christmas ◆

November 2013

INTERNATIONAL Insects May Provide Protein As the world population continues to explode, there is legitimate concern about providing enough food. One possible remedy, according to a report from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) might be edible insects. An estimated 2 billion humans, mostly in Africa and Asia, already eat more than 2,900 species of insects. Studies suggest that the nutritional value of insects contains enough protein to rank with lean ground beef, while having less fat per gram. Scientists also say that insects are a good source of fiber and minerals such as iron, magnesium, phosphorous, selenium and zinc.

UK E. coli Research Shows Promise Results of research in the United Kingdom (UK) suggest that the use of E. coli vaccines on cattle may reduce the incidence of human sickness from E. coli O157 by as much as 85%. However, although vaccines are available, they are not widely used for a number of reasons, including: 1) High costs; 2) Conflicting responsibilities between veterinary and public health agencies; 3) Clinical trials cannot easily test interventions across species; and, 4) Lack of information on public health benefits.

US Net Exports Increase Net beef exports for the US have grown substantially in recent months. Net exports (beef exports minus imports) grew to 72.3 million pounds in July. Net beef exports are impacted by increased exports, decreased imports or a combination of both.

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For the period between January 1 and July 31, the US exported 264.6 million pound if beef in all — 42 million more pounds than it imported. By comparison, during the same seven months of 2012, the US imported 30 million more pounds than it exported.

Mexican Imports Down In the first seven months of 2012, imported cattle from Mexico were the second highest on record, until a dramatic drop in numbers occurred in August, and that trend continues right on through the present time. In 2013, imports of Mexican cattle are down by 46%, an actual decrease of 459,000 head through the month of July. The sharp decrease is primarily attributed to severe drought-driven liquidation of Mexico’s cowherd.

Chicken Surpasses Pork in Japan For the first time, consumption of chicken has exceeded that of pork in Japan, according to a recent report. The report is based on annual data provided by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. The shift is apparently due to an increase in domestic poultry production, which is up by 6% over the previous year, combined with increasing consumer preference for low cost products. Average Japanese consumption of chicken is now 26.4 pounds per person, compared to 26 pounds for pork. ◆

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SALE RESULTS 27th Annual Silver Towne Farms Production Sale September 14, 2013 • Winchester, IN No. 121

Category Total Lots

Average $3,828

Auctioneers: John Spiker and Ron Kreis Marketing Representatives: Roger Allen, Jim Suver, Keith Phillips and Dalton Lundy ASA Representative: Andee Marston

$4800 – Bred Female, “KKK Shear Silk Y24,” s. by Hooks Shear Force 38K, bred to Sand Blings Red Bull, cons. by Gold Buckle Cattle, Klein & Merrill, sold to Adcock Land & Livestock, IL. $4,500 – Open Female, “RS Natalie 16A,” s. by TJSC Optimus Prime 12W, cons. by Rincker Simmentals, sold to Rachel Fornoff, IL. $4,300 – Open Female, “RS Jacqueline 810A,” s. by SVF Steel Force S701, cons. by Rincker Simmentals, sold to Robin & Terry Berry. $4,200 – Open Female, “RS Abigale 09A,” s. by TJSC Optimus Prime 12W, cons. by Rincker Simmentals, sold to Ashley Raes, IL. Comments: The 8th Annual Illini Elite Sale saw the offering snapped up by a large and enthusiastic crowd. Rincker Simmentals and consignors Schick Cattle Co., Can Am Cattle Co., Black Diamond Genetics, Gold Buckle Cattle, Keller Club Calves, the Jeff Lewis Family, Wright-Way Simmentals and the Brad Horner Families as well as the crowd present appreciated the moderation in temperature from previous weeks. The sale included some crossbred heifers and steers geared for the local trade.

The consignors and crowd enjoyed the moderation in temperatures.

It was a gathering of families as cattlemen and women of all ages traveled to Winchester for Silver Towne’s annual production sale.

8th Annual Illini Elite Sale September 15, 2013 • Shelbyville, Illinois No. 11 25 3 1 1 41

Category Bred Heifers Open Female Heifers Cow/Calf Pairs Embryos Pregnancies Total Lots

Average $3,300 4,474 $2,900 1,500 3,000 $3,935

Auctioneer: Brent Titus, IL Sale Manager: Larry Martin, IL Marketing Representatives: Roger Allen, IL; Duane Stephens, IL; Dave Guyer, IL ASA Representative: Bert Moore

High-Selling Lots: $14,000 – Open Female, “RS Whitney 34A,” s. by SVF Steel Force S701, cons. by Rincker Simmentals, purc. by Joey Chandler, IL. $12,500 – Open Female, “CNS-HFS Antoinette A314,” s. by Yardley High Regard W242, cons. by Schick Cattle Co., sold to Joseph Doub, IN. $11,000 – Open Female, “CNS-HFS Antoinette A311,” s. by Yardley High Regard W242, cons. by Schick Cattle Co., sold to John Jordan, IN. $8,500 – Open Female, “HSS Chancy,” s. by FC No Surprise, cons. by Horner Show Stock, sold to Maria Crandell, IL.

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Buyers looking over the sale offering.

Field of Dreams Sale September 15, 2013 • Hope, IN No. 1 27 41 69

Category 1/2 interest SM Bull Bred SM Females Open SM Females Total SM Lots

Average $28,000 $3,065 $5,759 $5,027

Auctioneer: Jim Birdwell, OK Sale Manager: Eberspacher Enterprises , Inc.(EE), MN Marketing Representatives: Val Eberspacher (EE); Kelly Schmidt (EE); Johnnie Moore, KY; Kent Jaecke, OK; Tommy Carper, IN; and Mark Murphy, OH. ASA Representative: Andee Marston

High-Selling Lots: $40,000 – Open Female, “HF Sophia 333A,” s. by Yardley High Regard W242, cons. by Hobbs Farms, sold to Campbell Show Calves, Sycamore, PA. $28,000 – 1/2 interest in Bull, “Harker’s Icon A201,” s. by HSF Better Than Ever, cons. by Harker Simmentals, sold to Circle M Farms, Rockwall, TX; Hudson Pines Farm, Sleepy Hollow, NY; and Silver Towne Farms, Winchester, IN. $13,000 – Open Female, “Harker’s Caliente Pearl A107,” s. by Plainview Lutton E102, cons. by Harker Simmentals, sold to C-Mor Beef Farms, Seymour, IL. $10,000 – Open Female, “Harker’s Caliente Moon A105,” s. by WAF Zorzal 321U, cons. by Harker Simmental, sold to Pence Farms, Hope, IN. $10,000 – Open Female, “CWT Ms. Regard A6,” s. by Yardley High Regard W242, cons. by Prairie Cattle Company, sold to Rocklin Farms, Rockbridge, IL. $10,000 – Open Female, “HF Ruby 469A,” s. by TJSC Optimus Prime 13W, cons. by Hobbs Farms, sold to Bennett Walthers, Centerville, IN. $9,500 – Open Female, “HF Matilda 79A,” s. by SVF/NJC Built Right N48, cons. by Hobbs Farms, sold to Craig Henderson, Sharpsville, IN. $9,000 – Open Female, “Harker’s KD Belle A129,” s. by K-Ler Make It Rain, cons. by Harker Simmentals, sold to Justin Clark, Princeton, IN.

Comments: Consignors included: Harker Simmentals, Whispering Oaks Simmental, Raisin Cane Cattle Co., Hobbs Farms, Prairie Cattle Co., and Beshears Simmental.

11th Annual Head of the Class Sale September 28, 2013 • Louisburg, KS

10th Annual Family Matters Production Sale September 21, 2013 • Auburn, KY No. 80

Category Total Lots

Average $3,261

Auctioneer: Jered Shipman, TX Sale Manager: DP Sales, KY Sale Consultants: Dalton Lundy, KY and Drew Hatmaker, DP Sales Sale Staff: Steve Sellers, EDJE Technologies; Tommy Carper and Shane Ryan ASA Representative: Andee Marston

High-Selling Lots: $9,500 – Cow/Calf Pair, “Miss CCF Fantasy X89,” s. by SVF NJC Built Right, bull calf s. by Mr. NLC Upgrade, cons. by C&C Farms, sold to JRW, LLC, MS. $9,100 – Bred Female, “SVF/BT Sazerac T317,” s. by SVF NJC Built Right, bred to Chamberlain, cons. by Sunset View Farms, sold to Sloup Simmentals, NE. $8,500 – Cow/Calf Pair, “Miss CCF X63,” s. by SVF Steel Force, heifer calf s. by Mr. CCF Time To Work, cons. by C&C Farms, sold to Gary Black, Matt Shirley and Josh Whitworth, GA. $7,500 – Bred Female, “Miss CCF Y52,” s. by Plainview Lutton E102, bred to WLE Uno Mas, cons. by C&C Farms, sold to Wishing Well Simmental, WI. $5,750 – Bred Female, “CVLS Shez All Heart 145Y,” s. by PVF All Payday 729, bred to FBF1 Combustible, cons. by Clover Valley Simmentals, sold to Pleasant Hill Farms, KY. $5,250 – Open Female, “Miss CCF Jeseress A72,” s. by ZKCC Chopper, cons. by C&C Farms, sold to Gene Martin, TN. $5,000 – Open Female, “SSFC CVLS Empress 264Z,” s. by PRS Blazin Hot, cons. by Steve Slate & Clover Valley Simmentals, sold to Wendell Wilson, TN. $5,000 – Flush out of, “HPF Miss 770P Y,” s. by SVF NJC Built Right, cons. by KenCo Cattle Co., sold to Hudson Pines Farm, NY.

No. 74

Category Total Lots

Average $5,510

Auctioneer: Jered Shipman, TX Sale Manager: DP Sales, KY Sale Staff: Tom Rooney, Midwest Marketer; JW Brune, Midwest Marketer; and Justin Stout, Stock Exchange. ASA Representative: Nathan Smith

High-Selling Lots: $14,500 – Bred Female, “SS/PRS Cottontail Z911,” s. by LMF Movin Forward, bred to GLS New Direction, cons. by Sanders Ranch, LLC, sold to Southern Jewel, TX. $14,000 – Pregnancy out of, “Triple C Empriss L019,” s. by SVF Steel Force, cons. by Sanders Ranch, LLC, sold to White Wing Simmental, AR. $11,250 – Open Female, “SS/PRS Cotton Puff 042A,” s. by MCM Top Grade, cons. by Sanders Ranch, LLC, sold to Bill Sloup, NE. $11,000 – Open Female, “SS/PRS Daisy Lynn 626A,” s. by SS/PRS High Voltage, cons. by Sanders Ranch, LLC, sold to Shoal Creek Land & Cattle, MO. $10,000 – Bred Female, “Triple C Shear Design S03M,” s. by Hooks Shear Force, bred to HTP SVF Packin Heat, cons. by Sanders Ranch & Sunset View, sold to Circle H Simmental, SD. $9,750 – Open Female, “SS/PRS Daisy Duke 1A,” s. by JF Milestone, cons. by Sanders Ranch, LLC, sold to White Wing Simmentals, AR. $9,500 – Open Female, “SS/SVF Frazzle Z25,” s. by HTP SVF Packin Heat, cons. by Sanders Ranch & Sunset View, sold to Clear Water Simmentals, IN. $8,000 – Bred Female, “SS Miss Me Kay Z904,” s. by SVF/NJC Built Right, bred to SVF Allegiance, cons. by Sanders Ranch, LLC, sold to Darrell Myers, KY. Comments: Cattle sold into 20 states including: AL, AR, AZ, IA, IL, IN, KY, KS, LA, MO, MS, NE, NM, NY, OH, OK, SD, TN, TX and UT.

Ed Rule, MO,and Bill Sloup, NE, were both supporters of the sale.

The Todd family, MS, bought several females.

Sale Staff at the KenCo Family Matters Tyler Kreger visits with Randy Moody and Steve Ballard, AL.

Steve Sanders (center) with Heath and Kim Kohler of Ratcliff Ranches, OK.

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The consignors at KenCo Family Matters.

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SALE RESULTS

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Martin Farms Open House

Buckeye’s Finest Sale

September 28, 2013 • Lyles, TN

October 5, 2013 • Belle Center, OH

No. 8 4 13 1 21 1 1 1 50

Category Bulls Cow/Calf Pairs Bred Heifers Pen of Heifers Lot Open Heifers Right to Flush Lot Pregnancy Lot Embryo Lot

Average $2,138 $2,925 $2,281 $2,700 $2,033 $1,800 $3,600 $2,500

Total Lots

$2,235

Sale Manager: Ruble Cattle Services Marketing Representative: Jeremie Ruble, RCS ASA Representative: Andee Marston

High-Selling Lots: $4,000 – Female, “MF Arabesque,” s. by MCM Top Grade, sold to Emily Ivey, Loudon. $4,000 – Female, “Y728,” s. by MSR Black Pattern, sold to Waters Edge Farms, Franklin. $3,600 – Pregnancy s. by Mr NLC Upgrade, sold to George Lucas, Scottsburg, IN. $3,400 – Cow/Calf Pair, “MF Lady June Y1R,” s. by 3C Southbound, Calf s. by PRS BlazinHot sold to Kevin VanBeek, Hurin, SD. $1,800 – 1/2 interest in the right to flush, s. by MF Vanilla Bean, sold to Jerry Horton of 48 Creek Livestock, Rush, NY and Lawrenceburg. Comments: A good crowd was on hand for Martin Farms’ Open House at the Farm. Cattle sold into seven states including: IN, KY, MO, NE, NY, SD and TN. On September 27, six finalists gathered for interviews, and three youth were awarded a William Kenneth Ambrose Memorial Heifer Scholarship provided by Martin Farms, Slate Farms & Cattle Co., and Waters Edge Farm. Camden Williams, Milan, MO, selected Lot 32, Miss WEF Gussied Up sired by SS Upscale; Abbey Ivey, Loudon, selected Lot 2b, MF Anastasia sired by TJ Sharper Image; Stephen Humphries, Cadiz, KY, selected Lot 31b, WBC/SFCC Blackbird A101. In addition to the $1,200 scholarships to help purchase cattle, winners also received 500 pounds of feed courtesy of Performance Feeds, and three straws of semen donated by ABS. Three scholarship alternates received vouchers worth $840 each to spend at the open house sale on Saturday. Vouchers were raised from an online semen and embryo auction hosted by Livestock360.com and sponsored by auction donors: Accelerated Genetics, Genex, and Select Sires, in addition to Martin Farms, Slate Farms, and Waters Edge Farm. Waters Edge Farm, Mix 30 Liquid Feeds, and Farm Credit Mid America also provided cash donations, and Jane Ambrose-Herron State Farm Insurance sponsored a chili supper after awards were presented.

No. 76

Category Total Lots

Average $2,984

Auctioneer: Ron Kreis Sale Manager: DP Sales, KY Sale Staff: Shane Ryan, Matt Jackson and Seth Andrews Sale Consultant: Dalton Lundy ASA Representative: Bill Zimmerman

High-Selling Lots: $12,000 – Bred Female, “Lazy H/Adkins BlkStar Y117,” s. by CNS Dream On, bred to Silveiras WatchOut, cons. by Ferguson Show Cattle, sold to Windy Ridge Simmentals, NE. $8,100 – Cow/Calf Pair, “RHFS Miss Legend Y78H,” s. by OCC Legend, twin heifers s. by RHFS Upscale, cons. by Rolling Hills, sold to Sloup Simmentals, NE. $5,500 – Open Female, “FSC2 BlackStar Stylin,” s. by Silverias Style, cons. by Ferguson Show Cattle, sold to Rodney Yocom, OH. $5,000 – Bred Female, “RHFS Burn Baby Burn X28H,” s. by HTP SVF In Dew Time, bred to SVF Allegiance, cons. by Rolling Hills, sold to Mark Ishler, OH. $5,000 – Open Female, “FSCI Sally,” s. by W/C Catchin A Dream, cons. by Ferguson Show Cattle, sold to Top Hat Farms, UT. $4,800 – Bred Female, “RHFS Ms. Pep Peaches,” s. by HC Power Drive, bred to RHFS Fancy’s Bullseye, cons. by Rolling Hills, sold to Sanders Ranch, KS. $4,750 – Bred Female, “Lazy H Xango T39,” s. by GWS Ebony’s Trademark, bred to Mr. NLC Upgrade, cons. by Rolling Hills, sold to Heil Farms, OH. $4,600 – Bred Female, “FSCI Dixie’s Rendition,” s. by GWS/SCF Rendition, bred to W/C Catchin A Dream, cons. by Ferguson Show Cattle, sold to Dale Phelps, OH. Comments: Cattle sold in to 10 states including: IA, IN, KS, KY, MI, NE, OH, PA, SD and UT.

Shane Ryan (r) visits with Bill Zimmerman, ASA Rep.

Roy Canada, KY, was on hand, sale day.

Consignors John Ferguson (l) & Bob Hoovler (r) with buyer Mark Isler (middle). 2014 William Kenneth Ambrose Memorial Heifer Scholarship. Front row L to R: Abbey Ivey, Loudon, TN; Camden Williams, Milan, MO; Liam Allen, College Grove, TN. Back row: Stephen Humphries, Cadiz, KY; Collin Stanley, College Grove, TN; Chris Stanley, College Grove, TN

November 2013

Customers looking over the sale offering prior to the sale.

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SALE RESULTS

continued

The Harvest at Krieger Farms October 6, 2013 • Universal, IN No. 62

Category Total Lots

Average $3,072

Auctioneer: Jered Shipman, TX Sale Manager: DP Sales, KY Sale Staff: JW Brune, Tommy Carper and Shane Ryan Sale Consultants: Buddy Robertson, Roger Allen, Jeremie Ruble, Jim Suver and Joe Seale. ASA Representative: Bert Moore

High-Selling Lots: $9,250 – Bred Female, “QLC C37 Elba N032TW,” s. by Mytty In Focus, bred to Mr. Hoc Broker, sold to Knapper Cattle Company, IN. $7,500 – Open Female, “Krieger’s Fantasy A3,” s. by Mr. Hoc Broker, sold to James Koch & Family, IN. $6,250 – Bred Female, “QLC C37 Ann R192U,” s. by Mytty In Focus, bred to Mr. Hoc Broker, sold to JRW, LLC, MS. $6,200 – Open Female, “Krieger’s Black Cap A908,” s. by THSF Black Pearl, sold to Nathan Wiley, IN. $4,500 – Flush from, “JF Empress,” s. by the bull of buyer’s choice, sold to Hudson Pines Farm, NY. $4,250 – Bred Female, “Krieger’s Black Cap Z314,” s. by Circle T Entourage, bred to White Star Granite, sold to Knapper Cattle Co., IN. $4,100 – Open Female, “Krieger’s Wonder A24,” s. by THSF Black Pearl, sold to Luke Herr, IN. $4,000 – Open Female, “Krieger’s Fantasy A028,” s. by THSF Black Pearl, sold to Knapper Cattle Co., IN. $4,000 – Open Female, “Krieger’s Joy Fabulous,” s. by THSF Black Pearl, sold to Shelby Ison, IN. Comments: Cattle sold in to 10 states including: IA, IL, IN, KY, MS, NE, NY, OH, OK and TN.

Long-time Angus breeder Quintin Smith (middle), TN, was in attendance.

AJSA member Shelby Ison evaluates the show heifer prospects.

Eric & Tara Gerdes visit with ASA Rep Bert Moore.

November 2013

◆

www.breedingcattlepage.com/ Simmental/iasimmassoc/ www.oregonsimmentalassociation.com

Jass Simmentals

www.mnsimmental.com

Reds and Blacks Available Steve, Alan & Mark Jass 1950 Quincy Avenue • Garner, Iowa 50438 641-587-2348 or 641-587-2174 641-860-0645(c) or 515-689-6219(c)

Mike, Margo, Crystal, & Katelyn Alley 8925 SW Green • Culver, Oregon 97734 Home: 541-546-8171 • Cell: 541-948-3521 E-mail: mjalley@madras.net • Fax: 541-546-6420 www.barckcattle.com

www.jassimm.com • email: jassimm@peconet.net

“The Chosen Few” Female Sale December 1, 2013 at the far m.

“JF Scalebuster” Bull Sale March 5, 2014 at Dunlap, IA.

Dave: 712-359-2327 Chris: 515-314-4771 56706 300th Avenue • Gilmore City, IA 50541 janssenfarms@bluedish.net or jf@ncn.net • www.janssenfarms.com

FINCH Simmentals Polled Fullbloods

“We Breed Predictability” 26949 550th Ave Ames, IA 50010

Bud: 515-232-1085 Bob: 515-233-2320

Dr. Lynn Aggen Office: 507-886-6321 Mobile: 507-421-3813 Home: 507-886-4016

Performance with Quality

Matt Aggen Mobile: 701-866-3544 Home: 507-772-4522 Email: mattaggen@hotmail.com

Harmony, MN 55939 www.oakmfarm.com

Sargeant Farms Simmental Cattle BULLS

AND FEMALES AVAILABLE BY PRIVATE TREATY

Owner • Howard E. Sargeant Box 400, Forest Lake, MN 55025 651-464-3345 • 651-464-2662

Farm Manager: Adam Trest 52309 Fleming Logging Road Sandstone, MN 55072 320-245-2830 • 320-630-3608

www.simmental.com Bob 507-324-5107 507-438-9007 cell 77247 125th Street glsimmentals@gmail.com LeRoy, MN 55951

BAR

Bar 5 Simmental Stock Farms Ltd. and circle

Circle 3 Genetics

Genetics

Office: Linda Lupton #636077, Holland – Euphrasia Townline R.R. #3, Markdale, ON, Canada, N0C 1H0 Phone: 519-986-1330 • Fax: 519-986-4736 Email: bar5admin@xplornet.com

Website: www.bar5.com Ron Nolan 905-330-5299

www.newyorksimmental.com

November 2013

Andreas Buschbeck Cell: 519-270-3258

www.coloradosimmental.com

www.fleckvieh.com

Mitchell Lake Ranch

Jim Ethridge and Donna Adams 9834 James Cemetery Road Franklin, TX 77856-5838 979-828-5316 • 979-255-2882 cell jim.ethridge@hughes.net www.mitchelllakeranch.com Fullblood and Purebred Simmentals • Quality by Design

Buzzard Hollow Ranch

Les Alberthal, Owner Fred Schuetze, Director of Livestock Oper. PO Box 968 • Granbury, TX 76048 Phone: 817-573-0957 Fax: 817-573-0967 Email: bhr@speednet.com Website: www.BHR-Simmentals.com

t l e i t

C r e e

LC F

1103 Artesia Road Starkville, MS 39759 Home: 662-323-0744 Cell: 662-418-0686 Office: 662-324-7721

Fleckvieh Simmental & Red Angus Cattle

LITTLE CREEK FARM Mikell & Mary Cheek Davis, Owners

Farm Manager: Alex Gardner 662-769-2577

www.littlecreekcattle.com

November 2013

THE CIRCUIT ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ Iowa State Fair Simmental Show Date: August 17, 2013 Location: Des Moines Judge: Tom Turner, Sumerset, OH

Females

Reserve Grand Champion Foundation “J&C Ms. Zoom A903,” s. by Puetts/J&C Zoom Zoom, exh. by J&C Simmentals, Arlington, NE.

Reserve Grand Champion Purebred “OBCC Zinfindel 32T,” s. by AJE PB Montecito, exh. by Gerdes Show Cattle, West Point.

Bulls

Iowa Reserve Grand Champion Foundation “4B Miss Force 115A,” s. by SVF Steel Force, exh. by 4B Land & Cattle, Sioux City. Grand Champion Foundation & Iowa Grand Champion Foundation “Jass Zoey,” s. R&R Chamberlain, exh. by Kiersten Jass, Garner.

Reserve Grand Champion Cow/ Calf & Iowa Reserve Champion “Cason’s Miss,” exh. by Cason’s Pride & Joy Simmentals, Albia.

Iowa Grand Champion Purebred “DANR VPF Real Reflection,” s. by DJ Salution S502, exh. by VerPloeg Farms, Pella.

Grand Champion Percentage “ZEIS Mr. Confident A23,” s. by SVF Steel Force, exh. by Zeis Simmentals, Valley, NE.

Grand Champion Purebred “AJE Miss Ella Z77,” s. by R&R Chamberlain, exh. by Trey Jass, Garner.

Iowa Reserve Grand Champion Purebred “TJR Maid With Pride,” s. by JF American Pride, exh. by Grace Greiman, Goddell.

Grand Champion & Iowa Grand Champion Cow/Calf “Elmore’s Miss Disy,” exh. by Elmore Farms, Fairfield. Reserve Grand Champion & Reserve Iowa Champion Foundation Cow/Calf Exh. by Echard Farms, Farmersburg. Grand Champion Purebred Cow/Calf & Iowa Champion Cow/Calf “RBS Yours Truly,” exh. by Nicole Johnson, Carpenter.

November 2013

Reserve Grand Champion Percentage & Iowa Grand Champion Percentage “RBS Z811,” s. by Solid Gold, exh. by Reck Bros. & Sons, Ottumwa.

Iowa Reserve Grand Champion Percentage “RB Blaze,” s. by Flying B Cut Above, exh. by RB Simmentals, Correctionville.

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www.nesimmental.com

Zeisimmentals S

Dave Zeis 26670 Bennington Road Valley, NE 68064 Cell: 402-720-1967

Member of: Genetic Perfection Sale November 30, 2013 Fremont, NE

Selling bulls at J&C Simmentals Annual Bull Sale, January 25, 2014

James, Merlin, and Delores Felt, Renee & Matt Schulte 57977 857 Road • Wakefield, NE 68784 402-287-2488 home • 402-369-1069 cell delores@feltfarms.com • www.feltfarms.com Herdsman, James Felt 402-369-0513 cell • jamesfelt02@gmail.com

Foxy Ladies Bred Heifer Sale November 30, 2013 • West Point, NE Ohlrich/Felt Farms Bull Sale February 1, 2014 • Norfolk, NE

www.ncsimmental.com REGISTERED SIMMENTAL A.I. SIRED BULLS F-1 REPLACEMENTS REGISTERED BRAHMANS

MYRA NEAL MORRISON 8800 Row-Cab Line Rd. • Rockwell, NC 28138 704-279-3128 • 704-202-6171 Cell E-mail: myram@morrisonfarm.com www.morrisonfarm.com

FORSTER FARMS Just 20 minutes off I-80

Verlouis Forster Family 74096 Road 434 Smithfield, NE 68976-1039 Ph/FAX 308-472-5036 Verlouis Ph 308-876-2316 Alan Email: alan_forster@hotmail.com

“Red and Black, Polled, Pigmented Simmentals”

Black Simmental Bulls & Females Purebred to Percentage Jay & Kim Volk Clark & Leslie Volk Bob & Jeanette Volk 402-478-4565 402-478-4503 402-478-4350 volkjk@aol.com • 20604 US Hwy 30 • Arlington, NE 68002

Female Sale — December 7, 2013 Bull Sale — January 25, 2014

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Western Cattle Source

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J&C SIMMENTALS

Jock & Brenda Beeson 100 Wohlers Drive Crawford, NE 69339 308-665-1111 (home) 308-430-2117 (mobile) 308-430-0668 (mobile) Email:wcsbeeson@bbc.net

www.missourisimmental.com

STEAKS ALIVE John & Jeanne Scorse P.O. Box 3832 • Joplin, MO 64803 Phone: 417-437-0911

B&R

scorsej@steaksalive.com • www.steaksalive.com

Simmentals 402-427-7196 Robert, Penny, Brooke, Mobile: 402-533-0787 Rachel & Blaine Vogt 6505 County Road 23 • Kennard, NE 68034

Genetic Perfection Sale • November 30, 2013 • Fremont, NE

Nick, Andrea, Shane, Shelbi, Brevin, Natalie & Haylie 303 Northern Heights Drive • Seward, NE 68434 402-643-4429 • 402-641-2936 Cell a.sloup@juno.com • www.sloupsimmentals.com

www.breedingcattlepage.com/ vsa/index.htm

Triangle J Ranch Darby & Annette Line 35355 Arrow Road Miller, Nebraska 68858 308-457-2505 Phone/Fax www.trianglejranch.com

Annual Production Sale last Sunday in January

LUCAS CATTLE CO. Registered Simmentals, SimAngusTM & Angus Cattle Forrest & Charlotte Lucas, Owners Cleo Fields 417-399-7124 RT 91 Box 1200 Brandn Atkins Cross Timbers, MO 65634 417-399-7142 Office 417-998-6878 Jeff Reed Fax 417-998-6408 417-399-1241 www.lucascattlecompany.com Visitors Always Welcome

November 2013

THE CIRCUIT Iowa State Fair Simmental Show (Continued)

◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ West Texas Fair and Rodeo Junior Show Date: September 7, 2013 Location: Abilene Judge: Allen Goode, Dallas Grand Champion Purebred & Iowa Grand Champion Purebred “RB Hawk,” s. by Mr. NLC Upgrade, exh. by RB Simmentals, Correctionville.

Premier Breeder & Iowa Premier Breeder Cason’s Pride & Joy Simmentals, Albia. Produce of Dam Golden Acres, Laurens. Junior Get-of-Sire RS&T Simmentals, Kansas City, MO. Best 5 Head Reck Bros. Simmentals, Ottumwa.

Reserve Grand Champion Purebred & Iowa Reserve Grand Champion Purebred “TK Lucky Man,” s. by LMF Movin Forward, exh. by Kitzerow Cattle Co., St. Charles.

Females Grand Champion Simmental “Mallett K Note 274,” s. by Mallett Keynote U847 25A, exh. by Adree Stapp, Lampasas. Reserve Grand Champion Simmental “Mallett Ylanda Z16 1SA,” s. by TNT Tuition U238, exh. by Koh Stapp, Lampasas. Grand Champion Simbrah “SWR Black Lucy,” s. by MGB Blackway W22, exh. by Clay Funderberg, Bangs. Reserve Grand Champion Simbrah “LHH Wicked Beauty,” s. by LMC JWB Amigo 5U/286, exh. by Joe Martinez, Ferris. ◆

■ Top-selling bull at the 2012 Gateway Breeding Value Bull Sale. ■ Substance will add muscle, growth performance and physical appeal to his progeny. ■ A complete herd sire with breed-leading Indexes and EPDs.

A few semen packages are available. Homozygous Black Homozygous Polled G A R US Premium Beef Sire: GW Premium Beef 021T GW Miss Lucky Charm 410P Direct Trait

GW Mr. Maternal 731L Dam: GW Miss Maternal 558P GW Miss Red Light 406J Maternal

CE BW WW YW

ASA#: 2605922 ¾ SM ¼ AN 6502 Rt. 84 South Hanover, IL 61041

Carcass

MCE Milk MWW Stay DOC

EPD

16.7 -1.1 59.7 103.7 13.6 24.5

54.4

–

12.6 30.7 -.27

.45 -.056 .78 155 77

.50

.70

.30

–

.13

.24

.25

.24

.41

.28

Fall 2013 ASA Sire Summary

November 2013

.26

.36

Owner: Jim Berry 815-777-1107 simgene@msn.com

$ Index

YG Marb Fat REA API TI

ACC

.39

Contact Jim Berry, 815-777-1107 or Jim Butcher, 406-538-9695.

www.wildberryfarms.net

Cattle Manager: Bryce Lehman 815-990-2312 brycelehman@hotmail.com

■ X4 is the definition of balanced EPDs with above-average values for 16 of the 17 EPDs published by ASA. ■ Olie x Right-On x Shamrock lines up the best maternal genetics Simmental has to offer. ■ Massive bodied, exceptional muscling and structurally sound, he is a logical replacement for his legendary sire and is ideally designed to complement great Angus genetics. ■ The ultra-productive and outcross Lisa Dawn cow family is a legacy of the Skillestad Simmental program.

Homozygous Black Homozygous Polled Nichols Legacy G151 Sire: Ellingson Legacy M229 Ellingson Ms. Pstock K58 Direct

ASA#: 2545563 PB SM

SRS Right-On 22R Dam: SRS U101 SRS Lisa Dawn L1057 Maternal

Carcass

CE BW WW YW

EPD

16.2 -2.0 54.2 85.8

15.9 29.0

56.1

20.3

13.2 18.4 -.45

.40 -.081 1.00 150 76

ACC

.43

.55

.26

.24

.29

.15

.24

.25

.24

.34

.22

.40

.41

MCE Milk MWW Stay DOC

$ Index

Trait

.35

X4’s son that sold in the 2013 Bulls of the Big Sky Sale

Semen: $25/unit Semen available through

406-581-7835

406-348-2345

614-873-4683

YG Marb Fat REA API TI

Hudson Pines-Hayes Ranch 934 Flathead Pass Road • Wilsall, MT 59086 406-578-2354 • www.hayesranch.com

Fall 2013 ASA Sire Summary

■ Soundest made, softest pasterned Upgrade son available, all with an enhanced scrotal and a large foot. ■ Square-hipped and big-bodied, yet still clean-necked and balanced. ■ Backed by the powerful 2004 North American Reserve Grand female, Oval F Nicolette N443. ■ Top 10% MWW, Stay, REA; Top 15% YW; Top 20% WW, Milk, BF; Top 25% Stay, YG and Top 30% TI. ■ Full sister topped the 2012 Pride of the Prairie Sale at $21,000. JWA Nicolette 119Y

Homozygous Black Homozygous Polled Ellingson Legacy M229 Sire: Mr. NLC Upgrade U8676 Ms. NLC Mojo S6119 B Direct

PVF-BF BF26 Black Joker Dam: Oval F Nicolette N443 Oval F Linda L320 Maternal

Semen: $25/unit

$ Index

Trait

CE BW WW YW

EPD

5.0

3.8 73.4 108.2

9.3

26.5

63.2

21.6

10.4 39.6 -.35

.08 -.074 .99 115 69

ACC

.33

.37

.27

.26

.27

.09

.16

.20

.28

Fall 2013 ASA Sire Summary

CW .25 10

YG Marb Fat REA API TI .18

Dam of First Ascent

ASA#: 2615866 Semen available through PB SM

Carcass

MCE Milk MWW Stay DOC

Full sister to First Ascent

Oval F Nicolette N443

.21

.19

Adcock Land and Livestock 2350 E. 1900 N Moweaqua, IL 62550 217-768-3059 Hudson Pines-Hayes Ranch 934 Flathead Pass Road Wilsall, MT 59086 406-578-2354 www.hayesranch.com

Eichacker Simmentals 25446 445th Ave Salem, SD 57058 605-425-2391 Flying H Genetics MO & NE 9510 NE Center Road Lowry City, MO 64763 417-309-0062

www.northdakotasimmental.com

www.illinoissimmental.com Prickly Pear Simmental Ranch

” “BBAS RK OF

THE M ... ...QUALITY

Rincker Simmental “Emphasizing The Black, Polled, Good Ones” Curt, Pam, Cari and Brent Rincker Rt. 1, Box 195 • Shelbyville, IL 62565 217-774-5741 (H) • 217-871-5741 (C) email: crincker@lakeland.cc.il.us

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Owner: Jim Berry

SIMMENTAL CATTLE 6322 Highway 35 Adams, North Dakota 58210 Joe — 701-944-2732 jpbata@polarcomm.com

Birthplace of the first Polled Black Simmental Bull Made in Montana Sale • February 1, 2014 Troy Wheeler, Cattle Manager: 406-949-1754 Don and Nancy Burnham • Gary Burnham 2515 Canyon Ferry Road • Helena, MT 59602 406-442-4702 • ASA No. 174 E-mail: burnhams@mt.net

KOCH CATTLE

Simmental, SimAngusTM, Angus

Terry Ellingson & Family

Phone: (701) 384-6225 For Sale: Bulls, Heifers and Semen Available

5065 125th Ave. NE • Dahlen, ND 58224 tellings@polarcomm.com • www.ellingsonsimmentals.com Annual Production Sale, February 15, 2014

Jeff, Shere, Shane, Taylor & Josh Koch PO Box 1247 • Big Timber, MT 59011 Cell:406.860.0659 Home:406.932.4091

Bulls of The Big Sky Sale • February 17, 2014

Commercially Targeted Seedstock

Cattle Manager: Robbie Duis 815-558-4129 6502 Rt. 84 South Hanover, IL 61041 815-591-3731

www.wildberryfarms.net

Curtis Olafson 13043 84th St. NE Edinburg, ND 58227 701-993-8240 or 8450 Performance colafson@polarcomm.com Predictability www.bataolafson.com Personal Service

www.breedingcattlepage.com/ TNSimmAssoc/

Our Business Is Bulls Anthony Rhodes Larry and Suzy Rhodes 9350 Rte 108 Carlinville, IL 62626 217-854-5200 rhodesangus@royell.org

KENNER

Roger, Jeanette, & Erika Kenner

SIMMENTALS

5606 57th St. NE Leeds, ND 58346 Phone 701-466-2800 Fax 701-466-2769 www.kennersimmental.com

Slate Farms &

A T T L E

O M P A N Y

Female Select Sale/Herd Bull Select Sale Visitors Always Welcome

Steve Slate 4437 Highway 49 W • Vanleer, TN 37181 931-206-5026 slatefarms@att.net • www.slatefarms.com

November 2013

• Bulls, Females & Show Prospects Available • visitors always welcome Jeff & Leah Meinders & Family 3687 N. Co. Rd. 500 E • Milan, IN 47031 812-654-2030 Home • chm@seidata.com

www.washingtonsimmental.org

Trinity Farms

Angus • SimAngus • Simmental Robb & Debbie Forman Ellensburg, WA 98926 509-201-0775

Mike & Paulette Forman Ellensburg, WA 98926 509-968-4800

www.trinityfarms.info

www.breedingcattlepage.com/ INSimmAssoc/index.htm

Trennepohl Family Farm

Trinity Farms Generations of Excellence Sale • March 1, 2014

Jeff: H 765-533-4644 Scott: C 765-620-0733 765-620-1700 5487 N 525 W • Middletown, IN 47356

HARKER’S SIMMENTAL

Ben • 812-371-2926 John & Barbara 812-546-5578 Dan, Jill, Luke & Chase 15633 E Jackson Rd. 812-546-5331 812-371-6881 Hope, IN 47246 Quality Red and Black Simmental

Ford’s Double S Ranch Tom & Sandy Ford, Owners Dustin Ford, Manager Red & Black Bulls, Heifers & Steers 18000 FM 112 • Thrall, TX 76578 (R) 512-856-2305 • (M) 512-856-2350

K NEZEK S IMMENTAL S IMBRAH R ANCH Red & Black Show Heifers, Bulls & Steers “The Power Source For Cutting Edge Black & Red Genetics”

www.texassimmentalsimbrah.com

SIMBRAH Sarah J. (Sally) Buxkemper

2617 CR 400 Ballinger, Texas 76821 325-442-4501 sbuxkemper@wildblue.net www.rxsimbrah.com

Heat Adapted Cattle Simbrah TM SimAngusTM TM SimAngusTM HT Simmental

Brian Knezek 2140 Morris Comm. Rd., Yoakum, TX 77995 www.knezeksimmentalranch.com

361-293-3143 (H) 361-293-1590 (M) knezek@gvec.net

DOUBLE M

Simmentals

RED & BLACK PUREBREDS

Mike & Sandy Scheu December 14, 2013

903-962-6915 9208 FM 17 972-670-7467 cell Grand Saline, TX 75140 www.doublemsimmentals.com

Performance-Tested Simbrah & SimAngus Cattle

FILEGONIA

CATTLE COMPANY Joe & Beth Mercer 327 CR 459 Lott, TX 76656 E-mail: bethmercer@wildblue.net

Home, Office: 254-984-2225 Cell: 956-802-6995 www.filegoniacattle.com

Jud and Margie Flowers 12111 N. Bryan Road • Mission, TX 78573-7432

956-207-2087 email: judf@lonestarcitrus.com

“No Nonsense” Simbrah Cattle

November 2013

NEW MEMBERS ALABAMA

Schwendenman Family Farm

RX2 Cattle Company

4115 E 300 S Rushville, IN 46173

15418 Hwy 77 Wadley, AL 36276

Fish Creek Farms

FLORIDA

Harmony Hill

Roberts Farm

5802 W 200 N Winamac, IN 46996

6158 Rocky Creek Rd Marianna, FL 32448

GEORGIA Rocky Rolling Farms 638 Partain Rd Marble Hill, GA 30148

7867 Cr 18 Butler, IN 46721

Green Show Cattle 8132 North 400 E Bryant, IN 47326

KB Showstock 3586 S 300 E Hartford City, IN 47348

Rustic Hills Cattle Company

ILLINOIS

239 E 750 S Fort Branch, IN 47648

JP Farm

Unger Show Cattle

12203 N 2100 St Marshall, IL 62441

5513 South Co Rd 350 W Carlisle, In 47838

INDIANA Philip L Dow 258 S Denny Hill Rd Paragon, IN 46166

KANSAS

NEW YORK

Garrett Parsons & Schaake Farms Inc

Melanie Sinon

1855 W 199th St Bucyrus, KS 66013

Tonya Fowler 2380 W Main Chanute, KS 66720

Joe Morgan 600 East Rd 30 Scott City, KS 67871

3296 March Ave Orchard, IA 50460

Vanhook Centre Fire Farm 3850 Highway 39 Somerset, KY 42503

LOUISIANA Beverly A Clarks PO Box 633 Baskin, LA 71219

MINNESOTA Unknown Cattle Company

Crall Showcattle

15391 Emery Ave E Rosemount, MN 55068

2143 679th Ave Albia, IA 52531

Paul Heers 19917 890th Ave Albert Lea, MN 56007

Timber-Ridge Farms 29200 W Wilton River Rd Waseca, MN 56093

11780 Mooresville Rd Davidson, NC 28036

Wells Farms 487 Standpipe Rd Jackson, OH 45640

Goodman Cattle Co 14114 County Road 193 Vanlue, OH 45890

OKLAHOMA Schmidt Family LLC 5400 Carrington Place Oklahoma City, OK 73131

Harms Farms 9505 S Western Rd Perkins, OK 74059

OREGON Kingdom Farm Simmentals 28544 SE Dale Lane Eagle Creek, OR 97022

PENNSYLVANIA

11020 10th St Ne Clara City, MN 56222

Nick Barney 62 Digger Lane Eighty Four, PA 15330

Shane Simmons

TEXAS

210 Cr 3762 Enterprise, MS 39330

Rachel Ann Glascock

Flying W Farm Inc 243 Manning Hill Rd Richton, MS 39476

MISSOURI D & D Cattle Co. 1283 Elm Tree Rd Troy, MO 63379

Five Mile Farm 19561 Hwy Y Milan, MO 63556

Ryan Ottmann 25648 Outer Rd Rock Port, MO 64482

NEBRASKA Hoffman Ranch PO Box 192 Thedford, NE 69166

November 2013

J&M Farms

Hilbrands Cattle Co

MISSISSIPPI

NORTH CAROLINA

OHIO KENTUCKY

IOWA Chambers Cattle Co

634 Salt Point Turnpike Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

PO Box 643 Pilot Point, TX 76258

VIRGINIA Spruce Gap Farm PO Box 99 Eggleston, VA 24086

WISCONSIN Jacob Adams 2062 Fountain Bluff Lane Platteville, WI 53818

Fish Show Cattle N8399 County Road C Randolph, WI 53956 â&#x2014;&#x2020;

ASA FEE SCHEDULE DNA Services DNA SNP (PV, ET) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $45

Tibial Hemimelia (TH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25

50K and SNP (PV, AI Sire, Donor Dam . . . . . . . . . . . . $90

Pulmonary Hypoplasia W/Anasarca (PHA) . . . . . . . . . $25

Horned/Polled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $50

Osteopetrosis (OS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25

Arthrogryposis Multiplex (AM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25

Coat Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20

Neuropathic Hydrocephalus (NH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25

PMel (Diluter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20

Contractural Arachnodactyly (CA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25

Contact ASA For Testing Kit

Spring 2014 THE Enrollment If you missed the Deadline (December 15) . . . every animal on your preliminary inventory will be enrolled for $16 each. Spring THE Submitted by Option A (TR) Enrollment submitted by member

December 15

See Late-Enrollment if after December 15

*Late-Enrollment

*Late-Enrollment If you missed the December 15 deadline and were enrolled for Spring 2013: All of your dams on the preliminary inventory generated by ASA will be enrolled in Option A at $16.00 each. Members will have until February 1, to make adjustments to their inventory (the same way as enrolling) including a choice to change from Option A to Option B or C. (THE fees will be adjusted if you change to Option B or C within the 30 days).

Option B (SR)

Option C

$7.50

$15

Note: If adjustments are not made by February 1, your preliminary inventory will be accepted as is (including enrolled in Option A, regardless of previous year’s option). There is a $1.00 late-enrollment fee that will not be refunded.

Re-Enrollment Would you like to re-join the Total Herd Enrollment program? $35/per animal (up to $350) plus enrollment fees. A member who has dropped out of THE and wishes to return, may do so for the next enrollment season. Re-enrollment fee is $35 per animal (maximum of $350) plus enrollment fees. Non-THE registration fees will apply to the season(s) when a member did not participate in THE.

American Simmental Association Fees Membership Initiation Fee: Junior Membership Initiation Fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 50

First Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No Charge Subsequent Transfers

Prefix Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10

Within 60 calendar days of sale . . . . . . . . . . $10

Adult Membership Initiation Fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . $160

Annual Service Fee (ASF): Single Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $110 Multiple Memberships at the same address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $160 Junior Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $50

Registration Fees: Registration Fees enrolled in THE Enrolled in THE — Option A . . . . . . . . . . . No Charge Enrolled in Opt B or C <10 months . . . . . . . . . . . . $30 Enrolled in Opt B or C ≥10 months <15 months . . $40 Enrolled in Opt B or C ≥15 months . . . . . . . . . . . . $50

Transfer Fees:

November 2013

Over 60 calendar days after sale . . . . . . . . . $30

Additional Transactions: Priority Processing (not including shipping or mailing) . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 25

Corrections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5

Registration Foreign/Foundation Fees: Register Foreign/Foundation Cow . . . . . . . . . $17 Register Foreign/Foundation Bull. . . . . . . . . . $25

Registration Fees not enrolled in THE: Non-THE <10 months . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $42 Non-THE ≥10 months <15 months . . . . . . . . $52 Non-THE ≥15 months . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $62

DATE BOOK

NOVEMBER 2013

DECEMBER 2013

3 10 17 24

4 11 18 25

5 12 19 26

6 13 20 27

7 14 21 28

1 8 15 22 29

2 9 16 23 30

1 8 15 22 29

2 9 16 23 30

3 10 17 24 31

4 11 18 25

5 12 19 26

6 13 20 27

7 14 21 28

NOVEMBER 1 2-5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 8 9 9 9 9 16

16 17 18 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 24 25 29 30 30 30 30 30 30

Bull Power IX — Colbert, GA Hester's Livestock Red Simmental Online Production Sale — Aurora, OR Irvine Ranch Annual Production Sale — Manhattan, KS Jones Show Cattle’s High Standards Female Sale — Harrod, OH JRW Farms’ 1st Annual “Fall Harvest” Private Treaty Bull Sale — Seminary, MS Land of Lincoln Sale — Altamont, IL Pigeon Mountain “Beef Builders” Bull Sale — Rome GA Professional Beef Genetics Open House Bull Sale — Windsor, MO Western Showcase Cattle Sale — Moses Lake, WA NLC Simmental Ranch’s Dynamic Ladies of the Dakotas Sale — Wessington, SD Bichler-Johnson “Quality Not Quantity” Female Sale — Linton, ND) Gibbs Farms 8th Annual Bull and Replacement Heifer Sale — Ranburne, AL Moser Ranch 22nd Annual Production Sale — Wheaton, KS (pg. 41) Ratcliff Ranches Fall Production and Customer Appreciation Sale — Vinita, OK Circle M Cattle Co.’s Fifth Annual SimAngus Solution “Pick of the Pen” Sale — Burlington, NC Timberland Cattle’s Best-of-the-Black Angus & SimAngus Bull Sale — Vernon, AL Hudson Pines Farm Living Legacy IX Sale, Campbellsburg, KY (pg. BC) NAILE Select Sale — Louisville, KY (pg. 16) Buckeye Best of Both Worlds Sale — Newark, OH Callaway & McCravy Angus & SimAngus Bull Sale — Carrollton, GA Good Girls Sale — Bowling Green, KY (pg. 48) Missouri Simmental Association’s Fall Harvest Sale — Springfield, MO Shenandoah’s Shining Stars 5th Annual Production Sale — Quicksburg, VA (pg. IFC) Trauernicht Simmental Nebraska Platinum Standard Sale — Beatrice, NE (pg. 66) Yardley Cattle Company’s Focus on the Female Sale — Beaver, UT North Central Simmental Fall Classic — Hubbard, IA (pg. 37) Rust Mountain View Ranch “Queens of the Pasture” Sale — Turtle Lake, ND (pg. 62) Ruby Cattle Co. “Livin’ The Dream” Production Sale — Murray, IA (pg. 77) 74-51/Pembrook/Standridge Joint Female Production Sale — Marshall, OK (pg. 41, 69) Foxy Ladies Bred Heifer Sale — West Point, NE (pgs. 47, 71) Genetic Perfection Sale — Fremont, NE (pgs. 58, 71, 82-83) Moore Land and Cattle’s 2nd Annual Online Sale — www.moorelandandcattle.com (pg. 35) Tanner Farms Bull Sale — Wiggins, MS Trennepohl Farms Right By Design Sale — Middletown, IN (pg. 89)

DECEMBER 1 1 1 2

2 3 3 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 9 14 14 14 14 14 14 15 19 20-21

November 2013

Cowtime Sale — Wahoo, NE (pgs. 58, 81) Red Dirt Divas Joint Female Production Sale — Marshall, OK (pg. 69) The Chosen Few at Janssen Farms — Gilmore City, IA (pgs. 21, 68) JS Simmental’s Midwest Made Online Production Sale — www.cattleindemandlive.com (pg. 14) Paulsen Cattle’s 2013 Divas and Donors Online Sale — www.breedersworld.com (pg. 79) K-Ler Cattle Co.’s Diamonds in the Rough Private Treaty Sale — St. Charles, MN Simmy Babes Online Sale, Vol. 3 — forestbrookfarmsllc.com (pg. 16) Tennessee Tech Bull Sale — Cookeville, TN December To Remember at Pleasant Hill Farms — Rockfield, KY (pgs. 53, 86) J&C Simmentals Annual Female Sale — West Point, NE (pgs. 49, 71) Jewels of the Northland Production Sale — Clara City, MN (pg. 43) Montana’s Choice Simmental Sale — Billings, MT (pgs. 25, 28-29) Next Step Cattle Co.’s Carcass Merit Bull Sale — Auburn, AL Hartman Cattle Company’s 18th Customer Appreciation Sale — Tecumseh, NE (pg. 67) Dakota Made Production Sale — Salem, SD (pg. 55) Brush Country 2nd Annual Bull Sale — Campbellton, TX North Alabama Bull Evaluation Sale — Cullman, AL Pride of the Prairie Simmental Sale — Seymour, IL (pgs. 44-45, 46) Sandeen Genetics Buildin’ A Brand Sale — Bloomfield, IA (pgs. 10-11) South Dakota Source Sale — Worthing, SD (pg. 39) Southern Excellence Bull Development Group’s 1st Annual Bull Sale — Wadley, AL Value By Design Female Sale — Anita, IA (pg. 87) The Maternal Option Female Sale — Perkins, OK (pg. 69) Griswold Cattle Co.’s Female Classic Sale — Stillwater, OK (pg. 15)

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DATE BOOK continued

JANUARY 2014

FEBRUARY 2014

5 12 19 26

6 13 20 27

7 14 21 28

1 8 15 22 29

2 9 16 23 30

3 10 17 24 31

4 11 18 25

2 9 16 23

3 10 17 24

4 11 18 25

5 12 19 26

6 13 20 27

7 14 21 28

1 8 15 22

DECEMBER 21 21 27-31 28 28

(CONT.) 3J Farms Bull & Female Sale — Calhoun, GA Majestic Cattle Co.’s Dispersal Sale — Innisfail, AB (pg. 65) 66th Annual Arizona National Livestock Show — Phoenix, AZ Griswold Cattle Co.’s Grass to Grid Customer Appreciation Sale — Beaver, OK (pg. 15) North Dakota Simmental Association’s Showcase/Classic Sale — Mandan, ND (pgs. 57, 58, 59, 63)

JANUARY 2014

January Open ½ Blood by High Regard

11 13 17-2/8 18 20 21 22 25 25 25 26 27 31 31

Drigger’s Simmental Farm Private Treaty Bull Sale — Glennville, GA Edge of the West Female Sale — Mandan, ND Forth Worth Stock Show and Rodeo — Fort Worth, TX SimMagic on Ice — Denver, CO National Western “The One-Volume XXI” Sale — Denver, CO Wild Wild West Simmental Sale — Brighton, CO (pg. 52) Sioux Empire Farm Simmental Show & Sale — Sioux Falls, SD Double J Farms Private Treaty Bull Bid Sale — Garretson, SD (pg. 54) J&C Simmentals Annual Bull Sale — West Point, NE (pg. 71) Lazy S Bull Power Sale 2014 — Mayerthorpe, AB Triangle J Ranch’s Annual Production Sale — Miller, NE (pg. 71) Fort Worth Junior Simmental and Simbrah Show — Fort Worth, TX Forth Worth Simmental and Simbrah Bull Shows — Fort Worth, TX Forth Worth Simbrah Female Show — Fort Worth, TX

FEBRUARY

January Open Purebred by Wide Track

January Open ¾ Blood by Steel Force

February Open Purebred by Next Big Thing

For more information contact:

Zeis Simmentals Dave Zeis 402-720-1967 Brian Laaker 402-720-4734 Clint Robinson 402-672-3556

November 2013

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Forth Worth Simmental Female Show — Forth Worth, TX Olrichs/Felt Farms Bull Sale — Norfolk, NE (pg. 71) Prickly Pear Simmental’s Made In Montana Sale — Helena, MT (pgs. 28, 29, 74) Red Bluff Bull Sale — Red Bluff, CA, 47 Rock Creek Ranch Spring Private Treaty Bull Sale — Allen, KS Springer Simmental’s Value Based Genetics Sale — Decorah, IA The Cowtown Classic National Sale — Fort Worth Gateway Simmental’s 34th Annual Breeding Value Bull Sale — Lewistown, MT Wicks Cattle Simmental & SimAngus™ Production Sale — Richardton, ND Begger’s Diamond V Big Sky Genetic Source Bull Sale — Wibaux, MT Stavick Simmental’s King of the Range Bull Sale — Aberdeen, SD Berger’s Herdmaster’s Hybrid Bull Sale — North Platte, NE Black Hills Stock Show and Sale — Rapid City, SD Dixie National Simmental Sale — Jackson, MS Grass-Lunning Bulls-Eye Bonanza Sale — LeRoy, MN Kenner Simmentals’ 18th Annual Sale — Napoleon, ND Annual Iowa Simmental Sale — Des Moines Dakota Power Bull Sale — Valley City, ND Bata/Olafson 17th Annual Joint Simmental Bull and Female Sale — Rugby, ND Werning Cattle Company 33rd Annual Production Sale — Mitchell, SD River Creek Farms 24th Annual Production Sale — Manhattan, KS (pg. 41) Traxinger Simmental Bull Sale — Houghton, SD Clear Springs Cattle Co.’s Bull Sale — Mobridge, SD Lassle Ranch Simmental’s 21st Anniversary Production Sale — Glendive, MT Bar CK Cattle Company’s Money Make Bull Sale — Culver, OR TNT Simmentals 29th Annual “Genetic Explosion Sale — Almont, ND Watertown Winter Farm Show & Sale — Watertown, SD 7P Ranch 20th Annual Spring Bull Sale — Tyler, TX Dixson Farms, Inc., Private Treaty Sale and Open House — Atwood, KS Double Bar D Farms Annual Bull Sale — Grenfell, SK Ellingson Simmentals Annual Production Sale — Rugby, ND (pg. 74) JRW Farms’ 1st Annual “Spring Round-Up” Bull Sale — Seminary, MS Kappes Simmental’s Annual Production Sale — Aberdeen, SD Bulls of the Big Sky — Billings, MT (pg. 74) Nebraska Cattlemen’s Classic Simmental Show and Sale — Kearney, NE Bichler-Johnson “Quality Not Quantity” Production Sale — Linton, ND Dakota Classic Production Sale — Lisbon, ND Illinois Beef Expo — Springfield, IL Illinois Performance Tested (IPT) Bull Sale — Springfield ◆

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AD INDEX 3C Christensen Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 74-51 Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . 41, 69 ABS Global, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 54 Accelerated Genetics . . . . . . . . . . 5, 51 Adcock Land and Livestock . . . . . 44, 73 Ahlberg Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Allen 5X Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Allied Genetic Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25, 62, 63, 73, 75, 87 Altenburg Super Baldy Ranch LLC . 52, 69 American Live Stock Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 50 American Simmental Association (ASA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 33, 34 Anderson Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 ASA DNA HD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 B & R Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 B&R Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 BADJ Cattle Company . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Bar 5 Simmental Stock Farms Ltd. . . . 68 Bar CK Cattle Company . . . . . . . . . . 68 Bata Bros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Bauer Simmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Begger Diamond V Ranch . . . . . . . . . 25 Benda Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Benda Simmentals, Jim . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Bessler Inc, James F . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 BF Black Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Biehlenberg Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . 87 Birdwell, James M., Auctioneer . . . . . 50 Blackford Show Cattle. . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Blockbuster Cattlemen’s Group. . . . 8, 30 Bois d’Arc Land & Cattle Co. . . . . . . . 75 Bouchard Livestock International . . . . 50 Bovine Elite, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Brant Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Bridle Bit Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Brooks Simmental Ranch . . . . . . . . . . 41 Brush Country Bulls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Bulls of the Big Sky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Burken Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Buzzard Hollow Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . 69 C-Mor Beef Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Campbell Simmental. . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Canada Simmental Breeders . . . . . . . 68 Canadian Simmental Country Magazine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Casons Pride & Joy Simmental. . . . . . 37 Cattle Visions. . . . . . 17, 46, 51, 90, IBC CattleInDemand.com . . . . . . 14, 53, 86 CattleMax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Circle 3 Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Circle A Simmental/ Adcock Land & Livestock . . . . . . . . . 45 Clear Water Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . 75

Clover Valley Simmentals . . . . . . . . . 75 CNN Cattle Company. . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Colorado Simmental Breeders . . . . . . 69 Conover, Al, Auctioneer & Sale Management . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Continental Livestock Services . . . . . . 67 Cook Show Cattle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 CowTime Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58, 81 CRR Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 CW Cattle Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Dakota Made. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Dakota Xpress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63, 74 Diamond H Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Diamond K Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Dickinson Simmental and Angus Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 41 Dixson Farms, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 DJS Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Dorran, Steve, Auctioneer . . . . . . . . . 50 Double E Cattle Company . . . . . . . . . 37 Double J Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Double M Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Douglas J. Henderson & Associates Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 DP Sales Management . . . . . IFC, 21, 83 Dunk Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 DVAuction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . IFC, 21, 57 Dwyer Cattle Services . . . . . . . . . 11, 46 Eberspacher Enterprises Inc. . . . . . . . 37, 39, 43, 45, 55, 66, 77, 81 Ediger Simmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Eichacker Simmentals . . . . . . 54, 55, 73 Ellingson Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Elm Mound Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 ETR Cattle Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Facebook . . . . . 2, 3, 37, 43, 45, 50, 77 Felt Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 71 Ferguson Show Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Filegonia Cattle Company . . . . . . . . . 75 Finch Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Finesse Livestock Ent. . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Flittie Simmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Flying H Genetics MO & NE . . . . . . . 73 Ford’s Double S Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Forest Brook Farms . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 17 Forster Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Fox Creek Cattle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Gateway Simmental & Lucky Cross . . 72 GeneSeek a Neogen Company . . . . . . 8 Genetic Perfection. . . . . . . . . 58, 82, 83 Genex Cooperative, Inc. . . . . . . . 51, 85 Genex Custom Collection . . . . . . . . . 51 Gengenbach Cattle Company . . . . . . 71 Gevelinger Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Gold Bullion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Good Girls Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Gorestska Cattle Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Grass-Lunning Simmentals . . . . . . . . 68 Great Lakes Beef Connection . . . . . . . 87 Griswold Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 17 Haley Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Hallak Simbrah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Hallak-Latimer Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Handsaker Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Hansen, Kevin & Cody . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Harker’s Simmental. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Harl Auction Company . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Hart Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Hartman Cattle Company . . . . . . . . . 67 Healy Simmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Hecksel Simmental Farm . . . . . . . . . . 43 High-Bred Simmental . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Hilbrands Cattle Company . . . . . . . . 43 Hilbrands Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Hinton Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Hofmann Simmental Farms . . . . . . . . 41 Hopewell Views Simmentals . . . . . . . 74 Hoppes, Rex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo . . . 4 HRM Simmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Hudson Pines Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . BC Hudson Pines-Hayes Ranch . . . . . . . . 73 Illinois Simmental Breeders . . . . . . . . 74 Indiana Simmental Breeders . . . . . . . 75 Iowa Beef Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Iowa Simmental Breeders . . . . . . . . . 68 J Bar J Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 J/C Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 J&C Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49, 71 Jacobs, Roger, Auctioneer . . . . . . . . . 50 Janssen Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 68 Jass Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37, 68

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AD INDEX (Continued from page 00) Jewels of the Northland. . . . . . . . . . . 43 JK Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 JS Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Kansas Simmental Breeders. . . . . . . . 41 Kappes Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Kaser Brothers Simmental . . . . . . . . . 41 Kearns Simmental. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Kenner Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . 59, 74 Knezek Simmental Simbrah Ranch . . . 75 Koch Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Krieger Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56, 75 Kunkel, Dusty & Kayla . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Laaker Land & Cattle. . . . . . . . . . 71, 83 Lamar Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Learn Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Lewis Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Little Creek Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 LiveAuctions.TV . . . . 11, 37, 43, 69, 77 Livestock Services . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 51 Livin’ The Dream. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 LongRange (eprinomectin). . . . . . 30, 31 Lucas Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Lucas Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Made in Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 29 Majestic Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Marshall Cattle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Martin Cattle Sales, Larry . . . . . . . . . 50 Martin Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Maternal Option, The . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 MCS Auction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Merial Limited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 31 Midwest Made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Miller Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Miller, Bruce, Auctioneer . . . . . . . . . . 50 Minnesota Simmental Breeders . . . . . 68 Missing Rail Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . 41 Missouri Simmental Breeders . . . . . . . 71 Mitchell Lake Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Montana Simmental Breeders . . . . . . 74 Montana’s Choice. . . . . . . . . 25, 28, 29 Monte Christo Ranch & Investments . . 75 Moore Land & Cattle. . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Morrison, Myra Neal . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Moser Ranch, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Muhlenbruch Family Farms . . . . . . . . 37 Myerscough Show Cattle. . . . . . . . . . 45 NAILE Select Simmental Sale . . . . . . . 16 National CUP Lab & Technology Center . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Nebraska Platinum Standard. . . . . . . 66 Nebraska Simmental Breeders. . . . . . 71 Nelson Family Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Neumann Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 New York Simmental Breeders . . . . . . 68 NLC Simmental Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . 54 North American Fullblood Breeders . . 69 North Carolina Simmental Breeders . . 71 North Central Simmental Fall Classic . 37 North Dakota Simmental Breeders . . . 74 North Dakota Simmental Classic Sale . . . . . . . . . 57, 58, 59, 63 Northern Plains Simmentals. . . . . . . . 59 Oak Meadow Farms . . . . . . . . . . 37, 68 Ohio Simmental Breeders . . . . . . . . . 41 Oklahoma Simmental Breeders . . . . . 41 Olafson Brothers Simmentals . . . . . . . 74 Oregon Simmental Breeders . . . . . . . 68 ORIgen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 73 Oval F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Paulsen Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Pelton Simmental/Red Angus . . . . . . 41 Pembrook Cattle Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Pleasant Hill Farms . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 86 Prickly Pear Simmental Ranch . 25, 29, 74 Pride of the Prairie . . . . . . . . . . . 44, 45 Prime Time Agrimarketing . . . . . . . . . 89 Proud to Endorse Champion Show Stock . . . . . . . . . . 79 Purina Mills Honor Show Chow . . . . . 79 R&L Vermeer Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 R&R Cattle Company . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Rains Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Ratcliff Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 RB Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Red Dirt Divas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Rhodes Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Right By Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Rincker Simmentals. . . . . . . . . . . 45, 74 Ritchey Livestock ID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 River Creek Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Robb Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Rock Creek Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Rocking W Heart Ranch . . . . . . . . . . 28 Rocky Hollow Farm Simmental Cattle. . 71 Rocky Knoll Cattle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 RS&T Simmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Ruble Cattle Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Ruby Cattle Company . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Rust Mountain View Ranch . . . . . . . . 62 RX Simbrah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Sales Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Salinas Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Sandeen SimAngus Genetics . . . . 10, 11 Sargeant Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Schooley Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Secondino, Jame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Select Sires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Shenandoah Valley Simmentals . . . . IFC Sherwood Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Shields, Phillips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Shipman, Jered, Auctioneer. . . . . 11, 50 Shoal Creek Land & Cattle, LLC . . . . . 71 Silver Towne Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 SimGenetics Profit Through Science . . . 8 Simme Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Sire Source On-line . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Slate Farms & Cattle Company . . . . . 74 Sloup Simmental. . . . . . . . . . . . . 49, 71 Smith Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 South Dakota Simmental Association. . 39 South Dakota Simmental Breeders . . . 54 South Dakota Simmental Source . . . . 39 Springer Simmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 St. Vrain Simmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Staigle, Wade & Merri . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Standridge Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

State Line Simmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Steaks Alive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Sterling Cattle Company . . . . . . . . . . 37 Sullivan Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Sunflower Genetics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Tennessee Simmental Breeders. . . . . . 74 Texas Simmental & Simbrah Breeders . 75 The Rolling B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Thompson Breeding Stock . . . . . . . . . 43 Thorson Family Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Total Herd Enrollment (THE) . . . . 33, 34, 41, 54, 58, 68, 71, 74, 75 TraitTrac . . . . . . . . . . 46, 50, 72, 73, 74 Trauernicht Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Trausch Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Travis Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Traxinger Simmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Trennepohl Family Farm . . . . . . . 75, 89 Triangle J Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Trinity Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Triple B Genetics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Triple Z Simmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Tucker Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Twitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 3 UltraInsights Processing Lab, Inc. . . . . 51 Value by Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 VanAernam Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . 37 Ver Ploeg Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Virginia Simmental Breeders . . . . . . . 71 Vitalix Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Washington Simmental Breeders . . . . 75 Werning Cattle Company . . . . . . . . . 54 Western Cattle Source. . . . . . 58, 71, 83 Wild, Wild West Simmental Sale . . . . 52 Wildberry Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . 72, 74 Williams Land & Cattle Auction Co. . . 50 Willis Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Windy Creek Cattle Company . . . . . . 55 World Congress on Genetics . . . . . . . . 9 Wright Way Simmental. . . . . . . . . . . 45 Wurtz Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Zeis Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . 71, 82, 83 ◆

✰ We are proud to introduce Mr Strack Y254, our

Hallak Simbrah

new Purebred Simbrah Herdsire. To achieve our goal of producing the right kind of cattle, we have chosen Y254 to lead our program.

✰ Homozygous Polled and Heterozygous Black,

his first calves have all come solid colored red and black. Many of these calves are from first calf heifers and all have been born unassisted.

✰ His pedigree is loaded with some of the

most powerful genetics in the history of the Simbrah breed including HR Powerhouse 1, LM She Moves 3L/136, LMC Godfather 5R/83 and LMC-RFI-Smith Red Bullet.

✰ Mr Strack Y254 combines pedigree, polled, ASA# 2610592

solid color patterns, calving ease, very clean and eye appeal in one genetic package — he is definitely the Right Kind.

Call us if you’d like to add the Right Kind to your program. Semen: $30 per unit • For a Limited Time Only Visit us to see his calves and show heifer prospects

Hallak-Latimer Ranch Billy Hallak ✰ Larry Latimer

Calves sired by Mr Strack Y254 88

November 2013

1167 Oval Drive • Athens, Texas 75751 Cell 903-203-8524 • Home/Fax 903-292-1428 Nhalla@hotmail.com

Card Uproar 49Y

SS/PRS Gunslinger 824X

Tess Black Rampage 71W

Mr. Hoc Broker C623

By Mr. NLC Upgrade EPDs: CE: 8 $API: 126 $TI: 76

By STF Shocking Dream SJ14 EPDs: CE: 15 $API: 130 $TI: 69

By Wheatland Bull 786T EPDs: CE: 11 $API: 106 $TI: 63

By Steel Force EPDs: CE: 7 $API: 112 $TI: 61

Long’s Shear Envy Y34

STF Shocking Dream SJ14 Remington Secret Weapon 185 OBCC King Pin W42Y

By Hooks Shear Force 38K EPDs: CE: 14 $API: 139 $TI: 72

By CNS Dream On L186 EPDs: CE: 18 $API: 145 $TI: 71

By Trademark EPDs: CE: 6 $API: 99 $TI: 62

By RC Club King EPDs: CE: 10 $API: 111 $TI: 68

Limestone Trifecta Z314

TLLC One Eyed Jack 15Z

BF Mr. Confidence 27X

CLRWTR Shock Force W94C

By Vandes T714 Of MAG EPDs: CE: 6.4 $API: 95 $TI: 60

By Long’s Shear Pleasure EPDs: CE: 8 $API: 106 $TI: 67

Halfblood by SVF Steel Force S701 EPDs: CE: 13 $API: 117 $TI: 59

3/4 by SVF Steel Force S701 EPDs: CE: 8 $API: 107 $TI: 59

SimAngusTM

GCC Whizard 125W

Long’s Steel Shot X21

Long’s Shear Pleasure W6

WLTR Renegade 40U ET

By SVF Steel Force S701 EPDs: CE: 8 $API: 93 $TI: 54

By SVF Steel Force S701 EPDs: CE: 9 $API: 116 $TI: 58

By Hooks Shear Force EPDs: CE: 6 $API: 99 $TI: 70

By 3C Macho M450 BZ EPDs: CE: 5 $API: 99 $TI: 67

SimAngusTM

JF Foundation 8010U

KLS Halfblood X217

R&R Chamberlain X744

WLE Quota U547

By WSJ Encore EPDs: CE: 10 $API: 107 $TI: 62

By SP The Answer 813 EPDs: CE: 15 $API: 141 $TI: 72

By Mr. NLC Upgrade EPDs: CE: 4 $API: 95 $TI: 78

By SVF/NJC Built Right N48 EPDs: CE: 13 $API: 116 $TI: 66

Angus

Silveiras Watchout 0514

S S Incentive 9J17

Silveiras Style 9303

SP The Answer 813

By B C Lookout x Style’s sister EPDs: CE: 8 $API: 84 $TI: 56

SS Objective T510 0T26 EPDs: CE: 17 $API: 138 $TI: 78

By Gambles Hot Rod EPDs: CE: 16 $API: 126 $TI: 61

By SAV Final Answer 0035 EPDs: CE: 20 $API: 138 $TI: 68

CCR Sure Fire 5028Y

SAS T101 Sweet Meat

K-LER Make It Rain 696S

STF Royal Affair Z44M

By Dikeman’s Sure Bet EPDs: CE: 10 $API: 138 $TI: 77

By HTP SVF In Dew Time EPDs: CE: 3 $API: 112 $TI: 69

By Foundation 724N EPDs: CE: 11 $API: 118 $TI: 62

By Lock N Load EPDs: CE: 7 $API: 103 $TI: 61

Oval F Ringleader R579

CNS Pays To Dream T759

DJ Salution S502

GWS/SCF Rendition T310

By HC Hummer EPDs: CE: 12 $API: 125 $TI: 69

By Dream On EPDs: CE: 13 $API: 147 $TI: 72

By Warehouse EPDs: CE: 6 $API: 108 $TI: 64

By Trademark EPDs: CE: 8 $API: 108 $TI: 61

FBF1 Combustible Y34

Wheatland Mr. Bojangles 97X

FBFS Warsaw 068W

SS/PRS Tail Gater 621Z

By Steel Force EPDs: CE: 9 $API: 129 $TI: 67

By Wheatland Bull 680S EPDs: CE: 7 $API: 104 $TI: 64

By Sure Bet EPDs: CE: 15 $API: 127 $TI: 59

By HTP/SVF Duracell T52 EPDs: CE: 13 $API: 124 $TI: 69

Westfall Voyager 721P

JF American Pride 0987X

Rubys Wide Open 909W

WAGR Dream Catcher 03R

By Power Surge EPDs: CE: 13 $API: 104 $TI: 56

By Upgrade EPDs: CE: 9 $API: 117 $TI: 74

By The Foreman EPDs: CE: 7 $API: 95 $TI: 64

By Dream On EPDs: CE: 12 $API: 154 $TI: 74

GLS New Direction X184

HTP/SVF Duracell T52

Yardley High Regard W242

PRS Blazin Hot W192

By Better Than Ever EPDs: CE: 11 $API: 110 $TI: 69

By Dream On EPDs: CE: 14 $API: 134 $TI: 73

By Yardley Impressive T371 EPDs: CE: 4 $API: 78 $TI: 55

By Dew It Right EPDs: CE: 11 $API: 128 $TI: 72

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AJE/PB Montecito 63W

WS Hot Beef X38

Flying B Cut Above 755S

By Steel Force EPDs: CE: 9 $API: 104 $TI: 66

By WS Beef Maker EPDs: CE: 8 $API: 160 $TI: 90

By Prime Cut (outcross) EPDs: CE: 5 $API: 106 $TI: 62

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