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Vol. 12, No. 8
Editorial Comments...
Byron Bayers
M i k e
MacNeil
should get a
Hereford
Oscar for the
presentation
that he put
on the night
Byron Bayers
before the
Fort Keogh Livestock and Range
Research Laboratory Bull sale.
Mike is the Line 1 Project Leader
at Fort Keogh and is one of the
foremost Research Geneticists in
the U.S. Mike was also honored last
fall in Kansas City by being
inducted into the Hereford Hall of
Fame. The presentation was about
epilepsy in Hereford cattle. To
quote Mike in his catalog notes he
made this statement, “For the past
few years there has been some
controversy about Line 1 cattle and
the existence of genetic epilepsy in
Hereford cattle. Our line breeding
system makes it quite likely that we
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April/May 2008
Hereford Faces & Places: A Year in Review
Glynn Debter, Horton, AL handling
phone bids at the Ft. Keogh sale in Miles
City, MT.
Hereford heifers in Montana at Bayers Hereford Ranch.
(continued on page 3)
Jill Bayers Hotchkiss
(continued on page 4)
Jim Milligan, Milligan Herefords,
Kings, IL, at the Perks Sale in
Rockford, IL.
Cindy Weimer, Weimer Cattle
Co., Susanville, CA at the Split
Butte Sale in Idaho.
Sisters Jenna and Amber Schmidt from Pipestone, MN
enjoy a fancy dessert following the Hereford show in
Reno. Amber served as the National Polled Hereford
Queen last year and did an outstanding job.
Mar ty Lueck, manager of
Journagan Ranch, Missouri
greeting the crowd at their sale.
Suzy and Leon Langford, Langford Herefords,
Okmulgee, OK at the Largent & Sons sale near
Kaycee, WY.
Thanks for a great year! See you in August.
Donut man, Peyton Bischoff, was
among the greeting party at the
Ravine Creek sale in Huron, SD.
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Sale season in our
area is winding down
with just a
handful left
in April and
Jill Hotchkiss
May.
It’s
been a wild
ride with a multitude of excellent
Hereford sales this winter. Is it my
imagination or did breeders seem
to have even better quality cattle
this year?
By now you’ve all heard about
the proposed purchase of National
Beef and Smithfield Beef Group by
JBS Acquisitions, a Brazilian packing conglomerate. Smithfield Beef
Group and Smithfield Foods includes Five Rivers Ranch Cattle
Feeding, a 50/50 joint venture between Continental Grain Company
and Smithfield Foods. Five Rivers
has a combined feeding capacity of
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Sales & Events
Calendar
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April
2
24
TNT Angus & Carter Polled
Herefords Sale
Devils Lake, ND
Wilson-Lees Value Added
Bull Sale
Kisbey, SK
Ellis Farms Spring Bull &
Female Sale
Chrisman, IL
Perkes Hereford Sale
Etna, WY
McClun Polled Herefords &
Angus Sale
Torrington, WY
IPHA Sale
River Falls, WI
LaGrand Angus & Polled
Hereford Spring Bull Sale
Canova, SD
Stuber Hereford Ranch Sale
Bowman, ND
Bar JZ Polled Herefords &
Limousin Bull Sale
Highmore, SD
4
5
5
10
12
12
19
22
June
7-8
16
17-19
19-20
20-21
27-29
Nebraska Junior Hereford
Assn. Field Day
Broken Bow, NE
Wyoming Junior Hereford
Assn. Field Day
Torrington, WY
Red River Valley Fair
Fargo, ND
Montana Jr. Beef Expo
Lewistown, MT
South Dakota Junior
Hereford Field Day
Watertown, SD
ND Junior Hereford Field Day
and ND Jr. Beef Expo
Williston, ND
25-3
Montana State Fair
Great Falls, MT
9-16
August
8-10
19-21
Montana Fair Junior & Open
Hereford Shows
Billings, MT
21-1
28-1
Wyoming State Fair
Douglas, WY
14th- Hereford Shows
DakotaFest
Mitchell, SD
Minnesota State Fair
St. Paul, MN
South Dakota State Fair
Huron, SD
— Correction —
July
12-19
18-26
May
4
Red Hills “Save the Grass
Dispersion Sale”
Clinton, OK
National Hereford Tour
TN & GA
Tennessee River Music
Dixieland Delight Sale XXV
Ft. Payne, AL
25-27
The Shafer Sale
Sherman, TX
Junior National Hereford Expo
Kansas City, MO
North Dakota State Fair
Minot, ND
Summer Spotlight Jr. Shows
Huron, SD
High selling female in the Iowa Select Hereford Sale and high selling
female in all breeds was Lot 45, STC Loaded Lady 31 by AA PRF
Wideload, calved 4-5-07. Consigned by St. Clair Hay & Cattle, Jefferson, IA
she sold to Shepherds View Farm, Bridgeville, DE, for $9,000.
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Byron’s Editorial...
(continued from page 1)
would observe this genetic defect if the
recessive mutation causing it were
present in our herd. We have not
produced a single calf with epilepsy.
However because the industry “rumor
mill” has linked this condition to L1,
we asked Jon Beever at the University
of Illinois, to test every animal in the
herd for presence of the causal
mutation. This mutation causing
epilepsy in Hereford cattle is not
present in the Line 1 herd in Miles
City.” Of course I assume that nearly
all of you readers know that the Line 1
family was started in Miles City in
1926, and has been a closed line since
that time.
Mike opened his meeting with the
idea that anyone can ask questions at
any time. Mike said no question is
“stupid” because probably five
different people want to ask the same
question. For nearly two hours MacNeil
lectured and answered questions from
the group, mostly Line 1 breeders from
all over the country. One point clearly
brought out by Mike was that all
breeders should be using the test system
to check their herd, and until the end
of March the test is free. In the future
there will probably be a cost. Mike said
the problem must be cleared up as it
could balloon if allowed to continue.
My only regret concerning the
meeting was that several prominent L1
producers were not in attendance but
those that were in attendance gained in
the knowledge.
It is very interesting to me the various
approaches that have been taken by
breeders. Some have tested but have not
made the test results public, some have
tested and then put a statement in their
catalog, some have never told the
industry what they have done, if
anything. It is my understanding that
over 10,000 head have been tested, and
more are in test backload. I hope the
results will become industry knowledge
for the sake of the breed. Will AHA do
this release? Probably not as the
pressure from the affected breeders will
be too great.
In an article I wrote in Hereford
America some time ago I related my
personal experience with problems that
have faced the cattle industry during my
60+ years of involvement. My
statement was that we have never been
fortunate enough in the past to have a
test like DNA to help clean up the
problem, and Mike MacNeil eluded to
this in his talk. Now it is just a matter
of people doing the work to rid the
breed of the problem. Good luck!
In my last article I wrote about the
bad roads that I hit in Idaho and on
Monida Pass in particular. As I headed
out to the Colyer sale and the Heritage
sale, I thought this wasn’t too smart as
it was snowing very hard and it was
dark and the roads were snow covered
and slick. I drove about 30 miles per
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hour to Dillon and went in to
McDonalds to have a cup of coffee and
think the situation over. There were no
other cars on the road and I thought that
should tell me something.
I really wanted to get to these sales
so I journeyed on and fought the winter
problem. The roads were no better as I
proceeded. It was blowing over Monida
as usual and it was slick but not as bad
as the previous times.
The roads in southern Idaho were a
little better but still a winter situation. I
can tell you one thing though that you
have to have a good reason to drive
from Twin Bridges, MT to Bruneau, ID
in the winter. Colyers had a nice set of
cattle and they sold well. This outfit
really knows how to put on a sale.
Every detail is taken care of and the
facility is excellent and the people very
cordial. One thing I have told people
(continued on page 4)
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Advertisers
Index
BBC Farms
6
Bar JZ
8
Bayers
7
Cannon City Consulting
8
Carmichael/Feddes
9
Hansons Polled Herefords
19
Hereford America
22
LaGrand Angus & Hereford
11
Mohican
32
P.H. White & Co.
17
Peters Pld. Hfds.
6
Rausch Herefords
3
Red Hills Herefords
16
Shafer Ranch
15
Simon Herefords
4
Stuber Ranch
5
Tennessee River Music
13
Wyoming State Fair
21
having sales about for years is having
the sale lot posted on each animal
during the period the animal is selling.
Many times the auctioneer is too busy
to keep repeating the lot number and
people are looking, asking, wondering
what is selling. We are in the day of the
rapid sell so it is a problem. Colyers
have an electric sign with the lot
number on it. Very good!
I went on two days later to Heritage
to their first sale in the west. They did
have a sale on their eastern farm this
year. The sale was held in a big horse
arena that was about big enough to have
a football game in.
The sale was well organized and a
very nice set of Hereford and Angus
cattle were presented. I think for a
starter sale in Idaho it was very good
and a good sized crowd attended. There
were some very good buys during the
sale however one of the higher selling
bulls we have seen sold this fall was in
this sale. The Gomez group have shown
us that they are serious about this
business and we wish them well. I
drove all the way home from the sale
and the road situation was better but
for an “Old Geezer” it was a long day.
Bulls for Sale
0723
0709
Data from the University of Missouri RFI study.
Averages for entire test:
3.49 ADG
5.72 FG
RFI 0.0
Simon bulls averaged:
3.91 ADG
5.06 FG
RFI -1.07
We had the highest gaining, highest converting and highest RFI group on test.
ADG= Average Daily Gain • FG = Feed per lb. of Gain • RFI = Residual Feed Intake
Sample of bulls enrolled with ranking in test in ( )
0709 by Gerber Liberty 017L
4.07 (7) ADG 1.81 (1) FG
-5.81 (1) RFI
reg. # P42847300 • EPDs: BW 0.5 WW 42 YW 73 M 16 M&G 37 REA +.13 IMF +.04
A rare blend of calving ease, performance, feed efficiency and carcass.
0718 by JDH 100M Boulder 62R 4.18 (6) ADG 3.98 FG (2)
-1.54 (5) RFI
reg. #42847285 • EPDs: BW 3.4 WW 47 YW 74 M 13 M&G 36 REA +.16 IMF +.04
0752 by MH Hotline 305
4.6 (2) ADG
3.98 (2) FG
-.10 (20) RFI
reg # 42847324 • EPDs: BW 6.4 WW 52 YW 87 M 21 M&G 47 REA +.16 IMF +.05
0723 By JDH 100M Boulder 62R 3.93 (11) ADG 5.36 (20) FG
-.20(19) RFI
reg. # P42854880 • EPDs: BW 4.3 WW 59 YW 90 M 18 M&G 90 REA +.15 IMF+.08
0700 By JDH 100M Boulder 62R 4.76 (1) ADG 5.10 (13) FG
.54 (32) RFI
reg. # 42847283 • EPDs: BW 3.0 WW 40 YW 58 M 18 M&G 38 REA+.08 IMF+.04
SSS Mackintosh 0232
P42340528
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I wanted to go to the Harrell sale in
Oregon the next week but I thought
driving this is just too much and again
the weather was forecast to be bad so
the flying in our plane was out. I
checked into Horizon Airlines and their
schedule was great, leave home on
Sunday, fly to Boise, drive to Baker City
and the sale on Monday and fly home
Tuesday. Driving in Boise is about like
Seattle or Denver or Phoenix or Calgary
but I made it to Harrells and saw a great
set of cattle and they had a wonderful
sale I had a very nice visit with Edna
Harrell, who I have known for a long
time, and enjoyed watching the cattle
and horses sell. By the way, Harrells
have a great lot number sign that shows
the current lot and the coming lot. The
Calgary bull sale does this too and you
breeders that have sales should adopt
this system. After fighting through the
rush hour traffic again in Boise I sure
enjoyed getting on the “big bird” for
the flight home, then on to Miles City
a few days later. If I was only 40 years
younger I thought. I had some
wonderful visits with breeders at Miles
City. Mostly people I had never met
before, but I had heard about them and
read their advertisements on their cattle.
It was good to see Rob Fraser again.
Rob owns the Miles City yards and does
the auctioneering for the Fort Keogh
sale and several other breeders. I gave
Rob some of his first work in the
purebred auctioneering field and I am
proud of what he has done. Rob is the
son of Katie and Bill Fraser of Reed
Point who were prominent Hereford
breeders. Rob is a 3rd cousin of mine
too. If you don’t want a straight answer
don’t ask Rob!
My traveling is about done for the
season but it has been a great group of
sales and I have really enjoyed visiting
with so many of the breeders from all
over. Hereford America has been
fortunate to have great backing from a
big share of the industry. Our
advertisers and readers list keeps
growing and it is hard to keep up with
the demand.
We tell it like it is, and probably the
only Hereford paper who will report the
whole story.
— BB
Jill’s Editorial...
eliminate the program. I can’t help but
wonder if their American acquisitions
will make it through the regulatory
phase of anti-trust laws though. Is it my
imagination or do these big packers
seem to make it through anyway? Is this
much control of the U.S. and world beef
industry a good thing? It seems to me
cattle producers who are already at the
mercy of big packers will be even more
so after this deal. The second thing I
am concerned about is will their system be breed specific one way or another. Time will tell. I also wonder when
JBS will make a move on Canadian
plants and feedyards. Maybe those are
protected by the other Big 3 packers.
Regardless, this company is so big they
will have major control on our markets.
If the deal makes it through the regulatory hoops and gets the blessing of the
U.S. Dept of Justice, it certainly will be
interesting to see what it does to the U.S.
cattle market.
Closer to home...the night before the
big Miles City Fort Keogh Line One sale
they held an informational seminar and
reception where Mike MacNeil, research geneticist, presented information
on epilepsy in Hereford cattle. There
were about 50 people in attendance.
Mike gave an excellent explanation of
the genetics behind epilepsy in Hereford cattle then entertained questions for
a good part of the evening. This form
of epilepsy is caused by a genetic mutation and is inherited from carrier animals in the form of a recessive gene.
Mike gave us a refresher course on our
college genetics too but I won’t go into
that. It was a very good explanation,
however.
Some of the main points that Mike
drove home are 1.) EVERY Hereford
breeder should test for epilepsy (IE)
(continued from page 1)
over 800,000 head in 10 feedyards
which makes them the largest cattle
feeder in the world. If the purchase goes
though JBS would also be the largest
packer in the United States capturing
over 32 percent of domestic beef harvesting. JBS also purchased Australia’s
Tasman Group for $150 million.
Tasman operates 6 packing plants in
Australia and Tasmania. The total for
all the acquisitions is approximately
$1.3 billion and will give JBS control
of about 10% of the world’s beef market. Wow! Prior to these purchases JBS
was already the world’s largest beef processor. They project company sales will
rise to $22 billion next year compared
with $12 billion this year. If these U.S.
acquisitions go through JBS would harvest more than 42,000 head of cattle per
day in 12 U.S. plants.
The primary shareholder of National
Beef, U.S. Premium Beef, approved the
purchase with 90% of its unit holders
approving the purchase. Prior to the purchase National Beef was the fourth largest beef packer in the U.S.
“JBS’s worldwide reach and its reputation for efficient operations will enable National Beef to participate in opportunities heretofore unavailable to
us,” John R. Miller, chief executive of
National Beef, said in a statement. National Beef has three slaughter plants
and two meat processing units.
What does all this have to do with the
Hereford industry? A couple of things.
If you remember, National Beef is one
of two licensed packers for the Certified Hereford Beef program and has the
most CHB volume. (Greater Omaha is
the other licensed CHB packer.) Only
time will tell if this will be a really good
thing for CHB or if JBS will decide to
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In the last issue of Hereford America you saw the “Mommas and the Papas.”
Now it is time to look at what they produced
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Lot 27 — Son of Harland • Dam’s sire: Bonanza
Long, full of muscle
Lot 34 — Son of Harland • Dam’s sire: Robin Hood
Excellent cow family
Lot 60 — Son of Harland • Dam’s sire: Sandman
Marked right and stout
BW WW YW M REA IMF
2.9 61 97 17 .13 .01
BW WW YW M REA IMF
2.0 48 76 15 .03 .01
BW WW YW M REA IMF
3.5 54 88 16 .31 .01
Lot 128 — Son of Harland • Dam’s sire: Mark Donald
One of the best
BW WW YW M REA IMF
1.9 46 74 16 .18 .13
Lot 140 — Son of Harland • Dam’s sire: Standard Lad
Birth Weight: 90 lbs.
Thickest selling
BW WW YW M REA IMF
3.5 56 96 21 .44 .13
Lot 144 — Son of Harland • Dam’s sire: Bonanza
Birth Weight: 94 lbs.
Great profile — thick
BW WW YW M REA IMF
2.4 55 90 18 .12 .03
Lot 7105 — Daughter of
IHM 821 Domino 1598
Trim and long.
BW WW YW M REA IMF
5.2 53 102 21 .24 -.04
Lot 713 — Daughter of Harland
Top end female.
BW WW YW M REA IMF
3.1 54 95 18 .31 .10
Leading edge genetics with customer acceptance.
View sale catalog and sale offering pictures on
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Lot 756 — Daughter of L1 Domino 03473
Great profile.
BW WW YW M REA IMF
5.5 45 78 11 .03 .04
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Thick and trim.
BW WW YW M REA IMF
2.6 57 93 18 .21 .15
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Other Sires Represented:
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L1 Domino 03473
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IHM 821 Domino 1598
UPS Odyssey 1ET
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HEREFORD AMERICA • April/May 2008
Effective selection for efficiency RFI offers an improved
alternative to traditional efficiency measures
Reprinted with permission of
Western Livestock Reporter
Columbus, Mont. - One of the most
basic economic principles is to increase
profits then increase efficiency for
optimum results.
This economic principle has been
studied and proven for centuries, and
if it is so simplistic, why hasn’t the
cattle industry mastered this concept?
Technically it has tried, at least to the
best of its ability. Many breeders have
tried to select for more efficient cattle
by studying the feed efficiency or feed
conversion ratios of their cattle when
it was available and others have
calculated a percentage of body weight
weaned. However, the impedance to
this is lack of information available to
cattle producers before breeding
decisions or bull purchases and no
reliable measuring method. To further
compound the problem is traditional
efficiency measures have “tag-along”
traits that are also impacted by selection
for traditional feed efficiency and thus
“total system efficiency” is not easily
achieved. But now an improved method
of calculating efficiency has been
developed that measures residual feed
intake (RFI) or as some refer to it net
feed intake.
RFI is a measure of true feed
utilization and at its most basic level
measures differences in metabolic
efficiencies. The concept of RFI is
measuring the amount of feed an animal
consumes above or below its
maintenance requirements as well as its
performance (growth) levels. For
example, the amount of feed that
should be required to maintain a 1200
pound bull in XYZ weather conditions
gaining 3 pounds a day is determined.
Then using the GrowSafe system the
amount of feed actually consumed by
that animal is calculated. If, in the case
of the bull, he consumed less feed than
should have been required for his
performance levels then he will have a
negative RFI which means he was
more efficient. Conversely, if a bull ate
more than should have been required,
he would have a positive RFI which
translates into a less efficient animal.
The average bull would have an RFI of
0.
There are only a limited number of
GrowSafe systems currently available
in the United States on a commercial
basis, with most of them being at
central test stations. The GrowSafe
system consists of individual feed tubs
next to one another at a bunk line. The
feed tubs have weigh bars underneath
them. As an animal comes to the bunk
and puts his head down to feed, his
EID (electronic identification device) is
read by a
sensor and
his feeding
data
is
recorded
(i.e. how
long he ate
and how
much he
consumed).
Feeding
data
is
transmitted
to the main
system
e v e r y
Bulls on test at the Midland Bull Test, Columbus, Mont., eat from GrowSafe’s
second.
bunk system, which measures each individual animal’s residual feed intake
The most (RFI).
significant advantage of the GrowSafe opportunity to enhance efficiency. The
system is that feeding behaviors are not key, however, is to identify cattle that
altered. The ability to precisely measure are more efficient. Traditionally, feed
the amount of feed an individual animal conversion ratios provided a measure
consumes is not new. Researchers have of efficiency. However, highly
relied on Callan gates for decades, but correlated to feed conversion ratios is
the difference with the Callan gate is increased growth rates, increased total
that each bull had his own individual feed intake and increased mature size.
feed bunk which could only be The increased mature size also means
“unlocked” by him. Therefore the an increase in maintenance
competitiveness and aggressiveness of requirements, and thus while cattle in
feeding was compromised, as was the the feedlot may convert efficiently, and
data. From the Callan gate, producers grow rapidly, the cows in the pasture
moved to measuring pen efficiency by are bigger and require more feed and
feeding sire groups together and thus “total system efficiency” is not
calculating a feed efficiency for the achieved.
entire pen. While this provided some
RFI, on the other hand, is a “clean”
useful data, the GrowSafe system is trait, meaning it can be selected for
marked improvement as now not only without any currently known genetic
can accurate individual feed efficiencies antagonisms. In other words, selection
be calculated but perhaps more for RFI allows one to select the cattle
importantly the RFI of the animal as that achieve desired performance levels
well.
with less feed intake than expected or
Approximately 70 percent of variable normally required.
cost for beef production is feed costs.
RFI allows selection for improved
As such, feed costs provide an
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now that there is a test; and 2.) if breeders continue NOT testing and eliminating carrier animals the problem will persist forever.
Of course there are many breeders
waiting for lists from the AHA of either
IE-free or IE-carrier animals so they
can make informed breeding decisions.
In checking the Angus Association’s
website I see they list both carriers and
tested non-carriers of certain genetic
defects and also are clear about stating
whether or not a defect is lethal or cosmetic. I have a feeling we might be
waiting for such lists for quite some
time. Hopefully I’m wrong! I think if a
breeder has gone to the trouble of testing, those results should be made known
whether on the pedigree or on a list.
The AHA board has some big decisions
to make and hopefully they don’t have
blinders on. The future of our breed really depends on it.
I will say this again and hopefully
people are paying attention, we have the
tools available now in the form of DNA
tests, let’s use them and make informed
decisions. How many of you have
checked out the Genetic Defects portion of the Angus site lately? Did you
notice they are listing bulls that carry
the dwarfism gene? Yes, dwarfism. How
many of you thought that problem was
erradicated about 40 years ago? Well it
wasn’t. Of course 40 years ago we
didn’t have DNA tests at all only the
tool of eliminating suspected lines. Evidently it wasn’t eliminated. Today we
have DNA tests for several genetic abnormalities and there will be more tests
in the years to come. As a producer of
seedstock genetics why would you not
use these tests? I know there are a number of Hereford breeders who are testing and eliminating carriers of both dilutor and epilepsy. I commend you for
being responsible breeders. For those
of you who are not taking these steps I
ask, why would you not? Do you want
to still have these gentic problems
around in another 40 or 50 years or indefinitely?
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B RIBSTONE JR 736
B MISCHIEF RELOAD 724
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Sire of Dam: Anchor D149 23J
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B RIBSTONE JR 703 by MC Ranger 9615
B RIBSTONE JR 704 by E Ribstone Standard Jr.
B RIBSTONE JR 716 by E Ribstone Standard Jr.
B RIBSTONE JR 755 by E Ribstone Standard Jr.
B ANCHOR HERMAN 748 by Anchor 40P
B RANGER RELOAD 717 by LaGrand Reload 80P
B MISCHIEF RELOAD 724 by LaGrand Reload 80P
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efficiency regardless of size. This,
coupled with the fact that postweaning
RFI is highly correlated with mature
RFI, “total system efficiency” is closer
to reality. Research has shown that both
feed intake and RFI during the
postweaning period and at maturity had
genetic correlations greater than 0.90.
This suggests selection decisions made
on the basis of RFI measured
postweaning would translate nearly
perfectly to genetic improvement in
efficiency in the cow herd. Therefore
selection for cattle that grow and
perform with less feed inputs is
achievable and just as importantly the
cow herd efficiency and maintenance
requirements are not compromised and
better yet, perhaps improved.
In order to create change via selection
a trait must be both measurable and
heritable. RFI is both. It is measurable
through the GrowSafe system and
research has shown a heritability
estimate of .40 for RFI which puts it
into the moderately heritable category,
meaning significant change can be
made depending on the selection
pressure. In order to facilitate selection
for RFI, an EPD (in some breeds) will
most likely be produced. The RFI EPD
will be one of the first “input” EPDs
available to cattlemen. Traditional EPDs
have always focused on “output” - i.e.
weight, milk production, birthweight
etc... but the RFI EPD will express how
much input a certain animal or its
offspring will be expected to require in
the form of feed, which will directly
impact the feed costs for that operation.
While there is no magic equation to
create the perfect animal, RFI offers
an opportunity to breed more efficient
cattle with the same level of
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Sale Roundup
Black Hills Stock Show Sale
Rapid City, SD
January 30th, 2008
Auctioneer – Lynn Weishaar
28 Bulls - $3,405
3 Heifers - $1,600
This year the Herefords walked away
with the honor of having the highest
sale average of all breeds. Interest was
high and bidding was active as the sale
got underway. Consignors brought
cattle that fit many producers’ needs
of siring cattle to help their bottom line.
Top seller was Lot 33, JB 469
Braxton Custom 538S, a 05/10/06
double-bred grandson of Anchor
Braxton. Consigned by JB Ranch of
Wayne, NE, 538S sold to DeShazer
Cattle Co. of Hearne, TX for $8,750.
Lot 27, SM Upload 26, is a 02/02/07
son of LaGrand Reload 80P and out of
a daughter of KT Top Secret 1030.
Upload was consigned by LaGrand
Herefords/Steven Muller and sold to
Darwin & Cindy Aman of Eureka, SD
for $6,500.
Lot 40, SM Overdrive, is a 02/03/06
son of DB Hard Drive and was the
Grand Champion Hereford Bull of the
BHSS. Consigned by Glenn & Steven
Muller of Davis, SD. SM Overdrive was
sold to Tony Kuntz of Dickinson, ND
for $5,200.
Lot 16, Ernst Semi Load 706, a
02/22/07 son of LaGrand Reload 80P
and out of a Pure Gold daughter, was
consigned by Kevin Ernst of Windsor,
CO. Sargent Ranch of Winner, SD
purchased 706 for $5,000.
Lot 26, ECR Dakota Lad 702, a
02/04/07 son of MH Dakota Lad 4202
and out of a HR Robin Hood 52F
granddaughter was consigned by
Fawcett’s Elm Creek Ranch of Ree
Heights, SD. 702 was purchased by
Jerry Knippling & Sons of Gann Valley,
SD for $5,000.
Lot 20, HPH 40P Tabor 111T, is a
02/16/07 son of NJW 9710 Boulder
40P and out of a Remitall Boomer 46B
daughter. He was Reserve Champion
Bull of the Hereford Show, consigned
by Hanson’s Polled Herefords of Conde,
SD, and sold to Darwin & Cindy Aman
of Eureka, SD for $5,000.
Top seller at Black Hills Stock Show was Lot
33, JB 469 Braxton Custom 538S, a 05/10/06
double-bred grandson of Anchor Braxton.
Consigned by JB Ranch of Wayne, NE, 538S
sold to DeShazer Cattle Co. of Hearne, TX
for $8,750. (Photo by Brittney Beastrom)
Top-selling heifer was BSCC 509
Classy Bonnie 707, a 03/10/07 daughter
of DR World Class 517 10H and out of
a Remitall Edson 63E daughter.
Consigned by Big Sioux Cattle Co. of
Egan, SD, 707 sold to Kraemer Farms
of Minnesota for $1,800.
Thanks to all the consignors and buyers
for their support of the Black Hills
Stock Show!
Jamison Herefords
Total Performance Bull Sale
February 22nd, 2008
Quinter, Kansas
Auctioneer ~ Lynn Weishaar
Sale Management ~ United
Livestock Brokers, Inc.
62-¼ Yrlg Bulls — $3,936
66 Two Yr. Old Bulls — $3,135
128-¼ Total Bulls — $3,525
Top Selling Bulls:
JA L1 Domino 7813T, a 02/07 son
of CL1 Domino 560R, sold to Dufur
Herefords of Caddo, OK for $10,500,
¾ semen interest.
JA L1 Domino 7504T, a 02/07 son
of CL1 Domino 4134P, sold to Gibson
Herefords of Wallace, NE for $9,750,
¾ semen interest.
JA L1 Domino 7640T, a 02/07 son
of HH Advance 286M, sold to Oleen
Bros. of Dwight, KS, for $8,000, ¾
semen interest.
JA L1 Domino 7613T, a 02/07 son
of HH Advance 286M, sold to Sam
Buford of Tulsa, OK for $7,500.
JA L1 Domino 7606T, a 01/07 son
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of HH Advance 286M, sold to Dufur
Herefords of Caddo, OK for $7,500.
JA L1 Domino 7610T, a 02/07 son
of HH Advance 286M, sold to Sam
Buford of Tulsa, OK for $6,250.
JA L1 Domino 720T, a 03/07 son of
CL1 Domino 0157K, sold to Webers
Meadow Herefords of Davis, OK for
$6,250.
JA L1 Domino 7603T, 01/07 son of
HH Advance 286M, sold to Sam Buford
of Tulsa, OK for $6,000.
JA L1 Domino 7619T, a 02/07 son
of HH Advance 286M, sold to LC
Livestock of Belle Fourche, SD for
$5,750.
JA L1 Domino 7631T, a 02/07 son
of HH Advance 286M, sold to Double
J Herefords of Phillipsburg, KS for
$5,000.
JA L1 Domino 619S, a 02/06 son of
HH Advance 396N, sold to Lee Roy
Rusher, Westcliffe, CO for $5,000.
JA L1 Domino 681S, a 03/06 son of
JA L1 Domino 426P, sold to Flying W
Ranch, Danville, AR for $5,000.
JA L1 Domino 6215S, a 03/06 son
of HH Advance 1018L, sold to F & F
Cattle Co., Mosquero, NM for $5,000.
JA L1 Domino 6631S, a 01/06 son
of HH Advance 286M, sold to F & F
Cattle Co., Mosquero, NM for $5,000.
Cattle sold into 10 states.
Congratulations on a great sale!
Jamison top seller was JA L1 Domino 7813T,
a 02/07 son of CL1 Domino 560R. He sold to
Dufur Herefords of Caddo, OK for $10,500,
¾ semen interest.
Kreth Herefords & Angus
Annual Production Sale
Mt Vernon, SD
February 23rd, 2008
23 Hereford Bulls - $2,623
39 Angus Bulls - $3,203
18 Heifer Calves - $1,139
Darwin Kreth and family held their
annual production sale on a cool sunny
Saturday with the stands filled.
Lot 20 was the high selling bull, K
Danny Boy 704, a 01/02/07 Angus sired
by Connealy Danny Boy and out of a
Vermilion Dateline 7078 daughter. Ron
Deinert of South Dakota purchased him
for $5,500.
Lot 14, K Danny Boy 723, a 01/13/07
Angus sired by Connealy Danny Boy
and out of a LA Double One Trend
1890 daughter, was sold to John Jones
for $5,250.
Kreth’s top selling Hereford bull was K Advancer 748 a 01/19/07 bull sired by CL 1
Domino 04011. He sold to Lammers Ranch
of Nebraska for $5,000.
Lot 49, K Advancer 748, a 01/19/07
Hereford sired by CL 1 Domino 04011
and out of a K L1 Domino 630
daughter, sold to Lammers Ranch of
Nebraska for $5,000.
Leo Kocer of South Dakota also
bought a Hereford bull for $5,000. The
bull, K Advancer 729, is a 01/14/07 son
of CL 1 Domino 482P and out of a HH
Advance 9063J daughter.
Top selling heifer was Lot 85, K Lady
Advancer 733, a 01/16/07 daughter of
CL 1 Domino 04011 and out of a HH
Advance 767G granddaughter, selling
to Casey Nuhsbaumer of Zell, South
Dakota, for $1,700.
Colyer Herefords & Angus
28th Annual Production Sale
Bruneau, ID
February 25th, 2008
57-¾ Yrlg. Hereford Bulls $3,414
13 Hereford Bull Calves $4,112
31 Hereford 2-Year Olds $2,603
14 Angus 2-Year Old Bulls $3,236
63 Angus Bull Calves - $2,658
33 Hereford Heifer Calves $2,042
12 Angus Heifer Calves - $1,354
Lot 37-C 5131 Domino 7084 by CL
1 Domino 5131E, sold to Storey
Herefords, Bozeman, MT for $6,250.
Lot 100-C Pure Gold 6218 ET, by C
Pure Gold 8170, sold to W-4 Ranch,
Morgan, TX for $5,500.
Top Hereford Heifers
Lot 126-C Ms Hidalgo 7108 by C
Hidalgo ET sold to Hidalgo Herefords,
Plano, TX for $3,700.
Lot 121-C Cowgirl 7076 by CJH
Cowboy 512, sold to Hidalgo
Herefords, Plano, TX for $3,100.
Lot 143-C Cowgirl 7197, by CJH
Cowboy 512, sold to Goosebay Ranch,
Chiloquin, OR for $3,100.
Lot 133-C 4011 MS Dom 7148, by
C 212 Domino 4011 ET, sold to Mica
Peak Herefords, Colfax, WA for
$2,750.
Top Angus Bull
Lot 158-CCC FORESIGHT 7079, by
Woodhill Foresight, sold to Drew
Blessinger, Eagle, ID for $5,500.
Top Angus Heifer
Lot 243-CCC Ms Coal Bank 7134,
by 21AR Coal Bank C014, sold to Thiel
Land & Livestock, Nyssa, OR for
$1,800.
Volume buyers were W.T. Waggoneer
Estate of Vernon, TX; Bruneau Cattle
Company of Bruneau, ID; and Jim
Matteri of Jordan Valley, OR.
4th Annual Mill Creek Ranch
“Brand that Works” Production
Sale
Manhattan, KS
February 26th, 2008
Auctioneer – Jim Birdwell
20 Fall ’06 Hereford Bulls —
$4,816
24 Fall ’06 Angus Bulls —
$3,369
15 Spring ’07 Hereford Bulls —
$3,400
19 Spring ’07 Angus Bulls —
$2,740
10 Fall ’06 Hereford Heifers —
$3,115
10 Fall ’06 Angus Heifers —
$1,755
9 Angus 3 in 1 Pairs — $2,361
7 Spring ’07 Hereford Heifers
— $1,857
5 Spring ’07 Angus Heifers —
$1,590
Top Hereford Bulls
Lot 15-C Cowboy 7039 ET, by CJH
Cowboy 512, sold to King Herefords,
Stanley, NM and Micheli Herefords of
Fort Bridger, WY for $14,000.
Lot 9-C Cowboy 7022 ET, by C
Cowboy 512, sold to Curry Herefords,
McAlester, OK for $10,000.
Lot 7-C Cowboy 7017 ET, by C
Cowboy 512, sold to Tramell &
Swanson, Breckenridge, TX for
$7,500.
Mill Creek Ranch, the Dave Breiner
family, and Pied Piper Farms, Bob
Moore & Family, had cattle up and
ready for an active sale, their fourth
annual production sale held at the
C Cowboy 7039 ET, by CJH Cowboy 512
topped the Colyer sale. He sold to King
Herefords, Stanley, NM and Micheli Herefords
of Fort Bridger, WY for $14,000.
Mill Creek’s top selling bull was MCR Harlands
Domino 6105 by CJH Harland 408. Chris
Scharbauer of Texas purchased him for
$8,000, ¾ semen interest and full possession.
Manhattan Commission Company.
Top selling Hereford bull was Lot 5,
MCR Harlands Domino 6105, a
10/24/06 son of CJH Harland 408 and
out of a Pure Gold daughter. Chris
Scharbauer of Texas purchased 6105
for $8,000, ¾ semen interest and full
possession.
Lot 58, MCR Harlands Domino 705,
a 01/02/07 son of CJH Harland 408 and
out of a Pure Gold daughter, also sold
to Chris Scharbauer of Texas for
$5,000.
Lot 59, MCR Harlands Domino 717,
a 01/07/07 son of CJH Harland 408 and
out of a Mark Domino 192 daughter,
sold to Chris Scharbauer, Texas for
$4,600.
Lot 1, MCR Harlands Domino 655,
a 08/21/06 son of CJH Harland 408 and
out of a Pure Gold daughter, sold to
Chris Scharbauer of Texas for $4,500.
Jon Loessin of Texas purchased Lot
13, MCR Harlands 6104, a 10/18/06
son of CJH Harland 408 and out of an
OXH Mark Domino 8020 daughter, for
$4,100.
Top selling heifer was Lot 104, MCR
Harlands Dominet 699, a 10/15/06
daughter of CJH Harland 408 and out
of an OXH Mark Domino 8020
daughter, sold to Loehr Hereford Farm
of Illinois for $4,500. She is in calf to
Yankee.
Congratulations to Breiners and
Moores for a successful sale!
Heritage Cattle Co.
February 27, 2008; Buhl, ID
77 Two Year Olds — $ 2,352
42 Angus — $2,204
35 Polled Herefords — $2,503
27 2007 Bulls — $1,550
4 Polled Herefords — $1,788
23 Angus — $1,509
30 Comm’l Females — $1,188
Auctioneer: Eddie Sims and
Trent Stewart
Sale managed by James Danekas
& Associates, Inc.
Reported by Byron Bayers,
Hereford America
A large crowd assembled at the
Copus Cove Arena near Buhl, ID to
witness the 1st Heritage Cattle
Company Angus and Polled Hereford
Bull Sale. Cattle sold at a rapid fire pace
to eight states. The cattle were
presented in top fashion and the
facilities were superb. The 30
commercial females topped on five pairs
selling at $1,300 each to Jeff Mathie,
Blackfoot, ID. Volume buyer honors
went to Bill Millencamp, Jerome, ID
and Todd Poling Land and Cattle,
Clayton, NM. The hospitality was at a
high level. John and Johanna Gomez,
Arlen Nelson and the entire Heritage
crew must be commended on a job
well done. Ninety-seven bulls sold with
104 bulls cataloged. An excellent day
for this up and coming program.
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Saturday, April 12, 2008 11 a.m. CT Canova, SD
Selling 250 Yearling Hereford and Angus Bulls Plus 150 Open Angus and Commercial Heifers
LaGrand Legend 16T
1/23/07
S: Feltons Legend 242 (CHB)
D: LaGrand Missy 219R ET (PW Victor Boomer P606)
CED
+3.8
BW
+1.2
WW
+43
YW
+67
Milk
+23
M&G
+44
CEM
-0.2
Fat
+0.035
REA
+0.48
IMF%
+0.20
AHA: 42840227
CED
-3.6
BW
+3.6
WW
+45
YW
+72
Milk
+13
M&G
+35
CEM
-1.6
Fat
+0.011
REA
+0.51
IMF%
+0.01
LaGrand Kodiak 117S ET
7/10/06 AHA: 42783419
S: S&S Kodiak 49J (CHB)
D: JJD Victoria Gold 2018 [C -S Pure Gold 98170 (SOD, CHB)]
LaGrand Top Secret 04T
1/12/07 AHA: 42840233
CED
+2.2
BW
+2.0
WW
+51
YW
+81
Milk
+31
M&G
+57
CEM
+2.0
Fat
+0.018
REA
+0.22
IMF%
+0.12
S: KT Top Secret 1030 (CHB)
D: STAR Bethany 94R [CS Boomer 29F (SOD, CHB)]
Selling 150 open Angus and
Commercial Heifers!
At LaGrand Angus North, the former Bon View Farm, Canova, South Dakota. Eleven miles north of Salem, South Dakota, on Hwy. 81.
Bulls will be GUARANTEED and performance tested with FREE delivery.
All bulls will be blood tested negative for BLV, BVD PI and Johne’s.
For more information or to
request a sale book, contact:
Sale managed by:
MCS Auction LLC
44130 279th St. Freeman, SD 57029
Lance Pankratz, Owner Office (605) 925-7611
Lance Home (605) 925-4283 Cell (605) 359-9221
E-mail: lagrand@gwtc.net Web site: www.lagrandranch.com
specialized marketing
Broadcast live
by RFD-TV
MATT SIMS
Phone: (405) 840-5461
6421 Avondale Dr., #202 Fax: (405) 348-7090
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E-mail: mattcsims@aol.net
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Sale Roundup
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Top Bulls:
Heritage 77G 122L Ray 6184 ET,
2-12-06 by Remital Online 122L;
$20,000 for 3/4 interest to GrandviewCMR, Como, MS; JCG Angus and
Herefords, Kiln, MS and Lou Waddell,
Chicago, IL.
Heritage 262 4719 Coal 6110, 2-21-06
by JDB 373 Midland 4719; $4,000 to
Dennie Hill, Blackfoot, ID.
Heritage 7166 Pro 6007, 1-01-06 by
W C C Precision E161 J239; $4,000 to
Grant Farms, Jerome, ID.
Star Dom Powell 219S, 2-21-06 by
Remitall Lagrd Pounder ET 204P;
$3,850 to Joe Roe, Twin Falls, ID.
Heritage 2343 Mid Abe 6109, 2-21-06
by BR Midland; $3,500 to Bill
Millencamp, Jerome, ID.
Heritage N044 N013 Case 6084,
2-29-06 by ER Justice N013; $3,400
to Bill Millencamp, Jerome, ID.
Heritage 4K82 3113 Pen 623S, 2-2806 by CSU Ram 3113; $3,400 to Bill
Millencamp, Jerome, ID.
Snowshoe Granite 47T was the top sellier in
the Young Guns sale going for $3600 to Winters Polled Herefords, Goodrich, ND.
Heifers:
Lot 36, Snowshoe 20N Victoria T43
ET, a March daughter of NPH 20X
Spartan 20N, sold for $2,000 to Shafer
Ranch, Sherman, TX
Lot 67, AC 8403 Miss Schock T722
ET, an April daughter of DR Achiever
8403, sold for $2,000 to Shafer Ranch,
Sherman, TX.
Lot 43, Snowshoe 30N Eloquent
T95, an April daughter of SB 122L Front
Line 30N ET, sold for $1,850 to Hayden
Davis, UT.
Young Guns Polled Hereford
Sale
Miles City, Montana
February 29th, 2008
Ravine Creek Ranch
March 1, 2008
Huron, SD
Auctioneer: Chisum Peterson
Snowshoe Cattle Co.
7 Two Year Old Bulls - $1,943
20.25 Yearling Bulls - $2,074
10 Reg. Heifers - $1,245
22 Bulls — $2102
18 Reg. Heifers — $1742
17 Commercial Heifers — $905
Schock Antelope Creek
1 Two Year Old Bull - $1,500
5 Yearling Bulls - $1,360
2 Reg. Heifers - $1,750
The Bischoff family presented a deep,
high quality offering of bulls and heifers. It was certainly a buyer’s market
this day on the bulls but the heifers were
a hot commodity.
Top Bulls:
Lot 25, RV Nobleman 7255, 4/18/07
by HA Nobleman N318 to John Laible,
Howard, SD, $3500.
Lot 1, RV Dr. Phil 7026, 3/18/07 by
HH Hunter 714P to Bottum Bros.,
Tulare, SD for $3250 for 3/4 interest.
Lot 20, RV Eureka 7749, 4/12/07 by
HH Eureka 557M to Stahly Ranch,
Cavour, SD, $3200.
Top Heifers:
Lot 40, RV Miss Landlord 7735,
2/19/07 by HH Landlord 318R to
Brooke Ponder, West Lafayette, IN,
$5,000.
Lot 53, RV Loaded Lady 7303,
3/30/07 by LaGrand Reload 80P ET to
Top Selling Bulls:
Lot 4, Snowshoe 20N Granite 47T
ET, a March, 2007 son of NPH 20X
Spartan 20N sold for $3,600 to Winters
Polled Herefords, Goodrich, ND
Lot 1, Snowshoe 71I Chinook 16T,
a February, 2007 son of DRF JWR
Prince Victor 71I. Three quarters
interest, full possession sold for $3,100
to Butch Hauglund, Ambrose, ND.
Lot 6, Snowshoe 20N Spartan 64T
ET, a full brother to Lot 4, sold for
$3,000 to Spear Two Herefords,
Gillette, WY.
Lot 27, Snowshoe 236G Governor
02S ET, a January two year old by
Remitall Governor 236G, sold for
$2,500 to Richard Glines, Lemmon,
SD.
Lot 25, Snowshoe THM 60D Duster
54T ET, a March son of RU Duster
60D, sold for $2,500 to Montana Ag
Experiment Station, Fort Keogh, Miles
City, MT.
Lot 2, Snowshoe 20N Teton 01T ET,
a January son of NPH 20X Spartan
20N, sold for $2,400 to Brett Wolter,
Fortuna, ND.
by Jill Hotchkiss, Hereford America
Samanthat Dyer, Crawford, NE for
$3900.
Lot 64, RV Eureka Lady 7323, 4/7/07
by HH Eureka 557M to Danny Fawcett,
Ree Heights, SD, $2900.
Harrell Hereford Ranch
29th Annual Production Sale
& Harrell-Mackenzie
Quarter Horse Sale
March 3, 2008
Baker City, OR
Auctioneer —
C.D. “Butch” Booker
Sale Management —
United Livestock Brokers
63 Yearling Bulls — $3717
24 Two-Year-Old Bulls — $2648
87 Total Bulls — $3422
19 Registered Heifers — $1249
25 Commercial Heifers — $925
20 Performance Horse Prospects,
2 & 3 Year Olds — $3535
3 Yearling Fillies — $1033
3 Broodmares — $2033
26 Total Quarter Horses — $3092
Reported by Byron Bayers,
Hereford America
Top Selling Bulls:
H5 408 Domino 7100 a 2/07 son of
CJH Harland 408 sold to Van Newkirk
Herefords Oshkosh, NE for $10,250
for 3/4/ intereest.
H5 9126 Domino 752 a 2/07 son of
CL 1 Domino 9126J sold to C&M
Herefords, Nara Visa, NM and Fuston
Herefords, Turkey, TX for $10,000 for
3/4 interest.
H5 255 Advance 7110 a 2/07 son of
HH Advance 255M sold to Ottley
Herefords, Quincy, WA for $9,000.
H5 408 Domino 776 a 2/07 son of
CJH Harland 408 sold to Baumgarten
Cattle Co., Belfield, ND for $6,250 for
1/2 interest.
H5 408 Domino 743 a 2/07 son of
CJH Harland 408 to Sonoma Mtn.
Herefords, Petaluma, CA for $5,750.
H5 408 Domino 7172 a 2/07 son of
CJH Harland 408 sold to Forsea &
Sons, Richland, OR and F.C. Colton
Ranches, North Powder, OR for
$5,250.
H5 408 Domino 7102 a 2/07 son of
CJH Harland 408 sold to Forsea & Sons
and Tom Hill, Baker City, OR for
$5,000.
H5 465 Domino 7162 a 2/07 son of
H5 9126 Domino 465 sold to Morrell
Ranch, Willows, CA for $5,000.
This sale presented a very good set
of Hereford cattle. Buyers were on the
seats from 12 states and filled the arena.
The Harrell family ranch is in a beautiful
setting in eastern Oregon and Bob
Harrell Jr has done a great job of putting
together an outstanding set of sale
cattle, plus a great group of working
horses that drew tremendous attention
and spirited bidding. This group of bulls
is one of the better groups I have seen
sell this spring!
— BB
S&S Polled Herefords
35th Annual Genetic Tradition
Production Sale
Guide Rock, NE
March 4th, 2008
37 Bulls — $3,638
35 Bred Heifers — $1,873
Allen & Ron Schutte and families of
S&S Polled Herefords had a beautiful
day, although a little cool, for their
annual production sale.
High-selling bull was Lot 1, S&S
Fairplay 11T, a 03/17/07 son of NJW
94J Boulder 51M with EPDs of BW
4.8, WW 51, YW 89, M&G 47, M 22
and CHB index of $24. He sold to Grant
Hanson, Hanson Polled Herefords of
Conde, South Dakota for $10,000, ½
semen interest and full possession.
Lot 39, S&S Embracer 69S, an
04/22/06 son of S&S Embracer 2N and
out of a S&S Kodiak 49J daughter, sold
to Joe Barnason of Superior, Nebraska
for $5,700.
Lot 7, S&S Stocker 8S, a 03/12/06
son of HPH Stocker 493C 137 and out
of a S&S Kodiak 8K daughter, sold to
Thorstenson Hereford Ranch of Selby,
South Dakota for $5,600.
Lot 17, S&S Power Point 24S, a
03/17/06 son of Frenzen Power Point
P21 and out of a Remitall Embracer 8E
daughter, sold to Sue Bredahl of
Skidmore, Missouri for $5,200.
Lot 25, S&S Stocker 46S, a 03/24/06
son of HPH Stocker 493 137 and out
of a VCR East Kodiak 506E daughter,
sold to Mitch Watson of Red Cloud,
Nebraska for $4,700.
Lot 3, S&S Chase 32T, a 03/25/07
son of NJW 94J Boulder 51M and out
of a VCR East Kodiak 506E daughter,
sold to Sheriff Polled Herefords of
Orient, Iowa for $4,600.
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Top Registered Heifer:
H5 MS 9126 Domet 7163, 2/07, by
CL1 Domino 9126J sold to Bobbie
Kerslake, Bend, OR for $3,200.
Commercial Heifers:
25 Head at $925 each to Wheeler
Farms, Prosser, WA.
RV Dr Phil 7026, second high seller at the Ravine Creek sale went to Bottum Bros., Tulare,
SD for $3250 for 3/4 interest.
S&S Sale topper was S&S Fairplay 11T by
NJW 94J Boulder 51M. He sold to Grant
Hanson, Hanson Polled Herefords, Conde, SD
for $10,000 for 1/2 semen interest and full possession.
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Lot 31, S&S Prospector 53S, a
03/31/06 son of RPH Prospector 26N
and out of a HPH Pride 493C 44G
daughter, sold to Miller Farms of
Phillipsburg, Kansas for $4,500.
High-selling bred heifer was Lot 53,
S&S Lady Lamp 494S, a 03/22/06
daughter of Allendale Robin Hood and
out of a Victor dam, sold to Grant
Hanson of Conde, SD for $3,100. She
was AI’d to DRF JWR Prince Victor
71I and pasture exposed to RPH
Prospector 26N.
Lot 44, S&S Roberta 464S, a
03/08/06 bred heifer sired by TH JWR
SOP 16G Tundra 63N and out of a S&S
Vaquero 41F daughter. She was AI’d
to S&S Outback 12R and later pasture
exposed to RF Genetic Plus 12N and
was purchased by Bill Muller of Miller,
Nebraska for $3,000.
Bill Muller also purchased Lot 63,
S&S Patty 526S, for $2,300. A
04/08/06 bred heifer sired by HPH
Stocker 493C 137 and out of a HPH
Pride 493C 44G daughter, she was AI’d
to DRF JWR Prince Victor 71I and later
pasture exposed to RPH Prospector
26N.
Lot 41, S&S Lady Lamp 463S, is a
03/08/06 daughter of Feltons Legend
242 and out of a HPH Stocker 493C
137 daughter. She was AI’d to S&S
Outback 12R and later pasture exposed
to RF Genetic Plus 12N. Myers
Herefords of Colome, South Dakota
purchased her for $2,300.
This was a good solid sale and a great
start to the March sales with cattle
selling into five states and Canada.
Windhorst Polled Herefords
& Guests
33rd Annual Production Sale
Syracuse, NE
March 7th, 2008
11 Bulls — $1,793
42 Females — $1,490
Duane & Karen Windhorst and family
along with their guests Niedermeyer
Farms of Cook, NE, and Kenneth &
Larry Larsen of Decatur, NE, had the
sale cattle in good shape and on display
for prospective buyers.
Top selling bull was Lot 15, BBH KLB
664N Scooter 671S, a 09/11/06 son of
KJ 2054 Stout 664 and out of a
granddaughter of Bar JZ Tradition 434V.
Consigned by Niedermeyer Farms,
671S sold to MM Herefords, Jean
Munsinger, of Coin, IA for $4,000.
Lot 12, WPH Lehigh 650S, consigned
by Windhorst Polled Herefords, was
sold to Black Tiger Ranch of Warwick,
ND for $2500. 650S is a 03/27/06 son
of KJ 045 Leader 606N and out of a
GK Turning Point 805B daughter.
Lot 1, WPH SH Leader 609S, is a
02/21/06 son of KJ 045 Leader 606N
and out of a SH Mr Pride 9802
daughter. Consigned by Windhorst
Polled Herefords, 609S sold to Dennis
Schmitz of Parnell, MO for $2,300.
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Lot 17, NF 417L Victor 32T, a 02/05/07
son of KJ 520E Victor 417L and out of
a Walpole Cheque 2R daughter, was
consigned by Niedermeyer Farms and
sold to Bill Cropp of Cook, NE for
$2,200.
Top selling female was Lot 33, WPH
Lauren 624S, a 03/04/06 daughter of
KJ 045 Leader 606N and out of a VCR
Surge 714G daughter with a BBH 664N
Rounder 507R calf by side. Windhorst
Polled Herefords consigned this 1st calf
heifer and she was purchased by
Clarence Tegtmeier & Sons of
Burchard, NE for $2,300.
Lot 20, NF Suzi 417L 610S, a 01/26/06
daughter of KJ 520E Victor 417L and
out of a S&S Kodiak 39M daughter,
was consigned by Niedermeyer Farms
and purchased by Steve Rathbone of
Johnson, NE for $2,000.
Lot 26, WPH Miss Libra 614S, a
02/24/06 daughter of KJ 045 Leader
606N and out of a WPH Prancer 813
daughter, was consigned by Windhorst
Polled Herefords and sold to Jack of
Diamonds, Richard Glines, of
Lemmon, SD for $2,000.
Lot 22, NF Stacy P88 630S, was
consigned by Niedermeyer Farms and
sold to Roger Rogge of Tecumseh, NE
for $2,000. 630S is a 02/08/06 daughter
of SHF Platinum M33 P88 and out of a
Mohican Jake 176J daughter.
Congratulations on a good sale!
Tegtmeier’s 48th Annual Sale
Burchard, NE
March 8th, 2008
32 Bulls — $2,653
37 Females — $2,059
Russ & Roger Tegtmeier and crew
worked hard to get their cattle and
facilities ready for their annual
production sale. Copious quantities of
wood chips were scattered to tidy up
the place after a long winter and lots of
snow and mud. And they succeeded,
having the barn and cattle ready, looking
great and having a successful sale with
standing room only.
Lot 7, CT Improver 20T, a 02/21/07
son of GHC Premier 155K and out of a
GHC Lawman 108H daughter, sold to
Charles Purdy of Luck, Wisconsin for
$5,100.
Lot 2, CT Trigger 81T, a 03/21/07
son of NJW FHF 9710 Tank 45P and
out of a Dunwalke DP Alpha 324C
daughter, sold to Dean Farley of SD
and Phil Barnett of New Zealand for
$5,000.
Lot 6, CT Heartland 68T, an 04/02/07
son of GHC Premier 152M and out of
a GHC Keyman 36F daughter, sold to
Kucera of Litchfield, NE for $4,300.
Yearling Heifers:
Lot 44, CT Miss Peace 185T, a
07/02/07 daughter of CT GHC
Peacemaker 123R and out of a Star SS
Hudson H 106J daughter, sold to Bafford
Farms of Blue Mound, IL for $3,500.
Lot 38, CT Miss Hollywood 98T, a
03/11/07 daughter of SB Star
Hollywood 1203N and
out of a WTK 119A
Fortune 73C daughter,
sold Yoesel Farms of
Falls City, NE for $3,150.
Lot 42, CT Miss Lassie
106T, an 04/13/07
daughter of HF 4L
Beyond 36N and out of a
GHC Keyman 36F, sold
to Phil Barnett of New
Zealand for $3,000.
Congratulations Russ
and Roger on a good sale!
Bobby Edgar, Blanket, TX, David Howard, Sabinal, TX and
Louie Carroll, Pearsall, TX were actively involved at the Ft.
Keogh sale in Miles City, MT.
Fort Keogh Livestock and
Range Research Laboratory
March 8, 2008
Miles City, MT
Shaw Cattle Co.
Annual Production Sale
Caldwell, ID
March 17, 2008
6 Herd Sires — $3383
30 Coming 2-Yr-Olds — $2363
25 Cows — $1220
10 Yearling Heifers — $1740
35 Fall Hereford Bulls — $2,501
12 Yrlg Hereford Bulls —
$2,054
10 Yrlg Hereford Heifers —
$1,880
Reported by Jill Hotchkiss,
Hereford America
Quality ran deep at this year’s Miles
City offering and it was one of the best
crowds we’ve seen there in a long time.
Commercial cattlemen as well as a number of registered breeders filled the
seats. The previous night’s seminar was
well attended as well with good, open
discussion.
High selling bulls: L1 Domino
05426, Ken Carlson, Newell, SD,
$6250.
L1 Domino 06435, Laverne Schroer,
Nelson, NE, $6,000.
L1 Domino 06519, Jim Carr
Springview, NE, $5,000.
High selling females: L1 Dominette
02353, Mike Lorig, East Dubuque, IL,
$3250.
L1 Dominette 07427, Holden
Herefords, Valier, MT, $2800.
L1 Dominette 07411 $2000 to Bobbie
Edgar, Blanket TX .
Volume buyers Genoa Livestock,
Glenbrook, NV (12); Messner
Herefords, Laverne, OK (5); Laverne
Schroer, Nelson NE (5).
Tom Mott, herdsman at Ft. Keogh Livestock
and Range Research Lab, talks to a potential
buyer before the sale.
33 Fall Angus Bulls — $3,035
34 Yrlg Angus Bulls — $1,953
34 Yrlg Red Angus Bulls —
$2,128
10 Yrlg Angus Heifers — $1,330
Top selling bull was Lot 102, /S
255M Advance 6420, a 09/04/06 son
of HH Advance 255M and out of a /S
Peerless Mark 6648 daughter. Sonoma
Mtn Herefords of California purchased
him for $5,500.
Lot 104, /S 745 Mr Mom 6452, a
09/16/06 son of /S Mister Mom 7745
and out of a CL 1 Domino 7141G
daughter, sold to Ken Darby for
$3,900.
Lot 111, /S 484 Domino 6462, a
09/18/06 son of CL 1 Domino 484 and
out of a CL 1 Domino 7141G daughter,
sold to Flying Y Ranch of South Dakota
for $3,900.
Lot 118, /S 484 Domino 6448, a
09/14/06 son of CL 1 Domino 484 and
out of a CL 1 Domino 552 daughter,
sold to Flying Y Ranch of South Dakota
for $3,800.
Lot 128, /S 484 Domino 6478, a
09/24/06 son of CL 1 Domino 484 and
out of a /S Mister Mom 7745 daughter,
sold to San Isabel Ranch for $3,750.
Lot 206 (Angus), Shaw In Focus
6421, a 09/04/06 son of Mytty in Focus
and out of a QAS Traveler 23-4
daughter, sold to Dale & Brian Silflow
for $3,700.
Top selling heifer was Lot 401, /S
Lady Domino 702T, a 01/11/07
daughter of CL 1 Domino 484 and out
of a HH Advance 373C daughter, sold
to Young Cattle Co. for $3,000.
Lot 404, /S Lady Domino 726T, a
01/18/07 daughter of CL 1 Domino 484
and out of a /S Mister Mom 7745
daughter, sold to Sonoma Mtn
Herefords for $2,000.
Lot 408, /S Lady Diamond 7081T, a
03/01/07 daughter of JNHR 414
Diamond 164D and out of a /S Peerles
Mark 6648 daughter, sold to Jamie
Mickelson for $2,000.
HEREFORD AMERICA • April/May 2008
2008 Ohio Beef Expo
Hereford Sale
65th Annual Buckeye Hereford
Spring & Sale
March 15th, 2008
Auctioneer: Dale Stith
Sale Manager: Lisa Finnegan
5 Bulls — $2,010
35 Females — $1,631
12 Embryos — $613
44 Lots — $1,693
High Sellers:
Lot 15, Berg Class Act 4T, January
2007 bull sired by DR World Class 517
10H. Sold by Berg Polled Herefords,
Dalton, OH to John Regula, Beach City,
OH, $4,000.
Lot 13, TPH Victoria 211M T505,
September 2007 heifer by SC 218
Victor 211M. Sold by Keayla Harr,
Jeromesville, OH to Helsinger Polled
Herefords, Germantown, OH, $3,500.
Lot 21, SR Miss Reload 26T, March
2007 heifer by AA PRF Wideload. Sold
by Spring Rock Herefords, North
Canton, OH to Jerry Funkhouser,
Virginia, $2,950.
Lot 38, SSF 262D Karen 703,
August 2007 heifer by CMF 103T
Victor 262D. Sold by Son Shine Farm,
North Lawrence, OH to Denelle
Billman, Newcomerstown, OH, $2,600.
Lot 48, 3 Embryos CAF Meredith 5P
x DJR Red Hot 913. Sold by Filges
Show Cattle, Butler, PA to Ken &
Kathryn Reed, New Kensington, PA,
$2,550.
Lot 32, HPH 02M Abbey, February
2006 bred heifer by RHS Renegade
Russ 49H 02M. Sold by Helsinger Polled
Herefords, Germantown, OH to Caitlin
Decker, Vincent, OH, $2,500.
Lot 3, ECA 8N Sabina 242 2S,
January 2006 heifer by Legend 242
with bull calf by THM Durango. Sold
by Oakridge Polled Herefords, Valley
City, OH to Josh Doody, New Market,
MD, $2,300.
Lot 55, DAD Meredith 14T, July 07
heifer by RWD TFF Merit 43R. Sold
by Desiree Davee, Mooresville, IN to
Kari Franklin, Scottstown, IN, $2,300.
Lot 11, FFF 47L Lucky Rose 33S,
May 2006 bred heifer by Mohican
Lucky 47L. Sold by Finnegan Family
Farm, Berlin Heights, OH to Glenview
Farms, Shinglehouse, PA, $2,225.
Lot 34, PHF Pistol Pete P1 110S,
February 2006 bull by JLCS KH Pistol
9018 P1. Sold by Pine Hill Farm,
Washington Court House, OH to Virgil
McKee, Columbus, OH, $2,100.
Lot 18, 3 Embryos, SSF Keysha 954
x Remitall Online 122L. Sold by
Sunnyside Stock Farm, Edgerton, OH
to Josh Doody, New Market, MD,
$2,100.
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good summer!
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Frenzen Angus and Polled
Hereford Production Sale
Guest: Blueberry Hill Farms
March 25, 2008
Fullerton, NE
28 Polled Hereford Bulls — $2,538
66 Fall & Spring Angus Bulls — $1,947
25 Open Angus Heifers — $1,002
15 Open Hereford Heifers — $1,006
High Sellers:
Lot 91, Frenzen Two Eyed Devo
T20, 2/23/07 by Bar JZ Devo 311K to
Lumir Cech, Clarkson, NE, $4,100.
Lot 107, BBH 20L Tanner 737T,
3/12/07 by BKR Triple Plus 73C 20L
to S.T. Bar Ranch, Niobrara, NE,
$3,900.
Lot 111, BBH KLB 260M Todd 744T,
3/18/07 by LJR 179A Marias 260M to
S.T. Bar Ranch, Niobrara, NE, $3,900.
Lot 108, BBH KLB 711 Taylor 738T,
3/14/07 by DRF JWR Prince Victor 71I
to Dan Wieseman, Osceola, NE,
$3,800.
Lot 101, BBH KLB 20L Truman
703T, 2/25/07 by BKR Triple Plus 73C
20L toAllan Woodside, Phillipsburg, KS,
$3,800.
Lot 109, BBH 36N Tyson 740T,
3/16/07 by HF 4L Beyond 36N to Don
R. Crays, Tobias, NE, $3,700.
Registered
Hereford Cows
Available for Sale
Contact: Art Handel
605/391-8233
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HEREFORD AMERICA • April/May 2008
Epilepsy (IE) Explained By Lead Researcher
by Jonathan E. Beever, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics
Department of Animal Sciences
University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign
Editor’s Note: Hereford America asked Dr.
Beever to write an article explaining the
epilepsy issue (IE) in Hereford cattle. He is
the lead researcher on this subject and is the
researcher who identified the IE gene. Thank
you to Dr. Beever to take the time out of his
busy schedule to answer a few questions.
Q: What is Idiopathic Epilepsy (IE)
in Hereford cattle?
IE is a recessive genetic defect with
a variable age of onset (occurrence of
the first seizure) ranging from birth to
several months of age. Occurrence and
persistence of seizures may be
influenced by environmental stressors
such as temperature extremes (e.g.,
extreme cold during calving) or
increased physical activity (e.g.,
processing at vaccination or weaning).
Upon initial onset of seizures calves
may appear to walk with a stiffened,
irregular gait. During seizure episodes
individuals will typically lie on their
side with all limbs extended in a rigid
state. Seizure episodes may last from
several minutes to more than an hour.
Affected calves typically have a high
mortality rate. To date, no anatomic
abnormalities or histologic lesions have
been detected following necropsy of
affected calves.
Q: What research has been
conducted to find a DNA test for IE?
Over the past four years the
University of Illinois and the American
Hereford Association have been
involved in a joint research project
aimed at determining the genetic cause
of IE. This has involved working
directly with a number of breeders who
have been willing to provide DNA
samples on animals that had produced
calves affected with IE or directly from
IE affected calves. As of April 2007,
enough data had been obtained to
clearly demonstrate that the condition
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the causative mutation was completed.
By August of 2007, the gene causing
IE had been mapped to a single cattle
chromosome and the DNA sequencing
of individual genes was initiated. In
early January 2008, a mutation was
identified that was thought to cause IE.
A diagnostic assay has been developed
based in this mutation and is now being
used to screen animals submitted
directly by individual Hereford
breeders.
Q: How accurate is the DNA test
for IE?
There are two distinct components that
contribute to the accuracy of any DNA
test. The first component involves the
scientific data that underlie the test.
The second component is the design
and execution of the diagnostic assay
performed as part of the testing
procedure. From a scientific standpoint,
the IE test is based on the presence of a
specific change or mutation in the DNA
sequence of an animal. This change
occurs within a gene (i.e., a sequence
in the DNA that encodes a protein) that
is expressed in the nervous system of
the animal. The mutation results in the
production of a protein that is unable
to carry out its normal function. An
example of how this happens can be
demonstrated by comparing this protein
to a simple sentence composed of three
letter words, THE CAT SAW THE DOG.
If a single letter (M) is inserted within
these words, as in the case of the IE
mutation, then the new sentence (i.e.,
containing the insertion) would be THE
CMA TSA WTH EDO G. Clearly, the
sentence, like the protein, does not have
the same meaning after the change has
occurred.
After identifying the specific
mutation, several experiments were
conducted to validate the relationship
between the mutation and IE. Two types
of validation experiments were
performed which included the blind
testing of animals with previously
known IE status and analyzing the
frequency of the mutation among
unaffected cattle within the Hereford
and other beef breeds. In all validations,
the test performed as expected. All
blind samples were correctly classified
by the test in accordance with their
known IE status. Additionally, no
unaffected animal tested as
homozygous for the mutation and the
mutation was only found in lines of
cattle that had produced affected IE
calves. The mutation was also not
found in any of the other breeds of
cattle examined. Therefore, we believe
that the scientific basis of the test is
accurate; in other words, testing for this
specific mutation will lead to correct
classification of any animal.
In regard to the diagnostic assay that
is used for determining an animal’s IE
status, the test has undergone several
optimizations that also lead us to
HEREFORD AMERICA • April/May 2008
believe that the test is highly
reproducible and accurate. However, as
with any task requiring human
intervention, errors can occur. Of
course, we do our best to limit any
errors that occur by automating
portions of the test and appropriately
incorporating of testing controls.
Although we cannot guarantee
perfection, we estimate the assay may
have an error rate of around 1 in 10,000.
Related to the accuracy of the test,
breeders should be reminded that part
of the testing process depends on
accurate collection and documentation
of the samples being submitted for
testing.
Q: How do I interpret the results of
the IE test?
In genetics terminology, different
variants (DNA sequences) of the same
gene are referred to as alleles. Each
individual has two alleles for every
gene, one inherited from their father
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and one inherited from their mother.
These two alleles can be the same,
termed homozygous, or they can be
different, termed heterozygous. The
DNA test detects both the normal and
mutant alleles of the IE gene. Thus,
according to the basic principles of
genetics, there are three possible
outcomes of the test. An individual can
be homozygous for the normal DNA
sequence (i.e., both chromosomes have
the normal allele), heterozygous for one
normal allele and one mutant allele, or
homozygous for the mutant allele.
Animals that are homozygous for the
normal allele can never produce a calf
affected with IE or pass on the IE
mutant allele to any of their offspring.
As such we refer to these animals as
IE-Free (IEF). Animals that are
heterozygous are referred to as IECarrier (IEC) because, although they
are normal in appearance, they have
one IE mutant allele and can pass it on
to their offspring. An animal that has
IE symptoms is homozygous for the
mutant allele and is referred to as IEAffected (IEA).
Q: Where did IE come from?
The mutation causing IE is most
likely the result of a spontaneous error
during the normal cellular process of
DNA replication (i.e., the synthesis of
new DNA prior to cell division). If this
error occurs in an animal’s reproductive
cells, such as sperm and eggs, the DNA
mutation becomes heritable (meaning
that can be passed on to the next
generation of offspring). This is a
normal occurrence that happens with a
predictable frequency. In fact, this is
one of the mechanisms that contribute
to genetic diversity within populations.
The vast majority of these mutational
events have no consequence. However,
on rare occasions these mutations occur
in important regions of the DNA
sequence. In these instances some of
the changes can result in desirable
changes in the “fitness” of an individual
(e.g., enhanced performance or
production). Alternatively, some
mutations can have deleterious effects,
as in the case of IE. These mutations
often go undetected and naturally
disappear from the breeding
population. If the mutation has a
positive effect or occurs in an
individual that is used heavily for
breeding, the mutation will eventually
increase in frequency. As the frequency
increases there is an increased chance
of producing individuals that are
homozygous for the mutation, at which
point deleterious mutations are
recognized as genetic defects. It should
be noted that although line-breeding
results in a more rapid increase in
homozygosity, line-breeding or
inbreeding is NOT the cause of genetic
mutation.
(continued on page 22)
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HEREFORD AMERICA • April/May 2008
Nebraska Hereford News
Doug Bolte, President N.H.A. • Suzanne Glendy, Secretary, 308-836-2723, Cell Phone: 308-280-2021,
Email:vcherefords@gpcom.net
Hereford America has been chosen by the Nebraska Hereford breeders as its official publication. Welcome Nebraska!
N.H.A. Annual Meeting/Awards
Holiday Inn
Kearney, NE • Feb. 19, 2008
New NHA Board Members
Doug Bolte, President
John Ridder Vice President
Kay Morgan, Treasurer
Suzanne Glendy, Secretary
Directors:
Dave Goertz
Ryan Sellman
Joe Brockman
Gaylen Frenzen
Scott McGee
Kyle Rutt
Ed Huwaldt
Queens
Angela Huwaldt: Pollette Queen
Savannah Gibson: Hereford Queen
Nebraska Hereford Women
Carla Person, Secretary of
Nebraska Hereford Women talked
about the reorganization in
November.
New Officers:
Serena Boner, President
Suz Glendy, Vice President
Carla Person, Secretary
Kay Morgan, Treasurer
Jessye Goertz, National Hereford
Women Board member
Nebraska Pollette Board
Jill McMahon, President
402-771-2388
Brandi Bolte, Vice-President
Maureen Moller, Secretary.-Tres.
Missy and Judy McGee, Directors
Linda Bolte, Director
Rita Going, Director
Lindsay Going, Director
Marsha Huwaldt, Director
Awards:
HHH Award: Sherry Jones
Young Promoter of the Year: Ryan
Sellman:
Heritage Award: Ridder Ranch
Brett West: Hereford Herdsman
Hereford Scholarship: Ashley Laible
Polled Hereford Scholarship: Kelsi
Musil
Polled Hereford Premier Exhibitor:
McGee Family
NHA membership fees are
due ASAP.
$75 for voting member.
$50 for associate member.
The NHA tour will be in District 2 this year.
For more information or if you are interested in helping with the tour
contact Doug Bolte, NHA president at
402/379-1432 (home) or 402/640-4048 (cell).
New Nebraska Horned Hereford Queen is
Savannah Gibson.
Sherry Jones (left) receiving the HHH Award
from Kay Morgan.
NCC Sale Reports
Nebraska Cattlemen’s Classic
Kearney, NE
Horned Hereford Sale Report
February 20, 2008
Nebraska Cattlemen’s Classic
Kearney, NE
Polled Hereford Report
February 20, 2008
Sale Manager: Ronette Bush
Auctioneer:
Jim Birdwell, Fletcher, OK
Judge:
Troy Thomas, Harrold, SD
Sale Manager: Ronette Bush
Auctioneer:
Jim Birdwell, Fletcher, OK
Judge:
Troy Thomas, Harrold, SD
32 Lots — $2,238
28 Bulls — $2,313
4 Heifers — $1,713
32 Lots — $2,476
25 Bulls — $2,286
7 Heifers — $3,157
The Champion Hereford Bull was Lot
8, consigned by Valley Creek Ranch of
Fairbury, NE and later sold to Cristina
Kranz of Eddyville, NE for $2,750.
Reserve Champion Hereford Bull was
Lot 3, consigned by JC Cattle Company
of Junction City, NE and sold to Terry
Magarin of Holstein, NE for $3,600.
The Champion Hereford Heifer was
Lot 36, consigned by Young Cattle Company of Minonk, IL and sold to Ashley
Miller of Atlanta, IL for $2,050.
The Reserve Champion Hereford
Heifer was Lot 35, consigned by the
Lambert Family of Chadron, NE and
sold to Eldon Snoke of Humboldt, NE
for $1,300.
High selling Hereford was Lot 21,
consigned by Stangle Herefords of
Marsland, NE and sold to Don Klein of
Roseland, NE for $3,750.
The Champion Polled Hereford Bull
was Lot 3, consigned by Jensen Bros
of Courtland, KS and sold to Gary
Dorrell of Highland, KS for $2,800.
The Reserve Champion Polled Hereford Bull was a substitute for Lot 20,
also consigned by Jensen Bros and sold
to Duane Windhorst of Syracuse, NE
for $2,700.
The Champion Polled Hereford Heifer
was Lot 33, consigned by Blueberry Hill
Farms of Norfolk, NE and sold to Mike
Sorensen and Shamrock Cattle Co of
Greenfield, IA for $6,500, making her
the high-selling animal for the Polled
Hereford Breed.
The Reserve Champion Polled Hereford Heifer was Lot 32, consigned by
S&S Polled Herefords of Guide Rock,
NE and sold to David Spencer of Gibbon, NE for $2,750.
Entries for the NJHA Show are due May 15, 2008.
Info will be mailed out to exhibitors soon.
Outgoing Nebraska Polled Hereford Queen
Kelsi Musil (right) and incoming Polled Queen
Angela Huwaldt at the NCC in Kearney.
Austin Person, President of the Nebraska
Junior Hereford Association talked to the
membership at the annual meeting.
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Ryan Sellman:
NHA Young Promoter of the Year
It is with pride that the Nebraska Hereford Association recognizes Ryan Sellman
as our Young Promoter of the Year. Ryan
has already made a name for himself as
one of the best fitters in the country and
also is a premier cattle judge.
Ryan’s Hereford roots run deep as he is
the third generation of Sellmans to be in
the purebred Hereford business. Even
though he is receiving the Young Promoter Award, he has been involved in
showing Herefords longer than many
people here today. As a very young toddler, Ryan had the entire show barn crew
searching for him when he came up missing in Denver one year. Never fear,
though. At feeding time he was found
sound asleep in the feed mixing box.
Ryan came up through the ranks of the
Nebraska Junior Hereford Association. He
exhibited very successfully at every Expo
and Junior National from the time he was
7 until he became too old to show at junior shows. He brought home more than
his share of banners and trophies, but
probably the most meaningful to Ryan was
being named National Junior Herdsman
of the Year and winning the National
Showmanship Contest. Ryan was also a
leader as he was president of the Nebraska Juniors when they hosted Expo
1999. As an adult, Ryan now serves on
the Board of Directors of the Nebraska
Hereford Association.
When Ryan graduated from high
school, he received a full ride scholarship
to Clarenden College in Texas. College life
did not suit Ryan, though, so he went to
Ryan Sellman (right) was the recipient of the
Young Promoter of the Year award. Presenting
the award is Kyle Rutt.
work for various livestock outfits, including Upstream Ranch. A few years ago the
opportunity arose for Ryan to return to
the family ranch near Crawford so he
moved back home and began seriously
developing his purebred Hereford herd.
He also brought his bride, Sandi, to the
ranch to make their home.
Since being home Ryan has been successful in producing some standout cattle,
notably SR Hard Rock, calf champion in
Denver in 2006 and reserve champion bull
in Denver in 2007.
With Ryan’s keen eye for cattle, expert
fitting skills and his dedication to the Hereford breed, the Nebraska Hereford Association is proud to name him as our 2007
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Ridder Hereford Ranch had its
beginnings with the 1907 purchase of
land six miles west of Callaway by
Theodore and Elizabeth Ridder.
Theodore started his Hereford herd
when he bought Rector 334160, a May
12, 1908 son of Astor 128637 and Mabel
Bellringer 117599 from Benger & Decker.
One of his earliest purebred cow
purchases was Old Susannah for $5,000
from Mousels of Cambridge, Nebraska.
Theodore and Elizabeth’s youngest
of 11 children, Paul, decided to ranch
instead of attending Engineering college
when his father announced his
retirement in 1934. Paul and Marianne
were married in 1945 and after WWII
ended, they returned home from Corpus
Christi, Texas where Paul had served as
an aviator instructor for the U. S. Navy.
In 1972 Paul died in a ranch accident
and John took over management of the
ranch, having graduated the year before
from Colorado State University with a
BS in Animal Science.
Within a couple years John added
Line 1 genetics with the purchase of
bulls and heifers from Cooper Herefords
in Montana, took his first carload of
bulls to the National Western Stock
Show, and hosted his first sale on the
ranch in a new sale barn and cattle
display area he had built. He got
involved in the national and state
cattlemen’s organizations, the national
and state Hereford organizations, and
encouraged his brother to take part in
4-H.
In January of 1982 Metric was named
the Grand Champion Hereford Bull at
the National Western Stock Show.
Metric, or L1 Domino G081, was out of
a Holden cow John had bought for his
brother as a college graduation present
and out of a Venhuizen bull he’d
purchased for the ranch. Steckel’s
Diamond Ring Ranch had bought an
interest in Metric in the 1981 Showcase
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to Mary and John Ridder, Ridder Ranch,
Callaway, NE. Ridder Ranch celebrated their
100th ranch anniversary last summer. (See
feature story on Ridders in the September
2007 issue of Hereford America.)
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Nebraska News continued...
Nebraska Cattlemen’s Classic Champions
February 20, 2008 • Kearney, NE
Grand Champion Horned Hereford Bull —
Consigned by Valley Creek Ranch of Fairbury,
NE and later sold to Cristina Kranz of Eddyville,
NE for $2,750.
Reserve Champion Horned Hereford Bull —
Consigned by JC Cattle Company of
Junction City, NE and sold to Terry Magarin
of Holstein, NE for $3,600.
Grand Champion Horned Hereford Heifer —
Consigned by Young Cattle Company of
Minonk, IL and sold to Ashley Miller of Atlanta,
IL for $2,050.
Grand Champion Polled Hereford Bull —
Consigned by Jensen Bros of Courtland, KS
and sold to Gary Dorrell of Highland, KS for
$2,800.
Grand Champion Polled Hereford Heifer —
Consigned by Blueberry Hill Farms of Norfolk,
NE and sold to Mike Sorensen of Greenfield,
IA for $6,500.
Reserve Champion Horned Hereford Heifer —
Consigned by the Lambert Family of
Chadron, NE and sold to Eldon Snoke of
Humboldt, NE for $1,300.
Reserve Polled Hereford Bull —
Consigned by Jensen Bros and sold to Duane
Windhorst of Syracuse, NE for $2,700.
Reserve Champion Polled Hereford Heifer —
Consigned by S&S Polled Herefords of Guide
Rock, NE and sold to David Spencer of Gibbon, NE for $2,750.
Thank Yous...
Dear Suz and the NHA Board,
John and I want to thank you for the
great honor we were given last night at
the annual meeting. The Heritage Award
is a pretty special moment for us.
Thanks to our family, ancestors and
fellow breeders who have helped us so
much along the way. We are able to
enjoy this.
Thank you!
Mary and John Ridder and
Family
Callaway, NE
Final Farewell
Dear Nebraska Hereford Women,
Such an exciting surprise in receiving the Triple H Award. It was totally
unexpected. Thank you so much for
honoring me with the award at the banquet.
The clock is unique and goes perfectly in our family room.
Sincerely,
Sherry Jones
Vet’s Corner
written by
Broken Bow Animal Hospital
Broken Bow, NE
Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) is a
program to ensure that cattle are
maintained in a manner which will
result in a safe and wholesome product for the consumer. The BQA program, which had its beginnings in the
early 1980s, has been modified and
adapted to meet the needs of a wide
range of production and marketing circumstances. Specifically, BQA is designed by producers to enhance carcass quality by preventing residues,
pathogen contamination and carcass
defects such as injection blemishes.
Since its inception, BQA is a voluntary, producer driven program.
Even with the recent negative developments in the packing industry
which negatively affect our industry,
we need to keep the program voluntary but we need to find ways of getting better industry buy-in. Humane
handling of cattle is a passionate issue both to all producers but especially to our consumers. In order to
maintain their confidence in our product, it is time the BQA program further develops a program for the humane handling and care of cattle.
As we speak, a group of NCBA
members are working on a BQA selfassessment program. This program
will allow operations to assess or audit themselves to prove to our consumers and their interested groups
that the BQA program is working. In
order to maintain credibility, we as
an industry need more participation
in the BQA program. Can we now
challenge you to become involved and
become a BQA certified producer and
operation? It is the right thing to do
as an industry and as an individual
beef producer.
Elaine D. Oltmans
Elaine D. Oltmans 73, Blue Springs, died March 2, 2008. Born to the late
Henry and Anna (Janssen) Hohbein at rural Harbine, survivors include husband, Clarence; son, Mark Wieden, Liberty; daughters, Melissa Mihm, Canon
City, Colo.; Anita Oltmans, DeWitt; Rebecca Svec, Milligan; seven grandchildren; many cousins, aunts, and uncles. She was preceded in death by
her first husband, Henry D. Wieden. A memorial has been established at the
church. They may be sent to St. Peter's Lutheran Church, 304 S 10th St.,
Wymore, NE 68466.
Mona Claybaugh
Services for Mona Ruyle Claybaugh, 85, died Thursday, March 6, 2008,
at the Providence Medical Center in Wayne.
Mona Ruyle Claybaugh was born March 13, 1922, at Lexington to William James and Gladys (Ellis) Van Camp. The family moved to Osmond
where they lived until the death of Mona's father in 1923 when they moved
to Lincoln.
Mona graduated from Jackson High School in 1940, and obtained her
bachelor of arts degree at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.
During World War II, Mona helped with the war effort as a welder in
Vancouver, Wash.; Alaskan Communication System in Seattle, Wash.; and
American Express, and was employed in the office at Northeast High School.
Following college graduation, she taught school in Pawnee City. Mona
married William V. Ruyle on Jan. 28, 1947, and they lived in New Jersey for
37 years. She taught kindergarten and nursery school in North Plainfield
and Westfield, N.J.
Her real career was as a social worker for the Union County Board at
Plainfield, N.J. The couple retired to Lincoln in 1984. William died in 1994.
Mona married a longtime family friend, Joseph Claybaugh, on April 12,
1996. The couple lived in Wayne. Mona was an active, life-long member of
the Methodist Church.
Mona is survived by her husband, Joseph; children, Jeanette (Daniel)
Bibel of Medfield, Mass., William (Liz Prince) Ruyle of Nyack, N.Y., Robert Ruyle of Lincoln, Richard (Cara Newman) Ruyle of Glendale, Calif.,
Susan (Richard) Rosche of Hoquaim, Wash., and Thomas Ruyle of Lynn,
Mass. two stepchildren, Julie Claybaugh and William Claybaugh, both of
Carroll; eight grandchildren and seven stepgrandchildren.
Mona was preceded in death by her parents and first husband, William V.
Ruyle.
Condolences can be sent to Claybaugh Family at P.O. Box 216, Carroll
Nebraska in lieu of flowers. Memorials can be sent to The American Red
Cross Chapter in Wayne at 106 W. 3rd, Wayne, NE 68787.
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Sale. That spring 1982 John had a successful
cow sale and in December of 1982 John and
Mary were married. Over the next several
years Ridders cross-fenced pastures into
smaller rotational grazing paddocks and
purchased the business from John’s mother.
John served as Nebraska Hereford Association
president and as president of the American
Hereford Association’s Presidents Council and
is currently serving another term on the NHA
board.
In 1988 Ridders bought their first Canadian
herd sire and by 1993 their sixth child was
born. This fall they
have four children in
college and two in
high school: Joe, 23,
is a Construction
Management major
and Business minor
at UNL; Dan, 21, is
a
Construction
Management major
at UNO; Erin, 20, is
in Pre-Optometry at
Chadron
State
College; and Liz, 18,
is a Pre-Dental
student also at
Chadron. Ellen, 16,
is a junior at
Callaway
High
School and Tricia,
14, is a freshman at
CHS.
Ridder’s ranch is
a grass ranch. They
seeded the last of
their dryland farm
ground into hay in
2005. Most of their
pastures are crossfenced and rotated
frequently utilizing
central watering
sites. All of their
cattle are purebred
Herefords with Line
1 and Canadian
genetics.
Their
family hosts a sale
each February at
their ranch sale barn,
selling two-year
Bulls, yearlings
from their National
Western Stock Show
carload, and yearling
Heifers. John has
judged regional and
national Hereford
shows.
Three of their
current Herd Sires
are:
• K 64H Ribstone
Lad 157K is an
industry leader in
carcass, maternal,
and growth. His
REA and IMF
measurements place
him at the top of the
Hereford breed,
while his IMF
numbers surpass
nearly all Angus bulls in their respective
summary.
• AGA 13G General 114L and one of his
sons were voted most popular bulls by
Canadian commercial producers at their
summer roundup two years in a row. Ridders
own this bull with Stutheits and Diemerts.
• CJH L1 Domino 0041, a Harland-raised
sire, was purchased as a 7-year-old from Dick
Drake of Cheyenne last year. He sires big
performance with light birth weight and has
outstanding daughters.
This past summer the Ridders celebrated
with both a family reunion and a barn party.
Ryann Stryker and mother Ashley at
Upstream’s bull Sale.
On December 29, 2007 at 10:32 p.m. Ryann
Jolee Stryker was born to Nathan and Ashley
Stryker of Pawnee Rock, KS. The little girl
weighed in at 7 lbs., 5 oz. and was 21 inches
long.
Proud grandparents are Mike and Donna
Steckel (Diamond Ring Herefords) of Taylor,
NE and Donnie and Connie Stryker of
Callaway, NE.
Nebraska Cattlemen’s
Classic
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Senior Showmanship
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2. Kourtney Nelson from Crete
3. Klaire Jorgensen from Exeter
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5. Jessie Ahrens from West Point
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from Genoa
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from Gibbon
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from Minden
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Columbus
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Q: Is there a specific line of cattle that
is associated with IE?
Because the spontaneous mutation
rate is very rare, specific mutations
occur only within a single individual,
called a founder. As such, within the
population, all individuals that have the
mutation can be traced to the founder.
Thus, specific mutations are unique to
certain “lines” within populations. In
the case of IE, all individuals with the
mutation can be traced to a single
individual born in 1982.
Within the Hereford breed there are
many lines of cattle that are frequently
named based on the origin of the
genetic resource. The IE founder
individual is classified as a Line 1
animal, named for the line-breeding
experiment that was initiated at the Fort
Keogh Livestock and Range Research
Laboratory in Miles City, Montana.
However, it is very important to
recognize that cattle tracing back to the
IE founder individual only represent a
very small fraction of the population
of Hereford cattle classified as Line 1.
Furthermore, this founder individual
was born outside of the Miles City
Research Station and no animals within
the Miles City herd have tested as IEC.
Thus, referring to IE as a “Line 1”
problem is blatantly incorrect and
should be vigorously denounced.
Additionally, it is equally incorrect to
suggest that the IE mutation was
“caused” by the presence of non-Line
1 germplasm within the founder
individual. In fact, molecular evidence
(i.e., DNA sequence information)
generated while conducting the IE
research clearly indicates that the
mutation occurred on a chromosome
originating within Line 1 genetic
material. In summary, IE is restricted
to a line of cattle defined by their
relationship to a specific founder
individual; however breeders should be
cautioned against referring to IE
relative to the broader classification of
Line 1 cattle within the Hereford breed.
Q: What is the frequency of IE within
the Hereford breed?
As indicated above, the IE mutation
is restricted to a relatively small
subpopulation within the breed. Thus,
it is difficult to accurately estimate the
frequency of the mutation for the entire
Hereford population. Since the
development of the DNA test for IE,
almost 10,000 animals have been tested
for the mutation. The vast majority of
these samples were submitted based on
the presence of IE-suspect relatives
within their pedigrees. Approximately
15% of the tested individuals were
tested as IE-Carrier (IEC). Although
this appears to be a relatively high
frequency, it is important to remember
that this estimate is biased due to
selected testing of suspect cattle only.
On the other hand, it is also important
to recognize that with this moderate
frequency of the mutation, IE should
not be considered as a “negligible”
issue within the breed.
Q: Is there a publicly available list
of animals that have been tested for
IE?
Currently, there is not a publicly
available list indicating the IE status of
specific individuals that have been
tested. However, since the development
of the IE test, the American Hereford
Association Staff and Board have been
actively working to establish policies
regarding the listing of both IEF and
IEC individuals.
Q: Do other breeds have IE?
Although there are documented
“epilepsy-like” disorders in other cattle
breeds, it is highly unlikely that the
underlying genetic basis is the same as
that found in Hereford cattle.
Furthermore, while a disorder may be
generally described as epilepsy, each
condition may have subtle differences
in the pathology or presentation. This
would indicate differences in
underlying causes including both
genetic and environmental conditions.
Also, as mentioned above, spontaneous
mutation is a relatively rare event.
Thus, it would be
virtually impossible for
the same mutation to
occur
in
another
individual or highly
unlikely
for
an
independent mutation to
occur within the same
gene affected in IE.
Additionally, because the
mutation causing IE can
be traced to a relatively
recent founder individual
within the Hereford
breed, it would also be
unlikely that seizure
disorders described in
other breeds prior to 1982
would be the same as IE.
Q: Is it acceptable to use
an IEC animal in a
registered breeding
program?
The general purpose of
every breeding program
is to accumulate genetic
value
from
one
generation to the next. To
accomplish this goal,
individual breeders use a
number of criteria (e.g.,
phenotype, performance,
EPDs, etc.) for making
selective
matings
between
parent
individuals. For some
breeders, an animal that
is IEC has no value and
thus they will choose not
to use them. Over the
long-term, this should be
the goal of all seedstock
producers. However, at
the same time, breeders
should also recognize that there may be
IEC animals with superior genetic merit
for other traits that cannot be found
among IEF animals. Availability of a
DNA test for IE allows breeders to use
IEC animals in order to extract the
positive genetic merit for other traits
while directly selecting against IE by
testing the offspring and selecting those
with the highest merit that are IEF.
This being said, breeders might
consider the following guidelines for
using IEC individuals. In regard to
bulls, young or unproven individuals
should be removed from the breeding
population as soon as possible. Proven
herd sires should be used on a limited
basis until a potential IEF replacement
can be produced. Females that are
below average for performance should
be culled or moved into a commercial
production environment. Above
average females can be bred to IEF
bulls until a suitable IEF replacement
is produced or potentially used as
recipients for an ET program. Very few
elite IEC females will merit use as ET
donors. It should be noted that in all
these situations, increased management
of these animals will be required to
insure control over the inadvertent
spread of IE.
Q: How about using IEC animals in
a commercial program?
Although it would be best to limit the
use of IEC animals in any breeding
program, IEC individuals may have
some utility within the commercial
production environment where calves
are destined for terminal use. Because
IE is a recessive genetic defect, calves
affected with IE cannot be produced if
at least one of the parents is IEF. Thus,
in a commercial production
environment, producers would not need
to worry about losses due to mortality
of affected calves. Because this IE
mutation is only found within Hereford
cattle, the use of IEC animals in an
intercross crossbreeding system would
not produce any affected calves in the
initial two-breed cross. The danger in
using IEC animals in these situations
is the potential for retention of
replacement animals that may be IEC.
If these IEC replacements were to be
mated back to another IEC individual,
affected calves may be produced.
Therefore, with appropriate breeding
management practices, IEC individuals
can be used without economic
consequence.
Photo by Colin Hoffman, Leola, SD
(continued from page 17)
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Meadow Muffins
Sellin’ on the Street
© 2008 Ken Overcast
Some girls just don’t have a sense of
humor. The little woman that lives at
our house usually does, but there are
times when I can tell I’ve pushed her
just about as close to the edge as I dare.
Normally she’s game for just about anything, but she drew the line on me when
it came to peddlin’ watermelons. She
stuck it out for a couple of days….then
just flat quit. Like a balkin’ mule, there
wasn’t any use in me even wasting my
energy, because she wasn’t budgin’.
I had found myself in Oklahoma in
the late summer several years ago with
a new pickup and a sixteen foot stock
trailer, and being the enterprising sort
that I am, figured I needed something
to haul back. Now what could I buy
down South to haul back up here that
would make a buck?
Even when gas was thirty cents a
gallon, thirty cents was hard for a country boy to find, and I was sure there
must be some way to buy the gas
home. I checked out the newspaper ads,
but couldn’t seem to find a deal on anything. Then a bolt of lightning came
flashin’ out from somewhere way
down under my hat. Watermelons!
We’d tried to raise ‘em in the garden a
few times, but they’d only gotten about
the size of a grapefruit. They should
sell like hot cakes up north.
I located an Okie with a watermelon
patch ... which was about as hard as
findin’ a cowboy with a pair of spurs
… and soon struck up a deal on a load
of his finest. “You pick ‘em out, and
I’ll haul ‘em
to
the
trailer,” said
my new
Okie friend
as we surveyed about
five acres of
melons.
Ken and B.J.
I really hated
to admit to him
that I didn’t know beans about pickin’
out watermelons, but he looked like an
honest sort, so I told him that I didn’t
know a good one from a bad one until I
cut it open, so I’d do the haulin’, and
he could do the pickin’. “Just get me
good ones.”
Dang it was hot, but we finally got
the trailer loaded about four feet deep
all the way to the back. We had on just
under 5000 pounds. They cost me fifty
cents a piece, and I headed ‘er north
with visions of bein’ rich in a couple of
days.
I was really surprised at the little
woman’s reaction. “You want me to do
what? Not on your life cowboy! You
bought ‘em, you peddle ‘em.”
It took some tall talkin’ but I explained to her that we needed to use all
the assets we had in the most efficient
manner. Somehow I managed to convince her that if she’d just sit by the
highway in her white shorts and one of
those halter tops of hers that the customers would come flockin’ to her
door, and the watermelons would sell
themselves. (She looks good in that
kind of garb now, but you should have
seen her thirty years ago.) All the compliments worked, and out to the highway she went.
The first day things went just about
as I’d planned. She had sold about a
third of the load, and other than being a
little grouchy, like a true ranch wife,
she had adjusted to the new challenge.
It was all down hill from there.
First, the bees and wasps found the
treasure, and were getting really friendly
with the smell of the melons. That didn’t
help her attitude any, but the last straw
was the guy that squealed to a stop in a
little red sports car. He looks her up and
down and says, “What’cha sellin’
honey?”
That was it. Over the edge she went.
“Watermelons, you SOB!”
It is probably fortunate that I can’t
recall the exact exchange we had when
she prematurely returned home. I just
remember I lost, and wound up spending a couple of good hayin’ days sitting
beside the highway peddlin’ watermelons.
But then, all’s well that ends well I
guess, because we did manage to make
about four hundred and fifty bucks on
the deal. I still don’t understand. If I
looked like that in a halter top I’d be
rich.
Keep Smilin’…..
….but don’t forget to check yer cinch.
Ken Overcast is a rancher, and recording
cowboy singer. He lives on Lodge Creek in
northern Montana where he raises and dispenses BS.
www.kenovercast.com
More Meadow Muffins
Fast Thinkin’ Rodney
© 2008 Ken Overcast
I just got to thinkin’ today about some
of the excuses that I’ve heard. Kids
have a way of comin’ up with some
dillys. I can remember gettin’ pretty
creative a time or two when I was in a
jam, but one of the best ones I ever did
hear turned out to be the truth…..but
then they say truth is stranger than fiction.
If there was ever a kid that was in
trouble over at the Willow Creek
School, it was Slow Johnson. His real
name was Rodney, but he did everything about half speed, so got tagged
with the name Slow. He walked slow,
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Tom and Jo Heidt & Family
3388 240th Street
Lockridge, IA 52635
Tom’s Cell: 608.574.2309
Jo’s Cell: 608.574.6334
Breeding Stock Available
Johnson
Herefords
Registered Horned Herefords
Since 1918
Jack & Lynne Johnson
2165 240th St.
Milford, IA 51351
Phone 712-338-4578
• Kansas •
Alexander Farms
Polled Herefords
LINEBRED KING DOMINOS AND ADVANCED DOMINOS
John Alexander Family
2756 S. Donmyer Road
Gypsum, KS 67448-9414
Home: (785) 536-4931
alexfarms@eaglecom.net
— Breeding Stock , Semen & Flushes For Sale —
Gustafson Herefords
Gus, Deb and Shelbi Gustafson
7477 Davis Creek Road
Junction City, KS 66441
785-238-7306
I-70 exit 303... 7 miles South
Visitors Always Welcome
BTS HEREFORDS
Bruce & Tracy
Schlickau
DOUBLE
DEDICATION
Douthit Herefords
RR 3 Box 160 • St. Francis, KS 67756
DAVIS HEREFORDS
14601 South McNew Road
Hutchinson, KS 67501
Phone:
620-459-6576
Dean & Danny
(785) 256-4643
Location: 5 miles south of Hwy 96 & K17 jct.
1 mile east, then 3/4 mile south
13 miles west of Topeka on I-70,
Keene/Eskridge exit, 3 miles south
Quality Herefords by private treaty sales
30133 Keene Rd., Maple Hill, Kansas 66507
JENSEN GENETIC CENTER
FOR ALL YOUR NEEDS IN HERFEORD CATTLE
IN KANSAS AND SURROUNDING STATES
THE KANSAS HEREFORD ASSOCIATION
Tom Granzow, Secretary-Manager
765 South 3000 Road
Herington, Kansas 67449
785-466-2247
785-466-2226 (FAX)
kansashereford@tctelco.net
www.kansashereford.org
“Taking care of your herd bulls is our Business”
Affiliated with Hawkeye Breeders Service
• Custom Semen Collection Center
• Bull Housing
For collection dates, contact:
Kevin & Sheila Jensen • 785-374-4372
P.O. Box 197 • Courtland, KS 66939
jensenks@Courtland.net
stephend@sbcglobal.net
4V RANCH
(785) 332-3009
WALTER
(785) 332-3229
ROGER
(785) 332-2455
STEVE
(785) 332-2323
MILL CREEK RANCH
20635 Hessdale Rd
Alma, KS 66401
David Breiner (785) 449-2841
Chad Breiner (785) 449-2759
Clay Breiner, Ryan Breiner, Ashley Bohl
Fax (785) 449-2139
www. millcreekranch.com
millcreekranch@embarqmail.com
SALE FEB. 24, 2009
MANHATTAN, KS
“Best of Both Worlds Sale” • 4th Mon. in March
12 noon at the ranch • Dwight, KS
60 Hereford
Bulls
55 Angus
Bulls
Also selling
70
F-1 Black
Baldy Heifers
with calves
20 Quarter
Horses
Jan: 785-482-3383 • Arden: 785-482-3398
Box 8, Dwight, KS 66849
E-mail: jakoleenbros@tctelco.net
www.oleenbrothers.com
Sandhill
Farms
Registered Polled Herefords
Kevin & Vera Schultz
2408 280th Ave., Haviland, KS 67059
Phone: (620) 995-4072
Cell: (620) 546-4570
e-mail: kevin@sandhillfarms.com
website: www.sandhillfarms.com
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Since 1913
For information about bulls, females,
semen sales or a video, please contact:
James and Charlene
Lois
Home: 620/465-2691
P & F: 620/465-7749
Mobile: 316/734-3700
14506 S. Victory Road
schlickauranch@earthlink.net Haven, KS 67543
HEREFORD AMERICA • April/May 2008
he talked slow, in fact, he did everything slow…. except think. He could
talk his way out of just about anything.
Maybe it was because he got so much
practice. He was one of the younger
Johnson kids, and in that outfit a kid
had to be a thinker just to survive. He
was a red headed, freckle faced little
nubbin of a kid, sort of small for his
age, and usually wore patched up old
overalls that had been handed down
about three times before they got down
to him. It seemed like his shirt tail was
always out, and trouble just followed
him around. He was continually in some
kind of a jam.
The Johnson’s lived on a hard
scrabble alkali outfit, and were all hard
workers, but they really never did have
very much. There were a lot of kids to
feed, and times were hard back then.
www.herefordamerica.com • 25
One October morning it was almost time
for the morning recess when Slow finally came mopin’ into the school
house. Miss Blackstone lit into him
pretty hard.
“Rodney, do you know what time it
is? You are two hours late for school.
This behavior is unacceptable.”
In his usual slow manner, Rodney
began to explain, “’Taint my fault Miss
Blackstone.”
Accustomed to his wild imagination,
the teacher was prepared for the worst.
“Well then exactly who is responsible?”
“’Taint sure Ma’am, but it’s either my
Pa’s or Ol’ Sounder’s. See, Pa don’t
put on no ‘jamers when he goes to bed,
an’ Ol’ Sounder is gettin’ real hard of
hearin’. Sounder is our dog, you know.
Or maybe it’s the coon’s fault for gettin’ in the
chicken coop, but it shore ain’t my fault.”
Miss Blackstone was torn between
immediate punishment for poor Ol’
Slow, and a deferred sentence, but her
curiosity necessitated hearing the remainder of his tale. “Ain’t isn’t a word,
Rodney. Perhaps you had better tell me
the whole story. Quickly, please.”
“Yes, Ma’am,” Slow began…slower
than ever. “Well, there’s been this coon
gettin in the chicken coop, and Pa heard
this awful squawkin’ in the middle of
the night, so he got the shot gun and
headed outside. He was in a real hurry,
so he didn’t even stop to pull his
britches on ‘er nuthin’. He was crawlin’
on his hands and knees up to the coop
as quiet as a mouse, and just about had
the coon in his sights, when the commotion finally got loud enough that it
woke up Ol’ Sounder.
He could tell right away that there was
a critter in the chicken coop, and in the
dark I guess he musta thought that Pa
was the critter. Pa was just fixin’ to cut
down on the coon when Ol’ Sounder
tied into the back end of what he thought
was the critter.
You see, Miss Blackstone, ‘taint
my fault,” as he dramatically wiped
some sleep from his eyes, “’cause we
been up cleanin’ chickens since three
o’clock this mornin’.”
Now that’s an excuse.
Keep Smilin’….
and don’t forget to check yer cinch.
Ken Overcast is a recording cowboy
singer that ranches on Lodge Creek in North
Central Montana where he raises and
dispenses B.S.
www.kenovercast.com
• Minnesota •
David, Lorie, Matthew, Michael & Mason
Kitchell
3471 State Highway 200
Ada, MN 56510-9260
Quality, Performance Cattle For Sale
8 Miles East of Ada
On U.S. 200
218-584-8283
Visitors Always Welcome
H anson
erefords
J
J
im
eri
FREDERICKSON HEREFORD
FARM
Gottschalk Polled
Herefords
2071 Co. Rd. 101
Lake Benton, MN 56149
Performance Polled Herefords,
Angus and F1 Black Baldies
Powerful Genetics • Stylish Cattle
Breeding Stock For Sale
Jerry & Shelly and Family
(507) 368-9284
delaneyherefords@yahoo.com
Cattle for sale at all times.
— Cattle for Sale Private Treaty —
Mark, Mary Kay
Frederickson Hereford
& Sarah
Farm - West
30819 250th St. SF.
Nate, Jayna & Teegan
Starbuck, MN 56381
19558 Anchor Road
320/239-4213
St. Onge, SD 57779
605/254-4872 (cell)
Jones Farms
ody
aime
37590 110th St
Comfrey, MN 56019
507.877.3631
jerihanson@hotmail.com
Her
ef
or
ds
Heref
efor
ords
Since 1957
2477 N.W. Main St. • Coon Rapids, MN 55448
Cattle at Princeton, MN
Bulls & Females For Sale
Doug & JoAnn
(763) 755-4930
Bryan & Marytina
(763) 389-0625
Bradley & Brigitte
(763) 286-1602
E-mail: joannlawrence8@msn.com
Dave & Susan Jones
31490 E. State Hwy. 112
LeSueur, MN 56058
(507) 665-3962 • home
Breeding Stock For Sale
Bulls, Heifers, Club Calves,
F1 Baldy Heifers
Lind Polled Herefords
Since 1958
• Dan • Susie • Judy •
Contact: Dan Lind
200 E. Grove St.
Rushford, MN 55971
(507) 864-2298
e-mail: Lind2@acegroup.cc
Visitors Always Welcome
Minnesota Hereford
Breeders
“Quality” not “Quantity”
Bob & Phyllis Werk, Secretary
(320) 246-3220
11446 Co. Rd 14
Herman, MN 56248
John W. Schmidt & Sons
www.mnherefordbreeders.org
Box 116 • Mazeppa, MN 55956
507/843-4296
Cattle for sale Private Treaty
Bulls, Females and Feeder Cattle for Sale
Polled Herefords & F1s
Jeff & Mary Klages
64090 County Rd 64
Ortonville, MN 56278
ph/fax (320) 273-2163
jmklages@fedteldirect.net
Nelson Polled Herefords
1616 Co. Rd. 11
Phil • 507-629-3375
Tracy, MN 56175
Will • 507-626-0239
E-mail • w_nelson@mnns.com
Herd Genetics
Advance Domino
NPH Active in
President Lamplighter
T.P.R.
King Domino
D.N.A.
Supreme Lamplighter
Monument L1 9841
Proud to be a Hereford Breeder
Les & Darin
Krogstad
3348 430th St.
Fertile, MN 56540
(218) 945-6213
Email: kph@gvtel.com
Breeding Stock for Sale
Raising Polled Herefords since 1943
Rabehl Herefords
Jake Rabehl
Registered Hereford Cattle
3115 Simpson Rd. SE
Rochester, MN 55904
507/951-9582
Custom Fitting & Clipping
STATELINE POLLED HEREFORDS
Hereford Cattle
Pipestone, MN 56164
John E. Schmidt
905 7th St SW
(507) 825-2786
John A. Schmidt
787 70th Ave.
(507) 825-2383
cell: (507) 215-1037
Cattle for sale at all times.
Chad Williamson
339 91st St.
Pipestone, MN 56164
507-825-5766
springwater@svtv.com
Troy Williamson
PO Box 302
Garretson, SD 57030
507-597-6221
RA
W
25533 488th Ave.
Garretson, SD
57030-9123
(605) 594-6788
Robert A. Williamson
Maggie & Mitch
WERK
HEREFORDS
SANBORN FAMILY
FARMS
Bill, Tim, Jay, Jon and Families
Visit Anytime!
Just 8 miles West of Rochester, MN at Byron
Dave & Rose
512 Frontier Rd SW
Jerry & Diane
(507) 775-2794
Byron, MN 55920
(507) 775-2951
KROGSTAD
POLLED
HEREFORDS
KLAGES
HEREFORDS
Quality seedstock
for sale
• Since 1961 •
Lester & John Schafer
64664 170th St.
Buffalo Lake, MN
55314
(320) 833-2050
FOR SALE:
Bulls
Females
Semen
Bob, Phyllis, Shane & Robyn
11446 Co. Rd. 14
Herman, MN 56248
(320) 246-3220
Registered
Polled Herefords & Angus
• Bulls and Heifers for sale at all times •
YOUR AD HERE
CALL 605/866-4495
26 • www.herefordamerica.com
HEREFORD AMERICA • April/May 2008
Bovine TB Becomes Issue in Minnesota
Status change will mean new testing
requirements for some Minnesota cattle
and bison.
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota
Board of Animal Health on Feb. 19
announced that a Beltrami County beef
cattle herd has tested positive for
bovine Tuberculosis (TB). This is the
fourth positive herd detected since
October 2007, and it will likely result
in the downgrade of Minnesota’s
bovine TB status from Modified
Accredited Advanced (MAA) to
Modified Accredited (MA), as required
by the U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA) Code of Federal Regulations.
Since bovine TB was discovered in
a northwest Minnesota beef cattle herd
in July 2005, the disease investigation
has found 11 infected beef cattle herds,
all in Roseau and Beltrami counties.
USDA regulations prescribe a
downgrade in status when more than
three herds are discovered within a 12
month period.
By dropping from MAA to MA,
Minnesota moves to the third of five
status levels and two steps down from
the highest status level, TB-Free. When
the downgrade becomes official, state
producers will have to adhere to
• Montana •
Bayers
Hereford Ranch
Private Treaty Sales
Eddy & Joanne
406/773-5710
Matt & Krista
406/773-5721
Eastern Montana’s finest Herefords
~ Horned & Polled ~
Bob Bleeker
1337 Hwy 421
Joliet, MT 59041
B
Byron & Pauline Bayers
PO Box 410
Twin Bridges, MT 59754
(406) 684-5465
bayers@3rivers.net
Bleeker
Herefords
Bulls, Heifers, Feeders For Sale
406/962-3801
DALLAS
POLLED HEREFORDS
Don Dallas
Box 532
Canyon Creek MT 59633
406/368-2244 Ranch
406/443-5110 Office
357 Pryor Mtn. Rd.
Bridger, MT 59014
JERRY GEREGHTY
406-662-3375
406-425-1411 cell
“Mountain Raised Performance Cattle”
Marvin
FEDDES
EHLKE HEREFORDS
Mark, Della, Lacey & Jane’a Ehlke
PO Box 178 • Townsend, MT 59644
Mark: 406/439-4311 • Della: 406/439-4300
www.ehlkeherefords.com
www.feddes.com
TFeddes@msn.com
Dan (406) 284-6810 • cell 570-1602
Tim (406) 284-6990 • cell 570-4771
Marvin (406) 284-3709
7980 Meadow View Road
Manhattan, MT 59741-8122
M OHICAN
POLLED HEREFORD FARM
4551 State Rt. 514
Glenmont, OH 44628
Conard & Nancy Stitzlein (330) 378-3421
Matt Stitzlein (330) 378-3487
M
W
MOHICAN WEST
3100 Sportsman Park Road
Laurel, MT 59044
Phone/Fax (406) 633-2600
Terry Powlesland (406) 633-2810
& Sons
E-mail: snowshoecattle@msn.com
• Located 32 miles east of Billings
• Registered Hereford Cattle
• Donor Management Center
Tomlinson Herefords
1132 Jake Creek Road
Deer Lodge, MT 59722-9597
406-846-1370
<cjtom@imine.net>
Quality bred for genetics,
docility and performance
McMurry
Cattle
Genetics for Certified Hereford Beef ®
REGISTERED POLLED HEREFORDS
Fred, Doreen and Rebecca McMurry
2027 Iris Lane
Squaw Creek Ranch
Billings, MT 59102
20 miles east of Billings
(406) 254-1247
(406) 348-2303
(406) 254-1247 (fax)
www.mcmurrycattle.com
mcmurrycattle@mcn.net
NORTHERN GENETIC
RESOURCE
www.ngrbulls.com
REAL WORLD - HONEST - GUARANTEED BULLS
BREEDING HEREFORD
Ace & Tara Diemert
CATTLE SINCE 1945
230 3700 Road South
Lothair, MT 59461
406/432-3412
ngrhereford@northerntel.net
BULLS FOR SALE
PRIVATE TREATY
Bernie & Stacie Buzanowski
4365 Custer Frontage Rd.
Pompeys Pillar, MT 59064
Phone: 406/875-2138
MC
RICK & BECKY SIDWELL
4
Box 834
Columbus, MT 59019
4
S
e-mail
S
jgereghty@transdynamics.com
Jay-De & Kara
Arvid & Linda
Lorrie &
(406) 895-2657
Darrel
Box 292
Plentywood, MT 59254
406-322-4425
Located 7 mi. south of Columbus
Visitors welcome anytime
Thomas Herefords
e d P.O. Box 330055 P o l l
ed
rn
Ho
Gold Creek, MT 59733
Bulls & Heifers for Sale
STOREY HEREFORD RANCH
9969 River Road
Jim (406)580-2226
Bozeman, MT 59718
Chuck & Kathy (406)587-3024
Chuck, cell (406)580-8255
Richard (406) 288-3459
Bruce (406) 288-3458
e-mail: thomasfamily@blackfoot.net
WEAVER HEREFORDS
“Producing Beef Bulls for the Cowman”
N
N
Don & Dolly Weaver
745 Weaver Lane
Big Sandy, MT 59520
Phone: 406/386-2244
Email: dwhrfrd@yahoo.com
L1 Advance Victors
Victor Dominos
Low birth weights High maternal EPDs.
John and Linda Holden
540 Westwind Lane
Valier, MT 59486
(406) 279-3326
www.westwindranch.com
stricter federal and state testing
requirements when shipping cattle or
bison. The USDA will require all
breeding animals to be tested for bovine
TB within 60 days prior to shipment
and a whole herd test within the
previous 12 months. All feeder animals
must have a TB test prior to movement.
Cattle and bison are exempt from the
testing requirement if they are moving
interstate to a federally inspected
slaughter facility. A Modified Accredited
status may also require surveillance
testing of dairy herds that sell milk.
“All Minnesota producers planning to
ship animals interstate should still
contact their veterinarian to determine
state import requirements prior to
movement,” said Minnesota Board of
Animal Health Executive Director and
State Veterinarian Dr. Bill Hartmann.
“Individual state import requirements
may differ from federal requirements,
so it’s important to verify them prior
to shipment.”
At the February 13, 2008, meeting
of the Minnesota Board of Animal
Health, members approved a motion to
proceed with obtaining split-state
status in order to allow the majority of
the state to upgrade its status, while
the counties surrounding the core area
affected by TB would remain MA.
“We consider it of utmost importance
to do everything we can to limit the
impact of bovine TB on the state’s
cattle industry as a whole,” said
Hartmann. “While the downgrade in our
status is a setback, we are committed
to eliminating this disease from the
state.”
In the upcoming days, the Board will
send approximately 42,000 letters to
cattle producers, veterinarians, and
auction markets across the state
explaining the situation and changes to
interstate movement requirements. In
addition, animal health officials will
convene several meetings to give
producers an opportunity to hear from
the Board and other state and federal
agencies that are managing the
eradication campaign. Following
presentations from the Board of Animal
Health and other state and federal
agencies, there will be ample time for
questions from the public.
Exposure to bovine tuberculosis
through the milk or meat supply is
extremely unlikely. Meat inspectors
check all cattle entering the marketplace
for signs of the disease before and after
slaughter. Any animal showing these
signs is withheld from the food supply.
In addition, adequate cooking destroys
the bacteria. Further, the milk
pasteurization process at processing
plants destroys any potential bacteria.
As the official animal disease control
and eradication agency of the State of
Minnesota, the Board was created over
100 years ago to safeguard the health
of the state’s domestic animals. In
carrying out its mission, the Board is a
part of a network of state agencies
protecting public health and providing
an abundant, wholesome food supply
to Minnesota consumers.
For more information go to:
www.bah.state.mn.us
HEREFORD AMERICA • April/May 2008
www.herefordamerica.com • 27
• Nebraska •
ESTERMANN
HEREFORDS
BLUEBERRY HILL FARMS
Doug Bolte
Manager
Dave, Jessye & Rachel Goertz
1103 So. Grandview Drive
Norfolk, NE 68701
Bulls & Heifers for Sale Privately
& Also at Black Hills Stock Show,
Cattlemen’s Classic-Kearney, Royal, and Denver
Polled Herefords
Tim, Anita, Jacob and Joshua
13332 I Road • Osceola, NE 68651
Home: (402) 747-8011
Tim: (308) 940-1039
Anita: (402) 910-1224
fffherefords@windstream.net
www.fleischmannfamilyfarms.com
Joe, Marlene & Dan Estermann
35219 S. Somerset Rd.
Wellfleet, NE 69170
Phone: 308-963-4473
E-mail: jestermann@nebnet.net
Annual Bull
Frenzen
Production
Sale
Polled Herefords March 25,
Females and Club Calves
for sale at private treaty.
Galen, Gwen, Genna, Tessa & Eric
50802 N. Edgewood Rd. • Fullerton, NE 68638
J
Angus
at the ranch
Nick and Elaine Isaacs
78915 Rd 419 • Callaway, NE 68825
Phone 308/836-4445 • Cell 308/880-0368
nick@isaacscattle.com
since
1907
•
www.isaacscattle.com
Polled Herefords
Ridder
Hereford Ranch
John & Mary Ridder
Callaway, Nebraska
Sale First
Thursday
in February
308/836-4430
rddrcall@gpcom.net
www.ridderranch.com
Jack & Bev Beeson
Wayne, NE 68787
402/375-3404
cell: 402/375-9027
SCHUTTE &
SONS
1417 Road 2100
Guide Rock, NE 68942-8099
Ron
Allen
402-756-3462
402-756-3034
arschutte@gtmc.net rnschutte@gtmc.net
Fax: 402-756-2136
www.gtmc.net/schutte
STANGLE HEREFORDS
601 Pink School Rd.
Marsland, NE 69354
www.stangleherefords.com
Brand of Quality
Herefords
KEG
M NAHAN
CATTLE
C MPANY
P.O. Box 306 • Hyannis, NE 69305
Ken & Marilyn Stephens
HC 13 Box 22, Valentine, NE 69201
402-376-1267
James (308) 458-2406
Bryan (308) 458-2865
Bob (308) 458-2731
S
Schroer Herefords
Kenneth Stangle Family
Lavern & Kelly Schroer
2924 Road P
Nelson, NE 68961
402-756-7834
Registered and Commercial Herefords
For Sale at All Times
Registered and commercial Line 1 Herefords.
Bulls and females for sale by private treaty.
Located 7 miles west of Nelson, NE.
8691 Highway 71
Hemingford, NE 69348
Bred Up, Not Fed Up!
schroerherefords@hotmail.com
Home 308-632-4778
TEGTMEIER
VAN NEWKIRK
HEREFORDS
POLLED HEREFORDS
Roy: (402)244-5360 - Also Fax #
Jay: (402) 244-5457
1 mile West & 6 miles
HC 73 Box 12
South of Newport
Newport, NE 68759
ERIC
402-239-9838
HEREFORD RANCH
BULLS, FEMALES & STEERS FOR SALE
Joyce 308/635-0193
Larry 308/632-1038
EUGENE
402-729-5866
Feed Efficiency, Carcass,
Moderate size, High gain
Documented proof
JB RANCH
Bulls and Females
Always For Sale,
Bulls
Females
that Visitors Always Welcome! that
Perform
Prolific Disposition Produce
C
56095 - 715 Rd.
Fairbury, NE 68352
Randy Helms
73031 Rd 419
Holbrook, NE 68948
308-493-5312
Milk, Muscle Performance & Weight
• Sale January 23, 2009 •
C
Polled Herefords
Phone: (308) 536-2069 • Cell: (308) 550-0237
Angus
48979 Nordic Road
Spencer, NE 68777
HELMS
2008
❤
Lowell & Carol
(402) 589-1347
F
79483 Highway 2 • Berwyn, NE 68814
(308) 935-1292 Cell (308) 631-4250
Fax: (308) 935-1596
www.dhdherefords.com
— Continuous Herd Since 1899 —
27 years of Canadian breeding
F
Office Phone 402/371-0931
Home Phone 402/379-1432
Fax: 402/644-8010
email: dbolte@conpoint.com
Quality Cattle That Work
R.R. 1, Box 43
Burchard, NE 68323
Russ: (402) 865-5805
Quality Herefords Since 1892
Sale: January 19, 2009
www.tegtmeierpolledherefords.com
Joe Van Newkirk
18302 Hwy 26
Phone & Fax: 308/772-3081
Oshkosh, NE 69154
www.vannewkirkherefords.com
• Oregon •
• Nevada •
CHANDLER HEREFORDS, INC.
BIRD
HEREFORDS
Smith & Teresa Cox
VISIT US ON THE
WEB AT
WWW.HEREFORDAMERICA.COM
David and Lynda Bird
Phone (541) 742-5436
Fax (541) 742-5435
45863 Crow Rd.
Halfway, Oregon 97834
Mike & Carol Allison
70641 Kunze Lane • Boardman, OR 97818
(541) 481-4184
Fax: (541) 481-2937
Herefords
13892 Jefferson Hwy. 99E SE
Jefferson, OR 97352
541-327-2458
e-mail: coxherefords@msn.com
Featuring
Spidel & Beau Mode Bloodlines
Oregon’s Oldest Family Owned Farm - est. 1843
ER
IR
Loren, Terrie, Hunter and Tanner
Mrnak
150 Jacks Valley Ranch Rd.
Carson City, NV 89705
775/267-9829
Email: lorenmrnak@aol.com
17528 Chandler Lane
Baker City, OR 97814
Registered and Commercial Herefords
George 541/523-2166
Charles 541/523-3570
Duane 541/523-4265
www.chandlerherefords.com
chereford@bakervalley.net
E
ER
England Ranch
Registered Horned Herefords
and Performance Angus
Jon, Owner
541/504-0074
Dick, Consultant Fax: 541/504-7830
Jim
541/420-4699
HARRELL
HEREFORD
RANCH
42590 Salmon Creek Road
Baker City, OR 97814
Bob Harrell, Jr.
541/523-4322
Don Schafer
541/403-0008
Registered Hereford Cattle and Quarter Horses
Powell Butte and Prineville, Oregon
Annual Sale First Monday In March
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• North Dakota •
Larry J. Behm & F
amily
Family
POLLED HEREFORDS
Larry, Aneica,
Lindsey, Nicole and Logan Behm
5944 Hwy. 1806
Beulah, ND 58523
701-873-2646
e-mail: albehm@westriv.com
Flying J Polled Herefords
3611 3rd St. NW
Underwood, ND 58576
BOEHNKE HEREFORD A
RANCH
B
Registered Herefords Since 1946
Unpampered • Functional • Sound
Cattle for Sale at All Times
8424 4th Ave N.E.
Kramer, ND 58748
Jeff 701-359-4450 • Jared 701-768-2914
e-mail: jboehnke@utma.com
Merlin, Eunice & Ebe
Fornes
Quality grass-raised
Polled Herefords
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Quality Seed Stock for sale by private treaty
Bulls, Cows, Bred & Open Heifers
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12169 56th St. SE
Kathryn, ND 58049
(701) 924-8360
James & Ella Johannes • John & Janel Johannes
Phone: 701-442-5265
e-mail: jjme@wildwestriv.com
Visit Our Website at: www.wrtc.com/jjme
Registered Red Angus and Horned Hereford
Lund Herefords
7667 5th St. NE
Carrington, ND 58421
Selling by private treaty
“We’re in the Business of Building Performance Bulls”
Call or Write for Sale Information
Leonard..701/245-6280 Leonard & Matt
Myron & Dusty
Myron.....701/245-6494
10411 Hwy 83
1670 Cty. Rd. 6 NW
Matt........701/245-6401 Westhope, ND 58793 Westhope, ND 58793
Dusty.......701/837-9247 llodoen@ndak.net lodoen@westhope.ndak.net
NORTH DAKOTA
HEREFORD ASSN.
Malynda Carter
Sec./Treas.
PO Box 636
Freeman, SD 57029-0636
Office: 605-925-7016
Cell: 701-351-4758
malyndacarter@hotmail.com
Terry
701-674-3310 or
cell 701-652-5777
email: tllund@daktel.com
OLSON
Hereford Ranch
Carl Olson
2713 166 Ave SE • Argusville, ND 58005
home: 701/484-5068 • cell: 701/361-0684
Red Power Bull Sale - Feb. 12, 2009
www.olsonherefordranch.com
E-mail: olsoncandc@aol.com
Winter Ranch
CARTER’S
POLLED HEREFORDS
Bulls & Females
for Sale at All Times
Jimmy Carter
Terry Carter
P.O. Box 55
Rocklake, ND 58365
Ph. 701-266-5575
6760 92nd St. NE
Rocklake, ND 58365
Ph. 701-266-5468
tmcarter@utma.com
Malynda Carter • 701-351-4758
FRIEDT HEREFORDS
& QUARTER HORSES
Selling Feb. 5, 2009 with Stroh Herefords in
Dickinson & Private Treaty.
Ranch broke geldings for sale.
Gary, Kirsten, Megan, Lindsey & Aaron
Friedt
8733 55th St SW • Mott, ND 58646
701/824-2300
e-mail: gfriedt@hotmail.com
DAN
Polled Herefords
3651 117th Ave. SE
Valley City, ND 58072
701-845-2074 Eve
701-845-0782 Day
~ Striving to improve
through embryo transfer ~
Visitors and calls are welcome anytime!
Dave, Vivian & Bruce Nelson
HELBLING HEREFORDS
Registered and commercial.
Bulls and females for sale any time.
— Private Treaty —
4785 Co. Rd. 83 • Mandan, ND 58554
Jim
701-663-7123
Fred
701-663-0137
Wayne
701-663-1229
E-mail: helbling95@msn.com
MIDWAY POLLED HEREFORDS
7480 26th St.
Sheyenne, ND 58374
Doug & Anne: 701/996-3111
Bill, Karen, Katie & Whitney:
701/996-3300
midwayph@stellarnet.com
ANNUAL SALE
SALE IN
SUNDAY
BOWMAN, ND
Feb. 8, 2009
14503 91st St. SW • Bowman, ND 58623
Jim & Marlene
701/574-3124
Wayne, Jill & Robyn
701/574-3172
Terry & Debby & Andy
701/574-3193
Brent & Jenna
701-206-0604
Visitors Always Welcome
www.mrnakherefords.com
PELTON POLLED
HEREFORDS
CK
P
We produce Polled Herefords
for the Commercial Cowman
Craig & Janet
Kayla & Kain
Pelton
4093 Ave. NW
Halliday, ND 58636
701-548-8096
Perman Herefords
TROY and PEG PERMAN
ANNUAL SALE
FEBRUARY 17, 2009
6192 Hwy. 30
(701) 424-3412
perman@daktel.com Streeter, ND 58483
UPCOMING HEREFORD AMERICA DEADLINES
Quality Polled Hereford Cattle
1990 10th St. NE
Goodrich, ND 58444
4th Generation Hereford Breeder;
Line Bred Hazlett and Canadian Bloodlines
Private Treaty sales begin Feb. 1
Steven W. Pollestad
8939 6th St. SW
Ph. (701) 938-4648
Halliday, ND 58636
E-mail: pollestad@pop.ctctel.com
Jason & Linda • 701-884-2424
Ruben & Adeline • 701-884-2720
Kevin & Julie Bender • 701-884-2417
No summer issues currently
SEPTEMBER issue
OCTOBER issue
NOVEMBER issue
DECEMBER issue
Visitors Always Welcome
Stop Anytime
• Ohio •
Grandview
Hereford
Farms
The only place to find
Line 1 Herefords in Ohio.
Jay, Becky, Laramie & Codee Reed
5890 Moorefield Rd.
Springfield, Ohio 45502
(937) 342-0629
scheduled
Deadline August 5
Deadline September 5
Deadline October 5
Deadline November 5
Buckeye
Hereford Association
Lisa Finnegan, secretary
440-320-6193
ohioherefordlady@yahoo.com
Sale Date: March 15, 2008
www.BuckeyeHerefords.com
• Oklahoma •
TLR LAND & CATTLE CO., INC.
TLR HEREFORDS
15120 Akron Canfield Road
Berlin Center, OH 44401
DAY HEREFORDS
Hazlett-Turner Ranch Bloodlines
Disposition & Thickness Bred
“Located in the heart of the Old Hereford Heaven”
Tom
(330) 547-4712 Home
Wanda
(330) 206-3026 Tom’s cell
Sadie
tlrherefords@earthlink.net
&
Marissa www.TLR-HEREFORDS.com
Certified • Accredited • Johne’s Free
Pay
next ranch north of the famed former Turner Ranch on Hwy 1
Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Day & Family
RR 2 Box 69 • Roff, OK 74865
580-456-7567
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• South Dakota •
... more South Dakota on next page
Registered Horned
Herefords
Bar JZ Ranches
Polled Herefords
Polled Limousin
Third Generation Hereford Breeder
Matt Bartling
29045 349th Ave
Herrick, SD 57538
mattbart@gwtc.net
(605) 775-2275
(605) 830-1714
18542 326th Ave.
Holabird, SD 57540
P.O. Box 2769 • Rapid City, SD 57709
Jim
Jeff
BULL SALE
Feb. 7, 2009
605/923-2925
605/923-5632
Sale April 22, 2008
Don/Peg/Seth Zilverberg
605/852-2966
E-mail: jkbaker@rap.midco.net
www.bakerherefords.com
web site: www.barjz.com
email: barjz@sbtc.net
CURTIS POLLED
HEREFORDS
DVORAK HEREFORDS
Sale February 21, 2009
Donald Dubois
Wolsey, SD
605/883- 4525
Larry Gildemaster
Virgil, SD
605/883- 4566
Fawcett’s Elm Creek Ranch
21115 344th Ave.
Ree Heights,
SD 57371
LAKE ANDES, SD
Richard & Darlene
Jeff & Tiphany
605/384-3914 Cell: 491-2068
Boyd & Jenni
605/487-7090 Cell: 491-7090
Gant
Polled Herefords
37195 285th St. • Geddes, South Dakota
605/943-5664
Mark • Phone (605) 337- 2340
Dennis • Phone (605) 337- 2564
Breeding Stock for
Sale by Private Treaty
Bartling Herefords
EGGERS
Southview Farm
Tim, Becky, Philip & Jonathan Eggers
25748 S. 476th Ave.
Sioux Falls, SD 57104
(605) 338-0794
ESFherefords@aol.com
T
GERLACH GJ
HEREFORDS
Keith, Cheryl, Matt, Erin and Kristin
Daniel & Kari
Robert & Marjean Fawcett
2 year-old Angus & Polled Hereford
BULL SALE
Selling bulls at BHSS, Watertown & Sioux Falls
Selling F-1 and Hereford bred heifers in January
Feb. 20, 2009
Jeff & Donna Gerlach
605/236-5724
39412 259th St.
Stickney, SD 57375
at Platte Livestock, Platte, SD
CATTLE FOR SALE PRIVATE TREATY
Hereford Country Herefords
“A Grass and Milk Outfit”
New home of the
Arrow C Line One Program
Mona Cole: 701/522-3301
Keldron, SD
1 mile west, 1.5 miles north and 1.5 west of
Keldron, SD on Hwy 12.
17309 322nd Ave.
Onida, SD 57564
Darwin & Cindy Aman
Andrew — Sam — Alex
32824 119th St. • Eureka, SD 57437
(605) 284-2721
dcaman@valleytel.net
KLA
GES
KLAGES
HEREFORDS
Quality seedstock
for sale
Jeff & Mary Klages
64090 County Rd 64
Ortonville, MN 56278
ph/fax (320) 273-2163
jmklages@fedteldirect.net
an
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METTLER
Red
ANGUS
Using the Best A.I. Sires Available.
Bulls, Females and Club Calves For Sale.
GENE & LINDA
605/432-5182
Cell: 605/530-1659
WADE & LORI
REBECCA & ALLISON
605/432-9054
47296 153rd Street • Twin Brooks, SD 57269
Selling Cattle In The Same Location since 1910!
e-mail: wlleddy@tnics.com
Nuhsbaumer
Herefords
Steve & Amy
Kate, Casey & Charley
17661 370th Ave.
Zell, SD 57469
(605) 472-3524
Visitors Welcome
Bulls for sale
private treaty...
please call for more
information.
Also selling at BHSS
& Watertown Winter Show
e-mail: sanuhs@nrctv.com
Directions: from Zell, 3 m. West on Hwy 212, 5½ South
F
arley
amily
Herefords
Dean, Cynthia, Dale &
Abigale Farley
47418 301st Street
Alcester, SD 57001
(605) 214-1503
Sherry Hanson
15477 409th Ave.
Conde, SD 57434
Home: 605-382-5868
Cell: 605-350-7477
hanson_herefords@hotmail.com
Colin & Mary Beth Hoffman
(605) 439-3623
11341 357 Ave.
Leola, SD 57456-7105
Visit our website at
www.hoffmanherefords.com
Knippling
Brothers Ranch
Cell: 769-9991
Cell: 769-9992
Cell: 769-9999
LEDDY
Horned - Polled
605/866-4423
E-mail: rchranch@sdplains.com
Polled Hereford bulls
for sale private treaty
E-mail: kb@venturewb.net
Kirk:
605-973-2351
Brooke:
605-973-2332
Ken & Bonnie: 605-765-2335
Roy & Janet Cranston
15851 Wells Rd. • Prairie City, SD 57649
HILLSVIEW FARMS
K&B HEREFORDS & ANGUS
Annual Production Sale
Feb. 10, 2009
BULL SALE
FEBRUARY 20, 2009
Registered and Commercial
Herefords
Bulls for Sale Private Treaty
Gann Valley, SD 57341
Jerry
605/293-3484
MYERS HEREFORDS, LLC
Polled Herefords
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Roger, Marlene & Jay
31028 290th St.
Colome, SD 57528
605/557-3570
rmmyers@gwtc.com
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Sale March 21, 2009
Ron Mettler
28225 431st Ave.
Menno, SD 57045
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(605) 387-2841
Home Raised
First Cross Black Baldy
Replacement Heifer Calves
Top End Sell at
Philip Livestock Auction
in April
Bill Parsons
22850 Hardingrove Rd.
Milesville, SD 57553-3016
605-544-3247
Randy
605/293-3493
Sherri Myers
Winner, SD
605/842-1034
Shelly Myers
Wayne, NE
402/833-5340
RAUSCH
HEREFORDS
Hoven, SD 57450
Visitors Welcome
• Sale Third Mon. in February •
Vern • Jerry • Shannon
Phone 1- 800- 6HEREFORD
or 605/948-2146
2 miles west of Hoven on Hwy. 20
e-mail: rauschherf@rauschherefords.com
Website: www.RauschHerefords.com
Selling with Bakers - Feb. 7, 2009
Rapid City, SD
Angus & Hereford Ranch
Sale Date:
April 12, 2008
Lance Pankratz
44130 279th St. ~ Freeman, SD 57029
Office: 605/925-7611 ~ Fax: 605/925-4354
Cell: 605/359-9221 ~ lagrand@gwtc.net
www.lagrandranch.com
ords
Neu Heref
Registered Stock Since 1941
Dale, Mary, Gina
36421 178th Street
Rockham, SD
(605) 472-1292
Ravine Creek
Ranch
R
The Bischoffs
V Huron,
SD 57350
SALE MARCH 2008
• 605/352-5530 •
E-mail: ravinecr@santel.net
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• South Dakota •
... continued
SIMON HEREFORDS
Raising quality commercial Hereford cattle for over 60 years.
Jim & Judy Schuette
Jerry Schuette
PO Box 266
Highmore, SD 57345
605-852-2789
605-852-2046
slc@venturecomm.net
www.slc-herefords.com
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Dave & Audrey
Stenberg
605/997-2594
Cell 605/530-6002
Polled Herefords
and Club Calves
Colman, SD
Brian & Colleen Simon
32792 US Hwy 212
Seneca, SD 57473
Home: 605/436-6725
Cell Phone: 605/765-4564
E-mail: bcsimon@venturecomm.net
Selling bulls & heifers private treaty.
THORSTENSON
South Dakota
Hereford Association
Mark & Linda Goetz, managers
Bill & Paula Thorstenson
605/649-7940
K RANC
H
SKR
— Registered Herefords & Angus —
— Commercial Black Baldies —
23250 477th Ave.
Egan, SD 57024
Phone: 605/997-3064
Cell: 605/351-3001
www.herefordamerica.com/southdakota
Jeff Spark
Dave Spark
28648 396th Ave.
712/262-2148
Armour, SD 57313
Cell: 712/260-3978
605/491-2606
dsparkfam@smunet.net
POLLED HEREFORDS
ZENS HEREFORDS
Since 1947
Canadian Bulls & Heifers
Show Steers
Hereford Ranch
30491 131st Street
Selby, South Dakota 57472
R
SPA
Bulls and Heifers for sale at the farm
WOODCREST FARMS
Harley Zens
Matt Zens
Canova, SD 57321
Cresbard, SD 57435
(605) 324-3289
Phone (605) 523- 2655
DEL & RUTH WOOD
Attend these summer events in South Dakota:
June 20-21
July 25-27
Aug. 19-21
SD Junior Hereford Field Day, Watertown, SD
Summer Spotlight, Huron, SD
DakotaFest & the famous Hereford Ribeye Steak Sandwich booth
• Services •
02).4).'
PO Box 35
13 1st St SW
Bowman, ND 58623
701-523-4656
888-768-4656
Fax 701-523-4756
email: a2zprint@ndsupernet.com
HANDELMARKETING
Private Treaty Sales • Ring Service • Consulting
Buying & Selling Commercial or Registered
Feeder Cattle & Breeding Stock
8740 Forest Grove Rd, Box 5380
Lewistown, MT 59457
bardlive@tein.net
Sonja Gregory
Ph. 605-996-9100
Fax 605-995-0611
jgerlach@cri.net
JEFF GERLACH
Manager
8” All-leather handmade utility work boot
Stitchdown construction affords flexibility at any
angle. Heavy, full-grain oil tanned uppers.
Packer-style walking heel is tapered and
slightly wider than a cowboy heel.
The sole is long wearing, oil proof
mini-Vibram.
Made in the USA
$238.00
Order No. 208 MV 8” brown..$238
WE STOCK SIZES Order No. 210 MV 10” brown.. $248
We ship
4-14, B-C-D-E-EE-F Both, mini-Vibram sole.
HATHORN 208MV Also available in safety toe. same day
UPS.
Dakota Sire Service
40275 - 257th Street
OLD WEST
ULTRASOUND
PO Box 1019
Martin, SD 57551
605-685-2074
Dan Hines
605-685-8222
Bill Hines, DVM
605-685-5174
Providing Professional Carcass
Ultrasound to the Old West Region
Gary Ekker
801/489-7530
1004 Ekker Lane • Vernon, UT 84080
Email: ekkerherefords@aol.com
Breeding Quality
Herefords Since 1985
PO Box 1019
Martin, SD 57551
(605) 685-2074
Mitchell, SD 57301
PNC FEED
Warren Woroniecki, Manager
Ration Balancing and Feed Supplements To
Meet Your Specific Needs
701-878-4774
Toll Free: 877-PNC-COWS (762-2697)
7075 28th Street • Hebron, ND 58638
Register-Lakota Printing
Quality Printing at
Affordable Prices
Catalogs Are Our Specialty
300 Sorensen Dr
P.O. Box 28
Chamberlain, SD 57325
605-734-5548
1-800-284-3348
• Washington •
• Utah •
Jim Ekker
435/839-3454
W.J. HINES, DVM
Semen Collection, Freezing, Shipping,
Storage, Sire Housing & Conditioning
www.BighornBoots.com
1945 Grand Ave. • Billings, MT 59102
Call Toll Free 1-800-638-6418
Ekker Herefords
NORTHERN PLAINS
Genex
Bighorn Boots Work Warehouse
Merlin & Anita Gebauer, Owners/Mgrs.
13171 High Plains Dr., Piedmont, SD 57769
(605) 787-4808 • (605) 787-7127 FAX
406-538-8824
406-670-2045
...........
Art & Pat Handel
1501 Summit Blvd. • Rapid City, SD 57701
605/399-9278 or 605/391-8233 (mobile)
HATHORN RANCH PACKER 8”
BULLS • STALLIONS
UGC CUP
Certified
Ultrasound
Technician
Register-Lakota Printing
!:
Bar D Livestock Services
April/May issue
of Hereford America
is the last one of the Spring.
CA
TTLE CO.
CATTLE
Box 36
Connell, WA 99326
bbcattle@3-cities.com
www.bbcattle.com
Annual Sale: Feb. 11, 2008
Bill Bennett & Family
(509) 234-4361
Cell (509) 551-6102
Joe
Cell (509) 551-6104
Fax (509) 234-1002
Dick & Karen Yoder Dale & Tammy Yoder
8941 Glendale Rd.
Katie & Clark
Custer, WA 98240
9279 Weidkamp Road
(360) 354-2945
Lynden, WA 98264
(360) 354-6605
Yoricka
Farm, Inc.
Registered Herefords
email: YorickaFm@aol.com
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• Wisconsin •
Huth
Polled Herefords
Jerry and Maryann Huth
W9096 Co. Trunk AS
Oakfield, WI 53065
(920) 583-3223
huth@wildblue.net
www.huthcattle.com
KOENS
POLLED HEREFORDS
Eric & Sue Koens
W13075 Christianson Rd.
Bruce, WI 54819
715-868-4442
koens@brucetel.net
HEREFORD
Quality Reg. Breeding Stock for Sale
Private Treaty
Visitors Always Welcome
Breeding Stock For Sale by Private Treaty
Pierce’s
RANCH
SVP Farm
715/308-1347 • Andy, cell
715/772-4876 • Farm
The Katzenberger Family
Monroe, WI • Pearl City, IL
Hereford Haven
Marvin Espenscheid Family
Thanks to our customers!
Wilson, WI
LIETZAU POLLED
Harold & Connie Lietzau
Tami, Dan, Kiara & Austin
Troy, Michelle, Jaydon & Devon
Taylor & Ty
7477 Iband Ave. • Sparta, WI 54656
608/269-3627
STOCK
FARM
12044 State Hwy 78
Argyle, WI 53504
(608) 543-3778 • Fax (608) 543-3824
wlbaosf@mhtc.net
Lamb Bros.
Polled Herefords
E10645 Hatchery Rd.
Baraboo, WI 53913
Ken, Sandy & Jim: (608) 356-2578
Travis: (608) 434-2843
Reg. Polled Herefords & Brown Swiss
Steve & Vonda Ponto
W15231 St. Hwy. 64
Gilman, WI 54433
Pride of the Pasture Sale
November 2008
Home: (715) 447-8744
Cell: (715) 290-0952
svpfarm@centurytel.net
Eric - Home: 608/325-9829 • Cell: 608/214-1154
Aaron - Home: 815/235-3673 • Cell: 815/291-8866
www.plumriverranch.com • ekatz@tds.net
Steiny’s Polled Herefords
Plan on attending the
Wisconsin Junior Preview Show
June 7, Jefferson, WI
Dave & Laurie
Steinhoff
N7908 6th Ave.
New Lisbon, WI 53950
Phone: (608) 427-3840
Cell: (608) 344-0140
Email: steiny_48@mwt.net
• Wyoming •
The Berry’s
WHERE
COWMEN
BUY BULLS
Bull Sale October 13, 2008
3000 County Road 225
Cheyenne, WY 82009
(307) 634-5178
E-mail: jaberryherefords@msn.com
Hereford & Angus Bulls
Replacement Heifers
GEORGE • RUBY
OCHSNER
HEREFORDS
& SONS
Private Treaty Sales
George (307) 532-5892 • Blake (307) 532-3282
10672 VanTassell Rd.
Torrington, WY 82240
www.qualitybulls.com
STICKS & STONES
RANCH
• Gene & Cindy Stillahn and Family •
Christopher, Amy and Trey
3896 County Road 203
Cheyenne, WY 82007
(307) 635-6716
E-mail: gcstick@juno.com
Quality Seedstock
Since 1883
Horned Herefords, Red Angus
WYOMING HEREFORD RANCH
Steve Anderson
(307) 421-2127
“The Herd with the EPD leaders”
Hereford Cattle
Since 1902
HOLMES
HEREFORDS
H
Jay and Janice Berry
WYOMING BULL POWER
LARGENT
and SONS
Spear Two Herefords
2
Joe or Jodee Kawulok
Bulls & Heifers for sale
via Private Treaty
PO Box 459
Gillette, WY
(307) 682-3955
(307) 687-0506
THE
NED AND JAN WARD
QUALITY PROGRAM
...honest, efficient and predictable
Polled Herefords.
NED, JAN & BELL WARD
247A Decker Road • Sheridan, WY 82801
Phone and fax (307) 672-3248
Bulls • Females • Semen • Embryos
Call for a private treaty sale brochure
Breeding Polled Herefords & Angus
Breeding Productive Polled
Herefords since 1964.
Production Sale April 10, 2008.
• Sale November 13, 2008
P.O. Box 66 • Kaycee, WY 82639
(307) 738-2443 or (307) 267-4491
www.largentandsons.com
largentandsons@yahoo.com
McClun’s Lazy JM Ranch
Dick Drake • 307-632-6027
2400 Holmes Rd. • Cheyenne, WY 82009
• Visitors Always Welcome •
Private treaty sales any time.
Jim & Jerri McClun & Family
1929 Road 60 • Veteran, WY 82243
Ph. 307-837-2524
MIDDLESWARTH
RANCH
Beautiful Star Valley
Perkes Herefords
High Performance
Sale 1st Saturday in April
O.D. Perkes, MD
Afton, WY 83110
307/886-5770
Ranch
307/883-2919
307/883-2182
S.E. West & Sons
• Herefords since 1949 •
Selling Private Treaty and at
Black Hills Stock Show
Nebraska Cattleman’s Classic
Bulls & Females • Club Calves
Lusk, Wyoming
S.E. 307/334-2299
Brett 307/334-2546
Registered Herefords
• Bulls for Sale October 2008 •
Selling bulls for over 50 years
Torrington, WY / Henry, NE
Jay & Marsha Middleswarth
Box 998, Torrington, WY 82240
(307) 532-5427
Stuart
Mart &
Ginger Stuart
P.O. Box 1248
Lusk, WY 82225
(307) 334-2114
Herefords
Bulls & Females for Sale at Private Treaty
Plan on attending the
Wyoming Junior Hereford Field Day
June 16 in Torrington!
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BII
CHB
Mohican Plentywood 428P ET
Mohican Rangeland 221R
REMITALL KEYNOTE 20X [SOD, CHB]
REMITALL BOOMER 46B [SOD, CHB] RMTLL SALLYS LASS 120X
PW MOHICAN NASDAQ P316
RHF VICTOR 266 964
PW VICTORIA 964 8114
HVF VICTORIAL 1121 05
HAROLDSON’S DRUMMOND 56G
REMITALL EMBRACER 8E [CHB]
MOHICAN PET 184L
HAROLDSON’S ROSE 74D ET
MOHICAN PET 58H
MW EUREKA 421E 1ET [CHB]
MOHICAN PET M13E
-1.6
4.0
35
66
20
38
-0.5
0.4
.001
.28
.04
$11
$12
$11
$16
REMITALL EMBRACER 8E [CHB]
HAROLDSON’S DRUMMOND 56G
HAROLDSON’S ROSE 74D ET
MW EUREKA 421E 1ET [CHB]
MOHICAN MISS 424G
MM MISS PACE 124
CED
BW
WW
YW
MM
M&G
CEM
SC
Fat
REA
IMF
BMI
CEZ
BII
CHB
REMITALL ACME 10A [SOD]
PLAIN LAKE BELLE 20X 117P 5B
HAROLDSON RAIDER P183 2Z
TEE-JAY YELLOW ROSE 2Z
DUNWALKE PRECISE 2310B
MOHICAN CARMEL M3X
MM PACEMAKER 93
MM GOLDEN GIRL 984
0.8
2.9
51
83
21
47
-0.9
0.8
.032
.30
-.07
$14
$14
$12
$19
BKR Sanderson 73C 60S
g
n
i
c
u
d
o
r
Int
BAR JZ TRADITION 434V [SOD, CHB]
RF POSITIVE PLUS 73C [SOD, CHB]
RF VICTRA F243 37Y
CMF 103T VICTOR 262D [SOD, CHB]
BKR VICTORIA 262D 4J
BKR AMELIA 36D
CED
BW
WW
YW
MM
M&G
CEM
SC
Fat
REA
IMF
0.5
4.0
52
84
17
43
5.2
1.1
.01
.07
.00
We have a great set of calves by Rangeland,
Plentywood and Sanderson. We invite you to
come look at the excitement.
Mark your calendar for these Mohican Events:
Female Sale Oct. 25, 2008
in Ohio
Bull Sale
Nov. 10, 2008
in Montana
-0.3
4.6
52
80
24
49
0.2
0.4
.013
.32
-.07
$10
$12
$8
$20
Mohican Sign of Times 406S ET
MW EUREKA 421E 1ET [CHB]
MOHICAN EUREKA 67J [CHB]
MOHICAN DEE M21E
BAR B MOHICAN HERITAGE [SOD]
MOHICAN PLUS 139J
MOHICAN PLUS M12E
M
M
FELTONS 517
DR WORLD CLASS 517 10H
VPI MARATHON LADY 0081
TA-BAR WLB FORMULA 035J
WLB 035J FLORA 85M
BLAIR-ATHOL SWEET PEA 952J
Intr
oduc
ing
CED
BW
WW
YW
MM
M&G
CEM
SC
Fat
REA
IMF
BMI
CEZ
BII
CHB
WLB ELI 10H 83T
FELTONS 403
F PRINCESS A80
SBR MARATHON MAN 257T
BF LADY IMPACT S29
RU 20X BOULDER 57G
TA-BAR 12E LAURA 135G
K&B L1 ENCOUNTER 1ET
BRAESWOLD 359S L1 LADY 97Z
BT MOHICAN TRADITION 530 [SOD, CHB]
BAR JZ BANNER LDY 693P
OR DOM 549 F243 [SOD]
SF ENFORCER ROSE T8
RHF IGT VICTOR 103T [SOD]
K ROSE F243 P6
GK AIRBOURNE A58 [SOD]
BKR MEGAN 63A
DUNWALKE PRECISE 2310B
MOHICAN CARMEL M3X
BT MOHICAN TRADITION 530 [SOD, CHB]
4S DELILAH
RHF VICTOR 767 2105 [SOD]
LOUADA 15G RUBY 15S
REMITALL BOOMER 46B [SOD, CHB]
MOHICAN PLUS M41B
3100 Sportsman Park Rd. • Laurel, MT 59044
Office phone and fax (406) 633-2600
Terry Powlesland, Mgr.
(406) 633-2810 • Cell: (406) 670-8529
E-mail: mohicanw@yahoo.com