January 11, 2009 - 7:00 p.m. National Western Beef Palace Arena Great Genetics, Great Programs, Great People. Offering Herd Changing Genetics: Open Heifers • Bred Heifers • Donor Cow Prospects • Herd Bull Prospects • Semen Packages • Embryo Packages • Pick & Choose Lots January 11, 2009 - 7:00 p.m. National Western Beef Palace Arena Jeff Erhardt 3270 45th Ave New Salem, ND 58563 Great Genetics, Great Programs, Great People. January 11, 2009 - 7:00 p.m.
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January 11, 2009 - 7:00 p.m.National Western Beef Palace Arena
January 11, 2009 - 7:00 p.m.National Western Beef Palace Arena
Jeff Erhardt3270 45th Ave
New Salem, ND 58563
Great Genetics, Great Programs, Great People.
January 11, 2009 - 7:00 p.m.
New Deal 2009 Sale
January 11, 2009 - 7:00 p.m.National Western Beef Palace Arena
303-465-2333www.gelbvieh.org
Wayne Vanderwert Executive Director
AGA Executive CommitteePresident – Vaughn Thorstenson, Selby, SDVice President –Al Knapp, Bonner Springs, KSSecretary – Sam Castleberry, Castroville, TXTreasurer – Skyler Martin, Oregon, IL
Terms & ConditionsAll cattle sell under the standard terms and conditions of the American Gelbvieh Association. A copy of these terms and conditions can be obtained from the AGA. Terms are cash or check and settlement must be made before cattle will be allowed to leave the sale facility.
Supplement SheetA supplement sheet will be available with any updated information on printed in this catalog. Announcements from the auction block take precedence over the printed catalog.
Sale Cattle DisplaySale cattle will be available for viewing in their stalls on the hill beginning Friday, January 9. They will be available outside the sale pavilion at 5:00 PM on Sunday, Jan 11, 2009.
View catalog and watch sale online at www.liveauctionhaven.com.
The lowest input major breed – MARC data shows Gelbvieh’s advantage in mature cow size, lower maintenance and feed costs, early puberty, fertility and milk.
Higher output – Calves with bigger weaning weights, fast feedlot gains and more carcass weight, more pounds, more dollars!
Take another look – Through selection Gelbvieh breeders have reduced birth weight and shortened gestation length.
The perfect complement – Gelbvieh bulls on British-based cowherds, the SmartCross® system.
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Gelbvieh
Dear Gelbvieh Enthusiasts and Friends,
It is with great honor and pleasure that we present to you the 2009 National
Gelbvieh Sale! Shortly after agreeing to manage the National Sale, I discov-
ered that this has been a team effort of breeders, staff, directors, and pro-
fessionals to bring you “New Deal 2009.” We are so proud of the steps that
were taken to bring back the positive energy and excitement to the breed
and to the National Sale!
There have been many changes to the National Sale. The obvious is the
addition of technology. The DVD allows each and everyone of us to have a
front row chair to the cattle and genetics being offered. The second is the
simple change in attitude and perception.
We have visited with many breeders across the country and we are so proud
of the new excitement in the breed. We realize that the power of our atti-
tudes and how we perceive ourselves and our operations is a direct correla-
tion to the profit we make on our genetics. People are talking….People are
promoting…..People are Marketing…..People are simply telling the story of
why Gelbvieh Cattle are the best kept secret in the beef industry.
This year we offer you “Great Genetics, Great Programs, from Great People.”
These cattle can perform, produce, and profit. We have assembled a set of
bulls and females that hold opportunities, opportunities to help you obtain
your specific goals and outcomes. Each one of us could use any of these of-
ferings and make them work in our herds. That is the power of this sale.
I encourage all of us participate in the National Sale and Convention. There
are many Gelbvieh professional available to assist you in finding the genetics
package that fits your program!
Respectfully,
Jeff “Tigger” Erhardt
General Sale Information
National Sale CommitteeEd Kalianoff Co-Chair 701-475-2694 701-471-4066John Shearer Co-Chair 620-628-4621 620-654-3381Jim Beastrom 605-224-5789 605-224-5793Bill Clark 785-792-6244 785-792-6250Dave Judd 785-566-3770 785-566-8371David Slaughter 270-965-9909 270-556-4259
Thank You!
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#AMGV 1082923DOB: 2/21/08Tattoo: BEA 819U • Polled • 50% AN, 50% GV • Black
EXAR Pay Stub 40 5SExar Lutton 1831
Rollin Rock Blackbird 7537
Northern Improvement 4480 GF
R R Ferdinand 758DExar Saras Dream 9809
Rollin Rock Blackbird 8237
BEA 3016NBEA 7089G
BEA 9017J
EXC Double E 5113
CTR Echo 575EJBK Kassandra 448W
BEA 704G
Open Heifer
BEA 819UWow Look at those numbers, low birth, outstanding performance and great milk. She has it all; a powerful made heifer with a big square top, a lot of rib and that profile we all love. Up Town Girl comes from a strong and consistent cow family and is sired by EXAR Pay Stub that will add carcass value and eye appeal. This a a very complete heifer that has a very bright future whether it is in the show ring or the pasture.
#AMGV 1077257DOB: 2/22/06Tattoo: HAG 222U • Polled • Purebred • Red
HAG Ms. Firecracker is sure to be a great addition to any herd. The Haglund Ranch has a reputation for offering low birth weight, high performing genetics in a moderate sized package. Jim and Genny Priest, the new co-owners and managers of Haglund Ranch in Brockway, Mont., are continuing the long-standing tradition of donating a heifer to benefit the American Gelbvieh Junior Association. Phil and Dolores Haglund, longtime junior supporters, started the program as a way to provide continuous support for junior programs. This is the 15th heifer donated by Haglund Ranch. A big thank you goes to both the Priest and Haglund families for their dedication to the American Gelbvieh Junior Association. Proceeds from the donation heifer support AGJA programs such as the AGJA Classic each summer. Following the raffle of the heifer, she will be covered by 30 days of insurance provided by The Wilson Livestock Agency and American Live Stock Insurance. The Wilson Livestock Agency is owned by Stuart and Ann Wilson, who represent the American Live Stock Insurance Company. They specialize in cattle insurance and offer many types of equine insurance. American Live Stock Insurance Company was founded in 1952. Since 1976 it has consistently received an A+ Superior financial rating from A.M. Best. It is the premier livestock insurer in the United States, where animal mortality insurance is their primary business. Special thanks to the Tom Rea Family of Berthoud, Colo., for providing care of the heifer prior to the sale and during the National Western Stock Show. 2009 Welcomes a New Format to the Raffle Drawing! Ticket packages for the heifer will be sold during the Breeder’s Choice Bull Futurity and Social at the Red Lion Hotel on Saturday, January 10 at 7:30 p.m. The drawing will then take place during the National Sale on Sunday, January 11 at the National Western Stock Show Sale Arena.
#AMGV 1062498DOB: 2/14/08Tattoo: GALG 62U3 • 94% GV • Red
GALG Kevlar 18R3BTI Extra 2106K ET
GALG Ms PLD Diamond
FHG Flying H Extra 150D
DBC Black Diamond 96CBTI Lady Granite 2001E ET
JEB BCC Juliette 159F
JBOB 2271J ETJEB Polled Gizmo 17Z
RMR 905Y Ms Summit
ATM Tejas Rolls Roych 868
HHF Polled Summit 648UJEB Ms. Sensation 31X
RMR Ms Hochrein 181N
GALG 62U3 “Miss Sweet Thing” (GALG 62U3) has champion written all over her. In her only outing, she won her Division at the Kansas State Fair this year. We believe this female has the potential to be one of the great ones. Her disposition is just a bonus…you can start the Rookie Junior right here and expect great things. Structural correctness and pedigree with potential and stayability – this little lady’s dam is still in production and looks like she’ll be around for quite a while. Testing for Homozygous Polled – only 1 horned animal in 3 past generations. We are retaining 1 flush at the buyer’s convenience and at our expense.
Tenderness 1
Marbling 6
Percent Choice 6
Yield Grade 6
Carcass Weight 6
Fat Thickness 5
Ribeye Area 4
Heifer Pregnancy Rate 6
Stayability 6
Maternal Calv. Ease 7
Docility 6
Circle S RanchJohn Shearer • Canton, KS • 620-628-4621
PHG U SEXY THING U12 Here’s a female that truly lives up to her name. U12 is one of the first calves from ELK Ck Formula 957S, the high selling bull at the 2007 Black Hills Stock Show. U Sexy Thing has been a standout since birth and continues to get better as she gets older. She combines an exceptional phenotype with loads of capacity. U12 has already experienced the winners circle, being chosen as Reserve Calf Champion at the 2008 NILE Stock Show. Her dam VVGR Miss 356K has been one of the most consistent females on the ranch, with progeny working in MT, ND, and SD. If you’re looking for a front pasture female with an outcross pedigree, look no further!
?One of a select group of young purebred herdsire prospects will have been evaluated by futurity members and only one will be selected as the prestigious “Futurity Champion.” One Futurity membership will be auctioned prior to the drawing. One lucky Futurity Club Member will have his name drawn at random and will receive the net proceeds from the sale of this tremendous herdsire prospect.Selling Full Possession and ½ Semen Interest!
FHG Flying H Exclusive 041PFHG VVFG Flying H Exclusive
FHG Flying H Ms Extra 64M
MLLC M/L Advantage
FHG Flying H Extra 150DFHG Flying H Cadisister 95E
FHG Flying H Ms Buddy 179K
RCMP Miss RebeccaJCGR Bar GT Mach One 54L
JCGR Bar GT Lady Luck 404L ET
SLC Freedom 178F ET
DCSF Post Rock Lucky 11F2BDCG Claudia 1144J
JCGR Jumping Cow 329D4 ET
Herd Bull
RCMP Y2K SEBASTIAN Y2K Sebastian is one of the most unique sires to hit the Gelbvieh business in years. Few bulls in any breed bridge solid carcass gentics with near flawless phenotype and true performance. This outcross sire to 2106, Bronco and Fortune sports excellent actual performance and is backed by dam who is “right-sized” with an excellent udder. We so believe in Y2K Sebastian’s genetic potential we have placed his top sons at the Midland Bull Station to be Efficiency Tested (RFI) via the “GrowSafe System” and preliminary data is very promising. We will continue heavy use of Sebastian in the coming years for both our purebred and Balancer cow families to stack carcass genetics with that soggy, thick look. If you’re looking for new, fresh genetics with that “carcass punch”, you owe it to yourself to inspect Y2K Sebastian.
CRRG K130UCRRG K130U was sired by DCJ Hillcrest Sir Nottingham, who was both calf and yearling division champion in Denver; and is now offered by Cattlemen’s Connection Bull Stud. Her Dam of Merit Post Rock mother, sired by JEB Polled Gizmo 17Z is a materrial sib to the popular Post Rock Black Savvy. With her correctness, natural thickness, and depth of body, CRRG K130U has all the credentials to be a really great cow.
TAU Dr Pepper 29DDJS Miss Swanson 173D
DCSF Post Rock Gwen 130K2DCSF 7W2
Lot 24
#AMGV 1075819DOB: 1/27/08Tattoo: ACKG 1U• Homozygous Polled • 50% AN, 50% GV • Black
Connealy Danny BoyConnealy Timeline
Energy of Conanga 4851
Connealy Dateline
Hoff Heartland S C 456Enchants Fortune Conanga 6127
Dividends Envy of Conanga
ACKG Miss Elegance 6MBNC Black Power
JMSG 14E
TLR Cocoa 35C
KCF Bennett HorizonKAB 206B Lady Symbol 451D
VLY 7T
Open Heifer
ACKG KATE 1UKate is a long-spined female that has a lot of natural body. She has a brood cow look while maintaining an attractive profile. She is an extremely easy fleshing female that has a lot of room to grow; she keeps getting better and better every day. Kate comes from a strong, consistent cow family, has high growth numbers and scored desirably on the Igenity gene panel. This is a female that will go to work for your cow herd.
A & C GelbviehArlan & Cora Kooima • Canton, SD • 605-987-2118
Tenderness 1
Marbling 6
Percent Choice 6
Yield Grade 6
Carcass Weight 4
Fat Thickness 5
Ribeye Area 5
Heifer Pregnancy Rate 5
Stayability 7
Maternal Calv. Ease 6
Docility 6
Lot 3Pick of Bulls
PICK OF THE DENVER BULLS
Dromgoole’s Heaven is offering the solution to your bull dilemma. Need that new herd sire? Well you can take one or all of DH’s top picks from the 2008 bull crop. Dromgoole’s has brought their top yearling bulls to compete in the 2009 National Western Pen Show, and they are offering all of them for sale. Take one or take all!! The sire of this lot is no other than, Headline!! Fast becoming one of the most popular bulls in the Gelbvieh breed, Headline is marking his calves with consistency, growth and style. He is taking the powerful females in the breed, red or black, and adding the class to them without taking away the performance. Headline was the sire of the Champion Gelbvieh Female, Reserve Champion Gelbvieh Bull, and Reserve Champion Balancer Bull at the 2008 North American International Livestock Show in Louisville just last month. The Dam’s of these bulls include, VTG Freedom or commonly known as Rolex’s dam, Mustang Sara, Frisby 86M, and Hill and Dale’s power cow 2143. One of these 8 bulls was selected as the 2008 North American International Livestock Show Reserve Grand Champion Bull. Can you tell which one it was? Loads of rib, length, muscle, performance and smoothness packed into each of these bulls. Take a look at the $FM numbers as high as $16.69, or the maternal numbers to include Total Maternal in the high 30’s or better. All of the bulls offer a nice spectrum of EPD’s and Igenity data. All eight bulls are black and polled. Take a look at the Igenity results to evaluate these outstanding individuals, and pick which bull works best for you. Dromgoole’s Heaven invites you to visit our yard pens to view these bulls. If you can’t find one that you want in this group, then you haven’t looked hard enough.
Dromgoole’s HeavenJim & Pat Dromgoole • Richmond, TX • 210-241-4925
BETZ Premier’s Blaq MagicBTI Lady Granite 2001E ET
RMJG Ms Magic 302C
Fall Open Heifer
RLKL RL MISS KELLYRLKL RL MISS KELLY T57 Has nice length of body with plenty of depth. She has BETZ Magic Muffin F64 as a grand dam and on the other side is SEAJ Lady Pride 35M1 which is another one of my great cows. She was mated to Black Impulse that produced RL Impluse that I showed a few years ago. The mating of him and RL Kelly produce Miss Kelly with a 72# birth weight and the performance kept on going with a adj. WW of 585# and a YW of 1260#. She is a red heifer that will be a great cow.
CIRS 81NT CIRS 81NT is the heifer calf that was part of the Cow/Calf Champion showing at the Junior Eastern Regional in Murfreesboro, TN, this last summer. She is the daughter of one of our best CIRS KING females. Fosters daughters are not only easy to look at, but bring the best calves in at weaning – with beautiful teat and udder structure. CIRS 81NT appears to have the same great qualities. Bred to DLGG 30S “Stinger” this fall (since November 1). In the event we can’t confirm pregnancy prior to the sale, we will provide the buyer with 10 units of “Stinger”. Testing for Homozygous Polled – will have results by Sale date.
Tenderness 4
Marbling 5
Percent Choice 5
Yield Grade 6
Carcass Weight 5
Fat Thickness 6
Ribeye Area 5
Heifer Pregnancy Rate 4
Stayability 6
Maternal Calv. Ease 7
Docility 6
Circle S RanchJohn Shearer • Canton, KS • 620-628-4621
BEA BACK TRACK 801U ET This is as well balanced of a bull as they get. He is deep ribbed, has lots of volume, is big topped and square hipped, has great testicular development and is extremely free moving. Oh what a pedigree; Back Track School is sired by Traitmaker and is a paternal brother to BEA Polled Midnight who does not need an introduction to the Gelbvieh breed. Other herd bulls mentioned in this pedigree are Hochrein, Magnum, Rolls Roych, Floto, Samson, Sherman, Monarch and Belgrad which add to this bull’s uniqueness. On the dam’s side are Miss Vrani and Helga who are two of the great foundation cows that came from Germany. It is not often we get a calf of this quality with a whos who pedigree.
RLKL RL RICH 739RLKL RL RICH 739 is a very wide, black son of the 2006 Breeder’s Choice Futurity Champion, XXB BIG N RICH. His birth weight was 72# and adj. WW of 735, out of a young cow that is sired by a Canadian outcross Homozygous polled bull, NGAC REMITALL PLD EXCELL 232E. She has produced some great calves for me like the Lot 5 bull Iowa bred and owned champion at the Iowa State Fair this year. He has nice length moderate height which has made him a standout in the group of calves that he was with. He has a adj. YW of 1362# which has performance all over. He is my entry in the Breeder’s Choice Bull Futurity. So come take a look at RL RICH 739.
EGL TIARA T003 ET Tiara is coming to Denver to carry on the legacy of her Champion parents. Her sire Titus was the 2001 Breeders Choice Bull Futurity Champion and her dam Farah was the 2002 National Champion Female.The combination of her dam’s power and mass and her sire’s clean lines and square made structure make Tiara a “sure thing donor prospect”. Tiara’s structure, style and thickness will speak for itself in Denver. She is effortless on the move. She is carrying twin bull calves by the Angus bull HARB Tanker 717JH #15777734 due February 24. Tanker was one of the top proven feed efficiency sires to come out of the Midland Bull Test in 2008.
BABR 7069T ET An outstanding bred Balancer female that is a flush mate to BABR Smoke N’ Hottie. She is moderate framed, big bodied, has great angles and loads of muscles shape and thickness. She travels very well and has a big foot. BABR Smoke N’ Lass is out of a cow who has not produced a calf that hasn’t easily found its way to the top of the bunch. Daughters from this cow family are great producers and easy keepers. She is pasture exposed to BEA Domino, a maternal brother to BEA Polled Midnight, carrying a heifer calf due the First week in March.
JWBG PROGRESSThe need for an out cross bull has always been on the top of everyone’s mind. The use of older bloodlines in this mating yielded a unique bull that has muscle, depth, and performance in a truly moderate package that is needed in today’s world of high input costs. Progress is rightfully named for his ability to progressively move the Gelbvieh breed in the right direction. Selling one-half interest and full possession.
Nine Bar Nine GelbviehWes Brown • Meriden, WY • 307-246-3455
Lot 7Pick of Any Herd Female
A once in a lifetime opportunity! This entry would allow the buyer to select from over 900 head of bred and open females. You will have the chance to select from genetic pools that have produced Lazy TV Beethoven, Lazy TV Classic, Lazy TV Second Class, Lazy TV Old School, Lazy TV Everest and many others. We have never before, in the history of the ranch, offered this opportunity.
KKK TITILLATING 203T ET This gal is destined for greatness! A powerful red female with bone, substance, depth and breadth with momma cow written all over her. She has a perfectly balanced set of EPD’s. Titillating got her name because she was one of the most exciting heifer calves out of Triple K Gelbvieh’s 2007 calf crop. Her dam, BTI Miss Helen sold at the AGA National Sale in Denver for $7,500 in 2004. Triple K and Poker City jointly own her. Her sire, Pegasus was the Breeder’s Choice Bull Futurity winner in 2004. Titillating caught a lot of attention early winning the junior calf division at the 2007 Kansas State Fair, and again at the 2007 KGA Pick of the Herd Sale. Our niece, Emily, bought her out of the sale for $4,300. Titillating showed her maternal strengths in that she was AI’d 4-21-07 and conceived while undergoing the stress of the show circuit. She is bred to JBOB Carolina Fortune 2564JE for a 2-2-09 calf. She was pasture exposed to XXB King George 918S.
Tenderness 3
Marbling 6
Percent Choice 6
Yield Grade 7
Carcass Weight 7
Fat Thickness 6
Ribeye Area 5
Heifer Pregnancy Rate 6
Stayability 6
Maternal Calv. Ease 6
Docility 5
Triple K GelbviehAl & Mary Knapp • Bonner Springs, KS • 913-724-4105
Lot 17
JRI Great Western 254N68 ETJRI Extra Exposure 285L71 ET
JRI Ms P Blackberry 254K55ET
FHG Flying H Extra 150D
FHG Flying H Extra 150DJRI Ms Polled Sweetie 285C6
JRI Ms PLD Equalizer 254A4
DCSF Post Rock Twila 223M2MRCO New Direction J905
DCSF Post Rock Twila 3F2
VAA Leachman New Day
DCSF Post Rock Black SavvyMRCO Cadilllac Lady 541E
LOU Miss Mikron 24U
Pregnant Recip
Post Rock Twila 223M2 produced as her first calf the $12,000 popular young AI sire Post Rock Granite 200P2. She also is the dam of our 2009 Breeder’s Choice Bull Futurity entry, Post Rock Mass Appeal. He will be in Denver for your appraisal. Prior to entering our donor program Twila produced 3 progeny with a 97 BW ratio, 107 WW ratio and 102 YW ratio (perfect growth curve) and was an AGA Dam of Merit. Her dam 3F2, also a Dam of Merit, produced lifetime ratio’s of 100 BW, 106 WW, and 102 YW on 10 progeny in the Post Rock program. Great Western the sire of the pregnancy selling, is jointly owned by EBY Ranch and Post Rock. He is the sire of the current National Champion Balancer Bull Western Hauler and the current National Reserve Champion Balancer Female. Great Western is a homozygous black, homozygous polled, purebred and no semen is for sale making the only way to obtain his progeny is from the EBY or Post Rock programs. This pregnancy represents truly valuable cutting edge purebred genetics that can benefit every Gelbvieh program. Purchaser to select choice of full calf embryo or heifer calf embryo carried by an unregistered Gelbvieh or Balancer cow. Embryos were placed in December 2008 and will be available for pickup when the embryo sex is determined.
Post Rock Cattle CompanyBill & Leland Clark • Barnard, KS • 785-792-6244 • 785-792-6208
PEDIGREE OF LOT 17
Dam of Lot 18
Sire of Lot 17
Dam of Lot 17
Lot 8Choice
Jumping Cow Gelbvieh is consigning choice of any one animal in the Denver Show String. There will be no restrictions with regard to partial ownership, semen sales or future flushes. We only request that if the buyer select one of the bulls, that the buyer forward 250 straws of semen when the bull is collected for our in-herd use. We will be obligated to exclude our Breeder’s Choice Futurity Entry if he should win from the selection. He will be subject to the rules of the Breeder’s Choice Bull Futurity. Selection must be made at the fall of the gavel.
SKLS Lexi 17S is the March 15, 2006 daughter of RTRM Headline (Headline) and LBFM Leading Lady. She is a paternal half sister to JDPD Sonador, the 2008 Reserve National Champion Female. SKLS Lexi offers you the first opportunity to purchase a producing daughter of Headline and the first produce ever offered by JHG Premonition 662S ET. This stylish young female was a first year 4-H heifer project. Her gentle disposition in the show ring made her a favorite for showmanship classes. She was the Reserve Champion Heifer Calf at the San Antonio Junior Livestock show in 2007, and the Spring Yearling Division winner at the 2007 Gateway Classic Show in Sedalia, Missouri. Lexi went on to be the Reserve Grand Champion female at the Texas Junior Gelbvieh show in 2007. Her extraordinary balance and femininity pushed her to the forefront in the show ring. This beautiful young female has her first calf at side. MNZI Cinch M03U is a bull calf by JHG Premonition 662S ET, born August 2, 2008. Premonition topped the Spring ‘07 Midwest Performance Bull Sale and he’s one of the most complete young sires to come into the breed for some time. He was the Reserve National Champion Gelbvieh Bull in 2008. He’s sired by the 2005 Breeder’s Choice Futurity Bull Pegasus and his famed dam, LJS Salley ET, is one of the top producing donor females in the country. RTRM Headline is homozygous black and homozygous polled. His unmatched pedigree includes JRI EXTRA EXPOSURE and the 2005 Reserve National Champion Female, Kali B. The maternal cow family behind Headline is extremely strong. His maternal grand-dam is a past NAILE Grand Champion Female. Headline offers you tremendous muscle, depth of rib and flawless eye appeal. He was the 2006 Houston Grand Champion Bull, 2005 Oklahoma State Fair Grand Champion Bull and the 2005 AJGA Junior Reserve Grand Champion Bull. He is the sire of JDPD Sonador 46S, the 2008 Reserve National Champion Female, the National Western Champion Junior Gelbvieh Heifer and the Reserve Supreme Heifer at the 2008 San Antonio Junior heifer show. The production potential with Headline is unlimited. Lexi sells with MNZI Cinch M03U at side and bred back. Breeding information will be available sale day.
Menzi SpillerThrockmorton, TX • 940-849-9090
Lot 9Pick of the Fall Born 2008 Calves
McCabe Cattle Co. (Lacey McCabe) and The Two Step Ranch (Pat McCabe) are teaming up to offer you a pick of Fall 2008 Calf Crop. This is truly a unique opportunity to tap into the heart of the Gelbvieh Breed! Including a rare chance to acquire progeny from dams who have never had daughters offered for sale. Over 50 head to choose from….red, black, heifers, bulls, purebreds, Balancers!
Some Calf Highlights: 8212 - PB bull calf out of RID Collateral crossed with Lacey’s cow #3030 who is the dam of “7216, pictured bull” who was a division champion at the 2008 Royal and we sold show day to a Black Angus breeder east of Kansas City. 8203 - Awesome Balancer Bull Calf out of XXB Ludacris, 68lb. BW, out of a Bennett K503 daughter. 8217 - A stylish black ¾ Balancer heifer sired by XXB Ludacris,, cross with cow #2143 “Bobbie”, who won her cow-calf class in Denver in 2007. Her daughters have never been offered! 8218 - A true F-1 Balancer heifer calf (Polled Fullblood Gelbvieh Cow cross with MYTTY In Focus Fullblood Angus) 8208 - A black PB heifer calf with a very bright future and sired by Full Exposure cross with cow #1163 “Aspen”. Aspen is the dam of #6213 pictured to the left. Aspen’s daughters have never been offered for sale!
Sires include XXB Ludacris, EGL Tenderloin, DRJ Full Exposure, OZZ EXT Govenor, JBOB 3303K “Junior”, RID R Collateral, MYTTY In Focus, JBOB Carolina Fortune, XXB Drew, PJM TSR Sarge, SVVG Dorset (Visa) and GDW Blk Master. An entire list of calves will be listed online December 20 at www.mccabecattle.com A Special Note to Juniors…..All calves will be eligible to show in Heartland Classic in Des Moines, IA. Please note our “Free Hotel Promotion”… A 5 night stay at the Junior National Hotel Headquarters for any junior exhibitor who purchases a Heartland Classic entry from either of us in 2008 or 2009.
“Special Late Note”... An XXB Ludacris sired heifer just sold in the Kansas Pick of the Herds Sale for $12,000. And remember, Ludacris semen is not available to non-owners!
McCabe Cattle Co. & Two Step RanchPat & Lacey McCabe • Farley, IA • 563-543-4177
JBOB 4825N ET Featuring a flush to our featured donor, JBOB 4825. JBOB 4825 is a daughter of JBOB 2308J, which was the 2nd high selling lot at the JBOB dispersal where she sold for $11,000. JBOB 4825 is thick made, wide based, easy moving cow with an outstanding disposition. Her 4 calves to date (ET/Natural) have Adj. WWs of 672, 687, 686, and 666 lbs. (3 heifers/1 bull) all without creep feed. Photographed during a prolonged Texas drought while on native range. Guarantee of at least 5 transferable embryos. Buyer to supply semen and responsible for shipment of embryos.
Miller GelbviehCody Miller • Florence, TX • 254-793-2814 • 512-626-2721
SmartCross® Cattle Their Worth
This past summer Gelbvieh profit partners, inc. harvested several lots of smartCross® feeder cattle. The results
proved that Gelbvieh x British cattle can provide what the industry demands—cattle with performance, efficiency, and a carcass that can have both quality grade and cutability.
The cattle ranged in grade anywhere from 56 to 86 percent Choice, with 56 to 58 percent catching the bulk of the cattle. The highest performing and highest quality grading steers were 75 smartCross® steers from Nebraska that had a whopping 4.15 average Daily Gain (aDG), while also grading 86 percent Choice on the power Genetics Grid. These cattle were 57 percent Yield Grade 1 and 2. These were long fed cattle for the export market and had a finish weight of 1,513 pounds. most appealing about these steers was the $103.30/head profit. the consistency of the smartCross® calves was evident. Not only were they consistent in their ability to grade Choice in the 56 to 57 percent area, they were also consistent in their ability to yield a carcass that returned a premium when compared to their base price. With the exception of one lot, all the other cattle that were marketed on a basis grid returned a premium anywhere from $3.12 to $3.98 per hundredweight (cwt). after comparing these carcass premium results to higher quality grading cattle that only returned a net sales price that was closer to their base price, it became apparent that today’s market will still reward cattle that can at least match the plant average for Choice, but can still provide
a high cutability carcass. these premiums resulted in cattle receiving an extra $42.93 to $49.78 per head premium.
The carcass performance traits of smartCross® feeder cattle in this current market environment should yield additional returns to the cattle feeder. although the past emphasis has been on high quality grading cattle, it’s evident that provided the carcass can at least meet or exceed the plant average for percent Choice then the added cutability of the smartCross® feeder animal should allow for additional financial returns.
SmartCross® cattle that combine Gelbvieh and British-based genetics are the best of both worlds for profitability in the feedyard and on the rail. The demand for cattle that can gain efficiently, grade Choice and have high cutability will put SmartCross feeder calves in demand.
Please take note of this rare opportunity to tap into the genetics of one of the Nation’s most respected females, XXB Miss Drew 221M. Miss Drew was selected the first GAIN Fall Female Festival Futurity Champion in 2002. Her first calf PMG Pegasus rose to Breeder’s Choice Bull Futurity Champion in 2005 and has himself impacted the breed greatly. For example, a Pegasus daughter was selected AGJA National Champion Female in 2007 and a Pegasus son, Premonition was the 2008 National Western Reserve Champion Bull. In 2006 another Miss Drew son, PMG Ramsis met with great approval in the Breeder’s Choice Bull Futurity and is now serving at Handel Farms in South Dakota. Then in 2007 another Miss Drew son, PMG Sartorious was selected runner up in the Futurity. Miss Drew is a unique Drew daughter with her performance, muscle and abundant milking ability. Her fertility is uncontested with an average of 17 viable embryos collected over four flushes. Great rewards await the bid winner on this offering with potential to produce another breed influencer flushing Miss Drew to a sire of your choice. M&P Gelbvieh willingly offers to share these genetics with you through a flush opportunity granting a guarantee of six viable embryos and a minimum of three resulting pregnancies with replacement of up to three embryos if unsuccessful to meet guarantee. Transfer of embryos must be performed by an AETA certified embryologist. Embryos in excess of 6 may be prorated at buyer’s discretion.
For those of you that saw that Kurt Russell horse movie a year or two ago you probably know that “Sonador” means dreamer. Well, we never dreamed that a Gelbvieh female could look like our JDPD Sonador 46S. Big bones, huge rib shape, muscle and dimension all wrapped in a flawless package with style to spare. Sonador is one of the coolest fronted and smoothest shouldered Gelbvieh that we have ever seen, much less raised. For those of you that were in Denver last year you might remember her. She was the Reserve National Champion Female, and the Grand Champion Female in the Denver Jr. Show. She was also successful at the 2007 NAILE and other State Fairs. Her biggest claim to fame for us was when she won the Reserve Supreme Champion Female at the San Antonio Livestock Show. She first won the Gelbvieh breed and then went on to defeat 1,932 other heifers for this honor. In doing so, she won over $15,000 in scholarship awards for Ashley Skeels. You could have a piece of this history in your herd. Besides having a great show career, this young female is a great production oriented cow in her own right. Sonador has breed average or better numbers across the board with great spread and improving accuracies. Sonador can be mated numerous different ways, depending on what direction you are taking your herd. She can go Angus, that should add to her smoothness while still keeping performance and muscle. She can go to a purebred Gelbvieh and help keep that pretty front and style. She can do it al!! Sonador has taken her place in the donor pen among our other great females and her dam, Dream of Me. Sonador’s dam, Dream of Me, is a true breeding machine. She is a daughter of Judd’s famed Ms Performer family, and consistently raises great females. Dream of Me is in our donor pen and has an average flush of 17 eggs. Some of you might remember Dream of Me as the Colorado State Fair Calcutta Champion in 2004, but mostly from her statement as a brood cow in our herd. Dream of Me is the dam of the 2007 Grand Champion San Antonio Livestock Show and Denver Division Winner, JDPD Dream Girl. She was also the high selling dam on our 2006 and 2007 sales. We sold a flush to this great dam in our 2007 On-Line Sale to Verner Farms. If you want true cow power, this flush is a way to get it. We think that Sonador will surpass her dam in the donor pen. Headline is fast becoming one of the most popular bulls in the Gelbvieh breed. He is taking the powerful females in the breed, red or black, and adding the class to them. Headline’s heifers and bull calves alike are the most consistent we have ever seen. Loads of rib, length, muscle, performance and smoothness. Headline was the sire of the Champion Gelbvieh Female, Reserve Champion Gelbvieh Bull, and Reserve Champion Balancer Bull at the 2008 North American International Livestock Show in Louisville just last month. So take a look at his offspring, including Sonador, and tell us that he isn’t the real deal. This flush is offered by Ashley Skeels and Dromgooles Heaven. Ashley bought interest in Sonador in our 2007 Female Sale as the high selling lot as an investment for her college fund. Selling flush with a guarantee of 8 embryos and a guarantee of 3 pregnancies. Dromgoole’s Heaven will provide 1 embryo per pregnancy as the guarantee.
Dromgoole’s HeavenJim & Pat Dromgoole • Richmond, TX • 210-241-4925
SmartCross® Cattle Their Worth
Stuart Jarvis
Bar Arrow Cattle Company, Phillipsburg, Kan.
Bar arrow Cattle Company has made it a practice to feed out its own cattle
each year to see how their genetics perform in the feedyard and on the rail. Included in the mix are the steers after the top-end bulls have been selected and heifers not kept as replacements. the 2007-born calves fed at Hays Feeders set the bar high for future Bar arrow cattle. the
genetic mix included everything from Balancer to purebred Gelbvieh. when harvested in 2008 by tyson, the 173 head of steers graded 94% Choice or higher with no Yield Grade 4s or 5s.the 117 heifer mates graded 98% Choice. theentire group returned a profit of $99 per head. proof positive that Gelbvieh-influenced genetics can make the grade and still have pounds of saleable beef.
Selling Choice Flush of BEA Ella and BABR Smoke N’ Hottie. Here is an opportunity to purchase genetics from the heart of our Embryo Transfer program. Both females are the offspring of powerful donor cows and are what we think are the cream of the crop. Terms of Sale: Flush is performed at the buyer’s cost and at the seller’s convenience. Guaranteeing 6 transferable embryos with a maximum of 10. The sire is the choice of the buyer.
A Gelbvieh Balancer female that has all the right parts to be a great donor cow. She is a very smooth and angular made heifer that is long bodied and naturally deep in her flank. This is a female that travels very well, hitting her track every time. She is an ET daughter out of AHL Hott Damn, who is the most consistent producer in my cow herd and one of the top donors at the Beastrom Ranch. BABR Smoke N’ Hottie follows in her dam’s footsteps, with a great udder development and perfect teat placement. Calving date: February 20th.
DCSF POST ROCK WILMA 147H ET Post Rock Wilma is the Dawson Creek/Post Rock jointly owned donor. She is homozygous polled, dilutor free and a flush mate to the ABS sire Post Rock Top Brass. Wilma is one of the truly great power cows of the breed that has a phenotype that’s simply unmatched. She has been flushed for both Purebred and Balancer progeny with great success having produced a daughter that won her class in Denver to numerous herd bull sons spread out across the country including sons that have been used in both herds. It’s only fitting that at the National Gelbvieh Sale that the buying public has the opportunity to start their own branch of the great Wilma family. The original Wilma cow sold in the National Sale many years ago from Bar Arrow to Rogue River and later to Beartooth Ranch. All of these programs are recognized for their elite genetic contribution to the Gelbvieh breed in part because they took advantage of rare opportunities offered only in the National Gelbvieh Sale. This lot offers you the same opportunity to be a breed leader. Sellers will pay all flushing cost and guarantee 6 transferable embryos resulting in at least 3 pregnancies. All embryos up to 10 are owned by the buyer, any additional embryos may be purchased at prorated cost. Sellers will provide 1 additional embryo per failed pregnancy as the guarantee. Transfer of embryos must be performed be certified embryologist. The Buyer is required to furnish semen to bull of his choice, pay freezing, shipping and transfer of the embryos.
BCFG RAVISHING RUBY 502T1 ET Ravishing Ruby’s accomplishments reads like a who’s who over the past couple of years. But as all good cattlemen know, it really starts with the cow family. The Bruno family at Butler Creek Farm are the most consistent and proven time wise, A.I. after A.I., flush after flush. Ruby’s dam has exceeded all of our expectations with this mating to Cherokee Cnyn 4912 as witnessed by Ravishing Ruby’s phenotype and her overall expression of muscle, bone, and total mass. Just this past year at Louisville, this cow’s family was selected Grand and Reserve Grand Balancer Females with the reserve being a full sib to Ravishing Ruby and another being a class winner. That sure sounds like a can’t miss opportunity for the buyer of the flush. We were very fortunate to have Volek Gelbvieh of South Dakota purchase Ruby as a calf from us in 07 for Brittney to show. The Volek’s know all about good cattle as evidenced by their 07 National Grand Champion Female at Denver. Will guarantee six transferable embryos. All embryos up to 10 are owned by the buyer. If flush produces more than ten embryos buyer will have the option to purchase additional embryos. Sire will be the choice of the buyer. Flush will be completed at the convenience of the seller and at the expense of the buyer.
This is a polled red purebred female that has all of the power and thickness that great producers in the Gelbvieh breed need. Ella is a deep ribbed, long bodied female, that has an exceptional amount of bone; maintains flex in her joints and is especially sound. She is sired by BEA Silverado (decease); a herd bull that has consistently produced powerhouse herd sire prospects (BEA Johnny Walker and BABR Gentleman Jack) and top quality replacement females that just “work” in a cow herd. Calving date: February 20th.
