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“Located in the hills of southwest Iowa”
Judy Loonan
Rick Thompson, Herdsman
Phone: (641) 322-3921 • 1724 Holly Avenue • Corning, IA 50841 • Email: lsfrra@wildblue.net
Judy Loonan – (515) 423-5642 (cell) • Rick Thompson – (515) 229-0920 )cell)
Dear Friends;
Another year has passed and it’s time for our
46th annual private treaty sale. It has been a great
46 years in a business that we love and without
our customers we wouldn’t be where we are
today so thank you for your long time support Judy Loonan Rick Thompson
and business. 2020 has been a struggle to say the
least. We can only hope that in 2021 things can
get back to somewhat normal and that we can all
stay healthy.
Our goal has stayed the same for 46 years and New for this year, we will be adding a feed
that is to raise cattle that are born easily and charge on any bulls that are not going to be de-
grow rapidly and are functionally sound, have livered and will be staying until picked up. This
good udders with a good feet and legs. We try to charge will go into eff ective after the bulls have
raise a variety of genetics, so we have what our been semen checked. There will be no charge if
customers are in need of to make their operation you want the bulls delivered, but you will need
profi table. We also believe in breeding cattle that to take bulls at the time I am in your area. Call
are bred alike and are predictable – we try to take with any questions.
the guesswork out of buying seedstock.
We have some new genetics in this year’s sale.
The bulls are being developed on a high-rough- Likable is a performance bull that was purchased
age ration which we try to shoot for a ADG of 3 at Beckton Red Angus sale. His calves are deep
pounds. We want them to grow out without put- ribbed, long sided and big topped. CRS Platinum
ting on too much fl esh. We want the bulls to be comes from the Cross Diamond herd in Ne-
in breeding condition when they are delivered to braska. He is one stout individual. His calves are
your place and are ready to go to work. very long sided and have a big hip. We also used
Domain, an AI sire out of Genex. We only have a
Every year it seems the data we have to collect few but the ones we do have are good.
gets bigger and bigger and is always changing.
It makes it hard to keep up with it all. This year Judy and I would like to thank you again for
they have added what the Red Angus Associa- your continued support of our program. It is our
tion of America calls ProS. It is a new index that focus to help you improve your cowherd. Feel
stands for Profi tability and Sustainable. The free to stop by and take a look at the sale bulls
HerdBuilder and GridMaster numbers have also and heifers, or just give us a call. We are happy to
changed. This means you will see smaller num- help.
bers on both of these indexes. The average Herd-
Builder now is 76 and GridMaster is 39 with the Thanks,
ProS average at 115. Please call if you have any
questions. Judy and Rick
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