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Commercial Bred Heifers

Selling 50 Commercial Bred Heifers

Each year one of the highlights of the spring sale season has been the As a added bonus, this year’s heifers were synchronized and AI bred on
selling of our elite commercial bred heifers. Just like in years past, we have June 7th through 14th to BASIN EXCITEMENT. EXCITEMENT
sorted out this special group of females shortly after weaning and then was a very popular member of the Genex AI Stud where he is a noted
culled, sorted and culled again before they were synchronized and AI bred short-gestation, calving-ease bull that ranks in the top 3% of the breed
to some of the most sought-after genetics of the Angus breed. You can for his growth numbers and top 1% for DMI and RADG. Excitement is
literally feel the excitement fi ll the air as these high-volume, deep-ribbed, deceased and this may be his last large group of progeny to sell anywhere.
large-outlined, feminine-fronted females fi ll the ring at Kist’s Livestock Our fi rst Excitement sons lead off our 2017 sale catalog. TOKACH TEN
Auction to capacity. X C572 served as the clean-up bull on all of the commercial heifers. As
you would expect C572 is a low birth-weight, high-growth bull that excels
For the past 29 years, the region’s top cattlemen have gathered to experi-
in his carcass traits. He is an AAR Ten X son out of a super thick-made,
ence the auctioneer’s chant fi rst hand and take part in the fast and furious
easy-fl eshing Tokach Update daughter and then back to three generations
bidding that takes place to see who gets to take the prize of the spring sale of highly productive Pathfi nder cows. TOKACH TEN X C572 recorded a
season home with them. New and repeat buyers alike have told us the heif- 74 lb actual birth weight, a 699 lb 205-day weight, ratio 111 and scanned a
ers have exceeded their every expectation for quality, disposition, milking 107 %IMF ratio and a 114 Rib eye ratio by ultrasound. All the heifers will
ability, breed back and the quality of the offspring they have produced.
have received their second dose of Scour Bos 4, rechecked for pregnancy
and health papers completed to allow them to go anywhere.
You can purchase bred commercial heifers from a lot of places but you sim-
ply will not fi nd any that are more tightly related, higher quality or having Remember all these females were raised right here on our ranch and carry
the genetic potential that these heifers and their offspring possess. As one of our brands. If you are in search of a special group of closely related
one top-notch cattlemen once told us, “Where else are you going to fi nd foundation females AI bred to the exciting BASIN EXCITEMENT,
heifers like the TOKACH females?
please be on the seats on sale day February 20th.

You will not be disappointed!

• Excitement has been one of the most popular true calving ease – high
growth bulls in the Genex AI Stud lineup

• Excitement, deceased, is a short gestation length, moderate frame, moderate
milk bull with very limited semen availability.
• Excitement ranks in the top 3% of the breed for his growth traits and $F, top
10% for $W and Docility plus the top 20% for $B
• Excitement topped the 2009 Basin Angus Ranch sale and his sons have
dominated sales and bull tests ever since.
BASIN EXCITEMENT
A A BD: 2/3/08 Reg. 16047404
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CED BW WW MILK YW MARB RIB $W $F $G $B
12 -0.1 70 19 121 0.35 0.59 69.57 91.81 26.79 133.2
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