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2021 Profi t Maker Bull Sale – Profi table Genetics from Performance Cattlemen
H042 SR OHIO WARRIOR H042 UB10444104 3/28/20 FREE ACES TF WRANGLER 145/8 BRINKS CC NEWS DAY 661C2
CED BW WW YW SC REA IMF MK TM CEM HP STAY SR WRANGLER WARRIOR F823 GLEN OAK BECKY 145/6
4.6 0.6 30 57 0.69 0.43 0.172 15 30 3.4 0.95 1.69 SR CHEROKEE PRINCESS P413 CADENCE OF BRINKS
65% 50% 30% 30% 25% 35% 25% 10% 10% 70% 80% 40% SR CHEROKEE MAID J934
BREED CURVE BENDER CALVING EASE GROWTH CARCASS DAMS’S AGE #C DOC PRICE HP TRAVELER 703 SS TRAVELER 6807 T510
50%BN:50%AN * * *** *** 11 10 1 $3,000 HP TRAVELER W908 HP INFLUENCE 406
Move Your Cow Herd Genetics To The Up Side. Tremendous Cow Power & Still in Top 30% on growth L D BLACKBIRD 61 CONNEALY SAFE LEAD
L D BLACKBIRD 318
traits.

H049 SR CONGAREE WARRIOR H049 R10444111 4/7/20 FREE MC BOULDER 889Z14 MC SOMETHING SPECIAL 129W14
CED BW WW YW SC REA IMF MK TM CEM HP STAY SR CHICKASAW WARRIOR F819 MC MS EXTRAVAGANT 889X4
4.6 0.4 34 63 0.65 0.63 0.186 14 32 3.9 2.73 1.77 SR AZTEC BRIGHT EYES D668 MC ALLIANCE 000P3
65% 45% 20% 25% 30% 15% 20% 10% 10% 25% 15% 35% SR WARRIOR PRINCESS N304
BREED CURVE BENDER CALVING EASE GROWTH CARCASS DAMS’S AGE #C DOC PRICE CB FINAL CUT 924X MC REVELATION 129T
BRANGUS ** * **** ***** 3 2 2 $3,400 SR CHOCTAW WILLOW WOMAN E708 RBM MS GUNS 924T3
High Performing Head Turner. Ranks Top 35% or better in 10 of 12 EPD. Used natural service at SR, LLC. SR APACHE RAVEN ROCK B470 MC ABRAMS 468T22
SR WARRIOR PRINCESS P428

H060 SR CAYUGA WARRIOR H060 R10444122 4/26/20 FREE CB FINAL CUT 924X MC REVELATION 129T
CED BW WW YW SC REA IMF MK TM CEM HP STAY SR CHOCTAW WARRIOR F848 RBM MS GUNS 924T3
4.1 0.8 38 78 0.62 0.43 0.051 12 31 3.8 1.77 1.14 SR WARRIOR PRINCESS B467 ACES TF WRANGLER 145/8
75% 55% 15% 10% 35% 35% 50% 20% 10% 35% 45% 50% SR MOHICAN BLACK BIRD Z212
BREED CURVE BENDER CALVING EASE GROWTH CARCASS DAMS’S AGE #C DOC PRICE MC ABRAMS 468T22 MC JOHN WAYNE 165N3
BRANGUS * ***** ** 5 3 1 $3,000 SR APACHE RAVEN ROCK B474 MISS BRINKS CADENCE 468G15
Power & Performance Freight Train. One of the few with this much growth that will sire tremendous SR WARRIOR PRINCESS Y182 ACES TF WRANGLER 145/8
maternal factories. SR CHEROKEE PRINCESS N316

H061 SR CAYUGA WARRIOR H061 UB10444123 4/26/20 FREE CB FINAL CUT 924X MC REVELATION 129T
CED BW WW YW SC REA IMF MK TM CEM HP STAY SR CHOCTAW WARRIOR F848 RBM MS GUNS 924T3
6.4 -1.7 23 50 1.31 0.43 0.143 13 24 3.1 1.68 1.72 SR WARRIOR PRINCESS B467 ACES TF WRANGLER 145/8
20% 10% 55% 45% 3% 35% 30% 15% 35% 85% 45% 35% SR MOHICAN BLACK BIRD Z212
BREED CURVE BENDER CALVING EASE GROWTH CARCASS DAMS’S AGE #C DOC PRICE NICHOLS EXTRA K205 NICHOLS EXTRA H6
50%BN:50%AN ** ***** * *** 10 NA 1 $3,400 HP EXTRA K205 X006 NICHOLS BLACK HEIRESS F346
Bet-The-Ranch Calving Ease. Proven Maternal Design. Will make front pasture cow herd replacements. HP INFLUENCE 406 O K INFLUENCED 438
J A F BLACKBIRD PIERE 36

CALVING-EASE BULLS
Over the years we have become more and more conservative on “Calving Ease BUT, lets get real on calving ease! Our 3-Star, 4-Star and 5-Star bulls are meant to
Bulls” for use on heifers. We have adopted the philosophy that it is better for us be used to breed virgin yearling heifers such that they will have little to no calving
to have stricter guidelines than for you to be sorry at calving time. That is why we problems with their fi rst calf. All other bulls with 0-Stars, 1-Star or 2-Stars are very
developed our Starr System to give guidance in selecting those easy calving bulls for appropriate to use on cows that have already had at least one calf. Brangus and
use on heifers. This system assigns from 0 or no stars to 5-Stars based on “cowboy Ultrablack have an excellent reputation for siring the right sized calf and there are
logic” and our assessment of the science behind BW and CED EPD as well as adjusted almost no bulls in these breeds that cannot be used on mature cows with no calving
BW and that bull having been born with no assistance. What we used to FLAG as a diffi culties. In fact, because the general correlation between size at birth and growth
Calving Ease Bull would be a 3-Star bull in our current system and would be recom- is extremely high, you may be losing growth (weaning and yearling weight) if you use
mended to be a Superior Calving Ease bull for breeding well developed heifers. How- extreme calving ease bulls on mature cows.
ever, we now designate 4-Star Elite Calving Ease bulls and 5-Star Ultimate Calving In general, choose bulls with a ranking of 3-Stars and above on virgin yearling heif-
Ease bulls as even lower risk for calving problems.
ers for their fi rst breeding. Use any of the other bulls on mature cows in your herd.
Obviously, there are no guarantees for preventing diffi cult births in heifers. Even the You do not need to pay extra for an easy-calving, low birthweight bull when it is not
most proven “Calving Ease Bulls” of any breed will sire a large calf every so often. necessary to do so. On the other hand, a “Calving-Ease Bull” to breed yearling heifers
However, this information is meant to serve as a guide for managing risk of calving can be a God send.
diffi culty in your fi rst-calf females. Our goal is to help you eliminate heifer calving
problems to the best of our ability.

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