Page 4 - Severance Angus Annual Performance Bull Sale – Feb. 4, 2022

WELCOME
WELCOME

Dear Cattlemen and Friends,

Welcome to the 31st Purebred Sale that we have had at Kist Livestock Auction. I
honestly believe this is the best, the strongest, and the deepest quality set of bulls
we have ever brought to town! Our amazing mother cows did their job under some of
the most adverse conditions ever this past year. They did it with no help from a creep
feeder as there were none. Our cows have been bred to be great producers and they
did just that!

We are selling a powerful, uniform, eye appealing set of outstanding Angus bulls.
They are sired by several top sires of the Angus breed. The selection is large,
ranging from powerful herd sires to excellent calving ease bulls that would make
outstanding replacement heifers. I am excited about this set of bulls like no other. I know our cow herd and they are
an outstanding set of mother cows that earn their keep on each and every calf they produce. They all earned their
way into this sale, not by their age, nor their pedigree, but by one tool that all cattlemen use to measure success – a
scale! Please take a look and come to the sale as our bulls are a genetic value that sell into any price range.

The buyers of our Charolais herd, the Zehnder-Waage partnership have a very successful sale of their own in Min-
nesota and have done very well with our cows. However, they wanted to focus on just one bull sale so they will not
be bringing any bulls this year. We wish them all the best and I am sure they will be in contact with you about your
Charolais bull needs.

2022 will mark 47 years for Sally and I in the purebred business. My body is telling me it’s time to slow down some.
We made the diffi cult decision to sell off some of our Angus cows and bred heifers. Never an easy choice as we live
with them 7 days a week most of the year. This will be our last bull sale. We may keep a small group of cows as a
hobby and sell bulls off the place as we do each spring. I will leave that up to the guidance of the Good Lord! I want
to thank every cattle person we have met and done business with as well as the great people that have helped us
with the production of our bull sales. I want to thank my family for helping build the herds and the ranch! The biggest
thank you goes to the best life partner I could have ever dreamed of having ... that is Sally! She made dreams come
true!

It would mean the world to Sally and I to have you join us on February 4th. We have always put a 100% into every-
thing we do, and we would like to fi nish this race strong!

Let me leave you with a couple things that have infl uenced my life. On a cold February night in 2007, a Charolais
cow put me in the hospital for 40 days. I died. Only by the grace of God did I come back down to my body. There is
life for us beyond this life!

“Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and
He will make your paths straight.”

Proverbs 3:5-6

Thanks for being our friends!

Jan & Sally Severance

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