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RESERVE SALE POLICY RETAINED-INTEREST BULLS
In order for us to offer you quality bulls at auction year after year, We reserve the right to retain a 50% revenue sharing semen interest
we must insure that we recover the costs of developing quality bulls. on any bull sold. Bulls are in your possession and under your control
We pledge to offer you a quality animal in a fair auction environment. for natural service and you get 100% of the salvage value. We will
We do this in a straightforward manner by letting you know our base continue to own half interest in bulls for the purpose of collecting
price up front. and marketing semen, as well as using semen in our herds. While it
is unlikely large amounts of semen will be collected or sold for many
bulls, we need that as an option on bulls sold. As a buyer and at
All bulls will be offered for auction with a minimum sale price of your option, you can also have a 50% revenue sharing semen inter-
$2,500. The high bidder as determined by the auctioneer will be the est and participate in revenue from semen sales. We have developed
purchaser of the bull. However, no bull offered in this sale will ever a Bull Partnership Agreement spelling out further details. Buying a
be offered for sale at less that the beginning bid price. If any bulls are retained-interest bull obligates you to that agreement only for semen
not sold they will be available for no less than $2,750 immediately collection and sales. To avoid any misunderstandings, if you have
following the auction and will not be sold for less than that price any questions at all, please ask. If you chose not to be involved with
private treaty.
semen sales, we still reserve the right to collect and market semen
on any retained interest bull.
The sale order for all animals will be provided as part of the sale supplement sheet
and will be available on the Friday morning before the sale.
TRENT THOMASON AGRICULTURAL SCHOLARSHIP
The Trent Thomason Agricultural Scholarship was established by and in cooperation with the Thomason family’s vision, we at Hunt’s
his family in his memory to help continue his legacy in the field Brangus pledge 1% of the price of each bull in this sale toward the
of agriculture. His smile, friendship, support of our community Trent Thomason Scholarship Fund.
schools and life-long work in agriculture will continue to be re-
membered and will grow into the future. Through your support of this sale last year, we were able to donate
$1,782 to the Trent Thomason Agriculture Memorial Scholarship.
Students from our three local highs schools receive scholarships Please join us in finding ways to invest in the next generation of
each year from these funds. These graduates desire to further their farmers.
education in the field of agriculture. In honor of Trent’s memory
Sincerely, The Hunt Brangus Family

CALVING-EASE BULLS

Over the years we have become more and BUT, let’s get real on calving ease! Our “calving-ease bulls” are
more conservative on which bulls get flagged meant to be used to breed virgin heifers such that they will have little
as “Calving-Ease Bulls.” We have adopted or no calving problems with their first calf. The other bulls in our
the philosophy that it is better for us to have catalog are very appropriate for use on cows that have already had at
stricter guidelines than for you to be sorry at least one calf. There are almost no bulls in the entire Brangus breed
calving time. Obviously there are no guaran- that cannot be used on mature cows and have no calving difficul-
tees for preventing difficult births in heifers. ties. In fact, because the correlation with size at birth and growth is
Even the most proven “Calving-Ease Bulls” of any breed will sire a extremely high, you would be losing growth (and weaning weight) if
large calf every so often. However, this information is meant to serve you use our designated “calving-ease bulls” on mature cows.
as a guide for managing risk of calving difficulty in your first-calf
females. Our goal is to help you eliminate heifer calving problems to In general, always use our bulls flagged as “Calving-Ease Bulls”
the best of our ability. on virgin heifers for their first calf and use the other bulls on any
mature cows in your herd. On the other hand, a “calving-ease
REMEMBER: Compare Brangus to Brangus – No across-breed EPD bull” to breed virgin heifers can be a God send.
comparisons can be made! Bulls indicated by the calving-ease flag
symbol in their data block are considered to be low-risk bulls for
calving difficulty.

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