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TNT Simmental Sale – Friday, February 10, 2023
9:00 A.M. - BULLS PENNED FOR VIEWING 11:00 A.M. - LUNCH 1:00 P.M. - SALE BEGINS

LOCATION: TNT SIMMENTALS SALE FACILITY AT what they are receiving now. We are not responsible for accidents of cattle kept at
THE ERBELE RANCH - 6471 51ST AVE SE. LEHR, ND 58460 the ranch. We strongly encourage insurance.
From the North – Take I-94 Streeter Exit 228, go S. 17 miles to the T. Turn right TERMS, CONDITIONS AND GUARANTEES
and go 12 miles to 65th Street. Turn left and go .6 miles. Term and conditions will be the same as those recommended by the American
From the South – From Highway 13, turn S. into Lehr and take Highway 30 N. 13 Simmental Association. If you have any questions, please contact us. In no instance
miles to 65th Street. Turn right and go .6 miles. shall the seller be responsible for more than the purchase price of the bull. We guar-
LODGING antee to provide you with a sound breeding bull, capable of passing a semen test
Wishek Inn, Wishek ..............................................................................701-452-4223 within 14 months of age. Should any bull fail, we will refund your money, or we
Broken Bell Inn, Napoleon ...................................................................701-202-9134 will supply you with a bull to use for the upcoming breeding season, plus you will
Cobblestone Inn, Steele ........................................................................701-475-4478 receive full credit at the next year’s sale. The bulls are 100% guaranteed for one
Comfort Inn, Jamestown ......................................................................701-252-7125 breeding season, not to exceed 60 days from turnout, provided the bull is managed
SALE STAFF properly and is in acceptable nutritional health. All other situations beyond our
Seth Weishaar, Auctioneer ................................................................. 605-210-1124 control, (injury, death, lameness, etc.) will be handled on a case-by-case basis. We
Bill Schermer, The Stockman ...............................................................641-425-2641 reserve the right to request the bull to be returned to our ranch and/or have a cer-
Kelly Klein, Tri-State Livestock News ................................................701-320-5817 tified vet inspection done before credit is given. We have always prided ourselves
Korbin Leddy, Cattle Business Weekly ................................................605-467-3065 with satisfied customers and will continue to offer the same great customer service.
Russ Danielson, ASA Specialist ...........................................................701-261-2742 REGISTRATION PAPERS & INSURANCE
ANNOUNCEMENTS Registration papers will be transferred on all animals. Please leave all information, plus
Announcements made sale day take precedence over print material associated with your ASA number at settlement. Let us know within four weeks if you have a name
this sale. Any person attending our sale does so at their own risk. TNT Simmentals preference for your bull. We encourage insurance on all bulls. You can call Katie at
and anyone helping with the sale assumes no liability, including but not limited to 605-770-9986 for more information. See page 2.
accidents, damaged or stolen items. SEMEN RIGHTS
VIDEOS We are selling full possession, full salvage, plus 2/3 semen revenue. This means any
Videos of all the bulls will be available on our website and DVAuction.com the semen sold on any of the bulls, TNT Simmentals will receive 1/3 the selling price
middle to late January. per unit. We also reserve the right to collect up to 100 units of semen on any of the
SALE FORMAT bulls, for our own use. This semen will be collected at our expense and the buyer’s
Same as last year, we will not be running the bulls through the ring. The bulls will convenience. Please contact us if you have any questions.
be sold by video on sale day. All bulls will be penned outside the sale barn by 9 a.m. HOMOZYGOUS BLACK/HETEROZYGOUS BLACK
on sale day and will stay in those pens until the conclusion of the sale. A homozygous black bull will only sire black calves when used on black or non-diluter
OPTIONS FOR THOSE UNABLE TO ATTEND THE SALE red cows. You will get mostly gray calves when used on yellow cows or red cows that
The sale will be broadcast live on DVAuction (see details on page 2). You can bid have the dilution gene. A heterozygous black bull will sire both black and red calves
live or leave a proxy bid with DVAuction, however you need to register with them when used on non-diluter red cows. When used on yellow or red cows that have the di-
ahead of time. We will also have phone bidding available with the sales reps or fam- lution gene you will get roughly half red and the rest will be gray, with some blacks. All
ily members. Contact us to get registered for a bidder number ahead of time. A bid bull are homozygous or heterozygous black verified, which is listed in each bulls title.
can be placed with one of us or any of the sales reps. Our dealings are always han- HOMOZYGOUS POLLED/HETEROZYGOUS POLLED
dled in a 100% honest manner. For sight unseen purchases, we recommend you call A homozygous polled bull will be polled and requires both parents to be polled
ahead, and we are more than happy to go over the bulls and recommend ones that and both to pass on the polled gene to their offspring. The majority of our bulls
we feel best fit your needs. All sight unseen purchases are satisfaction guaranteed. are polled for several generations. Every bull in the sale is sired by a homozygous
DISCOUNTS & VOLUME DISCOUNTS polled bull and a polled cow. With a heterozygous polled bull, approximately half
We are offering $100 off each bull that you pick up within a week of the sale. We the calves will be polled out of horned cows. All single polled animals will be
are also offering a volume discount. The first bull purchased will be full price, the heterozygous. All bull will be polled verified by sale day.
2nd bull will be $200 off, the 3rd bull will be $300 off, the 4th bull $400 off. Any TRAIT LEADER QUALIFICATIONS
additional bulls will each have a $500 discount. You will see the term trait leader used in our comments. This means that animals
INSPECTION EPD must be in the top 10% with an accuracy of 60% or higher.
We invite you to come and inspect the cattle at our ranch 30 miles S of I-94 exit 228 HEALTH
anytime. Always feel free to give a call and talk over the bulls as well. Watch our All the bulls were vaccinated with BoviShield Gold 5, One Shot, Ultrabac 7/
Facebook and Website for all updated information. Somubac, and treated with StandGuard and Clean-Up II pour on and will be given
TRUCKING Fusogard at semen testing. Fertility tests and health papers are provided by the
If the purchaser requests at the time of settlement, we will assist in making delivery. Ashley Veterinary Clinic. We are a Level 3 Johne’s Free Herd.
We will try to deliver the bulls to the buyer’s ranch within a 300-mile radius of Lehr, SCROTAL CIRCUMFERENCE
for free. Long distance deliveries will either get hired and we will pay for half, or we Each bull was measured to the nearest .5 centimeter and adjusted to 365 days using
are willing to meet at central locations, if there is a full load going to your area, for the ASA recommended daily adjustment of .0543 centimeters. Only bulls with a
free. If they are delivered within one week of the sale, there will be no feed charge. minimum of 30cm were selected. The ratings for 12 14-month bulls are 30cm and
CANADIAN SALES less = poor; 30 35cm = good; and 35cm and over = very good.
We will cover the health papers, semen test, and Canadian delivery to the GENOMIC ENHANCED EPDS
North Portal or Dunseith, Port of Entries. We will help you in making All bulls have genomics incorporated into their EPDs unless otherwise noted. These
arrangements to any other Ports of Entry. Border costs are at your expense. EPDs further increase the accuracy of the EPD. A better explanation is on page 3. The
FEEDING ARRANGEMENTS ASA registration # is on each Lot. You can search up their latest EPDs on the ASA
If purchaser requests, we will feed your bull and have him fertility tested in early website. They are updated weekly. BOLT EPD’s used were current as of 1/10/2023. We
April. We would like to have all bulls picked up or delivered no later than May 1. have formatted our EPD boxes to Include the percentile ranking for each trait If they
The fee will be $100 per bull. The bull’s ration will be the same or very similar to rank within the top 50% of the breed. This will make It easier to evaluate each bull.
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