Page 4 - Regency Acres Angus Production Sale – April 14, 2023

Welcome to the Annual Regency Acres Production Sale!
It’s a pleasure to be working with the Thiessen family in conjunction with their annual production sale. A few
decades ago, I had the opportunity to make a herd visit to Regency Acres and tour the cow herd with Jim
Thiessen. I learned a lot that day from a soft-spoken man with an evident passion for raising quality seedstock.
Jim is a man that takes great pride in his cows, and a cowman that understood outstanding bulls can only
come from outstanding cows.

Jim passed that same philosophy onto his son Russ and Tyler, it’s all about creating a quality cow herd, which
is the essence of what a purebred breeder’s mentality should be.

The Thiessen family has always purchased herd sires for their Regency Acres cow herd that fit their
environment and vision for their program. No herd sire is purchased or A.I. used that isn’t heavily debated to
make sure it’s the correct fit for them and their customers.

The Regency Acres program is a bit old school. Cow herd first, with bulls that have longevity creating a
product that services their customer’s best interest. They may not exhaust you with hundreds of emails and
phone calls at all hours of the day and night but make no mistake, they care deeply about what they do and
the folks that purchase bulls from them. If anyone has a problem with a bull, they are quick to stand behind
their guarantee.
Whether you are new to buying bulls here or not, you can rest assured it’s
a decades old program built around a sound functional set of cows. Backed
by a family that’s all in when it comes to producing high quality Angus
seedstock.

If I can be of any help as you prepare for this sale, please feel free to give
me a call, text or email.

Having herd bulls adapt to the environment they will be in is very ing, so any advantage that you can give him will be beneficial to
important to the success of a breeding program. Whenever pos- younger bulls.
sible, the bulls should be fed the same type of forage they will eat
in the breeding pasture for a minimum of two weeks before turn Another trick for having a virgin bull ready is what we call “Jump-
out. Their rumen operates with little bugs to break down the diet starting.” If you have a cow or a heifer around that is cycling, put
and different forages each have their own little bugs. About two the bull with her. If he seems disinterested, put another bull in with
weeks is the time required for the rumen to adjust to a different the cow for him to observe. This should trigger his brain. When
diet. When a bull is turned out, he isn’t thinking much about eat- the bull appears interested, let him in and remove the other bull.
Make sure a bigger bull doesn’t start whipping on him, or that
could defeat what you are trying to accomplish. It is rare that this
procedure is necessary, but it is good insurance and, once the bull
gets a taste of what his job is, he will be ready for those heifers.

When breeding season is finished, a reconditioning program
for yearling bulls is good as they change their teeth at 18 to 24
months of age.

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