Page 3 - TNT Simmental Annual Bull Sale – Feb. 9, 2024

TNT Simmentals 39th Annusal Sale – Friday, February 9, 2024
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 the ranch. We strongly encourage insurance.
THE ERBELE RANCH - 6471 51ST AVE SE. LEHR, ND 58460 TERMS, CONDITIONS AND GUARANTEES
From the North – Take I-94 Streeter Exit 228, go S. 17 miles to the T. Turn right Term and conditions will be the same as those recommended by the American
and go 12 miles to 65th Street. Turn left and go .6 miles. Simmental Association. If you have any questions, please contact us. In no instance
From the South – From Highway 13, turn S. into Lehr and take Highway 30 N. 13 shall the seller be responsible for more than the purchase price of the bull. We guar-
miles to 65th Street. Turn right and go .6 miles. antee to provide you with a sound breeding bull, capable of passing a semen test
LODGING within 14 months of age. Should any bull fail, we will refund your money, or we
Wishek Inn, Wishek ..............................................................................701-452-4223 will supply you with a bull to use for the upcoming breeding season, plus you will
Broken Bell Inn, Napoleon ...................................................................701-202-9134 receive full credit at the next year’s sale. The bulls are 100% guaranteed for one
Cobblestone Inn, Steele ........................................................................701-475-4478 breeding season, not to exceed 60 days from turnout, provided the bull is managed
Comfort Inn, Jamestown ......................................................................701-252-7125 properly and is in acceptable nutritional health. All other situations beyond our
SALE STAFF control, (injury, death, lameness, etc.) will be handled on a case-by-case basis. We
Seth Weishaar, Auctioneer ................................................................. 605-210-1124 reserve the right to request the bull to be returned to our ranch and/or have a cer-
Bill Schermer, The Stockman ...............................................................641-425-2641 tified vet inspection done before credit is given. We have always prided ourselves
Kelly Klein, Tri-State Livestock News ................................................701-320-5817 with satisfied customers and will continue to offer the same great customer service.
Kadon Leddy, Cattle Business Weekly .................................................605-924-0757 REGISTRATION PAPERS & INSURANCE
Perry Thomas, ASA Specialist..............................................................701-370-8336 Registration papers will be transferred on all animals. Please leave all information, plus
ANNOUNCEMENTS your ASA number at settlement. Let us know within four weeks if you have a name
Announcements made sale day take precedence over print material associated with preference for your bull. We encourage insurance on all bulls. You can call Katie at
this sale. Any person attending our sale does so at their own risk. TNT Simmentals 605-770-9986 for more Information. See page 2.
and anyone helping with the sale assumes no liability, including but not limited to SEMEN RIGHTS
accidents, damaged or stolen items. We are selling full possession, full salvage, plus 2/3 semen revenue. This means any
VIDEOS semen sold on any of the bulls, TNT Simmentals will receive 1/3 the selling price
Videos of all the bulls will be available on our website and DVAuction.com the per unit. We also reserve the right to collect up to 100 units of semen on any of the
middle to late January. bulls, for our own use. This semen will be collected at our expense and the buyer’s
SALE FORMAT convenience. Please contact us if you have any questions.
Same as last year, we will not be running the bulls through the ring. The bulls will HOMOZYGOUS BLACK/HETEROZYGOUS BLACK
be sold by video on sale day. All bulls will be penned outside the sale barn by 9 a.m. A homozygous black bull will only sire black calves when used on black or non-diluter
on sale day and will stay in those pens until the conclusion of the sale. red cows. You will get mostly gray calves when used on yellow cows or red cows that
OPTIONS FOR THOSE UNABLE TO ATTEND THE SALE have the dilution gene. A heterozygous black bull will sire both black and red calves
The sale will be broadcast live on DVAuction (see details on page 2). You can bid when used on non-diluter red cows. When used on yellow or red cows that have the di-
live or leave a proxy bid with DVAuction, however you need to register with them lution gene you will get roughly half red and the rest will be gray, with some blacks. All
ahead of time. We will also have phone bidding available with the sales reps or fam- bull are homozygous or heterozygous black verified, which is listed in each bulls title.
ily members. Contact us to get registered for a bidder number ahead of time. A bid HOMOZYGOUS POLLED/HETEROZYGOUS POLLED
can be placed with one of us or any of the sales reps. Our dealings are always han- A homozygous polled bull will be polled and requires both parents to be polled
dled in a 100% honest manner. For sight unseen purchases, we recommend you call and both to pass on the polled gene to their offspring. The majority of our bulls
ahead, and we are more than happy to go over the bulls and recommend ones that are polled for several generations. Every bull in the sale is sired by a homozygous
we feel best fit your needs. All sight unseen purchases are satisfaction guaranteed. polled bull and a polled cow. With a heterozygous polled bull, approximately half
DISCOUNTS & VOLUME DISCOUNTS the calves will be polled out of horned cows. All single polled animals will be
We are offering $100 off each bull that you pick up within a week of the sale. We heterozygous. All bull will be polled verified by sale day.
are also offering a volume discount. The first bull purchased will be full price, the TRAIT LEADER QUALIFICATIONS
2nd bull will be $200 off, the 3rd bull will be $300 off, the 4th bull $400 off. Any You will see the term trait leader used in our comments. This means that animals
additional bulls will each have a $500 discount. EPD must be in the top 10% with an accuracy of 60% or higher.
INSPECTION HEALTH
We invite you to come and inspect the cattle at our ranch 30 miles S of I-94 exit 228 All the bulls were vaccinated with BoviShield Gold 5, One Shot, Ultrabac 7/
anytime. Always feel free to give a call and talk over the bulls as well. Watch our Somubac, and treated Valbazen and Dectomax Injectable for deworming and
Facebook and Website for all updated information. StandGuard and Clean-Up II pour on for pest control and will be given Fusogard at
TRUCKING semen testing and prior to delivery. We are a Level 3 Johne’s Free Herd.
If the purchaser requests at the time of settlement, we will assist in making delivery. SCROTAL CIRCUMFERENCE
We will try to deliver the bulls to the buyer’s ranch within a 300-mile radius of Lehr, Each bull was measured to the nearest .5 centimeter and adjusted to 365 days using
for free. Long distance deliveries will either get hired and we will pay for half, or we the ASA recommended daily adjustment of .0543 centimeters. Only bulls with a
are willing to meet at central locations, if there is a full load going to your area, for minimum of 30cm were selected. The ratings for 12 14-month bulls are 30cm and
free. If they are delivered within one week of the sale, there will be no feed charge. less = poor; 30-35cm = good; and 35cm and over = very good.
CANADIAN SALES GENOMIC ENHANCED EPDS
We will cover the health papers, semen test, and Canadian delivery to the North All bulls have genomics incorporated into their EPDs unless otherwise noted. These
Portal or Dunseith, Port of Entries. We will help you in making arrangements to any EPDs further increase the accuracy of the EPD. A better explanation is on page 3. The
other Ports of Entry. Border costs are at your expense. ASA registration # is on each Lot. You can search up their latest EPDs on the ASA
FEEDING ARRANGEMENTS website. They are updated weekly. BOLT EPDs used were current as of 1/8/2024. We
If purchaser requests, we will feed your bull and have him fertility tested in early have formatted our EPD boxes to Include the percentile ranking for each trait If they
April. We would like to have all bulls picked up or delivered no later than May 1. rank within the top 50% of the breed. This will make It easier to evaluate each bull.
The fee will be $100 per bull. The bull’s ration will be the same or very similar to
what they are receiving now. We are not responsible for accidents of cattle kept at
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