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Welcome!
Cattleman, Friends and Neighbors,
We would like to invite you to our 57th Annual Production Sale on Saturday,
January 11th. On behalf of the Dethlefs’, we want to thank all of our friends,
neighbors, and customers that have made it possible for us all of these years.
We have been fortunate to have met so many good people and good custom-
ers over the years throughout raising Angus cattle. We will be selling over 100
big, stout, 2-year-old virgin bulls. As always, these bulls are our top end. They
are not picked over, and are selected from over 250 head of bull calves. They
Dethlefs Family have never been fed hard and have been developed on pasture so they get
L to R: Clayton, Tyler, Capri, Dar, Gary, Di- plenty of exercise.
anna, Jerry, Cody, Callie, Weston, Connor,
& Emily
This last year, we took the steer mates to these bulls to a feed yard where
they were custom finished. These steer calves gained 4.1 pounds a day and
finished at 1480 pounds. They were not fed overly long and still went 94%
Choice/Prime and 90% YG 3 or less. These steer calves earned a premium of
$75 per head being sold on the grid. These are the type of cattle we have been
breeding to ensure our customers’ success.
Our true pride and joy is our cow herd. A good bull starts with the good cow
behind him. Our herd is run very similarly to a commercial cow herd. We
believe in culling our cow herd hard, demanding that our cows wean heavy
calves, breed back on time, and hold their body condition throughout the year.
Connor, Weston, Jerry, Gary, & Clayton We are breeding bulls to work for the commercial customer. Every year we
spend countless hours and drive thousands of miles seeking out the best bulls
we can find to fit our program. We have great success using sires we either
purchase ourselves or sires we home raise. We ensure that every cow is being
serviced by the best bulls possible. Due to this, you will see the consistency of
quality non-AI bulls all throughout the sale.
Just like last year, lots 1-30 are genomic tested. Most of the bulls’ growth
EPDs increased substantially. Because of that, it would be safe to say that the
bulls we did not genomic test would also have more growth than their current
EPDs indicate. This is due to generations of breeding for growth and not just
Jerry: 308-372-3200 breeding for EPDs.
Gary: 308-383-1855
Connor: 308-383-6229 We hope the good Lord sent some rain your way. Cattle prices are the bright
Clayton: 308-383-8933 spot of all the things going on right now and the future looks bright for cat-
tleman. As always, we would love for you to stop by to look at the cattle and
visit. Be sure to join us for lunch on sale day.
dethlefsangus.com
Thank you again,
Carl Dethlefs & Sons Angus The Dethlefs family
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