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2025 Professional Cattlemen’s Bull & Female Sale – Cattle with Something EXTRA!
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-
$3,000. 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. If any bulls are not sold, the will be available for a Bull Partnership Agreement spelling out further details. Buying a
no less than $3,250 immediately following the auction and will not be retained-interest bull obligates you to that agreement only for semen
sold for less than that price private treaty at any time.
collection and sales. To avoid any misunderstandings, if you have
any questions at all, please ask. If you chose not to be involved with
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 evening before the sale.

CALVING-EASE BULLS GENOMIC-ENHANCED EPDS/

Over the years we have become more and SIRE PARENTAGE VERIFIED
more conservative on which bulls get flagged A 100k bovine DNA test provides significantly more accurate genetic
as “Calving-Ease Bulls.” We have adopted information compared to lower density tests, allowing cattle breed-
the philosophy that it is better for us to have ers to make highly informed decisions regarding breeding selection
stricter guidelines than for you to be sorry at by identifying animals with superior traits for desired characteristics,
calving time. Obviously there are no guaran- ultimately leading to improved herd performance and profitability
tees for preventing difficult births in heifers. through precise genetic selection.
Even the most proven “Calving-Ease Bulls” of any breed will sire a
large calf every so often. However, this information is meant to serve
as a guide for managing risk of calving difficulty in your first-calf All bulls had a 100K Genomic Test and all heifers had a 30K Genomic
females. Our goal is to help you eliminate heifer calving problems to Test to enhance the accuracy of EPDs. They are also DNA parent
the best of our ability. verified.
REMEMBER: Compare Brangus to Brangus – No across-breed EPD
comparisons can be made! Bulls indicated by the calving-ease flag SUPERIOR HEALTH
symbol in their data block are considered to be low-risk bulls for All registered animals have received three rounds of Ultrabac 7 and
calving difficulty. Virashield 6 + vl5 and boostered with Staybred at yearling. Animals
BUT, let’s get real on calving ease! Our “calving-ease bulls” are have tested negative for PI-BVD.
meant to be used to breed virgin heifers such that they will have little
or no calving problems with their first calf. The other bulls in our Health Papers (Certificate of Veterinary Inspection) will be
catalog are very appropriate for use on cows that have already had at provided at no charge to buyers in order to allow shipment to
least one calf. There are almost no bulls in the entire Brangus breed Anywhere, USA.
that cannot be used on mature cows and have no calving difficul-
ties. In fact, because the correlation with size at birth and growth is
extremely high, you would be losing growth (and weaning weight) if
you use our designated “calving-ease bulls” on mature cows.

In general, always use our bulls flagged as “Calving-Ease Bulls”
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
bull” to breed virgin heifers can be a God send.

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