Page 3 - TNT Simmental Bull Production Sale – Feb. 14, 2025

TNT Simmentals 40th Annual Sale – Friday, February 14, 2025
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 TERMS, CONDITIONS AND GUARANTEES
THE ERBELE RANCH - 6471 51ST AVE SE. LEHR, ND 58460 Term and conditions will be the same as those recommended by the American
From the North – Take I-94 Streeter Exit 228, go S. 17 miles to the T. Turn right and go Simmental Association. If you have any questions, please contact us. In no
12 miles to 65th Street. Turn left and go .6 miles. instance shall the seller be responsible for more than the purchase price of the
From the South – From Highway 13, turn S. into Lehr and take Highway 30 N. 13 bull. We guarantee to provide you with a sound breeding bull, capable of passing
miles to 65th Street. Turn right and go .6 miles. a semen test within 14 months of age. Should any bull fail, we will refund your
LODGING money, or we will supply you with a bull to use for the upcoming breeding sea-
Wishek Inn, Wishek ..................................................................................... 701-452-4223 son, plus you will receive full credit at the next year’s sale. The bulls are 100%
Broken Bell Inn, Napoleon .......................................................................... 701-202-9134 guaranteed for one breeding season, not to exceed 60 days from turnout, provided
Cobblestone Inn, Steele ............................................................................... 701-475-4478 the bull is managed properly and is in acceptable nutritional health. All other
Comfort Inn, Jamestown .............................................................................. 701-252-7125 situations beyond our control, (injury, death, lameness, etc.) will be handled on a
SALE STAFF case-by-case basis. We reserve the right to request the bull to be returned to our
Seth Weishaar, Auctioneer ..........................................................................605-210-1124 ranch and/or have a certified vet inspection done before credit is given. We have
Bill Schermer, The Stockman ..................................................................... .641-425-2641 always prided ourselves with satisfied customers and will continue to offer the
Kelly Klein, Tri-State Livestock News ........................................................ 701-320-5817 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,
ANNOUNCEMENTS plus your ASA number at settlement. Let us know within four weeks if you have a
Announcements made sale day take precedence over print material associated with name preference for your bull. We encourage insurance on all bulls.
this sale. Any person attending our sale does so at their own risk. TNT Simmentals and You can call Katie at 605-770-9986 for more Information. See page 2.
anyone helping with the sale assumes no liability, including but not limited to accidents, SEMEN RIGHTS
damaged or stolen items.
VIDEOS We are selling full possession, full salvage, plus 2/3 semen revenue. This means
any semen sold on any of the bulls, TNT Simmentals will receive 1/3 the selling
Videos of all the bulls will be available on our website and DVAuction.com the middle price per unit. We also reserve the right to collect up to 100 units of semen on any
to late January. of the bulls, for our own use. This semen will be collected at our expense and the
SALE FORMAT buyer’s 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 be HOMOZYGOUS BLACK/HETEROZYGOUS BLACK
sold by video on sale day. All bulls will be penned outside the sale barn by 9 a.m. 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-di-
luter red cows. You will get mostly gray calves when used on yellow cows or red
OPTIONS FOR THOSE UNABLE TO ATTEND THE SALE cows that have the dilution gene. A heterozygous black bull will sire both black and
The sale will be broadcast live on DVAuction (see details on page 2). You can bid live red calves when used on non-diluter red cows. When used on yellow or red cows
or leave a proxy bid with DVAuction, however you need to register with them ahead of that have the dilution gene you will get roughly half red and the rest will be gray,
time. We will also have phone bidding available with the sales reps or family members. with some blacks. All bull are homozygous or heterozygous black verified, which
Contact us to get registered for a bidder number ahead of time. A bid can be placed with is listed in each bull’s title.
one of us or any of the sales reps. Our dealings are always handled in a 100% honest
manner. For sight unseen purchases, we recommend you call ahead, and we are more HOMOZYGOUS POLLED/HETEROZYGOUS POLLED
than happy to go over the bulls and recommend ones that we feel best fit your needs. All A homozygous polled bull will be polled and requires both parents to be polled
sight unseen purchases are satisfaction guaranteed. and both to pass on the polled gene to their offspring. The majority of our bulls
DISCOUNTS & VOLUME DISCOUNTS are polled for several generations. Every bull in the sale is sired by a homozygous
We are offering $100 off each bull that you pick up within a week of the sale. We are polled bull and a polled cow. With a heterozygous polled bull, approximately half
also offering a volume discount. The first bull purchased will be full price, the 2nd bull the calves will be polled out of horned cows. All single polled animals will be
will be $200 off, the 3rd bull will be $300 off, the 4th bull $400 off. Any additional bulls heterozygous. All bull will be polled verified by sale day.
will each have a $500 discount. TRAIT LEADER QUALIFICATIONS
INSPECTION You will see the term trait leader used in our comments. This means that animals
We invite you to come and inspect the cattle at our ranch 30 miles S of I-94 exit 228 EPD must be in the top 10% with an accuracy of 60% or higher.
anytime. Always feel free to give a call and talk over the bulls as well. Watch our Face- HEALTH
book and Website for all updated information. All the bulls were vaccinated with BoviShield Gold 5, One Shot, Ultrabac 7/
TRUCKING Somubac, and treated Valbazen and Dectomax Injectable for deworming and
If the purchaser requests at the time of settlement, we will assist in making delivery. We StandGuard and Clean-Up II pour on for pest control and will be given Fusogard at
will try to deliver the bulls to the buyer’s ranch within a 300-mile radius of Lehr, for semen testing and prior to delivery. We are a Level 3 Johne’s Free Herd.
free. Long distance deliveries will either get hired and we will pay for half, or we are SCROTAL CIRCUMFERENCE
willing to meet at central locations, if there is a full load going to your area, for free. If Each bull was measured to the nearest .5 centimeter and adjusted to 365 days using
they are delivered within one week of the sale, there will be no feed charge. the ASA recommended daily adjustment of .0543 centimeters. Only bulls with a
CANADIAN SALES minimum of 30cm were selected. The ratings for 12 14-month bulls are 30cm and
We will cover the health papers, semen test, and Canadian delivery to the North Portal or less = poor; 30-35cm = good; and 35cm and over = very good.
Dunseith, Port of Entries. We will help you in making arrangements to any other Ports of GENOMIC-ENHANCED EPDS
Entry. Border costs are at your expense. All bulls have genomics incorporated into their EPDs unless otherwise noted.
FEEDING ARRANGEMENTS These EPDs further increase the accuracy of the EPD. A better explanation is on
If purchaser requests, we will feed your bull and have him fertility tested in early April. page 3. The ASA registration # is on each Lot. You can search up their latest EPDs
We would like to have all bulls picked up or delivered no later than May 1. The fee will on the ASA website. They are updated weekly. BOLT EPDs used were current as of
be $100 per bull. The bull’s ration will be the same or very similar to what they are re- 1/13/2025. We have formatted our EPD boxes to include the percentile ranking for
ceiving now. We are not responsible for accidents of cattle kept at the ranch. We strongly each trait if they rank within the top 50% of the breed. This will make It easier to
encourage insurance. evaluate each bull.
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