R A I L E GELBVIEH/BALANCER

Transcription

1 R A I L E GELBVIEH/BALANCER Production Sale Monday March 1th, :30 p.m. CST St. Francis Livestock Commission St. Francis, Kansas

2 Welcome to our 2009 Sale We would like to take this opportunity to welcome all of you to our annual production sale. Also, a special thanks to those of you who have purchased bulls in the past and have confidence in our program. As you can see most of the bulls are Balancers. This is due to the fact that this is what our customers prefer, according to past sales. The Meat Animal Research Center (MARC) proclaims that crossbred females are 30% more productive over their lifetimes. The advantages of crossbreeding effect cow efficiency, longevity, lifetime productive, weaning performance and yearling performance. If you have straight-bred Angus cows a purebred Gelbvieh will do you a tremendous amount of good. However if you already have a blend of two or more breeds in your cowherd, then a Balancer works great in that situation to keep the right balance of hybrid vigor in your herd. Remember Balancer is a trademark name that the Gelbvieh breed has given to the Gelbvieh-Angus cross in which both parents are registered in their respective breed associations. If one parent wasn t registered, the offspring could not have a meaningful set of EPDs and other valuable information. We have mentioned that instead of using average daily (ADG) figures we use weight per day of age (WDA). I believe this more fairly portrays the animal s performance while he is with his mother, as well as his post weaning gain. Again this past summer we did not creep feed any of the calves while they were with their dams on grass yet the sale bull s average adjusted weaning weight was a respectful pounds ( with a couple having an actual weaning weight of over 800 pounds). Remember we are in short grass, and most of the time DRY country. Some seem to think that we have lost some of the milk in the breed which the Gelbvieh were known for. The bulls in this sale are well above average for the Milk EPD. The purebreds average 22 which is in the top 2% of the breed and the balancers are also the top 2% for all Balancers with an average Milk EPD of 21. We have also made great strides on birth weights with the average birth weight on the sale bulls of 82 pounds. We feel that the offspring from these bulls will come easy, gain efficiently and hang a carcass that the industry wants. If you are unable to attend the sale and are interested in a bull, let us know. You can either bid on line with DV Auction or we will make every effort to help bid on a bull for you. Please do not hesitate to call or stop by with any questions you may have. Come join us for lunch and once again, thanks for coming and have a safe trip home. The Railes You must have high speed internet to work properly. You must register to bid before the sale.

3 Raile Gelbvieh Production Sale Monday March 1 th :30 p.m. CST St. Francis Livestock Commission St. Francis Kansas Sale Day Phone: Auctioneer: Tracy Harl, Hastings, NE Selling 2 Lots 2 Fall Balancer Bulls 18 Yearling Balancer Bulls Purebred Yearling Bulls (100% Black & Polled) First Season Breeding Guarantee: Buyers of all bulls selling for $2,000 or more injured the first breeding season will have credit at the next sale at the value of the purchase price minus salvage value. Contact Raile Gelbvieh promptly so the decision to return the bull to Raile Gelbvieh or sold by buyer may be made. Breeding season is defined as the 90-day period following the first turnout of the bulls. Trucking: Free trucking on bulls of $2,00 or more within a 20 mile radius. Otherwise to a central location. Viewing: Bulls may be viewed at home or online at Igenity DNA Tested: All bulls have had a DNA profile test for the carcass traits, coat color and BVD-PI negative. Herd Health: All bulls have had shots,been poured and will have passed a semen test by sale day. Necessary health papers will be supplied with each sale animal. Registration papers will be transferred. All announcements from block take precedence over all written material. Accommodations: Empire Motel: Contact Information: Delbert Raile Cody Raile Road U 21 North State Hwy 2 St. Francis, KS St. Francis, KS

4 FALL BALANCER BULLS Average EPDs for All Balancers CE BW WW YW Milk TM GL CED DMRS MR WHITMAN 13T HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 0AN, 0GV DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 10//200 Tattoo: DMRS 13T BW: Adj. WW: 0 Adj. YW: 108 WDA: 3.03 TC Freedom 10 GA WHITMAN 10 Freds Whitney 23 NORD Nagurski M12J DMRS TWISTED ANGEL 3R DMRS Maude Homozygous Black herdsire prospect that is very moderate Outstanding son of Whitman that we took to Denver He has a powerful set of growth and milk EPDs Top 2% for WW EPD, top 3% for YW EPD and top 2% Milk EPD 2 DMRS MR WHITMAN 10T HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 0AN, 0GV DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 11/2/200 Tattoo: DMRS 10T BW: Adj. WW: 2 Adj. YW: 98 WDA: 3.02 TC Freedom 10 GA WHITMAN 10 Freds Whitney 23 PPFG PCCI Power Pac 13F DCSF POST ROCK GWEN 13H2 ET DCSF W A Homozygous Black half brother to the Lot 1 Bull His dam (Post Rock Gwen 13H2) is a former donor cow from the Post Rock program Well balanced EPDs with plenty of Milk (top 1% for Balancers The Whitman females seem to have really nice udders

5 3 YEARLING BALANCER BULLS DMRS UNCLE SAM 801U DOUBLE BLACK 0AN, 0GV DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 1/1/2008 Tattoo: 1U BW: 1 Adj. WW: 1 Adj. YW: 1298 WDA: 3.33 TC Freedom 10 GA WHITMAN 10 Freds Whitney 23 SPUR Special Legend 819H ET DMRS RAGGEDY ANN 30R DMRS Gladys Had an actual weaning weight of 800 lbs. Maternal great granddam was a Dam of Distinction and maternal granddam a Dam of Merit Top % Milk EPD and top 2% for Yearling Weight EPD His sire (Whitman) had his first heifers that calved this year and they have very attractive udders RHRG LEGEND 80U BLACK 0AN, 0GV POLLED Calved: 1/10/2008 Tattoo: U BW: 0 Adj. WW: 9 Adj. YW: 121 WDA: 3.1 O C C Legend 1L SCC LEGEND 2 C A R Ferdinand 003 TAU Mr Freedom 920 1P ET 3 RHRG SASHA 9S DMRS Michelle 820H Another individual with an actual weaning weight of 800 lbs. Out of a first calf heifer and the Legend calves seem to come easy Would recommend him on first calf heifers--his maternal granddam Michelle 820H has always had small calves DMRS UNIQUE 80U HOMOZYGOUS BLACK AN, 2GV DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 1/13/2008 Tattoo: U BW: Adj. WW: 38 Adj. YW: 11 WDA: 2.92 D H D Traveler 80 S S TRAVELER 80 T10 S S Miss Hi Spade A11 F A R Krugerrand 10H DMRS STARLIGHT 19S DMRS Nancy Good birth to weaning spread with a lb. birth weight and over 00 lb. actual weaning weight Out of a Krugerrand first calf heifer and Traveler T10 Ranks in the top 10% for Balancer BW EPD, top 20% for WW EPD and top % for YW EPD Top 1% for Feedlot Merit EPD and top 20% for EPD Homozygous Black RHRG MR T10 808U DOUBLE BLACK AN, 19GV, UN DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 1/13/2008 Tattoo: 8U BW: Adj. WW: 3 Adj. YW: 120 WDA: 3.13 D H D Traveler 80 S S TRAVELER 80 T10 S S Miss Hi Spade A11 Vermillion Dateline 08 RHRG SNUFFLES 3S WVR 18E Another T10 son with good numbers out of a first calf heifer Top % for YW EPD and top 2% for Milk EPD for all reported Balancers Good carcass EPDs with Feedlot Merit EPD in the top 1% for all Balancers RHRG MR T10 813U DOUBLE BLACK 0AN, 0 GV DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 1/18/2008 Tattoo: 13U BW: 1 Adj. WW: Adj. YW: 131 WDA: 3.29 D H D Traveler 80 S S TRAVELER 80 T10 S S Miss Hi Spade A11 BDCG Upper Limits 1M WIGS SEXY S WIGS Lizzie Another stout made T10 son out of a first calver Top 20% WW EPD, top 10 YW EPD and top 2% Milk EPD Carcass EPDs are very good with a Feedlot Merit EPD in the top 10% Good maternal strength with great granddam being a Dam of Merit

6 8 RHRG LEGEND 821U BLACK 0AN, 0GV DOUBLE POLLED/SCURRED Calved: 1/22/2008 Tattoo: 21U BW: 9 Adj. WW: Adj. YW: 12 WDA: 3.1 O C C Legend 1L SCC LEGEND 2 C A R Ferdinand 003 BDCG Upper Limits 1M RHRG SHRANGRI-LA 1S DCSF Post Rock Gwen 13H2 ET Legend sired and out of a very good cow family where his grandam (Post Rock Gwen 13H2 ET) was a donor in the Post Rock program Another bull that had over 00# of actual weaning wt. and out of a first calf heifer 9 DMRS URBAN 82U HOMOZYGOUS BLACK AN, 2GV DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 1/2/2008 Tattoo: 2U BW: 88 Adj. WW: Adj. YW: 1301 WDA: 3.11 O C C Legend 1L SCC LEGEND 2 C A R Ferdinand 003 Baldridge Nebraska 901 DMRS SCARLETT 0S DMRS Precious 3P A really nice put together homozygous black bull out of a Baldridge Nebraska first calf heifer and sired by Legend He s in the top half for all Balancers for YW EPD 10 DMRS UFO 82U HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 0AN, 0GV DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 1/30/2008 Tattoo: 2U BW: 83 Adj. WW: Adj. YW: 123 WDA: 3.11 O C C Legend 1L SCC LEGEND 2 C A R Ferdinand 003 DCSF PRC Bocephus 229M2 DMRS SANTANA 3S DMRS Ms Betsy Busty 02K A Legend bull out of a first calver Legend himself is a very easy keeper and it looks like his progeny are the easy fleshing kind Above average for Feedlot Merit EPD WIGS UNDERTAKER 831U DOUBLE BLACK 0AN, 0GV DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 2/11/2008 Tattoo: 31U BW: 1 Adj. WW: 0 Adj. YW: 129 WDA: 3.3 Connealy Forefront TC FREEDOM 10 T C Ruby DCSF Post Rock Direction L2 WIGS LIZZIE CIRS Lorelei A tremendous twin bull out of TC Freedom with a great disposition Great set of EPDs (top 1% for Milk, top 10% for both WW & YW) Top 1% for Feedlot Merit Grandam is a Dam of Merit Matt showed his granddam (Lorelei 1L) when she was just a heifer (great disposition also) 11

7 12 1 WIGS TC FREEDOM 832U DOUBLE BLACK 0AN, 0GV DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 2/11/2008 Tattoo: 32U BW: 1 Adj. WW: 8 Adj. YW: 11 WDA: 3.1 Connealy Forefront TC FREEDOM 10 T C Ruby 909 DCSF Post Rock Direction L2 WIGS LIZZIE CIRS Lorelei Twin to the Undertaker 831U bull How often is one able to keep back both twin bulls out of the same cow. 832U didn t wean off quite as heavy as Undertaker because of his foster mother but the genetics are still there as well as the came great EPDs Feedlot EPD is in the top 1% for all Balancers DMRS ULYSSES 839U DOUBLE BLACK 0AN, 0GV HOMOZYGOUS POLLED Calved: 2/18/2008 Tattoo: 39U BW: 89 Adj. WW: 1 Adj. YW: 133 WDA: 3.9 TC Stockman 3 NORTHERN IMPROVEMENT 80 GF Blackcap of R R 3 SPUR Special Legend 819H ET DMRS NINA DMRS Brandy 01K Northern Improvement son that we took to Denver Last 30 days before going to Denver Ulysses gained.#/day Outstanding individual with great numbers Ranked 1 st among sale bulls for Adj. WW (ratio 121) 1# (actual WW was 82#) Ranked 1 st for WDA 3.9 Great growth and Milk EPDs Dam has weaning ratio of 110 on 3 calves 13 DMRS UNDENIABLE 838U BLACK 0AN, 0GV DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 2/18/2008 Tattoo: 38U BW: 89 Adj. WW: 31 Adj. YW: 1288 WDA: 3.0 Connealy Forefront TC FREEDOM 10 T C Ruby 909 DMRS Power Cat DMRS NANNY DMRS Rhonda 03K TC Freedom just seems to give his offspring that look Last year in Denver a TC Freedom daughter was a Division winner for us Undeniable s EPDs are top 2%, 10% and 1% for Milk, YW and WW respectively 1 13 DMRS LEGEND 8U HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 0AN, 0GV DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 2/22/2008 Tattoo: U BW: 8 Adj. WW: 3 Adj. YW: 12 WDA: 3.2 O C C Legend 1L SCC LEGEND 2 C A R Ferdinand 003 BDCG Upper Limits 1M DMRS SWEET CHEEKS 9S DMRS Yoko Ratio 108 on weaning wt. Stout made homozygous black son by Legend and out of an Upper Limits first calf heifer One of our personal favorites in the sale 1 1

8 1 DMRS ULTIMATE 89U DOUBLE BLACK 0AN, 0GV DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 2/23/2008 Tattoo: 9U BW: 90 Adj. WW: Adj. YW: 139 WDA: TC Stockman 3 NORTHERN IMPROVEMENT 80 GF Blackcap of R R 3 SPUR Special Legend 819H ET DMRS DOMINIQUE DMRS Chely 93J Ultimate s dam produced the Reserve Grand Champion Bull at the 200 Kansas State Fair. She has a weaning ratio on calves of 10 Ultimate ranked 2 nd in weaning wt. (ratio 120) with an actual WW of 822# and Adj. WW of # He has very good growth and milk EPDs and his Feedlot Merit of 2.31 puts him in the top 1% for all Balancers His WDA ranks 2 nd among all sale bulls Ultimate s dam had one of the top purebred bulls in last year s sale that went to Bob Huss of Herndon Kansas 1 RHRG TC FREEDOM 80U BLACK 0AN, 0GV DOUBLE POLLED/SCURRED Calved: 2/23/2008 Tattoo: 0U BW: 89 Adj. WW: 02 Adj. YW: 11 WDA: 3.1 Connealy Forefront TC FREEDOM 10 T C Ruby 909 JRI Pld Free Agent 12J3 JRI MS PHENOMENAL 8N JRI Ms Polled Summit 8D Another TC Freedom that seems to put it all together With Polled Free Agent on the dam side his calving ease EPD is in the top 20% for all Balancers at 10 Milk EPD of 22 is in the top 1% DMRS ULTRA HIGH 81U HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 0AN, 0GV DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 2/2/2008 Tattoo: 1U BW: 8 Adj. WW: Adj. YW: 131 WDA: 3.2 Connealy Forefront TC FREEDOM 10 T C Ruby 909 SPUR Special Legend 819H ET DMRS MONIQUE DMRS Ms Double Tradition G Homozygous Black TC Freedom son that has an outstanding set of EPDs (top 3% WW, top 1% YW and top 1% Milk) His Feedlot Merit EPD (3.8) also ranks him in the top 1% Dam has weaning ratio on calves of 10 Dam also produced a heifer that we sold as a bred heifer in the National Sale in 200 Ranked th among sale bulls for WDA DMRS TC FREEDOM 82U HOMOZYGOUS BLACK 0AN, 0GV DOUBLE POLLED/SCURRED Calved: 2/2/2008 Tattoo: 2U BW: Adj. WW: 11 Adj. YW: 1180 WDA: 3.2 Connealy Forefront TC FREEDOM 10 T C Ruby 909 SPUR Special Legend 819H ET DMRS MONIQUE DMRS Ms Double Tradition G Homozygous Black twin to the Ultra High 81U bull Look at Ultra High 81U s footnotes and they are the same for 82U A little less in weaning and yearling wts. because of foster mother, but the same genetics Outstanding dam DMRS UTOPIA 8120U BLACK 0AN, 0GV DOUBLE POLLED Calved: /1/2008 Tattoo: 120U BW: 9 Adj. WW: 2 Adj. YW: 132 WDA: 3.3 TC Freedom 10 GA WHITMAN 10 Freds Whitney 23 DMRS Buckshot 002K DMRS PUFF P DMRS Dorrine A bull has to really stand out for us to put an April calf in the sale, but we think he really fits the bill Dam is an outstanding cow with lots of capacity and has had 3 calves with an average weaning ratio of 111 Utopia s weaning wt. ratio of 119 ranks him 3 rd among 38 contemporaries Look at his EPDs for WW, YW and Milk. All in the top 3%-% for all Balancers Also ranks th among the sale bulls for WDA 3.3 3

9 21 YEARLING PUREBRED BULLS DMRS MR. FREEDOM 8U DOUBLE BLACK PUREBRED DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 3/11/2008 Tattoo: U BW: 92 Adj. WW: 9 Adj. YW: 1302 WDA: 3.9 SLC Freedom 18F ET TAU MR FREEDOM 920 1P ET TAU Ms Sleepy 920J DMRS Power Cat DMRS PRISSY 3P DMRS Robbie 99J Division I Champion in Denver in the purebred show Put together like a herd bull should be Ranked th in weaning wt. (ratio 112) Dam ratios 10 on 3 calves Ranks in the top 10% for WW EPD and top 1% for YW EPD Maternal grandma (Robbie 99J) a two time Dam of Merit 22 DMRS UNO 89U HOMOZYGOUS BLACK PUREBRED DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 3/11/2008 Tattoo: 9U BW: 9 Adj. WW: 8 Adj. YW: 10 WDA: 3. MRCO New Direction 90 DCSF PRC BOCEPHUS 229M2 DCSF Post Rock Gwen 130K2 SPUR Special Legend 819H ET DMRS NUTMEG DMRS Ms Traditions Rolls 30F Homo black bull out of a dam (Nutmeg 331N) who has a weaning ratio of 10 on calves UNO s weaning wt. ratio is 110 (ranked th on 38 contemporaries) Top 2% for Milk EPD This will be the last bull to sell out of the Bocephus herdsire. He really put the milk in his heifers Ranked 3 rd for WDA among the sale bulls (3.) 3 23 DMRS UNITED 83 DOUBLE BLACK PUREBRED DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 2/20/2008 Tattoo: 3U BW: 8 Adj. WW: 8 Adj. YW: 1312 WDA: 3.8 GKT Boo Boo 1E BDCG UPPER LIMITS 1M DLD 1F 21 SPUR Special Legend 819H ET DMRS NEVA DMRS Sarah 8H Ratio10 on Adj. WW Dam has 10 weaning ratio on calves Has good carcass EPDs (top 1% Rib Eye Area, top 2% Carcass Wt. top 2% for and top % for Carcass Value Dam has 10 weaning ratio on calves Average EPDs for Purebreds CE BW WW YW Milk TM GL CED DMRS URANUS 8U DOUBLE BLACK PUREBRED DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 2/22/2008 Tattoo: U BW: 8 Adj. WW: 3 Adj. YW: 1201 WDA: 3.2 MRCO New Direction 90 DCSF PRC BOCEPHUS 229M2 DCSF Post Rock Gwen 130K2 DMRS Power Cat DMRS NANCY DMRS Miss Sensation 18D Ratio of 10 on weaning Top % on Milk EPD Dam has weaning ratio of 10 on 3 calves All 1 individuals on both sire and dam side have been polled in the last 3 generations 2 DMRS BOCEPHUS 8U BLACK PUREBRED DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 2/22/2008 Tattoo: U BW: 83 Adj. WW: 9 Adj. YW: 103 WDA: 2.99 MRCO New Direction 90 DCSF PRC BOCEPHUS 229M2 DCSF Post Rock Gwen 130K2 SLC Freedom 18F ET DMRS PLAYGIRL 003K DMRS Miss Kindra 82H Weaning wt. ratio of 10 Good calving ease EPD of 108 puts him in the top 1% for all purebreds Milk EPD of 21 (top 1%) 1 3

10 REF A PUREBRED GELBVIEH HERDSIRES DCSF PRC BOCEPHUS 229M2 HOMOZYGOUS BLACK PUREBRED POLLED Calved: 10//2002 Reg. #: AMGV8 BW: 8 Adj. WW: 09 Adj. YW: 118 GLT Sensations Day 21Y VAA Leachman New Day 20B VAA 023Z MRCO NEW DIRECTION 90 FHG Flying H Cadillac 18C MRCO Cadillac Lady 1E FHG FHG Ms John Henry 12B ATM Tejas Rolls Roych 88 JEB Polled Gizmo 1Z JEB Ms. Sensation 31X DCSF POST ROCK GWEN 130K2 DCSF Polled Paddy 1T DCSF W2 MAR Gwen 00 CE BW WW YW Milk TM GL CED A new Direction son and out of a Polled Gizmo daughter. His Calving Ease and Milk EPDs rank him in the top % and 3% respectively for active Gelbvieh sires. He sired the Reserve Champion Bull at the Kansas State Fair in 200. He has a great disposition. DCSF PRC BOCEPHUS 229M2 REF B TAU MR FREEDOM 920 1P ET BLACK PUREBRED DOUBLE POLLED Calved: 3/8/200 Reg. #: AMGV90391 BW: 8 Adj. WW: 3 Adj. YW: 138 GLT Sensations Day 21Y VAA Leachman New Day 20B VAA 023Z SLC FREEDOM 18F ET BB Mr Forkas 1S (JSE M2) BB Miss 1Y BB Bell Orchid POW Jetstream 3B TJB Sleepy 11F ET BTI Ms Helen B 2081B TAU MS SLEEPY 920J TAU Dr Pepper 29D TAU Ms Dr P of 1E 1G TAU Ms 801X 1E CE BW WW YW Milk TM GL CED A black Freedom son who has a great disposition, profile and easy moving. He also sires those good doing calves that are very eye appealing with a great profile and level hipped. He sired one of the high selling open females in the Kansas Pick of the Herds Female Sale that we consigned in 200. REF C BDCG UPPER LIMITS 1M BLACK PUREBRED HOMOZYGOUS POLLED Calved: 1/9/2002 Reg. #: AMGV BW: 88 Adj. WW: 0 Adj. YW: 1288 KCF Bennett Premier Z10 FHG Flying H Cadillac 18C FHG 22Y GKT BOO BOO 1E CCD Rustler CCD X CCD Grand River 13T PTC Pacific Prospector 9X GKJ Greta s Prospect 1Z PTC Pacific Prospector 10W DLD 1F KHR 0T DLD Brenda DLD Mary Lou CE BW WW YW Milk TM GL CED We acquired this proven herd sire from the Post Rock program. His progeny can flat out perform. His WW and YW EPDs are in the upper percentiles (3% and 10%) for all active Gelbvieh sires. His carcass EPDs are also in the upper percentiles (Carcass Wt. top 2%, Ribeye top 1% and top 30%) which is an added plus. BDCG UPPER LIMITS 1M

11 REF D Connealy Frontline CONNEALY FOREFRONT Eileen Heartland Conanga3 TC Stockman 3 TC RUBY 909 TC Ruby 08 ANGUS REFERENCE SIRES TC FREEDOM 10 Calved: 1/18/2001 Reg. #: 139 BW: 8 Adj. WW: 23 Adj. YW: 10 Connealy Dateline Pleasant Pill of Conanga Hoff Heartland S C Eileen May of Conanga TC Stockman TC Pride 001 Leachman Right Time TC Ruby 08 BW WW YW Milk Top selling bull of the 2002 TC Ranch Production Sale. Strong maternal bloodlines combining Stockman 3 and Leachman Right Time on dam s side. Passes on his super muscle, hip and eye appeal. Tremendous spread from a low 8 pounds to an impressive yearling weight of 10. TC FREEDOM 10 REF E Connealy Forefront TC FREEDOM 10 T C Ruby 909 Bon View New Design 10 FREDS WHITNEY 23 Freds Whitney 00 GA WHITMAN 10 Calved: 1//200 Reg. #: BW: 8 Adj. WW: 1 Adj. YW: 131 Connealy Frontline Eileen Heartland Conanga3 TC Stockman 3 TC Ruby 08 B/R New Design 03 Bon View Pride Northern Improvement 80 GF Freds Whitney 2800 BW WW YW Milk A TC Freedom son that we purchased at the Cattlemen s Classic in Kearney. Just like his sire he passes on the stylish look along with the extra muscle, hip and top. His dam is a 10 daughter which should add the maternal and carcass traits. We kept several of Whitman s daughters to add back to our cowherd and they appear to have excellent udders. GA WHITMAN 10 REF F TC Stockman TC STOCKMAN 3 TC Pride 001 NORTHERN IMPROVEMENT 80 GF Calved: 3/1/1998 Reg. #: R R Vantage 332 BLACKCAP OF R R 3 Blackcap of R R 0238 Leachman Prompter T C Jestress 00 V D A R New Trend 31 TC Pride 8013 Shoshone Vantage JB23 Dixie Erica of R R 9222 Shoshone Vantage JB23 Blackcap of R R 020 BW WW YW Milk Northern Improvement consistently produces stylish show quality calves. He is a calving ease bull that produces thick butted bulls with excellent feet and legs, and clean fronted heifers with a lot of style. NORTHERN IMPROVEMENT 80 GF

12 REF G O C C Emblazon 8E O C C LEGEND 1L O C C Blackbird 32J H A Ferdinand 33 C A R FERDINAND 003 Emulous Ankony C A R E1C ANGUS REFERENCE SIRES SCC LEGEND 2 Calved: 9/2/200 Reg. #: 133 BW: 8 Adj. WW: 2 Adj. YW: 1193 D H D Traveler 80 Dixie Erica of C H 1019 O C C Gladiator 12G O C C Blackbird 82G R R Ferdinand 8D H A Cloudy Girl 0 Hickory Hill Trend 33 Emulous Ankony Lass Car 1C BW WW YW Milk We purchased Legend from Lee Cattle Company as primarily a heifer bull and he has definitely filled that goal, but along with that he is an easy fleshing individual packed with lots of meat and seems to pass it on to his offspring. He is a moderate framed bull that phenotypically looks just like his sire OCC Legend 1L with a big hip and lots of volume. SCC LEGEND 2 REF H Q A S Traveler 23- D H D TRAVELER 80 Bemindful Maid D H D 080 Hoff Hi Spade S C 91 S S MISS HI SPADE A11 S S Miss Rito 0H3 H9 SS TRAVELER 80 T10 Calved: /1/199 Reg. #: Band 23 of Ideal 313 Q A S Blackbird Eve 01 1 PBC 0 1M F0203 Bemindful Maid of R R 109 R&J Spade 120 Hoff Miss Scotch Cap 0 S S Rito 01 0H3 S S Miss Rito 119 8R9 BW WW YW Milk One of the most popular AI Angus Sires used on heifers. His offspring have that natural fleshing ability and the females have the maternal abilities. SS TRAVELER 80 T10

13 Why Balancers? Crossbreeding made easy. Wayne Vanderwert, Ph.D., AGA Executive Director American Gelbvieh Association FACT SHEET Hybrids. It started with singlecross corn; it has dominated broiler and swine production, the state conservation department releases hybrid game fish, and now the car companies are promoting hybrids. All for the same reason; there are advantages to hybrids. The movement to hybrid seedstock in beef production is in its infancy and increased usage in commercial beef production is inevitable. Why because hybrids simplify many of the challenges a commercial beef producer faces and increase profi tability. Hybrids also stabilize breed composition; in turn that provides more, not less, consistency in a calf crop. I remember sitting in Beef Production class and a number of Animal Breeding classes while the professor diagramed crossbreeding systems for beef production. I caught myself wondering how anyone could sleep though such a stimulating lecture. It s all about heterosis, breed complementarity, maternal heterosis and potentially utilizing terminal breeds, what could be better? I ve since fi gured out it was all about maximizing complexity, ignoring simplicity and real-world application the smartest students may have been the ones napping. Let s take a look at a basic two-breed rotation. The textbook model assumes that you ll have bulls of each breed and separate your cows into two breeding groups based on their sire breed. In big herds, where it is feasible, it requires extra labor to sort cows and calves, making sure you don t split a pair, and it doesn t fi t with improved management practices like rotational grazing. The three-breed textbook model, to take full advantage of maternal heterosis, is just one step more complicated. The Crossbreeding Reality The reality approach in most herds is to buy a bull of one breed use him two years and then replace him with one from the second breed. This is especially true in small, single herd sire cowherds, but for simplicity even many big herds rotate breeds every other year. Keeping replacement females every cycle in this system means the resulting calf crop has a variety of percentages, from 0% and up, of the sire breed used in that cycle. How does that provide consistency? The temptation might be to consider straight breeding commercial cows. But the merits of crossbreeding are too great for a commercial cattleman to ignore. Crossbreeding provides heterosis in many traits but in particular the traits that are the most diffi cult to apply selection pressure for improvement. Cow longevity, lifetime productivity and calf survivability, are examples where heterosis can give a 2 percent or higher advantage. The heterosis advantages in growth and milk are smaller, and in carcass traits we see little hybrid vigor. In these traits breed complementarity, combining breeds with offsetting strengths and weaknesses comes to play. The Balancer Advantage As a commercial producer, if I had straight-bred or high-percentage British cattle, I d use Gelbvieh bulls until I had The heterosis advantages in growth and milk are smaller, and in carcass traits we see little hybrid vigor. In these traits breed complementarity, combining breeds with offsetting strengths and weaknesses comes to play. The Balancer Advantage As a commercial producer, if I had straight-bred or high-percentage British cattle, I d use Gelbvieh bulls until I had some Gelbvieh infl uence in a majority of my cowherd. At that point, I d switch to Balancers to stabilize the level of Gelbvieh and British in my herd at a desirable level. Under this scenario, the skeptics argue that somehow the parent breeds will genetically segregate in the offspring, yielding more variability, but this just isn t the case. Consistency in the calf crop comes from the progeny being very similar in breed composition. The data from the Gelbvieh Alliance and Meat Animal Research Center agree that combining continental and British infl uence at the right levels pay big dividends in feed effi ciency and targeting a desirable, and profi table, level of Yield and Quality grades. In the pasture, Gelbvieh infl uence in your cowherd that will provide great fertility, milk and growth, while keeping mature cow size in check. There is a reason commercial beef producers appreciate the advantages of Balancer bulls. They take the headaches out of crossbreeding, provide heterosis, and let producers focus on the windows of acceptability for feedlot performance and end product merit. Balancers are the easy shortcut to profi tability. In the pasture, Gelbvieh infl uence in your cowherd that will provide great fertility, milk and growth, while keeping mature cow size in check. There is a reason commercial beef producers appreciate the advantages of Balancer bulls. They take the headaches out of crossbreeding, provide heterosis, and let producers focus on the windows of acceptability for feedlot performance and end product merit. Balancers are the easy shortcut to profi tability.

14 The IGENITY Profile IGENITY provides the beef industry with the most comprehensive genetic profile of multiple traits of economic importance. The insights gained from an IGENITY profile help producers make more confident selection, management and marketing decisions. The IGENITY profile includes multiple-marker analyses for traits such as:,, Quality Grade,, Fat Thickness,, Average Daily Gain, Heifer Pregnancy Rate, Stayability, Calving Ease and Docility. IGENITY Profile traits reported: Raile Gelbvieh is providing IGENITY scores for several of the traits. The remaining trait scores are available upon request for your consideration. Please contact us or our IGENITY Representative Rick Pfortmiller (8) and we will be happy to share those with you. Profile Score Advantages To assist cattle producers in understanding the value of DNA technology, IGENITY has developed a scoring system for each trait using a scale of 1 to 10. Higher values are not necessarily better they simply indicate that the animal has the potential for more of that trait. The following descriptions and table (Table 1) are useful in describing each trait and reflect the relative difference expected in animals compared to contemporaries with an IGENITY profile score of 1. Average Daily Gain: The IGENITY profile results for Average Daily Gain identifies an animal s genetic potential for rate of gain. Animals which score a 10 would have the potential to gain.81 pounds more per day than animals that score a 1. : The analysis in the IGENITY profile for tenderness represents an animal s genetic potential for tenderness as measured by Warner-Bratzler Shear Force (WBSF), with 10 being the most tender and 1 being the least tender. Lower shear force means more tender beef. In a group of animals with a score from IGENITY of 10 for tenderness, 2.3 pounds less shear force is required than an animal with a score from IGENITY of 1. Score: Higher scores from IGENITY for marbling equal greater genetic potential for marbling. In a group of animals with a score from IGENITY of 10 for marbling, the average marbling score can be expected to be 11 points greater than animals with a score of 1. The USDA beef grading system for marbling uses a 100 to 999 point scale. points reflect how much intramuscular fat is present in each carcass, and thus the potential to grade USDA Choice. Fat Thickness: Lower IGENITY profile scores indicate less external fat, while higher scores reflect more external fat with a difference of.3 inches between a group of animals that scored a 1 versus a group of animals that scored a 10. : Higher scores from the IGENITY profile reflect larger ribeye areas and lower scores reflect smaller ribeye areas. In a group of animals with a score from IGENITY of 10 for ribeye area, the average ribeye is expected to be 2. square inches larger than in a group of animals with a score of 1. (Quality Grade) Higher scores from IGENITY for quality grade equal greater genetic potential to grade choice or higher. In a group of animals that possess a score from IGENITY of 10 for quality grade, it is likely that.%or more should grade USDA Choice or higher.

15 Table 1. IGENITY RESULTS KEY IGENITY Result Average Daily Gain in lbs. of WBSF Trait USDA Score Backfat Thickness in Sq. Inches NR (No Results) Some samples may look normal when we submitted them, but still are unable to produce acceptable results. This often occurs due to contaminants that are undetectable to the naked eye; i.e. dirt, mold or other foreign matter. In many instances, a new sample has been submitted and results will be available shortly. How to use the IGENITY Profile IGENITY Scores are easy to incorporate into your selection criteria. They represent an additional tool when combined with EPD s, ultrasound and visual appraisal. As the case with any selection method, single trait selection should be avoided. Select those animals that best combine the traits you desire to emphasis in your herd. As an example, if you are trying to decide between two bulls Bull A and Bull B - and Bull A has an IGENITY profile score for of 8 and Bull B has a score of and you prefer Bull B s EPD s and phenotype; then you can confidently select Bull B as his genetic potential is still in the direction you prefer.

16 RAILE GELBVIEH Road U St. Francis, KS DMRS Tutti-Frutti 2T Balancer Champion Winter Heifer Calf (Division II) Paternal Sister to Lots 11, 12, 13, 1, 18, 19 We have a <STEAK> in your future