MARCH 17, :00AM BURTON COLISEUM COMPLEX LAKE CHARLES, LA. SELLING: Bulls & Open Registered Braford Females

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1 MARCH 17, :00AM BURTON COLISEUM COMPLEX LAKE CHARLES, LA SELLING: Bulls & Open Registered Braford Females

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3 MARCH 17, :00am Burton Coliseum Complex 7001 Gulf Highway, Lake Charles, LA Sale Sponsored by: For more information: United Braford Breeders 5380 Old Bullard Rd Suite 600 Box 358 Tyler, TX Bull Development Program Committee: Rhea Shields, Co-Chair Rodney Roberson Co Chair Bryan Alleman Jim Harvey Wade Granger Bill Rainer Sale Committee: Jim Harvey, Chair Bill Rainer Jim Harvey Shannon Harrington Bryan Alleman Jonny Harris Chris Herpin Danny Boudreaux Publications Represented Gulf Coast Cattleman Charlie Wood Cattle Today Louisiana Cattleman Ringmen: Wade Granger and Charlie Wood Auctioneer: Leo Casas Sale Managed by: Marketing Superior Genetics. Mark Cowan Trey Kirkpatrick Richard Hood Load Out: Cattle will be loaded out at the conclusion of the sale and after proper settlement is made. Health Papers: Health papers will be provided on each lot in the sale suitable for interstate shipment. Hotel Accommodations Wingate W Prien Lake Road Lake Charles, LA Group Name: UBB Group Rate: $109/night Quality Inn Venture Park DR Lake Charles, La *Please mention you are with the Braford Group to get a better, downstairs room and a group rate. SALE SCHEDULE All Events at Burton Coliseum Complex, Lake Charles, LA Wednesday, March 16th All Day - Cattle available for viewing 5:00 PM - Cattleman s Social complete with food and beverages - A Gathering of Friends and Spectators - All Welcome! 6:00 PM - Ranchers and Buyers Braford Bull Grading - Bulls will be presented and all are welcome. We Value Your Opinion! Thursday, March 17th 7:30 AM - Cowboy coffee 7:30 AM - Cattle available for viewing 10:00 AM - Advancing the Breed Braford Bull Sale Followed By - Braford Registered Female Sale All Bulls were developed under the Zoetis Animal Health Guidelines Trucking: Larry Smith Livestock Trucking will be available sale day. Catalog Produced by: Cattle Solutions Crystal Devoll cddevoll@gmail.com Videos Produced by: Ideal Video Productions Wade Fisher wade@idealvideoproductions.com Advancing the Braford Breed 6 1

4 NOTE FROM SALE AND BULL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM COMMITTEE Welcome to the 6th edition of the Advancing the Breed Bull Sale. Growing numbers of high quality Braford cattle and increased demand for new genetics have created an opportunity to add this spring sale. Not only will this sale continue to provide future herd sires for your operation, but this will be our first time to include registered Braford females in our development and marketing program. We look for more future participants with emphasis on increasing the number of heifers in this spring sale. The United Braford Breeders committed 100 bulls and 30 heifers for this year s program and we expect to have bulls and 25 heifers available sale day. Every bull committed was objectively evaluated for structural integrity and soundness, weight gain, scrotal circumference, and ultrasound carcass attributes. Only the top bulls at the end of the program will be offered for sale the remainder will be evaluated on the rail in our steer program. Our end goal is to bring potential buyers quality lots through a comprehensive development and marketing program. Increased numbers and buyer demand have dictated stronger scrutiny of prospective lots using all of the information available. All bulls in the sale have passed a breeding soundness exam and are satisfactory potential breeders. A full, current EPD profile is presented on all lots. All of the data collected during the development of these bulls were used in the computation of their EPDs. Therefore, the EPDs of the bulls trump all other numerical descriptions of the bulls. We strive to bring you the best bulls for your evaluation and needs. Heifers were developed together but no effort was made to evaluate them statistically. Please refer to their respective EPDs as you strive to select heifers to incorporate into your breeding program. Cattle prices are dictating sound, quality bulls for your herd and this group is as good as we have put together. Graham Land & Cattle Company continues to outdo themselves with feeding and growing our bulls for optimal performance and longevity with a focused emphasis on having the bulls ready to immediately go to work in your program. Heifers were developed on a high roughage diet and should be ready to turn out with the bull of your choice immediately after the sale. Don t miss your opportunity to find your next great breeding piece from this unique program. Special thanks to all participants, buyers, Graham Land & Cattle, American Marketing Service, Committee members, and the UBB Board of Directors. Rhea Shields and Rodney Roberson UBB Bull Development Program Co-Chairmen MAP TO THE SALE Burton Coliseum Complex is located at 7001 Gulf Highway Lake Charles, LA BRAFORD BREED AVERAGE EPDs FOR 2014 BORN CALVES: BW BWM WW YW Milk TM CW FAT REA MARB Average Advancing the Braford Breed 6

5 WELCOME! Welcome to our sixth Advancing the Breed Sale and our first ever spring sale. We were flattered by the demand and acceptance of high quality Braford genetics we saw in Lake Charles the past years and are anxious to provide our customers with another opportunity to acquire elite Braford germplasm. We are offering our most highly selected group of bulls ever in this offering. You will find top end herd sire prospects and quality range bulls, all who have gone through a rigorous gain test and intense selection pressure. You will find an impressive set of multi-generation herd sires and an outstanding set of first generation bulls that represent the best Hereford and Brahman genetics available blended into a high performing set of Braford herd sire prospects. We are selling a group of the most docile and easy going half blood bulls you will come across. We will also feature perhaps the stoutest ¼ Brahman, ¾ Hereford bull we have ever tested. We are also selling in this sale a set of 29 open, registered Braford heifers ready to breed to the bull of your choice. These are coming from the top Advancing the Breed bull producers. They are coming from Braford Breeders whose bulls have averaged $5,000 and $6,000 in past sales. If you are an existing breeder wishing to expand your herd or considering an investment in the Braford breed, there may not be a better way to start than with these high quality young females with their productive life ahead of them. Both bulls and females have been developed since weaning in a commercial feedyard setting with growth performance and EPDs, the most accurate means of comparison between animals, provided on all and ultrasound carcass data on the bulls. Since the evaluation period ended in late January for the cattle, all have been further developed on grass traps with supplemental feed. All cattle are registered with the United Braford Breed. Each bull has passed a Breeding Soundness Evaluation performed by Dr. Steve Schultz, of Franklin, Texas. Do you need a little more ear on your Angus based cow herds? Have you been noticing the value of some of those Super Baldie heifers and the overall demand for Bos indicus influenced replacement heifers? Bos indicus influenced heifers consistently out averaged the straight English and Exotic heifers at the prestigious Southern Producers heifer sale in Hattiesburg, MS, and in sales throughout the south and this set of Braford bulls are the kind that can compete. All bulls will sell in the order they are graded by the ranchers and buyers on Wednesday evening during the social and meal. We invite all to join us for the grading and social hour. You will meet some great people and see some great cattle, and we want to know what our customers need and like! This is a set of herd sire prospects you can buy with confidence based on the objective measurements you have at your disposable, the wide cross section of cattle evaluated in this test and the confidence you can place in your fellow breeders. It is truly an opportunity to Advance the Breed and your program. VIEWING VIDEOS Videos of sale cattle can be viewed at: Advancing the Braford Breed 6 3

6 SIGHT UNSEEN PURCHASE OPTION If you are unable to attend the auction in person simply contact the AMS marketing team or the UBB personnel. Describe your selection criteria and the type of bulls or female(s) you wish to purchase and your price range. You pay only the bid price, just as if you were bidding in person. We will call after the sale to confirm your purchase and you can confirm your payment method and arrange shipping. You decide if the animal meets your criteria upon delivery. If you are not happy with your purchase, you don t own it. It is as simple as that. 100% Satisfaction guaranteed! 4 Advancing the Braford Breed 6

7 HOW THE CATTLE WERE DEVELOPED The Brafords in this sale represent several individual Braford breeding programs. They were bred by top breeders in Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, and Florida. Because the offering was assembled as calves produced in varying management and environmental settings, to provide a basis for making judicious comparisons, the sale catalog lists EPDs and performance measurements recorded in the development program in which all the bulls were treated alike. The bulls in this sale were calved from September 1, 2014 through the end of December The bulls were checked in at Graham Land & Cattle Co. in Gonzales, Texas on September 3, After a brief warm-up period, the bulls were officially weighed in at the start of the evaluation period on September 25. The bulls were developed in two groups: the 100 numbered bulls were purebreds in one group and the 200 numbered percentage bulls were developed in a separate group. The bulls were fed at Graham in a commercial feedyard environment. Bulls calved through October 18 were evaluated with scrotal circumference measured and ultrasound scans performed on November 17. The younger bulls were similarly evaluated on January 5, The average daily gain (ADG) presented in this catalog represents the period from September 25, 2015 through January 5, Weight per day of age (WDA) was computed as of the January 5 weight. Ultrasound data on the bulls were collected by a CUP certified technician and evaluated in the CUP lab. Ultrasound data were collected on all bulls within the recommended ultrasound age window for yearling bulls. Yearling scrotal circumference and frame score were recorded at the time bulls were scanned. At the conclusion of the evaluation period, the bulls were moved to nearby traps where they were further developed on a high roughage diet. Breeding soundness exams were performance in late February. The bulls will remain in Gonzales until they are trucked to the sale facility in Lake Charles, Louisiana shortly before the March 17 sale. Advancing the Braford Breed 6 5

8 Bull Consignors: PUREBRED BRAFORD BULLS Bill Rainer New Summerfield, Texas and Union Springs, Alabama S5 Farms Rhea Shields Iowa, Louisiana Clyle Dennison Iowa, Louisiana Bubbie Dupont Plaquemine, Louisiana Harvey Ranch Okeechobee, Florida Thunderstorm R Cattle Co. Nacogdoches, Texas ½ BRAHMAN - ½ HEREFORD BULLS Bauer Ranch LLC Lance Bauer Winnie, Texas ¼ BRAHMAN ¾ HEREFORD BULLS Harvey Ranch Okeechobee, Florida Running M Ranch Tallahassee, Florida Sponsors: 6 Advancing the Braford Breed 6 REGISTERED BRAFORD HEIFER CONSIGNORS: Bill Rainer New Summerfield, Texas and Union Springs, Alabama Esteban Steve Aguayo Oakhurst, Texas Fred Dennison Iowa, Louisiana Clyle Dennison Iowa, Louisiana Thunderstorm R Cattle Co. Nacogdoches, Texas

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13 SIGHT UNSEEN PURCHASE OPTION If you are unable to attend the auction in person simply contact the AMS marketing team or the UBB personnel. Describe your selection criteria and the type of bulls or female(s) you wish to purchase and your price range. You pay only the bid price, just as if you were bidding in person. We will call after the sale to confirm your purchase and you can confirm your payment method and arrange shipping. You decide if the animal meets your criteria upon delivery. If you are not happy with your purchase, you don t own it. It is as simple as that. 100% Satisfaction guaranteed! Advancing the Braford Breed 6 11

14 OPEN HEIFERS 501 TR RB PRUDENCE 524P 502 TR LG BETH 539P 503 TR CM DREAMSICLE 543P 504 TR RB LINDY 550P 505 TR RB COPPER KETTLE 554 This is a full sister to the 2015 Grand Champion Braford Heifer at the LSU State Show in Gonzales. 506 TR LG ERIN 558P 12 Advancing the Braford Breed 6

15 507 TR DC TINA AR MISS BUBBLES/C 509 AR MISS ARLYLA 510 AR CHULA 511 AR MISS LAYLA 512 BR 0180 MS BR 0180 MS BR 0180 MS 5008 Advancing the Braford Breed 6 13

16 515 BR 0180 MS BR 0180 MS BR 0180 MS BR 0180 MS BR 6064 MS BR 63-Y MS BR 63-Y MS BR 63-Y MS Advancing the Braford Breed 6

17 523 BR 63-Y MS BR 6930 MS BR 6930 MS BR 6930 MS FCD 958 MS 59/5 530 CGD 958 MS 932/5 528 FCD 958 MS 47/5 THANK YOU We sincerely appreciate your attendance to our sale and hope to see you next year! Advancing the Braford Breed 6 15

18 TERMS AND CONDITIONS BIDDING Each animal will be sold to the highest bidder without reserve. The auctioneer will settle any disputes as to bids and his decision on such matters shall be final. TERMS Each animal becomes the risk of the purchaser as soon as sold, but it shall be the obligation of the seller to see that animals are fed and cared for until loaded for shipment or until the expiration of 48 hours after the sale, whichever occurs sooner. After 48 hours a maintenance fee of $5.00 per day will be assessed until pickup, unless AMS arranges shipment. SIGHT UNSEEN PURCHASES Buyers may purchase bulls through American Marketing Service personnel at auction without viewing the cattle. For sight unseen purchases, the buyer has the right of inspection at the time of delivery. If the animal is deemed unsatisfactory, it may be reloaded on the delivery truck and returned to the farm of the seller at no obligation to the buyer. All transportation expenses will be the responsibility of the seller. If the animal is deemed unsatisfactory within one week of the purchase, the buyer may at their expense, return the animal to the farm of the seller for a full refund of the purchase price. CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRY A transferred certificate of registry will be furnished to the purchaser for each registered animal once proper settlement has been made. HEALTH Health papers suitable for interstate shipment will be furnished on all animals. ANNOUNCEMENTS Any changes from the information of any kind in this catalog will be provided in a sale day supplement sheet or announced from the auction block and such information shall take precedence over cataloged information. BREEDING GUARANTEE 1. All animals are guaranteed to be breeders with the exception of: a) calves under 12 months of age; b) animals shown by purchaser after sale in which the guarantee (if any) shall be between the seller and the buyer; c) injury or disease occurring after the sale; d) gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the purchaser; e) death by any reason. 2. Any bull which settles cows by natural service and passes a fertility test made by competent veterinarians, 16 Advancing the Braford Breed 6 mutually agreed upon by the buyer and seller, during any six month period of trial (provided for in paragraph 2 of the section of these sales terms and conditions entitled Options and Privileges of Return or Adjustment ) shall be considered a breeder. All partial interest bulls are guaranteed to produce freezable quality semen. 3. Open females have not been served and are so guaranteed. OPTIONS AND PRIVILEGES OF RETURN OR ADJUSTMENT 1. All claims for adjustment or refund must be made in writing within six months of the sale date. 2. In the event an animal is claimed to be a non-breeder, the animal may be returned to the Ranch of the consignor if in good condition and complying with the health requirements of the state of origin. The seller shall be entitled to a six month trial following the return of the animal in which to prove that the animal is a breeder. If at the end of six months the seller is unable to prove the animal is a breeder, the seller shall at the option of the buyer replace the animal with another of equal value or issue a credit for the initial selling price. If the seller proves the animal to be a breeder, it shall be the obligation of the purchaser to take delivery of the animal and pay all expenses incurred for transportation. 3. If an animal is sold and at a later date proves not to be eligible for registration under association rules, the seller shall be obligated to make a satisfactory adjustment on the purchase price to the buyer, refund the purchase price or issue a credit for the initial selling price upon the return of the animal to the farm of the seller. 4. If an animal is sold and through DNA is proven to have incorrect parentage as represented by the certificate of registration, and for which the parentage can be determined, the seller shall be obligated to make a satisfactory adjustment on the purchase price to the buyer, refund the purchase price or issue a credit for the initial selling price upon the return of the animal to the farm of the seller. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS 1. The above terms and conditions of sale shall constitute a contract between the buyer and seller of each animal and shall be equally binding on both. Other than the guarantees and warranties stated above, no other warranties or guarantees are expressed or implied. Each sale or resale of an animal constitutes a separate transaction. 2. American Marketing Service or any other person connected with the management of the sale assumes no liability, legal or otherwise.

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