Rockin R. Simmentals. 2nd Annual Production Sale February 12, 2017 Bloomington Livestock Exchange Bloomington, WI

Rockin R Simmentals 2nd Annual Production Sale February 12, 2017 Bloomington Livestock Exchange Bloomington, WI

Welcome! Welcome to our second production sale! We received much positive feedback after last year s sale. Thank you for your interest in our cattle. We have been raising Simmentals for over 40 years. Most of our breeding stock originates from Montana and North Dakota. We still focus on the aspect we did fourty - plus years ago profitability. We cull ever year - only the cows that fit our program stay. We use limited AI with the majority of our cattle being bull bred. Any new breeding stock must be moderate framed, polled, possess docile disposition and have outstanding performance for both maternal and growth qualities. Any of the bulls offered should work well in any crossbreeding program. If you have any questions, please give us a call, or stop by and we will be glad to assist you in finding the best animal for your program. Thanks Again, Larry & Michelle Tourdot 608.432.2853 (c) 608.253.5025 (h) KS Miss Bulldozer R845 Dam of bull lot 102 with a heifer calf that sold as an open heifer in the 2011 North Dakota Classic Sale.

2nd Annual Production Sale February 12, 2017 Bloomington Livestock Exchange Bloomington, WI Larry & Michelle Tourdot............... 608.432.2853 Sale Location & Schedule Bloomington Livestock Exchange....... 608.994.2020 9663 County Road A Bloomington, WI 53804 Saturday, February 11, 2017 Bulls may be viewed all day at Bloomington Livestock Exchange Sunday, February 12, 2017 Approximately 3:00 p.m................ Bulls sell, after bred cow sale, which starts at 12:00 p.m. Sale Representatives Roger Vanderleest.................... 815.718.1377 Kevin Kirshbaum..................... 608.732.0732 Auctioneer Cody Kirschbaum.................... 608.412.3142 Announcements Announcements made sale day and from the auction block during the sale take precedence over printed material associated with this sale. Anyone attending this sale attends at their own risk. Breeders or any of the sale staff will not be held responsible for any personal injury while attending this sale. EPDs EPDs in this catalog are the American Simmental Association 2017 Spring EPDs for all animals. Catalog designed by Terms & Conditions We guarantee all bulls to be breeders and we reserve the right to test any bull in question as a non-breeder for at least 180 days before making an adjustment. If the bull is declared a sound breeder by a competent veterinarian, the bull will be returned to the buyer at the buyer s expense. In the case an adjustment is required it will be made with a replacement of equal value to the animal in question, credit towards the purchase of another animal or return of the purchase price. Each animal becomes property and therefore is also the risk of the purchaser after it is sold. We guarantee the cattle to be healthy sale day. For those who cannot attend the sale we will honor a telephone order and guarantee your phone purchase to meet your request when inspected personally by you. All cattle sell under the terms and conditions of the American Simmental Association, which may be viewed online at, tinyurl.com/asasaleterms Certificates of registry will be supplied by the seller. Each bull will be sold to the buyer with 100% ownership and semen rights. Herd Health All the bulls were calfhood vaccinated with Alpha 7/MB-1. At turn out they were treated with Long Range. Pre-weaning shots were Bovi-Shield Gold 5 and Ultrabac 7/Somubac. At weaning they were boosted with Bovi-Shielf Gold 5 and given One Shot. Post weaning they received their second Ultrabac/Somubac and were poured with Eprinex. The females are all OCV for Bangs. Pre-breeding they received Bovi-Sheild Gold FP 5VL5. At turnout all were given Long Range. In the fall all were boosted with Triangle 10HB and poured with Epinex. The heifers were also given Scour Box 9. About the Cover Emily Brinkman, owner/designer 419.967.0141 www.generation6.co replacement heifers. 1

5 ROCKIN R DAYTON D5 BD: 3/15/16 ASA#: 3144661 Tattoo: D5 Bull PB SM Black Polled Adj. : 82 Adj. : 776 DAMAR UNTOUCHABLE A294 Lot 5 21 10.5 1.4 M 69.3 102.8 6.1 MR NLC UPGRADE U8676 TRIPLE C UNTOUCHABLE We purchased Dayton s dam from Damar Farms. She is out of Mr NLC Upgrade. Dayton gained 3.27 pounds per day off the cow. He ranks in the top 25% in the Simmental breed for 6 EPD s or Indexes. His birth ratio was 109. We should be keeping him. ROCKIN R DAYTONA D22 BD: 3/30/16 ASA#: 3144663 Tattoo: D22 Bull PB SM Red Polled Adj. : 87 Adj. : 762 ROCKIN R STERLING ROCKIN R PERFECTOR KS MISS BULL DOZER R638 SRS 60W MONTANA ROCKIN R ATHENA 10.8 1.9 M SRS W22 57.4 86.9 11.2 22.2 50.9 24.6-0.31 0.14 14.1 127.9 65.2 Daytona s dam just never misses. She has had a daughter sell in the North Dakota Classic Sale, and produced last years top selling bull which sold to John Thompson from Reedsburg. Daytona gained 3.24 pounds per day off the cow. Lot 21 25 ROCKIN R DES PLAINES BD: 4/4/16 ASA#: 3144646 Tattoo: D25 Bull 3/4 SM 1/4 CS Black Polled Adj. : 87 Adj. : 808 SRS 60W MONTANA ROCKIN R ANNIE B64 Lot 25 2 25.2 59.9 32.9-0.31 0.29 11.1 134.4 76.6 10.5 2.4 M 64.7 101.8 5.2 Y32 29.2 61.5 34.3-0.34 0.08 12.1 123.0 68.4 Des Plaines dam was a first calf heifer. His birth ratio and wean ratio were both 103. He gained 3.21 pounds per day off the cow. He is in the top 15% in the Simmental breed for 6 EPD s or Indexes. Another very good KS Shamwari son with an adjusted weaning weight of 808 pounds. Yes - he has a pretty face - but so much more too!

34 ROCKIN R DES MOINES D34 BD: 3/22/16 ASA#: 3144665 Tattoo: D34 Bull 3/4 SM 1/4 CS Black Polled Adj. : 88 Adj. : 749 SRS 60W MONTANA ROCKIN R EMERALD A34 11.3 1.6 54.7 87.3 M 5.6 X34 30.3 57.6 24.7-0.38 0.08 13.1 123.6 63.8 A full brother sold in last years sale to the Grate Brothers from Darlington. These Shamwari sons just grow. Des Moines mother sells in this sale bred to KS Shamwari. Lot 34 73 ROCKIN R DEARBORN D73 BD: 4/29/16 ASA#: 3144667 Tattoo: D73 Bull 1/2 SM 1/2 CS Red Polled Adj. : 80 Adj. : 704 ROCKIN R STERLING ROCKIN R PERFECTOR KS MISS BULL DOZER R638 W73 Lot 73 74 10.0 1.1 50.9 74.5 M 3.8 28.1 53.5 16.0-0.58-0.04 6.3 101.0 59.2 Dearborn is out of our best black commercial Simmental cow. He is the youngest bull in the sale. He gained 3.19 pounds per day off the cow, with a birth ratio of 111. His brother sold in last years sale to Roger Guthrie from Bagley, WI. We had to wean him about a month earlier than the other calves because his mother was injured and had to be sold. ROCKIN R DUNKIRK D74 BD: 3/20/16 ASA#: 3144668 Tattoo: D74 Bull PB SM Black Polled Adj. : 93 Adj. : 791 LRS ADJUSTER 793Y ELLIOTT MISS A74 10.6 2.8 M 71.2 110.8 8.9 THSR XAVA X022 27.4 63.0 40.0-0.15 0.24 14.5 136.8 74.6 Dunkirk s dam just doesn t miss. She had a son sell to Dean Erke of Leaf River, IL in our 2016 sale. Dunkirk gained 3.36 pounds per day off the cow. He is in the top 25% in the Simmental breed for 6 EPD s or Indexes. Lot 74 3

Lot 96 96 lot 96 dam ROCKIN R DAVENPORT BD: 3/13/16 ASA#: 3144676 Tattoo: D96 Bull 3/4 SM 1/4 CS Red Polled Adj. : 99 Adj. : 961 HOOKS/KS SEQUOIA 35S ROCKIN R STERLING KS ARIELA U432 WS ALL IN W111 ROCKIN R PEARL A39 9.3 4.4 M 88.2 124.7 7.1 Y39 28.8 72.9 49.7-0.34 0.11 10.5 123.0 79.9 Davenport may be the best calf we have ever raised. His weaning ratio was 118. He had our highest adjusted weaning weight of 961 pounds. He gained 4.06 pounds per day off the cow. He is in the top 15% in the Simmental breed for 6 EPD s or Indexes. His disposition is super. His dam had a son sell in last years sale to the Grate Brothers of Darlington. Use on some cows to really add pounds to your calves. He simply is awesome. Lot 96 granddam This is Davenports granddam and her 2015 calf at side, Rockin R RamTough, the highest adjusted weaning weight of our 2015 calf crop at 880 pounds. He sold to Berni Koch. 4

99 ROCKIN R DUBLIN D99 BD: 4/10/16 ASA#: 3144672 Tattoo: D99 Bull PB SM Red Polled Adj. : 85 Adj. : 778 LRS BIG COUNTRY ME 82U KLS MS BIG COUNTRY 10.7 2.0 M 70.4 105.5 8.1 KLS SPITFIRE T26 23.3 58.5 35.5-0.22 0.24 14.9 138.6 74.8 We purchased Dublin s dam from Maggle Simmentals in Sturgeon Bay, WI. We sold her daughter in last years North Dakota Classic Sale. This bull is outstanding. He gained 3.48 pounds per day off the cow. He is a dark cherry red purebred out of KS Shamwari. He s the type we should be keeping. He is the second youngest bull in the sale. His birth ratio was 105 and his adjusted weaning weight was 778. Lot 99 102 ROCKIN R DULUTH D102 BD: 4/1/16 ASA#: 3144673 Tattoo: D102 Bull PB SM Black Polled Adj. : 90 Adj. : 750 KS MISS BULL DOZER R845 Lot 102 127 9.1 3.6 64.9 97.2 M 9.8 BAR CK BULL DOZER 429M KS NALA E8586 23.6 56.1 33.1-0.21 0.12 13.8 122.9 66.3 We purchased Duluth s dam as a bred heifer from Kenner Simmentals in 2007. Two of her daughters have sold in the North Dakota Classic Sale. She is the matriarch of our herd. This mating worked so well we bred her to KS Shamwari again for next year. Duluth gained 3.25 pounds per day off the cow. ROCKIN R DESOTO D127 BD: 3/12/16 ASA#: 3144677 Tattoo: D127 Bull 3/4 SM 1/4 CS Black Polled Adj. : 107 Adj. : 878 BGL RED KNIGHT W135B ROCKIN R KAYLIE 7.8 5.1 M 80.6 121.3 5.1 U125 26.8 67.1 49.2-0.29 0.07 10.5 116.1 73.4 DeSoto s dam comes from one of our best cow lines. He had a brother sell in last years sale to Jerry Bulman from Dorchester, IA. He gained 3.70 pounds per day off the cow. His weaning ratio was 112. He is in the top 20% in the Simmental breed for 6 EPD s or Indexes. His adjusted weaning weight of 878 pounds was second in the herd. Lot 127 5

146 ROCKIN R DODGE CITY BD: 3/24/16 ASA#: 3144675 Tattoo: D56 Bull 1/2 SM 1/2 CS Black Polled Adj. : 91 Adj. : 783 ROCKIN R STERLING ROCKIN R PERFECTOR KS MISS BULL DOZER R638 Y56 Lot 146 149 2.7 61.3 89.8 M 3.8 24.6 55.2 27.3-0.53-0.04 6.1 99.2 62.6 Dodge City s dam is our best red commercial Simmental cow. She had a son sell in last years sale to Doug White from Rockland. Dodge City s sire was Rockin R Perfector, a son of Rockin R Sterling. He gained 3.41 pounds per day off the cow. His adjusted weaning weight was 783 pounds. ROCKIN R DECATOR D149 BD: 3/13/16 ASA#: 3144674 Tattoo: D149 Bull 3/4 SM 1/4 AN Black Polled Adj. : 92 Adj. : 779 KS MS FINAL ANSWER A292 11.2 2.2 M 71.4 110.1 8.9 S A V FINAL ANSWER 0035 KS KAYLA J497 26.4 62.1 38.7-0.17 0.23 15.8 119.3 70.1 We purchased Decator s sdam as a bred heifer from Kenner Simmentals for $6,500. She is an ET calf out of KS KAYLA and S A V FINAL ANSWER. Decator gained 3.34 pounds per day off the cow. He is in the top 25% in the Simmental breed for 5 EPD s. 6 8.3 Lot 149

The Female Offering 44 ROCKIN R DESNY C23 BD: 4/6/15 ASA#: 3006467 Tattoo: C23 Cow PB SM Red Polled Adj. : 85 Adj. : 677 HOOKS/KS SEQUOIA 35S ROCKIN R STERLING KS ARIELA U432 WS BEEF MAKER R13 SRS W26 Lot 44 77 10.7 2.6 N-26 M 68.9 96.8 11.3 24.4 58.8 30.9-0.33 0.29 15.2 139.8 74.7 Destiny is a purebred Simmental out of Rockin R Sterling. Her dam is out of WS Beef Maker and was purchased from Skillstad Simmentals in Montana. She is bred to KS Mr Break Free C861 who we purchased from Kenner Simmentals in North Dakota. ROCKIN R ELEANOR C68 BD: 4/10/15 ASA#: 3006476 Tattoo: C68 Cow 1/2 SM 1/2 CS Red Polled Adj. : 91 Adj. : 740 HOOKS/KS SEQUOIA 35S ROCKIN R STERLING KS ARIELA U432 X68 7.7 4.2 M 72.5 103.4 3.8 20.6 56.8 37.2-0.49 0.02 6.9 104.2 68.2 Eleanor is out of Rockin R Sterling. She is bred ot KS Mr Break Free C861, who we used on all of our first calf heifers. She had a weaning ratio of 106. Lot 77 7

34 ROCKIN R EMERALD A34 BD: 4/2/13 ASA#: 2758826 Tattoo: A34 Cow 1/2 SM 1/2 CS Black Polled Adj. : 84 Adj. : 621 SRS TAILOR MADE 13T SRS 60W MONTANA SRS S34 X34 Lot 34 47 0.2 44.4 76.1 M 5.3 28.2 50.4 16.4-0.57-0.11 9.8 107.9 55.8 Emerald is four years old. She sells bred to KS Shamwari. Her first calf sold in last years bull sale to the Grate Brothers from Darlington. This years calf sells as Lot 34 in our bull offering. She is out of SRS Montana, a bull we purchased from Skillstad Simmentals in Montana. She has her whole life ahead of her for you. ROCKIN R ELLY A56 BD: 4/23/13 ASA#: 3006471 Tattoo: A56 Cow 7/8 CS 1/8 AN Black Polled Adj. : 80 Adj. : 571 9.3 0.3 52.3 79.9 M -1.2 22.5 48.6 18.2-0.72-0.19 0.0 82.6 57.5 Elly is a four year old commercial Simmental female. Both of her first two calves were heifers and we retained in our herd for replacements. Her dam is our best red commercial Simmental cow, with bulls in both our sale last year and this year as lot 146. Her sire is a Final Answer son we raised. She has her whole life ahead of her for you. She is bred to Rockin R Perfector. 8 11.8 Lot 47

Bull Buyers Quick Guide to EPDs Expected Progeny Differences (EPDs): EPDs are the most accurate and effective tool available for comparing genetic levels. In using EPDs, the difference between two sires EPDs represents the unit difference expected in the performance of their progeny. For example, if sires A and B have EPDs of +10 and -5, a 15-unit difference would be expected in their progeny (moving from -5 to +10 yields 15 units). Key to using EPDs is knowing in what units they are expressed. For example, if the above case referred to weaning weight EPDs, sire A would be expected to sire 15 pounds more weaning weight than sire B. If calving ease was the trait, sire A would be expected to sire 15 percent more unassisted births in first-calf heifers; in other words, if sire B sired 30 assists in a group of 100 heifers, we would expect sire A to require 15 assists. A percentile-ranking chart is required to determine where a bull s EPDs rank him relative to other bulls in the breed. For more detailed information about EPDs and $ indexes, visit www.simmental.org. Listed below are the units in which ASA EPDs are expressed: All-Purpose Index (): Dollars per cow exposed under an all-purposesire scenario. (See $ Indexes for more details.) Back Fat (BF): Inches of carcass backfat at 475 days. Maternal Calving Ease (M): Percent of unassisted births in first-calving daughters. (MLK): Pounds of weaning weight due to milk. ling (MRB): Carcass marbling score at 475 days. Maternal Weaning Weight (): Pounds of weaning weight due to milk and growth. Ribeye Area (REA): Square inches of carcass ribeye at 475 days. ability (STAY): Percent of daughters remaining in the cowherd at six years of age. Terminal Index (): Dollars per cow exposed under a terminal-sire scenario. (See for more details.) Warner-Bratzler Shear Force (WBSF): Pounds of force required to shear a rib-eye steak. Birth Weight (): Pounds of birth weight. Weaning Weight (): Pounds of weaning weight. Calving Ease (): Percent of unassisted births when used on heifers. Yearling Weight (): Pounds of yearling weight. Carcass Weight (): Pounds of carcass weight at 475 days. Yield Grade (): Carcass yield grade score at 475 days. Docility (DOC): Percent of offspring receiving a disposition score of 1 (docile). $ Indexes: Though EPDs allow for the comparison of genetic levels for many economically important traits, they only provide pieces of the economic puzzle. This is where $ indexes come in. Through well-conceived, rigorous mathematical computation, $ indexes blend EPDs and economics to estimate an animal s overall impact on integrated commercial production. The same technology that led to the dramatic progress in swine, poultry and dairy genetics over the last several decades was used to develop the following $ indexes: All-Purpose Index (): Evaluates sires for use on the entire cow herd (bred to both Angus first-calf heifers and mature cows) with the portion of their daughters required to maintain herd size retained and the remaining heifers and steers put on feed and sold grade and yield. Terminal Index (): Evaluates sires for use on mature Angus cows with all offspring put on feed and sold grade and yield. Using and : First, determine which index to use; if you are keeping replacements use, if not, use. Then, just as with EPDs, zero in on the unit difference between bulls. (As described above, index units are in dollars per cow exposed.) The difference can be used to determine how much a bull is worth compared to another. Put another way, how much you can pay for one bull compared to another. For example, when buying an all-purpose-type sire, you can quickly figure a bull scoring +100 for is worth an extra $6,000 over a +50 bull if both are exposed to 30 cows over 4 years ($50 diff. x 30 hd. x 4 yr.=$6,000). A percentile-ranking chart is required to determine where a bull s index value ranks him relative to other bulls in the breed. For more detailed information about EPDs and $ indexes, visit: www.simmental.org Important disclaimer: DO NOT compare index values of purebreds of different breeds, hybrids of different breed composition or purebreds with hybrids our system was not developed to make valid comparison among these groups. Therefore, you must first determine the breed and breed composition appropriate for your herd and use index values to compare animals within that population. ADG PUREBRED SIMMENTAL EPD AVERAGES 9.3 1.8 62.2 0.179 90.9 M MLK STY DOC T 8.6 21.2 52.2 11.4 10.8 MRB BF REA SF 26.5-0.31 0.15-0.055 0.80-0.33 122.1 67.7 9

Reference Sires ROCKIN R STERLING BD: 5/3/10 ASA#: 2556213 Tattoo: X120 Bull PB SM Red Polled Adj. : 88 Adj. : 699 HOOKS SHEAR FOR 38K HOOKS/KS SEQUOIA 35S HOOKS NICOLE 15N TNT GUNNER N208 KS ARIELA U432 Rockin R Sterling Hooks/KS Sequoia 35S - Sire 9.3 4.8 M 78.0 107.1 9.6 KS SHANIA H871 27.5 66.5 39.9-0.26 0.30 13.8 134.3 77.3 Sterling was our senior herd sire. His dam, KS Ariela was a high selling female in the 2008 North Dakota Classic Sale. If you want to add pounds to your calves, his sons will make you very happy. One of his sons and two of his daughters sell. KS Ariela U432 - Dam ROCKIN R PERFECTOR BD: 4/8/14 ASA#: 2884784 Tattoo: B103 Bull PB SM Black Polled Adj. : 95 Adj. : 806 HOOKS/KS SEQUOIA 35S ROCKIN R STERLING KS ARIELA U432 KS MISS BULL DOZER R638 Rockin r perfector 10 9.1 3.4 65.8 92.0 M 9.7 BAR CK BULL DOZER 429M KS DEBBIE 21.8 54.7 29.3-0.31 0.18 12.1 122.9 68.6 Perfector is a bull we raised. He is a black purebred Simmental out of Rockin R Sterling and KS Bulldozer R638. We purchased his dam as a bred heifer in 2007 from Kenner Simmentals. Three of his sons sell and Lot 47 is bred to him.

KS MR BREAK FREE C861 BD: 3/10/15 ASA#: 2977572 Tattoo: C861 Bull PB SM Black Polled Adj. : 98 Adj. : 771 NLC STETSON 36S NLC BREAK FREE 72W NLC K7551 KAVALINE WCS MR DESIGN 857U WCS MS FUTURE 020X 13.0 2.0 M WCS MR ENCORE 742T 74.7 118.0 11.6 12.4 49.7 43.2-0.20 0.22 13.4 140.7 76.6 We purchased Break Free from Kenner Simmentals. He is out of NLC Break Free 72W, a popular AI sire with ABS. His dam was purchased by Kenner Simmentals from Western Cattle Source at the North Dakota Classic Sale. We used him on all of our first calf heifers. He is in the top 10% of the Simmental breed for 6 EPD s and Indexes, including calving ease, weaning weight and yearling weight. Both first calf heifers are bred to him. ks Mr break free C861 BD: 2/25/13 ASA#: 2758037 Tattoo: A485 Bull PB SM Black Polled Adj. : 88 Adj. : 815 WS BEEF MAKER R13 BCLR MISS SHANIA S611 10.6 3.2 M 71.1 107.1 5.9 MM SRS J914 PREFERRED BEEF RIV BLK KISCO 014K 30.9 66.4 38.2-0.17 0.27 16.4 140.9 75.0 We purchased Shamwari from Kenner Simmentals. His calves come small and grow fast. Eight of his sons made this sale. They should work well on heifers or cows. ks shamwari a485 - pictured as a yearling Bclr Shamwow w611 - Sire 11

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