40 TOP FEMALE LOTS SELLING - Angus Journal
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Armstrong <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch, Cardwell<br />
Circle L <strong>Angus</strong>, Wise River<br />
Heide Ranch, Boulder<br />
Hyline <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch, Bozeman<br />
KG Ranch, Three Forks<br />
Leachman <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch, Toston<br />
PAPA Land and LivestocK, Belgrade<br />
Sitz <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch, Harrison<br />
of the<br />
Held at KG Ranch, Three Forks, Montana<br />
Following the 2010 National <strong>Angus</strong> Conference & Tour September 15-17<br />
Join these top Montana Breeders at the Daughters of the Big Sky Sale<br />
Split Diamond <strong>Angus</strong>, Whitehall<br />
South Boulder <strong>Angus</strong>, Cardwell<br />
Thousand Hills <strong>Angus</strong>, Toston<br />
Timber Line Ranch, Belgrade<br />
Van Dyke <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch, Manhattan<br />
Wheeler Mountain Ranch, Whitehall<br />
Yadon <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch, Manhattan<br />
SEPTEMBER 17<br />
<strong>40</strong> <strong>TOP</strong> <strong>FEMALE</strong> <strong>LOTS</strong> <strong>SELLING</strong>
Daughters of the Big Sky<br />
Welcome<br />
Dear <strong>Angus</strong> Friends,<br />
On behalf of the Southwest Montana <strong>Angus</strong> Association, welcome to the Daughters of the Big<br />
Sky sale. Southwest Montana has been known for some of the most popular <strong>Angus</strong> genetics over<br />
the past several decades. These genetics that have stemmed from this area have contributed greatly<br />
to the success and well being of the <strong>Angus</strong> breed.<br />
We invite you to be a part of this historic sale and share in the programs that continue to shape<br />
the <strong>Angus</strong> industry. You will find some of the most practical, and predictable <strong>Angus</strong> cattle available<br />
this fall offered in this sale. From the donor cows to the heifer calves you won’t be disappointed in<br />
the quality of this offering or the programs that stand behind them.<br />
Southwest Montana is honored to host the National <strong>Angus</strong> Conference and Tour and a special<br />
thanks to Shelia Stannard of the American <strong>Angus</strong> Association for all her hard work in conjunction<br />
with this event, Ryan Cotton for his time and efforts in selecting this offering and KG Ranch for<br />
providing the sale facilities.<br />
We are here to help in anyway, if you need assistance with your travel arrangements or have<br />
questions about the cattle in this offering, please call or email us at anytime.<br />
Thank you,<br />
Ron Frye<br />
AUCTIONEER:<br />
Roger Jacobs<br />
AssOCIATION REpREsENTATIvEs:<br />
Bernie Westra, President, South Montana <strong>Angus</strong> Association<br />
Eric Leachman, Vice President, South Montana <strong>Angus</strong> Association<br />
Halane Van Dyken, Sec-Treas, South Montana <strong>Angus</strong> Association<br />
RINgmEN:<br />
Andy Rest, <strong>Angus</strong> <strong>Journal</strong><br />
Jeff Thomas, The Prairie Star<br />
John Goggins, Western Ag Reporter<br />
sAlE mANAgEd By:<br />
LARRY COTTON 517-294-0777<br />
RYAN COTTON 706-206-8361<br />
MIKE GOTHARD 5<strong>40</strong>-894-1055<br />
BERNIE SCHEER 859-421-5783<br />
JERRY CRENSHAW 703-244-4767<br />
ZACK HILEMAN 5<strong>40</strong>-460-2776<br />
DAN WELLS 7<strong>40</strong>-505-3843<br />
Buyers unable to attend the sale may send their bids to the<br />
Sale Manager, Regional Manager, Ringmen or Auctioneer.<br />
dIRECTIONs:<br />
The sale will he held at KG Ranch, 110 KG Ranch Road, Three Forks, MT 59752.<br />
ACCOmmOdATIONs:<br />
The GranTree Inn is the headquarters for the Tour, and can be reached at<br />
<strong>40</strong>6-587-5261. Ask for the <strong>Angus</strong> block 804948. Other hotels with <strong>Angus</strong> room<br />
blocks near the headquarters include the Holiday Inn,<br />
<strong>40</strong>6-587-4561, and the Days Inn & Suites, <strong>40</strong>6-587-5251.<br />
TERms & CONdITONs:<br />
All purchases are to be settled for sale day unless prior arrangements have<br />
been made. The cattle sell under the terms and conditions as recommended by<br />
the American <strong>Angus</strong> Association relating to genetic defects.<br />
HERd HEAlTH:<br />
Cattle will be accompanied with proper health certificates for immediate<br />
interstate shipment.<br />
ANNOUNCEmENTs:<br />
A supplemental update sheet will be available sale day with up-to-date breeding<br />
and calving information. All announcements made from the auction block take<br />
precedence over printed matter in this sale book.<br />
INsURANCE:<br />
Your cattle may be insured at the clerk’s desk.<br />
TRUCkINg:<br />
We will be happy to assist you with trucking arrangements.<br />
Visit the <strong>Angus</strong> <strong>Journal</strong>® Web site, www.angusjournal.<br />
com, and view this sale book online.<br />
References: American <strong>Angus</strong> Association®, AHIR®, <strong>Angus</strong>Source®,<br />
CAB®, Pathfinder®.<br />
EPDs current as of August 16, 2010.<br />
Updated EPDs can be viewed online at www.angus.org.<br />
ConSiGnoRS:<br />
KG Ranch <strong>40</strong>6-209-16<strong>40</strong><br />
Sitz <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch <strong>40</strong>6-925-9888<br />
Hyline <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch <strong>40</strong>6-388-6443<br />
Van Dyke <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch <strong>40</strong>6-284-6867<br />
Yadon <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch <strong>40</strong>6-284-6481<br />
Circle L <strong>Angus</strong> <strong>40</strong>6-832-3535<br />
Thousand Hills <strong>Angus</strong> <strong>40</strong>6-266-3975<br />
Armstong <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch <strong>40</strong>6-490-8096<br />
Heide Ranch <strong>40</strong>6-225-36<strong>40</strong><br />
South Boulder <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch <strong>40</strong>6-287-3704<br />
Split Diamond Ranch <strong>40</strong>6-581-0612<br />
Wheeler Mountain <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch <strong>40</strong>6-287-9234<br />
Leachman <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch <strong>40</strong>6-266-3116<br />
PAPA Land and Livestock <strong>40</strong>6-388-1515<br />
Timberline Ranch <strong>40</strong>6-388-2<strong>40</strong>8<br />
1
Daughters of the Big Sky<br />
Sitz Henrietta Pride Feature<br />
Sitz Henrietta Pride 1370 / Lot 1<br />
1<br />
Sitz Henrietta Pride 1370<br />
Birth Date: 3-14-2000 Cow 13576315 Tattoo: 1370<br />
#N Bar Emulation EXT [AMF-CAF-NHF] #Emulation N Bar 5522<br />
OCC Great Plains 943G [AMF-CAF-NHF] N Bar Primrose 2424<br />
#+13092912 Dixie Erica of CH 1019 #PBC 707 1M F0203<br />
Dixie Erica of CH 615<br />
Sitz Cornhusker 6662 #AAR Cornhusker 399<br />
Sitz Henrietta Pride 2155 #Sitz Pride 597<br />
12310553 #Sitz Henrietta Pride 1800 Papa Rito Power 7868<br />
#Sitz Henrietta Pride 2027<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
+0 .34 +4.1 .48 +37 .36 +76 .35 +25 .36<br />
CWT +16 MRB +.21 RE +.16 FAT +.003<br />
$W +19.64 $F +20.43 $G +18.74 $B +<strong>40</strong>.83<br />
Owned by Sitz <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch<br />
• The opportunity to select an elite bred female from the heart of the storied Sitz<br />
<strong>Angus</strong> program and the grandam of the popular $85,000 sire, Upward.<br />
• Henrietta Pride 1370 blends the well-known Pathfinder Sire Great Plains 943G<br />
with a high performing daughter of Cornhusker 6662 from one of the most<br />
productive families ever developed in the Sitz <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch performance program.<br />
• Henrietta Pride 1370 posts a WR 8@99 and a YR 8@101 while showing<br />
ultrasound ratios of IMF 8@99 and REA 8@103. Two daughters of Henrietta Pride<br />
1370 maintain a combined WR 4@111.<br />
• The dam of Lot 1, Henrietta Pride 2155, records a BR 7@99, a WR 7@105 and a<br />
YR 7@105 in addition to showing ultrasound ratios of IMF 6@109 and REA 6@103.<br />
Four daughters of Henrietta Pride 2155 maintain a combined WR 16@99.<br />
• Descendants of this elite female include: the featured Genex/CRI roster member<br />
Upward who was selected as the high selling bull of the 2006 Spring Sitz Bull sale;<br />
and Henrietta Pride 643T the $1<strong>40</strong>,000 half-interest selection of Pollard <strong>Angus</strong><br />
Farm as the high-selling female of the 2009 Limestone, LLC sale, solidifying<br />
her place as the foundation donor of the Pollard Farms, Limestone LLC and<br />
Thunderfoot <strong>Angus</strong> joint embryo programs.<br />
• Henrietta Pride 1370 stems from the same family that produced the $250,000<br />
Shady Brook <strong>Angus</strong> and KMK Acres donor, Henrietta Pride 501.<br />
• Due 3/4/11 to SAV Final Answer 0035.<br />
Sitz Upward 307R / This standout Genex/CRI roster member<br />
is a descendant of Lot 1.<br />
Sitz Henrietta Pride 643T / The $280,000 valued<br />
Pollard Farms and Limestone, LLC donor and a descendant of Lot 1.<br />
2
Daughters of the Big Sky<br />
Hyline Pride Feature<br />
Hyline Pride 558 / She sells as Lot 2.<br />
2<br />
Hyline Pride 558<br />
Birth Date: 4-10-2005 Cow +15260192 Tattoo: B558<br />
#Emulation N Bar 5522<br />
#Emulation 31 [DWF-RDF]<br />
N Bar Emulation EXT [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
Ankony 8F78 Lass 8F275<br />
#10776479 N Bar Primrose 2424 #Emulation 31 [DWF-RDF]<br />
Primrose N Bar 9962<br />
#Hyline Oscar 555<br />
#Baldridge Oscar<br />
Hyline Pride 870 #Pride of Hyline 154<br />
11139595 Hyline Pride 505 #PS Power Play [RTF]<br />
Hyline Pride 8363<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
I+4 .05 I+2.8 .05 I+47 .05 I+79 .05 I+17 .05<br />
CWT +17 MRB +.14 RE +.02 FAT +.033<br />
$W +26.57 $F +19.60 $G +9.51 $B +32.28<br />
Owned by Hyline <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch<br />
• The once in a lifetime opportunity to select a member of the very wellknown<br />
Hyline Pride family and one of only two maternal sisters still in<br />
existence to Pride 265, the dam of the extremely popular performance sire<br />
Hyline Right Time 338.<br />
• Pride 558 is a soggy and powerful female that blends the great female sire<br />
Emulation EXT with the breed matriarch and Hyline donor, Pride 870.<br />
• Pride 558 posts a BR 1@93, a WR 1@108 and a YR 2@100, while her dam,<br />
Pride 870 records a BR 10@94, a WR 10@104 and a YR 9@105 while showing<br />
ultrasound ratios of IMF 2@99 and REA 2@102. Eight daughters of Pride 870<br />
maintain a combined WR 33@108.<br />
• Her well-known maternal sister, Pride 265 is the featured donor of the<br />
SandPoint Cattle Company and Hudgins Cattle Company joint embryo<br />
program.<br />
• Progeny of Pride 558 include: Pride 901, a daughter who was the $5,000<br />
featured selection of Belle Point Ranch through the 2010 National Western<br />
Foundation Female Sale; and her 2010 bull calf by Hyline Front Page 1187 is<br />
being retaining and will be featured in the 2011 Hyline Bull Sale.<br />
• Due 12/1/10 to Hyline Image Maker 1048.<br />
Hyline Pride 265 / A maternal sister to Lot 2 and a feature of the<br />
SandPoint Cattle Company and Hudgins Cattle Company joint embryo program.<br />
Hyline Right Time 338 / The popular performance sire<br />
stems from the same family as Lot 2.<br />
3
Daughters of the Big Sky<br />
Bred Cows<br />
Sitz Pride 2561 /<br />
This proven donor sells as Lot 3.<br />
3<br />
Sitz Alliance 7544 /<br />
The $50,000 valued son of Lot 3.<br />
Sitz Pride 2561<br />
Birth Date: 2-12-2001 Cow 13804434 Tattoo: 2561<br />
#QAS Traveler 23-4 [AMF-CAF-NHF] #Band 234 of Ideal 3163<br />
DHD Traveler 6807 [AMF-NHF] QAS Blackbird Eve 601 1<br />
#10858958 #Bemindful Maid DHD 0807 #PBC 707 1M F0203<br />
Bemindful Maid of RR 1079<br />
#N Bar Emulation EXT [AMF-CAF-NHF] #Emulation N Bar 5522<br />
Sitz Pride 2188 N Bar Primrose 2424<br />
+13001261 #Sitz Pride 838 #CSU Rito 4114<br />
#Sitz Pride 1774<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
+8 .39 +1.8 .48 +46 .<strong>40</strong> +104 .39 +20 .37<br />
CWT +18 MRB -.06 RE +.15 FAT +.014<br />
$W +20.06 $F +45.14 $G +4.84 $B +33.86<br />
Owned by Sitz <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch<br />
• Pride 2561 represents the opportunity to select a proven member<br />
of the Sitz Pride family that produced the standout Sitz herd sire and<br />
independent AI sire Sitz Alliance 7704.<br />
• Pride 2561, is a daughter of the high maternal and performance sire<br />
Traveler 6807 while stemming from an Emulation EXT daughter of the<br />
highly-productive Pride family.<br />
• Pride 2561 posts a BR 5@95, a WR 5@101 and a YR 5@107 while<br />
showing an ultrasound REA ratio 35@101. Two daughters of Pride 2561<br />
maintain a combined WR 4@99.<br />
• The dam of Lot 3, Pride 2188 records a BR 8@93, a WR 8@101 and a<br />
YR 7@106.<br />
• A son of Pride 2561 is Alliance 7544, the $50,000 selection of KG <strong>Angus</strong><br />
Ranch and Isaacs Cattle Company through the 2005 Sitz Fall Bull Sale.<br />
• Due 2/14/11 with a heifer calf to Sitz Upward 307R.<br />
4<br />
V D A R Betty 8632<br />
Birth Date: 1-9-2008 Cow 16105614 Tattoo: 8632<br />
#Nichols Extra H6 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
#N Bar Emulation EXT [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
Nichols Extra K205 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
Nichols Eileen May F261<br />
#13752642 Nichols Black Heiress F346 +Nichols Heavy Duty D20<br />
Nichols Black Heiress B3<br />
#Bon View New Design 878 [AMF-CAF-NHF] #B/R New Design 036 [AMF-NHF]<br />
VDAR Betty 3651 Bon View Gammer 85<br />
14392167 VDAR Betty 1132 #Alberda Traveler 416 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
VDAR Betty 8012<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
+5 .29 +2.6 .36 +50 .27 +84 .26 +32 .20<br />
CWT I+9 MRB I+.37 RE I+.01 FAT I-.001<br />
$W +29.08 $F +23.27 $G +24.57 $B +41.88<br />
Owned by Van Dyke <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch<br />
• Betty 8632 is a top daughter of the featured maternal sire Extra<br />
K205 that stems from a high producing daughter of the Pathfinder<br />
Sires New Design 878 and Traveler 416.<br />
• Betty 8632 shows an individual WR 112 and a YR 103, while her<br />
dam records a WR 4@115 and a YR 4@104 in addition to posting<br />
ultrasound ratios of IMF 2@120 and REA 2@105.<br />
• Extra K205, the Patfinder Sire of Lot 4, shows 301 daughters in<br />
production that maintain a combined WR 456@102.<br />
• Bred 4/15/10 to VDAR Right Time 3045. Pasture exposed 5/1/10 to<br />
7/31/10 to LLL Resolute 717T. Examined safe to AI.<br />
VDAR Betty 8632 /<br />
Lot 4<br />
4
5<br />
Hyline Eileenmere 418<br />
Birth Date: 2-9-2004 Cow 14765698 Tattoo: 418<br />
#+Leachman Right Time<br />
#N Bar Emulation EXT [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
Hyline Right Time 338 [AMF-CAF-NHF] Leachman Erica 0025<br />
#13058662 Hyline Pride 265 +Hyline SVF Traveler 0115<br />
Hyline Pride 870<br />
Daughters of the Big Sky<br />
Bred Cows<br />
Hyline Traveler 242 +Hyline SVF Traveler 0100<br />
Hyline Eileenmere 983 Hyline Pride Lucy 509<br />
13491704 Hyline Eileenmere 704 #+Hyline SVF Rito 1116 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
#+Hyline Pride Eileenmere 330<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
+9 .29 +.8 .39 +50 .28 +91 .21 +31 .28<br />
CWT +19 MRB +.19 RE +.27 FAT +.027<br />
$W +29.85 $F +30.15 $G +15.90 $B +42.06<br />
Owned by Hyline <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch<br />
• Eileenmere 418 represents the opportunity to select a featured member<br />
of the Hyline <strong>Angus</strong> donor line-up that blends the popular performance sire<br />
with a Traveler 242 daughter of the famous Eileenmere family.<br />
• Eileenmere 418 posts a BR 3@98, a WR 3@111 and a YR 2@106 while<br />
showing ultrasound ratios IMF 6@100 and REA 6@105.<br />
• Her dam, Eileenmere 983 records a BR 6@98, a WR 6@103 and a YR<br />
3@107 along with posting ultrasound ratios of IMF 3@104 and REA 3@106.<br />
Two daughters of Eileenmere 983 maintain a combined WR 4@115.<br />
• Maternal siblings to the dam of Lot 5 include: MAR Right Time 464, a past<br />
high selling bull and herd sire of R&R Turkey Company; as well as many<br />
past high selling females in the National Western Foundation Female sale.<br />
• Eileenmere 704, the grandam of Lot 5, is a former donor of the GT <strong>Angus</strong><br />
program and has produced many top donors.<br />
• Due 2/11/11 to SAV Iron Mountain 8066.<br />
7<br />
Sitz Blackbird 1900 / She sells as Lot 6.<br />
YA Pride 202<br />
Birth Date: 1-15-2002 Cow 14250058 Tattoo: 202<br />
#Band 234 of Ideal 3163<br />
#Band 602 of Ideal 928 72 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
Band 105 of Hyline 2380 Rito 149 of Ideal 443<br />
9744778 Pride of Hyline 972 Hyline O Bardoliermere 17<br />
Eileenmar E5 of Hyline<br />
+Papa Platinum YA 7<strong>40</strong>0<br />
#Rito 2100 GDAR<br />
YA Platinum Pride 029 H 96 Black Belle 442<br />
13657172 #YA Bluebird Traveler 320 Traveler Power 137 EAR<br />
YA Bluebird Oscar 157<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
-5 .30 +4.0 .43 +27 .31 +49 .28 +11 .33<br />
CWT +4 MRB +.11 RE +0 FAT -.015<br />
$W +14.82 $F -.45 $G +16.60 $B +25.08<br />
Owned by Yadon <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch<br />
• Pride 202 is a high performing female that offers a solid blend of<br />
Montana genetics combining Band 105, Platinum and Power 137 EAR<br />
with the Bluebird family.<br />
• Pride 202 records a WR 6@102 and a YR 5@100 while showing an<br />
ultrasound IMF ratio 2@105. Her dam, Pride 029 posts a WR 2@99<br />
and a YR 2@100.<br />
• Four daughters of Pride 202 are retained in the Yadon herd with one<br />
making Pathfinder status, while a son was the $5,000 selection of<br />
Zane Panasuk in the 2009 South Montana <strong>Angus</strong> Bull Sale.<br />
• Sells with two Frozen Embryos by Cole Creek Black Cedar 46P.<br />
• Bred 6/6/10 to Cole Creek Black Cedar 46P. Pasture exposed 6/15/10<br />
to 7/15/10 to Advantage Traveler 749.<br />
6<br />
Hyline Eileenmere 418 / Lot 5<br />
Sitz Blackbird 1900<br />
Birth Date: 2-9-2000 Cow #13531379 Tattoo: 1900<br />
#N Bar Emulation EXT [AMF-CAF-NHF] #Emulation N Bar 5522<br />
OCC Great Plains 943G [AMF-CAF-NHF] N Bar Primrose 2424<br />
#+13092912 Dixie Erica of CH 1019 #PBC 707 1M F0203<br />
Dixie Erica of CH 615<br />
+Boyd Olympian 6056 [AMF]<br />
#Transformer 100 EAR<br />
Sitz Blackbird 3808<br />
Finks 119 of 85 NT<br />
13028523 Sitz Blackbird 141 #QAS Traveler 23-4 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
Sitz Blackbird 59<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
+2 .35 +3.4 .49 +39 .39 +73 .38 +29 .33<br />
CWT +8 MRB +.34 RE +.26 FAT +.017<br />
$W +22.94 $F +16.86 $G +24.95 $B +39.97<br />
Owned by Sitz <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch<br />
• Blackbird 1900 offers a unique pedigree blending the Pathfinder<br />
Sire Great Plains with an Olympian 6056 and Traveler 23-4 daughter<br />
of the high performing Sitz Blackbird tribe.<br />
• Blackbird 1900 posts a WR 7@109 and a YR 7@108 while showing<br />
ultrasound ratios of IMF 19@102 and REA 19@106.<br />
• Her dam, Blackbird 3808 records a WR 5@104 and a YR 5@100 in<br />
addition to showing an ultrasound REA ratio 5@104. Four daughters<br />
of Blackbird 3808 maintain a combined WR 19@103.<br />
• A son of Blackbird 1900 is Alliance 7487, the featured Gartner-<br />
Denowh herd sire and son of the maternal sire Alliance 6595.<br />
• Due 2/27/11 to Sitz Upward 307R.<br />
YA Pride 202 / Lot 7<br />
5
Daughters of the Big Sky<br />
Altune Heifer Pregnancy<br />
8<br />
JVC Altune of Conanga 803 / The donor dam of Lot 8.<br />
Altune Heifer Pregnancy<br />
Due Date: 3-5-2011<br />
#Sitz Traveler 8180 [AMF-CAF-NHF] #GDAR Traveler 71 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
SAV Final Answer 0035 [AMF-CAF-NHF] Sitz Everelda Entense 1137<br />
#13592905 SAV Emulous 8145 #Bon View Bando 598 [CAC-AMF]<br />
SAV Sky Emulous 2124<br />
#Connealy Lead On [AMF-CAF-NHF] #Connealy Leadtime [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
JVC Altune of Conanga 803<br />
Eligence Plus of Conanga<br />
+16046632 Altune of Conanga 6104 #GAR Traveler 1489 [AMF-CAF]<br />
Avalon 1418 of Conanga 6276<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
S +12 .93 -1.1 .97 +61 .95 +104 .94 +20 .74<br />
D I+7 .05 I+1.7 .05 I+51 .05 I+96 .05 I+29 .05<br />
S-CWT S-MRB S-RE S-Fat D-CWT D-MRB D-RE D-Fat<br />
+5 +.37 +.24 +.051 +17 +.31 -.09 -.028<br />
S-$W S-$F S-$G S-$B D-$W D-$F D-$G D-$B<br />
+41.28 +39.04 +22.08 +39.56 +33.43 +34.80 +22.54 +48.31<br />
Owned by Circle L <strong>Angus</strong> and Green Mountain <strong>Angus</strong><br />
• Featuring an elite heifer pregnancy by Final Answer from the newly acquired<br />
Circle L and Green Mountain <strong>Angus</strong> donor Altune of Conanga 803, who is<br />
a direct daughter of the $280,000 valued Altune of Conanga 6104. Altune of<br />
Conanga 803 came to Circle L and Green Mountain <strong>Angus</strong> as the $12,000 highselling<br />
spring pair of the Jocko Valley Dispersal sale and is a full sister to the<br />
$<strong>40</strong>,000 valued ABS Global roster member, Connealy Onward.<br />
• Altune of Conanga 6104, the grandam of Lot 8, shows a BR 8@98, a WR<br />
8@107 and a YR 6@107. Four daughters of Altune of Conanga 6104 maintain a<br />
combined WR 15@107.<br />
• Maternal siblings to the dam of Lot 8 include: a $<strong>40</strong>,000 pregnancy selected<br />
by Whitestone Farms and Tanner Farms in the 2008 Trowbridge Invitational<br />
Sale; as well as the $31,000 top-selling pregnancy of the 2006 Boyd Sale who<br />
went on to sell one-half interest for $22,000 for a $44,000 valuation as a heifer<br />
calf in the 2007 SandPoint Sale.<br />
Altune of Conanga 6104 / The $280,000 valued<br />
grandam of Lot 8 featured at Kiamichi Link Ranch.<br />
Connealy Onward / The $<strong>40</strong>,000 valued full sibling to the<br />
dam of Lot 8 featured in the ABS Global line-up.<br />
6
9<br />
V D A R Lass 9622<br />
Birth Date: 1-9-2009 Cow 16362338 Tattoo: 9622<br />
#AAR Really Windy 1205 [AMF-CAF-NHF] AAR Windy Ridge 362<br />
VDAR Really Windy <strong>40</strong>97 AAR Lady Kelton 2170<br />
15776681 VDAR Blackbird 2031 VDAR Enterprise 2059<br />
VDAR Envious Blackbird 6060<br />
Daughters of the Big Sky<br />
Bred Heifers<br />
+SHB Right Time 3100<br />
#+Leachman Right Time<br />
VDAR Lass 765990 #+VDAR Elluna 4167<br />
15766370 +VDAR Lass 2059 #Papa Durabull 9805<br />
#VDAR Lass 5186<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
+13 .25 -1.5 .32 +45 .22 +81 .22 +25 .09<br />
S-CWT S-MRB S-RE S-Fat D-CWT D-MRB D-RE D-Fat<br />
+6 +.15 -.12 +.019 I+8 I+.27 I+.18 I+.020<br />
$W +30.75 $F +22.25 $G N/A $B N/A<br />
Owned by Van Dyke <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch<br />
• Lass 9622 is an outstanding young female to lead off a tremendous<br />
set of bred heifers as she combines the high maternal sire Really<br />
Windy <strong>40</strong>97, recently leased by Accelerated Genetics, with a Right<br />
Time and Durabull member of the storied Lass family. The Lass<br />
family has made a name for itself in the Van Dyke program by<br />
consistently producing high-selling bulls year after year.<br />
• Lass 9622 posts an individual BR 85, WR 104 and YR 101.<br />
• Bred 5/27/10 to VDAR CS Emulation 846. Pasture exposed 6/1/10 to<br />
7/31/10 to VDAR CS Emulation 846. Examined safe to AI.<br />
VDAR Lass 9622 / Lot 9<br />
10<br />
V D A R Forever Lady 9625<br />
Birth Date: 1-9-2009 Cow 16371544 Tattoo: 9625<br />
#Feltons Meat Packer 62 [AMF-CAF-NHF] #Finks 5522-6148<br />
Connealy Packer 547 [AMF-CAF] Graham N Mistress 8<br />
14843207 Bestrelle of Conanga 539 #Dalebanks Extender 6012 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
#Besta of Conanga 6538<br />
VDAR Forever Lady 9625 / Lot 10<br />
+VDAR New Design 2122<br />
#B/R New Design 036 [AMF-NHF]<br />
VDAR Forever Lady 7632 #VDAR Lass 5186<br />
15776656 VDAR Forever Lady 5644 #BCC Bushwacker 41-93 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
VDAR Forever Lady 1113<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
+5 .29 +2.1 .35 +52 .26 +98 .25 +23 .14<br />
S-CWT S-MRB S-RE S-Fat D-CWT D-MRB D-RE D-Fat<br />
+10 +.51 +.12 -.003 I+1 I+.31 I+.14 I+.008<br />
$W +25.99 $F +36.45 $G N/A $B N/A<br />
Owned by Van Dyke <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch<br />
• Forever Lady 9625 is a high performing daughter of the featured<br />
sire Packer 547 while stemming from the storied Forever Lady family.<br />
• Forever Lady 9625 posts an individual WR 104 and a YR 106.<br />
• Bred 4/13/10 to VDAR Really Windy <strong>40</strong>97. Pasture exposed 5/1/1 to<br />
7/31/10 to LLL Resolute 7171. Examined safe to AI.<br />
11<br />
TH Pride 98<br />
Birth Date: 1-15-2009 Cow 16491885 Tattoo: 98<br />
TC Total 410 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
#Bon View New Design 208 [CAC-AMF-NHF]<br />
TC Franklin 619 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
+TC Erica Eileen 2047 [NHC-AMF]<br />
+15462648 #TC Marcia 1069 #Connealy Forefront [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
TC Marcia 7105<br />
#Hyline Right Time 338 [AMF-CAF-NHF] #+Leachman Right Time<br />
RAR Pride 213 Hyline Pride 265<br />
14195130 RAR Pride 963 #GDAR Gold Nugget 766<br />
RAR Pride 9414<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
+6 .28 +2.1 .36 +52 .27 +89 .21 +30 .13<br />
CWT I+8 MRB I+.41 RE I+.08 FAT I-.007<br />
$W +29.83 $F +27.<strong>40</strong> $G +27.78 $B +44.95<br />
Owned by Thousand Hills <strong>Angus</strong><br />
• Pride 98 is an outstanding donor and brood cow prospect by the<br />
featured TC Ranch and Vermillion Ranch sire, Franklin 619 while<br />
her dam, Pride 213 blends the strengths of Right Time 338 and Gold<br />
Nugget.<br />
• Pride 98 records an individual WR 111, while her dam shows a WR<br />
5@107 and a YR 2@108.<br />
• Preg checked safe in calf, due to calve 1/11/11, to CAR Chinnook<br />
786. (Son of AAR Really Windy 1205, out of Tracker 904 dam.)<br />
TH Pride 98 / Lot 11<br />
7
Daughters of the Big Sky<br />
Bred Heifers<br />
Miss PH Image<br />
Maker 100A /<br />
Lot 14<br />
12<br />
6I6 Teressa 956 A A R<br />
Birth Date: 1-22-2009 Cow 16459212 Tattoo: 956<br />
#DHD Traveler 6807 [AMF-NHF] #QAS Traveler 23-4 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
Rito 6I6 of 4B20 6807 [AMF-CAF-NHF] #Bemindful Maid DHD 0807<br />
#12530601 +Rita 4B20 of 0FB1 Bando #Tehama Bando 155 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
+Rita 0FB1 of 5H11 Fullback<br />
Sitz New Design 349M [AMF-CAF-NHF] #Bon View New Design 1<strong>40</strong>7 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
New Teressa 787 AAR<br />
+Sitz Pride 166K<br />
15826433 #Div Teressa 877 AAR AAR Dividend 617<br />
Teressa 559 AAR<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
+6 .30 +.6 .34 +41 .26 +77 .25 +23 .20<br />
S-CWT S-MRB S-RE S-Fat D-CWT D-MRB D-RE D-Fat<br />
+5 +.37 +.24 +.051 I+8 I+.45 I+0 I+.037<br />
$W +31.42 $F +32.22 $G N/A $B N/A<br />
Owned by Armstrong <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch<br />
• Teressa 956 offers a proven blend of breed leading maternal<br />
genetics combining the legendary maternal sire Rito 6I6 with a high<br />
producing female that combines New Design 349M and Dividend 617.<br />
• Teressa 956 posts an individual WR 105 and a YR 102.<br />
• Due 2/15/11 with a bull calf to Rito 2X15 of Rita 8Z22 EXP.<br />
13<br />
Everdlda Entense 959 A A R<br />
Birth Date: 1-23-2009 Cow 16438281 Tattoo: 959<br />
#Sitz Traveler 8180 [AMF-CAF-NHF] #GDAR Traveler 71 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
SAV Final Answer 0035 [AMF-CAF-NHF] Sitz Everelda Entense 1137<br />
#13592905 SAV Emulous 8145 #Bon View Bando 598 [CAC-AMF]<br />
SAV Sky Emulous 2124<br />
#BR Midland [AMF-CAF-NHF] #Twin Valley Precision E161 [NHC-AMF-CAF-RDF]<br />
Coleman Everelda Entense 431 BR Royal Lass 7036-19<br />
+14662511 +Sitz Everelda Entense 4789 #+Leachman Right Time<br />
Sitz Everelda Entense 1137<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
+10 .29 -.2 .34 +55 .26 +95 .25 +17 .21<br />
S-CWT S-MRB S-RE S-Fat D-CWT D-MRB D-RE D-Fat<br />
+10 +.41 +.23 -.024 I+6 I+.42 I+.15 I+.028<br />
$W +26.78 $F +19.91 $G N/A $B N/A<br />
Owned by Armstrong <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch<br />
• Offering an elite donor prospect by the Pathfinder Sire Final Answer<br />
while tracing to the former $210,000 valued world-record selling,<br />
Everelda Entense 1137.<br />
• Entense 959 posts an individual BR 97, a WR 105 and a YR 107.<br />
• Everelda Entense 431, the dam of Lot 13, records a BR 3@96, a YR<br />
2@101 and ultrasound ratios of 1@100 for IMF and REA.<br />
• Her dam, Everelda Entense 431 blends the $202,000 valued<br />
high IMF sire Midland with Everelda Entense 4789 the well-known<br />
Coleman <strong>Angus</strong> donor.<br />
• Maternal siblings to the grandam, Everelda Entense 4789 include:<br />
the Pathfinder Sires Sitz Traveler 8180 and Sitz Traveler 9929; the<br />
former $320,000 world record-selling cow, Ever Entense 491G now<br />
working in the Limestone, LLC program; the $300,000 world recordselling<br />
cow, Everelda Entense 023; and a long list of other dominant<br />
donors working throughout the breed.<br />
• Due 2/12/11 with a heifer to DDA Sure Enough 6D.<br />
8<br />
DD Sure Enough 6D / The service sire of Lot 13.<br />
14<br />
Miss PH Image Maker 100A<br />
Birth Date: 1-26-2009 Cow 16462231 Tattoo: 100A<br />
#Hero 6267 of RR 2418 #RR Hero 6267<br />
HA Image Maker 0415 [AMF-CAF-NHF] RR Everelda Entense 0413<br />
#+13739532 HA Rito Blackcap 9038 H 96 Rito 2100 7371<br />
H 96 Blackcap 3835<br />
#AAR Really Windy 1205 [AMF-CAF-NHF] AAR Windy Ridge 362<br />
KG Band 3011 AAR Lady Kelton 2170<br />
14518477 KG Band 1215 PH Husker Easy 1009 099<br />
#KG Band 6466<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
+9 .30 +.5 .36 +52 .27 +89 .21 +28 .21<br />
CWT I+6 MRB I+.06 RE I+.04 FAT I-.013<br />
$W +31.95 $F +27.<strong>40</strong> $G +14.35 $B +29.93<br />
Owned by Heide Ranch<br />
• Miss PH Image Maker is a powerful young female that has a<br />
pedigree stacked with breed leading genetic merit blending the<br />
Pathfinder Sires Image Maker and Really Windy with the KG Band<br />
family.<br />
• Miss PH Image Maker posts an individual WR 99, while her dam<br />
shows a WR 5@101.<br />
• Due 2/5/11 to 21AR Roundup 7005.<br />
15<br />
Barbaramere 967 A A R<br />
Birth Date: 1-28-2009 Cow 16438215 Tattoo: 967<br />
OCC Headliner 661H<br />
#+OCC Emblazon 854E [CAF]<br />
OCC Missing Link 830M<br />
#+OCC Juanada 858F<br />
14456399 +OCC Dixie Erica 946K #OCC Glory 950G<br />
+OCC Dixie Erica 816B<br />
Sitz New Design 349M [AMF-CAF-NHF] #Bon View New Design 1<strong>40</strong>7 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
Barbaramere 761 AAR<br />
+Sitz Pride 166K<br />
15828376 #Barbaramere 476 AAR AAR Extra 814<br />
Barbaramere 189 AAR<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
+3 .29 +1.7 .35 +48 .26 +86 .25 +24 .15<br />
S-CWT S-MRB S-RE S-Fat D-CWT D-MRB D-RE D-Fat<br />
+11 -.15 +.41 -.003 I+7 I+.43 I+.07 I+.035<br />
$W +27.91 $F +25.98 $G N/A $B N/A<br />
Owned by Armstrong <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch<br />
• Barbaramere 967 is a direct daughter of the extremely popular<br />
Ohlde bred sire Missing Link 830M and stems from a daughter of New<br />
Design 349M and Extra 814.<br />
• Barbaramere 967 posts an individual WR 108 and a YR 109.<br />
• Due 2/7/11 with a heifer sired by Paramout Ambush 2172.
Daughters of the Big Sky<br />
Bred Heifers<br />
16<br />
SBAR Forever Nell 925<br />
Birth Date: 1-29-2009 Cow 16456873 Tattoo: 925<br />
WMR Dateline 210<br />
#Connealy Dateline<br />
WMR Dateline 326 #WMR Pride 217-168<br />
15536233 #WMR Pride 045 [AMF] #HC Sitz Traveler 602<br />
WMR Pride 705<br />
+Lukens 216 Mack 1T26<br />
#+SVF Gdar 216 LTD<br />
LA Forever Nell 543<br />
+Lukens Forever Lady J463<br />
#14476000 LA Oscar Lady 651 #+GDAR Oscar 711 [AMF-NHF]<br />
Sitz Barbaramere Nell <strong>40</strong>9<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
+7 .22 +1.4 .34 +54 .23 +92 .20 +21 .12<br />
CWT +16 MRB +.17 RE +.17 FAT +.027<br />
$W +30.17 $F +29.60 $G +14.20 $B +38.32<br />
Owned by South Boulder <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch<br />
• Forever Nell 925 is by the calving ease and growth sire Dateline 326<br />
and stems from the Pathfinder Dam, Forever Nell 543.<br />
• Forever Nell 925 posts an individual BR 97, WR 112 and a YR 112<br />
while showing an ultrasound REA ratio 118.<br />
• Her dam, Forever Nell 543 records a WR 5@107 and YR 2@112<br />
along with a REA ratio 1@118. Two daughters of Forever Nell 543<br />
maintain a combined WR 3@105.<br />
• Due 1/13/11 to Sitz Upward 307R.<br />
17<br />
2418 Teressa 971 A A R<br />
Birth Date: 1-30-2009 Cow 16438049 Tattoo: 971<br />
#RR Hero 6267<br />
#Highwood Hero LCH<br />
Hero 6267 of RR 2418 #Blackbird of RR 1204<br />
#11808572 RR Everelda Entense 0413 #QAS Traveler 23-4 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
RR Everelda Entense 8320 TPB<br />
#BCC Bushwacker 41-93 [AMF-CAF-NHF] #Paramont Ambush 2172 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
Teressa 466 AAR RC Anita T Bando 918903<br />
14839610 EXT Teressa 167 AAR #N Bar Emulation EXT [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
#Teressa 864 AAR<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
+6 .29 +1.7 .36 +48 .27 +68 .25 +25 .21<br />
S-CWT S-MRB S-RE S-Fat D-CWT D-MRB D-RE D-Fat<br />
+4 -.23 +.13 -.035 I+10 I+.18 I+.15 I+.012<br />
$W +34.22 $F +9.06 $G N/A $B N/A<br />
Owned by Armstrong <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch<br />
• Teressa 971 is a direct daughter of the calving-ease and high<br />
maternal sire Herp 6267 while her dam combines the Pathfinder<br />
performance sires Bushwacker 41-93 and Emulation EXT.<br />
• Teressa 971 posts an individual WR 106.<br />
• Her dam, Teressa 466 records a BR 4@99, a WR 4@102 and a YR<br />
3@100.<br />
• Due 2/18/11 with a heifer sired by DDA Sure Enough 6D.<br />
SBAR Forever Nell 925 /<br />
Lot 16<br />
18<br />
SD Barbara Perfection 465<br />
Birth Date: 1-31-2009 Cow +16431958 Tattoo: W465<br />
#Hero 6267 of RR 2418 #RR Hero 6267<br />
HA Image Maker 0415 [AMF-CAF-NHF] RR Everelda Entense 0413<br />
#+13739532 HA Rito Blackcap 9038 H 96 Rito 2100 7371<br />
H 96 Blackcap 3835<br />
#SAF Focus of ER [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
#SAF Fame [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
ER Barbara Perfection K075 GDAR Forever Lady 246<br />
#+13626604 #Sitz Barbara Perfection 1882 #GDAR Traveler 71 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
Sitz Barbara Perfection 2248<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
I+9 .05 +1.6 .38 +55 .30 +95 .29 +32 .23<br />
CWT +11 MRB +.08 RE -.07 FAT -.026<br />
$W +31.05 $F +32.22 $G +14.31 $B +35.19<br />
Owned by Split Diamond Ranch<br />
ER Barbara<br />
Perfection<br />
K075 /<br />
The dam of Lot 18.<br />
SD Barbara Perfection 465 / Lot 18<br />
• Barbara Perfection 465 is a top bred heifer by the high performance sire<br />
Image Maker from Barbara Perfection K075, a second generation Pathfinder<br />
and foundation donor of the Spilt Diamond program.<br />
• Headlining one of the most productive families ever developed in the Sitz<br />
<strong>Angus</strong> performance program, Barbara Perfection K075 blends the growth sire<br />
Focus with the $90,000 high-selling selection of Three Trees Ranch through a<br />
past Sitz sale Barbara Perfection 1882.<br />
• Barbara Perfection 465 posts an individual WR 107, YR 110 and REA ratio 104.<br />
• The dam of Lot 18, Barbara Perfection K075 records a WR 5@108, a YR 3@106<br />
and a REA ratio 59@100. Twelve daughters of Barbara Perfection K075 maintain<br />
a combined WR 13@99.<br />
• Maternal siblings to Barbara Perfection K075 include: the $36,000 valued<br />
Exacto 1517; the $24,000 Circle A donor Barbara 1430; the $12,000 Designer<br />
1833; the Barbara 2102 at Limestone; Barbara 1814 at Express Ranches; and<br />
Barbara 4158 at Brit <strong>Angus</strong> in Georgia. A full sister, Barbara Perfection L059, is<br />
the dam of ER Talon N738 who sold for $42,000 to Talon Ranches.<br />
• Due 1/22/11 to Hoover Dam. Pasture Exposed 4/23/10 to 6/5/10 to RHR Nitro.<br />
9
Daughters of the Big Sky<br />
Bred Heifers<br />
WMR<br />
Pride 949 /<br />
This top young female<br />
sells as Lot 19.<br />
19<br />
WMR Pride 949<br />
Birth Date: 1-31-2009 Cow 16649087 Tattoo: 949<br />
#Hero 6267 of RR 2418 #RR Hero 6267<br />
SRA 2418 of RR 303 RR Everelda Entense 0413<br />
14583678 +JR Forever 131I #High Valley 4C6 Ambush [AMF]<br />
JR Forever 293B<br />
#HC Sitz Traveler 602 Sitz Traveler 8523<br />
WMR Pride 045 [AMF] Wards Lucy 414<br />
#13720264 WMR Pride 705 #+Hyline SVF Rito 1116 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
#Hyline WMR Pride 511<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
+1 .24 +3.1 .36 +59 .27 +102 .26 +26 .17<br />
CWT I+9 MRB I+.20 RE I-.26 FAT I+.022<br />
$W +28.02 $F +37.78 $G +10.95 $B +31.53<br />
Owned by Wheeler Mountain <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch<br />
• Pride 949 is a powerful and high performing daughter of the sire<br />
2418 of RR 303 while her Pathfinder Dam, Pride 045 blends the<br />
strengths of Traveler 602 and Rito 1116.<br />
• Pride 949 posts an individual WR 113 and YR 108.<br />
• Her dam, Pride 045 records a WR 6@113 and a YR 6@111 while<br />
showing ultrasound ratios of IMF 2@112 and REA 2@100. Six<br />
daughters of Pride 045 maintain a combined WR 6@100.<br />
• Bred 4/15/10 to GDAR Game Day 449. Pasture Exposed 5/5/10 to<br />
7/1/10 to CAR Alliance 934.<br />
KG Primrose 9060<br />
Birth Date: 2-1-2009 Cow 16456875 Tattoo: 928<br />
20<br />
WMR Dateline 210<br />
#Connealy Dateline<br />
Birth Date: 2-1-2009 Cow 16485874 Tattoo: 9060<br />
WMR Dateline 326 #WMR Pride 217-168<br />
#Sitz Alliance 6595 [AMF-NHF]<br />
#Sitz Traveler 8180 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
15536233 #WMR Pride 045 [AMF] #HC Sitz Traveler 602<br />
Sitz Alliance 7544 #Sitz Barbaramere Jet 2698<br />
WMR Pride 705<br />
14658781 Sitz Pride 2561 #DHD Traveler 6807 [AMF-NHF]<br />
+Sitz Pride 2188<br />
#VDAR Rito 953 [AMF]<br />
#Rito 2100 GDAR<br />
Connealy Contrast [AMF-CAF-NHF] #Connealy Danny Boy [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
KG Primrose 7118 #Doris of Conanga 669<br />
15888926 KG Primrose 5189 Connealy Onward [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
KG Primrose 0259<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
+6 .30 +1.3 .35 +51 .26 +107 .25 +25 .15<br />
CWT +20 MRB +.19 RE +.16 FAT +.028<br />
$W +24.29 $F +46.27 $G +13.93 $B +44.55<br />
Owned by KG Ranch<br />
• Primrose 9060 is an own daughter of Alliance 7544 while her dam<br />
blends the Connealy bred sires Contrast and Onward with the storied<br />
Primrose family.<br />
• Primrose 9060 posts a WR 106, a YR 111 and a REA ratio 117.<br />
• Due 2/3/11 to SAV Final Answer 0035.<br />
21<br />
KG Primrose 9060 / Lot 20<br />
SBAR Elluna 928<br />
LA Miss Sho Elluna 1800<br />
Miss Wix 903 of Mc Cumber<br />
#13669941 #LA Elluna QAS 1890 #QAS Traveler 23-4 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
VDAR Elluna 189<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
+8 .23 -.6 .35 +52 .24 +90 .21 +25 .13<br />
CWT +4 MRB +.32 RE -.06 FAT +.012<br />
$W +32.23 $F +28.39 $G +21.31 $B +35.12<br />
Owned by South Boulder <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch<br />
• Elluna 928 is another top daughter of the featured sire Dateline<br />
326 that records an individual BR 84, WR 111, and a YR 105 while<br />
showing ultrasound ratios of IMF 125 and REA 107.<br />
• Her dam, Elluna 1800, a Pathfinder dam, blends Rito 953 and<br />
Traveler 23-4 with the Van Dyke Elluna family. Elluna 1800 records<br />
a BR 8@99, a WR 8@106 and a YR 4@106 along with ultrasound<br />
ratios of IMF 3@113 and REA 3@103. Two daughters of Elluna 1800<br />
maintain a combined WR 4@109.<br />
• Due 1/23/11 with a bull calf sired by Sitz Upward 307R.<br />
10
Daughters of the Big Sky<br />
Bred Heifers<br />
22<br />
KG Empress 9107<br />
Birth Date: 2-3-2009 Cow 16485895 Tattoo: 9107<br />
#Sitz Alliance 6595 [AMF-NHF] #Sitz Traveler 8180 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
Sitz Alliance 7544 #Sitz Barbaramere Jet 2698<br />
14658781 Sitz Pride 2561 #DHD Traveler 6807 [AMF-NHF]<br />
+Sitz Pride 2188<br />
Connealy Contrast [AMF-CAF-NHF] #Connealy Danny Boy [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
KG Empress 7069 #Doris of Conanga 669<br />
15888904 KG Empress 5112 #Bon View New Design 878 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
KG Empress 3360<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
+11 .30 -.9 .35 +48 .26 +96 .25 +27 .14<br />
CWT +15 MRB +.14 RE +0 FAT +.034<br />
$W +28.05 $F +35.99 $G +9.51 $B +34.22<br />
Owned by KG Ranch<br />
• Empress 9107 is a direct daughter of the $50,000 valued Sitz <strong>Angus</strong>,<br />
KG Ranch and Isaacs Cattle Company sire Alliance 7544 while her<br />
dam combines the sire Contrast with New Design 878.<br />
• Empress 9107 records a BR 91, a WR 105 and a YR 102 along with<br />
an ultrasound REA ratio 107.<br />
• Due 2/3/11 to SAV Final Answer 0035.<br />
KG Empress 9107 / Lot 22<br />
23<br />
WMR Pride 969<br />
Birth Date: 2-7-2009 Cow 16649088 Tattoo: 969<br />
#Hyline Right Time 338 [AMF-CAF-NHF] #+Leachman Right Time<br />
Leachman Right Time 338-5605 Hyline Pride 265<br />
+15033687 +Leachman Erica 1201 #Connealy Frontline [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
+Leachman Erica 6267<br />
WMR Pride 969 / Lot 23<br />
WMR Dateline 210<br />
#Connealy Dateline<br />
WMR Pride 657 #WMR Pride 217-168<br />
15546830 WMR Pride 061 LA Super X 526<br />
WMR Pride 212-727<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
+3 .23 +3.5 .34 +57 .24 +99 .24 +20 .11<br />
S-CWT S-MRB S-RE S-Fat D-CWT D-MRB D-RE D-Fat<br />
+20 +.13 +.22 +.015 N/A N/A N/A N/A<br />
$W +25.49 $F +35.49 $G N/A $B N/A<br />
Owned by Wheeler Mountain <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch<br />
• Pride 969 blends the sires Right Time 338-5605 and Dateline 210,<br />
while posting a WR 107 and a YR 108.<br />
• Bred 4/17/10 to Reich Lead On 424. Pasture exposed 5/5/10 to 7/1/10<br />
to CAR Alliance 934.<br />
24<br />
KG Bardolier 9154<br />
Birth Date: 2-7-2009 Cow 16485917 Tattoo: 9154<br />
#SAF Focus of ER [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
#SAF Fame [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
Mytty In Focus [AMF-CAF-NHF-RDF] GDAR Forever Lady 246<br />
13880818 Mytty Countess 906 #Sitz Alliance 6595 [AMF-NHF]<br />
Baldridge Countess 357<br />
Sitz Rainmaker 9723 [AMF-CAF-NHF] #Sitz Rainmaker 6169<br />
KG Bardolier 7498<br />
#Sitz Miss Burgess 1591 [AMF]<br />
15889044 KG Bardolier 3333 KG Traveler 8180 8171<br />
KG Bardolier 7224<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
+12 .30 -.7 .35 +55 .26 +97 .26 +21 .19<br />
CWT +7 MRB +.<strong>40</strong> RE -.02 FAT +.019<br />
$W +31.31 $F +34.24 $G +23.12 $B +41.18<br />
Owned by KG Ranch<br />
• Bardolier 9154 is by the ABS Global high spread sire In Focus and<br />
stems from a top young daughter of Rainmaker 9723 and Traveler<br />
8180 8171.<br />
• Bardolier 9154 posts an individual BR 86, a WR 106, a YR 102 and a<br />
REA ratio 106.<br />
• Due 2/3/11 to McKellar Final Call.<br />
KG Bardolier 9154 / Lot 24<br />
11
Daughters of the Big Sky<br />
Bred Heifers<br />
Leachman<br />
Blackcap<br />
9024 /<br />
Lot 25<br />
25<br />
Leachman Blackcap 9024<br />
Birth Date: 2-12-2009 Cow 16433310 Tattoo: 9024<br />
#Basin Max 602C [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
#GT Maximum [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
21AR Coal Bank C014 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
#Basin Eline Erica 315U<br />
14267926 #Leachman Lass 5014 #N Bar Emulation EXT [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
Leachman Lass 3056<br />
#Summitcrest High Prime 0H29 [AMF-CAF-NHF] #Gardens Prime Time [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
Leachman Blackcap <strong>40</strong>19<br />
Summitcrest Missie 2F55<br />
14672002 Leachman Blackcap 2055 #+Leachman Right Time<br />
#Leachman Blackcap 7036<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
I+6 .05 I+.9 .05 I+50 .05 I+89 .05 I+24 .05<br />
CWT I+10 MRB I+.34 RE I+.06 FAT I+.022<br />
$W +29.44 $F +28.17 $G +21.25 $B +<strong>40</strong>.33<br />
Owned by Leachman <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch<br />
• Blackcap 9024 is an exciting bred heifer sired by the popular<br />
sire Coal Bank C014 and stems from a High Prime and Right Time<br />
member of the storied Leachman Blackcap family.<br />
• Blackcap 9024 posts ratios of 100 for WW and YW. Her dam,<br />
Blackcap <strong>40</strong>19 records a WR 3@101 and a YR 2@100.<br />
• Due 1/29/11 to Leachman All Time. Pasture exposed 4/28/10 to<br />
7/1/10 to Leachman Franklin 9538.<br />
26<br />
Papa Queen 917<br />
Birth Date: 2-28-2009 Cow 16466464 Tattoo: 917<br />
Sinclair Open Range 2Q23 [AMF-CAF-NHF] #Rito 6I6 of 4B20 6807 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
Sinclair Ranger 6Q23 [AMF-NHF] SCC Majesty K024 853<br />
15365599 +Sinclair Blackcap 2C7 7856 #Papa Rito T Intense DHD 6844<br />
#Papa Blackcap Mc Henry 7856<br />
#Papa Equator 2928 [AMF-NHF] #+Papa Power 096<br />
Sinclair Queen 04E3Q 988 #Papa Envious Blackbird 8849<br />
+14796313 Ideal 988 of 692 6269 #+Ideal 692 of 9J9 3134 [AMF]<br />
#Universe 6269 of Ideal 111<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
+4 .22 +2.6 .33 +41 .22 +81 .20 +19 .11<br />
CWT I+13 MRB I+.17 RE I-.03 FAT I-.001<br />
$W +21.42 $F +23.75 $G +15.45 $B +35.94<br />
Owned by PAPA Land and Livestock<br />
• Queen 917 offers a combination of Ranger 6Q23, Equator 2928 and<br />
Ideal 692.<br />
• Queen 917 posts a WR 102 and YR 112.<br />
• Bred 4/27/10 to MOGCK Sure Shot.<br />
12
Daughters of the Big Sky<br />
Bred Heifers<br />
Hyline Eileenmere 932 /<br />
Lot 27A<br />
Hyline Eileenmere 927 /<br />
Lot 27B<br />
27A<br />
Hyline Eileenmere 932<br />
Birth Date: 2-17-2009 Cow +16575139 Tattoo: F932<br />
#GDAR Rainmaker 3<strong>40</strong><br />
#Lovana [RTF]<br />
Hyline Rainmaker 1995<br />
#Lady Blackbird 987 GDAR<br />
12<strong>40</strong>0032 Hyline Blackcap 345 #Hyline Rito 9J9 278 [AMF-NHF]<br />
#Hyline Blackcap 9012<br />
#Hyline Right Time 338 [AMF-CAF-NHF] #+Leachman Right Time<br />
Hyline Eileenmere 312 [AMF-NHF] Hyline Pride 265<br />
#15095743 #Hyline Eileenmere 184 Hyline Rito 498<br />
Parsons Pride 1503<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
I+2 .05 I+3.3 .05 I+43 .05 I+74 .05 I+24 .05<br />
CWT I+2 MRB I+.10 RE I-.12 FAT I-.010<br />
$W +24.64 $F +16.34 $G +14.53 $B +23.74<br />
Owned by Hyline <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch<br />
• Due 1/15/11 to Hyline Image Maker 1048.<br />
28<br />
• The opportunity to select a pair of powerful flush<br />
sisters by the high maternal sire Rainmaker 1995 and<br />
from the foundation Pathfinder donor dam, Eileenmere<br />
312, who combines Right Time 338 and Rito 498.<br />
• The dam of Lots 27A and 27B posts a WR 5@106 and<br />
a YR 3@102.<br />
• Rainmaker 1995, the sire of Lots 27A and 27B, is a<br />
KG Forever Lady 24W<br />
Birth Date: 2-20-2009 Cow +16485847 Tattoo: 24W<br />
#Rito 6I6 of 4B20 6807 [AMF-CAF-NHF] #DHD Traveler 6807 [AMF-NHF]<br />
Rito 1I2 of 2536 Rito 6I6 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
+Rita 4B20 of 0FB1 Bando<br />
#+13793826 GAR Precision 2536 [AMC-NHF] #GAR Precision 1680 [AMC-NHC]<br />
+GAR Ext 2104<br />
27B<br />
Hyline Eileenmere 927<br />
Birth Date: 2-22-2009 Cow +16575116 Tattoo: F927<br />
#GDAR Rainmaker 3<strong>40</strong><br />
#Lovana [RTF]<br />
Hyline Rainmaker 1995<br />
#Lady Blackbird 987 GDAR<br />
12<strong>40</strong>0032 Hyline Blackcap 345 #Hyline Rito 9J9 278 [AMF-NHF]<br />
#Hyline Blackcap 9012<br />
#Hyline Right Time 338 [AMF-CAF-NHF] #+Leachman Right Time<br />
Hyline Eileenmere 312 [AMF-NHF] Hyline Pride 265<br />
#15095743 #Hyline Eileenmere 184 Hyline Rito 498<br />
Parsons Pride 1503<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
I+2 .05 I+3.3 .05 I+43 .05 I+74 .05 I+24 .05<br />
CWT I+2 MRB I+.10 RE I-.12 FAT I-.010<br />
$W +24.64 $F +16.34 $G +14.53 $B +23.74<br />
Owned by Hyline <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch<br />
• Due 1/20/11 to Hyline Image Maker 1048.<br />
deep, thick and sound footed herd sire that has seen<br />
extensive use in the Hyline program as he shows<br />
a progeny WR 150@99, YR 88@100 and IMF ratio<br />
27@103.<br />
• Full brothers to Lots 27A and 27B have been featured<br />
and high-selling bulls in the last two Hyline Bull sale.<br />
#BCC Bushwacker 41-93 [AMF-CAF-NHF] #Paramont Ambush 2172 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
Maple Lane Forever Lady 222 RC Anita T Bando 918903<br />
+14138964 +Maple Lane Forever Lady 780 #AAR New Trend<br />
+SVF Forever Lady 1120<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
N/A N/A I+3.7 .05 I+60 .05 I+102 .05 I+25 .05<br />
CWT +11 MRB +.33 RE +.24 FAT -.008<br />
$W +27.23 $F +37.38 $G +26.35 $B +48.44<br />
Owned by KG Ranch<br />
• Forever Lady 24W is an own daughter of the now-deceased $75,000<br />
valued Rito 1I2 while her dam, Forever Lady 222 is a Bushwacker<br />
41-93 daughter of the $80,000 valued SandPoint and Fairview Ranch<br />
donor, Forever Lady 780.<br />
• Forever Lady 24W posts an individual REA ratio 120, while her dam<br />
shows a WR 1@100, IMF ratio 9@99 and a REA ratio 9@108.<br />
• Due 2/3/11 to SAV Final Answer 0035.<br />
KG Forever Lady 24W / The top daughter of Rito 1I2 sells as<br />
Lot 28.<br />
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Daughters of the Big Sky<br />
Donor Prospects<br />
Leachman<br />
Blackcap 9036 /<br />
Lot 29<br />
29<br />
Leachman Blackcap 9036<br />
Birth Date: 2-22-2009 Cow 16433330 Tattoo: 9036<br />
#Basin Max 602C [AMF-CAF-NHF] #GT Maximum [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
21AR Coal Bank C014 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
#Basin Eline Erica 315U<br />
14267926 #Leachman Lass 5014 #N Bar Emulation EXT [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
Leachman Lass 3056<br />
#Sitz Alliance 6595 [AMF-NHF]<br />
#Sitz Traveler 8180 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
Leachman Blackcap 5209 #Sitz Barbaramere Jet 2698<br />
+15034819 Leachman Blackcap 1022 #B/R New Design 036 [AMF-NHF]<br />
Leachman Blackcap 9066<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
+8 .29 +.8 .34 +49 .25 +91 .25 +26 .18<br />
CWT I+10 MRB I+.30 RE I-.13 FAT I+.044<br />
$W +28.56 $F +30.54 $G +13.55 $B +33.27<br />
Owned by Leachman <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch<br />
• Blackcap 9036 is another elite bred heifer stemming from the<br />
Leachman Blackcap family that combines the popular young sire<br />
Coal Bank with a daughter of the Pathfinder Sires Alliance 6595 and<br />
New Design 036.<br />
• Blackcap 9036 posts a BR 96, a WR 100 and a YR 100. Her dam,<br />
Blackcap 5209 records a WR 2@103 and a YR 2@104.<br />
• Due 1/27/11 to Leachman Franklin 9521. Pasture exposed 4/21/10 to<br />
7/1/10 to Leachman Franklin 9538.<br />
30<br />
TLR Miss Eileenmere W19<br />
Birth Date: 3-19-2009 Cow 16529088 Tattoo: W19<br />
#SAV 8180 Traveler 004 [AMF-CAF-NHF-RDF] #Sitz Traveler 8180 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
SAV 004 Density 4336 [AMF-CAF-NHF] +Boyd Forever Lady 8003<br />
+14725035 SAV May 7238 #+Leachman Right Time<br />
#SAR Prospector May 9124<br />
#Vermilion Dateline 7078 [AMF-CAF-NHF] #Connealy Dateline<br />
TLR Miss Eileenmere B39 #Vermilion Blackbird 5044<br />
1<strong>40</strong>18111 TLR Miss Eileenmere 7-33 Turnpike RR Traveler 171<br />
TLR Miss Eileenmere L71<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
+0 .27 +5.2 .35 +51 .26 +94 .18 +21 .20<br />
S-CWT S-MRB S-RE S-Fat D-CWT D-MRB D-RE D-Fat<br />
+23 +.22 +.29 +.056 N/A N/A N/A N/A<br />
$W +19.31 $F +32.78 $G N/A $B N/A<br />
Owned by Timber Line Ranch<br />
• Miss Eileenmere W19 is sired by Density 4336, the $55,000 third<br />
high-selling bull of the 2005 Schaff’s <strong>Angus</strong> Sale, while her dam is a<br />
powerful daughter of Dateline 7078 and Traveler 171.<br />
• Miss Eileenmere W19 posts an individual WR 100, while her dam,<br />
Miss Eileenmere B39 records a WR 7@99.<br />
• Bred 5/25/10 to SAV Iron Mountain 8066.<br />
14<br />
31<br />
VDAR Lass 0<strong>40</strong>8 / Lot 31<br />
V D A R Lass 0<strong>40</strong>8<br />
Birth Date: 1-3-2010 Cow +16651714 Tattoo: 0<strong>40</strong>8<br />
#N Bar Emulation EXT [AMF-CAF-NHF] #Emulation N Bar 5522<br />
N Bar Shadow X4124 N Bar Primrose 2424<br />
12128600 #N Bar Enchantress 4908 Basin Emulation 5953<br />
Coffey Enchantress 424<br />
#B/R New Design 036 [AMF-NHF] #VDAR New Trend 315 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
Callaways Lass 0370 B/R Blackcap Empress 76<br />
+14134<strong>40</strong>9 #VDAR Lass 5186 #VDAR Rito 953 [AMF]<br />
Gladwall GV Lass 8270<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
I+8 .05 I+.4 .05 I+35 .05 I+61 .05 I+25 .05<br />
CWT I+9 MRB I+.23 RE I+.23 FAT I+.003<br />
$W +28.01 $F +7.31 $G +21.76 $B +36.02<br />
Owned by Van Dyke <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch<br />
• Lass 0<strong>40</strong>8 is an own daughter of the high maternal and performance<br />
sire Shadow X4124 that stems from the former Callaways donor Lass<br />
0370.<br />
• Her dam, Lass 0370 is an outstanding daughter of the performance<br />
and carcass sire New Design 036 from the legendary Van Dyke donor,<br />
Lass 5186 and posts a BR 3@99, a WR 3@119 and a YR 3@103 along<br />
with ultrasound ratios of 24@100 for IMF and REA.<br />
• Maternal siblings to Lass 0370 include: New Design 2122, a proven<br />
member of the Van Dyke herd sire lineup; Right Time 3045, another<br />
proven herd sire; and Lass 8516, a second generation Van Dyke<br />
donor that has produced the many high selling bulls including the<br />
$18,000 Sentinel 3016; the $13,000 valued Special Design 3026 at<br />
Currant Creek <strong>Angus</strong> and New Day 5019 the $10,000 high-selling bull<br />
of the 2010 Sale.
Daughters of the Big Sky<br />
Open Heifers<br />
WMR Pride 03 /<br />
Lot 32<br />
32<br />
WMR Pride 03<br />
Birth Date: 1-14-2010 Cow 16652077 Tattoo: 03<br />
+Leachman Right Time 338-5605 #Hyline Right Time 338 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
WMR Timeless 458 [AMF-CAF-NHF] +Leachman Erica 1201<br />
16226527 WMR Blackcap 521 [AMF] WMR Dateline 210<br />
WMR Blackcap 043<br />
SRA 2418 of RR 303 #Hero 6267 of RR 2418<br />
WMR Pride 857<br />
+JR Forever 131I<br />
16226435 #WMR Pride 045 [AMF] #HC Sitz Traveler 602<br />
WMR Pride 705<br />
S<br />
D<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
+8 .23 +1.2 .35 +66 .25 +116 .23 +21 .12<br />
I+2 .05 I+2.8 .05 I+58 .05 I+102 .05 I+27 .05<br />
S-CWT S-MRB S-RE S-Fat D-CWT D-MRB D-RE D-Fat<br />
+27 +.34 +.16 +.017 I+9 I+.20 I-.26 I+.022<br />
S-$W S-$F S-$G S-$B D-$W D-$F D-$G D-$B<br />
+30.95 +49.70 +19.69 +54.96 +28.12 +38.18 +10.95 +31.65<br />
Owned by Wheeler Mountain <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch<br />
• Pride 03 is an exciting brood cow prospect that blends the young<br />
high growth sire Timeless 458 with Pride 857 the 2418 and Traveler<br />
602.<br />
33<br />
V D A R Elluna 0423<br />
Birth Date: 1-16-2010 Cow 16650369 Tattoo: 0423<br />
#CH Quantum 6247 #CH Quantum 3330<br />
Cole Creek Black Cedar 46P CH Blackbird 0136<br />
14496765 Cole Creek Clova Juanada 67 #AAR Windy Ridge 523<br />
Cole Creek Clova Juanada 811<br />
#+Leachman Right Time<br />
#N Bar Emulation EXT [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
VDAR Elluna 5752 Leachman Erica 0025<br />
+15020954 +VDAR Elluna 7318 #Paramont Ambush 2172 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
#+VDAR Elluna 4167<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
I+4 .05 I+2.5 .05 I+45 .05 I+83 .05 I+21 .05<br />
CWT I+12 MRB I+.13 RE I+.14 FAT I+.014<br />
$W +24.41 $F +24.18 $G +14.54 $B +34.47<br />
Owned by Van Dyke <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch<br />
• Elluna 0423 is a powerful daughter of the exciting young sire,<br />
• Black Cedar 46P whose dam, Elluna 5752 blends Right Time and<br />
ambush 2172 with an own daughter of the $36,000 valued Sweetwater<br />
Plantation donor, Elluna 97.<br />
• Elluna 5752 the dam of Lot 33 posts a WR 2@113 and a YR 2@110<br />
while showing ultrasound ratios of IMF 1@125 and REA 1@113.<br />
• The grandam, Elluns 4167 is proven herd sire producer that has<br />
raised the $25,000 selection of Big Rok <strong>Angus</strong> and SHB <strong>Angus</strong>; and<br />
Schurrtop<br />
Tradition a past high-selling bull at the Midland Bull Test.<br />
VDAR Elluna 0423 /<br />
Lot 33<br />
WMR Timeless 458 / A daughter of this<br />
Accelerated Genetics roster member sells as Lot 33.<br />
15
Daughters of the Big Sky<br />
Open Heifers<br />
WMR<br />
Blackcap 010 /<br />
Lot 34<br />
34<br />
WMR Blackcap 010<br />
Birth Date: 1-17-2010 Cow 16652074 Tattoo: 010<br />
+Leachman Right Time 338-5605 #Hyline Right Time 338 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
WMR Timeless 458 [AMF-CAF-NHF] +Leachman Erica 1201<br />
16226527 WMR Blackcap 521 [AMF] WMR Dateline 210<br />
WMR Blackcap 043<br />
SRA 2418 of RR 303 #Hero 6267 of RR 2418<br />
WMR Blackcap 860<br />
+JR Forever 131I<br />
16226450 WMR Blackcap 258 Apex Sasquatch 2299<br />
WMR Blackcap 849 [AMF]<br />
S<br />
D<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
+8 .23 +1.2 .35 +66 .25 +116 .23 +21 .12<br />
I+4 .05 I+2.1 .05 I+55 .05 I+91 .05 I+18 .05<br />
S-CWT S-MRB S-RE S-Fat D-CWT D-MRB D-RE D-Fat<br />
+27 +.34 +.16 +.017 N/A N/A N/A N/A<br />
S-$W S-$F S-$G S-$B D-$W D-$F D-$G D-$B<br />
+30.95 +49.70 +19.69 +54.96 +29.02 +28.23 N/A N/A<br />
Owned by Wheeler Mountain <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch<br />
• Blackcap 010 is another top daughter of the $32,000 valued high<br />
growth sire Timeless 458 recently leased to Accelerated Genetics,<br />
while her dam combines the sires SRA 2418 and Sasquatch 2299.<br />
35<br />
SD O Rose529<br />
Birth Date: 1-17-2010 Cow 16667716 Tattoo: X529<br />
#Sitz Traveler 8180 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
#GDAR Traveler 71 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
SAV Final Answer 0035 [AMF-CAF-NHF] Sitz Everelda Entense 1137<br />
#13592905 SAV Emulous 8145 #Bon View Bando 598 [CAC-AMF]<br />
SAV Sky Emulous 2124<br />
#+SAF Strategy 9015 [AMF-CAF-NHF] #SAF Focus of ER [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
SD O Rose 029 +SAF Royal Queen 5084<br />
#151<strong>40</strong>214 +SD Juice Oscar 262 #+JR Juice Z005<br />
#Vermilion O Rose 5119<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
I+7 .05 I+1.1 .05 I+57 .05 I+95 .05 I+23 .05<br />
CWT I+9 MRB I+.41 RE I+.19 FAT I+.041<br />
$W +32.14 $F +31.44 $G +23.34 $B +42.35<br />
Owned by Split Diamond Ranch<br />
• Roses 29 is an exciting donor and brood cow prospect sired by<br />
the multi-trait Genex/CRI roster member Final Answer while her dam<br />
combines the Pathfinder Sire Strategy with Juice Z005.<br />
• Rose 029, the dam of Lot 35, records a WR 2@105 and a YR 2@105<br />
along with ultrasound ratios of IMF 3@121 and REA 3@106.<br />
• Maternal siblings to Lot 35 include a $10,000 bull that headlined a<br />
past Split Diamond bull sale.<br />
SD O Rose 529 /<br />
Lot 35<br />
SD O Rose 029 /<br />
The dam of Lot 35.<br />
16
36<br />
V D A R Beauty 0328<br />
Birth Date: 1-19-2010 Cow 16638809 Tattoo: 0328<br />
Sitz Alliance 4976<br />
#Sitz Traveler 8180 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
VDAR Headliner 4268 #Sitz Barbaramere 2582<br />
16107394 VDAR Blackbird 5625 #BCC Bushwacker 41-93 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
VDAR Blackbird 2031<br />
VDAR Enterprise 1112 VDAR Enterprise 2059<br />
VDAR Beauty 5668 [AMF] #VDAR Miss Wix 8037<br />
15023596 +VDAR Beauty 1152 #Sitz Traveler 9929<br />
#+VDAR Beauty 900<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
I+9 .05 I+.9 .05 I+49 .05 I+82 .05 I+24 .05<br />
CWT I+2 MRB I+.28 RE I-.22 FAT I+.013<br />
$W +30.88 $F +21.72 $G +17.89 $B +28.34<br />
Owned by Van Dyke <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch<br />
• Beauty 0328 blends the young, high spread sire Headliner with an<br />
Enterprise and Traveler 9929 daughter of the Van Dyke Beauty family.<br />
• Her dam, Beauty 5668 posts a WR 2@104 and a YR 2@103.<br />
Daughters of the Big Sky<br />
Open Heifers<br />
VDAR Beauty 0328 / She sells as Lot 36.<br />
37<br />
C L Everelda Entense X0<strong>40</strong><br />
Birth Date: 1-20-2010 Cow 16662655 Tattoo: X0<strong>40</strong><br />
#+OCC Emblazon 854E [CAF]<br />
#DHD Traveler 6807 [AMF-NHF]<br />
Garret’s Nationwide 800I Dixie Erica of CH 1019<br />
+15671197 +Boyd Forever Lady 8003 #AAR New Trend<br />
SVF Forever Lady 57D<br />
38<br />
CL Everelda Entense X0<strong>40</strong> / Lot 37<br />
SD Polly 789<br />
Birth Date: 1-21-2010 Cow +16667715 Tattoo: X789<br />
Connealy Onward [AMF-CAF-NHF] #Connealy Lead On [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
Sitz Upward 307R [AMF-CAF-NHF] Altune of Conanga 6104<br />
14963730 Sitz Henrietta Pride 81M #Sitz Value 7097 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
Sitz Henrietta Pride 1370<br />
#Traveler 124 GDAR<br />
#QAS Traveler 23-4 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
Big Rok Polly 020<br />
Rachel Rito 813 GDAR<br />
+13619079 +VDAR Polly <strong>40</strong>04 #VDAR Rito 953 [AMF]<br />
VDAR Polly 215<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
I+7 .05 I+1.4 .05 I+52 .05 I+98 .05 I+34 .05<br />
CWT I+18 MRB I+.31 RE I+.09 FAT I+.012<br />
$W +28.54 $F +36.45 $G +20.15 $B +47.24<br />
Owned by Split Diamond Ranch<br />
• Polly 789 is an outstanding brood cow prospect that blends the<br />
exciting Genex/CRI roster member Upward 307R with a Traveler 124<br />
and Rito 953 daughter of the storied Van Dyke Polly family.<br />
• The dam, Polly 020 posts a WR 4@102 while showing ultrasound<br />
ratios of IMF 20@101 and REA 20@99. Nine daughters of Polly 020<br />
maintain a combined WR 14@104.<br />
• A maternal brother to Lot 38 was a $3,250 feature of the 2010 Split<br />
Diamond Bull Sale.<br />
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#Bon View New Design 1<strong>40</strong>7 [AMF-CAF-NHF] #B/R New Design 036 [AMF-NHF]<br />
CL Everelda Entense 29T Bon View Pride 664<br />
+15905761 +BT Everelda Entense 595L #AAR New Trend<br />
Sitz Everelda Entense 1905<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
I+8 .05 I+1.0 .29 I+49 .27 I+88 .05 I+28 .13<br />
CWT I+13 MRB I+.30 RE I+.48 FAT I+.027<br />
$W +29.57 $F +27.56 $G +24.15 $B +45.61<br />
Owned by Circle L <strong>Angus</strong><br />
• Everelda Entense X0<strong>40</strong> is by the exciting power and performance<br />
sire Nationwide 800I, while her dam blends the Pathfinder Sires<br />
New Design 1<strong>40</strong>7 and New Trend with the legendary donor Everelda<br />
Entense 1905.<br />
• Everelda Entense X0<strong>40</strong> posts an individual BR 88 and a WR 109. Her<br />
dam, Everelda Entense 29T records a BR 2@89, a WR 2@109 and a<br />
YR 1@109.<br />
• A maternal brother to Lot 37 was the $5,250 feature in the 2009<br />
Circle L Sale.<br />
• Maternal sisters to the grandam of Lot 37 include: Everelda Entense<br />
76D, a featured donor at Riverbend Ranches who has amassed<br />
more than $1 million in progeny sales; the $380,000 valued Everelda<br />
Entense 57D; the $100,000 Everelda Entense 572H; and the $44,000<br />
Everelda Entense 55D.<br />
SD Polly 789 / Lot 38
Daughters of the Big Sky<br />
Open Heifers<br />
41<br />
Leachman Blackbird 0022<br />
Birth Date: 2-11-2010 Cow 16651007 Tattoo: 0022<br />
Connealy Onward [AMF-CAF-NHF] #Connealy Lead On [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
Sitz Upward 307R [AMF-CAF-NHF] Altune of Conanga 6104<br />
14963730 Sitz Henrietta Pride 81M #Sitz Value 7097 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
Sitz Henrietta Pride 1370<br />
YA Bluebird Lass 006 / Lot 39<br />
#KCF Bennett Total [AMF-CAF-NHF] #Sitz Alliance 6595 [AMF-NHF]<br />
Leachman Blackbird 6001 Ext of Conanga 6790<br />
15444212 Leachman Blackbird <strong>40</strong>33 [AMF] #Summitcrest Hi Flyer 3B18 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
+Leachman Blackbird 2229<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
I+5 .05 I+2.1 .05 I+60 .05 I+112 .05 I+32 .05<br />
CWT I+24 MRB I+.29 RE I+.30 FAT I+.024<br />
$W +28.27 $F +47.89 $G +19.64 $B +53.05<br />
Owned by Leachman <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch<br />
• Blackbird 0022 is another top daughter from the storied Leachman<br />
Blackcap family blending the elite sires Upward 307R, Bennett Total<br />
and Hi Flyer.<br />
• Her dam, Blackbird 6001 records a WR 1@106, a YR 1@108 and a<br />
REA ratio 1@113.<br />
39<br />
YA Bluebird Lass 006<br />
Birth Date: 1-24-2010 Cow +16645813 Tattoo: 006<br />
#DHD Traveler 6807 [AMF-NHF]<br />
#QAS Traveler 23-4 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
OCC Emblazon 854E [CAF] #Bemindful Maid DHD 0807<br />
#+12514348 Dixie Erica of CH 1019 #PBC 707 1M F0203<br />
Dixie Erica of CH 615<br />
+YA Rito 71 Enduro 709<br />
#GDAR Traveler 71 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
Ya Bluebird Lass 960<br />
#YA Rito Black Belle 47 Rita<br />
#13425984 YA Bluebird Lass 724 #Papa Equator 2928 [AMF-NHF]<br />
YA Highroller Lass 202<br />
I+4 .05 I+2.5 .05 I+45 .05 I+73 .05 I+22 .05<br />
CWT I+1 MRB I-.06 RE I+.13 FAT I-.014<br />
$W +28.12 $F +14.69 $G +10.68 $B +18.56<br />
Owned by Yadon <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch<br />
• Bluebird Lass 006 is a direct daughter of the well-known maternal<br />
and performance sire Emblazon 854E while stemming from the<br />
famous Bluebird Lass family.<br />
• Her dam, Bluebird Lass 960 is a Pathfinder daughter of Enduro<br />
709 and posts a WR 7@112 and a YR 3@112 along with a REA ratio<br />
4@105. Three daughters of Bluebird Lass maintain a combined WR<br />
6@105.<br />
• Full sibling embryos to Lot 39 sold for $350 per embryo through the<br />
2009 Montana Supreme Sale to Tom McBee.<br />
<strong>40</strong><br />
PAPA Erica Lassie 1002<br />
Birth Date: 2-10-2010 Cow Reg.No.Pdg. Tattoo: 1002<br />
Sinclair Open Range 2Q23 [AMF-CAF-NHF] #Rito 6I6 of 4B20 6807 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
Sinclair Ranger 6Q23 [AMF-NHF] SCC Majesty K024 853<br />
15365599 +Sinclair Blackcap 2C7 7856 #Papa Rito T Intense DHD 6844<br />
#Papa Blackcap Mc Henry 7856<br />
Papa Romeo 8050<br />
#Papa Universe 515 [AMF-NHF]<br />
Papa Erica Lassie 0511 #Papa Blackcap Effie 469<br />
+15117667 KMA Erica Lassie 0118 #PS Power Play [RTF]<br />
Erica Lassie KMA 2003<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
+10 .35 -.5 .55 +41 .41 +71 .34 +20 .18<br />
-2 .23 +4.0 .32 +39 .26 +62 .21 +14 .30<br />
S<br />
D<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
S-CWT S-MRB S-RE S-Fat D-CWT D-MRB D-RE D-Fat<br />
+8 +.31 -.11 +.023 I-1 I+.17 I-.26 I-.013<br />
S-$W S-$F S-$G S-$B D-$W D-$F D-$G D-$B<br />
+28.92 +14.28 +17.92 +32.56 +20.11 +6.82 +16.56 +20.92<br />
Owned by PAPA Land and Livestock<br />
• Erica Lassie 1002 is an outstanding daughter of the performance<br />
sire Ranger 6Q23 while her high performing dam blends Romeo and<br />
Power Play.<br />
• Erica Lassie 0118, the grandam of Lot <strong>40</strong>, posts a WR 6@105, a YR<br />
1@110 and an IMF ratio 43@100. Seventeen daughters of Erica Lassie<br />
0118 maintain a combined WR 43@100.<br />
42<br />
Leachman Blackbird 0022 / Lot 41<br />
Leachman Erica 0034<br />
Birth Date: 2-13-2010 Cow 16648585 Tattoo: 0034<br />
TC Total 410 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
#Bon View New Design 208 [CAC-AMF-NHF]<br />
TC Franklin 619 [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
+TC Erica Eileen 2047 [NHC-AMF]<br />
+15462648 #TC Marcia 1069 #Connealy Forefront [AMF-CAF-NHF]<br />
TC Marcia 7105<br />
#+B/R New Frontier 095 [AMF-CAF-NHF] #B/R New Design 036 [AMF-NHF]<br />
Leachman Erica 5002<br />
White Fence Pride H1<br />
15033689 #Leachman Erica 2049 Leachman Quest<br />
+Leachman Erica 8275<br />
CED BW WW YW MILK<br />
I+7 .05 I+2.0 .05 I+52 .05 I+90 .05 I+26 .05<br />
S-CWT S-MRB S-RE S-Fat D-CWT D-MRB D-RE D-Fat<br />
+9 +.73 +.18 -.016 I+20 I+.51 I+.13 I-.003<br />
$W +29.23 $F +28.39 $G N/A $B N/A<br />
Owned by Leachman <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch<br />
• Erica 0034 is a direct daughter of the TC Ranch and Vermillion<br />
Ranch sire Franklin 619 while her dam blends the strengths of New<br />
Frontier 095 and Quest.<br />
• Her sire Franklin 619 is making a name for himself as he posts a WR<br />
@100 and an IMF ratio 453@107.<br />
Leachman Erica 0034 / Lot 42<br />
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Tour Schedule<br />
2010 National <strong>Angus</strong> Conference & Tour<br />
Bozeman, Montana<br />
Tuesday, September 14<br />
10 a.m. South Montana <strong>Angus</strong> Association Golf Tournament, Bridger Creek Golf Course<br />
2 p.m. Registration opens, GranTree Inn<br />
5:30 p.m. Registration closes, GranTree Inn<br />
6 p.m. Welcome Reception, GranTree Inn<br />
Wednesday, September 15<br />
6:30 a.m. Breakfast<br />
7 a.m. Registration opens, GranTree Inn<br />
8 a.m. National <strong>Angus</strong> Conference begins, GranTree Inn<br />
• Welcome, Bill Davis, President, American <strong>Angus</strong> Association<br />
• Bridging the Gap from Producer to Consumer, Tracey Erickson, Vice President, Certified <strong>Angus</strong> Beef LLC<br />
• Leadership in the Kitchen and Dining Room,<br />
Chef John Doherty, Wolfpak Hospitality<br />
• Break<br />
• Why Animal Industries are so Vulnerable to Today’s<br />
Instantaneous Communications, Charlie Powell,<br />
Washington State University<br />
• Sustained Nutrition and Lifetime Performance,<br />
Lee Dickerson, Purina Mills LLC<br />
12:15 p.m. Lunch<br />
• State of the Beef Industry with a Focus on the Opportunities<br />
that Lie Ahead, Randy Blach, CEO, Cattle-Fax<br />
• Conference Wrap-up, Bryce Schumann, CEO,<br />
American <strong>Angus</strong> Association<br />
3:15 p.m. Load buses<br />
Depart for KG Ranch for dinner and kick off to National <strong>Angus</strong> Tour<br />
KG Ranch, Three Forks<br />
Guests: Heide Ranch of Boulder, Timber Line Ranch of Belgrade,<br />
Alberda <strong>Angus</strong> of Bozeman, Circle L <strong>Angus</strong> of Wise River<br />
5:00 p.m. MT <strong>Angus</strong> Auxilary meeting at KG Ranch<br />
7 p.m. Load buses - Depart KG Ranch<br />
8:15 p.m. Arrive at GranTree Inn, Bozeman<br />
Thursday, September 16, National <strong>Angus</strong> Tour, Day 1<br />
7:15 a.m. Load buses at GranTree Inn<br />
Hyline <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch, Bozeman — Breakfast<br />
Armstrong <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch, Cardwell<br />
Wheeler Mountain Ranch, Whitehall — Lunch<br />
Guest: South Boulder <strong>Angus</strong> of Cardwell<br />
Split Diamond Ranch, Whitehall<br />
Van Dyke <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch, Manhattan — Dinner<br />
Guests: Yadon <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch of Manhattan, Kimm <strong>Angus</strong> of Manhattan,<br />
PAPA Livestock of Belgrade, Westra <strong>Angus</strong> of Manhattan<br />
7 p.m. Arrive at GranTree Inn, Bozeman<br />
Friday, September 16, National <strong>Angus</strong> Tour, Day 2<br />
6:45 a.m. Load buses at GranTree Inn, Bozeman<br />
Montana State University Bioscience Lab, Bozeman — Breakfast<br />
Leachman <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch, Toston<br />
Guests: Thousand Hills <strong>Angus</strong> of Toston, GaLor <strong>Angus</strong> of<br />
Townsend, Reyher Embryonics of Belgrade<br />
Sitz <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch, Harrison — Lunch<br />
2:30 p.m. Buses depart for either GranTree Inn or KG Ranch (for South Montana <strong>Angus</strong> Association Elite Female Sale)<br />
3:30 p.m. Buses arrive at GranTree Inn for afternoon departures<br />
4 p.m. Sale at KG Ranch<br />
6 p.m. Buses depart after sale<br />
7 p.m. Buses arrive at GranTree Inn following sale<br />
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Daughters of the Big Sky<br />
Tour Participants<br />
Tour Stop: KG Ranch, Three Forks<br />
Established in 1978, KG ranch is headquartered south<br />
of Three Forks, Mont., along the Jefferson River. What<br />
started as a small 300-acre parcel has matured into one of<br />
the largest registered <strong>Angus</strong> herds in the United States.<br />
KG Ranch is the pride of owners Paul and Kaye<br />
Doddridge. The ranch is comprised of about 30,000 acres,<br />
ranging in elevation from 4,300 feet (ft.) to 7,500 ft. Greg<br />
Strohecker has managed the ranch for the past 30 years,<br />
building it into what it is today.<br />
A horseback outfit for sure, hardly a day goes by that the<br />
horses aren’t wrangled in for the cowboys to do their work.<br />
The KG Ranch crew has a passion for ranching and <strong>Angus</strong><br />
cows.<br />
Visitors to KG often comment on the working facilities.<br />
The ranch has an outstanding set of pens to work with on a<br />
daily basis, easing cattle processing for both the cattle and<br />
the crew. The buildings, working facilities, feedlots and<br />
homes have all been built by Greg and the KG crew.<br />
In 2006 expansion was necessary, and a weaning bull<br />
development facility was built at KG Ranch’s Sappington<br />
division. Seven large pens designed with the feed at the top<br />
and water at the bottom of a slight hill in between ensure<br />
young bulls get a lot of exercise during development.<br />
Spring 2010 will see 1,000 calves born to the KG cow herd<br />
from KG Ranch-owned bulls such as Connealy Contrast,<br />
Rainmaker 9723, Alliance 7544 and Sitz Wisdom.<br />
The KG ranch annual production sale hosted the first<br />
Friday in December is the highlight of the year. The sale<br />
features 200 coming 2-year-old bulls and <strong>40</strong>0 synchronized<br />
and artificially inseminated (AI) commercial bred heifers.<br />
KG also sells bulls by private treaty each spring. Quality<br />
<strong>Angus</strong> cattle and repeat customers never go out of style at<br />
the KG ranch.<br />
This year’s reference sires include HA Image Maker 0415,<br />
B/R New Frontier 095, Bon-View New Design 1<strong>40</strong>7, HSAF<br />
Bando 1961, and Connealy Packer 547. Cleanup bulls are<br />
sons of Mytty in Focus and 55 Objective.<br />
The Heides say they are fortunate to have the same<br />
employee with them for the past 20 years. Steve and his<br />
family live in Boulder, where he teaches science at Jefferson<br />
High School. He works in the summer and whenever<br />
needed throughout the year.<br />
Circle L <strong>Angus</strong> (guest at KG Ranch)<br />
Cory and Kari Lamey of Circle L <strong>Angus</strong> welcome you to<br />
the South Montana <strong>Angus</strong> Tour. While the tour will not<br />
reach into their Big Hole Valley, Circle L will display cattle<br />
at KG Ranch.<br />
In the late 1980s the Lameys made their first registered<br />
<strong>Angus</strong> selections, adding to their existing commercial herd.<br />
By 2001, they selected top donor prospects from proven cow<br />
families Sinclair Lady 4465, Sitz Everelda Entense 1905,<br />
Stevenson Enchantress 16A, BT Nellie 286K, Leachman<br />
Lass 5008 and Davis Blackbird 558H. The daughters and<br />
granddaughters of these legendary females are making an<br />
impact in the herd, thus establishing Circle L <strong>Angus</strong>.<br />
As third-generation ranchers, the Lameys are in touch<br />
with the demands and needs of the business and take great<br />
satisfaction in producing quality seedstock. In 2008, they<br />
hosted a female sale, and they will host their third annual<br />
bull sale in Dillon, Mont., this spring. They plan to offer<br />
a select group of females in the female sale being held in<br />
conjunction with the tour.<br />
Heide <strong>Angus</strong> (guest at KG Ranch)<br />
John and Nancy Heide welcome you to Heide Ranch and<br />
the South Montana <strong>Angus</strong> Tour.<br />
Heide Ranch was established in 1956 and is located<br />
between Butte and Helena in the North Boulder Valley.<br />
The registered herd began in 1983 when daughter Paula<br />
purchased a 4-H heifer from Harry Morris at Divide, Mont.<br />
The herd has grown to 100 cows plus the commercial herd.<br />
All of the registered cows are artificially inseminated for<br />
one cycle to top sires in the industry. The Heides keep the<br />
top 50% of the bull calf crop. The bulls are wintered at the<br />
ranch with a bull grower pellet along with free-choice grass<br />
hay. They are then offered for sale by private treaty after<br />
Feb. 1. The Heides also sell some heifer calves and bred<br />
heifers.<br />
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Daughters of the Big Sky<br />
Tour Participants<br />
Alberda <strong>Angus</strong> (guest at KG Ranch)<br />
Jon Alberda’s father, Joe, purchased the ranch in 1952.<br />
He; Jon; and his two brothers, George and Doug, ran<br />
the ranch until three years ago. Jon and Norma are now<br />
operating the ranch.<br />
Jon and Norma raised three children. Son Dan and his<br />
wife, Shara-lyn, have three children: Olivia, Travis and<br />
Sonja. Dan works at the Stillwater Mine in Columbus,<br />
Mont. Daughter Shannon has three children: Ashley, Kelsey<br />
and Cole. Shannon helps on the ranch. Son Joe died in<br />
1998.<br />
“Faith in God and family are the biggest parts of our lives,”<br />
the Alberdas note.<br />
Jon and Norma say they are privileged to live in the<br />
country and work with the cattle and the people in the<br />
<strong>Angus</strong> business. They have about 150 mother cows and sell<br />
cattle by private treaty.<br />
The Alberdas have a simple idea about breeding cattle:<br />
“First they have to look the part. They have to be real deep,<br />
lots of rib and easy-fleshing. If we have a good cow, then<br />
she’ll give us a good bull calf.”<br />
Home to Alberda Traveler 416, his bloodline continues in<br />
the herd.<br />
Elmose <strong>Angus</strong> (guest at KG Ranch)<br />
We are located at the very West end of the rich and<br />
pristine Gallatin Valley. The ranch itself has been in our<br />
family from the beginning, homesteaded in 1911 by my<br />
great grandfather, and will celebrate 100 years as a family<br />
ranch nest year. The Gallatin Valley is somewhat drier and<br />
warmer, enabling us to do more sooner than most of the<br />
surrounding area.<br />
We now lease the ranch from Mike’s mom (Jo) and<br />
are primarily a co-op herd for various ranches, inserting<br />
embryo’s for them and ourselves. We have a small <strong>Angus</strong><br />
herd, an excavating company, sell horse hay and have 350<br />
acres of irrigated crops. We market bulls and females at the<br />
NILE, test stations and privately.<br />
We strive for thick, high performance no-nonsense cattle<br />
that are problem free and profitable. We have two grown<br />
children Jodi, Ty and Ashlyn (our first grandchild) teach in<br />
East Helena and Casey and Niki are here on the ranch with<br />
Cathy and myself.<br />
We want to thank Paul, Greg, and Ron for allowing us to<br />
display and participate at the KG Ranch facility.<br />
Timber Line Ranch (guest at KG Ranch)<br />
Timber Line Ranch has been producing <strong>Angus</strong> cattle<br />
since 1948 and has registered cows since 1954. The ranch<br />
is located 23 miles north of Bozeman at the foot of Flathead<br />
Pass in the Bridger Mountains. The beauty of the Gallatin<br />
Valley lured Jason Callantine’s grandfather’s brother, Felix<br />
Callantine, to homestead the ranch in 1882 after working<br />
the railroad grade to the Northern Pacific Railroad. Jason<br />
is the fourth generation to ranch here, and he does so with<br />
his wife, Jane, and daughters Catherine, 16, and Krista, 12.<br />
Catherine is currently Montana <strong>Angus</strong> Queen and Krista is<br />
Montana <strong>Angus</strong> Princess.<br />
Although the operation has endured some changes,<br />
the goals of the cow herd have remained the same. The<br />
Callantines will not tolerate excess calving problems; the<br />
cows must have adequate milk and above-average growth<br />
on a moderate frame. The Callantines expect them to breed<br />
back and maintain their condition on a moderate ration.<br />
Today the ranch maintains approximately 230 mother cows<br />
and sells commercial and registered bulls and heifers by<br />
private treaty.<br />
With the challenges of ranching in an ever-increasing<br />
urban environment, this is still “God’s Country,” say the<br />
Callantines, welcoming tour participants to South Montana.<br />
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Tour Stop: Hyline <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch, Bozeman<br />
Hyline <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch was started in 1959 when Ray Van<br />
Dyke purchased 10 registered heifers from Harrer’s Valley<br />
Grove <strong>Angus</strong>. From the beginning, the basic principles<br />
have been to have sound, functional cattle that work for<br />
commercial cattlemen.<br />
The Hyline herd got national recognition by bulls<br />
performing well in performance test stations. The cow herd<br />
is managed the same as a commercial herd - on grass all<br />
summer without creep.<br />
“By doing this we have been able to find the true great<br />
cows year after year,” Ben Van Dyke says.<br />
Through the years the Van Dykes have produced several<br />
breed-leading sires, such as Hyline Travel Agent, who sold<br />
for $180,000 in Hyline’s 1992 sale; Hyline SVF Rito 1116,<br />
who also sold in the 1992 sale to EE Ranches and went<br />
on to produce many great females still in the herd today.<br />
Through the years the ranch has produced many great<br />
females - like Pride of Hyline 80<strong>40</strong> and Hyline Pride Lucy<br />
8038 - who left a lasting impression on the <strong>Angus</strong> breed.<br />
In 1998, Hyline Right Time 338, an all-around<br />
performance bull used by many breeders, was born on the<br />
ranch. He has produced many sons that have been widely<br />
accepted by breeders across the country. 338 daughters are<br />
known for good udders, sound feet and legs, and producing<br />
calves year after year.
Daughters of the Big Sky<br />
Tour Participants<br />
Tour Stop: Armstrong <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch, Cardwell<br />
The Armstrongs represent the third and fourth generations<br />
to ranch in this valley. The registered herd began in 1974<br />
with three heifers from George’s uncles. In 1976, five heifers<br />
were bought from Bob Sitz, and later five more. Cows have<br />
also been added from the Glaus, Younkin and Van Dyke<br />
herds.<br />
The Armstrongs now manage 250 registered and 100<br />
commercial <strong>Angus</strong> cows with a few Aubrac cows. The cows<br />
mainly summer in the mountains and typically graze until<br />
they start calving in late January. The Armstrongs believe<br />
input costs must remain low in order to survive in the commercial<br />
cattle industry. They want low-maintenance, fertile<br />
cattle that produce into their teens. The program is based<br />
on calving ease and fertility. Cows must have good udder<br />
structure and small teats. Bulls must be masculine, have<br />
tight sheaths and be assertive breeders.<br />
Bulls that have worked well for the Armstrongs include:<br />
Biffles Emulous, Juanada Lad of RR, Sitz Marshal Pride,<br />
Emulation 31, Rito 149, QAS Traveler, Super Bank, Paramout<br />
Ambush 2172, Traveler 6807, JLB Exacto, Rito 6I6<br />
and two of their own bulls (VDAR Traveler 455 and AAR<br />
Extra 814). This year’s bull calves are mainly sired by BC<br />
Mid Emblazon 854E 702, SAV Final Answer, Jipsy Earl,<br />
AAR Extra 814, AAR Bushwacker 417, Sitz Alliance 7544,<br />
SS Objective T510 0T26 and VDAR Traveler 455.<br />
The Armstrongs believe everything on earth belongs to<br />
our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and that they are here<br />
to manage it for his glory. They are breeding cattle with the<br />
intent of helping commercial cattlemen remain in a profitable<br />
business. Their goal is to assist cattlemen in finding the<br />
cattle that suit them best. If they don’t have what a buyer is<br />
looking for, they will try to help them find it elsewhere.<br />
Tour Stop: Wheeler Mountain Ranch, Whitehall<br />
Wheeler Mountain Ranch is a family-owned and -operated<br />
ranch overseen by Ron and Kate Van Dyke, along with son<br />
David, daughters Stacy and Jacquie, and sons-in-law Brett<br />
and Philip, who are all integral parts of the operation.<br />
The Van Dykes have a long history in the <strong>Angus</strong> business,<br />
growing up with Hyline <strong>Angus</strong>. Ron’s first <strong>Angus</strong> heifer was<br />
an eighth-grade graduation gift from his father, Ray Van<br />
Dyke, in 1969. Ron’s herd grew from there, and his family<br />
set out on its own in 1988 to continue breeding the highperforming<br />
cattle they grew up with.<br />
The operation stocks 700 mother cows on more than<br />
<strong>40</strong>,000 acres, which means big short-grass sagebrush country<br />
on up to high-mountain meadows at 7,500 feet. Environment<br />
dictates cattle type. The Van Dykes require a mature<br />
cow to wean at least 50% of her weight. Moderation is key,<br />
as cows that get too big have a harder time weaning 50%,<br />
and cattle that are too small usually lack the performance required.<br />
Environment serves as the ranch’s best sorting stick,<br />
and their commercial customers appreciate the fact that they<br />
test their cattle in the real world.<br />
With this selection pressure, it stands to reason that bulls<br />
raised in the program would do well in the program. McBee<br />
WMR Super X 745 and WMR Dateline 210 are homeraised<br />
bulls that have left outstanding daughters. On the<br />
tour stop, you will see sire groups from proven sires like<br />
SRA 2418 of RR 303, Leachman Right Time 338-5605 and<br />
WMR Packer 1036, as well as the very first calves by Apex<br />
Windy 078 and WMR Timeless 458, their high-selling bull<br />
to Harrison Land and Cattle and a featured young sire at<br />
Accelerated Genetics.<br />
Bulls are sold in the ranch’s annual production sale hosted<br />
the fourth Tuesday of March. Cows are sold by private<br />
treaty.<br />
Meet Us In Montana<br />
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Daughters of the Big Sky<br />
Tour Participants<br />
South Boulder <strong>Angus</strong> (guest at Wheeler Mountain Ranch)<br />
Dennis and Val Houtzel were living in Illinois when they<br />
purchased their first registered <strong>Angus</strong> heifers from Bill<br />
Engelbrecht of Henry, Ill. Their family and their cows<br />
moved to southwest Montana in May 1997. They purchased<br />
their ranch, South Boulder <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch of Cardwell,<br />
Mont., in August 1999. With no useable structures available,<br />
Dennis and son Ryan started building - first a home, then<br />
the barn, then the corrals.<br />
In the meantime, they slowly grew their herd by retaining<br />
heifers. Bulls were marketed through the South Montana<br />
<strong>Angus</strong> Association Bull Sale. The Houtzels used AI on cows<br />
and heifers and bought the best bulls they could afford to<br />
buy. In 2006, they increased their herd by buying Gary and<br />
Ann Lower’s registered cow herd.<br />
The Houtzels currently manage about 70 registered cows<br />
and 20 commercial cows. Ryan and his fiancé, Royce<br />
Verploegen, help out as much as they can. Ryan takes time<br />
off from his job and helps with the haying. Royce, who<br />
works at Milk River Genetics, does the ranch’s embryo<br />
transfer work.<br />
The Houtzels believe in a female that is structurally sound,<br />
with good feet and legs to travel. She must have depth of<br />
body for capacity to hold plenty of feed, not only to take<br />
care of herself, but to convert that feed to milk and put<br />
it through an excellent udder so she can wean a calf that<br />
weighs at least half as much as she does. When choosing<br />
bulls to sell as yearlings or bulls to purchase or use via AI,<br />
the Houtzels look for length of body, depth of body for<br />
capacity, and structural soundness in feet and legs. They<br />
don’t have any particular paternal bloodlines but are heavily<br />
influenced by the Forever Lady maternal lines. Bulls and<br />
heifers are grown on a high-forage, low-grain diet and are<br />
sold private treaty every spring.<br />
the Buckners to AI more than 200 cows and implant 120<br />
embryos per year.<br />
The Buckners use maternally superior sires with curvebending<br />
genetics to promote easier calving and higher<br />
weaning weights. The herd is heavily influenced by N-Bar<br />
Emulation EXT, Sitz Traveler 8180, Traveler 124, Right<br />
Time, Band 105, and Bando 155. More recent use of In<br />
Focus, Image Maker, Connealy Lead On, SAV Final<br />
Answer 0035 and Justice N013 has allowed the Buckners to<br />
continue to produce efficient, long-lasting females and bulls.<br />
Cows with bull calves summer in the Big Hole Valley on<br />
high-altitude grass, which promotes muscle growth and<br />
development. The bulls are weaned at the end of August<br />
and put on green grass pasture for <strong>40</strong> days until they begin<br />
a 110-day performance test on a high-roughage ration<br />
targeted for gains of 3 pounds per day prior to sale. Bulls<br />
and replacement heifers are scanned by ultrasound for<br />
carcass merit as yearlings. Calves are tested for bovine viral<br />
diarrhea at birth, along with any new arrivals to the ranch.<br />
The Buckners will sell 100 yearling <strong>Angus</strong> bulls in their<br />
March spring bull sale. Females are marketed through their<br />
bull sale, the Northern International Livestock Exposition<br />
(NILE) in Billings, National Western Foundation Female<br />
Sale in Denver and by private treaty.<br />
The Buckners say they are very fortunate and proud to<br />
have the crew of Nacho Rodrigues, Chuck Walker and their<br />
families working with them.<br />
Tour Stop: Split Diamond Ranch, Whitehall<br />
Split Diamond Ranch originated in the higher mountains<br />
south of Wise River, Mont., in the 1970s. The Buckners<br />
moved to Whitehall in 1991 to increase the herd from 110<br />
pairs to the current 450 registered <strong>Angus</strong> females. The Wise<br />
River ranch is still used today as summer pasture for bred<br />
replacement heifers.<br />
Steve and Linda Buckner and Hans and Diana Buckner<br />
calve to be done in a 45-day period, beginning mid-January<br />
and lasting through February. Cows bred to calve in March<br />
and April are marketed in the fall. Maternally superior<br />
females with nursing ratios of 103% or higher and 100<br />
replacement heifers are AIed. The balance of the cows are<br />
used as recipient cows for the embryo program, allowing<br />
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Tour Stop: Van Dyke <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch, Manhattan<br />
Van Dyke <strong>Angus</strong> was started in 1960 by Clarence Van<br />
Dyke and is now run by Keith and Lee Van Dyke with the<br />
help of Paul and Nathan Feddes and Travis Kindred. The<br />
<strong>Angus</strong> herd consists of <strong>40</strong>0 registered cows, split between<br />
two different locations: one, east of Manhattan, Mont.; the<br />
other, the old home place between Bozeman and Churchill,<br />
Mont.<br />
The Van Dykes host an annual bull sale the last Thursday<br />
of February in which they sell 175 bulls. They sell 150<br />
females by private treaty in the fall. They also farm 1,500<br />
acres of irrigated and dry land.<br />
The philosophy at Van Dyke <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch is to breed<br />
profitable cattle for the commercial industry.<br />
“The most important decisions that we make here are the<br />
cattle we choose to keep in our herd,” Keith says. Fertility<br />
is a priority. If any cow does not breed within a 42-day<br />
window, she is culled regardless of who she is or what<br />
she has done. Other necessities are structural soundness,<br />
mothering ability, longevity, ease of fleshing, docile<br />
temperament and udder quality.
Yadon <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch (guest at Van Dyke <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch)<br />
Bob and Sally Yadon of Yadon <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch note that<br />
the Montana <strong>Angus</strong> Tour was last held in South Montana<br />
in 2003. In the last seven years, their family has grown.<br />
Morgan and Cassie joined the Yadon tribe in 2005. They<br />
now have four grandchildren.<br />
In 1983, Bob and Sally came back to the family farm where<br />
Bob grew up. It continues to be a family-run operation. Bob<br />
and Sally and their three dogs handle most of the day-to-day<br />
responsibilities, with their children throwing in and helping<br />
when they can.<br />
The Yadons purchased their first 10 registered cows from<br />
Dave Hinman in 1986. The herd foundation is built on Rito<br />
and Band 105 genetics. They strive to breed top-producing<br />
females, demanding that they have good udders and be<br />
highly maternal, with lots of volume. Many of the 2010 AI<br />
calves will be from top-performing HA Image Maker 0415<br />
and OCC Emblazon 854E sons the Yadons have sold to<br />
registered breeders. They used OCC Emblazon 854E once<br />
again in their AI program and will have some Emblazon ET<br />
calves out of the YA Bluebird Lass 960 cow along with some<br />
Quantum 3330 ET calves out of the old YA Highroller Lass<br />
2002 cow.<br />
The Yadons raise grass-alfalfa mix hay and certified seed.<br />
The Yadons say they have great water rights and irrigate<br />
with wheel lines, hand lines and flood irrigation. The ranch<br />
is 3<strong>40</strong> acres. They can pasture 75 pairs on this place and<br />
rent another 160 acres that allows them to stock 100 cows<br />
from year to year. They retain 25 replacements a year,<br />
selling the remainder by private treaty and consigning top<br />
heifers to the Montana Supreme Sale from time to time.<br />
The Yadons retain only the top-performing calves out of<br />
cows with good records. The rest make nice steers. Bull calf<br />
pairs have been summered on the same unimproved pasture<br />
for the last 24 years. Weaning weights have increased by<br />
200 pounds over time. The bulls are marketed private treaty<br />
and through the South Montana <strong>Angus</strong> Sale.<br />
“We love the land, the cattle, the life,” Bob and Sally<br />
emphasize.<br />
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Kimm <strong>Angus</strong> (guest at Van Dyke <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch)<br />
Kimm <strong>Angus</strong> is a family-run ranch located 14 miles south<br />
of Manhattan, Mont. You are welcomed to the ranch by<br />
Tom and Denise, Riley, and Harvey and Gretchen.<br />
In 1989, the Kimms purchased their first registered <strong>Angus</strong><br />
females from Van Dyke <strong>Angus</strong>. Then, in 1991, they selected<br />
a top heifer from McCumber <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch in North Dakota.<br />
With these foundation cows and the use of proven AI<br />
sires and ET, the Kimms have expanded their herd to 125<br />
registered cows.<br />
They strive to produce cattle with strong maternal traits<br />
that have deep capacity, good fleshing ability and they must<br />
breed back early.<br />
The Kimms retain the top 50% of the heifer calves as<br />
replacements. They castrate 50% of the bull calves to<br />
ensure that only the top end will be offered to customers.<br />
The Kimms market their bulls through the South Montana<br />
<strong>Angus</strong> Association Bull Test and Sale, which is the third<br />
Saturday in March at the Montana Livestock Auction in<br />
Ramsey, Mont. The remaining bulls and some of the females<br />
are sold private treaty.<br />
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PAPA Land and Livestock (guest at Van Dyke <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch)<br />
PAPA Ranch welcomes tour participants to the Gallatin<br />
Valley. PAPA Ranch was founded by Carol Davis and<br />
her late husband, Dale H. Davis, in 1984. Dale’s interest<br />
in registered <strong>Angus</strong> began a number of years before then.<br />
A highlight of these formative years was the consignment<br />
of a group of young sires by Rito N Bar to the 1967-1968<br />
Stanford Production Index Center test. When the test was<br />
complete RR Rito 707 was the high-gaining and high-yearling-weight<br />
bull, as well as the high seller. “707” was used<br />
quite extensively in many leading purebred and commercial<br />
performance herds.<br />
After the death of Dale’s first wife, he sold Rollin’ Rock<br />
<strong>Angus</strong> to his son, Bill Davis, but Dale’s love for the cattle<br />
industry and the <strong>Angus</strong> breed was in his blood. Thus, the<br />
birth of PAPA Ranch, PAPA standing for Practical And<br />
Predictable <strong>Angus</strong>.<br />
Practical cattle, Carol says, are cattle that will make customers<br />
the most net profit. It means live, vigorous calves<br />
born with little or no assistance and raised on their mama’s<br />
milk, without creep and a lot of fuss. It means heifers that<br />
calve as 2-year-olds are good mothers, raise a heavy calf at<br />
weaning and breed back on schedule under ordinary range<br />
conditions. It means cows with good dispositions that are<br />
structurally sound throughout their lifetime, with udders<br />
and teats that stay sound.<br />
Predictable means cattle that will breed like they look<br />
and like their expected progeny differences or individual<br />
performance records say they should, accomplished by using<br />
a consistent criteria selecting for economically important<br />
traits on an accurate within-herd comparison basis, year<br />
after year and generation after generation. To add predictability,<br />
PAPA Ranch linebreeds to a common ancestor that<br />
has proven him- or herself in the program to be a consistent<br />
producer of all the economically important traits in the<br />
proper balance - not spectacular in some traits and lacking<br />
in others.<br />
In the beginning Dale and Carol operated using two prefixes,<br />
DHD or PAPA Ranch. DHD and PAPA Ranch have<br />
linebred top pathfinder sires, including DHD Traveler 6807,<br />
PAPA Universe 515, PAPA Durabull 9805, PAPA Forte<br />
1921, PAPA Equator 2928, and PAPA Rito Intense 6844. In<br />
the PAPA Ranch Performance Foundation Female Sale in<br />
1998, PAPA sold 20 Pathfinder dams.<br />
The rebirth of PAPA Ranch Livestock LLC began in 2005.<br />
Grandson B.J. Playle and Carol are rebuilding with PAPA<br />
genetics sold to and now purchased from Sinclair Cattle<br />
Co. and Beartooth <strong>Angus</strong>. They have also accessed top<br />
PAPA genetics by AIing and implanting embryos preserved<br />
from eight PAPA Pathfinder dams. They are determined to<br />
continue the pursuit of the same objectives set forth in 1984<br />
in the birth of PAPA Ranch, Practical and Predicable <strong>Angus</strong><br />
that will make customers the most net profit.
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and celebrate Montana’s rich heritage in livestock and<br />
Westra <strong>Angus</strong> (guest at Van Dyke <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch)<br />
Westra <strong>Angus</strong> is a small ranch located in the middle of the<br />
Gallatin Valley, 6 miles west of Belgrade. The operation had<br />
its beginning in 1973 when owner Bernie Westra purchased<br />
his first commercial black <strong>Angus</strong>. For the next 20 years<br />
he built up his commercial herd by keeping replacement<br />
heifers. Bernie always enjoyed looking for a great bull to<br />
better the herd and increase those weaning weights.<br />
In 1995, Westra <strong>Angus</strong> changed its focus from commercial<br />
<strong>Angus</strong> to registered <strong>Angus</strong> with the purchase of 16<br />
registered <strong>Angus</strong> cows from friend Arnold Blanksma.<br />
Today Westra <strong>Angus</strong> consists of all registered <strong>Angus</strong><br />
cows and involves Bernie, son Kurt Westra and daughter<br />
Lisa Russell. The herd goes back to Rito 2100, VDAR 315,<br />
VDAR Lucy’s Boy and VDAR Right Time.<br />
The focus of the Westra breeding program is very<br />
selective. They strive for low birth weights, calving ease,<br />
growth and fleshing ability, udder quality, mild dispositions<br />
and, most of all, fertility. They select sires that are positive<br />
in scrotal circumference, ribeye area and percent retail<br />
product. Westra <strong>Angus</strong> aims to produce cattle that are<br />
structurally sound with good dispositions.<br />
Calves are born in January and early February without<br />
assistance. They are summered on mountain pasture with<br />
no creep. Westra <strong>Angus</strong> enters bulls in the Midland and<br />
Southwest Montana bull tests. Their yearling bulls sell at<br />
the Southwest Montana Bull Sale in Ramsey, Mont., the<br />
third Saturday in March and by private treaty at the ranch.<br />
Tour Stop: Montana State University Animal<br />
Bioscience Building, Bozeman<br />
The state-of-the-art Montana State University (MSU)<br />
Animal Bioscience Building will allow the growth and<br />
expansion of education and research programs that better<br />
meet current and future needs of agriculture and the<br />
livestock industry. Together with the U.S. Department of<br />
Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS)<br />
Animal Bioscience Research Facility, the Animal Bioscience<br />
Building is an integral part of the long-range plan of MSU<br />
and the College of Agriculture/Montana Agriculture<br />
Experiment Station to increase the competitiveness and<br />
profitability of agriculture, especially the livestock industry;<br />
prepare the agriculture community for the 21st century; and<br />
capture added value of regional and national resources in a<br />
global economy.<br />
The complex will provide opportunities to promote wise<br />
multiple-use stewardship of Montana’s natural resources<br />
Photo by Kelly Gorham, Montana State University<br />
natural resources. The U.S. Congressional delegation<br />
continues to fully support the broader project by keeping<br />
the USDA-ARS Animal Bioscience Research Facility at the<br />
forefront and securing funding for it every year.<br />
The $15.7-million, <strong>40</strong>,000-square-foot teaching facility<br />
will house the Department of Animal and Range Sciences.<br />
It includes classrooms, teaching laboratories, technology<br />
transfer rooms, research facilities and faculty and staff<br />
offices. Construction began in August 2008. Completion<br />
is expected by fall 2010. The outreach capabilities of the<br />
facility will ensure that both students and producers are<br />
kept abreast of animal and range research conducted at<br />
MSU, including the functional genetics research occurring<br />
in the USDA-ARS facility.<br />
Of the $15.7 million, half of the funds have been raised<br />
privately from farmers, ranchers, agribusinesses, and other<br />
supporters across the state and throughout the country. The<br />
range-livestock community has been very supportive of the<br />
project with large donations pledged by livestock-related<br />
producer organizations in the state, several banks, a few<br />
major companies, and multiple individuals and ranches.<br />
The Ranchers Circle recognizes ranches, businesses and<br />
individuals that commit $10,000 or more to the Animal<br />
Bioscience Building. There are currently 141 members of<br />
the Ranchers Circle, all of whom will be recognized on a<br />
donor wall in the building for their visionary generosity.<br />
Photo by Kelly Gorham, Montana State University<br />
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Tour Stop: Leachman <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch, Toston<br />
Leachman <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch has moved to a new location<br />
in the Crow Creek Valley near Townsend, Mont. Les and<br />
Ruth, along with Jay and Cheryl, started the ranch near<br />
Bozeman in 1972 after the family sold their interests in<br />
Ankony <strong>Angus</strong>. In 2004, Jay decided to disperse and retire<br />
from the business. Eric and Marlo retained cattle from the<br />
original Leachman <strong>Angus</strong> herd.<br />
Today, the ranch is operated by the third and fourth<br />
generations - Eric; his wife, Marlo; and their children, Abby<br />
and Wade. Leachman <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch currently manages<br />
about 150 mature cows along with 50 replacement heifers.<br />
The ranch is still growing in cow numbers by retaining more<br />
heifers and through ET.<br />
The Leachmans start calving 2-year-olds around Jan.<br />
20, with the mature cows following Feb 1. The cows<br />
are wintered on alfalfa-grass hay and barley straw.<br />
The Leachmans employ an extensive AI program by<br />
synchronizing the yearling heifers and breeding the cows<br />
off of natural heats for about 21-25 days. Heifer calves and<br />
yearling heifers go to a pasture lease in the hills near Three<br />
Forks, Mont. Bull calves stay home on irrigated pasture<br />
through the summer months. The calves are weaned Oct. 1,<br />
with the bull calves remaining in a feedlot environment and<br />
heifer calves turned back on pasture until Jan. 1.<br />
Bulls are sold private treaty beginning Feb. 1. The<br />
Leachmans currently sell 50 bulls with hopes to sell 75-100<br />
within the next couple of years. Females are sold private<br />
treaty or consigned to the Montana Supreme Sale in<br />
Columbus, Mont., in December.<br />
The cattle you will see on the tour are a cross section of<br />
the herd and represent many years of selection and culling<br />
for traits that will make a positive contribution to the beef<br />
industry.<br />
“We feel fortunate to being a part of this great breed of<br />
cattle for over 30 years,” say Eric and Marlo.<br />
They purchased their first <strong>Angus</strong> heifers under the name of<br />
Riverfront <strong>Angus</strong> in 1981 from Van Dyke <strong>Angus</strong> and added<br />
heifers the following year from Hyline <strong>Angus</strong>. From this<br />
base, they built their herd using AI and selecting bulls with<br />
an emphasis on maternal traits.<br />
“It is very easy to chase after the latest fad or trend,” Rick<br />
says, “but the cow is what keeps you in business. She must<br />
convert grass to pounds of beef, and raise a quality calf<br />
every year. We do not tolerate cows with poor udders or bad<br />
dispositions. It is our belief that the cow should work for<br />
you and not you for the cow.”<br />
In 2006, due to the loss of part of their leased land in the<br />
Gallatin Valley, the Van Dykens sold their land there and<br />
moved to the Toston area, which is between Three Forks<br />
and Townsend, Mont. When they moved to the new place,<br />
they changed the name of their<br />
operation to Thousand Hills. This comes from Psalm<br />
50:10, which refers to God owning the cattle on a thousand<br />
hills.<br />
“It is our belief that everything we have has been given<br />
to us to use to the best of our ability while we are on this<br />
earth,” Rick says. “Nothing we have is truly ours.”<br />
The new place is 900 irrigated acres of hay and small grain.<br />
They still lease 430 acres of irrigated and dryland crop, with<br />
480 acres of dryland pasture south of Manhattan. They rent<br />
pasture in the Elkhorn Mountains. As a testament to the<br />
versatility of the <strong>Angus</strong> cow, the pasture they used to lease<br />
in the Gallatin Valley could be stocked nearly a pair to the<br />
acre. The Elkhorn pasture is a pair per <strong>40</strong> acres. Weaning<br />
weights have not declined, and the cows cover ground<br />
impressively.<br />
Thousand Hills <strong>Angus</strong> (guest at Leachman <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch)<br />
Thousand Hills <strong>Angus</strong> is a family-run operation. The crew<br />
consists of Rick Van Dyken and his wife, Halane. Halane<br />
serves as secretary for the South Montana <strong>Angus</strong> Association<br />
and, says Rick, is the glue that holds the outfit together.<br />
Sons Kyle and Andy provide the only additional labor for<br />
the operation. With their hard work and determination, the<br />
Van Dykens have been able to keep things headed in the<br />
right general direction. Daughter Heidi graduated from<br />
Northwestern College in Minneapolis this spring, married<br />
Jason Kool in July and is living in Wisconsin while he<br />
finishes his schooling.<br />
The Van Dykens started in the cattle business growing up<br />
on the family farm near Belgrade, raising commercial cattle.<br />
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GaLor <strong>Angus</strong> (guest at Leachman <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch)<br />
GaLor <strong>Angus</strong> is owned by Gail and Lorrie Vennes,<br />
Townsend, Mont. Gail and Lorrie have been in the <strong>Angus</strong><br />
business for more than 34 years, when Gail started as an<br />
employee of Jolly Roger <strong>Angus</strong>, Belt, Mont. They moved<br />
to Townsend in 1994 when Gail became ranch manager of<br />
North Fork <strong>Angus</strong>.<br />
In 2000, they purchased their own place for cattle and<br />
began a donor management business - GaLor Genetics Inc.<br />
They work with all breeds of registered cattle, but <strong>Angus</strong> is<br />
the most prevalent.<br />
Gail and Lorrie manage 30-<strong>40</strong> head of mother cows. All<br />
the females are AIed to bulls that meet the balanced traits<br />
for maximizing the production of the cows. They select only<br />
the top end of the calf crop for bulls they sell in the South<br />
Montana <strong>Angus</strong> Sale every March at Ramsey, Mont. The<br />
remaining bull calves are castrated and sold as steers. The<br />
females are kept and bred for replacements or sold as bred<br />
heifers in the fall. The Vennes also utilize some females as<br />
recipient cows for their own ET.
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Reyher Embryonics (guest at Leachman <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch)<br />
Mark and Jeanne Reyher established Reyher Embryonics<br />
in 1987 to meet the growing demands of the ET industry<br />
in Montana. Starting with a leased ranch in the Springhill<br />
area, and later moving to their Belgrade location, Mark built<br />
the entire current facility in 1993.<br />
Today they operate the business with the expertise of<br />
Marlo and Eric Leachman of Montana Donors, who manage<br />
the donor cows at their ranch in Toston. With spacious<br />
pens, pasture and incomparable care and attention, Marlo<br />
super-stimulates and AIs all the donor cows. Mark does<br />
all the lab work and manages the business. Jeanne flushes,<br />
freezes and transfers the embryos. Seasonal help, along<br />
with their children - Sierra, a junior at Montana State, and<br />
Austin, a senior at Belgrade High - round out the Reyher<br />
Embryonics crew.<br />
With Reyher Embryonics’ calf-back program now in its<br />
22nd year, recipient herd owners across the state provide<br />
excellent cows and management for raising valuable <strong>Angus</strong><br />
genetics. Providing ET services in the clinic, on the ranch<br />
and with RHO’s, Reyher Embryonics has helped produce<br />
some of the greatest genetic contributions from Montana.<br />
Mark and Jeanne thank you for visiting and invite you to<br />
enjoy the Montana <strong>Angus</strong> Tour.<br />
Tour Stop: Sitz <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch, Harrison<br />
Sitz <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch of Harrison and Dillon, Mont., is a registered<br />
and commercial <strong>Angus</strong> operation that has a tremendous<br />
history and tradition in the <strong>Angus</strong> breed. 2010 marks<br />
the 87th continuous year of producing registered <strong>Angus</strong><br />
cattle. The herd was started in 1923 by Will and Frieda Sitz<br />
in Nebraska and was later relocated to Harrison, Mont.,<br />
in 1959 by Bob Sr. and Donna Sitz. They continued the<br />
development and tradition of the “Sitz Program.” In 1997,<br />
the Sitz operation expanded its base with the addition of the<br />
Dillon ranch. Sitz <strong>Angus</strong> is owned and managed by Bob and<br />
Jim and Tammi Sitz.<br />
Sitz <strong>Angus</strong> has become recognized as one of the top sources<br />
of <strong>Angus</strong> genetics. With well over 1,<strong>40</strong>0 registrations, it is<br />
consistently among the top in registrations recorded annually<br />
at the American <strong>Angus</strong> Association.<br />
The Sitz program markets more than 900 bulls with two<br />
sales: the December sale at the Harrison location, which<br />
markets coming 2-year-old bulls and commercial bred heifers,<br />
and a spring sale in Dillon, which features yearling bulls<br />
and fall yearling bulls.<br />
Throughout its history, a major emphasis of the Sitz<br />
program has been “the mother cow.” Sitz females and their<br />
progeny have influenced many operations across the United<br />
States and some foreign countries. Every tool available has<br />
been utilized to enhance the productivity and quality of the<br />
Sitz female, which is considered the basis of the program.<br />
The Sitz philosophy is that of providing <strong>Angus</strong> seedstock<br />
that will enhance their customers’ programs as well as their<br />
own.<br />
AI, ET, genetic trait testing, ultrasound, DNA, genomicenhanced<br />
EPDs and pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP)-<br />
testing are just a few of the management tools utilized to<br />
provide customers with up-to-date information. The success<br />
of these combined management practices is evidenced by<br />
the results of the annual Sitz bull sales. Sitz sires can be<br />
found in nearly every semen sale book and AI stud across<br />
America.<br />
The Sitz families are active in community and industry<br />
organizations.<br />
Both Bob and Jim have held positions on local, county and<br />
state organizations. Jim is serving on the Board of Directors<br />
for the American <strong>Angus</strong> Association, while Bob serves on<br />
the board of the Montana <strong>Angus</strong> Association.<br />
Bryan and Marcia Mussard (guest at Sitz <strong>Angus</strong> Ranch)<br />
What an opportunity to meet,greet and share ideas with<br />
<strong>Angus</strong> people on the 2010 Montana <strong>Angus</strong> tour.<br />
Our Ranch has been part of every segment of the beef<br />
industry for three generations. This has given us insight into<br />
industry challenges beyond out ranch. Our seed stock operation<br />
began in 1984 with the purchase of registered <strong>Angus</strong><br />
heifers from Schultz <strong>Angus</strong>. Since then we have undergone<br />
the process of integrating performance and carcass values<br />
into our herd. Every calf since 1995 has gone into our performance<br />
data collection program. We have used this data to<br />
tweak our breeding program for more uniformity and have<br />
seen some consistent and positive results.<br />
We began calving in June this year and will start selling<br />
older bulls in our annual sale, the first Friday in March. We<br />
thoroughly enjoy this lifestyle and have been very fortunate<br />
to have met some great people.<br />
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Maureen Dietz, DVM<br />
Beef Scan, LLC<br />
Carcass & Reproductive<br />
Ultrasound Servies<br />
beefscan@midstate.net<br />
PO Box 188<br />
Sentinel Butte, ND 58654<br />
701-218-0366<br />
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Sept. 30, 2010<br />
Churchill Equipment Co., Inc<br />
7150 Churchill Road • Manhattan, Montana 59741<br />
<strong>40</strong>6-282-7252 • 800-488-3753<br />
Sept<br />
Chuteside<br />
Vet Service<br />
www.chutesidevet.com<br />
Will Oliver, DVM<br />
Three Forks, MT<br />
<strong>40</strong>6-285-3923<br />
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H V H<br />
Headwaters Veterinary Hospital<br />
Smith Supply inc.<br />
Elizabeth A. Hall, D.V.M.<br />
Kelly R. Hall, D.V.M.<br />
John J. Smith, Jr.<br />
Telephone (<strong>40</strong>6) 285-6672 11370 Hwy. 287<br />
Fax (<strong>40</strong>6) 285-6674 Three Forks, MT 59752<br />
www.headwatersvet.com<br />
202 Hwy. 2 West • Whitehall, MT 59759<br />
(<strong>40</strong>6) 287-7858<br />
Mountain View Genetics LLC<br />
100 Miller Rd.<br />
Absarokee, MT 59001<br />
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of the<br />
Held at KG Ranch, Three Forks, Montana<br />
Following the 2010 National <strong>Angus</strong> Conference & Tour September 15-17<br />
Join these top Montana Breeders at the Daughters of the Big Sky Sale<br />
FULL TOUR SCHEDULE ON PAGE 19<br />
LARRY COTTON 517-294-0777<br />
RYAN COTTON 706-206-8361<br />
MIKE GOTHARD 5<strong>40</strong>-894-1055<br />
BERNIE SCHEER 859-272-4678<br />
JERRY CRENSHAW 703-244-4767<br />
ZACK HILEMAN 5<strong>40</strong>-460-2776<br />
DAN WELLS 7<strong>40</strong>-505-3843<br />
FIRST CLASS MAIL<br />
REQUESTED IN-HOME DATE OF AUGUST 28, 2010<br />
PRSRT<br />
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