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4 • www.herefordamerica.com HEREFORD AMERICA • April/May 2008 0723 Advertisers Index BBC Farms 6 Bar JZ 8 Bayers 7 Cannon City Consulting 8 Carmichael/Feddes 9 Hansons Polled Herefords 19 Hereford America 22 LaGrand Angus & Hereford 11 Mohican 32 P.H. White & Co. 17 Peters Pld. Hfds. 6 Rausch Herefords 3 Red Hills Herefords 16 Shafer Ranch 15 Simon Herefords 4 Stuber Ranch 5 Tennessee River Music 13 Wyoming State Fair 21 Bulls for Sale 0709 Data from the University of Missouri RFI study. Averages for entire test: 3.49 ADG 5.72 FG RFI 0.0 Simon bulls averaged: 3.91 ADG 5.06 FG RFI -1.07 We had the highest gaining, highest converting and highest RFI group on test. ADG= Average Daily Gain • FG = Feed per lb. of Gain • RFI = Residual Feed Intake Sample of bulls enrolled with ranking in test in ( ) 0709 by Gerber Liberty 017L 4.07 (7) ADG 1.81 (1) FG -5.81 (1) RFI reg. # P42847300 • EPDs: BW 0.5 WW 42 YW 73 M 16 M&G 37 REA +.13 IMF +.04 A rare blend of calving ease, performance, feed efficiency and carcass. 0718 by JDH 100M Boulder 62R 4.18 (6) ADG 3.98 FG (2) -1.54 (5) RFI reg. #42847285 • EPDs: BW 3.4 WW 47 YW 74 M 13 M&G 36 REA +.16 IMF +.04 0752 by MH Hotline 305 4.6 (2) ADG 3.98 (2) FG -.10 (20) RFI reg # 42847324 • EPDs: BW 6.4 WW 52 YW 87 M 21 M&G 47 REA +.16 IMF +.05 0723 By JDH 100M Boulder 62R 3.93 (11) ADG 5.36 (20) FG -.20(19) RFI reg. # P42854880 • EPDs: BW 4.3 WW 59 YW 90 M 18 M&G 90 REA +.15 IMF+.08 0700 By JDH 100M Boulder 62R 4.76 (1) ADG 5.10 (13) FG .54 (32) RFI reg. # 42847283 • EPDs: BW 3.0 WW 40 YW 58 M 18 M&G 38 REA+.08 IMF+.04 For more information call: SSS Mackintosh 0232 P42340528 Sire: OZ Brxtn Mackintosh 117D. If your think a calving ease sire needs to look like a deer fawn, check this bull out. Out of a long lasting cow family. Commercial semen available. SIMON HEREFORDS Low Maintenance, Feed Efficient Hereford cattle. Brian and Colleen Simon • Seneca, SD (605) 436-6725 or (605) 765-4564 E-mail: bcsimon@venturecomm.net (continued from page 3) having sales about for years is having the sale lot posted on each animal during the period the animal is selling. Many times the auctioneer is too busy to keep repeating the lot number and people are looking, asking, wondering what is selling. We are in the day of the rapid sell so it is a problem. Colyers have an electric sign with the lot number on it. Very good! I went on two days later to Heritage to their first sale in the west. They did have a sale on their eastern farm this year. The sale was held in a big horse arena that was about big enough to have a football game in. The sale was well organized and a very nice set of Hereford and Angus cattle were presented. I think for a starter sale in Idaho it was very good and a good sized crowd attended. There were some very good buys during the sale however one of the higher selling bulls we have seen sold this fall was in this sale. The Gomez group have shown us that they are serious about this business and we wish them well. I drove all the way home from the sale and the road situation was better but for an “Old Geezer” it was a long day. I wanted to go to the Harrell sale in Oregon the next week but I thought driving this is just too much and again the weather was forecast to be bad so the flying in our plane was out. I checked into Horizon Airlines and their schedule was great, leave home on Sunday, fly to Boise, drive to Baker City and the sale on Monday and fly home Tuesday. Driving in Boise is about like Seattle or Denver or Phoenix or Calgary but I made it to Harrells and saw a great set of cattle and they had a wonderful sale I had a very nice visit with Edna Harrell, who I have known for a long time, and enjoyed watching the cattle and horses sell. By the way, Harrells have a great lot number sign that shows the current lot and the coming lot. The Calgary bull sale does this too and you breeders that have sales should adopt this system. After fighting through the rush hour traffic again in Boise I sure enjoyed getting on the “big bird” for the flight home, then on to Miles City a few days later. If I was only 40 years younger I thought. I had some wonderful visits with breeders at Miles City. Mostly people I had never met Jill’s Editorial... (continued from page 1) over 800,000 head in 10 feedyards which makes them the largest cattle feeder in the world. If the purchase goes though JBS would also be the largest packer in the United States capturing over 32 percent of domestic beef harvesting. JBS also purchased Australia’s Tasman Group for $150 million. Tasman operates 6 packing plants in Australia and Tasmania. The total for all the acquisitions is approximately $1.3 billion and will give JBS control of about 10% of the world’s beef market. Wow! Prior to these purchases JBS was already the world’s largest beef processor. They project company sales will rise to $22 billion next year compared with $12 billion this year. If these U.S. acquisitions go through JBS would harvest more than 42,000 head of cattle per day in 12 U.S. plants. The primary shareholder of National Beef, U.S. Premium Beef, approved the purchase with 90% of its unit holders approving the purchase. Prior to the purchase National Beef was the fourth largest beef packer in the U.S. “JBS’s worldwide reach and its reputation for efficient operations will enable National Beef to participate in opportunities heretofore unavailable to us,” John R. Miller, chief executive of National Beef, said in a statement. National Beef has three slaughter plants and two meat processing units. What does all this have to do with the Hereford industry? A couple of things. If you remember, National Beef is one of two licensed packers for the Certified Hereford Beef program and has the most CHB volume. (Greater Omaha is the other licensed CHB packer.) Only time will tell if this will be a really good thing for CHB or if JBS will decide to before, but I had heard about them and read their advertisements on their cattle. It was good to see Rob Fraser again. Rob owns the Miles City yards and does the auctioneering for the Fort Keogh sale and several other breeders. I gave Rob some of his first work in the purebred auctioneering field and I am proud of what he has done. Rob is the son of Katie and Bill Fraser of Reed Point who were prominent Hereford breeders. Rob is a 3rd cousin of mine too. If you don’t want a straight answer don’t ask Rob! My traveling is about done for the season but it has been a great group of sales and I have really enjoyed visiting with so many of the breeders from all over. Hereford America has been fortunate to have great backing from a big share of the industry. Our advertisers and readers list keeps growing and it is hard to keep up with the demand. We tell it like it is, and probably the only Hereford paper who will report the whole story. — BB eliminate the program. I can’t help but wonder if their American acquisitions will make it through the regulatory phase of anti-trust laws though. Is it my imagination or do these big packers seem to make it through anyway? Is this much control of the U.S. and world beef industry a good thing? It seems to me cattle producers who are already at the mercy of big packers will be even more so after this deal. The second thing I am concerned about is will their system be breed specific one way or another. Time will tell. I also wonder when JBS will make a move on Canadian plants and feedyards. Maybe those are protected by the other Big 3 packers. Regardless, this company is so big they will have major control on our markets. If the deal makes it through the regulatory hoops and gets the blessing of the U.S. Dept of Justice, it certainly will be interesting to see what it does to the U.S. cattle market. Closer to home...the night before the big Miles City Fort Keogh Line One sale they held an informational seminar and reception where Mike MacNeil, research geneticist, presented information on epilepsy in Hereford cattle. There were about 50 people in attendance. Mike gave an excellent explanation of the genetics behind epilepsy in Hereford cattle then entertained questions for a good part of the evening. This form of epilepsy is caused by a genetic mutation and is inherited from carrier animals in the form of a recessive gene. Mike gave us a refresher course on our college genetics too but I won’t go into that. It was a very good explanation, however. Some of the main points that Mike drove home are 1.) EVERY Hereford breeder should test for epilepsy (IE) (continued on page 6)
HEREFORD AMERICA • April/May 2008 www.herefordamerica.com • 5 In the last issue of Hereford America you saw the “Mommas and the Papas.” Now it is time to look at what they produced Consistent and exceptional — 10-trait leader — 35 sons and 11 daughters sell along with 45 exciting pen mates 45 registered females —150 home raised commercial heifers Sale Time 1:15 MDT • Lunch at 11:30 • Auctioneer: Joe Goggins Lot 27 — Son of Harland • Dam’s sire: Bonanza Long, full of muscle BW WW YW M REA IMF 2.9 61 97 17 .13 .01 Lot 34 — Son of Harland • Dam’s sire: Robin Hood Excellent cow family BW WW YW M REA IMF 2.0 48 76 15 .03 .01 Lot 60 — Son of Harland • Dam’s sire: Sandman Marked right and stout BW WW YW M REA IMF 3.5 54 88 16 .31 .01 Lot 128 — Son of Harland • Dam’s sire: Mark Donald One of the best BW WW YW M REA IMF 1.9 46 74 16 .18 .13 Lot 140 — Son of Harland • Dam’s sire: Standard Lad Birth Weight: 90 lbs. Thickest selling BW WW YW M REA IMF 3.5 56 96 21 .44 .13 Lot 144 — Son of Harland • Dam’s sire: Bonanza Birth Weight: 94 lbs. Great profile — thick BW WW YW M REA IMF 2.4 55 90 18 .12 .03 Lot 7105 — Daughter of IHM 821 Domino 1598 Trim and long. BW WW YW M REA IMF 5.2 53 102 21 .24 -.04 Lot 713 — Daughter of Harland Top end female. BW WW YW M REA IMF 3.1 54 95 18 .31 .10 Lot 756 — Daughter of L1 Domino 03473 Great profile. BW WW YW M REA IMF 5.5 45 78 11 .03 .04 Leading edge genetics with customer acceptance. Lot 7112 — Daughter of Harland Thick and trim. BW WW YW M REA IMF 2.6 57 93 18 .21 .15 View sale catalog and sale offering pictures on our website at www.stuberranch.com. Ultrasound data available. We look forward to seeing you April 19. Located 10 miles north of Bowman or 16 miles south of Amidon on Hwy. 85, then 5 miles west, 1/2 mile south. Visitors welcome anytime or call Box 56 • Bowman, ND 58623 Roger (701) 523-5371 • Duane (701) 523-3496 • Laureen (701) 523-5297 ddstuber@ndsupernet.com • www.stuberranch.com Get our Sale List Early! Any Inquiries Most Welcome. Semen Available on Most Bulls. Other Sires Represented: BB 1065 Domino 4102 L1 Domino 03473 OXH Mark Domino 3018 IHM 821 Domino 1598 UPS Odyssey 1ET SR National 305 L1 Domino 95461
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