WINTER 2026
Sire spotlight Select Sires Associate Vice President Beef Acquisition and Marketing Ryan Bodenhausen
Developing the kind of cattle you want requires using sires that deliver balance, functionality, and long-term value. The Select Sires lineup brings together proven pedigrees, elite data, and eye-appeal. Whether your focus is calving ease (CE), maternal strength, performance, or show-ring style, these sires will help move your program forward.
day calving interval and has recorded six calves for a 109 weaning ratio. Study his data close, and you’ll see he is fault free and the true definition of balance. From a phenotype standpoint, he is equally as impressive. He is a moderate-framed bull (5.5–5.7) with excellent feet, added muscle shape that carries into the lower quarter and stifle, increased body depth, and overall structural correctness. He is as complete of a sire as you will find.
EPDs to boot. Physically, CORNHUSKER is a large-framed bull (6-6.25) with a long and level hip, added body depth, and overall correctness that make him very unique for his level of $C. He is backed by a very productive eight-year-old NIAGARA daughter with a weaning ratio of 103. Producers are turning to CORNHUSKER to build balanced herds, strengthen maternal traits, and maintain end-product merit in their calves.
7AN861 PURSUIT is the most heralded acquisition of the 2025 spring season. PURSUIT offers the trifecta of phenotype, genotype, and cow power. Sired by Gable, who is extremely hard to get, PURSUIT is backed by a COMPASS dam that has a 363-
7AN875 CORNHUSKER is another bigtime sire that has only improved since sale day, as he is knocking on the door of 400 $C. His data is very good and offers great spread from CE to yearling weight (YW) and offers great maternal and carcass
7AN769 EASY DECSION just earned his Proof Positive badge and continues to hold as a calving-ease sire. As we expect from the Coleman program, EASY DECISION is stacked with maternal greatness stemming from the Donna 714 line and he Continued on page 2...
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