BLUEGRASS GELBVIEH / BALANCER BULL SALE Saturday, March 23, 2013 . 1:00 PM ET Chenault Agricultural Center . Mt. Sterling, KY
He sells as Lot 36 SLAUGHTER SALE MANAGEMENT DAVID SLAUGHTER 162 Hasting Lane • Fredonia, KY 42411 270-965-9909 • 270-556-4259 Cell • hmslghtr@aol.com
Fellow Cattlemen: I would like to invite you to the Bluegrass Gelbvieh/Balancer Bull Sale. As many producers are finding, Gelbvieh influenced cattle are some of the most profitable in the beef industry. Gelbvieh’s popularity continues to grow due to the breed strengths: modest birth, excellent growth, maternal traits, quite disposition and feed efficiency. This offering certainly reflects the breed’s strengths. I feel you will be pleased with the quality. This is one of the best offerings yet! Many are sired by some of the leading AI sires in the breed. Several of the bulls are products of ET programs with dams that are nationally recognized. Additional pictures will be available on Friday before the sale. Contact me if you would like a picture emailed of a specific lot. I will be glad to discuss the sale lots to provide you with any information that will help in your seedstock selection. If you are unable to attend the sale and are interested in bidding, please contact me prior to the sale. I will attempt to provide the best means for your participation. Sincerely,
David Slaughter 270-556-4259
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: Friday, March 22 2:00 pm ET to Dark - View Sale Cattle Saturday, March 23 1:00 pm ET - Bluegrass Gelbvieh / Balancer Sale Auctioneer: Todd Barlow (502) 648-5671 Ringmen: Evan Tate (270) 668-3167 • Davis Holder (270) 670-2499 AGA Field Representative: William McIntosh (502) 867-3132
Sale Headquarters: Ramada Inn, Mt. Sterling, KY (859) 497-9400 Bull Pickup Bulls will need to be removed from the facility on Saturday, March 23 by dark unless arrangements are made with sale management prior to the sale. Health All cattle will be accompanied with health papers for shipment anywhere in the continental U.S. Supplement Sheet The supplement sheet and announcements from the auction block take precedence over the catalog. Liability All persons attending the sale do so at their own risk. Sale participants and/or the sale management assumes no liability for accidents, theft or damages occurring at the sale facility. Trucking Transportation for the cattle can be arranged after the sale. Please contact the sale management prior to the sale to discuss your transportation needs. Terms & Conditions All cattle will be sold at auction under the standard terms and conditions recommended by the American Gelbvieh Association. Terms of the sale are cash or check at the conclusion of the sale unless prior arrangements are made.
DIRECTIONS Chenault Agriculture Center 2130 Camargo Road • Mount Sterling, Kentucky 40353 FROM I-64 East Bound (Lexington) Take Exit 110 Mount Sterling. Turn right toward Mt. Sterling. At the second stoplight (by McDonald’s and Applebees), turn right on ByPass 686. Go 3-4 miles on ByPass 686. Turn right on 460 East toward Camargo. Go 2 miles on 460 East. Chenault Agriculture Center is on right. Look for sign. FROM I-64 West Bound (Ashland) Take Exit 110 Mount Sterling. Turn left toward Mt. Sterling. At the second stoplight (by McDonald’s and Applebees), turn right on ByPass 686. Go 3-4 miles on ByPass 686. Turn right on 460 East toward Camargo. Go 2 miles on 460 East. Chenault Agriculture Center is on right. Look for sign.
CONSIGNORS CASH ROAD RANCH Mike Garvin 475 Fred Hodges Road Lewisport, KY 42351 270-922-0485 Lots 8, 28, 38, 39, 40
LARRY P & SUNNY D FARMS Larry Clark 106 Clark Houk Road Greensburg, KY 42743 270-299-5167 Lots 2, 3, 4, 5
GELBVIEH BAR NONE RANCH Don Estes 162 Hasting Lane Fredonia, KY 42411 270-556-4259 Lots 12, 23, 29, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37
LAZY S GELBVIEH Terry Solomon 9465 Old Federal Road Ball Ground, GA 30107 770-889-2609 Lots 14, 21, 26
GENTLE G FARM Mike Moore 624 Hwy 577W Annville, KY 40402 606-438-3261 Lot 13
LULLABY RIDGE Ed Singleton 1020 Ephesus School Road Waynesburg, KY 40489 606-365-8362 Lot 41
GREEN HILLS GELBVIEH Walter Teeter 1380 French Belk Road Mt. Ulla, NC 28125 704-664-5784 Lots 6, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18
PADON FARMS Thad Padon 1012 Shelby Road Salem, KY 42078 270-836-5518 Lots 1, 7, 19, 20, 22
HILLTOP FARMS Mike Holt 565 George Clark Road S. Benton, KY 42025 270-898-2287 Lots 24, 25
S & S GELBVIEH Arthur Slaughter 19068 Marion Road Fredonia, KY 42411 270-556-4259 Lot 27
JENJOE FARMS David Allison 902 State Route 703E Clinton, KY 42031 270-210-0254 Lots 30, 31, 32
Heavy Equipment - Sire of Lot 1
GBNR Bar None Herbert 125YET Full brother to Lot 2
1
Maverick 70T Sire of Lots 3, 4, 31, 34, and 36.
She passed this along to muscled, fast growing calves that will be level made
GHG Hemi 323Y - Lot 6
2
black, homo polled bull that has a ton of eye appeal while still offering more than competitive show heifers that we ever showed. Buy this one knowing the
GHGF Stock Broker 32Y - Lot 9
GHGF Temptation 44Y - Lot 10
GHGF Boss Hogg 14Y - Lot 11 3
Post Rock Silver Sire of Lots 14, 21, and 26.
GHGF Max’s Express 47Y - Lot 15
4
GHGF West Coast 22Y - Lot 16
further for your next
EGL Northern Pacific Sire of Lots 16 and 17
5
GHGF Jerry 13Y - Lot 18
Bar None Captain 42X Full brother to sire of Lots 7, 20, and 22
6
KHTF Fortune’s Man - At - Arms 344 Lot 24
KHTF Trendsetter’s He-Man 434Y - Lot 25
LZS What’s Up (Doc) 130Y - Lot 26 7
S & S Gelbvieh - Here is a Homozygous Black and Homozygous Polled Trendsetter son that ties it all together. He has an outstanding EPD profile, modest birth, extraordinary growth and maternal strength. He has unusual eye appeal and balanced profile. He is big topped, deep bodied and heavy muscled. Look for great things from this maternal brother to Mason 14W.
EGL Evelynn - Dam of Lot 30
8
GBNR Bar None Mr. Maverick 230Z ET Lot 34
GBNR Bar None Mr. Mason 234Z ET Lot 35
9
GBNR Bar None Mr. Maverick 231Z ET Lot 36
EGL P016 - Donor Dam of Lots 35 and 36
10
RTRM Headline Influence Sire found in Lots 38, 39, and 40
GRANT LOU LOU GRANT LOU GRANT
Notes
LABY Z10 - Lot 41
Notes
11
Previous Bluegrass Gelbvieh Invitational Sale Highlights Maverick 70T was the high selling lot ($8,000) from the fall 2008 Bluegrass Sale purchased by Gelbvieh Bar None Ranch and Pleasant Meadows Farms. Maverick was among the top 25 used Gelbvieh sires in 2011. He has sired sale toppers such as ALS Mason 14W, GBNR Sampson 973W, EGL Maggie Y056, and GBNR Sugar's Mav 188Y. He sires cattle with eye appeal, performance & maternal strength, and carcass merit.
Maverick 70T
Captain 42X was the high selling lot ($15,250
Bar None Captain 42X
for 50%) from the spring 2011 Bluegrass Sale purchased by Post Rock Cattle Company. His first set of calves are arriving and it appears he will certainly be a breed impact sire. Breeders who have used Captain are reordering semen and report that they are some of their best calves. They have exceptional performance with extra bone and muscle. He is sure to be a sire of sale features for years to come.
Additional Sale Features: Sampson 973W was the high selling lot ($9,500 for 50%) from the fall 2010 Bluegrass Sale purchased by D & W Farms. His first set of calves are arriving with great success. He sires modest birth with great growth and eye appeal. Watch this fall for his first calves in the show ring and sales. Sugar’s Mav 188Y was the high selling lot ($15,500) from the fall 2012 Bluegrass Sale purchased by Larry P & Sunny D Farms and Padon Farms. He is a high performance son of Maverick and Sugar 446J. His personal performance and EPD profile was off the charts. Bar None Highlight 120Y ET was another of the high selling lots ($10,250) from the fall 2012 Bluegrass Sale purchased by Rufshod Farms. He is a full brother to Bar None Captain 42X. He combines some of the best genetics the breed has to offer for performance and maternal.
New Generation AGA EPDs The American Gelbvieh Association’s (AGA) January 2013 EPDs are based on a new collaborative national cattle evaluation (NCE) with the American Simmental Association (ASA). Below is a summary of some of the enhancements to the AGA new generation EPDs, followed by trait averages and percentile charts.
Gelbvieh and Balancer® Share a Common Base with Simmental and Red Angus
Multi-Breed EPDs Provide More Complete Balancer EPDs The true multi-breed EPD NCE conducted by the ASA enables the inclusion of more progeny data from Red Angus and Angus sires, especially for the carcass traits.
Growth Traits are More Reliable The new EPDs for weaning weight (WW), yearling weight (YW) and carass weight (CW) are more reliable because the new statistical process accepts a wider age window for weaning weight. This is especially beneficial for breeders that wean calves early due to drought. Historically, weights from early-weaned calves were not included in the NCE.
Gelbvieh and Balancer EPDs are now on the same base with Simmental and Red Angus, which means that EPDs for each trait (except stayability) are directly comparable to ASA and Red Angus Association of America (RAAA) EPDs. This was a huge, progressive decision by the AGA Board of Directors, made to simplify bull selection for commercial producers.
Carcass Traits are Standardized In recent years, Gelbvieh and Balancer carcass traits were adjusted to a fat end-point instead of an age endpoint like the rest of the industry. AGA’s transition to age-adjusted carcass EPDs will eliminate the gaps in the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center’s carcass EPD breed comparisons. This change also means that the days-tofinish (DtF) EPD is replaced by a fat (FT) EPD. A yield grade (YG) EPD is also new. For both FT and YG, lower EPDs are typically more favorable. For questions or more information contact the AGA at 303-465-2333 or visit www.gelbvieh.org.
Calving Ease and Calving Ease Daughters EPDs Converted to Industry Standard Terminology For over 25 years, the AGA calving ease (CE) and calving ease daughter (CED) EPDs were reported in the form of a ratio. They are now reflected as percentages. Higher CE values equal fewer unassisted births from sires when mated to first-calf heifers. Higher CED EPDs indicate less calving difficulty from a sire’s own first-calf daughters.
New EPD Averages for Active Sires CE
BW
WW
YW
MK
TM
CED
ST
YG
CW
REA
MB
FT
Gelbvieh
8.0
2.0
65
91
26
59
5.0
5
-0.16
25
0.29
-0.13
-0.06
Balancer
10.4
0.6
62
97
24
55
6.6
4
-0.08
28
0.33
0.27
-0.02
MK
TM
CED
ST
YG
CW
REA
MB
FT
Gelbvieh EPD Percentile Chart Percentile
CE
BW
WW
YW
5
13
-1.4
83
120
37
71
10
11
-0.29
46
0.58
0.10
-0.09
25
10
0.9
72
102
31
64
8
7
-0.21
34
0.39
-0.05
-0.07
50
8
2.1
65
91
26
59
6
5
-0.16
26
0.27
-0.14
-0.06
75
5
3.3
58
80
22
53
4
3
-0.11
19
0.18
-0.21
-0.05
95
2
5.0
46
61
14
45
0
0
-0.02
6
0.02
-0.32
-0.03
Balancer EPD Percentile Chart Percentile
CE
BW
WW
YW
MK
TM
CED
ST
YG
CW
REA
MB
FT
5
16
-2.8
80
128
34
67
11
9
-0.26
49
0.71
0.63
-0.06
25
13
-0.6
69
109
28
60
9
5
-0.15
36
0.47
0.38
-0.04
50
10
0.7
63
97
24
55
7
4
-0.08
28
0.32
0.25
-0.03
75
8
1.9
55
84
20
50
5
2
-0.01
20
0.18
0.13
-0.01
95
5
3.7
44
67
14
44
1
-1
0.09
7
-0.02
-0.01
0.02
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