Welcome!
We would like to welcome you all to our 28th Annual Production Sale. This year we were blessed with another addition to our herd, Jaysa Mae. She made her appearance on October 28th just after harvest wrapped up. Time will tell if she is as excited to be around the cattle as her brother is. Krew is 18 months now and loves every minute he gets to spend outside.
In March we had to fire up the generator for a few days when high winds and snow took out hundreds of powerlines across the county. And again, just before the crops dried down for harvest another high wind storm hit the area. It knocked off the top end potential for our crops and took out a building at the farm and a grain bin at our place. Aside from the major storms, we did have timely rain allowing for green pastures and great growing conditions.
The cattle market is setting record after record high. Last year in our welcome letter we said that 900 lb steers were worth just shy of $2400, and I thought that was crazy. This week, as I am typing this, the weekly weighted average on 900 lb steers was $3100. Every time we think this market can’t go any higher, it proves us wrong. Hopefully it stays strong for the cow-calf producer!
We have always taken great pride in the productivity of our cows and this year was no different, as we were 10th in the nation in Dams of Dominance. We treat our cows as if they were a commercial herd and they don’t get any special treatment. Of the 33,352 cows assessed, only 5.38% were honored with the title of Dam of Merit and only 1.06% qualified for Dam of Distinction. We had 35 total cows qualifying out of 60 eligible cows, with 28 as Dams of Merit and 7 as Dams of Distinction. In our herd, we had 58.33% of our eligible cows qualify. The majority of the bulls in the sale offering are out of these Dams of Dominance.
Our main focus since we took over the MLM brand has been making really good, hardy cows. This starts with the AI selection of the bulls we use. We aren’t trying to chase the crazy EPD numbered bulls. We have been using highly maternal bulls that will produce good mothers. The second step is running our replacement heifers on corn stalks until March 1st. By forcing them to go find their food all winter, they learn to fend for themselves. We don’t like cows that hang out by the gate as soon as the wind starts blowing and it's below freezing. We have found that this keeps our cows much more moderate framed and forces them to work for us, and you. We leave our cows out on stalks as long as weather allows. Last year we were able to calve half of our herd out on 80 acres of corn stalks before weather forced us to bring them in. As long as we strive to produce great cows, great bulls will be the byproduct of that.
The bulls were weaned in September and fed a ration that was designed for a 2.75 lb / day gain. They ran out on 50 acres of pasture while being supplemented feed up until the first of the year. We did this to keep their feet in good shape and keep them athletic and not lazy. You will notice that our weaning and yearling weights may not be equivalent to other bull catalogs in your mail, but we truly try to give you a product that is going to last. We don’t want to sell you a flashy bull that looks awesome for the first few months. We want to sell you a bull that you only have to sell because you have too many of his daughters in your herd. They have been grown slow to ensure longevity on your ranch. All of the bulls have been DNA tested, have a negative BVD PI3 test, and semen tested by Dr. Cade Moses of South Central Veterinary Hospital.
We will again be using the Auction format this year so we can have live bidding on DV Auction. We invite you to join us on Sunday, March 1st. We will have lunch available, so come enjoy a meal on us. If you have any questions, be sure and get ahold of Cole (402-621-0359) or Amber (402-984-3655). Thank you for your continuing interest and trust in our program.
Cole and Amber
28th Annual Bull Sale
SUNDAY - 2 PM
MARCH 2, 2025
1039 ROAD 4000 | NELSON, NE 68961
Complimentary Lunch at Noon
SELLING 38 PERFORMANCE BRED BULLS
SALE CONTACTs
Cole Epley 402-621-0359
SALE SCHEDULE
12:00 PM: Cattle Viewing & Lunch
Amber Epley 402-984-3655 2:00 PM: Annual Sale
Marlin Meyer 402-879-4976
AUCTIONEER Neil Bouray 402-879-5566
The sale will be broadcast live on DVAuction.com.
DIRECTIONS
From the Highway 14 and 136 junction south of Nelson, NE, go four miles east on 136 and 3/4 mile south on road 4000.
VETERINARIAN
Dr Cade Moses, South Central Animal Clinic....................Superior, NE Each bull has been semen checked and is guaranteed to settle healthy females.
DISCOUNTS
$200 per head for bulls picked up on day of sale.
VOLUME DISCOUNTS
2 bulls - 1% | 3 bulls - 2% | 4 bulls - 3% | 5 or more - 4%
We are retaining 1/2 semen interest in all bulls sold. FREE DELIVERY Free Delivery within 250 miles. If purchaser is further than 250 miles we can work out a meeting point or deliver him for an added cost. Bulls will be fed free of charge until April 1 at the purchaser's risk. Bulls may be fed after April 1 at the cost of $4.00 per head per day. If delivery is not accepted by April 15th, you are responsible for picking up your own bull. TERMS When 1/2 of the total purchase price is paid at sale time, the balance will be carried forward interest-free until April 1. Total payment will be expected on bulls picked up sale day.
FIRST BREEDING SEASON GUARANTEE
Buyers of all bulls injured during the first breeding season or that sustain injuries that result in death, will have credit at the next sale at the value of the purchase price minus salvage value. Contact Epley Cattle promptly so the decision to return the bull to Epley Cattle or to sell the bull by the buyer may be made. Breeding season is defined as the 90-day period following the first turnout of the bulls.
GENOMIC DATA
All bulls have genomic enhanced EPDs.
WATCH AND BID ONLINE FOR FREE!
Can’t make it to the sale? Let DVAuction bring the sale to you! Busy during the sale? Let DVAuction represent your bid!
HOW TO REGISTER
1. Create an account on www.dvauction.com under the “Create New Account” tab.
2. Apply for bidding by clicking “Apply for Bidding” in the upper left corner of the screen at least 24 hours prior to the auction.
3. Tune into the sale and make your purchases!
For general questions, please contact the DVAuction office at 402-316-5460 or support@dvauction.com. High Speed Internet Access Required
HOW TO USE THE QR CODES
Each lot has a unique QR Code that will play a video of that specific bull on DV Auction.
1. Open the camera app on your smart device.
2. Hover over the QR Code in the catalog.
3. Tap the link that appears to view a video of that lot!
MR GUNNER 503N
MR JAMESON 510N
• 78% Gelbvieh, 22% Angus
• Red, Homozygous Polled
• Very nice, high percentage bull out of a JRI Trade Secret heifer
• His dam is a maternal sister to the 515N bull
• Actual weaning weight of 652 lbs
• Top 15% WW and YW
MR PAYLOAD 507N
• 37% Gelbvieh, 63% Angus
• Homozygous Black, Homozygous Polled
• One of my favorite bulls from birth out of a really nice 7 year old dam sired by Wow Factor
• His maternal granddam and great granddam both gave us 13 calves each before finally retiring
• Big scrotal measurement at 41.0
• Had an actual weaning weight of 783 and yearling weight of 1080
• WR 5 @ 107
• Calving Interval: 362 days
MR KRAMER 514N
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• 25% Gelbvieh, 74% Angus, 1% Red Angus
• Homozygous Black, Homozygous Polled
• Very well rounded heifer safe bull with the majority of his EPD’s in the top half of
• Maternal granddam is a 2 time DOM
MR REBEL YELL 521N
515N
MR COPPERHEAD 515N
• 50% Gelbvieh, 50% Angus
• Homozygous Black, Homozygous Polled
• You will see a lot of Rebel Yell bulls in this sale. Unfortunately for me, I didn’t end up with many heifers, but fortunately for you I ended up with a lot of bulls. He stamps out every single one of them with a nice feminine head and a really big hip
• His granddam and great granddam combine for 5 DOM titles
• Use this bull to make great cows
• WR 2 @ 90
• Calving Interval: 366 days
MR REBEL YELL
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• 25% Gelbvieh, 34%
• Red, Homozygous Polled
• Heifer safe bull with a
• Maternal granddam was a past DOM
• Out
• WR 3 @ 99
• Calving Interval: 369 days
MR REBEL YELL 528N
MR CLOCK WORK
• 50% Gelbvieh, 50% Angus
• Homozygous Black, Homozygous Polled
• Comes from a long line of productive females with a combined 8 DOM and 2 DOD for the past 3 generations
• Very stout, long bodied bull whose dam is a paternal sibling to Rebel Yell. The line breeding definitely worked on this one
• WW ratio of 107 and YW ratio of 109
• 104 REA ratio with an adjusted ribeye area of 12.97
• WR 2 @ 101
• Calving Interval: 349 days
• Homozygous
• 533N is out of one of our favorite dams, who is sired by Optimizer and her mother produced 12 calves for us in her career. Optimizer has given us our most clean fronted, easy keeping cows in the herd
• He may not have the flashiest EPD profile, but this is the bull I would buy if I wanted to produce fantastic females
• 71 lb actual bw and 658 lb actual weaning weight
• WR 4 @ 110
• Calving Interval: 363 days
Reference Sire - Basin Jameson 1076
MR JAMESON 539N
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BASIN DEPOSIT 6249 BASIN JAMESON 1076 BASIN JOY 9140
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MR COPPERHEAD 542N
• 25% Gelbvieh, 75% Angus
• Homozygous Black, Homozygous Polled
• Super long bodied bull sired by the $600,000 Basin Jameson 1076
• Scanned really well with a 14.30 REA and IM Fat ratio of 110
• The 539N bull weaned off at 778 lbs for a 111 ratio and 1100
a ratio of 107
• WR 6 @ 110
• Calving Interval: 365 days
• 25% Gelbvieh, 41% Red Angus, 25% Simmental, 9% Angus
• Red, Homozygous Polled
• One of my favorite bulls I have ever raised; super deep cherry red bull out of a nice DOM cow
• Big pelvic score at 239.5
• Crazy birth to weaning ratio being born at 78 lbs
• 104 Yearling Weight ratio
• WR 5 @ 104
• Calving Interval: 366 days
• 47% Gelbvieh, 53% Angus
• Homozygous Black, Homozygous Polled
• Another awesome Rebel Yell bull out of a Dam of Merit female sired by Wow Factor
• Great birth to weaning ratio with a 77 lb BW and 638 lb actual weaning weight
• Backed by 3 generations of DOM with a combined 8 titles
• WR 5 @ 101
• Calving Interval: 364 days
• 46% Gelbvieh, 54% Angus
• Homozygous Black, Homozygous Polled
• Another line breeding success with his Dam being a paternal sibling to his Sire, Rebel Yell
• 4th in his contemporary group for weaning and 1st his yearling contemporary group with
MR ARROWHEAD 544N
K C F BENNETT HOMESTEAD
TJ ARROWHEAD 263G
TJ 22X
K C F BENNETT CONSTITUTION MISS 2101K MISS 919G
• 25% Gelbvieh, 50% Angus, 25% Simmental
• Homozygous Black, Homozygous Polled
• Here is another stout-made composite bull with a very impressive EPD profile
• We have been sampling this 3-way cross, and have been very pleased with the results. For the commercial cow-calf producer, these bulls are your ticket to maximum heterosis
• Weaned off his second calf dam at 744 lbs with a ratio of 115
• WR 2 @ 103
• Calving Interval: 359 days
MR AMERICAN OUTLAW 545N
MR PROMOTION 552N
RITA OF 7035 0709
• 69% Gelbvieh, 6% Angus, 25% XX
• Homozygous Black, Homozygous Polled
• Heavy muscled bull out of a Dam of Merit who is sired by Three Trees Xceptional
• All but 3 of his EPD’s in the top 50% of the breed
• Good birth to weaning spread with a BW of 82 lbs and an actual WW of 740 lbs
• If you are looking for a bull to produce replacement type heifers and heavy muscled steers this guy should be at the top of your list
• WR 4 @ 110
• Calving Interval: 367 days
• 29% Gelbvieh, 71% Angus
• Heterozygous Black, Homozygous Polled
• Lot 552N is out of one of my favorite young cows, who is a deep-sided, moderate framed, clean fronted cow
• Very high IM fat at 3.775 with a ratio of 159
• His dam and maternal Granddam hold 6 Dam of Merit titles combined
• WR 4 @ 99
• Calving Interval: 366 days
MR ARROWHEAD 553N
MR REBEL YELL 555N
REBEL YELL 804F ET ANISSA 921U ET OPTIMIZER 148A24 MISS 2109K MISS 943G
• 25% Gelbvieh, 25% Angus, 25% Simmental, 25% XX
• Homozygous Black, Homozygous Polled
• Well designed, heifer safe bull out of a Dam of Merit female sired by Three Trees Xceptional; Xceptional has given us extremely clean fronted, good uddered, highly maternal cows
• The numbers on this bull speak for themselves: BW ratio 91, WW ratio, 100, and YW ratio 102
• Ultrasound data to back up the EPD’s with all of his ratios at 104 or better
• Use this bull on heifers or mature cows, either way you’ll be happy with the product
• WR 4 @ 101
• Calving Interval: 368 days
• 49% Gelbvieh, 51% Angus
• Homozygous Black, Homozygous Polled
• I honestly had a hard time putting this bull on the sale bill. In my opinion, you’d be hard pressed to find a pedigree as good as his
• His maternal side is loaded with great females. Maternal granddam has 3 DOM titles, and his great-granddam is still in production with 13 calves and counting. His dam is destined to be in the donor pen
• He is an easy keeping, clean fronted, smooth muscled bull. The kind we are striving to make
• WR 2 @ 108
• Calving Interval: 370 days
MR GUNNER 556N
• 62% Gelbvieh, 28% Red Angus, 10% Angus
• Red, Homozygous Polled
• This Gunner sired bull comes about as thick made and heavy muscled you can make one
• Out of a very moderate framed, great uddered 6 year old Dam of Merit female
• He is sure to add pounds to your calf crop with an actual weaning weight of 776 and a ratio of 112
• His maternal Grandsire is WFL Merlin 018 who has given us extremely productive cows
• WR 4 @ 105
• Calving Interval: 358 days
MR NIGHT SHIFT 559N
MR JAMESON 560N
BASIN DEPOSIT 6249
BASIN JAMESON 1076
BASIN JOY 9140
830F
OPTIMIZER 148A24
• 36% Gelbvieh, 64% Angus
• Homozygous Black, Homozygous Polled
• Another great bull sired by the popular Jameson bull and out of a 4 time DOM
• 83 lb BW and 740 lb actual WW with a ratio of 107
• Impressive scan data with a 14.13 REA, 101 Fat Thickness ratio and 140 IM ratio
• Top 2% or better in all 3 indexes
• WR 6 @ 110
• Calving Interval: 367 days
• 41% Gelbvieh, 59% Angus
• Homozygous
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MR AMERICAN OUTLAW 562N
MR JAMESON 567N
BASIN DEPOSIT 6249
BASIN JAMESON 1076
BASIN JOY 9140 MR 6121D
8160F
• 99.9% Gelbvieh
• Homozygous Black, Homozygous Polled
• There is one flaw with this bull, and it was from my own doing. Unfortunately I hit a nerve when I tagged him as a calf and he never came out of it
• That shouldn’t take away the fact that he is a fantastic purebred bull, and maternal brother to the high seller in the 2025 sale
• His young dam is a 2 time DOM and has a picture perfect udder and disposition
• It is hard to find a purebred Gelbvieh in the top 10% of the breed for Marbling and top 10% FPI
• WR 4 @ 103
• Calving Interval: 368 days
MR PROMOTION 563N
• 50% Gelbvieh, 50% Angus
• Homozygous Black, Homozygous Polled
• The only other Promotion sired bull out of a beautiful purebred Gelbvieh cow
• Great scan data with a 14.67
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• 39% Gelbvieh, 61% Angus
• Heterozygous Black, Homozygous Polled
• Another well-built bull sired by Basin Jameson with an actual BW of 77
• Great muscle shape and has the leg to allow him to get out and travel
• His 8 year dam has been a DOM for the past 3 years and looks like she’s
• WR 6 @ 110
• Calving Interval: 366 days
• 26% Gelbvieh, 74% Angus
• Homozygous Black,
• 63% Gelbvieh, 37% Angus
• Heterozygous Black, Homozygous Polled
• Nice heifer bull option out of a first calf heifer who goes back to Rebel Yell
• Actual BW of 76 and an actual WW of 651 for a ratio of 112
• Top 30% of the breed in BW and top 20% of the breed for CED
• WR 1 @ 112
MR REBEL YELL 572N
MR CLOCK WORK 573N
• 45% Gelbvieh, 55% Angus
• Homozygous Black, Homozygous Polled
• Another heavy muscled, big hipped bull out of the Rebel Yell bull and a Dam that
Mead Magnitude
• Good ADG of 3.22 lbs/day to give him a ratio of 104 YW
• Scan data gave him a REA of 13.25 and a Fat Thickness ratio of 101
• WR 3 @ 97
• Calving Interval: 361 days
#10 IN THE NATION FOR DAMS OF DOMINANCE & MERIT WITH 49 COWS QUALIFYING!
We have always taken great pride in the productivity of our cows and this year was no different, as we were 8th in the nation in Dams of Dominance. We treat our cows as if they were a commercial herd and they don’t get any special treatment. Of the 34,861 cows assessed, only 5.32% were honored with the title of Dam of Merit and just over 1% qualified for Dam of Distinction. We had 49 total cows qualifying out of 88 eligible cows, with 43 as Dams of Merit and 7 as Dams of Distinction. In our herd, we had 56.82% of our eligible cows qualify. The majority of the bulls in the sale offering are out of these Dams of Dominance.
• 75% Gelbvieh, 25% Angus, <1% Red Angus
• Homozygous Black, Homozygous Polled
• Clock Work was the 2024 People’s Choice Balancer Champion
• Nice high percentage bull out of a 10 year old Purebred dam
• Scanned a big ribeye at 13.83 with a 111 ratio
• Granddam was a 3 time DOM and 2 time DOD
• WR 8 @ 100
• Calving Interval: 367 days
• 100% Angus
• Homozygous Black, Homozygous Polled
• The only other Angus bull in the offering out of a 10 year old dam
MR AMERICAN OUTLAW 576N
• 69% Gelbvieh, 31% Angus
• Heterozygous Black, Homozygous Polled
• Very nice, maternally made bull sired by our very own Mr 043H
• This bull should throw red calves if you put him on your red cows
• Heifer safe bull with an actual BW of 79 lbs
• WR 6 @ 99
• Calving Interval: 363 days
MR CCR BOULDER 598N
BC1 MR. L367 BC1 MS. J157
EXCITEMENT
• 69% Gelbvieh, 31% Angus
• Homozygous Black, Homozygous Polled
• This is the second year we have used American Outlaw, and he stamps every one of them out heavy muscled and with lots of leg for travel. This bull is no exception
• Out of a nice 5 year old dam that is sired by Mead Magnitude. We have had several very nice Magnitude bulls sell in the past
• Granddam is a 2 time DOM
• WR 3 @ 106
• Calving Interval: 370 days
• 25% Gelbvieh, 48% Angus, 27% Simmental
• Homozygous Black, Homozygous Polled
• Nice composite bull out of a really nice 10 year old 5-time DOM
• Clean fronted bull that had a BW of 83 lbs and weaned
• Scanned extremely well with a REA of 16.07 and an IM ratio of 133
• WR 8 @ 105
• Calving Interval: 371 days
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• 51% Gelbvieh, 25% Red Angus, 24% Angus
• Red, Homozygous Polled
• Our youngest bull on the sale out of a highly maternal Merlin 018A
