OVER 30 YEARS IN THE CHAROLAIS BREEDING STOCK BUSINESS!
Location :
Koepsell Charolais Farm
About the Operation:
Koepsell Charolais Farm is a 3rd generation family-owned operation in rural Southeast South Dakota established in 1952, providing quality purebred Charolais seedstock to producers since 1995. We pride ourselves here at Koepsell Charolais in the honest real-world functionality, longevity, and performance our stock can provide for any operation! We represent our bulls and females with honesty as well as the highest detail so there can be nothing to surprise our fellow producers. At KCF we strive to produce herd sires and females with easy calving, gentle dispositions, as well as top gaining and performing attributes to maximize our customer’s profits and pounds! When you invest in a KCF bull, we fully stand behind our animals with confidence and integrity because here at Koepsell Charolais Quality over Quantity truly is our measure. This year’s deep selection continues to affirm that motto! We believe there is a bull fit for any operation in our offering!
Our deepest gratification goes to the many repeat customers who continue to trust in the KCF prefix as well as all our first-time buyers who share in the commitment to honest, detailed, and true performance cattle.
We thank you for your time and consideration in purchasing a KCF bull!
Sale Terms:
24654 436th Avenue, Canova, SD 57321
Contacts:
Logan Koepsell – 605-480-1643
Marlon Koepsell – 605-480-1642
BULLS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO VIEW AT THE FARM BEGINNING APRIL 1! PLEASE GIVE US A CALL AHEAD OF TIME TO SCHEDULE WHEN YOU WOULD LIKE TO STOP BY!
Veterinary Work & Herd Health
Dr. Erik Holum – Sweetgrass Veterinary Services – 605-928-8387
Dr. Mike Stiefvater – Salem Veterinary Services – 605-425-2020
Bulls will be semen tested, scrotals measured, and given their full vaccination protocol on March 26th! For more info on their full vaccination history, we’d be happy to provide that for you!
Nutrition:
All bulls follow a ration and mineral program set forth by the Central Farmers Co-op feed division in Canova, SD. All sale bulls are fed for a 3.0-3.5 ADG goal from weaning to yearling age. The ADG at KCF is calculated by total actual pounds gained from 205 to 365 days of age for a realistic honest figure. Our bulls are easy feeding, easy fleshing, and keep perfect feet as we do not push them with high amounts of feed to get unrealistic heightened gains. We strive to provide longevity in all our bulls, no matter the type of operation they may be going into.
This is a private treaty, first-come-first-serve basis sale. We are in the business of providing quality top tier animals at an affordable price. We would rather gain your business than be greedy, so pricing can be reasonably negotiable. Acceptable payment methods are cash or check only. A deposit of half of the agreed sale price is requested on the day of commitment to lock in your desired bull, with the remainder being due upon pickup or delivery of the animal.
Bull Delivery:
Free delivery within 300 miles of the farm is included in the purchase of a bull. Outside of that, we will work with you to set up transportation. We would like bulls picked up or delivery set up by June 1, after that date $2.50/day will be added to the sale price to cover feed and housing costs.
Breeding Guarantee:
All KCF bulls are backed by a first breeding season guarantee and are guaranteed in good health as well as being free of sickness/disease at the time of sale. The breeding season is defined as 60 days after the bulls have been turned into the breeding pasture. Full credit or a replacement animal will be provided if circumstances show our bull has become a non-breeder due to health or genetic reasons. This guarantee will be void if problems are due to negligence, injury, mortality, improper management, or acts of God. Koepsell Charolais will claim full salvage value of the animal in question. Bulls must be returned in good health and body condition. Every claim is reviewable by the team at Koepsell Charolais before credit is given.
Genomics:
All bulls in the offering have been 100K genomic tested through the AICA for guaranteed parentage, homo or hetero polled horn status, as well as PA status. EPD’s are updated and accurate to the last AICA Cattle Evaluation on March 1, 2026.
Understanding EPD’s for Selection:
Cattle Evaluations use the term Expected Progeny Differences (EPD) to express genetic transmitting ability of a sire for the various traits listed. An EPD is a prediction of how future progeny of a sire are expected to perform in a particular trait relative to other sires in the analysis. The key word is “difference”. The EPD itself does not imply “good” or “bad” performance. But rather, the EPD gives a prediction of the average difference to expect in the performance of a sire’s progeny relative to other sires in the same analysis.The EPD for a given trait on each animal in the analysis is compared to every other animal in the analysis. The EPD is reported as a plus or minus value in the unit which the trait is measured.
Birth Weight EPD (BW) The expected difference in average birth weight (pounds) of progeny. Birth weight reflects prenatal growth.
Calving Ease Direct (CE) is expressed as a difference in percentage of unassisted births in first calf heifers. A higher value indicates greater calving ease. It predicts the average difference in unassisted births with which a sire’s calves will be born when bred to first-calf heifers.
Calving Ease Maternal (MCE) is expressed as a difference in percentage of unassisted births in first calf daughters. A higher value indicates greater calving ease. It predicts the average difference in unassisted births with which a sire’s daughters will calve as first-calf heifers when compared to daughters of other sires.
Weaning Weight EPD (WWT) The expected difference in average weaning weight of calves. The evaluation reflects the genetic influence on pre-weaning growth rate.
Yearling Weight EPD (YWT) The expected difference in average yearling weight of progeny. The evaluation reflects genetic influence on both pre-weaning and post-weaning growth rate.
Maternal Milk EPD (Milk) The genetic ability of a sire’s or dam’s daughters to express in pounds of weaning weight in her calves due to her maternal ability through mothering instinct and milk.
Total Maternal EPD (MTL) A value to predict the weaning weight performance of calves from a animal’s daughters due to genetics for growth and maternal ability. Total Maternal is calculated by adding ½ the WWT EPD to the Maternal Milk EPD.
Terminal Sire Index (TSI) The AICA Terminal Sire Index (TSI) is a formal method of combing Expected Progeny Differences (EPD) – BWT, WWT, YWT, REA, HCW, MARB and FAT – into one single value on which to base selection decisions. The TSI uses estimates of the genetic relationships between traits with an economic default value based on three year rolling USDA data.
The TSI represents a dollar index per terminal progeny produced for a bull in the AICA database, ranking them for profit potential. This dollar index is to be interpreted much like single trait EPD. For example, if Sire A’s index is $191.66 and Sire B’s index is $200.00, then we would expect Sire B’s offspring to average $8.34 more net return ($200.00 minus $191.66) than Sire A’s offspring.
SIRES OF 2026 SALE BULLS:
*Semen Available – $25/straw*
REFERENCE SIRES:
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KCF SINGLE BARREL 522P
PUREBRED BREEDERS LOOK CLOSELY! Single Barrel may be arguably the most elite bull ever raised here at KCF, a true program elevating herd sire prospect! Coming out at a moderate 91lb BW then powering to a 106 ratio WW and a 4.16ADG to his 1344lb YW, he far outperformed his ration goal as the #1 ranked bull for growth to yearling age! STUDY HIS GENOMICS, he is quite a phenom with 9 EPD traits that rank in the top 10% of the breed, we also should mention he does not have an EPD trait outside the top 20%! This all is no surprise being backed by true breed leading royalty including WCF Silver Gun, DC/CRJ Tank E108, the WC Clarice cow family, and the LT Molly cow family! His perfect figured dam which we acquired from the ultra-respectable J&J Trust herd has quickly made it to our donor pen! This specimen is easy fleshing, deep-made, and extra muscular! There is tremendous proven performance, masculinity, and balance bred into this herd sire! We believe he truly lives up to his name; being extraordinarily unique and of the highest quality! *PA FREE*
KCF BILLY JOEL 510P
AN ICON WHO REALLY IS “UPTOWN”!! Like his name that precedes him, this powerful stud is one of the greatest ever here at KCF! Take a look at the growth figures of this powerful herd sire prospect!! Top 2% of the breed WW EPD, Top 1% of the breed YW, Milk, and MTL EPDs, and closing with a HUGE 318 TSI!! If you are looking for a power bull with tons of frame to add growth and pounds, here he is! #1 WEANING WEIGHT, #1 YEARLING WEIGHT, and a 110 ratioing ADG!! The good never ends! And to bring it all together he has the look in the pen and the pedigree to back it. Son of the widely known WCR Icon 756 and a beautiful Tank daughter who has raised a couple top bulls for us already! Study him for a long time; whether he needs to produce big gaining sons or cow-making replacements, he will not miss! *PA FREE*
All KCF calves are fed a very minimal free-choice creep feed ration in the pastures for only 60 days prior to weaning just to streamline the transition into the pens in the fall. We feel this still allows us to show their true birth to weaning performance ability.
WCR Icon 756P – SIRE
MEATWAGON!! It’s not very often you find a bull with this kind of depth, shape, and carcass quality paired with sleep all night calving ease attributes as well! He is moderately framed but absolutely soggy in every part of him! A petite head alongside calving ease and BW EPD’s in the top 20% of the breed will have his calves practically falling out and then exploding to weight in the pasture and in the pen! We believe he really follows the trend of his grandsires on top and bottom, the titans Elder’s BlackJack & WC Big Ben! *PA FREE*
FRAME, FRAME, AND MORE FRAME! If you are looking for a sire to run on your big burly cows and stack pounds on their calves, Pathfinder is your bull!! He has stood out with muscularity and carcass since he was 6months old! With the 2nd largest WW in the offering this year and a WW EPD in the top 25% of the breed he is built for you producers who sell your calves early on as feeders! *PA FREE*
3/3/25
LOW LOW BW, DO-IT- ALL BULL who really comes to the top of the list that we feel will produce some elite milking, easy-calving, matriarch type females for anyone! His mother is a perfect-uddered J&J dam that has not missed! He boasts a Milk & MTL EPD in the top 1-2% of the breed! A low low 79lb BW followed by an almost 4# daily gain, his power is nothing to overlook either! Take note of his length, his depth, and all around well-made, complete look! His KCF owned rockstar
muscularity to anything he has a part in! We know bulls are the talk of the town left and right but making quality top performing females is the other half of the
HEIFER BULL - LT Atlas has quickly become one of the breeds favorite sires! Producing breed leading progeny of his own used all around the globe! This son continues that top tier performance they are known for! Where do we begin…an ULTRA-LOW BW at a mere 71lbs, 3.64ADG ratioing 105, and then a slew of EPDs in the top of the breed! He has the growth, he has the look, and he has the maternal power behind him being out of one of our top KCF dams! Add an Atlas son to your bull battery and you won’t be disappointed!
KCF SIR LEGACY 507P
KCF SIR SCOUT 519P
BD: 3/7/25 • HOMO POLLED AICA Reg# M1020950
Here is another burly WCR Scout son who boasts WW and YW EPD’s in the top 1% of the breed! Power breeds power with this stud! Starting with a moderate 89lb birthweight then booming to a 112 ratio WW at 711lb, he is one of our top picks for a POWER SIRE in this year’s selection! He has the look and numbers to produce the gains we all want and need! *PA FREE* WCR Scout 2209P Elder’s Blackjack 788B
WCR Ms Firewater 5100
KCF Lady New Kingsbury 103P
KCF SIR SCOUT 517P
BD: 3/7/25 • HETERO POLLED AICA Reg# M1020949
Elder’s Blackjack 788B
WCR Scout 2209P
WCR Ms Firewater 5100 P
WCR Notorious 6170 P
WCR Ms Notorious 9262
WCR Ms Bottoms Up 761
Both of these Scout sons really solidify what we mean about the consistency we strive for here at Koepsell Charolais! Moderate birthweights, consistent performing ADGs, and the kind of look and functionality in the pen that will keep you coming back for more! Scout continues to produce long lasting, highly functional bulls and females that just work for everyone! Pick 517 for heifers, pick 532 for cows, or take-em-both and cover it all! *BOTH PA FREE*
ANOTHER HEIFER SAFE SIRE - Here is a specimen you are going to want to use on all those pretty & petite heifers out there being made into herd staple cows! He has “sleeping off a late night out” type calving ease with a top 3% of the breed BW EPD and then follows that up with some powerful growth! HARDY is another WCR Icon son who honestly is a spitting image of his sire! Homo-polled, tons of length, and muscular to consistently give you easy coming calves that grow and grow! Not to mention his mother has produced our top-selling bulls for the last 3 years, you cannot go wrong! *PA FREE*
KCF SIR TIMEOUT 526P
These last 2 bulls are out of the most favorite commercial producing sire we have had in a long time, EC Time Out 762! His calves have consistently been front-end stock at weaning and market time! 526 adds tons of value with utility-type calving ease, use him for cows or heifers, he’ll do it all! Tons of carcass yet being easy fleshing and excellent feet make him a bull we know will last many many years on your operation! 5292 add loads of growth and power! With a 3.88ADG and the look in the pen that catches our eye every time he will add muscle and pounds to your calves! He is out of one of the best commercial cows’ lines we have ever had on the farm, his granddam has produced multiple bulls and retained females for us for years now! *BOTH PA FREE*
ACHIEVING PROFITABILITY THROUGH CONSISTENCY IN TIMES OF VULNERABILITY
We have been blessed with prosperous & exciting times in the cattle industry these last recent years, there’s no doubt about it! In our opinion, taking advantage of maximum profitability in these markets should be top priority of our fellow cattlemen. Being able to offer highly functional, top-performing, and long-lasting breeding animals at affordable costs has been something we pride ourselves on here at Koepsell Charolais. While we all have different views and variations of feeding or growing our cattle, one thing we can all get behind is the genetic capability our breeding stock passes on to these highly valuable market calves. Investing in a bull is a big decision that we believe should not be taken lightly, so we strive to show each bull’s true capability and real-world value to you. While the most expensive bull may not be the best fit for your operation, we are true believers in the correlation that superior genetics adds value to any operations bottom-line! In today’s exploding market, we need to take advantage of profitability while it’s here, which means getting the maximum return on investment of herd bulls being purchased. This is why we tirelessly strive for longevity and the true maximum performance in our breeding stock being offered. We invite you to trust in the honesty & consistency the KCF prefix offers and with the 30+ years of experience in the business, we will continue to guarantee your satisfaction.
