A message from: Russ Princ
Sales Manager
I-70 Gateway Spring Bull & Female Sale Kingdom City, Missouri
Dear Friends,
We are excited to return to Kingdom City for the I-70 Gateway Spring Sale. After a strong fall event, we look forward to bringing another deep, profit-driven set of cattle this spring.
The bulls selling are built for real-world balance — calving ease with growth, muscle without excess maintenance, and carcass merit backed by maternal strength. They offer the power and phenotype producers appreciate in traditional programs, while adding the hybrid vigor and multi-trait selection that improves fertility, longevity, and efficiency.
In addition, we are offering approximately 100 head of bred fall-calving females — functional, maternal cows bred with purpose. They provide uniformity and predictability, along with the reproductive strength that keeps herds moving forward.
These cattle are designed not just to look good on sale day, but to perform over time — holding condition, breeding back, and converting efficiently in real-world conditions.
We look forward to seeing you in Kingdom City and helping you select cattle that move your program ahead. Let’s build Better Cow Herds — and more profitable ones — together.
Sincerely,
Russ Princ Sales Manager Leachman Cattle
Breeding Season Guarantee!
Leachman Cattle is offering a 90 day breeding season guarantee, starting the first day of turnout, on all bulls that we sell. This guarantee will cover your purchased bull(s) against death, injury, infertility, and loss of use. If, during the first season, you lose the use of your Leachman bull for whatever reason, we will give you a credit towards the purchase of a new bull. We only ask that your herd veterinarian provide a written statement describing the death, injury, or infertility. If the bull in question can be salvaged, we would like you to keep the salvage value, and a credit will be issued, less the salvage amount you receive for the bull. If the bull is turned out for breeding, then the credit will be given at 75% of the original purchase value (less any salvage value). All claims must be made within 1 year from the date of purchase and cannot exceed the greater of 2 bulls per invoice or 15% of the total invoice.
Example 1: Your $5,000 bull dies before you turn him out to breed. You receive a full credit of $5,000. (Purchase Price - $0 Salvage - $0 Use).
Example 2: Your $5,000 bull injures his scrotum after you pull him from the cows. You sell him for $1000 in salvage. You receive a credit of $2,750 ($5000 purchase - $1000 salvage - $1250 usage).
Requirements for claims:
1. All claims must be made within 365 days of purchase.
2. A veterinary statement regarding the circumstances is required.
3. A verbal agreement from Leachman Cattle is required prior to a bull being sold for salvage. Documentation of the salvage value of the bull, including identification of the bull on the sale barn ticket, that corresponds to the bulls Leachman identifications (visual ear tag or EID) is also required.
This credit can be used for the purchase of bulls, females, semen, and/or embryos from Leachman Cattle. If the credit is not used within 24 months of the date of issuance, then it will expire.
Note: Guarantee will be revoked on all bulls that are not paid for within 5 business days of invoice date.
2026 Leachman Gateway I-70 Bull Sale
Thursday, April 2, 2026 – 5:00 pm
Callaway Livestock Center • 7238 Jade Rd, Kingdom City, MO 65262
Sale Day Phones:
Russ Princ 970-413-0993
Kurt Schenkel 740-503-6270
Isaac Detweiler 641-202-9800
Jack Harrison 572-999-7197
Special Buyers Representatives that Can Bid for You:
Aaron Rasmussen 308-763-1361
Jerrod Watson 303-827-1156
Craig Hays 660-373-1897
Sale Location:
The sale will be held at Callaway Livestock Center located at 7238 Jade Rd, Kingdom City, MO 65262 573-642-7486 (Office)
Jack Harrison (Owner)
Terms of Payment:
Payment will be cash on day of sale unless previous arrangements have been made with Leachman Cattle. Online purchasers will be contacted after the sale for payment instructions to Leachman Cattle. Bulls not picked-up from Callaway Livestock Center by Saturday following the sale, will be charged feed and yardage.
Delivery:
Bulls will sell FOB from Callaway Livestock Center.
Herd Health:
Auctioneer: Craten Blattel 417-650-7688
Bulls sell with a complete vaccination program and ready for turnout. They are guaranteed sound and healthy. They sell with a complete breeding soundness evaluation. All bulls have received two shots of the killed Anaplasmosis vaccination.
Lot numbers:
Bulls will sell in lot order and are tagged with lot numbers.
Retained Semen:
Leachman Cattle retains 100% semen collection and sale interest in all Leachman Stabilizer® bulls. If you wish to purchase semen rights, contact a Leachman Representative.
Terms and Conditions:
The cattle will sell under the terms and conditions at http://www.leachman.com/terms
Genetic Test:
All bulls out of known carriers have been tested for known defects (CA, AM, NH, and OS) and sell clean, unless otherwise noted in the catalog or from the sale block.
Leachman Cattle: A Program You Can Trust.
Travis Martin of Owl Creek Cattle Company in Fulton, Missouri, has been using Leachman Stabilizer ® bulls for four years.
Since switching to Stabilizer® bulls the main difference I’ve noticed is the thickness of the calves. I was previously breeding to purebred Angus bulls, and the calves just didn’t have the thickness from behind.
Travis also noted a significant improvement in calving ease and udder quality.
These calves are hitting the ground and are ready to take on the world. I attribute that to hybrid vigor. Their Stabilizer® sired dams have incredible udders, are super docile and hold their condition. I don’t know if there’s anything negative to say about them.
The Data Works. The People Deliver.
Travis has been using Inherit Select ® DNA testing for four years. He’s a firm believer in the technology that helps him make more informed breeding decisions.
I’ve now tested my entire herd. My advice to neighbors is to invest in the full system: purchasing Leachman genetics AND doing Inherit Select® DNA testing.
While Travis has seen tremendous improvement in his herd since going all-in on the Leachman system, his experience with the Leachman sales team is what he values most.
When I put in an order with the Leachman reps, I know they’re buying a bull that fits me and my operation. They’ve put in time to come look at my herd and understand my operation. To me, that’s the number one selling point, that there’s trust in who I deal with.
MEET OUR TEAM
Our dedicated team at Leachman Cattle is
Russ
Cell: 970-413-0993 russ.princ@leachman.com
Craig Hays Director of Genetics & Product Dev. 660-373-1897
craig.hays@leachman.com
How To View Information, Access the Auction, and Bid Online
CATTLE
Bid from Anywhere on the new online Bidding PlAtform
httPs://leAchmAn.com/sAles/
To access the auction, go to leachman.com/sales and click the Leachman Bid From Anywhere logo in the middle of the page.
Registration
To view the auction and/or place a bid, you must first register for the auction.
• At the top right corner of the page, click REGISTER and enter your information.
• Be sure to click YES to receive both email and text alerts (used only to notify you if you are outbid).
• After completing your information, click the green Complete Registration button.
• You will also have to verify with a CREDIT CARD. While this is only for verification you may also use this to pay for your purchase (A 3% CC fee will apply at payment).
• You will receive both a text and an email from S3 One Goal. Open both and follow the instructions to verify your email and phone number.
• Once verified, a Bidder Number will automatically be assigned to you.
Browsing and Viewing Lots
Once registered, click on AUCTION ITEMS. Click on “4.2.26 I-70 Gateway Spring Bull & Female Sale“ to view the offering prior to sale day.
• Click on any lot to see details, EPDs, photos and videos.
• Use the arrows on each side of the information to scroll through lots quickly.
Bidding on Sale Day
On sale day, click on the sale name under Auction Items to watch the sale in real time.
• You will see the lot information and hear the auctioneer live.
• To bid, click the green Bid (Current Bid Price) button.
• If you are done bidding, click the red I’m Done Bidding button. You can re-enter bidding anytime by clicking Bid again.
• If you are bidding from a computer, hovering your pointer over the green Bid button will show the auctioneer that you are interested in bidding.
After the Sale
At the close of the online auction, you will receive an email invoice for your purchases. Invoice must be paid prior to shipping.
For assistance with registering or bidding, please contact: Russ Princ – 970-413-0993 | russ.princ@urus.org
Brice White – 970-629-8858 | brice.white@leachman.com
How to read this catalog
1. Reg#: the registration number of the animal. NotReg means the animal is not registered. Pending means that a registration number has been applied for, but was not issued at the time of catalog printing.
2. Brd: breed of the animal if two breeds or less are involved. If more than two breeds are in the animal, then the composition shows the percent British and the percent Continental, i.e. 58B 42C means 58% British and 42% Continental.
3. DOB: date of birth
4. P = polled. S = scurred. H = horned. PP = Homozygous Polled. PH = Heterozygous Polled, PHS = Heterozygous Polled & Scurrs.
5. Cooperator herd where the bull was raised.
6. Color: BBK=homozygous black, BLK = black, BWF = black white face, BBF = black brockle face, RED = red, RWF = red white face, WHT = white, BRC = black red carrier, BBW = Homozygous black, white faced, BRW = Black red carrier, white faced.
7. Pen where the bull is located.
8. Genetic Defect codes - a C appended to the end denotes carrier and an F denotes tested free and P denotes possible but untested.
NH - Neuropathic Hydrocephalus
AM - Arthrogryposis Multiplex
CA - Contractural Arachnodactyly
OS - Osteopetrosis
DD -Developmental Duplication
PA - Pulmonary Ataxia
Phenotype Scores to Make Bull Buying Easier:
9. CE: Calving Ease is the predicted calving ease if you use the bull on heifers. If there is a number in the brown box, this indicates the breed calculated calving ease direct EPD. In addition, we provide our Leachman estimated calving star system.
***** The easiest calving bulls in the industry.
**** Use on smaller heifers with minimal assistance needed
*** Use on larger heifers with some assistance expected.
10. Maternal: This is an estimate of maternal efficiency, NOT milk. It includes $Ranch, Udder EPD and Fertility EPD as the basis for the Star system. The bulls are
Professional Bull Buyers Guide
scored from one star to five stars. Five Star bulls will produce some of the most profitable, good uddered cows in the industry.
11. Fertility: Predicts the number of calves that a bull’s daughters will have in the first 8 years of their life. As Fertility stars go up we would expect you to have a higher % weaned calf crop.
12. Udder EPD: This EPD assesses the bag attachment and teat size of the bull’s daughters. Bulls with 5 & 4 stars should sire females with exceptional udder quality.
13. Growth: This is a score from one star to five stars, where five stars means maximum growth. Even the one star bulls are as growthy as any bull in America 20 years ago.
14. Feedlot: This looks at all of the post weaning traits including gain, conversion, carcass weight, and carcass merit. Scored from one star to five stars, where five stars would produce maximum overall value in your feeder calves.
15. Feet: Is an estimate of the claw shape of an animal’s feet. The bulls are scored on a 1 to 5 scale. Bulls that are 5 and 4 Star for Feet should improve your herds feet and have a low incidence of claw issues himself. One star bulls should be used in a terminal breeding program.
16. Disposition: Our traditional score of 1 – 5 on disposition. Score 5 bulls are bulls you can walk up to and touch. Score 3 is about average historically for Leachman bulls. However, we are making a concerted effort to improve disposition, so most bulls score 3 or higher. The bulls scored 2.5 or 2 are nervous and do not like to be in close quarters with people on foot – but they are great for big range operations.
17. Phenotype: A combination of eye appeal and overall kind. Scored from one star to five stars. Five star bulls are the best phenotypic bulls in the sale (in our opinion)! Two star bulls are less attractive visually than average.
Indexes
18. $Ranch EPD: This Leachman profit index that predicts weaning profitability based on calving ease, weaning weight, maternal milk, cow cost, and FERTILITY. Based on producing 100 calves. This EPD assumes a slide on calf prices of $10 / cwt.
19. $Feeder: This number is expressed in terms of the bull’s added value to the sale price of your feeder calves. It is expressed in dollars per head. Thus when comparing a +100 bull vs. a +50 bull, we expect the first bull to sire calves worth $50 per head more at weaning (regardless of their weight).
20. $Profit™ EPD: One, simple, proven number that gives each trait a weight according to its impact on profit.
EPDs/ABCs
Breed Association EPDs (Expected Progeny Differences) are listed for all registered animals. Leachman ABCs (Across Breed Comparisons) are listed for all un-registered animals. All ABCs are on an Angus base and can be compared across breeds within this catalog. EPDs are appropriate association EPDs without any adjustments.
21. Birth weight EPD/ABC expressed on an Angus scale (or breed scale for Red Angus, and Charolais).
22. Weaning weight EPD/ABC expressed on a breed scale. The Stabilizers are expressed on an Angus scale.
23. Yearling EPD/ABC expressed on a breed scale. The Stabilizers are expressed on an Angus scale.
24. Milk EPD/ABC expressed on a breed scale. The Stabilizers are expressed on an Angus scale. This is the best predictor of a bull’s daughter’s ability to milk. It measures the difference in weaning weight that will be produced between one bull’s daughters and another bull’s daughters due solely to milk.
25. MWT is the predicted mature weight of daughters that you will get if you use the bull on a 1250 pound cow. If your cows weigh 1350, add 100 to this predicted weight. If your cows weigh only 1150, subtract 100 from this predicted weight. This EPD is the best indicator of daughter size -- far better than frame score or yearling height.
26. YHT is an EPD, expressed as frame score, predicting the yearling frame score of a sire’s progeny, compared to that of other sires.
27. IMF is the ultrasound based EPD/ABC for marbling expressed on a breed scale. The Stabilizers are expressed
on an Angus scale.
28. REA is the ultrasound based EPD/ABC for ribeye area expressed on a breed scale. The Stabilizers are expressed on an Angus scale.
29. F:G is the pedigree estimated feed to gain EPD that predicts the feedlot efficiency of the bulls offspring. A negative number means that the bull’s progeny will feed more efficiently. Example: -0.50 means that the bulls progeny will require ½ pound less feed per pound of gain.
30. Intake: is an estimate of the amount of feed that the bull’s progeny will consume over a 112 day feeding period. It is expressed in pounds. Animals with higher intake will consume more throughout their life. Animals with lower intake will consume less.
31. SC is an EPD, expressed in centimeters, predicting the yearling scrotal circumference of a sire’s progeny, compared to that of other sires.
32. PAP: PAP EPD. If there is a number in the green box, this is the actual PAP score of the animal. If there is a circle around the score, this indicates that the score was collected above 8500 ft in Walden, CO.
Key to bull comments:
• Any reference to % rank is the percentile rank within that bull’s breed. Top 1% means the animal ranks better than 99% of the population on that trait.
• Reference to the number rank (i.e. #2 $Profit) is the bulls rank within his breed within the sale bulls for that trait. So, #4 F:G ST means the 4th best Feed:Gain Stabilizer bull in the sale.
• Other abbreviations used in the comments include:
• Dam 5@101 NR – indicates that the bull’s dam has five calves with an average weaning ratio of 101
• WR & NR = weaning or nursing ratio. How the calf ranked within herd on their adjusted weaning weight.
• YR = yearling ratio. How the calf ranked within herd on adjusted yearling weight.
• AWW = adjusted 205 day weaning weight. AYW = adjusted 365 day yearling weight.
• REA & IMF = either adjusted data or ratios for ultrasound ribeye area and inter-muscular fat (marbling).
• ADG = average daily gain on test. WDA = weight per day of age at a year.
• Stay = the Red Angus EPD for Stayability. This predicts the likelihood that a bull’s daughters stay in the herd. +14 means that 14% more of this bull’s daughters will be in the herd at age 6.
OUR STAR SYSTEM: EXPLAINED
CALVING EASE: The predicted calving ease if you use the bull on heifers.
The easiest calving bulls in the industry
Use on smaller heifers with minimal assistance needed
Use on larger heifers with some assistance expected (If no stars are shown, the animal is recommended for use on cows only)
GROWTH: A formula combines WW and YW to predict how much performance the sire will pass on to their progeny.
Most growth
MATERNAL: An estimate of the maternal efficiency of the daughters this sire will produce. It includes cow size, milk, udder quality, fertility/longevity, growth, feed efficiency/intake and calving ease.
Keep these heifers! They will make the most profitable females in the business.
FEED/CARCASS: A formula that combines: gain, conversion, carcass weight and carcass merit to predict post weaning performance.
Maximum overall value in your feeder calves
UDDER: An estimate of the daughter’s udder quality. Excellent teat size and tight bag suspension
FERTILITY: An estimate of the number of calves the daughters will have in their lifetime.
Daughters will produce about two more calves in their life time than daughters of a one-star sire.
DISPOSITION: An observation of the sires disposition.
Average – respects flight zones and handles well, but is not a pet
Leachman financial indexes
allow you to HAVE IT ALL !
$RANCH®: Profit from birth through weaning. Includes:
• Fertility, Milk, Growth
• Cow feed intake and mature size
$FEEDER®: Profit from weaning to harvest. Includes:
• Feed conversion
• Carcass value
• Carcass weight
$PROFIT®: $RANCH® + $FEEDER® Puts it all together.
• One number that predicts your bottom line!
FEED:GAIN: Difference in the amount of feed a bull's progeny will consume to produce one pound of gain.
Example: A -0.50 F:G EPD means this animal's progeny will consume 1/2 pound less feed per pound of gain than would progeny of a 0.00 F:G EPD sire.
FEED INTAKE: Difference in feed consumption of each of a bull's progeny in a 112 day feeding period.
Example: A steer whose sire has a -100 Intake EPD will eat 100 pounds less feed in 112 days than one whose sire had a zero Intake EPD.
ACROSS BREED COMPARISONS
DARE TO COMPARE:
You can’t afford to make mistakes in your breeding program. Choosing to use sires with incomplete or low-value data can unknowingly make your herd less profitable. Same work, same cost, poor results — unacceptable.
Leachman ABC’s are the most reliable and comprehensive EPDs in the industry. They are backed by a large (nearly a million), long-standing (over 30 years), multi-breed (over 15 breeds) database. Using this system assures you of making sound breeding decisions with minimal risk of failure.
Leachman Stabilizers®
An American Beef "Breed" Success Story
• Built on Science: First designed in the 1970’s by USDA ARS scientists at the Meat Animal Research Center as the Marc II composite: ¼ Red Angus, ¼ Hereford, ¼ Simmental, ¼ Gelbvieh.
• Privatized: A private herd was developed by Pat Vinton, Gordon, NE and later sold to the Tessari family in Babb, MT – thus becoming the foundation for the Leachman Stabilizer® herd.
• Modernized: From 1988 – 2003, Leachman modernized the Stabilizer® composite:
▪ Reduced birth weight
▪ Solid colored, polled cattle
▪ Increased post weaning gain
▪ Improved disposition and udder quality
▪ Added black lines to original red lines
▪ Injected top hybrid and purebred sires from the Angus, Simmental, and Gelbvieh breeds
• Moved to Colorado: In 2003, Leachman Cattle of Colorado was formed with a nucleus of cooperators that included the Tessari herd and several other Stabilizer® cooperators.
• Selected with $PROFIT®: Leachman Cattle began selecting the Stabilizer® using $PROFIT® with significant results:
▪ Lower birth weight + higher yearling growth
▪ Increased marbling
▪ Improved feed efficiency
▪ Huge annual progress on $PROFIT®
• Expanded Internationally: In 2016, Leachman offered genetic analysis services to Stabilizer® breeders in the UK, New Zealand and Australia. This expansion increased the total Stabilizer® herd being selected for $PROFIT® to over 20,000 breeding females. Genetics are now flowing to and from each of these herds – increasing the rate of global selection improvement.
• Enhanced by DNA: In 2020, we partnered with Zoetis to build the largest, most accurate composite DNA database in the world. This nearly doubles the accuracy of yearling EPDs, allowing even more rapid genetic improvement.
• URUS Partnership: In 2023, URUS purchased a majority interest in Leachman Cattle. At that time, the ranch was also moved to Meriden, WY. The URUS collaboration has accelerated genetic progress to produce sustainable beef.
Dr. Keith Gregory
Excerpts from a 2001 letter written by Dr. Keith Gregory, Research Geneticist at U.S. Meat Animal Research Center (MARC) to Jim Leachman:
“Your contributions to beef cattle breeding are unmatched in the history of beef cattle breeding. No one has had a greater impact on beef cattle breeding on a global basis. I have stated on several occasions that no one is implementing more of the available beef cattle breeding technology than Leachman Cattle.”
We make bull buying easy!
Choosing the right bull starts with choosing the right balance of traits. Leachman delivers MORE data and BETTER data than any other bull program.
Most catalogs can identify terminal sires with indexes like $Beef, TI or TSI. Few can accurately identify elite maternal bulls. That’s why we built the $RANCH® index, and strengthened it with Udder Stars and Fertility Stars.
We also introduced AllAround Bulls, sires that excel in both maternal and feed/carcass traits. These bulls earn four stars or more in both categories and rank high for $RANCH®, $FEEDER® and $PROFIT®.
The Leachman sale offers more 4-Star and higher AllAround Bulls than any sale in the country because we purposefully select for them.
AllAround Specialist Levels:
• 5-Star AllAround – five stars in both Maternal and Feed/Carc.
• 4.5-Star AllAround – five stars in one category and four in the other.
• 4-Star AllAround – four stars in both Maternal and Feed/Carc.
AllAround Bulls deliver the most valuable balance in the beef industry. They give you flexibility to keep heifers, sell calves, feed out or market on a grid. They may cost a little more, but they return more.
Better data. Better bulls. That’s the Leachman advantage.
First choose your trait emphasis. Then buy as much $PROFIT® as you can afford.
NOTE: AllAround bulls can also be used as either Maternal or Feed/Carc Specialists.
Example
of 5-Star
AllAround Bull Hooks Capitalist 37C
This 5-Star Accuracy, 5-Star Maternal Senior AI Herd Sire showcases the power of our system to build a commercial cow herd that lasts. With $PROFIT®, $RANCH® and $FEEDER® all ranking in the top 1% or better, he drives bottom-line improvement no matter your breeding goals.
Lot 1
LCHMN GOVENOR N047M
1
Stabilizer Bulls Lots
Lot 4
LCHMN
JERICHO U655M
4
Stabilizer Bulls
LCHMN 231A M224M
8
9
A R Drive
Blackcap HG302
LCoC Blackcap BG057
C. Ease Maternal Cow Fert
#8 PAP EPD, Top 8.5% Cow Fertility, Top 4.2% YWt, Top 0.2% Marbling Elite Calf Revenue Creator -- Average or better Maternal.
LCHMN JUSTIFIED W678M
10
Ms Missle JT002
Ms Missle FT118
$Ranch $144 3%
#7 $Profit, #8 Cow Fert EPD, #7 REA EPD, Top 9.2% YWt, Top 0.1% Marb 4.75-Star
LCHMN VERCINGETORIX M161M
13
Stabilizer Bulls Lots 1-41
LCHMN 231A M129M
14
LCHMN LORD KELVIN U544M
16
$Ranch $122 6% $Feeder $180 3% $Profit $25,146 2% #4 PAP EPD, Top 0.1% Marbling, Top 12% Cow Fertility 4 Star Maternal -- Build a Better Cowherd.
LCHMN JERICHO W676M
LCHMN JUDGE K518M
15
$Feeder, #5 PAP
Lot 17
19
Stabilizer Bulls Lots
LCHMN JUST RIGHT U740M
21
Leachman Just Right S418J
LCoC Isabel GS962
LCoC Isabel BS037
C. Ease Maternal Cow Fert Udder
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#8 $Profit, #6 $Feeder, #6 PAP, #2 WWT EPD, #4 Ribeye, Feet Improver! Elite Calf Revenue Creator -- Average or better Maternal.
LCHMN BLACK CROSS S424M
23
DHL Miss Black Cross 249
C. Ease Maternal Cow Fert Udder
$Ranch $99 13%
25
LCHMN JUDICIAL M134M
LCHMN
JESSE JAMES W460M
27
Stabilizer Bulls
LCHMN JAGGER U039M
28
CAPITALIST S760M
C. Ease Maternal Cow Fert Udder Growth
C.
30 LCHMN JUDGE W684M
#1 $Profit, #1 Marb EPD, #2 $Feeder, #3 Cow Fertility EPD, #5 $Ranch 4.75-Star All-Around Specialist! 29 LCHMN
31
LCHMN KNOCK DOWN W862L
Stabilizer Bulls Lots
LCHMN PATENT A001M
32
Shanna JA107
Shanna GA064
#5 WWT EPD, #1 YWT EPD, Top 4% Cow Fert,
LCHMN PATENT A004M
33
Firefly JA108
LCoC Firefly DA111
C. Ease Maternal Cow Fert Udder
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35 LCHMN CORNERSTONE K306M
Emma 3246
Mytty Emma 89T# C. Ease
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Lot 32 Lot 34
LCHMN GOVENOR N005M
$Ranch $72 25% $Feeder $
Stabilizer Bulls
LCHMN HEAVY DUTY U826M
Ankony Miss Blackcap 8147
#2 F:G EPD, #3 $Feeder, #5 WWT EPD, #3 YWT EPD, #6 Marbling EPD Elite Calf Revenue Creator -- Average or better Maternal.
39
LCHMN HIGH ROAD S812M
Empire L016E
$Feeder, #1 WWT EPD, #8 YWT EPD, #4 Marb EPD, #8 Ribeye EPD Elite Calf Revenue Creator -- Average or better Maternal.
Leachman Cows Work!
Selling On Site April 2, 2026
A major highlight of the I-70 Gateway Spring Sale is the offering of approximately 100 bred fall-calving females — productive, maternally focused cows developed within disciplined, data-driven breeding programs
Bred Fall-Calving Females
• Will Be Confirmed Pregnant
• Cows are bred to start calving in September
• BoviShield Gold VL5
• Vision 7
• Dewormed
• Treated for external parasites with Clean-Up II
These females are sound, moderate, easy-fleshing cattle built with longevity and fertility at the forefront. They are the kind of cow that holds condition, breeds back on schedule, and raises a calf that adds pounds efficiently. In a market where replacement females are expensive and fertility drives long-term profit, this group offers genuine value.
The fall-calving cows originate from our Hairpin Elite Nucleus cow herd, a program recognized for balanced, performance-driven cattle emphasizing fertility, structural integrity, efficiency, and carcass merit. This is a cow base selected with purpose — not just for phenotype, but for sustained productivity. These cows were cleaned up by several leading Leachman AI sires, including Leachman Las Vegas U614L, Leachman Mountain Air W344M, and sons of Leachman Just Right S418J and Leachman Judicial S998J — sires selected for balanced profitability, combining fertility, growth, efficiency, and carcass value.
The remaining females in the offering served as recipient cows within our program and were cleaned up with leading Angus sires including Leachman Battle G006K, HPCA Merit, and HPCA Vercingetorix, adding proven Angus genetics known for structure, performance, and predictability.
All the females will be pregnancy confirmed on March 4th and sorted specifically for this sale, ensuring buyers receive confirmed, quality, fall-calving cows ready to go to work.
Whether you are building numbers, strengthening maternal quality, or investing in proven cow families, this offering represents functional, well-managed females backed by thoughtful breeding decisions and disciplined health management.
These are cows built for the long haul — and built to generate returns.
Is She A Good Cow?
A 1,250 lb. Top 1% $RANCH® five-year-old Stabilizer® cow calved at 23 months, has bred and calved in the first cycle four times with a 365 day calving interval, and has weaned an average of 698 lbs. per calf.
Pair pictured at cooperator, Gubl Alkali Ranch, near Sturgis, SD.
Most profit minded ranchers increasingly see the key to profitability as controlling costs while still increasing performance. For them, the key cow herd profitability factors are:
• Moderating feed intake so you can run more cows on the same land.
• Improving longevity to reduce the costs of turnover and depreciation.
• Increasing fertility so that more cows bring in a calf every year.
• Adding hybrid vigor to increase pounds weaned per cow exposed.
Buying high growth, high carcass, purebred bulls that have been selected for maximum output will not build a low cost, high profit cowherd.
• Leachman’s $RANCH® index will move your herd in the right direction on all of these factors.
• The $PROFIT® index will help you improve your cows and make steers that earn premiums.
• Using Leachman Stabilizers® is the simplest crossbreeding strategy you can use: Retain 75% of the original F1 Hybrid vigor, while creating a uniform calf crop.
With today’s strong cattle markets, there has never been a better time to invest in elite genetics. Build more profitable cow herds by starting with Leachman Elite AI sires, which in 2026 average $34,184 $PROFIT ®, $162 $RANCH® and $252 $FEEDER®.
Take your program one step further by backing up those matings with a Leachman cleanup bull from the 2026 offering, averaging $28,134 $PROFIT ®, $132 $RANCH® and $209 $FEEDER®.
From AI to cleanup, Leachman genetics are designed to work together; delivering realworld performance, proven profitability and long-term value for your operation.
Purchase Inherit Select® through a Leachman representative and unlock $PROFIT®, $RANCH®, and $FEEDER® indexes for your herd at the best test price available.
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