Rippe Gelbvieh - 2026 28th Annual Bull Sale Catalog
Greetings Cattlemen & Cattlewomen:
Sometimes I can’t believe how good this market truly is, I hope it continues for the rest of my life. Fertility continues to be a problem in the commercial cattle industry and Gelbvieh excels in fertility and longevity. I continue to preach every commercial cowherd needs some Gelbvieh in their herd, so they last.
Rippe Gelbvieh has continued to assemble a cow herd that is balanced in ALL traits that are economically important to our customers – commercial cattlemen. We have a complete lineup of Balancer and Purebred Gelbvieh bulls that have enough genetic variation to compliment your cow herd and allow you to take full advantage of the “free lunch” that heterosis and hybrid vigor offer.
In my eyes, what sets us at Rippe Gelbvieh apart is how much we are tied into the cattle business. My dad, Duane, manages the cow calf and farming operation. I, Dustin, own and operate Roode Feedyard at Fairbury, NE. I buy a lot of customer calves and feed out our own each year. This allows us to collect carcass data back on many, many individual animals. I want to emphasize this is not a side business for us, we both make our living in the cattle industry and are really passionate about its future.
Joel Cast is also very instrumental in this operation. Joel knows the cattle as well as anyone. I can point out a cow 50 yards away and he can tell me what cow it is along with 2 generations back in her pedigree and what the birthweight was of her last calf. We couldn’t manage this herd or collect the data we do without him.
Many places preach maternal. How can they preach maternal without taking cow weights and looking at cow efficiency? Joel takes pride in taking an udder score on every cow that calves. Every heifer is DNA’d prior to being selected as a replacement.
Not many operations can match the genetic lineup we are offering. It isn’t by chance. We run a very large seedstock herd and are very aggressive in our AI and ET program along with owning some of the best bulls in the business. From a carcass standpoint, we have as much actual kill data as anyone in the country. We ultrasound the bulls and heifers each and every year.
It is our hope that the information we track is valuable to you when you are selecting bulls. I won’t buy a bull that is not sire verified. I won’t buy a bull without knowing the udder on the dam. I won’t buy a bull that doesn’t have genomics. You shouldn’t either. We will be posting additional information on a supplement sheet prior to the sale on our website. Please call ahead of the sale and we can go over your program and your program’s needs.
Contact Information:
For information regarding the bulls contact Dustin.
Dustin & Karla Rippe
C - 316-323-4874
C- 402-200-0555
Email: dustin@rgcattle.com
Duane & Brenda Rippe
6775 Road D – Hubbell, NE 68375
C – 402-200-0096
Joel Cast
C - 402-641-1705
10th year at Rippe Gelbvieh
Stan Sims
C – 850-557-0115
1st year at Rippe Gelbvieh
Sale Manager: Chris Mitchell
Duane & Dustin Rippe
Dustin, Karla, Brenda & Duane
Joel & Amanda Cast
Stan Sims family
General
Information – Terms & Conditions
Sale Location:
Fairbury Livestock Company, 1312 Sale Barn Road, Fairbury, NE 68352. On the southeast corner of Fairbury.
Lodging:
A Block of Rooms has been reserved at the Edgewood Hotel & Suites in Fairbury, NE for a discounted rate. To make reservations, call 402-587-5082. Ask for the Rippe Gelbvieh rate.
Auctioneer:
Joe Goggins - Billings, MT
Ringmen:
Terms and Conditions:
Cash on sale day. All cattle will sell under the recommended terms of the AGA. If you would like to be offered credit, please call Duane prior to sale day. We will be retaining 50% semen and certificate interest on every bull in the catalog unless it is noted different on sale day.
The supplement sheet will be available on sale day and on our website about 3 days prior to the bull sale. It will contain Yearling Weights, Ultrasound information, Scrotal measurments. Any information on the supplement sheet or announced on sale day will take precedence over the catalog
Health:
All bulls will be ready for interstate shipment. They will be BVD tested and had their Lepto shot along with being poured with an Cydectin type product before delivery. Most Importantly, all bulls are raised on our operation under our guidance. This is not a consignment sale and we have no cooperators.
Joel Cast .....................................................................
Stan Sims ...................................................................
Karla Rippe
Chris Mitchell
Website: www.rippegelbvieh.com
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
March 8th 2026
402-641-1705
850-557-0115
402-366-1943
334-695-1371
Bulls & Brats 1:00 to 5:00 PM. Come Evaluate the bulls in person prior to the sale, at the ranch.
March 13th 2026
Cattle Fax Presentation 7:00 PM. Come Listen to Troy Applehans give us an update on Agricultural markets.
Meal Provided @ the Sale Barn.
March 14th 2026
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM - View the bulls at the Fairbury Sale Barn
12:00 PM - Lunch Provided with homemade Pie
1:00 PM - Sale Starts
The cattle are guaranteed to be fertile and reproductively sound. All bulls selling come with a first-year breeding-season guarantee against injury or infertility issues. “Breeding season” is defined by the time of turnout to 60 days later. All bulls will have passed a semen evaluation before being delivered. If any fertility problems happen during the first breeding season, a replacement bull will be available until the purchased bull’s longterm fertility can be determined. If a bull sustains a breeding injury during the first breeding season, a credit on a future bull purchase will be given. If a bull sustains an injury or fertility issue, we ask that it is evaluated and treated immediately by a veterinarian and a report is provided by the veterinarian doing the evaluation. If the vet determines the bull is no longer a fertile and mobile breeder, the following formula will be used to determine credit issued on a future purchase: purchase price –salvage value - $2,500 (if injury related) = credit.
Volume Discount:
If you purchase five or more bulls in one year, you will receive 5% off the price of each bull.
Sight Unseen Purchases:
If you can’t attend the sale and you want to buy call Dustin Rippe about your different purchasing options. We handle several customers bull purchases each year. If the bulls don’t meet your approval when we unload them, you don’t own them.
Delivery & Trucking:
Free delivery within 300 miles of Hubbell, NE. For all bulls further than 300 miles, we will make every effort to accommodate the buyer. Delivery will not exceed $300/bull to a central location. Any bull taken on sale day, we will deduct $100 from the bill.
Transfers:
Registration papers will be transferred upon request.
Liability:
Neither the sale host, sale facility, sale management, nor the auctioneer assumes any liability for any accidents that may occur.
Genetic Information:
All lots have had a HD 50K test, and the EPD’s listed reflect the 50k enhancement. The test verifies parentage and increases predictability. All animals are tested free of any known genetic defect.
ET Bulls:
The ET bulls are raised by a surrogate mother. Therefore, the bulls actual birth weight and weaning weight are not a representation of the bulls genetics. Consequently, we have chosen not to provide this information as it is inaccurate. EPDs do a much better job of showing the genetic value of these bulls.
Black Balancer Bulls
Black Purebred Bulls
Angus Bulls
INDEXES
Lots 200–221
Maternal Profit Index (MPI): In this production scenario, Gelbvieh bulls are mated to Angus-based cows with surplus calves marketed at weaning, with replacement heifers retained from the calf crop. EPDs weighted in this index are Calving Ease Direct (CED) and Maternal (CEM), Weaning Weight (WW), Milk (MILK), Mature Weight (MWT), Dry Matter Intake (DMI), Stayability (STAY), and Heifer Pregnancy (HP). Mature weight is the primary driver and represents the significant cost of maintenance energy requirement in the cowcalf sector. Weaning Weight and Milk (expressed in pounds of calf weaning weight) represent the principal revenue stream. Stayability helps account for differences in replacement costs in the system and the effect of heifer retention on revenue streams. This index should be used by commercial cattlemen whose production scenario includes the traditional marketing of calves at weaning and replacement retention from the herd.
Feeder Profit Index™ (FPI™): Envisioned as a completely terminal index, FPI assumes all calves are marketed as finished beef carcasses priced on a value-based grid. Thus, it shouldn’t be used in production scenarios where replacements are kept from these matings. The new FPI formulation more precisely weights Economically Relevant Traits (ERTs) available for selection, including the key carcass traits of Carcass Weight (CW), Ribeye Area (REA), and Dry Matter Intake (DMI) that were not included in the original formulation. The new FPI also weights Fat Thickness (CFAT), post-weaning Average Daily Gain (ADG), and Calving Ease Direct (CED). Carcass value determined by carcass weight, quality, and yield grade influencing traits accounts for approximately 75% of the index as principal revenue drivers. Dry Matter Intake (DMI) captures differences in expected costs to the terminal carcass endpoint.
Total Profit Index (TPI): Combining replacement female retention from the herd with carcass endpoint for marketed surplus heifers and all steers, TPI balances both maternal and terminal selection criteria. Because of the challenges faced by commercial cattlemen by the antagonisms in selection for this production scenario, TPI includes the largest and most diverse set of EPDs in the model, including carcass traits as the primary revenue drivers with cow Mature Weight (MWT), Stayability (STAY) and Dry Matter Intake (DMI) as cost drivers.
About the Catalog:
Color Black Red
Homozygous Black Heterozygous Black
Polled Status Polled Horned Scurred Homozygous Polled Heterozygous Polled
Breed Makeup
BA = Balancer
GV = Gelbvieh
HB = Hybrid
50 = % Gelbvieh
Cow Data
AOD = Age of Dam
Dam Wt = Cow weight 6 weeks after weaning %BWW = Percent the dam weaned of her body weight DOC = Docility
Homozygous:
EPDs
Expected progeny differences. Winter 2025 evaluation provided by the AGA
Sire verified Dam verified
If an animal is homozygous for polled or black, you will not have a horned or red calf born out of this sire. If an animal is heterozygous, it carries one allele for either horned/polled or red/black.
Heifer Bulls
If you see a bull with an Rippe Gelbvieh believes it is a heifer bull.
Udder:
The first number is suspension and second references teat size. 9 is ideal. It represents very small teat size and very tight udder suspension. 1 represents very large, ballooned shape teat and a very pendulous suspension.
Doc = Docility:
1 - The bull is content standing alone. 2- The bull is nervous when standing in a pen alone. 3 – The bull is looking for a hole in the fence when alone. 4 – The bull is looking to chase you out of the pen.
Percent Gelbvieh:
We rounded every bull to the nearest 1/8 in Gelbvieh percentage.
DBRGMRDESPERADO0085H DBRG MS DESPERADO 2527K DBRGMSPRIDE5515C
The pride and joy of our program is raising elite Balancer bulls. We specialize in raising F1 balancer bulls which allow our customers to maximize heterosis. You will see many ET bulls in this offering in addition to some of the newest Angus sires in the breed represented. Some of those Angus sires include: Bedrock, Rise Above, Commerce, Dynamic, Top Gun, North Star, Armstrong, Architect and Voyage. In addition, our new Balancer sires include Promise Land who was the high seller 2 years ago at Thorstenson’s and Royalty who sold in our sale and has been selling semen across the country. The average percentile ran is top 35% Calving Ease, 15% Weaning Weight, 10% Yearling Weight, 15% Carcass Weight, 15% Marbling, 25% MPI, 15% FPI, 20% TPI. We have an elite set of Balancer bulls ready for your program. Lots 1 through 18 are Age Advantage bulls. These bulls are 18 months old, and they are ready to cover a large set of cows. LOT 1 • 4521M
PICK OF SPRING BORN 2025 BALANCER OPEN HEIFERS
You will have the opportunity to pick from what started at 114 open heifer calves with 14 being right from the heart of our ET program. These are siblings to the bulls selling and could be full siblings. Some of the sires represented include; Royalty, Commerce, Rise Above, North Star, Man N Black, Top Gun, Promise Land, Bedrock plus many more. These are the first Bedrock Balancer heifers being offered for sale in the US.
Pick must be made by April 15th.
Complete listing of the top heifers available for Lot A pick at www.rippegelbvieh.com
BW:
4528M 4
Homo Black Homo Polled Reg# AMGV1616988 DOB: 8/11/2024 BA50
Black Homo Polled Reg# AMGV1618255 DOB: 8/11/2024 BA50 DEERVALLEYGROWTHFUND B A R DYNAMIC
AOD: 9 Dam Wt: 1296 %BWW: 53.78% Udder: 78 Doc: 3
This bull is out of a 9 year old cow that weaned this bull at 54% of her body weight. How many programs actually monitor cow weight and put it in their catalog? This sound structured bull will add growth and performance to anyone’s calf crop. This bull is the 82nd highest Balancer bull in the breed for weaning weight to sell this sale season. He ranks in the top 1% WW, 4% YW, 10% CW, 10% REA, 15% MPI, 25% FPI.
Donor 8167F
This cow is one of our very top young donors. She traces back to the dam of Nevada and is out of our donor 560C. She is out of an outcross sire in Twister and there is no semen in the country left on him. Not only do we feel she is a special cow, but our customers do also. We have sold 30 bulls over the past 4 years for a gross of $268,250 with an average of $8,942. She is paid for, and her sons will be as profitable for you as she was for Rippe Gelbvieh. She has several sons in this year’s sale. Buy with confidence.
DBRGMRPAYWEIGHT710E
DBRG MS 710E 0552H DBRGMSBLKGRANITE7312EET
DBRG MS HEDGE FUND 2519K DBRGMSFHGRANITE8547F
BW:
SSMISSRITA4P26P810
DBRGTWISTER451B DBRG MS TWISTER 9530G DBRGMSFHTRACTION6558D
Dam of Merit is a AGA designation for cows that meet selection criteria including early
of the dams in the
Lot
5021N 19
Homo Black Homo Polled Reg# AMGV1630777 DOB: 1/14/2025 BA50
H I love the length of body and added stretch these Rise Above bulls offer and this one exhibit all of that. 7 for 7 bull that ranks in the top of the breed in many EPD categories. He is the 47th highest Balancer bull for MPI to sell this year. He weaned off his dam at 65% of her body weight. He ranks in the top 5% CE, 5% WW, 10% YW, 20% CW, 1% MPI, 20% FPI, 20% TPI.
AOD: 2 Dam Wt: 1150 %BWW: 64.70% Udder: 88 Doc: 1
5042N 23
Homo Black Homo Polled Reg# AMGV1630794 DOB: 1/20/2025 BA25
GARSUNBEAM
CONNEALY COMMERCE
AVIRAOFCONANGA814R
TEHAMATAHOEB767
DBRG MS TAHOE 3086L DBRGMISSTWISTER712E
BW: 78
Adj. WW: 793
DBRG MR LUCKY 3255L DBRGMSWATCHMAN5402C
STERLINGPACIFIC904
DBRG MS PACIFIC 3231L DBRGMSPRIDE6411D
AOD: 2 Dam Wt: 1224 %BWW: 64.79% Udder: 88 Doc: 1
Commerce son that was a couple of snacks away from 800 pounds at weaning. When you walk into the pen, he is easy to find as he might be the deepest bodied and one of the more attractive bulls in the pen. Look at his EPD profile. He is the 15th highest Balancer bull for MPI to sell this sale season. Top 1% CE, 15% BW, 3% WW, 2% YW, 15% CEM, 30% ST, 20% CW, 15% MB, 1% MPI, 10% FPI, 10% TPI. That took a bit to type out.
DBRG MS TWISTER 8167F ET DBRGMSEXCLUSIVE560CET
Lot
5100N 34
Homo Black Homo Polled Reg# AMGV1630817 DOB: 2/8/2025 BA50
VARFIREPOWER
SCHIEFELBEIN TOP GUN 522 FROSTYELBA4220
DCHMRMAYORG443
BW: 83 Adj. WW: 796
DBRG MS G443 1194J DBRGMSTWISTER878FET
GE-EPDCEDBWWWYWMKCEM
AOD: 4 Dam Wt: 1318 %BWW: 60.39% Udder: 88 Doc: 1
Big framed, high performing, heavy muscled Top Gun son that will sire sale topping steers. He weaned off his dam at 796 pounds. Make sure and feed out this bulls calves, preferably at Roode Feedyard. Top 20% BW, 5% WW, 3% YW, 10% ST, 10% CW, 10% MB, 20% MPI, 4% FPI, 10% TPI.
Homo Black Homo Polled Reg# AMGV1632267 DOB: 2/14/2025 BA50
ELLINGSONPROLIFIC BOYD BEDROCK SITZSHAUNA220H
DCHMRMAYORG443
DBRG MS MAYOR 1174J ET DDGREMMA92EET
H
BW: 81 Adj. WW: 763
AOD: 4 Dam Wt: 1332 %BWW: 57.28% Udder: 88 Doc: 1
This Bedrock son has been a standout all along for his big and correct foot, sound structure, easy fleshing ability, and muscle. His dam has a gorgeous udder and weaned this bull at 57% of her body weight. She has a 96 BW ratio and a 105 WW ratio on 3 calves with a 379 calving interval and is already a Dam of Merit. She traces back to the great Mandy 32S cow from the Gustin program. This bull has calving ease, growth, and carcass. Out of all the Balancer bulls in the breed to be sold this year, he ranks as the 50th highest for FPI. We feel like this is a no doubt AI sire. Top 25% CE, 4% BW, 15% WW, 15% YW, 25% CEM, 2% CW, 10% MB, 1% FPI.
DBRG MS MAYOR 1271J DBRGMSEXCLUSIVE5125CET
Lot
5191N 51
Homo Black Homo Polled Reg# AMGV1630866 DOB: 2/14/2025 BA75
DBRGMRDESPERADO0085H
DBRG MR DESPERADO 2524K DBRGMSALUMNI7231EET
JRIPROBITY254D28
DBRG MS PROBITY 840F DBRGMSROCKMOUNT647D
These Desperado calves are long bodied and have some added frame. This bull exhibits that added frame in a sound structured and complete package while still being a heifer bull. Every year I get phone calls saying I want big frame heifer bulls. This is a standout. Top 10% CE, 10% BW, 20% ST, 15% CW, 15% REA, 20% MPI, 15% FPI, 15% TPI.
5203N
DBRGMRFRANCHISE0247H
DBRG MS FRANCHISE 0247H 2272K DBRGMISSTWISTER706E
DBRG MR DESPERADO 2524K DBRGMSALUMNI7231EET
BTBRBTBRNEVADA1170Y
DBRG MS NEVADA 7214E ET DBRGMSCONSENSUS398AET
5256N 60
Homo Black Homo Polled Reg# AMGV1630917 DOB: 2/21/2025 BA50
DEERVALLEYHEDGEFUND
DBRG MR ROYALTY 3199L
DBRGMSFRANCHISE0296H
DBRGMRNEVADA532C
BW: 73 Adj. WW: 763
DBRG MS 532C 7159E
DBRGMSWATCHMAN143YET
AOD: 8 Dam Wt: 1516 %BWW: 50.33% Udder: 77 Doc: 1 H
7 for 7 bull out of Royalty. This bull is packed full of red meat and is very deep bodied and sound structured. You have to really appreciate the depth of body Royalty is putting into his calves. This bull is very good and if a breeder is looking to improve calving ease and marbling, take a hard look at this bull. Out of all the Balancer bulls in the breed to be sold this year, he ranks as the 15th highest for Marbling. Top 1% CE, 5% BW, 15% CEM, 1% MB, 3% MPI, 15% FPI, 4% TPI.
Homo Black Homo Polled Reg# AMGV1630918 DOB: 2/21/2025
5275N 64
Homo Black Homo Polled Reg# AMGV1631131 DOB: 2/24/2025 BA50
GARSUNBEAM
CONNEALY COMMERCE
AVIRAOFCONANGA814R
DLWARAPAHOE207A
DBRG MS ARAPAHOE 2065K ET DBRGMRBLKIMPACT2100ZET
BW: 76
Adj. WW: 710
Homo Black Homo Polled Reg# AMGV1631132 DOB: 2/24/2025 BA50
SSODYSSEYH71 S S VOYAGE
SSMISSRITA4P26P810
DBRGMRFRANCHISE0247H
DBRG MR FRANCHISE 0247H 2277K
DBRGMSFHTRACTION6138D BW:
AOD: 3 Dam Wt: 1112 %BWW: 63.85% Udder: 99 Doc: 1
Commerce son that is a 7 for 7 bull who goes back to the Dam of Distinction 2100Z. She was the mother of Twister and 0247H, both AI bulls. This is a bull everyone needs to look up later in the sale. Weaned off his dam at 64% of her body weight with a perfect udder. Out of all the Balancer bulls in the breed to be sold this year, he ranks as the 17th highest for Weaning Weight, and the 20th highest for MPI. Top 10% CE, 1% WW, 1% YW, 25% CEM, 20% ST, 25% CW, 1% MPI.
off his dam at 772 pounds. Look at the growth EPD’s this bull possesses. Out of all the Balancer bulls in the breed to be sold this year, he ranks as the 58th highest for Weaning Weight, and the 28th highest for FPI.
5326N 70
Homo Black Homo Polled Reg# AMGV1631286 DOB: 3/9/2025 BA50
DEERVALLEYGROWTHFUND
B A R DYNAMIC BARBLACKCAP7235-B0048
DBRGTWISTER451B
DBRG MS TWISTER 8167F ET DBRGMSEXCLUSIVE560CET
BW: ET Adj. WW: ET
AOD: 7 Dam Wt: ET %BWW: ET Udder: ET Doc: 1
Bigtime ET spread bull out of the 8167 donor and Dynamic. This bull is proof you can have top end calving ease combined with top end growth. We always put in a few late embryo’s to have some top end genetics at the end of the sale. Top 5% CE, 10% BW, 10% WW, 15% YW, 3% CEM, 20% MB, 2% MPI, 30% FPI, 20% TPI.
DBRG MR CAPTAIN 939G
DBRGMISSTWISTER708E
DBRGRIPTIDE710E930G
DBRG MS RIPTIDE 2196K
DBRGMS863U4141B
Homo Black
5352N 74
Homo Black Homo Polled Reg# AMGV1631293 DOB: 3/12/2025 BA50
SARCHITECT9501 S ARMSTRONG SQUEENESSA7149
DBRGMRDESTINATION931G
DBRG MS 931G 1073J ET DBRGMSHILLEX102584CET
H
BW: ET Adj. WW: ET
AOD: 4 Dam Wt: ET %BWW: ET Udder: ET Doc: 1
Late ET bull out of Armstrong. This is where a producer can cheapen up his buy and still get really good genetics. Look at the EPD profile of this bull deep in the sale catalog. Out of all the Balancer bulls in the breed to be sold this year, he ranks as the 31st highest for Maternal Profit Index. Top 20% CE, 20% BW, 2% WW, 4% YW, 3% CEM, 10% CW, 20% MB, 1% MPI, 10% FPI, 10% TPI. Wow!
BLACK PUREBRED
We are very excited about this offering of Purebred Gelbvieh bulls. We have made a strong effort to increase both our quality and quantity of Purebred Gelbvieh in our herd. We have several new sires we are introducing. Two years ago we had three very high-end Purebred bulls that sold in our bull sale. We used all three in our program via AI; Bold Ruler, Desperado 2, Lucky. In addition, we purchased the high marbling bull, American Logic. All of these sires are very new and different for the breed. The average percentile rank of our purebred Gelbvieh bull offering is top 25% weaning weight, 25% Maternal Profit Index (MPI), 10% Feeder Profit Index (FPI) and 10% Total Profit Index (TPI). We have an elite set of purebred Gelbvieh bulls ready for your program.
DBRG
DCHMRMAYORG443
DBRG MS MAYOR 3302L DBRGMSDESTINATION0283H
DBRG MS MAYOR 3241L DBRGMSDESTINATION0151H
BOLD RULER
Sire of lots 100, 101, 103, 107, 111 & 112
DBRG MR DESPERADO 2524K DBRGMSALUMNI7231EET
DCHMRMAYORG443
DBRG MS MAYOR 3172L ET DBRGMSWATCHMAN154Y
DBRG MR DESPERADO 2524K DBRGMSALUMNI7231EET
DBRG MS JACKPOT 692D DBRGMSWATCHMAN1202Y
Lot
5117N
Homo Black Homo Polled Reg# AMGV1631247 DOB: 2/8/2025 PB87.5
DBRGMRDESPERADO0085H
DBRG MR DESPERADO 2524K DBRGMSALUMNI7231EET
SKFDUNN’SDESTINATION029E
BW: ET Adj. WW: ET
DBRG MS DESTINATION 9159G DBRGMSNEVADA7214EET
H ET bull out of 9159, who is the mother of Bold Ruler. This bull is big framed, stout, and heavy muscled. He has an elite and balanced EPD profile. This will be our last bull offered out of 9159 as she was purchased by Lost River Livestock, Plateau Gelbvieh, & Covington Gelbvieh in the national sale for 28k. This bull ranks in the top 2% CE, 5% BW, 20% WW, 10% YW, 15% CW, 20% MB, 10% MPI, 25% FPI, 15% TPI.
AOD: 6 Dam Wt: ET %BWW: ET Udder: ET Doc: 1
DBRG MR BOLD RULER 3194L DBRGMSDESTINATION9159G
MJBCFRANCHISEF806
DBRG MS FRANCHISE 0296H DDGRMISSCORONA177C
DBRGMRFRANCHISE0247H
DBRG MR BOLD RULER 3194L DBRGMSDESTINATION9159G
CTRCTRJACKPOT8660FET
DBRG MS JACKPOT 2300K DBRGMSDESTINATION9275G
This bull nursed a dam with a picture-perfect udder and weaned at 789 pounds which was 57% of her body weight. These Bold Ruler calves are flat good with their added depth of body and balanced EPD profile. He ranks in the top 20% WW, 20% YW, 15% CW, 10% MB, 25% MPI, 15% FPI, 15% TPI.
1975 – 2025 TRUSTED BY EVERY GENERATION
Helping continue your legacy, 50 years and counting.
I said last year we are getting in the Angus breed rather quickly through embryo transfer. This year we are offering 22 Angus bulls, and they are all out of our embryo transfer program. This is a combination of bulls out of donors we own, or embryos out of cows we thought were very high quality and purchased embryos out of them. We have placed a very strong emphasis on foot quality along with maternal traits in our Angus program. We rank very well for Functional Longevity (FL), which is a new EPD tool that is going to assist us in finding cattle that last longer in your herd. This is the #1 most profitable trait for the commercial cattle industry. You can see in this lineup, our AVERAGE $M is the top 5% of the breed. In addition, this pen averages in the top 15% of the breed for $C.
Why these numbers? Sire-identified carcass data from more than 8,600 records in the American Angus Association database show these minimum thresholds for Marb and $G achieve an average of 50% CAB acceptance.
CAB - Certified Angus Beef: The logo can be used on any registered Angus bull with a minimum marbling EPD (Marb) of +0.65 and an Angus Grid Value Index ($G) of +55 or higher
Doc = Docility: 1 - The bull is content standing alone. 2- The bull is nervous when standing in a pen alone. 3 – The bull is looking for a hole in the fence when alone. 4 – The bull is looking to chase you out of the pen.
Udder: The first number is suspension and second references teat size. 9 is ideal. It represents very small teat size and very tight udder suspension. 1 represents very large, ballooned shape teat and a very pendulous suspension.
If you see a bull with an Rippe Gelbvieh believes it is a heifer bull.
Heifer Bulls
DOC = Docility
Expected progeny differences. Winter 2025 evaluation provided by the AAA
EPDs
Dam Wt = Cow weight 6 weeks after weaning %BWW = Percent the dam weaned of her body weight
AOD = Age of Dam
Cow Data
Dam Wt: %BWW: Udder: Doc:
Combined Value ($C), an index, expressed in dollars per head, which includes all traits that make up both Maternal Weaned Calf Value ($M) and Beef Value ($B) with the objective that commercial producers will replace 20% of their breeding females per year with replacement heifers retained within their own herd. The remaining cull heifer and steer progeny are then assumed to be sent to the feedlot where the producers retain ownership of those cattle and sell them on a quality-based carcass merit grid.
Beef Value ($B), a terminal index, expressed in dollars per carcass, to predict profitability differences in progeny due to genetics for postweaning and carcass traits. This terminal index assumes commercial producers wean all male and female progeny, retain ownership of these animals through the feedlot phase and market these animals on a carcass grid.
Maternal Weaned Calf Value ($M), an index, expressed in dollars per head, predicts profitability differences from conception to weaning with the underlying breeding objective assuming that individuals retain their own replacement females within herd and sell the rest of the cull female and all male progeny as feeder calves. The model assumes commercial producers will replace 25% of their breeding females in the first generation and 20% of their breeding females in each subsequent generation. Weaned Calf Value ($W), an index, expressed in dollars per head, to predict profitability differences in progeny due to genetics from birth to weaning. The underlying objective being producers will retain 20% of the female progeny as replacements and sell the rest of the cull females and their male counterparts as feeder calves.
INDEXES
About the Catalog:
The ET bulls are raised by a surrogate mother. Therefore, the bulls actual birth weight and weaning weight are not a representation of the bulls genetics. Consequently, we have chosen not to provide this information as it is inaccurate. EPDs do a much better job of showing the genetic value of these bulls.
ET Bulls:
All lots have had a HD 50K test, and the EPD’s listed reflect the 50k enhancement. The test verifies parentage and increases predictability. All animals are tested free of any known genetic defect.
Genetic Information:
Neither the sale host, sale facility, sale management, nor the auctioneer assumes any liability for any accidents that may occur.
Liability:
Registration papers will be transferred upon request.
Transfers:
Free delivery within 300 miles of Hubbell, NE. For all bulls further than 300 miles, we will make every effort to accommodate the buyer. Delivery will not exceed $300/bull to a central location. Any bull taken on sale day, we will deduct $100 from the bill.
Delivery & Trucking:
If you can’t attend the sale and you want to buy call Dustin Rippe about your different purchasing options. We handle several customers bull purchases each year. If the bulls don’t meet your approval when we unload them, you don’t own them.
Sight Unseen Purchases:
If you purchase five or more bulls in one year, you will receive 5% off the price of each bull.
Volume Discount:
term fertility can be determined. If a bull sustains a breeding injury during the first breeding season, a credit on a future bull purchase will be given. If a bull sustains an injury or fertility issue, we ask that it is evaluated and treated immediately by a veterinarian and a report is provided by the veterinarian doing the evaluation. If the vet determines the bull is no longer a fertile and mobile breeder, the following formula will be used to determine credit issued on a future purchase: purchase price –salvage value - $2,500 (if injury related) = credit.
“Breeding season” is defined by the time of turnout to 60 days later. All bulls will have passed a semen evaluation before being delivered. If any fertility problems happen during the first breeding season, a replacement bull will be available until the purchased bull’s long-
Guarantee: The cattle are guaranteed to be fertile and reproductively sound. All bulls selling come with a first-year breeding-season guarantee against injury or infertility issues.
terms of the AGA. If you would like to be offered credit, please call Duane prior to sale day. We will be retaining 33% semen and certificate interest on every bull in the catalog unless the bull sells for $50,000 or more, then we will retain the rights to semen for in herd use only unless it is noted different on sale day.
Cash on sale day. All cattle will sell under the recommended
Terms and Conditions:
1:00 PM - Sale Starts
12:00 PM - Lunch Provided with homemade Pie
Sale Barn
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM - View the bulls at the Fairbury
March 14th 2026
Meal Provided @ the Sale Barn.
Cattle Fax Presentation 7:00 PM. Come Listen to Troy Applehans give us an update on Agricultural markets.
March 13th 2026
Bulls & Brats 1:00 to 5:00 PM. Come Evaluate the bulls in person prior to the sale, at the ranch.
March 8th 2026
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
Chris Mitchell ...........................................................334-695-1371
Karla Rippe ................................................................402-366-1943
Stan Sims ...................................................................850-557-0115
Joel Cast .....................................................................402-641-1705
Sale Barn – Larry Junker ........................................402-300-1141
Sale Day Phones:
Health: All bulls will be ready for interstate shipment. They will be BVD tested and had their Lepto shot along with being poured with an Cydectin type product before delivery. Most Importantly, all bulls are raised on our operation under our guidance. This is not a consignment sale and we have no cooperators.
The supplement sheet will be available on sale day and on our website about 3 days prior to the bull sale. It will contain Yearling Weights, Ultrasound information, Scrotal measurments. Any information on the supplement sheet or announced on sale day will take precedence over the catalog
Zach Johnson - Wyoming & Montana ...................307-575-2171 Supplement Sheet:
Joe Goggins - Billings, MT .......................................406-861-5664
Auctioneer:
A Block of Rooms has been reserved at the Edgewood Hotel & Suites in Fairbury, NE for a discounted rate. To make reservations, call 402-587-5082. Ask for the Rippe Angus rate.
Lodging:
Sale Location: Fairbury Livestock Company, 1312 Sale Barn Road, Fairbury, NE 68352. On the southeast corner of Fairbury.
General Information – Terms & Conditions
Joel & Amanda Cast
Stan Sims family
Rippe Gelbvieh
Dustin, Karla, Brenda & Duane
Duane & Dustin Rippe
the bulls
Joels takes pride in taking udder scores on every cow that calves. We are part of Maternal Plus and hope it leads to more accurate data on longevity and fertility in the future. We are very aggressive when it comes to ET and AI, while also still believing a good herd bull can leave you with an outcross set of females. Every animal we have gets genomic enhanced EPD’s along with parent verification. We ultrasound our bulls and females and collect large amounts of carcass data. It is our hope that the information we track and present to you is valuable. We won’t buy a bull without the information we provide. We will be posting additional information on a supplement sheet prior to the sale on our website and Facebook. Please call ahead of the sale and we can go over your program and your program’s needs.
Joel Cast is very instrumental in this operation. We couldn’t manage this herd or collect all the data we do without him. Many operations preach maternal. How can they preach maternal without taking cow weights and looking at cow efficiency.
We stuck to the plan and have visited over 50 Angus operations in the past 3 years. We spent countless hours on the phone learning. Currently, we have purchased 6 donors that stem from the following herds: Tehama Angus - California, Vermilion Angus – Montana, Boyd Beef Cattle – Kentucky, Sitz Angus – Montana, 7 Oaks Angus – Iowa. Jake Tiedeman with BaldridgeTiedeman Angus has partnered with us on some of the cows and has been very instrumental in assisting us with finding the right programs and genetics. What sets Rippe Angus apart from other seedstock operations is how tied our family is to the cattle business. My dad, Duane, manages the cow calf and farming operation. I, Dustin own and operate Roode Feedyard in Fairbury, NE. We buy a lot of customers calves each year and feed out all our own cattle each year. This allows us to collect carcass data back on the cattle along with knowing where our genetics need tweaked. I want to emphasize this is not a side business for us, we both make our living in the cattle industry and are passionate about its future.
We knew if we ever added a new breed, that we would go procure a few of the very top cows in the breed and build a herd around them via Embryo Transfer.
With a lot of excitement and intensity, we are starting Rippe Angus. This is just our second set of Angus bulls we are offering, but it is far from our first rodeo. We understand how to raise high quality seedstock and what the commercial industry is after.
Greetings Cattlemen & Cattlewomen:
Fairbury, NE Sons Sell!
SALE LOCATION: Fairbury Livestock Company
Complimentary Lunch • 12:00
SATURDAY, MARCH 14 • 1:00 P.M.
112 Angus, Gelbvieh & ®Balancer Bulls
TH28 Annual Bull Sale
RIPPE ANGUS
Cattle Fax presentation with Troy Applehans March 13th, 2026 7:00 PM
