High-Bred Simmentals 21st Annual Cattleman's Choice Sale by LivestockDirect

BULL SALE Cattleman’s Choice

SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 2026 | 1:00 PM

FREDONIA LIVESTOCK MARKET | FREDONIA, KANSAS

SELLING 100 BULLS | SIMMENTAL & SIMANGUS

Welcome!

HIGH-BRED SIMMENTAL

Welcome to our 21st sale with friends Dave Marple and Trefan Francis. It seems repetitive but we believe this our best offering yet. We continue to select high calving ease sires yet breed leading growth in an easy fleshing package as these bulls’ sisters will be our future cowherd.

It has been an incredible time to own cows, but maybe not a time to be satisfied with status quo. I can’t help but wonder if new genetics could add 30 pounds weaning weight without additional calving stress at today’s prices if these new sires look like cheap investments.

Late January calving this year made you question your livelihood, but when these new babies go to green grass all that is forgotten. We are so blessed to be employed doing what we enjoy and watching future generations watch and learn. Our family continues to thrive and hope yours as well. Stop by Friday or early Saturday to visit about the bulls or give us a call beforehand.

- Hal, Dallas & Klint

MARPLE SIMMENTALS

Dave Marple and son Kris of Buffalo, Kansas, have been breeding and raising Simmental cattle since 1972. On our farm we also raise corn, milo, soybeans and wheat along with brome and prairie hay. Our main goal has been to breed and maintain the best quality animals for the commercial producer. A real asset to our operation is our herdsman and farm hand, Trefan Francis.

We sell breeding bulls and replacement heifers. We use herd sires that have good calving ease numbers and will generate maximum weaning weight possibilities. We are looking forward to meeting you at the sale.

- David and Patty Marple, and son Kris Marple

Luthi Family

Trefan Francis Family

Marple Simmentals Family

21 ST ANNUAL

FREDONIA LIVESTOCK MARKET | FREDONIA, KANSAS HIGH-BRED

BULL SALE Cattleman’s Choice

SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 2026 | 1:00 PM

SALE SCHEDULE

FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2026

Preview sale cattle. Join us for a soft drink and light snacks

SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 2026

8:00 AM

12:00 PM

Preview Sale Cattle

Complimentary Lunch Served 1:00 PM

. Cattleman’s Choice Sale

SALE DAY PHONES

Barn

Hal, cell

SALE LOCATION

Fredonia Livestock Auction Fredonia, Kansas

ACCOMMODATIONS

Americas Best Value Inn ........ 620-378-3339

Fredonia Inn .................. 620-378-4419

AIRPORTS

Tulsa, Oklahoma .............. 150 miles

Joplin, Missouri ............... 100 miles

Kansas City International 130 miles

SALE TERMS

All sales are final. All cattle will sell under the Suggested Sale Terms and Conditions of the American Simmental Association. Terms will be available sale day.

EPDS

The EPDs printed in the catalog were pulled 2/13/2026. Please note the EPDs may change from the time the catalog is printed until the registration papers are transferred.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Announcements made sale day and from the auction block take precedence over printed material in the catalog or other printed material associated with this sale. Anyone attending this sale attends at his or her own risk. The Cattleman’s Choice Group or any other sale force will not be held responsible for any personal injury for attending the sale.

620-378-2212

620-437-6138

Dallas 620-437-7321

Klint .......................... 620-437-7887

Dave, cell ..................... 620-431-8449

SALE STAFF

Mike Williams, Auctioneer ...... 660-584-5210

Warren Garrett, cell ............ 903-316-2889

BREEDING GUARANTEE

All bulls have been fertility tested and are guaranteed to be breeders. We reserve the right to test any bull in question as a non-breeder for at least 180 days before making an adjustment. Each individual breeder stands behind his bulls and will replace or make an adjustment as warranted. Each animal becomes property and therefore is also the risk of the purchaser after it is sold. We guarantee the cattle to be healthy and sound sale day. All bulls have been tested free as potential BVD carriers. All of the bulls had BSE, BANGS and BVD tests. They were also vaccinated with PRE-GUARD 10 Gold ST for BVD, IBR, T13, Lepto-5, Vibro and were poured with Clean-Up.

HIGH-BRED SIMMENTAL

Hal Luthi

620-437-6138

Dallas Luthi 620-437-7321

Klint Henke ................... 620-437-7887

3620 Road AA, Madison, KS 66860

MARPLE SIMMENTALS

David Marple .................. 620-431-8449

Kris Marple.................... 620-432-1416

Trefan Francis ................. 620-433-2044

20389 2000 Road, Buffalo, Kansas 66717

QUICK REFERENCE TO ASA EPDS AND $ INDEXES

THE VALUE OF ELITE GENETICS

$4,000HerdSirePurchasePrice$6,000 25NumberofCalvesPerYear25

550WeaningWeight600

$1,815MarketPrice-$3.30$1,980

$45,375AnnualCalfCropValue$49,500

$136,1253YearLifeHerdSire/$Generated$148,500

Expected Progeny Differences (EPDs): EPDs are the most accurate and effective tool available for comparing genetic levels. In using EPDs, the difference between two sires’ EPDs represents the unit difference expected in the performance of their progeny. For example, if sires A and B have EPDs of +10 and –5, a 15-unit difference would be expected in their progeny (moving from -5 to +10 yields 15 units). Key to using EPDs is knowing what units they are expressed in. For example, if the above case referred to weaning weight EPDs, A would be expected to sire 15-pounds more weaning weight than B. If calving ease were the trait, A would be expected to sire 15-percent more unassisted births in first-calf heifers; in other words, if B sired 30 assists in a group of 100 heifers, we’d expect A to require 15 assists. A percentile-ranking chart is required to determine where a bull’s EPDs rank him relative to other bulls in the breed. For percentile rankings or more detailed information about EPDs and $ indexes visit www.simmental.org. Listed below are the units ASA EPDs are expressed in:

Calving Ease (CE): Percent of unassisted births when used on heifers.

Birth Weight (BW): Pounds of birth weight

Weaning Weight (WW): Pounds of weaning weight.

Yearling Weight (YW): Pounds of yearling weight.

Maternal Calving Ease (MCE): Percent of unassisted births in first-calving daughters.

Milk (Milk): Pounds of weaning weight due to milk.

Maternal Weaning Weight (MWW): Pounds of weaning weight due to milk and growth.

Marbling (Marb): Marbling score.

Ribeye Area (REA): Square inches of ribeye.

All-Purpose Index (API): Dollars per cow exposed under an all-purpose-sire scenario. (See below for more details.)

Additional EPDs not shown in catalog:

Stayability (STAY): Percent of daughters remaining in the cowherd at 6 years of age

Back Fat (BF): Inches of backfat.

Carcass Weight (CW): Pounds of carcass weight.

Yield Grade (YG): Yield grade score.

Warner-Bratzler Shear Force (WBSF): Pounds of force required to shear a steak.

Terminal Index (TI): Dollars per cow exposed under a terminal-sire scenario. (See below for more details.)

$ Indexes: Though EPDs allow for the comparison of genetic levels for many economically important traits, they only provide a piece of the economic puzzle. That’s where $ indexes come in. Through well- conceived, rigorous mathematical computation, $ indexes blend EPDs and economics to estimate an animal’s overall impact on your bottom line. The same technology that led to the dramatic progress in swine, poultry and dairy genetics over the last several decades was used to develop the following $ indexes: All-Purpose Index (API): Evaluates sires for use on the entire cow herd (bred to both Angus first-calf heifers and mature cows) with the portion of their daughters required to maintain herd size retained and the remaining heifers and steers put on feed and sold grade and yield.

Terminal Index (TI): Evaluates sire for use on mature Angus cows with all offspring put on feed and sold grade and yield.

Using API and TI: First, determine which index to use; if you’re keeping replacements use API, if not, TI. Then, just as with EPDs, zero in on the unit difference between bulls. (As described above, index units are in dollars per cow exposed.) The difference can be used to determine how much a bull is worth compared to another. Or, put another way, how much you can pay for one bull compared to another. For example, when buying an all-purpose-type sire, you can quickly figure a bull scoring +100 for API is worth an extra $6,000 over a +50 bull if both are exposed to 30 cows over 4 years ($50 diff. x 30 hd. x 4 yr. = $6,000). A percentile-ranking chart is required to determine where a bull’s index value ranks him relative to other bulls in the breed. For percentile rankings or more detailed information about EPDs and $ indexes visit www.simmental.org.

CEBWWWYWADGMCEMilkMWWStayDocCWYGMarbFatREAAPITI

BRIDLE BIT ECLIPSE E74422.6-6.678.4126.00.3012.327.466.517.517.642.20.160.920.000-0.08192.5103.5

ASA# 3271380 Homo BlackHomo PolledBD: 2/4/2017Sire: BRIDLE BIT CALVARY C503MGS: BAR CK TEBOW 1006X CLRS AFTER SHOCK 604 A10.20.683.1124.00.265.114.756.212.114.341.7-0.260.04-0.0710.66121.079.7

ASA# 2735656 Homo BlackHomo PolledBD: 3/20/2013Sire: HOOK`S YELLOWSTONE 97YMGS: HOOKS SHEAR FORCE 38K

HA COVENANT 30K7.63.0103.1168.40.414.427.378.819.915.962.6-0.260.89-0.0581.03186.2111.9

ASA# 4040505 Homo BlackHomo PolledBD: 2/17/2022Sire: HOOK`S GALILEO 210GMGS: GW-WBF SUBSTANCE 820Y HOOK`S GALILEO 210G15.4-2.391.1138.80.3010.839.284.618.519.551.1-0.141.20-0.0440.64198.4114.6

ASA# 3563620 Homo BlackHomo PolledBD: 2/21/2019Sire: BRIDLE BIT ECLIPSE E744MGS: HOOK`S BEACON 56B

KBHR BOLD RULER H15217.1-2.479.5131.60.3310.934.774.418.717.541.2-0.150.95-0.0410.56198.7107.0

ASA# 3789539

Homo BlackHomo PolledBD: 3/26/2020Sire: WS PROCLAMATION E202MGS: WS HOT BEEF X38 LCDR PROGRESSIVE 106G16.3-2.988.4137.30.318.533.077.112.115.054.2-0.250.51-0.0560.93163.6101.7

ASA# 3646242 Homo BlackHomo PolledBD: 2/21/2019Sire: CDI INNOVATOR 325DMGS: CLRS GRADE-A 875 A OMF EPIC E27 13.4-1.186.2126.80.258.225.968.915.414.335.6-0.270.21-0.0470.82145.089.4

ASA# 3317371 Homo BlackHomo PolledBD: 2/9/2017Sire: WS ALL-AROUND Z35MGS: OMF COMMANDER Y69 TSN HOMESTEADER K02311.50.1103.8165.00.387.922.775.014.49.862.1-0.300.70-0.0451.26161.0106.1

ASA# 4111779 Homo BlackHomo PolledBD: 2/18/2022Sire: G A R HOME TOWN MGS: HOOK`S EAGLE 6E

OMF EPIC E27

KBHR Bold Ruler H152

BRIDLE BIT ECLIPSE E744

CLRS After Shock 604 A

HA COVENANT 30K

LCDR Progressive 106G

HOOK’S GALILEO 210G

TSN HOMESTEADER K023