drake bull sale catalog 2016

Welcome!

Welcome to the 2016 Drake Bull Sale! While the cattle markets have settled a bit, analysts’ reports in late February, as we write this, indicate cattle prices should remain strong through 2019. It will continue to pay to invest in advanced genetics. We now have at our disposal an ever increasing array of tools to evaluate our bulls. As bulls are the cornerstone of all of our programs, it is imperative that we use as many of these tools as possible. First, we have to continue to use the old art of visual analysis. For all of the advancements in genetic evaluation we still need to use our eyes to evaluate structural soundness and those elements of the phenotype that contribute to ease of calving (smooth shoulders and head size). We can also use our visual analysis to complement our other tools in evaluating efficiency. It is well established that the single biggest factor in profitability for cattle operations is cost control. The largest recurring expense is feed and the more efficient our cattle become at converting roughage into beef and maintaining body condition, without high energy feeds, the more profit we can realize. Second, we use the many tools now available to us to help us select bulls with the calving ease, growth, maternal and carcass traits that will yield the greatest profits for our respective operations. These tools include the use of expected progeny differences (EPDs). See the discussion on page 19 regarding the remarkable usefulness of this tool. As more and more sophistication enters our business, the quality of the carcasses we produce may have as much or more to do with our profits as the pounds we produce. More cattle buyers are tracking cattle through the system and are paid, and will pay, premiums based on carcass quality. When they find a producer that consistently provides better carcass performance, they will return to that producer and will compete with other buyers to purchase his or her cattle in the future. A consistent, concentrated effort to produce cattle that are born easily, grow efficiently and yield a high quality carcass is the surest way to profits and longevity in the cattle business. We have used genetic pressure and all of the tools available for decades to create the bulls available in this sale. Much of the work is done. Evaluate the visual attractiveness, personal performance and EPDs of these bulls and invest in decades of genetic advancement to improve your herd’s long term profitability.

The Drake Families

Denny & Cara Drake Family

Larry & Carol Drake

Mason, Sara & Ryder

Larry & Carol Drake Family

Denny, Becky, Kim, Shawn & Flint

Ryder & Braelyn

Larry 641-895-9422Flint 563-580-1053

Denny 641-658-2288Mason 641-895-5753Brady 641-856-9210

Saturday, March 19, Centerville, Iowa

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Sale InformationPlease join us at 12:00 PM Sat., March 19, 2016Appanoose Co. Livestock Inc., 22640 Hwy 2, Centerville, IA 52544 • 641-437-7346

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All bulls sold are guaranteed breeders & will be semen checked prior to sale. All bulls are tested negative for BVD. Bulls selling are virgin bulls.

Hotels: Headquarters: Motel 60 & Villa ..............................800-437-7271 117 North 18th Street, Centerville, IAOther Hotels: Super 8 ..................................................641-856-888 1021 North 18th Street, Centerville, IA

EPDs: Please note that EPDs may change from the time the sale catalog is printed until registration paper is transferred. EPDs are Spring 2016 numbers.

Updates & Sale Order: Additional information and sale order can be found on the Eberspacher Enterprises Inc. website or Facebook page. Like us to receive all sale updates automatically. Download the EE smart phone APP to stay connected to all current sale happenings.

Announcements: Announcements made sale day and from the auction block during the sale take precedence over printed material in the catalog or other printed material associated with this sale. Anyone attending this sale, attends at their own risk. Breeders or any of the sale force will not be held responsible for any injury while attending this sale.

Sale Terms: All cattle sell under the Suggested Sale Terms & Conditions of the American Simmental Association. Terms will be available sale day.

Livestock Insurance: Insurance will be available through sale mgmt. and Jame Secondino of American Livestock Insurance, Ph. 812-208-0956.

Marketing Representatives: Val Eberspacher, EE Sales........................................612-805-7405Kelly Schmidt, EE Sales .......................................... 406-599-2395Joel Edge, Lee Agri-Media ........................................319-540-1731Jeremie Ruble ..............................................................406-581-7940

Auctioneer: Tracy Harl ........................................... 402-469-3852

DRaKe CattLe Co. & DRaKe SiMMentaL wiLL Retain 1/3 SeMen inteReSt in aLL SaLe BuLLS.

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Sale Mgrs, Val & Lori EberspacherOffice: 507-532-6694Val’s Cell: 612-805-7405Kelly Schmidt [email protected]

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SALE SCHEDULE:Friday, March 18th:

All Day Viewing of CattleSaturday, March 19th:

Cattle Viewing starting at 8:00 AMwith Sale Time 12:00 Noon Sharp!

SALE DAY PHONES:Val 612-805-7405 • Kelly 406-599-2395

Denny 641-658-2288 • Brady 641-856-9210Larry 641-895-9422 • Mason 641-895-5753

Flint 563-580-1053

Larry & Carol Drake 641-895-9422Mason 641-895-5735 • Flint 563-580-1053

24366 570th St., Centerville, IA 52544

Denny & Cara Drake • [email protected] 641-658-2288 or Brady 641-856-9210

www.drakecattlecompany.com

Drake Bull Sale 2016

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ASA#3087792 • Black Polled/Scurred 5/8 SM 9/32 AN 3/32 MX • Birth: 1-5-15 • Tattoo: C12Adj. BW: 84 • Adj. WW: 816 • Adj. YW: 1327

MSP High Class CaRD uproar 49Y LKR Daisy DukeMSF Risque MSF Sundance MSF Keepsake

Here’s a January bull that has a lot of growth and power bred into him. He’s ready to cover cows today! This big footed heavy structured bull can get out and go on a sound set of wheels. He should see a lot of years of service! He’s also out of one of our best cows, MSF Risque who was Reserve Foundation Female at the 2011 Iowa State Fair. She certainly passed on a lot of balance and look onto the unique herdsire.

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1 DFC Bull 47CASA#3082641 • Black Dbl Polled 3/8 SM 5/8 AN

Birth: 2-14-15 • Tattoo: 47CAdj. BW: 93 • Adj. WW: 920 • Adj. YW: 1563

w/C united 956Y tnt tuition u238 Miss werning 956wMs. nLC Bismark 3007a S a V Bismarck 5682 Ms. nLC olie Y1023

Don’t know where to start on a beast like this. Top 1% for weaning, yearling, ADG, MWW, CW and TI. Top 15% for marbling and REA. A great API of 143 (top 20%) and good calving ease. Add that to the top weaning weight we’ve ever had of 920 pounds. Highest yearling weight we’ve ever has of 1563 pounds also. 47C and his dam did it on their own - no creep feed, no special care and mom was a first calf heifer. Sired by the performance king United and out of a great SAV Bismarck quarter blood cow.

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2 Drake In Command C4

ASA#3082937 • Black Baldy Polled PurebredBirth: 2-20-15 • Tattoo: C4

Adj. BW: 79 • Adj. WW: 803 • Adj. YW: 1363

Drake in Command CnS Dream on L186 Drake P129nLC R16 Rosanne SRS Fortune 500 nLC n163

Here is the black baldy purebred bull you’ve been looking for. Combines tremendous physical appearance with great personal performance and a nice set of EPDs. The In Command cattle have had great calving ease for us with super growth and a look all their own.

3 Drake/MSP High Class C12

W/C United 956Y, Sire


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4 Drake Bull 11CASA#3046585 • Red Baldy Dbl Polled Purebred


Hooks Shear Force 38K nichols Legacy G151 C&D tracyDrake Sammie Drake Bully Boy Sandeens Frantic

CE BW WW YW MCE Milk MWW Stay 7 2.0 64 98 6 18 51 * DOC CW YG Marb BF REA API TI 10.1 31.2 -.19 .01 -.030 .63 101 62

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ASA#3046600 • Black Dbl Polled PurebredBirth: 3-5-15 • Tattoo: 29C


Yardley High Regard w242 Yardley impressive t371 Miss Yardley t68Drake Miss 372w CnS Dream on L186 Sandeens Frantic

A powerful red white faced bull by the great Shear Force. Top 3% in both CE and birth, top 10 % marbling, top 20% in REA and API. He had an actual birth weight of 62 pounds. He should be a real calving ease bull. Out of a first calf heifer.

A deep, thick High Regard son with a YW EPD in the top 35% and ADG in the top 25%. Should add pounds to your calf crop.


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5 Drake Authority C18ASA#3087803 • Black Polled 5/8 SM 1/4 AN 1/8 CS

Birth: 2-22-15 • Tattoo: C18Adj. BW: 84 • Adj. WW: 817 • Adj. YW: 1324

Drake Bull Z21 Drake Storm w100 Drake Miss X33Drake Miss t12 Maas true Dream 404P Drake P132

This bull combines super performance with a deep sided female making look. What we like most about this bull is his mother. One of the biggest ribbed, deepest bodied cows you will ever see with a super attractive, feminine front end. Keep his daughters for cows.


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6 Drake Bull 37CASA#3046607 • Black Baldy Dbl Polled 3/4 SM 1/4 AN


MCM top Grade 018X Mr. nLC upgrade u8676 MCM 513RDrake Patches elm-Mound/GS Stands alone Drake Miss M271Y

A nice baldy bull by Top Grade. Comes to you in a beautiful package with balanced EPDs. Out of a first calf heifer.

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9 Drake Bull 19CASA#3046592 • Black Dbl Polled 1/4 SM 3/4 AN


Sandeen Rainmaker 2007 Sitz Rainmaker 6169 Chloe Juanada 7009Drake Josie 404a HtP/SVF Heartbreaker w38 Drake Miss Josephine

SimAngus™ bull for calving ease, easy keeping, fast gaining and trouble free cattle.


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8 Drake Lock Up 6CASA#3046581 • Black Baldy Dbl Polled

5/8 SM 5/16 AN 1/16 MXBirth: 2-28-15 • Tattoo: 6C


w/C Lock Down 206Z Remington Lock n Load 54u G C F Miss new Level R206Drake Miss M390a Lazy H Go Daddy Drake Miss 390M

A top blaze face Lock Down son. A beautiful animal with EPDs to back it up. CE of 16, top 10%; BW of -.7, top 25%; WW of 77, top 5%; YW of 113 and TI of 78, top 15%; and API of 146, top 20%. He has a light birth weight with strong weaning and yearling weights.


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10 Drake Bull 42CASA#3046610 • Black Polled Purebred


w/C wide track 694Y 3C w/C Right track w9462 Miss werning 694SDanR times Right HtP SVF in Dew time VPF watch this

Top 30% weaning, top 10% yearling, and top 2% ADG. Son of the popular Wide Track. A powerful growth bull and maternal sire with a milk EPD in the top 20% and a MWW in the top 15%.

W/C Lock Down 206Z, Sire


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12 Harlan Ball 22CASA#3087409 • Black Dbl Polled 3/8 SM 5/8 AN


Sandeen Rainmaker 2007 Sitz Rainmaker 6169 Chloe Juanada 7009Harlan Hidden truth SS Sleep tight 69u Drake Miss 106u

A low birth weight, easy calving SimAngus™ bull combined with excellent growth.


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11 Drake Combustible C13ASA#3082936 • Black Polled 3/4 SM 1/4 AN


FBF1 Combustible SVF Steel Force S701 Lazy H Burn Baby Burn R34Drake Miss t25 Maas true Dream 404P angus 117

Tremendous 3/4 blood Combustible son here that combines personal performance with a very attractive profile. Thick from end to end, perfect structure and soundness, deep sided, deep flanked, out of a powerful cow.

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13 Drake Bull 28CASA#3046599 • Black Polled/Scurred 3/4 SM 1/4 AN


Yardley High Regard w242 Yardley impressive t371 Miss Yardley t68Drake Miss 361u o C C Regent 628R Drake Miss 361S

A High Regard son with lots of depth, thickness and looks the part of a real beef bull.

FBF1 Combustible, Sire

TJ Diesel 350Z, Sire


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ASA#3046615 • Black Dbl Polled 3/4 SM 1/4 ANBirth: 3-8-15 • Tattoo: 51C • Adj. BW: 66 • Adj. WW: 656 • Adj. YW: 1130

tJ Diesel 350Z S a V Final answer 0035 tJ 20XDrake Miss n390w Lazy H Go Daddy Drake Miss 390n

Top calving ease with a birth EPD in top 15%. Good growth and carcass with REA in top 15% and excellent API of 142, in top 20%. Just a 66 pound birth weight.

CE BW WW YW MCE Milk MWW Stay 15 -1.3 66 110 9 19 52 * DOC CW YG Marb BF REA API TI 11.4 33.8 -.13 .34 -.005 .66 141 74

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14 Drake Trump Card A33CASA#2994616 • Black Dbl Polled 5/8 SM 3/8 AN

Birth: 3-9-15 • Tattoo: A33CAdj. BW: 83 • Adj. WW: 868 • Adj. YW: 1520

w/C Lock Down 206Z Remington Lock n Load 54u G C F Miss new Level R206Drake Sweet Pea elm-Mound/GS Stands alone JS Dolly 33X

Trump Card has stood out since day one. After being born unassisted to a first calf heifer, this guy boomed to a 868 pound weaning weight and a 1520 pound yearling weight. He shows all of this in his EPDs as he has a CE of 15, BW of -1.3, WW of 66 and a YW of 110. These being in the top 15%, 20%, 30% and 20% of the breed. He has a top API of 141. Visually he has it all! Deep ribbed, thick muscled, smooth shouldered and neat up through the front and neck. At the 2015 Iowa State Fair, he was Reserve Champion Percentage Bull Calf in the biggest Simmental Show ever in the United States. Help yourself to a Great One!


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15 Drake Kind Regards A43C

ASA#2994615 • Black Dbl Polled PurebredBirth: 3-6-15 • Tattoo: A43C


Yardley High Regard w242 Yardley impressive t371 Miss Yardley t68Drake Miss t43a elm-Mound/GS Stands alone Double R Marie t43

A great High Regard son with a light birth weight and excellent growth with an 853 weaning and 1358 yearling weights. His own birth weight and his EPDs say he should be a calving ease bull. Birth EPD is in the top 5% of the breed. He is out of one of our best cow families. We sold a full brother to his dam for $6,000.

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W/C Lock Down 206Z, Sire

Yardley High Regard W242, Sire


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tJ Diesel 350Z S a V Final answer 0035 tJ 20XDrake Miss 107w Lazy H Go Daddy Kappes Zita n107


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ASA#3082637 • Black Dbl Polled PurebredBirth: 3-11-15 • Tattoo: 2C • Adj. BW: 77 • Adj. WW: 641 • Adj. YW: 1227

SS/PRS Chasin tail 18a MCM top Grade 018X KenCo Miley CottontailDrake Miss Y85a Hooks Shear Force 38K Drake Miss 85Y

Top 5% for weaning, top 10% for yearling, top 15% for MWW and TI, top 3% for REA and in the top 25% with an API of 140. High weaning and yearling weights.

Should be a top calving ease bull. Top 10% for both CE and BW, top 5% for milk, top 2% for marbling and REA. He is in the top 4% with an API of 149, our top API bull.


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18 Drake Bull 21CASA#3046593 • Black Dbl Polled Purebred


SS/PRS trackin tail 461a w/C wide track 694Y KenCo Miley CottontailDrake Miss K185Z Drake Hard truth PVF Leah 0185K

A top son of Trackin Tail with a weaning weight EPD in the top 5% and a YW EPD in the top 10%. He proved these numbers with a weaning weight of 851 pounds, ranking him number 1 of 43 contemporaries and a yearling weight of 1422 pounds, ranking number 1 of 42 bulls in his group. A beast that will put pounds on your calves.


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SS/PRS Chasin tail 18a MCM top Grade 018X KenCo Miley CottontailDrake Miss J26Z HtP/SVF Heartbreaker w38 Drake Miss e26J

Nationally famous cows on both sides of this guy’s pedigree. Miley Cottontail on the top side and DMN Daisy Mae on the bottom. Cows that have generated hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue.

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SS/PRS Chasing Tail 18A, Sire of Lots 19 & 20


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SS/PRS Chasin tail 18a MCM top Grade 018X KenCo Miley CottontailDrake Miss S404X SS Sleep tight 69u Drake Miss P404S

A bull with a bit more stretch and excellent performance. A yearling weight of 1388 pounds. WW

EPD in the top 20% along with top 10% for YW and ADG.


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w/C wide track 694Y 3C w/C Right track w9462 Miss werning 694SDrake Miss 106u Maas true Dream 404P Drake Miss 106n

A nice Wide Track son with weaning weight EPD in the top 20% with 753 pounds. A bull that can add pounds to a calf crop. EPDs would indicate he may not be a heifer bull.


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SS/PRS Chasin tail 18a MCM top Grade 018X KenCo Miley CottontailMeyer Ranch ambrosia Meyers Bonus 063M

This fellow is out of our good Meyer Ranch Ambrosia cow. Sold two maternal sisters to him for $6,750 and

$4,750. Should work anywhere, it’s in his blood!

W/C Wide Track 694Y, Sire

SS/PRS Chasing Tail 18A, Sire


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tJ Diesel 350Z S a V Final answer 0035 tJ 20XDrake Miss t21w o C C triumph 605t Drake Miss n21t

A SimAngus™ bull with great numbers. Weaning in top 15%, Yearling top 5%, ADG top 2% and MWW top 10%. In

an easy keeping package, this bull should produce those trouble free cattle.


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24 Drake Combustible C3ASA#3072968 • Black Baldy Dbl Polled 3/4 SM 1/4 AN


FBF1 Combustible SVF Steel Force S701 Lazy H Burn Baby Burn R34Drake Command Lady Z12 Drake in Command 618

This baldy Combustible son catches everyone’s eye. A super soft made bull that is deep sided, thick made and very attractive. No holes here, will work in any operation and make money.


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SS/PRS trackin tail 461a w/C wide track 694Y KenCo Miley CottontailDrake Miss 85Y Gw Mr. Mt 790L LCR new Design 208 4038

Top 15% EPD for weaning, yearling, MWW and TI. Backed by his own performance of 768 pound weaning

weight and yearling weight of 1353 pounds.

FBF1 Combustible, Sire


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SS/PRS Chasin tail 18a MCM top Grade 018X KenCo Miley CottontailDrake Miss t143Z Lazy H Go Daddy Drake Miss J143t

Light birth weight, big weaning and yearling weights match just what his EPDs show. Would be a good choice

for all around bull with calving ease and pounds of calf.


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27 Drake Bull 26CASA#3046597 • Black Dbl Polled/Scurred 1/2 SM 1/2 AN


Sandeen Rainmaker 2007 Sitz Rainmaker 6169 Chloe Juanada 7009Drake Miss u31a Lazy H Go Daddy DanR times Right

A very outstanding SimAngus™ bull out of a first calf heifer. WW EPD in top 15% and YW in top 30%. Again, these numbers are verified by his weaning of 815, ranking of 3rd of 43 bulls in his group, and a yearling of 1359, ranking him 5th of 42 bulls.

Sandeen Rainmaker 2007, Sire


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ASA#3046611 • Red Dbl Polled PurebredBirth: 3-16-15 • Tattoo: 43C


SS/PRS Chasin tail 18a MCM top Grade 018X KenCo Miley Cottontailtnt Miss Cassie J143 Mr. Beef e141 tnt Miss Montana F135


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ASA#3046596 • Black Dbl Polled 5/8 SM 3/8 ANBirth: 3-18-15 • Tattoo: 25C


Drake Bully Boy Harkers/JS Domination Double R Marie t43Drake Miss 30u o C C Regent 628R Drake Miss 30n

An easy fleshing bull that is the kind we can depend on year in and year out.

A really nice dark red bull out of our good TNT Miss Cassie cow. Top 1% for milk and top 5% for MWW EPDs would indicate he would sire great females.

29 Drake Bull 43C

30 Drake Bull 25C


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w/C BF innocent Man w/C no Remorse 763Y Miss werning 174YDrake Miss w90Y o C C triumph 605t Drake Miss 390w

A son of the hot Innocent Man. If you like your cattle flat out fancy, this may be your guy! Innocent Man heifers topped sales across the country including the $12,000 heifer in our fall sale.


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SS/PRS trackin tail 461a w/C wide track 694Y KenCo Miley CottontailoBCC wicked Sister 40wZ GCC Black watch 849t 40tw

Great cows on both sides of this pedigree. Miley Cottontail on top side and the $20,000 Drake Summer Sister on the bottom. Nice EPDs with a -.6 BW EPD and just a 69 pounds birth weight.


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tJ Diesel 350Z S a V Final answer 0035 tJ 20XDrake Miss 76w Lazy H Go Daddy LCR Bushwacker 4048

What a great SimAngus™ bull, in person and on paper! Top 20% on BW, CE and API, top 25% on WW and Milk, top

10% on YW, top 3% on ADG, top 15% on MWW, CW, and TI. With an API of 143 and top birth weight of 69 pounds, 53C can’t miss. Full brother sold last year for $6,000.

SS/PRS Trackin Tail 461A, Sire

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tJ Diesel 350Z S a V Final answer 0035 tJ 20XDrake Miss 69Y Gw Mr. Mt 790L JLL Precision e161 4125

Outstanding SimAngus™ bull with EPDs we like. Top 15% for CE, top 10% for BW, top 35% YW and a great API of 149.


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34 DFC Bull 44CASA#3082639 • Red Dbl Polled Purebred


SS/PRS Chasin tail 18a MCM top Grade 018X KenCo Miley CottontailFrolics Miss 410X Gw Mr. Mt 790L Drake Frolic

An excellent red bull with numbers and performance to match; 869 pound weaning weight and a 1381 yearling weight. Goes back to the top cow family we’ve ever had, Drake Miss P36D cow. She is the dam of many champions and top sellers across the US.

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SS/PRS trackin tail 461a w/C wide track 694Y KenCo Miley CottontailRC Dina HtP SVF in Dew time Ms. RC L27

Good, strong numbers across the board with an API of 132 and a birth weight of 73 pounds. Nine of his

numbers are in the top 30% or better, that’s balance and that’s good.

SS/PRS Chasin Tail 18A, Sire


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38 Drake Bull 7CASA#3046582 • Hetero Black Dbl Polled 3/4 SM 1/4 AN


SS/PRS Chasin tail 18a MCM top Grade 018X KenCo Miley CottontailDrake Buffalo Girl SS Sleep tight 69u Drake Gum Drop

Light birth weight, one of our better gaining bulls with a 1330 yearling weight. EPDs in the top 30% for weaning and top 35% for yearling.


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37 Drake Bull 36CASA#3046606 • Black Dbl Polled 5/8 SM 5/16 AN 1/16 MX


SS/PRS Chasin tail 18a MCM top Grade 018X KenCo Miley CottontailDrake Miss R378u o C C emblazon 854e Drake Miss 378R

Always liked this bull. Soft, easy keeping appearance with sound numbers across the board. Should be a trouble free beef bull.


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39 Drake High Regard C16ASA#3087802 • Black Dbl Polled 1/2 SM 1/2 AN


Yardley High Regard w242 Yardley impressive t371 Miss Yardley t68618

This half blood High Regard Son is out of a beast of an Angus Cow. His dam, 618 is overwhelming in

her body mass and super sound in her structure. Her daughters are favorites in our herd. Keep his daughters for cows, you will love them.


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SS/PRS Chasin tail 18a MCM top Grade 018X KenCo Miley CottontailDrake Miss w177Y o C C triumph 605t Drake Miss 177w

Top performing bull with both weaning and yearling weight EPDs in the top 15%. His numbers are backed up by a

762 pound weaning and a 1417 pound yearling weight with just a 75 pound birth weight.


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40 Drake/BH Ultra C2ASA#3045538 • Black Polled Purebred


Yardley High Regard w242 Yardley impressive t371 Miss Yardley t68MSP insane Jane MSP Fabio tabby

Outstanding smooth polled purebred High Regard son here. Combines tremendous individual performance with as pleasing physical presence that you can pack into one bull. Powerful hip, thickness and top with a beautiful shoulder and front end. Sound moving, great structure, perfect feet and legs. Big time prospect here.


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42 Drake High Regard C10ASA#3087801 • Black Polled/Scurred 3/4 SM 1/4 AN


Yardley High Regard w242 Yardley impressive t371 Miss Yardley t68Drake Command Lady a16 Drake in Comman angus 117

Super attractive High Regard son here that puts together a lot of look with power and finesse. Out of

a power cow here at Drake’s that traces back to an amazing Angus female.

Yardley High Regard W242, Sire


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44 Drake Bull 57CASA#3046620 • Black Baldy Dbl Polled Purebred


elm-Mound/GS Stands alone SVF Steel Force S701 SS Babys Breath P035Drake Miss e17t Gw Mr. Mt 790L Drake Miss Y17e

A nice blaze faced bull that has that easy keeping look. Should sire outstanding females as both his sire and maternal grand sire are female making machines.


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43 Drake Bull 12CASA#3046586 • Black Baldy Dbl Polled Purebred


SS/PRS Chasin tail 18a MCM top Grade 018X KenCo Miley CottontailDrake Miss n361Z Lazy H Go Daddy Kappes Sadie n361

Good blaze faced bull with nice balanced EPDs. Sold a maternal brother last year for $5,100.


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45Drake/MSP High Regard

C9ASA#3087793 • Black Polled/Scurred Purebred


Yardley High Regard w242 Yardley impressive t371 Miss Yardley t68Drake Miss u48 Haines Bull 71S Drake P548

Big boned, super fronted purebred High Regard son here. Will add look and attractiveness to most any cow.

Yardley High Regard, Sire


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48 Drake Bull 31C

ASA#3046601 • Red Dbl Polled 3/4 SM 1/4 ANBirth: 4-9-15 • Tattoo: 31C


SS/PRS Chasin tail 18a MCM top Grade 018X KenCo Miley CottontailDrake Miss 85Z Drake Hard truth LCR new Design 208 4038

Nice Red bull with good calving, growth and carcass EPDs. Sold his maternal brother last year for $6,250.


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s47 Drake Bull 55CASA#3046618 • Black Dbl Polled 3/4 SM 1/4 AN


SS/PRS Chasin tail 18a MCM top Grade 018X KenCo Miley CottontailDrake Miss 69w Gw Mr. Mt 790L JLL Precision e161 4125

A Chasin Tail son with excellent performance, weaning weight of 737 pounds and a yearling of 1346 pounds. Good balanced EPDs across the board. Remember... Chasin Tail is a son of Miley Cottontail, one of the great beef cows of the breed.


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46 Drake Bull 38C

ASA#3046608 • Black Dbl Polled 5/8 SM 3/8 ANBirth: 3-29-15 • Tattoo: 38C


tJ Diesel 350Z S a V Final answer 0035 tJ 20XDrake Miss w124Y HtP SVF in Dew time Drake Miss Regent 124w

Top 15% for CE and Birth Weight. Good weaning and yearling EPDs, top 5% REA and a great API of 146, top 20%. Sired by Diesel, the $20,000 bull from Triangle J Ranch.

SS/PRS Chasin tail 18a, Sire

We look forward to seeing you on Saturday, March 19!


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tJ Diesel 350Z S a V Final answer 0035 tJ 20XDrake Miss w92Y o C C triumph 605t Drake Miss 92w

Light birth weight EPD showing good calving ease and excellent growth. Both weaning and yearling EPD in top 25%. He has an API of 132. An all purpose bull with an outstanding appearance.

CE BW WW YW MCE Milk MWW Stay 13 -.4 76 114 8 22 60 * DOC CW YG Marb BF REA API TI 9.8 36.7 -.12 .41 .010 .77 140 80

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1/16 HH 1/16 HPBirth: 4-11-15 • Tattoo: 50C


tJ Diesel 350Z S a V Final answer 0035 tJ 20XDrake Miss Mu390Y Gw Mr. Mt 790L Drake Miss Simblaze 390u

Another Diesel son you will like. In top 25% for CE, ADG and API (140); in top 10% for WW, MWW, REA and TI; and yearling in top 15%. Match these with a 74 pound birth weight, 784 weaning weight and 1362 yearling weight, you have a herd bull that will work for anyone.


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49 Drake/BH Rampage C14

ASA#3087804 • Black Dbl Polled PurebredBirth: 4-10-15 • Tattoo: C14


tess Black Rampage 71w wheatland Bull 786t aCS Red teddy 657SDrake Rainy Day K-LeR Make it Rain Drake Command Lady X84

A unique package here, being a Rampage out of Drake Rainy Day, one of our all time favorite show heifers. This bull brings calving ease with a lot of depth and middle. Big hipped, stout made and super sound.

Tess Black Rampage 71W, Sire



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tJ Diesel 350Z S a V Final answer 0035 tJ 20XDFC Miss X403a elm-Mound/GS Stands alone Drake Miss 403X

Top 30% for CE and BW, top 20% for WW and YW, top 10% for MWW and REA, and top 30% for API (136). These numbers are balanced and outstanding, a really good beef bull.


Bull Buyer’s GuideExplanation of How to Utilize API and TI IndexesFirst, 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 to the left, 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 more information, visit www.simmental.org.

Definitions of TermsExpected Progeny Differences (EPDs): EPDs are the most accurate and effective tool available for comparing genetic levels. Back Fat (BF): Inches of backfat.Birth Weight (BW): Pounds of birth weight.Calving Ease (CE): Percent of unassisted births when used on heifers.Carcass Weight (CW): Pounds of carcass weight.Maternal Calving Ease (MCE): Percent of unassisted births in first-calving daughters. Milk (MLK): Pounds of weaning weight due to milk.Marbling (MRB): Marbling score.Maternal Weaning Weight (MWW): Pounds of weaning weight due to milk and growth.Ribeye Area (REA): Square inches of ribeye.Warner-Bratzler Shear Force (WBSF): Pounds of force required to shear a steak.Stayability (STAY): Percent of daughters remaining in the cowherd at 6 years of age. Terminal Index (TI): Dollars per cow exposed under a terminal-sire scenario.Weaning Weight (WW): Pounds of weaning weight.Yearling Weight (YW): Pounds of yearling weight.Yield Grade (YG): Yield grade score.


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Do EPDs really work?

Agriculture, including the cattle business, increasingly relies on new developments in technology and science. In an ever more competitive market place, cattlemen and women constantly seek ways in which to differentiate their operations from others in that market place. One method used by many is the pursuit of the optimum expected progeny difference (EPD) mix. The optimum mix obviously varies depending upon your target market. However, we all have wondered – are EPDs accurate? Do they really work? The discussion about what is optimum and how to achieve it is moot if EPDs are not accurate. The old adage that you can only improve what you can measure inherently relies upon the measurement being accurate. We recently (February 2016) consigned and sold several bulls at the Iowa Beef Expo . At the 2016 Beef Expo 77 head of Simmental and SimAngus bulls had their carcass traits measured by ultrasound. It occurred to us that this was an opportunity to conduct our own analysis of the accuracy of EPDs. For simplicity purposes, and because of the increasing importance of carcass quality, we selected the marbling and ribeye EPDs for analysis. We first ranked all bulls by EPD, with number one being the highest marbling EPD and number 77 being the lowest marbling EPD. We then ranked all of the bulls from 1 to 77 using their scanned actual (adjusted) marbling score, again with number one being the bull with the highest marbling score and number 77 being the bull with the lowest marbling score. What we found has given us renewed confidence in the EPD protocol and its use in our herds. The top 41 bulls for marbling EPD (we wanted to compare the top half to the bottom half-but because a number of bulls had the same marbling EPD the split was not exactly 50-50) averaged an actual (adjusted) marbling score of 4.37 while the bottom 36 bulls averaged a marbling score of 3.33. In general, it appeared the EPD for marbling accurately predicted those bulls with superior marbling and those not so superior. Further, of the top ten marbling EPD bulls, five ranked in the top ten for actual marbling. Of the twenty top marbling EPD bulls, ten ranked in the top twenty for actual marbling. On the other end of the spectrum, of the seven lowest bulls for actual marbling, six of those seven were also in the lowest 10 for

marbling EPD. Overall, and while there were outliers, in general the high EPD marbling bulls were the high actual marbling bulls, the low EPD marbling bulls were the low actual marbling bulls and the middle of the road marbling EPD bulls were the middle of the road actual marbling bulls. The average marbling EPD for the bulls with the top half of actual marbling was .29 and the average marbling EPD for the bulls with the bottom half of actual marbling was .04. Clearly the marbling EPD accurately predicted, in general, those bulls with strong actual marbling and those without.

We then turned to an analysis of ribeye EPDs and conducted the same analysis. We ranked the bulls from best to worst for ribeye EPD and best to worst for actual ribeye size. The top one half of bulls by EPD averaged a ribeye EPD of .88 and an actual ribeye measurement, as adjusted for age, of 16.24. The bottom half of bulls for ribeye EPD averaged .51 and averaged an actual ribeye measurement, as adjusted for age, of 15.0. Again, the EPD accurately predicted those bulls that would produce larger ribeyes and those bulls that would not.

We aren’t scientists, but the results of this evaluation seem significant and compelling with regard to EPD accuracy. Yes it would be more compelling to know how the calves of these bulls perform in actual marbling or ribeye (the ACTUAL progeny difference) and to test this analysis over more EPD traits and with more scientific controls for outside variables that can affect the outcome. However, presumably the high marbling and high ribeye EPD bulls in the Expo sale were the sons of bulls and females with high marbling and ribeye EPDs. They are the progeny of bulls and females with expected progeny differences that predict they will have high actual marbling and ribeye size. And they do. Our analysis indicates we should all begin to take more comfort in the EPD information provided by our association and to believe that we can rely on that information in our breeding decisions.


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TJ Diesel 350ZASA#2714990 • Homo Black Homo Polled 1/2 SM 1/2 AN

Birth: 1-12-12 • Tattoo: 350ZS A V Final Answer 0035 x TJ 20X

EPDs: 15 -.8 83 137 12 31 72 * 13.5Carcass: 50.3 -.07 .56 .061 1.19 160 90

SS/PRS Chasin Tail 18AASA#2816096 • Hetero Black Homo Polled Purebred

Birth: 2-18-13 • Tattoo: 18AMCM Top Grade 018X x KenCo Miley Cottontail

EPDs: 9 .3 64 94 9 24 56 * 11.2Carcass: 26.0 -.37 .33 -.053 .93 132 73

W/C United 956YASA#2614725 • Homo Black Homo Polled 1/2 SM 1/2 AN

Birth: 3-3-11 • Tattoo: 956YTNT Tuition U238 x Miss Werning 956WEPDs: 10 .2 95 159 5 20 67 * 9.4

Carcass: 64.8 .02 .62 .030 .85 143 96

W/C Lock Down 206ZASA#2658496 • Hetero Black Homo Polled 1/2 SM 1/2 AN

Birth: 2-29-12 • Tattoo: 206ZRemington Lock N Load 54U x G C F Miss New Level R206

EPDs: 20 -3.1 76 129 9 14 52 * 9.9Carcass: 42.1 -.10 .49 .000 .71 170 86

W/C Wide Track 694YASA#2588250 • Black Polled Purebred

Birth: 3-22-11 • Tattoo: 694Y3C W/C Right Track W9462 x Miss Werning 694S

EPDs: 5 4.6 74 120 9 26 63 21 10.7Carcass: 48.6 -.20 .17 -.028 .90 120 72

FBF1 CombustibleASA#2588018 • Homo Black Homo Polled Purebred

Birth: 2-17-11 • Tattoo: Y34SVF Steel Force S701 x LAzy H Burn Baby Burn R34

EPDs: 8 3.3 60 94 7 18 48 23 13.6Carcass: 31.3 -.17 -.10 .011 .88 109 57

Yardley High Regard W242ASA#2522822 • Black Hetero Polled Purebred

Birth: 3-20-09 • Tattoo: W242Yardley Impressive T371 x Miss Yardley T68

EPDs: 4 1.9 66 97 3 17 50 * 12.1Carcass: 30.2 -.21 -.16 -.022 .74 81 58

Sandeen Rainmaker 2007ASA#2940819 • Purebred Angus

Birth: 2-23-12 • Tattoo: 2007Sitz Rainmaker 6169 x Chloe Juanada 7009EPDs: 17 -1.1 53 86 7 23 50 * 12.2

Carcass: 19.8 -.04 -.42 .010 .36 109 57

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