Sprenger Cattle Co. Angus Bull Sale Cattle with a Purpose Beyond Performance Selling 8 Top Cut 2 Year Old Bulls, 20 Top Cut Yearling Bulls and 4 Herd Sires from Bolze Ranch Angus, Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at the Ranch in Sidney, Nebraska 1:00 MST
Cattle with a Purpose Beyond Performance Sprenger Cattle Co is an Angus seedstock operation owned and operated by Brian and Kari Sprenger. Our home is in the high plains region of western Nebraska near Sidney. Our cows are managed in a lower input environment often alongside our commercial cows. The cows are expected to graze year round on native range and or crop residue. The only supplement they receive besides mineral is in the form of protein at necessary times in the year. The cows and heifers are expected to deliver a calf unassisted beginning in May and wean a quality calf, without creep feed, in late November or early December. We do not chase numbers, and we do not chase size. We have sought out cattle with a moderate frame with adequate milk, adequate growth and adequate performance. Due to our desire to maintain a cow herd with these attributes we have chosen to not subscribe to the bull of the month club. Instead, we have identified a select group of cows within our herd that we are using sons out of to propagate the form that works in our environment. Recent Expansion In December of 2010 we expanded our herd with the leasing of the Bolze Angus Ranch cow herd. The Bolze Ranch Angus cow herd has resulted from 30 years of intensive AI mating s to proven bulls that excel in the preweaning traits including moderation of BW for direct calving ease plus maternal calving ease, moderate growth (frame score 4-5 mature cows weighing 1150-1250 #), moderate milk, fleshing ability with minimal supplementation, good feet and legs as well as udder quality. Carcass traits receive lower priority with emphasis on moderate carcass size, ribeye area per unit of carcass weight, marbling and percent retail product. The Maternal Side of the Equation The goals of our programs have been set in stone for quite some time. We believe that we must maintain our focus on the Maternal traits in our cow herds as they are the Heart and Soul of the ranch. To this, we feel that there are more traits to consider than milk EPD s when talking about Maternal Traits. Traits such as fertility, calving ease, fleshing ability with minimal supplementation, sound feet and legs, disposition, maternal instinct at calving and adequate milk production. All of these traits lend themselves to cow longevity which is a key component to reducing our costs of inputs. We feel that the race for increased performance in both growth and carcass traits has adversely affected these conveniences that so many have taken for granted. It has been our objective to select our own seedstock with these traits in mind. We have chosen to select bulls out of cows with a proven track record to excel in Maternal Traits. For sale this Spring are bulls out of: B R Sustain 4197 229 603 Reg. # 15574436 EPD Profile BW 1.9 WW 44 YW 75 Milk 21 6 year old bull out of a younger cow with generational proof of Maternal performance and sired by Pinebank Waigroup 41/97. B R Sustainable 4197 008 617 Reg. # 15574441 EPD Profile BW 3.1 WW 33 YW 62 Milk 18 6 year old bull out of a the 008 cow who is still in production today. The cow calved this year in BCS 6 clothes and carried an impeccable udder at 12 years of age and sired by Pinebank Waigroup 41/97. JJJ Pinebank 822 Reg. # 16019628 EPD Profile BW.4 WW 34 YW 53 Milk 19 4 year old bull from the Octoraro Angus herd in Pennsylvania via J Bob Hould at Havre Montana. 822 s mother was born from a 16 year old cow Octoraro Delia 723 and sired by Pinebank Waigroup 41/97.
Pinebank Waigroup 152/04 Reg. # 15789169 EPD Profile BW -.9 WW 32 YW 52 Milk 4 Outcross genetics from the Pinebank Stud in New Zealand. His dam is 15 years old and the top indexing cow in the Pinebank herd. Hyland Frank the Tank Reg. # 15528663 EPD Profile BW. -.9 WW 18 YW 40 Milk 0 Good old fashioned, maternally oriented Angus bull built to function on forage. The starting bid on all bulls will be $2000 2 Year olds. (Udder, Disposition and Ease graded 1-5, 5 being the best.) Num Act. BW BW Act. WW WW Act. YW YW MK Dam Sire Udder Dis. Ease 2Yr WT 001 OR 74 2.0 N/A 31 1117 49 14 7597 822 4 5 3 003 OR 93 1.8 N/A 30 1122 47 13 7288 822 5 5 2 005 OR 67.8 N/A 31 965 48 15 819 822 4 4 4 009 OR 84.6 N/A 28 1098 48 18 816 822 5 4 4 010 OR 72.1 N/A 30 1110 47 15 813 822 5 5 4 014 OR 79 2.0 N/A 24 1050 37 12 A74 310 3 5 2 016 OR 68.6 N/A 30 1015 49 17 719 822 3 5 4 017 OR 90 1.0 N/A 31 1227 48 7 615 152/04 5 4 2 Yearlings Act.YW 103 BK 71 2.2 514 32 854 61 17 008 603/617 4 5 3 110 BK 80 N/A 458 N/A 836 N/A N/A 327 603/617 5 5 3 116 OR 87 1.0 489 24 759 43 5.0 042 FTT 4 5 3 116 BK 73 1.7 466 25 830 53 15 343 603/617 4 5 4 118 OR 73 0.0 472 22 820 42 8.0 719 FTT 3 4 4 119 BK 88 2.3 572 28 906 53 15 414 603/617 3 4 3 122 BK 97 2.4 613 29 956 55 15 437 603/617 3 5 2 123 BK 78 2.2 540 32 890 58 17 449 603/617 3 5 3 125 BK 86 1.5 470 31 823 59 15 505 603/617 3 5 3 129 BK 86 1.3 535 30 906 56 15 518 603/617 4 3 3 130 OR 79 N/A 437 N/A 766 N/A N/A 702 MS 41 3 5 2 135 BK 88 2.4 567 29 951 57 19 549 603/617 4 5 2 139 OR 84 N/A 487 N/A 806 N/A N/A 809 MS 130 3 5 3 145 BK 77 2.8 463 31 800 56 17 624 603/617 5 4 3 148 BK 78.9 526 27 796 53 17 630 603/617 4 5 4 151 OR 77-2.5 500 28 821 43 14 635 BOV 4 5 4 175 BK 85 1.4 482 26 853 50 15 728 603/617 4 5 3 Mature Bulls 603 BK 1.9 44 75 21 229 41/97 617 BK 3.1 33 62 18 008 41/97 806 BK 1.0 30 54 15 11 41/97 Flush brother to 808 808 BK 1.0 30 54 15 11 41/97 Flush brother to 806
Ultrasound Data collected by Mike Leishman with Rose Canyon L.L.C. Weight REA REA/CWT RES IMF BF Stress Tend OO1 OR 820 7.28 0.89 0.48 3.12 0.08 10 24 2 YR OO3 OR 840 7.45 0.89 0.41 3.00 0.06 10 25 2 YR OO5 OR 740 5.15 0.70 0.41 2.63 0.07 10 25 2 YR O14 OR 866 7.65 0.88 0.58 3.02 0.06 10 24 2 YR O16 OR 800 8.43 1.05 0.54 3.45 0.08 10 26 2 YR O17 OR 970 8.24 0.85 0.45 3.75 0.10 10 24 2 YR 103 BK 595 6.62 1.11 0.56 2.14 0.07 10 25 1 YR 110 BK 568 6.57 1.16 0.33 2.31 0.07 10 24 1 YR 116 OR 543 6.34 1.17 0.43 3.05 0.08 10 25 1 YR 116 BK 561 7.11 1.27 0.40 1.78 0.06 10 25 1 YR 118 OR 562 7.67 1.37 0.53 1.91 0.06 10 24 1 YR 119 BK 658 7.42 1.13 0.49 2.10 0.09 10 25 1 YR 122 BK 684 7.83 1.14 0.47 2.32 0.08 10 24 1 YR 125 BK 547 7.15 1.31 0.41 3.53 0.09 10 24 1 YR 129 BK 629 6.50 1.03 0.45 2.54 0.07 10 24 1 YR 130 OR 546 5.46 1.00 0.45 1.68 0.08 10 24 1 YR 135 BK 673 9.32 1.38 0.42 2.10 0.10 10 25 1 YR 139 OR 564 6.96 1.23 0.55 2.54 0.06 10 25 1 YR 145 BK 566 7.06 1.25 0.44 3.18 0.10 10 24 1 YR 148 BK 578 6.17 1.07 0.44 3.15 0.08 10 24 1 YR 151 OR 584 6.59 1.13 0.44 3.38 0.10 10 24 1 YR 175 BK 604 8.41 1.39 0.46 2.40 0.09 10 24 1 YR 123 BK 622 5.86 0.94 0.46 3.53 0.07 10 24 1 YR Thank you for taking the time to look at our program. We are very excited about the upcoming sale. We will be using a silent auction format. This a very laid back type of sale, just the way we like it. Lunch will be available at noon. For anyone not able to make it to the sale we will do anything we can to provide you with a bull that you would like. Bids can be placed with Ron or myself. We look forward to seeing you in June.
Beef Image Analysis (BIA) Ultrasound BIA live animal carcass ultrasound is an automated, chuteside software system that captures images and calculates trait measurements on an objective basis. The traits determined by BIA ultrasound software are: Ribeye Area (REA), Backfat Thickness (BF), Ribeye Area/Hundred lbs Live Weight (REA/CWT), Percent Intramuscular Fat (% IMF), Ribeye Shape Score (RES), Stress Score (SS), and Tenderness Score (TEND). Tallgrass Beef Company Optimum Ranges Harvest Age Animal: REA = 10-15 BF = 0.2 0.4 in. (At Yearling Ultrasound) BF = 0.4 0.65 in (At Harvest) REA/CWT = 1.0 1.5 (At Yearling Ultrasound) REA/CWT = 1.5 2.0 (At Harvest Dressed Weight Basis) % IMF >= 3.5% + (USDA High Select or better) RES >= 0.35 + SS = <=20 TEND = <=25 QG = High Select High Choice YG = <=3.9 HCWT = 650 850 lbs Code Explanation: RES = Ribeye Shape Score. Indicative of desired shape of the ribeye muscle. Correlated to eventual Yield Grade, Cutability, and % Retail Product. Score ranges from 0.0 to 1.0. Acceptable score is 0.35 or greater in yearling bulls, with an ideal score being 0.45 or better. Ideal score in heifers is 0.35 or better, with acceptable scores of 0.30 or better. SS = Stress Score. Correlated to immune system strength of calf. Score ranges from 10-50. 10=No Stress, 20=Slight Stress, 30=Slightly Moderate Stress, 40=Moderate Stress, 50=Severe Stress. Impacts DTF, ADG, WDA, TCOG, Health Costs, QG, and YG. Ideal score is 2.0 or less. TEND = Tenderness Score. Correlated to actual Warner-Bratzler Shear Force (WB) in carcass ribeye steak at 12 th rib location. Correlation Coefficients between WB and TEND currently average 0.85 0.87. Score ranges from 10-50. 10=Very Tender, 20=Tender, 30=Slightly Tender, 40=Slightly Tough, 50=Tough. Ideal score is 25 or less. Acceptable score in yearling bulls is 28 or less.