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Well, everybody, we're back with another preview and I'm pretty excited for this one. I get to represent some people that I've heard of but never necessarily met yet. And pretty excited not to be completely honest. I get to represent Lazy JB Angus there in Colorado. They got their bull sale coming up on March 8th. It's going to be live there at their ranch in Colorado. They're celebrating 100 years. I'm pretty excited to go through all of these lots. I've been able and fortunate enough to see a couple of them, especially some heifers that have been purchased from them. And they're always unique in their own kind. So Brittany's on here with me tonight to discuss the lots. Brittany, I'd like you to introduce yourself, let everybody get to know you a little bit, what the objective is there, Lazy JB and what the primary goal is for these bulls and their future endeavors.
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B
Well, thank you for the opportunity to join you and we are excited to be a part of your podcast and even more so excited to talk about the set of bulls that we have coming up in our sale. Like you said, March 8th, it'll be at the ranch in Montrose, Colorado. That's western Colorado. For those not familiar with it. We're just 64 miles from the Utah border and like you mentioned, this is our hundredth year celebration for the brand that was purchased by my great great grandfather. So I am a fifth generation in the Angus business and this sale itself is our 25th live sale. So prior to to selling cattle through our annual bull sale, we just sold them private treaty. And this sale encompasses a lot of new sire groups that some breeders may not be familiar with, as well as the tried and true genetics that we've sold in the past and a lot of maternal brothers to high sellers in the years past. And we'll, we will sell 42 bulls in this sale. 41 of them will be registered Angus. There'll be one commercial lot and he is actually out of a half blood simmental cow. And then we'll also offer five females as well. So we excited about the set that we've got and, and think in terms of our program, when people ask who is Lazy jb, you know, everyone talks about balance, but I think that we truly represent that because as you said, you, you know us from the show ring side of things, but there are a world of our customers that are only in the commercial industry and, and sell their calves on pounds. And a lot of ranches will have two separate herds, but we've decided to take on the challenge. And it is certainly a challenge to couple both of the worlds together. Those that have look and phenotype and then cattle that still have some genetic merit and are higher genetic profiling cattle. So that's really what we represent. And more importantly, we represent the beef industry and the future of our industry because we know that if our customers don't stay in business, neither do we.
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We completely agree. Well, in my mind, just looking through the catalog here, prior to A Lot one really stood out to me due to show ring features. I mean, he's long necked, long spine, big hipped, and looks and reads to be extremely dense and burly. But I think that's also an attribute that anybody in the commercial or seed stock standpoint could heavily utilize as well.
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B
Yeah, he's been a fun individual since day one. And, and if you open our catalog and you look at the footnotes with him and also the, the photo that encompasses at the bottom below his lot photo, you'll see that he was the reserve grand champion PGS bull at the National Western this year. And this is the first year that they've had that show. And that is a phenotype genotype show. So they're combining both their, their look as well as their genetic profile. And so that's the fun part, like I said when I introduced myself, is that we try to couple both those worlds together. And this bull has done that and he's been a really fun one to be a part of because he just continues to get better every day. And I unfortunately spend a lot of time on the road for my other jobs, so I get to be gone and come back a week later and see just how much he continually changes. And he's been one that just keeps getting better and better. And you know, if you look at his sire too, that's a newer sire group to the Angus breed in general. The Raven standalone is a bull that Gen X and Jason Hoffman own together. And, and we were fortunate to get some of the first semen on that bull and have some of the first calves to offer out of him. Raven standalone sire is Raven Republic. And I saw a couple of those daughters about a week ago in Idaho that are in production. They're just first calf heifers and they are absolutely beautiful females. So I'm very confident in the Lot one that the Raven standalone combination with that bull's mother, knowing her history within our program, not only is the owner of lot one going to have cattle that are going to grade well and, and perform well, from a feed yard standpoint, but, boy, they're going to have a set of heifers to retain out of that bull that'll just knock your socks off.
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A
So we predominantly covered the majority of how the standalones operate and what they stand for there at Lazy jb. So let's go to the next sire group, and that's going to be the start of lot six. And he's out of that trademark bull that is a sire to multiple that are here in the sale. So talk to me about why I utilized trademark so much and how that correlates to what Lot 6 has to offer.
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B
Yes. So Lot 6 and Lot 1 were both in our national Western pen and in Denver. But lot 6 is out of the J trademark 3095 sun is a sun that we bought out of Nebraska. And these are the first calves out of that sire group, and we're very excited about them. You know, the bulk of the trademark suns are out of first calf heifers. So the combination of a new bull that we had purchased sire and young females, and being able to add so many of those to our sale that are high quality has been really exciting for us. The other thing I want to note, too, for our listeners is if you flip through our catalog, you will see that there is something called a Pap score. And this bull ranks very, very well in terms of his Pap. And what Pap is, is something that those of us at high altitude, I'm talking 6,500ft and higher, we watch very, very closely. And the bulk of our customers watch it very closely because it's. It has to do with high altitude disease, and it is a marker for that. And so it's really fun to see a sire group like the J trademarks that come in and they Pap low and they perform well. The lot 6 bull himself is a 13 CED. He's a negative 2 point his birth, and he's in the top 10% for his $W. He's one that. If we trace that cow family back, that Lori cow family, you'll see it multiple times in our catalog. That was a cow that just. She. She made her mark in our herd. She was one that years ago when Jason Hoffman first moved to Nebraska, we went in there and we purchased a female out of there, and she has multiple daughters that represent a lot of our herd and have cattle that are in both our female and our bull sales continually.
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Yes, yes. Well, then the next sire group would obviously be the start with lot 11, and that would be the bull that y' all heavily utilized there called Profile. Obviously, on the bottom side, lot 11 is out of Sarah's dream 293. Just being with who I'm associated with, Sarah's Dream is a pretty big highlight around here in Hempstead. But go ahead and talk to me about why y' all heavily utilize Profile and exactly what 11 exemplifies.
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B
So profile is. Is a sire group that, if you've watched our program, we've used him. This will be his third set of calves that we've got. He is a sits profile son that we purchased out of Tennessee and used heavily in our cow herd. But the lot 11 in particular is a maternal brother to last year's high seller, and last year's high seller was a Highway 2016 son, which we'll talk about those as we jump a little further in the catalog. But as you mentioned, out of a Sarah's Dream and. And the sire of the dam of lot 11 is actually a president, an SAB president son. So kind of a unique combination combination there, especially on the cow side of this pedigree. We've got the Sarah's Dream that is a standout, very famous cow family in terms of the show ring side of things. But then we throw an extra punch in there and we grab an sav bull and couple those two together. And then the sits profiles, those, if you want to follow, and you do follow the Pap side of things very closely, those are very, very consistent in being low pat. Bulls just work really well for folks, their cattle. The profiles. The profiles are ones that are. They're going to be stouter, they're going to be longer in terms of their. Their length of body and their rib shape that they've got. Our commercial guys love, love, love the Profile sons.
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Yes, ma'.
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Am.
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A
Well, the next sire group would be 15 and 16, both out of significant. Talk to me about what y' all thought brought value using that bull and how that correlates to the two sires that you'll have to offer.
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B
So we're always trying to find and look for new sire groups to try. Right. And so that's why you see a variety of sire groups within. Although we're only offering 41 bulls in the sale, you'll see a variety of sire groups offered. And Significant was one that we were really excited to try. And I'll be quite honest with you, Lot 15 was one that I argued for quite a while with my family about wanting to keep him as one of our own herd bulls. We unfortunately and fortunately have a lot of his dam side within our our cow herd still. So that's really the main reason why we're parting with Lot 15. That one has been a standout for a long time just in terms of being super bold and stout in terms of his look that if you, if you're like me, I like my heifers to look like females and I like my bulls to dang sure look like bulls and be masculine about themselves and. And he is definitely that. The Bowlerman significance have been a really fun sire group. I would like to let our listeners know that you know that sire Bowerman significant. I was told that he that they lost him last year. So the semen that is available is all that's left. And we are fortunate enough to get to use him and will utilize him again for what we've got in the tank in the year coming. But that's been a really standout group for us.
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Well, you talk about wanting your bulls to represent the word masculinity. I think that's a great definition and representation of Lot 17, who's the start of another sire group, the Uncharted Sons. And obviously you state you'll be retaining half interest with plans to show the bull in the fall of 2026 that bull. To me, I can definitely see why y' all are wanting to show him and why y' all are wanting to showcase him. So talk to me about why y' all heavily utilized Uncharted and how those sons should benefit to future customers as well as.
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B
So Uncharted is a bull that we purchased in South Dakota from lt and these are his first calves. So we featured his first heifer calves in our fall female sale. Some of those actually were topping our sale in our online sales. The fun part about the Unchartered sire group is that they do have that extra look that some folks are chasing. Right. And so the lot 17, if we look at his pedigree being out of an Edge 8745 Edge 8745 was a Sandy 30, 40 Classen. So a lot of Angus folks that that are on the show side of things will recognize that pedigree. But coupled with the unchartered side of things, this is made for a really fun pedigree and that we we can offer a low birth weight bull. He ranks in the top 10% for pap. And then if we look at his carcass values, this one's an 81 on his marbling. So he kind of brings Both worlds. Like we said at the beginning of this conversation, we bring in both those worlds together. And that's going to be our largest sire group is the unchartereds in this sale. And so for our customers that have been here before, we're again offering them new fresh genetics that they haven't used before and a different avenue for them to take so that their cattle family trees don't go straight up. You know, it's very important for us as a ranch to be able to offer our customers fresh genetics every year that, that they don't feel like they need to go look somewhere else. That we've always got something new for them and something that they can put their trust in.
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Well then you start off. The Next sire group 27 through 31 are all, all going to be highway sons. And what's more intriguing is the fact that 27 almost being a heifer safe option for future customers. And talk to me about why y' all heavily utilize the highway in terms of yalls cow base as well.
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B
So Highway 2016 is a really fun. It's a Cinderell bull, really is. You know, we purchased him to be a herd bull and we invest a lot in terms of our herd bulls. That's something that I think is important for our listeners to know is that we go out every year and we put on a lot of miles and, and look through a lot of bulls and probably spend more than than your average Joe on our herd bulls because we utilize them heavy and we want them to be bulls that not only can we offer heifers and bulls in our, in our sales out of, but also that are genetic opportunities for people to latch onto. I looked at a sale report just from yesterday and heck there was highway 2016 Suns topping sales in Nebraska and so that was really exciting for me. But when we look at lot 27 like you mentioned, he is a 14 CED so he is a low birth weight option. He was shown only one time at the Cheyenne Livestock Expo and he was reserve grand there as a calf. So he's one that can be utilized in a lot of different ways. Right. He's stout in terms of his feature, he's big footed and then also offers the look too. But I think the fun part about our cow herd and what excites me the most and I have this conversation with my family over and over again is the number of cattle that, that we get to see and more particularly that I get to see. It excites me that our cattle are still big footed. They're still good footed. I think that's something that a lot of people have. Have maybe gotten in a rabbit hole and chased a single trait, selection. And they forgot just the functionality of cattle. And that's something that I'm very proud to say that our cattle still have. And these highways, they definitely represent that. And we're having some of the first daughters right now. And the udders on those things are absolutely incredible. So they're a really fun sire group. They were our hottest selling sire group last year. Our high seller was a Highway sun. And they were just in high demand from all kinds of cattlemen. Whether we're talking show ring, we're talking commercial guys, we're talking guys that just want to raise cattle, that they're going to retain those types of things. So he was. He's a multifunctional bull and sire. And these cattle represent him really, really well. There's within the highway group, not just the lot 27, but if you study through those, the cow sides of what we've got on, on these off these that are in the offering, they're out of a lot of our donor cows. Like lot 29 is out of a donor cow that we're very excited about. 31. I talked earlier in. In this discussion earlier in the lots about the Lori cow family, seeing that one again there. So a lot of predominant cow families coupled with the highways within in those sire group.
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Yes, ma'. Am. Well, the next sire group would be 32 and 33. Obviously those two are going to be out of the commerce. Talk to me about why y' all decided to use him on those two cows specifically. And definitely the bulls phenotypically and what they have to offer.
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B
So Canal E Commerce has worked really well for us in terms of the low pap side of things. It was a low birth weight option. I did a feature with ST last year talking about the commerce ends in general and just how much we like them. They're just super complete cattle. They're hard to knock a hole in. They're cattle that offer that genetic profile that some may be chasing and don't give up the look and functionality that we like. The lot 32 bull that is out of a no miss cow. That 708 cow, she may be older, but that thing she never misses. She's a beautiful female and we kind of laugh. We've sold sons and daughters out of her in the past and we'll get people that'll call us that. We'll see those that we sold at another person's ranch with the customer that bought them. And they'll say, my goodness, those are good cattle. Where did this one come from? Where's the cow at? I just. I can't believe how good they are. And so that's a. That's a really fun cow family and a really fun mating. And then 33, you know, I said earlier that 15 would was one that I fought to keep pretty hard. 33. I could say the same about that one. I'm very, very, very excited about him. He's a 14 ced. He's a negative birth weight. He ranks in the top 30%. He's a 291 for $C. And then the exciting part for me is that he's really high marbling. So he's a one point on his marbling. And if you will study that bull. I took a new photo of him when we were videoing. I was kind of mad at myself. I was like, gosh, dang, his catalog video does not represent him at all. So we re pictured him and we shot his video. And he makes me so proud because you can look at that bull's vid. Excuse me, that bull's picture, and say, gosh, that looks like a good bull. And you can click on his video and go, oh, yeah, he is. He is what his picture looks like. And he may be even better than his picture. And so that bull just represents so many things about our program that we love. We're known for cattle that are stouter. We're known for cattle that have more rib shape and still have that look. We're known for the foot size. And so I think if there was one in the sale, that when you think of Lazy JB and our history and what it takes to have a hundred years in the breed, you think of Lot 33. He represents us very, very well.
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A
Awesome. Lot 34 and 35 are both going to be out of the North Star bull. Both that represent the masculine, rugged, dimensional kind. Talk to me about how y' all utilized him and what cows y' all did as well.
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B
So 34 and 35 are both out of first calf heifers, which is exciting for us. Right? So they're. They're cattle that, again, we talked about on the last one about the numbers that he provides in terms of his marbling. But 34 is the standout if you're looking for one that genetically, on paper, does really well. And then even in person, when you look at his phenotype, that kind of stuff, that bull does it. He's a low birth weight option. He's a top 4% for his weaning and his yearling. He's a $3.39C. He's a 1.25 on his marbling and a 1.05 on his rib eye. I just think that one is very, very exciting. He's long in terms of his. His body. That one offers extra look. Same can be said about 35. That's just a. A really fun pedigree there with a Ellingson profile on the top side of 35. Just unique pedigrees out of. Out of young cows that you'll continue to see more and more out of them.
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Yes, ma'. Am. Well, the next remaining lots, 36, 37, 38 and a few more out of some different sires. Obviously 36 would be an Armstrong. 37 being a signature, 38 being a cash deposit. All representing different types and kinds. If you'd like to run me through those briefly, just describe them phenotypically and maybe some of the cow bases. That'd be amazing.
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B
Yeah. So 36 is a little more moderately designed bull. He's soggy in terms of his body shape. The S Armstrongs, those have been a popular sire group and a lot of sales this year. Again, all these bulls that you just mentioned, those being low birth weight options, low pap options for our high country guys. 30 set. Boy, if you like one that is super good looking, that thing will stop and pose and give you a look like you can't imagine. He's really refined under his jaw, long fronted, really, really long bodied bull that when you get in behind him, you're surprised how much power he has with how much look that he offers. So he's got a really fun pedigree that j signature. We actually tried to buy that bull when he sold, so we were excited to get to use him. But that's a really fun bull that if you're wanting to add some look and maybe looking for an outcross too. Right. Because not a lot of folks have his. His pedigree. The 38 bull out of a first calf heifer that was actually a female that I bought at Basins out of Montana. Excited about that bull. Again, low birth weight option, low pap option. A bull that is going to be a bit more moderate in terms of his. His frame size as well, but a bull that has got enough bone and foot about him and one that's going to be real productive.
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Yes, ma'.
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Am.
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39 and 40 are also out of different herd sires 39 being big country, 40 being resource. Talk to me about those bulls briefly and then we can continue on to the next herd sire groups.
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The Fun Part about 39 is if you will jump on our website or flipping through our catalog, you'll see that the dam of 39 is our destiny. 307 cow. That is a cow family that is no stranger to our show side of our program and and has been the the donor dam of females that have topped our our fall female sales. And the big country combination on that pedigree makes for again just a different kind of twist on some genetics than people are used to. Um, that one being super stout in terms of his feature. Good bodied lot 40. That one the Montana resource goes back to an sav renowned son. That one too gonna be bigger bodied one. That's that. When we look at him in terms of his foot shape and his bone has a lot to offer there. We Skip over into 41 and 42 being both Maga sons. The Maga bull is actually right now Jared Floyd out of Texas purchased him and used him on all of his donors. So he's calving out calves right now out of the MAGA bull and running that bull there. But MAGA himself is an SAB president son. So again some unique pedigrees there that still offer some low, low birth weight, low pap options with some added look and muscle to them.
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Yes ma'. Am. Well then we continue on. And this is the start of the heifers. 43 and 44 both being out of the profile 924. I'd have to say they're both fairly similar in their types and kinds. 43 to me reads a little more refined about the shape to her head and her jaw. Maybe a little longer neck. And I could be wrong just looking at a picture, but talk to me about how those two look like phenotypically and what do you think their future looks like?
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B
So all these heifers, we're only offering five heifers in this sale. They were handpicked for this sale. There are heers in here. 44 and 47 are both halter broke. 44 was actually one that, that we jumbled back and forth about having her in our fall show heifer sale and and just opted to save her for this sale. The profile females, we've got those in production here. They're incredible females. We're really crucial on udders and just functionality of our cows. While we look at the number side of things. We still want cows that Are that are maternal and functional. You know, we had this last summer I hired a young gentleman out of Texas to come and ride our summer pastures because we're unique in that we run in the mountains in the summer and actually for about five to six months. And the first thing he said, and he's worked a lot of different places is he said, I cannot believe how maternal your cows are. They always know where their calves are, just how they hold their flesh and their feet and their legs. And he said, I just cannot believe the udders on these things. And that meant a lot to us because. Because we all like to be crucial of our own cow herds. But when someone else can come in and verify that what you're doing is right and is working, it means a lot. And I think all these females, not just, not just the profile females, they represent that within our herd. So very excited about them. The lot 43 female ranks in the top 1% of pap. And again, I know I've talked about this pap thing a lot and it's not just for people in the high country. It's becoming a discussion for even a lot of the guys in the feed yards, right. That you hear about late day deads and what's happening there with heart failure and those types of things. So it's something that's becoming more and more popular and, and something that people are being more diligent about when they're looking at selection of cattle. So even for a feeder cattle guy, you can rest assured knowing that Lot 43 offers that that option for you in terms of a low pap female. But yes, you are correct. One that's super refined in terms of her front end. She's good bodied. We look at the lot 44, that one's going to be a little more moderate, a little more compact design. But boy, there's no denying that one's power that she has.
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Yes, ma'. Am. Well, obviously we covered majority of the heifer lots. Is there anything else in particular that you'd like to leave the listeners with, comments wise?
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I would more than anything want to make sure that you all know that you are very welcome to Montrose, Colorado and we invite visitors at any time. We know that we're not close to anything really in particular terms of the. The cattle industry, but we have an airport right here just 15 minutes from the ranch. We have direct flights from major cities including Houston, Fort Worth, Chicago, Louisiana. Newark, you, you name it, we can get you in here easy. If you're not able to come and view the cattle or be here on sale day. The cattle are going to sell on DV auctions as well. So encourage you to jump on there, flip through the lots, check out the videos, flip on to our website lazyjbangus.com and you can learn more about us and our family and our program. Most importantly, those that have supported us, we just want to make sure that they know that we appreciate their support. And gosh, we there's no way that we could get to 100 years without being diligent in our selection and our criteria and for sure without our customers and those that believe in our program. So we're very appreciative. This is an industry that we're very, very passionate about and we're very excited to continue for years to come.
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Well, that wraps up the preview and very excited and grateful for the opportunity to be able to represent people like y' all and cattle of this quality. Obviously, I'll state it again, the sale happens on March 8th there at the ranch at 2pm Once again, just thank you for allowing me to have this opportunity and grateful that y' all believe in the platform as much as I do. So with all this said, hopefully we answered all the questions that maybe some listeners had and broug some clarification to some things. So I thank you all for tuning in and we'll see you all next time.