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Well, everybody, we got another preview coming to you. We got someone new coming on. It is a little different compared to some of the sales that we've been knocking out here recently. But very excited, very grateful to for Mr. McCurry to hop on here with us. He's got a sale on CCI that's coming up on March 12th. You'll be able to view it there. They got the the PDF catalog available. They're located there in Hutchinson, Kansas. They've got an awesome Angus bull sale. And I believe they also have some Hereford bulls in there as well. So before we continue, Mr. McC, you to introduce yourself. Kind of talk about what y' all do there and really what the objective is.
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Thanks for having me. Weston. John McCurry here with McCurry Angus Ranch. And as you said, we're there in Hutchinson, Kansas. There on March 12th, we'll offer 150 bulls. 125 of those are going to be fall long Yearland bulls and then the balance spring Yearland. So long standing family operation in terms of generation of Angus influence both sides. My mom and my dad, when they married, they started their own operation and kind of set sail by themselves. Come home from college there 22 years ago and after judging at Butler and Kansas State University and pursued my dream of breeding Angus cattle and went. At first we were trying to sell and were selling show heifers and quickly figured out that the long standing here was going to be to sell bulls to the clientele we already had and expanded that market from 30 to 50 when I started. 200 annually. Now.
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A
Well, to start off the sale, lots one through 12 are all going to be out of your McCurry True Grit. Talk to me about what that bull's done for your program, then let's highlight a few lots for sure.
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B
Yeah. So this is the first year that we've offered these true grits. There's 12 of those bulls. Every one of them was raised by a first calf heifer. And we think enough of them. And then the uniformity of those bulls and just their sheer kind. We sell in catalog order by sire groups. That's probably the hardest thing we have to do about laying out our catalog sale prep is. Is, you know, where do we need to start and why? And those bulls, again, just been a standout. That bull's getting a lot of use across the industry as a heifer bull. I've seen him twice in person at the Stud and Billings and just an impressive individual, I would say. He stamps everything that you like about that bull. Phenotypically, he passes all of that on, plus maybe some from a performance and mass muscle. A huge testicle bulls. Incredible in terms of their demeanor, extremely quiet disposition, locked the muscle and power. Now, there's some variation when you turn to the data. Some of them are heifer bulls and some of them aren't. So some of them are carrying a little more punch that that not their CD and birth weight's not going to allow them to be recommended for heifers. But then those that are, are, are going to be really, really high quality heifer bulls. And everything in the sale has been genomically tested through Angus GS to help us with those accuracies and help back up the data.
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A
Well, they all seem pretty similar in terms of their type and kind. Extremely long front hit bulls that are extremely functional.
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Yeah, everybody that's been through here, you know, if, if they haven't did no true grit when they got here, they. It's imprinted in them when they leave. I'd say they're buying semen as they go. And everybody, you know, they've been a, they've been a crowd favor. For those that have been through here so far.
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Absolutely. 13 through 15 are all going to be out of the incentive bull. And it seems to me that, you know, these bulls are definitely represent, what you'd call represent the beef bull basics. I mean big ribbed, big back bulls that look extremely burly in my then and what that bull's done for your program as well.
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B
Yeah. So this again, first time we had used that bull since incentive and dignity, it would be two sire groups on down the line. They're out of the same cow. They're actually three quarter brothers. One's a resilient, one's a resilient, is a stellar. So. But then both out of the 53F cow that I believe Express ranch has bought from Citzas cow, her dispersal mature cower dispersal a few years back. Just incredible phenotype. With that cow passes on, the daughters are going to be the biggest rewarding factor of incentive. But the, those three bulls, they, they're, they're incredible. Impressive. I just got off phone with a guy telling him I wish I had a bunch more of them at this time. We've got way long more heifers and we did those bulls, which is fine. They would have as much top shape, as much boldness and depth of body there, and as much performance and sheer weight as anything in the offering. They're going to be, you know, somebody's going to leave A mark and a stamp on a set of females to set yourself apart. These are bulls, they're going to be able to do that. I think that bull nutter is like top 1%, you know, and you can see that in the sister mates. So these bulls already. So from a maternal perspective and then still have that much dimension to them as well.
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A
And I definitely believe 14 would be the heifer sire of that sire group for sure. He's got a high calving rex and extremely low birth weight.
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B
Yeah, awesome.
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A
Well, 16 through 18 are all going to be out of the dynamic bull. And just reading the picture off of both the 17 and 18, it definitely are long proportion bulls that are definitely functional in their kind. So talking about that bull, the history of him and what he's done for Yalls program and then what obviously the bulls look like phenotypically.
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B
So dynamics and ABS bull and again like True Grit with that, that lineup from abs. Those would be their two mainstay hover bulls right now. The dynamic that bulls like a 18 ced, maybe even almost a negative 4 birth to 150 yearling. So incredible spread. I would say that's very true. In real life they come little enough that they don't need to be any littler, but then just absolutely explode. Maybe not that the neatness in terms of balance of some of the sire groups on either side of them, but the lot 16 bull, it's not pictured. It would be one of the wildest numerical bulldozers that we've ever had the opportunity to raise. I think I can't remember. Maybe he's like a 9 to 182. A 9 CED to 182 yearland. So he's top 1% from a weaning and yearling and carcass weight perspective bullets. Extremely unique for us when maybe that's not our sole focus. We're trying to breed cattle with balance and look and quality with good data set. That bull does all that with an outlier, a data set. Again, those very in a commercial world, very accepted from a cavity standpoint without ever sacrificing growth and performance and muscle.
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Yes sir. Well, 19 through 36 are all going to be out of intuition and just going through it earlier. All the intuitions in my mind read extremely alike. Especially phenotypically due to the fact that they're all extremely long proportioned, all very adequate in their rib cage and definitely level square made bulls for sure.
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B
So that again another new new sire group for us. That's an ST genetics bull. Got a little bit older pedigree there with the giaour breeding on the side, but you know, guts alliance right up front. But he did everything that we wanted him to and more. You know, there's a bull, they, you're right, they are as uniform and consistent a sire group as there is. And they are the largest sire group. Those bulls have got as much three dimensional shape to their body, their muscle pattern and just stamps them all alike in terms of breed character up front, square hip, really good off their hind legs and sound in their structure. Bulls that I think, you know, we sell a lot of bulls go west from us. These would be the, the epitome of what would go there and hold up in extremely tough environments because of their feet and leg quality, their soundness, their flesh and ability. Those bulls are going to again and there's an opportunity to put larger groups of half brothers together because of the sheer number of those. But he did everything we wanted him to. Again, they're not going to read real wild. And that's probably because of the older pedigree and the bull isn't crazy from a yearling away perspective. But for being an older individual with an older pedigree, here's a bullet still offers on marbling advantage too. So given some of those bulls, you know, the opportunity to have that cab logo stamped on their paper and of
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A
that sire group lot 21 actually hits me as the most unique in terms of pictures. I mean that thing looks extremely cool fronted and I know that that probably doesn't have much is significant, especially in your setting, but I believe especially just from his profile picture that one's extremely cool and his type and kind, you
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B
know, you're right and these guys, you know, we can all get a little hung up on looks but these, you know, these buyers will or have in the past have always sorted those cattle just like we were sorting them in a, in a, in another environment. So the good looking ones, we hope that they'll pass on that balance to their daughters and generate a premium from that perspective and yet send you know, steers or bull progeny that you know will do it all from a performance and grade and yield perspective. But I think this bull does a lot of things good and you know, maybe not the wild data set but real world functionality. They got lots and lots to them.
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A
Yes sir. Lots 37 through 42 are all going to be out of the dignity bull next. And in my mind that 37 bulls picture it, it definitely defines the Angus beef bowl basics. But what's intriguing to me is how he can be that long necked and still be strong behind his shoulder and still be that full down to his forehead and heart. That bull is very intriguing in my mind. And that replicates through a lot of the bulls that he that come out of the dignity sire.
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B
So dignity, another abs bull and maternal brother to sits and scented. We talked about this previously. I know sits sales the day before ours and wish them the best of luck. They're going to have a huge number of those dignity sons to offer up there. To my knowledge, dignity would be a breed leader from a pap standpoint. So anybody that has about going to some elevation and in that regard these cattle are all going to be for the most part negative Pap because. Because Diggity himself is such an outlier for Pap, you could, you know those cattle are still probably going to be a negative pap to take them to any elevation. And you're right in terms of just sheer muscle shape they would have as much turn to their top and turn to their hip at quarter and stifle as any long spined cattle and do a lot, you know. Say again the same cows incentive that I think it's going to leave an incredible set of daughters and his systemmates to those bulls are incredible as well.
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Well 43 through 55 are all going to be out of the wheelhouse bull. I mean just seeing 40 threes picture, that's an extremely dense made, rugged made bull for sure. I mean the shape to his head is extremely masculine. He's definitely got a lot of extra crest to him. It just makes that masculine image look that much more in my mind. But that replicates through a lot of them especially that come out of wheelhouse.
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Yeah, I would say you hit the nail on the head when you, you know that whole sire group that's a gen X bull come out of the DL program there in Rapid City, they would have as much sheer dimension, mass robustness as anything in the offering. And they'll weigh like lead. Those bulls have got as much muscle depth and uniformity body. They're going to, they look like men, you know, as as long aged yearlings. They're. They got that herd bull presence to them. Kind of a no hold bull that cattle are going to have. If somebody's looking for the yearling type performance and just added muscle and added weight, those cattle are going to have it because they just, they do very well. They got a big growth curve, a lot of gas in the tank if you will. Just to put a lot of Pounds down on the ground.
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Yes, sir, for sure. Well, lots 56 through 63 are all going to be out of the below zero bull. And I see below zero's picture and I can definitely tell how all of those progeny have inherited that much muscle shape, that much dimension in mass, because that is a very, very dimensional bull in my mind. Talk to me about why you decided to go with him and definitely what his progeny looked like phenotypically.
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B
So in another subgroup down the line would be Coleman Mahomes. Both those bulls were in the same sale the same year. Below zero was the sale highlight that went through a couple purebred Angus programs and Gen X. Incredible individual. A stellar son there that maybe just has a little more balance and quality to him from a look standpoint, but yet does all everything that you would expect him to from with that pedigree. This is again our first set of those. We've gone back and used that bull extremely heavily as well. You know, those bulls are as square made. Some of the judging teams were through here the last couple weeks and those coaches said, you know, those might be as proportional and balanced to cattle that are in this offering because it is, everything fits. You know, they got the right rib shape, they got the right muscle pattern, they got the right length and size. They just extremely, extremely good balance. Again, one of those that we're excited about, the females that, you know, that's kind of where we make our living and we love looking at a high quality set of cows. The sister mates to those bulls are going to be awesome. But those bulls, there's some springs and some falls and that sire group offer a little bit of age flexibility for different circumstances for guys. But again, super sound, super easy doing as you would expect in the Coleman program. And then kind of goes for the Mahomes. It'll be on down the line. Those, those cattle all got a stamp quality look to them. They're never going to be short on muscle, body or do ability.
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Yes, sir. 69 or 64 through 68 are all going to be out of the justification bull. But what's intriguing to me is lot 64 is calving ease directs. That's a, that's an outlier Calving ease direct for the Angus breeding. But just looking at the bull himself, justification, the picture you got up there on the catalog, I'm sure and very confident that they've all inherited his length of neck and proportionality. I mean, that's a very unique Angus bull in my mind and I know that's probably More So why y' all decided to use him for sure?
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B
Yeah, we've used justified for years and I, and I say that, I mean we've used that bull for six, eight years and, and you know, didn't know how much room we had to use another son of him. But the bull was extremely intriguing and offers an incredible data set, you know, cavities and those bulls that are going to have, you know a lot of them are going to double dig to ced and get you a cab logo and then when you turn to the cattle and look at them, they're going to be as big as statured individuals as we got to offer. Incredibly long. I mean and it starts up front. They're longer from their shoulder back, forward, they're longer from their shoulder to their hip and again from their hip out of the. They're just got an incredible look to them. They got more size and scale than the justifieds did. So he did everything we asked him to do and that's a, that's an awful nice set of brothers there as well.
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A
Well, 69 through 74 are all going to be out of the stellar bull. And in my mind just reading some of the EPDs and looking at the bull for sure in this picture seems to be like that's a real high growth bull that injects a lot of growth in his progeny. I could be wrong but what do you think and, and talk to me
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about the bull seller's gonna be one of the most influential Angus bulls and you know, in our modern times. You know I think of bulls going back to like ext and you know, new design line. So you know we've talked about incentive and dignity and justification and below zero all you know, all these bulls got stellar in their pedigree. Here's the old man himself was a bull. There's some grandsons on down the line. In our book we've highlighted we started with the barricades the last two or three years. He's a stellar son. So that bull's left an incredible mark on this breed. Out of the famous 200B cow sold in that sits dispersal the same year as 53F. You know a female that I actually saw a Snapchat or the other day I'm not sure how old she would be now but just laid down and had another calf got an incredible udder. So yes to your point. Stellar's going to be one of those mainstay bulls keep you in the middle of the road. Those bulls are dense, they're stout they're the right size for me. You know, I think again there's a bull that does done so much. We've when moved to using sons of his as well to keep that influence going.
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Yes, sir. Well, next is going to be 75 through 80 in terms of lots and they're all going to be the sour group of Cavaliers. And I see Cavalier's picture there and you just described density and mass and dimension. I think that's the perfect definition of that bull. I mean that's a really stout featured bull and I'm sure he injected that into his progeny as well.
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Yeah. So Cody Sankey with Gen X and he told me here's one of the most overlooked bulls in his lineup and he partnered with Jared Boyard on that bull when they sold as a yearling. Well, I knew if Karen was tied into him, they had to have a good look to him. And, and they do. And that. And that those cattle are Bill Bray identified grandson. They are, you know, elevated. They're, they're again, they're going to be as big outlined individuals as we got, but just absolutely massive in terms of their muscle, their turn to their top, their turn to their hip. You know, we've used that bull a couple years. Our high selling bull a couple years back was a Cavalier that the college bought and we've, we've aied into thousands of heifers and got along great with them. Again bull that, that's why they're down the line. We've been selling them for a few years. You know, some of them guys already have those, but that takes nothing away from that bull. We've still been using him and going back and putting, getting those daughters put back in the cow herd as well.
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A
Yes, sir. Well, lots 81 through 84 are next and the sire groups is going to be out of the iconic bull. In my mind, these are going to be extremely consistent bulls in terms of their EPDs. They just read extremely consistent. But also 81 is pictured there. And it just seems to me that's an extremely functional bull that's got all the basics and fundamentals that are needed to inject into a cow herd. For sure.
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Yeah. So we, we actually would have started with the iconics in our sale last year. Again, another sour group we've been using for a while and you're from a data perspective, those cattle are going to be as an outlier as anything in the offering. You know, terms of spread and growth and marbling and still got a good look. They were very well received Last seller bulls went all over the country from Oklahoma, Texas to South Dakota. Again, bulls that have an incredibly good look to them but read really, really, really well for somebody that's needing to fix some points in terms of whether it be end product, merit or growth. Again, those bulls do that so, so well.
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A
Yes, sir. Well, 85 through 91's the next sire group and it's out of point and turn. And obviously either some of them are related to him or go back to him or some are directly out of him. But talk to me about what that bull's done for y'. All. Obviously, those read is extremely masculine, dense, massive bulls for sure.
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B
So a point in turn is a turning point bull that us and Brandon Frederick would have raised. We have had the apple has been cleaning up on our heifers for years and it just, he never misses. He just keeps coming back with more sale highlights and more sale highlights. The Pembroke family in Oklahoma bought a couple of those sons and the Berkamp family from west of us that breed a lot of heifers. I bought some of them last year. And those bulls, it's got a good a look as anything that we'll have in the offering. And they've got more muscle than you would ever expect them to. For the heifer, you know, the ced and the birth weight that they have, they've got a great growth curve in terms of starting small. Got plenty of performance, but yet conservative in terms of their in size. Really easy doing. And all those bulls, again, one of those that says a uniform in terms of the type and kind and look and pattern that he passes on.
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Yes, Sir. Well, Lots 92 and 93 are next. And this bull was mentioned earlier, but he's out of the Coleman Mahomes. And in my mind, just reading 92's picture, those seem to be moderate, easy, fleshing, easy doing bulls in my mind. Talk to me about what they look like phenotypically and what you think they can do for someone else.
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B
Again, just like you would expect from the Coleman program. The below zero and him again, those were two of the three sale highlights that year at Coleman's bull sale. Front end, quality, female character. And so those daughters at the bulls, in terms of their rib shape is massive, square, hip, big hip kind of cattle. They are going to be a little more conservative maybe in terms of just size. They don't give up anything in terms of performance with that, that attic moderation, but still going to be incredibly functional. Easy doing cattle. Like I said, they're never going to be short of muscle, body and and do ability to go into any environment.
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Yes, sir. Well, 94 and 95 are next. They're both out of a bull called Hometown enlisted in 94's picture. I don't think you can make a bull as big, ribbed or soft bodied as him. I mean he reads extremely unique in that regard for sure.
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B
Yeah. And then those bulls got plenty. They've got muscle to spare as well. You know, that'd be a little bit different genetic lineage than a lot of the sale just for end product merit. They're going to excel. Those bulls got an immense amount of performance as well. Big, big, heavy bulls and again gonna. Their data speaks for themselves in terms of their added growth and carcass figures. But Hometown, you know, being name brand bull and the Angus breed, a son of Ashland from the gardener program. Again, those two bulls are going to be extremely well received. I would assume on sale. They have plenty of friends for sure.
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A
Well, 96 and 97 are both out of conversation. I think what's the most impressive of these bulls is for them to be almost identical in their birth weight and still have that kind of growth. I mean it's impressive to have that much growth. The weaning weight spread definitely. Tell me about what you think about them phenotypically obviously conversations, pictures listed there in the catalog. And he's extremely unique in his kind for sure.
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B
Yeah. So conversation was back in the old days, I guess if you will, when the, the yards were buzzing and they're getting back there. We want to thank the National Western for what they've done. But a group of us young Angus breeders, I guess, if you will, found him tied into him select sires, we were fortunate enough for them to pick him up. You know, so Cody Sankey, Kyle Connelly, the Boyd family, everybody got in on that bull. He did. He left an incredibly good path with his progeny bull that still giving us royalties and the people are still utilizing him. There is no doubt that he will leave a daughter that is easy, flesh and big bodied and he'll, he's an utter improver right now. I mean he will fix another immediately. And those bulls I think represent everything that the Conversation did for us. You know, they're moderate, but these bulls have an incredibly good look. They're, they're huge, centered and awesome in terms of their disposition and personality. Are really, really laid back Again bull we've been using for a long, long time. We still utilize him some in a time AI situation. And that's where these bulls would have come from. So again, I can't say anything bad about the conversation. Still using the bull today and that's been maybe 10 years ago or so when we would have found him at Denver.
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Well, 98 through 101 are all going to be out of the wheelhouse bull. And seeing his picture listed there in the catalog, extremely proportional. Still fundamental and sound made bull. Talk to me about what they look like. Phenotypically. 9 would be a heifer safe option due to his calving ease. Direct for sure.
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Yeah. So those are just the springs off of the falls. We usually sell them all in sour groups. With that sour group was so big and so many of them. We kind of split them up this year. So these are the spring bulls out of do wheelhouse. We talked about the falls there a little bit ago in terms of how much mass and performance. And they're going to be the highlights in that spring pin too. We would have weighed those bulls on Monday when we were semen checking and lot tagging. And again, they're the heaviest sire group in that a lineup there as well at the spring bulls. So if, you know, person's looking to just bash down on a set of scales without sacrificing balance and quality, these are the bulls that do it for sure.
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A
Well, two is out of the connolly craftsman bull. What I think is intriguing is his $C is pretty outlier in my mind. What do you think and what does that bull like look like?
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And he again is one of the few heavy. You know, he's right with those wheelhouses. From a performance standpoint, he's probably built softer than the typical craftsman's. Really quiet. In terms of his disposition. I think of all the craftsmans I've had the opportunity to see over the last three years or this one doesn't look like them, I guess in a good way. I think he still has the muscularity that the craftsmans have, but he's so much softer in his rib shape back into his flank. And with that bull, he's going to have an incredible data set there as well. Like you're saying the dollar seed he might be the highest one in the sale. If not, he's going to be in the top three or something, sir, for sure.
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Well, 103 and 104 are both out of a resilient. I've never seen the bull, but just reading some of the EPDs especially. Well, one of 104 is very consistent. Talk to me about why you decided to go with that bull. His bulls look like Phenotypically, you know,
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resilient craftsman and dignity would all kind of descend from the same. You know they're all father son there and you know they're going to be built like those. They're going to have muscle going to going to be sound, going to be high papills again. So a little bit the same, just a different sire but same genetic lineage as those cattle that I think offers a lot of the same breeding flexibility.
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A
105 to 110 are all going to be out of the provost bull. What I find intriguing is multiple like 106, 107 and 109 are all fairly high in their calving ease direct. All of these bulls are relatively low in their birth weight. But still their growth spread from winging weight to yearling weight is extremely impressive and consistent in my mind. Talk to me about why you decided to go with that bull. What those bulls like look like phenotypically out of him and what they could do for someone else.
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B
Yeah, the provost is that around right? Is that what you said?
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Yes sir.
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Yeah. So the Provost was a bull we bought from the cows family in Kentucky as a herd bull. He was here for his whole lifespan. Older pedigree kind of maybe limits you in terms of his growth because of that age of that pedigree. Remarkable in terms of just muscle shape. Females are going to be absolutely to die for in terms of this. Their female character, their quality, their body, their rib shape, their muscle. Beautiful utters. And these bulls, you know you can see it in the bulls why they would make daughters that are going to look like they do. The bulls are moderate in terms of their stature but heavy into and weight and just extremely pulled apart. They're big body, they're. They're big top big ended cattle. Really, really easy doing.
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Yes sir. 111 and 112 are both going to be out of your own bull that you all call legacy of a 112 in particular is definitely an outlier in his calving ease direct with a number of 16. I mean that's really impressive. Definitely could be a heifer safe option with a birth weight of negative 2.4. That's very impressive to come around for sure.
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So you can Legacy was our lot too 2 years ago I believe at the barricade that was had traction from all over the country and rightfully so. He be one of the stronger breeding bulls that we've had this the option to sell and then use. So we've been AI'd back to that bull. They're probably if you just turn, turn to the go into the pin those two legacy sons and we've got a few more that aren't in the sale that were younger yet. They're probably as I'm as big a fan of them as anything. They're so complete. You are just grab gravitated to those cattle just in terms of their overall look and, and balance and muscle mass and body dimension. Wyatt Durst there WD cattle in Washington would have bought him, picked him up out of our sale there and why it's a really, really good cattleman. I respect him and he saw that bull and you know, needed him and so that's one of them that you will see more of that bull in the future for them. This is their very first calves.
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Yes sir. Well, 113 through 121 are all going to be out of your own barricade and obviously you just talked about him. But again these bulls like you'd mentioned are definitely up and coming and going to be extremely consistent in their type and kind. Especially just reading majority of their EPDs. So go through me what they look like phenotypically and what they look like and could do for potential customers.
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B
Yeah, so they're, they're an older pedigree and you know, I think like our kind of cattle and that's it. You know, we've tried to establish a type of kind bulls that have balance because we love looking at cattle. I want to look at them and enjoy looking at them every day when we're working. But it's still the priority of building females. And in terms of big bodied, easy doing easy flesh and cattle, they're still going to have good utters and like I say, these bulls older in terms of their pedigree, but absolutely the right kind.
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Yes sir. Well, 122 and 123 are both out of a bull of your own that you call Checkmate. And looking at both their pictures, they're extremely similar for sure. Especially in terms of their front end assembly and therefore back being long spined, big hipped and extremely functional in their build as well.
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Yeah, so the Checkmate bull, he's still walking here today. Would have been a sale. We have fall possession on him would have been a sale feature highlight years ago. That's actually him on the COVID of the catalog. He looks like that 365 days a year and he gets used twice a year and not pampered at all. He is kind of what we want our customers bulls to look like after you Know they get used and abused and still stay in the right rig. And these are the first sons of his that we've had the opportunity to put in the sale. And just like him, I think these are going to be bulls that could go anywhere in any environment. Still. We, you know, we got guys that go to cattle 100 acres in the Southwest and would not hesitate one bit to send these bulls out there and know that they're going to hold up and be easy flesh and get their job done. Sound structured, easy doing, good balance, good looking bulls.
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Yes, sir. 124 is going to be out of the patriarch. Definitely a bull that seems to have an impressive backing in terms of his genetic script. So talk to me about him, what he looks like phenotypically as well.
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B
So the patriarch, that son. Well, we bought from Kyle Conley and Harris Pinner there in Oklahoma. And Harris would have one of the oldest Angus herds in Oklahoma. There's some incredible cows back in that pedigree back to Kelly's heifer that won the Junior National. That bull was our favorite out of one of Kyle's sales there in the past. If you just see him, I think he's maybe been on our Facebook or something. He's. That bull's as dimensional and masculine as anything. And so these bulls and these sons, again, this is the first opportunity we've had. These will be the oldest sons out of that bull Patriarch to become a household name in terms of a pedigree in the Angus world. And this is. We never used the old man. We decided to use this bull as cleanup on our heifers. And so this is the patriarch influence. It'll be in our cowherd with the cowherd backing of Harris's from long, long time ago.
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A
Yes sir. 125 through 127 are all going to be out of different herbs sires. Obviously 125 would be out of the the commerce. He's definitely an outlier in terms of his calving ease. Directs direct. 126 is going to be out of the Bravo Bull. 127 is going to be out of brilliance. Talk to me about those three and what they have to offer to your customers.
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B
Yeah, the commerce is, you know, that's on st. Genetics is headliners right now. And that's the only one that's in this sale. That's bring Yearland there. Those cattle are, are getting as much traction in the country as any in terms of pedigree. That because not only do they stamp a good look, but they're going to read awful, awful well clear across their pedigree. So he's a good calf. We had an opportunity to sell a brother to him last year. Commerce as well and again very well received I think complete the Bravo. You know those just like Mahomes and we used Bravo years ago. You'll see some of that influence through the, the cow side of things. Those cattle are going to be moderate, stout, deep, easy flesh and, and what I think you know last year in the bull sale multiple of those Bravo daughters had headliners in terms of sale features. So they're calf raisers as well?
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A
Yes sir. 28 through 132 we're all going to be out of the Bismarck bull. So talk to me about what they look like phenotypically. There's no picture listed and that's completely okay. But talk to me about again what they look like phenotypically and what you expect them to do for someone's herd.
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B
So Bismarck, that bull would be 20 or 21 years old now. And that's. Those are embryos from back then and old embryos out of old foundation donor cows here. So they're going to be aged in terms of the pedigree because some of those cows were born in the 90s that they're out of. So that's probably why their data set isn't nearly as attractive. But we put those embryos in confident with how they perform and what their past success was. The daughters are going to be again to carry the torch forward with those cow families and these are to be the brothers to them again 20 to 25 year old embryos here on the Bismarcks. The 004 is probably coming up next. But again they're all full brothers to bulls that were either sale features from the past. Heifers that would have been national champions, something of that along those lines.
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A
Yes sir. Well, 133 through 139 are all going to be out of the traveler bull. Talk to me about them. They all read extremely consistent in their EPDs. But just phenotypically what do they look like? What do you think they could inject into the next generation?
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B
So they're going to be like those, those Bismarcks again those are the aged embryos. Those heifers that we would have been that would have had the opportunity to win North American and American Royal with 15 years ago would be mates to these bulls. And one of some of them are out of the anchor cow, the 96 37. She was probably as wide and deep a static cow as we had when I returned home from college. And then these. This is the result of mating those bulls back.
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A
Yes sir. Well, 140 is going to be the last Angus bull that you have to offer. I would try to pronounce that name but I know I'd screw it up. None. Not to say anything bad about the name but talk to me about what he has to offer, how you acquired him and we'll.
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B
Oh, is that what it is? Yeah. Sagahatchi. Sagahachi was a legend when I was a teenager. The whole Champion Hill program that would have been an ext son that Paul Hill at, at Champion Hill would have found. There were more national champions out of that bull than any other bull in Angus history to my knowledge. And again he's one of those 25 year old embryos that, that we would have put in some recent cows and to carry the torch forward on some of these old just getting eggs out of the tank. So again a time tested pedigree awesome cow behind him. I think you know those cows have got lots of age on them today. But they were all mated when I first come home from college. Embryos, they were still in the tank. We went ahead and put in again sibs to some of our national champion females from back then when my sister won junior nationals a couple times. And that's. That's what these bulls are.
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A
Yes sir. Well moving on into the Hereford bulls. Something that I think is intriguing or would want to hear the story is all these bulls go back to the work family. So talk to me as to, as to why you're doing so and have that those specific bulls, that specific family offering these Herefords in here and then we'll go through all of them specifically.
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B
Yeah, so Shane and I would have been on the same judging team at Butler and Kansas State University and roommates. And then he lived here for another 15 years working for us after college before he went to the university, Kansas State University and managed the cow herd. And now they've had the opportunity to move back to Minnesota and be a rep and a headliner for ST Genetics. So Shane's always had Hereford bulls in our sale and these are all his. So I don't know. I'm not as up to speed on my Hereford genetics. I know the land grant bull. I was there at the university when he sold and I think they sold that son of his at the Cattlemen's Congress this year to st. They call Snyder and those are really, really. They got lots of muscle, shape and balance and, you know, so those, those are. That's about all the knowledge I have to offer on the Hereford side of things. But we've always had that option for our customers to help make those F1 baldies to market heifer calves and Stairmates both as well. You know, Shane's been with us for what, 26 years now as a family friend and partner here in the bull sale. And so again, you got questions, you know, reach out to Shane and Ashley in terms of the Hereford side of things.
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A
Yes, sir, for sure. Well, obviously all of yalls info is there on the catalog. You can find the sale on CCI within. With all that said, Mr. McCurry, is there any extra comments that you'd like to add before we end the preview?
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B
No, we just. If anybody's in the area in central Kansas and would love to show you the bulls or give me a call and we can visit about them. And the videos should be up on CCI soon. And the catalog, I believe, is. If you got any questions or need to request a catalog, don't hesitate to call.
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A
Absolutely. Well, thank you for hopping on here with me and allowing us to represent you. I hope, and hopefully you're blessed and with your future endeavors and with all this said empowerments here. Thank you all for tuning in.
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B
Thank you.