We continue our commitment
to your needs at our
March 3, 2011
Production Sale!

200 Red Angus bulls sell including:
40 Two-year-old Red Angus Bulls
150 Yearling Red Angus Bulls
10 Black Red Angus Bulls
Plus, 80 Open Yearling Red Angus Heifers!

— 2011 Schedule of Events —

Wednesday, March 2
All Day Inspection of Cattle Offering—Visitors welcome
Refreshments served

Thursday, March 3
8 A.M. Inspect Cattle Offering
9 A.M. - coffee & rolls - 11 A.M. - Lunch Served
12:30 P.M. sale of 200 bulls and 70 open heifers

— Accommodations —
Ramkota (Aberdeen) 605-229-4040
Ramada (Aberdeen) 605-225-3600
Super 8 Motel North (Aberdeen) 605-226-2288
Holiday Inn Express (Aberdeen) 605-725-4000
Hospitality Hotel (Ipswich) 605-426-6483
Kozy Inn (Leola) 605-439-3434
Northern Kross Lodge Bed and Breakfast (Eureka)
605-577-6250 Located 14 miles from the Ranch, in the country

DELIVERY POLICY:
Free delivery on all bull purchases over $2000, to central points up
to 300 miles. Volume purchases of 5 or more bulls selling to one ranch delivered up to 500 miles. All bulls under $2000 and females will be delivered to central points at cost. Central point for delivery will include auction barns, vet clinics and ranches that offer to serve as a delivery point. We simply ask for your cooperation in arranging the delivery of your bulls. This will keep the bulls from being on the truck longer than necessary and help to get the bulls to you with the least possible stress and in the best possible condition.
We are able to load out bulls during the sale, but request your
patience while we sort and get your bulls to the loading area. Please
let the clerks know if you plan to load out. They will notify the crew
and direct you to the loading area. It would also be helpful if you
would contact us in advance if you plan to haul your own so that we
can research health testing requirements for your state.

HEALTH:
Our veterinarian, Dr. Dean Christianson, Ashley Vet Clinic, 701-
288-3234, will be available on sale day. All cattle are on a complete vaccination program supervised by Ashley Vet Clinic. Bieber Red Angus participates in the South Dakota Animal Industry Board’s Johnne’s Testing program and every cow in the herd past its second lactation has tested negative for Johnne’s.
In the past bulls have been tested for persistent BVD carriers and all
tests were negative for a number of years. We have chosen not to test the bulls this year since no positives have been found in over 10 years. Bieber Red Angus participates in the Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) program. Heifer calves have been Bangs vaccinated.

GENETIC DEFECTS:
Every animal in the Bieber Red Angus production sale is guaranteed
negative for the recessive gene associated with Osteopetrosis and
Arthrogryposis Multiplex (Curly Calf Syndrome) and Neuropathic
Hydrocephalus (NH). With this guarantee, we provide our customers
the opportunity to purchase their choice of cattle with very little risk.
DNA samples have been collected on every animal in the sale with any known carrier in the first three generations and tested negative unless otherwise noted.

RETAINED INTEREST:
We are retaining 1/2 interest in all bulls in the sale. We are selling the remaining 1/2 interest, full possession, and full salvage value on these bulls. This option gives Bieber Red Angus Ranch the option to collect, use and market semen from the bull and does not restrict the purchaser from doing the same. This collection, unless agreed otherwise, would be done at the expense of Bieber Red Angus Ranch, at the buyers convenience. Also at the time of purchase, the highest bidder on a retained interest bull may elect to purchase exclusive semen rights for 100% of the purchase price in addition to the purchased price on retained bulls. If a buyer elects to purchase exclusive semen rights, Bieber Red Angus Ranch interest then becomes in herd use only, but Bieber Red Angus Ranch retains all rights to use the bull within their herd.

BIRTHWEIGHTS/CALVING EASE:
All bulls are scored for calving ease with our three star (*) scoring
system. Three stars (***) indicates that a particular bull can be used
on heifers under standard conditions with little or no calving difficulty.
Two stars (**) indicates that a particular bull should be used on growthy heifers or cows under standard conditions with little or no difficulty. One star (*) indicates that a particular bull be used on cows. These bulls will produce little difficulty when used on cows.
Birth weights are highly affected by environmental factors. Research
indicated that the inclusion of corn in cow diets will increase BW. Also contributing to higher BW were cold temperatures in the winter of 2002/2003. The University of Nebraska conducted a three-year-study to research and evaluate effects of high and low temperatures during winter months on calves out of 384 2-year-old heifers. Average BW increased by 11 lbs. when temperatures were colder. The results agree with other studies that show calves born in the southern U.S. compared with calves that are born in the northern U.S. Weather plays an important role in BW and calving difficulty. We have adjusted the calving ease scores accordingly, taking into consideration what the calf ratioed on BW, pedigree and BW EPD.

FEEDING:
Feeding arrangements are available on all yearling animals at a
charge of $2 per day and two-year-old bulls at $2.50 per day. We will
feed your purchases from sale day until you are ready to pick up your
purchases.

BREEDING SOUNDNESS EVALUATION:
Semen evaluations are performed after the bulls have completed their gain test, the week before the sale. Some bulls are too young to pass a Breeding Soundness Evaluation and will need to be tested at a later date. We fully guarantee that these bulls will pass the Breeding Soundness Evaluation before the breeding season. If you have any questions regarding Breeding Soundness Evaluation, feel free to call Craig or Dr. Dean Christensen at the Ashley Vet Clinic.

WEIGHTS:
Birth weights, weaning weights, yearling weights, and all other measurements are taken at appropriate times to produce sound and accurate comparisons within contemporary groups. We contemporary group our Red Angus calves based on the age of our cows. Calves out of two-year-old dams, three-year-old dams, and main cowherd are all separate management groups and therefore are separate contemporary groups.

WEANING WEIGHTS:
All naturally born calves born at Bieber Red Angus Ranch are raised
without creep. We feel that this helps us select and breed for dams that have milking ability and sound udders. ET calves are on creep feed to express their full genetic potential.

INSURANCE:
Livestock insurance will be available on sale day.

AIR TRANSPORTATION:
Aberdeen is serviced by Delta Airlines. Huron and Pierre are severed
by Great Lakes Airlines which is affiliated with United and Frontier
airlines.

INTERNET & ABSENTEE BIDDING:
We would prefer for each of you to be in attendance on sale day. Realistically, we know that there will be some scheduling conflicts and distance limitations. In these cases we have arranged for you to be able to participate in the sale on an absentee basis with a conference call dedicated to bidding. We will have available one phone line and can accommodate 20 bidders. Please call prior to the sale and register as a prospective buyer. We have limited capabilities to bid by phone during he sale. Your best option is to be in attendance at the sale, but if you cannot attend or feel more comfortable bidding yourself, we need to warn you of complications in the past with phone service, the volume and the rapid pace at which our sale moves. If we handle the bids for you, they will be done in the strictest of confidence. However, if you want to attempt bidding by phone, please make arrangements prior to sale day by calling Craig, Peggy, Ron or Lois.
For internet bidding information, see DVAuction to the right.
If unable to attend and you feel comfortable doing so, you can leave
those bids with the Bieber family here at the ranch, Auctioneer, or publication representatives. We handle many sight unseen bids and have very satisfied customers who feel confident in using that service. We prefer to have plenty of time to discuss your needs over the phone prior to sale day so that we may select the cattle that best fit your specs. We buy those animals just like you were sitting ringside with us. We also guarantee the cattle so that if they don’t meet your ideals, you just return them to us. If possible, come by and evaluate the offering prior to sale day. We will post video of each lots on our website prior to the sale but may run into time limitations.

COLOR:
All animals are red unless otherwise indicated in the footnotes.

FOLLOWING SALE:
Dinner at Ron & Lois’s after the sale. We will be serving Meyer Natural Angus Strip Loin.

UPDATED INFORMATION, YEARLING WEIGHTS, AND
ULTRASOUND DATA:
Yearling weights, frame scores, and pelvic measurements will be
available on heifers the week prior to the sale. All yearling bulls will be ultrasounded, and updated carcass EPD information will be available the week before the sale or as soon as we receive it from the Red Angus Association of America. The summer bulls have already been ultrasounded in May 2010 and those EPDs reflect ultrasound informational calculated and no further updates are required. Actual scrotal size on January 15, 2011 is printed in the catalog and an updated scrotal taken the week prior to the sale will be available. The scrotal in the catalog on all yearling bulls is adjusted by the Red Angus Association of America. We generally find actual scrotal measurements at sale time are typically 1 centimeter larger than the adjusted measurements. All other data not provided will be available upon request.

GAIN TESTING:
All of our spring and summer born calves are gain tested for 110-120
days. The spring born bulls were weaned September 27 and weighed off test January 14. The summer born bulls were weaned October 27, 2009 and yearling weights were taken on May 19, 2010. All of the summer born bulls were placed on feed September 28, 2010. Heifers are fed a high roughage ration with expected gains of 2.5 pounds per day.

INFORMATION:
Supplement sheets will be available 3-1-2010 on the website or by
request.

SALE ORDER: The sale order will be catalog order.

COOPERATORS:
In order to provide a better selection of cattle we have enlisted the
following people who have herds that are aligned through genetics and management.
Dan Bormann    Huxley, IA    Red Angus
Gene Rouse     Huxley, IA     Red Angus