SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
Wednesday, March 3
All Day Inspection of Cattle Offering—Visitors welcome
Refreshments served
Thursday, March 4
8 A.M. Inspect Cattle Offering
9 A.M. - coffee & rolls - 11 A.M. - Lunch Served
12:30 P.M. sale of 225 bulls and 67 open heifers
and 15 commercial heifers.
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.
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 &
Dr. Robert Coffey. Bieber Red Angus participates in the South
Dakota Animal Industry Board’s Johnne’s Testing program and
every cow in the herd passed its second lactation has tested
negative for Johnne’s.
All bulls have been tested for persistent BVD carriers and all
tests were negative. 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.
The only cattle selling in this sale that are known carriers are the
commercial heifers lots 324 through 338.
About the commercial heifers:
The commercial heifers have tested positive for a genetic defect.
These females, if mated to a bull tested free for the genetic defect,
will never produce a calf that exhibits the genetic defect.
ACCOMODATIONS
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
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
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 Ron, Craig, or Dr. Dean Christensen at the Ashley Vet
Clinic.
INSURANCE:
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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.
AIR TRANSPORTATION:
Aberdeen is serviced by Northwest 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 the 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, Ron or Lois.
For internet bidding information, see DVAuction below.
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 try to post pictures of lots on our website 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 2009 and those EPDs reflect
ultrasound informational calculated and no further updates are
required. Actual scrotal size on January 15, 2010 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
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 23 and
weighed off test January 15. The summer born bulls were weaned
October 23, 2008 and yearling weights were taken on May 8, 2009.
All of the summer born bulls were placed on feed September 23 and
weighed off January 15. Heifers are fed a high roughage ration with
expected gains of 1.5 to 2.5 pounds per day.
INFORMATION:
Supplement sheets will be available 3-2-2010 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
Basin Angus Hobson, MT Red Angus
Ron Davis Frankfort, OH Red Angus

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