BULL SALE 2014 Saturday, March 8th Seminole, Oklahoma 12 noon…at the ranch 67 Angus & SimAngus Bulls Sell 1 Two Year Old 22 Fall Long Yearlings 44 Spring Yearlings Also selling… 50 Commercial Fall-Calving Bred Heifers 12 Commercial Open Yearling Heifers Blackjack Blackjack LLC FARMS Sale Guests McFerran Farms Pfeiffer Angus Farms
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BULL SALE2014
Saturday, March 8thSeminole, Oklahoma
12 noon…at the ranch
67 Angus & SimAngus Bulls Sell1 Two Year Old
22 Fall Long Yearlings44 Spring Yearlings
Also selling…
50 Commercial Fall-Calving Bred Heifers
12 Commercial Open Yearling Heifers
BlackjackBlackjackL L CFA R M S
Sale Guests
McFerran Farms
Pfeiffer Angus Farms
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BULL SALESaturday, March 8, 2014
12 noon…at the ranch near Seminole, Oklahoma(See map, page 32)
67 Angus & SimAngus Bulls SellFall 2012 to Spring 2013 Yearling Bulls
…Semen Tested & Fully Guaranteed
50 Commercial Fall-Calving Bred Heifers12 Commercial Open Heifers
Blackjack Farms, LLC
Sale Day Phones(405) 382-7678 • (405) 997-9678 • (580) 595-1626
Lunch served at 11:30 a.m.
Offering free delivery to central locations on multiple bull purchases.
Motel AccommodationsBest Western Inn, 1525 N. Milt Phillips, Avenue, Seminole — (405) 382-3139
Bar H Travel Plaza, just off I-40, 3 miles away — (405) 303-2200Hampton Inn, 4851 North Kickapoo, Shawnee — (405) 275-1540
Holiday Inn Express, 4909 North Union, Shawnee — (405) 275-8880
Sale StaffEddie Sims, Auctioneer — (580) 492-4590; cell 595-1626
Matt Sims, MCS Auction — (405) 641-6081Doug Paul, The Stock Exchange — (405) 820-3982Mark Sims, High Plains Journal — (580) 595-0901
If you would like to place a bid on any lot but will not be able to attend the sale,please contact the owners, the sale manager or any member of the sale staff.
f a m i l y o w n e d f o r f o u r g e n e r a t i o n sKeith & Janet Grissom • (405) 382-7678 • cell (405) 997-9678
Amber McFerran • (405) 382-2945 • cell (405) [email protected] • 35824 EW 1140 • Seminole, OK 74868
BlackjackBlackjackL L CFA R M S
Sale Guests:
HMcFean FarmsKeith & Amber McFerran
35763 EW 1140, Seminole, OK 74868(405) 382-2945 • Amber cell (405) 919-5194
Welcome to Blackjack Farms, LLC and their annual spring sale of
bulls and commercial females. The Grissom family is once again
joined in the sale by McFerran Farms and Pfeiffer Angus Farms.
These folks have assembled an excellent set of AI-sire
d perform-
ance bulls. The bulls have been developed on a growing per-
formance ration that will allow them to do the best job for their
new owners. Individual records are in detail on each bull for your
evaluation. The bulls are sound on their feet a
nd legs and possess
abundant muscle.
In addition to the good, high quality Angus bulls, the McFerrans
are offering one of their best sets of SimAngus bulls to date. Big,
stout, high performance bulls that will add that hybrid vigor kick
to any cow herd will sell.
The bred heifers are a fancy set. They are the replacement kind,
bred to good low birth weight Blackjack Angus bulls. The open
heifers are the same strong stamp and kind as their bred mates
and are ready to breed this spring.
We will look forward to seeing you sale day and hope you will
come and enjoy the hospitality ofthese fine breeders. If
you have
any questions concerning the offering, please give me a call at
580/595-1626.
Sincerely,
Eddie C. Sims
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Sale Terms and ConditionsRegistered bulls sell under Suggested Terms and Conditions of the AmericanAngus Association or American Simmental Association. All cattle are to be paid forby the purchaser during or immediately after the sale and will not be released untilafter settlement has been made. Buyers must be sure to furnish the sale clerkcomplete information for transferring of registration certificates, which will bemailed at a later date. Commercial cattle sell without a registration certificate.
Herd HealthAll cattle are in good health and will have interstate health charts required for im-mediate shipment. All bulls have been fertility examined. Bred females have beenpregnancy examined. Each animal will be at the purchaser’s risk after it is sold.
InsuranceInsurance for your purchases will be available at the clerk’s desk through Hard-ing and Harding American Livestock Insurance.
NoteAnnouncements made sale day from the auction block will take precedence overprinted material. All persons who attend the sale do so at their own risk. As thesale manager, National Cattle Services, Inc. is only an agent for the seller and hasno responsibilities other than those involved in conducting the sale. Neither theowners nor the management assume liability, legal or otherwise, for accidents orloss of property.
Dear Cattlemen and Angus Friends:
Welcome to Blackjack Farms, LLC and their annual spring sale ofbulls and commercial females. The Grissom family is once againjoined in the sale by McFerran Farms and Pfeiffer Angus Farms.
These folks have assembled an excellent set of AI-sired perform-ance bulls. The bulls have been developed on a growing per-formance ration that will allow them to do the best job for theirnew owners. Individual records are in detail on each bull for yourevaluation. The bulls are sound on their feet and legs and pos-sess abundant muscle.
In addition to the good, high quality Angus bulls, the McFerransare offering one of their best sets of SimAngus bulls to date. Big,stout, high performance bulls that will add that hybrid vigor kickto any cow herd will sell.
The bred heifers are a fancy set. They are the replacement kind,bred to good low birth weight Blackjack Angus bulls. The openheifers are the same strong stamp and kind as their bred matesand are ready to breed this spring.
We will look forward to seeing you sale day and hope you willcome and enjoy the hospitality of these fine breeders. If you haveany questions concerning the offering, please give me a call at580/595-1626.
Sincerely,
Eddie C. Sims
P. O. Box 170 Elgin, Oklahoma 73538 580/492-4590 Fax 492-4594
Sale Manager:
Catalog Information
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The available Expected Progeny Difference (EPD) numbers are included in the catalogand were current as of 2/6/14, as reported by the American Angus Association or Amer-ican Simmental Association. EPDs are predictions of how future progeny are expectedto perform in each of the traits listed, as compared to the progeny of a breed averagebull. Interim EPD is indicated by an “I” to the left of the plus or minus sign precedingthe EPD. Angus interim EPDs are calculated on animals on which AHIR records havebeen processed between National Cattle Evaluations, conducted twice per year. InterimEPDs are updated in the next National Cattle Evaluation, provided all edit checks are met.
PRODUCTION/MATERNAL EPDs:Breed average for non-parent Angus bulls:CED +5, BW +1.8, WW +47, YW +83, MILK +24, SC +.73
Calving Ease Direct (CED), is expressed as a difference in percentage of unassistedbirths, with a higher value indicating greater calving ease in first-calf heifers. It predictsthe average difference in ease with which a sire’s calves will be born when he is bredto first-calf heifers.
Birth Weight (BW), expressed in pounds, is a predictor of a sire’s ability to transmit birthweight to his progeny compared to that of other sires.
Weaning Weight (WW), expressed in pounds, is a predictor of a sire’s ability to trans-mit weaning growth to his progeny compared to that of other sires.
Yearling Weight (YW) expressed in pounds, is a predictor of a sire’s ability to transmityearling growth compared to that of other sires.
Maternal Milk (Milk) is a predictor of a sire’s genetic merit for milk and mothering abil-ity as expressed in his daughters compared to daughters of other sires. In other words,it is that part of a calf’s weaning weight attributed to milk and mothering ability.
Scrotal Circumference (SC), expressed in centimeters, is a predictor of the differencein transmitting ability for scrotal size compared to that of other sires.
CARCASS EPDs:Breed Average for Non-parent Angus Bulls: MARB +.46, RE +.42Angus Carcass EPDs are calculated from an integrated analysis of the Angus Herd Im-provement Records (AHIR®) carcass and ultrasound phenotypic databases. The genet-ic evaluation produces a single set of EPDs for carcass weight, marbling score, ribeyearea and fat thickness. The units of measure are in carcass trait format and analyzed onan age-constant basis. Included in this catalog are EPDs for Marbling and Ribeye Area.Marbling EPD (Marb), expressed as a fraction of the difference in USDA marbling scoreof a sire’s progeny compared to progeny of other sires.Ribeye Area EPD (RE), expressed in square inches, is a predictor of the difference inribeye area of a sire’s progeny compared to progeny of other sires.
$VALUESBreed Average for Non-parent Bulls: $W +30.10, $B +69.56
Weaned Calf Value, Feedlot Value, Grid Value and Beef Value are multi-trait selection in-dexes, expressed in dollars per head, to assist beef producers by adding simplicity togenetic selection decisions. The $Value is an estimate of how future progeny of eachsire are expected to perform, on average, compared to progeny of other sires in thedatabase, if randomly mated and the calves are exposed to the same environment. In-cluded in this catalog are $Values for Weaned Calf and Beef.
Weaned Calf Value: The expected average difference in future progeny performance forpreweaning merit. $W includes both revenue and cost adjustments associated with dif-ferences in birth weight, weaning weight, milk and mature cow size.
Beef Value: The expected average difference in future progeny performance for post-weaning and carcass value compared to progeny of other sires.
OTHER CATALOG ABBREVIATIONS:Angus Pathfinder animals are indicated by the pound (#) sign preceding the name orregistration number.
Embryo transplants are indicated by the plus (+) sign preceding the name or registra-tion number.
Act. BW–Actual birth weight.
Adj. WW–Weaning weight, adjusted to 205 days of age (plus in-herd ratio within con-temporary group).
Adj. YW–Yearling weight, adjusted to 365 days of age (plus in-herd ratio within con-temporary group).
Adj. %IMF–Percentage intramuscular fat in the ribeye muscle as determined by ultra-sound, adjusted to 365 days of age (plus in-herd ratio within contemporary group).
Adj. REA–Ribeye area, expressed in square inches, as determined by ultrasound, ad-justed to 365 days of age (plus in-herd ratio within contemporary group).
Scrotal–Actual scrotal circumference, reported in centimeters.
Sale catalog and advertising:Prepared by National Cattle Services, Inc. — (580) 492-4590
Produced by Southwest TypeStyles — (405) 381-3591Photography by Matt Sims — (405) 641-6081
GE-EPDs powered by HD 50K
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Nothing is more dependable forpredicting genetic potential!
Livestock evaluation and expected progeny difference (EPDs) have now evolvedto include the use of DNA as the most predictable, accurate information to assessthe actual merit for quality and production of an individual animal. Today these areknown as genomic-enhanced EPDs, or GE-EPDs.
Zoetis (formerly Pfizer Animal Health) has formed a partnership with Angus Ge-netics, Inc. (AGI), a wholly owned subsidiary of the American Angus Association(AAA), in which AGI is the exclusive distributor of High-Density 50K (HD 50K) forAngus tests. This partnership can provide breeders access to genomic-enhancedexpected progeny differences (GE-EPDs) and indexes powered by the HD 50K forAngus platform. GE-EPDs powered by HD 50K for Angus are the most dependableand predictable option in genetic evaluation for registered or recorded black Anguscattle in the United States.• Combines the industry-leading American Angus Association National Cattle Eval-uation EPDs with the industry’s first and only 54,000-marker panel.
• Nothing delivers greater dependability to help predict the genetic merit of young,unproven Angus cattle and enhance the scope of selection for relatively provenanimals for difficult, time-consuming and hard-to-measure traits.
Angus EPDs
• Combines pedigree information, performance data from the animal, its relativesand progeny, and HD 50K genomic information.
• A single EPD value for each trait enables simple, dependable comparisons ofgenetic merit between Angus animals.
• Includes accuracy values that range from zero to one. Higher accuracy valuesmean the EPD has greater reliability and less potential to change as additionalprogeny data accumulates.
HD 50K
• More than 54,000 DNA markers.• 19 economically important traits.• Results reported as percentile ranks associated with molecular breeding values,benchmarked against other HD 50K-tested Angus animals and reported to thenearest 1 percent.
Together…
—More dependable predictions for more profitable decisions!• HD 50K information, when combined with Angus EPDs, provides the most ac-curate and complete picture of the animal’s genetic potential.
• Enhances selection, mating and marketing decisions to accelerate geneticprogress.
For sire prospects and herd sires
With GE-EPDs powered by HD 50K, you can more dependably identify:• Sires to use extensively, strategically or sparingly, based on your breeding ob-jectives.
• Genetically superior young sires to accelerate genetic improvement.• Calving-ease sires for use on replacement heifers.• Sires more likely to produce more productive replacement females.• Sires that excel in feedlot growth, efficiency and carcass merit.
For replacement heifers and donor prospects
GE-EPDs powered by HD 50K enable:• More accurate and complete evaluation of genetic strengths and weaknesses infemales at an earlier age, for a lifetime of wiser mating decisions.
• Prediction of genetic merit in females with reliabilities equivalent to more thana lifetime of natural calf production.
• Reduced risk associated with embryo transfer (ET) production through more in-formed donor selection.
For ET progeny
The addition of HD 50K data to EPDs helps you:• Determine differences in genetic merit among ET full siblings at a young ageand independent of recipient dam effects.
• Make more informed selection, mating and marketing decisions about ET calves.
All samples are submitted on blood cards and sent to Angus Genetics, Inc. Resultsare reported as GE-EPDs and HD 50K percentile ranks.
To learn more, contact your Zoetis or American Angus Association representa-tive, or visit www.zoetisUS.com/genetics or www.angus.org.
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Traits with HD 50K genomic predictions:
What are HD 50K percentile ranks?
• Percentile ranks are associated with each animal’s molecular breeding valuesand are benchmarked against a database of nearly 20,000 HD 50K-tested Angusanimals.
• The percentile ranks range from 1 to 100, with lower values indicating a morefavorable ranking for the trait.
For the Zoetis HD 50K for Angus percentile rankings, a lower value indicates amore favorable ranking for the trait. For example, a smaller numeric percentileranking for HD 50K results in birth weight and carcass fat indicates lighter calvesand leaner carcasses as the expectation.
Angus GE-EPDs powered by High-Density 50K (HD 50K) from Zoetis Animal Ge-netics have been proven to show a significant increase in accuracy and depend-ability. Depending on the trait, the information from HD 50K may provide as muchpredictive effect on an individual’s EPD as an animal with up to 22 progenyrecords.
This means that just one HD 50K DNA test, when applied to EPD calculations byAGI, provides as much genetic information as more than a lifetime of productionfrom a typical cow, all before that individual is even weaned.
As there are billions of possible combinations of DNA in even full siblings, thereare significant differences in quality and production of full brothers and even flushmates. GE-EPDs are the most reliable way to describe those differences. We nowhave the ability to more objectively compare animals that come from differentmanagement, environments or small contemporary groups.
How does this technology advancement affect you and your EPDs?
Genomic results are a way to enhance our current selection tools, to achieve moreaccuracy on predictions for younger animals and to characterize genetics for traitswhere it’s extremely difficult to measure the phenotype.GE-EPDs combine pedigree information and performance data from the animal,its relatives and progeny with HD 50K genomic information. These EPDs are ex-pressed in units of the trait and more dependably rank animals for less risky andmore profitable selection decisions. GE-EPDs should be considered the selectiontool of choice.
We recognize there are many tools you can utilize in bull selection. By com-bining phenotype, actual performance and HD 50K data, we believe you canhave the most advanced bull selection ability to date, selecting animals thatare more likely to excel in traits related to your individual breeding objectives.
* Approximate progeny equivalents associated with accuracy of GE-EPDs based on pedigree and HD 50K in-formation. Progeny equivalents for carcass traits are actual progeny carcass records — equates to ultra-sound scans from more than 30 progeny.
CED BW WW YW RFI DMI YH SC DOC HP CEM MILK MW MH CW MRB RE FAT TEND
Angus Bulls � Lots 1–24Ultrasound data on the spring bulls (Lots 6–22)
will be available at the sale.
BlackjackBlackjackL L CFA R M S
All Angus bulls with a Birth Weight EPD of +1.8 or less are indicated bythis symbol: At or below the breed average for non-parent Angusbulls, these bulls are considered to be low risk for calving difficultiesto use on first-calf heifers as well as mature cows.
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Lot 3
Blackjack Farms
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3#SydGen C C & 7
#Erica of Ellston C124
#+S A F Connection
Hoover Dam SydGen Forever Lady 4087#TC Gridiron 258Erica of Ellston V65
+S A V Bismarck 5682
E&B Primose Lady 332
#+G A R Grid Maker
+Blackjacks Lady 0119 S A V Abigale 0451#Bon View New Design 878+E&B Everelda Maid 143
Performance: Act. BW 75 — Adj. WW 871 — Actual YW 1146Scrotal: 42
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HMcFean FarmsSimAngus Bulls � Lots 30–37
Ultrasound data will be available at the sale.
All Simmental-influenced bulls with a Birth Weight EPD of +0.8 or lessare indicated by this symbol: At or below the Hybrid Simmentalbreed average, these bulls are considered to be low risk for calving dif-ficulties to use on first-calf heifers as well as mature cows.