GARDINER ANGUS RANCH Ashland, Kansas U.S.A. Ranch 47,000 acres – Avg. annual rainfall - 18” •Native range 40,000 acres •Wheat 6,000 acres •Alfalfa 1,000 acres Cattle - Gardiner

MARK GARDINERGARDINER ANGUS RANCH

Ashland, KansasU.S.A.

GARDINER ANGUS RANCH

1898 2000

GARDINER ANGUS RANCH

The Ranch47,000 acres – Avg. annual rainfall - 18”

• Native range 40,000 acres• Wheat 6,000 acres• Alfalfa 1,000 acres

Cattle - Gardiner Angus Ranch• 2000 commercial cows• 400 registered cows

Cattle - Cooperator herds • 4 contract recipient herds (1500 calves /yr) • 24 GAR Allied Producers (1000 calves/yr)

MarketingBulls • 900 – Spring and Fall Production Sales • 1450+ – Private treatyFemales • 600 Registered – Spring Production Sale • 650 Commercial – Spring and Fall Production Sales

GARDINER ANGUS RANCHGARDINER ANGUS RANCH

Business Philosophy –produce the “right” product . . . .

to help our customers reach THEIR goals.


• ranches consist of 130,000+ acres and over 2500 cows• survived harsh environment for over 125 years• Means' have purchased over 1000 bulls from GAR in the past 20 years

Means Ranch Co. and the Means Brothers Ranch

Jon Bodie Craig & Alf Means

•Maternal ability

•Reproductive efficiency•Early growth•End-product merit

The “right ” package


Breeding Philosophy

to produce “pounds in the right package.”

We expect put our customers in position to capture the added value available in today’s beef market.

Goal:


the added value

How to capture

www.uspremiumbeef.com


U.S. Premium Beef

Founding memberin 1996

• Shares tied to delivery rights (obligation)

• Delivery rights can be leased/ transferred

• Best value-based grid in industry

GAR and U.S. Premium Beef

USPB

$$ + Premiums

Purchased shares

CUSTOMERS



“Capture the Value”



$1,608.00



Opportunity to sell@ 815 lbs x $197.30/cwt =

Feedlot Gain 622 lbs @ $0.78/lb $485.16=

BREAKEVENLive Cash Market Value

$2,093.16


BREAKEVENLive Cash Market Value $2,093.16

Sell on Live Cash Market@ 1437 lbs x $167.00/cwt

Sell on USPB Grid@ Base Price +/- Premiums

Base PriceQG Premium

YG/Weight DiscountBranded Program Premium

$2,402.06+ $118.86- $ 0.00+ $54.44

$2,575.36

$2,399.79

$306.63 profit

LivePrice


Carcass: 915 lbs / YG3/ Choice++


BREAKEVENLive Cash Market Value $2,093.16

Sell on Live Cash Market@ 1437 lbs x $167.00/cwt

$2,399.79

$306.63 profit

LivePrice


Sell on USPB Grid@ Base Price +/- Premiums

Base PriceQG Premium

YG/Weight DiscountBranded Program Premium

$2,402.06+ $261.14- $ 0.00

+ $0.00

$2,663.20

Carcass: 915 lbs / YG3/ PRIME

$6,264,802

From 1998 through 2015 GAR customers marketed 72,000 head through

U.S. Premium Beef, receivingpremiums totaling…

Above cash market.Above cash market.


that lead to added value

GENETICSIdentifying GENETICS


GAR Sire SelectionTOTAL AI + ET breeding program

1964 began artificial insemination (AI)1964 - 1980 NO PROGRESS !!!!!!

sire selection based on genetic merit foreconomically-

important traits

1980 American Angus Assoc. Sire Summary

EPDs


GAR Sire SelectionTotal AI + ET breeding program

Angus Sire Summary –we study it !


GAR Breeding & Selection PhilosophyTOTAL AI breeding program

Year

Wei

ght


Dad’s rule has always been to only include “proven” AI sires when we chart matings.

This disciplined sire selection has been the “key” to our success.

GAR Sire Selection

Leased to Select Sires

161Test ADG

5.67Gain Ratio

104

Rump Fat Ratio

.71

Adj. RumpFat

156Rib Fat Ratio

.50Adj. Rib Fat

112RE Ratio

17.2Adj. RE

119% IMF Ratio

6.31Adj %IMF

51.4Yrlg Hip Ht.

37.23Yrlg Scrotal

ETYWR1556

Adj. YWET

WWR769

Adj. WW1

Calv. Ease78

BW

2-952-1022-1052-82

YWRWWRBWRAct. BWDam’s Production Record

104-10299-10299-102101-102

RUMPFATRE%IMFDam’s Ultrasound Production Record

B A R Ext Traveler 205

C R A Bextor 872 5205 608

CRA Lady Jay 608 498 S Easy

S S Objective T510 0T26

G A R Objective 1885

G A R 1407 New Design 2232

CED WW YW YH Milk $EN MW MH SC

+ 11(.87)

+ 78(.92)

+135(.88)

+ .7(.92)

+ 30(.53)

-34.67 +39(.53)

+.3(.44)

+.28(.91)

CW MARB RE FAT

+31 (.23) +1.69 (.72) +.57 (.71) +0.065 (.70)

$Values$Wean $Feedlot $Grid $Beef

+67.46 +88.43 +56.91 +114.21as of 6/10/2015


.Dad’s rules have been great, but it has also caused us not to use some talented young sires.

Especially some of our own.

GAR Sire Selection


Even though we still live by Dad’s rules, the use of genomics has allowed me to use some of our young sires earlier than we could have in the past without taking an undue risk.

GAR Sire Selection


GAR Sire Selection

What is GENOMICS ?DNA panel with 50,000 gene markers – referred to as “HD50K”

How does it help us ?Gene marker information adds accuracy to EPDs

Here is an example of animal WITH and WITHOUT genomics



Use of HD 50K:- equal to 21 progeny calving ease records- equal to 11 progeny birth weight records



Use of HD 50K:- equal to 16 progeny marbling score records- equal to 9 progeny ribeye size measurements



BEFORE HD 50 K AFTER HD 50 K


GAR Sire SelectionTOTAL AI + ET breeding program

EPDs

American Angus Assoc.Sire Summary

Can you “HAVE IT ALL” ?


GAR Sire Selection


76Test ADG

4.28Gain Ratio

103

Rump Fat Ratio

.29

Adj. RumpFat

83Rib Fat Ratio

.25Adj. Rib Fat

104RE Ratio

13,6Adj. RE

120% IMF Ratio

6.26Adj %IMF

49.4Yrlg Hip Ht.

36.8Yrlg Scrotal

ETYWR1398

Adj. YWET

WWR539

Adj. WW1

Calv. Ease72

BW

2-1002-962-8433-69

YWRWWRBWRAct. BWDam’s Production Record

20-9720-9920-10120-110

RUMPFATRE%IMFDam’s Ultrasound Production Record


+ 14(.72)

+63(.76)

+118(.68)

+ .6(.79)

+ 23(.31)

-22.73 +84(.49)

+ .9(.39)

-.65(.74)

CW MARB RE FAT

+45 (.61) +1.17 (.66) +1.16 (.63) +0.032 (.62)


+43.30 +73.02 +58.33 +133.99as of 6/11/2015

Boyd New Day 8005

MCC Daybreak

MCC Miss Focus 134

SS Objective T510 0T26

GAR Objective R227

GAR 1407 New Design 2983



+ 14(.72)

+63(.76)

+118(.68)

+ .6(.79)

+ 23(.31)

-22.73 +84(.49)

+ .9(.39)

-.65(.74)

CW MARB RE FAT

+45 (.61) +1.17 (.66) +1.16 (.63) +0.032 (.62)


+43.30 +73.02 +58.33 +133.99as of 6/11/2015

Calving Ease Direct (CED), is expressed as a difference in percentage of unassisted births, with a higher value indicating greater calving ease in

first-calf heifers. It predicts the average difference in ease with which a sire's calves will be born when

he is bred to first-calf heifers.

TOP 3%



+ 14(.72)

+63(.76)

+118(.68)

+ .6(.79)

+ 23(.31)

-22.73 +84(.49)

+ .9(.39)

-.65(.74)

CW MARB RE FAT

+45 (.61) +1.17 (.66) +1.16 (.63) +0.032 (.62)


+43.30 +73.02 +58.33 +133.99as of 6/11/2015

Yearling Weight EPD (YW), expressed in pounds, is a predictor of a sire's ability to transmit yearling growth to his progeny compared to that of other

sires.

TOP 3% TOP 4%



+ 14(.72)

+63(.76)

+118(.68)

+ .6(.79)

+ 23(.31)

-22.73 +84(.49)

+ .9(.39)

-.65(.74)

CW MARB RE FAT

+45 (.61) +1.17 (.66) +1.16 (.63) +0.032 (.62)


+43.30 +73.02 +58.33 +133.99as of 6/11/2015Marbling EPD (Marb), expressed as a fraction of the difference in USDA marbling score of a sire's

progeny compared to progeny of other sires.

TOP 3% TOP 4%

TOP 2%



+ 14(.72)

+63(.76)

+118(.68)

+ .6(.79)

+ 23(.31)

-22.73 +84(.49)

+ .9(.39)

-.65(.74)

CW MARB RE FAT

+45 (.61) +1.17 (.66) +1.16 (.63) +0.032 (.62)


+43.30 +73.02 +58.33 +133.99as of 6/11/2015

Beef Value ($B), an index value expressed in dollars per head, is the expected average

difference in future progeny performance for postweaning and carcass value compared to

progeny of other sires.

TOP 3% TOP 4%

TOP 2% TOP 1%


GAR Customer Sire Selection





MARK GARDINERGARDINER ANGUS RANCH

Ashland, KansasU.S.A.







GARDINER ANGUS RANCH Ashland, Kansas U.S.A. Ranch 47,000 acres – Avg. annual rainfall - 18” •Native range 40,000 acres •Wheat 6,000 acres •Alfalfa 1,000 acres Cattle - Gardiner

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