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SATURDAY, MARCH 14 • 1:00 P.M.Complimentary Lunch • 12:00
SALE LOCATION: Belleville 81 Livestock – Bellville, KS
Our Herdsire
Several heifer bull sons sell
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Greetings Cattlemen:Rippe Gelbvieh has continued to assemble a cow herd that is balanced in ALL traits that are economically important
to our customers—commercial cattlemen. At Rippe Gelbvieh, we would like to have the opportunity to put our genetics and crossbreeding program to work on your operation. We have a complete lineup of Balancer® and purebred bulls that have enough genetic variation to compliment your cow herd and allow you to take full advantage of the “free lunch” that heterosis and hybrid vigor offer.
I feel we are doing more from a genetic selection and testing standpoint than the majority of seedstock operations. I believe we are separating ourselves from other seedstock operations in two main areas. The first is carcass data. Most operations ultrasound scan or DNA their bulls, but how many scan their bulls, scan their heifers, and receive individual carcass data on all of their steers? In addition, we try and receive data from a few of our customers’ cattle each year to measure our success from a carcass standpoint. We feed cattle throughout the year. A lot of people just talk about it. The second area is measuring cow size and efficiency. Each cow is weighed every fall when we pregnancy check. Later, this is compared to the weaning weight of her calf to calculate percent body weight weaned of each cow. We also track the essentials in a cow like structure and udder scores. This year we included all of this data in the catalog. It is our hope that you find the more information we track valuable. It is important for us at Rippe Gelbvieh to track our cow herd and our bulls so that we can make genetic progress.
Be sure to check our website, www.rippegelbvieh.com, as the sale draws near. We will be posting additional information including the supplement sheet and videos of the bulls. We encourage each of you to visit us prior to the sale. These visits allow us a lot more time to understand your program’s needs and wants so we can better assist you in selecting your new herdsire.
As always, we look forward to visiting with past customers and making new ones. Allow our program to help maximize the profitability of your cow herd.
Duane & Dustin Rippe
Dustin & Karla Rippe C-316-323-4874 O-785-527-8194 Email: [email protected]
Duane & Brenda Rippe 6775 Road D – Hubbell, NE 68375 H-402-324-4176
Wayne & Kay Kugel C-402-768-3420 17 years at Rippe Gelbvieh
Marc Hall C-402-200-0209 3rd year at Rippe Gelbvieh
Denis Hickey C-541-891-0294 1st year at Rippe Gelbvieh
Contact Information:
Dustin, Karla, Brenda & Duane
Wayne, Dustin & Duane
Marc Hall
Denis Hickey
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General Information – Terms & Conditions
Sale Day Phones:
Sale Barn .................................................... 785-527-2558Dustin Rippe .............................................. 316-323-4874Dustin Rippe............................................... 402-200-0555Duane Rippe ............................................... 402-200-0096Wayne Kugel .............................................. 402-768-3420Marc Hall .................................................... 402-200-0209Denis Hickey .............................................. 541-891-0294
Website: www.rippegelbvieh.com
Videos of the bulls will be on our
website
Sale Location:
Belleville 81 Livestock, 1160 Old US Highway 81, Belleville, KS 66935. Located ½ mile south of the Hwy 81 and 36 intersections.
The supplement sheet will be available on sale day with the yearling data and scrotal measurements. The information will also be posted on our website about one week prior to the bull sale. Any information on the supplement sheet or announced on sale day will take precedence over the catalog.
Health:
All bulls will be ready for interstate shipment. They will be BVD tested and had their Lepto shot. In addition, they will have passed a breeding soundness exam along with being poured with an Ivermectin type of product before delivery.
Terms and Conditions:
Cash on sale day. All cattle will sell under the recommended terms of the AGA. If you would like to be offered credit, please call Duane prior to sale day.
Volume Discount:
If you purchase five or more bulls in one year, you will receive 5% off the price of each bull.
Delivery & Trucking:
Free delivery within 250 miles. For all bulls further than 250 miles, we will make every effort to accommodate the buyer. Any bull taken sale day, we will deduct $100 from the bill. We will feed and care for your yearling bulls for free until April 1, 2015. The delivery information for the heifers is located below the commercial heifers section in this catalog.
Transfers:
Registration papers will be transferred at buyer’s request. In addition, a homozygous black certificate can be transferred if the buyer so chooses.
Liability:
Neither the sale host, sale facility, sale management, nor the auctioneer assumes any liability for any accidents that may occur.
Catalog designed by:
Gelbvieh Media Productions
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Rippe Gelbvieh Bull Guarantee:• Our #1 goal is customer satisfaction.• Rippe Gelbvieh takes 100% responsibility on every bull
purchased from our sale until the bull is delivered to your ranch. If there is any problem with the bull upon delivery or at our place we will cover the cost completely and make sure you are satisfied.
• If you experience a problem with disposition or structural soundness soon after you receive your purchase, Rippe Gelbvieh will replace the bull with similar quality, take the bull back and offer credit on next year’s sale, or give you a full refund of your money.
• If you experience abnormal calving difficulty where the herdsire is at fault we demand that the bull be sold for slaughter and a full refund applied to a replacement bull of the buyer’s choice.
First Season Death and Injury Warranty:Rippe Gelbvieh has offered to share this cost with their customers. There was a lot of confusion over our old warranty. Our new program will allow us to keep our customers satisfied and allow both parties to be satisfied with everyone sharing in the cost.
Coverage/Limitations:
The coverage of this warranty is for the first breeding season or for the first 90 days after the bull is turned out, unless other arrangements are made. This warranty is good for death and all loss-of-use injuries. The warranty is void if this is caused by negligence or mistreatment of the bull. Replacement value will be the actual purchase cost of the Rippe Gelbvieh bulls covered minus any salvage value or other compensation received by the customer.
Claims:
All claims must be reported to Rippe Gelbvieh within 24 hours of discovery and must be examined by a licensed veterinarian.
Injured:
If the injury is not permanent and can be returned to service, Rippe Gelbvieh will work with you to supply a replacement bull to use, at no cost, until the original bull can be returned to service.If the injury is permanent, Rippe Gelbvieh will supply a bull to finish out the season. At the end of the breeding season the customer can choose to keep the replacement bull as fulfillment of this warranty or return him to Rippe Gelbvieh and receive credit on next year’s sale. The credit will equal the purchase price of the bull minus any salvage value from the original bull.
Death:
When a Rippe Gelbvieh bull dies between the dates outlined above Rippe Gelbvieh will supply another bull to finish out the breeding season. At the end of the breeding season, the customer can either keep the replacement bull as fulfillment of this warranty or receive credit on next year’s sale. The credit will equal the purchase price of the bull minus any compensation received by an insurance company.
Cost:
Cost for the death and injury warranty will be 5% of purchase price, due at time of purchase. We feel that this is a reasonable cost where we can all share in the cost of a loss in a bull during the first breeding season. If a customer chooses not to cover their animal against death or injury, they assume all risk associated with the bull once it leaves our place.
# NAMELot
Color PolledReg# DOB: BA50
Gand SireSIRE Grand Dam Maternal Grand SireDAM Maternal Grand Dam
BW:
Adj. WW:
CED BW WW YW MK TM CEM ST
DMI YG CW REA MB $Cow FPI EPI
AOD: Dam Wt: %BWW: Udder: Doc:
UltrasoundRib Fat
REA
%IMF H
Homozygous:
If an animal is homozygous for polled or black, you will not have a horned or red calf born out of this sire. If an animal is heterozygous, it carries one allele for either horned/polled or red/black. If an animal simply has black or polled written, it has not been DNA tested for this trait.
Heifer Bulls
This year we again decided to denote heifer bulls with the graphic , to aid in your bull selection. If you see a bull with an , Rippe Gelbvieh believes it is a heifer bull.
Udder:
The first number is teat size and second references suspension. 9 is ideal. It represents very small teat size and very tight udder suspension. 1 represents very large, ballooned shape teat and a very pendulous suspension.
Doc = Docility: (this will be on the supplement sheet on sale day)
Cow DataAOD = Age of DamDam Wt = Cow weight 6 weeks after weaning%BWW = Percent the dam weaned of her body weight
EPDsExpected progeny differences. Spring 2014 evaluation provided by the AGA
About the Catalog:
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Expected progeny differences (EPDs) can be used to predict the average performance of a bull’s offspring compared to other calves in their contemporary group (a contemporary group being calves that were born in the same calving season, in the same year, herd, sex, and were managed similarly). EPDs are measured in the units of the trait, and show the differences in performance between animals. For example, if a bull has a weaning weight EPD of 80, and another bull in the same herd has a weaning weight EPD of 70, then bull A’s calves would be expected to be 10 pounds heavier at weaning than those of bull B.
It is important to remember that this number is just a prediction of performance. Actual performance depends on many factors such as environment, management, etc. This being said, an EPD is by far the most reliable indicator of an animal’s genetic merit due to the amount of information incorporated into the calculation.
The American Gelbvieh Association uses all available information to predict an animal’s EPD. This information includes: individual performance, pedigree, progeny and grand progeny performance, plus available genomic information. All this information is combined into one easy to use number that helps breeders make genetic improvement in their herd.
EPD Definitions
Listed below are the definitions of American Gelbvieh Association EPDs and the units in which they are published. The EPDs with an asterisk (*) next to the name are available to members only.
Maternal traits
Calving ease direct (CED): Percent of unassisted births of a bull’s calves when he is used on heifers. A higher number is favorable, meaning better calving ease. This EPD can be vital to a rancher looking to decrease the amount of calves pulled in his herd.
Milk (MK): The genetic ability of a sire’s daughters to produce milk expressed in pounds of weaning weight.
Calving ease maternal (CEM): Represented as percent of unassisted births in a sire’s first-calving daughters. A higher number represents more favorable calving ease. This EPD is important to a rancher’s bottom line because it predicts which animals produce daughters with a genetic pre-disposition to calve unassisted as heifers.
Heifer pregnancy (HP): Predicts the probability that a bull’s daughters will become pregnant as first-calf heifers in a regular breeding season, expressed as a percent. A higher value of this EPD is favorable, meaning that a higher percentage of a sire’s daughters get pregnant as first calf heifers compared to other sires in his contemporary group.
30-month pregnancy (PG30): Predicts the probability that a bull’s daughters will become pregnant and calve at three years of age, given that they calved as first-calf heifers. This EPD is expressed as a percent, again, with a higher number being more favorable meaning a higher percentage of a sire’s daughters will calve at three years of age, given they calved as first-calf heifers.
Stayability (ST): Predicts the genetic difference, in terms of percent probability, that a bull’s daughters will stay productive within a herd to at least six year of age. The stayability EPD is one of the best measures currently available to compare a bull’s ability to produce females with reproductive longevity.
Growth traits
Birth weight (BW): Predicts the difference, in pounds, for birth weight of the calf.
Weaning weight (WW): Predicts the difference, in pounds, for weaning
weight (adjusted to age of dam and a standard 205 days of age). This is an indicator of growth from birth to weaning.
Yearling weight (YW): Predicts the expected difference, in pounds, for yearling weight (adjusted to a standard 365 days of age). This is an indicator of growth from birth to yearling.
Carcass traits
Yield grade (YG): Differences in yield grade score, which is a predictor of percent retail product. Smaller values suggest that progeny will have a better lean to fat ratio.
Carcass weight (CW): Differences in pounds of hot carcass weight, adjusted to an industry standard age endpoint.
Ribeye area (REA): Differences in ribeye area in inches between the 12th and 13th rib. Greater ribeye areas are preferable.
Marbling (MB): Predicts the differences in the degree of marbling within the ribeye as expressed in marbling score units. Greater marbling numbers are preferable and are an indicator of higher carcass quality grades.
Efficiency traits
Dry matter intake (DMI): Represents the average daily dry matter intake per day consumed in pounds. A negative or lesser value is more favorable. For example, Bull A has a DMI EPD of .15 and Bull B has a DMI EPD of -.20, so the progeny of Bull B consume, on average, .35 pound less dry matter per day than progeny from Bull A.
What is an Index?
Indexes are tools that allow you to select for several EPDs at once, making selections more efficient than selecting on one trait at a time. Indexes weigh traits based on their importance to a producer’s bottom line by using a trait’s economic and genetic value. Indexes are a good way to put selection emphasis on traits that are economically relevant.
Total maternal (TM): An index that combines growth and milk information as a prediction of the weaning weight performance of calves from a sire’s daughters. As an index, this value is not reported with an accompanying accuracy. A greater TM value means a mother that returns comparatively higher weaning weights on her calves. TM Index = MK EPD + ½ WW EPD.
$Cow: Represents the genetic value in dollars of profit of an animal when retained as a replacement female relative to other animals in the herd. A higher number represents more profitable genetics for maternal productivity. $Cow will serve producers in selecting bulls that will sire daughters with stayability and reproductive efficiency as well as other traits that lead to profitability in a production system, such as milk, calving ease, moderate mature weight and the ability of calves to gain. A female’s genetics also influence the performance of her calves in the feedlot and at slaughter, so traits such as feed efficiency and carcass value are also included in $Cow.
Efficiency profit index (EPI): An economic selection index developed to aid producers in selecting for more feed efficient cattle that still have acceptable amounts of gain. The EPI provides slight negative pressure on intake, while keeping gain at a constant value. By selecting on this index, producers will be able to find those animals that gain the same amount as their contemporaries while eating less.
Feeder profit index (FPI): An economic selection index designed to aid producers in selecting sires whose progeny will perform in the feedlot and are sold on grade and yield. Well ranking sires for FPI have higher marbling and carcass weight than their contemporaries. As a terminal index, little emphasis is put on maternal traits such as stayability and calving ease.
American Gelbvieh Association Expected Progeny Differences (EPDs)
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Rippe Gelbvieh Balancer® and Gelbvieh Bull Sale:
Black Balancer Bulls ...........................................................Lots 1-74Black Purebred Bulls ........................................................Lots 75-86Red Balancer Bulls ...........................................................Lots 87-99Red Purebred Bulls .............................................................. Lot 100Black Registered Heifers .............................................. Lot 101 (22)Commercial Heifers .................................................... Lots 102-106
ET Bulls:
The ET bulls are raised by a surrogate mother. Therefore, the bulls actual birth weight and weaning weight are not a representation of the bulls genetics. Consequently, we have chosen not to provide this information as it is inaccurate. EPDs do a much better job of showing the genetic value of these bulls. If you would like to see the actual information on an ET bull please call before the sale.
Semen Interest:
Rippe Gelbvieh will retain 1/2 semen and certificate interest on every bull in the catalog unless otherwise noted. This will only affect a very small portion of the bulls we sell. If we decide to collect a bull for our in herd use, it will be at our expense and your convenience.Videos of the Bulls:
You will notice there are not many pictures of the bulls in the catalog. This is because we decided to video each and every bull and
all the videos are on our website at www.rippegelbvieh.com. We did this because we take great pride in the structure of our bull lineup and this allows buyers to evaluate before they come to our sale.Genetic Defects:
Since we have mapped the beef genome it will allow us to make considerable genetic progress. One thing we have learned is certain animals have genetic defects and we can now test for them. We have worked very hard and have tested every animal on our place that is a potential carrier for a genetic defect. Some animals we have moved to our commercial herd if they were found to be a carrier, while we felt others were still exceptional genetically and we decided to breed around the defect. The two defects we are dealing with this year on our bull sale are:DD – It is a recessive genetic defect referred to as Developmental Duplication. The defect results in calves being born with extra limbs or die in early embryonic death of the affected embryo. Lots 9, 15, 37, 68 are carriers. OS – Osteopetrosis is where calves are typically born premature (10 to 30 days) and are born dead. It is also a recessive trait. Lot 97 is a carrier and we will know the status of 38 at sale day. Both of these traits are recessive so these bulls would have to be mated to a cow that is also a carrier. At Rippe Gelbvieh it is our goal to overtime eliminate any defects while still making genetic progress and we have tested every bull that is a potential carrier and we will be very upfront with every customer on defects in the future. Please call Dustin if you have any questions on this topic.
CED BW WW YW MK TM CEM HP PG30 ST DMI YG CW REA MB $Cow FPI EPI
Gelbvieh and Balancer® Breed Average EPDS (For non-parent animals, born on or after Jan. 1, 2013)
The American Gelbvieh Association (AGA) has released genomic-enhanced EPDs with the fall 2014 international cattle evaluation. Genomic-enhanced EPDs (GE
EPDs) combine pedigree, individual performance and genomic information to save time and money, reduce risk, and accelerate the rate of genetic progress.
GE EPDs provide more precise EPDs based on a combination of both phenotype and DNA. One major benefit of these EPDs is risk reduction through increased accuracies. These increased accuracies save time when assessing young breeding stock as well as deliver commercial customer confidence when buying seedstock. Herd improvement is accelerated when breeders can more accurately identify young individuals with the best genetics.
GE EPDs also give the chance to collect data on economically important traits, which are expensive or difficult to measure.
The information from the genomic data can be as informative as
a bull's first calf crop or a cow's lifetime production record. Since the genomic data is incorporated directly into the EPDs, cattle producers will not have to learn how to interpret the new data.
Development of GE EPDs for Gelbvieh and Balancer® animals has been in progress at the AGA since 2012, starting with the Genomic Pioneers project. This project helped to build a diverse panel of Gelbvieh and Balancer genetics to be the foundation genetics for the calculation of the GE EPDs.
"The AGA has been working closely with the scientific community over the past couple years to build the training population for developing GE EPDs for the Gelbvieh breed," says Susan Willmon, director of breed improvement at the AGA. "Implementing genomic-enhanced EPDs is a high-priority goal in the AGA's strategic plan and we are excited to be able to offer this tool to our breeders and their commercial customers."
EPDs that are genomically-enhanced will show up on the new American Gelbvieh Association Registry Service as highlighted in yellow. All animals with these enhanced EPDs will also have the AGA GE EPDs logo on their registration certificate.
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1 3505ALot
Homo Black Homo PolledReg# 1287807 DOB: 8/12/2013 BA50
DVA SCOUT 553VRT LAZY TV WATCHMAN W021 VRT LAZY TV MS PETERBLT T309 GARDENS NEXT WAVE HE17DBRG MS NEXT WAVE 016X DBRG 7107T ET
KCF BENNETT QUALITY FOCUSEDDCSF POST ROCK HIGHLY FOCUSED DCSF POST ROCK SANDY 273W2 DDF MR CHUNKY 515RDCSF POST ROCK BLK BIRD 193Z8 DCSF POST ROCK BLK BIRD 64T8
BW: 74
Adj. WW: 643
CED BW WW YW MK TM CEM ST14 -0.8 67 108 30 64 10 8
Homo Black Homo PolledReg# 1281292 DOB: 1/21/2014 BA38
KCF BENNETT QUALITY FOCUSEDDCSF POST ROCK HIGHLY FOCUSED DCSF POST ROCK SANDY 273W2 BDCG DC STOCKMAN 56W4 ETDCSF POST ROCK BLKBIRD 152Z8 DCSF POST ROCK BLKBIRD 40U8
BW: 76
Adj. WW: 669
CED BW WW YW MK TM CEM ST13 -0.6 68 107 30 64 10 8
DIL Free Red Homo PolledReg# 1287955 DOB: 1/23/2014 BA50
BKT BECKTON NEBULA P P707JYJ BROWN JYJ REDEMPTION Y133 JYJ JYJ MS JOLENE W16 BWF BRANDYWINE WINTHROP 957WDBRG MS WINTHROP 248Z DBRG MS BUDDY BOY 046X ET
BW: 89
Adj. WW: 689
CED BW WW YW MK TM CEM ST20 -4.3 72 114 23 59 11 3
Dam is a donor cow. Top 45% CE, 20% WW, 15% YW, 15% CW, 15% REA, 40% MB, 30% FPI.
Red PUREBRED
Karla studying the embryos
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registered open heifers
101Lot
We are selling 22 registered heifers - 20 black and 2 red. Six of them have been tested positive as a carrier for a genetic condition. These will make a great set of cows for a commercial cattleman.
NUMBER REG # COLOR BIRTHDATE DAM SIRE DEFECT440 AMGV1288021 Blk 29 Jan 2154 Watchman446 AMGV1288027 Blk 06 Feb 202 FH Granite452 AMGV1288032 Blk 08 Feb 752 Watchman466 AMGV1288458 Blk 12 Feb 503 Complete473 AMGV1288464 Blk 14 Feb 1141 Dynasty474 AMGV1296081 Red 14 Feb 732 153Y4104 AMGV1288475 Blk 17 Feb 2144 Dynasty4109 AMGV1289117 Blk 18 Feb 228 Future Direction NHC4146 AMGV1288511 Blk 22 Feb 872 Watchman DDC4152 AMGV1289228 Blk 23 Feb 4104 Calvary DDC4196 AMGV1288622 Blk 04 March 172 Dynasty4197 AMGV1288541 Blk 04 March 1153 Keystone4207 AMGV1288546 Blk 04 March 143 863U OSC4222 AMGV1288555 Blk 06 March 692 Watchman4225 AMGV1289394 Blk 07 March 315 Dynasty4282 AMGV1289016 Blk 13 March 796 863U OSC4341 AMGV1289041 Blk 20 March 253 203Z4342 AMGV1289042 Blk 20 March 227 203Z OSP4377 AMGV1289054 Blk 26 March 839 863U4378 AMGV1289094 Blk 27 March 269 Outlook4409 AMGV1289077 Red 03 April 2123 2200Z4426 AMGV1289084 Blk 13 April 224 FH Granite
commercial open heifersWe have a large selection of commercial heifers for sale this year. They have all passed a pelvic measurement, passed a reproductive tract scored, been freeze branded, been bangs vaccinated, and developed to be excellent females. All heifers will be kept free until March 22 and will need to be picked up by owner unless prior arrangements have been made. We would keep them at our place and AI these heifers at a reasonable charge if the purchaser would like.
102Lot
103Lot
104Lot
105Lot
106Lot
27 Black Commercial Heifers - These heifers are all out of our own herd bulls and our own cows. They would be predominately 50% Gelbvieh and 50% Angus by blood.
12 Red Commercial Heifers – These heifers are all out of our own herd bulls and our own cows. They would be predominately 50% Gelbvieh and 50% Red Angus by blood.
47 Black Commercial Heifers – We purchased these heifers from the Stone family. They run a good commercial operation and don’t keep any replacement heifers back. Their herd bull batter consists of our bulls and an Angus breeder bulls. Roughly half of these heifers would be 25% Gelbvieh while the other half would have little or no Gelbvieh in them. The Stone family has always purchased top end bulls from us.
13 Red Commercial Heifers – We purchased these heifers from the Stone family. They run a good commercial operation and don’t keep any replacement heifers back. These heifers would be out of balancer bulls from Rippe Gelbvieh. The Stone family has always purchased top end bulls from us.
5 Black white face commercial heifers – These heifers are more brockle face. 4 of them are from the stone family and 1 is from our herd that was sired by a neighbor bull. Excellent set of females.
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Rippe Gelbvieh is excited to offer this opportunity to the community. Troy Applehans with CattleFax will be speaking in the 4-H building at the fairgrounds in Belleville. I encourage everyone to attend even if you aren’t in need of a bull. Troy is a Market Analyst for CattleFax and he specializes in the Cow/calf and stocker market. Troy was a co-worker of mine when I was employed at CattleFax.Cattlefax is a member owned information organization serving producers in all segments of the cattle business. CattleFax was formed in 1968 by a group of progressive cattlemen who saw the value of a selp-help system to collect, analyze, and distribute information needed for good marketing and business decisions which has resulted in the largest private database in the country. Once again I would encourage everyone to attend. There will be something for everyone to learn in this presentation. Please give me a call if you have any questions. The presentation will start at 7 PM. Supper will be provided.
Troy is the CattleFax market analyst responsible for feeder cattle and cow/calf regions of the Southern Plains region as well as Southeastern states of the U.S. He also covers feedyards in the Midwest region. Troy is a graduate of Oklahoma State University with a degree in Animal Science and a strong cow/calf and seedstock cattle background. Previously, he was employed by Cargill Animal Nutrition as a cattle mineral specialist, Future Beef Operations as a member of the cattle procurement team and the American Gelbvieh Association as a regional manager. He also served as Director of Field Services/Advertising coordinator for Cattle Today, Inc. for many years.
Special Speaker Announced For Night Before Bull Sale By Dustin Rippe