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Genetic Value Bull Sale

March 31, 2016

Glasgow Stockyards

1 p.m.

Woodland Farms

C. K. Allen

373 Hwy 537, P O Box 186

Hinsdale, MT 59241

406-648-7130

[email protected]

CED BW WW YW Doc. Milk MB REA $W $B

12 Woodland Bulls average: 8 0.4 57 105 15 28 .93 .76 66.31 154.23

Non-Parent Angus Bulls average: 6 1.4 49 88 13 23 .54 .48 44.33 106.06

$W: Average 66.31 (top 10%)

$B: Average 154.23 (top 5%)

Zoetis 50K DNA Analysis on ALL Bulls

Woodland Foremost (17198358). Top selling bull in 2013

sale selling to ABS Global. A standout for docility, eye appeal and muscle. CED 15, BW 2.6, WW 57, YW 94, Doc 17, Milk 31, CEM 13, Marb .77 & REA .67.

$W 72.93 & $B 102.63

Woodland Beefmaker (17497897). Top selling bull in 2014 sell-

ing to Dunbar Brothers in Whitewater. CED 12, BW –0.3, WW

54, YW 102, Docility 21, milk 27, CEM 12, Marb .89, REA .72

& Fat –.036. $W 59.52 & $B 121.96. DNA tenderness Top 1%

of all Angus.

A A R Ten X 7008 S A. Sire of the top selling bull in the 2015

sale. He had a WW of 900 (ratio 121) and YW of 1518 (ratio

121) and sold to Robert Ralston of Brockton. 4 sons and 3 grand-

sons of Ten X sell this year including a full brother to last years

top bull. Also selling sons of Connealy Black Granite, VAR Reserve 1111,

KG Solution 018, GAR Prophet & Basin Payweight 107S.

The Woodland Story

C. K. Allen and Woodland Farms moved to Hinsdale in April of 2009. Originally from southwest Virginia,

C. K. moved to Missouri after receiving graduate degrees in ruminant nutrition from Michigan State University

in 1972. He was in charge of performance programs for the American Polled Hereford Association for 6 years,

CEO of the Angus Association for 3 years, served on the board of the American Gelbvieh Association for 6 years

and was President in his final year.

C. K. was raised with registered Hereford and Polled Hereford cattle and started his Angus herd in 1977. His

first Angus production sale was in 1982. He also experimented with registered Simmental, Gelbvieh, Charolais

and produced both F1 and F2 Angus based composites of these Continental breeds.

Woodland Farms fed cattle in a commercial feedlot on a small scale prior to moving to Montana, to get car-

cass data on sires used in the Woodland herd. C. K. decided to concentrate strictly on Angus in the early 2000’s

for simplicity and because his purebred Angus were competitive in the feedlot with Angus composites.. In addi-

tion, his purebred Angus cows stayed in the herd longer, had less calving problems and higher pregnancy rates

than his half Angus Composites. In recent years, Woodland Farms has put more emphasis on rib eye area, car-

cass weight, growth and docility but insist on maintaining fertility and calving ease as we improve these traits.

C. K. was honored in 2002 when Certified Angus Beef LLC presented him with a special Pioneer award and

named him its 2002 Seedstock Commitment to Excellence Award. In the fall of 2015, C. K. was inducted into

the Angus Heritage Foundation in recognition of accomplishments by the Association during his tenure as CEO.

C. K. retired as an Associate Professor in Agriculture at Northwest Missouri State University after 20 years

and started looking for a place in Northeast Montana to be near his grand children. He sold his Angus cowherd as

a unit to a group of progressive young men in December 2006 and they continue to operate the herd in Mt. Ayr,

Iowa as Woodland Angus LLC.

The current Angus herd is small in numbers and, we think, high in genetic merit. The descend primarily from

our embryo transfer program with our pick of ET heifers born in commercial herds in the spring and fall of 2007.

Today most calves are produced from AI matings. Selection at Woodland Farms is for a balance of traits based

on EPDs and we emphasize fertile, easy calving, trouble free cattle.

General Sale Information

Sale will be at the Glasgow Stockyards in Glasgow starting at 1 p.m. Sale Day Phone: 406-228-

9306.C.K. Allen cell Phone 406-648-7130.

We will use the regular Auctioneer and sale crew normally at the Stockyards.

Free delivery on all bulls selling into Montana or $50 rebate per bull if you haul your own.

All bulls selling will have passed a breeding soundness exam and are guaranteed breeders. Bulls

have been vaccinated twice with mlv for viruses, vibrio-letpo and for foot rot. All cows are annually

vaccinated for the same diseases and given Scour Bos 9 prior to calving.

All bulls have had their DNA evaluated by Zoetis 50K and that data has been incorporated into their

EPD’s. Registration papers will be transferred to new owners.

Woodland Farms has evaluated all yearlings for Carcass traits with Ultrasound since 1996. They will

be evaluated again this year and that data will be in this sale brochure.

The American Angus Association runs the Angus National Cattle Evaluation (NCE) weekly. If new

data is received by Tuesday it is included in the updated EPDs available Friday. We have listed most

EPD’s in this book but have left out accuracies and EPDs for a few traits. You can get all current

EPDs and accuracies by logging on to the Angus web site. www.angus.org and input-

ting the registration number into the Animal Search space. You do not have to be a member

nor do you have to own the animal in question. EPDs printed here as of 2/20/16.

All bulls selling are free of known genetic defects.

436 Woodland Payweight 436 18096149 Born: 8/30/14, BW 67, CE 1, Adj. WW 672, ratio 95; Adj.

550 day wt. 1576. Scrotal EPD 0.84 Calving ease ****

Vermillion Payweight J847 Basin Payweight 107S Basin Lucy 3829

Woodland Highmark 738 Woodland Blackbird 119 Woodland Blackbird 718

CED BW WW YW Doc CEM Milk CW Marb REA Fat 10 -0.9 56 91 17 14 20 65 .67 1.09 -.006

$W 56.80 RADG 0.21 $B 193.12

Four star calving ease prospect. A fall born and never on a high energy ration. He ranks in the top 1% for CW & $B, top 2% for REA, top 3% for CEM, top 10% for low BW, top 15% for CED & DMI (efficiency), top 20% for $W and top 25% for WW. Docility in the top 35%.

52 Woodland Solution 52 18096414 Born: 1/21/15, BW46, CE 1, Adj. WW 687, ratio 89;

Adj. YW 1258, ratio 93; Scrotal EPD .98 Calving ease ****

MOGCK Sure Shot KG Solution 0018 KG Rito Lady 8274

A A R Ten X 7008 S A Woodland Blackbird 35 Woodland Blackbird 719

CED BW WW YW Doc CEM Milk CW Marb REA Fat 20 -4.9 58 109 20 18 20 47 .61 .67 -.021

$W 59.94 RADG 0.28 $B 154.27

Four star calving ease prospect born unassisted from a two year old. EPD rankings: Top 1% for CED, light BW & CEM; top 5% RADG, heifer pregnancy & $B; top 10% YW, CW, low fat & $F; top 15% $W; top 20% WW; top 25% REA, top 29% tenderness and top 35% Marb.

Ultrasound

IMF 3.38, Ratio 62

REA 12.5, Ratio 91

Fat:

Rib .27, Ratio 82

Rump .31 Ratio 78

54 Woodland Reserve 54 18096207 Born: 1/27/15, BW 72, CE 1, Adj. WW 783, ratio 102; Adj.

YW 1405, ratio 104; Scrotal EPD 1.29 Calving ease ***

B/R New Day 454 V A R Reserve 1111 Sandpoint Blackbird 8809

A A R Ten X 1309 Woodland Burgess Pride 331 Woodland Burgess Pride 710

CED BW WW YW Doc CEM Milk CW Marb REA Fat 7 1.3 51 98 -3 8 37 34 .57 .74 -.031

$W 65.18 RADG 0.23 $B 121.62

Born unassisted from a two year old. His maternal grand dam has produced several of our top bulls including the top selling bull in the 2015 sale. Top 10% $W; top 20% REA; top 30% $B & YW; top 40 % Marb. and top 45% WW. Big REA bull.

Ultrasound

IMF 4.51, Ratio 83

REA 15.1, Ratio 109

Fat:

Rib .30, Ratio 91

Rump .40, Ratio 100

51 Woodland Granite 51 18097206 Born: 1/17/15, BW 52, CE 1, Adj. WW 714, ratio 93; Adj.

YW 1255, ratio 93; Scrotal EPD 1.33 Calving ease ****

Connealy Consensus 7229 Connealy Black Granite Eura Elga of Conanga 9109

HA Program 5652 Woodland Enjerica 230 Woodland Enjerica 930

CED BW WW YW Doc CEM Milk CW Marb REA Fat 15 -1.3 55 95 18 15 26 37 .70 .91 .051

$W 76.17 RADG 0.20 $B 131.95

Four star calving ease prospect and maternal brother to Kaitlyn McColly’s extremely docile heifer. Ranks in the top 2% for $W, CED & CEM; top 10% for low BW & top 5% REA; top 11% for tenderness; top 20% for $B; top 30% for WW, top 25% for Milk, Marb, & $EN; top 35% for YW & docility and top 30% CW.

Ultrasound

IMF 3.80, Ratio 70

REA 13.7, Ratio 99

Fat:

Rib .27, Ratio 82

Rump .41, Ratio 100

Powerful growth bull and sire of bull #436

Basin Payweight 107S

55 Woodland Ten X 55 18096418 Born: 1/31/15, BW 72, CE 1, Adj. WW 722, ratio 94; Adj.

YW 1290, ratio 96; Scrotal EPD .87 Calving ease ***

Mytty in Focus A A R Ten X 7008 S A A A R Lady Kelton 5551

B/R Destination 727-928 Woodland Enjerica 229 Woodland Enjerica 933

CED BW WW YW Doc CEM Milk CW Marb REA Fat 4 1.6 56 108 6 7 19 55 1.08 .73 .036

$W 56.08 RADG 0.28 $B 183.12

Born unassisted from a three year old that is our top $EN cow and has a calving interval of 365 days. Top 1% $B; top 3% CW & $F; top 4% Marb.; top 5% RADG; top 10% YW & DMI; top 20% REA & $W and top 25%WW. Had a large rib eye area and high IMF score.

Ultrasound

IMF 5.48, Ratio 101

REA 14.7, Ratio 107

Fat:

Rib .43, Ratio 130

Rump .52, Ratio 130


YW 1359, ratio 101; Scrotal EPD 1.86 Calving ease ***


Gardens Highmark Woodland Burgess Pride 710 Woodland Burgess Pride 23

CED BW WW YW Doc CEM Milk CW Marb REA Fat 7 1.1 50 99 12 7 27 43 1.28 .45 .002

$W 56.83 RADG 0.29 $B 165.77

Full brother to the top performing & top selling bull in last years sale going to Robert Ralston. His IMF reading of 8.34 is one of the highest we have ever recorded. Dam has a calving interval 363 days, 6 calves averaged 107 on both weaning and yearling ratios and average 101 on ratios for IMF and 104 for REA with fat ratios of 96 & 93. Top 1% on Marb.; top 2% on $B; top 3% on RADG; top 10% on DMI and top 20% on $W.

Ultrasound

IMF 8.34, Ratio 154

REA 12.7, Ratio 92

Fat:

Rib .39, Ratio 118

Rump .44, Ratio 110

$VALUE INDEXES ($W & $B): These are multi-trait selection indexes expressed in dollars per head. The $ Value is an estimate of profit

potential of future progeny of a sire compared to progeny of other sires in the data base.

$W: This value reflects profit potential for cow-calf producers who sell their calves at weaning. Includes both reve-

nue and cost associated with differences in birth weight (BW), weaning weight (WW), maternal milk (milk) and

mature cow size (MW).

$B:

This value reflects profit potential of progeny for post-weaning growth and carcass value. $B includes WW,

YW, feedlot gain, feed consumption, feed cost and cattle price differences as a result of carcass weight (CW),

quality grade (Marbling) and yield grade (REA, fat & CW).

The cost and revenue estimates are on a three year rolling average so $ values change with changes in the

market.


YW 1333, ratio 99; Scrotal EPD 1.64 Calving ease ****


S S Objective T510 OT26 Woodland Burgess Pride 114 Woodland Burgess Pride 710

CED BW WW YW Doc CEM Milk CW Marb REA Fat 11 0 58 111 16 9 28 40 .86 .76 -.013

$W 62.40 RADG 0.26 $B 142.97

Four star calving ease bull. 3/4 brother to 56 and full blood brother (out of a twin sister) to the $18,000 2nd top selling bull in the 2014 Arntzen sale. A maternal brother was the 1550 lb. Reserve heavy weight champion steer, for Kaitlyn McColly, at last years NE Montana fair and his carcass qualified for Prime, yield grade 3. Dam has a calving interval of 370 days and her 3 calves average 99 on WR and 101 on YR. Progeny average 96 on IMF and 108 on REA ratios. This bull ranks in the top 10% for $W, $B, RADG & YW; top 20% for WW & CW and top 15% for Marb. & REA. Another large rib eye bull.

Ultrasound

IMF 3.88, Ratio 72

REA 15.4, Ratio 112

Fat:

Rib .33, Ratio 100

Rump .28, Ratio 70

Woodland Ten X 421

Top selling bull in 2015 and full brother to #56. WW 900 (ratio 121),

YW 1518 (ratio 121) and REA 16.6. He sold to Robert Ralston of

Brockton.

Grand daughter Kaitlyn McColly and her steer, Houdini. A mater-

nal brother to #57. He qualified for Prime, Yield Grade 3

A A R Ten X 7008 S A. Heavily used Angus sire that has had a

profound effect on many herds. Several sons and grandsons sell.


YW 1398, ratio 104; Scrotal EPD 1.33 Calving ease *


SydGen 1407 Crona 2016 Woodland Blackbird 93 Woodland Blackbird 718

CED BW WW YW Doc CEM Milk CW Marb REA Fat 1 1.4 57 106 22 5 28 51 1.16 .64 -.017

$W 66.98 RADG 0.28 $B 175.93

Full brother to two of the top females in our herd. Outstanding carcass data. Pathfinder dam has a calving interval 363 days, 5 calves averaged 109 on weaning, 105 on yearling, 98 on IMF and 106 on REA ratios. Top 1% on $B; top 3% marbling; top 5% on RADG, CW & tenderness; top 10% on $W; top 15% on YW, heifer pregnancy & milk; top 20% on WW & docility and top 30% on REA.

Ultrasound

IMF 5.98, Ratio 111

REA 14.5, Ratio 105

Fat:

Rib .29, Ratio 88

Rump .32, Ratio 80

511 Woodland Reserve 511 18096416 Born: 2/11/15, BW 93, CE 1, Adj. WW 812, ET; Adj. YW

1375, ET; Scrotal EPD .22 Calving ease ***

B/R New Day 454 V A R Reserve 1111 Sandpoint Blackbird 8809

G A R New Design 5050 Woodland Burgess Pride 213 Woodland Burgess Pride 710

CED BW WW YW Doc CEM Milk CW Marb REA Fat 8 0 46 92 23 9 34 34 .94 1.05 -.035

$W 56.58 RADG 0.26 $B 142.13

ET calf born unassisted from a six year old registered recipi-ent. 3/4 brother to bull 54 and his maternal grand dam has pro-duced several of our top bulls including the top selling bull in the 2015 sale. His dam is one of the top females we have raised and ranks in the top of the breed on marbling, rib eye area and $B. He ranks in the top1% on milk; top 2% on REA, top 10% on marbling & RADG; top 15% on docility & $B and top 20% for light BW and $W. Recorded a high IMF score.

Ultrasound

IMF 5.86, Ratio ET

REA 12.8, Ratio ET

Fat:

Rib .20, Ratio ET

Rump .36, Ratio ET


YW 1378, ratio 102; Scrotal EPD .93 Calving ease ****


A A R Ten X 7008 S A Woodland Power 37 Woodland Power 914

CED BW WW YW Doc CEM Milk CW Marb REA Fat 9 0.3 63 111 24 10 30 44 .97 .73 .052

$W 85.02 RADG 0.21 $B 146.58

Four star calving ease prospect born unassisted from a two year old and one of our top growth & docility bulls. Very high on $W ranking far above the minimum for the top 1% . Also ranks in the top 10% for WW, YW, docility, milk, marbling & $B; ranks in the top 15% for CW and top 20% for heifer preg-nancy. Excellent IMF and REA measures.

Ultrasound

IMF 6.45, Ratio 119

REA 13.6, Ratio 99

Fat:

Rib .30, Ratio 91

Rump .42, Ratio 105

517 Woodland Prophet 517 18096424 Born: 2/27/15, BW 95, CE 1, Adj. WW 869, ratio 113; Adj.

YW 1471, ratio 109; Scrotal EPD 1.04 Calving ease *

Connealy Consensus 7229 G A R Prophet Eura Elga of Conanga 9109

Riverbend Mile High 3718 Basin Lucy 8361 Basin Lucy 3829

CED BW WW YW Doc CEM Milk CW Marb REA Fat -4 4.1 69 121 9 4 38 42 1.44 .56 .072

$W 84.78 RADG 0.22 $B 155.63

Maternal grand dam is the famed Lucy 3829. Our top growth and IMF bull this year. Ranks in the top 1% for $W, milk, marbling and $F; top 2% for WW & YW; top 4% for $B and top 20% for heifer pregnancy and CW. Tenderness ranks in the top 19%. Dam has a calving interval of 375 days and the fol-lowing ratio averages: WW 107, YW 104, IMF 114 and REA 102.

Ultrasound

IMF 9.18, Ratio 170

REA 13.3, Ratio 96

Fat:

Rib .48, Ratio 145

Rump .56, Ratio 140

Woodland Burgess Pride 213, pictured after weaning. Her ET

son sells as #511. She ranks in the top 1% for $B and has a

marbling EPD of 1.04 and REA EPD of 1.02. Her first natu-

ral calf calved this year and is one of our best two year olds.

She also has ET daughter in our yearlings and another born

this spring and we plan to have two sons in next years sale.


YW 1188, ratio 88; Scrotal EPD 1.28 Calving ease **


S S Objective T510 OT26 DC RWPC Erica U382 Basin Erica 927M

CED BW WW YW Doc CEM Milk CW Marb REA Fat 6 2.5 62 107 13 7 29 43 .83 .78 .039

$W 68.97 RADG 0.19 $B 138.26

Ranks in the top 4% for $W, top 10% for WW, YW & milk; top 15% for $B, CW, marbling & REA. Dam was one of the top selling bred heifers in the Basin Ranch dispersal, has a calving interval of 375 days and has progeny averages of 99 on weaning ratio and 98 on yearling ratio.

Ultrasound

IMF 3.60, Ratio 67

REA 12.1, Ratio 88

Fat:

Rib .25, Ratio 76

Rump .31, Ratio 78

Average EPDs for Non-Parent Angus Bulls (Spring 2016) CED BW WW YW RADG SC Docility CEM Milk CW Marb REA Fat $W $B

6 1.4 49 88 0.20 .81 13 8 23 31 .54 .48 .015 44.33 106.06

EPDs current on 2/20/16.

All EPDs enhanced by

Genomic (DNA) analysis.

Woodland Forward 36. He was the second top selling bull in our

2014 sale, selling to Larry Roberton of Opheim. He is the first calf

out of the dam of the #57 bull.

Approximate Progeny Equivalents To DNA 50K evaluation

December 2013

This is the number of progeny necessary to

achieve the same EPD accuracy as the 50K test.

Trait # Progeny

CED 22

BW 12

WW 19

YW 23

Milk 17

Docility 9

CW 6

Marb. 9

REA 11

Carcass Fat 12

Woodland Burgess pride 710 and her daughter, 213 as a

calf on crested wheat pasture. Four of the bulls descend

from these two females.

Calving Ease Selection The most accurate way to select bulls to mate to heifers is to consider both CED EPD (7 or higher) and BW EPD (2.0 or less).

CED stands for calving ease direct or the direct effect a bull has on calving ease. Actual birth weight is one of the least accurate

indicators of calving ease. CEM or maternal calving ease indicates ease of presentation or how easy daughters of a bull give birth

to calves, it is correlated to CED but a different trait.

Over the long haul you will have less calving difficulty with heifers by breeding daughters of bulls with a high CEM EPD to bulls

with a high CED EPD.

High growth (EPDs for BW, WW, YW & CW) and more muscle (REA EPD) are antagonistic to calving ease but not exclusive.

In other words you can find bulls with more growth and more muscle and still have calving ease but it is much harder to find them.

Woodland Farms has selected for antagonistic traits by trying to produce bulls that combine growth, muscle and calving ease.

Calving Ease Ratings for Heifers:

Highly Recommended ****, Recommended ***, Should Work on Large frame heifers **, Cows only *

A A R Ten X 3001. 2nd top selling bull in 2014 Arntzen sale sell-

ing to Whistling Winds Angus & KEL MCC Angus for $18,000.

His dam, Woodland Burgess Pride 113, was purchased from Wood-

land Farms in the 2012 NILE pregnant with this bull for $4,000.

Woodland Burgess Pride 113

Selection for efficiency in Angus cattle

With DNA evaluation and comparison of DNA genotype to actual efficiency data, EPDs on efficiency are more meaning-

ful. Most of the efficiency EPDs and information are still relatively new. I have mentioned several efficiency terms in the

bull data this year, Here is an explanation of those terms:

$EN has been around the longest and refers to input cost only. Most cattle with positive $EN values have less ma-

ture wt., lower growth and below average milk EPDs. If your cattle excel in $EN you can probably keep more cows on a

given ranch size. but the average performance of the calves will be lower,

$W includes input the cost associated with $EN as well as revenue projections from having more growth and

less calving problems. This, I think, is a more meaningful measure of efficiency.

RADG (Residual average daily gain) is a measure of post-weaning feed efficiency and is presented in pounds per

day with a higher number being more favorable. Basically it is the extra daily gain in pounds produced by cattle fed the

same amount of feed during the post-weaning phase of production.

DMI (Dry matter intake) is expressed in pounds of feed per day during the postweaning phase compared to others

on the same ration. Low or negative numbers are preferred, but the most efficient cattle will be those with lower DMI and

the same or higher gain after weaning. Higher RADG EPDs provide a composite measure of gain and DMI.

Twin sister to Woodland Burgess pride 114 who is the dam of

#57. Kaitlyn McColly’s steer and the second top selling bull in

our 2014 sale.

Woodland Farms

P O Box 186

Hinsdale, MT 59261

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