As we enter 2025, the optimism in the cattle industry is at an all-time high. We are in historic times – times where you will reap the returns on your investments in high genetic-merit cattle with a program behind them. I want to invite you to our annual production sale on Saturday, Feb. 1, or any time before that is convenient for you. Our ranch is always open for you to check out the bull offering and the cowherd responsible for it. We enjoy the time we spend with our current and future customers reviewing the cattle and what best suits each of your operations. Ellingson Angus seedstock are being recognized and utilized around the globe. We breed cattle with an emphasis on performance, consisten- cy and maternal stayability – genetics that satisfy the feeding industry and hang quality on the rail, but that never sacrifice the maternal factory for the rancher. Breeding cattle like this generation after gener- ation make our genetics sought after by the feeding industry while also producing market-topping replacement females. It is gratifying to see Ellingson genetics producing profit for our customers in each segment of the industry. Our sale offering is mainly sired by Ellingson-bred A.I. sires. These are sires we rely on to drive the success of our program so you can put your confidence in them to also drive the profitability of yours. We will lead off the sale with the first sons of Ellingson Hi-Range, the $160,000 son of Rangeland that sold to Hamilton Farms and MWC Investments in Canada in our 2022 sale. His first sons were the highlight of the 2024 Canadian sale season, where his sons averaged more than $25,000 for Hamiltons. Their sleep-all-night calving ease, performance, phenotype and maternal excellence make this sire group quite intriguing. Hi- Range, along with 84 direct sons of Ellingson Badlands, will make for a deep offering of bulls with consistency. Badlands is one of the solid breeding bulls of all time. His first set of daughters that calved in 2024 are strong indicators that he could easily go down as one of the breed greats. Ellingson Prolific will again be one of the highlight sire groups. Prolific has become one of the heaviest utilized sires of the industry. His sons were a highlight of our sale and other sales around the nation last spring. He sired two of the top-selling bulls in America in 2024. The Prolific sons are optimum frame-sized individuals with mass and performance, while his daughters possess angularity, girth and fertility. These sire groups, along with the first sons of Ellingson Bold and others,
will allow you to select from large numbers of sons from each sire. We intentionally produce large sire groups, including many three-quarter and full brothers, so you can select multiple similarly bred bulls for consistency. No other place in America will allow you to select from such large sire group offerings. Every bull and registered female is out of a cow family many generations deep in our EA breeding. We are confident in the maternal lineage behind our cattle, for these cow families have been bred and culled on in our environment for generations. These are cow families that didn’t just show up here in the hope that they will produce well; they are cow families that have stood the test of time. We know them and put our trust in them. We have collected fertility data, foot data and performance records on these cow lines. The beef industry starts with a strong maternal factory at the ranch level, and having cows that wean a large calf every 365 days without a lot of extra care is of the utmost importance to ranchers’ profitability. That is why Ellingson Angus continues to collect every aspect of maternal data we can. We think fertility data, foot data and culling data are critical measurements essential in identifying and producing maternal genetics. While we strive to produce fat, beautiful, maternal matrons, we know she is only a maternal matron if she is producing as one. We emphasize foot traits, heifer pregnancy and $M – traits that make a profitable contribution for our customers. Cow families without records backing them are not worth multiplying. Our family works each day to produce the best genetics not only for the future of our operation, but yours and, ultimately, the beef industry. We realize that a lot hinges on our decisions. Therefore, we will never take shortcuts in genetic selections. We will evaluate each animal phenotypically, collect the data, turn in the DNA and, ultimately, find the ones to mass multiply and the ones to cull. As your genetic supplier, we’ll work to make your tomorrow better than today. Sincerely, Chad Ellingson
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2025 Ellingson Angus Real-World Genetics Production Sale Catalog
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