FOUR STATE ANGUS ASSOCIATION Annual Banquet 6:30 pm • Friday evening April 3rd, 2026 GUEST SPEAKER Ed Trotter, Zoetis Join Us
APRIL 4, 2026 • SPRINGFIELD, MO • 12:30 CT
SALE DAY PHONES: Sale Barn (417) 869-9500
HERD HEALTH: Cattle will be accompanied by health certificates for interstate shipment. TRUCKING: Truckers will be available to assist in shipping cattle purchases. Dixon Cattle Co, LLC Livestock Transport | (931) 638-0593 Basset Bros. Trucking | (660) 752-5532 INSPECTION OF THE CATTLE: Cattle may be viewed at the sale site beginning on the evening of Friday, April 3. Prior to that, cattle can be viewed at the farms. LIABILITY: All persons attending this sale do so at their own risk, legal or otherwise, for their safety or the behavior of the animals. The owners, management service, auction barn and sale staff assume no liability for property loss or any accidents that may occur. ATTENTION JUNIOR ANGUS AND 4-H/FFA YOUTH: The Four State Angus Association offers a $100 discount for females purchased at the sale. The discount is limited to one use per youth per year. This is made possible by the generous donations of semen sold during the sale. Please register as a junior before the sale begins. SHOW-ME-SELECT QUALIFIED BULLS: This logo indicates that these sires meet the Missouri Show-Me-Select Replacement Heifer Program, Angus qualification of a minimum CED of +7.0 and are genomic tested. THE TARGETING THE BRAND™ LOGO: The Targeting the Brand™ logo is designed to highlight registered Angus bulls with great genetic potential to produce calves meeting the most challenging specifications of the Certified Angus Beef® brand. Bulls must meet genetic requirements of +0.65 Marbling EPD and +55 $Grid of non-parent Angus sires to qualify for use of the Targeting the Brand™ logo. LIVESTOCK MORTALITY INSURANCE: Marcus Creasy of Adams & Creasy Insurance Agency will be available to assist with mortality insurance at the buyer’s option. He will be in attendance sale day. (501) 206-2281 FOOD AND REFRESHMENTS: Will be available sale day. EPDs contained in the hard copy of this sale book were current as of print date. Digital versions of this sale book can be viewed online at www.angus.org and will have EPDs updated every Friday with the exception of EPD references in footnotes and photos. Any PDF downloads from the website will contain EPDs current as of the date downloaded. References: American Angus Association®, AHIR®, AngusLinkSM, CAB®, Pathfinder®. Parental Avg EPD – Average EPDs between the listed sire and dam. These values are not calculated through the weekly genetic evaluation. The actual EPDs for individual progeny are likely to vary from the expected values listed.
Adam Conover (816) 676-8560 / Julie Conover (734) 260-8635 Traves Merrick (417) 536-8080 / Brett Naylor (417) 880-6873 AUCTIONEER: Al Conover (515) 491-8078 SALE MANAGER: Brett Naylor (417) 880-6873 FOUR STATE ANGUS ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS: President: Traves Merrick, Miller, MO (417) 536-8080 Vice President: Brett Naylor, Buffalo, MO (417) 880-6873 Secretary: Rick Geller, Neosho, MO (417) 389-9806 Treasurer: Ted Koontz, Sparta, MO (417) 839-3960 Board Member: Chris Tarter, Galena, MO (417) 844-6263 Board Member: Don Ely, Hartsville, MO (417) 830-7530 Board Member: Deana Wolfe, Galena, MO (417) 231-2333 LIVESTOCK PUBLICATION REPRESENTATIVES: Adam Conover, American Angus Association (816) 676-8560 Julie Conover, Missouri Angus Association (734) 260-8635 Bill Nance (417) 214-0093 SALE LOCATION: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center 6821 W Independence Drive
Springfield, MO 65802 ACCOMMODATIONS: Best Western Plus Coach House
2535 N Glenstone Ave Springfield, MO 65803 (417) 862-0701
LOT NUMBERS: The tags on animals will correspond with the Lot numbers in the sale book. Ear tags on calves at side of dam correspond with the dam’s number. TERMS AND CONDITIONS: Cattle will sell under the terms and conditions as recommended by the American Angus Association, including payment upon purchase. SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: A supplemental sheet will be available sale day with sale order and update information. Announcements from auction block will take precedence over printed material. Current EPD and genetic recessive information is available online.
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