Welcome to the Ludvigson Stock Farms Fifteenth Annual Fall Edition Herdbuilder Bull Sale
We are excited to welcome you to our Fifteenth Annual Fall Edition Herdbuilder Bull Sale — now hosted at the Leachman $Profit Center in Meriden, Wyoming. This new location represents an exciting step forward for our program. The Leachman facility is one of the most advanced performance testing and feed efficiency centers in the country, allowing us to test our bulls in a state-of-the-art environment. The central location in Meriden also provides excellent access for our customers across the United States, with improved transportation and delivery options. Most importantly, it allows us to continue offering the same full-service guarantee while leveraging one of the most proven and data-driven systems in the industry. This year’s sale offering is one of the best sets of coming two-year-old Red Angus bulls we have ever produced. The group is especially strong in structure, with outstanding feet, legs, and soundness. From top to bottom, the bulls are uniform, balanced, and built for long-term performance. We believe the beef industry is entering one of the most dynamic and competitive eras in history. As national cow numbers rebuild, feedlots and packers are becoming increasingly selective in the genetics they source. Cow-calf producers who raise high-quality, highly efficient feeder cattle will be the ones who see their calves sought after — and even fought over — in the marketplace. Genetics and sound herd health programs will be essential to capturing these premiums. With all-time highs in the beef market and strong fundamentals pointing to sustained profitability for years to come, there has never been a better time to focus on superior genetics. Over the years, we have developed and refined a multi-trait selection model that optimizes calving ease, growth, maternal, and carcass performance. Our goal is to help our customers increase overall profitability through balanced, efficient, and proven genetics. We continue to contribute performance data to Lee Leachman’s patented $Profitability model and database, one of the most sophisticated systems in the industry. New this fall, we are including a Fertility EPD — developed by Zoetis and Leachman’s — which ranks bulls on the fertility passed down to their daugh- ters. This groundbreaking metric complements the existing $Profit, $Ranch, and $Feeder indexes, each expressed in % breed rank. The lower the num- ber, the higher the rank for that trait. $Profit measures total profitability from ranch to feedlot; $Ranch focuses on maternal and ranch-based returns; and $Fertility highlights reproductive efficiency. More detail about these indexes can be found on page 5 of this catalog, and I welcome your call to discuss them further. We also encourage you to visit with us about marketing your calves for next year. Our commercial marketing arm, Orion Beef Group, operates a state-of- the-art marketing platform at www.orionbeefgroup.com, providing opportunities to connect superior genetics with high-value buyers. We are actively purchasing replacement heifers and plan to continue doing so. If we can help you with travel or accommodations, please contact us. Sale headquarters this year will be at the Little America Resort and Hotel in Cheyenne, Wyoming. As always, we appreciate your continued support and friendship, and we look forward to seeing you at the sale. Sincerely, Ryan Ludvigson
Ludvigson Stock Farms Genetic Advancement Center 1918 Alpine Avenue Cushing, Iowa 51018
Leachman $Profit Center 3847 Road 152 Meriden, Wyoming 82081
Ryan Ludvigson Billings, Montana (515)450-3124 rl_ludvigson@hotmail.com
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