Welcome!
On behalf of everyone here at CK Cattle and Wager Cattle, I’d like to personally invite you and yours to our 9th Annual Production Sale.
2025 will forever go down as one of the most memorable years around our places and I’d imagine around yours as well. The most obvious of highlights for 2025 has been the record-breaking prices and profits seen by the American Cattleman. The common question with producers is “How long will this last?” Fundamentally, it looks as if we have legs for a bit. Demand is still as high as it has ever been and we are the only animal protein that has a quality standard for our consumers. That’s what sets us apart. Another question has been, “Will the consumer continue to buy our product at a high level?” I’m going to steel an analogy by Charles Mogck last spring at his sale, “As long as consumers continue to buy $8 coffee, we should be OK.” I haven’t heard it put any better than that. All I can say is that looking at the fundamentals of the business, the cow/calf producer holds the hammer. Another highlight of 2025 was the acquisition of the R&R Cattle Company herd. This is something that has us as excited as anything we’ve done. You will notice the bull calves from their operation within the book and they fit right in. With the highs, 2025 was one of monumental losses for our family. We lost some very close friends, but they were more than friends…they were family! There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t have some sort of thought about them. They are sorely missed, but more important, we think of their families. Life moves on, and it’s definitely different without them. Our philosophy has not changed with our program. We are trying to build cattle for the commercial cattleman. As always, they must breed, raise a calf, have a good udder, good feet, and do all this with minimal inputs. We refuse to trim feet, strip udders or propagate open cows. We are very proud of this set of cattle. We continually work at bringing the best cattle to you that we believe will add profit to your programs. There is a high percentage of homo black bulls and solid black individuals. The bulls will be genomic enhanced on their EPD profiles. The scan data, adjusted yearling weights, and scrotal measurements will be on a supplement sheet. Bulls will be semen tested and given foot rot, pinkeye and breeding shots prior to delivery around April 15, 2026. We will offer free delivery on the bulls within South Dakota and the surrounding states. Delivery on the heifers will be the buyer’s responsibility. The bred heifers will be re-pregged and have shots up to date. Once again, we will have Prime Rib and refreshments during and after the sale. Feel free to call or stop by anytime. The coffee is always hot and the beer cold. Thank you for your continued support, and welcome to our new customers!
We appreciate your support and look forward to working with you. We hope to see you Saturday, February 14, 2026, at 2 PM!
Sincerely, Chris Effling
CK Cattle Chris & Kristi Effling Chesney, & Kenidey Hadley & Cagney Schotte Chris: 605.769.0142 | Kristi: 605.769.1308 Highmore, South Dakota
Wager Cattle Lanny & Jayne Wager Dusty & Aimee Wager Teigen, Kinsey, & Landan Lanny: 605.769.1211 | Dusty: 605.769.5010 Gettysburg, South Dakota
Chris & Kristi Effling Chesney, & Kenidey
Hadley & Cagney Schotte
Lanny & Jayne Wager
Dusty & Aimee Wager Teigen, Kinsey, & Landan
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