¬ Welcome to the 49th Annual CSU Bull & Female Sale
Nearly half a century of tradition and proven performance. Colorado State University is rich in tradition and the Annual Bull & Female Sale is no exception. As you preview the information to follow, please note that we are once again selling age-advantaged bulls. These bulls are ready to work and should be able to cover more females. Again, this year, you’ll find bulls and females from the CSU-Beef Improvement Center (CSU-BIC) at Saratoga, WY. We have partnered with CSU-BIC to deliver you registered Angus bulls born and raised at higher elevations. These cattle were brought to CSU-ARDEC after weaning and developed alongside the Angus and Herefords born and raised here near Fort Collins. Cattle from CSU- BIC will be identified as such later in this catalog. Listed on the following pages you will find performance, reproductive, and pedigree information, as well as EPDs on just over 40 bulls and females from a source you can trust. All cattle in the sale have tested free of persistent BVD. Every bull listed in the catalog has undergone a complete reproductive and soundness exam to ensure that they are ready to go to work for you. All females have been palpated safe in calf as recent as 30-days prior to sale day. After weaning, bulls and females were tested for gain and feed efficiency. All cattle listed here have been PAP tested by Dr. Tim Holt, DVM; and different than in years past, bulls continued to develop in Fort Collins at CSU-ARDEC through the summer and fall. To give you added confidence and assurance, Dr. Holt has provided more detailed explanation regarding PAP scores from moderate elevations. Hereford females and one group of commercial females spent the summer grazing at CSU-ARDEC at Fort Collins, CO. The other group of commercial Angus females listed here are from our CSU-Beef Improvement Center herd at Saratoga, WY; and like the bulls from CSU-BIC, they will be identified as such later in the catalog. Students enrolled in our Seedstock Merchandising courses have been heavily involved in the selection and preparation of animals for this year’s sale. The Seedstock Sales Management class, together with the Seedstock Merchandising Team, as well as others, have taken bull photos, written catalog comments, evaluated data, and helped to clip sale cattle. As I write this letter, Seedstock Team students are making final preparations on one pen of Hereford cattle that they will display and show in The Yards during the 2025 National Western Stock Show – a pen of Spring Yearling Hereford Heifers. Please be sure to ask the students about their time in Denver when you see them at our Annual Sale in February here in Fort Collins. This year’s sale will once again be at CSU-ARDEC in Fort Collins. We will sell cattle in the CSU-ARDEC Conference Center; some of you may remember it as the Taylor Center. As we carry Dr. Taylor’s legacy of “learning by doing”, what a privilege it is to sell cattle in a facility named for the man who founded the Seedstock Merchandising program at CSU! We have once again partnered with DV Auctions to provide our customers and community the ability to view the sale and bid online. We will be selling cattle on Saturday, February 21, 2026, at 11 a.m. If you will be bidding online, we suggest that you register to bid prior to Sale Day. If you have questions or are interested in bidding alternatives, please reach out to the sale representatives listed in the catalog. Come early on Saturday morning prior to the sale, we’ll have engaging conversations with industry leaders and foster industry connections at CSU-ARDEC. We’ll have the coffee on at 7:30, and at 8 a.m. we’ll have an engaging Cattle Chat with industry leaders. After which, there will be opportunity to connect with industry professionals and preview cattle until the sale starts at 11 a.m. It’s sure to be a great morning! We invite you to view the bulls any time prior to the sale at the ARDEC facility. Please reach out to any of the sale representatives listed in this catalog for more information on the sale and the cattle listed in this catalog. The Seedstock Team would love to preview the cattle for you before sale day; please contact Dr. Sam Cunningham to schedule a visit. Sale information and videos will be available online (https://agsci.colostate. edu/ansci). We are looking forward to sharing this year’s offering with you! Be sure to come early on sale day to join us for coffee and breakfast, connect with industry, visit with our students, and get a preview of the cattle. See you there!
Samantha Cunningham, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Animal Sciences Seedstock Team Faculty Advisor
49 th Annual Bull Sale
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