Dear Friends, Welcome! It is a pleasure to host the sale with our good friends Ken, Zita, Kirk and Lisa Duensing at our Bull Development Center north of Blue Rapids. Our family has been raising Herefords since 1937 and our breeding program has always been to produce efficient, productive cattle that will excel in the pasture and feedlot. We do like that package to be phenotypically eye appealing. We believe you can have it all — cattle with the numbers the industry is looking for and the look that can excel in the showring. We strive to produce easy-keeping, deep-bodied females that will raise the next herd bull for our customers’ programs. As you will note on the sale bulls’ names there are several with the grandkids’ prefixes — this proves show heifers can produce bulls that will work in the real world. Our goal is to raise cattle that are structurally sound, graze our native pastures and utilize crop residue at least 10 months of the year, have a calf every year unassisted and wean at a respectable weight. We have an extensive AI program that includes heifers bred to low birth-weight bulls then cleaned up for 60 days. Plus 90% of our cow herd is AI bred to moderate birth weight and growth bulls with acceptable carcass numbers. We utilize proven bulls but we’re not afraid to sample a well-made young bull. There has never been a more exciting time to be raising cattle than right now. Our economy is hungry for beef and there’s no time like the present to grow and improve our cow herds and the offspring they produce. The Hereford bulls and heifers we have for this year’s sale are tremendous in type and kind and will help you to elevate your next calf crop both in pounds and quality. If you are looking at adding some docility to your herd, look no further as our bulls and heifers are “people friendly.” If you plan to retain more heifers this year there are several bulls designed for calving ease while still excelling in growth and carcass quality. We utilize genomic testing and this year more than 65% of the offering is homozygous polled. Much of the success of our program can be attributed to it simply being a family operation with everyone contributing their own unique talents. Our success would not be possible if it wasn’t for family. The bulls are fed using a bunkline delivery method. By making this switch several years ago, we can better observe bulls that may not be wanting to eat, as well as minimize those that may be over eating. We feel the bulls are much more consistent this year not only in their weight gain, but also in their condition. As you review the offering you will note we have denoted Dams of Distinction (DOD), Sires of Distinction (SOD) and CHB Sires (CHB) in the pedigree. We’ve also bolded all EPDs that are ranked in the top 15% of the Hereford breed. As you look through the offering, you will note that the average of our bulls and heifers is above breed average for the EPDs and indexes listed below. This year we again have a group of F1 females in our sale. Bull customers Bart and Dennis Thoreson are offering a nice group sired by Springhill Herefords bulls. Be sure to check them out on Page 28. We look forward to hosting you on March 21. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact any of us. We’ll have the bulls in the pens by 10 a.m. Saturday. If you’d like to view them before the sale give us a call. Videos are available online at OnTargetBullSale.com . If you can’t attend in person, the sale will be broadcast online on DVAuction.com .
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Hereford Breed Average EPD and $ Values – Spring 2025 CED BW WW YW Milk MCW FAT
Yours to profitable beef, Dan & Kim Schmidt 785-562-6685 • 785-562-6680 and Dave Stump 785-556-0124
REA Marb BMI$ CHB$
SH Bull Avg.
4.4
2.1
65 104
31
107
0.028 0.68 0.20 423
148
Breed Avg.
3.7
2.5 57
90 27
90 0.023 0.48 0.15
377
124
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