Steve & Christina Koedam / Koedam Cattle Company Koedam Cattle Co. was started by Steve & Christina Koedam after exiting dairy farming in late 2011. In 2012, a small herd of commercial cattle were purchased with the first registered Red Angus in 2013. Koedam Cattle Co. is located in SW Minnesota, near Leota, roughly 50 miles NW of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The Koedam Family has farmed in the area over 100 years and currently calve 100+ cows, 20-30 heifers per year both registered Red Angus and commercial. They also crop farm raising corn, soybeans and alfalfa. They strive to put together a quality herd to produce quality replacement females and bulls for their customers and have sold replacement cows/ heifers private treaty. Their first bull sale started with a trip to the Sioux Empire Farm Show (they have since joined the Red Reckoning group for bull sales) and the Reds On The Prairie and Star G Ranch & Friends auctions for female sales. 3SCC Laser Focused C171 has had the biggest impact on the Koedam herd to date, producing tremendous females and bulls. Steve and Christina enjoy their Red Angus cattle and welcome any questions and visiting about their operation. Dale, Dave, Gary & Brock Kemen / Kemen Farms Red Angus The Kemen Farms Red Angus operation consists of brothers Dale, Dave, Gary and Dale’s son Brock in a farming partnership that grows corn, soybeans, wheat and alfalfa in a rotational crop regiment. Kemen Farms first registered Red Angus purchase was a group of 20 bred heifers from Sonstegard Cattle Co. in 1993 making this their 32nd year in the business. They currently run 300 cows with approximately 240 of them being registered Red Angus and the balance high percentage Red Angus commercial females with a few black cows. They offer a high-quality set of registered bred heifers annually in the ROP/GN Great Northern Sale in Brookings, South Dakota. Dave Kemen served for 23 years on the Midwest Cattlemen’s board and was recently elected to President of the Minnesota Red Angus Association. Kemen Farms is responsible for feeding and developing the Spring Red Reckoning bulls from October to late February where the bulls are clipped, scanned, fertility tested and videoed before they are shipped to southern Iowa and the Star G Ranch for the auction. In the inaugural Red Reckoning Sale in April 2021, Kemen Farms had the 2 top selling bulls (both Stockmarket sons) — $14,500 LLRA Limit Up and $12,000 KFRA H2 Mr Stockmarket. Dave will be at the Red Reckoning Auction on March 20th and 21st to answer any questions you may have regarding the feeding of the Spring bulls and the Kemen Farms Red Angus program. Kyle Gilchrist & Heather Olson / Star G Ranch, Inc The Gilchrist family has been raising registered Red Angus cattle since 1973 starting with Kenneth & Janet Gilchrist producing bulls for Pioneer Beef Cattle in the ‘70s and then Mid America Cattle Co. in the ‘80s. Today, Kyle operates Star G Ranch Inc. as a grass and hay operation, growing no row crops and utilizes the easy fleshing abilities of Red Angus genetics to maximize outputs through their efficiencies. After developing and selling bulls in Oklahoma and Texas for 20 years with the Red Alliance group, the Star G Ranch built an auction facility in 2021 and began selling bulls from Southeast Iowa through the Red Reckoning Auctions the third Saturday of March and Red Angus females in the Star G Ranch & Friends Auction the second Saturday of October. The Star G Ranch is primarily a fall calving herd with a bull battery highlighted by Gilchrist Royal Peacock, Gilchrist Grand Slam 244k & Gilchrist Red Fanatic 422M along with artificial breeding to various sires. 2026 commemorates our 53rd year in the Red Angus business. Our goal is to balance traits in the cattle that work in our environment. We have been carcass scanning all of our cattle and using sire lines with exceptional REA and IMF measurements and believe you must know what’s under the hide in order to make sound breeding decisions for the beef industry. We welcome you to the ranch and our auction facility.
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