It is our pleasure to welcome you to the Annual Crouthamel Cattle Co. Bull Sale. There is something to be said for staying the course. When I look through the 2026 offering the Crouthamel Family has worked hard to produce, I really begin to appreciate the diligence and determination that Cory set in place over 15 years ago when we first crossed paths. At the time he was expanding his cowherd and purchasing many older cows. One might think it was mainly to get a more affordable product due to their age, but the real reason was that those cows were proven and more predictable. They had already been through multiple sorts, jumped through all the hurdles of fertility, production, quality, temperament, etc. He brought them home and then challenged them again in his own local environment. They didn’t all workout, but the ones that did have had a lasting impression on this program. When you flip through the following pages, you will start to see the same females popping up multiple times in the 2nd and 3rd columns of these pedigrees. You will realize the “ripple effect” those females have had and resulting consistency and predictability of these genetics. We have had the opportunity to go through each of the bulls this winter, and the offering is stacked up nicely. If we can answer any questions about the bulls prior to sale, please don’t hesitate to contact us. This year’s spring yearlings are led off by sons of Crouthamel Copyright 2514, the high-selling bull from 2023 as well as his flush brother, Crouthamel Barricade 2545. The Copyright’s were popular last year, and I think the powerful Blackbird 3068 donor is showing through in these two sons again this year. As always, there is a solid offering of Fall-born long yearling bulls featured in Lots 110-122. Then you also won’t want to miss the Charolais offering featured in Lots 125-133. Cory and & Shannon have grown this set of cattle very well, and I believe it to be our best Charolais offering yet. The sale will be held at the Double M Sale Facility in Stanfield, OR, conveniently located along Interstate 84. The bulls are developed at Beus Cattle Co., just North of Pasco, WA. If you’re passing through before the sale, feel free to stop in and look around. The bulls are located just a few miles off Highway 395. Look forward to seeing you at the Sale!
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#SITZ STELLAR 726D SITZ BARBARAMERE NELL 765D CROUTHAMEL COPYRIGHT 2514 CROUTHAMEL GAME DAY 5045 CROUTHAMEL BLACKBIRD 7136 #CROUTHAMEL BLACKBIRD 3068 #HAYNES OUTRIGHT 452 A A R OUTRIGHT 7516 #AAR COMANCHES PRINCESS 3532 CROUTHAMEL ERISKAY 0083 #S A V RESOURCE 1441 CROUTHAMEL ERISKAY 7081 #CCC ERISKAY 1538 1 CROUTHAMEL COPYRIGHT 5060 BD: 01/21/25 Reg #: 21460049 Tattoo: 5060 SITZ BARRICADE 632F
Lot Number
BW 90 Adj 205 666 WW Ratio 95 Adj. 365 1045 YW Ratio 102 Dam’s NR 3/94
Dam’s Nursing Ratio Individual performance/ ratios
$Value Indexes
Production EPDs
CED BW WW YW RADG DOC HP CEM Milk Marb RE $M $B $C 2 2.4 71 128 0.24 21 11.2 9 22 0.40 0.38 67 131 237
Docility (DOC), expressed as a difference in yearling cattle temperament, with a higher value indicating more favorable docility. It predicts the average difference of progeny from a sire in comparison with another sire’s calves. In herds where temperament problems are not an issue, this expected difference would not be realized. Ribeye Area (RE), expressed in square inches, is a predictor of the difference in ribeye area of a sire’s progeny compared to progeny of other sires. Maternal Weaned Calf Value ($M), an index, expressed in dollars per head, predicts profitability differences from conception to weaning with the underlying breeding objective assuming that individuals retain their own replacement females within herd and sell the rest of the cull female and all male progeny as feeder calves. The model assumes commercial producers will replace 25% of their breeding females in the first generation and 20% of their breeding females in each subsequent generation.
Heifer Pregnancy (HP), is a selection tool to increase the probability or chance of a sire’s daughters becoming pregnant as first-calf heifers during a normal breeding season. A higher EPD is the more favorable direction and the EPD is reported in percentage units. Calving Ease Maternal (CEM), is expressed as a difference in percentage of unassisted births with a higher value indicating greater calving ease in first-calf daughters. It predicts the average ease with which a sire’s daughters will calve as first-calf heifers when compared to daughters of other sires. Maternal Milk (Milk), is a predictor of a sire’s genetic merit for milk and mothering ability as expressed in his daughters compared to daughters of other sires. In other words, it is that part of a calf’s weaning weight attributed to milk and mothering ability. Marbling (Marb), is expressed as a fraction of the difference in USDA marbling score of a sire’s progeny compared to progeny of other sires.
Calving Ease Direct (CED), is expressed as a difference in percentage of unassisted births, with a higher value indicating greater calving ease in first-calf heifers. It predicts the average difference in ease with which a sire’s calves will be born when he is bred to first-calf heifers. Birth Weight (BW), expressed in pounds, is a predictor of a sire’s ability to transmit birth weight to his progeny compared to that of other sires. Weaning Weight (WW), expressed in pounds, is a predictor of a sire’s ability to transmit weaning growth to his progeny compared to that of other sires. Yearling Weight (YW), expressed in pounds, is a predictor of a sire’s ability to transmit yearling growth to his progeny compared to that of other sires.. Residual Average Daily Gain (RADG), expressed in pounds per day, is a predictor of a sire’s genetic ability for postweaning gain in future progeny compared to that of other sires, given a constant amount of feed consumed.
Beef Value ($B), a terminal index, expressed in dollars per carcass, to predict profitability differences in progeny due to genetics for postweaning and carcass traits. This terminal index assumes commercial producers wean all male and female progeny, retain ownership of these animals through the feedlot phase and market these animals on a carcass grid. Combined Value ($C), an index, expressed in dollars per head, which includes all traits that make up both Maternal Weaned Calf Value ($M) and Beef Value ($B) with the objective that commercial producers will replace 20% of their breeding females per year with replacement heifers retained within their own herd. The remaining cull heifer and steer progeny are then assumed to be sent to the feedlot where the producers retain ownership of those cattle and sell them on a quality-based carcass merit grid.
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