Welcome
Welcome to our 2025 production sale. What a year 2024 has been to be in the cattle business. It seems like every week we hear about another record price being broken. We had excellent moisture this summer which led to abundant hay, pasture and crops. The only downfall to all the moisture over the summer was our weaning weights were down a little from the grass being so lush, but I’d rather have that than dealing with drought conditions. It’s been a busy year between chasing the kids around throughout various sports seasons, 4-H activities, and managing all the cattle and crops. We are a family operation and all 4 of our kids are always out helping and developing a passion for the cattle and for our newest adventure of starting a small herd of registered Boer goats (thanks to some extra nudging from Steph over the years). We focus very hard on having a strong maternal cow herd. We want cows that are functional and low input yet maintain proper body condition. I always say you can’t build a house on a weak foundation, and I feel that is the same for a cow herd. You need a solid foundation to develop cattle that will be functional and marketable. We do NOT creep feed any of the calves, as we expect them to grow and excel with mother’s milk and grass alone. Disposition is EXTREMELY important to us with the kids always with the cows. The bulls are being fed similar rations that we have used for the last few years developed by Blair Andrews at Dakota Plains Feed and Grain in Hecla, SD. She has developed rations to achieve maximum growth while keeping the bulls athletically sound and to have longevity. The rations this year are using a combination of earlage, corn silage, ground oats hay, ground alfalfa hay, and RIO backgrounder loose mineral. They are currently eating only 24# as fed (12.6# DMI), we might sacrifice a little in ADG but feel we will have better longevity. All our feedstuffs are 100% homegrown. They also always have free choice salt and Rio Nutrition tubs.
All cattle are on a strict herd health program put together with the Hosmer Vet Clinic (Dr. Holly Roe Johnson 605-283-2278).
All bulls are DNA tested with genomically enhanced EPDs, parent verified, coat color, horn/poll, ADG, adj. YW, carcass ultrasound, and scrotal measure- ments. Supplement sheets will be available sale day for any information that didn’t make the catalog.
Again, this year we will be retaining 1/3 semen interest on all the bulls. You will be buying full possession and 2/3 semen rights.
Thank you for your interest in our program. Please feel free to contact us at any time, follow us on Facebook, or visit our website www.srsimms.com to learn more about the cattle. Visitors are always welcome to view the bulls prior to the sale.
Thanks,
Tom & Meghan Schnabel, Schnabel Ranch Simmentals Peyton (15), Mallory (13), Danyelle (12), Korbyn (9)
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