EICHACKER SIMMENTAL
WELCOME!
Jeff & Sue Kapperman
Billy, Nadine & Case Kapperman
EICHACKER SIMMENTAL FAMILY Nick, Jordan, Emmitt, Andi, Ellie, Haley & Adam, Brady, Greg & Becki, Bridgett, Judy, Steve, Cathy, Amanda, Dana, Hunter & Taylor
Ross, Patty & Grant Hoefker
Isaac Chase
Zac Heumiller
As I sit to write this cover letter it’s February 5, sunny and 55 degrees outside. And I’m wondering why we brought the rest of the heifers up close to the barn for calving, but I’m sure between now and March 6 mother nature will throw a curve ball at us, and we’ll know it was the right decision. We certainly want to take this opportunity to give a huge THANK YOU to you for your interest in our programs at ES & JK. The fact that you even are taking the time to read this letter means more than you’ll ever know. We have one new face since last year, we want to congratulate Billy & Nadine on their 1st birth, a little boy named Case. On the ES side, after eight years, Becki finally got Greg to say “I do” back in July which happened to be a gorgeous day for a wedding. Whether you take in a livestock show, have lunch at the local sale barn or do a cash flow with your banker, if you own some cattle, these are good times! My dad, Raphael, always said it doesn’t hurt to pitch a little shit once in a while, what he meant is it’s good to be diversified. The variety of options I believe is one of the things that make this sale unique, the most obvious is you have Simmentals and Angus, then go a little deeper into each breed and you have calving ease to high growth and/ or maternal genetics. On the Simmy side, you can go from purebreds to percentages or black to reds. And don’t forget about the females, some will even have calves alongside. We are truly your “One Stop Bull Shop”. Like everything else in the world today, technology is changing the way we do things, and the cattle industry is no different. Taking DNA on each animal is just common practice for us at ES. Once you have the DNA on file, it opens the doors to ASA’s programs like Cow Herd Roundup and Calf Crop Genomics. Then if you put a little jet fuel with DNA we use programs through Top Genomics like Right Mate where they tell us which bull on our list genetically makes the most sense for each mating when A-ing our cows. Then we have Right Choice which is the logos you see on each lot to help you with your bull selection decisions. Then if you really want to zero in on which bull is the best fit for your herd, we have the Right Bull program. Give
us a call on this and we’d be happy to visit about the program. Again, this year we worked with Allied Genetics to secure some embryos out of some elite donors around the country to offer some bulls with new, fresh genetics. We feel there are some very interesting options there. We’d be remiss if we didn’t acknowledge the “Kummer Crew”, Glen, Kurt and Heath for all their commitment and effort with the embryo calves. One new category we added this year to the bulls is a docility score to the Simmental bulls. Everybody has a little different tolerant level and we just wanted to the best of our ability, make sure a bull doesn’t get into the wrong situation. We did the scoring in the video pen when they were sorted by themselves. The ironic part is a couple I scored a 2, the next day back in their pen, they came up and licked my hand, but we kept them as a 2. The sale will once again be a video auction, and videos will be available by mid-February on our website and DV Auction. We will have a change in format, HEIFERS SELL FIRST , followed by the Simmental bulls, then Angus Bulls. The cattle are always available for viewing prior to the sale. The Simmental bulls and heifers are at ES and the Angus bulls are at JK. Each of our operations is only two miles off I-90 but there are fifteen miles between exits. Thanks again for your interest in our operations, it’s not taken lightly. If there’s anything we can do , don’t hesitate to call. Come early and stay after for some great hospitality.
Hope to see you on March 6th!
Eichacker Simmentals & JK Angus
Guest Breeder: JK Angus – Billy Kapperman 605-940-2504 – Ross Hoefker 605-359-5022 Jeff & Sue Kapperman 605-940-5104
VIDEOS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT WWW.EICHACKERSIMMENTALS.COM OR WWW.EBERSALE.COM
FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 2023 FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2026
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