Dear Cattlemen, Neighbors & Friends, Welcome to our 4th Annual Bull and Female Sale. It is an exciting time to be in the cattle business and the Red Angus breed, and we are grateful for everyone that has expressed interest in our program. We are very proud of our sale offering and feel the genetics and phenotypes of our cattle speak for themselves. We have built our program around a select group of genetics from some of the most well established and suc - cessful programs in the breed. With these base genetics we have gone into a very intensive ET and AI program to mass produce the kind that we like and know will work for our customers. Our main goal in all of this is to build a cow herd of very maternal females that can produce progeny with growth and carcass merit. Our experience milking 1000+ head of dairy cows has made us very aware of the importance of feet, legs, and udders, and has had a very positive effect on how we select and cull for structural soundness. We were truly humbled by the outcome of our previous three production sales, as well as being selected as the 2024 RAAA Breeder of the Year. Our commitment to this industry and desire to bring you the same quality genetics, only in more quantity, has been a goal. We are continuing to produce more bulls, better bulls, for less. This year we selected 125 bulls from well over 200 head of male calves to go on the sale and the majority of them are ET calves out of our top cow families. We are also offering some of our best registered heifers again this year - and back by popular demand, we are offering a group of our best commercial heifers selected right from the top... this is a pretty special set of females! As all of you know, this lifestyle is a family effort and requires sacrifice and input from everyone. While I spend most of my time outdoors with the cattle, my wife, Becky, handles all the bookkeeping and the kids’ busy schedules. Our oldest Jaylee (16) enjoys riding horses and showing cattle, all while managing volleyball, track, cheerleading, and once again she and her gymnastics team won the State Championship for the fourth year in a row! Jaedyn (10) is responsible for all the pet chores and she showed for the first time this summer, winning Champion Breeding Gilt at the county fair. Jamison (6) started kindergarten this year and he and Jocelyn (4) still enjoy riding around with dad, whether that’s in the chopper, feed wagon, payloader or pickup – learning all the ropes to be his future partners. Jaxson would have turned 14 this past year – he is forever loved and missed. My mother, KIm, lives on the farm and still helps where she can. We would love to have you join us on March 11th, whether in person or by DV Auction. We are sincerely grateful for our loyal customers over the years and look forward to visiting with old friends and new on sale day. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to give me a call! Sincerely, Austin Berwald
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