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WELCOME TO THE 2025 LITTILE BITTERROOT RANCH & LAIRD SIMMENTAL PRODUCTION SALE! WE thank the Lairds for joining us in offering a bigger volume and broader base for customer selection needs. With our ranches being further in distance it makes it more challenging to manage and feed the bulls identically. I think our visions to produce sound functional Simmental and Sim/Angus are quite similar. This means good feet and legs, easy fleshing, docile females with problem free udders and longevity with much more. Breeding improvement for carcass quality and premium on the rail is a bonus which we have strived for without sacrificing the maternal for the terminal values. We are not focused on the extremes but do love the extra performance and value the Simmental breed offers over the straight breed cattle. Heterosis is a gift to improve the bottom line. Balance trait selection is the goal. We are to count our blessings and to have a thankful heart. After Marilynn’s back surgery last year, she hasn’t been able to touch her toes as easily, but she is not under constant pain. We can be thankful after 57 years of raising cattle, we can still care for our Simmental cows. Being able to do what you love is very rewarding. In looking at the world with wars and rumors of wars it makes one feel alarmed. We are thankful for not fighting war on our own soil. It seems like we are in times of increasing troubles. Each generation has its own challenges. I will use Lester Holts message to the Media. “Take care of yourselves and each other.” Thinking of our own self above others leads to trouble but living with the perspective “It is more blessed to give than receive,” can be a gift to others and a fulfillment of the heart. This year LBR will offer one donor, 14 bred cows, 3 bred heifers, and 12 open heifers along with 30 bulls. The females have been selected from the heart of our herd. We didn’t want them to be calving during the sale, so the bred cows and heifers were chosen from the ultrasound calving date. The elite Guardian donor has been flushed twice and kept open for the new owner. All females will need to be taken home after the sale. In the LBR bull group there will be 8 embryo transplant bulls with the rest sired by AI. All bulls are Homo Polled. Lot 13 M811 is Hetero Black and Lot 26 M929 is Red; the rest are all Homo Black. The two older bulls were used as herd sires in LBR’s program. They had limited use as clean up bulls after AI. We guarantee them to be free of any transmittable diseases. There are also 2 fall age advantaged ET bulls that were raised at a cooperator herd. They have the same quality genetics as the 4 spring bull siblings, but they will have smaller weaning and yearling weights. LBR bulls and female’s pictures, videos, and data can be viewed on our web page littlebitterrootranch.com by the middle of December. As always please give us a call with any questions about our offering. Hope to see you February 4th.
The Lord bless and keep you, Frank and Marilynn
Little Bitterroot Ranch and Laird Simmental Joint Production Sale
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