Iowa State University Tradition of Excellence Sale

Sale: Saturday, January 27, 2007
Snow date: Monday, January 29, 2007

South State Street, Ames, IA • Beef Teaching Center Pavilion

Sale Starting @ 1:00 P.M.

Sale Day Phones
Beef Farm Office (515) 292-2735
Marshall Ruble (515) 460-2384
Dan Morrical (515) 291-0848
Location
South State Street, Ames, Iowa
Teaching Center Pavilion
Viewing
Starting at 10 AM Sale Day
Auctioneer
Jon Schaben– Dunlap, Iowa
Meal
Join us for a complementary lunch
Lodging
Super 8 Motel
14518 S. Dayton Rd., Ames, IA
Phone: (515) 232-6310
Gateway Center Hotel
U.S. 30 and Elwood Dr., Ames, IA
Phone: (515) 292-8600

Private Treaty Bull Sale
All viewing can be done prior to 11AM
at the Beef Teaching Center

Featuring
7 Yearling Simmental
3 Two-Year Old Simmental
9 Yearling Angus

Bids close at 11 AM sharp!

Tradition of Excellence Sale
will be selling:

31 Head

4 Simmental Open Heifers
5 Simmental Bred Heifers
4 Simmental Bred Cows
6 Angus Open Heifers
6 Angus Bred Heifers
5 Angus Bred Cows

Embryos
ISU MS EXT ALLIANCE A815
(EMULATION EXT DAUGHTER)
X 3C MACHO

Announcements
Announcements from the block will take
precedence over those in the catalog.

Trucking
We will be glad to assist making the best
possible trucking arrangements.

Visit our website at
http://www.ans.iastate.edu/centers/beef/
or
www.breedingcattlepage.com

Welcome!
This year our sale will be smaller than usual due to a higher percent of bull calves last spring. I think you will find the quality you expect in our sale offering. It was a tough decision for me to pick out females to offer. I can think of a reason to keep everyone of them, but the farm isn’t large enough to keep them all. That is excellent news for you!

We have tried to be on the forefront of health issues with our cattle. Every calf spring and fall was ear notched and tested for persistently infected BVD. Our report card was perfect.

This past year we sold only four heifer calves. At the National Western Foundation Female Sale we sold two daughters of ISU Imaging Q9111, now owned by Semex, that were well received and exceeded my expectations. At the Iowa Beef Expo we topped the open heifer division with our Power Surge Simmental heifer. I can’t say enough about how good our Angus herd sire, Steele Traveler L17, does for us and we will share a few of his genetics. We sold only one of his daughters at the Iowa Beef Expo and she was near the top in the show and sale.

This year we are adding embryo lots sired by 3C Macho and LMS Perfect Dream out of two of our Angus donor cows. The foundation Simmental market is continuing to stay strong, so we are willing to share our newest breeding project.

The students, our labor force, are working very hard to provide you with a quality event. They do every job and make sure every detail is covered. Make sure you get to know them and ask them questions at the sale. I think you will be as impressed as I have been. See you at the sale and cheer for the Cyclones, re-member they are young!

Marshall

$14,000 Denver Heifer

$5,000 Iowa Beef Expo Heifer

State St. doesn’t have an exit so
you must either exit on Elwood Dr. or
South Dakota Ave. From there you
just turn onto Mortensen Rd,
then south onto State St.

Click on the map for a larger view