EARLY INSPECTIONS:
All 230 highly culled and selected Red Angus influenced bulls
are available for viewing at any time. The bulls will be put into place at the sale site on
Thursday prior to the sale. For anyone wanting to see the cattle prior to Thursday please
call in advance.
EARLY ARRIVALS:
We welcome everyone to arrive the day before the sale to study the
bulls selling as well as our program. Also it will give us time to discuss your program
goals and objectives.
LODGING/ACCOMODATIONS:
There are several lodging options in the area and fol-
lowing is a list of our suggestions:
Sale Headquarters
Hampton Inn and Suites (Billings)
(406)656-7511
Ask for Ludvigson Rate
Other Hotels
Homewood Suites by Hilton
(406)656-0525
Holiday Inn Express
(406)652-0111
Big Horn Resort
(406)839-9300
AIRLINES:
Billings is served by several airlines including Delta Airlines, United Airlines
and Alaska Airlines.
HOSPITALITY/FOOD:
Sale hospitality will be provided the day of the sale including cof-
fee and rolls in the morning and lunch served at noon.
SALE LOCATION:
The sale is located at the Weschenfelder Development Center in
Shepherd, Montana. Please refer to the map. 10626 CA Road, Shepherd, MT 59079
TRUCKING:
We provide for all trucking of animals after the sale, unless the buyer
wishes to pick animals up after the sale. All bulls selling in this event for $4,000 or more
or any invoices with totals of $15,000 or more will be delivered for free to the nearest
central points. All other bulls will be delivered at cost ($0.50/mile) to the nearest central
points. We will begin delivering bulls after the sale.
SALE ORDER:
Cattle sell in catalog order for your convenience.
SIGHT UNSEEN PURCHASES (SUS):
We encourage everyone to attend the sale but
we understand that not everyone can be with us sale day. We offer a 100% Satisfaction
Guaranteed Sight Unseen Purchase program through our seasoned and professional
marketing representatives. Please feel free to contact any of our representatives on the
inside front cover for your buying needs.
FERTILITY:
All of the bulls are fertility tested and examined by Dr. Lance Hughes and
sell as Guaranteed Breeders.
Ludvigson Stock Farms Development Crew:
Rodger Reitman - Reproduction Specialist
Brian Brigham - Geneticist and Growsafe Coordinator
LN Cattle Company Ranch Crew:
Kraig Sweeney - Ranch Manager
Justin Martinez - Cowhand
Chace Iverson - Cowhand
Ludvigson Stock Farms Veterinarians
Dr. Lance Hughes – Hobson, MT
Weschenfelder Feedlot
Henry Weschenfelder Family
GENETIC TESTING:
All necessary genetic testing has
been carried out as
prescribed by the
Red Angus Association of America.
No tested carriers are
selling in this event.
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–––– Expected Progeny Differences (EPDs) ––––
Herd of Origin
–––– Individual
Performance ––––
Ludvigson Stock Farms
Established in 1954
Herdbuilder Red Angus and Hybred Sale • April 8, 2017
Selling 230 Rugged Athletic Bulls • Shepherd, Montana • 1:00 MDT
Billings
To Hampton Inn
Main Street
Billings Heights
To Roundup
Shepherd
Shepherd Rd
CA Rd
Scandia Rd
Weschenfelder Development Center
10626 CA Road
Shepherd, MT 59079
Huntley
Highway 312
towards Shepherd
Highway 94
towards Miles City
Sale at:
10626 CA Road
Shepherd, MT 59079
HERD
Herdbuilder Index – ranks bulls on the cow herd building traits
GRID
Gridmaster Index – ranks bulls on the feedlot and carcass traits
CED
Calving Ease Direct-percent difference of
calves unassisted at birth
BW
Birth Weight
WW
Weaning Weight
YW
Yearling Weight
MILK
Milk
ME
Mature Cow Maintenance Energy Requirements
HPG
Heifer Pregnancy-percent difference
daughters conceiving
CEM
Calving Ease Total Maternal-percent of
difference of daughters calving unassisted
STAY
Stayability-percent difference of daughters
staying in a herd until six years of age.
MARB
Marbling
YG
Yield Grade - predicts differences in USDA Yield Grade score
and is expressed in USDA Yield Grade units.
CW
Carcass Weight - predicts differences in hot carcass weight
and is expressed in pounds.
F:G
Feed to Gain - Lower number is better
INTAKE
Feed Intake - Lower number is better
DISP
Extremely Quiet
Very Quiet
Average Below Average Much Below Average
$PROFIT - $RANCH - $FEEDER
All three indexes are expressed in terms of % breed rank with
the lower number being better. Those bulls with a “0” are at
the very top of the breed.
GeneSeek Genomic Profiler™ (GGP-LD)
the EPD's have been enhanced to have increased accuracy
Top $ Angus
is a premium program available through the RAAA to identify sires and calves that
rank in the top 25% of the breed for the Gridmaster Index. There is a large pool of feedlot owners
that have signed up to source these cattle for their operations.
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LSF MEW X-CITEMENT 6690D
BD: 1/1/16 TATTOO: 6690D REG#:3538995 HERD: MEWCAT: 100% AR
MYTTY IN FOCUS
AA R TEN X 7008 S A
AA R LADY KELTON 5551
REDHILL TEN X 104U 190A
BECKTON JULIAN GG B571
RED HILL B571 BARMAID 104U
1BWJ BARMAID 54P
LSF COMBINATION A301M
NSF ICON P532
MS NSF MIMI M628
MEW JESS 911W
BIEBER MAKE MIMI 7249
MS NSF MIMI N054
MS NSF PROJECT L398
BW
WW
YW
IMF
REA
FRAME
SCR
82
716
1263
3.62
15.27
4.3
33
HERD GRID CED BW WW YW MILK ME HPG CEM STAY MARB YG CW REA BFAT
125 56 10 -3.3 71 128 28 3 11 2 10 0.91 0.04 42 0.53 0.03
$PROFIT
INTAKE
F:G
$RANCH
$FEEDER
DISP
Top 30.2%
Top 85.4%
Top 1.6%
Top 8.5%
Top 3.4%
TOP $ ELIGIBLE
