LOCATION:
R.A. Brown Ranch Headquarters; 204 Brown Ranch Road;
Throckmorton, TX 76483. It is located 4 miles west of Throckmorton on HWY
380. Then turn at the ranch sign and go 1 mile north on County Rd 112. See map
on back cover.
SALE ORDER & LUNCH:
The sale begins promptly at 9 a.m. with
cattle selling in catalog order with very few exceptions. Our complimentary sale
day breakfast is provided by Westway Feed (Jon Cunningham) and lunch by
our good friends at Spitzer Animal Health (Todd and Krista Spitzer). Double
T Trading (Ron & Janet Tidwell) will be providing the Tuesday evening meal.
Please take time to visit with these friends of the ranch.
AUCTIONEERS:
Jim Birdwell, 580-695-2352
Doak Lambert, 972-839-6485
Trent Stewart, 541-325-3662
ASSOC. / PUBLICATION REPS / RINGMEN:
Radale Tiner -
Angus Journal
, 979-492-2663
Terry Reagan -
Rancher Exchange
, 210-414-4411
Mark Sims - High Plains Journal, 580-595-0901
Chisolm Kinder -
Oklahoma Cowman
, 405-747-4683
Micheal Sturgess -
Southern Livestock
, 210-867-6863
Ralph Means -
Weekly Livestock Reporter
, 817-235-9708
Doug Paul -
The Stock Exchange
, 405-820-3982
Bill Angell - Special Assignment, 970-396-5594
Logan Ipsen - Western Livestock Journal, 916-947-2392
ACCOMMODATIONS:
Make your reservations today. Throckmorton
has limited availability. Please see page 3 for recommended accommodations.
AIR TRANSPORTATION:
Wichita Falls: 75 miles, Abilene: 75 miles
(both are usually less expensive than DFW) Dallas/Ft Worth: 150 miles. For
those with private planes, Throckmorton has a lighted, 60’ x 3700’ runway. Olney
is 30 miles away and has three 5100’ runways. The N/S is lighted. They also have
E/W and fuel availability 24 hours. Please call us in advance and we will make
plans to pick you up at Olney or Throckmorton airports.
HEALTH:
1) To insure that our cattle are healthy and to provide you with
healthy cattle, we have a strict vaccination, herd health and biosecurity protocol.
2) INTRASTATE HEALTH PAPERS will be provided for all animals in this
sale. 3) All cattle have been VACCINATED to prevent Blackleg, IBR, PI3, BVD,
BRSV, Vibrio, Lepto and Pinkeye. R.A. Brown Ranch is Certified Brucellosis
Free Herd #4808. 4) All bulls in this catalog are CERTIFIED AS VIRGINS
unless otherwise noted that they were used in our program. All non-virgin bulls
have TESTED NEGATIVE for Trichomoniasis (Trich) within 20 days of the sale.
We have tested every herd bull for many years as a means of protecting ourselves
and you, our customers. 5) INTERSTATE HEALTH PAPERS will be provided
for animals going to states that only require the specifications listed above. Any
additional testing (i.e. TB, Trich on Virgin bulls over 12 months of age etc.) will
Sale Day Phones
(940)849-0611
(940)849-3120
for information only
begin after the sale and those interstate health papers will be ready after all
testing is completed. If you plan to haul your own cattle after the sale across
the state line, please check with your state veterinarian to make sure your state
will receive cattle from us without additional testing. Please see page 191 in the
back of catalog for our detailed vaccination protocol.
FERTILITY GUARANTEE:
All bulls and females are guaranteed
breeders as described in the “Terms & Conditions” at the back of this catalog.
None of us can afford a bull not doing his job. Bulls can become temporarily
infertile due to fever, excessive heat, injury, diet (whole cottonseed or poor
diet), etc. We have experienced this with bulls we purchased with breeding
soundness exams and took for granted that they were still ready to breed cows.
It is several months until breeding season and we recommend that you fertility
test all your bulls 30 days prior to each breeding season every year. These bulls
have not been fertility tested because it does not prevent a bull from becoming
temporarily infertile during the time before you use him. We tested all bulls
a few years back, finding only 1% of our bulls that did not pass the breeding
soundness exam. Over the past 39 years, we have had less than 1% returned.
If you find a bull infertile please contact us immediately. After a second failed
test, at least two weeks after the first, we will replace the bull or give you credit,
according to the “Terms & Conditions” in the back of this catalog. Getting your
cows pregnant is a high priority for us.
DELIVERY of BULLS and FEMALES:
Please see the detailed
information on our Delivery Service, pages 10-11.
INSURANCE:
Livestock insurance will be available on Sale Day by
David Miller, representing American Livestock Insurance Co. 817-732-1872.
FUTURE CARE:
We appreciate your investment in R.A. Brown Ranch
genetics and want to make some recommendations to help you protect your investment.
The stress of the sale, hauling, and relocating these animals can weaken their immune
system; therefore, keep them up close so you can check them daily for a couple of
weeks. We recommend vaccinating for Vibrio/Lepto and fertility testing your bulls
30 days prior to the breeding season each year. 18 month old bulls can be used very
effectively when turned out with one cow/month of age (18 months - breed 18 females).
Remember they are still growing and losing their baby teeth so they may need some
extra care after their first breeding season.
MORE INFORMATION:
We want you to have all of the info you need
to make the best decisions. To viewmore information, we have included registration
numbers on the registered animals so that you can look them up on the web, or you
can visit our website at
to sort the animals and/or view
their data in spreadsheet form. If you want more information about these bulls and/
or females than what is in this catalog or on the web, please call and ask prior to
Sale Day. In an effort to simplify the process, we have included the information in
this catalog that we believe to be the most useful tools in describing genetic merit
of each animal for economically relevant traits. To contact Donnell or Kelli Brown,
you may call the ranch at 940-84-0611 or email us at
.
CATALOG DESIGN & LAYOUT:
Kelli Brown
PICTURES:
Nancy Pruitt / Greg Comstock / Donnell Brown
FOOTNOTES:
Donnell Brown / Greg Comstock
Mike Wood / Chuck Miller
VIDEOS:
Ideal Video Productions (Wade Fisher)
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