Dear Friends,
Welcome to our 13th Anniversary sale. Thank-you for your interest in Ellingson Simmenals, your encouragement and commitment
to find quality Simmental genetics keeps us working hard to provide you with top seedstock.
Once again we thank McDonald Farm and Simmental and Strommen Simmentals for bringing a quality set of bulls and bred heifers
to the sale.
We feel fortunate to have purchased Duke Cattle Company’s half interest in Wheatland Bull 680s along with three Canadian breed-
ers, Perkin Land and Cattle Co., Handford Simmentals and Tyler Lyne. 680S sired the Champion Get of Sire in 2009 and 2010 at
Agribition and also the 2010 Grand Champion Simmental Bull. There is an excellent selection of bulls , bred and open females to select
from sired by 680S, and since we cannot sell semen this is your best option to obtain 680S genetics.
We are doing embryo work with our herd and I have 2 cows in partnership that we will be selling all of the open heifers out of this
years calf crop.
This year has been very unique for us as I usually don’t have to worry about running out of water for the cattle on pasture before
the grass runs out. We did have the lengthy dry period and heat that most of you also had, it amazes me how well our crop turned
out with such little rain and how good the cattle handled the dry weather. We did wean our calves in September as the water holes
were drying up, but they hit the feed bunks running and never looked back. Many embryo calves raised in Minnesota had a more dif-
ficult summer but are starting to show their stuff.
The bulls were on a gain test for 81 days after weaning from which average daily gains were calculated. The TMR ration they
received was ten pounds of grain, 25 pounds corn silage, six pounds chopped alfalfa and free choice grass hay. The bulls and open
heifers will be ultrasounded for carcass data on February 1, bulls old enough will be semen tested, with scrotal measurements taken
also. Hopefully all color and homozygous polled test results will be in the footnotes, if not we will have them on our web site.
We invite you to inspect the cattle on the farm before the sale. Most lots are pictured on the website. If you are unable to be with
us for the sale, we will have DVAuction available on the internet for you to view and bid. Be sure to register for a buyer number before
the sale. We also will have people available to be with you on the phone sale day if you want to bid this way.
Thank you again for your support, we appreciate your confidence in our breeding program and look forward to seeing you on the
farm or sale day. Take advantage of quality performance Simmental genetics, and if you are a commercial producer the gift of hybrid
growth and vigor. Now is the time to make the decisions that keep you on the road to success. Enjoy the ride!
God Bless,
Terry Ellingson
Welcome to the
Ellingson Simmentals
13th Anniversary
Performance Bull and Female Sale
McDonald Farm
and Simmental
Richard and Diane
Ellingson Simmentals
Dee Ann, Terry
Marit (9) and John (12)
Strommen Simmentals
Bryan, Jane, and Brock
Britney and Tabitha
McDonald Farm
and Simmental
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