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Welcome to Ludvigson Stock Farms Sixth Annual Fall Edition Herdbuilder Bull Sale. This is one of the best sets of Coming Two Year
Old Red Angus and Red Hybreds Bulls that we have ever offered. We are especially proud of the Red SimAngus bulls that we have in
this offering and these bulls should make a “footprint” on the industry. Once again we are offering all of our bulls from our embryo
transfer program and these top herd sire prospects continue to set the bar higher each year. In addition we are offering several
groups of commercial females from our customers this year. It is a great set of females and should be a great opportunity to add
some great Red Angus genetics.
We believe that the beef industry is going to get extremely competitive in the future. As we see numbers increase, feedlots and
packers are going to be able to become quite selective in the cattle that they source for their channels. It is our opinion that cow calf
producers need to produce high quality highly efficient feeder cattle that will be “sought” after and even “fought” over in the mar-
ketplace. Genetics and herd health programs are going to play an integral role in producing those feeder cattle that will “garner” the
premiums from the industry.
As many of you know, we have over the years instituted a multi-trait selection model that optimizes selection for calving ease,
growth, maternal and carcass traits. We feel that by using a selection model “geared” toward optimization that we can provide ge-
netics that increase overall profitability for our customers. We have been contributing data to Lee Leachman’s patented $Profitabil-
ity model and database for the last few years. We initially began providing selection indexes based on his models last year and you
will find those indexes in our catalog again this year.
These indexes are presented in the form of % breed rank for $Profit, $Ranch and $Feedlot. The lower the number, the higher the
breed rank for that particular trait. $Profit encompasses both the profitability on the ranch as well as the feedlot. $Ranch is the
ranking for the bull based on the traits that return the most to the ranch. $Feedlot ranks the bulls solely on their feedlot perform-
ance and their carcass potential. $Profit is explained in much more detail on page 5 of this catalog. If you have questions please
feel free to call me to discuss these numbers in more detail.
I would encourage everyone to take some time to visit with us about letting us help you market your calves for next year. Orion Beef
Group is our commercial marketing arm and we have developed a state of the art commercial marketing website,
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group.com. Please take a look and then contact us for marketing assistance.
If we can be of assistance to you in making reservations or travel plans, please feel free to contact us. The sale headquarters again
will be the Hampton Inn and Suites located just off I-94 at the Zoo Drive exit on the west end of Billings. We will host a Cattlemen’s
Seminar, hospitality hour and dinner the night before the sale at the headquarters and we would like to invite everyone to join us.
We look forward to seeing you on November 3th and 4th.
Ryan Ludvigson
Ryan Ludvigson
Billings, Montana
(406)534-4263 office • (515)450-3124 mobile
Park Ludvigson
Cushing, Iowa
(712)384-2200 office • (712)229-3431 mobile
