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19th ANNUAL SYDENSTRICKER INFLUENCE COMMERCIAL HEIFER SALE
at Callaway Livestock Auction, Kingdom City, MO
7 p.m., November 19, 2016 • Selling 185 Heifers
John Payne Harrison
David Means
Jack Harrison
(573) 642-7486
Located four miles east of
the junction of U.S. 54 and
Interstate 70. Turn on the SE
outer road (at the first stoplight
south of the I-70 overpass),
and follow it back north, then
east, about four miles.
Mershon Cattle LLC, Lees Summit and Appleton City, MO - Bruce and Tracey Mershon (816) 289-3765 (C)
40 BRED HEIFERS – About two-thirds will be sired by SydGen sires, and 1/3 will be sired by bulls from Hinkle’s Prime Cut Angus,
Nevada, MO. Most will be Angus, with a few BWF.
All were AI bred to Connealy Cool 39L on May 26. They were exposed from June 3 to SydGen Lunesta 3694 #17822640 (+8
CED/+43.75 $W/+134.50 $B), SydGen Progress 4137 #17873899 (+15 CED/+55.77 $W/+144.57 $B), SydGen Lunesta 4726
#18139342 (+11 CED/+49.22 $W/+146.88 $B), SydGen Missouri 4638 #18135795 (+11 CED/+38.63 $W/+104.86 $B) and Syd-
Gen Missouri 4603 #18135780 (+16 CED/+53.55 $W/+106.37 $B). All of the heifers were ultrasound checked for pregnancy on
August 16, and many will have fetal sexing results available and sorted that way.
The Mershon family traditionally ran 150 cows and back grounded-finished another 250 calves. In 2002 they decided to grow their
cow herd and improve genetics. For three years they purchased open heifers from the best local producers, AI bred them, and
cleaned up with low BW Angus bulls. At this point, they began to retain ownership on many of the steers all the way to harvest.
They began retaining their own heifers, and breeding them AI in 2005, and progressed to timed AI breeding on the cow herd in
2010, using the Hereford sire “Revolution” on their straight Angus cows.
In the spring of 2013 they purchased the cow herd and leased the land and facilities of Sunny Acres Cattle Inc., Appleton City, MO,
an established herd with a strong influence from Hinkle’s Prime Cut Angus. Mershon Cattle LLC was awarded the 2013 Missouri
Angus Association Commercial Producer of the Year Award.
Moreland Farms, Anna, IL - Dale Moreland (618) 528-8744
40 BRED HEIFERS
All home raised heifers, Angus and BWF (Angus-Hereford cross). All natural service from June 12 to September 15, 2016. The
heifers are bred to CAF Success 1422 #18135802 (+7 CED/+47.35 $W/+89.54 $B), SydGen Black Pearl 5039 #18169988 (+10
CED/+66.98 $W/+156.71 $B) and SydGen Missouri 4662 #17912355 (+8 CED/+38.52 $W/+124.83 $B). They were ultrasound
preg checked on September 30, and he is just bringing the heifers they called bred August 15 or earlier.
Moreland Farms is located in deep southern Illinois. Moreland runs 350 head of cows and breeds 100 head of heifers for sale
each year, all produced from his own cow herd. This is his tenth year of consigning to this sale.
C-Bar Cattle Co., Hatton, MO - Jack Harrison (573) 999-7197 and Don Lehenbauer
35 BRED HEIFERS, all home-raised. They are black and BWF. They were hand-fed a little on grass, have good dispositions, and
have already had one round of Scour-Guard in addition to the vaccinations required for the sale. They were AI bred April 13 to
SydGen Black Pearl 2006 (Reference Sire DD), and pasture exposed from April 22 to July 12, 2016 to SydGen Multi Tool 5102
#18193582 (+14 CED/+60.61 $W/+135.88 $B).
Jack and Don have each been in the cattle business most all of their lives, and have operated as a partnership in C-Bar Cattle Co.
for seven years, consigning heifers to this sale every year.
Justin Oberling, Plainville, IL (217) 440-7724 (C) -
40 BRED HEIFERS, mostly Angus, with some Sim-Angus heifers, some of which are BWF. Some are home raised, sired by Syd-
Gen bulls, and the others are from Registered or highly regarded Reputation Commercial herds in Western Illinois and Missouri.
All were hand selected for high maternal ability. Natural service sires were SydGen Broken Bow 3787 (+7 CED/+50.91 $W/+116.94
$B), SydGen G223 Prime Star 3287 #17614971 (+10 CED/+29.33 $W/+97.10 $B) and SydGen Connection 1754 #17079438 (+9
CED/+42.26 $W/+106.94 $B). They were exposed 60 days, from April 24 to June 23. Justin is especially happy with the quality
and disposition on this set of heifers. These heifers were treated with Long Range last spring, in addition to their basic vaccina-
tions. They were pelvic measured and tract scored prior to breeding.
Justin Oberling is the 4th generation of the Oberling family in the cattle business. Justin breeds, backgrounds and sells several
hundred registered and commercial cows and bred heifers every year, along with raising and selling purebred Angus bulls.
Martin Angus, Centralia, MO – Nathan Martin (573) 682-7781 –
, martinangus.com
10 BRED HEIFERS-All home raised, mostly Angus commercial heifers, with a few heifers being a quarter Simmental. All are bred
by natural service to Sydgen Black Pearl 4849 #18139350 (+10 CED/+61.01 $W/+132.08 $B). Exposed April 30 to June 30, 2016,
and ultrasound pregnancy fetal sexed on July 30, 2016.
The Martin Family has been raising cattle for four generations. They run 180 Angus cows. Proven high accuracy AI sires are used
exclusively to produce balanced trait, docile, functional seed stock. The cowherd includes several top Sydgen bred females. 30-40
bulls and bred heifers are marketed annually and steer mates are fed out and carcass data evaluated.
Newbrough Farms, Moberly, MO - Carl Newbrough (573) 473-2544 - Shane Newbrough (660) 651-1404
21 BRED HEIFERS, all Angus and Sim-Angus, produced in the George Schupback herd at Keytesville, MO. They were AI bred to
SydGen Black Pearl 2006 on May 6, then pasture exposed to SydGen Fate 5063 #18169994 (+8 CED/+47.96 $W/+141.79 $B)
from May 14 to July 14. All were ultrasounded for pregnancy and fetal sexed if possible, and will be sorted that way on sale day.
Carl Newbrough attended a Curtis Semen Company AI school in 1970. Ever since, he has been using AI in his herd and supplying
arm service for other herds all over Missouri. He maintains a commercial cow herd and continues to row crop with his family.
