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Dakota Xpress Production Sale
Cattlemen,
Greetings from all of us at Dakota Xpress! It is our honor to welcome you
to our tenth annual bull and female production sale. Dakota Xpress Sim-
mental Group is the combined effort of three powerful seed stock herds
which consist of Mandan Lake Simmentals, Hansen Simmentals and
Kunkel Simmentals.
Hopefully this past year has brought many rewards to you our custom-
ers. As we are all aware, the demand for beef has never been higher. As
we are writing this welcome letter, cattle prices hit all-time record highs
on the futures board. All indications are that these prices are going to be
around for awhile.
Due to the untimely weather patterns this fall, the bulls and females are
being developed at each individual ranch. We encourage you to visit our
ranches to view the bulls at anytime, we welcome the visit!
We again are very proud of the big, rugged set of bulls to be offered for
sale on February 21st. Across the pen, the bulls are from purebred to
Sim-Angus, uniform in size; performance orientated, and have solid color
patterns. We are offering large sire groups for you to choose what fits
your needs. All of the black bulls were DNA tested for coat color, and sev-
eral of the red bulls have been identified as being non-diluter. Also, many
of them have been tested for homozygous polled.
The bulls are fed for longevity on a home grown ration. The ration
consists of chopped hay, corn silage, grain distillers, grain corn, and a
complete mineral package. This ration is designed to give us an accurate
gain test while at the same time alleviating complications of a hot ration.
This is the same ration we have used for the past several years and have
had excellent feedback from our customers on how the bulls maintain
themselves through maturity.
The bred and open females were selected from the hearts of our pro-
grams. They range from Sim-Angus crosses to purebred Simmental. The
elite bred females have all been ultra-sounded for calving dates and we
also provided the sex of the calf if we could tell what it was. The open
heifers are a strong group as well which makes us confident they will
make productive cows.
Herd health is a major priority at Dakota Xpress. Our ranches have
implemented the same vaccination program for all cows and calves. Two
weeks prior to weaning, the bull and heifer calves received seven-way/
Somnus, and Vista Once SQ. Then they were boostered with Express 5
HS at weaning along with Dectomax pour on, Valbazen. The open heifers
have all been bangs vaccinated and the breds have received Scourguard
4KC. The Staigle and Kunkel heifers have received Virashield 6 + VL5
HB, and the Hansen heifers received Bovi-Shield Gold 5VL5 FP. All the
cattle in the offering have also been poured.
With the very large number of sale cattle, we encourage you to spend
some time at the individual ranches, or in Mandan from February 18th
to sale time on the 21st to view the bulls. If you are unable to attend the
sale, feel free to contact any of us at Dakota Xpress, the ring men, or
sale consultants, for arrangements for your purchases. Also, the sale will
broadcast over the internet at
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We sincerely appreciate your interest in our program. Whether you are a
commercial cattleman, seed stock producer, or a junior looking for a show
prospect, we believe there is something in the offering for you. Thanks
again for your continued support and see you at the sale!
Sincerely,
Dakota Xpress Simmental Group
• Pictured (back, L to R) Kevin, Cody,
(front) Hadlie and Wyatt Hansen
• Pictured (L to R) Wade, Merri, Ethan, Logan and
Daniel Staigle.
• Dusty, Kayla and Ty Kunkel
