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April Snow Showers, Bring May Flowers - April 17th, 2013
Ranch Updates
It has been a snowy past week here at Bieber Red Angus.
Last Thursday we got about 6 inches of snow and we got a few more inches along
with blizzard like conditions last Sunday. If that wasnt enough heres a
picture of the weather outside today, and it is supposed to continue through
tomorrow. 
So I am sure you can guess what the guys did this past
week…. They pushed snow, in April! 
They also worked hard making sure the cows and calves
were well bedded and sheltered from the storm. The calves are sure ready for
some warmer weather! The summer cows, below, are really hoping for warmer
weather before they start calving in May! 
This past week, Craig, Peggy, Craig Howard and I all
traveled to Billings, Montana for Ludvigson Stock Farms production sale and to
visit the bull studs in the Billings area. The weather in Montana was beautiful
while we were there, including temperatures in the mid 50s! Ludvigsons sale was
held at their bull development facilities in Park City, Montana west of
Billings a ways. The sale went well and we purchased a new bull that we are
planning to use in the upcoming breeding season. He is a son out of Brown
Paramount X7879 and a Misson Statement daughter. He is numbered really well and
ranks in the top 10% of the breed for Calving Ease Direct, top 4% for Birth
Weight top 11% for Weaning Weight and top 17% for Yearling Weight. We are
excited to see how he performs this upcoming breeding season! Bieber Red Angus
co-owns this bull with Select Sires. 
I also want to make a shout out to one of our loyal blog
followers, Ron Bieber. About a month ago a semi truck miscalculated while
pulling away from the loading chute and decimated the previous mailboxes. Ron
has been working on the replacement for a while now and finished the project.
We were all really impressed with the new mailboxes. Good Job Ron!
Hopefully all of our customers and friends in the area
are faring well with this weather and are ready for the upcoming breeding
season. If you are thinking about which bulls to use AI this season, Bieber Red
Angus has semen available from some great herd bulls, for more information or
to order semen contact Craig Bieber. We will talk more about which bulls we are
using this season and why in an upcoming blog post. Until then we are hoping
that these April Snow Showers will still bring many May Flowers!
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Synchronizing our Replacement heifers
Ranch Updates
It has been a beautiful week here in Leola! The
temperatures have been in the mid 30s with clear sunny skies. This upcoming
weekend the temperature is supposed to reach into the 40s and 50s, which is
wonderful since we are planning to have our first branding of the season this
Saturday (more on that next week).
This past week we started synchronizing our spring and
summer replacement heifers. For estrous synchronization we use a 14 day CIDR
combined with timed AI. In the past we have had good luck with this protocol.
We inserted CIDRs in our spring replacement heifers last Wednesday and in our
summer replacement heifers last Thursday. The CIDRs are left in place for 14
days and are then removed, so next Wednesday we will remove the CIDRs from the
spring replacements and next Thursday from the summer replacements. 16 days
after the CIDRs are remove we will give them a shot of Prostaglandin, we use
Lutalyse, but Estrumate, In Synch, EstroPLAN, and ProstaMate are also common
brand names. 3 days after the Prostaglandin shot we will time AI the
replacements for an estimated calving date of February, 5 2014.
Here are a few pictures:  
Jazz helping bring the replacements down to the working barn from their pen 
Cody working the alley  
Mike loading the CIDRs into the applicator  
Craig Howard inserting the CIDR This past month Craig and Peggy have been busy putting
together loads and delivering sale cattle to customers. They are getting close
to having everything delivered! We also flushed our donor cows this week, we
will have a blog post about our flush program coming up. Other than that we
have been enjoying the much anticipated spring weather, and the Easter holiday.
Join us next week for our first branding post!
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Clipping Bulls and Preparing for Calving Season
Ranch Updates
Well it is
that time of year again last week we moved all of the cows off of cornstalks
and sorted the spring calving cows off of the summer calving cows and moved the
springs closer to headquarters.  
 
Our bred replacement heifers have been close
for a few weeks now and they are set to start calving February 3rd. 
This past week we put the finishing touches on the calving barn repairs/improvements and we
got fresh straw spread and ready for newborn calves.
We are
currently in the process of clipping the March production sale bulls, open
heifers and Fall calving cows.  
The guys clean the bulls up by combing and blowwing out any dirt/straw.  
The cattle then move up into our portable double ally which we used to shave the bulls head  
We then trim the bulls body hair with a propane torch, then we clip the hair along the topline and tail. 
All done. The hair will then blend naturally and look great by video, picture, and sale time!
We would
like to thank Jerry Jeffries/Jeffries Land and Cattle for all 50 units of Rollin
Deep Y118 semen which brought $325 a unit on the Mile High Classic Sale this
past Sunday. We are excited to see our first Rollin Deep calves this spring!
Thanks again Jerry! 
| Response 1 |
| Saturday 19th of January 2013 |
| Submitted by: L & R |
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Looks good we are enjoying keeping up what is happening at home!!! We are soaking up the heat. |
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| Response 2 |
| Monday 21st of January 2013 |
| Submitted by: Vonnie DeVries |
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Great blog about your animals! The photos of the beef are really nice to look at. Good job, Lindley |
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Rollin Deep Y118 semen available only at the Mile High Classic Sale Jan. 13th
Ranch Updates
Coming up on
January 13th is the 2013 Mile High Classic Red Angus Auction, in the
yards at the National Western in Denver. On the sale we will be selling 50
units, 5 packages of 10 units of Rollin Deep Y118 semen.
Bieber Rollin Deep Y118 
We cannot
remember the last time we were this excited about a new sire as we are about
Rollin Deep Y118. Performance in a stout package!
Rollin Deep ranks in the top 7% for WW, top 9% for YW, top 3% for TM, top 7%
for marbling, 7% for CW and top 15% for REA. He posted big ratios for all
growth and carcass traits. He is good footed, stout from any angle and held his
flesh really well while
breeding this summer in Canada. Let Rollin Deep speak for himself in this
video. Rollin Deeps
pedigree contains some of the breeds most elite cattle from top to
bottom. Rollin Deep is the first calf
out of 399W Bieber Tilly who posted MPPA 106. After this outstanding first calf
we are she is currently in our flush pen and we have high hopes for her future.
The Tilly cowline always rises to the top when we are talking about top sires
and dams at Bieber Red Angus. Bieber Tilly 7334 has put countless daughters our
flush pen, simply because she never misses. We could breed Tilly 7334 to any
sire and you will consistently get an outstanding calf a trait that Tilly 7334
has passed down to her daughters. The
bottom side of his pedigree with sires like Bieber Boone 8000, Bieber Straight
Arrow and RITO 1I2 and RITO 6I6 you are sure to get cattle that have great
disposition, growth and carcass quality. The top side
of Rollin Deeps pedigree starts off with Bieber Roosevelt W384, who is the complete package. He
has a super disposition, nice deep flank along with amply growth and carcass
data. He was our pick of the 2009 calf crop and we sampled him heavily in 2010.
His calves were some of the best in the 2011 calf crop and we have continued
using him heavily both AI and natural service. The top side of Rollin Deeps
pedigree continues with other breed cornerstones like Bieber Rough Rider 10712,
Basin Trendsetter 6074 and Bieber Adelle 8958. Bieber Adelle 8958, like Tilly 7334, was one of the
best and most used donor cows we have ever had. Together they have produced
countless active daughters whose calves consistently rise to the top every
year. Adding a calf out of Rollin Deep to your herd is sure to result a
powerful, growthy calf with a lot of maternal potential! At the 2013
Mile High Classic Red Angus Auction we will be selling 50 units, 5 packages of
10 units of Rollin Deep Y118 semen. These 50 units of semen will be the only
Rollin Deep semen sold in the USA in 2013. The highest bidder on the first
package of 10 units of semen will have the option to purchase all 50 units. If
this buyer does not take all 50 units then the remaining semen will be
auctioned in packages of 10 units and the highest bidder will have the option
to buy the remaining semen. At the 2012
Canadian Agribition 60 units of Rollin Deep semen sold at auction brought an
average of $325 a unit. To view a full sale catalog for the 2013 Mile High
Classic follow this link. Feel free to contact either Craig Bieber, Bieber Red Angus 605-216-8169 or Silver
Spur Ranch / Encampment, WY Thad York, GM & Cheramie Viator, Marketing /
979-777-9419 for more information on Rollin Deep Y118, and remember this is
your only chance to purchase Rollin Deep semen in 2013, do not get left behind! Also at the
Mile High Classic Red Angus, J L Jeffries/ Jeffries Land and Cattle Sale is
selling one heifer Lot 2 and two Embryo packages Lots 27 and 28 out of Bieber
Hughes W109.
Check out the Mile High Classic catalog for more information.
Bieber Hughes W109 
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About our New Ranch Blog Author
Ranch Updates
Welcome to our ranch blog! When Bieber Red Angus first designed this newer website a few years ago we added the ranch blog section, but with a hectic schedule and other commitments it was hard for Craig to post regularly. So my name is Lindley Howard and I have taken over writing for the ranch blog. We would like to maintain a better connection with our friends and customers through a mix of posts that include updates about what is happening here on the ranch, and a look behind the scenes at many of the ranching practices we use throughout the year. We are planning to add a new post to the blog every Wednesday so be sure to check in!
Here is a little about the author: My name is Lindley Howard (formerly Harrington). I grew up in northern Michigan and started my affiliation with Biebers when I bought my first Red Angus heifer 9672 from their sale in 2005, who still resides on my parents farm today. 
My youngest sister Madeline with 9672 this year at the Marion Fair and 9672 with her bull calves from the past two years. 
My parents farm in Michigan has around 50 cows mostly Simmental and Angus crossed cattle, we raised their calves and showed them at some state shows and 3 county fairs. Throughout my 4-H days I not only showed cattle but also showed horses, swine and sheep. So you could say that attending Michigan State University and majoring in animal science was a natural choice for me. During the summer between my sophomore and junior years at Michigan State I had the opportunity to come back to Leola, SD and work for Bieber Red Angus as an intern. That first summer I learned a lot about cattle handling, Red Angus Pedigrees and that I liked the cowboss Craig Howard. All in all it was a really great summer and I came back the next summer between my junior and senior years. That summer I learned how to rope, that branding was my favorite time of year on the ranch and that I really enjoyed being newly engaged to Craig Howard. So you guessed it after I graduated in December 2010, I moved to Leola.  Me and my border collie Jazz with Sparty on campus at Michigan State and at the Purebred Beef Barn where I worked for 2 years. 
Craig and I were married on September 9th of 2011 and am happy to report that we are enjoying our new life together! I work full-time for hog operation north of Leola, Craig of course is the cowboss at Bieber Red Angus. We live here on the ranch with a small pack of border collies and kitties. 
I am very excited to start writing ranch blog posts and hope you will stick with me as I learn more about writing and uploading these posts (remember I am an Animal Science major not an English major!). See you next Wednesday!
| Response 1 |
| Wednesday 7th of November 2012 |
| Submitted by: Vonnie |
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YEA! I like it Lindley, good job. |
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| Response 2 |
| Wednesday 7th of November 2012 |
| Submitted by: Ann Harrington |
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What a wonderful blog. I am TOTALLY ignorant of anything to do with Red Angus Cattle and very much the small town person and now suburban life person on the outskirts of Melbourne Victoria in Australia. We do have one friend who is a dairy farmer and for almost thirty years we have attended his family's annual BBQ. Your Uncle Dave would always volunteer to help with the milking. I stayed in the kitchen.
Other than this exposure, we have hardly ever been on a farm period. I certainly never grew up with animals. In fact, I have always been a little afraid of animals. So I think this increases my admiration of people who are so comfortable with animals.
You know I love genealogy and so many of the early peoples of America were farmers of various kinds. I have a huge admiration for people who have stayed in touch with the land and who have remained to a large degree more self sufficient in comparison.
I already am finding that I love the idea of a blog and learning more about your life and the life of running a ranch in South Dakota. You are the first person I have ever known who lives in South Dakota.
Thanks for linking me into your blog. I will certainly look forward to learning more details about breeding Red Angus cattle. I love your photos as well. They depict a different dimension than words. Have fun running your blog.
'Aunty' Ann |
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| Response 3 |
| Thursday 8th of November 2012 |
| Submitted by: Sherry Brandi |
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Like your Blog and looking forward to more :o) |
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| Response 4 |
| Thursday 8th of November 2012 |
| Submitted by: Lois |
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Looks good to me... I like the paragraphs and then a picture and so on. |
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| Response 5 |
| Friday 30th of November 2012 |
| Submitted by: Renee Kutchan |
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Nice job with the website Lindley - lot's of great information and personable. |
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| Response 6 |
| Wednesday 5th of December 2012 |
| Submitted by: Tom and Amy Patterson |
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Great job Lindley the blog looks great! |
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| Response 7 |
| Saturday 23rd of February 2013 |
| Submitted by: Sherryl Isley |
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Lindley, I am a friend of the Bieber family from Springville al. I will be coming to branding in June and am looking forward to spending a few days on the ranch. Your blog sounds interesting and I will look forward to reading them. I love the pic of you and Craig. You are a handsome couple. I look forward to meeting you when I come in June. Have a blessed day and keep up the good work. |
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Sale List Prices Lot 150 thru 293
Ranch Updates
| Lot |
Price |
| 150 |
$3,000.00 |
| 151 |
$3,000.00 |
| 152 |
$3,500.00 |
| 153 |
$4,000.00 |
| 154 |
$3,500.00 |
| 155 |
$4,750.00 |
| 156 |
$3,000.00 |
| 157 |
$3,500.00 |
| 158 |
$3,250.00 |
| 159 |
$3,500.00 |
| 160 |
$2,750.00 |
| 161 |
$2,500.00 |
| 162 |
$3,000.00 |
| 163 |
$2,500.00 |
| 164 |
$2,750.00 |
| 165 |
$4,750.00 |
| 166 |
$2,750.00 |
| 167 |
$3,000.00 |
| 168 |
$3,250.00 |
| 169 |
$2,750.00 |
| 170 |
$3,000.00 |
| 171 |
$2,750.00 |
| 172 |
$3,000.00 |
| 173 |
$2,750.00 |
| 174 |
$2,750.00 |
| 175 |
$3,750.00 |
| 176 |
$2,250.00 |
| 177 |
$2,000.00 |
| 178 |
$2,000.00 |
| 179 |
$3,000.00 |
| 180 |
$3,000.00 |
| 181 |
$2,500.00 |
| 183 |
$2,500.00 |
| 184 |
$2,750.00 |
| 185 |
$3,000.00 |
| 186 |
$2,500.00 |
| 187 |
$2,750.00 |
| 188 |
$2,500.00 |
| 190 |
$2,750.00 |
| 191 |
$2,750.00 |
| 192 |
$5,000.00 |
| 193 |
$2,250.00 |
| 194 |
$2,750.00 |
| 195 |
$3,500.00 |
| 196 |
$2,750.00 |
| 197 |
$2,000.00 |
| 198 |
$1,750.00 |
| 199 |
$2,500.00 |
| 200 |
$4,250.00 |
| 201 |
$3,250.00 |
| 203 |
$3,000.00 |
| 205 |
$2,250.00 |
| 206 |
$2,750.00 |
| 207 |
$2,500.00 |
| 208 |
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| 209 |
$2,600.00 |
| 210 |
$9,750.00 |
| 211 |
$2,750.00 |
| 213 |
$3,750.00 |
| 214 |
$2,500.00 |
| 215 |
$2,750.00 |
| 216 |
$2,750.00 |
| 217 |
$2,750.00 |
| 218 |
$2,500.00 |
| 220 |
$3,000.00 |
| 221 |
$2,750.00 |
| 222 |
$2,250.00 |
| 223 |
$1,500.00 |
| 224 |
$1,600.00 |
| 225 |
$2,000.00 |
| 226 |
$2,250.00 |
| 227 |
$2,000.00 |
| 228 |
$1,600.00 |
| 229 |
$1,600.00 |
| 230 |
$3,000.00 |
| 231 |
$4,000.00 |
| 232 |
$1,800.00 |
| 233 |
$2,900.00 |
| 234 |
$2,000.00 |
| 235 |
$1,600.00 |
| 236 |
$3,500.00 |
| 237 |
$1,500.00 |
| 238 |
$2,250.00 |
| 239 |
$1,750.00 |
| 240 |
$2,500.00 |
| 241 |
$1,800.00 |
| 242 |
$1,800.00 |
| 243 |
$1,600.00 |
| 244 |
$1,700.00 |
| 245 |
$2,000.00 |
| 246 |
$1,500.00 |
| 247 |
$3,250.00 |
| 248 |
$2,000.00 |
| 249 |
$1,750.00 |
| 250 |
$1,700.00 |
| 251 |
$1,600.00 |
| 252 |
$1,900.00 |
| 253 |
$1,700.00 |
| 254 |
$3,250.00 |
| 255 |
$2,000.00 |
| 256 |
$1,600.00 |
| 257 |
$3,000.00 |
| 258 |
$1,600.00 |
| 259 |
$1,800.00 |
| 260 |
$1,600.00 |
| 261 |
$2,000.00 |
| 262 |
$3,250.00 |
| 263 |
$2,000.00 |
| 264 |
$1,800.00 |
| 265 |
$2,000.00 |
| 266 |
$2,250.00 |
| 267 |
$2,500.00 |
| 268 |
$1,750.00 |
| 269 |
$2,250.00 |
| 270 |
$1,500.00 |
| 271 |
$2,250.00 |
| 272 |
$2,500.00 |
| 273 |
$2,500.00 |
| 274 |
$1,700.00 |
| 275 |
$2,500.00 |
| 276 |
$1,500.00 |
| 277 |
$2,500.00 |
| 278 |
$1,600.00 |
| 279 |
$2,500.00 |
| 280 |
$1,600.00 |
| 281 |
$1,500.00 |
| 282 |
$1,600.00 |
| 283 |
$1,800.00 |
| 284 |
$1,750.00 |
| 285 |
$1,600.00 |
| 286 |
$1,300.00 |
| 287 |
$2,250.00 |
| 288 |
$2,000.00 |
| 289 |
$2,000.00 |
| 290 |
$2,250.00 |
| 291 |
$2,000.00 |
| 292 |
$1,600.00 |
| 293 |
$1,800.00 |
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Sale List Prices Lot 1 thru 149
Ranch Updates
| Lot |
Price |
| 1 |
$3,750.00 |
| 2 |
$2,750.00 |
| 3 |
$3,500.00 |
| 4 |
$3,250.00 |
| 5 |
$3,000.00 |
| 6 |
$4,750.00 |
| 7 |
$6,000.00 |
| 8 |
$6,500.00 |
| 9 |
$6,000.00 |
| 10 |
$4,750.00 |
| 11 |
$4,750.00 |
| 12 |
$5,500.00 |
| 13 |
$4,750.00 |
| 14 |
$3,750.00 |
| 16 |
$5,000.00 |
| 17 |
$4,750.00 |
| 18 |
$3,500.00 |
| 19 |
$3,750.00 |
| 20 |
$2,500.00 |
| 21 |
$3,750.00 |
| 22 |
$4,500.00 |
| 24 |
$7,000.00 |
| 25 |
$3,500.00 |
| 26 |
$3,500.00 |
| 27 |
$4,250.00 |
| 28 |
$4,000.00 |
| 29 |
$4,000.00 |
| 30 |
$3,250.00 |
| 31 |
$3,250.00 |
| 32 |
$4,250.00 |
| 33 |
$4,500.00 |
| 35 |
$10,500.00 |
| 36 |
$5,500.00 |
| 37 |
$5,750.00 |
| 38 |
$8,750.00 |
| 39 |
$5,250.00 |
| 40 |
$7,500.00 |
| 41 |
$5,000.00 |
| 42 |
$4,750.00 |
| 43 |
$4,250.00 |
| 44 |
$7,500.00 |
| 45 |
$5,000.00 |
| 46 |
$4,250.00 |
| 48 |
$4,250.00 |
| 49 |
$4,750.00 |
| 50 |
$5,750.00 |
| 51 |
$4,750.00 |
| 52 |
$4,250.00 |
| 53 |
$10,000.00 |
| 54 |
$6,000.00 |
| 56 |
$4,500.00 |
| 57 |
$4,750.00 |
| 58 |
$4,750.00 |
| 59 |
$4,750.00 |
| 60 |
$5,250.00 |
| 61 |
$5,500.00 |
| 62 |
$13,000.00 |
| 63 |
$4,500.00 |
| 64 |
$4,750.00 |
| 65 |
$5,000.00 |
| 67 |
$4,500.00 |
| 68 |
$5,750.00 |
| 69 |
$4,500.00 |
| 70 |
$4,000.00 |
| 71 |
$3,500.00 |
| 72 |
$7,500.00 |
| 73 |
$7,500.00 |
| 74 |
$4,500.00 |
| 75 |
$5,750.00 |
| 76 |
$3,250.00 |
| 77 |
$4,500.00 |
| 78 |
$4,000.00 |
| 79 |
$4,000.00 |
| 80 |
$3,500.00 |
| 81 |
$4,000.00 |
| 82 |
$3,750.00 |
| 83 |
$4,750.00 |
| 84 |
$3,750.00 |
| 85 |
$3,500.00 |
| 86 |
$4,000.00 |
| 87 |
$4,250.00 |
| 88 |
$4,500.00 |
| 89 |
$5,000.00 |
| 90 |
$3,750.00 |
| 91 |
$4,500.00 |
| 92 |
$4,500.00 |
| 93 |
$3,500.00 |
| 94 |
$4,000.00 |
| 95 |
$3,000.00 |
| 96 |
$3,750.00 |
| 97 |
$5,000.00 |
| 98 |
$4,250.00 |
| 99 |
$4,000.00 |
| 100 |
$4,000.00 |
| 101 |
$3,000.00 |
| 102 |
$4,000.00 |
| 103 |
$3,000.00 |
| 104 |
$4,000.00 |
| 105 |
$3,250.00 |
| 106 |
$3,750.00 |
| 107 |
$3,500.00 |
| 108 |
$3,500.00 |
| 109 |
$5,500.00 |
| 110 |
$3,000.00 |
| 111 |
$2,500.00 |
| 112 |
$3,250.00 |
| 113 |
$3,500.00 |
| 114 |
$3,250.00 |
| 115 |
$3,250.00 |
| 116 |
$5,000.00 |
| 117 |
$3,000.00 |
| 119 |
$3,750.00 |
| 120 |
$3,000.00 |
| 121 |
$3,500.00 |
| 122 |
$3,500.00 |
| 123 |
$4,000.00 |
| 124 |
$5,250.00 |
| 125 |
$3,250.00 |
| 126 |
$3,250.00 |
| 127 |
$3,250.00 |
| 129 |
$3,000.00 |
| 130 |
$3,250.00 |
| 131 |
$3,000.00 |
| 132 |
$5,000.00 |
| 133 |
$3,750.00 |
| 134 |
$6,000.00 |
| 136 |
$3,500.00 |
| 138 |
$2,750.00 |
| 140 |
$3,250.00 |
| 141 |
$3,250.00 |
| 142 |
$3,250.00 |
| 143 |
$3,000.00 |
| 144 |
$2,750.00 |
| 145 |
$3,500.00 |
| 146 |
$4,500.00 |
| 147 |
$5,500.00 |
| 148 |
$4,250.00 |
| 149 |
$2,750.00 |
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| Response 1 |
| Tuesday 15th of March 2011 |
| Submitted by: JIM TATE |
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LOOKS LIKE YOUR PRICES WERE REALLY CONSISTENT WITH A FEW VERY NICE HIGHS.
CONGRATULATIONS |
Fall
Ranch Updates
This is our new site and we hope to add content regularly to keep you inform as to what is going on. The Spring calves have been weaned for a little over three weeks now and thing are going good. The heifer calves are out on pasture and doing well with no supplemental feed. It has been a beautiful fall but it look like it will get colder next week.
| Response 1 |
| Tuesday 7th of December 2010 |
| Submitted by: Andrew - Wildcat Creek Ranch, KS |
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The new site looks great! |
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sunshine
Ranch Updates
Finally, it is starting to look like spring here! Lots of standing water, but the fog has lifted and we have some sunshine. It is supposed to get up to 55 degrees today which should help dry things up. Calving is going well with the heifers done. The cows started calving right around sale time and should be done in about a month. Hopefully, the snow will stay away and the cows can calve on grass.
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Welcome to our ranch blog!
Ranch Updates
You may wonder why we are starting a Bieber Red Angus Ranch blog. Simply put - because we've got a lot going on. That's not different from any other ranch, it's just that we like to keep you informed about how we're procuring the best Red Angus cattle in the country, what our management strategies are like and the challenges presented to us. We invite you along on this journey - a quest to produce high-quality beef cattle that are profitable.
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