Welcome to our 35th Annual Production Sale. 2012 represented the 50th year Broken
Heart Ranch has been in the registered Red Angus and Quarter Horse business. We
appreciate the confidence our customers – many who are close neighbors – have had
in our programs in the past. We are certainly looking forward to the next 50 years of
being in the Red Angus and Quarter Horse business!
Cattle prices continue to be strong, and it looks like that trend will continue into the
foreseeable future, with the United States cowherd inventory at a historically low
level. As well demand and exports are both strong. Both the domestic and interna-
tional consumers continue to want to eat high-quality beef! These economic factors
have combined to provide good times for commercial cattle producers across the
country. High prices have been recorded for both steers and replacement heifers.
Red Angus females are highly sought after by cattlemen coast-to-coast and
border-to-border. This is a testament to the tremendous female the Red Angus
genetics offers. For 50 years our ranch has prided ourselves in breeding females
that are feminine, highly maternal, with outstanding feet, legs and udders, and a
nice, quiet disposition. They are deep sided, soft made cattle with plenty of length,
muscle and bone. For us, these females offer a lot of longevity and the ability to raise market-topping steer calves who are efficient,
high-gaining cattle in the feedyard, and hang high-quality grading carcasses in the packing plant. They also produce no-fuss, low-
maintenance, efficient replacement females.
The calves were weaned in October. We will carcass ultrasound the bulls in
late February and a supplement sheet will be available on our website, www.
pedersonbhr.com. On sale day, the supplement will include carcass data, scrotal
circumferences and updated EPDs. As well, we will be adding videos and color
photos of the cattle to the website. After the first eight bulls, the cattle are listed in
birth order in the catalog. A sale order will be available sale day.
The heifers have come out of the heart of our replacement pen. The bred heifers
were ultrasounded by Dr. Pat Bierman, Mandan Veterinary Clinic, last fall and
their due dates are noted in the footnotes of the sale catalog. We will be selling
the open commercial heifers (lots 131-195) first, then the bulls, and end the sale
with our registered heifers.
We’d like to thank our hired man, Tim Johnson, for his help through the past
year. Tim is a valuable asset to our ranch team, and we don’t
know how we could get everything done without him. Our great
grandson/grandson/nephew, Logan Pederson, once again was
here this past summer. Logan was a huge amount of help and
we appreciate his assistance.
If you have any questions, or if there is any way we can assist you, please don’t hesitate to contact us. The cattle can
be viewed at the ranch anytime. Stop in and have a cup of coffee with us; we’d love to have you. Check out website,
www.pedersonbhr.com
, for videos, color photos and further information.
We look forward to seeing you on March 6th.
The Pederson Broken Heart Ranch crew
Helen and Ralph
Gary and Sue
The Pederson Family
Chad, Lisa and Bricelyn
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