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Dear Friends:
Welcome to our 13th annual sale of Value Based Genetics!!! Selection for superior seedstock
that produce beef economically and efficiently has never been more important with the cur-
rent profit potential. With 800 lb feeders bringing nearly the same price per pound as 500
lb feeders it’s obvious that 6-6.5 frame cattle that finish at 1350 to 1450 lbs are necessary
to maximize profits.
33 years of harsh production requirements has yielded the bulls offered and some of the
best females we have ever worked with. This set of bulls is unmatched for structural cor-
rectness, bone, large hooves, large scrotals, body capacity, growth with calving ease and
built-in carcass advantages. Our bulls are known to gain weight throughout the breeding
season even their first year of service. We have customers with 8 and 9 yr old bulls still
servicing cows and one customer that buys yearling bulls, uses them for 60 days in the
spring, runs them on grass until fall when the same yearling bulls breed their fall cows.
These bulls are designed to make you a profit!
Remember our sight unseen buyer guarantee, just please call ahead so we can fulfill your
needs with the right individuals. Our goal is, and has always been, unmatched customer
service. Buy with confidence that these bulls will improve your bottom line!
Michelle is in her third year of vet school at ISU, doing more lab and surgery work and
loving every minute. Todd continues working with Silgan as head of safety. He has
started “On the Hoof Video” and is videoing the cattle and placing them online this year.
We will have an online video of every sale animal this year rather than trying to do as
many still shots. Hopefully, this will give you a better perspective and more confidence
in your purchase.
Steve and Bri were married on June 23rd of this year. I described the wedding as “en-
chanting” and Lynda will never let me forget that. It was a special event for 2 special
people. I’m sure you will agree the women in our photo are absolutely beautiful!!! Steve & Bri are looking
for a house in the Twin Cities to purchase, as Steve continues to work at Target headquarters and Bri at the National Marrow Donor
program.
Lynda is still working for the State of Iowa as an area supervisor. She could have retired 2 years ago, but decided work was less stressful than spending more time with me.
She continues to love her gardening, canning and cooking. Her hobbies continue to improve my average daily gain.
We were saddened to lose my father, Larry, this past fall. He loved horses and cattle and any place that had a lot of people to visit with. He loved our bull sales and talking
to buyers. I will really miss all of our cattle pickup and delivery trips. We could drive 300 miles and all I had to do was shake my head in agreement periodically and just
listen. He will always be in our thoughts and prayers.
I am extremely fortunate to have the love, help and support of my family. As a father it’s especially rewarding to see my kids succeed. I’m very proud of all of their accom-
plishments. Special thanks to Lynda for making me a better person and for the great meal today.
Thanks to Mike Wilson who has worked by my side for over 20 years. He treats the cattle like his own and always does the best he can. Thanks to Dan Kimball for being a
good friend and doing a fantastic job getting all of the cattle ready for our sales and shows.
Our production partners have the same goals and commitment to producing superior seedstock that we do. Please take the time to get to know each of them. I would like
to extend my thanks for all of their hard work and dedication toward producing some of the best seedstock available in the industry today.
As always, all of the cattle selling are guaranteed to perform as expected or we’ll fix it to your satisfaction. We encourage everyone to take advantage of our hospitality
and join us Friday or Saturday for a showing of the bulls or tour of the cowherd.
Please remember our servicemen in your thoughts and prayers as they continue to protect our rights and liberties. We look forward to seeing you Feb 23rd!!!
Sincerely,
Jeff Springer
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Jeff & Lynda Springer
Steve & Bri and Michelle & Todd
The sale will be broadcast on
see page 2 for more information
Dad was a horseman. As I was growing up, most everything revolved around horses. Every Christ-
mas day Dad and Grandpa always hitched up Dick and Dan, Grandpa’s Belgians, and gave everyone
rides. We were always breaking something to ride, or in a lot of cases, smashing tongues or eveners
or harness breaking something to drive. I broke outlaws while in high school for others and Dad
was always there to snub him up the first couple of times so I wouldn’t get hurt. Lynda’s first expe-
rience meeting my parents AND riding a horse involved a family horseback ride. Dad’s old mare,
Dolly, scared the begeezers out of Lynda when she galloped up the hill at a breakneck speed want-
ing to get home to her pasture to eat fresh grass. I bought a gelding 2 years ago in Minneapolis.
Sure enough, Dad had to go along to give his approval and pick him up. I mentioned that maybe
we should take him to a trainer. Dad immediately said, “I’ll bring Tye up to snub him up and we’ll
get him done”. A couple of rides later we had him started, and Dad had bragging rights at his DP
morning breakfast club about what we had accomplished at HIS age. Dad ran a buggy business for
weddings at the Little Brown Church following his retirement. Due to the publicity of this business,
he was asked to bring his team and drive in the Brach’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in Chicago. He
was proud as punch and told everyone he met, whether they cared to listen or not.
When he bought Chance, you could just tell they were a team. He’s the buckskin pictured and was
truly one of the smartest horses I have ever seen. When Michelle needed a 4H horse project, here
came Chance to help out. No average horse would do. I was in heaven as well. You could throw a
rope on his halter and ride bareback down to check the cows, or saddle him up and get a heck of
a ride sorting cows. Chance died here a few years ago since Dad eventually gave him to Michelle.
Dad cried like a baby.
Steve spent a summer helping dad build his machine shed. It was a great experience for both of
them. They did their best to eat every berry Leatha could put her hands on, and cleaned out all of the ice cream in Nashua. Since his own kids already had Dad informed of
any antics a kid could do, Steve and Grandpa got along great and DID manage to get the shed built. Dad was proud of that machine shed, but more proud of the time he and
Steve spent together.
Dad never met a stranger………only someone he hadn’t visited with yet. He loved his family, Leatha, kids, grandkids and great-grandkids. We all miss Dad a lot, but I’m sure he
is watching us here, picking out the best bulls and telling everyone how great his family is. He is truly missed, but we were blessed to have him as our Dad.
