2 – 2013 Brush Country Bull Sale
RETAINED SEMEN INTEREST
Buyer will receive full possession, 100% salvage value and ½
semen interest of any bull purchased in this sale while respective
owner will retain ½ semen interest. This semen interest entitles
Brush Country Bulls owners to ½ of the revenue of any semen sold.
If a bull is sold to a third party, Brush Country Bulls owners’ interest
remains and it is the buyer’s responsibility to ensure semen interest
is upheld if semen is ever sold. Brush Country Bull owners will not
be responsible for expenses related to semen collection of any bull
purchased unless a mutual agreement is reached for expenses prior
to semen collection. Brush Country Bull owners retained semen in-
terest includes the right to collect semen on purchased bulls at the
owners expense and the buyer’s convenience.
BRUSH COUNTRY GUARANTEE
Every bull is guaranteed to be sound on sale day and has passed a
breeding soundness exam performed within 30 days of the sale.
Every bull selling carries a 100% guarantee for one breeding season,
provided the bull is managed for proper and acceptable nutritional
and physical health, not to exceed 120 days beyond sale day. In the
event a customer has a problem with a bull (health, injury or death)
prior to or during the bull’s first breeding season, the customer
should immediately contact a Brush Country Bulls representative to
report a claim. A veterinarian’s statement of the problem will be re-
quired and Brush Country Bulls reserves the right to have the bull
returned if deemed necessary. A replacement bull of mutually agreed
upon quality will be provided if Brush Country Bulls has one avail-
able with delivery distance to the customer not to exceed the 150
mile free delivery. If a satisfactory replacement bull is not available,
the customer will be given a full credit (minus salvage value of the
original bull) to be used in a future Brush Country Bulls sale. Brush
Country Bulls will not be held responsible under any circumstances
for any settlement amount exceeding the purchase price of the bull.
Airport:
San Antonio International Airport
Hotel Room Block:
Holiday Inn Express
350 Medical Drive
Jourdanton, TX 78026
Phone: 830-769-3323
Block: Brush Country Bulls, $99/night
Reservation must be made by December 12.
DIRECTIONS TO THE RANCH:
Off of Interstate-37 take exit #88.
Turn east onto FM 1099. Travel 2.2 miles and turn right onto
County Road 412. (Look for the Tom Brothers sign) Travel on
County Road 412 for 0.7 miles and entrance is on the left.
EXPECTED PROGENY DIFFERENCES (EPDs)
EPDs, Indexes and $Values
EPDs are based upon a deviation from the breed average (above or
below (-)) for the base year for the particular trait. You cannot compare
EPDs from one breed to another. EPDs may change from the time this
catalog was printed until registration papers are transferred.
Listed below are the units ASA EPDs are expressed in:
CE
Calving Ease
% unassisted births from two-year-old
heifers
BW
Birth Weight
Pounds of birth weight
YW
Yearling Weight
Pounds of yearling weight due to growth
MCE
Maternal CE
% unassisted births from two-year-old
daughters
MM
Maternal Milk
Pounds of weaning weight due to dam’s
milk
MW
Maternal WW Pounds of weaning weight due to dam’s
milk and growth
BF
Back Fat
Inches of fat thickness
REA
Ribeye Area
Square inches of ribeye
MB
Marbling
% of a marbling score or %IMF
YG
Yield Grade
Tenths of a yield grade
Simmental $ Indexes
API
All Purpose Index $ per cow exposed under an all-purpose-
sire scenario
TI
Terminal Index $ per cow exposed under a terminal-
sire scenario
SIMMENTAL $ INDEXES
Though EPDs allow from the comparison of genetic levels from many
economically important traits, they only provide a piece of the economic
puzzle. That’s where $ indexes come in – blending EPDs and economics
to estimate an animal’s overall impact on your bottom line. The same
technology that led to the dramatic progress in swine, poultry and
dairy genetics over the last several decades was used to develop the
following $ indexes.
All-Purpose Index (API):
Evaluates sires for use on the entire cow
herd (bred to both Angus first-calf heifers and mature cows) with the
portion of their daughters required to maintain herd size retained, and
the remaining heifers and steers put on feed and sold grade and yield.
Terminal Index (TI):
Evaluates sire for use on mature Angus cows
with all offspring put on feed and sold grade and yield.
WHAT IS A SIMANGUS
TM
AND A SIMANGUS
TM
HT
The American Simmental Association (ASA) recently added the designation
of SimAngus
TM
HT (Heat Tolerant) to their promotion. SimAngus
TM
HT is
a SimAngus
TM
with at least 1/8 Brahman.
A SimAngus
TM
, to be exact, must have at least 1/4 Angus and 1/4 Sim-
mental and the combination of the two needs to add to 3/4 or more.
To get the SimAngus
TM
designated to HT, the animal must possess at
least 1/8 Brahman blood.
Need something about viewing the sale on DV Auction, and notice
that bulls are available for viewing prior to and on sale day, but
will be sold via video screen in the sale ring. Videos are available
on consignors web sites and dvauction.com
Cattle are available for viewing prior to and on sale day,
but will be sold via video screen in the sale ring.
Videos available for viewing prior to the sale
on dvauction.com under production sales as well
as consignor websites
