Even in a year which has been so crazy that we had to ask people to not attend in-person on Sale Day, many repeat customers and some new customers made the effort to “virtually” attend the Top 100 Bull Sale on April 20th and express their confidence in our program of Stacked Performance GeneticTM. A total of 110 yearling bulls with multiple generations of Jorgensen breeding were selected by buyers from 9 different states – from Montana & Wyoming to Tennessee & Virginia – and points in between. Some cattlemen invested in as many as five to fifteen Jorgensen bulls for their herd.
The sale average was $6,814 on 110 yearling bulls
This year’s offering of performance-tested bulls featured 25 bulls from the Rito Sire Line (Black Tag), 39 bulls from the Eldorado Sire Line (Yellow Tag), 26 bulls from the Emulous Sire Line (White Tag), 10 bulls from the Traveler Sire Line (Orange), and 10 bulls from the Emulation Sire Line (Purple Tag).
Highlights from the sale were:
- Rito Sire Line: 8 Resource sons averaged $9,188 / 17 Renown sons averaged $9,850
- Ideal Rito 9090 of RES (Lot 39), a stout made son of SAV Resource 1441 & the #5 WDA bull in the sale, sold to Ede Brietmeier of Chinook, MT for $15,500
- Ideal Rito 9042 of REN (Lot 4), a son of SAV Renown 3439 boasted an ADG ratio of 114 & Feed Conversion ratio of 108, sold to Steve & Carol Balius and daughter Laura of Gordon, NE for $15,000
- Ideal Rito 9033 of REN (Lot 2), a son of SAV Renown 3439 was the #2 WDA bull in the sale, sold to Steve & Carol Balius and daughter Laura of Gordon, NE for $14,500
- Ideal Rito 9085 of RES (Lot 41), a son of SAV Resource 1441 was the #5 ADG bull in the sale, sold to J.D. Hewitt of Vale, SD for $14,000
- Ideal Rito 9034 of REN (Lot 3), a son of SAV Renown 3439 that earned a 116 ADG ratio and 108 Feed Conversion ratio, sold to Tom Kauer of Winner, SD for $13,000
- Ideal Rito 9086 of RES (Lot 40), a son of SAV Resource 1441 was the #6 WDA bull of the sale, sold to Wade Risse of Martin, SD
- Traveler Sire Line: 10 Ideal 4223 sons averaged $5,850
- Ideal Traveler 9671 of 4223 (Lot 68), a son of Ideal 4223 of 1168 Blkbrd who posted the 3rd largest Ribeye scan and #3 RE/CWT ratio in the sale, sold to C.S. Fitzgerald of Raphine, VA for $10,000
- Eldorado Sire Line: 32 Ideal Encore sons averaged $6,078 / 7 Ideal 3444 sons averaged $5,286
- Ideal Eldorado 9479 of Encor (Lot 22), a son of Ideal Encore of 9524 Lady who earned the #1 ADG ratio of the sale (128) and was the #6 bull in the sale for CEM EPD, sold to Vern Stipe of Moiese, MT for $12,000
- Ideal Eldorado 9468 of Encor (Lot 37), a son of Ideal Encore of 9524 Lady was the #1 YW EPD & #5 Feed Conversion bull in the sale, sold to John Agler of Wayne, NE for $9,500
- Emulous Sire Line: 26 sons of Ideal 5609 averaged $6,885
- Ideal Emulous 9286 of 5609 (Lot 8), a son of Ideal 5609 of 1281 Marjorie earned the #1 WDA ratio of the sale and posted an ADG ratio of 111, sold to Dan & Patricia Duffy of Winner, SD for $12,000
- Ideal Emulous 9267 (Lot 12), a son of Ideal 5609 of 1281 Marjorie earned an ADG ratio of 112 and a Feed Conversion ratio of 106, sold to Dan & Patricia Duffy of Winner, SD for $12,000
- Ideal Emulous 9295 of 5609 (Lot 11), a son of Ideal 5609 of 1281 Marjorie Earned an ADG ratio of 111 and a Feed Conversion ratio of 106, sold to Ede Brietmeier of Chinook, MT for $11,000
- Ideal Emulous 9282 of 5609 (Lot 9), a son of Ideal 5609 of 1281 Marjorie was the #5 RE scan bull of the sale and a 114 ADG ratio, sold to Wade Risse of Martin, SD for $10,500
- Ideal Emulous 9264 of 5609 (Lot 10), a son of Ideal 5609 of 1281 Marjorie was the #4 ADG bull of the sale with a 118 ADG ratio, sold to Clay & Brad Fenenga of Hamill, SD, for $10,000
- Ideal Emulous 9283 of 5609 (Lot 17), a son of Ideal 5609 of 1281 Marjorie was the #7 ADG bull of the sale and earned a 110 Feed Conversion ratio, sold to Perry Dekay of Niobara, NE for $10,000
- Emulation Sire Line: 10 sons of Shadow Rider 1741 averaged $6,950
- Ideal Emulation 9845 of Ridr (Lot 57), a son of Sinclair Shadow Rider 1741 who posted a 113 ADG ratio and was the #13 WDA bull in the sale, sold to Shipwheel Cattle Company of Chinook, MT for $16,000
- Ideal Emulation 9836 of Ridr (Lot 58), a son of Sinclair Shadow Rider 1741 tied for the #2 Feed Conversion bull in the sale and posted an ADG ratio of 115, sold to Dan & Patricia Duffy of Winner, SD for $9,000
We appreciate all of the trust that our customers place in us and we can assure you that we do not take that lightly. Thank you! We are honored.
Jorgensen Land & Cattle is the largest seller of beef bulls in America (per BEEF Magazine Seedstock 100 List). For more information on Stacked Performance Genetics from Jorgensen Land & Cattle, please contact us by phone (1-800-548-2855), email ([email protected]), or visit our website www.jorgensenfarms.com
Jorgensen Land & Cattle, 31250 265th Street, Ideal, SD 57541-9230
