Monday, April 29, 2024 • 12 Noon
At the Palo Duro Cowboy Church
(12200 W U.S. Hwy 60 • Canyon, Texas)
Watch the sale and bid live online at DVAuction.com
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Sunday, April 28
All day Cattle available for viewing at Giles Angus Ranch
7 PM Dinner and educational seminar at Palo Duro Cowboy Church
Tommy Perkins, associate professor of Animal Science at West Texas A&M, will discuss managing
and maximizing
fertility
in the cow herd with the available resources
Monday, April 29
12 Noon Sale begins at Palo Duro Cowboy Church
Sale managed by:GENETICS
At Giles Angus Ranch, we are focused on producing genetics that
excel in calving ease, weaning weight, yearling weight,
fertility, docility and carcass value as well as being easy keepers and easy fleshing animals of
moderate frame and
size. We are striving to produce bulls that will sire females with a mature weight of 1,200 to
1,300 lbs. and that
consistently wean more than 50% of their body weight. Efficiency is also built into calving ease
relative to increased
“breed back” performance, in addition to relative average daily gain, and mature
weight versus
carcass weight ratio.
Carcass premiums are very important, regardless if you sell your calves at weaning or as feeders. In today’s world of technology, every animal’s performance is tracked back to the ranch of origin whenever possible. If you are producing calves with $200 to $400 premiums per head on the value-based grid marketing system, the buyer will be back with more and more money as each year progresses. Therefore, it is so important to have a planned genetic program. At the very least, purchase bulls from a genetic supplier like us.
We should recognize that it costs approximately the same to produce a lower performing calf as it does a higher performing one. We must keep in mind the discriminating cattle feeder is rewarded on average daily gain, conversion efficiency and carcass value, which are also main drivers of steer calf price.
Learn more about our reference sire lineup here.
DNA TESTED
In today’s age of technology, bovine gene markers have been
mapped
and are being utilized by Angus Genetics, Inc. That
means each one of our bulls and females are tested with an HD50K DNA test, which gives us a gene
loci evaluation of each
animal in reference to their important
economic traits they pass onto their offspring. This includes calving ease, weaning weight,
yearling weight, docility,
fertility, milking ability and carcass value. In other words, these DNA markers are reflected in
the EPDs, which
provides a more accurate prediction of how the offspring will perform from a particular bull or
female. Don’t buy a bull
today without them!
MARKETING
As a Giles Angus Ranch customer, we would be happy to assist with
marketing your stocker/feeder calves through
AngusLink®. This program allows the customer to upload all available data on a set of cattle
so
that we, as your
seedstock provider, can assist you in marketing your calves
to our network of premium buyers. It takes a little time and organization to get listed with
AngusLink and needs to be
done as early in the season as possible. Please call Kelly for more AngusLink program details as
well as animal health
protocols that will be beneficial to your bottom line. We have buyers who want to buy your
calves.
Please compare our EPDs to other programs. You will find you can get the premium service, marketing support and genetic prestige from our program that can cost you twice as much from other competitors. Ranch for profit… ranch with us!
Nathan Allbritton and his family are longtime Giles Angus customers. Nathan and his wife, Lisa, and her son, Kade, ranch along the Red River Valley and operate KLN Cattle Co. KLN runs a sizable commercial cow herd and stocker/ feeder program in Louisiana in addition to their ranch in New Mexico. Nathan has purchased a pot load of bulls from us over the years.
In Dec. 2022, Nathan harvested a pen of their home raised calves, fed at Buffalo Feeders near Buffalo, Oklahoma, and sold them on the grid.
Average Live Weight
1,501 lbs.
Pen’s Quality Grade Results
40% Prime
97% Choice or better
The top animal in the group earned a carcass value of $2,920! The average carcass value of the pen was nearly $2,600 per head. The “back to the ranch” gross was more than $1,300 per calf. That's genetic value and cow-calf profitability in action!
For more information, contact Kelly Giles at (806) 655-5800 or email him.