Publish date: 12/11/23
The best way to spread holiday cheer is by singing loud for all to hear…
“On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me
A partridge in a pear tree
On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me
Two turtle doves and
A partridge in a pear tree”
Just kidding. We won’t ruin your holidays for you by singing, but we do have the next best thing in store for you. How about recapping 12 top sires who joined ABS this year? Highlighting our top sires is the best way we know around ABS to spread holiday cheer!
ABS Sire Acquisition Manager, Ben Lohmann, and several others from our beef team work hard year-round to identify the top sires across the country and bring them into the ABS lineup. From sifting through sale catalogs to defining database searches to pounding the pavement, this talented team has its nose to the grindstone to make sure our customers have the best genetics available. All the work is worth it when top sires like the ones below end up calling ABS home.
Check out these 12 newbies who we think will have a long-term impact.
- Genetic Strength and Security
INSTITUTION is a top Angus sire because he will stop you in your tracks with his ‘herd bull’ phenotype. He is one of the most complete and exciting prospects with his quality, balance, and elite maternal data set. JET BLACK, CHAPS, Sitz Investment, and FORESIGHT line his pedigree, and you know what they bring from a maternal standpoint. INSTITUTION is the massive and dimensional top Angus sire you’ve been looking for that stands on impeccable feet.
- Secure your Future Cowherd
Our next top Angus sire is another SAFE DEPOSIT son who you will fall in love with for his length of body, thickness, and shape. SECURITY is the scale-crushing standout from the 2023 Kenny Angus sale. He offers an abundance of calving ease, maternal, and foot quality coupled with growth and performance. Looking for a combination of calving ease and very high performance? SECURITY is your guy!
- Double Play on Calving Ease and End Product
We’ve highlighted our following top Angus sire a few times because we are excited about what he brings to the table. CONTENDER is considered by some as the next step for FIREBALL, Ashland, or Hometown. He is a young sire with calving ease and growth who will infuse end product merit with type, kind, and correctness. CONTENDER is a super correct, good-footed bull with balance and look tucked into a moderate, shapely package.
- Moment of Clarity and Substance
BLACK BANDOLIER is another top Angus sire and is regarded as one of the most raved-about Clarity sons to sell anywhere in 2023. Picture this. Top 1 percent calving ease, top 1 percent growth, and nearly +100 Weaning Weight. BLACK BANDOLIER is a unique blend of legendary programs, sires, and pedigrees. He offers beef producers exception mating flexibility in today’s marketplace.
- Clear-Cut Advantage in Breeding Efficiency
EVERCLEAR has the upper head in terms of breeding efficiency. The conversation around this top Angus is strictly about quality and balance and what cattle need to do with our customers’ profitability in mind. EVERCLEAR offers producers elite top 1% $maternal coupled with breed-leading marbling and calving ease and a dose of moderate cow size and reduced DMI. Keeping sustainability at the forefront of discussion, EVERCLEAR offers a world of opportunity.
- The Doctor Will See You Now
As one of the best total-package top Angus sires to sell anywhere this year, HOLLIDAY is a bull who is a man from nose to tail. This is the bull for you if you want a quality and balance set of EPDs in a stout herd bull package. His dam’s pedigree screams predictability with traces of PAYWEIGHT 1682, Right 338, Traveler 234D, and Rainmaker 340 coursing through her genes. Do you like a beef bull who is big topped, thick-ended, and bold-sprung? Then, HOLLIDAY is your stud.
- Precise, High Impact Fire Power
Our next top Angus sire checks the boxes for growth, performance, feet, PAP, carcass merit, overall maternal, $Beef, and $Combined. BLAZER is one of the best beef bull phenotype FIREBALL sons you will find. He will bring the same big-bodied and ribbed phenotype that breeders ask for with more muscle expression. He stands on a great foot and foundation with big testicles and base width. BLAZER is a sire that reads right for so many traits of interest and need in today’s beef world.
- Prospecting for the Most in Productivity and Profitability
As we switch breeds, we introduce KLONDIKE who is a top Simmental sire with a curve-bending data package. KLONDIKE is designed to generate exceptional replacement females—the kind you can build a herd around. You will appreciate him for his feet, foundation, and structure. He is extremely correct, long-bodied, and smooth-made. Let’s not forget what his sire, TRUE NORTH, brings to the table in terms of maternal. Use KLONDIKE for productivity and profitability.
- Use BEDROCK as a Foundation for Your Future Success
BEDROCK is our next top Simmental sire who is inarguably one of the best SimAngus sires to sell this year. He is a bull who will stop you in your tracks with his physical presence and herd bull eye appeal. When you start to look at his pedigree, you will love him even more as his sire is no other than PATRIARCH, a bulletproof package for maternal. He is a middle-framed, densely made bull with added length, depth of rib, and thickness. BEDROCK is the foundation of your future success.
- A True Stockman’s Kind
Our Red Angus lineup is as strong as ever before. We start with a top Red Angus sire who is one of the hottest new young sires on the market. STOCKYARD was our pick in a powerful flush and overall set of bulls this spring at the Lemke Cattle Sale. You will love the kind of body and shape he possesses because he is shapely, big-bodied, and bold-sprung. He ranks in the top 10% for eight different traits or indexes. STOCKYARD is an uncommon blend of calving ease, performance, marbling, and phenotype.
- Be Confident in Your Breeding Program
CONFIDENT is our next top Red Angus sire who was the high-selling individual at the inaugural Berwald Red Angus Production Sale. He delivers an outcross genetic set by using the right black Angus genetics in a red package. You will find breed-leading maternal, calving ease, and end product in this sire who has style and performance to burn. For producers asking for a powerhouse EPD set and mating flexibility, look no further than CONFIDENCE.
- Sleep Until Sunrise
Our final bull to highlight is SUNRISE a top Hereford sire who joins in our lineup from Baumgarten Cattle Company. He is a bull with added depth and has plenty of muscle, yet he keeps birth weight and calving in ease in check. He is a short-marked, dark red, and goggle-eyed bull with a curve-bending EPD package of 10 or more traits in the top 20% of the breed. SUNRISE is the next step for REVVED UP and BARRACUDA in highly maternal, calving ease genetics in the Hereford breed.
Sugar and spice might make the holidays nice but so do these top sires! We pride ourselves on offering the best genetics to our customers every day. These top sires join an already impressive and diverse lineup of sires of all breeds. Remember during this holiday season of giving, we are here to provide elite genetics, technical expertise, and superior customer service to help you reach your goals.
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