Thank you to our customers for a good start to our sales season. There are still bulls available, as updated below

YEARLINGS AND 2-YEAR OLDs

1403 County Road 37, Livermore, CO 80536

www.rabbitcreekranch.biz e-mail: ercrlllp@gmail.com

George Seidel 970 481 0124 Richard Borgmann 970 658 6705

Take US 287 about 20 miles northwest of Fort Collins; turn west at The Forks Restaurant (Red Feather Lakes Road, CR 74E) and go exactly 4 miles; turn north and go 1.4 miles on CR 37. The ranch is on the west side of the road. The bulls are in the pens off the left branch of the lane.

Rabbit Creek Ranch Yearling Registered Angus Bulls

Tag	Born	Sire	Dam’s Sire	BW	Calving Ease-CED	BW EPD	ADJ WW	WW EPD	YW EPD	Milk EPD	PAP	WT 2/25/13	Gain/ Day	Weaning Value $	Feeding Value $	Price $
2001	1/8	F Answer	CSU Spirit	69	11****	-1.1	667	56	95	22	49	1145	3.24	35.25	35.89	SOLD
2002	1/8	Mainline	CSU Spirit	73	7***	0.2	685	53	96	18	36	1245	3.80	29.44	38.51	3,400
2003	1/13	F Answer	RCR Earl	84	4**	2.3	668	57	97	22	51	1195	3.73	30.24	37.84	2,800
2004	1/16	Program	CSU Spirit	69	8***	-0.3	687	56	97	22	47	1100	2.80	33.46	38.31	SOLD
2005	1/17	Prime Cut	RCR Jethro	79	2**	0.7	625	50	89	16	45	1105	3.39	28.53	31.51	3,000
2006	1/28	Daybreak	CSU Spirit	74	8***	0.0	671	52	91	19	42	1095	3.01	31.29	32.96	3,300
2007	2/1	B Wagon	E Fortune	72	10****	-0.6	585	42	73	24	43	1020	2.57	31.54	16.80	2,900
2008	2/1	RCR Sam	MM Grid	79	5***	0.9	605	49	84	19	60	1160	3.77	30.52	26.13	2,700
2009	2/5	Game Day	CSU Miler	86	7***	0.9	642	47	84	23	47	1040	2.30	29.58	27.03	2,600
2010	2/5	RCR Hugh	M Design	89	5**	1.9	684	50	84	20	41	1210	3.18	29.99	25.68	2,600
2011	/5	Daybreak	RCR Sam	78	8***	0.1	593	46	82	21	44	1090	3.20	30.00	25.17	2,900
2012	2/5	Game Day	RCR Jethro	78	4***	0.9	644	52	92	21	41	1080	2.91	30.31	34.15	SOLD
2013	2/6	Daybreak	CSU Miler	85	6***	1.4	643	47	84	21	47	1150	3.73	28.26	27.03	SOLD
2014	2/6	Daybreak	CSU Miler	80	8***	0.3	636	45	81	19	47	1225	3.53	28.71	24.47	2,900
2015	2/6	Daybreak	P Fred	75	9****	-0.7	642	46	82	18	40	1105	2.77	30.07	25.17	SOLD
2016	2/7	RCR Sam	CSU Miler	83	6***	0.5	582	44	77	20	57	1140	3.53	29.56	20.38	2,600
2017	2/8	Game Day	RCR Gus	85	4**	1.5	582	40	79	22	44	1050	2.96	24.04	24.40	2,600
2018	2/9	Daybreak	CSU Miler	87	6***	1.3	666	50	86	18	37	1165	3.05	29.80	28.00	2,800
2019	2/9	Daybreak	RCR Jethro	80	5***	1.0	617	46	82	19	38	1080	2.98	28.41	25.17	SOLD
2020	2/9	Daybreak	CSU Miler	78	8***	0.6	628	50	87	21	45	1090	3.15	31.02	29.16	SOLD
2021	2/9	Daybreak	RCR Jethro	78	5***	1.1	636	51	90	15	42	1065	2.91	28.20	32.23	SOLD
2022	2/10	Daybreak	RCR Kham	78	6***	0.5	599	42	75	17	42	1060	2.92	27.62	19.01	2,900
2023	2/10	Daybreak	PP Design	78	9****	0.2	655	49	88	24	37	1150	3.04	30.73	30.79	3,300
2024	2/11	New Level	RCR Earl	75	8***	0.0	639	51	87	21	45	1130	3.04	32.67	28.71	3,300
2025	2/11	RCR Sam	4 point 8	86	6***	1.0	628	50	82	18	44	1175	3.45	31.95	27.40	3,000
2026	2/12	B Wagon	RCR Sam	82	7***	0.9	606	47	78	27	43	1130	3.32	32.92	20.20	3,200
2027	2/16	RCR Sam	CSU Miler	83	4***	0.9	595	47	80	21	55	1245	4.28	30.91	22.45	2,800
2028	2/20	LCOC Dan	CSU Spirit	68	13****	-2.1	638	49	86	20	48	1150	3.37	33.23	28.45	SOLD
2029	2/23	CSU Spirit	CSU Miler	63	11****	-1.8	657	49	82	20	39	1030	2.94	34.70	23.84	3,400
2030	2/27	Daybreak	Objective	79	6***	1.4	669	52	94	21	44	1085	3.29	28.80	36.55	3,200
2031	2/29	CSU Spirit	CSU Miler	74	9****	-0.8	611	41	73	16	59	1100	3.27	28.67	17.22	2,800
2033	3/2	LCOC Dan	CSU Spirit	76	12****	-0.7	656	45	80	24	46	1155	3.34	31.47	23.33	SOLD
2034	3/1	LCOC Dan	New Std	80	11****	-0.3	713	53	94	22	44	1065	2.39	31.99	36.09	SOLD
2035	3/15	RCR Nevis	Rito Rito	80	6***	1.2	675	55	96	20	41	1010	2.67	30.72	37.57	3,200
2036	3/20	CSU Spirit	CSU Miler	85	nya	nya	691	nya	nya	nya	43	1010	2.34	nya	nya	2,700

nya – not yet available

Our bulls are known for their gentle dispositions.  All calves will be polled.

RABBIT CREEK RANCH 2- AND 3- YEAR-OLD REGISTERED ANGUS BULLS

Tag No.	Born		Sire	Dam’s Sire	BW	Calving Ease-CED	BW EPD	ADJ WW	WW EPD	YW EPD	Milk EPD	PAP	WT 2/27/13	Gain/ Day	Weaning Value $	Feeding Value $	Price $
1004#		1/28	RCR Jethro	CSU Spirit	78	2**	0.8	687	54	88	11	44	1515	3.57	30.70	28.52	3,000
1005		2/1	In Focus	RCR Earl	75	10****	-0.2	606	44	82	20	56	1440	3.43	28.07	24.21	2,700
1008#		2/2	RCR Sam	CSU Miler	72	8***	-0.6	786	54	86	20	36	1355	3.17	36.39	26.20	3,500
1010		2/3	RCR Sam	CSU Spirit	75	6 ***	-0.1	642	53	89	12	47	1440	3.70	30.68	28.00	3,000
1021		2/9	Objective	RCR Kham	85	6 ***	1.9	670	54	96	18	58	1425	3.17	27.11	36.55	SOLD
1027		2/13	CSU Miler	Easy Fort	88	3 **	2.8	695	44	75	25	67	1350	3.13	26.82	17.47	2,200
3Y37#		2/5	Complete	S Foresight	80	1*	2.9	nd	46	82	30	40	1365	nd	30.09	25.17	SOLD
0029#	2010		RCR Hugh	Triumph	81	1*	1.7	663	46	75	12	42	1490	2.64	28.51	17.19	2,400

 # Not virgin bulls; the one 3-year-old and seven 2-year-old bulls are trich tested. nd-not done

• Weaning and feeding $ are calculated by the Angus Assoc.: Relative extra values of calves if sold at weaning or as fat cattle.

• Calving Ease- Higher CED is better
• **** Exceptional ease
• *** Suitable for heifers
• ** Well-grown heifers only
• * Best not used for heifers

• Heifer bulls- Calving Ease scores may predict better than BW EPDs .

• Pap scores – if grazing above 8000 feet, it is best if PAP scores are below 45

RABBIT CREEK RANCH ANNUAL BULL SALE 2013

www.rabbitcreekranch.biz

Richard Borgmann, Manager

7293 County Road 80C,

Livermore, CO 80536

Telephone: 970 484 2359

Cell: 970 658 6705

George and Sarah Seidel, Owners

3248 Arrowhead Road

La Porte, CO 80535

Telephone: 970 482 1088; Cell: 970 481 0124

E-mail: ercrlllp@gmail.com

About Our Program

· We do not creep-feed calves. Period! We harvest low-cost grass.

· We select for high weaning weight, low to moderate birth weight, and moderate milk (too much milk requires too much feed to breed back early).

· We performance test the bulls in standardized, high-roughage feeding trials and cull again.

· We use embryo transfer to get more calves from our better cows and add new genetics to our herd.

· Angus carcasses are tender, readily grade choice, and Angus-sired feeder calves bring a 3-5¢/lb premium. A load of herdmate steers to previous year’s bulls sold on the grid; 39 of 40 qualified for premium carcasses, and earned an average $70 premium over sales on a live weight basis!

· Bulls have been selected on pedigree, conformation, weaning weight, yearling weight, and semen quality, and pedigrees are clean for carrier status of curly calf, fawn calf and hydrocephalus.

· All calves sired by these bulls will be polled; all bulls are PAP tested.

About EPDs (expected progeny differences)

· EPDs are no substitute for evaluation of animals for structural soundness or for the reputation of the seller.

· However, EPDs are the best scientific measure of how an animal’s progeny will perform, and often, the single most useful tool for improving cattle. EPDs incorporate information on adjusted weights and are up to 9 times more accurate than ratios.

National Angus EPDs (lbs) (current bulls)		Birth weight	Calving ease	Weaning weight	Maternal milk	Yearling weight	$ Weaned calves
Top	10%	-0.6	11	60	30	106	35.18
	30%	0.8	8	52	26	94	30.19
Average	50%	1.7	6	47	23	86	27.00
	70%	2.7	3	41	20	77	23.83
Bottom	90%	4.0	0	32	14	62	18.84

Note: Even a 5 lb EPD Angus birth weight produces a smaller calf relative to the average of nearly any other beef breed.

Terms and Conditions

We will follow the guidelines of the American Angus Association for terms and conditions of sales. All animals are guaranteed to be structurally sound and healthy at the time of the sale, and are guaranteed breeders.

· Free delivery within 100 miles

· 5 % discount with purchase of 3 or more head

· First come, first served

Breeding Season Guarantee

If any bull should become injured or is otherwise unable to breed cattle prior to September 1, 2013, we will exchange the bull for a similar one. Should a bull die before September 1, 2013, we will give a $500 credit for purchase of another bull from us, if purchased before April 1, 2014. There are no guarantees for events after September 1, 2013.