2025 TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE
SELLING: 28 Homo Blk Homo Polled * Purebred Simmental & Sim/Angus bulls
l Homo Polled Red PB Simmental 1 Hetero Black Homo Polled 3/4 SM 1/4 AN
We have one donor cow, 12 open heifer calves, 3 bred heifers, and 14 various aged bred cows in the sale.
Our sale format will be by auction at Montana Livestock Auction, Ramsey Montana, February 4th, 2025 at 1:00 pm . Videos and pictures will be available on the web site littlebitterrootranch.com January 1st. Request the final weight gain, frame, scrotal and DNA testing which will be available after Jan. 1st.
TERMS OF THE SALE Payment will be made to Montana Livestock Auction. All bulls sell under terms and conditions of the American Simmental Association with an additional Little Bitterroot Ranch & Laird Simmental guarantee.
ABSENTEE BIDDING OPTIONS If you would like to be on the phone with someone during the sale call one of the sale day phone numbers and we will make arrangements. Call and visit with Frank, Ted, or Rob ahead of the sale and leave your order. Your order will be handled with respect and confidentiality. You may bid online at DVAuction or cattleusa.com. You must register and be preapproved to bid before sale day.
VIEWING OF BULLS Bulls are available for viewing any time prior to February 1st, 2025, at the ranch in Hot Springs. Bulls may be viewed in Ramsay February 3rd & 4th, 2025.
SALE ORDER Sale order will be determined the evening before sale.
FEEDING & DELIVERY A $200 credit will be given for bulls taken home sale day. Bulls will be fed free of charge until delivery date of around April 1, 2025. There will be a $3.00 per day per head charge for late delivery. Bulls will be delivered free of charge up to 500 miles from the ranch.
The summer was very dry and we ran out of grass early so bulls were weaned and put on feed. Even so it was dry we do not creep feed our animals and interfere with their true weaning weight potential. They were worked up to 10# Bull Developer 14.5 protein plus fee choice grass alfalfa hay per day. The expected daily gain was projected to be around 3.50/day. The yearling bulls were well above that at 4.08/day and the 2 age advantage fall bulls gained 4.76/ day. For the first 81 days on feed. Some of the extra gain very likely could be some compensatory growth. We believe the extra power genetics to perform are real. We plan to keep the bulls on that 10# developer ration until Feb. 1st. After the sale we will feed them 5# concentrate plus hay. In preparation to properly manage yearling bulls, we will gradually reduce the amount of concentrate. Three weeks prior to delivery in April the bulls will be on straight hay.
The 2 fall bulls are ET calves and were raised by a cooperator herd recipient cows. The bulls had a rough environmental challenging start. They were weaned on April 24, 2024 and remained in care after that. They were fed hay until May 30th then put on grass until August 28t
FIRST BREEDING SEASON GUARANTEE All bulls returning to the ranch will be fertility tested and guaranteed to be ready for breeding before delivery. Little Bitterroot Ranch and Laird Simmental will cover 50% of any bull injured during their first breeding season of 90 days after first turn out. 50% of injured bulls value will be credited on a bull in future sales or a replacement bull if available. We do guarantee our cattle to be healthy sale day and until delivered in April.
HEALTH
A comprehensive vaccination program includes:
At Birth: Multi Min & Alpha 7, Endovac
At Branding: Vision 8 & Bovilis Nasalgen 3PMH
August 2, 2024: Pyramid 5+ Presponse, 8-way & Somnus
August 28, 2024: Weaned, wormed, 8-way/somnus , Multi Min,
Nasalgen 3PMH & Pyramid 5 Presponse
October 2, 2024: Clean Up pour on for lice
December 5, 2024 Clean Up
REGISTRATION LBR will transfer registration papers on all registered bulls to buyers.
VOLUMN DISCOUNTS
If the bulls average $4500 or more, we will offer the following discounts:
3 Head – 3% off total purchases
4 Head – 4% off total purchases
5 Head or more – 5% of total purchases
SEMEN INTEREST AND SCROTAL We would like to reserve the right to collect 100 units of semen for in herd use at seller’s expense and buyer’s convenience on any LBR bull. Scrotal measurements were taken on December 9,2024. An added adjustment of .033 for every day short of 1 year old, which is right at 1 cm for 30 days. The fall bulls were measured on the same day with no age adjustment