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LaGrand Angus & Hereford Ranch
Elite Fall Female Sale
Friday, September 21, 2007
11 a.m. CST • Canova, South Dakota
Held at LaGrand Angus and Hereford Ranch North
(11 miles north of Salem, South Dakota)
Selling more than 450 head

320 Angus females sell as 220 lots, and include the spring calving mature cow herd dispersion of every female five years of age and older. Spring 2007 heifer calves sell at the side of their mother, with all spring 2007 bull calves retained for the 2008 bull sale.
135 Hereford females sell as 100 lots, and include the complete dispersion of the spring calving Hereford herd. A select group of 35 heifer calves sell at the side of their mother as well as an elite group of 20 bred heifers.

B A A R Primrose 2424-004 • Top Photo
Birth Date: 9/9/2000
Sire: GDAR SVF Russ 184B
Dam: N Bar Primrose 2424

This prolific outcross donor is a maternal sister to the legendary Pathfinderฎ sire N Bar Emulation EXT, the now deceased LaGrand and Genex/CRI sire WCC Special Design L309, EXAR New Look 2971, EXAR Foundation 1806 and WCC Precision E161 J239, from the famed $100,000 N Bar Primrose 2424, who also produced EXAR Primrose 2972, who sold for $200,000 for half interest, the $102,000-valued VAR Primrose 9006, the $60,000 Roth Primrose 1247, the $40,000-valued Roth Primrose 1263 and the $60,000 North Fork Primrose, among others. A flush sister to 004 produced LaGrand Primrose 2231, who sold to Travis Turner of Texas for a valuation of $42,000 and went on to be the 2003 American Royal ROV Senior Heifer Calf Champion and the 2004 Southwest Regional Junior Preview Show Senior Champion. A heifer pregnancy from this donor and QLC LaGrand Forum sold to Classic Oaks Ranch for $7,000 last year at the Genex/CRI Angus Sale in Denver. 004 sells in her entirety, bred A.I. 5/1/07 to BAAR USA Meatmaker 3075!

Kahn Blackcap M243 • Bottom Photo
Birth Date: 10/22/2002

M243 is an own daughter of the $120,000 Whitestone/Sandpoint/Harry Meyer/B&B donor GAR EXT 2114, who not only produced the $75,000 GAR Precision 706, but is also the only Angus dam with five sons in major A.I. studs including GAR Paramount, GAR Pinnacle, GAR Everest 9404, RAB-GAR Peak 4509H and Brown-Gardiner Summit. Full sisters to M243’s dam include $300,000 Limestone and Blue Sky donor GAR EXT 2104, the $102,000 A Plus Blackap 0035; the $480,000-valued Coleman Blackcap 0813; the $150,000-valued XXG 867 Blackcap 3069; the $75,000-valued BAAR USA EXT 3104; Blackcap 0880, the $35,000 top-selling female of the 2005 Callaway Angus sale to Coleman Angus; Blackcap 0652, the $23,000 Brasstown Valley headliner; and Blackcap 0651, the $17,500 Morgan Angus foundation Blackcap. Selling 1/2 interest with the option to double and own 100%. Sells bred A.I. 4/16/07 to TC Foreman 016. Her bull calf is being retained.

LaGrand Angus & Hereford Ranch
44130 279th St. • Freeman, SD 57029
Lance Pankratz, Owner • Office (605) 925-7611
Lance Home (605) 925-4283 • Cell (605) 359-9221
lagrand@gwtc.net • www.lagrandranch.com

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