70 years in the Angus business with this year?s sale and it was agreed that it was the best offering to date for this firm. A very strong top end of the bulls provided strong value for those on the seats. This was a good strong sale and provides an excellent opportunity for commercial cattlemen that are looking for good functional Angus range bulls.

Whew, only one left. The Dickinson Research Extension Center is busy calving heifers. Thank goodness, the center only has one heifer left that is bred to a bull that will be called a noncalving-ease sire. The heifers were bred May 22. The calving season started five days early on Feb.

A strong offering of Angus and Charolais bulls from Dave Duncan?s High Valley Ranch and Jim Anspach?s Bar Six Ranch attracted a good buying crowd to the Pendleton Roundup grounds for their annual bull sale.

Nebraska for this annual event. A strong representation of Angus genetics, including many one-half brother combinations that, combined with solid testing and data scans plus the utilization of the Grow Safe Feed Consumption System, afforded buyers or leasers excellent opportunities.

Travis and Katie Krein and family held their annual spring bull sale on a nice February day in northwestern Ne- braska. This breeding program focuses on the ?ideal? Angus female, moderate frame, easy fleshing, feminine and highly productive. These bulls reflected the program easy fleshing, moderate size with muscle and extremely uniform.

BOOTH?S CHERRY CREEK RANCH ANNUAL ANGUS BULL SALE Feb. 12, Veteran, WY 88 Bulls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,839 Auctioneer: Lex Madden The Booth family had a beautiful day in eastern Wyoming for their 36th annual bull sale and over that time, they constantly strived for a consistent, reliable, uniform, profitable product for their customers.

While the nation?s banking industry, auto industry, housing industry and just about everybody else is lined up asking the U.S. government to bail them out after years of bad business decisions, the Red Bluff Bull and Gelding Sale was a shining example of how business in America should be conducted.

The sale that made Red Bluff famous held up its end this year in the face of a tough drought that has plagued the trade area and most of California for the past three years. The 68th version of this venerable sale turned in some absolutely solid results.

MILL BAR ANGUS ANNIVERSARY SALE Jan. 23, McCook, NE 117 Yearling bulls . . . . . . . .$3,560 79 Bred comm. heifers . . . . .1,413 60 Comm. yearling open heifers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800 3 Comm. cow/calf pairs . . . . . 138 Auctioneer: Joe Goggins.

MILE HIGH RED ANGUS CLASSIC - NWSS Jan. 12, Denver, CO 8 Bulls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,013 21 Open females . . . . . . . . . 2,726 1 Bred females. . . . . . . . . . . 4,800 13 Embryos . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,950 1 Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500 3 Flushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,333 6 Semen . . .