National Western Stock Show

January 11 -

• 1:00 p.m. NALJA Female Show

Abby Hendrickson won Grand Champion Junior Female at the NALJA Junior Show with MAGS Torrey – a 3/17/07 black, polled daughter out of GPFF Blaque Rulon. Hendrickson is a NALJA member from Oklahoma. MAGS Torrey was also crowned Division 4 Champion earlier in the day.

Michael Mitchell, also from Oklahoma, won Reserve Grand Champion Junior Female with EXLR Luvly 036T. 036T is  a 2/1/07 black, double polled daughter out of LESF Asphalt 9N. EXLR Luvly 036T was the Division 4 Reserve Champion heifer also.

• 6:00 p.m. NALF Member Social, NALJA “Genetics On Ice” Benefit Auction

2009 Genetics On Ice Benefit Auction garners over $43,00 for NALJA and the All-American Limousin Futurity.

A few auction highlights:

• $6,500 – Corner Post Fund. Deer Valley Farm, TN, donated a flush of 10 embryos with five guaranteed pregnancies. Express Ranches, OK purchased the right to flush any one of Deer Valley’s five elite Angus donors to any available Limousin or Lim-Flex (AI) sire.
• $4,000 – Brehm Farms, TX purchased the ET flush rights to LFL Tattle Tale 021T. Lawrence Family Limousin donated the lot. LFL Tattle Tale is out of GPFF Blaque Rulon x CHR Koko.
• $2,500 – NALJA Show Shirt Sponsorship for the 2009 National Junior Limousin Show was purchased by R&R Marketing and Bellister Limousin, MO.
• $1,800 – Back cover advertising position on the National Junior Limousin Show and Congress and All-American Limousin Futurity program sold to Express Ranches, OK.
• $1,200 – Spring Creeks Cattle Company, WI bought three frozen embryos out of DHVO Deuce 132R x MAGS Slow Poke. The embryos were consigned by Magness Land and Cattle, CO.
• $1000 – Mike Smith of Liberty Ranch, KS purchased 20 units of JCL Lodestar 27L at $50/unit. Magness, Kervin, Coyote Hills were the contributors.

January 12 -

• 9:00 a.m. NALF Annual Meeting

The North American Limousin Foundation held its annual meeting on the morning of January 12, 2009.  Kent Andersen, Ph. D., Executive Vice President, opened up the meeting with a review of 2008. Here are some key points from the introduction:

- NALF reduced it’s overall staff from 12 employees to 8 for improved efficiency.
- One new position was added Data Processing & Computer Transition Specialist – Erin Garrick was hired for this position. Erin is a recent Colorado State University graduate.
- Total expenditures were down 7% in 2008; DNA testing is up 30% from a year ago.
- There has been a steady growth in new annual memberships.
- 42% of data submitted to NALF has come by way of electronic submission. This is up from 33% in 2007. Andersen encouraged NALF members to use more and more electronic submission as it greatly improves efficiency and cuts costs.
- Limousin cattle genetics trends are very positive! BW EPDs are trending lower while WW, YW, MA, REA, CW, YG, MB and $MTI are all progressing higher.
- NALF is beginning a computer upgrade process to modernize its computer registry system.
- 2008 marked the beginning of the new, expanded Bottom Line Newsletter. The new version includes more information and 9,000 more commercial producers on the mailing list.

• 6:00 p.m. National Limousin Sale

The National Limousin Sale was held, January 12, 2009. A strong group of interested buyers kept the bidding lively as the sale totaled $172,650 on 27.25 lots.

Sale averages:

• 1.75 Purebred bulls = $32,400
• 1.5 Lim-Flex bulls = $9,000
• 5 Bred Purebred heifers = $4,600
• 8 Open Purebred heifers = $5,793
• 1 Bred Lim-Flex heifer = $6,000
• 4 Open Lim-Flex heifer = $2,900
• 1 Heifer Pregnancy = $5,500
• 5 Embryos = $2,000

January 13 -

• 8:00 a.m. MOE Lim-Flex and Limousin Shows

MAGS Teaspoon was named Grand Champion Purebred Female at the NALF Medal of Excellence Open Show. Teaspoon is sired by KAJO Responder with MAGS Puff on the dam side. The 4/16/07 black, homo polled female is owned by Magness Land and Cattle, Platteville, Colorado.

Reserve Grand Champion Purebred Female

MAGS Uahuka – 3/27/08 homo black, homo polled daughter of DHVO Deuce 132R x Carrousel’s Pina Colada. Uahuka is also owned by Magness Land and Cattle, Platteville, Colorado.

Grand Champion Purebred Bull

EXLR Saturn – 3/2/06 homo black, homo polled bull out of Carrousel’s Pure Power x EXLR Bambi 787M. Saturn is owned by Express Ranches – Yukon, Oklahoma and Tubmill Creek Farms – New Florence, Pennsylvania

Reserve Grand Champion Purebred Bull

EXLR Total Dominance 8008 – 2/8/07 black, double polled son of Carrousel’s Pure Power x EXLR Eileen 026P. Total Dominance is owned by Express Ranches – Yukon, Oklahoma.

Grand Champion Lim-Flex Female

MAGS Teakettle – 3/11/07 homo black, homo polled daughter out of DHVO Deuce 132R x HA Blackcap 1089. Teakettle is owned by Magness Land and Cattle – Platteville, Colorado.

Reserve Grand Champion Lim-Flex Female

SENNETT Emblynette 723T – 2/1/07 black, polled daughter out of SAV 004 Predominant 4438 x Sennett Heather 448P. Emblynette is owned by Ellie Sennett – Waynetown, Indiana.

Grand Champion Lim-Flex Bull

EXLR Southpaw 835S – 3/16/06 black, homo polled son of LESF Asphalt 9N x EXAR Scotch Cap 1548. Southpaw is owned by Express Ranches – Yukon, Oklahoma and The Glebe Farm – Charles City, Virginia.

Reserve Grand Champion Lim-Flex Bull

MAGS Tivo – 2/13/07 homo black, polled son of JCL Lodestar 27L x MAGS 13M. Tivo is owned by Magness Land and Cattle – Platteville, Colorado.

January 14 -

• 8:00 a.m. Lim-Flex and Limousin Pen and Carload Shows

Grand Champion Limousin Pen of 3 (Entry #51) – Exhibited by Magness Land and Cattle, Platteville, CO

WDA: 3.97 Avg. Wt: 1432

Reserve Grand Champion Pen of 3 (Entry #57) – Exhibited by Wulf Limousin Farms, Morris, MN

WDA: 3.13 Avg. Wt: 998

Grand Champion Carload (Entry #1403) – Exhibited by Magness Land and Cattle, Platteville, CO

WDA: 3.84 Avg. Wt: 1125

Reserve Grand Champion Carload & People’s Choice Champion (Entry #1400) – Exhibited by Wulf Limousin Farms, Morris, MN

WDA: 2.98 Avg. Wt: 1878

Grand Champion Lim-Flex Pen of 3 (Entry #71) – Exhibited by Magness Land and Cattle, Platteville, CO

WDA: 4.08 Avg Wt: 1273

Reserve Grand Champion Lim-Flex Pen of 3 (Entry #70) – Exhibited by Coleman Limousin Ranch, Charlo, MT

WDA: 3.72 Avg Wt: 1192