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2023 Bull Sale Footnotes

Heifer Pregnancy EPD predicts fertility in the bulls’ daughters.  It does not predict the percent heifers that will be sired by that bull. 

$Combined EPD is an overall summation of all that bull’s EPDs – Weaning weight, Carcass, Docility, Maternal, Feed Efficiency, etc. 

*All Sedgewood bulls had their DNA tested to give the most accurate DNA enhanced EPDs possible for virgin bulls.*   Bulls last weighed on 4/4/2023.  Weights will be updated before the sale. 

Lot 1:

Sedgewood Fair-N-Square E201 

Birth Weight = 55#

205 WW = 569#

Current weight = 1400#

Scrotal Circ. = 36.5 cm.

 

E201 is a Fair-N-Square son out of a Weigh Up 1st calf heifer.  He offers Calving Ease (Top 20% CED) with good growth (Top 25% $Weaning) and feed efficiency (Top 10% RADG).   He is a docile, slick haired herd sire that will work on grown cows as well as yearling heifers and whose mature weight should not be too heavy for heifers.

  

Lot 2:

Sedgewood Emerald E204

Birth Weight = 60#

205 WW = 592#

Current weight = 1475#

Scrotal Circ. = 38 cm.

 

E204 is is a Connealy Emerald son out of an Acclaim 1st calf ET heifer whose dam is a flush sister to the famed ABS Global sire Mytty In Focus.  E204 offers Calving Ease (Top 10% CED) with good maternal (Top 30% $Maternal) and feed efficiency (Top 25% RADG).   He is a docile, slick haired herd sire that will work on grown cows as well as yearling heifers and whose mature weight should not be too heavy for heifers.

Lot 3:

Sedgewood Z53 BLK Magic E206 

Birth Weight = 77#

205 WW = 704#

Current weight = 1585#

Scrotal Circ. = 36.5 cm.

 

E206 is a big bone ET son of Black Magic out of Ohf Alexis Upward Z53 who was the “power cow” donor for Oak Hill Farms in South Carolina.  Every ET calf out of Z53 has been excellent and her sons are always among our top selling bulls each year. 

 

E206 is a docile, slick big boy Angus meat wagon with plenty of bone and muscle.  He covers all the bases with scores in the Top 3% for Weaning EPD & $Combined, Top 10% for $Beef, Docility & Feed Efficiency, Top 15% for $Maternal, and 25% for Milk EPDs.

  

Lot 4:

Sedgewood Z53 BLK Magic E207 

Birth Weight = 76#

205 WW = 680#

Current weight = 1790#

Scrotal Circ. = 42.5 cm.

 

E207 is another ET son of Black Magic out of Ohf Alexis Upward Z53 who was the “power cow” donor for Oak Hill Farms in South Carolina.  Every ET calf out of Z53 has been excellent and her sons are always among our top selling bulls each year. 

 

E207 is a docile, slick big boy Angus meat wagon with plenty of bone and muscle.  He covers all the bases with scores in the Top 1% for Weaning EPD & Scrotal Circumference, Top 2% Heifer Pregnancy, 4% Feed Efficiency, Top 10% for $Combined, 15% for $Beef & $Maternal and Top 25% for Docility,

  

Lot 5:

Sedgewood Cowboy Up E208

Birth Weight = 81#

205 WW = 658#

Current weight = 1710#

Scrotal Circ. = 38.5 cm.

 

E208 is a thick ET son of Cowboy Up with plenty of muscle and bone that ranks in the Top 10% for Feed Efficiency and 50% for Weaning weight.  His ET dam, Complete of 6108 1522, was the $110,000 top-selling female of the 2016 Decades of Excellence Sale selling to Express Angus Ranch in Oklahoma.

Lot 6:

Sedgewood 1601 Enhance E209

Birth Weight = 67#

205 WW = 546#

4/4/23 weight = 1515#

Scrotal Circ. = 39cm.

 

E209 is an excellent, well balanced, calving ease genetic package that has more growth than his 546# weaning weight indicates - his ET recipient mama did not have any milk! 

He is an ET son of Enhance out of the Craft Erroline 1601 donor cow who was a flush sister to the Midland Bull Test World Champion Pen of Bulls

 

E209 will make a nice, user friendly (Top 2% Docility) herd sire.  He combines Top 10% Calving Ease with excellent growth in the Top 15% $Weaning and Top 30% $Beef.  He should sire excellent daughters with his Top 25% $Maternal, and Top 20% $Combined EPDs. 

 

Lot 7:

Sedgewood 6282 Enhance E210 

Birth Weight = 77#

205 WW = 622#

Current weight = 1635#

Scrotal Circ. = 41.5cm.

 

E210 is an ET son of Enhance out of the Pollard Farms (Oklahoma) donor Zebo Queen 6282 who is a flush sister to the ST Genetics sire VAR LegendE210 is docile (top 10%) and slick haired with a ton of growth.  He is in the Top 3% for Weaning EPD, $Beef and $Combined.  He will sire excellent replacement heifers with his Top 1% for Heifer Pregnancy and 35% for $ Maternal.

  

Lot 8:

Sedgewood Cattlemaster E211 

Birth Weight = 66#

205 WW = 719#

Current weight = 1550#

Scrotal Circ. = 39cm.

 

E211 is a calving ease son of Cattlemaster out of a Cowboy Up 1st calf heifer.  He is a Curve Bender that combines Calving Ease with good growth (Top 10% $Weaning) and carries plenty of bone and muscle.

He is a thick, solid herd sire that should work for both grown cows and heifers.   His Heifer Pregnancy EPD (Top 10%), Milk EPD (Top 15%), $Maternal EPD (Top 4%), and his $Combined EPD (Top 20%) indicate that he should sire some really nice replacement heifers.

Lot 9:

Sedgewood 1601 Enhance E212 

Birth Weight = 64#

205 WW = 563#

Current weight = 1450#

Scrotal Circ. = 37 cm.

 

E212 is an excellent, well balanced, super calving ease (Top 1%) genetic package that has more growth than his 563# weaning weight indicates - his ET recipient mama died and he was raised as an orphan we named “Buster”.  

“Buster” is an ET son of Enhance out of the Craft Erroline 1601 donor cow who was a flush sister to the Midland Bull Test World Champion Pen of Bulls.

 

E212 will make a nice, user friendly (Top 5% Docility) herd sire.  He combines Top 1% Calving Ease and excellent growth with a Top 25% $Weaning and Top 30% $Beef.  He should sire excellent daughters with his Top 30% $Maternal, and Top 25% Milk & $Combined EPDs.

  

Lot 10:

Sedgewood Cattlemaster E214 

Birth Weight =80#

205 WW = 607#

Current weight = 1620#

Scrotal Circ. = 36 cm.

 

E214 is a very nice son of Cattlemaster out of a Cowboy Up dam.  He will give good growth (Top 5% Weaning EPD & Top 15% Yearling EPD).  He should be user friendly with a Top 25% Docility EPD. 

Lot 11:

Sedgewood Cattlemaster E215 

Birth Weight = 64#

205 WW = 692#

Current weight = 1515#

Scrotal Circ. = 34 cm.

 

E215 is a Cattlemaster son out of a Raindance 1st calf heifer.  He is a Curve Bender that combines Top 4% Calving Ease with good growth (Top 15% $Weaning) and carries plenty of bone and muscle.  Top 20% for both $Beef and $Combined.   

  

Lot 12:

Sedgewood Cattlemaster E216 

Birth Weight = 70#

205 WW = 648#

Current weight = 1450#

Scrotal Circ. = 35 cm.

 

E216 is another slick, calving ease son of Cattlemaster out of a Raindance 1st calf heifer.  He is a Curve Bender that combines Top 20% Calving Ease with good growth (Top 5% $Weaning & 35% $Beef) and carries plenty of bone and muscle. 

His Heifer Pregnancy EPD (Top 4%), Milk EPD (Top 15%), $Maternal EPD (Top 3%), Docilty EPD (Top 30%) and his $Combined EPD (Top 15%) indicate that he should sire some really nice replacement heifers.

 

Lot 13:

Sedgewood Z53 Answer E217 

Birth Weight = 70#

205 WW = 674#

Current weight = 1550#

Scrotal Circ. = 39cm.

 

E217 is an ET son of Final Answer out of Ohf Alexis Upward Z53 who was the “power cow” donor for Oak Hill Farms in South Carolina.  Every ET calf out of Z53 has been excellent and her sons are always among our top selling bulls each year. 

 

E217 is a Curve Bender that combines Calving Ease with good growth (Top 2% $Weaning) and carries plenty of bone and muscle. 

His Heifer Pregnancy EPD (Top 10%), Milk EPD (Top 2%), $Maternal EPD (Top 20%), and his $Combined EPD (Top 35%) indicate that he should sire some really nice replacement heifers.

 

Lot 14:

Sedgewood Emerald E219 

Birth Weight = 75#

205 WW = 630#

Current weight = 1630#

Scrotal Circ. = 38 cm.

 

E219 is is a thick son of Connealy Emerald out of an eleven year old Newsline dam.  He is a user friendly (Top 10% Docility) bull that offers good growth (Top 20% Weaning EPD) with Top 15% Feed Efficiency in a balanced package (Top 35% $Combined and $Beef).

 

 

Lot 15:

Sedgewood Exclusive E221

Birth Weight = 63#

205 WW = 637#

Current weight = 1600#

Scrotal Circ. = 38 cm.

 

E221 is an Exclusive son out of a 2nd calf ET heifer, Sedgewood Alexis Answer B4, whose 3 flush brothers topped our past sales @ $8000, $6000 & $5500.  E221 is another outstanding thick, muscular herd sire prospect that will give you Calving Ease (Top 4% CED) with good growth (Top 10% $Weaning).   He should sire excellent replacement heifers with his Top 15% $Maternal and Milk EPDs and his Top 20% Heifer Pregnancy EPD.  He is another stout herd sire that will work on grown cows as well as heifers.

 

 

Lot 16:

Sedgewood Z53 BLK Magic E222

Birth Weight = 75#

205 WW = 591#

Current weight = 1510#

Scrotal Circ. = 36 cm.

 

E222 is another ET son of Black Magic out of Ohf Alexis Upward Z53 who was the “power cow” donor for Oak Hill Farms in South Carolina.  Every ET calf out of Z53 has been excellent and her sons are always among our top selling bulls each year. 

 

E222 is a docile (Top 20%), slick big boy Angus meat wagon with plenty of bone and muscle.  He covers all the bases with scores in the Top 4% for $Weaning EPD, 10% for $Beef.  He will sire good heifers with his Top 15% Heifer Pregnancy, Top 10% $Combined, Top 25% $Maternal and Top 20% Feed Efficiency.  His Top 2% for Milk EPD will help if you need more milk in your replacement females.

 

His Calving Ease EPD, Birth Weight EPD and actual birth weight are borderline for calving ease.  He should be excellent on mature cows, but I would hesitate to use him on yearling heifers.

Lot 17:

Sedgewood Z53 BLK Magic E224 

Birth Weight = 82#

205 WW = 679#

Current weight = 1700#

Scrotal Circ. = 40 cm.

 

Buy E224 if you need a friend or a big, docile puppy!  E224 is another ET son of Black Magic out of Ohf Alexis Upward Z53 who was the “power cow” donor for Oak Hill Farms in South Carolina.  Every ET calf out of Z53 has been excellent and her sons are always among our top selling bulls each year. 

 

E224 is a super docile, slick big boy Angus meat wagon loaded with bone and muscle.  He covers all the bases with scores in the Top 20% for Weaning EPD and 30% for $Beef.  He will sire good heifers with his Top 10% Heifer Pregnancy, Top 25% $Combined, Top 30% $Maternal and Top 25% Feed Efficiency.  His Top 15% for Milk EPD will help if you need more milk in your replacement females.

 

 Lot 18:

Sedgewood Z53 BLK Magic E225 

Birth Weight = 74#

205 WW = 635#

Current weight = 1600#

Scrotal Circ. = 41 cm.

 

E225 is another ET son of Black Magic out of Ohf Alexis Upward Z53 who was the “power cow” donor for Oak Hill Farms in South Carolina.  Every ET calf out of Z53 has been excellent and her sons are always among our top selling bulls each year. 

 

E225 is a big boy Angus meat wagon with plenty of bone and muscle.  He covers all the bases with scores in the Top 10% for $Weaning EPD and 35% for $Beef.  He will sire good heifers with his Top 3% $Maternal, Top 15% Heifer Pregnancy and Top 20% $Combined,.  His Top 2% for Milk EPD will help if you need more milk in your replacement females.  Note: E225 has a low birth weight but his CED EPD would suggest that he should be used on mature cows and not small yearling heifers.

Lot 19:

Sedgewood Emerald E227

Birth Weight = 55#

205 WW = 580#

Current weight = 1550#

Scrotal Circ. = 37 cm.

 

E227 is a docile (Top 15%) calving ease son of Connealy Emerald out of a Stetson 1st calf heifer.  He is a Curve Bender that combines Calving Ease with good growth (Top 10% Weaning EPD) and carries plenty of bone and muscle (Top 15% $Beef).

 

E227 is a thick, solid herd sire that should work for both grown cows and heifers.   His Heifer Pregnancy EPD (Top 15%), Milk EPD (Top 30%), $Maternal EPD (Top 30%), Feed Efficiency EPD (Top 2%) and his $Combined EPD (Top 15%) indicate that he should sire some really nice replacement heifers.

 

Lot 20:

Sedgewood MVP E229 

Birth Weight = 85#

205 WW = 672#

Current weight = 1450#

Scrotal Circ. = 39.5 cm.

 

E229 is a big boned B/R MVP son that is muscular and docile (Top 15%) with good growth (Top 20% $Weaning).  This bull has good maternal traits (Top 4% $Maternal) with good Heifer Pregnancy EPD (Top 15%), Milk (Top 30%) and $Combined (Top 20%). 

 

Lot 21:

Sedgewood Exclusive E230 

Birth Weight = 87#

205 WW = 720#

Current weight = 1780#

Scrotal Circ. = 40 cm.

 

Buy E230 if you want another “front pasture” bull to impress your neighbors.  He is not the tallest bull, but he is the widest and heaviest bull in the sale.

 

E230 is a Exclusive son that is another big boy Angus meat wagon that does everything well.  He should sire thick, growthy calves with his Top 4% for $Weaning and Top 20% $Beef.  His daughters should be excellent with his Top 10% $Maternal EPD, Top 10% Heifer Pregnancy and $Combined EPDs and Top 20% Milk EPD.

  

Lot 22:

Sedgewood Black Onyx E231 

Birth Weight = 64#

205 WW = 665#

Current weight = 1500#

Scrotal Circ. = 35 cm.

 

E231 is a Black Onxy son that is a complete package – Calving Ease, Growth, Carcass and outstanding replacement heifers!!

 

He scores in the Top 1% for $Weaning, 3% $Combined, 5% $Beef, 10% Calving Ease, 15% Feed Efficiency, 20% $Maternal and Top 30% for both Heifer Pregnancy and Milk EPDs! 

 

Lot 23:

Sedgewood Enhance E233 

Birth Weight = 66#

205 WW = 612#

Current weight = 1500#

Scrotal Circ. = 38 cm.

 

E233 is another Enhance son out of a Cowboy Up dam.  He offers Calving Ease (Top 30%), Growth (Top 10% $Weaning), Good maternal (Top 15% $Maternal and Milk, Top 30% Heifer Pregnancy) and Docility (Top 15%).

  

Lot 24:

Sedgewood Cattlemaster E234 

Birth Weight = 75#

205 WW = 626#

Current weight = 1650#

Scrotal Circ. = 39 cm.

 

E234 is an impressive Cattlemaster son out of a Rampage daughter.  He is thick as a brick and a beautifully made animal.  He offers a lot of beef with his Top 15% rank for both Weaning EPD and $Beef EPD.  His Top 20% for $Combined reflects his overall balance for growth, carcass and maternal traits.

Lot 25:

Sedgewood Enhance E235

Birth Weight = 62#

205 WW = 756#

Current weight = 1450#

Scrotal Circ. = 39 cm.

 

E235 is a slick haired Enhance son out of a Final Answer dam.  He offers Top 10% $Weaning growth, Top 20% $Beef and overall balance with Top 25% $Combined.  Although his actual birth weight and BW EPD are good, his Calving Ease EPD suggests that he would do fine on mature cows but is not a good choice for young yearling heifers.

  

Lot 26:

Sedgewood Exclusive E236

Birth Weight = 77#

205 WW = 620#

Current weight = 1620#

Scrotal Circ. = 37.5 cm.

 

E236 is a very nice son of Musgrave Exclusive out of an excellent Rampage dam.  He will deliver Growth with Top 10% for $Beef and Top 15% for Weaning EPD.  His Heifer Pregnancy EPD (Top 10%), $Maternal EPD (Top 10%), and his $Combined EPD (Top 5%) indicate he would sire excellent replacement heifers.  His Calving Ease EPD and Birth Weight EPD are borderline for calving ease, but his 77# actual birth weight would make me nervous about using him on yearling heifers.  He would be an excellent choice for more mature cows.

 

Lot 27:

Sedgewood Cattlemaster E237

Birth Weight = 79#

205 WW = 667#

Current weight = 1560#

Scrotal Circ. = 39 cm.

 

E237 is a wide, muscular Cattlemaster son out of a Cowboy Up dam. 

He is Docile (Top 5%) and offers a ton of growth (Top 10% for Weaning EPD) and is in the Top 20% for maternal traits ($Maternal).  He will do excellent on mature cows.

 

Lot 28:

Sedgewood Emerald E239 

Birth Weight = 70#

205 WW = 673#

Current weight = 1540#

Scrotal Circ. = 38 cm.

 

E239 is a Connealy Emerald son out of a Hoover Dam mom and is built like a brick house.  His calves should grow fast (Top 10% for $Weaning) and do well in the feedlot (Top 35% $Beef).  Use this bull to make great replacement heifers with his Top 1% for $Maternal, Top 1% for Heifer Pregnancy and Top 15% Milk.

Although his actual birth weight and BW EPD are good, his Calving Ease EPD suggests that he would do fine on mature cows but is not a good choice for young yearling heifers.

  

Lot 29:

Sedgewood Emerald E243 

Birth Weight = 72#

205 WW = 704#

Current weight = 1700#

Scrotal Circ. = 37.5 cm.

 

E243 is a super impressive Connealy Emerald son.  His 12 year old fertile dam, Sedgewood Newslady R17, is a great mama, docile as a puppy, and one of our favorite cows.   

 E243 is muscular, docile, and slick haired with excellent balance for all the desirable traits.  Top 4% for $Weaning EPD, Top 10% $Maternal, $Combined, Heifer Pregnancy and Feed Efficiency, Top 3% for Docility, and Top 20% for $Beef!   His CED =6, BW EPD= -0.9 and actual birth weight of 72# indicates that he should be OK to go on heifers.  E243 does everything well!!

  

Lot 30:

Sedgewood Exclusive E244 

Birth Weight = 72#

205 WW = 667#

Current weight = 1450#

Scrotal Circ. = 34cm.

 

E244 is a slick masculine Musgrave Exclusive son that will work well on heifers as well as mature cows.  He should be a calving ease bull (Top 30%) with good growth (Top 20% for $Weaning EPD).   He should sire good replacement female with his Top 4% $Maternal EPD, and Top 15% Milk & Heifer Pregnancy EPDs.

  

Lot 31:

Sedgewood Fair-N-Square E247 

Birth Weight = 76#

205 WW = 675#

Current weight = 1570#

Scrotal Circ. = 38cm.

 

E247 is a Fair-N-Square son out of a solid Final Answer dam.  He is a solid, muscular, and slick haired herd sire with good growth (Top 10% $Weaning) and Carcass (Top 10% $Beef).  E247 is a balanced bull with a $Combined EPD in the Top 15% of the Angus breed.   

 

E247 has a good Top 20% Calving Ease score and a low Birth Weight EPD of 0.7, which would qualify him to be a calving ease sire.  However, his actual birth weight of 76# is higher than I would prefer for yearling heifers.  I would try this bull on cows and older heifers before trying him on small yearling heifers.  

 

Lot 32:

Sedgewood Cattlemaster E250 

Birth Weight = 76#

205 WW = 655#

Current weight = 1600#

Scrotal Circ. = 37.5 cm.

 

E250 is a beefy son of Cattlemaster that should make a herd sire with good growth (Top 3% Weaning EPD), Carcass (Top 10% $Beef) and Fed Efficiency (Top 10%).  He should sire excellent replacement heifers with his Top 10% Heifer Pregnacy EPD and his Top 25% $Maternal EPD.  E250 is a well balanced bull with a $Combined EPD in the Top 4% of the Angus breed.   

 

Lot 33:

Sedgewood Emerald E251 

Birth Weight = 70#

205 WW = 662#

Current weight = 1500#

Scrotal Circ. = 39 cm.

 

E251 is a Connealy Emerald son that will work well on heifers and mature cows.  He should give good growth (Top 15% for Weaning EPD) and good carcass/feedlot performance (Top 10% for $Beef).  He also scores high for $Combined and Feed Efficiency EPDs.  **This bull has a Milk EPD that is below breed average, so he would not be a good choice if you need to add more milk to your replacement heifers**

  

Lot 34:

Sedgewood Emerald E256 

Birth Weight = 74#

205 WW = 676#

Current weight = 1470#

Scrotal Circ. = 37 cm.

 

E256 is another Connealy Emerald son that will work well on heifers and mature cows.  He should give good growth (Top 20% for $Weaning EPD) and good carcass/feedlot performance (Top 15% for $Beef).  He also scores high for $Combined and Feed Efficiency EPDs. 

  

Lot 35:

Sedgewood Enhance E262

Birth Weight = 78#

205 WW = 623#

Current weight = 1470#

Scrotal Circ. = 35 cm.

 

E262 is an Enhance son out of a Raindance 1st calf heifer.  He offers Top 15% Weaning EPD, Top 10% $Beef.  He also scores high for $Combined, $Maternal, Milk and Feed Efficiency EPDs.  His DNA enhanced accuracy EPDs (Top 10% Calving Ease and a Birthweight EPD= -0.2) indicate this bull to be a solid calving ease bull, but his 78# actual birth weight would make me cautious about using him on small yearling heifers.

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