BW 72 lbs., WW 818 lbs., WR 126, YW 1432 lbs., YR 119
IMF 4.79, ratio 113, Ribeye 16.1, ratio 118, Rib Fat .38, ratio 112, Rump Fat .39, ratio 100.
$47,500 record selling bull in the 81-year history of Hoover Angus Farm! Owners: Two-thirds interest and full possession sold to: Sioux Pass Angus, Lodge Grass, MT; Idland Cattle Co., Circle, MT; Basin Angus Ranch, Hobson, MT; Stevenson’s Diamond Dot, Hobson, MT; Gary Wall, Baxter, IA; AJC Angus, Baxter, IA; Ray-Mar Ranches, Oakdale, CA.
NEW GeneStar MVP results:
Tenderness MVP -.43 (top 10%), Feed Efficiency MVP -.41, Marbling MVP -.17.
10th HIGH WW EPD among 126,454 non-parent Angus bulls and 13th high YW EPD! His WW EPD is 4 pounds above the top 1% of the breed and his YW EPD is 6 pounds above the top 1%! Hoover Dam’s Ribeye EPD reaches far above the top 1% of the breed, $Beef top 1%.
Several experienced breeders at the 2009 Hoover Angus sale commented that Hoover Dam was arguably the thickest Angus bull they have witnessed in the past 15-20 years!
He is the 3rd heaviest weaning weight calf of over 150 spring-born bull calves! You would have to put a lot of miles on your vehicle and travel the country to find a stouter calf with comparable EPDs and a disposition like his. Hoover Dam is a much-needed outcross pedigree for many of today’s Angus herds.
Pathfinder dam C124 ties as the 15th top indexing cow of the herd with 4-114 WR! She has 4-97 BWR, 4-114 WR, 3-107 YR, 3-101 IMF ratio, and 3-103 Ribeye ratio. Her 2009 heifer calf, a full sister to Hoover Dam, sells in our February 2, 2010 auction - see photo below.
C124 has a 368 day calving interval. Her $W value of +35.11 is way above the top 1% of the breed (+33.55)! She ranks #39 of all Hoover-owned females for $W in a herd where 79 females rank in the top 1% for $W! Her only daughter works in the herd with 2-110 WR.
C124 has two maternal sisters: one with 5-102 WR and one with 2-109 WR. Pathfinder sister B235 is the #3 IMF ratio cow of the herd (was #1 for two years) with 4-131 IMF ratio! Grandam V65 has been a low birth, high growth, good carcass cow. She has 7-98 BWR, 7-103 WR, 7-102 YR, 7-103 IMF ratio and 7-105 ribeye ratio with below herd average fat ratios. Her 347 day calving interval is one of the shortest in the herd.
Grandam V65 weaned at 648 lbs., WR 103, YW 1062 lbs., YR 113, IMF 6.12, ratio 129, ribeye 11.4”, ratio 105.
V65’s 2008 feature bull calf was the fourth top selling bull at $5250 to Husz Brothers and Chateau Enterprises. His name, H&K All Around F32, was a very fitting name for how he put everything together.
Great grandam V047 records 9-101 BWR, 9-112 WR, 9-111 YR, 3-121 IMF ratio, and 3-110 Ribeye ratio. She produced four sons averaging $5075. Her 2001 bull calf topped our 2002 auction at $11,000 to Angus breeder Wayne James. This bull posted a 825 lb. weaning weight, WR 124, YW 1569 lbs., YR 123. He scanned off the charts and now records 130 progeny at 102 IMF ratio and 100 ribeye ratio. He has a WW EPD of +73 and a YW EPD of +125.
A bull produced by the same cow family was the second top selling bull of the 2009 Hoover Angus sale at $10,000 to Hawleys Gen X Angus.
Hoover Dam is a stout guy that will certainly put the “beef” back in cows that are lacking. Our first Hoover Dam calves will be born in February 2010.
