THE
Altenburg Super Baldy News

Blending Simmental and Angus ...Red and Black!
FALL 2006

Bonnydale Simmental to Import Embryos to Australia
Mike & Julie Introvigne, and brother,  Rob Introvigne, of Bonnydale  Simmental, Bridgetown, Western Australia visited several U.S. Simmental operations in the fall of 2005.We had the opportunity and pleasure to host them and show them our cattle and discuss our philosophy. Since then, Bonnydale Simmental has agreed to import embryos from Altenburg’s for the next 3 years to begin a black Simmental program in Australia. They have chosen 4 of our donors and have recently placed embryos in Western Australia. Mike Introvigne said, "We visited the U.S. to view Black Simmental for the establishment of our own Black herd in Australia. Our expectations were surpassed by what we saw and we are very excited by the Altenburg Super  Baldy Ranch breeding program. The females we have chosen for our embryo  program are outstanding and are the quality and type of the females we were looking for". We at Altenburg Super Baldy Ranch look forward to working with the Introvigne’s as they develop their new program in Australia.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Bonnydale Simmental to Import Altenburg Embryos to Australia Altenburg Feature Embryo Donors

• March 17th,2007 – Altenburg Super Baldy Bull and Heifer Sale

• Tuesday, January 16th,2007 - Wild Wild West Sale, Brighton, Colorado

• Altenburg Feature Herdsires

• Typhoon Tillie is Supreme Champion at 2005 Colorado State Fair for Ian Duzik, Craig, Colorado

Altenburg Embryo Donors

ASR Dream Catcher H829

CE 7    BW 1.6    WW 47    YW 86    MCE 2    MM -1     MW 23  
CW -6      REA -.01      MB .15
ASR Dream Catcher H829 – (Reg # 1983057)Preferred Stock X Big Sky Dream Catcher has been the most prolific female ever produced at Altenburg Simmental in terms of embryo production, progeny numbers and dollars generated for Altenburg Super Baldy Ranch. She is exactly what we want a cow to look like, being sensibly sized, deep, thick, attractive, and with an excellent udder. Owned with Wayward Hills Farms, Versailles, Kentucky. Dream Catcher will have several progeny born in Australia this spring.

WHF Larrye 21F

CE 7    BW 0.7    WW 25    YW 40    MCE 3
MM 5     MW 17   CW -4    REA -.29     MB .21
WHF Larrye 21F – (Reg #1912489) Big Sky X ER Redline 21F is the red, non diluter matron who is the dam of WHF Grand Slam. She has flushed successfully to Lazy S Red Shocker and Remington Red Label. Owned with Neidig Farms, Battle Creek, Nebraska and Wayward Hills Farms, Versailles, Kentucky. We will be offering a pick of our Remington X 21F heifers in the Wild Wild West Sale. And their brother will sell in the March 17th Super Baldy Bull Sale.

MLC Dessy K53

CE 6     BW 2.2     WW 36    YW 64     MCE 2
MM -4     MW 14   CW 8     REA .33     MB -.09
MLC Dessy K53 – (Reg #2075866) Desperado X Black Dakota This young female is a rising donor for Altenburg Super Baldy Ranch. “Power Cow” who will add muscle and power to every bull she is mated to. Her On Target sons were the heavy muscled sire group of our bull sale this year.

ASR Little Dessi P420

CE 8    BW -0.3    WW 40  YW 73     MCE 1
MM -1    MW 19   CW 10    REA .18     MB -.05
ASR Little Dessi P420 – (Reg # 22503130)ASR Little Bear X Desperado This promising, young 2 year old is a daughter of MLC Dessy K53 and sired by Alt enburg maternal herd sire, ASR Little Bear. She is the epitome of femininity and has the “maternal look”. She has produced several nice flushes of exportable embryos destined for Australia.

Altenburg bull pens on Sale Day

March 17th, 2007 – Altenburg Super
Baldy Bull and Heifer Sale

St. Patrick’s Day will mark the day for
the annual Altenburg bull and heifer
sale. Selling will be 75 Altenburg bulls
with the trademark “Nut’s, Butt’s, and Guts”. We pride ourselves in producing bulls that are useful in western range conditions, and possessing the necessary and convenience traits describe by the simple statement.

Willie & Ryan Altenburg at Sale Time

Our Super Baldy program is a simple crossbreeding system, using Simmental and Angus ….both black and red of each breed.

30 Simmental Bulls – Black and Red – use to add muscle and pounds, makes outstanding females, use on Angus, Hereford, or Black Baldy cows.

25 Super Baldy Bulls – SimAngus -- mostly Black, some Red – use to add some Continental muscle or to stabilize a crossbreeding program

20 Black and Red Angus – Primarily bred for use calving ease for use on first calf heifers.

Plus 25 Super Baldy Open Heifers, ready to breed. Always popular are the SimAngus heifers used to make the ideal crossbred cows.

Please plan to join us on March 17th, 2007 at the ranch north of Fort Collins.

Wild Wild West bunch

Tuesday, January 16th,2007 – Wild
Wild West Sale, Brighton, Colorado

The 9th annual Wild Wild West Sale is held during the Denver -National Western Stock Show events. What has become a growing tradition, the Wild Wild West Sale has continued to grow in popularity with several Colorado breeders bringing groups of their best females to sell each January. Selling will be approximately 60 heifers, many who will make great junior show and project heifers, but more importantly go on to become outstanding cows for their new owners. Altenburg ’s and the other consignors look forward to bringing you our best to the Wild Wild West sale.

Altenburg Herd Sires
 

ASR Little Bear

CE 10    BW -1.4    WW 39    YW 66    MCE 2
MM 2    MW 22   API $115     TI $69    CW 12    REA .04   MB -.01
ASR Little Bear – (Reg #2109389) Desperado X Big Sky – Heterozygous Black, Homozygous Polled ASR Little Bear is our home raised and heavily used herd sire. He is a calving ease sire who will add depth of chest and rib. He is leaving outstanding females. We think he is the best of both Desperado and Big Sky. Owned with Lassle Ranch Simmental, Glendive, Montana.

ES Dakota

CE 5    BW 4.0    WW 53    YW 87    MCE 5    MM 4
MW 4     API $93     TI $70     CW 43     REA .21   MB -.12 
E S Dakota – (Reg #2210354) Preferred Beef X Desperado -  Homozygous Black, Homozygous Polled E S Dakota calves have exceeded our expectations as far as growth, correctness and the ability to add muscle. Dakota was the high selling bull at the 2004 Eichacker sale in South Dakota, topping at $25,500 and making him one of the high value bulls of that year. We purchased him in partnership with Lassle Simmental, Montana and Wayward Hills Farms, Kentucky. He is leased and semen is available through ABS.

Kappes Unique

CE 12     BW -2.7      WW 24     YW 47      MCE 4
MM 13    MW 25   API $112    TI $66    CW -.04     REA .09   MB .20
Kappes Unique – (Reg #2321773) Power Stroke X Direct Force - Homozygous Black, Homozygous Polled Unique is our newest herdsire acquisition from Kappes Simmental, South Dakota and is owned with Grass Lunning Simmental, Minnesota. He is bred to be calving ease and we sampled him on our heifers for 2006 calving, specifically on our Little Bear and Desperado daughters. Unique combines the best of Power Stroke with a bit more length and capacity. He is a very useable, out-cross, calving ease pedigree.
 

TNT Hummer H3

CE 8     BW 2.8    WW 43    YW 77     MCE 2   MM 8 MW 30
API $89    TI $67    CW -2.4    REA .22   MB .12
TNT Hummer H3 – (Reg #2269144) Hummer X Black Joker - Homozygous Black, Homozygous Polled A new young sire acquired in 2006 as a top seller from the TNT sale in North Dakota. A homozygous polled and black outcross young sire by Hummer and is out of the Tizzy cow family.H3 is owned with Wayward Hills Farms, Kentucky, Bonnydale Simmentals  Bridgetown, Western Australia, and Genex Cooperative, Shawano, Wisconsin.

M P Prestige

CED 8     BW .9     WW 38     YW 89     CEM 9   MW 23  
%IMF .40     REA .22     FAT -.003     $F   $34   $G    $22   $B $47
MP Prestige – (Angus Reg # 15,091,488) Alta ’s Prestige X Right
Time 338 MP Prestige Time R5150 was our high selling Angus bull sold in our 2006 sale sold to Lassle Simmental in Montana. He was bred by our cooperator, Mike Pay. We liked him so much we retained a portion of the pasture rights to share with the Lassle's for our Sim Angus program to make Super Baldies.R5150 combines calving ease, low birth weight, adequate growth and a nice combination of marbling and ribeye EPD in a deep sided, muscular package. This big scrotal yearling held his flesh cleaning up two sets of females in dry conditions in Colorado and Montana this summer, and both the Lassles and we are excited to see his first calves.

IHD Typhoon Tillie 409

IHD Typhoon Tillie 409, Supreme Champion 2005 Colorado State Fair for Ian Duzik, Craig, Colorado. Tillie was sired by Mr. Twister, a bull Duke Duzik, Ian ’s Grandfather, purchased at our 2002 Super Baldy bull sale, consigned by Katy German. Tillie was also out of an ASR Tabasco sired dam, making it a “full Altenburg pedigree”. Congratulations Ian!

Dallas Schleining and Willie Altenburg at the ranch this
summer after moving cattle.

Dallas Schleining has been with Altenburg Super Baldy Ranch for three years and manages the day to day operation. Upon graduation from Colorado State University in the spring of 2006,Dallas started his own A.I. business and is an Area Beef Representative for Genex Cooperative in northern Colorado synchronizing and inseminating cows and heifers.

Altenburg Cattle Drive -Trailing cow calf pairs to the
summer ranch,15 miles north