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1 MILANO CHAROLAIS BULL SALE April 21, 2012 (with Milano Special 1000 head Cow Replacement Sale) OUTFRONT CATTLE SERVICE Dennis Adams PO Box College Station, TX MILANO CHAROLAIS BULL SALE Saturday, April 21, :30 AM Milano, Texas STEVEN LASTOVICA RONALD LASTOVICA KEVIN GLEASON OFFICE: PO BOX 146 MILANO, TX

2 GENERAL INFORMATION: Sale Date & Time: Saturday, April 21, 2012 Bulls will sell first starting at 10:30 am Replacement Cows immediately following Bull sale. Sale Location: Milano Livestock Exchange Milano, Texas (located on U.S. Hwy 79) Milano is located between Hearne, TX (Hwy 6) 20 miles and Rockdale, TX (Hwy 79 & Hwy 77) 9 miles. (48 miles to College Station, 13 miles to Cameron, 17 miles to Caldwell, TX.) Sale Day Phones: Dennis Adams Cell (979) Bill Arlitt Cell (210) Rick Evans Cell (325) Steven Lostovica Cell (254) Ronald Lostovica Cell (254) Kevin Gleason Cell (972) Office (512) Please call Steven, Ronald, or Kevin for information on the Replacement Cow sale. Registrations: All bulls are Registered Charolais bulls and buyers will receive registration papers transferred free of charge. EPDs: All EPDs listed are current Spring 2012 edition Health & Fertility: All bulls have been fertility tested and scrotal measurements will be given sale day. All bulls are virgin bulls and have not been exposed to cows. All bulls will have proper Interstate Health Certificates. All bulls were ultrasounded for carcass information and it is listed under each bull along with known performance information: LOT 22: BARA Mr Cigar 24X DOB: M Polled PERFORMANCE (BTH) WT: 75 ADJ: 733 RATIO: 100 (YLG) WT: N/A ADJ:1096 RATIO: 100 BW: 0.7 WW: 29 YW: 50 Milk: 9 MTNL: 23 SC: N/A ULTRASOUND: REA: FT: 0.16 IMF: 3.87 JDJ Na t u r a l T78 P JDJSSRSm o k i njo ej1382et JDJ Ms Dy n a s t y L428 m6 Gr i d Ma k e r 104 PET M6 Ms Big To p 533 PLD ET m6 Ms E46 s Duke 248 PET JDJ Natural was a top selling bull in the DeBruycker Bull sale in He is a grandson of the B309, Miss American Beef donor cow. His sire, Smoking Joe is a full ET sib to JDJ Smokester J1377. A powerfully thick bull with lots of length, and strong lines. M6 248 cow recently sold for a record price to Southern Cattle Co s herd in FL. She produced M6 Destiny that sold for $170,000. LOT 23: WIA Mr Revved 281 PLD DOB: M Polled PERFORMANCE (BTH) WT: N/A ADJ: N/A RATIO: N/A (YLG) WT: N/A ADJ: N/A RATIO: N/A BW: 0.5 WW: 28 YW: 41 Milk: 3 MTNL: 17 SC: 1.0 CARCASS CWT: 8 REA: 0.24 FT: MARB: ULTRASOUND: REA: FT: 0.27 IMF: 2.85 HooDoo Slasher 1144 D R Re v e l a t i o n 467 DR WC Forever Lucy 372ET Three Trees Verna 2801ET JWK Verna E225 ET DA Revelation was the Denver Champion and is widely known as a calving ease sire. Verna E225 sold for $50,000 and was considered one of the top Donor cows in the breed when living. She produced several high selling lots in sales all over the U.S. Forever Lucy is a grandaughter of JDJ Ms Commander B309, nickednamed Miss American Beef. She has produced several top herdsires, one, JDJ Smokester J1377 is currently the #2 Milk EPD bull in the Charolais breed. Consignors: Rick & Cindy Evans 2601 Austin Ave Brownwood, TX Off: (325) Cell (325) Bill & Raye Arlitt PO Box 998 Poteet, TX Cell (210) Sale Consultant: OUTFRONT CATTLE SERVICE Dennis Adams PO Box College Station, TX (979) or Cell (979) outfrontcattle@gmail.com D R Revelation 467

3 LOT 2: RE Mr Real 054 ET DOB: EM Polled PERFORMANCE WT: 81 ADJ: 659 RATIO: 100 BW: 2.4 WW: 25 YW: 41 Milk: 6 MTNL: 19 SC: 0.8 ULTRASOUND: REA: FT: 0.12 IMF: 3.86 P LOT 20: BARA Mr Trademark 40X DOB: EM Scurs PERFORMANCE (BTH) WT: 78 ADJ: 790 RATIO: 100 (YLG) WT: N/A ADJ:1172 RATIO: 100 BW: 3.2 WW: 28 YW: 54 Milk: 10 MTNL: 24 SC: 0.6 CARCASS CWT: 19 REA: 0.26 FT: MARB: ULTRASOUND: REA: FT: 0.09 IMF: 3.54 lhd Al i Ma r k T214 CJC Trademark H45 CJC Ms Pe r f e c t F57 LHD Ms Cigar K258 lhd Ms Alger Y790 CJC Ms Cigar H172 CJC Ms Magic E1102 Another Full ET sib to Lot 1, out of the $32,000 Reality bull that topped the DeBruycker bull sale in K258 has been one of the most consistient donor cows for the Evans operation. In fact, he has sold two bulls out of K258 back to DeBruycker Charolais for herd sires. Evans are using two sons of K258 in their program as well. Big Rib Eye and Marbling in this good bull! Trademark sired steers were the top Net Profit calves on the Western Beef Expo contest. His sons consistiently top the annual DeBruycker bull sale as the top sire group. DeBruyckers breed quite a few of their first-heifers each year to Trademark. H172 was the Champion Female in Denver and sold for $13,500. She later produced a heifer that won the National Champion at the AIJCA junior show and then went on to win the AICA National Show. Lot 2 Lot 3 Dam of Lot 20 CJC MS CIGAR H172 AICA National Champion Female Denver and dam of a National Champion Female LOT 3: RE Real Classic 051 ET DOB: EM Polled PERFORMANCE WT: 78 ADJ: 678 RATIO: 100 BW: 2.1 WW: 24 YW: 39 Milk: 5 MTNL: 17 SC: 0.8 ULTRASOUND: REA: FT: 0.23 IMF: 3.75 P lhd Mr Perfect Y46 MS May Classic Bell158ET lhd Ms Classic Bell X613 This thick-made bull is a very deep-bodied bull with lots of fleshing ease. His dam is a full sib to LHD Cigar E46, one of the greatest sires in the Charolais breed. The top 3 sires on Rib-Eye EPDs are all sired by Cigar. Known for producing muscle and great milking females. Another good Rib-Eye bull with superb Marbling. CJC TRADEMARK H45

4 LOT 19: BARA Mr President 39X DOB: M Polled PERFORMANCE (BTH) WT: 75 ADJ: 808 RATIO: 108 (YLG) WT: N/A ADJ:1206 RATIO: 102 BW: 2.5 WW: 31 YW: 42 Milk: 7 MTNL: 22 SC: 0.9 CARCASS CWT: 19 REA: 0.43 FT: MARB: ULTRASOUND: REA: FT: 0.19 IMF: 3.12 LHD Ci g a r E46 CJC Mr President T122 CJC Ms Da y l i g h t K1662 lhd Al i Ma r k T214 JDJ Ms Al i Ma r k J38 JDJ Ms Cigar G341 Excellent numbers on this strong, powerhouse prospect. President calves are tremendously thick, wide-topped and loaded with red meat Straight DeBruycker genetics featuring some of their most proven bloodlines President daughters are tremendous milkers with excellent udder structure. LOT 4: RE Mr Classic One 919 ET DOB: EM Polled PERFORMANCE WT: 84 ADJ: 622 RATIO: 100 BW: 0.3 WW: 30 YW: 47 Milk: 12 MTNL: 27 SC: 1.0 CARCASS CWT: 11 REA: 0.10 FT: MARB: 0.02 ULTRASOUND: REA: FT: 0.12 IMF: 3.56 WCR Sir Duke 761 VCR Sir Du k e 914 PLD WCR Miss Ma c IV 534 lhd Mr Perfect Y416 MS May Classic Bell158ET lhd Ms Classic Bell X613 Great EPDs with light birth wts and very good Rib-Eye and Marbling scan. Dam is a full sib to LHD Cigar E46, one of the greatest sires ever in the breed. Cigar sons are the top 3 EPD bulls for Rib-Eye in the breed. Duke 914, a former AICA Multiple Trait Leader has more sons on the Multiple Trait leader list than any other sires in the breed. LOT 5: RE Classic Duke 091 ET DOB: EM Polled PERFORMANCE WT: 89 ADJ: 697 RATIO: 100 BW: 0.3 WW: 30 YW: 47 Milk: 12 MTNL: 27 SC: 1.0 CARCASS CWT: 11 REA: 0.10 FT: MARB: 0.02 ULTRASOUND: REA: FT: 0.16 IMF: 4.03 WCR Sir Duke 761 VCR Sir Du k e 914 PLD WCR Miss Ma c IV 534 lhd Mr Perfect Y416 MS May Classic Bell158ET lhd Ms Classic Bell X613 CJC MR PRESIDENT T122 Outstanding Rib-Eye and one of the best Marbling scans. Full ET Sib to lot 4, this superb bred sire prospect should sire some great growth, fleshing ease, and sound offspring. Dam of Lot 19 JDJ Ms Ali Mark J38 Lot 5: RE Classic Duke 091 ET

5 LOT 6: RE Reflection 033 DOB: M Dehorned PERFORMANCE WT: 78 ADJ: 766 RATIO: 100 BW: 0.1 WW: 25 YW: 41 Milk: 6 MTNL: 18 SC: N/A ULTRASOUND: REA: FT: 0.14 IMF: 4.44 RE Mi r a g e 778 ET lhd Ms Ci g a r K258 SCC Ci g a r 3022 ET RE Ms Ci n d y Lo u 803 RE Ms Ci n d y 176 P ET These Mirage calves are some of the thickest, stoutest calves we have ever raised DeBruycker Charolais, MT, bought two full sibs to Mirage to use in their elite herd. Should be a great calving ease sire as well. His Ultrasound for Rib-Eye and Marbling are outstanding. Cigar 3022 is a full sib to LHD Cigar E46. LOT 7: RE Image 05 DOB: M Polled PERFORMANCE WT: 76 ADJ: 608 RATIO: 85 BW: 6.4 WW: -0.7 YW: 10 Milk: 10 MTNL: 15 SC: N/A ULTRASOUND: REA: FT: 0.15 IMF: 3.78 RE Mi r a g e 778 ET lhd Ms Ci g a r K258 JWK Impressive D040 ET AC Ca j u n Qu e e n 2219 PLD miss JCA Cajun P Lot 18: BARA Mr Reality 41X LOT 18: BARA Mr Reality 41X DOB: M Polled PERFORMANCE (BTH) WT: 68 ADJ: 714 RATIO: 101 (YLG) WT: N/A ADJ:1207 RATIO: 103 BW: 1.7 WW: 26 YW: 45 Milk: 8 MTNL: 21 SC: 0.6 ULTRASOUND: REA: FT: 0.2 IMF: 2.6 HC Mr Texas Cigar 266 PD DRC Ms Texas Cigar U804 PLD RE Ms Pe r f e c t i o n 24 P Another top Mirage son with that extra thickness and demension. Lots of eye-appeal to the Mirage calves. His dam, KI258 is one of our best Donor cows and lots of her offspring have topped sales. She is a maternal sib to DeBruycker s LHD Establish M826 herdsire and to another donor cow we own, LHD Ms Cigar J211. A very powerful sire, loaded with Eye-Appeal and Style. This long-bodied, deep ribbed bull has lots of potential. A big growthy bull with light birth wt and strong weaning wt. Reality is the high selling bull in the 09 DeBruycker bull sale going for $32,000 for 3/4 interest. A Reality heifer won the $10,000 prize as the best consignment to the 2011 President & Reality sale. LOT 8: RE Mark 169 PERFORMANCE WT: 93 ADJ: 667 RATIO: 100 DOB: M Dehorned BW: 1.6 WW: 22 YW: 36 Milk: 7 MTNL: 19 SC: N/A ULTRASOUND: REA: FT: 0.14 IMF: 4.09 RE Mirror Image 775 RE Du c h e s s 26 P lhd Al i Ma r k T214 DCF Lady Mark 720G DCF Lady Tradition 408C What a Rib-Eye on this superb offering! And blended with a great Marbling score as well! Ali Mark is another top carcass background sire and the sire of a former #1 Milk EPD Trait Leader. He also is the grandsire of LHD Ali Ruler D310, the sire of a former #1 Marbling EPD bull, MD Sentinel Ruler G1520.

6 Lot 21: BARA Mr Wizard 29X BHD Reality T3136 LOT 21: BARA Mr Wizard 29X DOB: M Polled PERFORMANCE (BTH) WT: 73 ADJ: 737 RATIO: 98 (YLG) WT: N/A ADJ:1145 RATIO: 97 BW: 3.0 WW: 31 YW: 50 Milk: 10 MTNL: 25 SC: N/A ULTRASOUND: REA: FT: 0.27 IMF: 2.87 JDJ Wizard S333 P MD Sentinal Ruler G1520 JDJ Ms Ma r k s m a n H40 BARA Ms Illusion 54T BARA Ms Ci g a r 72P Wizard s dam was a top pick of donor cows from DeBruycker and selected by Stallings Charolais, TN. Wizard s sire was the #1 Marbling EPD bull in the Charolais breed at one time. Illusion N111 is also the sire of the $32,000 Reality Sire. A very good pedigree on this superb individual. Wizard is the only clean-up bull that Arlitt s use in addition to their strong A-I and ET programs. Lot 1: RE Truth 050 ET LOT 1: RE Truth 050 ET DOB: EM Scurs PERFORMANCE WT: 81 ADJ: 668 RATIO: 100 BW: 2.4 WW: 25 YW: 41 Milk: 6 MTNL: 19 SC: 0.8 ULTRASOUND: REA: FT: 0.12 IMF: 3.91 P LHD Ms Cigar K258 lhd Ms Alger Y790 JDJ WIZARD S333 Reality was the high selling bull in Debruycker s 2009 bull sale. Sired by the easy calving Illusion sire that many breeders use on their first calf heifers. Y790 is one of those great foundation cows that keeps producing great calves. She has also produced the LHD Establish M828 herd sire and two other great donor daughters, including LHD Ms Cigar J211.

7 LOT 15: BARA Mr Reality 33X DOB: M Polled PERFORMANCE (BTH) WT: 74 ADJ: 769 RATIO: 103 (YLG) WT: N/A ADJ:1158 RATIO: 98 BW: 3.2 WW: 33 YW: 51 Milk: 5 MTNL: 22 SC: 0.6 ULTRASOUND: REA: FT: 0.14 IMF: 1.15 BARA Ms Ci g a r 61R BARA Ms Impressive 17K Ms 61R is one of those cows that always weans one of the biggest calves every year. A super producer and great milker. Reality doesn t have Carcass EPDs due to this being just his 2nd calf crop. Data should be good and his growth and performance has made him command a great deal of respect in the breed. LOT 16: BARA Mr Reality 36X DOB: M Polled PERFORMANCE (BTH) WT: 69 ADJ: 760 RATIO: 101 (YLG) WT: N/A ADJ:1163 RATIO: 99 BW: 1.5 WW: 27 YW: 44 Milk: 4 MTNL: 18 SC: 0.7 ULTRASOUND: REA: FT: 0.12 IMF: 3.01 LOT 9: RE Mr Rydell 71 DOB: M Polled PERFORMANCE WT: 88 ADJ: 661 RATIO: 99 BW: 2.5 WW: 21 YW: 37 Milk: 8 MTNL: 19 SC: N/A ULTRASOUND: REA: FT: 0.22 IMF: 4.07 LHD Ci g a r E46 RE Ci g a r-so n 497 ET WCR Miss Ma c 9517 ET P lhd Ry d e l l G725 LHD Ms Rydell J1754 lhd Ms Academy F1143 Quite the individual in this meat-wagon! Big explosive hip with a big 17 Rib-Eye but also a very impressive Marbling scan at over 4! Traces to the good Cigar sire that has the top 3 sons in the breed for Rib-Eye EPDs. The 9517 cow is one of the descendants of the strong and productive Nancy cow family. Lot 9 CJC Ms Cigar K250 CJC Ms Rope E966 Reality has nicked very well on Cigar daughters to produce rapid growing calves with lots of correctness and eye-appeal. Light birth weight is an added plus along with the strong 760 lbs weaning wt. Reality really increase performance levels and should add a lot of muscle to his calves. Lot 10 LOT 17: BARA Mr Reality 45X DOB: M Polled PERFORMANCE (BTH) WT: 72 ADJ: 695 RATIO: 98 (YLG) WT: N/A ADJ:1127 RATIO: 96 BW: 3.0 WW: 27 YW: 41 Milk: 9 MTNL: 22 SC: 0.7 ULTRASOUND: REA: FT: 0.18 IMF: 2.67 LOT 10: RE Fielder 085 DOB: M Polled PERFORMANCE WT: 84 ADJ: 656 RATIO: 100 BW: 0.8 WW: 34 YW: 58 Milk: 11 MTNL: 28 SC: 1.0 ULTRASOUND: REA: 14.6 FT: 0.11 IMF: 4.35 lhd Mr Perfect Y416 SR/NC Field Rep 2158 P ET SR La d y Ea s e 914 ET BARA Ms Ci g a r 49T TW JDJ Ms Al i Ma r k L840 P ET RE Ms Al i 121 P vcr Sir Du k e 914 PLD lhd Ms Ali Mark C147 An opportunity to get a lot of 1/2 and 3/4 brothers in this sale for a more uniform calf crop and realible genetics. L840 is one of the great donor cows originating from the DeBruycker program. L840 is a maternal sib to JDJ Smokester J1377, the #2 Milk EPD bull in the breed. (Dam is Miss American Beef, B309) One of the top bulls in the sale for Marbling scan at This well balanced bull has tremendous muscling, great depth of rib, plenty of fleshing ease and top disposition. Field Rep has sired several Champions in the show ring as well. Duke 914 has more sons as Multiple Trait Leaders than any other sire in the breed.

8 LOT 11: RE Field Man 095 DOB: M Polled PERFORMANCE WT: 88 ADJ: 684 RATIO: 94 BW: 1.0 WW: 26 YW: 45 Milk: 12 MTNL: 25 SC: N/A ULTRASOUND: REA: FT: 0.19 IMF: 4.26 lhd MR Pe r f e c t Y416 SR/NC Field Rep 2158 P ET SR La d y Ea s e 914 ET RE Ms Excel 876 RE Mr Ex c e l l e n c e L50 PET CJC Ms Cigar K1519 Field Rep has been one of the best sons of LHD Mr Perfect Y416. He has sired multiple Show winning progeny with tremendous style and eye-appeal. L50 is known for being a great calving ease sire! His dam commanded $10,000 in the very first Sale of Excellence sales. (One of the top sales in the U.S. for Charolais) Lot 11 Lot 13: BARA Mr Reality 27X LOT 13: BARA Mr Reality 27X DOB: M Polled PERFORMANCE (BTH) WT: 73 ADJ: 709 RATIO: 95 (YLG) WT: N/A ADJ:1245 RATIO: 106 BW: 2.1 WW: 26 YW: 48 Milk: 8 MTNL: 21 SC: 0.7 ULTRASOUND: REA: FT: 0.16 IMF: 2.93 BARA Ms Ci g a r 72S BARA Ms Al i Ma r k 19H Lot 12 Reality has nicked very well when mated to Cigar daughters. Lots of Meat, thickness, growth and excellent conformation for beef genetics. Light birth wt blended with good weaning wt for a complete package. Ali Mark on dam s side for good carcass abiliity. LOT 12: RE Newsman 096 DOB: M Scurs PERFORMANCE WT: 86 ADJ: 766 RATIO: 105 BW: 2.0 WW: 38 YW: 62 Milk: 6 MTNL: 25 SC: 1.0 CARCASS CWT: 17 REA: 0.38 FT: MARB: ULTRASOUND: REA: FT: 0.19 IMF: 3.84 lhd Mr Perfect Y416 SR/NC Field Rep 2158 P ET SR La d y Ea s e 914 ET HF He i d i U494 lt Wyoming Wind 4020 PLD RE Ms Ali Mark 494 ET One of the larger Rib-Eye bulls in the sale! Excellent EPDs rank him in the top of the breed for growth and performance. A very smooth and complete sire with lots of thickness and good bone. Light birth wt an added plus. LOT 14: BARA Mr Reality 30X DOB: M Polled PERFORMANCE (BTH) WT: 73 ADJ: 694 RATIO: 93 (YLG) WT: N/A ADJ:1113 RATIO: 95 BW: 2.2 WW: 21 YW: 37 Milk: 10 MTNL: 20 SC: 0.7 ULTRASOUND: REA: FT: 0.14 IMF: 2.35 BARA Ms Ci g a r 13P CJC Ms PerfectBud H96 Some of our first Reality consignments. Reality is really adding growth and performance to his calves. He is also adding a little more size for those needing to get more stretch in their calves. (more pounds!) Out of another top milking Cigar cow in case you want to keep any daughters.

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