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Denver National Open Show Maine-Anjou Female Division Champions

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Denver National Open Show Maine-Anjou Bull Division Champions

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Denver National Open Show MaineTainer Famale Division Champions

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GROUP CLASSES

PREMIER BREEDER:
Buck Cattle Company, Madill, Okla.

PREMIER EXHIBITOR:
James Sullivan, Dunlap, Iowa
 

• $11,000 - Lot 1 - GCC Sooner Miss 132U
Thank you to Griswold Cattle, LLC, Stillwater, Okla., for donating this female and allowing all the proceeds to go towards the 2009 National Junior Maine-Anjou Show, June 16 - 20, 2009, Murfreesboro, Tenn. The junior association appreciates Griswold's for supporting the junior show.

Thank you to the following syndicate who purchased this tremendous female. Names were drawn and DeJong Ranch, Kennebec, S.D. ended up with ownership rights on this female.

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Producers of the Year

Landon Nagel, accepting the 2008 Commercial Feedlot Producer of the Year for John and
Bryan Nagel.

2008 Commercial Feedlot Producer of the Year
Nagel Cattle Company, John and Bryan Nagel, Springfield, S.D.
The 2008 Commercial Feedlot Producer of the Year award is presented to a father and son cattle feeding operation located along the Missouri Bluffs in the southeast corner of South Dakota. John and Bryan Nagel, Nagel Cattle Company, Springfield, S.D., took home this prestigious award from the AMAA.

Bryan's father, John, has been feeding cattle for 50 years and his son, Bryan, began feeding cattle commercially, in his own operation, after graduating from college in 1981.

John and Bryan have both fed Maine-Anjou calves for many years and have found the Maine-Anjou breed to be a good fit for both operations. They always look for Maine-Anjou calves that are extremely thick, structurally correct, with enough depth and capacity to get to heavy weights quickly and gain efficiently. “Maine-Anjou influenced cattle have the muscle and eye appeal to sell on today’s live market successfully or they work extremely well on today’s carcass grids, having the ability to grade with outstanding cutabilities to earn additional carcass premiums. An added benefit is their quiet disposition. Maine-Anjou cattle, whether bought or raised, have consistently been some of the top pens year in and year out," says the Nagel's.

The father / son pair are always in the market to purchase more Maine-Anjou calves. In the future, they would like to have their feed yards filled with Maine-Anjou influenced cattle.

Both are active in promoting the beef cattle industry and have served as officers of their local and state cattlemen’s associations and are long time members of the National Cattlemen Beef Association.

Just a few years ago John’s other son, Blane, was selected as Seedstock Producer of the Year.



2008 Commercial Producer of the Year
GTM Maines, Gary Mitchell and Family, Stuart, Neb.

The 2008 Commercial Producer of the year goes to GTM Maines, Gary Mitchell and family, Stuart, Neb. Gary started AI'ing his 400 head of Angus based cows to Maine-Anjou bulls in the late 1980’s in hopes of raising club calves for his four daughters to show in 4-H and FFA. After the first calf crop he noticed that his Maine-Anjou sired calves were heavier, due in part to hybrid vigor, plus they had more thickness and eye appeal along with great dispositions. Realizing the added value that Maine-Anjou genetics created, this producer has continued to place added selection pressure for efficient gains, added marbling and outstanding cutabilities. For the past five years, this commercial operation has been extremely successful in winning many awards and just recently his calves won the champion individual carcass and his group-of-five was named reserve grand champion overall in the National Maine-Anjou Feeding Trial.

Feedyards have also experienced the true value of his cattle as he is currently selling his Maine-Anjou feeder calves for a premium at his local sale barn. This year he had buyers from Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska trying to buy his calves, but the same Nebraska buyer who has purchased them the last four years bought them again.

Gary's 400 head cowherd is currently comprised of predominantly low percentage Maine-Anjou Angus cross females that are bred to Maine-Anjou bulls that are either home raised or purchased from Green Valley cattle and other Maine-Anjou breeders.

In addition to their very successful commercial operation, they have begun an embryo transfer program and are flushing some of their top registered donor cows. This has enabled them to market show cattle, embryos and breeding stock to increase their operation’s total profitability.



2008 Seedstock Producer of the Year
Griswold Cattle Co., LLC, Stillwater, Okla.

The 2008 Seedstock Producer of the Year goes to a complete family operation, Griswold Cattle Co., LLC, Stillwater, Okla. A commitment to breeding quality Maine-Anjou cattle has made this firm one of the most prestigious cattle operations in the country.

The Griswold family is unique in their approach to the cattle industry because of their life-long challenge of raising “quality cattle” whether it is commercially or in the seedstock business.

This operation was started with an Angus based cowherd and have been using Maine-Anjou genetics for over twenty years. The focus of the Griswold's breeding program has always been directed to develop a superior cowherd and use the best sires available.

In recent years this operation has raised and promoted some of the top Maine sires in the breed for themselves and their clients. For years they have marketed their Maine-Anjou females very successfully through the Exposure Sale each December. Their commercial bulls are sold both privately and in their very well accepted Grass to Grid Bull Sale every April. With cattle operations in both South Dakota and Oklahoma this cattle operation has been extremely successful in every avenue that they have competed in. They have achieved numerous accolades from show ring success to raising the highest selling Maine-Anjou feeder calves that also succeed when harvested on grids, a complete commercial seedstock family operation rich in the tradition of raising quality cattle.