Watson is a multi-dimensional herd bull with extra volume, depth and muscle. Everything is right here! His dam is a beautiful daughter of Image Maker and a full sister to Benfield Substance 8506 and Benfield Elliott 029. This bull drew our attention since the day he was born. A moderate birth weight bull and calving ease prospect, he was one of the top performance bulls with a ratio of 107 for weaning and 103 for yearling. He is the mirror image of his full brother who sold last year for $8500. Don’t overlook this docile, moderate framed herd bull with a unique but proven outcross pedigree!

One of the top performing bulls for weaning and yearling, 6555 is a moderate birth weight bull out of a prolific 11 year Kona dam. The Kona daughters are renowned for their longevity in the Benfield and Cleremont herds. We appreciate the attractive phenotype in Lot 4 that compliments the power, volume and length in this prospective herd bull. You can use this Whitley son to add pounds as well as to sire long lasting productive females.

The Whitley x Chisum cross produces a consistent phenotype. They are the kind of cattle that will excel on a low input grass based program. They are deep bodied with extra volume, capacity and muscle with moderate birthweights and mature size. Lot 6 is another good example. His attractive dam is one of our favorite cows. She is a sound and easy keeping female with a perfect udder.

Take a look at this high performance Whitley son from a fault free Substance daughter and productive cow family. His dam has a weaning ratio of 103 on three calves. The grandam is the mother of Lot 27. Lot 8 is a multi-dimensional herd prospect with extra length, growth and muscle.

We are extremely pleased with the ¾ brothers from the Whitley x Substance cross. They are above average in muscle and performance. Lot 10 is no exception and has continued to improve since weaning. We consider his dam a model Angus cow.

Lot 12 is a true herd sire prospect that is hard to fault with his terrific phenotype, superb individual performance, and enviable heritage. Mack Donald is a well balanced, heavy muscled, and structurally sound prospect with tremendous length of body. He combines the antagonistic traits of low birthweight and high performance flawlessly. His Pathfinder dam records 4@97 BWR and 4 @ 108 WWR with a 364 day calving interval. Plus, she is a full sister to the dam of Reference Sire A, WRA Whitley. On top of all this, Mack Donald has a wonderfully quiet disposition—scratch his back and you will have a friend for life. Selling 2/3 interest and full possession.

This stout, high growth cow bull prospect is a full brother in blood to our featured Mack son, Lot 12. His beautiful young dam was featured on the cover of our 2015 catalog and she is a full sister to the dams of Whitley and Mack Donald. Lot 14 should sire big volume, high growth progeny and his daughters should make efficient, productive mother cows.

Lot 16 is another product of the combination of Mack on T10 daughters. Typical of the T10 daughters, his dam is a big volume, feminine, beautifully uddered young cow. Look for Lot 16 to carry forward a strong maternal heritage.

Lot 18 is an outstanding heifer bull prospect that combines low birth genetics with a deep maternal heritage. His linebred dam by T10 is from the same cow family that produced T10, Vindicator, Walker, and Cedar Run. C16 is a long bodied, smooth fronted, low birthweight prospect from our featured cow family for low input genetics combined with excellent performance.

It is easy to lose Lot 20 in this crop of outstanding bulls, but the real world, foundation genetics of the Mack X T10 cross are hard to ignore. His maternal brother by Topper was one of our top performers in 2014, with a 110 WWR and 110 YWR

Highly recommended for cows, Lot 22 is a high growth prospect out of a terrific T10 daughter. Expect him to sire high performance, fault free progeny that include fertile, highly productive daughters.

This low birth weight Colt son is out of a 2nd calf Elliott daughter from a great line of productive females counting seven generations at Benfield. In addition, he traces twice to Benfield Edella 1105, the most influential female in our breeding program. One of the top performing bulls on test, Lot 24 is docile and thick like his sire. Take a look at this balanced trait prospect with proven genetic merit!

This balanced trait herd prospect has stood out since birth. The mating of Colt to our Tracker 458 daughters combines two bulls with extra power, base width, volume, and muscle. Lot 26 is an attractive, balanced and docile herd bull that is wide topped and thick butted. He combines a strong maternal heritage of productive, fertile, and easy keeping females with extra growth and muscle. His dam is one of our best cows.

Here is a powerful and moderate framed Colt son with a tremendous amount of depth, volume and total mass. He combines base width and muscle with moderate birth genetics. His dam is arguably our best Substance daughter. A maternal brother to 7355 by Whitley was one of the top bulls in the 2015 Headquarters for Hindquarters Bull Sale and brought $7750. Lot 28 is line bred to Benfield Edella 1105, the most influential cow in the Benfield program.

Here is a top performing bull who is line bred to Benfield Edella 1105. His powerful and easy keeping dam was a natural calf by Tracker 458 out of 1105. Lot 30 is a docile, muscular and wide base bull with breed leading performance as well as proven maternal genetics. We work hard to produce bulls that will help our customers prosper. Lot 30 is a bull that will get it done!

Here is a power herd bull that puts it all together. He was the second high weaning weight bull at 792 pounds with a 114 ratio. Although he was too young to report for American Angus records in time for our catalog, we calculated his yearling weight at 1356 lbs. We like his balance, fault free structure and attractive phenotype. He is deep and long bodied with plenty of muscle. His Tracker 458 dam is a powerful and productive cow with three calves at weaning for a 107 ratio. Lot 32 is stacked Benfield breeding with Colt x Tracker 458 x Kona x Ringo.

Recommended for cows, Lot 34 is a powerful, stylish son of Cedar Run out of a terrific Pathfinder daughter of Topper from the Lucy cow family made famous at Van Dyke Angus Ranch in Manhattan, Montana. C14 is one of the heaviest muscled bulls in the sale, which should come as no surprise because of the added muscle and thickness displayed by his sire, Cedar Run, and maternal grandsire, Topper. Expect his daughters to make stout and productive brood cows.

Lot 36 is a maternal and ¾ brother to WRA Mirror Image Z11, a T10 son that sold to Jason Kading of Millbrook, New York in our 2013 sale. Z11 became the sensation of Jason’s dispersal sale in the fall of 2015 where his sons and daughters were in high demand and Z11 himself topped the sale at $11,000. We believe that C8 has the same herd bull potential. He is a moderate framed, sound structured, heavy muscled prospect that should be an outstanding maternal sire

Here is a balanced and moderate framed Reality son with exceptional performance in a heavy muscled package. He is wide based, broad topped, thick butted and free moving. His Tracker 458 dam is a stout, broody, deep bodied and easy keeping cow that consistently weans one of our best calves. Lot 38 is an easy choice to produce thick and heavy calves!

Lot 40 is a slightly bigger framed bull with extra depth and length to compliment his superior performance. He took off from birth and never looked back! One of the heaviest calves we have raised at weaning, he continued to perform on test and was the high yearling weight bull at 1417 lbs. Lot 40 is a true growth bull that will sire the extra pounds you can sell. He has the in-herd performance and top yearling EPD to prove it!

If you need to breed a small group of heifers this spring, Lot 42 is an excellent choice. He is deep bodied and thick with extra volume. Although one of the younger bulls in the sale, he will be an impressive individual at maturity. His dam is a big volume, easy keeping Game Day daughter. The grandam was a pathfinder by Kona and the great-grandam a pathfinder by Backstop.

Moderate framed, big bodied, and wide based best describe Lot 44. He epitomizes the low input, trouble free, economically efficient paradigm

Raised on a 2 year old dam, Lot 46 exploded after weaning, achieving our best post weaning gain figures. He has developed into an excellent prospect with above average length of body. Slightly larger framed than his paternal brothers, C9 should sire fault free cattle with excellent performance.

Lot 48 is a 15/16 brother to Lot 47, stacking multiple generations of low birthweight, low input genetics—Treasure 129, Windy 8491, Vindicator, and T10. Breeding potential is more accurately predicted when like kind genetics are stacked over multiple generations.

If you are looking for a bull that can add muscle while maintaining disciplined frame size and maternal efficiency, then look at Lot 50. He is a wide based, heavy muscled, attractive prospect with a -1.5 pound BW EPD.