2023 VANHOVE CATTLE COMPANY SIRE DIRECTORY

heterosis, and provide a versatile mating base for show cattle production. There is no one else in the business that gets as excited as we do about raising these maternally based club calf females, with that being said I don’t know if there has been a better time to be involved in the industry.

Here in Madison we don’t always abide by the norms, chase the fads or try to appease everyone. We know the cattle we like and that work for us and our customers, they are huge bodied, good looking, added featured cattle with presence and a build designed for the long haul. We are bringing you this book to show you the sires we have been utilizing to achieve this, each of them have or will be vital components of our breeding program. We pride ourselves on raising the kind that are complete and balanced, they have to be functional and easy keeping, these are real world sires that will make real world cattle who can generate show cattle.

We at Vanhove Cattle Company would like to extend our gratitude to all of those that have supported us over the years, we realize that none of this is possible without you. Going forward we want you to realize that we are committing ourselves to bringing you the best there is, there are exciting times ahead and the level of customer service that you will find here is second to none. We are always ready to talk, give advice and stand behind our product. If you see something in this book that you would like to add to your breeding program please reach out to us directly or any member of our marketing team. You can trust that the semen is of the highest quality, and if there happens to be an issue we want to be the first people to know, as we are the only ones that can help rectify an issue. These gentlemen know our program, our cows and the industry, they see as many show cattle as any in the country, feel free to give them a call, we trust them and their guidance.

Enjoy the cattle,

Rob & Sheryl Vanhove

VANHOVE CATTLE COMPANY

ROB VANHOVE | 605 480 0909 SHERYL VANHOVE | 605 480 4186

45021 227TH STREET MADISON, SD 57042

COLLECTED BY:

CORY THOMSEN | 605 730 2397

heir to the throne

IN GOD WE TRUST x 606 (EXTRA SPECIAL X MONOPOLY)

BW: 86 LBS | PHAF THC DSF

We are super excited about this new young sire that we purchased from Brad Smith. There is no question that based on the early inquiries, interest and demand for Heir to the Throne will be huge. He is without a doubt one of the elite combinations of pedigree and pizazz to hit the market in 2023, maybe ever!! In a few years, you will look back at this initial offering and Heir to the Throne will have been labeled the 2023 Rookie Sire of the Year. His mother, 606, who has already proven to be one of the hottest cows in the Industry. There is little doubt that her legacy of producing champions will last long into the future. With 606 in the pedigree, and sired by the great In God We Trust, Heir to the Throne will be equally potent at siring bulls, steers or females that can win at any level. Those that have seen Heir to the Throne compliment his unique combination of look and mass. He is massive and square hipped, deep in his twist and has a huge lower stifle. Add that to his bold rib cage and sound structure and you have a bull that will make a difference. He will impact cow herds for years to come and his progeny will increase revenue based on calf sales and replacement female value in your herd, translating into more money in your pocket. This bull is truly elite and matches our definition to a futuristic sire. Do yourself a favor and breed to Heir to the Throne.

OWNED WITH DUSTIN PRATT & BRAD SMITH

call my bluff

AIN’T BLUFFIN X 555G(PARADOX/POKERFACE)

BW: 80 LBS | PHAF THF DSC

When I headed to Brad Smith’s to pick up Heir to the Throne, there was an equally intriguing black bull in the same pen, I asked what he was out of and Brad said Ain’t Bluffin’. Immediately, I said, “I want to own that bull.” Brad’s comment was that he’d let you know when he was ready to do something with the calf. I said, “Brad, I don’t think you understand. I am not leaving until I own that bull.”

This bull reads like a sire that should produce incredibly built females and I sure wouldn’t rule out some very functional show steers as well. You can’t miss Call My Bluff’s huge rib, soft skeletal design, unmatched balance and genuine muscle shape. If you have seen this bull, you know why he was coming home with me. He gets more impressive every day.

Call My Bluff’s dam is an impressive young donor that is gaining fame in Brad Smith’s program. Brad owns her with Jeff Jackson and while early in her flushing career will likely work on a variety of bulls, the same kind of mating flexibility that we expect out of Call My Bluff. Already, two flush mate heifers have averaged $20,250. This young sire has as much potential as any new maternal bull that’s offered this year!

OWNED WITH DUSTIN PRATT & BRAD SMITH

PATRÒN

Patròn is the result of combining some of the most potent influences in the maternal beef business, he is emerging as a sire who is built for the ages. In person he is one of the most impressive specimens we have ever had the chance of being involved with. It starts at the ground with his impeccable feet, they are deep heeled, perfect clawed and the spread between his toes is ideal. Wide at his base with power that holds true through his entire body cavity, with all the shag and bone substance you could ask for. The pedigree of Patròn is scattered with the best in the business, his paternal lineage needs no introduction, and maternally stands one of the most exciting cows of our time, RJ Heartbreaker 422B. In the last six years this Broker x Angus/ Harrietta cow has consistently raised as many high-dollar show steer and heifer prospects as any bovine in America. The set of Patròn females that are in the replacement pen and those that have sold in the Dakota Classic will blow your mind, they are exactly what we strive to produce, and perfectly compliment what we have been working towards the past 2 decades. This is your warning, you will be wishing you had utilized Patròn in the breeding box this season.

me too

This High Maine, ALL ME son was bred and raised by Sleichter Cattle. Me Too is backed by a powerhouse dam! She was the Supreme female at the 2019 Kansas State Fair and Champion Maine Angus 2019 American Royal! A maternal Sister sold this fall for $45,000 to Fawcett.This is the Outcross to the modern Maine pedigrees: he is 3 generations from I-80, with No Garth, Databank, Irish Whiskey, or Unlimited Power in his pedigree. He won’t blow you away with muscle, but he has exellent Structure Witdth. Near peerfect balance, body and Structure! And and Undeniable presence, with beg foot and bone, and Awesome haired.

TOUCH OF CLASS

This High Maine, Class on Class son, is one of the most uniquely built, upper echelon pieces of livestock that we raised in 2022. He is a direct son of the legendary Tyson 929 donor that has anchored our program through the last decade, and is a full brother to the high selling breeding heifer, tag 30 from the 2022 Pasture Sale. We plan to promote and use him heavily via AI within the herd here at VCC. He checks all the boxes that are required of one that we will place the hands of our cowherd in, tried and true cow family, futuristic presence, flawless structural integrity and ultradimensional. This stud has been special from day one, and we can’t wait to share his potential with the business.

better than ever

One that everyone asks about! A very unique creature on foot, he is an absolute STUD to say the very least! Good As It Gets is gaining momentum as a go to maternal sire for the future. This son is extra rugged, stout featured and bold bodied and has the flexible running gear that is built to last! We think his pedigree and structural integrity will compliment a wide range of show cattle females that need some extra look, presence and quality.

for good

Here for Good will be a sire that makes an impact. He was the talk of the town whilst on display in Oklahoma City and has been the topic of conversation in just about every phone call since his debut. We don’t know if there has ever been a more

AIN’T BLUFFIN’

Please take this as your personal invitation into the dynasty that Ain’t Bluffin is beginning to build. He will continue to be one of the most utilized sires from our sire battery and I promise you that we are as excited about this sire group as any that have ever walked the pastures in Madison, South Dakota. His progeny are proving to be a rare find in this business, they are cattle that will generate on both ends of the spectrum, from elite show heifers to high selling steers. The value we see in Ain’t Bluffin is the incredible set of females he is putting in our cowherd, however we decided to go back and see how many dollars the Ain’t Bluffin females have already generated for Vanhove Cattle Company, to this point they are averaging $13,850. Too often in this business is the legacy of a sire felt many years after their passing, when semen is too highly valued to be mass utilized. We believe Ain’t Bluffin will be one of the sires that people will be talking about for generations to come, we know we will be.

OWNED WITH DAVE DUELLO

warlock

We know that all the attention is currently centered on the females that Ain’t Bluffin is generating, however we think that perhaps Warlock could be one of his most intriguing accomplishments to date. He is a sire who brings an extra shot of substance and power to the equation, in the flesh you will find he is one of the widest hipped, densest muscled and rugged boned members of our herd sire battery, not to mention the thick black hair that hangs from his hide. The Whizard x Powerline donor who set the foundations for Warlock is proof that we only sell our best in the Dakota Classic, she is one of the most impressive females to go under the hammer finding a new postcode with Wes Holland in Oklahoma. We want to thank Keith Lambright for sharing the same belief we have in this powerhouse and look forward to Warlock progeny.

$30/UNIT

cash is king

We are excited to add this Homozygous Black, Purebred Simmental to our sire line up, if you don’t recognize the members of his pedigree just realize that his mother, HF Serena 74Y is a member of Simmental royalty. She has directly generated in excess of 2 million dollars worth of progeny, not to mention the revenue her sons and daughters are producing for many of the nation’s most prestigious operations. It’s easy to see why her progeny are so highly valued, they are so unique when compared to the stereotypical Simmental, they have an unmatched presence and structural integrity. We plan to utilize Cash Is King in our breeding program to add faultless foot and bone structure, length of body, boldness of center body cavity and his ability to generate progeny that will register half blood or higher, regardless of mating.

$30/UNIT

When Cory Thomsen called saying he had found one of the best Purebred Simmental bulls he had ever seen at Jeremy Lehrman’s we knew we needed to investigate. When we laid our eyes on Amigo we knew he wasn’t joking, we are proud to have acquired this Purebred son of ES Surelock ZW15. The $45,000 W/C Executive Order female on the bottom side of his pedigree is one of the most anticipated females to ever sell though the Werning Cattle Production Sale. Amigo is homozygous polled and black, his perfect baldy face, combined with rugged features, added horsepower and breed leading performance are traits we look forward to injecting into the cowherd.

$30/UNIT

Spot on

You wouldn’t believe how difficult of a decision it was when we drafted the mother of Spot On into the sale heifer pen before the 2020 edition of the Dakota Classic. She is a Jass On the Mark x WS A Step Up ¾ Simmental that didn’t take long to make her mark when she arrived at her new home in Hope, Indiana for Danny Harker.

Spot On is the first born out of his new super star donor female, we want to thank the Harker family for letting us purchase this stud back. Little known fact is that the grandmother is the mother to Here For Good and a $32,500 Here I Am steer in 2019 that the Manning family campaigned to numerous championships.

This son of May We All gets us excited to be in the maternal beef business, we have not been around a bull prospect that has matured like Spot On, his growth pattern has been impressive, each day getting bolder, stouter and more explosive. The combination of his structural build, center body shape, head and neck construction and overall dimension are seldomly found. He entered the world with a modest 72-pound birthweight, and is backed by 3 generations of calving ease, we think with sensible management Spot On could be a calving ease option.

diplomat

BNWZ SPECIALTY x CCC SARA’S DREAM 5166

AAA #20307048

OWNED WITH JOSH AND ABBIE CRIBBS

Out of the famed CCC Sara’s Dream 5166 cow of Barry Nowatzke’s and sired by BNWZ Specialty, Diplomat is a 3/4 brother to BNWZ Dignity 8107 and full sib to the recently crowned Reserve Champion Female at The Atlantic National! Perfect is his skeleton, tall shouldered, and incredible in his body shape; we think he’s positioned to make cattle better. And with the prolific donors in his pedigree, he’s backed by female generating power with a Double Shot of First Class Anchoring both sides. First calf reports are awesome and were looking forward to what he has instore!

here i come

We are excited to present the culmination of Here I Am and the infamous Z228 donor that continues to build a case as the most potent cow we have on the ranch! Here I Come is one of the biggest backed, massive footed and freakiest featured sons of Here I Am that we have been around. His full brother steer mates have averaged over $18,000 as they have gone through the pasture sale. We think he is going to add power and shape, hair quality and bone density in a quick fashion. There is nothing more trustworthy than the pedigree that backs Here I Come, and we truly believe has the

GOOD TO GO

HERE I

AM x MERLIN (WHIZARD x IRISH WHISKEY)

PHAF THC DSC | ACA #410121

OWNED WITH GRISWOLD CATTLE

We aren’t exaggerating when we say the reports are coming in daily on how promising his calf crop is looking, particularly when being crossed on maternally based Maine, Simmental and Angus cows. If you get the chance to see him as a mature bull at stud you need to take the opportunity, he is monster hipped and backed, with trunks for legs and the roar power and muscle shape that the industry is leaning towards. Backed by generations of our most consistent revenue generating cow families, in fact 3 flush sisters to Good to Go sold in the 2021 Dakota Classic and averaged $12,000. Another was one of the most decorated market heifers of 2019-2020 for the Blaine Rodgers family. We truly believe that Good To Go is the most exciting son of Here I Am to emerge and you can trust in the fact you will be seeing a deep representation of his progeny in our pasture sales for seasons to come. Last fall we sold 2 Good To Go Steers for over $60,000 and $50,000.

MERLIN

At Vanhove Cattle Company I think it’s fairly evident that a huge emphasis is placed on the prowess of the females, and it’s without doubt that Merlin and his daughters have done as much for our program as any sire in history. There is a small collection of maternal bulls that have reached the LEGEND status at Vanhove Cattle Company, and Merlin has most definitely earnt his position in this group! These are some of the best cows we have ever had the privilege of owning, that’s why you don’t find them for sale as often anymore. Merlin is no longer gracing the pastures of Madison, so therefore no more semen will be made, take this as your opportunity to take your cowherd to the next level.