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Gardiner Angus Ranch
47th Annual Spring Production Sale
Saturday, April 4, 2026 • 9 AM
At the Henry & Nan Gardiner Marketing Center near Ashland, Kansas
(GPS address: 2601-B CR 13 • Ashland, KS 67831)

SELLING APPROXIMATELY 1,000 HEAD, INCLUDING:
450 Registered Angus Bulls
• 300 20-Month-Old Bulls
• 150 16- to 18-Month-Old Bulls

250 Registered Angus Females
• 50 Donor Females
• 15 3-N-1 Heifer Pairs
• 25 Bred Cows
• 160 Bred Heifers

400 Bred Commercial Angus Females

As always, FREE DELIVERY on all purchases!

Watch the sale and bid live online at Bid.SuperiorLivestock.com and Bid.Live-Ag.com. Register to bid prior to sale day.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Friday, April 3
5 PM—Dinner
6 PM—“Connect the Dots to Profitability” discussion

Saturday, April 4
9 AM—47th Spring Sale begins
11 AM—Lunch served until conclusion of sale

CONNECTING THE DOTS TO PROFITABILITY
Join us for a thought-provoking discussion by industry thought leaders, Dr. Olivia Genther-Schroeder, Land O’Lakes; Dr. Ruth Woiwode, Univ. of Nebraska; and Dr. Dan Thomson. The ultimate value-capture opportunity is Prime beef, but the path to consistent Prime production, calf crop after calf crop, starts even before Day One. Herd health, nutrition, best-practice husbandry and genetics connect the dots to profitability

9th Annual GAR Early Bird Buyers Signal A Bright Future in Value-Added Beef Production

Winter storm Fern, the first named winter storm of the year, wasn’t strong enough to cool the anticipation for the 9th Annual Gardiner Angus Ranch Early Bird Bull Sale. Interest in the offering was palpable, beginning long before Monday, January 26. It heightened as beef producers recognized the quality and long-term value of the next generation of population-changing genetics represented by GAR sires Fireproof, Apex, Home Run, Home Free, GB Fireside, GB Fireball and PEAK Stapleton.

The top three high selling bulls were sons of PEAK Stapleton. Lot 1, GAR Diligent, out of one of the great donors in GAR history, GAR Sunbeam 332, generated the interest due for a young sire destined to become an historic GAR legacy sire. As Colonel Joel Birdwell cried “sold,” repeat buyer, Mike Relk, MI-HUD Angus Ranch, Kuna, Idaho, had the final bid of $370,000. No stranger to Gardiner genetics, Randall Grimmius, Grimmius Cattle Co., Tulare, California, was a determined bidder…

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