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GAR 5050 New Design 0545 Blackstone is headed to Denver and swinging for the fences with a heifer pregnancy from the $74,000 valued New Design 0545 sired by the breed's Number 1 REA and $B sire, Rito 9Q13. New Design 0545 is a direct daughter of the breed's Number 2 $B proven dam, Rita 6108 sired by New Design 5050. The progeny of New Design 0545 have been some of the most sought after genetics ever offered by Blackstone. Progeny from New Design 0545 includes the breed leading full siblings to this exciting Bases Loaded heifer pregnancy: Rito 4135, the breed's Number 1 $B non-parent bull who carries the second highest $B in the entire Angus database! Rita 4026, the $20,000 top-selling female of the 2014 Blackstone Sale selected by 44 Farms who currently ranks Number 13 among non-parent females for $B; and Rita 4411, the $16,000 top-selling baby heifer calf of that event selected by Craig Cropp and Family to anchor this leading $B family in their program. Selling choice in the heifer pregnancy from New Design 0545 with a heifer pregnancy from her maternal sister, Objective 0J07, the breed's present Number 5 WW and Number 7 YW proven dam sired by the exciting Quaker Hill Farm sire, Rampage 0A36, the breed's current Number 1 YW, Number 4 WW and Number 10 $B proven sire, a cutting-edge growth pregnancy from the heart of the Blackstone embryo program. Tuesday • January 13, 2015 • 4 PM • Coors Field in Denver, CO BW +3.0 WW +65 YW +114 Milk +31 CW +51 MRB +1.19 RE +1.11 $W +55.47 $F +77.72 $G +56.71 $B +150.15 For a sale book or more information, please contact Cotton & Associates Genetics Chiseled in Stone 131 Robin Ct. Howell, MI 48855 517-546-6374 SALE MANAGED BY: www.cotton-associates.com BLACKSTONE CATTLE CO. Nick & Roxanne Hull 608-516-9697 21990 US Highway 151 Mineral Point, WI 53565 608-987-2352 Justin Diefenbach 307-251-0379 www.blackstonecattle.com Join Us in Denver! 116 ■ ANGUSJournal ■ January 2015