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Jake Tiedeman, one of the owners of Big Country, had the following comments:

“The $106,000 high seller of the 2021 Kraye Bull Sale, Kraye Big Country is an impressively muscled, long bodied, well-balanced, and easy fleshing bull that moves with authority on an athletically sound skeleton. Big Country represents pure, unadulterated performance and is backed by exceptional, top producing, hard working females. Raised in the heart of the Nebraska Sandhills without creep feed, Big Country posted excellent AHIR data in very large contemporary groups: BW 80 lbs (ratio 95 in 268 head), WW 771 lbs (ratio 115 in 268 head), YW 1,465 lbs (ratio 122 in 120 head), and also posted very impressive scan data ratios of IMF 136 and RE 104 (in 121 head).

The females behind Big Country are strong producers that are bred for longevity and problem-free production. His dam will earn Pathfinder status this year and posts production ratios of BW 3@99, WW 3@109, YW 2@115, IMF 2@115, and RE 2@102. She is an ideal female with added body capacity, and a level, tidy udder. The granddam and Pathfinder great granddam are impactful females still working in the Kraye herd with Nursing Ratios of 4@102 and 8@103, respectively. Big Country is an exciting breeding piece for those craving a bull that stands on a good foot with added heel depth, that will increase pounds weaned, add muscle dimension, and maintain maternal strength in a long-spined, attractive package.”