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Open Gate Ranch42nd Annual Bull SaleThursday, March 31, 20221:00 pm Simms, MTAt Broken O Land and LivestockSimmental. SimAngus. BUILD BETTER BEEF.

Notes on Reading ourSale Book.When we sort through the stacks of Bull Sale Books we receive each year, wenotice everyone presents their data a bit differently. Surely, this can get confusing-but it’s important to remember there is no right or wrong formula to building acatalog. We choose to present the data that is most relevant to the way we make breeding decisions, the way wemanage our cattle, and the trends we want to be able to track and observe in each year’s calf crop.For example, we like to think of our cattle in simple, straightforward terms, that we can actually keep straightmentally and visualize. So we don’t include as many EPDs as we could. We monitor our trends on all of the traitsand understand their merit, but we strive to effect change according to what most of our customers need. So asimpler data set works well for us. We continue to provide actual records of ultrasound, gain, and birthweight,because we like to see whether traits are truly manifesting themselves - if the patterns in a sire group show thatgenetic markers have actually triggered and are doing what they promise. Large discrepancies or inconsistenciesin a sire group are a red flag to us and will influence our decision of whether to use a sire again.So please don’t hesitate to reach out to one of us if you do not see data you need, or if it is unclear why we includeit. We would love to help you utilize better the patterns we see when we put it together every year.Sale LocationSALEShelbyiles2MtaBroken OLivestockHwy 2110 MilesSimmsI15Augus0Hwy 20s30 Mile0Exit 49VaughnGreat Falls

Open Gate RanchThursday, March 31, 20221:00 pm Simms, MTAt Broken O Land and LivestockSCHEDULE OF EVENTSTHURSDAY, MARCH 31All DayCattle available for viewingCome early for coffee and to see the bulls.12:00 noonLunch1:00 pmOPEN GATE RANCH BULL SALESALE LOCATIONSALE DAY PHONE 406-264-5926FAMILY PHONES:Mike and Kim 467-2082 Julie 590-4063 Micah 590-1609Dustin 590-6016WWW.OPENGATERANCH.COMBroken O Land and Livestock is located ten miles west ofSimms, MT on Highway 21. For map and directions, seeopposite page.ABOUT THE BULLSAUCTIONEERThe bulls are available for viewing at the ranch prior to thesale. They are located in the development pasture near theranch. From Fairfield, take Hwy 408 west for 9.5 miles, turnnorth onto the gravel, top the big hill, 3/4 of a mile furtherthe and the bulls are on the right.Roger JacobsLIVESTOCK PRESS REPRESENTATIVESJohn Goggins, Western Ag ReporterJeff Thomas, Lee Agri MediaDevin Murnin, Western Livestock JournalVideos of the bulls available online www.opengateranch.comSEMEN INTERESTOpen Gate Ranch reserves the right to collect semen for ourpersonal use on any of the bulls offered in the sale. This willbe done outside the breeding season at our expense.EPDs on both sale bulls and Reference Sires are printed ascalculated by American Simmental Association and followthe Simmental definition for each trait.SATISFACTION GUARANTEEDUltrasound scan data was taken on 2/18/2022 by SonyaGregory and interpreted at a Central Ultrasound ProcessingLab. It is an actual calculation of each bull’s carcass information that has been adjusted to a 365 day measurement,which will facilitate accurate comparison between bulls.American Simmental Association provided updated CarcassEPDs based on the scan data. IMF is marbling as a percentof mass, BF is back fat in percent of inch, and REA is rib eyein square inches. Ultrasound data available sale day.Open Gate Ranch offers a complete satisfaction and soundness guarantee up to the second breeding season on everybull purchased at our sale. This includes bull replacementor full credit minus salvage against a new one. Please notifyone of us immediately if any problem develops. We trulywant to be the first to know.Any individual purchasing 3 or more bulls will receive a 5%volume discount off the purchase price.There is 100 discount per bull for hauling your own onsale day.Scrotal evaluation and fertility testing was done by Dr. CaleBjornstad on 2/25/2022.Buyers unable to attend the sale can purchase bulls sightunseen and know that when we deliver them - if you don’tlike them, you don’t own them. Please contact us ahead oftime if you would like to bid by proxy or by phone.- PAGE 1 -Marty Ropp406-581-7835Rocky Forseth 406-590-7984www.alliedgeneticresources.com

WELCOME TO THE SALEWStick with what works.hen confronted with a challenge,it’s good to remember how youhave overcome them before.And boy, don’t the challenges just keep coming. But we could sit around and list challenges all day and never find theend of them. What matters more is how we engage with our current realities and what we plan to do with tomorrow.There’s a reason they call this “next year country”.We find ourselves returning to the foundation basics of what has helped us navigate tough times before. Remainfocused on gratitude. Family and friends that stick by you through every grueling weather event or unexpected wrenchin the gears are a goldmine. Take pride in the progress you’ve made in building a herd of cattle that earn your living and make you happy. Savor that first cup of coffee, and the landscape shot through with all the ecstatic colors of dawn. Remember the days are getting longer. Laugh at yourself when you screw up. Then fix it. Tell your people that you love them. As often as you can . . .It is in just such a spirit of gratitude, that we invite you to our 42nd Annual Sale and a day of memorable, Westernhospitality.As for the nuts and bolts of remaining profitable, we are presenting you with a genetic offering that represents the verycore of what Open Gate believes in. Maternal excellence, quiet dispositions, early gain, and harnessing the powerful,irrepressible advantages of crossbreeding. These cattle are rugged, with well grown frames. We focus on robustrumen development so they will transfer seamlessly into your feeding program. The heifers went straight to grassstubble after weaning and wintered on long stem hay. It’s simple. It works. We’re sticking with it.Please accept our warmest greetings as we transition into Spring,The Open Gate Crew- PAGE 2 -

OPEN GATE RANCHWS PROCLAMATIONE202A purebred Simmental on the path of a meteoriccareer in what the breed does best: tremendousperformance, rib, hip and foundation tokeep yield high without sacrificing maternaladvantages or sensible calving ease. Buildsome enormously profitable cows with this setof Bulls.WS PROCLAMATION E202PB SMBull ASA #3254156SIRE: CCR COWBOY CUT 5048ZMGS: CLRS GRADE-A 875 ACEBW12.50.51WWYW100.6 149.2MCEMILKMWWMARBREA8.138.989.10.60.88JF998 API TI171.5 106.4BWS PROCLAMATION E202 Reference Sire.ulls to sireOPTIMISM!3/4 SMBlackBull ASA #3902626CCR COWBOY CUT 5048ZWS PROCLAMATION E202WS MISS SUGAR C4PolledJF998BD: 1/23/2021OGRDX203F998OGRA820365 Day UltrasoundBW9810/14 WW SALE .492.80.350.91139.497.6JF998 Sells as Lot 1.2JF723PB SMBlackBull ASA #4007959CCR COWBOY CUT 5048ZWS PROCLAMATION E202WS MISS SUGAR C4PolledJF723BD: 2/6/2021OLF OTIS Y43OGRF723OGRD199365 Day UltrasoundBW9010/14 WW SALE .992.20.370.92163.2104.8- PAGE 3 -

OPEN GATE RANCH3JB4433/4 SMBlackBull ASA #4007866PolledJB443CCR COWBOY CUT 5048ZWS PROCLAMATION E202WS MISS SUGAR C4BD: 1/29/2021W H S LIMELIGHT 64VTAYLORB443TAYLORZ382365 Day UltrasoundBW9810/14 WW SALE .179.10.510.88149.593.3JB443 Sells as Lot 3.4JE56953/4 SMBlackBull ASA #4007850PolledJE569CCR COWBOY CUT 5048ZWS PROCLAMATION E202WS MISS SUGAR C4BD: 1/29/2021OGRZT016JG2823/4 SMBlackBull ASA #4007965CCR COWBOY CUT 5048ZWS PROCLAMATION E202WS MISS SUGAR C4E569SVR U019PolledJG282BD: 1/19/2021CONNEALY SPURG282SVRW600365 Day UltrasoundBW10/14 WW SALE WT849521421365 Day .188610/14 WW SALE 777/8 SMBlackBull ASA #4007763CCR COWBOY CUT 5048ZWS PROCLAMATION E202WS MISS SUGAR C4PolledJG127BD: 1/23/2021OLF OTIS Y43JF9817/8 SMBlackBull ASA #3902620CCR COWBOY CUT 5048ZWS PROCLAMATION E202WS MISS SUGAR C4G127OGRE439PolledJF981BD: 1/23/2021OGRDX203F981OGRY996365 Day UltrasoundBW8710/14 WW SALE WT8981507365 Day .589810/14 WW SALE 03/4 SMBlackBull ASA #4007819CCR COWBOY CUT 5048ZWS PROCLAMATION E202WS MISS SUGAR C4PolledJF740BD: 2/5/2021HOOK S EASTWOOD 30COGRF740OGRC870365 Day UltrasoundBW9010/14 WW SALE 376.60.370.95139.189.0JF740 Sells as Lot 8.- PAGE 4 -

9JG218103/4 SMBlackBull ASA #4007963PolledJG218CCR COWBOY CUT 5048ZWS PROCLAMATION E202WS MISS SUGAR C4OPEN GATE RANCHBD: 1/23/2021GIBBS 0601X RAISINCAINJB6773/4 SMBlackBull ASA #4007938CCR COWBOY CUT 5048ZWS PROCLAMATION E202WS MISS SUGAR C4G218OGRA546PolledJB677BD: 3/5/2021OGRZU171OGRB677OGRT712365 Day UltrasoundBW10/14 WW SALE WT868161308365 Day .689010/14 WW SALE 6123/4 SMBlackBull ASA #4007962PolledJG196CCR COWBOY CUT 5048ZWS PROCLAMATION E202WS MISS SUGAR C4BD: 1/16/2021V A R LEGEND 5019JF738PB SMBlackBull ASA #4007960CCR COWBOY CUT 5048ZWS PROCLAMATION E202WS MISS SUGAR C4G196SVRX693PolledJF738BD: 2/3/2021OLF OTIS Y43OGRF738OGRC992365 Day UltrasoundBW10/14 WW SALE WT868721357365 Day .178010/14 WW SALE 013/4 SMBlackBull ASA #4007958PolledJF101CCR COWBOY CUT 5048ZWS PROCLAMATION E202WS MISS SUGAR C4BD: 1/26/2021OGRDX203F101OGRD207365 Day UltrasoundBW10/14 WW SALE 33.483.50.380.88141.492.8JF101 Sells as Lot 13.14JG1461/2 SMBlackBull ASA #4007961CCR COWBOY CUT 5048ZWS PROCLAMATION E202WS MISS SUGAR C4PolledJG146BD: 1/16/2021HOOK S CAPITALIST 37CG146OGRC842365 Day UltrasoundBW8510/14 WW SALE .275.90.560.58154.292.9- PAGE 5 -

OPEN GATE RANCHCDI TRUSTEE387FWide and deep and powerful, he swingsback toward the foundation of Simmentalperformance, exceptional maternal qualitiesand wonderful docility. Both sons and daughtersare quiet and steady. Muscle in all the rightplaces.CDI TRUSTEE 387FPB SMBulls to sireOPTIMISM!Bull ASA #3429754SIRE: CDI REVIVAL 370DMGS: CDI HOMETOWN 246ACEBWWWYWMCEMILKMWWMARBREA API TI9.82.698.3152.44.421.370.40.181.52139.391.8CDI TRUSTEE 387F Reference Sire.16JC9523/4 SMBlackBull ASA #4011944CDI REVIVAL 370DCDI TRUSTEE 387FCDI MISS HOMETOWN 163CPolledJC952BD: 2/28/2021W/C UNITED 956YOGRC952SVR U295365 Day UltrasoundBW10/14 WW SALE .968.70.141.27125.785.017JZ3705/8 SMBlackBull ASA #4012178CDI REVIVAL 370DCDI TRUSTEE 387FCDI MISS HOMETOWN 163CPolledJZ370BD: 2/21/2021GARDENS WAVEOGRZ370OGRX273365 Day UltrasoundBW9010/14 WW SALE 363.10.401.07133.682.7JZ370 Sells as Lot 17.- PAGE 6 -

OPEN GATE RANCH18JC9681/2 SMBlackBull ASA #4012179PolledJC968CDI REVIVAL 370DCDI TRUSTEE 387FCDI MISS HOMETOWN 163CBD: 2/23/2021W/C UNITED 956YOGRC968OGRY303365 Day UltrasoundBW10/14 WW SALE 4.971.30.201.15127.184.9JC968 Sells as Lot 18.19JD2533/4 SMBlackBull ASA #4007729PolledJD253CDI REVIVAL 370DCDI TRUSTEE 387FCDI MISS HOMETOWN 163CBD: 2/16/2021TSN PROTEGE Z896OGRD253OGRX728365 Day UltrasoundBW10/14 WW SALE .263.20.251.07127.181.8JD235 Sells as Lot 19.20JD4081/2 SMBlackBull ASA #4012160PolledJD408CDI REVIVAL 370DCDI TRUSTEE 387FCDI MISS HOMETOWN 163CBD: 2/21/2021GARDENS WAVEOGRZ408SPRING VALLEY M580365 Day UltrasoundBW10/14 WW SALE .058.70.341.02127.978.421JC9323/4 SMBlackBull ASA #4007941CDI REVIVAL 370DCDI TRUSTEE 387FCDI MISS HOMETOWN 163CPolledJC932BD: 2/21/2021OGRZT016OGRC932SVR U119365 Day UltrasoundBW9810/14 WW SALE 66.70.321.02134.484.5JC932 Sells as Lot 21.- PAGE 7 -