KAKE Norseman 42N

Born March 17, 2025 @ 67 lbs
Homo Black | Double Polled | F94L: 1
BW Ratio: 83 | WW Ratio: 92

ON HIS PEDIGREE: KAKE Apollo 82A: The maternal grandsire of KAKE Fiat 11F, who ranks #2 in the breed for birth weight (see 13N) and #7 for calving ease on heifers, and the sire of KAKE Keystone 7K (see 33N, 42N, 72N and 148N). We used him on heifers for nearly a decade.
• KAKE Keystone 7K: There's a time to lean on EPDs, and a time to set them aside. When we decided to keep Keystone, it wasn't because of what a set of numbers said about him. The first two generations on his pedigree reached back twenty years, and we had a long history of the bulls and cows on those two generations and beyond. We knew his muscle and performance wasn't a fluke, even though they didn't match his EPDs. He was the kind of calf commercial cattlemen and women are trying to raise year after year. Not to top a sale or a show, but to do well at the sale barn and in the feedlot, with the structure and soundness to be a staple in a breeding herd for 10+ years.
• KAKE 109Z: A JCL Lodestar 27L granddaughter who weaned her last calf at 13.
• KAKE Flint 62F: A NALF Proven Sires Trait Leader in both CED and BW. A grandson of WULFS Xtractor X233X on top, and WULFS Unmatched 2311U on the bottom.
• 211: When Allan and Danika got married, he brought his commercial Angus and Char herd to our operation. She may just be a commercial cow, but she has raised exceptional calves year after year; not one has gotten on the truck to go to the feedlot.

ABOUT THIS BULL: He's a well-rounded calving ease package, ranking in the top 1% of the breed for calving ease direct, 4% for calving ease maternal, 10% for birth weight and dry matter intake, and 30% for fat thickness.
Homozygous black and a carrier of the F94L moystatin gene.

HOW WE’D USE HIM: His 68-pound birth weight and ratio of 83 make him a worry-free heifer bull option, with the extra incentives of the Angus influence and homozygous black DNA.
If you're keeping replacements, there is a ton of longevity, performance, and ideal udder structure from the female line on both sides of the pedigree.