Athlete progeny have a little added frame, plenty of body, and excellent foot structure. His first daughters in production are beautiful uddered females — well-attached udders with a small teat size.

For those that follow Dr. Jan Bonsma's teachings, you will find that Athlete exemplifies many of the phenotypic characteristics found in Bonsma's description of cattle in endocrine balance that are highly fertile and productive. Not surprisingly, Athlete offers a high Functional Longevity (FL) EPD of +1.06.

Athlete is a soft sided, soggy-made, wide topped bull. He has a small head to aid in calving ease, yet has gas in the tank to sire high performing calves! His calves exhibit excellent depth of body and rib shape.

Raml Athlete was THE BEST footed bull we traveled to see in the spring of 2021! His toe shape is ideal and his heel depth exceptional. We purchased him to continue our quest to improve foot quality, structure, longevity and disposition excellence! Grant Raml was not joking when he said this bull is laid back — he and his progeny have good temperaments!

Athlete weaned at 881 pounds, WR 121, YW 1415 lbs., YR 112, and had an adjusted 39.36 cm scrotal. His dam posts a whopping 3-118 WR and 3-110 YR with well below average birth weight ratios on her natural progeny! She has become a donor for the Ramls.

Sire Rugby sold for $28,000 in the 2018 Raml sale to ABS. Rugby produced the lead-off bulls in the 2021 Raml sale, where 10 sons averaged $8525!

Athlete gets turned out at Hoover Angus each year in one of our bigger pastures. We welcome you to Hoover Angus to view Athlete and any other herd sires we have on the farm. Our doors are always open for our customers to evaluate the cattle in person before making purchasing decisions of genetics.

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