In February of last year, Stavick Simmental near Veblen, S.D. welcomed the birth of quadruplet calves—a rare event that Mike Stavick describes as extremely lucky. Remarkably, these calves thrived and made history again this year when they were sold through the ranch’s sale ring.  The odds of a cow giving birth to four healthy bull calves are extraordinarily low, estimated by some to be just 1 in 179.2 million. Having those calves mature into breeding animals makes the occurrence even more unusual. “I don’t know that there has ever been a set of quad bulls sold at a sale...

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