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Southern Alberta Advisor, February 16, 2026

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FORT MACLEOD AUCTION

PO Box 1330 • Fort Macleod, AB T0L 0Z0

Phone 403-553-3315 • www.livestock.ab.ca

REGULAR CATTLE SALES - TUESDAYS @ 9AM

FEBRUARY 17, 9AM - Regular Sale, featuring Grassers & Feeders - Special Monthly Video Sale

FEBRUARY 24, 9AM - Regular Sale

FEB 26, 1PM - Heinz Cattle Co. Black Angus Bull Sale - Fort Macleod

MARCH 3, 9AM - Regular Sale

MARCH 4, 1PM - MCG Simmentals & Guests Annual Bull Sale - Stavely

MARCH 7, 1PM - Turnbull Charolais & Guests Bull Sale - Pincher Creek

MARCH 10, 9AM - Regular Sale

MARCH 12, 10AM - Little Royal All-Breed Heifer Show & Sale

MARCH 17, 9AM - Regular Sale, featuring Grassers & Feeders - Special Monthly Video Sale

MARCH 21, 1PM - V8U Ranch Annual Red Angus Bull Sale - Fort Macleod

MARCH 24, 9AM - Regular Sale

MARCH 27, 11AM - Annual Longhorn Sale

MARCH 31, 9AM - Regular Sale

Little Royal Little

All-Breed Heifer Show & Sale

THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2026

NewDate!

The Little Royal Show was started in the late 1960s by the Fort Macleod Auction Market. It was a spin-off of the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto of which Ken Hurlburt was auctioneer. Originally held during the Midnight Days in Fort Macleod, the Little Royal was a fat steer show held in the parking lot of the auction market, with many local ranchers and farmers participating. We are proud to continue marketing cattle here in Fort Macleod as Southern Alberta Livestock Exchange!

SHOW TIME: 11 AM • “CUSTOMER APPRECIATION” LUNCH: NOON • SALE TIME: 1 PM

~THIS SHOW & SALE WILL BE BROADCAST ONLINE WITH DLMS~

Featuring all breeds of Home-Raised, 1-Iron breeding heifers from some of the top cow herds in Canada! SNOW LAND & LIVESTOCK • GRANUM COLONY • TED NIKKEL • TRAUTMAN CATTLE CO

NORM & TAMMY MCNEIL • BAR RZ POLLED HEREFORDS (ZOETEMAN) • THE HARDY CATTLE COMPANY (KIRBY)

ROB MEIER • DUNLOP RANCH • JENKINS LAZY U RANCH • LAYNE & STACEY COOK • STEED RANCHES CAMPSTOOL CATTLE COMPANY (FRASER-DALEY) • STAUFFER RANCHES • KAY & LAURIE WYNDER

LIVINGSTONE COLONY • MCNAB RANCH & MCNAB CATTLE COMPANY • HEINZ CATTLE CO • CAMPBELL RANCH ANCHOR P CATTLE CO & SAWLEY CATTLE • STEPHEN & CHERYL SUNDQUIST • JUMBO VALLEY FARMING GIT PERFORMANCE CATTLE • MCKENZIE CATTLE CO • DIAMOND V RANCH •

C & L BEASLEY CATTLE

*LEE & CINDI BEASLEY: 403-501-4753

*CARL & LOUISE BEASLEY: 403-378-3378

• 50 - 2 YEAR OLD BLACK ANGUS BULLS

*CAM & LYNNE MORRIS: 403-501-9492

Planned Marketing Pay$

PLUS BULL SALES!

We have an exciting lineup of purebred sales lined up for March 2026 Visit our website for current listings perlich.auction for sale listing

AD-VISER Farmer / Stockman

REGULAR FAT - FEEDER - STOCKER CATTLE SALES

BALOG COW PALACE - LETHBRIDGE

**EVERY WEDNESDAY**

COWS, BULLS, FINISHED CATTLE - 10:00 AM

FEEDERS & GRASSERS - 1:00 PM

**SPECIAL YEARLING SALES**

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18 - 1:00 PM

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25 - 1:00 PM

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4 - 1:00 PM

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11 - 1:00 PM

**UPCOMING SPECIAL**

OPEN REPLACEMENT HEIFER SALES

BALOG COW PALACE - LETTIBRIDGE

**OPEN TO LISTINGS OF ALL BREEDS**

HEIFERS CAN BE PALPATED - BUT NOT MANDATORY LOTS OF EARLY DEMAND FOR BREEDING HEIFERS

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23 - 1:00 PM

MONDAY, MARCH 9 - 1:00 PM

MONDAY, MARCH 23 - 1:00 PM

CALL TODAY TO BOOK YOUR HEIFERS

THANK YOU!!!

TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED AND DONATED TO THE CARE FROM THE HEART CHARITY AUCTION!! FULL LIST IN NEXT ADVISOR

**FARM SALE BOOKING TIME**

BALOG AUCTION WOULD BE HONORED TO CONDUCT YOUR UPCOMING FARM OR RANCH AUCTION SALE FARM SALES • CONSIGNMENT SALES • LAND AUCTIONS

**REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT** CALL TODAY TO DISCUSS ALL YOUR MARKETING NEEDS 403-320-1980

SPECIAL STOCK COW & BRED HEIFER SALE PLUS OPEN REPLACEMENT HEIFERS

BALOG COW PALACE – LETHBRIDGE

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23 – 1:00 PM FEATURING

**BRANT & JANET REESE, MILK RIVER**

30 – FANCY, FEMININE, HOME RAISED, 1 IRON RED ANGUS 1ST CALF HEIFERS

BRED TO EASY CALVING RED ANGUS BULL BULL IN JUNE 20 TO JULY 19 FULL HEALTH PROTOCOL

**WILSON FARMING & RANCHING, COALDALE**

12 – BIG, FANCY, FEMININE, HOME RAISED, 1 IRON SIMMENTAL X HEREFORD REPLACEMENT HEIFERS

6 – VERY PRETTY, HOME RAISED, 1 IRON BLACK ANGUS X SIMMENTAL REPLACEMENT HEIFERS HEIFERS ARE EXTREMELY HIGH QUALITY & WEIGH

900 TO 980 LBS

HEIFERS HAVE ALL BEEN PALPATED NO IMPLANTS – FULL HEALTH PROTOCOL

**KIMBERLY’S MILE HIGH RANCH, MILK RIVER**

35 – FANCY, FANCY RED ANGUS X SIMMENTAL OPEN REPLACEMENT HEIFERS

850 TO 900 LBS, PALPATED, FULL VACCINATIONS, NO HORMONES

SIRED BY REPUTATION HIGH PERFORMANCE SIMMENTAL BULLS

CRYSTAL SPRINGS SIMMENTAL BULLS

SPECIAL NOTE: HEIFERS HAVE NO BRANDS – NVB THEY ARE REALLY GOOD!!

SPECIAL GRASSER – STOCKER – FEEDER CATTLE SALE

BALOG COW PALACE – LETHBRIDGE

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25 – 1:00 PM FEATURING

**LOST RIVER RANCHES, MANYBERRIES**

450 – FANCY, HOME RAISED, 1 IRON RED ANGUS & HEREFORD

STEERS & OPEN REPLACEMENT HEIFERS POWERHOUSE CALVES

**WUDRICH RANCH, BOW ISLAND**

60 – FANCY BLACK ANGUS

HOME RAISED, 1 IRON OPEN REPLACEMENT HEIFERS FOR GRASS – ALL VACCINATIONS

SPECIAL UPCOMING BULL SALES

BALOG COW PALACE – LETHBRIDGE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23 – 1:30 PM FEATURING

**BLUE SKY CHAROLAIS BULL SALE**

15 - EXCELLENT COMING 2 YEAR OLD POLLED CHAROLAIS BULLS, MODERATE LOW BIRTH WEIGHT, EXCELLENT EPD’S & STRONG MATERNAL TRAITS

**GOLDEN HORN RANCH – CLIFFORD & KARI-ANN POGANY** HEREFORD BULLS

6 – OUTSTANDING, POWERFUL, COMING 2 YEAR OLD HEREFORD BULLS – TOP PERFORMANCE, STRUCTURALLY SOUND EXCELLENT MOBILITY, GOOD TEMPERAMENT, FULL HEALTH PROTOCOL & FULL FERTILITY, SEMEN TESTED FOR MORE INFO CALL: CLIFFORD 250-402-8582 KARI-ANN 250-402-8254

**OZ RED ANGUS, LETHBRIDGE**

3 – EXCELLENT COMING 2 YEAR OLD ANGUS BULLS LBW FUSION BLOODLINES, PROVEN CALVING EASE ALL SEMEN TESTED

**CSR RANCHES, FORT MACLEOD**

4 – POWERHOUSE 2 YEAR OLD POLLED HEREFORD BREEDING BULLS LBW, OUTSTANDING QUALITY SEMEN TESTED & READY TO GO

**CHURCH RANCH BULL SALE**

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17 – 1:00 PM

FEATURING

35 – LONG YEARLING HEREFORD BULLS HORNED & POLLED GENETICS PLUS A SELECT GROUP OF PUREBRED BRED HEIFERS FOR MORE INFO CALL NEAL CHURCH 403-618-8824

**LEEUVENBURGH ANGUS

35TH ANNUAL BULL SALE** TUESDAY, MARCH 10 – 1:00 PM

FEATURING

90 – OUTSTANDING RED & BLACK ANGUS BULLS PROVEN GENETICS & PERFORMANCE PROGRAM FOR MORE INFO CALL DENNIS 403-308-3003 JOHNNY 403-382-1794

**BAR DOUBLE M (MERRILL) ANGUS BULL SALE** SATURDAY, MARCH 28 – 1:00 PM

FEATURING

70 – BLACK ANGUS YEARLING BULLS

20 – RED ANGUS YEARLING BULLS 10 – SIMMY X ANGUS BULLS FOR MORE INFO CALL MITCH 403-331-7071 RILEY 403-366-6862

**WHITELAKE COLONY CHAROLAIS BULL SALE** TUESDAY, MARCH 31 – 1:00 PM

FEATURING

50 – POWERFUL COMING 2 YEAR OLD CHAROLAIS BULLS TOP PEDIGREES – PROVEN PROGRAM FOR MORE INFO CALL JERRY HOFER 403-332-2261

FEB.16TH CLOSED

MARCH

2nd - GATHER - Pre-book Yearling Sale at 9:00am

3rd - GATHER - Pre-book Yearling Sale at 9:00am

5th - GATHER - Pre-book Yearling Sale at 9:00am

16th - FRASER TOTAL PERFORMACNE - 2 Yr Old Black Angus Hereford Sale at 1:00pm

17th - BULLS EYE SELECT RED & BLACK ANGUS BULL & FEMALE SALE at 1:00pm

18th - SADDLE RIDGE CHAROLAIS BULL SALE at 1:00pm

25th - COUNT RIDGE RED ANGUS BULL & HEIFER SALE at 1:00pm

7th - 12TH ANNUAL REBEL CREEK ANGUS BULL & HEIFER SALE at 2:00pm

8th - PREBOOK YEARLING & REPLACEMENT HEIFER SALE at 9:00am

9th - ACADIA RANCHING 2 YR OLD BLACK & CHAROLAIS BULL SALE AT 2:00pm 10th - YEARLING SALE at 11:00am

16th - 66 RANCH 2 YR OLD & YEARLING BLACK ANGUS BULL SALE at 1:30pm 3rd & 6th CLOSED

APRIL MAY

8th - 66 RANCH COW & CALF PAIR SALE at 1:00pm **To Check For New Sales and Times Please Check our Website at bowslope.com**

Von Essen, General Manager....................403-915-7156

Lachie MCKinnon, Field Rep...............................403-362-1825 Art Paetkau, Auctioneer, Field Rep .......................403-793-4716

AD-VISER

ALBERTA SIMMENTAL SPRING SALES 2026

FEBRUARY SALES

02/13 :: Anchor D Simmentals & Charolais 27th Annual Genetic Edge Bull Sale :: Rimbey

02/15 :: The Gentleman’s Bull Sale :: DLMS Farmgate

02/18 :: B Bar C/Starwest 7th Annual Bull & Female Sale :: Calmar

02/20 :: Mader Ranches 37th Annual Bull Sale :: Carstairs

02/20 :: Triangle Stock Farms 15th Annual Bull & Female Sale :: Parkland County

02/21 :: Triple Threat 8th Annual Bull & Female Sale :: Falun

02/21 :: JNR Farms Simmental Bull & Heifer Sale :: Willingdon

02/23 :: Ultra/Czech-Mate 9th Annual Bull Sale :: Carstairs

02/24 :: Skywest Simmentals/ Virginia Ranch Bull Sale :: Didsbury

02/24 :: W2 Land & Cattle Bull Sale :: Vermilion

02/24 :: The Event 6th Annual Bull & Female Sale :: Carstairs

02/27 :: Lone Stone Farms Simmental & Red Angus Bull Sale :: Westlock

02/27 :: Maxwell/Rancier 31st Annual Bull Sale :: Viking

02/28 :: Tri K Cattle Simmental Bull & Heifer Sale :: Beaverlodge

02/28 :: Lewis Farms 41st Anniversary Bull Sale :: Spruce Grove

MARCH SALES

03/01 :: Bull Fest ‘26 Simmental Bull Sale :: Camrose

03/02 :: The Kuzio Farms & Ty-D Livestock Bull Sale :: Vermilion

03/02 :: KSL Simmentals 8th Annual Bull Sale :: Beaverlodge

03/02 :: Beechinor Bros. Simmental Bull Sale :: Bentley

03/02 :: Greenvalley Ranch Online Bull Sale :: DLMS FarmGate

03/03 :: Westway Farms 23rd Annual Bull Sale :: Didsbury

03/04 :: Spring Lake Simmentals, The Zimmers Bull Sale :: Daysland

03/04 :: Rusylvia Cattle Co 6th Annual Bull Sale :: Derwent

03/09 :: Harvie Crest Bull Sale :: Olds

03/10 :: Johnson Ranching 13th Annual Bull Sale :: Amisk

03/10 :: 22nd Annual Swantewitt & Sage Simmental Bull & Heifer Sale :: Shiningbank Lake

03/12 :: Transcon’s 8th Annual Next Step Simmental Bull Sale :: Thorsby

03/12 :: Deeg Simmentals 23rd Annual Bull & Female Sale :: Strathmore

03/13 :: Northern Classic 23rd Annual Charolais & Simmental Bull Sale :: Grande Prairie

03/14 :: Transcon’s Red Deer County Bull Sale :: Innisfail

03/17 :: Leewood Ranch 10th Annual Simmental Bull & Heifer Sale :: Mannville

03/25 :: Janzen Ranches 33rd Annual Simmental & Red Angus Bull Sale :: Rosemary

03/28 :: Camden Cattle Co 14th Annual Simmental Bull & Heifer Sale :: New Brigden

03/30 :: Young Guns Simmental Bull Sale :: Innisfail

03/30 :: Transcon’s Peace Country Bull Sale :: Beaverlodge APRIL SALES

04/01 :: Cowboy Trail 4th Annual Bull & Female Sale :: Sundre

04/02 :: Daines/O’Neill Livestock 31st Annual Bull Sale :: Innisfail :: Transcon’s Northern Connection Simmental Bull Sale :: St. Paul

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