Lot
Red Silveiras Mission Nexus
358
1860890
1 Package of 3 Straws LJC LANCER 806 Sire RED RED LJC MISSION STATEMENT P27 Dam RED LJC HANNAH 106 RED
EPDs
BW -2.8
WW 72
IMP 1378Y
January 24, 2011
TROTTERS ROMEO 412 RED SILVEIRAS DAORV 8399 RED MOORE’S DAORV 5365
YW 117
MM 18
TM 53
Retiring Canadian Angus Board member Lorraine Sanford has ‘dug deep’ into her tank and offers some very rare semen that is seldom available for public auction. Lorraine has been a solid supporter of the BtL fundraiser since its inception and is making three very serious donations this year, including these two semen lots, the first of which may never be offered again. No matter how hard people shook the tree, they did not uproot Nexus as the top Red Angus semen sale bull at ORIGen for six consecutive years, limited now by availability. This soggy, high-capacity beef machine transmits performance, muscle and eye appeal to his progeny. Nexus is big topped, shapey, has loads of eye appeal and tremendous feet and legs with an excellent disposition. He was Grand Champion at the Iowa, Minnesota and Tulsa State Fairs after surprising everyone by becoming the high selling bull in the 2012 Silveiras bull sale in California, the first time a Red outsold all the Black bulls in one of the elite and most successful seedstock programs in the U.S. Red Silveiras Mission Nexus is the undisputed EPD ‘king’ of Red Angus. When I talked about ‘hard right’ back in Cudlobe’s donated Lot 329, Nexus is the ‘hard right’ of Red EPDs with only CED, MCE, Fat and Stayability skewing to the left. This is why those in pursuit of optimal carcass data do so with Nexus. There may not be a bull in any beef breed that has accomplished more diverse success with national champion daughters, sons that command top dollar in volume at rancher bull sales and harvest progeny with documented superior end product excellence.
donated by Lot
Nine Mile Ranch - Alan & Lorraine Sanford 250-991-9968 (Lorraine) • alsanford@hotmail.com
Red Crowfoot Moonshine 8081U
359
1456117
1 Package of 5 Straws MAX 1743L Sire CROWFOOT CROWFOOT 6004S
CROWFOOT BLACKCAP 4935P
EPDs
BW -1.1
WW 81
Dam
CFCC 8081U
January 12, 2008
RED CROWFOOT BIG DADDY 2058M RED CROWFOOT BRNDINA 6359S RED CROWFOOT BRNDINA 1065L
YW 116
MM 6
TM 46
Nine Mile Ranch runs about 80 purebred Angus alongside a commercial herd. The purebred and commercial cattle all perform under the same working conditions and thrive in BC’s bush range. This is no easy feat! Alan and Lorraine’s children and grandchildren are the 5th and 6th generations at Nine Mile Ranch, so this family knows something about legacies. Speaking of legacies, with Lorraine retiring from the Canadian Angus Board after two consecutive terms of service, we greatly appreciate the parting gifts (Lots 326, 358 and 359) from her family to help build the future of our Foundation. Canadian Angus history was made in December 2013 when Crowfoot Cattle Co.’s complete dispersal saw Moonshine 8081U sell for $46,000 to Genex/Ole Farms. Since then, 830 offspring have been registered to him and he has the 18th highest number of producing offspring among contemporary Canadian-bred sires. He turned 10 last January, and he still had 42 offspring registered last year. And why not? With his accuracies now in the range of 90%+, 8180U is in the top 1% Red Angus sire for WW and YW, top 3% for Carcass Weight and top 5% for Ribeye. He does this while remaining in the top 35% for BW. There is still great value and influence in this decade-old sire. Did you know that 8081U was a heifer’s first calf? How about that his most famous son, XO Crowfoot 0102X, born in his first calf crop, has 817 registered offspring and will exceed his sire’s progeny count this year as 2017’s sixth most popular Canadian sire? It’s never too late to invest in a classic and 8081U is certainly that!
donated by
Nine Mile Ranch - Alan & Lorraine Sanford • 250-991-9968 (Lorraine) • alsanford@hotmail.com
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