Rio Grande Angus Bull & Female Sale 2023

Welcome to the Second Annual Rio Grande Angus sale. We would like to thank all the people that attended or watched the sale last year, your support is greatly appreciated!

The past year was kinder to us here locally, we had average crops and were able to put up enough feed to get us through the winter comfortably. The high inflation cycle we are in has put a lot of pressure on input costs but luckily the commodity prices have risen to help make up the difference.

We are once again excited to host the sale at our farm west of Rio Grande. The offering we have this year should appeal to everyone no matter what type of bull your in search of. Out of our ET program we have sons of SAV America, Musgrave Stunner, and SAV Territory. Out of our walking bulls we have sons of Greenwood Fireball and Greenwood Gameday, also first progeny from our new bull SAV American Freedom sell along with another excellent Showman calf. The bulls are fed free choice hay and an 80/20 brown oat & bull supplement mixture, never exceeding 1% of body weight. We feed the bulls to meet their potential but not to jeopardize fertility and longevity.

We decided to go with an 80’s theme while naming bulls this year. You will see the Ewing brothers from Dallas, Thriller

(Michael Jackson), Alabama, Top Gun characters, Guns & Roses, Mark Messier, and Joe Montana. This should bring back some good memories for everyone! It sure did for us.

We are very pleased to have RR 40 Angus joining us this year, they are bringing top end bulls that you will want to look at! Danny and Lorinda are just wonderful people that share the same passion for cattle and breed leading genetics as we do. We have made a couple changes to this year’s sale. The sale time is pushed back to 4 pm. Immediately after the sale we will be hosting supper and hope everyone will join us for that.

We encourage everyone to stop by the farm anytime to view the bulls or heifers. We also have an open house the day before the sale, BBQ will be on as well that day. If you can’t, make it to the sale in person Anna or I can help you pick a bull that will fit your needs. This year we have Bohrson Marketing Service managing the sale any of the Bohrson reps would be able to help you before or during the sale. We also welcome Yancy from VJV Auctions as part of the sales team. As always DLMS will be broadcasting the sale. We look forward to meeting and hearing from you!

The Collins Family

Clint & Anna, Tyler, Wyatt and Faith

Scott Bohrson 403-370-3010

Geoff Anderson 306-731-7921 Taylor Richards 306-821-4169

We are very pleased to welcome you to the Second Annual sale for Rio Grande Angus, Clint & Anna Collins and family at their ranch in their beautiful sale barn. On behalf of all of us at Bohrson Marketing, we are very proud to be working with this hard-working outfit in the promotion of their bull calf crop and select open heifers.

The 2023 sale offering is stacked with many options to suit any operation with powerful cow bulls and smooth-made calving ease prospects available throughout. The bulls are highlighted by some special individuals as results of their embryo transplant program. Bulls that come from matings by some of the most Elite donors in the industry as well as powerful donors that call Rio Grande home. These are exciting herd bull prospects backed by great cows and popular sires. The stout line up of walking herd bulls with sons offered for sale have done a great job such as Fireball, Game Day and American Freedom. These bulls are developed with longevity in mind and have been brought along gently to ensure they can go out and work for you and not break down. The six open heifers on offer from Rio Grande are a great example of what the cow herd has to offer and represent the powerful cow families. You’ll find they are from two sire groups, the tried and tested Fireball and the rookie drop off of Game Day.

Martin Bohrson 306-220-7901

Rob Voice 306-270-6082

Jaxon Payne 306-830-0456

Jay Sibbald 403-899-2625

Cody Haney 403-845-8806

Darryl Snider 780-385-5561

This year we are pleased to welcome RR Forty Angus. Danny & Lorinda have brought a trio of great bulls for your appraisal that are raised and developed very similar to the Collins bulls. They are focusing on raising low-maintenance, high-performing Angus cattle that are sound-made and full of maternal quality. As you study their pedigrees and the bulls themselves, you will certainly get a feel for what they are looking to accomplish. A great set of bulls for their first trip to town!

We really encourage you to be with us at Rio Grande headquarters on March 20th for this offering of Angus stock with great hospitality. They all love to talk cattle and host people and we think this will be one of the must-attend events of the spring. Plan to come to the farm beforehand to view the bulls by setting up an appointment with Clint or Anna and tour the powerful mothers and sisters to this offering. We also encourage folks to contact and chat about the sale cattle beforehand to narrow down some options that will best suit your needs. If any of us listed from Bohrson Marketing can be of any assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us and utilize our free, industry-leading order buying and consultation services. We look forward to visiting with you on the cattle!

- Bohrson Marketing Team

Welcome to Guest Consignor

Sale Day Information

Sale Day Phones:

Jaxon Payne ..........................................................

Jay Sibbald

Darryl Snider .......................................................

Clint Collins .........................................................

Anna Collins

Danny Waluk .......................................................

Yancy Crosier VJV Auctions

Sale Team:

Auctioneer Simon Wallan

Ringman ..........................Glenn Fells .................

Photographer ..................Sara Gilchrist ............

Clipping Layne Pickett

Canadian Farms Ins .......Jill Wildman ..............

Emerson Trail Veterinary Services

Sight Unseen Purchase Program

306-830-0456

403-899-2625

780-385-5561

780-814-1455

780-814-3875

780-876-4896

403-485-0887

780-831-8529

780-518-5573

780-305-6855

587-989-7995

780-305-1146

780-356-3887

If you are unable to attend the sale but are interested in our bulls, please give us a call and we will personally go over the bulls and your program with you. We can recommend which bulls we think would meet your satisfaction and refer you to one of our sales staff.

Delivery

• $100 off per lot if animal(s) are taken home sale day.

• Free delivery in Alberta and British Columbia. Cost shared to any other destination.

• Delivery will begin approximately April 15th at the seller’s convenience.

• Bulls staying on the farm after the sale must be insured.

Herd Health

The bulls were vaccinated in April and again in September with Bovishield Gold 5, Ultrabac 7/ Somubac. Bulls were treated with Ivomec pour-on early October and again mid January. At birth all bull calves receive Inforce 3 intranasally.

Conditions & Guarantee

All entries sell with a responsible breeder guarantee of satisfaction. In the event of any unlikely dispute whatever, regular Terms and Conditions recognized with Sales Management shall apply, and in accordance with the Canadian Aberdeen Angus Association Code of Ethics.

Open

SUNDAY, MARCH 19 SUNDAY, MARCH 19

Noon-5pm Mntn

County Address: 130039 TWP RD 704

• Head South of Beaverlodge on Highway 722 (approx 10 minutes or so)

• Turn West onto Twp Rd 710 (Rio Grande 12kms sign)

• Follow Twp Rd 710 10km, Turn left onto Range Rd 121

• Follow Range Rd 121 1.6kms, Turn right on Twp Rd 705 (you will go by Rio Grande Church and Hall just before you turn)

• Follow 705 6.5kms, Turn left on Range Rd 125 (Cenovus compressor site and Broken Tine Orchard at intersection)

• Follow Range Rd 125 1.6kms, Turn right on Twp Rd 704

• Follow Twp Rd 704 2.2 kms, Turn left into farm.

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Full Brothers

S A V PRESIDENT 6847 2022643

S A V AMERICA 8018 2161873

S A V MADAME PRIDE 0075 US13592871

S A V REGISTRY 2831 1830463

S A V BLACKCAP MAY 5440 2129954

S A V BLACKCAP MAY 4136 US14739095

Sire to these two ET bulls is the SAV America 8018. He is the world record selling bull, selling for 1.5 million in 2019. His 205 weaning weight was 1,107lbs.

The dam of America 8018 is SAV Black Cap May 5440, a full sister to SAV Sensation and a direct daughter of the legendary Black Cap May 4136.

These two flush brothers, JR and Bobby, are extremely sound genetically. From the ground up they are structurally correct, having tons of natural muscle, with deep bodies and natural thickness. They both display docility and all around masculinity. Lots of eye appeal and style! We can’t wait to see these guys out working. They will make excellent cow bulls.

COLLINS JR EWING 2201 Lot 1

COLLINS BOBBY EWING 2213 Lot 13

Lot 2

COLLINS THRILLER 2202

SAV Territory 7225 is a son of SAV Resource. The dam of this Territory bull is Brooking Beauty 333. This dam is a herd-leading donor, massive in her dimension and body shape, and great-uddered. She has 90+ calves registered to her.

We purchased 3 embryos from Brooking Angus. To say this embryo pairing excited us is an understatement! We were very happy to get a female and a bull! Thriller has stood out since he was on mother’s milk. He has length of body, strength of top line, natural thickness, depth of rib, masculinity, a smooth shoulder, with overall style and soundness. He will catch your eye immediately and makes Thriller a favourite in the bull pen this year!

Full Brothers

LD CAPITALIST 316 2025732

MUSGRAVE 316 STUNNER 1995252

MCATL BLACKBIRD 831-1378 US16896985

BASIN PRIME CUT 354K 1039873

BARBARA OF RING CREEK 7U 1467450

RING CREEK 2089 AMBUSH 14R 1297697

Musgrave 316 Stunner is a sire known for his muscle shape, depth of body, and consistency in having calving ease.

Our donor dam, Barbara of Ring Creek 7U (PHE 7U) is an Elite dam in the CAA and rightfully so. The purchase of the Ring Creek Cows at their dispersal sale was instrumental in building our herd. 7U and her calves are structurally sound from the ground up, displaying generous length of spine, a beautiful front.

When considering mating the combination of 7U and Musgrave 316 Stunner interested us and we feel the combination was perfect. Maverick and Viper are almost identical. Both display the traits we love about 7U and Stunner. Powerful with a massive rib, muscular, great length of spine, and sound-footed. Both very impressive bulls.

COLLINS MAVERICK 2215 Lot 15

COLLINS VIPER 2216 Lot 16

COLLINS JOE MONTANA 2203

FWT 3K 2289301 02/01/2022

Conley South Point 8362 brings a tremendous amount of value to the table. He is powerful in design, deep bodied with overall carcass appeal, and a stylish/ masculine appearance. Dam is HF Miss BlackCap 58F. She was pick of the herd in 2018 from Hamilton Farms. She is a beautiful Cowboy Up daughter.

This bull follows closely to his sire in regards to power and muscle, and combined with the long-bodied, broody, balanced, stylish HF dam…we feel he will really add some pounds to calves in the fall.

AdjW AdjYW 87 725 1162

STEVENSON TURNING POINT 1977035

CONLEY SOUTH POINT 8362 2099027

P R LADY 909 4200-587 US16676486

HA COWBOY UP 5405C 1937042

HF MISS BLACKCAP 58F 2035149

HF MISS BLACKCAP 228B 1821754

COLLINS BELLAGIO 2217 Lot 17

FWT 17K 2282434 11/01/2022

The only Bellagio bull we have this year. He absolutely mirrors his sire at the same age. Proud-headed with by a depth that follows him right into his hip. Bellagio 911 is one of very few KR Casino sons in Canada and this is a great opportunity to acquire some rare genetics.

BW AdjW AdjYW 86 789 1122 CE BW WW YW MCE MILK

2.2 56 100 8.0 25

KR CASINO 6243 2042212

BOSS LAKE BELLAGIO 911G 2123620

COLEMAN DIXIE ERICA 3372 2108435

HF SIMULATOR 62Z 1683072

HF BLACKCAP 140D 1908434

HF BLACKCAP 34Y 1627425

SCHIEFELBEIN ATTRACTIVE 4565 1938699

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SCHIEFELBEIN SHOWMAN 338 2133416

FROSTY ELBA 3745 US18297788

HF ALCATRAZ 60F 2043806

HF ROSEBUD 212H 2167667

HF ROSEBUD 246Z 1698829

This is one of our favourite bulls we are offering this year. The Showman calves we have had here are nothing short of spectacular. Low birthweight with huge, curve-bending performance. His dam is going to be a cornerstone female for us. She is a direct daughter of HF Rosebud 246Z, who we hold in high regard.

AdjYW CE BW WW YW MCE MILK

Maternal Grand Sire

Our Amazing Kids

Tyler works for Cenovus and enjoys his job. A farm boy through and through. Over all the years he has helped us immensely with the cattle, haying and hauling hay. On the grain side of our operation, he has also been a blessing. He is naturally mechanically minded and has endless energy.

Sydney may not be a farm kid but she is very much a farm woman now, helping combine and bring meals has helped us tremendously! Faith has taught her some horseback riding and she has been part of halter breaking young calves.

These two are known as the Young Crew - the Late Night Combine Crew

Y A T T

Wyatt is just finishing up his 4th year electrical certification at GPRC. He works for North Gate Electric. We are very proud and thankful for him. He did all the electrical for our calving/sale barn and electrical work around the farm is done by him.

Wyatt has always helped with cows having a few cows of his own, as well as selling a few of his own bulls. He is also a member of the Young Crew - Grain Hauler and Combine Driver Extraordinaire!

Wyatt played for the Grande Prairie Athletics this year.

Faith this year is in grade 11 and is attending LCBI high school in Outlook, Saskatchewan. She is absolutely loving it there and has been accepted into the community with open arms.

She was very thankful to go to Agribition with Justin Fox in November and got the opportunity to help and show cattle! Truly a highlight for her. The Fox family is a very hardworking and kind family.

Once it warms up (Saskatchewan is cold with that wind) she plans to tour around and look at some of her favourite breeders in Saskatchewan. Clint did fly down and take her to the Brooking Angus Female sale in November, Faith said it was a dream come true! lol Faith loves farm life and has always helped where needed on the farm. She truly loves anything cattle related.

Our Fantastic Help

N O A H

Noah Goodbrand has helped us on the farm now for a whole year. We appreciate his great help and endless energy. Any job from cow feeding, haying, bale loading, combine driving, lawn mowing, helping halter break calves for Faith to show - he has a smile on his face! We sure appreciate his help and good work ethic.

Ashley White has been with us off and on since he was in high school. He lives with his wife Chloe and family not far from us and has Hereford cattle. He is a super hard worker and is very knowledgeable about pretty much everything we do here. He is extremely mechanical and has been a big help getting the crop in and off each year, as well as helping with processing cattle, halter breaking and many of the never-ending farm jobs!

Sire for Lots 9-12

Game Day 71G

COLLINS GAME DAY 2218 Lot 18

Gameday is a bull we purchased from Greenwood at their 2020 bull sale. His sire, Bar EL Natural Law, is known for his wonderful daughters. This fall a lot of the high selling females at purebred sales were Natural Law cows. Gameday’s dam, Tibbie 28Z, is a donor cow at Greenwood and her progeny also have been very popular. We, unfortunately, lost him during the heat wave in 2021 so this is his last crop of calves. His calves are great-haired, sound-footed and have good style and balance.

FWT 18K 2282435 13/01/2022

1228 is a bull that will be safe to use in your heifer pen. He will bring ample calving ease and still have the performance to give you those bigger calves in the fall.

COLLINS GAME DAY 2219 Lot 19

BAR-E-L NATURAL LAW 52Y 1629829

GREENWOOD GAME DAY JJP 71G 2116633

RRD TIBBIE 28Z 1705420

VISION UNANIMOUS 1418 1701532

COLLINS LADY U 9C 1845556

LADY OF RING CREEK 34X 1563369

FWT 19K 2282436 15/01/2022

2219 is a bull with a nice conformation, out of a moderate-framed Motive cow that milks heavy.

BAR-E-L NATURAL LAW 52Y 1629829

GREENWOOD GAME DAY JJP 71G 2116633

RRD TIBBIE 28Z 1705420

SOO LINE MOTIVE 9016 1504907

COLLINS PEARL OF RIO 703 1958299

EDWARDS PEARL ENECHOR 20C 1846554

COLLINS MESSIER 2231 Lot 31

2231 is one that is going to catch your attention on sale day. A calving ease bull packed full of performance. His length and capacity are ideal, he has a very masculine look and the walk of a herd bull.

841 1138

BAR-E-L NATURAL LAW 52Y 1629829

GREENWOOD GAME DAY JJP 71G 2116633

RRD TIBBIE 28Z 1705420

HF TIGER 202A 1744209 COLLINS ERICA 41C 1868265

COLLINS ERICA 12A 1766591

COLLINS GAME DAY 2255 Lot 55

2255 is out of our oldest and most cherished cow, 21W. She is an Elite cow in the CAA and has always produced one of the best calves every year. Maternal brothers have sold to Jim Pearson, Ron Norgaard, and Spenner Ranch. A full sister is in our bred heifer pen and she is right at the top of the pen.

BW AdjW AdjYW 92 737 1081

CE

4.0 2.3 45 85 7.0 34

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BAR-E-L NATURAL LAW 52Y 1629829

GREENWOOD GAME DAY JJP 71G 2116633

RRD TIBBIE 28Z 1705420

HF TIGER 5T 1402252

LADY OF RING CREEK 21W 1525286

RING CREEK AMBUSH LADY 6S 1357812

Sire for Lots 13-21

Game Day 69F

COLLINS FIREBALL 2225 Lot 25

JJP 69F has been a standout sire since he arrived here. The consistency of his calves is amazing and that’s why we have continued to use him year after year. He has daughters here that are having their second calves and are making wonderful mothers. His foot makeup is exceptional. At the age of 5 his feet are as good as any I have seen. His sire HA Cowboy Up was very popular in the US he added a lot of volume and muscle expression to his calves.

FWT 25K 2282445

20/01/2022

We have found great uniformity with the Fireball calves. He has worked marvelous in our herd. This calf is no exception, he has good length, smooth shoulder and a nice angular head on him. His dam, 36C, is a beautiful cow that always comes home in the fall with a good calf.

BW AdjW AdjYW 90 710 1105

HA COWBOY UP 5405C 1937042

GREENWOOD FIREBALL JJP 69F

HF TIBBIE 102W 1511260

PEAK DOT IRON MOUNTAIN 73Z 1663812 COLLINS ANNIE K 36C 1845569

ANNIE K OF RING CREEK 43X 1563326

COLLINS FIREBALL 2235 Lot 35

FWT 35K 2282455

30/01/2022

A bull that will add thickness and rib to his calves. This Fireball son has all the tools to become a great herd sire. A maternal brother sold to Spenner Ranch in 2020.

BW AdjW AdjYW 85 708 1077 CE BW WW YW MCE MILK 9.0 1.5 38 73 9.0 26

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HA COWBOY UP 5405C 1937042

GREENWOOD FIREBALL JJP 69F

HF TIBBIE 102W 1511260

HF REBEL 53Y 1627442

HF ROSEBUD 103D 1908406

HF ROSEBUD 231U 1447591

COLLINS FIREBALL 2240 Lot 40

FWT 40K 2282460

02/02/2022

The granddam 14Y is one of our favourite cows we have ever had here. The mating with Fireball makes this guy special. You will want to keep the daughters off him.

BW AdjW AdjYW 85 755 1152

CE BW WW YW MCE MILK

3.2 57 104 9.0 24

HA COWBOY UP 5405C 1937042

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GREENWOOD FIREBALL JJP 69F

HF TIBBIE 102W 1511260

BROOKING VAULT 6069 1906247

COLLINS GLADYS 974 2088599

PANSY OF RING CREEK 14Y 1616984

COLLINS FIREBALL 2258 Lot 58

FWT 58K 2282470

10/02/2022

This is one of the powerful FIreball sons. His dam is 12A a CAA Elite dam. The combination of these two is perfect. 12A has 6 daughters in our herd.

BW AdjW AdjYW 94 814 1088

CE BW WW YW MCE MILK

1.0 4.3 61 113 6.0 29

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HA COWBOY UP 5405C 1937042

GREENWOOD FIREBALL JJP 69F

HF TIBBIE 102W 1511260

TW UPWARD 35X 1606227

COLLINS ERICA 12A 1766591

SOUTHLAND ERICA 178U 1450885

Sire for Lots 13-21

Game Day 69F

COLLINS FIREBALL 2260 Lot 60

Another high-quality Fireball son out of a very good cow. His grandam 10B has been a very consistent producer for us.

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COLLINS FIREBALL 2272 Lot 72

HA COWBOY UP 5405C 1937042

GREENWOOD FIREBALL JJP 69F

HF TIBBIE 102W 1511260

LONE STAR COMMODITY 10C 1855226

COLLINS ATLANTA 914 2080292

LONE STAR ATALANTA 1OB 1808914

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FWT 72K 2282482 17/02/2022

This guy has a reasonable birthweight of 82lbs and an adjusted weaning weight over 800lbs. He will add some punch to his calves. A maternal brother sold to Tom and Lori Krantz last year.

BW AdjW AdjYW 82 809 1090

HA COWBOY UP 5405C 1937042

GREENWOOD FIREBALL JJP 69F

HF TIBBIE 102W 1511260

LONE STAR COMMODITY 10C 1855226

COLLINS BETTY 832 2034695

COLLINS BETTY 13Y 1648088

Lot 75

COLLINS FIREBALL 2275

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HA COWBOY UP 5405C 1937042

GREENWOOD FIREBALL JJP 69F 2053737

HF TIBBIE 102W 1511260

GREENWOOD CRANK JJP 27C 1874398

COLLINS RUBY 906 2080286

COLLINS RUBY U 12C 1845558

A bull with a balanced set of EPD’s, and a beautiful dam. He would work well on some larger heifers or cows. A maternal brother sold to Marty & Miriam Kjos at last year’s sale.

Lot 76

COLLINS FIREBALL 2276

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HA COWBOY UP 5405C 1937042

GREENWOOD FIREBALL JJP 69F 2053737

HF TIBBIE 102W 1511260

LONE STAR COMMODITY 10C 1855226

COLLINS ROSEBUD 955 2080471

COLLINS ROSEBUD 33D 1902892

A more moderate-made bull out of a Commodity female. The dam is a 4-year-old cow that sure catches our eye when we are out in the herd.

Lot 80

COLLINS FIREBALL 2280

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HA COWBOY UP 5405C 1937042

GREENWOOD FIREBALL JJP 69F 2053737

HF TIBBIE 102W 1511260

HF TIGER 202A 1744209

COLLINS RACHEL 28D 1935667

COLLINS RACHEL 23B 1935665

The youngest bull in the sale. His dam is one we really like, a perfect-uddered cow that has always brought in a beautiful calf in the fall.

Sire for Lots 22-26

American Freedom

COLLINS FREEDOM 2228 Lot 28

We purchased this America son from Schaff Angus in 2021. The dam is Black Cap May 1416. She is a full sister to SAV Resource and SAV Renown. One of the top females to be raised at Schaff Angus.

We used him on our heifers in 2021 and 2022. The sons of his we have selling have style, great natural muscle, docility and are all around wellstructured.

COLLINS FREEDOM 2230 Lot 30

This America son is very balanced in structure. He has good natural  muscle, smooth shoulder, and is good-footed. The dam of this bull is a Sensation daughter. We think highly of the Sensation genetics in our herd, they have excellent maternal instinct and docility.

The grandam of this bull is 15Y an Elite dam in the CAA. This Freedom son is also smooth-shouldered, balanced, with nice natural muscle and great top line.

Lot 57

COLLINS

FREEDOM 2257

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FWT 57K 2288369

S A V AMERICA 8018 2161873

S A V AMERICAN FREEDOM 0539 2197491

S A V BLACKCAP MAY 1416 US16973624

GREENWOOD FIREBALL JJP 69F 2053737

COLLINS PEARL 2019 2135751

EDWARDS PEARL ENECHOR 20C 1846554

The dam of this bull is a Fireball daughter. She is also a daughter of one of our donor dams. The combination of Freedom and this broody Fireball dam we love. This bull is long-bodied, masculine, and has the same natural muscle and smooth shoulder and style as all the Freedom bulls on offer today as well.  We put a lot of value on docility and all the Freedom bulls display that trait as well.

Lot 67

COLLINS

2267

Lot 74

COLLINS

2274

FWT 67K 2288370

S A V AMERICA 8018 2161873

S A V AMERICAN FREEDOM 0539 2197491

S A V BLACKCAP MAY 1416 US16973624

GREENWOOD FIREBALL JJP 69F 2053737

COLLINS EMMA 2039 2140389

ATLASTA EMMA E 14B 1819896

The dam of this bull is another Fireball daughter out of a Sitz Upward cow we purchased from Brian Sutter. We put a lot of thought into any females we purchase and she has served us well. We really like the mating on this bull; he is very balanced having great natural muscle, overall structure and style, good footed, docility.

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S A V AMERICA 8018 2161873

S A V AMERICAN FREEDOM 0539 2197491

S A V BLACKCAP MAY 1416 US16973624

GREENWOOD SENSATION JJP 51F 2060508

COLLINS BETTY 2060 2140401

COLLINS BETTY 3C 1845552

Dam of this bull is a Sensation daughter. The grandam is a Tiger daughter and is another Elite dam in the CAA. We have 4 daughters and 3 grand calves in our herd from her.I fear I am starting to sound repetitive but we love the predictability that we have seen with all the matings with the Freedom bull. This yearling bull has style, natural muscle, balance, a smooth shoulder, a good foot and docility too.

COLLINS

FWT 22K 2299284

17/01/2022

This bull has a unique twist on his pedigree with Syndicate on the top and Alcatraz on the bottom. Alcatraz really stamps his calves with ideal foot structure. We feel 2222 will be goodfooted as well and pass that on to his progeny.

HF SYNDICATE 213Z 1706210

HF INTERVENTION 65G 2093065

HF TIBBIE 239E 1976176

HF ALCATRAZ 60F 2043806

HF MISS BLACKCAP 247H 2152052

HF MISS BLACKCAP 261E 1975979

GUNS & ROSES 29K Lot 29

FWT 29K HYBRID 25/01/2022

We are very excited to offer our first SimAngus bull. His dam is a Wallbanger daughter out of a Willow Creek female. Mated with Gameday makes him a very outstanding bull.

This bull is owned by Faith. She has added to her Simmental genetics, so watch next year for some Purebred Simmental as well!

BW AdjW Jan 26 90 811 1226

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BAR-E-L

GREENWOOD GAME DAY JJP 71G 2116633

RRD TIBBIE 28Z 1705420

SIMMENTAL

Maternal Grand Sire Sire

NATURAL LAW 52Y 1629829

Sire

On behalf of Lorinda and I, we welcome you to the Second Annual Rio Grande Bull and Female Sale. We are extremely excited and grateful to be working with Clint and Anna.

Growing up in Manitoba is where my passion for cattle began. I can still remember the day our first Black Angus bull stepped off the trailer in 1984. I told my dad someday I was going to sell bulls like this.

For the past 15 years I have been raising Angus Cross commercial cattle near Sexsmith. When we decided on our new venture into the purebred Angus business, we wanted to start with topend genetics from top-end producers such as Hamilton farms, Poplar Meadows, Remitall Farms, Belvin Angus, and Mar Mac Farms.

We have put together a cow herd based around efficient females with strong maternal traits that are sound, structured and consistent. Whether buying herd bulls or selecting AI sires, we have selected for strong cow families and maternal strengths to produce quality females. Our goal is to raise functional cattle that will work with any program. Cattle with the right amount of calving ease and yet will add pounds come the fall.

I would like to take the time to thank Jason & Niki McQuaig, Ricky & Cathy Leger, Brady Fraser, Clint & Anna Collins, as well as so many other great friends and neighbours for all your help getting us started. We could not achieve our goals without you!

We would like to encourage you to give us a call, or stop by to look at our operation. We enjoy nothing more than visiting and discussing cattle.

Thank you, Danny & Lorinda

MAY-WAY BREAKOUT 1310 1838287

HF ALCATRAZ 60F 2043806

HF MAYFLOWER 191Z 1683163

HF ROPER 27F 2043810

HF BRIDE 230H 2152038

BAR-E-L BRIDE 4F 2033403

When purchasing bred heifers from Hamilton Farms, I asked Rob and Gail to pick us out what they considered to be foundation females. They nailed it with HF Bride 230H. She is a long-bodied, deep-sided cow with a near perfect udder. We see a huge future for her in our program. Her first calf, RR Forty Alcatraz, started out at 72lbs and weaned off early Sept at 830lbs. His sire, HF Alcatraz 60F, was purchased by Bar-E-L and Cowtrax for $200,000 for ½ interest. 02K Has a stacked pedigree with May Way Breakout, HF Mayflower 191Z, Bar-E-L Bride 4F, and HF Tiger 5T. He’s long, smooth-made and has tremendous width. 02K should calve easy and add pounds in the fall. You will want to retain the daughters for your herd. He is very docile and has a set of incredible EPD’s.

RR FORTY PROFOUND 05K Lot R5

“Chunk” as Lorinda has affectionately nick named him. Since a month old, he has had exceptional width and thickness, and has stood out. 05k is very deep. His sire, Sitz Profound, has done an exceptional job at Hamilton Farms. A half sister was a sale highlight at the Collection Sale this past December. We retained a half sister in our replacement heifer pen.

RR FORTY ENCORE 06K Lot R6

His sire, Blast Encore 4H, has had heavy use in the heifer pen at Poplar Meadows Angus. He is long and smooth-made. Friend and neighbor Pat Stark, jointly own his sire’s brother, Blast Encore 16H, who we have used in our heifer pens with great success.

Rio Grande Ladies

Lot 45

The heifers we are offering are from the heart of our herd. All these females are coming from 3 generations or more of cows that we used to build our herd and are still here producing great calves for us.

COLLINS BLACKCAP 2245

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UP 5405C 1937042

102W 1511260

Lot 53

COLLINS ERICA 2253

Lot 70

COLLINS BETTY 2270

2053737

PEAK DOT UNANIMOUS 343B 1808606

COLLINS BLACK CAP 723 1958315

COLLINS BLACKCAP 15Y 1648089

The Fireball bull is a Cowboy Up son we have used extensively in our herd. He gives extra length, natural muscle, and is a great-footed bull. His daughters are excellent mothers. We really like this Fireball x Collins 23E daughter. The Grandam of 23E is IUA 9U, one of the original cows we started our herd with that we purchased from Steve and Hazel Toftland.

UP 5405C 1937042

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102W 1511260

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2053737

GREENWOOD CRANK JJP 27C 1874398

COLLINS ERICA 820 2034689

COLLINS ERICA 12A 1766591

D: This Fireball x Collins Erica 20F daughter is beautifully made. Her grandam is 12A, another Elite Angus dam we have. We have kept every calf, either selling the bull or keeping the female.

UP 5405C 1937042

102W 1511260

BROOKING VAULT 6069 1906247

COLLINS BETTY 928 2080304

COLLINS BETTY 726 1958318

Another great Fireball daughter. Her dam is Collins Betty 28G who goes back to the Remitall Canyon 7C, an Angus Valley bull we really thought a lot of.

Lot 33

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The Game Day bull is a Bar-E-L Natural Law 52Y son. The combination of Game Day x Collins Beauty 30C makes a very nice heifer. Our 30C cow goes back to a LLB cow we bought 10 years ago and Iron Mountain.

Lot 49

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LLB GRIDLOCK 488X 1570696

COLLINS QUEEN MOTHER 45B 1798247

NORSEMAN QUEEN MOTHER 7’09 1517203

This beautiful Game Day x Collins Queen Mother 45B daughter goes back to a Gridlock herd sire, one of the original herd sires we really liked and started our herd with.

Lot 52

COLLINS

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BAR-E-L NATURAL LAW 52Y 1629829

GREENWOOD GAME DAY JJP 71G 2116633

RRD TIBBIE 28Z 1705420

PEAK DOT UNANIMOUS 343B 1808606

COLLINS PANSY OF RIO 728 1958319 PANSY OF RING CREEK 15Y 1635076

Another solid heifer from GameDay x Collins Pansy 28E we really like. The grandam of 28E is our Ring Creek 15Y an Elite Angus dam, we purchased her in 2013 at the dispersal sale, and, no surprise, she goes back to the HF Tiger.

The Fine Print

Announcements

Errors discovered in the catalogue will be corrected by announcements from the auction stand at sale time and such corrections will take precedence over the printed matter in the catalogue.

Every Animal

Sells to the highest bidder and in cases of disputes, the Auctioneer’s decision will be final.

Release

No cattle will be released until the conclusion of the sale. Each animal becomes the risk of the purchaser as soon as sold.

Insurance

Ownership risk to purchaser commences when the Auctioneer’s hammer falls. Livestock coverage will be available at the Clerk’s desk from the appointed representatives on sale day.

Terms

The terms of sale are cash or cheques. Cheques should be handed to Clerks immediately following sale. Record your transfer instructions with Clerks along with complete directions to your farm for delivery.

Transfer Of Pedigrees

The buyer will be provided a pedigree for the registered bulls or females transferred in the books of the Canadian Angus Association.

Liability

All persons who attend the sale do so at their own risk, and the Owners, Sale Management and Sale Staff assume no liability, legal or otherwise, for property loss or for any accidents that may occur.

MJT Cattle Company

Merit Cattle Co.

Matt & Lindsay Spenner

Danny Waluk/ RR Forty Angus

Clem & Vivian Christopherson

Marty & Miriam Kjos

Tom & Lori Krantz

Clease Contracting Inc

Doug Vandemark

Fossum Farms Inc

Brady Fraser

Bret McNally

Ryan & Jocelyn Claggett

Wallan Farms Ltd.

Colt Davidson

Keegan & Brad Scorgie

Tim & Alison Tucker

Dalton & Chantel Odden

Fair Farms

Balisky Farms Inc

Trieber Farms

Jason Harvey

AJS Ranch Ltd.

Mike & Cherise Millar

Layton & Lorna Schaefer

Dr. Evan Lowe DVM Veterinarian

Luke & Amanda Muehlen