Auction Format This year we will be working with Mark Shologan and broadcasting our sale over the Internet on DLMS.ca. The bulls will be videotaped prior to the sale and on sale day we will have large TV screens set up with the bulls video running while they sell. Two weeks before the sale, videos of every bull will be available at our website www.towawcattle.com or at www.dlms.ca.
Sight Unseen Purchase Plan
AUCTIONEER Robert Lind
With this change we will be going with a traditional auction system with Robert Lind auctioneering for us. He will be ably assisted by Ryan Dorran. Bryon Wolters, will also be acting as a ringman at the sale. Please don’t hesitate to contact Robert, Ryan, Bryon, as well as our buyer reps to represent you at the sale. If you intend to bid online make sure you sign up with DLMS and contact Mark to get your buyer approval for our sale. As always we have our sight unseen program going and are ready and willing to help you with your needs. Hopefully all the bases are covered whether you can make it to the sale, want to bid online, or use the sight unseen program.
If you would like to purchase a bull, but cannot attend the sale, contact us: Kirk.....................(780) 785-3772 Fax...................(780) 785-3403 Dave B................(780) 785-9115 email: kiwild@xplornet.ca Call, fax or email us prior to the sale and let us know your specifications and your price range. We will select animals which would fit your program and arrange for an independent buyer to attempt to purchase one for the agreed upon price. We will call you after the sale, and inform you of the results. All Sight Unseen Sales are made with a satisfaction guarantee.
Glossary of Sale Information
ABBREVIATIONS
EPDs: Expected Progeny Differences
CE: Calving Ease, U =Unassisted BW: Actual weight at birth WW: Weaning weight in lbs. Adjusted to 205 days. WI: Weaning Index - Weaning weight as a % of average WW of contemporaries. YW: Yearling weight in lbs. - calculated as adjusted 205 day weight + (ADG on feed x 165 days) YI: Yearling Index - Weight gain from Weaning to Yearling as a % of average gain of contemperaries. AOD: The actual age of the dam when she calved the bull offered for sale.
EPD’s are a powerful tool that is available for making genetic progress. EPD’s incorporate the performance of the individual, along with the performance of all its relatives. CE: Calving ease - the higher number predicts more calving ease. BW: Birth. A lower EPD predicts lower birthweights. WW: Weaning. High weaning EPD’s predict higher weaning weights. YW: Yearling. Higher yearling EPD’s indicate greater expected yearling weights. MILK: Milk EPD should be used to predict the milking ability of the daughters of the bulls in question. Higher milk EPD’s project more milk.
NOTE: All Indexes are calculated within herds, as management may differ somewhat.
WEIGHTS AND SCROTAL MEASUREMENTS WILL BE AVAILABLE SALE DAY.
TOWAW & GUEST
Percentile Tables have been added this year to take some of the confusion out of the EPDs. A trait listed as 5% would mean that bull is in the top 5% of the breed for that trait. 49% would be slightly higher than breed average, while 51% would be slightly lower than breed average.
Sale Information
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