BULL SALE

February 18, 2023 • 1:00 p.m.

Innisfail Auction Market, Innisfail, AB

132 BULLS SELL

56 31 45

CHAROLAIS - 2-Year-Olds

SIMMENTAL

36 Red Yearlings

20 Black

3-2-Year-Olds

RANCH HORSES 3

Buyers unable to attend the sale may call or place bids with the owners or sale staff. Buyer satisfaction guaranteed.

P&H

$150 Discount/Bull if you Take your Bull Home Sale Day

Corinne Parsonage

Ph: 403-396-9694 email: phranch@telus.net

EPDs - HOW TO USE THEM

Innisfail, AB

Circle G Simmentals

& ANGUS

Circle G Bulls start on Page 14

Garth Cutler Ph: 403-304-0896 email: circleg@telus.net Lacombe, AB

Expected Progeny Differences...EPDs are a selection tool that provides estimates of the genetic value an animal will pass on to its progeny. They can be used to help ensure that you find the best bull for your needs and long term breeding goals.

Epd Explanation

BW: Birth Weight - a prediction of sire’s ability to transmit birth weight to his progeny...a lower value indicates lighter BW.

CE: Calving Ease - A higher value indicates increased calving ease.

WW: Weaning Weight – predictor of sire’s ability to transmit weaning growth to his progeny.

YW: Yearling Weight – predictor of sire’s ability to transmit yearling growth to his progeny.

MCE: Maternal Calving Ease - Indicates the ease which a sire’s daughters calve...a higher value indicates higher calving ease.

MWT: Maternal Weaning Weight - Indicates the WW of a bulls daughter’s calves when compared to other bull’s daughters.

Milk: A predictor of sire’s genetic merit for milk and mothers ability as expressed in her daughters.

API: All-Purpose $ Index - Evaluates sires for use on the entire cowherd. Includes daughters retained to maintain herd size and the remaining heifers and the steers put on feed with their carcass grade and quality.

Breed Epd Averages

100J is a well-balanced, stout bull with extreme eye appeal. He combines performance, maternal traits, and carcass quality. His dam is a heavy-milking daughter by Eatons General Lee.

is a super clean-fronted bull with that curly hair that is so desired. He has a very long back which certainly contributes to his above-average WW & YW epds. He travels well on a big foot.

This young man checks all the boxes. Moderate birth weight, heavy WW, substantial YW with a good disposition. His mother is one of the deepest-bodied, wide topped cows in our herd. It looks like he has inherited his mother’s thickness.

Shadow

Polled MC825542 CPC 24J 15-Mar-21

PLEASANT DAWN MVP 316Y

CTP MR ARROW 156A

PLEASANTDAWN SHADOW508F

PLEASANTDAWN RUTH 908C

SCHRADERSSMOOTHBLEND8219

RTP MISS PORCELIN 156U

EATONS BIG BUD 10402 P

PLEASANTDAWN TEASER 708Y

LT EASY BLEND 5125 PLD

SB MISS LAYLA 109 ET PH

23J is one of those calves that always caught your eye in the pasture. He has a moderate frame that is full of meat and muscle. He ranks in the top 10% for WW and top 15% for YW epds. BW: 103 lbs Adj 205: 769 lbs WPDA: 3.71 365: 1235 lbs

EPD’S

24J comes from the same great cow family as lot 2. He has exceptional depth of body with great spring of rib. His carcass numbers are above average with emphasis on his marbling score. To top it off, 24J is extremely docile.

Definitely one of the longest backed bulls in the sale. That extra length will add more lbs at weaning time.

We only have a few sons of Eaton’s General Lee and this guy packs quite a punch. Great carcass above-average Marbling and REA numbers. A maternal sibling sold to Bob Fraser in the 2020 bull sale. rib and thickness across the top. I believe his dam will become a foundation female in our herd.

This is the youngest bull in the sale but it never set him back at all. He has a 116 weaning ratio and sports a WPDA at weaning of 4.43 lbs. He moves out well with a great foot shape.

117J ranks in the top 10% for WW, top 15% for YW and top 10% for marbling epds. He is a full brother to the very popular lot 25 in last year’s sale that was the high seller going to C.Sparrow Farms.

A long deep body on this guy with lots of eye appeal. 42J is a maternal brother to the bull that sold in last year’s sale to Terry, Donna, and Ryan Dodd.

36J comes from a tan cow family. As a calf on grass he certainly caught your eye because of his great body type; stout and lots of muscle.

45J is a moderate birth weight bull with smooth shoulders. He is above average for WW, YW, Marbling and REA epds; all that and a great disposition.

Deep-bodied and a good size REA. 21J is the 6th son to sell from our good old 78W cow. We also have 3 top notch daughters working in the herd. Good fertility and longevity in this cow family.

Moderate birth weight bull. 17J is long as a box car and smooth through the neck and shoulder.

Heifer Bull Alert! 1J is an extremely smooth-made bull that sits in the top 10% for BW and the top 15% for CE epds. He is moderate framed and deep with a great disposition. This is the 6th bull to sell in our sale from the 15X cow.

Maternal

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WINN MANS LANZA 610S

PCC FRESH 527C

MERIT CARMEN 7081T

JSR TROPHY 88T

RKR MISS 43A

RKR MISS 4L 53S

DURANGO 585P

WINN MAN MERIT 036K

SPARROWS ALLIANCE 513G

MERIT CARMEN 3138N

JSR TRUMP 7N

JSR KNOCKOUT 93M

RKR 4L CHINOOK 10N

RKR MISS 4L 14J

It’s hard to judge these younger bulls when you are selecting bulls to keep for the next year’s sale; 115J has not disappointed me. He has shown great performance since he came in from summer pasture.

101J is a big-ribbed, stout bull. Moderate framed and well-balanced from front to end. He has above average WW and YW epds.

“Well-balanced” and “long bodied” are terms that come to mind when I look at this bull. 47J had a half-brother sell to Hiway 21 Feeders.

A good son of General Lee that is smooth made with above average marbling. Ranks in the top 5% for WW and the top 10% for YW, Marbling and REA edps. His mother has a top-notch udder and milks great. Total maternal epd in the top 4% of the breed.

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CTP MR ARROW 156A

Ph Shadow 113j

Polled MC824003 PH 113J 08-May-21

PLEASANTDAWN SHADOW508F

PLEASANTDAWN RUTH 908C

KEYS WISHBONE 40Y

PH WILLOW 81A

PH KAYCEE 29U

PLEASANT DAWN MVP 316Y

RTP MISS PORCELIN 156U

EATONS BIG BUD 10402 P

PLEASANTDAWN TEASER 708Y

KEYS SPECIALIST 18U

MISS KEY BISKIT 108S

LKPR CHALLENGER 208M

PH

CARCASS

113J has a little more frame with a wide top and great hip. His maternal brother was the high-selling bull in the 2020 sale that sold to Gordon Church.

Extremely long bodied bull with a bit more frame. He moves out well on a solid foot. A full brother sold in last year’s sale to Rey Creek

The 607X cow can put a bit more frame and length in her calves which likely contributes to their birth weight. As you will see he is very smooth through the shoulder. He posts a top 15% WW epd. He has brothers working at Lomond Grazing and Newell Grazing.

85J is one of 5 sons 69X has had in our sales. He will add pounds to your next set of calves..

Moderate birth weight bull that should work well on 2nd calving cows.

This calf was a bit short on milk coming from a 12-year-old cow and a later birthdate, but I saw potential in him as a yearling despite that fact. Smaller framed bull.