MARCH 15 | 2PM | BRAGG CREEK, AB annual BULL & SELECT FEMALE SALE 22nd
Welcome
FROM HIGHLAND STOCK FARMS
We at Highland Stock Farms sincerely invite all of you to our annual Bull & Select Female sale. We thank everyone who has helped us put on this event. It takes a real effort from friends and family.
We are very proud of the cattle we are offering and all of the cattle on offer have been parent verified. All the Limousin have been participants of the Limousin Forward project from Neogen and all have 100k profiles and are homozygous polled.
We have made the decision in the last few years to move our calving to December & January and as a result these bulls and females are more mature. The bulls can easily pass a semen test and breed more cows. I find they have much more drive than the typical two year old bull.
We would like to invite you to come and compare. The bulls are being fed again at Triple S RanchWest on Highway 1 in the Jumping Pound area and will be moved home to Bragg Creek on Thursday March 13th. The heifers are being fed here at home in Bragg Creek.
Looking forward to hosting you all on Saturday March 15th for Lunch at 12:30 and the Sale at 2:00pm.
Sincerely,
Rob Matthews
SALE DAY SCHEDULE
MARCH 14 - Cattle available for viewing
MARCH 15 - 12:30 - Lunch
MARCH 15 - 2:00 PM - Highland Bull Sale
SALE DAY PHONES
Rob 403.585.8660
Amanda 403.470.1812
Marci 403.870.0640
Noah 403.589.1129
SALE STAFF
Ryan Dorran - Auctioneer 403.507.6483
Rod McLeod - Ring Service 403.540.7986
MC MARKETING MANAGEMENT
Kiley McKinna 402.350.3447
Wiley Fanta 320.287.0751
FOOTHILLS LIVESTOCK AUCTION
Rob Bergevin (Commercial Consultant)
403.489-.7653
ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVES
CLA – Ashton Hewson, President
Laura Ecklund, General Manager
CAA – Ronnie Ford, President
Myles Immerkar, General Manager
TERMS & CONDITIONS All bulls sell under the standard breeding guarantee and guidelines recommended by the Canadian Limousin and Canadian Angus Associations. Copies are available upon request. Announcements from the auction block take precedents over printed material. No release will be given until satisfactory settlement has been made. We reserve the right to withhold animals from shipment for whom payments have not been received prior to departure times.
VIDEOS View video preview clips of the sale offering approx. 2 weeks prior to the sale by visiting www. cattlevids.ca
EPDS EPD’s may have changed from those printed in the catalog. Updated EPDs are available on the Associations’ website,
VIEWING OF THE BULLS The bulls will be available for viewing at Highland on March 14. The bulls are housed at Triple S Red Angus and will leave their on the 13th. The heifers are located at Highland Stock Farms.
ABSENTEE BUYERS OPTION If you are unable to attend the sale, please contact Rob or Amanda. We would be glad to discuss the bulls and your needs to find you a bull or bulls that fit your program. If we deliver a bull that you do not like, you do not own him.
BOARD ON SALE BULLS We can keep bulls until delivery. We would like all bulls picked up or delivered by May 1 unless previous arrangements have been made. These bulls must be insured. Pick-up on sale day would be greatly appreciated.
INSURANCE Insurance services will be available with Larry Toner: 306.834.7652
RISK MANAGEMENT All persons attending the sale do so at their own risk. Highland Stock Farms assumes no liability for accidents, theft, injury, disease, or damages occurring at the sale site.
EMPHASIS ON HOMOZYGOUS POLLED We at Highland believe that the homozygous polled trait is the most important thing we can pass on to commercial cattlemen. If you use a homozygous polled bull, you will not have to deal with horns. We do not use the term double polled as all it means is that the parents are polled and the offspring have not been tested or they did not pass the homozygous test. We have only used homozygous bulls for several years and our goal is to have a homozygous polled herd of which we will be very close, as we only have one cow in our herd that is not homozygous polled and she is 13 years old.
Photos & Videos by Jordan Buba & Kailey Brandl Catalog design by Cassidy Chalack 403.971.6055
LIMOUSIN BULLS
PROUDLY RAISING LIMOUSIN SINCE 1970
HIGHLAND LINESMAN 33L
33L’s sire sold in last year’s sale as a mature herdsire to Rafter DP Ranch in Oklahoma for $10,000. His dam was a Greenwood feature lot in the Western Select Sale at Lloydminster in 2021.
34L is another Hunter sired bull. Hunter was purchased as a calf from Payne Livestock and his dam is ¾ sister of Highland Hope our Agribition Grand Champion Female in 2022.
PAYNES HUNTER 28H
GREENWOOD CURVE BALL
35L’s dam is a very big red female, and her sire X-Bracing was sold to Andrew Limousin of Hanna after several years of service at Highland Stock Farms. We have sold her sons to Shawn Balog, John Scott, Gordie Marsh, Greg Currie and Tim Terpstra . Shawn Balog has also purchased a daughter out of 14A and she raised 35L as an 11 year old cow.
37L is a pen favourite. The Zena cow has produced a Grand Champion Bull at Agribition and her last year’s bull calf was Reserve in 2024 for Payne Livestock. The dam’s sire Highland Boston was the Agribition Grand Champion in 2016.
HIGHLAND LABYRINTH 38L
38L’s dam was purchased in the Combest Dispersal at Stettler. Her dam, Xilda was the high seller going to J Bar J of Missouri. A full brother to 38L was our high selling Limousin bull in 2022 to Rafter DP in Oklahoma.
WULFS X-BRACING 6294X
HIGHLAND BOSTON
HIGHLAND LEAGUE 46L
C
DIAMOND C CARA
HIGHLAND MASTERSON 6M
6M is another Hunter son and his dam is sired by RPY Derby who was undefeated in both 2013 and 2014 including two Grand Champion titles from Agribition. 28D has produced sons for Glen Halbert and Ken Slovak, we have retained a daughter in our herd at Highland.
46L’s dam is the daughter of one of the best cows we have ever raised- selling sons to Lorne Somers, Donny Robertson, Glen Halbert, Rob Dahm and she twice produced the second high sellers in Highland Bull Sales- both selling to Mark Liddle of Montana.
HIGHLAND MOMBO 7M
DIAMOND C GOLDMEMBER
DIAMOND C JACKSON 51J
DIAMOND C CARA
RPY PAYNES HUNTER 28H HIGHLAND JANINE 50J
HIGHLAND CASCADE
His sire Diamond C Jackson is owned jointly with Richmond Ranch and was purchased as the high selling two year old at the 2023 Diamond C Bull Sale. His dam is one of the first producing daughters of Hunter.
HIGHLAND ZENITH 45Z
DIAMOND C JACKSON 51J
Another Hunter son. His dam produced a son that was sold to the Lemire family of Saskatchewan in last year’s sale. She has a very attractive heifer calf this year.
13M’s Granddam was 226Z, a female who produced the high selling bull in our 2021 Bull Sale who sold to Dan Reimer of Manitoba. She was purchased as a heifer calf from Combest Limousin and has produced many productive progeny for Highland.
HIGHLAND MUFASA 14M
14M’s full sister was the second high selling female to Tangle Ridge Ranch of Okotoks in last years sale. The 3F dam, was a $15,000 purchase by Tubmill Creek of Pennsylvania in the Cattle Call Sale and her dam produced the high selling bull in 2020 to Darrell Declerq of Stavely and another bull to the Riley Ranch.
GREENWOOD CANADIAN WAYS
27D has produced bulls for Jay Blake, Tom Dawson and Riley Ranch. She also has a daughter in our herd.
25M is an outstanding outcross herdsire prospect. He is sired by Hardcore who also sired a Grand Champion female for Greenwood Limousin at the 2022 Farmfair. 25M’s maternal sisters Lot 19 in 2023 to Rafter DP and Lot 18 in 2024 to Steven Abt of Ponoka were our high selling heifer calves in the last two bull sales.
26M is the offering from our grandson, Revington. His dam has also produced a bull for Vern Pointen in the 2023 Bull Sale. Her sire was a Surpreme Champion Bull of all breeds at Agribition.
TREF HARDCORE 204H
HIGHLAND HOPE 11H
9H’s first calf was sold to Karsen Legault of Saskatchewan in a group of five heifer calves. Her sire, Curveball was purchased from Greenwood Livestock at a Western Select Sale where he was the high seller. Curveball, is the sire of Hope, our Grand Champion Female at the 2022 Agribition.
PROUDLY RAISING ANGUS
1905 • CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF ANGUS
Highland’s Angus beginning started in 1905 when Rob’s great-grandfather F.R. (Frank) Cathro immigrated to Alberta from North Dakota bringing with him some of the first registered Angus cattle in Alberta. Rob’s other great-grandfather E.R. (Ernest) Matthews immigrated to Alberta from Nebraska in 1908 opening the Matthews Music House in downtown Calgary. Along with E.R. came his son Charles whom in time met and married Grace Cathro, F.R.’s daughter. When the depression hit in the 1930’s, the music business was suffering so Charles decided to diversify. In 1932 Charles bought land west of Calgary and founded Highland Stock Farms. He purchased Angus cattle from his father-in-law and over time built a herd of approximately 300 mother cows. In the fall of 1945 Charles’ son Don came home after serving in WW II to take over the operation of Highland. In 1970, Don’s son Rob came home to start taking over and has been highly involved since that time. Rob’s daughter Amanda along with her husband and sons are now taking the reins of Highland. F.R.(Frank) Cathro was the very first Secretary-Manager of the Alberta Angus Association. Both Charles and Don were Presidents of the Canadian Angus Association and both Don and Rob were Presidents of the Alberta Angus Association.
Amanda received the 100 year award on behalf of the family at Farmfair international presented by the Canadian Angus Association.
ANGUS BULLS
HIGHLAND SHOOK 315L
315L has been a favourite since he was a calf for our Angus Bulls. We think he may be one of the top Angus bulls of this offering. He offers docility and style. His sire, Shook was the high selling black bull at the Triple S Bull Sale in 2022, and walked our pastures for two seasons–then was purchased by Cody Sawley. 315L’s dam was purchased from Brian Sutter of Atlasta Angus when we chose to rebuild our angus herd. She has a son at Camas Creek in White Sulphur Springs, Montana and three daughters in our herd at Highland.
HIGHLAND SHOOK 316L
S A V RAINFALL 6846 HIGHLAND MISTY 904G JL MISTY 7129
316L’s dam was an in dam purchase from Johnson Livestock of Saskatchewan. She has a daughter retained in our herd and another sold to John Fileccia of Bragg Creek. Two of her son’s have sold to Camas Creek of Montana and Ken Slovak of Stavely.
SSS SHOOK 311J
HIGHLAND SHOOK 318L
318L’s dam has produced a son for Karsen Legault of Saskatchewan and she is one of the three daughters of Erica 11E–the mother of 315L.
HIGHLAND SHOOK
319L’s dam has a daughter at Highland that is an extremely good heifer calf this spring. She has also produced a bull for Trout Creek Ranch–The Rhodes at Claresholm. 85F was purchased in the U2 Dispersal
HIGHLAND ERICA 902G
MICH ENVIOUS BLACKBIRD 1424
320L’s dam is a first calf heifer that was purchased in the Angus Collection Sale from Greenwood Livestock.
322L’s dam has twice produced a second high selling Angus bull, 2020 to Neil Brown, Double 4 Angus of Erskine and in 2021 to Cody Sawley of Anchor P-Longview. She also has produced a high selling heifer in our sale in 2022 selling to Mark Stormeon and Scott Dickson.
323L is a full brother to the high selling Angus bull in last year’s sale to Cody Sawley for $10,000. His dam was purchased from Greenwood in the Evolution Sale.
HIGHLAND SHOOK 401M
401M’s dam was purchased in 2022 Sale by John Fileccia (Noah’s father). She was first calf heifer raising this bull.
HIGHLAND SHOOK
403M’s dam was also purchased in the U2 Dispersal and has sons at Marvin Grant’s at Val Marie, SK and Vern Pointen near Calgary. She has a promising heifer calf this spring.
U2 MARY 590F
HIGHLAND SHOOK 406M
DEER VALLEY GROWTH FUND SSS SHOOK 311J
JL LADY 4264
BAR-E-L ROYAL RESERVE 120H
GOLDEN OAK 120 TINGE 203K
REMITALL F EVENING TINGE 349G
406M’s dam is a female we refer to as Bert, that was purchased from Golden Oak Livestock in their inaugural Cattle in the Snow sale. 406 was her first calf and we are very pleased with the type of female she is. Notethe strong EPDs.
It has been a pleasure working with the reputable Highland Stock Farms program. Highland Stock program is admired by many purebred and commercial cattlemen as they continue to present very strong and consistent purebred bull herds year after year. The bull feeding program is built to maximize forage utilization, gut health and as a result quality sperm production. Nutritional status of a bull, particularly from the previous 60-days can affect the semen quality being ejaculated today. Sperm production is a continuous process and proper nutrition is critical to maintain peak fertility and longevity of bulls. Bull calves are generally developed on grass with their moms on a quality mineral program.
Once bull calves are weaned, they are slowly moved onto a balanced TMR. The bulls are challenged with a forage-based TMR to help them develop and express their genetic potential. This is important for consistency of maturation and puberty of bull calves. Sampling and analyzing forages are important for properly balancing the overall ration. Forage quality and digestibility are important for maximizing ruminal health. Matching suitable protein sources with proper starch with the available forage sources is key to promoting lean muscle growth. The addition of organic minerals are used to ensure proper immune function and overall health of bulls. All of these factors contribute to semen quality and conception within a herd.
If you have any questions about the nutrition program, please feel free to reach out. Buy with confidence knowing the bulls have been developed on a balanced nutrition program. Best of luck to Amanda and the Highland Stock Farms family on sale day!
GOLDEN OAK TINGE 203K
2025 FEMALES ON OFFER
ANGUS & LIMOUSIN
Fondly known as Baby Chubby, 317’s dam 52G (Chubby) was purchased from Greenwood at the Angus Collection Sale . Her first daughter sold to Murray and Lisa Johnston of Cochrane in our 2022 Bull Sale. In 2023 she produced the high selling angus bull 110J who sold to Camas Creek of Montana and in 2024 raised the second high seller that sold to Double 4 Angus of Erskine. We were lucky enough to use 110J to service Revington’s show heifer Ernie. Her maternal sister produced the 2024 high seller to Cody Sawley.
ZEXY 317L
HIGHLAND DELIA
“Ducky’s” dam was a heifer calf purchased from Golden Oak Livestock in their first Cattle In The Snow Sale– we fondly refer to this female as Ernie. Holt showed Ernie and was quite successful. Ducky is a female who exemplifies docility and is a favourite of Holt & Revington’s, her sire is the 110J the maternal brother of 317L.
HIGHLAND QUEEN 404M
404’s dam was purchased from Brooking Angus of Saskatchewan as a bred heifer. 404’s sire was the high selling black bull in the Triple S Bull Sale 2022 and worked at Highland for two years and then was sold to Cody Sawley, Anchor P Ranch of Longview.
HIGHLAND ANNIE 405M
405’s dam was the high selling bred heifer in the Atlasta Sale in December of 2023. She brings some new outcross blood to our herd.
SSS SHOOK 311J
HIGHLAND LUNA 39L
39L is a full sister to last year’s high selling yearling bull Highland Laredo 14L that sold to Stewarts of Stettler and Diamond C of Ponoka. Her dam is a combination of two Agribition Grand Champions– Derby in 2013 & 2014 and Xcite in 2013.
HIGHLAND LUCY 44L
Another Hunter daughter that brings together two of our important former herd bulls –Derby and Canadian Ways. Derby was undefeated in 2013 and 2014. Canadian Ways was the high selling bull at the first Cattle Call.
HIGHLAND LAREDO 14L
GREENWOOD CANADIAN WAYS
RPY PAYNES DILLINGER 43D
RPY PAYNES HUNTER 28H
ARLEY’S “B”
45L’s dam is thirteen years old and the oldest cow in our herd and is still here in 2025. She has produced sons for Greg Currie, Gordie Marsh, Bruce Appleyard and Vinny Crowchild.
DIAMOND C JACKSON 51J
DIAMOND C CARA
2M is a very attractive Jackson daughter, out of a very good cherry red Derby daughter. Her dam has produced a bull for Riley Ranch, and heifers at both Highland and Steven Abt.
42C produced a co-highselling Limousin bull in our 2023 Bull Sale going to the Lemire’s in Saskatchewan. She produced the high selling heifer in our 2018 Sale going to Payne Livestock of Lloydminster and another bull to Gordie Marsh in 2022.
15M’s dam has very good daughter at Highland that has become a very good producer with two daughters of her own at Highland. A son of 6F sold in last year’s sale to Karsen Legault. 6F is a ¾ sister of Highland Hope our 2022 Grand Champion Female at Agribition.
22M’s dam had the highselling red bull in our 2022 sale selling to Wendy Christenson of Olds. In last years sale her heifer sold to Chris Zeigler of Ohio and she also has a daughter at Highland.
4M’s dam produced bulls for both Greg and Bruce Appleyard, Bonnie Waters and Tim Nelson. She has also produced a heifer that sold to Gordy Marsh.
HIGHLAND FANCY
PAYNES HUNTER 28H
HIGHLAND STOCK FARMS
Rob & Marci Matthews Box 732, Bragg Creek, AB T0L 0K0 www.highlandstockfarms.ca
