Seven generations of the Richardson Family have been raising beef cattle on the Tlell River estuary here on Haida Gwaii since 1919. Early on all cattle where marketed as beef processed on farm. The transition from a commercial cow herd to 100% registered cows started in early 80’s and took nearly twenty years. So began our foray into the business of breeding and selling seedstock under the Tlell Polled Hereford herd name.
Registered Richardson Hereford bulls were sold to the commercial cattlemen at the Vanderhoof Bull Sale from1986 and at the William’s Lake Bull Sale from 2000. In 2012 we held our first Annual Online Sale to sell our Registered Polled Hereford females and a few elite bulls to fellow Hereford Breeders every September. We have produced exportable embryos and semen allowing us to sell Tlell genetics to customers across Canada and overseas to Great Britain, Ireland, Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Australia, New Zealand, Czech Republic, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay as well as USA and Mexico. When the pandemic interrupted in person bull sales four years ago we made the decision to consolidate our bull marketing to a single early spring date using the DLMS Farm Gate Timed Auctions.
Welcome to our 40th Annual Bull Sale !
Feed Efficiency Testing with GrowSafe Pens
In 2011 we sent our first bulls off to Olds College to participate in the Residual Feed Intake research trials. The NSERC (Natural Sciences and Research Council)funded project was competed with the cooperation of the University of Alberta, Olds College and Cattleland Feedyards. RFI is a measure of the variation in feed intake that remains after the requirements for maintenance and growth have been met. Efficient animals eat less than expected and have a negative or low RFI, while inefficient animals eat more than expected and have a positive or high RFI. RFI has good heritability at 0.36 (36%) and little influence or correlation with other traits. Research has shown that selecting for RFI may result in as much as a 9-10% reduction in cowherd maintenance costs, a 10-12% reduction in feed intake, a 25-30% decrease in methane emissions and a 15-20% decrease in manure production. Following the research trials in 2015, Richardson Ranch and other interested Hereford breeders have continued to collect Feed Efficiency Data at Olds College every year.
This past winter bulls entered pens equipped with GrowSafe feeders on November 6th. After their warm up period the 65 day RFI test started on Dec 2, 2024 with final end of test weigh on Feb 5, 2025. Data collected includes feed consumption, weight gains, hip height and ultrasound results for backfat thickness, ribeye area and marbling score. After final measurements, data is submitted and EPDs generated.
TOTAL HERD EVALUATION: Total Herd Evaluation or THE Program came to the Ranch with the Registered Hereford seed stock. It is a set of tools provided Hereford Breeders by our Association. THE allowed us to carry on the selection process we started in the Federal ROP program but now EPD’s were available. We learned quickly that the use of EPDs allowed us to make seven times faster genetic progress than simply using performance records alone. Unlike performance records which generated indexes and adjusted weights and ranks which only allowed for in herd comparisons, computer generated EPDs built on the performance records of large numbers of animals related to each other in the pedigree data base allowed for comparison of animals between herds. The recent addition of DNA analysis, or Genomic Enhancement of the EPDs, has added even more data and hence more accuracy. Today the Hereford breed publishes some 20 EPDs and Indexes. These are updated every week as new data is collected. Tlell Polled Herefords are recognized as a “Seven Star THE Breeder”, meaning we record seven or more traits on every animal in our herd every year. This includes actual measurements like birth, weaning, yearling & cow weights as well as scrotal measurements and Ultrasound carcass data. We also record observations such as calving ease, body condition scores, teat and udder scores as well as exact breeding dates and calving dates.
In the early years of the THE program Richardson Ranch was one of the Hereford Pilot Herds involved with the joint Canadian Hereford Association and Agriculture and AgriFood Canada’s Lethbridge Research Centre (LRC) to investigate the maternal characteristics of the breed and produce an objective measure of maternal ability. The results of this research have led to the Maternal Productivity Index or MPI. The MPI combines various traits of economic importance into a combined maternal value.
We
know the data published on each of our sale bulls can be very intimidating for a breeder not familiar with the EPD system. However, we have two Indexes which will help you sort the bulls on offer.
“Which bull here will make me the most money when used on my cows?”
How do you use EPDs to answer this question? Simple answer, “Indexes”…. Indexes have been used for a long time in poultry, swine and dairy and now Beef producers have access to what are arguably the most powerful genetic selection tool. Indexes are a combination of multiple EPDS, weighed by their influence on prices and costs- of feed, the value of weaned calves, price grids on quality grade and yield grade – it’s all factored in. The important indexes for Canadian Herefords are the Maternal Productivity Index (MPI) and the Feedlot Merit Index (FMI). These allow for a balanced trait selection.
Maternal Productivity Index (MPI)
The MPI combines factors which impact productivity and profitability of Hereford cows in a herd that retains replacements and sells calves at weaning. The index uses 6 EPDs that go into identifying low cost, long lived productive females, producing calves born easy, that grow quickly, all things that make a beef cow profitable in a commercial setting. The MPI selects for smaller framed, more efficient cows, with higher stayability, over cows that excel in calf performance.
Feedlot Merit Index (FMI)
The FMI combines the economically relevant traits affecting profitability of feeder cattle: calving ease, weaning weight, average daily gain, feed intake, yield grade and marbling score. A difference in FMI between two bulls represents a difference between the progeny of the bulls in terms of profitable feeder cattle. FMI is an excellent tool to increase carcass potential of the progeny of bulls used in a terminal sire program where all calves are shipped as feeders and replacement females are purchased from outside sources.
Red indicates top 10 percentile of the Hereford breed **2022-2023 born Hereford calves
There is a challenge for those breeders who want to the best of both worlds. If you raise your own replacements but want calves that will perform in the feedlot and grade at the packer then a more moderate selection for both MPI and FMI can be used to produce progeny with desired maternal and carcass traits. Note: All but four lots score extremely high on both MPI and FMI The reason they are so useful is that Indexes balance all the important traits which prevents producers from getting caught up with single trait selection. Some traits are counter-productive when selected for in the extreme. Too much milk might give you bigger calves but it likely will also result in more open cows and higher feed bills! Check out the MPI and FMI indexes on our bulls in the chart above to find which ones will work best for your production model.
Calving Ease EPD (CE),
If you are looking for that heifer bull which will let you “sleep easy” next spring, please consider putting your attention on the calving ease EPD first to identify the “Heifer Bull” candidates in the pen. The qualifying candidates can then be sorted by what else
can bring to your program using their MPI and or FMI to help make your final decision. Find a list of the heifer bulls on page 24.
CMF 1720 Gold Rush 569G ET
• Big hipped and extremely sound structured with more thickness and muscle than most
• Here’s a powerful, dark red, goggle-eyed Endure son backed by an exciting data set GOLD RUSH is siring sound-structured, attractive offspring,
• GOLD RUSH drives data in virtually any mating.
• 17 of 19 categories on his EPD chart are above average
KCF BENNETT ENCORE Z311 CMF 1720 GOLD RUSH 569G ET BW 91H 100W RITA 79Z ET
LIII TFL C609 VICTORIA 1720
TLELL R117 BENNETT ET 3B
Dam:
TLELL 3B KAYLEE 10K
TLELL 10Y CAYLEE ET 102E
EFBEEF RESOLUTE CEO
LIII X651 RITA A045
SHF RIB EYE M326 R117
TLELL 8N RAGAMUFFIN 22R
NJW 73S W18 HOMETOWN 10Y ET CB 122L Lady B 222Z
Dam 10K “Lady B” Miss Hereford World 2012 Here is a solid great footed bull with a royal pedigree. Great Grand dam 222Z was Agribition Grand Champion Female and Miss Hereford World 2012. Grand Dam 102E was back to back Supreme Champion Female at Lakes District Fair. The Bennett bull is a maternal brother to Xplosive 18X, our 2012 Agribition Champion who is siring great daughters. 6M is a calving ease sire who can be used on heifers. He has a great set of numbers, he will fix udders and add carcass as well as increasing sustained cow fertility. Being an MD Carrier makes him a useful addition to a commercial herd who sells their feeder cattle with the goal of collecting carcass premiums!
Heifer bull
LOT # 3
CMF 1720 Gold Rush 569G ET progeny
Wintered at Olds College
Sire:
NJW 79Z Z311 ENDURE 173D
KCF BENNETT ENCORE Z311
CMF 1720 GOLD RUSH 569G ET BW 91H 100W RITA 79Z ET
LIII TFL C609 VICTORIA 1720
TLELL 29F RED CEDAR 8N
Dam:
TLELL 8N GLORIA 4G
TLELL 10Y CAYLEE ET 102E
EFBEEF RESOLUTE CEO
LIII X651 RITA A045
CS BOOMER 29F
TLELL 38L GLORIA 4G
NJW 73S W18 HOMETOWN 10Y ET
CB 122L Lady B 222Z HOMOZYGOUS
“Lady B” Miss Hereford World 2012
We showed this bull calf last fall at 2024 Lakes District MOE Show to Bull Calf Champion. He is thick made, dark smooth, good footed with tremendous EPD profile. Both MPI and FMI indexes are in top 1% of the breed.
Dam
Heifer bull
CMF 1720 Gold Rush 569G ET progeny
Wintered at Olds College
Born: 30/Jan/2024 BW: 89 lb.
Tattoo: APSF 17M
205d: 615 lb. 365d: 1095 lb. SC: 39 cm Feb 5, 2025 Wt: 1115 lb. Pigment: LE 40% RE 100%
NJW 79Z Z311 ENDURE 173D
Sire:
KCF BENNETT ENCORE Z311 CMF 1720 GOLD RUSH 569G ET BW 91H 100W RITA 79Z ET
LIII TFL C609 VICTORIA 1720
KCF BENNETT REVOLUTION X51
Dam:
TLELL X51 GINGER 19G
TLELL 3B DAISY-MAY 19D
EFBEEF RESOLUTE CEO
LIII X651 RITA A045
MSU TCF REVOLUTION 4R
KCF MISS PROFICIENT U201
TLELL R117 BENNETT ET 3B
TLELL 30Y ANNIE OAKLEY 27A
“TANYA” cow family!
Ginger 19G is a donor dam who would have been showed as a yearling and two year old but for Covid! She has arguably the best udder in Tlell, long spine smooth and feminine with that extra pigment. This bull calf has the documentation to help any cow herd. A maternal brother ET calf sells as Lot #9.
HOMOZYGOUS
Dam
HETEROZYGOUS
Wintered at Olds College
Sire:
NJW 79Z Z311 ENDURE 173D KCF BENNETT ENCORE Z311 CMF 1720 GOLD RUSH 569G ET BW 91H 100W RITA 79Z ET
LIII TFL C609 VICTORIA 1720
TLELL 10Y DRAWL ET 8D
Dam:
TLELL 8D FLICKA 36F
TLELL 100W CONNIE 9C
EFBEEF RESOLUTE CEO
LIII X651 RITA A045
NJW 73S W18 HOMETOWN 10Y ET
TLELL 7R JILL ET 53U
NJW 73S M326 TRUST 100W ET TLELL 8N RED HUNNY ET 31Z
ROO” cow family! 18M was visitors favorite last summer. Thick, long spined, good footed with a great productive dam.
Easily one of the top three bulls in the pen when judged on confirmation! Don’t miss this one!
CMF 1720 Gold Rush 569G ET progeny
Wintered at Olds College
Heifer bull
Born: 02/Feb/2024 BW: 92 lb. Tattoo: APSF 21M 205d: 726 lb. 365d: 1314 lb. SC: 41 cm Feb 5, 2025 Wt: 1340 lb. Pigment: LE 100% RE 100%
Sire:
NJW 79Z Z311 ENDURE 173D KCF BENNETT ENCORE Z311 CMF 1720 GOLD RUSH 569G ET BW 91H 100W RITA 79Z ET
LIII TFL C609 VICTORIA 1720 EFBEEF RESOLUTE CEO LIII X651 RITA A045
Dam: CB 122L Lady B 222Z
NJW 73S W18 HOMETOWN 10Y ET SHF WONDER M326 W18 ET TLELL 10Y EMILIA ET 104E NJW P606 72N DAYDREAM 73S
REMITALL ONLINE 122L WLB 36N BETH ET 452S HETEROZYGOUS
“Lady B” cow family!
Supreme Champion cow calf pair at 2024 Lakes District Fall Fair last September. Grand dam was Agribition Grand Champion Female. Calving ease sire with great set of numbers. Bull calf was Reserve Bull Calf Champion, behind 7M, our Lot 3 bull. This bull calf easily is in top three of our bull pen! Look at all those top 10% Rankings Maternal brother sells as Lot 12
BEHM 100W CUDA 504C
• No other sire comes close to matching CUDA's combination of Calving Ease, growth, maternal and carcass merit.
• Offers an elite EPD profile ranking in the top 5 percent of the breed for ten different traits and both MPI and FMI indexes
• This powerful, stout, rugged, short-marked sire is emerging as a true breed leader.
LOT # 7
BEHM 100W CUDA 504C progeny
Wintered at Olds College
NJW 73S M326 TRUST 100W ET
Sire:
BEHM 100W CUDA 504C
BEHM R294 JASMAN 102Y
TLELL 29F RED CEDAR 8N
Dam:
TLELL 8N FIREFLY 13K
KCF BENNETT 3008 M326
NJW P606 72N DAYDREAM 73S
KCF BENNETT 9126J R294
CPH MS WRANGLER 1W
CS BOOMER 29F
TLELL 38L GLORIA 4G
HARVIE MS FIREFLY ET 44G R LEADER 6964
HARVIE MSFIREFLY 24U
“Firefly” heifer bull! Out of a two year old Red Cedar daughter! A heifer bull with great performance. Hard to get by this guy when you walk the pen! Look at that spread between a 75 lb birth weight and a 765 lb 205 day weaning wt. Top 10% for calving ease and low birth wt
HETEROZYGOUS
Heifer bull
TLELL 504C KUDA 15K
• One of the top bulls in our 2022 calf crop
• Used to cleanup our mature cows after AI in Tlell spring of 2023
• This powerful, stout, rugged, sire was sold to Lee Migvar.
• His dam was a donor dam, flushed multiple time with embryos exported to Europe.
• His maternal brother sells in sale, 35L, Lot # ??
Dam is a maternal sister to our 2012 Agribition Grand Champion Xpolosive 18X bull, and daughter of our 2012 Farmfair Grand Champion Hereford cow. 21G’s first bull calf was Tlell Justice 4J, herd sire for SkyVirtu Ranch who was also used by Hirschie Herefords. Best use Messi 28M on mature cows to produce reputation feeder cattle that will sell well on the hook. Not recommended for heifers.
Churchill Red Thunder 133J
Sire of Lots 9 to 11
Birth Weight: lbs.
205 Days:
365 Days:
Red Thunder is a dynamic new GENEX sire that offers an exceptional blend of high-quality phenotype with excellent genetic predictions backed by one of the greatest Hereford cows in the history of the breed, BR Validated B413 6035 7098.
• He offers a striking good look from the side with excellent muscle shape and body volume. Red Thunder is homozygous polled with good pigmentations.
• Red Thunder is unmatched in combination of EPDs and indexes. He ranks in the top 1% for MARB, REA, and $CHB. He also ranks in the top 1% for SCF and the very important Baldy Maternal Index.
Churchill Red Thunder 133J progeny
Born: 09/Jan/2024
643
DM ALL AROUND 904G ET
Sire:
Wintered at Olds College
Dam:
LCX PERFECTO 11B ET CHURCHILL RED THUNDER 133J ET DM L1 DOMMINETTE 301 ET
BR Validated B413 6035 7098
EFBEEF BR VALIDATED B413
BR BENNETT 4R Y428 2101 6035
KCF BENNETT REVOLUTION X51 MSU TCF REVOLUTION 4R
TLELL X51 GINGER 19G
TLELL 3B DAISY-MAY 19D
KCF MISS PROFICIENT U201
TLELL R117 BENNETT ET 3B
TLELL 30Y ANNIE OAKLEY 27A
“TANYA” cow family!
Ginger 19G is a donor dam who would have been showed as a yearling and two year old but for Covid! She has arguably the best udder in Tlell, long spine smooth and feminine with that extra pigment. This bull calf has the documentation to help any cow herd. A maternal brother to this ET calf sells as Lot #4.
Wintered at Olds College
Churchill Red Thunder 133J progeny
: 27/Jan/2024
Sire:
DM ALL AROUND 904G ET
LCX PERFECTO 11B ET CHURCHILL RED THUNDER 133J ET DM L1 DOMMINETTE 301 ET
BR Validated B413 6035 7098
KCF BENNETT ENCORE Z311
Dam:
PCL Z311 CINDY 40F
BBSF 100W CINDY ET 25B
EFBEEF BR VALIDATED B413
BR BENNETT 4R Y428 2101 6035
SCHU-LAR ON TARGET 22S
KCF MISS REVOLUTION X338
NJW 73S M326 TRUST 100W ET BBSF 040035 CINDY 21W
“Cindy” cow family!
We sold the original Cindy cow in 1998. Seven generations later we have this stunning bull for you to use, he will bring you the three P’s; performance, pedigree and phenotype along with carcass , longevity and docility. Help yourself, raise replacement heifers that will be easy to work with!
HOMOZYGOUS
Churchill Red Thunder 133J progeny
Wintered at Olds College
Born: 02/Feb/2024 BW: 94 lb. Tattoo: APSF 22M 205d: 715 lb. 365d: 1167 lb. SC: 40 cm Feb 5, 2025 Wt: 1190 lb. Pigment: LE 20% RE 40%
DM ALL AROUND 904G ET LCX PERFECTO 11B ET CHURCHILL RED THUNDER 133J ET DM L1 DOMMINETTE 301 ET
NJW 73S W18 HOMETOWN 10Y ET SHF WONDER M326 W18 ET TLELL 10Y CAYLEE ET 102E
CB 122L Lady B 222Z
NJW P606 72N DAYDREAM 73S
REMITALL ONLINE 122L WLB 36N BETH ET 452S
“Lady B” cow family!
Caylee 102E is the dam, twice Supreme Champion at Lake District Yellowhead MOE Show in Burns Lake. Her last bull calf, sired by High Time, was our high seller last spring, selling to 3-D-L in Abbotsford. Being an MD Carrier makes him a useful addition to a commercial herd who sells their feeder cattle with the goal of collecting carcass premiums!
KCF BENNETT ACCLAIM C442
• Described as arguably the best Encore son in the business
• One of the fastest growth bulls in the breed from birth to yearling; his degree of CED and YW is nearly unmatched, especially with his level of progeny proof
• His mother is a neat uddered, feminine cow that has multiple progeny that continue to ratio and perform at all levels
• ACCLAIM is a sound structured, big bodied and big testicular bull
KCF BENNETT ACCLAIM C442 progeny
Used on Heifers at Tlell in 2024 Wintered in Tlell
28/Feb/2023
Sire:
KCF BENNETT ENCORE Z311 ET
KCF BENNETT ACCLAIM C442
KCF MISS SENSATION 294
Dam:
SCHU-LAR ON TARGET 22S
KCF MISS REVOLUTION X338 ET
CHURCHILL SENSATION 028X
KCF MISS REVOLUTION Y441
NJW 73S W18 HOMETOWN 10Y ET SHF WONDER M326 W18 ET
TLELL 10Y EMILIA ET 104E
CB 122L Lady B 222Z
NJW P606 72N DAYDREAM 73S
REMITALL ONLINE 122L
WLB 36N BETH ET 452S
“Lady B” cow family! A two year old bull that can do it all! Dam of 31L was Supreme Champion cow calf pair at 2024 Lakes District Fall Fair last September. We used this bull on our own heifers last spring. With CE, MCE. MPI. FMI and Marb all in top of the breed, this guy can be used on cows or heifer, to produce replacements or feeders. Either way he will make you money and look good doing it!
HOMOZYGOUS POLLED {DLF HYF IEF MSUDF MDF}
Basic performance numbers—Quick reference
Heifer Bull - Yes or No
* Homozygous Polled means his calves will always be polled
Heterozygous Polled means bull has no horns but he carries the horn gene so when bred to horned cows, 1/2 the calves are polled and 1/2 the calves have horns
TLELL 504C GENE SEEKER 3J
• This bull checks all the boxes!
• Use on both heifers and mature cows to increase calf and yearling weights.
• breed leading ribeye, marbling and carcass weights
• He will improve udders and teats while increasing Sustained Cow Fertility
• Feedlot Merit Index and Maternal Productivity
TLELL 504C Gene Seeker 3J progeny
Used on cows and heifers in 2024 Wintered in Tlell
BEHM 100W CUDA 504C NJW 73S M326 TRUST 100W ET
Sire:
Tlell 504C Gene Seeker 3J
TLELL 8N GLORIA 4G
Dam:
BEHM R294 JASMAN 102Y
TLELL 29F RED CEDAR 8N
TLELL 10Y CAYLEE ET 102E
TLELL 29F RED CEDAR 8N CS BOOMER 29F
TLELL 8N RED ROO ET 29Z
TLELL 38L GLORIA 4G
TLELL 60D ROO 29J RU DUSTER 60D
TLELL 271R WINNIE POOH 13F
Two Year Old Sleep Easy Heifer Bull !
Double bred Red Cedar 8N, trait leader for calving ease, a cornerstone in our program. Both Calving Ease and Birth weight are in the top 1% of the breed! If you have heifers to breed and not enough time to babysit them then this two year old this is your guy!
# 14
TLELL 504C Gene Seeker 3J progeny
Used on cows in 2024 Wintered in Tlell
22/March/2023
Sire:
BEHM 100W CUDA 504C NJW 73S M326 TRUST 100W ET
Tlell 504C Gene Seeker 3J
TLELL 8N GLORIA 4G
Dam:
BEHM R294 JASMAN 102Y
TLELL 29F RED CEDAR 8N
TLELL 10Y CAYLEE ET 102E
TLELL 20W HOLD'EM 30Y TLELL 42S SUPER DUDE 20W
TLELL 30Y ANNIE OAKLEY 27A
TLELL S5 SYDNEY 8P
Herd Sire !
TLELL 36N KEMA 8S
WIRANYA BATAVIA SADDLE-
Best of both worlds, he will give you growthy calves that excel on the hook while his daughters can certainly go into the replacement pen. We used him on our cow herd after AI last summer. His dam was flushed successfully for export to EU! Ask us about his calves being born now!
National Champion FINLAND
EPD Definitions
Calving Ease (CE) Calving Ease EPDs are calculated using birth weight and calving ease score information. Calving ease EPDs represent the ease with which progeny of an animal are born to first calf heifers. The EPD is expressed as a percent probability, with a higher value representing calves with a higher probability of being born unassisted.
Birth Weight (BW) Birth weight is an indicator of calving ease. Higher birth weight EPDs usually indicates more calving difficulty.
Weaning Weight (WW) The weaning EPD reflects progeny growth differences up to 205-days.
Yearling Weight (YW) The yearling EPD reflects progeny growth differences through to 365-days.
Milk The milk EPD indicates the ability of a sire’s daughters to provide their calves with an environment that encourages growth from birth to weaning, through mothering ability and milk production. This EPD is expressed in the expected difference in pounds of calf at weaning.
Total Maternal (TM) Also known as Milk + Growth, this EPD combines the milk EPD plus ½ the weaning weight EPD. It is expressed in pounds of calf weaned at 205-days and combines the genetics for preweaning growth and the influence of the maternal environment on the weaning weight of the daughter’s progeny.
Maternal Calving Ease (MCE) Maternal Calving Ease EPD represents the ease with which a sire’s daughters will calve as first calf heifers, when compared to daughters of other sires. The EPD is expressed as a percent probability, with a higher value representing daughters with a higher probability of unassisted calving.
Scrotal Circumference (Scrotal Circ.) The Scrotal Circumference EPD reflects differences in scrotal measurements, taken in centimetres and adjusted to 365 days of age. The SC EPD is positively associated with age at puberty of progeny.
Cow Weight (CW) The Cow WT EPD reflects differences in the mature weight of a sire’s daughters. This is important as it is related to maintenance energy requirements.
Stayability (Stay) The Stay EPD reflects differences in the probability that a sire’s daughters will remain in production to produce 3 consecutive calves when retained as breeding heifers.
Maternal Productivity Index (MPI) MPI combines the traits of weaning weight, milk, cow weight and stayability based on their relative economic importance, and then ranks animals within the population.
Feedlot Merit Index (FMI) FMI combines the traits of calving ease, weaning weight, yearling weight, rib-eye area, marbling and fat based on their relative economic importance, and then ranks animals within the population.
Residual Feed Intake (RFI) RFI is a measure of feed efficiency, and is defined as the difference between an animal's actual feed intake and its expected feed intake based on its size and growth.
Post Weaning Gain (PWG) Simply, Weaning Weight EPD subtracted from Yearling Weight EPD
Fat The Fat EPD reflects differences in carcass backfat measures in feeder progeny.
RibEye Area (REA) The REA EPD reflects differences in rib-eye area carcass measures in feeder progeny.
Marbling (MARB) The MARB EPD reflects differences in carcass measures of marbling in feeder progeny, using USDA marbling scores.
Carcass Weight (Carc Wt) The Carcass Weight EPD shows differences in expected carcass weight of feeder progeny in pounds. A higher value indicates heavier carcasses.
TERMS & CONDITIONS
PHONE IN BIDS: Not all customers have internet access or you may not be comfortable doing business online. We would be pleased to take your inquires and bids by phone or email. For phone bids call Don Richardson at 250-557-4348, Craig Flewelling at 403-556-0515, Kenny Allison at 250-571-9045 or Jamie Richardson at 250-699-1406. Send all email bids to Don at don@richardsonranch.ca
Payment: We will contact all winning bids and arrange payments as soon after the closing date as possible. We accept Visa, MasterCard, bank transfers, e-transfers or certified cheque. Payment is expected in Canadian dollars before cattle are moved to their designated pickup sites. Each animal purchased becomes the property of the buyer 24 hours after we have notified you of your winning bid and we advise you to acquire insurance on your purchases.
Delivery of cattle: We will be selling all the bulls for pick up from either Olds, Alberta, BC Livestock in Vanderhoof or BC Livestock in Williams Lake. It will be the buyers choice at time of settlement to elect where they will pick up their bull. Richardson Ranch will then move the sale bulls, including those wintered in Tlell, to either Olds College, Alberta, or a BC Livestock Yard in Vanderhoof or Williams Lake, as directed by the buyers choice at the time of settlement. Buyers will be notified when their bulls will be available for pickup at their chosen site.
Richardson Ranch will cover board charges at these sites for up to 72 hours. Board bills beyond the first 72 hours will be responsibility of the new owner who must make arrangements for extended stay with staff at the designated yard. We will have all animals brand inspected and provide shipping manifests issued at our expense prior to your bull being ready for pick up.
Bulls in the sale: All bulls are being sold “100% possession, retaining 50% Semen Interest”. This means should you buy this bull he will be yours to possess and use at your ranch without any restrictions. However, should you elect to collect semen from this bull for resale outside your own herd, we would be equal partners in both the costs involved and the profits generated from this sale of semen.
Genetic Defects: All the cattle in this sale have been DNA tested to achieve Genomically Enhanced EPDS. All bulls have been tested free of known genetic defects except for lots 6 and 11 who are both carriers of MD
Guarantee: All cattle are guaranteed to meet the “Terms and Conditions” as mandated by the Canadian Hereford Association on their “Agreement of Sale” as posted on the hereford.ca web page.
Herd health: All cattle have been vaccinated with “Pyramid 5 plus Presponse”, “8-way Clostridial vaccine with Somnus”, and “Fusiguard for Footrot”. All Tlell bulls have been treated with Ivermectin pour-on and Valbazen for both internal and external parasites.
Certificate of Registration: All cattle purchased, will be transferred to the new owner and a registration paper from the Canadian Hereford Association will be supplied.
Semen Certificate: All bulls will be semen tested in the 30 days prior to the sale.
Grow Safe EPDs and Raw Scan Ultrasound data will be available on the Richardsonranch.ca web site when they become available.
40th Annual Bull Sale
RICHARDSON RANCH
4th Online Bull Sale with DLMS
March 7 8 2025
We are proud to team up with DLMS to bring our customers a cutting edge sale service. Key to this service is that you, the customer, can bid on any of our posted lots, at any time, throughout the sale. No traditional sale order means customers are never left without an option to bid on their second choice, should the price of their first choice lot move out of their budget. At the posted time of the sale end the program is designed to allow all last minute participants to get in their final bids. The extended time finish means you, the customers, control the end of the sale. The sale will close only when all customers have finished bidding. When no bidding activity has occurred on any lot in the sale for a pre-set period after the posted time of sale end, the computer will declare the sale closed on all lots.
How to Participate in this DLMS Farm Gate Auction with Extended Bidding :
1. Visit https://farmgatetimedauctions.ca , click the LOGIN/REGISTRATION button. First time users will select the REGISTER button from this page. Fill out the registration form to sign-up for a free user account and it allows you to select a username and password for use on all Farm Gate Timed auctions. This program will send you text and email messages whenever there is activity on your favorite lots or someone challenges your proxy bid and this is why you will be asked for both your current email and cell phone number. If you are a past participant in the Farm Gate Timed auctions simply enter your user name and pass word to continue. This takes you to a list of both current and upcoming Farm Gate Auctions. Please click on the Richardson Ranch 4th Online Bull Sale .
2. Lots, pictures, videos and links to a catalogue will be posted by February 20th. On March 8, Friday morning, the sale will go live and you can begin bidding. Opening minimum bids will be posted for each lot plus any up to-date catalogue information & changes to the sale offering. Go to the sale page and click on lots of interest to view the up to-date sale lot info, pictures and videos on each lot selling.
3. The program allows you to place a proxy bid on any sale lot. This in fact protects your interest in any lot of interest for you to a specified dollar value you set, when you may not be able to give 100% attention to the sale. If the lot has a $2000 bid on it and you place a proxy bid of $3500 into the system, the computer will bid $2100 for you but if some one else bids $2200, the computer will again bid for you, this time at $2300. The system will look after your interest to a maximum of $3500. If another bidder is on at $3600, your proxy will no longer be effective and you will no longer have the winning bid on this lot without once again logging in and bidding again or moving your attention to a second lot of interest.
4. You can choose your favourite lots in this sale at this time and the program will allow you to open either all sale lots or just your favorite lots on your screen. Any time there is active bidding on a lot you have identified on your favorite list you will get a text and/or an email noting this activity.
STYLE CLOSE-OUT with extended bidding time at DLMS.ca
Sale lots will open for bidding at 9:00 a.m. Friday, March 7th, 2025.
Sale Close-Out begins at 7:00 p.m. BC time, Saturday, March 8th, 2025.
5. The sale will close by entering a 5 minute extended bidding time Saturday, March 9th at 7 PM BC time. Any bid received after 7 PM will extend the sale by 5 minutes from the time of that bid. If bidding continues past 7:30 any bid after that time will extend bidding time by only 3 minutes and if bidding continues past 8 PM any bids will then only extend the deadline by one minute. When no bidding occurs in any of these extended sessions the computer will declare the sale finished.
6. Within 24 hours of the sale close Richardson Ranch will contact all winning bidders to arrange payment, transfer of pedigrees and the buyers choice as to where they wish to pick up their bull.
7. Richardson Ranch will move the sale bulls, including those wintered in Tlell, to either Olds College, Alberta, or a BC Livestock Yard in Vanderhoof or Williams Lake as directed by the buyers choice at the time of settlement.
8. Buyers will be notified when and where their bulls can be picked up. Richardson Ranch will cover board charges at these sites for up to 72 hours.
If you require assistance with using the DLMS Farm Gate web site, if you don’t understand how to create a favorites list, if you can’t figure out the proxy bid or you just plain want to bid via phone, please talk to any of our sales team listed below. We can help you make DLMS Farm Gate Auctions work for you!
