Redline Livestock 2025 Extra Age Bull & Commercial Female Sale
REDLINE LIVE STOCK
EXTRA AGE
BULL & COMMERCIAL BRED HEIFER SALE
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 8
5PM | LIVE | ON THE FARM
Angus | Red Angus | Baldy F1 | Polled Herefords
Home : 403-335-4561
Travis : 403-994-1065
Becky : 403-586-3044
Hello & Welcome.
We are a young farming family located 20 miles east of Didsbury, Alberta.
Raising registered Angus, Red Angus, and Hereford cattle, as well as commercial baldies; we have been selling bulls for 15 years now.
We would like to invite you to join us for our third annual live bull sale on the farm.
This spring will mark the first group of home raised commercial bred heifers to be included in the sale.
It is our hopes to raise resilient, low maintenance cattle that perform well for our customers.
If you would like to ask any questions or discuss the offering, please reach out.
Sincerely
Travis & Becky
REDLINE LIVE STOCK
Angus | Red Angus | Baldy F1 | Polled Herefords
ONLINE BROADCAST ON DLMS & TEAM AUCTIONS
SATURDAY | FEBRUARY 8 2025 | 5PM
EXTRA AGE
Welcome to our
2025 Bull Sale
We look forward to hosting you February 8, at the farm.
We have enjoyed another year farming, and are easing our way through a mild start to winter here. The cowherd has been able to utilize fall grazing and standing corn past Christmas time, and will be easing into the bunks early into the New Year.
The growing season here was not one to write home about, the moisture shut off and the thermostat spiked in July. Thankfully, while the crops lacked, they then provided us an abundance of feed, which has been great leading into the winter.
Our kids have kept us busy! Their passion for 4H, summer Junior Cattle Shows, and school sports has provided plenty of action for our family this year, considering the kids are only now reaching the ages they are able to take all of this in. Having the kids work alongside us on the farm, whether it be loading the feed wagon, or pushing up cows during processing; has been an easy highlight for us. Their involvemnt keeps things interesting, upbeat, and entertaining!
2025 will be our second live bull sale, here at the farm, and we are looking forward to hosting many more.
Along the way, we have met some truly great cattlemen, and we are so grateful that so many people have taken a chance and supported a young family like us over the past years. Repeat customers and new, you have all kept us driving forward and working towards putting together a set of cattle we hope will work hard for you.
We have continued to incorporate the Herdtrax Data Management System into our cowherd, and use it heavily for decision
Delivery
Redline Livestock will deliver all bulls within 150km free of charge. Bulls may be kept at Redline Livestock until Feb 24 for no cost. After that time, bulls will be kept for $5/day. Buyers who pick up their bull within a week of sale day will recieve a $50 discount per bull.
making. We have pushed hard to use the program as fully and accurately as possible, and we feel it now provides the best possible information on our animals for you. Check out pages 10-11 for more on that.
New to the sale this year- a group of exceptional bred heifers on offer. We will be selling 30 head; the sale lots to be released in the weeks leading up to the sale.
We are happy to introduce you to Half Diamond Hoar Farms, and their consignment of open commercial replacement heifers. The Hoar family have supported our bull sale since the very beginning, and the quality of the heifers they are bringing on February 8th is exceptional.
We have once again teamed up with a extraordinary group of people to bring the sale live. Clerking the sale is CCHMS; Cow Calf Health Management Solutions, a crew of people that are at the center of it all in this herd. Providing the online services is once again TEAM Auctions, the guys that have been selling our steer crops and cows for over a decade. Additionally, the sale will be broadcast online with the good people at DLMS.
Please reach out with any questions you have, and come to tour through the bull pen and heifers at any point leading up to the sale. We look forward to seeing you.
The
Pages
Travis & Becky, Joni, Grady, Morgan, & Orin
Volume Discount
A volume discount will be applied to multiple purchases as follows: 3 Bulls, 3% | 4 bulls, 4% | 5 bulls, 5% | 6 bulls, 6% | 7 bulls, 7% | 8 bulls, 8% | 9 bulls, 9% | 10 or more bulls, 10%
Terms & Conditions
Cattle will sell under the standard terms & conditions put forward from the breed association. These are available upon request.
SPECIAL THANK-YOU
Our Customers; New, Old, and Repeat Buyers. We can’t do it without you and we appreciate the the support you have shown us as a young family in agriculture. Our crew; Evan, Laura, Sarah, Magalie, Dan, Ed, Leona & our kids for all of the work they do with us, every day. Waylon Wise, Sherry Tetz, Alessa Kuczewski, and the CCHMS Team, for handling the settlement desk at the sale, and for all of their help throughout the year.
Meredith Hoar Pottery for the wonderful buyers gift mugs Willow Creek West for the High Selling Bull Gift
RED MRLA RESOURCE 137E
RED U-2 RECKONING 149A
RED REDLINE JKARISS 74G
RED LWNBRG HARVESTOR 103C
RED JJL MOONSHINE 83C
RED DMM GLESBAR BARNDANCE 35X
REDLINE BLACKCAP 45F
RED TER-RON CAPITAL 50C
RED WINDY HILL ZEPPELIN 1240Z
SQUARE-D MUSCLE MAN 272F
SQUARE-D HUGO ET 406C
ARDA EQUITY 43J
VIEW THE BULLS ANY TIME | ON THE FARM
Calving Ease
Our reccomendation on heifer safe birthweights using a 3 star system * Dont Reccomend *** Reccomend
Weight at birth in lbs
Weaning Weight
Actual Weight at Weaning
Weaning Weight Index
Comparative of wean weight within the entire herd; all calves weaned. Higher, the better
Average Daily Gain Index
Comparative of average daily gain per day of life, within the entire herd. Higher, the better.
Dam HAPI Index
All encompassing number comparing a cows ability to be strong both maternally and terminally. Higher, the better, See Page 11 for more.
Dam Rank
See Bell Curve to the left:
The cows are ranked using criteria based on the HAPI index. Only cows that are above 100 are ranked, 100 being the “Standard”
Dam Replacements
Number of direct & secondary replacements currently working within the herd from the dam
Sire HAPI Index
Comparative, all encompassing index number that compares the sires ability to produce strong paternally and terminally. Higher the better.
progressing the herd. using the index
As you see in the catalog, we have included various Indexes. Through measuring and recording performance on our cattle, we are able to ‘performance test’ them. This is a way for us to measure their heritable differences, and use the results to select animals that we expect will transmit their superior performance to their offspring. Genetically superior individuals are easier to identify when you compare them with animals that are managed similarly (in Herd) vs trying to account for all of the environmental influences and compare between herds, (Breed Association EPDS). There is a very wide variation of environmental differences when you compare cattle across various herds. Factors like location, management, health and nutrition all vary so widely that the performance tests on the animals require many different management groups to even become useful. With using the Index system, we are comparing ‘apples to apples’. You are looking at the numbers produced all within our herd, and if the animal is ranked within the highest percentiles, it means that against all of it’s peers, it has excelled.
There are 4 selection indexes; Herdtrax Maternal Index (HMI), Herdtrax Terminal Index (HTI), Herdtrax All Purpose Index (HAPI) and Cow Prouction Value (CPV).
The Herdtrax Maternal Index (HMI) is designed to show which cows can consistently wean the fastest growing, oldest calves at weaning. It combines the weights of the calves at their 205 day weights, and the calf’s age at weaning. This way the index is favourable to older calves, (promoting fertility and first service conception in the cows) and calves that weigh more.
The Herdtrax Terminal Index (HTI) is designed to show which cows are able to consistently produce calves with desireable carcass traits. It combines the carcass weights vs age of animal, with the ribeye area vs carcass weight, adding in the marbing grade. Using these three main carcass perameters, the index can successfully provide a ranking.
The Cow Production Value (CPV) calculates the total lbs of all progeny a cow has weaned in her life, (according to age) down to a Pounds Produced Per Day of Life basis. This can be used as an economic indicator on your cows; using your costs to keep a cow per day, you can then divide the pounds she produces on an average day by that number, and see exactly what that cow profits in a day, a year, and her life.
The Herdtrax All Purpose Index (HAPI) is the index that meant to compare cows (in herd) based on their ability to be strong maternally and terminally. It combines both the HMI Index and the HTI Index (as explained above) and also accounts for both direct and secondary replacements that are retained in the herd. Then using this number, the cows can be sorted into a bell curve (See Page 10) which effieciently displays where all of the cattle in your herd are currently performing. A HAPI of 100.0 is used as standard, falling right on the 50% Percentile. Any cow with a HAPI of less than 100, is currently performing in the bottom half of your herd. We use this system to cull out the bottom end of the HAPI Index, and also to breed the bottom cows terminally.
The top end of your bell curve (Those cows with HAPI over 100) Are then ranked into Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Elite. The categories are not even; a much larger number of cows will rank bronze than silver, and more silvers than gold, and so on up to Platinum and Elite. For perspective, in our herd of 600 females, we currently are running 33 Gold Cows, 10 Platinum cows, and only 5 Elite Cows.
We have found great value in working with Waylon Wise and CCHMS (Cow Calf Health & Management Solutions). They have designed the indexing system able to be somewhat customized to each operation. For example, an operation that is currently trying to increase their weaning weights might put a higher emphasis on the weaning weight portion of the Index, whereas an operation which is trying to emphasize cows calving in the first cycle might put a higher emphasis on their cows’ calving interval. This enables us to focus on certain traits and select for them, to make progress quicker. Some prodcuers will pick carcasses, some will pick maternal traits.
What makes the HAPI Index useful, is that it is an all encompassing number. By culling and selecting for the a higher HAPI index, our weaning weights, performance, feed effieciency, calving intervals, and fertility have all measurably impoved yearly. Years ago, we cautiously reviewed the reports and data each fall, not wanting to ‘sell her’ in case there was a mistake. In time, it’s proven itself over and over again. The index is accurate. We have come to trust it, and we value it more than ever.
-Indexed in the top 3% for Weaning Weight
-Indexed in the top 5% for Yearling Weight
-Average Daily gain from WW to YW was 3.54 lbs/day
-Dam is the youngest Platinum ranked cow in the herd, and HAPI ranks in top 4% of the herd
-Lfietime average calving interval for dam is 362 days.
-Sire Verified
-Ranked in the top 2% for both WW and YW
-Average daily gain from WW to YW was 3.64 lbs/day
-Average lifetime calving interval for dam is 361 days
-Sire Verified
-Ranked in the top 7% for Weaning Weight
-Dam HAPI is ranked in the top 4% of entire herd.
-Dam is ranked Platinum.
-Average lifetime calving interval for dam is 364 days
-Sire Verified
ease prospect
Verified
-Dam is ranked in the top 3% for HAPI
-Average daily gain from WW to YW was 3.02 lbs/day
-Average lifetime calving interval for dam is 355 days
-Running 6 maternal sisters in our herd
-Sire Verified
REDLINE LASER
-Running 2 maternal sisters in the herd -Dam HAPI is ranked in the top 23% of the herd -Sire Verified
-Top ranked calf of 2023 for Weaning Weight
-Ranked in the top 2% for YW
-Average daily gain between WW and YW was 3.23 lbs/day
-Lifetime average calving interval on dam is 351 days -Sire Verified
REDLINE BLACKWHEEL 191L
REDLINE CASH FLOW
-Calving ease prospect
-Ranked in the top 5% for WW
-Lifetime average calving interval for dam is 351 days -Sire Verified
-Ranked in the top 7% for weight gain per day of life.
-Rate of gain between WW and YW was 3.17 lbs/day
-Average lifetime calving interval on dam is 369 days -Dam is ranked in the top 5% for HAPI
-Sire Verified
hAve A look At his dAm
We are running 2 maTernal broThers on our purebred & commercial herds. The coW poWer is Top noTch
REDLINE EQUITY 74L
Quiet temperment
-Sire Verified
-Dam is 11 Years old
why do we displAy indexes, insteAd oF epds? Through accuraTely and diligenTly recording daTa WiThin herdTrax, We feel ThaT The indexes are all encompassing, and enTireley accuraTe. They are real Time, updaTed regularly, and cannoT be manipulaTed. There are no seperaTe daTa groups used To increase or manipulaTe numbers, They are 100% honesT and accuraTe.
REDLINE CASH FLOW 80L
-Calving ease prospect
-Ranked in the top 7% for WW
-Average lifetime calving interval on
-Sire Verified
-Moderate Birthweight
-Ranked in the top 1% of the herd for his weaning weight.
Ranked in the top 11% for weight gain per day of life.
-Dam HAPI is ranked in the top 7% of the herd.
-Average lifetime calving interval for dam is 336 days
-Sire Verified
REDLINE ZEPPELIN 182L
temperment
-Calving Ease prospect
-Ranked in the top 1% for WW -Ranked in the top 10% for YW
-Dam HAPI is ranked in the top 14% of the herd -Rate of gain between WW and YW was 3.16 lbs/day Sire Verified
REDLINE CASH FLOW 72L
REDLINE ZEPPELIN 86L
-Ranked in the top 4% for WW
-Ranked in the top 19% for YW
-Average lifetime calving interval on dam is 361 days
-Currently running 4 maternal sisters in the herd
-Sire Verified
REDLINE BLACKWHEEL 173L
REDLINE BLACKCAP 45L
Ease Prospect
-Ranked in the top 5% for WW
-Dam is ranked in the top 1% of the herd
-Dam is 14 years old and still in full production
-Rate of gain between WW and YW was 3.34 lbs/day
-Average lifetime calving interval on the dam is 340 days
Running 10 replacements and secondary replacements in the herd.
-Average daily gain between WW and YW was 3.02 lbs/day
-Sire Verified
RED REDLINE LEGACY 27L
-Calving Ease prospect
-Out of a first calver ‘J’
-Sire Verified
-Calving Ease prospect
-Dam is ranked in the top 15% of the herd
-Average lifetime calving interval on the dam is 346 days
-Currently running 4 maternal sisters in the herd
-Sire Verified
RED REDLINE CRACKER 207L
-Calving ease prospect
-Out of a first calver ‘J’
-Sire Verified
herdtrAx helps us remember the issues
We se T alerTs on any calf ThaT Was TreaTed for sickness, or any ThaT Were assisTed aT calving. Those bulls are auTomaTically culled, WiTh zero excepTions. The sale offering is healThy, up To daTe on vaccines, and Were all unassisTed aT birTh
RED REDLINE VALIDATED 154L
Reg 2321267 | Tattoo RLT 154L | Birthdate April 30 2023 RED
-Lifetime average calving interval on dam is 371 days
-Sire Verified
Ease Prospect
and YW was 3
-Out of a first calver ‘J’ -Sire Verified
-Ranked in the top 0.5% for WW
-Ranked in the top 12% for YW
-Dam HAPI is in the top 5% of the herd
-Average lifetime calving interval on dam is 369 days
-Sire Verified
RED REDLINE ZEPPELIN 144L
REDLINE CASH FLOW 24L
-Calving Ease Prospect
-Lifetime average calving interval on dam is 369 days
-Sire Verified
-Calving Ease prospect
-Dam is a PB Red Angus, Sire is a PB Hereford
-Average daily gain between WW and YW was 3.32 lbs/day -Ranked in the top 16% for WW -Dam is a first calver ‘J’ -Sire Verified
REDLINE MERLOW
-Sire Verified
-Dam is a PB Hereford, Sire is a PB Red Angus
-Average daily gain between WW and YW was 3.5
-Dam is a first calver ‘J’ -Sire Verified introduCing the bAldy F1 bulls
There are 5 bulls in The sale This year WiTh an f1 red baldy pedigree. each bull is ouT of fully regisTered parenTs. The bulls Were chosen for Their charac Ter, excellenT performance, and unifromiT y To one anoTher
BALDY F1
-Calving Ease prospect
-Dam is a PB Red Angus and sire is a PB Hereford
-Dam is a first calver ‘J’
-Average daily gain between WW and YW was 3.26 lbs/day
-Ranked in the top 14% for WW
-Sire Verified
-Average daily gain between WW and YW was 3.89 lbs/day (#1 in pen)
-Lifetime average calving interval on dam is 373 days -Ranked in the top 4% for WW -Ranked in the top 1% for YW -Sire Verified
-Average daily gain between WW and YW was 3.1 lbs/day
-Ranked in the top 19% for WW
-Lifetime average calving interval on dam is 347 days
-Ranked in the top 30% for YW
REDLINE MUSCLEMAN 21L
Verified
REDLINE HUGO
-Average daily gain between WW and YW was 3.75 lbs/ day
-Dam is ranked in the top 2% of the herd
-Lifetime average calving interval on dam is 351 days
-Sire Verified
REDLINE HUGO 17L
-Calving Ease prospect -Lifetime average calving interval on dam is 360 days
-Lifetime average calving interval on dam is 356 days
HALF DIAMOND HOAR FARMS WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1910 AND IS LOCATED EAST OF INNISFAIL. WE CURRENTLY RUN A MIXED COMMERCIAL CATTLE OPERATION AND HAVE PROUDLY RUN REDLINE LIVESTOCK BULLS FOR 10 OR SO YEARS. WE ARE A FAMILY OPERATION AND PROUD TO BE WORKING ALONG SIDE TRAVIS & BECKY. WE STRIVE TO RAISE STRONG AND TOP QUALITY COMMERCIAL CATTLE.
& MEREDITH ALICE, WALKER, JOHANNA, JACK
Half Diamond Hoar Farms
OPEN REPLACEMENT HEIFERS
GREG & MEREDITH HOAR; RED DEER COUNTY, AB
SELLING THREE GROUPS OF 2 REPLACEMENT HEIFERS EACH
HOME RAISED BALDY HEFIERS
HEIFERS WERE BORN MARCH 1- MAY 15 2024
SIRES ARE PUREBRED ANGUS BULLS
DAMS ARE COMMERCIAL ANGUS, HEREFORD, SHORTHORN FEMALES
VIDEOS OF THE REPLACEMENT HEIFERS WILL BE POSTED ALONGSIDE SALE OFFERING ON TEAM, DLMS, AND THE REDLINE LIVESTOCK WEBSITE.
HEALTH
BIRTH: TOLTRAZURIL BOLUS
SPRING: BOVISHIELD GOLD VISION 8 W/SOMNUS LONG RANGE IVOMEC
FALL: BOVISHIELD GOLD VISION 8 W/SOMNUS POUR ON IVOMEC
A) COMMERICAL OPEN REPLACEMENTS GROUP OF 2
B) COMMERCIAL OPEN REPLACEMENTS GROUP OF 2
C) COMMERCIAL OPEN REPLACEMENTS GROUP OF 2
BALDY BRED HEIFERS
PROVEN F1 GENETICS
UNIFORMITY | QUALITY | DATA
SELLING 30
HOME RAISED BRED HEFIERS
From the heart of our program, we are offering 30 Commercial Bred Heifers.
Exposed to bulls:
July 1, 2024 to Sept 1, 2024. Heifers have been preg checked safe; by CCHMS
Full Herdtrax Data including birthdates, weights, indexes, history and pedigrees are availble on all bred heifers.
SALE HEIFERS HAVE BEEN BRED TO PAPERED ANGUS & RED ANGUS BULLS. THEY ARE BRED TO THE SAME BULLS AS THE ENTIRE GROUP OF BRED HEIFERS WE WILL CALVE OUT THIS SPRING
GROUP WILL BE SORTED , VIDEOD, & POSTED CLOSER TO SALE DAY
DAM’S OF BRED HEIFERS ARE HOME RAISED COMMERCIAL HEREFORD & ANGUS COWS. SIRES ARE REGISTERED HEREFORD & ANGUS BULLS OF THE OPPOSITE BREED
OFFERING IS FULLY UP TO DATE ON VACCINATIONS & HERD HEALTH PROGRAM
A) Commercial Bred Heifers GROUP OF 5
HEIFERS BORN BETWEEN APRIL 1 - JUNE 15 2023
B) Commercial Bred Heifers GROUP OF 5
C) Commercial Bred Heifers GROUP OF 10
D) Commercial Bred Heifers GROUP OF 10
REDLINE LIVE STOCK
The tech on the chute side table has become a signi cant factor in the bottom dollars in our cattle operation. We use it to:
-Track Treatments
-Enter Breedings
-Index females
-Rank performance
-Balance Rations
-Cull low index cows
-Track Sales/Pro ts
-Record Feedings
-Manage Locations
-Track Pasture Grazing
-Enter Data Chute Side
-Register Purebred Calves
Our Herdtrax data is more accurate than our memories, and far less biased than our own eyes when we look at the cows we run.
