MHPH 301W
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MHPH 521X Action 106A {DLF, IEF HYF}
EPDs: BW: 4.3 WW: 59.8 YW: 103.5 M: 25.1 TM: 55 2013 World Champion 2013 Agribition Champion 2013 Canadian National Champion RBC Beef Supreme Top 10 Finalist
Feature Service Sires for the Autumn Alliance XXXII 12:00 Noon EST, September 21, 2014 at the Farm
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MHPH 521X 106A {DLF, IEF HYF} EPDs: BW: 3.4 WW: 67.3 YW: 107.4 M: 24.3 TM: 58 2013 Reserve National Champion 2013 Agribition Senior Bull Calf 2013 Canadian High Selling Bull Calf Owned with Double J Polled Herefords, Maidstone, SK
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TH 113W 11X 17A {DLF, IEF HYF} EPDs: BW: 3.2 WW: 56 YW: 83 M: 24 TM: 52 Owned with ANL Polled Herefords, Brooks Farms, Mohican West, and Bushy Park
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Haroldson’s bulls sought after by the Entire industry!
Thank you to Glass Land & Cattle for purchasing the high selling bull, for their elite commercial herd, in the Wilson Lee’s Value Added Bull Sale for $13,000.00 This Year’s Valued Bull Customers
Roselawn Farms - Brandon, MB Glass Land & Cattle - Chaplin, SK Calvert Cattle Co. - Carberry, MB Wade McNeil - Yorkton, SK High Plains Ranch - Whitewood, SK Richard Van Sprundel - Manor, SK James Clay - Fairlight, SK Wascana Cattle Company - Regina, SK Maple Hill Herefords - Shefford, QC DTHF Herefords - Brandon, MB Arthur Polled Herefords - Alida, SK Lew Maetche - Olds, AB Fossay Herefords - Woodlands, MB Herefords Today Spring 2014
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Features... Calgary Bull Show & Sale
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Proudly... A Canadian Junior, Braden Calvert Story 12 Lacombe Research Story Part 2
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T Bar Invitational Golf Tournament
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Pride of the Prairies Bull Show
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Denver National Western Stock Show Results
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Regulars...
10 ow Kn To t gh Ou U 14 rspective A Breeder’s... Vet Pe 32 le tic Ar s wi Le y Ro . Dr 41 The Real World 42 Under the Gavel 51 iption Information Rate Card & Subscr 56 Coming Events
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Lot 23 - Blair-Athol 70X Glory 98A
Lot 12 - Blair-Athol Dealer’s Choice 1A
Sold to Lyle Cowan, Gainsborough, SK for $6,000.00
Sold to Jim Van De Woestyne, Benson, SK for $5,600.00
Lot 16 - Blair-Athol Cannon 47A
Lot 26 - Blair-Athol 53U Fanfare 113Z
Sold to Jeremy Knapp, Southey, SK for $5,500.00
Sold to Glencoe Stock Farm, Carnduff, SK for $5,500.00
Bar JB Ranch, Carnduff, SK (6) Glass Land & Cattle, Chaplin, SK Glencoe Stock Farm, Carnduff, SK (2) Jeremy Knapp, Southey, SK Jim Van De Woestyne, Benson, SK
Lyle Cowan, Gainsborough, SK Nora Weightman, Kisbey, SK Steve Carson, Oxbow, SK Flat Rock Ranch, Montmartre, SK Charles Davis, Arcola, SK
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4-3342 Saskatoon, SK, S7K 7G9 Phone: 306-933-4200 Fax: 306-934-0744 info@tbarc.com www.tbarc.com Chris Poley: 306-220-5006 Ted Serhienko: 306-221-2711 Shane Michelson: 403-363-9973 Herefords Today Spring 2014
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Thanks to everyone who supported our program this past year.
Stop by this summer and see our program in action!
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Be part of the sale that promotes your program to the world
The 2014 Agribition Hereford Sale
Canadian Western Agribition November 27, 2014 Regina, SK Contact us for more information on entry, selection and your opportunity to be part of this event
Deadline for entry nomination is July 8, 2014 View the catalogue online at www.buyagro.com
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Has a record number of heifer calves this year! Stetson, Wyatt, Zappa, Mohican Stroker and Wyarno and a selection of 719T heifers, all out of Two Year Old mommas and born unassisted
Everyone is invited to the farm to have a look. We can’t wait to make our picks for the fall sale and our show string! Herefords Today Spring 2014
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You Ought to Know...
2014....will be a most positive year for the Hereford breed in many years! We are slowly recapturing a greater market share for our bulls....mainly because breeders are producing a better product, coupled with fewer Hereford bulls in the market place. This year we have seen cow/calf producers using Hereford bulls again or for the first time, and most uplifting...they are young cattlemen! This pattern bodes well for those who are serious about producing top quality Herefords...male or female...a strong demand and an escalating market place. By the sign of the Chinese Zodiac, the year of Two Thousand and Fourteen is the Year of the “Horse,” but in North America, the market is setting up to be the Year of the “Beef Cow”...or looking in a broader scope....the “Decade of the Beef Female.” With our neighbours south of us reporting a sixty-one year low in their nation’s cow herd and production in the beef industry dropping to a twenty year low, the future is ominous...a beef shortage! Although the Canadian cowherd has shrunk, it has not depleted as much as that of the Americans. The high price of slaughter cows will entice aging ranchers and producers to further liquidate, taking advantage of strong market values and there are few signs of females retained for the restocking process as producers and feedlot operators recoup losses from the past decade. The last few years of strong grain prices has led to grasslands cultivated and put back into cereal production and fences torn out ...fences which will not be replaced. As population and pavement has increased, the majority of production of beef cattle in North America is west of the north and south line drawn by the Mississippi River. Although weather patterns in Canada have been very favorable for cow/calf producers, adverse conditions in the United States have spurred liquidation, especially, in grazing states where drought conditions linger. The rancher is not the only one affected by the weather, as the drought in California has drastically affected fruit and vegetable production. California is the largest supplier of leaf vegetables (leaf lettuce, romaine and spinach), making up over eighty percent of the North American supply. Producers are quoting double and triple price increases in fruit and vegetables in order to maintain production, which will be a big hit to Mrs. Consumer’s food budget. Retail prices of beef have been gradually increasing over the past several years and surprisingly, North American beef consumption has slightly increased even though we must consider it as a luxury item. Packers and retailers have adapted new cuts to give Mrs. Consumer viable and affordable options for the dinner table. One thing is for certain...the North American consumer will take more out of their pay cheque in order to put food on the table; as has been the case in Europe and other countries in the world. So where does the Canadian producer fit in the future scheme? Much of what has happened in the past will not change...we are net exporters and our largest trading partner will remain our neighbors south of the forty-ninth parallel. But for American producer’s ability to restock their ebbing cow herd, they will look to their two neighboring countries for young breeding females...females which will suit and adapt to their production practises...Canada being the ideal source. The strength of our market in Canada will be led by the United States...whether they are struggling to keep packing plants in operation or restoring their depleted cow numbers. It will be COOL to be Canadian! As seed stock producers, we must think maternal and expand our marketing methods taking advantage of new marketing opportunities. Rising markets attract new customers...customers that no one knows... whether they are domestic or foreign...out of breed or out of industry. Since Putin’s actions in Eastern Europe will stymie any further trade in the area, we must look at a more accessible and lucrative trade in North America. There is no doubt that our breed and our females are ideal for the restocking process and we need lots of them. Forward thinking breed associations are rapidly changing to electronic communication with their breeder base...and breeders have followed suit through E-mail, Facebook and Twitter. To fit this method of marketing, each breeding operation must have a web site which is linked to a high volume marketing site, attracting viewers from all breeds and sectors of the livestock industry. The site must be maintained and updated to be current, since new viewers will search for product availability. In the livestock business, print marketing maintains its presence...we still want to view, read and compare...and if you are reading this editorial, it must mean that it works. Although I am from an older generation, I have found there are no computers in bathrooms and Tim’s doesn’t send e-mails. Plan to attend your 4-H club and Junior shows...your future customers. The T Bar Invitational is open to golfers of any calibre...a great event supporting youth...awesome fellowship and an opportunity to find new customers. For all you skeptics, 2015 is the “Year of the Goat”...so was 2003!
I Just Thought You Ought To Know.
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114th Annual Calgary Bull Show and Sale March 5-6, 2014 • Calgary, AB Judge: Garth Cutler, Lacombe, AB RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION BULL Crone Herefords, Hardisty, AB with SGC 42W Super Red Lad 62Z sired by SGC 24L Super Red Lad 42W
RESERVE SENIOR CHAMPION BULL Wyatt Farms, Arrowwood, AB with MW Prairie Power 58Z sired by MW Turbo Power 47S
BULL CALF CHAMPION Remitall West, Olds, AB with Remitall-West Dublin ET 15A sired by SB 57U Can Doo 102Y
INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION BULL Nixdorff, S & Sons, Airdrie, AB with SNS 5S Stanmore 79Z sired by JHR Volt Lad 5S
PAIR OF BULLS Bar Pipe Hereford Ranch, Okotoks, AB
RESERVE BULL CALF CHAMPION Chestermere Herefords, Didsbury, AB with CHSF 7W League 30A sired by Harvie Tailor Made ET 7W
RESERVE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION BULL Fenton Hereford Ranch Inc., Irma, AB with FE 167W Gold Rush 26Z sired by FE 114T Ranch Standard 249X
JUNIOR CHAMPION AND GRAND CHAMPION BULL Bar Pipe Hereford Ranch, Okotoks, AB with BP 945W Silverado 165Z sired by YV 232N Silverado ET 945W
SENIOR CHAMPION AND RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION BULL Lilybrook Herefords Inc., Claresholm, AB with LBH 162W Sterling 95Z sired by LBH 39T Sterling 162W Herefords Today Spring 2014
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GROUP OF THREE BULLS Crone Herefords, Hardisty, AB GROUP OF FIVE BULLS Fenton Hereford Ranch Inc., Irma, AB PROGENY OF SIRE Bar Pipe Hereford Ranch, Okotoks, AB
PROUDLY ... A CANADIAN JUNIOR The Canadian Junior Hereford Association has many attributes that few junior movements can expound. This youth association, operated and self funded, is responsible for the development of many young leading breeders throughout Canada; in addition to young men and women who furthered their education through scholarships and are now employed in associated livestock industry facets. We can proudly hail them as “champions!” Although we relate these young men and women as champions because of livestock achievements, Hereford’s Today would like to recognize a junior member who is an up-andcoming young cattleman and also excels as a “champion” in a different field. Carberry is a thriving agricultural community of fifteen hundred people in the Rural Municipality of North Cypress located forty-five miles east of Brandon, Manitoba. Although Carberry is a mixed farming community, it also boasts of eighteen thousand acres of potatoes grown in the municipality and a processing facility which employs around five hundred people, shipping millions of tons of potato products all over the world.
Braden Calvert is a partner, along with his father Grant and his brother Trevor, in Calvert Cattle Co. The cattle operation consists of sixty Red Angus cows which are crossbred with Hereford bulls and twenty purebred Hereford cows. Braden has been a member of the Sidney 4-H beef club for 12 years and participated in the annual Carberry Fair during the first week of July for each of those years. In 2011, Braden won the Grant Moffat award and purchased his first purebred Hereford heifer at the annual “Good as Gold Sale” from Leveldale Polled Herefords. He registered that first heifer under Calvert Cattle Co. and became a member of the Canadian Junior Hereford Association. Since that purchase in 2011, his passion has grown alongside his father and brother into a small herd of twenty breeding females for the 2014 breeding season. Braden loves cattle competitions and has competed at the Manitoba Junior Round-up in Neepawa, the Manitoba Livestock Expo in Brandon and in 2013 participated at the Canadian National Junior Show, Bonanza.
Braden purchasing his first Hereford heifer from Leveldale Herefords after being awarded the Grant Moffat Award in 2011. Braden Calvert with his heifer and her bull calf, 17Z Champ 17B, who was born the day after winning Canadians. Herefords Today Spring 2014
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Now at age eighteen, Braden just completed Watch for him in the future because... his first year in the Faculty of Agriculture at the Braden Calvert is a true Canadian Junior Champion! University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. But one of this young man’s greatest feats was accomplished using ice and granite, in a Province which is famous worldwide, for their athletes on ice. Braden has been curling since the age of eight and in 2013, Braden skipped his team to the Manitoba High School Championship; captured the Under Eighteen Manitoba Crown; then went on to win the Optimist International under Eighteen Championship in Vancouver, British Columbia. In 2014, skip Calvert with his team, Kyle Kurz, Lucas Van Den Bosch and Brendan Wilson won the Manitoba Junior title, then went on to Liverpool, Nova Scotia in January of 2014 where they were crowned Canadian Junior Champions with a record of 10-1. Then, Calvert and his rink went on to Flims, Switzerland from February 26 to March 5th, representing Canada at the World Junior Championship where the team finished fourth, only losing the Bronze medal game in an extra end to Norway.
Pictured above (left to right): Braden Calvert-skip, Kyle Kurzthird, Lucas Van Den Bosch-second, Brendan Wilson-lead, Matt Dunstone-alternate, Tom Clasper-coach.
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Biography: Dr. Colin Palmer is an Associate Professor of Theriogenology (Animal Reproduction) at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine. Originally from Nova Scotia, Dr. Palmer worked in mixed practices in Ontario and British Columbia and has owned/operated a practice in Saskatchewan. Dr. Palmer along with his wife Kim and children Lauren, Emily and Carter run a herd of purebred Red Angus cattle under the KC Cattle Co. name.
Catching up late calvers Late calvers are a fact of life, but it is especially frustrating when it is one of your better producers. If your calving season is longer than 2 to 3 months catching up a late calver can be a real problem; however, I might be able to provide a few suggestions to help these girls become valued members of your herd. In order to maintain a 12-month calving interval most cows really have only about 42 days, or 2 cycles to get pregnant. I will explain: The average gestation length is 283 days; 365 - 283 leaves 82 open days. But, at least 40 of these days are required to clean up the uterus and resume normal ovarian cyclicity leaving 82 - 40 = 42 days, or two 21-day cycles, for pregnancy to be established. Cows that have been compromised through poor nutrition or disease will require even more days before they begin to cycle; this could be as many as 50 or 60 at the very least. Twins, retained placenta, inadequate mineral supplementation, are commonly cited explanations for delayed cyclicity yet the most common cause may be inadequate energy in the diet. Most of us overwinter cattle with dried hay and in many cases, despite how nicely it was put up, the energy provided by feeding hay alone is not enough to support lactation and the resumption of cyclicity; especially, if you are calving during the winter or early spring. Inadequate energy in the ration is even worse for first-calf heifers because they must also meet their demands for growth. Protein content of the diet certainly must be considered as well. Most of us produce feed of different qualities and feed testing is a very useful way to allow you to manage your feed supplies to your best advantage.
Cows and heifers should be cycling before the onset of the breeding season. The first post-calving heat is often “silent” – ovulation occurs, but the animal does not display estrus. Not even a bull will detect this heat. The second heat may not be that great either. In fact, cows that have had 2, 3 or more heats before the beginning of the breeding season are more likely to become pregnant early in the breeding season than those that do not. Bull issues and abortion are other causes of delayed pregnancy. What can we do to help these cows catch up? I once believed an old tale that it would take 5 years for a cow to be moved back to the first 3 weeks of the calving season. Of course it depends on how far she got behind! My
personal experience has been that with good nutrition and reliable bull power a 6-week gain in a single year is relatively easy to achieve. Of course, one of the best nutritional sources in my arsenal is “Vitamin Green Grass”! Banked grass from last fall is not likely to fit the bill. If your breeding season is to begin before grass is available then supplementing with grain and possibly a protein supplement along with minerals and vitamins will be necessary.
CIDRs may be used to shorten the number of days to conception. Another way to catch up late calvers is to employ estrus synchronization. Estrogens, prostaglandins and other injections are not the ticket; the single best thing you can do is to use a CIDR® (Controlled Internal Drug Release) intravaginal progesterone-releasing device. The sustained progesterone concentrations achieved through the use of the CIDR have been shown to mimic the kind of progesterone profiles typical of a cycling cow and will initiate normal estrous cycles in non-cycling cows. Most estrus synchronization protocols involve the placement of a CIDR for 7 to 8 days. Longer may result in poor quality ovulations and lowered pregnancy rates; therefore, 7 days should be sufficient when using a CIDR to advance cyclicity. When the CIDR is removed it is a good idea to inject prostaglandin F2alpha (or an analogue) i.e. Lutalyse®, Estrumate®, Estroplan® intramuscularly to ensure that estrus will occur. Also, if the uterus has even a mild infection the prostaglandin will help to clean it up. But remember, as I mentioned already, prostaglandin F2alpha alone will not induce estrus in non-cycling animals, only exposure to progesterone.
Wait until at least 6 weeks post-calving before inserting a CIDR. Uterine repair requires 6 weeks to be completed. Prior to that, there may be low-grade bacterial infections that can flourish under the influence of progesterone from the CIDR. Furthermore, research has shown that the use of a CIDR to decrease the number of days to conception in cows that calved less than 50 days before offered no benefit over doing nothing at all. You must also consider your bull power if you are using natural service. I would conservatively suggest no more than 5 to 6 animals be treated at a time for breeding with a single mature bull.
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A continuation from page 46 of the Winter 2014 Issue... eed Efficiency and RFI FThe Research and Findings of Dr. John Basarab
Residual Feed-Intake Research
With the knowledge that the highest input cost of any cow outfit was always going to be feed, Dr. John Basarab set out many years ago to explore the thought that a cow with superior ability to convert feed might pass those genetics on to her subsequent female progeny. His vision was if we have to feed, we might as well be feeding cattle with the ability to gain the most with the least amount of inputs. As a result, for the past fourteen years, an area of research at the Lacombe Research Centre that has been closely studied is RFI (Residual Feed-Intake) testing. Lacombe Research Centre has a twenty-four node RFI testing facility that tests between two hundred and twohundred and fifty head each winter. Cattle are fed for a minimum of seventy days in this facility with a twentyfour hour monitoring of individual feed intake being available to researchers. Using these data and weights obtained at 14-28 day intervals from beginning to end, Dr. Basarab is able to assign a numeric value for a heifer’s
ability to convert feed. It is very important to note that at no point throughout this trial has a heifer’s RFI score been considered when it comes to selection. Having tested females for eight years and having multi-generational scores to compare, it is becoming apparent that Dr. Basarab’s hypothesis was correct. There is a moderate correlation between Residual Feed-Intake measured on heifers and their residual feed intake as grazing pregnant replacements and as mature cows. Heifers will continue to be tested at Lacombe Research Centre as large numbers are necessary to validate these results under commercial conditions. A question often asked was, “Does a female’s RFI change over the course of her lifetime?” At Lacombe Research Centre, there are a group of cows that have survived the culling program and have enough longevity in the herd that they have qualified for re-testing. This retesting process needs to be repeated for a number of years to supply accurate data.
Feed is the largest variable cost and an important determinant of profitability in beef production. In North America, 55 to 75% of the total costs of calf-to-beef production systems are associated with feed costs. The cattle herd (cows, bulls and breeding replacements) consumes 82% of the feed inputs in a calf-to-beef systems where animals are harvested at 11-14 months of age and 63-64% of the feed inputs in a calf-to-beef system where animals are harvested at 19-23 months of age. In Irish grass-based calf-to-weanling and calf-to-beef systems the cow herd consumes about 85% and 50% of the total feed inputs, respectively. About two-thirds of the feed energy is required for body maintenance, and considerable animalto-animal variation, independent of body size and growth, exists in maintenance requirements of cattle. Thus, improving feed efficiency through genetic selection holds significant opportunity for the beef industry. Traditionally, feed efficiency in beef cattle was defined as feed to gain ratio or feed conversion ratio (FCR). However, genetic evaluation of ratio traits like FCR or methane yield (g CH4/kg DMI) are problematic in that selection response is unpredictable, usually placing higher than expected emphasis on the trait with higher genetic variance. Further, the genetic correlation between the numerator (e.g., dry matter intake, DMI) and denominator (e.g., average daily gain, ADG) is positive, and therefore, selection for improved FCR has resulted in cattle that grow faster, have increased mature size, and increased maintenance and feed. As a result, efficiency measures that remove various known energy uses from feed intake, such as body weight and production, are being used within breeding programs. Residual feed intake, also referred to as net feed efficiency, is defined as the difference between an animal’s actual feed intake and its expected feed requirement for maintenance of body size and production. Low RFI in growing animals represents individuals with lower feed intake at equal body size and growth, with lower maintenance energy requirements and thus greater efficiency. More recently, RFI values have been adjusted for body fatness (RFIfat), thus attempting to render RFI independent of carcass fatness in slaughter cattle and later maturity or fattening in replacement heifers and bulls. Similarly, residual gain (RG) is adjusted for body size and DMI and represents animals with superior gain at equal levels of body weight and DMI, and a trait that combines both RFI and RG, referred to as residual intake and gain (RFI-RG) represents efficient, fast growing animals that consume less feed. These latter two measures of feed efficiency should also be adjusted for body composition using final off-test ultrasound backfat thickness, marbling score and/or ribeye area. These measures of feed efficiency are heritable (h2 = 0.26 to 0.43)and either moderately (RFI vs. RG, rg = -0.46, rp = -0.40) or highly (RG vs. RFI-RG, rg = -0.87, rp = -0.85) correlated with each other. In lactating dairy cows RFI is defined as the difference between an animal’s actual feed intake and its expected feed requirement for body weight, fat mobilization, as well as milk fat, protein and yield.
epeatability of RFI Across Diets R Because RFI is a relatively new trait, there are questions
regarding its repeatability at different stages of an animal’s life, on different diets and in different environments. Moderate to high positive phenotypic (rp) and genetic (rg) correlations, and repeatability (r) have been reported between RFI measured on a grower or higher forage diet and then again on a finisher diet (rg=0.55-0.62), and between post-weaning RFI in heifers and when measured again later in life as mature cows (rg=0.98).
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Lower repeatability estimates (rp=0.33-0.42) have been reported by Alberta researchers when RFI was measured between two successive feed intake test periods varying indietary energy content (low vs. high energy) and ambient temperature. In their study, 51-58% of the steers re-ranked by 0.5 SD(0.295 kg DM/day) from the grower phase to the finisher. This level of re-ranking for RFI, DMI and ADG occurred whether the diet changed from a grower to finisher diet or stayed the same from feeding period 1 to 2. Possible reasons for such re-ranking was due to 1) body weight and feed intake measurement error, 2) animal variation in response to compensatory gain, 3) animal variation in efficiency with animal maturity and, 4) animal variation in diet digestibility due to differences in feeding behavior, rate of passage and rumen microbial population. Preliminary data from the Lacombe Research Centre, Canada, also confirms the moderate to strong repeatability of RFI over different stages of the animal’s life. Replacement heifers identified as -RFIfat and +RFIfat when they were 8-12 months of age and fed a 90:10% barley silage and barley grain diet (as fed; -0.373 vs. 0.365 kg DM/day) were also -RFIfat and +RFIfat when measured again as 4-7 year old cows and fed a 70:30% grass hay and barley straw cube diet (as fed; -0.375 vs. 0.459 kg DM/ day).Thus, these results indicate that RFI, and presumably RG and RFI-RG, are consistent across different stages of an animal’s life.
to-animal variation in energetic efficiency, digestibility and enteric methane emissions. Feeding behaviors such as feeding duration, frequency and rate are moderately repeatable (r = 0.37-0.62) and heritable (h2 = 0.28–0.38). Furthermore research from Australia, Canada, Ireland and the United Stateshas reported mostly moderate to strong positive correlations (r = 0.08-0.62) of RFI and RFIfat to feeding duration, frequency and eating rate. Collectively, these results show that –RFIfat and +RFIfat cattle have distinctive diurnal patterns of feeding behavior, with inefficient cattle having 14-22% more daily feeding events than efficient cattle, thus expending 2-5% more energy in feeding activities. There are also implications for the direct measurement of enteric CH4 since CH4 emissions from the rumen are closely associated with feeding patterns; higher after feeding than at ruminating or resting. Thus, whole-day measurement repeated across many days (e.g., 35 days as recommended for DMI) are required to accurately reflect animal-to-animal differences in enteric CH4 production.
FI and Related Traits RGrowth, Carcass Traits, FCR and Feed Intake
There are numerous studies examining the relationships of RFI with growth and carcass traits in cattle. Briefly, RFI is not related to pre- and post-weaning growth, body size and slaughter weight in beef cattle and the phenotypic and genetic correlations are near zero. Carcass traits are also poorly correlated to RFI, though some studies have reported a low to moderate correlation between RFI and carcass fatness (rp= 0.25 for grade fat; rp= -0.22 for lean meat yield) and RFI and marbling (rg = 0.17). However, when RFI is adjusted for body fatness using ultrasound backfat thickness (RFIfat), the correlations were near zero. Thus, selection for low RFIfat breeding stock will have little to no effect on progeny growth, frame size, mature size or carcass characteristics. RFI is moderately to highly correlated with feed intake (rp = 0.47-0.72; rg = 0.69-0.79)and FCR (rp = 0.46 to 0.70; rg = 0.66 to 0.88). This implies that selection for -RFIfatwill decrease feed intake at equal levels of body weight, growth and body fatness, and will improve feedto-gain ratio in feeder cattle and growing replacement heifers. These results also imply that selection for -RFIfat will decrease CH4 emissions (g/animal/day) since CH4 emissions are proportional to feed intake. A comprehensive analysis of Australian and Canadian data spanning a wider range in enteric CH4 emissions, diet quality, animal type (lactating dairy cows; growing beef steers) and CH4 measurement technique (SF6 in whole animal chambers; whole animal chambers) revealed strong positive, linear relationships between CH4 emissions (g/day) and DMI (Australian, R2 = 0.45, P<0.001; Canadian, R2 = 0.68, P<0.001). Generally, the higher the DMI the higher the daily enteric CH4emissions,as more substrate is available for rumen fermentation and more hydrogen is available for methanogenesis.
Feeding Behavior
The genetic components of feeding behavior are important in animal breeding since they have economic and animal welfare implications, contribute to animal-
In a recent review on feed efficiency and animal robustness, several researchers hypothesized that because efficient animals have decreased feeding event duration and frequency, they are less able to adapt to changes in environment conditions. However, observation of beef cows reared under extensive Canadian winter conditions has shown that cows that produced –RFI calves actually had higher backfat thickness with no differences in lifetime productivity compared with their herd mates that produced +RFI calves. In addition, –RFIfat heifers calving for the first time had lower calf death within 30 days of birth than +RFIfat heifers, suggesting that calves born to efficient cows have improved early life survival possibly due to lower maintenance requirements and more available nutrients for accumulation of body fat, better uterine environment and possibly improved calf passive immunity status. Indeed, recent unpublished research from the Lacombe Research Centre confirm these findings in that –RFIfat cows gained more body fat and body weight than +RFIfat cows when both groups swath grazed forages for the first time during Canadian winters where night time ambient temperatures dropped below -20o C and animals grazed through the snow from November to March. Previous to this, both –RFI and +RFI young cows had been wintered together in smaller holding areas and fed barley silage to meet their nutritional requirements. Thus, while efficient cattle have lower feeding event duration and frequency and lower feed intake this does not mean that –RFIfat animals cannot compete or acquire forages during extensive grazing. Instead it may imply that efficient animals are more adaptable and less susceptible to stress than +RFIfat or inefficient animals.
Fertility and Cow Productivity
Briefly, -RFI and +RFI cows and heifers were similar in culling, pregnancy, calving and weaning rate, calving pattern, calf birth weight, level of dystocia and kilogramof calf weaned per mating opportunity, however, -RFI cows calved 5-6 d later in the year than +RFI cows suggesting
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a delay in the onset of first estrus that may have delayed conception during the first breeding season. When RFI was adjusted for body fatness (final off-test backfat thickness; RFIfat) no differences were observed in percentage of -RFIfat and +RFIfat heifers reaching puberty by 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 or 15 months of age nor in the percentage of calves born by day 28 of the calving season (86.5 vs. 92.0, P=0.28). Calving difficulty, age at first calving, calf birth weight, calf pre-weaning ADG, calf actual and 200-d weaning weight and heifer productivity, expressed as kg calf weaned per heifer exposed to breeding, were also similar between -RFIfat and +RFIfat heifers. Fertility of young bulls, as measured by scrotal circumference, breeding soundness evaluation, calves born per sire and semen characteristics, for the most part has been unrelated to RFI, though several weak associations (rp=0.13-0.21) have been observed with sperm morphology and motility . These observations may also reflect the need to adjust RFI for off-test ultrasound backfat thickness and feeding behaviors in an effort to prevent the selection for later maturing bulls. Researcher at the Lacombe Research Centre also reported a lower calf death loss in -RFIfatcompared with +RFIfat heifers and cows, and suggested that the improved early life survival of progeny from -RFI mothers may be due to their improved feed efficiency resulting from more available nutrients and a better uterine environment compared with +RFI mothers. In addition, mothers that produced -RFI progeny consistently had 2-3 mm more back fat thickness, on average, over the 12th and 13th ribs and lost less weight during early lactation (pre-calving to pre-breeding) than mothers that produced +RFI progeny, thus indicating that the lower maintenance requirement of -RFI heifers and cows results in the accumulation of body fat or the loss of less body fat and weight during stressful environmental periods.
Bred heifers on methane emissions trial summer 2013
Green Cattle (Methane Emission Testing)
Reduction of CH4 emissions from cattle is important because it represents 2-12% loss of feed energy and is linked to global warming. Enteric CH4 is produced during fermentation of feeds in both the reticulorumen and hindgut, with 95-98% excreted through the esophagus and lungs via brief 5-30 second eructations, burps and/or breaths and 2-5% via flatus. There are an increasing number of studies indicating that low RFI cattle (efficient) produce less CH4 (g CH4/day) than high RFI cattle (inefficient), primarily through lower feed intake at equal levels of production, body weight and fatness. In three of these studies, low RFI steers consumed less feed and produced 24.6-27.5% less CH4 than high RFI steers (Canadian, University of Alberta data, 97.5 vs. 129.3 g CH4/day; Canadian, University of Guelph data, 493.4 vs. 680.2 ml CH4/min; Australian data, 142 vs. 190 g CH4/day). Cow results were more variable and ranged from no difference between RFI phenotypes in CH4 production to 23.1% less CH4 produced for low RFI cows and their calves grazing high quality annual pasture during the winter (0.34±0.017 vs. 0.46±0.023 g CH4/ kg LW/day; 13.1±1.63 vs. 14.0±1.50 kg DM/500 kg LW/ day). Thus, genetic selection for RFI, optimally through in a multi-trait selection index, will result in slow incremental improvement to feed efficiency and methane intensity, with few antagonistic effects on traits of economic importance. Research continues at the Lacombe Research Centre and University of Alberta Kinsella Ranch using open path lasers and Infrared Spectrophotometers to measure methane emissions from cattle under practical production conditions.
Fall and Winter Grazing
On-going research at LRC includes the work on extending the grazing season conducted by Dr. Vern Baron. Pasture is regarded as the cheapest way to provide feed for cows and 90% of the cow’s diet is forage. Winter feeding and production of conserved feed for cows are the most costly parts of beef calf production. Fall and winter grazing eliminates baling, silage-making, hauling, feeding, processing and manure removal. Interesting experiments have been conducted on the role of stockpiling perennial pastures for stocker cattleto extend pasture from 100 to 140 days. A summer (June to September) rotational pasture was complemented by a hay (July) and then graze system (September- October) consisting of meadow bromegrass and alfalfa. This grazing system was economically superior to annual (oat and winter triticale) pastures and the old grass pastures consisting of smooth bromegrass and bluegrass. However, swath grazing has turned out to be the best alternative to costly winter feeding of beef cows. The scope of Dr. Baron’s research is very broad in that all aspects of input costs, yield, and nutritive value utilization, weathering in the swath and greenhouse gas emissions are tabulated.Since 1997 barley, oats, triticale, corn and dormant or second cut grass have been grazed from November to March in different combinations and experiments, compared to a traditional feeding system. Barley became the standard for swath grazing as producers considered it most easily used due to rapid maturity. The savings, compared to bunk-fed, traditional, barley silage: straw diets, were 42% or, $1.16 per cow day compared to $2.00 per cow-day. Most of the savings were in equipment and labour. To minimize weathering or loss in forage quality due to untimely rainfall, barley is swathed in September and to do so is planted in late June. Unfortunately, the barley forage yield was low because of the late planting. If another crop costs the same amount to grow and yields more than barley, the cost per lb. of feed produced will be cheaper. This led us
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to compare barley with triticale and corn, crops which we thought would utilize the growing season to advantage. The forage and beef research has a long reputation of extending information to producers. The extended grazing research has been adopted by 35 to 50% of producers. The Grey Wooded Forage Association located at Rocky Mountain House, AB has been a partner in extension. This was recently highlighted with an on- site tour of nearly 100 producers that were attending the Western Canada Grazing Conference (WCGC) in Red Deer AB in 2012. In a very lively discussion many aspects of swath grazing were debated including; type, variety, seeding rates, seeding dates, swathing dates, grazing days and the merits and economic values placed on different crops seeded in various situations. Producers visited the three crops (barley, triticale and corn) that Dr. Baron has compared in his recent study at LRC, funded by the Beef Cluster, which combines federal and Canadian Cattleman’s Association dollars. On the tour producers also saw Dr. Tom Flesch, from the University of Alberta, measuring methane emission from swath grazing cows using a laser technique. Each winter cows are weighed, ultrasound measured (back fat), and body condition scored prior to being turned onto swaths in the first week of November. Cows are grazed
“Are some breeds better at winter grazing than others?” We don’t reallyhave that answer, but most of our cows are rated for residual feed intake efficiency (RFI) and we have followed them for a few years of grazing. Efficient cows lose less weight and maintain body condition better than inefficient cows. This leads us to believe that efficient RFI cows may be able to withstand stressful environmental conditions better than inefficient ones, because they have an improved energy balance.There are efficient and inefficient cows in every breed and in every herd. Because we winter graze and study cow efficiency we can determine these implications here at LRC. “What happens to swath nutritive value during winter?” Swath nutritive value decreases after swathing, but the amount it declines varies each year. Nutrients leach out of cells due to freezing and thawing and due to rain and leaves and grain fall off stalks. We have found that a crop like corn begins with a high digestibility in the fall and still has the highest nutritive value in March. Crops tend to lose about 10 percentage units of digestibility from swathing until March, but the swathed cereal crops maintain digestibility better than dormant second cut grass over winter. “Do cows eat triticale?” Producers worry about consumption and waste of triticale and other crops that
on swaths right up until two weeks prior to calving (Mar 15) as long as the snow conditions and weather will allow it. At this point the same cow parameters are collected again and each individual’s performance on the various crops grazed is noted. This process is repeated yearly (assuming cows survive culling criteria).Both triticale and corn yielded more than barley, with triticale being most consistent. All three swath-grazed crops saved money compared to traditional feeding, but triticale was the best. Compared to the traditional, barley, silage-straw control, swath-grazed barley saved $7,500, 96 hours of labour, 2,185 L of diesel fuel and 10 acres of land; but, triticale saved $11,600, 122 hours of labour, 2,750 L of diesel fuel and 38 acres of land. These extended grazing techniques have been adopted by about 35 to 50% of producers since 2000. The producers asked: “What happens to the cows?” It takes about 20% more daily energy to graze in the snow and survive in that cold and windy environment than if fed in a feedlot. As a 1500 lb. cow gets closer to calving she requires more energy, daily, but she is restricted in potential consumption due to fetal growth. Thus in November she may need 12 Mcal. of energy per day for maintenance, while consuming 13 Mcal, but needs 15 Mcal. per day in March at calving, while consuming the same amount. Thus we find most cows lose some weight and condition during winter grazing. Cows in a feedlot gain weight. We found that cows grazing corn maintained better body condition than those grazed on triticale and barley, because corn had much higher digestibility. Of course corn costs twice as much to grow as barley. Winter-grazed cows must be monitored for condition, but we have had no problems in calving or re-breeding.
they swath graze. First, cows like to eat what they are used to. A change in diet may cause some rejection. However, we have not observed any problems with consumption of triticale. The cows will utilize about 80 to 90% of the forage they are offered. Utilization is controlled by managing the amount of swath given the cows each day with an electric wire. If this is not done swath grazing will not be economical. “Can the cows overload on grain?” Cows that are given more than one day of forage at a time usually consume most of the grain in the first day. We noticed this especially with corn. Over 4 days the starch had disappeared during day one, leaving corn stalks for the following three days. If the amount of forage given the cows is regulated, then acidosis should not be a problem. However uncontrolled grazing of corn has caused grain overload problems for cows on some producers’ farms.
Carcass & Meat Quality Testing
Almost all of the progeny of the beef herd not used as replacement animals become part of the ongoing research efforts to improve beef carcass and meat quality characteristics. Since the original beef grading system was developed in 1972, Lacombe Research Centre has contributed all the necessary research underpinning ongoing changes to the Beef Grading system, including National Beef Cut-Outs, development of the grade ruler, reintroduction of marbling, development of colour standards for B4 carcasses, and reduction of backfat requirements for B1 carcasses. Research following the BSE crisis in 2003 supplied the necessary system for scoring bone ossification during grading such that Canada could meet or exceed market demands for animals guaranteed less than 20 mo of age
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working on the development of equipment and algorithms to improve the timeliness and accuracy of predictive methods. Two of these methods currently under development are dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) for estimating carcass lean meat yield and near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) for on-line prediction of quality characteristics.
Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptometry (DEXA)
(Japan). As animals greater than 30 months of age (OTM), including cull cows, were no longer allowed into the USA, considerable research was performed on OTM and cull cows to determine their value as manufacturing beef. The distinguishing quality characteristics of eleven major muscles were profiled to determine their potential for use in value added products. Lacombe Research Centre worked with the beef industry to develop recommended ageing times for beef primals, labelling nomenclature and cooking recommendations for retail beef, and roasting recommendations for consumers. Since 1995, the Lacombe Research Centre has participated in every benchmarking study (1995, 2001, 2009) undertaken by the beef industry to determine industry improvements in product quality at retail, and is happy to report that there has been a significant improvement in tenderness in retail beef.
The ability to conduct research from the live animal management on the farm to the consumer’s plate has contributed to significant gains in understanding of factors which control meat quality attributes such as tenderness, fatty acid composition, meat colour and meat flavour. The Centre has also worked with industry partners over the years to assist the development of platform technologies of benefit to the industry such as marination, hot-boning, pasteurization, electrical stimulation, modified carcass suspension, post-slaughter chilling, and novel packaging systems for improving carcass and meat quality. Research emphasis on molecular genetics has placed additional pressure on the Centre to assess the animal phenotype with respect to carcass and quality attributes in real time, rather through tried and true, but time consuming laboratory methods. Hence meat researchers at the Centre (Aalhus, Dugan, Juárez, López-Campos, Prieto, Uttaro) have been
In the early 1990’s, the beef industry decided beef producers should be paid according to what they produced through the assessment of lean meat content in Canada’s top grades of beef. The Canadian yield algorithm is based on prediction of total carcass lean using two prediction characteristics as follows: Lean percentage= 63.65 + 1.05 (muscle score) − 0.76 (grade fat) (Canadian Beef Grading Agency 2013). The Canadian yield algorithm was subsequently developed through an expensive, timeconsuming and labour-intensive National Beef Cut-out (1993). Lean yield algorithms have been successful during the last two decades in enhancing a lean advantage over fatter carcasses. However, with time and breeding, cattle change, so lean yield equations need to be periodically revised or updated using modern populations of cattle. In addition there is a need to establish relationships amongst equations based on primals, sub primals and trimmed retail cuts, and the relationship between the different yield assessments (e.g. lean yield Canadian Beef Grading vs. % closely trimmed retail cuts USDA) to make the appropriate conversions at the time of trade.
In an effort to further understand shifts in the composition of beef carcasses and develop improved lean yield prediction equations, AAFC-Lacombe has partnered with the Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC), the Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency (ALMA), the Canadian Beef Grading Agency (CBGA) and Livestock Gentec to develop a new platform technology for use in the beef industry. Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry has been developed over the last 20 yrs by the medical industry to measure body composition in humans. This technique has the capability of measuring bone mineral content, bone mineral density, lean tissue mass, fat tissue mass, and thereby calculate percentage fat. Advancements in the technology in terms of relatively low cost, speed of data collection, reliability and ease of use, compared with other technologies such as computer tomography, now make it practical to develop DEXA as an indirect method of estimation of carcass composition in meat animals.
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Measuring body composition by DEXA technology is based on the differential attenuation of low and high energy X-rays by fat, non-fat and bone tissues. To date DEXA has been used successfully with poultry, swine, sheep and calves but has not been explored for predicting whole carcass composition in mature beef. Due to the much larger size of beef carcasses, part to whole compositional relationships must be developed through DEXA scanning and manual dissection of individual beef primal cuts. The technology is being tested at the Lacombe Research Centre over the next two years to develop robust equations to attain precision and accuracy in assessing beef carcass composition. To date, the results are promising with a strong fit between total cut-out values and DEXA measures for fat (R2=0.96) and lean (R2= 0.82). For comparison, a perfect fit would be R2 = 1.00.Eventual improvements to lean yield algorithms resulting from routine use of this non-destructive technology could replace the need for expensive and sporadic National Beef Cut-outs. This would allow for regular grade algorithm updates as the genetic composition of the slaughter cattle population shifts or market needs change. In addition, by developing the platform DEXA technology, a powerful tool will be available to apply to future genetic and production efficiency research, resulting in a fundamental advantage for the Canadian beef industry.
Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS)
NIRS has been successfully applied to estimate the amount or proportion of major constituents (moisture, fat and protein) of meat and meat products. In fact, these bench top NIRS procedures have been approved by the international committee for validating analytical procedures (AOAC) and are currently being used in industry. Beyond this, NIRS can also be used to categorize meat, for example beef that is fresh vs that which has been frozen and thawed, meat from different species, meat from animals fed different diets as well as detection of hamburger adulteration. Recent ALMA funded studies carried out at the Lacombe Research Centre (AAFC) using beef have shown the potential of NIRS to predict the proportion of fatty acids with important human health-related benefits such as omega-3, rumenic (c9,t11-CLA) and vaccenic (t1118:1) acids. Further investigation into NIRS potential on hogs is now underway in a joint study between the University of Alberta and the Lacombe Research Centre with funding from the Alberta Crop Industry Development Fund Ltd. (ACIDF). This research is testing an on-line NIRS fibre-optic probe which, despite the challenging operational environment in abattoirs such as fluctuations in temperature and humidity, could significantly improve the ability to monitor and control meat processing via remote on-line detection. Additionally, the use on-line of a fibre-optic probe enables measurements to be made simply by placing the probe on the intact sample itself, with no previous sample treatment required; the on-line probe may thus provide rapid simultaneous prediction of various meat quality criteria online in a commercial environment. In addition to that, the
Lacombe Research Centre through financial support from the Canadian Beef Cattle Industry Science Cluster has recently shown the potential of NIRS technology to objectively assist in segregating dark cutters (B4 grade carcasses) from normal beef (A grade carcasses) with an overall accuracy of 95%. Further development and application of this technology to evaluation of quality characteristics in the beef industry is ongoing.
arm Fair International F On Friday November 8, 2013 the Lacombe Research Centre transported five bred heifers to Farm Fair International as part of a joint display with our industry partner, Livestock Gentec (an Alberta Innovates Bio Solutions centre based at the University of Alberta). The objective of the display was to highlight our ongoing research in the area of cow efficiency. The heifers selected for the display had been previously RFI (residual feed intake, net feed efficiency) tested and molecular breeding values had been established to illustrate the possibilities that exist in the future: possibility of pre-determining progeny characteristics based on their parents’ DNA testing and predetermining their genetic outcomes without having to do the breeding- it is empowering because matings can be planned. In addition to Lacombe, Olds College and the research herd at the Univ. of Alberta’s Kinsella Research Station were also invited to participate. Producer interest was steady Friday afternoon and Saturday morning, as producers stopped by our booth, had their questions answered and were given an explanation as to how this research stands to benefit the industry. The research teams were also, for the first time, invited to consign their bred heifers into the commercial heifer sale; proceeds from the sale go back into the respective research programs. Lacombe’s heifers were very well received by industry and received the 2nd highest price of the sale, being topped only by the group that had won the commercial heifer show. The display and the sale were well attended and were an illustration of the exciting times that exist in the current beef cattle industry. Conducting quality research for commercial cattlemen is an objective that has been focused upon at the Lacombe Research centre for some time. A commitment to explore new ideas associated with genetics, cost cutting and management defines their role in this industry. Pushing the limits on the science side to discover new and innovative means of beef cattle management continues to be a top priority at the Lacombe Research Centre.
cknowledgements: A Cletus Sehn - Beef Cattle Manager - Lacombe Research
Centre Dr. John Basarab - Senior Research Scientist - Alberta Agriculture & Rural Development, Lacombe Dr. Vern Baron - Forage Research Scientist - Lacombe Research Centre Dr. Jennifer Aalhus - Meats Research Scientist - Lacombe Research Centre
ibliography B Fredeen, Howard T.
Lacombe Research Station 1907-1982. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada Historical Series No. 18. 1984 Lacombe Research Centennial History Book Committee History in Images, Lacombe Research Centre 2007 Gordon, Bob A Cattleman’s Walk Down Memory Lane 2003
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Remembering Chris Sutter
Sutter, Christian Tyndall – Died peacefully in Calgary, Alberta, on March 14, 2014, at the age of 94. Adoring husband of 68 years to Vera; loving father to Jill (Gordon), Spence (Janice), Maureen, Dean (Gail), and Cal (Gayle); proud grandfather to Edward, Katherine, Lee, Sara, Sally (Aaron), Jock, CHRIS SUTTER Chelsea, Graham, Shari (James), C.M., S.O.M. 1919 - 2014 Christopher (April), Clark, Blake (Kimberly), and T.J.; and great-grandfather to Kyler, Hunter, Samuel, Benjamin, Grady, Will, Easton, and Linden. He is predeceased by his siblings Caroline, Vera, Ben, and June and survived by his brother Morley. Chris was born in Redvers, Saskatchewan on December 1, 1919, to Christian and Amelia. He would live almost his entire life in Redvers, a town he dearly loved. In 1941, he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and served as a wireless operator on Lancaster bombers during WWII, flying many missions over Western Europe. During a night run in 1945, Chris was the only survivor of a mid-air collision, parachuting to safety through the darkness and landing in a field in Belgium. He was injured but was rescued by Allied ground forces and went on to fly eight more missions. He talked little about this experience, but it left him with a deep and unwavering appreciation of his good fortune. When he returned home to Redvers, Chris married the love of his life, Vera Gradwell, and began managing his family’s farm. Through his hard work, Aqua Hollow Hereford Ranch became known for the quality of its herd. Chris earned a reputation as a promoter of Saskatchewan cattle across the country and, eventually, around the world. In 1957, he won the first ever grand championship for a Polled Hereford female in open competition at the Toronto Royal Winter Fair. His cattle were exported as far abroad as England, Scotland, Spain and Chile. He also played an instrumental role in the establishment of Canadian cattle exports to Japan. His passion for agriculture in Saskatchewan led him to champion the idea of hosting a major fall fair in western Canada, and he brought this to fruition as the
Canadian Western Agribition in Regina. He was the founding president of Agribition, which is today in its 43rd year and annually attracts over 100,000 people. He also served as president of the Saskatchewan Hereford Association and the Canadian Hereford Association. He was named Salesman of the Year by the Sales and Marketing Executive Association of Regina, and was inducted into the Northern International Livestock Exposition Hall of Fame, the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame, and the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame. In 1988, Chris was honoured with the Saskatchewan Order of Merit, and in 1990 he was appointed to the Order of Canada in recognition of his contributions to “the preservation of rural life, to the cattle breeding industry and to the agricultural community of Saskatchewan.” Few things were more important to Chris than his local community, and he was devoted to serving it however he could. Over the years, he served as chairman of the local school board and member of the local hospital board, town council and economic development committee, along with many other roles. Chris was undeniably a leader in his community and in his field, but he was unlikely to describe himself as one. He was defined by his humility and fundamental decency, a gentleman who always made others feel comfortable. He was a man of little ego, quick with a self-deprecating joke, but possessed of a determination and a Saskatchewan grit that made others want to pitch in. Whenever somebody reflected on his success or achievements, Chris would remind them that he was, simply, a very lucky man. This refrain was familiar to all who knew him, especially his family. He loved his family dearly and took great pride in watching it grow, and in his later years he enjoyed nothing more than the company of his children, grandchildren, and eventually his greatgrandchildren. His deep sense of gratitude remained with him to the end. Chris will survive in the loving memories of his family and friends, in the land of Aqua Hollow, which has now been stewarded by the Sutter family for 109 years, and in his enduring contributions to Redvers, Saskatchewan, and Canada.
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KIDNEY DISEASE IN CATTLE By Roy Lewis DVM
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arly recognition and treatment of kidney disease in cattle can often have a very favourable prognosis. The capacity of the kidneys is great; so often we may not see any specific clinical signs until two thirds of the total kidneys’ capacity is damaged. There are many causes of toxic damage to the kidneys but this article will focus on the infectious causes of kidney disease resulting in what veterinarians call pyelonephritis (pus and infection in the kidneys). The infection results from common bacteria which gain access to the kidneys from the bloodstream. Kidneys are essentially blood filters. The other area of access is up the urinary tract and urinary retention from partial blockage which encourages growth of bacteria and infection. Kidney infections are generally individual animal problems and cows may have the history of a prior infection from a retained placenta, mastitis, pneumonia etc. These infections suppress the immune function and allow the seed of bacteria to gain access to the kidneys. In cattle one of the very first clinical signs is weight loss. I see more of these cases in late pregnancy or right after calving. The pregnant cow must essentially filter both hers and the fetus’s blood. This taxes the filtering ability of kidneys, which is why this is the most common time to acquire kidney infection. Cows carrying twins have this problem compounded. Any time there is extreme weight loss for no apparent reason have the animal checked by your veterinarian. They can palpate the left kidney and the ureters (tubes going from the kidneys to the bladder). A urine sample can be obtained and checked for blood, bacteria, pus cells and other parameters necessary to rule in or out kidney infection. Blood samples can be taken and the white blood cell count may be up. Other parameters such as blood urea nitrogen (BUN) only go up once the kidneys have been severely damaged and by then the prognosis is very poor. My experience has been if cattle are still eating and drinking well and kidney disease has been diagnosed, prognosis with treatment is very favourable. If appetite has been suppressed the BUN is too high and often in spite of vigorous treatment like intravenous fluids prognosis is very poor. There are many more cases of kidney infection out there than we realize. This has been made evident to me by the large number I have seen when autopsying cows under the BSE testing program. Both kidneys will be severely infected and have very little normal function left. The common history is the farmer noticed weight loss but
no other symptom and then the cow quits eating and died shortly thereafter. Most of these cows can be saved and go on to lead productive lives or at least be taken to slaughter the following year if caught early enough. I am sure a number of these cows died on producers farms with no diagnosis prior to the BSE testing. Producers may notice increased frequency of urination or pain at urination. Look closely at the urine especially at the end of the urination process for signs of pus or blood (red coloured). This will provide a clue kidney infection may be advancing. In cattle there are also many causes of red urine from bacillary hemoglobinuria (redwater), phosphorus deficiency to a red dye excreted when on clover. All these and many other causes of red urine can sometimes make the specific diagnosis more difficult. The most common bacteria causing kidney infection in cattle is very responsive to penicillin. There are two keys in treatment. First the earlier the better before more permanent kidney damage is done. Secondly the length of treatment must be adequate to completely clear the infection to avoid a relapse. Treatment periods for at least 14 days in my experience most often will avoid the relapses. This most definitely will entail treating daily with procaine penicillin for the first few days till noticeable improvement. Then several long acting shots the required days apart will stretch treatment out to the two weeks. A common mistake is stopping treatment too early when attitude improves and the urine clears. This is a smouldering infection and will come back if not completely cleared. As with any relapse the second time treatment is much more difficult as the infection becomes deep seeded. If the cattle remain thin long after treatment there has probably been permanent damage to the kidneys. These cattle are like time bombs and with impaired kidney function are unlikely to reproduce and could eventually succumb to kidney failure. They might be best being culled before the condition worsens. Kidney infections are sporadic occurrences across the prairies. Every herd experiences them from time to time but with careful observation (always keep an eye on body condition score) early intervention and correct treatment the results are often gratifying. Penicillin is still a very effective drug as it is concentrated and excreted through the kidneys and subsequently the urine. Let’s try and treat more of these conditions as they are, even with labour included, a cheaper treatment with a favourable outcome if caught early enough.
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Polled Herefords
Reserve Grand Champion Polled Hereford Bull
Grand Champion Polled Hereford Bull
Tucker Cattle Co., North Platte, NE; Fawcett’s Elm Creek Ranch, Ree Heights, SD; Bushy Park Farms, Mitchell, SD and Sullivan Farms, Dunlap, IA with EDR Who Maker 210 ET by DKF RO Cash Flow 0245 ET
Grand Champion Polled Female
Ward Ranch LLC, Sheridan, WY and Perks Ranch, Rockford, IL with NJW 735 W18 Hometown 10Y ET by SHF Wonder M326 W18 ET
Reserve Grand Champion Polled Female
Hoffman Ranch, Thedford, NE and Paul Gross, London, OH with H JT Miranda 2033 ET by AH JDH Cracker Jack 26U ET
Trent Ray, Abingdon, IL with Chez Strawberry Wine ET 204Z by CRR About Time 743
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POLLED FEMALES CHAMPION SPRING HEIFER CALF Brady Jensen, Courtland, KS with BBH 743 Adora 339A by CRR About Time 743
RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR YEARLING HEIFER Katie Oschsner, Torrington, WY with GO Ms 719 Victor Z2 by TH 122 71I Victor 719T
RESERVE CHAMPION SPRING HEIFER CALF Bryden Barber, Channing, TX with BR Anastasia 3023 ET by UPS TCC Nitro 1ET
CHAMPION COW/CALF PAIR Langford Herefords, Okmulgee, OK with NIC 33 719T Burgandy 1148 ET by TH 122 71I Victor 719T
CHAMPION JUNIOR HEIFER CALF Shayne Myers, Colusa, CA with CRR 109 Kelly 303 by CRR 719 Catapult 109
RESERVE CHAMPION COW/CALF PAIR Tinley Pierson, Kaycee, WY with TP Lady Hard Drive ET by DB Hard Drive ET
RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR HEIFER CALF Sarah Sullivan, Dunlap, IA with SULL TCC Ms Harley 322 ET by H Excel 8051 ET CHAMPION FALL HEIFER CALF AND RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE Trent Ray, Abingdon, IL with Chez Strawberry Wine ET 204Z by CRR About Time 743 RESERVE CHAMPION FALL HEIFER CALF Gary Buchholz, GKB Cattle, Waxahachie, TX and Colyer Herefords, Bruneau, ID with RW KLD Lady Mindy 122L 2038 ET by Remitall Online 122L CHAMPION INTERMEDIATE HEIFER Jake Sims- Sims Family Cattle, Edmond, OK with Showtime Breathless 228 ET by H Excel 8051 ET RESERVE CHAMPION INTERMEDIATE HEIFER Jesse Hoblyn, York, NE with H JSS Carolina 2205 by AH JDH Cracker Jack 26U ET CHAMPION SPRING YEARLING HEIFER Brady Jensen, Courtland, KS with KJ 968R Zsa Zsa 686Z ET by MSU TCF Revolution 4R RESERVE CHAMPION SPRING YEARLING HEIFER John Hampton Cornelius, Kersey, CO with CRR 980 Bobbie 271 by CRR Helton 980 CHAMPION JUNIOR YEARLING HEIFER AND GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE Hoffman Ranch, Thedford, NE and Paul Gross, London, OH with H JT Miranda 2033 ET by AH JDH Cracker Jack 26U ET
POLLED BULLS CHAMPION SPRING BULL CALF Purple Reign Cattle Co., Toulon, IL and RGR Herefords, Carlinville, IL with Purple Joe Dirt 58A ET by THM Durango 4037 RESERVE CHAMPION SPRING BULL CALF Hoffman Ranch, Thedford, NE and Troy Rasmussen, Elkton, SD with H/TSR/ Chez/ Full Throttle by H WCC/WB 668 Wyarno 9500 ET CHAMPION JUNIOR BULL CALF Larson’s Polled Herefords, DeSoto, TX; Professor Syndicate, Elgin, OK; Whispering Pine Farms LLC Kimball, MN with KCL WPF The Professor 7110 ET by TH 71U 719T Mr Hereford 11X RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR BULL CALF Langford Herefords, Okmulgee, OK; Walter Scott McKellar, Como, MS; Harrison Cattle Co., Arapaho, OK and Sladek Farms, Iowa City, IA with GV CMR X161 Times Up A152 by RST Time’s A Wastin’ 0124 CHAMPION FALL BULL CALF Perks Ranch, Rockford, IL; Carter St. John, Pell City, AL and Green Dorr Farms, Elise, MI with Perks DCF 181R Dynasty 2109 by BR DM TNT 7010 ET RESERVE CHAMPION FALL BULL CALF Hoffman Ranch, Thedford, NE; Sierra Ranches, Modesto, CA and Holden Herefords, Valier, MT with HH Fast Forward 2268Z ET by KJ HVH 33N Redeem 485T ET CHAMPION INTERMEDIATE BULL Colyer Herefords Inc., Bruneau, ID and Ned and Jan Ward, Sheridan, WY with NJW 78P 88X Steakhouse 187Z ET by NJW 98S R117 Ribeye 88X ET Herefords Today Spring 2014 37
RESERVE CHAMPION INTERMEDIATE BULL Sennett Cattle Co., Waynetown, IN and Hattie and Ray Duncan, Wingate, IN with AA HRD The Answer 2126 by H KH DD Excel 0091 ET CHAMPION YEARLING AND GRAND CHAMPION BULL Tucker Cattle Co., North Platte, NE; Fawcett’s Elm Creek Ranch, Ree Heights, SD; Bushy Park Farms, Mitchell, SD and Sullivan Farms, Dunlap, IA with EDR Who Maker 210 ET by DKF RO Cash Flow 0245 ET RESERVE CHAMPION YEARLING BULL Perks Ranch, Rockford, IL; Robert Rhyne JR, Charlotte, NC; Bryan and Lisa Braun, Columbia, IL and Kimberly Eudy, Harrrisburg, NC with Perks 144U Right Track 2040 by TH 75J 243R Bailout 144U ET CHAMPION SENIOR BULL AND RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION BULL Ward Ranch LLC, Sheridan, WY and Perks Ranch, Rockford, IL with NJW 735 W18 Hometown 10Y ET by SHF Wonder M326 W18 ET RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR BULL Coyote Ridge Ranch, LaSalle, CO and Iron Lake Ranch, Athens, TX with CRR 719 Catapult 109 by TH 122 71I Victor 719T GRAND CHAMPION PEN OF THREE HEIFERS DaKitch Hereford Farms, Ada, MN RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION PEN OF THREE HEIFERS Delaney Herefords Inc., Lake Benton, MN GRAND CHAMPION PEN OF THREE BULLS Colyer Herefords, Inc., Bruneau, ID RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION PEN OF THREE BULLS Sandhill Farms, Haviland, KS CHAMPION CARLOAD OF BULLS Hoffman Ranch, Thedford, NE RESERVE CHAMPION CAR LOAD OF BULLS Delaney Herefords Inc., Lake Benton, MN
Horned Herefords
Grand Champion Horned Bull
Colyer Herefords Inc., Bruneau, ID; Curtis and Jackie Castle, Crawford, OK and Sullivan Farms, Dunlap, IA with C Miles Mckee 2103 ET by NJW 98S R117 Ribeye 88X ET
Reserve Grand Horned Bull
Colyer Herefords Inc., Bruneau, ID; Ned and Jan Ward, Sheridan, WY and Pablo Herrara, Buenos Aires, Argentina with C Stockman 2059 ET by NJW 98S R117 Ribeye 88X ET
Reserve Grand Champion Horned Female
Grand Champion Horned Female Kaine Warnken, Schulenburg, TX with RW KLD Mindy Too 4080 2020 ET by RW Ballistic 552 4080 ET
Korbin Collins, Flanagan, IL with Purple SU Gypsy 272 ET by Purple Kingsley 23X ET
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HORNED FEMALES CHAMPION SPRING HEIFER CALF Cassidy Hanson, Linn Grove, IA with H Chez TR Chardonnay 303A by H WCC/WB 668 Wyarno 9500 ET RESERVE CHAMPION SPRING HEIFER CALF KyLynn Scott, Crawford, OK with CJC 6214 MM Bobbie 354 ET by ECR L18 Extra Deep 9279 CHAMPION JUNIOR HEIFER CALF Mackenzie and Lexie Mayo, Cheraw, CO with Purple Zelda 20A ET by GO Excel L18 RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR HEIFER CALF Mason Walker- Willow Springs Club Calves, Prairie Grove, AR with Purple KPH Eva 4A by Purple MB Womanizer 14U ET CHAMPION FALL HEIFER CALF Rylee Barber, Channing, TX with BR Alexis Texas 2161 by BR Golden Spread Dan RESERVE CHAMPION FALL HEIFER CALF Jess Hawk- DelHawk Cattle Co., Earlville, IL with DelHawk Pippa 113Z by Delhawk Kahuna 1009 ET CHAMPION INTERMEDIATE HEIFER Kaitlin Nicholas, Montrose, CO with JCS 310 Dominette 2458 by JCS 4743 Ram 0310 RESERVE CHAMPION INTERMEDIATE HEIFER Hayley Musser, Oxford, IN with HJM 0313 ET Richochet 1216 by H Bullet 0313 ET CHAMPION SPRING YEARLING HEIFER AND GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE
Kaine Warnken, Schulenburg, TX with RW KLD Mindy Too 4080 2020 ET by RW Ballistic 552 4080 ET RESERVE CHAMPION SPRING YEARLING HEIFER Bailey Buck, Madill, OK with HAPP Kool Aid Points 1218 ET by Delhawk Kahuna 1009 ET CHAMPION JUNIOR YEARLING HEIFER AND RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE Korbin Collins, Flanagan, IL with Purple SU Gypsy 272 ET by Purple Kingsley 23X ET
RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR YEARLING HEIFER Mitchell Tucker- Tucker Cattle Co., North Platte, NE with TCC BPE Ms Shelby Z03 ET by NJW FHF 9710 Tank 45P
HORNED BULLS CHAMPION SPRING BULL CALF Rylee Barber, Channing, TX with BR Smarttime ET by CRR About Time 743 RESERVE CHAMPION SPRING BULL CALF Purple Reign Cattle Co., Toulon, IL and Eubank Farms, Oblong, IL with Purple Reuben James 40A ET by TH 89T 743 Untapped 425X ET CHAMPION JUNIOR BULL CALF DelHawk Cattle Co., Earlville, IL and Behrends Farms, Mason City, IL with DelHawk WRB Truth 713 by Delhawk Kahuna 1009 ET
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RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR BULL CALF DelHawk Cattle Co., Earlville, IL and Behrends Farms, Mason City, IL with DelHawk WRB Molina 613 by Delhawk Kahuna 1009 ET CHAMPION FALL BULL CALF Gary Buchholz- GKB Cattle, Waxahachie, TX with GKB 88X Laramie B293 by NJW 98S R117 Ribeye 88X ET CHAMPION INTERMEDIATE BULL Trey Stillahn- Sticks & Stones Ranch, Cheyenne, WY with TS Top Notch 212 by Churchill Sensation 028X CHAMPION YEARLING BULL AND GRAND CHAMPION BULL Colyer Herefords Inc., Bruneau, ID; Curtis and Jackie Castle, Crawford, OK and Sullivan Farms, Dunlap, IA with C Miles Mckee 2103 ET by NJW 98S R117 Ribeye 88X ET RESERVE CHAMPION YEARLING BULL AND RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION BULL Colyer Herefords Inc., Bruneau, ID; Ned and Jan Ward, Sheridan, WY and Pablo Herrara, Buenos Aires, Argentina with C Stockman 2059 ET by NJW 98S R117 Ribeye 88X ET CHAMPION SENIOR BULL White Cattle Co., Buffalo, WY; Collins Cattle Co., Buffalo, WY and Big Gully Farm, Maidstone, SK with WCC CC 1009 Great Divide 102 RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR BULL Butler Polled Herefords, Republic, MO; Lowderman Cattle Co., Macomb, IL and Open Range Cattle Co., Rogers, AR with BPH 262 Chism 515Y
MNH Herefords
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By: Chris Poley
I call my little column the “Real World”, trying my best to stay current with commercial cattle markets and influences that affect commercial beef producers. Ultimately, they are our number one customer, for those of us involved in the seed stock business. Many refer to the commercial industry as the “real world” of beef production, but those who are long term successful in the purebred business are in tune and have a strong grasp of the “real world” The biggest thing purebred breeders need to keep at the top of their mind is …culling! Keep In today’s social society, if someone refers to quality high, each year the goal should be to have living in the “real world”, it has a negative tone a better bull pen, not a bigger one. I can see it or implication to it. The “real world” in beef now, next spring when it comes time to make production these days, seems more like fantasy bull sale catalogues, producers will want to add land! New records are being set weekly for returns ten more bulls because they barely had enough on the sale of all classes of beef production. Don’t last year. 2014 was the perfect storm for bull get me wrong, it is well deserved and long overdue, sales, first off we had record salvage prices which but now that it has come to pass, after years and meant any bull whose calves were questionable, years of anticipation, it does seem a little like the feet were questionable, semen was questionable, dream has come true. I do realize that with the attitude was questionable and so on, he was cost of production today, the levels of return that culled maybe for more than he originally cost. we are seeing are very much needed to keep The second thing was the coldest winter in producers involved in our industry. The other over twenty years, which proved devastating good news, is that the outlook into the future is for semen testing herd bulls and other folks extremely strong, high prices are being paid for cull just panicked, even without testing and added cows and feeding heifers, which will make herd extra bulls, making sure that they were covered. expansion extremely slow; keeping the supply tight and returns healthy for the next decade. I have already talked about the slow rebuild of the cow herd, we are not going to need more Again for those of us involved in the purebred seed bulls anytime soon, what will be in demand, is stock industry, we just came off an unbelievable better, more consistent bulls, backed by quality spring bull sale season, one that will be hard to customer service. Keep your numbers moderate duplicate. Personally, I was involved in spring and quality high and you will gross as much or bull sales that grossed in excess of fifteen million more than by adding another ten, which will dollars. Absolutely phenomenal, for a couple of actually reduce the value of your top group of bulls. reasons, purebred breeders needed the boost as well as commercial producers after ten plus P.S. You can cut those ten bulls and sell them for years of hard times and the other is, commercial $1500.00 each as steers, remember, not that long producers could afford to spend it on quality bulls. ago… you floored your bulls at $1500.00! Herefords Today Spring 2014 41
M.C. Quantock Bull Sale
Bannerlane Sale #15
January 25, 2014 Lloydminster, SK Auctioneers: John Blacklock and Chris Poley Sale Results 360 Bulls
Averaged
$4,573.00
2nd Annual Premier Hereford Bull Sale February 3, 2014 Lloydminster, SK Auctioneer: R.C. (Bob) Balog
Sale Results 28 Two Year Old Bulls Averaged 36 Commercial Heifers Averaged
$3,568.00 $1,032.00
High Selling Bulls Lot 43- WA 406W Zeus 98Z sired by BBSF 4S Washington 406W sold to Poplar Dell Herefords, Edam, SK for $5500.00 Lot 3- LF 17W Ribstone Lad 77Z sired by XTC 13S Regent 17W sold to Michael Lefaivre, Rosetown, SK for $5500.00 Lot 20- Ace Scully Lad 15Z sired by Dunrobin 200L Scully 25R sold to Darrell Bacon, Marwayne, AB for $4600.00 Lot 27- Ace 1R LAD 38Z sired by Ace 93J Lad 1R sold to John Early, Marshall, SK for $4500.00 Lot 33- WA 406W Sizzle 101Z sired by BBSF 4S Washington 406W sold to Rick George, Marwayne, AB for $4500.00
February 4, 2014 Livelong, SK Auctioneer: R.C. (Bob) Balog Sale Results 25 Two Year Old Bulls Averaged $4,636.00 5 Bred Heifers Averaged $2,420.00 1 Heifer Calf Averaged $2,500.00 31 Lots Grossed $130,500 and Averaged $4,210.00 17 Commercial Bred Heifers Averaged $1,678.00 10 Commercial Heifer Calves Averaged $1,068.00 High Selling Bulls Lot 16- Bannerlane108U STD 74Z sired by MVF 161R STD Brit Lad 108U sold to Fenton Hereford Ranch Inc., Irma, AB for $16,000.00 Lot 4- Bannerlane 108U STD 21Z sired by MVF 161R STD Brit Lad 108U sold to Hickory Corner Farms, Briercrest, SK for $7000.00 Lot 11- Bannerlane 108U STD 52Z sired by MVF 161R STD Brit Lad 108U sold to Phil Wimmer, Beaubier, SK for $6600.00 Lot 6- Bannerlane 108U STD GEN 32Z sired by MVF 161R STD Brit Lad 108U sold to Hickory Corner Farms, Briercrest, SK for $6500.00 High Selling Bred Heifer Lot 25- Bannerlane 108U MS BRIT 24Z sired by MVF 161R STD Brit Lad 108U sold to MN Herefords, Airdrie, AB for $4600.00
5th Annual Moving On Bull Sale Carlrams Ranching Ltd. February 7, 2014 Cut Knife, SK Auctioneer: Louis Balog
MJT Cattle Co. Ltd. Hereford & Angus 20th Annual “Back To The Basics” Bull Sale February 8, 2014 Wainwright, AB Auctioneer: Chris Poley Sale Results 33 Two Year Old Hereford Bulls 72 Two Year Old Angus Bulls 105 Two Year Old Bulls 3 Yearling Black Angus Bulls Total Sale Grossed $509,700.00
Averaged Averaged Averaged Averaged
$4,893.94 $4,729.17 $4,780.17 $2,566.67
Sale Results 33 Hereford 2 Year Old Bulls 9.5 RNRFlicek Black Angus Bulls Bred Heifers Open Heifers
Averaged Averaged Averaged Averaged
High Selling Hereford Bull Lot CR 215Z- purchased by Holt Colony, Irma, AB for $7,750.00
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$4,078.79 $5,268.42 $1,587.50 $1,122.50
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15th Annual Midwest Horned Hereford Sale
Misty Valley Farms 38th Annual Production Sale
Sale Results 30 Two Year Old Bulls Averaged $3,642.00 1 Registered Bred Heifer Averaged $3,500.00 31 Lots Grossed $112,750.00 and Averaged $3,637.00 24 Commercial Bred Heifers Averaged $1,827.00 5 Open Commercial Heifers Averaged $1,260.00
Sale Results 45 Two Year Old Bulls Averaged $4,557.00 33 Bred Heifers Averaged $2,261.00 4 Heifer Calves Averaged $1,900.00 82 Lots Grossed $287,250.00 and Averaged $3,503.00 5 Commercial Heifer Calves Averaged $1,150.00 50 Commercial Bred Heifers Averaged $2,010.00
Februray 6, 2014 Lloydminster, SK Auctioneer: R.C. (Bob) Balog
High Selling Bulls Lot 37- LO 166W Asterlad 46Z sired by FE 29S Aster Lad 166W sold to Misty Valley Farms, Maidstone, SK for $12,000.00 Lot 3- Riverbridge 128S Lad 19Z sired by AGA 114L General 128S sold to Gary Vansant, Shaunavon, SK for $5,600.00 Lot 36- LO 16T Stanway LAD 45Z sired by MN 32R Stanway Lad 16T sold to Luke Tellier for $5,250.00 Lot 6- Riverbridge 943W Lad 42Z sired by YV 232N Silver Edition ET 943W sold to Rutledge Herefords, Hardisty, AB for $5,250.00 Lot 2- Riverbridge 28S Lad 18Z sired by AGA 114L General 28S sold to Douglas Lake Ranch, Douglas Lake, BC for $4,750.00 High Selling Bred Heifer Lot 42- LO 166W STD Lass 50Z sired by FE 29S Aster Lad 166W sold to Harold Oddan, Maidstone, SK for $3,500.00
Corbiell Herefords Bull Sale February 20, 2014 Brooks, AB Auctioneer: R.C. (Bob) Balog
Sale Results 31 Two Year Old Hereford Bulls Averaged 50 Commercial Open Heifers Averaged
February 8, 2014 Maidstone, SK Auctioneer: R.C. (Bob) Balog
High Selling Bulls Lot 37- Bar-OM 604W Standard Lad 606Z sired by Bar-OM 106S Standard Lad 604W sold to LO Herefords, Heinsburg, AB for $12,000.00 Lot 41- BAR-OM 219T STD Turin Lad 623Z sired by BBSF 46P Turin 219T sold to EZ Ranching, Mervin, SK for $7700.00 Lot 16- MVF 219T STD Turin Lad 60Z sired by BBSF 46P Turin 219T sold to Douglas Lake Cattle Co., Douglas Lake, BC for $6750.00 Lot 38- BAR-OM 3T STD Lad 610Z sired by MVF Standard Lad 3T sold to Wilson Bros & Sons, McCord, SK for $6500.00 Lot 13- MVF 219T STD Turin Lad 52Z sired by BBSF 46P Turin 219T sold to Willowflat Ranch, St. Walburg, SK for $6500.00 High Selling Bred Heifers Lot 56- MVF 450U STAN Brit Lady 5Z sired by MN 6S Taretyon Lad 450U sold to EZ Ranching, Mervin, SK for $5500.00 Lot 71- MVF 923W Silver Dom Lass 507Z sired by YV 232N Silver Stone 923W sold to Lawview Herefords, Cypress River, MB for $4900.00
$4,697.00 $1,208.00
High Selling Lots Lot 27- C 31S Sunshine Lad 88Z sired by MHH 66N Sunrise Lad 31S sold to Red Willow Colony, Stettler, AB for $7400.00 Lot 1- C 24U Zorro 1Z sired by FE 44S Red Skyline 24U sold to White Lake Colony, Granum, AB for $7100.00 Lot 28- C 31S Sunrise D Lad 90Z sired by MHH 66N Sunrise Lad 31S sold to Webbalta, Veteran, AB for $7000.00 Lot 4- C 24U Zoose 9Z sired by FE 44S Red Skyline 24U sold to White Lake Colony, Granum, AB for $6750.00 Lot 12- C 60W Mr Wagon Man 43Z sired by C 98S D Wagoner 60W sold to Pipeline Grazing Co-op, Medicine Hat, AB for $6200.00
High Selling Heifer Calf Lot 90- LVH Miss 53X Standard 31A sired by MVF 19S Standard Brit Lad 53X sold to Alice Oddan, Maidstone, SK for $2200.00
Beck Farms & McCoy Cattle Co. 5th Annual Bull Sale
February 22, 2014 Regina, SK Auctioneer: Chris Poley Sale Management: T Bar C Cattle Co. (2013) Ltd. Sale Results 27 Yearling Hereford Bulls Averaged $3,944.44 24 Yearling Gelbvieh Bulls Averaged $3,593.75 34 Yearling Charolais Bulls Averaged $3,391.18 2 Two Year Old Charolais Bulls Averaged $3,250.00 87 Bulls Grossed $314,550.00 and Averaged $3,615.52 High Selling Yearling Hereford Bull Lot 55- McCoy 49S Justice 18A sired by McCoy 55M Absolute 49S was purchased by Church Ranch, Calgary, AB and Chinook Ranch, Longview, AB for $10,000.00
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8th Annual Ulrich Herefords Bull & Female Sale
Holloway Farms Ltd. 4th Annual Bull Sale
Sale Results 29.5 Two Year Old Bulls Averaged $4,588.00 10 Registered Bred Heifers Averaged $2,820.00 39.5 Lots Grossed $163,550.00 and Averaged $4,141.00
Sale Results 30 Two Year Old Bulls Averaged $3358.00 3 Registered Bred Heifers Averaged $2733.00 33 Lots Grossed $108,950.00 and Averaged $3,302.00 18 Commercial Bred Heifers Averaged $2057.00 27 Commercial Open Heifers Averaged $1286.00
February 25, 2014 Lethbridge, AB Auctioneer: R.C. (Bob) Balog
High Selling Lots Lot 85- AGA 2U Britisher 85Z sired by AGA 46E Britisher ET 2U sold to Berry’s Land & Livestock Co., Vida, MT for $14,000.00 Lot 49- AGA 114L General Zetor 49Z sired by AGA 13G General 114L sold to Darren Hannis, Paradise Hill, SK for $7750.00
February 27, 2014 Veteran, AB Auctioneer: Kirk Goldsmith
High Selling Bulls Lot 53Z- Hollow 1U Effective 53Z sired by Windrush 108 Standard Lad 1U sold to Jordan and Curtis Christianson, Oyen, AB for $5000.00
Lot 20- AGA 2U Britisher 20Z sired by Bannerlane 232 Extra Gen 60W sold to Benwyn Farms, Progress, BC for $7500.00
Lot 23Z- Hollow 18U Max 23Z sired by Hollow Homer 18U sold to Dwight Downey, Castor, AB for $4600.00
Lot 54- AGA 26T Jarrod Zebadiah 54Z sired by CC 77J Jarrod 26T sold to White Lake Colony, Nobleford, AB for $6250.00
Lot 20Z- Hollow 1U Effective 20Z sired by Windrush 108 Standard Lad 1U sold to Glen Lepard, Erskine, AB for $4500.00
Lot 70- AGA 114L General Zucchini 70Z sired by AGA 13G General 114L sold to Haraga Ranch, Skiff, AB for $5800.00
Lot 71Z- Hollow 26X Bert 71Z sired by Hollow Gilbert 26X sold to Goodbrand Land & Cattle, Provost, AB for $4500.00
Lot 7- AGA 174S MS Royal Amigo ET 7Z sired by SGC 76P Royal Amigo 174S sold to Stewart Crone, Hardisty, AB for $4500.00
High Selling Bred Heifer Lot 43Z- Hollow 732W Irene 43Z sired by JNHR Handsome Lad 732W sold to Misty Valley Farms, Maidstone, SK for $3000.00
Calgary Bull Sale
March 6, 2014 Calgary, AB Auctioneer: Don Raffin and Bob Balog
95th Annual Pride of The Prairies Bull Sale March 2-3, 2014 Lloydminster, SK Auctioneer: Dan Skeels
Sale Results 1 Horned Hereford Bull Averaged $3,200.00 Averaged $4,150.00 2 Polled Hereford Bulls 9 Polled Hereford Bulls Averaged $3,278.00 52 Lots Grossed $194,000.00 and Averaged $3,731.00 High Selling Horned Hereford Lot 22- sold to Hemmelgarn Farms Inc., St. Walburg, SK for $3,200.00 High Selling Polled Herefords Lot 25- sold to W.L. Fleming Family Farm, Irma, AB for $4,200.00
Sale Results 13 Angus Bulls Averaged $3,546.15 1 Gelbvieh Bulls Averaged $2,500.00 87 Hereford Bulls Averaged $5,193.68 10 Ranch Horses Averaged $6,738.64 Averaged $6,738.64 11 Heifers (Pen of 5) 101 Bulls Grossed $500,450 and Averaged $4,954.95 122 Total Lots Grossed $649,325 and Averaged $5,322.34 High Selling Hereford Lots Lot 22- RUT 10N Ribstone Lad 26Z by K 64H Ribstone Lad 10N sold to Dallas Farms, Bowden, AB for $19,000.00 Lot 608- Heifers sold to Bircham Ranch, Piapot, SK for $7,500.00
Pen 29- sold to Ralph Boe, Mannville, AB for $5,900.00
Top Volume Buyers Guenther Ranch, Consort, AB J & B MacGougan, Coronation, AB Miller Ranches Ltd., Hanceville, BC Pipleine Grazing Co-op, Medicine Hat, AB Vegreville Colony, Vegreville, AB
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Harvie Ranching 5th Annual Bull Sale
Standard Hill Connection 2014
March 10, 2014 Olds, AB Auctioneer: Ryan Dorran
March 9, 2014 Maidstone, SK Auctioneer: Jerry Hewson
Sale Results 4 Yearling Hereford Bulls Averaged $4,500.00 10.5 Two Year Old Hereford Bulls Averaged $3,861.90 32 Yearling Angus Bulls Averaged $3,731.25 9 Open Hereford Heifers Averaged $2,155.56 14 Open Angus Heifers Averaged $2,275.00 69.5 Lots Grossed $229,200.00 and Averaged $3,297.84 High Selling Hereford Bulls Lot 4- SHPH 7Y Pivot 40A sired by FCC 2U Harlan 7Y sold to Ulmer Farms, Carvel, AB for $7,000.00 Lot 11- SHPH 40X Guardian 107Z sired by GHC-CT Guardian 40X sold to Gordon Spenser, Mervin, SK for $5,250.00
Sale Results 32 Lots Grossed $157,400.00 and Averaged $4,918.75 High Selling Hereford Bulls Lot 72- Harvie BYH Skyfire 35A sired by Otapawa Skymate 2046 sold to Robin and Randy Flieck, SK for $13,000.00 Lot 56- Harvie Keynote 127A sired by Remitall Keynote 20X sold to Paul Kress, SK for $8,750.00 Lot 57- Harvie 5W Winston 140A sired by Harvie Winston 5W sold to CR Putnam, AB for $7,750.00 Lot 55- Harvie Johnny Cash 12A sired by Harvie OVHF Walk Hard 154U sold to Willow Creek Cattle Co-op, AB for $7,400.00
High Selling Hereford Heifers Lot 79- Standard-Hill 7Y Iris 22A sired by FCC 2U Harlan 7Y sold to Bob Gristwood, Loon Lake, SK for $3,000.00 Lot 70- Standard-Hill 7S Deanne 144A sired by Square-D Pat 2N 7S sold to Riverbridge Ranch, Maidstone, SK for $2,400.00
Anderson Family Herefords 32nd Annual Production Sale
Lot 79- Harvie Big Sky 136A sired by Otapawa Skymate 2046 sold to Neil Perry, AB for $7,000.00 Lot 88- Harvie DAN Sniper 203Z sired by TH 122 71I Victor 719T sold to Ehlke Herefords, MT, for $6,400.00
56th Annual Medicine Hat Bull Show and Sale March 18-19, 2014 Medicine Hat, AB Auctioneer: R.C. (Bob) Balog
Lethbridge, AB Auctioneer: R.C. (Bob) Balog
Sale Results 40.5 Lots Grossed $177,200.00 and Averaged $4,375.00 High Selling Bulls Lot 10Z- FA 31W Britisher 10Z sired by DA Harland Britisher 31W sold to Joe Van Newkirk, Oshkosh, NE, USA for $17,000.00 Lot 17- FA 5X Britisher 17Z sired by GH Adams Twister 416T sold to Curt Kralitke, ND, USA for $11,000.00 Lot 128- FA Script Britisher 128Z sired by SR Script187 sold to Little Red Deer Herefords, Innisfail, AB for $8,750.00 Lot 265- FA 169X Britisher 265Z sired by FA 58U Britisher 169X sold to Kenneth Skow, MO, USA for $6,700.00 Lot 266- DA 105T Britisher 266Z sired by DA 121M Britisher 105T sold to Phillip Moon, Fay, AR, USA for $5,500.00 Lot 106- FA Script Britisher 106Z sired by SR Script 187 sold to Darryl Paulgaard, Provost, AB for $5,100.00
Sale Results 69 Hereford Two Year Old Bulls Averaged $4,859.00 3 Hereford Yearling Bulls Averaged $5,200.00 30 Angus Yearling Bulls Averaged $4,706.00 16 Angus Two Year Old Bulls Averaged $4,650.00 118 Lots Grossed $566,450.00 and Averaged $4,800.00 High Selling Lots Lot 131- MN 6S Mo Le Lad 75Z sired by MN 6S Mo Le Lad 75Z sold to Mark Law, Cypress River, MB and Misty Valley Farms, Maidstone, SK for $13,000.00 Lot 82- BBSF 821W Zoom In 2556Z sired by JNHR Red Britisher 821W sold to XTC Ranches, Eastend, SK for $8,250.00 Lot 75- BP 44U Anchor 137Z sired by Anchor 44U sold to Ted Harty, Longview, AB for $7,600.00 Lot 100- LPG Don Sky Lad 37Z sired by Donorah 9N Dandy Lad 50W sold to Lock Farms, Macklin, SK for $7,600.00 Lot 95- LBH 105X JP Galaxy 299Z sired by McCoy 58G Jackpot Et 105X sold to Brost Land & Cattle, Erskine, AB for $7,500.00
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Ranch Ready Bull Sale
Canada’s Red, White and Black Bull Sale March 15, 2014 Moose Jaw, SK Auctioneer: Scott Johnstone
March 20, 2014 Swift Current, SK Auctioneer: Donnie Peacock
Sale Results 5 Hereford Yearling Bulls Averaged $3,000.00 23 Hereford Two Year-Old Bulls Averaged $3,495.00 11 Angus Yearling Bulls Averaged $2,955.00 5 Limousin Yearling Bulls Averaged $2,460.00 2 Limousin Two Year-Old Bulls Averaged $3,625.00 46 Bulls Grossed $147,400.00 and Averaged $3,205.00
Sale Results 12 Two Year Old Hereford Bulls Averaged $4,783.00 14 Yearling Hereford Bulls Averaged $5,018.00 19 Two Year Old Angus Bulls Averaged $4,576.00 3 Two Year Old Simm/Angus Bulls Averaged $3,233.00 3 Open Purebred Hereford Heifers Averaged $3,867.00 51 Lots Grossed $235,400.00 and Averaged $4,616.00
Lone Pine Cattle Services Top Sellers Lot 8- XLP 91S Doc Holiday 38Z sired by Kirby-Lone Pine Santana ET 91S sold to Michael J Sosna, Stoughton, SK for $8,000.00
High Selling Hereford Bulls Lot 4- BR 80X Classic Lad 108A sired by BR 52U Classic Lad 80X sold to Philip Wimmer, Beaubier, SK for $7,250.00
Lot 9- XLP 1131W Pacer 44Z sired by MHPH 2N Webster 1131W sold to Rod Baumgartner, Kendal, SK for $4100.00
Lot 28- BR 24W Standard Lad 164Z sired by DBHR 268P Watchman 24W sold to Elras White Corp., Creelman, SK for $7,250.00
Lot 11- XLP MDF Heat ET 9Z sired by BNMHPH 13P Heat 101S sold to Lazy HJ Land & Cattle, Minton, SK for $4,000.00
Lot 13- BR 4W Stanmore 163A sire by DBHR 31R Stanmore 4W sold to Triple A Herefords, Moose Jaw, SK for $7,200.00
Six South Acres Ltd. Top Sellers Lot 4- SSAL Triple Crown 15Z sired by OVHF 167U Blue Hills 1X sold to BBJ Polled Herefords, Harris, SK for $5,200.00
Lot 9- BR 4W Stanmore 130A sired by DBHR 31R Stanmore 4W sold to X Bar X, Bowman, ND for $7,100.00
Lot 1- SSAL Aftershock 12A sired by SSAL 15W Yesman 1Y sold to Sampson Thunderbird Ranch, Lloydminster, SK for $5,100.00 Bieber Herefords Top Seller Lot 25- HDB 2U’s Quantum 348Z sired by FCC 7M Quantum 2U sold to Blaschuck Land & Cattle, Chaplin, SK for $4,200.00
Lot 16- BR 9279 Extra Deep ET 115Z sired by ECR L18 Extra Deep 9279 sold to Carrie Englot, Estevan, SK for $6,700.00 High Selling Hereford Heifer Lot 32- BR 4W Home Maker 50A sired by DBHR 31R Stanmore 4W sold to Allan and Matt Hansen, Shaunavon, SK for $4,200.00
Old Burchill Farm Top Seller Lot 33- OBF Monty 1Z sired by GHC-Taboo Coalition 52U sold to Bill Potts, Morse, SK for $4,200.00 Mission Ridge Herefords Top Seller Lot 36- M-R 32X Zapper 4Z sired by HF 102S Lariat 32X sold to L&S Farms, Leross, SK for $4,000.00
Stockman Select Bull Sale March 22, 2014 Moose Jaw, SK Auctioneer: Ryan Dorran
Sale Results 18 Two Year Old Hereford Bulls Averaged $4,612.00 8 Yearling Hereford Bulls Averaged $3,400.00 32 Black Angus Bulls Averaged $6,380.00 26 Red Angus Bulls Averaged $3,860.00 84 Lots Grossed $405,500.00 and Averaged $4,821.00 Averaged $1,492.00 32 Open Commercial Heifers High Selling Lots Lot 9- Triple A 9121 Prairie Son 7Z sired by CL1 Domino 9121W 1ET sold to Hickory Corner Farms, Briercrest, SK for $10,750.00 Lot 3- Triple A 66X Chevy 5Z sired by Triple A1T Chrome 66X sold to Blair Bendrickson, Gladmar, SK for $7,000.00 Lot 6- Triple A 47R Stanmore 3Z sired by PDHR 20J Stanmore 47R sold to Kevin Turner, Shamrock, SK for $7,000.00 Lot 10- Triple A 9121 Domino 2Z sired by CL1 Domino 9121W 1ET sold to Nathan Jensen, Lethbridge, AB for $6,250.00 Lot 1- Triple A 1T Bazinga 20Z sired by Triple A Max’s Turbo ET 1T sold to Hickory Corner Farms, Briercrest, SK for $6,000.00
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WLB Livestock 10th Annual Bull Sale March 25, 2014 Douglas, MB
Sale Results Simmental Bulls Averaged Hereford Bulls Averaged 47 Bulls Grossed $241,750.00
$5,866.00 $4,168.00
High Selling Hereford Bulls Lot 18-WLB Bull 4002X 119A, sired by WLB Bingo 50S ET 4002X sold to K Cow Ranch, Elk Point, AB for $5,800.00 Lot 16 - WLB Barcode 4002X 116A, sired by WLB Bingo 50S ET 4002X sold to Rena and Kayla Hordos, Raymore, SK for $5,100.00 Lot 1- WLB Brooklyn 50S 15A, sired by WLB Global 72M 50S sold to Harvey and Beth McKay, Kincardine, ON for $5,000.00 Lot 2- WLB Bull 100W 88A, sired by NJW 73S M326 Trust 100W sold to Lynn Wood, Estevan, SK for $5,000.00 Lot 23- WLB Bull 37S 43A, sired by WLB Hero RH 37S sold to Roy Savage, Eden, MB $5,000.00 Volume Buyer (8 bulls) Tom and Patsy Dooley, Valley River, MB
Wilson Lees Value Added Bull Sale
April 4, 2014 Kisbey, SK Auctioneer: Chris Poley Sale Management: T Bar C Cattle Co. (2013) Ltd. Sale Results 42.75 Yearling Bulls Averaged $4,860.82 1 Two Year Old Bull Averaged $5,500.00 43.75 Lots Grossed $213,300.00 and Averaged $4,875.43 High Selling Lots Lot 1 - Haroldson’s Pay Dirt ET 27A sired by TH 89T 743 Untapped 425X ET, 3/4 interest and full possession was purchased by Glass Land & Cattle, Chaplin, SK for $13,000.00 Lot 27 - Glenlees 68Y Indeed 39A sired by Glenlees 50S Ringer 68Y was purchased by Manchester Polled Herefords, Senlac, SK for $10,500.00 Lot 29 - Glenlees 452Y Stardom 27A sired by TH 43P 719T Victor 452Y ET was purchased by Jonathan Grunet, Yorkton, SK for $9,500.00 Lot 28 - Glenlees 1121Y Yorker 4A sired by MHPH 118U New Yorker 1121Y was purchased by Jim Gleich, Eriksdale, MB for $7,200.00
Lundar’s 46th Annual Bull Sale April 12, 2014 Lundar, MB Auctioneer: Buddy Bergner
NJW Polled Herefords Bull Sale
Sale Results 25 Bulls
April 9, 2014 Sheridan, WY Auctioneer: Joe Goggins
Sale Results 1 Herd Sire Averaged 65 Yearling Bulls Averaged 1 Fall Bull Averaged 67 Lots Grossed $564,000.00
$3,500.00 $7,661.54 $62,500.00
High Selling Yearling Bulls Lot 88A- NJW 135U 10Y Hometown 88A ET sired by NJW 73S W18 Hometown 10Y ET sold to Santee Farms LLC, Fort Myers, FL for $42,500.00 Lot 31A- NJW 30Y 4037 Durango 31A sired by THM Durango 4037 sold to Santee Farms LLC, Fort Myers, FL for $35,000.00 Lot 90A- NJW 73S 980 Hutton 90A ET sired by CRR Helton 980 sold to Kaczmarek Herefords and WMC Cattle, Salem, MO for $19,000.00 High Selling Fall Bull Lot 190Z- NJW 78P TwentyTwelve 190Z ET sired by NJW 73S M326 Trust 100W ET sold to Southern Cattle Co., Pearl, MS for $62,500.00
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$3244.00
High Selling Hereford Bulls Lot 14 – Rawcliffe 328U Ranger 33Z sired by Square-D Stylus 328U was purchased by Greg MacMillan, Marquette MB for $4,750.00 Lot 19 – FBF 55S Buzz Light Beer 35Z sired by Harold’s WLC Heatley ET 55S was purchased by Fred and Joanne Gittoes, Hilbre MB for $4,600.00 Lot 15 – Rawcliffe 49T Precision 110A sired by Blair-Athol He Da Man 49T was purchased by Fred and Joanne Gittoes, Hilbre MB for $4,700.00 High Selling Limousin Bulls Lot 22 – TWN Alberto 785A sired by Cam Poll Unison was purchased by Trevor Procter Woodlands MB for $3,000.00 High Selling Simmental Bulls Lot 36 – Kwd Asterix 7A sired by CDI/PLCC Dr Phil 145U was purchased by Twin Meadow Livestock, Treherne MB for $4,700.00
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Advertisers Index A.X.A. Polled Herefords Abby Hill Farms Alameda Agencies Ltd. Alta Genetics Inc. AM Ranching ANL Polled Herefords Aqua Hollow Ranch Arthur Polled Herefords
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Bar-J-M Herefords Bar-RZ Polled Herefords Bieber Herefords Blair-Athol Polled Herefords Bova-Tech Ltd. Bow Valley Genetics Brendale Acres Breton West Herefords Brillinger Farms BuyAgro
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C&T Cattle Co. C.L.L. Holdings Ltd. Canadian Farm Insurance Corp. Chestermere Herefords Craigs Ranching Co. Creekside Angus Crittenden Bros. Polled Herefords
9 34 52 30 34 34 BC
Dallas Farms Davis-Rairdan Embryo Transplants Ltd. Dorbay Polled Herefords Double 'F' Cattle Co. Double J Polled Herefords DTHF Herefords
30 52 26 34 34 40
Flewelling Cattle Co. Flyer Cattle Co.
46, 47 40
Garrett Ranch Ltd. Genex Cooperative Inc. Glenlees Farm Glennethy Farms Grant Rolston Photography Ltd. Greenridge Farms Guilford Hereford Ranch GWG Polled Herefords
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H.S. Knill Co. Ltd. Happy Hollow Farms Haroldson’s Polled Herefords HBM Polled Herefords Hereford America HMS Hi-Cliffe
15 34 3 26 53 34
J Bar B Polled Herefords Jo Nomn Hereford Ranch Johner Stock Farm JVJ Polled Herefords
30 30 34 34
K-Cow Ranch KTCT Polled Herefords
30 40
Lakeford Polled Herefords Lakes Ranch Polled Herefords Lamport’s Polled Herefords
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LCI Doenz Ranches Lemondale Polled Herefords Lock Farms LV Farms Ltd.
31 26 34 34
Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords MHR Polled Herefords MJT Cattle Co. Ltd. MNH Herefords Moorehaven Farms
1 34 31 40 26
NBG Polled Herefords NCX Polled Herefords NJW Polled Herefords
26 31 52
O’Grady Steel Old Burchill Farm
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Parkvista Hereford Farm Poley, Chris Prairie Rose Stock Farms Pugh Farms
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Rawcliffe Grange Stock Farm Remax/Blue Chip Realty, Marcel DeCorby Remitall West Richardson Ranch River Bridge Ranch River Valley Polled Herefords Rock’N Roll Herefords Rolling Acres Farms Roselawn Polled Herefords RSK Farms
40 53 31 15 35 IFC 35 52 40 40
Sampson’s Thunderbird Ranch Scott Alta Farms Section 7 Ranch Spring Mountain Stock Farm Square D Polled Herefords SS Cattle Company Inc. Standard Hill Livestock Stith, Dale Stockmens Insurance Stromsmoe Herefords and Black Angus
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T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd. T Bar Invitational Taboo Polled Herefords The Cliffs Farm Thornbank Farm Polled Herefords Today’s Publishing Topp Herefords Triangle Acres Triple H Farm Twin View Polled Herefords Tyler Harris Photography
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Warnyca Land & Cattle Watergrove Ranches Wild Oak Farms Wilson Polled Herefords Wrangler Polled Herefords Wunderbar Polled Herefords
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