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M.C. Quantock Livestock
Shows 30
Ottawa Valley Point Show
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NB Beef Expo
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Olds Fall Classic
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Ontario Angus Preview Gold Show
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The Brand That Pays
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The Real World
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A Breeder’s... Veterinary Perspective
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The Final Word
Cover Photography By Kim Harder
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PHP Miss Diana 93W Dam of 193Y
PHP Diana 193Y
Figure 8 Angus Tom Boy X SAV Wall Street Co-Owned With Hall’s Cattle Co. Sells At the Agribition Masterpiece Sale
Box 85, Simpson, SK S0G 4M0 Rob Garner 306-836-2035 Cell Phone: 306 946-7946 Fax: 306-836-4440 www.nordallimousin.com
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16Y - Sired By Limestone Darkhorse U322 16Y & 2Y Sell At The Touch Of Class Sale Saskatoon, SK - December 9, 2011
Sells At The Masterpiece Sale Regina, SK - November 23, 2011
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December 9, 2011 Saskatoon, SK
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Erica 21Y
Red Ward’s Blackbird 9Y
Red Howe Bold Future 86T
Red Ter-Ron Realdeal 01W
Thank you to Anchor 1 Angus and RSL Red Angus for purchasing our consignments at the Red Roundup Sale
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A steak in your future By Steve Suther, Director of Industry Information, Certified Angus Beef LLC Farmers and ranchers are no more than 2 percent of the population in North America, so it doesn’t add much to beef demand when you buy. However, you should know and understand what it takes to make a great steak at least as much as any chef knows. It’s your livelihood. The Certified Angus Beef ® (CAB®) brand, owned by Angus producers since 1978 and adding value to Canadian cattle as well since 2000, does not work by insisting that producers or anyone else “demand the brand.” We have to earn that demand by staying true to the quality specifications and tracking every pound so consumers can be confident it will always be worth the premium paid. Once you’ve tried it (click “where to buy” at www. certifiedangusbeef.com), it certainly won’t hurt to suggest others try “Angus beef at its best®,” because that can add value to your cattle. But the trademarked phrase that addresses Angus producers is “The brand that pays®.” It can apply to you, if you take advantage of the Angus breed’s natural ability to marble by consciously selecting for more of those flecks of flavor. Research proves that won’t need to come at the expense of any other traits.
Sales of CAB in Canada have gone up every year since 2006, exceeding 34 million lb. in 2011 (see chart), up more than 5 million lb. in just one year. That’s a testament to the power of this brand in a consumer market still struggling in a sluggish economy. It says people want their money’s worth more than they want to spend less money. Packers are paying more for better beef. Cattle feeders in Ontario have reported $2 to $3 per hundredweight premiums for high quality Angus, and those in Alberta say a CAB-accepted steer is always worth $50 more than a AA, all else being equal. And that was before demand widened the spread this fall. In October-reported U.S. boxed beef prices, CAB was listed at $24.80 above Select, the AA equivalent. Increasingly, marbling will matter in Canadian Angus genetics. Producers are on the right track, stepping up CAB production in Canada every year since 2006, even as overall beef production declined. More than 16 million lb. was produced in the year ending Sept. 30, with 4 million of that exported. The net of 12 million lb. leaves a shortfall of 22 million lb. that had to come in from the U.S. to meet the growing demand. That spells opportunity down the road.
Whether you are in the Angus business in western Canada or in the eastern provinces, your future depends on the consumers’ ability to have a great eating experience when they buy Angus beef. You can pursue that with your own brand or as a part of the whole industry. Either way, you have to take a lot on faith. Faith in your breed, faith that genetic selection works, faith that consumers will keep supporting a brand that lives up to its promises, and faith that growing demand in Canada will increasingly move licensed CAB packers to pay premiums so they can meet that demand.
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View from south Ontario Bill Jackson’s family has been in the purebred Angus business since 1923. In some ways, the customers of Tullamore Farms, near Caledon, Ontario, have not changed much in all those years. The Jacksons buy, breed and sell a selection of elite registered stock, but most of their cattle go to commercial operations with 30 or fewer cows. “They don’t ask me about EPDs (expected progeny differences), so I probably don’t study them as much as I should,” says Jackson, who keeps 130 registered Angus females that calve January to April. “I base my selections on what I like.” There’s still an art to it, and even the top student of data-based tools appreciates a good eye. Customers like his recommendations as they look to the cattle for visual traits, too. Buyers come back year after year, bringing new prospects from positive word of mouth or, in some cases, taste of tongue. The freezer beef trade is important in this area on the Toronto-side of Ontario’s Green Belt, where commercial development is a mixed blessing for the 400-acre farm. Cows can graze all night along the fence bordering a warehouse hub that stays “lit up like a ball diamond,” Jackson says. Even in the suburbs, the beef business is segmented. Jackson sells the light end of his Angus heifers to smaller farmers, five or ten head in a draft, to grow and finish and sell to their freezer-beef customers.
At the end of the day, he says, what sells is homeraised Angus beef, even if it is more perception than science. Jackson knows marbling is what leads to the great taste and repeat customers. “But my customers don’t know about marbling. They might mean exactly that, but what they will say is that it’s tender and tastes good.” He keeps the top one-third of heifers for replacements, including some that sell in an annual fall female consignment sale with several other Angus breeders. Breeding bulls sell by private treaty. Demand has been particularly brisk for the past couple of years, to the point where Tullamore was sold out by July with none carried over for next year’s twos. Steer calves sell in a special fall auction of black Angus feeders weighing 500 to 600 pounds. “I should follow our calves through to see just how they do on the rail, but it would not be easy,” he says. “Our heifer feeders end up taking them to custom killing plants as they are ready and sold. With the steers, it would be up to me to find out who bought them and see if they want to tell me anything. We think most of the guys who feed don’t want to share information.” The commercial feedlots do report feeding more Angus cattle than ever and selling to packers for premium prices, Jackson adds. “I think we are getting more Angus influence in our commercial cattle around here. I sold a bull to an operation that was only Hereford, and another to a commercial Charolais breeder,” he says. Angus genetics come from both sides of the U.S./ Canadian border, says Jackson, whose farm is less than 100 miles from Niagara Falls, around the west point of Lake Ontario. “We tend to buy our herd sires in Canada, but they often carry some U.S. breeding,” he explains. Tullamore Farms was also part of a group that bought a $57,000 Angus bull at Denver’s National Western Stock Show last January, though the bull came from Southland Angus Farms in Saskatchewan, in a sale managed by New York’s Trowbridge Farms, practically a neighbor.
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Bear Hills Angus
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PO Box 93 Paynton, SK S0M 2J0 306 • 895 • 2024 2020angus@yourlink.ca
ly Hills Angus BeverGenetics for the Long Run
C7Angus
Box 415 Swift Current, SK S9H 3V8 Phone: (306) 778-2181 Cell: (306) 741-7485 beverlyhillsangus@sasktel.net
Box 399, Shaunavon, SK S0N 2M0 Phone (306) 297-2304 Fax (306) 297-2381 rloberle@sasktel.net
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Bob & Shonda Toner P.O. Box 3 Kelfield, SK S0K 2C0 (306) 932-2180
Shane Castle
Ralph Oberle
“The Olynyks” Wes & Kim & Family
Box 192, Goodeve, SK S0A 1C0 Phone (306) 876-4420
Irene
(306) 567-4702
Box 103, Goodeve, SK S0A 1C0 Phone (306) 876-4400 Cell: (306) 728-8284 www.crescentcreekangus.com info@crescentcreekangus.com
Box 688, Davidson, SK S0G 1A0
Annual Bull Sale ~ 1st Saturday in April
Clint, Suzanne, Eric & Luc Smith Box 284, Mankota, SK H: 306.478.2470 C: 306.774.4348 F: 306.478.2480 breedcreekranch@sasktel.net
DK “a quality brand”
Performance is a Must!
Donn & Karen Kraynick & Family Box 1657 Canora, Sask. S0A 0L0 home (306) 563-4406 cell (306) 562-7776 email kraynick@xplornet.ca
www.bardkcattle.com
Bill: 306-577-8192 Scott: 306-455-2390 Shaun fax: 306-577-5194
P.O. Box 58, Arcola Saskatchewan S0C 0G0
Double Bar D Farms Double Bar D 1970) Farms (since Breeders of Red Angus and Simmental Cattle
Richard Dimler & Sons
Box 818, Grenfell, SK S0G 2B0
Richard Ph/Fax (306) 697-3038
Ken (306) 697-2474 • Mark (306) 697-3289 www.doublebardsimmental.com 4 miles east of Grenfell on Trans Canada Hwy and 1 mile north
Visitors Always Welcome
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Forsyth Ranch Ltd. Morley and Mel Forsyth 306.784.2666 (h) 306.672.6629 (c) Mark and Claire Forsyth 306.784.2552 (h) 306.784.7844 (c) Box 100, Herbert, SK S0H 2A0
Gerlei Angus
Gerald & Lorelei Kary & Family Ph: 306-424-2332 Fax: 306-424-2718 Box 540, Montmartre, SK S0G 3M0 gerlei.angus@sasktel.net
Halcyon Angus Farm
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JOHN, MIRIAM & KERRY BUSWELL
Red Angus and Simmental Cattle
Box 126 • Borden, SK • S0K 0N0 • 306.997.4802 • • j.buswell@sasktel.net •
Box 99, Carievale, SK • S0C 0P0 E-mail: mrl@sasktel.net
purebred black & red angus cattle baldY replacement heifers cereal, oilseed & pulse crop production
Jim (306)928-4636 Dave (306)928-2249
Lee (306)928-4820 Fax (306)928-2143
The Stamp Of Quality Simmental Genetics For Over 25 Years
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Meadow Ridge Ent. Ltd. Group Site 602 Box 1 RR 6 Saskatoon, SK Canada S7K 3J9
Albert & Tom Robertson Honey Bees, Elite Seed Potatoes and Pure Bred Black Angus Email: a.j.robertson@sasktel.net Phone: (306) 373-9140 Cell: (306) 270-6627 Fax: (306) 373-9160
Peak Dot Ranch Ltd.
Box 105, Wood Mountain, SK S0H 4L0 Terry Moneo Carson Moneo 306-266-4303 306-266-4414 Clay Moneo Scott & Mia Turner 306-266-4411 306-266-2056 Fax: 306-266-4930 Email: peakdot@gmail.com www.peakdotranch.com
Ringstead Ranch Ltd Owners
SK Ranch Manager
Box 31, Millarville, AB T0L 1K0 Res: 403-931-3276 Fax: 403-931-3295 www.ringsteadranch.com
Box 82, Drake, SK S0K 1H0 Cell: 306-365-8086 Res: 306-364-4715 Ranch/Fax: 306-363-4820
Rick & Deb Cones
Grant Mills
Skyebrook Angus Brian & Janet Misselbrook Box 218 Choiceland, SK S0J 0M0 H: 306-428-2081 E: bmisselbrook@sasktel.net
Glenn & Mel Sisson
(306) 873-4882 (306) 873-4890 RR #1, Ridgedale, SK S0E 1L0
Annual “Black Pearl” Sale - First Monday in April
Brian McCarthy & Family
Box 467, Moosomin, SK S0G 3N0 Phone (306) 435-3590 Cell (306) 435-7527 bmccarthy@sasktel.net Website: springcreeksimmentals.com
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Wilbar Farms
Dundurn, SK
Bryan & Tracey Willms (306) 492-2161 Jud & Betty Willms (306) 492-4651
wilbarfarms.com Registered Angus Since 1963
Purebred Registered Red Angus
The Kereluiks
Box 278, Sheho, SK S0A 3T0 twin.heritage@sasktel.net www.twinheritage.com Mitch Allan and Ann Michael 306.849.2112 306.849.4638 306.955.6553 “Add a Touch of Heritage to Your Herd
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Ottawa Valley Point Show Perth, ON September 5, 2011 Judge: Eric Rincker, Sutherland, ON FEMALES HEIFER CALF 1. VOS Brothers, Corbyville, ON with VOS Chloe 1Y by DUFFS New Attraction 6110 2. Dan Findlay, Kars, ON with Eskerview Flashy by B C Lookout 7024 YEARLING HEIFER Junior Division 1. Cloverlane Farm, Perth, ON with Cloverlane Lexus by DUFFS New Attraction 6110 2. Tyler Fulton, Cedar Angus, Pakenham, ON with Frey’s Ark Pride by G13 Standout Senior Division 1. VOS Brothers, Corbyville, ON with Cloverlane Naomi by DUFFS New Attraction 6110 2. Gerald and Keitha Donovan, Ashton,ON with Donovandale Xania by B C Lookout 7024 TWO YEAR OLD COW/CALF PAIR 1. Cloverlane Farms, Perth, ON with Cloverlane Chantelle 262w by Sunset Midland, and her calf Cloverlane Treeshaker 33Y by Salt Creek Bob 2. Cedarview Angus, Pakenham, ON with Rally Lucy 9045 by BT Right Time 24J and her calf by Conneally Final Product MATURE COW/CALF PAIR 1. Gerald and Keitha Donovan, Ashton, ON with Hawthorne Miss Morrison 3T by Whitestone Widespread MB and her calf, Donovandale Espresso 01Y by S A V Pioneer 7301
2. Rebenmatt Farm, Smith Falls, ON with Red Rebenmatt Joyce 16R by Red GP Catalyst 025
GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE VOS Brothers, Corbyville, ON with Cloverlane Naomi by DUFFS New Attraction 6110
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE Cloverlane Farms, Perth, ON with Cloverlane Chantelle 262w by Sunset Midland, and her calf Cloverlane Treeshaker 33Y by Salt Creek Bob BULLS BULL CALF 1.Xcel Livestock and Dan Findlay, Russell, ON with Xcel Esker Emblazon 102Y by BCC-JCL Emblazon YEARLING BULL 1.Cloverland Farm and Tyler Fulton, Perth, ON with Just Enuff Edgar by DUFFS New Edition Today’s Angus Advantage Late Fall 2011 30
TWO YEAR OLD BULL 1. VOS Brothers, Shannonville, ON with Triara Windsor 368W by S A V Bismarck 5682 2.Blue Done Cattle Co., Shannonville, ON with Soo Line Kodiak 9211 by HF Kodiak 5R
GRAND CHAMPION BULL Cloverland Farm and Tyler Fulton, Perth, ON with Just Enuff Edgar by DUFFS New Edition
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION BULL Xcel Livestock and Dan Findlay, Russell, ON with Xcel Esker Emblazon 102Y by BCC-JCL Emblazon
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While In Manitoba Make Plans To Visit These Breeders... Bruce, Ione, Austen and Breanna Comp 2, RR 2, Swan River, MB R0L 1Z0 204-734-2073 or 204-734-0730 andersoncattle@inethome.ca www.andersoncattle.ca
re Angus kmoBlack Broo“Registered Angus” Jack & Barb Hart
Phone/Fax (204) 476-2607 Cell (204) 476-6696 General Delivery, Brookdale, MB R0K 0G0 Annual Cattleman’s Connection Bull Sale First Friday In March
Simmental & Angus
Miles & Bonnie Glasman
Quality Purebred Red & Black Angus Genetics Annual Bull Sale - 2nd Last Saturday In March Albert & Gail Hamilton 204.827.2358 ph/fax
Glen & Carleen Hamilton 204.827.2002 ph
Dr. David & Shelley Hamilton 204.822.3054 ph/fax 204.325.3635 cell www.hamcocattleco.com • embryo@mts.net
Box 1179 Russell, MB R0J 1W0
Phone: 204-773-3279 Toll Free: 1-866-711-5495 Cell: 204-773-6275 Fax: 204-773-3980
www.mjsimmentalangus.com mjfarms@inetlink.ca
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Performance Tested Herd
NANCY HOWATT & FAMILY Box 306 PH/FAX (204) 242-2550 Manitou, MB R0G 1G0 Cell (204) 825-8292
FEMALES HEIFER CALF 1. Temple Stewart, Hampshire, PEI with HMF Pride 15Y by MVF Dateline 221R 2. Worth-A-Bit Angus, Albany, PEI with Worth-A-Bit Annie K 4Y by Red SVR Gangster 14S JUNIOR YEARLING HEIFER 1. Boyd Dixon Family, Cornwall, PEI with Bannockburn Valley Rose 40X by Young Dale Avenger 89S 2. Top Of The Hill Farm, Southampton, NS with Bannockburn Valley Pride 58X by JS Kodiak 1T SENIOR YEARLING HEIFER 1. Boyd Dixon Family, Cornwall, PEI with Bannockburn Valley Dolly 15X by JS Kodiak 1T 2. Boyd Dixon Family, Cornwall, PEI with Bannockburn Valley Rose 12X by JS Kodiak 1T CHAMPION JUNIOR AND GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE Boyd Dixon Family, Cornwall, PEI with Bannockburn Valley Rose 40X by Young Dale Avenger 89S RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR AND RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE Boyd Dixon Family, Cornwall, PEI with Bannockburn Valley Dolly 15X by JS Kodiak 1T TWO YEAR OLD COW/CALF PAIR 1. Boyd Dixon Family, Cornwall, PEI with Bannockburn Valley Dolly 3W by S A V Net Worth 4200
with her heifer calf Bannockburn Valley Dolly 21Y by DFCC 33T Bad Boy 51W 2. Model Farm Angus, Quispamsis, NB with Pride Of Model Farm 7W by S A V Net Worth 4200 with her bull calf Model Farm Heritage 6Y by S A V Heritage 6295 MATURE COW/CALF PAIR 1. Temple Stewart, Hampshire, PEI with HMF Blackbird 2J by TJR Kruggerand Z099 with her bull calf HMF Illini 8Y by Allencroft Illini 01 144J 2. Model Farm Angus, Quispamsis, NB with Pride Of Model Farm 14S by Royal New Design DRCC 2074M with her bull calf Model Farm Net Worth 1Y by S A V Net Worth 4200 CHAMPION SENIOR FEMALE Temple Stewart, Hampshire, PEI with HMF Blackbird 2J by TJR Kruggerand Z099 with her bull calf HMF Illini 8Y by Allencroft Illini 01 144J RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR FEMALE Model Farm Angus, Quispamsis, NB with Pride of Model Farm 14S by Royal New Design DRCC 2074M with her bull calf Model Farm Net Worth 1Y by S A V Net Worth 4200
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JUNIOR YEARLING BULL Model Farm Angus, Quispamsis, NB with Model Farm Net Worth 14X by S A V Net Worth 4200 SENIOR YEARLING BULL 1. Temple Stewart, Hampshire, NB with HMF Stockman 5X by Royal Stockman 19B 2. Dusty Breeze Farm, Jolicure, NB with Dust Breeze Tim 1X by Worth-A-Bit In Focus 12U GRAND CHAMPION BULL Temple Stewart, Hampshire, NB with HMF Stockman 5X by Royal Stockman 19B RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION BULL Temple Stewart, Hampshire, NB with HMF Illini 8Y by Allencroft Illini 01 144J BREEDER’S HERD Boyd Dixon Family, Cornwall, PEI GET OF SIRE Top Of The Hill Farm, Southampton, NB PREMIER BREEDER Boyd Dixon Family, Cornwall, PEI PREMIER EXHIBITOR Model Farm Angus, Quispamsis, NB SUPREME CHAMPION FEMALE OF ALL BREEDS Boyd Dixon Family, Cornwall, PEI with Bannockburn Valley Rose 40X by Young Dale Avenger 89S
By Chris Poley
This morning started out just like most mornings, when I’m in the office, (which are not many) as I wake up mostly on the road these days. However, as often as I can the first thing I like to do is fire up my computer and check feeder calf market reports from the day before. These days it’s very exciting, as I’m looking to see if we have hit some new high’s. Which is a lot more fun than a couple of years ago when you were looking, just to make sure they had not slid some more. As everyone already knows the market is strong and calves of all classes are bringing a much greater return than they have since May of 2003. The thing I have been watching lately is the price spread on a specific weight range of steers. When you look at prices quoted in every weight range, especially the steers weighing under seven hundred pounds which are calves coming off cows, there is generally a twenty five cent difference from the high bid to the low bid and as much as a fifty two cent spread in three to four hundred pound steers in the report I have in front of me right now. The point I’m getting to is the profitability difference in producing top quality, market topping calves versus second cut calves. Our local market had a sale yesterday and is quoting five weight steers from $1.50 to $1.74. If you take two steers both weighing five hundred and twenty five pounds and one tops the market at $1.74 and the other brings $1.50 the difference is one hundred and twenty six dollars per head. On just one tri-load of calves (sixty thousand pounds) the difference is $14,400.00 dollars. There will be some producers out there who look at their calf returns this fall and see a gross return of $787.00 per calf and think that is quite
good. They will also feel that their management and selection of low quality, cheap bulls is the way to go. What they don’t realize is that on a high market it is even more important to be a good manager and use top quality bulls because the opportunity to make profits is even bigger on a high market. The producer with $913.50 calves buying his bulls for five thousand dollars versus the guy paying eighteen hundred for a bull, will be money ahead after only the first twenty five calves that five thousand dollar bull produces in his life time. The market is strong and all forecasts indicate it will be strong for quite some time. The great part of being a primary producer in agriculture is that you are your own boss and in control of your own destiny! The next few year will be profitable, for some extremely profitable, it is up to you whether you are content with getting by or if you want to breed your cows to bulls that will put you to the next level. It makes me smile when I hear people say they can not afford to buy the top bulls, how can you afford not to? So don’t be jealous of the neighbor when he buys a new pick up, maybe look at some of the things he is doing and copy some of his success. Enjoy your fall calf sales; we all know you deserve it!
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October 1, 2011 Olds, AB
YEARLING BULL MATURE COW/CALF PAIR 1. Miller Wilson Angus, Bashaw, AB with DMM Miss Essence 37T by Northline Riptide 130N Split 1 and her heifer calf, DMM Miss Essence 14Y 1. Remitall Farms Inc., Olds, AB with Soo Line by Gumbo Gulch Creed 94S Yellowstone 0194 by Cudlobe Yellowstone 2. Remitall Farms Inc., Olds, AB with Brookmore 2. Belvin Angus, Innisfail, AB with Coul Xtreme Karama 100T by S A V Density and her 162’10 by Sunny Dynasty 13R heifer calf, Remitall F Karama 60Y by HF Tiger 5T Split 2 1. Miller Wilson Angus, Bashaw, AB with DMM Roar 16X by HF Tiger 5T 2. Remitall Farms Inc., Olds, AB with Remitall F Jet 30X by S A V Pioneer
FEMALES HEIFER CALF Split 1 1. Symens Land and Cattle Co., Claresholm, AB with SY YoYo 61Y by Young Dale’s Touch Down 36M 2. Lauron Red Angus, Didsbury, AB with Lauron Wall Street 94Y by S A V Wall Street 7091 Split 2 1. Miller Wilson Angus, Bashaw, AB with DMM Miss Essence 14Y by Gumbo Gulch Creed 94S 2. Reid Angus, Cochrane, AB with Reid Angus Dateline 11Y by Reid Angus Advantage 11U
TWO YEAR OLD BULL 1. Miller Wilson Angus, Bashaw, AB with DMM Creed 75W by Gumbo Gulch Creed 94S 2. Double F Cattle Co., Parkside, SK with HF Hemi 176W by HF Hemi 151T
YEARLING HEIFER Split 1 1. Belvin Angus, Innisfail, AB with Belvin Echo 211’10 by Belvin Panther 21’04 2. Diamond T Cattle Co., Olds, AB with Diamond T Wendy Jill 1016 by HF Predominant 213U
Judge: Vern and Denise Lafrentz, Alameda, SK Black Angus Division
GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE Miller Wilson Angus, Bashaw, AB with DMM Miss Essence 37T by Northline Riptide 130N and her heifer calf, DMM Miss Essence 14Y by Gumbo Gulch Creed 94S
Split 2 1. Corner Coulee Angus, Ferintosh, AB with LLB And BAN Duchess 64X by LLB All In 387T 2. Sharon Gabert, Fort Saskatchewan, AB with EXAR Princess 0155 by RITO 6EM 3 of 4L1 Emblazon
SENIOR CHAMPION AND GRAND CHAMPION BULL Miller Wilson Angus, Bashaw, AB with DMM Creed 75W by Gumbo Gulch Creed 94S
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE Senior Division 1. Corner Coulee Angus, Ferintosh, AB with Belvin Angus, Innisfail, AB with Belvin Lady Blossom 14’09 by Belvin Rebel 33’05 and DMM Miss Flora 26X by Gumbo Gulch her bull calf, Belvin Panic Switch 211 by Creed 94S S A V Pioneer 7301 2. Belvin Angus, Innisfail, AB with Belvin Georgina 18’10 by S A V Pioneer 7301 TWO YEAR OLD COW/CALF PAIR 1. Belvin Angus, Innisfail, AB with Belvin Lady Blossom 14’09 by Belvin Rebel 33’05 and her bull calf, Belvin Panic Switch 211 by S A V Pioneer 7301 2. Miller Wilson Angus, Bashaw, AB with DMM Miss Essence 61W by Gumbo Gulch Creed 94S and her bull calf, DMM Bubba 2Y by DMM Ambush 03M
BULLS BULL CALF Split 1 1. Coldstream Angus, Airdrie, AB with Coldstream Titan 188Y by DBRL 03M Titan 4T 2. Coldstream Angus, Airdrie, AB with Coldstream Providor 152Y by S A V Providence 6922 Split 2 1. Belvin Angus, Innisfail, AB with Belvin Panic Switch 2’11 by S A V Pioneer 7301 2. Miller Wilson Angus, Bashaw, AB with DMM Bubba 2Y by DMM Ambush 03M Today’s Angus Advantage Late Fall 2011 36
RESERVE SENIOR CHAMPION AND RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION BULL Double F Cattle Co., Parkside, SK with HF Hemi 176W by HF Hemi 151T BREEDERS HERD Miller Wilson Angus, Bashaw, AB GET OF SIRE Miller Wilson Angus, Bashaw, AB
October 1, 2011 Olds, AB FEMALES HEIFER CALF Split 1 1. Redrich Farms, Forestburg, AB with Red Redrich Stacey 212Y by Red MRLA 23W 2. McGowan Farms, Killam, AB with Red McGowan Bobbie 3Y by Red That’ll Do Pathfinder 90W
Judge: Vern and Denise Lafrentz, Alameda, SK Red Angus Division
MATURE COW/CALF PAIR YEARLING BULL 1. Lauron Red Angus, Didsbury, AB with Red Running Bar Preview 1P by Red SSS Blaze Split 1 853L and her bull calf, Red Lauron Scenic 1. Symens Land and Cattle Co., Claresholm, Route 8Y by Red Lazy MC CC Detour 2W AB with Red SY Xavier 7X by Red Lazy MC Smash 41N 2. Lucky 7 Cattle Co., Sedgewick, AB with Red Lucky 7 Sweet Cheeks 7X by Red CYT Lead-Pine 33P
Split 2 Split 2 1. Symens Land and Cattle Co., Claresholm, AB 1. Ter-Ron Farms, Forestburg, AB with Red with Red SY Smash 15X by Red Lazy MC Ter-Ron Alice 31Y by Red Ter-Ron Real Smash 41N Deal 01W 2. Brett Wildman, Sangudo, AB with Red 2. Lazy MC Angus, Bassano, AB with Red Mile GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE Wildman Chuck Norris 012X by Red Wildman Lazy MC Angus, Bassano, AB with Red High Reba 15Y by Red Lazy MC CC Rio Grande 520R McRae’s Reba Lee 53W by Red McRae’s Vision Detour 2W 50T and her heifer calf, Red Mile High Reba 15Y TWO YEAR OLD BULL by Red Lazy MC CC Detour 2W Split 3 1. Ter-Ron Farms, Forestburg, AB with Red 1. Ter-Ron Farms, Forestburg, AB with Red Ter-Ron Real Deal 01W by Red Ter-Ron Ter-Ron Rebecca 10Y by Red Lazy MC Reload 703T Kingman 16W 2. Brett Wildman, Sangudo, AB with Red 2. Symens Land and Cattle Co., Claresholm, AB Wildman Damage 930W by Red Wildman with Red SY Yvette 78Y by Red GEIS Collateral 403P Prime Rib 411 YEARLING HEIFER 1. Lazy MC Angus, Bassano, AB with Red Lazy MC CC Sparkle 3X by Red Lazy MC Grid RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION Iron 66S 2. Lazy MC Angus, Bassano, AB with Red Lazy FEMALE MC Firefly 31X by Red Lazy MC Cowboy Ter-Ron Farms, Forestburg, AB with Red Cut 26U Ter-Ron Alice 31Y by Red Ter-Ron Real Deal 101W JUNIOR CHAMPION FEMALE Lazy MC Angus, Bassano, AB with Red Lazy BULLS MC CC Sparkle 3X by Red Lazy MC Grid Iron 66S BULL CALF RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION FEMALE Lazy MC Angus, Bassano, AB with Red Lazy MC Firefly 31X by Red Lazy MC Cowboy Cut 26U TWO YEAR OLD COW/CALF 1. Lazy MC Angus, Bassano, AB with Red McRae’s Reba Lee 53W by Red McRae’s Vision 50T and her heifer calf, Red Mile High Reba 15Y by Red Lazy MC CC Detour 2W 2. Ter-Ron Farms, Forestburg, AB with Red Ter-Ron Rebecca 21W by Red U-2 Big League 544R and her heifer calf, Red Ter-Ron Rebecca 10Y by Red Lazy MC Kingman 16W
GRAND CHAMPION BULL Ter-Ron Farms, Forestburg, AB with Red Ter-Ron Real Deal 01W by Red Ter-Ron Reload 703T
Split 1 1. Ter-Ron Farms, Forestburg, AB with Red Ter-Ron Excalibre 40Y by Red Ter-Ron Real Deal 01W 2. Lazy MC Angus, Bassano, AB with Red Lazy MC Trooper 21Y by Red SSS Soldier 365W Split 2 RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION BULL 1. Spittalburn Farms, Perdue, SK; Dean and Symens Land and Cattle Co., Claresholm, AB Britney McAvoy, Arelee, SK with Red Rock Of with Red SY Smash 15X by Red Lazy MC Spittalburn 101Y by Red RMJ Redman 1T Smash 41N 2. Redrich Farms, Forestburg, AB with Red Redrich LFE Dinity 248Y by Red MRLA 23W BREEDERS HERD Ter-Ron Farms, Forestburg, AB GET OF SIRE Lazy MC Angus, Bassano, AB Today’s Angus Advantage Late Fall 2011 37
RR #1 Red Deer, Alberta T49 5E1
Dan Hitchner
High River, AB Phone: 403-333-2626
Brian & Judy Sutter P: (403) 887-4147 C: (405) 505-7073
Bobby Miller P: (403) 341-0592
Jay & Lenore Davis & Family Phone: 403-546-2299 Fax: 403-546-3074 Box 184, Acme, AB T0M 0A0 ardafarms@wildroseinternet.ca
Silas Chapman Box 728, Stettler, AB T0C 2L0 (403) 742-6297 silas@chapmancattle.com
Blake Chapman
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Box 420, Athabasca, Alberta T9S 2A4 Phone: 780-675-4664 Fax: 780-675-3333 Cell: 780-689-7822 ole_4ever@hotmail.com www.olefarms.com Travis: 780-689-8324 Graham: 780-675-0112 Residence: 780-675-3445
Bryan and Annette Latimer Box 16 Site 2 RR 4 Olds, AB T4H 1T8 Ph: 403-556-2960 or 403-556-0301 Fax: 403-556-3160 E: ablatimer@xplornet.ca W: www.remitallwest.com
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2 Year Old Black Angus Bull Sale - March 21, 2012 Vold Jones Vold, Ponoka AB Harold Reich - (780) 372-2175 Kolton Kasur - (780) 387-8376 RR#1 Bashaw, Alberta, Canada T0B 0H0 www.reichangusranch.ca
Black & Red Angus Box 425 Crossfield, AB T0M 0S0
Earl & Debra Scott (403) 333-1789 Jonathan & Camille Scott (403) 333-1790
Phone: (403) 946-5378 Fax: (403) 946-5377 Email: ssfangus@xplornet.com
Spruce View� Angus Ranch Wayne Grant
P.O. Box 174, Killam, Alberta 780•385•2216
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RR #4, Innisfail, AB T4G 1T9 YY 403-227-6081 Chickadee P: C: 403-304-8196 Farm Meghan: 403-588-8273 email: king@airenet.com www.chickadeefarm.ca
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.
Costs of Bull Ownership Why trading in your old bull makes sense! During the previous several years when cattle prices were abysmal every cattle producer in the country had to look at ways to cut costs. There was a tendency to keep bulls longer than usual and to trade bulls amongst neighbours. Although many purebred producers reported strong sales of replacement bulls it appears that on a broader scale the number of bulls sold and the price per bull also declined. An investment in new genetics, especially maternal traits, is still a wise move when cattle prices are poor as the payback will hopefully occur when prices are good, but can be a tough sell. If you had the cash there were some bargains, but who knew for sure what was in store for the future! Now cattle prices are up and replacement bulls are no exception. Is it worth it to pay more for a bull? Factors impacting the cost per pregnancy in a natural service situation are the cost of the bull, the bull-to-female ratio, the pregnancy rate, and how many years the bull will be kept. Using a bull-to-female ratio of 1:30, a conservative $2000 purchase price, a 95% pregnancy rate and 3 years of use before salvage each pregnancy will cost $23.40 (90 breedings x 95% = 85.5 pregnancies; $2000/85.5= $23.40). However, this is only part of the equation and doesn’t consider feed costs, vet bills, labour, and additional repairs to fences and gates that are inevitable with bulls. Bulls eat more than cows and usually have separate facilities. Interest and depreciation must also be considered. What about death losses... probably around 10% so you better consider this in your calculations. Adding up all of these charges usually accounts for an additional $1000 to $1500 per year in the cost of bull ownership. At $1000 per year the cost per pregnancy rises to $58.48. There are two more important items that I have not considered in my calculation. The first is the salvage value of the bull. Most cost analyses figure on the salvage value of a bull being around $1000. Factor that in and the cost per pregnancy is about $47. Have you checked the value of cull bulls lately? They are still holding strong so it would be not too hard to get at least $1500 for many older bulls. This sure beats the pennies per pound we saw a few years ago! Selling cull bulls this fall could shave 6
months off of the annual costs of bull ownership. Even if he is a bit thin it probably isn’t cost-effective to feed him in your yard to a higher condition with the price of grain the way it is. My second consideration is the genetic value of the bull. Too many cost analyses regard all bulls as being equal; therefore, paying $3000 for bull and plugging that value into my equation results in over a $10 increase in the per pregnancy cost. Right away many producers will say “Aha, see those bulls are too expensive!!” I agree that herd name and promotion can influence price, but it is possible to consider genetic merit. Larger herds with astute bookkeepers usually have the numbers of similarly managed cattle to consider such things as the dollar value of the calves sold, the number of replacements retained, and the longevity and performance of the replacements females generated by their bulls. Many of them become pretty loyal repeat customers. Certainly it is pretty easy to compare bulls using EPDs. I agree that EPDs are just one selection tool, but I also believe they are a very powerful one and they have no doubt resulted in most of the genetic improvement we have seen over the last several years. Besides it is rare to find a sale catalogue that doesn’t list EPD’s so everybody should at least glance at them. So for fun let’s just look at weaning weight and not even consider any other traits. If you could trade up to a bull with a modest 10 pound higher weaning weight EPD than your old bull that would mean that the new bull’s calves would weigh an average of 10 pounds more than the old bull’s; 10 pounds x $1.30 per lb x 85.5 calves =$1111.50 in additional revenue, or $13 per pregnancy. A mere 10 pounds can’t even be detected by eyeballing the calves! So which bull is more expensive now? And that is just one trait! Check out the Genetic Evaluation Results on the Canadian Angus Association website sometime and you will find more good reasons to trade up. You could argue that I am just trying to bolster sales, but I don’t think you can disagree with my numbers. With the prices we are seeing plus the renewed enthusiasm for a bright future in the beef industry it just makes good economic sense to invest in better genetics. When prices are high the lost economic opportunity from poorer performing cattle is even greater. Simple as that!
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Brampton, ON
Judge: Lance Leachman, Maidstone, SK
YEARLING HEIFER Junior Division 1. Vancise Cattle Company, Stayner, ON with Red Vancise Lakota 025X by Red SSS Joe Cool 441S 2. Bill Jackson, Caledon East, ON with CJ Ambush Lady 44X by CJ Prestige 25T
FEMALES HEIFER CALF Split 1 1. Ron and Linda Bryant, Woodville, ON with Brantnor’s Erica 19Y by S A V 004 Predominant 4438 2. Worth-Mor Cattle, Campbellford, ON with WMC Rocket Girl by S A V Wall Street 7091 Split 2 1. Gold Bar Livestock, Ariss, ON with Gold-Bar BDL Tibbie 201Y by TC Aberdeen 759 2. Gold Bar Livestock, Ariss, ON with Red Gold-Bar Lulu 131Y by Red LJC Mission Statement P27
CHAMPION HEIFER CALF AND RESERVE CHAMPION FEMALE Ron and Linda Bryant, Woodville, ON with Brantnor’s Miss Daisy 4Y by S A V 004 Predominant 4438
Senior Division Split 1 1. Walkerbrae Angus, Guelph, ON with MVF Favorite 288X by MVF Net Worth 183U 2. Peter Vos, Corbyville, ON with LLB Crush Maid 861X by S A V Final Answer 0035 Split 2 1. J.D. McFarlane and Brad McIntyre, London, On with Brantnor’s Edam 16X by S A V Net Worth 4200 2. Bill Jackson, Caledon East, ON with Clay Georgina 9X by S A V Pioneer 7301
Split 3 1. Gilchrest Farms, Lucknow, ON with GF Yours Truly Mercedes 12Y by BC Eagle Eye 110-7 2. Locust Grove Angus, Milton, ON with Locust Grove Black Angel 12Y by S A V Final Answer 0035 Split 4 1. Ron and Linda Bryant, Woodville, ON with Brantnor’s Miss Daisy 4Y by S A V 004 Predominant 4438 2. First Line Angus, Hagersville, ON with First Line Jane Marie 7Y by Salt Creek Bob 7003
September 18, 2011
RESERVE CHAMPION HEIFER CALF Ron and Linda Bryant, Woodville, ON with Brantnor’s Erica 19Y by S A V 004 Predominant 4438
Split 3 1. Paul and Karley Sinclair, Fergus, ON with Clair Lane Forever Lady 2X by S A V Masterpiece 5289 2. First Line Angus, Hagersville, ON with First Line Trinitee 14X by Just-Rock Solid 621P Split 4 1. Ron and Linda Bryant, Woodsville,ON with Brantnor’s Favorite 1X by Gambles Hot Rod 2. Donovandale Farms, Ashton, ON with Donovandale Xania by B C Lookout 7024
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BULLS BULL CALF Split 1 1. Gold Bar Livestock, Ariss, On with Red Gold-Bar Rango 116Y by Red Gold-Bar Unique JW 1113U 2. Locust Grove Angus, Milton, ON with Locust Grove Net Worth 14Y by S A V Net Worth 4200 CHAMPION YEARLING; GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE AND SUPREME CHAMPION Ron and Linda Bryant, Woodsville,ON with Brantnor’s Favorite 1X by Gambles Hot Rod by Vin-Mar Focus In 8847
Split 2 1. Ron and Linda Bryant, Woodville, ON with Brantnor’s Predominant 3Y by S A V 004 Predominant 4438 2. Wilgor Farms, Mirabel, PQ with Wil-Dorr 7014T Prince W 1Y by S Chisum 6175
RESERVE CHAMPION YEARLING HEIFER Vancise Cattle Company, Stayner, ON with Red Vancise Lakota 025X by Red SSS Joe Cool 441S TWO YEAR OLD COW/CALF PAIR 1. Hill’s Angus & Hereford, Rockwood, On with Trev Wild Fire Bessie 8W by Ankonian Werner Wild Fire 96 and bull calf, Hill’s Zeus 1Y by DUFF New Attraction 6110 2. Brain and Tammi Ribey, Paisley, On with Tambri Blackbird 8W by Ankonian Werner Wild Fire 96 and her heifer calf, Tambri Blackbird 5Y
SENIOR CHAMPION FEMALE Hill’s Angus & Hereford, Rockwood, On with Trev Wild Fire Bessie 8W by Ankonian Werner Wild Fire 96 and bull calf, Hill’s Zeus 1Y by DUFF New Attraction 6110 RESERVE SENIOR CHAMPION FEMALE Brain and Tammi Ribey, Paisley, On with Tambri Blackbird 8W by Ankonian Werner Wild Fire 96 and her heifer calf, Tambri Blackbird 5Y by Vin-Mar Focus In 8847
RESERVE CHAMPION YEARLING BULL Harpry Farms and JPD Angus, Shanty Bay, ON with JPD Final Answer 2X by S A V Final Answer 0035 MATURE BULL 1. Peter Vos, Corbyville, ON with Triara Windsor 387W by S A V Bismarck 5682 2. Bill Jackson, Caelson East, ON with Young Dale Grandeur 110W by Young Dale Panarama 66T
BULL CALF CHAMPION Ron and Linda Bryant, Woodville, ON with Brantnor’s Predominant 3Y by S A V 004 Predominant 4438 RESERVE BULL CALF CHAMPION Wilgor Farms, Mirabel, PQ with Wil-Dorr 7014T Prince W 1Y by S Chisum 6175 YEARLING BULL 1. Tyler Fulton and Steve James, Perth, ON with Just Enuff New Edition Edgar by DUFFS New Edition 2. Harpry Farms and JPD Angus, Shanty Bay, ON with JPD Final Answer 2X by S A V Final Answer 0035
SENIOR CHAMPION AND GRAND CHAMPION BULL Peter Vos, Corbyville, ON with Triara Windsor 387W by S A V Bismarck 5682 RESERVE SENIOR CHAMPION BULL Bill Jackson, Caelson East, ON with Young Dale Grandeur 110W by Young Dale Panarama 66T BREEDERS HERD 1. Ron and Linda Bryant, Woodville, ON 2. Vancise Cattle Company, Stayner, ON GET OF SIRE 1. Ron and Linda Bryant, Woodville, ON 2. Vancise Cattle Company, Stayner, ON PROGENY OF DAM 1. Ron and Linda Bryant, Woodville, ON 2. JPD Angus, Shanty Bay, ON PREMIER BREEDER Ron and Linda Bryant, Woodville, ON
JUNIOR CHAMPION AND RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION BULL Tyler Fulton and Steve James, Perth, ON with Just Enuff New Edition Edgar by DUFFS New Edition Today’s Angus Advantage Late Fall 2011 43
PREMIER EXHIBITOR Ron and Linda Bryant, Woodville, ON
While In Ontario Make Plans To Visit These Breeders... Daryl & Kathy Faught 282 Durack Line Cobden, Ontario K0J 1K0 Home 613.646-7303 Cell 613-312-2007 dfaught@nrtco.net
Black Angus registered males and females
Manager Jim Smith Home: 905.649.8581 Cell: 905.706.2666
John Lennox 335 Marburg Rd., Port Dover, ON N0A 1N1 Phone: 905.655.4231 Email: jalennox@trebnet.com
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Brad & Sarah Buchanan Res. 519-824-4354 bbuchanan@gold-bar.com sbuchanan@gold-bar.com
7234 Wellington Rd 30 R.R. #1 Ariss, ON N0B 1B0 www.gold-bar.com
Brian & Tammi Ribey
Gary & Yvonne Harron
1060 Bruce Saugeen Townline RR #5 Paisley, ON N0G 2N0 Ph: (519) 389-4329 Fax: (519) 353-4031 btribey@bmts.com
Reg. Angus Cattle
Specializing in Calving Ease & Carcass Quality R.R. #2, Allenford, ON N0H 1A0 Phone (519) 934-2882
GARRY & EILEEN BROWN #111334 11th Line East Garafraxa RR #2, Orton Ontario L0N 1N0 g-ebrown@sympatico.ca
Ph: 519-928-3083 Fax: 519-928-9972
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Bill & Sylvia Jackson 12201 Torbram Road Caledon, ON L7C 2T4 905.843.1236 Breeding stock always available by private treaty & various consignment sales.
Rick Stull RR# 1 Georgetown, ON Ph: (905) 877-8145 • Cell: (905) 703-0503
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Complacency can develop into a habit forming disease. Complacency can be found nearly everywhere –most commonly in an office workplace, in government by employees or elected officials, in many areas of professional sports (usually after resigning an extended contract), in breed associations and breeding programs. Being positioned at the top is an enviable status, but many get into a comfort zone thinking that everything will continue as status quo, until we find that things around us have changed and your competition is passing you by. Quickly, we become excuse-makers blaming everyone who steps in our path and finding fault in family, friends and those who are hired to help. In decades past we have seen this complacency phenomena; a successful breed losing market share to another breed or breeds. Although the first reaction is to put the blame on the association and their staff, namely the general manager, it is the complacent attitude of the membership that carries the greatest responsibility. It is wonderful to have the highest membership and the greatest amount of registrations, but the challenge is to maintain and gain on that position. Loftier goals must be set by the breeders and their association. The Angus breed is in an enviable position. The name Angus is spoken by urban children, businessmen, supermarket personnel and used in all forms of advertising to attain a marketing edge and known by all in agriculture. The feedlot, packer and retailer all demand the “Angus Advantage” for that special degree of profit that few other breeds can provide. Angus is branded as a leader in the beef industry but the question is, “How do we maintain our status and move for higher achievements?” At the third T Bar Invitational, Darcy Bear, Chief of the Whitecap Nations, one of Canada’s model native reservations, was guest speaker and spoke of the success of their endeavors and having virtually no unemployment in their nation. The Chief stated, “It all starts at home. How do we expect the young generation to go to work, if the older generation does not want to get out of bed.” In that same parallel, the strength of a breed starts at home with the breeders. It relies upon goals set by its breeders which determine the strength and position of their respective breed. The spring of 2011 will go down as a pivotal year of selling bulls, with most breeders having their best year in the history of past decades. Several new customers appeared who had not replaced their bull batteries since the advent of BSE. These new customers purchased multiple sires and spent top dollars on higher quality bulls. Therefore after a great season, the question you must ask yourself is, “How do I keep these customers and make it better?” The answer is simple… elevate your goals, stay in contact with your client base, ask them what they are looking for and endeavor to supply it. This breed has a huge gene pool compared to its counterparts. New genetics in a program are pivotal to its longevity and success, but those who are complacent and use old “Muscle Man” for another year, simply because he sired one high selling calf, will be passed by fellow breeders in addition to breeders in other breeds. Often we find that breeders will purchase a slighter, lower performing, “low birth weight” bull for heifers. This is fine, economical but very complacent. Since half of the calves are females, with some going back into the herd as replacements, we find that after four or five heifer bulls, the breeder is ready to disperse simply because he has bred the performance out of the program and lost his bull market. The bull, you purchase for your heifer pasture, must be your next main herd sire… do some research, get off your sack of seeds and position your breeding program for the future. In the seed stock industry, image is a major marketing factor. The customer views your program based on the image you portray. Visibility and participation become important factors to achieve a high degree of success. As we move forward into a new rising market, we are finding a new wave of cowboy who wants to take advantage of being in the cow business… make sure they know that you are in the Angus breed as a premier seed stock producer and open for business… because they might just be looking for something more than “that heifer bull!”
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DORY GERRARD P: (403) 227-5632 RR# 2, Innisfail, AB T4G 1T7 C: (403) 302-1016 info@gerrardlivestock.com www.gerrardlivestock.com
Chris Poley Auctioneer Box 252 Waldheim, SK, S0K 4R0
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Ferme Wilgor Farms Gordon McGibbon
8426 Chemin des Sources Mirabel, QC J7N 3B1 Phone: (450) 562-6313 Fax: (450) 562-2479 Michael Wilson, Manager: (450) 562-5112
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MEADOWS POPLREG.ARBLACK ANGUS Frank & Dianne Strimbold
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P.O. Box 1025 Houston, BC V0J 1Z0 Home: (250) 845-3050 Cell: (250) 845-8474 tanya@poplarmeadowsangus.ca
Box 1409 Crossfield, AB, T0M 0S0 Office: (403) 946-4999 Geoff Anderson Cell: (306) 731-7921 Scott Bohrson Cell: (403) 370-3010 Colton Hamilton Cell: 403-507-5416 Brian Bouchard Cell: (403) 813-7999 Email: info@bouchardlivestock.com Website: ww.bouchardlivestock.com
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Advertiser’s Index
20/20 Angus 4A Stock Farm 4T Images
26 26 18
Abacus Angus Alameda Agencies Ltd. Alta Genetics Anderson Cattle Co. Animal Health Centre Arda Farms Arklow Angus Arm River Red Angus Arntzen Angus Arntzen, Dean Arway Angus Atlasta Angus
38 49 49 32 49 38 38 26 38 48 44 8, 38
Bailey Acres Bar CR Angus Bar DK Bar-E-L Angus Bear Hills Angus Beverly Hills Angus BJ Cattle Co. Black Ridge Angus Farm Blairs.Ag Cattle Company Border Butte Angus Bouchard Livestock International Bow Valley Genetics Ltd. Breed Creek Angus Ranch Brendale Acres Brookmore Angus Bryces Bar B Ranch Burnett, Bruce BuyAgro.com
44 26 26 IFC 26 26 38 26 OBC 38 19, 48 49 26 44 8, 32 26 26 23
Cadillac Stock Farms Canadian Cattlemen Canadian Farm Insurance Services Inc. Canadian Red Angus Promotion Society Cattle In Motion, LLC Chapman Cattle Company Circle 7 Angus Clay Enterprises Clegg Angus Crescent Creek Angus Cripps Cattle Co.
44 49 49 48 49 38 26 10 38 26 38
D & K Black Angus Davis-Rairdan Embryo Transplants Ltd. Dayora Farm Deer Range Red Angus Deer River Ranching Black Angus Delar Cattle & Quarter Horses Diamond T Cattle Co. DKF Red Angus Double Bar D Farms Douglas J Henderson & Associates Drumore Farms Dudgeon Livestock Dunford Royal Cattle Company DWAJO Registered Angus
44 50 44 26 38 38 38 26 26 8 44 44 44 39
Early Sunset Ranch Eastondale Angus Edwards Livestock EKW Red Angus
1 27 50 12, 27
Ferme Wilgor Farms Flewelling Cattle Co. Forsyth Ranch Ltd. Fraser Farms
48 48 27 10
GBS Angus Farm Genex Cooperative, Inc. Gerlei Angus Gerrard Livestock Services Get-A-Long Stock Farm Gilchrist Farms Glen Islay Angus Glesbar Cattle Co. Gold-Bar Livestock Graham Red Angus Grant Rolston Photography Ltd.
27 13 27 48 39 44 44 39 44 44 49
H.S. Knill Co. Ltd. Halcyon Angus Farm Hall’s Cattle Co. Hamco Cattle Co. Hamilton Farms Harprey Angus Farms Harron Farms Hartford Bros. Heatherlea Angus Hi Low Angus High Tree Cattle
16 27 9 32 39 44 45 45 45 27 27
Insight
18
J & S Cattle J.T. Livestock Ltd. Johnstone Auction Mart JPD Farms Justamere Farms Ltd.
6, 27 39 16 45 27
KBJ Round Farms KC Cattle Co. K-Deen Angus Kembar Farms Kenbert Acres Kenray Ranch Kuntz Farms
39 27 39 32 27 27 27
Lazy MC Angus Leela Farms Lewis Farms Ltd. LiveAuctions.TV Lock Farms Locust Grove Angus LRL Simmental & Black Angus
39 45 2, 39 50 17 45 27
M & J Farms M.C. Quantock Livestock Corp. Macks Red Angus Majestic Livestock Maple Ridge Acres Mar Mac Farms Marin Cattle Presentation Maxim Red Angus McGowan Farms McMillen Ranching Ltd. Meadow Ridge Ent. Ltd. Merial/Igenity Merit Insurance Brokers Miller-Wilson Angus Minburn Angus MJT Cattle Company Ltd. MWC Investments Inc.
32 3 45 45 27 32 50 45 39 27 28 14 50 39 39 39 39
New Dimension Cattle Co. New Force Consultants Nordal Limousin & Angus Northern View Angus Nu-Horizon Angus
39 50 5, 28 28 16, 28
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Oak Manor Angus Ockerman Angus Ole Farms Optimal Bovines Inc.
45 40 40 22
Paradise Farms Land & Cattle Pasquia Red Angus Peak Dot Ranch Ltd. Poley, Chris Poplar Meadows Prairielane Farms ProRich Seeds
45 28 28 48 48 32 12
Red Rock Red Angus Red Rose Angus Reich Angus Ranch ReMax Blue Chip Reality Remington Land & Cattle Remitall West Ring Creek Farms Ltd. Ringstead Ranch Ltd. Rolling Acres Farms Royal Angus
40 28 40 50 40 40 40 28 48 28
Sandy Bar Ranch Schaff Angus Valley Scotch Line Farms Scott Stock Farm Ltd. Shady Lane Stables Skinner Farms Skyebrook Angus Smokey Valley Farms Soo Line Cattle Co. Spring Creek Simmentals Spruce Grove Cattle Co. Spruce Ridge Stock Farms Spruce View Angus Ranch SSS Red Angus Standard Hill Angus Steen Agencies Stock, Mark Stockmens Insurance Sunny Grove Angus Sunrise Angus Sunset Ridge Red Angus
28 15, 48 45 40 8 28 28 28 IBC 28 29 32 40 40 29 50 48 50 29 45 32
T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd. T Bar K Ranch Tambri Farm Ter-Ron Farms Today’s Publishing Tower View Farms Triple L Angus Tullamore Farms Twin Heritage Farms
11 29 45 40 31 45 7, 29 45 29
Upper Glen Angus
45
Vancise Cattle Company Inc. Vikse Family Farm
45 40
Ward’s Red Angus Western Angus Wilbar Farms Willabar Ranch Ltd. Willowside Farm Windy Ridge Ultrasound Wraz Red Angus
12 40 29 19 45 50 29
Y Coulee Land & Cattle Co. YY Chickadee Farm
29 40
Zaniabar Angus
40
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3-4
Lloydminster Stockade Round Up
Lloydminster, SK
4-6
Toronto Royal
Toronto, ON
4-12
Farmfair International
Edmonton, AB
5
Royal Elite All-Breed Sale
Toronto, ON
5
Canadian National Angus Show & Manitoba Expo
Brandon, MB
6
D-Bar Angus Dispersal
Virden, MB
9
Lookout Stock Farm Dispersal
Olds, AB
9-12
Saskatoon Fall Fair
Saskatoon, SK
11
“The Headliner” All Breeds Show & Sale
Edmonton, AB
16
The Amigos Production Sale
Medicine Hat, AB
17
LCI Angus Production Sale
Warner, AB
19
Northern Select Angus Sale
Camrose, AB
21-26
Canadian Western Agribition
Regina, SK
23
Masterpiece Sale
Regina, SK
24
Canadian Western Agribition Angus Shows
Regina, SK
25
Power & Perfection Angus Sale
Regina, SK
30
Crooked Creek Sale
Ponoka, AB
1
Lewis Farms Production Sale
Spruce Grove, AB
1
Peak Dot Angus Bull & Female Sale
Wood Mountain, SK
3
MWC Black Angus Dispersal
Drayton Valley, AB
3
Manitoba Keystone Klassic Sale
Brandon, MB
3
Saskalta Major Female Production Sale
Saskatoon, SK
5
15th Annual Gateway Angus Sale
Moose Jaw, SK
7
Peak Dot Proven Producers Cow Sale
Swift Current, SK
7
Cudlobe Annual Bull Sale
Stavely, AB
9
Touch of Class Female Sale
Saskatoon, SK
10
Atlasta Bull Sale & Seriously Black Female Sale
Sylvan Lake, AB
10
MC Quantock “Canada’s Females” Sale
Vermillion, AB
13
Canadian Legacy Sale
Olds, AB
20
Willabar Angus Complete Dispersal
High River, AB
December
January 1
Todays Angus Advantage Winter Issue Deadline
28
MC Quantock “Canada’s Bulls” Sale
Lloydminster, SK
5
Hill 70 Quantock Ranch “Barn Burnin” Sale
Lloydminster, SK
11
MJT “Back to the Basics” Bull Sale
Edgerton, AB
11
Schaff Angus 109th Production Sale
St. Anthony, ND
24
Early Sunset Ranch - Only The Good Ones Sell
Edam, SK
25
Lewis Farms 27th Annual Bull Sale
Spruce Grove, AB
February
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