Today's Angus Advantage Winter 2020

Today’s Angus Advantage

Special Bull Buyer’s Guide

Winter 2020

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Bull & Select Female Sale

Thursday

March 12th

60 Bulls

Yearlings Two Year Olds

Stout, Rugged Ranch Raised Bulls

13 Females Females

High Quality

Replacement Heifers

Balancing Cowherd Excellence with Performance and Carcass Quality

FREE DELIVERY to central points Bulls SEMEN TESTED

View complete sale offering videos online.

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Angus Farms

Friday, March 6, 2020 Selling Powerful Bulls With Over Half Being Heifer Approved Plus Exciting Females

HBH International 49G Sire: Peak Dot International 28D BW 2.0 WW 55 YW 96 Milk 19 TM 47 HBH Easy Decision 218G Sire: Peak Dot Easy Decision 361D BW 2.6 WW 58 YW 108 Milk 22 TM 51

HBH Hi Def 147G Sire: Young Dale Hi Def 52E BW 2.3 WW 59 YW 110 Milk 23 TM 53

HBH President 125G Sire: S A V President 6847 BW 2.1 WW 63 YW 110 Milk 21 TM 53

Visitors are always welcome! Please stop by to see the bulls and have a visit!

Sale Managed By T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd. Chris: 306-220-5006 | Shane: 403-363-9973 Ben: 519-374-3335 View the catalogue online at www.BuyAgro.com

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Connection

Bull & Female Sale

1:00 PM Heartland Livestock Brandon, MB

HBH Stature 86G Sire: HF Stature 87D BW 0.9 WW 52 YW 92 Milk 29 TM 55

HBH International 202G Sire: Peak Dot International 28D BW 1.5 WW 48 YW 84 Milk 22 TM 46

Let us look after your purchase until April 15 and we will deliver free of charge within 750 miles of Brandon, MB

HBH Stature 126G Sire: HF Stature 87D BW 1.3 WW 53 YW 102 Milk 33 TM 60

HBH Karma 53G Sire: Baldridge Beast Mode B074 BW 3.1 WW 68 YW 122 Milk 21 TM 55

HBH Angus Farms Inc. Box 94, Oak River, MB, R0K 1T0 Like us on facebook HBH Angus Farm and on Instagram @hbhangus

HBH Aleta 224G Sire: Peak Dot International 28D BW 3.4 WW 55 YW 100 Milk 22 TM 50

Neil Carson Ph: 204-773-6927 neilcarson1973@gmail.com

Darcy Heapy Ph: 204-365-7755 dheapy@mymts.net

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2020 bull buyers guide

In This

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Strategies for Breeding Wellbeing 46 Canadian Angus 2019 National Gold Show Winners 60 Top 20 Black & Red Sires by Progeny Count 86 2019 Herd Size Report 87 Royal Agricultural Winter Fair 90 Olds Fall Classic 94 Common Ground 98 Too Many Irons in the Fire 100 Manitoba Ag Ex Angus Gold Show 104 Betting On Beef 108 Beyond The Storm 110 The New Traits and Angus GS Program 112 Farmfair International Show 118 Saskatchewan Sweepstakes 128 Stockade Round-Up 130 Canadian Western Agribition Black Angus Show 134 Canadian Western Agribition Red Angus Show 136 A Rare Opportunity 142 Capturing Value for Calves 146 Inductions into the SK Agricultural Hall of Fame 152

Sixty years ago, Progressive Conservative Prime pursue new pipeline projects. Although separation Minister John G. Diefenbaker ran on the platform – of the Western Provinces is long from reality, these “One Country – One Policy – One Canada!” actions should spark the federal government to act On October 21, 2019, Canada is the farthest ever in the betterment of the Prairies, but for us it will be from a country that is strong and unified. The Prairie business as usual. provinces and the food producing areas of Ontario and Quebec elected Conservative, while the balance of the country supported the “left.” The main issue in this election was climate and the middle class… full of promises and speculations. As an example, the (teacher) Prime Minister has promised to plant two billion trees over ten years, using the power of nature to fight climate change and reach net-zero emissions by 2050 though no details were offered as to how this will be achieved. All the leaders promised tax cuts from an economy deep in debt… where is the money coming from? Our children will inherit a back breaking load; all for the sake of getting elected.

The Federal government could take some guidance from Canadian Angus Breeders. Angus is the largest beef breed in Canada, it is the strongest and most dominant in the pasture, feedlot, the marketplace and restaurants in the nation. Its representation is coast to coast and producers balance their budget!

It is time to quit thinking politics and get to something we know. Hopefully you got your crop in as Mother Nature, again, played with your calendar. Our early sales have been very solid with an abundance of buyers for the top end which also reflects the commercial sector, as good uniform calves with hair and top are fetching healthy premiums. Today’s market shows the Over the years we have heard conversations of importance of quality sire selection. separation whether its been Quebec or hints in This time of year is busy for both ranchers and Alberta. Since the polls closed, never have we seen breeders alike. In addition to the regular chores, late such a change in national unity in our country. fall is a great time to get off the farm, attend a sale or Immediately after the election, talk of Western two and attend some fall shows, where you can see Canadian separation became headline news and no a cross-section of all breeding programs. Breeders, doubt lays in the mind of the Prime Minister. The many of your customers are selling their calves, a trip cry from Western Canada holds merit as Scott Moe, to the market will not be a wasted day. Producers Premier of Saskatchewan has been at odds with the need to analyze their herd bull battery and their feds since he was elected. In a letter, the day after the crock cows, that salvage will get you your next herd election, Moe called for a new deal for the Western bull or replacement females and not help pay for Provinces, calling on the Prime Minister to kill the Trudeau’s renovations. carbon tax, negotiate a new equalization formula and

46 2019

© January 2020: Beck, Cynthia

Many people have mixed reactions when you bring up the topic of mental health. Some people openly talk about the difficulties they’re experiencing. Some choose to ignore their mental health, or believe the whole idea of mental health is a load of manure.

Others have no awareness of the impact their poor mental health has on them, on the people around them, or on their business.

Thankfully, there has been an overall increase in mental health awareness in the agriculture community. Ag producers are talking, and industry is listening. Social media and industry leaders are providing the opportunity for people to reach out and share their experiences and to support and help each other.

Talking about mental health is great, but it’s time to take it a step further and to do some work. We as a society, especially as ag producers, need to do more than offer words that encourage people to “reach out” or to “talk about it.” Talking about mental health helps the people who know they are experiencing difficulties, who are ready to listen or participate in the mental health conversation, and who are talkers. What about the people who are not talkers? Or, what about the people whose really poor state of mental health is their normal, and they don’t know any different? You may not recognize those people as having mental health difficulties. Instead, you probably refer to them as grouchy, stubborn, hard to deal with, or the person who can suck the life out of any conversation. Sound familiar? Do you know anyone who fits that description? Do you fit that description?

your mental health and wellbeing is very similar to the steps you would take for improving your calf crop. It starts with looking at the facts.

Your mental health and wellbeing are important, whether you choose to talk about it or not and whether you are aware of it or not. Most people don’t recognize how influential wellbeing is in our daily lives. Poor mental health can sink your relationships and your business. It affects your ability to think, to sleep, to make decisions, and to physically do your work. You and your wellbeing are worth investing time into, just like you do in running your cowherd. This may be surprising, but working on

This is a strategy you can use for improving your wellbeing.

Ask yourself, “How am I physically? How am I mentally and emotionally?” It is important to take a little time to check in with yourself and then truthfully answer the questions. You may be surprised by your own answers. A rule of thumb for this strategy is to focus on describing yourself and how you are behaving, thinking, and feeling. For example, your answer might include, “I feel rested, content, and happy.” Your answer may also include

issue

Strategy #1: take inventory Let’s use the example of making money off of your herd. You auction your calves, get the cheque back and, once again, it’s not as much as you thought it would be.

There are a few different reactions you may have in this scenario: • You can shrug your shoulders, think you have no control, and continue breeding and raising your cattle as you always did. (Will this help you to improve your calf crop? Probably not.)

• You can be angry, yell at the auction manager and take your anger out on your partner, and then continue breeding and raising your cattle as you always did. (Will this help you to improve your calf crop? Probably not, and may cost you money with a divorce.)

• You can take a realistic look back at the set of calves you sold and think about what’s going on, were they quality cattle? (Will this help you to improve your next calf crop?

It has potential!)

Looking at the facts helps to identify the areas of strengths, and the areas that could use some improvement.

2019

Canadian Angus Association Canadian Angus Association for Breeding your own wellBeing: Statistics 1.StrategieS Statistics take inventory, focus on the facts of how you are feeling, thinking, and behaving.

2. identify what you need, and what you can do to make improvements.

3. follow through and evaluate the outcome.

4. repeat Top Red Sires

Top Black Sires

by Progeny Counts

2019 Herd Size Report

by Progeny Counts

Ranking

Name

Name

Progeny

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MUSGRAVE 316 STUNNER

Progeny Ranking

464

1

RED COCKBURN ASSASSIN 624D

192

2

S A V RESOURCE 1441

345

2

RED MRLA RESOURCE 137E

160

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S A V PRESIDENT 6847

253

3

RED DKF RAZOR 55C

140

NUMBER OF HERDS

500+

26

400-499

14

ELLINGSON ROUGHRIDER 4202

213

4

RED SIX MILE CUSTOM MADE 505C

101

300-399

33

5

S A V RENOWN 3439

207

5

RED U-2 FOREIGNER 413B

100

200-299

97

6

ELLINGSON HOMEGROWN 6035

181

6

RED SVR CONTINENTAL 112E

87

150-199

82

7

100-149

152

50-99

374

25-49

388

4

MUSGRAVE 316 COLOSSAL 137

172

7

RED ANDRAS FUSION R236

87

8

3F EPIC 4631

171

8

RED PEAK DOT ELIMINATOR 596C

85

9

WERNER FLAT TOP 4136

170

9

RED MRLA UPLOAD 165E

77

10

S A V RENOVATION 6822

163

10

RED U-2 AUTHENTIC 139A

74

11

10-24

484

COLEMAN BRAVO 6313

149

11

RED SIX MILE HIGH CALIBER 177C

71

12

S A V SENSATION 5615

148

12

RED 9 MILE FRANCHISE 6305

70

<10

799

13

BROOKING BANK NOTE 4040

137

13

RED NCJ COMING IN HOT 24E

64

TOTAL:

2449

14

MAR INNOVATION 251

115

14

RED HOWE CLEARWATER 21C

62

15

U2 TEMPTATION 180E

108

15

RED TR IMPALA 167D

60

16

JINDRA ACCLAIM

107

16

RED BROWN JYJ REDEMPTION Y1334

59

17

COLBURN PRIMO 5153

103

17

RED ACC BIG SHOT 118E

58

18

BASIN PAYWEIGHT 1682

102

18

RED SSS TYCOON 225E

55

19

S A V RAINFALL 6846

96

19

RED U-2 RECKONING 149A

54

20

MERIT STING 7047E

95

20

RED LWNBRG HARVESTOR 41E

54

as in every

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The New Traits and Angus GS Program In our recent survey, Canadian Angus members and commercial customers identified traits that are of economic and utmost importance for them.

In order for your Canadian Angus Association to deliver EPDs for these traits we need to start measuring and recording these new traits.

YOUR ASSOCIATION HAS AN INCREDIBLE OFFER FOR MEMBERS WHO MEASURE AND RECORD MATURE COW WEIGHTS!

112 We have partnered with Neogen Canada to offer you the Angus GS genomic test (which includes parentage verification) for $25/head for herds that measure and record the following information on their female herd inventory: • Mature cow weights (taken within 45 days of calf weaning weight) • Body condition score (taken on date of mature cow weight) • Hoof angle and claw set • Teat and udder (taken within 72 hours of calving)

Cover Photography Grant Rolston

This incredible offer is only available to the first 5,000 head enrolled. Each will receive the Angus GS test at the discounted price of $25/test.

The Angus GS test gives members more accurate EPDs, genomic percentile ranks and parentage verification. The CAA parentage verification policy requires all sires (born on or after January 1, 2019) to be parent verified so having Angus GS testing on your cow herd is of great value!

To enroll and take advantage of this offer, please contact Kajal Devani at kdevani@cdnangus.ca or 403-537-5604.

www.cdnangus.ca

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110 bulls yearling and long yearlings Including over 20 President sons as well as large sire groups of Renown, Resource and Four Seasons

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WJD 734G

WJD 745G

WJD 754G

75 Yearling & Two-Year Old Bulls Sell!

65 Yearlings • 10 Two Year Olds • 10 Purebred Heifers Plus Commercial Heifers

WJd 407G

WJD 421G

WJD 441G

Sires Include: FF Countdown D9 (2019 National Champion Bull) Brooking Rewind Wilbar Enforce 428E (2018 High Seller) HA Counselor Werner Flat Top

Red Twin Heritage Motivate Red Wilbar Element (2018 High Seller) 9 Mile Franchise Red DKF Razor Red Lazy MC Jack

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& guest Stewart Cattle

Selling l Simmenta Bulls & Angus ercial plus Comm rs e Bred Heif

Co.

Simment al & Angus Bull & Female Sale March 5, 2020

On the Farm − McAuley, Manitoba

JLN 903G

JLN 911G

JLN 916G

JLP 26G

JLP 72G

JLP 105G

JLP 111G

JLP 147G

JLP 186G

JLP 266G

SCC 2G

SCC 10G

Glenn & Barry Lowes Eric & Melissa Pateman

McAuley, MB 204-722-2222 | Glen: 204-851-5669 Barry: 204-851-0342 | Eric: 306-434-8567 brookecanart@gmail.com mmwilson87@hotmail.com www.jpcattle.com

Brent & Dale Stewart Kelsey & Tyler Thompson

Russell, MB 204-773-2356 Cell: 204-773-6392 stewartcows@wificountry.ca www.stewartcattle.com

Sale Managed By

T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd. info@tbarc.com | www.buyagro.com Chris Poley: 306-220-5006 Shane Michelson: 403-363-9973 Ben Wright: 519-374-3335

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AHPC 10G Mindbender Son

60 Coming Two-Year-Old Bulls 10 Top Cut Yearling Bulls

Sire Groups...

f Bulls O % 0 7 Over pproved A r e f i e Are H RRAR 47E Dam of 1G

Mindbender Titan Open Country Cash Intrinsic Foreman Titlest Nu Balance

AHPC 1G Mindbender Son

On Offer...

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Bar 5 = Carcass Value Pounds & Marbling, built on PROVEN GENETICS! Bar 5 AN May Day 3113

A A R TEN X 7008 S A S A V TEXTBOOK 5115

S A V MADAME PRIDE 3304

S A V Abigale 6696

S A V REVERE 1180 S A V BLACKCAP MAY 4562

S A V BLACKCAP MAY 4136

BW: 82

lbs.

6 lbs.

WW: 93

Regn.#: 2076031

S A V Blackbird 2122

14/12/2018

BAR 5 Y B P O DR E FOR M I T Y N A A VISIT!

S A V Blackcap May 0356

S A V Elba 7447

S A V Madame Pride 8588

S A V Dora 6407

S A V Erica 3188

S A V Textbook 5115

Office: 519-986-1330 | Ron Nolan: 905-330-5299 | Greg Nolan: 416-616-8834 bar5admin@xplornet.com | ronrwn@artisanbeef.ca | gregn@artisanbeef.ca 636077 Eurphrasia-Holland Townline , RR3, Markdale, ON N0C 1H0 Today’s Angus Advantag e 11

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Sale managed by Chris Poley: 306-220-5006 Ben Wright: 519-374-3335 Shane Michelson: 403-363-9973

View the catalogue on www.buyagro.com

Clarke & Denise Ward G.S. 707 RR #7 Box 39 Saskatoon, SK S7K 1N2 P: 306.931.3824 C: 306.220.6372 www.wardsredangus.com

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Sale managed by:

box 276, neudorf, sk s0a 2t0 chad: 306-331-0302 | josh: 306-335-7580 trevor (h): 306-748-2704 c: 306-728-8422 herdsman, mark piller: 306-730-7170 hollingerlandandcattle@gmail.com

view the catalog online at: buyagro.com

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BULL SALE

TOMAHAWK

Simmental, Red & Black Angus er

On Off

YEARLING BULLS COMING TWO YEAR OLD BULLS COMMERCIAL BRED HEIFERS

CUSTOMER SERVICE ONLY TOP END OF PEN SELL

LEADING EDGE GENETICS

60 lots

POWER & CALVING EASE BULLS

RIPZONE

MAR MAC FARMS

Blair, Lois & Melissa McRae | Brandon, Manitoba 204-728-3058 | Blair: 204-729-5439 | Lois: 204-573-5192 GUEST CONSIGNORS MCRAE LAND & LIVESTOCK 204-729-1018 ANGUS VALLEY FARM 204-242-4502

PRESIDENT

1/2 BROTHERS SELL

CATALOGUE & VIDEOS ONLINE AT

www.marmacfarms,net

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AT THE FARM | BRANDON, MB

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Red LWNBRG Harvestor 103C

Andras Fusion R236

4 Sons Sell

10 Sons & Grandsons Sell

Top 1% Growth Stylish Females With Excellent Udder Quality Outcross Pedigree & High Seller for $57,500 to Sandhills in 2016

Calving Ease & Explosive Growth Fertile, Heavy Milking Daughters • Sound Cow Maker

Red Bar-E-L First Down 161D

10 Sons Sell Calving Ease • Female Maker Efficient Moderate Progeny • Structural Soundness

Red LWNBRG Harvestor 41E

LWNBRG Railroad 35E 5 Sons Sell LWNBRG Reserve 163C

Adds Muscle & Bone • Powerful Phenotype $50,000 Bull to Scott Stock Farm in 2018

Red LWNBRG Proline 55E

2 RC Herd Sire Prospects Sell Pedigree Is Stacked With Elite Cows Heavy Milking, High Growth Bloodlines Grandson Of Our Senior Herd Sire, Reserve 163C 4 Sons Sell Calving Ease & Maternal Pedigree Excellent Footed • High End Growth

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35th Annual Bull Sale

February 29, 2020

LFE 340G

LFE 317G

Unit x LFE 397B Unit x Renown

LFE 313G

Bravo x South Dakota LFE 801F

LFE 388G

130 Simm. Yearlings 85 Simm. Extra Age 40 Angus Yearlings 40 Angus Extra Age LFE 389G Sensation x Legacy

Sensation x Active Duty

Unit x Bank Note LFE 864F

LFE 862F

Bravo x Odyssey Bravo x Bank Note LFE 369G LFE 823F

Bravo x Kelly

LFE 353B x Resource Today’s Angus Advantage 22

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LFE 813F

LFE 808F

Bravo x Active Duty LFE 807F

Insight x Playmaker LFE 3001F

Insight x Active Duty LFE 3142F Sensation x Pioneer

LFE 3003F Dinero x Ayers Rock LFE 3005F

Sensation x Final Answer

LFE 3148F LFE 3033F

T-K Hometown x Turbulence

Sensation x Radiance

Dinero xT-K Smokem

Website: www.lewisfarms.ca Office Ph.: 780-962-5050 Kyle Lewis: 780-220-9188 kyle@lewisfarms.ca Ken Lewis: 780-818-3829 Fullblood Division: Mark Land & Cattle, Lenny Mark 780-842-7207 Today’s Angus Advantage 23

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Sires Represented: Peak Dot Tour of Duty Bushs Cover Shot Herbster Chairman 512

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Custom Made x Big Jack

Stunner x Net Worth

Fort Worth x Upward

Fifteenth Annual Bull Sale Custom Made x Fifth Gear

Stunner x Net Worth

Friday, March 20, 2020 • 1:30 p.m. • At the farm, Vegreville, AB Selling Red & Black Angus Bulls Box 1058, Vegreville, Alberta T9C 1S2 Dave & Denise Phone: (780) 658-2619 Cell: (780) 208-4888 Fax: (780) 658-2666 duraltafarms@gmail.com

Dave & Pat Phone: (780) 658-2291 Cell: (780) 208-5667 ddurie@telusplanet.net

Dwayne Phone: (780) 658-2049 Cell: (780) 208-2049

Sale Management

T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd. (306) 933-4200 info@tbarc.com

Tornado x Fifth Gear

Enforcer x Old Post

View Catalogue & Videos Online at BuyAgro.com Preview Pictures on grantspix.com

Fort Worth x Final Answer

Stunner x Net Worth

Custom Made x Smash

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As I write this issue of the “Real World,” the temperature outside is darn cold; I can feel the effects of global warming, as it was minus thirty-five overnight. Over the past year, I have developed a belly full of environmental gurus who place the blame on agriculture. I think that Greta Thunberg and David Suzuki need to come out here and thaw a few watering bowls on a day such as today and get the true picture of global warming. The 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverley Hills, California banned meat from the menu, citing livestock as being the cause of climate change. Many of these opinionated entertainers attended by flying in on their private jets so they could flaunt their cosmetic lifestyles, without a clue about the environment… what a crock!

We are now entering a new year and decade, with it comes optimism and enthusiasm. 2019 was a mixed year on mother nature’s behalf; moisture was sporadic and pocketed, but most producers gathered enough winter forage. Although, there are areas where harvest has not been completed, as swathes still lay under the snow, waiting for an April harvest.

The commercial sector saw a rewarding feeder and stocker market for good quality, heavy weight calves and the purebred sector saw records set at several events. Once again, there was demand for high quality seed stock at high levels and fall bull sales were very strong for the most part.

The signs point upward for 2020. After two years of uncertainty in the beef market, it appears that

Japan and China have settled their trade restrictions against North America. The African Swine Fever which destroyed half the pig population in China and neighboring countries is forcing them to import pork or find another protein supply… this pork requirement will no doubt benefit all red meat sectors.

Reaching an agreement in the Canada-United StatesMexico pact (what was NAFTA) should help trade on the North American continent. Cattle inventories have not grown, but heavier carcasses have offset the small decline in meat supplies. Consumer demand is increasing, and packers are talking of a healthy increase in beef prices by the end of the first quarter.

Angus breeders should be very proud of their accomplishments. Over the past decade or two, breeders have been drastically improving their product. No doubt Certified Angus Beef has been a standard, but breeders have tended to the “right kind,” resulting in higher quality with extra pay weight. But the key watch word is quality… whether you are acquiring your next herd bull or purchasing breeding females. Remember that your herd bull is fifty percent of your calf crop.

As you enjoy perusing this commercial issue, you will find the best bulls on offer within. These dedicated breeders have high quality programs with the newest and freshest genetics. Do not hesitate to contact any of these leading breeders to discuss their bulls and your breeding requirements.

Let’s all have a great spring!

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Annual Bull & Commercial Female Sale Tuesday March 31, 2020 Swan River, MB

ACC STUNNER 14G

ACCI 14G

RED ACC ASSISINS CREED 165G

SIRE: RED COCKBURN ASSASSIN 624D DAM: RED ACC LAMBDA 1Z

SIRE: MUSGRAVE 316 STUNNER DAM: ACC ROSEBUD 103B

ACC BUCKAROO 39G

ACCI 39G

RED ACC NOZEKA 81G

SIRE: HF GOLD BUCKLE 92E DAM: CRESCENT CREEK QUEEN RUTH 104A

ACCI 81G

SIRE: RED ACC NOZEKA 27C DAM: ACC TIBBIE 98B

50 Red & Black Angus Bulls Featuring Sires: - HF Gold Buckle 92E - Musgrave 316 Stunner - Red ACC Big Shot 118E - Red ACC Pacesetter 158D - Red Cockburn Assassin 624D & More Bruce, Ione, Breanna Austen & Katie

ACCI 165G

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Angus & Simmental Bull Sale

On the Ranch, Russell, Manitoba Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Red, Black & Hybrid Coming Two Year Olds On Offer

Miles & Bonnie Glasman Jared & Chelsey Glasman Home: 204.773.3279 Miles’ Cell: 204.773.6275 Jared’s Cell: 204.796.0999

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March 12, 2020 1:00 pm Spring Creek Ranch, Moosomin, SK

70 Red & Black Simmentals, Black Angus & Sim/Angus bulls.

Black Angus

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Sale Managed by

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Offering: Yearling Red Angus Bulls | Two Year Old Red Angus Bulls

Everyone is welcome by our farm to walk through the bull pens anytime, and we hope to see you at our sale!

Sale Managed By:

Chris Poley 306-220-5006 Shane Michelson 403-363-9973 Ben Wright 519-374-3335

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© January 2020: Beck, Cynthia

Many people have mixed reactions when you bring up the topic of mental health. Some people openly talk about the difficulties they’re experiencing. Some choose to ignore their mental health, or believe the whole idea of mental health is a load of manure.

Others have no awareness of the impact their poor mental health has on them, on the people around them, or on their business.

Thankfully, there has been an overall increase in mental health awareness in the agriculture community. Ag producers are talking, and industry is listening. Social media and industry leaders are providing the opportunity for people to reach out and share their experiences and to support and help each other.

Talking about mental health is great, but it’s time to take it a step further and to do some work. We as a society, especially as ag producers, need to do more than offer words that encourage people to “reach out” or to “talk about it.” Talking about mental health helps the people who know they are experiencing difficulties, who are ready to listen or participate in the mental health conversation, and who are talkers. What about the people who are not talkers? Or, what about the people whose really poor state of mental health is their normal, and they don’t know any different? You may not recognize those people as having mental health difficulties. Instead, you probably refer to them as grouchy, stubborn, hard to deal with, or the person who can suck the life out of any conversation. Sound familiar? Do you know anyone who fits that description? Do you fit that description?

There are a few different reactions you may have in this scenario: • You can shrug your shoulders, think you have no control, and continue breeding and raising your cattle as you always did. (Will this help you to improve your calf crop? Probably not.)

• You can be angry, yell at the auction manager and take your anger out on your partner, and then continue breeding and raising your cattle as you always did. (Will this help you to improve your calf crop? Probably not, and may cost you money with a divorce.)

• You can take a realistic look back at the set of calves you sold and think about what’s going on, were they quality cattle? (Will this help you to improve your next calf crop?

It has potential!)

Looking at the facts helps to identify the areas of strengths, and the areas that could use some improvement.

Your mental health and wellbeing are important, whether you choose to talk about it or not and whether you are aware of it or not. Most people don’t recognize how influential wellbeing is in our daily lives. Poor mental health can sink your relationships and your business. It affects your ability to think, to sleep, to make decisions, and to physically do your work. You and your wellbeing are worth investing time into, just like you do in running your cowherd. This may be surprising, but working on

This is a strategy you can use for improving your wellbeing.

Ask yourself, “How am I physically? How am I mentally and emotionally?” It is important to take a little time to check in with yourself and then truthfully answer the questions. You may be surprised by your own answers. A rule of thumb for this strategy is to focus on describing yourself and how you are behaving, thinking, and feeling. For example, your answer might include, “I feel rested, content, and happy.” Your answer may also include

your mental health and wellbeing is very similar to the steps you would take for improving your calf crop. It starts with looking at the facts.

Strategy #1: Take inventory Let’s use the example of making money off of your herd. You auction your calves, get the cheque back and, once again, it’s not as much as you thought it would be.

Strategies for breeding your own wellbeing: 1. Take inventory, focus on the facts of how you are feeling, thinking, and behaving.

2. Identify what you need, and what you can do to make improvements.

3. Follow through and evaluate the outcome.

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descriptions such as, “I am tired, feel frustrated. I’m yelling a lot, angry, anxious, over-worked. I’m really negative. I just realized I may treat my family like crap.”

talking (shocking, I know), give that a try. Just making those few changes will improve your ability to handle stress, and will hopefully start to improve your relationships.

Keep in mind that it’s okay to be uncomfortable thinking about yourself in this way. It’s uncomfortable because we’re not used to it, and possibly because you might learn some things about yourself that surprise you. Push through the uncomfortable, for how do we improve our wellbeing if we don’t? Just a heads up, if your answer includes details like, “I’m terrible, there’s crop still in the field, I had a wreck at calving, and my spouse is a hellish nightmare,” that’s more about parts of your life and not specifically about you. Start by focusing on you specifically.

Strategy #3: Follow through and evaluate the outcome Returning to the example, we identified some facts about the calves, areas to improve, and some ideas as to how to make the changes that are within our control. You followed through with the idea of breeding to a performance bull that could add some hair, and perhaps made changes to your feeding practices. The calves sell, and that’s the end of the story? No, of course not!

You look at the cheque knowing that you had no control over the market price. But did the calves have more hair? Did they weigh more? Following through and evaluating the outcome is a very important step to making improvements.

Strategy #2: Identify what you need and what you can do Using the example again, you’ve taken a realistic look at the set of calves you sold and identified that they weren’t as heavy as you thought they were. The calves didn’t have enough grow in them. Another thing is that maybe they could use more hair.

So, what do you need and what can you realistically do to make improvements? It’s not feasible to go buy a new cowherd, but maybe you can look to breed your cows to a higher performance bull that also adds hair. You also think you can take a look at pasture management or your feeding practices to see if you can make improvements there.

This is a strategy you can use for improving your wellbeing.

If you did step #1 and took an inventory of how you’re doing, maybe you identified that you are very tired, you feel overworked and anxious, and that you’re yelling and not treating your family very well. What do you need and what can you do to make some improvements in those specific areas? For starters, feeling tired can be related to a lack of sleep, poor nutrition, and dehydration.

During certain times of the year (for example, calving), it can be a challenge to physically get enough sleep. During those times, it is important to fit in sleep when you can, even if it’s napping for 15 to 30 minutes during the day. Getting some rest also helps to balance out a person’s emotions. Eat a variety of proteins, fruits and vegetables, and make sure you are drinking enough water. Your tractor won’t run if it is out of fuel, well neither will your body. For any negative behaviours you realize you do, like yelling, think about if there are certain times you behave that way. The moment you recognize that you are doing the negative behaviour, stop. Even if you are in mid yell while you’re sorting cattle and you hear yourself, stop. Believe me, your family won’t mind if you don’t follow through. An alternative to yelling is

This strategy is also important for us to use in our own daily lives. Perhaps you identified from the first strategy that you were tired, angry, negative, and a jerk to your family. You identified you needed more sleep and to eat better and you made positive changes in those areas. When you check in on yourself to evaluate the outcome, you may be surprised to realize that by getting some extra sleep, you were able to think more clearly, were less frustrated, and less angry. The times you did yell at your family, you stopped yourself and tried talking instead.

By looking into what’s working and what’s not with the little changes made, you may realize that you and your partner have a better relationship because there is way less yelling, less silence, and more communicating.

Strategy #4: Repeat Working on our wellbeing is an ongoing process, and it may not be easy. Raising cattle isn’t easy either, but it is worth it, as is working on your mental health and wellbeing. The strategies are meant as a step for taking action to do just that. Please recognize the examples in this article are somewhat simplified, and life may not be as straightforward. Look at the facts of who you are, how you feel, think, and behave, and make small changes as you go. You didn’t build your cowherd overnight. You’ve likely invested years of your time and energy to build the herd you have today. Your mental health and wellbeing are worthy of that same commitment.

For further resources on mental health, feel free to check out your local health region. There is also information and free services at the following websites: Online Therapy Unit (free online therapy) – www.onlinetherapyuser.ca Canadian Mental Health Association - https://cmha.ca/

Cynthia Beck is a Master’s student in the Clinical Psychology program at the University of Regina. She also works as a research assistant in the Online Therapy Unit and provides suicide intervention response services to south east Saskatchewan. Cynthia and her husband, Wade Beck, along with their two children farm in partnership with Wade’s family. The Becks operate a mixed farming operation of cattle and grain near Milestone, SK.

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semen packs available! $750/10 units

contact Harprey Farms or Youngdale Angus for semen packages bw: -0.3 ww: +55 yw: +93 milk: +22 ce: 9.0 mce: +9.0

Youngdale Jullian 64E

Bulls

Females

sired by Youngdale Jullian, 3F Epic 4631, Musgrave 316 Stunner and Musgrave Big Sky

BW: +2.2 WW: +56 YW: +95 MILK: +20 TM: +48 CE:+2.0 MCE: +5.0

Harprey Jullian 37G

Sire: Musgrave 316 Stunner

BW: -1.4 WW: +64 YW: +112 MILK: +24 TM: +56 CE:+12.0 MCE: +10.0

Harprey Bellemere 15G

caa reg: 2097466

Harprey Gino 4G

Sire: Young Dale Jullian 64E

Sire: Baldridge Bronc

caa reg: 2097362

BW: -0.3 WW: +75 YW: +132 MILK: +24 TM: +62 CE:+9.0 MCE: +13.0

caa reg: 2097350

Sire: 3F Epic 4631

selling April 11 at Mid-Western Bull Sale - Lucknow, ON

caa reg: 2106574

available by private treaty

10 open yearling heifers

BW: 2.0 WW: +57 YW: +103 MILK: +23 TM: +52 CE: +4.0 MCE: +9.0

Harprey Corry 27G

307483 Centre Line A Proton Station, ON N0C 1L0

Allan Hargrave: 519.375.5541 Donald Hargrave: 519.375.1500 Jarrett Hargrave: 519.374.5516 harprey@gmail.com

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Bar-E-L Natural Law 52Y x RRD Tibbie 28Z

RRD 28Z RRD Tibbie 28Z (S A V Heritage) Dam of 73G, 74G & 71G

JJP 65G JJP 57G Green wood Go Ti me

Greenwood Gunslinger

74-51 Sudden Look 1023 x Greenwood Miss Essence (JJP 21C)

JJP 76G Greenwo o d G . I . Jo e

S A V Ten Speed 3022 x Remital F Tibbie 51C

S A V Renovation 6822 x JL Forever Lady 3023

JJP 21C Greenwood Miss Essence 21C

JJP 66G

Dam of JJP 65G (S A V Brilliance 8077)

Green wood Gold Eye

HF Tibbie 22C

HA Cowboy Up 5405 x HF Tibbie 22C HAMI 22C

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Thank You For Everyone’s Support in 2019!

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FEATURING PROGENY FROM: Fleury Brutus 132B and Crescent Creek Alternative 516 and Some of the first sons in canada to sell from sires: * 3F Epic 4161 * bubs southern charm 0031a * km broken bow 002 *

CRESCENT CREEK ULTIMATE 89G

DOS 89G

SIRE: HA OUTSIDE 5161 DAM: CRESCENT CREEK NANCE 44T

CRESCENT CREEK GAME ON 26G

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SIRE: 3F EPIC 4631 DAM: CRESCENT CREEK CRUSHMAID 90A

OFFERING APPROXIMATELY 60 BLACK ANGUS YEARLING BULLS & 35 TOP CUT OPEN REPLACEMENT FEMALES

WMO 17G

SIRE: CRESCENT CREEK ALTERNATIVE 516 DAM: BAR DK RUTH 57’14

CATTLE VIDEOS AVAILABLE IN EARLY MARCH AT WWW.CRESCENTCREEKANGUS.COM

22nd ANNUAL BULL & FEMALE SALE saturday, APRIL 4, 2020 ON THE FARM GOODEVE, SK SALE 1PM

PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR ON FARM OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY MARCH 15, 2020 -wes, kim & FAMILY - BOX 192 - GOODEVE SK - S0A 1C0- INFO@CRESCENTCREEKANGUS.COM-HOME: 306-876-4420 * WES CELL: 306-728-8284 * WADE CELL: 306-730-7673 Today’s Angus Advantage 52

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26th Annual Bull Sale Saturday, March 7, 2020 at the ranch, Carievale, SK

160 Bulls Sell 45 Red & Black Angus Bulls 130 Red & Black Simmental Bulls • Semen Tested & Guaranteed • Sight Unseen Buyers Program can’t make it sale day, take advantage of our SUS Purchasing • Free Delivery in Western Canada

MRLA 42G

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cost share to the east (our trailer is most likely going right past your gate!)

• Volume Discount • Extra Age Bulls 45 May/June coming two year old bulls • January/February Born Yearlings

Dave Cell: 483-8660

Lee 306-928-4820 Cell: 483-8067

Jim 306-928-4636 Cell: 483-7986

MRLA 43G

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For catalogues, videos or more information please contact us! view catalogue at

MRLA 85G

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MRLA 191F

MRLA 3G

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MRLA 121G

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Represents 15 Coming Two-Year Olds

MRLA 102G

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BEEF Building Better Beef 0200AN10734 S A V RENOVATION 6822

RENOVATION

SIRE: S A V RENOWN 3439 DAM: S A V MADAME PRIDE 0151

CED 6 BW 2.4 WW 68 YW 120 MILK 21

“The Renovation daughters are tremendous. They are easy fleshing, big ribbed, awesome uddered with ideal milk flow.

They are quiet and great mothers. I think it is rare for a bull to sire daughters that are better than their dams and Renovation is doing it consistently.”

Justin Morrison Brooking Angus Ranch

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COLOSSAL

Unmatched body mass and rib shape rarely seen in a top ranking proven calving ease sire and progeny data is reinforcing his strong CE numbers.

0200AN10735 VARILEK GEDDES 7068

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Balanced and fault free individual with an outcross pedigree for many programs.

0200AN10728 SCHIEFELBEIN ATTRACTIVE 4565

ATTRACTIVE

Stout featured and massive body design with termendous foot shape and heal depth.

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Join us on

April 11, 2020 for the 14th Annual

Blue Collar Bull Sale

Featuring bloodlines from: SENSATION 5615 KR CASH FLOW Ellingson Top Shelf 5050 S A V REIGN 6845 SAV

DL

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Element 405

Payweight 1682 HF Lute 281D TJF Ambush 20X MVF Payout 30B Basin

View the Catalogue Online at:

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Consigned by:

HA

Cowboy Up 5405

SAV

President 6847

PARKWOOD

Farm

Scott, Mandy, Katie, Landon & Macy Burkell 306-783-7986 Cell: 306-621-3638 s.a.burkell@sasktel.net

1 4 t h A n n u a l

Bull Sale

Yorkton, SK

Saturday, April 11, 2020

1:00 p.m.

Heartland Livestock, Yorkton, SK Sale Management

Blue Collar

Jack & Joyce 306-782-7112

Castlerock Marketing

Shane Castle Cell: 306-741-7485 castlerock.mktg@sasktel.net Devin Warrilow 780-581-4329 Today’s Angus Advantage 59

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Winners Canadian Angus 2019

National Gold Show

Black

Black Bull Calf Champion

Show Bull of the Year

Boss Lake Bonafide 929G Boss Lake Genetics

Black Junior Champion Bull

DMM Crank 13E Miller Wilson Angus & Nelson Hirsche Purebreds Graco Conversation 14F William Jackson

Black Heifer Calf Champion

Black

Show Female of the Year

Boss Lake MS Sandy 901G Boss Lake Genetics

Black Junior Champion Female

North Perth Barbara 507 Merit Cattle Co. BNWZ Wendy 8143 Boss Lake Genetics Today’s Angus Advantag e 60

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Winners Canadian Angus 2019

National Gold Show

Red Bull Calf Champion

Red

Show Bull of the Year

Red Shiloh Gunner 23G Shiloh Cattle Co.

Red Junior Champion Bull

Red DFK Racer 8E DKF Angus & Shiloh Cattle Co.

Red Mar Mac Footprint 164F Mar Mac Farms

Red Heifer Calf Champion

Red

Show Female of the Year

Red Cinder Freyja 29G Brad Yoder

Red Junior Champion Female

Red Six Mile Fanny 149D Six Mile Red Angus Red Towaw Sybil 407F Reese Abby Wildman Today’s Angus Advantag e 61

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Richmond Ranch Bull & Female Sale Friday, March 13, 2020 @ the Ranch, Rumsey, AB

SRD 102F

SRD 87F

SRD 108F

over 100 head sell SRD 197F

SRD 181F

SRD 204F

SRD 222F

Black Angus ~ Red Angus ~ Limousin the richmond family

Jim and Stephanie 403-323-8433

Tiffany 403-740-3748

Brandon, Samantha, Cole and tyson 403-741-2675

bulls@richmondranch.com | call for a catalogue or video

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South View Ranch 20th Annual Bull Sale - At The Ranch NEW DAY - Friday, April 10, 2020

— Offering Red and Black Angus Yearlings and Two Year Olds — DFCC 1Z Carlos 5C

Red SVR Ranger 16G

Sons Sell

SVR Desperado 409G

He Sells

Red SVR Bullseye 8G

He Sells

He Sells

MJT Impressive 813F

Red SVR Precise 13G

Semen Available We are excited to be offering his offspring in the 2021 sale Keith & Linda Kaufmann Box 130, Ceylon, SK S0C 0T0 306-454-2730 Fax 454-2643 svr@sasktel.net

Red Sire Groups: Black Sire Groups:

Shane & Alexis Kaufmann & Family Box 40, Ceylon, SK S0C 0T0 Shane: 306-869-8074 Keaton: 306-815-7233 sakaufmann.svr@sasktel.net

www.southviewranch.com

He Sells Red SVR Cowboy 33D Red Flying K Arrow 13E Red Cockburn Conquer 593C Red Blairswest Enterprise 33D Red U6 Journeyman 17D Red SVR Casino 204E Red NCJ Coming In Hot 24E Red Allison Tankard 42E

HF Heist 82C DFCC 1Z Carlos 5C DMM Hoss 19C Anderson Balance 6149D Merit Gibson Creek 7026E FAR Appearance 329E

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Turner Boys Shorty had a problem, an addiction of sorts. It wasn’t life threatening, or at least it hadn’t been, but he was never quite sure. The problem…he couldn’t say no.

This time it started with a phone call one Thursday evening.

“Shorty…it’s Cec. Could we get you to give us a hand on the weekend?”

“Oh hi Cec.” Shorty’s brain was shouting…NO NO NO!, but his mouth was saying “Sure Cec. What’s up?”

a vacant spot. He had finished unloading his horse and dog before a Turner showed up.

Cyril showed up first, he come screaming around an old tractor on a gleaming new quad. “Hey Shorty! Thanks for coming. You seen Cec?” “I just…” Shorty was interrupted by Cec as he appeared on a sputtering old red Honda quad that had seen way better days. If machines could look unhappy, this one did.

“Come on Cec we gotta go. You’re late!”

“We gotta work cows and, well, umm.”

“Should I bring a horse?”

“Yeah if you could, that would be great! Say about nine on Saturday morning?” Cec didn’t even wait for an answer, “Thanks Shorty, see ya.”

Shorty hung up and immediately kicked himself. “Dammit!”

The Turner boys ran a place down the road a bit. Well ran was maybe a stretch, but then so was calling them boys.

Cec was the oldest, he was in his late sixties, and his brother Cyril was a couple years younger. The two boys were polar opposites, both in stature and attitude. Cec was calm, border lining on lazy, while Cyril was wired for sound. If Cec were an inch and a half taller, he would be a perfect cube, he was as wide as he was thick, just short. Cyril was tall and so skinny he barely cast a shadow.

To say the Turner place was run down was, well, an understatement. There wasn’t a usable fence on the place, the corrals were held together with twine and wire and the yard littered with equipment and vehicles that were left right where they broke down. Shorty wheeled his truck and trailer into

Cec was not the least impressed by his brother’s enthusiasm.

He turned his quad off, and extended his hand to Shorty.

“Thanks for coming Shorty. How you been?”

“Cec! Let’s go! Come on. Shorty, we are goin’ to bring the cows in from the meadow. We’ll chase them on the quads, all you need to do is watch the gate on top of the hill. Come on Cec let’s go! Plug in the fence Cec!” Before Cec could answer Cyril was gone in a cloud of smoke and dust. Cec fired up his quad and off he sputtered.

Shorty followed the two into the pasture and headed to his post. The fences on either side of him were…well pretty much nonexistent. The boy’s solution for the state of disrepair was a single strand of electric wire held in place by white stakes.

Shorty hated electric fences.

He was soon at his spot, a sorry excuse for a gate that hung precariously between a broken post and a rotten one. He pulled his horse up, and turned to watch the show. His dog, Mike laid down next to the horse and began to nod off. Shorty watched the boys roaring around herding the entire

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commotion towards Shorty. The lead cow was on a dead run, with the rest of them strung out behind.

As the lead cow drew near, she turned her attention to the gate that Shorty was guarding. She slowed as she got close, sized Shorty up, and decided he was not a problem. She walked around him and that is when Mike woke up. He looked at Shorty, then at the cow, back at Shorty. Shorty waved his left hand at the dog and the dog sprang into action. Mike ran to cut the cow off. The cow saw the dog and lowered her head, before she charged at Mike. Mike locked onto her nose.

The cow bellowed as if she had been shot. “Mike! That ‘ll do.” Mike let go and shook the cow snot and blood from his mouth. The cow headed for the corral.

In the meantime, the Turner boys had moved the remainder of the herd close to Shorty. The cows were intent on following the wounded leader and Cyril was intent on getting them there as quickly as possible. He roared back in forth behind the cows, shouting and swearing as he went. Cec was following a single cow on the far side of the herd.

The cow that had garnered Cec’s attention was…well she was a bitch. She was intent on not doing whatever it was that Cec was trying to make her do. If she was a human, Shorty figured she would be covered in tattoos and ride a Harley. As she crested the hill and started down the other side, she made her move. The cow started to the right, and when Cec swung the quad that way, the cow spun to her left and bolted between Cec and Cyril.

Cec slammed his quad in reverse and turned the quad to his right. The quad shot backwards and Cec stood up and reached to the shifter. At that very moment the quad’s metal frame made contact with the electric fence.

Now Shorty wasn’t sure if it was the shock or momentum that fired Cec from his mount, but whatever it was, Cec shot off the quad and landed on his back on the downhill side of the now stationary quad. Shorty figured he looked like a turtle laying shell down. The problem being was that Cec was positioned with his head downhill and to get up he had to crabwalk around so that he could roll over and get to his feet.

By now, Cyril had gathered up the biker chick and was running her towards the corral. Cec was flustered and wasn’t really thinking. He went to jump back on the bike and was shocked back into reality. Shorty could swear the quad looked happier than it was an hour or so ago.

“Cec hold on!” Shorty was swinging out of the saddle. He grabbed the sorting stick off the back of the quad and held the wire away from the bike. “Okay…take it away” “Thanks Shorty” Cec gingerly guided the old quad away from the wire.

“You okay Cec?” Cec had shut the quad off and was dusting himself off.

“Yeah, I am good. Damn that wire packs a punch! Thanks Shorty.”

“No problem Cec, as long as you are okay…”

Cec gave himself the quick once over, then gingerly approached the old quad. He reached for the handlebars, touched them, and quickly pulled his hand back. Satisfied that all was well with he and his mount, he swung himself into position and fired the quad up. As he pulled away, Shorty noticed that he never took his eye off the electric fence and stayed as far away as possible.

“Mike.” Shorty looked over at the dog trotting on his left, “If there comes a time that I get bucked off a quad… or for that matter, use electric fences, tell me to quit.”

Mike looked up and Shorty saw him nod.

Grant Rolston was born and raised in ranching country near Penticton, British Columbia.

After graduating school, he worked on a purebred Hereford ranch, then assumed a position at Western Breeders Artificial Insemination Unit. In 1980, he left the livestock scene and joined the Edmonton Police Department, where he received his formal training in photography, working for the IDENT unit (crime scene investigation). After a decade, he returned to the industry, purchasing a herd of purebred Angus cattle but both Grant and his wife, Lauralee, worked off the ranch to make a living. He chose livestock photography and is now Canada’s premier livestock photographer of beef cattle. Grant and Lauralee travel throughout nine provinces in Canada for on farm photography, in addition to all major livestock shows, including the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto, the Canadian Western Agribition and all major National Junior shows in the summer months. Grant and Lauralee Rolston reside in Vulcan, Alberta. With four decades of experience, Grant shares things that are “Not Taken for Granted.”

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Red/black Angus & Simmental Bulls. on the farm - forestburg, AB

HFX 67G

HAL 54G

RPAH 26G

HFX 9G

RPAH 45G

KEEL 129G

OPEN HEIFER

OPEN HEIFER

SIMMENTAL

HFX 903G

RPAH 152G

HFX 22G

Visitors always welcome!

TERRY & SHARON ADAMS

SALEs MANAGEMENT

780.582.2109 C: 780.385.1189

Rob & Maureen and girls 780.582.3720 c: 780.385.0849 smada@syban.net

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What’s Your

Legacy?

Canadian Angus Foundation’s Building the Legacy Sale 9 Saturday June 13, 2020 – 8pm EST Delta Beausejour, Moncton, New Brunswick Building the Legacy has become Canadian Angus Foundation’s main fundraiser focus and is a main source for generating resources to further our mission. Please join us.

The Canadian Angus Foundation functions to preserve and expand the Angus breed for future generations through education, youth development, scientific and market research, and historical preservation and restoration. The Canadian Angus Foundation was incorporated in 1993 and is the charitable arm of the Canadian Angus Association.

The vision of Building the Legacy is to allow the Foundation to build monetary resources. The Foundation uses its funds to provide opportunities for our youth, young breeders and membership to grow in the areas of leadership, marketing, networking, animal husbandry, genetic improvement and to learn about developing tools to enhance Angus production. The vision also includes the importance of preserving Angus history. By fostering these areas we can ensure our Angus history is not lost and will keep Angus as the breed of choice for the commercial beef sector and end users for years to come.

Because of generous donors, we can support initiatives, scholarships, travel bursaries and learning opportunities. Through benevolent donations of livestock, semen, embryos, items and experiences, as well as the purchasing of the auction offerings, the Foundation is able to put together a great suite of opportunities for our Angus membership. Please join us!

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Join us for our 4 Breed Spring Bull Sale March 12, 2020 D e l B o n ita , a l B e r ta Featuring 145 Bulls • 35 Angus bulls (including F-1 bulls): 30 coming 2 yr olds & 10 2019 bull calves • 30 Simmental and Simmental X Bulls : 15 Coming 2 yr olds & 15 2019 calves • 30 Hereford/ Hereford plus calves: 25 coming 2 year olds & 5 calves • 50 Charolais Bulls: 25 coming 2 yr olds & 25 2019 calves Also featuring: 75 Open Breeding Heifers 20 Bred Heifers (Due Mar 20-May 5) • 5 Red, 5 RWF, 10 BWF

• 15 BWF Simmental X Angus & Hereford • 15 RWF Simmental X Hereford

• 10 Angus

• 35 Hereford

A l l B u l l s G r o w s A F e , r F I , u lt r A s o u n d & P e r F o r m A n c e t e s t e d By far our best group of Angus bulls to date. Some of the first 2 year old DMM INTERNATIONALs to sell

Bw 83 lbs NHP 288F

Bw 87 lbs

Kodiak son & mountain View 634t dam

NHP 283F

One of the first CRANK sons to sell

Bw 85 lbs NHP 419G

NHP 383F

Request a catalog on our website, or email grant@hirsche.com For photos and updates, visit our website:

www.NHPu r eb r e d s . c o m

Grant Hirsche (403)652-8254 Jimmy Nelson (403)635-7075

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Brooking Angus Ranch eighth annual bull sale

03.23.2020 MONDAY AT THE RANCH

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78 YEARLINGS - 7 TWO YEAR OLDS BLACK ANGUS BULLS

Justin & Tawnie Morrison and family

Box 813 Radville, SK S0C 2G0 Justin (306) 536 4590 - Tawnie (306) 861 4155 - Alastair - 306 458 7207

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- CLASS WINNING PEN OF BULLS FROM BUL PEN ALLEY AT AGRIBITION -

MARCH 9TH 2019

CANADIAN CENTRALle Sale Bull & Fema

Sale managed by T Bar C YOUNGDALE GRACE 169B

WINNIPEG AUCTION MART JAYMARANDY GRACE 640D

S O N S S E LL BY B R OOKI NG BANK NO T E, SAV C U T T I NG ED G E & T H ESE H ERD S IR E S

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SELLING 25 YEARLING RED AND BLACK ANGUS BULLS

HE SELLS

RED RAINBOW REPUBLIC 21G Stout, calving ease prospect sired by the popular Seneca Impeccable data: BW: 69 BR: 87 WW: 795 WR: 116 Top 10% BW, WW, YW & CE | Top 8% MK | Top 3% TM

RED RAINBOW TNF COMMOTION 6G $35,000 Sask Century Sweepstakes Champion Bull Purchased by EKW Red Angus

SELLING 40 COMING TWO YEAR OLDS JUST LIKE THESE

RED TOWAW JIVE 468E High selling bull in the 2019 sale purchased by Thistle Ridge Ranch

RED TOWAW SCEPTOR 517E Purchased by Matt Taylor in the 2019 sale

BID ONLINE WITH

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Trendsetter Bull & Replacement Heifer Sale SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 2020 AT THE RANCH

SCCA 60G

Located 20 minutes South/West of Hanna , Alberta

Red Angus

SCCA 50G Red Angus

Offering:

40 Red & Black Purebred Angus Bulls 4 Red & Black Simmental/Angus Crossbred Bulls 50 Red & Black Purebred & Simmental/Angus Crossbred Replacement Heifers

SCCA 3G

Black Angus

Blake Morton - 403-820-4162 Darcy Olesky - 403-820-1830 Alisha Minchau ( Herdsman ) - 403-857-9563 Home - 403-665-2023

Pride in the Pursuit of Excellence

SCCA 93W

Angus/Simmental Cross

www.shilohcattle.com shilohcattle@netago.ca Visit us on FACEBOOK

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Select Purebred Open Females Groups of Commercial Open Females Powerful Herdsire Prospects | Calving Ease Specialists

Home: 403-335-9112 Laurie: 403-994-1686 Ron: 403-994-1623 Jared: 403-507-1030 Travis 403-586-1335 lauron@xplornet.com Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Angus Advantageâ&#x20AC;&#x192; 80

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From our Pastures to Yours ... for over 55 Years Join Us For Our Annual

MONDAY, APRIL

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• 1:00 pm

Cowtown Livestock, Maple Creek SK Live sale broadcast at dlms.ca

- Selling 60 High Quality Black Angus Yearling Bulls -

We welcome your inquiries! To chat, arrange a herd tour or request a sale book.

Online Viewing of Reference Sires/Dams, Catalogue

www.DelormeRanch.ca

&

Videos at

- FEATURED SIRES INCLUDE -

South Shadow 6Y Tomboy 130B • Diamond T Wrath 1509 GR 9A • Early Sunset Settler 66E Border Butte Windy 313E • TSN Order Of Duty 73C • Connealy Earnan 076E Musgrave Aviator • Connealy Consensus 7229 • Baldridge Download Z013 • Koupal Kozi 418 S A V Resource 1441 • Connealy Thunder • Bruin Torque 5261 • S Titlest 1145

Private Treaty Sales

Commercial Replacement Heifers • Prospect & Riding Horses

South Shadow • Boundary & Jay En Dee • Kay Dee & Prairie Pride Angus Herds Darby & Sarah Delorme

Don & Connie Delorme

Box 36, Robsart, SK. S0N 2G0

Box 28, Robsart, SK. S0N 2G0

boundaryranch@sasktel.net HOME: 306.299.2006 CELL: 306.662.7993

dcdelorme@sasktel.net HOME: 306.299.4494 CELL: 306.299.7778

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Combest

Red Angus Yearlings & Two Year Olds for Sale By Private Treaty

Red Combest Juggernaut 1613D

Grand Champion 2017 Lloydminster Stockade Reserve Junior Champion 2017 Farmfair 2017 Junior Show Bull of the Year Owned with Ter-Ron & TNF

Red Bar-E-L Patriot 60F

« A Full Brother and Sons Sell!

Owned with Wheeler Stock Farm

Red Bar-E-L Concept 49C

Combest Red Angus

Owned with Smoky Y Ranch & Twin Willows

Lynn & Tyra Combest | Home: 403-742-5211 | Cell: 403-740-7621

Alameda Bull Sale March 28 • 1:00 p.m.

Chopper K Auction Alameda, SK

Selling

Follow us on Facebook or blackharvest.ca for videos and information

30 Yearling Bulls with an excellent selection of Heifer Bulls

Home: 306-634-4454 Cecil’s Cell: 306-461-5501 manteifarms@hotmail.com Estevan, SK pictures and video will be available

FF Black Gold JF C19

Other Sires include: Belvin 3E Dillinger 6215, MVF Pioneer 39A and Jaymarandy Specialist 657D Today’s Angus Advantag e 82

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SELLING

RUNNING JR RANCH 5TH ANNUAL BULL SALE

April

45 PUREBRED YEARLING RED ANGUS BULLS 10 PUREBRED YEARLING BLACK ANGUS BULLS SIRES INCLUDE TOP END GENETICS FROM: SIX MILE RED ANGUS FLYING K RED ANGUS TAYLORS RED ANGUS

*BULLS SELECTED FROM 200+ REGISTERED COWS*

20 2020

HEARTLAND LIVESTOCK SERVICES SWIFT CURRENT SK 1 PM AUCTIONEER: DONNIE PEACOCK

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Josh, Stephanie, Sawyer, Gus and Daisy Rempel - Swift Current, Saskatchewan Box 13 RR1 Site 2 Wymark, Sk S0N 2Y0 Josh 1-306-774-9726 email: runningjrranch@gmail.com

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Saskatoon livestock sales

Saturday March 28 2020

sons sell!

Nu-Horizon ransom 617D

Red Six Mile & Co Jagger 780A

View the catalogue online at www.triplelangus.com or buyagro.com the tetzlaff family

sale managed by:

Randy & Kim Tetzlaff Box 157, Viscount, SK P: 306.944.2734 | C: 306.231.6969 E:tetz@sasktel.net

Chris: 306.220.5006 Shane: 403.363.9973 Ben: 519.374.3335

MARCH 23RD, 2020 @ 1:30PM Hardgrass Hub POLLOCKVILLE, AB Preview at the Ranch at 11AM

Calvin and Catherine Rooke

POLLOCKVILLE, AB

403.633.2726

REBELCREEKANGUS.COM

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2019

Canadian Angus Association Statistics Top Black Sires

Top Red Sires

by Progeny Counts

Ranking

Name

1

MUSGRAVE 316 STUNNER

464

2

S A V RESOURCE 1441

3

by Progeny Counts

Progeny Ranking

Name

Progeny

1

RED COCKBURN ASSASSIN 624D

192

345

2

RED MRLA RESOURCE 137E

160

S A V PRESIDENT 6847

253

3

RED DKF RAZOR 55C

140

4

ELLINGSON ROUGHRIDER 4202

213

4

RED SIX MILE CUSTOM MADE 505C

101

5

S A V RENOWN 3439

207

5

RED U-2 FOREIGNER 413B

100

6

ELLINGSON HOMEGROWN 6035

181

6

RED SVR CONTINENTAL 112E

87

7

MUSGRAVE 316 COLOSSAL 137

172

7

RED ANDRAS FUSION R236

87

8

3F EPIC 4631

171

8

RED PEAK DOT ELIMINATOR 596C

85

9

WERNER FLAT TOP 4136

170

9

RED MRLA UPLOAD 165E

77

10

S A V RENOVATION 6822

163

10

RED U-2 AUTHENTIC 139A

74

11

COLEMAN BRAVO 6313

149

11

RED SIX MILE HIGH CALIBER 177C

71

12

S A V SENSATION 5615

148

12

RED 9 MILE FRANCHISE 6305

70

13

BROOKING BANK NOTE 4040

137

13

RED NCJ COMING IN HOT 24E

64

14

MAR INNOVATION 251

115

14

RED HOWE CLEARWATER 21C

62

15

U2 TEMPTATION 180E

108

15

RED TR IMPALA 167D

60

16

JINDRA ACCLAIM

107

16

RED BROWN JYJ REDEMPTION Y1334

59

17

COLBURN PRIMO 5153

103

17

RED ACC BIG SHOT 118E

58

18

BASIN PAYWEIGHT 1682

102

18

RED SSS TYCOON 225E

55

19

S A V RAINFALL 6846

96

19

RED U-2 RECKONING 149A

54

20

MERIT STING 7047E

95

20

RED LWNBRG HARVESTOR 41E

54

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2019

Canadian Angus Association Statistics 2019 Herd Size Report

HERD SIZE

NUMBER OF HERDS

500+

26

400-499

14

300-399

33

200-299

97

150-199

82

100-149

152

50-99

374

25-49

388

10-24

484

<10

799

TOTAL:

2449

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18th Annual Bull Sale On Offer:

65 BULLS 45 CHAROLAIS

Two-Year-Old & Yearling Bulls

20 RED & BLACK ANGUS Yearling Bulls View the bulls online at www.bylivestock.com

reD Crowfoot MoonShine 8081u

DIAMOND W CHAROLAIS & RED ANGUS Tuesday, March 24, 2020 – 1:30 p.m.

VALLEY LIVESTOCK SALES, MINITONAS, MB (5 miles East of Swan River on Highway 10)

Our bulls will work for you: • Big, Solid Bulls that can Cover Pastures • Lot of Hair – Full of Meat • More Bull for Your Dollar • Semen Tested and Ready to Work! • Performance Tested • Good Feet, Structurally Sound, Easy Fleshing SALE MANAGER:

Orland Walker Box 235, Hudson Bay, SK S0E 0Y0 T 306-865-3953 C 306-865-6539 diamondw@sasktel.net

306-584-7937 Helge By 306-536-4261 Jon Wright 306-807-8424 charolaisbanner@gmail.com

Commercial Consultants: Clayton Hawreluik, Heartland Livestock, Yorkton, SK, 306-621-3824; Ron Reed Livestock, Lethbridge, AB, 403-625-0233; Jared Moisiondz 204-281-5588 Valley Livestock Sales: Randy Hart, 204-734-8624 Sale broadcast live – By Livestock Online at www.bylivestock.com

SparrowS olDenBurg 636D

SparrowS BarBato 643D Today’s Angus Advantag e 88

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Progeny on offer BW

2.7

WW

91 YW

151 MILK

18 TM

64

Peak Dot No Doubt 235D BW

0.1

WW

70 YW

122

Rivercrest &

Valleymere

SPADY 17th Annual

Bull & Female Sale

Thursday, March 26, 2020 1:30 @ The Ranch 100 Black Angus Yearling Bulls & Select Offering of Open Heifers

MILK

27

Visit DLMS for on-line videos

TM

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Musgrave 316 Stunner

Alberta Angus Association

BW

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2016 HALL OF FAME Contemporary Breeder

WW

61 YW

115 MILK

33 TM

64

S A V Rainfall 6846 BW

1.4

WW

99 YW

167 MILK

12 TM

62

DL Dually BW

1.5

WW

69 YW

127 MILK

38 TM

73

Herbster Chairman 512

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Proud family heritage in raising black Angus cattle for four generations since 1937. We would sincerely like to thank our customers for your ongoing support for a lifestyle we love and a business we are truly passionate about.

Rivercrest Angus

www.rivercrestangus.com Craig Spady | Tom Spady 403-740-4978

River Valley Angus Cody Innocent 403-740-3205

Valleymere TTT Angus

Travis Spady | Tanner Spady 780-879-2298 | 403-741-9161 Check out our website and facebook pages for more detail or give us a call anytime.

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Angus Show Results November 3-4, 2019, Toronto, on Judge: Chad Hollinger, Neudorf, sk

FEMALES

champion junior heifer calf Gilchrist Farms, Lucknow, ON with GF Proven Queen 683G sired by 5T Power Chip 4790 Reserve champion junior heifer calf Clair Lane Stock Farm, Fergus, ON with Clair Lane Queen 1902 sired by Coleman Bravo 6313 champion Intermediate heifer calf Premier Livestock, Milverton, ON with Premier Hasson Empress 917 sired by Colburn Primo 5153

reserve champion Intermediate heifer calf Gilchrist Farms, Lucknow, ON with GF Barbara 63G sired by 5T Power Chip 4790

Champion Junior Yearling Heifer Hawthorne Farm, Mountain, ON with Hawthorne Fantasia sired by S A V 004 Density 4336

champion Senior heifer calf Premier Livestock, Milverton, ON with Premier Georgina 904 sired by OHL Check Book 0187C

Reserve Champion Junior Yearling Heifer Chelsey & Jeff Stephens, Troy, ON with Black Lane Georgina 14F sired

by SAC Conversation

reserve champion senior heifer calf Elm Holme Cattle Company, Kinburn, ON with Sunset Madame Pride 1G sired by Dameron C-5 American Classic

Champion Intermediate Yearling Heifer Vos Vegas Farms, Plainfield, ON with Vos Vegas Black Pearl 3F sired

by Colburn Primo 5153

Reserve Grand Champion Female Enright Farms, Renfrew, ON with EF Blackbird 835

Grand Champion Female Vos Vegas Farms, Plainfield, ON with Vos Vegas Black Pearl 6E

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Reserve Champion Senior female Enright Farms, Renfrew, ON with EF Frontier Gal 5194 sired by S&R Roundtable J328 Reserve Champion Intermediate Yearling Heifer Justamere Farms, Lloydminster, SK with Bnwz Hauge Pride 012F sired

by EXAR Blue Chip 1877B Senior Yearling Female and Reserve Grand Champion Enright Farms, Renfrew, ON with EF Blackbird 835 sired by Silveiras Style 9303 Reserve Champion Senior Yearling Heifer Koyle Farms, Iona Station, ON with Anderson’s Proven Queen 801 sired

by C&C McKinley 3000 EXAR Champion Senior and Grand Champion Female Vos Vegas Farms, Plainfield, ON with Vos Vegas Black Pearl 6E sired

by Colburn Primo 5153

Bulls

champion Intermediate Junior Bull calf Caryn Upton, Alliston, ON with Boyne River Son Of Anarchy 1G sired by Sankeys Justified 101 reserve champion Intermediate Junior Bull calf Premier Livestock, Milverton, ON with Premier Gold Chip 913 sired by EXAR Blue Chip 1877B champion Senior Bull calf Whiskey Lane Livestock, Indian River, ON with Whiskey Lane Guinness 7G sired by Schiefelbein Attractive 4565

Reserve champion Junior Yearling Bull Premier Livestock, Milverton, ON with Premier Fusion 809F sired by Dameron First Impression champion Senior Yearling and Grand Champion Bull Premier Livestock, Milverton, ON with Mich Wheatland Hicaliber 7197E sired

by EXAR Classen 1422B reserve champion Senior Yearling Bull Harprey Farms, Proton Station, ON with Young Dale Jullian 64E sired by Young Dale Jullian 153Z Two Bulls, Bred And Owned

By The Exhibitor Premier Livestock, Milverton, ON Breeder’s Herd Premier Livestock, Milverton, ON

reserve champion Senior Bull calf Harprey Farms, Proton Station, ON with Harprey Gino 4G sired by 3F Epic 4631

Get Of Sire Gilchrist Farms, Lucknow, ON

champion Junior Yearling and Reserve Grand Champion Bull Tullamore Angus, Caledon, ON with Graco Conversation 14F sired by SAC Conversation

Progeny Of Dam Premier Livestock, Milverton, ON

Grand Chapmion Bull Premier Livestock, Milverton, ON with Mich Wheatland Hicaliber 7197E

Junior Get Of Sire Gilchrist Farms, Lucknow, ON

Reserve Grand Champion Bull Tullamore Angus, Caledon, ON with Graco Conversation 14F

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Gerald Kellington Manager

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RED ANgus

Females Champion Spring Heifer calf Cinder Angus, Barrhead Country, AB with Red Cinder Freyja 29G sired by Red Bieber Deep End B597 Reserve Champion Spring Heifer calf PIRO Red Angus, Stettler, AB with Red PIRO Soapy 9169G sired by Red PIRO Benelli 7112E Champion Intermediate Heifer calf Six Mile Ranch, Glentworth, SK with Red Six Mile Enid 232G sired by Red NCJ Coming In Hot 24E Reserve Champion Intermediate Heifer calf Lazy MC Angus, Bassano, AB with Red Lazy MC Kuruba 112G sired by Lazy MC Steeltown 102E Champion Senior Heifer calf Redrich Farms, Forestburg, AB with Red Redrich Sierra 89G sired by Red DKF Racer 8E Reserve Champion Senior Heifer calf Shiloh Cattle Company, Craigmyle, AB with Red Shiloh Guilty Pleasure 48G sired by Red Cockburn Assassin 624D Champion Junior Yearling Heifer and Reserve Grand Champion Female Rainbow Red Angus, Cherhill, AB with Red Rainbow Lady Ann 40F sired by Red U-2 Big League 7136T Reserve Champion Junior Yearling Heifer Six Mile Ranch, Glentworth, SK with Red Six Mile Alana 515F sired by Red LMAN King Rob 8621

Grand Champion Female

Six Mile Ranch, Glentworth, SK with Red Six Mile Fanny 149D sired by Red U-2 Reckoning 149A

Champion Intermediate Yearling Heifer Redrich Farms, Forestburg, AB with Red Redrich Frey-Ex 240F sired by Red Wilbar Longitude 646Y Reserve Champion Intermediate Yearling Heifer Towaw Cattle Company, Sangudo, AB with Red Towaw Sybil 407F sired by Red Soo Line Power Eye 161X Champion Senior Yearling Heifer Bar Double M Angus, Hill Spring, AB with Red Bar Mm Lakme 47F sired by Red Cockburn Assassin 624D Reserve Champion Senior Yearling Heifer Dersta Farm Ltd., Red Deer County, AB with Red Rack Bonny 7F sired by Red Towaw Kashmir 496C Champion Two year old cow/Calf Pair Six Mile Ranch, Glentworth, SK with Red Six Mile Olivia 950E sired by Red Six Mile Outsider 387C Reserve Champion Two year old cow/Calf Pair Cinder Angus, Barrhead County, AB with Red Cinder Freyja 29E sired by Red Soo Line Power Eye 161X Champion Mature Cow and Grand Champion Female Six Mile Ranch, Glentworth, SK with Red Six Mile Fanny 149D sired by Red U-2 Reckoning 149A Reserve Champion Mature Cow/Calf Pair Shiloh Cattle Company, Craigmyle, AB with Red Tnf Kassie 27A sired by Red Fine Line Mulberry 26P

Reserve Grand Champion Female

Rainbow Red Angus, Cherhill, AB with Red Rainbow Lady Ann 40F sired

by Red U-2 Big League 7136T

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Grand Champion Bull

Shiloh Cattle Company, Craigmyle, AB with Red DKF Racer 8E sired by Red DKF Razor 55C Bulls Champion Spring Bull calf Lazy MC Angus, Bassano, AB with Red Lazy MC Laramie 159G sired by Red Lazy MC Mighty 198B Champion Intermediate Bull calf Rainbow Red Angus, Cherhill, AB with Red Rainbow TNF Commotion 6G sired

by Red Rainbow Nitro 12E Reserve Champion Intermediate Bull calf Lauron Red Angus, Didsbury, AB with Red Lauron Giordano 93G sired by Red Six Mile Custom Made 505C Champion Senior Bull calf Shiloh Cattle Company, Craigmyle, AB with Red Shiloh Gunner 23G sired by Red Cockburn Assassin 624D Reserve Champion Senior Bull calf Redrich Farms, Forestburg, AB with Red Redrich Gambler 99G sired by Red Jewel Tradin Right 108D Champion Intermediate Yearling Bull Kopper LC Red Angus, Duchess, AB with Red Kopper LC Hustle 23F sired by Red Ter-Ron Derby 108D Reserve Champion Intermediate Yearling Bull BMB Brewin Angus, Taber, AB with Red BMB Grizzly 018F sired by Red Brylor Red Kodiak 3A Champion Senior Yearling Bull Lauron Red Angus, Didsbury, AB with Red Dwajo Mack 4F sired by Red Topham Peterbilt 415B

Grand Champion Female

Merit Cattle Co., Radville, SK with North Perth Barbara 507 sired by Connealy Final Product

Reserve Grand Champion Bull

Lazy MC Angus, Bassano, AB with Red Lazy MC Common Sense 308E sired by Red NCJ LazyMC Ramblinman 305B Reserve Champion Senior Yearling Bull Dersta Farm Ltd., Red Deer County, AB with Red DSM Razor 814F sired by Red DKF Razor 55C Champion Senior and Grand Champion Bull Shiloh Cattle Company, Craigmyle, AB with Red DKF Racer 8E sired by Red DKF Razor 55C Reserve Champion Senior and Reserve Grand Champion Bull Lazy MC Angus, Bassano, AB with Red Lazy MC Common Sense 308E sired

by Red NCJ LazyMC Ramblinman 305B Get Of Sire Shiloh Cattle Company, Craigmyle, AB

Black ANgus

Females Champion Spring Heifer calf MWC Investments Inc., Darwell, AB with MWC Rosebud 18G sired by Werner Flat Top 4136 Reserve Champion Spring Heifer calf Rustic Lily Angus, Tiger Lily, AB with Rustic Lily Lynn 5G sired by Dwajo Vault 33E Champion Intermediate Heifer calf Rusylvia Cattle Co., Derwent, AB with Rusylvia Miss 46G sired by Colburn Primo 5153 Reserve Champion Intermediate Heifer calf BMB Brewin Angus, Taber, AB with BLJ Erica 43G sired by 5T Power Chip 4790

Reserve Grand Champion FemaLE

Lorenz Angus, Red Deer County, AB with Lorenz Caroline 85F sired by EF Titan 545

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Champion Senior Heifer calf Boss Lake Genetics, Parkland County, AB with Boss Lake Ms Sandy 901G sired by Silveiras Style 9303 Reserve Champion Senior Heifer calf Harvie Crest Cattle Company, Olds, AB with Harvie Crest Pride 9046G sired by HA Cowboy Up 5405

Bulls Champion Spring Bull calf Merit Cattle Co., Radville, SK with Merit Sam Elliott 9144G sired by KR Little Joe 7143 Reserve Champion Spring Bull calf MWC Investments Inc., Darwell, AB with MWC Get Er Done 15G sired by Baldridge Bronc

Champion Junior Yearling Heifer and Reserve Grand Champion Female Lorenz Angus, Red Deer County, AB with Lorenz Caroline 85F sired by EF Titan 545

Champion Intermediate Bull calf Pieschel Farms, Rockyview County, AB with PF Great 8 RLP 8G sired by Brooking Bank Note 4040

Reserve Champion Junior Yearling Heifer MWC Investments Inc., Darwell, AB with MWC Rosebud 23F sired by Baldridge Bronc

Reserve Champion Intermediate Bull calf Pieschel Farms, Rockyview County, AB with PF Getzlaf RLP 17G sired by S A V Sensation 5615

Champion Intermediate Yearling Heifer Merit Cattle Co., Radville, SK with Merit M’Brook Lass 8065F sired by Bar S Range Boss 4002

Champion Senior Bull calf Harvie Crest Cattle Company, Olds, AB with Harviecrest Texas Jack 9035G sired by HA Cowboy Up 5405

Reserve Champion Intermediate Yearling Heifer Pieschel Farms, Rockyview County, AB with RDE Black Licorice RLP 13F sired

by Colburn Primo 5153

Reserve Champion Senior Bull calf Pedersen Livestock, Edgerton, AB with JKC Covert 003G sired by HA HF Espionage 24D

Champion Senior Yearling Heifer Bar Double M Angus, Hill Spring, AB with Bar Double M Keepsake 82F sired

by JMB Traction 292

Champion Junior Yearling and Reserve Grand Champion Bull Remitall Farms Inc., Olds, AB with Remitall F Renown 312F sired by S A V Renown 3439

Reserve Champion Senior Yearling Heifer Boss Lake Genetics, Parkland County, AB with BNWZ Wendy 8143 sired by C&C Mckinley 3000 EXAR

Reserve Champion Junior Yearling Bull Lorenz Angus, Red Deer County, AB with Lorenz United 90F sired by Peak Dot Unanimous 730A

Champion Two Year Old Cow/Calf Pair Jarrett Davis, Acme, AB with ARDA Beauty 48E sired by Bar-E-L Mr Tibbs 61C

Champion Intermediate Yearling Bull Lazy MC Angus, Bassano, AB with FF Capitalist F136 sired by LD Capitalist 316

Reserve Champion Two Year Old Cow/Calf Pair Pedersen Livestock, Edgerton, AB with Pedersen Lady Ann 473E sired by Bar-E-L Muchmore 155A

Champion Senior Yearling Bull Miller Wilson Angus, Bashaw, AB with DMM Detail 34F sired by DMM Stack 8D

Champion Mature Cow/Calf Pair and grand champion female Merit Cattle Co., Radville, SK with North Perth Barbara 507 sired by Connealy Final Product Reserve Champion Mature Cow/Calf Pair Rustic Lily Angus, Tiger Lily, AB with Dwajo Lynn 68B sired by KG Sure Shot 1186

Grand Champion Bull

Miller Wilson Angus, Bashaw, AB with DMM Glock 94E sired by Northern View SMW Gustov 3Z

Champion Senior and Grand Champion Bull Miller Wilson Angus, Bashaw, AB with DMM Glock 94E sired by Northern View SMW Gustov 3Z Breeder’s Herd Pieschel Farms, Rockyview County, AB Get of Sire Pedersen Livestock, Edgerton, AB

Reserve Grand Champion Bull

Remitall Farms Inc., Olds, AB with Remitall F Renown 312F sired by S A V Renown 3439

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Red Cockburn Assassin 624D

Red JJL Compass 41B

Assassin was the $77,500 high seller! Muscle and lots of shape.

Excellent temperament. Easy keeping progeny.

Red WRAZ Phantom 12B

Top shelf black dam. Maternal brother to Final Deal with a little more frame. Keep all the females.

McTavish Excel 20B

$26,000 high selling son of Ghostrider. Very consistant. Calving ease. Keep the females.

Red Wraz Overdrive 157E

SVY Monument Pld 159Y x MNE Park Model 50P CE .1 BW 3.7 WW 39 YW 72 M 25 TM 44 SOS Game of Thrones 98D

Very long bodied with more frame than his sire because of his very nice mother. Owned with Red Ember Ranch. Unfortunately we lost him in the first breeding season. Keep the females.

Sparrows Kingston 139Y x VFF Vikse Ice 189Z CE 4.8 BW 1 WW 3.9 YW 83 M 24 TM 44

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Common Ground

By Miranda Reiman

Dedication and sincerity are powerful emotions. Just that honest and open sharing showed the cattlemen as real, genuine and human. They were not abstract “producers” in some far-off place. They were totally Earlier this fall, a few of my colleagues and I were relatable, conscientious caretakers. gathered at an event designed to bring those who In turn, the cattlemen made connections with people produce beef together with those who prepare it. We running food businesses and selling beef across the dined with restaurant owners, a trained chef and a country. They figured out pretty quickly that, even though some headlines like to villainize those who ranching couple.

We swapped stories about meeting our significant make their living in the pastures and feedyards they others, of vacation blunders and parenting priorities. call home, most of America doesn’t feel that way.

It was a memorable steak supper under the stars.

Live music played in the background and I thought to myself, “I can’t remember the last time I’ve laughed this much.”

There were some great storytellers in our ranks and it seemed one tale would just spark an even better one from across the table. The food was outstanding, but the company surpassed it.

If you’re honest, there might be a time or two you’ve labeled “city people” and said, “if the consumer only knew [fill in the blank.]”

Meeting them in real life, all of a sudden, they went from abstract “consumers” in some far-off place to But as I got back to my hotel room, I wondered passionate partners in the beef community, with a if I should have formally facilitated discussions name and a face. between the far ends of the beef chain, like some Protein demand is alive and well, in large part thanks kind of moderator or emcee. Should I have asked to those who present your product to consumers the producers to talk about implants or explain cattle every day. handling? Should I have prompted the chef with They are dedicated and sincere. questions about the traits that are most likely to make As the breeze drifted in and the band called it night, we beef perform for him? realized we’d learned again what we probably knew all It was a chance for education, after all. along: We’re all just people. And we’re in this together.

Over the course of that conference, I watched cattle families take the stage and instantly relate. The audience laughed and some even cried as cattlemen and women shared bits of real life on the ranch. They talked about kids arguing who had the better heifer and about trying to save newborn calves they ultimately couldn’t when blizzards struck.

It was a great evening.

It captured the high points and heartaches that make up cattle production.

They didn’t talk about the technicalities of increasing calories during a winter cold snap or about the intricacies of genetic selection, but they conveyed the fact that cattlemen care… about their families, about their livestock, about their businesses and their way of life.

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K Lazy T Chisum 29’19 • Style, muscle & correctness K Lazy T Chisum 179’12 X EM Keepsake 10W

K Lazy T 43E Rush Lake 27’19 • Smooth made, great footed, excellent disposition K Lazy T Rush Lake 43’17 X Anchor R Barbara 27B

K Lazy T Fortitude 21’19 • Heifer bull with shape and style PA Fortitude 2500 X Tannas Zara 15E

K Lazy T Sting 67’19 • Huge rib shape & muscle shape Merit Sting 7047E x Merit Countess 6135D

FVC Guns A’Blazing 26G • Shape & Style SOS Homegrown 15C x SLC Blossom 61B

FVC George 14G • Length & Performance FVC Duke 14D x JIL Perfection 68X

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Too Many Irons In The Fire

By Nicole Lane Erceg

A wise friend once told me, “You can have too many irons in the fire, as long as your fire is hot enough.”

There’s a lot of economical relevance that can be bred into cattle these days and plenty of new technology to apply in management—but none of that matters if we’re heaping irons into a bed of ashes.

In an industry where 75% Choice is barely average, cattle need to start with genetics that can reach higher grades than yesterday. The number one reason cattle miss out on premium Choice programs is a lack of marbling. The bar for high-quality beef keeps rising.

Imagine turning the handle on the water faucet and nothing comes out. Reaching the scoop into the feedbag only to scrape the bottom and come up empty. Picking up the coffee pot to pour, but no liquid fills your cup.

You can’t work with what you don’t have.

Seems obvious, but it’s an obstacle I stumble on regularly, putting too many things on a mile-long to-do list, certain I’ll just figure out how to get it all done. I offer up time and resources I don’t have, to try and fit all the priorities. When this state of chaos takes over my life, it yields few positive results.

Overbooking days and weeks is common across the cattle community, too.

In the sea of never-ending ranch demands with a todo list longer than a roll of barbwire, it can be hard to prioritize. You need a calving-ease bull that produces a heavy weaned calf that can thrive in your part of the world and beat the breed average for all important criteria in a balanced phenotypic package. When it comes to management, balancing nutrition, health, pasture rotations, fence maintenance and office tasks are more than enough to keep you busy—and that’s leaving a lot of things off the list.

Today’s cattle markets may not be as strong as you hoped for, but that doesn’t have to squelch profitability.

Cattlemen who prioritized carcass traits along with other economically important requirements are still running in the black. Premium programs still pay a premium when the market disappoints.

But without the genetic potential built in, there’s nothing to be realized, nothing to be gained with longer feeding or better management. It’s like trying to fill a bucket when the well is dry.

If we set a good fire, keep it stoked and then stack the irons by prioritizing the consumer first, we’ll get a whole lot more beef in the branded box. And that means more money in cattlemen’s pockets.

In the midst of these demands, it’s easy to forget an important factor in producing good beef:the marbling to satisfy consumers. The end result may be a heavy calf that looks great but yields a final product that fails on the plate. All that work for a sub-par eating experience or a disappointed buyer who won’t risk trying beef again for some time.

If everything is important, nothing is. But that doesn’t mean you can’t have it all.

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Canadian Junior Angus and Young Breeder Opportunities Scholarships

Foundation Legacy Scholarship | Deadline: January 5 Three awards totalling $10,000 will be presented to Canadian Junior Angus members recognizing overall academic achievement, leadership, community involvement, and industry knowledge. Awards in the amounts of $5,000, $3,000 and $2,000 will be presented.

Dick Turner Memorial Award | Deadline: May 15 The Dick Turner Memorial Award was established after the passing of legendary Angus icon Dick Turner.

During his lifetime, Dick committed 55 years of his career to livestock publishing and successfully promoted and advertised the Angus breed specifically through the Canadian Aberdeen Angus News magazine. One $1,000 scholarship is presented annually.

Canadian Junior Angus Scholarships | Deadline: June 15 A total of three scholarships will be awarded in the amounts of $2,000, $1,500, and $1,000.

GOAL Travel Bursaries | Deadline: January 1 Bursaries of up to $750 will be awarded to12 deserving CJA members from anywhere in Canada. Bursaries must be used within the same year awarded to help offset travel and registration costs for attending the GOAL Conference.

Bursaries

Showdown Travel & Trucking Bursaries | Deadline: May 25 & June 1 Bursaries of up to $750 will be awarded to six deserving CJA members from anywhere in Canada. Bursaries must be used within the same year awarded to help offset travel costs for attending Showdown.

Trucking assistance is also available for those who travel over 1000 km one way.

Bridging the Gap Trucking Bursary The Bridging the Gap Trucking Bursary was developed to assist young Angus breeders financially with trucking Angus cattle to shows in other regions. Examples of events may include but are not limited to the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, Farmfair, Canadian Western Agribition, and the Maritime Junior Angus Show.

Connecting Food and Farm Bursary The Connecting Food and Farm Travel Bursary was developed to encourage urban or non-livestock youth to attend one of our events with a current member to learn about the industry. Examples of events may include but are not limited to GOAL Conference, the Canadian Angus National Convention or livestock shows.

Self-Directed National or International Travel Bursaries The Self-Directed National or International Travel Bursaries were developed to assist young Angus breeders with financial travel assistance for conferences or events related to the beef cattle industry. For members aged 18–30.

Awards

Junior Angus Stockman of the Year | Nominations due April 15 The Junior Angus Stockman of the Year award recognizes outstanding young cattlemen who are constantly growing their capacity by actively working with their Angus cattle, promoting their operation and cattle to the public, growing their knowledge of nutrition, genetics and breeding, and producing/selling quality Angus cattle. Five finalists will be selected from the nominations and will each receive $250. The winner of the award will receive a $3,500 bursary to be used for genetics, cattle supplies/equipment, and/or training, along with travel assistance to attend Showdown.

Outstanding Young Angus Breeder | Nominations due April 15 The Outstanding Young Angus Breeder award was developed to recognize an Angus breeder between the ages of 22 and 30 who has demonstrated a desire to stay involved in the Angus business based on their involvement within the breed up to this point in his/her career. The winner will receive $3,500.

CAF Robert C. McHaffie Junior Ambassador | Applications due April 30 The Junior Ambassador is sponsored by the Canadian Angus Foundation. The ambassador acts as a role model for youth and represents members of the Canadian Angus Association. It is an opportunity to network with leaders in the agriculture industry and learn from them. Ambassadors have the opportunity to attend at least one international event and various major agricultural events in Canada. This position is for one year.

For more information contact Belinda Wagner at 306-757-6133 or at bwagner@cdnangus.ca canangusfoundation.ca juniors.cdnangus.ca Today’s Angus Advantag e 102

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FEMALES CHAMPION JUNIOR HEIFER CALF Mainstream Genetics, Watrous, SK with Mainstream Molly 18G sired by HLC 101 Cross Fire 569C RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR HEIFER CALF SectionT Ranch, Rocanville, SK with S7R LHCC Catching Fire 770G sired

by Marda Blacksmith 683 CHAMPION SENIOR HEIFER CALF HBH Angus Farms Inc., Oak River, MB with HBH Maiden 73G sired by Peak Dot International 28D CHAMPION INTERMEDIATE HEIFER CALF Double F Cattle Co., Parkside, SK with DFCC 7047E Gifted 54G sired

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RESERVE CHAMPION INTERMEDIATE HEIFER CALF Eastondale Angus, Wowota, SK with Eastondale JE Blackcap 903’19 RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR HEIFER CALF Stewart Cattle Co. Ltd., Russel, MB with SCC Quality 6G sired by OHL Check Book 0187C CHAMPION JUNIOR FEMALE Anderson Cattle Co. Inc., Swan River, MB with Red ACC Roxie 32F sired by Red Fine Line Mulberry 26P RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR FEMALE Ramrod Cattle Co., Medora, MB with Ramrod Esther 894F sired by PFLC Insight 94D

GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE

Merit Cattle Co., Radville, SK with North Perth Barbara 507 sired by Connealy Final Product with calf Merit Paycheque 9002G sired by Basin Payweight 1682

CHAMPION TWO YEAR OLD FEMALE Wheatland Cattle Co. and Michelson Land & Cattle, Bienfait, SK with MICH Wheatland Lol 7183E sired by S A V Cutting Edge 4857 with her calf MICH Wheatland Lola 901G sired by B C Lookout 7024 RESERVE CHAMPION TWO YEAR OLD FEMALE GT Angus, Wawota, SK with J Square Ellen 715E sired by Pleasant Valley Lute 1207 with her calf Fairlight Ellen 14G sired by PFLC Insight 94D CHAMPION SENIOR AND GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE Merit Cattle Co., Radville, SK with North Perth Barbara 507 sired by Connealy Final Product with calf Merit Paycheque 9002G sired by Basin Payweight 1682

RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE

Ranch Springs Show Cattle, Estevan, SK with Valley Lodge Countess 3A sired by S A V Bismarck 5682 with her calf Roch Countess Lucy 903G sired by Jindra Acclaim

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RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR BULL CALF Double F Cattle Co., Parkside, SK with DFCC 107D George 1G sired by Bar-E-L Strongbow 107D CHAMPION JUNIOR BULL Swindon Ranch, Alexander, MB with Swindon Never Fold 616F sired by Exar Blue Chip 1877B

RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR AND RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION BULL Double F Cattle Co., Parkside, SK with DFCC 4838 EL Knuckles 25E sired by S A V Seedstock 4838

CHAMPION JUNIOR BULL CALF Merit Cattle Co., Radville, SK with Merit Sam Elliott 9144G sired by KR Little Joe 7143

RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR BULL Mar Mac Farms, Brandon, MB with Red Mar Mac Footprint 164F sired by Red Moose Creek Ripzone 89D

BREEDER’S HERD Ramrod Cattle Co, Medora, MB

RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR BULL CALF Mar Mac Farms, Brandon, MB with Mar Mac Solution 108G sired by HF Tomahawk 229E

CHAMPION SENIOR AND GRAND CHAMPION BULL Merit Cattle Co. and Double F Cattle Co., Radville, Sk with Merit Sting 7047E sired by Bar S Range Boss 4002

PREMIER BREEDER AND PREMIER EXHIBITOR Freyburn Angus Farms, Oxbow, SK

RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR AND RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE Ranch Springs Show Cattle, Estevan, SK with Valley Lodge Countess 3A sired by S A V Bismarck 5682 with her calf Roch Countess Lucy 903G sired by Jindra Acclaim

BULLS

PAIR OF BULLS Merit Cattle Co., Radville, SK

GET OF SIRE Stewart Cattle Co., Russel, MB

CHAMPION SENIOR BULL CALF Diamond R Stock Farm & Dusty Rose Cattle Co., Wawota, SK with WKJ Dusty’s Gomez 4G sired by Bar-E-L Natural Law 52Y

GRAND CHAMPION BULL

Merit Cattle Co. and Double F Cattle Co., Radville, Sk with Merit Sting 7047E sired by Bar S Range Boss 4002

RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION BULL

Double F Cattle Co., Parkside, SK with DFCC 4838 EL Knuckles 25E sired by S A V Seedstock 4838

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Betting On Beef

By Nicole Erceg

What does beef production look like in 2030?

It’s a heavy question, one difficult to grasp with the uncertainty, but worth considering. If history is a lesson, we’ve learned a lot in the past 10 years that forecast what the next 10 will hold.

Cow country started the decade in a low spot. The drought of 2011-12 forced cattlemen to make deep cuts, but 201415 followed with record prices. From there it’s been up and down but innovations enhanced decision-making in genetics, health and management along the way. When the decade began, most ranchers I called on didn’t carry smartphones; now there’s an app with live updates on the cattle market and herd records in nearly everyone’s pocket.

CattleFax projects record-high Prime and Choice production for 2020, a fifth year consecutive record year for premium-quality beef. Demand for Choice beef was up 3% this year and up 50% compared to recession lows, to say nothing of higher demand for premium brands and Prime.

Those figures translate to higher grid-market payouts. The Choice-Select spread will reach a new record average of $14.60/cwt. in 2019.

The media narrative is only a poker face that ignores fundamentals. The share of people on vegetarian and vegan diets has hovered at about 2-3% for the past two decades.

As we turn the calendar page, many will bid 2019 goodbye with great fervor. From devastating to at least annoying weather, fieldwork delays, market swings, the uncertainties of new trade policy to “fake meat” headlines, it’s normal to feel like the deck has been stacked against beef for the last twelve months.

That leaves a lot of meat eaters out there ready to be served and craving a high-quality product.

If we were to make predictions based on where the industry will be based on this year alone, it’s easy to look at a sorry calf check just cashed and only see more clouds on the horizon.

We will never be able to predict exactly how the chips will fall, but if there’s a safe bet to make, it’s to keep it on marbling. It’s the ace in our hand to stack play as a sure predictor of consumer satisfaction.

But every hard time has a silver lining.

I spoke with a cattleman recently who got into agriculture during the 1980s farm crisis. The outlook for farming was as poor as he, but doors closing for others provided opportunity for a passionate young man to capitalize on rented ground. Today, a third generation tags along as he and his son manage cows and farm together.

I’m not a betting woman, nor do I have a crystal ball, but if I were to project what beef production will look like a decade from now, it’s even better, thanks to ever greater quality and consistency.

The struggles of 2019 won’t last long, except for lessons learned. There’s much to be won in the next decade for cattlemen who aren’t afraid to look into the unknown and say, “Deal me in.”

We can’t enjoy the mountaintop views without first crossing the valleys.

The headlines in national media paint a scary picture: “By 2030, the U.S. dairy and cattle industry will have collapsed, as microbial protein factories take over.”

It may look like dim prospects for our beef community, but numbers just don’t lie.

In the last decade, cattlemen have made significant progress in the quality of the product we provide to consumers. The industry averaged 61% Choice and 3% Prime in 2010.

We’ll close out 2019 with 71% of cattle grading Choice and 8.5% Prime, with twice as much Premium Choice.

Consumers have tasted the progress and they like it.

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Beyond The Storm

By Abbie Burnett Disappointing cattle prices loom like storm clouds. A third of producers are losing money, while others get by with modest returns and worry about those thunderheads.

There are silver linings, of course.

CattleFax analyst Duane Lenz told the 2019 Angus Convention crowd there could be another year or two under the cloud.

But then, he’s optimistic, bullish even, for future beef prices.

Consumer beef demand for high-quality beef is stronger than it’s ever been.

That’s especially important because growing supplies will need growing demand, projected at an extra pound of beef per person next year. More beef in grocery carts means opportunity for cattlemen raising the right kind of cattle, he says.

“Meat buyers won’t mess with Select anymore,” Lenz said. “Their customers don’t want it.”

The widening Choice/Select spread reflects that. A six-year average through 2018 was $8 per hundredweight (/cwt.) to $9, but 2019 looks to finish near a record $24 Choice advantage.

“And that’s not even CAB (Certified Angus Beef® brand), just commodity Choice, in these days when the line between high Select and low Choice is blurred,” he said. For those with premium Angus cattle, the CAB/Choice spread at $10/cwt. supports additional premiums.

The combination of discounts for Select with premiums for upper Choice and Prime send a steady signal to keep moving genetics and management toward better beef. Angus producers responded to allow CAB brand Prime sales to grow by more than 35% in 2019. Heavy supplies of pork and poultry compete with Select, but not as effectively with premium beef, Lenz noted.

Exports favor highly marbled beef and this year is on track to be the second-best ever for meat sales overseas. African Swine

Fever in China creates pull-through demand for U.S. beef to the countries supplying that shortfall in protein.

The rate at which other countries are supplying China’s meat isn’t sustainable, Lenz said, noting the Oriental giant may open a wider door to U.S. imports next year.

The forecast fed-cattle high next year should be $125/cwt. in the spring, but if a deal is made with China, Lenz expects that to be $130/cwt.

The low next summer could be $95/cwt., but that’s the commodity base.

“You put all those premiums on top of one another and Prime is worth hundreds of dollars more than Select,” Lenz noted.

Rainy-day chores to ensure future market premiums could include analyzing herd data and poring over sire data to find the best matches. Producers might even consider moving their calving dates to hit a better seasonal market.

The U.S. beef cow herd seems to have reached a stable size of 29 to 32 million head, currently recovered to the pre-drought level of 10 years ago, Lenz said. Minor liquidation is expected over the next couple of years before the fed-cattle harvest reaches a cyclical high in 2021.

But each year between now and then will still have its opportunities, its silver linings. Thinking about selling your 2019 calves outright?

“Cool your jets,” Lenz said. They’ll have more value with added pounds, so he suggested a “look at retaining ownership, especially for Angus producers that are producing quality beef that will grade Choice or better.”

Again, it’s consumer demand to the rescue. The economy is generally good enough to let people spend their money on higher priced, premium protein options. But not just any beef— they want quality.

Clouds may be dark and growing, but Lenz said brighter days lie ahead for cattlemen who produce a higher quality product. The sun is nearly peeking out: “I hope I’m not being too optimistic, but demand is just so good.”

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The New Traits and Angus GS Program In our recent survey, Canadian Angus members and commercial customers identified traits that are of economic and utmost importance for them.

In order for your Canadian Angus Association to deliver EPDs for these traits we need to start measuring and recording these new traits.

YOUR ASSOCIATION HAS AN INCREDIBLE OFFER FOR MEMBERS WHO MEASURE AND RECORD MATURE COW WEIGHTS! We have partnered with Neogen Canada to offer you the Angus GS genomic test (which includes parentage verification) for $25/head for herds that measure and record the following information on their female herd inventory: • Mature cow weights (taken within 45 days of calf weaning weight) • Body condition score (taken on date of mature cow weight) • Hoof angle and claw set • Teat and udder (taken within 72 hours of calving) This incredible offer is only available to the first 5,000 head enrolled. Each will receive the Angus GS test at the discounted price of $25/test.

The Angus GS test gives members more accurate EPDs, genomic percentile ranks and parentage verification. The CAA parentage verification policy requires all sires (born on or after January 1, 2019) to be parent verified so having Angus GS testing on your cow herd is of great value!

To enroll and take advantage of this offer, please contact Kajal Devani at kdevani@cdnangus.ca or 403-537-5604.

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Our cowherd produces Ranch Raised Bulls like these...

Windy Willows War Dance 85F Purchased by Guilloux Ranch

Windy Willows War Paint 82F Purchased by Jones Land & Cattle

Windy Willows Zeus 41F Purchased by Peno Land & Cattle

Windy Willows Bronc 136F Purchased by Brent Lensen

WWF Zorian Keepsake 137F Purchased by Danny & Treena Blake

WWF Renown Blackbird 38F Purchased by Bob & Rachelle Lamotte

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CONLEY SOUTH POINT MAKES HISTORY IN THE NEW DECADE On January 16, Black Angus bull, Conley South Point 8362, was crowned Junior Champion and Grand Champion Bull at the 2020 National Western Stock Show, Denver, Colorado. South Point, as he is known by many breeders, is a March 13, 2018 son of Stevenson Turning Point and out of a daughter of S A V Net Worth 4200. The bull carries amazing credentials being ranked in the top 1% of the breed for Calving Ease, the top 4% for Rib-Eye Area, the top 7% for Birth Weight and Maternal Calving Ease and the top 10% for Weaning Weight and Total Maternal.

In November 2019, Conley South Point was crowned Grand Champion Bull at the Canadian Western Agribition, Regina, Saskatchewan and a finalist in the RBC Supreme. The bull is owned by Poplar Meadows Angus, Houston, British Columbia, Wilbar Farms, Dundurn, Saskatchewan and Conley Cattle Co., Sulphur, Oklahoma.

SOUTH POINT IS THE ONLY ANGUS BULL IN HISTORY TO WIN CANADIAN WESTERN AGRIBITION AND THE NATIONAL WESTERN STOCK SHOW.

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Red Angus Judge: Cam Sparrow & Josie Sparrow, Vanscoy, SK Black Angus Judge: Colton Hamilton, Innisfail, AB

RED ANGUS FEMALES

CHAMPION SUMMER HEIFER CALF Six Mile Red Angus, Fir Mountain, SK with Red Six Mile Alana 754G sired by Red Six Mile John Wick 882E RESERVE CHAMPION SUMMER HEIFER CALF Cinder Angus, County of Barrhead, AB with Red Cinder Heather 201G sired by Red JAS Diplomat 34D CHAMPION SPRING HEIFER CALF Cinder Angus, County of Barrhead, AB with Red Cinder Freyja 29G sired by Red Bieber Deep End B597 RESERVE CHAMPION Spring HEIFER CALF Cinder Angus, County of Barrhead, AB with Red Cinder Freyja 129F sired by Red Wildman Crank 431B CHAMPION INTERMEDIATE HEIFER CALF Rainbow Red Angus, Cherhill, AB with Red Rainbow Larkaba 39G sired by Red Bar-E-L Approval 4L RESERVE CHAMPION INTERMEDIATE HEIFER CALF Airam Farms, Two Hills, AB with Red Airam Candy 20G sired by Red Ter-Ron Reload 703T

Champion Junior Yearling Heifer Cinder Angus, County of Barrhead, AB with Red Cinder Teasin’ Ya 601F RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR YEARLING HEIFER Red Arrow Ranch, Kyle, SK with Red Northline Serie 55F sired by Red Northline Ignition 125W Champion Intermediate Yearling Heifer Towaw Cattle Company, Sangudo, AB with Red Towaw Sybil 407F sired by Red Soo Line Power Eye 161X Reserve Champion Intermediate Yearling Heifer Six Mile Red Angus, Fir Mountain, SK with Red Six Mile Ms Hamilee 128F sired by Red Six Mile High Caliber 177C

Champion Two Year Old and Grand Champion Female Cinder Angus, County of Barrhead, AB with Red Cinder Freyja 29E sired by Red Soo Line Power Eye 161X Reserve Champion Two Year Old Female Six Mile Red Angus, Fir Mountain, SK with Red Six Mile Misty 809E sired by Red U-2 Renown 193C Champion Mature and reserve Grand Champion Female Six Mile Red Angus, Fir Mountain, SK with Red Six Mile Fanny 149D sired by Red U-2 Reckoning 149A Reserve Champion Mature Female 4K Cattle Company, Ardrossan, AB with Red Northline KF Puddin 226D

Champion Senior Yearling Heifer Brandl Cattle Co., Jarvie, AB with Red BCC Renee 44F sired by Red Ter-Ron Hot Shot 10B

BULLS

Reserve Champion Senior Yearling Heifer Dersta Farm Ltd., Red Deer County, AB with Red Rack Bonny 7F sired by Red Towaw Kashmir 496C

CHAMPION INTERMEDIATE BULL CALF Airam Farms, Two Hills, AB with Red Airam Reload 22G sired by Red Ter-Ron Reload 703T

GRAND CHAMPION RED ANGUS FEMALE Cinder Angus, County of Barrhead, AB with Red Cinder Freyja 29E sired by Red Soo Line Power Eye 161X

CHAMPION SPRING BULL CALF Dwajo Angus, Camp Creek, AB with Red Dwajo Peterbilt 130G sired by Red Topham Peterbilt 415B

RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION RED ANGUS FEMALE Six Mile Red Angus, Fir Mountain, SK with Red Six Mile Fanny 149D sired by Red U-2 Reckoning 149A

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GRAND CHAMPION RED ANGUS BULL Lazy MC Angus, Bassano, AB with Red HRA Lookout 711E sired

by Red Lazy MC Lookout 153X

RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION RED ANGUS BULL Wildman Livestock, Sangudo, AB with Red Wildman Gunny 832F sired by Red Wildman Gunnery 611D

RESERVE CHAMPION INTERMEDIATE BULL CALF Cinder Angus, County of Barrhead, AB with Red Cinder P.D. 229G sired by Red Cockburn Assassin 624D

Champion Two Year Old and Grand Champion Bull Lazy MC Angus, Bassano, AB with Red HRA Lookout 711E sired by Red Lazy MC Lookout 153X

CHAMPION INTERMEDIATE HEIFER CALF MWC Investments Inc., Darwell, AB with MWC Rosebud 10G sired by Baldridge Bronc

Champion Senior Bull Calf Shiloh Cattle Company, Craigmyle, AB with Red Shiloh Gunner 23G sired by Red Cockburn Assassin 624D Reserve Champion Senior Bull Calf Ter-Ron Farms, Forestburg, AB with Red Ter-Ron Uproar 26G sired by Red MRLA Upload 165E

Reserve Champion Two Year Old Bull Wildman Livestock, Sangudo, AB with Red Wildman Karl 709E sired by Red Jensen Kargo 38A

RESERVE CHAMPION INTERMEDIATE HEIFER CALF Remitall Farms, Olds, AB with Remitall F Marlene 184G sired by S A V President 6847

Black ANGUS FEMALES

CHAMPION Senior HEIFER Calf Greenwood, Lloydminster, SK with Greenwood Envious Blackbird sired by Bar-E-L Natural Law 52Y

Champion Intermediate Yearling Bull and Reserve Grand Champion Bull Wildman Livestock, Sangudo, AB with Red Wildman Gunny 832F sired by Red Wildman Gunnery 611D

CHAMPION Summer HEIFER CALF Crooked Creek Angus, Fort Saskatchewan, AB with Crooked Creek Lucy Pride 133G sired by LLB Outside 983E

RESERVE CHAMPION Senior HEIFER CAlf Miller Wilson Angus, Bashaw, AB with DMM Miss Essence 4G sired by MAF First Impression 4420

CHAMPION SPRING HEIFER CALF Northline Farms, Ardrossan, AB with NLF Jade 905G sired by Colburn Primo 5153

CHAMPION Junior YEARLING HEIFER Compass Ranch, Cochrane, AB with Compass Georgina 19F sired by Colburn Primo 5153

Champion Senior Yearling Dersta Farm Ltd., Red Deer County, AB with Red DSM Razor 814F sired by Red DKF Razor 55C Reserve Champion Senior Yearling Bull Family Ties Angus, Marwayne, AB with Red Family Ties Gold Mine 002F sired by Red CRSL Goldmaster X74

RESERVE CHAMPION SPRing HEIFER CALF Remitall Farms, Olds, AB with Remitall F Ellen 288G sired by Remitall F Cavalry 180C

GRAND CHAMPION BLACK ANGUS FEMALE Brooking Angus, Radville, SK with Brooking Countess 7077 sired

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RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR YEARLING HEIFER Lorenz Angus, Red Deer County, AB with Lorenz Caroline 85F sired by EF Titan 545

RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION BLACK ANGUS FEMALE Merit Cattle Co., Radville, SK with North Perth Barbara 507 sired

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CHAMPION INtermediate Yearling Heifer Brandl Cattle Co., Jarvie, AB with BCC Miss Burgess 78F sired by KR Cash Flow RESERVE CHAMPION INTERMEDIATE YEARLING HEIFER Riverside Angus, Red Deer County, AB with LLB Miss Morrison 958F sired by Bar-H Money Made 1D CHAMPION SENIOR YEARLING HEIFER Ter-Ron Farms, Forestburg, AB with Riverfront Rosebud 811F sired by Brooking Silver Lining 5012 RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR YEARLING HEIFER Compass Ranch, Cochrane, AB with HF Miss Blackcap 107F sired by Musgrave Big Sky CHAMPION TWO YEAR OLD and Grand Champion Female Brooking Angus, Radville, SK with Brooking Countess 7077 sired by Bar-E-L Natural Law 52Y RESERVE CHAMPION TWO YEAR OLD Female Ter-Ron Farms, Forestburg, AB with Greenwood Vixon JJP 17E sired by 74-51 Sudden Look 1023 CHAMPION Mature Female AND Reserve Grand Champion Female Merit Cattle Co., Radville, SK with North Perth Barbara 507 sired by Connealy Final Product

RESERVE CHAMPION MAture FEMALE Northline Farms, Ardrossan, AB with Northline Cruel Girl 923B sired by DAJS Shockwave 612

RESERVE CHAMPION Senior Bull Calf Pedersen Livestock, Edgerton, AB with JKC Covert 003G sired by HF Espionage 24D

BULLS

Champion Intermediate Yearling AND Reserve Grand Champion Bull Remitall Farms, Olds, AB with Remitall F Renown 312F sired by S A V Renown 3439

CHAMPION Summer Bull CALF Northline Farms, Ardrossan, AB with NLF Mr. Green Ninja sired by S A V President 6847 CHAMPION SPRING BULL CALF Merit Cattle Co., Radville, SK with Merit Sam Elliott 9144G sired by KR Little Joe 7143 RESERVE CHAMPION Spring BULL CALF MWC Investments Inc., Darwell, AB with MWC Get Er Done 15G sired by Baldridge Bronc CHAMPION INTERMEDIATE BULL CALF Boss Lake Genetics, Parkland County, AB with Boss Lake Bonafide 929G sired

by Boss Lake Bonafide 722E Reserve CHAMPION Intermediate BULL CALF Greenwood, Lloydminster, SK with Greenwood Game Night JJP 74G sired

by Bar-E-L Natural Law 52Y CHAMPION SENIOR BULL CALF Miller Wilson Angus, Bashaw, AB with DMM Maximus 18G sired by Northern View SMW Gustov 3Z

GRAND CHAMPION BLACK ANGUS BULL Brooking Angus, Radville, SK with Brooking Gold Coin 8069 sired by Brooking Bank Note 4040

Reserve Champion Intermediate Yearling Bull Lazy MC Angus, Bassano, AB with FF Capitalist F136 sired by LD Capitalist 316 Champion Senior Yearling AND Grand Champion Bull Brooking Angus, Radville, SK with Brooking Gold Coin 8069 sired by Brooking Bank Note 4040 Reserve Champion Senior Yearling Bull Miller Wilson Angus, Bashaw, AB with DMM Detail 34F sired by DMM Stack 8D Champion Two Year Old Miller Wilson Angus, Bashaw, AB with DMM Crank 13E sired by 74-51 Sudden Look 1023 Reserve Champion Two Year Old Bull Arda Farms, Acme, AB with Arda El Tigre 109E sired by HF El Tigre 76X Premier Breeder And Premier Exhibitor Miller Wilson Angus, Bashaw, AB

RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION BLACK ANGUS BULL Remitall Farms, Olds, AB with Remitall F Renown 312F sired by S A V Renown 3439

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◊ Angus Cattle ◊ ◊ Ranch & Performance Horses ◊

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Box 3528 Vermilion, AB T9X 2B5 (780)853‐9673 sean@roundrockranching.com www.roundrockranching.com

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Saskatchewan Sweepstakes

What a year 2019 was! And certainly, a special one for the Saskatchewan Angus Association (SAA) as we celebrated 100 Years (1919-2019). In honour of the event and to fill in a funding gap, the Saskatchewan Angus Century Sweepstakes was born. The event was open to calendar year Black and Red Angus bull calves. It was held in conjunction with the Masterpiece Sale on December 12, 2019 at Prairieland Park in Saskatoon, SK .

The event had 41 bulls entered from Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta and 58 members participating. The judging of the classes with the People’s Choice format was fun and engaging for all. Many exhibitors found the traffic through the barn to be well worth the trip. Our congratulations to our Red Angus Sweepstakes Champion - Red Rainbow TNF Commotion 6G from Rainbow Red Angus and our Black Angus Sweepstakes Champion - DMM Canadian Classic 12G from Miller Wilson Angus who were each awarded $35,000. Also, a special thank you to our buyers EKW Red Angus and MJT Cattle Company for purchasing the champions, raising $22,250 for the Association.

Our voting members will be receiving 10 straws of semen on the champion of their membership colour.

The Saskatchewan Angus Association sincerely thanks the Sweepstakes sponsors, committee, members and volunteers who made this event possible and assisted in its promotion.

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JJL 117D

AFA 105D

Justamere 40 M.A.G.A. 105D

Red JJL Underdog 117D

KBF 7D

Kemp Brothers Discount 7D

SIXM 505C

Red Six Mile Custom Made 505C

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November 1, 2019 - BlACK ANGUS Judged By: Ryley Lafrentz - Bienfait, SK

FEMALES

Champion Junior Heifer Calf

Jennifer Jones, Hafford, SK with Ponderosa 1037 Wendy 914 sired by Exar Roundtable 1037B

Reserve Champion Senior Bred Heifer

Justamere Farms, Lloydminster, SK with EXAR Penny 8755 sired by BC II Skyfall 2812

Reserve Champion Senior Bull Calf

Double ‘F’ Cattle Co., Parkside, SK with DFCC 107D George 1G sired by Bar- E- L Strongbow 107D

Reserve Champion Junior Heifer Calf

Double ‘F’ Cattle Co., Parkside, SK with DFCC 25E Giselle 92G sired by DFCC 4838 El Knuckles 25E

Champion Intermediate Heifer Calf Justamere Farms, Lloydminster, SK with Justamere 7020 Tiffany 782G sired by Sankeys Watchman 7020 Of H C

Reserve Champion Intermediate Heifer Calf

Meghan Hoffman and Brianna Kimmel, Lloydminster, AB with Twst Sara’s Pride 66G sired by EF Titan

Senior Champion Heifer Calf

Boss Lake Genetics, Parkland County, AB with Boss Lake Ms Sandy 901G sired by Silveira’s Style 9303

Reserve Champion Senior Heifer Calf

Greenwood, Lloydminster, SK with Greenwood Lucy JJP 7G sired by 74-51 Sudden Look 1023

Champion Junior Bred Heifer

Jennifer Jones, Hafford, SK with Ponderosa 5152 Fay 188F sired by Colburn Primo 5153

Reserve Champion Junior Bred Heifer

Justamere Farms, Lloydminster, SK with Justamere 101 Blackcap 622F sired by Sankeys Justified 101

Champion Senior and Grand Champion Female

Ter-Ron Farms, Forestburg, AB with Greenwood Vixon JJP 17E sired by 74-51 Sudden Look 1023 with her calf Ter-Ron Vixon 62G

Reserve Champion Senior Female Pedersen Livestock Edgerton, AB with Pedersen Lady Ann 473E sired by Bar-E-L Muchmore 155A with her calf JKC Covert 003G

Wilbar Cattle Co., Dundurn, SK with Conley South Point 8362 sired by Stevenson Turning Point

Reserve Champion Junior Bull

Rockytop Cattle Company, Lloydminster, AB with DMM Detail 34F sired by DMM Stack 8D

BULLS

Champion Junior Bull Calf

Blairswest Land and Cattle Ltd., Drake, SK with Blairswest Black Label 42G sired by Colburn Primo 5153

Reserve Champion Junior Bull Calf

Pieschel Farms, Rockyview County, AB with PF Gritty RLP 23G sired by HF Crossfire 226D

Champion Intermediate Bull Calf Boss Lake Genetics, Parkland County, AB with Boss Lake Bonafide 929G sired by Boss Lake Bonafide 722E

Reserve Champion Intermediate Bull Calf

Greenwood, Lloydminster, SK with Greenwood Game Night JJP 74G sired by Bar-E-L Natural Law 52Y

Champion Senior Bull Calf Champion Senior Bred Heifer and Reserve Grand Champion Female

Champion Junior and Reserve Grand Champion Bull

Miller Wilson Angus and Little Willow Creek Ranch, Bashaw, AB with DMM Maximus 18G sired by Northern View SMW Gustov 3Z

Boss Lake Genetics, Parkland County, AB with BNWZ Wendy 8143 sired by C&C Mckinley 3000 EXAR

Senior Champion and Grand Champion Bull

Miller Wilson Angus and Nelson Hirsche, Bashaw, AB with DMM Crank 13E sired by 74-51 Sudden Look 1023

Reserve Senior Champion Bull

Double ‘F’ Cattle Co., Parkside, SK With DFCC 4838 EL Knuckles 25E sired by S A V Seedstock 4838

Breeder’s Herd Justamere Farms

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Peterson Livestock

Pair of Bulls Pieschel Farms

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November 1, 2019 - RED ANGUS Judged By: Ryley Lafrentz - Bienfait, SK

Reserve Champion Senior Bull Calf

FEMALES

Champion Junior Heifer Calf

Kelsey Knott and 4K Cattle Company, Ardrossan, AB with Red 4K Magnum 226G sired by Red NBAR Hamley S913

Blairswest Land And Cattle Ltd., Drake, SK with Red Blairswest Cheta 48G sired by Red Wrights Cutting Edge 27F

Champion Junior Bull

Reserve Champion Junior Heifer Calf

Piro Red Angus, Stettler, AB With Red Piro Soapy 9169G sired by Red Piro Benelli 7112E

Champion Intermediate Heifer Calf

Wright Livestock, Melfort, SK With Red Wrights 505C Countess 10G sired by Red Six Mile Custom Made 505C

Reserve Champion Intermediate Heifer Calf Wilbar Cattle Co., Dundurn, SK with Red Wilbar Scaara 463G sired by Red DKF Razor 55C

Champion Senior Heifer Calf

Ter-Ron Farms, Forestburg, AB with Red Ter-Ron Zaria 14G sired by Red MRLA Upload 165E

Reserve Senior Champion Calf

Redrich Farms, Forestburg, AB with Red Redrich Classic Lady 334G sired by Red DKF Racer 8E

Wright Livestock, Melfort, SK With Red Wrights Cutting Edge 27F sired by Red MRLA New Era 87Y

Reserve Champion Senior and Reserve Grand Champion Female Kelsey Knott and 4K Cattle Company, Ardrossan, AB With Red Northline KF Puddin 226D sired by Red CRSL Navaho with her calf Red 4K Magnum 226G

Family Ties Angus, Marwayne, AB With Red Family Ties Gold Mine 002F sired by Red CRSL Goldmaster X74

BULLS

Champion Junior Bull Calf

Wilbar Cattle Co., Dundurn, SK with Red Wilbar Inspiration 510G sired by Red Twin Heritage Motivate 510G

Reserve Champion Junior Bull Calf

Triple L Angus, Viscount, SK with Red Triple L New Era 50G sired by Red Wrights Triple L New Era 6E

Champion Senior Bred Heifer

Champion Intermediate Bull Calf

Reese Wildman, Sangudo, AB With Red Towaw Sybil 407F sired by Red Soo Line Power Eye 101X

Randy McGowan, Killam, AB with Red McGowan G-Force 24G sired by Red LWNBRG Harvestor 46E

Reserve Champion Senior Bred Heifer

Reserve Champion Intermediate Bull Calf

Redrich Farms, Forestburg, AB with Red Redrich Frey-Ex 240F sired by Red Wilbar Longitude 646Y

Reserve Champion Junior Bull

Senior Champion and Grand Champion Bull

Shiloh Cattle Company, Craigmyle, AB With Red DKF Racer 8E sired by Red DKF Razor 55C

Wright Livestock, Melfort, SK with Red Wrights Top Gun 20G sired by Red MRLA New Era 87Y

Champion Senior Bull Calf

Shiloh Cattle Company, Craigmyle, AB With Red Shiloh Gunner 23G sired by Red Cockburn Assassin 624D

Reserve Senior Champion and Reserve Grand Champion Bull

Lazy MC Angus, Bassano, AB With Red HRA Lookout 711E sired by Red Lazy MC Lookout 153X

Get of Sire and Pair of Bulls Shiloh Cattle Compnay

Champion Senior and Grand Champion Female

Ter-Ron Farms, Forestburg, AB with Red Ter-Ron Brandy 127E sired by Red U-2 Renown 193C with her calf Ted Ter-Ron Torque 128G Today’s Angus Advantag e 131

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July 23–25, 2020 Brandon, Manitoba The annual national Canadian Junior Angus show, Showdown, began in 2000 as an outlet for juniors from across the nation to gather in one location to exhibit their Angus cattle in conformation divisions. There have been many different activities and contests added over the years. Currently there is marketing, sales talk, judging, team judging, team grooming, photography, literature, art, scrapbook, graphic design, farm sign, public speaking, cook-off, Spirit of Youth, herdsman, showmanship, conformation and grand aggregate.

Showdown 2020

21st Annual Canadian Junior Angus Show

For more information on Showdown or GOAL, please contact Canadian Junior Angus Coordinator Belinda Wagner at 306-757-6133 or at bwagner@cdnangus.ca

Guiding Outstanding Angus Leaders Conference

Goal 2020

The Guiding Outstanding Angus Leaders (GOAL) Conference promotes leadership skills within the Angus breed. Junior members from all over the nation attend this three-day event that is held in a different location each year. During GOAL the Juniors hear from motivational and educational speakers, participate in workshops, get involved in teamwork activities and develop beef and industry knowledge. Juniors are also given the opportunity to network and socialize with fellow Junior Angus members.

February 15–17, 2020 Holiday Inn Calgary Airport, Calgary, AB

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Black Angus Show - November 27, 2019

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FEMALES CHAMPION JUNIOR HEIFER CALF

Brooking Angus Ranch, Radville, SK and TM Farms with Come As U R Lady 951G sired by Brooking Classified 6071

Ter-Ron Farms and Halley Adams, Forestburg, AB with Riverfront Rosebud 811F sired by Brooking Silver Lining 5012

RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR YEARLING HEIFER

RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR HEIFER CALF

Boss Lake Genetics, Parkland County, AB with BNWZ Wendy 8143 sired by CandC Mckinley 3000 EXAR

CHAMPION INTERMEDIATE HEIFER CALF

CHAMPION TWO YEAR OLD COW/CALF PAIR AND GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE

Six Mile Red Angus Ltd., Fir Mountain, SK with Six Mile Lady Lee 452G sired by Remitall F Diesel 76D Brooking Angus Ranch, Radville, SK and Meadow Acres with Brooking Beauty 9126 sired by EXAR Classen 1422B

RESERVE CHAMPION INTERMEDIATE HEIFER CALF

Glen Gabel Angus, Regina, SK with GGA Glenella 15G sired by DMM International 54D

CHAMPION SENIOR HEIFER CALF

Brooking Angus Ranch, Radville, SK, Pieschel Farms and Doug Bennewies with SCHWAN Miss Blackcap 903G sired by Colburn Primo 5153

RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR HEIFER CALF

Brooking Angus Ranch, Radville, SK and Dusty Rose Cattle Co. with Brooking Countess 7077 sired by BarE-L Natural Law 52Y with her calf, Brooking Dusty’s Countess 9026 sired by Brooking Firebrand 6068

RESERVE CHAMPION TWO YEAR OLD COW/CALF PAIR

Ter-Ron Farms, Forestburg, AB with Greenwood Vixon JJP 17E sired by 74-51 Sudden Look 1023 with her calf, Ter-Ron Vixon 62G sired by Musgrave 316 Stunner

CHAMPION MATURE COW/CALF PAIR AND RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE

Miller Wilson Angus, Bashaw, AB with DMM Georgina 30G sired by DMM International 54D

Merit Cattle Co., Radville, SK with North Perth Barbara 507 sired by Connealy Final Product with her calf, Merit Paycheque 9002G sired by Basin Payweight 1682

CHAMPION JUNIOR YEARLING HEIFER

RESERVE CHAMPION MATURE COW/CALF PAIR

Poplar Meadows Angus, Houston, BC and Haillie Conley with VOS Vegas Black Pearl 3F sired by Colburn Primo 5153

RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR YEARLING HEIFER

Roch Springs Show Cattle, Estevan, SK with Valley Lodge Countess 3A sired by S A V Bismarck 5682 with her calf, ROCH Countess Lucy 903G sired by Jindra Acclaim

Bar-H Land and Cattle Co., Langenburg, SK with Bar-H Tibbie 1F sired by Bar-H Mindbender 141D

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BULLS CHAMPION JUNIOR BULL CALF

Merit Cattle Co., Radville, SK with Merit Sam Elliott 9144G sired by KR Little Joe 7143

RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR BULL CALF

Blairswest Land and Cattle, Drake, SK with Blairswest Authority 55G sired by Colburn Primo 5153

CHAMPION INTERMEDIATE BULL CALF

Bar-E-L Angus, Stettler, AB with Bar-E-L Custom Made 53G sired by LD Capitalist 316

Grand Champion Female

RESERVE CHAMPION INTERMEDIATE BULL CALF

Boss Lake Genetics, Parkland County, AB with Boss Lake Bonafide 929G sired by Boss Lake Bonafide 722E

CHAMPION SENIOR BULL CALF

Hamilton Farms, Cochrane, AB and Leslie Pelltier with HF Pit Boss 25G sired by Koupal Kozi 418

RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR BULL CALF

Hamilton Farms, Cochrane, AB with HF Intervention 65G sired by HF Syndicate 213Z

CHAMPION JUNIOR BULL AND GRAND CHAMPION BULL

Wilbar Cattle Co., Dundurn, SK, Conley Cattle and Poplar Meadows Angus with Conley South Point 8362 sired by Stevenson Turning Point

Reserve Grand Champion Female

RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR BULL AND RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION BULL

Brooking Angus Ranch, Radville, SK and ZWT Ranch with Brooking Gold Coin 8069 sired by Brooking Bank Note 4040

CHAMPION SENIOR BULL

Miller Wilson Angus, Bashaw, AB and Nelson Hirsche Purebreds with DMM Crank 13E sired by 74-51 Sudden Look 1023

RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR BULL

Double ‘F’ Cattle Co., Parkside, SK and Merit Cattle Co. with Merit Sting 7047E sired by Bar S Range Boss 4002

BREEDER’S HERD AND PREMIER EXHIBITOR

Grand Champion Bull

Brooking Angus Ranch, Radville, SK

PREMIER BREEDER

Merit Cattle Co., Radville, SK

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Red Angus Show - November 27, 2019

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CHAMPION SENIOR YEARLING HEIFER

FEMALES CHAMPION JUNIOR HEIFER CALF

Six Mile Red Angus Ltd., Fir Mountain, SK with Red Six Mile Sierra 387G sired by Red Six Mile Enforcer 387G

RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR HEIFER CALF

Towaw Cattle Company, Sangudo, AB and Rafter SJ Angus, Jack and Shannon Trask with Red Towaw Sybil 407F sired by Red Soo Line Power Eye 161X

RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR YEARLING HEIFER

L83 Ranch, Westhope, ND with L83 Grenadine 922G sired by Red T-K Redeam 18C

Six Mile Red Angus Ltd., Fir Mountain, SK and Eric Smith with Red Six Mile Ms Hamilee 128F sired by Red Six Mile High Caliber 177C

CHAMPION INTERMEDIATE HEIFER CALF

CHAMPION TWO YEAR OLD COW/CALF PAIR

Rainbow Red Angus, Cherhill, AB with Red Rainbow Larkaba 39G sired by Red Bar-E-L Approval 4L

RESERVE CHAMPION INTERMEDIATE HEIFER CALF

Blairswest Land and Cattle, Drake, SK with Red Blairswest Gloria 23G sired by Red U-2 Reckoning 149A

CHAMPION SENIOR HEIFER CALF

Six Mile Red Angus Ltd., Fir Mountain, SK with Red Six Mile Ellie 205G sired by Red Mann Red Box 55C

RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR HEIFER CALF

Six Mile Red Angus Ltd., Fir Mountain, SK and Eric Smith with Red Six Mile Misty 809E sired by Red U-2 Renown 193C with her calf, Red Six Mile BCAR Misty 200G sired by Red Crump Powder River 7787

RESERVE CHAMPION TWO YEAR OLD COW/CALF PAIR

Six Mile Red Angus Ltd., Fir Mountain, SK and Sunberry Valley Farms with Red Six Mile Olivia 950E sired by Red Six Mile Outsider 387C with her calf, Red Six Mile Olivia 328G sired by Red NCJ Comin In Hot 24E

CHAMPION MATURE COW/CALF PAIR AND GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE

Ter-Ron Farms, Forestburg, AB with Red Ter-Ron Duchess 69G sired by Ter-Ron Continental 120D

CHAMPION JUNIOR YEARLING HEIFER AND RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE

Six Mile Red Angus Ltd., Fir Mountain, SK with Red Six Mile Ms Pathy 314F sired by Red U-2 Reckoning 149A

RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR YEARLING HEIFER

Six Mile Red Angus Ltd., Fir Mountain, SK, Canadian Donors and Tyson Buist with Red Six Mile Alana 515F sired by Red LMAN King Rob 8621

Six Mile Red Angus Ltd., Fir Mountain, SK and Sunberry Valley Farms with Red Six Mile Fanny 149D sired by Red U2 Reckoning 149A with her calf, Red Six Mile Fanny 330G sired by Red NCJ Comin In Hot 24E

RESERVE CHAMPION MATURE COW/CALF PAIR

DKF Angus, Gladmar, SK with Red DKFE Miss Ace 84C sired by Red Soo Line Powereye 161X with her calf, Red DKF Out For A Rip 134G sired by Red DKF Easy Decision 69E

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BULLS CHAMPION JUNIOR BULL CALF

Six Mile Red Angus Ltd., Fir Mountain, SK with Red Six Mile Gentry 342G sired by Red NCJ Comin In Hot 24E

RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR BULL CALF

L83 Ranch, Westhope, ND with L83 Gone West 25G sired by Red T-K Redeam 18C

CHAMPION INTERMEDIATE BULL CALF

Blairswest Land and Cattle, Drake, SK with Red Blairswest Command 37G sired by Red Six Mile Warcraft 254Z

Grand Champion Female

RESERVE CHAMPION INTERMEDIATE BULL CALF L83 Ranch, Westhope, ND with Red L83 Gauge 12G sired by Red KJHT Power Take Off

CHAMPION SENIOR BULL CALF

Ter-Ron Farms, Forestburg, AB with Red Ter-Ron Uproar 26G sired by Red MRLA Upload 165E

RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR BULL CALF

Wright Livestock, Melfort, SK with Red Wrights 4Z Ironhide 7G sired by Red Wrights 832S Ironhide 4Z

CHAMPION JUNIOR BULL AND RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION

L83 Ranch, Westhope, ND and McKay Cattle Co. with MCKY 8731 ET sired by PZC TMAS Firestorm 1800

Reserve Grand Champion Female

RESERVE CHAMPION JUNIOR BULL

Mar Mac Farms, Brandon, MB with Red Mar Mac Footprint 164F sired by Red Moose Creek Ripzone 89D

CHAMPION SENIOR BULL AND GRAND CHAMPION BULL

Shiloh Cattle Company, Craigmyle, AB and DKF Angus with Red DKF Racer 8E sired by Red DKF Razor 55C

RESERVE CHAMPION SENIOR BULL

Lazy MC Angus, Bassano, AB and Haun Red Angus with Red HRA Lookout 711E sired by Red Lazy MC Lookout 153X

BREEDER’S HERD, PREMIER BREEDER AND PREMIER EXHIBITOR

Grand Champion Bull

Six Mile Red Angus Ltd., Fir Mountain, SK

Reserve Grand Champion Bull Today’s Angus Advantag e 137

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Red & Black Angus Box 23 Gladmar, SK S0C 1A0 www.dkfredangus.com

Dwayne & Karen Fettes 306-969-4506

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Scott, Tina Brandy & Eric 306-815-7023

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A Rare Opportunity The need for unification on a disease traceability program

By Abbie Burnett It’s been 16 years since the “cow that stole Christmas” shut down exports from North America and cost the beef industry an estimated $9 billion. Those were the days when terrorists also threatened to infect U.S. herds with anthrax.

All these years later and still no national traceability program? Four Sixes Ranch manager Joe Leathers let some exasperation show while addressing the Feeding Quality Forum in Amarillo this summer.

the industry makes use of production technology. But when it comes to using those tools for traceability? “We use very little,” Leathers said.

The biggest obstacle he sees is a lack of standardization. UHF readers don’t read all UHF tags the same way and data storage options are varied but lack user choice as to national, state or third-party group.

“We’ve got to keep the flexibility as individual producers to make our own decisions,” he said, noting a need for common-sense regulations that work for every size operation “at the speed of commerce.”

Leathers said even if traceability technology didn’t happen to pay its own way up front, there’s no room for debate.

“How can we afford not to have a disease traceability program as an insurance policy?” he asked. “Are we going to have another disease outbreak? Yeah. That’s realistic.”

“The consumer wants it. End of discussion,” he said. “Whether their concerns or their desires are realistic, it makes zero difference.”

Leathers put traceability to the test during the 2011 drought when he secured leases for nine ranches in five states north and west of his base in Guthrie, Texas. Moving up to 5,000 cows across state lines meant reading metal clips and culling. It took four summer-dawn roundups that had to end by mid-morning to avoid greater heat and stress.

More and more consumers simply want to know more about their food.

“I figured out real quick, this is not efficient,” he recalled. “It’s not good on the cattle. It’s not good on your labor.”

Rather than take the reins in proactive leadership, Leathers said most industry organizations are merely reactive, from politics to foreign trade.

That’s when the Four Sixes team began using electronic identification (EID) tags that permitted collecting and loading the cattle in a single day. Tag numbers downloaded to a computer, he printed and delivered them to the vet barn, where interstate shipping papers were soon in hand.

“Who is responsible for giving them what they want and need so that we can sell our product for a higher price? We are. Yet our industry is segmented in arguing and bickering,” Leathers noted.

“If we don’t do anything, we lose our competitive advantage in the world with foreign trade,” he said. Leading means moving past a simple, “this won’t work.”

Use of those tags has become a management tool that easily pays its way, with implications for all who ask for incentives, he added.

It also means getting past the October announcement that USDA has paused program development. That doesn’t mean the issues will go away, but it could mean more time for producer input.

Rather than scan each animal down an alley chute, the UHF tag reader records individual cattle by group. Leathers can call up details on any cow from his phone, including location, breeding and vaccination history.

“There is going to be a disease traceability program in our future in the United States. So get over it. It’s either going to be mandated or it’s going to be something designed by producers and the industry,” Leathers said.

He can see her calves’ data or whole pens of feedyard and carcass grading performance and generate reports for potential buyers.

Finding a sire group that made 35% Prime, he adjusted sire selection to create more of the best to highlight in those reports.

The 12-member Producer Traceability Council he co-chairs shared a few consensus points in May, but it’s still an open discussion.

“Then I ask for a price substantially higher than what the market is,” he told cattlemen. “You know what? I nearly always get what I ask for.”

U.S.-produced beef sets the world standard for quality and

Web information searches can find ways to join that conversation and Leathers especially invites participation from all who can bring a positive and “common-sense approach… start it as an insurance policy and then let’s work as an industry to make us money.”

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Capturing Value For Calves

By Morgan Marley The way we market fed cattle has changed. Better formula and grid-based pricing structures channeled greater returns to cattlemen, which led to higher quality in the American cow herd.

It trickles down to the cow-calf producer and how they choose to sell calves. Consumer dollars favor adding value to the end product and it pays to start down that road while still on the ranch.

That’s the consensus of panelists at the 2019 Range Beef Cow Symposium in Mitchell, NE. Those included the Certified Angus Beef ® (CAB®) brand’s Paul Dykstra, Nebraska feeder and rancher Gary Darnall and South Dakota Angus cattleman Britton Blair.

“As a cow-calf producer, we have more opportunities to receive value at different segments, or different points in our operation than any other segment in our industry,” Darnall said. “But we really find out when we retain ownership.”

All the panelists echoed that message. So why don’t more producers retain ownership of their calves all the way to the packer?

Risk.

There’s a higher death loss once calves leave your ranch. But Blair said, “that comes back on you” and making sure of your vaccination and management program.

“The longer you own the animal, the longer you’re at the mercy of the market,” Darnall said.

Market swings also bring opportunity to alert watchers who can hedge to lock in a profit.

“But you have to be ready to pull the trigger,” Blair said.

When you get past the risk, advantages await for those who try.

Many cattlemen don’t operate in commercial feeding areas and it takes effort to contact feedyard managers. But there aren’t a lot of secrets in the cattle business, the panelists said. Just ask the right people the right questions.

“The good part is, the livestock business is a people business,” Blair said. “And I think it’s easy to talk to those guys. And those guys want customers and they want to talk to you. They want the opportunity to do business with you.”

Deciding to retain ownership is a dynamic commitment involving how and when.

“The market is a moving target,” Blair said and it may not fit every year. “It makes more sense to retain ownership in a bad market than a good one, even though that’s the hardest time.”

When the market is high, you’re going to be profitable no matter how you market your calves. But when times are tough, retaining

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ownership can buy time for the market to go up and capture more dollars.

“A lot of people don’t know that some feedyards will finance the cattle, the feed and the risk protection,” Blair said. “It makes it pretty easy when you send your cattle there. They’ll send you back around 75% of the value of your calves and keep 25% as essentially money down. They’ll finance the rest.”

That takes care of some cash-flow concerns, perhaps offering significant payment in the fall and another when calves are finished a few months later.

Another advantage is the information from packer harvest reports.

“The carcass data you get back can be very valuable to you,” Darnall said. “You can take it back home and use it in your management program to help increase whatever traits you want, to add more value to your product.”

Blair later said knowing both feedyard and carcass performance helps in choosing a packer grid to market through. After a few years of success, dollars may argue for staying the course.

“Once you’ve retained ownership and if you have those aboveaverage cattle, you’ll never get paid for their total value on a commodity market,” Blair said. “Whether you’ve sold them at the highest price at the sale that day or not.”

Adding value matters to your bottom line, but also to consumers.

They expect the beef on their dinner table to be worth its relatively higher price.

“As we increase marbling and quality grade substantially, then we also increase the percentage of satisfied eating experiences for consumers,” Dykstra said.

Cattle have changed in recent years, he noted with a nod to the widespread drought several years ago.

“Since then, cow herds have built back with replacements that genetically improved quality grade,” Dykstra said, resulting in more Choice and higher grading carcasses than ever.

Demand, however, “remains robust.”

Grid pricing reflects a portion of the cutout values, which have increased dramatically for premium quality, he added. In early November, a typical Prime carcass was worth nearly $300 more than Select. The CAB premium was $218 and Choice was $127.

If you retained ownership, had above-average cattle and sold on a grid in fall 2019, you should have received a hefty paycheck.

“Packers will only add Choice premiums to our pocketbook if we beat the average of cattle harvested on a weekly basis,” Dykstra explained.

It’s natural to think of the individual animals and grids even pay on a per-carcass basis, but some value calculations come from load and plant averages. The Choice premium is a case in point.

“When we talk about the Choice-Select spread at $25 and $26 here most recently, we don’t get all of that,” Dykstra explained.

“We get 30% of it because the packer expects 70% Choice on a weekly basis.”

Producing average quality isn’t the goal.

In the last four years, 30% of CAB sales growth has come from Prime alone.

“Most of us don’t think about a grocery store as an area where we’re going to see a lot of folks wanting to pay for something like Prime quality grade product,” Dykstra said, “but we certainly have seen that happen.”

Consumer demand is there. Cattlemen just have to keep aiming for higher quality to meet it and reap the premiums.

Visit the Range Beef Cow Symposium website for more event coverage, http://www.rangebeefcow.com/2019/newsroom.html.

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Two Cattle Enthusiasts To Be Inducted Into The Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall Of Fame

Front Row L-R The Honourable Gerry Ritz, Adele Buettner, Jack Hay, Christine Pike (representing her sister Eileen & William Lamont), Back Row L- R Ted Serhienko, Kelly Feige and Twila Fisher (representing their Dad John Feige)

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Western Agribition, the Toronto Royal Winter Fair, and in the USA, in addition, many 4-H and junior shows. He founded T Bar C Cattle Co., successfully marketing livestock for nearly a half century. He was a volunteer at Canadian Western Agribition for over three decades and brought his leadership to No stranger to the Hereford industry, John Feige Prairieland Park Agricultural programs as an active bred and raised superior Horned Herefords in volunteer and served on the Prairieland Park board Saskatchewan near Parkside. In addition, he was a of Directors. dedicated volunteer in his community, 4-H and the Hereford Breed. In 1991, Feige received the Cattleman Both inductees have also been recognized on the of the Year award and the Saskatchewan Livestock Canadian Hereford Association Honor Roll.

Association Honor Roll in 1995.

In addition to Feige and Serhienko, Honorable Gerry Ted Serhienko has a long history in the livestock Ritz, Adele Buettner, Jack Hay and Eileen and William industry locally, provincially, nationally and Lamont round out the field of inductees. internationally. He has judged cattle at Canadian The late John Feige (post-humously), Parkvista Hereford Farm, father of Kelly Feige of Double F Cattle Co. and Ted Serhienko, T Bar C Cattle Co. will be inducted into the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame in April.

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154

Anderson Cattle Co.

32, 106

Canadian Simmental Association

Arda Farms

54, 122

Cash Cattle Co.

99

Arway Angus

92

Castlerock Marketing

59, 74

Atlasta Angus

122

Cattle Lac Charolais

78

Baintree Angus Bar 5 Angus Bar DK

122 11 138

CD Land & Cattle

122

Chapman Cattle Company

122

Circle 7 Angus

138

Clair Lane Stock Farm

92

Bar-H Land & Cattle Co.

10

Clegg Angus

122

Bear Creek Angus

77

Clevelands Farm

138

Benlock Farms

26, 27

CMT Farms

34, 138

Black Chrome Livestock

149

CNI Ranching

Black Ridge Angus Farm

138

Combest Red Angus

BMB Brewin Angus

122

Count Ridge Red Angus

103

Country Lane Angus

123

Bohrson Marketing Services Border Butte Angus Boundary Ranch

18, 51, 69, 149 122 81

Bova-Tech Ltd.

154

Bow Valley Genetics

154

Brimner Cattle Co. Broken T Ranch Brooking Angus Ranch Brooklyn Cattle Co. Buyagro.com

By Livestock

97 138 73 122 133, 156 88, 97

Crescent Creek Angus Curtis Simmentals

138 82, 122

52, 138 62

Davis-Rairdan Embryo Transplants Ltd.

155

DeCorby, Marcel

156

Deer Range Red Angus

138

Deer River Ranching

123

Delorme Livestock

138

Delorme Ranch Diamond L Ranch

81 123

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Diamond T Cattle Diamond W Charolais & Red Angus

123 88

GBS Angus Farm

139

GBT Angus

139 139

DJ Cattle Co.

106

Gerlei Angus

DKF Angus

138

Gilchrist Farms

Dorran, Steve

155

Gillett Angus

13, 92 123

Double Bar D Farms

31, 138

Glasman Farms

35

Double C Red Angus

109, 139

Glasman Farms

106

Double F Cattle Co.

85, 139

Glen Gabel Angus

139

Dragonview Angus

144

Glen Islay Angus

Drumhaggart Ltd.

106

Goad Family Angus

123

Duralta Farms Inc.

28

Graham Red Angus

92

Dwajo Angus

Early Sunset Ranch Eastondale Angus

123

1 139

92

Grant Rolston Photography Ltd.

155

Green Hills Livestock

143

Greenwood Limousin & Angus

51

GTA Ranch Inc.

123

Edwards Angus

62

EKW Red Angus

139

H.S. Knill Co. Ltd.

160

Emmatt Creek Ranch

139

Hahn Cattle Co.

123

Eton Six Cattle

106

Hamco Cattle Co.

106

Everblack Angus Eye Hill Stock Farm

30, 123 74

Hamilton Farms Harprey Angus Farms

36, 37, 123 50, 92

Hartford Bros.

92

F Bar & Associates

106

Harvest Angus

144

Fair Haven Farms Ltd.

106

Hawkeye Creek Ranch

139

Hazel Bluff Angus

123

HBH Angus

2, 3

Flat Valley Cattle Company Flewelling, Craig

99 155

Flying TL Simmentals

62

High Tree Cattle

139

Four Bar X Ranch

34

Highmark Speckle Park

143

Fraser Farms Freeway Angus

38, 106 54

Hollinger Land and Cattle Howe Family Farm

15, 139 79

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INC Cattle Company

143

Lamb’s Quarters Angus

Ivanhoe Angus

139

Lauron Red Angus

80

Lazy S Ranch Inc.

123

LCI Doenz Ranches

123

J & S Cattle

24, 139

148

J Bar Dee Farms

139

Leela Farms

92

JAS Red Angus

107

Leeuwenburgh Angus

19

Leewood Ranch

44

Jaymarandy Livestock

75

JD Pastures

123

Lewis Farms

Jim Nugent Livestock

156

LLB Angus

Johnson Livestock Johnston/Fertile Valley JP Cattle Co. JPD Farms Justamere Farms Ltd.

K Lazy T Cattle Co.

6 159 8 92 16, 140

99

123

Lone Trailer Sales and Repair

155

Longview Angus

155

Lucky 7 Cattle Co.

123

M & J Farms Macks Red Angus

Kembar Farms

107

Macnab Angus

92 140 82 92

140

Maple Line Farm

Kueber Farms

123

Mar Mac Farms

44

35, 107

Mantei Farms Angus

Key Ranch

Kuzio Farms

31

LT Log & Tin Forest Products Ltd.

140

33, 140

12, 123

Lone Stone Farms

KC Cattle Co.

Kenray Ranch

22, 23, 123

17, 107

McGowan Farms McMillen Ranching Ltd.

124 55, 140

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Meadow Ridge Ent. Ltd.

140

Pine Valley Farms

143

Merit Insurance Brokers

156

Poley, Chris

156

Miller-Wilson Angus

124

Poplar Meadows Angus

144

Minburn Angus

124

Pugh Farms

124

MJT Cattle Co. Ltd.

124

Punchaw Red Angus

144

Pura Vida Acres

143

Rainbow Hills Ranch

149

Rainbow Red Angus

76

Moose Creek Red Angus Movin On Farms Myjoco Angus

9, 140 124 92

NB Cattle Co.

78

Ramrod Cattle Co.

38

Neilcairn Angus

93

Ramrod West

38

Nelson Hirsche Purebreds

72

Ravenworth Cattle

126

Nielson Land & Cattle Co.

129

Rebel Creek Angus

84

Nordal Limousin & Angus Norfolk Cattle

18, 140 58, 93

North 40 Red Angus

144

Northern View Angus

140

Northway Cattle Co.

124

Notta Ranch

126

Nu-Horizon Angus

15, 140

OBI Livestock Ltd.

115, 129

Ockerman Angus

124

Ole Farms

124

Ossaw Angus

107

Overby Stock Farm

78

Paradise Farms

93

Parkwood Farm

59

Peak Dot Ranch Ltd. Pedersen Livestock

Red Rock Red Angus

124

Red Rose Angus

141

Redekop Cattle Company

140

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Redrich Farms Rehorst Farms LTd. Reid Angus

124 93 57, 124

Spots ‘N Sprouts Spring Creek Simmentals

126 39, 141

Springside Red Angus

141

Richmond Ranch

63

Spruce Ridge Stock Farms

107

Right Cross Ranch

25, 140

Spruce View Angus Ranch

125

River Valley Angus

89

Rivercrest Angus Ranch

89, 124

SR Angus Standard Hill Livestock

RJ Livestock

124

Steen Agencies

RNR Flicek Black Angus

140

Stewart Cattle Co. Ltd.

Rob Roy Angus Rodgers Red Angus Rosso Charolais

93 148 79

57 74, 141 156 8

Still Meadow Farm

144

Stock, Mark

156

Stonehedge Angus

93

Round Rock Ranching

124

Storebo Farm

141

Royal Angus

140

Stromsmoe Hereford & Angus

125

RSL Red Angus Running JR Ranch

Samtia Angus Sandy Bar Ranch

40, 140 83

Sunny Grove Angus

141

71, 141

Sunville Simmentals

78

124 65 56, 101

Shady Creek Angus

141

Sheidaghan Anghus

141

Shortgrass Cattle Company Ltd. Six Mile Ranch

78, 124 124 5

Snake Valley Farm Charolais

99

South View Ranch

64

Southern Angus Farms

48

124

Schulz Angus

Shiloh Cattle Company

Stuart Cattle Station

141

154

Semex

49

Sunderland Ranch Ltd.

Schaff Angus Valley

Select Sires Genervations Inc.

Strongbow Farms Ltd.

124

Symens Land & Cattle Co.

125

T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd. 2, 3, 6, 8, 10, 14, 15, 24, 25, 28, 31, 35, 38, 39, 41, 45, 48, 49, 62, 75, 84, 126, 143, 150, 151 T Bar K Ranch

141

Tambri Farm

93

Tannas Ranches Ter-Ron Farms Today’s Publishing Towaw Cattle Co. Ltd. Tri A Angus Triangle 33 Simmentals

125 69, 125 121 76 125 62

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Triple L Angus Tullamore Farms Twin Heritage Farms

U2 Ranch Ltd.

84, 141 93 141

42, 43

Whitney Black Angus

93

Whitton-Brook Farms Ltd.

93

Wilbar Cattle Co. Wild West Angus

107

Willowside Farm

93

Willowview Angus Farm Valley Blossoms Ranch Valleymere TTT Angus

71, 141 89

Vikse Family Farm

125

Vos Vegas Farms

93

Windy Willows Farms WRAZ Red Angus

141 125

Ward’s Red Angus

14

Young Dale Angus

93

Wheatland Cattle Co.

41

97, 141

Y Coulee Land & Cattle Co. Yarrow Creek Farm & Ranch

Weavercroft International

115, 141

149

93

125

141

Wulf Cattle

Walkerbrae Farms

Waveny Angus Farm Ltd.

7, 141

Z Bar Angus

53

141

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Langco/Kueber Angus Bull Sale Viking, AB M&J/Glasman Farms Simmental & Angus Two Year Old Bull Sale Russell, MB Nordal Limousin & Angus 25th Annual Bull Sale Saskatoon, SK The Ultra Czech-Mate Bulll Sale Innisfail, AB Benlock Farms Bull Sale Grandora, SK Robb Hoegl Greenwood Bull Sale Lloydminster, SK Lewis Farms 35th Annual Bull Sale Spruce Grove, AB

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Arda Farms & Freeway Angus Bull Sale Acme, AB Richmond Ranch Bull & Female Sale Rumsey, AB Standard Hill Connection Bull & Female Sale Maidstone, SK CD Land & Cattle Bull Sale Taber, AB LLB Angus 34th Annual Bull & Female Sale Erskine, AB Early Sunset Ranch Only The Good Ones Sell Production Sale Edam, SK South Sask Simmental & Angus Bull Sale Moose Jaw, SK Remitall Farms Bull & Select Female Sale Olds, AB Simple As Black & White Bull Sale Medicine Hat, AB On Target Bull & Female Sale Barrhead, AB Reid Angus 2020 Heat Seeker Bull Sale Brooks, AB Still Meadows Bull Sale Kamloops, BC Tools Of The Trade Angus Bull Sale Dundurn, SK Johnson Livestock Annual Angus Bull Sale Peebles, SK Ter-Ron Farms Bull & Select Female Sale Forestburg, AB Duralta Farms Angus Bull & Female Sale Vegreville, AB Harvest Angus Bull Sale Prince George, BC The Joint Venture 41st Annual Red & Black Angus Bull Sale Sangudo, AB Northern Alliance Bull Sale Fort Fraser, BC Yarrow Creek Bull Sale Lethbridge, AB Hamco Creek Co. 22nd Annual Bull Sale Glenboro, MB Brooking Angus Ranch 8th Annual Bull Sale Radville, SK Rebel Creek Angus Bull Sale Pollockville, AB Hollinger Land & Cattle Co. 9th Annual Angus Bull & Female Sale Neudorf, SK U2 Ranch Ltd. 24th Annual Bull Sale Coaldale, AB Diamond W Charolais & Red Angus 18th Annual Bull Sale Minitonas, MB Bar-H Land & Cattle Angus Bull Sale Langenburg, SK Hamilton Farms Bull & Select Female Sale Cochrane, AB Count Ridge Red Angus 46th Annual Bull Sale Brooks, AB Wheatland Cattle Co. Annual Bull Sale Bienfait, SK Minburn Angus Bull Sale Minburn, AB Tannas Ranch Bull Sale Cremona, AB

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