Coyote Flats 8th Annual Bull Sale Dec 16, 2022

WELCOME from Coyote Flats

Welcome to our 8th annual bull sale. We are very excited to move from a March to December sale, allowing our ourselves and our customers to focus on calving in spring, and on buying bulls when we all have a bit more time. We have an exceptional group of bulls to offer you. Whether you are looking for a power bull or a heifer bull, I am confident we have the bull to fit your needs. If you are unable to attend, please give Chris or myself a call and we will find the right bull to match your cowherd.

It was awesome to see the calf prices take a nice jump this fall. It looks like the rancher should have a good run. Cow numbers are low, and the big feedlots seem to continue adding bunk space. Charolais cross calves once again weighed up well and topped the markets. Buying a Charolais bull puts money in your pocket. Our “Win-Win” program continues to be a great suc cess. This program allows us to see what our genetics do from calving to slaughter, while giving our customers another option

for marketing their calves. If you would like more information about this program, please don’t hesitate to give me a call.

We invite you to come out any time to view the bulls and make your selections. If you are unable to come out before, be sure to come out early on sale day to enjoy lunch and have a good visit.

Thanks, Mark

Coyote Flats Charolais

Mark & Trish Lohues

George & Angela Lohues Box 1094, Coaldale, AB T1M 1M9 Mark: (403)634-2989 Email: lohuesmark@gmail.com Herdsman: Christopher Lohues (403)795-1343

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Sale Day Phones

Mark Lohues (403)634-2989

George Lohues (403)634-2409

Christopher Lohues (403)795-1343

Sale Management

Jon Wright (306)807-8424

Auctioneer

Dan Skeels (403)783-1217

Ringmen

Grant Ellefson (403)501-9707

Justin Keeley (403)627-6534

Sale Online With DLMS

Mark Shologan (780)699-5082

Insurance

Insurance will be available to purchase on sale day

Video Sale

This sale is a video sale, and bulls will sell by video and will not enter a sale ring. We welcome you to view the bulls prior to sale day, or the day of the sale.

Semen Rights

Coyote Flats Charolais retains in-herd semen interest on all bulls sold in the sale.

Exchange Rate

For our American friends, the exchange rate will be announced on sale day at the start of the sale.

Semen Testing

All two-year old bulls will be semen tested prior to sale day. All yearling bulls will be semen tested by March 1st.

Wintering Program & Delivery

Yearlings

All yearling bulls can be left at Coyote Flats Charolais until May 31st. After June 1st, a $3/day boarding fee will be applied until delivery/pick-up. All yearling bulls that remain at Coyote Flats for wintering must be insured.

Two-Year Olds

Bring your trailer on sale day, take your bull home and deduct $300 off purchase price

OR choose one of the options below that works best for you:

1)We will deliver the bulls as soon as convenient for you after the sale

2)We winter the bull, deliver him when needed for $800, which is payable on sale day. Bulls that winter at Coyote Flats must be insured.

Terms & Conditions

Sale is conducted under the Canadian Charolais Association’s Code of Ethics.

Accommodations

Quality Inn & Suites, Lethbridge (403)331-6440

Holiday Inn Express, Lethbridge (403)942-5856

Heritage Inn, Taber (403)223-4424

Super 8, Taber (403)223-8181

Directions to the Ranch

13 km east of Coaldale on Hwy 3, 10 km north on RR 19-0 and 1 km west or 23 km west of Taber on Hwy 3 and 10 km north on Range Road 19-0 and 1 km west. Watch for signs!

Canadian Charolais Association Breed Average EPDS – September 2022

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The Win-Win Program

We believe in our bulls! We believe in supporting our bull customers, and the feeding ability that calves sired by our bulls have. That is why every bull sold in our sale comes with a bid on our customers calves in the fall.

The Win-Win Program was developed because we want to develop a partnership with our customers in the cattle business. A successful partnership must benefit both parties, and we believe that the Win-Win Program allows for successful partnerships to be developed.

You Win

•Excellent sale price: We pay top dollar for the calves that enter our feedlot. We can also offer to contract your calves during the summer months.

•Less stress: On the day you wean your calves, you already know your price and don’t have to worry about what price you are going to get, or what the weather is going to do. No worries about calves getting cut out because of a minor problem or off colour. We are also flexible on delivery times and dates.

•Less shrink: We have a government inspected scale at our facility. The calves are weighed on the truck and the shrink is determined on a sliding scale based on distance from our feedlot.

•No sales commission: All that you pay for is the brand inspection and the trucking to get your calves to our feedlot.

•Pride: You can come back to the feedlot and have a look at how your calves are doing and developing.

We Win

• Healthier calves: Calves are less stressed, therefore, they stay healthier.

•Performance: We get large groups of calves that packers are looking for and we know they will perform and yield among the best in the industry.

•Management: We can track performance of our different bloodlines from weaning to slaughter. We are also able to help with vaccination decisions so we can vaccinate the calves the same way when they arrive at the feedlot.

•Feedback: We can give you feedback on the performance and health of your calves.

Coyote Flats Charolais – Your Partners in the Cattle Industry!

Welcome to the 8th Annual Coyote Flats Charolais Bull Sale! The change to a December sale date certainly didn’t affect the quality of the offering of bulls that Coyote Flats has put forth in the 8th edition of their annual bull sale. This program is gaining momentum year after year and one to keep your eyes on! They continually source elite herdsires and females to add to their herd, which push the standard and quality, constantly improving and diversifying the genetic base of the cow herd and the bulls that they have on offer. One thing remains the same, their commitment to raising calving ease bulls with performance.

From the two-year old bulls to the yearlings, top to bottom, the quality is consistent. They have two calving programs, with the yearlings born in January/February, and the two-year olds born April through June. The two-year old bulls that you see throughout the offering are bred and developed to sell as two-year olds, they are not leftovers from the yearling pen the year before.

What is so unique about Coyote Flats is not only are they calving out 300+ cows, but they operate a 6,000 head feedlot. They know the qualities that are needed in the bulls they offer on the purebred side that will optimize feeding performance and efficiency that Charcross calves are renowned for on the feedlot side. They believe in their bulls and purebred Charolais

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from Wright Livestock from Cargill

When Mark and the feeding crew sat down with us to put a nutrition program together for their bulls, they had one clear goal in mind. They wanted to grow bulls with a high roughage diet that would support strong breeding soundness, ensuring customers would be able to take their bulls home with confidence that they would get their job done and last for years to come.

These bulls have been raised on a chelated mineral program that was designed to enhance immunity, semen quality and strong foot structure. We have formulated a balanced ration that meets growth curve requirements necessary for proper breeding maturation, that allows for their superior genetics to

program so much, that they offer the unique program they coined “The Win-Win Program”. They truly want to be your partners in the cattle industry, developing a relationship with their bull customers, providing a bid on their calves in the fall so they can support the end user of their breeding program with a bid to feed their calves in the fall.

If you require any assistance or have any questions about the bulls featured in the offering, please do not hesitate to contact us. We can assist you with sight unseen purchases or look forward to having a visit with you on sale day. You can buy with confidence from this program. Coyote Flats are your partners in the cattle business.

Jon & Sarah Wright Wright Livestock Marketing Services Box 238, Pangman, SK S0C 2C0

Jon: (306)807-8424 | Sarah: (306)807-8424 wrightlivestockmarketing@gmail.com

be passed on. Coyote Flats is committed to their customers through the feeder cattle buyback program, with a vested interest in raising a quality product for everyone involved. It’s very seldom that you run into a purebred operation that is as dedicated to the industry like Coyote Flats. If you have any questions around the rations, don’t hesitate to call (403)634-5590.

Trevor Moebis

Ruminant Specialist Cargill Animal Nutrition Phone: (403)634-5590

WELCOME from Coaldale Veterinary Clinic

On behalf of the veterinarians at the Coaldale Veterinary Clinic, I am very pleased to provide some insight into the health practices of Coyote Flats Charolais. I have had a close working relationship with them for over 25 years, and in all my dealings with Coyote Flats Charolais, I have found them to act with a great deal of integrity and good faith towards their customers and towards the beef industry in general. This organization does their utmost for the care of their cattle and those that are to be sold. Vaccinations are carried out in a timely manner to help prevent disease in the individual animals as well as in the calves that are raised. All cows receive a 5-way (IBR, PI3, BRSV, BVD Type I & II) modified live virus vaccine pre-breeding to protect the fetus from infection with IBR or BVD. This program is started while the cows are still calves, so all mature cows have received at least 2 doses of the 5-way viral before first conception, and then annually pre-breeding after that. When the calves are born, they are initially given an intranasal IBR, PI3, BRSV and an intranasal Mannheimia hemolytica and Pasteurella multocida for protection against respiratory illness. This is repeated at branding time to continue the protection provided by this product, as well as an

8-way Clostridial vaccine that also contains Histophilus somni. The calves are boosted with a 5-way viral and the 8-way Clostridial vaccine at weaning time, and then the heifers are given the 5-way viral pre-breeding. This program provides maximum protection for the calves against respiratory disease, as well as protecting the fetus from BVD infection and abortion from these viruses. The bull calves go through this vaccination program as well and before leaving the farm they also receive Fusogard, and the booster for protection against footrot during the breeding season.

Coyote Flats Charolais has a comprehensive herd health program and have invited the Coaldale Veterinary Clinic to work closely with them in all aspects of their cattle operation. This includes pregnancy diagnosis and breeding soundness evaluation of the bulls, to regular herd health visits for examinations of sick animals, and health training purposes. It has been a privilege to work closely with Coyote Flats Charolais in all aspects of cattle health.

Sincerely, Carl Dueck, DVM

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TRIBUTE to Nick Wiedemann

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Nick started working with us on October 10, 2011, until he retired on December 31, 2016. We were very fortunate to have worked with Nick. His care and knowledge of cattle was second to none and if you knew Nick, you would understand that there was never a dull moment at coffee time as he always had a story to tell. I was fortunate to work alongside Nick and he taught me a lot, from handling cattle to grass management, and he is someone I greatly respected. He will be sadly missed.

are sorry to say that a former employee and friend Nicklaus (Nick) Andreus Wiedemann passed away on October 12, 2022.

• ELDER CHAROLAIS

• WALLACE FRASER

• STONEY RIDGE LIVESTOCK

• RILEY BLAIR

• DENIS & DANIELLE BOUVIER

• F. NESTER RANCHING

• WILSON RANCHES

• COLTER ELLEFSON

• MUZYKA FARMS LTD.

• STADNICKI CATTLE COMPANY

• AGROSCOPE INC.

• WOLFER RANCHING LTD.

• CAM & SHAUNA WAKEFIELD

• COLLIN CHRISTMAN

• KEN & DARCY BLAIR

• MIKE & SHEILA PRATCHLER

• TERRY ROWLEDGE

• RIDGEVIEW RANCH LTD.

• RICK WIEST

• MITCHELL CATTLE CO.

• AO FARMS LTD.

• SLEEPY HOLLOW SEED FARMS

• MARTIN HILLMER

• JIM & AUSTIN HORKOFF

• LENJAY FARMS

• CIRCLE E GRAZING

• BRIAN & JENN LARSON

• ADAM WOLFER

• JOHNSONS HWY 36 FARMS LTD.

• SANDY HILLS FARMS

• HARVEY KRAUSE

• RHUBARB ENTERPRISES INC.

• WEST CENTRE FARM

TERMS & CONDITIONS

TERMS

The terms of the sale are cash or cheque payable immediately after the sale. Settlement is in Canadian funds. The right of the property shall not pass until settlement is paid in full. All settlements must be made with the clerks of the sale before any cattle will be released. Current exchange rates will be announced on sale day.

BIDDING

Each animal will sell to the highest bidder. Bidders unable to attend the sale may phone their bids and instructions to the sale manager, auctioneer, or special representatives. Bids must be received prior to the sale, in a sufficient time frame.

DISPUTES

In case of disputes, bidding will be reopened between the parties involved. If no further bid is made, the buyer will be the person from whom the auctioneer accepted the last bid. The auctioneer’s decision in such matters will be final.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

All announcements made from the auction block on sale day will take precedence over the printed material. Errors discovered in the catalogue will be corrected from the auction stand at sale time and such correction will take precedence over printed material in the catalogue.

PURCHASER’S RISK

Each animal becomes the risk of the purchaser as soon as sold. Animals will be cared for at the purchaser’s risk for a reasonable length of time. All animals left with the seller must be insured.

CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION: Each

animal will carry papers issued by the Canadian Charolais Association. A certificate of registry duly transferred will be furnished to the buyer after payment has been made.

IN-HERD SEMEN

Coyote Flats Charolais reserves the right to collect semen on any bull sold through the sale. Semen collection will be at seller’s expense and the buyer’s convenience.

BREEDER GUARANTEE

Should any bull fourteen months of age or over fail to prove a breeder after being used on cows known to be breeders, the matter shall be reported in writing to the seller within six months following the date of purchase or six months after the bull has reached fourteen months of age. The seller has the right and privilege of six months to prove that the bull is a breeder. No guarantee is given that semen collected from the bull will freeze.

EXCEPTION GUARANTEE

In the case where the animal is subjected to any hormonal or surgical reproductive techniques after the sale, this guarantee shall be null and void. The seller is not responsible for damage caused by foreign bodies after the animal has been sold or for sickness not apparent at sale time. In no event shall the seller be responsible for more than the purchase price.

INSURANCE

Insurance will be available for purchase on sale day.

DELIVERY

Assistance will be given with making delivery arrangements after the sale. The purchaser agrees shipping arrangements will be at the convenience of the seller, but will be as soon as practical after the sale, at the buyer’s risk.

ACCIDENTS

Although every precaution will be taken to protect the safety and comfort of buyers, neither Coyote Flats Charolais, the auctioneer or sale management assumes no responsibility in the matter and disclaims any liability, legal or otherwise, in the event of an accident or loss of property.

SALE MANAGER

Wright Livestock Marketing Services Ltd. is acting only as a medium between buyer and seller and is not responsible for any failure on the part of either party to live up to his/ her obligations, or for any warranties, guarantees or representations, expressed or implied. Wright Livestock Marketing Services Ltd. does not assume any financial obligations to collect or enforce collection of any monies between parties. Wright Livestock Marketing Services Ltd. assumes no responsibility for any credit that is extended by the seller to the buyer. The buyer must look to the seller for the fulfillment of any/all guarantees and representations made. Any legal action that may, in exceptional circumstances/cases, be taken are solely between the buyer and the seller.

PICTURES

By attending the sale, you are granting permission for your picture to be used for promotional and advertising purposes relating to the sale, unless you notify the sellers/sale manager that you do not grant permission for your picture to be used.