welcome from The Tees Family
For the past 25 years, we have had the privilege to partner with Soderglen Ranches to build the Red Max program. The Soderglen program has been a pioneer in the use of hybrid sires in the Canadian cattle industry, offering Max bulls as early as 1993. The Max cattle were built with disciplined breeding of industry-leading Simmental sires on purebred Angus cows. Using the strengths of each breed the Maternal Angus Cross (MAX) offered the commercial cattleman bulls with performance and growth while maintaining the maternal strength that made Angus the base of so many cowherds. The use of Max bulls offers the commercial cowherd all the benefits of heterosis without the challenge of managing the changes in phenotype created by the use of purebred parents. The use of hybrid bulls simplifies a crossbreeding system. Heterosis affects all maternal traits so we know the Max cows will have a higher average lifetime productivity than their purebred dams.
Simply put the Max bulls offer increased growth and carcass value while maintaining the calving ease and maternal strength required by the commercial cow herds of western Canada.
Our cows start calving on grass in late April and we expect 80% or more to calve in the first cycle. The cows are rotated through a mix of seeded and native pastures until early December, with calves having been weaned in November. The cows will graze standing corn or swath grazing until February or March, depending on yield, before being fed silage ration until the start of calving. We have had good results grazing corn, allowing the cows to regain body condition after weaning if needed.
Over the years working with Soderglen we have been able to work with many great customer herds and look forward to continuing to serve our customers in this new format. We will be offering long yearling bulls each year by private treaty from our ranch north of Elnora, Alberta. At this time, we have seen record-high prices for all classes of cattle. The solid salvage value on older bulls, combined with the premiums being paid for quality calves and breeding females, make this a great time to invest in the right bull for your herd.
For your convenience, we offer this catalog to allow you to evaluate the bulls that would meet your needs and price range. Please feel free to call or text me with any questions, I’d be glad to learn about your herd and discuss the bulls we have available.
Matt and Ronda Tees (403) 358-1035
MATT & RONDA
PRIVATE TREATY
TEES 2T- TEES red max BULL SALE
Bulls will be sold on a FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS. contact us if you would like to come and view the bulls.
PERFORMANCE DATA
WEANING WEIGHT (WW)
All weights are taken at weaning and adjusted to 205 days to allow you to compare the bulls on an even playing field.
YEARLING WEIGHT (YW)
All weights are taken at the end of test and adjusted to 365 days, again to let you easily compare the bulls.
CALVING EASE STARS
Calving ease is one of the biggest concerns to most bull buyers and most often related to the birth weight of a bull. However, there are many other factors that are influences like nutrition and gestation. Our ratings are based on all of the information we have available.
Should produce minimal calving problems when bred to moderate sized, first calf heifers.
Recommended for use on second calvers or small framed cows – 1100 to 1300 lbs.
Recommended for mature cows - 1400+ lbs.
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BULL DELIVERY
$250 discount on bulls picked up within 1 week of purchase or delivery in early April.
HERD HEALTH PROTOCOL Express Verified Program
Pregnant cows are vaccinated with Express 10. This is the core of the verified program.
All Tees calves at 4-6 weeks of age get: Pyramid 5 presponse and 8 way clostridial.
All calves at weaning get: Same as above plus endectocide.
Sale Bulls In The Fall:
◆ Covexin Plus
◆ Endectocide
◆ Express 5
◆ Fusogard-footrot vaccine
Sale Bulls Before Delivery:
◆ Fusogard-footrot vaccine
welcome from soderglen
The Tees family is a story of a family succeeding in the cattle business. Matt and Ronda tees were an integral part of the Soderglen team and our only cooperator. They purchased their first bull from Soderglen in 2000 and shortly after that a partnership was formed with them purchasing some our purebred cows so they could produce MAX bulls for us. Matt is a hands-on, self-made operator and uses data to breed better cows and lessen his cull rate on bulls coming to the ranch. They love breeding and feeding cattle and understand the practical side of the business and how it relates to breeding better cattle for our customers. They were our only cooperator herd, running Red Angus and Red MAX cows. Matt, who a lot of you know, as he was one of our sales team members and was on the road visiting our customers. We were proud to be partners with them for 25 years and you couldn’t have asked for better partners or friends. We wish you all the best on continuing on the Red MAX Program, there is no doubt you will be successful. To our past customers, Matt and Ronda Tees will take care of your bull needs from a customer service and quality standpoint and continue on Soderglen’s commitment to excellence in the bull business.
Success breeds Success
Border Collies
Our border collies are a core part of the team, and we could not get by without them. The dogs are critical to allowing us to manage and move cattle throughout the year. Whether moving pastures, sorting cattle or loading trucks having well-bred dogs allows us to handle cattle in a quiet and controlled manner. We breed and train border collies with a focus on confident talented dogs that can handle the long days of work required. We have stud dogs available for breeding and pups or started dogs for sale from time to time.
Tuff has been a mainstay on the ranch over the years as well as being successful competing in cattle dog trials. In June 2024 he won the Desert Dwellers Horseback class as well as the Desert Dwellers Horseback Grand Champion. He followed this up in July by winning the 2024 Canadian Cattle Dog Association Horseback Champion.
Hank is a young dog who I’ve enjoyed training, and he has become a go to for the tough jobs and long days moving cattle. Extremely confident turning a head, Hank works his stock with a calm manner. Hank is a great outrunner who can be counted on to come back with the stock he is sent for. One of Hanks strengths is his calm mind and resilient nature, he doesn’t get upset when tackling a tough job.
RED MAX
Reference sires
MAX - Maternal Angus Cross OVER 30 YEARS IN THE MAKING
Soderglen has spent 30 plus years breeding Hybrid cattle and you can be assured you are investing in the most elite hybrid program Canada has to offer.
We are continually striving to improve the breeding value of our herd to better suit the needs of our customers. We do not base our herd on single trait selection but rather on balanced multiple-trait selection. We believe that to get maximum production there has to be a fine balance between maternal trains for calving, reproduction and growth agains carcass and gain traits. We very specifically select the cattle used to create this breed and it goes much further than simply crossbreeding Simmental and Angus cattle. The MAX Program at Soderglen is a Program that we were extremely proud of and we believe the success of the Program is due to the demand for the type of cattle we strive to achieve with this MAX breed. Simply put, MAX bulls and females just plain work for our customers.
SGFC Top Gun MAX M838E
Red Soder Horizon 698B
Red Soder Mr 779G
