Silver Smith Farms

Welcome

Welcome to the 18th Annual Mappin Simmental / Silver Smith Farms Bull sale. As always thank you to our previous buyers, we value your trust and your support. Same format as last year, we are having a live sale on the farm and broadcasting via DLMS for online bidding. In addition, and new for this year, Bohrson Marketing will be consulting and will have viewed the bulls several times in the months prior to the sale to help you with your purchasing if you can’t attend or view the bulls yourself. Please feel free to contact ourselves, Darryl, or any of the listed sales staff.

We strongly encourage you to visit the farm in the weeks prior to the sale to analyse the offering, along with the dams, sires and sisters of the sale bulls. We are proud to offer distinct pedigrees that can’t be found everywhere and are a true outcross to many herds. We feel strongly that part of our job as a seedstock producer is to offer exceptional reproduction genetics. As such, we utilize a VERY short 42 day breeding season. We continue to believe this means you get a bull with the best reproductive potential possible, a trait that is vitally important to all cattlemen. All bulls will have passed a semen evaluation and will be ready to work as of sale day. Every bull in the sale is a registered Purebred with the exception of one 7/8 bull, and will come with an included transfer of paper. Sale weights will be available just prior to the sale day. Actual BW, WW and YW are shown on the paper and yes – we do own a calf scale and use it. Because of some decent fall grass, the bulls were weaned a little later than average on

September 16th, and are being fed a TMR, consisting of barley silage, cut hay, super oats, a few split peas, and rolled barley along with a custom mineral pack. We work closely with Delta Animal Solutions, Jack Fisher, to ensure the bulls are developed on a balanced ration, high in forage and nutritional value. They have again been an extremely healthy group with lots of energy, so expect to see fresh, well developed, free moving bulls ready to work on sale day. New for this year is a Pick of our 2022 replacement heifer pen. The winning bidder will have the replacement pen opened up to choose one, and only one heifer from our pen. Anyone who knows us and how much we covet our cow families, knows this is an opportunity that may not present itself again. Like the bull pen, these genetics are not common and quite likely the chosen one will go on to be a donor for her new owner. More details are listed under lot 64. March 4th is coming quickly. Please give us a call to discuss any of our bulls on offer or make plans to mark up your catalogue and come to the farm in the weeks prior to the sale or during the sale day viewing from 2-4 pm. We look forward to seeing you.

Maureen & Eric

SilverSmith Farms

Maureen, Eric & Tulsa Smith

Phone: 403-579-2175

Moe’s Cell: 403-321-0501

Email: silversmithcattle@yahoo.com

Mappin Simmentals

Albert & Jean Mappin Phone: 403-579-3763

Featuring Red & Black Simmental Bulls 63

1 Pick Of The Replacement Heifers

2 pm - Bulls Penned for Viewing

4 pm - Sale Time

Supper and hospitality immediately following the sale.

“Mappin Simmentals/Silver Smith Farms implements a comprehensive herd health program developed with Lacombe Veterinary Centre. The cows and bulls are all SelectVac GOLD+ verified. The bulls are fully vaccinated with a modified live respiratory and 8way clostridial vaccines and receive an internal/ external parasite control program. A breeding soundness evaluation, including semen testing, is performed on all the bulls.

Skylar Bieleny, DVM

VOLUME DISCOUNT: purchase 3 or more bulls and receive 5% off your total purchases

Insurance: Insurance coverage will be available sale day. Lisa Johnson: 403-741-6137

Videos of all bulls available on DLMS

HEALTH PROGRAM:

All bulls are palpated, scrotal measured and semen evaluated. All are on a full herd health program. This includes Bovi-Sheild, Inforce, 8-way, & One-shot. Bulls returning to the farm after the sale will be cared for to the best of our ability, however if vet costs are incurred due to sickness or injury, these costs will be the responsibility of the purchaser. All bulls offered for sale have passed a semen evalutation.

DELIVERY:

Bulls picked up on sale day or prior to March 15, 2023 will receive $100 cash or $250 sale credit to the 2024 sale. Delivery will commence following the sale at Silver Smith Farms Ltd. convenience; We will do our best to accommodate you. Bulls will be delivered to central points across Western Canada free of charge, and we will do our very best to get them right to your yard. Delivery of bulls going to the USA and Eastern Canada will be cost sharedplease contact us prior to the sale and we can discuss details. ALL BULLS KEPT AT SILVER SMITH FARMS LTD. AFTER THE SALE MUST BE INSURED.

OUR BULLS ARE AFFORDABLE:

98% of our bulls sell to Commercial Cowboys. 2/3 of our bulls go to repeat customers.