Online bidding will be avalible through DLMS www.dlms.ca
Mark Shologan (780) 699-5082
Dacie Przekop (780) 656-5513
VIDEOS
Videos can be viewed at cattlevids.ca or lewisfarms.ca
TERMS & CONDITIONS
Cattle will sell under the standard Terms & Conditions set out by the Canadian Simmental Assocation, Canadian Angus Association and Lewis Farms. These are available on request.
LOCATION
Lewis Farms is located 2 miles south of Spruce Grove on Secondary Highway 628 between Range Roads 271 and 272. The main yard and sale barn is located on the South side of the road.
Address 27115A TWP 524, Spruce Grove, AB.
THURSDAY DECEMBER 5TH
AT LEWIS FARMS
Welcome to the 2024 Leading Ladies event
Inspired by the beef industry and how fortunate we are to be involved in a small portion of this industry, raising seedstock cattle. We are always motivated to sell cutting edge genetics and phenotype that we trust will make cows. Our goal with this cowherd or this annual sale has never been to raise show cattle. If some of them or progeny from them find there way to the showring, we think that’s great. However the goal in mind has always been about raising future, high quality cows. Cows that generate profit, cows that align with lots of the commercial cowman’s needs. We believe in selling bred heifers, this gives the buyer an honest snapshot of what that female will resemble as a milking matron. The Simmental and Angus cattle are in such a good position for the long haul in North America. The commercial cattlemen are really benefitting, raising these low maintenance style cattle that garner high output progeny.
The fall is an exciting time in the purebred and commercial sectors. It gives the opportunity to source the cattle to direct your program forward for the year. We really want the cattle represented in this sale to be impact cattle, cornerstones for programs, future donors that seedstock producers will rely on.
Were excited to incorporate the Koberstein family; Don, Brian, Wade, Nick and there wives and families. Kobersteins run a multidiversified farm on the north side of Barrhead. Operating a large cow herd and a competitive purebred program. This has given the Koberstein’s a huge advantage on what the commercial cowman needs and values in a cowherd. There attention to quality details the females on offer in this sale.
As well consigning to this sale is the Zaft family; Vern, Dean, Darcy, Ty, Trey and Riley along with their wives and significant others. The Zafts have consigned two big time females that represent the path their on, raising high performing Simmental cattle.
These breds are available anytime for viewing. Videos will be online the first part of November.
As always we are excited to work with the Bohrson team, the DLMS team. Jim Pulyk and Gary Rairdan, as well as Kent McCune for this sale.
We hope to see everyone on Thursday December 5th.
Lewis
Ken & Corrie Lewis
Kyle & Alexis, Dysen, Rylan, Kolter & Haizley Lewis 27115A TWP RD 524, Spruce Grove, AB T7X 3M9 kyle@lewisfarms.ca
SALE
35 BLACK SIMMENTAL
BRED HEIFERS
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19 RED SIMMENTAL BRED HEIFERS
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18 BLACK ANGUS
BRED HEIFERS
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SCHEDULE M.S.T. ALL DAY
PRESALE VIEWING
12:00 PM
MWC Dispersal - CLYDE, AB 5:00 PM DINNER 6:00 PM
LEADING LADIES SALE
SOCIAL TO FOLLOW
ACCOMMODATIONS
Best Western - Stony Plain (780) 968-1716
Holiday Inn - Spruce Grove (780) 571-1101
Marriot at River Cree Resort – Edmonton (780) 484-2121
US EXCHANGE
USD will be accepted at the current rate of exchange and will be announced prior to the sale
US EXPORT
With regards to exporting heifers out of the country Lewis Farms will arrange for all the tests, but the cost will be borne by the producer.
DELIVERY
We will coordinate and assist with delivery arrangements. We are willing to meet at other Simmental and Angus sales this fall.
Eastern sold cattle – Knills Trucking (877) 442-3106
Lewis Farms will pay freight to Paris, Ontario (Knills Yard) - Eastern customers will be responsible from Paris.
US Delivery – We are willing to work with US buyers in proceeding health tests and border permits. The female will be calved out at Lewis Farms and delivery is set for the new year.
POLLED TESTING
Every Simmental is polled tested for this sale offering.
Calves by one day of age receive the oral supplement Vitaferst to cover selenium and the vitamins A & D. The intranasal vaccine Nasalgen 3 PMH is given to help prevent any respiratory disease.
The cow herd is given the scour vaccine Guardian to get protection in the colostrum of the scours causing pathogens .
Growing calves are given vision 8 somnus, and vista once. This covers all the main clostridial diseases, respiratory pathogens and histophilus in the two vaccines. This is given both at about two months of age and then at about six months of age.
Before breeding by about two weeks a five way viral usually Vista 5 is given as essentially a booster against the reproductive diseases (IBR & BVD). The clostridial vaccines are boostered with a clostridial vaccine usually containing tetanus (covexin plus or Tasvax 8). The two previous vaccines are given to the cow herd yearly depending on availability. In the fall before the sale they will have had their internal external parasite treatment Solmectin.
These bred heifers also each have a ruminal magnet given orally. This magnet ideally should stay in for the life of the animal and help prevent hardware disease. The odd one can spit these back up but the retention rate should be greater than 95%.
We will insure that these bred heifers have been given their initial and booster shot of scour vaccine to insure this is done before you get them home. The product used as mentioned is guardian approx 6 weeks and 2 weeks before the regular start of calving season.
The heifers were all ultrasounded in July to confirm pregnancy and length of gestation. They are all then pregnancy checked to reconfirm again at scour vaccination time to ensure the pregnancy has been maintained.
Heifers are bred for the first cycle using AI but with natural heat detection assisted with the use of marker {gomer} bulls equipped with chin ball markers.
Roy Lewis DVM
BREEDING
Heifers were all ultrasounded on June 24th. Our breeding information is based around the decision of the vet. We started AI’ing heifers on March 16th for a full cycle. CE bulls were kicked out into each group on April 10th. Bulls stayed with the heifers until May 12th. In the rare case a female might not be exact to that date. The heifers will be pregnancy checked again in early November to confirm pregnancy.
• Brood cow prospect, Lass 11L was exhibited at the World Simmental Congress
• Lass 641C is a production queen, her achievements keep resurfacing as the high sellers and standouts in the LFE herd.
A sister sold in last falls leading Ladies event to Fore See Cattle Co
• Hairy, sound, great foot with an impeccable udder on the way
• Sired by Caliber. Caliber’s daughters will be his greatest Legacy
Caliber - Sire
LFE 641C - Dam & LFE 824H - Brother
LFE 622J - Sister
• Dam 102G was purchased from Lewis Farms as a bred heifer, she quickly became a top donor cow
• Full sister sold in FNL to Rancier Farms
• Safe, early to Walk this Way
• Mary daughter backed by 5 generations of ‘real good cows’
• Mary sister’s 17D and 6C both flushed multiple times
• Bred early to LRX Top Tier
LFE 6C - Sister LFE
LFE 617D - Sister to Dam
• Royally bred Prime Time daughter
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• Another Mary daughter, red carrier off Prime Time
• Blaze face daughter with a calving ease pedigree
LFE 601A - Grandam
• Heavens with that added punch and look. • Heaven 89J compliments the Hannibal sired cattle, dispersing mass in a moderate package • Heaven sons and daughters have been highly
LFE 30X - Grandam
LFE 659D - Grandam
Hannibal - Sire
LFE 51D - Dam
LFE 671E - Sister
Cabaret - Brother
LFE 6K - Sister
• The crowd favorite, the only black Loyalty daughter in this sale
• Grandam, Mary 17D has a highlight real of Cabaret sons we will sell this spring
• Low set, big sweeping rib cage, near perfect udder and exceptional foot
LFE 17D - Grandam
Loyalty - Sire
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• An attractive baldy
• Countertime’s influence was a bonus on the more rugged, wavy haired cows
• Rare opportunity to acquire a Countertime female, as semen is
• As elite as we can draw one
be the last opportunity to acquire a daughter
LFE 659D - Dam
LFE 812H - Brother
LFE 81K - Sister
LFE 87K - Sister
LFE 855H - Brother
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LFE 609S - Grand Dam to Lot 15 & 16
LFE 644Z - Grandam
Blockbuster - Brother
• Dynasty’s daughters are
‘Power Females’ in
• LFE 2235K’s brother calls Blairs Ag home
• A low set powerhouse
• Due late January, calf in dam will be a ½ blood
LFE 3182J - Brother
• Real show stopping consignment from Triangle K Simmental and Angus
• Don Koberstein’s pick from a young age, this Dutton daughter is stout and balanced with style
• An ideal brockle pattern, out a big stretchy Skors Destiny female
• Study the video here, a bargain of a buy I will imagine
• This Dynasty daughter is docile, she had no interest in stopping for the camera
• A big statured Shelby female
• Homo/homo and low birth
IPU Dutton - Sire
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Keepsake
• Mandate daughter with her best years ahead of her. Maternal giants like Cobra, 5015C, and Black Edge
• Dam LFE 639G was selected as pick of the Lewis heifer calves in 2020
• 19L’s ET brothers are the #1 and #3 highest weaning bulls in the Koberstein operation
• Larger in stature, long bodied, great uddered Driver daughter
• Safe early to Top Tier
Mandate - Sire
• Redwood daughter we surely should be selfish enough to
• Pearl 26B was a past Checkers high seller
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LFE 26B - Great Grandam
• Dark cherry red, big footed, medium boned
• Take the opportunity to acquire a female from the late Redwood bull.
• Cocoa 88L is a sister to the $100,000 Hall Pass bull
• Donor dam 658C was the highest earning red cow at LFE prior to Pocahontas 117F and this pedigree has both those cows
Red Wood - Sire
• We still have more Amber daughters in our herd than any other family.
• The Amber cows represent, dark red, bold ribbed, heavy maternal cows than have the dual ability to raise big league bulls
• 28L is a sharp made 205T great granddaughter, safe early to Daredevil
LFE 205T - Great Grandam
• Blue Moon 6L is out of 2 black parents
• Wide based, big topped, level pinned, wide hipped.
• Lots of good in this one, worth a study
• Dynasty daughter with all the rigging
• Herd building female, low set, wide based, we can trace back 6 generations of Ambers until you get to 27H
• Maternal brother sold last spring to Woodwind Ranching
Dynasty - Sire
FLUSH SISTERS
FLUSH SISTERS
• Likely the best flush of females we’ve sold in the history of LFE
• Full sibs to Loyalty, Redwood, 846K, 386L and 836K
• I’ve never seen a mating click this good, sought after and consistent every time
• Pocahontas 117F is a no miss cow, but Stratton compliments her the best
LFE 20K - Sister
IPU 117F - Dam
• A female that could start the whole sale
• Grandam Charo 48C was a past graduate from this sale
• Huge sweeping rib, big square foot, perfect blaze and ideal udder
• An overload of powerful red genetics, combined with some calving ease
LFE 48C - Grandam
LFE 165X - Great Grandam
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Amber - Sire
• Abigale 623K is an exceptional Game Night daughter, she’s balanced, correct on the move, grounded by a perfect foot and leg stance.
• Some of the most complete Angus cows in this immediate pedigree; Tibbie 28Z, Abigale 111Y, Black Cap 4136, Abigale 608F • Low set, wide based, Donor cow prospect
LFE 608F - Dam
LFE 111Y - Grandam
• These Sooner daughters are all peas in a pod, big bellied, wide topped
• Safe way along to Best Answer
• If you like them easy keeping, we struggled to keep weight off these Sooner females
• Same powerful package, more rib shape and fleshing ability
• Sound on the move, moderate package, backed by 4-5 generations of real good Erica cows
LFe 633D - Sister to Dam
LFE 645D - Sister to Dam
GR 123B - Grandam
Sooner - Sire
• Purchased as an embryo from the KT program
• 39L is wedge shaped, hairy, with a real angular look.
• Her dam is one of the best angus cows in
1420 is arguably the best 4136 daughter to date
• Low birth, balanced, very complete
• A Renovation daughter led this sale last spring selling to the Noble family of Marwayne
Showman - Sire
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Renown - MGS
Dutton - Sire
• Dam, 614G was the pick of the 2020 LFE Heifer calves, selected by the Koberstein Family
• Attractive was used heavily in the purebred and commercial herds of Triangle K
• 27L is the combination of 2 great cow families tied into a refined, moderate package
• First of the Best Answer progeny
• Study the video
• Up- headed, Casey daughter, extra rib and base dimension
• Bred for an early February calf
LFE 2014D - Grandam
LFE 21J - Sister to Dam
• Granddam, Blackcap 492U was purchased in the Remington Dispersal
• Power cow in the making, due mid to later January
• Dam, 261F came from the U2 Dispersal
• Low birth, Best Answer’s are projected to be milky females with great udders
Answer - Sire
RCC 492U - Grandam
• The powerhouse in the
• Long as a train, deep
and stout
Countess 2037K is as 3 dimensional as they come
• Ajax progeny are performance based cattle that have agility and attractive style
