Beef Sires 2015 - Ciaq by Ciaq

Beef Sires 2015 Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s conceive the future

the more you a.i. the more you save! In 2015, why don’t you make way for A.I. in your breeding program? Substantial savings up to 40% are reachable goals. See below:

Number of inseminations

Discount

1 to 9 10th to 19th 20th and up

None 30% 40%

Total cost per head * (semen and service included)

$41.70 $29.19 $25.02

Example based on average rates of $24 for semen, $12.20 for service and $5.50 visit fee (which may vary, depending on the area). Subject to change without notice.

Requirements: ❖❖

Only beef cows are eligible for this offer.

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A.I. must be performed by a Ciaq technician.

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Bulls used must be from the Ciaq 2015 beef sire catalogue.

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Sexed semen is eligible for this offer for the portion corresponding to the regular price.

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You don’t have to synchronize to be eligible to discounts.

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Effective from January 1 to December 31, 2015.

Photo: Pierre Desranleau

On cover... At Elgin in Montérégie Ouest, Normand Séguin and Madeleine de Vries (Ferme Devnor) have been using A.I. exclusively since 1982, with a first service average conception rate of 70%. The genetic composition of their 25-cow herd is the result of a Red Angus x Shorthorn x Fleckvieh Simmental rotational cross. This combination allows them to raise highly maternal females without compromising growth and muscle in their calves. Their PATBQ 3-year rolling average attests to the efficiency of this strategy with performance of 89 lb at birth, 2.52 lb daily gain and 742 lb at weaning (259 days). Photo credits: Unless otherwise specified, all photos in the document were taken by Marc Boisvert or Pierre Desranleau. 2

Sexxed More Heifers.

AN 10319 SLAM DUNK

Sire: S Chisum 6175 MGS: Connealy Front Page 0228 EPD’s: top 1 to 25% for CE, MCE, milk, growth, total maternal, REA.

$55 AN 10817 FIRESTORM

Sire: Rito 6EM3 of 4L1 Emblazon MGS: 21 AR Roundup 7005

$50

EPD’s: top 5 to 35% for CE, MCE, energy requirements, WW and REA.

AR 20709 SPYDER

Sire: Red Lazy Mc Eye Spy 64Y MGS: Red RMJ Redman 1T

Breed for heifer calves and take advantage of the lucrative replacement female market. Important to know...

EPD’s: top 5 to 35% for CE, MCE, WW, milk, total maternal, REA.

• Calves conceived from sexed semen will be of the desired gender 90% of the time.

HP 40705 XCEED

• Fertility rate of sexed semen is 10 to 15% below the one of conventional frozen semen.

EPD’s: top 1 to 35% for CE, MCE, YW, milk, total maternal, REA.

• Therefore it is not recommended to use for embryo production or within a synchronization protocol involving fixed time A.I.

$55 Sire: SHF Rib Eye M326 R117 MGS: NCX 23C Jupiter 16J

$50 HP 40708 TORTUGA

Sire: Wilgor 55K Northeastern 2N MGS: Square-D Safari Lad 529 J EPD’s: top 20 to 30% for CE, MCE, growth, REA.

$50

• This product should be restricted to fertile females exhibiting clear heat signs. • Sexed semen is available for outright purchase only (allow 3 weeks for delivery). This product is eligible to discount policy for the portion corresponding to the regular price of semen.

SM 30334 ROLEX

Sire: PRL Porterhouse Regent MGS: MFI Whistler EPD’s: top 10% for milk and REA.

$55 3

* Male sorted semen also available upon request. ** More bulls could be added during the year.

black angus

S TITLEST 1145

200 AN 10713 REICH LEAD ON 424

RA LINCOLN W144 RA BRANDY P11

VERMILION DATELINE 7078

S CORA 572

HL LADY DIVIDEND 422

$28

Sire: RA Lincoln W144

Bar-H Land & Cattle, Sask.

BREEDER:

SPICKLER RANCH, NORTH DAKOTA, USA

Semen available in March 2015 Tattoo

Reg. #

Born

IMP 1145Y

1714045

25/03/11

72 lb

785 lb

1391 lb

6.5

39 cm

EPD (lb) - American Angus Association - Fall 2014 Trait

Cal. Ease

Mat. Cal. Cow Birth Wean. Yearl. Wt. Height Wt. Wt. Wt. Milk Ease

EPD

15.0

-3.5

10.0

Accuracy

0.55

0.67

0.54

0.21

0.14

Breed Avg

5.0

1.8

8.0

$ EN

Rib Eye

0.6

-17.62

0.46

0.36

0.20

0.37

0.3

-2.66

0.39

Ciaq recommendations for use: Calving Ease ✪✪ Growth ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

• Ideal candidate to breed heifers of all breeds. Will bring style and excellent temperament. • EPD’s: top 5% CE, BW, milk docility. Top 35% YW. • Titlest comes from a line of high indexing cows.

Muscling ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Replacement Females ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

SAV RADIANCE 0801

200 AN 10711 SAV BISMARCK 5682

SAV BRILLIANCE 8077 SAV BLACKCAP MAY 5270

SAV NET WORTH 4200

SAV ELBA 801 SAV ELBA 1094

$25

Benoit Paquet, Ancienne-Lorette

Mario Roy, Courcelles

BREEDER:

SCHAFF ANGUS, NORTH DAKOTA, USA

Tattoo

Reg. #

Born

IMP 0801X

1658271

01/09/10

72 lb

973 lb

1394 lb

6.3

40 cm

EPD (lb) - American Angus Association - Fall 2014 Trait

Cal. Ease

Mat. Cal. Cow Birth Wean. Yearl. Wt. Height Wt. Wt. Wt. Milk Ease

EPD

15.0

-2.3

103

14.0

Accuracy

0.48

0.62

0.50

0.45

0.24

0.18

Breed Avg

5.0

1.8

8.0

Ciaq recommendations for use: Calving Ease ✪✪ Growth ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Dam

$ EN

Rib Eye

0.3

-20.71

0.14

• $23,000 in 2012 Schaff bull sale. Superb phenotype. Dam has a picture-perfect udder.

0.32

0.20

0.30

• EPD’s: top 2% CE, BW, MCE and milk. Top 25% for growth.

0.3

-2.66

0.39

• Grandson of the #1 high-income-producing cow in SAV history.

Muscling ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Replacement Females ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ 4

black angus

Koupal JUNCTION 037

Is your herd productive?

200 AN 10823 OCC EMBLAZON 854E

OCC JUNEAU 807J OCC DIXIE ERICA 903E

SAV INITIATIVE 4406

KOUPAL EBONETTE 734 KOUPAL EBONETTE 545

Five basic data points

BREEDER:

$25

KOUPALS ANGUS FARM, SOUTH DAKOTA, USA

Semen available in March 2015 Tattoo 037

Reg. #

Born

16725286 (USA)

02/01/10

60 lb

675 lb

1125 lb

5.5

40 cm

EPD (lb) - American Angus Association - Fall 2014 Trait

Cal. Ease

Mat. Cal. Cow Birth Wean. Yearl. Ease Wt. Wt. Wt. Wt. Milk

EPD

17.0

-4.9

14.0

Accuracy

0.41

0.63

0.50

0.48

0.23

Breed Avg

5.0

1.8

When it’s a matter of evaluating the performance of a cow-calf herd, the first instinct is to look at the weaning weight and to conclude that operations selling the heaviest calves are automatically the most profitable. Economists specializing in beef production estimate that this association may be misleading because it openly disregards two significant parameters in the profit equation: cows that don’t calve and calves that die before weaning. Studies have repeatedly shown that traits linked to reproduction have an economic impact two to five times greater than those linked to growth and carcass quality.

Height

$ EN

Rib Eye

-3.49

0.57

0.15

0.28

0.21

0.29

8.0

0.3

-2.66

0.39

Ciaq recommendations for use: Calving Ease ✪✪ Growth ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ Muscling Replacement Females ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

There is a quick and easy way to perform a relatively precise assessment regarding the efficiency of your herd. To do this, you will need the following information that producers can easily gather: • The number of females exposed for breeding • The number of those females that calved • The number of calves that died before weaning • The number of weaned calves • The total weight weaned for the entire herd Since the number of females exposed to breeding will be the denominator in calculating the different ratios that we will see below, it is important that this figure be as accurate as possible. Therefore, this number must include all the females that were exposed in your last year’s breeding season. You should not under any circumstance subtract cows that did not become pregnant or that died during this period because this would just reduce the denominator and falsely inflate your results. You also need to include in the total all females purchased externally, regardless of whether these were exposed to breeding at your farm or at the vendor’s. By the same logic, all females sold for breeding purposes must be deducted from your initial head count.

Three useful ratios to identify areas for improvement Sire

Calving rate = number of females that calved ÷ number of females exposed

Dam

This is the percentage of successful pregnancies, no matter if the calves are born alive or dead. This ratio serves to quantify the reproductive efficiency of a farm. It should be higher than 90%. Any value less than this percentage should be the focus of examination to determine if it is due to the feeding program, low fertility, or disease (e.g. abortions). Daughter

Calf mortality rate = number of dead calves from birth to weaning ÷ number of females that calved

Daughter

The goal is to restrain it to 5%. Since the majority of deaths happen in the first 24 hours, this ratio provides information on management conditions and genetics via birth weight and/or calving ease EPD’s.

• A calving ease specialist also offering muscle, depth and moderation. Heifer bull deluxe! • EPD’s: top 2% CE, BW, MCE. Top 30% growth, marbling and REA.

Weaning rate = number of weaned calves ÷ number of females exposed or = calving rate x (1 – calf mortality rate)

• Maternal line among the breed’s best for production and type. Dam has another son in A.I.

This covers all factors that may reduce your calf crop. In this sense, it is the product of the two previous ratios. Analysts recommend a value of 85% or greater. 5

black angus

Sandpoint FIRESTORM Y400

Is your herd productive? (cont’d from page 5)

200 AN 10817

The ultimate measure of your productivity

OCC EMBLAZON 854E

RITO 6EM3 OF 4L1 EMBLAZON RITA 4L1 OF 2536 208

21AR ROUNDUP 7005

SANDPOINT ANN 9239 SANDPOINT ANN 6301

$20 Tattoo IMP 400Y

* To depict your situation in a precise manner, the total or

average weaning weight must take into account all calves, which includes heifer calves retained for replacement purposes as well as late born calves that may be considered too small to be sold.

BREEDER:

SAND POINT CATTLE CO., NEBRASKA, USA

Reg. #

Born

1727669

09/04/11

65 lb

704 lb

1136 lb

5.2

38 cm

Because it combines the weaning weight, reproductive efficiency and calf death loss into one single production measure, the PCW/CEB represents the most revealing performance index for a cow-calf operation. For example, an average weaning weight of 700 lb may seem impressive at first glance, but if it is associated with a weaning rate of only 70%, the pounds weaned per female exposed falls to just 490 lb (700 lb x 70%). On the other hand, a producer whose average weaning weight is 600 lb but whose weaning rate is 88% is able to market a higher total of pounds, this being 528 lb per female exposed. Among all productivity indicators, this measure is the one that has the strongest correlation with profit as it has been demonstrated that the cost of production declines as the PCW/CEB increases. The recommended minimum ratio is 500 lb per female exposed and it becomes a useful reference point when the average weaning age hovers around 210 days. Once again, any performance less than this standard should be the focus of further analysis in order to identify and correct any limiting factors. The following table allows you to compare your productivity with the average of operations enrolled on PATBQ.

EPD (lb) - American Angus Association - Fall 2014 Trait

Cal. Ease

Mat. Cal. Cow Birth Wean. Yearl. Wt. Height Wt. Wt. Wt. Milk Ease

EPD

13.0

-0.9

11.0

-6

-0.1

Accuracy

0.39

0.44

0.33

0.36

0.23

0.18

0.32

0.21

0.29

Breed Avg

5.0

1.8

8.0

0.3

-2.66

0.39

Rib Eye

$ EN

+12.70 1.15

Ciaq recommendations for use: Calving Ease ✪✪ Growth ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ Muscling Replacement Females ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Sire

Pounds of calf weaned per cow exposed to breeding (PCW/CEB) = total weight weaned* ÷ number of females exposed or = weaning rate x average weaning weight*

Paternal grandsire

Important productivity parameters for a cow-calf operation (2012) Provincial Average

Maternal grandsire

Paternal great granddam

Pregnancy rate*

95.0%

Abortion rate

4.0%

Calving rate*

91.0%

(Calf) mortality rate

6.5%

Weaning rate

• Angus typical of the Emblazon strain: massive, deep, moderate.

Average weaning age

• EPD’s: top 5% CE and REA, top 10% energy requirements, top 25% MCE. • Heifer bull genetically built to reduce size and improve fleshing ability.

Your Situation

85.0% 230 days

Average weaning weight

640 lb

Pounds weaned per cow exposed*

544 lb

Source: Moyennes des troupeaux contrôlés au PATBQ, August 2013 * Ratio calculated by Ciaq (pregnancy and abortion rates as well as the weaning age are not essential to the PCW/CEB calculation). 6

black angus

Peak Dot ENFORCER 8A

200 AN 10720 RITO 707 OF IDEAL 3407 7075

SAV ELIMINATOR 9105 SAV ABIGALE 5646

MOHNEN DYNAMITE 1356

BARBARA OF PEAK DOT 547U BARBARA OF PEAK DOT 207H

Enforcer and his dam (summer 2013)

Dam

Sire

Maternal grandsire

BREEDER:

$25

PEAK DOT RANCH, WOOD MOUNTAIN, SASK.

Semen available in March 2015 Tattoo PDAR 8A

Reg. #

Born

1716662

16/01/13

60 lb

758 lb

1350 lb

6.0

38.5 cm

EPD (lb) - Canadian Angus Association - Fall 2014 Trait

Cal. Ease

Birth Wt.

Wean. Yearl. Wt. Wt.

EPD

10.0

-0.2

Accuracy

0.24

0.36

Breed Avg

2.7

2.8

Milk

Mat. Cal. Ease

Scrot. Circ.

Rib Eye

102

11.0

1.26

0.22

0.27

0.22

0.12

0.08

(PE)

5.9

0.70

0.24

Ciaq recommendations for use: Calving Ease ✪✪ Growth ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

• A combination of gain and muscle on a moderate frame while keeping birth conditions in check. Every producer’s dream! • EPD’s : top 5% CE, BW, MCE. Top 10% growth and SC. • Lots of longevity on the maternal side. First 5 dams cumulate 46 natural calves registered with the CAA.

Muscling ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Replacement Females ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

SAV CAMARO 9272

200 AN 310 SITZ TRAVELER 8180

SAV FINAL ANSWER 0035 SAV EMULOUS 8145

SAV PEACEMAKER 3179

SAV DUKE GIRL 7348 AC DUKE GIRL 57

$25

Daughter (2 years) and her calf by Bravo Martin Soulière, Plessisville

Daughter (2 years) and her heifer by Bravo Mario Binet, Scott

Calf (8 months) and his dam by Maltese Bertrand Bédard, Beaurivage

BREEDER:

SCHAFF ANGUS, NORTH DAKOTA, USA

Tattoo

Reg. #

Born

IMP 9272W

1552424

20/03/09

72 lb

977 lb

1497 lb

5.5

41 cm

EPD (lb) - American Angus Association - Fall 2014 Trait

Daughter (2 years) and her heifer by Radiance Raynald Noiseux, Marieville

Mat. Cal. Cow Cal. Birth Wean. Yearl. Wt. Height Ease Wt. Wt. Wt. Milk Ease

$ EN

Rib Eye

EPD

5.0

2.1

10.0

0.1

-17.96

0.15

• His first daughters entered production in 2014 and they make tremendous mothers (see pictures).

Accuracy

0.60

0.77

0.66

0.57

0.25

0.20

0.35

0.24

0.34

• EPD’s: top 3% milk, top 30% growth and MCE.

Breed Avg

5.0

1.8

8.0

0.3

-2.66

0.39

• Camaro also adds width, depth and muscle. Excellent temperament.

Ciaq recommendations for use: Calving Ease ✪✪ Growth ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Muscling ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Replacement Females ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ 7

red angus

Red Lazy MC SPYDER 149A

200 AR 20709 LAZY MC LOOKOUT 37U

RED LAZY MC EYE SPY 64Y RED LAZY MC GOLD DESIGN 68U

RED RMJ REDMAN 1T

RED LAZY MC LARKABA 127Y RED LAZY MC LARKABA 61T

CBM 149A

Born

1756357

06/03/13

82 lb

952 lb

1389 lb

5.8

40 cm

EPD (lb) - Canadian Angus Association - Fall 2014 Trait

Birth Wt.

Wean. Wt.

Yearl. Wt.

EPD

8.3

-1.5

Accuracy

0.26

0.31

Breed Avg

2.6

-0.7

Sire

Maternal grandsire

CLINT MORASCH, BASSANO, ALBERTA

Reg. #

Cal. Ease

Paternal great granddam

BREEDER:

$28 Tattoo

Dam (3 years)

Milk

Mat. Cal. Ease

Mat.

Wean. Wt.

Longevity

Rib Eye

6.8

0.48

0.32

0.20

0.26

(PE)

0.16

4.5

0.03

Ciaq recommendations for use: Calving Ease ✪✪ Growth ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Muscling ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

• National Junior Bull Calf Champion in Canada in 2013 and Class Winner at the US National Show in 2014. • EPD’s: top 1% REA and top 5 to 30% for CE, MCE, BW, WW, milk and MWW. • Pedigree gathering several nice-uddered embryo donors. Genetics to build a cowherd. Replacement Females ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Red Ter-Ron MONOPOLY 84A

200 AR 20710 HF TIGER 5T

TER-RON PARK PLACE 18Y RED TER-RON GOLDIE 240L

RED HEARTLAND KNIGHT CHARM 11L

RED TER-RON ALYSA 33R RED TER-RON ALYSA 33M

RPAH 84A

Paternal granddam

HF Tiger: 1500 calves registered in Canada

ROB ADAMS, FORESTBURG, ALBERTA

Reg. #

Born

1771764

03/02/13

72 lb

669 lb

1258 lb

5.6

39 cm

EPD (lb) - Canadian Angus Association - Fall 2014 EPD (lb) Angus AssociationMat. - Fall Mat. LonCal. 2013 Cal. - American Birth Wean. Yearl. Ease

Wt.

Milk

Ease

Wean. Wt.

gevity

Rib Eye

EPD

7.0

-4.2

7.0

0.09

Accuracy

0.15

0.33

0.29

0.30

0.19

0.13

0.02

0.05

Breed Avg

2.6

-0.7

4.5

0.03

Trait

Sire

BREEDER:

$25 Tattoo

Dam (9 years)

Ciaq recommendations for use: Calving Ease ✪✪ Growth ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Muscling ✪✪ ✪ ✪

• Tracing back to one of the most popular Black Angus bloodlines in Canada (HF Tiger), Monopoly is another top prospect for your heifers. • EPD’s: top 5 to 15% for BW, CE, MCE, top 30% for milk and REA, top 35% for YW. • Outstanding maternal strength: all females appearing on both sides of pedigree for 6 generations are prolific cows. Replacement Females ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

red angus

Red RRAR PALERMO 20Y

Crossbred calves, that’s good... crossbred cows, that’s even better!

200 AR 20316

It is often and rightfully mentioned that crossbreeding allows for the production of better feeder calves that more adequately meet the market needs. However, what is not repeated enough is that acting on traits with low heritability, hybrid vigour - or heterosis - also produces very interesting effects on breeding females: higher conception rates, less embryonic mortality, better disease resistance, increased longevity and dairy production.

RED SOO LINE CHIEF 5105

RED RRAR CHIEF 33U

RED RRAR BARONETTE 14R

RED SODER CANYON 126M

RED RRAR TEDDY 26S RED LEN-BAR BETTY 151K

Tattoo RRAR 20Y

In fact, the contribution of maternal heterosis (crossbred cow) to the increase of productivity in a herd is almost twice as high as individual heterosis (crossbred calf ) (Table 1). Another significant benefit is that this gain is accompanied by savings in production costs estimated at about 10% and attributed to the fact that crossbred females produce more and longer than purebred cows (Tables 2 and 3).

BREEDER:

$20

BRIAN MC CARTHY, MOOSOMIN, SASK.

Reg. #

Born

1601636

24/01/11

66 lb

625 lb

1159 lb

5.0

36 cm

EPD (lb) - Canadian Angus Association - Fall 2014 Trait

Cal. Ease

Birth Wt.

Wean. Wt.

Yearl. Wt.

Milk

Mat. Cal. Ease

Mat. Wean. Wt.

Longevity

Rib Eye

EPD

11.0

-6.0

5.0

0.18

Accuracy

0.17

0.33

0.29

0.31

0.22

0.16

0.01

0.03

Breed Avg

2.6

-0.7

4.5

0.03

1. Effect of hybrid vigour on the weight of calf weaned per cow exposed to breeding.

Ciaq recommendations for use: Calving Ease ✪✪ Growth ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪ ✪ Muscling Replacement Females ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Source : Meat Animal Research Center, Nebraska.

2. Effect of hybrid vigour on the longevity of heifers kept for reproduction. (% of females still in production)

Patrick Jalbert, Sainte-Germaine-Boulé

Normand Séguin, Elgin

Jason Morse, Hatley

Source: Nunez et al. 1991. J. Anim. Sci. 69: 1885.

3. Lifetime production of Hereford and Angus cows and comparison with females stemmed from crosses of those two breeds.

• A superb heifer bull that is wide based, deep and heavily muscled. Power and calving ease. A rarity!

Hereford

Angus

Angus x Hereford

Heterosis

Longevity (years)

8.4

9.4

10.8

+ 1.9 year

Number of calves

5.9

6.6

7.6

+ 1.3 calf

2837

3384

+ 763 lb

Evaluated trait

• EPD’s: top 5% BW and CE, top 15% REA, top 20% marbling. • Excellent cow family. Ideal to reduce mature size.

Wt of weaned calves (lb)

2405

Source: Fort Robinson Research Station, Nebraska.

red angus

Red Champlain SERENADE 13P

Crossbred calves, that’s good... crossbred cows, that’s even better! (cont’d from page 9)

200 AR 305 RED BECKTON JULIAN B571

RED BUF CRK ROMEO L081 RED BUF CRK PRIMROSE 5679

RED GLACIER MARIAS 548

RED CHAMPLAIN MARIAS ECHETA 08 RED BUF CRK ECHETA 3071

BREEDER:

$20 Tattoo RAE 13P

WILSON RAE, FORESTER FALLS, ONTARIO

Reg. #

Born

SC (14 m)

1327631

04/08/04

76 lb

627 lb

1272 lb

4.0

38 cm

EPD (lb) - Canadian Angus Association - Fall 2014 EPD (lb) américaine Angus Mat. LonMat.- Fall Cal. 2013 Cal.- Association Birth Wean. Yearl. Ease

Wt.

Milk

Ease

Wean. Wt.

gevity

Rib Eye

EPD

9.0

-5.9

7.0

0.07

Accuracy

0.66

0.76

0.71

0.65

0.24

0.30

Breed Avg

2.6

-0.7

4.5

0.03

Trait

Easier thanks to A.I. Well-planned crossbreeding where each breed is used according to its specialty will allow you to minimize production costs and to maximize income thanks to the breeding of rustic and economy sized cows able to wean calves that are sufficiently heavy. Table 4 proposes a strategy that can help you reach that objective. It mainly consists of making the young females in the herd produce the replacement heifers and to submit all adult cows (3 years and over) to triple terminal crossbreeding. The mid-term benefits from the use of such a system are numerous: decrease in calving problems with heifers, hybrid vigour exploited at its maximum, moderate sized and polled cows, calves meeting the industry needs thanks to crossbreeding between English and exotic breeds offering the growth, muscling and marbling sought after by the market. Of course, the use of artificial insemination will help you greatly by giving you access to a diversified line-up of high calibre sires while reducing your need to keep bulls on the farm.

Ciaq recommendations for use: Calving Ease ✪✪ Growth ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪ ✪ Muscling Replacement Females ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Look up our prices on page 2, you will agree that they are unbeatable. Do not hesitate to contact us to get more information or to discuss in more details your breeding program. 4. Breeding strategy for a commercial herd using A.I.

Nicole Fréchette, Saint-Ferdinand

Normand Gosselin, Sainte-Sophie

Class of females

Suggested sire breeds

Characteristics

Calves destination

A year-old

One-

Angus, Hereford, Shorthorn

Calving ease, high fertility, rusticity, moderate size

Females kept for reproduction

2-yearold cows

Gelbvieh, Simmental or as in A

Superior milking ability, good growth and fertility

Females kept for reproduction

Cows 3 years and older

Charolais, Limousin (Fleckvieh)*

Superior growth, strong muscular development, high meat yield

Males and females fattened

heifers

Ferme Linnard, Adstock

* If the Simmental breed is not present in the genetic composition of the females. Possibility of keeping heifers for replacement.

Ferme Fairfax, Stanstead

• Ultra-safe mating for any heifer of any breed. • EPD’s: top 5% BW, CE and milk, top 15% MWW and marbling, top 20% MCE. • Excellent option to produce those easy doing and profitable 1300 lb cows.

red angus

Red Lazy MC CC DETOUR 2W

200 AR 704 / 237 AR 1273 RED 5L NORSEMAN KING 2291

RED RMJ REDMAN 1T

CROWFOOT KURUBA 4033P

RED LAZY MC SMASH 41N

RED LAZY MC BESS 12S RED LAZY MC BESS 73N

$28 Tattoo LDEL 2W

Mile High Angus, Alberta

Clint Morasch, Alberta

Jérôme Richard, Cleveland (4 months)

Clint Morasch, Alberta

BREEDER:

CLINT MORASCH, BASSANO, ALBERTA

Reg. #

Born

SC (20 m)

1494226

15/01/09

89 lb

768 lb

1297 lb

5.8

41 cm

EPD (lb) - Canadian Angus Association - Fall 2014 EPD (lb) américaine Angus Mat. LonMat.- Fall Cal. 2013 Cal.- Association Birth Wean. Yearl. Ease

Wt.

Milk

Ease

Wean. Wt.

gevity

Rib Eye

EPD

9.0

-4.3

0.0

0.44

• Reserve Senior Bull Calf at World Angus Forum 2009. Sires exceptional females. More than 500 registered progeny.

Accuracy

0.68

0.86

0.80

0.81

0.63

0.65

0.04

0.22

• EPD’s: top 5% BW, CE and REA, top 15% milk.

Breed Avg

2.6

-0.7

4.5

0.03

• Dam was the 2008 Agribition Supreme Champion and Angus Show female of the year. Last chance to use him.

Trait

Ciaq recommendations for use: Calving Ease ✪✪ Growth ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪ ✪

Muscling ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Replacement Females ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Red Lazy MC HONKY TONK 11X

200 AR 20705 RED LAZY MC STOUT 30 S

RED LAZY MC COWBOY CUT 26 U RED LAZY MC STAR 185 M

CROWFOOT 4130 P

RED YY PATTY 701 T RED BWA PATTY 10 R

LDEL 11X

Steve Howard, Alberta

Honky Tonk’s daughter + her calf A-1 Land and Cattle, USA

Ferme Louber, Sainte-Marie

BREEDER:

$25 Tattoo

Clint Morasch, Alberta

CLINT MORASCH, BASSANO, ALBERTA

Reg. #

Born

1554653

01/02/10

90 lb

873 lb

1295 lb

5.7

38 cm

EPD (lb) - Canadian Angus Association - Fall 2014 EPD (lb) américaine Angus Mat. LonMat.- Fall Cal. 2013 Cal.- Association Birth Wean. Yearl. Ease

Wt.

Milk

Ease

Wean. Wt.

gevity

Rib Eye

EPD

-1.0

1.2

1.0

0.43

Accuracy

0.40

0.72

0.62

0.63

0.30

0.31

0.01

0.19

• EPD’s: top 5% REA and top10% growth.

Breed Avg

2.6

-0.7

4.5

0.03

• Dam was the 2010 National Champion Female in Canada.

Trait

Ciaq recommendations for use: Calving Ease ✪✪ Growth ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Muscling ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

• Difficult to find a heavier muscled Red Angus! Excellent structure.

Replacement Females ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ 11

polled gelbvieh

Mccoy 407S HELIX 29Y

200 GV 702

ROLEX 151M

ASTRO 407S

PRINCESS OF ALOT 407P

MCCOY 23P TOTEM 147T

MCCOY 147T BETTY 203W MCCOY 1M BETTY 107S

ZTM 29Y

CHAD NICHOLAS, MILESTONE, SASK.

Reg. #

Born

PD142798

19/02/11

96 lb

672 lb

1325 lb

6.0

37 cm Paternal sister

EPD (lb) - North American Gelbvieh Association - Fall 2014 Trait

Cal. Ease

Birth Wt.

Wean. Wt.

Yearl. Wt.

EPD

8.0

1.7

Accuracy

0.39

0.45

Breed Avg

8.0

1.5

MGS

BREEDER:

$20 Tattoo

Sire

• Very complete performance packed into a moderate frame and easy fleshing package. Great option to inject maternal qualities and heterosis.

Milk

Mat. Cal. Ease

Mat. Wean. Wt.

Rib Eye

8.0

0.28

0.39

0.43

0.28

0.27

0.25

• EPD’s: top 30% growth, top 35% MCE and milk, top 25% MWW.

6.0

0.36

• His dam is a model beef cow.

Ciaq recommendations for use: Calving Ease ✪✪ Growth ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Muscling ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Replacement Females ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

polled hybrid ( / Red Angus • / Simmental Fleckvieh) 1

Sibelle HEAVY WEIGHT 6Y

200 XX 300 RED BFCK CHEROKEE CANYON 4912

RED SODER CANYON 126M (Angus) RED SODER MS ZEUS 0217K

BBBG WRANGLER 3S

SIBELLE QUEEN 16W (Fleckvieh) SIBELLE QUEEN FLECK

Ferme Anglo Acres, Saint-Chrysostome

Ferme Fairfax, Stanstead

Ferme Ti-Jean, Warwick

Donald Raymond, Saint-Malo

BREEDER:

FERME SIBELLE FLECK, SAINTE-SOPHIE-DE-LÉVRARD, QC

$20 Tattoo GHBE 6Y

Reg. #

Born

PRS755836

11/01/11

83 lb

844 lb

1556 lb

5.8

39 cm

EPD (lb) - Canadian Simmental Association - Fall 2014 EPD (lb) américaine Angus Mat. Mat.- Fall Cal. 2013 Scrot. Cal.- Association Birth Wean. Yearl. Ease

Wt.

Milk

Ease

Wean. Wt.

Circ.

Rib Eye

EPD

11.3

0.1

114

7.6

N/A

0.65

• Outstanding muscle development combined with flawless conformation.

Accuracy

0.32

0.34

0.31

0.32

0.24

0.25

0.26

0.07

• EPD’s: top 5% BW, top 10% CE and growth, top 30% REA.

Breed Avg

5.5

3.7

8.5

0.17

0.58

• Even though he has proven his ability to sire excellent calves, his best asset may well be his daughters to enter production in 2016.

Trait

Ciaq recommendations for use: Calving Ease ✪✪ Growth ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Muscling ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Replacement Females ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ 12

polled charolais

Pleasant Dawn EXTRA 540A

200 CH 50706 SILVERSTREAM PERFORMER P38

HBSF EXTRA 2X

HIGHBLUFF SCHATZI 8S

HEJ MAGNUM 26R

PLEASANT DAWN MAGGIE 54U PLEASANT DAWN ROBIN 56N

RKJ 540A

Sire "2X", sold $14,000 in 2011

Paternal grandsire Top 1% lean meat yield (N.-Z.)

Maternal grandsire Top 1% for milk

BREEDER:

$25 Tattoo

Extra 540A (11 months)

TULLY HATCH, OAK LAKE, MANITOBA

Reg. #

Born

PMC350105

27/01/13

102 lb

713 lb

1355 lb

6.6

38 cm

EPD (lb) - Canadian Charolais Association - Fall 2014 Trait

Cal. Ease

Birth Wt.

Wean. Wt.

Yearl. Wt.

EPD

2.2

Accuracy

0.17

0.38

Breed Avg

1.6

Milk

Mat. Wean. Wt.

Scrot. Circ.

Rib Eye

N/A

0.57

• Double-polled and ¼ French. Massive and deep with a super general appearance.

0.26

0.22

0.10

0.15

0.05

• EPD’s: top 10% growth and REA. Top 20% for milk.

0.17

0.42

Ciaq recommendations for use: Calving Ease ✪✪ Growth ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

• Performance and muscle for the commercial producer... style, attractive pedigree and maternal strength for the purebred breeder.

Muscling ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Replacement Females ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Winn Mans BIG RIG 639Y

200 CH 50705 CJC TRADEMARK H45

MD ONTOP U1006 MD MS PACKER F462

SPARROWS DURANGO 585P

WINN MANS TINA 639S WINN MANS TINA 112L

$25 Tattoo BKJ 639Y

Maternal grandsire (Durango)

Paternal brother to Tina 639S (Lanza)

WINN MAN FARMS, WINNIPEGOSIS, MANITOBA

Reg. #

Born

SC (24 m)

PMC347318

03/04/11

90 lb

700 lb

N/A

6.3

42 cm

EPD (lb) - Canadian Charolais Association - Fall 2014 EPD (lb) américaine AngusMat. - Fall 2013 Scrot. Rib Cal.- Association Birth Wean. Yearl. Wt.

Wt.

Milk

Wean. Wt.

Circ.

Eye

-1.6

105

N/A

0.59

Accuracy

0.17

0.40

0.24

0.15

0.08

0.13

0.05

Breed Avg

1.6

0.17

0.42

EPD

Paternal grandsire (Trademark)

BREEDER:

Ease

Trait

Sire (OnTop U1006)

Ciaq recommendations for use: Calving Ease ✪✪ Growth ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

• Excellent width of top and rear quarters. High seller in the 2013 Winn Man bull sale ($13,500). • EPD’s: top 5% growth, top 10% BW, MWW and REA, top 20% CE. • Different pedigree bringing longevity: his sire is out of a 12 year old cow.

Muscling ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Replacement Females ✪✪ ✪ ✪ 13

charolais (half French polled)

EMM RITMO 7W

200 CH 306 ICARE

RITMO

HOULETTE

JMA MONTE DESTINY 18H

EMM NOTTE MAN 8N EMM COCOTTE MAN 5C

EMM 7W

Ferme Fairfax, Stanstead

Éric Manningham, Laurierville

Ferme Boval, Sainte-Irène (3 months)

BREEDER:

$20 Tattoo

Ferme Fairfax, Stanstead

ÉRIC MANNINGHAM, LAURIERVILLE, QC

Reg. #

Born

PMC325766

06/01/09

90 lb

816 lb

1478 lb

6.5

36 cm

EPD (lb) - Canadian Charolais Association - Fall 2014 Trait

Cal. Ease

Birth Wt.

Wean. Wt.

Yearl. Wt.

EPD

4.1

Accuracy

0.23

0.63

Breed Avg

1.6

Milk

Mat. Wean. Wt.

Scrot. Circ.

Rib Eye

N/A

1.28

0.29

0.23

0.08

0.15

0.17

0.42

Ciaq recommendations for use: Calving Ease ✪✪ Growth ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

• Polled and half French. Long, deep, thick. From a high milking dam. • EPD’s: top 15% growth, top 1% REA and highest lean meat yield value in the breed (+3%). • Significantly increases top width and roundness of the hindquarter.

Muscling ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Replacement Females ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Mr Louber WINNER 817W

200 CH 50311 LE REBEL

VIRGIL SC RONDELLE

SPARROWS ELDORADO 361L

LOUB MISS ELDORADO 314S LOUB MISS BLANCO 856N

LOUB 817W

Trait

Ferme Louber, Sainte-Marie

FERME LOUBER, SAINTE-MARIE, QC

Reg. #

Born

PMC331324

16/12/09

101 lb

779 lb

1461 lb

6.3

36 cm

EPD (lb) - Canadian Charolais Association - Fall 2014 EPD (lb) américaine AngusMat. - Fall 2013 Scrot. Rib Cal.- Association Birth Wean. Yearl. Ease

Wt.

Milk

Wean. Wt.

Circ.

Eye

3.6

N/A

1.10

Accuracy

0.25

0.60

0.40

0.30

0.12

0.21

0.25

Breed Avg

1.6

0.17

0.42

EPD

Daniel Bégin, Saint-Isidore-de-Clifton

BREEDER:

$20 Tattoo

Ferme Fairfax, Stanstead

Ciaq recommendations for use: Calving Ease ✪✪ Growth ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

• Half French and polled with incredible muscle. • EPD’s: top 10% growth. Test station (37 bulls): 118 ADG and 129 REA. • Ideal terminal genetic profile for producing those calves that top the market.

Muscling ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Replacement Females ✪✪ ✪ ✪ 14

polled charolais

Cedardale ZEAL 125 Z

Definitions of EPD’s appearing in this catalogue

200 CH 50313 DBAR SURVIVOR 220M

CEDARDALE TYRANT 31T CEDARDALE MEMORABLE 19M

HFCC CALYPSO 1N

CEDARDALE MISS 64T CEDARDALE PROSPECT 5P

$25

Tattoo CED 125 Z

CEDARDALE CHAROLAIS, NESTLETON, ONTARIO

Born

PMC345134

21/03/12

87 lb

889 lb

1548 lb

6.0

39 cm

Milk (lb) | expected difference in daughters’ progeny weaning weight due to their milking and mothering abilities. Mat. Wean. Wt. (lb) | expected difference in a bull’s daughters progeny weaning weight combining milk and growth potential transmitted by the dam. The formula to calculate it is: Milk EPD + ½ weaning weight EPD.

EPD (lb) - Canadian Charolais Association - Fall 2014 Trait

Cal. Ease

Birth Wt.

Wean. Wt.

Yearl. Wt.

Milk

Mat. Wean. Wt.

Scrot. Circ.

Rib Eye

EPD

-0.1

N/A

0.23

Accuracy

0.19

0.38

0.25

0.15

0.10

0.15

0.08

Breed Avg

1.6

0.17

0.42

Birth Wt. (lb) | expected difference in progeny birth weights. A larger number indicates heavier calves at birth. Wean Wt./Yearl. Wt. (lb) | expected difference in progeny weaning and yearling weights. A larger number indicates heavier calves.

BREEDER:

Reg. #

Cal. Ease (%) | expected difference in percentage of unassisted births when the bull is bred to first-calf heifers. A higher value indicates greater calving ease.

Mat. Cal. Ease (%) | expected difference in percentage of unassisted births in first-calf daughters of the bull. A higher value indicates greater calving ease. Cow Wt. (lb) | expected difference in mature weight of daughters compared to the daughters of other sires.

Ciaq recommendations for use: Calving Ease ✪✪ Growth ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ Muscling Replacement Females ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪ ✪

Height (in) | expected difference in mature height of a sire’s daughters compared to daughters of other sires. $ EN (dollars) | expected difference in annual dollar savings on cow energy requirements. A positive value is favorable as it means more dollars saved on feed expenses. This EPD is highly influenced by milk potential and cow size.

Zeal (15 months)

Docility (%) | expected difference in the probability that a bull’s progeny be categorized as docile. A higher value represent genetics for calmer behavior.

Sire (Tyrant)

Longevity (%) | expected difference in the probability that a bull’s daughters will still be in production at six years of age. Scrot. Circ. (cm) | expected difference in scrotal circumference of a bull’s yearling sons compared to that of other sires progeny.

Maternal great grandsire (Cigar)

Rib Eye (square inches) | expected difference in rib eye area of a sire’s progeny compared to progeny of other sires. A larger value is associated with increased overall carcass muscularity.

• Double-polled. Spitting image of his sire, Tyrant, but offering more performance. • EPD’s: top 2% CE and top 20% BW while ranking within breed average for WW. • Excellent choice to breed your heifers. High seller in the 2013 Cedardale bull sale ($12,200). 15

polled hereford

AXA Golden-Oak XCEED ET 704X

200 HP 40705 KCF BENNETT 3008 M326

SHF RIB EYE M326 R117 HVH MISS HUDSON 83K 8M

NCX 23C JUPITER 16J

NCX MISS JR NELLIE 528N MFR LASS 113H

$25 Tattoo AXA 704X

CRSAD, Deschambault

Billy Elmhirst, Ontario

Scott Cornish, Ontario

BREEDER:

ALLAN MARSHALL, HAMPTON, N.-B.

Reg. #

Born

P2943387

24/02/10

80 lb

N/A

6.3

38 cm

EPD (lb) - North American Hereford Association - Fall 2014 ÉPD (lb) américaine Angus Mat. Mat.- Fall Cal. 2013 Cow Cal.- Association Birth Wean. Yearl. Ease

Wt.

Milk

Ease

Wean. Wt.

Wt.

Rib Eye

EPD

2.4

3.1

6.4

0.36

Accuracy

0.23

0.47

0.28

0.19

0.24

0.17

Breed Avg

0.8

3.5

1.1

0.28

Trait

CRSAD, Deschambault

• Out of one of the most complete bulls in the industry and the 2005 Farm Fair Champion female. • EPD’s: top 5% MCE and SC, top 25% milk, CE and marbling, top 35% YW and REA. • Sires excellent heifer calves. Strong potential to improve udder attatchment and teat size.

Ciaq recommendations for use: Calving Ease ✪✪ Growth ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Muscling ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Replacement Females ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Boyd BANKER 0015 ET

200 HP 803 FELTONS LEGEND 242

MSU TCF REVOLUTION 4R MSU TCF RACHAEL ET 54N

PW VICTOR BOOMER P606

SSF P606 MS VICTOR 803 MPH LADY COON EYES C330

$25 Tattoo 0015

Banker x Camaro’s daughter (2 years) Bertrand Bédard, Beaurivage

CRSAD, Deschambault

BOYD BEEF CATTLE, KENTUCKY, USA

Reg. #

Born

P2965249

05/01/10

82 lb

737 lb

1355 lb

5.8

39 cm

EPD (lb) - North American Hereford Association - Fall 2014 EPD (lb) américaine Angus Mat. Mat.- Fall Cal. 2013 Cow Cal.- Association Birth Wean. Yearl. Ease

Wt.

Milk

Ease

Wean. Wt.

Wt.

EPD

-0.1

3.8

100

0.0

0.86

Accuracy

0.35

0.44

0.33

0.35

0.24

0.30

0.34

0.29

Breed Avg

0.8

3.5

1.1

0.28

Ciaq recommendations for use: Calving Ease ✪✪ Growth ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Maurice Parent, Beaurivage (calf)

BREEDER:

Rib Eye

Trait

Les productions Thouin, Sainte-Mélanie

• High seller at Boyd sale 2011 ($11,500). His feeder calves display impressive power and thickness. • EPD’s: top 1% MWW and REA, top 5% milk and growth, top 10% marbling. • One of the strongest pedigrees to use if you aim at correcting udder problems.

Muscling ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Replacement Females ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ 16

polled hereford TH 43X 17Y FAVRE 91A

200 HP 40709 TH 121L 63N TUNDRA 16S

TH 22R 16S LAMBEAU 17Y TH 62N 3L KELSEY 22R

CRR ABOUT TIME 743

TH 1055 743 GEMINI 43X TH 24M 60N GEMINI 105S

Dam

Maternal granddam

"16G": found on both sides of pedigree

BREEDER:

$25

TOPP HEREFORDS, NORTH DAKOTA, USA

Tattoo 91A

Sire

Reg. #

Born

43360366 (USA)

28/01/13

78 lb

682 lb

1259 lb

5.3

40 cm

EPD (lb) - North American Hereford Association - Fall 2014 Trait

Cal. Ease

Birth Wt.

Wean. Wt.

Yearl. Wt.

Milk

Mat. Cal. Ease

Mat.

Wean. Wt.

Cow Wt.

Rib Eye

EPD

7.1

-1.4

3.9

0.06

• Genetically designed to breed heifers, reduce mature size, increase heart girth and maintain good body condition.

Accuracy

(PE)

0.27

0.24

0.25

0.10

(PE)

0.20

• EPD’s: top 1% BW and CE, top 5% MCE and top 10% marbling.

Breed Avg

0.8

3.5

1.1

0.28

• Stems from a nearly perfect uddered cow family. Our advice: keep his daughters!

Ciaq recommendations for use: Calving Ease ✪✪ Growth ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪ ✪

Muscling ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Replacement Females ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

WLB LEGO 83T 90X

200 HP 40706 DR WORLD CLASS 517 10H

WLB ELI 10H 83T

WLB 035J FLORA 85M

WLB GLOBAL 72M 50S

WLB 50 S GLORIA 35U

STAR-LAKE NORMA BETH 602S

WLB 90X

Born

P2942951

12/02/10

70 lb

822 lb

1342 lb

5.5

N/A

EPD (lb) - North American Hereford Association - Fall 2014 Trait

Birth Wt.

Wean. Wt.

Yearl. Wt.

EPD

4.6

1.2

Accuracy

0.40

0.73

Breed Avg

0.8

3.5

Milk

Mat. Cal. Ease

Mat.

Wean. Wt.

Cow Wt.

Rib Eye

3.1

0.57

0.56

0.57

0.19

0.31

0.41

0.31

1.1

0.28

Ciaq recommendations for use: Calving Ease ✪✪ Growth ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Bill Biglieni, Manitoba ($40,000)

Bill Biglieni, Manitoba

BILL BIGLIENI, DOUGLAS, MANITOBA

Reg. #

Cal. Ease

Lego and his dam (1st 2 years, CWA 2010)

BREEDER:

$25 Tattoo

Bill Biglieni, Manitoba

Muscling ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

• A calving ease sire that also brings performance and muscle. • EPD’s: top 10 to 25% for CE, BW, MCE, growth, milk, MWW and REA. • His 5 sons sold in the 2013 WLB Bull Sale averaged $8,430 while semen rights on another son - Powerball 27A - went for $40,000 in 2014. Replacement Females ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

polled hereford

Triara XCELORATOR 594X

200 HP 40402 CCR 57G STAMINA ET 199S

TRIARA UNLEASHED 893U JOYCLIFF RUBY JANE 129M

LAKEFORD 4J NETWORK 40L

BET-AN 40L NANETTE 23N LAKEFORD SARALEE 74L

TRIA 594X

Full sister born in 2014

Daughter (2 years)

Son (7 months)

BREEDER:

$25 Tattoo

Dam (10 years)

PAUL MASTINE, MELBOURNE, QC

Reg. #

Born

P2938369

09/01/10

78 lb

763 lb

1330 lb

5.5

37 cm

EPD (lb) - North American Hereford Association - Fall 2014 Trait

Cal. Ease

Birth Wt.

Wean. Wt.

Yearl. Wt.

EPD

5.6

1.6

Accuracy

0.08

0.41

Breed Avg

0.8

3.5

Milk

Mat. Cal. Ease

Mat. Wean. Wt.

Cow Wt.

Rib Eye

4.4

0.79

• Difficult to find as much calving ease, muscle and performance in a single sire. You can also depend on him to improve general appearance.

0.30

0.32

0.12

0.06

0.22

0.17

• EPD’s: top 5% CE, MCE and REA. Top 15% BW and growth.

1.1

0.28

• Maternal strength at its best: not only do his dam and paternal granddam display ideal conformation, they are still producing at ages 12 and 13.

Ciaq recommendations for use: Calving Ease ✪✪ Growth ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Muscling ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Replacement Females ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

TH 129X 9050 UNIVERSAL 121 Z

200 HP 40805 SHF RIB EYE M326 R117

BOYD WORLDWIDE 9050 ET MSU TCF RACHAEL 22S ET

TH 223 71I VICTOR 755T

TH 34N 755T EXQUISITE 129X TH 33F 707B EXQUISITE 34N

Reg. #

Born

121 Z

P2983933

18/02/12

80 lb

725 lb

1173 lb

5.6

38 cm

EPD (lb) - North American Hereford Association - Fall 2014 Trait

Wean. Wt.

Yearl. Wt.

EPD

4.7

1.9

Accuracy

0.32

0.49

Breed Avg

0.8

3.5

Milk

Mat. Cal. Ease

Mat. Wean. Wt.

Cow Wt.

Rib Eye

3.6

0.19

0.37

0.40

0.16

0.26

0.34

0.27

1.1

0.28

Ciaq recommendations for use: Calving Ease ✪✪ Growth ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Maternal granddam

Paternal granddam

TOPP HEREFORDS, NORTH DAKOTA, USA

Tattoo

Birth Wt.

Dam

BREEDER:

$25

Cal. Ease

Sire

• Very deep and moderate in stature. One of the most coveted bulls in 2013 ($47,500). • EPD’s: top 5 to 20% CE, BW, MCE, milk, MWW and marbling, top 35% growth. • Tremendous udders line in the Exquisite cow family. Genetics to build a cowherd.

Muscling ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Replacement Females ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ 18

polled limousin

Wulfs ACCUMULATOR L131A (90%)

200 LM 60308

WZRK PRIMESTAR 861P

WULFS XCLUSIVE 2458X WULFS MISSIVE 2258M

WULFS URBAN COWBOY 2149U

JYF 530X

SY SENATE 391 (JUSTICE)

BREEDER:

TOBERMAN CATTLE CO., WISCONSIN, USA

$28

Sire

Dam

Maternal grandsire

Maternal granddam

TENDERNESS: N/A

Semen available in March 2015 Tattoo FIL 131A

Reg. #

Born

NPM-2043932

05/03/13

92 lb

812 lb

1202 lb

6.4

37 cm

EPD (lb) - North American Limousin Association - Fall 2014 Trait

Cal. Ease

Birth Wt.

Wean. Wt.

Yearl. Wt.

EPD

8.0

2.3

Accuracy

(PE)

0.34

Breed Avg

8.3

1.8

Milk

Mat. Cal. Ease

Scrot. Circ.

Docility

Rib Eye

7.0

0.8

0.61

• In our opinion, the best combination of muscle and depth of body among 160 yearling bulls at the prestigious Wulf 2014 sale. Homozygous polled.

0.28

0.23

0.10

(PE)

0.27

(PE)

0.18

• EPD’s: top 20% growth, docility, marbling, MCE and SC. Top 35% REA.

4.1

0.4

0.53

• Will also please the most discriminating purebred breeder with his solid structure and pedigree gathering embryo donors and A.I. sires.

Ciaq recommendations for use: Calving Ease ✪✪ Growth ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Muscling ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Replacement Females ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Anchor B URBAN LEGEND (95%)

200 LM 304 ROMN JUSTICE

ROMN MADE TO ORDER ROMN MISS THICK 34K

WILLOWS CHECKMARK

B BAR NOTHIN BUT LOVE MISS STONEYVIEW

BREEDER:

ANCHOR B LIMOUSIN, HANLEY, SASK.

$25 Tattoo MBH 102U

Ferme Des Peupliers, Saint-Gabriel

Raymond Saint-Onge, Sainte-Gertrude

Michel Latendresse, Saint-Jean-de-Matha

TENDERNESS: 3 (MÉRIAL)

Reg. #

Born

CPM191526

05/01/08

101 lb

694 lb

1304 lb

6.5

35 cm

EPD (lb) - North American Limousin Association - Fall 2014 Trait

Cal. Ease

Birth Wt.

Wean. Wt.

Yearl. Wt.

EPD

8.7

4.9

Accuracy

0.40

0.69

Breed Avg

8.3

1.8

Milk

Mat. Cal. Ease

Scrot. Circ.

Docility

Rib Eye

6.2

0.8

0.64

0.42

0.23

0.22

0.37

0.18

0.26

0.41

4.1

0.4

0.53

Ciaq recommendations for use: Calving Ease ✪✪ Growth ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Muscling ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ 19

• Heterozygous polled and so heavy muscled that many mistake him for a Full French bull. • EPD’s: top 15% SC, top 35% growth, MCE and REA. • Calves are full of meat and stylish. Cow family is exceptional. Excellent temperament.

Replacement Females ✪✪ ✪ ✪

homozygous polled limousin

CF JIM DANDIE 216U (100%)

200 LM 60803 MINE GOLD MEDAL 436G

EAFF POLLED HUMMER 530P SOGF AMBER KRUG 264B

MH VELOCITY

CF POLLED DANDIE 040P SVL POLLED NADINE 831L

BREEDER:

ROD CARVER, OKLAHOMA, USA

$25 Tattoo CVER 216U

Glenn Treftz, USA

Ferme Élisabeth Binette, Les Cèdres

TENDERNESS: 7 (MÉRIAL)

Reg. #

Born

NFM1932399

14/10/08

69 lb

752 lb

1094 lb

6.5

36.2 cm

EPD (lb) - North American Limousin Association - Fall 2014 Trait

Cal. Ease

Birth Wt.

Wean. Wt.

Yearl. Wt.

EPD

8.7

1.4

Accuracy

0.38

0.66

Breed Avg

8.3

1.8

Milk

Mat. Cal. Ease

Scrot. Circ.

Docility

Rib Eye

2.3

0.3

0.35

0.43

0.25

0.16

0.35

0.21

0.25

(PE)

4.1

0.4

0.53

Ciaq recommendations for use: Calving Ease ✪✪ Growth ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

• Homozygous polled Fullblood. Stout, powerful and moves well. • EPD’s: top 25% for growth and milk. • Progeny consistently showcase excellent roundness of quarter, length of body and a little more frame.

Muscling ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Replacement Females ✪✪ ✪ ✪

WZRK DOUBLEWIDE 8055Y (89%)

200 LM 60802 LVLS TOP CRITERIA 8862P

BAR JZ WIDELOAD 269W BAR JZ HARMONY 618T

RAWHIDE 740L

WZRK MISS RAWHIDE 8055U WZRK MISS KUDOS 5033R

BREEDER:

$20 Tattoo WZRK 8055Y

Born

NPM1991095

22/03/11

96 lb

738 lb

1328 lb

6.2

39 cm

EPD (lb) - North American Limousin Association - Fall 2014 Trait

Birth Wt.

Wean. Wt.

Yearl. Wt.

EPD

8.9

0.2

Accuracy

0.27

0.48

Breed Avg

8.3

1.8

Milk

Mat. Cal. Ease

Scrot. Circ.

Docility

Rib Eye

2.7

1.2

0.90

0.39

0.30

0.15

0.23

0.35

0.31

0.37

4.1

0.4

0.53

Ciaq recommendations for use: Calving Ease ✪✪ Growth ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Mario Binet, Scott

Maurice Parent, Beaurivage

Ferme Ti-Jean, Warwick

TENDERNESS: 4 (MÉRIAL)

Reg. #

Cal. Ease

Ferme J.P.E.R., Saint-Édouard

WIECZOREK LIMOUSIN, SOUTH DAKOTA, USA

• Deep and moderate. Outcross pedigree. 3rd high seller at 32nd Wieczorek bull sale. Homozygous polled. • EPD’s: top 5% REA and SC. Top 25% BW, milk and WW. • His first calf crop exhibit low birth weights and early muscle development.

Muscling ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Replacement Females ✪✪ ✪ ✪ 20

homozygous polled limousin RUNL ZINGRAY 199Z (90%)

200 LM 60805 WULFS NOBEL PRIZE 3861N

WULFS WARBONNET 6254W WULFS SPIRAL 6254S

RUNL PRODIGAL 117P

RUNL 118U

RUNL SPORT MODEL 903S

BREEDER:

RUNNING CREEK RANCH, COLORADO, USA

$25 Tattoo RUNL 199Z

Born

NPM-2010484

01/04/12

82 lb

721 lb

1260 lb

6.4

35.4 cm

EPD (lb) - North American Limousin Association - Fall 2014 Trait

Birth Wt.

Wean. Wt.

Yearl. Wt.

EPD

12.0

-0.2

Accuracy

(PE)

0.28

Breed Avg

8.3

1.8

Paternal grandsire

Paternal great grandsire

Maternal great grandsire

TENDERNESS: N/A

Reg. #

Cal. Ease

Sire

Milk

Mat. Cal. Ease

Scrot. Circ.

Docility

Rib Eye

4.0

0.4

0.87

0.31

(PE)

0.04

(PE)

4.1

0.4

0.53

Ciaq recommendations for use: Calving Ease ✪✪ Growth ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Muscling ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

• Displays, like his sire, an impeccable phenotype where muscle and capacity abound. Homozygous polled and homozygous black. • EPD’s: top 5% WW and REA, top 20% BW, CE and docility, top 35% YW. • Ideal terminal sire for your Angus females. ATTENTION : progeny not eligible for registration in Canada. Replacement Females ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Wulfs YONKERS K682Y (90%)

200 LM 60804 WULFS NASA 1212N

WULFS UPPERMOST 6196U WULFS SKYLA 6196S

WULFS NOBEL PRIZE 3861N

WULFS SOLOIST 6284S WULFS JOY BELLS 9202J

BREEDER:

WULFS CATTLE, MINNESOTA, USA

Sire

Dam

Clark Cattle, Ontario

TENDERNESS: N/A

$28 Tattoo

Reg. #

Born

FIK 682Y

NPM-1986521

23/03/11

90 lb

625 lb

1203 lb

6.4

34.3 cm

EPD (lb) - North American Limousin Association - Fall 2014 Trait

Cal. Ease

Birth Wt.

Wean. Wt.

Yearl. Wt.

EPD

12.0

2.9

Accuracy

0.34

0.53

Breed Avg

8.3

1.8

Milk

Mat. Cal. Ease

Scrot. Circ.

Docility

Rib Eye

111

8.0

0.4

0.66

0.44

0.30

0.17

0.28

0.34

0.19

0.39

4.1

0.4

0.53

Ciaq recommendations for use: Calving Ease ✪✪ Growth ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Muscling ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

• Being homozygous polled and heterozygous black, Yonkers will throw 50% red calves (when used on red cows), but all will be polled. • EPD’s: top 5 to 10% growth, milk, marbling and docility. Top 15 to 30% CE, MCE and REA. • With her 78 registered progeny, his dam is the main donor at Wulf Cattle. She ranks as one of the breed’s top cows for both type and production. Replacement Females ✪✪ ✪ ✪

polled shorthorn

Saskvalley YESTERDAY 116Y

200 SP 70704 SASKVALLEY SHADOW 320S

SASKVALLEY WHOLESALE 114W SASKVALLEY VICTORIA 53T

SASKVALLEY NAVAJO 153M

SASKVALLEY ROSE 43W UPHILL ROSE 18S

$20 Tattoo AEN 116Y

SC (24 m)

X476051

28/04/11

80 lb

616 lb

1000 lb

4.5

39 cm

EPD (lb) - American Shorthorn Association - Fall 2014 Trait

Wean. Wt.

Yearl. Wt.

EPD

15.1

-1.8

Accuracy

0.37

0.43

Breed Avg

3.1

2.4

Ferme Lafontaine-Noël, Dupuy (1 month)

Ferme Lafontaine-Noël, Dupuy (5 months)

SASKVALLEY STOCK FARM, ROSTHERN, SASK.

Born

Birth Wt.

Ferme Lafontaine-Noël, Dupuy (5 months)

BREEDER:

Reg. #

Cal. Ease

Ferme Lafontaine-Noël, Dupuy (5 months)

Milk

Mat. Cal. Ease

Mat. Wean. Wt.

Rib Eye

5.8

-0.18

0.36

0.35

0.20

0.21

0.03

0.4

0.01

• You liked our former bull "Optimum"? You will get the same muscle and thickness in Yesterday along with exceptional calving ease as a bonus. Homozygous polled. • Comes from a genetic program striving to produce low-

maintenance, easy-fleshing, year-round foraging cattle.

• EPD’s: top 5% CE, BW, MCE, growth and MWW. Top 30% marbling.

Ciaq recommendations for use: Calving Ease ✪✪ Growth ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Muscling ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Replacement Females ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

JSF MR RIGHT 151Z

200 SP 70800 AR-SU-LU MASTERPLAN 355

LEVELDALE RIGHTEOUS 084 EF ROSEWOOD 1193

KL FOREMOST ACHIEVER

KL NOTABLE NITA KL NIFTY NITA 3F8

Reg. #

Born

SC (17 m)

151Z

X 4202792

21/08/12

70 lb

655 lb

1132 lb

5.0

42 cm

EPD (lb) - American Shorthorn Association - Fall 2014 Trait

Wean. Wt.

Yearl. Wt.

EPD

10.2

-2.5

Accuracy

0.16

0.22

Breed Avg

3.1

2.4

Milk

Mat. Cal. Ease

Mat. Wean. Wt.

Rib Eye

7.0

0.21

0.26

0.27

0.19

0.13

0.20

0.06

0.4

0.01

Ciaq recommendations for use: Calving Ease ✪✪ Growth ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Sire’s maternal sister

¾ brother

JUNGELS SHORTHORN, NORTH DAKOTA, USA

Tattoo

Birth Wt.

Paternal granddam

BREEDER:

$25

Cal. Ease

Paternal grandsire

• Member of the 2014 Denver Champion Pen of Three. 4th high selling lot among 49 bulls ($14,000). Double-polled. • EPD’s: top 5% CE, BW, MCE and milk. Top 20% REA and top 30% marbling. • Genuine Shorthorn genetics: maternal, deep, moderate. Use him on your heifers and keep his daughters to ensure the future of your cowherd.

Muscling ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Replacement Females ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ 22

simmental (Fullblood, 100% Fleckvieh) Big Sky ARNOLD 14A

200 SM 30715 GREAT GUNS TX AMOS 42M

GREAT GUNS REGIO 9R GREAT GUNS KANDY 1K

CEN LAREDO 519L

RJR SWEET NUGGET 47N IPU MS BERNADETTE

Reg. #

Born

MMVI 14A

794162

08/01/13

100 lb

838 lb

1452 lb

6.5

38 cm

EPD (lb) - Canadian Simmental Association - Fall 2014 Trait

Wean. Wt.

Yearl. Wt.

EPD

1.0

5.8

Accuracy

0.31

0.35

Breed Avg

5.4

3.8

Maternal granddam

Maternal great granddam (17 years)

BIG SKY SIMMENTALS, TREHERNE, MANITOBA

Tattoo

Birth Wt.

Dam

BREEDER:

$25

Cal. Ease

Sire

Milk

Mat. Cal. Ease

Mat.

Wean. Wt.

Scrot. Circ.

Rib Eye

7.6

N/A

0.43

0.33

0.35

0.24

0.25

0.27

0.03

8.9

0.17

0.58

Ciaq recommendations for use: Calving Ease ✪✪ Growth ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

• One of the heaviest muscled Simmentals on the market. Very deep and thick. Something out of the ordinary! • EPD’s: top 1% milk and MWW. Top 20% WW. • Comes from a remarkable cow family combining excellent udders (Laredo bloodline) and great longevity (Bernadette strain).

Muscling ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Replacement Females ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Crossroad CHARGER 131X

200 SM 30320 BAR 5 SA EVAN 440L

MF MR. EVAN 14P

BHR LADY SUZETTE 207K

MFI WHISTLER 47L

CROSSROAD SIZZLER 563S MISS ARNOLD K5907

Michel Ouellet, Padoue

Ferme Huard-Girardin, Bromont

Normand Dumais, Saint-Denis-de-Kamouraska

BREEDER:

$20

CROSSROAD FARMS, SHELL LAKE, SASK.

Tattoo

Reg. #

Born

CRF 131X

731695

05/01/10

91 lb

806 lb

1350 lb

6.1

38.5 cm

EPD (lb) - Canadian Simmental Association - Fall 2014 EPD (lb) américaine Angus Mat. Mat.- Fall Cal. 2013 Scrot. Cal.- Association Birth Wean. Yearl. Ease

Wt.

Milk

Ease

Wean. Wt.

Circ.

Rib Eye

EPD

4.2

6.4

7.7

0.30

0.33

Accuracy

0.39

0.49

0.41

0.43

0.26

0.27

0.31

(PE)

0.06

Breed Avg

5.4

3.8

8.9

0.17

0.58

Trait

R. Fortier et Fils, Saint-Pierre-Baptiste

Ciaq recommendations for use: Calving Ease ✪✪ Growth ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Muscling ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

• Very consistent at siring muscle and a solid conformation. Charger is also one of the easiest fleshing bulls in stud. • EPD’s: top 10% milk and maternal weaning weight, top 35% SC. • Pedigree gathering elite cows producing up to 50 registered calves with CSA, which augurs well for the imminent entry into production of his daughters (2015). Replacement Females ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

homozygous polled simmental (Fullblood)

Rendezvous GALBA 60A (3/4 Fleckvieh)

200 SM 30714

CHAMPS ROMANO

IPU NERO 274X

SAUGEEN RAIN 516R

MFI SUPREME 4037

RENDEZVOUS 60 U RENDEZVOUS 57 S

AIA 60A

Born

P790720

26/01/13

107 lb

784 lb

1475 lb

6.5

40 cm

EPD (lb) - Canadian Simmental Association - Fall 2014 Trait

Birth Wt.

Wean. Wt.

Yearl. Wt.

EPD

1.8

6.3

Accuracy

0.18

0.21

Breed Avg

5.4

3.8

Maternal grandsire

Maternal brother

DAVID AND GÉRALD MAGUET, SAINTE-ROSE-DU-LAC, MANITOBA

Reg. #

Cal. Ease

Paternal grandsire

BREEDER:

$28 Tattoo

Sire

Milk

Mat. Cal. Ease

Mat.

Wean. Wt.

Scrot. Circ.

Rib Eye

104

5.7

N/A

0.41

• Very unusual to find an homozygous polled bull showcasing that much muscle and power. The name to remember to get rid of the horns without compromising quality.

0.19

0.14

0.13

0.16

0.02

• EPD’s: top 15% MWW, top 25% growth, top 30% milk.

8.9

0.17

0.58

• His dam is thick made and very well balanced. Her 3 sons produced to date have averaged $8,600.

Ciaq recommendations for use: Calving Ease ✪✪ Growth ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Muscling ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Replacement Females ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

LRX HP ROCKET 23Y (7/8 Fleckvieh)

200 SM 30326

GRINALTA’S GRIDIRON 403J

DFM MARCUS 14M DFM KATHLEEN 41K

G-SEVEN POL ROCKET 12P

LRX MS ROCKET 3W LRX MARCY 40T

LRX 23Y

Reg. #

Born

P747235

07/01/11

85 lb

879 lb

1506 lb

6.0

36 cm

EPD (lb) - Canadian Simmental Association - Fall 2014 EPD (lb) américaine Angus Mat.- Fall Cal. 2013 Mat. Scrot. Cal.- Association Birth Wean. Yearl. Ease

Wt.

Milk

Ease

Wean. Wt.

Circ.

EPD

7.9

5.2

103

9.6

-0.10

0.86

Accuracy

0.39

0.48

0.36

0.38

0.24

0.26

0.28

(PE)

0.08

Breed Avg

5.4

3.8

8.9

0.17

0.58

Ciaq recommendations for use: Calving Ease ✪✪ Growth ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Three Star Farms, Sask.

R. Fortier et Fils, Saint-Pierre-Baptiste

ROBB FARMS LTD, MAIDSTONE, SASK.

Rib Eye

Trait

MGS (G-Seven Pol Rocket)

BREEDER:

$25 Tattoo

Sire (Marcus)

• Homozygous polled, excellent temperament and usable on heifers. Genetically and phenotypically very similar to his famous ancestor Iroc Rocket 57K. • EPD’s: top 5% milk and MWW, top 10% REA and top 25% CE and growth. • Very productive maternal line stacking repute herdbuilders like Legend (2 times), Moses and Houston.

Muscling ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Replacement Females ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ 24

polled simmental (Fullblood, 100% Fleckvieh) Champs BRAVO

200 SM 313 SMITHBILT MOLSON 21M

CHAMPS ROMANO CHAMPS PRICILLA

DFM MARCUS 14M

VIRGINIA POLL BARBI SUE ANCHOR T BARBI 46K

$28

Heifer and her dam by Emblazon Benoit Paquet, Ancienne-Lorette

Mario Binet, Scott

Marc Boisvert, Saint-Germain

Donald Raymond, Saint-Malo

BREEDER:

VIRGINIA RANCH, CREMONA, ALBERTA

Tattoo CHMP 60U

Reg. #

Born

P701002

01/02/08

94 lb

889 lb

1535 lb

6.4

41 cm

EPD (lb) - Canadian Simmental Association - Fall 2014 Trait

Cal. Ease

Birth Wt.

Wean. Wt.

Yearl. Wt.

EPD

20.3

-1.6

Accuracy

0.70

0.81

Breed Avg

5.4

3.8

Milk

Mat. Cal. Ease

Mat. Wean. Wt.

Scrot. Circ.

Rib Eye

8.3

0.20

0.55

0.75

0.56

0.55

0.62

0.17

0.09

8.9

0.17

0.58

Ciaq recommendations for use: Calving Ease ✪✪ Growth ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

• The amount of muscle and thickness sired by Bravo is unmatched by the other sires of the breed that are both polled and easy calving. • EPD’s: top 1% CE and BW, top 5% milk and top 15% MWW. • Works magic on british-sired young females. The "coup de coeur" of our 2014 farm visits!

Muscling ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Replacement Females ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

PHS Polled WORLDWIDE 14W

200 SM 105 ROGER

ROGANT LORIS

DORA LEE CLASSIC IMAGE

ROLLING ACRES RED FERN DAYTON MISS POL BERND

Ferme Mon Plaisir, Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey Simmental High Seller, Saint-Martin 2013

Horizon Fleckvieh, Stanbridge East

PROSPECT HILL SIMMENTALS, GRANTON, ONTARIO

Tattoo

Reg. #

Born

SC (20 m)

AP14W

P-717966

22/01/09

94 lb

862 lb

1443 lb

6.8

42 cm

EPD (lb) - Canadian Simmental Association - Fall 2014 EPD (lb) américaine Angus Mat. Mat.- Fall Cal. 2013 Scrot. Cal.- Association Birth Wean. Yearl. Ease

Wt.

Milk

Ease

Wean. Wt.

Circ.

Rib Eye

EPD

4.4

4.8

11.1

1.03

0.69

Accuracy

0.43

0.54

0.46

0.25

0.28

0.32

0.29

0.18

Breed Avg

5.4

3.8

8.9

0.17

0.58

Ciaq recommendations for use: Calving Ease ✪✪ Growth ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

Ferme Cyr et Frères, Leeds (calf)

BREEDER:

$25

Trait

Ferme Linnard, Adstock

Muscling ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

• Here’s another polled Full Fleck displaying the muscle of the best horned bloodlines. • EPD’s: top 2% milk, SC and MWW, top 25% MCE and REA. • Progeny have gotten noticed in both test station and show ring. Usable on heifers. Excellent maternal potential. Replacement Females ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪✪ ✪ ✪

the best time to breed... COMING INTO HEAT

END OF HEAT

ESTRUS (true heat)

Time (hrs) after the beginning of estrus Conception rate

0 very poor

9 poor

average

16 18 20 Best time to breed

• Slightly red vulva • Mucus is clear and stringy • Accept to be mounted; the only reliable sign of true heat

• Animal is restless • Tends to mount other cows • Vulva is humid and pale red

Post estrus bleeding

End of estrus

Beginning of estrus

Ovulation

average poor

very poor

• Viscous and cloudy mucus • Cow no longer accepts to be mounted • Bleeding can be seen 24 to 48 hours after the true heat period

Important to remember: • When bred, cows should have calved at least 50 days before and heifers should be 13 to 15 months old. • The best time for heat detection is early in the morning and in the evening. • The most common mistake is breeding too soon. • As a rule of thumb, a cow that is "coming into heat" should be bred the next day whereas the one that accepts to be mounted in the morning should be bred within the same day.

Kamar heatmount detectors…

for more successful A.I. in your herd.

A Kamar is a pressure sensitive device containing red ink that is glued onto the rump. When a cow is mounted, the mechanism is activated and the detector turns from white to red indicating the cow is in heat.

Helpful hints • Detector must be placed on the spine, between the tail head and the hip bones. Generally speaking, a taller cow should have the detector placed to the rear.

• Each box also contains a glue tube, a spreader and a convenient holder to cut down on sticky hands. • A thin even layer of adhesive on detector and animal gives much better adhesion than a big glob. • Important: Arrow must point forward. Do not press on plastic bubble. • Detectors do not replace adequate heat detection that remains essential morning and evening. It is an aid in identifying cows coming into estrus between your observation sessions. • A firm standing mount of at least 3 seconds is required to activate the detector.

$44

box of

• Usually, a partially red detector indicates a cow is coming into heat. Watch this cow closely and wait for the detector to turn fully red before breeding. • It is important to remove obstacles which might dislodge or falsely trigger a detector, such as low hanging branches, back scratchers, cattle oilers or other equipment. • Kamar detectors are now dated for better results. While they will work long after expiration date, it is recommended that you order anticipated needs as closely as possible to avoid carry-over. • Store in a cool and dry place.

Order from Ciaq at 1 866 737-2427. 26

synchronization a highly effective protocol! An offer you won’t want to miss!

With the help of CIDR, a vaginal implant containing progesterone, synchronization of heat and ovulation is now more accurate and translates into higher conception rates of around 70%.

Day 1

8:00 a.m.

Free repeat services (semen and service) within 30 days after fixed-time A.I. where CIDR was used to synchronize ovulations:

(Ex.: Tuesday 1st week)

- CIDR inserted - GnRH injection

Day 7

• Only Québec cow-calf breeders are eligible.

9:00 a.m.

• Fixed-time A.I. must have previously been performed by a Ciaq technician and semen used must have been from bulls marketed by Ciaq.

(Ex.: Monday 2nd week)

- Prostaglandins injection

Day 8

9:00 a.m.

(Ex.: Tuesday 2nd week)

- CIDR removed

Day 9

10:00 a.m.

(Ex.: Wednesday 2nd week)

- GnRH injection

Day 10

a.m.

(Ex.: Thursday 2nd week)

• Replacement semen will come from the Ciaq 2015 beef sire catalogue and will be subject to availability in the technician’s tank at the time of repeat.

- Fixed-time A.I.

You want to save on synchronization costs and you have a few days to spend on heat detection? Here are three simplified protocols: Prostaglandins injection

GnRH injection

Day

12 13

• 2 injections/7 days of detection • Allows to induce heats in some acyclic cows • Not recommended on heifers

Detection and insemination

Prostaglandins injection

Day

Prostaglandins injection

12 13

• 2 injections/6 days of detection • Efficient with cows and heifers cycling normally

14 15 16

17 18

Detection and insemination

Prostaglandins injection to females not seen in heat

• 1 injection/13 days of detection

Day

Detection and insemination

12 13 • Efficient with cows and heifers cycling normally

For more detail, contact your veterinarian, your A.I. technician or a Ciaq representative in your area. 27

Index Price reduction policy................... p. 2 Sexed semen.................................. p. 3 Black Angus.................................... p. 4 Is your herd productive?............... p. 5-6 Red Angus....................................... p. 8 Crossbreeding................................ p. 9-10 Gelbvieh........................................... p. 12 Hybrid............................................... p. 12

Charolais.......................................... p. 13 EPD definitions............................... p. 15 Hereford........................................... p. 16 Limousin........................................... p. 19 Shorthorn......................................... p. 22 Simmental........................................ p. 23 Best time to breed/Kamar............ p. 26 Synchronization.............................. p. 27

Do not hesitate to contact our representatives: Vincent Duval André Henri Abdoulaye Diop Dieng Patrick Vanlandeghem René Boivin Nathalie Drapeau Mathieu Palerme Patrick Jalbert Maxime Labelle

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If located elsewhere in Québec, please contact Pierre Desranleau, Coordinator to the Beef Division desranleaup@ciaq.com Note Breeders interested in receiving the Semex sire directory can contact us at the address below.

Ciaq • 3450, rue Sicotte, C.P. 518, Saint-Hyacinthe (Québec) J2S 7B8 Tel: 450 774-1141 • Toll free: 1 866 737-2427 • www.ciaq.com Proud owner of Semex