CUTTING EDGE BULL SALE
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Welcome to the 20th Cutting Edge Bull Sale. Its hard for Vicki and I to believe, as the original founder its been that many sales. Heck the kids were just little and look at them now. Both are very involved in Agriculture and assuring the success and future of our farm. Good times are only going to get more frequent. One thing hasn’t changed for us, and that’s raising better cattle. Over the years our herd has grown to just under 400 Angus and Simmental females. We have a strong set of bulls this year and are proud to bring them to town. I believe we have started them right; pail fed oats at weaning and turned them out on Fall Rye grass for the months of September and most of October and switched to a high roughage TMR. The bulls are quiet and easy to handle. The 43K and 29K bulls pretty much speak for themselves. Calving ease, growth and great temperament all standing on a tremendous foot. This year we have two flushes by two half sisters, Little Valley EnviousPride 304 and Little Valley Pride 783, both flushes sired by the 2023 Canadian Western Agribition Grand Champion Angus bull Greenwood Four Mile 47J. The Four Mile calves should throw tons of calving ease and sire daughters with exceptional feet and udders. VAW 304, VAW 783, and Four-Mile’s dam all excelled at these attributes. There are five Ellingson Profound 8155 sons in this year’s sale, and they all have 90 lb birth weights. Don’t let that scare you. It seems that the Angus breed has been dubbed the calving ease heifer bull breed, and they are, but let me tell you, I speak from experience, the Angus cattle can stand all day with the Exotics. The cattle market is great & let’s capitalize on it. These bulls will pay at market time. With prices the way they are now, and with a robust calf weighing 50-100 lbs more on sale day that’s anywhere from $200-$400 more per calf at sale time, and that’s only half of it, think of the great females you can retain. We are pleased with the Simmental bull offering. Five of them are sired by Mader Brazen 819J and proved to be thick, stout made, calving ease bulls. With that said if you have any questions give me, Will or Wyatt a call.
Peter
Contact us to preview the bulls anytime prior to the sale or at our Open House
Will & Kyleigh Reference Sire: Little Valley Aquifier 43K •
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Medicine Hat Pen Show 2024
These Aquifier 43K sons are selling as Lot 4 - 21M, Lot 5 - 46M and Lot 6 33M like his half brother 29K,
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LITTLE VALLEY AQUIFER 42M
• Recommended for heifers.
• A picture is worth a thousand words, this calving ease bull is stunning from all angles, loaded with shape, substance and style.
• A maternal sibling in last years sale sold to Two Valley Angus.
3 Maternal Sibling to Lot 3
• Recommended for heifers.
LITTLE VALLEY AQUIFER 47M
• 47M is a stylish, calving ease bull with thickness, expressive muscle shape and superior structure. His dam, Little Valley Tiptop 119 has worlds of milk and perfect udder quality.
• We kept an interest in 47M’s maternal sibling from last years sale and used him on a group of heifers. We think very highly of this cow family.
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Little Valley Pride 166 Dam of Lot 4
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LITTLE VALLEY AQUIFER 21M
2367384 WHEN 21M January 28 2024
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LITTLE VALLEY AQUIFER 43K MUSGRAVE AVIATOR
LITTLE VALLEY EILEEN 805
LITTLE VALLEY EILEEN 628
S A V ANGUS VALLEY 1867
LITTLE VALLEY ANGUS VALLEY 2E LITTLE VALLEY TIPTOP 515
LITTLE VALLEY PRIDE 166 MUSGRAVE SKY HIGH 1535
LITTLE VALLEY PRIDE 830 LITTLE VALLEY ENVIOUSPRIDE410
Medicine Hat Pen Show
The pen of 3 consists of Lot 4- 21M, Lot 5- 46M, Lot 6- 33M
• Recommended for second calvers and cows.
• 21M is an attractive, super structured, performance bull with arithmetic and cow family backing to be a total herd improver.
• He was a class winner at Farmfair.
• He has a friendly disposition and always a favorite of visitors to the ranch.
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LITTLE VALLEY AQUIFER 46M
• Recommended for heifers.
• 46M is a calving ease bull with extra depth, volume and capacity, in an easy fleshing package. His picturesque dam by Rainfall displays impeccable udder quality and ideal body type.
• A maternal sibling sold in last years sale to Bickley Acres.
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• Recommended for heifers.
• 33M is a nice fronted, attractive, calving ease bull by 43K. With length, muscle and plenty of performance. His dam by 2E milks well and has tremendous udder quality. Our 2E daughters are a favourite sire group at the ranch.
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Reference Sire
LITTLE VALLEY AQUIFER 29K
2258439 VAW 29K February 02 2022
BASIN RAINMAKER 2704 BASIN RAINMAKER 4404 BASIN JOY 1036 ELLINGSON AQUIFER 9137 ELLINGSON ROUGHRIDER 4202
BLACKBIRD 7134
LITTLE VALLEY KARABROOK 880
BLACKBIRD 7134 S A V RESOURCE 1441
LITTLE VALLEY RESOURCE 3D WACHING RUBY TIPTOP 046
OF LITTLE VALLEY 111
We highly value these Aquifer sons that we have been using. They are herd improvers. 43K in his first calf crop has flat our impressed us. His sons are consistently good from every angle. His daughters look the part of solid, functional, feminine, sound, herd building females. 43K like his half brother 29K, offers calving ease & performance with exceptional foot quality, not to overlook the high maternal value qualities. The Medicine Hat Pen Show picture is three 43K sons. We made the top 4 in the December show, out of 40 pens of bulls.
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LITTLE VALLEY AQUIFER 38M
7134 LITTLE VALLEY AQUIFER 29K LITTLE VALLEY RESOURCE 3D LITTLE VALLEY KARABROOK 880 KARABROOK OF LITTLE VALLEY 111 MUSGRAVE INTEL
LITTLE VALLEY INTEL 1G LITTLE VALLEY PRIDE 761
LITTLE VALLEY BLACKCAP 120 LITTLE VALLEY INTERNATIONAL 1D LITTLE VALLEY BLACKCAP
• Recommended for second calvers and cows.
• 38M is a big middled, long spined attractive breeding piece and displays authentic Angus breed character.
LITTLE VALLEY AQUIFER 60M
• Recommended for second calvers and cows.
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LITTLE VALLEY AQUIFER 78M
• Recommended or second calvers and cows.
• Happy Birthday 78M – sale day Feb 27 marks his first!
• 78M is phenotypically stunning and genetically outstanding, this majestic bull is attractive fronted and smooth shouldered with plenty of volume and muscle shape in a super complete package.
• His beautiful, nice uddered dam by Renovation – a high seller in the Angus Collection Sale 2021 from Alastair Burnett is one of the favourite cows on the ranch, soon to become a donor cow.
LITTLE VALLEY AQUIFER 17M
• Recommended for second calvers and cows.
• A 3/4 brother and high seller sold to Herder Ranch in 2024
• 29K son with growth and gain. He will sire the kind of feeder calves that command top dollar in the marketplace.
LITTLE VALLEY AQUIFER 11M
2367343 VAW 11M January 17 2024
BASIN RAINMAKER 4404
ELLINGSON AQUIFER 9137 EA BLACKBIRD 7134
LITTLE VALLEY AQUIFER 29K LITTLE VALLEY RESOURCE 3D
LITTLE VALLEY KARABROOK 880 KARABROOK OF LITTLE VALLEY 111 S A V ANGUS VALLEY 1867
LITTLE VALLEY ANGUS VALLEY 2E LITTLE VALLEY TIPTOP 515
LITTLE VALLEY EILEEN 135 LITTLE VALLEY INTERNATIONAL 1D
LITTLE VALLEY EILEEN 870 WACHING EMULOUS EILEEN 922W BW: 78 lbs 205 ADJ: 742 lbs 365 ADJ: 1388
• Recommended for heifers.
• 11M has a much presence, power and performance as you can get in a low-birthweight bull.
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Open Range offers incredible calving ease with top end YW EDP. A true curve bending individual. Check out his sons in our offering.
LITTLE VALLEY FRONTIER 4M
• Heifers first calf.
• Recommended for second calvers & cows.
• 4M is a domination power bull, bred to grow and gain. He has tremendous length and explosive muscle shape and supports EDP’s for WW & YW in the top 10% of the breed.
• He is backed with one of the strongest maternal lines in the business.
• Heifers first calf.
• Recommended for second calvers and cows.
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LITTLE VALLEY STELLAR 1M
• Heifers first calf.
• Recommended for heifers.
• 1M is unique in the amount of natural thickness, volume & fleshing ability that he incorporates into a light birth weight package. His broody two-year-old dam by Ellingson Aquifer 9137 comes from strong maternal ancestry.
LITTLE VALLEY RAINFALL 54M
• Recommended for second calvers and cows.
• 54M is an attractive, super complete bull by 1H with visual and numerical balance.
• His feminine, nice uddered dam by 8D has sisters working in the herd.
LITTLE VALLEY INTEL 90M
• Recommended for heifers.
• Although he is the youngest bull in our offering he has gained the respect of his peers.
• Here is a valuable low birthweight bull by 1G with all the extras.
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Profound is a true power bull. Top 1% for WW. Top 3% for YW. Profounds have explosive early growth, then moderate into optimally sized mature animals- a growth curve designed for real world profitability. The Profound calves in this sale were all born unassisted and never looked back. Take advantage this great cattle market and merchandise heavier calves in the fall using Profound sired performance bulls.
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LITTLE VALLEY PROFOUND 19M
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• Recommended for second calvers and cows.
• A maternal brother sold to Wiese Farms in the 2024 sale.
• If you want a bull with muscle, hair, length, while putting it all together on a good foot foundation? Then this guy is your pick.
• 19M was a twin.
BIG SKY BAR-E-L BLACKOUT 89D BAR-E-L
• Recommended for second calvers and cows.
• 28M is a dominating herd sire prospect, bred for muscle and power. He is a massive bull with depth, volume and tons of performance.
• 28M’s dam 855 is a direct daughter of 329, who greatly influenced our herd – not only with her many daughters but sons used as well.
LITTLE VALLEY PROFOUND 43M
2367359 VAW 43M February 08 2024
TEHAMA REVERE S POWERPOINT WS 5503 S QUEEN ESSA 248 ELLINGSON PROFOUND 8155
COLEMAN CHARLO 0256 S A V RAINFALL 6846 S A V BLACKCAP MAY 4136 LITTLE VALLEY TIPTOP 039 SITZ UPWARD 307R LITTLE VALLEY TIPTOP 503 LVA FUTURE TIPTOP 605
• Recommended for second calvers and cows.
• 43M is a robust beef bull with thickness, muscle and volume – the kind what will leave a positive impact.
• His moderate, deep bodied dam by Rainfall, comes from a strong maternal line.
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• Purebred & Homo Polled.
• He has a solid EPD profile that combines calving ease with those important performance numbers. He is packed full of red meat and muscle, travels on a good big foot & big testicled.
• Brazen has our biggest Simmental sire group.
• We look forward to seeing his daughters in production.
• Purebred
• Recommended for second calvers and cows.
• 57M is a rugged rancher bull, expected to add meat, muscle and raw pounds to every calf he sires.
• His beautiful Westcott 24C dam will add maternal traits that greatly improve feet and udder quality.
• Purebred
• Recommended for second calvers and cows
• 74M is an eye-catching bull by Brazen, with length, muscle and class.
• He has that deep red hair coat and is sure to put the money maker stamp on his calves.
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Simmental BULLS
• Purebred
• Recommended for second calvers and cows.
• 77M is designed for the cowman, this deep-ribbed, easy fleshing Betts Grandson is sure to add performance to his calves.
• He is dark red and should add that color to his offspring that everyone wants!
CHARO 688 ANGUS/ANGUS
• 3/4 Percentage
• Recommended for second calvers and cows.
• 18M is a real-world performance bull with length, muscle and natural good looks.
• Purebred
• Recommended for second calvers and cows.
• 12M is the only black bull of the Brazen sire group – don’t miss your chance!
• He is a genuine beef bull with an easy fleshing appearance with tons of thickness and muscle.
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Simmental BULLS
Reference Sire
EARLY SUNSET VISION 77E
3/4 Percentage
Vision 77E was our choice from the Early Sunset Sale in 2018. He was a calving ease bull with well a rounded EPD profile. It was a bonus that he put that blaze face onto his calves. We used Vision 77E successfully for 6 years. We retained many daughters in our herd.
Reference Sire
WLB TOP TIER 456G
We have used Top Tier for a few years as an AI sire with excellent results on our first calf heifers. His EPD profile is incredible. Top 1% in CE EPD. Top 3% in BW EPD. While maintaining a well-rounded performance profile, as his API Index is in the top of the breed.
• Purebred
• Recommended for heifers.
• Who doesn’t want a baldy! Well, here is your opportunity! 3M is a long bodied, calving ease specialist, designed for your heifers.
• He ranks in the top 3% for BOTH - CE EPD & BW EPD. While ranking in the top 20% API Index in the breed.
• 3M is a bull that will make your neighbours jealous!
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• Recommended for heifers.
• If you keep replacement heifers, study the maternal value and cow family strength of this Vision son.
• 23M ranks in the
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MATEJKA FARMS
We invite you to join us for our annual bull sale. We have a very consistent set of bulls in the 2025 offering that will help ensure you get your share of the profit from the cattle industry. We research and select the top genetics that will continually improve our cowherd, which in turn gives us the opportunity to offer you some of the best Angus genetics available.
PREVIEW THE BULLS
We encourage you to call us to view the bulls ANYTIME UP UNTIL SALE DAY.
OR - Join us to view our bulls at our farm OPEN HOUSE
Friday & Saturday
February 21 - 22, 2025 11 am - 3 pm
Calving Ease Selection Tool
We extend our heartfelt gratitude to our returning customers, whose unwavering support and belief in our program have been the cornerstone of our success. Your continued confidence in our services inspires us to strive for excellence. To our new customers, we warmly welcome you to our program and express sincere appreciation for choosing us. Your trust in our offerings is a testament to the values we uphold. Together, with both our returning and new customers, we embark on a journey of growth and mutual success. Thank you for being an integral part of our story, and we look forward to serving you with dedication and excellence. If you have any questions or wish to view the bulls ahead of time on the farm, please do not hesitate to contact us. We look forward to seeing you!
We enjoy your visits, please stop in and check out the bulls in their large pen, and see them on the move!
Matejka Farms Red & Black Bulls
Calving ease is often related to birthweight of a bull, this is partly true, but there are other factors that influence calving ease. The dam and her management are at least 50% of calving ease. Take into consideration your own cow herd genetic and feeding practices. The calving ease score (CE) is our best estimation based on genetics, EPD’s, Actual BW and body shape of each bull. The CE score can be found on the right column of their stats box.
HHHH Likely to have a high level of calving ease based on sire and dam history, BW, and EPD equation.
HHH Should be comfortable when bred to moderate size heifers.
HH Recommended for second calvers or cows
H Recommend for mature cows
Our bulls are comparable in genetics and performance as they are raised in similar surroundings and management. Our Cutting Edge bulls are selected from the offspring of a 200 head cow herd base. The sale bulls are pail fed, leading them to be docile, while maintaining their soundness and activity in a large group.
The feeding program has remained the same. The home raised, rolled oat based ration (with mineral pack from Bullseye Feeds) at about 1% body weight and good free choice hay, has allowed our bulls to perform, grow and mature at reasonable rates with their future in mind.
Kolton, Brittney, Mia, Stijn, Carling, Kathy, Mark & Tyson
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Red Bieber Jumpstart J137 - Sire of Lots 36-39 Jumpstart has performance and carcass merit in one complete package. A power bull loaded with muscle, depth of rib, and length. His offspring exhibit added muscle shape and length of body with excellent performance.
• One of the sale highlights in the entire offering with an ADJ WW of 784 and top 1% growth data
• Hard anymore to find a bull with this much calving ease and still look like a bull with power and performance
• Powerfully built and balanced from front to back and ground up. He is thick, and deep and should make some easy fleshing daughters with excellent udders
• He gets out and hits his tracks when on the move and so level through his rear, from hooks to pins
• We are really excited about this bulls young dam, from an outstanding cow family, she looks like a carbon copy of her mother Brandy 9D, the dam of Lot 37 below
• Modest BW bull that is attractive and complete-made, level in his lines and very clean-fronted with extra red meat in him
• A softer made bull that is long and moderate framed with that real herd bull look about him
• A CAA Elite Dam from our donor program, she is a sharp-fronted female, with added length and nice teat size, all her calves topping the weaning charts, grandam to Lot 36 and she is the dam to last years high seller out of the sire Adrenaline, who sold to Scott Stock Farm for $18,000, past sons have sold to Solick Enterprises and Curtis Tabler
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• This guy has it all, wide topped, big explosive hip, great length of body, tremendous bone structure, and a mild disposition.
• He will produce fantastic, pear-shaped females that are easy keeping and functional, and steers that add pounds and dollars!
• Dam, a CAA Elite Dam, is a gorgeous-made female that has a nice udder and always brings a good one in every year. She is the right type to raise herdbulls. Grandam to Lot 40
• I really, really like this bull. He has that cool look with extra style, friendly personality and just does so many things right on paper and in person
BIEBER JUMPSTART J137
• An exceptionally good, well-balanced bull
• This guy has always caught our eye out in the pasture with his extra good looks, nice clean cool long front end with enough muscle shape and power
• He’s dark hided, big middled and deep sided that should add pounds to his calves.
• Dam is big ribbed with a nice tight udder that is getting the job done every year
• Sons have sold to Grote Ranch and Richard Abt
• You will love this attractive bull for his extra extension, muscle, length, and dark color
• Big time WW and EPDs on this stud bull. If you sell cattle by the pound and want to stand proudly beside your steers, make sure to find him, you will like what you see.
• Dam is a long-bodied cow with excellent feet and a nice tightly made udder, Grandam has Lot 38 in sale
• Sons of dam going to Darren McDowell, Brook Angus, Darryl Smith and Wesley & Janice Saarela
• If you are looking for a powerful rip with some style, that will add the
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• Low BW heifer bull that has some shape and length
• This bull has some style, is level hipped and deep-bodied who is sound, correct, with loads of power.
• Dam is one of the most gorgeous cows in our program. She is long, big topped and has a beautiful udder and teat size. Son working for Jonust Farms
Adrenaline 28J - Sire of Lots 41-42
Our first set of Adrenaline sons were highly sought after herdbulls in the 2024 sale, with the top son selling to Scott Stock Farm for $18,000. This exciting sire did everything we expected, adding growth, dimension and performance to his offspring. Add a bit of Adrenaline to your cow herd, you won’t be disappointed.
• One of the good ones and most functionally made bull, he just does
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• 61M is a nicely made bull that is long and athletic with built in calving ease
• This Adrenaline is smooth shouldered, clean fronted with plenty of muscle, length of spine and impressive growth
• Dam is a well-balanced cow that seems to always bring in a good one, we have retained all of her females, this is the first bull on offer
• Use him without giving up performance
• If you are on the hunt for a bull that is going to add some depth, length, and style, you found him!
• This bull goes back to one of our strongest cow families. He will make you some picture-perfect females that will last in your herd and wean big calves
• His dam 23E, is one of our Donor Dams, she has been one of the most consistent cows in the cowherd for some time, easy doing, big volume and broody in her makeup. Last years son was very impressive, we liked him so much that we drew semen on him for in her use, he sold to Mullen Land and Cattle. Other sons have sold to Anchor Z Cattle, David Bajema, Grote Ranch and George Loomer
• This bull is the type and kind that keeps you in the beef
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• My, oh my, we really like this bull!
• A big-time performance bull prospect, he is truly massive from nose to
• He is flashy in his kind with tons of rib and chest
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It was not a hard decision to add the power packed, Cherokee 16J, female to our Donor program, she was impressive right from the start. The Cherokee cow family goes back to the beginning of our Red Angus herd and these females have produced many sale bulls. We had the opportunity to be able to purchase a semen package on the up and coming Jethro 76J bull, who was the high selling $30,000 bull at the DWAJO Angus sale in 2022. He did an outstanding job on these three bulls, offering moderate birth weights and high performance.
• The total mass of this young bull along with his wellmannered disposition, are exactly what we had hoped for in this mating
• This guy is super wide from his base to his top line, he’s loaded with red meat and has herd bull written all over him.
• The youngest bull in the sale, and note his production data, he competes right in line with his older pen mates.
• Balanced appearance, extra
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• Top quality prospect with performance and calving ease in a
package that is put together the right way
• Take a look at the rib, depth of chest in this long
• His dam is one of our favorite first calf heifers, she is ideal in size and scale and sports a top scoring udder
Copper sons have been some of the most sought-after genetics at many bulls sale over the past couple of years. They combine calving ease and easy fleshing genetics, here’s your opportunity right here!
• 74M is quite possibly one of the nicest patterned bulls of the pen.
• A bull that is very good about his head, neat necked, high tying, that is smooth shouldered & maintains a smooth transition to his forerib and deep center body
• This Bronze son has the extra length and capacity his sire was designed for, while maintaining realistic birthweights
• Dam is a broody young Speed daughter who has a nice tight udder, she is raising excellent progeny with above average weaning weights
• You will want to keep the females out of this excellent herdsire prospect, he will add to his offspring in so many ways
growth, pounds and productivity
• One of the top calving ease bulls in the offering.
• An attractive, long-bodied prospect with a strong level top who is complete made, and well balanced that just does so many things right, his predictable calving ease and performance set of EPDs make him one not to
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to Tony and Kathy Kamlah in 2023, we had limited use of this bull with good success
Copper G929 - Sire of Lot 47 and Grandsire of Lot 48
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• 22M been one of our favorite bulls all year, he’s a well-balanced bull who is long bodied, thick made, level topped with excellent feet and legs
• Predicable calving ease and low BW EPDs, with an added bonus of power in this bull, he is in the top 2% WW, 4% YW and 1% Milk in the breed
• A full sister to 22M was our high selling female at Red Roundup 2022 at $19,000 to Peyton Christman
• Dam is one of our top producing females with one of the strongest production records, she is a stout, broody and an easy doing female, having many popular sale bulls with some going to Star Ranches, Jeff Albers and Wesley Dennis
• A great example as to why we are so high on Genesis, he calves easy for a power bull.
• This bull is a true standout, with exceptional structure and a ton of red meat throughout
• He’s a moderate solid-made bull with a long spine, plenty of thickness, power and maternal all in one package.
• CAA Premier Elite Dam is a big-bellied, easy doing, moderate kind of cow with a bright future, shes’ a real favorite around Matejka Farms
• This is one of our favorite bulls on offer, due to his calm demeanor
• A dark red bull that is as complete as you are going to make one!
• He has an explosive hip shape and tons of length and
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Red U2 Genesis 103G Sire of Lots 50-51 Grandsire of Lot 52
Dam of Lot 50
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RED MF CONTENDER 72M
2 Flush BROTHERS
• Lot 53 and 54 are products of embryos from Moose Creek Red Angus that we purchased at the 2022 Canadian Red Roundup sale.
• Their sire is a growth and performance type bull well known in the Red Angus industry
• The dam is a feminine refined young donor cow with a beautiful profile and makeup
• Both of these bulls are dark hided with extra length, ample muscle and volume, clean front ends and nice smooth shoulders that makes them attractive from any angle
Red Moose Creek Vimey 67G Dam of Lots 53-54
Red SSS Contender 121B Sire of Lots 53-54
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• I like this guy, solid from front to back, a balanced bull in terms of his overall appearance.
• A tight fronted, extra-long spined herdsire that is easy fleshing.
• He exhibits adequate muscle, depth of body, rib shape and has some added length
• Genetically dependable low birthweight sire with a 77 pound BW
• Dam is a moderate-framed cow that has depth and extra muscle, a son has sold to S-7 Ranch
• Take it to the bank, this bull is going produce the right kind
MR Opportunity 106K Sire of Lots
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Sold to S-7 Ranches in 2023, we had limited use of this bull and he was very consistent with his offspring
• These Opportunity sons are hard to find fault in
• Check out the big-time growth and numbers on this big rascal with extra frame and extension
• If you sell cattle by the pound look him up, he will add to your bottom line
• His elegant young dam is how I like my cows to look. Feminine made, easy fleshing, extra extension up through that front 1/3, and has a gorgeous udder and teat size
• This calving ease bull prospect is attractively made and with excellent balance, who is clean and smooth fronted.
• Long-bodied, with touch more frame and extra capacity in the middle to add those extra pounds
• His deep-bodied dam, 103Y, weaned off this big guy at 13 years of age and still bred back early to calve again, a great cow family. Sons have sold to Cynthia Buist, Nancy & Wayne Hartford, George Loomer
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• One of the top spread bulls in the sale from birth to weaning
• We appreciate the depth of body and thickness he brings to the table in a moderate package
• You will like his added length and thickness, he’s a cool looking bull with an excellent set of feet and legs
• His young dam is turning out to be a strong producer
• Big stout-made individual that has extra frame and length
• 804 lb Adj. WW on this performance bull
• This guy has breed-leading growth and performance EPDs built in
• Sired by a proven AI sire known for his performance, functional and practical offspring
• Extremely clean fronted with extra eye appeal and backed by an impressive Red Box daughter, a sharp fronted, feminine, nice uddered young female
• With power and performance all over him backed by a cow that is broody, with
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MF LARIET 14M
2397806 LCE 14M February 01 2024 HA COWBOY UP 5405C HF ROPER 27F
ROSEBUD 246Z
MF ROPER 30K
VARILEK GEDDES 7068 MF E7068 NEONIA 109H
MAF X10 NEONIA 8Z
MOHNEN PULSE 533
MF HEARTBEAT 50F MAF W9009 ESTON 18A
MAF F50 EVA 11K
• A Roper son that rings the bell in all aspects of what a complete bull has to offer!
• Length, depth and width across the top, as well as tons of muscle!
• His growth & milk EPD’s are in the top 1% of the breed.
• You have got to appreciate that this rip is coming out of a first-time momma!
• The young Dam was one of the head turners with visitors in the summertime. She is a moderate frame, broody cow that still has length with a big level hip and a nice tight udder
• If you want cattle that have extra pounds, and power, yet with some added muscle qualities, this is the guy you need to find
• You will like what you see in this nice Roper son with a touch more length and frame
• He is Long-bodied, level-topped, and sharp-looking
• Dam is a classic good-looking Angus cow that has a gorgeous udder and is extremely attractive to look at, her first son sold to Bertens Holsteins MF LASSOO 57M 2397808 LCE 57M February 07 2024
• One of the elite calving ease bulls in the entire offering, he just puts it all together, individually weaned off big, then you study his figures on paper he
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S A V Early Arrival 0903 - Sire of Lots 65, 67-69
Early Arrival offers a fresh, versatile pedigree that encompases by so many bloodlines. An outstanding outcross option. He boasts amazing performance given his birth weight of only 60 lbs, yet he went on to have a Weaning Weight of 964 lbs and a Yearling Weight of 1492 lbs.
MF ARRIVED 10M
• An outstanding son of Early Arrival that has a balanced appearance as he walks out, with extra length, muscle and style that we like to see in the cattle we raise
• The EPDs on this bull are very hard to fault and we would consider him to be an excellent candidate for a heifer bull
• His powerful dam is turning into quite the production factory, as is his maternal grandam, a broody, strong cow family here
• Sleep all night heifer bull, with some cow power backing him!
MF 2020 Blackbird 20F - Dam of Lot 67
A Canadian Angus Elite Female, Blackbird 20F is one of our top cows, she is as impressive in the pasture as she is on paper. A definite curve bender She sits in the top 1% of the breed for WW, YW and Milk. She was the dam to our last years Black Angus high seller to Jessie Winchester at $16,000.
• Certified 70M is wide from
MATEJKA FARMS
• One of our favorite bulls in the sale.
• He has a massive top, is big middled, a big butt and extremely deep flanked
• Walks on a huge foot and tracks very true
• Tons of capacity in the middle of this guy and has the neck extension that we don’t normally see in these calves. He goes back to one of our SAV International cow that is doing a tremendous job in our herd
• Dam is outstanding, she’s just got it! She sure turns heads! She was the dam to our high selling Black bull, last year to Jessie Winchester for $16,000. Other sons have sold to Ken Vetsch and Kelly Buchwitz
• Extra growth and performance in this powerfully built young prospect, I really like this very consistent sire group
• Extra-long with an added frame and WOW did he crush it at weaning with an ADJ. WW of 834
• Dam is a well-made attractive deep-bodied Blizzard daughter that has been one of the best cows here for many years, she is #1 for growth and production
• Sons have sold to Shoestring Land & Cattle Co., Danny Waluk, Doug Crawford and M&R Damen Farms
ARRIVED 95M
• Big stout-made bull that is very similar to all his brothers in the sale
• This bull has a big rear quarter and will make a great herd sire to anyone’s operation
• He stems from a cow that is known for growth and performance, she is a massively made, big-ribbed, nice tight udder, that is a top producer, last years son sold to Attema Farms Ltd
MATEJKA FARMS
• This calving ease prospect is clean and smooth in his make-up, with some extra capacity in the middle third and an abundance of thickness throughout
• 98M looks like his sire, moderate in frame without sacrificing performance, growth and balance
• The cow family has a deep quality influence over much of the sale offering, this is a tried, tested and true maternal replacement cow family. Her first son sold last year to Scarlett Livestock
• This is a pretty impressive calf with a big weaning weight on this excellent calving ease bull
• Super long and stretchy with some added length and a smooth classy front
• He checks a lot of boxes
• His EPDs for all traits make him easy to incorporate in many breeding programs
• Dam is a moderate, easy keeping matron who you don’t notice until fall
EPD’s - An Effective Tool To Assist Your Bull Buying Decisions
This does not making buying a bull any easier – it should only give you more confidence in realizing what the animal can contribute. EPD’s are a pedigree estimate that can help you navigate management and environmental conditions. Keep in mind that it is still a 50/50 contribution between the bull and the female.
NOTE: BREED AVERAGES CANNOT BE COMPARED between Red & Black Angus, nor can they be compared between other breeds of cattle.
These are the Average EPDS throughout the breed. The Lower the % means above average EPD! (NOTE: 1% is GOOD, 50% is Average) EPD’s
pounds of birth weight the lower the EPD number, the lighter the calves (the lower the % is good)
pounds of weaning weight the higher the EPD number, the more pounds will be weaned (the lower the % is good)
To use EPDs effectively you must understand how they work. Keeping in mind that you cannot compare EPD numbers between breeds or even between Red Angus and Black Angus The EPD Averages listed below are the average of all the registered Canadian Black Angus and all the Canadian Red Angus. To use EPDs effectively you must understand how they work. Example:
Imagine you are interested in purchasing a couple of bulls for your herd.
You are looking at the EPDs in a sale catalogue. Bull A has a weaning weight EPD of +10 and Bull B has a weaning weight of +60. What does that mean? How can you use the EPDs to choose between the two bulls?
If these animals were randomly mated with 10 similar cows, we would expect the group average weaning weight of Bull A’s offspring to be 50 lbs lighter than that of Bull B’s (60-10=50).
pounds of yearling weight the higher the EPD number the more pounds as a yearling (the lower the % is good)
pounds of calf weaned by a bull’s daughters. (the higher the EPD number combined with WW EPD should increase weaning pounds) A management number with reflection of the environment and feed resources.
Randomly Mated with 10 Similar Cows
EPD Black Angus BW 0.4 with a 16% - should offer better calving ease than the average of 2.0 (50%), and the EPD Black Angus YW 116 at 4% should produce higher Yearling Weights that are above the average of 95 (50%).
It would be easier if we could assume that the highest EPDs are the best. Unfortunately, it isn’t that simple. Like most decisions, using EPDs for sire selection involves tradeoffs. For example, bulls with high growth EPDs (WW & YW) may sire calves with a higher birth weight as well. And there may be other impacts on your operation to consider. +10
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
TERMS: The terms of sale are cash or cheque. All cattle must be settled for at the conclusion of the auction. Cattle will not be released from the sale premises until payment is received in full, unless other arrangements have been made proir to the sale with the individual contributer. Every animal sells to the highest bidder, in the case of disputes, the auctioneer’s decision will be final, and becomes the risk of the purchaser. We reserve the right to withhold animals from shipment for whom payments have not been received prior to departure times.
BUYERS REGISTRATION: Buyers please register for a buyer number at the office prior to purchasing.
BREEDING GUARANTEE: All bulls are guaranteed to be fertile & reproductively sound in accordance with the rules & regulations recommended by the breed associations. All bulls will be semen tested.
SEMEN TESTING: As this sale takes place when most of the bulls are just over 12 months old, and our weather can be unpredictably cold, the bulls may need to return to the farm after the sale for semen testing when they have matured more and the weather is more favorable. This also offers you a reliable test closer to actual breeding season.
SEMEN RESERVE: The sellers reserve the right to collect semen on any bull, for in-herd use on any bull in their consignment. Semen will be collected at sellers expense and buyers convenience.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Errors in this catalogue will be corrected by announcements from the block at sale time & such announcments will take precedent over any printed material. Any disputes will be settled by the auctioneer.
ACCIDENTS: Although every precation will be taken, All Persons who attend the Sale do so at their own risk. The owners, management, the sales staff assume no liability, legal, or otherwise for any reason.
CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION: A certificate of registration duly transferred will be furnished to the buyer by the breeder for each registered animal after complete and full payment has been made.
INSURANCE: Bulls who go back the the seller’s farm must be insured by the buyer, insurance agents will be in attendence.
DELIVERY: Bulls picked up on sale day or prior to March 15, 2025 will receive $100 cash or $200 sale credit (towards the farm purchased from) to the 2026 sale. Delivery will commence following the sale at the sellers convenience.
