Easy Ray Angus Easy Ray Angus
NEW SALE VENUE
AT THE RANCH BIDDING WILL BE ONLINE TIMED AUCTION WITH DLMS
FRIDAY MARCH 7, 2025
Easy Ray
Angus Ranch
Fellow Cattlemen.
A big hello & warm welcome to our 22nd Annual Bull Sale, from everyone here at Easy Ray Angus.
As I sit here pondering, with paper and pen in hand, thinking of what to write. It is with great gratitude, we are humbled for all our Neighbors, Friends, and Loyal Customers. That we have assembled through the last 25 years, in the purebread Angus bussiness. When you are in the Angus bussiness, you are in the Beef Business. It’s a joy to be involved in this way of Life. Especially the last few years.
Folks hold unto your horses it is on fire. Fat Cattle this week are $4.60 on the rail. Cow numbers are down and Feed yards can’t seem to find enough calves. Already into the new year, record prices are being achieved for Feeder Cattle. Those ranches that are marketing this spring, they will be rewarded.
Our Angus Cattle are the type that will go to 1200 - 1400 lbs. with very little grain. Feeders know that. When Barley hit $10.00 a bushel + corn $9.00 American. You know wich type of cattle that will do that (BLACK ANGUS AT EASY RAY). We put our heart + soul into this outfit.
Hope to see alot of you before the sale. Everyone is welcome, stop by to view the offering. You won’t be dissapointed. Wishing you all the best of luck with calving. GOD BLESS Sincerly, Goerge + The Crew
NOTE: NEW VENUE THIS YEAR WITH DLMS, ONLINE TIMED AUCTION.
Easy Ray Angus 22nd Annual Bull Sale
SALE PHONES
Goerge Hofer.........................................(403)-892-0291
Ryan Hofer.............................................(403)-892-1380
EASY RAY ANGUS
Box 1279, Raymond AB. T0K 2S0
Phone: (403)-892-0291
Email: easyrayangus@gmail.com
All animals in the catalogue will sell by timed auction beginning WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 2025 And soft closes at 7:00pm
FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 2025
(See ‘‘How to participate in the DLMS Farm Gate Timed Auction’’ on page 3-4)
RANCH DIRECTIONS!!
On Highway 52 (3 miles east of Raymond). Turn south on RR201, proceed 3 miles down the road until you see a big sign (That reads East Raymond Colony).
MARCH THE 6TH THERE WILL BE OPEN HOUSE & VIEWING FROM 12PM TO 4PM. HOSPITALITY TO FOLLOW
BULLS CAN BE VIEWED ANYTIME BEFORE THE SALE.
How to Participate in the DLMS Farm Gate Timed Auction with Extended Bidding:
1. Visit www.dlms.ca , scroll down sale list to find the sale you are interested in bidding on. Click on the sale listing and you will be taken to the Farm Gate Timed Auction Sale page.
2. After you are at the Farm Gate Timed auction site - farmgatetimedauctions.ca, click the LOGIN/REGISTRATION button.
First time Farm Gate users:
- First time users will select the REGISTER button from this page. Fill out the registration form to signup for a free user account and it allows you to select a username and password for use on all Farm Gate Timed auctions. (please note due to some of the text notification features the Farm Gate Time Auction Site requires a new separate account from your DLMS Live sale site)
- After you create your Farm Gate account you will receive a text message with a pin code to verify your account.
- On your first login to Farm Gate Timed auctions we recommend you go to your profile and confirm your notifications are set to YES. This allows the site to send you text and/or email notifications when you are out bid and if there is activity on your favorite lots.
Returning Farm Gate users:
- If you have used Farm Gate Timed auctions in the past simply enter your username and password to continue. After you have logged in you are able to browse the timed auctions on DLMS Farm Gate Timed Auctions.
3. How to Bid
Now that you are logged in and your account phone number / email is verified you are able to bid on an upcoming sale. Simply find the lot you are interested in bidding on. After you have found the lot there are 2 options for bidding on the lot.
- Place Next Bid – to place the next bid on the item, you see the amount in the first box, you simply click the “Place Bid” button and after you review the bid and agree to the terms and conditions your bid will be placed.
- Max Bid Amount – to place a max bid you put your max bid in the second box listed as “Max Bid” on the item, and then click the “Place Bid” button and after you review the bid and agree to the terms and conditions your bid will be placed as the next bid. With the Max Bid placed the computer will then keep you as the high bidder to the max amount you have placed. This can be a great feature if you are not able to give 100% attention to the sale close out and protect your interest so you do not miss out on any lots you want to purchase. The Max Bid amount is completely confidential from the seller during the sale process. Example of How the Max Bid Works - If the lot has a $2000 bid on it and you place a proxy bid of $3500 into the system, the computer will bid $2100 for you but if some one else bids $2200, the computer will again bid for you, this time at $2300. The system will look after your interest to a maximum of $3500. If another bidder is on at $3600, your proxy will no longer be effective and you will no longer have the winning bid on this lot without once again logging in and bidding again or moving your attention to a second lot of interest. Please note that in some cases a lot value can change very quickly if 2 max bids are placed on the same lot competing against each other.
4. Watch List Feature
If you have items in multiple auctions or only a few from the same auction that you want to watch with out having to scroll through the entire list, you can add the lots to your watchlist. On each lot you will see the “eye” button beside the bid button, by clicking this “watchlist” Icon that item is added to your personal watchlist for easy viewing of just your favorite lots in this sale or on the entire site.
5. Sale Ending / Closeout
Most Farm Gate Timed Auction sales close racehorse style with extended bidding.
6. Bidding Close & Follow-up
After the clock has gone to “ENDED” and no bidding has occurred for 5 min the computer will declare the sale finished. Following the close typically within 24 hours of the sale close the sale consignor will contact all winning bidders to arrange payment, transfer of pedigrees and delivery/Pick up of your lot. Or as the winning bidder you can contact the sale consignor / sale manager to confirm payment instructions.
Please make sure that your account info is up-to-date and correct if you are the winning bidder of a lot as this is how the billing is sent to Sale Manager and/or Sale Consignor.
FAQ: ABOUT DLMS
What is Racehorse Style Close?
Racehorse style sale close is when the entire sale stays open in extended bidding. This type of sale allows you as the bidder to change to a different lot within the same sale if the bidding has gone in to extended bidding.
How will Extended Bidding works?
When we get to the close out end time the clock for close extends with any bid placed with less than 5 min on the clock. This type of extended bidding turns the end time to more of a soft time. Extended bidding allows bidders to compete in lots like a real auction and give all bidders the same time to make a decision. Always follow the clock to see how much time remains in the sale you are interested in.
Easy Ray Health Program
All of our bulls are on the Phizer Gold Herd Health Program. The bulls have had all the shots twice, once at branding and then again at weaning. We also use Ivomec and Saber for Lice.
Easy Ray Feeding Program
Our bulls have not been crawling in and out of a creep feeder all summer. We only creep 3 weeks after calving to get some rumensin, to manage coccidiosis. After weaning, they are on a high forage ration, dry hay, corn and hay silage, we go from one to no more than 3 lbs. of rolled barley till sale time. We refuse to feed for the rail, rather we strive to develop them for fertility.
TERMS & CONDITIONS
Viewing the bulls - All of the bulls will be available for viewing at the sale site the day before the sale or at the farm anytime prior to the sale.
Wintering of the Bulls - We will winter your yearling bulls FREE OF CHARGE until April 15, 2025. After that feed costs of $3.00 per head per day will be charged. Any bulls returning to the consignors will be at buyers risk, the consignors will not be responsible for any type of injury while the bulls are in thier care. All the bulls being wintered must be insured.
Terms - The terms of the sale are cash or cheque. The right of property shall not pass until after settlement is made. All settlements will be made with the clerks of the sale immediately following the conclusion of the sale. Each animal becomes the risk of the purchaser as soon as it’s sold.
Delivery - We will deliver your bulls free of charge within 200 km, extra mileage will be at cost.
Registered Lots - A certificate of registry will be mailed to the buyer for each animal after settlement is made. All the bulls sell under the terms and condition of the Canadian Angus Association’s Breeders Guarantee.
Inspections & Semen Testing - All the bulls will be semen tested and vet inspected prior to the sale. Sale weights & scrotal measurments will be provided sale day.
EASY RAY ASSERTIVE 300L
Performance Heifer Bull. 76 lbs. to 800 Ad. WW out of a 1st. calf heifer. Grand Sire has high Marbling ability.
Calving Ease and Growth. By an Explosion Dam. 1st calf heifer and she hit a home run. Assertives bull calves have Avg. Adj WW of 740. His grand slam Adj. YW is 1344
SCHIEFELBEIN SHOWMAN 338
HEINZ SHOWMEN 5J SIX MILE LASSIE 260B
WESTERN ACCLAIM 822
+11 Calving Ease. -1.8 on Birth Weight EPD. He will make life enjoyable for heifers first time.
Excellent EPD profile across the board. Excells in Growth, Ease of calving. With lots of Milk & big Rib Eye.
or heifer Bull. Twin. He excells in Carcass Value High
5 star Calving Ease with amazing performance. Silver Lining is a Calving Ease specialist. His male calf Avg. is 82 Birth, 745 WW and 1209 YW.
JINDRA ACCLAIM
ACCLAIM 822
BLACKLESS 37P U2 PRIME CUT 472D EASY RAY ZARA 137G EASY RAY ZARA 160C
Heifer specialist. High Marbling. No worry calving hfrs. Out of 110 calves, Acclaim Avj. 82 lbs. Dam is out of U2 Prime Cut.
ACCLAIM
ACCLAIM 822
UNANINOUS 149D
RAY LASS 146F
Cow Bull, and they will come easy. Grand Dam on the Sires side is Elite. With 14 grand calves. He weaned 15 lbs shy of 800lbs.
EASY RAY HOME TOWN 9M
2397395 / EA 9M / JANUARY 4, 2024
G A R HOME TOWN
CUDLOBE HOME TOWN
CUDLOBE ENCHANTRESS 36Y
BORDER BUTTE BLASTER 323E
EASY RAY BLUE LADY 119H
EASY RAY BLUE LADY 62E
We purchased Home Town from Cudlobes. He is in the top 1% for milk and calving ease. Top 5% marbling with CBI of +321. High marks for feed efficiency. Grand dam is an elite cow onboth sire + dams side.
EASY RAY ACCLAIM 23M
JINDRA ACCLAIM WESTERN ACCLAIM 822 WESTERN BLACKLESS 37P
REMITALL CAVALIER 37F
EASY RAY LUCY 239H
EASY RAY LUCY 176F
2397385 / EA 23M / JANUARY 7, 2024 G A R ASHLAND CUDLOBE W ASHLAND 16K CUDLOBE QUEEN 88H
5 star Heifer bull with great performance. Don’t miss him on sale day.
EASY RAY ZARA 76K EASY RAY ZARA 26A EASY
RAY ASHLAND 26M
REID ANGUS MATRIX 103F
We bought Ashland from Cudlobes. His marbling went way out of the ball park. Cream always comes to the top and so did he. Will work on cows & heifers Adj. YW 1502.
EASY RAY ACCLAIM 28M
JINDRA ACCLAIM
ACCLAIM 822
BLACKLASS 37P
IMPACT 03 321C
RAY KATE 48G
RAY KATE 28X
Cow bull. He will produce heavy weaned feeding calves. We can’t get enough knowing how little grain our cattle need to get to 12-1400 lbs.
ACCLAIM 822
Another Acclaim Heifer Bull. +9 Calving Ease, triple trait himself. Sire and Dam are in the
6% dry mater intake.
Herd
EASY RAY ASSERTIVE 58M
EASY RAY MATRIX 95M
RAY ELLA 23B
CATALYST 135’11
RAY ELLA 87Z
32X
Cow Bull, recomended! Out of an Elite Cow. Matrix had the best gaining son this year. That resource blood is still boiling.
Sure fire Heifer Bull. Transcendent is in the top 1% for Marbling. Dam is an Elite cow. Real world ranch cows on the Dams side.
Easy Ray Angus 22nd Annual Bull Sale
EASY RAY TRANSCENDENT 141M
Cow recomended. He will add Profit & Payweight to your calf
Just tagged another calf for 19J this morning.
Heifer pen is the best bet for this guy. Productivity + Profitability starts in the Heifer pen. Do them this favor and she will breed back.
EASY RAY SHOWMEN
ANSWER 111A
It takes a stud like him to be recognised as a performance heifer bull. 1449 Adj. Yearling WT. whether its Milk or Feed. He was an absolute gainer. When we bought his sire thats what we expected.
RAY PRIMO 187M
EPD Definitions
BIRTH WEIGHT EPD (BW) EPD describes in pounds the difference in expected progeny weight, on average. A bull with a BW EPD of +4 will, on average, sire calves that are 2 pounds heavier than a bull with a BW EPD of +2 (given equal management).
WEANING WEIGHT EPD (WW) EPD describes in pounds the difference in expected weaning weight in progeny, on average. WW EPD is a predictor of a sire’s ability to transmit weaning growth to his progeny compared to that of other sires. A bull with a WW EPD of +50 will sire calves that are, on average, 20 pounds heavier at weaning than a sire with a WW EPD of +30 (given equal management).
YEARLING WEIGHT EPD (YW) EPD describes in pounds the difference in expected yearling weight in progeny, on average. YW EPD is a predictor of a sire’s ability to transmit post weaning growth to his progeny compared to that of other sires. A bull with a YW EPD of +100 will sire calves that are, on average, 30 pounds heavier at weaning than a sire with a WW EPD of +70 (given equal management).
MILK (MILK) EPD describes, in pounds, the portion of a calf’s weaning weight attributed to milk and mothering ability. On average, daughters from a bull with a Milk EPD of +20 will contribute 5 pounds more to their calves’ weaning weight than the daughters of a bull with Milk EPD of +15. Milk EPD is a threshold trait that should be maintained at a moderate level dependent on the management and environment of the herd.
CALVING EASE DIRECT (CED) EPD describes the percentage of expected unassisted births when a bull is exposed to first-time heifers. The higher the number, the higher the probability that first-time heifers bred to the bull in question will calve with no assistance. The EPD predicts the average difference in ease with which a sire’s calves will be born when he is bred to firstcalf heifers.
Calving Ease Maternal (MCE) EPD describes the probability of not requiring assistance when a bull’s daughters calve for the first time. The higher the EPD, the higher the probability that a bull’s daughters will not require assistance at calving time.
Use an Easy Ray Bull & your cattle will grade like this
RAYMOND, AB
T0K 2S0
