Torch View Cattle “Baldie Maker” Bull Sale - DLMS Farm Gate Timed Auction

BALDIE MAKER BULL SALE

MARCH 25 & 26, 2023

6 pm close out

Welcome... to the 2nd annual “Baldie Maker” Bull Sale!

We would like to take this opportunity to introduce ourselves and give a bit of background on our operation. We are a family run ranch located northeast of White Fox, Saskatchewan. Our operation consists of a herd of 40 Purebred Hereford females and 100 commercial females. The commercial cattle industry is our focus! We are very firm believers that our purebred herd needs to be driven by the traits and attributes that are most important in any commercial herd: soundness, longevity, udder quality, and consistency. Our cows are more moderate framed and stout with lots of hair, as this type works best for us with our very damp on udder quality across the board in our herd, keeping bulls only off the best, no fuss cows with good udder suspension and small teats. You will notice we try to provide pictures of the mom’s udders at calving time so you can see for yourself. We want our cattle to last for our customers, as we do for ourselves, and cows lasting for at least 8-10 years is the goal around here. We test our purebred genetics in our commercial herd to make sure they work, and the bulls in our offering have both purebred and commercial siblings at work in the herd, as herd sires and momma cows. Our bull calf group goes through a strict culling process, with cuts at birth, before pasture, weaning and all the way up until the sale. Bulls have to perform both on the cow and on a modest feed regimen to give us the best feel for how their calves will perform all along the way.

Bulls are weighed within 24 hours of birth. We quiet weaned the bull calves off their moms in late September. From there, the bulls were developed all fall and winter on a high roughage, high protein TMR of alfalfa silage, whole oats, ProPel, along with a full mineral package to promote yearling growth and development. The bulls have been fully vaccinated with vision 8 somnus, Bovishield gold fp5, Safeguard and treated with delouse products periodically since weaning. Bulls will be delivered vaccinated for anthrax and foot-rot.

This is our second year selling our bulls through DLMS Farmgate Auctions and we are very excited to introduce the offering to you! Our bull pen is not huge in numbers, but we feel it is high in quality from top to bottom.

We want to take this opportunity to thank you for taking the time to look through our offering. If we can be of any help leading up to and on sale day please contact us! WE encourage you to come have a tour through the bull pen!

Matt, Carissa & Thomas Hordos Thank You!

Matt: 306-812-9233, Carissa: 306-812-9136

DLMS Farmgate Timed Auction

First off, if you have any questions or concerns about getting set up, please call Matt (306-812-9233), and he can assist you. If you do not have access to the internet or a computer, we will work with you to proxy bid, and make sure you get the bull that suits your needs.

how to get started:

• Visit www.farmgatetimedauctions.ca

• Register for a free account—ensure you have a mobile phone number or email so the site can send you notifications about your favorite lots. The site will alert you if you have been out bid.

• Navigate to our sale offering labeled: Torch View Cattle “Baldie Maker” Bull saleDLMS FarmGate Timed Auctions, or copy the following link into your browser— https://farmgatetimedauctions.ca/auction/19398

• Browse the offering where you can look at the catalogue, see additional supplemental pictures and watch videos of all the lots. Videos will be posted by the middle of March.

• There are 2 ways to bid on lots—the first is to click on the “place bid” button and you will place the next highest bid that is in the bid box. the second is to set a “max bid” which will then bid for you and keep you as the highest bidder to the max amount you have placed, if other bids are being placed on the lot. This can be a great feature if you are unable to give 100% attention to the sale close out.

• The sale will close racehorse style with extended bidding beginning at 6pm. Extended bidding will last for 5 minutes and the clock will restart every time a new bid comes in. The clock will end and the sale will be finished when it has been 5 minutes without a bid on any lot.

• Once the sale has closed, we will be in contact with the winning bidders on all of the lots.

Lot 1

KING is as special as they come, and we at Torch View Cattle will spend a lifetime as breeders to produce one as neat as 103K. Reserve Champion Polled Junior Bull Calf @ Agribition 2022. King made a lot of friends at Agribition. The mating of our 44C donor to Empower just worked, as we expected it would. He puts together everything we look for in a herdsire—big expressive muscle pattern, sound structure with the ability to cover ground, big belly, big nuts and an exceptionally attractive package, with a great head. Not to mention, he is out of an exceptional mother cow. With his boastful performance, he still maintains great calving ease and a smooth design. We are looking to share this unique individual. he has a show career ahead of him this upcoming summer and fall .

Terms: 1/2 semen interest, 1/2 possession, with show rights retained until the end of 2024. We welcome all inquiries.

TVCC 103K

C03095301 03/24/2022

Homozygous Polled

Baldie Maker Bull Sale

R LEADER 6964 HARVIEOVHFCONCEPT ET245F

• Heifer Approved

• Red necked, Dark marked & full pigment, a visitor favorite

• Awesome actual birth to weaning spread

• Dam is a moderate cow, with an awesome, tight udder

• Pigment—LE 100%, RE 100%

CHURCHILL SENSATION 028X

Lot 3

• Big time Performance Bull

• A beast in terms of his build— heavy muscled with a sound structure, red necked and pigmented

HARVIEOVHFEMPOWERET5F

TVCC 4K

C03101398 01/09/2022

Dam’s Udder

• Red necked, hairy, stout and sound with a great temperament

• Exceptional calving ease here— could use on bigger heifers and 2nd calvers with ease

• Dam is one of our best cows with an exceptional udder—Keep his daughters •

Lot 5

• Red necked, dark marked with extra pigment

• Smooth made with added rib shape

• Dam is an awesome uddered Sensation daughter

• Pigment—LE 100%, RE 100%

• Heifer Approved, out of a first calf heifer

• Very dark marked with tons of pigment

• His sire is a “sleep easy” heifer bull—We envision 59K to follow that trend •

Lot 7

• Red necked, Big top, Big Butt, Hairy and with extra stretch

• Maternal Made—He stems from one of our top cow families

• Mother has raised several herd bulls sold in past sales

LE 100%, RE 100%

Dam’s Udder Empower—Sire

• Heifer Approved, with amazing birth to weaning spread!

• Exceptionally deep sided bull with a soft look– has been a favorite this past summer to watch

• Dam is a long time donor for us—still going strong at 10 years with a problem free udder—Keep his daughters! •

Udder Full Brother—Sold in 2022 to Chip & Wanda Chibri

Lot 9

• Heifer Approved

• Off a first calf heifer that stems from a great cow family known for udder quality

• Great haired, stout boned, yet smooth through his shoulder and forerib– his calves should have some stretch! • Piigment—LE 100%, RE 100%

—Sire

TORCH VIEW SENSATION 89K 9

CHURCHILL SENSATION 028X

TORCHVIEW028XSENSATION4H

TORCHVIEWLADYVICTORY46H

XLP 75Z KELSEY 55B

R LEADER 6964

Lot 10

• Stout made, hair, and pigmented

• Great performance in this bull, especially for his age

• expect the calves off of 95K to be fast growing, achieving top end weaning weights

• Pigment—LE 100%, RE 100%

Lot 11

• Red necked, soft made, with a ton of hair!

• Dam is one of Matt’s favorite cows—she is super sound, moderate and functional with a perfect udder—Keep his daughters!

• Pigment—LE 100%, RE 100%

Dam’s Udder

• Big topped, big butted, in a dark colored, attractive package. you pick him out of the pen every time you go in!

• For being the youngest bull, he is the highest performing bull in the sale

• Dam is a top producing cow with a great udder •

Birth Weight & Calving Ease

University studies in Wyoming and data from Montana and Colorado lend credence to the following conclusions:

1. The birth weight itself influences calving ease by 65%

2. The female has 60-70% influence on birth weight of her calf

3. The bull has 30-40% influence on birth weight of his progeny

4. Pelvic measurement and angle, as well as the shape of the calf have 35-40% influence on calving ease

5. Length of gestation greatly affects birth weight. A fetus can gain over one pound per day in the last days of gestation

6. Weather and temperature the last 30 days affect the length of gestation

7. Size and maturity of the cow influence calving ease

If you are not physically recording birth weights, guessing is as accurate as driving with a broken speedometer—what’s thought to be 55 MPH may in fact be 65 of 70 MPH, and what’s thought to be 70-80 lbs may actually be 80-90 lbs. Remember, everything is relative. Increased growth, frame and performance will increase BW. A longer bodied calf will weigh more. If a calf is expected to have genetics for growth, it will display this prior to birth as well as after. As a rule of thumb, it takes a calf weighing 86 lbs at birth to finish at 1200-1250 lbs. A cow should easily give birth to a calf weighing 8% of her own body weight. Thus a 1200 lbs cow should give birth to a 96 lbs calf with ease.

Continued selection for low birth weight will ultimately reduce the mature sizes and performance of your cattle.

Thank You to our 2022 Bull Buyers

Terms & Conditions

TERMS: Payment options are available via cash, cheque or e-transfer. We typically do business as listed below, but can work with you as needed if arrangements have been made prior to the sale.

1. Payment in full (100%) at time of the sale

2. 50% payment at time of the sale, the other 50% at time of delivery. All bulls must be paid in full prior to delivery. Please make cheques payable to Torch View Cattle Company.

WARRANTY: All bulls come with 100% full health guarantee and a passed semen test conducted by a licensed veterinarian prior to delivery. Current weights and scrotal measurements will be provided prior to the sale.

DELIVERY: We will make every effort to get the bulls delivered to YOUR yard or pasture within Saskatchewan, when you are ready for them. We will also coordinate trucking outside of the province if your bull needs to make a few extra miles. Bulls can be kept here free of charge until June 1, 2023.

INSURANCE: Bulls become the risk of the purchaser as soon as sold, therefore, we highly recommend purchasing insurance on your bull at the time of the sale. For our Livestock insurance needs, we typically deal with Alameda Agencies—Bonnie Thompson (306) 489-2258

If you need assistance, please contact us and we can get you in touch with Bonnie.

REGISTRATION & TRANSFER: Each bull will come with a registration through the Canadian Hereford Association and will be fully transferred to the purchaser upon payment.

An Agribition To Remember...

Grand Champion Horned Female

Torch View New Era Lady 13K

Reserve Grand Champion

Polled Junior Bull Calf

Torch View King 103K

Family Farm

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