W elcome

to the 2023 Joint Venture Bull Sale

At the time of writing these opening remarks we have gone through a nice warm stretch and the days of a brutally cold December are hopefully behind us The feed pile isn’t going down quite as fast and hopefully the utility bills won’t be so high in the coming months either�

We have had a good year here at the ranch with David and Gail still having an active involvement with day to day operations� It is a blessing that our kids get to spend so much time with the “Over the Hill” Grandparents� The kids had a great year showing their cattle this year and taking part in a lot of Junior Activities Highlights included Ryder winning his first buckle with his Wilbar Emulota Heifer and Reese placing Third Overall at the Summer Synergy Multi Species Judging Contest as a 15 year old against competitors up to 6 years older than her� THomas is excited to be starting a new job as the Sports and Agriculture Reporter at CITL Prime Time Local News in LLoydminster�

The world is changing in a political way that we may not agree with, but are going to have to deal with It may not make sense that decreasing commercial fertilizer use is going to fix any problems, but, with perception being reality in our society, we are going to have to do our part to change how we do things to continue to provide a protein source� Carbon sequestration, less commercial fertilizer use, improved soils through grazing, less feeding of grains, less confined feeding systems, are issues that we believe are coming in the future� With that in mind we believe that cows can, and will, be tools used to enhance the land, not be a detriment to it� It will take a special kind of cow that will do that job though� She is going to have to work for us and the land, not the other way around� She will have to be fertile enough to conceive every year without supplemental grain She will have to calve on her own, raise an economically viable calf on grass alone, stay healthy, be resilient and trouble free� The only way to make that cow is with genetics, culling pressure and removing all crutches

With each year we are trying to remove more of these crutches, cull harder, rely more on grass systems and less on grain systems� By doing that we are hoping to set up our customers with bulls that will not only be relatively problem free, but be genetically superior in the functional fertility traits that will make your cowherd profitable in the future�

Optimism is strong this year as we see very good prices right now and even better projected for next fall The cowherd is smaller and beef demand is still strong so this cycle should be up for quite some time� Now is the time to take advantage of the market and hopefully the weather helps as well� Once again we are excited to be working with the Bablitz family from Rainbow Red Angus as co consignors to the sale Kolby Heaven knows their bulls, and possibly ours, backwards and forwards and is ready to answer any questions on the offering As always, all the bulls the sale, from both Towaw and Rainbow, carry our satisfaction guarantee and we are dedicated to placing the right bulls in the right operations

It seems that costs are rising in pretty much every facet of our industry Our summer program is based on the idea of low inputs with the goal of raising more efficient cattle We believe that the long yearling bulls represent cattle that have been culled harder because they have been here longer� For you, the buyer, a long yearling bull represents a purchase that has the ability to cover more females� He can then also be wintered with your mature bulls as the nutritionally challenging second year of development is already behind him� The yearling bulls have come about as our children started showing cattle� The kids have been very fortunate to enjoy success with the cattle they show� We have tried to balance the lower input summer principles with the higher demands of winter calving cattle Please feel free to come view the bulls any time prior to the sale, we really enjoy visiting with you, our friends and customers� If we have learned anything in the last few years it is that people need people, so please plan to come early and stay late and enjoy some food and hospitality with us�

Sincerely, The Wildman

Family

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RED SVR Tornado 167C

RED XO CROWFOOT 817U

Sire RED CROWFOOT 187X

CROWFOOT LADY ERICA 5728R (RC)

RED GEIS HI HO 180’04 TW

Dam RED SVR CHRISTY 19U

RED SVR CHRISTY 19S

ATornado is a long bodied, deep red coloured bull that we purchased a half interest from Duralta Farms as a 3 year old. He sired the high selling bulls in both Duralta and our Sale last year. His daughters are milky, feminine and good footed. His sons have the herdbull look, are long and powerful, and should add performance and maternal quality to our customers calf crops.

K THREE Ozark 5D

KOLT 5D 1932907

DMM BUBBA 2Y

Sire REICH 28B

REICH SALLY 5Y

REICH POKER 13P

Dam REICH BETTY 6W REICH BETTY 16H

APRIL 11 2016

Homozygous Black Ozark came to us from the Reich Angus herd in Bashaw where we bought him as a two year old in partnership with Lorenz Angus. His mother, who traces back to Stockman 365, is a to cow in the Kasur herd. The Ozark sons have extra muscle shape, are very attractive through their front ends, and are very good footed.

Red

HAMCO

RED TOWAW KINGMAN 157Z

Sire RED TOWAW KINGMAN 467B

RED TOWAW SYBIL 127Z

RED BIEBER MAKIN HAY 9913

Dam RED HAMCO MIMI 78C

RED HAMCO MIMI 76S

Kingman 465F

We bought Kingman 465F from Hamco Cattle Co. as their leadoff 2 year old bull in their 2021 Sale. He is a larger framed version of the Kingman line, still easy fleshing, big nutted and deep. He is sired by a bull Hamilton’s bought in our Sale that Kirk gave a perfect foot score too, a feat only done once since we have been scoring them. He is also out of a very good Indeed Granddaughter, so there wasn’t a lot of surprises on what he could do. He has maintained moderate BWs, 85 on bulls, 78 on heifers, while adding growth.

RED TOWAW Steadfast 516G

RED CROWFOOT 187X

Sire RED SVR TORNADO 167C

RED SVR CHRISTY 19U

RED TOWAW ORAZI CALIDAD 130Y Dam

432B

Steadfast was our high selling bull in the 2021 Bull Sale to GraTan Farms, Grant and Tanya Chittick, from Mayerthorpe. We used him on a group of heifers as a yearling and he calved easily and we are excited about the daughters that will calve in May. He looks to be a leading sire in Chitticks yearling bull pen this year as well. Big nutted, big bodied and masculine with a great mother, we think Steadfast will be a difference maker for years to come.

RED TOWAW Julian 478G

If you are in the market for an Angus herd sire this year mark your calendar for this years sale highlighting some of the industries best coming from Towaw Cattle Co and Rainbow Red Angus. Forage options were much more plentiful for the 2022/23 feeding season. We tested the forages on farm and from there were able to develop balanced TMR’s for both the bulls and cows to ensure proper growth and development. The cow herds utilize a custom mineral program based on their annual forage results. This supports bull calf development from a young age. The bull feeding programs are built to maximize forage utilization and gut health. These bulls are developed on grass with their moms and then

RED

Julian 478G was a Julian son we used in 2020 on a group of cows and then sold in the 2021 sale to repeat customers, Smoky River Red Angus. He is a very balanced bull that ranks in the top 3% for the Canadian Balanced Index. He had a little more growth and power than his sire while still exhibiting the large scrotal, structural correctness, and maternal qualities that made Julian 72Y such a mainstay in our herd.

SITZ Stellar 726D

FIn our search for a new A.I. sire to use on the black cows, plus a few red ones, we kept hearing about the sons of Sitz Stellar coming out of Montana. We figured why not go to the proven factory and use Stellar himself. It took a lot of calls, and a fair amount of arm twisting to get the 30 straws we ended up with in the spring of 2021. We are sure glad we got it as we have 4 really good sons in the sale this year, 3 ripping good heifer calves in the replacement pen, and two summer calves including our heaviest heifer calf off of Steadfast’s mother. Look for Stellar to supply calving ease, moved onto a balanced TMR ration. Organic mineral are used to ensure proper immune function and overall health. Both operations use a total nutritional program ensuring optimal cattle performance. If you have any questions about the nutrition of the sale bulls, please feel free to call.

Best of luck on sale day!

Doug Roxburgh Beef Consultant

RED TOWAW Selkirk 421J

AOD: 4

Selkirk 421J is a big bodied, masculine, stout muscled bull that does a lot of things really well. We used him on a group of cows last year after he semen tested and measured 39.5 cm at 12 months of age.

His dam is from the dominant cow family in our winter calving herd, the Moniques, and she also is the dam of our Red Roundup heifer calf at $10,000 last fall to Sterling Christman. She also is the dam of our best winter calving three year old cow and she in turn raised one of our top replacement heifers last year.

His sire came from the good Hamco herd from Glenboro, Manitoba and he was a dark red performance bull that still kept birth weights moderate. 421J is a ¾ brother to last year’s high selling Towaw Bull to Lust Farms Red Angus near Medicine Hat.

This guy has all the tangibles on paper that get you excited; moderate birth weight, top end weaning and yearling weights, strong EPDs with top 10% in scrotal, docility, carcass weight, heifer pregnancy and Milk. His pedigree is also linebred with both Kingman 16W and the donor cow Red Towaw Monique 29T on both sides of his pedigree. He is structurally correct, as loose hided as a Bloodhound Pup and moves like a Moose through three feet of snow.

The intangibles are what get us excited though, from his masculine, prepotent look, to his large, well formed and suspended testicles. If you want your next herdsire to look like a steer, or worse yet, a heifer, then this guy isn’t for you. The testosterone is flowing through him and he is all bull. Couple that with his linebred pedigree and I predict you won’t need to read the bottom of a tag to know which calves are his come fall.

Selkirk is the kind of bull that makes feminine daughters and masculine sons that should be homozygous for a lot of good traits and we would like to continue using him in our program.

Selling full possession and retaining a 1/2 semen interest.

TOWAW Perseus 601K

AOD: 2 HOMOZYGOUS BLACK H

Perseus is a thick made, easy fleshing, very deep bodied bull with extra performance. The cool thing is that he just has a 77 pound BW to go with it.

Reese showed him at the side of his dam all summer last year and did very well being named Champion Female at the Lac Ste Anne District Show, and the Barrhead Beef Bash Junior Show as well as Reserve Champion Angus Female at the Sask. Junior Angus Show. When shown on his own Perseus was Champion Bull Calf at Alberta Junior Angus, Bashaw All Breeds Show, Lloydminster Stockade Junior Show, and was Reserve at the Farmfair Junior Show and the Barrhead Beef Bash. He was also named Grand Champion Bull at the Darwell Fair.

His Dam and Granddam are both full of volume and are very easy fleshing. We went to using Argentine genetics to add depth of rib, volume and the ability to stay in shape on minimal inputs and this guy certainly shows that.

Selling full possession and retaining a 1/2 semen interest.

TOWAW Galactic 403K (ET)

AOD: 10 HOMOZYGOUS BLACK

The first of two Stellar by Primavera 7Z full embryo transplant brothers, Galactic is a very correct, moderate, good looking bull. He is very nice headed and has calving ease built in with his +10 CE and 69 pound BW. His dam is an extremely deep, easy fleshing Argentine Cow that has 4 daughters working in the herd and three really good heifers in the replacement pen sired by Stellar as well.

TOWAW Galactic 408K (ET)

AOD: 10 HOMOZYGOUS BLACK

Homo Black Graphite is the second Stellar x 7Z bull that carries a bit more frame and performance than his brother. He was born on a cold night, and has a bit smaller ears, but that is the only thing short about him. We chose Sitz Stellar 726D to add calving ease, maternal qualities and foot quality to our calf crop and the progeny have the look to bolster that decision. Ryder is showing a full sister as his 4H and Junior show heifer this year.

TOWAW Stellar 410K

WDV 410K 2272426

MOHNEN SUBSTANTIAL 272

Sire SITZ STELLAR 726D

SITZ PRIDE 200B OSF

RED TOWAW JIMMY PAGE 448B

Dam TOWAW LAKIMA 402E

TOWAW LAKIMA 401C

AOD: 5 BLACK - WAITING FOR RED GENE CARRIER DNA TEST RESULTS 410K is a very smooth made, strong topped calf with lots of hair. He is the fourth Sitz Stellar Son in the sale that should calve easily and add the foot quality that his sire is renowned for. He has calving ease stacked in his maternal side as well with Jimmy Page and Special Focus in his pedigree.

RED TOWAW The Quarry 415K (ET)

368Z OSF

RED TOWAW INDEED 104H OSF

Dam RED DMM LEAH 44C

RED GLESBAR

AOD: 7

During the summer of 2020 we toured the famed Miller Wilson herd and fell in love with their Red DMM Leah 44C cow. She is a powerful, good footed, great uddered, Indeed 104H daughter and is a maternal sister to DMM Barndance 85X. We were able to buy a flush from them and chose Granite as the sire.

The Quarry 415K is very attractive, shaggy haired, good footed and has a bright future ahead of him. He also has a yearling sister in the replacement pen and a heifer calf born a few weeks back that we feel is quite a rip! We are excited that we will have a few more ET full sibs to Quarry born by sale time.

RED TOWAW Quartz 412K

RED SSS GRIT 503F

Sire RED SSS GRANITE 74H

RED SSS REBELLO 368Z OSF

RED WINDY HILL ZEPPELIN 1240Z

AOD: 5

Quartz 412K is a very well put together, attractive bull with impressive muscle shape. He is the third bull in a row to make the sale from his big bodied, easy fleshing dam. His maternal brother, by Red Hamco Kingman 465F, was our high selling bull last year to Lust Farms Red Angus, Medicine Hat. His Grand Dam is a full sister to the dam of Lot #1.

TOWAW Selkirk 418K

RED TOWAW KINGMAN 467B

Sire RED HAMCO KINGMAN 465F

RED HAMCO MIMI 78C

B P F SPECIAL FOCUS 504

Dam TOWAW LAKIMA 401C

TOWAW LAKIMA 403A

AOD: 7 BLACK HIDED/RED GENE CARRIER 418K is a long bodied, larger framed March calf with very good growth numbers. He ranks in the top 10% for Weaning weight, yearling weight and Milk EPDs. His dam is an outcross with the black bulls Special Focus and Tiger close up in her pedigree. She also traces back to Red Towaw Lakima 76M a donor cow for us and she worked well into her late teens for Darren Schrag down in Kansas.

Sire WDV 428J 2244330 MAY 18 2021 9 Performance Carcass

RED TOWAW Tornado 428J

RED TRAIT CE BW WW YW MILK ACTUAL U 81 518 1041 INDEX 88 94 EPD 2 0.2 41 63 24 TOP % 53 32 46 62 47 TRAIT REA MARB FAT CW EPD 0.57 0.12 -0.036 10 TOP % 12 73 3 90

RED TOWAW Enhanced 432J

AOD: 9

Red

Sire RED SVR TORNADO 167C

RED SVR CHRISTY 19U

RED TOWAW LARKABA 21W TRAIT CE BW WW YW MILK ACTUAL U 92 649 1147 INDEX 112 90 EPD -7 3.2 48 86 31 TOP % 96 85 21 15 3 TRAIT REA MARB FAT CW EPD 0.52 0.14 -0.026 36 TOP % 18 69 6 10 WDV 432J 2244331 MAY 21 2021 10 Performance Carcass

AOD: 8

RED TOWAW LAKIMA 432B K THREE OZARK 5D Dam TOWAW PANTERA 480G RED TOWAW ARG PANTERA 5Z TRAIT CE BW WW YW MILK ACTUAL U 81 606 1104 INDEX 105 90 EPD 0 1.8 48 79 22 TOP % 68 62 21 26 70 TRAIT REA MARB FAT CW EPD 0.38 0.56 0.018 33 TOP % 50 4 89 17 WDV 433J 2244571 MAY 21 2021 11 Performance Carcass

Smooth made bull that should work on heifers or cows. Pretty cool outcross pedigree with the Zeppelin son combined with Ozark and the Argentine cow 5Z. The sire Steadfast 516G was our high selling bull to GraTan Farms in the 2021 Sale. They have a large group of his sons in their upcoming sale as well.

RED TOWAW Tornado 452J

Sire RED WILDMAN SMOKE SIGNAL 704E

RED SVR MISS STOCKY 82K

RED SVR TORNADO 167C

Dam RED TOWAW LASS 505G

RED

TOWAW LASS 158Z TRAIT CE BW WW YW MILK ACTUAL U 84 706 1252 INDEX 125 98 EPD 5 2.5 54 95 24 TOP % 31 75 8 6 47 TRAIT REA MARB FAT CW EPD 0.52 0.29 -0.035 44 TOP % 18 30 3 3 WDV 435J 2244332 MAY 21 2021 12 Performance Carcass

AOD: 2

Sire RED SVR TORNADO 167C

RED SVR CHRISTY 19U

RED TOWAW JIMMY PAGE 448B

Dam RED TOWAW MABEL 465D

RED TOWAW MABEL 438B

TRAIT CE BW WW YW MILK ACTUAL U 88 588 1167 INDEX 100 104 EPD 4 1 42 66 32 TOP % 39 47 42 55 2 TRAIT REA MARB FAT CW EPD 0.58 0.03 -0.028 27 TOP % 11 88 5 37 WDV 452J 2244342 MAY 31 2021 13 Performance Carcass

452J is a moderate framed, long bodied, stout made bull that puts everything together in a nice package. His Granddam has been a very good producer for us as we have used a son in our herd, later selling to Paul Letts, as well as a son selling to Glen and April Szybunka.

RED TOWAW Tornado 439J

RED CROWFOOT 187X

Sire RED SVR TORNADO 167C

RED SVR CHRISTY 19U

RED TOWAW HI LINE 406B

Dam RED TOWAW MOLLY 513D RED TOWAW CCC MOLLY 543B

AOD: 5

39J is a moderate, good looking bull with a moderate BW that did well in his feed test. His pedigree combines one of our top Cow Families, the Mollys, with Pathfinder Sires in our herd, Calidad 130Y and Highline 402M.

TOWAW Ozark 440J

REICH 28B

Sire K THREE OZARK 5D REICH BETTY 6W

RED TOWAW JIMMY PAGE 448B

Dam RED TOWAW LADY BELLE 457D

RED TOWAW LADY BELLE 532B

AOD: 5 BLACK HIDED/RED GENE CARRIER

Bull with lots of middle, good muscle pattern, and large testicles with an attractive look to him. He has very good growth numbers and looking deeper into his genomic enhanced Epds show him to excel in carcass traits as well.

TOWAW Ozark 445J

REICH 28B

Sire K THREE OZARK 5D REICH BETTY 6W

RED FLYING K JULIAN 72Y

Dam RED TOWAW FAYETTE 470D

RED TOWAW FAYETTE 437A

AOD: 5 BLACK HIDED/RED GENE CARRIER

445J is a good looking rascal with very good feet. His dam is one of our favourite Julian daughters as she is big bodied, strong hearted and structurally correct with an excellent udder. She ranks in the top 7% for CBI, Canadian Balanced Index, which ranks cattle based on a number of criteria established by importance to Canadian Cattlemen. 445J himself ranks in the top 8% for CBI and as we look into his EPD profile he is excellently balanced across the board.

RED TOWAW Tornado 453J

RED CROWFOOT 187X

Sire RED SVR TORNADO 167C

RED SVR CHRISTY 19U

RED WINDY HILL ZEPPELIN 1240Z OSF

RED TOWAW RUBY 466C

RUBY 29W

AOD: 6

There is lots of performance in this bull that is big middled, structurally correct, with a large scrotal. His dam is a model cow at Towaw; easy fleshing, strong hearted with a very good udder and foot quality.

RED TOWAW Tornado 454J

RED CROWFOOT 187X

Sire RED SVR TORNADO 167C

RED SVR CHRISTY 19U

RED LAZY MC KINGMAN 16W

Dam RED TOWAW GEORGINA 502C

RED TOWAW GEORGINA 59X

AOD: 6

454J is a larger framed, long powerfully constructed bull with a strong maternal pedigree. This is the third year in a row his dam has put a bull in the bull sale and she boasts a +30 Milk Epd. Her Dam, WDV 59X, is one of the top performance producing cows in our herd and is the dam of a high selling herdsire that worked at Hahn Cattle Co. and Preuss Farms.

RED CCC Tornado 455J

RED CROWFOOT 187X

Sire RED SVR TORNADO 167C

RED SVR CHRISTY 19U

RED TER-RON GIT-R-DONE 640S

Dam RED TOWAW CESSA 10W

RED SHODEREE CESSA 7D

AOD: 12

455J is a good footed, moderate framed beef bull out of one of the oldest cows on the place. He is the product of a partnership between Jill’s family, the Caine’s, and Towaw as the group of W cows they bought from us have been on shares here since 2010.

RED TOWAW Tornado 466J

RED CROWFOOT 187X

Sire RED SVR TORNADO 167C

RED SVR CHRISTY 19U

RED TOWAW ORAZI CALIDAD 130Y

Dam RED TOWAW COPPER 475D

RED TOWAW COPPER 76Z

AOD: 5

466J is a dark red, eye appealing, structurally sound individual with an attractive front end. His Canadian Balanced Index clocks in at the top 3% of the breed bolstered by his strong genomically enhanced numbers for carcass, foot quality, weaning and yearling growth all while keeping mature height and weight at a reasonable level.

RED TOWAW Tornado 467J

WDV 467J 2242884

RED CROWFOOT 187X

Sire RED SVR TORNADO 167C

RED SVR CHRISTY 19U

RED TOWAW ORAZI CALIDAD 130Y

Dam RED TOWAW COPPERLADY 429D

AOD: 5

467J is a complete calving ease candidate bull with a smooth shoulder and a head with lots of Angus character. He is a moderate framed bull that goes back to Calidad and Lancer, two bulls that rarely missed when it came to producing great replacement females.

RED TOWAW Julian 468J

RED TOWAW KINGMAN 467B

Sire RED HAMCO KINGMAN 465F

RED HAMCO MIMI 78C

RED TOWAW ZEPHYR 478D

Dam RED TOWAW ESSENCE 500F

RED TOWAW CCC ESSENCE 507D

AOD: 3

468J is a deep red coloured, dark headed bull that is long and deep in a larger framed body. As is often the case with these dark headed bulls, he has a very correct black hoof.

TOWAW Ozark 481J

Sire K THREE OZARK 5D REICH BETTY 6W

LAZY MC KINGMAN 16W

RED TOWAW LAKOTA 473C

AOD: 6 BLACK HIDED/RED GENE CARRIER

481J is packed with muscle and masculinity in a structurally sound, moderate framed package.

TOWAW Ozark 472J

TOWAW Selkirk 484J

AOD: 5 BLACK HIDED/RED GENE CARRIER

472J is a thick muscled, wide topped bull that is deep sided in a moderate package. The Ozark sons should produce calves that feed well and make for high yielding carcasses.

RED TOWAW Julian 492J

RED FLYING K JULIAN 72Y

Sire RED TOWAW JULIAN 478G

RED TOWAW LAKOTA 442D

RED WILBAR HURRICANE 806C

Dam RED TOWAW RENEE 587F

TOWAW RENEE 162T

AOD: 3 TWIN

This early maturing bull has a nice pattern, big nuts, and a moderate frame size. His dam goes back to a bred heifer purchased in 1984 from Brylor Ranch. The Renee family that is prevalent in many herds across Canada all stem back to that cow.

TOWAW Zumba 499J

RED CROWFOOT 187X

Sire RED SVR TORNADO 167C

SVR CHRISTY 19U

559D

130Y

AOD: 5 BLACK HIDED/RED GENE CARRIER

This bull is moderate framed, big bodied, and masculine, His mother is big bodied, very good uddered and easy fleshing.

AOD: 8 BLACK HIDED/RED GENE CARRIER

Structurally correct bull here with a clean sheath and large testicles. He is deep bodied and his dam has been a top producer since she came here from Six Mile Ranch. She is also the dam of Thomas’s show cow, Duchess 413D, 2018 Lloydminster Stockade Supreme Champion Female.

RED TOWAW Kingman 496J

RED TOWAW KINGMAN 467B

Sire RED HAMCO KINGMAN 465F

RED HAMCO MIMI 78C

RED TOWAW ORAZI CALIDAD 130Y

Dam RED CCC LAKIMA 477F RED

AOD: 3

There is lots of growth and performance in this bull that has a strong level hip and a deep body. His performance shows up both in his data and his EPDs. His dam traces back to Lakima 26G, a former Donor Cow for us and one of the most influential cows in our 50+ years of breeding Red Angus.

RED TOWAW Julian 511J

WDV 511J 2243318 JUNE 17 2021

RED FLYING K JULIAN 72Y

Sire RED TOWAW JULIAN 478G

RED TOWAW LAKOTA 442D

RED BLAIR’S STOUT 825B

Dam RED TOWAW RUBY 507F

RED TOWAW RUBY 536C

AOD: 3

This smooth made, correctly structured bull is a touch lighter coloured but should be a maternal powerhouse. He stacks up the cowmaker Julian line with Highline and Stout.

RED TOWAW Tornado 512J

RED CROWFOOT 187X

Sire RED SVR TORNADO 167C

RED SVR CHRISTY 19U

RED GLESBAR EXCEL 73W

Dam RED TOWAW SYBIL 424A

RED TOWAW SYBIL 41X

AOD: 8

Cow bull here with extra length of body. If you sell your calves at weaning, find this guy as he had a whopping 118 WW index. His dam was designated elite by the CAA in 2020 with four calves with an average WI of 118 with a son selling to the purebred herd of J Lazy A Angus. Wow, it’s not often that a 118 Wean Index doesn’t help the average WI of a cow.

RED TOWAW Selkirk 524J

RED FLYING K JULIAN 72Y

Sire RED TOWAW JULIAN 478G RED TOWAW LAKOTA 442D TC

AOD: 4 BLACK HIDED/RED GENE CARRIER 524J has extra muscle shape, is hairy, correct and attractive in his makeup. He is moderate at birth with a big weaning weight, while controlling mature weight that puts him in the top 8% for Canadian Balanced Index.

RED TOWAW Tornado 532J

RED CROWFOOT 187X

Sire RED SVR TORNADO 167C

RED SVR CHRISTY 19U

RED TOWAW JIMMY PAGE 448B

Dam RED TOWAW ROSE DORA 466D

AOD: 5

This long bodied bull is masculine and long bodied with a calving ease, low birth weight. When writing the footnotes each year, I love finding a Rose Dora on the Dam’s side. This cow family traces back to the first cows purchased by Towaw from the White family in Washington in the early 70s.

RED TOWAW Tornado 554J

RED CROWFOOT 187X

Sire RED SVR TORNADO 167C

RED SVR CHRISTY 19U

RED SHODEREE LANCER 133P

Dam RED TOWAW SYBIL 100Y

RED TOWAW SYBIL 208U

AOD: 10

554J is a cow bull with very good growth post weaning. His dam was starting to slow down at 10 years of age but she has been a productive matron that stood the test of time at Towaw.

RED TOWAW Julian 520J

RED FLYING K JULIAN 72Y

Sire RED TOWAW JULIAN 478G

RED TOWAW LAKOTA 442D

RED TOWAW ORAZI CALIDAD 130Y

Dam RED TOWAW COPPER LADY 465F

RED TOWAW COPPER 76Z

AOD: 3

520J is a deep bodied, deep flanked bull with a masculine presence. He traces back, on his mother’s side, to the Copper Lady Cow family made famous by Red Line Ranch in the 80s. The donor cow 27W is a Copper Lady and she is the dam of the $16,000 Red Roundup 2021 heifer to Kylie Willms and the Macgregor 601J bull we retained to use.

RED TOWAW Tornado 531J

AOD: 7

Large testicled bull that is long bodied, deep ribbed with a good hip. He is masculine and good headed; he should be a strong breeder.

TOWAW Cumulus 540J

RED CROWFOOT 187X

Sire RED SVR TORNADO 167C

19U

AOD: 11 BLACK HIDED/RED GENE CARRIER

540J is one of the youngest Summer bulls in the group but might be one of the best. He is attractive, smooth shouldered, with a good head, good foot, and a strong, level top. His dam is a Tiger daughter out of my favourite cow to walk the pastures of Lower Sangudo, Sybil 4H. Sybil 5X has had 5 natural born sons sell in the sale, including Jive 468E to Thistle Ridge Red Angus in 2019, and Storm 469H to Howe Red Angus last year. We continue to use both those bulls in our program.

RED TOWAW Kingman 533J

WDV 533J 2255357 JUNE 27 2021

RED TOWAW KINGMAN 467B

Sire RED HAMCO KINGMAN 465F

RED HAMCO MIMI 78C

RED TOWAW ORAZI CALIDAD 130Y

Dam RED TOWAW CCC LAKIMA 431D

AOD: 5 BLACK HIDED/RED GENE CARRIER

This bull has a moderate BW coupled with large testicles and correct structure. He is deep, stout and attractive and should have a lot of friends on sale day.

RED TOWAW Tornado 534J

RED CROWFOOT 187X

Sire RED SVR TORNADO 167C

RED SVR CHRISTY 19U

RED GLESBAR EXCEL 73W Dam RED

LAKIMA 554D

AOD: 5

534J is a large framed, deep sided bull with a moderate Birth Weight. He is dark headed, with a correct dark foot. Lots of growth in his pedigree with Tornado, Excel and Git R Done.

RED TOWAW Tornado 558J

RED CROWFOOT 187X

Sire RED SVR TORNADO 167C

RED SVR CHRISTY 19U

RED TOWAW JIMMY PAGE 448B Dam RED TOWAW QUIN 485D

491B

AOD: 5

558J is the youngest of the Towaw Two Rising Two Year Olds but he holds his own in style and substance. He has a moderate Birth Weight and is stylish, correct and balanced.

TOWAW John Wayne 401J (ET)

RED U-2 RECKONING 149A

Sire RED SIX MILE JOHN WICK 882E RED

AOD: 5 BLACK HIDED/RED GENE CARRIER

John Wayne is a very correct made ET calf out of the really good show cow of Thomas’s, Duchess 412D. We sold a half interest in her to Six Mile Ranch for $16,000 in the fall of 2018. Reese’s very successful show heifer from last fall was a full sibling to both 401J and 402J. This scamp is moderate framed, big middled and easy fleshing. He saw some use as an injury replacement with a group of our cows last fall. He has a very strong balanced set of genomically enhanced EPDs and ranks in the 4th percentile for the new Combined Breed Index at 271.

TOWAW John Lennon 402J (ET)

RED U-2 RECKONING 149A

Sire RED SIX MILE JOHN WICK 882E

AOD: 5 BLACK HIDED/RED GENE CARRIER

John Lennon is a full brother to the previous bull and presents a little different package. He is a bigger framed bull with a little more length and extension presented in a very attractive package. He also saw some use with a group of cows last fall.

Look for this guy to add some growth to his calves and keep every daughter because the maternal end of things is well taken care of.

RED TOWAW Austin 609J

RED RMJ REDMAN 1T OSF MAF

Sire RED WILDMAN SMOKE SIGNAL 704E

RED SVR MISS STOCKY 82K

RED ALLISON MAMMOTH 78E

Dam RED REDLINE LANA 80G RED REDLINE LANA 47C

AOD: 2

This guy is a moderate framed bull that could cover a bunch of heifers. He is structurally correct with a good amount of muscle shape and depth of body. His dam came to Towaw as a heifer calf purchased in the Red Roundup sale by Reese from Travis and Becky Page. His mother was stifled when he was a calf, so he didn’t get the best start, but both of them are looking great now.

RED TOWAW Selkirk 422J

RED TOWAW KINGMAN 467B

Sire RED HAMCO KINGMAN 465F

RED HAMCO MIMI 78C

RED BLAIR’S STOUT 825B

Dam TOWAW PRIMAVERA 411F TOWAW

AOD: 3

422J is a long bodied, smooth shouldered bull with eye appeal. He rates as a calving ease bull and is the first red animal that traces directly to the Argentine Donor Cow, Primavera 7Z, that plays such a big part in the Towaw 2023 Joint Venture offering.

Applying EPDs for all these traits into selection and breeding decisions can be challenging.

Therefore, the Canadian Angus Association has worked to develop and Economic Selection Index that includes the EPDs for all traits. Traits are weighted in the index based on their economic impact on the Canadian commercial operation.

Basically, indexes help producers use EPDs to balance traits. Balancing traits can be complex. Not all traits make an equal contribution to profitability, and some traits counteract each other (e.g. post-weaning growth and cow size/feed requirements).

Other traits are important to a certain threshold, then there is less benefit in going any further (e.g. calving ease) or even a direct cost (e.g. milk production).

A well-constructed index can help streamline the process of selecting cattle for breeding. It is not intended to replace individual trait EPDs (which will still be available) or to tell breeders how to breed. An index can help breeders focus on cattle that will tend to be more profitable under Canadian production systems and markets.

For the commercial producerwho likely purchases bulls and thinks about EPDs on only one day of the year-it is a useful overall guide that simplifies the complexity of multiple EPDs.

The Canadian Balanced Index will officially be launched later this year.

The index is expressed in terms of Canadian dollars and reflects the expected difference in profits between bulls’ progeny.

For example:

Bull A CBI = $250

Bull B CBI - $150 www.rainbowredangus.com www.facebook.com/RainbowRedAngus

On average, progeny from Bull A will be $100 more profitable in a Canadian commercial operation than the progeny from Bull B.

If you have any questions about the new Canadian Angus Association Balanced Index please do not hesitate to contact CAA’s Director of Science and Technology, Kajal Devani at kdevani@ cdnangus.ca or 403-537-5604.