JANUARY 2018
WESTERN CANADA’S ALL BREEDS BULL SALE SOURCE
Family ay Sale 13 TH ANNUAL
"Canada's source for moderate framed, maternal cattle"
February 19, 2018, 1:00 Pm At The Farm
15 Minutes Southwest Of Athabasca, AB (Only 2 Hours From Edmonton’s International Airport)
220 Coming 2 Year Old Red And Black Angus Bulls Sell
175 Commercial Bred Heifers (May Calving)
www.olefarms.com
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INFLUENCE CALVES CONSISTENTLY OUTSELL AND OUT PERFORM STRAIGHT BRITISH BRED CALVES
Amaglen Limousin
Ian & Bonnie Hamilton Darlingford, MB 204.246.2312 amaglen@inetlink.ca www.amaglenlimousin.ca Bulls for sale by private treaty and Manitoba Bull Test, March 31st
Andrew Ranches
Greg Andrew / Tim Andrew Tilley, AB / Youngstown, AB 403.633.6337 / 403.854.633 Bull Sale March 13th, Brooks, AB
Bar 3R Limousin
The Rea family Marengo, SK Kevin 306.463.7950 / Ken 306.463.7454 r3bar@hotmail.com Bull Sale March 15th, Oyen, AB
Cherway Limousin
Wayne, Cheryl & family Sanford, MB 204.736.2878 info@cherwaylimousin.ca www.cherwaylimousin.ca Red and black polled bulls by private treaty
Diamond C Ranch
Neil & Sherry Christiansen Ponoka, AB 403.783.2799 neil@diamondcranchlimousin.com Bull Sale at the farm March 12th
Excel Ranches
Ron & Barb, Cody & Amy Miller Westlock, AB Cody 780.349.0644 excelranches@hotmail.com www.excelranches.com Excellence Sale March 8th at the farm
High Cattle Company
Lazy S Limousin
Highland Stock Farms
Nordal Limousin
Darren & Chase High Airdrie, AB Darren 403.860.1087 Chase 403.808.7940 darren@highcattlecompany.com Bulls sell by private treaty
Stan & Ty Skeels & Vykki Johns Rimbey, AB 403.704.0288 lazyslimousin@telus.net Bull Sale March 24th
The Matthews & Haywood Families Bragg Creek, AB Rob & Marci Matthews 403.585.8660 Chris & Amanda Haywood 403.470.1812 www.highlandstockfarms.com Bull Sale at the farm March 17th
Rob Garner Simpson, SK 306.946.7946 nordallimousin@sasktel.net www.nordallimousin.com Bull Sale Feb. 15th, Saskatoon, SK
Hillview Farms
Swaan & Kishkan families Quesnel, BC 250.747.2618 / 250.991.6654 kishkan@quesnelbc.com www.pvlimousin.com Bulls sell in Peace Country Bull Sale April 3rd, Dawson Creek, BC
Jaymarandy Limousin/ Jaymarandy Livestock
R & R Acres
Raymond & Corine, Colin & Tessa Verbeek Morinville, AB Ray 780.939.2173 / Colin 780.982.1676 crverbeek@xplornet.ca www.hillviewfarmslimousin.com Bull & Female Sale at the farm March 3rd
Len & Ruth Angus / Mark Angus Roblin, MB 204.937.4980 / 204.281.5099 jaymarandy@gmail.com www.jaymarandy.com Bulls sell in Western Gateway Bull Sale April 3rd
Lazy A Limousin
Brent & Carey Hirschfeld & family Cando, SK 306.937.7553 bchirsch@hotmail.com Bulls sell in Northwest’s Bull Sale March 19th, North Battleford, SK
Symens Land & Cattle Co.
James & Laura Symens Claresholm, AB 403.524.4729 / 604.880.7515 symens@platinum.ca Bull Sale March 15th
Triple R Limousin
The Rodger’s Family MacGregor, MB 204.685.2628 triplerlimo@yahoo.ca Bulls and females sell by private treaty
Pinnacle View Limousin
Randy & Rhonda Bollum Airdrie, AB 403.540.5949 randy@limousinleader.com www.limousinleader.com 17th Annual “Beefmaker” Bull Sale Feb. 3rd at the ranch
Richmond Ranch
Jim & Stephanie Richmond & Family Rumsey, AB 403.368.2103 / Cell 403.740.3748 tiffany@richmondranch.com www.richmondranch.com Bull Sale March 9th at the ranch
CANADIAN LIMOUSIN
~ ASSOCIATION ~ #13, 4101-19 STREET NE CALGARY, AB T2E 7C4
PHONE 1. 403.253.7309 TOLL-FREE 1.866.886.1605 FAX 1.403.253.1704 EMAIL limousin@limousin.com WEB www.limousin.com
BONCHUK FARMS
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 18, 2018
1:00 PM Heartland Livestock, Virden, MB
85 Bulls Reds, Black, Fullblood/Fleck Simmental Bulls yearlings and 2 year olds
Powerful Ranch Bulls selected with your profit in mind!!
BONCHUK FARMS Dave 204.8423706 or 204.773.0467 Wayne 204.842.3859 or 204.796.0004 Email: bonchuk@goinet.ca www.bonchukfarms.com
Brian Bouchard 403.813.7999
Chad Lorenz 403.896.9585
Darnell Fornwald 403.795.8030
Doug Domolewski 403.635.1840
One Breed For Every Need
www.hereford.ca • herefords@hereford.ca
• 5160 Skyline Way NE, Calgary, AB T2E 6V1 • 1-888-836-7242
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Friday, February 16, 2018 Lunch at 12:00 noon - Sale at 1:00 pm At the Farm - Bashaw, AB
Powerfull 2 Year old Black Angus Bulls & Fancy Purebred Heifers
No Bulls Sold Prior to Sale!!
Lazy E Bar Ranching Ltd.
Jim & Karyl Bleakley
Wade & Laura Bleakley
P: 780-372-4175 - C: 403-741-9864 P: 780-372-4417 - C: 403-318-8775 P.O. Box 513, Bashaw, AB T0B 0H0 lazyebarranching@msn.com • www.lazyebarranching.com
Selling
HERD BULLS with mothers OFFERING 78 BULLS YEARLINGS AND LONG YEARLINGS PLUS 12 OPEN HEIFERS
like these
MARCH 6, 2018 • 6TH ANNUAL
BULL*SALE AT THE FARM • INNISFAIL, AB
Gavin & Mabel Hamilton • Colton • Quinn PHONE 403.224.2353 EMAIL belvinangus@xplornet.com WEB www.belvinangus.com
P.O. Box 6134, Innisfail, Alberta T4G 1S8 GAVIN’S CELL 403.556.5246 COLTON’S CELL 403.507.5416 BRENDYN ELLIOT 250.449.5071
LLB Angus
32ND ANNUAL
Offering 700
• 150 yearling bulls
BULL & FEMALE SALE
MARCH 10, 2018 head of Quality Black & Red Angus Cattle
• 75 two year old bulls
• 250 commercial yearling heifers
Black & Red Yearling Bulls
• 110 yearling heifers
• 50 purebred bred heifers
• 75 commercial bred heifers
Commercial Heifers
LEE, LAURA & JACKIE BROWN TRISH & TIM HENDERSON Phone: 403-742-4226 Fax: 403-742-2962
at the farm Erskine AB
Black & Red Two year old Bulls
Contact us for a sale catalogue llbangus@telus.net
Box 217, Erskine, Alberta T0C 1G0 catalogue online www.llbangus.com
BULL SALE SPARROW FARMS
SparrowS aQUarIUS 493B
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SPARRO W F A R M S ltd
Cam, Kerrie, Emma, Jill & Josie Sparrow 306-668-4218 Cam’s Cell: 306-227-3607 Vanscoy, Saskatchewan www.asparrowfarms.com
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On the Ranch, Russell, Manitoba Wednesday, February 21, 2018 Black and Red Simmental, Angus and Simm-Angus Bulls
Miles, Bonnie & Jared Glasman Home: 204.773.3279 Miles’ Cell: 204.773.6275 Jared’s Cell: 204.796.0999
mjsimmentalangus@gmail.com
www.mjsimmentalangus.com mlg@glasmanfarms.com
www.glasmanfarms.com find us on
Sale Managed By: T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd. Chris: 306-220-5006
Matthew & Leanne Glasman Home: 204.773.3209 Matt’s Cell: 204.773.6055
1901 - 2018
Selling
TOP QUALITY Bulls in Volume for more than
117 years
Show: Feb 28 Sale: Mar 1
www.calgarybullsale.com For more information contact ALBERTA CATTLE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION (403)852-0154 finsethjudy@gmail.com
Horned Hereford Polled Hereford Ranch Horses
Davidson Gelbvieh & Lonesome Dove Ranch
BULL SALE
29th
1:00 SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 2018 AT OUR BULL YARDS (WATCH FOR SIGNS), PONTEIX, SK, CANADA
Selling... 100+ PUREBRED BLACK & RED
GELBVIEH BULLS FOR PROGRESSIVE COMMERCIAL AND SEEDSTOCK OPERATIONS
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
CONSISTENT & PREDICTABLE SEMEN TESTED PERFORMANCE TESTED NEW & PROVEN GENETICS
Catalog and videos will be available online at www.davidsongelbvieh.com &
www.lonesomedoveranch.ca Sale will be broadcast online at DLMS.ca
Vernon & Eileen Davidson Box 681, Ponteix, SK S0N 1Z0 Ph 306.625.3755 Cell 306.625.7863 • Cell 306.625.7864 davidsongelbvieh@sasktel.net www.davidsongelbvieh.com
Ross & Tara Davidson & Family Box 147, Ponteix, SK S0N 1Z0 Ph 305.625.3513 R 306.625.7045 • T 306.625.7345 lonesomedoveranch@sasktel.net www.lonesomedoveranch.ca
gReeNwOOd CANAdiAN iMPACT OwNed wiTh gReeNwOOd LiMOuSiN
- Supreme Bull in the Alberta Supreme at Farmfair International - Supreme Bull in the RBC Beef Supreme Challenge at Canadian Western Agribition
Selling 90 Rising Two Year Olds: (April May Born) Black Angus • Red Angus • Polled Limousin ~ Red & Black These sires represent calving ease, performance and high maternal rate
View the catalogue online at
www.Buyagro.com
NORdAL LiMOuSiN & ANguS PO Box 85 Simpson, SK S0g 4MO Rob garner Cell: 306-946-7946 nordallimousin@sasktel.net www.nordallimousin.com
View the catalogue online at
www.nordallimousin.com
24th Annual Bull Sale
Saturday, March 3, 2018 - 1:00 pm
At the Ranch, Carievale, SK (heated sales arena)
180 Bulls Sell Herd Bulls Designed by Ranchers for Ranchers
Red & Red Blaze Simmental Bulls
50 20
Polled Yearlings Coming Two Year Olds
• All bulls born, bred & developed right here at MRL • Large sire groups 1/2 and 3/4 brothers Penfulls of uniform bulls in every category • Sight Unseen Buyer’s Program (Can’t make it sale day, give us a call. Almost 25% of our bulls sell SUS. Quality in Quanity and 95% go to Many repeat customers year after year.) Commercial Cowb oys. • Semen evaluated and guaranteed • Free Delivery in Western Canada. Cost sharing to the East Black & Black Blaze 50 Polled Yearlings (Our trailer is most likely going right past your gate.) Polled Simmental Bulls 20 Coming Two Year Olds • Sound rugged Bulls developed on a high roughage ration (Born, bred and fed to work and stay working) • Extra age bulls ready to cover some ground. Offering 50 May/June coming Two Year Olds and January/February born yearlings. • Genetically engineered to excel for the commercial cattleman. Calving ease, performance and packed full of maternal traits.
• Affordable Bulls •
“THE BULL BUSINESS” IS WHAT WE DO! Supplying Quality Herdbulls to progressive Cattlemen for over 40 years! For over 40 years we have been committed to and focused on providing herd bulls that will excel for commercial cowboys. Over the years we have listened to our customers to provide herd bulls that work in today’s industry under real world ranching conditions. Our breeding program isn’t influenced by the showring or the flavour of the month but rather genetics that work for everyday cattlemen who make their living in the cow business. Herd bulls that will sire calves with moderate birth weights, explosive growth, structural soundness with eye appeal and packed full of maternal power. Extra age bulls Jan/Feb born yearlings and check out the large group of May/June coming two year olds for 2018. Sound, rugged herd bulls that will cover some ground. No fluff, no puff. The top 170 bulls from our highly regarded cowherd of almost 700 mother cows and the most elite herd bulls in the business. Come see for yourself what keeps the commercial cowboys coming back year after year. Give us a call, text or email for a full color catalogue and bull video.
Red & Black Angus Bulls
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Polled Yearlings Coming Two Year Olds
Red & Black Simmental & Angus Bulls April/May Coming Two Year Olds
12/21/2017 1:57:48 PM
60 Charolais
25 Angus
Two’s & Yearlings March 03, 2018 Long yearlings 1:00pm Fairgrounds
2 Ranch Horse Prospects Blaine & Moira Pickard
403-627-4766
Pincher Creek, AB A&L Robbins Ranching 403-627-7398 Turnbull Charolais 403-627-6951 Char-Lew Ranch 403-627-9412 View the Catalogue & Videos online @ www.charolaisbanner.com
15 th
Annual
Spady Bull Sale
Thursday, March 29th, 2018
Progeny sells:
Selling 120 Black Angus Bulls
SAv tEN SPEED 3022 Sire: AAR Ten X 7008 S A MGS: SAV Bismarck 5682
110 Yearlings, 10 2-yr Olds
DuRALtA 1441 REvENuE
BW WW YW MILK TM 1.5 67 126 20 54
vIN MAR O’REILLY FACtOR Sire: SAV Final Answer 0035 BW WW YW MILK TM MGS: Circle A 216 LTD 9374 0.5 56 109 26 54
www.rivercrestangus.com Craig Spady 403-740-4978 Tom Spady 780-879-2180
Sire: SAV Resource 1441 BW WW YW MILK TM MGS: Minburn Yellowstone 56S -0.3 22 51 21 32
Sale 1:30 pm at the Ranch Alliance, AB
KBJ PREDO 105A Sire: Atlasta Predominacnt 31W BW WW YW MILK TM 2.4 44 78 23 45 MGS: FRL Traveler 416
DuRALtA 307R uPDRAFt 45A Sire: SITZ Upward 307R BW WW YW MILK TM MGS: KMK Alliance 6595 187 2.5 71 123 27 63
Valleymere Angus Travis Spady 780-879-2298 Brian Spady 780-879-2110
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FEBRUARY 8, 2018 FORT MACLEOD AUCTION
Family ay Sale 13 TH ANNUAL
"Canada's source for moderate framed, maternal cattle"
February 19, 2018, 1:00 Pm At The Farm 15 Minutes Southwest Of Athabasca, AB (Only 2 Hours From Edmonton’s International Airport)
220 Coming 2 Year Old Red And Black Angus Bulls Sell 175 Commercial Bred Heifers (May Calving) Red And Black Bulls Sired By... XO Crowfoot 0102X
Ole Farms Ltd.
Red U-2 Foreigner 413B
Kelly & Anna Olson Athabasca AB Ph: 780-675-4664 Travis: 780-689-8324 Graham: 780-675-0112 Kelly: 780-689-7822 E: info@olefarms.com
DDA Emblazon 27C DDA Pinebank 50H SAV Resource 1441 HF Kodiak 5R WAF Zorzal 321U
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Plan now to attend...
Rawes Ranches Ltd.
This is your opportunity to purchase bulls from a long-standing Program that produces sound, functional, uniform cattle, with built in performance. We personally guarantee it!
35th Annual Performance Tested Charolais Bull Sale
Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at the ranch, Strome, AB On offer: 160 TWO YEAR OLDS
Philip & Marie Harty (780) 376-2241
www.rawesranches.com
The Ranch where performance is no accident!
John & Myrna Rawe (780) 376-3598
Rg Rd #21
Box 1638 - Rimbey, AB T0C 2J0 (403) 843-4756 • (403) 783-1217 anchordranch@misslink.ca
Hwy 20
Dan, Karen, Mackenzie & Garren Skeels
Rimbey
Anchor D Ranch TWP Rd #433A Hwy 53
Directions: From Rimbey 1 1/2 miles North on Hwy #20, 3 miles East on Hwy 53, 3 1/2 miles North on Rg Rd #21, 1/4 mile East on Twp Rd #433A
HWY
WEST
MULTI-BREED BULL SALE MARCH 17, 2018 • 1:00 PM MAYERTHORPE AG BARN
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BULLS ON OFFER
BLACK ANGUS
RED ANGUS
RONAN R ANGUS Ralph & Lorree Erdell (780)786-2961 TRI A ANGUS Andy & Darlene Becker (780)723-2683
CARSON RANCH Jason & Carla Rand (780)725-3775
SIMMENTAL
GELBVIEH
HORNBANK SIMMENTALS Dave Holroyd (780)723-3974
HMR GELBVIEH Henry & Michelle Roy (780)723-2361
NOLARA FARMS Larry, Nola & Sara Van Sickle (780)786-4341
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ife ground to a halt in much of western M a n i t o b a M a r. 6 - 7 , as heavy snow, winds and whiteout conditions closed highways, leaving many travellers stranded and some needing rescue. Brandon spent 31 hours with visibility below 400 metres. The same area saw up to 41 centimetres of snow, sustained winds of 71 kilometres an hour and gusts up to 87 kilometres an hour, matching wind speeds in Morden, Berens River and Gretna, but below the 105-kilometre-an-hour gusts logged in Churchill. Motorists found themselves suddenly seeking shelter as conditions deteriorated. David Matthews of the Municipality of Whitehead’s volun-
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emoving the deferred cash ticket system won’t just hit farmers at tax time — it could also affect the entire supply chain, interrupting the flow of grain to international markets. “If they take this deferred cash ticket system away, you’re going to have farmers refusing to move grain when we need it to move,” said stuart Person, director of primary producer agriculture at accounting and business advisory firm MNP. “You’re going to have railroads sitting idle. You’re going to have grain terminals sitting empty. All because selling at certain times might not work for farmers because of tax implications.” Right now, deferred cash tickets are used to help producers “smooth their income out,” said Person. “With any farm business — it doesn’t matter if it’s livestock or grain — the income fluctuations can be significant from year to year due to a number of factors,” he said. If, for instance, a farmer has a bumper crop one year and sells it that same year, he or she will have a significant spike in income — and “generally, the higher your income, the higher the rate of tax you pay.” But the deferred cash ticket system allows farmers to take a portion of the money and defer the rest until next year. But Ottawa is considering scrapping the cash ticket deferral system — a move that would seriously impact Prairie producers, say Alberta’s wheat, barley, pulse, and canola commissions as well as other farm groups. the commissions asked MNP to review the situation and its analysis supports their claim. the majority of farmers aren’t trying to avoid paying taxes, but just want to “smooth their income out and make sure they’re paying tax at a reasonable rate like everybody else,” said Person.
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The Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale (PRCWRT) has streamlined voting on new varieties seeking a recommendation for registration. The PRCWRT held its annual meeting in Winnipeg Mar. 2. Here ballots are being distributed to members of the PRCWRT’s cultivar voting panel. PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON
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rdinarily voting over whether to recommend new wheat, rye or triticale varieties for registration can stretch on well into the afternoon. This year it was over before the morning coffee break at the annual meeting of the Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale (PRCWRT) in Winnipeg Mar. 2. Many participants said they thought it was a record for the group, and in no small way former federal agriculture minister Gerry Ritz is the reason why. The process has been streamlined — one of several reforms Ritz asked the PRCWRT and 16 other recommending committees to do when he wrote them in 2013. “I am challenging you to think about the future of variety regis-
tration and how best to ensure that Canada has an approach going forward that encourages innovation in variety development and balances the interests of producers and the entire value chain,” Ritz wrote. Some saw the letter as the beginning of the end for recommending committees, which its critics alleged were bureaucratic and an impediment to getting new, higher-yielding varieties to farmers faster. This year there were just 18 candidate cultivars before the PRCWRT, and a dozen weren’t up for voting because they’d already been supported for registration by the agronomic, disease and end-use evaluation teams, which results in an automatic registration recommendation, just one of the streamlining measures introduced since Ritz threw down the gauntlet. Before they’d come back to the full committee for further discussion and voting.
This year only six varieties came before the cultivar voting panel (CVP), a subgroup of the PRCWRT, whose members represent the entire wheat value chain including farmers, breeders, agronomists, plant pathologists, exporters and end-users. Up to 23 of the PRCWRT’s members serve on the CVP. The CVP’s creation is another streamlining measure. It reduced the number of people voting, while still allowing all PRCWRT members to give expert insight. The CVP also addresses Ritz’s concern that the process reflect the industry and its needs. At the PRCWRT meeting in 2013 Fairfax, Alta., seed grower Henry Vos said farmers and endusers should decide what varieties to grow, not a committee. But this year Vos said creating the CVP and having wheat commission representatives on it, is an important change. He said in the past, farmers had little for-
mal involvement or voice on the committee. Today he represents the Alberta Wheat Commission’s 14,000 farmer members on the CVP. “I like the committee structure,” Vos said. “I like the input of all the individuals. On varieties where there are concerns we have the cultivar voting panel, which represents the whole value chain. That is the most important part.” Much of what Ritz sought has been accomplished, said Brian Beres, a former PRCWRT chair and member of the ad hoc committee working on reforming the PRCWRT, following this year’s meeting. He said the group worked very hard along with the PRCWRT’s outgoing chair Curtis Pozniak, who is a durum breeder at the University of Saskatchewan, to streamline the process. “We wanted to get ahead of See committee on page 7 »
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Feb 8, 2018 Our Bulls sell at the 9th Annual Carlrams Bull Sale 2:00 pm ‘Sask Time’ 5 miles N of Cut Knife, SK Join us for lunch at noon!
LOT 302D - CR 72A LAD 302D
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Just a few sons on offer sired by
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LOT 132D - CR 72A LAD 132D
LOT 222D - CR 72A LAD 222D
Carl & Dalynn Ramsay Carl - 306.398.7879 Dalynn - 306.390.7447
Bull Sale Catalgoe goes online January, 4th!
~ Thurs, Feb. 8, 2018 ~ www.CRBarRanching.com
Diamond M Ranch 7th Annual Bull Sale
February 11, 2018
DON’T JUST LOOK ACROSS THE FENCE... Check us out! We specialize in maternal, low input Black Angus genetics that thrive in a forage based environment!
2 yr old bulls
SOLD
by Private Treaty
At the Ranch West of Estevan, SK
“Mature Bulls Designed for Today's Cattlemen”
Shellmouth, MB • 204-773-6800
www.nerbasbrosangus.com
new this year! Selling 40 Commerical Heifers!
• 60 cOMing TWO YEAR OLD SiMMEnTAL AnD SiMMEnTAL/AnguS BuLLS
• All the bulls come from many generations of red or black genetics • Performance and calving ease bulls • Semen tested and guaranteed
Diamond M Ranch
Jordan, Amber, Sasha, Sierra & Wyatt Mantei PO Box 87, Estevan, SK S4A 2A2 Ph: (306) 634-2971 Jordan’s cell: (306) 421-1915 email: diamondmranch@sasktel.net Located 1 1/2 miles west of Estevan on Hwy 39 Sale Managed By
306-933-4200 info@tbarc.com www.tbarc.com View the catalogue online www.Buyagro.com
Peter Ulrich (403) 625-1036
Specializing in LIGHT BIRTHWEIGHTS with GREAT PERFORMANCE plus REMARKABLE COWS
peter@ulrichherefords.com
Hans Ulrich (403) 625-2237
www.ulrichherefords.com
12th Annual
BULL SALE Balog Auction – Lethbridge, AB
Tuesday AGA 26R WHAM HAMMER 87W
Feb 20, 2018
Approx 45 bulls on offer!!
AGA 18Y ZOOM STANDARD 18Z
EPDs & performance data (including ultrasound & RFI) available on website &/or sale day
GCC PETE 203Y
AGA 60W BANNER SPORT ZEAL 28Z
Featuring sons of these herd sires and: AGA 20J STANMORE 21M AGA 114L GENERAL WILEY 24W WH 9A RUST TEMPEST 372A KGA 125R LAD 48A
2018 SALE BULLS AVAILABLE TO VIEW ON
ULRICH HEREFORD RANCH INC
ulrichherefords.com
We greatly appreciate the support of all the buyers and bidders at our wonderful 2017 sale!
BOX 843, CLARESHOLM, AB T0L 0T0 – FROM CLARESHOLM: 8 MI (12.8 KM) E ON HWY 520, 4M (6.4 KM) N ON RR 255 & 1/4 MILE E ON TWP 132
Tannas Ranches Annual Bull Sale Se
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March 29, 2018 at the Ranch 20km W of Water Valley
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Registered Black Angus Bulls Feature Females
Luke & Ceanna Tannas Home: 403-637-2425 Luke: 403-863-9560
Ceanna: 403-638-7311
PO Box 30, Water Valley, AB T0M 2E0
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CANADIAN SHORTHORN ASSOCIATION Box 3771, Evraz Place, Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 3N8 Canada Telephone (306)757-2212 Fax (306)525-5852 www.canadianshortorn.com info@canadianshorthorn.com
February 24, 2018
33rd annual bull sale
A SAMPLE OF OUR 2018 SALE BULLS
LFE 847D RAVEN X DARK NIGHT
LFE 803D
MCDAVID X FULL THROTTLE
LFE 856D RIDDLER X HOUSE
120 Simm. Yearlings 110 Simm. Extra Age
LFE 385E BLOOD RUSH X SPRINGSTEEN
EXTRA AGE
LFE 328E
LFE 809D
TRESTLE X STUBBY
VEGAS X BLACK LAKOTA
20 Angus Yearlings 40 Angus Extra Age EXTRA AGE
LFE 598D HILTON X JUSTIFIED
LFE 319E
LFE 3002D
SOUTH DAKOTA X DATELINE
RENOWN X LEGACY
LFE 418E
KELLY X ODYSSEY
Website: www.lewisfarms.ca Office Ph.: 780-962-5050 Kyle Lewis: 780-220-9188 Jordan Buba: 780-818-4047 Ken Lewis: 780-818-3829 emails: kyle@lewisfarms.ca jordan@lewisfarms.ca corrie@lewisfarms.ca Fullblood Division: Mark Land & Cattle, Lenny Mark 780-842-7207