OUR BULL DEVELOPMENT PHILOSOPHY

We believe Each year we like to share our philosophy on how we develop our bulls. We believe that these cattle need to be designed to add value to your operation. They are selected and tested to work in our environment and in turn we are continually putting selection pressure on them so that they have the best chance of working for our customers. Genetic development starts at breeding. Not only breeding of the bulls we have in the sale but breeding of the dams that carry them as well as the sires that sired them. Whether it is the larger population that we calve in the spring or the smaller population that we calve in the winter; we are continually developing these genetics to add real world value to the industry. Our cowherd is split into groups of roughly one hundred head of cows or heifers. All of the groups are treated the same in terms of management but with this grouping size we feel we can manage feeding and grazing them in a way that allows us to analyze them daily. We don’t split the groups in terms of purebred or commercial but instead group them by relative age and where they will end up for pasture locations. We feel in doing this we can monitor cows as they age as well as keep the stress to a minimum on the cattle when we are processing in the spring in these size of groups. We work with our nutritionist to maintain proper nutrition within our cowherd by continually feed testing our feedstuffs and winter gazing stocks. This allows us to tailor a mineral package for our cowherd that is specific to the age of cattle, days to or in lactation, or what they are feeding on throughout the seasons.

When a calf is born here, we allow them the time to start to be licked off by their mother as we believe that the bonding of the calf to the cow is an instinct that provides for not only the development of a heifer into long term maternal success as a cow but also allows us to monitor colostrum intake and vigor of the calf as to when it is up and sucking. We vaccinate and provide vitamin supplements within 24 hours of birth when the calves of the day are weighed on a digital scale, ear tagged for identification, as well as tissue samples taken for future DNA processing. During this period, we will analyze the teats and udder of the cows and we will record that information as scaled in the chart provided in our catalog.

Once we are through the first cycle of calving, spring born calving groups are rotated to larger pastures of clean ground to further provide cleanliness to aid in herd health. These groups are then moved again after the second cycle to pastures that have access to corral facilities where we can set up for spring processing. Once the calving groups are done calving, they are processed and moved to summer pastures. Our processing regimen includes modified live and clostridial vaccines for the calves and cows as well as being poured with an insecticide for fly and tick control. Commercial calves are branded and given an oral NSAID to help reduce inflammation and pain.

Pasture groups are spread over a few areas that are not only local to our place but also some cattle are sent a few hours away to pasture in northern Saskatchewan. Much of our local pasture is native prairie grass with rolling topography in the river valley with the Saskatchewan land consisting of more low land, wetland areas, and tree cover. We find that testing our cattle in multiple grazing environments allows us to see how they will develop in different areas for our customers. In fall the pairs are brought home and either go onto stubble grazing, stock piled native grass grazing, cereal swath grazing, or corn grazing. The winter born calves are typically weaned in September with their mothers remaining on summer pasture. The Spring born calves are typically weaned in late November or early December with their mothers returning to winter grazing. All calves are vaccinated with a modified live and clostridial vaccine and poured with an ivermectin at weaning induction.

Our bull calves are wintered in large groups on a high forage diet. We feel like we can continually analyze the bull contemporaries when they are grouped together and prospective sale bulls that don’t thrive with the largest part of the group are sorted, castrated and enter into a steer feeding group to be sold as a feeder. We continually analyze the progression of our bull groups and because we background our commercial production, we have the ability to move cattle onto the feeder side leaving our top end of our male production to continue to be developed as bulls.

When grass is available in the spring the long yearling sale bulls are turned out into rotational grazing paddocks. We work at improving grass health and production by rotating the bulls through the summer and early fall. This also allows us to expose the bulls to many things. We utilize a working dog, a feedbox on a pickup as well as horses or us on foot to move the bulls and provide interaction that allows us to further assess docility. The winter born yearlings are exposed to the same things as the other bulls after they finish the grazing season in a paddock saved for post weaning grazing. When the fall grazing period ends the bulls are allowed access to their final development pens where they are started on feed first in a trough in the pen and then on a feedline. Their pens have been designed in a way that promotes continual movement. Their feedline is at the top of the hill with their bedding area on the opposite end of the area with the water near to the bottom of the hill.

We believe that by utilizing the philosophy of promoting longevity through continual testing of development allows us to provide bulls to you that are designed with the ability to add value to your genetics. The last number of years has seen us utilizing more genetic analysis tools such as genomic testing. We have provided more information for each bull in the catalog to allow you to find the ones that will best suit your needs. We have noticed a higher level of consistency and increase in our carcass values as well as discovering many cow families and sire lines that are at the top of the breed for traits related to feed intake. We find this information of great importance as we are able to further analyze and provide you with leading genetics that can thrive on less input. Cattle that are developed in a way that promotes longevity, raised and analyzed to be trouble free, and provide more pounds of production across your cowherd with less input are the genetics that we continually take pride in producing.

Pugh Jayden 12j

Red Pugh Joplin 20j

Red Pugh Johannesburg 22j

Red Pugh Jeremy 36j

Red Pugh Jacob 48j

Red Pugh Jonathan 141j

Red Pugh Jordan 142j

Red Pugh Jersey 144j

PENDING

Red Pugh Jurupa 202j

Red

Jasper 23j

Red Pugh John 304j

Red Pugh Jones 334j

Red Pugh Jay 338j

Red

Jeffery 414j

Red Pugh Jordo 142j

Pugh

503j

Red Pugh Johnson 520j

Pugh

Box 697j

RED PUGH JOSE’ 746J

Red Pugh Jasper 752j

Red

Red Pugh Juice 771j

Red Pugh Joseph 798j

Pugh Johnstown 834j

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PUGH

Red Pugh Kingsway 810k

| GJP 810K | JAN 11/22

RED VGW GAME PLAN 816

RED HALL’S PUGH HUNTSMAN 825H

RED GJP SCARFACE 269X RED HALL’S MS THOR 825F

RED PUGH 120C PRINCESS 810F

GJP 232U MS THOR 120C

• ANGUS GS RESULTS TO COME

• LAND HIPPO BODIED DAM

• DEEP MUSLCE STRUCTURE

• ANGUS CHARACTER IN DESIGN

• POWERFUL STRUCTURE FROM THE GROUND UP

2299068 | GJP 855K | JAN 18/22 | RED PUGH KINSELLA 855K

RED VGW GAME PLAN 816

RED HALL’S PUGH HUNTSMAN 825H

RED HALL’S MS THOR 825F

RED LVKC GJP WILD THING 377A

RED PUGH 48C PATHY 855F

RED GJP 449Y MS THOR 48C

• ANGUS GS RESULTS TO COME

• EXTREMELY MATERNAL DESIGNED DAM

• WIDE BASE STRUCTURE

• SMOOTH SHOULDER

• ATTRACTIVE

Thoughts Nutritionist

The bulls at Pugh Farms are raised with quality and longevity as the foundation of their breeding program. Proper nutrition doesn’t just start at weaning but starts in the cow at conception. Each year, a well-planned nutrition program is in place from conception to sale time. The targeted supplementation of organic minerals and vitamins throughout the year optimizes health and growth in the bulls for sale every year. From weaning on, the balance to challenge bull development without risking longevity is met with high-quality forage blends and a mixture of oats and barley. This is key for developing structure and not compromising fertility and soundness in breeding bulls.

Feeding with a Total Mixed Ration ensures the consistent delivery of all nutrients, to all bulls, to ensure every mouthful of feed is the same throughout the feed-bunk.

I hope that the 2023 sale is good for both Pugh Farms and their clients, and wish success with the addition of a Pugh Farms bull to your herd!

Jack Fisher Ruminant Nutritionist Delta Animal Nutrition