APPLECROSS CATTLE Applecross Cattle

Dennis & Jeanne Small

36571 Range Road 21 Red Deer County, AB T4G 0M9 Phone 403-728-3528 Cell 587-876-7120 e-mail applecrosscattle@gmail.com www.applecrosscattle.com Fullblood

Welcome to the 2023 Red Deer County Bull Sale! Now in our thirteenth year at this event, we truly enjoy being included with such a progressive group of breeders, with a consistent offering of bulls that fit a diverse group of needs. The goal of our purebred program is to produce bulls with moderate birth weights that incorporate polled genetics, while stacking strong maternal lines, performance and the mothering ability the Simmental breed is known for. The bulls are wintered in a 5-acre paddock to ensure lots of exercise, and have been developed on a ration of free-choice quality first cut hay, combined with a forage-based pellet from Country Junction. All seven bulls are quiet and are used to having people move around them. We continue to focus our development program on assessing weaning performance based on mother’s milk, and only utilize a limited amount of creep feeding as part of the bulls transition program.

We welcome visitors to the farm in advance of the sale to view the bulls and the cow families behind them – our website has also been updated to include detailed information and pictures on each bull. We also trust the Transcon Team with their evaluation of our cattle. If you have any questions about our bulls or our program, please do not hesitate to contact us. We look forward to visiting with you at the Innisfail Auction Market on March 11th.

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Horned. Full Fleckvieh. Dilutor Free. We start this years offering with a pair of Electric Avenue sons. During our travels and pasture tours over the past few years, the Electric Avenue progeny have all seemed to jump to the front of the group, so we stepped out and acquired a semen pack so we could add him to own genetic base. We have not been disappointed. Edison represents the heavyweight of our 2023 bull string, and is a very nicely shaped specimen. As the only horned bull in our offering, he is backed by a tremendous cow family. His dam, Applecross Isabelle, is fresh off producing our high selling bred heifer at Equation 2022 and showcases a ton of potential. A little lighter coloured, Edison still tested non-dilutor and is backed by multiple generations of proven genetics on both sides of his pedigree. Look for Edison to ‘turn the lights on’ with his balance of a great quarter, strong top, and plenty of middle that forms a complete package.

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Aplx Elton 8k

Polled Fullblood | P1405659 | APLX 8K | January 2, 2022

FGAF FRENCH ATTACK 010C

FGAF ELECTRIC AVENUE 140E

GIBBONS DORALEE

SPRUCEBURN STARFIRE 70S

APPLECROSS ELLA 12Y

APPLECROSS EVA 1W

SIBELLE DIRTY HARRY 25Z

VIRGINIAS JANE WEST BAR 5 P SA EVOLUTION 418S

DORA LEE’S DUCHESS FF152T

FGAF SELDOM 835L

SPRUCEBURN RHONA 70R SANMAR POLLED PHARAO 12P

DORA LEE EVANGALINE FF3P

Polled/s. Full Fleckvieh. Dilutor Free. The uniquely patterned Elton showcases a massive hip and a balanced profile, coming from a dam who made a habit of consistently moderating birthweights. This is the last calf from APLX Ella 12Y, who enjoyed a very long and productive career here. Ella produced ‘Durango’ who was our high selling bull in 2019 as well ‘Emma’ our high selling heifer way back at Equation 2014, who is still working for Beechinor Land and Livestock (and has produced high sellers of her own). Longevity is certainly built into this pedigree! Elton is certainly no ‘candle in the wind’ as he combines this strong cow family with frame and capacity, but does ‘bling it up’ to remind everyone he’s a true Simmental bull!

Homozygous Polled. Full Fleckvieh. Dilutor Free.

APLX Blaze 18K is one of our sale features; representing the first Black Gold Battleborn son to sell. We have been very impressed with Battleborn, who has proven himself safe to use on our heifers, while being more than ‘just’ a heifer bull. His first two daughters were very well received at Equation 2022 - and our only ask of him in 2023 is a few more sons, as he ran very heavy to heifers on his first calf crop! On the dam side, Blaze is from our ‘E-Line’, (and thus from the same cow family as ‘Elton’), who have done very well for us over the years, with the females showcasing tremendous longevity. Loaded with pigment, Blaze blends plenty of get up and grow from a very moderate birth weight. Blaze demands attention with his unique combination of eye appeal, thickness, and a guaranteed horn remover. With so much versatility, he will be worth a long look on sale day!

Polled Fullblood | P1405699 | APLX 18K | January 14, 2022 89

NAC BATTLE CRY 4F

APLX BLAZE 18K

BEE BATTLE CRY 282B

MI MS DALLAS 39D

90 APLX CASINO 35K

Polled Fullblood | P1405680 | APLX 35K | February 5, 2022

DOUBLE BAR D CHESAPEAKE

BLACK GOLD BATTLEBORN 44H

BLACK GOLD MS POL ENVOY 98F

APLX RAMBO 4B

APPLECROSS EMMYLOU 51F

APPLECROSS EVE 60D

Homozygous Polled.

Full Fleckvieh. APLX Casino 25K is a real head turner with incredible eye appeal, a very smooth profile and a pigmentation pattern that is the envy of his pen mates. His star headed dam, Applecross Bianca, has been a consistent performer for us, with her son Denzel a sale feature in 2021 (and is working in Ontario for Vail View Farms), while her daughter Brienne was selected by Loralta Farms aback in 2019. Now age 8, Bianca continues to showcase a nicely built udder and is backed by some old school Fleckvieh genetics, including Seldom, C&B Western, Broadway and King Arthur. On the sire side, Double Bar D Confidence 179D is a bull we acquired from our good friends Stefon & Rebecca Beechinor of Beechinor Land and Livestock. Confidence’s first daughters are now in production here and his first son, offered at Red Deer 2022, certainly made waves in ‘APLX Coach 37J’ who now splits his time between Alabama and Mississippi! Casino is no ‘roll of the dice’ - he’s more like playing with house money!

KEET’S DRIVEN 32D

LONE STONE MS ENVOY 83D

CROSSROAD RADIUM 789U

BEE VENDETTA 243Z

FGAF WOWEFFECT 016A

APPLECROSS ELLA 12Y

DOUBLE BAR D CHANDLER 143

DOUBLE BAR D CONFIDENCE 179D

DOUBLE BAR D LYNNEA 613Y

APLX SAMSON 10Y

APPLECROSS BIANCA 22C

APPLECROSS BELLA 2Z

DOUBLE BAR D KLAUDIA 80T ANCHOR “T” LEGEND 7H

DOUBLE BAR D LYNNEA 13S

SPRUCEBURN STARFIRE 70S

DORA LEE EVANGALINE FF3P DDD BROADWAY G534

DLD LADY WESTERN FF48R

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Aplx Cannon 28k

Polled Fullblood | P1405668 | APLX 28K | January 28, 2022

DOUBLE BAR D CHANDLER 143

DOUBLE BAR D CONFIDENCE 179D

DOUBLE BAR D LYNNEA 613Y

APLX SAMSON 10Y

APPLECROSS CHARLOTTE 23A

APPLECROSS CATRINA 2W

DOUBLE BAR D CHESAPEAKE

DOUBLE BAR D KLAUDIA 80T ANCHOR “T” LEGEND 7H

DOUBLE BAR D LYNNEA 13S

SPRUCEBURN STARFIRE 70S

DORA LEE EVANGALINE FF3P DORA LEE ECLIPSE FF9R

DORA LEE CHRISTINA FF28S

Homozygous Polled. Full Fleckvieh. Cannon is another great example of the type of bulls Confidence has produced, with a little bit of stretch and capacity and a shoulder stamp that just says Simmental.

A grand-daughter of our foundation Dora Lee Christina cow, Cannon’s dam, Applecross Charlotte, typically gives us heifers. Charlotte is a very moderate frame, large capacity cow with a working weight of 1500 lbs, allowing her to wean off a very high percentage of her weight each fall. Over the years, we have retained four of her daughters, while also selling a daughter in Equation 2018 to Skywest Simmentals, a grand-daughter to Beechinor Bros. in 2019, and a grandson also sold in 2021 to Smith Simmentals. Look for Cannon to produce a strong set of replacement females while taking care of all the horns!

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Aplx Courage 30k

Polled Fullblood | P1405692 | APLX 30K | January 29, 2022

DOUBLE BAR D CHANDLER 143

DOUBLE BAR D CONFIDENCE 179D

DOUBLE BAR D LYNNEA 613Y

SANMAR POLLED PHARAO 12P

APPLECROSS DIANA 57E

APPLECROSS DELTA 2B

DOUBLE BAR D CHESAPEAKE

DOUBLE BAR D KLAUDIA 80T ANCHOR “T” LEGEND 7H

DOUBLE BAR D LYNNEA 13S

ABR SIR ARNOLDS IMAGE

SANMAR POL TEARDROP 12M DORA LEE ECLIPSE FF9R

APPLECROSS DESTINY 9Z

Polled/s. Full Fleckvieh. Dilutor Free. Courage is a very versatile bull that combines a moderate birthweight with plenty of performance. His dam, Applecross Diana 57E, is one of our top young cows, with sons at Dallas Phillips at Eckville, AB and Mike Groom’s in New Brunswick. Diana also recently produced a $12,000 daughter at Equation 2022 that sold to Jonathan & Ebony Kittlitz / Keato Meadows at Fort Sask. Our ‘D’ female line has quickly become the largest in our herd, with small tidy square udders and plenty of milk. It is extremely rare that we flush any of our cows, as it is our preference to keep them working naturally - but we thought highly enough of Diana to sneak a flush into her production cycle, and she didn’t miss a beat. Courage presents numerous options, great length of spine, a slightly different polled pedigree and is backed by one of our favourite cow families!

93 Aplx Chevy 42k

Polled Fullblood | P1405676 | APLX 42K | February 28, 2022

DOUBLE BAR D CHANDLER 143

DOUBLE BAR D CONFIDENCE 179D

DOUBLE BAR D LYNNEA 613Y

FGAF WOWEFFECT 016A

APPLECROSS TALIA 10C

APPLECROSS TAYLOR 5Y

DOUBLE BAR D CHESAPEAKE

DOUBLE BAR D KLAUDIA 80T ANCHOR “T” LEGEND 7H

DOUBLE BAR D LYNNEA 13S

FGAF BARBOSSA 707X

JB CDN KANANASKIS 4019

GIDSCO APPOLLO 3F

HEMR TASHA 3T

Polled. Full Fleckvieh. Chevy is the youngster of this years group and has made himself part of the conversation despite his late February birth date. He is very smooth made, has a great hair coat, and is simply a well put together bull. This cow family has also done quite well for us over the years, with grand dam Taylor, producing Tessanne for Equation 2015, and great grand dam, HEMR Tasha, providing us with our first ever sale-topper, APLX Axel, back in 2013. More recently Chevy’s dam, Applecross Talia, has had progeny selected for auction at both Equation 2020 (Applecross Tanis to Bonchuk Farms) and Red Deer 2021 (APLX Dillon 57G to Layden Farms). Chevy is an intriguing younger bull sporting a little different pedigree. Despite his February 28th birth date, Chevy has continued to hold his own and showcases plenty of potential.