Blackbern-Whitewater Annual Bull Sale 2023

Annual Bull Sale

-Sale Information-

Auctioneer

Stewart James 613-445-3269

Stewart James Jr. 613-222-2815 (bilingual)

Sale Day Phones:

Keith Black 613-570-8464

Kurtis Black 613-585-3873

Matt Dick 613-633-1598

Ben Dick 613-602-7253

Nathan Latchford 613-281-1477

Sale Terms

March11 2023

1:30 pm

• Renfrew Pontiac Livestock

Cobden, Ontario

View Bull Videos Online@ www.charolaisbanner.com

Late February!

Schedule

• Bulls sell under Standard Terms & Conditions of the Canadian Charolais Association.

• Please make all settlements immediately after the sale.

Bull Health

• All bulls will sell with a semen check and vet examination to ensure that you are purchasing a quality herd bull.

• All bulls marked as homo-polled have been verified by DNA testing.

• Additional performance data will be available on sale day.

• The Blackbern and WhiteWater herds are vaccinated using the Bovishield Gold Live vaccine protocol, and the bulls will also have received their blackleg booster shot.

Delivery

• Please see the seller if you require delivery after the sale. Shipping arrangements will be at the convenience of the seller, but will be as soon as practical after the sale, at the buyer’s risk.

• We will keep bulls until April 30 free of charge. As of May 1, a boarding fee of $5.00 per day applies. We are not liable for the bulls after the sale and ask that you insure any bull returning to the farm.

Insurance

Will be available on sale day

Nathan Allen 705 924-2632

Allen Insurance Group

Online Bidding

Those unable to attend the sale will be able to view and bid online with Live Auctions TV.

Jackie MacGregor 613-585-5055

March 9 - 2:00 - 5:00

Viewing of bulls at Renfrew Pontiac Livestock

March 10 - 10:00 - 5:00

Viewing of bulls at Renfrew Pontiac Livestock

March 11 - 9:00 - 1:00

Viewing of bulls at Renfrew Pontiac Livestock

Lunch served at noon

March 11 - 1:30 pm

Sale at Renfrew Pontiac Livestock

Blackbern Farms

Keith, Karen & Tyson Black

613-646-2673 (H) 613 - 570- 8464

blackbern@hotmail.com

WhiteWater Livestock

Kurtis & Chelsea Black 613-585-3873

whitewaterlivestock@gmail.com

Charolais Janaury 2023

Breed Average EPDs:

Performance Data Definitions

BW: Actual Recorded Birth Weight

AWW = 205 day Adjusted weaning weight

AYW = 365 day Adjusted yearling weight

Welcome Everyone to Our 12th Annual Bull Sale!

First off we’d like to say a big THANK YOU to the Hakkesteegt family for their time and dedication over the past years in being a part of this sale. As time goes on things always change and we wish the Kirlene crew all the best in the future.

As you look through the pages of the catalog this year you’ll see both consistency and diversity in the bulls. We strive to produce bulls that will fit everyone’s needs, whether you need a bull to throw in with heifers that will let you sleep easy at calving time, a straight performance bull to add pay weight to your calf crop, or a bull that produces very functional females. Whatever your needs you will certainly find one in this offering. Year after year we do our best to source new genetics that will fit in our programs and will compliment the commercial producer’s herds and the beef industry as a whole.

The bulls are developed with health and longevity top of mind, being from fully vaccinated cow herds and grown out slowly on a forage based diet along with plenty of room for exercise. These bulls are built to get cows bred! All bulls will sell with a breeding soundness evaluation, as well as, their blackleg booster.

We invite everyone to come see the bulls in their home environment and to take the time to see their mothers as well. We’d be happy to discuss our breeding programs and help find a bull that will best fit your needs. Please don’t hesitate to give us a call to discuss the bulls or the sale. Sale day phone numbers can be found on page 2 and once again this year the sale will be broadcast on LiveauctionsTV, so you can watch and bid with confidence from the comfort of home if you can’t make it to the sale.

We look forward to seeing everyone on March 11th in Cobden! Come early and enjoy lunch with us on sale day.

Sincerely,

The Black Families

Kurtis and Chelsea Black & Family

Keith, Karen & Tyson Black

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 progreny.

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

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

Most commercial producers do not take birth weights. Guessing is as inaccurate as driving with a broken speedometer – what’s thought to be 55 mph may in fact be 65 or 70 mph, and what’s thought to be 70-80 lb may actually be 80-90 lb.

Remember, everything is relevant. Increased growth, frame and performance will increase BW. A longer bodied calf with 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 85 lb at birth to finish at 1200-1250 lb. A cow should easily give birth to a calf weight 8% of her own body weight. Thus a 1200 lb cow should give birth to a 96 lb calf with ease.

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

Thank You To Our 2022 Bull Sale Buyers!

*Ron Hartwick – Palmer Rapids, ON

*Fred Verch – Eganville, ON

Victor Martin – Foresters Falls, ON

Daniel Brunet – St. Eugene, ON

*Shane McGlade – Greely, ON

Bruce Leggett – Crosby, ON

Carol Robitaille – Clarence Creek, ON

*Troy Thibeau – Cobden, ON

*Harvey Hill – Arnprior, ON

*Gerry Afelskie – Cobden, ON

*Wesley Thom – Almonte, ON

Kirk Zomers – Eganville, ON

A&D Charolais – Codrington, ON

*Roy Brydges – Almonte, ON

Brenden Hicks – Yarker, ON

Lane Brennan – Ottawa, ON

*Ron Fisher – Richmond, ON

Peter Neill – Arnprior, ON

*William Leveris – Campbell’s Bay, QC

Jessie Vanloo – Listowel, ON

Alexander Bates – Grenville sur la

Rouge, QC

*Scotch Bush Cattle – Douglas, ON

Gerald Larone – Pembroke, ON

*James Wagar – Lansdowne, ON

*repeat buyer

WHITEWATER KRYPTONITE 2K

WhiteWater Livestock

3

WHITEWATER KICKSTART 7K

WHITEWATER KNIGHT 9K

WhiteWater Livestock

7

WHITEWATER KAPTAIN 14K

14K January 6, 2022 PMC843977

BHD ARES D146 P

DC/BHD WARLORD F2003 P

BHD MS MAGNUM D2509 PET PLEASANT DAWN MARSHALL 25U WHITEWATER ADORABLE 9A

22K

WHITEWATER KODIAK 22K

22K January 15, 2022 PMC843980

BHD ARES D146 P

DC/BHD WARLORD F2003 P

BHD MS MAGNUM D2509 PET

SPARROWS FARGO 811U

Blackbern Farm

BLACKBERN KALEN 7K

LT LONGNECK 3031

LT DEL REY 6161 P

LT MAXINE 7908 ET

TURNBULL'S EQUIPPED 216E

BLACKBERN GENESIS 60G

BLACKBERN BROOKE 14B

BLACKBERN KANE 9K

PLEASANT DAWN MVP 316Y

TURNBULL'S EQUIPPED 216E

CTP MISS KINDRED 216Y

PLEASANT DAWN MARSHALL 25U

BLACKBERN DIXIE 43D

WHITEWATER MISS 20Z

Performance

BW 75 AWW 762

AYW 1325 SCURRED

Performance

BW 89

AWW 624

AYW 1122

HOMO POLLED

7K January 1, 2022 SMC844944

PLD

9K January 1, 2022 PMC844946

BLACKBERN KEATON 15K

BLACKBERN KEIFER 16K

Blackbern Farm

BLACKBERN KEEGAN 17K

BLACKBERN KENNEDY 31K

TURNBULL'S EQUIPPED 216E

CTP MISS KINDRED 216Y ROSSO DOUBLE DOWN 8Z BLACKBERN GYPSY 12G

BLACKBERN KAPTAIN 32K

PLEASANT DAWN MVP 316Y

TURNBULL'S EQUIPPED 216E

CTP MISS KINDRED 216Y LT Bridger 9191

BLACKBERN GLADIOLUS 26G

Blackbern Farm

BLACKBERN KODY 42K

Blackbern Farm

23 BLACKBERN KELVIN 49K

25 BLACKBERN JESSIE 59J

Blackbern Farm

27 BLACKBERN JORDAN 62J

28 BLACKBERN JOCK 66J

SCX Triumph 50B Sire of Lots 14 and 20

C2 Galeleo 3G Sire of Lot 16 and 19

Turnbull's Equipped 216E Sire of Lots 9,12,

and 23

LT Del Rey 6161 P Sire of Lot 2, 10 and 11

PC/BHD Warlord F2003P Sire of Lots 1, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8

Pleasant Dawn Digest 146C Sire of Lots 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28

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