RICH MC FARMS LTD SIMMENTALS
MCCOLL SIMMENTALS
SCHWEITZER SIMMENTALS
MAPLE LAKE STOCK FARMS
STRIKER CATTLE CO.
CREST VIEW LAND & CATTLE CO. LTD.
CREST VIEW RANCH
MAR MAC FARMS
MCRUER SIMMENTALS
WLB LIVESTOCK
MORE BROS. SIMMENTALS
TRIPLE T DIAMOND SIMMENTALS
REIGN CATTLE CO.
GLEN ABBEY FARM
BIG SKY SIMMENTALS
Rich MC Farms Ltd Simmentals
Jason McLean, Mylia Richards, and Avery McLean
Jason: 204 825 7207 Mylia: 204 245 1203
Email: richmcfarms@gmail.com
McColl Simmentals
Schweitzer Simmentals
Brodie & Stacey, Kolbie & Sierra McColl
Brodie Cell: 306-452-8558
Lots 1-19
Lots 20-26
Cameron & Myrna Schweitzer
Cam Cell: 204-365-6092
Email: schweitzersimmentals@gmail.com
Maple Lake Stock Farms
Gerry and Linda Bertholet
Gerry: 204-741-0340
Email: glbertholet@hotmail.com
Striker Cattle Co.
Tyler and Kim Warburton
Lots 27-31
Andrea: 204-483-0319
Email: adbertholet@hotmail.com
Tyler: 204-761-6124 Kim: 204-724-2354
Email: co411s@mymts.net
Crest View Land & Cattle Co. Ltd.
Crest View Ranch
Crest View Land & Cattle Co. Ltd.
Terry Woychyshyn & Family
H. 204-865-2213 C. 204-867-7139
Email: crestviewltd@gmail.com
Mar Mac Farms
Blair, Lois and Melissa McRae
Lots 32-38
Keystone Konnection Simmental Sale, Chapter 46 is here!
On behalf of the Keystone Simmental Association, I would like to welcome you to join us Tuesday December 3rd. This year’s offering is expected to be as strong as ever in showcasing exceptional full blood, red and black genetics, as well as welcoming a few pens of 3 commercial open heifers.
As the anticipation builds, we are very excited to have the TRANSCON Team aboard managing the sale and they will provide the information and feedback for your inquiries. Jay, Darren, Glen and Cody have toured the farms and have a great understanding and knowledge of what each program offers. Don’t hesitate to contact any of the professionals at TRANSCON LIVESTOCK with any questions you have.
Lots 39-44
Crest View Ranch
Greg & Amanda Woychyshyn & Family
H. 204-636-2677 C. 204-867-7110
Email: crestviewcattleco@hotmail.com
Lots 45-46
Blair: 204-729-5439 House: 204-728-3058
Email: marmacfarms1@gmail.com
McRuer Simmentals
Jeff, Erin McRuer and Family
Jeff: 204-534-0760 Erin: 204-747-4079
Email: mcruer_simmentals@hotmail.com
WLB Livestock
Bill and Nancy Biglieni
Bill: 204-729-7925
Email: wlblivestock@gmail.com
More Bros. Simmentals
Everett More and Irene Vanin
204-851-1737
Email: Emsim1946@gmail.com
Triple T Diamond Simmentals
Wade, Angela, Bjorn & Emma Thorgilsson
Lots 47-50
Every second year, the Keystone Simmental Association accepts nominations of commercial producers who use Simmental bulls and females in their programs. These producers consistently display strong stock and increased pay weights in their calf crops.
This time around we are very happy to have selected “Glen-Abbey Farms” of Glenboro, Mb. Ian Marshall and Family will be offering 2 pens of 3 open commercial heifers at this year’s sale to showcase the success of crossing their herd with Simmental genetics. CONGRATULATIONS, to “Glen-Abbey Farms”, our 2024 Commercial Producer of The Year!
Lots 51-52
Lots 53-54
The Keystone Simmental Association would like to recognize a great long term member who passed away earlier this year. Mr. Wilf Davis spent many years appraising Simmental cattle as an order buyer, photographer, breeder and spectator. His influence in the cattle industry will never be forgotten and his legacy will remain a testament to the evolution of the Simmental breed. The Keystone group and the entire cattle sector will forever be grateful for the contributions and knowledge Wilf shared and provided to the future of this industry. Thank you Mr. Davis.
Final note:
Lots 55-56
Wade cell: (204) 739-3225 Ang cell: (204) 739-3094 Bjorn cell: (431) 772-1181
Email: angwadet@gmail.com
Reign Cattle Co.
Sydney De Koning
Cell: 204-212-0867
Email: sydneydekoning3@gmail.com
Glen Abbey Farm
Ian and Carol Marshal
204-526-5077
Email: glenabbeyfarm@gmail.com
Big Sky Simmentals
Trevor, Amy, Austyn, Kinley and Maverick Peters
Trevor Cell: 204-741-0967 Amy Cell: 204-573-3039
Email: amylynnepeters@hotmail.com
Lots 57
We appreciate all of our past bidders and buyers who have shown trust in the consignors of this long standing sale.
Lunch will again be served and we truly look forward to seeing you Tuesday December 3rd, 2024 for the 46th Annual Keyston Konnection Simmental Sale in Brandon Mb.
President, Brodie McColl
Lots 58-59
Lots 60
Sale Day Phones
Jay Good...........................403-556-5563
Glenn Norton.....................780-542-0634
Darren Paget.....................403-323-3985
Cody Coupland.................403-877-0799
Auctioneer
Danny Skeels....................403-783-1217
Sales Staff
Robert Lind........................780-542-0123
Darren Paget.....................403-323-3985
Online Viewing & Bidding:
Melissa McRae...................204-573-9903
Mark Shologan...................780-699-5082
Insurance
Keystone Livestock Services
Lois McRae.......................204-728-3058
Special Representatives
Brooke Canart, President, Manitoba Simmental Association
Sandra Brigden, Secretary, Manitoba Simmental Association
Joanne Best, Simmental Focus
Myrna Schweitzer, Secretary, Keystone Simmental Association
Sale Accomodations
Motel 6, Brandon MB.....204-726-4000 (Rates are $100/night plus taxes)
Delivery
$100 per head within 400km to a maximum of $300 per farm. Other destinations at buyer’s expense. USA purchases delivered to the border with buyer responsible for export costs. Delivery to be arranged through sale management.
Contact our MB/SK beef territory managers to learn more:
Derek Reimer (204)371-9093
Jessica Hextall (204)901-3058
Terry Fehr (204)362-7830
BRED HEIFERS - PUREBRED & COMM. HEIFER CALVES HERD BULL PROSPECTS - SEMEN PACKAGES
Thank you to the Keystone Simmental Association for including us in their marketing plans. Particularly, those members who went to the effort to extend personal phone calls inviting and encouraging us to take on the task of this renewed partnership. That makes you feel pretty darn good! Of course, thank you to all the members who received our farm tours with enthusiasm and were open to suggestions and advice.
As breeders who may not be in a position to self sustain their own sale, it’s great to see a level of committed cooperation to join forces to create and maintain a platform of consistency. As well, these breeders are collectively promoting this great breed in it’s entirety and offering top end Fullbloods and Purebreds! Added value to the term promoting, could be said as “circulating” these excellent genetics into the North American cattle population.
Generally, a consignment themed sale, for the most part, is a female offering, but hang on, a BULL SALE is about to bust loose! This presents a fantastic opportunity to acquire quality prospects before that year end hits and spend some of that calf cheque before the taxman cometh! Buy them now, send them back home, let someone else feed them for the winter, get sementested and delivered to your doorstep in the spring = pretty good deal in my mind!
But not to over shadow the “ladies”, they have all been pre-screened by TLC fieldmen for quality control! Bred females and fancy calendar year born heifers make up a dedicated line-up that represent the best of multiple breeding programs, all in one place. This also of course presents opportunity and convenience.
We are available as always to handle any appraisals, you may require if you’re not able to attend in person. Simply call any of our TLC cell numbers listed.
See you in Brandon,
Jaymes E. (Jay) Good
Jason McLean, Mylia Richards and Avery McLean Herdsman - Tyler Dalzell
Box 420 Pilot Mound, MB R0G 1P0
Jason: 204-825-7207 Mylia: 204-245-1203
Email: richmcfarms@gmail.com Website :www.richmcsimmentals.com
Rich Mc Simmentals is excited to welcome you to the Keystone Konnection Sale. Our goal has always been to bring you top end genetics and animals that are unique and will offer something to the industry. This year we are offering 3 very special open heifers(one homozygous, one polled, and one horned), 6 outstanding polled and horned bred females and 8 top end homozygous polled, polled and horned bulls. All are right off the top end of our herd. We wanted to show you the depth of our horned and polled programs. You will see six different and unique herd sire lines and a number of founding cow family lines that we started with 25 plus years ago. We will winter all the bulls till April 1, semen check and deliver.
For any international sales, we will work with you. Contact us to discuss options. If you have any questions feel free to call us or the sale management. Looking forward to visiting with you on December 3!
Jason and Mylia
Honey, an outstanding HOMOZYGOUS POLLED, 100% Full Fleckvieh Fullblood female, exemplifies our breeding program’s goals and descends from a notable cow family in our herd. Lovely, a maternal sister, and Hilda, a daughter of her maternal grand dam, are featured in this sale as well. Females from this cow family have called Virginia Ranch and Curtis Simmentals home. This exceptional cow family is distinguished by its consistent production of individuals with remarkable thickness, depth, capacity, strong top lines, exemplary udders, and a correct leg and foot structure. While parting with exceptional females like Honey is difficult, our dedication to presenting exceptional quality remains resolute. With Havoc as her sire, Honey’s potential is limitless, underscoring her value as a prime breeders candidate.
100% Full Fleckvieh, Horned This cow family consistently showcases exceptional quality. A maternal half-sister was sold to James Creek Simmentals in North Dakota as a high-selling open heifer in last year’s sale. Notably, this impressive female’s maternal grandmother features a remarkable homozygous polled bull, Rich Mc DBL Shot Whiskey PP, included in this sale. I am confident that this 100% Fleckvieh Fullblood heifer will excel in her career. She boasts a thick, deep body with a strong, wide top line, combining broodiness with femininity and visual appeal. Her pigment is ideal, particularly for those aiming to produce high-value calves.
Full Fleckvieh, Polled
As an outcross from most current genetic lines, this POLLED 100% Fleckvieh Fullblood presents a valuable opportunity to establish innovative polled genetic lines within the industry. So Smitten is an exceptional, deep, thick, feminine female, and is the result of a strategic Draco x Rich Mc Eisenherz 9M flush that yielded four outstanding females including this ladies dam after 18 years in the nitrogen storage tank. You can find Rich Mc Eisenherz 4L (a flush mate sister of 9M) as a starting point for the polled genetics in FGAF Guerrero 18Y. 9M herself, has produced offspring that have a genetic influence in a number of females in our herd, as well as Rich Mc Gonna Be Legendary who sold at the World Congress Sale to Ultra and Barlee, and Rich Mc Pol Hyatt PPFF 25H, who has sired high sellers for JB Livestock ourselves and most recently for SOT at the Fleckvieh Heritage sale in Oklahoma. We have successfully utilized So Smitten sire, Rich Mc Pol Kingston, a Havoc son, for the past 2 breeding seasons. We are extremely pleased with his first calf crop here and eagerly wait next years. Kingston now walks the pastures at Double Bar D. 3
100% Full Fleckvieh, Polled
Top-tier females are consistently challenging to part with due to their desirable attributes. The Havoc daughters exhibit uniform excellence, combining power, thickness, exceptional capacity, and femininity with optimal leg, foot structure, and udder quality. This POLLED, 100% Fleckvieh Fullblood exemplifies these traits. She’s a Lady hails from a strong cow family, the Eldandi cow family, a vital component of any successful breeding program. This lineage consistently produces exceptional results. A full brother, Rich Mc Pol Kingston, has generated impressive offspring this year for us and is currently part of the renowned Double Bar D herd. Being bred to our heifer walking bull, Sibelle Pol Drakkar 16J will be an exciting combination. Have a look at the Drakkar offspring off of first calf heifers in this sale and you will understand our excitement about this herd sire.
Breeding info: Exposed to Sibelle Pol Drakkar 16J (1370929) Mar 21-Sept 1/24. Observed bred April 2 and April 20. Confirmed 5 months pregnant Sept 8.
Full Fleckvieh
I love this cow family! The maternal lineage of Hilda’s dam, 3E, is outstanding, as noted in Hilda 18L and in 3E’s maternal granddaughters in this sale, Lovely 53L and the homozygous polled granddaughter, Honey I’m Good PP. All three of these heifers epitomize the family’s exceptional maternal qualities. These 100% Fleckvieh Fullblood females exhibit impressive power, capacity, and thickness while retaining femininity, irrespective of horned or polled status. Havoc, Hilda’s sire, has been a valuable asset to our breeding program, producing highly successful offspring globally. His daughters have proven themselves as exceptional mothers with excellent udders and impressive offspring. Notably, this sale features Rich Mc Pol Ragnarok PP 4M, a homozygous polled bull calf mothered by a 1st calf Havoc daughter and sired by Drakkar. Hilda’s service to Sibelle Pol Drakkar will be exceptional.
Breeding info: Exposed to Sibelle Pol Drakkar 16J (1370929) March 21-Sept 1/24.
Observed bred Mar 25/24. Confirmed pregnant to this service on May 15 and on Sept 8.
100% Full Fleckvieh, Polled
Offering a refreshing outcross from contemporary maternal genetics, this POLLED 100% Fleckvieh Fullblood is poised to spearhead polled genetic developments. The accomplished Draco x Rich Mc Eisneherz 9M flush produced her dam and three other remarkable females. Rich Mc Eisenherz 9M, tracing back to the foundational cow Richmond Miss Moses 77G, shows up in the pedigrees of influential offspring, including Rich Mc Gonna Be Legendary who sold at the World Congress Sale to Ultra and Barlee, and Rich Mc Pol Hyatt PPFF 25H, who has sired high sellers for JB Livestock, ourselves and most recently SOT in the Fleckvieh Heritage Sale, Oklahoma. Drakkar, her sire, is demonstrating impressive potential in his first two calf crops. This female’s impressive depth, thickness, and hip structure position her as an exciting prospect for forward-thinking breeders. Being bred to the high selling calving ease, Ultra Battle Royale 56J will be exciting.
Breeding info: Exposed to Ultra Battle Royale 56J (1354708) April 1- May 16. Observed bred April 1 and April 20. Confirmed 5 months pregnant on Sept 8.
100% Full Fleckvieh, Polled A POLLED 100% Full Fleckvieh Fullblood, from a popular and strong cow line in our herd. Her grand dam, 18D, is definitely a favorite cow here. The females of this family are all deep capacity females, with excellent udder structure and mothering characteristics. Her maternal grandsire, Starwest Ember has played an important part in our female line development and we are so thankful we purchased him. Combining the Ember maternal lines with the exceptional Drakkar, is going to be exciting to see this cross move forward. This exceptional female, being bred to the calving ease BEL Steward 2nd, will allow the new owner to benefit from the resulting calf. Hopefully she has a polled femaleyou can then create your own polled maternal outcross line from today’s genetics!
Breeding info: Bred AI to Bel Steward 2nd (354007) March 31/24. Exposed to Ultra Battle Royale 56J April 7-May 16/24.
100% Full Fleckvieh
Lovely is just that - lovely. A 100% Fleckvieh Fullblood, she demonstrates what these Battle Royale daughters can do. Being from a leading cow family in our herd is all the more exciting. Take a look at Hilda and Honey I’m Good to see what this cow family is all about. They all have outstanding depth and capacity with power, yet so feminine and attractive, hallmark traits of foundation females. Due to the family’s deep-seated presence in our herd, this is the only reason we can present these extraordinary females to you. Females of this line have gone to Virginia Ranch and Curtis Simmentals in the past. Carrying a Drakkar coupon just sweetens the deal.
Breeding info: Exposed to Sibelle Pol Drakkar 16J (1370929) March 21-Sept 1/24. Observed Bred April 5/24. Confirmed pregnant to this service on May 15 and Sept 8.
Breeding info: Exposed to Sibelle Pol Drakkar 16J (1370929) Mar 21- Sept 1/24. Observed bred April 1/24. Confirmed pregnant to this service May 15 and Sept 8.
100% Full Fleckvieh, Homozygous Polled, Non-Dilutor
This exceptional, well-muscled, deep bodied, and good-footed HOMOZYGOUS POLLED, Non-Dilutor 100% Full Fleckvieh bull shows outstanding potential! As a son of the exciting Skywest Pol Havoc, and anchored by the exceptional 23D cow family, his genetic potential is substantial. Our confidence in the 23D line prompted us to retain two daughters to continue the line on. One of these daughters has a feature open heifer in the sale, Helen of Troy 1M! A maternal brother to Whiskey has consistently impressed at Mack Ranch in North Dakota for a few years now. While paternally, Havoc sons demonstrate exceptional promise with their first offspring on the ground. We are extremely happy with the Havoc son, Kingston that we retained for two breeding seasons and now is walking at Double Bar D. A feature open heifer, So Smitten, is an example of what Havoc sons can do. As well, take a look at his sire’s daughters in the sale, including our lead off open Honey I’m Good and the two lead off bred females, She’s a Lady and Hilda. Showing a lower birth of 88 pounds and a 910 pound weaning weight, along with all of his other attributes, Whiskey is poised to produce exceptional daughters and sons, making him a valuable asset to any breeding program, with the added benefit that all his offspring will be polled.
100% Full Fleckvieh, Polled, Non-Dilutor Mickey, a POLLED, Non-Dilutor, 100% Full Fleckvieh Fullblood, boasts an exceptional appealing appearance. Characterized by a smooth, long, thick, and wide top line, coupled with a well-structured quarter, correct legs and feet, what is there not to like! With JB Gwyneth as his paternal grandmother-known for producing outstanding bulls including Mickey’s sire, Hero, whose offspring have attracted significant attention, including high-selling females acquired by MAVV Farms in Alberta, Robb Farms of Saskatchewan, Logland Farms in Oklahoma, Great Guns Texas, and Red Oak Farms, Alabama. The influence of Starwest Ember as a maternal grand sire is definitely an asset given Ember’s proven track record of producing exceptional offspring that have gone on to work well. Originating from the JB Jola cow family, you again add in a top producing female genetic line. Our feature open, Honey I’m Good originates from this exact same cow family, as does one of the feature breds, Hilda 18L. The guesswork is done here folks!
100% Full Fleckvieh, Homozygous Polled, Non-Dilutor
A calving ease, HOMOZYGOUS POLLED, Non-Dilutor, 100% Full Fleckvieh Fullblood, Ragnarik is a cool genetic package. He mirrors his sire Drakkar as a yearling. Moderate framed, smoothly made, low birth weight of 72lbs, and a weighing weight of 826 lbs off a first calf Havoc daughter- Ragnarik potential is impressive.! His sire, Drakkar, a Manchester son out of a Spartacus daughter has proven himself multiple times over the last 2 calf crops, and we eagerly await his crop of calves next spring. They come out easy and are vigorous. Both bulls and heifers gain well, are eye appealing and structurally correct. His dam, coming from a long standing cow family, is taking after his grand dam 1D, being a deep soggy cow. 1D keeps pumping out the good ones, with high selling cattle working for the noted herds of Starwest, and Jeff Knox of Australia. 1D is one of our most soggiest and deepest cows we have. She is always one of the first females people notice when they are here, and Darren from Transcons favorite cow on our farm. With his maternal sire being Havoc- that just finishes the deal. Oh and all his calves will be polled!
100% Full Fleckvieh, Homozygous Polled
This exceptional HOMOZYGOUS POLLED 100% Full Fleckvieh bull boasts calving ease, a well-balanced physique with notable length, visual appeal and pigmentation. Sired by Battle Royale, a top selling NAC Battle Cry son acquired from Ultra, Ultimat demonstrates impressive calving ease, ranking in the top 10 percentile, with a birth weight of 80 pounds and a weaning weight of 836 pounds. His dam, an Ember daughter, has produced an exciting homozygous polled replacement heifer.
100% Full Fleckvieh, Polled, Non-Dilutor I really like this POLLED, Non-Dilutor, 100% Full Fleckvieh Fullblood. He has calving ease built in, being an Ember son, out of a Anchor D Outlook/Bee Battle Cry daughter, yet has very good performance numbers as well. He has great depth, volume, spring of rib, muscle development and eye appeal all supported by a well-structured foot, making him an outstanding overall package. We unfortunately lost his sire Ember this summer; with limited amount of semen on Ember- he will be one of the Last of His Kind. This guy warrants careful consideration.
100% Full Fleckvieh, Polled, Non-Dilutor I’m particularly drawn to this exceptional POLLED, NonDilutor, 100% Full Fleckvieh Fullblood, which exhibits remarkable depth and capacity. Key performance indicators include 90-pound birth weight and a 944-pound weaning weight, supported by a well-balanced set of EPD’s. The Battle Royale offspring, specifically through an Ember daughter, ensures reliability. Our long-held belief that predictability drives profitability underscores the value of this individual.
100% Full Fleckvieh Fullblood – Polled Non-Dilutor Erikson is a POLLED, Non-Dilutor 100% Full Fleckvieh Fullblood out of Drakkar. Showing performance out of a first calving heifer with an adjusted 205 weaning weight of 945 pounds, and a birth weight of 88 pounds is noteworthy. A deep red bull, with thickness, depth and eye appeal, he will produce those good heavy steer calves and quality replacement females.
SIBELLE POL DRAKKAR 16J Sire of Lot 16
Full Fleckvieh
A 100% Full Fleckvieh Fullblood Ember son, that is long and smooth out of a good Maxwell female we purchased a few years ago as a high selling bred in their sale. His dam has established a track record of producing heavy weaning weight male calves, if she ever has a heifer, it will be a keeper. Being an Ember son really adds in the consistency that we see in his offspring. This guy will give you those long heavy weight steer calves and desirable replacement quality females. Don’t let him slip by you.
2 packages of 5 doses per package Canada, USA and Australia qualified.
On our never ending quest to find the next herd bull for our polled program, Skywest Pol Havoc, a big soggy polled, 100% Full Fleckvieh, non-dilutor power bull fit the bill and we knew we had to own him in the spring of 2021. Havoc is an easy fleshing stud with exceptional length, depth and lots of natural muscle, walking on a big foot. We admired his dam’s ability to produce multiple high selling breeders’ bulls in the past, and with Havoc selling for a commanding $41,000, she did it again. His sire, Sibelle Pol Synergy walked the pastures of Virginia Ranch and has made his mark in their program with multiple feature sons and daughter selling for premium prices to elite programs. Synergy is a flush mate to Sibelle Sugar Ray, who sired the record setting $355,000 BLL Rumble in the spring of 2022.
Havoc produces top-notch daughters who calve easily, are great mothers, have tidy udders and consistently have exciting sons and daughters at side. Over the last two years, daughters were top sellers in their respective sales- Rich Mc Pol Khaleesi 49K going to Double Bar D for $27000 CDN, Rich Mc Karolina 55K for $17000 USD going to Corley Land and Cattle (now both have exciting bull calves at side), Rich Mc Pol Lady Godivia 7L commanding $19000 CDN going to Australia, and Rich Mc Make It Sweet 4L going to Heritage Farms, Oklahoma for 10500 USD. Havoc’s sons are just as impressive; going on to produce exciting calves of their own within other breeder’s programs and our own. Notably, Rich Mc Pol Kingston 43K who we used for two breeding seasons and are extremely pleased with his calves now walks the pastures of Double Bar D. Take a close look at the Havoc females and sons, as well as a grandson in this sale and you will understand the excitement.
Every time a limited amount of Havoc semen is sold, it has been highly sought after and produced high selling individuals for their owners. The interest in Havoc continues to build. His future is Bright!
The momentum is building on Hyatt, a homozygous polled, non-dilutor bull. We are excited to offer semen packages on this 100% Full Fleckvieh bull. A long, deep, soggy, soft sided bull, out of the now deceased great Starwest Ember. Hyatt, just like his sire Ember, is noted for producing predictable and consistant offspring. Hyatt has sired outstanding and sought after females including a high selling bred JB CDN Anna Wintour 2210 at 2023 Southern Alberta Roundup, Rich Mc Pol Image PPFF 40K, a high selling open at the Keystone Konnection to Robb Farms and most recently the high selling choice of the SOT herd at the Fleckvieh Heritage in Oklahoma. The homozygous polled daughter of Hyatt, SOT Panzues Hyatt L389E was chosen. Hyatt’s dam, Rich Mc Pol 15Y (out of the Sim Roc Zereeva cow family) produced until she was 14 years old and gave us a number of great female lines, including the 13A family who has produced many high selling females, notably the high selling Miss Fancy Pants PPFF 9K and the mother of our high selling female at the World Congress Sale, Rich Mc Gonna Be Legenadary 2L. Hyatt’s sire Starwest Ember has produced so many outstanding sons and daughters in our herd as well as selling multiple high selling offspring to breeders in Canada and the USA.
Brodie & Stacey, Kolbie & Sierra McColl
Redvers, SK
Brodie’s Cell: 306-452-8558
We are excited to bring another set of functional bred & open heifers to this sale for your appraisal. We would like to thank all of our past customers and bidders that have supported us over the years.
Transcon Livestock has picked out 3 moderate, easy doing, eye appealing bred heifers that they felt would fit nicely into this sale. These heifers should work well and fit into any breeder’s or commercial man’s herd to make good foundation cows. They will come to their new owners treated for parasites, along with Bovishield Gold FP5, had their first shot of scour guard and are ready for calving.
Consistency and quality are high on our list, so we have consigned 4 open heifers with lots of spring of rib and capacity, are very eye appealing, could work well in any 4-H program and are a pleasure to work with. These open heifers have been treated for parasites, had Ultrabac 7 Somubac and Bovishield Gold One Shot.
The 3 bred heifers have been preg checked and safe to their date in their respective write-ups.
Thanks again for attending our sale and be sure to stop by our stall for a visit.
Brodie amd Stacey McColl
Cam and Myrna Schweitzer
“Lucious” loves attention! She is a polled, moderate framed, wide topped, beautiful red, deep bodied, “IPU Betts” daughter with an exceptional temperament. 22L is solid footed and carries consistant depth, a definition of the “red Simmental female”. This heifer has above breed average EPD’s in MCE, CE, WWT, Milk, CW & Rea. A heifer that will provide “raise’m up right” qualities- excellent teat size placement for productive longevity. Bred to our Perks TimberWolf herdsire (Homo Polled, Hetero Black) that has turned out to be exceptional at calving ease, while maintaining growth & pounds in his offspring. He is a full brother to Beechiner Bros. Red Wolf herdsire.
Bred To: Exposed to Perks Timber Wolf 44K, Reg.#BPG1404734 from April 11, 2024 to May 23, 2024. Observed bred on May 3rd. Preg checked safe to May 3rd date.
Here is a black, polled, “WLB BlazeOn” daughter out of a moderate framed, excellent uddered “Sochi” cow that goes back to our MarMac 54C cow that has produced some top selling females. She was the Keystone Association pick of the barn bred heifer & high seller. 23L has a strong frame and depth of rib, with a power-wide top, long spine, excellent teat size and placement. A very eye appealing female with the front pasture presence. Lots of Calving Ease built in with BWT, YWT, MCE, CW & API all being above breed averages.
Bred To: AI to IRCC Double Bar D Kaboom 205K, Reg.#1419405 (female sexed semen) on March 22, 2024. No exposure. Preg checked safe to AI date.
“Lexi” is a moderate framed, polled heifer that will catch your eye. She is long spined and feminine with power to boot. Her maternal granddam has consistently produced bulls and heifers weighing in the top end of weaning. Another well mannered, sleek headed and wide topped female that will perform. 34L displays nice udder development, teat size and placement. Top notch genetics in this heifers pedigree with the likes of WLB BlazeOn, Westcott & Sochi. Real strong maternal traits built in this heifer. Above EPD’s in MCE, MWWT, Milk, BWT, CE, Rea & API.
Bred To: Exposed to Perks Timber Wolf 44K, Reg. #BPG1404734 from March 29, 2024 to May 23, 2024. Observed bred on March 29, 2024.
Preg checked safe to March 29th date.
Wow! What an eye appealing polled, “WLB BlazeOn” heifer. A quiet, stylish female with tons of potential, out of a lead off Northern Light heifer we had purchased. She is a soggy, yet a feminine kind of female off a hard working, easy keeping NAC cow that has all the traits to produce the heavyweights. 15M is wide topped with the perfect depth of rib, consistent through the rear ¼, strong footed with excellent bone structure. “Mason” is above breed EPD averages in 10 out of 13 areas! CE (10.1); BW (2.8); WW (78.3); YW (113.7); Milk (26.8); MCE (5.2); MWWT (66.0) & in 3 other areas. Very impressive traits.
This heifer is a solid, dark red, sweet, “IPU Betts” daughter that is show ready and off one of our favorite cows, 56B. She has been a top notch foundation cow in our herd over the years. A wonderful milking, power producing female , consistently providing strong bulls and females. A full brother sold for $7750.00 & a maternal brother “Grandslam” sold to Stacey Bell, Clive, AB. Here is a performance heifer with top WWT & YWT EPD’s. She should add milk (top 30% milk EPD’s), has real good maternal traits; MCE (top 10%) & MWWT (top 25% breed avgs.) 19M has many generations of polled in her background.
“Showtime” has a great haircoat for those 4-H’ers. A sweet tempered, dark red, polled and show ready “IPU Betts” heifer. Her dam is a great milker and an incredible mother. 20M is off our oldest cow in the herd, 712Z, who year after year has produced strong results. Her calves come real easy and grow like crazy. A maternal sib produced our 2024 High Selling bull for $13,000.00 selling to Cordell Frisholze of Minton, Sask. “MacKenzie’s percentile ranking show that she will add performance with a WW 80.9 (top 35% of breed); YWT 118.1 (top 40%); she will add Milk 28.2 (top 35%); She has real good Maternal traits- MCE 7.7 (top 10%); MWWT 68.7 (top 30%); CW (top 30%); Rea & Fat all above breed averages.
Recently nicknamed “Buttercup”, this curvy little number will be a performer. Sierra showed her full sister this past year in 4-H and summer shows and was awarded “Reserve Grand Champion” with her. 21M displays a lot of the same characteristics as her full sister. She is a thick, easy doing,polled, docile “IPU Betts” heifer that should go on and produce top notch offspring in her new owners herd. Ones that will tip the scales down come fall time. The strong power type you’re looking for is in this female. She will be the type that is sure to provide consistency and longevity in both bulls and females that she produces.
Gerry and Linda Bertholet
Box 307 Hartney, Manitoba R0M 0X0
Gerry - (204) 741-0340
Email: glbertholet@hotmail.com
Maple Lake Stock Farms welcomes you to come and enjoy the sale. Another great selection of quality cattle on offer. Any questions about our consignments talk to Gerry. Mark your calendars for our Commercial Female Sale on Dec 5, 2024 on the farm.
Gerry and Linda
A moderate framed, easy doing female, bred early and already setting up a correct udder. Grand dam MMWK Diva 132D - has 6 daughters in our herd. This heifer`s dam is sired by Charles. We have been very pleased with Charles females.
Bred AI March 31, 2024 to IPU GUERRERO 111G #1292361.
SWANTEWITT ESPANITA 32E
RENDEZVOUS 591G
MAPLE LAKE CHARLEE 1122
MMWK DIVA 132D
KUNTZ DURAMAX 12D
SKYWEST BETTY
VIRGINIA BARCELONA 46X
SWANTEWITT AMITY 190A
LHVS CHARLES 29C
RENDEZVOUS MS PARA 591Y
3805L is a typical John Wayne daughter. She is long,
and
She is a ¾. John Wayne is a non dilutor. He is making his mark here at Maple Lake. Dam is a Swagger registered ½ blood. The grand dam is an unregistered Wheatland Headline 872 daughter. These Swagger
A dark red moderate frame, with an exceptionally wide top. She was shown at AgX, and was first in her split. Her grand dam 9761 is a foundation donor, an On Target and the Hass Ranch cow. Her mating with our foundation herd sire Wheatland 786T has built a very strong foundation cow family. She will be a high performing addition to any herd. An outcross pedigree that has years of proven progeny here at Maple Lake.
Maple Lake Scream This performance heifer could be a well loved 4 H project. She is very quiet, great hair coat, extra length and thick hip. We showed her at the Black Gold All breed show in September She made the Final drive. She was easy to work with. She has Captain Scream and Cheyenne in her pedigree. We have been happy with the Scream performance females in our herd
Tyler and Kim Warburton
77 Falcon Cres. Brandon, MB R7B 3Z9 Tyler: 204-761-6124 Kim: 204-724-2354
Email: co411s@mymts.net
Last year was our first year back after many years away. We’re pleased to be back for year 2 with the “new” Striker Cattle Co. and be a part of such a great group of consignors and strong offering of cattle.
Thanks to Gary Bitz and Ag-Land Farms for their purchases last year and we trust the cattle worked out well for them. We feel we have consigned a couple of good, functional bred heifers this year and would hope most will find Striker MS 19L to be an opportunity to own an exceptional female. After talks with Glenn from Transcon, we have made arrangements to make the Keystone Sale our marketplace for our bull calves. Our herd is small, but we feel very high quality and hope to be able to bring value to the sale this year and for many years to come.
Welcome to everyone here and online and look forward to a great day at the Keystone sale.
Tyler and Kim
We’ve had great success using RF Supercharged 9150G in our program. A super heifer calf, Striker Ms 104L, that sold to Ag-Land Farms in this sale last year, our sale feature, Striker Ms 19L, in this year’s sale and this outstanding individual. Striker Mr 998M has tremendous length and a nice muscle pattern through the hip and loin and lots of performance for a mid-February calf. His High Roller dam was purchased as a bred heifer in the WLB dispersal and has become a key member of our breeding/flush program. There are 2 transplant bull calves in this sale as well from the same cow.
A transplant son of Heidi and he’s patterned much the same as her natural calf, Striker Mr 998M. You have to appreciate the depth and volume of these calves and their ability to move freely on sound feet and legs. We’re looking forward to seeing these bull calves mature and develop into exceptional herd sires. This year we have 4 Mandate calves from this mating (2 bulls and 2 heifers) and are very pleased with all of them.
Here’s a calf we have really liked from the start. He has such a natural, appealing muscle pattern. Striker Mr 916M is smooth and deep and just profiles so well. Being a Proclamation son, calving ease and performance should be very evident in his offspring. His maternal sister sold as a bred to Gary Bitz in the sale last year.
One has to appreciate this free moving young bull’s length
Crest View Land & Cattle Co. Ltd.
Terry Woychyshyn & Family
Box 301 Erickson, MB R0J 0P0
H. 204-865-2213
C. 204-867-7139
Email: crestviewltd@gmail.com
Crest View Ranch
Greg & Amanda Woychyshyn & Family
Box 2035 Minnedosa, MB R0J 1E0
H. 204-636-2677
C. 204-867-7110
Email: crestviewcattleco@hotmail.com
Welcome to the 46th Annual Keystone Konnection Sale. As long time consigners to this elite consignment sale we have always saved our best red and black females to showcase here. I know we have said this before but this year I truly believe we will offer our strongest most consistent package of heifers yet to date! With the five breds and the one prospect open there is many similarities in the bloodlines that work for us here with the likes of Cobra, Mountain, Hercules and Cowboy Cut. All of these heifers are out of never miss females here at the ranch.
As the excitement builds in the cattle business you can buy these girls with confidence knowing they are out of proven genetics and will provide an excellent ROI. These purebred heifers are run alongside the commercials with no special treatment therefore are the type of cattle that will strive and produce for years to come.
They have been slowly and easily fleshed up on a 14% developer pellet as well as free choice hay. They are on the Phizer Gold vaccine program & Ivomec , and will have received their first shot of scourguard prior to sale time.
Mated to popular calving ease A.I sires, calving time will be exciting. If you have and questions about our offering don’t hesitate to get in touch or pop by and see them in their home environment at the ranch. Looking forward to seeing you all sale day!
Greg
You want a brood cow? Look no further! One dark cherry red female here containing everything we look for in a cow. This heifer is deep and contains as much volume as you will find anywhere. Added bonus is she has a great temperament as well. This combination clicked with Mountain, used on a bigger framed, powerful older genetic outcross cow we had bought from Mar Mac right out of this very sale. I’m quite excited to see the pairing with the new A.I Calibrate bull. Milkability will not be an issue here, she should have one of the heavy weights come weaning time.
A.I bred April 13 to KS Calibrate K209; preg tested safe, exposed to ARC Top Tier 5L May 6-June 19 Consigned by Crest View Land & Cattle Co. Ltd.
A very complete and angular daughter off our Mountain bull who has done such a consistent job for us here. We really like the temperament of this heifer that is very noticeable from this cow family. Out of the KASK 340A cow who has done great things here over the years; she will do no different. The matron cow has a picture perfect udder at 11 years of age and this girl is setting up to be just the same. A tick of black facial pigment is quite heritable in the pedigree stemming back to the likes of the proven sire Wheatland Red Teddy. Mated to the new and exciting outcross homo polled Genex sire; Calibrate K209, excitement awaits at calving time. Word is he will be the next big red calving ease sire around.
A.I. Bred April 20th to KS Calibrate K209: preg tested safe, exposed to ARC Top Tier 5L April 29-Aug 10. Consigned by- Crest View Ranch
A heifer here that we debated very hard on parting with but; as I said in my prior comments, we bring our best to town. Being out of the Cowboy Cut bull who has worked very well for us as an A.I sire; and out of a Cobra female stemming back to the Paris cow family she is genetically stacked! Top notch udder and teat placement run deep in this line of females and this girl looks to be following suite. You have to appreciate this heifer as a complete package of width over the top, quarter, hip and length; she checks all the boxes! Bred to the proven calving ease sire WHL Gold Key 1619D I would be very pumped to see the offspring on this one when she lays down to calve.
A.I. bred Apr.26th to WHL Gold Key 1619D; preg tested safe, exposed to ARC Top Tier 5L April 29-Aug 10 Consigned by – Crest View Ranch
A fancy black brockle faced heifer right here! A nice mix of black baldy genetics with the likes of Cobra on the top side and going back to the big fella, the JDF Honky Tonk bull on the bottom. This one is out of a Prairie Wind cow we got from Wes Mack a few years back in the Shades Sale. She is proving herself to be quite productive in our herd. She is quite well put together with a nice profile and ample substance. As well also setting up a nice udder and teat placement. Bred Kaboom, I’m quite certain a baldy baby is in the making.
A.I bred April 15th to IRCC Double Bar D Kaboom 205K; preg tested safe, exposed to CSV 112L May 6-Aug 10
Here’s something exciting!; our first HHFS Hercules 5H bred to go up for sale. Unfortunately he is not walking the pastures here anymore but you will see more of him as we managed to draw him for use by A.I in our herd. His results have been outstanding, especially in the division of knocking that blaze or white face on the majority of his offspring. On the top side with the likes of Savage who goes back to Lock & Load, and Broker who needs no introduction she has a fairly explosive pedigree. Maternally backed by a young up and coming bigger framed, broody Centerfire daughter. Centerfire needs no explanation if you followed our bloodlines for the last number of years. His genetic makeup made for some of the best females to sell or retain in the herd that we’ve ever had. A.Ied to the new exciting IRCC Double Bar D Kaboom bull I’m quite sure her calf will be amazing. A.I bred April 19 to IRCC Double Bar D Kaboom 205K; preg tested safe,
Here is a very attractive Cobra daughter with a flashy blaze! A heifer that would be staying home to likely drag a halter at 4H and other show rings had the boys not already been decided. Step up junior members and check this one out; she is sure to demand attention wherever she goes. Again debating on bringing this one to town; we figured it would be the perfect opportunity to showcase an open that is so closely related to the 223L bred if you analyze their pedigrees. Compare the two and you will see the proof is there in both being very complete in their own right with these very tight genes. Production is a word that best describes this cow family; producing us many saleable offspring. Cobra on the top side needs no introduction & with that sought after blaze face, take her any direction come breeding time, the results will be awesome! Preg tested open Consigned by – Crest View Ranch
Blair, Lois and Melissa McRae
RR1 Box 57 Brandon, MB R7A 5Y1
Blair’s Cell: 204-729-5439 House: 204-728-3058
Email: marmacfarms1@gmail.com Website: www.marmacfarms.net
Mar Mac Farms just south of Brandon has been breeding Simmental Cattle for 48 years.
We specialize in cow families and producing beef bulls that work in the Commercial and Purebred industry. We annually sell females in this sale and market our bulls in our annual bull sale March 5, 2025 on the farm.
We have selected two top females for the 2024 Keystone Konnection Simmental Sale. As one of the first consignors in the Keystone Simmental Association Sale 46 years ago, we know the quality is always deep in this consignment sale.
Blair, Lois and Melissa
HOMO POLLED
Here is a homo polled Black heifer that will catch your eye. Moderate framed, thick made, easy fleshing True North daughter. We were impressed with True North at Agribition when he showed and have used him heavily in our program. We love his daughters and what they have done in our herd.
59L’s dam goes back to our Matron Donor female Mar Mac Carli 14N and another donor female Mar Mac Carli 86X. Carli females are the heart of our herd and always bring in the big stout calves that go on and work in the industry.
Proven genetics that will work in this young female.
She sells bred April 16 to WLB Bounty Hunter 365C – 1142666 No Exposure
This homo polled, homo black female has some added frame and length of body along with a very feminine front end. Length adds pay weight to your calves and pounds add dollars to your pocket.
Night Hawk was used extensively in our program as a calving
and
Bred April 16 to
Jeff, Erin McRuer and Family
Box 638 Boissevain, MB R0K 0E0
Jeff: 204-534-0760 Erin: 204-747-4079
Email mcruer_simmentals@hotmail.com
Directions: 7 Miles south of Boissevain, Mb to PR 341, 4 ¼ Miles East on the south side of the road.
We are excited to be offering these bred heifers in our very first appearance at the Keystone Konnection. We would like to thank all the fellow consigners for inviting us as well as the Transcon crew for having the confidence in our program. With Jeff’s tendency to be a heifer hoarder very few purebred females have ever been offered out of our herd. We hope you will take the time to check out our consignments. These heifers were brought right from pasture to the picture pen. They are raised in a commercial cattle environment on a high ruffage TMR so they are build for longevity in your herd.
Anyone is welcome to come for a tour of the sale pen prior to Dec 3rd!
Jeff and Erin
Check out this blood red, deep, soggy female setting up a perfect udder. She is sired by a homo-polled high selling herd sire out of Beechinor Brothers in 2021. These daughters are making their mark here with their picture perfect udders and easy fleshing ability. She is bred to our high selling homo-polled, dark red calving ease bull that sold to Southam Simmentals in 2023.
AI April 5, 2024 to MCR 21K (due 01/15). Polled test pending
Here’s a heifer with a bit smaller frame than the previous but what a pedigree her Grand Dam PWK52Y was a high selling cow from the Workman dispersal. We purchased her dam out of the Queens of the Heartland sale in 2021. She is setting up a very nice tidy udder. Her breeding to MCR 223K is favorable; he is a homo polled PERKS Red Wolf son that was one of our top red calving ease bulls this spring with a great set of EPDs. All of our Red Wolf progeny have had a tremendous curve bending attribute.
AI April 2, 2024 to KWA 6K. Natural Service MCR 223K April 22, 2024 (due 01/31). Homo-Polled by Pedigree.
Backed by two black parents; sired by a homo polled black bull we sold to Circle G Simmentals in Alberta and a dam purchased in Shades of the Prairies as a high selling open from Come As U R Simmentals. This heifer is a very easy doing, big middled female. Check out the maternal side of this pedigree - she won’t disappoint. Her breeding to MCR 223K is also favorable - you won’t want to miss out on the opportunity on some Red Wolf progeny.
Natural service MCR 223k May 4, 2024 (Due 02/09) Homo Polled by Pedigree
A heifer stacked full of strong maternal traits; her dam is a Tycoon daughter with a great set of EPDs and she’s sired by the same homo-polled black bull as 45L we sold to Circle G Simmentals. Her Grand Dam PWK 104A has picture perfect feet and udder for her age - cross your fingers for a heifer calf out of her. Bred to a
Bill and Nancy Biglieni
Box 327 Douglas, MB R0K 0R0
Bill: 204-729-7925
Email: wlblivestock@gmail.com
The Keystone Konnection sale has long been a great source for reliable hard working Simmentals. WLB has purchased a number of “money makers” over the years. To be a consigner amongst this group of consignors is indeed a privilege and an honor. In addition to consigning an open heifer we have also listed a Top Tier son that will add to the bull choices you will have on sale day. Contact us about our wintering program that we offer.
Bill
Selling this one really hurts! A Brooks daughter out of one of the first John Wayne daughters to calve. She was #1 on our keeping list but the heifer we intended to consign came up with an injury a week before catalogue time forcing us to either consign no female at all or pull up our socks and get serious! This gal has a number of high profile Simmentals in her pedigree but the real reason we wanted this female to stay at WLB(we are all about cow families) was the 484F female, her grand-dam. She’s our kind of female being moderate in size, square uddered and big on production. Her genetics are proving to breed true. It doesn’t show up in her catalogue pedigree but she combines the L205 cow family with WLB 462P Lucy 373T and the SVS BLK Satin 80A. Which represents three highly productive females that produced at WLB. These three cows were long lasting, good footed, dependable cows. All three were foundation quality females. Two were purchased, the other was born at WLB and made her presence known through the nine sale bulls she produced. Buy this girl to create something exciting. Make her your next foundation female. HOMO POLLED AND HETERO BLACK
Everett More and Irene Vanin Box 1754 Virden, MB 204-851-1737 Email: Emsim1946@gmail.com
Welcome to the 46th Keystone Konnection Sale. We look forward to having the Transcon team as sale managers. This is our 25th year as a member of the Keystone Simmental Association. Our small herd is now my retirement project, and in addition to keeping me physically and mentally active, keeps me a part of the great group of people in the cattle industry. Our herd is on a comprehensive herd health program and our consignments have received both their initial and booster Scourbos vaccinations. The service sires to our sale heifers are at the top of the breed for calving ease EPDs.
If calving in January is not part of your program, we are willing to make arrangements with you to keep either of our consignments and calve them out for you.
Everett and Irene
Homozygous polled by parentage. A moderate framed, stout, easy keeper out of a 2yr old heifer. 318L was our 2nd highest adjusted yearling weight. She comes from a productive cow family, and with Kuntz Sheriff 8A as a sire, should continue that trend. 318L’s dam is a maternal sister to a bull we sold to Lazy S Ranch at Mayerthorpe AB, and also to a productive female purchased by WLB Livestock.Our complete cowherd is tested negative for Johnes.
Bred AI safe to KWA Shamrock 151H, whose calving ease EPD is in the top 1% of the breed. Bred Apr 18th to KWA Shamrock 151H. Due Jan 29th
Wade, Ang, Bjorn and Emma Thorgilsson
Box 224 Lundar, MB ROC 1Y0
Wade cell: (204) 739-3225 Ang cell: (204) 739-3094 Bjorn cell: (431) 772-1181
Email: angwadet@gmail.com
Welcome to the 46th Annual Keystone Connection Sale. We are excited and appreciative for the opportunity to join this long-standing traditional sale with a great group of consigners held in a great venue. This year we are consigning two purebred heifers, both are bred natural service to our walking heifer bull, SkyWest Bounty Hunter. Heifers are halter broke with quiet dispositions. Credits to our kids as both were shown as their 4H projects this past summer.
Looking forward to seeing everyone sale day December 3rd! Feel free to contact us with any questions
Wade, Ang, Bjorn and Emma
Sydney De Koning
Box 43 Eden, MB R0J 0M0
Cell: 204-212-0867 Email: sydneydekoning3@gmail.com
Welcome back to the 46th edition of the Keystone Konnection sale!
Some of you might recognize me as the “junior division” of Creekside Cattle Co, but let me reintroduce myself, my name is Sydney, owner of Reign, Simmental enthusiast, and an absolute crop nerd. With the dispersal of Mom and Dad’s cow calf pairs this spring, I decided to rebrand to a name that I connected with a little more — Creekside was great, it did its job for a num ber of years, but let’s face it, there’s a number of Creeksides already in existence and things were confusing for everyone involved whether we were Creekside Simmentals or Cattle Co. Then Reign was born. A play on words of both my heritage, and where I thrive to be in terms of ambition and where I want to take the cow herd.
On dispersal day a number of the Creekside cows came back home under different ownership, I believe I brought our top end cows back home to produce and build off of for years to come.
Here’s to a new era!
Sydney
Homo Polled, Open. Sugar, spice and everything nice. Red Hot is a stylish, angular made heifer calf out of the young but proven “Pixie” cow family. The Pixie family is my fastest growing red family and have proven themselves to give a quick ROI, proving themselves off the start with the first calf as the Pixie cow herself did, the family matriarch Rusylvia 58F aka “Fairy” as well as the Kourtney heifer who is off the same cow family, I sold last year with Transcon to Crooked Creek Farms. This family puts in the work for you time and time again. On the sire side she’s out of our Bentley 88G bull with a stacked pedigree, combining the widely loved Bentley 630D, breed legend Wheatland 680S, and going back to the Utopia 60U family. Sit back, relax and let her do the work.
Ian and Carol Marshal
Box 118 Glenboro, MB R0K 0X0 204-526-5077 Email: glenabbeyfarm@gmail.com
Carol and I moved to Canada from Scotland in 1998 with our two children Douglas and Kay. We bought bred Black Angus commercial cows and from there we built up a herd using Black Angus bulls for around 11 years.
We start calving beginning of January and sell our calves straight from the pasture and felt we needed to get our weaning weights higher with also a bit of hybrid vigor. We started looking at different options and liked the look of the black Simmental bulls from Maple Lake Farms. We purchased our first bull from Jerry in 2013 and never looked back.
Our weaning weights have increased by 50 lbs plus and we are very happy that we changed to black Simmental bulls. We also feel we have a good strong replacement heifers weighing around 1000lbs plus at 13-14 months old, this has been a huge change in the performance of our cattle.
Ian and Carol
Trevor, Amy, Austyn, Kinley and Maverick Peters
Box 385 Rivers, MB R0K 1X0
Trevor Cell: (204) 741-0967 Amy Cell: (204) 573-3039 Email: amylynnepeters@hotmail.com
Lot 60 - Pen of three commercial heifers
We are proud to bring this group of commercial heifers to the sale and show everyone this side of our business. Breeding our commercial cows to fleck bulls allows us to get excellent replacement females with top quality udders that will have lots of milk to produce steers that push down the scale at selling time. These 3 fleck influenced polled replacement females will definitely go into anyone’s herd and raise calves that will command top dollar at auction mart. These heifers come fully vaccinated. Any questions feel free to give us a call.
TERMS - The terms of the sale are cash, cheque, e-transfer, or wire and are due at the time of sale, unless other arrangements have been made between buyer and seller prior to the sale. Transcon reserves the right to charge interest at a rate of 2% per month on overdue accounts. The right of property shall not pass until after settlement is made. Transcon Livestock Corp. reserves the right to require a certified cheque as settlement before releasing any sale cattle. Should any purchaser fail to settle for their purchase Transcon Livestock Corp. reserves full power to resell the animal to the best advantage either publicly or privately, without further notice. Any loss arising from such resale together with keep and all other expenses shall be payable by the defaulter. All settlements must be made with the clerks of the sale before any cattle will be released. Transcon Livestock Corp and/or the Auctioneer shall have the right to refuse bids from anyone who has a previous record of default in payment or who has not made proper credit clearance prior to the sale with the owner or Sale Managers.
BID - No private sales will be allowed except as otherwise provided for in the terms and conditions. No by-bidding will be permitted.
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DISPUTES - In cases of disputes, bidding will be reopened between the parties involved. If no further bid is made the buyer will be the person from whom the auctioneer accepted the last bid. The auctioneer’s decision in such matters will be final.
PURCHASER’S RISK - Each animal becomes the risk of the purchaser as soon as sold. Animals will be cared for at the purchaser’s risk for a reasonable length of time.
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HEALTH - It is the buyer’s responsibility to determine health requirements for importing any animal into his province or state. Transcon Livestock Corp. assumes no responsibility for the health status of any animal in the sale.
EMBRYO & SEMEN – Full settlement must be made before release is done and shipping arrangements should be done within 30 days of the sale unless arrangements made between buyer and seller prior to the sale. Shipping arrangements and costs are the expense of the purchaser once release has been given.
ACCIDENTS - Although every precaution will be taken to protect the safety and comfort of buyers, neither the Sales Management, auctioneer, consignors, or Association assumes any responsibility in this matter and disclaims any liability legal or otherwise in the event of accident or loss of property.
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS - The above terms and conditions of the sale shall constitute a contract between the buyer and the seller and be equally binding to both. Resale of animals following purchase in this sale shall constitute a separate transaction and the rights and obligations of the two parties connected thereto are not covered by the terms and conditions of this sale.
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