Trik K Farms Bull and Female Sale with guests Albrecht Farms

Welcome

Hello and welcome to the Tri K Cattle First Annual Bull sale. The past year has been some big changes and we are so excited to start this new chapter. We would like to thank VJV and Willowveiw Auctions for everything they have done for us with the bull sale for the past 16 years.

Our bottle neck with the cows especially since we started doing embryo work has been our calving facilities, the 8 stall lean-to just wasn’t cutting it when we were having double digit calving days in -40 weather. We had been feeling out the idea of a barn for a few years now and finally decided summer 2022 we were going to make the decision to go full steam ahead. We learned a lot along the way but we are so happy with the results and thankful to everyone who had a hand in the prep work, building, and finishing of the barn. Having the barn now also allows us to have the bull sale at home which has been a long-time dream! With the growth of our cow herd and doing 25-30 embryo implants annually the size of the bull pen has grown to where we can put on a quality sale at the farm. The ability to have the bulls in their normal environment will make less stress for them and us.

Its crazy to think that this year calving is officially a full cycle through the alphabet raising purebred Simmentals. While its not a long time in perspective to the many long time breeders in the Simmental breed, I do think the amount of progress we have made in that time is something our family can be very proud of. I do want to thank the Transcon Team Jay, Glenn, and Darren who stuck it out with us from the start as we worked to improve the quality of our bulls. Glenn must have seen something most people didn’t, I owe a lot of where we are because of the support I received from him. Whether it was late night phone calls or the time he took me along to Manitoba so I could go to a dispersal because nobody from home could get away for that amount of time with me, I remember it all and I will be forever grateful for that.

The pen of bulls we have this year is deep! The consistency of the 35 yearlings really stands out to us . Each and every year we are trying to close the gap from the top to bottom of the pen. We strive to raise bulls that add value to commercial cattlemans calf crops. Coming from feedlot backround we know what kind of cattle preform the best and what the buyers will pay premiums for. The bulls in the pen you will find are soggy, easy doing, extremely hairy, long bodied bulls with good temperaments. Also unique to these bulls is the maternal merit they have. We really focus on cow families and things like udders, feet and calving abilities are very important to us. So while we think these bulls will excel in siring calves that push the scale down, you should also end up with females that will turn into cows that will be the right kind. We are very particular when it comes to herdbull selections and we put extensive research into finding the right bulls to use within our herd. I think there is no better way to get that consistency in a calf crop then walking top end herdbulls in a cowherd.

New this year, we have 12 replacement heifers that will make great additions to anyone’s herd, creating a perfect opportunity to add Jan/Feb heifers that will have extra size and maturity for a spring calving program.

We also want to welcome Albrecht Farms as guest consigners to this sale. Their set of bulls really compliments the offering and they share the same passion for striving to breed high quality functional cattle. Ryan and I have worked closely together since the beginning of selling bulls and couldn’t be happier to have him and his family be apart of this milestone.

We invite you all to the farm Feb 25th for the First Annual Bull Sale. Sale will be at 3pm with supper and social to follow! Please don’t hesitate to contact any of us with any questions. Thank you to all our past customers for your support. We not only enjoy the cattle aspect of selling bulls, but the long lasting friendships we have created means a lot too!

See you sale day!

Keith & Kerriley Keiran & Taryn

Farm Beef Supper following the Sale!

Bull & Female Sale!

Sale Day Contacts:

Sale Information: Welcome from Transcon

Jay Good 403-556-5563

Darren Paget 403-323-3985

Glenn Norton 780-542-0634

Cody Coupland 403-877-0779

Keiran Hodges 780-933-5637

Keith Hodges 780-831-7999

Ryan Albrecht 780-933-5448

Sale Staff

Auctioneer - Don Oberg

Ring Staff - Robert Lind

Online Bidding:

DLMS will be providing online bidding. Contact Mark Shologan - 780-699-5082

Sale Location Directions (IBC):

Google Maps “ Tri K Cattle” 725041 RR 103 Beaverlodge, AB See the map to the farm on page 31 for directions

Insurance: Jill Wildman 780-305-1146 Canadian Farm Insurance Corp

Volume Discount: Buyers purchasing 3 or more bulls will be entered into draw at end of sale for chance to win $1000 dollars cash.

Buyers Draw: Thank you to our sale day Sponsors for items in buyer draw. Every bull purchased will be entered to win at the conclusion of the sale.

Bull Delivery:

Bulls will be delivered to central points in Alberta /BC free of charge, we will do our best to get them right to your yard. Deliver will start end of March and bulls can stay at farms till April 15 th unless other arrangements have been made. Bulls staying at the farm should be insured.

Purchase Invoices: Invoices will be sent only to the email addresses provided. Please advise if not received within 3 days of the sale. Office phone number (403) 638-9377

Welcome to the First Annual Tri K Cattle Bull Sale with guest consignor, Albrecht Farms. Having both been involved in the Transcon Peace Country Bull Sale for many years, the Hodges and Albrecht families made a decision to transition their bull sales home to a brand-new sale barn at Tri K, as part of the evolution of the sale.

Throughout the years leading up to this inaugural event, Transcon has enjoyed watching the progression of the Tri K operation.Building the brand-new sale/ calving facility demonstrates their commitment to the cattle industry and a strong future in the bull business.

Tri K Cattle is owned and operated by Keith and Kerriley Hodges along with Keith’s son, Keiran and Taryn Hodges. This family operation runs registered and commercial cowherds, along with grain land. It is rarely a slow or dull day at Tri K.

This year’s bullpen is again very impressive. While quality is evident across the board, it’s the black bulls that will knock your socks off. In early January, I was extremely happy with the level of the bullpen, and I am excited to see how they advance over the next couple of months. There will be a good mix of power and calving ease bulls in the pen along with four two yr old bulls. This group of bulls will be hairy, big sided and heavy muscled and I believe you will be impressed, I certainly was.

Albrecht Farms have a very strong pen of bulls again this year, maybe the best I’ve seen from Steve and Ryan. You will find calving ease and power bulls as well as a couple of two-year-olds that looked very good. This is another solid set of bulls that demand a serious look.

If you would like to view the bulls prior to the sale, be sure to visit both operations. They are roughly half an hour apart.

Plan to attend the first annual Tri K and Albrecht Bull Sale. The quality of bulls is impressive and the hospitality will be very enjoyable.

If you are unable to attend, please feel free to call any of the Transcon team. We are always happy to assist you in your search for a new herdsire.

Glenn Norton

Glenn Norton Transcon Livestock Corp

Jay Good 26-year team member

Darren Paget 11-year team member

Glenn Norton 14-year team member

Cody Coupland 2-year team member

Well here are two bulls we are sure proud to have raised, they are everything we intended to make when flushing our ETZ 302Z cow to Executive!

Long bodied, structurally correct and very strong footed are all things noticed very quickly when analyzing these bulls. Their temperaments are unbeatable, and they have a strong presence to them that makes you stop for a second look.

302Z is making a huge impression in our herd with feature bulls last year including our 24,000 high seller to Circle G Simmentals and we now have four daughters ready to calve any day that look good! We sold a 302Z daughter in the Camrose Classic last fall for 10,000 to Fore See Cattle Co. The sister to these bulls in the replacement pen really stands out as well and its just another affirmation of how strong the 302Z cow really is! Fertility is extremely high, and she flushes very well. We are going to continue to flush her this spring.

The maternal power of these two bulls is through the roof and if you’re wanting to make strong footed and great uddered females have a real good look here. Moderate birth weights with above average growth at weaning and yearling time, these guys should sire easy doing high gaining progeny that any cattleman can appreciate. Not to get repetitive but I truly think these guys are the real deal and they come highly recommended!

KKH 615K Homo Polled/Hetero Black

KKH 646K Homo Polled/Homo Black

Bull & Female Sale!

Where to start with Commander! This guy has stood out at every stage of his life since he was a day old. There was something special about him the day we tagged him and he has not disappointed thus

Length of spine, depth of body, disposition, foot quality, thickness and top he has it all. You add all his physical attributes with the quality of his dam ETZ 217c it really is a homerun of a bull. 217C is kind of cow you want your herd bulls to be raised by, she has cranked out a top end calf of either sex since she was a bred heifer, her bulls have been features both years and both selling to the top end operation of Soles Farms. 217C has a wicked udder and with this kind of production, is one that has us really considering getting her flushed this spring to maximize her influence within our herd!

Commanders sire, Captain Blaze is a bull we have been watching for a while over in Manitoba working for Perkins who was consistently raising easy calving, earlier gestation bulls that were easy doing and always sold really good in their bull sale, Captain blaze is sired by the famous Captain Morgan and mothered by a donor quality dam in the 45R sunrise cow. Take that genetic power along with the maternal power of Full Throttle X 4W on the bottom side this bull is just as strong on paper as he is in person. Commander has the potential to make a big-time impact in any herd. Commander comes Hetero Black which really opens up where you can use him, red hided cattle with this pedigree could be the ticket. We will be collecting in herd semen so we can incorporate this big-time bull into our own cow herd! Definite sale feature here!!

Homo Polled, Hetero Black

• Stand out bull and not just because of his paint job.

• No accident the Dakota cow family has top end bulls with whatever they are mated to.

• Extremely thick made with tons of depth, and large scrotal dam

• His dam,124E, has sold breeder bulls to Werstroh Farms and the Knickle family.

• Add style and substance to a calf crop with this guy.

• Will add pounds to a calf crop and make some baldy replacements heifers that could fetch a premium will stamp a calf crop.

Homo Polled/Hetero Black

Herd bull alert! Not very often does a guy get lucky enough with embryo work to have a set of bulls this consistent out of one flush! They are exactly what my intended goal was when flushing the ETZ 236B cow!

236B has been a workhorse cow who raised big time performance cattle for Skors including a $18,000 high selling bull before we purchased her out of the dispersal. My intentions when flushing her was to try and make as many females as possible carrying her bloodline that would have the production like her of raising performance orientated bulls for our customers. We got lucky with four heifers along with these bulls. This will be a neat opportunity for anyone looking to inject consistency into the herd by taking a couple of these brothers home and sending them out to work.

These bulls all are stamped with extra length of spine, square hipped and the frame to really push down the scales, feedlots will be big fans of calves designed like these bulls. The amount of top in these bulls is impressive! They all carry the heavy hair and strong foot that the Executive calves display! The favourite out of the flush has gone back and fourth by visitors through the pen, come have a look sale day and decide for yourself!

• Powerhouse of the bull pen this bull is loaded with performance.

• Has some frame but still carries plenty of depth.

• Out of a really nice Labatte cow who has proven her worth around here.

• 84 ww epd and 147 yw epd this guys numbers are explosive.

• Larger birthweight but cow went overdue in the -40 spell last year and hasn’t had a calf over 100lbs before, 20 lbs more on 12 steer calves at weaning over the life of the breeding bull he will pay for himself.

• Dam had a feature son last year go to Wayne Young in Picardville.

Poll Test Pending/ Hetero Black

• Low birth, moderate framed baldy bull that’s going to have a few friends sale day.

• Stout made and loads of style makes this bull easy to like from all angles.

• 102H did a heck of job on her first calf, she has a real bright feature around here.

• 277 day gestation.

Homo Polled

• Big time herd bull candidate here.

• Pretty excited about this guy for a while now and he just keeps getting better.

• Long bodied with a lot of style and presence.

• Loads of hair.

• Dam is a moderate framed red baldy with a good udder.

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• Deserves to start off our 2yr old. section.

• This guy is flat out good.

• Sired by our BEE bull he will add pounds to a calf crop.

• Felix and Chevalier… cant think of to many better genetic combos we can make.

• Dam has great udder and caught back up calving the beginning of January this year

• Jan 1/23 weight 1920 lbs.

Solid group of commercial heifers right out of the replacement pen. We narrowed our heifer pen down based on birth weights, temperaments, and maternal qualities of their dams, if we weren’t doing something new for the sale, they would be staying here to become cows. We feel these heifers will complement most herds and provide a cool opportunity to add Jan/Feb heifers that will have some extra size and maturity if they move to a spring calving program.

6 red heifers. 6 black heifers.

WelcomeWelcome to the First Annual Tri K Bull & Female Sale. We’d like to thank the Hodges family for inviting us in joining them on this next chapter and look forward to working with them. We would also like to thank all previous bidders and buyers for their continued support of our program and the effort to attend our sale year after year. Come join us at our new location, Tri K new sale barn on Saturday February 25th at 3pm in Beaverlodge to check out this great offering.

It’s been another exciting but busy year at Albrecht Farms as we work on the transformation of our new place in LaGlace. The optimism in the cattle industry has been rejuvenated with strong calf prices this past fall and a good outlook on futures. With 2021 being one of the toughest years to date, it’s nice to see a rebound in the market along with feed inventories in most areas. The kids had another busy year and keep us on our toes. Lukas has taken his hockey talents to GP this year and is playing HSL which has been incredible to watch. Benson is in his first year of U9 and him and his teammates in LaGlace keep getting better and better with each skate. Elliana is in the middle of completing her first year of dance in GP and is honing her hockey skills on our outdoor rink at home. All the kids play a big part in keeping the ranch going.

Albrecht Farms has been an active breeder of red & black Simmental for over 27 years. Our program emphasizes in using quality genetics that breeds for soundness, temperament, udder quality and longevity in the rugged terrain we live in. Our bull sale offering this year consists of 10 reds and 4 black bulls all out of highly functioning cows from proven genetics. This will be the first calf crop to sell off our $21,000 Herdsire LFE Refined 420H and what a job he did. We also have a good offering of some of the breeds leading AI sires. If you’re looking to add calving ease, maternal traits, or simply add some more power to enhance your cow herd I think you’ll find something that meets your needs.

All bulls can be viewed at the farm in LaGlace prior to the sale. New this year, any customer that views the bulls at the farm prior to the sale will be entered into a draw for a $500 sale credit. If you are unable to attend the sale and plan to join us on DLMS, give Ryan or Steve a call and we can answer any questions you may have. We also encourage you to use the Transcon Team for any assistance you need in finding a bull to meet your needs.

Please stick around after the sale for the complimentary supper and refreshments. We look forward to seeing you on sale day!

Ryan

Steve &Tammy Albrecht

Steve Cell: 780-832-0883

Ryan & Tara Albrecht

Ryan Cell: 780-933-5448

91060 TWP 750 LaGlace Box 3017 Sexsmith, AB T0H 3C0

Email: ralbrecht@secure-energy.com

Homo Polled

Here’s are only MRL Playmaker son on offer. We purchased a handful of straws from Brian Bouchards frozen genetics sale and have two awesome females in the replacement pen. RST 22K is soft made, hairy, big boned, square footed and has some extra size. His dam is a direct KOP Crosby daughter that has a good udder, good footed, and has been a good producer for us. If you look at some of the best bulls industry wide over the past 10yrs, you will see KOP Crosby show up on the bottom side of a lot of those bulls pedigrees. If you’re in the market for big steers or selling replacement heifers, I think 22K will work well.

Steve &Tammy Albrecht

Ryan and Tara Albrecht and family

Hetro Polled/Hetro Black

Here’s a feature black SVS Betts son. A bull that needs to be seen in person to really appreciate his attributes. Unlimited is stout made, big hipped, heavily muscled, big scrotal, with tremendous rib shape and dimension. He ranks in the top 15% of the breed for WW & YW.

On the bottom side, his dam is direct daughter of TCF/RCC Temptation and has a shot of Power Drive, two of the most iconic female makers in the Simmental breed. If you’re looking to add pounds in the fall or build a cow herd around a bull, RST Unlimited 29K fits the bill.

Homo Polled Red Chief puts the Simmental back in Simmental! A feature Cherry red son out of the $120,000 SVS Betts. 11k has that added length of spine, extra size, heavy muscling and is incredibly dark red with some black pigment around his nose.

His dam RST 25A is another one of those no miss IPU Crosby 43Y daughters that seems to crank out an awesome bulls or heifers year after year. With A bunch of donors up and down this pedigree and the boxes RST 11k checks, he won’t be hard to find sale day.

Homo Polled/Homo Black

Fortune Is a bull that really catches your attention in the bull pen. He’s long, small headed, smooth through his front third, and then explodes into a wide top and massive rear quarter. His dam is top of the class “G” model that was purchased from Labatte Simmentals and is a maternal sister to the $50,000 IPU Resolve bull. 16K is good mix of CE and performance and has some unreal cow power behind him.

Homo Polled

Here’s another bull that really catches your attention in the bull pen. Edge is dark red, soft made, big ribbed and very smooth. There’s a lot of CE bred into his pedigree with his dam being a direct daughter of Kuntz Sheriff and his sire being KWA Western Alliance. His EPD’s rank in the top 15% for CE and top 10% for BW. I feel like RST 10K would work well on select heifers and second calvers.

Homo Polled

Here’s a SVS Tycoon son that’s more moderate in stature but doesn’t sacrifice any weight to his pen mates. You can really appreciate Certified for his extra sogginess, softness, big middle, wide top, muscling, extra bone, hair coat and his awesome disposition. His dam is another one of those good Labatte cows that just produces year after year for us.

Homo Polled

The heavy weight of the Refined calves. Impact is big ribbed, wide topped, square footed, big scrotal, packed full of muscle, and out of a top of the class female. RST Gwen 23G goes back to one of our most prolific cow families. Awesome udder, big barreled, strong footed and structurally sound. The Silverlake Brute 18B daughters have worked really well for us and seem to show up year after year in some of our best bulls pedigrees. If you’re looking for something with an outcross pedigree, take a serious look at RST 32K.

Homo Polled

My pick of the Refined calves. Remarkable is calf that really puts it together, Liver red, tons of hair, structurally sound and has a big scrotal. His dam is a first calf heifer out of our RST 3E donor and sired by captain scream. Our Scream females are just coming into production and have done a great job on their first calves. A ¾ sib to 12K was our feature open heifer at the first annual LOP sale in Dawson this fall where she was the high selling open heifer to Jaydawn Farms. 12K should make some awesome females with the cow power behind him.

MRL RED WHISKEY 101B SVS RED SARA 92X ACS EVERREADY 970W 3D MISS RED NOREMAC 211U MUIRHEAD LIVE WIRE 95R KOP MS BENGIE 6P ANKONIAN RED CAESAR HRD MS. REALITY 12T

Homo Polled

Here’s a feature extra age bull that won’t be hard to find sale day. His dam is direct KOP Crosby daughter that has a good udder, size, broodiness, and production value. If you look at RST 22K, you can see what I mean by production value. 24J is an awesome SVS Tycoon son that has size, length, a big foot, and lots of presence. The SVS Tycoon sons have been some of the best offspring on offer the last few springs and with semen in limited quantity, don’t pass on this opportunity.

TERMS - The terms of the sale are cash, cheque, VISA, Mastercard, or Interac, payable at par at sale location. There will be a 3% administration fee on all VISA or Mastercard purchases applied to the buyer’s invoice. 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 his 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.

BID - Every animal consigned to the sale must be sold by auction. No private sales will be allowed except as otherwise provided for in the terms and conditions. No by-bidding will be permitted. Each animal will be sold to the highest bidder.

SALES TAXES – Applicable sales taxes will be charged on semen, embryos and trucking fees (if listed), respective to the home province of the buyer, not the seller.

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.

INFORMATION SUPPLIED - The information contained in this catalog is believed to be true and accurate. However, the information has been supplied by the seller and neither Transcon Livestock Corp. or Livestock Media Plus assume any responsibility if the information supplied is not accurate.

CATTLE PICTURES - The images in this catalog are believed to be accurate representations of the individual animals. Transcon Livestock Corp. and Jamesway Enterprises Ltd. assume no responsibility if the images as received have been altered.

ANNOUNCEMENTS from the auction block will take precedence over the printed matter in the catalog. Buyers are therefore cautioned to pay attention to any such announcements.

CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRY - A registration/recordation certificate issued by the applicable breed association and duly transferred will be furnished to the buyer of each animal after settlement has been made. It is the responsibility of the buyer to determine the acceptance of this certificate in any other association.

SHIPPING - Assistance will be given in making shipment after the sale but no risk is assumed by the Sales Management or Seller. Expenses incurred are the responsibility of the purchaser. Purchasers are requested to furnish shipping instructions when making settlement.

BREEDERS GUARANTEE - As per applicable Canadian Breed Association Breeding Guarantee guidelines. Copies are available at the sale settlement desk to be picked up by the buyer at any time. In no event shall the seller be responsible for reimbursing more than the purchase price.

EXCEPTION TO GUARANTEE - In cases where the animal is subjected to any hormonal or surgical reproduction techniques after the sale, the guarantee shall be null and void.

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.

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.

TRANSCON LIVESTOCK CORP. IS AGENT ONLY - It is to be clearly understood that Transcon Livestock Corp. is only acting as a medium between buyer and seller and is not in any way responsible for any failure on the part of either party to live up to his obligations, neither does Transcon Livestock Corp. assume any financial obligations to collect or enforce collection of any monies between parties, and any legal action that may, in exceptional cases, be taken, must be between buyer and seller.

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.