HUNTER CHAROLAIS
14TH ANNUAL BULL SALE
44 Charolais Yearling Bulls
THURSDAY APRIL 3RD, 2025, 1:30 PM Dst AT THE FARM, ROBLIN, MB
We would like to
Welcome you to our 14th Annual Sale this year!
On behalf of the family, I would like to welcome you to our 14th Annual Bull Sale. If you are a past or present customer, or reading our catalogue for the first time, we would like to thank you for your interest and support of our program.
It’s been a wild ride the last couple years in the cattle business. We are at historic highs in Canada in the cattle market and it’s for sure long overdue. The good times are here right now and it is time for the cow calf producers to capitalize as much as we can. The Charolais premium is a real thing – we see it every fall with Charolais cross calves commanding top dollar in auction marts across the country. There is nothing more identifiable than a Charcross calf. Now is the time to try and get every pound out of your calf crop at a premium.
The bulls are on a whole herd health program and they are fed balanced TMR ration to develop them. We feed these bulls to develop them to their potential and to guarantee longevity. Our breeding philosophy has remained the same for the last 40 years. We strive to produce bulls that are long made easy fleshing individuals that are structurally sound with depth of body and natural thickness. We love cattle that are free moving and know how to travel, or as I like to say, are “thrifty”. We are continually trying to increase the performance of our cattle without sacrificing calving ease or vigour at birth.
The bulls are available anytime for viewing before the sale. If you are unable to make the sale we are more than happy to assist you with making your purchase. Please contact us, or our very qualified sales staff, to help you assess the bulls and to make an optimal selection to achieve the goals for your operation. Your bids will be handled in a confidential and professional matter. We still absolutely encourage you to come and appraise the bulls yourself and to have a visit with us. The sale is also being broadcast using DLMS for those of you that wish to bid online. The bulls will all be videoed and these videos will be available by the middle of March.
Lastly, there are a lot people that help us make this operation and sale run. We’d like to extend our gratitude to them.
The Hunters
It is always enjoyable walking through a quiet, high quality set of bulls and that is what you will find at Hunter Charolais. This is their 14th Annual Charolais Bull Sale which is an accumulation of over 40 years of breeding. They have selected the best genetics they could find across North American and have used embryo transplanting to propagate some of their great females. They have also been confident enough in some of the bulls they have produced that they retained semen and experienced great results in the progeny from these sires. The selection of fresh and proven genetics in the sale will work in any purebred or commercial herd with great success.
For decades, this family has been supplying bulls to the industry and with the long list of repeat customers, you know that the bulls work and they stand behind what they sell. Hunters are committed to agriculture and the cattle business and will work with you to make sure you’re happy with the genetics you are buying. They know what works in the commercial industry as they have a large commercial herd themselves.
Come for a great lunch, some down-home hospitality and look through the bulls beforethe sale, as it is a video sale and the bulls won’t be coming through the ring.
If you can’t make it sale day give any us, or the family a call, or watch it live and bid online at www. DLMS.ca.
If Candace or I can be of any assistance before the sale or on sale day, please don’t hesitate to give us a call. We would be happy to find you bulls that are right for your program.
Sincerely,
Helge & Candace By By Livestock
HUNTER CHAROLAIS 14TH ANNUAL BULL SALE
THURSDAY APRIL 3RD, 2025, 1:30 pm Dst AT THE FARM, ROBLIN, MB
1/2 m W, 1/4 m S of Roblin, MB (South of the Ford Dealership)
SALE DAY PHONES
Doug Hunter
204-937-7737
Michael Hunter 204-247-0301
Jim Hunter 204-937-0219
Helge By 306-536-4261
Candace By 306-536-3374
Danny Skeels, Auctioneer 403-783-1217
Craig Flewelling, Ringman 403-556-0515
Mark Stock, Ringman 403-357-8104
Harvey Exner, Commercial Consultant 306-621-5486
VIEW THE OFFERING
The bulls will be available for viewing any time prior to the sale.
VIDEO SALE
Please plan to come early and view the bulls in their pens as they will be sold by video and will not be going through the auction ring.
ABSENTEE BUYING
If you cant attend our sale call Michael 204-247-0301 or any of the sale staff.
DELIVERY
Free Delivery-Get $100 a bull off if you take them home sale day.
Late Delivery-Free board for bulls until June 1st, $3/day after. All bulls being left in the care of Hunter Charolais must be insured! We assume no responsibility for bulls left here without insurance. We do our best to keep them safe.
SEMEN TESTS
All bulls will be semen tested prior to sale time. Scrotal measurements will be available sale day.
HEALTH STATUS
Bulls are done as calves with Pfizer Gold - BoviGold 5FP, One Shot, Ultrabac/Somnugen before going to pasture. They were boostered in the fall with the same vaccines and reboostered this spring with BoviGold 5FP and Ultrachoice 8. They have also been given an endectocide twice since fall. The bulls have been vaccinated against footrot with Fusoguard. They have been done twice this spring but do require a booster before breeding season (especially if they are not used until later in the year).
CREDIT CARD PURCHASES
Payment by Visa or Mastercard will be available. A 4% surcharge will be applied.
INSURANCE
Insurance will be available sale day, provided by Keystone Livestock Services. Lois McCrae, 204-728-3058 or cell, 204-573-5192.
ACCOMMODATIONS
Harvest Moon, Roblin
ONLINE BIDDING
204-937-3700
For help using DLMS, please contact Tech Support: 780-732-4384 Mark Shologan: 780-699-5082
CANADIAN CHAROLAIS ASSOCIATION FEBRUARY 2025 BREED AVERAGE EPD
Hunter Charolais reserves the right to in herd semen use on any bull sold in the sale, at Hunter Charolais expense and the buyer’s convenience.
SALE MANAGER
View videos of the bulls online at www.huntercharolais.com
124 Shannon Road
Regina, SK S4S 5B1 • 306-584-7937
Helge By 306-536-4261
Candace By 306-536-3374 By Livestock charolaisbanner@gmail.com www.bylivestock.com
Box 569, Roblin, MB, R0L 1P0
Doug & Marianne Hunter T 204-937-2531 C 204-937-7737 huntchar@mymts.net
Jimmy Hunter 204-937-0219
Michael & Candace Hunter 204-247-0301 @HunterCharolais Hunter Charolais www.huntercharolais.com Kristi & Steve Michaleski
Reference Sire SPARROWS DEFAULT 255K
In the spring of 2023, we went looking for a bull to add hair, guts, nuts and found Default. We were fortunate to wind up being able to partner with the good people down at Turnbull Charolais on Default. Default has done what we expected of him, stamping his calves with an impressive coat of hair, impressive testicular development and has left a soggy set of sons we are excited to offer for sale this year.
Sons Lots 1-9
Default as a Yearling
Lot 1
HC MATADOR 455M
3rd Gen Pld
SPARROWS ALVAREZ 620D
SPARROWS DEFAULT 255K
SPARROWS DAWN 134F
JWX DOWNTOWN 7C
HC GEORGIA 7106E
HC GEORGIA 4129B
Matador is an easy bull to find in the pen. He is heavy haired, stout, soggy made and easy doing. His mother, Georgia is in our flush program and is one of our premier cows at the farm, being a big broody cow with perfect feet. Matador is a maternal brother to HC Kenworth 242K, who is a reference sire on page 10.
Dam: HC Georgia 7106E
Montgomery might be the best haired bull in the entire pen. Default sure stamped his calves, soggy, easy doing, big nuts and stout made. The Default Downtown cross did a nice job here. I think Montgomery will sire calves that the order buyers will fight over.
DAWN 134F
Lot 5
HC MASTERPIECE 4114M
3rd Gen Pld
HC LADY RAIN 904G
Lady Rain has been a mainstay here at the farm producing several high selling herd bulls over the years that have sold through the sale including HC Johnstown 113J, who was the high seller in our 2022 sale for $40 000. We are super excited to offer 3 Tank ET sons and her natural Default bull for sale this spring. Lot 9, HC Mojito 444M is as complete of a bull on offer here this year, sound made, soggy and heavy haired. Her Tank sons, lots 10, 11 and 12 are long, smooth made bulls that deserve a long look on sale day. They are free moving and sound structured.
Reference Sire
DC/CRJ TANK E108
Double Polled
The Tank bull doesn’t need any introduction in our program, being a mainstay for several years. He was brought into the herdbull battery as an outcross power and performance bull. We use him very successfully on heifers and he consistently shortens the gestation on cows by a week. The vigour of his calves at birth is second to none. His EPD spread is impressive to say the least, being in the top 10% of the breed for BW, top 25% of the breed for WW and 2% of the breed for YW. One thing with his numbers that is so impressive is that his numbers are good and his accuracies are extremely high. Not only does he have direct progeny in the sale, but he is the grandsire of several feature lots. I expect nothing but good things the longer his progeny are in production here. The old expression is “If it’s not broken don’t fix it”, is an accurate statement as to why we are still using Tank since we started in 2019.
HC MACHINE 469M
HC MANHATTAN 441M
Kenworth was the high selling bull in our 2023 sale and a crowd favourite. Kenworth puts a lot of things that we select for together in a complete package. Long, thick made, good footed and out of our flush cow the HC Georgia 7106E. He has sired a set of calves that came easy and pushed the scale down at weaning time. Watch for more of his sons to come in future years as we have bought Kenworth back being impressed with his first calf crop. These Kenworth sons can especially shine on a set of British based females adding length of spine, frame and depth of body.
Lot 15 Homo Pld
HC MAKERS MARK 448M
8644
Makers Mark was one of the heaviest bulls at weaning time coming off the cow at 778 lb. If you are looking for a bull to add length of body, frame size and weaning weight, 448M is for sure the bull for you!
HC MEATLOAF 486M
The old 1298 cow has been a mainstay in our program for years, consistently either putting bulls to the front part of the bull sale or front end females in the replacement pen. She has had bulls from 5 different sires sell through our sale, she is a never miss female. Meatloaf is the heaviest weaning bull in the entire book. I feel like a broken record talking about bulls through sire groups but he is cut from the Kenworth mold, long made, deep and easy doing.
Lot 20 Homo Pld
HC MEXICO 419M
Johnstown topped our bull sale in 2022 selling to Wilgenbusch Charolais and Ferme Louber. We used him in our AI program and ET program and have been very pleased with the results. They came easy at birth with user friendly birthweights and haven’t stopped growing. He stamped his entire calf crop with above average length of body, lots of hair and an easy doing demeanour.
DC/CRJ TANK E108 P
HC JOHNSTOWN 113J
HC LADY RAIN 904G
SVY FREEDOM PLD 307N
BRIDOR ZELMA 7Z
BRIDOR UNICORN 19U
Big strong Johnstown son here out of the founder of the Zelma cow family at the farm, the Bridor Zelma 7Z female. The Zelma family has consistently consigned front end bulls into the sale and front end females. Recently, a Zelma was a high selling heifer calf at the National Charolais Sale in Brandon Ag-Ex 2023. Mexico is one of the easiest bulls to find in the pen being super good headed, long made and free moving. He is good haired and sound footed.
GEPD CE 17.5 BW -4 WW 58 YW 115 M 24 MCE 15.6
Lot 22 Polled
HC MICHIGAN 485M
DC/CRJ TANK E108 P
HC JOHNSTOWN 113J
HC LADY RAIN 904G
DC/CRJ TANK E108 P
HC JOHNSTOWN 113J
HC LADY RAIN 904G
SVY FREEDOM PLD 307N
BRIDOR ZELMA 7Z
BRIDOR
19U
CIRCLE CEE LEGEND 307A
LAE GRACE 934G
LAE EDEN 7176E
Michigan is destined to be an all-star in the heifer pen. His user friendly 82 lb BW and being in the top 2% of the breed on his BW EPD and in the top 1% of the breed on his CE number. He is an attractively built individual, clean fronted, smooth shouldered and small headed.
MR. WONDERFUL 135J
Mr. Wonderful is a bull we added into the battery to help out with walking needs around the farm. He is tremendously long, solid footed and easy keeping. All of his sons in the sale are born February 28th or later and they sure don’t look out of place with the earlier born calves. Lots 23-26
Lot 24 4th Gen Pld
Lot 23
HC MODEL 4206M
Mellow is a bull you have to appreciate for how soft made, big middled and easy doing he is. He has a
Lot 27
Carbon Copy is a bull we incorporated into our heifer pen and used on a select few cows through our AI program. He has sired a set of easy keeping, soft made sons that exhibit impressive depth of body and have an abundance of eye appeal. The daughters have awesome udders and will be highly productive females for years to come.
3rd Gen Pld
GEPD CE 14.6
Lot 28 Polled
HC MR. SMOOTH 426M
Mr. Smooth maybe the most appropriately named bull in the whole offering. We love how clean and smooth he is through his front end with a small head. He is one of the most attractively built bulls in the entire offering being square hipped, big centered and just so clean through his front end. His dam has a gorgeous udder and we look forward to what she can do here for years to come.
Lot 30
HC MARLBORO 4124M
3rd Gen Pld
Reference Sire LT RANSOM 8644
We brought Ransom in to breed heifers and a select few cows. He is consistently siring calves that are deep made with extra dimension and rib shape with impressive hip muscling. We have been using him for several years now and more than ever when I think of the Ransom progeny, they are maintenance free type cattle that are solid footed. His daughters milk well and have excellent udders. His progeny have always calved well and had above average performance in the fall.
JOURNEY 5208 PLD
RANSOM 8644
SHEILA 337 PLD
MR DUAL-THREAT D112
CHAMPAGNE 902G
CHAMPAGNE 7139E
Marlboro is one of the most complete packages we have on offer this year. He is good haired, well balanced individual that is great representation of what the Ransom progeny have to offer. The Ransom x Dual Threat cross has always been a homerun for us here at the farm. Marlboro is stout made from the front to the back and extremely free moving. Take the time to find this guy on sale day, the longer you look at him the more you will love him!
GEPD
HC MISSOURI 4129M
There is longevity built into this guy! His dam was 10 years old when she had Missouri. The Champagne 498 cow has one of the biggest most correct feet on the entire farm, is sound uddered at eleven this year and is a family favourite. I love selling bulls out of cornerstone females with the cow family support behind them. Missouri is one of the heaviest muscled bulls in the entire offering and effortlessly gets around the pen. He is stout and rugged made.
Hunter Charolais was proud to host the World Charolais Congress in June.
Malt Shop is the only Wheaton that we have on offer this year and what we lack for quantity of Wheaton sons, we certainly have the quality with Malt Shop! He is wide based, rugged made and has an awesome hair coat. We used Wheaton very successfully in the heifer pen, they came small and never looked back. We have several daughters that have been retained in the replacement pen. Watch for more Wheaton sons next year.
Sire: Sparrows Wheaton 101J
Sire: LT International 9355 Pld
Box 729, Highway 83 North Roblin, MB R0L 1P0
James Herman, Senior Agro Centre Manager Office 204-937-6413 Cell 204-207-0154
Kiana Sajtos, Agro Manager Office 204-937-6402 Cell 204-899-1212
Dwayne Brook, Agro Centre Sales Rep Office 204-937-6402 Cell 204-937-0615
Alexis Palmer, Agronomist Office 204-937-6402 Cell 431-760-6344
We managed to get
on a holiday this winter to Nashville with her sister
Sire: SVY Trust 6H
Ryleigh and Blake participated in CCYA 2024 in Swift Current, SK
Marianne
Donna
Silage bales in August
Lot 39
4th Gen Pld
Mandan has one of the most interesting pedigrees in the entire offering. The WCF Mr Silver Gun is a bull that we acquired semen on from our good friends down at Doll Charolais, in North Dakota. Silver Gun is a tried and true performance bull that they have used over a decade. Silver Gun’s EPDs in the states shows it with him being in the top 1% of the breed for WW and YW with extremely high accuracies. He is also one of the top bulls in the states on his TSI number. Mandan is dense made, super stylish and has excellent testicular development.
Lot 40 4th Gen Pld, Twin
SILVER GUN Y31P
MR SILVER GUN 467
MISS FASTTRACK 012
LEDGER 0332 P
SWEET HEART 898F
SWEET HEART 26X
Sire of 39 & 40: WCF Mr Silver Gun 467
Dam: HC Vivian 493B
THISTLE RIDGE RANCH PURCHASE
In the fall of 2023, we purchased the entire bred heifer pen from Thistle Ridge Ranch, Ben & Carol Tams. Going out and seeing the entire cow herd and bred heifer pen we appreciated the vision and the goal that Ben had been creating. Fault free, easy doing cows that work for you and not the other way around. The entire set was bred to top end Ransom sons from the good people at Daines O’Neil and the Ransom thing was something that we were super familiar with and loved. We are looking forward to keeping these females in production and seeing their progress and watching cow families establish. When you see the THRR prefix in this book and books to come, buy with confidence.
Lot 42
HC MILWAUKEE 449M
3rd Gen Pld
LT RANSOM 8644
WGD SIR RANSOM 75K
THRR SYDNEY 7100E
490M
LT RANSOM 8644
WGD PRECISION 103K
WGD THE CRUSH 14D
WRANGLER KING RANCH 2G
THRR LASSIE 2211K THRR LASSIE 7160E
KAYR CONTENDER 125E
THRR VENUS 2166K
THRR VENUS 6270D
Milwaukee has always been a standout since birth. He is as long as a freight train and was one of the heaviest bulls at weaning. His dam is an absolute standout, perfect uddered and sound made. I think the Kay-R Contender cows are definitely going to be some of the premier cows out of the THRR group.
3rd Gen Pld
HC MOHAWK 4107M
PLEASE JOIN US IN SUPPORTING THE MJCA!
The Manitoba Junior Charolais Association is working towards their financial goal to host the Canadian Charolais Youth Association Conference & Show in the future. The following items will be auctioned at the beginning of the sale with all proceeds going directly to the MJCA.
Lot 45
One dozen of Marianne’s famous homemade frozen hamburger
Lot 46
One dozen of Marianne’s famous homemade frozen hamburger
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3K Holdings Ltd.
Bar M 7 Farms
Momotiuk Farms
Greg / Logan Els
Kevin Kreutner
Rudy Friesen
Clayton Charolais
Randy Bryant
Craig Pihach, SK
Terry Bartel
Kevin & Lynne Wenzel
Hrebenik Farms, SK
Kreutner Farms Ltd.
Jeremy Bartel
Hinsburg Homestead
Kyle & Terry Cherneski
Conrad & Curtis Muslichuk
Jason Ziprick
Kate Barnett
Steven Bartel
White Pearl Farms Ltd.
Highland Feeders Ltd., AB
CES Farms
Boggy Creek Farms Ltd., SK
Daryl & Dakota Mischuck
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RÊVER. BÂTIR. RÉUSSIR.
TERMS & CONDITIONS
TERMS: The terms of the sale are cash or cheque payable immediately after the sale in Canadian funds. All settlements must be made with the sale clerks before cattle will be released. The right of property will not pass until final payment is made.
BIDDING: Each animal will sell to the highest bidder. Bidders unable to attend the sale may phone their bids and instructions to the sale manager, auctioneer or special representatives. Bids must be received in sufficient time prior to the sale.
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 is final.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Announcements made from the auction block will take precedence over printed matter in the catalogue. Buyers are cautioned to pay close attention to announcements.
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. All animals left with the seller must be insured.
CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION: Each animal will carry papers issued by the Canadian Charolais Association. A certificate of registry duly transferred will be furnished to the buyer after payment has been made.
DELIVERY: Assistance will be given in making delivery after the sale. The purchaser agrees 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.
BREEDER GUARANTEE: Should any bull fourteen months of age or over, fail to prove a breeder after being used on cows known to be breeders, the matter shall be reported in writing to the seller within six months following the date of purchase or six months after the bull has reached fourteen months of age. The seller has the right and privilege of six months to prove the bull a breeder. No guarantee is given that semen collected from the bull will freeze.
EXCEPTION GUARANTEE: In the case where the animal is subjected to any hormonal or surgical reproductive techniques after the sale, this guarantee shall be null and void. The seller is not responsible for damage caused by foreign bodies after the animal has been sold or for sickness not apparent at sale time. In no event shall the seller be responsible for more than the purchase price.
ACCIDENTS: Although every precaution will be taken to protect the safety and comfort of buyers, neither the sale manager, auctioneer, or sellers assume any responsibility and disclaim any liability, legal or otherwise, in the event of accident or loss of property.
SALE MANAGER: By Livestock is only acting as a medium between the buyer and seller and is not responsible for failure on the part of either party to live up to their obligations; or for the truth of any warrantees or representations, expressed or implied. By Livestock assumes no obligation to enforce or collect monies between parties. By Livestock assumes no responsibility for any credit extended by the seller to the buyer. Any legal action taken in exceptional cases must be between the buyer and the seller. The buyer must look to the seller for fulfilment of all guarantees and representations.
INSURANCE: Insurance will be available sale day.
PICTURES: By attending the sale you are granting permission for your picture to be used for promotional and advertising purposes relating to the sale.
Doug and Jett
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