NOVEMBER 28, 2020 Nevada, Missouri
Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine... Deuteronomy 28:4
815 Porter Street, Suite 314 Richmond, Virginia 23224
GENETIC CONSULTANT: KEITH KISSEE Ph: 817-821-6263 kkseedstock@comcast.net
775 North Fourteenth Street Ozark, Missouri 65721
The Driving Force
Oil on canvas Painted by Dick Fowlkes 2020 Private Collection
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2020 Nevada, Missouri
Presented by Prestwould Parke and Associates
Offering the most genetically ambitious Speckle Park seedstock available. 1
AUCTIONEER Chisum Peterson............................................................... 605-730-4214
Schedule of Events
RING STAFF DeRon Heldermon............................................................405-850-5102 Scott Manley.......................................................................417-860-5250
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28
Noon Cattle available for inspection Refreshments and snacks 5 p.m. Sale - Chisum Peterson at the gavel 6 p.m. Prime Rib Dinner
SALE CONSULTANTS Kelly Long-Hall, Long-Hall Cattle....................................937-763-0931 Clint Hall, Long-Hall Cattle.............................................. 606-782-1981 Chris Wojciechowski, C Wojo Cattle............................. 540-292-0841 Jay Hennessy, Hennessy Cattle.......................................701-720-4685 Pat Simmons, International Marketing Agent..............336-287-4950
SEEDSTOCK CONSULTANTS SPECIALIZED SALES
612 W. Franklin St., Ste. 12A, Richmond, VA 23220 Keith Kissee | Cell: 817/821-6263 Ph: 804/353-2220 | Fax: 804/353-2221 kkseedstock@comcast.net | www.kkseedstock.com
Erick Schmidt..................................................................... 830-263-0166
3 CEDARS EVENT CENTER SALE LOCATION... 34327 Old Town Rd., Nevada, Missouri 7 miles east of Nevada on Hwy. 54, then 2 miles south on 2400 Rd. and 1/2 mile east on Old Town Rd. LODGING... Country Inn & Suites...........................................................417-667-9292 Super 8................................................................................. 417-667-8888 America’s Best Value Inn & Suites.................................... 417-667-6777 Holiday Inn Express.............................................................417-283-6177 AIR SERVICE... Kansas City, MO International Airport...2.5 hrs. Tulsa, OK International Airport...2.75 hrs. Joplin, MO Regional Airport...1.0 hr. Springfield/Branson, MO International Airport...1.5 hrs. 2
DELIVERY
COOPERATIVES & HERD MANAGEMENT TEAM
We will assist in arranging transportation wherever possible. Reliable truckers will be available.
ABELE CATTLE CO.
Cole Abele......................................................................................417-684-0881 Nevada, MO
TAYLOR TRUCKING Taylor Will........................................................................................ 231-527-8168
BEISLY CATTLE CO.
Klay Beisly.........................................................................................417-321-2170 Nevada, MO
LATHROP TRUCKING Randy Lathrop..............................................................................847-426-5009
LEONARD RANCH LLC
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MTC CATTLE CO.
Dr. Erik Andersen 417-667-8381
ATTENDING VETERINARIAN
David Schrock................................................................................. 817-307-3746 Sulphur, OK Mitch Campbell.............................................................................780-787-0492 Vermilion, AB
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YACKLEY RANCHES
If you wish to insure your purchase(s) information will be available at the clerk’s desk.
INSURANCE
Bob Yackley, Tom Clark................................................................605-280-7241 Onida, SD
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CATALOG & VIDEOS
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Catalog and videos available for viewing at www.prestwouldparke.com or liveauctions.tv
REPRODUCTIVE/EMBRYO TRANSPLANT CENTERS BOW VALLEY GENETICS
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Dr. Rob Stable.................................................................................587-887-1934 Rosemary, AB
ASSOCIATION & REGISTRATIONS
As many of you are aware, at the lastest Canadian Speckle Park Association board meeting, the decision was made to transition the breed registry responsibilities to a different company. In light of this decision, many of the younger cattle offered in this sale are yet to be registered. Rest assured that as soon as practically possible, all necessary steps will be taken to get these animals included in the Herd Book. Buy with confidence, knowing these cattle will, in time, carry all of the necessary testing and documentation.
POLZIN EMBRYO CENTER
Chris Polzin......................................................................................612-916-0105 Darwin, MN
TRANS OVA GENETICS
Steve Yackley..................................................................................605-295-1220 Onida, SD
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ADMINISTRATION & RECORDS Carol Wojciechowski.....................................................................540-292-8777
CATTLE PHOTOGRAPHY
John Reasor...................................................................................423-290-6002 Lacey Caffee.................................................................................. 605-299-6161 Brittney Spencer............................................................................605-224-5793
CATALOG DESIGN AND PUBLISHED
Precision Marketing..................................................................... 405-260-3775
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SHOW CATTLE MANAGEMENT & ASSISTANCE Fletcher Hennessy...........................................................................701-721-5172 Jay Hennessy..................................................................................701 720 4685 Justin Morrison..............................................................................306 536 4590 Corey Schafer Martina Tibble
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ANNOUNCEMENTS… Any changes from information of any kind in this catalog will be announced from the auction block and such announcements shall take precedence over printed material. TERMS… Settlement will be in U.S. Funds. Terms of sale are cash unless satisfactory credit arrangements have been established. All settlements are to be made with the clerks of the sale immediately following the conclusion of the sale and before any cattle will be released from the sale premises.
ASSOCIATES & CONTRIBUTORS CODIAK ACRES Gary & Nancy Kiziak 53258 Range Road 214 • Ardrossen, AB T8E 2B8 780-974-5793
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS… In the event of default in any part of the Terms and Conditions covering this sale by either the Buyer, or the Seller, it shall be the responsibility of the Buyer or the Seller, to instigate any action necessary to bring about a fair settlement of any claims arising from this sale and to be responsible for any and all cost involved therein. The sale manager assumes no responsibility, legal or otherwise, for the failure of either Seller or Buyer to fulfill his obligation. All persons who attend this sale do so at their own risk. Neither the owners, the sale manager nor any other persons connected with the sale, assumes any liability, legal or otherwise.
FLETCHER HENNESSY 5100 226th SW • Des Lacs, ND 58733 • 701-721-5172 KFC FARMS LTD. Ken Friesen • John Cartwright 31433 Range Road 13 • Didsbury AB T0M 0W0 Ken: 604-854-0361 • John: 403-507-3319
BIDDING… Each animal for sale will be sold to the highest bidder. Each bid shall constitute an offer to purchase, and the final bid shall constitute a binding contract between the Buyer and Seller. The auctioneer will settle any disputes as to bids and his decision in such matters shall be final. Bids by phone, mail or wire will be accepted and handled confidentially by sale management.
INC CATTLE CO. Janice & Rob Harasymchuk 29-602 Cartwright St • Saskatoon, SK S7T 0M1 Rob: 306-290-7040 • Janice: 306-260-6200
All cattle are guaranteed exportable to United States, Canada and Mexico. All embryos guarantee exportable Canada, Mexico and Australia.
RIVER HILL FARM The Ducherers Box 37 • Neilburg, SK S0M 2C0 Cory: 780-870-7584 • Barry: 780-205-2478
Exchange Rate will be made available Friday, November, 27, 2020. Cattle sell in U.S. dollars.
THE INC HAVANA 101F GROUP 26450 665th Ave. • Darwin, MN 55324 Chris Polzin: 612-916-0105
815 Porter Street, Suite 314 Richmond, Virginia 23224
Sale Order will be posted on Liveauctions.com, Prestwould Parke and KK Seedstock websites by Sale Management by Friday, November, 27, 2020.
GENETIC CONSULTANT: KEITH KISSEE Ph: 817-821-6263 kkseedstock@comcast.net 4
775 North Fourteenth Street Ozark, Missouri 65721
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As in any worthwhile endeavor, significant thought, time, preparation and imagination are integral in order to lay the groundwork for sure-footed success. Forty years to the week of the date of The Driving Force sale date marks the beginning of my career of breeding and marketing beef cattle seedstock while based in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Being a native of Missouri, Ozark and Christian County have served as a secondary home for me on the hilltop of my parents and paternal grandparents home place. My grandfather Raymond and grandmother Alta purchased the farm, just up from the Finley River, and moved there in 1929. This, incidentally, happened just weeks prior to the stock market crash that triggered the onset of The Great Depression. Since that time, raising cattle and marketing livestock through the Springfield Union Stock Yards by way of the family-owned Ozark Commission Company continued for the better part of a century. This gave rise to the engagement in all aspects of the beef chain—from conception to consumption. Although in the pathway of town expansion, albeit a fraction of its original size, the house and barns still stand on the hill as you are approaching town from the West.
Marci and Rob Matthews
Lynn and Tyra Combest
Pam Kiecker Royall and the late Bill Royall
Canada has always been a part of my business (and pleasure) travel for the last—almost consecutive—40 years. I have been involved in importing and exporting five breeds of purebred cattle from some of the most highly respected breeders since the very beginning. The provinces of British Columbia to Nova Scotia have been reached by plane and/or vehicle from various U.S. airports and ports of land entry.
August 14, 2020 Nancy Brennan Lund
The Canadian Western Agribition has been a highlight of many travels North. During the last eight or nine years, while attending the exhibition, I included a walk through the various areas where the Speckle Park cattle were stalled. I observed and evaluated the progress, expansion, acceptance, growth and improvement each year with interest and amazement. I began to educate myself on the commercial penetration of the breed; the appreciation of the breed by feeders and packers; breeders embrace of technology and performance testing; and the efficiency and maternal strength of the Speckle Park female. The expansion of the explosive acceptance of the breed worldwide amazed and intrigued me.
Paul Dooley Joni and Mark Dray Dr. Gilberto and Mary Anne Rodriguez
I observed the entire Speckle Park Show at the 2018 Canadian Western Agribition. I was impressed at the size and consistency of quality in all the classes. My long time business and cattle associate, Lynn Combest, concurred with me as we watched the show together along with Gordon Jackson. After considerable discussion and libations, we headed for the National Speckle Park Sale and positioned ourselves among the attendees in the packed house of the auction arena. As the sale began to crank up, so did the beginning of Prestwould Parke with the determined purchase of the first two lots in the auction.
Anne Manson
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Substantial time, airline flights, rental car contracts, speeding tickets (one courtesy warning), Tim Horton’s Drive Thru doubledouble coffees, short roadside motel stays and herd tours have been invested into the Prestwould Parke herd. All, yes all, have been enjoyable and informative experiences. I thank the breeders that have assisted me in building the herd. For allowing the purchases, advice, guidance, trucking, hospitality, breakfasts, phone call marathons, rants and raves...thank you. 2020 has brought forth some of the most challenging issues of a lifetime. Covid 19, unprecedented civil unrest and property destruction and desecration, family health downturns, border closures, sale and exhibition cancellations, political polarization, loss of cherished friends and family loved ones...have all greatly affected me as well as many, many others. Through all of these unsettling and concerning times, I have many to thank and acknowledge for their help in getting through. I wish to thank my family. My Dad; my sister Karol, Terry, Andrew, Emily and Elizabeth Sullivan. Thanks to my Canadian friends, Marci and Rob Matthews and Tyra and Lynn Combest for nearly 40 years of friendship. I am indebted to the kindness and friendship of Pam Kiecker Royall and the late Bill Royall. I can never fully thank Nancy Brennan Lund and Paul Dooley for their unrelenting friendship. I appreciate Andy Cobb and Carol Wojciechowski for their decades of affiliation and dream building assistance. I wish to acknowledge the support and friendship of my neighbors, Mary Anne and Dr. Gilberto Rodriguez, Joni and Mark Dray and Anne Manson—all have fed my soul, my appetite and appreciate the steps in the pathway forward. Thank you Coleman Wortham IV and Ginny Wortham Kehlenbeck, Davenport LLC for permitting me to dig deep. Dalton Payne has been a great friend and has assisted me this year when I could not be in Canada due to border closures. Thank you, Dalton, and the entire Payne Family and Greenwood operations. I appreciate the contributions of each and every person outlined in the beginning of this catalog. All who have supplied seedstock, fed, bred, exhibited, flushed, calved, trucked, photographed, collaborated, designed and complained...all in the assistance in developing the plan, I give thanks to you.
Emily and Andrew Sullivan Elizabeth Sullivan
Welcome to Prestwould Parke and The Driving Force. RKK
Catalog Dedication
This catalog is dedicated to my parents R. Donald Kissee and the late Nancy Jo Kissee. R. Donald, Keith and Nancy Jo Kissee
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Right Breed—Right Now
More commercial producers and purebred breeders are discovering the unique versatility of Speckle Park genetics. by Wes Ishmael
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Cows are moderate sized and you still get the same pounds on the other end as if the cows were larger framed, with less feed,” says Cory Ducherer of River Hill Farm at Neilburg, SK. “The carcass you get, the bonus at the stockyards, fewer days on feed, it all adds up to more money.” Ducherer is talking about the fast-growing, yet still relatively unknown Speckle Park breed of cattle. His family purchased its first Speckle Park genetics in 1995. That was about a decade before the Canadian government gave official recognition to the breed. At the time, the Ducherer family ran cattle strictly as a commercial cow-calf operation. The herd’s crossbred genetics included Angus, Red Angus, Simmental and Charolais. “I see them being a cross that a lot more are going to use. They’re docile and easy fleshing and have mothering ability. You can cross them on other breeds and increase your bottom line,” Ducherer explains. None of that is said lightly. Ultimately, Ducherer and his family developed a purebred Speckle Park herd because of the benefits accrued in their commercial cowherd—which they still maintain—from Speckle Park bulls.
Saskatchewan in the late 1950s, a combination of Teeswater Shorthorn, Aberdeen Angus and English cattle with the White Park pattern. “As you go back, Shorthorn was a multi-use breed with milk, docility and marbling,” explains Ken Friesen of KFC Farms, Ltd. at Abbotsford, BC. He notes Shorthorn and Angus provide the ideal carcass size with marbling and the White Park identifies them. Speckle Park are genetically black with varying amounts of white in specific patterns. The classic speckle pattern is predominantly black with a white top line and underline, with speckled hips, and sometimes shoulders, and with a black or black roan face. There are other color patterns including white with black points and solid black. Early on, the unique speckle color pattern proved both a blessing and a curse for breeders and breed users in Canada. Then and now, stockyard buyers have been known to claim the coloring denotes Longhorn breeding and discount the calves accordingly. Never mind that anyone with any experience would find it difficult to explain how these presumed Longhorns could have so much muscle and shape. On the other hand, some calf buyers know exactly what the calves are and will pay for them based on the cattle feeding and carcass advantages associated with the Speckle Park breed. Friesen has a predominately Angus commercial cowherd. At one time, he also
Speckle Park 101
Briefly, if you’re unfamiliar, according to the Canadian Speckle Park Association (CSPA), the breed was developed in
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had a purebred Angus herd. He watched the evolution of the breed with curiosity and decided to develop a Speckle Park seedstock herd in 2015. “They weigh up every bit as good as the Angus calves. They have not given up anything in terms of size or performance,” Friesen says of the calves sired by Speckle Park in his commercial herd. Toward the end of October he weaned the latest calf crop. Buyers took the Speckle Park-influenced calves first. “They get to market easy and finish early,” says Joe Stookey of Saskatoon, SK. “They’re very easy fleshing and marble so well.”
discussing the traits of their cattle with local cattle feeders and packers,” Vogel says. “As an organization, we’re focused on gathering more data and making it available,” says Friesen, the current CSPA president. “Once we start getting more data on the cattle and how they feed, I think they’ll get used more and more.” Vogel emphasizes the long-term success of any beef cattle breed depends on how well they work for commercial cattle producers building calves that meet and exceed expectations in the feedlot, on the rail and ultimately the consumer dinner plate. “All breeders need to be raising bulls that are equal to or better than other breeds in the marketplace. If this does not happen we will never receive a legitimate opportunity for our commercial feeder calves.” Vogel says. Likewise, Stookey is a breed fan, but he’s a cattleman first. He believes the breed’s growing popularity also emphasizes the need for breeders to be even more ruthless in culling. “What will keep the breed going forward is the impact it has in the commercial cattle business,” says Stookey, a livestock behaviorist and Professor Emeritus at University of Saskatchewan Western College of Veterinary Medicine. Stookey grew up in Illinois, where his family had a commercial herd of purebred Hereford cattle. He wanted to develop a purebred herd and started hunting breeds. He and his wife, Gail saw some Speckle Park from the highway, visited several breeders and then bought five heifers and never looked back. The breed’s disposition is what struck Stookey first. “I was so used to walking into a pasture and the cattle moving away from you,” he says. There was none of that in any of the herds they visited. At the same time, Ducherer emphasizes, “The cows won’t come after you but they will protect their calves from wildlife.” He’s never lost calves to the bears and wolves common in his neck of the woods.
Rock Solid Feeding Performance
Consider a recent feedlot trial the Canadian Speckle Park Association (CSPA) conducted in Ontario, comparing Speckle Pa r k- i n f l u e n c e d steers with Tans (Angus x Charolais). The Speckle Park pen graded 80% AAA, versus 55% for the Tans and were higher yielding. AAA in the Canadian grading system is equivalent to USDA Choice in the U.S., according to the American Association of Meat Processors. There are some differences, though, including the fact that Canadian standards also dictate minimum levels of muscling. Moreover, according to Ducherer, a fair number of Speckle Park-influenced calves make their way to top-shelf restaurants via the Certified Angus Beef program, which requires carcasses with marbling in the upper range of the AAA/Choice grades. By the way, that pen of Speckle Park steers were fed to gain 2.70 lbs. per day; they gained 2.95 with feed conversion of 6.5:1 on a dry matter basis. They hung carcasses that weighed an average of 866 lbs. “These calves can be tremendous, good hair coats, thick, deepbodied, easy feeding and finishing,” says Josh Vogel of Legacy Speckle Park at Theodore, SK. He’s a CSPA director and part of the group behind the Ontario feedlot trial and others that are already in process or in the planning stage. “The work that our feedlot trial group will be doing will benefit the entire association. I think that education is the responsibility of all of us. All breeders need to spend some time and money
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years more dairy producers have taken to breeding their secondtier cows to beef bulls in order to increase calf value in anything not returning to the herd.
Beef with a Difference
For all of that, Friesen says, “Our biggest thing going is carcass merit, carcass size and tenderness; there’s just something unique about Checking the Fundamental Boxes “A lot of commercial producers using Speckle Park bulls for the first the eating experience.” One of his customers buys bulls to breed to commercial cows, building time have been using Angus for years and have all-black herds. Some are adding 25 lbs. to as much as calves he feeds to finish and then 150 lbs. to weaning weights with markets in his own butcher shop. the first cross. Besides the hybrid River Hill Farm sells about 30 vigor, they also love the docility butcher steers each year to friends and “The world is our opportunity. We just of the cattle and the vigor of family. Once they’ve tasted Speckle need to get more of them out there,” the calves,” says Ducherer. Park beef, Ducherer says they don’t “The calves hit the ground and want anything else. Ken Friesen of KFC Farms, Ltd if they’re not up and trying to “We’ve bred Speckle Park bulls to nurse within two minutes, we about every breed there is in Canada think there’s something wrong.” and you get the same consistent, high As with other progressive quality meat,” Ducherer says. “Once Speckle Park are processed the buyers are finding higher commercial herds, cows are geared to breed by their second birthday weight gains and higher yields,” says Dale Humphries of Wattle Grove at River Hill Farm. Ducherer has had Speckle Park-influenced heifers Speckle Park at Oberon, NSW in Australia. “The average is 8% higher calve as early as 20 months and then breed back on time. “We’re really happy with the reproduction aspects of them,” than normal with higher marbled carcasses and better quality of the meat overall.” The Humphries family got involved with the Speckle Ducherer says, noting the breed’s early reproductive maturity. “If I was going to buy a set of heifers, regardless of whether or not Park breed in 2008. Ducherer also points out, “There is getting to be more demand they had a pedigree, I would have bought these Speckle Park heifers from consumers for steak that’s not the size of their dinner plate.” above most that we had this year,” says David Schrock at Leonard Speckle Park genetics moderate the carcass size of many traditionally Ranch, LLC in Sulphur, OK. That’s not a disparagement of the other heifers. Given the quality used breeds. of various breed genetics he works with, it’s a statement about how the “Everyone should experience the eating quality of a Speckle Speckle Park heifers stood out. Schrock oversees an operation that runs hundreds of recipient cows Park steak. It’s indescribable until people eat it and are for clients, carrying embryos from a wide swath of breeds, such as amazed by its taste, tenderness Angus, Hereford, Polled Hereford, Simmental and Maine Anjou. and how soft it is to eat,” Humphries explains.
Adaptable Thriftiness
Speckle Park cattle are working in a variety of diverse geographies and climates. “They really do adapt to about anything. They grow hair like crazy when they need to and slip it off just as fast as they need to,” Ducherer says. Testament to that comes in the fact that the breed is equally proficient in northern Canada where temperatures can plunge below -40° F. as they are in Queensland, Australia, where temperatures rise above the century mark. “We have sold bulls into most parts of Australia and buyers are using them with all types of breeds including Brahman,” Humphries explains. “Speckle Park are very adaptable to climate and environment; they seem to be able to adapt to extremes. They convert feed to weight on their progeny. A general comment about the breed is that the calves just grow so fast, they perform in all areas and are standing up to harsh environments.” As Australians build back their national cowherd after years of horrendous drought, Ducherer explains many are doing so with Speckle Park genetics rather than traditional breeds. For that matter, Friesen notes increasing interest in Speckle Park semen from dairy producers in various parts of the world. In recent
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“They’re eye catchers,” Schrock says of the Speckle Park calves born at the operation. “Birth weight is what you like to see, about 75 lbs. They get up quick and nurse; their vigor is really good. They have an easy fleshing, early maturing look. Sound, good hoofed. Their growth through weaning is better than most.”
Ducherer notes operational efficiency gains even more importance when considering cattle economics in light of rising land prices and the consumer focus on sustainability. “We have to do what we can to minimize inputs,” he says. “We ran rotational grazing. I worked hard to manage the grass and my cows always had good hay. If you’ve got grass and a decent winter program they come through in great shape,” Stookey says. “We tried to treat them like commercial cattle.” By that he means no open cows and focusing on cows that wean at least half their body weight without any environmental pampering. Health challenges forced the dispersal of Stookey’s Pura Vida herd last year, but don’t count out a return at some point.
Increased Efficiency
“I think they’re the right breed for the right time. I think a medium framed cow is the future. You can wean a 750 lb. calf, but that often means having a cow that weighs 1,800 or 1,900 lbs.,” Stookey says.
Opportunity Abounds
“The world is our opportunity. We just need to get more of them out there,” says Friesen. “The difficult thing with the breed currently is that if you wanted a liner load of Speckle Park heifers, it would be difficult to do.” Demand continues to run ahead of supply. “The strong growth of the breed is just getting started. With overseas buyers both in the USA and Brazil the numbers are endless. I truly believe the growth of Speckle Park will be on par with Angus,” Humphries says. “We have seen Speckle Park be very successful in all parts of Australia in crossbreeding commercial programs and in the purebred industry. We believe the breed has a huge global opportunity and we look forward to being a major part of the breed’s expansion and sharing it with the world.” Just five years ago, Ducherer says it was rare to spy Speckle Park cattle as you drove across Alberta and Saskatchewan. Now, they’re a common sight, he says, and in herds you’d have thought unlikely. In other words, even some died-in-the-wool believers in other breeds are beginning to make the Speckle Park transition. “We’ve got a lot of potential and will be here for a long time.” Friesen says.
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COLOR & PATTERN Speckle Park are genetically black with varying amounts of white in specific patterns. The speckle pattern is preferred but the other patterns are very much accepted. The classic speckle pattern is predominantly black with a white top line and underline, with speckled hips, and sometimes shoulders, and with a black or black roan face. The leopard pattern shows more white than the speckle pattern. On the leopard pattern the black sides of the speckle pattern are broken into a series of definite black spots. The number and size of the spots varies greatly from animal to animal. Some leopards have predominantly white sides with only a few black spots on their sides. The leopard also has a white top line and underline. In genetic terms, the classic speckle pattern and the leopard pattern appear to be the same with the difference being only in the number of spots as determined by unidentified modifiers. The third color pattern is the white with black points. Animals with this pattern are predominantly white on the body and face but always have black points, that is to say, the ears, nose, skin around the eyes, muzzle and the lower portions of the legs including the hooves are black. These same points are black on all of the patterns as are the teats. Some Speckle Park are solid black. INHERITANCE OF THE COLOR PATTERNS Following are presented six combinations of the Speckle Park patterns for breeding. For these purposes speckle and leopard are in effect, genetically the same, with only a variation in the frequency of spots. Speckle x Speckle=25% white pointed; 50% speckle; 25% solid Speckle x White Pointed=50% white pointed; 50% speckle White Pointed x White Pointed=100% white pointed White Pointed x Solid=100% speckle Speckle x Solid=50% speckle; 50% solid SUMMARY • White with points is incompletely dominant. • The solid color pattern is recessive. • Speckle results when an individual has both the white with points gene and the solid gene. • The inheritance of speckle pattern appears to be similar to the inheritance of the roan in Shorthorn cattle (one gene with two alleles) and the palomino color in horses (two genes). • Speckle and leopard are genetically the same except for varying degrees of spotting. • Solid colored calves probably can never be eliminated from the breed. • Speckle red, white with red points and even solid red calves do occur because some Speckle Park with black color patterns also carry a recessive gene for red. Both parents have to carry the red gene for their calf to be red. • Speckle Park bred to white faced cattle produces a grey face or a white face. The nose, eye rims and ears are black on the first cross. • When Speckle Park are bred on belted cattle the calves can retain the belt over top of the other speckled patterns. 12
PRESTWOULD PARKE The
Driving Force SPECKLE PARK SALE
1 PWPK LADY BIRD 106H PENDING PWPK 106H
2/13/2020 HOMO POLLED
MOOVIN ZPOTZ BARCODE 60B
COLD CREEK UNITY 23U
CODIAK SCAPE GOAT GNK 88A
A & W 7Y
MOOVIN ZPOTZ DART 37D
GREENWOOD FIRST LADY DJP 7F
FEMALE 100% SPECKLED MOOVIN ZPOTZ UNTOUCHABLE 4U D.L.R. LILY 17S HWY 4 SPECKLE PARK 1R NICOLE OF P.A.R. 23N RIVER HILL 26T YAGER 99Y A & W 15U CODIAK ZACHERY GNK 6U A & W BLACK MAGIC 7S
HOMO BLACK • Myostatin Non-Carrier • BW: 75 lbs., Adj. WW: 615 PWPK Lady Bird 106H has been one of the favorites of the entire heifer calf crop at Prestwould Parke, and she is royally bred from every line of her exclusive pedigree. She is constructed from the best genetic fiber in the entire gene pool, and this young heifer offers yet one more generation of one of the most appreciated cow families in the industry. She is a middle of the road statured female that perfects her illustrious and well accomplished dam in the quest of greatness in a more perfect version of the entire line. From an embryo mating when her dam was less than one year of age, this female combines two of the best breeding pieces recorded in the Canadian Speckle Park Association. Moovin Zpotz Dart 27D has emerged as one of the most highly proven breeding sires within the breed, and his progeny have proven his ability to transmit three dimensional offspring in an uncommonly consistent package. Her highly
GREENWOOD FIRST LADY DJP 7F • Dam of Lot 1 Reserve Grand Champion Female, 2018 Canadian Western Agribition acclaimed dam was the Reserve Grand Champion Female at the 2018 Canadian Western Agribition when she was less than seven months of age. This breeding female was the first Speckle Park individual acquired to form the Prestwould Parke foundation breeding herd. Generations of selected excellence is abundantly available in the pedigree derivation, and her genotype is even eclipsed by her phenotype. One of the most intriguing individuals in the breed sells as Lot 1 in the first Prestwould Parke The Driving Force offering.
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PRESTWOULD PARKE The
Driving Force SPECKLE PARK SALE
2 Greenwood FIRST LADY DJP 7F [CAN]8181-PD 4/5/2018 FEMALE 100% DJP 7F HOMO POLLED SPECKLED
RIVER HILL 26T YAGER 99Y
A & W 15U
CODIAK ZACHERY GNK 6U
A & W BLACK MAGIC 7S
CODIAK SCAPE GOAT GNK 88A
A & W 7Y
RIVER HILL TRAFFIC JAM 26T PRAIRIE HILL HEARTBREAKER 99L P.A.R. NIGEL 111N TRIPLE A GEM 15G RAVEN MEADOWS MAGNUM 10N LEIGH-AL-ANN-LILY 2D BELMORAL’S SPECIAL 99H TRIPLE A TIDY DOLL 7J
Selling the next IVF cycle from Greenwood First Lady DJP 7F HOMO BLACK • Myostatin Non-Carrier Greenwood First Lady DJP 7F electrified the crowd as she received the nod from Judge Darrell Saunders, naming her the Reserve Grand Champion Female at the 2018 Canadian Western Agribition as an eight month old calf. Later that Wednesday afternoon, witnessed by a standing room only crowd, she led the sale offering of the National Speckle Park Sale. She was selected as the very first individual to assist in forming the foundation donor herd of Prestwould Parke. After her success in IVF aspirations, she is nursing her young heifer calf. She is working diligently as a donor female again, which provides a great opportunity to obtain genetics from this significant breeding female. Greenwood First Lady DJP 7F is a perfect blend of all economic essential and important traits within the seedstock industry. She is an efficient creator of
LOT 2 leadership genetics that will soon help propel the Speckle Park industry to more expansion, appreciation and underlying genetic worth. Genotype and phenotype are harmoniously expressed through this exciting genetic piece for the entire breed and industry. TERMS OF THE IVF CYCLE: Buyer will receive a guaranteed minimum of six transferrable embryos and three 60-day pregnancies providing they are under the supervision of a certified technician or embryologist. The buyer will receive ALL the embryos produced from the aspiration. Seller pays all IVF charges, freezing fees and board expense. Buyer pays for semen and shipping costs to the transplant center. The hammer price purchases the entire IVF Cycle with no additional fees.
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3 PWPK LA FLORIDITA 104H PENDING PWPK 104H
2/12/2020 FEMALE 100% HOMO POLLED WHITE W/ BLACK POINTS
MOOVIN ZPOTZ BARCODE 60B
COLD CREEK UNITY 23U
CAJA ZEPPELIN 1B
CODIAK BECKAH GNK 92B
MOOVIN ZPOTZ DART 37D
INC HAVANA 101F
MOOVIN ZPOTZ UNTOUCHABLE 4U D.L.R. LILY 17S HWY 4 SPECKLE PARK 1R NICOLE OF P.A.R. 23N UNEEDA ZAPPER 13Z NOTTA 60W PHOTO-FINISH 1Z CODIAK OSCAR GNK 8S CODIAK RHANA GNK 70Y
HOMO BLACK • Myostatin Non-Carrier • BW: 75 lbs., Adj. WW: 625 PWPK La Floridita 104H is a powerfully designed female, and one of the highest performing females of the entire heifer calf crop of 2020. The entire members of this elite cow family and offspring of the powerhouse female line are among the heaviest at weaning. PWPK La Floridita 104H was selected from the full sisters through embryo transplant that assisted in making the entire group of females such an impressive group at Prestwould Parke. Moovin Zpotz Dart 37D was selected for his influence in this 2020 calf crop. His influence and impact upon the performance and uniformity of the group can be easily noted and appreciated. His genetic amplitude has been favorably realized when mated with donor females across the board. It is becoming apparent the overwhelming impact INC Havana 101F is having on the Prestwould Parke breeding plan, and the entire breed, as well. This powerful
INC HAVANA 101F • Dam of Lot 3 2018 Canadian Western Agribition Reserve Calf Champion and 2019 Canadian Western Agribition Reserve Grand Champion Female Breed Record Selling Female individual is a fertile donor female that is transmitting performance and superior phenotype along to her impressive offspring. When she became the second female purchased for the Prestwould Parke breeding plan through the 2018 National Speckle Park Sale, it would have been hard to imagine the accomplishments and impact she is making on a continual basis.
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4 INC HAVANA 101F -[CAN]8634- PD INC 101F
1/10/2018 POLLED
UNEEDA ZAPPER 13Z
NOTTA 60W PHOTO-FINISH 1Z
CODIAK OSCAR GNK 8S
CODIAK RHANA GNK 70Y
CAJA ZEPPELIN 1B
CODIAK BECKAH GNK 92B
FEMALE LEOPARD
100%
UNEEDA WALTER 21W MISTY FRITZ OF P.A.R. 13M RIVER HILL 26T WALKER 60W NOTTA PHO-FINISH 54P CODIAK PHLEP GNK 3P CODIAK MATEUSA RKW 63M CODIAK TRUMP GNK 20T CODIAK CDK 26P
OFFERED BY: THE INC HAVANA 101F GROUP
Selling the next IVF Cycle from INC Havana 101F Breed Record-Selling Female INC Havana 101F was the second female purchased by Prestwould Parke through the 2018 National Speckle Park Sale. After her successful show career, she was purchased by the INC Havana 101F Group for a breed record $45,000. She is one of the most popular show and now donor females in the breed. She continues to emerge as one of the most fertile and efficient females in the industry. Massively constructed, yet feminine and correctly molded, this female is one that is pushing the breed to even greater acceptance and appreciation. Bred by the highly acclaimed INC Cattle Company, and sired by the sensational CAJA Zeppelin 1B, this female combines all the best the industry has to offer.
LOT 4 • 2018 Canadian Western Agribition Reserve Calf Champion and 2019 Canadian Western Agribition Reserve Grand Champion Female TERMS: Buyer will receive a guaranteed minimum of six transferrable embryos and three 60-day pregnancies providing they are under the supervision of a certified technician or embryologist. The buyer will receive ALL the embryos produced from the aspiration. Seller pays all IVF charges, freezing fees and board expense. Buyer pays for semen and shipping costs to the transplant center. The hammer price purchases the entire IVF cycle with no additional fees.
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INC HAVANA 101F
INC HAVANA 101F • Dam of Lot 5A & 5B
INC HAVANA 101F
UNLIMITED SPOTS GRNWD FUTURE 20F • Sire of Lots 5A & 5B
5A Sexed HEIFER PREGNANCY HOMO POLLED RECIP #205
5B Sexed HEIFER PREGNANCY
DUE 3-12-2021 100% BLACK COMMERCIAL RECIP
RIVER HILL BACKGROUNDER 025B
BLACKIE RAINA OF P.A.R. 21Z
CAJA ZEPPELIN 1B
CODIAK BECKAH GNK 92B
UNLIMITED SPOTS GRNWD FUTURE 20F
INC HAVANA 101F
HOMO POLLED RECIP #225
DUE 3-12-2021 100% BLACK COMMERCIAL RECIP
RIVER HILL 26T YAGER 99Y RIVER HILL 64S WHISPER 25W P.A.R. XCALABAR 6X RAINA OF P.A.R. 21R
RIVER HILL BACKGROUNDER 025B
BLACKIE RAINA OF P.A.R. 21Z
UNEEDA ZAPPER 13Z NOTTA 60W PHOTO-FINISH 1Z CODIAK OSCAR GNK 8S CODIAK RHANA GNK 70Y
CAJA ZEPPELIN 1B
CODIAK BECKAH GNK 92B
UNLIMITED SPOTS GRNWD FUTURE 20F
INC HAVANA 101F
HOMO BLACK • Myostatin Non-Carrier
HOMO BLACK • Myostatin Non-Carrier
Two sexed heifer calf pregnancies sell as Lots 5A and 5B. They are sired by Unlimited Spots GRNWD Future 20F from INC Havana 101F. These pregnancies offer the most advanced genetics available in the entire breed. These homozygous polled and homozygous black heifer calves will result into the genetic merger of two of the breed’s most appreciated individuals. The blending of these two genetic giants can and will catapult a beginning or an established breeding program into new and exciting possibilities. The most contemporary of individuals within the industry serve as the sire and dam. With the offering of these heifer sexed pregnancies comes the opportunity to obtain this genetic combination which has never been offered prior to The Driving Force sale on November 28, 2020.
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RIVER HILL 26T YAGER 99Y RIVER HILL 64S WHISPER 25W P.A.R. XCALABAR 6X RAINA OF P.A.R. 21R UNEEDA ZAPPER 13Z NOTTA 60W PHOTO-FINISH 1Z CODIAK OSCAR GNK 8S CODIAK RHANA GNK 70Y
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6 PWPK GET BACK LORETTA 107H PENDING PWPK 107H
2/20/2020 FEMALE 100% HOMO POLLED SPECKLED
MOOVIN ZPOTZ BARCODE 60B
MOOVIN ZPOTZ UNTOUCHABLE 4U
MOOVIN ZPOTZ DART 37D
COLD CREEK UNITY 23U
D.L.R. LILY 17S HWY 4 SPECKLE PARK 1R NICOLE OF P.A.R. 23N
CODIAK OH MY GOSH GNK 60A
RIVER HILL 25Y ALEXIA-JADE 59A
CLEAR VIEW TY 205R CODIAK UNIQUE GNK 8R RIVER HILL 26T MAGNUM 25Y RIVER HILL JADE 59M
RIVER HILL 60A EYE APPEAL 44E
HOMO BLACK • Myostatin Non-Carrier • BW: 75 lbs., Adj. WW: 640 PWPK Get Back Loretta 107H is a powerful February heifer calf from the aggressive embryo transplant program in place within the Prestwould Parke breeding program. This female—one of four sisters that sell as a part of The Driving Force sale offering—has the big league potential and the obvious pathway in becoming one of the great show heifers for the coming years. The big topped, wide bodied, chisel fronted female stands with a solid and fault-free underpinning. Her striking profile and overpowering outline contribute to the completeness of the total package that defines this heifer. Her championship dam has become one of the most prolific embryo producers in the Prestwould Parke program. She and her 2019 heifer calf placed second behind the eventual Grand Champion Female at the 2019 Canadian Western Agribition. Earlier in her show career, she was selected as the Reserve Grand Champion Female
RIVER HILL 60A EYE APPEAL 44E • Dam of Lot 6 2017 Reserve Grand Champion Female, Canadian Western Agribition at the 2017 Canadian Western Agribition. The overall style and grace of this solidly efficient female makes her a significantly important female from which to build a solid breeding program. Moovin Zpotz Dart 37D has proven his substantial herd sire role as one of the solidly important breeding bulls in the industry. His progeny in The Driving Force sale offering have emerged as some of the greatest born with PWPK tattooed in their ear. This is a phenomenal young female.
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7 PWPK APPEALING 113H PENDING PWPK 113H
4/9/2020 FEMALE 100% HOMO POLLED SPECKLED
MOOVIN ZPOTZ BARCODE 60B
MOOVIN ZPOTZ UNTOUCHABLE 4U
MOOVIN ZPOTZ DART 37D
COLD CREEK UNITY 23U
D.L.R. LILY 17S HWY 4 SPECKLE PARK 1R NICOLE OF P.A.R. 23N
CODIAK OH MY GOSH GNK 60A
RIVER HILL 25Y ALEXIA-JADE 59A
CLEAR VIEW TY 205R CODIAK UNIQUE GNK 8R RIVER HILL 26T MAGNUM 25Y RIVER HILL JADE 59M
RIVER HILL 60A EYE APPEAL 44E
HOMO BLACK • Myostatin Non-Carrier • BW: 75 lbs., Adj. WW: 620 PWPK Appealing 113H is one of the most complete females to display overpowering substance and body mass at an early age. She is molded from the excellence of genetic power that contribute to the image of this show heifer and future donor female. This genetic combination has knocked it out of the park, with the noted consistency of generational improvement. PWPK Appealing is sound and constructed with functionality of movement. This sound and fluid moving female is yet another example of becoming one of the exceptional females to be born in 2020. Progeny from this great cow and cow family are destined to be among the top mainstays in the business. River Hill 60A Eye Appeal 44E is one of the most picturesque females in the entire Speckle Park herd book. Her long bodied, big footed, strong topped profile image is the template for which her progeny are designed. Her dominance of producing
RIVER HILL 60A EYE APPEAL 44E • Dam of Lot 7 2019 Candian Western Argibition
the best has allowed four of her progeny to be included in this first ever Prestwould Parke sale offering. Much will be heard of this female as she matures down the line. She seems to check all the boxes.
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8 PWPK ALLURE 118H PENDING PWPK 118H
4/12/2020 FEMALE 100% HOMO POLLED SPECKLED
MOOVIN ZPOTZ BARCODE 60B
MOOVIN ZPOTZ UNTOUCHABLE 4U
MOOVIN ZPOTZ DART 37D
COLD CREEK UNITY 23U
D.L.R. LILY 17S HWY 4 SPECKLE PARK 1R NICOLE OF P.A.R. 23N
CODIAK OH MY GOSH GNK 60A
RIVER HILL 25Y ALEXIA-JADE 59A
CLEAR VIEW TY 205R CODIAK UNIQUE GNK 8R RIVER HILL 26T MAGNUM 25Y RIVER HILL JADE 59M
RIVER HILL 60A EYE APPEAL 44E
HOMO BLACK • Myostatin Non-Carrier • BW: 75 lbs., Adj. WW: 605 PWPK Allure 118H is an explosive April-born heifer calf from the magical mating of Moovin Zpotz Dart 37D with River Hill 60A Eye Appeal 44E. The three full sisters look remarkably alike and they are uniformly patterned after the image of their donor dam. This female has the extra capacity and body depth that is synonymous of the efficiency bred into the family. River Hill 60A Eye Appeal 44E is from one of the strongest of female lines that has been perpetuated and perfected in the River Hill breeding herd. A full sister, River Hill 60A Faded 599F, is one of the significant donor females at Prestwould Parke, and her progeny are included in the sale offering as well. The similar stamp of these individuals is vividly apparent when appraising the progeny of the full sisters. PWPK Allure 118H has the over-all look and design to carry forth the exceptional genetics generated in this cow family. This perfected lineage, over time, has resulted
RIVER HILL 60A EYE APPEAL 44E • Dam of Lot 8 2017 Reserve Grand Champion Female, Canadian Western Agribition
with females that exhibit the uniformity and consistency available through the blood of these sisters.
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9 KFC GEM 44G -[CAN]9856- PB KFC 44G
CODIAK CRIKEY GNK 13U
2/12/2019 HOMO POLLED
FEMALE SPECKLED
RAVEN MEADOWS MAGNUM 10N
PICK-IT DYNAMITE 2D
SPOTS ‘N SPROUTS 7W
CODIAK RKW 07J RIVER HILL SKIPPER 6S SPOTS ‘N SPROUTS 7T
CODIAK OH MY GOSH GNK 60A
RIVER HILL 25Y ALEXIA-JADE 59A
CLEAR VIEW TY 205R CODIAK UNIQUE GNK 8R RIVER HILL 26T MAGNUM 25Y RIVER HILL JADE 59M
RIVER HILL 60A EYE APPEAL 44E
100%
CO-OWNED WITH: FLETCHER HENNESSY AI’d June 6, 2020 to Unlimited Spots Grnwd Future 20F. Safe in Calf HOMO BLACK • Myostatin Non-Carrier • BW: 65 lbs., Adj. WW: 565, Adj. YW: 880 KFC Gem 44G is one of the most dynamic yearling females to sell in the entire breed in 2020. She and her dam were an impressive pair at the 2019 Canadian Western Agribition. They were placed second to the Senior Champion and Grand Champion Female. They represented this Eye Appeal and Alexa-Jade cow families in the finest form and fashion. This young female offers the next step in the family progression of quality and efficiency. She is fluid in her movement and loosely designed from end to end. Her sire, Pick-It Dynamite 2D, is one of the leading breeding sires in the KFC program. His progeny have been born with exceptional uniformity and correctness, and this daughter has emerged as the finest example of his ability to transmit quality.
RIVER HILL 60A EYE APPEAL 44E WITH KFC GEM 44G AT SIDE
She carries the service of Future for an early Spring calf in 2021. His service completes the genetic package of an extraordinary Speckle Park breeding female of the most perfected lineage.
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RIVER HILL 60A EYE APPEAL 44E • Dam of Lot 10A
INC GOLIATH 747G • Sire of Lot 10B
10A Five IVF SEXED HEIFER EMBRYOS
SPOTS ‘N SPROUTS 6Z • Lot 10B
10B Five IVF SEXED HEIFER EMBRYOS
HOMO POLLED 100%
HOMO POLLED 100%
RIVER HILL BACKGROUNDER 025B UNLIMITED SPOTS GRNWD FUTURE 20F BLACKIE RAINA OF P.A.R. 21Z
RIVER HILL 26T YAGER 99Y RIVER HILL 64S WHISPER 25W P.A.R. XCALABAR 6X RAINA OF P.A.R. 21R
RIVER HILL TRAFFIC JAM 26T
CODIAK GYPSY RAIN GNK 63B
CODIAK OH MY GOSH GNK 60A RIVER HILL 60A EYE APPEAL 44E RIVER HILL 25Y ALEXIA-JADE 59A
CLEAR VIEW TY 205R CODIAK UNIQUE GNK 8R RIVER HILL 26T MAGNUM 25Y RIVER HILL JADE 59M
RIVER HILL SKIPPER 6S
SPOTS ‘N SPROUTS 3T
INC GOLIATH 747G
SPOTS ‘N SPROUTS 6Z
A & W JOEY 55P CALAMASUE 26R CODIAK OSCAR GNK 8S CODIAK SHELLY GNK 11X P.A.R. MOO FASSA 03M CODIAK 06H ASPEN ACRES NOBLEMAN 3N CODIAK RKW 08J
OFFERED BY: KFC FARMS LTD.
OFFERED BY: RIVER HILL FARM
HOMO BLACK • Myostatin Non-Carrier This is the first time this genetic combination has been made available for sale. River Hill 60A Eye Appeal 44E is becoming one of the household names in the Speckle Park seedstock industry. By evidence of her progeny, she is one of the most consistent producing donor females in the breed. Her stellar show career is eclipsed by her ability to create extraordinary offspring. The embryos offered here by Unlimited Spots GRNWD Future 20F can be the best genetic combination yet.
HOMO BLACK • Myostatin Non-Carrier INC Goliath 747G is the exciting herd sire by River Hill Traffic Jam 26T. This genetic combination with Spots ‘N Sprouts 6Z can result into exceedingly exciting next step genetics for the breed worldwide. Fresh and new pathway seedstock will be incubated from these embryos offered as Lot 10B. Obtain “no where else genetics” through the DNA available with this unique embryo lot.
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SPOTS ‘N SPROUTS 6Z • Lot 11 Dam of Lots 11A, 12 & 13 • Grandam of Lots 14 & 15
11 JKH SPOTS ‘N SPROUTS 6Z -[CAN]3923- PB JKH 6Z
3/13/2012 HOMO POLLED
P.A.R. MOOS FASSA 03M
CODIAK 06H
ASPEN ACRES NOBLEMAN 3N
CODIAK RKW 08J
RIVER HILL SKIPPER 6S
SPOTS ‘N SPROUTS 3T
FEMALE SPECKLED
11A PWPK SHASTA 129H 100%
PENDING PWPK 129H
5/17/2020 FEMALE 100% HOMO POLLED SPECKLED
P.A.R. KING PIN 1K ASPEN ACRES 3A SPOTS ‘N SPROUTS CHAMP 103C SPOTS AND SPROUTS 6C
LEGACY TURNPIKE CRUISER 27T
PRAIRIE HILL NIRVANA 4N
KING KARAT OF ASPEN ACRES 1K ASPEN ACRES GRAY GHOST 3G PRAIRIE HILL AFTER SHOCK 75G DOUBLE J JULIE 53D
RIVER HILL SKIPPER 6S
SPOTS ‘N SPROUTS 3T
Sells Open. Ready for Immediate Reproduction and Multiple Egg Production HOMO BLACK • Myostatin Non-Carrier
CN ZPOTZ ZAZU 2Z
SPOTS ‘N SPROUTS 6Z
LEGACY ROUGHRIDER 52R LEGACY ROMA 60R PRAIRIE HILL MASTERPLAN II 87L PRAIRIE HILL 1H P.A.R. MOO FASSA 03M CODIAK 06H ASPEN ACRES NOBLEMAN 3N CODIAK RKW 08J
HOMO BLACK • Myostatin Non-Carrier • BW: 78 lbs.
Spots ’N Sprouts 6Z is one of the most noted donor matrons in the breed that is a documented transmitter of absolute monumental performance and quality. She was selected as one of the foundation members of the Prestwould Parke donor program, and her progeny, grand progeny and great grand progeny have had an astounding impact upon the entire breed and industry. She combines performance, size, profile, dimension and skeletal correctness into a complete beef female machine. Her daughter, River Hill 60A First Choice 6F, a recent top-selling breed female is in the Prestwould Parke breeding program, as well. Both mother and daughter make a most astounding duo in the donor arsenal in this breeding herd. In addition to this great donor female, three direct daughters and two granddaughters sell in The Driving Force sale offering. The breed’s most noted and time honored breeding individuals are a part of the pedigree of this great fertile female. Her inclusion in this sale is a sale offering highlight, and her influence will be noted for years and generations in the future. Lot 11A, PWPK Shasta 129H, a May-born heifer calf is at her side. The daughter of CN Zpotz Zazu 2Z represents the first time this genetic combination has ever been offered to the industry. She completes this powerful Speckle Park sale lot to the buying public through this first ever sale from Prestwould Parke.
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12 PWPK SPLENDOR 120H PENDING PWPK 120H
ASPEN ACRES T.N.T 4Y
REDNECK WHISKEY 7W
RIVER HILL SKIPPER 6S
SPOTS ‘N SPROUTS 3T
JSF WALL STREET 36E
SPOTS ‘N SPROUTS 6Z
4/16/2020 FEMALE 100% HOMO POLLED WHITE W/ BLACK POINTS SPOTS AND SPROUTS DYNAMITE 23T ASPEN ACRES 4U REDNECK RANCH’S TEDDY 5T REDNECK RANCH’S SCARLET 1S P.A.R. MOO FASSA 03M CODIAK 06H ASPEN ACRES NOBLEMAN 3N CODIAK RKW 08J
HOMO BLACK • Myostatin Non-Carrier • BW: 82 lbs., Adj. WW: 605 PWPK Splendor 120H is the female from the ET program that is the direct daughter of Spots ‘N Sprouts 6Z. Sired by JSF Wall Street 36E, she is a dynamic combination of the breed’s best and she carries the illustrious genetics from her famous and accomplished dam. Her full sister sells as Lot 13 and her half sisters are Lot 11A and River Hill 60A First Choice 6F, the dam of Lots 14 and 15. This excellent cow family has been implemented into the Prestwould Parke breeding program and are made available through The Driving Force sale offering. JSF Wall Street 36E was an accomplished and competitive show bull and he is now a well appreciated herd sire. His influence is well documented within the Prestwould Parke breeding plan. Four daughters are in The Driving Force sale offering. All are from the Spots ’ N Sprouts 6Z cow family.
RIVER HILL 60A FIRST CHOICE 6F • Maternal sister to Lots 12 & 13
The completeness and attractiveness offered through the blood represented in this genetic package is exceptional. The young female is a great one, and she offers yet another step in family progress through the aggressive breeding program at Prestwould Parke.
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13 PWPK SILHOUETTE 122H PENDING PWPK 122H
ASPEN ACRES T.N.T 4Y
REDNECK WHISKEY 7W
4/16/2020 FEMALE 100% HOMO POLLED SPECKLED
JSF WALL STREET 36E
RIVER HILL SKIPPER 6S SPOTS ‘N SPROUTS 6Z
SPOTS ‘N SPROUTS 3T
SPOTS AND SPROUTS DYNAMITE 23T ASPEN ACRES 4U REDNECK RANCH’S TEDDY 5T REDNECK RANCH’S SCARLET 1S P.A.R. MOO FASSA 03M CODIAK 06H ASPEN ACRES NOBLEMAN 3N CODIAK RKW 08J
HOMO BLACK • Myostatin Non-Carrier • BW: 74 lbs., Adj. WW: 590 PWPK Silhouette 122H is a most perfected individual from the Spots ’N Sprouts 6Z family lineage. She is a young ET heifer calf from two celebrated individuals in the industry. The merging of two distinct lines has revealed the best from both in this beautiful heifer calf. The symmetry, overall design and fluidity of movement has become a hallmark of this lineage. The power and performance is carried forth through perfected genetic construction of this April heifer calf. This female offers the most perfected and efficient version of this spectacular family line. From showing to growing to breeding to feeding to eventual propagation, this heifer offers years and years of progressive breed improvement to a new program.
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SPOTS ‘N SPROUTS 6Z • Dam of Lots 12 & 13
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14 PWPK FIRST DANCE 111H PENDING PWPK 111H
3/2/2020 FEMALE 100% HOMO POLLED SPECKLED
ASPEN ACRES T.N.T 4Y JSF WALL STREET 36E REDNECK WHISKEY 7W
SPOTS AND SPROUTS DYNAMITE 23T ASPEN ACRES 4U REDNECK RANCH’S TEDDY 5T REDNECK RANCH’S SCARLET 1S
RIVER HILL 50U ALL IN 60A RIVER HILL 60A FIRST CHOICE 6F SPOTS ‘N SPROUTS 6Z
RIVER HILL 68L STRIKER 50U RIVER HILL SHOW ME OFF 60S RIVER HILL SKIPPER 6S SPOTS ‘N SPROUTS 3T
HOMO BLACK • Myostatin Non-Carrier • BW: 75 lbs., Adj. WW: 690 PWPK First Dance 111H represents the epitome of cutting edge Speckle Park genetics. This March born heifer is not only royally bred, but an awe inspiring sight to behold both when in motion and on the profile. Her dam, River Hill 60A First Choice 6F, and her grand dam, Spots “N Sprouts 6Z, are a major part of the breeding superiority in the Prestwould Parke breeding initiative. Selected for added dimension, power, performance and maternal strength, this cow line will become more appreciated as time goes on. Fault free in movement and structural integrity, the genetics available for purchase in this lot will make a remarkable impact for decades in the future. The lines available through the blood of this cow family are well recognized and appreciated throughout the world. Selectivity of multiple trait selection is obvious when visually appraising both
RIVER HILL 60A FIRST CHOICE 6F • Dam of Lots 14 & 15
dam and grand dam. JSF Wall Street 36E is one of the most celebrated young herd sires in the breed. His first progeny are astounding in their uniformity and muscle expression. The resulting progeny from this mating are not only an exclusive genetic combination, but represent the future of this growing breed of beef cattle.
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15 PWPK FIRST CHANCE 119H PENDING PWPK 119H
4/15/2020 FEMALE 100% HOMO POLLED WHITE W/ BLACK POINTS
ASPEN ACRES T.N.T 4Y
REDNECK WHISKEY 7W
RIVER HILL 50U ALL IN 60A
SPOTS ‘N SPROUTS 6Z
JSF WALL STREET 36E
RIVER HILL 60A FIRST CHOICE 6F
SPOTS AND SPROUTS DYNAMITE 23T ASPEN ACRES 4U REDNECK RANCH’S TEDDY 5T REDNECK RANCH’S SCARLET 1S RIVER HILL 68L STRIKER 50U RIVER HILL SHOW ME OFF 60S RIVER HILL SKIPPER 6S SPOTS ‘N SPROUTS 3T
HOMO BLACK • Myostatin Non-Carrier • BW: 74 lbs., Adj. WW: 670 Much like her full sister who sells as Lot 14, PWPK First Chance 119H, is a unique representation of the dedication and forward thinking attitude the Prestwould program has taken toward propagating Speckle Park genetics the breed can be proud of. Her dam and maternal grand dam are among the most recognizable and pre-potent donors the breed has known. Their ability to transmit added dimension, power, performance and maternal strength, is unrivaled across breed lines. What’s more, fault free movement and structural integrity are trademarks of this lineage. Her sire, JSF Wall Street 36E, is creating quite the stir among breed enthusiasts for the uniformity and muscle expression of his progeny. This April heifer calf and her full sister selling as Lot 14, will no doubt write their own chapters in breed history.
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SPOTS ‘N SPROUTS 6Z • Grandam of Lots 14 & 15
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16 PWPK FADED MEMORY 105H PENDING PWPK 105H
2/13/2020 FEMALE 100% HOMO POLLED WHITE W/ BLACK POINTS MOOVIN ZPOTZ UNTOUCHABLE 4U D.L.R. LILY 17S HWY 4 SPECKLE PARK 1R
MOOVIN ZPOTZ BARCODE 60B
COLD CREEK UNITY 23U
CODIAK OH MY GOSH GNK 60A
CLEAR VIEW TY 205R CODIAK UNIQUE GNK 8R
RIVER HILL 25Y ALEXIA-JADE 59A
RIVER HILL 26T MAGNUM 25Y RIVER HILL JADE 59M
MOOVIN ZPOTZ DART 37D
RIVER HILL 60A FADED 599F
NICOLE OF P.A.R. 23N
HOMO BLACK • Myostatin Non-Carrier • BW: 80 lbs., Adj. WW: 680 PWPK Faded Memory 105H is one of great heifer calves that ranks among the most appealing and promising of the entire offering. Her accomplished donor dam, River Hill 60A Faded 599F, was selected as a yearling heifer as a member of the founding females that assisted in developing the Prestwould Parke program. She, in turn, is a younger full sister to River Hill 60A Eye Appeal 44E. Together, they assemble one of the great full sister teams in the history of the underpinning of great breeding programs. This three dimensional female is from the expansive ET program well in place at Prestwould Parke. The mating of this flashy and muscular heifer between both sire and dam has resulted in exceeding the wildest of expectations.
RIVER HILL 60A EYE APPEAL 44E • Full sister to dam of Lots 16 & 17
Miles of genetic progress is easily documented when viewing this heifer first hand. She is stupendous. The international appeal of this young heifer calf and her rich genetic tabulation from her maternal line makes this a most exceptional lot offered in 2020. She is a full sister to Lot 17 and a full sister in blood to Lots 6, 7 and 8.
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17 PWPK FADED LOVE 108H PENDING PWPK 108H
2/26/2020 FEMALE 100% HOMO POLLED WHITE W/ BLACK POINTS
MOOVIN ZPOTZ BARCODE 60B
COLD CREEK UNITY 23U
CODIAK OH MY GOSH GNK 60A
RIVER HILL 25Y ALEXIA-JADE 59A
MOOVIN ZPOTZ DART 37D
RIVER HILL 60A FADED 599F
MOOVIN ZPOTZ UNTOUCHABLE 4U D.L.R. LILY 17S HWY 4 SPECKLE PARK 1R NICOLE OF P.A.R. 23N CLEAR VIEW TY 205R CODIAK UNIQUE GNK 8R RIVER HILL 26T MAGNUM 25Y RIVER HILL JADE 59M
HOMO BLACK • Myostatin Non-Carrier • BW: 75 lbs., Adj. WW: 635 PWPK Faded Love 108H is a member of the River Hill 60A Faded 599F family lineage, and she and her full sister are among the most exceptional in the offering. The most honored individuals and cow families are a part of the Prestwould Parke breeding program and the best of the first generation that wears PWPK in their ear are a part of The Driving Force offering. This completely and remarkably molded female is synonymous with the best that have been generated from this illustrious lineage of Speckle Park females. Her young sire and her even younger dam offer the breed the most up to the minute genetic profile possible and she is of the breed’s most futuristic genetics known. The genetics found here represent one of the greatest of all lines of any breed at
RIVER HILL 60A FADED 599F • Dam of Lots 16 & 17
any time. This sale offering makes available unparalleled opportunities to obtain the best the breed has within its genetic pool.
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PRESTWOULD PARKE The
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Hill 18 River 99Y PHO-COVER 18C [CAN]5349- PB BED 18C
3/23/2015 HOMO POLLED
RIVER HILL TRAFFIC JAM 26T
PRAIRIE HILL HEARTBREAKER 99L
STAR BANK LACERTA 68L
STAR BANK LEONID NIGHT 54L
RIVER HILL 26T YAGER 99Y
NOTTA PHO-FINISH 54P
FEMALE 100% WHITE W/ BLACK POINTS A & 7 W JOEY 55P CALAMASUE 26R P.A.R. HEMORRHOID 25H PRAIRIE HILL FANCY PANTS 93J SPOTS ‘N SPROUTS JUNO 103J STAR BANK 55H NORALTA 9E STAR BANK 11E
Selling pick of the 2021 spring born ET calves. HOMO BLACK • Myostatin Non-Carrier If you wish to enter rarefied air, this genetic opportunity will without question get you there. The now deceased, River Hill 99Y Pho-Cover 18C, was a moderate female, whose offspring have shown impressive early growth and maturity while maintaining their dam’s striking appearance. Recognized as 2018 Senior Female & Grand Champion Female at Canadian Western Agribition and Top 4 in the Champions of the World Inter-Breed Competition, 18C has truly been recognized by the most astute of cattlemen as the best of the best, not only amongst the Speckle Park breed, but all beef cattle. On offer is the pick of the entire ET calves to be born spring 2021 at MTC Cattle Co. in Vermilion, Alberta. This will represent the entire inventory of embryos from the great Agribition Champion Female. Most embryos were sexed heifers.
RIVER HILL 99Y PHO-COVER 18C 2018 Canadian Western Agribition Grand Champion Female
Three extraordinary sires were selected for matings and all will be made available. Thirteen pregnancies from all three bulls will be made available to the selection of the resulting calves. A total of 13 pregnancies were implanted May 14 and June 10 which will result in February 14, 2021 an March 13, 2021 Calves. TERMS: Half of purchase price due on sale day. Remaining half of purchase price due at time of selection. Pick shall be made by September 15, 2021
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UNLIMITED SPOTS GRNWD FUTURE 20F • Sire of Nine Sexed IVF heifer implants
AVERY CREEK BANJO 01B • Sire of Two conventional implants.
PREMIER 101Y LOGIC L11 • Sire of Two conventional implants.
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PRESTWOULD PARKE The
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19 Wrangler MR PERFECT 8D -[CAN]6385- PB WDE 8D
2/28/2016 HOMO POLLED
MOOVIN ZPOTZ CAMARO 6X
HWY 4 SPECKLE PARK 4R
P.A.R. XCALABAR 6X
ANGEL OF P.A.R. 8U
MOOVIN ZPOTZ AVENGER 28A
ANGEL OF P.A.R. 8Z
MALE 100% WHITE W/ BLACK POINTS
LOT 19
LEGACY TURNPIKE CRUISER 27T STYLAS LUCKY PRINCESS 9L HWY. 4 SPECKLE PARK 1L HWY. 4 SPECKLE PARK 1J P.A.R. TOUCH DOWN 600T MONALISA OF P.A.R. 6M ASPEN ACRES T.N.T. 4Y ANGEL OF P.A.R. 2K
OFFERED BY: RIVER HILL FARMS & CODIAK ACRES HOMO BLACK • Myostatin Non-Carrier Wrangler Mr. Perfect 8D was the 2018 Canadian Western Agribition Grand Champion Bull. The champion breeding bull has become a significant sire of excellence and his influence on the breed is being realized throughout the world. Both sire and dam of this great breeding sire have made significant contributions to the success of the breed, and the entire lineage has become a major part of the genetic progress of the breed. The real story is in the quality of his progeny. His daughter, River Hill 8D Foto-Cover 18F, was at the side of the 2018 Canadian Western Agribition Grand Champion Female. She, in turn, has become a valued producing female in the River Hill program. The pick of the entire heifer calves born in 2020 at River Hill Farm was selected by
ANGEL OF P.A.R. 8Z • Dam of Lot 19 Prestwould Parke. River Hill Hot-N-Sexy 2H is the newest female addition to the breeding program, and the daughter sired by Wrangler Mr. Perfect 8D is a more “perfected” version of the entire cow family. The sale of this great breeding bull offers a rare opportunity to obtain a phenomenal breeding sire just approaching the zenith of his productive years and popularity of his progeny.
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RIVER HILL 99Y PHO-COVER 18C WITH HER DAUGHTER OF LOT 19 AT SIDE, RIVER HILL 8D FOTO-COVER 18F
RIVER HILL 8D FINE N’ FANCY 93F • Daughter of Lot 19
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PRESTWOULD PARKE The
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INC ASSASSIN 777G • Sire of Lot 20A
20A Three
CODIAK FAIR MADEN GNK 45Z • Dam of Lot 20A
EMBRYOS
POLLED 100%
STAR BANK KING GEORGE 82U
CODIAK GYPSY RAIN GNK 63B
CODIAK PYUTE GNK 25X
CODIAK KLIPSO RKW 31K
INC ASSASSIN 777G
CODIAK FAIR MAIDEN GNK 45Z
SPOTS ‘N SPROUTS NEFROM 101N STAR BANK 11H CODIAK OSCAR GNK 8S CODIAK SHELLY GNK 11X C.A.M.Y. TORQUE 03T WILDWOOD KATE 66K HWY. 4 SPECKLE PARK 2H SPOTS ‘N SPROUTS 13G
OFFERED BY: INC CATTLE CO.
The donor represented in this unique lot was a high-selling female in the Ladies Of The Fall 2019 sale. She is appreciated for her deep, thick and broody apprearance while representing what a mother cow should look like. INC Assassin 777G was the high-selling bull in 2020 Inaugral Launch Speckle Park Sale held in Denver, Colorado. This son of Star Bank George out of the immortal Gypsy Rain is on his way to becoming one of the most sought after sires in the breed. Embryos are stored at Bow Valley Genetics. Freight is the responsibility of the buyer. Embryos are exportable to Canada, Austrailia and New Zealand.
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PRESTWOULD PARKE The
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PREMIER 101Y LOGIC L11 • Sire of Lot 20B
20B Three
CODIAK ANNIE GNK 7A • Dam of Lot 20B
EMBRYOS
POLLED 100%
SIX STAR 82U ROYAL FLESH 101Y
SPKNZ H2
RIVER HILL 101U XPORTER 55X
CODIAK TILLEY GNK 1T
PREMIER 101Y LOGIC L11
CODIAK ANNIE GNK 7A
STAR BANK KING GEORGE 82U STAR BANK 53R MAINSTREAM ELDORADO E11 SPKNZ E36 RIVER HILL TRAFFIC JAM 26T RIVER HILL SAFIRE 55S CODIAK MR. BLACK RKW 13M MISS ATM 10F
The dam of these exciting genetics was a high-selling female in the Ladies Of The Fall 2019 sale. Her depth of body, thickness and square hip make her an unusually impressive female. Premier 101Y Logic L11 transmits length, docility, incredible feet and ideal frame size to his calves. He is among the Speckle Park breed’s most influencial sires of importance. Embryos are stored at Bow Valley Genetics. Freight is the responsibility of the buyer. Embryos are exportable to Canada, Austrailia and New Zealand.
OFFERED BY: INC CATTLE CO.
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SIRES OF INFLUENCE
MOOVIN ZPOTZ DART 37D
JSF WALL STREET 36E
CN ZPOTZ ZAZU 2Z
CODIAK SCAPE GOAT GNK 88A
PICK-IT DYNAMITE 2D
RIVER HILL 26T YAGER 99Y
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PRESTWOULD PARKE The
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REFERENCE SIRE
Spots REF Unlimited GRNWD FUTURE 20F [CAN]8601- PB LAF 20F
4/15/2018 HOMO POLLED
RIVER HILL 26T YAGER 99Y
RIVER HILL 64S WHISPER 25W
RIVER HILL BACKGROUNDER 025B
P.A.R. XCALABAR 6X
PAINA OF P.A.R. 21R
BLACKIE RAINA OF P.A.R. 21Z
MALE SPECKLED
100%
RIVER HILL TRAFFIC JAM 26T PRAIRIE HILL HEARTBREAKER 99L NOTTA SHOWOFF 64S RIVER HILL RIVIERA 25R
RIVER HILL BACKGROUNDER 025B • Sire of 20F
P.A.R. TOUCH DOWN 600T MONALISA OF P.A.R. 6M P.A.R. KING PIN 1K ANGEL OF P.A.R. 2K
OWNED BY: GREENWOOD, TIMELY MANOR FARM, PRESTWOULD PARKE HOMO BLACK • Myostatin Non-Carrier • Act. 205: 825 lbs.; Act. 365: 1,230 lbs.; Yearling SC: 33 cm. Unlimited Spots Greenwood Future 20F is a unique and intriguing Speckle Park breeding bull. His first progeny have exceeded the most prestigious expectations placed upon him. The way he holds his head high and moves with ease keeps your attention. He is long bodied and packed full of natural muscle. Phenotypically, Future has a lot to offer the Speckle Park breed and is passing that phenotypic superiority on to his offspring with uncanny regularity. We admire his low birth weight to big performance numbers and his early maturing capabilities. A multi-use bull for cows and heifers, he will no doubt continue to make a huge difference in the Future. His dam is a long bodied, smooth made, donor-like female with a good udder and
BLACKIE RAINA OF P.A.R. 21Z • Dam of 20F excellent feet. She is a cow that catches your eye and makes you appreciate the complete package she really is. With River Hill 26T Yager 99Y on the top side and the Raina family of P.A.R on the bottom side he has proven genetics behind him but still maintains a fresh enough pedigree for all breeders.
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NEWEST ADDITION
REF Greenwood HOUSTON 20H [CAN]11335- PB DJP 20H
CODIAK OSCAR GNK 8S
A & W 7U
A & W MAX 8R
A & W FAITH 8S
1/9/2020 HOMO POLLED
CODIAK SO LONG GEORGE GNK 6Z
CODIAK SO LONG GEORGE GNK 6Z • Sire of 20H
A & W 18U
MALE SPECKLED
100%
CODIAK PHLEP GNK 3P CODIAK MATEUSA RKW 63M P.A.R. NIGEL 111N TRIPLE A TIDY DOLL 7J BELMORAL’S SPECIAL 99H SPOTS ‘N SPROUTS 8F HWY. 4 SPECKLE PARK 20J EM-SIX 8G
HOMO BLACK • Myostatin Non-Carrier • BW: 80 lbs., WW: 780 lbs. Greenwood Houston 20H has now joined the Prestwould Parke breeding program. He was selected for service with the donor and mature breeding females. His influence will be infused into the Prestwould Parke gene pool this coming spring.
A & W 18U • Dam of 20H
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NEWEST ADDITION
REF Greenwood HOMESTEADER 2H PENDING 1/5/2020 MALE 100% HOMO POLLED SPECKLED
CODIAK OSCAR GNK 8S
A & W 7U
CODIAK EAGLE GNK 46Y
CODIAK TESSA GNK 27T
CODIAK SO LONG GEORGE GNK 6Z
CLADDAGH CATHLEEN LSA 04C
RAVEN MEADOWS MAGNUM 10N CODIAK RKW 07J HWY. 4 SPECKLE PARK 20L WILDWOOD KIT 6K CODIAK CRIKEY GNK 13U CODIAK NICE LADY RKW 25N HWY. 4 SPECKLE PARK 20L SPOTS ‘N SPROUTS 3K
CODIAK SO LONG GEORGE GNK 8S • Sire of 2H
HOMO BLACK • Myostatin Non-Carrier • BW: 78 lbs., WW: 770 lbs. Greenwood Homesteader 2H was selected as the featured sire to be utilized with the yearling females this coming spring. His genetic profile offers outcross genetics to the entire replacement females retained at Prestwould Parke. Two units of either Homestead 2H or his paternal brother, Houston 20H, will be made available to buyers of all soley-owned Prestwould Parke female lots selling in The Driving Force sale.
CLADDAGH CATHLEEN LSA 04C • Dam of 2H
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Speckle Park BREED HISTORY
The idea of developing a breed came later. A monument at the side of the Yellowhead Highway at Maidstone, Saskatchewan, pays tribute to the Lamonts for their role in starting the Speckle Park breed. Mary Lindsay noticed a red roan heifer in her father’s herd a few years before and purchased the heifer. This heifer came to be a cow that always produced that color pattern regardless of the sire. It is believed the heifer was a descendent of a Teeswater Shorthorn and a bull which had the White Park color pattern. The Lamonts crossed their speckled cows with black Angus bulls. Saskatchewan, at that time, restricted ranchers from keeping any intact bulls other than purebreds. Even though sired by Angus bulls, the resulting offspring came in a variety of color patterns, some white with black points, some leopard colored and some black sided with speckled hips, white top and underline and roan faces. The Lamonts grew very interested in their Speckle Park and decided to attempt to develop a new breed. Interest in the cattle grew, not only with cattlemen but also the press. A trio of Speckle Park steers made the trip to the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto in 1972. They were featured in Case International Publications under a section on “Minority Breeds in Canada.” Around 1983 Lloyd Pickard, a cattle promoter and Angus breeder from Alberta, included a few pages about the Speckle Park in his book
Speckle Park had their beginning in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Their development took place in Alberta and Saskatchewan along the Yellow Head Highway between North Battleford, Saskatchewan, and Spruce Grove, Alberta. Speckle Park were only the second breed of beef cattle in Canada to be granted distinct breed status. Speckle Park are a combination of the genetics of three breeds from England and Scotland: Teeswater Shorthorn, Aberdeen Angus, and English cattle with the white park pattern. Speckle Park were named by Bill and Eillen Lamont. Both parts of the name refer to the color pattern. “Speckle” was because of the spots on the rear quarters and throughout; and “Park” because some of the Speckle Park display the white park color pattern of a white body with colored points about the ears, eyes, muzzle, lower legs and teats. Speckle instead of “spotted” probably reflects a generation familiar with the biblical story of Jacob breeding speckled cattle and sheep to outwit Laban, his father-in-law, in the thirtieth chapter of Genesis. In 1959, Eileen and Bill Lamont of Maidstone, Saskatchewan, bought their first speckled heifer from Mary Lindsay of Greenstreet, Saskatchewan. The Lamonts were breeders of Appaloosa horses and Angus cattle, and thought the cattle would go well with their herds.
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“100 Years of Angus in Canada.” In 1985 Speckle Park breeders representing nine different herds met to form The Speckle Park Breeders Association. The Association was subsequently renamed The Canadian Speckle Park Association. In 1993 Agriculture Canada granted approval for the Canadian Speckle Park Association to become incorporated under the terms of the Canadian Animal Pedigree Act for the purpose developing Speckle Park cattle as an evolving breed. On February 14, 1995, ministerial approval was granted for the Canadian Speckle Park Association’s first set of by-laws. On July 6, 2006, the Canadian Speckle Park Association’s Articles of Incorporation were amended to the effect that Speckle Park became a distinct breed of purebred cattle according to the terms of the Canadian Animal Pedigree Act. A few days later the carcass of another Speckle Park steer was awarded the championship at a major all-breed carcass competition in Calgary, Alberta. The aim was to breed and develop a middle of the road, medium sized, polled, good beef animal. Thus was born a phrase often attached to the breed “A Balanced Breed with A Color Bonus.” The color patterns of Speckle Park are distinctive and certainly catch one’s eye. Their merits as beef cattle will ensure their sustainability as a distinct breed. Speckle Park have desirable traits which are advantageous to the cow calf operator, the feed lot operator, the butcher and the consumer. Consistent high quality carcass; distinctive color pattern; calving-ease; vigorous calves; maternal; calm disposition; polled; hardy and healthy; hybrid vigor; and feed efficiency. The Speckle Park reputation for carcass consistency in terms of moderate size, well marbled with only the ideal fat cover was emphatically demonstrated in the 2010 Quality Beef Competition at the Calgary Stampede. Speckle Park had six of the top ten placings. The distinctive color pattern of Speckle Park has become a
brand to indicate the potential of carcass quality. The color pattern which was once used to justify discounting Speckle Park at the sale market has become a distinctive mark worthy of an equal or even premium on the price. This has been demonstrated at the Annual Speckle Park Feeder Sale in Ponoka, Alberta, in October. Speckle Park cross well on almost every breed and show every indication of contributing hybrid vigor. Commericial cattlemen are taking note of how well Speckle Park cross on their commercial cows. Because of the British genetics behind Speckle Park, it stands to reason that there would be significant heterozygosity with cows with more of a background derived from the continental breeds. Speckle Park have demonstrated that they retain their carcass advantages when crossed on other breeds, either beef or dairy.
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