Welce...
It is with pride that we welcome you to 25th edition of the Better Beef Bull Sale. We have enjoyed our years in the beef business, the up’s and down’s have been both challenging and rewarding. Over the years we have determined the factors that we feel are of the utmost importance to our bottom line and have selected on those traits. Traits like fertility, foot conformation, calving ease, udder quality and longevity. We believe that our cow herd needs to work for us not the other way around. This year’s bulls have been developed on a pelleted ration from the Wetaskiwin Co-op and brome aftermath. They are all polled for your convenience and available in red and black colors all bulls will sell with a satisfactory semen test. We have sold our bulls for several years now under the Private Treaty sale format and have found that it works for us and our customers. It is a relaxing way to sell and have been told from our customers a relaxing way to buy. It offers more time for researching your purchases and takes some of the weather- related risk away from us. In celebration of our 25th anniversary sale we will be giving back some “Bull Buying Bucks” to one of our Opening Day bull buyers. How it works: all opening day bull buyers will be entered into a draw for a $1000.00 REFUND on their bull purchase. One entry in the draw for every bull purchased and the winner will have $1000.00 deducted from their total bull purchases. You will NOT have to be present to be a part of the draw so come to the ranch and make your bull selections at your convenience. If you have any questions with regards to the bulls, our program or to arrange a viewing time please feel free to contact us; Harold’s cell 780-835-0365 or Bev’s cell 780-834-7704. Sincerely,
Harold & Bev Milne
Box 1573, Fairview, Alberta T0H 1L0 Harold 780-835-0365 • Bev 780-834-7704 email: milneranch@live.ca
Sale Format
PRIVATE TREATY BARN SALE:
April 4, is the Opening Day for our 2018 sale. None of the bulls listed will have been sold prior to that date, however for your convenience you are invited to evaluate the bulls at any time and make your intention to purchase known by placing your name on a board at the sale barn. You may express interest in more than one bull and leave a preference order. On April 4th at 1:00 PM any bull with more than one interested party will be bid on by those parties until a winning bidder is decided. The bidding will begin at an increment above the catalogued price and that bid will be the option of the second name on the board. To allow for buyers to make additional or alternate selections there will be a short pause between the sale of bulls. Once there are no longer any bulls with more that one name beside them the bulls with one name will be sold to the declared buyers. Any bulls not selected on April 4th will remain for sale at the catalogued price on a first come first serve basis.
25TH ANNUAL BETTER BEEF BULL SALE GIVE AWAY $1000.00 In celebration of our 25th sale we are going to give a $1000.00 discount to one of our “Opening Day” buyers. One lucky Opening Day buyer will receive $1000.00 off their total purchases. You don’t need to be in attendance to be eligible, but you must be a buyer on Opening Day. For every lot purchased your name will be entered in a draw, one lot # will be drawn and that buyer will receive $1000.00 discount on that bull. Just think your odds of winning are pretty good. ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS: Viewing: The bulls may be viewed at the ranch before the sale, please call Harold at 780835-0365 to confirm a viewing time. Semen testing: All bulls will have a satisfactory semen test conducted by a licenced Veterinarian before sale. Terms of sale: Terms of sale are cash or cheque, payable sale day unless other arrangements have been made with the seller before the sale. The animals will be transferred once settlement has been confirmed. Risk and Liability: Everyone who attends the sale does so at their own risk and the owners assume no liability, legal or otherwise, for property or any accidents that may occur. Pick-up and H andling: All animals become the property of the purchaser when sold and will be maintained at the purchaser’s risk. Bulls that are taken sale day will receive a $50.00 rebate on purchase price. Any bulls remaining after the sale must be insured. Insurance will be available through Stockman’s Insurance Cheryl Brown 403-601-3460. Bulls will be kept for one week free of charge to facilitate pick-up. Animals not picked-up by April 11th will be assessed $5.00/day for board and yardage until they are picked-up. We will work with any buyers from great distances to get your animals to you the most economical way.
423Z
Third Editi
94 % PUREBRED • CDGV145934 • JOE 423Z • 01/05/2012 CED 8 BLACK BW ADJ WW ADJ YW BW 2.4 HOMO POLLED 88 617 1086 WW 65 TVR SHIVER AND SHAKE 5S TVR ULTRASONIC 9U YW 81 DTJ SWEET AMANDA S95 MK 22 BTI EXTRA 2106K ET TM 54 DF DAISY 4U ET AR DAISY 5N
CEM 5 Homo Black/Homo Polled. Without a doubt one of the best traveling bulls we have ever seen. Having a long back round in Quarter Horses we evaluate movement of our cattle probably more than most, and Third Edition just floats. He strides out and can flat cover ground on very sound set of legs and feet. You will appreciate this quality in his son’s along with the balance of muscle they possess.
5A
A Mack Aack
Crosby
52C
CEM 6 Cletus has sired a good set of calves they have light to moderate birth weights are long bodied good haired and have quiet dispositions.
AWB SHOWDOWN 61C
20C
Cletus
94 % PUREBRED • CDGV157151 • GCC 20C • 02/10/2015 CED 7 RED BW ADJ WW ADJ YW BW 1.5 POLLED 86 744 1112 WW 67 PHG MR. WIZARD W27 RWG YAEGER 1513 YW 98 VG VALLEY PD GOOD NIGHT 90H MK 26 GCC PARTY TIME 48S GCC LEANNE 39WS TM 60 GCC LEANNE 156T
GCC A MACK ATTACH 5A
Reference Sires...
RS GCC
Crosby was Chad and Olivia’s pick out of the 2016 Better Beef Bull Sale. He has left them a great set of calves that arrived easily and display muscle and eye appeal. Now if they could just get some heifer calves to build the herd.
CEM 6 We have used “Mack” for several breeding seasons in the heifer pen and he has surely shown his value there so much, so he bred some select cows last spring. Maternal strength and calving ease best describe him.
RS GCC
CEM 4 Showdown puts ample muscle on his progeny his calves are moderate framed meat machines. He has been used on our red cows with great success the resulting progeny are very correct in their makeup with length of spine and performance.
94 % PUREBRED • CDGV157212 • GCC 52C • 03/13/2015 CED 6 RED BW ADJ WW ADJ YW BW 1.5 POLLED 88 831 1082 WW 65 DSP BLACK RIP 4T AJN BLACK RIP 4X YW 87 AJN STACEY 2S MK 31 DCC RANCHER 39U GCC VAL 34Y TM 64 GCC VAL 87T CEM 4
94 % PUREBRED • CDGV163211 • GCC 24E • 2/12/2017 CED 11 BW ADJ WW ADJ YW BW 1.0 84 559 910 WW 51 SLC TOUCHDOWN 166W AWB BIRCH'S SHOWDOWN 61C YW 63 AWB BIRCH'S DAISY 8X MK 23 SLC FREEDOM 178F ET GCC FREE TO TEMPT 15S TM 48 GCC TEMPTRESS 3L
RED POLLED
61C
Showdown
94 % PUREBRED • CDGV156838 • AWB 61C • 02/04/2015 CED 9 RED BW ADJ WW ADJ YW BW 1.4 POLLED 92 662 1130 WW 71 SLC TOUCHDOWN 71T SLC TOUCHDOWN 166W YW 83 SLC EMPRESS 68N MK 22 VV RALLY LOU 16R AWB BIRCH'S DAISY 8X TM 58 DF DAISY 5U ET
RW YAEGGER 1513 SIRE OF GCC CLETUS
RS GCC
RS AWB BIRCH’S
JOE THIRD EDITION 423Z
RS JOE
3E
Escalator
94 % PUREBRED • CDGV1632694 • DCC 3E •1/22/2017 RED BW ADJ WW ADJ YW POLLED 71 690 1025
LJSA T-MACK 470P ET GCC A MACK ATTACK 5A GCC FREE TO TEMPT 15S AJN BLACK RIP 4X DCC VAL 8C DCC VAL 46Y
Calving easy bull sired by a ranch favorite "Mack". This is a maternal quality stacked pedigree. Keep all the females from this fellow. Price $4000.00
2 GCC
CED BW WW YW MK TM CEM
11 -0.1 60 66 59 59 6
10E
Easy
94 % PUREBRED • CDGV163244 • GCC 10E • 2/4/2017 BLACK BW ADJ WW ADJ YW HOMO POLLED 76 752 934
TVR ULTRASONIC 9U JOE THIRD EDITION 423Z DF DAISY 4U ET RWG YAEGER 1513 GCC TEMPTRESS 54B GCC TEMPTRESS 3L
This was originally a calf we were going to have in our Pen Bulls for the Peace Country Beef Congress but he had an accident one night in the pen and injured his nose and jaw. We feel he has black calving ease genetics to offer even if his injury caused his performance to suffer. Price $3500
CED BW WW YW MK TM CEM
5 3.7 73 94 23 60 5
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1 DCC
3 GCC
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12E
Expresso
94 % PUREBRED • CDGV163243 • GCC 12E • 2/4/2017 BLACK BW ADJ WW ADJ YW HOMO POLLED 96 743 1039
TVR ULTRASONIC 9U JOE THIRD EDITION 423Z DF DAISY 4U ET DCC RANCHER 39U GCC THYME 53Y GCC THYME 232S
A member of the Pen of three from PCBC. JOE Third Edition son that just puts it all together out of a Rancher daughter with a great udder and supper feet. Use him on your cows and keep the daughters. Halter broke. Price$4500.00
4 GCC
Editi
CED BW WW YW MK TM CEM
5 3.7 73 94 23 60 5
15E
94 % PUREBRED • CDGV163257 • GCC 15E • 2/8/2017 BLACK BW ADJ WW ADJ YW HOMO POLLED 87 710 1015
TVR ULTRASONIC 9U JOE THIRD EDITION 423Z DF DAISY 4U ET JBM HURRICANE 113M GCC VAL 87T GCC VAL 20N
Again a member of our Pen from PCBC so he is halter broke. Moderate birth weight and a smooth shoulder makes him a candidate for heifers or cows. Price $4500.00
CED BW WW YW MK TM CEM
6 3.1 67 83 29 62 4
Extensi
16E
94 % PUREBRED • CDGV163231 • GCC 16E • 2/8/2017 BLACK BW ADJ WW ADJ YW POLLED 95 571 964
TVR ULTRASONIC 9U JOE THIRD EDITION 423Z DF DAISY 4U ET STON JBM SHOWDOWN 3S DCC GAL 32X LEF GALLERY 92M
This is a very stylish "JOE" son look for his calves to have that extra eye ppeal. Price $4000.00
6 GCC
CED BW WW YW MK TM CEM
5 4.4 57 79 21 49 4
17E
Ezra
94 % PUREBRED • CDGV163241 • GCC 17E • 2/9/2017 RED BW ADJ WW ADJ YW POLLED 80 704 1050
GCC CLETUS 20C
GCC NIGHTINGALE 50Z
RWG YAEGER 1513 GCC LEANNE 39W DCC RANCHER 39U GCC NIGHTINGALE 89W
This dark red Cletus son has an actual birth weight of 80 pounds from a mature cow which should make him a calving ease sire. One of the deepest bulls in the pen. Price $4500.00
CED BW WW YW MK TM CEM
7 1.4 64 90 30 62 6
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7 GCC
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Energy
23E
94 % PUREBRED • CDGV163287 • GCC 23E • 2/11/2017 BLACK BW ADJ WW ADJ YW POLLED 79 676 965 CED 6
TVR ULTRASONIC 9U BW 1.4 JOE THIRD EDITION 423Z DF DAISY 4U ET WW 70 GCC NEWTON 136N YW 90 TVR TYANNE 12T TSCC TWIN STAR RAVEN 710P
Another calving ease "JOE" son. If you haven't been able to tell we are very happy with our "JOE" calves and can hardly wait for his daughters to come into production here. Jace Cattle are very happy with the daughters they have Jason tells us they have near perfect udder. Price $4000.00
8 DCC
MK 22 TM 57 CEM 5
33E
Empire
94 % PUREBRED • CDGV163268 • DCC 33E • 2/16/2017 BLACK BW ADJ WW ADJ YW POLLED 98 759 1070
TVR ULTRASONIC 9U JOE THIRD EDITION 423Z DF DAISY 4U ET CES DECKA FP 74M ET DCC TALEA 7T LEF PLD LILLIAN 8N
The last member of our pen of three from the congress. This is the deepest bull in the pen. His dam is Richards Red's full sister. Price $4000.00
CED BW WW YW MK TM CEM
6 4.1 62 75 26 57 6
Enterprise
24E
94 % PUREBRED • CDGV163211 • GCC 24E • 2/12/2017 RED BW ADJ WW ADJ YW POLLED 84 559 910 CED 11
SLC TOUCHDOWN 166W AWB BIRCH'S SHOWDOWN 61C AWB BIRCH'S DAISY 8X BW 1.0 SLC FREEDOM 178F ET GCC TEMPTRESS 3L
GCC FREE TO TEMPT 15S
Here is a heifer bull deluxe. He's a maternal brother to our guaranteed heifer bull "A Mack Attack 5A". Smooth made and you will appreciate any daughters you retain, very strong maternal lines here. Price $3500.00
10 GCC
WW YW MK TM CEM
51 63 23 48 6
28E
Elite
94 % PUREBRED • CDGV163204 • GCC 28E • 2/14/2017 BLACK BW ADJ WW ADJ YW HOMO POLLED 95 647 988 CED 8
TVR ULTRASONIC 9U BW 3.3 JOE THIRD EDITION 423Z DF DAISY 4U ET WW 52 ZTM MCCOY 301P TRADEMARK 29T YW 71 GCC VAL 24Z GCC NIGHTINGALE 25R
ZTM McCOY 301P Trademark 29T - maternal grandsire
We have DNA tests pending for homo polled and homo black. Results will be available opening day. Another good "JOE" son. Price $4000.00
MK 30 TM 56 CEM 7 YG
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11 GCC
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35E
Eddy
94 % PUREBRED • CDGV163270 • GCC 35E • 2/17/2017 RED BW ADJ WW ADJ YW POLLED 87 631 1046
CED BW WW STON JBM SHOWDOWN 3S YW GCC LACY 1X HL LACY 18L MK This bulls dam is probably the easiest fleshing cow on TM the ranch. Moderate birth weight. CEM Price $4000.00
SLC TOUCHDOWN 166W AWB BIRCH'S SHOWDOWN 61C AWB BIRCH'S DAISY 8X
12 GCC
38E
6 3.3 68 91 17 51 4
Express
94 % PUREBRED • CDGV1632423 • GCC 38E • 2/17/2017 RED BW ADJ WW ADJ YW HOMO POLLED 84 658 999
GCC CLETUS 20C GCC RIBBON 53A
CED 8
RWG YAEGER 1513 BW 1.8 GCC LEANNE 39W WW 57 ZTM MCCOY 301P TRADEMARK 29T YW 83 DCC RIBBON 90W
Moderate birth weight. From the Ribbon cow family that has gained a lot of respect and admiration from Gelbvieh breeders over the years. Homo Polled testing pending. Price $4000.00
MK 30 TM 59 CEM 5
41E
Epic
94 % PUREBRED • CDGV163224 • GCC 41E • 2/19/2017 RED BW ADJ WW ADJ YW HOMO POLLED 84 705 991
CED BW WW ZTM MCCOY 301P TRADEMARK YW GCC LACEY 25Z HL LACY 18L MK Homo Polled. This guy has been a beef machine since he TM was about two weeks old. Has a real traditional look CEM about him. Great bull to add some muscle and thickness to your calves. Price $4500.00
SLC TOUCHDOWN 166W AWB BIRCH'S SHOWDOWN 61CAWB BIRCH'S DAISY 8X
14 GCC
43E
6 3.0 63 78 28 60 7
Eject
94 % PUREBRED • CDGV163216 • GCC 43E • 2/23/2017 RED BW ADJ WW ADJ YW POLLED 96 793 1219
SLC TOUCHDOWN 166W AWB BIRCH'S SHOWDOWN 61CAWB BIRCH'S DAISY 8X
GCC VAL 1A
GKT BOO BOO 155E DCC VAL 50W
The bull with the most performance in the pen with a bit more frame. Dark red. His dam is a good uddered Boo Boo daughter. Price $4000.00
CED BW WW YW MK TM CEM
8 3.4 77 97 27 65 6
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15 GCC
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Easy Alg
46E
94 % PUREBRED • CDGV163199 • GCC 46E • 2/25/2017 RED BW ADJ WW ADJ YW POLLED 71 705 1115
CED BW WW ZTM MCCOY 301P TRADEMARK YW GCC TYANNE 10B TVR TYANNE 12T MK Great heifer bull here, 71 lb birth weight, sired by our TM never fail heifer bull Mack. He is long sided and very well CEM balanced. Price $4500.00
LJSA T-MACK 470P ET GCC A MACK ATTACK 5A GCC FREE TO TEMPT 15S
16 KLC
10 -0.7 58 77 31 60 6
14E
94 % PUREBRED • CDGV164440 • KLC 14E • 2/23/2017 RED BW ADJ WW ADJ YW POLLED 82 564 1154
GCC CROSBY 52C GCC RIBBON 57A
AJN BLACK RIP 4X GCC VAL 34Y ZTM MCCOY 301P TRADEMARK GCC RIBBON 113U
Thick, meaty are good adjectives to describe this fellow. From the well known ribbon cow family his Trademark sired dam has a wide top. Price $4000.00
CED BW WW YW MK TM CEM
6 1.8 58 79 31 60 6
17E
94 % PUREBRED • CCDGV164438 • KLC 17E • 2/27/2017 RED BW ADJ WW ADJ YW POLLED 84 593 1117
GCC CROSBY 52C GCC LACY 45A
AJN BLACK RIP 4X GCC VAL 34Y ZTM MCCOY 301P TRADEMARK HL LACY 18L
This is one of our share calves from Koziak Land and Cattle. Chad and Olivia are doing a nice job with our cows and this guy can attest to that. Darker red with lots of hair. Price $4000.00
18 GCC
CED BW WW YW MK TM CEM
6 2.5 58 76 33 62 5
52E
Easel
94 % PUREBRED • CDGV163198 • GCC 52E • 3/2/2017 BLACK BW ADJ WW ADJ YW POLLED 90 809 1120
TVR ULTRASONIC 9U JOE THIRD EDITION 423Z DF DAISY 4U ET GKT BOO BOO 155E GCC TYANNE 10A TVR TYANNE 12T
Moderate framed handsome Joe son. Price $4000.00
CED BW WW YW MK TM CEM
8 3.4 73 87 26 63 6
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19 GCC
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53E
Element
94 % PUREBRED • CDGV163219 • GCC 53E • 3/2/2017 RED BW ADJ WW ADJ YW HOMO POLLED 86 715 1054
RWG YAEGER 1513 GCC LEANNE 39W ZTM MCCOY 301P TRADEMARK GCC TEMPTRESS 20Z GCC TEMPTRESS 3L
GCC CLETUS 20C
Cletus son out of a super uddered maternal sister to our Mack bull. Homo polled test pending. Price $4000.00
20 GCC
CED BW WW YW MK TM CEM
8 1.5 57 70 31 60 6
55E
Excel
75% PERCENTAGE • CDGV163230 • GCC 55E • 3/5/2017 RED BW ADJ WW ADJ YW POLLED 85 769 1047
CED BW WW STON JBM SHOWDOWN 3S YW GCC 31U MK Percentage bull because his Gelbvieh grand dam was not regTM istered, but when you look at his dam you will understand why CEM we raise bulls off of her. Price $3500.00
SLC TOUCHDOWN 166W AWB BIRCH'S SHOWDOWN 61C AWB BIRCH'S DAISY 8X
8 1.6 73 88 22 59 3
56E
94 % PUREBRED • CDGV163212 • GCC 56E • 3/8/2017 BLACK BW ADJ WW ADJ YW POLLED 92 711 1092
TVR ULTRASONIC 9U JOE THIRD EDITION 423Z DF DAISY 4U ET STON JBM SHOWDOWN 3S GCC GLEAM 16X JBM GLEAM 61T
This performance calf is another Joe son whose dam is a favorite for her show quality uddered, and structure. Price $4000.00
22 GCC
CED BW WW YW MK TM CEM
6 3.7 72 99 21 57 6
59E
Enrte
94 % PUREBRED • CDGV163233 • GCC 59E • 3/12/2017 RED BW ADJ WW ADJ YW HOMO POLLED 98 856 1197
TVR ULTRASONIC 9U JOE THIRD EDITION 423Z DF DAISY 4U ET DCC RANCHER 39U GCC VAL 34Y GCC VAL 87T
Lots of growth in this bull. Black testing pending. Price $4000.00
Homo Polled and Homo
CED BW WW YW MK TM CEM YG
6 4.3 74 91 28 65 4
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Box 1573 Fairview, Alberta T0H 1L0