MARCH 24, 2024
1:30PM
twentieth annual
HEARTLAND LIVESTOCK SERVICES YORKTON, SK
PROUDLY PRESENTED BY:
Forden Fairview Farm
Lyle & Leanne Forden
Ken & Twila Forden Box 477
Punnichy, SK S0A 3C0
Lyle Cell: 306-290-5953 forden@sasktel.net
Black Ridge Angus Farm
John & Bonnie Moleski
Steve & Violet Moleski
Box 114
Dysart, SK S0G 1H0
Steve P/F: 306-432-4417
John: C: 306-331-7787
blackridge.angus@sasktel.net
“Raising Registered Angus Since 1957”
Goodview Gelbvieh
Blair, Lorie, Courtney & Kelsey Bentz Box 430
Punnichy, SK S0A 3C0
Cell: 306-746-8037
blbentz@sasktel.net
Harcourt Charolais
Doug, Tammy, Jennifer & Justin Harcourt Box 637
Quill Lake, SK S0A 3E0
Doug’s Cell: 306-383-7068
d.t.harcourt@sasktel.net
www.harcourtcharolais.com
Twin Heritage Farms
The Kereluiks
Box 278
Sheho, SK S0A 3T0
Allan & Ann
Mitch: 306-272-7501
Michael: 306-220-1976
twin.heritage@sasktel.net
www.twinheritage.com
Dogpatch Acres
Michael & Annette, Evan & Carley Zentner Box 44
Leroy, SK S0K 2P0
Phone: 306-287-4008
Cell: 306-287-8180
Fax: 306-287-3199
mgzentner@gmail.com
www.dogpatchacres.com
36 Red, Black & Fleckvieh Simmental
16 Red & Black Gelbvieh
11 Yearling Red Angus
19 Yearling Black Angus
40 Red & White Charolais
• All bulls are semen checked and veterinary inspected.
• Semen tests, all scrotals and weights will be available sale day.
• Half down on sale day with a May 1, 2024 post-dated cheque for the balance.
• Insurance available sale day.
SIGHT UNSEEN PURCHASE PROGRAM: For those who cannot attend, we offer a Sight Unseen Purchase Program. Call us with your needs (birth weight, frame, weight, etc.) and we will recommend suitable bulls. We will deliver the bulls to you with a satisfaction guarantee. Your order will be handled in strict confidence. Call the owners, T Bar or any of the sale staff.
RIGHT TO DRAW SEMEN: In the event that we would like semen on any of the bulls selling, we reserve the privilege to draw semen in the off season at our expense for in-herd use only.
DELIVERY: We will assist in making transportation arrangements outside MB and SK. All costs are the responsibility of the buyer. You may be asked to take your bull early if the truck is in your area. Each animal becomes the risk of the purchaser as soon as sold.
If you bring your own trailer and take your bull home, receive a $100 credit off your purchase.
OR PAY $100.00 upfront sale day and we will take the yearling bulls home, feed and deliver them by May 1, 2024.
Payable at the time of settlement. All bulls to be taken home and boarded must be insured.
NOTE: All two year old bulls must go home with buyer after the sale unless prior arrangements have been made with the breeder.
Be sure to evaluate the bulls you are interested in prior to the sale as they will not be run through the ring.
Chris Poley, Auctioneer
Shane Michelson
T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd.
Ben Wright
T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd.
Levi Rimke
T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd.
306-220-5006
403-363-9973
519-374-3335
204-851-4515
Helge By 306-536-4261
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Heartland Livestock Services:
Office: 306-783-9437
T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd. Office: 306-933-4200
523 Main Street, Box 2330
Warman, SK S0K 4S0
E-mail: info@tbarc.com Visit www.tbarc.com
Alameda Agencies
306-483-7311
Please join us for lunch and refreshments prior to the sale.
Please bring this catalogue with you sale day.
Welcome to the 20th Annual “Best of the Breeds” Bull Sale on Sunday, March 24, 2024, at Heartland Livestock, Yorkton, Saskatchewan. It has taken twenty years...but well worth the “weight!”
2024 is the largest and strongest lineup ever presented by the Best of the Breed consignors. In the past twenty years this sale has been a “onestop” shopping center in supplying value added sires for both commercial and purebred sectors alike. These breeds, the Whites, the Sims, the Gups and the Red and Black Angus compliment themselves in producing the ideal feeder calf and replacement heifers.
The Charolais offering is exciting...the Harcourts offer sons of Summit, Badge, and Patriot...homo polled, full of muscle and capacity. Dog Patch introduces a new outcross in Ruger, and the big weaning sire Highlight as well as a large lineup of sons by the predictable Houston. A great set of bulls with breeder potential. The folks at Fairview bring the strongest set of bulls since inception. What a Fleck/Fullblood offering they present. Mainly polled, and homo polled, this is one of the largest offerings of Fullbloods in the country. The Purebreds are hairy, rugged, and will work with all types of programs...reds, blacks, and blazes. Fairview can fill your Simmental needs.
Blair and family bring you a top set of Gelbvieh prospects sired by Hitch and Element. All homo polled...red in colour with one black heifer bull. These bulls are optimum in calving ease and will add pounds at weaning...you’ll want to keep their daughters for replacement pastures.
Black Ridge Angus offer sons of Homegrown, a new sire in their program...you will like their style, shape and hair with optimal birth weight. Sons of Bravo will add power, while Bankroll will add length and the DeWalt’s will add maternal replacement strength into his female progeny.
The boys at Twin Heritage offer an exciting presentation sired by Helix...bulls with calving ease and maternal strength where you will want to keep all the daughters. Consistent in type and kind the Helix sons will add style and eye appeal.
Plan to be with us on March 24th in person, on the phone or online, and do not hesitate to give any of us at T Bar a call as we can assist you with your purchases in a professional and confidential manner.
CHRIS POLEY
Welcome to the 20‘th edition of the Best of the Breeds Bull Sale. Thank you to our repeat buyers, bidders and the new customers that support our program. We focus our breeding on the main areas that cattlemen look at when purchasing a new bull; calving ease, growth and performance, hair, soundness and docility. We provide stout, moderate framed bulls that can get out and service your cows.
This year the majority of our bulls are sired by our two senior herd sires. LEO Houston and LAE Highlight that pass on attributes like great hair, polled performance and docility. Both bulls are known for their exceptional calving ease and structural soundness, thickness and hair coats that make today’s Charolais cross calves in demand. We also used some exciting new AI sires to compliment our own bull battery. Again focusing on new genetics that still provide the key attributes we look for.
As an added feature we are offering a group of coming 2 year old virgin bulls. As many of you know we keep some of the younger calves back as insurance bulls for our customers in case they have a wreck during the summer. Our customers can be confident knowing we have bulls ready to get you through a troubled time. They were developed on free choice hay and we started them on screening pellets this December. These bulls are sound and ready to go to work, and we are proud to offer them. Please call or drop by the farm if you have questions or to view the bulls and their mothers. See you in Yorkton!
Look up our offering at WWW.DOGPATCHACRES.COM
Michael, Annette, Evan and Carley Zentner
www.dogpatchacres.com
Herd Bull Alert: If you haven’t been following the top Charolais pedigrees, you best sit up and take note of Lonestar. An unbelievable combination of two of the breeds most accepted performance based, calving ease, hair growth, red meat producing bloodlines. Lonestar has checked all the boxes. He exudes natural thickness, depth, and a flawless structure. Raised by an exceptional front pasture mother and sired by the prolific LT Nationwide, it can’t get any better! Whether you are operating a purebred or commercial herd, and you are serious about the cattle business, best mark him down on sale day. With no more LT Nationwide semen available, this maybe the last chance to incorporate these popular genetics into your herd. Top 10% for weaning weight, top 5 % yearling weight. Selling ¾ interest and full possession.
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WGD
Herd Sire Alert!!! If you want to lead the breed in the newest genetic direction, you need to consider this outstanding herd sire prospect. Sired by one of the most sought after pedigrees to hit the industry. WGD Ruger 8L prodigy, semen or embryos are in hot demand! Very few on offer, so now is your chance to purchase a bull that could very well be a trendsetter in the breed. Backed up by one of the best females in the 2020 Superstar Sale, FVC Glitsy Girl 20G, this power house could lead you onto a bright future in the breed. Great birth weight and performance that comes from a strong top and deep sides followed by a huge butt end and large scrotal. A sound chassis to run on checks all the boxes! If your serious about the breed, don’t hold up on him. Cause when he hits the ring there will be Standing Room Only! Selling ¾ interst and full possession.
New genetics. Here is a great opportunity to step into the some of the newest, hottest genetics in the industry , WGD Ruger 8L. Excellent birth and weaning weights from a solid producing mature cow. A great mix of proven and new genetics combined to produce this smooth fronted, deep sided individual. With calving ease, great performance and longevity built into this polled pedigree, you can be confident in leading the pack for the long term. Lotto is as structurally sound as they come, good footed and well endowed, he will be around for a long time. Be the first to put his amazing new genetics to work in your herd!
Limelight is a hairy buff colored young gun that is a treat to work with. Besides his deep quarter and strong top, this bull has a big barrel and a gentle disposition. Smooth throughout his make up, Limelight will sire calves that are easy fleshing producing more pay weight. Limelight was born easily, and has polled performance, which makes him a sure thing to run with your cows. Whatever color your herd is, this gentle giant will definitely provide the Charolais advantage. Top 15 % birth weight, top 20 % weaning weight, top20 % yearling weight.
You know you’re on target when you have calves that look like this. Strong topped, square hipped, and naturally thick, best describe this bull. Fathered by our senior herdsire, Leo Houston, you can be assured of a bull that is good footed, has loads of hair and polled performance. This young sire can move well and is ready for the big pastures, and packs a good sized tool box for the job! A real cattleman’s type of bull with calving ease and power built in! Top 15 %
top 20% weaning weight, top 30 % yearling weight.
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Multi Use. This polled performer will be a valuable asset to any operation. He has the calving ease built in and the performance background that will give your calves the Char cross advantage in both weaning weight and a few extra cents per pound in the fall. Char cross calves are in demand and Laser will provide a stress free way to improve your bottom line. Sired by Houston, you will see how docility, hair coat and soundness transferred into his offspring. Take note of the amazing spread between his birth and yearling weights. Lumberjack’s calves will definitely attract buyers attention come sale time. Throw him in with cows or heifers. Top 25 % for birth weight.
Hard to believe a bull with this much horsepower came with a 75 lb. birth weight. Lone Ranger is a surprising individual coming from such a small start and exploding into a moderate framed , thick calf with the heavy fur coat needed to excel in the cold winter months. His light birth weight and a below average birth weight EPD, you know you can turn him out and be worry free, even in your heifer pen! Top 20% for milk, weaning and yearling weights, top 30% birth weight.
Colored Option. A smooth polled, red bull with tons of wavy red hair, volume, and length. A real clean front end, and a top you can shoot pool on! This is a bull that can set you up in a purebred operation or top the market with a bunch of calves that look like this. By the way, have a look at his calving ease and birth weight EPDs. Combine that with his fantastic weaning weight, you know you are getting the full meal deal in color! Last year our top seller was a red paternal brother that sold to Footprint farms in Alberta for $15,000.00. Top 25% for birth weight.
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Launch checks a lot of boxes on anyone’s list. With an exciting birth weight and nearly 1000 lbs at weaning, this polled performer has the pedigree to back it up including an amazing EPD profile. Raising bulls or replacement females, this guy will get it done. A heavy milking momma, that we purchased from Steppler Farms, combined with Houston’s milk numbers, you will want to be saving every female for your herd. A maternal sister was selected by Thurston Charolais at the 2023 Sterling Sale. Top 4 % for milk, top 20% birth weight
A great combination of two pedigrees that worked so well for us. MVY Allstar was a terrific find and now crossing with LEOHouston has covered all the bases for us in terms of polled performance, calving ease, docility and soundness. Lustor is a testament to that. With an outstanding spread on his EPD’s, and actual birth and weaning weights, crossing Lustor on any herd will provide the Charolais advantage. Top 25 % weaning weight, top 25% yearling weight.
With a great EPD profile and actual weights to back it up, Luminate is a prime example of two pedigrees that have proven themselves to work. A polled young sire that will move out and cover the herd with ease and will bring home the bacon when your calves hit the market. Moderate birth weight and high growth characteristics describe Luminate and a docile nature makes him a treat to work with. Top 20 % weaning weight, top 20% yearling weight.
CEDARLEA
Lamont is a moderate framed bull with loads of natural thickness. A good top, square hip and length will help your calves crush down the scales come fall time. Lamont has a nice clean front end and a small head, which will make calving a worry free time. Both sides of this pedigree offer great calving ability and growth, Have a look at his EPD’s. Don’t let the scurrs scare you away from a top end bull. Top 25% for birth weight.
The Walmart greeter of the pen! Always looking for a scratch. Besides being a eye catching individual, this smooth fronted, long bodied prospect has a luxurious hair coat. With laid in front shoulders and a nice small head, you know calving ease is built in. He isn’t no slouch when it comes to weigh in either, weaning off at over 900 lbs. Raised by a dandy first calver, this herdsire prospect demonstrates the power in the pedigree. Sound, structurally correct and gentle makes Livewire a definite must have for any herd. Top 35 % weaning weight, top 30% yearling weight.
Race car performance. A great profiling bull from every angle, but when you get in behind him, that’s when you see his thickness over the top and down his quarter. Great birth weight and growth numbers, hair and scrotal development contribute to this package. A great milking first calf heifer combined with our high performing easy calving sire, LAE Highlight, produced this top notch performer. Top 30% birth weight.
With a remarkable spread between birth and weaning and yearling weights, you can rest easy knowing this polled performer is money in the bank! Thickness throughout and structurally sound, Levitation is going to provide years of polled, hairy calves that pop out easily and explode into the heavy pay weight calves buyers will fight over come sale day. This herdsire prospect is one you will want to mark down as must have list sale day! A heifer’s first calf. Top 20% weaning weight, top 15% yearling weight.
A smooth polled bull with a great hair coat. Strong topped and well balanced, Labor Day makes for a grand package. An awesome birth weight followed by a exceptional weaning weight and good testicle development provides you with the total package. A fantastic opportunity to incorporate the Charolais advantage into your herd. Great performance from this heifer’s first calf! Top 25% weaning weight top 25% yearling weight
When you look at this bull you will see how smooth made he is, with a small head, sloped shoulders, and a longer neck and spine to provide worry free calving. We use his sire, Highlight, on our heifers with great success. The dam’s pedigree is backed up by another calving ease bull, HRJ Maverick, who adds pounds and hair while providing great calving ability. A heifer’s first calf, with an amazing weaning weight.
Power Bull. This thick made unit has got the frame to work on the big cows and will sire those exceptionally heavy weaning weight calves come fall time. Sired by the 2021 Players Club Champion MVY Backdraft, you know quality runs deep throughout Leroy’s performance backed pedigree. A moderate birth weight from a solid young cow, with hair and loads of pay weight. Easy fleshing, sound, and solid as a rock. When marketing calves off Leroy , you won’t be able to fit your wallet in your pocket! Top 15 % for weaning weight, top 20 % yearling weight.
Here is a real tank. Loadmaster is an outstanding individual, eye catching in the pen and eye popping on the scale. Looking at Loadmaster you can see why his sire was crowned the 2021 Player’s Club Champion. From front to back, top to bottom, this herd sire prospect exudes red meat thickness. He comes with a nice birth weight, and is deep, soggy and will produce the loose hided calves that demand premiums from the market. He has lots of volume, thickness, depth and style and the capacity to bring it all together. All that wrapped up in a warm fur coat. Top 30 % weaning weight.
Herd Bull Alert: Liberator offers some serious punch. Starting out at a mere 102 lbs, this high performing individual has really packed on the pounds of red meat. Coming out of one of our top cows and the ever popular HRJ Maverick, you know you got quality throughout this pedigree. From calving ease to his scale crushing actual weaning weight, this young gun provides it all. Calving ability and performance all rolled up in one. You will want to check him out sale day! Top 10% for Milk, top 25% for birth weight.
Lariet
a bull with a good square hip and a strong top that shows his natural thickness throughout his moderate frame. Sired by HRJ Maverick, who has been used successfully on heifers and cows alike. With a small head and smooth front end, Lariat will provide some stress free calving, and serious pounds of beef come fall.
We are excited to offer another Gillette calf for sale this year. Gillette was our high selling bull in the 2018 sale and was the senior herd sire for HEJ Charolais in Alberta for years. His mother was a top pick in the Springside dispersal and raised a $ 10,000 bull bought by VAL Charolais in Oregon, USA. last year. Lynx came with a slightly bigger unassisted birth weight, and really pressed down the scale come weaning time. Docile with bold topline and hip are covered by his fluffy hair coat. A great choice on sale day! Top 15% weaning weight.
Polled MC874884 MGZ 47L 1.27.2023
Power Bull. This free moving bull has got enough frame to work on the big cows and will sire those exceptionally heavy weaning weight calves come fall time. An appealing birth weight from a mature cow, and the soundness and quality inherited from his award winning sire, BRCHE White Bear, you can bet he fits into anyone’s line up. If you want your linebacker to be able to move out quickly, cover lots of ground and be solid as a rock, 34L is your choice!
Top 30% weaning weight.
Opportunity knocks here, a chance to be one of the first to get into some new genetics with Tri-N Arctic Wolf. A moderate framed bull socked full of red meat and muscle, and a strong top. Depth, volume, and natural thickness, combined to add to Lightning’s stylish eye appeal. His $80,000 sire, Tri-N Arctic Wolf, was on lots of purebred breeders most wanted list, and his mother was a top pick in the Cedarlea female production sale. A nice full bodied bull with some new outcross genetics.
Great cross. For those guys wanting to try a Charolais bull, Laser is a great choice especially for an Angus based herd. A choice birth weight, and ample growth puts some punch into the calves, and ultimately, pounds on the scale. The Angus cows will poll all the calves, and the Char cross will add the extra pounds and extra premiums paid for your calf crop. He is built right to work on any herd. Sired by a new AI sire , Backwater Jack who’s offspring have really dazzled the show ring last fall. We are confident that if you aren’t already hooked on Charolais, Laser will win you over. Top 25% birth weight.
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CHAR-LEWS HUXLEY 150H
Lieutenant is a deep sided, great haired young sire with a big square hip. He will make an excellent cross on any female helping to produce those calves with extra volume, hair coats and lean red meat that pays the bills. Crossing on blacks or reds will result in the hairy polled calves that will make the buyers come alive. A very attractive birth weight just adds to this package.
With an appealing birth weight of 97 lbs., you can send Limestone out with confidence knowing the calving ease is built in, not to mention his fleshing ability. Long, smooth, sound and polled are some great features of Limestone. He walks out like he is on the runway and is ready to go. A calving ease and performance based pedigree back up this package. Eager to get to work, Limestone will sire some great offspring as he contributes to your bottom line.
Longevity built in. Luther is a bigger framed bull with lots of stretch, but doesn’t give up thickness. He will reach the mature cows this spring and add length and pounds to your calf crop. A great cross on the British influenced cows. Smooth polled and smooth made with a good hair coat, and with a dam still producing at 13, longevity is in his background. A great birth weight and excellent growth numbers, Luther is one to take home sale day and expect him to be around a long time.
DOGPATCH KOHO 78K - YEARLING
Koho is long as a freight train and just as wide. A tidy front end to ensure calving ease is followed by a long spine and big pants. He moves like a cat, and will be able to cover a lot of pasture regardless of the terrain. An abundant hair coat, as well as being well equipped to do the job with a big scrotal measurement. Koho was unable to attend the sale last year so we used him as clean-up in our heifer pen. We have a few calves off him with birth weights in the 80’s and tons of hair. With high calving ease and yearling weight numbers, Koho is ready to work for you in your heifer pen or cow herd! Top 10% for milk, top 20% birth weight, top 25% calving ease.
Keystone is a 2 year old bull that would be safe to throw in a pen of heifers. With just an 80 pound birth weight and high calving ease EPD, you can be confident when turning him out with any breed of heifers. His pedigree goes back to one of the breed’s legendary calving ease sires, Lt Wyoming Wind, who was a staple in terms of AI breeding for heifers. With smooth shoulders and a small head, the calves will come easily. A real sleep easy bull! Top 25% birth weight, top 30% calving ease, top 35 % weaning weight.
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If you are in need of a moderate framed 2 year old that will cover some cows and provide stress free calving, Klancy is just the ticket. Just by looking at his EPDs you notice his high calving ease and low birth weight numbers followed by some good growth numbers. Good feet and legs will allow Klancy to cover the big pastures in any terrain. Top 20% birth weight, top 25 % for calving ease.
Kilowatt is a well muscled bull with nice shape. Sound with a good running platform, and a great birth weight out of an older cow. He too has the same thick hair coat we see on all the Houston calves. Kilowatt’s strong top and good hip flows deep down into his quarter. Crossing on those british based females will produce the polled powerhouse calves that hammer down the scales come fall. Top 25% for Milk, top 30 weaning weight, top 35% yearling weight.
Terms:
The terms of the sale are cash or cheque, payable at par at the sale location. The right of property shall not pass until after settlement has been made; no invoicing on buyers in attendance, unless previous arrangements have been made. Every animal sells to the highest bidder and in cases of disputes, the auctioneer’s decision will be final. Current exchange rates will be announced sale day. All monies are in Canadian funds.
Bidding:
Each animal will sell to the highest bidder. In the case of a dispute, bidding will be reopened between the parties involved in the dispute. If no further bidding is made, the buyer will be the person from whom the auctioneer accepted the last bid. The auctioneer’s decision on all disputes will be final.
Announcements:
All announcements made from the auction block will take precedence over the printed matter in the catalogue. Buyers are therefore cautioned to pay close attention to such disclosures.
Breeder’s Guarantee:
Should any bull fourteen (14) months of age or over fail to prove a breeder after being used on females known to be breeders, the matter shall be reported in writing to the seller within six (6) months following the date of purchase or six (6) months after the bull has reached fourteen (14) months of age. The seller will have the right and privilege of six (6) months to prove the bull a breeder. No guarantee is given that semen collected from the bull will freeze.
Exception Guarantee:
In cases where the animal is subjected to any hormonal or surgical reproduction techniques after the sale, this guarantee shall be null and void.
Certificate of Registration:
Each animal will carry papers issued by the Canadian Charolais, Angus, Simmental, and Gelbvieh Associations.
A certificate of registry duly transferred will be furnished to the buyer for each animal after payment has been made.
Pedigree Estimates
Pedigree Estimates (PE) are created on the projected mating of the animal’s sire and dam based on averages of the two, creating estimated values that do not hold the same accuracy of actual EPDs issued from the association and should be used as such.
Health:
All animals in the sale have met all necessary health requirements.
Liabilities:
All persons attend the sale at their own risk. The seller, facility owner and sale manager assume no liability, legal or otherwise, for any accidents that occur.
It is understood that T Bar C Cattle Co. (2013) Ltd. is acting only as a medium between buyer and seller and is not responsible for any failure on the part of either party to live up to his obligations. Neither does T Bar C Cattle Co. (2013) Ltd. assume any financial obligations to collect or enforce collection of any monies between parties and any legal action that may in exceptional cases be taken must be between the buyer and the seller. T Bar C Cattle Co. (2013) Ltd. assumes no responsibility for any credit extended by the seller to the buyer. The buyer must look to the seller for fulfillment of all guarantees and representations made here under.
Rights & Obligations:
The above terms and conditions of the sale shall constitute a contract between the buyer and seller and be equally binding to both. Resale of animals following purchase in this sale shall constitute a separate transaction and the rights and obligations of the two parties connected thereto are not covered by the terms and conditions of this sale.
Phone, Mail, Wire Bids:
Bidders unable to attend the sale may phone, wire or mail their bids and instructions to the sale managers, auctioneer or special representatives. Bids must be received in sufficient time prior to the sale.
Delivery:
We will assist in making transportation arrangements outside MB and SK. All costs are the responsibility of the buyer. You may be asked to take your bull early if the truck is in your area. Each animal becomes the risk of the purchaser as soon as sold.
Insurance:
Will be available sale day. We strongly recommend that insurance is purchased for full value.
Errors:
All announcements at sale time, written or oral, supersede any written material in the catalogue.
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Canadian Addresses To:
T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd.
Box 2330
Warman, SK S0K 4S0
