YV RANCH WELCOME,
Welcome to our Annual YV Ranch Nixdorff Genetics Bull Sale Hereford and Angus offering. We are pleased to share our 2026 catalogue with you, this is our biggest bull offering to date. As our core cowherd grows, we are able to offer more bulls while maintaining our stringent culling process. These bulls are backed by the core program principles that we’ve been working decades to establish.
Our goal is simple, we strive to support our customers in producing the most efficient cows possible that inturn generate calves that will excel from birth through to slaughter. By running our purebred cows alongside our commercial cows, and in environments similar to our customers’, we can identify animals that fit the environment and rise to the top. We have adjusted our
program to offer all 2 year old bulls in this year’s sale. Our bulls are developed for longevity on high fiber, low starch diets that strengthen their rumens, joints and feet. A great benefit of selling 2 year old bulls is they do not need to be pushed. These bulls spend their first winter after weaning being grown out on green feed swaths and standing forages which allows us to put them through our first environmental stress test. A young bull that can thrive in a low input environment will be more likely to produce a cow that can thrive on less.
The selection pressure on the 2026 sale bulls has been immense, leaving only the best of the best in the sales lineup. We are very proud of them, and are confident you will find a selection of bulls that will benefit your operation.
We want to congratulate our customers; your persistence and dedication to this industry has paid off. The past year in the cattle business has been a very exciting time - enjoy it! Beef is trending and many consumers have gained an appreciation for how nutritious it really is. The demand for high quality, well-marbled beef continues and we’re excited for our customers to play a role in filling the demand.
We are excited to invite you to our on-farm Bull Sale, Thursday, February 19th, 2026. Please take this catalog as your invite to join us on sale day. Please do not hesitate to reach out to any of us prior to the sale with questions on the bulls or our program. We would love to show you our cowherd, sale bulls, and discuss our breeding philosophies.
~ the Nixdorff Family
Adam Nixdorff
Coleman Nixdorff
Hal Nixdorff
Nicky Nixdorff
Alison Nixdorff
Nels Nixdorff Terri Nixdorff
SALE DAY
INFORMATION
SALE LOCATION
From Airdrie, 10 miles (16 km) East from the QE#2 South Airdrie overpass, on the Yankee Valley Road (Twp Rd 270). The farm is on the south side of the road with a large red YV Ranch sign.
Search “YV Ranch” on Google Maps 15 minutes from the Calgary International Airport
YV RANCH
The Nixdorff’s 280201 TWP RD 270
Rocky View County, AB T4A 2T2
SCHEDULE
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
• 2:00 pm-5:00 pm: Open House Bulls available for viewing and refreshments
Thursday, February 19, 2026
• 10:00 am: Bulls available for viewing, coffee and refreshments
• 12:00 pm: Prime Rib Lunch
• 1:30 pm MST: YV Ranch, Nixdorff Genetics Bull Sale
SALE DAY CONTACTS
Adam 587-580-8310 adamnixdorff@gmail.com
Hal 403-852-9234
Coleman 403-990-1254
Nels 403-510-2771
Terri 403-808-2771
SALES STAFF
Ryan Hurlburt, Auctioneer 306-292-9812
Travis Bygrove, Ring Service 780-205-6008
OFFERING
70 Horned and Polled Hereford and Angus Bulls
AUCTION FORMAT
This will be a video sale with no bulls entering the ring. All sale cattle will be available for viewing on location, sale day and prior.
VIDEOS
Videos of the bulls can be viewed at:
• YV-Ranch.com
• DLMS.ca
• Cattlevids.ca
BID AND VIEW ONLINE AT DLMS.CA
DLMS Sale Day Support 780 -991-3025
Kevin Murnin, Ring Service 406-853-4638 (USA Rep)
CUSTOMER LOYALTY REWARDS
We are pleased to offer volume discounts on 3 or more bulls purchased, with a percentage for each bull purchased up to 10% off on 10+ bulls.
SIGHT UNSEEN PURCHASE GUARANTEE
If you are unable to attend the sale or view the bulls in person, we offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee on all cattle purchased sight unseen. Call any of the Nixdorff’s prior to the sale for any assistance or more information on any of the bulls.
BREEDING GUARANTEE
Every bull is semen tested and 100% guaranteed on feet, legs, and ability to breed.
INSURANCE
Livestock insurance will be available sale day.
DELIVERY
Pick up your bull before March 1, 2026 and receive $300 off each bull.
Free delivery on all bulls sold to Western Canada and the North Western United States. YV Ranch will work with customers to deliver to further destinations.
An additional fee of $500 CDN on all international purchases under $9,000 CDN to cover export brokerage and testing fees.
RIGHT TO SEMEN
YV Ranch reserves the right to draw seme on any sale bulls at YV’s expense and the buyer’s convenience, for inherd use.
HERD HEALTH
Provided by Dr. Waylon Wise and Dr. Alessa Kuczewski and the team at Cow/Calf Health and Management Solutions (CCHMS).
DATA COLLECTION
Provided by Herdtrax Beef, Dr. Troy Drake.
TERMS
Full terms listed on page 39.
ACCOMMODATIONS:
Airdrie
Comfort Inn & Suites 403-948-3411
Fairfield Inn & Suites 403-945-7000
Balzac
Days Inn by Wyndham 403-516-3297
INTERNATIONAL PURCHASES
International buyers take advantage of the favorable Canadian dollar - there is nearly a 30% discount to the USD. We have sold bulls to the US on a yearly basis for over 35 years.
STRUCTURAL SOUNDNESS: all cattle are run on large summer and winter pastures, pushing their need for overall structural soundness.
FERTILITY: all heifers follow a timed AI protocol at 55% of their mature body weight forcing only the most fertile to cycle, followed by a short exposure to bulls for no more than 45 days. This allows for animals with lower fertility to be culled from the program at a young age. Cows are limited to a 63day exposure window. Both heifers and cows are bred coming off of winter grazing crop residue and greenfeed swaths.
LONGEVITY: the longevity of a commercial cow herd is directly related to the operation’s profitability. Our data collection process allows us to critically examine the overall differences in longevity among our genetic lines and allows us to make strict culling decisions.
MATERNAL TRAITS: every female is given a score for udder structure and teat size directly after calving, this allows us to eliminate females with poor quality udders. It also allows us to identify highly maternal bulls. Before a sire is used in the herd, the dam and paternal grand dam are evaluated to ensure their udders are of the highest quality. We have been collecting udder scores on all our females in both our purebred and commercial herds for over 20 years. This has allowed us to make strict and objective culling decisions.
YVGENETIC SELECTIONCARCASS
CHARACTERISTICS
FEED EFFICIENCY PERFORMANCE
MATERNAL TRAITS
DO-ABILITY
TEMPERAMENT
STRUCTURAL SOUNDNESS
FERTILITY
LONGEVITY
DO-ABILITY: rather than just survive, cows should be able to thrive in harsh environments, and we push our cows to do just that. From weaning to calving, our purebred cow herd is co-mingled with our large commercial cow herd. While together, they spend winter extensively grazing crop residues, followed by swath grazing in the spring, before calving on large stubble fields.
TEMPERAMENT: docility and temperament are of high importance in our program; any outlying nervous heifers or bulls are culled at weaning. All cattle are frequently worked on foot, on horseback and with a dog.
FEED EFFICIENCY: in order to maintain a profitable cow herd, there should be a focus put on reducing input costs. With feed being the largest component of a herd’s input costs, selecting for feed efficiency allows us to reduce these costs without compromising the performance of our cattle.
PERFORMANCE: cows and calves are run in large contemporary groups from birth through weaning and maintained in the same groups until they are yearlings.This allows for direct comparison of performance while removing any influence of environmental factors. Cow weights are recorded on a yearly basis, allowing for selection of high growth animals while maintaining a moderate cow size.
CARCASS CHARACTERISTICS: in an effort to improve lean muscle yield and carcass weights, all sale bulls are ultrasounded for ribeye area, marbling and backfat. In addition to this, we finish all of our cull bulls and heifers, as well as commercial steers and heifers, collecting their carcass data from the packer. We also collect carcass data from some of our bull buyers’ calves. The multiple sources of data allow us to make informed breeding decisions to continuously improve our carcass merit.
RATING SYSTEM explained 5 Star
Simplifying our data for a better user experience.
As we collect additional metrics on our cattle, we strive to provide our customers with the most accurate information possible. The 5 Star Rating System presents the information in the easiest way for you to identify bulls that will meet your needs.
The more stars a bull has, the greater genetic improvement you can expect in his calves in the following areas:
CALVING EASE
Use the Calving Ease 5 Star Guide to select for reduced calving difficulties and calf vigor
***** Use on all Heifers and Cows
**** Use on Mature Heifers and Cows
*** Use on Mature Cows
** Use on Mature Cows
* Use on Large Frame Mature Cows
PERFORMANCE
Use the Performance 5 Star Guide to select bulls to add more weaning and yearling growth.
MATERNAL
Use the Maternal 5 Star Guide to select bulls to produce better replacement females based on udder quality, teat placement and structure, cow longevity, stayability and mothering ability.
EFFICIENCY
Use the Efficiency 5 Star Guide to make efficiency improvements in both the cow herd and feeder pen by reducing cow herd feed consumption, increasing summer grazing density and improving feedyard F:G and profit. Individual animal Residual Feed Intake (RFI) and feed to gain metrics are used, along with metrics from our cow herd collected under low quality winter feeding conditions.
CARCASS
Use the Carcass 5 Star Guide to make genetic improvements to the carcass quality of future feeder calves. All sale bulls have been scanned for marbling, ribeye area and rib fat, and then benchmarked within our herd. YV feeder steers and heifer kill data with known sires have also been added to our in-herd benchmarking.
Leading the way
IN FEED EFFICIENCY
IT’S SIMPLE, IT’S ABOUT REDUCING FEED CONSUMPTION, WHILE MAINTAINING PERFORMANCE AND CARCASS QUALITY.
We individually test all our sale bulls and replacement heifers for Residual Feed Intake, AKA, Feed Efficiency.
For 13 years we have put selection pressure on feed efficiency through active feed intake testing. Over the past 7 years, we’ve had an on-farm GrowSafe feed intake system to test all of our bulls and purebred heifers, along with some commercial heifers.
Selection for feed efficiency benefits our own purebred and commercial herds, and also adds immense value to our customers’ breeding programs. Retaining high efficiency sires in our program has resulted in significant improvements in the feed to gain of our cattle on feed and it has allowed us to increase stocking densities during summer grazing. The unique characteristics of feed efficiency, specifically, residual feed intake (RFI), make it compatible with every breeding program.
By selecting for cattle with a lower RFI we can achieve:
• A reduction in cowherd feed requirements by 20-30%
• Extended grazing days for cattle on pasture
• More efficient feed to gains on feeder cattle
FEED INTAKE MEASURING EQUIPMENT
Each bunk weighs each animal’s intake continuously and records their electronic identification
RANCH cow
Every day we work to increase the profitability of our cow herd by reducing inputs, lowering costs and lowering overheads - and we hope our customers share a similar mindset! Selecting the right genetics is critical in reducing a herd’s input requirements and costs; ideally the genetics should be sourced from a place where the cattle are run similar to, or tougher than your own. This is where we believe our genetics can add the most value to our customers’ cow herds.
THEYV
Every YV Ranch bull is backed by a cow that meets the fundamental principles to generate profitability and longevity within a herd. Every single YV Ranch cow is run in a large group year round, where over the winter all the purebred cows are grazed alongside their commercial counterparts for the whole winter, every winter! The cow herd is continuously pushed for self sufficiency where every cow needs to wean a live calf, untouched by human intervention to remain in the herd. Intensive cow herd udder, feet, fertility and temperament scores are analyzed to continue pushing the envelope on longevity.
If you’re interested in having your herd work for you, not you working for your cows, then a YV Ranch Bull is what you’re looking for.
YV Ranch cows check all the boxes while working in low input environments:
√ Fertility
√ Longevity
√ Excellent Udders
√ Exceptional Feet and Legs
√ Feed Efficiency
MORE BULL... MORE power ALL Twos
This marks our first year selling all of our bulls as “ two year olds”. The sale bulls range in age from 21 to 23 months of age at sale time, and most will be over 2 when turned out with cows.
What makes a 2 YO a preferred bull to add to your ranches battery? They are bigger, stronger, smarter, and more athletic.
• The bulls are grown out slower on higher roughage forages and do not need to be pushed like a yearling bull, creating a bull with superior rumen health and longevity.
• Ability to breed more cows: the 2’s will breed like mature bulls, they require less attention and tire out slower.
• Don’t need to be babied over their first winter and can be run with the rest of the herd bulls.
• Having our purebred cowherd calve in sync with nature allows for more continued selection pressure on the herd to mimic our customers’ programs.
13M YV 33K MR KINGSTON
PCL 4013 GENESEEKER ET 22G
13M
13M | C03116392 | FEB 20, 2024 | POLLED
This polled Kingston son is shaggy haired, loose hided, and big middled. His dam, 8K, is a first calf heifer and has turned into an exceptional young cow, it’s a shame we do not have a picture of her. 13M can be used safely on heifers and cows.
We have been pleased with our first calf crop from BR 79K, 10M is no exception. A curly haired, smooth made, calving ease specialist, out of a first calf Creditor heifer with a maternally packed pedigree top and bottom. YV86H,GRANDDAMOF13M
YV 33K SILVER CREEK
YV 23M is a mid-sized, long-spined, smooth made YV 33K son with a maternally packed pedigree. His dam, 100F, raised the high selling bull in our 2025 bull sale, sold to Ridder Hereford Ranch of Nebraska.
34M YV 48J SILVER CREEK ET 34M
Another embryo son of the YV 112D dam, he has an exceptional presence and a massive fore rib carrying into a wide base. 34M has maternal brothers being used at Bennett Ranch, Ironwood
This
and is
and easy doing cows. It’s hard to believe he’s a heifer’s first calf.
47M YV 33K ZAMS KINGSTON 47M
YV 47M | C03117611 | MAR 28, 2024 | POLLED
PCL 4013 GENESEEKER ET 22G PCL22GKINGSTON33K
INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE
AGEOFDAM4
PIGM.LEFTEYE100
PIGM.RIGHTEYE100
INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE
Another polled Kingston son out of a first calf heifer that has added performance and combines goggled eyes with curly hair. 47M is a carcass specialist, indexing 113 and 136 for ribeye and intramuscular fat, respectively.
48M YV 234F FORTY CREEK 48M
YV 48M | C03119796 | MAR 28, 2024 | HORNED
15Z LADY ET 153C
A rare package here, a complete outcross. 69M was purchased in calf in the high-selling female at the Ulrich Herefords dispersal. With true Hereford character, he is ideally-marked, mossyhaired, and a direct descent of Peters cornerstone cow, 129X. His dam 97K is a tremendous young cow that we couldn’t be happier with. 69M has froze semen and will be utilized in our AI program in 2026.
70M YV 234F ZAMS FORTY CREEK 70M
YV 70M | C03124886 | APR 8, 2024 | HORNED
BR 58Y STANDARD 213B
BR213BFORTYCREEK234F
BR 15Z LADY
70M is a seriously stout direct Forty Creek son. He is the eye appealing, moderate kind that we work hard to produce. His deep chest floor and curly red hair make him a complete package.
73M YV 234F FORTY CREEK 73M
YV7X,GRANDDAMOF70M
89M YV 234F FORTY CREEK 89M
YV 27D is the queen of making herd bulls. 89M is a soft made, well-rounded bull. He has full brothers being used at Carmichael Herefords in South Dakota, Riddder Herefords in Nebraska, along with maternal brothers at Wyatt Farms and Braun Ranch.
92M YV 68K ZAMS CREDIT 92M
YV 92M | C03118934 | APR 13, 2024 | HORNED
106M YV 234F FORTY CREEKS 106M
YV 106M | C03118945 | APR 17, 2024 | HORNED
BR 58Y STANDARD 213B
BR213BFORTYCREEK234F
BR 15Z LADY ET 153C
INDIVIDUAL
AGEOFDAM8
PIGM.LEFTEYE100
BR 028X SENSATION ET 101D YV101DZAMSDUCHESS22F YV 15Z ZAMS LADY 21D DAM
PIGM.RIGHTEYE100 INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE
This Forty Creek son has explosive shape and a excellent eye set. His dam, 22F, does an excellent job stamping her calves - she has sons working in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and half of the western States.
102M is a proud, smooth-made bull with a lot of good in his pedigree. His sire, YV 38K, was used as a yearling bull showing a lot of promise at a young age. 102’s maternal brother was purchased in our 2025 sale by Bob Earl who has a good eye for quality cattle. YV22F,DAMOF106M
113M YV 33K SILVER CREEK 113M
YV 234F MR FORTY CREEK 42H YV42HMRSILVERCREEK33K YV 38B MS SILVER STAR 94D
YV 113M | C03119109 | APR 20, 2024 | HORNED
213B FORTY CREEK 234F YV234FMSWISKEYGIRL21H
A full pigment Forty Creek son and the maternal brother to the 2024 Medicine Hat Bull Sale Champion that is working well at Dallas Farms.
124M
YV 33K SILVER CREEK 124M
124M is a well-marked YV 33K son. He is a big bull with a long side and deep flank - you can see in his picture, he makes his weight in all the right places.
125M YV 104F DESIGNER 125M
141M fits the mold well, he is high performing with full pigment and an extra rib. His dam, YV 21E, is likely going to be the replacement in our donor program for his grandam, 55Y, which we have registered 25 offspring out of.
142M YV 46J MISTER BIG CREEK 142M
YV 142M | C03130463 | MAY 1, 2024 | HORNED
BR 213B FORTY CREEK 234F
YV234FMRFORTYCREEK46J YV 34W SUNSHINE GIRL 35C
213B FORTY CREEK 234F YV234FMSWHISKYCREEK85J
Backed by Colemans favorite cow, YV 85J, this moderate bull has the frame and efficiency to make a tremendous set of low-input replacement heifers.
143M YV 234F FORTY CREEK 143M
YV 143M | C03119785 |
YV 150M is
cakes.
Easy moving, 153M is a softer made version of his sire, 68K. His dam, 74F, is an easy-keeper and consistent producer.
155M YV 104F SUN DESIGN 155M
YV 155M | C03120167 | MAY 9, 2024 | HORNED YV 915W DESIGNER ET 39D YV39DSUNDESIGNLAD104F YV 34W SUNSHINE GIRL 35C
INDIVIDUAL
AGEOFDAM9
PIGM.LEFTEYE100
PIGM.RIGHTEYE0 INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE
YV 155M is a 104F son that combines all of our major sire groups including, StarStruck, Zam and Designer. He scanned a 1.14 for ribeye/100wt and has excess IMF to go around.
157M YV 234F FORTY CREEK 157M
this long-spined Forty Creek son excels in efficiency and is no slouch to look at. He combines the body mass of his father with the ease of condition from his maternal granddam, 920W, that produced until she was 15.
These Forty Creek Bulls just keep hitting the mark. 166M’s three-quarter-sibling was the high seller and Grand Champion at the 2024 Calgary Bull Sale, selling to Ridder Hereford Ranch in Nebraska.
Thank You
to Orrin Henn for partnering with us on various deals, to Roy Bushfield for cowboying up at a moment’s notice, to Bryn Horne for always helping get the cows home and Belle Gauthier for always being there at a phone call’s notice.
313M is a fancy made All-Round son, with a moderate square stance and birth weight numbers that make him attractive to use on heifers without sacraficing performance.
315M YV HAZARD 315M
318M YV HAZARD 318M
frame fits in the middle of the group. His first calver did a great job indexing above average at both weaning and yearling time. He also scanned right towards the top for IMF.
YV 315M
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YV 322M is a big-ribbed long-sided moderate-framed All-Round son. With top 10% calving ease and birth weight numbers, he will make calving heifers easy. His mother is a neat-uddered Gareth daughter.
323M YV QUICKDRAW 323M
5
YV 323M is a performance bull from a trusted line. He is out of a young Crack the Gate cow and he is our highest indexing yearling weight bull on the angus side.
YV REVIVAL 329M
YV 329M is a gentle giant. He has massive performance with a huge spread from an 88 lb birth weight to a 1309 lb yearling weight. He is in the top 15% of EPDs for both weaning and yearling weight.
331M YV BLOODLINE 331M
This big-middled Bloodline son is easy fleshing. He has a stacked pedigree, going back to the proven Firebrand bull on the bottom side. He is ready to work and add pounds to your calves.
334M YV SOONER 334M
HEREFORD REFERENCE SIRES
BR 64H EXPRESS 79K
YV 79K | C03094859 | HORNED
79K was purchased as a calf at Braun Ranch in 2023, and stood out with his top notch dam, rugged soundness and exceptional calving ease. He has worked great on heifers and can lower birth weights on everything, with top percentile CE, BW and MPI EPD’s.
BR 213B FORTY CREEK 234F
BR 234F | C03048035 | HORNED
Forty Creek has proven himself both here at YV Ranch as well as Braun Ranch, with over 275 registered offspring. His sons will throw pigment and stoutness in their calves, with a great hooded eye and daughters that will stay in the herd. He has become a trait leader in Sustained Cow fertility, RFI as well at Carcass Weight. Forty Creek is co-owned with Braun Ranch.
YV 77C MR CREDIT STRUCK 37H
YV 37H | C03073548 | HORNED
YV 37H was added to our AI program as a son of 77C with added performance, out of one of our most proven cows. 37H sons will excel in performance and add pounds to calves in the fall.
YV 234F FORTY CREEK ET 19J
YV 19J | C03087775 | HORNED
19J is a Forty Creek son out of a 12 year old cow that has worked her way into our donor program. His mother makes excellent females and 19J has the classic Forty Creek qualities a cattleman of any breed can appreciate.
YV 39D SUN DESIGN LAD 104F
YV 104F | C03052501 | HORNED
YV 104F sons will throw all the traits we have admired in his grandsire, Starstruck. They will throw super long calves that will have tremendous feet and legs and have a thick mossy hair coat. With a large group of daughters in production, he has proven his maternal side as well.
YV 234F SILVER CREEK 48J
YV 48J | C03086613 | HORNED
48J is a hairy, deep sided and soft made Forty Creek son that MJT Cattle Co picked out from our bull pen in 2023. We retained in-herd semen use and have been using him in our embryo program. His dam 41F is an ET daughter from one of our all time favorate matings, our good old 7X donor crossed with 31A.
HEREFORD REFERENCE SIRES
YV 22C MR ZAMS CREDIT 68K
YV 68K | C03098527 | HORNED
YV 68K was an impressive bull and top indexing bull all the way through, indexing 116 at weaning and 110 as a yearling bull. He goes back to some of our favourite cows, and is in the top 5% for RFI. He was an obvious choice to use to replace his sire, YV 22C.
YV 101D MR DUKE STRUCK 138H
YV 138H | C03076113 | HORNED
YV 138H was purchased by our friends at Red Rock Land & Cattle Co., after admiring the bull’s natural muscle and beautiful-uddered dam. The following year they were kind enough to partner with us and allowed us to use him in our heifer pen, where he has the ideal mix of calving ease without giving up any performance or power.
SHF INSIGHT F158 J354 ET
J354 | C03106109 | POLLED
Insight was used on the polled side of our embryo program, partnering with Little Fort Herefords as a proven way to add performance, pigment and carcass merit.
YV 42H MR SILVER CREEK 33K
YV 33K | C03096896 | HORNED
We chose to use YV 33K because of his moderate stance and solid red markings, as well as his stacked maternal lineage with some of our best donor cows on both sides of his pedigree. He has passed his volume and athleticism to his calves and we expect the daughters to excel.
PCL 22G KINGSTON 33K
DAWM 33K | C03093137 | POLLED
Kingston was our pick of the bull calves at Phantom Creek’s famous dispersal, where he has a solid cow family as well as a strong set of numbers. Excelling in calving ease, BW, udder and teat values as well as an excellent set of carcass numbers. He bred well on cows and heifers and left sons with power and plenty of shape.
TH BIG COUNTRY 537G ET
537G | C03106109 | POLLED
Big Country is a calving ease AI sire that has added thickness and mass, making moderate bulls that bring a balanced EPD profile with impressive calving ease and trait leading rib eye numbers.
ANGUS REFERENCE SIRES
HF ALL-ROUND 130E
HAMI 130E | 2003556 | BLACK
All-Round round was used as a walking bull and was appreciated for his square, moderate stance and solid feet, getting used on both cows and heifers with proven calving ease.
S A V BLOODLINE 9578
IMP 9578F | 2184241 | BLACK
Bloodline is a rainfall son and SAV high seller with added performance that will increase size and weight to calves.
3 G HAZARD 5H
RCT 5H | 2180541 | BLACK
Hazard is a son of the proven Roper 27F bull that has curve bending calving ease numbers, and incredible length and shape. We have used roper sons in both our commercial and purebred herd, leaving behind excellent females and strong steers.
WOODHILL REVIVAL H028
IMP 028H | 2212304 | BLACK
Revival was selected to use on heifers, showing moderate birthweights and explosive growth after birth. The Revival sons we saw last spring impressed us enough to use him ourselves, and his sons have shown exceptional growth with a hard to miss look.
BROOKING SOONER 0052
JSTN 52H | 2141073 | BLACK
Sooner is an Oklahoma son that has moderated birthweight and sustained perforamance, all while keeping balanced traits on both the maternal and carcass side of his EPDs
OF YV RANCH, NIXDORFF SALES & MARKETING Harness the power
Reach out to any of the YV Ranch team to look for opportunities to market your YV influence feeder steers, open and replacement quality heifers in 2026.
YV sales and marketing; unleashing the power of YV Genetics. Creating more value, easier transactions and greater control in your cattle sales.
Hal 403-852-9234 • Adam 587-580-8310 • Coleman 403-990-1254
IN LOVING MEMORY OF BARBS NIXDORFF
October 29, 1939 - October 19, 2025
Barbara (Barbs) Katherine Nixdorff was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend. She passed away on the evening of October 19, 2025 at the age of 85 at the Peter Lougheed Hospital.
Barbs was born in Calgary on October 29, 1939 and raised on the family farm on the south side of Irricana. Growing up, Barbs attended Irricana School for grades 1 through 8, Kathyrn School for grades 9 through 11, and in 1957 she graduated from Crescent Heights High School in Calgary. Barbs married Scott Nixdorff on March 7, 1959 and they settled on their farm in Yankee Valley east of Airdrie, where they raised their three sons. Barbs was very passionate about taking care of her family; she especially enjoyed visiting with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She supported several generations of the Nixdorff family in their farming and ranching ventures. Barbs will be dearly missed.
2026 NIXDORFF GENETICS BULL SALE terms and conditions
TERMS OF SALE: Cash or cheque payable at par on sale day unless prior arrangements have 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 decisions will be final. Announcements from the auction block will take precedence over the printed matter in the catalogue. Current exchange rates will be announced sale day. All monies are in Canadian funds.
HEALTH: All animals in the sale have met all necessary health requirements.
GUARANTEE: Each animal becomes the purchaser’s risk immediately after the animal is sold. All animals in the sale will be sold under terms and guarantees set forth by the Canadian Hereford Association and Canadian Angus Association with regards to health, freedom from genetic conditions and from both reproductive and specific genetic unsoundness.
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 accident that occurs.
