Welcome from the auctioneer...
It’s time again for the “Best of the West” bull sale ! This years offering features both yearling and Virgin 2 year old breeding bulls plus the added bonus of a proven calving ease sire.
These bulls are selected from elite breeders whom “breed and feed” for longevity, consistency and productivity, so whether you are looking for power and performance or looking for calving ease sires who will still add performance and profibility, here is your opportunity !
Many of the cow families represented also produce sale topping females in their respective sales.
As well many of these bulls will be SNP DNA tested providing genomically enhanced EPD’s.
Come take advantage of this opportunity to select your next herdsire from a of group of breeders who sell their genetics world wide.
REMEMBER, Happy cows raise bigger calves...come make your cows HAPPY !!!
I look forward to seeing or meeting you in Airdrie, AB, on March 26th, 2021.
Sincerely,
Don Oberg
Professional Auctioneer
catalogue by: Prime Cut Publishing - Kim Matthews
ASH VALLEY PRESIDENT 1233
SIRE: MURIDALE PRESIDENT 33B MURIDALE COLLEN 55S
JANELL'S FALCON 70F
MURIDALE TRADITION 115Y DAM: JANELL'S DIANE 2C JANELL'S MISSY 18U
WOODRUFF RANCHES
We’ve used him for two years on our heifers. This bull is a proven consistent calving ease bull. He throws calves that are very fancy fronted. This guy has a kind disposition. Only being offered as we are retaining his daughters.
Last year we used Glacier on some of our commercial and purebred cows. I’m looking forward to his calves. His sire speaks for himself and his mother has offspring in three different countries, a never miss cow. Glacier is deep ribbed with lots of middle, wide topped, and is impressive from behind. All in a white myostatin free package.
Sire
Dam
GLENFORD EAGLE 4Y
SIRE: SIX S ADMIRAL 36A SIX S ROMAINE 46R
19G
EIONMOR CHIEFTAN 45Y
DAM: SIX S APRIL 55A SIX S UMAY 56U
TGN SHORTHORNS
This is the type of bull the beef industry needs. Excellent length, style, and a sound make-up. Only being offered as he is related to most of our cowherd. His full sister is the best we’ve produced and his dam Six S April has earned her way into the donor pen.
DIAMOND BRAVEHEART 21B
SIRE: DIAMOND DUNDEE 26D
DIAMOND ZEENA MAY 9Z
DIAMOND GLADIATOR 3G
JSF GAUGE 137W
DAM: DIAMOND EYE CANDY 46E ET ACC CANDY'S WINEGUM 14W
CACTUS FLAT SHORTHORNS
We bought Gladiator in last year’s Best of the West sale from Diamond Shorthorns. We used him on all our heifers last year. We’re very excite to see what the heifers bring bred to Gladiator. We have Circle M Field Marshall that we plan to use probably on everyone this year. When we bought him, I saw Polled, length, easy fleshing as they come, most of all came from the Anwender Winegum/Candy Cow Family, which I thought would be a big positive in our cow family. Glady is a very inquisitive, quiet as they come laid back kinda guy, that will get the job done. We really enjoyed and will miss Glady’s presence here at the farm.
THE GROVE KOOKABURRA W735
SIRE: DIAMOND LORD BELMORE 56B BUTTERFIELD LADY 13N HERBOURNE B MANITOBA GUS 13Z DAM: DIAMOND CLIPPER MAY 13C DIAMOND ZEENA MAY 9Z
HATFIELD SHORTHORNS
A maternal brother to the Diamond Easy 5E who is working at Rover Y Ranch and was used by Diamond Shorthorns. Diamond Lord Belmore 56B has been an outstanding calving ease sire and with an 82lb BW Clipper should be as well.
HATFIELD SHORTHORNS
Long sided bull sired by Hatfield Ideal Tee 88B. Butler comes from the strong Daisy maternal line from Poplar Park Shorthorns.
Out of one of the best cows to have been in the Hatfield program, a direct daughter of the Saskvalley Transport 399T bull. This bull should sire replacement females. Ideal Tee 88B has also worked well in the Hatfield program.
THE GROVE KOOKABURRA W735
SIRE: DIAMOND LORD BELMORE 56B BUTTERFIELD LADY 13N
HATFIELD GREG 95G
BBB 95G POLLED WHITE 22/02/19 100%
HATFIELD ROCK ON 6W DAM: HARGRAVE SILVER MAISIE 1145
HATFIELD SHORTHORNS
Out of the legendary Silver Maisie female line and sired by Diamond Lord Belmore 56B. Belmore’s $CEZ is in the top 3% of the breed and his $BMI is on the top 1%.This fellow should sire some blues and roan replacement females for you. THE GROVE KOOKABURRA W735 SIRE:
HERO 96G
BBB 96G HORNED RED
18/02/19 100%
BIRDTAIL MAJOR 28Z
DAM: HATFIELD MAJ T HEROINE 18C JT HEROINE 8Y
HATFIELD SHORTHORNS
Another bull coming from a strong JT Heroine line that was acquired from Poplar Park Shorthorns in Manitoba. This guy is backed by a pedigree of top producing bulls from Saskvalley, Glenford, Birdtail, Butterfield, Goldwin and The Grove!
THE GROVE KOOKABURRA W735
SIRE: DIAMOND LORD BELMORE 56B BUTTERFIELD LADY 13N
BAR 97G X-[CAN]M483905
NORTHERN LEGEND 3N
DAM: HATFIELD BARONESS LEGEND 9W BAR 78 VALENTINE 4M
HATFIELD SHORTHORNS
This white son of Lord Belmore is out of a correct Baroness female who was Jr Heifer Calf Champion in Agribition. Use this bull with confidence to produce the correct type of replacements or feeder steers. Added bonus he will produce the coveted roans. THE GROVE KOOKABURRA W735
DIAMOND LORD BELMORE 56B
HATFIELD SHORTHORNS
Out of a direct daughter of Moombi Powerplay acquired from Poplar Park Shorthorns and by Lord Belmore. Power is 50% Australian. He is white so he will produce roans when bred to red or blues when bred to homozygous blacks.
HATFIELD SHORTHORNS
Sired by a maternal brother to the Hatfield Bingo 2F bull that has worked well at Diamond Shorthorns. T Gov is deep, soft, and attractive. T Gov’s granddam has a son by Hatfield IdealTee 88B selling in the sale.
A long correct Ideal Tee son out of one of the top females, she has a son and a grandson selling. Ultra T is a bull that checks a lot of the boxes.
SWEETGRASS GRASSLAND 100G
Grassland has been a standout since day one. Lots of performance, muscle shape and soundness. He’s big middled and shows lots of herd bull characteristics. His dam is big footed, nice uddered and really upped her game with the production of Grassland. His sire PVF Gravity was brought up from Paint Valley Farms in Ohio by myself, Dixon’s, Buba, and Stonegate. We successfully showed him in his yearling year. I have a crop of very nice females sired by Gravity and Grassland will for sure be his best produced male progeny. Grassland is big testicled and being a December born gives him a great age advantage to get out early and become a great breeding tool
DIAMOND HARD ROCK 1H
DIAMOND SHORTHORNS
One of the most talked about bulls fall 2020. This wide topped, thick, and long bodied bull is out of one of the most influential females in the herd. 9Z has produced an exceptional herd sire, Diamond Dundee 26D, as well as being the maternal granddam to a Diamond Easy 5E used here at Diamond and now at Rover Y Ranch. At Diamond we pride ourselves in producing front pasture cows that are functional and highly productive and this bull certainly comes from one. e226X Carrier
5H
DIAMOND SHORTHORNS
Halestorm offers an extra shot of power and performance as he is an Australian outcross. His dam is a functional, no miss daughter of the powerful Herbourne B Manitoba Gus 13Z. If you are looking to add roan to your herd 5H will produce it! I am very proud to offer this fine herd sire.
DIAMOND SHORTHORNS
A standout since birth, Hendrix, is by the great Australian sire Royalla Rockstar K274. His dam is a highly productive cow from the powerful Baroness family that has been in the Diamond herd for over forty years. Hendrix is an outcross to most Shorthorn cattle in North America. He is the complete package. He is jam packed with style, thickness and a wonderful easy going temperament. This bull has exceptional movement and is very structurally sound. Potentially the most complete sire to come out of Jaimie’s herd in her 30 years of breeding. We would like to retain the opportunity to show this extraordinary individual if the shows are open in 2021. He is halter broken and ready to go. Selling possession and
Dam
DIAMOND SHORTHORNS
This is a first calf for his dam and is by the popular Rockstar. He is stylish, has a great hair coat and a light birthweight. 7H just keeps checking the boxes! Rockstar had high selling semen at all of the 2020 auctions and the American semen rights are now owned by the famous Jungels herd in North Dakota.
SWEETGRASS RANCHES
If you’re in need of a maternally driven bull Hallmark is the bull for you. His great momma 83A is one of my most beautifully constructed cows. Perfect uddered, refined in her frontend with loads of rib shape and mass. Hallmark himself is masculine made, long spined and has lots of natural muscle. He was born with a modest birth weight and didn’t look back gaining well since.
HEADLINER 8H
DIAMOND SHORTHORNS
We should be keeping this strong Rockstar bull to use on heifers. He has an awesome body, with a perfect leg and foot structure. This fantastic bull should leave some outstanding blues and roans. Many visitors have commented on this individual and he is one of Dan’s favourites
Sire
SASKVALLEY CINCINNATI 155C
SIRE: SASKVALLEY EMPHATIC 42E
SASKVALLEY NORMA 249C
DIAMOND XPLOSION 23X
DAM: DIAMOND BRITNEY MAID 2B
DIAMOND WHITNEY MAID 14W
DIAMOND SHORTHORNS
This is a bull we should be turning out on the main cow herd at Diamond! He is only being offered due to the pressure of people who have visited him in the pen. His dam is one of the best cows raised at Diamond Shorthorns in the past 5 decades. Heroic is thick, DEEP, and stylish. Jaimie is very confident in the strength of this individual.
CACTUS FLAT SHORTHORNS
Hey Folks! Here’s a must see just turned yearling, bull. His dam was the high selling Female at the 2017 4’s Company Sale. Our unbelievable foundation cow 6S Daphne 30D. Hoot’s Sire Circle M Field Marshall 2F was also a high selling bull at the first Best of the West Sale in 2019, presently our Senior and only sire now. This bull is Natural bred and born. He is Polled, deep, wide, clean front end, square, easy fleshing, Maternal consistency, outstanding length of hip, Natural muscling, color, good hair, good feet and a bonus to boot. Halter broke for show. He is the result of our top-of-the-line Natural Breeding Program and clean as a whistle when it comes to genetic defects. We also look forward to seeing his ribeye as his older brother maxed the charts. Grandpa (Ralph Peterson) use to always say; “No sense keeping the best at home. We breed to provide some of the Best for others to enjoy!” Dam
DIAMOND SHORTHORNS
Heath’s sire, Diamond Prophecy 21P has proven himself to be the ultimate cow maker with his highly productive daughters. 13H’s dam is by the Australian bull, Diamond Down Under 3D. His dam is from the Candy line and as a two year old, knocked it out of the park with this wide topped, thickly made meat machine. e226X Carrier
DIAMOND SHORTHORNS & WOODRUFF RANCHES
Hero at weaning was over 65% of his dam’s weight! With a light birthweight, and the genetic combination of multi trait CE and BW leaders, Muridale Hero 31Z and Diamond Lord Belmore 56B, 14H should be an excellent calving ease sire. Look at his strong EPD’s for taking the guess work out of your breeding program.
SWEETGRASS PADDY'S HURLER 105H
SWEETGRASS RANCHES
Paddy’s Hurler is the result of the first calf crop from the high selling bull from Horseshoe Creek in 2019, HC Caramba Focus. Hurler shows loads of potential being a calving ease bull, born out of a first calf heifer and carries a nice 79 lb birth weight. He’s super eye appealing and is quick to catch your eye with his long front end and perfect red neck roan colouring. He’s mellow made, stout and hairy. His mom is a nice refined young white cow who is a PVF Gravity daughter going back to a cow I brought up from the Jungel’s program from North Dakota. 47F did a nice job in raising Hurler as her first go in the production department.
RANCHES
A more performance orientated bull coming from Focus. Hadron is a neat made, dark roan bull. Lots of spring of rib, length of spine and good footed all come to mind when analyzing Hadron in the flesh. His 2 yr old dam was level uddered and sound from the ground up as well as a member of the high longevity Godiva cow family. Hadron comes with the added feature of being in the top 15 % of the breed for both weaning and yearling weight EPDs
CIRCLE M CAPTAIN 27C
SIRE: CIRCLE M FIELD MARSHALL
CIRCLE M XTREMELY FINE 11X
2H
JSF ADDICTED 82U
DAM: SIX S DELLA 25D
SIX S WYNNE 29W
CACTUS FLAT SHORTHORNS
Take a look! Here’s Hoot’s half brother with his characteristics in a Polled, Flashy deep red and white markings for colour and a touch more clearance with a bit more length for confirmation. Hank’s dam is another New Generation Cactus Flat Foundation female that we bought at same 4’s company sale in 2017. 6S Della 25D is a Big Red, Docile, consistent beautiful female to look at. So far this is her first bull calf, she has produced two producing females, plus a exceptional Ooops! Grandaughter, that all three will be going no where! The one genetic defect that Hank carries is one Negative against this guy. But he could go on to breed double positive in characteristics. He is also a must see, just yearling bull. DS Carrier DIAMOND
DIAMOND SHORTHORNS
This high performing Dynamite son is out of a strong Maid cow with a no nonsense production record. The Maids have been in the Diamond herd for over thirty five years. Whether you want to add functional performance into your cow herd or to wean off high performing steers. Horizon could be the obvious answer. If bred to solid red or black cows you will get a consistent group solid coloured of calves with hybrid vigor and the maternal strength and benefit of Shorthorn genetics.
DIAMOND LORD BELMORE 56B
SIRE: DIAMOND DYNAMITE 6D
DIAMOND BRITNEY MAID 2B
NEWBIGGON HEYDAY 25H
X-[CAN]M483662
NEWBIGGON JUMBO
DAM: NEWBIGGON YESSIREE SUSAN 30Y
DIAMOND MYSTICAL SUSAN 30M
NEWBIGGON SHORTHORNS
Heyday is out of a front pasture Newbiggon Jumbo daughter who has earned her way to the top of the Newbiggon program. Jumbo was a full Australian bull from the 1970’s! Heyday is a dark cherry red, with excellent hair and great structure. This bull should be a top producing herd sire.
MURIDALE PRESIDENT 33B
SIRE:
Hype is the first calf of his Dawn dam and sired by Janell’s Falcon 70F who is selling as Lot 1. The Dawn cow family is Dan’s oldest and first cow family going back to 1965 showing the longevity of the family. This fancy calf is a good headed, round barrelled individual with an amazing hair coat.
SOUTH VALLEY STOCK FARM
This Diamond Exceptional 2E son is a curve bender with a light birth weight and huge spread on his weaning weight. He is out of a correct female from the Crocus line and we expect him to be as consistent a sire as 2E himself.
Another Exceptional 2E son who is proving to be a curve bender! Weebollabolla Theodore the grandsire is renowned around the globe as a leading calving ease sire and breed improver. X5’s Choice is one of the favourite cows when our herd is toured, she is correct and docile.
WEEBOLLABOLLA THEODORE T85
SIRE: DIAMOND EXCEPTIONAL 2E
DIAMOND CLEVER ANNA 5C
SOUTH VALLEY EXCEPTIONAL 12H
X-[CAN]M483722
SASKVALLEY VERDICT 413U
DAM: SOUTH VALLEY CROCUS MARGARET
SOUTH VALLEY CROCUS LOUISE 13T
SOUTH VALLEY STOCK FARM
Exceptional 12H has been a standout since birth. He is long, and structurally correct with the coveted purple roan hair coat. His dam Crocus Margaret’s dam Crocus Louise 13T and granddam Dorothy’s Crocus 134R are all still in the South Valley program, talk longevity which is a bankable trait.
UNDERSTANDING COLOUR
THERE ARE MANY OPTIONS FOR MAKING SHORTHORN COLOURS WORK FOR YOU IN YOUR COMMERCIAL PROGRAM. THE POPULARITY AND PREMIUMS BLUE ROANS DEMAND MAKES SELECTING WHITE OR ROAN BULLS TO BREED TO BLACK COWS A POPULAR CHOICE.
WHITE OR ROAN BULLS ON HEREFORD OR SIMMENTAL WILL GIVE YOU THE EVER POPULAR ROAN WHITE FACES. ROAN OR RED BULLS CAN GIVE YOU THOSE RED BROCKLE FACES ALSO POPULAR CHOICES FOR HEIFER REPLACEMENTS.
PUT RED, WHITES OR ROANS OVER CHAROLAIS OR TAN COWS AND GET TANS OR TAN ROANS.
REDS ON HOMOZYGOUS BLACKS WILL GIVE YOU BLACK OR IF THEY ARE HETEROZYGOUS BLACK AND RED. IF YOU PUT THE REDS ON RED ANGUS OR RED LIMOUSIN YOU WILL GET REDS.
WHATEVER COLOUR CHOICE YOU FAVOUR SHORTHORN WILL ENHANCE MATERNAL ABILITY WHILE ADDING BOTH MARBLING AND YIELD TO THOSE STEERS.
Box 165, Okotoks, AB, T1S 1A5
HATFIELD SHORTHORNS
WOODRUFF RANCHES
DIAMOND SHORTHORNS
TGN SHORTHORNS
SOUTH VALLEY STOCK FARM
NEWBIGGON SHORTHORNS
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