Thistle Ridge Ranch 2018 Bull Sale

Welcome to our 12th Annual Bull Sale!

It is with great pleasure that we invite friends and customers to help us celebrate our 12th sale. As I’m writing these notes we just got through another – 25 wind chill night. I keep reminding myself that tow truck drivers need to make money too

Another great set of bulls for your appraisal

The Charolais bulls are by far our best set to date. There’s a lot of moderate birthweight bulls in there, and some absolute rippers off of our 2 newest herd sires. The Black Angus bulls are off 2 main sires, CKM 138B, our go to heifer bull, and Young Dale Believe 46B, the $146,000 record high selling bull in Canada in 2015. The Red Angus bulls are the largest set of calving ease bulls we have ever had on offer. A full 75% of them can be safely used on 1st calving heifers

Just a reminder again that we are going with a 3 PM start this year. It gives us a few more hours to organize and sort bulls in the morning, and without Rob's help, we're going to need it. If you have any question feel free to give me or Carol, or any one of our capable staff of Bob, Darcy, John, Roger, and Mark a call. Thanks, and hope to see you March 23rd.

Ben & Carol Tams

General Information...

Auctioneer:

Mr Bob Perlich 1403 329 3101

Ringmen:

Darcy Moorehead 1 403 635 0308 • John Perlich 1 403 329 3101

Mark Stock 1 403 357 8104

Sight Unseen Purchases & Sale Day Phones

Roger Peters 1 403 828 9815

Darcy Moorehead 1 403 635 0308

Bob Perlich 1 403 382 7800

Ben Tams 1 403 317 0689

We guarantee satisfaction on sight unseen purchases. Please call any of the above numbers for help.

Special Buyer Rep:

Andy Houweling @ Alberta Prime 403 308 8700

Insurance:

Insurance will be available sale say Any bulls going back with us we strongly recommend insuring

Delivery:

Free Delivery throughout western Canada. We ask that you please work with us on dates and other possible deliveries in your area Leave your bull with us, we’ll deliver them when you need them $100 00 off per bull if you take them home sale day

Individual Bull Data:

Ultrasound data, scrotal measurements and semen test sheets will be available sale day

Terms:

Terms of the sale are cash or cheque at par made payable to Perlich Bros , unless prior arrangements have been made

Announcements:

Announcements sale day take precedence over the printed material

Breeders Guarantee:

All bulls are guaranteed breeders Thistle Ridge Ranch stands behind every bull

Individual Bull Data:

Ultrasound data, scrotal measurements and semen test sheets will be available sale day

Liability:

Any liability of the bull is restricted to the purchase price of that bull If any problems arise, please contact us as soon as possible. Everyone who attends the sale, does so at their own risk.

EPD’s:

Please note that the EPD’s may change from the time the catalogue is printed until the registration papers are transferred

Accommodations:

Heritage Inn, Taber 1-403-223-4434

Super 8, Taber 1-403-223-8181

P re Sale Viewing:

TFS Fincastle, 4 miles east of Taber on HWY #3, 1 5 miles north Bulls can be viewed there till Wed, March 21st, then at Ag Plex

Ultrasound Data:

All yearling bulls have been CUP ultrasounded and data will be available sale day on a supplement sheet

Insurance:

An insurance agent will be available sale day to assist you with any insurance needs you may have Although Thistle Ridge will be more than willing to keep your bull purchases for you until you need them, if taking this option we strongly recommend insurance as we cannot be responsible for bulls injuring themselves after the sale Remember, bulls do 4 things Eat, sleep, breed and fight That’s 50% of the time doing something they could get hurt at

Catalogue:

Design and Production by Prime Cut Publishing • Photos Tyler Harris Photography

Rob Holowaychuk - March 29th, 1951 – October 4th, 2017

We lost a good friend and mentor this fall with the passing of Rob The hour long phone calls are missed and will be for years to come. I don’t know what I enjoyed more, discussing things we agreed on, or the arguments that we had over anything and everything from school zones to religion, sometimes even cattle The conversations always included a “ Listen Bucko”, “ I’m gonna help you out a minute” , “ Let me explain the real world to you”.

His help in running our bull sale successfully cannot be overstated Sale day mornings when my head started to wander, he was instrumental in keeping things calm, cool, and collected. He had a great eye for good cattle, and a soft spot in his heart for the little guy Lost but never forgotten “ Like and appreciate the kind”

A true calving ease master We used him on our heifers for 2 years with excellent results. Like all bulls used at Thistle Ridge the maternal qualities are second to none Look for a large group of sons next year, as we bred him to a lot of cows as well 6 sons sell. Co-owned with Moose Creek red Angus.

We used 39C on our second calvers

RED FLYING K Boss 95C

When I saw this bull at Flying K I knew we needed to secure a semen package on him. Tremendous foot under him, and excellent muscle shape. Lots of go to his calves as well Backed up again by a super cow family 4 sons sell.

owned by howe red Angus And eye hill stoCk FArM.

We made the mistake of not getting enough semen on Rolls Royce before breeding season last year, and his sons are noticeably absent from the sale line up this year A $60,000 purchase by U2 Ranch in our 2015 bull sale, he sired our high seller last year at $31,000 to Hill 70 Quantock As luck would have it, we had almost all heifer calves last year out of

selling

Young Dale Believe 46B

Bull Warranty

We guarantee to provide you with a sound, fertile bull capable of servicing a reasonable number of cows. In the event that your bull is a nonsatisfactory breeder the seller will not, under any circumstances, be responsible for more than the original selling price of any bull or female sold in the sale The consignors will not provide replacement or credit for physical injury or mismanagement Therefore we stress the importance of

on your bull An insurance agent will be available on sale day

This will be the 1st group of sons off our new heifer / herd bull Red Howe Clearwater 21C. Twenty eight calves born, all unassisted Guaranteed heifer bull

RED TR Rapture 27E

The 1st of our Flying K Boss sons to sell and Herd Bull material in this one. Smooth enough to be used on heifers, with plenty of jam for your cow herd Sons of 613W have sold to Sunset Feeders and Park Livestock

A good gaining cow bull out of

RED TR Bootleg 46E

CBT 46E February 03

Guaranteed heifer bull going back to one of our favourite cows of all times, Red Waterview Lynn D4H She also is the matriarch of the cow family that the Soo Line Power Eye 161X bull of Blairs comes from

RED TR Atacama 66E

A very maternal pedigree Any time you see Escalade 318T up close in a pedigree you’ll want to consider keeping replacements back Can probably be used on larger framed heifers as well

TR Coalition 74E

We purchased the dam of Fogarty 67E from Nathan Jensen as a calf at Red Round Up 2013 This is her 3rd good bull calf in a row with both of the previous ones selling to James Bekkering Should have no problems using on well grown heifers

Convinced

off of 4021B last year

Red Gene Carriers...

A quick explanation on how the red gene is passed on

If you breed a black red gene carrier to black cows with no red gene, you will get black calves. If some of your cows are black, but do have the red gene, then you have a 25% chance of getting a red calf If you breed a black red gene carrier to red cows then you have a 50% chance of getting red calves If you breed a red bull, with black in its pedigree to red cows, they will always be red calves Red bred to red will always be red

RED TR Green River 85E

last years sale

RED TR Baton Rouge 111E

RED TR Authority 112E

Lots of grow in this Authentic 39C son who I think can still be used on well grown heifers Sons of 624W have sold to Paul Preston, Grand Forks Farms, and U2 Ranch

Red TR Authority 112E

RED TR Bravado 115E

A pretty neat heifer bull with an outcross pedigree stemming back to the world famous Echo 32E cow of Hamilton Farms Higher marbling bull as

The dam of Desert Blume 127E has been a Herd Bull producer every year for us She is a beauty of a HF Hemi 151T daughter with sons in the past selling to Grand Forks, PFRA, Park Livestock, and Minburn Angus.

RED TR Scooter 143E

TR Analyze 153E

and 111 rib eye and 141 marbling indexes to round him out The Bonspiel cattle are just another good cow family ( CFCC 6K ) stacked on top of Rollin Deep

RED TR Original 224E

Peas in a pod these Authentic sons and almost all good to go on heifers The dam of 224E is a Rollin Deep daughter of the dam of Lot # 28 Good choice for replacements.

RED TR Pilsner 230E

We bought the sire of 230E off Yarrow Creek and unfortunately lost him to a broken leg early his second breeding season Tremendous set of 2 year olds he left us milking now, and Pilsner 230E might be as good as any bull in the offering

RED TR Curly 244E

RED TR Bermuda 251E

Should be able to breed any heifers you want with this Authentic son. Nice above average performance numbers as well Lorne Zentner bought a calving ease Mission son off 4026B in last years sale

Vaccination P rotocol

All bulls were vaccinated in the fall with Pyramid 5, 7-Way Somnugen, and Ivomec. They were boostered with Pyramid 5 six weeks later.

Sparrows Lamont 524C

We purchased Lamont out of the 2016 Sparrows Bull Sale for $36,000 Absolutely no regrets His calves are everything you want to see in Charolais cattle Born with some meat on their bones, excellent hair coats, lots of vigor, and big time growth You’ll be seeing a lot of 524C calves in our sale over the next few years, as his daughters are the type to build a herd around 21 sons sell

HC Blue Rock 2406

Whitecap Carnage 40C

THRR Blitz 12E

REVOLVER 69Y

CARNAGE 40C

LADY MAGIC 141X

A good calving ease Charolais bull that’s still going to give you plenty of performance

THRR

THRR King 49E

CBT 49E February 03 2017 #PMC723719

WINN MANS SKAGGS 663X

SPARROWS LAMONT 524C SPARROWS MIRABELLA 285Y

Smooth made longer bull with a good foot and great hair Should be creeping close to 1500 pounds come sale day with a very respectable 98 lb birthweight still.

THRR Chief 55E

WINN MANS SKAGGS 663X

SPARROWS LAMONT 524C SPARROWS

A high marbling Lamont son that should go out and give auction mart toppers Rick Wiest bought a good Overtime son out of 912W in last years sale

THRR Czar 64E

THRR Taipan 68E

THRR General 69E

THRR Admiral

THRR Commander 108E

CBT 108E February 18 2017 #PMC723954

Thick meat wagon is the best way to describe this Lamont son A 111 wean and the highest gain on test with a 128 index He has a marbling index of 125 as well His calves will be sought after WINN MANS SKAGGS 663X SPARROWS LAMONT 524C SPARROWS MIRABELLA 285Y

THRR Gem Stone 113E

A long son of Blue Rock with only a 92 lb birth weight and yet loads of production If I don’t get a Charolais heifer bought up for myself than I will be considering keeping 50% ownership in Gem Stone Herd bull

THRR Major 114E

THRR Chieftan 118E

THRR Sultan 122E

THRR Maharani 123E

CBT

bull If you’ve been tempted to try Charolais on your Angus cows give this guy a close look sale day

THRR Khan 125E

MANS SKAGGS 663X

LAMONT 524C

This is the 1st son we’ve got from 960W after 5 females in a row We’re very happy with this group of Lamont sired bulls

THRR Baron 137E

THRR Anvil 159E

THRR Exposure 161E

CBT 161E March 06 2017 #PMC724017 Scurred Twin

WINN MANS SKAGGS 663X

SPARROWS LAMONT 524C

SPARROWS MIRABELLA 285Y

I really like the flashy look of this bull He’s pretty smooth made so I don’t anticipate any calving issues whatsoever.

THRR Exposure 162E

WINN MANS SKAGGS 663X

SPARROWS LAMONT 524C

SPARROWS MIRABELLA 285Y

Twin brother to Lot # 67 Maybe

THRR Azzuro 164E

THRR Exposure 174E

Exposure 161E THRR Exposure 162E

Azzuro 164E

Exposure 178E

THRR Exposure 177E

CBT 177E March 11 2017 #PMC724028

WINN MANS SKAGGS 663X SPARROWS LAMONT 524C SPARROWS MIRABELLA 285Y

Doesn’t quite stack up as heavy of a performer, but I think with the quality of the Charolais bulls this year it’s only natural a few will be a little lower on their averages. Sound and functional best describes him.

THRR Exposure 178E

Many of these bulls will be ¾ brothers which is what we are really trying to do to offer a more consistent product 178E is another Lamont out of a Diablo deal, moderate framed and should be easy calving WINN MANS SKAGGS 663X

THRR

THRR Exposure 203E

THRR Exposure 227E

THRR Exposure 232E

THRR Exposure 235E

Nice indexes out of this bull with a 117 wean and a 108 gain Long Grass Ranching took home a good son of 192Y last year

This would be the only Statewide 133A son for sale this year If I could build bulls to have 94 lb birth weights and compete for an average with power bulls I’d take that all day long.

Don’t discount these younger bulls to heavily If you breed a little later they are going to continue their growth curves and be ready when you need

THRR P rince 282E

Understanding Ultrasound

In order to use body composition EPD’s or ultrasound data to its full potential, a breeder must have an understanding of ultrasound terminology Several of the ultrasound measurements are comparable to the familiar carcass measurements. The data is simply collected on yearling bullsa and heifers instead of market ready steers Take a step back from looking at the numbers and become comfortable with the terminology.

ultrAsound CArCAss MeAsureMents

ribFat/backfat: An external fat measurement taken between the 12th and 13th rib reported in inches Rib fat is the main trait that affects percent lean meat yield ie; A1, A2, A3 & A4 Percent lean meat yield is the calculation that estimates the percent of lean muscle on the carcass For example, a lean meat yield of 60% on a 100lb carcass would have 600 lbs of lean muscle and 400 lbs of bone and fat

ribeye Area (reA): An area measurement of the loin or ribeye muscle. Reported in square inches. While an increase in backfat wil lower the percent lean meat yield an increase in REA will raise the percent lean meat yield

rump Fat: An external fat measurement taken from an image collected between the hooks and the pins of the animal Reported in inches The rump fat measurement, coupled with the rib fat measurement will increase the accuracy of percent lean meat yield intramuscular Fat (%iMF)/Marbling: This measurement determines the amount of fat within the muscle. Reported in %. This measurement us used to determine the quality grade of the carcass.