Thistle Ridge Ranch 2022 Bull Sale

Welcome...

Welcome to our 16th Annual Bull Sale!

First off I’d like to thank all our customers and friends who have supported us throughout the years to make this, our 16th Annual Sale possible.Without all your help and support we couldn’t continue doing what we love for this long.

I’m not gonna claim this to be the best set of bulls we’ve ever brought to town, I think that’s up to each and every one of you to decide. I like them. Nice and consistent. Top to bottom I think we are bringing to town a bull that will suit a need. Lots of calving ease and maternal on the Angus side. Lower birthweight Char bulls with lots of jam and good dispositions.

We will be switching our Charolais bulls into a two year old program. This will be the 1st year offering two’s, while next year we expect to sell 10 yearlings and 20 two’s. After that we think it will be all two’s. We think by being able to grow those bulls out slower we can still offer a bull that will be big enough but not overfed and burnt out when he goes to breeding.

Feel free to come view the bulls any time before March 25th at the feedlot. The two year olds are at home. Please join us for lunch at Perlich prior to the sale, and we hope to see you there.

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

Mark Holowaychuk 1 403 896 4990 OBI

Roger Peters 1 403 828 9815 OBI

Jesse Emery 1 780 284 3490 OBI

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:

We will provide free delivery on all bulls throughout Western Canada, as long as we can work on the following schedule. We need to have all the 2 year olds delivered by April 23rd. We need the room at home. I won’t be able to deliver any bulls between April 25th and about June 1st, so if you need your bull in between there we can bring him earlier, or you can come get him when you’re ready. We’ll start delivering again after June 1st. Take your bull home sale day and receive $150 off your bull.

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:

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.

Pre Sale Viewing:

The yearling bulls can be viewed at TFS Fincastle ( 4 miles east of Taber, ¾ mile north) anytime until Thursday, March 24th. The 2 year olds are being fed at home ( 8 miles east, 2 north )

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 Photography Tyler Harris Photography

Download & View the Catalogue

A note on our calving ease score.

I’ve seen this used before in other catalogs and I really like the idea. Not only does it give you a really good view point on how the bull should calve, but it’s also another way to make us accountable. So here’s how I score them.

Cow bull. Period.

Recommended primarily for cows. If you only have a few heifers mixed in you can get away with it, but do expect to probably help a few.

Heifer bull. I would personally use these bulls on my heifers with no second thoughts.

These bulls have generations of calving ease bred in, and should calve any type of heifer with absolutely no assistance.

**Please note that a 3 Star Charolais bull is rated as used on Charolais heifers. I am still not comfortable recommending them on Angus heifers that I don’t know. **

RED Cinder Captain Jack 593F BLY

4 sons sells

We didn’t breed him much his first year as we thought we might like to show him, but you can expect a lot more calving ease sons of Jack in next year’s sale.

2 sons sell

Signature has been a calving ease bull for us that comes in and lowers birth weights without sacrificing gains. Daughters are milking and are very attractive females with nice udders.

13 sons sell

Purchased from Kirk and Jill Wildman from Sangudo, we brought Jive in to breed all our red heifers these last 2 years. His calves are born easy with lots of vigor, and weigh their share come fall. He’s one of the easiest fleshing bulls we’ve ever used, and he’s out of a picture perfect outcross dam that goes back to the great HF Kodiak 5R bull.

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RED RSL Tapout 163C

RED TR Orion 117G

7 sons sell

Red TR Orion 117G We used this bull because of his amazing dam. She is flawless in her make up. He also boasts extra length, a great foot, and we even used him in our heifer pen this year with great results.

Musgrave 316 Colossal 137

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RED TR Jake 7J

CBT

CALVING EASE RATING HHHH

4 Star heifer bull with above average performance. Red Wards C Signature 613D is leaving us daughters with fantastic udders. Extra performance from the dams side. Pretty cool bull. R

RED TR Judge 8J

A little too much birthweight for heifers, but this Jive calf comes from a great cow line who are all still producing in the herd. Keep the daughters.

RED TR Jagger 16J

CBT 16J February 07 2021

4 Star calving ease with a double shot of HF tiger 5T in his pedigree. Short gestation cattle. RED

RED TR Juice 29J

RED TR Joker 30J

RED TR Jester 31J

Jester 33J

RED TR Tenacious 43J

We used the Orion 117G bull on our heifers last year and have really been impressed with the job he did. Deep made, sound bull out of an older good producing great uddered Escalade 318T daughter. Check out the hair coat on this guy.

RED TR Murcury Rising 51J

Moderate 82 pound birthweight bull that you’ll want

keep daughters from. The Escalade 318T daughters are still the best cows we’ve ever owned.

Harlequin 52J

TR Dempsey 58J

TR Sharp Shooter 61J

This bull is the gain King this year. If you are planning on breeding a bunch of cows with the intent of adding pounds to your calf crop in the fall, he’s at the top of the list.

RED TR Jehu 63J

I’m probably a little hard on this guy ranking him as only a 2 Star calver, but we’ll stick to that. Great females in this bulls pedigree. Keep the daughters.

RED TR Jackal 70J

Great lookin cow bull. He’s going to mature into a large mammal.

TR Lightning 72J

TR Rapture 73J

Just a 72 Lb birthweight and he’s turning into much more than just a heifer bull. Keep an eye on him. Deer Creek Ranch and Bekkering Bros have brothers to him, and we have 2 daughters in the herd.

RED TR Chivas 80J

The Captain Jack bull is as good a natural breeder as you can find, servicing over 70 head each of his first 2 full breeding seasons. The dam of 80J is an Elite Angus dam with 5 bulls selling through our sale and 4 daughters retained in herd. No gambling here.

RED TR Kimura 81J

RED TR Journey 85J

Great choice for a heifer bull that can add some performance as well. Comes out of a very nice uddered U2 Mission 253A daughter who has consistently raised us gooders.

RED TR Odyssey 112J

RED TR Justice 153J

RED TR Crossfire 155J

Disposition, fertility, and calving ease is what Captain Jack is showing us, so expect know different out of this 3 Star calving ease son. Dam of 155J had her 1st calf as a yearling and raised it well and bred back right on time.

RED TR Boot Jack 158J

Great female producer here. Dam is an outcross from our HF Prairie Smoke bull that goes back to Kodiak 5T. Dark red and extra-long.

RED TR Game Bred 167J

CBT

Vaccination Protocol

3 Star calving ease

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

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daughter. Fix your udders in 1 generation with a bull like this. Great cow maker.

RED TR Southpaw 175J

All calving ease bull here. Unless they’re coming out 4 legs at a time I don’t see ever having to pull calves off of this bull.

RED TR Moonlighter 206J

3 Star calving ease Signature son out of a bigger framed Flying K Boss cow. He should mature into a great herd sire and can still be used on heifers first.

RED TR Gone Viral 207J

Hard to find fault with this good young bull. If you calve a little later take advantage of this guy, you can breed a few heifers if need be, and his daughters will be outstanding.

RED TR Fincastle 215J

EASE RATING H

If it works for the new owner, I would like to hand breed this guy to a few cows this spring. His dam is a phenotypically perfect Angus cow who goes back to one of our herd matriarchs, Red Waterview D4H, a cow we purchased from the recently passed Glenn Elliott of Waterview Red Angus. We need more of those genetics back in the herd.

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.

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Used

3 sons sell

Purchased from Springside Charolais. We really concentrate on the cow side of any bull we use, and this fellas dam was an easy sell. A calving ease bull with a great disposition.

Sparrows

Argo 316A

BW

LT WYOMING WIND 4020 PLD

SPARROWS ALLIANCE 513G

CHARDEL PARADISE 513E

5 sons sell

WINN MANS LANZA 610S SPARROWS HOMBRE 355Y SPARROWS HOMBRE 355W

We used Argo on a group of our heifers successfully his first two years here, then moved him on to the main herd. He’s more moderate framed yet doesn’t give up any performance advantage, and adds those same qualities we are trying to improve on, feet, birth weight, and disposition. Co-owned with Moose Creek

Sparrows Lamont 524C

MD ALI TRADE U1059

WINN MANS SKAGGS 663X WINN MANS BEVERLY 663S

SPARROWS PANAMA 826U SPARROWS MIRABELLA 285Y SPARROWS MIRABELLA 185S

4 sons sell

A $36,000 bull we purchased from Sparrows in their 2016 sale for the purpose of bringing in a performance bull while improving maternal qualities. You’ll find his sons with good scrotal, good feet, and phenomenal hair coats.

THRR Rob Roy 50J

CBT 50J February 19 2021 #PMC814061 Polled

We’re very happy with the length of these King Ranch bulls. We are calving heifers to him this year and our very impressed at the way they’re spitting them out. Nice bull here.

THRR Douglas Lake 76J

Excellent bull here with tons of growth, lots of shape and muscle, and a nice moderate 98 LB birthweight to boot.

THRR Scale Down 77J

CBT

Just an 80 Lb birthweight but being this is the lightest calf his dam has ever had I thought it safest to rank him as a 2 Star calving ease bull. He’s the 1st of our SOS Poundmaker 16G sons to sell, a bull we bought partnership on from Springside Farms.

THRR Strategy 88J

THRR Gauge 89J

THRR Dutton 98J

We were so pleasantly surprised with the lower birthweights on these King Ranch sons we used him on our heifer pen last year. 3 Star calving ease son here with lots to offer.

THRR Back Forty 119J

Just an 83 LB birthweight on this King Ranch son.

THRR Presidio 120J

CBT

The dam of this guy is one of our top producing Char cows, having given us 4 daughters in the herd, and 2 really good sons selling to Kendon and Lloyd Bennet, and Alberta Prime.

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THRR Laramie 133J

CBT

EASE RATING HH A little more moderate framed but still packed full of meat. Dam produced our high selling Charolais bull 2 years ago to Sunset Feeders.

THRR Vaquero 156J

CBT 156J March 15 2021 #PMC814312 Polled

EASE RATING HH

KING RANCH 2G

MS TOP HAND 9Y JD CATTLELAC 90W THRR MINDY 4273B RPJ MINDY 950W

High performance calf with a 114 wean and 118 gain index. Put together real nice and just a great coat of hair. Hard to fault. SKW EXPEDITION 89C

THRR Katana 161J

CBT

15C

He boasts a 116 wean index and a 114 gain index and bumped the scale with only a 100 LB birthweight…pretty good for a power bull. Dam has had 4 bulls sell through the sale, with her 2 daughters being retained.

THRR Quantrill 165J

A high performance KAYR Contender 125E son with indexes of 117 for wean and 121 for gain. He’s got that proud herd bull look to him already. Lots of length too. KAYR PROVIDENCE 910C KAYR CONTENDER 125E KAYR MISS 125X

THRR Range Boss 168J

CBT

CALVING EASE RATING HHH

CALVING EASE RATING HH A good solid bull to end off our yearlings with. Excellent hair coat. Above average performance. Just a real nice

THRR Airstream 111H

CBT

THRR Reeves 144H

THRR Fortune 167H

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

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

THRR Lexus 220H

THRR Bobbie 227H

THRR Rudabagah 230H

Thistle Ridge Ranch

Thank you to our 2021 sale supporters!

Armstrong Ranching, Bassanno, AB Q

Bekkering Bros, Taber, AB u Q

Brenda Brooks, High River, AB u

Casper Cattle Co.,Scandia. AB Q

Chin Ridge Seeds, Taber, AB u Q

Jim & Cam Cook, Magrath, AB u Q

Cottonwood Livestock, Medicine Hat, AB Q

Desertland & Cattle, Sedelia, AB

Jim Dunn, Balzac, AB

Garry & Jerri Fletcher, Brooks, AB

Flying K Ranch, Swift Current, SK

George Harms, Turin, AB Q

Richard Horvath, Taber, AB u Q

Klaasen Ranch, Consul, SK Q

Josh Leith, High River, AB Q

Dale McKenzie, Medicine Hat, AB Q

Clarke Metheral, Foremost, AB Q

Murray Ranches, Turin, AB u Q

Ron Olfert, Hays, AB Q

Park Livestock, Medicine Hat, AB Q

Paul Preston, Hays, AB Q

Peter Sorenson, Maple Creek, SK u

RCM Cattle Co., Wrenthan, AB

Sunset Feeders, Grassy Lake, AB u Q

Marty Van Reeuwyk, Coaldale, ABQ

Vyfield Cattle Co., Burdett, AB Q

Westview Feeders, Monarch, AB Q

Buyers of Mutiple Bulls u

Repeat Buyers Q

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

Ben & Carol Tams

Box 4205

Taber, AB T1G 2C7