Mitchell Cattle Co. Best Bet Bull Sale by Today's Publishing Inc.

Best Bet BULL SALE

Contact Information Sale Day: Ian

664 Oliver St., Williams Lake, BC

Free delivery to central points in BC

Sight unseen purchase; prior to the sale please contact the consignor to view or for any additional information you may require. BC Livestock will be happy to give an impartial opinion and place your bids.

Buyers Discount:

3 Bulls or more: 3% Discount

5 Bulls or more: 5% Discount

All bulls are semen tested. Scrotal measurements and current weights will be available sale day.

In-depth pedigree searches available at www.simmental.com & www.cdnangus.ca

Sale is being conducted under the license of BC LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS CO-OP

Coffee sponsored by BC LIVESTOCK CO-OP

Thank you to our Sponsors!

From all of us at Mitchell Cattle we welcome you to our 19th Annual Best Bet Bull Sale!

Thank you for taking the time to look through our catalogue and consider our program. We have compiled as much useful information as possible to assist in your selection. If you have a chance to stop in, we would love to take you through the bulls and tour through the cowherd.

We feel we have put together a tremendous set of bulls this year. There are more red Simmental than we have had in the past, very consistent from end to end. Although fewer blacks, they are very solid, good footed and sound. We have the most impressive set of Red Angus power bulls that we have ever produced, with the front end performing every bit as well as the Sim bulls. A large selection of heifer suitable Red Angus and some Simmental options too.

Our focus continues to be cow quality and productivity, soundness and foot structure. Our cattle travel extreme distances in the mountains, the bull calves are raised on mother’s milk – no creep feed – so they must be able to function in the environment that you expect them to go to work. We use only walking herd sires selected from the leading producers and operations across Canada. We need to know that these sires are able to move and function with soundness and ability, it is more important to us than looking pretty in a catalog and collecting semen.

The bulls are developed on a high roughage Total Mixed Ration. Hay, alfalfa silage, corn silage and a maximum of ten pounds of bull ration with mineral. The calves come off the mountain late so go on feed mid-October. The whole pen has gained an average of 4 pounds per day for the first 130 days on only ten pounds of grain.

Everyone is involved here, Thompson and Anja have been doing night shifts for calving and Leanna processes calves through the barn, tagging and weighing. I am thankful again that Leanna has taken on most of the catalogue; she knows every cow and is without sentimental attachment when choosing which ones stay or go. She carries on our thoughts that every cow must take a calf to the range, every year, no exceptions, no free passes.

We certainly value all our customers! We believe that it is extremely important to stand behind our bulls, if there is a problem we would appreciate being the first to know to remedy any unforeseen issues. 80% of our bulls sell to repeat customers. As in the past, we will look after delivering bulls to you, either in your yard or at a convenient spot close to you.

Our thanks to BC Livestock; the crew always does a fantastic job preparing the yards and looking after all our needs in Williams Lake.

The Mitchell Crew

IAN & ANJA MITCHELL

LEANNA & THOMPSON

Barriere, BC

Ian: 250-318-8539 | Anja: 250-319-8501

Leanna: 250-318-5245

ian@mitchellcattle.com

Lot 1

MITCHELLS Hondo 158N

Pure Simmental CA-PG1529146 RYM 158N 6/2/2025

MITCHELLS ELECTRIC 77J

MITCHELLS BACK TO REALITY 99L

MITCHELLS MS REVELLO 75F

SBSF EASTWOOD 22E

MITCHELLS SAHARA 12K

MITCHELLS

Lot 1 is a big-time growth bull with a more than acceptable birth weight. We had a great deal of interest in Back To Reality 99L in 2024 but unfortunately had to pull him from the sale due to a foot injury. He ended up healing well enough to cover a small selection of cows and we are thrilled to offer this sire group as the result! They were born bright and thrifty and have a ton of natural performance.

Homo Polled | Non-Dilutor

Lot 2

MITCHELLS Hondo 268N

Pure Simmental CA-PG1530006 RYM 268N 18/2/2025

MITCHELLS ELECTRIC 77J

MITCHELLS BACK TO REALITY 99L

MITCHELLS MS REVELLO 75F

CHERRY CREEK ELITE 8G

MITCHELLS CHARM 28K

MITCHELLS HORIZON 110G

This one may have been orphaned out on range, but he is very quickly catching up to his pen mates. As I write these footnotes he is gaining well over 5 pounds per day on a high percentage roughage ration. 268N comes from a top-notch maternal line stemming from Reality 6P, the namesake behind “Back To Reality.” We’ve retained over 30 females going back to 6P, which is quite the feat when we do no embryo work. 268N is mothered by a flawless uddered Elite 8G daughter, and his grand dam is none other than the favourite Horizon 110G.

Hetero Polled | Non-Dilutor

Lot 1

Ref Sire -Back To Reality 99L

Dam’s Udder

Horizon 110G - Grand Dam

RYM 160L - Brother to Dam

Lot 2

Lot 3

MITCHELLS Hondo 281N

Pure Simmental CA-PG1530019 RYM 281N 19/2/2025

MITCHELLS ELECTRIC 77J

MITCHELLS BACK TO REALITY 99L

MITCHELLS MS REVELLO 75F

MITCHELLS BOOTLEGGER 87G

MITCHELLS BOTTLEROCKET 173K

MITCHELLS SAHARA 20H

281N is out of a sweet uddered, deep ribbed, brood type female who is also a sister to our Real World 227L herd sire. This bull combines calving ease with ample growth in a curve bending package. He also ranked at the top of his contemporary group at weaning. This is a solid pedigree backed by great maternal strength and milking ability. 281N is long topped and square hipped. His EPDs back the phenotype on display here, we know you’ll find him appealing come sale day. Homo Polled | Non-Dilutor

Lot 4

MITCHELLS Hondo 306N

Pure Simmental CA-PG1530045 RYM 306N 24/2/2025

MITCHELLS ELECTRIC 77J

MITCHELLS BACK TO REALITY 99L

MITCHELLS MS REVELLO 75F

CIRCLE G HANDPRINT 4H

MITCHELLS ANTIDOTE 245K MITCHELLS MS CONVOY 49A

One of the younger bulls on offer and yet he fits right in with his pen mates. He has been gaining 4.4 pounds per day on feed so far. This bull is really coming on now and shaping up. He’s got a boat load of cherry red hair, is proud and masculine, thick topped and stout based. His dam carries tremendous length and massive rib shape, a real powerhouse female. Homo Polled | Non-Dilutor

Real World 227L - Sibling to Dam

RYM 9M - Sister

Electric 77J- Grandsire

The thing about having a herd bull reach 8 years of age is you learn an awful lot about his progeny in that time, and we have been so fortunate to continue to walk Eastwood long after we calved his first daughters. Eastwood improves calving ease and maternal traits regardless of what he is bred to. He is moderate and complete, and to no surprise calved extremely well used on heifers. He boasts a 19.8 for CE, -4.5 for BW and 13 for MCE, which not only lends him to being in the top 1% of the breed for these traits but the top 1% by good margin. Springcreek Simmentals bought a semen package and used Eastwood on heifers and mature cows, and the resulting progeny has been fantastic. His sons and daughters were highly regarded in the Pursuit of Perfection bull sale as well as in Springcreek’s dispersal.

Lot 5

MITCHELLS Sochi 92N Pure Simmental CA-PG1518181 RYM 92N 1/2/2025

CMS SOCHI 307A

SBSF EASTWOOD 22E

SBSF SAHARA 7A

CIRCLE G ENTRUST 84E

MITCHELLS MONTANA 192G

MITCHELLS PLAYGIRL 8B

What better way to start off the Eastwood sire group than with this bull! He exhibits big-time performance with loads of style. Dark cherry red hair and excellent udder quality for multiple generations on the dams’ side; with cow-herd builders like Poker Face, Crosby, and the Red Quorum daughter Erixon Lady 2P in the pedigree. There’s a ton to like here. This bull is hard to fault in his structure, and free in his movement. One you appreciate from every angle, and one that will add a lot of maternal strength wherever you use him. He’s been gaining 4.5 pounds per day on feed and his mama weaned him plenty heavy off the range.

Homo Polled | Non-Dilutor

Lot 6

MITCHELLS Sochi 104N Pure Simmental CA-PG1529088 RYM 104N 2/2/2025

CMS SOCHI 307A

SBSF EASTWOOD 22E

SBSF SAHARA 7A

BEE EMBLEM 54B

MITCHELLS TRADEMARK 29E

MITCHELLS HENRIETTA 85A

Full sib to one of the crowd-favourites of last year’s sale. This time with a little added length and frame. Trademark 29E has brought some excellent bulls to the sale over the years and this one is no exception. The Eastwood sons pack a little bit more punch this year, these first five sons are weighing and gaining well above the average of the rest of the pen. Lot 6 comes from the same cow family as Lot 5, going back to the high-performance matron Spruce 25W. Homo Polled | Non-Dilutor

Lot 5

Lot 6

RYM 264M - Full Sibling

$16k daughter sold in Springcreek dispersal

Lot 7 MITCHELLS Sochi 133N

Pure Simmental CA-PG1529115 RYM 133N 4/2/2025

CMS SOCHI 307A

SBSF EASTWOOD 22E

SBSF SAHARA 7A

ERIXON POWER PLAY 102Y

PLAYGIRL 224D

DRAEM 122U

An impressive spread from a very acceptable birthweight to a nearly 900-pound weaning weight. Lot 7 is keen headed and smooth through his front third. He’s got a ton of rib to him, big round quarter and you’ll like him a bunch when you get behind him too. Full-on volume but smooth throughout. He also measured 41cm at 11 months of age. His dam is a cow that stays in good condition despite her frame and high production. Lot 7 is gaining 4.6 pounds per day as I write these footnotes - yet another solid and appealing Eastwood son that will work anywhere.

Homo Polled | Dilutor

Lot 8

MITCHELLS Sochi 140N

Simmental CA-PG1529121 RYM 140N 5/2/2025

CMS SOCHI 307A

SBSF EASTWOOD 22E

SBSF SAHARA 7A

DOUBLE G ZEPPLIN 21Z MITCHELLS ZEPPE 208D

One of the heaviest-weaning bulls in the pen and it comes as no surprise to us. With a pedigree backed by Boda 196X you can count on maternal calving ease (top 1% of the breed MCE EPD), growth, milking ability and high fertility and production. The dam of Lot 8 is also the granddam of Lot 37, who weaned at 925 pounds. You can see the consistently high output of these females; they sure don’t owe us a dime. Any cow we have that goes back to Boda 196X is money-maker plain and simple. Lot 8 will sire calves that come easily, get up quick and grow for a bigger return on investment come fall.

Homo Polled | Dilutor

Lot 9

MITCHELLS Sochi 161N

Simmental CA-PG1529148 RYM 161N 7/2/2025

CMS SOCHI 307A

SBSF EASTWOOD 22E

SBSF SAHARA 7A

ERIXON POWER PLAY 102Y

MITCHELLS PLAYGIRL 8B MITCHELLS SPRUCE 25W

The dam of 161N is also the granddam of Lot 5 and these bulls make it easy to see why we crossed this cow family this way. Lots 4, 5, and 9 all trace back to Spruce 25W and what a consistent result in the mating to Eastwood. 161N will produce females with lots of milk and performance while maintaining calving ease, you can’t go wrong here. He is also maturing early, with a scrotal circumference of 40cm at less than a year of age. This is one we wouldn’t hesitate to use on those first and secondtime calvers, with CE and BW EPDs in the top 10% and MCE at 1%.

Homo Polled | Non-Dilutor

Lot

FLCC 46G - Maternal Sibling

Lot 10

CMS SOCHI 307A

SBSF EASTWOOD 22E

SBSF SAHARA 7A

CIRCLE G ENTRUST 84E

MITCHELLS MONTANA 117G

MITCHELLS TEDDY 227Y

This bull sports a big blaze, cherry red hair, and good temperament. His dam raised both him and his twin, which sure is impressive when you see he weaned at 800 pounds! The udder quality of the “Montana” females is hard to beat. This one goes back to Reality 6P as well, you’ll see that name sprinkled through a whole lot of footnotes in this catalog and for good reason. See Lots 2, 16 and 33 for some more offspring off that stellar cow family.

Homo Polled | Non-Dilutor

11

CMS SOCHI 307A

SBSF EASTWOOD 22E

SBSF SAHARA 7A

RED MITCHELL ECO 26Z

MITCHELLS BEST X 157B

MITCHELLS TOBA 82Z

All it takes is one look at the full siblings to Lot 11 and you know the genetics line up right. His full sister is one of the best young cows here, she never misses and her progeny are fabulous. 240N is masculine and keen headed, thick throughout, well-muscled, easy fleshing and easy to like. The pictures all speak for themselves!

Homo Polled | Non-Dilutor

CMS SOCHI 307A

SBSF EASTWOOD 22E

SBSF SAHARA 7A

ERIXON LAD 12C

MITCHELLS MS REVELLO 173G MITCHELLS CONVOYDIVA 243A

Moderate birthweights are consistent and to be expected with this cross. This bull is the result of another second-time mating to Eastwood and you can see why we used the bull until he was 8 years old. Top 2% for CE and BW EPDs and in the top 1% for Maternal Calving Ease. 285N also measured 39.5cm at 10 and a half months of age. He is long topped, smooth made and loose hidden.

Homo Polled | Non-Dilutor

RYM 147M - Full Sibling RYM 203J - Full Sibling

RYM 125M - Full Sibling

REF MITCHELLS Real World 227L

Pure Simmental 1430042 RYM 227L 19/2/2023

As this guy developed in the pen it became very clear we needed to utilize him in our program. He’s backed by calving ease we trust and yet boasts some major growth. His young sister is already proving her worth here, contributing a bull to the sale herself and producing a standout replacement female. 227L easily contributes the most frame and power to his calves, with 4 sons weighing 1400-1500+ pounds at a year of age. This herd sire ranked 6/62 at weaning and in the top 6 again for yearling weight.

Lot 13 MITCHELLS Real World 63N

3/4 Simmental CA-PRS1517905 RYM 63N 29/1/2025

MAF MR 172J

MITCHELLS REAL WORLD 227L

MITCHELLS SAHARA 20H

RED RSL UTAH 835F

MITCHELLS MS UTAH 152J MITCHELLS HORIZON 157G

Starting off the Real World 227L group with top performance. This bull weighed 72% of his dam’s weight when he came in at weaning, and he continues to gain impressively holding steady at over 4.5 pounds per day on feed. Despite the birthweight, this bull is shaped right, and we expect his calves to be born bright and have explosive growth.

Homo Polled | Non-Dilutor

Lot 14 MITCHELLS Real World 119N

Pure Simmental CA-PG1529101 RYM 119N 3/2/2025

MAF MR 172J

MITCHELLS REAL WORLD 227L

MITCHELLS SAHARA 20H

IPU 2Y SPECTATOR 160E MITCHELLS POLKA 265G

ANN 121W

119N is a big rugged, square-made bull who checks a lot of boxes. Starting out at 95 pounds and weaning at over 900, he has loads of cherry red hair, a big, long top and square hip. One that has always looked “all bull” – he has been impressive at every stage of his life. His dam is a no-miss cow who we have seriously considered flushing.

Homo Polled | Non-Dilutor

Lot

Lot 15

MAF MR 172J

MITCHELLS REAL WORLD 227L

MITCHELLS SAHARA 20H

Real World

RED TOP CHANCELLOR 71C

MITCHELLS MS RED TOP 24H

MITCHELLS TOBA 30Y

This is an easy pick when you walk through the pen. When you’re looking for performance in a herd bull package, he’s hard to pass by. His dam has raised several top-notch bulls, with last year’s going to Lacombe Research Centre. 263N is heavily muscled with a big top. One with ample dimension throughout. He is well above average in 11/13 EPD categories.

Homo Polled | Non-Dilutor

Lot 16 MITCHELLS Real

MAF MR 172J

MITCHELLS REAL WORLD 227L

MITCHELLS SAHARA 20H

PERKS AIR FORCE 20Z

MITCHELLS MISS FORCE 102F

MITCHELLS TEDDY 227Y

Leave it to a daughter of the Reality 6P lineage to wean one off over 900 pounds! They sure get the job done. We have retained a herd sire out of Miss Force 102F already and it’s easy to see why. Her last two bull calves weaned at 880 and 935 pounds respectively. She also has two daughters working here, one who has just calved early first-cycle with a beauty blaze face calf, and the other who is the dam of Lot 33.

Homo Polled | Non-Dilutor

Lot 17

MAF MR 172J

MITCHELLS REAL WORLD 227L

MITCHELLS SAHARA 20H

MAVV GALEN 48G

MITCHELLS SANGRIA 267J

MITCHELLS PLAYGIRL 335C

A moderate birthweight “Real World” son who has some frame and length to him. If you’re looking to make some nice uddered replacement females, this one should fit the bill. Leanna showed his grand dam, and the “Sangria” females have very high udder quality. 272N is above average in 11/13 EPD categories and we think those numbers will hold true for the performance of his offspring.

Homo Polled | Non-Dilutor

RYM 123K - Maternal Sibling RYM 200M - Maternal Sibling

RYM 43H - Maternal Brother

RYM 77J - Maternal Brother

336L

Lot 18

MITCHELLS Real

MAF MR 172J

MITCHELLS REAL WORLD 227L

MITCHELLS SAHARA 20H

MAVV GALEN 48G

MITCHELLS SANGRIA 248L MITCHELLS POLKA 279G

World

325N Pure Simmental CA-PG1530063 RYM 325N 3/3/2025

Big barrelled, blaze faced and all bull. This may be one of the younger bulls in the pen, but he is gaining over 4.5 pounds per day to catch up with his older pen mates. The dam of Lot 18 truly has some of the greatest depth of rib of our cow herd, tons of capacity to her, and a perfectly square, nicely suspended udder. She did a fabulous job with this cherry red brute - right from day one he has been fantastic. He boasts a solid EPD profile with excellent growth, milk, maternal calving ease and most carcass traits also being well above average. Lot 18 carries ample muscle while remaining loose hided and soggy middled. He is an extremely appealing performance bull that shouldn’t be overlooked due to his age.

Homo Polled | Non-Dilutor

Lot 19 MITCHELLS Bonaparte

247N Pure Simmental CA-PG1529983 RYM 247N 14/2/2025

LFE TURNOUT 3099G

LFE BURNOUT 336L

LFE BS FIRSTBASE 668E

MUIRHEADS TIME OUT 263B

MITCHELLS BACK IN BLACK 191F

The only red “Burnout” son in the pen but he holds his own. He’s tidy in his makeup and proud fronted. A very square-made individual with good muscle down his topline and thickness throughout. His sister is another star feature; she is cherry red, blaze faced with a good udder, having calved early in the first cycle again this year.

Homo Polled | Non-Dilutor

Burnout

- Sire

Galen 48G – Sire of Dam

Where does one start with this bull… I have always been a huge fan of his dam. She may not be a big cow, but her fertility, structural soundness, and production record set her apart from the rest. Her EPDs portray her excellent calving ease, as well as having pretty stellar carcass traits. As 180L is a Galen 48G son he displays that extra rib, length, and hip we’re always chasing. We took a chance to use 180L on heifers as he displayed pretty outstanding performance and his sire was certainly a power bull; but nevertheless, he calved phenomenally well! We couldn’t be more pleased with his sons in the pen and his second set of calves on the ground.

Lot 20 MITCHELLS Macallan 74N

Pure Simmental CA-PG1517914 RYM 74N 30/1/2025

MAVV GALEN 48G

MITCHELLS RED WHISKEY 180L

MITCHELLS HORIZON 159G

MITCHELLS ELECTRIC 77J

MITCHELLS BACK TO REALITY 142L

MITCHELLS ZEPPE 85B

Lot 20 leads off the Macallan sire group with top-of-the-line calving ease numbers. He is in the top 10% for CE, top 15% for BW, top 5% for MCE and it doesn’t stop there as he’s well above average in 11/13 EPD categories. We used his sire 180L with great success on heifers and he went to work at Bruce & Lonnie Rolph’s after that – Just ask Rolph’s how they liked their calves. 180L bred a big group of larger framed cows this past year. We’re getting those calves on the ground now and the results are just as we’d hoped!

Homo Polled | Non-Dilutor

Lot 21 MITCHELLS Macallan 152N

Pure Simmental CA-PG1529130 RYM 152N 6/2/2025

MAVV GALEN 48G

MITCHELLS RED WHISKEY 180L

MITCHELLS HORIZON 159G

CIRCLE G HANDPRINT 4H

MITCHELLS MS EXCLUSIVE 195L

MITCHELLS PLAYGIRL 153D

Here’s one we are pretty pleased we kept intact. His dam birthed him unassisted and he’s turned into a heck of a calf. As I write these footnotes, he’s gaining 5 and a ¼ pounds per day on feed. He’s proud through his front third, long and strong over the top, and has big smooth muscle from his hip to his hocks. His overall length of body contributes to his ability to be heavier than he looks. All while being incredibly sound and free on the move. He was an easy pick at branding time, and he’ll be an easy pick come April 4th too.

Homo Polled | Non-Dilutor

Horizon 159G - Dam RYM 66K – Maternal Sister to 180L

RYM 282M - Full Sibling to Sire

Lot 22

MITCHELLS

MAVV GALEN 48G

MITCHELLS RED WHISKEY 180L

MITCHELLS HORIZON 159G

Macallan 230N

Pure Simmental CA-PG1529955 RYM 230N 11/2/2025

SKORS CAPTAIN MORGAN 195G

MITCHELLS MORGAN 113L

MITCHELLS PLAYGIRL 296C

One of the most surefire heifer bulls of the offering and his numbers back the claim: he’s in the top 5% for CE, top 10% for BW and top 4% of the breed for maternal calving ease. If you’re in the market to keep some replacements, this bull is sure to leave good uddered daughters. Both the Power Play 102Y and Galen 48G females have turned out to be solid, sound, notably good brood cows. Lot 22 comes with some extra dimension and style to him, the type that is always “posing” and looking the part. His temperament has been excellent to boot. Homo Polled | Non-Dilutor

Lot 23 MITCHELLS Macallan 245N

3/4 Simmental CA-PRS1529980 RYM 245N 14/2/2025

MAVV GALEN 48G

MITCHELLS RED WHISKEY 180L

MITCHELLS HORIZON 159G

MITCHELLS ELECTRIC 77J

MITCHELLS BACK TO REALITY 57L

Another 180L son who you’ll quickly appreciate for his mass of body and how loose hided he is. He’s got extra depth of rib and length of body to him that’s sure to create some stellar mama cows. He also boasts one of the best sets of EPDs of the Macallan sire group. He is in the top 10% of the breed for CE, BW, MCE, and Marbling, while also being well above average for growth traits and carcass weight. His maternal lineage is well known for good reason here, with his grand dam being an extremely prolific hybrid cow, and Reality 6P also hiding in the pedigree.

Homo Polled | Non-Dilutor

ETZ 195G - Sire of Dam

RYM 236M - Maternal Brother to Dam

RYM 77J - Sire of Dam

We acquired the most sought-after Velocity x Mackfrid flush calf on offer in Meadow Acres dispersal and are very happy with the results. 172J displays a ton of power in his calves, with very attractive head shape and phenotype. They are early maturing, displaying performance from a young age, with big round muscles and hip shape, as well as great hair and style. The calves are easily some of the thriftiest babies at calving time, being quick to get up and go. We are calving his first daughters now and the milk production, small teat size, and beautiful pear shape these females possess might be the best part about this bull yet.

Lot 24

MITCHELLS Velocity

MAF FULL VELOCITY 117F

MAF MR 172J

MAF MACKFRID 27F

LRX DILLENGER 116D

MITCHELLS HORIZON 42G

A sister to this bull has just calved January 30th as I write these footnotes and I couldn’t ask for much more in a replacement female. Really angular in her design through her front third, great neck extension and blooming from there with volume of rib, hind quarter and wow – what an ideal udder. I’d be hoping for some daughters in the replacement pen from 72N! His dam raised both him and his twin, bringing in over 1500 pounds of calves at weaning time.

Hetero Polled | Non-Dilutor

Lot 25

MITCHELLS

Velocity 99N

Pure Simmental CA-PG1529084 RYM 99N 1/2/2025

MAF FULL VELOCITY 117F

MAF MR 172J

MAF MACKFRID 27F

RED TOP CHANCELLOR 71C

MITCHELLS MS RED TOP 283F

Lot 25 is another twin whose dam raised both calves this year, weaning over 1600 pounds of calves. It sure pays to have cows that milk well and breed back early – she’s already calved again on January 30th with a beauty blaze faced heifer calf. Lot 25 goes back to Reality 9P. 9P still has four daughters who are going strong here, with the oldest being 14 this year. The longevity, fertility, and output of the “Reality” females is absolutely unmatched.

Hetero Polled | Non-Dilutor

RYM 9P - Grand Dam

RYM 42G- Dam

172J as Calf Mackfrid 27F - Dam of 172J

Lot 26

MITCHELLS

Velocity

166N Pure Simmental CA-PG1529152 RYM 166N 7/2/2025

MAF FULL VELOCITY 117F

MAF MR 172J

MAF MACKFRID 27F

SBSF EASTWOOD 22E

MITCHELLS SAHARA 17J MITCHELLS HORIZON 5G

166N combines the consistent calving ease of Eastwood and Dillenger with the undeniable power and performance of Captain Scream in his pedigree. The proof is in the pudding, as he started with a moderate 90 pound birthweight, weaned above average in his contemporary group of 48 other bulls, and has gone on to gain 4.5 pounds per day on feed. The times are right, and the more live calves on the ground that have the ability to wean heavy, the bigger the bonus come fall.

Homo Polled | Non-Dilutor

Lot 27

MITCHELLS Velocity 216N

MAF FULL VELOCITY 117F

MAF MR 172J

MAF MACKFRID 27F

BEE EMBLEM 54B

TRADEMARK 130D

Lot 27 is absolutely packed full of meat and muscle – the wolves must have thought so too as they stole a chunk of his ham. He healed up well and we’re glad as this is a darn good bull that would catch your eye anywhere. He’s masculine, proud, thick from end to end and a hairy bugger too. His dam just so happens to be out of another “Reality” cow, and I’m telling you, they really are that good. She’s also the great granddam of Lot 13.

Homo Polled | Non-Dilutor

Lot 28

MITCHELLS Velocity 218N

1/2 Simm/Angus CA-PRS1529918 RYM 218N 10/2/2025

MAF FULL VELOCITY 117F

MAF MR 172J

MAF MACKFRID 27F

The only true hybrid of the offering and he is exactly what you want from one. 84 pounds at birth and close to 900 pounds at weaning. The best of both worlds. At weaning he ranked #1 of 19 bulls in his contemporary group. His dam and granddam have been such stellar producers for us, sending countless bulls through the sale. We are also collecting quite the number of females strictly from this cow family, four of which have already calved by February 2nd – they have amazing fertility and milk production.

Homo Polled | Non-Dilutor

Sons of 8167F and 6291D

Lot 29

MAF FULL VELOCITY 117F

MAF MR 172J

MAF MACKFRID 27F

ERIXON LAD 12C

MITCHELLS MS REVELLO 254H

MITCHELLS BUNNY 128E

If we hadn’t retained her last bull calf this one might’ve stayed home too. 244M can’t help but be dark red, his dam and grand dam are both the same. He’s been one of my favourites since day one. My calving notes read “super bright calf”, and his dams’ calves are always thrifty. He’s matured into a masculine fronted, proud, strong and thick topped bull who exhibits width and fullness at every angle. I don’t think there’s any room for more muscle under that hide, and yet he still appears soggy and not hard-made.

Homo Polled

Lot 30 MITCHELLS Velocity

MAF FULL VELOCITY 117F

MAF MR 172J

MAF MACKFRID 27F

LRX DILLENGER 116D

MITCHELLS HORIZON 319J

MITCHELLS BLK BLING 36Z

Lot 31

I will be retaining a bull out of 319J one day, she is good on so many levels. Firstly, she’s a “Horizon” sired by the Dillenger bull who left us a large group of sound structured, easy calving, long-lived, fertile cows. Second, she is out of Bling 36Z who, over her 14 years, has contributed massively to our black Simmental program. Lot 30 is “in the green” for 12/13 EPD traits and has the look to back the numbers. He has a small, keen head and is so smooth made even though he’s full on and heavily muscled throughout. With a long shoulder, extreme depth of rib and fullness through his heart. His hip shape and thickness over his top is very much like his sire’s. The 172J sired females that we are calving now are milking well and sure are pretty!

Homo Polled | Non-Dilutor

MAF FULL VELOCITY 117F

MAF MR 172J

MAF MACKFRID 27F

SBSF EASTWOOD 22E

MITCHELLS SAHARA 191H MITCHELLS MS REVELLO 76F

Even though 191H was bred on the range and we had to DNA this calf to find his sire, he came back as my first guess and it’s easy to pick out who his daddy is! Starting off with his keen button head, proud frontend structure, heavily muscled topline, and ending with a big, round hip and we have ourselves a winner. MAF 172J stamps his offspring very well. The same goes for his daughters, you can pretty well pick them out simply by their square udder structure and pear-like shape. I have to add, if you don’t want milk production, this isn’t the one for you – his daughters are going to milk well. Lot 31’s moderate birthweight stems from his Eastwood dam, and the Revelstock 12C influence further back. He maintains a balanced EPD profile and is still top 3% of the breed for maternal calving ease, which is one of our “sacred” numbers.

Homo Polled | Non-Dilutor

RYM 319J - Dam

RYM 68M - Maternal Brother RYM 136L - Maternal Brother

RYM 210M - Maternal Sibling

Red Kingdom commanded $90,000 in McMillen’s 2024 Bull Sale and his progeny is certainly stamped with the same high value look. We haven’t used a sire in some time that consistently adds so much stoutness, middle, and muscle while remaining loose hided and easy doing. His daughters already have an unrivalled brood cow look to them, they are so deep ribbed, nice topped and tidy fronted. Kingdom is in the top 1% for WW, YW, and Maternal Weaning EPDs. He also holds strong across all carcass trait EPDs as well. We can’t wait to see the Kingdom-sired females come into production, and we know his sons in the sale will be well received.

Lot 32 MITCHELLS Folsom Blues 134N

MADER WALK THE LINE 92J

MRL RED KINGDOM 129L

MRL MISS 8585F

CHERRY CREEK ELITE 8G

CHARM 182K

This may be one of the most attractive profiling bulls in the offering and he reminds us so much of his sire. He has a keen little head, proud front, big soggy middle, and massive round hip. He’s cool all around. Backed by a blaze faced, fleck influenced dam and stellar grand dam. The udder quality and maternal strength should be top notch, with greats like KWA Rock 78Z, TNT Bootlegger Z268 and NCB Cobra 47Y to name a few in the pedigree.

Homo Polled | Non-Dilutor

Lot 33 MITCHELLS Folsom Blues 156N

MADER WALK THE LINE 92J

MRL RED KINGDOM 129L

MRL MISS 8585F

SBSF EASTWOOD 22E

SAHARA 282K

Lots 33 and 34 are ¾ sibs and there is so much to like about the pair of them. This sire group easily has the most rib shape and easy-doing ability of all the bulls on offer this year. Lot 33 is in the top 5% of the breed or better for WW, YW, Maternal Weaning Weight, Carcass Weight, and Ribeye Area EPDs. He has a level, smooth topline and great balance from end to end. His dam was a big capacity female who we lost on the range; she’ll be missed as the two calves we got off her are high quality. Her mother is still here, Miss Force 102F is also the dam of Lot 16.

Homo Polled | Non-Dilutor

RYM 168E - Grand Dam

Lot 34 MITCHELLS Folsom Blues 234N

MADER WALK THE LINE 92J

MRL RED KINGDOM 129L

MRL MISS 8585F

SBSF EASTWOOD 22E

MITCHELLS SAHARA 81K

MITCHELLS BINKY 222D

Although we didn’t get the picture this bull deserved for the catalog I feel he is a true sale feature. Not only is he sired by the $90,000 acquisition MRL Red Kingdom, but his dam has a full brother working in Manitoba for Triple T Diamond Simmentals as well. He is a big, soft middled individual who travels sound and is balanced from head to tail. One who has that herd bull look and a great deal of muscle shape and thickness throughout. He’s going to make for some wicked good brood cows in the future, no doubt about it. The numbers backing this bull just flat-out work. Moderate birthweight, weaned at 865 pounds off the range – never mind a creep feed bin… and he’s continued to gain very well so far on feed.

Homo Polled | Non-Dilutor

Lot 35 MITCHELLS Folsom Blues

MADER WALK THE LINE 92J

MRL RED KINGDOM 129L

MRL MISS 8585F

MITCHELLS VENOM 34G

MITCHELLS ANTIDOTE 242K

MITCHELLS PLAYGIRL 113B

I’m going to sound like a broken record here, but Lot 35 is yet another soft middled, smooth and attractive Red Kingdom son with a great EPD profile to back him. Writing these footnotes one week into first cycle, his sister has already calved, and his dam is not far away. This is a very fertile cow family. Lot 35’s granddam, 113B, is still here and has also calved first cycle at 12 years of age. The cow family combines great udder quality with sound feet and leg structure.

Homo Polled | Non-Dilutor

Lot 36 MITCHELLS Folsom Blues 294N

MADER WALK THE LINE 92J

MRL RED KINGDOM 129L

MRL MISS 8585F

MAVV GALEN 48G

MITCHELLS SANGRIA 212J

MITCHELLS ZEPPE 208B

A more moderate framed Kingdom son who still ranked in the top third of the pen for weaning weight. Like most of the “Sangria” cows, his dam is dark red and she sure stamps her calves with that pigment. All the Red Kingdom sons have pretty phenomenal numbers. We are extremely pleased with his daughters in the replacement pen, they are deep bodied, big dimension females. It’s already looking like they will set up really correct udders as well.

Homo Polled | Non-Dilutor

RYM 150J - Full Sibling to Dam

RYM 113B pictured at 8 years of age

This herd bull commands a lot of attention for his size, bone, foot and overall, extremely sound and functional structure. He possesses a ton of muscle and thickness throughout, and his depth of heart and strength through his forerib is impressive. He has one heck of a big square foot under him with tons of heel and dead straight claw shape. He covered plenty of cows and travelled well on range. When bulls carry this much mass you just know that he is going to leave fantastic females in the herd and produce some wicked heavy steer calves in the meantime!

Lot 37

MITCHELLS Rancher 141N

Pure Simmental CA-PG1526417 RYM 141N 5/2/2025

SVS RANCHER 42H

DK METCALF 33L

MAF LADY 159G

IPU 2Y SPECTATOR 160E

FLCC POLKA 46G

ZEPPE 208D

Lot 37 is heavy duty. This bull carries a tremendous amount of thickness throughout. He is so stout, long bodied, and strong topped. He’s got a ton of hair as well, as all the DK Metcalf 33L progeny do. 33L is one of the best footed bulls we’ve used in a long time, and Lot 37 has a huge, square foot with lots of heel under him as well. This one is yet another performance bull who goes back to the Boda 196X cow. There are many maternal powerhouses in this pedigree, including Sammie, the Springcreek Launch daughter Lady 159G, and Pocahontas 2Y to name a few. His granddam is also the mother of Lot 8. Hetero Polled | Non-Dilutor

Lot 38

MITCHELLS Rancher 192N

Pure Simmental CA-PG1529309 RYM 192N 8/2/2025

SVS RANCHER 42H

DK METCALF 33L

MAF LADY 159G

BEE EMBLEM 54B MITCHELLS TRADEMARK 28E

108Y

This is the second bull calf that 28E has sent through the sale and we’ve kept a ton of daughters. It doesn’t seem to matter which way you breed the dam of this bull, the resulting offspring are very marketable. Lot 38 is stout, loose-hided and hairy and does a lot of things well. He has a balanced set of EPDs with 10/13 traits above average. Whether you’re building replacement females or want to put together a heavy load of steers, this is the bull for you.

Homo Polled | Non-Dilutor

MAF 159G - Grand Dam

283K - Maternal Brother

RYM 119L - Maternal Brother

When viewing Elite 8G we were immediately drawn to his performance record and herd bull presence. Once we had seen his dam and sister, we knew the maternal quality would benefit our program as well. We wanted to incorporate some more power without sacrificing calving traits. The 8G calves are born easily and they are bright and thrifty. They have adequate growth, nice skull shape, lots of length, and most are cherry red. His daughters have gone on to be highly favourable – the udder quality is impeccable, they’re very sound structured, fertile and hold body condition even while raising big calves out on range.

Lot 39

MITCHELLS Elite

Simmental CA-PG1515747 RYM

SIBELLE DIRTY HARRY 25Z

CHERRY CREEK ELITE 8G

CHERRY CREEK CHARM 10B

SBSF EASTWOOD 22E

MITCHELLS SAHARA 155G

MITCHELLS ZEPPE 308E

52N catches your eye not only for his attractive traditional colour but the style and mass he carries. We’ve sure added a lot of stellar females back into the cow herd using the Elite 8G sire, and we expect the daughters of 52N to be no different. Look at his EPDs, they depict ease of calving, moderate birthweights, productive daughters, and pretty good carcass traits too. His dam is no stranger to bringing good ones to town, with a notable sale feature going to DK Land & Cattle in 2024. Homo Polled | Non-Dilutor

Lot 40

MITCHELLS Elite

SIBELLE DIRTY HARRY 25Z

CHERRY CREEK ELITE 8G

CHERRY CREEK CHARM 10B

DOUBLE G ZEPPLIN 21Z

MITCHELLS ZEPPE 183B

RYMAR LUCKY 39L

This bull is long as a freight train, smooth made and correct in his makeup with a lot of muscle to him. When I see a bull like this that is so strong and full through his forerib I just picture the big money cuts that are under that hide! If you want a pen full of dark red pigmented, growthy, chromed-up steers don’t bother to look any further. Ample milk and extremely strong production record backing this bull on both sides of the pedigree which lends to his ability to sire standout females as well. His dam is 12 years old and set to calve here in the first cycle once again.

Purebred

RYM 155G - Dam

RYM 8J - Maternal Sister RYM 247M - Maternal Brother

Lot 41 MITCHELLS Elite 138N 1/2 Simmental CA-PRS1529120 RYM 138N 5/2/2025

SIBELLE DIRTY HARRY 25Z

CHERRY CREEK ELITE 8G

CHERRY CREEK CHARM 10B

SIMMENTAL/SIMMENTAL

There is consistently moderate birthweight backing this bull as his full sister only weighed 85 pounds. His 13-year-old dam, 3295A, has contributed multiple sons to the sale and daughters to our cow herd. We can’t stress enough how well the Elite 8G bull has worked in our program. His daughters are arguably the easiest fleshing and best milking young cows we have, which is a rare combination. The udder quality is fantastic and one just can’t help but like those blaze faced halffleck brood cows. Further, the 8G sire has remained extremely sound and free moving, he’s a good breeder and covers a ton of ground on the range.

Homo Polled | Non-Dilutor

Lot 42 MITCHELLS Elite 340N

SIBELLE DIRTY HARRY 25Z

CHERRY CREEK ELITE 8G

CHERRY CREEK CHARM 10B

54B

For a march calf, this bull sure doesn’t lack any growth and has performed well above average in the pen. He ranked 7th of 51 in his contemporary group at weaning, giving him a WW ratio of 112. His dam, like all the Emblem/Trademark females, always out-produces herself. There are four bulls in the sale out of Emblem 54B-sired cows and we think you’ll agree that the bulls they raised are loose hided, stout, and really look like their mothers fed them well!

Hetero Polled

Lot 43

MORE’S HITCHHIKER 2H

MITCHELLS FARRAH 7L

This bull has a cool look to him. He’s very upright in his design through his front end. His dam is similarly bold through her rib shape, with added angularity in her front third. The blaze face began with Foxy 132A and has been a strongly inherited trait in this cow family. Lot 43 brings some of that highly regarded State of War blood into a red-hided package, and his dam doubles up on calving ease on both sides of her pedigree. That being said, this bull still has a lot of muscle expression and bone to him, he’s very wide based and square over his top.

Hetero Polled

Lot

RYM 3295A - Dam

Foxy 132A - Grand Dam

When Luke called with an offer for us to buy into this $95,000 bull we couldn’t refuse. Burnout 336L moves freely on a big foot and bred extremely well, covering a large number of cows two years in a row. He not only maintained condition during breeding but kept gaining, amassing a big frame and lots of power as he’s matured. He boosts performance and chrome on anything he’s mated with.

Lot 44 MITCHELLS

7N Pure Simmental CA-BPG1509361 RYM 7N 21/1/2025

LFE TURNOUT 3099G

LFE BURNOUT 336L

LFE BS FIRSTBASE 668E

CIRCLE G EXPLORER 40E

MITCHELLS BLACK BETTY 233H

BLACK DOWNEY 142D

The dam of this bull is quickly racking up a good track record here. Black Betty 233H is good uddered, fertile, and consistently productive - our calving due date for the cowherd is typically February 1st, and 233H has never calved later than the 8th. She is the granddam of Lot 61, who was Leanna’s pick of the Black Simmental bulls at weaning. Her 2024 bull calf was arguably one of the best to sell in last year’s sale, and she’s duplicated that quality here with Bonaparte 7N. 7N is appealing through his front third, big ribbed and square hipped. An excellent mix of his dam and sire in every way.

Homo Polled | Homo Blk Test Pending

Lot 45 MITCHELLS Bonaparte

14N Pure Simmental CA-BPG1509353 RYM 14N 24/1/2025

LFE TURNOUT 3099G

LFE BURNOUT 336L

LFE BS FIRSTBASE 668E

CIRCLE G EXPLORER 40E MITCHELLS BLACK ZEOLA 6H

BLK TOBA 52Y

Bonaparte 14N has herd bull written all over him. His sire sold for $95,000 through Lewis’ sale and is a power bull in every way. Big footed, big ribbed, long spined and sporting a cool blaze face to top it off. 14N comes from a wicked no miss cow, Zeola 6H. We’ve kept 4/4 of her calves, and she’s never calved later than the first week of calving season. In 2022 her first heifer calf was an immediate replacement pen favourite, who has since gone on to raise a herd bull for us and her second calf sells as Lot 50. 6H raised a 2023 bull calf for the sale, and in 2024 added another female to our herd – another favourite. Brings us to 2025 and she’s knocked it out of the park with 14N. He’s currently gaining 4.5 pounds per day, and blends the calving ease of his dam with the power of his sire seamlessly.

Hetero Polled | Hetero Blk

RYM 40M - Maternal Sibling

Lot 46

MITCHELLS

LFE TURNOUT 3099G

LFE BURNOUT 336L

LFE BS FIRSTBASE 668E

CIRCLE

Bonaparte 29N

Lot 47 MITCHELLS Bonaparte 30N

LFE TURNOUT 3099G

LFE BURNOUT 336L

LFE BS FIRSTBASE 668E

CIRCLE G EXPLORER 40E MITCHELLS BLK ZEOLA 162J

Yet another “Zeola” cow pulling more than her weight! These females mated to the Burnout 336L herd sire have produced such consistently good offspring and they’re hard not to like. Though 29N and 30N are twins, you can still expect lower birthweights. Consistent calving ease on the dams’ side, with her last (single birth) bull calf born at 84 pounds, and the full sibling to these twins born this year at 85 pounds. These bulls are peas in a pod, for both looks and performance. Small skull shape, smooth front third, lots of rib and dimension and square hipped. Both marked with some appealing chrome. Homo Polled | Homo Blk Test Pending

Lot 47 29N & 30N

RYM 15M - Maternal Brother

Lot 48 MITCHELLS Bonaparte 97N

LFE TURNOUT 3099G

LFE BURNOUT 336L

LFE BS FIRSTBASE 668E

CIRCLE G EXPLORER 40E

MITCHELLS ZEOLA 44K

MITCHELLS BLK BLING 36Z

If you read the footnotes on Lot 30 then you know how much I think of the cow family backing this bull already. Zeola 44K is yet another direct daughter of Bling 36Z, who is still here and has calved first cycle at 14 years of age. 44K also calved first cycle, even after bringing this chunk of a bull calf in off the range at 850 pounds. Her full sister 201G, was the 2nd cow to calve of the entire herd last year and 5th this year, cementing the trust we have in the fertility and production of this maternal line. Lot 48 is a very long topped individual who carries ample muscle. He’s bold middled, big hipped and has been an absolute peach to deal with. The icing on the cake is that big blaze face, sure to set his calves apart from the rest.

Homo Polled | Homo Blk Test Pending

Lot 49 MITCHELLS Bonaparte

LFE TURNOUT 3099G

LFE BURNOUT 336L

LFE BS FIRSTBASE 668E

MITCHELLS BLK GOLD 110E

MITCHELLS BLACK BETTY 242H

MITCHELLS BLACK HOTTY 221D

Lot 49 has always looked the part. He’s tremendously long bodied and big hipped. Smooth where it counts and full of muscle where you want it. His dam has a fault free udder and comes from a strong maternal line of calving ease oriented females who are very fertile, functional and productive cows. 242H has a progeny record of 5/5 calves retained so far; including a good Eastwood son working for the Van Sickle family, and her 2026 calf will surely be another for the keeper pen. Her Proclamationsired granddaughter is perhaps my favourite heifer to calve this year – the females backing Lot 49 are very high quality. Whether you want to raise big chromed-up steers or a beautiful set of replacements, Lot 49 is the bull for the job.

Hetero Polled | Hetero Blk

Lot 50 MITCHELLS Bonaparte

LFE TURNOUT 3099G

LFE BURNOUT 336L

LFE BS FIRSTBASE 668E

ERIXON LAD 207F

MITCHELLS MULAN 116K

BLACK ZEOLA 6H

This bull comes from a low birthweight, functional and good uddered cow family that is leaving their mark here. The Zeola sisters 5H and 6H have mothered some highly favorable calves here, and their State Of War daughters, Mulan 39K and 116K, are following suit. We retained the first bull calf off 116K for in herd use and with Lot 50 she brings another solid offering to the table. Lot 50 is deep middled, thick over his top and carries ample width when you get in behind him. He’s got a massive amount of hair and appealing chrome on his face to boot.

Homo Polled | Homo Blk Test Pending

This is a herd sire that deserves some recognition. To start off, he’s a phenomenal breeder, and saw over 40 cows last year. His calves come easily and have some of the best performances in the pen. We tested our luck breeding him to a group of powerful heifers and the results are fantastic. Some of my favourite calves out of two-year-olds; they had the right shape at birth, moderate birthweights and, as expected, have grown like weeds. Marlboro Man or “M&M” as we call him, has stellar EPDs being well above average in 12/13 categories. We kept a massive number of replacements females sired by this bull, and his first set of daughters that are calving now have us very excited for their future here.

Lot 51

MITCHELLS Marlboro Man 11N

HART STATE OF WAR 056C MRL MARLBORO MAN 1K

MRL MISS 0723H

CIRCLE G EXPLORER 40E

Great EPDs are expected when it comes to the Marlboro Man sire group, 11N is above average or better in 12 of 13 traits. He’s in the top 10 percentile for WW and YW, and the proof is in the pudding, as he’s currently gaining 4.75 pounds per day. His dam is a very pretty cow with picture perfect udder. She is another Explorer 40E daughter, and if I had to calve all our cows out in the boonies and have them bring home whopping good calves in the fall that bull would be my go-to “cow maker”. They are some of the most productive females we own. Zeola 45K has calved before our cow herd is even due every year so far, a testament to short gestation lengths and the moderate birthweights of her calves.

Homo Polled | Homo Blk

Lot 52

MITCHELLS Marlboro Man 46N

33J

The Marlboro Man herd sire calved so well the first time we used him that we bred him to a bunch of heifers this time around, and with great results. The only problem is – most of them are in our replacement pen and not the bull pen! The dam of Lot 52 is a moderate framed young cow, who looks to be made to last. Her mother was here for 11 years and brought many good bull calves to the sale.

Homo Polled | Homo Blk

RYM 109K

Maternal Brother to Dam

10M with Zeola 45K

RYM 10M - Sibling

53

HART STATE OF WAR 056C

MRL MARLBORO MAN 1K

MRL MISS 0723H

MRL BATMAN 34H

MITCHELLS HARLEQUIN 165K

MITCHELLS BLACK ZEOLA 201G

66N started out at just 78 pounds and his dam weaned him at a solid 840 pounds off the mountain. This is her second bull calf to go through the sale, and she’s got big shoes to fill as she’s yet another female tracing back to Bling 36Z. We must admit she’s off to a pretty good start! Her dam is the full sister to the dam of Lot 48. I can’t say enough good things about this bull. His numbers are fantastic with EPDs in the top 2 to 5% of the breed for CE, BW, MCE, API and TI. His growth traits are also not far off, as he’s in the top 20% for weaning and 15% for yearling weight. Above average for 12/13 EPD categories. There’s no guesswork here, he’s just plain good.

Homo Polled | Homo Blk Test Pending

Lot 54 MITCHELLS Marlboro Man 101N

Pure Simmental CA-BPG1529086

HART STATE OF WAR 056C

MRL MARLBORO MAN 1K

MRL MISS 0723H

SPRINGCREEK GOLD STANDARD MITCHELLS BLACK GOLDY 35D MITCHELLS BLACK SCORE

101N exudes presence and power. He’s likely to be one of the larger framed bulls at maturity, and if you want to add pounds to a calf crop this is a surefire way to do it. His dam, 35D, raised both 101N and his twin brother to bring in nearly 1700 pounds of calves at weaning time. This is not 35D’s first son to go through the sale, and her Proclamation-sired daughter has calved first cycle with a perfectly suspended, small-teatsize udder. 101N carries a ton of mass through his fore rib and displays adequate depth of body, along with having a ton of hair.

Homo Polled | Homo Blk

55

CA-BPG1529959 RYM 233N 11/2/2025

HART STATE OF WAR 056C

MRL MARLBORO MAN 1K

MRL MISS 0723H

MITCHELLS BOOTLEGGER 87G

MITCHELLS BOTTLEROCKET 225K

In my opinion this bulls EPDs are pretty near perfect if you’re looking to cover cows. While he isn’t a heifer bull, he is still “in the green” for calving ease and birthweight traits, and ranks in the top 20% for maternal calving ease, which is one of our most valued numbers. Well above average for performance, carcass, and the remaining EPD traits; and slightly below average for milk. In this case, “slightly below average” resulted in a 3-yearold cow bringing home an 805-pound calf from our range conditions – we’re happy at that. She also maintained condition to breed back first cycle once again. Lot 55 is very long bodied and appealing in his muscle pattern. He has great depth of rib, is loose-hided, hairy and docile.

Homo Polled

RYM 165K with Calf

RYM 225K - Dam

RYM 108M - Maternal Sibling

Lot 56 MITCHELLS Marlboro Man 253N

Pure Simmental CA-BPG1529991 RYM 253N 14/2/2025

HART STATE OF WAR 056C

MRL MARLBORO MAN 1K

MRL MISS 0723H

SPRINGCREEK TEDDY 8J

MITCHELLS LIL CHIP 235L

Seeing as all the sires seen on the face of this pedigree have been used as heifer bulls, we think it’s pretty safe to say that this bull would fit the bill also. We used Marlboro Man, Teddy 8J and Lad 207F with great success on our replacements. 253N is straight topped and smooth throughout. He has ample rib expression and lots of poker-straight hair. He is in the top 3%, 5% and 2% respectively for CE, BW, and MCE.

Homo Polled | Homo Blk

Lot 57 MITCHELLS Marlboro Man 282N

HART STATE OF WAR 056C

MRL MARLBORO MAN 1K

MRL MISS 0723H

MUIRHEADS TIME OUT 263B

Lot 57 goes back to one of the most beautiful cows to walk the place, Downey 10A. This bull is strong through his forerib and loin and carries ample muscle throughout. He is deep through his heart and middle, and ranked in the top 20 at weaning. His dam is an angular fronted female with great capacity, and this isn’t her first time bringing a bull to the sale. Homo Polled | Homo Blk

Lot 57

Lot 56

We were excited to find this good Hannibal son backed by a hardworking, good uddered blaze face cow at Ag-Land Farms. 69K combines moderate birthweights with top 5% and 10% WW and YW EPDs, and the numbers have come to fruition with calves born bright and easily and having tons of performance after birth. The sons resulting from 69K are some of my favourite to view at the bunk – looking down their toplines is a view full of meat and muscle and they have small, sharp herd-bull type heads. We calved his first daughters this year as well and it’s easy to appreciate their little button heads, easy fleshing ability and capacity.

Lot 58 MITCHELLS Hannibal 236N

Pure Simmental CA-BPG1529967 RYM

SRH HANNIBAL 5H

DMJ MR 69K

DMJ MISS 42D

MRL BATMAN 34H

MITCHELLS HARLEQUIN 207K

MITCHELLS BACK IN BLACK 242G

While the Harlequin females may be few in number they really outproduce themselves. 236N has a long, straight top that is plenty wellmuscled. He’s proud fronted and his bold musculature through his hip and lower quarter really catch your eye in the pen. The DMJ 69K offspring are born pitch black and super hairy. They’re bright at birth and go on to be full-bodied, early maturing cattle. The 69K sire ranks in the top 2% of the breed for ribeye area EPD, and I swear you can see it in the mass these cattle have over their top.

Homo Polled | Homo Blk

Lot 59 MITCHELLS Hannibal 336N

Simmental

SRH HANNIBAL 5H

DMJ MR 69K

DMJ MISS 42D

SPRINGCREEK GOLD STANDARD

MITCHELLS BLACK GOLDY 209D

Lot 59 still made it to 800 pounds at weaning even though he is a March born calf, and ranked 2nd in his contemporary group for weaning weight. His profile is very similar to Lot 58. His dam is one of the biggest-capacity females here, she is amazingly deep ribbed. The dam of Lot 59 is also the granddam of Lot 57.

Homo Polled | Homo Blk

Lot 60 MITCHELLS Sochi 86N

Pure Simmental CA-BPG1517922 RYM 86N 31/1/2025

CMS SOCHI 307A

SBSF EASTWOOD 22E

SBSF SAHARA 7A

MORE’S HITCHHIKER 2H

MITCHELLS FARRAH 111L

MITCHELLS BLK HOTTY 255C

Another black heifer bull option and he’s top 1% of the breed for CE, BW, and maternal calving ease EPDs. When using the Eastwood herd sire, it really didn’t matter what you bred him too, the resulting offspring would come easily, be born bright and thrifty and mature into the type you wanted to keep. This is our last crop of Eastwood offspring and we’re kicking ourselves for not drawing semen. We recorded 72 natural progeny sired by him (still not including the females in the replacement pen). Lot 60 is smooth as butter, we have no doubts in his calving ease capabilities.

Homo Polled

Lot 61

MITCHELLS Lava 213N

Pure Simmental CA-BPG1529911 RYM 213N 10/2/2025

CIRCLE G HOOPER 99H

CIRCLE G LAVA 15L

CIRCLE G MS ESSENCE 133J

SPRINGCREEK REDEMPTION 44J

MITCHELLS POPPY 120L MITCHELLS BLACK BETTY 233H

Thicker than a snicker. This bull was an easy pick at weaning time simply due to his muscle mass and big square hip. He’s wide topped, masculine and proud fronted. 213N has gained over 4 pounds per day on feed. His sire, Lava 15L, was a $32,000 acquisition from Circle G Simmentals and after using him on heifers we used him selectively to moderate and add capacity to some of our bigger framed cows with great success. Poppy 120L has calved in the first cycle again this year, on the same day as her dam 233H, who is the mother of Lot 44.

Homo Polled

Lot 62 MITCHELLS Velocity 348N

Pure Simmental CA-BPG1530088 RYM 348N 14/3/2025

MAF FULL VELOCITY 117F

MAF MR 172J

MAF MACKFRID 27F

MUIRHEADS TIME OUT 263B

MITCHELLS BACK IN BLACK 247G

Born mid-March and holding his own in the pen. 348N is proud through his front third, strong and straight along his top, and deep quartered with heavy hair. This is the only black-hided MAF 172J son and he is every bit as eye appealing as his red pen mates. His dam is a pretty cow with a tidy head and neck, and flawless udder.

Homo Polled

Lot 62

Lot 61

Lot 60

Red Angus 2336175 RYM 36L 30/01/2023

The Canadian Angus Association required us to manually submit the weights on this guy because his performance didn’t fit within the standards set for their online entry system. He ranked #1 of his contemporary group at weaning, to index 126 for weaning weight. He then went on the gain over 5 pounds per day on feed. His dam is no stranger to raising good ones, she sent a full brother to Heart Valley Angus. 24C is still going strong and is a beautiful, big bodied cow. Her dam, Dawn 34X, was half the reason for keeping Tycoon 36L – she was one of the nicest cows that have ever walked here.

RED W SUNRISE TYCOON 658H

RED MITCHELL’S TYCOON 36L

RED MITCHELL’S MS RUMBLER 24C

RED MOOSE CREEK SAWYER 142E

RED MITCHELL’S LEXI 199J

RED MITCHELL’S MS PARK 21F

One of Leanna’s top picks to date and out of maybe our fanciest Angus female. Stellar udder, uber feminine and backed by a great cow family. Her sister is the dam of Lot 76. Their dam has produced her fair share of keepers (and still counting). Her granddam is still here, and the two matrons in the family lineage before her raised a calf every year until they were 10+ years of age as well. These have been long-lived cows with perfect udders for many generations. Not to mention the paternal side of the pedigree! Ms Rumbler 24C is still sound as ever. Desirable phenotype, maternal strength, longevity and predictability all rolled into one with Lot 63.

RED W SUNRISE TYCOON 658H

RED MITCHELL’S TYCOON 36L

RED MITCHELL’S MS RUMBLER 24C

RED CIRCLE G DESPERADO 21D

RED MITCHELL’S DESERA 3F RED MITCHELL’S EYE

We went through a spell of minus 20-30 during first cycle last calving season and although these guys got dried off, we don’t have any heat in our barn and calves typically go back outside the day they’re born. We had a pretty tough time telling Lot 64 and 66 apart for quite some time unless they were with their dams! This bull has great length of body and is very smooth throughout. He’s been gaining 4.34 pounds per day on feed, and is sure to pass on that feed conversion and growth ability to his progeny.

RYM 151J - Maternal Brother

RYM 254L - Maternal Brother

RYM 166M - Maternal Brother

Lot 65 RED MITCHELL’S Quantum 113N Red Angus 2433359 RYM 113N 02-02-2025

RED W SUNRISE TYCOON 658H RED MITCHELL’S TYCOON 36L RED MITCHELL’S MS RUMBLER 24C

-0.3

This guy just knows he’s king of the pen. One thing that is neat about this pen of bulls is that it truly is “one pen.” 100 bulls fed together on a high percentage roughage ration, and amongst the two breeds we really get to see which genetics shine. We haven’t raised an Angus bull with this much power in some time, and we feel he has the mass and character to go anywhere. Starting at 88 pounds and weaning at 925, 113N is unmatched for birth to weaning spread. He has gone on to gain nearly 5 pounds per day, weighing 1335 at 11 months of age. He is top 25% for CE and BW, 6% for WW, 20% for YW, top 30% for MCE and above average for milk EPD. His dam has a flawless udder and has flat-out been a bull making machine. Her calves have a weaning weight ratio of 113. A very productive cow and one heck of a bull.

RED W SUNRISE TYCOON 658H

RED MITCHELL’S TYCOON 36L

RED MITCHELL’S MS RUMBLER 24C

RED SSS PARK IT 489C

RED MITCHELL’S MS PARKER 90G

RED MITCHELL’S MS RUMBLER 33B

This guy has a lot of presence and good extension through his front third. He’s always standing proud, has a strong top and loin in him, and ample muscle expression through his hip and hind quarter. His dam consistently throws lowbirthweight, with her male calves averaging 67 pounds and the females averaging 62 pounds. Her daughter, Leola 308L, has done a stand-up job on her first calf who sells as Lot 72. He started out at 60 pounds, adding to the low-birthweight track record of this cow family.

Lot 67 RED

MITCHELL’S Quantum 157N

Red Angus 2453984 RYM 157N 06-02-2025

RED W SUNRISE TYCOON 658H

RED MITCHELL’S TYCOON 36L

RED MITCHELL’S MS RUMBLER 24C

RED MITCHELL’S UTAH 65H

RED MITCHELL’S ZIONA 204K

RED MITCHELL’S MAMA MIA 287F

RYM 65H – Sire of dam for Lots 67, 68, 74 & 75

157N is full on through his fore rib and loin. He has adequate muscle and hip shape. His dam is a bold ribbed, angular fronted female who has a nice 2 year old daughter working in the herd. The combination of Tycoon, Utah 65H and the Mama Mia cow family in the background should make for some big broody females who are easy keeping and sound.

RED W SUNRISE TYCOON 658H

RED MITCHELL’S TYCOON 36L

RED MITCHELL’S MS RUMBLER 24C

RED MITCHELL’S UTAH 65H

RED MITCHELL’S ZIONA 200K

RED MITCHELL’S DEE-TOUR 7D

I’m always drawn to this bull in the pen. With a keen, clean skull shape and proud herd bull character, matched with his muscularity and depth of rib, there’s a lot to like. His dam is mothered by the Elite-status dam Dee-tour 7D. 7D has an average calf performance ratio of 104, and is also the dam of Lot 77. The dam of 162N is a little 3-year-old cow who weighed 1210 pounds when she weaned 162N off at 66% of her body weight. Yet she bred back to calve first cycle on February 1st with a sweet 78-pound heifer calf.

RED W SUNRISE TYCOON 658H

RED MITCHELL’S TYCOON 36L

RED MITCHELL’S MS RUMBLER 24C

RED MITCHELL’S PARK 65E

RED MITCHELL’S MS DRIVE 142H

RED MITCHELL’S EYE SPY 28D

Though it’s hard to choose, this may be my favourite power bull of the pen. His dam is excellent footed, good uddered and backed by an Elitestatus cow family. We are really debating flushing some of our own cows and 142H is #1 on my list. Her mother, Eye Spy 28D has an average progeny performance ratio of 114 on her last four calves. 211N is in the top 20% of the breed for CE and BW, top 6% for WW, 25% for YW, 20% for MCE and above average for milk EPD. He carries so much muscle and dimension and has from a young age. At branding time, he was one of the calves that really made you appreciate just how much weight there was to him. He weaned at nearly 900 pounds off the mountain, and is gaining 5.24 pounds per day so far on feed. I haven’t set eyes on an Angus bull in a long time that has as much top and loin in him as this bull. You’ll like him come sale day.

REF

RED W

Sunrise Tycoon

658H Red Angus 2168707 TMP 658H 13/02/2020

Tycoon 658H was purchased to fill the need for a soft made calving ease bull with loads of natural thickness and shape. Dark red, with a neat little head, and he moves well on excellent feet. 658H has turned out to be a more impactful growth sire than expected, with EPDs in the top 7 and 15% for weaning and yearling weight. We used him on both heifers and cows with great results and have since calved a few sets of daughters. They have extremely well suspended udders, yet bring in good, chubby calves come fall. Tycoon sons blend calving ease and growth seamlessly.

Lot

70

RED MITCHELL’S Tycoon 4N

RED SSS TYCOON 225E

RED W SUNRISE TYCOON 658H

RED TR MAGGIE 7080E

RED MITCHELL’S PARKS 6J

RED MITCHELL’S THEA 6L

B-ELLE JERICHO 106J

6L calved right up front in the first cycle again this year and she’s really proving to earn her keep. She has another sale bull in the making at side and is feeding him well! Lot 70 is more moderate framed, very easy fleshing and the females in his lineage are uber fertile brood cows. He has good depth of barrel, ample muscle expression and is balanced front to back.

Lot 71 RED MITCHELL’S Tycoon 40N Red Angus 2433402 RYM 40N

RED SSS TYCOON 225E

RED W SUNRISE TYCOON 658H

RED TR MAGGIE 7080E

RED WVR RESOLOUTION 290J

RED MITCHELL’S OLIVIA 30L

MITCHELL’S SPARKS 186J

Here’s one with excellent calving ease numbers, moderate birthweight, and yet he’s currently gaining over 5 pounds a day on feed! He ranks in the top 5% of the breed for maternal calving ease as well. His dam did a stand-up job bringing this guy to town, especially for her first calf. She, like all the females sired by Resolution, has a gorgeous udder that is level and has a ton of extension in the front quarters. She also has good feet with lots of heel. 40N is full of muscle and meat, one that will stand out sale day.

Dam of Resoloution RED MEM HOLLY 29Y

RED SSS TYCOON 225E

RED W SUNRISE TYCOON 658H

RED TR MAGGIE 7080E

RED SSS OLEO 496F

RED MITCHELL’S LEOLA 308L

RED MITCHELL’S MS PARKER 90G

A sleep easy heifer bull with EPD traits in the top 8% or better for CE and BW and the top 2% for maternal calving ease. We’d expect this bull to stay moderate in his frame size and continue to be easy fleshing and big middled. One can’t help but notice this one, he’s super tidy and clean in his lines, and has ample muscle and thickness throughout. There’s plenty to this bull and that 60-pound birthweight compounds his value for his new owner. This bulls’ granddam is also the dam of Lot 66.

RED SSS TYCOON 225E

RED W SUNRISE TYCOON 658H

RED TR MAGGIE 7080E

RED WVR RESOLOUTION 290J

RED MITCHELL’S OLIVIA 34L

RED MITCHELL’S LEOLA 9H

This is a bull that ranks highly in our books. Born at a moderate 70 pounds and yet his 2-year-old dam weaned him at 805 pounds off the range, which was about 70% of her body weight at the time! 61N has continued to perform, as I write this he’s gaining over 4.5 pounds per day on feed. We retained a maternal brother to the dam of 61N for our own use, he profiles well and holds condition just as we expect this bull to.

74

RED SSS TYCOON 225E

RED W SUNRISE TYCOON 658H

RED TR MAGGIE 7080E

RED MITCHELL’S UTAH 65H

RED MITCHELL’S ZIONA 73L RED MITCHELL’S MS PARKER 173E

Lot 74 and 75 are twins and their first-calver dam raised them herself for quite some time before we grafted one onto another first-calver. Needless to say they didn’t have the best nutrition early on as we never creep feed, but they’ve both matured into very useful bulls. Lot 74 remains the smoothest of the two, and Lot 75 has a heavier muscle pattern. Genetically, these are high performing bulls – their dam, her full sister, and their granddam are females we have looked to to bring in heavy muscled calves come fall. We have retained a full sisters’ bull calf - he has impeccable feet, big scrotal, lots of middle and curve bending numbers to still maintain lots of calving ease.

Sire of Dam – Resolution 290J

Lot 75 RED MITCHELL’S Tycoon 183N

Red Angus 2433404 RYM 183N 08-02-2025

RED SSS TYCOON 225E

RED W SUNRISE TYCOON 658H

RED TR MAGGIE 7080E

RED MITCHELL’S UTAH 65H

RED MITCHELL’S ZIONA 73L

RED MITCHELL’S MS PARKER 173E

Lot 76 RED MITCHELL’S Tycoon 256N

RED SSS TYCOON 225E

RED W SUNRISE TYCOON 658H

RED TR MAGGIE 7080E

RED WVR RESOLOUTION 290J

RED MITCHELL’S OLIVIA 91L RED MITCHELL’S

21F

Tycoon has worked impeccably well for us. He is so versatile in the range of cows or heifers one can breed him to and see good results. Pretty awesome also for a heifer’s calf to mature into the type of bull 256N is. Tons of muscle and thickness throughout, correct in his makeup and plenty of style to burn. His dam is a sweet little cow to look at, and we retained her maternal brother for in-herd use.

We needed an outcross calving ease herd sire for our Angus cow herd and 2K has been exactly that and more. His calves come easily, and we’ve used him with success bred to both cows and heifers. His progeny is very smooth made and have awesome length of body, dark red colour, and real presence to them. 2K is backed by some stellar cow families at McMillen’s and his daughters are my favourite Angus females that have calved here in some time. They have a whole “extra rib” type of length and yet they are so deep bodied. Angular fronted and just the right amount of milk combined with good udder quality, I can see us flushing some of these girls in the future.

RED MRLA RESPECT 42G

RED MRLA 2K

MRLA MISS 3411A

RED LCF DETOUR 20B

RED MITCHELL’S DEE-TOUR 7D

RED MITCHELLS MAKE MY DAY 5N

This is the last offspring we’ll ever see out of the herd favourite Dee-Tour 7D, as we last saw her with her bull calf out on range during the worst wolf activity of the summer. 7D had been designated an elite dam since 2022, with an average calf performance ratio of 106. We have 3 of her daughters retained in the herd, two of which have bull calves in the sale. We also retained a son for in herd use in 2020. It was an easy choice to rebreed 7D the same way in 2025 as we did the year prior, as 5N’s full sibling was a standout. 5N is in the top 10% or better for CE and BW, was born at a moderate 81 pounds and weaned well despite coming home on his own. 5N has lots of stretch, herd bull presence and the pedigree to be a good one.

Lot 78

RED MRLA RESPECT 42G

RED MRLA 2K

MRLA MISS 3411A

RED RSL UTAH 835F

RED MITCHELL’S MS UTAH 113H

RED MITCHELL’S DESERA 10F

This guy has been a heavy weight contender in the pen since weaning and his performance certainly hasn’t slowed since. 24N is gaining 4.9 pounds per day and about to hit 1300 pounds by his birthday. Still average or better for calving ease and maternal calving ease EPDs. His dam is from an Elite cow family, going back to Empress 98S who gave us 13 calves and had 6 calves’ performance ratio average at 106. 24N packs a ton of muscle into a long-bodied frame. He looks every bit the part right now, measuring 39cm before 1 year of age.

Lot 77

Lot 78

RYM 113H – Dam

Lot 79 RED MITCHELL’S Respect 103N

Red Angus 2433395 RYM 103N 02-02-2025

RED MRLA RESPECT 42G

RED MRLA 2K

MRLA MISS 3411A

RED W SUNRISE TYCOON 658H

RED MITCHELL’S COONIE 38K RED MITCHELL’S COPPER 27C

Lot 79 is phenotypically awesome. He’s got a keen skull shape, clean yet masculine front, smooth shoulder, big bold rib and tons of dimension to his hip and top. This is the type we strive to raise; I’d love to hit “copy” and “paste”! The MRLA 2K females are very good. They have lots of length, big sweeping rib shape and tidy udders. The dam of Lot 79 is an uber productive Tycoon 658H daughter who has already had a son go through the sale. She has another good bull calf at side who was born at just 74 pounds – consistently low birth weight on the maternal side. The granddam 27C is still here; she’s added a lot of good, highly fertile females to our herd.

Lot 80 RED MITCHELL’S Respect 200N

RED MRLA RESPECT 42G

RED MRLA 2K

MRLA MISS 3411A

RED MITCHELLS DAWSON 3Y

RED MITCHELL’S DAZZLE 125D RED MITCHELL’S DAWN 13A

The full brother to 200N had to stay home due to a foot injury last year, and he’s matured so nicely that he might just see a pasture of cows this spring. This bull packs a lot of maternal strength. Dazzle 125D has seen many sons go through the sale, one son retained, and while she sure didn’t give us many females the ones we have are very good. The first set of MRLA 2K daughters have proven to be favorable young cows and we have a huge selection of them in the replacement pen for next year. 200N has excellent calving ease numbers, good growth, length of body, and smoothness throughout.

Lot 81

RED MRLA RESPECT 42G RED MRLA 2K

MRLA MISS 3411A

RED LAZY MC PARKER 158C

RED MITCHELL’S MS PARKER 248G

32B

Lot 81 is a bit more rugged in his makeup but he remains smooth where it counts and has a very appealing muscle pattern. He has lots of crest and masculine character, a big sloping hip and is mothered by a powerhouse female. She boasts tons of heel and a big square foot, with a very well structured udder. Just a big, sound, functional female and you can really see those qualities passed on to 220N.

Lot 81

Lot 80

Lot 79

48J has been one of the best range bulls to ever come our way, and so when he came back off the mountain in such excellent condition, we decided he’d earned a place in a big pasture of cows. He is sound-footed and certainly covers country. Good disposition, lots of rib and easy fleshing ability – he’s also calved very well. We calved his first set of daughters this year and they are more than meeting expectations. The udder quality is high, most come with very correct claw shape, and they are butterballs in terms of their condition and broodiness.

RED KENRAY RESOURCE 50G

RED KENRAY RESOURCE 48J

RED KENRAY ASTER 71F

RED WHEEL JUDGE 22G

RED BLOOM PRINCESS JANE 142J

RED BLOOM PRINCESSGABRIELLA96G

Talk about soft middled and easy-fleshing, the dam and sire of this bull are both moderate framed and always in good condition! 62N is really appealing in his makeup and smooth throughout. He boasts calving ease EPDs in the top 30th percentile, and he is in the top 10% for maternal calving ease. 62N is strong topped and thick through his loin. This is a bull one can look to to pack pounds on a calf crop. He will sire thick, soggy middled calves and if you’re into keeping females, they should be highly fertile, productive and square uddered like his dam.

RED KENRAY RESOURCE 50G

RED KENRAY RESOURCE 48J

RED KENRAY ASTER 71F

RED MITCHELL’S DOZER 161D

RED MITCHELL’S KITTEN 38F

RED MITCHELL’S DEE 268D

The cow family backing Lot 83 has sure churned out a lot of sale bulls. They are a highly maternal, fertile, angular fronted group of females that always get the job done. Kitten 38F has 6 recorded progeny, her dam has 8, and the granddam Freeda 14U has been designated a Premier dam within the breed for her outstanding production. Lot 83 has ample muscle, good barrel, and is very balanced.

Lot 82

Lot 83

RYM 268D - Maternal Grand Dam

Sire of Dam - Red Wheel Judge 22G

Lot 84

RED MITCHELL’S Resource 187N

Red Angus 2433388 RYM 187N 08-02-2025

RED KENRAY RESOURCE 50G

RED KENRAY RESOURCE 48J

RED KENRAY ASTER 71F

RED WHEEL JUDGE 22G

RED BLOOM VANILLA JAVA 194J

RED LAURON VANILLA 31D

A moderate framed, soggy middled bull that is so smooth throughout. Keen little head, nice shoulder, and a long hip. He is in the top 3% of the breed for Calving Ease and Birthweight, and top 2% for Maternal Calving Ease EPD. One that I would certainly recommend for use on heifers. His dam consistently throws low-birthweight, she calved first cycle again this year with a calf weighing 79 pounds.

Lot

85 RED MITCHELL’S Resource 276N

Red Angus 2433360 RYM 276N 19-02-2025

RED KENRAY RESOURCE 50G

RED KENRAY RESOURCE 48J

RED KENRAY ASTER 71F

RED LAZY MC PARKER 158C

RED MITCHELL’S MS PARKER 64G

RED MITCHELL DENA 56Z

This guy loves to show off and was a champ in the picture pen. His dam is another I really need to get a picture of as she is super feminine, big bodied and stellar uddered. These Resource 48J sons are going to leave some good females, all his offspring inherit his ability to maintain condition really well. 48J has been a superb breeding bull, he covers a huge number of cows on range, travels far and wide on a good foot and has remained extremely sound. Lot 85 will put some punch into his calves come fall, I expect them to be well muscled and thick throughout.

RED MITCHELL’S TYCOON 36L

RED MITCHELL’S MS RUMBLER 24C

RED SSS OLEO 496F

RED MITCHELL’S LEXI 309K

RED

Lot 86 is a late addition o the catalog, but is sure to be one of the most sought after. He started at just 72 pounds, making him a definite heifer pen candidate. His dam has a heifer calf at side this year who is cute as a button, born at just 73 pounds and in the first cycle once again. The value of this bull doesn’t end with his reasonable birthweight, he has gone on to perform well with his dam bringing him home off the mountain at 830 pounds. His dam also exhibited the same curve bending growth: a light birthweight of 63 pounds, and still indexing 103 for WW ratio and 141 for YW ratio. EPDs back the performance of Lot 86 as he is in the top 9% of the breed for CE, 15% for BW, top 3% for MCE, and also in the top 6% for WW and 20% for YW. He has a small head and refined bone which lends to his calving ease. Couple that with a strong, level topline and plenty of volume and muscle, and you have yourself a sale day short-list type of bull.

VET’S MESSAGE

Mitchell Cattle Co. has invested in the health of their herd of cattle for many years through a comprehensive herd health strategy. Currently all breeding females and bulls receive an annual vaccination prior to the breeding season to protect against all the important reproductive viruses and bacteria including IBR, Type I and II BVD and Leptosprirosis. All calves are vaccinated at branding to provide protection against the important viruses and bacteria causing respiratory and clostridial diseases. Currently calves receive a modified live vaccine against IBR, Type I and II BVD, BRSV, and PI3, as well as a modified live bacterin against shipping fever and a killed bacterin against Histophilus somnus, Blackleg and other clostridial diseases. At weaning all bull and heifer calves receive a booster with the same vaccines and bacterins used at branding. In late fall, all cows, bulls, and weaned calves are treated with a topical endectocide to control internal and external parasites.

All bulls in the sale have passed a thorough breeding soundness exam to evaluate scrotal size and shape, semen motility and morphology, and structural soundness. Through my long-standing veterinary relationship with Mitchell Cattle Co., I also know that you can rest assured that each bull is out of a sound, solid, productive cow. Ian and Anja rigorously select their herd for fertility, sound udders, correct feet and legs, and temperament. These cows go to the mountain with their calf each year and come back in the fall for pregnancy testing. Open and late cows, or cows not meeting Mitchell Cattle Co strict criteria, are culled – no excuses, no exceptions.

As the consulting veterinarian I am very proud to work with Mitchell Cattle Co. If there are any questions regarding the health management program at Mitchell Cattle Co. please contact me.

Respectfully,

Jason R. McGillivray, D.V.M.

Kamloops Large Animal Veterinary Clinic, Ltd.

Ph. 250-374-1486