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Features 

Alberta Charolais Association AGM Highlights ......................................14 

P Bar 3 Dispersal........................................................................................20 

Bar Punch Dispersal...................................................................................21 

Maple Leaf Sale Block ...............................................................................21 

DRD Charolais Dispersal............................................................................22 

Manitoba Charolais Association AGM.....................................................24 

JMB Nothin’ Held Back Sale......................................................................26 

Stauffer Land & Livestock Dispersal ........................................................27 

Canadian Charolais Animals Complete a Trip of a Lifetime ...................28 

Female Sale Summary...............................................................................36 

B.O.S.S. Report...........................................................................................38 

CCYA Essay Winners..................................................................................41 

Departments 

From the Field..............................................................................................6 

Du champ.....................................................................................................7 

From the CCA General Manager ................................................................8 

Du Directeur Général de l’ACC ...................................................................9 

Canadian Charolais Youth Association News............................................9 

Charolais Life .............................................................................................16 

Herd Health ...............................................................................................18 

Calendar.....................................................................................................52 

Index...........................................................................................................54 

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POINTS TO PONDER 

You just have 

to be excited 

about the 

Charolais 

business and the 

cattle industry in general. The fall 

sales were very strong with many new 

breeders buying their first purebred 

Charolais females. In the dispersal 

sales we saw commercial producers 

and breeders from other purebred 

breeds diversifying and buying 10, 20 

and 40 females. The other 

encouraging sign for this spring was 

that in all of the sales the breeders had 

the best bull sale they had ever had. 

The demand for the Charolais bulls is 

definitely on the move. 

I take the opportunity to visit with 

as many breeders from all breeds that 

I can. I have been through a number 

of other breed bull pens. In virtually 

all cases these breeders are telling me 

how strong they think the Charolais 

bull market will be. They see the 

demand is growing for the Charolais 

bull and the supply is not going to 

fulfill the needs. Many see the 

Charolais bull as the best performance 

bull out there and that our positioning 

as the terminal breed of choice is 

going to pay off big time. 

Gerry Bowes who has been the field 

man for the Saskatchewan and 

Manitoba Charolais Associations is 

retiring again. I say again as Gerry 

was the Canadian Charolais 

Association field man for many years 

in the 1970s to the mid 1980s. Gerry 

has done a great job in both stints as 

field man. I thank Gerry for his 

dedication and for the contribution he 

has made to making the Charolais 

breed as strong in Canada as it is. He 

has worked tirelessly promoting the 

breed to the commercial industry in 

the auction markets, trade shows and 

feedlots. At the recent Manitoba 

Charolais Association AGM he gave a 

report on the past year of his work 

and told the same message he has 

been preaching for decades. Breeders 

need to get out more and promote 

more to the commercial industry. He 

gets frustrated at the lack of breeders 

at the auction market when their 

customer’s calves are selling. As 

breeders we cannot wait for the 

Association to do all our marketing 

and promoting. At the grass roots, 

together we can accomplish more than 

one or two field men with just the 

sheer number of breeders. 

Another very encouraging thing 

Candace and I saw last fall was the 

amount of newer, younger breeders 

out on the show road. In visiting with 

many of them, they really enjoyed it 

and got to know more breeders, better 

than ever before. I hope this is an 

indication that the show numbers will 

grow. It is never too soon to start 

thinking about getting some cattle out 

on the show road this summer and 

fall. The numbers of Charolais out at 

many shows the past few years has 

been almost embarrassing. Be a leader 

and help promote the breed to the 

industry at a show or two this year. 

In the last Connection I talked 

about the new BIXS program. I think 

this can be a great tool that we have 

all been wanting for many years. If it 

works as it should and is utilized by 

the industry you will be able to see 

how your genetics are working in the 

big picture. Help your commercial 

customers work with this and it will 

give you the feedback that you need 

to make sure your program is going in 

the right direction. If you are 

concerned with the quality of the bulls 

you are selling, now is the time to 

improve it. As more and more 

information is passed throughout the 

system you will not be able to hide 

behind inferior genetics. Progress 

should be easier made with the 

additional information that is 

available to us all. 


From the Field 

Helge By 

Here I am the first of February, in 

the middle of picturing for the next 

Connection and sale catalogues. It has 

been an incredible winter here on the 

prairies and across most of Canada 

with not many cold days to be had. 

The nice weather has sure made 

picturing a lot nicer than last year 

when we were in cold and snowy 

conditions for much of January and 

February. The nice weather has made 

it a bit of a challenge for some 

breeders to keep the bull pen eating 

and as a result some of the weights at 

this time are maybe not as high as 

they would like them. 

The genetic trend I have been 

seeing the last few years is that we 

really have more cattle out there that 

give lower birth weights but still some 

performance. I think we have to 

watch we don’t give up too much 

birth weight as eventually it will 

produce less performance and harder 

calving females. As with anything you 

cannot single trait select or you will 

get in trouble. The number I have 

been hearing and I think is probably 

pretty close is that for every pound of 

birth weight you will get an 

additional seven pounds at weaning. 

The commercial producers who are 

just looking at calving ease may find 

this as a bit of a deterrent in going too 

far that way. 

There are many breed improving 

sires sitting in bull pens right across 

this country and the interest in new 

breeder bulls is as high as I have ever 

seen it. I haven’t been in many if any 

yards where the breeder hasn’t said, 

“Keep an eye out for a bull for me.” 

If Craig or I can be of any assistance 

this spring in helping you find what 

you are looking for just give us a call. 

Until next time, 

Helge

POINTS À RÉFLÉCHIR 

Vous devez 

être excité au 

sujet des affaires 

du charolais et 

de l’industrie de 

bétail. Les ventes d’automne étaient 

très fortes avec beaucoup de 

nouveaux éleveurs achetant leurs 

premières femelles de race charolais. 

Dans les ventes de dispersion nous 

avons vu les producteurs et les 

éleveurs commerciaux d’autres races 

diversifient en achetant 10, 20 et 40 

femelles. L’autre signe encourageant 

pour ce printemps était que les 

éleveurs ont eu la meilleure vente de 

taureau que jamais. Il y a de la grande 

demande pour les taureaux charolais. 

Je visite avec des éleveurs de toutes 

les races et j’ai vu beaucoup des 

enclos de taureau. Beaucoup de 

sélectionneurs énoncent comment fort 

qu’ils pensent que le marché haussier 

sera du charolais. Ils voient que la 

demande augment pour des taureaux 

du charolais et l’approvisionnement 

n’accompliront pas les besoins. 

Beaucoup de producteurs voient le 

taureau charolais comme meilleur 

taureau d’exécution disponible. Le fait 

que nous sommes la race terminale du 

choix va payer au loin le grand temps. 

Gerry Bowes, « field man » le 

représentant pour les associations du 

charolais de Saskatchewan et de 

Manitoba, il se retire encore. Je dis 

encore parce que Gerry était le 

représentant de l’association 

canadienne du charolais dans les 

années 1970 au milieu des années 

1980. Gerry a fait un grand travail 

comme le représentant du charolais. Je 

remercie Gerry pour son dévouement 

et de sa contribution en rendant la 

race du charolais aussi forte au 

Canada qu’il est. Il a travaillé 

inlassablement favorisant la race à 

l’industrie commerciale dans les 

marchés d’enchère, les expositions 

commerciales et les parcs 

d’engraissement. À la récente AGM 

du charolais de Manitoba il a présenté 

un rapport de la dernière année de 

son travail et il a dit le même message 

qu’il avait prêché pendant des 

décennies ; les sélectionneurs doivent 

sortir et fait la promotion plus à 

l’industrie commerciale. Il est frustré 

au manque de sélectionneurs au 

marché d’enchère quand leur client se 

vend les veaux. Car les sélectionneurs 

nous ne peuvent pas attendre 

l’association pour faire tout notre 

marketing et promotion. Avec juste le 

grand nombre de sélectionneurs nous 

pouvons accomplir plus d’un ou deux 

représentants. 

L’automne passé Candace et moi 

nous avons trouvé très encourageant 

la quantité de plus nouveaux et de 

plus jeunes éleveurs qui apportent 

leur bétail à l’exposition. Ils l’ont 

vraiment apprécié et ils ont fini par 

connaître plus de sélectionneurs. 

J’espère que c’est une indication que 

les nombres d’animaux charolais à 

l’exposition augmenteront. Pensez à 

prendre des bétail aux expositions 

d’été et d’automne. Le nombre de 

bétail du charolais aux expositions les 

dernières années a été presque 

embarrassant. Soyez un chef et aidez à 

favoriser la race à l’industrie à une 

exposition cette année. 

Dans la dernière revue du 

« Charolais Connection » j’ai parlé du 

nouveau programme de BIXS. Ce 

programme peut être un grand outil. 

Aidez vos clients commerciaux à 

travailler avec ce programme et vous 

recevez l’information à s’assurer que 

votre programme va dans la bonne 

direction. Si vous êtes concerné par la 

qualité des taureaux que vous vous 

vendez, maintenant est l’heure de 

s’améliorer. On ne peut pas se cacher 

derrière la génétique inférieure 

pendant que de plus en plus 

Du champ 

Helge By 

l’information est passée dans tout le 

système. Le progrès devrait être plus 

facile accompli avec l’information 

additionnelle disponible à nous tous. 

Je suis au milieu de prendre des 

photos pour la prochaine revue du 

« Charolais Connection » et de vente. 

Nous avons eu un hiver incroyable ici 

sur les prairies et à travers du pays 

avec pas beaucoup de jours froids. Le 

temps d’hiver cette année est 

incroyable comparé à la neige et au 

froid de l’année dernière. Le temps 

agréable lui a fait un défi pour 

quelques un éleveur de continuer 

leurs taureaux à manger. En 

conséquence certains des taureaux 

n’ont pas du poids aussi hauts que les 

sélectionneurs les voudraient. 

La tendance génétique pendant les 

dernières années est qu’il y a un 

nombre plus élevé de bétail du 

charolais donnant le poids inférieur 

de naissance pourtant a toujours 

l’exécution. Je pense que nous devons 

nous observer n’abandonnons pas 

trop de poids de naissance parce que 

par la suite ces poids inférieur de 

naissance produira moins d’exécution 

et de femelles plus dures de vêlage. Il 

crée l’ennui choisissant des bétail 

pour un trait simple tel que le bas 

poids de naissance. J’ai entendu que 

pour chaque livre de poids de 

naissance vous recevez sept livres 

additionnelles au sevrage. Les 

producteurs commerciaux que le 

regard juste à l’aise de vêlage peut 

trouver ceci une force de dissuasion. 

Il y a beaucoup de taureaux à 

travers le Canada qui peut améliorer 

la race et l’intérêt pour de nouveaux 

taureaux de sélectionneur est le plus 

haut que j’ai jamais vu. Entrez en 

contact avec Craig ou moi-même si 

nous pouvons être de n’importe 

quelle aide ce printemps. 

À la prochaine, 

Helge 


FROM THE CCA GENERAL MANAGER 

CANADIAN CHAROLAIS ASSOCIATION 

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President: Harry Airey, Rivers 

Secretary: Rae Trimble Portage la Prairie 

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Secretary: Laurent Jourdain 

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President: Ricky Milton, Cornwall, PE 

Secretary: Jennifer MacDonald, 

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DIRECTORS: 

BERNARD BEGIN 

1630 Rg St-Martin, Ste-Marie, PQ G6E 3A8 

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email: louberfarm@hotmail.com 

BRIAN COUGHLIN 

RR3 1012 Snake River Line, 

Cobden, ON K0J 1K0 

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Box 397, Erskine, AB T0C 1G0 

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DORY GERRARD 

RR 2, Innisfail, AB T4G 1T7 

(403) 227-5632 Fax (403) 227-2583 

email: info@gerrardcattlecompany.com 

JOHN WILGENBUSCH 

Box 4, Halbrite, SK S0C 1H0 

(306) 458-2688 Fax (306) 458-2371 

email: wilgenbusch@sasktel.net 

RICKY MILTON 

4558 Rt. 19 RR 2, Cornwall, PE C0A 1H0 

(902) 393-8699 

email: rmilton@upei.ca 

The upturn in the North American beef 

market is cause for celebration for all 

segments of the industry. And with most 

predictions indicating that the rebuilding of 

the National cowherd is going to take a 

significant period of time, this would 

signify that prices for all classes of cattle 

should remain bullish for some time. 

Speaking of bullish; that is exactly what 

the expectations are for Charolais bull sales 

this spring. The principles of supply and 

demand would indicate that the 

competition for Charolais bulls is going to 

be very robust in the next few months. 

As was mentioned in the February 2012 

Charolais Connection an added pre- 

Christmas gift for the breed was a contract 

for 310 2011 born Charolais purebred 

animals to Kazakhstan. A story outlining 

that event is featured in this edition of the 

Banner and I suggest that you take a few 

minutes with a cup of coffee and give it a 

read. 

On the subject of the February edition of 

the Charolais Connection, Candace By did a 

nice job with the feature profile on Hicken 

Ranch, of Raymond, Alberta. In the past 

two years I have taken the opportunity to 

attend the Hicken Ranch’s Charolais sired 

commercial cattle sale at the Perlich 

Auction Market in Lethbridge, Alberta. And 

as the profile states the quality of the calves 

really strikes home with drafts of up to 200 

head selling at one time. Although there has 

been a stigma against the Charolais Angus 

cross in years past, it is time to move on 

and get involved. The strengths of both 

breeds have a synergy that spells out a win 

for the cow calf operator, a win for feedlot 

operator and a win for the processing 

sector, by hitting the specifications for a 

high yield quality grade carcass a large 

percentage of the time. 

The Advertising and Promotion 


New Opportunities, Strong 

Markets, World Tour in 2012 

Neil Gillies, General Manager, Canadian Charolais Association 

committee of the CCA utilizes the design 

capabilities of T Bar C Cattle Company Ltd. 

and they will be unfurling a new ad for the 

2012 edition of the Today’s Angus 

Advantage magazine, and also a new ad for 

the 2012 edition of Herefords Today, a new 

brochure which will feature a collage of 5 of 

our most recent ads and a new 11 x 17 

poster in the next few weeks. The theme 

continues to promote the strengths of the 

Charolais bull making use of the strengths 

of British influenced mother cows, 

producing the end point specifications 

required by the processing industry today. 

On a different topic; the XXXVIII (38th) 

Charolais World Congress is being hosted 

by the British Charolais Society on the dates 

of June 10th to June 23rd, 2012. The tour 

travels through England, Wales, Northern 

Ireland and Scotland with an itinerary that 

includes farm tours, cattle shows, fine 

dining, an array of touristy stuff that 

should appeal to all kinds of personal 

preferences and enough free time to shop 

until you drop. There is a Post Congress 

Tour into the Highlands of Scotland starting 

on June 24th through to June 27th, 2012. 

Perhaps the most engaging aspect of the 

trip is the camaraderie that is forged 

between groups of like minded people from 

many different regions of the world. As a 

rule, what starts out as an acquaintance 

morphs into friendships that last a lifetime! 

My life experiences are a series of 

adventures to be enjoyed and shared with 

old and new found friends alike, so I urge 

as many Canadians as possible to attend 

the event. You will not be disappointed. 

Judy Cummer passes on the fact that the 

year letter for 2012 is Z.

DU DIRECTEUR GÉNÉRAL DE L’ACC 

Les choses vont de mieux en mieux 

Neil Gillies, directeur général, l'Association Canadienne du Charolais 

L’augmentation 

du marché de 

viande bovine 

nord-américain 

est cause pour la 

célébration pour 

tous les segments de l’industrie. Les 

prévisions indiquent que la 

reconstruction du troupeau de vache 

national prendra à une période 

significative, donc les prix bons de 

toutes les classes des bétail devraient 

continuer pendant un certain temps. 

Les espérances sont également 

bonnes en ventes de taureau du 

charolais ce printemps. Les principes 

de l’offre et de la demande indiquent 

que la concurrence pour des taureaux 

charolais serait très robuste en mois 

à venir. 

Mentionné dans la revue du février 

2012 du Charolais Connection un 

contrat a été fait avec Kazakhstan 

pour envoyer aux 310 charolais pur 

sang né en 2011. Une histoire 

décrivant cet événement est dans cette 

édition de la revue Charolais Banner. 

En outre dans l’édition de février 

du Charolais Connection Candace By 

a écrit un excellent article sur le ranch 

de Hicken, de Raymond en Alberta. 

Les deux dernières années j’ai saisi 

l’occasion de s’occuper de la vente 

commerciale engendrée charolais du 

ranch Hicken au marché d’enchère de 

Perlich dans Lethbridge en Alberta. La 

qualité des veaux est excellente avec 

des groups jusqu’à 200 têtes se 

vendant en même temps. Bien qu’il y 

ait eu un stigmate contre la croix 

d’Angus et du charolais pendant les 

années, il est temps de passer et 

devenir impliqué. Les forces des deux 

races créent une victoire pour 

l’opérateur de veau vache, une 

victoire pour l’opérateur de parcs 

d’engraissement et une victoire pour 

l’usine de transformation. 

T Bar C Cattle Company Ltd dessin 

les publications pour le comité de la 

publicité et de promotion du CCA. La 

nouvelle publicité apparaîtra en 

magazine de Today’s Angus 

Advantage, le magazine de Herefords 

Today, et une nouvelle brochure 

comportant un collage de 5 de notre 

publicité le plus récent et une 

nouvelle affiche 11 x 17. Le thème 

continue à favoriser les forces du 

taureau du charolais se servant des 

forces des vaches influencées 

britanniques, produisant les 

caractéristiques de point final exigées 

par l’industrie de transformation 

CANADIAN CHAROLAIS YOUTH ASSOCIATION NEWS 

It’s that time of 

year again …calves 

are on the ground 

(and maybe still 

coming for some of 

you) and thoughts are turning to what 

you will breed your females with. 

Selecting the genetics that will work 

with and improve on your existing 

females is key to developing a great 

herd. It is with this in mind that this is 

also the time of year that the CCYA 

runs their annual Genetics Program! 

This program helps youth in the 

Charolais breed get involved in their 

breeding program and encourages 

them to make decisions on the 

genetics in their herd. The genetics 

program also allows youth to gain 

access to genetics which would 

otherwise not be available to them. 

The National Board hopes that by 

using this program youth will be able 

to grow their herd with the genetics 

that will make it a premier herd. The 

program’s genetics are entirely 

donated by generous breeders and we 

could not by successful without them. 

The Genetics Program is run 

entirely by the National Board to help 

youth in the Charolais industry. Youth 

members simply need to fill out an 

aujourd’hui. 

La société britannique du charolais 

accueille le trente-huitième congrès 

mondial du charolais du 10 juin au 23 

juin 2012. L’excursion voyage par 

l’Angleterre, le Pays de Gales, 

l’Irlande du Nord et l’Écosse avec un 

itinéraire qui inclut des excursions de 

ferme, l’exposition de bétail, la cuisine 

raffinée, une rangée de substance 

touristique qui devrait faire appel à 

toutes sortes de préférences 

personnelles et assez de temps libre 

de faire des emplettes jusqu’à ce que 

vous vous laissiez tomber. Il y a une 

excursion après le congrès dans les 

montagnes de l’Écosse du 24 juin au 

27 juin 2012. Peut-être l’aspect le plus 

s’engageant du voyage est la 

camaraderie qui est forgée entre les 

groupes de personnes occupées de 

beaucoup de différentes régions du 

monde. Mes expériences de la vie sont 

des séries d’aventures à apprécier et 

être partagées avec de vieux et 

nouveaux amis trouvés semblables, 

ainsi je pousse autant de Canadiens 

comme possibles d’assister à 

l’événement. Vous ne serez pas déçu. 

Judy Cummer transmet le fait que 

la lettre d’année pour 2012 est Z. 

Genetics Program 

Travis Jozwiak, Director 

application form to get semen from 

the CCYA tank to use on a female in 

their herd. In the application you list 

the bulls in the CCYA tank that you 

are interested in and we then use a 

lottery system to decide who gets 

what. The youth member is then 

notified and simply has to make 

arrangements with AltaGenetics to get 

the semen delivered. The application 

form and the list of available bulls is 

on the CCYA website and we 

encourage all youth to apply! If you 

have any questions about applying 

please don’t hesitate to contact a 

member of the National Board. 


10 Charolais Banner • February 2012



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T 613.475.3532 

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The Alberta Charolais Association Annual General 

Meeting was held in conjunction with the Alberta 

Select Charolais Bull and Female Show and Sale in 

Red Deer in December. Awards were presented to the 

Breeder of the Year, Pioneer and Booster of the Year. 

The Foothills Livestock Auction, Stavely, were not in 

attendance to receive the ACA Booster of the Year 

Award. Two Pioneer Awards were presented, one 

being to the late Happy Tegart. 


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NEWS 

Alberta Charolais Association AGM Highlights 

Above: Darren Paget presented the ACA Breeder of 

the Year Award to April, Megan, Colby and Rod 

McLeod, of McLeod Livestock 

Right: Bev and Richard Smith, Be-Rich Farms, Kitscoty, 

received an ACA Pioneer Award 

Above: ACA Board of Directors: 

Back row: Sven Jensen, Warburg; 

Tim Facette, Tiger Lily; Wade Meakin, 

Westlock; David Prokuda, Glenevis; 

Bob Burla, Salmon Arm; Darryl 

Shuttleworth, Balzac. 

Front row: Don Grant, Bowden; Frank 

Cholak, Lamont (1st Vice President); 

Lyle Bignell, Stettler (President); 

Jeralyn Rasmussen, Innisfail (2nd Vice 

President); Tracee Vikse, Donalda.

Langsta f Charolais 

…would like to thank all Uppin’ the Ante Buyers and Private Buyers 

JWX THREE PEET 73X • HOMOZYGOUS POLLED • DARK RED 

BW 3.8 WW 57 YW 96 M 17.5 TM 46 

Sire: WKL Terminator 102T 

Dam: Donmoore Phenomenon 58P 

Double Polled/s – Red Factor 

Terminator is a powerful, good footed, 

home raised bull out of a great female. We 

used this bull on our heifer pen last spring. 

Will sell walking rights 

Langstaff Charolais 

Polled Charolais 

T 519.627.3464 • F 519.627.0288 

• Parkland Farms (Private Sale Herd Bull) 

• Whiskey Hollow Cattle Co. (Uppin the Ante – Heifer Calf) 

• Wilgenbusch Charolais (Uppin’ the Ante – Bred Heifer) 

• Hoffman Charolais (Uppin’ the Ante – Bred Cow) 

Thank you to all customers from 2011 and future 2012 customers! 

Terminator 

Three Peet 

Sire: Crystal D Pierce 40P 

Dam: MSW Scarlet 45N 

High selling bull at Wilgenbusch Bull Sale 2011 

Co-owned with Wilgenbusch Charolais 

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WKL TERMINATOR 227W 

BW 1.9 WW 39 YW 72 M 21.8 TM 41 

R.R.# 5, Wallaceburg, ON N8A 4L2 

Kelly & Ferneida, Lorne & Teresa, Will & Lindsay, Wayne. 

Future Herdsmen – Kelly Jr. & Alex 


NEWS 

Welcome Brielle Ormiston 

Proud parents, Paul and Christa 

Ormiston and big brothers Colin and 

Mitchell, are thrilled to announce the 

safe arrival of their new little girl, 

BRIELLE EMMA CHRISTINE, born at 

Guelph General Hospital on 

Wednesday, November 9, weighing 7 

lbs. 3 oz. Brielle is welcomed by 

loving grandparents for the fourth 

time, Michael and Christine Ormiston 

of Windyview Farm, Omemee, ON. 

Norheims Receive Saskatchewan 

Livestock Association Honour Scroll 

Dale and Lesley Norheim, Norheim 

Charolais and D Bar L Livestock were 

among this year’s recipients of the 

Saskatchewan Livestock Association’s 

Honour Scroll. They were nominated 

by the Saskatchewan Charolais 

Association and accepted as worthy of 

the honour because of their 

Aldyn King 

Bangsund Farms (7) 

Bill Houghton (4) 

Brian Haywood 

Bruce Zimmerman (2) 

C2 Charolais, MB (5) 

Chartop Charolais 

Connection Cattle Co., MB 

Dave Edwards (2) 

Delbert Nostadt (4) 

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outstanding contribution to the 

livestock industry, community and 

province. Lee, Lesley and Lacey 

Norheim were present to the receive 

the award. Long time friend, Emile 

Carles made the presentation. 

Welcome Alexander Huys 

Lindsay and Will Huys welcomed a 

son, Alexander Lucien into this world 

November 17, 2011, weighing 8 lbs. 11 

Denis Firkola 

Dennis Popowich 

Dog Patch Acres 

Don Mantei 

Doug Baumgartner 

Elder Charolais 

Golden West 

Isaac Hildebrand (5) 

Jodi Hawken 

Jonathan Kolish (2) 

Jordan Martinson (2) 

Jordon River Charolais (2) 

Ken Struss (2) 

Laurel Creek Ranch (4) 

Lester Whittingham 

Lorna Taylor (4) 

Lorne Beer 

MacMillan Charolais 

McTavish Charolais 

Mutrie Farms (5) 


oz. Kelly Langstaff, Langstaff 

Charolais, Wallaceburg, Ontario is the 

proud grandfather. 

Harvie – Bennett Wed 

Scott Harvie, son of Ian and 

Marlene Harvie, of Harvie Ranching, 

Olds, Alberta, and Kerrie Bennett, 

daughter of Barry and Myrna Bennett, 

Calgary, were joined in marriage 

December 10, 2011, at Olds, Alberta. 

They will continue to farm with 

Harvie Ranching and Kerrie works for 

Nufarm Agriculture Inc. 

THANK YOU to everyone who attended, bid and especially the buyers at 

my dispersal sale. All the support was very gratifying and I wish you all 

the best in the future. 

Myron Malowany (3) 

Paul Olarie 

Philip Kotylak 

Prairie Gold Charolais (2) 

Swan Lake Farms 

Vee R Bar Charolais (3) 

Vincent Lake Charolais, AB 

Wilgenbush Charolais (4) 

DRD CHAROLAIS • Don Railton • Box 91, Sintaluta, SK S0G 4N0 • 306-727-4927


HERD HEALTH 

Contrary to 

what producers 

think, most 

broken legs can 

be repaired 

economically 

and with a very good prognosis in 

most cases. This article will outline 

what procedures are done for 

different locations of breaks and what 

affects the final prognosis. Several 

times a spring I receive calls from 

producers over broken legged calves. 

We discuss the location of the break 

how big the calf is etc and they are 

often a bit shocked when I say it can 

be repaired with up to a 90% success 

rate. Young calves are growing 

rapidly putting down lots of bone so 

healing is in our favor. 

Most breaks of course happen right 

around calving. It used to be we 

would see a lot of pulling injuries. 

These breaks generally occur just 

above the fetlock and are crushing 

injuries sometimes resulting in 

damage to the blood supply to the 

lower leg. Fortunately most producers 

are being more diligent about pulling. 

Especially with harder pulls make 

sure and double loop the chains. This 

spreads out the force and minimizes 

any possibility of breaking a leg. We 

now see very few pulling breaks. 

The lower down the break (either 

the front or back legs) the easier it is 

to repair. Any breaks below the hock 

on the back legs or carpus on the front 

legs are generally cast. The beauty 

these days is fiberglass cast material 

allows veterinarians to apply a cast 

that is lightweight, extremely strong 

and waterproof. Experience teaches us 

Repairing Broken Legs on Calves 

Roy Lewis DVM 

to put on the right amount of cast 

padding to prevent pressure sores 

developing. Most of these calves have 

the cast cut off in three to four weeks 

resulting in complete healing. The 

majority of breaks occur lower down 

from calves being stepped on. This 

cast material will support the weight 

of any calves right up to mature 

weight. We just use more material 

creating a slightly thicker cast on 

larger cattle. Make sure and follow 

your veterinarian’s directions 

diligently as to the time of removal. 

Young calves if cast too long will 

literally start to grow out of the cast 

creating large pressure sores. To avoid 

confusion we mark with a large black 

felt right on the cast the day we want 

the calf returned for cast removal. 

You want to have calves with 

broken legs attended to a soon as 

possible. Calves trying to stand on a 

broken leg run the risk of the bone 

compounding out through the skin. 

The rubbing of the broken ends 

against each other scrapes off the 

periosteum (thin outer surface of the 

bone), which is where bone deposition 

comes from. For very unstable breaks: 

during transport they can be protected 

by a towel or disposable diaper 

wrapped around the site. Compound 

breaks must have the wound covered 

over and have minimum 

contamination. If straw dirt etc has 

gotten in the wound the prognosis for 

saving the leg is very grim indeed. 

For breaks higher up the legs, 

Thomas shroeder splints are often 

applied by veterinarians. These splints 

are commonly used on tibial breaks 

and less commonly on radius or ulnar 

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breaks. These splints immobilize the 

joints below and above the break and 

the calf simply drags the splint 

around until healing has occurred. 

Keep a close eye on these calves for a 

few days as it takes that long for some 

calves to learn how to lie down and 

get up with the splint on. 

A big word of caution in very cold 

weather (15 below C or colder) be 

cognizant of the fact these calves may 

not be able to lay down properly with 

their legs under their bodies. These 

exposed limbs are very subject to 

frostbite even though the cast or 

splint provides some insulative value. 

They may need to be kept in over the 

cold nights. 

Fortunately breaks very high on the 

limbs seldom happen as they are more 

difficult to repair. Femoral breaks 

require internal fixation in the form of 

pins and wires or plates. These are 

more costly procedures, as anesthetic 

with surgery is necessary. Valuable 

purebred calves or pet animals are 

where these challenging cases get 

tackled. The humerus (large bone at 

top of front leg) can sometimes heal 

with very restricted pen rest. Real 

quiet cattle may tolerate this and 

can heal. 

If handled properly the vast 

majority of broken legs will heal very 

well and the calf will go on to be a 

very productive animal. Before doing 

anything rash, check with your 

veterinarian before giving up on any 

calf with a broken leg regardless of its 

size. You will find most can be helped 

and in most cases, you will be very 

pleased with the outcome.


P-3 Charolais Ranch Complete Dispersal 

December 12, 2011 • Medicine Hat, AB 

Gross Average 

101 Cow/Calf $434,425 $4,301 

34 Bred Females 55,000 1,618 

42 Bred Heifers 88,425 2,105 

6 Heifer Calves 6,725 1,121 

2 Herdsires 24,300 10,800 

5 Bull Calves 13,650 2,730 

190 Lots $622,525 $3,276 

Auctioneer: Brent Carey 

Sale Manager: By Livestock 

One of the longest running 

Charolais programs came to a close on 

December 12th. A very strong set of 

white and red factor cattle were on 

offer. Many established and new 

breeders took the opportunity and 

bought in volume along with many of 

the P Bar 3 commercial customers 

buying a P Bar 3 bull for the last time. 

Cattle were sold right across Canada. 

High Selling Cow/Calf Pairs 

Lot 85, P-3 MS WESTERN EDGE 9- 

46W (Polled, -3.2 BW EPD), sired by 

LT Western Edge 4057, out of a JDJ 

Impression K894 daughter, bred to 

HBSF Specialist 108U. Sold for $3,500 

to Hicken Ranch, Raymond. 

Lot 85A, P-3 MR WESTERN SPUR 

1-116Y (Polled, 87 lb. BW, 36 WW 

EPD), sired by KMAC Cigar Spur 23T 

sold for $5,900 to Nevin Heidinger, 

Manyberries. 

Lot 68, P-3 MS Y2K 7-17T (Polled, - 

.3 BW and 37 WW EPD) bred to HBSF 

Specialist 108U, sired by MSW Y2K, 

out of an LHC Mr. Perfect Y416 

daughter. Sold for $3,800 to Hicken 

Ranch. 

Lot 68A, P-3 MR SPECIALIST 1-54Y 

(Polled, 96 lb. BW, 40 WW EPD), sired 

by HBSF Specialist 108U. Sold for 

$5,200 to Tom Carroll, Oyen. 

Lot 58, P-3 MS CIGAR 6-125S 

(Polled, .9 BW EPD), sired by JDJ 

LARGE SALE END OF AN ERA 

P-3 Charolais Ranch Complete 

Dispersal 

Impression K894, out of an LT 

Wyoming Wind 4020 daughter, bred 

to HBSF Specialist 108U. Sold for 

$4,000 to Circle 7 Charolais, 

Shaunavon, SK. 

58A, P-3 MS SPECIALLIST 1-63Y 

(Polled, 91 lb. BW and 39 WW EPD), 

sired by HBSF Specialist 108U. Sold 

for $3,300 to Rollin’ Acres Charolais, 

Shelburne and Whiskey Hollow 

Charolais, Norwood, ON. 

Lot 32, P-3 MISS INDEPENDENCE 

94N (Polled, .1 BW EPD), sired by 

PCFL Independence 109C, out of an 

LHD Mr Perfect Y416 daughter, bred 

to HBSF Specialist 108U. Sold for 

$2,600 to Circle 7 Charolais, 

Shaunavon, SK. 

Lot 32A, P-3 MR SPECIALIST 1-4Y 

(Polled, 98 lb. BW, 31 WW EPD), sired 

by HBSF Specialist 108U. Sold for 

$4,600 to Howe Ranches, Buffalo. 

High Selling Bred Heifers 

Lot 95, P-3 MS SPECIALIST 0-08X 

(Polled, 2.7 BW EPD), sired by HBSF 

Specialist 108U, out of a WCR Prime 

Cut 764 daughter, bred to HC X- 

Periment 34X. Sold for $3,900 to High 

Bluff Stock Farm Inglis, MB. 

Lot 106, P-3 MS WESTERN SPUR 0- 

80X (Polled, 1.2 BW EPD), sired by 

KMAC Cigar Spur 23T, out of a JDJ 

Impression K894 daughter, bred to 

HC X-Periment 34X. Sold for $3,200 to 

Sproule Charolais, Pincher Creek. 

High Selling Herdbulls 

Lot 1, HBSF SPECIALIST 108U 

(Polled), sired by MVX Cougarhill 

Hank 720G, out of a Weise’s Exactor 

15A daughter. Sold 1/4 interest and 

full possession for $12,000 to Gilliland 

Bros. Charolais, Carivale, SK. 

Lot 4, PRO-CHAR MOHICAN 34X 

(Polled, Red Factor), sired by 

Wrangler Headliner 28N, out of a 

Pro-Char Guage 7L daughter. Sold for 

$6,300 to Travis Duncan, Warner. 


Greg Gilliland, 

Gilliland Bros. Charolais 

bought a new 

herdsire taking Specialist 

home 

Mark Louhes, Coyote 

Flats Charolais 

selected 20 head 

Wendy & Lyle Bignell, Buffalo Lake Charolais 

took 11 head back to Stettler 

Brian & Carla Hicken were the volume buyers 

selecting 40 head 

Ben Huber (left) started a new herd and 

bought in volume taking 28 head home

Bar Punch Ranch Complete Dispersal 

December 12, 2011 • Medicine Hat, AB 

Gross Average 

17 Cow/Calf Pairs $78,175 $4,598 

10 Bred Cows 30,600 3,060 

3 Bred Heifers 5,350 1,783 

2.5 Mature Bulls 18,400 7,360 

1 Two Year Old Bull 2,600 2,600 

4 Yearling Bulls 10,600 2,650 

37.5 Lots 145,725 3,886 



This is the end of an era. John Hoff 

and Bar Punch Ranch are true 

pioneers of the Charolais breed in 

Canada. This was one of the largest 

selections of Polled Full French 

Charolais to ever sell. Cattle were sold 

across Canada. 


Lot 202, JR MISS CADET YOYO 

612S (Full French, 5.7 BW EPD), sired 

by JR Cadet’s Image 404P, out of a Sir 

International 27H daughter, bred to 

Maple Leaf Bar Punch 8199U. Sold for 

$3,200 to Maple Leaf Charolais, Falun. 

Lot 202A, BPR 153Y (Polled, Full 

French, 4 BW EPD), sired by Maple 

Leaf Bar Punch 8119U. Sold for $3,500 

to Maple Leaf Charolais. 

Lot 204, G4 ACRES AZALEI 171S 

(Full French, 3.4 BW EPD), sired by 

LIG Nacil 3N, out of an MRL Miss 

Dragon 37L daughter, bred to Maple 


to Stephen Charolais Farm, 

Moosomin, SK. 

Lot 204A, BPR 123Y (Full French, 

2.9 BW EPD), sired by Maple Leaf Bar 

NEWS 

Sales in Brief 

Maple Leaf Charolais Production Sale 

October 22, 2011 • Lakedell, AB 

Gross Average 

11 Bred Heifers $27,200 $2,473 

4 Bred Cows 14,500 3,625 

7 Cow/Calf Pairs 27,200 4,085 

22 Lots $70,300 $3,195 

LARGE POLLED FULL FRENCH OFFERING 

Bar Punch Ranch Complete 

Dispersal 

Punch 8119U sold for $2,700 to Maple 

Leaf Charolais. 

Lot 213, DWK TESSA 2T (Polled, 

Full French, 2.3 BW EPD), sired by 

Muscat, out of a Till daughter, bred to 


$5,000 to Mulkay Cattle Co, Spedden. 

Lot 213A, BPR 176Y (Full French, 

2.3 BW EPD), sired by Maple Leaf Bar 

Punch 8119U. Sold for $1,100 to May- 

On Charolais, Virden, MB. 

Lot 212, DWK TAMMY 3T (Polled, 

Full French, 2.3 BW EPD), sired by 

Muscat, out of a Till daughter, bred to 


$4,000 to Maple Leaf Charolais. 

Lot 212A, BPR 154Y (Polled, Full 

French, 2.3 BW EPD), sired by Maple 



High Selling Bred Cows 

Lot 211, MBZF FANCY 5T (Full 

French, 1.4 BW EPD), sired by PCFL 

Solitaire 55N, out of a PCFL Java 119D 

daughter, bred to Maple Leaf Bar 

Punch 8119U. Sold for $4,600 to 

Stephen Charolais Farm. 

Lot 227, JR MISS UFANO CW PAL 

935W (Polled, Full French, 3 BW 

EPD), sired by JR His Cadet Image 

727T, out of a Maple Leaf Paladin 

471P daughter, bred to Maple Leaf 

Bar Punch 8119U. Sold for $3,400 to 

Blake Marchant, Cartwright, MB. 

High Selling Mature Bull 

Lot 240, MAPLE LEAF BAR 

PUNCH 901W (Double Polled, Full 

French, 1.9 BW, 29 WW and 52 YW 

EPD), sired by Virgil, out of a Bar 

Punch Prime Rib 99C daughter. Sold 

Blake Marchant selected 

7 head 

Roy Mulkay bought 

6 head 

Randy & Denise Franke, May-On Charolais 

took 14 head home 

Tom & Carey Stewart, Maple Leaf Charolais 

were volume buyers taking 16 head 

1/2 interest full possession for $11,000 


Lot 200, MAPLE LEAF BAR 

PUNCH 8119U (Polled, Full French, 

2.3 BW, 23 WW and 41 YW EPD), 

sired by Martel, out of a Maple Leaf 

Paladin 471P daughter. Sold for $5,300 

to May-On Charolais. 


DRD Charolais Dispersal Sale 

December 17, 2011 • Regina, SK 

Gross Average 

28 Cow/Calf Pairs $124,500 $4,446 

9 Bred Cows 19,700 2,189 

7 Bred Heifers 20,000 2,857 

1 Heifer Calf 825 825 

1 Mature Bull 6,800 6,800 


5 Bull Calves 11,300 2,260 

53 Lots $193,425 $3,650 



A big crowd of both local 

commercial producers, repeat 

customers, new Charolais breeders 

and support from breeders across the 

country gave Don Railton a very 

strong sale. This functional set of 

cows and their offspring sold steady 

with the herdbulls leading the sale. 

DRD Charolais, Sintaluta has been 

developed over 25 years and the 

fruits of his labour was rewarded. 


Lot 10, BORDERLANDS 

HARMONY 35L (25.9 Milk EPD), 

sired by BKJ Barbwire 716G, out of an 

RGP Eureka 17E daughter, bred to Bar 

J Silverado 14S. Sold for $3,200 to 

Swan Lake Farms, Stoughton. 

Lot 10A, DRD RASCALFLATS 350Y 

(Polled, 105 lb. BW, 1,165 lbs., 27.1 

Milk EPD), sired by Pleasant Dawn 

Sudoku 145W. Sold for $6,300 to 

Chartop Charolais, Gull Lake. 

Lot 20, DRD BRAN MUFFIN ONE 

336U (Polled, Red Factor, 25.3 Milk 

EPD), sired by Belmont’s Cognac 65P, 

out of a BKJ Barbwire 716G daughter, 

bred to Hicks Revolver 14R. Sold for 

$5,000 to Dog Patch Acres, Leroy. 

Lot 20A, DRD CHECKERS 335Y 

(Double Polled, Red Factor, 1,153 lbs., 

26.8 Milk EPD), sired by Pleasant 

Dawn Sudoku 145W. Sold for $3,400 

to MacMillan Charolais, Saskatoon. 

BIG CROWD, STRONG SALE 

DRD Dispersal 

Lot 21, DRD GINGER 82U 

(Polled,Red Factor, 82 YW EPD), sired 

by Belmont’s Cognac 65P, out of an 

HTA White Sand 762G daughter, bred 

to Bar J Silverado 14S. Sold for $5,000 

to Wilgenbusch Charolais, Halbrite. 

Lot 21A, DRD TOPKICK 830Y 

(Double Polled, 91 lb. BW, 25.9 Milk 

EPD), sired by Pleasant Dawn Sudoku 

145W. Sold for $2,350 to Brian 

Hayward, Wolseley. 

Lot 19, DRD COGNACS ROSE 88T 

(Polled, Red Factor), sired by 

Belmont’s Cognac 65P, out of an HTA 

White Sand 762G daughter, bred to 

SVS Nobleman 25N. Sold for $4,100 to 

McTavish Charolais, Moosomin. 

Lot 19A, DRD ANNAPOLAIS 881Y 

(Double Polled, 100 lb. BW, 1,040 lbs., 

25.5 Milk EPD), sired by Pleasant 

Dawn Sudoku 145W. Sold for $2,000 

to Dave Edwards, Fort Qu’Appelle. 

High Selling Bred Cow 

Lot 18, DRD RED’S GIRL 80S 

(Double Polled, Red Factor, 27.5 Milk 

EPD) sired by DRD Mister Red 60M, 

out of a Lang’s Eric The Red 3E 

daughter. Sold for $4,500 to 

Wilgenbusch Charolais. 

High Selling Bred Heifer 

Lot 8, DRD BRANFLAKES 336X 

(Double Polled, Double Red, 28.1 Milk 

EPD), sired by SVS Nobleman 25N, 

out of a Belmont’s Cognac 65P 

daughter, bred to Elder’s Platinum 

196X. Sold for $4,500 to Elder 

Charolais, Coronach. 

High Selling Yearling Bull 

Lot 2, ELDER’S PLATINUM 196X 

(3rd Gen. Polled, -1 BW EPD, 23.5 

Milk EPD), sired by MXS Optimum 

813U, out of a Bar J Silverado 14S 

daughter. Sold for $7,000 to Vincent 

Lake Charolais, St. Paul, AB. 


Lot 1, PLEASANT DAWN 

SUDOKU 145W (4th Gen. Polled, 

2.2 BW EPD, 83 YW EPD, 28.3 Milk 


Brian McTavish added 

a high selling female 

to their operation 

Mic Zentner bought a 

high selling cow 

Glen & Lynn Sauder selected the high selling 

bull calf 

John & Craig Wilgenbusch added four from 

the top to their operation 

Ron & Donna Elder purchased the high 

selling bred heifer 

EPD), sired by HEJ Magnum 26R, 

out of a Bar J Norman 57N daughter. 

Sold for $6,800 to King’s Polled 

Charolais, Rocanville.


AIREY RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT OF MCA 

Manitoba Charolais Association 

Annual General Meeting 

Harry Airey, of 

Rivers, was re-elected 

president of the 

Manitoba Charolais 

Association at their 43rd Annual 

General Meeting held January 7th in 

Brandon. Ernie Bayduza, Dauphin 

was re-elected 1st Vice-President; 

Andre Steppler, Miami was elected 

2nd Vice-President and Rae Trimble of 

Portage la Prairie remains as 

Secretary-Treasurer. 

Five directors terms were up and 

they were all re-elected. They 

included Harry Airey; Ernie Bayduza; 

Andre Steppler; Ian Milliken, Reston 

and Rob Gilliland, Virden. 

The financial report for the last 

fiscal year showed a net loss of nearly 

$8,000 on a budget of $21,000 with still 

over $13,000 in cash and receivables. 

In committee reports the promotion 

committee spent their advertising 

dollars in the MBP Cattle Country, 

Charolais Connection, radio 

advertising, sponsoring Beef Days, 

coffee at auction marts and many 

other places. 

The 4-H committee reported 86 

toques were given out to kids 

showing Charolais influence cattle in 

2011 which were very well received. 

In 2012 the Manitoba Livestock 

Expo is shortening the show by taking 

the Sunday off the schedule and 

having the show end on Saturday. 

CCA director Campbell Forsyth and 

CCA General Manager Neil Gillies 

gave a report on the happening at the 

national level and talked about the 

2012 AGM taking place in Alberta in 

July in conjunction with the CCYA 

Conference and Show. 

Gerry Bowes gave his fieldman 

report and with a budget of $5,820 he 

attended some Beef Days and many 

days during the calf sales and bred 

cow sales in the fall. He also 

announced after 4 years he is retiring 

this spring. This past year working 

with the Manitoba and Saskatchwan 

Associations he attended 29 sales in 

Eastern Alberta, Saskatchewan and 

Manitoba. He presented the idea of an 

adopt an auction market for local 

breeders to come and buy coffee and 

promote the breed. He explained the 

need for more breeders to go to the 

auction markets and watch their 

customers calves sell. 

Plans for another summer picnic are 

Andre & Katie Steppler accept the Manitoba 

Breeder of the Year Award from President 

Harry Airey 


in the works with it being held at 

Dauphin Lake with Ernie Bayduza 

and Hans Myhre hosting it in 

late June. 

The meeting was followed by a 

multi-breed awards banquet and 

social in the evening. It is a great place 

to visit with breeders from all breeds 

in Manitoba. 

Gerry Bowes receives a token of 

appreciation for his work as field man for 

the Manitoba Charolais Association from 

Ian Milliken 

Manitoba Charolais Association Board of Directors 

Front Row (l-r) Rae Trimble, Portage la Prairie (Secretary-Treasurer); Ernie Bayduza, Dauphin 

(1st Vice-President); Harry Airey, Rivers (President); Andre Steppler, Miami (2nd Vice-President); 

Campbell Forsyth, Eriksdale (CCA director) 

Back Row (l-r) Ian Milliken, Reston; Jeff Cavers, La Riviere; Doug Hunter, Roblin; Jim Olsen, 

Portage la Prairie; Hans Myhre, Dauphin; Kevin Stebeleski, Oakburn; Rob Gilliland, Virden; 

Kerri Hinsburg, Rapid City. Missing is Shawn Airey, Rivers.


JMB “Nothin Held Back” Sale 

December 19, 2011 • Virden, MB 

Gross Average 

25 Cow/Calf Pairs $171,950 $6,878 

17 Bred Cows 52,050 3,062 

22 Bred Heifers 75,25 3,420 


7 Bull Calves 31,100 4,443 

79 Lots $349,550 $4,425 



JMB Charolais, Brookdale, needed 

to lessen the work load and did it buy 

selling everything under eight years 

of age. A big crowd came to support 

the efforts this operation has put forth 

in promoting the breed and to take 

advantage of this great opportunity. 

The heart of this very successful 

operation was on the auction block 

and the prices reflected the quality 

developed over the last 25 years. 


Lot 14, JMB PARADISE 445P 

(Double Polled, 23.7 Milk EPD), sired 

by CS Mango 256M, out of an MNE 

Green Light 15G daughter, bred to 

BXB Dateline Son 65R. Sold for $8,500 

to Swan Lake Farms, Stoughton, SK. 

Lot 14A, JMB MERIT 139Y (3rd 

Gen. Polled, 105 lb. BW, 1,225 lbs.), 

sired by Merit 8671U. Sold for $4,500 

to John Wilson, Wawota, SK. 

Lot 1, JMB SATURN 605S (Double 

Polled, 1.2 BW EPD, 24 Milk EPD), 

sired by CS Mango 256M, out of an 

MNE Green Light 15G daughter, bred 

to Hicks Revolver 14R. Sold for $9,000 

to Langstaff Charolais, Wallaceburg, ON. 

Lot 1A, JMB MS MERIT 141Y (3rd 

Gen. Polled, -.3 BW EPD, 809 lbs.), 

sired by Merit 8671U. Sold for $2,100 

to LEJ Charolais, Portage La Prairie. 

Lot 37, JMB MS DATELINE 907W 

(Double Polled, 1.6 BW EPD), sired by 

BXB Dateline Son 65R, out of a KOP 

Gold Steel 66E daughter, bred to HVA 

Wallet 91W. Sold for $5,500 to Dog 

Patch Acres, Leroy, SK. 

Lot 37A, JMB BOOMER 108Y (3rd 


sired by SVY Kaboom Pld 7113T. Sold 

for $5,500 to Kopp Farms, Amaranth. 

Lot 35, JMB MS DATELINE 915W 

GREAT SALE 

JMB Sale 

(3rd Gen. Polled, 26.4 Milk EPD), 

sired by BXB Dateline son 65R, out of 

an MNE Green Light 15G daughter, 

bred to HVA Wallet 91W. Sold for 

$5,600 to Langstaff Charolais. 

Lot 35A, JMB BOOMER 106Y (3rd 


sired by SVY Kaboom Pld 7113T. Sold 

for $4,300 to Future Farms, Innisfail, AB. 

High Selling Bred Heifers 

Lot 45, JMB MS DATELINE 5X 

(Polled, 1,135 lb. YW, 24.4 Milk EPD), 

sired by BXB Dateline Son 65R, out of 

an MNE Green Light 15G daughter, 

bred to CSS Sir Gridmaker 2W. Sold 

for $6,250 to C2 Charolais, La Riviere. 


(Double Polled/s, 1,065 lb. YW, 25.9 

Milk EPD), sired by BXB Dateline Son 

65R, out of a CS Pld Junction 4J 

daughter, bred to CSS Sir Gridmaker 2W. 

Sold for $6,100 to Swan Lake Farms. 


(3rd Gen. Polled, .5 BW EPD, 690 lb. 

WW), sired by BXB Dateline Son 65R, 

out of a CS Mango 256S daughter, 

bred to CSS Sir Gridmaker 2W. Sold 

for $5,800 to Cedarlea Farms, 

Hodgeville, SK. 

Lot 56, JMB MS MERIT 41X (3rd 

Gen. Polled, 92 YW EPD), sired by 

Merit 8671U, out of a BXB Dateline 

Son 65R daughter, bred to CSS Sir 

Gridmaker 2W. Sold for $5,800 to 

Cedarlea Farms. 

High Selling Heifer Calf 

Lot 72, JMB MS DATELINE 114Y 

(3rd Gen. Polled/s, 92 lb. BW, 848 lbs), 

sired by BXB Dateline Son 65R, out of 

a Sparrows Oakridge 66R daughter. 

Sold for $5,250 to Hard Rock 

Charolais, Neepawa; Bryce Olmstead, 

Carberry & Scott Baron, Carberry. 

Jeff Cavers took the 

high selling bred 

heifer 

Garner Deobald 

swept two top bred 

heifers up 


High Selling Bull Calves 

Lot 74, JMB DATELINE 104Y 

(Polled/s, Manitoba Livestock Expo 

Grand Champion Bull, 100 lb. BW, 

1,261 lbs.), sired by BXB Dateline Son 

65R, out of an MNE Green Light 15G 

daughter. Sold for $7,750 to Future 

Farms, Innisfail, AB. 

Lot 76, JMB DATELINE 131Y (3rd 

Gen. Polled, 88 

YW EPD, 1,178 

lbs.), sired by BXB 

Dateline Son 65R, 

out of a CS Pld 

Junction 4J 

daughter. Sold 

for $5,250 to 

Tom Grieves, 

Fillmore, SK. 

Allan Marshall added 

two top bull calves 

to his Future Farm operation 

The JMB Fun Bus crew purchased the high 

selling heifer calf 

Kelly Langstaff 

purchased three high 

selling cows 

Brian McTavish 

bought seven head 

Greg Goudy was a 

volume buyer building 

his new herd with 

some top sellers 

Velon Herback selected 

five good females

Stauffer Land & Livestock Complete 

Dispersal 

December 7, 2011 • Eckville, AB 

Gross Average 

76 Cow/Calf Pairs $384,350 $5,057 

25 Bred Cows 57,400 2,296 

16 Bred Heifers 45,900 2,868 


2 Bull Calves 6,400 3,200 


2 Mature Bulls 9,900 4,950 

125 Lots $519,950 $4,159 

Auctioneer: Dan Skeels 

Dwane and Dawn Stauffer had 

developed a very solid, moderate 

framed set of working females that 

was rich in Freedom blood. Breeders 

from across the west came to select 

from this quality offering giving them 

a solid sale. The bull calves also found 

strong demand from both breeders 

and commercial producers producing 

a very good average. 


Lot 76, STAUFFERS MISS CARLO 

94U (Polled, 2.8 BW and 36 WW 

EPD), sired by Stauffers Brown Noser 

11R, out of a Loewen Mr Carlo 5Z 

daughter, bred to Shelco Made Easy 

512R. Sold for $4,700 to Rainalta 

Farms, Lamond. 

Lot 76A, STAUFFERS CANADIAN 

PLD 35Y (Polled, 100 lb. BW, 88 YW 

EPD), sired by HTA Durmax 642S. Sold 

for $4,500 to Be-Rich Farms, Kitscoty. 

Lot 56, SFL 016 MISS DELTA 3K 

(Polled, .8 BW, 44 WW and a 76 YW 

VERY STRONG DISPERSAL SALE 

Stauffer Land & Livestock Dispersal 

EPD), sired by KC Stolichnya H016, 

out of an SVS Preserve 7B daughter, 

bred to HTA Durmax 642S. Sold for 

$3,000 to Ken Van Straton, Stettler. 

Lot 56A, STAUFFERS AVENGER 

PLD 50Y (Polled, 98 lb. BW, 36 WW 

and 76 YW EPD), sired by HTA 

Durmax 642S. Sold for $5,900 to White 

Lake Colony, Barrons. 

Lot 53, STAUFFERS MISS JANE 

61S (Polled, 4.6 BW, 43 WW and 77 

YW EPD), sired by SVY Freedom PLD 

307N, bred to HTA Durmax 642S. Sold 

for $4,000 to Rainalta Farms. 

Lot 53A, STAUFFERS MISS JANE 

49Y (Polled, 100 lb. BW, 40 WW EPD), 

sired by HTA Durmax 642S. Sold for 

$4,500 to Wrangler Charolais, Westlock. 

Lot 25, STAUFFERS MISS EXPRESS 

146T(-.6 BW and 43 WW EPD), sired 

by Shelco Made Easy 512R, out of a 

Willowvale Projector 90C daughter, 

bred to HTA Durmax 624S. Sold for 

$5,200 to Palmer Charolais, 

Bladworth, SK. 

Lot 25A, STAUFFERS MISS EXPRESS 

2Y (82 lb. BW, 40 WW and 93 YW 

EPD), sired by HTA Durmax 642S. 

Sold for $2,900 to Wrangler Charolais. 

High Selling Bred Heifer 

Lot 13, STAUFFERS MISS MARIA 

PLD 42X (Polled, 1.5 BW, 37 WW and 

75 YW EPD), sired by LEGL Navajo 

135S, out of an HTA White Hot 105A 

daughter, bred to Stauffers Copy Right 

27X. Sold for $4,700 to Palmer Charolais. 

Lot 19, STAUFFERS MISS MARCY 

18X(2.1 BW, 48 WW and 77 YW EPD), 

Dean McAvoy selected 

the high selling bred 

heifers 

Wade Meakin, 

Wrangler Charolais 

took a trailer load 

home to Westlock 

Gerry Hoffer, White 

Lake Colony bought 

in volume 

Velon Herback 

selected 5 high 

selling lots 

out of a JDJ Smokster J1377 daughter, 

bred to Stauffers Stimulas 37X. Sold 

for $4,400 to Dean McAvoy, Arelee, SK. 

Lot 38, STAUFFERS MISS G-Q ICE 

9X (2.5 BW, 38 WW and 71 YW EPD), 

sired by LEGL Navajo 135S, out of a 

Stauffers Backyard 106M daughter. 

Sold for $4,000 to Dean McAvoy. 


Lot 128, SHELCO MADE EASY 

512R (Polled, 90 lb. BW, 45 WW and 

77 YW EPD), sired by Moore's Legacy 

117L, out of a Circle CEE Westwood 

115L daughter. Sold for $6,800 to 

Margret Kent, Beiseker. 

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While in conversation with 

Garner Deobald in early 

November 2011, he enlightened me 

that he had signed an agreement to 

export a plane load of Charolais 

animals to a cattle operation in central 

Kazakhstan, which was due to depart 

in mid-December. Obviously this was 

good news, especially after the 

frustration with the Russian project 

that didn’t materialize as expected. 

This statement was followed with the 

question; would I be able to go and 

represent the Canadian Charolais 

Association in this export venture? 

Not surprisingly, I agreed 

to sign on with the project primarily 

as an opportunity to assist with 

supporting the export of Canadian 

Charolais into a new developing 

market, and also because I have always 

taken advantage of the chance for a 

new adventure. 

This is a story of how that adventure 

unfolded. Firstly, a few facts on the 

country and the parties involved. 

Quoting from WorldAtlas.com, 

‘Kazakhstan is at the crossroads of Asia 

and Europe and is the 9th largest country 

Canadian Charolais Animals 

Complete a Trip of a Lifetime 

in the World. It is bordered by the Russian 

Federation on the N.W. through to the 

N.E. China to the S.E. Turkmenistan, 

Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan to the South 

and the Caspian Sea to the S.W.’ 

Kazakhstan gained independence in 

1991 and during our trip the 20th 

anniversary of the independence was 

celebrated on December 16th, 2011. 

The president, Nursultan Nazarbayv 

has been at the helm for all of those 

years and is regarded in high esteem 

for his accomplishments in improving 

living conditions in the country, and 

on the whole increasing trade during 

the 20 years. 

The parties involved with this 

export mission were Hawkeye Land & 

Livestock Ltd., which is a family run 

operation, utilizing Garner Deobald 

primarily working to obtain the 

agreement, while Lori and Kylie 

Deobald attended to many of the 

logistical and administrative aspects 

of this venture. Hawkeye also 

collaborated closely with Rod and 

Kristi Guilford of Xports International 

Inc. from Clearwater, Manitoba. Rod 

and Kristi have been involved with 


Neil Gillies 

the export of Canadian genetics to 

Eastern Europe and central Asia for a 

number of years and their experience 

was invaluable and much appreciated 

on this project. 

The company that purchased the 

animals is called Agrofirm “Dievskaya” 

Ltd., which is owned by Oleg 

(pronounced Aleg) Vladimirovich 

Danilenko, and his son Oleg (Aleg) 

Olegovich Danilenko. 

The important connection was 

initiated when a request was made to 

Saskatchewan Trade and Export 

Partnership (STEP) by an incoming 

Kazakh delegation to the Farm 

Progress show in June, 2011 in Regina, 

Saskatchewan. The Kazakh’s group 

request was to tour some Charolais 

farms during their visit, so STEP 

contacted Hawkeye Land & Livestock 

Ltd. and Garner agreed to assist with 

their request. He toured them to the 

Howe and Rosso Charolais farms in 

the Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan region 

and according to Garner, the group 

was impressed with the cattle 

operations and this greatly influenced 

the purchase of Canadian animals.

Among the delegation was 

Vyacheslav Bobryshev (Slava) who 

represents IP Consult (International) 

Ltd., who is mainly involved with the 

importation of farm machinery into 

Kazakhstan, and Oleg Vladimirovich 

Danilenko, who is owner of Agrofirm 

Dievskaya Ltd. Slava’s translation 

abilities were instrumental in 

brokering an agreement between the 

two companies. 

The following information is supplied 

by Hawkeye Land & Livestock Ltd. 

and relates to some facts and statistics 

on the quarantine of the animals. 

There were 33 contributors ranging in 

numbers from 1 head to 60 head (10 

bulls, 50 heifers) from Manitoba, 

Saskatchewan and Alberta. 

The cattle were delivered to the 

quarantine stations at Oak Lake and 

Crystal City, Manitoba during the 

week of November 7th, 2011. Testing 

included: tuberculosis, paratuberculosis, 

brucellosis, leucosis, chlamydiosis, 

bluetongue, campylobacteriosis - 

culture test (bulls only), trichomonosis 

- microscopic examination (bulls 

only). The animals were vaccinated 

against leptospirosis, infectious 

bovine rhinotreachitis (IBR), bovine 

viral diarrhea and bovine respiratory 

syncytial virus not earlier than 6 

months and not later than 20 days 

prior to export. In total they would 

have gone through the chutes 7 times. 

We had a low percentage show a false 

positive. 5 in total, 3 paratuberculosis, 

1 TB and 1 blue tongue; they were all 

retested and came up negative. Even 

showing up as a false positive they 

are ineligible to go. We also had 4 free 

Winnipeg Airport – processing from the trucks to the crates prior to loading plane 

martins when we palpated the heifers. 

A number of the heifers needed to be 

re-tatooed as the original wasn't legible. 

5 Kazakh representatives, Oleg 

Olegovich Danilenko (owner), Slava 

(consultant), Amangeldy Kuibagarov 

and Khabidlla Abzhanov (cattle 

managers), and Shattansha Zhuzenov 

(university professor) from Agrofirm 

Dievskaya visited Canada from 

November 30th to December 2nd to 

inspect the animals and provide a 

final seal of approval. They had the 

opportunity to select the required 

numbers for the shipment from the 

cattle that had been assembled for 

them. Garner commented they 

selected them the way I would have; 

in other words, they sorted off the 

poorer cattle. 

Now having dispensed with most 

of the introductions, the journey 

started in Winnipeg on December 

11th, 2011, where Garner and I joined 

up in the late afternoon at a hotel 

close to the airport as a staging point, 

waiting for the cattle to arrive. At 6.30 

p.m. we went over to Dryden Air 

which is situated in the cargo area at 

the S.E. side of the airport, and at 6.45 

p.m. five cattle trucks arrived at the 

facility to be unloaded and processed. 

Processing consisted of unloading 

the animals from the liners and 

loading them into the crates they 

would be travelling in to Astana, 

Kazakhstan. The crates were 8 x 10 

feet in size and as per regulations each 

shipment had to be newly fabricated. 

On first impression they did not look 

all that substantial, however on closer 

inspection the design seemed sturdy 

enough. Starting with an aluminum 

deck, plywood and two by four 

studding formed the walls and roof 

which was held in place by metal 

brackets. The binding agent being 

some heavy nylon strapping over 

every stud that was finished off with 

heavy nylon netting covering the top 

and sides of the crate that was 

anchored at the bottom. 

The total procedure involved 

representatives from Korean Air, who 

were charting the weight of each crate 

of animals in accordance with the 

loading specification for the plane. 

Rod Guilford took on one of the most 

important positions (and also one of 

the dirtiest) by coordinating the 

unloading of the animals so that the 

weight of each crate was within 

acceptable limits. The truck drivers all 

assisted with the unloading process. 

Kristi Guilford, along with helper 

Jacki McCannell, recorded all of the 

animal tags which corresponded to 

the animal’s tattoo for each crate. The 

crew from Dryden Air consisted of 7 

people and they assisted with the 

loading of the animals in the crates 

and then ferried the crates out to the 

loading apron. A representative from 

the Canadian Food Inspection Agency 

(CFIA) was on hand to oversee 

operations, and Garner operated a 

series of chute gates and assisted 

loading the crates. My task was to 

take the pictures so we would have a 

pictorial record of the event as it 

unfolded. The total process was 

impressive as everybody understood 

the role they had to play and in 

approximately three hours, 34 crates 

Inside of cargo plane where crates will go. Two decks like this. 


Loading commences! 

consisting of 310 animals weighing 

106,000 kg were all lined up on the 

concrete apron waiting for the plane 

to arrive. 

At 10.00 p.m. we went back to the 

hotel to clean-up, check out, park our 

vehicles in the hotel compound and at 

1.00 a.m., the hotel shuttle driver 

delivered us back to the cargo area. 

At 1.20 a.m. we received word that 

the plane had landed, and with our 

security passes attached, we were taken 

out to the apron just as the Korean 

airlines 747 taxied in. The temperature 

was minus 14 degrees Celsius. 

Not having been in that close a 

proximity to a plane of that size before 

it was just a smidgen intimidating to 

be standing virtually underneath 

looking up. For a moment I was 

probably a tad bit star struck and had 

to give myself a pinch to bring myself 

back to reality. The cargo doors 

opened up, including the huge nose 

section, the fuel truck arrived with of 

190,000 lb. of fuel, and the loading of 

Just landed in Astana 

the animals commenced. 

As you can see from the pictures the 

loading was certainly a slick operation 

as the crates were brought alongside a 

hydraulic lift, rolled on to the lift on a 

series of rollers, lifted up to the height 

of the cargo door and then pulled into 

the hold on another series of rollers. 

From there a hydraulic tracking system 

moved the crates down the length of 

the hold. On the top deck 28 crates 

were lined up two abreast, one single 

crate was in the nose and 5 crates 

were in the belly section. This shipment 

had the distinction of being the largest 

in head ever shipped out of the country 

(this record only lasted one day as a 

shipment of Herefords exceeded the 

number of head the next day). 

With the animals and fuel loaded 

the crew was given the green light at 

4.15 a.m. to depart for the 7 and one 

half hour flight to Brussels, Belgium. 

We shared comfortable accommodations 

with the crew of 5, which was accessed 

by a folding ladder in the main hold. 


Full cargo area 

We landed in Belgium and the 

temperature was plus 4 degrees, the 

cargo doors were opened to help cool 

the cattle and 165,000 lbs of fuel was 

pumped aboard. After a 4 hour stop 

on the apron we left Brussels at 10.30 

p.m. local time (the time change was 7 

hours ahead). The flight time to 

Astana was 6 and one half hours with 

a time change of 5 hours. As there was 

no in-cabin entertainment and 

sleeping was sporadic, I tackled a 

novel called the “Sisters Brothers”. 

About 3 hours out of Astana the 

Captain came back for a chat and 

mentioned that it was minus 31 

degrees at our destination and very 

matter of fact asked – can the cattle 

handle that temperature? We assured 

him they could, however we were not 

so sure about us. The temperature in 

the hold was 16 degrees and the 

humidity was starting to form on the 

roof of the hold and run down the 

walls. Garner tried to convince one of 

the crew members to turn the heat 

Nose of plane lifts up to expose 28 crates on top and 5 crates in the belly

Warm cattle hit the cold! 

down in the hold…to no avail. He 

was more concerned with mopping 

the walls with absorbent pads. 

Finally we landed in Astana; it was 

10.15 a.m. on December 13th. We 

taxied to the apron where we could 

see a hive of activity as the ground 

crew, trucks with cattle handlers, 

scurried about on our arrival. As the 

cargo doors were opened the 

conflicting air masses created a mass 

of fog which immediately blurred the 

camera lenses. Once again the pictures 

tell the story as the first crates 

unloaded are almost engulfed in 

steam. Welcome to Kazakhstan, girls 

and boys! 

In the next 30 minutes or so I 

witnessed a few unforgettable images 

that will be etched in the trips 

memory memoirs. As soon as the 

doors were opened I was off, camera 

in hand to record the moment. The 

first few minutes I circled the plane 

snapping shots at random, my 

attention was averted as a huge Soviet 

looking fellow dressed in a full length 

dark green trench coat with red braids 

on each shoulder, black shiny boats 

and a fine looking mink type hat was 

approaching the plane. As he 

mounted the stair well to the plane he 

started waving his hand and at first I 

thought he was waving in greeting… 

alas he was telling me to stop taking 

pictures. The language barrier did not 

help in this case so I decided that 

caution was in order and I put my 

camera away. For the next few 

minutes Garner was egging me on to 

take his picture, however my own 

preservation was my main thought 

and I decided against it. A trip to the 

gulag would not look good. 

Thankfully, he finally wandered off. 

Meanwhile, as I walked over to 

observe the transfer of animals from 

the crates to the various modes of 

transport that would take them to 

their final destination, a heifer 

nonchalantly walked around the front 

of the truck. Yikes, an escapee! In the 

space of five seconds every 

conceivable negative thought flashed 

The one that got away! 

through my mind from her running 

across a runway with a plane 

approaching to a frolic in the parking 

lot outside the airport arrivals area. 

Luckily she seemed fairly mellow and 

with the assistance of a few other 

bodies we herded her into a fenced 

compound. In due course a forklift 

operator took an empty crate over to 

the compound and placed it in a 

corner and with a little coaxing she 

jumped back in. I was impressed with 

the handling of this situation as on 

more than one occasion I have 

witnessed bungled attempts at 

corralling animals in similar situations 

in Canada. 

The 747 was unloaded and all of the 

crates were waiting their turn to be 

loaded into the trucks. Most of the 

trucks were grain trucks with pup 

trailers and the loading process was 

going to take some time as the 

animals had to be coaxed into 

jumping from the crates into the 

trailers. Although a slow process, the 

handlers exhibited patient 

Crates unloaded and lined up on concrete apron Transport truck from the airport to the farm consists of a grain truck and a pup 


stockmanship skills to achieve 

this task. When each truck was 

loaded they stretched a light 

tarpaulin over the top of the 

trucks to shield the animals 

from the cold wind for the 

journey ahead. 

The journey was far from 

over as the heifers still had 750 

kms to get to their final 

destination, of which the final 

100 kms were on dirt roads. It 

was 5 p.m. before all of the 

trucks were loaded and in 

convoy they started out for the 

farm. Garner and I were a little 

anxious for their welfare as the 

animals had not had feed or 

water for about 48 hours. 

With our documents checked 

and our luggage rounded up, 

Slava took us into the city and 

we booked 

flights for the following 

morning to Kostanay, the 

closest airport to the farm. We 

booked into a hotel and 

following a short rest Slava 

hosted us to dinner of a 

traditional Kazakh dish which 

featured horse meat, potatoes, 

pasta and onions. The 

experience was “two thumbs 

up” and this was another first 

for me as I have never tasted 

horse meat before. 

Wednesday, December 14th 

Slava drove us to the airport 

for our one hour flight to 

Kostanay. We were picked up 

by Andrey Shmyrev, one of 

Slava’s associates, and Ily’as 

Naimanov, our interpreter and 

set out on the two and a half 

hour trip to the ranch. The 

temperature was minus 25 

degrees Celsius. 

Through cell phone coverage 

we knew that the truck drivers 

had stopped for fuel and a nap 

during the night and were just 

ahead of us. After we had 

turned onto the dirt road to the 

farm from the Kostanay 

highway we caught up with 

the trucks who had stopped for 

a break beside the road, and to 

our delight the animals were 

peering out from under the 

tarpaulins and they looked 

remarkably alert and curious. 

The final stretch of road was 

slow going and all of the 

vehicles frequently left the 

road and travelled in the fields 

to make better time. At last we 

reached the farm sign and 

stopped for a photo 

opportunity. The farm 

encompasses the village of 

Dievka that has 250 residents 

of which 150 worked on the 

farm. The topography would 

mirror any of the flattest land 

on the prairies, literally a 

horizon in each direction, so 

the animals were coming to an 

environment very much like 

the western prairie region of 

Canada. The total acreage of 

the farm was 265,000, three 

quarters of which would be 

grain land and the balance 

would be pasture and hay 

land. The main crop in this 

area would be high quality 

hard spring wheat with protein 

levels of 18% in 2011. 

Garner and I were taken into 

the village for a luncheon with 

the owner Oleg Vladimirovich 

Danilenko and we were 

welcomed in true Kazakh style 

– a vast array of food and a 

few toasts of cognac hoisted 

supporting speeches on the 

future success of Canadian 

Charolais in Kazakhstan. 

As lunch wound down we 

could hardly restrain our 

restlessness to go and inspect 

the animals and see how they 

had held up after their arduous 

trip. It was now almost exactly 

60 hours from when they had 

been loaded onto the liners in 

Manitoba without any feed or 

water. When we arrived at the 

pens the trucks had finished 

unloading; the word was 

positive from the cattle 

handlers as they were 

impressed with how vibrant 

the animals had behaved 

coming off the trucks. It was 

described like a group of 

animals being let out in the 

spring after being cooped up 


Andrey Shmyrev (Slava’s Associate), Garner Deobald, 

Ily’as Naimanov (Translator) 

Native Auliekolsaya breed which has about 33% Charolais blood 

Farm sign of where the cattle are going 

Cattle just unloaded and settling into new home

all winter in a barn. About 10 cattle 

handlers were separating the bulls 

from the heifers, and with camera in 

hand I slowly walked among the 

animals. The pens were well bedded 

with straw and the animals had found 

the hay, which they were pulling out 

and chewing with gusto. When they 

found the water running into long 

troughs on either side of the pen they 

were inhaling big swigs with obvious 

pleasure. For travelling that long a 

distance the cattle looked in really 

good shape. There did not appear any 

lameness, injury, snotty noses, dull 

eyes or floppy ears and when Garner 

and I had some time alone later we 

both remarked on how pleased and 

relieved we were with the overall 

health of the cattle. In my opinion 

pre-conditioning really works. 

After viewing the animals the cattle 

managers toured us through the feed 

resources available and we discussed 

what kind of regimen to feed the new 

arrivals. They wanted the animals to 

gain two and a half pounds a day and 

although none of the feed had been 

tested, we collectively decided to offer 

the animals some loose hay and grain 

silage and about 4 lb. of whole oats 

per day. 

We had brought with us a scale 

head so they had designs on building 

a crate to fit on the scale so they could 

monitor weight gains of the animals. 

Next we toured through a set of 

about 100 cow calf pairs, which in my 

mind exhibited a strong resemblance 

to the Charolais breed. Upon 

questioning we were informed that 

they had about 33% Charolais blood. 

Garner had been provided with some 

Part of the cattle crew pose for a picture by the silage pit 

Local farm village of Dievka. Main mode of 

transportation is walking. 

information by Shattansha Zhuzenov 

(University Professor) regarding the 

history of cattle breeds in Kazakhstan. 

The Charolais type animals are 

referred to as the Auliekolsaya breed 

and there are approximately 20,000 

head in the country. The professor 

went on to say the Auliekolsaya could 

have been developed/founded at 

Dievskaya. In discussion with Garner 

following this viewing, the animal 

husbandry was obviously good so we 

need not have any fears as to the care 

of the new Charolais arrivals, and the 

quality of cow calf pairs was superior 

to what I was expecting, having 

viewed some of the pictures Garner 

had taken on a previous trip. 

Obviously the pictures had been 

taken elsewhere. 

The professor provided some other 

information regarding the cattle 

population in Kazakhstan. Prior to 1929 

Asian type of cattle made up the cattle 

population. In 1929 the first Hereford 

cattle were imported from Uruguay, 

which were followed by three more 

import shipments. Today the White 

Faced breed makes up a large part of 

the actual cattle numbers in the 

country and there are 80,000 purebred 

White Face animals in Kazakhstan. 

As dusk was settling, Andrey, Ily’as, 

Garner and I were taken to a guest 

house in the village which provided 

us with an opportunity to freshen up 

and prepare for the evening’s activities. 

Once again we were joined by Oleg 

and his driver and another vast 

spread of food was laid out for us to 

Andrey Shmyrev, Amangeldy Kuibagarov (cattle manager), Neil Gillies, Garner Deobald (a very distinctive pair), 

Oleg Vladimirovich Danilenko (owner), Khabidlla Abzhanov (cattle manager) 


enjoy. Oleg showed us some of the 

amenities of the guest house, 

including a full sauna complex 

complete with cold plunge pool (these 

facilities were utilized to finish up the 

evening). During dinner we quizzed 

Oleg with many questions pertaining 

to the ranch and his plans for the new 

Charolais herd. As dinner wound 

down, Garner presented Oleg with a 

copy of all of the CCA registration 

papers that had the CCA seal 

embossed, and also a copy of all the 

registration papers translated into 

Russian. We relayed to Oleg that the 

CCA would be willing to provide 

registration papers and a genetic 

evaluation (at cost) on all future 

offspring if they so desired. 

Following this we presented 

various gifts on behalf of the 

Association. These included a 

painted tile of a Charolais Bull and 

Charolais cow calf, two different 

books showing a pictorial illustration 

of Canada, and various Charolais 

keepsakes. This was followed by a 

photo opportunity, cognac toasts to 

the future of Charolais in Kazakhstan, 

and continued discussion on 

Charolais animals. 

Thursday the 15th and the 

temperature is minus 27. As a result of 

still having trouble with the 12 hour 

time change, I awoke early and 

finished the Sisters Brothers novel and 

started the novel The Girl with the 

Dragon Tattoo. 

Top left: Touring Astana; Top right: Garner Deobald and Slava (tour guide); 

Bottom: Hat shop and (right) Neil modelling his new hat 


This morning we had a meeting 

with the two cattle managers and 

discussed a host of topics ranging 

from ongoing feed rations, the 

collection of weights and measures, 

and a discussion on how EPDs are 

computed. After some discussion an 

agreement was reached that the 

explanation of EPDs on our website 

would be translated into Russian, and 

they requested we send a semen tank 

filled with semen on a range of bulls – 

specifically easy calving bulls. At the 

conclusion of this meeting it was back 

to the main building for another large 

spread of food.On this occasion we 

were presented with traditional 

Kazakh gowns, and as you can see 

from the picture they make Garner

and I look very distinctive. They were 

obviously a special gift and we felt 

honored to have received them. We 

finished up the meal with more 

cognac toasts to the future of the 

Charolais animals in Kazakhstan, then 

returned to Kostanay to conclude the 

banking arrangements. 

As we passed the corals on the way 

to the city we stopped once again to 

check on the animals. News travels 

quickly as a news reporter with 

camera in hand was canvassing the 

owners/cattle workers for 

information on the Charolais animals. 

Whereas yesterday the animals were 

scouting out their digs, today they 

were mainly resting in the deep straw 

chewing their cud. Upon inspection 

all seemed to be in good health and at 

home in their new surroundings. 

Once all of the banking finalities 

had been taken care of we checked 

into a hotel and freshened up, ready 

for our final meal with Oleg, Andrey, 

Il’yas, Garner and I. Once again the 

experience was excellent and we 

cannot say how much we appreciated 

the hospitality, it almost made us 

think we were the buyers not the 

sellers. As usual we finished with a 

series of cognac toasts on the success 

of the Charolais animals at Dievskaya 

before returning to the hotel. 

Friday, December 16th. The 

temperature was still in the high 

minus twenties as we made our way 

to the airport for the flight back to 

Astana. The flight was delayed due to 

technical issues so we spent the better 

part of the day waiting at the airport. 

To kill the time, Garner had a fitful 

nap as I continued reading my novel. 

When we did return to Astana, Slava 

was ready to pick us up and after we 

checked into the hotel we enjoyed a 

German style dinner as we filled Slava 

in on our experiences at the ranch. 

Saturday, December 17th. The 

temperature is minus 27 degrees. As 

we basically had a free day, Slava had 

graciously offered to take us on a tour 

of the city. Garner and I had both 

commented during our few days in 

Astana at the scope of the new 

buildings and ongoing construction in 

the city; it was very impressive. As it 

was a long holiday weekend due to 

the December 16th Independence day 

there was a good attendance at most 

venues in spite of the cold weather. 

We visited an upscale mall that was 

full of Christmas shoppers and as we 

mingled with the crowds the products 

for sale would mirror what we would 

see in Canadian malls, except the hat 

shop (see picture previous page). We 

finished up the day having dinner at a 

Uzbek restaurant. 

The very congenial Slava was most 

generous with his time as he arranged 

for our accommodations and kept 

Garner and I well fed and watered 

during our visit. We developed a 

humorous banter between the three of 

us as he ferried us from point to point 

while in the capital city of Astana. 

Without doubt we appreciated his 

efforts to look after our needs during 

the visit and we owe Slava a heartfelt 

thank you for his hospitality. 

Sunday, December 18th. Early rise 

at 2.00 a.m. for the flight back to 

Canada. Temperature minus 28 

degrees. This part of the trip was a 

long drawn out affair taking 30 hours 

to arrive back into Winnipeg. I 

finished the novel The Girl with the 

Dragon Tattoo. 

In conclusion: Garner had been to 

Kazakhstan before this trip and in 

September of 2011 he had travelled 

over with Rod Guildford and an 

importation of Hereford cattle, so he 

had some experience of what to 

expect. Seeing as it was the first time 

for me everything was a new 

experience so I look upon these 

excursions as an adventure simply 

because you never know what to 

expect, or whether you will have the 

opportunity to repeat them again. 

Hopefully, my recollection of the 

events will provide the reader with a 

feeling of what this journey was like, 

and what we experienced delivering a 

group of animals literally half way 

around the world. 

I will end with an email that Slava 

sent to Garner over the Christmas 

break, which to me reads like a 

satisfied customer. 

‘I’m regularly in contact with 

people from AGF Dievskaya and 

they’re sending to you hello and best 

wishes. Animals are very energy-full 

and healthy.’ 

24 hours in their new home and the cattle are completely settled in. 


2011 CHAROLAIS FEMALE SALES SUMMARY CHART 

Notes: (Applicable to the following chart) 

• Statistics were compiled from Canadian Charolais 

Female Sales which were reported to the Charolais 

Banner in 2011. 

MORE LOTS – AVERAGE UP NEARLY $700 

2011 Charolais Female 

Sales Summary 

• There were 13 sales reporting in 2011 with 4 being 

dispersal sales; 1 less than in 2010. 

• In total there were 94 7/8 more lots sold in 2011, 

and an increase in overall average of $696 from 

last year. The overall gross was up over $795,000. 

• Not included in the summary are individual embryos 

of which 1 sold for $800. 

General Summary 

Number of 2010 Sales 13 

Total Lots Offered 736 1/2 

Average Sale Size 56 2/3 

Total Gross Dollars $2,703,825 

Overall Average per Lot $3,671 


Overall Sale Averages More Than $4,000: 

Sterling Collection Sale $4,559 

Canadian National Sale $4,428 

JMB Nothin Held Back Sale $4,425 

Alberta Select Bull & Female Sale $4,378 

CWA National Charolais Sale $4,225 

Stauffer’s Land & Livestock Complete Dispersal $4,159 

Sales With 40 + Lots: 

P-3 Charolais Complete Dispersal 190 

Stauffer’s Land & Livestock Complete Dispersal 125 

JMB Nothin Held Back Sale 79 

DRD Charolais Dispersal 53 

Uppin' The Ante Sale 51 

Top Gross Dollar Sales: 

P-3 Charolais Complete Dispersal $622,525 

Stauffer’s Land & Livestock Complete Dispersal $519,950 

JMB Nothin Held Back Sale $349,550 

Alberta Select Bull & Female Sale $195,900 

DRD Charolais Dispersal $193,425 

1 8 Ye a r ( 1 9 9 4 - 2 0 1 1 ) C h a r o l a i s 

COW/CALF PAIR BRED FEMALES BRED HEIFERS HEIFER CALVES 

Year # of Sales No. Average No. Average No. Average No. Average 

1994 42 341 $4,688 345 $2,733 469 $2,336 283 $2,247 

1995 32 300 $3,379 279 $1,674 445 1/2 $2,004 229 $1,836 

1996 30 256 $3,104 241 $1,721 406 $1,645 229 $1,721 

1997 35 440 $3,480 363 $1,882 431 1/2 $1,914 259 1/2 $1,646 

1998 27 276 $3,443 287 $1,868 339 $2,020 180 $1,868 

1999 19 149 $4,518 119 $2,429 280 $2,483 150 $2,110 

2000 19 290 $5,116 122 $2,338 313 $2,543 189 $2,301 

2001 20 179 $5,394 262 $2,609 337 $2,937 163 $2,255 

2002 16 32 $5,784 49 $2,836 254 $2,778 160 $2,310 

2003 15 141 $4,978 167 $2,192 204 $2,534 90 $2,290 

2004 17 193 $4,149 132 $2,129 252 $2,010 110 $1,938 

2005 21 158 $3,184 153 $2,010 240 $2,139 111 $2,204 

2006 16 169 $4,241 168 1/2 $1,960 215 1/2 $2,709 132 1/2 $2,237 

2007 23 402 $2,992 325 $1,596 257 $2,120 115 $2,072 

2008 15 135 $3,594 172 $2,136 166 $2,353 102 $2,725 

2009 12 81 $3,496 131 $2,492 179 $2,225 93 $2,256 

2010 13 189 $3,634 141 $2,501 189 $2,472 86 $2,431 

2011 13 265 $4,860 152 $2,666 174 $2,866 95 2,693

2011 Charolais Female Sale Statistics 

2010 Sale Name Cow/Calf Pair Bred Females Bred Heifers Heifer Calves Embryo/Flush Bulls/Semen TOTALS GROSS 

No. Ave. No. Ave. No. Ave. No. Ave. No. Ave. No. Ave. No. Ave. 

Alberta Select Bull & Female Sale 1 $5,900 3 $5,250 9 $4,266 24 $2,983 2 $5,250 5 3/4 $9348 44 3/4 $4,378 $195,900 

Autumn Prestige Sale 3 $4,217 10 $2,098 16 $2,261 12 $2,363 $28,350 2 2850 43 $2,415 $103,850 

Bar Punch Ranch Complete Dispersal 17 $4,598 10 $3,060 3 $1,783 7 1/2 4213 37 1/2 $3,886 $145,725 

Canadian National Sale (Toronto) 2 $6,317 6 $3,383 1 $7,000 9 $4,428 $39,850 

CW Agribition Charolais Sale 6 $4,700 5 $3,420 $17,100 1 $5,400 12 $4,225 $50,700 

DRD Charolais Dispersal 28 $4,446 9 $2,189 7 $2,857 1 $825 8 3550 53 $3,650 $193,425 

Eastern National Sale 1 $3,750 10 $2,800 20 $3,183 5 $1,690 2 $3,925 1/4 $4,000 38 1/4 $3,025 $115,700 

JMB Nothin Held Back Sale 25 $6,878 17 $3,062 22 $3,420 8 $2,400 7 $4,443 79 $4,425 $349,550 

Maple Leaf Charolais Production Sale 7 $4,085 4 $3,625 11 $2,473 22 $3,195 $68,900 

P-3 Charolais Complete Dispersal 101 $4,301 34 $1,618 42 $2,105 6 $1,121 7 $5,421 190 $3,276 $622,525 

Stauffer's Land & Livestock 

Complete Dispersal 76 $5,057 25 $2,296 16 $2,868 2 $3,000 6 $4,383 125 $4,159 $519,950 

Sterling Collection Sale 3 $10,217 21 $4,062 7 $3,350 1 $6,500 32 $4,559 $145,900 

Uppin' The Ante Sale 3 $4,800 9 $2,889 20 $2,873 19 $2,842 51 $2,977 $151,850 

Average/Totals 265 $4,860 152 $2,666 174 $2,866 95 2,693 6 $5,042 44 1/2 $5,074 736 1/2 $3,671 $2,703,825 

F e m a l e S a l e Tr e n d s 

OPEN FEMALES FLUSH/RECIPS BULLS/SEMEN TOTAL LOTS SALE GROSS 

No. Average No. Average No. Average No. Average 

42 $2,680 31 $2,031 150 2/3 $8,998 1690 $3,211 $5,427,661 

59 $1,805 4 $2,975 143 1/4 $3,970 1459 3/4 $2,304 $3,363,250 

2 $1,400 9 $2,555 107 1/2 $3,418 1250 1/2 $2,138 $2,674,080 

2 $925 8 $2,919 128 1/4 $3,749 1,651 $2,424 $4,002,485 

8 $2,628 86 $3,980 1176 1/12 $2,426 $2,853,133 

2 $1,425 5 $2,185 75 1/2 $5,260 774 1/4 $3,112 $2,409,676 

4 $1,763 9 $4,717 104 $4,263 1031 $3,403 $3,492,265 

11 $1,686 9 $2,817 96 $5,657 1054 $3,406 $3,590,470 

0 $0 16 $1,792 79 $4,451 590 $3,022 $1,782,960 

0 $0 4 $2,275 70 $5,404 676 3/5 $3,141 $2,125,075 

0 $0 4 $3,488 56 1/6 $5,711 746 $2,879 $2,147,125 

6 $1,475 8 $3,681 77 3/5 $3,837 755 3/5 $2,534 $1,914,985 

0 $0 10 $2,895 78 1/2 $3,378 770 11/12 $2,881 $2,221,225 

1 $1,500 5 $3,380 72 $3,410 1177 $2,352 $2,768,275 

0 $0 4 $4,440 25 1/2 $3,972 603 1/2 $2,732 $1,648,520 

0 $0 5 $3,840 31 1/2 $6,458 519 3/4 $2,769 $1,439,025 

0 $0 12 $3,817 25 3/8 $5,383 641 5/8 $2,975 $1,909,000 

0 $0 6 $5,042 44 1/2 $5,074 736 1/2 $3,671 $2,703,825 


ROLLIN ACRES OH YEAH 8X - 2011 B.O.S.S. SHOW BULL 

We would like to commend all the Charolais Exhibitors in 

2011 for a job well done. A great amount of effort and 

expense goes into exhibiting cattle. We often wonder how 

many of us realize the spin offs and the free promotion the 

breed receives from these few breeders who carry the 

torch for the Charolais industry. Congratulations on a 

great year and thank you! 

The Banner Of Show Sires, or B.O.S.S., was developed in 

1984 and is administered by the Charolais Banner. It is the 

only purebred publication that sponsors such a program. 

The B.O.S.S. program was set up as a method of keeping 

track of the winnings of the Charolais animals in the show 

ring. The shows that receive B.O.S.S. designation are 

decided by the Charolais Banner and spread out evenly 

across Canada. 

B.O.S.S. Points are awarded accordingly: 

By Category By Class 

20 pts. Grand Champion 10 pts. – 1st 

15 pts. Res. Grand Champion 8 pts. – 2nd 

10 pts. Sr. & Jr Champions 6 pts. – 3rd 

5 pts. Res Sr & Jr. Champion 4 pts. – 4ths 

2 pts. – 5th 

Toronto Royal, because of its National Status in 2011, 

received double B.O.S.S. points. 

Shows with 40 plus entries receive full points; 30 – 39 

entries receive ¾ points and less than 30 entries receive 

½ points. 

Starting in 2012, any show with 80 or more entries will 

receive double points; currently only the national show 

receives double BOSS points. 

The B.O.S.S. program has become an effective method 

of recognizing the most popular bull and female on the 

show road each year. The B.O.S.S. Chart is very detailed 

and takes hours for our administration to ensure accuracy. 

We do believe the chart provides a number of great 

TOP BOSS FEMALES OF 2011 

JSR JUNIPER 32X...........................................................................................87 

CORNERVIEW WILLOW 7W .....................................................................86 

GERRARD EVETTA 2Y ................................................................................61 

CEDARDALE SHADOW 69S......................................................................60 

SHARODON 2B TALULA 4T ......................................................................59 

MISS CEDARDALE 44X...............................................................................56 

MEDONTE WISHFUL THINKING 7W ....................................................56 

CML PLD GINNY 6U ...................................................................................50 

MVY WYNONA 95W ...................................................................................46 

MEDONTE XTERNAL AFFAIRS 5X ..........................................................46 

CORNERVIEW YOUR FAVE 19Y ..............................................................45 

POST MISS WAKITI 56W.............................................................................40 

ECHO SPRINGS FAMOUS 8Y ....................................................................38 

MISS LOUB SANCHEz 836W.....................................................................35 

JSR DIGNITY 47T ..........................................................................................34 

JWX XANDRA 708X......................................................................................34 


results in which we can base decisions. After all, 

popularity of type is a very important marketing tool. 

The B.O.S.S. chart breaks down points given to animals 

from all the B.O.S.S. designated shows and tabulates bulls 

gaining 10 points or more. The chart also illustrates all 

bulls from 1984 to present that have gained 250 points or 

more. 

2011 B.O.S.S. PROGRAM RESULTS ARE AS FOLLOWS: 

(117 bulls received points) 

The top 5 B.O.S.S. Bulls gaining points were: 

5. LT BLUEGRASS 4017..............................................169 

4. PCFL ULTIMATE 14R ............................................173 

3. SVY FREEDOM PLD 307N ....................................207 

2. SPARROWS SANCHEz 715T................................227 

1. SPARROWS COACH 467S ..................................304 

This makes Sparrows Coach 467S the B.O.S.S. Show Sire of the year. 

The top 5 Females that competed for the honour of B.O.S.S. 

Show Female in 2011 were: 

5. SHARODON 2B TALULA 4T................................59 

4. CEDARDALE SHADOW 69S................................60 

3. GERRARD EVETTA 2Y ..........................................61 

2. CORNERVIEW WILLOW 7W ..............................86 

1. JSR JUNIPER 32X ..................................................87 

This makes JSR Juniper 32X the B.O.S.S. Female of the year. 

The top 5 Bulls that competed for the honour of the B.O.S.S. 

Show bull in 2011 were: 

5. Echo Springs Yagerbomb 11Y ................................65 

4. CSS Sir Gridmaker 2W............................................70 

2/3. Cornerview Xcalibre 27X .................................. 86 

2/3. Sharodon Wyatt 3W............................................86 

1. Rollin Acres Oh Yeah 8X ......................................133 

This makes Rollin Acres Oh Yeah 8X the B.O.S.S. Show Bull of 

the year. 

2011 did not have any bulls reaching the 500-point mark or the 

honour of B.O.S.S. Status. 

In the 28 years the B.O.S.S. Program has been running 179,356.25 

points have been awarded. 

AGA X-TREME GIRL 67X ............................................................................33 

SHARODON YUPPIE 6Y ............................................................................31 

AGA YUMMY GIRL 67Y .............................................................................28 

CORNERVIEW YANNIS 18Y ......................................................................26 

HEJ DALE 66W..............................................................................................24 

JMB MS MERIT 133Y ....................................................................................23 

BLACKBERN WYOMING 6W ...................................................................23 

CML PLD GINNY 1X....................................................................................22 

CORNERSTONE WHAT-A-GAL 2W.........................................................20 

CORNERVIEW NASCAR 22Y ....................................................................20 

GERRARD EVETTA 39Y ..............................................................................20 

HICKS INCREDIBLE 39Y ............................................................................20 

ROLLIN’ ACRES WHY NOT 6Y ................................................................20 

HEJ HONEYBEE 79X ....................................................................................20 

LAE X-TRA SASSY 38X ...............................................................................20 

LXL BABY CHUNKER 9U ...........................................................................20

TOP BOSS SHOW BULLS OF 2011 

ROLLIN ACRES OH YEAH 8X .................................................................133 

SHARODON WYATT 3W ............................................................................86 

CORNERVIEW XCALIBRE 27X..................................................................86 

CSS SIR GRIDMAKER 2W...........................................................................70 

ECHO SPRINGS YAGERBOMB 11Y...........................................................65 

CORNERVIEW YOUNG GUN 2Y ..............................................................50 

CML ENCORE 4Y..........................................................................................47 

JMB DATELINE 104Y....................................................................................40 

ECHO SPRINGS BLACK JACK 21W .........................................................39 

BLACKBERN YORK 6Y ...............................................................................37 

DUBUC YOUGY 101Y ..................................................................................35 

LOUBER MR MONGO 39X .........................................................................35 

SVY LIBERTY 128Y........................................................................................35 

Final B.O.S.S. Points 

1984 to 2011 

(bulls with 250 points or more) 

2011 Totals 

Agribition 

Edmonton Farm Fair 

Anjou Tresor 713T 17 17 

Bar Diamond Hank 22M 13 13 

Bar J Silverado 14S 30 30 

Beach Valley Excalibur 1T 93 9 84 

BXB Dateline Son 65R* 111 46 57 8 

Cedardale Trademark 33T 13 5 8 

Cedardale Tyrant 31T 35 13 2 20 

CRG Total Control 36T 27 15 12 

Crosby’s Sir William 916W 14 14 

D R Revelation 467 15 15 

DBAR Survivor 220M* 18 18 

DWK Till's Echo 3N 21 6 15 

EC No Doubt 2022P 96 40 37 11 8 

Elder’s Wahkamo 919W 43 43 

Elder's Stinger 115S 12 4 8 

Gerrard Montezuma 6T 87 61 26 

HBC Everest 914W 18 18 

HEJ Vanilla Ice 57T 32 15 17 

HFCC Pld Bond 19L* 15 3 12 

IROY 15 15 

JDJ Smokester J1377P ET 34 14 20 

Jezebel 126 68 58 

JLP Patry Haddock 71N 20 4 16 

JSR Unite 41U 10 6 4 

JSR Usher 32U 20 20 

JWX Reality Red 73U 24 12 12 

JWX Silver Buckle 524U 10 4 6 

JWX Sterling Silver 313U 14 4 10 

Kay-R Grid Iron 400S 70 40 30 

LCF Cool Whip 411R 12 12 

Louber Mr Super Doubt 497T 14 14 

LT Bluegrass 4017 168 13 48 11 26 70 

LT Easy Blend 5125 10 10 

LT Rio Blanco 1234P* 52 2 10 40 

LT Wyoming Wind 4020 Pld* 27 6 5 16 

Marquis CR 10 10 

Merit 5323R 10 10 

Merit 8671U 23 8 15 

Merit Vintage 4065P 50 30 20 

MVX Cougarhill Jake 767G* 15 15 

MXS Vermillion 527R 10 10 

Palestro 10 10 

PCC Balistik 441P 46 20 26 

PCFL San Antonion 131N 16 16 

PCFL Ultimate 14R 173 13 44 116 

PCFL Whiskey Jack 21T 36 36 

Pleasant Dawn Magnum 56T 12 2 10 

Pleasant Dawn Spawn 765W 52 12 26 14 

Pleasant Dawn Sudoku 145W 11 2 9 

Pleasant Dawn Twister 37U 34 4 30 

Pro Char Mongo 57U 35 35 

Rancard 12 12 

Rolling D Design 730T 12 12 

Erin 

HDR JSR ONE AND ONLY 4Y....................................................................29 

PLEASANT DAWN RADAR 25Y ...............................................................29 

HICKS SIR WINSTON 33W ........................................................................28 

CRG TAKIN’ NAMES 3Y .............................................................................27 

LAE WICHITA 911W ....................................................................................24 

HICKS MOSSBERG 7X ................................................................................24 

WHITECAP REVOLVER 69Y ......................................................................21 

CEDARDALE REVIVAL 110Y ....................................................................20 

CHARHAVEN YAMAHA 111Y...................................................................20 

HICKS DAIKON 22Y ...................................................................................20 

JHR X-RATED 11X ........................................................................................20 

KCH RED LABEL 15X ..................................................................................20 

WHITEWATER YARDMASTER 3Y ...........................................................20 

Expo Boeuf (Quebec) 

MB Livestock Expo 

Charolais Banner • February 2012 39 

Maritime Fall Fair 

Olds (ACA Designate) 

Renfrew 

Toronto Royal

SDC Time Out 88T 23 23 

Sharodon Wyatt 3W 25 2 15 8 

Sharp Hills 26K 60 60 

Shelco Made Easy 512R 37 37 

SOS MB Syndicated 138P 14 14 

Sparrows Alcatraz 18N 105 13 26 66 

Sparrows Coach 467S 304 62 242 

Sparrows Cossack 11L* 10 10 

Sparrows Eldorado 361L 48 48 

Sparrows Landmark 963W 137 137 

Sparrows Sanchez 715T 227 32 61 35 59 40 

Sparrows Vintage 75R 28 6 10 12 

Sparrows Wyatt 13 13 

SRK Solid 12U 27 22 5 

Steppler 83U 28 28 

Sunrise Awesome 4T 16 4 12 

SVY Ad Invincible P 748T 66 10 10 30 16 

SVY Freedom Pld 307N* 207 52 59 96 

SVY Kaboom Pld 7113T 45 28 9 8 

SVY Pilgrim Pld 655S 39 23 4 12 

TR Mr Fire Water 5792 14 10 4 

WCR Sir Fa Mac 2244 20 20 

WESC Hicks Revolver 14R 110 4 10 20 76 

Winn Mans Lanza 610S 47 18 9 20 

WLK Terminator 102T 24 24 

2011 TOTAL BOSS POINTS 3577 708 241 319 307 251 101 121 264 1260 

Final BOSS Points, 1984 to 2011 (bulls with 250 points or more) 

Roxy's Jack Dempsey 63R* .............................6942 

Chardel Reebok* ..............................................4398 

JSC Chairman 103U* .......................................2907 

SVY Freedom Pld 307N*.................................2882 

SLY Eastwood Pld 32F* ...................................2601 

CCC Elevations Knockout* ............................2592 

LT Wyoming Wind 4020 Pld*.........................2529 

BR MF Krugerrand*.........................................2482 

HTA Northern Light 357C* ............................2386 

MSW Kapone* ..................................................2307 

Sparrows Sheriff* .............................................2142 

KC Stolichnaya H016*.....................................1732 

Keys Polled Compass* ....................................1693 

FVC Tango 907Y* .............................................1481 

V A L&T Big Discovery 27U* .........................1404 

Sparrows Alliance* ..........................................1389 

Silver Creek High Rise H099* ........................1360 

Brampton Fourstar*.........................................1342 

Wildor Raven 6M* ...........................................1333 

Poker King Jr. GV18G* ....................................1249 

Hickory Lane Professor*.................................1235 

MVX Cougarhill Hank 720G* ........................1234 

HTA Whitehot 105A*.......................................1076 

Pembina Powerplay 81P* ...............................1058 

E-Cee Katmandu 200B*...................................1051 

Tall Cool One* ..................................................1049 

JWK Impressive D040ET*...............................1046 

MNE Exclusive 17E*........................................1036 

Pembina Ultravox 3U* ....................................1014 

Donnyweir Prophet 1K*..................................1013 

A-Jay's Fast Track 71B*....................................1007 

Wat-Cha Streamline 114N* .............................1001 

Great Houdini E.T.* ...........................................968 

HHP Monte Carlo* ............................................947 

Nashville Goldstar 12U* ...................................936 

RPJ Eveready 403D* ..........................................897 

SVC Futurist 809X* ............................................865 

Sparrows Cossack 11L* .....................................862 

HTA Tundra* ......................................................822 

KJP Sky Fire 51T* ...............................................795 

Spains Show Me Polled* ...................................789 

DC Bea Cool*......................................................784 

Willowvale Projector 90C*................................783 

2UP Peugeot ET*................................................771 

LHD Cigar E46*..................................................751 

Dbar Survivor 220M* ........................................749 

LT Rio Blanco 1234P*.........................................720 

HFCC Pld Bond 19L*.........................................715 

CS Mango 256M* ...............................................687 

NzL Polled Raven*............................................679 

MNE Golden Eagle 25W* .................................672 

SVY Guardian Pld 969J*....................................667 

BXB Dateline Son 65R*......................................653 

LT Unlimited Chaps*.........................................648 

MVX Cougarhill Jake 767G*.............................646 

ABC Iceman 811*................................................622 

Double H Showman's Dynamo*......................622 

HFCC Evolution 5L*..........................................616 

Sharphills Hurricane 154D*..............................609 

JBJ AJ 787G* ........................................................608 

RA Big Cat 9017 Pld* .........................................602 

JSC Alladin 101P*...............................................594 

ACF Apocalypse 40M*......................................572 

WH Rambo*........................................................567 

WDW Specialist 421S*.......................................557 

WDW Prestige 65U* ..........................................548 

WKM Polled Enticer* ........................................542 

VMN Habanero Pld 137L*................................540 

Wat-Cha N'th Degree 50N*...............................532 

Hicks Kasino 11K* .............................................522 

BKJ Buckaroo 836H*..........................................515 

SVY Bedrock*......................................................514 

Keys Polled Fusion 163E...................................488 

Bar EW Pld Casino 637F ...................................484 

RCC Royal Masterpiece ....................................480 

CS Pld Junction 4J ..............................................461 

Carlson's Ice 301C..............................................459 

Sparrows Sanchez 715T ....................................457 

Chardel Intrepid.................................................455 

Crystal D Pierce 40P ..........................................447 

CF Polled Classic................................................436 

DYV Clearcut 14H .............................................430 

Sparrows Coach 467S ........................................408 

BCR Polled Unlimited.......................................407 

E-Cee New Direction 6z ...................................407 

JSC Superstuff 24M............................................403 

HTA Skyliter .......................................................397 

ASC Eliminator 032 ...........................................393 

BR Cujo RCH7....................................................392 

LHD Mr Perfect..................................................389 

HSF Polled Creation 46M .................................386 

Sir QCR High Gear 2P.......................................379 

HTA Desert Storm..............................................377 

A-Jay's Mercury 70D .........................................376 

MSW Y2K............................................................372 

JSC Express 102L................................................371 

M6 Gridmaker 104 Pld ET................................370 

Baldridge Fasttrack............................................366 


CJH Turning Point 3X .......................................364 

Harvie Jager 65J..................................................362 

EC No Doubt 2022P...........................................356 

WCR Prime Cut 764...........................................355 

Soderglen Grandorr 4111U...............................351 

Granada's Red Ace 17B .....................................349 

Lazy Jr. zing 32z................................................347 

SCC Millenium J002P ........................................345 

Wat-Cha Amalgamated.....................................340 

Sparrows Eldorado 361L ..................................338 

LT Ramrod 4148 .................................................335 

Curtis Wallace 141H ..........................................330 

RCC Royal Chip I 4192......................................328 

Green Acres Butler 902Y ...................................323 

Double Hooks Cashmere 524P ........................320 

Sir EC 20\20 Pld.................................................318 

EVC Hot King 24D ............................................313 

JSR Equity 17M...................................................310 

MLU Congress ...................................................307 

Sparrows Advantage.........................................307 

SVC Classical Coke............................................306 

Silver Creek Thunderbolt .................................305 

LT Bluegrass 4017 ..............................................304 

Charco Monte 41H.............................................303 

The Colonel MM 250770 ...................................303 

DYV Dynamo 14D .............................................301 

NzL Top Gun .....................................................301 

SVS Preserve 7B .................................................299 

RCC Royal Express 3269 (P).............................298 

LANC Visitation 3S ...........................................293 

Target Derrick 11D.............................................293 

ABC Latoro 263G ...............................................291 

HEJ Ripper 66P...................................................291 

VET Dr Spock 1S................................................289 

Bridor Haldrey 5H.............................................286 

WDz Mongo.......................................................280 

RKG Thriller Pld 45D ........................................277 

Belmont's Sonar 3N ...........................................271 

GV Raven 2S.......................................................271 

Keys Front Page 189H .......................................268 

Sparrows Alcatraz 18N .....................................265 

FH-RRR Sequoia ................................................259 

Keys Handyman Pld 255H...............................258 

LT Western Spur 2061........................................255 

MNE Banjo 70B ..................................................255 

Skymont Ease 2078 ............................................251 

SVS Mastercard 2M ...........................................251 

MXS Vermillion 527R ........................................250 

* indicates BOSS Bull (500 points or more). The Banner of Show Sires (BOSS) program was developed and is administered by the Charolais Banner. 

Points are awarded to sires based upon their progeny’s placings at recognized BOSS shows across Canada.

YOUTH ACTIVITIES 

Why Charolais? – Tyson Black, 

Foresters Fall, ON 

Junior – $125 

I was born 

into a charolais 

family. I wanted 

to know why we 

raised charolais 

cattle, so I asked 

my Dad. When 

my Dad was 

twelve years old 

they had a dairy 

farm with a few beef cows. One day 

when the AI man was at the farm to 

breed a dairy cow, one of the 

commercial cows was in heat. He 

asked if they wanted to breed the cow 

to a charolais bull. They had never 

heard of charolais in this area. It was 

1969 and charolais came to Foresters 

Falls. The next spring the black 

white-faced cow had a tan coloured 

calf, and he named it Blackbern 

Brownie 1B. It was his first 4-H calf. 

Brownie outperformed all the other 

calves on the farm that year 

When Dad was seventeen he 

bought his first registered charolais 

cow. I wanted to know why he 

decided on Charolais and he said 

things were really exciting in the 

Charolais industry at that time. 

Charwil Ranch in Pembroke had a 

large group of full French cows in the 

front pasture. This was the most 

impressive group of cattle most people 

had ever seen. The beef industry 

needed to change from small framed 

British Breeds and Charolais bulls 

were used to increase size and muscle. 

Thirty-six years later we are still in 

the charolais business. Our charolais 

bulls out sell all other breeds in our 

area. Multi-coloured commercial cow 

herds like to use the big white bull to 

bring uniform colour to the calves. 

Stockyards like charolais cross calves 

because of their ability to gain quickly 

and produce more dollars per animal. 

I’m glad we raise charolais cattle. The 

cattle are quiet and easy to work with. 

The people in the charolais industry 

are friendly, helpful and a lot of fun to 

be around. That’s why I like charolais. 

Why Charolais?– 

Wyatt Burgomaster, Peterborugh, ON 

Junior – $75 

Put “Why 

Charolais?” into 

Google on the 

computer (what 

most 11 year 

olds do to find 

answers) and 

you will see 

about 128,000 

results. So how 

many pages can this essay be? 

"http://www.charolais.co.uk/why_ 

charolais.html" says that people pick 

Charolais because “Charolais delivers 

a consistent product…Quality 

confirmation… Ease of calving, 

temperament, growth rate and 

consistency.” Next on 

"http://www.charolais.co.za/whycharolais.php 

it says “Charolais cattle 

are highly efficient, well adapted, lean 

meat producers with tremendous 

growth potential.” Then I went to the 

Charolais Association website 

"http://www.charolais.com/" where 

it says “Proven Performance.” 

This is all interesting, but I am NOT 

like most 11 year olds. Where do I get 

my information from? My Poppa! 

Seeing as he has raised purebred 

Charolais cattle for 40 years, I would 

say Google’s got nothing on him! 

Poppa and Grandma are getting ready 

to drive out to PEI in a few weeks 

where they will celebrate that 

Anniversary. I sat down in my 

kitchen, where my Poppa grew up on 

this century farm, to interview him 

and find out “Why Charolais?”. When 

he was 19 he bought some Shorthorn 

and Herford cattle, 2 breeds popular 

to crossbreed. In 1961 he read about a 

Charolais Breeder who was using 

United Breeders here in Ontario to 

breed AI. He used his 

Shorthorn/Hereford females and 

Charolais AI Bulls and got calves that 

grew very quickly. Many local 

cattlemen told him that he was doing 

the wrong thing and that people 

wouldn’t want these calves. Poppa 

knew that it was the right thing and 

CCYA Essay Winners 

good choices aren’t always the 

popular ones. He didn’t get as much 

per pound but his calves had more 

weight than others at the sale barn. 

In 1967 Poppa married Grandma. 

They decided to start using 

Purebred Charolais Bulls along with 

their AI program. In 1971 they were 

using purebred bulls and getter 

whiter calves. They read in their local 

farm paper about another farmer who 

was a member of the CCA and the 

success he was having. It was 

Grandma’s idea to go purebred, they 

became members and formed their 

successful breeding operation. This 

was one time that Poppa was glad he 

listened to Grandma! 

Since 1971 our family has been very 

involved with the OCA and CCA as 

executive and representatives. We 

have shown at fairs throughout 

Ontario, at the RAWF, Agribition and 

New York State Fair. Our Charolais 

cattle have won many awards 

including several times the Ontario 

Master Showherd Show Bull and 

Show Female and many Breeder’s 

Herds. We have even had many all 

breed competition wins and that says 

“Why Charolais” to me. 

My Poppa told me about our cull 

cows after their breeding career and 

even calves that do not make our 

purebred cut, often topping the 

local stocker sales. For Poppa the 

business reason of “Why Charolais?”, 

is that “Charolais are a popular and 

well accepted choice in crossbreeds 

and many feed lots and have the 

ultimate beef production returns.” 

Why he would stay with Charolais 

if he remained in the beef industry 

all comes down to his experience 

over the past 40 plus years. “It is a 

pleasure working with these 

cattle and connecting with other 

Charolais enthusiasts and breeders 

across Canada”. 

So “Why Charolais?” Who’s going 

to argue with Google, My Poppa or 

more importantly….My Grandma???? 


Why Charolais – Shae-Lynn Evans, 

Kenaston, SK 

Intermediate – $200 

High premiums, 

great demand, 

and growing 

popularity; 

these recent 

descriptions of 

the Charolais 

breed have many 

people asking 

the question 

“Why Charolais?” There are many 

reasons why this breed has been so 

successful. Cattlemen’s admiration of 

the yielding ability, consistency, and 

rate of gain that Charolais genetics 

offer has provided a new level of 

profitability for producers. In the 

cattle industry, where profitability is 

the main goal, efficiency is a key 

component to success, and the 

Charolais breed offers many traits that 

contribute to efficiency, and therefore 

a greater profit. 

One of the most important qualities 

Charolais offer is their high yielding 

carcass. This is especially important 

because in a business where 

producers are paid by the pound, 

muscling and carcass size are vital. 

Cattlemen from around the world are 

beginning to notice the impact 

Charolais is having on the industry. In 

an article in The Charolais 

Connection, Neil Gillies, General 

Manager of the Canadian Charolais 

Association interviewed a cattleman 

who went on to say, “For the packer, 

the Char-cross market animal 

provides a carcass with the optimum 

blend of quality and yield grade, for 

the feedlot operator… for the cow/ 

calf producer, the ability to maximize 

the production of pounds offered for 

sale”. (14) It is the outstanding growth 

and fleshing ability that has led to the 

great success of this breed. In recent 

years, more and more cattlemen are 

experimenting with the breed and 

more often than not, are continuing 

their use of Charolais genetics simply 

because there is no other breed that 

yields as well as Charolais. The 

tremendous growth and fleshing 

ability of the breed are major 

contributors to its profitability. 

Another admirable trait about the 

breed is their undeniable consistency. 

Charolais offer a distinct uniformity 

that does not exist in other breeds. In 

the sale ring, buyers are beginning to 

look for calves with distinctly 

Charolais traits, as they are aware that 

the Char-cross calves will do the best 

in their feedlot. Bob Fraser, a 

cattleman from High River, Alberta 

noted in an interview that his calves 

“have to be true Charolais”.(26) 

Charolais characteristics have become 

a main quality to look for, for many 

people, because buyers know what to 

expect from their Char-cross calves. 

Gaining higher premiums and having 

more pounds, buyers know they can 

depend on the charolais genetics to 

make them money. The fact that you 

can pick a Char-cross calf out 

anywhere, because of their obvious 

yellow, gray, white, or tan appearance 

helps support their popularity. 

Possibly the most reasonable 

explanation for the success of the 

Charolais breed, is because of their 

competitive and matchless rate of 

gain. It has been proven that Charolais 

cattle are some of the most high 

gaining and efficient cattle in the 

industry. Stan Jacobs, Cow Boss of 

Douglas Lake Ranch, was featured in 

a Charolais ad in the Canadian 

Cattlemen in March of 2010. He went 

on to say how “pleased [he is] with 

the extra weight the Charolais calves 

provide, with forty extra pounds at 

weaning time”.(64) It is because of 

this, the exceptional growth rate and 

extra pounds the calves possess, that 

the popularity of Charolais has 

increased around the world. When 

people know they can remain 

dependant on a certain breed, it is no 

wonder there is such admiration for 

Charolais genetics. The breed’s ability 

to gain extra pounds quickly and 

efficiently is what makes it so 

accepted throughout the industry. 

More pounds, more predictability, 

and more profit; these are ideal 

outcomes in the cattle industry. The 

Charolais breed, brought to Canada 

1953, was imported to add to the 

qualities of British breeds by 

providing more performance, faster 

growth, and the potential to outweigh 

the traditional market cattle. Charolais 

have certainly done their job in the 


industry, and have succeeded in 

adding the necessary attributes to the 

previously existing herds. The use of 

Charolais cattle throughout the 

industry has advanced the overall 

efficiency for producers, and provided 

increased profit. These desired 

characteristics possessed by the 

Charolais breed have undoubtedly 

answered the question of 

“Why Charolais?”. 

Why Charolais? – Courtney Black, 

Foresters Fall, ON 

Intermediate - $100 

When you’re 

standing in the 

wash racks at 

your local fair, 

thinking that 

your heifer is 

NEVER going 

to come clean, 

and you’re 

wondering why 

Charolais? - Charolais breeders need 

to remind themselves of the many 

positive things about this breed: 

consistent product; Charolais crosses 

well with a number of breeds; 

good growth potential; good 

temperament, and a good demand for 

the Charolais product. 

In addition to these traits, there are 

two other traits that have been bred 

into the Charolais breed through its 

supporting livestock organization. 

Since Charolais first appeared in 

Canada, organizations such as the 

CCA and other cattle associations 

have proactively improved the breed 

through specific genetic programs. 

When the Charolais breed was first 

brought into Canada in 1954, there 

were many rumors about the 

Charolais sired calves tipping the 

scales at unheard of weights.(1) 

Although the first calves were heavier 

than traditional British bred calves, 

the Charolais calves had flaws that the 

Canadian cattle breeders did not 

want. The first Charolais calves had 

large frames along with heavier birth 

weights and this caused calving 

problems for the smaller British cows. 

Since 1954 programs geared towards 

managing and monitoring genetics 

and performance have been 

introduced and are continually 

evolving. The proactive approach to

managing the Charolais genetics in 

Canada has led to mainly polled cattle 

and better calving ease. 

Through structured formal 

programs operated on an ongoing 

basis, by the Canadian Charolais 

Association, the Charolais product is 

consistently delivered. One program 

is the CCA’s “Conception to 

Consumer Program (C – C) – 

designed and started with the 1968-70 

program. This was the first large scale 

progeny test program in North 

America, and was designed to 

provide detailed information from 

breeding through slaughter and 

carcass evaluation of Charolais sires 

available through AI.” (1) 

The breed as an organization is 

committed to continuous improvement 

and tries to ensure the Charolais 

product meets market requirements 

for both farmers and consumers. 

Another area where the Charolais 

breed meets the needs of farmers, is in 

the cross breeding area. The Charolais 

breed is easily mixed with British 

breeds such as Herefords, Limousines, 

and Brahma, and its docile nature also 

makes it a desirable addition to any 

herd. This breed offers flexibility to 

farmers by cross breeding, enabling 

them to increase the size and 

performance of their herd’s offspring 

in a generation. 

Charolais has proven to be great for 

cross breeding. The Charolais breed 

has a reputation for growth 

performance of its crossbred calves. 

In fact, “The American International 

Charolais Association (AICA) 

Performance Database indicates 

average birth weights for bull calves 

decreased from 92 pounds in 1990 to 

89 pounds in 2010, while weaning and 

yearling weights increased 37 pounds 

and 74 pounds during the same 20 

year period. Similar results are 

supported by data collected through 

research at the Meat Animal Research 

Center (MARC) which show a 

moderate 8-pound difference between 

Charolais-sired calves and Britishsired 

calves.” (2) 

The Charolais industry continues to 

see a good demand for the Charolais 

product. Livestock breeders recognize 

the benefits of adding Charolais cattle 

to their herds. Charolais cross bred 

animals continue to be in demand. 

Charolais calves are known for their 

exceptional weaning weights and 

Canadian cattlemen recognize the 

important features Charolais cattle 

add to their operation. 

The Charolais breed has such a high 

popularity, simply because of its own 

features. The breed performs well for 

the commercial feedlot farmer. The 

Charolais have a deep body with 

good muscling and good marbling 

and the cattle are relatively easy calvers 

largely due to the genetics program. 

Now that your heifer is clean and 

you head into the show ring, you’re 

confident that the judge will place 

your Charolais heifer at the top of the 

class because of all its great qualities. 

Why Charolais? – Autumn Jackson, 

Inglis, MB 

Senior – $300 

There are 

many breeds of 

cattle that have 

supplied the 

North American 

beef industry 

with high quality 

and consistent 

animals that 

have made it a 

power to reckon with – undeniably, 

one of the most important has been 

the Charolais. In over seventy 

countries, the Charolais breed is 

renowned as a leading terminal sire 

option to add more pounds, more 

marbling, higher yields, and in 

general, added value to beef programs. 

Charolais cattle are renowned for 

being highly efficient, adaptable to 

both grass based and intensive 

feeding programs, tremendously 

docile, and lean meat producers with 

remarkable growth potential. Because 

these distinctive qualities are all 

economically essential for beef 

production, Charolais are an optimal 

breed of choice for both purebred and 

commercial beef programs. 

With cattle prices as exciting as they 

are, it is no wonder that beef 

producers are looking for calves that 

will push the scale down in the fall. 

Charolais sired calves grow quickly, 

wean heavy off the cow, and have 

exceptional daily weight gains, 

resulting in incomparable weight for 

age results. According to Stan Jacobs, 

the cow boss at Douglas Lake Ranch, 

they see “at least an extra forty 

pounds and more on the Char-cross 

calves compared to the straight- 

British breeds.” 

Time and time again, reports show 

that Charolais calves consistently top 

the market. This proves what the 

industry said twenty years ago: the 

Charolais cross steer is the exemplar 

for today’s beef industry. With more 

pounds and a higher price paid, 

Charolais-sired calves equal more 

profit to the cattle producer. 

The purebred Charolais business has 

always been one of which I am proud 

to belong to. The producers are 

continually evolving their herds to meet 

the purebred and commercial breeders’ 

needs within the beef industry. 

Ultrasound, homozygous testing, 

embryo transplant, artificial 

insemination, and imported genetics 

are all commonly employed practices 

within the industry to produce high 

quality genetics, recognized as being 

dependable and outstanding. 

This year, the Canadian Charolais 

Youth Association Conference and 

Show will be held in Saskatoon, 

Saskatchean. CCYA has been the 

highlight of my summers for so many 

reasons. The atmosphere of each and 

every CCYA I have ever attended is 

predominantly created by the great 

attitudes of the youth; they are 

positive, creative, hard working, 

willing to learn, and willing to help 

others. CCYA has helped to create 

progressive, innovative, and 

contributing advocates for the 

Charolais and beef industries. For 

anyone who has ever attended a 

CCYA conference, it is very evident 

that the future of the Charolais 

industry is in good hands. 

The future is bright for the 

Charolais industry. With cattle prices 

high and tan calves topping the 

markets, it is no wonder why more 

producers are leaning towards 

Charolais. I am optimistic that we will 

be seeing an increase in the amount of 

cattle in the Charolais barns at shows, 

and the keen youth who return year 

after year to attend CCYA are who 

will make it happen. The enthusiasm 

at Charolais youth events is 


contagious, and it is a large component 

of the reason why it is so easy to 

support why I choose Charolais. 

Why Charolais? – Megan Rosso, 

Moose Jaw, SK 

Senior – $200 

Being involved 

in the Charolais 

Industry helps 

you learn and 

realize the true 

reason why you 

began raising 

this magnificent 

breed in the first 

place. But if you 

are just getting into the cattle 

business, whether running a purebred 

or commercial cow/calf operation, or 

a fed calf operation this document 

will explain why the Charolais breed 

is the breed to use. The breeding 

programs show opportunities, 

impressive herd sires, top quality 

meat and the distinction between 

other breeds all explains why you 

should choose Charolais. 

For any breed herd that you run 

you should use Charolais Bulls. For 

your purebred Charolais operation it’s 

obvious, but for a commercial 

operation here’s why. Charolais bulls 

have excellent progeny for muscling 

and conformation. They have a quiet 

and consistent temperament with the 

herd. Charolais bulls are always 

identifiable with their uniform 

coloring; they produce off white, 

yellow or smoky calves depending on 

the dam bred to. This makes the 

calves easier for buyers to pick out of 

the crowd, especially in a leading 

black market. Also, Charolais sired 

calves grow fast, they wean heavy off 

the cow, and they gain efficiently. 

Working with a purebred producer, 

this is why you should breed 

primarily Charolais cattle. This breed 

of cattle is highly adaptable to many 

weather and geographic conditions. 

This breed has exceptional daily live 

weight gains that result in 

untouchable weight for age grades. 

Charolais cattle produce consistent 

and lean carcasses. For selling 

production cattle, they add much 

value to cross breeding programs. 

Charolais cattle produce profitable 

calves. They have been proven to be 

consistent at the top of the market; 

they have more pounds and a higher 

price paid per hundredweight. They 

also produce optimum sized carcasses 

with a higher percentage of value 

wholesale product and consistent 

yield grades of ones and twos. 

Now from a consumer’s point of 

view, all we care about is the beef. 

Why should we eat Charolais beef? 

Charolais beef is chosen for its 

consistent, lean and well-sized 

carcasses. You get more beef for your 

buck. In France, Charolais beef is the 

chosen beef for most restaurants, even 

though not stated in menus. Yes, the 

Charolais breed originated from 

France, but it is the most predominant 


breed there, why wouldn’t they 

choose to serve it in their restaurants. 

But not only in France, Charolais beef 

has a reputation of being the 

“Gourmet Beef of Europe” (Beef 

FAQ’s). Consumers also say that 

Charolais beef is chosen because they 

are lean. People are fed up with fat 

beef and lean beef is in demand. A 

story from the Charolais Banner 

History page, it states that a “Beef 

Cattle Research Project” was 

conducted at the University of 

Saskatchewan. The second year they 

did the experiment feed conversion of 

Charolais cattle ranked the highest 

and people started to look into the 

breed. It was served at the 

Saskatchewan Livestock Association 

Convention as a prime rib dish that 

everyone was eating. Some even 

made the comments that it couldn’t be 

Charolais beef, but from then on people 

took charge with what the Charolais 

breed could do for them. This is why 

you should eat Charolais beef. 

The Charolais breed has proven 

itself time and time again. With it’s 

top quality sires on the market for 

their excellent progeny conformation 

and muscling and high-end 

production market for their calves. 

The Charolais breed remains on top. 

There are more reasons that could be 

listed, but why keep rambling when 

you’re already convinced. These are 

the reasons WHY you should choose 

Charolais breed. 

Thank you to everyone who supported the 

2012 Charolais Calendar 

This project is a great fundraiser for the Canadian 

Charolais Youth Association and allows the Charolais 

Banner to provide all the coverage that the CCYA 

program and the youth deserve. 

Book your space or sale date for next year's calendar 

by contacting the Charolais Banner or any youth 

member in your area.

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CYPRESS HILLS 

CHAROLAIS 

BREEDERS 

President: Darwin Rosso 

Secretary/Treasurer: Murray Blake 

Cedarlea Farms 

Garner & Lori Deobald 

Box 294, Hodgeville, SK S0H 2B0 

T/F: 677-2589 • g.deobald@sasktel.net 

Wood River Charolais 

Murray & Nicole Blake 

Box 86, McCord, SK S0H 2T0 

T: 478-2520 • woodrivercharolais@sasktel.net 

N3 Stock Farms 

Lyle & Lynn Wilson 

Box 37, Admiral, SK S0N 0B0 

T: 297-6263 

Rosso Charolais 

Darwin & Kevin Rosso 

#78, 325 4 Ave. SW, Moose Jaw, SK S6H 5V2 

T: 693-2384 • rosso.c@sasktel.net 

Char-Top Charolais 

Glen & Lyn Sauder 

Box 569, Gull Lake, SK S0N 1A0 

T: 672-3979 

Prairie Sky Farms 

Lloyd & Christina Daniels 

Box 185, Avonlea, SK S0H 0C0 

T: 868-4429 


IMPORTANT ACTIVITIES IN OUR INDUSTRY 

February 20 

“Tip the Scale Bull Sale”, Vikse Family 

Farm, Donalda, AB 


29th Annual Performance Tested 

Charolais Bull Sale, Rawes Ranches, 

Strome, AB 


HEJ Charolais Bull Sale, 1:00 p.m., 

Innisfail (AB) Auction Mart 


Beck Farms & McCoy Cattle Co. Bull 

Sale, 1:00 p.m., Optimum Genetics, 

Regina, SK 


Chomiak 8th Annual Bull Sale, Viking 

(AB) Auction Market 


Asbestos (Quebec) Test Station Sale 


Pro-Char 1st Annual Bull Sale, 

1:30 p.m., at the farm, Glenevis, AB 

March 3 

Ferme Louber Annual Bull Sale, 

1:00 p.m., at the farm, Saint-Marie 

de Beauce, QC 

March 3 

High Country Bull Sale, Pincher 

Creek, AB 

March 3 

Clear Lake Charolais Bull Sale, 

1:30 p.m., at the farm, Tiger Lily, AB 

March 4 & 5 

93rd Annual Pride of the Prairies 

Bull Sale, Lloydminster (SK) 

Exhibition Grounds 

March 5 

Palmer Charolais & Nielson Cattle 

Red & Black Angus Bull Sale, 

1:00 p.m., at the farm, Bladworth, SK 

March 8 

Charolais Power 2012, 1:00 p.m., Dryland 

Cattle Trading Corp.,Veteran, AB 

March 9 

South Central Alberta Charolais 

Breeders Bull Sale, 1:00 p.m., 


March 9 

A. Sparrow Farms Bull Sale, 

2:00 p.m., at the farm, Vanscoy, SK 

March 9 

9th Annual Northern Classic Bull 

Sale, Grand Prairie, AB 

March 10 

Horseshoe E Charolais Annual Bull 

Sale, 2:00 p.m., Johnstone Auction 

Mart, Moose Jaw, SK 

March 10 

Range Ready Bull Sale, 1:00 p.m., 

Heartland Livestock, Yorkton, SK 

March 10 

Vente Synergie, 12:30 p.m., 

Ste-Sophie de Levard, QC 

March 11 

107th Annual Regina Bull Sale, 

Evraz Place, Regina, SK 

March 13 

McTavish & Guests Charolais & Red 

Angus Bull Sale, 1:00 p.m., at the 

farm, Moosomin, SK 

March 15 

Buffalo Lake Charolais and Shorthorns 

Bull Sale, 1:00 p.m., Stettler (AB) 

Auction Mart 

March 16 

Double L Ranch Bull Sale, 1:00 p.m., 


March 16 

Northern Alliance Bull Sale, 

1:00 p.m., Spiritwood (SK) Stockyards 

March 16 

Family Tradition Bull Sale, 2:00 p.m., 

at Rolling D Charolais, Dropmore, MB 

March 17 

Pleasant Dawn Farms 10th Annual 

Bull Sale, 1:00 p.m., Heartland 

Livestock, Virden, MB 

March 17 

Rollin’ Acres & Guests 2nd Annual 

Bull Sale, 2:00 p.m., Maple Hill 

Auctions, Hanover, ON 

March 17 

Lanoie Bros. Charolais Bull Sale, 

2: 00 p.m., Johnstone Auction Mart, 

Moose Jaw, SK 

March 17 

Vinoy & Quyon (Quebec) Test 

Station Sales 

March 17 

Sandan Charolais Bull Sale, 1:00 p.m., 

at the farm, Erskine, AB 


Calendar of Events 

March 17 

26th Annual North Central Charolais 

Breeders Bull Sale, 1:30 p.m., Nilsson 

Bros. Livestock Exchange, Clyde, AB 

March 19 

White is Right Bull Sale, Perlich Bros. 

Auction Mart, Lethbridge, AB 

March 20 

Provost Bull Sale, Provost, AB 

March 20 

Valley Charolais Bull Sale, 12:30 p.m., 

BC Livestock Co-op, Kamloops, BC 

March 21 

Wawadash Farms Bull Sale, 1:00 p.m., 

Dryland Cattle Trading Corp. Veteran, 

AB 

March 22 

Maple Leaf Charolais Annual Bull Sale, 

1:00 p.m., Lakedell (AB) Ag Center 

March 22 

Diamond W Charolais 10th Annual 

Bull Sale, 1:00 p.m., Valley Livestock 

Sales, Minitonas, MB 

March 23 

Winn Man Farms 11th Annual Bull 

Sale, 2:00 p.m., at the farm, 

Winnipegosis, MB 

March 24 

Transcons Mountainview Angus and 

Charolais Bull Sale, Innisfail, AB 

March 24 

Wilgenbusch Charolais North of the 

53rd Bull Sale, 1:30 p.m., at the CSS 

Charolais Ranch, Paynton, SK 

March 24 

Benchmark Charolais Bull Sale, 

1:30p.m., Renfrew Pontiac Livestock 

Facility, Cobden, ON 

March 25 

Murphy Livestock Charolais & Angus 

Bull Sale, 1:00 p.m., Western Pride 

Auction Mart, Bonnyville, AB 

March 25 

Best of the Breeds Bull Sale, 2:00 p.m., 

Parkland Livestock Auction, Leross, SK 

March 26 

North West Bull Sale, 1:00 p.m., 

Kramer’s Big Bid Barn, North 

Battleford, SK

March 26 

Harvie Ranching Bull Sale, at the 

ranch, Olds, AB 

March 27 

Steppler Farms 1st Annual Bull Sale, 

Steppler Sale Barn, Miami, MB 

March 28 

Hi-Weigh Charolais Breeders Bull Sale, 

1:00 p.m., Neepawa (MB) Fair Grounds 

March 29 

Elder Charolais 2nd Annual Bull Sale, 

1:30 p.m., at the farm, Coronach, SK 

March 30 

Perrot-Martin Charolais Bull Sale, 1:00 

p.m., at the farm, Naicam, SK 

March 30 

K-Cow Ranch & Family Bull Sale, at 

the ranch, Elk Point, AB 

March 31 

Forsyth Bros. & Tee M Jay Charolais 

Bull Sale, 1:00 p.m., Ashern (MB) 

Auction Mart 

March 31 

Southland Breeders Bull Sale, 

Rockglen, SK 

March 31 

Gilliland Bros. Charolais Bull Sale, 1:00 

p.m., Alameda (SK) Auction Mart 

March 31 

Impact Angus & Charolais Bull & 

Female Sale, 1:00 p.m., Saskatoon (SK) 

Livestock Sales 

March 31 

1st Annual High Point Bull Sale, 6 

p.m., Carmarthen Lake Farms, 

Singhampton ON 

April 1 

Cattleman’s Classic Multi-Breed Bull 

Sale, 2:00 p.m., Heartland Livestock, 

Virden, MB 

April 2 

9th Annual North of the 49th Bull Sale, 

1:00 p.m., at Wilgenbusch Charolais, 

Halbrite, SK 

April 3 

Cedarlea Charolais & Windy Willows 

Angus Bull Sale, 1:00 p.m., Windy 

Willows Farm, Hodgeville, SK 

April 4 

White Cap/Rosso Charolais & 

Howe/Cockburn Red Angus Bull Sale, 

1:00 p.m., at White Cap Charolais, 

Moose Jaw, SK 

April 5 

Hunter Charolais Bull Sale, 1:30 p.m. 

D.S.T, at the farm, Roblin, MB 

April 7 

Manitoba Bull Test Station Sale, at the 

test station, Carberry, MB 

April 7 

Saunders Charolais 7th Annual Bull 

Sale, 2:00 p.m., Keady (ON) Livestock 

Market 

April 7 

Vermilion Charolais Group Bull Sale, 

1:00 p.m., Nilsson Bros. Livestock 

Exchange, Vermilion, AB 

April 12 

Size Matters Bull Sale, 1:30 p.m., at 

Sliding Hills Charolais farm, Canora, SK 

April 14 

S.E. Sask Breeders Bull Sale, 

2:00 p.m., Square D Sale Site, 

Langbank, SK 

April 14 

Eastern Select Bull & Female Sale, 1:00 

p.m., Hoards Station Sales Barn , 

Campbellford, ON 

April 21 

Cornerstone Charolais & Red Angus 

Bull Sale, 1:00 p.m., Whitewood (SK) 

Auction Mart 

April 21 

Cedardale Charolais 9th Annual Bull 

& Select Female Sale, 1:00 p.m., at the 

farm, Nestleton, ON 

April 21 

Lindskov-Thiel Ranch 30th Annual 

Bull Sale, at the ranch, Isabel, SD 

April 28 

Wienk Charolais 43rd Annual Bull 

Sale, at the ranch, Lake Preston, SD 

April 29 

Asbestos 2 (Quebec) Test Station Sale 

May 29 

Last Chance Bull Sale, Johnstone 

Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK 

June 10-27, 2012 

World Charolais Congress, UK 

July 9-13, 2012 

Canadian Charolais Youth Conference 

and Show, Olds, AB 

TED & MINA SERHIENKO • CHRIS POLEY 

#4, 3342 Millar Avenue, Saskatoon, SK S7K 7G9 

Office: (306) 933-4200 Fax: (306) 934-0744 

Email: info@tbarc.com 

Ted Cell: (306) 221-2711 

Chris Cell: (306) 220-5006 

Plan to attend these 

leading events in 2012! 

Feb 24 HEJ Charolais Bull Sale, Innisfail, AB 

Feb 25 Beck/McCoy Bull Sale, Regina, SK 

Mar 9 A. Sparrow Farms Bull Sale, Vanscoy, SK 

Mar 17 SanDan Charolais Bull Sale, Erskine, AB 

Mar 25 Best of the Breeds Bull Sale, Leross, SK 

Mar 28 Hi-Weigh Charolais Bull Sale, 

Neepawa, MB 

Mar 30 Perrot-Martin Charolais Farm Bull Sale, 

Naciam, SK 

Mar 31 Impact Bull Sale, Saskatoon, SK 

June 4 Pasture Ready Bull Sale, Saskatoon, SK 

Keep in touch 

24 hours a day through 

www.buyagro.com 

“the shortest drive 

to your next herdsire 

is your hard drive” 

• Previews 

• Sale Catalogues 

• Breeder Pages 

PROVEN WEBSITE DESIGNS 

What are you waiting for? 

To showcase your program, 

call Bryan Kostiuk at 

(306) 933-4200 


LOOKING TO FIND SOMEONE? 

Alta Genetics .................................................45 

Amabec Charolais..........................................48 

Anchor J Charolais ........................................46 

Arntzen, Dean ...............................................45 

B Bar D Charolais...........................................48 

Banner Semen Sales.................................10-13 

Bar H Charolais..............................................49 

Bar Punch Ranch ...........................................46 

Bar 7 Easy Charolais .....................................46 

Beau Char Charolais......................................46 

Beck Farms.....................................................49 

Be-Rich Farms ................................................46 

Blackbern Charolais .................................14,48 

Bo-Jan Enterprises.........................................49 

Bovine Elite, LLC............................................23 

Bow Valley Genetics Ltd. ..............................45 

Bricney Stock Farms ......................................49 

Bridor Charolais.............................................48 

Brimner Cattle Company ..............................49 

Buffalo Lake Charolais .................................46 

By Livestock ................................................OBC 

Carey, Brent ...................................................45 

Cattle In Motion............................................45 

Cavandown Charolais ...................................48 

Cedardale Charolais ......................................48 

Cedarlea Farms (Cypress) ..............................51 

Charhead Ranch ............................................49 

Charla Moore Farms......................................49 

Char-Maine Ranching ...................................46 

Charolais Journal...........................................45 

Char-Top Charolais (Cypress) ........................51 

Charworth Charolais Farms ..........................46 

Chomiak Charolais .......................................46 

CIAQ ...............................................................17 

Circle Cee Charolais Farms............................46 

Clear Lake Charolais...................................3,46 

Cornerstone Charolais ..................................48 

Cornerview Charolais....................................48 

Cougar Hill Ranch .........................................49 

Creek's Edge Land & Cattle Co. ...................49 

CSS Charolais .................................................49 

C2 Charolais...................................................47 

Davis-Rairdan.................................................45 

Diamond W Charolais ...................................50 

Dorran, Ryan..................................................45 

Double L Ranch .............................................46 

DRD Charolais................................................16 

Dubuc Charolais ............................................49 

Dudgeon-Snobelen Land & Cattle ...............48 

EastGen ..........................................................17 

Eaton Charolais .............................................50 

Elder Charolais Farms....................................50 

Ericson Livestock Services .............................45 

Everview Charolais (HiWeigh) ......................48 

Fawcett Cattle Company Inc. .......................46 

Fischer Charolais............................................46 

Fleury, Michael ..............................................45 

Foat Valley Stock Farm .................................46 

Footprint Farms ............................................46 

4-G Charolais Ranch ......................................50 

Forsyth Bros. Charolais (HiWeigh)................48 

Future Farms..................................................46 

Genex Cooperative Inc..................................19 

Gerrard Cattle Co. .........................................46 

Gilliland Bros. Charolais................................50 

Grant Farms ...................................................46 

GRP Ltd. .........................................................45 

H.S. Knill Company Ltd. ................................45 

Happy Haven Charolais.................................47 

Hard Rock Land & Cattle Co.........................47 

Harvie Ranching ...........................................46 

HEJ Charolais ................................................46 

Hicks Charolais..........................................10,48 

High Bluff Stock Farm...................................47 

Horseshoe E Charolais...................................50 

HTA Charolais Farm (HiWeigh).....................48 

Hunter Charolais (HiWeigh) .........................48 

JMB Charolais (HiWeigh) ..............................48 

Johnstone Auction ........................................45 

Jordan River Charolais ..................................50 

Kaiser Charolais Farm ...................................46 

Kanewischer, Jerry.........................................45 

Kay-R Charolais ......................................46,IBC 

Kirlene Cattle............................................14,48 

Kruk Charolais ...............................................47 

La Ferme Patry de Weedon .....................12,49 

Land O' Lakes Charolais................................48 

Langstaff Charolais ..................................15,48 

Leemar Charolais...........................................46 

LEJ Charolais..................................................47 

Lindskov-Thiel Charolais Ranch...............11,50 

LiveAuctions.TV .............................................45 

M & L Cattle Co. ............................................49 

Maple Leaf Charolais ....................................46 

Martens Cattle Co. ........................................50 

McAvoy Charolais Farm ................................50 

McKay Charolais............................................47 

McKeary Charolais ........................................46 

McLeod Livestock ..........................................45 

McTavish Charolais ........................................50 

Meadows Charolais.......................................47 

Medonte Charolais........................................49 

Miller Land & Livestock ................................49 

Murphy Livestock ..........................................47 

Mutrie Farms .................................................50 

Myhre Land and Cattle.................................47 

Nahachewsky Charolais ................................50 

Norheim Ranching ........................................45 

N3 Stock Farms (Cypress) ..............................51 

P & H Ranching Co. .......................................47 


Advertisers Index 

P Bar 3 Charolais Inc. ....................................47 

Packer Charolais ............................................49 

Palmer Charolais............................................50 

Parklane Charolais.........................................47 

Patton Charolais............................................49 

Perrot-Martin Charolais ................................50 

Pleasant Dawn Charolais ..............................48 

Poley, Chris.....................................................45 

Potter Charolais.............................................49 

Prairie Cove Consulting ................................45 

Prairie Gold Charolais ...................................50 

Prairie Sky Farms (Cypress) ...........................51 

Pro-Char Charolais.........................................47 

Qualman Charolais .......................................50 

Rammer Charolais (HiWeigh) .......................48 

Ranch Ostiguy Charolais ...............................49 

Rawes Ranches ..............................................47 

Reykdal Farms Charolais ...............................48 

Ringuette Charolais.......................................48 

Rollin' Acres Charolais ..................................49 

Ronos .............................................................49 

Rosso Charolais (Cypress)..............................51 

RRTS Charolais ...............................................47 

Rudiger Ranch ..............................................47 

Saddleridge Charolais ...................................47 

Sand Rose Charolais ......................................50 

Sandan Charolais Farms................................47 

Saunders Charolais........................................49 

Scarth Cattle Co.............................................48 

Semex Beef ....................................................17 

Serhienko/Voegeli Cattle Co...........................5 

Sharodon Farms.............................................49 

Skeels, Danny.................................................45 

Sliding Hills Charolais....................................50 

A. Sparrow Farms .........................................IFC 

Sproule Charolais ..........................................47 

Spruceview Charolais ....................................47 

Stephen Charolais Farm................................50 

Steppler Farms Ltd. (HiWeigh) .....................48 

Stock, Mark....................................................45 

Stockmen's Insurance....................................45 

Sunrise Charolais ...........................................49 

T Bar C Cattle Co. .....................................25,53 

Temple Farms.................................................50 

Transcon Livestock Corp. ..............................45 

Turnbull Charolais .........................................47 

Wawedash Farms Ltd....................................50 

WestGen.........................................................17 

Whiskey Hollow Cattle Company ................49 

White Cap Charolais .....................................50 

White Heather Charolais ..............................47 

Wienk Charolais ............................................50 

Wilgenbusch Charolais .........................50,OBC 

Wood River Charolais (Cypress)....................51 

Wrangler Charolais .......................................47

Thank you to MCKEARY CHAROLAIS, 

COMPEER, AB for selecting this 

exciting young herdsire at the 

alberta select sale 

KAYR CRUSADER 33Y 

Polled • Sparrows Sanchez 715 T x SFL Jade 26J 

BW 4.3 WW 34 YW 67 TM 33 

Bulls for sale at the farm. 

Call anytime to discuss how our 

Charolais bulls can work for you. 

Kasey, Arlana, Kord & Peri Phillips 

T 780-358-2360 • F 780-358-2359 

Box 420, Waskatenau, AB T0A 3P0 

Kreating Konfidence

By purchasing Cam & Betty-Ann 

Stewart’s purebred herd last fall, 

we will continue to offer their genetics 

to their many loyal customers. 

On offer: 48 YEARLING BULLS 

John & Brenda, Colin, Conrad & Erica, Craig & Tricia Wilgenbusch 

Box 4, Halbrite, SK S0C 1H0 • Tel 306-458-2688 

Cell: John 306-458-7873 Craig 306-458-7482 

wilgenbusch@sasktel.net 

www.wilgenbuschcharolais.com 

Bigger and better than ever is this year’s 

offering of White and Red Factor bulls 

On offer: 

64 YEARLING BULLS 

16 TWO YEAR OLD BULLS 

Call for more information or a sale catalogue or view them online at www.bylivestock.com 

CSS 66Y • POLLED 

BW 4.4 WW 44 YW 78 M 24.2 TM 46 

PCC Navigator 408P x HTA Fathom 470P 

CSS 20Y • POLLED 

BW 3.6 WW 45 YW 81 M 23.8 TM 46 

PCC Navigator 403P x HTA Fathom 470P 

JWX 173Y • DBL RED, PLD 

BW 4.9 WW 57 YW 102 M 19.4 TM 48 

JWX Reality Red 73U x Lang's Red Mac 24M 

JWX 601Y • 3RD GEN PLD 

BW -1.9 WW 38 YW 89 M 25.4 TM 45 

JWX Silver Bullet 524W x M6 Grid Maker 104P 

Sale Manager: 

Helge & Candace By 

Tel 306-584-7937 

Cell 306-536-4261 

charolaisbanner@gmail.com

February 2012 - Charolais Banner

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