Denver Stock Show 2011- Simmental Female Show Results

Well the Simmental show wrapped up in Denver today. It is to bad that most people think that Denver ends on Sunday, when there is still breed shows, and the Jr Market Steer show happening this week.

Remington Cattle Company was the lone Canadian's exhibiting cattle today. They represented the Canadian Simmental cattle well yet again. Although we had no class winners, we can definitely be proud.

A big congratulations to Jake Bloomberg as well. He not only had Champion Female in the Jr Show, but also in the Open show!

Champion Simmental Female- Jake Bloomberg

Denver Stock Show 2011- Simmental Bull Show Results

Well finally after a week of Denver happening the Simmental show finally started. Today the Juniors and Bulls showed, with the Females showing tomorrow.

Both Harvie Ranching and Remington Cattle Company were taking part in the bull show today. Although not huge numbers were in the bull show, they quality was strong as ever.

I was excited to see the Mr Hoc Broker bull do well, as he is a 3/4 brother to our heifer Elegant Force.

Congratulations to the Canadian's on another great show, and good luck tomorrow in the ever tough female show.

MR HOC Broker- Res. Champion Bull

Harvie JDF Wallbanger 111X- 2nd in Class

REMINGTON LOCK N LOAD 54U- 1st in Class

Denver Stock Show 2011- Simmental Sale Results

Well it was another great sale in Denver last night as it was the Simmental's time to shine. It must have been a full house last night because they ran out of sale catalogs! The sale averaged $8581 in a great set of cattle. Congradulations to all the buyers and sellers.

Donation Lot		10500.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
Jr. T-Shirt		3500.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
1		19000.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
2		15000.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
3		20000.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
4		13000.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
5		7500.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
6		800.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
6	a	800.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
7		2000.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
7	a	2000.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
8		500.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
9		8000.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
10	a	1300.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
11		20000.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
12		4000.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
13		11000.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
14	a	7750.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
15		9000.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
16		2500.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
17		9000.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
17	a	1400.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
18		7500.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
19		8500.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
20		1250.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
21		6500.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
22		5000.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
23		4500.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
24		4500.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
25		3750.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
26		5000.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
26	a	950.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
28		3000.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
29		11000.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
30		10000.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
31		11000.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
31	a	11000.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
32		15000.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
33		4500.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
34		1800.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
35		4000.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
36		2750.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
37		4250.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
38		8500.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
39		3250.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
40		6250.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
41		4750.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
42		3000.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
43		5500.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
44		7250.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
45		8500.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
45	a	7500.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
46		4500.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
47		65000.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
49	a	4750.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
50		2250.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
51		8250.00	NWSS - Simmental Sale
52		4100.00

Denver Stock Show 2011- Club Calf Bulls

The most talked about part of Denver has to be the Club Calf Bulls that come to be displayed. For the next couple years these bulls will be debated about what one was the best, who has went on to produce the best, and what one is the next great one. 

Whether you are a part of the club calf industry or not, they are always fun to look at. The hours that go into getting these bulls ready is unreal.  

Here is a sample of the bulls that were in the yards this year.

Banjo

Believe In Me

Bugs

Damage Control

Easy Rider

Fast Freddy

Flashback

Game Plan

Heater from Van Meter

Just One Look

Long Time Coming

Man Up

Master of Puppets

Night Train

Power and Balance

Smoking Hottie

Denver Stock Show 2011- Shorthorn Bull Show Results

Another day kicked off in Denver with the Shorthorn Bull show on the hill. There was only one Canadian farm showing today, and they are actually neighbors of ours only living about 20 mins away from the farm.

Alta Cedar Shorthorns showed three bulls today. Although there were no class winners, they still did a great job representing Canada.

Denver Stock Show 2011- Black Angus Pen Show

The Canadians came out in full force for the Black Angus Pen Show today. We had three farms competing including:

Soo Line Cattle Co.

Mountain View Farms

Southland Angus

These breeders held back from showing these animals on the hill for a chance to win the pens show. The breeders did any excellent job. It really was to bad that out of the 4 pens total, 3 were in the same class. However, we will came out with 1-1st place, 2- 2nd place, and a 4th place.

Congratulations again to these breeders, and safe travels home.

Mountain View Angus- 1st in Class

Denver Stock Show 2011- Herford Female Show

The Canadian Hereford breeders were busy today wrapping up their show in Denver. Five different farms were showing today including

Triple A Herefords

Adam Hirsche Herfords

Glenlees Farm

Blair Athol Herefords

Harvie Ranching

Combined between the Horned and Polled show, there were 1-1st place, 1- 2nd place, and 1- 3rd place.

Triple A Max's Platinum ET 4X - 1st in Class

Polled Heifer from Blair Athol

 

Denver Stock Show 2011- Hereford Females and Black Angus Pens

Today will be another busy day in Denver, and it has turned out to be a busy day here at the farm in Breton. I will have some results up tonight from both the Angus and Hereford shows. Good luck to our Canadian participants.

I am also planning on getting some posts up later this week about the happenings on the farm. It has been a busy few weeks as we are in the middle of calving and temperatures have been in the -30 Celsius range for the past few days. Defiantly not the ideal time to be born if you are a baby calf.

Hope everyone stays warm this weekend!

Denver Stock Show 2011- Black Angus Female Results

The Black Angus wrapped up there showing today with the female classes today. This is one of the larger shows in Denver, so it took a good while to get through the show.

The Canadians had a few less entries in the show today, however, the cattle did really well. There was also one animal that was born and raised in Canada who went on to do really well. You can see her picture below.

Congratulations to all of the Black Angus breeders and exhibitors.


GF EVENING TINGE 1X- Winter Division Champion Heifer 

Hamilton Farms



Denver Stock Show 2011- Hereford Pen Show

To me Denver is unique not only because of the cattle, and the people, but mainly because of " The Yards" The Yards is a term used for the area that is down the hill in the old Stock Yards area. This is where the Denver Stock Show all started.

In the yards you will find the pen cattle that are there to compete, along with many other display cattle. Today the Herefords had a chance to compete in the pen and carload show. You can head over to the Star Lake website for some great info on what a Carload is and how the show all got started.

Star Lake has won the Carload bull show for the past 11 years, and were trying to make it 12 straight years today. This is quite an accomplishment. I was really hoping for them to do well today, and well is exactly how they did.

The bulls ended up winning, and they now hold the title of 12 consecutive Carload's won. A title that I am not sure will ever be met or beat.

This is the bronze that Star Lake took home

Champion Hereford Carload 2011



Denver Stock Show 2011- Black Angus Females and Hereford Pens

Well today is the start to a crazy weekend in Denver. The Black Angus shows will come to an end today with the Female show. There is another handful of Canadians competing in it today including

Hamilton Farms

Bandura Angus

The other big event that is happening today is the Hereford Pen shows. These will take place this afternoon, and I know I will be cheering on Star Lake to win their 12th straight carload. A real accomplishment. You can check out the daily report from the Star Lake team in Denver through Randy's blog.

I will hope to keep you updated as I can tonight and over the weekend. I am headed home to the farm for a few days. It is about -35 here with the wind chill and we have a handful of our top cows all due right now!

Denver Stock Show 2011- Hereford Bull Show Results

Well today was a pretty fun day for me. Even though I was stuck in my office watching results and pictures come in from the Hereford show, it was a really fun day to see so many friends do well.

Many people always ask how I have friends in another breed, but the truth is we are just one big family. We all hang out with each other after the showing is done, and cheer each other on while the other is showing.

Over the past few months we have gotten to put faces and names behind the Star Lake name. Those of us in the cattle industry had heard of and see the success that they have had, so it was pretty cool to see them do well today. I am sure that Jon and Crystal are bound to have a good time tonight as always.

Just as with the Red and Black Angus the Hereford breeders should be extremely proud of the Canadian cattle that were exhibited and shown today. This is how our Canadian placings tallied as well as Star Lake's.

                                              Canada                  Star Lake
Grand Champion                                                        1
Division Champion                     1                              2
Res. Division Champion              1                              2
1st in Class                                2                              4
2nd in Class                               1
3rd in Class                                1

Triple A 1T Chrome 66X

Remitall Heater 161U

Harvie High Roller ET 66X- Res. Division Ch

Harvie DAN Ricochet 167U- 3rd in Class

GHC-Taboo Coalition 52U- Sr Division Champion

Star TCF Shock & Awe 158W ET

Star TCF Shock & Awe 158W ET

Star Market Index 70X ET

Star TCF Lock-N-Load 300W ET

Denver Stock Show 2011- Hereford Bull Show

Well another day and another show in Denver. Today will be a busy one for result watching as there are a few Canadian's showing today.

In the Hereford shows, I say shows because the Horned and Polled bulls both show today, we have a nice group of Canadians competing including:

Triple A Herefords

Adams Hirsche Herefords

Harvie Ranching 
Blair Athol Farms 
Crittenden Bros Polled Herefords

Along with the Canadians, I will also be watching out for Star Lake Herefords. Crystal's boyfriend Jon and his family are part of this operation, and they usually have a very good Denver. So all eyes will be on them today.

Good luck to everyone and I will have some results up later today!

Denver Stock Show 2011- Black Angus Bull Show

The Black Angus Bull Show has just gotten underway in Denver. Again we have a nice contingent of Canadian's showing today. They include:

Hamilton Angus

Southland Angus
Bandura Ranches 
Remital Farms

Good luck to everyone today! I will try to get some results posted later today. In the mean time check out the up to date results from the NWSS

Denver Stock Show 2011- Bases Loaded Sales Report

Well what a sale it was last night. I only watched the first bit of the sale due to some other plans I had last night, but I was really excited to see the sale went well as always.

The main reason I was watching the sale was to see how the bulls were going to sell, specifically the Lot 3 bull, HF Kodiak.

Here is a full sales report as published by Live Auctions.

Lot		Lot Price	Category
1		35000.00	Bases Loaded
2		102000.00	Bases Loaded
3		150000.00	Bases Loaded
4		43000.00	Bases Loaded
5		50000.00	Bases Loaded
6		5100.00	Bases Loaded
7		12000.00	Bases Loaded
8		2000.00	Bases Loaded
10		25000.00	Bases Loaded
11		16500.00	Bases Loaded
11	a	16500.00	Bases Loaded
11	b	12500.00	Bases Loaded
12		5000.00	Bases Loaded
13		6000.00	Bases Loaded
13	a	6000.00	Bases Loaded
13	b	5000.00	Bases Loaded
14		25000.00	Bases Loaded
15		5000.00	Bases Loaded
15	a	5000.00	Bases Loaded
16		11000.00	Bases Loaded
17		6100.00	Bases Loaded
18		7500.00	Bases Loaded
20		5250.00	Bases Loaded
21		8000.00	Bases Loaded
22		4100.00	Bases Loaded
23		8500.00	Bases Loaded
24		17000.00	Bases Loaded
25		5250.00	Bases Loaded
26		9000.00	Bases Loaded
27		15000.00	Bases Loaded
28		11300.00	Bases Loaded
29		8750.00	Bases Loaded
29	a	8750.00	Bases Loaded
29	b	8500.00	Bases Loaded
30		16000.00	Bases Loaded
31		4300.00	Bases Loaded
32		3100.00	Bases Loaded
33		8500.00	Bases Loaded
34		3500.00	Bases Loaded
35		13500.00	Bases Loaded
38		800.00	Bases Loaded
39		5000.00	Bases Loaded
40		15200.00	Bases Loaded

Denver Stock Show 2011- Bases Loaded

Today is a relatively slow day for the Canadian's in Denver. There is lots of movement int he barns with Black Angus and Herefords getting moved into the Hill, and our Red Angus friends have all headed for home now.

Tonight however, things will get amped up big time for our Canadian Black Angus breeders!

The Bases Loaded sales is one of the elite Angus sales in North America. In the past few sales, some Canadian herds have been invited to participate in this event.

The sale is held at Coors Field, the baseball diamond where the Colorado Rockies play. They actually have the cattle there, so it is a really neat one of a kind event.

This year there is one lot that has gotten a lot of buzz not only in Canada but also the USA. HF Kodiak 5R is one of the most influential Black Angus bulls in the breed. He is Canadian born and bred, and a really impressive bull both to see and to look at what he has produced.

The Bases Loaded sale is one that I make sure to watch each year. It is pretty cool to watch cattle sell for potentially $100,000.00. And it has happened before!

The sale is going to be featured on Live Auctions tonight, and the sale starts at 5:00PM MST

Denver Stock Show 2011- Red Angus

Well I am proud to say that Canadian Red Angus breeders should be extremely proud today. Although I am not a Red Angus breeder myself, they are still Canadian beef cattle, and I am all for the promotion and success of our cattle!

Earlier today I posted about those Red Angus breeders who are down in Denver and competed in the show today.

You can also stop at the Denver Stock Show website to get the full results from today's show.

In summary though....

3 Division Winners
3 Res. Division Winners
12 Class Winners
7 2nd in Class

Here is just a sample of some of the winners!

Red Lazy MC Cowboy Cut 26U- Res. Sr. Bull

Red Six Mile Sierra 281X- Res Jr. Heifer Calf

Red Six Mile Cheta 702W- 3rd in Class

Red Blair's Foxy 63X- 1st in Class

Red Blair's Sugerland 5X- 1st in Class

Red DMM Glesbar Barndance 35X- 1st in Class

Red Northline Plush 122X- 1st in Class

Red Northline Wise Guy 56X- Ch. Spring Bull Calf

Red Northline Chuck Norris 305X- Res. Ch. Spring Bull Calf

Red Northline Fat Tony 605U- Grand Champion Bull

Red McRae's Reba Lee 121W- 1st in Class