Page 3 - Milk Creek Reds Annual Red Angus Bull Sale – March 17, 2018

Sale Information
Sale Information

Milk Creek Reds Bull Sale
Saturday, March 17, 2018 Selling:

1 p.m. MDT • Milk Creek Reds Ranch • Plevna, MT 93 Yearling Red Angus Bulls

SALE DAY LUNCH: LIABILITY
Complimentary lunch and pie will be served at 11:30 a.m. All persons who attend the sale or view the cattle do so at their own risk. The
owners assume no liability, legal or otherwise, for any accidents that occur on
SALE LOCATION: the sale or viewing premises.
At the Ranch (see map on page 2 for directions)
2093 Plevna Road South, Plevna, Mont. ..................................... 406-778-3819 ACCOMODATIONS:
Baker, Mont.
CATTLE VIEWING: (If planning to stay please reserve early as the oil fi eld activity can cause room
The bulls can be viewed at Bruce & Eric Bowman’s feed 1 mile south of Rhame, shortages.)
N.D., until March 15th. After this time the bulls will be at the ranch. Montana Motel .................................................406-778-3315 or 800-779-8353
Red River Inn ...............................................................................406-778-3321
SALE VIDEO Sagebrush Inn..............................................................................406-778-3341
The video of the sale cattle will be available to view by March 1, 2018, at
www.milkcreekreds.com or www.dvauction.com. If you don’t have high speed Miles City, Mont.
internet or are unable to view the video over the internet, contact us for a DVD Comfort Inn..................................................................................406-234-3141
on the sale cattle. Miles City Inn & Suites .................................................................866-599-6674
SALE FORMAT: TERMS
Once again we will be offering the bulls through a rancher’s auction. We will The terms of the sale are cash. All settlements will be made with clerks of the
have an auctioneer that will auction the sale in a relaxed atmosphere. Each sale immediately following the conclusion of the sale and before any cattle
interested buyer will be able to bid on the bull of their choice with low pressure will be released. We will follow the Terms and Conditions set forth by the Red
and the ability to be comfortable. Angus Association of America. Announcements made by seller on sale day take
precedence over any statements printed in this catalog or advertisement.
Online bidding will take place on DVAuction. Go to www.dvauction.com.
DELIVERY
PHONE ORDERS We will provide delivery up to 300 miles. Over 300 miles we will work with the
Buyers unable to attend the sale may call or send their bids to the owners, buyer to make arrangements on delivery. A $100 credit per bull will be ap-
Bruce or Tena Ketchum. If you would like to discuss the sale offering, call us plied to the purchase price of the bull if the new owner picks up the bull(s)
and describe your needs and budget and we can select your genetics for you. on the day of the sale. Delivery of the bulls will start the week after the sale.
We can bid on the animal for you and you pay only the bid price established by
the auction. Bids are handled in confi dence on all orders. If there are several BULL HEALTH PROGRAM
people needing to use this method for the sale we will set up a conference call The bulls received Vision 7 at branding and then were preconditioned in August
for you to call into during the sale. Please call a few days in advance if this is with Bovishield Gold One Shot and vision 7 Somnus. The bulls were boostered
needed so that we may set this up and get you the necessary phone number with Bovishield Gold in September. They received a Fusiguard injection in No-
and information ahead of sale time. vember and a booster four weeks later. The lice prevention program consisted
of Ivermax in November, Stanguard in December, Cydection in late December,
SALE CONTACTS: and Saber in January. Semen evaluations were performed by Dr. Liam Robbins
Milk Creek Reds of the Fallon County Vet Service prior to the sale and all the evaluation forms
Bruce and Tena Ketchum ................................................406-778-3819 (Home) will be available sale day.
406-978-3819 (Cell)
Auctioneer: BULL DEVELOPMENT
Scott Weishaar.............................................................................701-872-5299 The bulls are fed on a ration to develop them into sound functional useable
Red Angus Association of America: bulls for big country. They are fed to gain 2.5 lbs per day. The ration consists
of whole kernel corn (7.5 lbs), dry distiller’s grain (2.5 lbs), corn silage (13 lbs)
Katie Oschner...............................................................................307-575-6802 and the balance a mix of wheat hay and alfalfa/grass hay. This ration is devel-
Videos: oped to use 1% of the feed base being grain to reach our goal of 2.5 lb gain.
DVAuction....................................................................................406-978-2124 They have been developed at Bruce & Eric Bowman’s feedlot which is located 1
DV Auction: mile south of Rhame, N.D.
Jay Rost.......................................................................................406-978-2124
SEMEN INTEREST
AIR TRANSPORTATION Milk Creek Reds is retaining one-half revenue-sharing semen interest in all
Billings, Mont. ..................................................................................... 230 miles bulls in the sale. The retained semen interest by Milk Creek Reds allows us to
Rapid City, S.D. ................................................................................... 190 Miles collect semen, use semen on the bull in our herd, as well as share in semen
Bismark, N.D. ...................................................................................... 230 miles revenue if the bull would develop interest to be used in other herds or semen
marketing companies. Any semen collection would be at the buyer’s conve-
CATALOG & PROMOTION: nience in the off-season use. Full possession and full salvage value sells on all
Tracey Koester, Cow Camp Promotions ............www.cowcamppromotions.com bulls in this sale..
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