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Sale Information
Sale Information

Milk Creek Reds Bull Sale
Saturday, March 18, 2017 Selling:

1 p.m. MDT • Milk Creek Reds Ranch • Plevna, MT 100 Yearling Red Angus Bulls

SALE DAY LUNCH: ACCOMODATIONS:
Complimentary lunch and pie will be served at 11:30 a.m. Baker, Mont.
(If planning to stay please reserve early as the oil fi eld activity can cause room
SALE LOCATION: shortages.)
At the Ranch (see map on page 2 for directions) Montana Motel .................................................406-778-3315 or 800-779-8353
2093 Plevna Road South, Plevna, Mont. ..................................... 406-778-3819 Red River Inn ...............................................................................406-778-3321
Sagebrush Inn..............................................................................406-778-3341
CATTLE VIEWING:
The bulls can be viewed at Bruce & Eric Bowman’s feed 1 mile south of Rhame, Miles City, Mont.
N.D., until March 16th. After this time the bulls will be at the ranch. Comfort Inn..................................................................................406-234-3141
Miles City Inn & Suites .................................................................866-599-6674
SALE VIDEO
The video of the sale cattle will be available to view at www.milkcreekreds.com TERMS
or www.dvauction.com and www.billpelton.com by March 1, 2017. If you The terms of the sale are cash. All settlements will be made with clerks of the
don’t have high speed internet or are unable to view the video over the internet sale immediately following the conclusion of the sale and before any cattle
contact us for a DVD on the sale cattle. will be released. We will follow the Terms and Conditions set forth by the Red
Angus Association of America. Announcements made by seller on sale day take
SALE FORMAT: precedence over any statements printed in this catalog or advertisement.
Once again we will be offering the bulls through a rancher’s auction. We will
have an auctioneer that will auction the sale in a relaxed atmosphere. Each DELIVERY
interested buyer will be able to bid on the bull of their choice with low pressure We will provide delivery up to 300 miles. Over 300 miles we will work with the
and the ability to be comfortable. buyer to make arrangements on delivery. A $100 credit per bull will be ap-
plied to the purchase price of the bull if the new owner picks up the bull(s)
PHONE ORDERS on the day of the sale. Delivery of the bulls will start the week after the sale.
Buyers unable to attend the sale may call or send their bids to the owners,
Bruce or Tena Ketchum. If you would like to discuss the sale offering, call us BULL HEALTH PROGRAM
and describe your needs and budget and we can select your genetics for you. The bulls received Vision 7 at branding and then were preconditioned in
We can bid on the animal for you and you pay only the bid price established by September with Bovishield Gold One Shot and Vision 7 Somnus. The bulls
the auction. Bids are handled in confi dence on all orders. If there are several were boostered with Bovishield Gold in October they also received a Fusiguard
people needing to use this method for the sale we will set up a conference call injection in November and a booster four weeks later. The lice prevention pro-
for you to call into during the sale. Please call a few days in advance if this is gram consisted of Ivermax pour-on in October, Clean Up in December, Clean
needed so that we may set this up and get you the necessary phone number Up in January and Cydectin in February. Semen evaluations were performed
and information ahead of sale time. by Dr. Liam Robbins of the Fallon County Vet Service prior to the sale and all
the evaluation forms will be available sale day.
SALE CONTACTS:
Milk Creek Reds BULL DEVELOPMENT
Bruce and Tena Ketchum ................................................406-778-3819 (Home) The bulls are fed on a ration to develop them into sound functional useable
406-978-3819 (Cell) bulls for big country. They are fed to gain 2.5 lb per day. The ration consists
Auctioneer: of whole kernel corn (7.5 lbs), distiller’s grain (1.5 lbs), and a mix of ground
Scott Weishaar.............................................................................701-872-5299 grass/alfalfa hay and corn silage. This ration is developed to use 1% of the feed
Red Angus Association of America: base being grain to reach our goal of 2.5 lb gain. They have been developed at
Bruce & Eric Bowman’s feedlot which is located 1 mile south of Rhame, N.D.
Katie Oschner...............................................................................307-575-6802
Videos: SEMEN INTEREST
DVAuction....................................................................................406-978-2124 Milk Creek Reds is retaining one-half revenue-sharing semen interest in all
DV Auction: bulls in the sale. The retained semen interest by Milk Creek Reds allows us to
Jay Rost.......................................................................................406-978-2124 collect semen, use semen on the bull in our herd, as well as share in semen
revenue if the bull would develop interest to be used in other herds or semen
AIR TRANSPORTATION marketing companies. Any semen collection would be at the buyer’s conve-
Billings, Mont. ..................................................................................... 230 miles nience in the off-season use. Full possession and full salvage value sells on all
Rapid City, S.D. ................................................................................... 190 Miles bulls in this sale..
Bismark, N.D. ...................................................................................... 230 miles
CATALOG & PROMOTION:
LIABILITY Tracey Koester,Cow Camp Promotions ......................................(701) 475-2736
All persons who attend the sale or view the cattle do so at their own risk. The www.cowcamppromotions.com
owners assume no liability, legal or otherwise, for any accidents that occur on
the sale or viewing premises.
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