Page 3 - Milk Creek Reds - Annual Red Angus Bull Sale – March 20, 2021

Sale Information
Sale Information

Milk Creek Reds Bull Sale
Saturday, March 20, 2021 Selling:

1 p.m. MDT • Milk Creek Reds Ranch • Plevna, MT 100 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 feedlot 1 mile south of shortages.)
Rhame, N.D., until March 17th. After this time the bulls will be at the ranch. Montana Motel.............................................................................406-778-3315
Miles City, Mont.
SUPPLEMENTAL SHEET Sleep Inn & Suites .......................................................................406-232-3000
Supplemental sheet with Updated EPDs, Scrotal Measurements, Frame Score Miles City Inn & Suites .................................................................866-599-6674
will be available online a few days before the sale and on sale day.
TERMS
SALE VIDEO The terms of the sale are cash. All settlements will be made with clerks of the
The video of the sale cattle will be available to view by March 1, 2021, at sale immediately following the conclusion of the sale and before any cattle
www.milkcreekreds.com or www.dvauction.com. If you don’t have high speed will be released. We will follow the Terms and Conditions set forth by the Red
internet or are unable to view the video over the internet, contact us for a DVD Angus Association of America. Announcements made by seller on sale day take
on the sale cattle. precedence over any statements printed in this catalog or advertisement.

SALE FORMAT: DELIVERY
Once again we will be offering the bulls through a rancher’s auction. We will We will provide delivery up to 300 miles. Over 300 miles we will work with
have an auctioneer that will auction the sale in a relaxed atmosphere. Each the buyer to make arrangements on delivery. A $100 credit per bull will be ap-
interested buyer will be able to bid on the bull of their choice with low pressure plied to the purchase price of the bull if the new owner picks up the bull(s)
and the ability to be comfortable. on the day of the sale. Delivery of the bulls will start the week after the sale.
Online bidding will take place on DVAuction. Go to www.dvauction.com. BULL HEALTH PROGRAM
The bulls received Vision 7 at branding and then were preconditioned in
PHONE ORDERS August with Bovishield Gold One Shot and Vision 7 Somnus. In November, we
Buyers unable to attend the sale may call or send their bids to the owners, followed up with Pyramid 5+Presponse. They received a Fusiguard injection in
Bruce or Tena Ketchum. If you would like to discuss the sale offering, call us November and a booster in December. The lice prevention program consisted
and describe your needs and budget and we can select your genetics for you. of injectable Dectomax in November, Clean-Up II in December, Clean-Up II in
We can bid on the animal for you and you pay only the bid price established by January and Stand Guard in February. Semen evaluations were performed by
the auction. Bids are handled in confi dence on all orders. If there are several Fallon County Vet Service prior to the sale and all the evaluation forms will be
people needing to use this method for the sale we will set up a conference call available sale day.
for you to call into during the sale. Please call a few days in advance if this is
needed so that we may set this up and get you the necessary phone number BULL DEVELOPMENT
and information ahead of sale time. The bulls are fed on a ration to develop them into sound, functional, useable
bulls for big country. They are fed to gain 2.5 lbs per day. The ration consists
SALE CONTACTS: of whole kernel corn (7.5 lbs), distillers grain (1.6 lbs), and a balance of 45%
Milk Creek Reds grass, 25% alfalfa, 30% oat hay chopped hay mix along with a mineral supple-
Bruce and Tena Ketchum ................................................406-778-3819 (Home) ment. This ration is developed to use 1% of the feed base being grain to reach
406-978-3819 (Cell) our goal of 2.5 lb gain. They have been developed at Bruce & Eric Bowman’s
Auctioneer: feedlot which is located 1 mile south of Rhame, N.D.
Scott Weishaar.............................................................................701-872-5299
Red Angus Association of America: SEMEN INTEREST
Nolan Woodruff............................................................................805-861-0996 Milk Creek Reds is retaining one-half revenue-sharing semen interest in all
Videos: bulls in the sale. The retained semen interest by Milk Creek Reds allows us to
DVAuction....................................................................................406-978-2124 collect semen, use semen on the bull in our herd, as well as share in semen
DV Auction: revenue if the bull would develop interest to be used in other herds or semen
Jay Rost.......................................................................................406-978-2124 marketing companies. Any semen collection would be at the buyer’s conve-
nience in the off-season use. Full possession and full salvage value sells on all
AIR TRANSPORTATION bulls in this sale.
Billings, Mont. ..................................................................................... 230 miles
Rapid City, S.D. ................................................................................... 190 Miles CATALOG & PROMOTION:
Bismark, N.D. ...................................................................................... 230 miles Tracey Koester, Cow Camp Promotions ............www.cowcamppromotions.com

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