Page 3 - Milk Creek Reds - Yearling Red Angus Bull Sale – March 19, 2022

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Milk Creek Reds Bull Sale
Saturday, March 19, 2022 Selling:
1 p.m. MDT • Milk Creek Reds Ranch • Plevna, MT 80 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 field activity can cause
SALE LOCATION: room shortages.)
At the Ranch (see map on page 2 for directions) Montana Motel .........................................................................406-778-3315
2093 Plevna Road South, Plevna, Mont. ................................. 406-778-3819 Miles City, Mont.
Sleep Inn & Suites ....................................................................406-232-3000
CATTLE VIEWING: Miles City Inn & Suites .............................................................866-599-6674
The bulls can be viewed at Bruce and Eric Bowman’s feedlot 1 mile south of Red River Inn ...........................................................................406-778-3321
Rhame, N.D., until March 17th. After this time the bulls will be at the ranch.
TERMS
SUPPLEMENTAL SHEET The terms of the sale are cash. All settlements will be made with clerks of
Supplemental Sheet with Updated Carcass EPDs, Scrotal Measurements, the sale immediately following the conclusion of the sale and before any
Frame Score will be available online a few days before the sale and on sale cattle will be released. We will follow the Terms and Conditions set forth
day. by the Red Angus Association of America. Announcements made by seller
SALE VIDEO on sale day take precedence over any statements printed in this catalog or
advertisement.
The video of the sale cattle will be available to view by March 1, at
www.milkcreekreds.com or www.dvauction.com. If you don’t have high DELIVERY
speed internet or are unable to view the video over the internet, contact us We will provide delivery up to 300 miles. Over 300 miles we will work with
for a DVD on the sale cattle. the buyer to make arrangements on delivery. A $100 credit per bull will be
applied to the purchase price of the bull if the new owner picks up the
SALE FORMAT: bull(s) on the day of the sale. Delivery of the bulls will start the week after
Once again we will be offering the bulls through a rancher’s auction. We will the sale.
have an auctioneer that will auction the sale in a relaxed atmosphere. Each
interested buyer will be able to bid on the bull of their choice with low pres- BULL HEALTH PROGRAM
sure and the ability to be comfortable. The bulls received Vision 7 at branding and then were preconditioned in
August with Bovishield Gold One Shot and Vision 7 Somnus. The bulls were
Online bidding will take place on DVAuction. Go to www.dvauction.com. boostered with Bovishield Gold in September. They received a Fusiguard
injection in November and a booster in December. The bulls were drenched
PHONE ORDERS in October with Safe-Guard, poured with Clean-Up II in December and in
Buyers unable to attend the sale may call or send their bids to the owners, January. Semen evaluations were performed by Fallon County Vet Service
Bruce or Tena Ketchum. If you would like to discuss the sale offering, call prior to the sale and all the evaluation forms will be available sale day. Bulls
us and describe your needs and budget and we can select your genetics that do not pass the semen evaluation will be available for sale after they
for you. We can bid on the animal for you and you pay only the bid price have a satisfactory evaluation.
established by the auction. Bids are handled in confidence on all orders. If
there are several people needing to use this method for the sale we will set BULL DEVELOPMENT
up a conference call for you to call into during the sale. Please call a few The bulls are fed on a ration to develop them into sound functional useable
days in advance if this is needed so that we may set this up and get you the bulls that will work in big country. They are fed to gain 2.5 lbs. per day.
necessary phone number and information ahead of sale time. The ration consists of whole kernel corn (9.0 lbs.), distiller’s grain (1.6
SALE CONTACTS: lbs.) and a balance of chopped hay that consists of 33% grass, 33% alfalfa,
33% wheat hay, along with a vitamin-mineral supplement. This ration is
Milk Creek Reds developed to use 1% of the feed base being grain to reach our goal of 2.5 lb.
Bruce and Tena Ketchum .............................................406-778-3819 (Home) gain. They have been developed at Bruce & Eric Bowman’s feedlot which is
406-978-3819 (Cell) located 1 mile south of Rhame, N.D.
Auctioneer: Scott Weishaar ............................................................701-872-5299
Red Angus Association of America: Rachael Oliver .......................406- 480-1569 SEMEN INTEREST
Videos: DVAuction .........................................................................406-978-2124 Milk Creek Reds is retaining one-half revenue-sharing semen interest in all
DV Auction: Jay Rost .....................................................................406-978-2124 bulls in the sale. The retained semen interest by Milk Creek Reds allows us
AIR TRANSPORTATION to collect semen, use semen on the bull in our herd, as well as share in se-
men revenue if the bull would develop interest to be used in other herds or
Billings, Mont. .................................................................................230 miles semen marketing companies. Any semen collection would be at the buyer’s
Rapid City, S.D. ...............................................................................190 Miles convenience in the off-season use. Full possession and full salvage value
Bismark, N.D. ..................................................................................230 miles sells on all bulls in this sale.
LIABILITY CATALOG & PROMOTION:
All persons who attend the sale or view the cattle do so at their own risk. Tracey Koester, Cow Camp Promotions........ www.cowcamppromotions.com
The owners assume no liability, legal or otherwise, for any accidents that A big thanks to Tracey and her crew!
occur on the sale or viewing premises.

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