Page 3 - Milk Creek Reds Angus Bull Sale – March 16, 2024

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Milk Creek Reds Bull Sale
Selling:
Saturday, March 16, 2024 100 Yearling Red Angus Bulls
1 p.m. MDT • Milk Creek Reds Ranch • Plevna, MT 3 Red Angus Donor Cows

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 Red River Inn ...........................................................................406-778-3321
Miles City, Mont.
CATTLE VIEWING: Sleep Inn & Suites ....................................................................406-232-3000
The bulls can be viewed at Bruce and Eric Bowman’s feedlot 1 mile south of Miles City Inn & Suites .............................................................866-599-6674
Rhame, N.D., until March 13th. 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 and the sale immediately following the conclusion of the sale and before any
frame scores 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, 2024 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 500 miles. Over 500 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, preconditioned in August with Bov-
ishield Gold One Shot and Vision 7 Somnus. The bulls were boostered with
Online bidding will take place on DVAuction. Go to www.dvauction.com. Bovishield Gold in October. They received a Fusogard injection in December
and a booster in February. The bulls were drenched in November with
PHONE ORDERS Safe-Guard, poured with Justifly in November, StandGuard in December and
Buyers unable to attend the sale may call or send their bids to the owners, Permectrin CDS in Febuary. Semen evaluations were performed by Fallon
Bruce or Tena Ketchum. If you would like to discuss the sale offering, call County Vet Service prior to the sale and all the evaluation forms will be avail-
us and describe your needs and budget and we can select your genetics able sale day. Bulls that do not pass the semen evaluation will be available
for you. We can bid on the animal for you and you pay only the bid price for sale after they 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 every environment. The ration consists of rolled corn
necessary phone number and information ahead of sale time. (7.5 lb. average), dry distiller’s (2.25 lbs.), and the balance of chopped hay
SALE CONTACTS: that consists of grass, alfalfa, barley hay for a 48 mcal diet, along with a
vitamin-mineral supplement. This ration is developed to use 1% of the feed
Milk Creek Reds base being grain to reach our goal of 2.5 lb. gain. They have been devel-
Bruce and Tena Ketchum .............................................406-778-3819 (Home) oped at Eric and Andrea Bowman’s feedlot which is located 1 mile south of
406-978-3819 (Cell) Rhame, N.D.
Auctioneer: Scott Weishaar ............................................................701-872-5299
Rachael Oliver ................................................................................406-480-1569 SEMEN INTEREST
RAAA Assistant Director of Commercial Marketing Milk Creek Reds is retaining one-half revenue-sharing semen interest in all
Videos: DVAuction .........................................................................406-978-2124 bulls in the sale. The retained semen interest by Milk Creek Reds allows us
DV Auction: Jay Rost .....................................................................406-978-2124 to collect semen, use semen on the bull in our herd, as well as share in se-
AIR TRANSPORTATION men 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
Billings, Mont. .................................................................................230 miles convenience in the off-season use. Full possession and full salvage value
Rapid City, S.D. ...............................................................................190 Miles sells on all bulls in this sale.
Bismarck, N.D. ................................................................................230 miles
CATALOG & PROMOTION:
LIABILITY Cow Camp Promotions ................................ www.cowcamppromotions.com
All persons who attend the sale or view the cattle do so at their own risk. A big thanks to Tracey and her crew!
The owners assume no liability, legal or otherwise, for any accidents that
occur on the sale or viewing premises.
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