Another genetic combination that should get your attention if you are serious about advacing your Shorthorn herd into the future. Dottie 72R is one of the most troublefree cows I have ever owned. She has lived on grass and hay since arriving here. She has calved unassisted to 7 different bulls and she possesses the udder of a female 1/3 her age. She is now approaching her 17th birthday. She has settled to her first service every year whether it be a natural or AI breeding. Even after returning from being extensively flushed, she settled AI to the first breeding.

Dr Pepper in my opinion is one of the best breeding beef sires in the breed at the present time. Just ask Creta Haydock if she likes her Dr Pepper calves?  He is also defect free, Myostatin free and homozygous polled. The Grand Champion bull at Agribition a month ago, was sired by Dr Pepper.  

We sold a set of embryos from this genetic combination to Cagwin Farms, Virginisa, IL and they got an excellent set of calves. They used a bull that resulted from these embryos in their herd and also showed him in the US successfully.  

86Z has a great udder with lots of milk. One of her daughters is a beautiful two year old that is presently being flushed for the UK.

 A combination of two of the soundest individuals we have ever owned. These genetics have already resulted in some excellent offspring in both Canada and the US. 

This will be the last opportunity to purchase genetics from Rene Dottie 72R as she is now approaching 17 years of age and while she is still producing good numbers of embryos., we realize that eventually her age will catch up to her.  

We do not know of many doses of the Australian legend Weebollabolla Theodore T85 left in Canada. I have decided to offer two lots of 5 straws each to this sale as a feature. Theodore was the tremendous sire used at Marellan and Royalla in Australia, and he has been called the Shorthorn sire that brought cattlemen back to using Shorthorn bulls again down there, His sons and daughters are functional and have incredible longevity.  They are sound structured and fertile. 

We sold a Theodore son to a large commerical herd several years ago and he was used in that herd for 12 years. They kept almost every daughter as a herd replacement. In our 2017 herd reduction sale, we sold a 10 year old Theodore daughter to Starbright Shorthorns and she is still in production today. 

The Theodore semen that was left in Canada has been shipped back to Australia as the Marellan and Royalla herds are planning to use Theodore in their herds again. This may be your last opportunity to obtain semen from this legendary sire! 

Ultra-Bright was a bull from Andy Withers, Belmore herd in Australia, that some semen was exported to Canada.  He was a bull that was probably ahead of his time!  I have only seen a few Ultra Bright progeny, but I have liked all of them. 

A few years ago, after many weeks of baling hay, I decided to fly to Ontario and tour as many Shorthorn herds as I could over 4 days. On this tour, I saw 4 Ultra-Bright females in 4 different herds. These cows were older, but I thought they were the best cows I had seen in these herds, I tried to buy all of them but each of their owners would not sell them as they were their best cows. I decided that if I ever found any Ultra Bright semen I would use it to flush a couple donors. Last year, I found this semen in an AI cooperative that was using it to breed dairy cows. This was all they had left so I bought it all. 

I am still looking for a picture of Ultra-Bright but haven't found one yet. I know there is one, as I have seen it and I have a mental image in my head. Now if I could just figure out how to transfer this picture from my head to the computer screen!  I will continue to look up until sale day. 

I have decided to offer this semen in this sale as I have to reduce my semen inventory.

Many older Shorthorn breeders will remember the 1978 Agribition show where Claydene Ever Reddy was named the Grand Champion bull for Bert Pepper. He had also been Grand Champion Bull at the Royal Winter Fair that fall as well. Ever Reddy created a real stir in the barns that fall and an even bigger stir when his calves started hitting the ground.  Both his bull and heifer calves were very good and popular. One fall we purchased a load of Ever Reddy bull calves from Bert Pepper and we sold them all to commerical buyers and they were all happy with how these bulls bred. His daughters were thick and fleshy with excellent udders and milk. 
Ever Reddy has a most unique pedigree as he is sired by the legendary Lincoln Red sire, Gotho Signal 3rd. 

This is another semen opportunity that may never be offered again! 

Homedale Flash was the 1991 Grand Champion Bull at Canadian Western Agribition. He was a son of AF Dividend's Impact, the sire that made Schrag Shorthorns in South Dakota a household name in the breed. The Impact daughters in the Schrag herd were simply outstanding. The dam of Flash is Homedale Ruby D4, and excellent daughter of IDS Duke of Dublin. The Ruby cow family has produced many of their best at Homedale for many years. After we sold 10 straws of Homedale Flash in last years sale, two breeders commented that some of their best cows today trace to females that were sired by him. 

We imported semen from Creole 135 after seeing his daughters in production in Frank Kaelher's Homedale herd. They are an impressive bunch with moderate frames, super udders and milk. They appear to be very fertile. Creole 135 has been acclaimed as a bull that is safe for use on heifers, and we have certainly found this to be true. He is also a homozygous polled sire that is defect free. 

Hill Haven Farm in Ontario has purchased the Creole 135 semen we have offered in the last two online sales. They are very pleased with their Creole 135 calves they have got from their heifers. 

We announced last spring that we were officially sold out of Ready Go semen but recently found a few more vials in one of of tanks. 

 Ready Go is a calving ease sire that has been used on heifers for decades. What is even better is that his offspring are excellent breeding pieces. His daughters are legendary for their maternal traits. They are fertile, and have great udders and lots of milk. I don't know of many other bulls that can convert a bad udder to a very good udder in one generation like Ready Go does. He also was homozygous polled and he adds longevity to his offspring. We used Ready Go in our herd for 6 years and then sold him to a breeder in Colorado. Ready Go sold in his dispersal as a 12 year olf bull and sold for breeding again.

Ready Go is the only bull we have sold semen from for almost 50 years and his semen has been used in several countries. This will definitely be one of the last opportunities to purchase his semen!