The show must go on!

Fall fiesta is cancelled but the fall kickoff is not!  We will be there with all the calves catching rides to So. Utah.  We will also have a select few steers on display out back in the rodeo grounds that will be for sale private treaty.  If you were counting on the fall fiesta to find your steer, no worries.  We will have plenty to pick through.  Be sure to call ahead and place an order with me of what you would like to see.  I will have a really good Spanish Fork size calf on down to the state fair size.  More details coming soon.  Special thanks to the Spanish Fork fairgrounds for working with us and getting this deal all put together.

I am looking for someone to help with clipping jackpot cattle on Friday night and Saturday morning...Please call/text 208-880-7676

I think we found a gentle one

Here is Matthew Anderson from Washington performing a little steer whispering.  This calf has never been tied up or messed with.  He was clipped and that's it!  He will find his new home in St. George, UT.  Good luck Ashcroft family with this absolute gentleman.  The only problem you will have with him is loading him on the truck at the end of fair.

Look at what I found out back!!!

Here is a super cool complete Monopoly with fat steer written all over him.  He is the total package! For Sale Now! $4500

More Calves For Sale!!!

I hope everyone isn't thinking we sold all the calves last Saturday.  I still have a pile of them and some pretty good ones reasonably priced.  Here are a few the people didn't find in the cheaper pens that were bargains at the time.

Lot 92 Hollywood...I love this calf.  These are the types that don't jump out at you at first but just wait till August when he's fat and ready for that purple banner. $2,000

Lot 21 Monopoly...Here's a super stout, soft hairy Monopoly that would work awesome for an early county fair.  $2,000

Lot 20 Monopoly...Here is an embryo calf that is going to be awesome.  The Linnell family bought his full sib brother and they will have him looking sweet in a month guaranteed.  His full sister will be selling in the December female sale.  $1850

Lot 99 Unforgiven...For those of you who are into the super stout clubbies here he is.  $1600

Council, Idaho

I was up in Council today and saw some exceptional Angus cattle.  We are starting to run a lot more angus and I think we have a few pretty good ones.  We are using a lot of the Clubbier type angus blood lines and they are very gentle on the eye as compared to the carcass trait no muscle type.  I saw an awesome Gohr Lutton x OCC Joker and a super sexy LEEs Outlaw x TC Grid Iron.  Both cows were the high selling open and bred angus out of Yardleys about 4 years ago.  I will offer a few of these heifers for sale in the online sale in December.  These are the type of heifers that you can flush either clubby or angus.  Super deep and powerful with hair!

Sale Results

I would just like to thank everyone for a great sale!  Special thanks goes out to Mark Frisbey, Kelsey Stimpson, Marlee Lyons, Ty Lyons, Rene Lyons, and Nikki Van Lith!  If it wasn't for them I don't know how we would have got it all done.  We sold cattle into California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Utah and Nevada.  We still have a lot of county fair type steers for sale so if you are in need of a backup please let me know.
In the mean time we weaned some more calves yesterday in McCall Idaho.  I saw some exceptional Titan x Meyer Daughters (which would make them double bred Meyer).  Everything went smooth other then the Red Rock grandson that was in the cows...I don't mean Lautners bull either.  This is the Red Rock that killed Lane Frost in "8 Seconds."  Its always great to find a bucking bull in your registered Angus cattle!  Look for the heifers to be in my online female sale in December.  If some have a tick of ear you will at least know why :) Here is a picture of the pasture we came out of...

PICTURES!!!!

Here they are finally!  12 hours before the sale starts I have finally posted pictures, thats called bad marketing.  These are a few calves in the top two pens.  I hope you can see these things will only look better once you actually wash and fluff them.  These pics were taken today and some where clipped four days ago and have yet to be rinsed.  Once these calves are pampered you will even be happier with what you buy....Enjoy the cattle

Lot 1 Heatwave on the left and lot 46 Walks Alone on the right

Lot 46 Walks Alone

Lot 53 Monopoly

Lot 1 Heatwave again, as pretty and complete as guy can make one

Lot 65 Hairy Bear x Double Vision

Lot 89 Monopoly x Char

Lot 71 Alias x Radio Active

Lot 31 Monopoly

Lot 42 Bojo x Angus

Lot 28 Bojo x Draft Pick

Lot 27 Rainmaker

Lot 100 Bojo x Meyer...ummm if you are wondering we do start at 1 and go all the way to 104...there are a lot of cattle to sort through.   

Lot 100 again...great for late summer fair

PICS COMING TOMORROW....Hopefully

I have had about 500 phone calls in the last week asking for pics and I have told everyone the same story...probably not going to happen.  Well thanks to the great help of Sarah Fuller (by far the best help I have ever had when it comes to mowing these things out) we got done a day early!  100 Head in two and a half days is not that bad if you ask me.  When you have to load a days work of calves on a semi  to take them back to the yard you know you are getting through them fast. 

I am going to try to take some pictures Friday morning and post them on the blog by mid afternoon...I hope this will trip a few triggers and calm everyone down about asking for pictures.  I wish I could have done a better job but we are just to busy right now.  The calves look great and we are extremely excited to show off this set.
Heres a few phone pics I took at the end of today

This is only HALF of the calves!

Here is my best helper taking the calves to be sorted.  He is also the "make him walk down that fence man" for videos as well as the "get their ears forward guy" for taking pics.  Some calves end up with a bloody nose for not moving or are looking towards the ground in a picture but we make it work.

Last but not least after a long day everyone is in their pen according to price and at the bunk...well this is everyone except the "behind the barn" pen where everyone always wants to go first!

We will have 5 pens of cattle

1-Heifers

2-$1100-1400 Steers

3-$1400-1700 Steers

4-$1700-2000 Steers

5-"Behind the Barn" $2000+

In the heat of things!

We have about 50 head clipped and they are looking good.  We have many that will give ol whitey a run for his money.  Be sure to find the red Hairy Bear Lot 65.  He is a full sib to the 2010 Utah State Fair Champ but BETTER!  And don't forget Mr. Swagger Lot 46.  He was an absolute gentleman when he got his haircut and could be the stoutest calf I have ever sold.  I am sorry I don't have any pictures, we are just to busy trying to mow through these hairy beast


Here is another winner from last year

Congrats to the Naylor family in Utah, Reserve Champion Salt Lake Co. Fair

Clippers NEEDED!

I am in need of some serious help when it comes to clipping!!!

Hopefully we will start on them Monday

More Winners of 2011

Congratulations Gaibler family with their Grand Champion at Yamhill County, OR

Nikki Van Lith with her Reserve Champion at the Cowpokes Classic, ID

More Winners of 2011

 Check out the stud the Burrier Family had from Tulelake, CA

He was pictured in Lautners Semen Catalog last year next to Kemosabe

Congratulations Van Lith Family with their Grand Champion at Canyon County, ID

Congratualation Kasper family with their Reserve Champion at Canyon County, ID

First time showmen and look at the work she put into him!

This is a picture I took with my phone after clipping him for fair

Congratualtions Carlisle Family with their Grand Champion at the

Southern Utah Junior Livestock Show

Congratualtions Brahs Family with their Grand Champion at Valley County, ID

Lot #57 Monopoly x Dr. Who (ET)

This picture was taken a while back, but you have got to see this guy in person.  He is an absolute tank with oodles of hair! He sells Oct 15th!

Winners of 2011...More will be posted daily

Here are a few champions that sold last year and look how affordable they are!

Congratulations to the Holt Family

Grand Champion Prospect Spokane, WA

Grand Champion Cowpoke Classic, ID

sold for $1300

Congratulations Arp Family

Grand Champion Douglas County, OR

sold for $1300

Congratulations Stimpson Family

Reserve Champion Western Idaho State Fair, ID

Sold for $1800

Congratualtions Malson Family

Grand Champion 4H and FFA Payette County Fair, ID

Sold for $2000

The Crown Jewel

The first ever "Crown Jewel Event" was a great success! Special thanks to Brad & Dawn Gohr for hosting one of the best managed/organized sales I have ever attended.  The top steer went to the Wolf Family in Molalla, OR.  Good luck to all the buyers!  Keep me posted how the calves do!