Sunday, October 31, 2010

Angus Breeder Profile

 Ron and Tracey Whalen
O'Faelan Farms Inc 
 
Herd is 125 cow/calf approximately half purebred angus from LLB Angus in Alberta, the other half purebred Gelbvieh, with some commercial crossbreds and simmental crosses as well. Bulls are imported from Ontario and Western Canada and are the best available, as well as we do 1/4 of the herd as AI each year. 

We always have heifers available and currently have seven simm cross heifers bred angus available at $850 per head and are due in May 2011.

For more information, contact Ron Whalen at drrwhalen@yahoo.ca.

O'Faelan Farms
Ron, Tracey, Sean, Hannah, and Ciara Whalen
165 Hermitage Road
Prince Edward Island
Canada C0A 2E0
(902)651-2006

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Saturday, October 30, 2010

Good luck to Prince Edward Island representatives at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto.  4H members participating in the National Junior Beef Heifer Show with purebred Angus entries will be Ellen Dixon, Colby MacQuarrie, Kaitie McAloney, James Worth, and Patrick Holland.  Other members of the team are Kyle Younker, Hannah Dixon, Brady Matheson, Tricia Sanderson, and Dereck Sanderson.

Good luck to Angus breeder Julie Mutch who is participating in the Young Speakers for Agriculture Competition at the Royal.

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Atlantic Stockyards Observations




Here are 3 observations from Sean Firth, owner of Atlantic Stockyards following the October sale which featured Canadian Angus Association Green Tagged Calves. 
1. Approximately 15% of the calves sold are Angus or Angus influenced.
2. The Angus calves when grouped properly will sell at or slightly below (5 cents) the Char calves, but 12-15 cents over the average of all calves at similar weights.
3. Vaccinated cattle regardless of breed were sold at a $47 per head premium over non vaccinated calves, this is a consistent trend.

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Semen for Sale

Wayne and Jessie Crosby of Havenview Farms have the following semen available for sale.

Angus
WCC Adventure S212, for a picture and further information on him, visit http://www.llbangus.com/Upcoming_Sales_files/Reference%20Sires.pdf, he is reference sire R.  There are 40 straws available on him.

Simmental
SVF Star Power, http://www.cattle.com/semen/bulls/SVF+Star+Power.aspx  There are 7 straws available.

SAS T101 Sweet Meat, http://www.cattle.com/semen/bulls/SAS+T101+Sweet+Meat.aspx There are 3 straws available.

Club Calf
All About You, http://www.cattle.com/semen/bulls/All+About+You.aspx  There are 3 straws available.

For more information and prices, contact Jessie Crosby at 902-675-3204.

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Angus in Action Sale Results

Below are the results from today's sale.  If there are errors or if you have further information, please send them to kurtduncan@pei.sympatico.ca


The 12th annual Angus in Action Sale was held at Nappan NS on October 16. 

Three purebred heifer calves averaged $1733 while 5 purebred bred heifers averaged $1395. Eleven commercial females averaged $1482.

The highest-selling purebred was JEM Classy Lady 8X, consigned by Julie Mutch of Earnscliffe PE and purchased by Nicole Booth of Jolicure NB for $2700.

The highest selling commercial female was consigned by Sue & Steve Darragh of Pugwash NS; she was purchased by Dan Beal of Sackville NB for $1750.

The PEI Angus Association would like to thank the consignors, buyers and auctioneer Andy Carter for making the Sale a success.

Volume buyer, Dan Beal.

Purebred Angus

Lot 3 sold to Nicole Booth for $2700.

Lot 1 sold to Mark Oulton for $1300.

Lot 2 sold to Taylor Welch for $2500.

Lot 6 sold to Robert Wheaton for $1625.

Lot 7 and 8 sold to Mark Oulton for $1475 each.

Lot 4 and 5 sold to Maple Meadow Farms for $1200 each.

Angus-crossbreds

Lot 18 sold to Dan Beal for $1600.

Lot 17 and 19 sold to Dan Beal for $1750 each.

Lot 11 sold to Brodie Trenholm for $1375.

Lot 12 sold to Clarence Estabrooks for $1550.

Lot 13 and 14 sold to Maple Meadow Farms for $1375 each.

Lot 15 sold to Dan Beal for $1550.

Lot 16 sold to Dan Beal for $1675.

Lot 9 and 10 sold to Richard Feeney for $1150 each.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Saturday is Sale Day

The Angus in Action Sale happens on Saturday, October 16th in Nappan, Nova Scotia.  Here is the link to the catalog, https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B93dteyJ75H-NDFiZjExNzUtODE3ZC00MmU2LTliZjctNTEwZGEyZjJkYTM1&hl=en

For more information on any sale animals, please contact the consignors.

Sale day phone if needed, contact Kurt Duncan, 902-393-3032.

Herefords sell first, Angus second, and Shorthorns third.