Announcements…

*We have been fortunate to hire Jeff Stewart into our program…beyond his Denver and Kearney affiliation with us, where many of you have met Jeff through.  Jeff and his family have relocated into our area.  His familiarity and experience with our program benefits us greatly.          

*Willers Mitten Brand is now on Facebook.  Follow us for regular updates on our program.

*Our apologies for not being able to post current photos of the Denver cattle as planned, due to inclement winter weather.

*Mitten Man, American Jazz and Repair Man are AMF and NHF.

*Happy 70^th Birthday, Bill…on Monday, January 11, while at Denver! 

2010 National Western Stock Show Sale Cattle (Denver)

1. Herd Sire Prospect Display Bull

Selling:

4. Chimaine Bulls (also classified as half blood Maines)

3. High Percentage Maine-Anjou Heifers

1. PB Maine Bull 

All nine head are sired by Mitten Man.  We are stalled in ‘the Yards’ among the Maine-Anjou cattle. 

Please refer to American Chianina Association and American Maine-Anjou Association websites to view respective sale catalogs online if you are unable to attend. 

Maine-Anjou Bull Buyers!…We are selling only one, Maine-Anjou bull through the AMAA Bright Lights Sale (formerly know as the Cattlemen’s Choice Bull Sale) on Saturday.  However, we’d like to bring your attention to the fact that four, Mainetainer bulls are available through the Chianina Sale on Sunday, selling as first generation Chimaine’s. 
 

Here are our 2010 Denver sale cattle particulars. 
Sales take place in ‘the Yards’ at the Livestock Center Auction Arena

AMERICAN MAINE-ANJOU ASSOCIATION’S
“BRIGHT LIGHTS” BULL AND FEMALE SALE
Saturday, January 16, 2010
3:00 p.m., Mountain Time

            Pen of Three High Percentage Maine-Anjou Show & Sale Heifers 

LOT 23…¾ Maine-Anjou Heifer:

            BFW MM Edie Q350W (AMAA: 400548); 3/24/09

            Mitten Man x Maine Break/Angus

LOT 24…¾ Maine-Anjou Heifer:

BFW MM Bree Q552W (AMAA: 400549), 3/6/09

Mitten Man x Taz/Maine Break

            LOT 25…Purebred Maine-Anjou Heifer:

BFW MM Gaby Q633W (AMAA: 400719), 3/2/09

Mitten Man x Irish Whiskey/Iceman (GCC Abalonia 0560)

 Individual Maine-Anjou Sale Bull

            LOT 120…Purebred Maine-Anjou Bull: 

BFW Exit Strategy Q566W (AMAA: 400550), 3/9/09

                        Mitten Man x Ice Pick/Red Knight
 

AMERICAN CHIANINA ASSOCIATION’S
“PEAK OF PERFORMANCE & STYLE” BULL AND HEIFER SALE
Sunday, January 17, 2010
12:30 p.m., Mountain Time


Individual Sale Bull
LOT 3…Chimaine Bull:
BFW Ride It Out K609W 1CM (ACA: 344566), 2/4/09
Mitten Man x BEF Executioner 1CA/YR Pollette 61B 2CA
(*16.21% Chi)

    
Pen of Three Sale Bulls (*All full sibs to BFW Repair Man)
Chimaine Bulls (also registerable as AMAA Mainetainer bulls):
LOT 4A…BFW Hot Iron G386W 1CM (ACA: 344570), 2/1/09
LOT 4B…BFW Big Iron K517W 1CM (ACA: 344569) 2/8/09
LOT 4C…BFW Angle Iron W105W 1CM (ACA: 344568) 2/13/09 
Mitten Man x MTN Martina 116J 2CA (Impulse/Grissley Mitten)
(*10.645% Chi)


BFW Eye Opener E147W
ACA: 344566     AMAA: 402412
2010 Denver Display Bull 

Above, BFW Eye Opener E147W (Mitten Man x Grissley Mitten/Maine), will travel to Denver as our herd sire display bull.  We have elected to retain this black baldy in our program.  We have consigned his (bwf) full sisters in recent years at Denver through the Chianina breed sale.  PHAF, THF, AMF, NHF.            

Fall Born Calves For Sale

October 2009 Club Calf Sale

Our sincere thanks to those attending our club calf sale or bidding off site, as a guest consigner on Rocking J’s Purple Ribbon Sale.  Folks from 14 states were registered bidders.  If you requested registration papers on sale day, Maelyn has all of the cattle registered and transferred.

Congratulations to Bushy Park Farm, Mitchell, SD, exhibitor of the Grand Champion Chianina Bull at the South Dakota State Fair.  He then competed against all other breed champion bulls, being selected as the Supreme Champion Bull.

BFW Letters From Home 2CA was originally exhibited and sold at the ACA Peak of Performance and Style Show/Sale by us at the National Western (Denver) in January.  He is known at Bushy Park as BFW Mile High 2CA

Mitten Man x Heat Seeker/Hostage Exhibitor: Dan Trbovich Family, OH Sold by: Grauer Show Cattle, OH Breeder: Ken McClellan, IA	Mitten Man x Heat Seeker/Witch Doctor  Exhibitor: Dave Palmer Family, OH Sold by Baughman Show Cattle, OH Breeder: Steve Lacy Family, OH

Special recognition to the Trbovich and Palmer families who showed their Mitten Man sired steers to essentially the highest possible levels in the 2009 Ohio Best Program!  These steers posted a combined record of 11 Maine-Anjou champions and 7 reserve Maine-Anjou champions. They ranked #1 and #2 in the Maine-Anjou steer division and were #2 and #3 over all breed steers in the program.

MITTEN MAN SIRES A DENVER BREED CHAMPION…In addition to this bull’s attractive phenotype, Repair Man topped all “Peak of Performance and Style” Chi bulls for REA at Denver with a 17.92 cm.  This is the second consecutive year our Mitten Man sired bull consignment possessed this distinction.

2009 ACA Grand Champion Peak of Performance and Style Chianina Bull
BFW Repair Man 1CM (Known at Denver as BFW Mud On The Tires)
First Generation Chimaine / Half Blood Maine
Sire: BFW Mitten Man Q35P  Dam: Impulse/Grissley Mitten
Don and Bellana Putz, Otley, IA purchased this double papered bull.
(ACA: 338063 and AMAA: 394759)

Repair Man’s dam is a full sibling to BFW Mile High 2CA pictured below, adding further credibility to this Denver breed champion.

SEMEN DISTRIBUTED BY: SEK Genetics
 

2009 High Selling ACA Peak of Performance and Style Chianina Bull
BFW Mile High 2CA (Known at Denver as BFW Letters From Home)
Second Generation Chiangus
Sire: WYR Impulse   Dam: Grissley Mitten /Angus

Without question, Mile High made an impression with Chiangus enthusiasts at Denver.  Bidding was aggressive by prominent programs, with Bushy Park Farm, Mitchell, SD acquiring this high selling ACA Peak bull.

Statistically, Mile High weighed in with having the heaviest WDA with 4.07#. His registration number is ACA: 338159.

Mile High is a full sib to our 2003 Grand Champion Pen of Three Chi Bulls at Denver, 2002 Show Calf Cruise Supreme Champion Pen of Three Heifers, former herd sire “Check Please”, and several cows in our herd. His full sister raised our Denver champion, Repair Man.

SEMEN DISTRIBUTED BY: SEK Genetics, Cattle Visions and Top Sires
 

GEF Survivor 822U
(Known at Denver as GEF Storm Trooper)
AMAA Cattlemen’s Choice Sale Bull Consignment
by Geffert Cattle Company, La Valle, Wisc.
¾ Maine-Anjou
Sire: BK Lifeline 258J Dam: GEF Naughty Business

NEW TO OUR PROGRAM…it’s been a good number of years since we’ve made a bull purchase at Denver. Survivor naturally serviced cows here at the farm this spring/summer and is now at North American Breeders, VA, for semen collection.

Owned jointly with Wagonhammer Ranches, Albion, Nebr., and Select Sires, Plain City, Ohio.

Shea Geffert’s sale catalog comments read: “Possibly the best calf ever raised by this dam, another maternal sibling to Dirty Harry sired by Lifeline. This bull, as his name indicates, had a small fight with the Wisconsin winter of 2008 and lost part of his tail and tips of his ears. Never the less, he might be the most powerful bull calf of our Denver string. His birth weight is low at 75 lbs. He may also be a candidate for use on heifers. He has the most mass and power carried in a bull that I have not seen in a long time. He is moderate in his frame, extremely thick in his muscle pattern, very soft in his overall make up and with great hair. All of this and yet he can still get out and move extremely well. Other than the small run in with old man winter, this bull may be one of the best I have come across in quite some time.”

SEMEN DISTRIBUTED BY: Select Sires, Effective Fall 2009

WILLERS ANGUS

2009 Maine-Anjou Voice Ad

We will register/transfer eligible cattle at our expense by contacting Maelyn within 30 days of the date of sale.