NEFarmwife
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Bought 2 bred heifers and a young pair at the Spruce Mountain Sale yesterday.
One lot calved a Diablo Deluxe calf. I was interested in Diablo Deluxe since he's a Discovery son. His calving is way outside our window but I honestly bought this pair because of the calf. Mom looks fine, just stayed away from her initially because of the calving window. We'll just breed her in our fall herd as we start to transition several of our girls into two calving groups.
Other two lots had a Playbook calf (parents are a Colonel x Wilks Rita (Exar Denver daughter) and the Gar Ashland calf will be out of a Basin Payweight x Deer Valley Barbara (maternal sib to Plattmere Weigh Up and a granddaughter to JMB Traction). Not familiar with Gar Ashland.
The one who calved already with a Diablo Deluxe is also a Colonel daughter. All look good online... couldn't make it there this weekend, had a death in the family. The bottom two were ones we had circled to purchase... we had about 12 chosen. The one who calved was not.
Wanted ONE good female, I bought 3. They'll arrive this week.
That sale was INTENSE. If I recall correctly, a 43k average? Holy Moly! Big congrats to them.
One lot calved a Diablo Deluxe calf. I was interested in Diablo Deluxe since he's a Discovery son. His calving is way outside our window but I honestly bought this pair because of the calf. Mom looks fine, just stayed away from her initially because of the calving window. We'll just breed her in our fall herd as we start to transition several of our girls into two calving groups.
Other two lots had a Playbook calf (parents are a Colonel x Wilks Rita (Exar Denver daughter) and the Gar Ashland calf will be out of a Basin Payweight x Deer Valley Barbara (maternal sib to Plattmere Weigh Up and a granddaughter to JMB Traction). Not familiar with Gar Ashland.
The one who calved already with a Diablo Deluxe is also a Colonel daughter. All look good online... couldn't make it there this weekend, had a death in the family. The bottom two were ones we had circled to purchase... we had about 12 chosen. The one who calved was not.
Wanted ONE good female, I bought 3. They'll arrive this week.
That sale was INTENSE. If I recall correctly, a 43k average? Holy Moly! Big congrats to them.