2010 Thank Yous

Duncan Livestock would like to thank all of our buyers that supported us in 2010 and wish you all the best with your new purchases in 2011.

Pride of the Isle Farm, Glenn Campbell
Hilda Colodey
Lewis Coombs
Scott Dixon
Seal River Angus, Austin & Ian Drake
Glenn Jay
IFJ Farms, Irwin Jay
Brian & Dora MacKinley
Miltonvale Angus, Colby MacQuarrie
Spud Island Farms, Sanderson Brothers
Rocky Knoll Farm, Bill Withrow

Genex Sires at Agribition

Genex sired entries held their own at the Canadian Western Agribition in Regina, Saskatchewan last month.

SAV Net Worth 4200, SAV Bismarck 5682, and GDAR Game Day 449 led the way for Genex sires in the Black Angus show.

EC No Doubt 2022P and SVY Pilgrim PLD 655S had progeny that showed well in the Charolais show.

Red Six Mile Sakic 832S had many progeny at or near the top of classes in the Red Angus show.

Remington Red Label HR's progeny had a successful Simmental show with placings at or near the top.

Nappan Bull Weights

All 3 of our Angus bulls are officially on test at the Nappan Bull Test Station in Nova Scotia. Following the adjustment period, all bulls were weighed on November 26th.

KJDF Xplorer 80X is a PVF New Horizon son that is halter broke and was part of our show team. He finished 3rd in his class in Charlottetown and 2nd in the live portion of the Igenity Angus Classic and 3rd overall. 80X along with 2 females made up the first place get of sire at Charlottetown. His full brother, KJDF Womanizer 29W sold to Nova Scotia's Rocky Knoll Farm in April of 2010 at the Nappan Test Station Bull Sale. 80X weighed 945 lbs.

KJDF Mr. Xcitement 84X is a SAV Net Worth 4200 son out of a Glen Islay Battle Cry dam. 84X was the Reserve Grand Champion Male at Charlottetown and the Champion Bull Calf in the Igenity Classic. 84X weighed 945 lbs.

KJDF Xplorer 22X is a SAV Net Worth 4200 son that is halter broke. His dam was purchased out of the Georgian Angus Premier Sale in 2009. 22X weighed 943 lbs.

All 3 bulls are for sale at anytime.

More New Arrivals

On Thursday, we had a couple of more new calves arrive. Early in the morning we had a Gigolo Joe bull calf and later in the afternoon we had our first calf by Alias (pictured above at 4 hours old). The Alias bull calf is out of the dam of our high seller at our 2010 sale. The dam known as Rose has averaged just under $1600 in sales on her last 3 calves.

More calves to come by Who Made Who, Gigolo Joe, Eye Candy, Highliner, Tyson, and Alias. Check out our facebook page for more pictures. We've also started using twitter again. Search Duncan Livestock on both pages.

Genex Sires Represented at the Mountain View Farms Dispersal

Several Genex Angus sires are apart of the upcoming Mountain View Farms Dispersal as reference and service sires. Among the sires are SAV Net Worth 4200, SAV Bismarck 5682, BC Lookout 7024, SAV Final Answer 0035, GDAR Game Day 449, Sitz Upward 307R, SAV Pioneer 7031, and TC Aberdeen 759.

First club calf bred arrival of the season came on November 22nd. This Gigolo Joe heifer came unassisted shortly before dusk. This calf could be registered as a Maintainer. The soon to be 9 year old cow wasn't due until December 3rd. Earlier this year, she calved about 2 1/2 weeks early on Jan. 21st. More calves to come in December with Gigolo Joe and Alias being the first sires to see calves from.

Genex Bulls Sire Champions in Toronto and Brandon

BC Matrix 4132 sired the Grand Champion Female and Supreme Champion Angus at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto. This 2 year old showed with her twin BC Lookout 7024 heifer calves.

The Reserve Grand Champion Angus Male was sired by SAV Bismarck 5682.

Genex sires who sired division champions and reserve champions were SAV Adaptor 2213, BC Lookout 7024, SAV Bismarck 5682, and SAV Net Worth 4200.

Manitoba Livestock Expo

SAV Net Worth 4200 also sired the Reserve Grand Champion Male at the Manitoba Livestock Expo.

SAV 004 Density 4336 sired the Champion Heifer Calf and TC Foreman 016 sired the Reserve Champion Heifer Calf in Brandon.

BC Lookout 7024 sired the Junior Champion Female and Connealy Thunder sired the Reserve Champion Bull Calf.

Genex Angus Bulls Sire Champions at American Royal

SAV Bismarck 6852



SAV Bismarck 6852, SAV Pioneer 7301, SAV Providence 6922, and SAV Net Worth 4200 were among the sires of division champions at the American Royal Open Angus Show last week.

Here are the current Canadian prices on these Genex bulls.
Bismarck, $35.
Pioneer, $40.
Providence, $30 for conventional. GenChoice 90 Female $60 (regular price), on sale until December 31st for $50.
Net Worth, $40 for conventional. GenChoice 90 Female $75 (regular price), on sale until December 31st for $60. GenChoice 90 Male $70 (regular price), on sale until December 31st for $55.

For Maritime Genex Beef sales, contact Kurt Duncan. 902-569-5907 (home), 902-393-3032 (cell) or kurtduncan@pei.sympatico.ca or kduncan@crinet.com.

For American Royal Results, visit http://royalresults.wordpress.com/

SVF Star Power S802

SVF Star Power S802 sired the Grand Champion Female at the American Royal this week. He is available from Genex Canada at $40/dose. Here is the link to his Genex page and the link to the American Royal results of the open Simmental show.

For Maritime sales, contact Kurt Duncan.

October 2nd Sale Video

I'm a little late posting this, but here is some footage from our October 2nd sale. Thanks again to all that attended before and during the sale and those that were bidding on the phone. We'll do it all again on October 1st, 2011.

3 Angus Bulls are at Nappan Test Station

SAV Net Worth 4200 pictured above.

On Thursday, October 28th, 3 of our purebred Angus bulls arrived in Nappan, Nova Scotia for the winter test at the Maritime Beef Test Station. Below are links to the 3 pedigrees of these bulls. The bulls are for sale by private treaty if anyone is interested in purchasing them during their test period.


KJDF Xplorer 80X is a PVF New Horizon son that is halter broke and was part of our show team. He finished 3rd in his class in Charlottetown and 2nd in the live portion of the Igenity Angus Classic and 3rd overall. 80X along with 2 females made up the first place get of sire at Charlottetown. His full brother, KJDF Womanizer 29W sold to Nova Scotia's Rocky Knoll Farm in April of 2010 at the Nappan Test Station Bull Sale.

KJDF Mr. Xcitement 84X is a SAV Net Worth 4200 son out of a Glen Islay Battle Cry dam. 84X was the Reserve Grand Champion Male at Charlottetown and the Champion Bull Calf in the Igenity Classic.

KJDF Xplorer 22X is a SAV Net Worth 4200 son that is halter broke. His dam was purchased out of the Georgian Angus Premier Sale in 2009.

Mercedes Benz for 2011 breeding

Mercedes Benz will be part of our breeding program for 2011. For Maritime Breeders, this Ali X Doctor Who bull is available through Genex. Book early to avoid missing out on this hot new sire. Contact Kurt Duncan to have your Mercedes Benz semen booked for this upcoming breeding season. He sells for $33 per dose and is TH and PHA free.

Check out this link for further information on Mercedes Benz, http://www.bpfcc.com/sires/mercedesbenz.html

News on Hereford bull Stocker

Check out this link with news for Genex customers who have purchased Stocker.

http://genex.crinet.com/news1232/1HP00824Stocker-HypotrichosisCarrier

Any Maritime customers can contact me with questions or concerns.

Genex Beef Semen Sales in the Maritimes

Kurt Duncan is the Genex Beef Sales Representative for New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. For information on the Genex Beef sire lineup, you can start by visiting http://genex.crinet.com/. From there, there are many links you can visit to learn more about Genex products.

The Genex Beef page has a variety of links to check out.

Among the highlights are the Canadian Beef Specials for September 1st to December 31st.

For further information on what Genchoice 90 is, check out this link, http://genex.crinet.com/news972/GenexBeefSiresNowAvailableInGenChoice

Here is a very useful link in preparation for breeding season. Top 10 heat detection tips.

If you would like to join our email distribution list to receive news updates regarding Genex Maritime Beef semen, please send a message to kurtduncan@pei.sympatico.ca and we will add you to the list.

For more information on Genex Beef Semen and to have your address added to the Genex mailing list, email Kurt Duncan at kurtduncan@pei.sympatico.ca or kduncan@crinet.com. You can also call 902-569-5907 (home) or 902-393-3032 (cell).

Upcoming Calving Season

It's only been 2 weeks since our sale and once again we would like to thank all those people that attended before and during the sale both in person and on the phone. We counted in excess of 100 people at the sale. The prices and number of animals sold exceeded our expectations and we hope we can have the same results at next year's sale which is set for October 1st, 2011.

The number of hits on our blog was incredible during the 2 weeks prior to the sale. Hits from all over Canada and the US as well as a few from Mexico, Russia, Norway, and many other countries. If you are curious about our blog hits, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on site meter for the details.

As we get ready for next year's sale, we are eagerly awaiting our calf crop that will start arriving in early December. December 3rd is our first due date and our AI calves will keep coming through to late January.

Our club calf sires for this year are Alias, Eye Candy, Gigolo Joe, Highliner, Tyson, and Who Made Who. We have a few purebred angus calves to come from Krone Royal 1140 and SAV Net Worth 4200.

One final note, visit the PEI Angus Association's blog for information on Saturday's Angus in Action Sale, www.peiangus.blogspot.com

Maritime Fall Fair and Quebec Beef Expo (Expo Boeuf) Results

We're not there, but we have been receiving reports from our correspondents in both Halifax, Nova Scotia at the Maritime Fall Fair and Victoriaville, Quebec at Expo Boeuf. If you have other results to add or corrections send us an email at kurtduncan@pei.sympatico.ca.

Maritime Fall Fair is being judged by Garth Rancier.

Angus Show Highlights

Supreme Champion Female, Grand Champion Female and 1st place 2 year old, Miltonvale Angus, PE

Grand Champion Male and Champion Bull Calf, Temple Stewart, PE.

Simmental Show Highlights
Grand Champion Bull and 1st place yearling bull, Spud Island Farms, Sanderson Bros, Cornwall, PE

Grand Champion Female and 1st place 2 year old female, Spud Island Farms, Sanderson Bros, Cornwall, PE.

Reserve Grand Champion Female and Junior Champion Female, Brady Matheson, Forrest Hill, PE.

1st place cow, Spud Island Farms.

Champion heifer calf, Big Ker Simmentals, Kerwin and Karen Delong, NS.

Premier Breeder and Exhibitor, Spud Island Farms.

Hereford Show

Supreme Champion Male and Grand Champion Male, Thunderbrook Farms, NS.

Commercial Show

Reserve Grand Champion Female, Spud Island Farms, PE

Cindrella Classic, judged by Guy Leblanc.

1st place, Shorthorn, Seymour Hurry, PE

2nd place, Simmental, Spud Island Farms, PE

Junior Show, judged by Dale MacPhee

Grand Champion Female, Colby MacQuarrie, PE, Angus.

Reserve Grand Champion Female, Jaclyn Sanderson, PE, Simmental.

Beef Expo is being judged by Terry Labatte.

Simmental

Grand Champion Bull from the 2 year old class, Ferme Leblond.

Reserve Grand Champion Bull and Champion Bull Calf, Ferme Gagnon.

3rd place in bull calf class, Peter and Marlene Gaunce and Family, Hidden Hollow Farm of New Brunswick.

3rd place in the 2 year old bull class, Normand Boisvert with Spud Island Redman.

Hereford

2nd place in a bull calf class, Ben Alward of New Brunswick.

3rd place in a bull calf class, Earlybird Farm, Gordie and Allyson Raymond of New Brunswick.

More results as we receive them...

Sale Results

First of all, on behalf of everyone at Duncan Livestock (Karl & Irene, Kurt, Jenn & Kinley) we would like to thank everyone who attended and participated in our second annual sale. Bids came from all 3 Maritime Provinces and sold to buyers in Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick.

A big thank you to Blair Campbell for his help with the promotion and clipping of all of the sale cattle. Thanks also to Dixie Vickerson for helping out with our beef on a bun lunch. Thank you to the Boswall family, Grant, Karrie, Ryan, Caleb, and Liam for their help on sale day.

Below are the sale results of our October 2nd sale in the order they sold.

Lot 30, purebred Angus heifer, KJDF Willowstick 30W, bred to CMAC Tyson on April 24th for a February 1st, 2011 calf. This heifer has been in our show string for the past 2 years. Sold to Scott Dixon, NB for $1500.

Green tag # 78, steer, Who Made Who X Purebred Angus (Bonshaw First Dynasty) born December 15, 2009. Dam was Champion Angus Heifer Calf at Old Home Week in 2006. September 26th weight 855 lbs. Sold to Brian and Dora MacKinley, PEI for $1600.

Green tag # 85, steer, Monopoly X Purebred Angus (JEM Stockman 3K) born January 18, 2010. Maternal brother was Grand Champion Steer at the Border Classic for Scott Dixon in 2010. September 26th weight 730 lbs. Sold to Glenn Jay, PEI for $2000.

Yellow tag # 6, steer, Who Made Who X Limousin/Angus born December 26, 2009. Dam was Champion Heifer at Easter Beef Show & Sale in 2003. Maternal siblings have been purchased by Brian & Dora MacKinley, bred heifer and Colby MacQuarrie, show steer. This calf is halter broke. September 26th weight 740 lbs. Sold to Randy Sanderson, PEI for $2300.

Lot 21, December 23rd Ali X Angus/Charolais heifer bred back to our angus herdsire KJDF Tombstone 77T. She was observed bred on April 27th for a February 4th, 2011 calf. She is a maternal sister to the lot 9 heifer calf and the 2008 Champion Charolais at the Easter Beef Show & Sale. Sold to Irwin Jay, PEI for $1200.

Lot 34, purebred Angus heifer, KJDF Windstorm 34W, bred to Gigolo Joe on June 1st for a March 10th, 2011 calf. Sold to Irwin Jay, PEI for $1200.

Yellow tag # 7, heifer, Ali X Angus/Limousin born January 5, 2010. This calf is halter broke. September 26th weight 765 lbs. Sold to Randy Sanderson, PEI for $1150.

Green tag # 79, steer, Who Made Who X Purebred Angus (R F Rainmaker 7C58) born December 17, 2009. 3/4 brother to tag # 81. September 26th weight 815 lbs. Sold to Randy Sanderson, PEI for $1350.

Green tag # 77, steer, Who Made Who X Purebred Angus (Sitz Tradition RLS 02), born December 13, 2009. Dam was Champion Angus Heifer Calf at Old Home Week in 2007. September 26th weight 710 lbs. Sold to Irwin Jay, PEI for $1700.

Yellow tag # 4, heifer, Who Made Who X Angus/Maine-Anjou/Simmental born December 25, 2009. September 26th weight 710 lbs. Sold to Hilda Colodey, PEI for $950.

Yellow tag # 5, heifer, Manchild X Angus/Chianinia/Limousin born December 26, 2009. Full sister to prospect heifer purchased by Isabelle Leblanc in 2009. Maternal brother was Reserve Champion 4H steer at the Easter Beef Show in 2008 for Tricia Sanderson. This calf is halter broke. September 26th weight 740 lbs. Sold to Randy Sanderson, PEI for $900.

Yellow tag # 11, steer, Ali X All About You/Limousin born January 26, 2010. Full brother was shown by the McInnis Family at the Border Classic and finished fourth in his class to the Grand Champion. September 26th weight 650 lbs. Sold to Colby MacQuarrie, PEI for $1100.

Yellow tag # 10, steer, Monopoly X Angus/Hereford born January 24, 2010. This calf is halter broke. September 26th weight 710 lbs. Sold to Ian Drake, PEI for $1050.

Yellow tag # 12, steer, Ali X Angus/Limousin born January 28, 2010. This calf is halter broke. September 26th weight 680 lbs. Sold to Lewis Coombs, NB for $800.

Green tag # 25, steer, KJDF Tombstone 77T X Sin City/Angus/Maine-Anjou, born February 6, 2010. September 26th weight 725 lbs. Sold to Scott Dixon, NB for $800.

5 units of Boardwalk semen sold to Glenn Campbell, PEI for $60/unit.

Sale Pen Video

Lot 9 Who Made Who X Angus/Charolais Heifer

Lot 85 Monopoly X Angus Steer

Lot 79 Who Made Who X Angus Steer

Lot 4 Who Made Who X Angus/Maine/Simmental Heifer

Lot 5 Manchild X Angus/Chianinia/Limousin Heifer

Lot 85 Monopoly X Angus Steer

Lot 77 Who Made Who X Angus Steer

Old Home Week Show Results

First of all, a big thank you to those that helped us out during Old Home Week in Charlottetown this past week. Isabelle Leblanc stepped in to be the herdswoman (it's a real word) for KJD Farms' angus entries and did an excellent job. Also a big thanks to Dereck, Jaclyn, Tricia, and Randy Sanderson, and Blair Campbell for their help during OHW.

Here are our results.

KJDF Xplorer 80X (PVF New Horizon 001), 3rd in senior bull calf class and 3rd in the futurity bull calf class. 80X will go to Nappan for the winter bull test. This bull is for sale immediately.

KJDF Mr. Xcitement 84X (SAV Net Worth 4200), 2nd in senior bull calf class, Reserve Grand Champion Male of the open show and Champion bull calf in the futurity. 84X will go to Nappan for the winter bull test. This bull is for sale immediately.

KJDF Xtra Classy 83X (PVF New Horizon 001), 4th in senior heifer calf class and 6th in the futurity heifer calf class. 83X will be for sale at the Duncan Livestock Prospect Steer and Heifer Sale on October 2nd.

KJDF Willowstick 30W (PVF New Horizon 001), 5th in senior yearling heifer class and 4th in the futurity yearling heifer class. 30W will be for sale at the Duncan Livestock Prospect Steer and Heifer Sale on October 2nd. She is due to calve to CMAC Tyson in February pending pregnancy check in late September.

1st place in the Get of Sire with 80X, 83X, and 30W with PVF New Horizon 001 as the sire.

3rd place in the Breeders' Herd with 80X, 83X, 84X, and 30W.

2nd place in the Progeny of Dam with 84X and 30W. The dam is Glen Islay Maggie 19P. Maggie is bred back to SAV Net Worth 4200 for 2011.

Congratulations and a big thanks to all Angus exhibitors on the biggest (54 entries and 15 exhibitors) and best show we have had a OHW in quite some time.

Congratulations to Ernie and Joanne Mutch, JEM Farms and Glen and Ronnie Ford, Wheatley River Farm for winning jackets donated by Duncan Livestock as prizes in the open Angus show. These jackets will also be available to each successful bidder on October 2nd at our sale. 1 jacket per winning bid on live animals only.

Pasture Time

Pictured above is 81X. She is a Who Made Who X Angus (R F Rainmaker 7C58) heifer calf. She sells on October 2nd.

Our steer calves were castrated on Wednesday and Saturday we split up the cattle into 2 groups on the pastures. We have added more pasture pictures to our facebook page.

2010 Border Classic

Congratulations to Scott Dixon on his Grand Champion Steer at the Border Classic in Nova Scotia on the weekend. Scott bought this calf at our 2009 prospect sale. The calf was sired by our herd sire, KJDF Tombstone 77T , a TC Grid Topper 355 son. We will have heifer and steer calves sired by Tombstone for sale this fall. The dam of the Grand Champion steer has a male Monopoly calf by her side this year and he will sell this fall as well.

Congratulations as well to Isabelle Leblanc and Mark Trueman on their recent engagement.

Today's picture is a male Ali calf out of an All About You X Limousin 3 year old that was born in late January.