Summer 2012 Update

It's been WAY too long since I've updated the blog.  It's been an incredible summer for many great...and not so great...reasons.  Let's start with the great.  Show season has been in full swing and MCF cattle have been performing very well for our customers.  We recently wrapped up the Junior National in Nebraska and had a great weekend.  Great kids and great families make our business very enjoyable.  The not so great?...we need rain desperately, but so does everybody else...so we'll save that complaint for another day (maybe a rainy day?)

Since I've procrastinated so long in getting pictures up on the blog there are a lot to get to...

Arkansas Jr. Preview Champion Hfr
 MCF S109 Pearl 10Y ET - owned by Amanda & Justin Bacon, Arkansas
S109 x Giselle






MCF 19N Nitra 06Y ET - owned by Miranda Edenburn
Reserve Champion Heifer at Univ. of Illinois Hoof n Horn
Nitro x Kella

MCF L18 Last Call 45Y - owned by Sydney and Tayton Espenscheid-Stolee, Wisconsin
Class winner at Junior National
Surrender (L18) x Kella granddaughter

MCF L18 Temptation 37Y - owned by Sydney Espenscheid-Stolee
Surrender (L18) x 2N








MCF 19D California Girl 31Y - owned by Hausner Cattle Company, Pennsylvania
19D x Hard Rock

The show season continues in a couple weeks at the Illinois State Fair.  Be sure to look us up in the brick barns.  We are bringing a string of baby calves to preview the 3rd Annual Football Frenzy Bid-Off Sale.  Be sure to mark your calendars for Oct. 6-7 to come select your show heifer or steer for next year.  

Illinois Beef Expo & Wisconsin Hereford Association Sale Consignments

Hi all - hope the new year is treating everyone well!  Very busy around here as we are heavy into calving season.  More on that in a future blog post.  Today I am highlighting our consignments to this weekend's Illini Classic, held at the Illinois Beef Expo and the Wisconsin Hereford Association's Spring Sale, held March 3rd.  Call Andrew with any questions (815) 238-2381.

LOT 8 - Elite Embryo Auction - Held Friday evening Feb. 24th

4 embryos by Remitall Online 122L x H GH Adin 9019 ET

Cow power!  The dam of these embryos is a full sister to H GH Belvakay 9014 ET, the Southeast Region Show Heifer of the Year and H GH Elegance 0111 ET, the 2011 World Beef Expo Champion Heifer. 

 

The combination of Online with L18 and two of Hoffman's most dominant and profitable females, H Paula 625 ET and the 2003 cow, is a potent recipe for success.  Awesome projected EPD profile, and unlimited potential to build your herd from the ground up with this mating.  This will be the last package we sell of this mating!

 Projected EPD's:BW 4.1  WW 55  YW 91  M 28  M&G 56





H GH Belvakay 9014 ET



H GH Elegance 0111 ET





LOT 28 - Illini Classic - Saturday Feb 25th at 11am

MCF 13P Revelation 39Y

DOB: 4/14/11

Sire: VCF G727 Recon 13P

Dam: MCF 2N Mirage 12U

 

April show heifer prospect that combines a striking look with a rock-solid maternal pedigree.  She gets better everyday! 

 

Check out the maternal greats in her pedigree...46B, Ratchett, 815 and Pippen 33E.  Her sire, Recon, continues to leave his mark on our herd by producing females with excellent udder quality and longevity.  Recon daughters have consistently raised some of our high sellers including Revelation's maternal sister who was one of our high sellers last year in our fall sale to Harfst Herefords.  

LOT 23 - WI Hereford Assn. Spring Sale - Saturday March 3rd at Noon

MCF 609 Euphoric 11Y

 

 

DOB: 2/9/11

Sire: H Easy Deal 609 ET

Dam: MCF 13P Halle 10W

 

A complete, sound structured and well balanced female sired by the 3-time National Champion, Easy Deal.  Hard to pick holes in this cherry red heifer that we feel is a can't miss cow prospect with the style and femininity needed for the showring. 

Her dam is a knockout 3-year old Recon daughter that traces back to the powerful 3730 cow, Wrangler 19D and Ratchett.  A number of females from this cow family have produced some of our high sellers over the past few years.

 

64# birth weight.  Polled. Sells with 2 units of the 2011 World Beef Expo Supreme Champion Bull, PHH PCC 812 True Grit 002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 



Fall 2011 Show Success

It's been TOO long since I posted an update!  Hope everyone is having a great fall!  Fortunately we don't have any of the white stuff on the ground yet...but it can't be far off.  It's hard to believe that we'll be calving cows in less than a month!!! 

We've been busy hitting the show road watching our customers and sharing in their success.  Cattle sold by us were exhibited at World Beef Expo, Louisville and the Badger Kick-Off Classic.  Results are below:

Justin & Amanda Bacon of Arkansas with MCF S109 Pearl 10Y ET.  Named Calf Champion at the Louisville Jr. Show.  "Pearl" is a February daughter of GO 3196 Advance S109 out of our Online donor, RRR 122L Giselle 0408 ET.  See her in Denver.  CONGRATS!

Kendra Snyder of Illinois with MCF Enuff Envy 25X

"Envy" wrapped up a super show career by winning her class at the Louisville Jr. Show.  Kendra and "Envy" had a fun year and accomplished quite a bit!

• Lousiville Jr. Show Class Winner
• World Beef Expo Division Champion
• Midwest Regional Jr. Show Division Champion
• Reserve Champion Hereford Pioneer Showdown
• Undefeated Hereford Champion at 4 county fairs

CONGRATS to Kendra and her family!

Huisheere family of Wisconsin with
MCF L18 Last Call 45Y.  Class winner at the Badger Kick-Off Classic.

This May heifer is a L18 granddaughter that traces back to the Kella cow.

Look forward to following her in the coming year.  Congrats! 

Continued thanks to all of our customers!  Your success and satisfaction is what we strive for.  Let us know if we can be of any help.  Merry Christmas!

Exciting News!

We are very excited to announce that our lead herd sire, AA Airline 972 ET, was recently named the Northeast Region Show Bull of the Year!  Airline was Champion Bull at the 2010 Illinois State Fair, Reserve Grand Champion Bull at Keystone and Division Champion at Louisville.  His first set of calves were exactly what we expected and hoped for...stout, big bodied and sound...true cow prospects.  It's never too early to think about breeding season.  Semen is for sale at $35 per straw. 

AA Airline 972 ET

Online x Airwave

Owned with Thousand Hills Herefords and Able Acres



World Beef Expo Show Results

Catching up on old but exciting news.  World Beef Expo was the week before our sale and so I haven't had time to get pictures up.  We had a great weekend...no, a fantastic weekend!  Thanks to our partners and friends who helped make the weekend unforgetable!

PHH PCC 812 True Grit 002

Supreme Champion Bull

About Time x 417L x Boomerang

Owned with Pierce's Hereford Haven

Semen for sale $30

See him in Louisville & Denver

H GH Elegance 0111 ET

Champion Hereford Heifer

L18 x Paula

Owned with Lauren McMillan - Rustic Oaks Farm

Flush Inquiries Welcome

MCF Enuff Envy 25X

Division Champion

Owned by Kendra Snyder

Purchased from MCF

 MCF 19N Nitra 06Y ET

Reserve Calf Champion

Owned by Miranda Edenburn

Purchased in the Football Frenzy Bid-Off Sale

Sale Wrap-Up

The 2nd Annual Football Frenzy Bid-Off Sale is officially in the books, and what a weekend it was!  Awesome people and great weather helped make it a memorable weekend.   

We were thrilled with the turnout and interest that everyone showed in our program.  The bidding action was strong and sale results were the best we've experienced. 

Thank you to all who purchased cattle and a special thank you to all of the contending bidders!

All together, we sold:

11 heifers

5 steers

3 embryo packages

1 flush

2 semen packages 

Cattle are heading to great homes in 5 different states.  Full sale results can be found on the website,

mudcreekfarms.com

We can't forget to thank all the folks that had a hand in helping us get ready for the sale:

Linda G, Christy G and Grandma Gitz for the food preparation...I don't think anyone left with an empty stomach.  

Jake Snyder, Caleb Ahrens, Addison Storey and Cole Baker for all the clipping, washing, blowing and cattle prep.



Cassie Bacon, Rural Route Creations, for the photography, catalog and advertising.  http://www.ruralroutecreations.org/

Chad "Slurpy" Bicker for the crooked fences...

All of our sponsors including Farm Credit, VitaFerm, Purina Feeds, Hueber Feeds and Orangeville Animal Health Services.

And last but not least...Rick G for everything else in between!

We hope you can make it to the 3rd Annual Football Frenzy Bid-Off Sale next year!



Crunch Time - Sale Week

Sale week is here!  Everything is coming together nicely for this weekend and we look forward to hosting everyone Saturday and Sunday for the 2nd Annual Football Frenzy Bid-Off Sale.  The cattle look great and we are anxious to display the cattle.  There is definitely something for everyone, whether you are looking for next year's show heifer or steer prospect, your next foundation female or flush/embryo/semen packages.  Details and information on all sale lots can be found on our website, http://www.mudcreekfarms.com/

The past few days have been unbelievable for us as we had quite a bit of success at World Beef Expo and also received exciting news today from the AHA.   

- Friday began by earning Reserve Calf Champion with MCF 19N Nitra 06Y ET.  This heifer is Lot 1 in our sale this weekend!  
- Kendra Snyder exhibited MCF Enuff Envy 25X, a May yearling, and was Division Champion.  Congrats Kendra and family on doing a great job with Envy.  She was purchased in last year's Football Frenzy Bid-Off.  
- To top it off, our April heifer, H GH Elegance 0111 ET, was named Champion Heifer!  We own this female with the McMillan family, and Lauren did an outstanding job showing her all year!  A flush and embryo packages sell in our sale on her full sister, H GH Adin 9019 ET.

Our great day continued in the bull show as PHH PCC 812 True Grit 002 was named Champion Hereford.  On Saturday evening he was named Supreme Champion Bull.  What a thrill for us and the Pierce family!  Great job to Travis and his crew!  A semen package sells on Grit in the sale this weekend.

Today we received a letter from the AHA informing us that AA Airline 972 ET, our senior herd sire, had been named the Northeast Region Show Bull of the Year.  A semen pacakge sells on Airline this weekend in the sale.  Needless to say, the past few days have been incredibly memorable!!!  Thanks to everyone who complimented and congratulated us!

Short video of the Supreme Champion Bull Drive at World Beef Expo

Peyton was anxious to drink from the big trophy cup!