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