Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
Happy Holidays from Big Oak Farm
Happy Holidays from Big Oak Farm
Polled Hereford Bull:
Buddy – $1700
5 year old proven (past show) polled bull. Extremely docile, low birthweight, good maternal calving ease. Does a great job on hereford cattle or black cattle (add an average of $50 to your market animals)!
Bred Cow
708 – $1400
Due in April. Bred to Cotton Club (Reload x CRR Cotton) and out of a very good DelHawk horned cow.
Open Show Heifers:
1006 (P606 x Maxine) et dob 3/3/10 – $2500
Embryo heifer out of our best cow.
1007 (Cotton Club x Jodee) dob 3/6/10 – $2500
This heifer is entered into the Illinois Beef Expo Sale in February
1013 (Cotton Club x 603) dob 4/12/10 – $1200
Cotton Club is out of 2 national champions (sire and dam), cow was a class winner at the Badger Kick Off Classic in Wisconsin. She will grow to be a real good cow.
1015 (Cotton Club x Vanity) dob 5/23/10 (twin) – $1100
Vanity has only had a couple of heifers, the last one was 2nd high point winner in Missouri.
1019 (Buddy x Penny) dob 8/15/10 – $1000
Our of our herd bull Buddy (Channing sone) and a solid cow from Rustic Oak Farm
1021 (Buddy x Luvy) dob 8/22/10 – $1000
Herd bull by a cow that was purchased from Randy Owens, Tennessee River Music Co.
All these heifers have a solid foundation and good EPD numbers

Become a friend on facebook (just click the facebook icon on the left) , I hope to update it a little more than I do the blog. Maybe a new years resolution will be to post more often (and a little better content).
We have a very nice set of show heifers that we are offering for sale this year at reasonable prices. Pictured below is Jo Club 913, we have a full sib to her that we are offering. Jo Club was our lead heifer last year. She is a natural calf out of our top Hawk Heifer Tonic Jodee (class winner at the Illinois State Fair) and our bull Purple Cotton Club (Reload X CRR Cotton – 2 National Champions). You can see her excellent EPDS here.
Check back soon for more pictures as we are just weaning calves this weekend. Look for consignments in future sales: Land of Lincoln Internet Sale, Rock Island Breeders Sale and the ILPHA Illini Classic.
Call the cell or e-mail for more information or to set up a visit.

BOF Jo Club-we are offering a full sib for sale.
This is a short photo collage of the 2010 mum planting experience at Big Oar Farm. It was truly a family event with everyone pitching in. We were able to plant approximately 3150 mums in 2 days. The process involves filling the 10″ pots with the soil/mixture that we made in the spring, transporting the pots to the mum field (approximately 120 at a time), unloading the pots in the proximity of where they are to be placed, planting the mum seedlings, placing the tags in the pots and then aligning the pots and plants to the drip lines.
We just got back from the Illinois Beef Expo. Jake exhibited two heifers. Pictures of the show is below. We still have some quality show heifers and steers for sale starting at $1200 for the heifers and $900 for steers. We have a very exciting calf crop consisting of heifers and steers out of Purple Cotton Club 33T ET (National Champion CRR D03 Cotton x National Champion LaGrand Reload).
I also have 1 bull for sale LF 3H L36K CHANNING 510 (Buddy). This 5 year old herd bull has been very successful in assisting with a balancing EPD’s in our herd. I am happy to say that I have never pulled a calf sired by Buddy. At the Illini Classic Embryo auction, Steve Lorenzen sold 6 eggs maternally related to Buddy (including 3 full sibs). Give Jay a call at 309.778.0811.
We can deliver cattle from coast to coast for approximately $300.
Also, thank you Frank Baliff, Earlysville VA for purchasing Gold Load!
Happy Holidays from Bohnsack Big Oak Farm.
Thank you to all of our friends and customers (who have become friends) for a great year. Remember, if you would like to order beef for the winter, please give us a call. We still have show heifers for sale starting at $1200.