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.

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!

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.

Bids close Wednesday, November 5 at 7:00 pm Central Time.

Land of Lincoln Internet Hereford Sale

Pictured is our consignment to the 1st Annual ILPHA Land of Lincoln Internet Sale November 4 (bidding closes at 7). BOF TINA CLUB 910 is an April 13th polled Hereford heifer out of our new bull Purple Cotton Club. Purple Cotton Club is a Reload x CRR D03 Cotton. Both were National Champions. BOF Tina’s dam is Purple Tina-Faye (a grand daughter of Keynote). This is the first heifer we have offered out of Cotton Club and we are very excited about this offering. Visit www.ilpha.com for catalog and sale information.

BOF Tina Club 910

Division Champion 2009 Illinois State Fair, Class winner 2009 IJHA Preview Show.

The show season is over. BOF  Gold  Load is the Reserve Champion Polled Hereford Bull at the Illinois State Fair. He is for sale, so give me a call or e-mail for more information. Full sister was a class winner at the 2007 Junior Nationals for Dean Adcock.

I have found  a couple of nice recources I would like to share with our customers. Many times, people wonder where different parts of the steer certain cuts come from. I have a link here to a downloadable chart that explains it pretty well. It’s called the Beef made easy retail cuts chart and is provided by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association at the retail beef site.

The other site that I like, is the Beef it’s what’s for dinner site. (I take back some of the bad things I said about the National Cattlemen’s Association earlier today). It has some great recipes and a lot of nutricious information about beef for the consumer.

Finally, I should note the Certified Hereford Beef program. It promotes healthy, safe and great tasting beef without the added “enhancement” of water. That is the breed we beleive is the best, and so do our customers.

Last weekend we attended the Illinois Junior Hereford Association Preview Show in Taylorville. This is a two day show with bred & owned, cow calf, bulls and steers being shown on Saturday and the owned heifers shown on Sunday (Fathers Day). Congratulations to the Polled winners the Collins family, and the horned winners Bauers and Jones (bred by Del Hawk Herefords).

All in all, we had a pretty good weekend. Our fall bull was a class winner (see his picture) and the Harfst heifer Jake bought at the preview show placed 4th (beating a couple of high dollar heifers that had previously beat him in Roseville).

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In the produce department, the mums are continuing to grow at a rapid pace. I finished planing the last couple rows of sweet corn yesterday, yes, on June 25th. Hope to have some produce at the farmers market soon.