Saskvalley Bonanza 219M

[coyote]

Here is a picture of Bonanza at 8 years old, half way through breeding season.
Hope he last the rest of the season and dosen't get too run down.

 

[GM]

Wow!  Looks great!!!  He's a tank.

 

[sue]

You're starving him.

 

[Endless Meadows]

I'd say he has a long way to go before he gets rundown.  I'm going to use him on the flush of our Tangerine cow.  I can't wait to see how that will work out!

 

[OH Breeder]

Could you get him a bucket of grain or something. The poor thing. His skin is just hanging.  ;D

Did you all collect him? WOuld you say he is about frame score 5 I am guessing?

 

[mark tenenbaum]

He is stout-he also has the broad shorter muzzled  head that throws back to the older polled shorthorns of the 30s-early 60s-you have to look at the older history books-to see how pretty those cattle were.As allways-sure like to see him from behind-good bull for sure O0

 

[trevorgreycattleco]

Awesome bull! <beer>

 

[sue]

Can you scratch his ear for him

 

[sjcattleco]

Bonanza is one of the best bulls I have ever seen!
he is bigger than a frame 5 but not alot!  I would guess him at a low 6... but that is very moderate considering... Saskvalley had a bull very similar to him runing with their commercial cows. 

 

[coyote]

Last time we measured him he was 56 inches.
Sue do I have to scratch his ear today or can I finish haying?

 

[linnettejane]

sweet!  <cowboy>

 

[trevorgreycattleco]

Interesting to read the responses on cattle today compared to here on SP. He sure got some people talking over there. Good for you.

 

[sue]

Last time we measured him he was 56 inches.
Sue do I have to scratch his ear today or can I finish haying?

You better finishing haying .. but right afterwards

 

[sue]

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[Okotoks]

An indication of how great a bull Bonanza is that he looks fantastic even in an unposed photo. We just flushed our Dottie 55G cow to his sire and got eleven # 1 embryos! The heifers I've seen by Bonanza are all the deep bodied easy keeping kind

 

[RedBulls]

I used Bonanza last year. I have been very pleased with the results. I took these photos last night. I had just turned a set of cows into a new pasture on Saturday, so there is plenty of grass. I don't creep feed. The pasture they had just come off of was getting pretty short. This is YY Cartwright 145X. DOB 2/9/10, Actual BW 81 lbs. A good prospective customer asked me to leave the horns on him. I have two more Bonanza calves (bull and heifer), both polled, solid red, and looking good! I'm not sure how to upload photos, so hope this works!

I always like to see the maternal side of the equation. This is his dam.  Scot, you're sure on the right track! I'll look forward to getting more Bonanza semen.

 

[sue]

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[coyote]

Ralph Thanks for taking the pictures, the bull calf looks like to be a good one.

 

[garybob]

Will his horns curve downward like the old Scottish cattle, or will they go upward like the modern-day Milking Shorthorns ( which are NOT Dual-purpose), or ever-which-a-way like the Irish bloodlines?

GB

 

[Redbulls#2]

Will his horns curve downward like the old Scottish cattle, or will they go upward like the modern-day Milking Shorthorns ( which are NOT Dual-purpose), or ever-which-a-way like the Irish bloodlines?

GB

GB- I'm not sure about the horns. I always thought the downwards curve was due to the horns being weighted. Was the downward curve of the old Scots bred cattle just natural? In any regard, I think the Bonanza bull produces some good ones. Coyote has posted pictures on his website of very easy fleshing daughters with great udders. I like the way Muridale and Saskvalley Shorthorns manages their herd under low input conditions.