Complimentary Sale Day Lunch Complimentary Sale Day Lunch served at 11:00 am .
Accommodations
BEST WESTERN BURLEY INN, 800 N OVERLAND AVE, BURLEY, ID 83318 A block of rooms has been reserved in Barker Cattle Company’s name at the Best Western Burley Inn. It is newly renovated and offers a hot breakfast and upgrades to their facilities. Make sure you mention BARKER CATTLE COMPANY to get a special rate! Please contact the sales office, 208-678-3501. Call one week in advance to get the special rate.
Directions to the Sale Facility Located in Northwest Burley across from the WSI Grain Elevators. Directions from Twin Falls, Idaho: Take the ramp onto I-84 E, 34.7 miles. Take exit 208 to merge onto ID-27/ N Over- land Ave toward Burley, 2.2 miles. Turn right onto W Main St, 0.5 miles. Turn right onto Occidental Ave, 282 ft. Destination will be on the left. Driving from Pocatello, Idaho: Turn left to merge onto I-86 W toward Airport/ American Falls/ Twin Falls, 58.2 miles. Continue on US 30 W, 0.6 miles. Merge onto I-84 W, 10 miles. Take exit 211 for US-30 toward Heyburn/Burley, 0.3 miles. Turn left onto ID-24 E/US 30 W. Continue to follow US 30 W, 4.7 miles. Turn right onto Occidental Ave, 282 ft. Destination will be on the left. Marketing Your Feeder Calves
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Here at Barker Cattle Company, we want to help you increase the value of your calves. To do this, we’ve joined Allied Genetic Resources to help give our customers access to more markets. Allied Genetic Resources has established a network of over 20+ (and growing) Allied Feeding Partners that feed over 4 million head of cattle per year. These feedlots are looking for cattle that grow and hit grid specs. By purchasing Barker Cattle Company Genetics, the Allied Feeding Partners will be interested in your calves. Let us know when you plan to market your cattle and let us see what we can do to help you gain more value for your calves.
Calving Ease and Heifer Bulls Barker Cattle Company is very serious about providing our customers with bulls possessing adequate calving ease credentials. We have learned that calving ease is not an exact science where a given mating always brings guaranteed results. We have also learned however that EPDs, blood line trends, and low birth weights can be predictive and when used collectively can greatly assist the breeder in his bull selection. We have talked with all the breed associations we affiliate with and have asked them what their standards are to qualify a bull as a “heifer bull”. Most of the breeds will not discuss a set of standards with you. To summarize the collective answers we received, we must conclude that anything under breed average is generally considered qualifying as Calving Ease. We think most seed stock breeders are hesitant to use the “heifer bull” designation too loosely. We know we certainly are. We would strongly suggest that when EPDs are considered, a positive CE preferably in the +5 range and above is very desir- able and a low BW EPD in the +2.5 range and below, even into the negative range, should be what a bull buyer looks for if calving ease is important to him/her. Also, when selecting a calving ease bull, we suggest the birth weight ought to be in the low 80’s and preferably 80 pounds or below. Birth weight has so many causative variables that it should not be used as the sole calving ease determinate by itself. The new 50K testing serves as a great qualifier regarding calving ease and this data is given in percentiles. This data will be available on all PB Angus bulls on sale day as a supplement sheet and their HD50K enhanced test results are reflected in the catalog EPDs.
Calving Ease Stars ****
Very suitable for heifer matings
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Suitable for heifers and very suitable for young cows Suitable for young cows, very suitable for older cows
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Suitable for cows
Breed Categories Referenced in Breed % AN: Angus
SM: Simmental CS: Simmental MA: Maine Anjou
CA: Chianina MX: Mixture
4 Star Rating used for calving ease. 4 stars (****) = top calving ease
RightMate Testing Please see page 4 for more information.
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