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Leveldale Farms
Established 1852, Mason City Illinois"Top quality genetics in Shorthorn, and Durham Reds "
Leveldale back from a great National Western Stock Show in Denver!
National Western Stock Show snapshots:
Champion Pen of Heifers.
Leveldale Rusty 907W. He is the outstanding full brother to Leveldale Ruth 903W. Picture is Jim Brouwer of Parkersburg, Iowa the purchaser of full possession. Rusty was one of the highest performing and most attractive bulls in Denver with two full sisters in the Champion Pen of Heifers.
The top selling female in the National Sale – “The Summit” the Pick of the Leveldale Pen of Heifers.
“Pick of the Pen” at the Summit, National Shorthorn Sale January ,2010 at Denver, Colorado
This was the top selling individual live lot in the sale. Leveldale Ruth 903W was selected by Maple Stone Farm, Robert& Carolyn Ridler, Orton, Ontario, Canada.
Leveldale 903 W should be a great cow in the future and could be a outstanding show heifer if the Ridler’s decide to exhibit her in the future.
Old Cowboys at the pen preping for the show.
JSF Prince of Jazz 12W will be another new young sire for Leveldale. He is a dark even roan polled calf at a frame 5.2. EPDs CE 8.7 MCE 1.3 BW -2.8 WW 8.3 YW 19 M 2.3. He had the lowest birth wt at 72lbs, one of the best weaning weights at just under 700lbs (693). This performance gave him ratios of 120.5 in a contemporary group of 43 and 107.9 in the group of 20 bull prospects. PJ had second largest rib eye by only .1 at 15.6 of all the outstanding bulls presented by Jungles Shorthorn Farms at the NWSS. He also had the highest rib eye area/ cwt in the entire show. -------------All of this and out of Derek’s “favorite 2y/o”not a bad start. Click to view his page.
Heifer Calves
We took heifer calves with ear tags 903W, 904W, 906W, 918W ( 3 of these 4 made up our pen ). The heifers EPDs range from BW -0.8 to .7 WW 18.3 to 21.3 YW 21.7 to 25.2 Milk 4.7 to 7
Bull Calves We took bull calves with ear tags 907W, 929W, and 943W. BW -0.3 to .7 WW 16.6 to 24.2 YW 21.7 to 32.6 Milk 4.4 to 4.9 All born unassisted and had no creep feed. They were from 6.2 months to 7.2 months at weaning and have been on high fiber rations since weaning with free access to hay. One of Bulls and 3 heifers are ET full sibs. Please ask us or others who have visited our program about how our cattle are raised and the criteria for a cow to be flushed.
Gold Chain’s photo (at left) was taken at one week past his 7month birthday having had no creep feed. All calves displayed in Denver for your inspection were raised on grass with no creep feed.
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Leveldale Farms, located in Mason City Illinois, has been supplying quality Shorthorn genetics since 1852. In the past, we have been called " The Headquarters For Herd Bulls ", and that remains true today. If you are looking for quality herd sires, Leveldale is the place to find them. We offer breeding stock, show steers, and heifer prospects, as well as the highest quality semen and embryos for use with your current herd.
At Leveldale, we are continually working to improve our herds through selection, and purchase. We are a no-confinement operation, and we take our stewardship of the land that supports us very seriously. Organic farming is a growing part of Leveldale, and in the future we are aimed towards increasing reliance on this nature friendly way of farming. We welcome you to our site, and hope you will visit us at the farm someday soon! Please contact us any time with your questions or comments.
Leveldale Farms
Mathers - Conniff - Bruce
29257 E CR 1250 N
Mason City, IL 62664
phone: (309) 678-2203
fax: (309) 266-6980
email: cattle@leveldale.com
