Welcome to the 19th Annual Discover Your Dream Sale
Here at Bastian Cattle Company & Bastian Show Calves, we strive to bring you the very best animals through our breeding program. We are doing our sale just a little different this year.
Our sale will feature market animals and two heifers. We’re going a little different direction with our heifers in that we are keeping most of them to make bred heifers unless the youngest generation picks one or two to show.
We’re excited about the offerings we have for you this year. All the steers are from our herd this year. We have the first embryo group out of our 700 cow X In God We Trust. You’ll want to be sure to check them out. We have never had an In God steer that doesn’t feed.
This group of steers has been easy to work with. I don’t think we’ve ever started clipping after just two days of being tied up. You know we cull pretty hard on two things for the sale: structure and disposition. As long as you put a little work into them throughout the year, they’re going to be easy to handle next summer. Please reach out to us early if you’re struggling with a calf for any reason. It’s a lot easier to break bad habits when they’re smaller than when they’re fully grown.
Cattle are available for viewing by appointment.
Open house/barn will be on October 11th from 9 am to dark
when we’ll begin the phone bid-off.
We’ll have a bid board posted on this page so you can follow along.
Lot 1 – Told Ya So X 274
Told Ya So was the right mating for the 274 cow!
I’ve liked this steer all year. Good structured,
stout boned calf with a nice show ring look.
He was the first calf clipped out on Day 2 of being tied because he has such an easygoing disposition. Dehorning knocked him off feed for a couple of days, but he’s healed up and rolling now. And yes, he had
to be extra good with so many of the smokes
in the lineup this year.
Lot 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
In God We Trust X 700
Lots 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 are all full In God We Trust brothers. When the 700 cow started having heifers, we made her a donor cow. This is the first flush offering. We love this mating and it has proven over time to be extremely successful producing several county fair winners over the years. So, the question is – which is the best? We’re going to leave that up to you to decide. All have a unique look of their own. I can promise you they all will feed and be sound to the end.
Lot 4 In God We Trust X 700
This boy’s going to get a little extra attention. We lost his recip mother early this summer when he was only about 10 weeks old. I was really disappointed as I felt he really had a lot of potential and had that cocky show steer look in the pasture as a baby. We brought him into the barn and tried to feed him a bottle. After a couple of weeks, he went on feed and away he went. My 4-year-old grandson, Ty, worked with him and showed him as a bucket calf this summer. All the work is done here folks. This calf is as broke as one could be and will still cock off when being shown. Dig in here,
I like this one a lot.
Lot 7 – Here for Good
This steer is a maternal brother to the heifer my 9 year old granddaughter, Avery, showed last year. The 189 cow always produces a sound, functional calf no matter how she’s bred. Not a lot of hair on this guy but will have an attractive look as a fat steer next summer.
Lot 8 – Tricked Out
This Tricked Out steer would work great for a smaller showman. What this calf lacks in size he makes up for in style and presence. With his hair and show steer look, he’ll be a lot of fun next summer.
Lot 9 – Told Ya So May Heifer
This young Told Ya So heifer is extremely good fronted with that pretty white stripe down her face to set her off. She doesn’t disappoint you from behind and still has the right running gear for structural soundness. I feel she could be a real steer maker down the road. Very easy going disposition. She’s one you have to decide if you want to show or show against come next summer.
Lot 10 – In God We Trust X 700 April Heifer
Like the look of the 700 Steers? Here’s your chance to get the genetic background for your own club calf operation. 700 is a proven breeding piece who always stuck the first time AI and flushes well. She always weans off a nice, big calf. We’d love to have a feedlot full of these calves as there aren’t any “throw aways” like many clubby breds. This heifer is only the daughter we’ve decided to bid off. As an April baby, she’s a little greener but man is she coming on.