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The Munton family has been striving to breed Angus cattle that will meet the needs of the commercial cattle man since 1960. We feel that over the years certain traits have always come to the forefront of our selection criteria. These traits are, were and always will be, calving ease, fertility, milking ability, good hair, performance (which equates to thickness), and temperament. As well, in these last few years we have made the tool of ultrasound part of our program. It is essential that the beef business concentrate on producing a product that the consumer demands. Ultrasound measurements help us in our selection of cattle that will produce high yielding cattle with adequate marbling to produce grade AAA beef which in turn adds dollars to our customer's returns.

Our cattle are weighed at birth, weaning and a year of age. We participate in the Canadian Angus Association ROP program resulting in 205 day weight and 365 day weight measurements as well as Expected Progeny Difference (EPD) calculations.

We try and take advantage of every tool available to help us select cattle that will get the job done for our customers. As well our cattle must look the part. Eye appeal is important.

Our cows are managed as any good commercial ranching outfit runs their cows. The calves are not creep fed and run on shortgrass in large pastures. They must calve easily, milk well, breed back and be easy to handle. Weaning is done around October 1st with the calves going on a silage growing ration which is fed to have the bulls gain 2.5 lbs. per day. We pay particular attention to the 205 day weights at weaning and the 365 day weights as we feel our customers want cattle that excel at weaning and in the feedlot.

To facilitate the purchase of bulls at our annual bull sale we offer two programs that few others offer. First, on the second bull purchased we give a 5% discount on the bid price and we increase that discount by 1% for every bull purchased thereafter. Second, we offer a special finance plan, whereby our bull buyers need only pay 60% of the bid price sale day with the balance due in the fall by post dated cheque for November 1st.

We feel we have gone the extra mile to breed the right cattle and to accommodate our customers. We stand behind our cattle 100% and want to do business with our customers year after year after year.

Benchmark Farms Ltd.
Angus Cattle - Black and Red
Doug & Mike Munton
Telephone: (403) 327-9001 or (403) 328-6966
P.O. Box 997, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1J 4A2 CANADA
E-mail: info@benchmarkangus.com

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