NEW BIDDING FORMAT

Our sale website should be up very soon and you can register to bid. We are happy to take your bids on the phone too. This year we are changing our online bidding a bit. You can bid at any time before Labor Day but at 6:00 on Monday (Labor Day) the actual auction will begin. A timer will be set for ten minutes. You must be online to bid at that point. NO CALF IS SOLD UNTIL EVERYONE IS DONE BIDDING!! That means that you are free to bid on any calf at any time. Whenever anyone bids the clock automatically resets to 10 minutes. When there is no more bidding and the timer runs out, the auction is over and all calves are sold.

This will hopefully alleviate some stress and inconvenience for our bidders. The sale should, in theory, run very rapidly and make it possible for everyone to get to bed early!

If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to call me and talk to me. I look forward to helping you out and helping make your next show calf purchase.

Juli

Picture day and videos: Woof I'm glad they are over!

Thank you to Mark Sneed and his amazing help, Katie Smith (Crocodile hunter). It all went amazingly well and I laughed like I hadn't laughed in years. What a wonderful support team we had for pictures. Maximum Exposure is currently working on editing pictures and videos for the website and we should have them up this week. If you stop by and can't find us you might need to look in the kitchen. Brad will be busily working on baking multiple cheesecakes for a certain someone. Long story. I am just saying that the way to a man's heart is directly through his stomach!

Mark did forward one picture to show me how the lighting was that day...we were fighting the clouds so had to practice LOTS of patience.

This is a Gigolo Joe calf (Lot 32) consigned by the Smith family.

SMOKING!

Another Iowa State Fair draws to a close and marks the beginning of the new club calf season as kids and their families head out on the quest for their new show projects. The calves have arrived at Club Calf Paradise and are settling in very well. We have actually had some visitors already.

This is easily the most powerful set of calves that we have ever had at paradise. If you can't find what you are looking for here then you aren't looking hard enough. They are all very well mannered too and we have picked out some of the "characters" already. You will have to watch the site for stories and pictures as Team Paradise (Nick Anderson, Cam Stateler and Nate Ketelson) works on keeping the calves looking their best. I am sure there will be stories about "Shamu" and "Pork Chop" as well as pictures.

We will be taking pictures and video this weekend so watch for those up dates. MOST IMPORTANTLY be sure to ask about our new completely online bidding.

Hope to see you all at Paradise!

Crawford County Fair Feeder Calf Champion

Here is a consignment from the Smith family. He is already winning the purple!!

How to beat the heat!

Darby does as well in this heat as I seem to do!

Congratulations!

Jarrod Gaines post on facebook today:

Hey Juli Just thought Id Let you know your Heifer Just won AGAIN Champ Commercial hefier and Reserve Supreme Overall at THe Marion Co Fair In Hillsboro Kansas! I will send you a picture !
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Jarrod purchased a Heat Wave X Hereford heifer from our sale last year. Congratulations! BTW...I have her full brother selling this fall!!

How NOT to beat the heat.

The spring storms were a little tough on the trees on the farm. Every time we get a little wind the limbs keep falling down. Thankfully Ryan Gotto, who helped with the sale last year, offered to lend a hand. By the grace of god the tree missed the spare house!