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2010 Virginia Beef Expo

2010 Virginia Beef Expo

Simmental Sale Consignments

Rockingham County Fairgrounds, Harrisonburg, VA
April 16, 2010

PVSM Thunderbird
Birth Date: 11-18-08
CNS Dream On L186 x
PVSM Firebird

PVSM Thunderbird's EPD's

PVSM Thunderbird is a thick, deep bodied, clean fronted, sound bull with a teddy bear disposition.  He combines excellent muscling, capacity, and calving ease in a 6 frame. This bull is backed by an outstanding cow family that has produced many herd sires and show winners.  His dam has plenty of milk and a perfect udder. Thunderbird has been shown, and was division champion every time out, including Keystone International Livestock Expo and the PA Farm Show.  Note his age–he will be 17 months old by sale day–ready to go out to the pasture and work in your herd–commercial or purebred. 

PVSM Firebird, dam of PVSM Thunderbird.

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PVSM Lady Bug
Birth Date:  9-1-2008
Hooks Shear Force 38K x
PVSM June Bug

PVSM Lady Bug, picture taken on March 24, 2010.

PVSM Lady Bug's EPD's.

PVSM Ladybug is a double black and polled, moderately framed, powerful Shear Force daughter with a ton of capacity.  She is an easy-keeping heifer that comes from a cow family that has produced champion steers and heifers.  She has a great disposition and is halterbroken.  PVSM Ladybug is A.I. bred to SS Ebonys Grandmaster and is due 9-29-10.

If you have any questions about these consignments, please contact us!!!

Danny and Laurie Fantom
Phone: 717-350-2516
Email: Laurie@pvsimm.com

Pennsylvania Farm Show

PVSM cattle resting in the morning before the crowds arrive, at 2010 Pennsylvania Farm Show.

Despite a typically cold “Farm Show” week, we had a great time at his year’s Pennsylvania Farm Show.  We took 6 head–4 heifers and 2 bulls.  Thursday and Friday consisted of arrival, set-up, and washing and drying very dirty cattle.  Saturday, January 9th, flew by–as soon as washing, drying, and feeding were done, we had the Pennsylvania Simmental Association directors’ meeting, then it was time to feed again; followed by the Pennsylvania Simmental Association annual meeting and banquet.

PVSM Rockets Red Glare, Reserve Champion Simmental Steer at the 2010 Pennsylvania Farm Show. Pictured (from left): Pa. Simmental Association President Greg Stewart, Laurie Fantom, and Bridget Fox (at halter).

On Sunday, January 10th, were the junior breeding cattle and steer shows.  Bridget Fox’s steer, PVSM Rockets Red Glare, which she purchased from us, was Reserve Champion Simmental Steer.  Bridget was awarded $100 for her Reserve Champion Simmental steer by the Pennsylvania Simmental Association, who has a Pennsylvania Farm Show Simmental steer incentive program.  Monday, January 11th, was Open Show day for us.  The show went smoothly and quickly.

Our placings were:

  • January heifer calf — PVSM Twinkle, 2nd place
  • February heifer calf — PVSM Honey Bee, 2nd place
  • February heifer calf — PVSM Miss Mooey, 3rd place
  • Senior yearling heifer — PVSM Honeysuckle, 6th place
  • February bull calf —  PVSM Butternuts, 2nd place
  • Winter bull calf — PVSM Thunderbird, 1st place
  • Champion Senior Bull Calf —  PVSM Thunderbird
  • Junior Get of Sire — 1st place
  • Get of Sire — 1st place
  • Best five head — 3rd place

Our next event is the Pennsylvania Beef Expo Simmental Sale on March 26th, 2010.  Please see our sale consignments on the “Consignments” page!

Bridget Fox walking PVSM Rockets Red Glare before class.
Laurie Fantom (left) and Bridget Fox (at halter), waiting for class to begin.

Our Consignments to 2010 PA Beef Expo Simmental Sale

2010 Pennsylvania Beef Expo

Simmental Sale Consignments

Livestock Evaluation Center, Pennsylvania Furnace, Pa.
March 26, 2010

Open Heifer

PVSM Twinkle
Birth Date: 1-7-09
SVF Star Power x
Mohlers Ms L80

  • Double black/blaze face.
  • Double polled.
  • Stylish heifer with great performance.
  • Daughter of one of our most consistent cows.
  • Has been shown.
  • Sells open.

PVSM Twinkle's EPD's
PVSM Twinkle's EPD's

PVSM Twinkle is a stylish, blaze-faced heifer sired by Star Power. She has the thickness, depth, muscle and capicity to make an outstanding cow when her show career is over. Twinkle placed second in a tough class at the Pennsylvania Farm Show, her only time shown. Twinkle’s dam is a favorite of visitors to our farm, she has consistently produced many great heifers and bulls. PVSM Twinkle has the pedigree, performance, and style to work in any herd–purebred, club calf, or commercial.

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Bred Heifer

PVSM Black Star
Birth Date: 11-11-08
SVF Star Power x
MD MS BLK Joker D26

PVSM Black Star's EPD's

PVSM Black Star is a homozygous black, homozygous polled daughter of Star Power. She is a smooth-made, clean-fronted heifer with a bright future ahead of her. Black Star is a granddaughter of the great donor B80. This heifer will be a great addition to your fall calving program. Breeding information will be available sale day.

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Cow/Calf Pair

PVSM Phoenix
Birth Date: 11-11-08
GWS Ebonys Trademark 6N x
PVSM Firebird

PVSM Phoenix -- Picture taken March 9, 2010.

PVSM Phoenix's EPD's

PVSM Phoenix, or Baby Bird as we call her, is a double black and double polled, easy keeping, moderately framed Trademark daughter with great depth, capacity, and thickness. She comes from an incredible cow family that has produced many herd sires and show heifers. Baby Bird’s dam had a very successful show career including Champion Winter Heifer Calf at the Pennsylvania Farm Show. Performance also runs deep, with Baby Bird’s dam’s full brother weighing 1500lbs. at 12½ months old. This first calf cow has an excellent disposition and a great udder. We are excited about her Invasion heifer calf at side, born January 17, 2010. This solid black heifer should follow in her dam’s footsteps and make a great show heifer.

PVSM Phoenix's calf, picture taken March 9, 2010.
PVSM Phoenix's calf, picture taken March 9, 2010.

PVSM Phoenix, pictured at eleven months old.

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Bred Heifer

PVSM Miss Mercy
Birth Date: 07-26-08
Tripe C Hidden Power x
D&A Mercedes 5M

Miss Mercy
PVSM Miss Mercy's EPD's.

PVSM Miss Mercy is a double black, double polled, powerful heifer with plenty of depth and thickness. She has a great disposition and is halter broken. Miss Mercy is bred to SC Mo Magic—a Simmental/Angus bull that was the 2009 National Champion Percentage Simmental bull. She is due 9-25-10 and the calf will be a ¾ blood Simmental.

If you have any questions, about these consignments, please contact us!

Phone: 717-350-2516

Email: Laurie@pvsimm.com

2009 Pennslyvania Fall Classic Simmental Sale Wrap-Up

Thank you, Ron and Rhonda Dziembowski, Double RD Farm, of Dudley, MA, for purchasing our heifer, PVSM Glass Slipper.

PVSM Glass Slipper

Despite a cool, rainy day, a great crowd turned-out for the annual Pennsylvania Simmental Association sponsored Simmental sale held in Waynesburg, Pa., on October 24, 2009.  Consignors brought high quality cattle, and, although the economy and the cattle market are a bit slow right now, the sale average for all categories of cattle was $1500.00

The Pennsylvania Junior Simmental Association held several fund raisers on sale day to benefit the Eastern Regional Classic that they are hosting in June 2010.  A donkey and print were auctioned off before the sale, and a silent auction was set up at ringside.  The high selling item in the silent auction was a basket of “Annie’s Cookies” donated by Powell’s Valley Simmentals and purchased by Ron and Rhonda Dziembowski.

Thanks to all the bidders and buyers that make our sales successful!

Look for us at the Pennsylvania Farm Show, we will be there from January 9-11, 2010!

http://www.pasimmental.com/

Another Hot Ag Progress Days!

Ag Progress Days

Rock Springs, Pa., August 18-20, 2009

Pennsylvania Simmental Association Booth
Pennsylvania Simmental Association booth. Left, Pennsylvania Junior Simmental Association member Bridget Fox.

The ninety plus degree heat didn’t discourage attendance at this year’s Ag Progress Days, held August 18th-20th, State College, Pa.  Cattlemen and farmers come to this event to research new products, equipment, and genetics to improve their cattle operations.  We spent all day Wednesday at the Pennsylvania Simmental Association booth talking to many people from all aspects of the cattle industry.  Just about everyone agrees that, although the beef industry and the economy in general are going through some tough times, eventually things will improve.  Cattlemen are looking for ways to improve production and efficiency in their herds–and what better way to do that than to blend Simmental genetics into their breeding programs.

From left: Laurie Fantom, Pa. Simmental Association member and Director; Brent Nice, Pa. Junior Simmental Association member; Greg Stewart, Pa. Simmental Association member and Director.
From left: Laurie Fantom, Pa. Simmental Association member and Director; Brent Nice, Pa. Junior Simmental Association member; Greg Stewart, Pa. Simmental Association member and Director.

We discussed the benefits of Simmental genetics with many breeders, including calving ease, great dispositions, improved feed efficiency and rate of gain, and increased muscling.  Some people still have the misconception that Simmental cattle are too big to be competitive with moderate-framed Angus in today’s market.  We were easily able to disprove that by pointing out our moderate-framed cow/calf pair we had on display.

Ag Progress Days Cattle Display
Powell's Valley Simmentals was pleased to provide the cow/calf pair, PVSM Mooey B En (cow) and PVSM Miss Mooey (calf), for the Pennsylvania Simmental Association display.

As always, Ag Progress Days was very enjoyable and informative–we look forward to seeing you there next year!

Dinner time!
Dinner time!

2009 PA Fall Sale Consignment

2009 Pennsylvania Fall Classic

Simmental Sale Consignment

Greene County Fairgrounds, Waynesburg, Pa.
October 24, 2009

PVSM Glass Slipper
Birth Date: 2-2-08
HTP SVF In Dew Time x
D&A Cinderella 1S

PVSM Glass Slipper

  • Homozygous black.
  • Double polled.
  • Deep pedigree–Granddaughter
    of Havenwood’s donor cow
    HWF Ms June.
  • Great disposition.
  • Has been shown.
  • Bred to Triple C Invasion–
    Due 1-15-10.  Calf will be
    homozygous black.

Please click here to view the 2009 Fall Classic Sale catalog!

Thank You Bazil Doyle, Jr.

Thank you Bazil Doyle Jr. of Shippensburg, Pa., for the purchase of:

PVSM Red Bull

PVSM Red Bull
Birth date: 1-9-08
GWS Ebonys Trademark 6N x
PVSM Legacy of Uxbenka

2009 PSA Field Day

What a great Simmental Field Day!  Our Pennsylvania Simmental Field Day was held June 6-7th, 2009, at the Schuylkill County Fairgrounds with absolutely perfect weather.  Saturday was a very relaxing day with plenty of time for talking to friends and fellow breeders, and listening to interesting speakers discussing topics such as EPD’s and nutrition.  The day ended with a meal and Q&A sessions with Bill McDonald, ASA Eastern Region Trustee, and Bill Wehry, Pennsylvania Deputy Secretary of Agriculture.  The two subjects most discussed after dinner were the genetic defects most recently appearing in Angus cattle and how to prevent them from becoming a problem in the Simmental breed; and the state budget cuts to agriculture and especially cuts to the fair funding, which could directly affect all our fairs, and even the Pa. Farm Show and K.I.L.E.

Field Day ended with a very well attended Junior Show on Sunday.  The heifer show included purebred Simmental, percentage Simmental, and all other breeds divisions; the steer show included registered Simmental and all other breeds divisions.  In all, over fifty animals were shown.  Click here to see full Junior Show results.

Thank you to Sarah Zimmerman for organizing this event, Joe Messick for assisting Sarah, Les Whitmoyer and Cindy Zimmerman for all their hard work to pull everything together, and every one who volunteered time and donations to have a great Field Day.

Pictures from the 2009 Field Day

2009 PSA Field Day Junior Show Results

2009 PSA Field Day Junior Show

June 7, 2009 ~ Schuylkill County Fairgrounds, Summit Station, Pa.

Judged by Lori Voight of Lebanon, Pa.

Purebred Simmental Heifer Show

Class 1
Simmental Summer Heifer Calves-calved May 1-Dec. 2008
1–BAH Miss Star Burst owned by Blake Herman
2–Ellie Mae owned by Elena Poliskiewicz
3–NikLen Red Rose owned by Levi Graham

Class 2
Early Junior Yearling Heifers
1–SSC Macho Girl 33T owned by Colby Bomgardner
2–NikLen Red Rose owned by Levi Graham

Class 3
Late Senior Yearling Heifers
1–MF Miss Built Right U553 owned by Sarah Zimmerman
2–Benners Rosie’s Dream On owned by Emily Benner
3–PVSM Honeysuckle owned by Heidi Zimmerman
4–Benner’s Muffins Dream On owned by Katie McLauglin
5–MF Ms. Dream On U53 owned by Caitlin Wolfgang
6–PVSM Dewy owned by Eric Shoop
7–SSC Miss Ruby owned by Brent Nice

Class 4
Late Senior Yearling Heifers
1–MF Miss Built Right U306 owned by Sarah Zimmerman
2–SVJ Sunnys Delight owned by Ryan Bostdorf
3–Surprise owned by Bridget Fox

Class 5
Early Senior Yearling Heifers
1–Ranne owned by Elena Poliskiewicz

Grand Champion Purebred Heifer-Sarah Zimmerman ( MF Ms. Built Right U306)
Reserve Grand Champion Purebred  Heifer-Sarah Zimmerman (MF Ms. Built Right U553)

Percentage Simmental Heifer Show Results

Class 1
Senior Heifer Calves
1–KMMLHH Roxy Owned by Kayla McCloskey
2–KMMLHH owned by Kayla McCloskey

Grand Champoin % Heifer-Kayla McCloskey (KMMLHH Roxy)
Reserve Champion % Heifer-Kayla McCloskey (KMMLHH)

All Other Breeds Heifer Show

Class 1
Junior Heifer Calves
1–BAH Ms. Redneck Rosie owned by Blake Herman
2–BRU Sweet Dreams owned by Jessi Bruss
3–Licorice owned by Julie Poliskiewicz

Class 2
Late Junior Yearling Heifers
1–Petunia Rose owned by Terrill Treaster
2–Daub’s Roxie owned by Ashley Daub

Class 3
Early Junior Yearling Heifers
1–MH Super Design owned by Terrill Treaster
2–BAH Snow Angel owned by Blake Herman
3–Black Velvet owned by Colby Bomgardner

Class 4
Late Senior Yearling Heifer
1–Chimney Top Victoria owned by Kyle Bower

Class 5
Late Senior Yearling Heifer
1–Daub’s Piglet owned by Adam Daub

Grand Champion AOB Heifer-Blake Herman (BAH MS Redneck Rosie)
Reserve Champion AOB Heifer-Terrill Treaster (Super Design)

Simmental Steer Show


Class 1
Steers weighing from 900 to 1000 pounds.
1–NikLen Thomas owned by Levi Graham
2–BAH Mystery Man owned by Blake Herman
3–MCMF Bonus owned by Kyle Bower

Class 2
Steers weighing from 1000 to 1100 pounds.
1–BAH Lil Buddy owned by Blake Herman
2–ZSF Petey owned by Shane Richart
3–PVSM Timberowolf owned by Heidi Zimmerman

Grand Champion Simmental Steer-Blake Herman (BAH Lil Buddy)
Reserve Champion Simmental Steer-Shane Richart

All Other Breeds Steer Show

Class 1
Steers weighing from 900 to 1000 pounds.
1–Crossbred owned by Josie Capponelle
2–Shorthorn owned by Blake Herman
3–Crossbred owned by Wyatt Fox

Class 2
Steers weighing from 1000 to 1100 pounds.
1–Crossbred owned by Adam Daub
2–Crossbred owned by Ashley Daub
3–Shorthorn Cross owned by Josie Capponelle
4–Crossred owned by Coldy Bomgardner

Class 3
Steers weighing 1100 to 1200 pounds.
1–Steer Crazy Cross owned by Jessi Bruss
2–Tyota Simm X owned by Elena Poliskiewicz
3–Walker Cross owned by John Zimmerman
4–Chip Angus owned by Alex Poliskiewicz
5–Zeke Shorthorn owned by Bridget Fox

Class 4
Steers weighing 1200 to 1300 pounds.
1–Heato Cross owned by Brad Feight
2–Oreo Simm X owned by Kileen Sattizahn

Grand Champion AOB Steer-Brad Feight (Heato)
Reserve Champion AOB Steer-Adam Daub (Blue Boy)

with Blue Boy.

Showmanship


Junior Class
1–Kileen Sattizahn
2–Terrill Treaster
3–Levi Graham
4–Wyatt Fox
5–Colby Bomgardner

Intermediate Class
1–Kayla McCloskey
2–Blake Herman
3–Julie Poliskeiwicz
4–Eric Shoop
5–Katie McLaughlin
6–Ashley Daub
7–Bridget Fox
8–Kyle Bower

Senior Class
1–Adam Daub
2–Sarah Zimmerman
3–Jessi Bruss
4–Elena Poliskiewicz
5–Brad Feight
6–Ryan Bostdorf

Grand Champion Showman: Adam Daub
Reserve Grand Champion Showman: Sarah Zimmerman