Bar 33 Ranch

Bar 33 Ranch Follow along for stories, life in photos & casual viewing of our purebred and commercial herd. Bulls and females are sold at the ranch.

Bar 33 Ranch - We are predominately a commercial cow/calf ranching operation located in Pierceland, Saskatchewan. In 2007 we purchased our first purebred Shorthorn females and the purebred herd has been increasing in size since. We found that the Shorthorns were a perfect mix in our Simmental/Charolais based cow herd. Our first consignments to a purebred Shorthorn sale started in 2011 and we began showing purebreds in 2013.

Heifer checks ❤️
07/16/2025

Heifer checks ❤️

04/12/2025

This guy is ✨FOR SALE ✨, was going to keep him for myself but ended up buying one.

BAR 33 MAXIMUS 22M. DOB March 1 2024, 92 lb BW. Polled. 100%. Registered.

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04/07/2025

2 more to go then the ‘late’ group will be out on grass with the rest! … well grass in the making.

Despite the unbearable cold during the first 3 weeks of February, we had a great calving year. The girls made fast work of it, 50% done in the first two weeks, 90% done by 6 weeks… but of course there is always a handful that hold on till the bitter end.

I’m always very excited for calving to start but even more for it to be finished. It’s not just lack of sleep, and physical stress on the body, for me it’s the mental stress of caring about these little guys almost as much as my own children. And I’m sure any real cattlemen would agree!

Had to blow the dust off the cheque book for this one! Couple more weeks and we’ll be putting the boys to good use.
04/04/2025

Had to blow the dust off the cheque book for this one! Couple more weeks and we’ll be putting the boys to good use.

Is it luck or is it my guy in the sky?We’re at the bitter end over here… have been for a few weeks now. The weathers bee...
04/02/2025

Is it luck or is it my guy in the sky?

We’re at the bitter end over here… have been for a few weeks now. The weathers been nice and I haven’t been doing midnight checks for some time. My husband and I walked through the cows (calved and uncalved) around 7:30 pm, appeared no one was calving. In my purebred pen however, was an older calf to be in quite a bit of stomach discomfort.

We finished our check, had it not been for the calf acting weird, that would have been my last check till morning. It bugged me though, so about an hour later I went back out to check on her. On my way back to the house I happened to look over the fence and see 23 with the waterbag out. No worries, she won’t have any trouble. Go back out an hour later to see two very big back feet coming. F**k.

Pulled this 122 lb backward calf and I’m very convinced she would not have had him on her own, in a timely manner.

Was it luck or did Dad give me a reason to go back out last night? 🦅

Never get tired of seeing these colourful babies!
03/28/2025

Never get tired of seeing these colourful babies!

Heifers … calving them is like opening pandora’s box, will a soft fuzzy teddy bear appear or a spider monkey sent straig...
03/16/2025

Heifers … calving them is like opening pandora’s box, will a soft fuzzy teddy bear appear or a spider monkey sent straight from hell. It’s a ‘hold your breath’ situation every time.

We’re done with them for another year. We had 25 heifers this year, 1 came open, 1 (this one) was the only one to calve late, catching in the second cycle. Half of them were Charolais X heifers bred Simmental, the other half Shorthorn bred back Shorthorn. We pulled about 1/3 of them, with only 2 ‘hard pulls’, average weight of these calves was between 80-90lbs. They all became great mothers, some just took a bit longer than others. … still waiting on this one to get the ✅

03/11/2025

This commercial cow is 15 years old, the oldest cow we currently have. She calved early April last year, well after I would like to be done calving. I was fully prepared to ship her in the fall, 1. She was old, 2. She was the last to calve.

She came home from pasture in excellent shape with her steer calf entirely comparable in size to the February calves. I changed my mind and decided to give her another year. Here we are, though still in the ‘late group’ to calve, she did catch a month earlier!

We’ll see what fall brings, maybe she’ll make 16!

February camera roll 📷 5.5 weeks of calving but we’re nearing the end!
03/03/2025

February camera roll 📷

5.5 weeks of calving but we’re nearing the end!

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