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Redline Livestock We build cattle that reduce labour, last longer, and make you money—without the extra work.

Located 20 miles East of Didsbury, Alberta, on the 582 Highway, Redline Livestock is home to a herd of 100 purebred Red Angus Females, 50 purebred Hereford Females, and 150 Commercial Hereford and F1 Baldy females. Our main focus is to raise a quality herd of purebred cattle, with powerful bulls coming from strong cow families, and be able to display the power of the two breeds put together in our commercial cows. We display cattle throughout each fall at various shows including Olds Fall Classic and Canadian Western Agribition, and sell our entire bull crop by private treaty each spring. For any inquiries regarding females, bulls, semen or embryos, please don't hesitate to contact us.

10/16/2026

A big calf is easy to appreciate. As long as we're putting as much value on cow functionality as we are on pounds.

This week's Cow Math looks at the value of performance versus longevity, and why the biggest calf only tells us part of the story.

There are plenty of cows in this industry that prove we can have both.

Performance matters. So do the feet, udders, and functional traits that keep a cow producing year after year.

The goal isn't to sacrifice performance for longevity. It's to build a cow herd where performance doesn't come at the expense of functionality. Because the most valuable cow isn't always the one that raises the biggest calf, but the one that keeps coming back to raise another.

Two cows come home open.One raised a 730 lb calf. The other raised a 550 lb calf.That's potentially an $810 difference i...
10/14/2026

Two cows come home open.

One raised a 730 lb calf. The other raised a 550 lb calf.

That's potentially an $810 difference in calf revenue. But does that make one worth keeping over the other?

Weaning weight matters. But fertility is what gives a cow the opportunity to produce another calf next year.

Sometimes the most profitable decision isn't about which cow produced more. It's about which cows stay productive.

10/14/2026

Oct 13 Week- we are at that time of year... cows are coming home. We weaned and pregchecked our first big group last week, shipped a few, and got the first backgrounders started on feed. More coming home these next few days. Had some snow on the weekend, and enjoyed a wedding and a Thanksgiving turkey.

When you're deciding whether to keep an open cow, her reproductive record has to carry weight. Being open doesn't mean ...
10/13/2026

When you're deciding whether to keep an open cow, her reproductive record has to carry weight. Being open doesn't mean she'll be open again. But it does tell us something about the risk of investing in another year.

Growth, milk and carcass traits all have value. Fertility gives them a chance to pay.

That's the takeaway from this week's Cow Math.

10/09/2026

When you're deciding which open cows deserve a second chance, there's more to consider than the calf they raised this year.

A cow's past performance can tell us something about her future risk, and that's worth considering before making a decision.

This week's Cow Math looks at two open cows, the numbers behind them, and why the obvious choice might not be the right one.

Last week, we asked which cow was more profitable, based on two different weaning weights.In the end, we determined that...
10/08/2026

Last week, we asked which cow was more profitable, based on two different weaning weights.

In the end, we determined that weaning weight is important, but it's only one piece of the puzzle. To understand profitability, we need to look at how all the pieces fit together.

Steer pickin time... I love this.They’re learning to look and to think. Put the time in. We work hard for this>> ...
10/08/2026

Steer pickin time...

I love this.
They’re learning to look and to think. Put the time in.

We work hard for this>>

10/06/2026

Oct 5 Week - Just about time to wean those calves!
Things are looking good. Grass has held on fairly well this year and calves are still growing on mom. Our first of three groups will get weaned and preg checked this week, and then the cows will get pushed onto fall grazing.
Otherwise, more bales, more fields, some building fence, running hot wires, hanging gates and accumulating.

We started this Cow Math with a pretty simple question: which cow is more profitable?The smaller cow that eats less, or ...
10/04/2026

We started this Cow Math with a pretty simple question: which cow is more profitable?
The smaller cow that eats less, or the bigger cow that raises a heavier calf?
And you’d think we should be able to put the numbers beside each other and come up with an answer.
But we can’t. At least not from those numbers alone.
Because as soon as you start changing the assumptions, the answer can change too.
How much more does the bigger cow actually eat? How much heavier is her calf? What are those extra pounds worth? What does feed cost? How efficient is each cow?
There are too many variables at play to look at one trait, like weaning weight, and decide that it tells us which cow is more profitable.
That doesn’t make weaning weight less valuable. Measure it. Use it. Put weight on it.
But understand what it can actually tell you.
I think sometimes we put the most weight on the things that are easiest to measure. Not necessarily because they’re the whole answer, but because they give us a number we can see and compare.
And that’s really the point of this Cow Math.
One number can be important without being the whole answer.

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Didsbury, AB
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