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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.

08/20/2026

Love watching the breds take shape this time of year!

08/18/2026

Fully prepared for the grumbles and ‘must be nice’ when I say this, but we started cutting hay on July 9th and we finished baling the last hay field on July 25. Only 1 field got some rain on it and it still only pushed us back about 1.5 days. We worked hard and I guess luck was on our side. Between the moisture and the addition of a new hay field this year, we have almost double the feed compared to regular years. About 90 acres of greenfeed to do, the girls will be eating good this year.

Manifest success, it works.

07/27/2026

Thankful for an abundance of moisture, tall grass, record crops and roans like this one!

05/14/2026

Letting the girls chow down the fall rye before they head to pasture next week!

04/17/2026

Devan and I got the SxS stuck and had to walk home. We grabbed the tractor to pull it out and I fully contemplated which one would be safer for him to drive back - walking back out again was never on the agenda.

This is why farm kids grow up quick and why they have the confidence to do hard things!

04/15/2026

She made it to 16, still in excellent shape with the most perfect bag for a cow this old; actually for a cow of any age really. However, she just calved yesterday. The very last cow to calve by a mile.

I just looked back through the calving records, she had a live calf that made it to market or the replacement pen every single year. That’s 15 calves in her lifetime, that’s the kind of longevity we strive for. Good genetics, good management!

Do we try for one more year??!

04/06/2026

Despite the entirely unpredictable weather, a couple tough loses and a few to many c-sections. We had another great calving season.

Once you’re on the other side of it, you truly wonder how you got through it. Calving in Jan/February is not for the faint of heart. It is continuous sleepless nights, it’s sore backs, it’s frozen hands & feet. It is putting every bit of grit and determination into every single day. It is knowing that if you don’t put the time and work in today, you’ll pay for it tomorrow. It’s getting a calf sucking at 2:00am even when you haven’t yet closed your eyes for the night. It’s night checks every 2 hours because newborns don’t survive in -40. It’s juggling school pick ups, extra curricular, still maintaining a home & making sure your kids know they’re still loved and important even though they do come second in this season. It’s not easy. And some days you’ll even question why you’re doing it.

But then you’ll hear the smacking of a calf that finally figured out how to suck, or a motherly beller of the heifer that took a few days to want her calf, it’s the warmer days when the baby’s are running with their tails straight in the air. It’s when your scour calf finally has a solid s**t, or your diptheria calf makes a full recovery. It’s now, in this very moment when you see that the hours, days, weeks & months of mental and physical exertion has paid off.

Most of all, it’s the pride in myself that each year I learn a little more & change a little bit. And that I know, without a shadow of a doubt, that my Dad is more proud with each passing day.

02/25/2026

It’s been a fast & furious calving season! A month in and we’re down to the last 20. Mother Nature has been all over the map this season from a week of -40, to a couple weeks of 0 degrees, then 2 feet of snow in 24 hrs and back to frigid temps! The end is in sight and I am counting down the days till we can see dirt.

02/06/2026

HALF WAY BABY!

With just over 70 calves in 2 weeks, we’ve hit the half way point. Weather still looks to be in our favour for the next couple weeks so let’s keep the hammer down!

Address

Box 485
Pierceland, SK
S0M2K0

Website

http://www.bar33ranch.com/

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