DAVIDSON GELBVIEH of PONTEIX, SK was recently recognized by the Canadian Gelbvieh Association (CGA) as the owner of 70 Gelbvieh cows exhibiting the consistent maternal efficiency typical of "The Continental Breed of Choice." The CGA has designated these outstanding beef females as Dam of Merit and Dam of Distinction.

Maternal productivity plays a major role in profitable beef production, as nearly 60 percent of the cost of producing a pound of beef can be attributed to the cow herd. Considerable economic research has demonstrated that fertility and calving ease followed by milk, growth, and carcass cutability have the biggest influence on profit in a retained ownership (conception to carcass) system.

In September 2019, Davidson Gelbvieh was recognized by the Canadian Gelbvieh Association (CGA) as the owner of 35 Gelbvieh cows exhibiting the consistent maternal efficiency typical of "The Continental Breed of Choice". The CGA has designated these outstanding beef females as Dam of Merit and Dam of Distinction.

These cows represent the very elite of the breed. Of the 4,899 active cows in the Gelbvieh breed, only 5.2% qualified as Dams of Merit. The "Dam of Distinction" honour recognizes cows that meet the same high standards for superior, long-term productivity with at least eight calves. Just 0.8 percent of all active Gelbvieh cows qualify for this elite group.

Press Release & List of Outstanding Females
Gelbvieh Guide, Fall 2019 issue

In September 2018, Davidson Gelbvieh was recognized by the Canadian Gelbvieh Association (CGA) as the owner of 31 Gelbvieh cows exhibiting the consistent maternal efficiency typical of "The Continental Breed of Choice". The CGA has designated these outstanding beef females as Dam of Merit and Dam of Distinction.

These cows represent the very elite of the breed. Of the 4,755 active cows in the Gelbvieh breed, only 5.1% qualified as Dams of Merit. The "Dam of Distinction" honour recognizes cows that meet the same high standards for superior, long-term productivity with at least eight calves. Just 0.8 percent of all active Gelbvieh cows qualify for this elite group.

Press Release & List of Outstanding Females

DVE Davidson Ms Jumpstart 83C
First in the Gelbvieh breed in the First Lady Classic AND named 2016 National Junior Champion Female!
A team of four judges selected the champions within each breed and those champions were then brought back for
the selection of Agribition's "First Lady" - the top yearling heifer. These heifers are an impressive display of
the powerful genetics at work within the breeds.

DVE Davidson Ms Hoss 11D was named the 2016 Sweetheart Classic Champion
This female futurity win means a lot because it is voted on by our peers.
Many Thanks to the 2017 Sweetheart Classic Membership for your Vote. We appreciate the Honour! Thank You!

DVE Davidson Ms Navaho 26B was named Grand Champion Female!
She is a beautiful polled cow out of DDGR Navaho 188X

Davidson Gelbvieh were also named Premier Breeder and Premier Exhibitor
at the National Gelbvieh Show at the Regina Agribition!

DVE Davidson Ms Jumstart 142D 2016 National Junior Division Heifer Calf Champion

Reserve Grand Champion Bull, Reserve Grand Champion Female, and Champion Bull Calf!
Also Reserve Heifer Calf Champion (not pictured), & Premier Breeder, Premier Exhibitor!

In September 2016, Davidson Gelbvieh was recognized by the Canadian Gelbvieh Association (CGA) as the owner of 40 Gelbvieh cows exhibiting the consistent maternal efficiency typical of "The Continental Breed of Choice". The CGA has designated these outstanding beef females as Dam of Merit and Dam of Distinction.

These cows represent the very elite of the breed. Of the 4,937 active cow in the Gelbvieh breed, only 225 cows or 4.6% qualified as Dams of Merit, with only 38 cows or 0.8% qualifying as Dams of Distinction.

Press Release & List of Outstanding Females

2015 Grand Champion Bull and Grand Champion Female!

We were also named Premier Exhibitor & Premier Breeder!

Our grandkids showed at Agribition too!

2015 Reserve National Champion Female, 2015 National Champion Bull Calf, and 2015 National Reserve Champion Bull!

Davidson Gelbvieh (Vernon & Eileen Davidson) would like to thank all the contributers, volunteers
and staff at the Canadian Gelbvieh Association office for making this event what it is.

"We would especially like to thank all the members who voted on our winning bull - Thank You!"

•   Winner of the Canadian Bull Futurity, Fall 2014 - Held during the Wish List weekend. Members sorted through 23 bulls from Alberta, Saskatchewan, and North Dakota. In the end, it was our DVE Davidson Yellowbird 4B who won! Congratulations to our friends at Fladeland for winning this powerful herdsire prospect.

•   We were also selected one of two Runners-up in the 2015 Bull Futurity at the National Western Stock Show in Denver. DVE Davidson Chester 72B, was selected by the 50 voting members of the 2015 18th Annual Breeder's Choice Gelbvieh Bull Futurity to be one of two runner-ups in the event. The other was an entry of the Judd Ranch of Pomona, Kansas (JRI Overdrive 253B91). The winning bull was entry #8 of the Kansas Connection, of Easton, Kansas (BDCG DC Businessman 401B ET). The winning bull will receive approximately $28,000! This event was held during the recent National Gelbvieh Show at the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado USA.

DVE Davidson Chester 72B

BW: 82 WW: 852 Reg No: CDGV148262

RUNNER UP!

Davidson Gelbvieh & Lonesome Dove Ranch recently showed cattle at the 2014 NWSS in Denver Colorado. The Gelbvieh barn was fuller than they had every seen it in the many years, 25+ years, they have attended the NWSS! There was just under 270 head of Gelbvieh cattle on the hill ... one of the largest contending breeds showing at the NWSS.

Davidson Gelbvieh were in the Winner's Circle once again when their Gelbvieh peers, the members of the 2014 Breeder's Choice Bull Futurity, 52 members in total, voted DVE Davidson Huba Huba 32A a Runner Up in contention for the contiguous winnings of the Bull Futurity.

The 2014 Champion Futurity Bull, owned by Warner Beef Genetics of Beaver City, Nebraska, won over $25,000, while each of the runners-up, both Davidson Gelbvieh, of Ponteix, SK and TAU Jumpman 23A, Taubenheim Gelbvieh of Amherst, Nebraska will each receive cheques for approximately $2,500. US Funds.

Earlier in the fall, DVE Davidson Huba Huba 32A stood alongside his Grand Champion Gelbvieh Dam, a two year old, at the 2013 Canadian Western Agribition in Regina, SK. The Jan 28, 2013 born, homozygous black, homozygous polled bull will be a featured lot in their bull sale at the ranch, as they celebrate their 25th Anniversary Bull Sale on Sat March 1, 2014 near the communities of Cadillac and Ponteix, SK.

The Canadian Gelbvieh Association recognized Davidson Gelbvieh as the Number One Owner and Breeder of Gelbvieh Dams of Merit and Dams of Distinction for 2013. We own or have bred 35 Dams of Merit and 20 Dams of Distinction.

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