Just got home after a few good days in Aars. We would like to start by praising the beautifully arranged show.
As you know, we exhibited with three catalog numbers (four animals). The first animal yesterday (Friday ed.) for the individual evaluation was Bloksdal Unika (Bloksdal Matador -ET V.B. x Bloksdal Opal). She was number one in its group with 23p and received a good grade from judge Mads Bjerregaard. She was later to go to an honorary prize competition.
The next animal in the arena was Bloksdal Mirabelle -ET (Vaillant x Anabelle) with her calf Bloksdal UltraBelle (Glasgow). These also came first in their group with 23p and therefore also had to take part in the honorary prize competition later in the day. Last animal was Bloksdal Opal (Cristal-DK x Bloksdal Hæmatit). A good group of cows where Opal came second, but only with 22p.
For the honor prize competition, there were five honor prizes and Mirabelle with calf came just outside the honor prizes. In return, Unika was awarded an honorary prize and was second best heifer.
Today (Saturday ed.) we took part in the cross-country competition in the show’s “best calf”, where Bloksdal UltraBelle (Glasgow x Bloksdal Mirabelle -ET) came in the top five. The calf weighed almost 400 kg at the time of the show and is approx. seven months. We are very impressed with that, because we don’t have barn conditions which mean that it has been able to go into the calf shelter and get supplemental feed.
Finally, we would like to thank everyone who helped make the days for this year’s Beef Cattle Show some good days, we at Bloksdal Charolais have at least enjoyed all the days this year. We would like to congratulate everyone on their prizes and placings.

This year we have chosen to participate in Kødkvægsskue Nord. It is normally held in Herning, but this year it is more local for us in Aars. We would like to support this, even if the show is not optimal in relation to the time of year for our herd.
We participate with two cows, one with a calf and one without a calf, as well as a heifer.
First cow is Bloksdal Mirabelle -ET (Vaillant x Anabelle). We have exhibited Mirabelle several times since 2017. This time she is exhibited with a Glasgow (Apache x Dentelle) heifer calf, Bloksdal UltraBelle, which is being exhibited for the first time.
The cow without a calf is Bloksdal Opal (Cristal-DK x Bloksdal Hæmatit). She most recently participated in the Kimbrerskuet 2023 with her calf.
This very calf is also the last animal; Bloksdal Unika (Bloksdal Matador -ET V.B. x Bloksdal Opal), which is a heifer calf from 4 April 2023. We are looking forward to a few pleasant days with friends and colleagues at Kødkvægsskue.

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We have had a visit from our regular hoof trimmer. The animals for the upcoming beef cattle show on 8-9. March 24 in Aars, everyone got a turn in the box and is now completely ready for the show.
Thank you for always good service and treatment at Fjellerad Hoof trimming by Palle Christiansen.

Several of the females that had calves last autumn and winter have been inseminated. They are now ready for a pregnancy test, and we can happily state that we have had four pregnancies out of as many as possible.
The bulls used are the two in the picture; Heracles M, Utrillo-BP also Onedream P.
Only four sperm straws were used for these pregnancies, so big praise and thanks must also be given to the inseminators, Ole Kjærgaard Simonsen and Alice Amdi-Christensen.

This weekend we had the first calf of the year.

The calf is by Bloksdal Special Lady (Bloksdal Matador -ET V.B. x Bloksdal MiLady). Special Lady is actually quite special to us, she has already achieved the magical 24 points at several animal shows a total of four times.

She herself gave birth to the 42 kg calf, which is a heifer calf by Lorsini (Agronome x Instance). The calf will get number 432 and will be called Bloksdal Victoire.

Yesterday we held an open house in connection with beef cattle day. It was a good day with 25-30 attendees. We would like to thank DLG and LandboNord for PR material and those who attended for a few pleasant hours of good company.

2024 is fast approaching. Here at Bloksdal, we would like to look back at the year 2023 and come up with a small report about it.

This year we participated in three shows and received five honorary prizes. The honorary prizes have been awarded to these five different animals, which we are very proud of and says something about the quality of our herd:

• Bloksdal Mirabelle -ET (Vaillant x Anabelle)
• Bloksdal Rosabelle (Glasgow x Bloksdal Mirabelle -ET)
• Bloksdal Taurus (Neptune JC x Bloksdal Jelena)
• Bloksdal Special Lady (Bloksdal Matador -ET V.B. x Bloksdal Milady)
• Bloksdal Opal (Cristal-DK x Bloksdal Hæmatit) with calf by Bloksdal Matador -ET V.B. (Vaillant x Anabelle)

First prize was awarded at the local show in Hjørring in June, where Mirabelle received prize. The next show was the National Show at the beginning of July in Herning. Here it also went well for the herd, best of all for the daughter of Mirabelle and Glasgow (Bloksdal Rosabelle), who was placed overall as number five and second best heifer at the show. Finally, there was the show called “Kimbrerskuet” in October, where Taurus, Opal and Special Lady all received an honorary award. The best went for Special Lady, who also won the predicate best female at the show.

In addition to shows, we have sold quite a few animals both for slaughter and for living. We have sold six animals on for live use, while we have slaughtered six animals. We would like to thank both purchasers of meat, which have been bought privately directly from slaughterhouses, as well as buyers of live animals.

This year we have had 13 calves from 12 calvings. We still want to slim down our herd and therefore regularly have animals for sale, which is why interested parties and visitors are always welcome.

In the past year, we have held two open houses with a total of over 125 visitors. We plan to hold another open house together with Dansk Kødkvæg first in the new year (on 6 January 24 at 10-16 ed.), where visitors are welcome.

At the time of writing, we have over 700 followers on Instagram and 2000 on Facebook. We are happy and proud that you will follow our work with the beautiful white animals.

In conclusion, we would like to say thank you to all the other guests and visitors we have had here at the farm, but also people we have met around at various shows and in other connections.

We wish everyone a Happy New Year

A week ago we posted on the social media about a cow and calf. The cow and calf are Bloksdal Sallé Star (Bloksdal Matador -ET V.B. x Bloksdal Olympia) with her heifer calf Bloksdal Unique Star by Sapristi (Laurel x Nature), we wanted to sell this set. After several inquiries from interested buyers, we can now say that she has been sold to Casper Poulsen from Frederikshavn. We hope that Sallé, Unique and Casper will be a good match, wish you luck and thank you for the deal.

In recent times we have had quite a few new calves, and on Monday another one arrived, the last of the year. This time it was Bloksdal Sallé Star (Bloksdal Matador -ET V.B. x Bloksdal Olympia) that had a calf. Sallé Star is a medium-sized cow but with a good breed character and an exciting pedigree, with for example Bloksdal Linux -ET V.B (Bourgogne x Une Fleur) as grandsire. Both Linux and Matador are embryo purchases from Elevage Sallé charolais and both have proven their worth by breeding several winners for us.

Sallé Star herself gave birth to the 32 kg heifer calf easily and without help. The calf is by Sapristi (Laurel x Nature) and will be called Unique Star and got number 431.

If you are missing a young cow with a heifer calf next to it, is it possible to buy this two.

Last week we got another new calf. This time it was Piña Colada (Bloksdal Linux -ET V.B. x Bloksdal Liqueur) that had a calf. Piña Colada is a young cow from 2019 that has already experienced a lot. Last time she had twins, Thor and Tuborg, which she looked after beautifully herself and back in 2022 she became best heifer at the National Show in Herning.

This time she has had a single calf by the famous Major (Berlioz x Charmille). She gave birth to the calf, a bull calf weighing 52 kg. Kristina has decided that it should be called Bloksdal Underberg V.B. (430)