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ByJulieZeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF Visitors from all over are coming to Red Bluff throughout the week as the Red Bluff Bull & Gelding Sale will celebrate its 75th anniversary. The sale has long had a great reputation and is known as being the best consignment bull sale west of the Rockies, bringing consignors and buyers to town from places like Ne- vada, Texas and Arizona, Sale Manager Adam Ow- ens said in a 2010 Daily News article — the year he took the reigns as manager of the sale. New this year is a prize put up for Supreme Bull, which will be selected from among the champion hal- ter bulls and must be ei- ther bred by the consignor or owned for a year prior to the sale, according to con- test rules listed on www. redbluffbullsale.com. The winner will receive $7,500. Champions from each class and the Jack Owens Ideal Bull Range Bull and Con- signment of the Year will get $1,000 each. Numbers for bulls con- signed as well as horses, the latter of which is capped at 100, are up for 2016, Ow- ens said. The number avail- able at the sale will dif- fer slightly as some may not make the sifting pro- cess, which starts at 9 a.m. Tuesday with Range Ready Calving Ease and Range Ready Bulls and continues at 9 a.m. Wednesday with the remaining bulls. There are 399 bulls con- signed for the sale and 100 geldings with stock dogs remaining at 20. Stock dogs begin at 1 p.m. Wednesday with a preliminary preview for buyers outside near the Trinity Avenue parking lot. The sale will be at 3:30 p.m. Friday in the Pauline Davis Pavilion. Geldings kick off at 7:30 a.m. Thursday with halter showings and competitions will start at 8 a.m. Friday. Doors for the sale open at 3:30 p.m. Friday and the sale starts at 5:30 p.m. in the Pauline Davis Pavil- ion. Admission is $10 per person. Average sales for the past five years by category, number sold and average price are as follows: 2015:Horses,67, $9,531.34; Mules, 3, $4,783.33; Dogs, 16, $5,218.75; Bulls, 236, $6,594.07 2014: Horses, 77, $6,018.18; Mules, 5, $4,980; Dogs, 16, $4,181.25; Bulls, 318, $3,264.15 2013: Horses, 83, $6,454; Mules, 5, $3,500; Dogs, 15, $4,310; Bulls, 378, $3,237 2012: Horses, 87, $5,651.72; Mules, 5, $5,558.7; Dogs, 17, $4,455.88; Bulls 344 $3,615.84 2011: Horses, 84, $5,696.43; Mules, 6, $3,858.33; Dogs, 16, $3,175; Bulls 277 $3,745.85 2010: Horses, 108, $5,150.46; Mules, 4, $5,075; Dogs, 14, $4,483; Bulls, 268, $2,646.64 RED BLUFF BullSalesetto celebrate 75 years By Steven Moore smoore@times-standard.com FERNDALE Steer Daniel Farley is living large in more ways than one. Life usually doesn't turn out so well for male drop calves, which seldom see their second birthday. This Holstein is about to turn 6. A series of events turned him from a potential source of beef to the envy of farm animals everywhere. Daniel's fan base is about to grow exponen- tially, and he also could end up in Guinness World Records. Ken and Ann Farley, longtime Ferndale res- idents, have an agree- ment to sell their strap- ping steer to the Big John Strong Circus Sideshow, a traveling band that in- cludes a tiny horse and two five-legged dogs. "Daniel has had a re- ally good life," Ann Far- ley says. If size matters, Daniel has lived an enormously good life. The decision to sell Daniel to John Strong Jr. is rooted in the Farleys' desire to ensure Daniel continues to thrive. They wrestled over what to do with the big bovine until they worked out the deal to send Daniel into show business. "We just wanted him to go to a good home, be with someone who would treat him well," Ann Far- ley says. Daniel's story began years ago when Ken's late aunt, Helen, had a beef cow, Horns, who lost her calf at birth. Helen Far- ley's acreage on Redmond Road, off Old Arcata Road less than a mile north of Three Corners Store, has pasture and a duplex. Although she lost her calf, Horns was still pro- ducing milk, so Ken Far- ley helped his aunt get a drop calf from a dairy on the Arcata Bottoms. Drop calves, or bucket calves, are a byproduct of dairies. After they're bred each year, milk-producing cows have offspring that face different fates. Heifers can serve as re- placements for the herd and be raised on the farm. Males can be taken from their mothers to be sold for beef production. Jeff Farley intended for Daniel to be nourished from the milk from Horns, but the cow had different ideas. "Sometimes they'll take the calf. Sometimes they won't," Ken Farley says. "Horns didn't take him so he ended up just getting raised from the bottle." One of Helen Farley's tenants, Darrla Paquin, helped with the bottle feedings, which naturally led to Daniel becoming a pet. Another tenant, Yvonne Scott, had met John Strong Jr. years ear- lier during her days work- ing in various carnival jobs. "Ever since Daniel reached his full growth, I knew John Strong would love to have him," said Scott, the manager of a cleaning company. "I've been around John's ani- mals, and he takes really good care of them." Daniel's diet has been supplemented with bread. Ann Farley, a obstetrics nurse at Redwood Memo- rial Hospital in Fortuna, has collected mountains of stale bread over the years, and Daniel's re- action to baked goods is classic Pavlovian condi- tioning. "Don't get between him and the bread," Scott cau- tions. Ann Farley recently re- searched Guinness re- cords for tallest cow and learned the title holder was named Blosom, an- other Holstein who lived in Illinois but died in June. Blosom measured 6 feet 4 inches tall, the same height as Daniel. Guinness World Re- cords has been contacted, but officials must physi- cally examine Daniel be- fore the record can be of- ficial. Ann Farley hopes that happens at some point on the sideshow circuit. First comes the transfer of Daniel to John Strong's possession, which could happen at the beginning of February, complete with a special trailer to handle the bovine's girth. Strong said his tour- ing scheduled varies year to year, and he plans to spend a lot of time in the Midwest this year. One of the best opportunities for Humboldt County res- idents to see the sideshow will be at the Utah State Fair in September in Salt Lake City. Ken Farley, a semi-re- tired mutual fund bro- ker, raises beef cattle on ranches in Ferndale and near Klamath. Beef cows give birth and nurse their calves out on the range on their own. The connection the Farleys and neighbors have with Daniel devel- oped over years with bot- tle feedings and bread drops, as the steer grew and grew but maintained his gentleness and love for people. They doubt they'll ever have a cow they're as fond of as Daniel. "We're beef ranchers so we don't ever get this at- tached," Ken Farley says. "And Holsteins don't usu- ally factor into the equa- tion." CATTLE SHAUN WALKER, THE TIMES-STANDARD Kalynn Farley, 17, of Ferndale stands next to the giant Holstein named Daniel near Eureka. Humboldt Holstein aspiring to heights befitting animal royalty DAILY NEWS FILE Sue Willhoite, of Lazy J Red Angus in Prineville, Oregon, talks to her bull Fat Tony at the 2014Red Bluff Bull Sale. 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