Sherry Weber Powell had tears in her eyes as she walked Beat Bella through the sale ring.
It wasn’t easy to sell the five-year-old doe, which was more a pet than a breeding animal.
However, Bella was named the grand champion commercial doe during the Canadian Western Agribition goat show, and that left Powell with a dilemma. Show winners have the option of including their animals in the sale.
“I’d never sold a grand champion before. We’ve always taken them home,” she said.
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“So I thought I would see how it goes.”
It went something like this: her granddaughter started to cry, so Powell started to cry and then she had to lead Bella into the ring, where it sold for $650 to SLF Ranch at Edgerton, Alta.
“I know where she’s going so that makes it easier,” she said after the sale.
SLF has previously bought animals from her family’s operation, Beatles Boers of Southey, Sask.
Bella probably has another three years as a breeding animal if its feet hold up. Powell only entered it in the show so that her grandchildren could lead a calm animal in the ring.
“I didn’t expect to do that well,” she said. “I’m more interested in the nurturing, the feeding, the petting and letting the kids play with them. I’ve been told I’m a bit of a goat hoarder.”
Her son, Todd Zeller, was buying and selling during the sale, so it’s likely Powell will have more does to spoil.
Twenty lots sold for an average of $707.75, which was helped by two animals consigned by Calico Creek Goats of Yorkton, Sask.
An exposed purebred doe, Calico Creek Frosting, sold for $1,300 to JE Ranch of Holdfast, Sask., while a purebred buckling, Calico Creek High Octane Beast from Eastern Canada, went to Kevin Czerwonka of Glenavon, Sask., for $1,350 to top the sale.
The grand champion doe in the purebred Boer goat show was Twelve Acre 141X, exhibited by Venture 2 Boer Goats of Steelman, Sask. Beatles Boers showed the reserve, Beat Sontana.
Venture 2 also showed the grand champion buck, a yearling called Du B Iquet High Tech. Calico Creek showed the reserve, Calico Creek Bravado.
The reserve behind Beat Bella in the commercial doe competition was 10B, exhibited by Penncrest of Moose Jaw, Sask.
Beatles Boers also showed the grand champion market kid, while Penncrest had the reserve.
Venture 2 showed the grand champion pen of three doe kids, again followed by Penncrest.
