The annual Pride of the Prairies bull sale in Lloydminster, Sask., last month brought a major proportion of Black Angus animals to town.
The 20 Black Angus halter bulls on offer averaged $5,770.
As well, six Red Angus bulls sold for an average of $4,883, six Charolais for $4,983, five Simmen-tals for $3,940, two Limousins for $3,500, one Horned Hereford for $5,000 and one Polled Hereford for $5,750.
The sale also featured 126 pens of bulls from all of the above noted breeds except Limousin. The overall sale average among the pens was $4,719, which was slightly lower than the 2015 average on pens of bulls, which was $4,977.
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The high seller, at $9,000, was Greenwood Cyclone JJP 22C, exhibited by Jayden and Jaxon Payne of Lloydminster, Sask. It was bought by Duriez Ranching of Frenchman Butte, Sask.
Duriez also bought the high-selling Red Angus, paying $5,800 for Red Morland Commando BC, which was exhibited by Grady Morland of Major, Sask.
Doug Eaton of Frenchman Butte paid the top price among Charolais animals on offer.
Raymond and Beatrice Paschke of Love, Sask., received $7,000 for Pine Bluff Routy 57C.
Top seller in the Polled Hereford category was SS Topline 43S Big Bud 38B. Exhibited by SS Cattle Company of Irma, Alta., it sold for $6,500 to Scott Robinson of Consort, Alta.
Double G Livestock of Irma bought the high selling Horned Hereford, SS Topline 888Z Big Ben 124B, for $5,000 from SS Cattle Company.
The top selling Simmental, at $6,500, was Odo Mr Charlie, exhibited by Ockerman Simmentals of Lindbergh, Alta. It was bought by Jordan Leskow of Edgerton, Alta.
The high selling Limousin sold for $4,000 to Queenie Creek Livestock of Vermilion, Alta. The bull, RCN Cadillac, was exhibited by RCN Livestock of Paradise Hill, Sask.
