SASKATOON (Staff) -ÊThe commercial cattle sale at Canadian Western Agribition mirrored the precipitous drop cattle prices have taken in the last year.
Despite entries of 1,002 head, about 50 more than last year, the gross from the sale at $780,000 was nearly $150,000 less than 1994.
Bred heifer consignments were steady at 453 head.
Feeder steers averaged $618.87 per head; feeder heifers $616.65 per head, open replacement heifers $568.44 while bred replacement heifers averaged $986.31.
Repeat winners Ken and David Rea of Marengo, Sask., sold their grand champion pen of 10 Limousin feeder steers for 92 cents per lb., while reserve grand champion, also a pen of 10 Red Angus steers, consigned by Fitzpatrick Ranch of Wood Mountain, Sask., sold for 85.50 cents per lb.
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Delbert Warren of Ogema, Sask., topped the feeder steer sale, selling his pen of five Limousin feeder steers for $1.0050 per lb. These steers were mates to the grand champion beef carcass at the show this year, the 20th consecutive year a Limousin steer has won the carcass competition.
Grand champion and high-selling pen of feeder heifers was entered by Herman Flad of Bodo, Alta., a consistent consignor to the show and sale. The 10 Charolais heifers sold for 92.25 cents per lb.
Reserve grand champion went to Duane McCaffrey of Edam, Sask., for his pen of five Charolais cross heifers for 91.50 cents per lb.
McCaffrey also took home the grand champion banner for his pen of 10 red baldie open replacement heifers, which topped the open heifer sale at $725 per head.
Reserve grand champion, also a pen of 10, were Limousin/Angus cross heifers consigned by Gordon Bredahl of Shaunavon, Sask. for $535 per head.
The grand champion pen of bred replacement heifers were five Red Angus/Hereford cross heifers, exposed to Hereford bulls and consigned by the Catley Hereford Ranch of Craven, Sask. They sold for $1,250 per head.
Reserve grand champion bred heifers were also baldies, but black instead of red, consigned by Keay Farms of Inglis, Man.
They sold for $1,075 per head and were bred back Black Angus.
Catley’s other consignment, a pen of five Hereford heifers bred back to Red Angus and Hereford bulls, sold for $1,275 per head.
Top-selling pen of replacement heifers was a pen of five Simmental heifers consigned by Windmill Simmentals of Moosomin, Sask., bred back Red Angus, for $1,400 each.
Grand champion pen of 10 were Hereford heifers bred back Black Angus consigned by Gillespie Hereford Ranch of Mankota, Sask. for $1,000 per head.
Reserve grand champion pen of 10 were red baldie heifers, exposed to Red Angus bulls, consigned by 1994 winner Wolf Creek Livestock (Scott Watson), Wolseley, Sask. They sold for $975 per head.
Other top-selling pens
- Blair Farms, Drake, Sask., for their pen of 10 Red Angus/Simmental heifers, exposed to Red Angus bulls, for $1,200 per head.
- Garnet Fishley, Bethune, Sask. for a pen of 10 Simmental cross heifers, exposed to Red Angus bulls, for $1,150 per head.
- Bob and Norma Watson, Wol-
seley, Sask., for a pen of five Angus/Hereford heifers exposed to Red Angus bulls, for $1,125 per head.
- RBD Ranch, Milestone, Sask. with two pens of five Red Angus/Simmental heifers, bred back Red Angus, for $1,125 and $1,225 per head respectively.
- Duane McCaffrey, Edam, Sask. for a pen of five Red Angus/Simmental heifers, bred back Hereford, for $1,100 per head.
