REGINA — Dozens of volunteers gear up every year to run an auction market for a week at Canadian Western Agribition in Regina.
The Agribition commercial show is a major event to display feeders, background animals, yearling bulls and replacement females.
“This barn is the backbone of the industry,” said Reed Andrew of Regina, who was awarded the grand and reserve champion pens of backgrounder steers.
The show has gotten smaller as the industry changes with later calving and weaning, but it remains the largest exhibition of its type in Canada.
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During the sale, which was held on the final day, Andrew’s champion pen of 10 head were sold for $151 per hundredweight. JGL Cattle of Moose Jaw, Sask., was the buyer.
Pound-Maker Agventures of Lani-gan, Sask., bought the reserve pen for $160 per cwt.
For seven students from Lakeland College in Vermilion, Alta., the event was an opportunity.
The college has a student managed farm, and the students entered 15 head that all placed well.
“They are pretty proud when they go through the ring and win grand champion,” said instructor Geoff Brown.
Their pen of heifers took reserve last year, and this year that same set returned as bred females to win grand champion with a set of Simmental-Angus crosses.
The grand champion pen of feeder steers was exhibited by Blairswest Land and Cattle of Drake, Sask. The reserve went to Lakeland College.
Darryl and Maria Friesen of Carrot River, Sask., claimed the prize for the grand champion pen of feeder heifers while Sentes Farms of Raymore, Sask., had reserve.
The grand champion pen of open replacement heifers for show only went to Glendar Angus.
The best pen of three to five cow-calf pairs went to Westman Farms of Vermilion with an Angus Simmental cross group. The supreme championship in bull pen alley went to Gary and Richard Latimer of Remitall Farms Inc. of Olds, Alta., with three black Angus yearlings sired by SAV Prodigy 8101.
