OT Annie De of One Tree Ranching Ltd. at Patricia, Alta., was named top female at last week’s Canadian National Texas Longhorn Show during Canadian Western Agribition in Regina.  |  Karen Briere photo

Texas Longhorn wins at Agribition

The Musgrove family runs about 100 cows at home and sell bulls to commercial producers

Gordon Musgrove’s attempt to downsize his commercial cattle operation about 10 years ago led him to Texas Longhorns and, last week, success in the Canadian Western Agribition show ring. Musgrove, who operates One Tree Ranching Ltd. at Patricia, Alta., with his wife, Charlene, took home banners for the grand and reserve champion females in the […] Read more

WP livestock report – December 5, 2019

HOGS The U.S. national live price average for barrows and gilts was $33.18 per hundredweight Nov. 29, down from $35.46 on Nov. 22. U.S. hogs averaged $42.80 on a carcass basis Nov. 29, up from $41.91 Nov. 22. The U.S. pork cutout was $81.85 per cwt. Nov. 29, down from $83.07 Nov. 22. The estimated […] Read more

WP livestock report

Hogs The U.S. national live price average for barrows and gilts was $35.46 per hundredweight Nov. 22, up from $34.35 on Nov. 15. U.S. hogs averaged $41.91 on a carcass basis Nov. 22, up from $42.73 Nov. 15. The U.S. pork cutout was $83.07 per cwt. Nov. 22, down from $88.13 Nov. 15. The estimated […] Read more


WP livestock report

Hogs The U.S. national live price average for barrows and gilts was $34.35 per cwt. Nov. 15, down from $36.69 Nov. 8. U.S. hogs averaged $42.73 on a carcass basis Nov. 15, down from $44.85 Nov. 8. The U.S. pork cutout was $88.13 per cwt. Nov. 15, up from $82.67 Nov. 8. The estimated U.S. […] Read more

WP livestock report

Hogs The U.S. national live price average for barrows and gilts was $36.69 per cwt. Nov. 8, down from $38.57 on Nov. 1. U.S. hogs averaged $44.85 on a carcass basis Nov. 8, down from $48.95 Nov. 1. The U.S. pork cutout was $82.67 per cwt. Nov. 8, up from $75.64 Nov. 1. The estimated […] Read more


WP livestock report

Bison The Canadian Bison Association said Grade A bulls in the desirable weight range sold at prices from C$4.80-$5 per pound hot hanging weight. U.S. buyers are offering US$3.85-$4.15 per lb. Hogs The U.S. national live price average for barrows and gilts was $38.57 per hundredweight Nov. 1, down from $42.08 on Oct. 25. U.S. […] Read more

WP livestock report

Hogs The U.S. national live price average for barrows and gilts was $42.08 per hundredweight Oct. 25, down from $42.88 on Oct. 18. U.S. hogs averaged $53.10 on a carcass basis Oct. 25, down from $56.87 Oct. 18. The U.S. pork cutout was $76.56 per cwt. Oct. 25, down from $77.03 Oct.18. The estimated U.S. […] Read more

WP livestock report

Hogs The U.S. national live price average for barrows and gilts was $42.88 per hundredweight Oct. 18, up from $41.92 on Oct. 11. U.S. hogs averaged $56.87 on a carcass basis Oct. 18, up from $56.27 Oct. 11. The U.S. pork cutout was $77.03 per cwt. Oct. 18, down from $77.52 Oct. 11. The estimated […] Read more


WP livestock report

Hogs The U.S. national live price average for barrows and gilts was $41.92 per cwt. Oct. 11, up from $38.28 on Oct. 4. U.S. hogs averaged $56.27 on a carcass basis Oct. 11, up from $49.14 Oct. 4. The U.S. pork cutout was $77.52 per cwt. Oct. 11, up from $75.17 Oct. 4. The estimated […] Read more

Twenty “artist’s proof” editions were made of The Last Great Buffalo Wagon Trek as well as 200 limited edition prints, but Bison Producers of Alberta has lost track of the original.  | Linda Sautner photo

Bison producers hunt for wagon trek painting

It’s a bit of a bison mystery. An original oil painting created after a wagon trek held in 2000, in conjunction with the International Bison Conference, has gone missing. The Last Great Buffalo Wagon Trek, a 48 by 30-inch oil painting by Wayne LaLiberte, once hung in a Leduc, Alta., boardroom shared by the Bison […] Read more