Angus sale burns up Agribition

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Published: November 26, 2012

REGINA — A barn burner of an Angus sale was Friday evening at Canadian Western Agribition.

The Power and Perfection sale posted an unofficial gross of $383,100. There were 28 ½ live lots that averaged $10,884. Eight packages of frozen embryos and semen totaled $72,900.

Ian Gross of Wiwa Creek Angus of Rush Lake, Sask., offered a black cow and bull calf, which topped the sale. The bull calf sold for $72,000. The buyers were unavailable at press time. The cow went for $43,000 to Boss Cattle Co. in Nebraska.

Wiwa Creek also sold a 2012 female, which also sold for $23,000 to Boss Cattle Co.

About the author

Barbara Duckworth

Barbara Duckworth

Barbara Duckworth has covered many livestock shows and conferences across the continent since 1988. Duckworth had graduated from Lethbridge College’s journalism program in 1974, later earning a degree in communications from the University of Calgary. Duckworth won many awards from the Canadian Farm Writers Association, American Agricultural Editors Association, the North American Agricultural Journalists and the International Agriculture Journalists Association.

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