Fifty-two bulls sold for an average of $3,731 at the Pride of the Prairies bull show and sale in Lloydminster March 2-3.
The average was $10 higher than last year’s sale, which had 99 bulls on offer.
The high seller was a Black Angus, Grant Lodge Upward 18A, consigned by Grant Lodge Farms of Edam, Sask., which sold for $8,200 to Sheidaghan Anghus of Maple Creek, Sask.
The 10 Black Angus on offer sold for an average of $4,420, which was the highest average among seven breeds at the sale. Other averages were as follows, with number sold in brackets: Charolais (nine), $3,933; Red Angus (four), $3,650; Simmental (three), $3,533; Limousin (three), $3,233; Polled Hereford (two), $4,150; and Horned Hereford (one), $3,200.
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The rest of the animals comprised the pen sale.
Charolais topped it with an average $3,788, followed by Polled Herefords ($3,278), Black Angus ($3,050) and Maine Anjou ($2,100).
Results from the March 2 show are as follows:
Charolais grand champion: exhibited by Ray and Beatrice Paschke of Love, Sask. Reserve: also the Paschkes.
Horned Hereford grand champion: exhibited by SS Cattle Co. of Irma, Alta. There was no reserve champion.
Polled Hereford: exhibited by NCX Polled Herefords of Brosseau, Alta. Reserve: SS Cattle Co.
Limousin grand champion: exhibited by Payne Livestock, Lloydminster, Sask. Reserve: also Payne Livestock.
Black Angus grand champion: exhibited by Grant Lodge Farms, Edam, Sask. Reserve: also Grant Lodge.
Red Angus grand champion: exhibited by Dave and Erica Ockerman of Dewberry, Alta. Reserve: Jock Ockerman of Dewberry.
Simmental grand champion: exhibited by John Grant of Edam, Sask. Reserve: Fern Creek Simmentals of Pincher Creek, Alta.
In the March 1 junior steer and heifer show, Jennifer Jones of Lloydminster had the champion heifer and Wacey Townsend of Sylvan Lake, Alta., had reserve.
On the steer side, Nolan Blair of Drake, Sask., showed the champion and Jon Fox of Lloydminster had the reserve.
Jones also had the champion heifer in the progress steer and heifer show, with Hi-Way Limousin of Lloydminster winning reserve.
Fox had the champion steer in the class, while Austin Campbell of Derwent, Alta., had reserve.
