REGINA – When the Agribition champion Limousin females walked past the judge, they were either owned or bred by Ivy Livestock of Duchess, Alta.
This year’s Canadian Western Agribition, held Nov. 24-29, turned into a profitable event for the Hertz family. It had grand champion female and the high seller at the national Limousin sale on Nov. 29.
The family’s grand champion, Ivy’s Polled Necessity 28N, was a January heifer and sold to Y2K Land and Cattle Co. owned by Robert Nimmo of Caledon East, Ont.
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Agribition was this female’s first and only show this year, said Mary Hertz. Her family prefers this show above all others because it is producer friendly.
“Agribition was our only show because it is the place you meet people and make contacts,” she said.
The Limousin breed had one of the more successful sales at Agribition with 31 female lots totalling $163,950 to average $5,465.
The Gelbvieh sale featured 25.2 lots that grossed $68,500 and averaged $2,718.
The top seller was the reserve grand champion from the show. It came from Thackeray Gelbvieh Farms at Weyburn, Sask., and sold for $6,250 to V & V Farms of Redcliff, Alta.
The grand champion came from Severtson Land and Cattle of Innisfail, Alta. It was not offered for sale.
The Shorthorn Elite Sale offered 27 lots. The sale total was $66,850 for an average price of $2,476.
The high selling Shorthorn was a female named Triple E Magic 6M from Beach Valley Farms, Beachburg, Ont., and owned by Eric Reigern. It sold to Lyle Gordon of Stoughton, Sask. for $7,000.
Four bulls were offered for bid, with the top coming from Lyle Bignell of Stettler, Alta. The bull calf sold for $3,000 to Charlie Nemetz of Svellar, Alta.
Grand champion Shorthorn female was DF Starlet 1K from Dixon Farms, Vermilion, Alta. It was in the top 10 level in the supreme beef challenge. It was also the grand champion female from the Lloydminster Stockade Roundup this fall.
The grand champion bull was a yearling from Huberdale Farms of Lipton, Sask.
The Galloway sale offered seven females to average $2,296 on a total of $16,075. The high seller was a female from Saxon Hill Galloways at Melville, Sask., that went for $4,000. The buyer’s name was not available.
The grand champion bull was from Sandhills Cattle Co. at Spruce Grove, Alta.
