RED DEER, Alta. – For armchair critics, Charolais breeders have come up with a way to let you don the judge’s hat and enter the show ring.
The Charolais Breeders’ Classic, in its fourth year, invited breeders from across Canada to bring their best bull calves to the fall show held in Red Deer Oct. 22.
But it was a show with a difference. For an entry fee of $1,000, breeders entered their best young bulls and received a judging card.
The bull owners then evaluated and ranked the entries. Judging scores were tallied through a series of rounds until the top bull was selected.
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This year a Manitoba entry from HTA Charolais owned by Harry Airey at Rivers took the $50,000 crown along with other prizes including free advertising and semen draws. His bull is HTA Catipillar Polled 610F.
A total of 77 bulls were entered by 40 breeders from Canada and the United States. Also, for the first time the top 10 will go to the Denver National Western Stock Show in January as part of the Canadian Charolais display.
In addition to the bull show, a female sale was also scheduled. The average was $2,719 on 16 entries. The high seller was a five-year-old bred cow who fetched $4,200. She was consigned by Clinton Phillips, Kar-R Charolais, of Waskatenau and sold to Jack Rairdon of Stettler.
