REGINA – A new breeder bought high-selling cattle at last week’s national Charolais sale held during Canadian Western Agribition in Regina held Nov. 21-28.
Tim Facette and his business partner John Fitzgerald, who started Clear Lake Charolais at Tiger Lily, Alta., have decided that if they are going to start new careers as cattle producers, they are going to do it right.
During Canadian Western Agribition held in Regina Nov. 21-28, the partners paid $67,500 for a double polled white bull calf consigned by Prairie Cove Charolais of Bowden, Alta., $13,500 for a bred cow consigned by Gilliland Bros. Charolais of Carnival, Sask, and $8,500 for a female calf, also from Prairie Cove.
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The calf named PCC Top Gun 955W was declared futurity junior champion bull later during the show.
Facette spied the bull calf at Tim Bullick’s Prairie Cove operation earlier in the year and decided he had to have it.
“He’s what a Charolais should look like.”
Facette, who owns a trucking business with Fitzgerald, was in the Charolais business about 20 years ago and recently decided he wanted to return.
They have started with a small herd where they will emphasize quality breeding stock with help from Bullick. He dispersed most of his herd in 2004 and now consults with producers such as Facette and Fitzgerald. He also works on about 25 production sales a year.
Facette and Fitzgerald plan to travel to Europe to shop around for new Charolais bloodlines to introduce something different to the Canadian industry.
The Charolais sale generated good buyer interest and included a semen package from a bull named Winn Mans Lanza 610S that sold to a consortium of buyers led by Melanie Roth of Indian Head, Sask. for $17,000. This package is for the Canadian breeding rights in 2010 and was consigned by Sparrow Farms of Vanscoy, Sask., Winn Man Farms of Winnipegosis, Man. and Lindskov-Thiel Charolais of South Dakota.
The sale had 17.5 lots for a total of $155,450 and an average of $8,882.
At the national Charolais show, the grand champion bull was the entry of Gilliland Bros. Charolais of Carievale, Sask., and the reserve champion was entered by Payne Livestock of Lloydminster, Sask., and Chomiak Charolais of Viking, Alta.
The grand champion female was exhibited by New Country Livestock of Donalda, Alta., while the reserve came from Elder Charolais Farms of Coronach, Sask.
