REGINA – Brad Yoder had to book time off from his job as an IGA produce manager to show cattle at Canadian Western Agribition this year, but the few days away were worth it.
He and his wife, Nicolle, sold full possession and a two-thirds semen interest in their Red Angus bull to a syndicate at the Nov. 24 Masterpiece sale.
The massive, cherry red bull from Cinder Angus was named reserve grand champion the next day, and the family also received the herdsman award in the Masterpiece sale.
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Yoder said the bull’s heavily muscled hindquarters and big, sturdy feet means it can work anywhere.
“We want Angus that can walk good,” he said.
“There are so many bulls in the country that are not structurally sound. They are breaking down.”
He has raised both red and black Angus on his farm near Barrhead, Alta., for 22 years and sees the long distance to Agribition in Regina as a business opportunity.
“It was a long trip and it was cold, but the marketing of our cattle here is excellent,” he said.
The high seller at the Masterpiece sale was a half interest in a black bull from Brian and Kim Geis of Barrhead, which sold for $27,000 to KBJ Round Farms of Clyde, Alta.
A red bull from Bryan and Sherry MacKenzie of Brylor Angus at Pincher Creek, Alta., fetched $12,000 from the Crimson Jewel Bull Syndicate.
The sale offered full possession after next May and a third semen interest.
Rob and Gail Hamilton of Cochrane, Alta., sold two-thirds interest and full possession in a bull calf for $11,000. It was a son of last year’s Agribition Supreme champion bull. The buyer was Double F Cattle Co. of Parkside, Sask.
Sixty lots at the sale grossed $245,150 and averaged $4,085.
