Sale results have been released from the Oct. 17-19 purebred herd dispersal at Remington Ranch in southern Alberta.
The ranch sold its purebred Simmental, Angus and Yieldmaster stock as a part of a move to commercial herds on its ranches near Del Bonita, Alta., and Morse, Sask.
About 1,600 animals were sold, as well as embryos and semen, in a sale that attracted buyers from across North America and parts of Australia and Mexico.
Herd sires brought the largest amounts. The Black Angus WAF Zorzal 321U was sold for $75,000 to French River Cattle Co. of Noelville, Ont., and the Simmental bull Remington Lock N Load 54U sold for $47,500 to Lazy H Farm of Fleming, Ohio.
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Simmental purebred females brought higher prices than their Black and Red Angus counterparts, according to sale data provided.
Lazy H paid $20,000 for HPF MS Honey R007, and Beshears Simmentals of Winchester, Idaho, paid $15,000 for Miss Red Rush 439R.
A Simmental cow/calf pair of Triple C Smarty Pants R sold for $22,500 to Bouchard Livestock and Scott and Clark York of Australia.
On the Black Angus side, Remington Sandra 112U sold for $15,000 to Jay Anderson of St. Paul, Nebraska. Remington Lady Lawn 144R, from the straight Canadian Angus breeding program, brought $13,000 from the French River Cattle Co.
A Black Angus cow/calf pair with JL Floressa and a heifer calf sold for $20,750, with Blairs. Ag Cattle Co. of Lanigan, Sask., taking the cow and Lewis Farms of Spruce Grove, Alta., the calf.
Other sale averages provided by Remington Land and Cattle include:
• Simmental cows: $2,495 (129 head sold)
• Simmental cow/calf pairs: $4,407 (137)
• Simmental herd bulls: $9,875 (8)
• Black Angus cows: $2,208 (347)
• Black Angus cows and calves: $3,653 (196)
• Black Angus herd bulls: $8,757 (15)
• Red Angus cows: $1,923 (26)
