LLOYDMINSTER — A two-year-old Charolais bull stole the show at the Lloydminster Stockade Roundup this weekend, becoming the first animal to win the Supreme Championship two years in a row.
Standing nearly as tall as his owner, Garner Deobald of Cedarlea Farms near Hodgeville, Sask., the cream coloured bull named CSS Sir Gridmaker 2W impressed judges again during the Lloydminster Agricultural Exhibition’s largest livestock show of the year.
Deobald said competing in the supreme show is a great feeling.
“To come out of your breed show and compete against all of the other champions is an honour, but then to have the success of winning is just a fantastic feeling,” said Deobald, adding the back-to-back wins show the bull’s uniqueness.
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“He is the type of bull that will sire cattle that feed really well … he has lots of depth and thickness, a good strong level top, good hair coat, and great disposition.”
Deobald, his wife Laurie and their children run a family farm with about 125 Charolais cattle, 150 commercial cows and registered Quarter Horses.
Living on the same farm his father and grandfather did, Deobald has kept up the farming tradition and said it has always felt rewarding.
“When you have love for the animals and for the land, it just becomes part of you and it’s something that is very enjoyable,” said Deobald.
His family has been breeding Charolais cattle for almost 40 years, has lived in the same area for decades and is leading the way in the cattle industry.
Deobald recently started a cattle exporting and agrarian consulting company that will export more than 300 Charolais cattle to Kazakhstan in December.
Deobald purchased his winning bull as a calf from Cameron and Betty-Ann Stewart who, along with their son Morris Stewart, are partners in the bull.
The Supreme Champion female award went to two-year-old Simmental Colt’s Dynasty, co-owned by R Plus Simmentals, Bar SK Cattle Co., Colt Cattle, and Ty-D Livestock, from Streamstown, Alta.
Dynasty won its breed in last year’s competition but fell short in the Supreme championship, said Colton Draves, one of the co-owners, adding that made this year’s win even better.
“I was surprised but it’s great. There is no better feeling,” said Draves.
This year’s Stockade Roundup was the 33rd annual event, and with attendance and competitor entries both up from the last few years, organizers were happy with how it went.
“The market is a lot stronger this year and the feeling out there is a lot more positive than in the last few years,” said Mike Sidoryk, general manager of the Lloydminster Agricultural Exhibition Association.
The roundup kicked off with stock dog trials on Nov. 2 and 3, followed by purebred shows, commercial cattle pen shows, and the supreme show on Nov. 4. On Nov. 5 spectators took in the 4-H competition, junior exhibitor shows and ranch horse competition and sale.
Tim Winterhalt from Unity Sask., was the top buyer in the ranch horse sale purchasing Zan Parr Double, owned by Ricky Wiebe from Outlook, Sask., for $9,250.
