Trevor Bell didn’t appear to feel the pressure, but he knew the judge was watching him more than the Hereford heifer he led around the ring.
“It’s not based on what the calf looks like,” Bell said of the showmanship class at the Regina Spring Steer and Heifer Youth Show.
“It’s more the pressure is on you.”
Judge Shane Michelson singled Bell out for the easy, relaxed way he handled his calf and named him the winner of the senior showmanship event.
Bell, 18, has previously won showmanship classes at Canadian Western Agribition and the fair at Weyburn, Sask.
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Not bad for someone who lived in the city until he was nine, which was when the family moved to the Milestone, Sask., area.
Bell’s family is building a purebred herd, which now numbers about 100. The heifer he showed last weekend was the first calf the family bought this year, he said.
Bell will be moving to Saskatoon this fall to attend school but plans to remain a member of the Milestone 4-H Beef club.
“I love it,” he said of showing cattle.
He said there aren’t nearly as many young people involved as there could be, although he couldn’t explain why.
Ninety-one 4-H members representing 23 clubs attended the Regina show, along with 13 Clover Buds, which are children younger than nine.
The junior showmanship winner was Cody Vollman from Regina and the intermediate winner was Kyle Hale of Plunkett, Sask.
In the cattle show, judged by Bryan Hadland of Weldon, Sask., Chance Jackson of Sedley, Sask., exhibited the grand champion heifer, a Black Angus, while Hale showed a Maine Anjou as the reserve.
In the steer class, Carla Schmitt from Arborfield, Sask., showed the grand champion Maine Anjou and Laura Sawatzky from Central Butte, Sask., exhibited the reserve, a Chianina-Maine Anjou.
As the youth show wrapped up, the 102nd Regina Bull Sale got underway.
The high seller was Red DKF Illicit 17S from DKF Red Angus of Gladmar, Sask. It sold for $8,250 to Triple H Red Angus of Cupar, Sask.
The top selling Simmental was the grand champion, Cityview Stetson 8S, from City View Simmentals at Moose Jaw. It went to Mantei’s Diamond M Ranch Ltd. of Estevan, Sask.
The reserve champion Charolais topped that breed’s sale at $4,000. Consigned by DBL-J Charolais at Lumsden, Sask., DBL-J Guardian 40S went to CharTop Charolais at Gull Lake, Sask.
A total of 135 lots sold for $409,150 and an average $3,031. Buyers came from across Canada.
