Agribition’s Beef Supreme champions

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Published: November 19, 2024

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Beef Supreme winner Red Wilbar Hennessy 3K, owned by Wilbar Cattle Co, Dundurn, Sask. and Rohrich Cutting Edge Ranch from North Dakota is shown by Bryan Willms from Wilbar. | Karen Briere photo

2024 marks the 25th year of the Beef Supreme championship at Canadian Western Agribition.

Below are links to Western Producer stories capturing that rich history. You can also check out our handy “know before you go” story here.

Agribition 2024 Simmental, Red Angus win Beef Supreme titles – REGINA — Two Saskatchewan families were celebrating Saturday evening after winning the Beef Supreme at Canadian Western Agribition.

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VIDEO: Agribition ends with successful Beef Supreme – Six days of Agribition came to a close on Saturday, November 25th, with the annual Beef Supreme event and the final night of the Maple Leaf Finals Rodeo.

Charolais bull takes top Agribition title – There are all kinds of connections made at Canadian Western Agribition in Regina, but the links between family members and fellow breeders took centre stage as the 2022 show wrapped up with the Beef Supreme Dec. 3.

Supreme Beef winners both from Bashaw and repeat – If winning Canadian Western Agribition’s Beef Supreme is the pinnacle of achievement for purebred cattle breeders, winning it more than once is undoubtedly a sign of continued excellence.

It’s black and white who won | Tyler Bullick from Prairie Cove Charolais shows his feelings about winning the female portion of the Beef Supreme Challenge at Agribition with his Bashaw, Alta., neighbour and fellow winner for the bull, Lee Wilson of MIller Wilson Angus. At left is BRCHE Berkly Ann 8507 PLD ET getting to know bull DMM Maximus 18G at right. | Mike Raine photo

Limousin bull wins big at Agribition – This has been a stellar year for two Saskatchewan families showing prize purebred cattle.

Alta., Sask., split supreme winners – Every year, cattle producers are able to honour their peers at Canadian Western Agribition. The RBC Beef Supreme is the grand finale of the show that ran from Nov. 19-24 and recognizes the first among equals in the purebred cattle business.

Craig Blair of Blairs.Ag Cattle Co. shows his happiness with the farm’s win for its female, PM Echo 8’16, at the RBC Beef Supreme Challenge. | Michael Raine photo

Agribition recognizes excellence – Two elated families made history at Canadian Western Agribition Nov. 25 when they won the supreme championship award. Prairie Cove Charolais of Bow-den, Alta., won the top female banner with PZC Lily 5013 Et and her calf at side, while Greenwood Limousin and Angus of Lloyd-minster, Sask., won with a two-year-old red Limousin bull named Canadian Impact.

Supreme winners named at Agribition – The 2016 winners of the Canadian Western Agribition supreme championship were two black Angus. Selected on the final night of the show, which ran from Nov. 21-26, Sean Enright of Renfrew, Ont., won with a yearling bull named EF Titan 545 all summer.

Sean Enright of Renfrew, Ont. won supreme champion bull at Canadain Western Agribition Nov. 26. The yearling bull will retire after this win. | William DeKay photo

Charolais cow named supreme champion – Many families come close to grabbing the brass ring at the Canadian Western Agribition supreme championship, but only a few have taken home the big prize. This year’s top bull award went to Poplar Meadows Angus for a two-year-old bull and the outstanding female came from Rod, April, Colby and Megan McLeod of Cochrane, Alta.

RBC Beef Supreme champions – Black was beautiful at the grand finale RBC Beef Supreme championship at Canadian Western Agribition in Regina, Sask. Held Nov. 29, the supreme champion bull was the entry of Gary and Richard Latimer of Olds, Alta.

Charolais female and Red Angus bull take Agribition supreme championship – A red and white theme with an international flair dominated this year’s premier livestock show, which wrapped up the exhibition season for some of North America’s top purebred beef cattle. Canadian Western Agribition’s RBC Beef Supreme champions were a Red Angus bull from Alberta and a Charolais pair from Texas.

Hereford bull is overall champion – Grant Hirsche is a man with a plan. His horned Hereford bull was named overall champion at the grand finale RBC Supreme champion challenge at Canadian Western Agribition Nov. 24. The bull was also champion at the World Hereford Conference held in Alberta this summer.

This Hereford bull was named supreme champion and also won the champion title at the World Hereford Conference in Alberta earlier this year. Owner Grant Hirsche plans to take him to the National Western Stock Show in Denver this January. | Michael Raine photo

Angus, Charolais reign supreme – Declared fairest in the land is the kind of praise the team at Soo Line Cattle Co. likes to hear. Roger Hardy and his crew at Midale, Sask., were ecstatic when Soo Line Annie K 9165 was named supreme champion at the 2011 Canadian Western Agribition Nov. 26.

Smiles, cheers and tears – It is fitting that a family with as much grit as the Hereford breed should win the supreme championship at Canadian Western Agribition during the 150th anniversary of the red and white breed in Canada. It was a happy but tearful moment for Buddy and Frances Leachman of Big Gully Farm near Maidstone, Sask., after they won grand champion Hereford and later premier breeder at the national show held Nov. 22-27.

Horned Hereford Big Gully 611 Bounty 517U was the Beef Supreme Challenge Bull winner, from Big Gully Farm at Maidstone, Sask., during the 2010 Canadian Western Agribition in Regina, November 28. | Michael Raine photo

Supreme champs both Angus – A seasoned rancher at the top of his game and a 10-year-old girl who cleaned up at this year’s junior shows are the winners of the Canadian Western Agribition supreme championship.

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