Saskatoon Fall Fair organizers reported good prices and attendance as they wrapped up their first show in the new agriculture building at Prairieland Park Nov. 15.
“Prices are really good considering the market,” said Brenda Sapergia, livestock manager with Prairieland Park.
Fall Fair numbers are on par with last year, unlike Farmfair International in Edmonton where cattle numbers were down, she said.
Sapergia said the new venue dedicated to cattle events means dirt will not need to be hauled in and out for each show as in the past and everything can take place in one building.
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The show also included the new Ag-Experience, an interactive series of display boards that show how pork, poultry, dairy and beef products are produced. In the future, the displays will include grain and oilseeds and diversified livestock.
Fall Fair attracted 350 purebred entries and 200 commercial entries, with a strong contingent from the Saskatoon region and a sprinkling from out of province.
Hamilton Farms of Cochrane, Alta., took home the grand champion prize in the Cinderella Classic, while Payne Livestock of Lloydminster picked up reserve champion. Payne also received the supreme champion ribbon in the Señor Challenge bull show while Muirhead Cattle Co. of Shellbrook, Sask., finished with the reserve champion title.
Double F Cattle of Parkside, Sask., won grand champion and reserve champion titles in the prospect steer show, with the grand champion selling for $1,750.
Hall’s Cattle Co. of Craven, Sask., won grand champion in the prospect heifer class and sold for $700.
In the commercial cattle show and sale, pens of bred heifers averaged $1,089 a head, pens of three feeder heifers averaged $2,216 a pen and pens of replacement heifers averaged $708 a head. Pens of three steer calves and five steer calves averaged $1.01 per pound.
Other notable results:
Black Angus: Hamilton Farms, Cochrane, Alta., grand champion female and grand champion bull.
Red Angus: Blairs Ag Cattle, Lanigan, Sask., grand champion female. Wilbar Farms of Dundurn, Sask., grand champion bull.
Gelbvieh: Fir River Livestock, Hudson Bay, Sask., grand champion female. Thackeray Farms, Weyburn, Sask., grand champion bull.
Limousin: Greenwood, Lloydminster, Sask., grand champion female. Payne Livestock, Lloydminster, Sask., grand champion bull.
Junior Classic: Amanda Libke, Hanley, Sask., grand champion female.
Junior, senior showmanship champions: Shae-Lynn Evans, Kenaston, Sask. and Tiffany Peters, Perdue, Sask.
Team grooming: Hanley, Sask., 4-H Beef Club, first place.
