Black Angus bull | Agribition champion, owned by Remitall Farms, sold for $62,000
REGINA — A few hours before the big show, Richard Latimer was being circumspect about his bull’s chances at Canadian Western Agribition’s RBC Beef Supreme championship. No one knows what may happen when 36 bulls representing a wide range of breeds and type are displayed before a panel of five judges scoring each animal individually. […] Read moreTag Archives Agribition
Agribition – Canada’s biggest livestock show
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Charolais female and Red Angus bull take Agribition supreme championship
REGINA — 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. Each received $10,000 […] Read more
Animals benefit from professional pedicure session
REGINA — Ray Kneeland’s chosen profession was actually his second choice. “I wanted to be a cowboy. Growing up in rural Alberta in the ’50s, it wasn’t all that unusual. But I got married and I figured out that I needed to make a living, too. So I got into trimming hoofs.” Kneeland started trimming […] Read more
Sales skyrocket at auction
Ranch horses | Sixteen horses sell for $134,400 for an average $8,400
Auctioneer Brad Stenberg left the sale block from which he had just conducted the popular ranch horse sale at Canadian Western Agribition and said, “wow.” That’s what a lot of people were saying after the strong sale of 16 entries in Canada’s Premier Select Ranch Horse sale, along with 10 prospect horses. The 16 grossed […] Read moreHay donations sought for East
The campaign to send hay to eastern Canadian farmers hit by drought and escalating feed prices continued last week at Canadian Western Agri-bition. Bert Bloemendal, the Ontario trucker who is co-ordinating logistics for HayEast 2012, attended the show, where volunteers sought donations of hay and cash. Bloemendal operates Bert’s Repair and Towing in Mount Brydges, […] Read more
Smooth patter wins the day
Frederick Bodnarus’s smooth patter won him a Canadian Western Agribition belt buckle and marble gavel last week. Five judges, including last year’s winner, deemed him the best of five contestants during the second Winners Circle auctioneer competition Nov. 20. Bodnarus operates his own business in Saskatoon and was thrilled to win. “Agribition is a very […] Read more
Producer improves herd genetics at Regina sale
$1,500 goat | ‘Good genetics don’t come cheap’
Todd Zeller paid $1,500 for a six-month-old purebred Boer doeling and thinks he got a great deal. The doeling, consigned by Venture 2 of Steelman, Sask., to the goat sale at Canadian Western Agribition Nov. 20, topped the small sale of 15 lots. “We needed to top up our herd,” said Zeller, who operates Beatles […] Read moreAgribition notes
Angus sale centre of attention, bids REGINA — A barn burner of an Angus sale was held the evening of Nov. 23 at Canadian Western Agribition. The Power and Perfection sale posted an unofficial gross of $383,100. There were 28 1/2 live lots, which averaged $10,884. Eight packages of frozen embryos and semen totalled $72,900. […] Read more
Bison sale number up; prices dip slightly
Two sales to American buyers topped the 20th annual Canadian national bison sale held during Canadian Western Agribition Nov. 20. The top seller was a two-year-old half-Wood bull consigned by Silver Creek Bison of Binscarth, Man., which went to DD Buffalo of Woodland, Utah, for $20,000. A yearling Wood cross bull from Irish Creek Bison […] Read more
