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Lexie Girodat won the reserve intermediate banner at the National Western Stock Show with her home-bred bull

DENVER, Colo. — Lexie Girodat has built a lengthy resume in the beef business. At age 25, the beef enthusiast from Gull Lake, Sask., has been showing cattle since she was five years old. She started working with Hereford and Angus breeder Grant Hirsche of Okotoks, Alta., when she turned 12 and learned how to […] Read more

DENVER, Colo. — It has been a golden year for an Angus bull named Thunderstruck. The National Western Stock Show grand champion, PM Thunderstruck 22’13, has connections across three provinces as well as Nebraska. Tanya Belsham, owner of Poplar Meadows Angus near Houston, B.C., bred the bull and has partnered with Ryan and Holly Currie […] Read more

DENVER, Colo. — Participating in an international livestock exhibition such as the National Western Stock Show can bring instant name recognition and big business deals. For Scott Severtson of Innisfail, Alta., the long drive to Denver, Colorado, paid off this year when he won the senior champion bull award with two-year-old SLC Swagger 105A. The […] Read more

Saskatchewan producer pleased to take grand champion Red Angus female; says the show is ideal place to market cattle genetics

DENVER, Colo. —Kevin Blair evaluated every animal that passed by as he leaned against the rails at the Red Angus competition during the National Western Stock Show. Blair, a keen eyed cattle producer who has marketed purebred cattle around the world, appreciated the quality of every individual on display at the show, held Jan. 9-24 […] Read more

Alpaca and llama producers lack a strong commercial industry, so many shear, process and market their own fibre

DENVER, Colo. — Visitors to the National Western Stock Show were treated to something completely different if they happened to stumble across the llama and alpaca show. This is one type of livestock that does not mind posing for selfies or being hand fed tasty alfalfa pellets, and an event like this is an opportunity […] Read more

Grand champion at Denver show | The genetically superior bull is “a once in a lifetime sort of deal,” says owner

DENVER, Colo. — The Colyer family of Bruneau, Idaho, may have sold a Hereford bull for a world record price of $600,000 last year, but they have remained down to earth. That bull, C Miles McKee 2103 ET, went on to win grand champion honours at the National Western Stock Show in Denver Jan. 16. […] Read more

DENVER, Colo. — A shadow of a smile crossed Grant Hirsche’s face when his Hereford bull received the judge’s nod at the National Western Stock Show in Denver Jan. 17. The culmination of an outstanding show career resulted in his bull receiving the reserve grand champion banner at the National Hereford Show held during the […] Read more