July 3, 2024 Cochrane, AB
……………………………..Gross Average
1 Bred Cow $85,000 $85,000
5 Bred Heifers 108,500 21,700
5 Heifer Calves 97,500 19,500
5 Flushes 44,500 8,900
9 Embryo Lots (38) 68,600 7,622 $1,805/embryo
2 Semen Lots (45) 7,876 3,938 $175/dose
27 Lots Gross $411,975 $15,258
High Selling Bred Cow
Lot 1, Pick of Elder Charolais, Coronach, SK entire Female Herd. Sold for $85,000 to Lindskov’s LT Ranch, Isabel, SD & Full Circle Charolais, Larkin, KS.
High Selling Bred Heifer
Lot 2, Pick of the Kay-R Land & Cattle, Waskatenau Bred Heifers. Sold for $40,000 to KFC Farms Ltd., Abbotsford, BC.
High Selling Heifer Calf
Lot 16, Pick of Springside Farms, Airdrie Heifer Calves. Sold for $31,000 to Landaker Charolais Farm, Brownvale.
High Selling Flush
Lot 10, CML Jewel 889F. Sold for $12,000 to Bar SK Cattle Company Ltd, Lloydminster. Consigned by McLeod Livestock, Cochrane.
High Selling Embryo Lot
Lot 9, SVY Historic 241K X SVY Starstruck 901G. 3 embryos sold for $14,250/$4,750 each to Elder Charolais. Consigned by Serhienko Cattle Co., Maymont, SK.
High Selling Semen Lot
Lot 22 B-F, 25 doses of Dogpatch Kahlua 94K from Footprint Farms, Esther. Sold for an average of $220/dose to Elder Charolais & Eureka Valley Charolais, Wainwright.
The executive and board remained the same at the Friends of the Canadian Charolais Foundation Annual General Meeting held June 7th in Moose Jaw, SK. Kelly Howe, Moose Jaw was re-elected Chairman; Keith Black, Foresters Falls, ON was re-elected Vice-Chairman; Jeralyn Rasmussen, Innisfail, AB, Secretary-Treasurer and Helge By, Regina, President. The rest of the board are Dennis Serhienko, Maymont; Dwein Trask, Saskatoon; Mike Elder, Coronach & Mark Frost, Kingsey Falls, QC.
Shawn Airey, Rivers, MB was re-elected President of the Canadian Charolais Association at their 65th Annual General Meeting held June 11th, 2023 in Innisfail, AB. Ryan Nesbitt, Nestleton, ON stays on as 1st Vice-President; Josh Taylor, Dunsford, ON as 2nd Vice-President and Kasey Phillips, Waskatenau, AB continues as Past-President. Rounding out the board of directors are Rod McLeod, Rockyview County; Josh Redden, Windsor, NS; Darwin Rosso, Moose Jaw; Armand Roy, St-Bernard Lacolle, QC; Travis Foot, Esther, AB; Dennis Serhienko, Maymont and Kyle O’Neill, Red Deer County, AB with Craig Scott being the General Manager. Complete details will be in the August Charolais Banner.
Dale Weinbender, Canora, SK was re-elected president of the Saskatchewan Charolais Association Board of Directors at the 61st Annual General Meeting held June 6th at Moose Jaw. 1st Vice-President remains Justin Cay, Kinistino and Scott Sunderland, Saint Front continues as 2nd Vice-President. Sarah Hordos retains her job as Secretary-Treasurer. Complete information will be in the August issue of the Charolais Banner.
John Perrot of Perrot Charolais/Perrot-Martin Charolais, Naicam, SK passed away June 2nd after a battle with cancer. For nearly 50 years John and his family were involved with the Charolais business. They had three National/Agribition Grand Champion Females in the 1990s and were great promoters of the breed. John always had a smile, time for a visit and a laugh. A funeral mass will be held 10:00 am, Wednesday, June 12th at the St. Brieux Roman Catholic Church. Livestreaming will be available at: www.schuler-lefebvrefuneralchapel.com
Jackson Corner, Caledonia exibited the Grand Champion Charolais Female, TR Ms Outsider 3765L, sired by M&M Outsider 4003 at the Youth Forum Beef Show, May 1st in Lindsay, ON.
EVF Starstruck 314L, sired by TR Mr Rhinestone 4658B was Champion Charolais Female at the Empire State Beef Classic, April 9th in Hamburg, NY and Reserve Champion Charolais Female at the Youth Forum Beef Show, May 1st in Lindsay, ON. Shown by Taylor Burke, Warkworth, ON she is owned by Bogart Cattle Company, Tweed, ON.
