Tyson MacGillivray, Weldon exhibited the Three-Year Old Champion Cow/Calf, CAYS Kendall 18J (CAYS Full House 22E) with bull calf by CAYS Revival 44J, at the Prince Albert Regional Show and Sale.
Christopher Bomok, Battleford, SK of the United 4-H Beef Club had Reserve Grand Champion Heifer and Two-Year Old Female at both his acheivement day June 2nd and at the Kerrobert & District 4-H Regional Show on June 4th & 5th judged by Brynne Yoder. The two-year old is MCA Bridget 13K by SOS Hickory Pld 106H and her MCA Magnum 127M bull calf at side. The yearling heifer is MCA Davis 54L also by SOS Hickory Pld 106H.
A Full French sired Charcross steer shown by Connor King, Dapp AB was selected as Grand Champion Steer at the Westlock and District 4-H show. The 48 head steer show was judged by Leah Jones. Connor’s steer Dwayne weighed 1574 lb and sold for $5.60/lb to Carl’s Tirecraft, Westlock. 
Denim Parsons, Tees, AB of the Nebraska 4-H club won Grand Champion Steer at the May 27th Lacombe & District show and sale. Denim’s 1365 lb steer was purchased by Thermopro Insulation for $3.60/lb. The show was judged by Scott Anderson, Sylvan Lake.
Matthew Howe, Moose Jaw, SK won Champion Heifer and Overall Champion Female with HKS Ms Lois 43L (Silverstream Geddes G102) at the Moose Jaw Inter Regional 4-H Show June 23rd. Judge was Garrett Liebreich, Radville.
Elise Howe, Moose Jaw won Champion Two-Year Old Female with HKS Billie Jean 10K (Pleasantdawn Connection 195G) and her HKS Gusto 131G heifer calf at side.
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.
A Charcross steer shown by Logan Scheirlinck was Champion steer at his Del Bonita, AB 4-H club show and then went on to be Supreme Champion Steer at the Lethbridge District 4-H show. The steer weighed 1,583 lb and sold for $5.55/lb to Sunny South Veterinary Services, Lethbridge. This June 1st show was judged by Kolby Heaven.
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.
Following the CCA Presidents Dinner the 3rd Annual FCCF Fundraising Auction was again a great success with 35 lots raising over $80,000 to fund the Foundations many inititives. See the August Charolais Banner for more information.
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.
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