February 2, 2024 Cutknife, SK
…………………………………….Gross Average
32 Two-Year Old Bulls $250,750 $7,836
High Selling Bulls
Lot 999K, Wirstuk 999K, sired by LAE Homegrown 28H. Sold for $12,000 to Lee & April McGonigle, Unity.
Lot 963K, Wirstuk 963K, sired by LAE Homegrown 28H. Sold for $11,250 to Jackson Bros., Unity.
Springside Cattle Co., Airdrie, AB won Grand Champion Pair of Bulls with SOS Luxor 358L & SOS Lumberjack Pld 42L and Reserve Champion Pair of Bulls with SOS Lazer Pld 344L & SOS Limestone 47L. The panel of three judges also selected SOS Lumberjack Pld 42L as the Grand Champion Bull at the Heartland Cattlemen’s Classic January 27th, 2024, Stettler, AB.
Springside Cattle Co., Airdrie, AB won Champion Pen of Three Bulls at the 2024 Canadian Bull Congress with SOS Legacy Pld 39L, SOS Lumberjack Pld 42L and SOS Luxor Pld 358L.
Springside Cattle Co. also won Ranchers Choice Champion Bull with SOS Lumberjack Pld 42L, an SOS Timber 88J son. The show was judged by Owen Albberg, Czar, Ty Kueber, Killam and Nicki Ross, Red Deer County.
Adri Denschikoff, Falun, AB won Reserve Champion 4-H Heifer Project with her heifer RJY Evetta 301L, sired by CCC WC Resource 417 P at the Canadian Bull Congress held January 19, 2024 in Camrose, AB.
DVY Luck Be A Lady 10L, sired by FTCC Bold Design 20G, exhibited by Roselea Cattle, Neilburg, SK, was crowned Grand Champion Purebred Heifer by judge Mark Lyseng, Armena.
Ben Stroeve formerly of Picture Butte, AB passed away December 19th at the age of 87. Ben and his wife Dorothy of 48 years who predeased him in 2021 ran B & D Stroeve Charolais for nearly 30 years. The herd was dispersed in 2000, but he still enjoyed attending Charolais and other cattle events for many years. With always a smile on his face and a friendly greeting he was a pleasure to visit with.
A panel of five judges selected K-Cow Landslide 61L, a January 28th son of High Bluff Gallagher 21G, owned by K-Cow Ranch, Elk Point as Champion Cattleman’s Choice Bull at the Peace Country Beef Congress held January 5th and 6th in Grand Prairie, AB.
December 31, 2023 Edmonton, AB
……………………….Gross Average
1 Flush $3,750 $3,750
7 Embryo Lots $25,700 $1,117/embryo
December 16, 2023 Red Deer, AB
……………………..Gross Average
1 Flush $10,500 $10,500
3 Embryo Lots 7,525 2,508 $836/embryo
1 Semen Lot 1,000 1,000 $40/straw
December 30, 2023 Listowel, ON
…………………………………………..Gross Average
1 Canadian Embryo Rights $22,500 $22,500
2 Heifer Calves 31,250 15,625
3 Lots $53,750 $17,917
3 Embryo Lots $27,450 $3,050/embryo
December 18, 2023 Wawota, SK
…………………………………Gross Average
4 Two-Year Old Bulls $26,750 $6,688
4 Yearling Bulls 18,550 4,638
8 Lots $45,300 $5,663
High Selling Two-Year Old Bull
Lot 1, Diamond R Kinetic 22K, sired by CML Thor 898F. Sold for $7,250 to LEJ Charolais, Portage la Prairie, MB.
High Selling Yearling Bull
Lot 5, Diamond R Lincoln 54L, sired by HVA Delco 262J. Sold for $5,500 to LD Stockfarm, Neudorf.
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