MAY 2017 • COUNTRY LIFE IN BC A good season for
BC bull sales Strong calf prices have positive influence on bull prices this Spring by CATHY GLOVER
bought two others for $5,500.00 each.
WILLIAMS LAKE – Bull sale season officially wrapped up at the 80th annual Williams Lake Bull Show and Sale on April 12-13 and prices remained strong from start to finish this Spring. “There was excellent
interest,” says BC Livestock Co-operation Association auctioneer Larry Jordan. “The ranchers are seeing that bull power is more than 50% of their decision and they are trying to source the best bulls they can get their hands on.” With seven-weight calves
bringing $2.00 per pound, he adds, “ranchers can’t afford to have a poor bull,” and that’s led to some aggressive bidding at the sales. Tom Dewaal and Brad Chappell’s Harvest Angus/ Heart of the Valley sale set the bar high early on with three bulls selling for $14,000.00 or better at their March 11 sale. A week later, even US
buyers were giving ranchers a run at BC-bred bulls when the Spear Ranch out of Loomis, WA paid $7,500.00 for the top seller at Wayne Hughes’ Angus Advantage sale in Kamloops. Another two Tafika-bred bulls sold to Douglas Lake Ranch for $7,000.00 each. The White Fever Charolais Bull Sale on March 24 in Williams Lake saw its high seller go to Ellis Cattle Co. for $6,250.00. Gary Andrews and Pablo Mountain Cattle Co.
No foolin’
Two bulls topped the Best Bet Bull Sale on April 1 for $9,000.00 each. Peter and Sharm Philip bid up one of Mitchell Cattle Company’s Red Angus, while Squaw Valley Ranch anted up for one of Mitchell’s red Simmentals. Pooles Arrow Ranch paid $8,750.00 for another red Simmental. Crosby Cattle Co. sold Black Angus bulls for $7,750.00 each to Woodjam Ranch and to Garrett Ranch. A sunny start to the
Vanderhoof All Breed Sale on April 8 had BC ranchers in a buying mood as well. A capacity crowd watched as a two-year-old bull from Southside Charolais (Burns Lake) sold to John Chomiak of Mundare, AB for $5,900.00. Copper-T Ranch sold one of
their Hereford consignments to Bar WK Ranch of McBride for $5,800.00. The top Red Angus went to Jackson Stock Farm for $5,500.00. He was bred by North 40 Red Angus of Vanderhoof. Ludwig Farms’ Black Angus bull was purchased by Dave Andres for $5,400.00. Crosby Cattle Co. sold their Simmental entry to Craig Steiner of Fraser Lake for $5,700.00.
The sale committee reports
that Hereford bulls averaged $4,875.00; Angus, $4,196.30; Simmental, $4,125.00 and Charolais, $3,871.43.
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Now that’s bull power! The Pen of Three class at the Williams Lake Bull Show, April 12. ADRIENNE DICKSON PHOTO
Strong finish Of the 132 bulls paraded
through the sale pen for the grand daddy of bull sales in Williams Lake, April 13, 84 of them had Angus pedigrees. Todd Marchant’s grand champion Angus bull, lot 16, sold to Royce Cook for $9,000.00 while Sealin Creek Ranch out of Monte Lake sold one of their black yearlings to Jason McGillivray for $8000.00. George Little chased one of Matt Taylor’s Red Angus two- year-olds to $7,800.00. Angus averaged $4,206.55 on 84 head.
TK Cattle Company of
Vanderhoof consigned the only Charolais at the sale. They sold for $4,300.00 (John McNolty) and $3,500.00 (Clint Ellis). The lone Gelbvieh from
Barry and Robin Mader’s herd
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sold to Ty Ranch for $4,000.00, while 3M Simmental Ranch’s Simmental entry sold to Cal Hinton of Prince George fo $4,250.00.
Deanfield Ranch brought the high seller in the Hereford division. Their lot 145, a two- year-old, sold to Ardills Ranch Ltd for $8,000.00. Springfield Ranch out of Williams Lake paid $6,500.00 for another Deanfield entry, lot 147, the junior champion and reserve grand champion. Fred Bowers paid $7,200.00
for one of three bulls he bought of the Little Fort Hereford pen. Lot 116 was also judge Mike Altwasser’s
choice as senior and grand champion. Reserve senior champion, lot 130 from Richardson Ranch, sold for $5,500.00 to B&J Schalles. Hereford bulls averaged $3,937.50. Little Fort won the Best Pair of Bulls and Best String of Three Bulls, while the Get of Sire trophy went to Deanfield Ranch. “The purebred breeders
have really done their job,” acknowledges Jordan. “Ranchers don’t have to leave the province, they’ve done their homework, and they’re buying the bulls that work for them.
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