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FEATURES
Cattle price insurance can work
in western canada. .................................................... 10
We could see $2.50 this fall............................................ 12
Marketing a wagyu eating experience........................... 16
It is all in the handshake............................................... 20
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Our cow herd has been decimated................................. 24
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Ken hurlburt joins the lmac hall of fame. .................. 32
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COMMENT............................................... 6
NEWSMAKERS......................................... 8
LETTERS.................................................. 8
NUTRITION............................................ 22
VET ADVICE.......................................... 26
HOLISTIC RANCHING.............................. 27
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CCA REPORTS...................................... 38
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STRAIGHT FROM THE HIP...................... 41
NEWS ROUNDUP................................... 42
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THE MARKETS...................................... 49
MARKET TALK....................................... 51
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WORKDAYS
TO GETAWAYS
c o m m e n t
by Gren Winslow
A tough start
The Canada
Beef boys
deserve some
sympathy
Y
ou have to have some sympathy for the
offshore marketing crew at Canada Beef
Inc. these days.
It’s their first full year as the producers’ market promotion agency in overseas markets
and it has to be said that it’s been tough sledding
so far.
If you read only the headlines in the mainstream media you could mistakenly think things
are booming along.
In the past couple of months alone we’ve had
plenty of good news that raises our hopes about
expanded market access for Canadian beef.
• The WTO reaffirmed Canada’s key claim that
U.S. country-of-origin labelling unfairly discriminates against imported livestock. Of course, the
U.S. will take its time figuring out a response to
the panel ruling but it is to be hoped it will eventually strip away some of the red tape that has
caused many U.S. packers and feedlots to turn
away from Canadian cattle.
• Canada is accepted at the table of the TransPacific Partnership (TPP) free trade talks.
• Japan once again hints it will relax the 20-month
import restriction on U.S. (and presumably
Canadian) beef as a bargaining chip to gain a
seat at the TPP free trade talks.
• Canada formally withdraws its request for a
WTO dispute settlement panel with South Korea
after Korea holds to its earlier agreement to
reopen its market to Canadian beef under 30
months of age.
• Peru reopens to Canadian bone-in beef under
30 months and boneless beef of all ages, and
Kazakhstan for under-30-month boneless.
The January to April exports numbers reported
by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada don’t paint
quite so rosy a picture. Sales of beef and veal to
Mexico were down 3.6 per cent at 7,644 tonnes,
although offal sales were up 63 per cent. Beef
sales to Japan at 1,506 tonnes, down 3.9 per cent;
offal sales are down 35 per cent. Hong Kong and
Macau down 8.8 per cent on the beef but offal
sales shot up 534 per cent. Southeast Asia, down
60 per cent; Central and South America, 26 per
cent less beef and veal, but 1,322 per cent more
offal. Russia, beef and veal down 46 per cent,
offal down as well. Middle East and North Africa,
sales are flat. All the smaller countries are down
in total by 46 per cent on the beef and veal trade
from last year.
European beef sales are also down 8.4 per cent.
What was more surprising is that with all the yam-
6 Cattlemen / August 2012
mering over trade with Europe we have only sold
120 tonnes into this giant marketplace in the first
four months of the year. By comparison the Caribbean countries bought 265 tonnes over the same
four months, 44 per cent more than last year.
China may have agreed to buy Canadian beef
in February but by April only 82 tonnes had
moved. Still that is 82 tonnes more than in 2011.
South Korea has bought 229 tonnes, a little more than we shipped to Central and South
America over the same period. It’s a start, but
pales in comparison to the 51,128 tonnes the U.S.
sold into S. Korea from January through May. Oh
to have tariff-free access like the Americans!
To be fair we need to point out that our total
four-month exports of 96,434 tonnes of beef or
108,142 tonnes with the offal were up 4.0 per
cent. Much of that can be attributed to a 3.1 per
cent increase in our beef exports to the U.S. Our
southern neighbours took 78,480 tonnes or 81
per cent of our beef and veal in those months.
If the goal at Canada Beef is to offset some
of our reliance on the U.S. market this gives you
some idea of the scope of the chore in front of
them.
It doesn’t help that this has also been a tough
year for beef exports.
U.S. export shipments were also down 11 per
cent from January to May. Their big four customers, in order, were all down: Canada (-8.0 per
cent), Mexico (-13 per cent), South Korea (-24
per cent), Japan (-3.0 per cent). Some of the pain
was no doubt offset by the rising value of these
loads. While U.S. packers shipped 11 per cent less
tonnage up to May, they brought in 4.0 per cent
more dollars, $1.9 billion to be precise.
It may be that the Canadian shipments enjoyed
the same inflation but I don’t have access to those
numbers.
None of this is meant as a criticism of the
Canada Beef International export team. They’ve
barely had time to put their team in place. And
there are many factors at play in these markets
that they really have no control over.
For one thing, our shrinking herd size may
make it hard for our mainline packers to take on
overseas commitments of any scale. If the U.S.
feedlots keep buying up our feeder cattle at the
same rate as they have to this point supplies will
be a real concern for some time yet.
As I was saying, you have to have sympathy
for the fellows at Canada Beef. Their best days are
still in front of them.
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NEWSMAKERS
David HaywoodFarmer of Savona
was elected president of the British
Columbia Cattlemen’s Association at
its summer annual
meeting. Joining him
on the executive are
David HaywoodFarmer
vice-president Lary
Fossum of Dawson Creek, past president Judy Guichon along with Martin
Rossmann, Linda Allison, Larry Garrett and John Kochel.
Chris Nykoluk
who recently retired
as range management specialist with
Agriculture and
Agri-Food Canada’s
community pasture
program has received
Chris Nykoluk
the Industry Innovation Award from the Saskatchewan
Forage Council. A contribution was
made in her name to the Alicia Hargrave Memorial Bursary, College of
Agriculture and Bioresources at the
University of Saskatchewan.
The Ontario industry is remembering Wyoming, Ont., cattle feeder
Tony Noorloos who passed away
last month. He was a past president
of the Ontario Cattlemen’s Association and a board member of the
Canadian Cattlemen’s Association in
the 1980s.
LETTERS
Prices are not high
It’s time the agriculture industry, especially those people directly
involved with the cattle industry, stop
referring to current cattle feeder prices
as “high.” The reality is that feeder
prices are NOT high. They are just
barely where they should be. Right
now cattle prices are normal or adequate and the industry needs to recognize that fact immediately. Constantly
referring to feeder prices as high gives
the false impression that if prices drop,
everyone will still be fine because they
are getting “normal” value for their
cattle. If prices fall people will call it a
market correction, shrug their shoul-
8 CATTLEMEN / AUGUST 2012
A retired Ontario veterinarian Dr.
Jim Fairles of Mount Forest, Ont. has
been named president of the Canadian
Veterinary Medical Association, replacing Dr. Lloyd Keddie, of Fairview, Alta.,
Jeffery Bilow is the new chief
operating offi cer of Alberta’s Livestock Identification Services Ltd.
(LIS), the province’s industry-run
brand inspection agency. He was previously the manager of market strategy — livestock at UFA and worked
for JBS Five Rivers Cattle Feeding
LLC in the U.S. He started his new
job last month.
Jim Abel of Stettler, Alta., was reelected as president of the Livestock
Markets Association of Canada at its
summer convention in Calgary. Ken
Perlich of Lethbridge is first vice-president and Scott Campbell, Winnipeg
second VP. The remaining directors are
Tom Vicars, B.C.; Bob Perlich, Alta.;
Stewart Stone and Rhett Parks, Sask.;
Rick Wright, Man.; and Larry Witzel
and Steve Spratt, Ont.
Lori Loree resigned as communications manager of the Alberta Beef
Producers at the end of July to take
up a new career as a commercial photographer and spend more time on her
family’s crop-dusting company.
The Federation des producteurs
de bovins du Quebec closed the Levinoff-Colbex cow plant at the end of
ders and turn away. Reality is input
prices remain up and if cattle prices
fall a lot of people are going to be in
trouble. Everyone knows this and it
weighs on the minds of producers but
not many people speak up.
Feeder prices are finally at the point
where ranchers can maybe make a little money. Perhaps they can afford to
finally replace the brakes on the old
truck; maybe pay down their loans or
put a couple dollars away for retirement. Maybe, just maybe, they can
start to dream about expanding their
operations so one day their children
can have a place of their own. When
ranchers are driving nice trucks and
have a smile on their face, then prices
can be considered to be “high.”
TRAVIS AND KARA EKLUND
WINEGLASS RANCH, COCHRANE, ALTA.
May but producers must still pay a
$53.86-per-head levy on cull cows to
cover the $32 million borrowed to
upgrade the plant in 2008. The federation has the plant up for sale but tenders were still open at press time.
Gary Latimer was
affirmed in June as
president of the Canadian Angus Association for 2012-13. He
and his wife Jacci with
their son Richard and
his wife Kelly own
Gar y Latimer
and operate Remitall
Farms at Olds. Kevin Blair of Lanigan,
Sask., is president-elect for next year.
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
approved $765,000 last month to create the Canadian Agri-Traceability Services (CATS). This new independent
agency will combine the databases
of the Canadian Cattle Identification
Agency (CCIA) and Agri-Traçabilité
Québec (ATQ) under one independent
agency. For more information see our
May 2012 story on CATS or visit www.
agr.gc.ca/cifsi.
Suzanne Vinet will take over as
deputy minister of agriculture for
the federal government in September, replacing John Knubley. Vinet is
currently serving as president of the
Economic Development Agency of
Canada for the Regions of Quebec.
She has a degree in economics from
Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo,
Ont., a diploma from the Institut de
Technologie agricole et alimentaire in
St-Hyacinthe, Que. and attended the
National Defence College of Canada
in Kingston.
Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP)
has presented $500 bursaries to four
children of active Manitoba beef producers to continue their studies. They
are Jared Buckley, Oak Lake; Melanie Eastman, Hartney; Keith Johnson,
Komarno and Michel Rey, St. Claude.
Curtis Kuchink of Regina and
Ross Macdonald from Lake Alma
have been elected to the executive
of the Canadian Western Agribition
where they will join president, Bryan
Hadland, Reed Andrew and Stewart
Stone of Regina, and Marilyn Charlton of Weyburn.
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FINANCE
CATTLE PRICE INSURANCE CAN
WORK IN WESTERN CANADA
The building blocks are in place if the politicians are willing
W
ith an eye to a level playing field for beef
producers, the topic of cattle price insurance
similar to that offered in Alberta continues
to resurface during producer meetings in the
other Prairie provinces.
Iebeling Kaastra, research director with Gibson Capital of
Calgary, presented the company’s analysis of the feasibility
of a livestock price insurance program (LPIP) for Western
Canada during the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association
convention this spring.
Kaastra has been intimately involved with the Alberta
government and industry in developing the four price
insurance products now delivered by Agriculture Financial
Services Corporation (AFSC) in Alberta — the fed program launched in September, 2009, the feeder program in
November, 2010, followed by calf and market hog programs in 2011. The recent study was undertaken on behalf
of the federal government and four western provinces.
The crux of developing fed, feeder and calf price insurance
products for Western Canada would be creating regional settlement price indices for each product because the accuracy
would be dependent on trade volume and a system to collect
detailed weekly market prices.
“Creating the settlement price indices takes a lot of work
and it’s critical that producers have faith in them,” Kaastra
says. They have to be regional, visible and readily available to producers, not only for insurance purposes, but as a
source of information for other marketing decisions, such as
forward contracts, and leveraging credit from lenders.
“Overall, there appears to be enough market volume in
Saskatchewan and Manitoba to create indices for calves and
feeder cattle to make it a feasible proposition,” Kaastra says,
although the company’s analysis suggests the industry would
be better served by creating market clusters rather than
establishing regions based on provincial boundaries.
To illustrate this concept, Kaastra draws one circle on
the map to encompass the area north of Calgary spanning
the border to include Saskatoon and the area north of it in
Saskatchewan. A second circle takes in the southern areas of
each province, and a third surrounds east-central and southeastern Saskatchewan along with Manitoba.
The number and size of the regions would depend on
the number of auction markets supplying weekly price
reports and total market volume available for creating a
settlement price index.
The price indices and premiums that change from
week to week are based on actual market prices. The
price sources for the Alberta program are a weekly Canfax survey of Alberta producers for fat cattle and nearly
all of the Alberta auction markets for feeders and calves.
The confidential reports are now automatically generated
from the MarketMaster software program to show sale
results lot by lot and the average for each weight band.
Map illustrating regional concept
Gibson Capital’s analysis recommends establishing up
to three additional regional indices (price insurance products) for calf price insurance and another three for feeder
price insurance. B.C. producers would be best served by the
Alberta products.
The company suggests offering one western-wide product for fed cattle based on the Alberta fed-cattle price index
because the volume of fed cattle in other provinces isn’t
sufficient to establish additional price indices at this time. It
may be possible to collect market information from feedlots
in other provinces to incorporate into the single index.
How price insurance works
Kaastra emphasizes that the LPIP products differ significantly from traditional crop insurance and income stabilization programs and hedging on the U.S. futures market.
The futures market wasn’t working for most operations
because of the complexity of factoring in the exchange rate
on the dollar and the basis, which can be relatively stable for
fed cattle, but all over the board on feeder cattle and calves,
he explains. It can be an effective risk management tool if
the operation has a dedicated person to do the hedging and
the markets are normal, but quickly falls apart when the
border closes.
Each of the LPIP settlement price indices are based on a
regional price that covers the Canadian dollar and basis. The
most the producer pays is one premium at the time of taking
out the contract.
Producers pay the full premium calculated in dollars per
hundredweight tied to a market price for the expected sale
weight of the cattle and coverage period of their choice. The
market-based premium structure was preferred by the producer groups involved in designing the program because it is
trade neutral.
Continued on page 11
CPIP calf premiums for May 24, 2012
Continued from page 10
The payout is the difference between the selected coverage
level and settlement price index. If the settlement price index
is higher than the selected coverage during the week the cattle
are sold, the contract expires automatically without a payout.
Producers have a four-week window leading up to the
closing date in which to file a claim and don’t have to sell the
cattle to collect on their insurance contract. This gives them
the ability to use the insurance program as a risk management tool to set a floor price and still take advantage of an
upswing in cattle prices.
Kaastra says the design of the program offers producers a
lot of flexibility as far as deciding on when and what classes
of cattle to insure, and situations wherein having insurance
would be most valuable as a risk management tool. The
payout comes very quickly, rather than at the end of the
year as is the case with an annual insurance-style program,
which would require making all of these decisions on a yearby-year basis. LPIP is proving to be very market responsive
in that the ebb and flow of producer uptake follows actual
market conditions throughout the year.
AFSC is considering the possibility of offering the option
to roll up to a higher coverage level during the period of a
contract. A second enhancement under review is the possibility of increasing the maximum coverage level from the current 95 per cent to 100 per cent because uptake to date has
been heavily weighted to the highest coverage levels.
Where to from here?
“It will be up to each provincial government to decide
whether livestock price insurance is a worthwhile product to
make available to its producers,” Kaastra comments.
The government-industry working group idea worked
well to get the program up and running in Alberta, he
adds. It included representatives from Alberta Agriculture, AFSC, Gibson Capital, auction markets, and producer associations.
“It’s critical to have the auction markets on board and
you definitely want to have producer input because they
will be the customers — you want to make sure the industry
believes in the product,” Kaastra says.
He feels this is a unique opportunity for the western provinces to design a program with interprovincial scope that
retains enough flexibility to allow for differences in premiums, price levels and delivery mechanisms across regions.
A significant benefit to taking a common approach would
be the cost and time savings compared to each province trying to develop its own program from scratch.
Kaastra says AFSC appears to have the technology and
infrastructure in place to offer cost-effective service to other
provinces and is doing a great job promoting and administering the LPIP. In fact, the fed-cattle price insurance product
received the premier’s Silver Award of Excellence in the fall
of 2011, a mere two years after its launch.
Bill Hoar, LPIP co-ordinator with AFSC, confirms that
the program is at a point where the corporation would be
able to take the products to other provinces.
He says the new calf price insurance product has been
well received by Alberta producers. As of early July, 32,000
head have been insured, with uptake jumping from 40 contracts the first year, to 200 contracts this year.
The feeder program has received good support, too, with
contracts up exponentially compared to last year.
Premium ($/cwt)
Index ($/
cwt)
16 weeks
17-Sep-12
160
1.92
158
20 weeks
15-Oct-12
24 weeks
12-Nov-12
28 weeks
10-Dec-12
1.55
2.18
1.99
156
1.25
1.74
1.56
154
1.01
1.39
1.22
2.21
152
0.82
1.09
0.92
1.69
150
0.66
0.84
0.69
1.31
148
0.50
0.65
0.54
0.99
146
0.41
0.49
0.38
0.73
144
0.33
0.37
0.27
0.53
142
0.26
0.27
0.19
0.37
140
0.21
0.20
0.26
138
0.15
0.16
0.17
136
0.12
0.12
Table B-1
Key features of CPIP and HPIP
CPIP-fed
CPIP-feeder
launched launched Nov.
Sept. 2009
2010
Cycle
Coverage
offered
Settlement
Settlement
index
based on
Settlement
index data
source
CPIP-calf
launched
March 2011
HPIP launched July
2011
Seasonal
(spring
Year round
calving/fall
marketing)
Policies sold
12 to 36
12 to 36
Feb. to May,
2 to 10 months
weeks
weeks
for settlement
Sept. to Dec.
Coverage starts at 95% of
estimated forward price
Settlement based
Settlement based on weekly average
on monthly average
price, four-week claim window
price
750 to 950 lb.
550
Fed steers
steers
WHE index 100
to 650 lb.
& heifers
(scaled to
price
steers
850 lbs.)
Formula (based
Canfax
22 Alberta
22 Alberta
on USDA HG_206
producer
auction
auction
report and
survey
markets
markets
WHE factor)
Year
round
Year round
(policies not
sold to settle
in June or July)
Key features of each product in a nutshell.
The fed program has insured 209,000 head and paid out
more than $2 million.
“There really is nowhere to go but up with these programs,” Hoar comments, adding that producer-driven, producer-funded programs like cattle price insurance may be a
peek into the future of farm programs considering how the
landscape continues to change.
AFSC has added field analysts, who attend meetings and
auction markets to explain the program to producers. The
premium tables, which change daily, are now circulated
directly to producers by email, fax or to a mobile device
with a link to log on to his or her account to purchase insurance. Alberta’s producer associations also promote the program, he says.
By virtue of its availability alone, LPIP creates another
option for risk management, regardless of the number of
producers who take out contracts.
For more detail visit www.afsc.ca.
C
— Debbie Furber
Cattlemen / August 2012 11
MARKETING
WE COULD SEE $2.50 THIS FALL
It wouldn’t surprise Andy Drake of CattleX who tells his clients to track
grain prices to see what feedlots will pay
W
hatever is the opposite
of the perfect storm for
cow-calf producers,
Andy Drake of CattleX
at Hamiota, Man., predicts that’s what
is in store for the next few years.
“I think we will see times like we
haven’t seen before. Four-weight calves
sold for around $2 to $2.10 a pound
last fall. It won’t be out of reach to see
$2.30 to $2.50 this fall,” Drake says.
His promising outlook is backed
by cattle supply and feed grain market conditions that could converge
to favour lofty calf prices for at least
three more years and perhaps longer
depending on how quickly U.S. producers rebuild their cow herds. Even if
they start ramping up in a big way this
year, it will be 2015 before the calves
from those retained heifers influence
the meat supply.
“The price of calves and feed are
the major expenses for feedlots. With
the tight cattle supply and potential
for heifer calves to go back into breeding herds instead of into feedlots in
the U.S. and Canada, I can’t see cattle
prices dropping,” Drake says.
“Watch corn and barley prices.
They will make more difference to the
price feedlots are willing to pay for
calves this fall than the futures board
for fat cattle. The cattle will flow to the
areas with the lowest cost of gain.”
This isn’t to say there won’t still
be challenges, he adds. The increase
cow-calf producers see for their
calves will go toward defraying rising
land, operating and labour costs, but
the darkest cloud Drake sees on the
horizon is the public animal welfare
movement and the industry’s ability
to meet those demands in ways that
don’t compromise the health of animals and efficient production.
“The public needs to learn and
understand that producers do care
about the health of their cattle. Healthier cattle are more content and more
profitable,” he says, likening the emerging animal welfare issue to environmental concerns, which have become
more understood and manageable since
coming to the forefront in the 1990s.
Andy (l) and Ken Drake expect to see lofty calf prices for three more years.
Contracting cattle is another trend
that will continue to grow over time.
The drive to try to have cattle committed in one way or another along the
line will be underpinned by the cost of
cattle and concerns about food safety.
Considering the cost of animals,
fewer and fewer people are financially
able to deal in large volumes of cattle,
Drake explains. Also, packers or feedlots will increasingly want control on
assurances of the pharmaceuticals used
all along the line. The push will come
from the packers, who will push the
feedlots, who will push the grassers and
cow-calf people in order to guarantee
every step is integrated as much as possible and that vaccines and treatments
are administered properly in a timely
fashion to the best of everyone’s ability
to ensure the health of the cattle.
CattleX
Drake’s understanding of the beef
industry and cattle markets is rooted
in his family history in farming and the
cattle marketing business. His father,
Ken Drake, remains a partner in CattleX, which started off as a feedlot,
built in 1976. In 1988, Doug Jackson
and N&M Livestock reinvented the
business as a buying station, which
was named CattleX when Ken joined
them in 1990. The Drakes also run
their own cow-calf operation.
CattleX provides order-buying
services with agents attending all
auction markets in Manitoba and
eastern Saskatchewan and buying
directly from farms.
Producers who sell off the farm
are welcome to drop by the facility to
watch the cattle get weighed and pick
up the cheque right then and there.
The price they receive is based on a
pre-negotiated price per pound, slide
and shrink. CattleX doesn’t charge
commission to sellers.
Cattle that the company purchase
on behalf of buyers come into the station where they are weighed, sorted
and rested with feed and water in clean
pens. Within a day, they are reloaded
for shipment directly to the buyer’s
facility of choice.
CattleX’s processing facility can
handle 600 to 700 head a day. It was
designed with the flow and safety of
cattle and people in mind by animal
behaviour specialist, Dr. Temple Grandin of Colorado State University, and
incorporates some of the best ideas the
Drakes had seen at customers’ feedlots.
Another major component of CattleX’s business is providing management services for customers in Alberta
and the U.S. who put calves on grass
or in backgrounding lots in Manitoba
and Saskatchewan in order to maintain
a steady flow of cattle into their home
finishing lots.
CattleX will source, weigh and
deliver the calves to the backgrounding lot or pasture, negotiate the contract with the custom operator, and
make periodic visits to ensure performance and care of the cattle is as
expected. When it’s time for the calves
to move to the home lot, CattleX
oversees the weighing, organizes the
trucking and looks after the export
and shipping details to get them to
the end destination.
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three-day wait, which takes buyers and
competition right out of the picture.
Cattle from other provinces are kept
segregated while at the CattleX facility and don’t have to be TB tested,
however, bulls going into feedlots in
Canada are meeting more price resistance as well.
Horns are more of an issue with
yearling cattle coming off grass than
with young animals going directly into
a feedlot because the calves will be fed
out before the horns are large enough
to become a problem.
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south of the border are behind most
of the demand for preconditioned
calves and have certainly driven the
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calves — those that have been weaned,
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be transported long distances.
“Feedlots track cattle by the lot, so
if they like the way the cattle perform
they will specifically ask for ‘that kind
of cattle’ the next year and we can
trace the calves back to where they
came from. If cow-calf producers perform the preconditioning and do it
properly, they will start to see benefits
the second year,” he explains.
Some of CattleX’s major feedlot
customers in Canada and the U.S. are
currently in the process of developing
systems tied to electronic identification
tags so that they will be able to offer
real-world health and performance
data on individual animals to cowcalf producers. This will give cow-calf
producers direction in making genetic
and management improvements at the
ground level.
For all of the challenges and fastpaced technological changes of the
past decade, the one aspect of the beef
industry that Drake most appreciates
remains constant. That’s the trust and
relationships
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— Debbie Furber
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Calf scours, or neonatal diarrhea, continues to be a leading cause
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Of course, vaccination and good colostrum management are only
part of an effective scours prevention strategy. To ensure the health
of your calves it is essential to incorporate other management
strategies, including:
The most vital factor in the control of calfhood diseases, particularly
scours, is colostrum. Newborn calves depend on colostrum for
immunity against diseases until they are old enough to generate their
own protective immunity.
Vaccinating your pregnant cows and heifers against the common
scours pathogens with SCOUR BOS® 9 will increase the protection
against scours through their colostrum.
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First, the cow must have optimum antibody concentrations present in
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ahead of this, following label directions.
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enough colostrum, provide additional colostrum from the calf’s
mother or a high-quality supplement.
• Reducing manure contamination in the calving area by moving cows
away from the calving area when possible.
• Providing adequate shelter for your cow-calf pairs in the calving and
nursery areas.
• Keeping calving and nursery areas well-bedded and well-drained.
• Refraining from bringing in new animals to your herd during
mid-to-late pregnancy and calving to reduce the spread of disease.
• Isolating scouring calves in a separate area, away from the herd.
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tools and timing you can reduce the risk it poses to next year’s calf
crop. Plan ahead and talk to your herd veterinarian about making
SCOUR BOS® 9 a part of your fall management to provide the best
preventative strategies for your herd.
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MARKETING
Brandon Ball and his parents Jeff and Michelle currently run 270 head of pure and percentage Wagyu.
MARKETING A WAGYU
EATING EXPERIENCE
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The Balls introduce Brant Lake Wagyu beef
eff and Michelle Ball and their son
Brandon launched their new Brant
Lake Wagyu beef brand in April,
fulfilling a family vision that has
been in the works since Jeff’s dad Jack
brought the first load of Wagyu genetics to their Brant, Alta., farm in 1993.
At the time the Wagyu breed that
originated in Japan was a hot item in
the seedstock trade but the commercial
appeal of the Wagyu highly marbled
beef was slower to develop. So when
BSE hit people started culling their
aging Wagyu stock at a rate that nearly
wiped out the breed in Canada, except
for a few stalwarts.
The Balls continued to use Wagyu
genetics and bulls from the U.S. in
their crossbreeding program, adding
about 20 replacement heifers each
year to breed up the purebred and
percentage herd that currently runs
about 270 head, backed up by a substantial database of performance and
carcass merit for calves fed out in
Ballco Feeders’ feedlot.
“It has always been our goal to get
into a branded beef product because
we have never found a similar beefeating experience ourselves. We kept
dabbling into it to a small degree selling Wagyu beef to family, friends and
staff and they always commented on
how different Wagyu beef tastes,” says
Michelle, who handles the beef-marketing end of the business.
The difference in the taste of Wagyu
beef is due to the abundance of fine
marbling fat throughout the muscle. It
absorbs into the meat during cooking
to create very tender beef with a distinct
rich, buttery flavour. Readers may be
familiar with Kobe beef, a Wagyu beef
brand from the Kobe region of Japan.
The official launch of Brant Lake
Wagyu was really quite incidental after
so many years in the works, according to Michelle. The owners of The
George Traditional House restaurant
in Okotoks had been looking for a
way to pump up their beef menu and,
having heard about the Balls’ Wagyu
beef, approached them about the possibility of supplying product for all
their beef entrees.
The relationship with The George
was a great starting point, adds
Michelle. They gained both experience
in the marketing end of the business
and time to work through the logistics
of managing for a year-round supply
along with the processing, packaging
and labelling of their product so the
Brant Lake Wagyu brand can grow
from a solid foundation.
“It took us out of our traditional
areas in the production cycle because
now we have to understand all aspects
of pasture-to-plate production, distribution and retailing,” Michelle explains.
They started learning the ropes by networking with other producers who
have built brands and with potential
restaurant and retail customers to find
out about their requirements.
“We felt that we can’t afford to
experience downfalls along the way, so
we hired a consultant with experience
in branded beef products to guide us
and answer questions in order to constructively move forward,” Jeff adds.
“Now we have also developed a plan
on how to go forward on the production side and how to expand using
concepts that fit well with the traditional beef system.”
The Balls are interested in developing business arrangements with cowContinued on page 18
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would allow them to eventually move
out of the cow-calf end of it, freeing up
their resources to raise bulls, finish the
calves and market the beef.
Their program is flexible and
they are open to working with cowcalf producers from any region with
herds of any size and any breed, but
preferably of Angus influence. The
Balls will supply Wagyu bulls with
first option on the calves, or sell the
bulls outright.
Jeff expects it will take time to
expand their program because cowcalf producers still look at traditional
market signals that encourage them to
shoot for maximum pounds per cow
and maximum price. On the other
hand, there are people who will be
interested because they want to be part
of something different.
He sees Wagyu bulls as an excellent fit for a replacement heifer
program because of their ability to
consistently throw lightweight, vigorous calves that are quick to get up
and go. What the producer gives up
on birth and weaning weight is gained
back by having a higher percentage of
live calves and a premium in their
system, he explains.
Marbling has been their main criterion for selecting bulls through the
years. Down the road as the bull program expands they will select for other
characteristics including growth. They
select for black hair coat, however
there are red lines of Wagyu cattle with
the red gene being recessive.
Other traits that the Balls appreciate include the cattle’s winter hardiness due to their ability to readily
deposit fat as well as the docility of the
Wagyu bulls, which is unlike anything
they have experienced with bulls from
other breeds.
On the finishing side, the Wagyupercentage calves express that same
hardiness, weather-wise and healthwise. They consistently grade Canada
AAA or higher, yielding an 800- to
850-pound carcass when finished
after 250 to 350 days on a traditional
grain-based feedlot diet without
growth hormones. The beef is dryaged for 21 days resulting in flavour
and an eating experience very much
the same as that of Wagyu beef from
the U.S., where the calves are fed 400
to 500 days. Brant Lake Wagyu’s
The abundant marbling is what gives Wagyu its distinctive taste.
strategy is to maximize carcass quality while keeping an eye on production costs.
“The timing for branded products
in North America is good. The unique
quality of Brant Lake Wagyu will be
a fit for ‘white tablecloth’ restaurants
and provide the ‘home foodies’ with
a high-quality eating experience,” Jeff
Wagyu percentage
calves consistently
grade AAA or higher,
yielding an 800- to 850-lb.
carcass after 250 to
350 days on feed
comments. “Before this trend, the only
differentiation in beef was the store
where you bought it. Now, we are seeing
producer beef brands like Spring Creek,
Prairie Heritage, and many organic beef
labels having success because consumers
are looking for variety.”
Consumers are also becoming aware
of the role of fat in a balanced diet and
the difference between healthful and
harmful fats. Recent research from the
University of Alberta, supported by
findings from France and Denmark,
shows that natural trans fats found in
the meat and milk from ruminants differ from “industrial” trans fats created
through processing. No adverse effects
linked to consuming natural trans fats
have been found and they may, in fact,
benefit human health.
The Balls highlight other favourable
research specific to Wagyu cattle showing that the breed is genetically predisposed to depositing a high percentage
of unsaturated fat and that Wagyu beef
is an effective source of omega-3 and
omega-6 essential fatty acids.
They participate in Canada’s producer-led Verified Beef Production
program to provide customer assurance of food safety at the farm and
feedlot levels.
Brant Lake Wagyu is currently processing two to four head a week at a
provincially licensed plant with plans
to work up to about 10 head a week
in the foreseeable future. Their beef is
available from Bon Ton Meat Market
in Calgary and featured at restaurants
throughout the city.
Moving all cuts and the grind (trim)
hasn’t been a stumbling block because
restaurant chefs are coming up with
tasty recipes to make use of the entire
beef, Michelle adds. The grind is very
flavourful and juicy and has become a
specialty product in itself.
“We will continue to constantly
build relationships with distributors, retailers and restaurateurs, while
ensuring our production system is
intact and our brand is what we say it
is — ‘superior beef bred and fed to be
the best,’” Jeff says.
For more information, visit www.
brantlakewagyu.ca or call 403-6843540.
C
— Debbie Furber
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I
grew up in a small agriculture
area with relatively low population density. You could see one,
maybe two of your neighbour’s
yardlights at night. It was very common to have the neighbour over
helping with harvest or maybe we
would be there helping with cattle.
I grew up in a community of very
down to earth, honest and hardworking people. I always looked forward to Sunday as friends would
drop by after church. On rainy days,
the parents would have card nights,
which meant we got to play with
friends and stay up late. It was a
time when most deals were bartered
and made on a handshake. Is that
possible today? Can you make a deal
on a handshake anymore? Or is that
just old school?
Well, some of us live in a different
world today. Now we have a much
more populated landscape with more
urbanites moving in. There are two
or three homes on every quarter now.
Farming and ranching have become
either a big business or a hobby. Most
of the family farms are lost. Have the
morals and values been lost with them?
If the handshake is no longer a feasible
means of making a deal, we might need
a contract.
I have had a few contracts drafted
for me over the years. For those of you
who don’t know, I am a custom grazier. I rent land from my landowners,
and I bring in other people’s cattle to
graze. So it looks like I need a minimum of two different types of contracts, a land lease agreement and a
grazing agreement.
If the handshake
is no longer a feasible
means of making
a deal, we might
need a contract
My landowners are great... all 21
of them. Each one is unique and they
all have different ideas and backgrounds. Some are old school and are
simply retired from farming. I enjoy
going for tea with these landowners
as it takes me back to the days of the
handshake. I have other landowners
who have inherited the land but do
not farm it. Maybe they grew up on
the farm but left years ago. These
landowners still have an emotional
tie to the land but are not too concerned about the details. I also have
urbanites who just want to live in the
country so they bought a chunk of
land. Some are very concerned about
how the land is managed and others
are very new to the rural mentality.
I also have an investment strategy
for people who want to own land
but need a little help tending Mother
Nature. Will a handshake work for
all these people? Not likely, so my
contract comes into play.
On the first year of the lease, I
almost always bring out my contract.
Only the old-school landowners push
it away. I love that. I get to use my
handshake again. For all the rest, we
go through each paragraph of the contract to make sure we are all on the
same page.
My land lease agreement first lists
the “who” and the “when,” names,
addresses, email and fax of both parties. We need the date, a description of
the land and the intent of the contract
— all the basic lawyer stuff. Then we
get into the meat and potatoes. We
need to set the term of the lease with
a start date and an end date. We need
the rental rate, with a due date. This
could be per acre, per year, per animal,
however you have it set up. I personally like to rent on a per-acre basis.
Does the rent stay the same each year
or will it change annually? Is it paid
up front, split payments or monthly? Next we describe what the renter
is allowed to do with the land. Is
it only for pasture or could I plant
wheat or corn or ginseng? What kind
of management is allowed? Could I
raise trout in the dugout… or not?
What about sand, gravel or peat soil?
Is the renter allowed to harvest any of
these? Gas or oil exploration: who gets
compensated and how can the lease be
adjusted if any exploration or development occurs? Another point that needs to be discussed is the beneficiary of any payment, subsidy or reimbursement from
any agency, government or other, with
respect of the said lands. Disaster relief,
drought payouts and carbon credits are
a few examples that could come up.
Who gets them? What kind of land development
is allowed and who pays for it? Can
we develop a water system or put in
cross-fencing? Are we allowed to clear
brush? Is the cross-fencing owned by
the tenant or the landowner? After
the lease is up, who owns the water
pipe? For that matter, who is responsible for the fence repairs and who
pays for the materials?
If I have more than a five-year
lease, I cover all fencing costs. If I
have less than five years on a piece of
land, I supply the labour and equipment, the landowner provides the
posts and wire. One other point I deal with is who
holds the hunting rights on the land?
With cattle on the land late into the
fall and winter, I like to know who is
out there with a gun during hunting
season. I always try to reserve hunting rights. I also get to use this as a
bargaining tool. I can then provide
another landowner with hunting privileges to more land in return for a better
deal on his land. I have some landowners who purchase the land just so they
can hunt. I found that the best way
to control hunting on my land is to
allow hunting by one person. Then
they police it. Then we finish off the contract with
more lawyer talk. Consequences of
default, disagreement resolution, heirs
and successors, etc. etc. etc. and last
but not least, signatures. Dated and
witnessed. www.canadiancattlemen.ca
My contract is three legal pages
long. Phew! That is a lot of work for
all those landowners every year. But
wait, it is not that much work. After I
prove myself to my landowners, once
the first contract expires, it seems my
handshake is valid again.
The biggest part of my business is
human resources so developing good
business relationships is very important
to me. I work at it.
So, is the handshake dead? I am
quite proud of the fact that currently,
of my 21 different landowners, I have
one active contract still valid. All the
rest are now a simple handshake. I
have found that even just going
through the contract so that all the
possibilities have been discussed, makes
a big difference.
If you are looking at renting some
land, I would advise you to take these
points and have your lawyer draft
something up. In the long run it is well
worth the time and money invested to
have the details in writing. I hope this
helps set you in the right direction.
Next month I’ll touch on my cattle
contract. By the way, if you ever see
me at a seminar or conference, I would
be happy to shake your hand.
C
— Steve Kenyon
N u t r i t i o n
by John McKinnon
[email protected]
The cost of energy is rising
and I am not talking oil!
John McKinnon
is a beef cattle
nutritionist at
the University of
Saskatchewan
O
ne of the facts of life that we face
today, is that the cost of energy is
rising, whether we are dealing with
transportation, home heating or feeding cattle. As I write this, December corn futures
are well above $7. With issues such as drought
in the U.S. and continued high domestic and
international demand for corn, it is very likely
that corn supplies will remain tight and as a
result, prices will remain under pressure. Here
in Canada, Statistics Canada indicates that while
seeded barley acreage was up by 15 per cent over
2011, relative to a decade ago, seeded acreage is
still significantly depressed. As with corn, feed
barley prices are high, particularly in southern
Alberta where prices of $5.50 to $6 a bushel are
not uncommon. Combine this with tight feeder
supplies and excess pen capacity; it is very likely
that feeding margins will remain tight.
One of the cornerstones on which the Canadian feeding industry was built, was the fact that
it had a competitive advantage to its North American counterparts in terms of performance, feed
efficiency and cost of gain. Much of this competitive advantage was based on the fact that we had
a ready supply of cheap feed grains, particularly,
barley. Prior to the “ethanol boom” the U.S. feeding industry also relied on a cheap source of feed
grains, namely corn. While I have been around
long enough to know that you “never say never,”
it appears to me that the days of cheap feed grains
are gone. If you don’t believe me, ask yourself, in
today’s grain market, would you grow canola or
barley? The yellow hue across Western Canada at
the moment, gives you the answer.
Some might ask — what is the concern with
higher feed grain prices, after all, have we not
been enjoying near-record fat cattle prices? The
answer to this question lies in how we manage
backgrounding programs for calves and finishing programs for heavier calves and yearlings,
particularly the fact that these programs were
developed in the era of cheap feed grains. Typically lightweight calves are backgrounded for
150 to 180 days while yearlings are on high
grain rations for 125 to 150 days. Today’s finishing programs regularly take cattle up to 1,400
to 1,500 pounds on rations of 85 to 90 per cent
grain. For 1,000-pound cattle eating 18 or 19
pounds of barley a day, the difference between
$3- and $6-a-bushel barley, is over $1 per head
per day! Multiply this over 150 days and 10,000
head and you start to see the pressure high feed
grain prices put on feeding margins.
Now don’t get me wrong, this is not the first
time that the cattle-feeding sector has faced tight
margins. Some would say margins have been in
a vise grip for the last decade. However, if the
current situation continues, I believe the industry
is going to have to take a serious look at how it
operates.
First and foremost, efficiency will have to
remain at the forefront of feeding management.
For mainstream beef producers, use of new technologies that put on more pounds of beef with
fewer feed resources will continue to be critical
to profitability. While there is some resistance to
the use of implants, ionophores and repartitioning
agents (beta agonists), there is no doubt that when
used according to approved label dosages, these
products dramatically improve feed efficiency.
Can we afford not to use such technology?
We also have to take a serious look at reducing the number of days cattle spend on high
grain rations. This could involve alternative calf
growing programs that incorporate a greater
use of forage and for extending the time yearling cattle are extensively managed, perhaps
through strategic supplementation with byproduct feeds while extending the time they are on
grass in the fall. One of the limitations we have
to achieving this goal is that there has not been
a great deal of emphasis on funding foragebreeding research in Canada and as a result we
have limited access to new varieties bred specifically for forage quality.
There is also a need to search for alternatives
to barley and corn as primary energy sources in
our diets. Distillers grains are a great example
of how byproducts can be used to replace a significant proportion of barley or corn in finishing
diets. Other byproducts that can also be used
to replace a portion of the grain include canola
meal, canola screenings and fortified grain screening pellets. Current research is evaluating strategic
blends of various byproduct feeds that vary in the
source of energy and protein in order to target
nutritional needs of different classes of cattle. An
approach that can be used is to eliminate grain
feeding for backgrounding calves and significantly
reduce the amount fed to finishing cattle.
We may very well look back at this period
as one of those pivotal points in the cattlefeeding industry’s development where the pace
of change is moving so fast that it threatens
our ability to adapt. Failure to adapt, however,
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OPINION
OUR COW HERD
HAS BEEN DECIMATED
5.5
Canadian beef cow numbers
January 1
5.0
4.5
4.0
3.5
3.0
09
12
06
00
03
97
94
91
88
82
85
79
2.5
70
73
76
word much misused these
days is “decimate.” It is most
often used now to describe a
catastrophic or destructive
event. It really means the removal of
one in 10, which was serious enough at
its origins when the victor in war was
wreaking vengeance on the vanquished
by slaughtering one in 10.
By those standards the Canadian
beef breeding herd has been “double
decimated” because since 2005 two out
of every 10 cows have been removed
from the national herd. Today’s herd is
the smallest since 1995 but production
is still about seven per cent higher than
it was in 2005 due to increased carcass
weights. Still, the decline in production
between 2010 and 2011 was 14 per
cent, the largest year-to-year decline
ever, barring the forced reduction in
supply by 20 per cent in 2003.
This is occurring at a time when
Canada is winning new or restored
market access to a number of markets
beyond the U.S. and Mexico and necessarily raises the question of whether we
can become reliable suppliers and fully
exploit these export opportunities.
I have been mulling these matters
over a lot lately and have begun to
wonder if all the players in the industry
are reading the same book, let alone on
the same page.
From a producer’s perspective it’s
pretty straightforward. Their production
decisions are grounded pretty firmly in
the requirement for profitable production or, if not that, the reliable expectation of profitable production in the
immediate future. Producers are probably interested in how much product
we can export to Japan or the EU or
Taiwan but they cannot be expected to
increase production unless and until they
can clearly see real prospects of profitable production over the long term.
Since 2010 cow-calf production
has been more rewarding but most
Million head
A
So how are we going to supply new export markets?
SOURCE: CANFAX AND STATISTICS CANADA
producers realize these improved calf
prices are largely a function of reduced
supply. Add to that, in many parts of
the country the opportunity to shift
into more grain production and less
cattle production has been apparent.
That shift is obviously taking place
right now. In addition, cattle-feeding
profits are being severely squeezed by
the somewhat unusual combination of
higher feeding costs and higher replacement prices, so producers could be forgiven for being dubious about how
long weaned calf and feeder prices can
remain as strong as they are today.
But from an industry perspective,
these developing export market opportunities are real and what is needed is
much better information flowing to
producers to help them make sound
production decisions.
Right now at the midpoint of 2012
(I am writing this on Canada Day) we
have enough data to recognize that
there has been no move yet to increase
the size of the breeding herd.
Cow culling appears to be down
about three per cent but that means
nothing when the herd is four per cent
smaller than it was two years ago. On
the heifer side it looks like the number
of heifers slaughtered or destined for
slaughter is up about one per cent, so
there is no chance at all that the herd
will show any growth this year.
Whether the breeding herd is static
at the bottom of its cycle or continuing to shrink, albeit slowly, is of little
consequence. What is of consequence
is the certainty that, aside from further
increases in average carcass weights
there will now be no possibility of a
supply increase before 2015 at the earliest. That is because any herd growth
must now come from weaned heifer
calves that might be retained in the
fall of 2012, bred in 2013 and calve
in 2014. So their marketable offspring
will not reach market before mid-2015. Wishful thinking
will not change the biology of the cow.
In these circumstances one wonders how we might take
advantage of the emerging opportunities coming from trade
liberalization and expanding market access before 2015 or
2016.
The main prospect I see, is the cattle and beef we now
ship to the U.S. At the moment Canada continues to export
over 40 per cent of its beef production to the U.S. That in
itself is somewhat ironic since the U.S. is exporting huge
quantities of beef to several world markets and could not
maintain those export shipments at current levels unless it
continues to augment its domestic supply with live slaughter
and feeder cattle from Canada. Those live exports represent
a supply that could be slaughtered and processed in Canada
and then exported to other markets if (and only if) those
markets provide unhindered access at better prices than can
be secured in the U.S.
We probably should not be in any doubt that there are
higher-priced markets for our high-quality beef than the U.S.
Why else would the U.S. have exported over one million
tonnes valued at $4.4 billion to markets beyond their own
and the Canadian market in 2011?
If they can find those markets so can we.
C
— Charlie Gracey
Charlie Gracey is a longtime advocate for the beef industry and
recently retired director of the Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency.
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CATTLEMEN / AUGUST 2012 25
VET ADVICE
Veterinarians must be stewards
of animal welfare
A
nimal welfare is instinctive for veterinarians.
While not always transparent, animal welfare
has been an integral part of veterinary education and daily life in practice from the very
beginning. It is the real reason many pursue veterinary
medicine as a career.
As society alters its attitude about animal care, veterinarians have much to do to heighten public awareness
about their role in animal welfare. In the words of Dr.
Bonnie Beaver, professor, Texas A and M University,
and diplomate of the American College of Veterinary
Behaviorists, “It is our charge to serve the public. That
demand continually positions veterinarians as the ‘go to’
profession interfacing between scientists, producers and
the general population.”
Somewhere less than two per cent of North Americans are involved in primary agriculture. It is generally
recognized that more than 95 per cent of the population is at least three generations off the farm. A high
percentage have never seen a live cow, chicken or pig.
The disconnect between what the public thinks and reality should not be a surprise. The majority of consumers
view beefsteak as a commodity from the meat counter,
not cattle grazing contently on lush pastures, or a steer
in a feedlot thousands of miles away.
How the profession responds will impact its long-term
ability to lead the charge in animal welfare. Non-sciencebased groups such as animal activists and humane organizations claim they know what’s best. Relationships
forged between industry and the veterinary profession
are often openly criticized as being self-serving.
The majority of the applicants seeking entry into
veterinary colleges today come from the “three generations off the farm” category of students. The approach
to educating undergraduates about animal welfare in an
already crowded veterinary curricula has been difficult,
but is slowly changing, as is the uptake of animal welfare’s importance as a component of large-animal practice. Less than one-third of faculty members teaching
animal welfare in veterinary schools are veterinarians.
There is little doubt that the science is incomplete
about many aspects of animal welfare. At present
there are missing links between the ability to scientifically assess animal welfare objectively and underlying
ethical issues. This lack of key scientific information
often overrides the logical explanation of how we use
animals.
The veterinary profession’s responsibility in promoting and assuring the health and welfare of animals is
incontestable. Health and welfare simply cannot be
viewed as separate issues. Inherent in the training they
receive, veterinarians must assume the important role of
providing expertise and knowledge to a wide range of
people including the general public, the livestock industry and policy-makers.
In 2011, the European Commission and Federation
of Veterinarians of Europe organized the first regional
workshops on animal welfare dedicated to the veterinary
practitioner.
The workshops provided veterinarians with a deeper
understanding of animal welfare, applicable animal welfare legislation, critical welfare issues and species-specific
welfare assessment protocols.
The challenge today is that the parameters we use to
gauge production often have little validity to consumers in terms of how welfare affects the quality of the
products they buy. Their measures of quality are things
like animal health, animal behaviour and physiological
responses to the environment in which animals live, and
all of these are time consuming to measure and require
special skills and knowledge to assess.
Being able to accurately assess health, behaviour and
the body’s response to the way animals are cared for
will become a part of animal welfare labelling. Developing the ability to classify welfare against measurable
standards will ultimately translate into transparent and
reliable information for use by an industry under unrelenting scrutiny.
Animal-based welfare measures regardless of species
must be scientifically sound, measurable and feasible.
European welfare assessment protocols are based
on 12 criteria that can be objectively measured. For
example, nutrition is assessed using body condition
scoring and measuring the physical placement of water
sources. Housing conditions are assessed based on thermal comfort, the ability to rest comfortably and ease of
movement. Absence of pain induced by management procedures, absence of disease and absence of injury become
measurable health parameters. Objective methods of
measuring behaviour have been built around the ability
to express appropriate social behaviour, a positive emotional state and appropriate human-animal relationships.
Markets for food derived from animals are about
to be governed by animal welfare standards developed
by both private and public sectors. Industry initiatives
like Codes of Practice specific to individual sectors and
Canadian Livestock Transport certification training
programs have been a major step forward for animal
welfare. Development of objective techniques to assess
welfare will be the next important achievement. The
veterinary profession finds itself at a critical junction in
becoming eager players, educators and advocates for
animal welfare. Involvement of those specifically trained
in all aspects of the well-being of animals is part of gaining what has been dubbed the social licence for industry
to operate. The public’s trust that we are doing things
right is golden.
Dr. Ron Clarke prepares this column on behalf of the Western
Canadian Association of Bovine Practitioners. Suggestions
for future articles can be sent to Canadian Cattlemen (gren@
fbcpublishing.com) or WCABP ([email protected]).
HOLISTIC RANCHING
Midsummer grazing
T
wo months ago I listed the
ing poor growing conditions. This again is the exact
benefits of and described
opposite of what the plants require.
the process of planned grazBasing our moves on monitoring the grass in the
ing. Planned grazing utilizes
pasture where the cattle are will give us the exact
a short graze period, a high stock
opposite of what the plants require. The only excepdensity and a recovery period that
tion to this will be in a “normal” year.
allows full recovery of the plants.
In planned grazing we monitor the regrowth in the
The main benefit is healthier land
first pasture we grazed. Let’s say we plan to have a
resulting in increased production
five-day graze period, a 75-day recovery period and
from a set land base.
we are using 16 pastures. If we have a normal year
Planned grazing is based on monitoring how
our monitoring would tell us that 75 days will give us
quickly the plants are recovering from the previfull recovery. We would stay with our five-day graze
ous graze. The speed of the regrowth will reflect the
and everything works according to plan.
growing conditions we are experiencing. Monitoring
In a year with good growing conditions our moniallows us to increase or decrease our recovery period.
toring will tell us that full recovery will take less than
The idea is to have full recovery of the plants in all
75 days. Under these conditions we can shorten our
growing conditions. Once full recovery is achieved
graze period to four days and achieve a recovery of
the plants are grazed a second time. Grazing in this
60 days.
manner will be beneficial to the plants and the land.
In a year with poor growing conditions our moniAchieving full recovery
toring will tell us that
is essential. The best
full recovery will take
indicator that plants are
more than 75 days.
fully recovered is that Most of us have an idea of how
Under these conditions
the plants are ready to
we can lengthen our
flower. There is no ben- much grass we would like to leave
graze period to six days
efit in going past full in a pasture when we move our
and achieve a recovery
recovery. A longer recovof 90 days. Full recovery period will result in cattle. The severity of the graze will
ery is essential to proper
declining nutrition and
grazing. Recovery is
a slowing or stopping of determine the amount of grass left
increased or decreased
photosynthesis.
by changing the severity
Many people struggle
of the graze. The followwith monitoring. Most of us have an idea of how
ing chart shows how the graze period, recovery period
much grass we would like to leave in a pasture when
and the severity of the graze are linked. All of these
we move our cattle. The severity of the graze will
are correct for different growing conditions.
determine the amount of grass left (residual). We need
to change the severity of the graze and the residual
Year
Graze period
Recovery
Severity
grass to alter our recovery period. Changing the
Average
5
75
Moderate
severity of the graze is essential to allow the plants to
achieve full recovery under all growing conditions.
Good
4
60
Light
Let me explain what happens when you base your
Poor
6
90
Severe
moves on monitoring the grass in the pasture where
the cattle are. In a year with excellent growing conditions you will tend to stay longer than required. This
Many producers struggle with moving away from
happens because with excellent conditions grass prograss. Remember, there is no waste in nature. The
duction will be good. Since production is good it will
more grass we can leave behind the quicker our land
require more days to get to the amount of residual we
will improve. Proper grazing requires varying the
think is best. In effect we are increasing our recovery
severity of the graze and the residual left. Monitoring
period during good growing conditions. This is the
will give us the confidence that we are making good
exact opposite of what the plants require.
decisions. Planned grazing is beneficial. Better manNow let’s look at a year with poor growing condiagement pays. Have a great grazing season.
tions. If we base our moves on monitoring the grass in
Happy trails.
the pasture where the cattle are we will tend to move
— Don Campbell
too quickly. Since grass production will be low due
to the poor growing conditions it will require fewer
Don Campbell ranches with his family at Meadow Lake,
days to get to the amount of residual we think is best.
Sask., and teaches Holistic Management courses. He can be
In effect we are decreasing our recovery period durreached at 306-236-6088 or [email protected].
MANAGEMENT
MINIMIZE SHRINK
M
ature cattle may carry
nearly 30 per cent of
their weight in the gut
(and bladder), and may
lose a lot of weight quickly if held
off feed and water for 24 hours or if
they pass a lot of manure and urine
in a short time, as when exercising or
excited. You can figure a loss of eight
to 10 pounds per defecation or urination; a gallon of fluid weighs about
eight pounds. This type of weight loss
is called shrink. Shrink losses of up
to 10 per cent of body weight are not
uncommon in cattle held off feed and
water for 24 hours, and in some circumstances shrinks of up to 18 per
cent can occur. Part of this loss is not
just fluid from the digestive tract and
bladder; some of the weight loss is
from body tissues — due to physiologic
factors triggered by stress.
Dr. A.L. Schaefer of the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada research
centre in Lacombe, Alta., has worked
on several studies addressing problems associated with shrink, and the
impact of transport. “I was trained
as a physiologist. Lacombe Research
Centre has a program on meat science, and the meat scientists told me
they were seeing muscle shrink and
dark cutters and wondered what was
happening with these cattle. Transport
and handling creates a novel environment for cattle and they are adversely
affected by this stress. They’ve never
had anything in their history to prepare them for this,” he says.
They are not programmed to
handle being gathered and sorted,
weighed, held overnight in pens
without feed, loading or unloading,
or long truck transport. The “fear
stress” experienced by cattle in these
situations can be as detrimental as
physical stress. Cattle sent to slaughter often experience several hours of
transport, after which they are held
in pens overnight prior to slaughter
— and typically lose six per cent or
more of their live and carcass weight.
They often display degradation in
meat quality parameters such as pH,
colour and marbling score.
“So we started to measure some
of the stressors. At that time, the attitude in the beef industry was that it
was just gastrointestinal tract water
being lost — that shrink is just a loss
of fluid from the gut. Many people
actually thought shrink is good, to
get the fluid out of there so the buyer
doesn’t have to pay for useless water,”
says Schaefer.
“This perception is far from the
truth. Over the years we’ve done studies to look at composition of fluid loss.
We did total dissections of slaughtered
animals, comparing the ones with
greater shrink with those of lesser
shrink, to see where weight loss was
coming from. We learned that about
half the weight loss was from the GI
tract and about half was actually from
muscle tissue. There can be loss of
muscle in finished animals, resulting in
a reduction in carcass yield and quality,” he says.
“Then we looked at various kinds
of physiological insults, and it makes
sense. Animals lose their muscle sugar
(glycogen) and become hypoglycemic
(with low blood sugar and low muscle
sugar). They become dehydrated and
lose interstitial water (fluid outside the
muscle cells). The meat scientists found
that when animals lost this fluid from
the tissues their meat became tougher.
The shear forces (pressure needed to
cut a steak) and taste (as determined
by food-tasting panel) changed dramatically,” he says.
“It’s similar to grapes versus raisins.
When grapes lose water they become
raisins (smaller, thicker, chewier). The
muscle tissue lost a lot of the positive
ions, particularly sodium and potassium. Cattle break down muscle
because they are trying to free up carbon on the amino acids, so the carbon can be used to make more glucose
— to counteract the loss.” These are
survival mechanisms the body has
developed, to survive in times of stress
and feed/water deprivation.
“There is a chronology and time
frame to all of these changes, depending on how far cattle are transported,
etc. This explained a lot about why
there was weight loss, it was partly
muscle tissue and not just urine and
feces,” says Schaefer.
Dr. Colin Palmer of the department
of large-animal clinical sciences at the
Western College of Veterinary Medicine in Saskatoon, says shrink is often
misunderstood — especially the drawbacks to cattle health. Cattle always do
better if they are not excessively shrunk
during this stressful time.
“Auction markets tell me that a lot
of buyers don’t want cattle unless they
are shrunk. If you offer them calves
with no shrink taken off, they won’t
buy those. Some buyers will pay more
money for shrunk calves (off feed for
at least 20 hours) than they will in
a pre-sort sale where there’s not as
much shrink,” says Palmer. Many
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buyers still prefer to buy “shrunk”
cattle, not realizing how adversely
this can affect their health, particularly young cattle.
“That energy and water that’s been
lost is very important,” says Schaefer.
“Fluid and material in the stomachs is
what gives cattle energy to counteract
stress. It’s crucial to keep them fed and
watered.”
He recently talked with some
farmers who were raising grass-fed
calves. “They told me they bought
some five-weight calves, fed them
for two months, and sold them
— and they were still five-weight
calves. They shrank about 50
pounds at sale time.”
Several studies have looked at
ways to help minimize shrink when
selling cattle, including various types
of diets before transport. One study
showed that by allowing calves to
consume forage immediately before
being sorted and shipped can reduce
the amount of shrink by up to 2.9 per
cent. It helps if they are not “empty”
before a long truck ride. Another
study showed that feeding ionophores
like Rumensin reduces shrink by 0.2
to 1.5 per cent. Electrolyte supplementation ahead of time can also
help reduce the amount of shrink, but
more research is needed to determine
which electrolyte (or combination
of electrolytes and at what levels) is
most beneficial.
Newly weaned calves (and their
mothers if a person is selling open
cows right after weaning their calves)
suffer the most shrink because they
are too upset and stressed to eat or
drink. Giving them a chance to adjust
to weaning and be more relaxed and
back on feed can greatly reduce their
stress and shrink.
“In a study at Kansas State University and University of Arkansas, Dr.
Kenneth Coffey reported that steers
gathered at daybreak from pasture
and placed in holding pens without
feed or water shrank at the rate of
1.25 per cent of body weight per hour
during the first two to 2.5 hours, and
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Palmer. Cattle shrink the most at first,
especially when sorted in corrals. Cattle tend to defecate and urinate more
when they are nervous, and empty out
fairly quickly.
“I’ve talked with the Ministry of
Agriculture here and suggested that
we need to do more educational talks
about marketing. We can talk about
good management when producing
cattle, and sorting off open cows to
sell, but if our farmers are taking too
much pencil shrink at the auction,
this affects their bottom line more
than all the things we can do to try
to help them,” says Palmer. A person
may have to select the markets that
give the best deal in terms of pencil
shrink.
Probably the most important thing,
however, is to reduce the initial shrink
when gathering, sorting, and transporting cattle. “More gentle handling
and not having them stand around in
a corral (or in the truck) for very long
before you get them on the road is
always helpful,” he says.
There are many factors involved
in how much a certain animal
shrinks, and one of the biggest factors is stress. The way cattle deal
with this type of stress is detrimental
to their health. “Their entire stress
mechanism is triggered (the HPA
system — hypothalamic pituitary
adrenal response — in which cortisol is produced). This breaks down
muscle and fat, for provision of glucose,” says Schaefer.
“It’s not surprising that some calves
have eight to 10 per cent shrink in
these situations. With finished cattle,
this is why feedlots try to have sameday slaughter, to stop this weight loss
as soon as possible. With young calves,
when they are weaned and shipped and
go into feedlots, the cortisol has had a
damaging impact on their immune system, as well,” says Schaefer. This creates more risk for illness.
Preconditioning calves before sale
(weaning several weeks ahead of transport, having them vaccinated, etc.)
can help reduce this risk. During this
period they can become accustomed to
gentle handling and are not just fresh
off the range (scared and wild). “Any
time you can acclimate calves to handling and a new environment, they will
be more at ease and will shrink less at
sale time,” he says.
Video sales may have an advantage
because there’s less transport and handling involved. The cattle are going
directly from the farm/ranch to their
destination rather than being trucked
to a sale yard, waiting there for a day
or so, and trucked again to a feedlot.
Some auction markets are now offering video sales as well, but some buyers still want to see the animals and get
a feel for what they are as a package.
In these situations there is a lot more
handling and mixing of cattle and it’s
hard on them.
“Solutions to these situations
involve many factors. It’s been said that
the first step in solving a problem is to
There are many
factors involved in
how much an certain
animal shrinks, and
one of the biggest
factors is stress
understand it. Once you understand the
insults these calves are going through,
you can try to find ways to minimize
problems. One approach we have here
at Lacombe is to provide calves with
more energy before they are shipped,
and making sure they have the necessary positive ions in their systems,”
says Schaefer.
“We’ve found that some of the
amino acids are very effective at reducing protein breakdown. One amino
acid called tryptophan is used by the
nervous system in cattle and helps calm
them so they don’t perceive the stressors as being quite as threatening. This
amino acid can be helpful in reducing
shrink. You can provide a ‘cow Gatorade’ type of product that contains
some of these necessary nutrients,”
says Schaefer.
“We did some work with IBP with
several thousand animals that demonstrated better retention of weight
(less shrink). These animals had a per
cent or two less weight loss. The cattle
treated with nutritional therapy also
showed a three- to fourfold reduction
in incidence of DFD (dark-firm-dry)
meat. Using economic values for beef
at the time of the study, the economic
impact of using nutritional therapy
for cattle held in pens before slaughter
was about $22 per head for 800- to
900-pound carcasses.”
When preparing to send calves to
market, there might be times a nutritional therapy would be beneficial.
“You can provide this product in
feed if the calves are used to eating
a creep feed or mineral mix. We’ve
also tried putting these things into
the water for calves when they arrive
in the pens. It all depends on what
the cattle are used to. If a calf has
never seen a waterer and has only
drunk from a pond or stream, it may
not work,” says Schaefer. This is the
advantage of preconditioning, so the
calves can become accustomed to
new ways to access feed and water.
Then the calves are better able to tolerate the stresses they will encounter
at sale time.
“The industry needs to work
together, to understand and address
these challenges. We still have buyers who want raw, shrunk-out calves.
They need to realize that this is not a
healthy or beneficial situation for these
animals, and that it would be helpful
to pay producers more for preconditioned cattle,” says Schaefer. Then the
person receiving the cattle will have
less health problems or setbacks in
their weight gain.
“It becomes a win-win situation.
The animals’ welfare improves and
producers/buyers make more money in
the end. Today, consumers also want
to know how their meat was raised.
This would be a good selling point for
the industry if we could tell the consumer these calves were nurtured with
care from the beginning, and here’s
how they were prepared for transport.” They didn’t suffer the stresses
and problems that cattle traditionally
go through at sale time.
“These cattle could bring a premium, and hopefully the system could
pass some of that premium back to
the producer.” The only real incentive
the producer has, to do some of these
things, is if he gets paid to do them.
“In our studies we’ve also looked at
problems like bovine respiratory disease
in calves. If they are better prepared to
come through transport and handling
with less stress and shrink — they are
also better able to hold off respiratory
viruses,” says Schaefer.
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Auction Market SPECIAL
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KEN HURLBURT JOINS
THE LMAC HALL OF FAME
en Hurlburt, former owner of the Fort Macleod
Auction Market in Fort Macleod, Alta., was
selected by his peers this summer as the 2012
inductee into the Livestock Markets Association
of Canada (LMAC) hall of fame.
LMAC president Jim Abel of Stettler, Alta., says the
association’s nominating committee made a great choice in
selecting Hurlburt. “Ken has dedicated his life to the livestock industry and to the markets. He has influenced a lot of
people, not only in the industry, but in his community and
beyond through his involvement in politics.”
Hurlburt was one of the pioneers who broke away from
the domination of the large terminal markets in Calgary,
Edmonton, Saskatoon and Winnipeg. At that time, a farmer’s
only option was to sell to a drover, or load cattle on a rail car
bound for a terminal market, where they would be unloaded
at the adjoining stockyard and auctioned off to a slaughter
plant or eastern feedlot. Lots of weaned calves ended up going
straight to slaughter in the fall if they couldn’t be finished on
the farm because there wasn’t a finishing industry out west
and only so many were needed down east.
In time a network of country markets sprung up within
driving distance of the farms, which lowered the cost of
transport for producers and the stress on the cattle, changing the scope of how livestock were marketed in Canada.
“Kudos to the rural auction market developers for seeing
a need for country markets and giving farmers more marketing opportunities,” says Abel. “It wasn’t without struggle
and they stuck it out. There was huge adversity on the part
of the bankers who were not comfortable with this fundamental change. Farmers liked it and supported it and in the
end it’s the way producers and buyers wanted to buy and sell
cattle and led to the demise of the terminal markets.”
The Hurlburts, along with partners Ted Nicholls and
John Milne, established the Fort Macleod Auction Market
in 1960. Ken and his wife, ReNee, recall hosting many buyers from the East at their ranch every fall when they would
make the trip to Fort Macleod to find good ranch calves.
It was all part of doing business, but it was the people
part of the livestock business that Hurlburt most enjoyed.
He built his reputation and that of the market on fair and
honest business dealings and to this day wholeheartedly
believes that auctions are the most honest way of selling
goods because they offer free and open competition in the
public eye.
Looking back on his long career in the livestock industry,
he says that some of his most gratifying moments were those
at the end of a successful sale chatting with satisfied consignors and buyers.
Hurlburt, who was raised in Milk River where his father
was a grain buyer, pegs his start in the livestock industry to
1947, when he gave up a good-paying job surveying with a
highway crew to follow his heart’s desire and take a job as a
cattle buyer with his friend, Bob Dogertom at the Lethbridge
Stockyards for $75 a month. That was a time when livestock
Ken and ReNee Hurlburt
dealers worked the farms across the countryside and Ken
started out buying one or two animals at a time.
He later signed on with W.C. Johnson, a Winnipeg
company, when they established a southern Alberta buying
station and a couple of years after that, he and Ted established their own business, Nicholls and Hurlburt, Livestock
Order Buying. They also opened a feedlot just south of
Lethbridge. Unfortunately that first business venture went
under when foot-and-mouth brought the cattle trade to a
standstill in 1952.
He enrolled in the Western College of Auctioneering in
Billings in 1953 and took a job in farm sales with Warren
Cooper and the Community Auction Sales Association,
while establishing Hurlburt Auction House in Lethbridge.
It wasn’t long before his aptitude for auctioneering led
him into the limelight. He remembers working a tough sale
in 1953 when steers were going for 14 cents a pound. He
put out a challenge to the buyers that if anyone offered 20
cents a pound, he would ride the steer. He rode the steer.
From the fall of 1953 to 1958, he sold for Calgary Public
Stockyards four days a week, Pincher Creek on Fridays and
Medicine Hat and Walsh on Saturdays. Those were the days
when cattle were sold outdoors alongside the tracks. Whenever
snow or rain blew a tube in the amp, he’d saddle up a horse
and call the sale from the centre of the ring.
He also hired on as a consultant to the St. Boniface Stockyards, commuting by train to St. Boniface for two years helping to build up the business. At the time, it was said to be the
largest stockyard in the British Commonwealth, selling out
of six rings at the same time.
He also had the opportunity during this era to sell cattle
at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto, the Calgary Bull Sale
(the largest in North America at the time), and the Pacific
National Exhibition in Vancouver. For 15 years he made the
trip to Fort St. John, B.C., to call the Fall Feeder Classic.
Between running their businesses and raising a family of
six, the Hurlburts found time to support community efforts
and help families in times of need. Ken was elected mayor of
Fort Macleod from 1967 to 1971 and as Conservative member of parliament from 1972 to 1979. In the earlier years, he
had served the industry as president of the Alberta Auction
Markets Association, and three terms as the Canadian representative on the Livestock Marketing Association.
Hurlburt isn’t one to take all of the credit for himself.
ReNee held down the homefront while he was away and
for many years up until the advent of computer systems, she
managed the office at the market.
Their sons, Brant and Thane, later joined them in business, which included the market as well as their nearby
ranch and gravel operation purchased in 1970.
There are so many stories that could be told about their
time in the auction market business, but one is a particular
standout for her. It was during a sale at a time when markets
were crying for rail cars to ship cattle on schedule. Ken put in
a call to John Diefenbaker in Ottawa in an effort to get cattle
cars moved down from the mountains. Knowing Hurlburt’s
lively sense of humour, everyone in attendance figured he was
just leading them on when Diefenbaker actually returned his
call a few minutes later. The cars started rolling as promised.
From trains to trucks and paper to computers, the business underwent significant changes as the times demanded.
The large auction market that still stands at the junction
of Highways 2 and 3 on the outskirts of town was built in
1974 after fire destroyed the original facility.
The land auction department, Fort Macleod-Highwood
Auction Company, was established in 1977 and helped
break the way for selling land by auction.
The Highwood market at High River was newly constructed in the 1980s, while the markets at Pincher Creek
and Cranbrook, B.C., were added in 1993.
Canadian Satellite Livestock Auction, formed as a partnership between the Fort Macleod Auction Market and Vold
Jones & Vold Auction Company, entered the picture in 1993
as well. This method of selling cattle via television broadcasts
with the auctioneer accepting phone-in bids had been tried on
a limited basis by a U.S. company, but was far more successful
when launched by trusted Canadian owners.
The Cranbrook market wasn’t rebuilt after it burnt in 1995
and five years later the Highwood and Pincher Creek markets
were sold. The Fort Macleod Auction Market was managed
by Brant and Thane until 2007, when the family sold the business to longtime associates, Allan Lively, Justin Keeley and
Darren Shaw, who now own and operate the Fort Macleod
and Highwood markets under the company name of Southern
Alberta Livestock Exchange. The Hurlburt family still owns
and operates Hurlburt Ranch and the adjoining gravel yard,
with Brant and Thane as managing partners.
The Hurlburts remain in Fort Macleod where they have
resided since 1963. Since retiring from the market office,
ReNee has gained an appreciation for computer technology
as a way to keep in touch with their many friends and family, which has grown to include 20 grandchildren and 23
great-grandchildren.
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Auction Market SPECIAL
GATTEY WINS LMAC
AUCTIONEERING CHAMPIONSHIP
J
ustin Gattey, an auctioneer from Consort, Alta., representing VJV Auction Mart of Ponoka, topped the field to
win the 2012 Livestock Markets Association of Canada
Auctioneer Championship. Darryl Snider of the Canadian Simmental Association presented him with the championship buckle. Gattey edged out Travis Rogers by one-half
point to win the competition in his third attempt. He’s been
auctioneering for five years.
The competition hosted by Rob and Sharon Bergevin
of VJV Foothills Livestock Auction in Stavely, Alta. is an
annual highlight of the Livestock Markets Association of
Canada (LMAC) annual meeting that was held in Calgary
and Stavely earlier this summer. The judges were drawn
from five different provinces — Don Raffan of B.C., Steve
Primrose of Alberta, Mike Fleury of Saskatchewan, Brad
Martin of Manitoba, Emerson Gill of Ontario along with the
2011 Champion Auctioneer, Brennin Jack of Saskatchewan.
Dan Skeels, past LMAC, International and World livestock
auctioneering champion served as the master of ceremonies,
assisted by Chance Martin, another past LMAC champion
from Alberta.
Other buckle winners were Rob Bergevin for Most Congenial Auctioneer sponsored by the Raffan family and Tyler
Slawinski from Manitoba, Rookie of the Year, sponored by
Ivomec-Merial Canada. All competitors received jackets
donated by Canadian Satellite Auctions, Blair and Nansen
Vold and a framed group photo. They also received a
Stetson shirt and jeans donated by Roper and Stetson,
Mr. Jim Nevada. The top 10 received leather jackets from
Roper and Stetson, and VJV Foothills Livestock Auction.
Twenty-five auctioneers from four provinces competed in
the initial rounds. After the first go-round, 10 were selected
to come back and sell five lots.
Other finalists were Travis Rogers of Clyde, sponsored
by NBI, who was Reserve Champion and awarded the
Canadian Charolais Association buckle. The third-place
Canadian Angus Association buckle was awarded to Frederick Bodnarus of Meadow Lake Stockyards. Fourth went
to Farron Ward of Candiac Auction in Saskatchewan along
with a buckle from the Canadian Hereford Association. Rob
Bergevin placed fifth and received the Canadian Limousin
Association buckle. The remaining four of the top 10 were
Ty Rosehill, Patrick Cassidy both from the Olds Auction
Mart, Rhett Parks of Whitewood Livestock Sales and Brock
Taylor from Melita, Man.
During the business meeting Rick Wright, the LMAC
representative on the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency
board and a member of the Cattle Implementation, Movements, and Cattle Movement Logistics committee updated
the members on the establishment of the national traceability
system and an assessment study being proposed by the federal government.
CCA executive vice-president Dennis Laycraft updated the
marketers of the implementation of BIXS, the beef informa-
(L to r): Dan Skeels, Justin Gattey (2012 LMAC Champion Auctioneer) and Chance Martin.
tion exchange established by CCA to provide an improved
flow of production and marketing information between all
sectors of the industry. LMAC members have expressed concerns in the past that this system may morph into an online
selling system but Laycraft said that was not the intent and
the CCA would do everything in its power to prevent that
from happening.
Lee Simmons of Livestock Inspection Services reported on
the movement document or manifest that is currently being
used in Alberta. A similar manifest covering groups of cattle
rather than individual animals is being evaluated for use
across Canada.
Other awards presented at the banquet were the Hall of
Fame Award and a special award for an Industry Champion. Ken Hurlburt from Fort Macleod, Alta. joined Ralph
Vold and Roy Rutledge in the LMAC Hall of Fame. This
award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding
contributions to the livestock-marketing industry. Ken was
an auctioneer for many years and a member of Parliament
for 6-1/2 years. He was also the mayor of Fort Macleod.
Steve Primrose, a past chairman of the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency, was recognized for his support
of the auction markets and the important part they play
in the cattle industry. Primrose owns a buying station but
still supports auction marketing. He was given a custom
LMAC buckle normally reserved for auctioneering champions and past presidents.
C
— Deborah Wilson
BUILDING TRUST IN CANADIAN BEEF
Young beef producers search for market value
Stewardship, food safety and animal care are business drivers on this farm
They are a busy young couple.
Melissa Hittinger is a large-animal veterinarian, husband Mike is an extension
specialist, and they are parents to two
busy young children.
Together they also run a 100-cow
beef operation at Clyde, just north of
Edmonton, Alta. It’s a lifestyle and business choice. Both love farming and saw
this as an opportunity to produce the
product they wanted, in the way they
wanted — based on verified production
standards.
Today Rafter 2M Farms produces
“Locally raised natural meats.” The farm
has completed an Environmental Farm
Plan (EFP) and is registered with the Verified Beef Production (VBP) program.
“We are open and proud of our
practices in animal husbandry and environmental sustainability,” they say on
Alber ta producers Melissa and
Mike Hittinger want to explain
practices to consumers, and use the
environmental farm plan and VBP to
demonstrate their commitment.
their website. “We provide products
that have a known history from birth
to plate. That way our customers know
how their food was raised and what
went into it.”
Finding value
That vision seems straightforward
enough when the herd was started with
three heifers back in 1996. But they’ve
learned some things as they have grown.
Mike identifies some of the most important from a producer point of view.
Differentiate yourself. “Margins are
slim in commodity beef,” says Mike, “so
we look for ways to add value.” Calves
are backgrounded and sold directly to
feedlots. Some are sold into value chains
such as Heritage Angus Beef and some
sold directly to consumers. Verified
records are critical to those options.
Market sustainability. “We state our
production practices and values clearly
on our website and people are welcome
to check us out.”
Find people who find value in what
you are offering. “With any niche market, you can produce it but if you don’t
find the people who find value in it, it
won’t make you much money.”
Build a reputation. “You get a reputation and your cattle get a reputation.
We have had feedlots tell us they like
our cattle because they don’t get sick.
The extra things we do are particularly
important when you are selling private
treaty.”
Consumer trust
The common ground in programs
such as EFP and VBP is consumer trust,
says Melissa, who is also an on-farm
food safety auditor for hog operations.
Here are her observations.
System backs trust. “Lots of people
in the agriculture business say they do
things, but how is a consumer to know?
These programs provide proof of action
and the ag industry will benefit as support grows.”
Think integrated management. The
worlds of food safety and environmental sustainability are often separated in
education and production circles, and
Melissa likes to bring them together in
her work.
“Nothing happens in a vacuum.
You’re not just grazing cattle, you’re
managing the environment.”
Respect records. “Records aren’t just
for the program, they’re for you. They
make you a better manager. VBP is very
easy to work with on the records side.”
Connect with customers
“Once you understand your responsibility doesn’t end when a calf leaves
the farm you’ve taken on a bigger view,”
says Melissa.
“EFP and VBP makes you better
versed in talking to people,” adds Mike.
“It sure helps to be able to say to customers, ‘Let me show you the processes
that are followed — here’s how and
here’s why.’”
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The Science of Healthier Animals
12-07-26 11:33
RESEARCH
Getting a grip on genomics
T
he genetic blueprint of all
living organisms is recorded
in their DNA (“deoxyribonucleic acid”). Genomics is
the study of DNA. There’s been a lot
of producer interest in and research
investment directed towards the use
of genomic technologies in the beef
and cattle industry, especially from
the seedstock selection point of view.
For example, if DNA tests could accurately predict
the genetic merit of a potential breeding animal (for
mature cow size, feed efficiency or tenderness, for
example), culling decisions could be made at birth and
save the breeder a lot of time, effort and expense.
The animal’s genetic blueprint determines how
amino acids from the diet are assembled into new
proteins. Many of the important parts of animals
(like enzymes, hormones, hooves, hair, horns, skin,
muscles, ligaments, tendons, internal organs, cartilage, and even parts of the skeleton) are made
entirely or mostly from protein. Protein from the diet
is digested into 20 or so different amino acids, which
are absorbed into the bloodstream and travel to various locations in the body where those 20 amino acids
are assembled into new proteins, based on the DNA
blueprint’s instructions.
The DNA is found in the beef animal’s 30 pairs
of chromosomes, which are found in almost all of
the cells of the body. The chromosomes are twisted
and coiled so tightly that they are too small to see
with the naked eye, even though they would probably be 10 feet long (but still invisibly thin) if they
were all stretched out to their full length. The DNA
resembles a long chain. Each link in this chain is one
of four small molecules that are abbreviated by the
letters A, T, G and C. The animal’s cellular machinery reads the genetic blueprint three letters at a time
(ATC, GTA, CAT, TAG, etc.). Some of the three-letter
codes tell the cellular machinery to “start reading
the DNA here.” Other codes correspond to specific
amino acids, so the order of the three-letter codes in
the DNA blueprint corresponds to the order of the
amino acids in the protein that will be manufactured.
Finally, some codes tell the cellular machinery to
“stop reading here.” The DNA sequence from the
“start reading” code to the “stop reading” code is
called a gene. Some genes correspond to structural
proteins (e.g. muscle), some code for hormones (e.g.
testosterone), and some code for enzymes (e.g. amylase, which digests starch).
A change in the DNA sequence is called a mutation.
Some mutations don’t affect the animal. There are 64
three-letter codes and only 20 amino acids, so each
amino acid has more than one code. If changing one
letter in the code still calls for the same amino acid,
this is called a “silent mutation.” But sometimes the
change in the code can have more profound effects
for the animal. For example, myostatin is a hormone
that tells muscle to stop growing (“myo” means muscle, and “statin” means stop). The myostatin gene is
located on Chromosome 2. Researchers have found
at least three different mutations that all result in a
non-functional myostatin hormone. One mutation
simply exchanged a “G” for an “A” and changed the
amino acid sequence in the hormone. Another mutation occurred when 11 letters in a row were lost. This
resulted in the loss of some amino acids, and changed
the order of other amino acids. A third mutation created a “stop reading” code halfway through the gene,
so the hormone is too short. In all three of these cases,
the myostatin hormone doesn’t work properly, so the
signal that normally slows muscle growth is missing.
These three different mutations result in the “doublemuscled” appearance of the Piedmontese, Belgian Blue
and Marchigiana breeds.
The leptin gene is located on Chromosome 4,
and codes for a hormone that regulates appetite
and fat deposition. Researchers at the universities of
Saskatchewan and Alberta have found a number of
mutations in the leptin gene that result in measurable
differences in backfat depth, lean yield and days to
market. The impact of these mutations on marbling
is less clear, which suggests that it is possible to select
for leaner carcasses without always reducing marbling score.
Many traits are influenced by more than one gene.
Here’s a simple example. The calpain gene (Chromosome 29) codes for an enzyme that is involved
in muscle protein breakdown during post-mortem
aging. The calpastatin gene on Chromosome 7 codes
for an enzyme that regulates calpain. So mutations in
either of these genes can affect tenderness.
Genomics technology has a lot of potential for the
beef industry. Some real progress has been made, and
some reliable DNA tests have been developed. The
next column in this series will talk about some of the
challenges that need to be overcome before industry
can realize the full potential of the technology.
The Beef Research Cluster is funded by the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association and Agriculture and
Agri-Food Canada to advance research and technology
transfer supporting the Canadian beef industry’s vision
to be recognized as a preferred supplier of healthy,
high-quality beef, cattle and genetics.
— Reynold Bergen
Reynold Bergen is the science director for the Beef Cattle
Research Council. A portion of the national checkoff is
directed to the BCRC to fund research and development
activities to improve the competitiveness and sustainability of
Canada’s beef industry.
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here have been a number of positive
developments recently that have given
Canadian cattle producers plenty to be
optimistic about. The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) has been involved in and
assisted with the positive outcomes achieved.
We’ve had numerous meetings with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada officials, along with
Minister Gerry Ritz, to discuss the Growing Forward 2 (GF2) program. Our goal was to ensure
that everyone in the department understands the
CCA’s key positions on GF2 as well as the minister
does. The recent Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food report, Growing Forward 2,
emphasized the importance of research and innovation and trade, and its subsequent recommended
improvements to business risk management (BRM)
programming aligns with what Canadian cattle
producers have been asking for.
An important victory for Canadian cattle producers occurred on June 29, when the World Trade
Organization (WTO) appellate body released its
decision regarding mandatory country-of-origin
labelling (COOL).
The appellate body confirmed the most important part of the WTO dispute panel decision of
November 2011 that the U.S. COOL legislation
discriminates against Canadian livestock in the
U.S. market. This is the result the CCA was seeking. COOL has affected billions of dollars of
commerce in cattle and beef products since it was
implemented in 2008.
Going forward, the CCA will be working with
its U.S. counterparts to develop a solution that
eliminates the discrimination of Canadian cattle
in the U.S. market. The resolution Canada and
Mexico are seeking is to allow for beef and pork
processed in the U.S. from imported cattle and
hogs to be labelled in the same way as meat from
U.S.-born animals — through a mandatory, voluntary or a combination of mandatory and voluntary labelling schemes.
On the same day as the COOL announcement,
the Canada-Jordan Economic Growth and Prosperity Act received royal assent, making the CanadaJordan Free Trade Agreement law.
The agreement will see the elimination of tariffs
on the majority of Canadian exports including
Canadian beef. This has enabled Canada to regain
equivalent terms of access that the U.S. beef industry has had in Jordan since 2001. As Canadian beef
exporters direct their primary efforts in the Middle
East to markets like Saudi Arabia, it is beneficial to
have access to the neighbouring Jordan and others.
We hope that other markets in the Middle East will
soon follow Jordan’s lead and remove prolonged
BSE restrictions for Canadian beef.
Another significant development occurred when
the Government of Canada, in consultation with the
CCA, terminated the WTO dispute settlement panel
against Korea. The action was taken due to the
by Martin Unrau
progress achieved in moving exports of Canadian
beef from under-30-month (UTM) cattle to Korea.
Korea is an important market; exports of Canadian
beef and veal to Korea are anticipated to reach $30
million by 2015.
The CCA is calling on both governments to conclude the Canada-Korea free trade agreement (FTA)
that began in 2005, but has been on hold since
2008. The CCA will assist the Government of Canada in any way possible to help complete a CanadaKorea FTA and to restore tariff parity between
Canadian and U.S. beef in the Korean market.
The issue remains the Korea-U.S. Free Trade
Agreement (KORUS) implemented on March 15,
2012. Under KORUS, the Korean tariff on U.S.
beef imports will decrease by 2.7 percentage points
annually until U.S. beef is duty free in 2026. Canadian beef will remain subject to the full 40 per cent
tariff unless Canada and Korea also reach an FTA.
Progress continued on Canada joining the TransPacific Partnership (TPP). First announced at the
G-20 summit in Los Cabos, Mexico, U.S. Trade
Representative Ambassador Ron Kirk has since
made it official by sending formal letters of notice
to John Boehner, Speaker of the U.S. House of
Representatives, and to Daniel Inouye, president
pro tempore of the U.S. Senate. The letters, sent on
behalf of U.S. President Barack Obama, indicate
the government’s intention to include Canada in the
ongoing negotiations of a TPP agreement.
The TPP countries are seeking to conclude a
high-ambition, next-generation regional agreement
that liberalizes trade and investment and addresses
new and traditional trade issues and 21st century
challenges. This is very much in line with the CCA’s
objectives for the TPP.
The TPP negotiations are complementary to the
bilateral free trade negotiations recently launched
between Canada and Japan. Currently, Japan’s
application to join the TPP remains pending but
seems likely. In the CCA’s view Japan’s admittance
to the TPP is the primary reason for Canada to join.
Peru became the latest country to provide full
UTM access for Canadian beef and also some partial over-30-month (OTM) access. There are now
nearly 70 countries that have either fully or partially
re-established access for Canadian beef since closing
their borders in 2003. The CCA continues to work
to expand market access.
Lastly, the United Nations’ food standards body,
the Codex Alimentarius Commission, agreed on
a set of residue limits for the veterinary drug ractopamine in cattle and pigs. This is an important
development for Canada’s cattle industry as it
removes any justification for a non-scientific trade
irritant that has hindered trade in Canadian beef to
key Asian markets like Taiwan and China. The
approval of the ractopamine standard is a victory
for scientific decision-making at Codex. The CCA
congratulates the Canadian Codex delegation for
its hard work on this matter.
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c u t s
by Steve Kay
Rebuilding hopes
evaporate
A North
American
view of the
meat industry.
Steve Kay is
publisher and
editor of
Cattle Buyers
Weekly
U
.S. producers started the year hopits crop forecast to 12.970 billion bushels with
ing they could expand their herds to
a 146 bpa yield and forecast prices at $5.40 to
take advantage of the growing global
$6.40 per bushel.
demand for beef. Mother Nature had
Comparisons are already being made with
other ideas. Areas of cattle country that had
1988, which saw a disastrous decline in corn
plentiful rains and lush pasture a year ago are
yields. In the last 52 years, 1988 saw the largnow burning up. More than half the U.S. beef
est deviation, 29.1 bpa, below trend-line yields.
cow herd is now under drought. Even worse,
This year’s trend-line yield is 163 bpa. One can
extreme heat and lack of rain is shrinking the
only pray that yields for the 2012-13 crop don’t
growing U.S. corn crop almost every day.
fall as much below the trend as they did in 1988.
The dramatic deterioration of grass and
This would mean a yield of 134 bpa. Analysts
grain crops across the U.S. in the past three
are currently forecasting yields of 136 to 140
months has stunned the agricultural commubpa, well below last year’s yield of 147 bpa.
nity. Few forecast the widespread drought that
Lack of rain has caused pasture conditions
has battered crops since May. In fact, the first
to deteriorate in much of cattle country. USDA
few months of the year held
on July 16 reported that 62
much promise. Texas and
per cent of the continental
Oklahoma saw an end to
U.S. was in moderate or
their historic drought and The implications are
worse drought. Fifty-four
pasture conditions and
per cent of pastures were
crops responded well to ominous for the beef
in poor or very poor conspring rains. Ideal condidition, compared to 50 per
tions throughout the Corn industry.The entire
cent a week earlier and 32
Belt led to one of the fast- infrastructure of the
per cent the same week last
est and earliest-ever plantyear. Again, there was little
ings of the new corn crop. U.S. industry will keep
in the weather forecasts
USDA subsequently forecast
that offered any moisture
a yield of 166 bushels per shrinking unless it
relief.
acre (bpa), a record crop of starts raining soon
The implications are
14.790 billion bushels and
ominous for the beef indusan average price of $4.60
try. Any thought of net
per bushel. Given that the average price of
heifer retention and the start of herd rebuilding
the 2011-12 crop might be $6, such a decline
has dried up. Even before the drought began to
would have brought much-needed relief to catspread, the national herd was not expected to
tle feeders.
start growing until 2015 at the earliest. Now
These prospects have evaporated, like the
any growth appears to have been put back
moisture through much of the central U.S. By
another year. This will put more pressure on a
early July, drought had become this year’s No.
cattle-feeding sector that is already struggling
1 story for U.S. agriculture and for the beef
with significant overcapacity and deeply negaindustry. Pasture conditions were deteriorattive margins due to high feeder cattle and corn
ing, forcing more young cattle into feedlots
prices, and on the packing sector, which suffers
and causing more beef cows to be culled than
from overcapacity as well. The entire infraexpected. Producers were receiving $150 to
structure of the U.S. industry will keep shrink$200 less for their cattle than they might have
ing unless it starts raining soon.
got two months ago.
The condition of the corn crop was deteCattle Buyers Weekly covers the North American
riorating as well. Hot, dry weather persisted
meat and livestock industry. For subscription inforthrough the crop’s critical pollination stage and
mation, contact Steve Kay at P.O. Box 2533, Petaluma, Calif. 94953, or at 707-765-1725, or go to
it appears the crop suffered permanent damage
www.cattlebuyersweekly.com.
during pollination. USDA on July 11 slashed
STRAIGHT FROM THE HIP
The Red Revolution
T
he surge in beef production,
consumption and export of
beef from India is internally
termed “the red revolution.” It is a classic and important
example of how quickly the world
as we know it can change. The stereotypical India is often thought of
by Canadians as a poor country of
vegetarians who consider the cow as
holy. In reality this diverse country with a population of
2.2B is pressuring Australia for top spot as the world’s
largest beef exporter.
How is it that a country with a past history of little
domestic beef production and a complete lack of infrastructure expects to export 1.5 million tons of beef this
year? It all goes back to key events in the late 1980s
when the government recognized that it would need to
allow for enabling legislation and let industry lead with
initiatives that would grow actual beef production.
Beef in India is primarily buffalo or a composite
breed and for good reason. Domestic buffalo is the
bovine of choice for milk production because of the
high fat content, disease resistance and a high feed
conversion. When the milk industry was liberalized in
1991 as part of the Economic Reform Program, milk
buffalo were rolled into domestic beef production. This
followed initiatives in the meat industry that were well
underway. The meat producers in India had asked for
easement on the restrictions and duties on the importation of feed and feed additives to grow their industry. This allowed the fed-cattle industry to grow and
improve efficiencies. One of the historical issues facing
Indian agriculture was the premature slaughter of cattle.
Although the infrastructure in India remains a weak
point it has improved as has cold storage and slaughter
integration. There are still over 29,000 cattle abattoirs
in India today of which 4,000 are registered and 20 are
state of the art.
For any industry to grow there needs to be access
to affordable credit and changes in agricultural lending
allowed for livestock enterprises to flourish. This was
complimented by the growing domestic demand for beef
in India. Today about 30 per cent of the population are
meat eaters and another 30 per cent are vegetarian. The
remaining 40 per cent eat enough beef to make a difference in domestic demand. The growing need for beef
in emerging economies also keeps beef export demand
high and India strives to address WTO requirements.
As in all countries there must be some assurance of food
safety and increased disease surveillance and India’s
commitment to this has increased export potential.
Massive increases in domestic livestock production
do not evolve without challenges. As the beef side of
India grows, there are environmental, disease and social
issues that surface. The “red revolution” has torn working buffalo from small rural holdings leaving the chil-
dren to do the heavy work as meat prices entice farmers
to sell working stock. With a cattle population of 277
million head living in very close proximity to so many
people, the emergence of disease is a constant challenge
from production through to retail and export. India is
working hard on that front to create disease-free zones.
And although increased economic activity and trade is
of benefit to India, the domestic press is attacking the
increase in obesity within India and pointing the finger
directly at beef consumption. This is ironic in a country
that also houses one of the largest populations of the
world’s poor and hungry and still considers the cow as
holy. The cow population is much greater than the buffalo population. Buffalo is not cow.
The allowance of foreign investment in India has
resulted in massive supermarket growth but the reality
is that there are currently 12 million food retail outlets
in India. India cannot outgrow the deep cultural practices that drive domestic markets. Many Indians prefer
the outdoor market where they buy from “wet” stalls
— that is fresh cut and hanging on display or fresh
hanging and the vendor cuts off a slice.
Although all of these accomplishments within Indian
beef cattle production are commendable the most influential initiative may have been the strengthening of
the interface between the private and the public sector
and a strong long-term export plan. India is clearly
focused on developing economies knowing full well that
consumption in developed economies is failing. They
clearly understand what they are up against and yet are
poised in this calendar year to be the world leader in
beef exports. And their target markets mirror many of
the major exporters such as Australia and Canada with
the added advantage of less cost.
Fascinating would be a good word to describe the
“red revolution” but there is more to this story. India
itself is one of the world’s strongest emerging economies
with a young population. While developed economies
face aging populations and decreased food retail activity, India is not only an exporter but a key player in its
own game. And while it is true that internal inflation
and the world financial crisis has slowed the overall
economy, India’s GDP is still expected for this year to
be up 6.3 per cent .
How the story will end is yet to be known. I will be
in India this September to look at agricultural production systems and review agricultural policy. Red revolution or just another shade of pink? Stay tuned for the
rest of the story.
— Brenda Schoepp
Brenda Schoepp is a market analyst and the owner and
author of BEEFLINK, a national beef cattle market newsletter. A professional speaker and industry market and research
consultant, she ranches near Rimbey, Alta. Contact her at
[email protected] or visit www.brendaschoepp.
com. All rights reserved 2012.
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FORAGE
A FORAGE NETWORK
FOR SASKATCHEWAN
Saskatchewan Forage Council president Aaron Ivey brought some good
news to the SFC annual meeting earlier
this summer with the announcement
that funding is finally in place to begin
building a Forage Network for Saskatchewan.
With support from the Saskatchewan Canadian Agricultural Adaptation
Program the search is on for a network
project co-ordinator as a first step to
add some muscle to the forage industry
within the province.
The network model developed in
Alberta is designed to gain a stronger
voice with industry and government
through building partnerships in the
forage community.
The concept has evolved over the
past year following a discussion at the
2011 SFC annual meeting over the lack
of forage research in Saskatchewan and
across Canada.
“We found that co-ordination of the
industry is not that easy because forage is a fractured industry with many
Aaron Ivey
stakeholders,” says Ivey. “A network
model would bring producers, industry,
researchers, ideas and money together.”
The network will not replace the
SFC, which was founded in 1988 to
promote and advance the province’s
forage industry through research and
extension. As SFC executive director
Janice Bruynooghe points out, everything the council does is project based
in partnership with other forage and
livestock stakeholders.
Last year’s activities included the
continuation of their work with a long
list of supporters on invasive plant species management strategies, an evaluation of Roundup Ready alfalfa in
co-operation with the Canadian Forage and Grassland Association (CFGA)
and hosting the CFGA’s second annual
meeting in Saskatoon. Since the inception of the province’s ADOPT (Agriculture Demonstration of Practices and
Technology) program in 2009, the SFC
has received funding for and managed
14 projects, nine are still in progress.
A new Agricultural Development Fund
trace minerals project to evaluate the
mineral status of Saskatchewan pastures got underway this April.
As part of its extension efforts the
SFC publishes the FORAGE AND LIVESTOCK ENEWS, the SASKATCHEWAN HAY
AND PASTURE REPORT , maintains a
website devoted to forage news and
information and contributes to the provincial LIVESTOCK AND FORAGE GAZETTE.
It also assists in organizing the
annual Saskatchewan Pasture School
and offers a Forage Innovation Award
to draw attention to the work of forage scientists and extension workers.
This year’s winner is Chris Nykoluk,
the recently retired range management
specialist with Agriculture and AgriFood Canada’s agriculture environment service branch in Regina.
Ivey was re-elected president and
Nancy Johns of Watrous remains
vice-president. Past president Leam
Craig of Biggar and Clayton Myhre of
Nipawin stepped off the board, while
Neil McLeod of Rosetown is a new
director. Other board members include
Bruce Coulman and Fran Walley
from the University of Saskatchewan,
Alan Iwaasa from Agriculture and
Agri-Food Canada’s research station
at Swift Current, Dave Kerr of Lashburn, Kelly Williamson of Pambrun,
Trevor Plews with Ducks Unlimited
Canada at Yorkton, Ryan Sommerfeld
of Medstead, Charlotte Ward with the
Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture
(SMA) at Yorkton and Michel Tremblay as an ex officio member on behalf
of the SMA.
For more information, contact the
SFC at 306-867-8126, or through the
website at www.saskforage.ca.
POLITICS
LAND USE ISSUES STILL
TOP THE B.C. AGENDA
Ever-present land stewardship
issues, reviews of important provincial
legislation, and a review of producerfunded consumer awareness programs
were front and centre at the British
Columbia Cattlemen’s Association’s
(BCCA) annual meeting at Fort St.
John in June.
Newly elected president Dave Haywood-Farmer says the improvement in
cattle prices once again had members
enthusiastic about being in the cattle
business. He’s hoping it signals a turning point for the province’s beef industry, which has seen cattle numbers slip
by nearly half since the high in 2005.
Haywood-Farmer, who succeeds
Judy Guichon as president, runs an
Angus-Hereford herd with his cousin
near Savona, 30 miles west of Kamloops.
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By Jerry Palen
“What seems to be your problem?”
As he looks to the future he sees
succession as a growing issue for the
industry. In the present economic climate young people have a hard time
raising the capital to buy in and allowing the older generation to retire comfortably.
Governance is another priority for
the BCCA and the association is currently evaluating its structure to be
sure it efficiently meets the needs of
producers.
Then, of course, there’s land stewardship. “Land use issues are always in
front of cattlemen here because there
are so many shared users in our province. It’s always a matter of cattlemen
keeping a step ahead,” he explains.
More than half of the resolutions
passed at the meeting dealt with land
stewardship.
The horrendous destruction of
forests by the mountain pine beetle
continues to haunt the province. The
loss of natural barriers because of
deadfall and logging is an issue for
some ranchers, but the overarching
concern is long-term forage availability on Crown land. Normally, logging
companies are required to follow a
scheduled pattern to keep reforested
areas in differing stages of succession.
The forage supply gradually dwindles
as the stands mature and the tree canopies close. Instead large expanses are
now being reforested in short order,
which will lead to a critical shortage
of forage 10 to 15 years down the
road when the canopies of all of the
new plantings close up around the
same time. The BCCA is urging the province to
incorporate forages into its reforestation plans. This would be of mutual
benefit to cattlemen and loggers, says
Haywood-Farmer as strategically
planted forage stands would draw cattle and wildlife away from sensitive
areas.
Several resolutions called for a concerted effort by all Crown land users
to control noxious weeds and invasive
plants. The cattlemen want the province to accept responsibility for weed
control on public lands and do everything possible to assist the ranching
community in the task, including the
purchase of the herbicides and creating an abbreviated pesticide applicator’s licence that would allow ranchers
to control weeds on their own leased
range. Wolf predation continues to escalate, and producers directed the BCCA
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to press the government to proactively
reduce wolf populations in problem
areas, and introduce a shared insurance plan where producers could purchase coverage for predator losses.
Someone must have been listening.
During the meeting the province
announced $50,000 in funding over
the next five years for the B.C. Trappers Association to remove problem
predators.
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suggests that the driving force for
traceability will gradually shift from
being largely for the public good to its
relevance to consumers.
According to Mallot Creek Group
Inc. (MCG), the Ontario-based firm
commissioned by Alberta Meat and
Livestock Agency (AMLA) to carry out
the study, the split is currently about
85 per cent for public good and five
per cent consumer relevance, with 10
per cent undefined. By 2022, it will
be 25/65, respectively. The prediction
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traceability will be led by the consumers need for food safety and product
claims.
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the current update to the Agriculture
Waste Control Regulations comes with
its own set of issues, specifically in
dealing with the storage of wastes. The
cattlemen are encouraging the province
to use the environmental farm plan as
a baseline rather than regulations.
Another resolution sought mustering fees from the Canadian Food
Inspection Agency when herds must
be tested for reportable diseases, in the
belief that individual producers should
not be asked to bear the cost when all
of society benefits from checking the
spread of disease.
first gathered from a literature review
and consultations with every sector of
the Alberta beef industry from cow-calf
producers to exporters and retailers,
consumers, government, technology
providers and insurers.
The benefits put forward were identified as consumer protection, market access, improved information
flow throughout the beef value chain,
company risk mitigation, market differentiation, production management,
productivity enhancement, perceptions,
margins and liability.
MCG chose seven benefits that
came to the top for each sector and
subjectively ranked their importance
on a five-point scale based on impressions gleaned during the consultations.
Cow-calf producers, backgrounders, and auction markets saw very little
benefit from traceability.
Feedlots and primary and secondary processors view almost all of these
benefits as important. Feedlots downplayed the liability benefit, while processors felt traceability will have little
impact on margins.
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Exporters gave a rating of high importance to every benefit, except margins.
Governments and associations rated consumer protection
the highest level of importance. Government also gave high
ratings on perception and liability. Both were middle of the
road on all of the other benefits.
Consumers generally rated consumer protection and
perception as very important benefits for traceability, with
margins being a minor benefit and no opinion either way on
the other.
The general conclusions were that a base system is
required for public good and it provides market reassurances; customer-relevant programs will be the driver and
traceability will be a part of them, not a leading one; liability and risk associated with incidents will require participation; and profitability and market positioning will drive the
successful implementation of traceability.
In a value chain, the attributes of traceability are more
defined within each link and are generally related to facilitating production and processing systems that improve market access and position.
Consumers look to traceability to provide assurance of
food safety or product claims so they can put their trust in
the system, the brand and retailer and source verification.
Competition, branding, differentiation, program buying
and risk are the trends in the retail, food-service and export
markets that will determine the benefits of traceability in
future.
The dominant consumer trend is the growing demand
for innovative, convenient, less-processed food with health
benefits that comes in an environmentally friendly package
with a story attached.
The authors conclude the importance of traceability will
only increase as branded beef continues to gain more space
in the retail fresh meat case.
The economic benefit of traceability is tied to any increase
it provides in the value of branded beef sales. Canadian
retail data suggests 51 per cent of beef is currently branded
and claim-related brands will grow by 10 per cent per year
for the next five years.
MCG predicts the value of consumer-relevant brand sales
in Canadian retail stores will increase from $500 million
today to nearly $1.75 billion by 2022.
Food-service beef brand sales will increase from approximately $200 million to more than $600 million, and export
branded beef sales will increase from $350 million to nearly
a billion dollars.
The critical factors for success with traceability in Canadian beef include:
• A base structure to address consumer protection and supplier liability.
• The ability to verify linkages throughout the value chain in
real time.
• Development of consumer-relevant brands that support
relevant production claims.
• Industry leadership to mesh the overall good for the industry with specific industry realities and financial requirements.
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◆ Well, I have been reprimanded in
the most comical ways after referring
to the animal with Wayne Burgess, in
the Old-Timer/Guess Who picture, in
the May issue, as a heifer. You would
think I would have noticed the ring in
the nose, which would indicate that
it was probably a bull. Thanks to the
eagle eyes who pointed this out to me.
In auctioneering lingo “Good Eye!”
Jamie Rea from Marengo, Sask., identified Wayne. Sharon Forsyth of Ont.,
also identified Wayne, but she should
have been able to as Wayne is her
brother. She came within three years of
the correct year. Brent Stewart identified all the individuals in the last two
issues but still hasn’t learned to email.
Kelsey sent in his comments. (I imagine he will be hunting me down in the
barns at Agribition.) Brent, you have a
“Good Eye” but you really need to get
Kelsey and Dale to teach you to email.
◆ The June picture featured Hoss
Hammer (l), a well-known agricultural
radio announcer in central Alberta
from the ’70s to the mid-’90s, and
Craig Flewelling (r), who, with his son,
◆ This month’s picture was sent to
me from Saskatchewan, and that is
the only hint. Can you identify either
gentleman, the year or the event? Stay
tuned for the September issue as I have
a terrific picture for that issue.
◆ Well-known Alberta cattle hoof
trimmer, Darwin Wideman is still
slowly recovering from serious injuries inflicted by a bull last February.
Best wishes go out to Darwin, and let
this be a lesson to be extremely careful when handling bulls. Darwin had
a lifetime of experience behind him, so
you never know what might happen.
◆ Anyone who doesn’t think the Her-
eford breed is alive and thriving in Canada was proved wrong July 13-18 as the
Canadian Hereford Association hosted
the 16th World Hereford Conference in
Calgary and Olds, Alta. With 550 head
of Hereford cattle on display, both
purebred and commercial, as well as
outstanding Junior and Open shows,
attendees had ample opportunity to
see what the Hereford breed has to
offer in both polled and horned cattle.
I will follow up with more details in
the next issue. The Canadian Hereford
Association was formed in 1890 with
the primary objectives of preserving
the purity of Hereford cattle, promoting the interests of the importers and
breeders of such animals, and collecting, verifying, preserving and publishing the pedigrees of said cattle and
other useful Hereford information.
Today there are an estimated 120,000
purebred Hereford females in production in Canada, 300,000 to 350,000
straightbred Hereford females (10 per
cent of the beef cow herd), and an estimated 30 per cent or more of the cow
herd carries Hereford breeding. The
Canadian Hereford Association has
◆ John Nostadt, of Maidstone, Ont.,
won the 30th annual UFA Steer Classic during the Calgary Stampede with
his 1,324-pound crossbred Angus/Simmental/Maine Anjou steer. Nostadt and
his business partner, Martin Koyle won
$11,000 — $10,000 from UFA for
grand champion honours, plus $1,000
for winning the Open class.
◆ Sixteen-year-old Dakota Townsend
of Sylvan Lake, Alta., won $4,000
from Merck Animal Health when
her 1,376-pound Hereford steer was
named overall reserve champion, plus
$10,000 for winning the Hereford
class. The Canadian Hereford Association put up the extra money in
honour of the 16th World Hereford
Conference being held in Canada —
and southern Alberta — for the first
time since 1976.
◆ The Calgary Stampede’s International Youth Livestock program and its
sponsors — Tervita, Bayer CropScience,
ConocoPhillips, Enbridge, WA Ranches,
the Alberta 4-H Foundation, Ted and
Enid Jansen, and the Calgary Stampede
Foundation — presented their annual
array of post-secondary scholarships to
future leaders of agriculture. The number of recipients (55) and total scholarship dollars ($65,000) are the most
in program history. The gifts of belt
buckles and jackets for all scholarship
winners brings this year’s expenditure
to just over $80,000 — nearly double
the outlay in 2011. The scholarships
were announced at the Summer Synergy
show in Calgary and Olds where 350
competitors from across Western Canada presented 600 head of livestock.
◆ Canadian Angus Association mem-
bers gathered in Lethbridge June 14-16
for the 2012 Canadian Angus National
Convention. The board of directors
affirmed Gary Latimer as president of
2012-13. Gary and his wife Jacci, along
with their son Richard and his wife
Kelly, own and operate Remitall Farms
of Olds, Alta. Kevin Blair of Lanigan,
Sask., was named president elect for
next year. The association has a positive
surplus over expenditures for the second
year in a row due to increased memberships, registrations, transfers and higher
fees. Angus tag sales are also up while
costs are down due to a reduction in
consulting services and the termination
of the Herdmaster contract.
◆ The Canadian Limousin Association held its 43rd annual meeting last
month in Olds, Alta. Bill Campbell
from Minto, Man., was re-elected president for a second year and Brian Lee
of Janetville, Ont., was elected vicepresident. Terry Hepper, Zehner, Sask.,
is the new treasurer. New to the board
are Tim Andrew of Youngstown, Alta.,
and Luc Forcier from Yamaska, Que.,
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◆ The sixth annual Garth Sweet Simmental Foundation Auction will be
held in conjunction with the CSA
annual meeting August 23-25 in Truro,
Nova Scotia. The feature lot, Lot #1
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donated by Gibbons Farms, Vaughn
and Cindy Gibbons, Stevensville, Ont.
Anyone with items to donate should
contact Kara Enright (613) 478-3404,
Emily Grey (819) 835-0284 or Margo
Cartwright (403) 250-5255.
◆ The fifth annual T Bar Invitational
golf tournament was the most successful yet, raising over $42,000 for eight
national junior breed associations, representing 2,041 members. A portion
will be donated to the Canadian Western Agribition Junior Beef Extreme. See
www.tbarinvitational.com for details.
◆ In June the RCMP were called out
west of Edmonton to investigate the
shooting of five cattle and a horse.
Wade Thordarson discovered two of
the animals, a purebred Angus cow and
calf belonging to his 13-year-old daughter, Kassidy, who was hoping to show
them at their local 4-H show. Brad and
Nicole Yoder of Cinder Angus offered
Kassidy a replacement bred heifer to
show this year.
◆ Phil and Catherine Brown and
daughter Cayley closed down their
purebred cattle consulting business in Ontario last month to take
on the management of Copper Creek
Ranch in Princeton, B.C. The ranch
runs a few hundred purebred Herefords and Hereford-influence commercial cows. Cayley, a member of the
Canadian Junior Hereford Association, will transport her small herd to
B.C. and Catherine has taken on the
role of adult adviser to the B.C. Junior
Hereford Association. Catherine is a
longtime writer for Ontario Farmer
Publications, a contributing editor to
the Canadian Hereford Digest magazine and an occasional contributor to
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◆ Stacey Domolewski of Taber, Alta.,
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Taber, Alta. She is entering her fourth
year of animal science toward a degree
in agriculture at the University of Saskatchewan this fall.
◆ Chad Lorenz of Lorenz Angus is
the first recipient of the Dick Turner
Scholarship awarded by Canadian
Angus Association in memory of the
sales
12th Annual Saskatoon Gelbvieh
Bull & Female Sale
March 23, 2012, Saskatoon, Sask.
34 Registered Gelbvieh bulls, av. $5,357
18 Registered Gelbvieh open heifers, av. $1,972
V&V Farms, Redcliff, Alta. bought the high-selling
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pion 1984) who sired champions. His
progeny have been Reserve Champions,
Grand Champions, and Calf World
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made him the highest-rated bull in the
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a great example of the attributes of the
breed: fast growth rate, excellent muscle
development, and superior meat quality
with a high percentage of salable cuts.
longtime editor
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Angus News. Chad
is vice-president of
the Alberta Junior
Angus Association
and director of the
Canadian Junior
Angus Association. He is studying
Chad Lorenz
animal science at
Lakeland College in Vermilion and is a
member of their judging team. This year
he will be on the purebred beef team
and president of the Stockman’s Club.
◆ Canadian Cattle Genome Project —
Bull of the Month. The Canadian Cattle
Genome Project is focused on bringing
cost effective genomics (DNA) tools to
Canada’s beef producers to improve
producer profitability and efficiencies in
beef production. We are gathering samples from animals that have the greatest
genetic influence on the Canadian cattle
herd for DNA sequencing and genotyping. Over the next few months we will
highlight bulls included in the project
that helped establish their respective
breeds in Canada.
This month’s profile is a Charolais
bull named “Roxy’s Jack Dempsey
63R.”
Roxy’s Jack Dempsey 63R heavily
influenced the current generation (200611) of registered Charolais animals. Sired
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The
markets
Market
Summary
debbie mcmillin
Fed Cattle
Fed prices have been disappointing
relative to what was expected of this
summer market and current breakeven levels. Cattle placed on feed
under contract or hedged were profitable but those left in the cash market
were sold at a loss. Prices were higher
than in recent years but the higher
break-evens ate up the profit. Following a spring high of $116.54 Alberta
fed steers appeared to have made a
summer low at $108.36 at the start
of July in response to some aggressive
marketing by feedlots. By the third
week of July the numbers were down
and prices back to $110.43, which
was $6.46 better than last year and
$22.55 per cwt ahead of 2010.
Front-end supplies are manageable but carcass weights by mid-July
climbed 20 pounds over the year
before to 861 pounds; average weights
for 2012 are running 872 pounds, 35
more than 2011.
On July 1 Alberta and Saskatche-
Deb’s Outlook
wan finishing lots held 746,882 head,
seven per cent fewer than last year
and the smallest July 1 inventory since
they started keeping records in 2000.
June placements were down one per
cent at 65,797 head — 29 per cent
under the five-year average. Federal
steer slaughter was down three per
cent at 729, 804 head and heifers the
same percentage at 520,190. Fed-cattle exports to July 7 totalled 208,023
head, down five per cent on the year.
Feeder Cattle
Feeder markets in July were sideswiped by USDA’s predicted 12 per
cent drop in the drought-ravished
corn crop. Despite the volatility
south of the border and uncertainty
over feed costs the Canadian feeder
market remained relatively stable for
much of the summer. Alberta 550
steers enjoyed a small rally at the
end of June to make $176.50 before
slipping to $169 by the third week
of July. That’s up from $152 last
year. The 850 steers dropped from
$141.50 to $135.75 over the same
stretch.
As we head into the yearling market prices are expected to improve.
Even in years with high barley prices
the rising grass yearling market generally holds true. The basis generally
narrows through August. In the third
week of July it was -4.79 compared to
-3.09 in 2011.
Canadian dollar and swap costs to
place feeder cattle.
Fed Cattle
Feeder Cattle
Near term, larger carcass weights,
slower beef movement and smaller
slaughter numbers may make it
difficult to advance cash markets
significantly. However Canadian
feedlots are fairly current with their
inventories giving sellers an advantage. From a demand standpoint,
this summer’s heat slowed the movement of beef across North America
but fed prices should pick up as we
move into cooler fall weather. Limiting factors to watch for include
rising fuel and feed costs, a stronger
The dynamics in the feeder market were changing constantly over
the past few weeks. Heading into
fall it will be a case of tight supplies
versus input costs pulling on prices.
The smaller beef herd remains a
bullish factor that should lead to a
competitive fall market. However as
harvest gets underway everyone will
be focused on crop conditions and
the resulting costs of gain. Canadian
producers also need to factor in the
dollar. A lower dollar may attract
U.S. feedlots if their feed costs don’t
Feeder exports to July 7 total
99,774 head, up 89 per cent from last
year. In the first week of July, however, feeders shipments south were
just 20 per cent of the weekly average for this year. Granted it was a
short week, but this was the smallest
week of the year for exports, reflecting the current pressure on the U.S.
feeder market.
Non-Fed Cattle
Cows in the first half of 2012
averaged $5 per cwt better than a
year ago. The summer market
peaked briefly at $85.90 but could
only maintain an average over $85
for two weeks before slipping back
to $78.75 in the third week of July.
High trim prices, small cow numbers and a reduced supply of lean
textured beef in the U.S. supported
Canadian cow prices and raised
non-NAFTA imports. Looking back
D1,2 cows averaged $71.15 last year
and $59.56 in 2010. Canadian cow
slaughter is down two per cent at
79,158 head. Butcher bulls in midJuly averaged $97.43 per cwt. Export
shipments were up eight per cent at
22,153 head.
— Debbie McMillin
Debbie McMillin is a market analyst who
ranches at Hanna, Alta.
More markets➤
go too high. The recent World Trade
Organization ruling on country-oforigin labelling could also create
added U.S. interest.
Non-Fed Cattle
As producers start weaning
calves the supply of cull cows will
increase which typically pressures
prices. But look for strong trim
prices to support cow prices moving forward. While Canadian cow
prices have been strong the U.S.
market has outpaced us, which puts
an export floor on the non-fed market. In summary, prices will decline
seasonally but not as much as usual
during the fall run.
Break-even Prices on A-Grade Steers
130
ALBERTA
170
110
90
80
Steer Calves (500-600 lb.)
180
120
100
Market Prices
190
160
western
Market
Summary
150
140
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
130
95
145
ONTARIO
135
D1,2 Cows
85
125
75
115
65
105
55
95
85 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2012
Canfax weighted average
price on A-Grade steers
45
Ontario
2011
Market
Ontario prices based on a 50/50 east/west mix
Summary
O ntario
2012
2011
A lberta
Break-even price
2012
for steers on date sold
2012-13
2011
Kevin Grier2011
Market Summary (to July 9)
July 2012 prices*
Alber ta
Yearling steers (850 lb.)............... $141.13/cwt
Barley................................................. 5.40/bu.
Barley silage..................................... 67.50/ton
Cost of gain (feed)........................... 72.33/cwt
Cost of gain (all costs)..................... 97.61/cwt
Fed steers...................................... 110.12/cwt
Break-even (November 2012)......... 125.53/cwt
Ontario
Yearling steers (850 lb.)............... $143.20/cwt
Corn silage....................................... 56.08/ton
Grain corn........................................... 6.76/bu.
Cost of gain (feed)......................... 101.00/cwt
Cost of gain (all costs)................... 126.79/cwt
Fed steers...................................... 115.60/cwt
Break-even (January 2013)............ 136.41/cwt
*Mid-month to mid-month prices
Breakevens
East: end wt 1,450, 183 days
West end wt 1,325 lb., 125 days
50 Cattlemen / august 2012
2012
Total Canadian federally inspected slaughter............. 1,454,906
Average steer carcass weight............................................ 873 lb.
Total U.S. slaughter.................................................... 17,293,000
2011
1,491,226
836 lb.
18,096,000
Trade Summary
EXPORTS
2012
Fed cattle to U.S. (to June 30)....................................... 204,184
Feeder cattle and calves to U.S. (to June 30).................. 99,013
Dressed beef to U.S. (to May)............................... 227.03 mil.lbs
Total dressed beef (to May).................................. 294.37 mil.lbs
2011
215,260
51,269
236.66 mil.lbs
297.05 mil.lbs
IMPORTS 2012
Slaughter cattle from U.S. (to May) .......................................... 0
*Dressed beef from U.S. (to May)........................ 132.26 mil.lbs
*Dressed beef from Australia (to May)..................... 11.90 mil.lbs
*Dressed beef from New Zealand (to May)................ 25.29 mil.lbs
*Dressed beef from Uruguay (to May)................... 11.35 mil.lbs
2011
0
131.94 mil.lbs
7.29 mil.lbs
26.82 mil.lbs
7.60 mil.lbs
Canadian Grades (to July 14)
% of A
grades
AAA
AA
A
Prime
Total
EAST WEST
+59%
19.7
27.0
1.6
0.2
48.5
Total graded
310,579
1,135,545
Yield
–53% Total
12.7
55.9
2.8
39.6
0.0
1.7
0.6
1.2
16.1
Total A grade 98.4%
Total ungraded
% carcass basis
61,864
62.7%
88
82.0%
54-58%
23.5
9.8
0.1
0.4
33.8
Only federally inspected plants
market
talk
with Gerald Klassen
Feed grain complex changes
I
n the previous issue, I was quite bearish on barley and
on record and the corn crop has suffered in the northern
corn prices as the North American crops were seeded
Corn Belt of Illinois and Ohio and parts of Nebraska
in a timely fashion under favourable conditions.
and Iowa. The 2011 average yield was 146.7 bushels
However, there have been significant changes in the
per acre but analysts feel the 2012 yield will come in the
feed grain complex over the past couple months. First,
range of 135 to 140 bushels per acre. The corn market
Canadian barley acres are down from earlier expectais also functioning to ration demand. There is a lot of
tions. Secondly, a large portion of the U.S. Corn Belt
winter wheat moving into feed channels but the adverse
has experienced drought-like conditions causing corn
conditions in Russia will result in a sharp increase in U.S.
futures to skyrocket. The Black Sea region has also sufwheat exports. The 2012-13 U.S. corn carry-out is profered adverse growing conditions resulting in stronger
jected to drop under one billion bushels down to pipeline
barley prices on the world market. All these factors have
stocks. There is potential for new historical highs in the
resulted in a sharply tighter world fundamental structure
corn and barley markets over the next six months.
and it appears that feed grain prices will stay firm for the
Drought-like conditions are having an adverse effect
2012-13 crop year.
on the cattle market. Feeder prices in the U.S. have
Statistics Canada estimated barley acres at 7.4 mildropped sharply and cow-calf producers in the drier
lion; while this is up from the 2011 seeded area of 6.5
regions are liquidating high-quality heifers and cows.
million, it is down from earlier estimates that ranged
Earlier in the year, analysts were expecting the catfrom 7.8 million to 8.5 million.
tle herd to expand but this will
Growing conditions have been
likely be delayed for one or two
quite favorable in Western Canyears. At the same time, fed catThe 2012-13. U.S. corn
ada and using a normal yield
tle prices have drifted lower and
projection, Canadian barley profeeding margins are moving into
carry-out is projected to
duction will likely finish near 8.5
red ink. Canadian feeder prices
million tonnes compared to 7.8
have held up fairly well but will
drop under one billion
million last year.
eventually come in line with the
bushels down to pipeline
Barley prices on the world
U.S. market.
market have surged due to lower
When looking at past drought
stocks. There is potential
barley and wheat production in
years, the feed grain complex
Ukraine and Russia. Offers from
tends to make highs in the fall
for new historical highs in
the Black Sea region have dried
period. The market then slightly
the corn and barley markets softens when the South American
up and major barley importers
have been caught off guard with
harvest comes on stream during
over the next six months
the rising prices. I’m forecastthe late winter and fall period.
ing a Canadian export program
In the meantime, cattle producof 1.5 million mt, which will be
ers have to factor in a worstmostly feed barley. At this time, feed demand is stronger
case scenario that corn prices could reach over $10 per
than malt which has caused the malt premium over feed
bushel. This will cause a large uncertainty in the feeder
barley to erode.
cattle market because the deferred live cattle futures
The function of the Canadian barley market is to
have softened. Large placements in the summer and fall
ration demand. Domestic feed prices need to trade at a
period, due to herd liquidation will cause beef produclarge premium to world values to temper offshore movetion to come in larger than earlier projections for the
ment. The Canadian barley carry-out is projected to dip
fourth quarter of 2012 and first quarter of 2013. It is
to 1.0 million mt, which is down from the 10-year averprudent to have a risk management program in place
age of 2.4 million mt. Therefore, prices are expected to
as we have all seen how conditions can change within a
remain at historical highs for the 2012-13 crop year.
30-day window.
The USDA estimated corn acres at 96.4 million which
is up from the 2011 acreage of 91.9 million. Despite the
Gerald Klassen analyzes markets in Winnipeg and also maintains
large acreage, yield will likely come in below year-ago
an interest in the family feedlot in southern Alberta. He can be
levels. June was one of the driest and warmest months
reached at [email protected] or 204-287-8268.
SALES AND EVENTS
EVENTS
August
14-17—Canadian Cattlemen’s Association
Semi-annual Meeting, Deerfoot Inn and
Casino, Calgary, Alta.
15—Beef 2012 — International Livestock
Congress, Deerfoot Inn and Casino, Calgary, Alta.
20—Cattlewomen for the Cure Golf Tournament, Cottonwood Coulee, Medicine Hat,
Alta., www.cattlewomenforthecure.com
23-24—Young Canadian Simmentalers
National Classic Events and Show, Turo,
Nova Scotia
23-25—Canadian Simmental Association
AGM, Best Western Glengarry Hotel,
Truro, Nova Scotia
23-25—Maritime Classic Show, Nova Scotia
Provincial Exhibition, Truro, Nova Scotia
September
11-13—Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show, Canada’s Outdoor Park, Woodstock, Ont.
19—Canada Beef Annual General Meeting
and Forum, Sheraton Cavalier, Calgary,
Alta.
19-23—Lindsay Exhibition Fall Fair, Lindsay
Exhibition, Lindsay, Ont.
November
1-3—34th Stockade Roundup, Lloydminster
Exhibition, Lloydminster, Alta.
1-4—Manitoba Livestock Expo, Keystone
Centre, Brandon, Man.
2-11—Royal Winter Fair, Direct Energy Centre, Toronto, Ont.
3-11—Canadian Finals Rodeo, Expo Centre,
Edmonton, Alta., www.canadianfinalsrodeo.com
5-10—Farmfair International, Rexall Place,
Edmonton, Alta., www.farmfair.ca
7-10—Agri-trade, Westerner Park, Red Deer,
Alta., www.agri-trade.com
7-10—Saskatoon Fall Fair, Prairieland Park,
Saskatoon, Sask., www.saskatoonex.com
13-14—Canfax Cattle Market Forum, Deerfoot Inn, Calgary, Alta.
15—Best of Canadian Agri-marketing Association Awards, Saskatoon, Sask., www.
bestofcama.com, www.cama.org
19-24—Canadian Western Agribition, Evraz
Place, Regina, Sask., www.agribition.com
January 2013
12-27—107th National Western Stock Show,
National Western Complex, Denver, Colorado
23-25—Saskatchewan Beef Industry Conference, Saskatoon Inn, Saskatoon, Sask.
February
7-8—Manitoba Beef Producers AGM, Victoria Inn, Brandon, Man.
SALES
December
4—MJT Cattle Co. Ltd. — Hereford and
Angus Dispersal, at the ranch, Edgerton,
Alta.
15—Perrot-Martin Charolais Complete Herd
Dispersal, at the farm, Niacam, Sask.
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Canadian Angus Assoc.
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Canadian Hereford Assoc.
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Canadian Limousin Assoc.
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Canadian Shorthorn Assoc.
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Canadian Simmental Assoc.
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Ford Motor Company Canada
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General Motors
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Vermeer Corporation
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VJV Foothills Livestock Auction
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Winnipeg Livestock Sales Ltd.
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STOCK BUYER’S
C FALL FEEDER SALES
AUGUST 2012
SPECIAL PULL-OUT SECTION
BRITISH COLUMBIA
ABBOTSFORD
McClary Stockyards Ltd.*
Box 40, Abbotsford, B.C. V2T 6Z4
Phone: 604-864-2381 • Fax: 604-854-3038
Website: mcclarystockyards.com
Contact: Jono Rushton ............................. 604-823-2125
Dave Rushton ............................ 604-823-6692
Regular Sales:
Every Mon., 11 a.m. – Slaughter & feeder
cattle, sheep & goats
Every Wed., 1 p.m. – Dairy & beef cattle
Special Sales: Contact for details
ARMSTRONG
Valley Auction Ltd.*
903 Raffan Road
Armstrong, B.C. V0E 1B7
Phone: 250-546-9420 • Fax: 250-546-3399
Website: www.valleyauction.ca
Contact: Peter Raffan .............................. 250-260-0758
Rod Burnett ............................... 250-308-8185
Donald J. Raffan ........................ 250-558-6789
Regular Sales: Thurs., 11 a.m. – All breeds
Special Sales: Check website for details
Internet Sales: Canadian Satellite Livestock Auction
www.cslauction.com (see Red Deer)
DAWSON CREEK
VJV Dawson Creek Auction
301-116th Ave., Dawson Creek, B.C. V1G 3C9
Phone: 250-782-3766 • Fax: 250-782-6622
Contact: Don Fessler ................................ 250-719-5561
Regular Sales: Every Thurs., 10 a.m.
Special sales:
Mon., Sept. 17;
Oct. 15, 22, 29; Nov. 19;
Dec. 10, 17 – Calves & yearlings
Mon., Nov. 5, 26; Dec. 3 – Bred cows & heifers
Sat., Sept. 29 – Horses
KAMLOOPS
B.C. Livestock Producers
Co-operative Association*
#1 10145 Dallas Dr., Kamloops, B.C. V2C 6T4
Phone: 250-573-3939 • Fax: 250-573-3170
Website: www.bclivestock.bc.ca
Contact: Tom Vicars ................................. 250-573-3939
Wilf Smith .................................. 250-398-7174
Al Smith ..................................... 250-567-4333
Larry Jordan ............................... 250-573-3939
Wayne Jordan ............................. 250-573-3939
Regular Sales:
Okanagan Falls: Mondays
Kamloops: Tuesdays
Williams Lake: Thursdays
Vanderhoof: Fridays
Special Sales:
Horse sales/equipment/bred cow & heifers/bull sales
Internet Sales: TEAM (The Electronic Auction Market)
www.teamauctionsales.com (see Calgary)
LANGLEY
Fraser Valley Auctions
21801 – 56th Avenue
Langley, B.C. V2Y 2M9
Phone: 604-534-3241 • Fax: 604-534-4770
Website: www.fraservalleyauction.com
Contact: Ken Pearson ............................... 604-534-3241
Regular Sales: Every Wed., 11 a.m. – Cattle
Special Sales:
Aug. 14, 28; Sept. 11; Oct. 2, 7 p.m. – Mixed feeder
ALBERTA
BONNYVILLE
Western Pride Auction Co. Ltd.*
Box 6587, Bonnyville, Alta. T9N 2H1
Phone: 780-826-2233 • Fax: 780-826-2243
Contact: Marc Jubinville........................... 780-826-0992
Andy Jubinville ........................... 780-645-6695
Robert Gagne ............................. 780-826-1131
Regular Sales: Every Tues., 10 a.m.
BROOKS
Bow Slope Shipping*
Box 1299, Brooks, Alta. T1R 1C2
Phone: 403-362-5521 • Fax: 403-362-5541
Website: www.bowslope.com
Contact: Manager, Rod MacLean ............. 403-793-3060
Lachie McKinnon ...............................................
Lowell Johnston..................................................
Regular Sales: Every Fri., 9 a.m.
Special Sales:
Fri., Sept. 7, 10 a.m. – 72th Annual Anniversary
sale, yearlings & calves
Mon., Sept. 17, 1 p.m. – Sheep & goats
Wed., Sept. 26, 5:30 p.m. – Horses & tack
Oct. 22, 23, 29;
Nov. 5, 10 a.m. – Red & Black
Angus calf sales
Oct. 24, 31; Nov. 4, 10 a.m.– LimoX & CharX calf sales
Oct. 27; Nov. 3, 10 a.m. – Rancher calf sales
Nov. 12, 14, 21;
Dec. 3, 10 a,m. – All breed calf sales
Nov. 17, 21, 24, 28;
Dec. 5, 8, 13, 12 noon – Bred cows & heifers
Internet Sales: Every Thurs. DLMS
www.dlms.ca (see Edmonton)
CALGARY
Calgary Stockyards – Strathmore
1 mile west of Strathmore on Trans Canada Hwy.
Phone: 403-934-3344 • Fax: 403-934-4383
Website: www.calgarystockyards.com
Contact: Don Danard................................ 403-234-7429
Bryan Danard............................. 403-934-1644
Will Irvine ................................... 403-560-4343
Bill Wilson.................................. 403-560-5265
Jason Danard ............................. 403-519-8916
Lester Gurnett ............................ 403-681-3151
Cliff Pahl.................................... 403-854-1900
Ben Payne .................................. 403-633-4175
Jeff Van Wert .............................. 403-793-9988
Regular Sales:
Thurs., 8 a.m. – All classes
Every Wed. starting
Nov. 2 to Dec. 14, 11 a.m. – Bred cows & heifers
Special Sales: Calf sales every Sat., Oct. 13 to Dec. 1
Calgary Stockyards Ltd.
#200-5925 12th St. S.E.
Calgary, Alta. T2H 2M3
Contact: Jason Danard ............................. 403-519-8916
Don Danard................................ 403-234-7429
Will Irvine ................................... 403-560-4343
Bill Wilson.................................. 403-560-5265
Bryan Danard............................. 403-934-1644
Lester Gurnett ............................ 403-681-3151
Cliff Pahl.................................... 403-854-1900
Ben Payne .................................. 403-633-4175
Jeff Van Wert .............................. 403-793-9988
TEAM (The Electronic Auction Market)
Contact: Jason Danard ............................. 403-234-7429
Regular Sales:
Thurs., 9:30 a.m. MST – Slaughter cattle
Fri., 9 a.m. MST – Feeder cattle
Real time bidding, picture, pre-approval required for bidding
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CLYDE
Nilsson Bros. Inc.
Box 119, Clyde, Alta. T0G 0P0
Phone: 780-348-5893 • Fax: 780-348-5704
Website: www.nbinc.com
Contact: Len Hrehorets......................................991-6737
Garth Rogers.......................................349-1491
Purebred & special sales
Travis Rogers......................................307-3144
Regular Sales: Tues. & Thurs., 9 a.m.
Special Sales:
Tues., Sept. 11;
Oct. 9; Nov. 13–Angus influence sales
Sat., Nov. 10–Farm Fair Top Ten
Bred Heifer sale
Sat., Dec. 1–Annual Cow Extravaganza
Contact for details
Internet sales: DLMS
Contact: Reagan Huculak......................... 780-554-4939
DRAYTON VALLEY
Sekura Livestock*
Box 6808, Drayton Valley, Alta. T7A 1S2
Phone: 780-542-4337 • Fax: 780-542-3444
E-mail [email protected]
Website: www.sekuraauctions.com
Contact: Corey Sekura............................... 780-898-5600
Mack Vars................................... 780-898-5604
Roy Abey..................................... 780-898-5605
Travis Sekura.............................. 780-621-6841
Regular Sales:
Every Thurs., 9 a.m.–Cattle
Special Sales:
Call for fall feeder, stock cow & bred heifer sale dates
Edmonton
DLMS
#303 13220 St. Albert Trail
Edmonton, Alta. T5L 4W1
Phone: 780-554-4939 • Fax: 780-7324385
Website: www.dlms.ca
Internet Sales:
Thurs., 10 a.m. MT– DLMS Direct Off-farm cattle sales
Daily (fall, winter & spring) – Live broadcast of presort
sales from auction rings across Western Canada.
Purebred and Specialty Sales
Pre-approval required for bidding
Participating markets: Assiniboia Livestock Market;
Balog Auction Services; Bow Slope Shipping Assoc.;
Burnt Lake Livestock Market; Cowtown Livestock
Exchange; Highwood Livestock Auction; Fort Macleod
Auction; Grande Prairie Livestock Market; Heartland
Livestock Services (HLS) Lloydminster; HLS Yorkton;
HLS Prince Albert; HLS Swift Current; HLS Moose Jaw;
HLS Brandon; HLS Virden; NBI Clyde; NBI Vermilion;
Provost Livestock Exchange; Saskatoon Livestock Sales;
Weyburn Livestock Exchange.
FORT MACLEOD
Box 1330, Fort Macleod, Alta. T0L 0Z0
Phone: 403-553-3315 • Fax: 403-553-4264
Website: www.livestock.ab.ca
Contact: Darren Shaw............................... 403-601-5165
Justin Keeley............................... 403-627-6534
Dan McDougall........................... 403-634-0604
Allan Lively................................. 403-627-7776
Sheep/ hog
Blaine Kellington................................. 403-312-1279
Regular Sales:
Every Tues., 9 a.m.–Mixed cattle
Every Thurs., Oct. &
Nov., 10 a.m.–Calves
Internet sales:
DLMS
Grande Prairie
Grande Prairie Livestock Market
14809 – 100 St., Grande Prairie, Alta. T8V 7C2
Phone: 780-532-3949 • Fax: 780-532-2211
Website: www.gplmcattle.com
Contact: Marty Gilfillan............................. 780-831-4399
Ralph Calder............................... 780-518-5586
Regular Sales: Every Wed.
Special sales:
See our website or a calendar from the GPLM.
Internet Sales:
DLMS
HIGH RIVER
Box 5145, High River, Alta. T1V 1M3
Phone: 403-652-3343 • Fax: 403-652-3446
Website: www.livestock.ab.ca
Contact: Darren Shaw............................... 403-601-5165
Allan Lively................................. 403-627-7776
Peter Wambeke........................... 403-652-9647
Justin Keeley............................... 403-627-6534
Sheep & hogs
Blaine Kellington........................ 403-312-1279
Regular Sales:
Every Wed., 9 a.m.–Mixed cattle
Fri., Oct. & Nov., 10 a.m.–Calves
Internet Sales:
DLMS
INNISFAIL
Innisfail Auction Mart*
4504 – 42 St., Innisfail, Alta. T4G 1P6
Toll free 1-800-710-3166
Phone: 403-227-3166 • Fax: 403-227-2202
Website: www.innisfailauctionmarket.com
Contact: Jack Daines................................. 403-227-5113
Danny Daines............................. 403-227-1075
Duane Daines............................. 403-358-4971
Mark Daines................................ 403-350-0200
Regular Sales:
Every Wed.–All classes of cattle
Every Mon. in
the fall, 10 a.m.–Calves
Bi-weekly horse sales
LETHBRIDGE
Balog Auction Services Inc.
Box 786, Lethbridge, Alta. T1J 3Z6
Phone: 403-320-1980 • Toll free 877-320-1988
Fax: 403-320-2660
Website: www.balogauction.com
Contact: R.C. (Bob) Balog......................... 403-320-1980
Louis Balog................................. 403-331-0611
Brad Balog.................................. 403-642-7444
Mark Lenz................................... 403-330-7600
Andy Carrol................................. 403-308-9493
Ron Reid..................................... 403-625-0233
................................................... 403-320-1980
Regular Sales:
Every Wed., 10:30 a.m.–Finished cows & bulls
12:30 p.m.–Special yearling sales
Special Sales:
Aug. 17, 1:30 p.m.–The Fall Roundup Brand of
Excellence video cattle
sale feat. yearlings &
calves for immediate
delivery, Lethbridge Lodge
Every Fri., Sept. 14 to
Dec. 21, 10:30 a.m. –Rancher calves
Tues., Oct. 23,
Nov. 6 10:30 a.m.–British breed calves
Tues., Oct. 30, 10:30 a.m.–Angus Appreciation
calf sale
Every Mon., Oct. 29 to
Dec. 17, 1 p.m.– Special stock cow &
bred heifer sales
Sat., Nov. 24, 1 p.m.–14th Annual Rainbow’s
End replacement bred &
open heifer sale
Perlich Bros. Auction Market Ltd.*
Box 1057, Lethbridge, Alta. T1J 4A2
Phone: 403-329-3101 • Fax: 403-327-2288
Website: www.perlich.com
Contact: Bob Perlich................................. 403-382-7800
Darcy Moorhead.......................... 403-635-0308
John Perlich................................ 403-331-9911
Ken Lidberg................................. 403-382-8189
Regular Sales:
Thurs., 10:30 a.m.–Slaughter cattle
Thurs., 11:30 a.m.–Yearling cattle
Special Sales:
Every Mon. & Wed.,
Oct. to Dec., 10 a.m.–Calves
Every Tues.,
Nov. to Dec., 1 p.m.– Stock cows & bred heifers
Every Thurs.,
Sept. to Oct., 11:30 a.m.– Special yearlings
Every Sat.,
Oct. 15 to Nov. 12 –Presort
MEDICINE HAT
Medicine Hat Feeding Co.*
3381 Gershaw Dr. S.W., Medicine Hat, Alta. T1B 3N2
Toll free 1-800-452-3129
Phone: 403-526-3129 • Fax: 403-528-9355
Website: www.mhfc.ca
Contact: Lyle Taylor................................... 403-528-0797
Nolan Herman............................. 403-502-6417
Regular Sales: Every Wed., 9:30 a.m.
Special Sales:
Fri., Aug. 31;
Sept. 7, 10 a.m.–Special yearling sales
Mon., Oct. 15, 22, 29;
Nov. 5, 10 a.m. –Presort calves
Wed., Oct. 24, 31, 10 a.m.–Presort calf sales
Fri., Oct. 19, 26;
Nov. 2, 9, 16;
Dec. 7., 10 a.m.–Presort calf sales
Mon., Nov. 14, 21, 28;
Dec. 5, 12, 19, 1 p.m.–Bred cows & heifers
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Olds Auction Mart Ltd.*
4613 – 54 St., Olds, Alta. T4H 1E9
Phone: 403-556-3655 • Fax: 403-556-2688
Website: www.oldsauction.com
Contact: Dan Rosehill............................... 403-556-4458
Jim Crawford............................... 403-556-4457
Greg Sanderson.......................... 403-559-7204
Joel Waddell................................ 403-512-6151
Tyler Rosehill............................... 403-507-1782
Patrick Cassidy........................... 403-559-7202
Regular Sales:
Every Tues., 9 a.m.–All classes
Special Sales:
Every Fri., Sept. to
Dec., 10 a.m.–Presort calves (load lots)
Every Fri., Dec. to
Apr., 2013, 10 a.m.–Preconditioned calves
Every Tues., Oct.
to Dec., 1 p.m.–Bred heifers &
cow dispersals
PICTURE BUTTE
Picture Butte Auction Market 2001 Ltd.*
Box 6, Picture Butte, Alta. T0K 1V0
Phone: 403-732-4400 • Fax: 403-732-4405
Website: www.picturebutteauction.ca
Contact: Erik............................................. 403-308-6662
Steven......................................... 403-715-9305
Regular Sales:
Tues., 10:30 a.m.–Cattle
Sat., 11 a.m.–All livestock
Special sales: 10:30 a.m.
Tues., Aug. 28; Sept. 18–Yearlings
Tues., Oct. 23, 30–All breeds of calves
Tues., Nov. 6–Angus calves featured
Tues., Nov. 13–Charolais calves
Sat., Oct 6, 13, 20, 27;
Nov. 3, 10,17, 12 noon –All breeds of calves
PONOKA
Vold, Jones and Vold Auction Co. Ltd.*
4410 Hwy. 2A, Ponoka, Alta. T4J 1J8
Phone: 403-783-5561 • Fax: 403-783-4120
Website: www.vjvauction.com
Contact: Mike Brennan............................. 403-783-1074
Neil Campbell............................. 780-814-4113
Trevor Duke................................. 403-740-5753
Donny Fessler.............................. 250-719-5561
Mel Heintz................................... 780-922-3449
Mitch Hettler............................... 403-302-0681
Craig Jacklin............................... 403-783-1453
Ron Kramer................................. 250-827-3245
Doug Lamoureux......................... 403-392-4317
Harry Makkinga(dairy).................. 403-783-1274
Stan Skeels................................. 403-704-0288
Nansen Vold................................ 403-783-0349
Andrew Wildeboer....................... 780-348-9358
Trapper Green............................. 780-837-0171
8:30 a.m.–Butcher cows/bulls
(rings 1, 2);
9 a.m.–Stockers & feeders (ring 1)
11 a.m.–Canadian Satellite
Livestock Auction
followed by Canadian Gold
Show Alley with live online
bidding (ring 1);
Hay & straw (outside);
12 noon–Dairy cows/baby calves,
hogs (ring 3);
2 p.m.–Bred cows & heifers,
cow-calf pairs (ring 2)
Special Sales: Sat., Sept. 8–All breed horse sale
Sat., Oct.13–Calf/yearling sale
feat. Speckle Park
Sat., Oct. 20–Calf/yearling sale
feat. Simmental/Charolais
Sat., Oct. 27–Calf/yearling sale
feat. Angus/Limo
Sat., Nov. 3, 24; Dec. 15–Bred cow & heifer sale
PROVOST
Provost Livestock Exchange*
Box 808, Provost, Alta. T0B 3S0
Phone: 780-753-2369 • Fax: 780-753-2493
Website: www.plecattle.com
Contact: Jerry Hewson............................... 306-753-7788
Dean Lawes................................ 780-753-0803
Jack Lawes.................................. 780-753-0813
Darcy Lakevold........................... 780-753-8669
Wayne Black............................... 403-578-4640
Regular Sales:
Every Fri., 9 a.m.–Butcher cows & bulls,
yearlings & reputation
stocker calves (presort
cattle sell first)
Special Sales:
Fri., Oct. 5 to Dec. 21 9 a.m.–Presort live broadcast
all breed calves
Mon., Oct. 22 to
Nov. 26, 9 a.m.– Presort live broadcast
all breed calves
Mon., Oct. 29; Nov. 12 –Black & Red Angus,
Limosin X calves
Wed., Nov. 14, 21, 28;
Dec. 5, 12, 19, –Bred heifers & stock cows
Internet Sales: DLMS • www.dlms.ca (see Edmonton)
RED DEER
Burnt Lake Livestock Mart
131A-28042-Hwy 11 Red Deer, Alta. T4S 2L4
Phone: 403-347-6100 • Fax: 403-340-3560
Website: www.burntlakelivestock.com
Contact: Mel Glencross............................. 403-358-9442
Ken Buckland............................. 403-350-0889
Regular Sales:
Every Thurs., 9 a.m.–Slaughter
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10 a.m.–Feeder cattle & calves
Special Sales: 10 a.m.
Aug. 23, 30; Sept. 6, 13, 20–Yearlings
Sept. 27–Calf & yearlings
Oct. 4, 25; Nov. 8–Angus influence
Oct. 11, 18; Nov. 1–Charolais &
Simmental calves
Nov. 8–British breeds influence calves
Nov. 15, 22–All breed calves
Nov. 1, 8, 15–Feeder
Dec. 6, 202–Bred cow & heifers
Canadian Satellite Livestock Auction
Box 26005, Red Deer, Alta. T4N 6X7
Phone: 403-346-8365 • Fax: 340-2019
Website: www.cslauction.com
Canadian Satellite Livestock Auction now offers a
total internet service, in association with OnLine
Ringman, the largest Internet auction company. Live
sales are broadcast every Wednesday at 11 a.m. on
www.cslauction.com featuring live video with internet bidding on the cattle as well as phone-in bidding.
Live Auctioneer, Live Video, Real-Time Bidding. Call
for details on bull sales or farm sales.
RIMBEY
Rimbey Auction Mart*
Box 680, Rimbey, Alta. T0C 2J0
Phone: 403-843-2439 • Fax: 403-843-3485
Website: www.rimbeyauction.com
Contact: Allen Olson.................................. 403-783-0556
Darryl Friesen.............................. 403-318-1630
Barry Neumeier........................... 403-350-8222
Regular Sales:
Every Tues., 9 a.m.–All classes
Special Sales: Sept. 18–Charolais calves
Sept. 25–Simmental calves
Oct 23; Nov. 23–Angus calves
Oct. 26; Nov. 16, 30;
Dec. 7, 21–Bred cows
Contact: Darryl Friesen
STAVELY
THORSBY
VJV Foothills Livestock Auction Stavely
Box 10, Stavely, Alta. T0L 1Z0
Phone: 403-549-2120 • Toll free 877-549-2121
Fax: 403-549-2253
Website: www.vjvfoothillsauction.com
Contact: Rob Bergevin.............................. 403-625-7171
Kim Cochlin................................ 403-625-1035
Lorne Depaoli.............................. 403-652-0344
Regular Sales:
Every Fri., 9 a.m. –Slaughter cattle,
feeder cattle to follow
Special Sales: Every Mon., through out Oct. & Nov.
Contact for details
Internet sales: Canadian Satellite Livestock Auction
Thorsby Auction Mart Ltd.*
Box 379, Thorsby, Alta. T0C 2P0
Phone/Fax: 780-789-3915
Contact: Harley Steinke (Res.).................. 780-986-1097
(Cell)........................................... 780-991-6307
Regular Sales:
Every Mon. at 12 noon – All breed mixed livestock
Horse sale first Thurs. of the month, 6 p.m.
Special Sales: Bred cow, heifer & bull sales to be
announced. Contact for details
STETTLER
Stettler Auction Mart (1990) Ltd.*
Box 1238, Stettler, Alta. T0C 2L0
Phone: 403-742-2368 • Fax: 403-742-8151
Website: www.stettlerauction.ab.ca
Contact: Jim Abel...................................... 403-740-9609
Greg Hayden............................... 403-740-9610
Brad Lohr.................................... 780-679-5500
Dick Creasey............................... 403-740-9434
Regular Sales:
Every Tues., 9 a.m.–Mixed sales
Fri., 10 a.m.–Special calf/bred cows
Special Sales:
Aug. 14, 28;
Sept. 4, 18–Yearling feeder
Sept. 25; Oct. 5, 12, 19, 26; Nov. 9–Presorted calves, single owner lots
Oct. 12; Nov. 2–Angus/British calves
Oct. 27; Nov. 16, 23, 30; Dec. 7, 14, 21–Bred cows & heifers
Nov.2–Limousin calves
Nov. 6–Charolais & Simmental calves
Dec. 4, 11–Preconditioned calves
All cattle scanned. Watch for age verified sales
Internet Sales: www.stettlerauction.ab.ca
VERMILION
Nilsson Bros. Livestock Exchange
Box 3300, Vermilion, Alta. T9X 2B2
Phone: 780-853-5372 • Fax: 780-853-2521
Website: www.nbinc.com
Contact: Rusty Stalwick............................ 780-853-7669
Jim Pulyk..................................... 780-853-0626
Bob Foxwell................................. 780-842-0410
Les Trach.................................... 780-645-0939
Harvey Trach............................... 780-645-5172
Pat Lawerence............................ 780-826-2655
Steiger Stalwick.......................... 780-853-7946
Dave Crittal.......................306-344-2188/2184
Ryan Noble.................................. 306-839-7949
Roland Goertz ............................ 780-656-0506
Lorne Davey............................. 306-843-7606
9 a.m.–Butcher cows & bulls
12 noon–Presort Internet sales
Special Sales:
Sat., Oct. 20;
Nov. 3, 10 a.m.–Angus influence presort
Internet calves
Sat., Oct. 27, 10 a.m.–Exotic cross presort
Internet calves
Sat., Nov. 24; Dec. 1, 22, 12 noon–Bred cow/heifer sales
Mon., Dec. 3, 12 noon–Annual Westman Farms
bred heifer sale
Sat., Dec. 8, 12 noon–800 Black Angus cow dispersal sale
Mon., Dec. 10, 12 noon–Y-Coulee bred heifer sale
Sat., Dec. 15, 12 noon–Bred cow sale (open consignment)
Mon., Dec.17, 12 noon–Bred heifer sale (open consignment)
Internet Sales: DLMS
VETERAN
Dryland Cattle Trading Corp.
Box 615, Veteran, Alta. T0C 2S0
Phone: 403-575-3772 • Fax: 403-575-3935
Website: www.drylandcattle.com
Contact: Ian Goodbrand............................ 780-753-1515
Graham Schetzsle....................... 403-575-4001
Bob Wills..................................... 403-575-1108
Kirk Goldsmith............................ 403-575-5654
George Glazier............................. 403-575-1165
Kurt Cole..................................... 403-575-5388
Regular Sales:
Every Mon.– Slaughter cows &
bulls, feeders
Special Sales:
Please check our website for dates for feeder calf, bred cow & bred heifer sales
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VIKING
Viking Auction Market Ltd.
Box 100, Viking, Alta. T0B 4N0
Phone: 780-336-2209 • Fax: 780-336-2278
Website: www.vikingauctionmarket.ca
Contact: Cliff Grinde ................................ 780-336-6333
Darcy Sheets .............................. 780-336-6485
Allen Stefiuk............................... 780-632-8701
Garry Zimmer ............................. 780-889-3793
Robert Kunnick .......................... 780-336-6301
Regular Sales: Every Tues., 9 a.m. – Cattle
WESTLOCK
Triple J Livestock Ltd.
9004 – 110 A St., Westlock, Alta. T7P 2N4
Phone: 780-349-3153 • Fax: 780-349-5466
Website: www.triplejlivestock.com
Contact: Ken Assenheimer ....................... 780-305-3787
Ivan Potts ................................... 780-349-1270
Bob Scott ................................... 780-689-9203
Trent Ewasiw.............................. 780-349-0239
Hank Stach ................................ 780-898-3733
Wade Schaupmeyer ................... 780-305-4104
Regular Sales: Every Fri., 9:00 a.m.
Every 2nd & 4th Wed. – Sheep & goats
Every 3rd Sat. – Horse sale
Special Sales: Call for details
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ALAMEDA
Alameda Auction Market
Box 370, Alameda, Sask. S0C 0A0
Phone: 306-489-2221 • Fax: 306-489-2238
Contact: Brad Knutson ............................. 306-594-7637
Don Jermey................................. 306-483-7765
Regular Sales: 10 a.m.
Wed., Sept. 12, 26;
Oct. 3, 17, 31; Nov. 14, 28;
Dec. 5, 12, – All classes
Special Sales:
Wed., Aug. 15, 29 – Yearlings
Wed., Oct. 10, 24;
Nov. 7, 21 – Presort calves
Call for dates on bred cow sales
ASSINIBOIA
Assiniboia Livestock Auction*
Box 1328, Assiniboia, Sask. S0H 0B0
Phone: 306-642-5358 • Fax: 306-642-4549
Website: www.assiniboiaauction.com
Contact: Roy Rutledge
Ryan Rutledge
Chris Hannah
Regular Sales:
Every 2nd Wed. starting Oct. 10 to Dec. 19
Special Sales:
Mon., Aug. 20 – Yearlings
Sat., Dec. 1, 8, 15, 22 – Bred cow/heifers
Internet sales: 11 a.m.
(Pre-approval required for bidding)
Sat., Oct. 27; Nov. 24, – Presorted Angus &
Hereford calves
Sat., Oct. 13, 20;
Nov. 3, 10, 17, – Presorted Angus/
AngusX calves
Tues., Oct. 16 – CharolaisX or Xbred calf/
yearlings
Tues., Oct. 23; Nov. 13, 27 – Presorted CharX & Red
AngusX calf/yearlings
Tues., Oct. 30; Nov. 6 – Presorted CharX or Red
AngusX calves
Tues., Dec. 4, 11 – Presorted all breeds
calf/yearlings
GLENAVON
Candiac Auction Mart
Box 39, Glenavon, Sask. S0G 1Y0
Phone: 306-424-2967 • Fax: 306-424-2097
Contact: Kevin Czerwonka........................ 306-539-4090
Janet Czerwonka ........................ 306-429-2029
Brad Stenberg............................ 306-551-9411
Regular Sales: Every Fri., 10 a.m.
KELVINGTON
Kelvington Stockyards
Box 640, Kelvington, Sask. S0A 1W0
Phone: 306-327-4642 • Fax: 306-327-4311
Contact: Clint Peterson ............................ 306-327-4642
Gary Rudychuk ........................... 306-865-7448
LEROSS
Parkland Livestock Market*
Box 250, Kelliher, Sask. S0A 1V0
Phone: 306-675-2077 • Fax: 306-675-2033
website: www.parklandlivestockmarket.com
Contact: Brian Murry ................................ 306-621-1239
Robert Ross ............................... 306-795-7387
Regular Sales:
Every Thurs., Aug. 16 to
Dec. 13, 10 a.m. – Slaughter cows & bulls,
feeder cattle & calves
Special Sales:
Aug. 16, 23, 30;
Sept. 6, 13, 20, 27 – Off grass yearlings & calves
Thurs. Oct., 25;
Nov. 1, 15, 29; Dec. 6 – Red & Black
Angus influence calves
Nov. 3, 17; Dec. 1, 13 – Bred cow & heifers
LLOYDMINSTER
Box 930, Lloydminster, Sask. S9V 1C4
Phone: 306-825-8831 • Fax: 306-825-7713
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Website: www.hls.ca
Contact: Russ Copeland........................... 780-808-6548
Wayne Woodman ........................ 306-821-6310
Doug Health ............................... 306-821-6668
Regular Sales: Every Thurs., 9 a.m.
Special Sales:
Every Wed. 8:30 a.m.,
Sept. 26 to Dec. 19 – Presort yearling & calves
Wed., Oct. 17,
Nov.28, 8:30 a.m. – Presort Black Angus &
Angus influence calves
Mon., Nov. 5, 8:30 a.m. – Special annual presort
Black Angus & Angus sale
Wed. Nov.7, 8:30 a.m. – Special annual presort
Speckle Park sales
Every Thurs., 10 a.m. – Off farm Internet sales
Every Fri. in Nov. &
Dec., 11 a.m. – Bred cows & heifers
MANKOTA
Mankota Stockmen’s Weigh Co. Ltd.*
Box 248, Mankota, Sask. S0H 2W0
Phone: 306-478-2229 • Fax: 306-478-2443
Website: www.mankotastockmens.com
Contact: John Williamson ......................... 306-478-2433
Ev Chanig .................................. 306-478-2229
Special Sales: 12 noon
Sept. 7 – All classes feat. yearlings
Oct. 5 – Special yearling sale
Oct. 12 – All classes feat.
yearlings & calves
Oct. 19 – Canadian Angus Rancher
Endorsed Green Tag calf sale
Oct. 26 – Red Angus, Hereford &
Charolais calf sale
Nov. 2 – Angus calf sale
Nov. 9 – All breeds calf sale
Nov. 16 – All classes
Dec. 7 – 23nd Annual select bred
heifer, open replacement &
long yearling bulls
Dec. 14 – All classes with bred cows
& heifers
MAPLE CREEK
Cowtown Livestock Exchange Inc.*
Box 730, Maple Creek, Sask. S0N 1N0
Toll free 1-800-239-5933
Phone: 306-662-2648 • Fax: 306-662-2615
Website: www.cowtownlivestock.ca
Contact: Wayne Bowyer............................. 306-662-2648
Gordie Cameron.......................... 306-622-2234
Rocky Houff................................. 403-527-0352
Darvin Mason............................. 306-662-8218
Regular Sales:
Tues., Aug. 7 to Oct. 19 & Nov. 6 to Dec. 18, 11 a.m.
Special Sales:
Thurs. Aug. 16, 23, 30;
Sept. 6, 13 –Presorted yearlings
Tues., Sept. 25;
Tues., Nov. 6–Off-truck yearlings with
regular sale
Sat., Oct. 13; Nov. 10–Presort all breed calves
Tues., Oct. 16 &
Thurs., Oct. 18–Presort Angus calves
Sat, Oct. 20–Presort Angus &
Hereford calves
Tues., Oct. 23–Presort Charolais &
Simmental calves
Thurs., Oct. 25;
Tues., Oct. 30–Presort all breed calves
feat. Angus
Sat., Oct. 27; Thurs., Nov. 1–Presort all breed calves
feat. Angus & Hereford
Thurs., Nov. 15, Nov. 22;–Bred cows & heifers
Tues., Nov. 20, 27–Regular sale with bred
cows & heifers
Thurs., Nov. 29–Money in the Bank bred
heifer sale
Sat., Dec. 1–Presort fresh-weaned &
preconditioned calves
Thurs., Dec. 6–Cowtown Cowmaker bred
heifer sale
Meadow lake
Box 130, Meadow Lake, Sask. S9X 1Y1
Phone: 306-236-3411 • Fax: 306-236-3412
Website: www.mlstockyards.com
Contact: Brent Brooks.......................................240-5340
Brad Brooks........................................240-5342
Blair Brooks........................................240-9883
Regular Sales:
Mon., 9:30 a.m.–Calf & yearlings
Thurs., 11 a.m.–Presort internet from Oct. 4
Fri., 12 noon–Bred cows from Nov. 30
Monthly horse sales
Internet sales:
MOOSE JAW
Box 608, Moose Jaw, Sask. S6H 4P4
Phone: 306-692-2385 • Fax: 306-692-7996
Contact: Grant Barnett......................................631-0410
Tyler Cronkhite....................................630-6846
Jerrad Schollar....................................630-4059
Regular Sales: Thurs. starting Sept. 13
(after the presort sale)
Special Sales: 9:30 a.m.
Tues., Aug. 14–Presort yearlings
Tues., Aug. 28; Sept. 11, 25–Presort yearling & calves
Thurs., Oct. 11–Presort yearlings & calves
Tues, Oct. 16; Nov. 27;
Dec. 4, 11–Presort calves all breeds
Thurs., Oct 25;
Nov.1, 8, 15,22, 29–Presort calves all breeds
Tues., Oct. 23–32nd annual Red & Black
Angus presort sale
Tues., Oct. 30– Charolais
Extravaganza sale
Tues., Nov. 6.–Red & Black Angus
presort sale
Tues., Nov 13–Charolais & Simmental
presort sale
Johnstone Auction Mart Ltd.*
Box 818, Moose Jaw, Sask. S6H 4P5
Phone: 306-693-4715 • Fax: 306-691-6650
Website: www.johnstoneauction.ca
Contact: Scott Johnstone.......................... 306-631-0767
Corey Mantell.............................. 306-631-1888
Regular Sales: Every Sat.–All breeds bred
cows/heifers/pairs
PRINCE ALBERT
Box 186, Prince Albert, Sask. S6V 5R5
Phone: 306-763-8463 • Fax: 306-763-4620
Website: www.hls.ca
Contact: Glen Smith.................................. 306-960-4732
Regular Sales: Every Mon., 9:00 a.m.; Tues., 8:30 a.m.
Thurs., 8:30 a.m.
Special Sales: Call in advance for the summer schedule
Saskatoon
Saskatoon Livestock Sales Ltd.*
Box 60, Saskatoon, Sask. S7K 3K1
Phone: 306-382-8088 • Fax: 306-382-8319
Website: www.saskatoonlivestocksales.com
Contact: Michael Fleury.....................................222-9526
Bob Blacklock.....................................221-8943
Harvey Welter......................................227-8684
Alvin Busby.........................................221-0905
Regular Sales:
Every Mon., Tues.,
Wed., 9 a.m.–All classes
Special Sales:
Mon., Nov 5, 19–Calf sale feat.
Angus calves
Sat., Oct. 27; Nov. 17–Presorted all breed calves
Fri., Nov. 9, 23;
Dec. 7, 20, 12 noon–Bred cow & bred heifer
Fri., Dec. 14–Special bred heifer sale
Purebred bull & female sales (refer to our website)
SHAUNAVON
Shaunavon Livestock Sales (88) Ltd.
Box 1419, Shaunavon, Sask. S0N 2M0
Phone: 306-297-2457 • Fax: 306-297-2371
Contact: Ralph Oberle............................... 306-297-2304
Kelly Oberle................................. 306-297-3430
Regular Sales:
Usually Mon. at least one per month, 12 noon
Contact for details
Fall Sales: Contact for details
Special Sales: Fall sorted calf sales & bred sales
Contact for details
SPIRITWOOD
Spiritwood Stockyards (1984) Ltd.*
Box 160, Spiritwood, Sask. S0J 2M0
Phone: 306-883-2168 • Fax: 306-883-3913
Website: www.spiritwoodstockyards.ca
Contact: Brian Jacobson........................... 306-883-7375
Fred Walter................................. 306-883-7368
Regular Sales: Every Wed., 9 a.m. on real-time Internet
(incl. individual producer presort show pens)
SWIFT CURRENT
Box 367, Swift Current, Sask. S9H 3V8
Phone: 306-773-3174 • Fax: 306-773-8570
Contact: Lee Crowley ................................ 306-741-5701
Steve Muddle ............................. 306-741-5115
All classes of feeder & Slaughter cattle
Special Sales:
Thurs., Sept. 6,
9:30 a.m. – Sorted yearlings
Tues., Sept. 25, 9:00 a.m. – Off truck yearlings
Thurs., Oct. 11;
Nov. 15, 22, 29, 9:30 a.m. – Sorted all breed calves
Sat., Dec. 8 – Sorted all breed
Sat., Oct. 13, 20;
Nov. 3, 10, 17, 24; – Sorted Black &
Red Angus calves
Thurs., Oct. 18. 9:30 a.m. – All breed feat. Charolais
Thurs., Oct. 25, 9:30 a.m. – Sorted Charolais &
Gelbvieh calves
Sat., Oct. 27, 9:30 a.m. – Sorted ranch calves
Thurs., Nov. 1, 9:30 a.m. – Sorted all breed calves
feat. Simmental
Thurs., Nov. 8, 9:30 a,m. – Sorted all breed calves
feat. Angus
Tues., Nov. 13,
20, 27, 1 p.m. – Bred cow & heifers
Thurs., Dec. 6, 13, 1 p.m. – Bred cow & heifers
Sat., Dec. 1, 1 p.m. – Cadieux Reg. Black Angus
herd dispersal
Mon., Dec. 3, 1 p.m. – Six Mile Red Angus
bred heifers
Mon., Dec. 10, 1 p.m. – Rock Solid bred heifers
Thurs., Dec. 20 1 p.m. – Bred cow & heifers feat.
Lost Valley Black Angus
dispersal
Internet sales: Direct Livestock Marketing Systems
TISDALE
Edwards Livestock Centre
Box 727, Tisdale, Sask. S0E 1T0
Phone: 306-873-5049 • Fax: 306-873-2328
Contact: Bruce Edwards .......................... 306-873-5049
Bruce Edwards(Cell) .................. 306-873-7779
Bryan Hadland(Cell) .................. 306-921-7667
Regular Sales: Assembly for all local auction markets.
Contact for details
Special Sales:
Livestock sales facility available for your elite purebred
bull & female sales & commercial stock cow sales.
Contact for details
WEYBURN
Weyburn Livestock Exchange*
Box 1504, Weyburn, Sask. S4H 3N8
Phone: 306-842-4574 • Fax: 306-842-3610
Website: www.weyburnlivestock.com
Contact: Dean Martins
Ryan Rutledge
Brennin Jack
Regular Sales:
Every 2nd Wed., Sept. 5
to Dec. 12, 9 a.m. – Cull cows & bulls
Special Sales:
Mon., Aug. 27; Sept. 10 . – Presorted yearlings
Internet sales: (pre-approval required for bidding)
Mon., Oct. 1; Nov. 19;
Dec.3, 10, 11 a.m. – Presort all breed calves
& yearlings
Mon., Oct. 15, 29;
Nov. 12, 26 – Presort Angus or AngusX
calf/yearlings
Mon., Oct. 22; Nov. 5 – Presort Charolais,
Simmental & Xbred
calf/yearlings
Fri., Nov. 30;
Dec. 7, 14, 21 – Bred cows & heifer sales
Internet Sales: Direct Livestock Marketing Services
WHITEWOOD
Whitewood Livestock Sales*
Box 68, Whitewood, Sask. S0G 5C0
Phone: 306-735-2822 • Fax: 306-735-4284
Website: www.whitewoodlivestock.com
Contact: Gene Parks................................. 204-729-7118
Rhett Parks ................................ 306-735-7813
Glen Vargo ................................. 306-736-7710
Chad Kelly ................................. 306-735-7810
Regular Sales:
Every Tues., 9 a.m. – All types of cattle
Special Sales:
Oct. 2; Nov. 8, 20, 27 – All breed presort feeders
Oct. 9. – Simmental influence presort
Oct. 16, 30; Nov. 13 – Angus influence presort
Oct. 23 – Charolais influence presort
Nov. 2, 16; Dec. 7, – Bred cow sales
Dec. 18 – Last sale of 2012
Visit www.whitewoodlivestock.com for delivery
schedules, market reports & contacts.
Mon., Sept. 16 to
Apr., 8 a.m. – Cows, bulls & butcher cattle
Special Sales:
Wed., 10 a.m. – Internet presort calves
Sept. 19, 26; Nov. 28 – All breeds
Oct. 3; Nov. 7 – Angus featured
Oct. 17; Nov. 21 – Simmental featured
Oct. 24; Nov. 14 – Charolais featured
Oct. 31 – Rancher's Choice Angus
presort green tag sale
Fri., Nov. 2, 23;
Dec. 7, 14, 11 a.m. – Bred cow & heifers
Wed., Dec. 5, 12, 8 a.m. – All breeds
Fridays – Sheep, lamb & goat sell at
12 noon & horses at 5 p.m.
Internet sales: DLMS • www.dlms.ca (see Edmonton)
MANITOBA
ASHERN
Interlake Cattlemen’s Co-op Assoc. Ltd.*
Box 599, Ashern, Man. R0C 0E0
Phone: 204-768-2360 • Fax: 204-768-3690
www.ashernauction.com
Contact: Lorne (Buddy) Bergner .............204-768-2669
Regular Sales:
Every Wed. from mid Aug.
to June, 2013, 9 a.m. – All classes of cattle
Special Sales:
Sat. 11 a.m. – Fall feeders
Contact for details
BRANDON
YORKTON
Box 490, 107 York Road E., Yorkton, Sask. S3N 2W4
Phone: 306-783-9437 • Fax: 306-782-4110
Website: www.hls.ca
Contact: Clayton Hawreluik...................... 306-621-3824
Harvey Exner .............................. 306-621-5486
Barry (Junior) Baczuk ............................... 306-621-5421
Regular Sales: Wed. Apr. to
Sept. 12, 8 a.m. – All classes
Heartland Livestock Services*
329 – 12th Street North, Unit A
Brandon, Man. R7A 7K4
Phone: 204-727-1431 • Fax: 204-727-6520
Website: www.hls.ca
Contact: Keith Cleaver (mgr.)................... 204-761-0668
Brad Delgaty .............................. 204-570-0716
Kyle Howarth .............................. 204-523-6770
Drillon Beaton ............................ 204-761-0947
John Lamport ............................. 204-724-0421
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Every Thurs., 9 a.m. (Sept. to May, 2013)
Special Sales: Internet presort calves
Bred cows – Contact for details
Internet sales: DLMS • www.dlms.ca (see Edmonton)
Regular Sales:
Every Thurs., 9 a.m. – Cows, bulls, fats & feeders
Special Sales:
Bred cow sales as scheduled. Contact for details
GLADSTONE
Valley Livestock Sales
Hwy. 10, Box 295, Minitonas, Man. R0L 1G0
Phone: 204-525-4363 • Fax: 204-525-2460
Contact: Randy Hart................................. 204-734-8624
Colin Hart .................................. 204-734-0422
Regular Sales:
Every Mon., 10 a.m., Sept. to Apr. 2013
Closed in June & July
Gladstone Auction Mart*
Box 318, Gladstone, Man. R0J 0T0
Phone: 204-385-2537 • Fax: 204-385-2582
Contact: Gerald McGowan........................ 204-385-2043
Oct. to Dec., 9 a.m.
GRUNTHAL
Grunthal Livestock Auction Mart*
Box 71, Grunthal, Man. R0A 0R0
Phone: 204-434-6519 • Fax: 204-434-9367
Website: www.grunthallivestock.com
Contact: Harold Unrau ............................. 204-871-0250
Regular Sales: Tues., 9 a.m. – Cattle
Special Sales: Check the website
Internet Sales: TEAM Auction Sales
KILLARNEY
Killarney Auction Mart Ltd.*
Box 1435, Killarney, Man. R0K 1G0
Phone: 204-523-8477 • Fax: 204-523-8190
www.killarneyauctionmart.com
Contact: Allan Munroe.............................. 204-523-6161
Scott Campbell .......................... 204-724-2131
Regular weekly Sales: Mon., 9 a.m.
Special Sales:
Bred cow sales as advertised. Spring bull sales
MELITA
Taylor Auctions
Box 568, Melita, Man. R0M 1L0
Phone: 204-522-3996 • Fax: 204-522-8121
Contact: Ross Taylor................................. 204-522-5356
Brock Taylor ............................... 204-522-6396
MINITONAS
STE. ROSE DU LAC
Ste. Rose Auction Mart Ltd.*
Box 450, Ste. Rose du Lac, Man. R0L 1S0
Phone: 204-447-2266 • Fax: 204-447-3369
Website: www.srauctionmart.com
Contact: Myles Masson ............................ 204-447-7054
Regular Sales:
Every Thurs., 8 a.m. – Feeder calf sales
(1,500 – 2,000 head)
Special Sales:
Oct. 25, 8 a.m. – Angus influence feeder
(1,500 – 2,000 head)
Nov. 27; Dec. 4, 11,
18, 11 a.m. – Annual bred cow & heifers
Presorted show listings of 10 or more to be placed on
Internet show listing with live video feeds provided by
Online Ringman. On-farm videos can be taken of
backgrounded cattle, bulls, bred cows & heifers and
uploaded to our ring.
Cattle accepted Tues. & Wed.
Call for details.
STRATHCLAIR
Strathclair Auction Mart Ltd.
Box 155, Strathclair, Man. R0J 2C0
Phone: 204-365-5327 • Fax: 204-365-2051
Regular Sales:
Every Mon., 10 a.m. – Cattle
One Sat. a month
10:30 a.m. – Horses
VIRDEN
Heartland Livestock Services*
Box 340, Virden Man. R0M 2C0
Phone: 204-748-2809 • Fax: 204-748-3478
Website: www.hls.ca
Contact: Robin Hill ................................... 204-851-5465
Rick Gabrielle ........................... 204-851-0613
Jim Blackshaw ........................... 204-748-2809
Regular Sales:
Every Wed., 9 a.m. – Feeder cattle
Every Mon. Oct. 15 to
Mar. 27, 2013, 9 a.m. – Butcher cows,
bulls & fats
Special Sales:
Wed., Sept. 26;
Oct. 3, 24; Nov. 14 – All breed presort
Wed., Oct. 10 – Green tag Angus sale
Wed. Oct. 17; Nov. 7, 21 – Angus presort sales
Wed. Oct., 31 – Charolais presort sale
Oct. 26; Nov. 9, 23,30;
Dec. 3, 7, 14 – Bred cows
Sheep & horse sales: Call for details
Jan. to Apr. 2013 – Special presort & bred cow sales
WINNIPEG
Winnipeg Livestock Sales Ltd.*
Box 13, Group 220, R.R. 2
Winnipeg, Man. R3C 2E6
Phone: 204-694-8328 • Fax: 204-697-4476
Website: www.winnipeglivestocksales.com
email: [email protected]
Contact: Scott Anderson........................... 204-782-6222
Mike Nernberg............................ 204-930-9557
Jim Christie................................ 204-771-0753
Regular Sales:
Every Fri., 8.a.m. – Feeder/slaughter cattle
1st & 3rd Thurs.
of the month, 1 p.m. – Sheep & goat sale
ONTARIO
NORTHERN CATTLE SALES NETWORK
For sale results of the Northern Cattle Sales Network,
cattlemen of Canada can call toll-free 1-888-461-9622
or check our Website at www.northerncattlesales.com
for location details and sale results. We are expecting
15,000 head.
HOARD’S STATION
Sponsor: Quinte Cattlemen’s Association
Contact: Denton Meiklejohn
2530 Spring Brook Road
Spring Brook, Ont. K0K 3C0
Phone/Fax: 613-395-2008
Sale week: 705-653-3660
Special Sales: Register with:
www.CattleinMotion.com for on-line bidding
Sept. 21, 11 a.m. – 700 yearlings/calves,
90% vaccinated
Oct. 26, 11 a.m. – 700 yearlings/calves,
90% vaccinated
Nov. 30, 11 a.m. – 700 head calves,
100% vaccinated
Jan. 25, 2013, 11 a.m. – 800 head,
100% vaccinated
Mar. 15, 2013, 11 a.m.–700 head, 90% vaccinated
May. 3, 2013, 11 a.m.–900 head, 100% vaccinated
Location: Hoard’s Station Sale Barn, 15 miles north of Belleville, halfway between Stirling and
Campbellford on the county road
Peterborough/ Victoria Counties
Sponsor: Peterborough-Victoria County
Cattlemen’s Association
Contact: Wayne Telford
2264 Chemory Road
R.R. 1, Peterborough, Ont. K9J 6X2
Phone: 705-292-9531
Sale week: 705-439-4444
Special Sales:
Oct. 3, 11 a.m.–750 yearlings,
100% vaccinated
Nov. 7, 11 a.m.–1,000 head certified calves
Nov. 21, 11 a.m.–300 yearlings, 400 calves, 100% vaccinated
Jan. 16, 2013, 11 a.m.–600 head, 100% vaccinated
Mar. 20, 2013, 11 a.m.–600 head, 100% vaccinated
May 1, 2013, 11 a.m.–1,050 head, 100% vaccinated
Location: Kawartha Lakes Co-op (KLC) Sales Barn,
County Road #9, Woodville, Ont.
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Thessalon
Sponsor: Algoma Co-operative Livestock Sales
Contact: Dennis Kirby
R.R. 2, Iron Bridge, Ont. P0R 1H0
Phone: 705-842-5534
Sale Barn 705-842-2249
Special Sales:
Sept. 18, 10 a.m.–1,200 yearlings
Oct. 20, 10 a.m.–400 calves
May 4, 2013, 11 a.m.–200 head
Location: East of Thessalon, off Highway 17 at Green Lane, at the Stockyards
Wiarton
Sponsor: Grey-Bruce Livestock Co-operative
Contact: Ron Cunningham
1153 Bruce County Road #9
R.R. 6, Wiarton, Ont. N0H 2T0
Phone: 519-534-2651
Sale day 519-534-0400
Special Sales:
Thurs., Sept. 6, 10 a.m.–1,500 yearlings
Thurs., Oct. 25, 10 a.m.–1,000 calves
Thurs., May 2, 2013, 10 a.m.–1,000 head
Location: At the base of Bruce Peninsula on Hwy # 6,
just south of Wiarton. Free transportation available
from the airport at Wiarton.
BRUSSELS
Brussels Livestock*
Box 59, 42845 Newry Rd.
Brussels, Ont. N0G 1H0
Phone: 519-887-6461 • Fax: 519-887-9449
Website: www.brusselslivestock.ca
Contact: Len Gamble................................. 519-887-6461
Kip Gamble................................................... 519-856-2538
Kevin McArter................................................ 519-357-0594
Mark Ferraro................................................. 519-492-0181
Regular Sales:
Fri., 10 a.m.–Stocker calves & yearlings
Tues., 9 a.m.–Fed cattle, bulls, cows
Thurs., 8 a.m.–Bob calves, veal, lambs,
goats, sheep
Special Sales:
Sat., Oct. 6, 10 a.m.–4-H show & sale
Fri., Oct. 26, 1 p.m.–Hereford influence sale
Sat., Nov. 3, 11 a.m.–Bred cow sale
Mon., Nov. 12, 10 a.m.–Huron County Beef
Producers vaccinated calf
& yearling sale, Hereford &
Angus Influence sale
Mon., Nov.26, 10 a.m.–Huron County Beef
Producers vaccinated calf
& yearling sale
Fri., Nov. 30, 1 p.m.–Angus influence sale
campbellford
Community Livestock Exchange Hoard Station
2508 County Road 8
R.R. 5, Campbellford, Ont. K0L 1L0
Phone: 705-653-3660 • Fax: 705-653-4610
Website: www.hoardstnsalebarn.ca
Contact: David DeNure.............................. 705-653-3660
Regular Sales:
Every Tues., 12 noon–Special sales by request
Special Sales:
11 a.m., Quinte Cattlemen’s Stocker sales. Stocker sales
will be on live video. Online bidders please register
Fri., Sept. 21–Vaccinations preferred
Fri., Oct. 26; Nov. 30; Jan. 25, 2013–Vaccinated & catalogued
Mar. 15, 2013 - Vaccinations preferred
CARGILL
Cargill Auction Market Inc.
Box 64, Cargill, Ont. N0G 1J0
Phone: 519-366-2214 • Fax: 519-366-2444
Contact: Alan Anstett................................ 519-366-2214
Calvin Anstett............................. 519-881-6623
Brian Kirkland............................. 519-797-1668
Regular Sales: Every Wed., 7 p.m. – Stockers & feeders
Special Sales:
Fri., Sept. 7; Oct. 5, 7 p.m.–Charolais & exotic cross
yearlings, steers & heifers
Fri., Sept. 28, 7 p.m.–All breed heifers
Fri., Oct. 26; Nov. 2, 7 p.m.–Local calves
COBDEN
Renfrew Pontiac Livestock
18156 Hwy. 17, R.R. 3, Cobden, Ont. K0J 1K0
Phone/Fax: 613-646-7335
Contact: Harry Dick................................... 613-649-2426
Regular Sales: Every Tues., 1 p.m. – All breeds
COOKSTOWN
Ontario Stockyards Inc.*
Box 402, Cookstown, Ont. L0L 1L0
Phone: 705-458-4000 • Fax: 705-458-4100
Website: www.ontariostockyards.on.ca
Contact: Wayne Small............................... 705-435-1423
Murray Morrison.......................... 416-233-1526
Brian Pascoe............................... 705-878-7026
Regular Sales:
Every Thurs., 11 a.m.–Stockers & feeders
Special Sales:
Tues., Sept. 18; Oct. 2, 23;
Thurs., Dec. 6, 11 a.m.–Yearlings
Thurs., Oct. 18, 11 a.m.–Canadian Angus Certified
calves/Canadian Hereford
Association sale/ Ottawa
Valley-Renfrew calves,
yearlings
Tues., Nov. 13, 27, 11 a.m. –Ontario Stockyards Inc.
vaccinated sale
Tues., Nov. 25, 11 a.m.– Annual Leeds/Grenville
calf sale in conjunction
with regular sale
Fri., Nov. 23, 7 p.m.–Bred cow sale
Ottawa Valley/Renfrew calve & yearling sale: Date to be announced
DENFIELD
Denfield Livestock Exchange
R.R. 2, Denfield, Ont. N0M 1P0
Phone: 519-666-1140 • Fax: 519-666-1143
Contact: Stan Rees................................... 519-871-5968
Regular Sales: Every Tues., 12 noon
Special Sales:
Sat., Sept. 22;
Oct. 6, 20; Nov. 17, 11 a.m.–Stockers, cows, cow/calf pairs
Sat., Nov. 3, 11 a.m.–Local calf sale
GREELY
Ottawa Livestock Exchange Ltd.*
Box 340, 1643 Sale Barn Road
Greely, Ont. K4P 1N6
Phone: 613-821-2634 • Fax: 613-821-4594
Website: www.ottawalivestockexchange.ca
Contact: Steven Spratt.............................. 613-822-1351
Charles J. Menard....................... 819-983-1056
Robert/Richard/Denis.................. 613-821-2634
Regular Sales:
Mon., 11 a.m.–Calves
Mon., 1 p.m.–Slaughter cows & stockers
Thurs., 11 a.m.–Calves, slaughter cows
Thurs., 12:30 p.m.–Dairy cows
Thurs., 2 p.m.–Stockers
Special Sales: For upcoming stocker & bred cows
sales visit our website
Hanover
Maple Hill Auctions
Box 341, Hanover, Ont. N4N 3T2
Phone: 519-506-1400 • Fax: 519-506-1402
Contact: Andy McCulloch.......................... 519-379-1370
Regular Sales: Mon., 7 p.m.
Special Sales:
Every Mon. Aug. 20
through fall, 7 p.m.–Stocker sales
Sat., Sept. 1, 1 p.m.–Ontario Autumn Angus
Classic female sale
Sun., Sept. 16, 1 p.m.–Ontario Autumn Simmental
Classic
female sale
Sun., Sept. 23, 1 p.m.–Bluewater Angus
female sale
Sat., Sept. 29, 1 p.m. –Upin the Ante Charolais
female sale
Mon., Oct. 8, 22;
Nov. 12, 7 p.m.–Local vaccinated
calf sales
Listowel
David Carson Farms & Auction Services Ltd.*
R.R. 3, Listowel, Ont. N4W 3G8
Phone: 519-291-2049 • Fax: 519-291-5065
Website: www.davidcarson.on.ca
Contact: David/Brad Carson..................... 519-291-2049
Don Robertson............................ 519-291-8582
Bill Haalstra............................... 905-774-1739
Regular Sales:
Sat., 11 a.m.–Stockers, cow/calf pairs,
cows & bulls
Listowel Livestock Ltd.*
R.R. 3, Listowel, Ont. N4W 3G8
Phone: 519-291-2200 • Fax: 519-291-1381
Contact: Grant Jackson............................. 519-291-4450
Bob Jackson................................ 519-291-3365
Graham Jackson......................... 519-291-4528
Regular Sales: Every Tues., 1 p.m. – All breeds
Special Sales:
Fri., Oct. 26, 12 noon–Local vaccinated calves
MILVERTON
Parks Livestock of Canada LP
6 Spencer Street, Milverton, Ont. N0K 1M0
Phone: 519-595-8555 • Fax: 519-595-8552
Website: www.parkslivestock.com
Contact: John Nicholson............................ 519-595-8555
Regular Sales:
Every Mon., 12 noon–Farm fresh bob calves & veal
NEW LISKEARD
Temiskaming Livestock Exchange
883006 R.R. 3, New Liskeard, Ont. P0J 1P0
Phone: 705-647-5415 • Fax: 705-647-4411
Contact: Bill Stewart.........................................544-3508
Regular Sales:
Every Mon., 2 p.m.–All classes of livestock
Special Sales:
Oct. 5, 19, 12 noon–Calves
Oct. 26, 12 noon–Bred cows
Selby
Selby Livestock and Auction Centre
Box 453, Selby, Ont. K7R 3P5
Phone: 613-354-6260 • Fax: 613-354-5884
Website: www.selbyauctions.ca
Contact: Bert Nibourg............................... 613-536-9157
Doug Lewis................................. 613-388-2355
Regular Sales:
Every Mon., 1 p.m.–All classes of livestock
TALBOTVILLE
Talbotville Livestock Exchange Limited
9959 Lyle Rd., Talbotville, Ont. N0L 2K0
Phone: 519-631-1850 • Fax: 519-631-8036
Contact: Matt Ferraro
Regular Sales: Every Sat., 11 a.m. – All classes
Special Sales: Stockers (call for details)
Tara
Keady Livestock Market
R.R. 4, Tara, Ont. N0H 2N0
Phone: 519-934-2339 • Fax: 519-934-2715
Website: www.keadylivestock.com
Contact: Garry Kuhl................................... 519-934-1626
Ron Kuhl..................................... 519-477-4404
Scott Kuhl................................... 519-477-2339
Tom McNabb............................... 519-794-3072
Regular Fall Sales: 9 a.m.
Every Tues.,
Sept. 14 to Oct. 12 –1,200 to 1,500 head of
yearling steers & heifers
Sat., Oct 20 –Bruce Peninsula Calf Club
sale (members only),
1,000 to 1,500 mainly
Charolais age veried,
vaccinated & presorted
calves
Tues. Oct. 23.–Georgian Bay Charolais
Calf Association sale
(members only), 1,000 to
1,500 mainly Charolais,
age verified, vaccinated,
presorted calves
Thurs., Oct. 25,–Bluewater Black Calf Club
sale (members only), 1,000
to 1,500 mainly Black, age
verified,
vaccinated, presorted calves
Sat., Oct. 27, –Central Calf Association
sale (members only), 800
to 1,000 all breed age verified, vaccinated calves
selling in owner lots
Fri., Nov. 2, 16–Local calves, preweaned
or right off the cow in
owner lots (1,000 to 1,500
per sale)
Fri., Nov. 9–1,200 to 1,500 head of
yearling steers & heifers
Fri., Nov. 23, 5 p.m.–Bred cow & heifer sale
Tues., Dec. 18, 2012–Last sale of 2012
Tues.,Jan. 22, 2013–First sale of 2013
VANKLEEK HILL
Vankleek Hill Livestock Exchange*
Box 134, 1239 Ridge Road • Vankleek Hill, Ont. K0B 1R0
Phone: 613-678-3008 Fax: 613-678-6017
Contact: Francois Tremblay....................... 514-233-9383
Regular Sales: Every Mon., 4 p.m.; Wed., 2 p.m.
Special Sales: Last Wed. of the month
7 p.m. – Stockers & cows
WATERLOO
Ontario Livestock Exchange Inc.*
Box 443, Waterloo, Ont. N2J 4A9
Phone: 519-884-2082 • Fax: 519-884-0509
Website: www.olex.on.ca
Contact: David Ropp................................. 519-749-5072
Brian Yost................................... 519-741-6205
Larry Witzel................................. 519-741-6333
Allen Colwell............................... 519-501-0147
Live Sales: Wed, 1 p.m.–Vaccinated Feeder Cattle
Thurs., 11 a.m.–Regular stocker sale
Special Sales: Daily Internet Presort Sales & Direct
from Ranch Sales, Contributing markets:
Moose Jaw
Swift Current
Provost
Lloydminster
Vermilion
Yorkton
Maple Creek
Meadow Lake
Assiniboia
Weyburn
Mankota
WOODVILLE
Kawartha Lakes Co-op
580 Woodville Road, R.R. 3, Woodville, Ont. K0M 2T0
Phone: 705-439-4444 • Fax: 705-439-3145
E-mail: [email protected] • Website: www.klcauction.ca
Contact: Kevin Barker .............................. 705-878-2947
Jane Barker ................................ 705-439-4444
Regular Sales:
Every Sat., 10 a.m. – Cull cows, bulls, finished
cattle, veal calves, bob
calves, replacement cattle,
stocker cattle, bred cows &
cows with calves
Special Sales:
Wed., Oct. 3; 11 a.m. – Peterborough/Victoria
County Cattlemen’s sale
Wed., Oct. 10, 24;
Nov. 14; Dec. 5, 11 a.m. – Stocker sales
Wed., Oct. 17, 11 a.m. – Eastern Angus stocker sale
Wed., Nov. 7, 11 a.m. – Peterborough/ Victoria
Cattlemen’s certified
stocker sale (live video)
Wed., Nov. 21 – Peterborough/ Victoria
Cattlemen’s sale
To consign to Peterborough/Victoria Cattlemen’s sales:
Contact: Wayne Telford 705-292-9531 or 705-439-4444
on sale week
For the Eastern Angus stocker sale:
Contact: Kevin Barker ............................. 705-878-2947
Sun., Oct. 21, 1 p.m. – Autumn Harvest Angus
purebred sale
Sun., Nov. 18, 1 p.m. – Central Invitational
Simmental purebred sale
Wed., Nov. 28, 6 p.m. – Bred cow sale
Jan. 16, 2013, 11 a.m. – Peterborough Victoria
Cattlemen's stocker sale
QUEBEC
The Feeder Calf Sales’ Agency
555, boul. Roland-Therrien, suite 305
Longueuil, Que. J4H 4G2
Phone: 450-679-0540 ext. 8891
Contact: Feeder calf development
marketing officer, Eve Martin
BIC
St-Isidore-de-Dorchester, Que. G0S 2S0
Toll free 1-866-839-9475 • Phone: 418-882-6341
Aug. 12 – 1,850 head
Aug. 31 – 1,750 head
Sept. 7 – 1,000 head
Sept. 14 – 1,350 head
Sept. 21 P – 1,000 head
Sept. 28 – 1,250 head
Oct.5 – 1,200 head
Oct. 12 – 1,200 head
Oct. 19 – 1,850 head
Oct. 26 A – 1,850 head
Nov. 2 – 1,650 head
Nov. 9 – 1,850 head
Nov. 16 – 1,400 head
Nov. 23 – 1,850 head
Nov. 30 – 1,850 head
Dec. 7 – 1,850 head
2013 Special Sales: 9 a.m.
Jan. 11 – 1,550 head
Jan. 18 – 1,800 head
Feb. 1 P – 1,850 head
Feb. 8 A – 1,250 head
Feb. 22 – 1,850 head
Mar. 1 – 1,100 head
Mar. 15 – 1,800 head
Mar. 22 – 1,850 head
Apr. 5 – 1,200 head
Apr. 12 – 1,350 head
Apr. 19 – 850 head
Apr. 26 – 1,600 head
May 3 – 1,000 head
May 17 – 1,400 head
May 24 – 1,850 head
May 31 – 1,700 head
Coopérative des encans d’animaux
du Bas-St-Laurent
3229, Route 132 Ouest, Bic, Que. G0L 1B0
Phone: 418-736-5788
Special Sales: 9:00 a.m.
Aug. 23 – 800 head
Sept. 20 P – 700 head
Nov. 1P – 800 head
2013 Special Sales: 9:30 a.m.
Jan. 16, – 700 head
Mar. 14 – 700 head
Apr. 18, – 700 head
May 30, – 800 head
LA GUADELOUPE
Marché d’animaux vivants Veilleux & Frères Inc.
1287, 14th Avenue, La Guadeloupe, Que. G0M 1G0
Phone: 418-459-6832
Sept. 6P – 750 head
Oct. 4 – 800 head
Oct. 24A – 1,100 head
Nov. 28 – 650 head
Jan. 17 – 1,150 head
Feb. 21 – 650 head
Apr. 25 – 550 head
SAWYERVILLE
Encan Sawyerville Inc.
420, Route 253, Cookshire, Que. J0B 1M0
Phone: 819-849-3606 • 819-875-3577
Aug. 30 – 1,100 head
Sept. 13P – 800 head
Sept. 27C – 1,000 head
Oct. 11, P – 950 head
Oct. 25 A – 1,500 head
Nov. 8 – 1,500 head
Nov. 22 – 1,500 head
Nov. 29 – 800 head
Dec. 6 – 1,150 head
Jan. 10 – 1,500 head
Jan.31 P – 1,000 head
Feb. 7 A – 1,100 head
Mar. 21 – 1,300 head
Apr. 11 – 1,150 head
May 2 – 900 head
May 23 – 1,200 head
ST-ISIDORE
Réseau Encans Québec
2020, Rang de la Rivière
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P
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Charolais special sale
Angus special sale
Pfizer special sales
Pfizer special sale
NEW BRUNSWICK
FLORENCEVILLE
Carleton Co-op Sales Barn
Florenceville, N.B. E7L 3G2
Phone: 506-392-5587
Contact: Carvell Crandlemire ..................... 506-375-8161
Regular Sales: Every Mon., 12 noon
SUSSEX
Sussex and Studholm Agric. Soc. Auction Barn
P.O. Box 5063, Sussex, N.B. E4E 5L2
Phone: 506-432-1841 • Fax: 506-432-1825
Regular Sales: Every other Wed., 11:30 p.m. – All breeds
Feeder & stock cow sales start at 11:30 a.m.
Call for details
NOVA SCOTIA
TRURO
Atlantic Stockyards
Box 293, Truro, N.S. B2N 5C1
Phone: 902-893-9603 • Fax: 902-893-4483
Contact: Sean Firth .................................. 902-670-5999
Regular Sales: Every Thurs., 1 p.m. – All classes of livestock
Fall Feeder Sales: 10 a.m.
Sat., Sept. 15; Oct. 13; Nov. 10; Dec. 1
Special sales: Contact for details
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