Monday, December 1, 2008

A Story About Laurie


The RBC Supreme Champion Female went to Red Lazy MC Bess 12S, a Red Angus cow presented by Lazy MC Angus Corner Creek Angus. 12-year-old Laurie Morasch was on the halter of her heifer calf and it was particularly emotional for me knowing the history of Laurie and this pair.

I was fortunate to work for Lazy MC at Agribition for several years, and two years ago Clint had Bess in the string as a heifer calf. She won her division in the show and received interest from many people in the barns. However, she was Laurie's and Clint would not even consider selling his little girl's heifer. She came back the next year as a bred and won the Red Angus class in the First Lady Classic, as well as her division in the show. Again, there were requests to price her met with the same response - Bess was Laurie's. Bess had her first calf this spring, a heifer, and Laurie with parents Clint & Angela campaigned the pair successfully all summer. Again, they received interest from many wanting to purchase Bess. With a heifer calf to carry on, Laurie decided she might now be able to share the cow and sold part interest in Bess to Corner Creek Angus. Laurie, Cint, Ang and Austin did a phenominal job showing the pair all fall and their first RBC Supreme win was a dream come true. When judge Debbie Ecklund awarded the title with a hug for Laurie, I teared up a little. She's such a sweet girl.

Congratulations to Laurie, Clint, Ang, Layne, Fritz and Austin!

RBC Beef Supreme Challenge

CWA also hosts the cumulative RBC Beef Supreme Challenge which invites champions from all the large shows in Canada to compete for the title of being the best in the nation. It's always awe-inspiring to see the quality of cattle in the ring, but this year was particularly outstanding. The Top Ten bulls and females were tremendous individuals, and there were many more left standing who were absolutely worthy of the honour.

The Supreme Champion Female went to Red Lazy MC Bess 12S, a Red Angus cow presented by Lazy MC Angus (see their ad at the top of this page) and Corner Creek Angus.

The Supreme Champion Bull for 2008 is Soo LineYellowstone 6344, exhibited by Soo Line Cattle Co. of Midale, SK.


List of Top Ten: http://www.agribition.com/show_sales_results/2008/results-rbcsupremechallenge.pdf



Photos of the week's champions: Champions Online

Agribition champions:


Black Angus
Bull: SOO LINE YELLOWSTONE 6344
Female: SOO LINE ANNIE K 6271


Red Angus
Bull: RED BRYLOR SDL SQUALL 230S
Female: RED LAZY MC BESS 12S


Charolais
Bull: JSR TROPHY 88T
Female: DBAR ELEGANCE 635S


Galloway
Bull: GLENFIDDICH SAGEBRUSH
Female: DIAMOND B TAZZ 78T


Gelbvieh
Bull: RWG TENNESSEE CAT 7104
Female: DVE DAVIDSON MS JIM 13P


Horned Hereford
Bull: TRIPLE A MAX'S TURBO ET 1T
Female: GH ADAMS NEON POPPY 177S


Polled Hereford
Bull: WLB ELI 10H 83T
Female: JJPH 53K MOLLY 672S


Limousin
Bull: RPY PAYNES DYNAMO 16U
Female: IVY´S PLD SWEET TOUCH 4S


Maine Anjou
Bull: DONARO MR BUSINESS 643T
Female: SW MISS PRIME CHILL 704T


Shorthorn
Bull: GLENFORD REAL WORLD 45S
Female: ALTA CEDAR SILVER MAISIE 59S



Simmental
Bull: YR KING RANCH 13S
Female: TLG FLIRTIN WITH YOU



Speckle Park
Bull: STAR BANK URSA MAJOR 82U
Female: REDNECK RANCH´S ULYSSES 5U

Agribition 2008

The largest cattle show in Canada has another year in the books, and what a show it was at Agribition! The excitement in the barns was contagious with a week of great shows and sales for all of the breeds.


All results are available at www.agribition.com. Photos are online at www.grantspix.com.

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Farmfair International

WOW!

The quality at Farmfair International in Edmonton this past week was OUTSTANDING.

I can honestly say that the cattle in the barns were nothing short of impressive. Many visitors commented on the depth of quality in the shows. Saturday afternoon saw the best of every breed compete for the big prizes and money in the Supreme and Legends of the Fall shows, and for the first time ever both the Supreme Bull and Supreme Female came from the same exhibitor -- Garth and Angela Rancier, Rancier Farms of Killam AB. Congratulations!!!



Supreme Champion Bull: SS Ebonys Intuition 802, exhibited by Rancier Farms of Killam AB

Supreme Champion Female: TLG Flirtin With You, exhibited by Rancier Farms of Killam AB

Bull Legend of the Fall: Mader Black Ironman, exhibited by Mader Ranches of Carstairs AB

Heifer Legend of the Fall: HF Echo 49U, exhibited by Hamilton Farms of Cochrane AB

Check out the photos at Champions Online / Grant Rolston Photography

2008 Farmfair Champions:

Black Angus
SAV Wall Street 7091 - Serhienko/Michelson/Gerrard/Poley-Hall, Maymont SK
DMM Top Lass 18P - Miller Wilson Angus, Bashaw AB

Red Angus
Red Brylor SDL Squall 230S - Brylor Ranch, PincherCreek AB
Red Corner Creek Cherokee 198S - Corner Creek Angus and Northline Angus, Ardrossan AB

Charolais
SVY Worldwide Pld 621S - Serhienko Cattle Co, Maymont SK
DBAR Elegance 635S - New Country Livestock, Donalda AB

Gelbvieh DVE Davidson Leadtime 89T - Davidson Gelbvieh, Ponteix SKSLC Smoke 193P - Severtson Land and Cattle, Innisfail AB

Horned Hereford
CLI Domino 796T 1ET - Adams Hirsche Herefords & Angus, High River AB
Peak Dot Capacity 318T - Adams Hirsche Herefords & Angus, High River AB

Polled Hereford
DXB 35M Torque 26T - K-Cow Ranch, Elk Point AB
TLELL 36N Kema 8S - Jamie Richardson, Tlell BC

Limousin
HSF Watcha Swingers Club - Greenwood Limousin / Highland Stock Farms Limousin, Olds AB
TMF Pillow Talk 907P Greenwood Limousin, Lloydminster SK

Lowline
BM Curious 3T - BM Lowlines, Storthoaks SK
ALTA Marie BIL 5N - Big Island Lowlines, Edmonton AB

Salers
SC PLD BLK Unlimited 14U - Spring Coulee Salers, Carstairs
ABPAX Java 10L - G I T, Langdon AB

Shorthorn
DR Royal 20T Kenlene Shorthorn, Ponoka AB

Simmental
SS EBONYS INTUITION 802 - Rancier Farms, Killam AB
TLG Flirtin With You - Rancier Farms, Killam AB

Junior FuturityRed Lazy MC Bess 12S - Laurie Morasch/Lazy MC Angus, Bassano AB

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Lloydminster Stockade Roundup '08

Lloydminster hosted another first-class Stockade Roundup!


LivestockXchangeOnline.com had the pleasure of sponsoring at the event -- congratulations to Hopewell Charolais and McIntosh Livestock on winning the two $500 gift certificates to advertise on the site!


Exhibitors brought out a phenominal set of cattle and the Supreme Show lineup included several bulls and females that will likely be in the hunt all fall. Supreme Champion Bull went to SAV Wall Street 7091, owned by Serhienko Cattle, Michelson Land & Cattle, Gerrard Livestock and Poley-Hall Partnership. The Supreme Champion Female was won by LLB Lady Burgess 499R & AFA 362U, owned by Justamere Ranches.


Check out the champion photos at ChampionsOnline.com.


In the multi-breed calf jackpot shows, Payne Livestock's Limousin bull calf took home one buckle and Northline Angus' Black Angus heifer calf received the other.


Congratulations to all the exhibitors, and thank you to the Stockade staff and directors for all of their hard work!


Sunday, October 5, 2008

Top Meadow Farms Production Sale




Top Meadow Farms averaged $4,499 on their production sale Oct. 4 at Clarksburg ON. The high-selling animal was Lot 1A, going to Corle Land & Cattle for $20,500. Great sale!

Highland Sale 14


The Highland Stock Farms crew had a phenominal sale in Olds AB on Oct. 1, averaging $7,080 on their offering. Thank you to the Matthews families for their wonderful hospitality!