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By Alice McFarlane

Agribition 2019

Agribition turns attention to 2020 celebrations

Dec 2, 2019 | 4:59 PM

As another edition of Canadian Western Agribition (CWA) wrapped up on Saturday there was already a lot of talk about next year when the show celebrates its 50th anniversary.

CWA Agribition President Chris Lees said there has been a lot of planning underway and there are some big things coming.

“We’re gong to have 11 national shows here. Every breed that shows cattle next year will have their national show here,” Lees said. “That’s never been done before and to have it done again may even be a stretch but we’re going to have it in 2020 so we’re really looking forward to it.”

Lees said next year’s show will also feature a recognition program for exhibitors, some of whom have been at Agribition since the first show.

CWA CEO Chris Lane said opening day attendance Monday was one of the best in years thanks to a partnership between CWA and the Saskatchewan Roughriders which meant free admission on the first day of the show.

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Ryan Hurlburt with Saskatoon Livestock Sales was the auctioneer for the CWA commercial sale held on Saturday. He said the winners of the biggest events were won by Saskatchewan entries.

“The RBC Beef Supreme Challenge on Saturday saw the Supreme Champion Bull, a Limousin, exhibited by Scott and Jackie Payne, who own Greenwood Limousin and Angus at Lloydminster. The Supreme Champion Female went to an angus cow-calf pair exhibited by Justin and Tawnie Morrison of Radville, Sask. who own Brooking Angus Ranch,” he said.

Both winning entries picked up $10,000 in prize money.

“We had about 200 bred heifers and unofficially averaged $2,560. We had 60 open replacement heifer calves that had an excellent unofficial average of $1,581. The ranges in these cattle was $1,900 to $3,300 and on the open replacements they were $1,100 to $2,400,” Hurlbert said.

The award winners for bulls came from Saskatchewan and Alberta.

“Our Supreme Champion Pen of Bulls came from McIntosh Livestock, Blair and Stephanie McIntosh out of Maymont, Sask. They had a tremendous set of bulls. In the commercial cattle the open replacements were from the Jackson Family Farm from Humboldt. The Reserve Champion Pen of Open Replacement Females was Wadella Ranch of Kipling, Sask. Your champion pen of bred heifers was exhibited by Hebert Livestock Ventures from Wawota, SK. The Reserve Champion Pen of Bred Females was from Westman Farms from Vermillion, Alta,” he said.

There were big sales throughout the week, including an Angus heifer that sold for over $90,000 and a Charolais heifer for roughly $34,000.

Canadian Western Agribition will start on Nov. 30, 2020 which is the same date the show began in 1971.

The show will also be starting a little later to accomodate Grey Cup festivities in Regina.

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