While the number of bulls were down a bit, the quality was up, said 87th Williams Lake Bull Show and Sale chair Bob Gowans last Thursday, April 18.
“We are just trying to keep this thing going,” Gowans said as he opened the sale. “Hopefully over the next years we can get our numbers up a little bit.”
April is a great time of year for a sale and to get out and see other producers, he added.
Judging the historic sale was Ricky Seelhof of Horsefly’s Woodjam Ranch.
“The reason I chose the first bull is I liked how he looks,” Seelhof said as she judged the Champion Yearling owned by Clint Smith of Smith Farms in Abbotsford. “He’s clean, with a nice wide back and second same thing, he’s a nice bull too.”
After the show, she said the producers should be proud of themselves for the stock they brought the show and sale. “It was tough judging, they were all around nice bulls.”
Seelhof said she looks for good bones, good feet because they have to cover a lot of country, and they have to be pretty tough.
“I look for length and depth, they have to have good loin, the way their hocks are set for breeding and being able to cover the country to get the job done.”
She loves everything about ranching and was born and raised on one.
“I live and breathe it so there is nothing I don’t like about it.”
It is important to support ranchers and appreciating where the food comes from, she added.
“If we did not have farmers and ranchers we would not have anything to eat.”
Angus Pen Show Results
First place: Lot #27S, 28, owned by Dennis Patrick, Valley’s End Angus
Second place: Lots #36, 37, owned by C Jay Angus Ranch.
Hereford Classes
Champion Yearling (Louise Newbery Memorial): Lot #6 owned by Smith Farms, Clint Smith.
Reserve Yearling Champion: Lot #7, owned by Smith Farms, Clint Smith.
Junior Champion: (Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce), Lot #13 owned by Deanfield Ranch.
Reserve Junior Champion: (Bank of Montreal - perpetual), Lot #15, owned by Deanfield Ranch.
Senior Champion: (Royal Bank of Canada - perpetual) owned by Cliff and Kari-Ann Pogany
Reserve Senior Champion: (Beaver Valley Feed and Supplies - perpetual), Lot #12, owned by Little Fort Hereford.
Grand Champion: (Finning Tractor and Equipment - perpetual), owned by Cliff and Kari-Ann Pogany.
Reserve Grand Champion: (The Tribune - perpetual), owned by Little Fort Hereford.
Best of Pair of Bulls: (Ray and Chrissie Pigeon Memorial - perpetual), owned by Deanfield Ranch.
Best String of three Bulls: (Douglas Lake Ranch - perpetual), owned by Deanfield Ranch.
Get of Sire: (Gung Loy Jim Memorial - perpetual), Lot #13, 14, 17, owned by Deanfield Ranch.
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to show it was Cliff and Kari-Ann Pogany who won Senior Champion (Royal Bank of Canada - perpetual).
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