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FTLComm - Tisdale - November 13, 1999

Tisdale Livestock Center held its first cow and heifer sale Friday with one hundred nine bred cows offered for sale.

Besides cattle breeders from Tisdale cows from a wide area had been brought in for this auction. Cattle came from Fairy Glen, Arborfield, Nipawin, Chelan, Star City, Prairie River, Codette, Garrick, Kinistino, Weldon, Kelvington, Ridgedale, Melfort, Carrot River, Porcupine Plain and Crooked River.

The parking lot West of the Center was filled with a fleet of heavy metal to bring the animals into the market and take the purchases back home.

The concession did a brisk business as the large crowd on

hand had lunch before the
sale got underway around 1:15. Since these were bred cattle the buyers were not the usual packer buying crowd but other farmers looking for cattle to winter and add to their herd in very early spring. Most of the cows were four to six months along and had been tested by veterinarians One cow had been tested by three different veterinarians because there

was some doubt about her
condition.

Once begun the sale moved quickly as the auctioneer issued a barrage of numbers attempting to determine a starting bid then edging his way along as the buyers weighed the merits of the animal and took their chances on making the bid that would buy the cow at the best price. On each side of the ring watchers scan the audience to see who is bidding and snap out a sort of bark when a buyer indicates he will venture a higher price. The animal's weight seemed the main factor in price determination but other

considerations were involved. The first animals into the ring were referred to as Black Salers and fit the classic lines of an excellent beef animal and went for $800, 825, $725, $775 and $975. The buyers seemed to like the large size of the tan coloured breeds and this one went for $1,100. The fine but small Herefords bred to Charolais brought $1,000 and $1,025. Not a single animal came into the ring that looked like the scrub cattle of decades ago, all were solid trim beef animals with straight backs, short legs and small heads. One very skittish heifer though as big as any brought $850 down a bit from more mannerly animals.

With the excellent feed available this year it seemed that many of these cows were going a bit low when you consider

the return of a calf they were carrying made each one a valued investment. The most impressive factor in the sale was the over all good quality of the animals. Clearly, cattle breeders have been paying close attention to developing efficient meat animals and influence of Charolais, Simmental and Limousin lines into North American stock lines has definitely enhanced the size. The sale included Black Angus, Black Welsh and Red Angus.

With large crowds like this one at the Friday sale Byrnes Shop on the West side of the Center is doing a reasonable business with lots of customers and the shop has really improved its stock with a huge selection of specialty feeds and supplements with excellent tack for the cattleman who uses horses to manage his herd.



*FTLComm - Tisdale - November 13, 1999*
Tisdale Livestock Center held its first cow and heifer sale Friday with one hundred nine bred cows offered for sale. Besides cattle breeders from Tisdale cows from a wide area had been brought in for this auction. Cattle came from Fairy Glen, Arborfield, Nipawin, Chelan, Star City, Prairie River, Codette, Garrick, Kinistino, Weldon, Kelvington, Ridgedale, Melfort, Carrot River, Porcupine Plain and Crooked River. The parking lot West of the Center was filled with a fleet of heavy metal to bring the animals into the market and take the purchases back home. The concession did a brisk business as the large crowd on
hand had lunch before the sale got underway around 1:15. Since these were bred cattle the buyers were not the usual packer buying crowd but other farmers looking for cattle to winter and add to their herd in very early spring. Most of the cows were four to six months along and had been tested by veterinarians One cow had been tested by three different veterinarians because there
was some doubt about her condition. Once begun the sale moved quickly as the auctioneer issued a barrage of numbers attempting to determine a starting bid then edging his way along as the buyers weighed the merits of the animal and took their chances on making the bid that would buy the cow at the best price. On each side of the ring watchers scan the audience to see who is bidding and snap out a sort of bark when a buyer indicates he will venture a higher price. The animal's weight seemed the main factor in price determination but other

considerations were involved. The first animals into the ring were referred to as Black Salers and fit the classic lines of an excellent beef animal and went for $800, 825, $725, $775 and $975. The buyers seemed to like the large size of the tan coloured breeds and this one went for $1,100. The fine but small Herefords bred to Charolais brought $1,000 and $1,025. Not a single animal came into the ring that looked like the scrub cattle of decades ago, all were solid trim beef animals with straight backs, short legs and small heads. One very skittish heifer though as big as any brought $850 down a bit from more mannerly animals. With the excellent feed available this year it seemed that many of these cows were going a bit low when you consider
the return of a calf they were carrying made each one a valued investment. The most impressive factor in the sale was the over all good quality of the animals. Clearly, cattle breeders have been paying close attention to developing efficient meat animals and influence of Charolais, Simmental and Limousin lines into North American stock lines has definitely enhanced the size. The sale included Black Angus, Black Welsh and Red Angus. With large crowds like this one at the Friday sale Byrnes Shop on the West side of the Center is doing a reasonable business with lots of customers and the shop has really improved its stock with a huge selection of specialty feeds and supplements with excellent tack for the cattleman who uses horses to manage his herd.