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April
1 Delaney & Atkins Herefords Bull Sale
Lake Benton, MN
5 Sandhill Farms Bull Sale
Haviland, KS
5 Wilson-Lees Bull Sale
Kisbey, SK
6 Gerlach Herefords Sale
Mitchell, SD
10 Ned and Jan Ward Bull Sale
Sheridan, WY
12 Indianhead Polled Hereford Banquet
River Falls, WI
13 Carter Polled Herefords/Penner Hfds/
TNT Angus Sale, Devils Lake, ND
13 Thorstenson Herefords Bull Sale
Selby, SD
13 Indianhead Polled Hereford Sale
River Falls, WI
13 Knoll Crest Farms Bull Sale
Red House, VA
20 Stuber Herefords Bull Sale
Bowman, ND
23-25 Churchill Cattle Co.
Pride & Power Online Sale
www.CattleInMotion.com
28 Leddy Herefords and Red Angus
Bull Sale
Watertown, SD
29 Fortune Cattle Co.’s
Gail Williams Legacy Sale
Presho, SD
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1-2 Nebraska Junior Hereford Field Day
Broken Bow, NE
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Torrington, WY
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15-16 Illinois Junior Hereford Preview Show
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Belton, TX
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Pipestone, MN
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Osceola, IA
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Kansas City, MO
September
19 Holden Herefords
Mature Cowherd Reduction Sale
Valier, MT
20-21 South Dakota Hereford Tour
28 DeanaJak Farms Sale
New Enterprise, PA
30 Hoffman Ranch/W4 Sale
Thedford, NE
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Byron’s Editorial...
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Mounties didn’ t get their road bait for
the day. T his is rolling hills country
w ith beautiful black soil along the w ay.
Many crops are grow n throughout the
area but w e did see bunches of cattle
along our route. I n about tw o hours w e
arrived in the “ Hat.” T he real name of
the city is Medicine Hat, Alberta, a city
that appears to have about 50,000 inhabitants.
T his city is reputed to be the
retirement city in Canada because of its
low living costs. I t is a modern, beautiful,
friendly city in the middle of the
plains.
I know , I sound like a tourist on a big
trip through Alberta, but w e w ere really
on business. W e w ere on our w ay
to the 55th annual spring Medicine Hat
Hereford ull sale. ifty-five years is a
long time to keep a bull sale operating
but they do it w ell at the “ Hat.” B oth
horned and polled Herefords sold as
did many Angus. T he show w as held
at 7:00 the night before the sale. T he
Angus showed first, then the Herefords.
A large crow d w as on hand for both
show s as several long time consignors
w ere honored during the show . After the
show a lunch w as offered to the people
in attendance, and many other embellishments
w ere also consumed. Many
of the crow d stayed on and talked cattle
until the late hour. I had been told this
w as basically a range bull sale and be-
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cause so many of the bulls looked herd
bull caliber, I w as anx ious to see if the
commercial people could and w ould
buy them, and at w hat price. T he barn
filled with people aout 10:00 the next
morning, and ranchers started looking
over the bulls. T his ex amination
w ent on until the auctioneer called for
people to get a seat as the auction w as
ready to start. T he Angus bulls sold
first in the sale, and sold well, to what
I w as told w ere mostly commercial
operators. T hen the Herefords hit the
ring. L ike the big Calgary sale, T he
Champion sells first, then the exhiitor
can sell so many from his string,
but at the “ Hat” the Champion and
Reserve w inners can sell their w hole
string and then it goes in to an order
by the alphabet, only each year you
move dow n one position in the sale
order, in case you w ere last this year,
you w ould start nex t year. T he Champion
brought $ 6,500 and the bulls
ranged from $ 3,500 to $ 9,500 w ith
all commercial buyers. A w ell know n
firm then came in the ring with set of
big, strong polled bulls. T his sale had
probably not seen many polled Herefords
sell before, at this sale, so many
of the crow d w ere anx ious to see how
the commercial buyers w ould accept
them. T hese w ere good bulls, w inning
one division championship, and best
three bulls and get of sire aw ard. T he
ranchers ate them up, bidding from
7,000 to 16,000 to own them. All
but one w ent in the local area to graz -
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