VANDERHOOF SALE—FRIDAY APRIL 22^ND

Good volume of cattle here on Friday with over 1100 head total.  The majority of the sale was heavier feeders like the liner load of 738 lb. steers from Tophay Agri Industries/Judd Wu of Vanderhoof trading for 180.25.  His 797 lb. steers brought 166.25.  Little Valley Farms/Ken and Carol Fawcett of Vanderhoof came with 160 head of good grass calves.  Their 675 lb. steers brought 195.00 along with their 594 lb. heifers at 195.00 while their lighter 479 lb. heifers went up to 211.50.  Muir Stock Farms/Monroe & Cindy Muir had a nice set of 717 lb. steers trading for 168.50.  Vala Farms/John & Darla Vala of Fort Fraser came with 101 steers, the big 805 lb. steers at 165.00 and his 694 lb. steers bringing 183.50.  Also with big steers we had Johnson Farms/Jeff Johnson whose 902 lb. steers sold at 149.50 while his 850 lb. steers went to 156.25.  Doug Brophy had 70 head of Red cattle on offer.  His 697 lb. steers brought 186.00 and the 599 lb. grass type steers went to 213.75 while his 648 lb. heifers settled at 185.00.  Gordie & Joyce Dickson had a set of 10 good replacement type Angus/Simmental cross 754 lb. heifers that ran the bid to 192.00.  Butcher bulls went up to 125.00 and averaged 115.83 and cows were 79.00 to 127.00 averaging 95.25.  Obviously a bit off the pace for us but we were still strong overall.  A big thank you to all the contributors, buyers and crew for another great sale.  Regular sales May 6th and 20th.  Farm Equipment Sale in Prince George June 4th.