KAMLOOPS SALE, TUESDAY, JUNE 12th, 2018

Well another excellent cattle sale in Kamloops as we saw 400 hd hit the sale ring. Butcher cows by far made up the sale receipts but goodness, we had some real nice cow / calf pairs and bred cows as well. Robert Black set a pace as their 865 lb red Baldie strs set in at 188.00. The Diamond Mountain Ranch, from Kelowna, had 575 lb hfrs mark 212.00. Len Tonn’s 520 lb strs met 251.00 and his 693 lb strs hit 217.00. Marvin Tonn had 925 lb strs reach 181.00. James Moen, from Salmon Arm, had 500 lb red Baldie hfrs trade to 222.50. They also had 520 lb s/c notching 250.00. Firtz Wirtz, from Kelowna, had 668 lb hfrs trade to 182.00. Dave Kidson was in with cow / calf pairs that traded up to 2000.00 per pair. Mark Diblee saw his young blk Angus first calvers, with solid blk calves at their sides, top up to 2450.00. Tom Hanna had 1575 lb butcher cows sell to 99.00. Hiwan Ranch saw their 1400 lb red Angus cows top 100.00. Kevin Carson’s 1073 lb heiferettes sold to 123.00. Ian & Bev Smith had 2130 lb butcher bulls roll up to 122.00. Seven O Ranches also had 1400 lb butcher cows mark 99.75. Karl Isabelle & Dave Wabnegger had 2160 lb butcher bulls set the bar at 121.75 and 1935 lb bulls reach up to 124.25. Dixon Creek Ranch, the Kempter family, from Barriere, set the sale record with 2280 lb butcher bulls power to 125.75. Crystal Lake Ranch’s 1628 lb Simm butcher cows traded at 100.00. The Douglas Lake Cattle Co.’s 1077 lb young cows sold to 114.50 and their 1856 lb Char butcher bulls hit 122.50. Well it was quite a day! Strong and steady throughout. Huge thanks to all our contributors, buyers and staff for keeping our sales exciting and so successful! Our next sale, in 2 weeks, on June 26th we have 500+ hd going through the Kamloops ring.

Don’t forget our big equipment sale this Saturday, June 16th, at 10:30 am, at the Jamieson Creek Ranch. This is the equipment sale you’ve been waiting for!

We also have the Kamloops Consignment Equipment Auction coming up here at the Kamloops yard on Friday, June 22, call now to consign your quality equipment and come on by Friday to see all the great equipment and tools we have on offer!