Hailey Booth is the holder of this year’s Westlock & District Grand Champion Steer title.
Hailey, with her Black Angus steer ZANDER first won Club Champion steer of the Flatbush Beef Club, rising above all other steers in her club, including her sister Ashley, who was last year’s Club Champion and later District Reserve Champion.
Steer judges Dennis Ericson and Jim Round, who had each judged three of the six clubs earlier in the June 6 steer show at Nilsson Bros. at Clyde combined their efforts to select their District champions from the Top 12 steers.
For their District Reserve Champion Steer, the two judges couldn’t have made third year Eme Artemenko any happier. They chose the Double Diamond member’s Club Champion Speckle Park steer STRIKE for honour.
The selection of the Grand and Reserve Grand Champion steers was pretty much the highlight of the two-day show, which started Sunday, June 5 with the female show.
This year, the six clubs in the Westlock & District, namely Golden Sunset, Double Diamond, Flatbush, Sunniebend, Vimy DunRobin and Pembina West, produced 77 steers. The steers were sold in the early afternoon Monday following the steer show.
Hailey’s steer ZANDER started off the 4-H year at an even 800 pounds and finished the year at 1,426 pounds for a 2.2# ADG. Her steer was purchased at the sale for $3.30 per pound by Westlock Veterinary Centre.
Eme’s Speckle Park steer STRIKE started the year at 700 pounds and finished at 1,416 pounds for a 3.25# ADG. Her steer was purchased by Bumper to Bumper in Westlock for $2 per pound.
The 77 steers racked up a total of 96,207 pounds of beef on the hoof and buyers picked them up for a total of $159,925.49 to average $1.66 per pound (all unofficial figures). The average price is about $.20 per pound more than last year’s sale.
On the first day of the two-day event, heifer, cow/calf judge Ryan Cook and showmanship judge Greg Borduzak had their work cut out for them with the females from the six clubs.
From the Flatbush club, Daylen Lebsack won Champion Heifer, with Hailey Booth taking Reserve. Ashley Booth won Champion Cow/Calf with Mack Schiller taking Reserve.
Senior Showmanship gold was netted by Ashley Booth with Megan Schiller taking second. Junior Showmanship first went to Hailey Booth and second was netted by Daylen Lebsack.
The Golden Sunset Champion Heifer was Tonie Zutz with Cole Huppertz taking Reserve. Ryley Patriquin had the champion cow/calf with Sarah Eigner taking Reserve.
Senior Showmanship first went to Kassidy Geiger and second was Sarah Eigner. Junior Showmanship gold went to Tonie Zutz, with Evan Patriquin netting silver.
Double Diamond Champion Heifer was won by Alison Schole and the Reserve went to Lily Artemenko. There were no cow/calf pairs shown in this club.
Senior Showmanship was won by Samantha Moffat with ShaeLynn Seib taking second. Junior Showmanship first went to Eme Artemenko with Lily Artemenko second.
Sunniebend Champion Heifer was Chelsea Frank with Reserve going to Payton Gregoire. Hanna Gregoire won Champion Cow/Calf.
Senior Showmanship gold went to Jessica Carlyon with Brianna Carlyon in second. Junior Showmanship top honours went to Bailey Gregoire with Maygen Fairholm netting second.
Vimy DunRobin Champion Heifer was won by Francis Lusson and Reserve went to Felix Lusson. There were no cow/calf pairs in this club.
Senior Showmanship first was won by Larissa Holub, with Brendan Mahoney second. Junior Showmanship was won by Veronique Lusson.
Pembina West Champion Heifer was Anna van de Ligt with Jenna Tymkow taking Reserve. Champion Cow/Calf was won by Mitchell Benson, with Reserve going to Chad Benson.
Senior Showmanship first went to Anna van de Ligt with Mitchell Benson second. Junior Showmanship first was claimed by Joshua Tymkow, with Cassandra van de Ligt second.
For steers, Flatbush Beef Champion was Hailey Booth and Reserve was Ashley Booth.
Golden Sunset Champion steer was Tonie Zutz and Reserve Rylan Ruch.
In the Double Diamond club, the Artemenko sisters took the steer honours, with Eme Club Champion and Lily Club Reserve.
Sunniebend Beef Champion Steer was won by Hanna Gregoire, with Abby Fairholm taking Reserve. Vimy DunRobin Champion Steer was won by Brendan Mahoney with Francis Lusson taking Reserve.
And last but not least, the Champion steer from the Pembina West club went to Blair Boulerice with Jenna Tymkow taking Reserve.
The beef clubs in the Westlock & District also held a steer raffle, raising $8,000. The money will go to rebuild school playgrounds in Slave Lake and Widewater, damaged by the devastating forest fire that swept through those communities last month. Half of the money, $4,000 goes to Slave Lake and the other $4,000 to Widewater.
