Welcome
fresh snow greeted Cattlemen, Good friends and Family as
they found their way to Swift Current, Saskatchewan for the Sale
Weekend of Monday, March 18, 2002 to attend the Davidson Gelbvieh
2002
Annual Bull & Female Sale held at the Heartland Livestock
Yards in Swift
Current. Vernon & Eileen along with their family, Ross &
Tyler welcomed
visitors Sunday from various areas of Canada & the USA as
they toured
the cattle and enjoyed an evening of visiting and hospitality
at their
Pre- sale social. Also home to help with the sale festivities
were
their daughter Carla Davidson and Ross's girlfriend Tara Mulhern
who
took time away from University & work to lend a helping hand
and enjoy
the sale weekend. Glen Davidson, Vernon & Eileen's eldest
son would
have liked to attend, but a new job took top priority sale day.
A new
member of the sale crew and friend, Neil Gallager traveled from
Billings, Montana to assist with sale day activities.
The high selling lot of the sale DVE Davidson Pld 105L, a double
polled red son of DVE Davidson Red Wrap and a real sale favorite
sold
for $7600.00 to the Hillcrest Colony of Dundurn, Saskatchewan.
Posting
a 4.20 ADG on test and a WDA of 3.93, this March 8th/01 born sire,
weighed 1425 lbs. and measured 40 cm. Repeat buyers, RPS Gelbvieh,
Raymond & Pauline Sommerfeld of Medstead, Saskatchewan bid
to own their
selection DVE Davidson Pld Blk 139L for $6500.00, a Homozygous
Black
Polled son of LCS Davidson Julio 432J gaining 3.93 on test, with
a WDA
of 3.86. Bill Jessop turned calving duties over to his brother
Andy
and drove to Swift Current to select his choice DVE Davidson Pld
24L for
$6400.00. John Schruder of Ontario took advantage of the "Dial
A
Bull" program offered by the Davidson Gelbvieh Crew and bid
$6000.00 to
own DVE Davidson Pld 70L, a son of Red Wrap with an ADG of 3.48
and a
WDA of 3.82. He had a sale day weight of 1450 lbs. and scrotal
measurment of
37.5 cm.
In
the heifer division: Vernon & Vivienne Pancoast, V & V
Gelbvieh of
Red Cliff, Alberta paid $2700.00 for DVE Davidson Rebecca 30L
a daughter
of Peterbilt and out of a half sister to Red Wrap. A real broody
young gal, DVE Davidson Pld Miss 142L, a Red Wrap daughter with
lots
of eye appeal, was purchased by Bob Redland, Redland Gelbvieh
of
Montana for $2700.00.
