Focus for the Alberta Select Show and Sale

We feel it is time we thanked and rewarded our reliable commercial Charolais bull buyers. This is why our main focus for our Alberta Select Show and Sale is to thank our past bull buyers and give them a chance to win a $10,000.00 Alberta Bull shown at our event.

Be part of the exciting times in the Alberta Charolais world

The demand for Charolais genetics is on the increase with higher prices for bulls and a renewed desire for heavier calves. The Alberta Charolais Association believes it has come up with an idea to help all the Alberta breeders that register and transfer the Charolais bulls they sell.

Every commercial producer who purchased a Charolais bull and had the bull transferred to them since January 1, 2010 will receive a letter giving them a chance to win a free Charolais bull at the Alberta select bull show and sale. The event will take place at the Agri center in Red Deer on December 2nd and 3rd, 2011. The commercial producer whose name is drawn will pick from bulls that are entered in the competition at the event. The purebred producer whose bull is picked receives $10,000.00 after he keeps the bull until April 1, 2012 and delivers the bull free of charge to the commercial producer with a satisfactory semen test and soundness evaluation. The draw is free to every commercial producer who bought a Charolais bull and had it transferred in their name since January 1, 2010.

The second exciting part of this event will be another $10,000.00 given away to someone who buys a $100.00 ticket and has their name drawn. They will get to pick from all the bulls entered in the competition.

Purebred producers are encouraged to bring any age of bull they like and will be eligible for both draws. There will be a pen of 3 show and a single bull show for calendar year bulls with $5000.00 worth of cash and prizes. The show will be judged by 6 commercial cattlemen. The bulls older than the current calendar year will be paraded before the crowd as long as they are entered in the competition and are eligible to be picked in the draws.

• The bulls entered do not need to be halter broke, clipped, or washed.
• The entry fee will be $200.00 for a single bull and $500 for a pen of three.
• The entry fee for bulls older than the calendar year bulls that breeders want to put on display, will not be eligible for the cash prizes, will be $500.00

Purebred Charolais breeders wanting to put up a display without bringing any cattle, can purchase a 10 x 10 area for $500.00

Be part of the largest commercially oriented Charolais event in Canada with over 1000 commercial producers invited to attend.

Transcon Livestock will be conducting a sale along with this event featuring some top notch bull prospects and females selected from your very herds. Give Jay Good a call at 403-556-5563 for more info.

Join the excitement of this new event and have the opportunity to mingle with hundreds of commercial producers. Watch for more details and a full set of rules coming soon to the website at albertacharolaisassociation.com.

For more information on the bull show and giveaways or if you know of a company that would like to sponsor this event please contact Don Grant 403-556-2695 or Tim Bullick 403-224-3341.

Select- a- Bull Contest Rules

• Any Alberta owned and registered Charolais bull of any age may be eligible to be entered and chosen in the $10,000 draw.
• Parade of bulls is only for bulls eligible to be chosen in the draw.
• Tickets for the select-a-bull draw are $100.00. The name drawn, or their alternate, will choose from the bulls entered in the competition. They get 100 % interest and full possession on the bull chosen.
• Pedigrees and EPDs will be available.
• The winner cannot pick his own bull.
• The winner has the option of taking his pick of the bulls home with no further guarantees or he may choose to leave the bull with the person they picked the bull from until April 1, 2012. At this time or a time mutually agreed upon by both the winner and bull producer, the bull must pass a satisfactory semen and soundness evaluation.
• The bull producer of the winning bull is responsible to deliver the bull free of charge to the winning ticket holder.
• After these requirements are met the bull producer will get a cheque for $10,000.00.
• In the event the bull dies or does not pass the semen and soundness evaluation before the possession date the winning ticket holder will get the $10,000.00

ACA Select Bull Show Rules and Requirements

1. All bulls entered must be Alberta owned and born in 2011.
2. All bulls entered in the show must also be eligible to be chosen in the $10,000 draw.
3. All bulls must be registered and EPDs available.
4. Cattle will be shown off halter.
5. Bulls do not need to be halter broke, washed or clipped. Any of the above is acceptable. Wash facilities are available for non halter broke cattle.
6. Spray glue and adhesives are not permitted.

Deadline for show entries is November 15, 2011.
$ 200.00 - Entry fee for single bull born after January 1, 2011
$500.00 - Entry fee for pen of 3 bulls born after January 1, 2011
- 10x10 display space or additional animal space available at a cost of $100.
- Show entry substitutes allowed until arrival at the show on December 1, 2011.
- Classes will be judged by 6 commercial cattlemen.
- Cash and prizes worth $5000.00 will be distributed to the Champions and Reserve Champions.

Please send entry forms and payment with cheques made out to the Alberta Charolais Association to Don Grant RR1 Site 13 Box 4 Bowden AB T0M 0K0

For more information please call Don Grant 403-556-2695 or Tim Bullick 403-224-3341

ACA Select Bull Sale Requirements

Click to download ACA Select Bull Show registration form (PDF)

Select Show Committee:

• Chairman: Don Grant
• Ian Harvie
• Dory Gerrard
• Tim Facette
• Tim Bullick