The Southern Alberta Livestock Exchange (S.A.L.E.) expects around 65,000 head will be sold in its Western Canadian Fall Classic Video Sale - all from a Lethbridge hotel.
Moving from stockyards into banquet rooms, selling cattle looks much different today than in the past. expects around 65,000 head will be sold in its Western Canadian Fall Classic Video Sale — all from a Lethbridge hotel.
The cattle are shown on screen while buyers from across Canada and the northwestern United States bid in person or over the phone.S.A.L.E. moved its video sale to Lethbridge eight years ago, where about 30,000 calves were sold.Story continues below advertisement Brad Osadczuk runs a cattle operation in the southeastern part of the province near Jenner, Alta., and takes part in this sale every fall.
“There’s no auction marts — not that that’s a bad thing — but it’s really good for the health of our animals to be such a quick transition from our place to theirs,” Osadczuk said.Hot and dry conditions could produce ‘catastrophic’ situation for Alberta ranchers“Selling in advance, if you’re expecting the market to soften or if there’s any risk of the market topping, it’s a good risk-management strategy for cow/calf producers to be utilizing,” CanFax executive director Brenna Grant said.
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