By Corryn La Rue
The Golden Opportunity Angus Sale announced its new judge this year, Dale Micheli. The sale is scheduled for Nov. 12 at the Auction Arena in Ogden.
For this year's sale, members of the sale team invited a brand new livestock judge to place the cattle in the livestock show. The livestock show is held the day before the auction. The cattle entered in the show have to be cattle that were purchased at the previous year’s sale. The exhibitors are allowed to return to compete in the show, and compete for a $3000.00 prize.
Judy McCalmant has been Sale Manager of the auction for more than 30 years.
“I have been doing this sale for a very long time,” McCalmant said. “I love it. It just has become part of who I am, and now my daughter is involved. It has just been a great couple of decades for me.”
McCalmant’s assistant is also her daughter, Kelly Parker. Parker has been helping her mother with the sale for many years.
“We have had the same judge for at least the past five years, and when we think about changing things up, it really gets us super excited,” Parker said. “My family loves this sale.”
The sale usually sells 50 to 55 head of cattle, but this year the sale is predicted to have closer to 60 head. The sale is held every year in November and is traditionally in Ogden.
“I’ll tell you what, there is just something about a good auction,” McCalmant said. “It just gives you those goose bumps in your bones!”
Thursday, October 27, 2016
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
USU Animal Science club tries to tame wild cattle at opening meeting
By Corryn La Rue
Tonight at 6 p.m. Utah State University’s Animal Science club held its first Calf Club opener at the south farm. The club had a clinician come to the meeting to explain to students how to properly handle cattle. The club held this opener to change the way the sale is prepared by educating the students on proper animal husbandry and safety tips.
The sale is an annual event. The club sells the university-owned calves to 4-H and FFA students as projects. These calves are worked with by USU students every day until the sale to ensure they are trained on the halter.
“We open the event up to students and teach them a little bit about handling the calves, how to halter break them and just giving the students a lot of hands-on experience,” Hadfield said. “Our main goal is to teach people how to work with the calves, but we also have 25 calves to halter break and a month to do it.”
The vice president of the club Aleigh Aurin said this year the club is including five calves which have a special purpose.
“The breeders of these specific calves are paying USU’s Animal Science club to halter break the calves,” Aurin said. “They will also be included in the sale. The profit we make off of breaking other breeders’ animals will go towards field trips for the club.”
By doing this opener and clinic the club was able to involve more students to halter break the animals. Halter breaking is when the animal is finally trained to lead, or walk, with a halter on.
The opener was a formal kickoff to the Club Calf Sale event they are holding on Nov. 4.
Tonight at 6 p.m. Utah State University’s Animal Science club held its first Calf Club opener at the south farm. The club had a clinician come to the meeting to explain to students how to properly handle cattle. The club held this opener to change the way the sale is prepared by educating the students on proper animal husbandry and safety tips.
The sale is an annual event. The club sells the university-owned calves to 4-H and FFA students as projects. These calves are worked with by USU students every day until the sale to ensure they are trained on the halter.
“We open the event up to students and teach them a little bit about handling the calves, how to halter break them and just giving the students a lot of hands-on experience,” Hadfield said. “Our main goal is to teach people how to work with the calves, but we also have 25 calves to halter break and a month to do it.”
The vice president of the club Aleigh Aurin said this year the club is including five calves which have a special purpose.
“The breeders of these specific calves are paying USU’s Animal Science club to halter break the calves,” Aurin said. “They will also be included in the sale. The profit we make off of breaking other breeders’ animals will go towards field trips for the club.”
By doing this opener and clinic the club was able to involve more students to halter break the animals. Halter breaking is when the animal is finally trained to lead, or walk, with a halter on.
The opener was a formal kickoff to the Club Calf Sale event they are holding on Nov. 4.
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