The Hussar 4-H show and sale is coming up Sunday and this year has seen a resurgence in the club.
The club has seen a healthy growth this season and come Sunday, there are 32 calves for sale. This is up from about 24 last year.
“We have increased a lot said sale coordinator Corey Sandum, It’s wonderful.”
The club has seen growth with members from its Hussar Club, but they also have three new members from Bassano, as well as membership from Gleichen and Cluny.
“I think there is a little more interest because we have three members that have joined at the intermediate level, so they are not all juniors starting from scratch,” said Sandum.
Also new this year is a heifer club. They will have six entries in the show.
Sandum explains that the heifer club is different in that the animals will not be sold at auction. Rather than raising their animals for beef, it is raised to be a healthy mom.
Both clubs will be judged on grooming, showmanship and confirmation, but with the Heifer club, it is about raising a cow to start their own herd.
“In the fall, a member of the beef club would a market steer, members of the heifer club would choose a heifer that they think would produce a good market steer,” she said.
She explains the heifers are year olds as well, and the idea is that the members of the club could breed the heifer to produce a market steer. Next year they could be entered as a cow-calf pair, and two years along bring a market steer.
Everything gets going on Sunday, May 24. The show starts at 10 a.m. with the market steers, followed by the heifer show, where the calves will be put through the paces by skilled adjudicators.
At 3 p.m., residents and businesses have a chance to bid on the best 4-H beef around. This is a great way to support local youth and the journey of learning, but also get a piece of possibly the best beef on the prairie
Darren Rebalkan will once again be the auctioneer, and 31 calves raised by the youth, as well as a charity calf will be sold.
