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Show-Me-Select Heifer sale averages $1,139 in first 2009 fall sale of calving-ease geneticsMissouri Southwest Missouri beef producers sold 335 heifers for an average price of $1,139 at the Joplin Regional Stockyard, Nov. 20. The sale was the first of five this fall by participants in the University of Missouri Extension Show-Me-Select Replacement Heifer Program. All followed protocols for developing superior calves with calving-ease genetics. "Considering the sluggish cattle market and the fact that the general economic trend is hitting our area harder, I feel the sale went very well," said Eldon Cole, Mount Vernon, MU Extension livestock specialist and sale coordinator. There were 83 lots of matched heifers from 15 herd owners. Before the sale, the heifers were sorted into lots of similar type and calving dates. All are bred to calve this spring. The 30 lots bred by artificial insemination averaged $1,172 per head, compared to the $1,117 average on the 50 lots bred by bulls. The top-priced lot averaged $1,450 on four Angus-Hereford crossbreds with a touch of Brahman from Ladd Ranches, Sparta, Mo. Jim Clanton, Stark City, Mo., was the buyer. Four producers who have been regular participants in the replacement heifer program had the top average prices per consignor, Cole said. They were Jim Hardin, Nevada, Mo., at $1,261 on 18 head; Ladd Ranches at $1,260 on 25 head; John Wheeler, Marionville, Mo., at $1,252 on 43 head; and Kleiboeker Farm, Wentworth, Mo., at $1,241 on 31 head. "These consignors have consistently topped the sales," Cole said. "They have developed good reputations." Repeat buyers led the bidding, Cole said. Jason Rousselot, Wagoner, Okla., purchased 30 heifers at the top average bid of $1,248. Rousselot and his family have bought replacement heifers at eight of the sales since 2003. The strength of the bidding was helped by abundant forage on most farms, Cole said. Two years of above-average rainfall helped. "Cattlemen maintain an ever-present optimistic outlook that the market will turn around next year," Cole added. The Show-Me-Select Replacement Heifer Program is overseen by a private organization of consignors. They set the rules and quality standards for sires used in breeding the heifers consigned. All heifers are examined on arrival at the sale barn by livestock graders from the USDA and Missouri Department of Agriculture. Heifers not meeting sale standards on condition, frame size and soundness are sent home. Only replacement heifers that carry the trademarked black-and-gold ear tag with the Show-Me-Select logo are allowed in the sale. The other sales will be Nov. 28, 11 a.m., Kingsville (Mo.) Livestock Auction; Dec. 5, 1 p.m., Fruitland (Mo.) Livestock Sales, Dec. 5, 1 p.m., Green City (Mo.) Livestock Market; Dec. 12, 12:30 p.m., F&T Livestock Market, Palmyra, Mo.; and Dec. 12, 1 p.m., Wright County Livestock Auction, Mountain Grove, Mo. Details are available at http://agebb.missouri.edu/select/. Advertisement
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