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University of Missouri Extension
Cape Girardeau County
684 W. Jackson Trail
Jackson, MO. 63755
573-243-3581
November 4, 2010
TO: Prospective Buyers and Guests:
Welcome to the twelfth Southeast Missouri Show-Me-Select Spring Calving Replacement Heifer Sale.
The past eight sales have averaged $1366 on 1655 heifers. Last May’s Sale averaged $1413 on 65 heifers. The preg checks were started in late June and the open heifers from some of these herds were placed on feed and have already gone to market as finished cattle. They have averaged right at $1250 at U.S. Premium Beef so that makes a bred heifer valuable.
The 120 heifers in this sale were started from 765 heifers that we have individually sifted and sorted. The breeding work is already done and some will start calving in 2 months. Guaranteed bred heifers, and not having to feed and take care of the heifer that did not breed is worth about $250 - $430 per heifer to you. Remember, those heifers are guaranteed bred for 30 days after you buy them. Contact the consignor before 30 days if you suspect one is open.
The genetics on most of these heifers is excellent with 6-7 generations of stacked pedigrees in several of the herds. Also some have been sending cattle to U.S. Premium Beef for processing and have carcass data on steer mates to the heifers. If you as a producer are wanting to develop a herd, 20 years of selections are already done on some of the consignments.
There are 91 black, 28 BWF, 1 gray heifer in the sale. There are 11 Registered Angus and 20 Tier 2 Heifers in the sale. 55% are A.I. bred.
There are four regions of the State in this sale. We have our top herds back, but also Crooks Farms from near Kansas City, Charlie Rymer from West Plains and Rick Vehige from north of St. Louis who are top selling farms in their regional sales are bring consignments to our Southeast Region Sale.
Consignors are listed in alphabetical order so the sale order will be different. The catalog has footnotes for your use. I have also included accuracy on the EPD’s and also Carcass and Scrotal EPD’s on AI sires. Remember, the higher the accuracy towards .90 of above the more reliable the data is in selection.
Thanks for attending the Sale, or just studying the catalog. If you have questions feel free to call me 573-243-3581, look at our website: semobeef.com, or call the consignor at the number listed.
Sincerely,
Roger Eakins
Livestock Specialist
