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Northeast Missouri Bull Sale Averages Just Under $,500
Missouri Ag Connection - 04/24/2019

The 47th Annual Northeast MO Performance Tested Bull Sale was held in Palmyra. The overall average on 21 bulls was $3,467. Following an extremely hard winter, several bulls failed to meet requirements for the sale. However, buyers came looking for quality and bull prices rebounded from 2018.

The high breed average was Angus at $3,605. Other breed averages were Polled Hereford $3,100, SimAngus $3,000, and Charolais $1,800.

High selling bulls in the sale were Angus consigned by Hudson Angus Farm, Jefferson City, Mo. and Shannon Farms, Bowling Green, Mo. and sold for $4,500 and $4,200 respectively, they were purchased by Dearing Farm, Palmyra, Mo. and Sunsetview Farm, Center, Mo. Three other bulls sold for $4,000 or higher.

Bulls offered in this sale met certain predetermined standards to meet eligibility. Bulls must be in the upper 50th percentile in two out of four EPD (Expected Progeny Difference) traits: CE or BW, WW, YW, or Milk, yearling height 49 in or above, weight at a year 1100 lbs. or above, semen tested and examined for breeding soundness and to be found satisfactory potential breeders. As well as meeting health requirements: tested and found negative for Brucellosis and BVD-PI, vaccinated against Leptospirosis, and must follow state requirements for trichomoniasis.

The annual meeting of the Northeast Missouri Beef Cattle Improvement Association, which sponsors the bull sale, was held April 4 at the Rialto Banquet Hall in Hannibal with 55 members and guests attending. Several awards were presented at the banquet.

Plaques were presented to the owners of the high indexing bulls in the sale. Angus went to Shannon Farms, Bowling Green, Mo.

Other awards presented included: Outstanding Seedstock Producer, Ed Jackson, Frankford, Mo.; Outstanding Commercial Producer, MU Greenley Research Center, Novelty, Mo.; and Outstanding Service to Brenda Schreck, Lewistown, Mo.

The sale is a cooperative effort between the Northeast Missouri BCIA and University of Missouri Extension. For details on participating, contact your MU Extension Livestock Specialist. The next sale will be March 28, 2020, at F & T Livestock Market, Palmyra.


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