Jefferson City, MO    Mon Dec 14, 1998    MO Dept of AG/USDA Market News

Central Missouri Show-Me Select Replacement Heifer Sale
Sedalia - Central Missouri Sales Co.   12-5-98

   Sponsored by:  Southwest Missouri Beef Cattle Improvement Assn
                  in cooperation with UMC Extension, Commercial
                  Ag Program,  College of Vet Med, Mo Cattlemens
                  Assn, and Mo Dept of Agriculture.

Bred Heifers offered for sale: 173

   Requirements:  complete vaccination program including calfhood
vaccination
            internal/external parasite control
            polled or dehorned and completely healed
            free from blemishes such as pinkeye or bob-tails
            meet minimum pelvic measurement and reproductive tract    
            score
            screened for frame, muscle, soundness, and general sale   
            acceptability
            meet minimum weight standard and body condition score
            service bulls must meet standard for EPD for birth weight 
            and calving ease
            heifers must be eartagged, with certificate, and health   
            certificate

Medium and Large 1     (estimated weights)

    1 pkg   7 head  1100-1200 lbs     $ 910.00 per head
   38 pkgs  1-9 head  (141 hd total)  850-1250 lbs  750.00-885.00 per head

Medium 1     (estimated weights)

     pkgs close to minimum standards for frame and/or body condition

   11 pkgs  1-7 head  (25 hd total) 800-950 lbs  $675.00-745.00 per head


Source:  Mo Dept of Agriculture - USDA Market News Service, Sedalia, Mo
               Richard L Kramer, Market Reporter, (573) 751-4339