TO: Prospective Buyers and Guests: Welcome to the fifth Southeast Missouri Show-Me-Select Spring Calving Replacement Heifer Sale. The third Southeast Fall Calving Sale was held in May and it was a huge success with heifers averaging $1118. Last Fall's December 1st Sale averaged $1055 on 249 heifers. The December 2000 Sale averaged $1082 on 236 heifers. The 261 heifers in this sale were started from 944 heifers and I have individually sifted and sorted every heifer. 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 - $300 per heifer to you. The genetics on most of these heifers is excellent with 6 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. There are some that had a $128 per head premium on steers. If you as producers are wanting to develop a herd, 20 years of selections are already done on some of the consignments. There are 183 black, 47 black white face, 12 gray, 7 white and 12 red heifers in the sale. There are 40 Purebred Angus with 6 that are or can be registered also in the sale. There are also 6 Polled Herefords that can be registered and 7 white Charolais heifers. If you are wanting A.I. lots there are many all A.I. lots and there are 154 heifers pregnancy checked A.I. bred. All heifers were fed MGA, and given Lutalyse for estrus synchronization. Even the herds that did not A.I. synchronized their heifers. Consignors are listed in order of rotation they will sell. The catalog has footnotes and the sorts are already given for your use. The sorts are not in sale order but will give you an idea of how many, what color and whether they are A.I. bred in each lot. I have also included accuracy on the EPD's and also Carcass and Scrotal EPD's on A.I. sires. Remember, the higher the accuracy towards .90 or 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 at 573-243-3581 or call the consignor at the number listed. Sincerely,
Roger Eakins
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