WelcomeWe would like to invite you to attend our first annual spring Northeast Mo. Show-Me-Select replacement heifer sale of fall calving heifers. This will be our 10th SMS sale. The Northeast Region was one of two pilot regions when the Show-Me-Select heifer program was started in Missouri under the leadership of Dr. David Patterson. The Palmyra sale is one of only two sales that were held the first year. During the ten years we have run approximately 17,000 head of heifers through the program and with this sale will have sold 2975 head. Buyer Satisfaction We have surveyed the buyers of heifers from our first eight sales to see how they got along calving their Show-Me-Select heifers. We have had about a 90% buyer satisfaction rate. Results follow:
No. Buyers Responding - 273
The national average for assisting first calf heifers is around 22% and for death due to calving problems is 8-10%, so we are pleased with our results and are striving to improve. Quality This is an outstanding set of heifers. Many of the heifers have years of performance testing behind them and are out of top performance tested bulls. Information on the sires of many of the heifers are available upon request. Heifers with blemishes and disposition problems have been culled. Calving Dates About 50% of the heifers have been synchronized and are bred A.I. Many of them will be grouped so they calve in less than a two week period. Nearly 90% of the heifers sold in our past sales calved within two weeks of our projected calving dates. Heifers will be grouped for the sale according to projected calving dates and uniformity of the heifers. Questions If you have questions feel free to call the consignors or myself. Hope to see you June 16.
Al Kennett
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