Southeast Missouri "Show-Me-Select" Heifer Sale

TO: Prospective Buyers and Guests:

Welcome to the eleventh Southeast Missouri Show-Me-Select Spring Calving Replacement Heifer Sale. The past five sales have averaged $1366 on 1276 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 $1300 at U.S. Premium Beef so that makes a bred heifer valuable.

The 110 heifers in this sale were started from 680 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. There are some that had a $268 per head premium on steers. 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 89 black, 11 black white face, 4 gray, and 3 red heifers in the sale. There are 16 Registered Angus in the sale and 5 purebred Simmentals, and 5 Registered Percentage Simmentals. 56% are A.I. bred.

If you want AI lots there are many all AI lots and there are 60 heifers pregnancy checked AI bred. Most of the heifers were synchronized with CIDR’s and given Lutaluse for estrus synchronization.

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