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Buyers Turn Out for North Alabama Bull and
Heifer Sale
Auburn, Dec 18,
2003--Buyers
from across Alabama and throughout the South turned out for the 31st Annual
North Alabama Beef Cattle Improvement Association Bull Evaluation and
Select Heifer Sale Dec. 13 at the Cullman Stockyards.
“Producers bought some
excellent bulls that will improve their herd’s overall genetics,” said
Michelle Elmore, a beef cattle specialist with the Alabama Cooperative
Extension System. Elmore manages the daily operations of the Alabama
Beef Cattle Improvement Association.
She said the sale
grossed more than $140,000.
Damion McLemore of
McLemore Farms in Danville bought the highest selling bull, an Angus
consigned by Bruce Randall of Lawler Farm in Opelika. The bull sold
for $4,600.
The average price for
the 43 Angus sold was $2,055; the average price for the 17 Charolais
was $1,645. Two Gelbvieh bulls sold for $2,500 each. Three Simmental
bulls averaged $1,575. One composite bull, a Simmental-Angus cross,
brought $1,750.
The 23 open heifers sold
for an average of $742.
The sale’s volume buyer
was Herman Walker, owner of Walker Farms in DeFuniak Springs, Fla.
Walker bought seven Angus bulls.
All bulls offered were
fed and managed at the North Alabama Bull Evaluation Center at
Donaldson Farms in Cullman. The North Alabama Bull Evaluation is a
program of the Alabama Cooperative Extension System.
Consignors who produced
the top bulls from each breed were presented with awards at the
beginning of the sale. The awards are based on performance data
collected during the evaluation.
Banks Herndon of
Homestead Farm in Opelika bred the top Angus bull. Tim Mims of T&B
Charolais in Clanton consigned the top Charolais bull. Gary Thornton
of Gooseponds Farm in Fayetteville, Tenn., produced the top Gelbvieh
bull. William Mayfield of Triple “M” Farms in Brent consigned the top
Simmental, and Fred Beck of Circle B Farm in Northport bred the top
composite bull.
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