Misouri Show-Me-Select Replacement Heifer Sale Nov. 21

“If you are thinking of rebuilding or adding to your cow herd this sale will offer 275 high quality spring calving (late January to April) replacements to do so,” says Patrick Davis MU Extension Livestock Field Specialist. The 13 consigners of these heifers participate in the Missouri Show-Me-SelectTM (SMS) Replacement Heifer Program which educates cattle producers on strategies in management, reproduction and genetics to develop quality replacement heifers. This program’s fall SW MO sale will be November 21st at 7:00 p.m. at Joplin Regional Stockyards near Carthage, Mo.

“We try to be as accurate as possible on pregnancy detection and estimating heifer calving date,” says Davis. Heifers are pregnancy checked by a veterinarian within 90 days of the beginning of the breeding season and within 30 days before the sale to help ensure this accuracy. However, the calving dates are approximate as history has shown that females can range two weeks or more around the projected calving date even if heifers are artificially inseminated on the same day.

For more information about the SMS Replacement Heifer Program go to https://extension.missouri.edu/programs/show-me-select-replacement-heifer-program or contact MU Extension Livestock Field Specialists, Davis at (417) 276-3313 or at davismp@missouri.edu, or Andy McCorkill at (417) 345-7551 or at mccorkilla@missouri.edu, or Ian McGregor at (417) 466-3102 or at ian.mcgregor@missouri.edu. For more information on the consigners and sale heifers look at the catalog online at https://tinyurl.com/62yub47h. This sale has online bidding options through DVAuction so contact Joplin Regional Stockyard at (417) 548-2333 for more information on online bidding as well as if you are a new in person bidder.