Spring heifer sale sets record

Monday, May 13, 2002

FRUITLAND, Mo. -- In the first of two spring sales, 200 Show-Me-Select replacement heifers set a record for average price, said David Patterson, extension beef specialist at the University of Missouri-Columbia. The heifers averaged $1,118 per head and brought the total of all sales in the state since 1997 to $7,172,082.

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