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Rappahannock Angus Breeders Association’s 12th Annual Feeder (Calf. sale held at Front Royal Livestock Market Tuesday, October 16, averaged $44.63 per cwt., is believed to be an all-time record for any feeder calf sale held in Virginia. Gross receipts for the |65S head were 1127,404.114.
<3. F. Conover of New Jersey made the largest purchase, con? sisting of 11 lots, or a total of 144 bead. Mr. Brewbaker of Pennsylvania, who has been a frequent buyer at previous sales, purchased a total of S2 head, while iMr. Scott of Georgia purehaaed SI heifers. Quality of Offering Teemed
Outstanding
C. P. McClaugherty, State Division of Markets in charge of livestock grading, stated, “Bitty, these ' are the best calves ever brought to this sale.*
While Mr. Mae is usually very /conservative in making" such remarks, your scribe readtty agrees.
Actually, 6g per qdh*.«f the calves graded Fancy Mpd Choice with Bess than 10 per cent grading * medium. Not a single calf had do be turned down by the sale committee because of poor quality. There simply mere no “common” or “inferior” calves deiiver«d by the producers! Although price pas geodr this to tie is the highlight of the highlights, as it clearly represents the outstanding jab Rappahannock farmers have dona in' selecting herd sires, selecting brood cows, and ta management. Goodness knows, them is act mid hasn’t been but very little grass in Rappahanneck for sugar*1 months, due to the drought. ■«k
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