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Feeder Calf Sales
Reach New Milestone
The half-millionth calf will go through the Virginia feeder calf sales sometime during the 1965 fall sale season. To date, something over 465,000 calves have been sold through the Virginia sales since their inception back in 1938. With over 40,000 calves expected for this fall series, the halfmillionth calf should be sold sometime in October, says K. C. Williamson, beef cattle spe cialist at Virginia Tech. The 1965 fall sales will open at Orange on Sept. 21, with 36 sales scheduled between then and November 4. The number of cales consigned to the sales is up slightly at most locations except in the upper Shenandoah Valley and Northern Virginia where drought conditions have caused some early movements of calves and yearlings. Weather and the consequent pasture conditions have rang ed from average to excellent over the state except in the above mentioned drought areas. The average weight of calves is expected to be back up to near normal, which is around 470 pounds for steer calves and 435 pounds for heifers. This will still be below the all time high year of 1958 when steers averaged 480 lbs and heifers 442 pounds. The last two years, which have been dry in Virginia, steer calves have averaged around 460 pounds and heifers 427 pounds. Prices are expected to be higher this fall than last year when steer calves in Virginia averaged $23.50 and heifers $18.75 Der hundred.
ly long enough, says Williamson, because it seems every one likes to use the last blade of fall grass and then rush to move the cattle before bad weather. After it starts get ting late in the fall there is also the added urge to move the cattle before all the buy ers get filled up, which can make for a real mad scramble In an effort to spread the flow of replacement cattle over as long a period as possible, the fall yearling sales will open a little earlier than usual in Virginia this year, with the first sale scheduled for Rich mond on Sept. 8. Approximate ly 17,000 yearlings, most of which will be steers, are ex pected for the 20 sales schedul
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