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ed to run concurrently with the calf sales, winding up at. Buena Vista on November 4. It is expected that the aver age weight of yearling steers will be up 10 or 12 pounds over the all time low of 1964 when the yearlings sold through special graded sales averaged 707 pounds p r head. Martin F. Strate. executive secretary of the VFginiaBeef Cattle Association, has established his new office at Harrisonburg, with sec retar ial help. If you fail to get your list of the Virginia sales, be sure to write to Martin, says Williamson. It takes the cooperative effort of a lot of people to sell I between $6,000,000 and $7,000 300 worth of feeder cattle in only a few short weeks, and i :he fellows who grade the calves and yearlings are the unsung heroes of this kind of ' marketing system. It is no small job to grade 57,000 calves and yearlings, especial
stamp him on the back. The specialist adds, “If you have ever wondered why the graders are the biggest, strongest looking fellows around a special sale, it is ! because they take more abuse ! han almost anyone else. They | nave to have strong constitu ions to stay with it and get j kicked by the cattle, fussed at by the producers, rushed by the market operators, argued with by the buyers, and told by their supervisors to drive 100 miles after 10 p.m. and be ready to grade at 6 o’clock the next morning over yonder."
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