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Madison Livestock Sales Top Million
The Fall Feeder Sales just completed at the Madison Livestock Market, Madison Mills, produced the biggest in the history of this market, both in volume and dollars. Sales totaled more than one million dollars with a turnover of about 6,500 head.
One of the biggest purchasers who came from Maryland, bought two very large lots and all together spent more than $105,000.
This was the first time the market used its newly expanded facilities. The new, second scale greatly facilitated handling, according to manager Doug Tucker. —-- ■ -- performance record sheet and mailed to the member to aid him in selecting and culling of his breeding cattle.
In the BCIA program cows and calves are identified by tattoo numbers which can never be changed.
Bulls, besides being graded on their progency progress, in certain cases, are placed on 140 day post-weaning feed tests. They are weighed at the start and again at the test’s end when they are alsc graded.
At the end of each year b summary of the entire Virginie BCIA performance testing program is made available to each participant.
The Virginia BCIA’s commercial breeders program somewhat similar to the officia program in its search for facts, ii operated largely at the local levei in cooperation with the county extension agents.
Information of the BCIA anc membership application forms arc available at the county extension offices.
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