BCIA SALE RESULTS 2003-2004
Alabama BCIA 15th Annual EPD Bull and Heifer Sale
Mid-State Stockyard, LLP Letohatchee, Ala.
Feb. 13, 2003
Sponsor: Alabama Beef Cattle Improvement Association
Sale Manager: Michelle Elmore
Auctioneer: Col. Tommy Barnes
Averages:
60 Bulls…$1,816
25 Angus…$2,084
15 Charolais…$1,443
10 Chiangus…$1,900
2 Hereford…$1,200
8 Simmental…$1,725
14 Charolais Open Heifers…$633
Total Sale Gross…$117,815
High-selling lots:
Lot 26 – $3,250 – Angus bull. Consigned by Randall and Phillip
Paramore of Paramore Farm in Notasulga, Ala.,
to Tommy Blackstock of Dixie Farms in Andalusia, Ala.
Lots 87-90, 95 – $700 each – Charolais open heifers. Consigned
by Allen Jackson of
Jackson Farms in Opp, Ala., to Ben Pettus of Elkmont, Ala.
Volume buyer: Ed Jones of Aniston, Ala. – 9 lots.
Michelle Elmore and Ed Jones
Dr. Lisa Kriese-Anderson presents an award to Alabama BCIA youth
consignor Jack Tatum. Tatum, a junior at Shelby County
High School and 4-H member, consigned this Simmental bull for the
sale. The bull sold for $2,300.
RaeMarie Gordon, of the National Livestock Producers Association
and the Cattlemen's Beef Board, brought the Beef Mobile to this year's
EPD Sale. The Beef Mobile uses Beef Check-off dollars to promote the beef
industry and to communicate with grassroots beef producers.