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Wednesday, March 5, 2008

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LIMOUSIN FEMALE FETCHES $14,000 AT BEEF EXPO

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Three cattle breeds surpassed the $100,000 sales milestone for the second consecutive year at the 22nd Kentucky Farm Bureau Beef Expo last weekend at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville.

“With last summer’s drought and high feed prices this winter, it’s been a tough year for Kentucky beef producers,” Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer said. “But the good news for them is that strong sale prices held up for the most part.”

Total gross sales were $799,270 on 543 lots from 16 states, an average of $1,471.95 per head. The Kentucky Angus Sweepstakes sale had the highest gross, $133,525, followed by the Simmental breed, $131,950, and the 10th annual pen heifer sale, $101,175.

The top money-earner was a Limousin female, consigned by Englewood Farms of Lancaster, which sold for $14,000 to Kyle Delaplaine of Heartfelt Farms in Gettsyburg, Pa. Other Kentucky-consigned sale-toppers included:

• The Grand Champion Angus female, consigned by Anne Patton Schubert of Taylorsville, sold for $4,100 to Trevor Craig of Bedford, Ind.
• The Grand Champion Chiangus female, consigned by B&L Farm of Hardyville, sold for $4,000 to William Caldwell of Illinois.
• The Grand Champion Angus bull, consigned by Kacie Martin of Hardyville, sold for $3,500 to Cynthia & Terry Schuh of Lebanon, Ohio.
• The Grand Champion Hereford bull, consigned by Howell’s Polled Hereford of Hodgenville, sold for $2,500 to David Perkins of Buffalo, Ky.

Youth exhibitors showed 182 steers and 291 heifers Sunday at the Junior Show. The top five Kentucky steers were shown by Haylee Hammond and Kendall Corbin of Flemingsburg, Zach Hart of Waddy, Sarah Ayer of Calhoun and Cody Emmons of Flemingsburg. Top four Kentucky heifers were shown by Taylor Stevenson Tolle of Taylorsville (who took home both the first- and second-place ribbons), Ally Jo Schneider of Georgetown and Ashley Quiggins of Horse Cave.

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