Beechdale Farm sells
top-priced Simmental
FREDERICK, Md. -
Beechdale Farms, Bird-In-
Hand, had the top selling
purebred Simmental cow at
the Sixth Annual Free State
Invitational Simmental Sale,
held here last Saturday.
The only Pennsylvania
consignor at the sale,
Beechdale Farms’ Becky
brought a higher bid than the
other 57 head of purbred and
part-blood bulls, cows and
calves, and heifers from
Maryland producers and one
purebred cow from Virginia.
The Lancaster bred cow
will be returning to the
county. She was purchased
for $2lOO by Russ Raush of
Conestoga.
Beechdale Farms also
consigned a 15/16 Simmental
bull to the Maryland sale.
Beechdale Vic, calved last
December, brought $BOO.
This bull calf was the top
yearling weight bull in the
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Maryland bull test out of all
the breeds entered.
Beechdale Farms also
entered a bull in the West
Virginia bull test. This
animal was the highest
selling bull at the tested bull
sale in that state.
According to Beechdale
Farms owner, Dr. Thomas
Conrad, they had high hopes
for their bull that was en
tered at the Penn State bull
test station.
“He was gaming over 4
pounds per day,” said
Conrad, “the highest gaming
bull at the test station. Two
weeks before the sale, he
died rather mysteriously.
The University said it was
death by unknown causes.”
Conrad’s disappointment
was eased slightly, he said,
when the two top selling
Simmental bulls at the Penn
State sale were animals bred
by Beechdale Farms.
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The high selling three
quarter Simmental cow was
consigned by Ravenwood
Farm, Mt. Airy, Md. Baron
Donna sold to Scott
Williams, Fmksburg, Md.
for $l9OO.
The half-blood cow that
brought the highest dollar
bid was consigned by Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond Mat
thews, Jr. The cow sold for
$9OO and will be traveling to
the state of Maine.
Little Acorn Farm,
Princess Anne, Md. had the
top-priced purebred bull at
the sale. Bill Miller of
Sherwood, Md. bought
Langdon’s Elvis, calved
September 28,1977, for $350.
The sale average for the 59
head of cows, calves and
bulls consigned was $959.5M
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