Denver champion steer brings $30,000
DENVER, Colo. - Julie
Lebsack, a young Colorado
Angus breeder, exhibited the
grand champion steer of the
1981 National Western Stock
Show then saw her sleek,
black crossbred sell in the
auction of champions for a
record $30,000, or $23.66 per
pound
The event highlighted a
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animal show in which Angus
or Angus crossbreds won all
the grand championships in
the junior steer show, feeder
steer and carcass com
petition.
The grand champion steer,
a 1268 pound Angus-Chiamna
cross, sold to Peter Gilbert,
Colorado Rockies Hockey of
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Denver.
The show was judged by
George Strathearn,
Mariposa, California and his
associate judge Frank
Sewald, Longmont,
Colorado
Reserve grand champion
steer was another Angus-
Chmamna cross exhibited by
Lea Jensen of El Reno,
Oklahoma Arby’s
Restaurant of Denver,
purchased the 1202-pound
reserve grand champion for
$9,250, $9 per pound.
In the Fed Beef (carcass)
Contest, the grand champion
heifer carcasses came from
is more slowly available to plants
UNIVERSITY PARK -
Agronomists have told
farmers for 40 years a ton of
dairy manure is equivalent
to 100 pounds of a 5-3-5 fer
tilizer. But recent research
indicates little, if any,
nitrogen is available to the
crop when manure is spread
daily.
“Studies show that corn
fertilized with fresh manure
applied and plowed down in
the sprmg produced the most
corn silage. Yields were
lowest when the manure was
a pen of straightbred Angus
shown by Farr Feeders,
Greeley, Colorado. The five
top carcasses averaged 668
pounds with an average fat
thickness of 42 inch. They
had 15.06 square inch loin
eyes with a yield grade of
1.67 and a quahty grade of
Choice
The grand champion
steers were Charoiais-Angus
crosses shown by Larry
Laid, Fort Collins, Colorado
The five carcasses averaged
780 pounds, and had just 35
inch of fat cover. The loin
eyes averaged 16.52 square
inches with a yield grade of
Nitrogen in fresh manure
applied in the fall, left ex
posed on the soil surface all
winter and plowed down in
the spring. Fall application
and fall plowing resulted in
intermediate yields.” em
phasized David L. Matthews
of Agway, Inc.
“Current data have
confirmed a ton of stored
manure is equivalent to 100
pounds of 5-3-5 fertilizer,” he
said.
Matthews, a speaker at the
annual Lime, Fertilizer and
Pesticide Conference held
recently at Pehn State,
pointed out nutrients in fresh
manure are equal to those of
inorganic fertilizers for crop
production, but are more
slowly available. In the year
ortin
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158 and a quahty grade of
Choice.
A group of five Chiamna-
Angus calves out of
registered Angus cows was
named grand champion of
the feeder cattle show. The
steers were bred and shown
by Sam J. Barr, Kearney,
Missouri. They sold in the
auction of champions for an
average of $3343 each, with
the top steer bringing S7ICO
Reserve grand champion
pen of feeders was the
reserve champion ciossbied
load shown fa: i.m
Ellsworth, le-ri'-j, llano
These out of
of application, about one
half of the nitrogen in
manure is available.
E.B. Graves, vice
president of planning and
economics for Agnco
Chemical Company, also a
conference speaker, noted
the fertilizer outlook is very
encouraging.
“The combination of an
increasing world population
and improving dietary
standards makes it essential
that we expand livestock
numbers and crop acreage,”
he said.
“Poor gram harvests in
many area of the world will
draw world gram stocks
down to the lowest level m a
decade, thus raising gram
Angus cows and a 5/8
Angusx3/8 Chianma
crossbred bull.
Glaus Angus Ranch,
Chamberlain, South Dakota,
showed the champion Angus
feeder steers. They
averaged 685 pounds each,
and sold for an averaged
$679 per head, with the top
steer bringing $ll5O.
Uhrig Ranch, Henungford,
Nebraska showed the
reserve champion Angus
feeder calves They
averaged 674 pounds each
and sw'd for an average of
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sUx' so.Lng for $llOO.
prices and net farm income.
“This should encourage
farmers to increase their
planted acreage and fer
tilizer consumption to record
levels in 1981. Phosphate
fertilizers m particular
should rebound from last
year’s reduced demand
levels,” he added.
“Both political and
technological responses may
be necessary to allow United
States ammonia producers
to remain competitive and to
supply this much-needed
fertilizer material to
agriculture areas,” Graves
concluded.
Elwood Hatley, Penn State
Extension agronomist, said
high yields from small
grains can be achieved if
producers accept this
production information
presently available.
“For example, it is
customary to apply 20-30
pounds of nitrogen per acre
to spring oats. Penn State
agronomists recommend 50
pounds of nitrogen per
acre,” he emphasized.
Recent research indicates
that oat yeilds are increased
by applying 50-60 pounds of
nitrogen per acre. This
amount of nitrogen does not
increase lodging, he said