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KANSAS CITY, Md. - A
brother-sister duo from Mullen,
Neb., took top honors at the 1981
American Royal special Hereford
steer show. The grand chamoion
steer was shown by John Tucker
and the reserve grand champion
entry was shown by his sister,
Julie Tucker.
The American Royal Hereford
Steer Show was another successful
activity during the American
Royal in Kansas, City. This is the
fourth year for the $B,OOO special
steer show sponsored by the
American Polled Hereford
Association, the American
Hereford Association 2nd the
American Royal Livestock Show.
In the competition, 34 entries
represented nine states.
To be eligible for competition,
the steers must be Sired by bulls
recorded in the APHA or AHA and
their birth dates roust be recorded.
Forty percent of the final placing is
derived from the live placing and
60 percent from the carcass
qualities of the steers. The live
placmgs were made by Dr. Bob
Kropp, Oklahoma State Univer
sity, Stillwater. Carcasses were
evaluated under the proposed new
grading standards, with 76 percent
grading Choice.
John's overall champion steer
was sired by Botkins Vic 647 589
and out of a registered cow in the
Reich’s Polled Hereford herd at
Paradise, Kan. He was one of the
youngest steers in the show at 416
days of age, yielding a carcass
weight of 668 lb., a carcass 'VDA of
1.60 lb., and an impressive $l.BB in
carcass value per day of age. He
stood second in class with a live
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WDA of 2.78 lb. and combined all
- the highly important economic
traits to post the highest ratio in
the show.
John was awarded $3,000 by
< United Missouri Bank, Kansas
City, Mo., and shared m $1,500 “on
hoof” premiums and $2,000 in
carcass premiums given by the
sponsoring organizations.
The reserve grand champion
steer from Julie Tucker was also
sired by Botkins Vic 647 589, bred
by Reich’s and out of a registered
dam. He earlier had stood third in
his class with a WDA of 2.65 Ib.He
was 415 days of age, had a carcass
weight of 635 lb., a carcass WDA ot
1.53 lb., and a $1.87 retail value per
day of.'age. The special carcass
premium of $2,000 was given by
Andy Klem Pontiac, Overland
and Southgate Bank,
Prairie Village, Kan. Julie also
collected an extra five dollars per
hundred weight, given by Lewis
Double EG Ranch, Athol, S.D.,
which extended this offer to all
carcasses qualifying for the final
rank with a yield grade of 2 or
better.
in addition to the special
premiums, the two breed
associations awarded $2OO and $125
to the exhibitors of the grand and
reserve grand champions,
respectively, with the breeders of
the steers receivmg $lOO and $75,
respectively. Ail steers had fo
grade Choice under'the grading
system to place in the fmalindex.
Placing third on the final index
was David Getz, Lee, 111. His entry,
bred by Bickelhaupt Herefords,
Mt. Carrol, 111., was sired by BB
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Ronald Pflum, Connersville,
lnd. f exhibited the tourth-place
entry. This entry was sired by SR
Big Arthur M 192, bred by Up
stream Ranch, Taylor, Neb., and
was out of a commercial cow. His
carcass weighed 730 lb., yielding a
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Hereford Steer Show
carcass WDa ot 1.3/ with a retail
value ot $l. iO per day ot age.
Officials ot the sponsoring
Kansas City-based breed
associations pointed out that steers
qualifying for the final index were
young, efficient, and high yielding,
reflecting the needs of today’s
market. These steers yielded an
average carcass WDA of 1.30 lb.,
and ba«ed on the current market
not be moved, as they had been
previously, to provide more
nesting cover. This cooperative effort of the
Field borders of barberry, Pennsylvania Game Commission,
honeysuckle and other shrubs will the Soil Conservation Service and
be planted adjacent to cropland farmers should increase pheasant
strips to provide more cover and population on the Blue Marsh
winter food. Cropland rotations project area. “If it works here it
which will benefit wildlife as well will be followed on other lands
as being practical for good owned by the Game Commission”
acrrii’iiitnral oroduction will be. concludes Pysher.
Pa. egg production
HARRISBURG October 1981
egg production in Pennsylvania
totaled 367 million, according to
the Pennsylvania Crop Reporting
Service. The October production
was two percent above the 361
million eggs produced in October
1980. The October average of 16.7
million layers was one percent
above a year ago. Egg production
per 100 layers was 2,202 compared
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The nation’s laying flocks
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a year earlier. Egg production per
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