NEWS for North Dakotans
Agriculture Communication, North Dakota State University
7 Morrill Hall, Fargo, ND 58105-5665
August 24, 2000
The second annual Dakota Feeder Calf Show is scheduled for Oct. 13 and 14 in Turtle Lake, N.D.
"The show is designed to promote commercial cattle and help producers gain insight into how their cattle finish," says Pat Carpentier, North Dakota State University Extension agent in McLean County.
Total prizes of $2,000 will be awarded with four prizes in live judging and four prizes given based on carcass data collected next spring.
Producers must enter a pen of three 500- or 700-pound steers. The show is open to all breeds and crossbreeds. Entry fee is $60. Cattle will be sold on yield and grade with feed and other costs deducted. Carcass and production data will be provided to entrants.
"This show is an excellent way for producers to learn more about how their cattle perform on the feedlot. It’s also a good way to promote stock, especially for purebred producers," Carpentier says.
The show is sponsored by the Turtle Lake Commercial Club. For more information on the show and entry requirements, contact Carpentier at (701) 462-8541 or Ernie Ward at the Bank of Turtle Lake, (701) 448-2323.
Other Trials Scheduled
Two other steer feedout trials are planned in North Dakota this winter as well.
Preregistration for groups of 10 or more spring-born steer calves are due by Sept. 15 for the Decatur Beef Alliance Feedout Project. Calves in that project will be backgrounded to about 700 pounds near Williston and finished in the Decatur County Feed Yard at Oberlin, Kan. For more information, contact John Dhuyvetter at NDSU’s North Central Research Extension Center in Minot, (701) 857-7682
Beef calves with excellent growth and carcass composition are being sought for the Performance Steer Classic - Pen Division. Registration for that North Dakota Winter Show competition is also due by Sept. 15. Steers will be fed at North Dakota State University’s Carrington Research Extension Center. Consignors may enter either three or four steers per pen. All steers must have a recorded birth date and been born between Jan. 1 and April 30, 2000. Premiums totaling $1,000 will be paid to the top five pens. For more information, contact Karl Hoppe at NDSU’s Carrington Research Extension Center, (701) 652-2951.
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Source: Pat Carpentier, (701) 462-8541
Editor: Tom Jirik, (701) 231-9629