– John F. Grimes, OSU Extension Beef Coordinator
The Ohio Cattlemen’s Association (OCA) will hold its annual Seedstock Improvement Sale this Saturday, April 8 at noon at the Union Stock Yards Company in Hillsboro, Ohio. This year’s sale features 44 bulls from one year to five years of age. Breeds consigned include Angus, Simmental, Hybrid Simmental, Gelbvieh, Hereford, MaineTainer, Red Angus, and Shorthorn.
Buyers attending this sale have the opportunity to evaluate multiple breeds of registered bulls all in one location with the added assurance of buying bulls with known genetics, a completed vaccination regimen and a breeding soundness exam. The bulls are cataloged for sale order based on a within breed evaluation star system using expected progeny differences (EPDs) for birth weight, weaning weight, yearling weight, milk, marbling and ribeye.
For more information on the sale or to obtain a sale catalog, visit www.ohiocattle.org and look under the Events and Programs section or contact the OCA office at 614-873-6736 or through email at beef@ohiobeef.org. Interested buyers can also contact John Grimes, sale manager and OSU Extension Beef Coordinator, with any questions at 937-763-6000 or grimes.1@osu.edu.