Info on the Iowa Beef Expo

DES MOINES —The Iowa Beef Expo will be Feb. 13 to Feb. 20 on the Iowa State fairgrounds in Des Moines.

The youth judging contest gets under way Feb. 13 and will have shows and sales throughout the week. The Expo Junior Show is Feb. 19-20.

The Simmental and Charolais sales are Feb. 14. The Limousin Show and the Shorthorn, Red Angus and Gelbvieh sales are Feb. 15. The Angus and Lowline shows and the Limousin, Sales and Lowline sales are Feb. 16. The Maine-Anjou, Chianina shows and the Angus, Hereford, Maine-Anjou and Chianina sales are Feb. 17. The No Fit Showmanship Contest is Feb. 18.

Both buyers and consignors will have the opportunity to take advantage of special "Cattlemen's Offers" provided at the country's largest state beef expo.

Hawkeye Breeders Service of Adel will offer a free semen collection on any one bull that brings $2,500 or more in any of the breed sales held during the event.

Trans Ova Genetics of Sioux Center will offer the purchaser of the high selling female in each breed selling 25 head or more a free embryo flush on the female of his/her choice from his/her breeding herd and three free transfers into the owner's recipients.

Muir Embroidery of Jefferson along with Livestock Plus Inc. of Clarion will present embroidered Iowa Beef Expo jackets to consignors of the high selling bull and high selling female in each sale.

Muir Embroidery, along with Iowa Beef Breeds Council, will present embroidered windshirts to the purchaser of the high selling bull and high selling female in each sale.

All registered buyers will be eligible to win embroidered caps donated by Hawkeye Tack and Western Wear. A separate drawing will be held for each of the sales.

Cattle producers will find a live display of the country's most widely promoted AI sires. A special aisle in the barn will be set aside to allow breeders to display the top individuals from their herds. Many nationally known AI sires have been displayed at the expo in the past.

The Iowa Beef Breeds Council has chosen Robert Schlutz of Columbus Junction to receive the "Friend of the Iowa Beef Expo" award. The Driscoll Family of Walridge Farms, Williamsburg, is Iowa's Seedstock Producer of the Year.

For more information, contact Mindy Campfield, expo director at (515) 966-0075

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