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Annual Beef Cattle Merchandising Class Bull Sale Set for April 12

The 32nd annual "Bulls Worth Waiting For" sale sponsored by the Beef Cattle Merchandising (ASCI 456) class through the Department of Animal Science at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will be held on Saturday, April 12 at the Animal Science Complex on Nebraska's East Campus.

Lunch and an opportunity to view the bulls in the R.B. Warren Arena will start at 11 a.m., followed by the auction at 1 p.m. The sale will also be available online through DVAuction.

The sale will have approximately 55 yearling bulls that are purebred Angus or composites of Angus and Simmental bulls. The "Husker Reds" are red angus and red Simmental composites, while the "Husker Blacks" are black angus and Simmental composites. All of the bulls have been genotyped and go through a rigorous selection process. The bulls are provided by the 220-cow NU Beef Teaching herd located at the Eastern Nebraska Research, Extension, and Education Center (ENREEC), near Mead, Nebraska. 

Students in the class develop skills to merchandise breeding cattle including advertising, genetic and phenotype selection, data collection, and management of the seedstock bull sale. 

"This class and the sale are both great ways for us to talk about bulls and sell their genetics to potential buyers," said junior Carson Maricle. "When you're in a sale barn, you rarely talk to the buyer or know what they are looking to buy. At our sale, we have the opportunity to speak with buyers and help match bulls to their operations to help them meet their goals."

Source : unl.edu

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