Enrollment open for Show-Me-Select Heifer program

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Enrollment is open for the Show-Me-Select Replacement Heifer Program. Deadline to sign up is Sept. 1.

These heifers will be bred in the fall of 2021 and sold in spring 2022 sales, says University of Missouri Extension livestock specialist Kendra Graham.

Fees changed for this enrollment period, says Graham. There is a $25 per farm membership fee, $2 per head enrollment fee and $20 per head tagging fee. Sale expenses are not included in these fees and are different for each sale.

Show-Me-Select heifers gained fame for calving ease, which cuts death losses and labor at calving, says Graham. Spring and fall SMS auctions across the state bring higher bids for calving-ease genetics.

Fall sales of spring-calving heifers and sale coordinators:

• Farmington Regional Stockyards LLC, Farmington, 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10. Kendra Graham, 573-756-4539, GrahamKK@missouri.edu.

• Kingsville Livestock Auction, Kingsville, 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 20. David Hoffman, 816-380-8460, HoffmanD@missouri.edu.

• Joplin Regional Stockyards, Joplin, 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19. Eldon Cole, 417-466-3102, ColeE@missouri.edu.

• F&T Livestock Market, Palmyra, 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11. Daniel Mallory, 573-985-3911, MalloryD@missouri.edu.

• SEMO Livestock Sales LLC, Fruitland, 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 4. Erin Larimore, 660-281-5518, LarimoreE@missouri.edu.

• Kirksville Livestock LLC, Kirksville, 6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19. Zac Erwin, 660-665-9866, ErwinZ@missouri.edu.