28th annual Dakota Feeder Calf Show and Feedout set for Oct. 17

The 28th annual Dakota Feeder Calf Show and Feedout is set for Oct. 17 in Turtle Lake, North Dakota. Interested consignors will deliver 500- to 700-pound steer calves before 10 a.m. CST on the day of the show. Each producer can consign one or two pens containing three or four calves. The calves are exhibited and evaluated that afternoon and then shipped to North Dakota State University's Carrington Research Extension Center feedlot to be fed to finished market weight. After 27 years of comparing calf performance, North Dakota cattle ranchers are finding superior growth and carcass characteristics, says Karl Hoppe, NDSU Extension livestock specialist at NDSU s Carrington Research Extension Center. Since cow herd genetics can change over time via bull and heifer selection, sending cattle to the Dakota Feeder Calf Show and Feedout gives the rancher information on how their selections are advancing their herd. NDSU Extension and the Carrington Research Extension Center p