The Abingdon Feeder Cattle Association   will offer approximately 1,300 Virginia Quality Assured (VQA) feeder calves on WEDNESDAY, March 27^th at 7:00 pm.  Calves will be sold as tractor-trailer load lots (47,000 to 50,000#'s).  Calves are predominantly Angus bred.  A typical load consists of 90% black and black-white face and 10% Charolais crosses (with no purebred Charolais included).  Charolais cross cattle are from Hereford and Angus.

All of the calves are:

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  Weaned a minimum of 45 Days

  
  


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  Feed and water trough broken

  
  


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  Backgrounded on hay, pasture and commodity mix.  None of the cattle are backgrounded on “feedlot-type” rations.

  
  


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  Vaccinated according to product label directions for 7-way Clostridials, Modified-live viruses (IBR, PI3, BRSV, BVD I & II) and Pasteurella.  Calves also dewormed.
  
  

  
  

For more information, please call Butch Foster (Virginia Cattlemen's Association) at 423-360-0434 or Scott Jessee (276-525-2363).