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Show UGaBii Hei?efrwd (BooOD Safle IMinicjs $3.300.00 G 87 Cin)sn5)ifi)ees y 1 1 '. i r 1 GRAND CHAMPION. MacRae Wood, son of purchaser Cleo Wood, Is shown with the Grand Champion of the Hereford Bull Sale held in Cedar City this week. Consignees Con-signees of the top bull were Warren H. Wilberg and Sons of Castle Dale. Left is LeGrande Wilberg and center is Wayne Wilberg. Bull brought $1175, top price off the sale. i r)- vAk RESERVE CHAMPION of the Hereford Bull Sale in Cedar City was consigned by J. Holman Waters, owner of Mil-holm Mil-holm Farms of Salt Lake City. Kenneth Jones, left, of Cedar Ce-dar City and his father, Lehi Jones, were purchasers of the prize bull for $600. Seventy-oiffht top Hereford bulls from throughout the state of Utah went before the auction block at the Southwest South-west Livestock Show Barn in Cedar City Tuesday at the First Annual Hereford Bull Sale sponsored by the Utah Hereford Association and the Iron County Cattlemen's Association. As-sociation. A total of $36,300 was paid for the 78 animals for an average price of $465 per head. The grand champion of the sale, consigned by Warren Wilberg Wil-berg and Sons of Castle Dale, brought $1175 for top price in the sale. Cleo Wood of Cedar City purchased the grand champion, according to Snell Swenson, Spanish Fork, secretary of the association and general . manager man-ager of the sale. The sale was promoted by the Utah Hereford Association to offer of-fer a market within the state for the top animals that have been taken out of the state in the past to market , - Sale Successful According to Swenson the sale was termed successful with prices equivalent to those paid In other Intermountaln sales and on a par with other Western States sales. I Those In charge of the sale I extended thanks to Cedar City x and Iron County Cattlemen's As-soclation As-soclation for the cooperation and cordial reception that was afforded afford-ed both consignees to the sale and buyers hs well. "I believe that the consignees from throughout the state were satisrield with the sale and I think the buyers will be satisfied as well," Swenson said. All indications are that the sale, as planned, will become an annual affair. Reserve Champion Reserve Grand Champion of the show was ehlbited by Mil-holm Mil-holm Firms of Salt Lake City and it brought $G0O from Lehl and Kenneth Wood of Cedar City. Two of the bulls were sold for $900 each. One was exhibited by Peterson Bros, of Ogden and was purchased by John D. Lewis of Monticello and the other was consigned by College of Southern Utah and purchased by Ira and Roy Yardley of Beaver. A bull consigned by Paul Ha-fen Ha-fen of St. George brought $800 from K. S. Summer of Monticello Monticel-lo and Cleo Wood, purchaser of the grand champion paid $300 for another bull consigned by Mil-holm Mil-holm Farms of Salt Lake City. I S. A. Hollinger of Ploche, Nev. paid $700 for a bull from the Wareham Hereford Farm, at Fer-ron Fer-ron and Warren Wilberg and Sons consigned a bull which brought $fG0 from Wendell Jones of Cedar City. Champion Pen The champion pen of two bulls consigned by Peterson Bros, of Agden brought $500 each from Elmer Jackson of Kanab. Other top purchaser of the sale were Rex Whittaker of Circle-ville Circle-ville and Vivian Deardon of Gar-rison Gar-rison who each purchased eight bulls. EmU Graff of Hurricane bought five bulls and Henry Carroll Car-roll and Sons of Orderville went home with four of the Hereford stock. In addition to the grand champion cham-pion and reserve champions first and second place winners in each class were announced by the secretary as follows: Two year olds: Wlnterton Eros. Kamas; second, Olsen , Bros, of Moore. . ' Senior yearlings: First, MU-holm MU-holm Farms, Salt Lake City; second. sec-ond. Verl A. Peterson, Gunnison. Junior yearling: first, Milholm (Continued on Foae Eight) HEREFORD BULL SALE (Continued from Front Pagt) Farms; .second CSU, Cedar City. March junior yearling: first, IVterson Bros., Ogden; second, Wlnterton Bros. May Summer yearling: first n4 second, Warren Wilberg & mis. Castle Bale. June summer yearling: fljst. Warren UTUberg & Sons; second, X IL Barton and Sons, Ferron. Sal Officials For the sale 'Harry Parker of San Lou's Obispo, Calif., one of the noted Judges of the entire -west was obtained to judge the stock and Howard Brown of Woodland, Calif., was the auctioneer. President of the Utah Hereford Here-ford Association Is J. Holroan Waters of Salt Lake City. Asslstin Mr. Swenson with the general sales were Eldon Schmutz, Carl Harrison and J. Harold Mitchell of the Iron County Coun-ty Cattlemen's Association and Waldon Isom, Cedar City; Evan Woodbury, St. George, and Verl A. Peterson, Gunnison, represented represent-ed the Utah Hereford Association on the committee. Weather conditions somewhat hampered the activities; however, how-ever, facilities of the livestock pavilion were adequate for the event, those In charge pointed out |