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Show Local Stockmen Buy Cattle At Denver Show West Millard was well represented represent-ed in the large group of central Utah livestock men who attended the Great Western cattle and horse show in Denver in mid- January. Going from here were Harold Black, Lawrence Christensen, Evan Johnson, Wayne Petersen, Lowell Petersen, H. A. Curtis, Le Grand Black, Ward Petersen, Howard Hardy, Gerald Nielson and Lynn-dyl Lynn-dyl and Jack Singleton of Gandy, and R. G. Rickenbach, assistant county agent. Nephi, Goshen, Pro-vo, Pro-vo, and Spanish Fork were well represented, and arrangements for the trip were carried out by Max Thomas, of the Commercial Bank of Nephi. The Utahns bought and brought back stock valued at over $40,000, evidence of their faith in the value of better livestock. Twenty-six purebred bulls were bought, and 350 high quality breeding heifers. Jerry Nielson bought 46 head of Aberdeen Angus, 43 breeding heifers, heif-ers, and 3 prize bulls. Jack Singe-ton Singe-ton bought 3 prize Hereford bulls. P. P. Thomas, of Spanish Fork, purchased a car of Hereford breeding breed-ing stock heifers early in the show and when the judging was over, found they had drawn first place. Of prime interest to the men was the feeder cattle sale, when the world's record price was broken brok-en 3 times at the feeder auction at the National . Western stock show Thursday morning, Jan. 17. A world's record of 37c a pound had been set there two years ago, and th'.s day the new world's record re-cord was established at 50.25c a pound for a carlot of Herefords. topping two other records just set up, of 47 cents a pound and another an-other carlot of Herefords at 38 c a pound. The 50.25c a pound price for a carload of 40 Herefords, brought $8,130.45 to Fred Berard, of Kremmling, Colorado, the thirteenth thir-teenth carlot he had sold at the show. |