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Bull Tests and Sales - 1999-2000
Gary Gregory and Roger McCraw

Listed in the table below are the average test and sale expenses for the three bull test stations operated during 1999-2000. About mid-May we will be sending this information, along with nomination forms, soliciting consignments of bulls for the 2000-2001 tests. As you visit with producers this spring, you may have questions regarding the bull tests. This information should help you address those questions.

We canceled the Piedmont test last year due to insufficient number of bulls consigned. Numbers this past year were down at Butner. The number of bulls at Waynesville has been just above the minimum for a few years now. Consignments must increase, if we are to continue to offer these programs.

Please inform interested seedstock producers about the tests. If you have purebred or commercial producers who would like to be on our mailing list, please send their names and addresses to us.

NC BCIP Bull Tests
Average Test and Sale Expenses
1999-2000

NC BCIP Forage Bull Tests
Average Test and Sale Expenses
1998-1999

Item
Butner
Waynesville
Item
Forage Test
# Bulls Sold
38
21
# Bulls Sold
31
Ave. Sale Price 
$1,301.00
$1,767.00
 Ave. Sale Price
$1750.00
Non-Sale Expense
$439.30
$365.70
Non-Sale Expense
$672.00
Feed
315.00
239.89
Feed, Management
Medication
600.00
Management Fee
75.00
75.00
Nomination Fee
15.00
15.00
Nomination Fee
15.00
Medication
5.30
6.81

Ear Tags
1.00
Ear Tags
1.00
1.00
Insurance
56.00
Veterinarian
0.00
0.00
  
Insurance
28.00
28.00
  
Sale Expenses a
$168.78
$178.00
Sale Expenses a
$218.96
Percentageb
13.0%
10.1%
Percentage b
12.5%
Ads, Auctioneer,  
Printing, Postage
70.31
101.57

Ads, Auctioneer,
Printing, Postage
101.93
NC Cattlemen's   
Assoc (2%)
24.71
35.33

NC Cattlemen's
Assoc (2%)
35.00
Sale Arena
46.70
20.49
Sale Arena
54.52
Hauling
10.00 
0.00
Hauling
0.00
Veterinarian
16.06 
19.61
Veterinarian
26.51
Assessment
1.00 
1.00
Assessment
1.00
Total Test & Sale Costs
$608.08
$543.70
Total Test & Sale Costs
$890.96

a In addition to these costs, the NC Angus Association receives 1.5% of the gross, the NC Hereford Association receives 2%, the NC Simmental Association receives 1%, and the NC Charolais Association receives $25.00 per bull from the sale of the bulls of the respective breeds. The cost of transferring registration papers is also deducted.

b Sale Expenses expressed as a percentage of average sale price.

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