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TCSCF
Tri-County Steer Carcass
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1. Open to cow-calf producers and feedlot operators. If more entries are received than there is pen space for, priority will be determined by date entry is received.
2. Sire or sire breed groups will be identified. Individual steer/heifer entries will be accepted which may be either home-raised or purchased. A farm may make as many entries as they would like.
3. A pen reservation fee of $20 per steer must accompany entry.
4. A $300 per head advance is available for a ten head minimum. Interest incurred will be the responsibility of the consignor. TCSCF administrative office will need to be notified if an advance is requested by a consignor.
5. Entries are due three weeks prior to beginning of test for Iowa cattle..
6. At delivery, all steers/heifers will be double tagged. The original owner’s eartag will be removed.
7. No bulls or stags allowed.---No horns allowed.
8. Ownership will be transferred to TCSCF for $5 per steer or heifer. All ownership rights are thus conveyed to, and steers/heifers become the property of TCSCF. This eliminates the need for a feed deposit. Death will be a loss to TCSCF and the former owner.
9. Steers/heifers will be fed a warm-up ration for 28 days. They will be weighed on test at the end of warm-up. Steers/heifers will be placed on approximately 80% concentrate ration as soon as possible.
10. Steers/heifers will be weighed individually at least 4 times: upon delivery, start of test period, time of re-implant, and prior to harvest.
11. Steers/heifers will be harvested on at least two different dates five weeks apart, determined by the TCSCF Board.
12. An Annual Meeting will be held in July.
13. The TCSCF Board reserves the right to disqualify any animal at any time if a problem arises with a steer/heifer entered in the program. Animals may be sold or returned to original owner upon reimbursement for expenses.
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