DATE:    10/23/96
CONTACT: Dr. Larry Olson, (803) 284-3343
WRITER:  Tom Lollis, (803) 284-3343

Edisto Bull Test Sale
Brings Total of $79,825

     BLACKVILLE -- Fifty-two bulls were sold for a total of
$79,825 in the 14th Edisto Forage Bull Test Sale at Clemson
University's Edisto Research and Education Center.
     The average price was $1,535.10, according to Larry Olson,
Clemson Extension beef specialist and test coordinator.
     "The average was down a bit from last year's $1,800, but
that just reflects the current low prices in the beef industry,"
he said. "Buyers just got some good bargains, because the quality
of bulls was outstanding."
     All but one of the bulls were purchased by South Carolina
beef producers. One went to a Georgia buyer.
     Croxton Farms Inc. of Kershaw paid the top price in the sale
-- $2,700  for a Black Angus from Black Grove Angus in Newberry.
The top 11 selling bulls, averaging $2,363.64, were all Angus.
     Olson said that in 14 Edisto Forage Bull Test sales,
breeders have sold 641 bulls for $1,387,875, an average price of
$2,131.91.
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