The Second Annual Front Pasture Commercial Replacement Heifer Sale will be held Friday evening at the Wilkes County Stock Yard.

Over 100 bred heifers, open heifers, and first-time heifers with calves at side will be presented for preview at the monthly meeting of the Wilkes Cattlemen’s Association tonight at 7:30 p.m. Terry Harris of the Georgia Department of Agriculture will be doing some hands-on grading of the heifers for the program.

The public is invited for complementary hamburgers and hot dogs at the meeting on Thursday at the Wilkes County Stockyard. There will be a concession stand before and during the sale on Friday.

All heifers are on a vaccination program recommended by the Wilkes County Cattlemen’s Association Board of Directors and Dr. Les Sales of the Wilkes County Veterinary Service. The heifers offered are 12 to 18 months in age and range 650-750 pounds in weight. According to Dr. Sales, all heifers are vaccinated for black leg, IBR, BVD, Lepto, Vibrio, and Pasteurella, and are treated for worms and parasites.

The heifers have been palpated and confirmed to be open or safe with calf and have no obvious reproductive abnormalities. The producer of the heifers certifies that this program has been strictly followed.

This Second Annual Replacement sale not only benefits the producer and the purchasers, it is also the main fund raiser that supports local 4H, and FFA livestock activities and our Scholarship Fund. Your support is greatly needed not only for the fund raiser but also for solutions for national disasters such as “mad cow disease” and natural disasters such as floods, hurricanes, etc.