NMSU Tucumcari performance bull sale largest ever to include online auction March 10

NMSU Tucumcari performance bull sale largest ever to include online auction March 10 NMSU By Jane Moorman The largest offering of bulls in the history of the Tucumcari Performance Bull Test and Sale will be presented at the annual sale on Saturday, March 10. The sale is the conclusion of the performance test held at New Mexico State University’s Agricultural Science Center at Tucumcari. Viewing of the animals will begin at 10 a.m., followed by lunch at noon and the sale beginning at 1 p.m. “This is probably the biggest performance test sale we have ever had at this facility with 142 bulls and 15 yearling heifers,” said Marcy Ward, NMSU’s College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences Extension livestock specialist. “There will be bulls from five different breeds, including Angus, Hereford, Red Angus, Charolais and, for the first time, Braunvieh.” For more information about the producers and the bulls being sold, go http://tucbulltest.nmsu.edu/