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WIU Ag hosts successful bull test sale

A healthy cattle market benefitted the recent Western Illinois University School of Agriculture’s 53rd Annual Bull Test Sale. The bulls averaged $6235, bred cows averaged $3300 and replacement heifers $2133.  The top-selling bull brought $9000. WIU Ag Director Andy Baker said in a release... Read More.

Illinois Performance Tested Bull Sale sets records

Record prices in the cattle market are carrying over to the bull market.          Travis Meteer, University of Illinois Extension beef specialist, says the 2025 Illinois Performance Tested Bull (IPT) Sale was a record setter. “We actually set an all-time record for the average bull... Read More.