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.Dean Gray, St. Olaf, won the beef carcass contest held in conjunction with Clayton Coun ty Pair according to Jim Hosch, county extension director. There were 15 market beef entered in this competition with the win ners being announced at Hy grade Food Products in Postville on Tuesday, August 13. Gary’s crossbred steer which was named the beef carcass champion had the following car cass data: choice, yield grade -= 1.5, rib-eye -- 15.9 sq. inches, fat thickness -- .2 inch, confor mation -- choice, marbling small, interior fat -- 3.00, and a carcass weight of 786 pounds. The steer weighed. 1145 pounds alive and had earlier been nam ed the rate-of-gain winner at the county fair with a gain of 3.61 pounds per day. The other beef carcass in the top six placings were as follows: and: ,John Amundson, Cler mont; 3rd - Mark Glawe, 5th Olaf; 4th - Erwin Mills, Straw berry Point; 5th - Sally Schoule Farmersburg; 6th- Mark Ehr hardt - Elkader. — ‘The awards provided in this contest were presented by Har old Bahls, Skyline ,Harvester, Elkader, and Doug’s Steak House, Guttenberg.
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Elgin Echo
Elgin, Iowa, US
Thu, Aug 22, 1974
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