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Beef Expo: Top-selling heifer boasted good genetics, frame

j.deyoung
Feb 25, 2021
Feb 25, 2021 Updated Mar 4, 2021

Austin Brandt with Midwest Marketer/Iowa Farmer Today, left, and Matt Caldwell with The Stock Exchange take bids during the Hereford sale at the Iowa Beef Expo.
Photo by Gene Lucht

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Marty Van Vliet knew he had an outstanding heifer prior to the Iowa Beef Expo.

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