UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences will celebrate 100 years of breeding Angus beef cattle with a production sale Oct. 21 at the Beef-Sheep complex on Orchard Road near the University Park campus.

Featuring 49 lots comprised of 84 cattle, the event will include bred cows, cow-calf pairs, bred heifers, weaned heifer calves and weaned bull calves. The cows and bred heifers are sired by leading sires in the breed, and they will be bred to outstanding bulls from across the country.

Twenty-seven students enrolled in a livestock-marketing course will assist with the sale, including developing sale advertisements and Facebook entries.

"We are very proud of the tradition we have at Penn State for the production of high-quality Angus cattle," said John Comerford, associate professor of dairy and animal science and coordinator of the University's beef program.

"This sale marks a milestone for breeding Angus cattle while providing an important educational opportunity for our students and a resource for beef-production research over the past century."

In addition to the Penn State sale features, the students are learning -- from leaders in the industry around the country -- several other methods of marketing beef cattle, including feeder-calf and fed-cattle marketing, international marketing, cattle photography, promotion in niche markets and customer communications.

Information about the sale, including a complete digital sale catalog, is available on the American Angus Association website at http://www.angus.org. For more information about the sale entries, contact Penn State's Beef Farm Manager Wendall Landis at 814-863-0831.