Recent content by J+ Cattle

I would agree with you based on the average consumer, many will switch to pork or poultry as less expensive alternatives. But let's not forget about the world's elite that have plenty of money, they will spend $250-300 per person or more on a steak dinner at a fancy restaurant. Certain markets...

According to this study the loose hides in Brahma influenced cattle does not equal tender meat, Brahma influenced cattle are less tender than other breeds...

I only have a few heifers that I retained this year, most were shipped due to the lingering drought. A little over half of these heifers were sired by Tehama Tahoe B767, I bred them this week to ZWT Summitt 6507.

Stooling is also called tillering, this link should help https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/publications/crops/identifying-leaf-stages-in-small-grain#:~:text=Tillers%20%28stooling%29%20usually%20start%20to%20appear%20at%20the,side%20of%20the%20stem%20from%20the%20first%20leaf.

What's the price tag on this device?

What I sold this year has been a mixture of cull cows and calves. I took them in on the morning of the sale to minimize yardage and feed expenses, etc. The per head total costs came out between $32 and $35. This was at two different sale barns, the most recent load didn't have any cows, all...

Sounds like the lead up to price negotiations, @kenny thomas is going to have to bring the check book 😁

In the case of mini cattle wouldn't that be more like a slider?

@Lucky I'm farther west and don't get the rainfall that you do, my stocking rates are 10-12 acres for a cow/calf pair in a good year. Last year and this year have been drier than usual so it's taking 15-18 acres for a pair, and I will still need to purchase hay for the winter. I try to calve...

Interesting to me to compare the deductions from the check with what I pay in my part of the country. You had a total of $218.40 divided by four, or $54.60 per head in deductions. That's more than what I normally pay. Is that the normal amount for KY, TN, VA, NC areas?

@Lucky I have native grass pastures that are nothing special. In the hot summer, like now, the grass burns up and goes dormant, young, weaned cattle will not gain on it without supplementation to meet their protein needs. Two lbs. of 20% range cubes per head, per day, will keep them gaining...

@TexasRancher if a steer is 17 months old and only weighs 780 lbs. then there's either a breed/genetics problem, a health problem or a nutritional problem that you need to correct. It should weigh 780 lbs. long before it reaches 17 months of age.

Yes, it's the same pair in both pics. The calf was born October 2022 and the second pic is June of this year. Tomorrow he will be taken to the sale barn with some others to find a new home.

@GoWyo thanks, we have another chance of rain this evening, maybe I won't miss out this time. For me the drought this year is every bit as bad as it was last year, I'm still downsizing the herd. Here's one of my first calf heifers that seems to be doing a good job. Grandsire of the calf is AAR...