Recent content by salebarn junkie

81% is a great number I might use heifers if I could do that.iam at 55% so can't make the dollars work. just curious do you let them fall back a season if open? what age do you breed at.

my question is for the I raise my own heifers crowd. what's your percentage of heifers that are still in your herd at 4 years old? that's no second chances or dropping back a season. I don't have a dog in this hunt I buy mid to old cows I hate heifers and the problems they bring. just curious...

I try to buy from herd dispersal and try to buy groups. a single cow 3 or 4 years old is usually a red flag. I tend to not be as hard on heifers I raise and I want my cows to be a number I don't want any attachment. nothing worse than putting all that time and effort and the cows not a good mom...

iam glad iam from a area were we have fast sells and people don't stand up and talk about there cattle. it would be like watching paint dry. I can't imagine setting in a sale for half a day listening to people ramble about there cattle.

100% agree. There's also the heifers that won't take a calf don't breed back, don't milk, or have calving problems. The only way to lose more money is to buy heifers at today's prices. Give me a third stage 5 year old instead. But then again I like to make money and don't care about having the...

1am still waiting to hear about all the nasty stuff in feedlot beef. You can't make that statement and when called out your answer is, I don't want to fight. It's like punching someone in the face and saying I don't want to fight. Please tell us what the nasty stuff is.

There was a salebarn in Springfield Missouri 25 years ago that did it that way. There were four or five commission company's there and each one would sell for a hour. They competed for your cattle and if the commission co had the 10 oclock slot you could ask them to sell your cattle then and...

How many people are buying at this sale for a 70 cent discount the place had to be almost empty. Verbally saying something is weaned and vaxed won't make any difference in prices in my area. I do share your frustration about your animals getting held tell the it's happened to me before 2.

My grandparents always called sook sook so that's how I always have. I always thought it was a ozark region thing. I googled it and it's Irish for suck that's how they call there milk cows that's according to google so who knows.

I would watch buying open cows for replacements, especially 2 or 3 year Olds there open for a reason. I can't think of a good one off hand.

Trying to decide if you remind me more of the Roy D Mercer skits on the radio or Ernest T Bass on Andy Griffin. I don't know everything but I do know you can't take your entire steer crop of 1/2 corriente steers and top the market, maybe some of them will, but you'll have some dogs in that...