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There have been some very interesting comments here about grazing management and EPDs, but I don’t think we have addressed the OP’s question. I think we all agree that bigger animals eat more pounds of forage than smaller animals. This difference is not based on live weight. For example, a1500...

Thanks for the report, Warren. A difference of $140-$160/cwt in a 100 lb class of animals is hard to get a real feel for the market. Not your fault, theirs.

Kenny, slow down! We need your wisdom here more than your customers need you!

If you’re a small operation, under 200 head, you will be much better off, financially, if you don’t retain heifers. Buy a terminal bull, sell all calves and buy replacement cows, not bred heifers.

Sold 165 head,steers and heifers, averaging 701. Very up a down, 5-6 off color. Through an order buyer. Averaged $1.85.

Kenny and Dale, thanks to both of you who are providing the guidance on LRP!

Farmerjan, I tried to get them to sell coming off weaning/preconditioning. They would have brought what last year’s yearlings brought, after winter grazing. Use the winter grazing for cows, because they had increased the herd by 50%. They were afraid to leave money on the table. Now, even if...

Was helping a couple of young friends back in 2013. New to the business. Had a going operation. Had bred up a bunch of cull cows to create replacement heifers that would be the nucleus of a really nice set of cows. I was out of town for two weeks and got back and asked where the replacement...

Are these calves 1/2 blood Brahman?

Rmc, always love your thinking!

nerancher, thanks for your response. Still curious about the heifer breed up with synchronization.

Even so, I would like to thank BC for explaining what very few people on this board understand. The vast majority of calves in America are sold this way.

nerancher, Thanks for a great post. I like to leave bulls in until preg check. We cull based on vet preg check. Even a short bred cow is worth $100-$200 more than an open kill cow. Did I understand that you believe your heifers are breeding 80% on that false heat after the MGA and progesterone...

Dave, good post. Did you pay enough extra to make it profitable for those producers to wean and vaccinate and feed and absorb the weight loss at weaning?

To get back to the original topic, and referencing the above sale report. Assuming the 811lb steers and the 557 lb steers are comparable in quality, they represent a Value of Gain of $1.27/lb. Can you put 250 pounds on a calf for $1.27/lb? To compare, the 320 lb calves would take $1.26/lb to get...

People, let’s understand that 90% of producers have less than 100 cows. Therefore their calves will sell in tiny groups, at best. These light weight calves, 400-600 lbs., are being bought by order buyers to create truck load lots to backgrounders or grazers. They will be processed by the order...

Does 3 year olds make you wonder?

Warren, I really appreciate the way you think about the industry. However, the tiny sale barn in your locale doesn’t represent a realistic market. Without a certain volume, and therefore, certain buyers, the bids get distorted, usually downward. Southern calves are discounted, mainly because of...

Really enjoying this thread. Can we agree on some facts? Castration, dehorning and weaning are the two most stressful things on a calf. If we do these simultaneously, we increase the chance for trouble. If we apply our immunizations at the same time, we reduce the chance of immunity...