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<blockquote data-quote="Travlr" data-source="post: 1810187" data-attributes="member: 42463"><p>Don't cheap it out if you are looking at long term. Saving pennies a pound on breeding stock will mean you have a long way to breed up to cattle you will be satisfied with and can be proud of, and cost you dollars at the sale barn when you market your product. As you say, prices are hard to justify and we can't see the future, but if you are buying, cheap stock lose just as much or more than good stock in a down market..</p><p></p><p>I used to put together groups of calves and advertise them privately, thirty calves and selling twenty at a price where I would get two calves paid for. Then I'd let the buyer choose from the thirty. It surprised me how often a buyer would choose the worst calves and I'd end up with the better.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Travlr, post: 1810187, member: 42463"] Don't cheap it out if you are looking at long term. Saving pennies a pound on breeding stock will mean you have a long way to breed up to cattle you will be satisfied with and can be proud of, and cost you dollars at the sale barn when you market your product. As you say, prices are hard to justify and we can't see the future, but if you are buying, cheap stock lose just as much or more than good stock in a down market.. I used to put together groups of calves and advertise them privately, thirty calves and selling twenty at a price where I would get two calves paid for. Then I'd let the buyer choose from the thirty. It surprised me how often a buyer would choose the worst calves and I'd end up with the better. [/QUOTE]
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