Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Forums
Cattle Boards
Feedyard Board
Info some mind find useful on backgrounding
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support CattleToday:
Message
<blockquote data-quote="bird dog" data-source="post: 1756502" data-attributes="member: 5381"><p>Part Two of this for those interested.</p><p>Load two was shipped at 3AM July 10 and sold early the morning of July 11. The sale starts at 6:30 AM and they were the 10th and 11th groups sold. I was told they would go through the ring real early and was worried about this but the commission man said not to as he had buyers looking for these types and there would be plenty of buyers there. This group was smaller weight wise but the quality was better so the total amount brought home was near the the same as the first group even though the whole group was over 1000 lbs lighter. Shrink was higher at 5% which didn't surprise me as the weather was much warmer. I fed the calves the night before and they didn't show the usual vigor when eating but it was still 102 degrees at 7PM.</p><p>Anyway I had 9 steers that sold in one group at an average of 593 and brought $1.85. Nine heifers in the second group weighed a average of 607 and brought $1.68.</p><p>Like the first group the starting weight was low becasue of the dry winter and spring with no cool season grass and not very good hay.</p><p></p><p>Yard fees all in were $33.99 pr head.</p><p></p><p>The calves were on the same feeding program of getting fed twice a week about 5 lbs pr head of 14% creep and on good pasture.</p><p>They were weaned as follows, 4 @ 40 days, 4 @ 74, 9 @ 101, and 1 @ 145. Average was 18 calves at 83 days.</p><p>Gain per head per day was all over the place like the first group but averaged close to the same at 1.77 lbs per day. I was pleased with that.</p><p>Two calves were bad at 1.18 and 1.24 lbs/day. Two were very good at 2.65 and 2.70.</p><p></p><p>These were all home raised and had two rounds of vaccinations and implants. 15 were black or bmf. two were red, one was white. </p><p></p><p>All in all I was pleased with the results. I won't be back until late in the year. What weaned calves I have left are mostly sale barn calves and not uniform enough in size or quality to send up there.</p><p>One thing nice about the facility is the no waiting. The whole unloading process takes less tthan five minutes and the calves were walked to their pen before I could park and get up on the catwalk. The commission man saw them coming and sorted them immediately, pumped the feeder full and they settled in. Thirsty of course and fresh water is always just a couple steps away.</p><p>Its a long drive but the local barn I use is an hour drive one way plus at least a hour waiting in line. So really not so bad when you look at it that way and its way better for the animals and your paycheck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bird dog, post: 1756502, member: 5381"] Part Two of this for those interested. Load two was shipped at 3AM July 10 and sold early the morning of July 11. The sale starts at 6:30 AM and they were the 10th and 11th groups sold. I was told they would go through the ring real early and was worried about this but the commission man said not to as he had buyers looking for these types and there would be plenty of buyers there. This group was smaller weight wise but the quality was better so the total amount brought home was near the the same as the first group even though the whole group was over 1000 lbs lighter. Shrink was higher at 5% which didn't surprise me as the weather was much warmer. I fed the calves the night before and they didn't show the usual vigor when eating but it was still 102 degrees at 7PM. Anyway I had 9 steers that sold in one group at an average of 593 and brought $1.85. Nine heifers in the second group weighed a average of 607 and brought $1.68. Like the first group the starting weight was low becasue of the dry winter and spring with no cool season grass and not very good hay. Yard fees all in were $33.99 pr head. The calves were on the same feeding program of getting fed twice a week about 5 lbs pr head of 14% creep and on good pasture. They were weaned as follows, 4 @ 40 days, 4 @ 74, 9 @ 101, and 1 @ 145. Average was 18 calves at 83 days. Gain per head per day was all over the place like the first group but averaged close to the same at 1.77 lbs per day. I was pleased with that. Two calves were bad at 1.18 and 1.24 lbs/day. Two were very good at 2.65 and 2.70. These were all home raised and had two rounds of vaccinations and implants. 15 were black or bmf. two were red, one was white. All in all I was pleased with the results. I won't be back until late in the year. What weaned calves I have left are mostly sale barn calves and not uniform enough in size or quality to send up there. One thing nice about the facility is the no waiting. The whole unloading process takes less tthan five minutes and the calves were walked to their pen before I could park and get up on the catwalk. The commission man saw them coming and sorted them immediately, pumped the feeder full and they settled in. Thirsty of course and fresh water is always just a couple steps away. Its a long drive but the local barn I use is an hour drive one way plus at least a hour waiting in line. So really not so bad when you look at it that way and its way better for the animals and your paycheck. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Cattle Boards
Feedyard Board
Info some mind find useful on backgrounding
Top