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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1673854" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>We have been buying some of the 550-750 wts and sending to a guy.... paying in the $.65 + up.... yes 65 cents.... up to about $.85..... getting $1.00 lb for them direct, no commission etc.... sometimes we have to keep and feed them for a month or more though, until he calls and needs them... mostly common cattle... no dairy.... no horns, steers or heifers, and heifers have to be open or given a shot..... we had plenty of silage so didn't cost alot to keep them this winter. I just bought a steer 2 weeks ago....nut job in the ring..... 770 lbs for $.77... he went in 10 days for 1.00. He may have lost a few lbs... but by the time they hit 600+ lbs, they don't drop much weight..... I haven't heard the total weight son had at "buying time" or the total cost... but there were 18 head and they averaged around 750 lbs....so about 13,500.... I don't have the exact figures.... but making about 100-150 per head.... after feed costs of less than 1.00/day.... That steer for example was under 600 and brought around 750 with only 10 days feed.... and he had calmed down from an off the wall nutcase to just a little spooky.... no we don't always do that good or turn them around that fast... but we can buy heifers for under 1.00 all day long... most under .80....</p><p></p><p>Shipped a nice charolais heifer of mine that I was going to keep and breed... but she was high headed and even though she would come in, if you shut gates she was looking for a way over and out, and was getting worse as she got older.... Decided that I didn't need that kind of stupidity ...been on feed..... she weighed 930 and they took her... might have gotten 650/700 at the stockyard with her attitude...so at least I didn't lose my butt on her.... bought a bred cow at the sale 2 weeks ago... paid 650 and she just dropped a nice bull calf.... so came out better in the long run....</p><p></p><p>Don't know why that size doesn't attract people.... the heifers are ready to breed size mostly.... got a couple that are bred and they will stay to calve here.... needed some groceries.... looking pretty good now.... but they were discounted because people don't want to take a chance on heifers like that.... He//, we had that one prolapse after calving and lost her about 6 hours after vet bill of 300 to put it back in... I will take a chance on a 5-600 one .... instead of burying another 1500 one...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1673854, member: 25884"] We have been buying some of the 550-750 wts and sending to a guy.... paying in the $.65 + up.... yes 65 cents.... up to about $.85..... getting $1.00 lb for them direct, no commission etc.... sometimes we have to keep and feed them for a month or more though, until he calls and needs them... mostly common cattle... no dairy.... no horns, steers or heifers, and heifers have to be open or given a shot..... we had plenty of silage so didn't cost alot to keep them this winter. I just bought a steer 2 weeks ago....nut job in the ring..... 770 lbs for $.77... he went in 10 days for 1.00. He may have lost a few lbs... but by the time they hit 600+ lbs, they don't drop much weight..... I haven't heard the total weight son had at "buying time" or the total cost... but there were 18 head and they averaged around 750 lbs....so about 13,500.... I don't have the exact figures.... but making about 100-150 per head.... after feed costs of less than 1.00/day.... That steer for example was under 600 and brought around 750 with only 10 days feed.... and he had calmed down from an off the wall nutcase to just a little spooky.... no we don't always do that good or turn them around that fast... but we can buy heifers for under 1.00 all day long... most under .80.... Shipped a nice charolais heifer of mine that I was going to keep and breed... but she was high headed and even though she would come in, if you shut gates she was looking for a way over and out, and was getting worse as she got older.... Decided that I didn't need that kind of stupidity ...been on feed..... she weighed 930 and they took her... might have gotten 650/700 at the stockyard with her attitude...so at least I didn't lose my butt on her.... bought a bred cow at the sale 2 weeks ago... paid 650 and she just dropped a nice bull calf.... so came out better in the long run.... Don't know why that size doesn't attract people.... the heifers are ready to breed size mostly.... got a couple that are bred and they will stay to calve here.... needed some groceries.... looking pretty good now.... but they were discounted because people don't want to take a chance on heifers like that.... He//, we had that one prolapse after calving and lost her about 6 hours after vet bill of 300 to put it back in... I will take a chance on a 5-600 one .... instead of burying another 1500 one... [/QUOTE]
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