Recent content by collegeboundgal

That's how it's done at the sale barn we now go to. We take them to the springfield livestock marketing center in missouri. I have vouge memories of the old one and, if my memory serves me correctly, they did it mostly the same way with an occasional age mix. not sure why the random age mixing...

July 10, sold 5 older cows (black) # avg weight price/lb 1 1395 1.07 2 1205 1.005 2 995 0.90 July 12, sold 4 claves (black) # sex avg weight price/lb 2 male 433 2.53 1...

Cattle do not sale in the order they are dropped off. We took some cull cows in the day before the sale and, no kidding, they were within the last 5 to sale, selling well after 11pm (sale starts at 6) when 95% of buyers were gone. We don't sale cattle there anymore. We had been using them for...

I actually do have a pyrenees/mix (another LGD breed) that I purchased just for this reason. He was exactly what I was looking for as he was not bonded to people (extremely leery of people, more so males) and was a true "livestock guardian dog". Paid a pretty penny for him to as he was past the...

we have cattle, sheep and goats. just recently added the sheep and am having predator problems with the lambs. Going to have to address that problem if I keep them on.

we feed hay in the fall to allow the grass to grow as much as possible. only start grazing after the first killing frost. (usually sometime in october or november.) we keep back hay for really bad weather (ice). strip grazing with no back wire in winter.

I am one of the crazy ones that love milking time. I only milk one cow, so it's not a big deal. we have a belly surge milker, but honestly, unless I am pressed for time AND she is VERY full, I prefer to just hand milk. she lost her calf this last freshening back in October so it's just been me...

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I wouldn't tell anybody if I won the lottery, but there would be signs...

I just have to ask, but if you are in southern Missouri, why are you looking for one in Texas? I know, none of my business...

I have been told to not try to feed threw a drought. One can pencil out feeding hay during winter or during summer, but not both. Guess it depends on what kind of cows one has.

If their auctions are anything like ours, one could take them in the NIGHT BEFORE and still be the second to last one to sale. I know because I stayed to see them sale. I was NOT happy. That was the last time I took anything there.

I take a little tupperware container with a washrag and filled with water and a drop of dish soap to clean. I need to find a fly spray to spritz on right before milking to decrease the tail flicking in my face (I hand milk). On the calf sharing cow I use a lotion to soften the teats and makes...

Some say that if you treat a buyer right when bales are hard to find and sale at a minimum price they will come back next year and the year after to buy your hay when everyone has hay. I found this to be complete bull ****. Customers go for the cheapest hay (barley glancing at quality) close...

My college days are 15+ years behind me. I have just used this handle since I began getting on forums on different sites. I keep it simple.