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MurraysMutts

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Loaded 4 mama's from each place.
2 pair and 2 heavy breds from one place.
1 pair and 3 breds from home.
%&@# this drought!!
I'll let ya'll know how the cow special goes tmrw.
😭😭😭😭😭
These were ALL good girls. My buddy that came to help sort just could NOT believe how gentle they all are. He said I've never seen anyone pet all their cows and walk them into the trailer. 😭
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I've saved the favorites.
Feel like I've let the rest down...

I'll share why i culled the ones I did tmrw sometime. Hard to type crying on my phone...

But it gives me a chance to re-set I guess. And improve the herd. Tho disposition is high priority of mine. It'll be HARD to replace with the same
 
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MurraysMutts said:
What do they say...
Tomorrow the sun WILL rise!
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I'm very fortunate that I get to keep better than half for sure. Been counting my blessings and trying to keep a positive outlook.

Appreciate ya'll!!

I'll see ya after the sale!
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What always kills me is how cattle can be starving in a field right next to a place that is owned by a bank or absent owner and there is good grass that could be eaten right next door.
 
Culling is a normal part of the cow thing every year. Doing it every year for poor calf/milk production, not breeding back quickly, bad feet etc is one thing but HAVING to do it because of the weather is completely different. But, it's part of any business. Row croppers have to decrease the acerage they plant because of poor prices, too much or too little rain, loggers have to decrease what they cut because of poor demand, and obviously O&G has to decrease or increase production and cut work force in boom and bust cycles.

Doesn't make it any easier and besides the cost factor, there's another issue. None of us know how a cow feels when their normal food supply is decreased but we all have probably seen times in our lives when the $$ wasn't there to eat like we would like to. I know I did when I was a single parent with 4 kids to keep fed and I went without. I wasn't starving to death by any means, but I felt it lots of times and had a couple more holes in my belt not being used. What I'm getting at is, do we really want to hold on to some and the whole herd goes hungry, walking about just looking for that one more morsel of grass to eat, craning their necks under a fence wire to get at something next door?

You did the right thing Murray, as hard as it is.
Baxter Black had a couple of poems about culling difficulties. This was my favorite:


 
Herford pair did well. Nice young lady bought them. Only reason she sold was she was a hereford.
The black cow that likes to bluff (she was a pair) new red bull calf. Brought same money.

Since this is the cattle sales section I'll post what the pairs brought.
1100 each.
with bred cows a couple hundred back.

They split Snowball and her heifer. They did very good! Calf weighed 305lbs. Only reason she went was I couldn't catch Sugar. Sugar and Spice will probly be next.
And yeller cow with her red steer.
Or maybe not.
The others were just good ol bred cows and did good for what they were as well.
Nothing really wrong with them either. One was a unicorn (single scur)
One had one teat I didn't really care for. The other had a not so good top line. You know, silly stuff.

Not disappointed in my check for the time of year.

On to the next ones 'ol son!
O yeah, bottle heifers... 50 bucks each today. Snagged 3 of em. And 140lb bull calf for 120 bucks. And I had to bring one project calf I took to sell, back home. He didn't bring enough.

New story tomorrow guys!
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Lee VanRoss said:
Don't go hanging any names on them or you won't have anything for burgers!
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The three heifers may get to hang around. The males will not. We will see how they grow. There will be something kool happening soon if I can make it work out!
greybeard said:
Eat the one you brought back.
Sounds like you got good prices for the ones you sold and gave minimum prices for the ones you bought.
Good American business model. Buy low/sell high.
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I like that idea!
Think I'll do just that. Throw him out on grass next spring and see how he does. Got very little in him now.
 

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