Jersey Bull Calves
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MurraysMutts
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Haven't seen very many. The full jersey tho, and what u are asking about, price out about the same around here for a bottle calf and a 3 month old. Got to get a jersey calf very big to make any money on em.
Goldfinch
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Around here approx 750.
You might get 1000-1200 max if he's a nice one. Again, that's just around here, your area may differ.
Around here approx 1600.
farmerjan
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Last Sat at the recent sale, day old holstein bull calves were going for $1000 for some small ones to over 1600... Holstein steers in the 6 wts were $3.00 lb... so not muchdifference from a day old... Only saw 1 that weighed 450 or so... it was about $3.25 or 3.40 maybe???
Jersey baby calves are in the $300-600 range... depends on who needs one... Weaned 3-4 month olds in the 275-350 lb range are $2-2.75 lb... so not much more than a newborn. You have to get them up over 700 lbs... to make any money... and I am not sure you do when you add in feed costs... They will still bring in the $2.50-3.00 lb range...
Jersey baby calves are in the $300-600 range... depends on who needs one... Weaned 3-4 month olds in the 275-350 lb range are $2-2.75 lb... so not much more than a newborn. You have to get them up over 700 lbs... to make any money... and I am not sure you do when you add in feed costs... They will still bring in the $2.50-3.00 lb range...
Mrcopier
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Holy cow (excuse the pun). $100 for a day old? I remember when they were free, and sometime $10 each. Wow times have changed
TexasJerseyMilker
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Dang. My 700lb whoops Jersey (sex selected for a heifer) grass fat bull calf steer is worth $2000. Thats a lot more than I've got into him.
kenny thomas
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I bought a fat freemartin jersey heifer from New Holland PA a couple months ago weighed 1060 and cost $1.85 delivered here. I will need another one soon.
Mrcopier
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Holy cow (excuse the pun). $1000 for a day old? I remember when they were free, and sometime $10 each. Wow times have changed
Reposted as I forgot a 0 on my day old, that’s nuts
Reposted as I forgot a 0 on my day old, that’s nuts
TexasJerseyMilker
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Years ago one of the dairies here put a pen of bull calves out by the road with a sign that said Free Calves. But every morning the pen contained more calves. People were coming at night and dropping off their bull calves .
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Ky hills
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25 to 30 years ago when I was raising dairy calves in bottles and nurse cows, I was trying to buy calves straight off a dairy. Came across one that I thought might be promising but turned out not to be a reliable source. They were expecting me to take all the calves they had for sale including obviously one that was sick and another that was a Jersey bull calf.
I can’t remember what I paid for that Jersey bull, but an old timer friend saw it when I got home home with the calves and he said you made a bad deal on that one no matter what you paid for him. He said he could eat a whole load of feed and still not be worth anymore than you paid for it. He’s said a lot more too but I won’t write that on here
that’s just the part that I can repeat.
After that I stuck to just getting Holsteins and an occasional beef cross or Brown Swiss cross. In later years one of the dairies I dealt with would have some Holstein Jersey cross calves from their heifers that I did get a few of.
Jerseys do grow slower and don’t get as big but they have ravishing appetites.
I currently have a Jersey nurse cow and a Jersey cross cow and their beef cross calves are now the ones we select to feed out for our beef.
It works out well for us as they wouldn’t bring as much at the stockyards but are just as good if not some better to eat.
I’ve been saying if when we sell out and relocate, I wouldn’t be opposed to raising a couple Jersey steers for our beef.
I can’t remember what I paid for that Jersey bull, but an old timer friend saw it when I got home home with the calves and he said you made a bad deal on that one no matter what you paid for him. He said he could eat a whole load of feed and still not be worth anymore than you paid for it. He’s said a lot more too but I won’t write that on here
that’s just the part that I can repeat. After that I stuck to just getting Holsteins and an occasional beef cross or Brown Swiss cross. In later years one of the dairies I dealt with would have some Holstein Jersey cross calves from their heifers that I did get a few of.
Jerseys do grow slower and don’t get as big but they have ravishing appetites.
I currently have a Jersey nurse cow and a Jersey cross cow and their beef cross calves are now the ones we select to feed out for our beef.
It works out well for us as they wouldn’t bring as much at the stockyards but are just as good if not some better to eat.
I’ve been saying if when we sell out and relocate, I wouldn’t be opposed to raising a couple Jersey steers for our beef.
TexasJerseyMilker
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I used to buy a few Jersey heifer calves from dairies every year to raise with my own cow's heifer calf (using sex selected semen) and bottle feed to use up all the surplus milk. I would grow them out to breeding age and sell them back to the dairies. But now they have all gone to beef on dairy. They sell those baby calves to order buyers and only breed their very best cows for replacement heifers and those calves are not for sale. Not only that, all the dairys here have gone organic because they get almost twice as much for the milk. Calves I raise are not 'organic'.
So now I too have gone to beef on dairy. I bred my 2 cows to Angus this time. I'll keep the heifers to build up my crossbred herd and sell the steers. It's a lot less work and I have to do something with all this grass.
So now I too have gone to beef on dairy. I bred my 2 cows to Angus this time. I'll keep the heifers to build up my crossbred herd and sell the steers. It's a lot less work and I have to do something with all this grass.
Hereford2
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I saw some baby jersey bull calves, not registered or anything by me for $800... Blew my mind, I remember not that long ago, I had to give a half of a bag of milk replacer with a jersey bull calf to get $50 for it, so I didn't actually make anything on it. But at least I didn't have to feed it lol. Also I used to raise jerseys to 6 months old and after I only got $90 for them at that age I quit doing it.
Recently I had the option to get some fairly cheap so I was curious if it was worth it, hence the Original post. I didn't end up buying any.
Recently I had the option to get some fairly cheap so I was curious if it was worth it, hence the Original post. I didn't end up buying any.
farmerjan
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Jersey bull calves at the stockyard 2 weeks ago were bringing from $200 to 750.... all looked decent but the smaller ones brought the lesser money.... Used to be my dairy farmers would give them to me or cost $10-20.....last one was $100 and he was banded, dehorned and about 2 weeks old...I needed him for a cow....
TexasJerseyMilker
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Since the dairies have gone to using sex selected semen to get their replacement heifers and Angus semen for the beef on dairy trade for there are not many bull calves anymore. Of course there's still a few whoops full Jersey bull calves.
