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I always buy with the theory of of never paying more than half of the price they will be worth the next fall if the market holds. So if kill cows are worth $2,000 now and the calf is going to be worth $1,600. If the market dumps as it will, at no more than $1,800 for bred cows this fall. The...

There was nothing in those I would want to keep. I questioned myself when I bought them. I don't buy fall pairs. I buy older cows who will calf in February March. I am wondering what those cows will cost this fall.

So I had 5 kind of ratty fall pairs I bought last October. They had been running with B's fall pairs. Well yesterday he gathered his pairs and split off the calves. So my pairs got a trip to town. They sold today, of course they split them to sell. I averaged paying $1,500 a pair last fall...

You are not the only fool. I bought 2 older pairs 2 weeks ago. Paid $1,975 per pair. They got branded, an ear tag, and some vaccinations less than $10. Then straight to summer range that cost $0.75 a day. Even allowing some for the market to slip. The cows will hang up at 600 pounds for...

Yes without a doubt. But there is a lot of meat on those bones. I did the math on that cow I sold last week. $269 a pound on the rail. I told that to a friend who works for a feedlot. He asked how that works when fat steers are selling for about $3.00 a pound on the rail. I said people are...

The price is about meat and not fat. A heavy bull who is fat wont sell for nearly as much as a hard muscled that weighs the same.

I got to wonder. I check Craigslist occasionally. I never see these sorry looking, over priced, misrepresented cattle post around here. What is see is decent cattle that are generally priced a little above the market value. And actually very few cattle at all given the numbers of cattle...

On Wednesday at the sale there was 3 bull calves with very visible but dry navels (3 -4 days old). The sold for $160. There was some older (4 or 5 week old) well started calves sold for $400+. Of course the older and bigger they were the more they sold for. 99% of the cows around here have...

Cows are not pets. They are livestock raised to be butchered. All my decisions about cattle are made as business decisions. It will be a cold day in He77 when I make a pet out of a cow.

We already had about half a bag of milk replacer. Once that is gone we will decide. Another bag or a ride to town.

When we gathered off the hill last week there was one calf looking wimpy. Ran his mom into the chute. She had right next to no milk. So he is on the bottle and she got a ride to town today. Weighed 1,395 and sold for $1.35. I am not certain how much I paid for her so I used the average...

The cattle market looks strong. What can happen outside cattle that can or will effect the market? My crystal ball doesn't show any of those. If you are concerned look into LRP. You can put it on as many or as few head as you want. Using it at the lower level is pretty cheap. Doing that...

That really makes no sense to me when I see 500 pound Holstein steers bring less than that.

Futures market relies on the shin shoe boys more than actual producers. LRP quote on steers under 600 for August. Their expected price is $2.8571. Top rate at 99.3% is $2.83 and cost $4.92 per cwt. The bottom of the scale is at 92.37% to get $2.63 and it cost $1 per cwt.

I don't know what the futures numbers were when this thread was started. But the board looks all green now. Fall feeder futures are at $2.61 and next April fat cattle futures are at 1.91. I learned a long time ago that the futures are not a 100% prediction on the future market but they are...

Bulls at the sale last week were $1.55 to $1.67. Bigger bulls sold on the better end. Bulls weighing over a ton brought $3,600+.

The freight to get them here would be a killer. And they are use to all that grass on flat ground. My pasture would likely be a killer for them.

I went to the sale today. Kill cows were up to $1.38. I only saw 2 cows bring less than $1.25. A jersey and a crippled beef cow which both brought $1.05. A lot of big bulls. They all brought $1.55 to $1.67. The bigger ones sold for over $3,500. Pretty easy to sell and bull for that kind...

Just got home from the sale. Pairs were $2,500 to $2,600. There was 2 smooth mouth pairs I was considering buying. First pair brought $2,450, forget that. The second one I started it at $1,600 and took it up to $1,900 where I let the other guy have it. Young close up bred cows were $2,000+...

Motley. Took me a while to figure that out. It would be called brokle faced here. Once again regional differences in what something is called.