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It's all about the buy. I agree.

I think in many, many cases, it still does.

I didn't read past the first few replies but this is the essence of it to my mind. We try our best to not allow the market to make culling decisions. Good cows are good cows and vice versa, whether they are worth $1,000 or $3,000. A cow that doesn't bring a live calf to the weaning pens, every...

We've got one here in Cali that's pretty decent. I believe its a Winkle. There is one laying around the ranch in Wyoming, a Powder River infact, that looks downright medieval. We do use it to unload about 10 trucks every year on a gas field lease we have though, haven't lost any limbs yet. We...

Calendar year.

Fertility. Everything else is secondary. If a cow won't bring a calf to the weaning pens, you can work to improve it. The single worst decision a producer can make is to give a cow a "pass", for any reason. They have ONE job, to raise a calf. If they fail at their single job, they need to be beefed.

I have not used that NAP program or whatever it is. I do use all facets of risk management within the commodities boards though. Puts, Calls, spreads, hedging out right, locking up corn etc.

In both California in the Winter and Wyoming in the Summer, I see 2lbs. to 2.5lbs. on good cattle.

At what weight?

I only had to read the last sentence to know that I agreed with you.

It's very common now at purebred bulls sales for the producer to retain between 25%-50% of the semen rights on all bulls in the sale. I've talked to our primary Angus supplier and they average less than a bull a year that they circle back and collect, on quite a few bulls. The vast majority of...

I would agree. While their competitors have them beat in a couple other areas, I think Superior does the best job out there of providing the tools to search sales results by about any parameters one can think of to try to find trends in the marketplace.

Yes, it is critical to give shots. If you have the volume to sell multiple load lots, its certainly to your advantage in terms of a better return to give 2 rounds of shots. I've mentioned in other posts here that when I buy calves for our stocker operations, I will buy a weaned calf and I will...

I'd have the process start and stop there.

I would second the clippers. When we get in Fall delivery calves from Mountain states, that hair is a nuisance. We clip before we put our rib iron on with very good results. I'd also add that i would recommend a hip iron for the cow/calf guy and a rib iron for the stocker guy. I'm not a fan of...

I don't disagree. The majority of cows are black where we run but reds have gone from just the old school holdouts to a noticeable minority, perhaps 15-20%.

I'm really seeing the pendulum swing to a certain degree. In just lumber as it were, black outpaces red by a lot. In the truly elite sets of cattle at the videos, an outstanding set of reds will very often top their weight class. Been doing so for a couple years now. Top to bottom, Red Angus has...

If you need to buy electric irons, I'd only buy L&H. Really good iron. If possible, I'd get 220 versus 110. Have and use both and the difference is noticeable. An L&H electric iron powered by 220 is the closest thing I've found to a well built, properly heated fire iron. We brand stockers...

Ditto.

Out of curiosity, when you think of it, look at a sale barn check stub. I would assume there is a line item, something like "beef promotion" for $1/head. I'd be interested to know about NY State. I was under the impression, it was deducted at barns nationally.