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We have 4 assorted pickups. A 94, 97, 2000, and 2002. Not going to buy anything newer. The newest vehicle is a 2008 KIA that has almost 300,000 miles on it.

One of the troubles is finding a pickup in 2024 that is as basic as a 1974 pickup. We and the auto industry need all these extras on our vehicles. All those extras add up to a lot of money. Dealers just don't even carry a pickup as plain Jane as the standard one was in 1974.

That is the report from the Kamloops sale. Last time I drove through Kamloops it was in BC. So Canadian dollars. Ballpark exchange rate it works out to $2.28 in US dollars.

When you break even on the losers I call it a win.

I took 4 cows that had lost their calves to the sale today. Nice thick Angus cow that weighed over 1,300 sold for $1.24. A rangy Hereford cow that must have slipped her calf early weighed 1,200 and sold for $1.19. The old sling bag cow who had the cleft palate calf weighed 1,150 and brought...

It lists the state that wont take the cattle but doesn't list which states have infected cattle.

Here the kill cows and bulls held steady. Not much in the way of calves or yearlings coming to town this time of the year. What little there is coming is generally pretty poor quality. Brandings happening every day. People moving cows off feed and out to grass. Numbers of cattle and people...

I read a report yesterday that listed Offal selling for $11 and change. If the packers are breaking even on the meat that $11+ a hundred adds up to a pretty good dollar. Here the kill is all farm slaughter. They charge $20 to haul off all that stuff. Plus another $20 in at the plant for...

A good cow will hang up 50%. So a good 1,200 pound cow will hand 600 pounds. Nearly half of the hanging weight is in bone. So that works out to 300 pounds of meat to grind. So using nice round numbers a 1,200 pound cow costing $1.25 is $1,500. $1,500 for 300 pounds of meat is $5 a pound...

We are off some compared to the rest of you. Might be because of the distance to the big population in the east. But today cows were $1.25 to $1.30. And bulls topped at $1.54. But that is still $3,000 for a ton bull and $1,600/$1,700 for cull cow. Saw one cow weighing 2,005 sell for $1.23...

B asked me what fancy 700 pound heifers were bringing at the sale. They were right about $1,735. How many dollars to put everything into them and sell in October? My thumbnail guess is you would need to get $2,200/2,300 to break even.

I did the bred heifer deal in '13, '14, '15, & '16. Worked well in '13. Paid very well in '14. Worked good in '15 but I contracted them early. I debated with myself about doing it in '16. I did it but ended up giving back the money I made in '13. I vaccinated, bred AI, PI tested, and did...

The futures is primarily what a friend of mine called the shiny shoes boys playing around to make money. There are a lot of other things that are more important to watch. Weather (on a big scale), feed prices, fuel, things affecting the export market, etc. Most people look at what is...

While waiting for the sale to start today I was reading the Western Livestock Journal. In an article about prices the Journal editor said the high cull cow and bull prices were because of the high demand for hamburger. He quoted the present price for 10% lean trim. I wish I had brought that...

The ship running into the bridge and knocking it down shut down one of the top ten ports in the nation. A lot of import and export goes through there. Anything that disrupt commerce Has a negative effect on the market. This is most likely temporary.

Talking heads say every thing is down today because of that bridge going down in Baltimore. Going to shut down that harbor for a while and a lot of shipping goes through there.

That is $1,555. A 1400 pound kill steer is $1.84 which is $2,576. Market has to hold and you have to put weight on for $1 a pound. I am not that brave.

All the commodities were off today. They are blaming it on that bridge getting knocked down in Balitmore.

Here you will get $3.25-$3.50 for a 4 wt calf. And $2.65 for a 7 wt steer. That is $455 to add 300 pounds. It works out to $1.51 per pound of gain. Two sales a week for the last 5 months I saw one single 4 wt calf bring $3.80. I have seen bunches of 7 wt steers bring $2.85-2.90.

Don't put a bull in with them. Probably a lot farther to the neighbors than in your neighborhood.