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    Best Way to Sell 40 Cow/Calf Pairs

    I bet he runs them back through his sale barn.
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    Where to cut to bleed out calf for butcher?

    Where is the best place to cut it without geting the windpipe?
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    Where to cut to bleed out calf for butcher?

    I've read that you should cut just above the breast bone. We have had mix results geting them to bleed out well. We use a 22 to put them down.
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    Fencing Question

    Don't like to stretch wire under 50-55 degrees.
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    Sold calves today in OKC.

    You have to walk on about 250-300 yards of catwalk over the pens to get to the auction house.
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    Sold calves today in OKC.

    You should visit. It's like having 6 stockyards in one. It's a site to see.
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    Sold calves today in OKC.

    Central Halliburton. Charlie is a good guy.
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    Sold calves today in OKC.

    They are having a run of about 11,000 head. Luckily our commission firm was up front. Just amazing watching what the cattle are bringing today. These are what ours brought. 25 head of steers weighing 735 brought 213.00 for $1,565.55 a head. 12 head of steers weighing 865 brought 195.00 for...
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    Does any money change hands on the Super high $ bulls?

    They grossed $4,386,100 on 485 bulls. Average $9,044.
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    Does any money change hands on the Super high $ bulls?

    On Lot 437 now. About 100 to go.
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    Does any money change hands on the Super high $ bulls?

    Express Ranches just sold 2/3 interest on a bull for $130,000. I didnt catch who bought it but Sitz bought Lot 2 2/3 interest for $30,000.
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    How much shrink when selling calves?

    I'm talking about calves that have been running on wheat pasture. Been weaned since November 1.
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    How much shrink when selling calves?

    It's only a 15 miles ride. The really lose 50 lbs in 13 hours?
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    How much shrink when selling calves?

    Say you haul them in 7-8 pm and they run across the scales and into the ring 10 am the next morning? Would you expect much shrink? Would it be worth feeding them 3 or 4 pounds a head before taking them in?
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    Calves are bringing about $300 more than last year.

    Been watching OKC National all day since we are going to sell there next week. The prices are running about $300 more per head than last year. This is what we got last year. Sold Feb 24 2014 13 head steers average weight 675 at 178.50 or 1,204.88 a head. 29 head steers average weight 796 at...
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    Opening up older generations to doing thing different?

    I'm a younger guy. 29. How do I get my grandpa and dad to listen to me a little bit about certain things I think they could improve on. They are kind of stuck in their ways because "that's always how it's been done".
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    A neighbor turned cattle out on his hay field

    He only cut it once this year and it's pretty growed up. The only thing is the net wrap bales are still sitting where the baler dropped them. Seems like a good way to make a mess to me.
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    Johnston grass question.

    Would you still worry about poisoning from Johnston grass if it already brown and dried up. The lowest temp we've had here is 39 for an hour or two But it's been dry the past month and it's mostly all brown and dried up. Should I still worry about it after a frost/freeze?
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    Cattle behavior...

    Something may have been chasing them recently.
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    Question about mineral rights

    My grandpa had someone come buy and ask about a lease on some of our land to drill. My grandpa told him he didn't have any mineral right and the land man said yeah you have 50 percent. My grandpa had owned the land 20 years and never knew.
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