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    Be the first, or be the last?

    we sold everything we had the middle of may and thank the lord we did. the pasture is gone, the hay fields are crap and we got top dollar so we couldnt have gotten out at a better time. i pray for you guys still hanging in there. my husband would of been a basket case if we were still in...
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    Question on Selling

    we took our last 5 cow's off yesterday, very sad day indeed.. they will sell today and we should get top dollar for these girls. 3 are 9 yr old second stage and 2 are 7 yr old in second stage.. we have sold the farm and just gonna get out of the business. we are gonna enjoy the grandkids and...
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    Question on Selling

    we sold 5 calves may 1st and did really well. 5 month old calf weighed 580 and we got 165.00 and he was a bull so we were happy. we sold a 2yr with calf on her side that brought 1300.00 yesterday and a 5yr with calf for 1500.00 and a SS jersey with calf that brought 1350.00. next week we are...
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    update to sale barn cow

    looks like a big calf you did alright with her. congrats!
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    my first sodomy

    i have also seen it happen to one of our cow's and it wasn't pretty the bull ended up tearing her up so bad she did not recover..and yes we did end up getting the bull away from her but it was to late.
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    TiGerstripe cattle

    ours was bought as a 400# sale barn calf too and she is the most layed back cow we have. she is slick as a whistle in spring/summer, she doesnt have the big ears, she has a really long body good bag good teats i wish i had a bunch more just like her.
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    TiGerstripe cattle

    are tigerstripe always a hereford brahma X? i have one thats 9 yrs old and raises a dandy calf every year but we have never had any that look brahma influenced.
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    Where would you put the barn?

    9500 a acre is really high, good life you should of bought ground alittle farther south it's alot cheaper.
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    making a living ranching

    my story is alittle different, married young 2 boys and no money. worked hard all our live's one son had to put hisself through college poor guy. he was so smart he could of went to school anywhere but didnt have our help financially sad but true. he ended up opening a business in the town he...
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    Will Pepsi hurt my bottle calf?

    i'm not sharing my beer with any calf. ha ha
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    Christmas Gift ?

    how about a calf puller. hee hee that's what i got my hubby for fathers day 4 yrs ago and he hasnt had to use it yet still new.
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    Brangus bull

    i better knock on wood for saying this but we've had 3 different bulls the last 11 yrs and they have all stayed in with 1 strane of electric, half the pasture have woven wire the other is just electric and havent had a problem and thankful for it. i guess ours are happy at home.
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    3 Weights

    i wanted to go to that sale yesterday goodlife but didnt get it done. when we were buying a few calves we bought 3 to 4 wts and they did fine and actually we still have them and they are really nice cow's who raise darn good calves. we don't give our calves ralgrow implants but my dad use to...
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    to pen or not to pen, that is the question

    we named our bottle holstein calf "Holy" and we had him for 18 months so it was hard taking him to the processor, actually first time we raised one to eat we always sold our calves. Holy was penned and fed grain for 100 days before he was butchered and boy is he good. we now have "holy...
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    Adding pre-harvest flavor to a butcher cow ??

    i guy who raises beef for freezer said he gave alfalfa to some steers and he wouldnt do it again, he said he only feeds crappy hay when they are penned up. and grain of course. we fed our holstein last yrs hay and 30lbs corn/supplement for 100 days and boy is he good.
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    Pop quiz: Rate this bull. Video

    sir loin i thought he didnt look right with the left hind leg either and also it must have been cold there bcuz "where's the balls" lol cut his head off is what he's worth and not a dime more.
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    Stocker strategy help needed

    25 acres isnt that much to put to much of anything on, i'd put 10 to 12 bred cow's and start with that. at the end of the year you have more grass than they could eat buy some more. same with calves start out small and grow from there.
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    My first steer, and its wild!

    i'd say if you can get 7 to 10' away from him before he bolts thats not bad he is just scared. remember he is in a new place and all by hisself really. just continue to feed him and try not to get to close he probably wasnt messed with when he was with his mom so he's not gonna let you pet him...
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    Tell me what you think!

    in the first picture what are those weeds called? we have some of those and they are harder than heck to get rid of.
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    Planning a new small ranch

    i love to take off work and go to the sale barn. we usually go to fruitland livestock auction barn in mo. it's close to cape Girardeau, mo. actually jackson exit. the guy who sit's the price in the ring and i think part owner name is neal franky and i have his number if you would ever want...
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