DRB
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this isn't new to some of you, but Saturday in a televised auction on RFD an Angus cow sold for $100,000.00...i only watched for a few minutes...maybe others sold higher...
Ricker":1hps9v2e said:Why would they pay that for a cow? I understand bulls going for high prices sometimes but a cow?. Seriously, for what purpose? I am not being smart just want to learn.
Third Row":1kob0jxe said:I think we have a winner with #3.
Ranch A buying a heifer for $50k from Ranch B who then buys a heifer for $55k from Ranch A is nothing new.
ALL the high dollar sales I have ever been close enough to the deal to know what was going on ,was real money and had profit as a goal. I have never been part of ,or real close to, a 100K cow but I know of several bull transactions and they all wanted to make money....and lastly , there is a difference in a 100K cow and a 2K cow, whether you can personally see the difference or not.blacksnake":2l85tr4v said:I think a lot of it also has to do with the anticipated sales of the offspring. It looks good in the ads when the description says dam was $100,000 cow. Thats seems to automatically increase that $1500 heifer to a $40-50K heifer. Just for fun, I have gone to a couple of the high end sales and by looks, pedigree, and EPDs, I couldn't see that much difference in animals from some of the normal purebred sales. Except for price of course.