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<blockquote data-quote="Mid South Guy" data-source="post: 884424" data-attributes="member: 17328"><p>Selling feeder calves:</p><p>With 200 head you are right on the edge of whether you could sell full truckloads off the farm. 300 head would be better. Full truckload is about 85 - @600#, all of the same sex, frame, type, condition, and weight within 50#. Would be hard to get 85 like that from 100 calves. Might be able to sell a split load of heifers & steers. I would talk to the order buyers at you local sale barn. They would love to purchase a truckload direct off the farm for good, uniform, weaned, vaccinated, bunk broke calves, and would pay a premium for them. Normally $.05 to $.10/lb. The ones that don't fit in the group sell at the sale barn or locally private treaty. - Another idea is to partner with a close by neighbor to join calves togather to form trucklod lots.</p><p></p><p>Sell to feedlot:</p><p>If you have the space it migh be easier to background and grow the calves out to about 900# and sell uniform truckloads, about 55-60 head, direct to a feedlot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mid South Guy, post: 884424, member: 17328"] Selling feeder calves: With 200 head you are right on the edge of whether you could sell full truckloads off the farm. 300 head would be better. Full truckload is about 85 - @600#, all of the same sex, frame, type, condition, and weight within 50#. Would be hard to get 85 like that from 100 calves. Might be able to sell a split load of heifers & steers. I would talk to the order buyers at you local sale barn. They would love to purchase a truckload direct off the farm for good, uniform, weaned, vaccinated, bunk broke calves, and would pay a premium for them. Normally $.05 to $.10/lb. The ones that don't fit in the group sell at the sale barn or locally private treaty. - Another idea is to partner with a close by neighbor to join calves togather to form trucklod lots. Sell to feedlot: If you have the space it migh be easier to background and grow the calves out to about 900# and sell uniform truckloads, about 55-60 head, direct to a feedlot. [/QUOTE]
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