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<blockquote data-quote="Travlr" data-source="post: 1826726" data-attributes="member: 42463"><p>Well YOU were the one that SAID IT. If red calves sell for the same price (or less) as black calves that are discounted due to being such poor animals that they will never make CAB... then the red calves are being dinged for their color and nothing more.</p><p></p><p>And SEE??? You said it AGAIN... "And, if a magic wand was waved, and the CAB programs all disappeared and were erased from memory, like it never existed, those red baldies would have brought the $2.68 a lb. The<em> black</em> baldies that brought $308.50 would have brought the same $2.68."</p><p></p><p>Except that you're wrong and the prices would have averaged out and landed somewhere in the middle.</p><p></p><p>If you take the hide off a red animal and a black animal and on the rail they look identical... then they should get the same price. Doesn't matter if they grade select or cutter or prime. If one gets less on the hoof because it's red, that's a discount. If it gets more because it's black, it's a premium. A premium on a black calf due to color is the same thing as a discount on a red calf due to color.</p><p></p><p>And I agree it's one of the most successful (NOT best) marketing programs ever... but it hurts the entire industry in all kinds of ways.</p><p></p><p>If you don't understand that <em>still..</em>.then I give right straight up!! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Travlr, post: 1826726, member: 42463"] Well YOU were the one that SAID IT. If red calves sell for the same price (or less) as black calves that are discounted due to being such poor animals that they will never make CAB... then the red calves are being dinged for their color and nothing more. And SEE??? You said it AGAIN... "And, if a magic wand was waved, and the CAB programs all disappeared and were erased from memory, like it never existed, those red baldies would have brought the $2.68 a lb. The[I] black[/I] baldies that brought $308.50 would have brought the same $2.68." Except that you're wrong and the prices would have averaged out and landed somewhere in the middle. If you take the hide off a red animal and a black animal and on the rail they look identical... then they should get the same price. Doesn't matter if they grade select or cutter or prime. If one gets less on the hoof because it's red, that's a discount. If it gets more because it's black, it's a premium. A premium on a black calf due to color is the same thing as a discount on a red calf due to color. And I agree it's one of the most successful (NOT best) marketing programs ever... but it hurts the entire industry in all kinds of ways. If you don't understand that [I]still..[/I].then I give right straight up!! :) [/QUOTE]
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