Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Forums
Cattle Boards
Beginners Board
A new way to study cow profitability?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support CattleToday:
Message
<blockquote data-quote="backhoeboogie" data-source="post: 617996" data-attributes="member: 3162"><p>Cypress you have to hear me out on this twist to understand where I am going. </p><p></p><p>We've also experienced a new market that is upside down from the old. In the old days, a 4 weight steer brought something in the proximity of 20 cents more a pound than say a 7 weight. So if the 4 weight brought $1.20 at an even 400 lbs, he sold for $480 whereas the 7 weight at exactly 700 lbs would fetch $700. </p><p></p><p>Last summer it was exactly the opposite because of feed costs. 7 weights were bringing more per pound that 4 weights. I sat through many sales in July and August watching this. Never seen it like this before. </p><p></p><p>Now where this figures in to your frame size discussion Cypress is that people once got away with "lowlines" in this climate. The cold climate cows would wean light calves because of the heat here. This was not so much compounded because buyers paid more per pound for the lighter calves - until last summer. I know of one person in particular who simply got out of the business and plans to start over. His whole herd had evolved into low lines and he calved in the spring. </p><p></p><p>Your discussion hits home in more ways and angles than you'll ever know.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="backhoeboogie, post: 617996, member: 3162"] Cypress you have to hear me out on this twist to understand where I am going. We've also experienced a new market that is upside down from the old. In the old days, a 4 weight steer brought something in the proximity of 20 cents more a pound than say a 7 weight. So if the 4 weight brought $1.20 at an even 400 lbs, he sold for $480 whereas the 7 weight at exactly 700 lbs would fetch $700. Last summer it was exactly the opposite because of feed costs. 7 weights were bringing more per pound that 4 weights. I sat through many sales in July and August watching this. Never seen it like this before. Now where this figures in to your frame size discussion Cypress is that people once got away with "lowlines" in this climate. The cold climate cows would wean light calves because of the heat here. This was not so much compounded because buyers paid more per pound for the lighter calves - until last summer. I know of one person in particular who simply got out of the business and plans to start over. His whole herd had evolved into low lines and he calved in the spring. Your discussion hits home in more ways and angles than you'll ever know. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Cattle Boards
Beginners Board
A new way to study cow profitability?
Top