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<blockquote data-quote="mnmtranching" data-source="post: 371675" data-attributes="member: 3937"><p>There are buyers who do good on younger, heathy, but thin cows.</p><p>These thinner cows will bring a dime less than tops. Take them back to the country add a couple hundred pounds then sell them for slaughter. He paid .40 for them and sells them for .55. This works better when corn is cheap.</p><p></p><p>The ones that go back to the country like the heiferettes. A cow that has had one calf but lost it or weaned early would maybe sell as a heaferette. She would bring .60-.70. But feed out would bring almost as much as a heifer, maybe .10-15 less than tops.</p><p></p><p>There are a couple guys up here that buy cows at slaughter auctions, lots like 3 or 4 hundred on hand most of the time.</p><p>Looking mainly for health and udder. Put the cows on good feed, preg test. If the cows are doing well, let em calve. The one's that aren't bred put on some weight and resold. They end up with lots of $500 dollar cows weaning $600 calves. Then the cows are sold for slaughter most of the time for more than their purchase price. They keep a bull around for the cows that do exceptionally well. 8)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mnmtranching, post: 371675, member: 3937"] There are buyers who do good on younger, heathy, but thin cows. These thinner cows will bring a dime less than tops. Take them back to the country add a couple hundred pounds then sell them for slaughter. He paid .40 for them and sells them for .55. This works better when corn is cheap. The ones that go back to the country like the heiferettes. A cow that has had one calf but lost it or weaned early would maybe sell as a heaferette. She would bring .60-.70. But feed out would bring almost as much as a heifer, maybe .10-15 less than tops. There are a couple guys up here that buy cows at slaughter auctions, lots like 3 or 4 hundred on hand most of the time. Looking mainly for health and udder. Put the cows on good feed, preg test. If the cows are doing well, let em calve. The one's that aren't bred put on some weight and resold. They end up with lots of $500 dollar cows weaning $600 calves. Then the cows are sold for slaughter most of the time for more than their purchase price. They keep a bull around for the cows that do exceptionally well. 8) [/QUOTE]
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