Muletrack
Well-known member
Took my fall calving steers to town yesterday. A pen of 9 weighed about 500 lbs., but there were three reds in to group so the auctioneer colored them for the bidders. Now I had six blacks at 481 lbs. fetch $2.09, and the three reds weighed 5:36 and brought $1.75. So the little blacks brought $1006 a head, and the bigger reds brought $939. But I'm not complaining. Two of the reds were from bred heifers I bought cheap last summer, and their calves looked very Hereford. If these cheap heifers do as well with an Angus bull this year, I'll be very happy. Two bigger black steers (655 lbs.) brought 1.77 for $1159 apiece (these also were from low cost summer calving cows (one born June 6), so they almost paid for their dams yesterday (less expenses, of course).