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There was a fire at Booker Pack yesterday. Was told today the damage was extensive. They are evaluating options and it may not reopen. They process killer cows and bulls. We just took some last Friday. Our only option for severely stifled cows or bulls. My understanding is even if they decide to rebuild it will be awhile. An older plant.
 
elkwc said:
There was a fire at Booker Pack yesterday. Was told today the damage was extensive. They are evaluating options and it may not reopen. They process killer cows and bulls. We just took some last Friday. Our only option for severely stifled cows or bulls. My understanding is even if they decide to rebuild it will be awhile. An older plant.
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They process over 200,000 head per year per their site.
 
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Is anyone seeing the effects today? Are there enough other buyers to step up and hold the price?

This could have a huge effect on profits and decision making. With these good prices it has been a good revenue source to help replace those lower producing cows.
 
mwj said:
Is anyone seeing the effects today? Are there enough other buyers to step up and hold the price?

This could have a huge effect on profits and decision making. With these good prices it has been a good revenue source to help replace those lower producing cows.
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It is too early to tell. They is a lot of speculation. Several think they know. The consensus is many will be shipped a further distance. Some feel with added shipping may see an adjustment. Barn managers have differing opinions. Most expect some impact but disagree on the amount. In 2-4 weeks it will be clearer what impact it will have.
Some feel it won’t reopen. Others feel it will. I feel it likely will reopen at some point. Due to the impact it will have on that area and region I understand local and state officials are looking at options to help. Regardless it will likely be shut down for a while. It is employee owned. At this point they are looking at all options.
 
Thought the above post might be of interest to some. It gives a glimpse in how it will effect the community and area.
 
An uneducated guess from a long ways away. I wouldn't think this will affect price much. I have been at the Vale sale barn on Friday morning (wed sale) and waited while they loaded 4 pot loads of kill cows going to Canada. There is a big kill cow plant 50-60 miles from there. So the plant 1,000 miles away out bid one which is 60 miles away.
 
Dave said:
An uneducated guess from a long ways away. I wouldn't think this will affect price much. I have been at the Vale sale barn on Friday morning (wed sale) and waited while they loaded 4 pot loads of kill cows going to Canada. There is a big kill cow plant 50-60 miles from there. So the plant 1,000 miles away out bid one which is 60 miles away.
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Dave at this point no one knows for sure. They bought the majority of what Kenny calls rough cows and I call lower middle end to bottom. Many times they were the main if not only buyers of these. If they bought upper end cows would be more buyers for those.
 
I attend sales over a wide area and the old, crippled, cows that walk like i do, all go to the same kill plant in Tennessee. I can take them directly there and sell on the rail also. A few years ago they raided the plant and took a lot of illegal workers away. Even for that short period of time until the plant reopened the price went down considerably.
The good cows are hauled to kill plants 4 or more hours away and those plants don't buy cows that might not be able to handle the trip there.
 
kenny thomas said:
I attend sales over a wide area and the old, crippled, cows that walk like i do, all go to the same kill plant in Tennessee. I can take them directly there and sell on the rail also. A few years ago they raided the plant and took a lot of illegal workers away. Even for that short period of time until the plant reopened the price went down considerably.
The good cows are hauled to kill plants 4 or more hours away and those plants don't buy cows that might not be able to handle the trip there.
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Kenny the same here. And we hauled stifled cows there last week. No other plants close that take the crippled cows. Feel it will have to have an owner impact
 
elkwc said:
Kenny the same here. And we hauled stifled cows there last week. No other plants close that take the crippled cows. Feel it will have to have an owner impact
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Is it that no other plant will take them. Or that they don't want to buy them and take the risk of hauling them in a pot load. A person might have to haul them a longer ways to the plant.
 
Dave said:
Is it that no other plant will take them. Or that they don't want to buy them and take the risk of hauling them in a pot load. A person might have to haul them a longer ways to the plant.
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Here its both.
The plant that buys the high quality cows dont want the thin crippled cows. Even if that plant would take them its 267 miles from here and have to travel through Tennessee and North Carolina. Not feasible for 1 or 2 cows.
The plant that buys the "rough" cows is probably 50 miles and good roads so its definitely worth it. I know @jltrent takes some there also.
 

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