Dave
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They had a bred cow sale yesterday in La Grande. 900 head of cows. They sold the majority in bunches. They would run 20-30 cows in the ring and say if you buy them you have the option to take X number of their sisters that are following. The biggest bunch sold was 80 head of 3 & 4 year old cows bred 7 & 8 months. They brought $1,475. The highest price was 32 head of 3 & 4 year olds that sold for $1,510. The kill buyers bought pretty much all of the 3 & 4 month bred cows and some of the 5 month bred cows. Good news is they were paying $0.58 to $0.66 a pound for them. So the kill market is starting to climb. I was buying older one and done broken mouth cows. I got 12 bought. They averaged over 1,200 pounds and I paid $801 average. Works out to about the middle of what kill buyers were paying. Nine of them pregged 8 months, one at 7 months, and two strong Char cows at 6 months bred. They should work.