bred heifers

[ClinchValley86]

What're yall expecting commercial bred heifers doing this fall and winter and next spring?

Many of yall making the gamble and holding back? I've got a dozen or so picked out to keep and breed, whether they stay here or get sold is har to tell at this time.

 

[coachg]

Same boat . We kept 11 , Will put the bull in June 1 . Don't know if we keep them or sell as breds. I expect them to stay high with cattle numbers low and still a lot going to slaughter. We sold 19 heifers the first of the month. There were 8-10 keepers in the bunch but no place to keep them . Plus the prices were so good we let them go . Had to buy fertilizer and need a new catch lot upgrade. Decisions, decisions?

 

[gcreekrch]

We kept some and bought a bunch. 350 to go with bulls in July. Looking like a lot of guys are selling good heifers out of the feedlots for replacements up here. Maybe too many.
We are prepared to calve a bunch of them if need be.

 

[Lucky]

We plan on keeping 10-12 for ourselves this year. If the market looks right we'll keep them all and sell as bred heifers in October '26 instead of yearlings in May '26. The problem for us in room, you never know how much grass you'll have.

 

[farmerjan]

We have 15 to get bred in June. Have another 10 we kept out of over 40 we sold... but 15 of them went to a guy that is going to put them with a bull in June... rest went through the stockyard so who knows... prices were real good. Lost a pasture we would have put 30 out at, so they got sold and we kept the 10. Will be weaning calves off in early June, steers and heifers... and don't have any idea if we will wean and hold or just sell...
Prices here are still way up there... 4 wt heifers were bringing 3.50 lb on Saturday; that is steer price..... there were several cow calf pairs... most were over 3,000...

 

[Heronfish]

Folks that study it cannot predict the weather more than three days out.
Trying to predict the cattle market in a few months time is a fool's errand. Cannot be done