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<blockquote data-quote="deenranch" data-source="post: 956526" data-attributes="member: 6465"><p>My bulls are on feed. Pretty obvious if you've ever looked at the pics I've posted. They are on a high roughage feed and don't get all they can eat. The sales that I consign to like the bulls to be in good shape. When I first started raising purebred cattle, I didn't know much about this sector. I took some bulls to a sale that were a little young and were turn out ready. When buyers would come by and ask about the bulls, I would tell them that they weren't raised on full feed and that they were turn out ready. Got some really good feedback. Then the sale started... I was embarressed. Lowest selling lots in the whole sale. I was ready to quit. I asked the sale manager what I need to do to get better prices. He said that the bulls needed to be fatter. The next year I took bulls back and got better prices. I watched closer and noticed that the fattest bulls in the sale brought the most money. I wasn't the low man on the pole that year. I asked sale manager what I could do to sell better. Same answer..... IMO, people can say they want a bull turn out ready and don't want a bull that has lived with his nose in a bucket all day long. They usually buy a bull that is fat and looks good. Wether it's right or wrong, that's what happens every day. Fat cattle always sell at the top!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="deenranch, post: 956526, member: 6465"] My bulls are on feed. Pretty obvious if you've ever looked at the pics I've posted. They are on a high roughage feed and don't get all they can eat. The sales that I consign to like the bulls to be in good shape. When I first started raising purebred cattle, I didn't know much about this sector. I took some bulls to a sale that were a little young and were turn out ready. When buyers would come by and ask about the bulls, I would tell them that they weren't raised on full feed and that they were turn out ready. Got some really good feedback. Then the sale started... I was embarressed. Lowest selling lots in the whole sale. I was ready to quit. I asked the sale manager what I need to do to get better prices. He said that the bulls needed to be fatter. The next year I took bulls back and got better prices. I watched closer and noticed that the fattest bulls in the sale brought the most money. I wasn't the low man on the pole that year. I asked sale manager what I could do to sell better. Same answer..... IMO, people can say they want a bull turn out ready and don't want a bull that has lived with his nose in a bucket all day long. They usually buy a bull that is fat and looks good. Wether it's right or wrong, that's what happens every day. Fat cattle always sell at the top! [/QUOTE]
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