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<blockquote data-quote="creekdrive" data-source="post: 1332245" data-attributes="member: 21216"><p>Hope your bull sales pick up soon Tamarack! Have you been affected by the fires at all up there? </p><p></p><p>We were pretty much sold out by the end of March. Have 1 yearling left & 1 two year old. Started with around 40 total. Have saved a couple yearlings back to keep around as backups in case we or a customer has a problem this summer. Could easily have sold another dozen heifer bulls if we had them, but the ones that are left are better suited for cows. The one thing we did notice this year is usually we have lots of calls looking for 2 year olds, but not at all this year. Glad we only had 6 to move, because there sure hasn't been much interest in them. The other thing we have been noticing the past couple years is everybody is coming earlier & earlier... Used to be that nobody started to come & look until maybe April, usually May. Now they are starting to come Feb-March some even sooner. </p><p></p><p>Only went to 1 bull sale this spring:</p><p><a href="http://www.anguswebmail.ca/cats/2016/Spring/builtright16.html" target="_blank">http://www.anguswebmail.ca/cats/2016/Spring/builtright16.html</a></p><p>20 Angus Bulls averaged $7,240; 31 Simmental $6,934; 15 Charolais $7,803.</p><p></p><p>I think the angus average was close to the same last year. The Char & Sims were higher this year though. Bull sales seem to have been up & down overall. Some had higher than ever prices, but have heard of a few sales where breeders took quite a few bulls home that didn't sell. That's got to suck after all the $$$'s put into having a sale. At least if they don't sell private treaty you are pretty much only out the feed...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="creekdrive, post: 1332245, member: 21216"] Hope your bull sales pick up soon Tamarack! Have you been affected by the fires at all up there? We were pretty much sold out by the end of March. Have 1 yearling left & 1 two year old. Started with around 40 total. Have saved a couple yearlings back to keep around as backups in case we or a customer has a problem this summer. Could easily have sold another dozen heifer bulls if we had them, but the ones that are left are better suited for cows. The one thing we did notice this year is usually we have lots of calls looking for 2 year olds, but not at all this year. Glad we only had 6 to move, because there sure hasn't been much interest in them. The other thing we have been noticing the past couple years is everybody is coming earlier & earlier... Used to be that nobody started to come & look until maybe April, usually May. Now they are starting to come Feb-March some even sooner. Only went to 1 bull sale this spring: [url]http://www.anguswebmail.ca/cats/2016/Spring/builtright16.html[/url] 20 Angus Bulls averaged $7,240; 31 Simmental $6,934; 15 Charolais $7,803. I think the angus average was close to the same last year. The Char & Sims were higher this year though. Bull sales seem to have been up & down overall. Some had higher than ever prices, but have heard of a few sales where breeders took quite a few bulls home that didn't sell. That's got to suck after all the $$$'s put into having a sale. At least if they don't sell private treaty you are pretty much only out the feed... [/QUOTE]
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