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<blockquote data-quote="SPH" data-source="post: 1332998" data-attributes="member: 20580"><p>Had 4 bulls in the sale pen, sold 2 right off the bat to repeat customers back in Feb. but still have 2 left that were probably the best 2 in the sale pen that we've dropped price on quite at bit. Still get some calls from time to time but the market has definitely softened up the past couple months and seeing a lot more people still marketing the same bulls they have been since the start of the year so I think there are a lot of guys with bulls in the same boat right now looking for buyers. At this point we're just going to hold on the price of 1 of them and use him cleanup on a small group of our own females then probably try to sell him in the fall or maybe put him on a sale next year as a 2 year old. The other one we'll just keep marketing and taking calls on, I think if we can get the right guy to come out and take look at him we can strike a deal. Had a guy call the other day inquiring who said he had a bull come up lame so you never know when a guy may all the sudden find himself looking for a bull and you may have just what he needs.</p><p></p><p>Definitely a different market than it was the last few years, we sold 3 bulls in just 1 week last year at a flat price and had 1 we put on reserve we were going to use as a herd bull but would consider offers on him and in hindsight we probably could have gotten more than we did for them at the time. This year everyone seems a little gun-shy even at a lower price than what we have been pricing the past few years and I've seen some guys in the area come down as much as $2000 or more on some of their highest priced bulls too. What stinks is our calf crop this year 75% of our calves were bulls so going to be a few that see the knife this fall that may not have some other years as we just don't have the market to sell more than 3 or 4 bulls most years. When it comes to females though seems like we never have enough to meet the demand we get as we get calls year round.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SPH, post: 1332998, member: 20580"] Had 4 bulls in the sale pen, sold 2 right off the bat to repeat customers back in Feb. but still have 2 left that were probably the best 2 in the sale pen that we've dropped price on quite at bit. Still get some calls from time to time but the market has definitely softened up the past couple months and seeing a lot more people still marketing the same bulls they have been since the start of the year so I think there are a lot of guys with bulls in the same boat right now looking for buyers. At this point we're just going to hold on the price of 1 of them and use him cleanup on a small group of our own females then probably try to sell him in the fall or maybe put him on a sale next year as a 2 year old. The other one we'll just keep marketing and taking calls on, I think if we can get the right guy to come out and take look at him we can strike a deal. Had a guy call the other day inquiring who said he had a bull come up lame so you never know when a guy may all the sudden find himself looking for a bull and you may have just what he needs. Definitely a different market than it was the last few years, we sold 3 bulls in just 1 week last year at a flat price and had 1 we put on reserve we were going to use as a herd bull but would consider offers on him and in hindsight we probably could have gotten more than we did for them at the time. This year everyone seems a little gun-shy even at a lower price than what we have been pricing the past few years and I've seen some guys in the area come down as much as $2000 or more on some of their highest priced bulls too. What stinks is our calf crop this year 75% of our calves were bulls so going to be a few that see the knife this fall that may not have some other years as we just don't have the market to sell more than 3 or 4 bulls most years. When it comes to females though seems like we never have enough to meet the demand we get as we get calls year round. [/QUOTE]
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