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<blockquote data-quote="flaboy" data-source="post: 93534" data-attributes="member: 1726"><p>Well, I guess I one of those mentioned as "poor cattle managers". We don't steer (oh I forgot you are not a real cattleman unless you cut, castrate, dock) our bulls before sale. We take them to market when they reach the area around 300lbs and regardless of age. We mainly do this to manage our forage and cow condition more so than price. If I had thousands of acres or unlimited funds to feed it might be a different story.</p><p></p><p>Our market doesn't seem to distinguish much between bulls and steers. I have included the latest report. When they run them in they just say "steer" regardless of if it is a bull or steer. I have watched many of these auctions and see no or very little difference in price here (qualified with "here"). I look at the apparent breed and condition and I don't see the buyers bidding less for bulls. Now, maybe I just miss it but that is my take on it. There are very few "here" that castrate unless they have commercial herds and it is in the contract to do so.</p><p></p><p>The only time I cut, dock, castrate, band, clamp is when someone wants to buy one of my bulls for a show steer or to raise for personal beef. Now with that said. I am not saying that if you are selling 100's or thousands of calves a year that you won't be loosing money by not cutting your bulls. What I am saying is at least in my case <100/year I don't see the benefit.</p><p></p><p> <strong>Feeder Steers and Bulls Medium and Large 1-2</strong></p><p> Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price</p><p> 150-180 164 210.00-235.00 224.27</p><p> 200-240 218 180.00-205.00 192.56</p><p> 250-280 267 165.00-190.00 176.52</p><p> 300-340 312 148.00-166.00 157.63</p><p> 350-385 366 130.00-146.00 137.75</p><p> 400-415 407 130.00-140.00 135.13</p><p> 450-465 453 120.00-128.00 122.62</p><p> 500-530 524 108.00-112.00 108.59</p><p> 550-570 562 110.00-112.00 111.00</p><p> 655-670 660 106.00-111.00 109.31</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flaboy, post: 93534, member: 1726"] Well, I guess I one of those mentioned as "poor cattle managers". We don't steer (oh I forgot you are not a real cattleman unless you cut, castrate, dock) our bulls before sale. We take them to market when they reach the area around 300lbs and regardless of age. We mainly do this to manage our forage and cow condition more so than price. If I had thousands of acres or unlimited funds to feed it might be a different story. Our market doesn't seem to distinguish much between bulls and steers. I have included the latest report. When they run them in they just say "steer" regardless of if it is a bull or steer. I have watched many of these auctions and see no or very little difference in price here (qualified with "here"). I look at the apparent breed and condition and I don't see the buyers bidding less for bulls. Now, maybe I just miss it but that is my take on it. There are very few "here" that castrate unless they have commercial herds and it is in the contract to do so. The only time I cut, dock, castrate, band, clamp is when someone wants to buy one of my bulls for a show steer or to raise for personal beef. Now with that said. I am not saying that if you are selling 100's or thousands of calves a year that you won't be loosing money by not cutting your bulls. What I am saying is at least in my case <100/year I don't see the benefit. [b]Feeder Steers and Bulls Medium and Large 1-2[/b] Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 150-180 164 210.00-235.00 224.27 200-240 218 180.00-205.00 192.56 250-280 267 165.00-190.00 176.52 300-340 312 148.00-166.00 157.63 350-385 366 130.00-146.00 137.75 400-415 407 130.00-140.00 135.13 450-465 453 120.00-128.00 122.62 500-530 524 108.00-112.00 108.59 550-570 562 110.00-112.00 111.00 655-670 660 106.00-111.00 109.31 [/QUOTE]
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