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<blockquote data-quote="Lon" data-source="post: 868293" data-attributes="member: 16174"><p>ok see for 13 hundred a dead i would in my mind be better off with cows like that than paying the 9-12 for the drought bred cattle. specially if they averaged over 630 for weaning off of grass. this is what i was talking to my dad about. he runds cattle for another guy. but we were talking about when i was a kid and had to help my grandpa all the time that weaning calves weighing 600 wasnt uncommon from just some saler cattle eating grass calving in late march early april. now i talk to people who brag about that 600+ lb weaning but they calve in late feb and creep them calves the whole way and then when they sell the paper never shows the same lbs for thier calves as they say their getting. but yet these folks when you ask about someone with decent cattle to buy for getting started want to only sell you thier cattle for the 14-15 hundred apiece since thats what they are all worth. i know one guy that said hed sell me 100 head for 1400 cause he had some he wanted to sell anyway. i laughed and told him i spose he would cause his calving season is strung out and weaning 450 lbs. All i know for sure is when your trying to get started it sure shows you the side of alot of folks willing to take advantage and try to unload thier crap for the same prices that in my mind should buy decent cattle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lon, post: 868293, member: 16174"] ok see for 13 hundred a dead i would in my mind be better off with cows like that than paying the 9-12 for the drought bred cattle. specially if they averaged over 630 for weaning off of grass. this is what i was talking to my dad about. he runds cattle for another guy. but we were talking about when i was a kid and had to help my grandpa all the time that weaning calves weighing 600 wasnt uncommon from just some saler cattle eating grass calving in late march early april. now i talk to people who brag about that 600+ lb weaning but they calve in late feb and creep them calves the whole way and then when they sell the paper never shows the same lbs for thier calves as they say their getting. but yet these folks when you ask about someone with decent cattle to buy for getting started want to only sell you thier cattle for the 14-15 hundred apiece since thats what they are all worth. i know one guy that said hed sell me 100 head for 1400 cause he had some he wanted to sell anyway. i laughed and told him i spose he would cause his calving season is strung out and weaning 450 lbs. All i know for sure is when your trying to get started it sure shows you the side of alot of folks willing to take advantage and try to unload thier crap for the same prices that in my mind should buy decent cattle. [/QUOTE]
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