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<blockquote data-quote="cypressfarms" data-source="post: 797463" data-attributes="member: 2653"><p>The puzzling part is where a 5 year old angus cow calf pair with a month old calf brings $600 - the same as a 500 pound angus steer. Is it that no one wants to feed the cow through winter or that the order buyers are are dictating calf prices. At least at my local auction, the price of calves always seems to be independant of other types. You could see the benches clear after the cows finished; then again after the bulls finished. My guess was that 95% of the bidders on the calves were order buyers for feedlots. I guess it makes sense that this seperate market would have it's own demand, one independant of the other cattle prices. The other 5% pf the buyers like me where either buying to feed out or keep calves on ryegrass over the winter. Hard to profit grazing over the winter when you have to give 1.50/pound to start with.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cypressfarms, post: 797463, member: 2653"] The puzzling part is where a 5 year old angus cow calf pair with a month old calf brings $600 - the same as a 500 pound angus steer. Is it that no one wants to feed the cow through winter or that the order buyers are are dictating calf prices. At least at my local auction, the price of calves always seems to be independant of other types. You could see the benches clear after the cows finished; then again after the bulls finished. My guess was that 95% of the bidders on the calves were order buyers for feedlots. I guess it makes sense that this seperate market would have it's own demand, one independant of the other cattle prices. The other 5% pf the buyers like me where either buying to feed out or keep calves on ryegrass over the winter. Hard to profit grazing over the winter when you have to give 1.50/pound to start with. [/QUOTE]
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