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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 1820119" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>I have never been in the market for bulls. Males are my "cash flow". I always kept 1-3 calves intact. If I didn't sell them shortly before weaning I (hubby, now nephew) would cut them. My feedlot buyer would take them right with the regular steers.</p><p>Simmental breed has exploded in popularity for commercial breeders, so demand has increased to the point where people finally figured out if they wanted to PICK their choice of bull calves, they put their name in the pot for the following year. I left 6 as bulls this year because I had orders for 4 (and an iffy 1 more). Sold all 6 and had 4 more I could have sold. GREAT for me!! ALL males are gone by October. Jan/Feb born steers and bulls, and last Sept/Oct born steers (fed out for 12-13 month old kill dates in October).</p><p>So even if I don't have many female sales, I always have a good income in the fall.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 1820119, member: 968"] I have never been in the market for bulls. Males are my "cash flow". I always kept 1-3 calves intact. If I didn't sell them shortly before weaning I (hubby, now nephew) would cut them. My feedlot buyer would take them right with the regular steers. Simmental breed has exploded in popularity for commercial breeders, so demand has increased to the point where people finally figured out if they wanted to PICK their choice of bull calves, they put their name in the pot for the following year. I left 6 as bulls this year because I had orders for 4 (and an iffy 1 more). Sold all 6 and had 4 more I could have sold. GREAT for me!! ALL males are gone by October. Jan/Feb born steers and bulls, and last Sept/Oct born steers (fed out for 12-13 month old kill dates in October). So even if I don't have many female sales, I always have a good income in the fall. [/QUOTE]
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