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<blockquote data-quote="BC" data-source="post: 1349442" data-attributes="member: 67"><p>Last Saturday, I saw $7 to$10 per cwt difference between steers and bull calves over 550 lbs. After the sale, I asked an order buyer for one of the bigger order buying companies if what I observed was right. He showed me his recap on purchases that day. He had two orders for 600 to 675 lb calves of similar quality cattle (one order had to be steers only). The steers only averaged $124.75 per cwt. while the bull yearlings averaged $117.18 per cwt.</p><p></p><p>If you are going to sell under 400 lbs, it probably does not make any difference, BUT on 600 to 800 lbs yearlings it makes $40 to $80 per head to sell a steer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BC, post: 1349442, member: 67"] Last Saturday, I saw $7 to$10 per cwt difference between steers and bull calves over 550 lbs. After the sale, I asked an order buyer for one of the bigger order buying companies if what I observed was right. He showed me his recap on purchases that day. He had two orders for 600 to 675 lb calves of similar quality cattle (one order had to be steers only). The steers only averaged $124.75 per cwt. while the bull yearlings averaged $117.18 per cwt. If you are going to sell under 400 lbs, it probably does not make any difference, BUT on 600 to 800 lbs yearlings it makes $40 to $80 per head to sell a steer. [/QUOTE]
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