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BILL CLAYLAND

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Got some hay last thursday, 8, 4x4 round and 3, 4x5 round.11 total
Been outside since last year.Nice looking with some clover -little brown around the edges, and was dry when i got it and put up in barn. $130.00 delivered.
He goes on to tell me he has Chop, ground earcorn. He wants 10bucks a hundred weight.
is that a fair price for the chop?

Ive been getting some good feed at the local mill $6.75 a 50lb weight.If I bought a ton at the mill it would be cheeper.
Im just waiting till I feed out a steer I have.
 
$10cwt = $200/ton. Thats more expensive than Alfalfa in my parts, and about the same price as a good balanced loose bulk feed (if your feeding out steers).
 
BILL CLAYLAND":m71k2lsg said:
Got some hay last thursday, 8, 4x4 round and 3, 4x5 round.11 total
Been outside since last year.Nice looking with some clover -little brown around the edges, and was dry when i got it and put up in barn. $130.00 delivered.
He goes on to tell me he has Chop, ground earcorn. He wants 10bucks a hundred weight.
is that a fair price for the chop?

Ive been getting some good feed at the local mill $6.75 a 50lb weight.If I bought a ton at the mill it would be cheeper.
Im just waiting till I feed out a steer I have.
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Bill you could probably buy straight corn for less than that price ....not ground but shelled....the rest of the ear corn is just roughage so you're paying premium price for what is normally considered "waste". BUT ground ear corn is a good feed ingredient if the price is right.
 
$10/cwt=$.10/lb a bushel of ear corn weighs 70lbs therefore you will be paying $7/bushel for ground ear corn. I am not saying that is too high because I do not know the price of shell corn or ear corn in your area nor the availability of it but in my area that is pretty steep. But I know in different areas availability is a big concern. Ground ear corn is a good feed for fattening calves as it is self limiting and helps lessen the acid problems in the rumens as opposed to highly concentrated feeds like straight shell corn.
 
Thanks, yall know Im a newbie.
I'll stick with the 12% I get at the mill for now.
I just started getting Lancaster Farming newspaper and there seems to be many sources of grain and feed in there.

Bill
 

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