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<blockquote data-quote="libertygarden" data-source="post: 1776234" data-attributes="member: 25299"><p>Three kinds of sellers on CL: </p><p></p><p>1) I mid July I found a new farmer selling a herd of 8, 2 year old heifers for $600 a piece. It was a mix ( as new ranchers tend to buy) of angus, tiger stripes, and two black cows with horns. All were in excellent body condition. It was the middle of the Texas drought and he was desperate to sell. Unfortunately, I did not get to him on time. But that would have been an excellent add to my herd after getting rid of the horned cows.</p><p></p><p>2) I also find a lot of new ranchers completely clueless to the market prices trying to sell their cows for a lot more than they're are worth, usually because they over paid for them in the first place. They usually market them as grass-fed or come to a bucket, or flat out as pets to hide that the cows are distressed and hungry and a financial drain on them.</p><p></p><p>3) Then, there's the 3rd kind. The guys who know will get killed at the sale barn because of poor body condition so instead try to find a sucker (again, usually a new rancher in the 1 and 2 category above) on Craig's List to unload their crappy cows on. And the cycle repeats.</p><p></p><p>Oh! And don't get me started to the miniature breeds. That's another circus of its own.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="libertygarden, post: 1776234, member: 25299"] Three kinds of sellers on CL: 1) I mid July I found a new farmer selling a herd of 8, 2 year old heifers for $600 a piece. It was a mix ( as new ranchers tend to buy) of angus, tiger stripes, and two black cows with horns. All were in excellent body condition. It was the middle of the Texas drought and he was desperate to sell. Unfortunately, I did not get to him on time. But that would have been an excellent add to my herd after getting rid of the horned cows. 2) I also find a lot of new ranchers completely clueless to the market prices trying to sell their cows for a lot more than they're are worth, usually because they over paid for them in the first place. They usually market them as grass-fed or come to a bucket, or flat out as pets to hide that the cows are distressed and hungry and a financial drain on them. 3) Then, there's the 3rd kind. The guys who know will get killed at the sale barn because of poor body condition so instead try to find a sucker (again, usually a new rancher in the 1 and 2 category above) on Craig's List to unload their crappy cows on. And the cycle repeats. Oh! And don't get me started to the miniature breeds. That's another circus of its own. [/QUOTE]
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