cull cows

[Carlos D.]

cull cows are selling for 10 cents a pound in brandon manitoba
20 cents for fat cows

better to shoot 3 out of 4

theres a thin line between good management,and insanity


carl

 

[mbdexter]

That is the about the same price that they are selling at Winnipeg Livestock as well !

Sure glad that I do not have any to get rid off this fall ! :(

 

[Aaron]

You have to start getting rid of the junk in July, Carl. Topped Winnipeg on July 28th @ 32 cents with this girl.

Even up to mid-September is ok. Then it goes in the toilet.

 

[DiamondSCattleCo]

I've got 4 old cows around here that really should go. I know they're bred, so they may get to lounge around in a pen all their own and be fed some oats to get some shape on them before calving. No way I'm going to give some packer a 10 cent cow that they'll make 3 buck hamburger from. I'd rather pack oats to them all winter.

Rod

 

[frenchie]

Sure glad I ditched my culls in July and August

 

[Gate Opener]

That is terrible. Why are your prices so low?

 

[DiamondSCattleCo]

BSE. We can't sell anything above 30 months (some countries 20 months) outside the Canadian border. We've had a captive market situation since our first BSE case, and it shows no signs of letting up.

Rod

 

[randiliana]

Good fat cows here were up to 35 cents on Friday. They ranged from 28-35cents on the younger cows in good condition, and pretty much anything old, thin or that had anything at all wrong with it were under 20 cents. There were a lot that didn't make 10 cents. We have a few, but it will be another month before they go. If they are old or thin or have any other major problems you may as well shoot them and have a BSE test done at least you get $75 out of them, and don't have to pay the auction costs on them ;-)

 

[DiamondSCattleCo]

What really torques me off is that I had a 2 yr fat heifer that wouldn't catch go through the ring a month ago and she only brought 35 cents. Live at the packers, she was worth 75 cents, rail a buck 40, but because the big packers won't allow small shipments anymore, I was stuck running through the ring. I wish I'd been at the sale. I would have nosaled her, and sent her to a small outfit like Natura when they started accepting more animals.

Rod