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<blockquote data-quote="Victoria" data-source="post: 958220" data-attributes="member: 1258"><p>I keep all of our boys - for bulls or I feed up the steers and sell freezer beef. We are keeping most of our heifers as our herd is getting older. We have a few girls to send out though. They were going to leave us for the first calf sale of the season on the 5th but like most other people we kept them home. If I remember right there were 106 (or was it 160) calves that made it to auction. Last week the prices for a 600-700 lb steer was 140-146. Heifers 125-134. The heifers weren't selling for much less than the steers before this whole XL thing but they sure are now. The steers have dropped a bit - I can't find my sheet that tracks the numbers but I know I had it worked out that a 680 lb steer was worth a bit over $1,000 so that is a drop. What has really dropped are the cows. XL in Brooks takes a lot of older cows. Sold some older - still in good shape- cows before this happened for $1100. - they were bought by XL. Heard from a guy who said that he saw those kind of cows go for $400. after the blow-up.</p><p>We decided to hold our girls until November. They are good heifers and would work well in a commercial program so hoping someone might be buying replacements then??? As I say, we only have a few to go thankfully. Sure am feeling for guys like you who ship them all out - it's pretty hard to figure out what the best course of action is.</p><p>I'm wondering what the long term damage will be at the retail level. When I see questions like "I'm scared to eat beef. But how do I get enough iron?" being put in the internet version of the Globe and Mail with the answer of you don't have to eat red meat - well, I just don't like seeing that. The media is having a real good time with this one. I'm kind of amazed that prices are staying as high as they are but most everyone is keeping their calves at home so far. If XL doesn't open up soon then I would expect a fall in price as people can no longer hold on and ship them out and 1/3 less animals are needed. If I were shipping steers I think I would do it now. I'm not trusting that XL is going to get it together and get production levels back up before winter sets in and people feel the need to sell. Winter looks like it could come early here. I could be wrong though - sadly that happens more than I would like. :lol2:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Victoria, post: 958220, member: 1258"] I keep all of our boys - for bulls or I feed up the steers and sell freezer beef. We are keeping most of our heifers as our herd is getting older. We have a few girls to send out though. They were going to leave us for the first calf sale of the season on the 5th but like most other people we kept them home. If I remember right there were 106 (or was it 160) calves that made it to auction. Last week the prices for a 600-700 lb steer was 140-146. Heifers 125-134. The heifers weren't selling for much less than the steers before this whole XL thing but they sure are now. The steers have dropped a bit - I can't find my sheet that tracks the numbers but I know I had it worked out that a 680 lb steer was worth a bit over $1,000 so that is a drop. What has really dropped are the cows. XL in Brooks takes a lot of older cows. Sold some older - still in good shape- cows before this happened for $1100. - they were bought by XL. Heard from a guy who said that he saw those kind of cows go for $400. after the blow-up. We decided to hold our girls until November. They are good heifers and would work well in a commercial program so hoping someone might be buying replacements then??? As I say, we only have a few to go thankfully. Sure am feeling for guys like you who ship them all out - it's pretty hard to figure out what the best course of action is. I'm wondering what the long term damage will be at the retail level. When I see questions like "I'm scared to eat beef. But how do I get enough iron?" being put in the internet version of the Globe and Mail with the answer of you don't have to eat red meat - well, I just don't like seeing that. The media is having a real good time with this one. I'm kind of amazed that prices are staying as high as they are but most everyone is keeping their calves at home so far. If XL doesn't open up soon then I would expect a fall in price as people can no longer hold on and ship them out and 1/3 less animals are needed. If I were shipping steers I think I would do it now. I'm not trusting that XL is going to get it together and get production levels back up before winter sets in and people feel the need to sell. Winter looks like it could come early here. I could be wrong though - sadly that happens more than I would like. :lol2: [/QUOTE]
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