Eared steers

[CowsRcuddly]

Took these 6 steers to the Livingston Livestock Exchange! They averaged about 500 lbs! Lets see how much they bring! What are your guesses? View attachment 27460View attachment 27461View attachment 27462View attachment 27463View attachment 27469

Good luck...Hope they sell high. It will be interesting to see their actual weights...some look bigger

 

[Dave]

I hope they do well. But with the way the futures market is looking today I am glad I am not selling anything this week. Might be a good week to be buying. We will see.

 

[Travlr]

I hope they do well. But with the way the futures market is looking today I am glad I am not selling anything this week. Might be a good week to be buying. We will see.

Might be better to sell now than later. I'd be keeping heifers and bred cows before I'd keep steers.

 

[AldacoCattle]

I hope they do well. But with the way the futures market is looking today I am glad I am not selling anything this week. Might be a good week to be buying. We will see.

I'm still a newbie when it comes to selling. I have been checking the market report and it was looking pretty good so I figured it was a good time to sell! I'm still learning to read future markets!

 

[Dave]

Drovers reported on Friday that even though the futures were down that cash fat cattle were steady and feeder cattle were up. The LRP quote for today was steady when compared to last week. The futures is used by either the big boys (feed lots) or commodity traders (a friend calls them the shiny shoe boys). It is nothing for 99% to use but is a good way to look at trends in the market.

 

[Lee VanRoss]

$1.64.
(And, The chicken and dumplins at Livingston are pretty good!)
"Location=Upper Texas Gulf Coast"....that's a pretty good ways from Livingston..

I agree w/ GB. Now I will look ahead and get the verdict.

 

[houstoncutter]

Well at least you're selling eared cattle in March. If sold in the fall you would have taken 40 to 50 cents a pound hit. Livingston like Raywood doesn't have enough buyers for this type of animal. Huntsville would be your closet best market.

Never tell the the barn to just mail your check, you will get screwed evertime.

 

[chaded]

Well at least you're selling eared cattle in March. If sold in the fall you would have taken 40 to 50 cents a pound hit. Livingston like Raywood doesn't have enough buyers for this type of animal. Huntsville would be your closet best market.

Never tell the the barn to just mail your check, you will get screwed evertime.

How so?

 

[houstoncutter]

How so?

Give me a bit more than" how so"

 

[chaded]

Give me a bit more than" how so"

I was replying to your comment that I put in bold text, sorry. I was curious about the comment about having your check mailed.

 

[anewcomer]

Are these calves 1/2 blood Brahman?

 

[AldacoCattle]

Well at least you're selling eared cattle in March. If sold in the fall you would have taken 40 to 50 cents a pound hit. Livingston like Raywood doesn't have enough buyers for this type of animal. Huntsville would be your closet best market.

Never tell the the barn to just mail your check, you will get screwed evertime.

Thanks! I have tried Raywood and I liked the prices I got at Livingston better (plus having the sales on Saturday works better for us). I didnt know about Huntsville sales barn. Can you explain how do they screw us by mailing the check?

 

[AldacoCattle]

Are these calves 1/2 blood Brahman?

Yes they are. We run this bull with crossbred cows, some might be 3/4 Brahman since some of the cows we have are Brahman influenced.

 

[AldacoCattle]

I agree w/ GB. Now I will look ahead and get the verdict.

I will most likely get the check tomorrow! I will definitely update y'all. I'm hoping I'm not too disappointed with what I get

 

[Travlr]

I will most likely get the check tomorrow! I will definitely update y'all. I'm hoping I'm not too disappointed with what I get

Have you ever said what your guess is?

 

[AldacoCattle]

Have you ever said what your guess is?

I just looked at the check of 3 similar steers that we took in July and they brought $1.31 on average. I'm hoping they bring more than $1.50 this time.

Since the market is doing a little better this time around my guess will be: $1.70.

 

[Brute 23]

I have reserved my guess because it can vary big time by barn on cattle like that.

From my experience, here, selling some like that, I couldn't get the 170. They slide pretty good on any thing over 1/2. 3/4s sold right around the same as pure bloods. The black will bring a little more.

Right now, all bets are off with this market though so I hope they do better for you, than me.

 

[BC]

Well at least you're selling eared cattle in March. If sold in the fall you would have taken 40 to 50 cents a pound hit. Livingston like Raywood doesn't have enough buyers for this type of animal. Huntsville would be your closet best market.

Never tell the the barn to just mail your check, you will get screwed evertime.

Huntsville closed several years ago.

 

[BC]

Aldaco, since you are in the Dayton area, your cows need to be Brahman influenced to be environmentally adapted. A Brahman bull on those type cows puts too much Brahman blood in the calf. The ideal calf for southeast Texas should be 1/4 Brahman blood calf.

 

[houstoncutter]

Oh Huntsville closed several years ago.

Oh damn, didn't know that, I got out of the biz bout 6 years ago. Sold a lot of animals out of there.