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<blockquote data-quote="Brute 23" data-source="post: 1452342" data-attributes="member: 6291"><p>If you have the room the house the extra heifers I don't see the down side. Just don't pour a bunch of money in them expecting to get it back just in case they have to go back to the ring.</p><p></p><p>When I wean calves I always catch the bulls first. I like to get them weaned and if we have the extra grass I turn them out on grass. Then a month or two later I like to go back and catch the heifers. Any heifer that just wont make the cut or that have bad attitudes will get sold with the bulls. I'm already keeping heifers for replacements also so it's no a big deal to keep a few extra and try to sell them private treaty. Most of the time I do not have a problem selling them but a few have had to go back to the ring and I've never lost money on them. </p><p></p><p>I have quite a few people that will pay $150 over auction prices for what I would call kind of the plain heifers that I would run thru the ring. They like having some back ground on them and they know I stand behind them. Do that on 10, 20, 30 heifers annually and it adds up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brute 23, post: 1452342, member: 6291"] If you have the room the house the extra heifers I don't see the down side. Just don't pour a bunch of money in them expecting to get it back just in case they have to go back to the ring. When I wean calves I always catch the bulls first. I like to get them weaned and if we have the extra grass I turn them out on grass. Then a month or two later I like to go back and catch the heifers. Any heifer that just wont make the cut or that have bad attitudes will get sold with the bulls. I'm already keeping heifers for replacements also so it's no a big deal to keep a few extra and try to sell them private treaty. Most of the time I do not have a problem selling them but a few have had to go back to the ring and I've never lost money on them. I have quite a few people that will pay $150 over auction prices for what I would call kind of the plain heifers that I would run thru the ring. They like having some back ground on them and they know I stand behind them. Do that on 10, 20, 30 heifers annually and it adds up. [/QUOTE]
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