VanC
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Roughly how much does it cost to have cattle hauled? Do they charge by total miles, loaded miles, weight, head?
Hauling cattle
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From our house it's only 23 miles to the nearest sale barn. Looks like I'm paying $3.69/mile :|
hillrancher
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The barns here will haul them free if you have a full trailer load or at least 15 head. If I have more than I can haul in one trip they will send out what is needed to get them there. I do not know the distance they will travel to do this.
One old fart charged me $20/head for a 15 mile haul. I have kicked the neighbor anything from a 12 pack to 50 to 80 $ before. Depends on who owed the other a favor or not. ;-)
mtncows
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Around $2.00 per loaded mile for a 24' X8' straight truck.20'X 7' trtailer of my cousin's slightly less but the truck and trailer are paid for long ago and the straigt truck guy has the truck for himself anyway.
bigbull338
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the hauler that i use charges $3 a mile 1 way.it doesnt matter if its 1 or a trailer load its $3 a mi.i dont know what long haulers charge to haul cattle.im guessing $4 to $5 a mi 1 way.
Most of the time you can get a pot for 3.00 -3.30 a loaded mile long haul I charge about 2.50 for a 24 by 8 gn over 100 miles more if less. Some cattle I've bought out of purebreed sales were delivered for .10 to .20 a mile per head or free but it's not really free.
$2.50 / milefor a 40' trailer
$2 / mile for any thing smaller
THat is one way, only when they are loaded.
$2 / mile for any thing smaller
THat is one way, only when they are loaded.
