holstein heifers

[GMN]

How bad did the market fall on holstein heifers?

GMN

 

[milkmaid]

:shock: Price falling? what do you know that I haven't heard about yet? :shock:

Springer price last week was steady at $2098 I believe.

 

[rkm]

The local sale barn here that has a dairy sale every week, springers were off about $500. Some of that may be do to quallity, but price is down. I hear they are going to open the Canadian border again.

 

[glover36]

WATTT 2089 PER HEFIER THATS NUTS WE CANT EVEN GIVE THEM AWAY HERE people wont even buy them for 400

 

[rkm]

glover36, have you heard anything about opening the border for dairy replacements in sept?

 

[glover36]

nope i havent could you possibly inform me lol

 

[milkmaid]

Well I'd hope they aren't dropping too much or for too long. Nearly my entire herd is holstein nurse cows or holstein heifers. If worse comes to worse I do have a back-up plan though, and I know I can raise them pretty cheap anyways.

 

[BC]

$11.00 per cwt milk has alot to do with the price drop.

 

[rkm]

It always seemed to me when the price of milk drops the price of replacements stayed high because most thought the answer was to add cows. Sometime its the only way to prolong the agony.

 

[glover36]

i know up here we cant even give away anything springing red or black or milking shorthorn

 

[rkm]

Glover36, I don't have any facts about opening the border for dairy replacements in sept. Just farmers talking. Thats why I asked you. But I do think its coming soon.

 

[glover36]

it better come lol or this whole country will kill its agriculture so many huge dairy farms around here have went out because they cant make money and quota is hitting 30k

 

[rkm]

Wow! I aways thought the Canadian Government made ag. no 1.

 

[glover36]

yeah right lol may appear that way but there killing the agriculture(animal part at least)

 

[youngfarmer]

if anyone near oshawa has dair hefiers to sell im interested

 

[glover36]

we might