How about this?

[MurraysMutts]

Belties and jerseys are among the most expensive cows in the world!!

Even longhorns made the list.... sheesh

The Top 16 Most Expensive Types of Cows in 2024

These are the 16 most expensive types of cows in the world because of their meat production, size, and quality of milk.

a-z-animals.com

 

[Logan52]

To the experienced cattleman, this seems so removed from the real world of cattle it hardly makes sense. Yet to someone with no experience it might seem authoritative.
Makes me wonder about myself when I read something on the internet about which I have little first hand knowledge. Is what I am reading total nonsense and I just do not know enough about it to make the distinction?

 

[alacowman1]

To the experienced cattleman, this seems so removed from the real world of cattle it hardly makes sense. Yet to someone with no experience it might seem authoritative.
Makes me wonder about myself when I read something on the internet about which I have little first hand knowledge. Is what I am reading total nonsense and I just do not know enough about it to make the distinction?

Statistics from a breed, or special sale averages....

 

[Dave]

The #1 was Wagyu for $30,000? I watched online while B bought 2 semi loads of Wagyu cows at a well advertised dispersal sale. Believe me he paid no where near that amount.

 

[Travlr]

Belties and jerseys are among the most expensive cows in the world!!

Even longhorns made the list.... sheesh

The Top 16 Most Expensive Types of Cows in 2024

These are the 16 most expensive types of cows in the world because of their meat production, size, and quality of milk.

a-z-animals.com

I didn't read the article... but those animals are expensive because they are less productive. You can buy them cheap but they produce low weight, no meat calves and eat just as much as good cattle. THAT makes them expensive.

EDIT: Okay, I cruised through the article. What a bunch of hooey.

 

[Son of Butch]

Justin (the author) is most likely in junior high school with no real world experience, using information gathered from other online sources with no common sense filter. But his article is online now too, so it must be fact and will be cited by others.
The blind leading the blind.

 

[MurraysMutts]

Seems like a city boy writing about things he knows nothing of.

Just my initial thought.

 

[kenny thomas]

It says most longhorns are bought to show. Lol

 

[Warren Allison]

It says most longhorns are bought to show. Lol

True, and those can bring a lot more than $10k, too

 

[MurraysMutts]

True, and those can bring a lot more than $10k, too

Probly a lot more out on rangey pasture around here than for show!

 

[Son of Butch]

Murray maybe you could provide prices on emus and ostriches for those interested in chicken ranching in a big way.

 

[MurraysMutts]

Murray maybe you could provide prices on emus and ostriches for those interested in chicken ranching in a big way.

U starting a chicken ranch?

How Much Does An Emu Cost? | Farming Base

Emu raising is an unconventional business model that benefits in various forms of emu products. The emu industry seems to be a million-dollar industry in near

farmingbase.com

It's on the internet, it must be true!

 

[tex452]

True, and those can bring a lot more than $10k, too

It's a club.
I'll buy yours, you'll buy mine.
When I was a kid longhorns were very rare, and it was something to see one, even here in Texas, now they are everywhere, and cheap.

 

[alacowman1]

It's a club.
I'll buy yours, you'll buy mine.
When I was a kid longhorns were very rare, and it was something to see one, even here in Texas, now they are everywhere, and cheap.

You could run that 10k longhorn straight through a stockyard. And it might, fetch you $300.00.

 

[MurraysMutts]

You could run that 10k longhorn straight through a stockyard. And it might, fetch you $300.00.

I couldn't believe it, but Saturday they sold these 3 and they brought close to a buck a lb!

 

[Travlr]

I couldn't believe it, but Saturday they sold these 3 and they brought close to a buck a lb!
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Two guys had a yen for some yard ornaments... and deep enough pockets to get silly.

 

[Warren Allison]

You could run that 10k longhorn straight through a stockyard. And it might, fetch you $300.00.

Same with the $6k Gelbievs and Limosines, and the $30k Waygu. Same thing if you ran a $100k Keenland yearling through the local Saturday night horse and tack sale. On the flip side, at a local sale barn around here, you'd be hard pressed to see a Hereford cow bring $1500. Might would if she sold as a pair with a black calf by her side.

 

[Warren Allison]

I couldn't believe it, but Saturday they sold these 3 and they brought close to a buck a lb!
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How much did they weigh, Murray? I can believe it. The ridiculously high prices for cattle these days, has driven the price of ALL cattle up. If I tried to replace the CVorr herd we just sold, I'd have to give about $500 or more a head instead of the $250 a head I used to buy them for. Then again, the 2021 calves sold for $1.50 a lbbthat August, and if I had them today they would bring $2.50+ a pound. At $1/lb, those 3 cows would wean a calf that would bring twice what they cost if bred to the right bull.. No other breed of cows sold that day would do that

 

[alacowman1]

I couldn't believe it, but Saturday they sold these 3 and they brought close to a buck a lb!
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I couldn't believe it, but Saturday they sold these 3 and they brought close to a buck a lb!
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Oddly enough,that's a good sign..

 

[MurraysMutts]

How much did they weigh, Murray? I can believe it. The ridiculously high prices for cattle these days, has driven the price of ALL cattle up. If I tried to replace the CVorr herd we just sold, I'd have to give about $500 or more a head instead of the $250 a head I used to buy them for. Then again, the 2021 calves sold for $1.50 a lbbthat August, and if I had them today they would bring $2.50+ a pound. At $1/lb, those 3 cows would wean a calf that would bring twice what they cost if bred to the right bull.. No other breed of cows sold that day would do that

2 of em were pretty light. Less than 500.
I think the biggest was pushing 700

The non horned crossbred brought 600 bucks. I remember that. Lol