How bad will he get docked?

[Deepsouth]

I have a steer with a hernia at his navel. I talked to the vet and he give me an estimate of $150 for surgery to fix it. I also have to haul him 45 miles to the vet. He also said said on one this size, 450 to 500 pounds, it can be risky and might lose him.
I have about decided to just take him to the sale as he is. What kind of dockage am I looking at. He is in pretty sound condition other than the hernia.

What would y'all do?

 

[skyhightree1]

I have a steer with a hernia at his navel. I talked to the vet and he give me an estimate of $150 for surgery to fix it. I also have to haul him 45 miles to the vet. He also said said on one this size, 450 to 500 pounds, it can be risky and might lose him.
I have about decided to just take him to the sale as he is. What kind of dockage am I looking at. He is in pretty sound condition other than the hernia.

What would y'all do?

Any docking he may get is better than the loss of him and having a vet bill in my book.. However, To answer your question I don't know how much but it beats a blank.

 

[Deepsouth]

I have a steer with a hernia at his navel. I talked to the vet and he give me an estimate of $150 for surgery to fix it. I also have to haul him 45 miles to the vet. He also said said on one this size, 450 to 500 pounds, it can be risky and might lose him.
I have about decided to just take him to the sale as he is. What kind of dockage am I looking at. He is in pretty sound condition other than the hernia.

What would y'all do?

Any docking he may get is better than the loss of him and having a vet bill in my book.. However, To answer your question I don't know how much but it beats a blank.

Yeah, that's the way I feel about it sky.

 

[Deepsouth]

I was just wondering how much they might hit him. I have options. I can sale as is, do the surgery or eat him myself.

 

[Bigfoot]

Have you thought about putting him in the deep freeze? I had one slaughtered earlier this year for the same reason.

 

[Deepsouth]

Have you thought about putting him in the deep freeze? I had one slaughtered earlier this year for the same reason.

It's an option. Depends on how bad they are going to hit him. As high as they are I can take a pretty good hit and still come out on him.

 

[skyhightree1]

I gotta say I don't think the docking is gonna be so substantial that you can't make a financial gain. If you need beef there ya go but I sure do hate eating up profits.. Literally

 

[denvermartinfarms]

How bad is it? I've had alot of them from raising baby Holsteins, after you bottle feed them they start sucking on each other and some will get a hernia at the navel. On those I never got hot very hard but they were often in with a bigger group and not to bad looking.

 

[Deepsouth]

How bad is it? I've had alot of them from raising baby Holsteins, after you bottle feed them they start sucking on each other and some will get a hernia at the navel. On those I never got hot very hard but they were often in with a bigger group and not to bad looking.

Denver I don't really know how bad it is and neither did the vet, if it is a hernia at all, but it looks bad. He was only looking at some pictures and said it could be a infected navel but I've been giving him LA 300 and the swelling doesn't come down so he thinks it is probably a hernia.

 

[denvermartinfarms]

How big is it swelled up?

 

[Aaron]

I am going to say somewhere around 1.20 to 1.50/lb,depending on severity. Unless someone has a freezer to fill, then you may see very little dockage at all.

 

[Deepsouth]

How big is it swelled up?

About the size of a baseball. I'll try and post a picture.

 

[Deepsouth]

 

[denvermartinfarms]

Is he also high in the back, or just backed up against the fence?. That hernia will cost you, but not bad enough to not sell him. I think he will still bring over 200cwt.

 

[Deepsouth]

Bad picture, I had him backed into a corner trying to get a picture. He's got a good back line.

If he brings 200 cwt I'll be satisfied.

 

[denvermartinfarms]

Bad picture, I had him backed into a corner trying to get a picture. He's got a good back line.

If he brings 200 cwt I'll be satisfied.

I've seen alot of blind calves bring 140cwt in the last little while. Hard to put a exact number on what someone will pay for flawed cattle, but I wouldn't be suprised at all if he brings good money.

 

[highgrit]

Go to the sale and no sell him if your not happy with the price. He doesn't look bad to me, but you know how them buyers are.

 

[Deepsouth]

Well I sold him this week and they hit him hard. He weighed 460 and brought $540.50. That's only $1.17/pound. His weight class, 400 - 500, went from $2.10 - $3.05.

 

[skyhightree1]

Well I sold him this week and they hit him hard. He weighed 460 and brought $540.50. That's only $1.17/pound. His weight class, 400 - 500, went from $2.10 - $3.05.

shiza that sucks ds you would been better to finish and sell sides of beef.

 

[Workinonit Farm]

Ouch ------ sorry to hear that. Yeah, he took a big hit.