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<blockquote data-quote="Aaron" data-source="post: 1096132" data-attributes="member: 1682"><p>Very true. You get a lot of these poorer bulls in the smaller markets, where quality is of less concern than price. I myself am in one of these markets. I could spend mega-bucks on the best genetics possible and raise some fantastic bulls, but I would never get myself out of the hole I would dig for myself. </p><p></p><p>90% of buyers around here will not spend over 2k for a bull of any kind, and if the one beside him looks like a steer, but priced at $1500, he'll buy him. I don't blame them. Those are the kind of people who have been producing cattle for generations on cattle income alone, and have $30-40,000 to play with each year and pay the bills. Buying $4-5,000.00 bulls doesn't work for them. When bull prices get too high, a lot of commercial guys here trade bulls or buy deals from the kill pens at the markets.</p><p></p><p>I've got my 2 year old bulls priced at $2500 this year and I hope I can sell even 1/2 of them. If not, I won't be raising bulls anymore. A lot of big-time breeders have brought nice bulls into this area in the spring to sell at breeding sale auctions, only to have them all passed with no bids at $1800 and then have 10 bids behind the barn for $1600 or less. They have all now left, vowing never to return. The thinking with most producers here is buy a bull cheap enough, so that when you eventually sell him, you make money.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aaron, post: 1096132, member: 1682"] Very true. You get a lot of these poorer bulls in the smaller markets, where quality is of less concern than price. I myself am in one of these markets. I could spend mega-bucks on the best genetics possible and raise some fantastic bulls, but I would never get myself out of the hole I would dig for myself. 90% of buyers around here will not spend over 2k for a bull of any kind, and if the one beside him looks like a steer, but priced at $1500, he'll buy him. I don't blame them. Those are the kind of people who have been producing cattle for generations on cattle income alone, and have $30-40,000 to play with each year and pay the bills. Buying $4-5,000.00 bulls doesn't work for them. When bull prices get too high, a lot of commercial guys here trade bulls or buy deals from the kill pens at the markets. I've got my 2 year old bulls priced at $2500 this year and I hope I can sell even 1/2 of them. If not, I won't be raising bulls anymore. A lot of big-time breeders have brought nice bulls into this area in the spring to sell at breeding sale auctions, only to have them all passed with no bids at $1800 and then have 10 bids behind the barn for $1600 or less. They have all now left, vowing never to return. The thinking with most producers here is buy a bull cheap enough, so that when you eventually sell him, you make money. [/QUOTE]
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