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<blockquote data-quote="Dave" data-source="post: 1725701" data-attributes="member: 498"><p>Hold the hay and buy thin cattle about a month before grass. I counted hay in the stack and figured I had enough for 45 if I start feeding February 1. Of course I can't magically get 45 cows on February so plan A is start buying January 20. There is a rented pasture where the landowner wants cows gone by Sept 1. That only for one and done cows. This is certainly not stocker pasture. Good younger cows would need some where to go on September 1. So I am still going with paying one bid over kill price. Kill prices are kind of high now. But I wouldn't expect them to drop by August when cows going to kill are at a low point. I am not relying on the bred cow specials either. They attract too many buyers looking to buy bred cows. Not fond of feeder calf special sales either. That puts me buying bred cows at mid night. On the other hand I get good buys then. </p><p>We have plenty of snow in the hills. So irrigation water is going to be good this summer. The rangeland pastures depend on a good rain in April/May. But it is like that every year. Here we are one good rain away from a drought every year. Plenty of fall rain and snow for the early grass. After that it is a crap shoot every year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave, post: 1725701, member: 498"] Hold the hay and buy thin cattle about a month before grass. I counted hay in the stack and figured I had enough for 45 if I start feeding February 1. Of course I can't magically get 45 cows on February so plan A is start buying January 20. There is a rented pasture where the landowner wants cows gone by Sept 1. That only for one and done cows. This is certainly not stocker pasture. Good younger cows would need some where to go on September 1. So I am still going with paying one bid over kill price. Kill prices are kind of high now. But I wouldn't expect them to drop by August when cows going to kill are at a low point. I am not relying on the bred cow specials either. They attract too many buyers looking to buy bred cows. Not fond of feeder calf special sales either. That puts me buying bred cows at mid night. On the other hand I get good buys then. We have plenty of snow in the hills. So irrigation water is going to be good this summer. The rangeland pastures depend on a good rain in April/May. But it is like that every year. Here we are one good rain away from a drought every year. Plenty of fall rain and snow for the early grass. After that it is a crap shoot every year. [/QUOTE]
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