Interesting Auction note . . . . Wh. cattle v. Bl. cattle

[Kathie in Thorp]

The older gentleman I bought my British Whites from near Salem, OR, recently took a half dozen or so of those calves -- 500-600 lbs. -- to auction in Woodburn, OR. My neighbors, my bro-in-law, THAT GUY 2 years ago, EVERYBODY said: "You'll never get as much money for white cattle as black cattle." He had the high selling steers at Woodburn, 12 cents/lb. over anything black. Makes my little heart feel good! :)

 

[Kathie in Thorp]

Steers. Forgot to say that.

 

[TexasBred]

Steers. Forgot to say that.

Must have been good calves and white is what the folks in your area want. Or an individual bought them and didn't have a clue what the real market for them was. Regardless...they apparently sold very well.

 

[Kathie in Thorp]

Steers. Forgot to say that.

Must have been good calves and white is what the folks in your area want. Or an individual bought them and didn't have a clue what the real market for them was. Regardless...they apparently sold very well.

Hey, hey, hey . . . . This is black beef country, right Dave & Alan? TB, maybe he just had the best steers there, and the buyer wasn't clue-less !?!

 

[FarmGirl10]

The older gentleman I bought my British Whites from near Salem, OR, recently took a half dozen or so of those calves -- 500-600 lbs. -- to auction in Woodburn, OR. My neighbors, my bro-in-law, THAT GUY 2 years ago, EVERYBODY said: "You'll never get as much money for white cattle as black cattle." He had the high selling steers at Woodburn, 12 cents/lb. over anything black. Makes my little heart feel good! :)

Im glad to hear that. :) Don't know anything about British Whites, but Im glad they beat out Black hided cattle. :nod:

 

[Kathie in Thorp]

I don't think this happens often, FG10, but it does my heart good to see it now! :)

 

[3waycross]

The older gentleman I bought my British Whites from near Salem, OR, recently took a half dozen or so of those calves -- 500-600 lbs. -- to auction in Woodburn, OR. My neighbors, my bro-in-law, THAT GUY 2 years ago, EVERYBODY said: "You'll never get as much money for white cattle as black cattle." He had the high selling steers at Woodburn, 12 cents/lb. over anything black. Makes my little heart feel good! :)

Im glad to hear that. :) Don't know anything about British Whites, but Im glad they beat out Black hided cattle. :nod:

Heck I thought they WERE black hided!

 

[FarmGirl10]

The older gentleman I bought my British Whites from near Salem, OR, recently took a half dozen or so of those calves -- 500-600 lbs. -- to auction in Woodburn, OR. My neighbors, my bro-in-law, THAT GUY 2 years ago, EVERYBODY said: "You'll never get as much money for white cattle as black cattle." He had the high selling steers at Woodburn, 12 cents/lb. over anything black. Makes my little heart feel good! :)

Im glad to hear that. :) Don't know anything about British Whites, but Im glad they beat out Black hided cattle. :nod:

Heck I thought they WERE black hided!

:oops: they probably are, lol. they do have black noses don't they? But u knew what i meant :lol:

 

[Kathie in Thorp]

Not totally black-hided, as I look at mine, and as I've seen one skinned -- but definitely around eyes; udders are black, inside ears are, above the hooves are . . . they are black where they need to be for bug/weather protection.

 

[TexasBred]

Steers. Forgot to say that.

Must have been good calves and white is what the folks in your area want. Or an individual bought them and didn't have a clue what the real market for them was. Regardless...they apparently sold very well.

Hey, hey, hey . . . . This is black beef country, right Dave & Alan? TB, maybe he just had the best steers there, and the buyer wasn't clue-less !?!

Could be...like I said "they must have been good calves and sold very well". ;-)

 

[3waycross]

I really did think they had black skin. All over. Is that not true?

If it would be real funny to see them in a pen with 500 angus steers being graded for CAB

 

[backhoeboogie]

The older gentleman I bought my British Whites from near Salem, OR, recently took a half dozen or so of those calves -- 500-600 lbs. -- to auction in Woodburn, OR. My neighbors, my bro-in-law, THAT GUY 2 years ago, EVERYBODY said: "You'll never get as much money for white cattle as black cattle." He had the high selling steers at Woodburn, 12 cents/lb. over anything black. Makes my little heart feel good! :)

For this to happen at auction tells me more than one person was interested. That is the bright side to this story in my opinion.

 

[TexasBred]

The older gentleman I bought my British Whites from near Salem, OR, recently took a half dozen or so of those calves -- 500-600 lbs. -- to auction in Woodburn, OR. My neighbors, my bro-in-law, THAT GUY 2 years ago, EVERYBODY said: "You'll never get as much money for white cattle as black cattle." He had the high selling steers at Woodburn, 12 cents/lb. over anything black. Makes my little heart feel good! :)

For this to happen at auction tells me more than one person was interested. That is the bright side to this story in my opinion.

Often the owner and someone else. :shock:

 

[Dave]

Well that doesn't happen very often. My educated guess would be that they came through early on in the sale. The backyard urbanites will drive up prices bidding against each other and they have no idea what cattle are worth or good cattle from bad ones. They are normally there early in the sale and buy the first thing through the ring. Woodburn is just a few miles south of Portland so there is no shortage of backyard farmers.

Here (80 miles north of Portland) black hided cattle bring 15-20 cents more than red or white cattle of the same quality. They will often run in half a dozen steer with one red (or white) one in the group. Right away they will sort off the red and sell the blacks. Then sell the red by its self for less even though the red is just as good and maybe even better.

 

[backhoeboogie]

The older gentleman I bought my British Whites from near Salem, OR, recently took a half dozen or so of those calves -- 500-600 lbs. -- to auction in Woodburn, OR. My neighbors, my bro-in-law, THAT GUY 2 years ago, EVERYBODY said: "You'll never get as much money for white cattle as black cattle." He had the high selling steers at Woodburn, 12 cents/lb. over anything black. Makes my little heart feel good! :)

For this to happen at auction tells me more than one person was interested. That is the bright side to this story in my opinion.

Often the owner and someone else. :shock:

Ah dunno. Wouldn't that be a good way to get yourself kilt?

I have heard a story about a guy who couldn't buy for safeway. He eventually brought in a couple of truckloads from LA and bid those up. They said he didn't show his face for quite some time.

 

[john250]

The older gentleman I bought my British Whites from near Salem, OR, recently took a half dozen or so of those calves -- 500-600 lbs. -- to auction in Woodburn, OR. My neighbors, my bro-in-law, THAT GUY 2 years ago, EVERYBODY said: "You'll never get as much money for white cattle as black cattle." He had the high selling steers at Woodburn, 12 cents/lb. over anything black. Makes my little heart feel good! :)

Around here, the cattle market goes in to "hold" after Thanksgiving until about the end of January. Selling during that time is very dangerous for the seller, usually. You said that the cattle sold .12 above the market, but what was the market? Usually it's bargain hunters in the market buying this time of year. I really don't want to enter the 'black/white" debate. I can find plenty of trouble closer to home.

 

[Kathie in Thorp]

I really did think they had black skin. All over. Is that not true?

If it would be real funny to see them in a pen with 500 angus steers being graded for CAB

3-Way -- We skinned out a couple at butcher this year -- but I wasn't there when it happened on the first, and was too asthma crapped on the second round. And there may have been enough fat on the hide that it was hard to tell . . . . . . . BUT, I have a couple of my BW's that I can go out and scratch and pet. On a couple, neck skin under white hair is pink; and other places, it's dark/black. Maybe there's a fat cushion. ?? :roll:

 

[TexasBred]

Ah dunno. Wouldn't that be a good way to get yourself kilt?

I have heard a story about a guy who couldn't buy for safeway. He eventually brought in a couple of truckloads from LA and bid those up. They said he didn't show his face for quite some time.

Pretty common for the owners of cattle to bid on their own cattle. I've sat and watched even order buyers work with each other on calves of their own they had brought to the sell. Always a deal going on. Bidding on your own cattle simply insures that they bring what you want for them. If they don't you win the bid and haul them back home OR you might just see them come right back thru the ring in an hour or so. Depends on what you told the auctioneeer. :cowboy:

 

[Kathie in Thorp]

Ah dunno. Wouldn't that be a good way to get yourself kilt?

I have heard a story about a guy who couldn't buy for safeway. He eventually brought in a couple of truckloads from LA and bid those up. They said he didn't show his face for quite some time.

Pretty common for the owners of cattle to bid on their own cattle. I've sat and watched even order buyers work with each other on calves of their own they had brought to the sell. Always a deal going on. Bidding on your own cattle simply insures that they bring what you want for them. If they don't you win the bid and haul them back home OR you might just see them come right back thru the ring in an hour or so. Depends on what you told the auctioneeer. :cowboy:

My friend didn't bid on his own cattle.

 

[TexasBred]

Ah dunno. Wouldn't that be a good way to get yourself kilt?

I have heard a story about a guy who couldn't buy for safeway. He eventually brought in a couple of truckloads from LA and bid those up. They said he didn't show his face for quite some time.

Pretty common for the owners of cattle to bid on their own cattle. I've sat and watched even order buyers work with each other on calves of their own they had brought to the sell. Always a deal going on. Bidding on your own cattle simply insures that they bring what you want for them. If they don't you win the bid and haul them back home OR you might just see them come right back thru the ring in an hour or so. Depends on what you told the auctioneeer. :cowboy:

My friend didn't bid on his own cattle.

And I did NOT say he did. Was responding to BHB's comment.