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<blockquote data-quote="DLD" data-source="post: 1093621" data-attributes="member: 19707"><p>When the market's hot and demand is high, castrating, dehorning and weaning sometimes doesn't pay. It's extremely rare that those calves bring as much as weaned and worked calves of the same size and quality, but the difference may sometimes be small enough to make it not worthwhile for a producer. However, over time, I really believe it's most profitable to sell them weaned and worked.</p><p>If you have a reputation for selling calves that are weaned and worked and ready to go back to the country and make money, it's worth protecting, IMHO.</p><p></p><p>On another note, the OP said he was pretty sure all the calves were steers, and the one that was marked as a bull brought as much as the steers. Sale barns aren't infallible either - there's a very good chance that either the clerk wrote it down wrong, or someone in the office entered it wrong. Most programs use a numerical code for sex (one for color, too). It's awfully easy to accidentally hit the wrong key, and then the paperwork's wrong. Not saying for sure that happened here, but it's sure a possibility. Especially if he watched them sell and nobody called it in the ring.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DLD, post: 1093621, member: 19707"] When the market's hot and demand is high, castrating, dehorning and weaning sometimes doesn't pay. It's extremely rare that those calves bring as much as weaned and worked calves of the same size and quality, but the difference may sometimes be small enough to make it not worthwhile for a producer. However, over time, I really believe it's most profitable to sell them weaned and worked. If you have a reputation for selling calves that are weaned and worked and ready to go back to the country and make money, it's worth protecting, IMHO. On another note, the OP said he was pretty sure all the calves were steers, and the one that was marked as a bull brought as much as the steers. Sale barns aren't infallible either - there's a very good chance that either the clerk wrote it down wrong, or someone in the office entered it wrong. Most programs use a numerical code for sex (one for color, too). It's awfully easy to accidentally hit the wrong key, and then the paperwork's wrong. Not saying for sure that happened here, but it's sure a possibility. Especially if he watched them sell and nobody called it in the ring. [/QUOTE]
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