Is there a "best" time to send the culls to sale?

[texanstraders]

I'm a small operation and don't sell many culls a year, but was wondering if there was a "best" time to send them. Obviously early spring is probably the best, but are there other times of year that the buyers are looking for feeders ? I am in north texas (5o miles north of Dallas). I have a 9 month old bull calf that can go, but wondering if I should keep him around until a certain time or take him to the sale barn this week.
I hate to drive over to Emory from where I am , but the farmer down the road says I should use that sale because they have more buyers than the sale barn in Bonham. He says the one in Bonham has had some troubles and I should avoid it...Thanks in advance for the advice.

 

[bigbull338]

emory is a good sale to take cattle to.but since you just have 1 calf ready to go i think id hold it.till you have some more calves to go.the heavier the calf is the better.will you have some calves ready to go in oct.

 

[Third Row]

If you are talking about just one 9-mo bull calf, just go to the closest sale. The gas to get him to a sale one county over that pays $5/CWT more would eat any increased profits.

 

[somn]

I have a 9 month old bull calf that can go

I gotta know why do you think this 9 month old bull needs to be culled is there something terribly wrong with it?

 

[texanstraders]

Nothing wrong with him, just don't need another bull and I have a feeder that I am finishing now. Don't need that much beef in the freezer. We usually only slaughter one per year for personal consumption...

 

[iowafarmer]

he probably shoudl b castrated but he will b docked for being 9 months old and still being a bull. If i were you i wouldnt worry about it and since it is one take him to the nearest one if you had a small package of 5 or more then it would make sense.

 

[BC]

Would Paris be closer than Emory? They have a sale on Thursday and Saturday.