Muddy
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Saw a group of jersey steers ran thru the ring, got sold at $1,242.00 per head and the average weight is 540lbs...that's crazy
Jerseys not cheap anymore.
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skyhightree1
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Yes, I noticed the same shenanigans at a sale on Monday.
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Muddy
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Its crazy that its rare to find a cheap feeder for sale nowadays. Other dirty cheapest breeds used to be cheap but not anymore.
skyhightree1
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Muddy":3ojh1tge said:
I am going to the barn in a couple weeks to buy some calves. Toad attends a sale frequently thats almost 3 hours from me that I am going to try in a couple weeks and see whats there before I buy at my usual barn. There is a lot more dairy cattle out his way and I will see what they go for out there. I DONT like fooling with bottle jersey calves but if they go cheap enough I will go darn sure buy some.
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Muddy
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I had an opportunity to buying few jersey bull calves for $50 per head last year, should had brought them and sell them right now.
skyhightree1
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Muddy":p6dheafn said:
I could buy them for that up until a month or so ago I wish I had bought about 50 of them but knowing the jerseys about 40 would have died
bigbull338
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feeder steer #s are so low that forces the feedlots to buy the dairy breed steers.they have to have the cattle.so they will take what they can buy.
denvermartinfarms
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We had some 3.00$ 3wt Holsteins here today. Highest jerseys I have seen is some 4wts in the 1.80s.
kjonesel
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I have a neighbor raising jerseys and he went through a lot of hay last winter feeding them. He hauled 14-16 month steers off (what he had left after a heavy death rate) and the averaged 560 lbs. He bragged about making money. The rest of the story he still has a $6,000.00 feed bill at the local store for milk replacer and calf starter. I guess that is how he made money.
chippie
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A good Jersey cow's value has increased too.
bigbull338
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he learned a hard costly lesson.jerseys are born looking for a place to die.
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Muddy
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Isnt all dairy calves are like that? I'd rather take jersey over brown swiss calf at any time, any day.bigbull338":1kjb8nvl said:
TexasBred
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Muddy":3oi2bhmr said:
True...at least the jersey will milk. There's a real art to raising baby calves...I ain't got it. :lol2:
Rafter S
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Muddy":2b1n6iez said:
A vet told me one time "A Guernsey cow spends her whole life walking around looking for a place to lay down and die."
bigbull338
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i had a gurnsey cow years ago.never had a problem out of her till she didnt breed back.
LauraleesFarm
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Today at the Emory salebarn, a couple of fresh jerseys sold in the $1400 range. There were two Holstein heifers appeared newborn that sold for $475 apiece. That salebarn doesn't really sell a lot of dairy cattle, so these were standouts in the primarily beef sale. I nearly choked to hear the bid on those baby heifers. That's gonna hurt when they both get the scours.
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Muddy
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I read a report from our local sale barn from last week. A pair of highland heifers got sold for $1,300 per head.
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We had aJersey/ Brown Swiss cow when I was in Jr and Senior High School,, she had a calf every year in a two week time period. When she was in heat she would get out and find a bull then come home next day. We fed hay in the winter and grass in the summer. Never had to help her with her calf only I would carry the calf to the barn. She done this for six years in a row the only reason we got rid of her was the barn burned down.
Stocker Steve
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Sold two red limi flex beef bottle calves that average $705 each.
I'm not sure we have seen anything yet. The madness is just beginning.
