Just A Thought

[mikegahr]

I been doing some thinking, instead of selling your cattle due to the drought would u consider send them out of state to winter. I'm in Arkansas and my have access to a lot of corn and milo fields to run them on, I would take of their hay and put out mollase tanks, all i would ask for would be a % of the calf crop. I don't know if would be fessiable to u or not i was thinking keeping them till the first of march. If anybody has any opinion on this fell free to tell me, like i said this just a thought, don't know it will work or not.

 

[dun]

As slim as the profit margin is I would think that the trucking would pretty well suck up any value that might be added.

 

[1982vett]

As slim as the profit margin is I would think that the trucking would pretty well suck up any value that might be added.

Especially if it takes 500-600 miles to get to the edge of a drought area that already is overstocked from producers hauling only 50 - 100 miles....

So "Let them eat cake"........

 

[papavillars]

There might be someone who wants to save their genetics. It seems like replacements are going to really be in demand next year and maybe even the year after.

 

[jedstivers]

I have been thinking of the same thing. Instead of running stockers on corn and cotton fields with wheat I could run cows for someone.

 

[mikegahr]

I'm not wanting to make a killing just thought i could help someone out ant add to my herd.

 

[Anonymous]

Future money to be made is in replacement heifers once this ends. I think across the board beef prices will hold at the barns until it comes time to restock. Then I think prices will skyrocket because most being sold now is going to feeders and slaughter. Hard to buy em back when they're in plastic