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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 14637"><p>According to an Oklahoma State University study, "Lots with two or more steers sold for $4.01-7.14/cwt over the price of steers sold as singles in one study. The premium for multiple head sale lots held for heifers but held at about $4.00/cwt. Multiple head lots that were not uniform sold for approximately $2.00/cwt less than uniform lots for steers and heifers. A premium for uniform, multiple head lots is generally attributed to the convenience of filling orders for cattle of a specified description on the part of an order buyer. Also, larger, uniform lots may indicate a single point of origin for the cattle leading to less stress and fewer health problems as may be associated with pen of cattle put together. University of Arizona scientists recorded average sale prices of groups of feeder calves over a 7 year period and found that the average lot size was 15 head. If more calves were sold together, up to 5% more per pound was paid for calves in groups of 50 to 60 head. If groups of 5 head or less were sold, the calves brought 1 - 3% less than the average." The link to the site of the full report is <A HREF="http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/exten/cc-corner/shortenbreeding.html" TARGET="_blank">http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/exten/cc-corner/shortenbreeding.html</A> and you might be interested in this Nebraska site: <A HREF="http://www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/beef/g851.html" TARGET="_blank">http://www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/beef/g851.html</A></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> <a href="mailto:frankie@cattle-today.com">frankie@cattle-today.com</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 14637"] According to an Oklahoma State University study, “Lots with two or more steers sold for $4.01-7.14/cwt over the price of steers sold as singles in one study. The premium for multiple head sale lots held for heifers but held at about $4.00/cwt. Multiple head lots that were not uniform sold for approximately $2.00/cwt less than uniform lots for steers and heifers. A premium for uniform, multiple head lots is generally attributed to the convenience of filling orders for cattle of a specified description on the part of an order buyer. Also, larger, uniform lots may indicate a single point of origin for the cattle leading to less stress and fewer health problems as may be associated with pen of cattle put together. University of Arizona scientists recorded average sale prices of groups of feeder calves over a 7 year period and found that the average lot size was 15 head. If more calves were sold together, up to 5% more per pound was paid for calves in groups of 50 to 60 head. If groups of 5 head or less were sold, the calves brought 1 - 3% less than the average.” The link to the site of the full report is <A HREF="http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/exten/cc-corner/shortenbreeding.html" TARGET="_blank">http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/exten/cc-corner/shortenbreeding.html</A> and you might be interested in this Nebraska site: <A HREF="http://www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/beef/g851.html" TARGET="_blank">http://www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/beef/g851.html</A> [email=frankie@cattle-today.com]frankie@cattle-today.com[/email] [/QUOTE]
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