farmerjan
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Took 4 cull cows, a bull with a bad hind leg/ stifled? , and a calf off one of the cows that didn't weigh 200 and was well over 6 months... cow had no milk even though she was a very attentive mother... Cows weighed 900 (small cow with no milk) to 1200+ and brought 80 to 110. One real old one, one high headed nut that wouldn't gain, and a nice cow ... all were open. Bull brought .80 and that was fair... he had lost weight down to 1550... Calf brought nearly 2.50/lb...
Watched the baby calves... Holstein bull calves sold in a group/ weighing avg 102 lbs... 4.10/lb... another group of smaller weighing 89 brought 3.89. A lot of singles that brought $100 for some that didn't look like they had even had a drop of colostrum and still wet navels, and were so weak... to over $300/head for small but okay looking ones..
Black calves... several taken off cows in cull/pound pen... started at 350 and a couple brought over 500... several taller lanky 1/2 dairy 1/2 beef calves were all in the $4-550 range... there were 2 that were stocky/stout calves... looked all beef... $625 and 675....
NUTS....
Watched the baby calves... Holstein bull calves sold in a group/ weighing avg 102 lbs... 4.10/lb... another group of smaller weighing 89 brought 3.89. A lot of singles that brought $100 for some that didn't look like they had even had a drop of colostrum and still wet navels, and were so weak... to over $300/head for small but okay looking ones..
Black calves... several taken off cows in cull/pound pen... started at 350 and a couple brought over 500... several taller lanky 1/2 dairy 1/2 beef calves were all in the $4-550 range... there were 2 that were stocky/stout calves... looked all beef... $625 and 675....
NUTS....
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