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<blockquote data-quote="ROB" data-source="post: 474944" data-attributes="member: 3467"><p>Aero- do you know many people who regularily sell registered calves at a typical salebarn sale? i'd say 99.9% of the calves sold at the barn are commercial, with the exception of cull calves that could have been registered but were not for one reason or the other. special auctions are held occasionally for registered calves at the salebarn, but are advertised for - which brings in people interested in the particular breed of cattle selling.</p><p></p><p>spoon- profitability with your calves will be dependant upon your management/marketing ability. there are breeds out there who won't sell good at the salebarn, but the same animals will bring a better premium marketed in a different manner. you might even find that top market price at the salebarn would be a discount to an alternative marketing plan. what will your operating costs be to purchase cows, semen, bulls, feed, fertilizer, ... if these costs are to high - top market calves (as mentioned in the previous posts) might not pay the bills.</p><p></p><p>just because you might be able to sell top market calves at the salebarn - that doesn't mean your going to be profitable in the cattle business.</p><p></p><p>with the original post in mind, registered or not...you basically will be running a pretty small scale operation. this is a stumbling block when marketing at the local salebarn. even if you decide to go with the predominate breed in your area, you still won't be able to put together a good sized run of calves to sell. you end up with steers and heifers of various sizes that will be sorted into lots of 1's, 2's, and 3's. typically these calves are purchased late in a sale, the calves have had ample time to shrink, and are bought to fill out a load. not going to be top market calves.</p><p></p><p>no matter what breed you choose to go with, think seriously about an alternative marketing plan. good luck.</p><p></p><p>ROB</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ROB, post: 474944, member: 3467"] Aero- do you know many people who regularily sell registered calves at a typical salebarn sale? i'd say 99.9% of the calves sold at the barn are commercial, with the exception of cull calves that could have been registered but were not for one reason or the other. special auctions are held occasionally for registered calves at the salebarn, but are advertised for - which brings in people interested in the particular breed of cattle selling. spoon- profitability with your calves will be dependant upon your management/marketing ability. there are breeds out there who won't sell good at the salebarn, but the same animals will bring a better premium marketed in a different manner. you might even find that top market price at the salebarn would be a discount to an alternative marketing plan. what will your operating costs be to purchase cows, semen, bulls, feed, fertilizer, ... if these costs are to high - top market calves (as mentioned in the previous posts) might not pay the bills. just because you might be able to sell top market calves at the salebarn - that doesn't mean your going to be profitable in the cattle business. with the original post in mind, registered or not...you basically will be running a pretty small scale operation. this is a stumbling block when marketing at the local salebarn. even if you decide to go with the predominate breed in your area, you still won't be able to put together a good sized run of calves to sell. you end up with steers and heifers of various sizes that will be sorted into lots of 1's, 2's, and 3's. typically these calves are purchased late in a sale, the calves have had ample time to shrink, and are bought to fill out a load. not going to be top market calves. no matter what breed you choose to go with, think seriously about an alternative marketing plan. good luck. ROB [/QUOTE]
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