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Managing for '09" from the Hereford World
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<blockquote data-quote="Alberta farmer" data-source="post: 614778" data-attributes="member: 8978"><p>What I saw this year in late summer early fall was the buyers wanted 900 plus feeder steers. Get them below 900 and you took a real beating.</p><p>When the calf run started they would pay almost nothing for little calves...especially hard on heifers.</p><p>The price picked up on calves in December(probably the tax money coming to town) but was still pretty dismal.</p><p>We haven't sold any calves for four years now. If you can tough a calf through the winter and put him out on grass you can make some money although you have to really watch the nickels and dimes.</p><p>We changed over four years ago because I got sick of winter calving and also had a very good year in the oil business, so was able to forego the income for one year. I'll never go back.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alberta farmer, post: 614778, member: 8978"] What I saw this year in late summer early fall was the buyers wanted 900 plus feeder steers. Get them below 900 and you took a real beating. When the calf run started they would pay almost nothing for little calves...especially hard on heifers. The price picked up on calves in December(probably the tax money coming to town) but was still pretty dismal. We haven't sold any calves for four years now. If you can tough a calf through the winter and put him out on grass you can make some money although you have to really watch the nickels and dimes. We changed over four years ago because I got sick of winter calving and also had a very good year in the oil business, so was able to forego the income for one year. I'll never go back. [/QUOTE]
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