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<blockquote data-quote="VaCowman" data-source="post: 1638215" data-attributes="member: 33135"><p>I had a pile of extra (mediocre) hay several years ago and bought a load of bred cows a couple states away. Pics were of some pretty nice cattle. When they were delivered, they shot off the trailer like a herd of greyhounds on raceday. I ended up with a handful of some LH or Corriente type cattle, maybe a cross between the two. I was PISSED! Those scraggly things were NOT in photos and he knew it. After a few minutes of negotiating ( I hadn't paid when he opened gate to offload cattle THANK GOD ) I was able to get a significant discount on those cows. I ended up giving him $225 a head for them, they were bred to boot! Not a bad buy but he knew what he had done and I told him I'd either pay him for them or he could catch them and put them back on the trailer. (They were almost to the back side of the property by now...lol) Those cows looked like SHEET, but let me tell you, they fleshed up good on some marginal dry winter grass and marginal hay during the winter. Come spring, turns out those things were bred to some Charolias bulls and had some very nice calves, considering the cows. The calves did take a hit, compared to the herd mates that were British cross type calves, but I'm pretty sure they made me the most money. The calves sold for a tick over $500. I bred the cows back to a Char bull and advertised as such. I sold the cows at ~7-8 mos bred and got $500 for them. Pretty good deal I thought. Got rid of some ditch hay and made some $$</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VaCowman, post: 1638215, member: 33135"] I had a pile of extra (mediocre) hay several years ago and bought a load of bred cows a couple states away. Pics were of some pretty nice cattle. When they were delivered, they shot off the trailer like a herd of greyhounds on raceday. I ended up with a handful of some LH or Corriente type cattle, maybe a cross between the two. I was PISSED! Those scraggly things were NOT in photos and he knew it. After a few minutes of negotiating ( I hadn't paid when he opened gate to offload cattle THANK GOD ) I was able to get a significant discount on those cows. I ended up giving him $225 a head for them, they were bred to boot! Not a bad buy but he knew what he had done and I told him I'd either pay him for them or he could catch them and put them back on the trailer. (They were almost to the back side of the property by now...lol) Those cows looked like SHEET, but let me tell you, they fleshed up good on some marginal dry winter grass and marginal hay during the winter. Come spring, turns out those things were bred to some Charolias bulls and had some very nice calves, considering the cows. The calves did take a hit, compared to the herd mates that were British cross type calves, but I'm pretty sure they made me the most money. The calves sold for a tick over $500. I bred the cows back to a Char bull and advertised as such. I sold the cows at ~7-8 mos bred and got $500 for them. Pretty good deal I thought. Got rid of some ditch hay and made some $$ [/QUOTE]
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