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<blockquote data-quote="angie2" data-source="post: 481757" data-attributes="member: 7409"><p>HEY MINNESOTA!!! Welcome to the boards!</p><p></p><p>The best place to get steers is direct from a farmer at weaning if s/he is willing to sell. Otherwise auction barn will do. I would advise against buying young calves, buy something weaned,cut and vaccinated already. Take someone with you. I have not seen anything I would consider to be unfair going on at sale barns but have heard about it on boards. I sometimes assume too much when dealing with others, so maybe is better to take someone a little street smart with you ~ yes? (Just read what RAB wrote and,yes, unless you have <u>written proof</u> vaccinate and deworm yourself asap. Save your vaccination certificate from the vet so if you sell at auction, you can send it through with the calves. This is what I do).</p><p></p><p>When you have finished them, and they are ready to butcher ~ try to sell direct, like a half to this guy and a quarter to that gal.. What you can't sell direct, then you can haul off to auction. But it is usually very easy to sell direct. </p><p></p><p>If you are wanting to buy weaned steers, try to do this before the end of February, price goes up quickly after that in Mn. </p><p></p><p>The whole process is stressful for them, a little extra travel is not going to make it that much worse in my opinion, depending on how far you are going. However I dont know that you'd have to go far for a good price. With the hay situation around here ~ they are almost giving them away. ( Make sure you are set up with hay ahead of time).</p><p></p><p>Both angus and hereford are good choices. Honestly, if you can sell direct to people (and you should, cut out middle man), I'd go with the hereford. Why pay extra for black when you're selling them, in the end, for $1.5 - 1.75 regardless. Doesn't make a difference what color it is.</p><p></p><p>Good Luck and Stay Warm!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="angie2, post: 481757, member: 7409"] HEY MINNESOTA!!! Welcome to the boards! The best place to get steers is direct from a farmer at weaning if s/he is willing to sell. Otherwise auction barn will do. I would advise against buying young calves, buy something weaned,cut and vaccinated already. Take someone with you. I have not seen anything I would consider to be unfair going on at sale barns but have heard about it on boards. I sometimes assume too much when dealing with others, so maybe is better to take someone a little street smart with you ~ yes? (Just read what RAB wrote and,yes, unless you have [u]written proof[/u] vaccinate and deworm yourself asap. Save your vaccination certificate from the vet so if you sell at auction, you can send it through with the calves. This is what I do). When you have finished them, and they are ready to butcher ~ try to sell direct, like a half to this guy and a quarter to that gal.. What you can't sell direct, then you can haul off to auction. But it is usually very easy to sell direct. If you are wanting to buy weaned steers, try to do this before the end of February, price goes up quickly after that in Mn. The whole process is stressful for them, a little extra travel is not going to make it that much worse in my opinion, depending on how far you are going. However I dont know that you'd have to go far for a good price. With the hay situation around here ~ they are almost giving them away. ( Make sure you are set up with hay ahead of time). Both angus and hereford are good choices. Honestly, if you can sell direct to people (and you should, cut out middle man), I'd go with the hereford. Why pay extra for black when you're selling them, in the end, for $1.5 - 1.75 regardless. Doesn't make a difference what color it is. Good Luck and Stay Warm! [/QUOTE]
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