Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Forums
Cattle Boards
Beginners Board
new to raising cattle
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support CattleToday:
Message
<blockquote data-quote="cypressfarms" data-source="post: 802742" data-attributes="member: 2653"><p>You need to bring these cattle to the stockyard. Chances are they will be bought by a slaughter house operation, or a middle man on their behalf. If you had calves, they would be bought by a feedlot operation, or middle man (order buyer). With calves,( I'm talking 300 to 600 or 700 pounds) the feedlot will grow them out and sell them to be processed when they are heavier/more mature. Don't get confused with fat and heavy. A fat cow is a cow that is mature and will not gain any more weight. A calf is a young animal that still has growing to do - as in become heavier. The ideal weight to sell depends on the producer. I'm a cow/calfer, which means I keep moma cows, and sell their calves each year. I usually sell somewhere around 400 to 500 pound calves, but that will depend on many variables like price, condition of the moma, age, etc.</p><p></p><p>If you don't know anything about cattle, I would not recommend buying more cattle. The price is very high now, but it will come down. It takes a very skilled person to be able to buy calves or cows and make money on them (as in re sell them later for a profit); it is not a niche for the faint of heart!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cypressfarms, post: 802742, member: 2653"] You need to bring these cattle to the stockyard. Chances are they will be bought by a slaughter house operation, or a middle man on their behalf. If you had calves, they would be bought by a feedlot operation, or middle man (order buyer). With calves,( I'm talking 300 to 600 or 700 pounds) the feedlot will grow them out and sell them to be processed when they are heavier/more mature. Don't get confused with fat and heavy. A fat cow is a cow that is mature and will not gain any more weight. A calf is a young animal that still has growing to do - as in become heavier. The ideal weight to sell depends on the producer. I'm a cow/calfer, which means I keep moma cows, and sell their calves each year. I usually sell somewhere around 400 to 500 pound calves, but that will depend on many variables like price, condition of the moma, age, etc. If you don't know anything about cattle, I would not recommend buying more cattle. The price is very high now, but it will come down. It takes a very skilled person to be able to buy calves or cows and make money on them (as in re sell them later for a profit); it is not a niche for the faint of heart! [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Cattle Boards
Beginners Board
new to raising cattle
Top