I took my first Brahman/Angus cross calves to the sale barn Friday. I'm not happy. Prices were down a bit, but I had one 545 lb steer go for 90 cents. I had a 685 lb bull calf go for 93 cents. That's disgusting. The best I did was $1.15 for a 645 lb steer and $1.16 for a 600 lb steer. I expected to be docked some for the ear, but crap! Luckily I only have one Brahman mix left. We'll probably eat that one. The rest are solid black or black baldies. Needless to say, I won't be breeding anything back to our Brahman bull.
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bird dog
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Yeah thats bad but doesn't surprise me. Calves with more than 1/4 ear don't do well north of the Red River going into winter.
The market is pretty good for #1 calves but falls off quickly after that. Junk cattle and calves that look sick are at give away prices. Where did you sell at?
The market is pretty good for #1 calves but falls off quickly after that. Junk cattle and calves that look sick are at give away prices. Where did you sell at?
True Grit Farms
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That bull calf might of cost you some money on the others.
op:True Grit Farms
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Come on you might as well jump in. After all you told them so.TennesseeTuxedo":h99yzpja said:
True Grit Farms":2e0e061w said:Come on you might as well jump in. After all you told them so.TennesseeTuxedo":2e0e061w said:
They aren't worth the bandwidth it would take.
There aren't many eared cattle around me or the other places I've been in Oklahoma, maybe in hot humid SE ?
From what I've seen at the sale barns around here calves get docked pretty good it they show ear.
But back home most everybody runs brangus cows and used a bull to take off some ear and they ring the bell at the sale even if they show quite a bit of ear.
It's odd how it can vary within 300 miles
From what I've seen at the sale barns around here calves get docked pretty good it they show ear.
But back home most everybody runs brangus cows and used a bull to take off some ear and they ring the bell at the sale even if they show quite a bit of ear.
It's odd how it can vary within 300 miles
callmefence
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Set of 600 pound f1 heifers brought over 1400.00 at San Saba last week
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xWIcmt ... p=drivesdk
I suspect the 90 cent steers were poor quality. Also selling eared calves up north with a cold front coming.... :dunce:
Why not sell snowplows in July in Houston.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xWIcmt ... p=drivesdk
I suspect the 90 cent steers were poor quality. Also selling eared calves up north with a cold front coming.... :dunce:
Why not sell snowplows in July in Houston.
As most have said already it sounds like the quality of animal got you... not the ear.
I'm not wanting to stir the pot or start an argument but I know Brahman will put some frame and a$$ on an angus cow, they hustle a living, are good protective mothers, and breed her to a Limi bull.
At home that calf will bring good money.
But from what I've seen good brangus calves get docked pretty good around here and I bet it's worse the farther north you go.
At home that calf will bring good money.
But from what I've seen good brangus calves get docked pretty good around here and I bet it's worse the farther north you go.
Cross-7":3eykh562 said:
Interesting assessment.
True Grit Farms
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Sounds like a opportunity for you to make a few dollars.Cross-7":1gubb14n said:
I don't have a dog in this fight, most of my cows are red angus.
I have a cousin still there.
I have pics of his cows and calves out of a limflex bull.
He calves in the spring and grazes them on wheat till match/April
The steers and heifer averages 1200 a head this last spring
I can probably get a picture of the sale check from last year
His cows and calves.
I have a cousin still there.
I have pics of his cows and calves out of a limflex bull.
He calves in the spring and grazes them on wheat till match/April
The steers and heifer averages 1200 a head this last spring
I can probably get a picture of the sale check from last year
His cows and calves.
1982vett
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But viewing them is....Cross-7":190gbitr said:
AZAggie":2ax07zo9 said:
Post some pics of the bull or cows or heifer mates so we can see them.
