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<blockquote data-quote="Rustler9" data-source="post: 102377" data-attributes="member: 440"><p>They normally don't do as well at the sale barn but we've done pretty good lately as all cattle prices have been up. We've gotten $1.00+ per pound for bull calves. Lean beef does sell well and that's a niche market that we would like to get into. I could sell every steer calf that I can raise and feed out but haven't expanded into this yet due to space to keep and feed them out. I do plan to set aside about a 20 acre field just to graze a few steers and then put them on grain to finish them out. I'll then take orders for 1/4, 1/2 or whole beef, deliver the live steer to the processor, give the desired cutting, processing instructions to the processor and then let the customer pick up the finished product.</p><p></p><p>Cattle buyers will use any way they can to get your calves at a discount. They typically do this with any thing does does not fit the current trend which right now is black and polled. They will pay less for spotted, horned cattle just because they can get away with it. They will also discount cattle with any off coloring, too much ear etc.-all because they can. </p><p></p><p>We usually do pretty good with the roper market. Once folks find out that you have them-they'll be calling. We also pool our ropers with other breeders in the area and sell them in lots of six to ten by size and horn length. Yes, they should be paying a premium for the lean beef and that is something that I feel that you have to do yourself-market them as lean beef. Then of course if you plan to raise pedigreed stock you have registered sales to consign them to as well as private treaty. We raise registered stock but not everything that's born is worthy as a registered animal. Crossbreds are usually easy to market as well. Crossbred heifers sell good around here to commercial cattlemen. Once they breed the 1/2 blood heifers to their Angus or Charolais bull they have 1/4 blood calves that just grow in leaps and bounds as well as passing the easy calving characteristics on to the offspring. Just some options to consider.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rustler9, post: 102377, member: 440"] They normally don't do as well at the sale barn but we've done pretty good lately as all cattle prices have been up. We've gotten $1.00+ per pound for bull calves. Lean beef does sell well and that's a niche market that we would like to get into. I could sell every steer calf that I can raise and feed out but haven't expanded into this yet due to space to keep and feed them out. I do plan to set aside about a 20 acre field just to graze a few steers and then put them on grain to finish them out. I'll then take orders for 1/4, 1/2 or whole beef, deliver the live steer to the processor, give the desired cutting, processing instructions to the processor and then let the customer pick up the finished product. Cattle buyers will use any way they can to get your calves at a discount. They typically do this with any thing does does not fit the current trend which right now is black and polled. They will pay less for spotted, horned cattle just because they can get away with it. They will also discount cattle with any off coloring, too much ear etc.-all because they can. We usually do pretty good with the roper market. Once folks find out that you have them-they'll be calling. We also pool our ropers with other breeders in the area and sell them in lots of six to ten by size and horn length. Yes, they should be paying a premium for the lean beef and that is something that I feel that you have to do yourself-market them as lean beef. Then of course if you plan to raise pedigreed stock you have registered sales to consign them to as well as private treaty. We raise registered stock but not everything that's born is worthy as a registered animal. Crossbreds are usually easy to market as well. Crossbred heifers sell good around here to commercial cattlemen. Once they breed the 1/2 blood heifers to their Angus or Charolais bull they have 1/4 blood calves that just grow in leaps and bounds as well as passing the easy calving characteristics on to the offspring. Just some options to consider. [/QUOTE]
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