You should be buying not posting... Your over thinking this deal. Buy them... worm the ___ out of them... and turn'em out.
alacattleman":375b11tl said:that would be my brother in law,,,he would worry the feller to death trying too lower the price, and when they finally gave in, he would back out.. but i was able too buy my land at a discount from a guy he pulled this on.Brute 23":375b11tl said:I would rather have my money in those 25 cattle than in the bank... ;-)
Buy the 25... get the best price you can with out being a PITA... they will be fine. Only thing I didn't like was his bull...
marksmu":1zdngtjh said:Final set of photos - Looked at a set yesterday. They are 3n1's and were a little bit better looking set than the first group I posted. This group has literally no grass, and has been on 30% cubes 70% sorghum stubble. This poor guy has been hit hard by the drought, and caught only 2.5 inches recently....
I made an offer on this group - his asking was $1050 - and I offered 10% less based on their slightly lower condition and the fact they stated that if I didnt take em, they were headed to the barn next Monday. Way I figure if I haul em off for them, I am saving them a bit.... The only thing I am really worried about is that I am moving them from a pretty dry area, to a very wet area - and I am told they may lose a bit of weight the first couple months and require supplemental feed as a result of the increased water in the grass. My vet seems to think I should not worry b/c they will have more grass and more nutrients but does think they may lose for a month or two before adequately stretching their stomachs...
I am guessing most of these are a 4 on th BCS scale. Just my guess though.
I guess Ill find out later today if they take my offer.
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bigag03":epol1eck said:If you don't buy them, please pm me and tell me where they are. 3n1's that are in decent shape (and yes Twisted X these are in decent shape) for $950 (if he takes your offer) is a no brainer. If you look up BCS on the extension websites and look at the pictures, I think you will find that most of these cows would be considered a BCS 5 (there aren't many ribs showing).
marksmu":2d77gvm8 said:He rejected the $950 but we came to a reasonable agreement. He is going to let me pick off the pairs with heifer calves from the first years, and the pairs with heifer calves from his second calf heifers to fill out as many heifer/heifer pairs as I can.
What we dont pick up is going to the auction barn on Wednesday. Ill post whats left after I pick through them all this weekend. He has quite a few more than what I am buying.
TexasBred":1c923eey said:marksmu":1c923eey said:He rejected the $950 but we came to a reasonable agreement. He is going to let me pick off the pairs with heifer calves from the first years, and the pairs with heifer calves from his second calf heifers to fill out as many heifer/heifer pairs as I can.
What we dont pick up is going to the auction barn on Wednesday. Ill post whats left after I pick through them all this weekend. He has quite a few more than what I am buying.
alacattleman":33w40lem said:TexasBred":33w40lem said:marksmu":33w40lem said:He rejected the $950 but we came to a reasonable agreement. He is going to let me pick off the pairs with heifer calves from the first years, and the pairs with heifer calves from his second calf heifers to fill out as many heifer/heifer pairs as I can.
What we dont pick up is going to the auction barn on Wednesday. Ill post whats left after I pick through them all this weekend. He has quite a few more than what I am buying.
Unless your market is much better than ours he won't get his $1050 for them. Course there's always someone willing to give more than something is worth especially if the seller is bidding on his own cattle.Saw a few really good strout young brangus pair sell last week for $1100. Much better than anything I've seen in these groups. Why do you want cow with heifer calves ??[/quote] my guess would be for replacements,,, but id soon start off with steers,,get some return than breed em back too a bull of my chosein'
welcome too brangus world the overprotective %#&@#marksmu":2nwdl6gb said:Well - I picked em up on Sunday - that was an all day ordeal. The momma cows wanted nothing to do with being separated from their calves for the trip down. They put up a big ole show and we ended up having to not buy one that we wanted as she got caught up in the corral panels during loading and was injured. Seller was nice - and removed her and her calf from the deal, and substituted another of our choice.
We did get all heifers - 20 bred heifers, and 20 heifer calves - I did not start with steers, as I do want to build up my herd. I am going to let the bred heifers calve out their 2nd or 3rd calve (all 20 were either 2nd calve or 3rd calve) and then breed back the calves on the ground now and the moms after calving at the same time....It may mean waiting a few addittional months to get them all on the same schedule, but since I am only there 2 days out of the week, I want to be able to have them birthing in the same general time frame. I do have help while I am gone, but I prefer to do most everything myself. That way I know it was done right.
I do not need the return on capital immediately - I am treating this as a savings account. I want to get up to a good number, with as few health problems as possible. I think I can accomplish that by having good quality grass, good vaccination schedules, and heavy culling of the non-performing cows. I figure if Im going to start out - I might as well start out doing everything right, rather than pasting together something functional over years and years. I waited 3 years to get everything ready and built, so Im hoping it all works out.
Now if nature would only cooperate with me. - We have gotten 22 inches of rain in the last 10 days. We needed some rain - but its getting a bit ridiculous.
Here are the pics of what we ended up with. Maybe I paid too much but I am happy with what I got, and I made some new friends buying.
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:lol2: Taxshelter I could believe. Sadly, savings account is stretching it even at current rates. Have fun and enjoy. It is what you mostly will earn from it. :nod:marksmu":qs2jtc6a said:I do not need the return on capital immediately - I am treating this as a savings account.
aint that the truth... a death would either set you back or kick your intrest in the ass1982vett":3jzit4ff said::lol2: Taxshelter I could believe. Sadly, savings account is stretching it even at current rates. Have fun and enjoy. It is what you mostly will earn from it. :nod:marksmu":3jzit4ff said:I do not need the return on capital immediately - I am treating this as a savings account.