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[Isomade]

The sad thing about this is not the animal but the proud cattleman.

So do you think I'm asking too much? Or too little? Should I sell him for $2000? Or $5000? :lol: I am awfully proud of him.

 

[limftw]

this has to be a troll

 

[Chris H]

I really can't decide between these two bulls, one would maybe add more milk to my replacement heifers but the other may add a bit heat tolerance...

http://tampa.craigslist.org/hdo/grq/3094680888.html
http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/grd/3033873104.html

Does that holstein have a chain on him? :shock:

 

[suzorse]

so my 4 month old twin bulls must be valuble as they look better than the 3 previouse ones
I can not spell worth beans today LMBO they will give lots of milk to their heifers and down size your monster cows ( veal anyone ) as that is where they are headed in a month or 2 if I can sell them on the rail , other wise sale barn Suzanne
T one

and T two

 

[ohiosteve]

For jersey twins at 4 mos. those are really nice suzorse! I'd say you're doing something right.

 

[suzorse]

its all that rich milk as their foster mom is 3/4 jersey 1/4 holstein first calf heifer that ended up calving at 21 months old Suzanne

 

[Kscattle]

Evidently he's having a hard time selling it cause that bull on there again today. He's also got a Rito 6I6 bull with papers if you don't like the first bull. Ha ha

 

[J&D Cattle]

Those are good looking Jersey's. We've been raising Jersey steers for slaughter for 4 years now and absolutely love the meat. I can't make myself kill one of my beef calves that I can get some real money out of so we started buying Jersey's for around $0.60/lb. Can't beat the price and the meat is excellent!!! My Dad has 10 of them fattening right now for other customers.

 

[suzorse]

if you do not like the ones above here is one cracks me up
http://boise.craigslist.org/grd/3062288014.html :lol2: :lol2:
polled Angus Herford X :lol2: :lol2: :hide:
Suzanne

 

[Anonymous]

Besides being ugly it's polled?!?!

 

[thommoos]

I can't make myself kill one of my beef calves that I can get some real money out of so we started buying Jersey's for around $0.60/lb. Can't beat the price and the meat is excellent!!! My Dad has 10 of them fattening right now for other customers.

Right there with you, I got 2 Jerseys that I am fattening, I will buy every one I find for slaughter, I call it sweet meat, and I sell for $4.00 a pound delivered , what are you getting? Maybe that guy of craigs list might consider a slight discount if we pay cash lets say 75% off. :lol:

 

[J&D Cattle]

Dam, you're doing well. Got $1.10/lb on the hoof last year. Probably going to at least $1.20 this year. They pay the processing but I do haul them as I'm going that way anyway with mine. Sounds like I'm cheap. How big do you get yours and what percentage of live weight do they normally dress?

 

[thommoos]

Make sure Understand my process, I sell finished wrapped and delivered for that. I take them to around 1100 lbs, $40.00 kill fee, then .50 for processing dress weight, so it comes out like this 1100 lbs hangs @ 660 lbs, then finished wrap is around 460 lbs. I will split into 1/4 ths 460 X 4.00 is 1840.00 less the 370 processing, then figure I keep about a 1/.4 for myself at times. usually gross about 1200 an animal, I guess that is why in 18 months I sold every thing I could till the calves ran out, was averaging 2 every 6 weeks, it is real easy to sell no hormone no additive beef. Good regualr customers I give a 10% discount, builds good business, plus I delivery to their house, (tax write off). I wish I had more land, for more cows,

 

[J&D Cattle]

Except for the processing which would only be about $100 less around here that's very comparable then. Those are very good dressing percentages also for Jersey's. We normally kill them around 900 and average 57-59%. We're in the same boat, wish we had some more land as the old customers keep referring and we keep having to turn them down.

 

[thommoos]

Your getting hour much 57-59 % return from live weight, the way I figure it live weight times .8 is dress weight then that times .65.

 

[J&D Cattle]

57-59% is rail weight not percentage of finished beef. Generally get 60% off of live weight to the rail and then 70% of rail weight to finished product. My numbers reflect very closely to our numbers above, 1100 X 60% = 660 and 660 X 70% = 462lbs of finished meat.

Do you use a commercial feed or a mixed ration? We've been feeding a mix of dried distillers, soyhull pellets, and corn. 1/3 of each bought by the ton.

 

[thommoos]

J&D check your PM's