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<blockquote data-quote="donnaIL" data-source="post: 557039" data-attributes="member: 37"><p>Took a bred cow to sale barn on 6/25, had her tested I knew she was bred to calf end of this month and was 3yrs old, she weighted 1470, she was sold at "by the head" price and brought $750 ($.51 lb), another one 1625 sold for $875. Sometime even if you have the cow tested the bidding is by weight. Seems you always get more when bidding by lb than by the head, I guess $.69 sound less than $750. </p><p></p><p>Pairs around her do not bring $1200, the ones sold on 25th (older cows 6-8ys with calves 1-2 months old) sold for $500-$900, the average being abound $550, the $900 pair was probably bought to keep, then the buyer of the others sent the calve back through and resold for calves for $100-$175. Ofcourse that day a couple holstein calves sold for $5 or less with the average about $35.</p><p></p><p>Selling another cow today, she is 6 yo and bred for Jan. My experience tells me they would have "weighed her up" an so I opted for no test (which costs $9) and just selling her as "kill cow". </p><p></p><p>I guess if you can afford to buy bred cows and then haul them back as culls you could make some money. Seems like the person who bought our bred cow could have her calf and resell cow and calf in a few months and make money. donna</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donnaIL, post: 557039, member: 37"] Took a bred cow to sale barn on 6/25, had her tested I knew she was bred to calf end of this month and was 3yrs old, she weighted 1470, she was sold at "by the head" price and brought $750 ($.51 lb), another one 1625 sold for $875. Sometime even if you have the cow tested the bidding is by weight. Seems you always get more when bidding by lb than by the head, I guess $.69 sound less than $750. Pairs around her do not bring $1200, the ones sold on 25th (older cows 6-8ys with calves 1-2 months old) sold for $500-$900, the average being abound $550, the $900 pair was probably bought to keep, then the buyer of the others sent the calve back through and resold for calves for $100-$175. Ofcourse that day a couple holstein calves sold for $5 or less with the average about $35. Selling another cow today, she is 6 yo and bred for Jan. My experience tells me they would have "weighed her up" an so I opted for no test (which costs $9) and just selling her as "kill cow". I guess if you can afford to buy bred cows and then haul them back as culls you could make some money. Seems like the person who bought our bred cow could have her calf and resell cow and calf in a few months and make money. donna [/QUOTE]
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