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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1605990" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>Gotta disagree with TT and Alacowman; Had a neighbor take 5 , 8wt bulls in with a load of steers and they brought $.89. The steers were in the 550 and brought 1.20 to 1.40's. I watched the sale for several hours Friday and all bulls were off the steers by at least $.30- $.50 a lb. So I am not surprised at the $.93 price. Steers here are in the 1.10 to 1.40's and heifers in the .90-1.15 for most. Most all sizes too. Bigger were not as discounted as they used to be. So if you have the grass, leaving them to gain a little here right now is not hurting you. Saw a few really good steers in the 5-6 wts hit 1.50 but not too many. Our fall sales are smaller than they usually are, only about 1,00 to 1200 head the past few weeks when they would often be 1500 to 2000. Fewer farmers, fewer cattle?? We are down about 50 cows from 2 years ago. Lost another place that we usually moved cow/cf pairs to in the fall, so trying to figure out where, how, to juggle for this winter. Grass has held up better though, even with the drought conditions and heat in Sept, having fewer cows this summer. </p><p></p><p>We sold some steers in early Sept, 1.25-1.42, 5-6 wts. Think we are going to hold the heifers awhile. Got about 25 steers to pull off around Thanksgiving. Going to have to move some to pay some bills before the first of the year though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1605990, member: 25884"] Gotta disagree with TT and Alacowman; Had a neighbor take 5 , 8wt bulls in with a load of steers and they brought $.89. The steers were in the 550 and brought 1.20 to 1.40's. I watched the sale for several hours Friday and all bulls were off the steers by at least $.30- $.50 a lb. So I am not surprised at the $.93 price. Steers here are in the 1.10 to 1.40's and heifers in the .90-1.15 for most. Most all sizes too. Bigger were not as discounted as they used to be. So if you have the grass, leaving them to gain a little here right now is not hurting you. Saw a few really good steers in the 5-6 wts hit 1.50 but not too many. Our fall sales are smaller than they usually are, only about 1,00 to 1200 head the past few weeks when they would often be 1500 to 2000. Fewer farmers, fewer cattle?? We are down about 50 cows from 2 years ago. Lost another place that we usually moved cow/cf pairs to in the fall, so trying to figure out where, how, to juggle for this winter. Grass has held up better though, even with the drought conditions and heat in Sept, having fewer cows this summer. We sold some steers in early Sept, 1.25-1.42, 5-6 wts. Think we are going to hold the heifers awhile. Got about 25 steers to pull off around Thanksgiving. Going to have to move some to pay some bills before the first of the year though. [/QUOTE]
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