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shipping calves two days early?
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<blockquote data-quote="Texas PaPaw" data-source="post: 1275256" data-attributes="member: 2905"><p>I regularly ship weaned calves 275 miles on Saturday for a Monday sale in OKC. Weigh them when leave my farm and compare to sale pay weights. Worst have done is 2% shrink but have sold many loads that payed for more lb than weighed on truck leaving farm. My average is around zero shrinkat OKC. 2 days on good feed with proper care will recover shrink. When selling locally average 4-5% shrink. </p><p></p><p>To me the situation you describe is a no brainer. For me the extra pay weight in OKC pays all the freight and part of the commission compared to selling locally.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Texas PaPaw, post: 1275256, member: 2905"] I regularly ship weaned calves 275 miles on Saturday for a Monday sale in OKC. Weigh them when leave my farm and compare to sale pay weights. Worst have done is 2% shrink but have sold many loads that payed for more lb than weighed on truck leaving farm. My average is around zero shrinkat OKC. 2 days on good feed with proper care will recover shrink. When selling locally average 4-5% shrink. To me the situation you describe is a no brainer. For me the extra pay weight in OKC pays all the freight and part of the commission compared to selling locally. [/QUOTE]
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