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Shouldnt salebarns identify "Freemartins"?
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<blockquote data-quote="Medic24" data-source="post: 159461" data-attributes="member: 1101"><p>Well, sorry to say it this way, but welcome to the world of sale barns and the folks that buy and sell at these things. Unless you are buying stockers , feeders, you are likely getting some one elses problems or rejects.</p><p></p><p>First of all , it's pretty much a given fact.....you are not likely to find many Holstien heifer calves being sold at the sale, UNLESS there IS something wrong with it................No dairyman in his right mind would send a heifer to the beef sale barn to get lower prices then he could get from either another dairyman, or a special dairy sale. There are of course exceptions, but very few.</p><p></p><p>I take a load of heifers to a sale in New Holland Pa. (1,200 miles RT) about twice a year, there is a weekly dairy sale there, and trust me , they check them over very well. They tube the uterus, do a vet check etc. because a genuine dairy cow or heifer is worth a bit more then beef these days.</p><p></p><p>I have brought home a few of my own heifer calves in the past that were to small to tube (freemartins), I sold them later at a beef sale barn. I have even picked up a few there that we freemartins that sold for less then beef prices, and brough em home to resell as beef or through a beef sale.</p><p></p><p>As far as finding a good breedable heifer, there are a few things that an amateur can do to try and have a better chance of getting a good one.</p><p></p><p>Look closely at the teets, if they are very small or nearly non-existant, this is often a good indication that it is a freemartin, </p><p>gently put an unsharpened pencil, or back of a 'stick' type pen into the vaginal canal, it it does not go at least 3/4 of the way in, it again may be a good indication of a free martin.</p><p></p><p>Better luck next time :cboy:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Medic24, post: 159461, member: 1101"] Well, sorry to say it this way, but welcome to the world of sale barns and the folks that buy and sell at these things. Unless you are buying stockers , feeders, you are likely getting some one elses problems or rejects. First of all , it's pretty much a given fact.....you are not likely to find many Holstien heifer calves being sold at the sale, UNLESS there IS something wrong with it................No dairyman in his right mind would send a heifer to the beef sale barn to get lower prices then he could get from either another dairyman, or a special dairy sale. There are of course exceptions, but very few. I take a load of heifers to a sale in New Holland Pa. (1,200 miles RT) about twice a year, there is a weekly dairy sale there, and trust me , they check them over very well. They tube the uterus, do a vet check etc. because a genuine dairy cow or heifer is worth a bit more then beef these days. I have brought home a few of my own heifer calves in the past that were to small to tube (freemartins), I sold them later at a beef sale barn. I have even picked up a few there that we freemartins that sold for less then beef prices, and brough em home to resell as beef or through a beef sale. As far as finding a good breedable heifer, there are a few things that an amateur can do to try and have a better chance of getting a good one. Look closely at the teets, if they are very small or nearly non-existant, this is often a good indication that it is a freemartin, gently put an unsharpened pencil, or back of a 'stick' type pen into the vaginal canal, it it does not go at least 3/4 of the way in, it again may be a good indication of a free martin. Better luck next time :cboy: [/QUOTE]
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