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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky" data-source="post: 1811993" data-attributes="member: 32659"><p>I sold last week</p><p>Steers 700# @ $2.53</p><p>Steers 877# @ $2.39</p><p>Heifers 688# @ $2.46</p><p>Heifers 780# @ 2.325</p><p></p><p> All were 15-17 months old and weaned for 180 days plus. It cost me about $156 a head to get them through winter and onto grass. They avgd $1,892 a head. You are dang near always money ahead to keep them longer. If you don't have time, room, or facilities then yes, 9-10 months is ideal for your situation. 700 to 900# is definitely not super bad unless you hate making money <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😄" title="Grinning face with smiling eyes :smile:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f604.png" data-shortname=":smile:" />. The hard thing to learn is buyers do not want butterball calves. These guys want long weaned thin fleshed calves that have grown out. It's also a numbers game. These calves probably avgd $500 a head more than yours. $500 × a few might not sound like allot but $500 × a truck loads or loads adds up.</p><p></p><p> I tell you all this to give you a little insight on why bigger ranchers do what they do when weaning and keeping calves. I'm definitely not big time but even small guys need to squeeze all they can out of a calf crop. Those 877# steers we sold brought $2,096 each, how can that be bad?</p><p></p><p> Edit: if you notice our heifers only brought 7 cents back in each class. That's really good for us. We guaranteed them open and worked at keeping them that way. Keeping heifers open is important for the Seller, Buyer, and the Heifer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky, post: 1811993, member: 32659"] I sold last week Steers 700# @ $2.53 Steers 877# @ $2.39 Heifers 688# @ $2.46 Heifers 780# @ 2.325 All were 15-17 months old and weaned for 180 days plus. It cost me about $156 a head to get them through winter and onto grass. They avgd $1,892 a head. You are dang near always money ahead to keep them longer. If you don't have time, room, or facilities then yes, 9-10 months is ideal for your situation. 700 to 900# is definitely not super bad unless you hate making money 😄. The hard thing to learn is buyers do not want butterball calves. These guys want long weaned thin fleshed calves that have grown out. It's also a numbers game. These calves probably avgd $500 a head more than yours. $500 × a few might not sound like allot but $500 × a truck loads or loads adds up. I tell you all this to give you a little insight on why bigger ranchers do what they do when weaning and keeping calves. I'm definitely not big time but even small guys need to squeeze all they can out of a calf crop. Those 877# steers we sold brought $2,096 each, how can that be bad? Edit: if you notice our heifers only brought 7 cents back in each class. That's really good for us. We guaranteed them open and worked at keeping them that way. Keeping heifers open is important for the Seller, Buyer, and the Heifer. [/QUOTE]
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