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<blockquote data-quote="Dave" data-source="post: 1808756" data-attributes="member: 498"><p>I always find these CAB discussions somewhat comical. Here there is very little or no difference the calf prices based on color. There are certain breeds that sell cheaper. And I know from talking to buyers that they just simply don't preform as well in the feedlot or on the rail. Not that all the calves from one of those breeds won't preform well. But a high enough percentage don't which drives the market for that breed down. I have sat at a sale where my neighbor sold 200+ Char cross calves and seen them top the market in every class. Last fall my steer calves out of one and done cows which were every color of the rainbow topped the market in 2 of the 3 classes they were sorted. The one calf which didn't sell at the top of the market that day was an obvious longhorn cross which is one of those breeds buyer avoid.</p><p>On the flip side of that coin one day I was sitting beside a buyer who buys a lot of feeders. He bought a single group of 50 or so calves. There was 2 reds in the group. He had them sorted off. I asked him what was wrong with those two calves. He said not a darn thing. If he were buying them for himself he would have left them in. But the man he bought them for want all black hides. So some of that will happen. However he didn't top the market with the price he paid and those sorted off reds sold for one bid less than he paid for the blacks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave, post: 1808756, member: 498"] I always find these CAB discussions somewhat comical. Here there is very little or no difference the calf prices based on color. There are certain breeds that sell cheaper. And I know from talking to buyers that they just simply don't preform as well in the feedlot or on the rail. Not that all the calves from one of those breeds won't preform well. But a high enough percentage don't which drives the market for that breed down. I have sat at a sale where my neighbor sold 200+ Char cross calves and seen them top the market in every class. Last fall my steer calves out of one and done cows which were every color of the rainbow topped the market in 2 of the 3 classes they were sorted. The one calf which didn't sell at the top of the market that day was an obvious longhorn cross which is one of those breeds buyer avoid. On the flip side of that coin one day I was sitting beside a buyer who buys a lot of feeders. He bought a single group of 50 or so calves. There was 2 reds in the group. He had them sorted off. I asked him what was wrong with those two calves. He said not a darn thing. If he were buying them for himself he would have left them in. But the man he bought them for want all black hides. So some of that will happen. However he didn't top the market with the price he paid and those sorted off reds sold for one bid less than he paid for the blacks. [/QUOTE]
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