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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 16784"><p>Stockers can run from just wean light weights, 200-300 to heavier weights, 500-600. In some cases even heavier. There are probably as many methods of raising/feeding them as athere are people doing it. Some are turned out on wheat stubble or other crop residue. Some are turned out on grass, maybe grained a little maybe not. It depends on the quality of the forage and how they're gaining. I think the Texas A&M site has information on stockers. We buy them when the grass starts coming on. Prices are higher because everyone is doing the same thing. We turn them out to keep ahead of the grass, run them for a couple of months. When the grass slows down we ship them. In small lots they go through the salebarn to order buyers. In large lots you can sell directly to feed lots or retain ownership and ship them to the feedlot. I'm sure there are others that do it different, and have a better grasp of the retained ownership with hte attendent methods of decrasing your risk.</p><p></p><p>dun</p><p></p><p>> OK. What I want to know, is how</p><p>> one is operated. What size are the</p><p>> calves when bought, 2-300 lbs? At</p><p>> what weight or time limit are they</p><p>> sold, and are they ran across the</p><p>> scales, sold to feed lots, or</p><p>> special buyers? What are the</p><p>> basics?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 16784"] Stockers can run from just wean light weights, 200-300 to heavier weights, 500-600. In some cases even heavier. There are probably as many methods of raising/feeding them as athere are people doing it. Some are turned out on wheat stubble or other crop residue. Some are turned out on grass, maybe grained a little maybe not. It depends on the quality of the forage and how they're gaining. I think the Texas A&M site has information on stockers. We buy them when the grass starts coming on. Prices are higher because everyone is doing the same thing. We turn them out to keep ahead of the grass, run them for a couple of months. When the grass slows down we ship them. In small lots they go through the salebarn to order buyers. In large lots you can sell directly to feed lots or retain ownership and ship them to the feedlot. I'm sure there are others that do it different, and have a better grasp of the retained ownership with hte attendent methods of decrasing your risk. dun > OK. What I want to know, is how > one is operated. What size are the > calves when bought, 2-300 lbs? At > what weight or time limit are they > sold, and are they ran across the > scales, sold to feed lots, or > special buyers? What are the > basics? [/QUOTE]
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