This year’s Casino

[gcreekrch]

Fewer in number as I got cheap. Not as uniform but should be all money makers. Death loss is 0% so far.

 

[tex452]

They look good.

 

[jltrent]

They have a thick coat of hair and look to be in good condition.

 

[gcreekrch]

They look good.

Thanks, always like watching them change into good steers after they are cleaned up. One doesn't win on every one though.

 

[gcreekrch]

They have a thick coat of hair and look to be in good condition.

Thanks.

 

[tex452]

I caught nine so far, weaned off the cow, I need to catch 10-11 more.
These are eating good.

 

[gcreekrch]

Was sunny today so took some pics of the steer pen. Mixed in 18 young bulls now.

 

[MurraysMutts]

How-ever will you make any money with those big ol colored calves!







Look like the kind to me!

 

[gcreekrch]

How-ever will you make any money with those big ol colored calves!







Look like the kind to me!

Inferior Northern junk at that!

 

[gcreekrch]

Shipped steers to town for the sale Thursday. At this distance it pays with anything but trailer weaned calves to go a couple days early. Will remember to take photos of them when they are in the ring. Most of them grew well.
Order buyer got me 26 light calves in Kamloops today. Will add to them on Thursday also for grass cattle.

 

[gcreekrch]

Had a good sale, after shrink the average gain was about 1.6 lbs per day and we added anywhere from 30 cents to $1 a lb over what we paid for them. Rough and dirty they paid us $250 a head, The first 4 were bought in early October and the last in early December.
Some photos of the sale.


Buying 350 to 450 lb grass calves in now. Got 48 this week. Hauled 26 home last night and a friend is bringing the rest on Sunday. Weather was great today to process calves. Good thing there is a high spot in the pen. If the forecast holds we should have a lot of bare ground to start calving on.

 

[farmerjan]

Is that a holstein in the last picture????

 

[gcreekrch]

Is that a holstein in the last picture????

There are 4 Holstein x Jersey heifers in that pen. Two of them are very close to calving.

 

[cowman82]

looking good.

I have a couple questions.

Do you remove any for pinkeye or do you just treat them and leave them in the pen?
Do you unroll or blow hay/straw into the pen for bedding when you get bad weather?
How often do you scrape that pen?


Thanks.

 

[gcreekrch]

Treat and leave but rarely get one in winter. We vaccinate for pinkeye at turnout.
There is a bed pack there that gets a new bale of old hay when needed.
Pen will get scraped and piled soon, we had 1/2 or less total average snow this year so I am thinking it may dry out sooner than most years.