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<blockquote data-quote="SBMF 2015" data-source="post: 1620126" data-attributes="member: 39695"><p>How do you know it doesn't pay? Whether you realize it or not you are building a reputation as a seller. Good or bad it's up to you. </p><p>If you watch the crowd at a feeder cattle sale on any given day at your local sale barn. You will find that maybe a dozen or so buyers divide up 90% of the sale. They each have a stack of orders and buy under several different numbers. </p><p>What you do on your farm determines how those calves perform for the next guy. </p><p>We used to keep 400hd of cattle on feed year round. We sourced them from 3 sale barns, and we bought them not an order buyer. If everything went like it should you don't always remember where a group comes from, but if you have a load break with shipping fever or IBR. I guarantee I would remember where they came from and not bid on that sellers cattle next year.</p><p>If you don't vaccinate and get the bawl out of them before you sell them you are setting them up to fail in the feedlot. </p><p>It is your responsibility to give your calves the protection they need for the next step in there life. </p><p>That's how you build a reputation herd, and who knows how much more your calves would have brought with two rounds of shots and 45days weaned. Good baldies always bring good money, usually better than the straight bred blacks. But breeding is only part of what makes good feeding cattle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SBMF 2015, post: 1620126, member: 39695"] How do you know it doesn't pay? Whether you realize it or not you are building a reputation as a seller. Good or bad it's up to you. If you watch the crowd at a feeder cattle sale on any given day at your local sale barn. You will find that maybe a dozen or so buyers divide up 90% of the sale. They each have a stack of orders and buy under several different numbers. What you do on your farm determines how those calves perform for the next guy. We used to keep 400hd of cattle on feed year round. We sourced them from 3 sale barns, and we bought them not an order buyer. If everything went like it should you don't always remember where a group comes from, but if you have a load break with shipping fever or IBR. I guarantee I would remember where they came from and not bid on that sellers cattle next year. If you don't vaccinate and get the bawl out of them before you sell them you are setting them up to fail in the feedlot. It is your responsibility to give your calves the protection they need for the next step in there life. That's how you build a reputation herd, and who knows how much more your calves would have brought with two rounds of shots and 45days weaned. Good baldies always bring good money, usually better than the straight bred blacks. But breeding is only part of what makes good feeding cattle. [/QUOTE]
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