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<blockquote data-quote="snake67" data-source="post: 1066298" data-attributes="member: 17764"><p>Not a recommendation - just what we now do and why.</p><p></p><p>I wish I could say we saw that "worked" cattle premium.</p><p></p><p>Over the past few years in my part of the world we have been seeing no difference in cattle pricing at the sale barn - between those that have been worked and those that have not been worked.</p><p></p><p>Now we ship them right off the cow and to the barn.</p><p></p><p>Having been there with de-nutting, vaccinations and de-horning, many of us have run "twin" pens - those worked and those not worked to see what the pricing difference was. We actually saw worked animals going for less than those we shipped "as is".</p><p></p><p>This year we sold a pen of 12 that averaged right at the 600 pound mark - straight from the field - price for the pen? $1.52 a pound. Considering they were not the holy grail angus but instead they were all horned herefords - with horns and nuts and no vaccinations - we thought the price was pretty good.</p><p></p><p>Those animals went right off the field and away from mom at about 0830 and sold that afternoon at around 1430.</p><p></p><p>It might be different where you are - however have any of you actually done this to see? I would be very curious to know.</p><p></p><p>At least around here there is no longer an advantage to working cattle before selling - so we - and most of our neighbours - have stopped - less work, less expense, less risk and the animals literally go when we want - about 5 hours before the sale - right from the field to the ring. </p><p></p><p>The feed lots have stopped thanking us for our labours (even when provided with veterinarian certification that the work was completed as reported) so we let them look after it now. </p><p></p><p>No matter what we have done to the animals, the feed lots run them through their own program anyways - making ours redundant. Be curious to see if there are any others out there that find this to be the way in their area.</p><p></p><p>Best to all</p><p></p><p>Bez</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="snake67, post: 1066298, member: 17764"] Not a recommendation - just what we now do and why. I wish I could say we saw that "worked" cattle premium. Over the past few years in my part of the world we have been seeing no difference in cattle pricing at the sale barn - between those that have been worked and those that have not been worked. Now we ship them right off the cow and to the barn. Having been there with de-nutting, vaccinations and de-horning, many of us have run "twin" pens - those worked and those not worked to see what the pricing difference was. We actually saw worked animals going for less than those we shipped "as is". This year we sold a pen of 12 that averaged right at the 600 pound mark - straight from the field - price for the pen? $1.52 a pound. Considering they were not the holy grail angus but instead they were all horned herefords - with horns and nuts and no vaccinations - we thought the price was pretty good. Those animals went right off the field and away from mom at about 0830 and sold that afternoon at around 1430. It might be different where you are - however have any of you actually done this to see? I would be very curious to know. At least around here there is no longer an advantage to working cattle before selling - so we - and most of our neighbours - have stopped - less work, less expense, less risk and the animals literally go when we want - about 5 hours before the sale - right from the field to the ring. The feed lots have stopped thanking us for our labours (even when provided with veterinarian certification that the work was completed as reported) so we let them look after it now. No matter what we have done to the animals, the feed lots run them through their own program anyways - making ours redundant. Be curious to see if there are any others out there that find this to be the way in their area. Best to all Bez [/QUOTE]
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