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<blockquote data-quote="Brandonm2" data-source="post: 143894" data-attributes="member: 2095"><p>Bulls are a by-product of the elite donor heifer business and most commercial cattlemen have that figured out. You don't flush a cow three times hoping for 30-40 bulls, you want show heifers and donor cows. IF you could affordably sex semen to eliminate the bulls, most people would. I wouldn't be selling anybody any $1000 bulls in THIS market; BUT $1500 is a fair offer in almost anybody's herd and $2500 will buy me two year old bulls all over this country with very little haggling at all. I have gone to elite auctions and had my pick of bulls for $1550 WHEN their heifer flush mates were bringing as much as $12,500. Most people I know struggle to average anything over $3000 and most small purebreeders have NEVER sold many $2000 bulls. This may sound warped but (in a good herd) their best commercial cow is worth MORE than the bull.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brandonm2, post: 143894, member: 2095"] Bulls are a by-product of the elite donor heifer business and most commercial cattlemen have that figured out. You don't flush a cow three times hoping for 30-40 bulls, you want show heifers and donor cows. IF you could affordably sex semen to eliminate the bulls, most people would. I wouldn't be selling anybody any $1000 bulls in THIS market; BUT $1500 is a fair offer in almost anybody's herd and $2500 will buy me two year old bulls all over this country with very little haggling at all. I have gone to elite auctions and had my pick of bulls for $1550 WHEN their heifer flush mates were bringing as much as $12,500. Most people I know struggle to average anything over $3000 and most small purebreeders have NEVER sold many $2000 bulls. This may sound warped but (in a good herd) their best commercial cow is worth MORE than the bull. [/QUOTE]
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