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<blockquote data-quote="cattleman99" data-source="post: 826478" data-attributes="member: 14530"><p>What I consider a nice moderate birth weight. We saw this year at the sales that the bigger they were the more money they brought in general. If you didn't feed as hard you got less money and bulls passed for the most part. Not saying this is right but it's what happened. The Red Simmentals came under a lot of pressure towards the end of the sale run but the Blacks and Fullbloods held up well for the most part. It was good to see a few Fullbloods marked up a bit or lot of with white sell and bring good money. (3000-8500) on about a 1/2 dozen I saw sell this spring. If there would have been more white ones they would have sold. If they were 1600 lbs or a couple up over 1700 at 14-15 months they sold really well. Up to 110 lb birthweight didn't seem to matter. Over that and the bull had to be pretty spectacular to sell. </p><p></p><p>The smaller framed bulls and light ones (under 1300) had difficulty getting sold at some of the sales. I think I watched around 400 or so sell this spring in person and another couple hundred on line. The vast majority of these bulls sold to commercial cattleman. There is a definate reversal in what guys want happening on the Canadian Prairies right now. They want more performance back into the bulls.</p><p></p><p>The Charolais had a heck of a run as well this year. Never got to any sales but was talking to a neighbour who did and the sale averages were $4000 and up. Looking on line pretty much confirmed that. Again performance bulls selling to commercial cattleman.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cattleman99, post: 826478, member: 14530"] What I consider a nice moderate birth weight. We saw this year at the sales that the bigger they were the more money they brought in general. If you didn't feed as hard you got less money and bulls passed for the most part. Not saying this is right but it's what happened. The Red Simmentals came under a lot of pressure towards the end of the sale run but the Blacks and Fullbloods held up well for the most part. It was good to see a few Fullbloods marked up a bit or lot of with white sell and bring good money. (3000-8500) on about a 1/2 dozen I saw sell this spring. If there would have been more white ones they would have sold. If they were 1600 lbs or a couple up over 1700 at 14-15 months they sold really well. Up to 110 lb birthweight didn't seem to matter. Over that and the bull had to be pretty spectacular to sell. The smaller framed bulls and light ones (under 1300) had difficulty getting sold at some of the sales. I think I watched around 400 or so sell this spring in person and another couple hundred on line. The vast majority of these bulls sold to commercial cattleman. There is a definate reversal in what guys want happening on the Canadian Prairies right now. They want more performance back into the bulls. The Charolais had a heck of a run as well this year. Never got to any sales but was talking to a neighbour who did and the sale averages were $4000 and up. Looking on line pretty much confirmed that. Again performance bulls selling to commercial cattleman. [/QUOTE]
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