BK9954":1mfxhngn said:
East Tx didnt get it like Caldwell County did. We still have hundreds of dead trees that need to be hauled out or burned. The drought may have been fantastic for you. We were buying your hay grown in east Tx. Caldwell county was the worst in Tx. Round bales went up to $150 that year. I agree it is better to keep a good cow but I dont have the money to trade up. Not with these prices. Calves were going at $3 a pound at the auction today. Heifers were going from $2.25-$2.90 a pound. Even the steers were high. The market is pretty high right now with all the rain we have had.
It was fantastic I had to liquidate 70% of my herd. We got decent prices when we were over a barrel.
Like I said earlier wait to you operate through a few and they give you pennies on the dollar.
The only reason I survived was I have a philosophy there is no such thing as too much hay.
If I hadn't had three winters worth put up it would have been ugly and time to get out and play another day.
When they become welfare cattle it is time to dump them.
We got hammered I am very familiar with Caldwell county as I hunt it every year.
Difference is we came out in a very small part in 2012 . Vegetation that gets 60+ inches
a year dies like you have never seen when it only gets 10 inches.
Yall have no clue what dead trees are until you get over in this rain forest.
They are still dyeing and falling from the drought when you check fence it is only good
while you are looking at it.
Ask GB about trees that will most likely endear him to you forever.
We get another storm through here we will be without power for months from down trees.