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<blockquote data-quote="got_cows?" data-source="post: 172969" data-attributes="member: 2473"><p>If you're buying feeders you <em>should</em> buy by the pound. Then you know exactly what you're getting at price per pound.</p><p>We have a scale at home that we use for weaning and yearling weights but when we sell our calves we use the creamery scale in the next town. The truck and trailer get weighed empty, get a weight slip, and then we load the calves and get another weight slip. That way the buyer knows exactly how many pounds he bought. He then can figure how much it will cost to finish them out and how much he'll need when he sells them finished - per pound.</p><p>The only cattle that I've seen sold by the head are breeding stock and show steers. </p><p>If someone came to my farm trying to buy our steers by the head they could just mosey right on their way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="got_cows?, post: 172969, member: 2473"] If you're buying feeders you [i]should[/i] buy by the pound. Then you know exactly what you're getting at price per pound. We have a scale at home that we use for weaning and yearling weights but when we sell our calves we use the creamery scale in the next town. The truck and trailer get weighed empty, get a weight slip, and then we load the calves and get another weight slip. That way the buyer knows exactly how many pounds he bought. He then can figure how much it will cost to finish them out and how much he'll need when he sells them finished - per pound. The only cattle that I've seen sold by the head are breeding stock and show steers. If someone came to my farm trying to buy our steers by the head they could just mosey right on their way. [/QUOTE]
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