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<blockquote data-quote="eric" data-source="post: 85289" data-attributes="member: 7"><p>If it makes you feel any better about what you spent, I also went to a ranch sale yesterday and picked up 5 pairs of really nice looking angus. My gosh, I spent more for these prs than I did for my first new truck back in 1980! I have also been going to salebarns for the past few months and looking for the quality, nice and healthy bred cows / pairs. While there were quite a few nice cows that came through the salebarn, they all seemed to jump up to $1200-$1500 price range pretty quick. I just had a hard time spending that much on an <em>unguaranteed</em> cow which I usually only had a couple of minutes to look at in the ring. I finally just realized that that is what it's gonna cost to get in the business nowadays, and the private sellers were just about the same price as the quality cows at the salebarn. I'm not sure if the salebarns are all that great of a bargain if you're looking for replacements anymore. For me personally, not having alot of experience with cattle, it was worth a couple hundred dollars more per pair to be able to talk to the owner, knowing exactly how old the calf is, what vaccinations the cow has received, seeing how the cows / calves acted around other cattle and just knowing whom I was buying from and knowing he stood behind every sale he makes. </p><p>For these guys like Texan and Craig, they can probally tell the difference between a cow that just needs some groceries and a cow that is really in need of medical help, which is where you can find the bargains nowadays it seems. Myself, if a cow comes through skinny and lethargic, I automatically stay away from it and assume it's there because the owner knows it's going downhill fast. A more experienced cattleman doesn't do that and that's how you make money off of salebarn cattle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="eric, post: 85289, member: 7"] If it makes you feel any better about what you spent, I also went to a ranch sale yesterday and picked up 5 pairs of really nice looking angus. My gosh, I spent more for these prs than I did for my first new truck back in 1980! I have also been going to salebarns for the past few months and looking for the quality, nice and healthy bred cows / pairs. While there were quite a few nice cows that came through the salebarn, they all seemed to jump up to $1200-$1500 price range pretty quick. I just had a hard time spending that much on an [i]unguaranteed[/i] cow which I usually only had a couple of minutes to look at in the ring. I finally just realized that that is what it's gonna cost to get in the business nowadays, and the private sellers were just about the same price as the quality cows at the salebarn. I'm not sure if the salebarns are all that great of a bargain if you're looking for replacements anymore. For me personally, not having alot of experience with cattle, it was worth a couple hundred dollars more per pair to be able to talk to the owner, knowing exactly how old the calf is, what vaccinations the cow has received, seeing how the cows / calves acted around other cattle and just knowing whom I was buying from and knowing he stood behind every sale he makes. For these guys like Texan and Craig, they can probally tell the difference between a cow that just needs some groceries and a cow that is really in need of medical help, which is where you can find the bargains nowadays it seems. Myself, if a cow comes through skinny and lethargic, I automatically stay away from it and assume it's there because the owner knows it's going downhill fast. A more experienced cattleman doesn't do that and that's how you make money off of salebarn cattle. [/QUOTE]
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