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why background /vac/ or wean em at all...just load em??
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<blockquote data-quote="BC" data-source="post: 446557" data-attributes="member: 67"><p>First off I hope you keep that attitude, it means my part time job is secure. I work for a small order buying company on the weekends and the type of calf you raise is what we buy. We assume nothing has been done to him. We figure in a lower price that we will offer because we know that there will be one or two high dollar shots of Mycotil, Baytril, Nuflor, Excede or something else to try to keep him alive and over the weaning stress. We alwayshave a supply of calf fries for just about any celebration you could think of.</p><p></p><p>I realize that you are Florida and people typically sell calves at a lighter weight there. I bought a set of steer/bull calves last Saturday that averaged 453 lbs and cost $103.91 per cwt. One of my buddies had an order for 700 - 800 lb steers for $101 per cwt. The man that sold the calves I bought left money on the table by not steering them and growing them bigger. I try to let my calves get to be over 600 lbs and ready to go to a feed yard. Maybe the cow has kicked the calf off , maybe not. A fat, bloomy calf does not find as many buyers as a harened up yearling. I steer the bull calves most of the time unless i miss one (It usually costs me about $35 to 50 difference in steer and bull price here on that weight calf).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BC, post: 446557, member: 67"] First off I hope you keep that attitude, it means my part time job is secure. I work for a small order buying company on the weekends and the type of calf you raise is what we buy. We assume nothing has been done to him. We figure in a lower price that we will offer because we know that there will be one or two high dollar shots of Mycotil, Baytril, Nuflor, Excede or something else to try to keep him alive and over the weaning stress. We alwayshave a supply of calf fries for just about any celebration you could think of. I realize that you are Florida and people typically sell calves at a lighter weight there. I bought a set of steer/bull calves last Saturday that averaged 453 lbs and cost $103.91 per cwt. One of my buddies had an order for 700 - 800 lb steers for $101 per cwt. The man that sold the calves I bought left money on the table by not steering them and growing them bigger. I try to let my calves get to be over 600 lbs and ready to go to a feed yard. Maybe the cow has kicked the calf off , maybe not. A fat, bloomy calf does not find as many buyers as a harened up yearling. I steer the bull calves most of the time unless i miss one (It usually costs me about $35 to 50 difference in steer and bull price here on that weight calf). [/QUOTE]
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