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<blockquote data-quote="MurraysMutts" data-source="post: 1710150" data-attributes="member: 39373"><p>The above being said....</p><p></p><p>IF!!</p><p>If you have enough calves to make a load, I can see it making you money!</p><p>Or IF you go to sale that sells large enough groups of same kind to put together a load.</p><p>Or possibly an all weaned special sale.</p><p></p><p>I don't have those numbers..</p><p></p><p>Lots of the sales up here are erratic on steers vs bulls vs weaned vs unweaned. </p><p>Same kinds bringing same moneys. </p><p>Better kinds bringing less moneys. </p><p>I've seen unweaned bulls bringing more per head than weaned steers of same kind. Kinda weird. </p><p></p><p>The story I get is this, the folks doing the buying would rather have an unweaned, all natural calf to get on THEIR program. And they've had less problems doing it that way, vs buying pre-vac, weaned animals that don't match up with someone else's program and trying to match them all up.</p><p>I.e. different vaccinations, protocols, etc.</p><p>One group gets sick because the second group came from a different farm that has never seen that strain of disease, virus etc. Even tho all were on comparable vaccination protocols.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MurraysMutts, post: 1710150, member: 39373"] The above being said.... IF!! If you have enough calves to make a load, I can see it making you money! Or IF you go to sale that sells large enough groups of same kind to put together a load. Or possibly an all weaned special sale. I don't have those numbers.. Lots of the sales up here are erratic on steers vs bulls vs weaned vs unweaned. Same kinds bringing same moneys. Better kinds bringing less moneys. I've seen unweaned bulls bringing more per head than weaned steers of same kind. Kinda weird. The story I get is this, the folks doing the buying would rather have an unweaned, all natural calf to get on THEIR program. And they've had less problems doing it that way, vs buying pre-vac, weaned animals that don't match up with someone else's program and trying to match them all up. I.e. different vaccinations, protocols, etc. One group gets sick because the second group came from a different farm that has never seen that strain of disease, virus etc. Even tho all were on comparable vaccination protocols. [/QUOTE]
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