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<blockquote data-quote="Warren Allison" data-source="post: 1714760" data-attributes="member: 40587"><p>This is a weekly sale in NW Ga. They had a special, conditioned calf sale last week. These calves were weaned, vaccinated, steered, I think they had to be on feed either 45 or 60 days. In this sale, they did sell the calves in lots, or pens, all calves in the ring at that time belonged to one person. The largest lot was 23. Most are 1 to 3 at a time. You can also view the reports form the last 2 regular weekly sales. These are trailer weaned calves. Notice that the bull calves bring the same or more than steers. There ARE NO feedlot or processing plant buyers down here. There was barely a tractor-trailer load all put together. The people who bought these calves at the conditioned sale, are the same ones that buy the trailer weaned calves every week. They do not pay more for weaned, conditioned calves over 500 lobs, because there is nothing they can do with them but send them out west, where they would bring the same amount of money. Where-as, buying the 400 and 500 lb class of unweaned calves, they can condition them themselves,. or send them to a conditioner, and then when they have a truck load of like kind and size, they send them out west. <a href="https://calhounstockyard.com/current-market-report" target="_blank">https://calhounstockyard.com/current-market-report</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warren Allison, post: 1714760, member: 40587"] This is a weekly sale in NW Ga. They had a special, conditioned calf sale last week. These calves were weaned, vaccinated, steered, I think they had to be on feed either 45 or 60 days. In this sale, they did sell the calves in lots, or pens, all calves in the ring at that time belonged to one person. The largest lot was 23. Most are 1 to 3 at a time. You can also view the reports form the last 2 regular weekly sales. These are trailer weaned calves. Notice that the bull calves bring the same or more than steers. There ARE NO feedlot or processing plant buyers down here. There was barely a tractor-trailer load all put together. The people who bought these calves at the conditioned sale, are the same ones that buy the trailer weaned calves every week. They do not pay more for weaned, conditioned calves over 500 lobs, because there is nothing they can do with them but send them out west, where they would bring the same amount of money. Where-as, buying the 400 and 500 lb class of unweaned calves, they can condition them themselves,. or send them to a conditioner, and then when they have a truck load of like kind and size, they send them out west. [URL]https://calhounstockyard.com/current-market-report[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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