Yeehaw!

[Nesikep]

Well, I got the check from selling my 2 steers and 2 heifers.. here's what it came out to

2 steers, avg weight 710, $270/lb = $3834
1 hfr, 750 lbs, $2.375/lb = $1781.25
1 hfr, 490 lbs, $3.025/lb = $1482.25

total weight = 2660 lbs
total = $7097.50

not too shabby if you ask me!

 

[highgrit]

That's real good Nesikep. Those are better prices on the large steers than we get.

 

[Nesikep]

yeah, but you have a 20% stronger dollar too!.. so the $2.70 is actually closer to $2.15 USD, and that's probably less than what you get.

 

[strihafarms]

Congrats. That sure feels good doesn't it. Makes the work feel worthwhile.

 

[branguscowgirl]

:clap: Good payday Nesi! Very happy for you!

 

[Rafter S]

I'm happy for you.

 

[fenceman]

Wow!!

 

[fenceman]

Wow!!

 

[Nesikep]

Looking at the sale barn flyer for that day, it seems like a lot of animals were going for $.15-.20 /lb more too... butcher bulls were $1.40-1.70 /lb

 

[3waycross]

Good for you. Glad someone is making some money.

I am currently bleeding money from every pore.

 

[cowboy70]

Good for you. Glad someone is making some money.

I am currently bleeding money from every pore.

Poor poor you !!

 

[3waycross]

Good for you. Glad someone is making some money.

I am currently bleeding money from every pore.

Poor poor you !!

Not sure who you are but feel free to .......bite me.

 

[3waycross]

Good for you. Glad someone is making some money.

I am currently bleeding money from every pore.

Poor poor you !!

I am sorry for losing my temper and saying that to you. After I posted that response I realized that I was wrong to reply in that manner. Your opinion is as important as mine or anyone else's. So if I am going to come on Nesi's thread and whine about the year I am having I should expect to get some remarks like yours. Anyone who has been here for more than a week knows that I can certainly be pretty caustic myself, so I need to be thicker skinned. :roll:

I will admit it caught me off guard since I don't know you and couldn't think of a reason why you would nail me like that. So I went back and read all of your posts and still can't figure it out. Well that's OK. If that's the way you feel, that's the way you feel. What I should have done after reading all of your posts was to congratulate you on correctly spelling three words in a row and let it go at that. :cowboy:

Sorry for the hijack Nesi! :tiphat:

 

[Nesikep]

And I'm sorry about the bad luck you've been having, I've had those times too

 

[highgrit]

Well I thought the post stunk myself. There's no need to be politically correct, the person is a jerk.
Nesikep, your buying lunch.

 

[Nesikep]

Come and get it

 

[Aaron]

And to think 10 years ago you could have sold 14 of your best bred cows and prayed to receive that same amount of money. Enjoy every dollar Nesi!

 

[Nesikep]

Better stash some away for when those times come back.. it may not hit AS hard anymore, but I can't see this crazy upward trend continuing without a downturn forever.

8 years ago we got $.84/lb for 5wt heifers, and they looked good.. so that would mean you'd need at least 16 of them to get that..

a LOT of people went out of cattle here during those times.. some neighbors had some UGLY cows, probably 80 of them, and then sold just at the low point.. I bet they're kicking themselves now.. but it was a case of a farm run by many siblings, few of which were actually on the farm working it, but I'm sure they wanted money and forced the sale.