cattle prices in the dumper

[wynedot55]

took 6 bulls to the sale barn yesterday.3 ended up getting out.so they will go another day.an prices are down.but not as bad as it could be.they aved 753lbs an broght an ave price of .69 a lb.had 1 lowball calf that brought .55lb but he was meaner than snott.

 

[Farmer Kitty]

1 lowball calf that brought .55lb but he was meaner than snott.

There always seems to be one of those!

Bulls at the sale barn we use on yesterday's market:
Beef Bulls 52-60

 

[wynedot55]

i thought they did pretty good for heavy weight calves.the lowball calf killed the ave though.

 

[Farmer Kitty]

Not bad at all. Our local sale barn didn't sell beef bull calves yesterday so, I couldn't price a calf-if that's what they sold under. The bull calves sold here yesterday would mostly be the dairy calves which brought: 69% of the Bull Calves Sold 50.00 - 105.00 per head. But a beef breed is different and judging by the dairy price and doing a rough beef price by it, you didn't do bad at all!

 

[wynedot55]

those are real good calf prices.

 

[Thewife]

A friend that BUYS at our local sale barn, said prices are good for him!

I gotta ask, what breed were the escapees?

 

[wynedot55]

beefmaster crosses they jumped out of the 2nd holding lot.an that lot is made with cheap panels.the main corral is a drill stem pipe corral 6ft tall.

 

[Thewife]

It's things like that, that keeps Hubby from letting me go Beefmasters or get too much Brahma blood in the herd!
How about instead of using the word "jumped", we just say "the step brats let them out"?

 

[wynedot55]

the truth is i think a cow jumped out.an the knotthead calves followed her.if they was good panels.they would have never jumped the fence.

 

[Farmer Kitty]

Any breed can jump or go through fences.