Ridgetop
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First the fires in northwest TX and OK, now Oregon taking so many cattle it is horrible for those ranchers. While my sheep are not pets, each death is like a punch in the stomach. The loss of entire herds is heartrending.
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Baymule
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That’s horrible about the cattle losses. Terrible for the poor cattle and heartbreaking for the ranchers.
HomeOnTheRange
Golden Herd Lurker
This is what we have to work with. Will see how it goes tomorrow (7/26) morning.
Steers Calves (Choice)
Steers Calves (Choice)
- 200-400# $250.00-$340.00 cwt.
- 400-500# $240.00-$300.00 cwt.
- 500-600# $250.00-$250.00 cwt.
- 200-400# $250.00-$270.00 cwt.
- 400-500# $250.00-$270.00 cwt.
- 500-600# $200.00-$240.00 cwt.
- 650-750# $170.00-$285.00 cwt.
- 650-750# $150.00-$250.00 cwt.
- Packer Cows $115.00 – $135.00 cwt.
- Commercial & Utls $85.00 – $115.00 cwt.
- Shelly Cows $10.00 – $80.00 cwt.
- Old Bred Cows $700.00 – $1600.00 hd.
- Young Bred Cows $1350.00-$1750.00 hd.
- Young Cow/Calf Prs $1800.00 – $2650.00
- Older Cow/Calf Pairs $1700.00 – $2175.00
- Packer Bulls $100.00 – $157.00 cwt.
- Feeder Bulls $75.00 – $110.00 cwt.
- Cutting Bulls $170.00-$230.00 cwt.
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Those prices are in the same general range as the prices here. We got $3.30 for a group of 12 steers that weighed 515 a month ago... then $3.00 for a group of 5 that weighed 490 a week ago... Prices in general are off about $.25-.40 / lb. from a month ago... But the rest of the prices are very comparable to what we are getting... even our "cull cows" are in the same $.95 to 1.50 range all according to what they look like...We got $1.57 for a bull that weighed over 1800 lbs a month ago...
I hope your cattle do good for you. Real good. Those prices are unlike anything we have seen before....How many are you going to ship?
We have sold about every weaned steer on the farm; for 2 reasons... the dry/drought conditions here that have created a shortage of hay, and many have no pasture... we wanted to get ahead of the curve and sell before the prices fell off too much... and partially due to the very high prices... If the bottom falls out in 6 months... AND if our late planted corn comes on since we have had several good rains the last 2 weeks, and it is starting to look really good... so we will have a decent bunk full of silage... we will be at the place of an option to buy back some steers or some heifers or something to feed...
We still have about 60+ weaned heifers; 40 out on pastures and 15-20 at the barn on short pasture and some hay and grain...they have the option of going on feed or going out to get bred as opposed to the steers that can only have one final ending...
The sad thing is with the fires all over out west... there will be cattle losses and it might keep the prices high for awhile because there won't be the numbers to replace what is lost.
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Got home from work about 12:15 or so... I'm tired... but sat to check the radar and "wind down", so got on here... Suddenly yawning so going to bed so I will fall off to sleep while feeling the "tired" ...
Mini Horses
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With the sell offs, the weather crop loses, plus the devastating fire losses, many breeders have lost the ability to regenerate their herds. Keeping those heifers is the best move right now. Large livestock take time to mature to breed age, then months for fetal growth. Not like a chicken...short term & incubators.
I see the market staying good for a couple years. The Brazil & Mexico imports of meat will keep coming for feed lots & the grocery market.
But that is kept south....the northern markets don't want the transport costs, no profit. Grocery prices will remain high with all of this.
I see the market staying good for a couple years. The Brazil & Mexico imports of meat will keep coming for feed lots & the grocery market.
But that is kept south....the northern markets don't want the transport costs, no profit. Grocery prices will remain high with all of this.
HomeOnTheRange
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We will be taking 8 steer calves and will see if there are any good young cow/calf pairs or young bred.
Here are some of our younger ones all covered in flies. Boys have tags in the left ear, girls the right (if you are facing them). The picture was taken when the little steer had on eye closed in case you were wondering...
A few of the Moms and there young ones.
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Slept hard.... shoulder hurting alot when it woke me up and rolled over... Wound up about 9 a.m.... but hey, it was 2 before I finally got shower, wound down and fell asleep.
Packed the small herd... talked to DS to see who was going to do what today... he said he was bush hogging, that I could come there and he could go get stuff, or I could go get stuff... so, since he was already there, I said I could go do the errands/pick up stuff.
Unloaded the meters out of the car so had room for the big radiator... since it was done and ready... $300 to get it cleaned/rodded out, top and bottom taken off and then put back together and leaks repaired.
A new radiator for that older tractor.... AC 7040... is over $1100...... all metal, no plastic... one with plastic is about $700.... but have been told by 2 people, that these ones with plastic "welded" to metal to make them cheaper and lighter... most last about 2-3 years. This tractor is 150 HP m/l.... diesel... made in 1975 or so.... this tractor is 50 years old..... and just now needing the radiator worked on.... the AC which was considered a luxury back then, still works although it leaks inside/condensation... The tractor is a monster.... 2 WD but goes anywhere we have wanted to put it...Heavy and handles the big round baler on hills as well as the 15 ft batwing bush hog out in the hills where we have to bush hog.... Radiator could last a year or 10 years he said...
Picked up the parts to fix the manure spreader that were ordered... the spring and something else are so worn out it won't stay "engaged" to keep spreading the manure.
Picked up a part DS had ordered at the ford place... I guess for the leak he found in the "blue truck" that we mostly use to pull the trailer.
Stopped by the stockyard and got the "ID buttons" that they are pushing to make mandatory for shipping cattle. For now they are free from the state. So, we got 300... if they make this mandatory, as the rumors say might go into effect in Nov..... they will put them in ears at the stockyards for a fee... it will mean handling the animals through a chute that means time and more effort for the stockyard personnel... and I get it... they aren't going to do it for free. It is like all of the sheep people with the scrapie tags... has to be.. better to do it at home...most everyone is doing them just before they ship them so they can't lose them and need to be worked through again.... I am keeping tabs on if this will get pushed through... it has had a ton of push back by ranchers with large herds for years... NO NAIS was a big thing for several years. So, we have 300 to start.... I have to see what kind of a "tagger" we need to use for them.
So I stopped by Smart Shopper on the way home with the radiator (last stop) since I was right near there... got some of the "mocha flavored" bottled coffee beverage .... I am not a coffee drinker so do not make it hot. This gives me the flavor, and the caffeine, and it is $6 for 12 bottles... $.50 each. Like the "Starbucks" stuff being sold for 2.99-3.99 a bottle at convenience stores. So, it is worth it to me to buy it and have it on hand to keep a few in the fridge and such for early morning trips to work or whatever... stop the "craving" and stopping at the store for something that is way over priced for the single bottle stuff....
I actually like this New England Coffee Co better than Starbucks... not near as bitter flavored... I think Starbucks is too bitter. Even their "frappuccinos" and stuff... got that bitter taste.
So, home and in the house for a bit. I am going to go out and get the batteries for the weed eater and get some stuff done I guess... since we have had rain, the grass is growing. Going to have to get out the mower and get the grass mowed. And, going to get the rest of the mulch hay down,,,,not alot left to do. I will put the bottles in the car to test in the morning. I put in 21 hours yesterday, and so feel like "eh", today. At least it is not near as hot....
Well, up and at 'em, to get things ready for tomorrow...
Packed the small herd... talked to DS to see who was going to do what today... he said he was bush hogging, that I could come there and he could go get stuff, or I could go get stuff... so, since he was already there, I said I could go do the errands/pick up stuff.
Unloaded the meters out of the car so had room for the big radiator... since it was done and ready... $300 to get it cleaned/rodded out, top and bottom taken off and then put back together and leaks repaired.
A new radiator for that older tractor.... AC 7040... is over $1100...... all metal, no plastic... one with plastic is about $700.... but have been told by 2 people, that these ones with plastic "welded" to metal to make them cheaper and lighter... most last about 2-3 years. This tractor is 150 HP m/l.... diesel... made in 1975 or so.... this tractor is 50 years old..... and just now needing the radiator worked on.... the AC which was considered a luxury back then, still works although it leaks inside/condensation... The tractor is a monster.... 2 WD but goes anywhere we have wanted to put it...Heavy and handles the big round baler on hills as well as the 15 ft batwing bush hog out in the hills where we have to bush hog.... Radiator could last a year or 10 years he said...
Picked up the parts to fix the manure spreader that were ordered... the spring and something else are so worn out it won't stay "engaged" to keep spreading the manure.
Picked up a part DS had ordered at the ford place... I guess for the leak he found in the "blue truck" that we mostly use to pull the trailer.
Stopped by the stockyard and got the "ID buttons" that they are pushing to make mandatory for shipping cattle. For now they are free from the state. So, we got 300... if they make this mandatory, as the rumors say might go into effect in Nov..... they will put them in ears at the stockyards for a fee... it will mean handling the animals through a chute that means time and more effort for the stockyard personnel... and I get it... they aren't going to do it for free. It is like all of the sheep people with the scrapie tags... has to be.. better to do it at home...most everyone is doing them just before they ship them so they can't lose them and need to be worked through again.... I am keeping tabs on if this will get pushed through... it has had a ton of push back by ranchers with large herds for years... NO NAIS was a big thing for several years. So, we have 300 to start.... I have to see what kind of a "tagger" we need to use for them.
So I stopped by Smart Shopper on the way home with the radiator (last stop) since I was right near there... got some of the "mocha flavored" bottled coffee beverage .... I am not a coffee drinker so do not make it hot. This gives me the flavor, and the caffeine, and it is $6 for 12 bottles... $.50 each. Like the "Starbucks" stuff being sold for 2.99-3.99 a bottle at convenience stores. So, it is worth it to me to buy it and have it on hand to keep a few in the fridge and such for early morning trips to work or whatever... stop the "craving" and stopping at the store for something that is way over priced for the single bottle stuff....
I actually like this New England Coffee Co better than Starbucks... not near as bitter flavored... I think Starbucks is too bitter. Even their "frappuccinos" and stuff... got that bitter taste.
So, home and in the house for a bit. I am going to go out and get the batteries for the weed eater and get some stuff done I guess... since we have had rain, the grass is growing. Going to have to get out the mower and get the grass mowed. And, going to get the rest of the mulch hay down,,,,not alot left to do. I will put the bottles in the car to test in the morning. I put in 21 hours yesterday, and so feel like "eh", today. At least it is not near as hot....
Well, up and at 'em, to get things ready for tomorrow...
Weldman
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Usually when radiators such as the cheap plastic ones only last 2-3 years is cause there is a underlining problem that caused the radiator to fail.
Main killer of those is heat and that has a lot variables. Clogged radiator from brush and such, water pump failing, pushing to machine too hard, bogging down the machine and lastly most overlooked, running too lean on fuel i.e. valve lash off, clogged fuel filters, timing off from a rebuild or if someone turned the fuel up. With heat some engines run hotter than others naturally, though overall after running a diesel engine like it should, let it cool down before shutting down, the turbo will love you if equipped with one.
No reason for them to fail that early on their own as if that was happening we would have a failed farming industry.
Main killer of those is heat and that has a lot variables. Clogged radiator from brush and such, water pump failing, pushing to machine too hard, bogging down the machine and lastly most overlooked, running too lean on fuel i.e. valve lash off, clogged fuel filters, timing off from a rebuild or if someone turned the fuel up. With heat some engines run hotter than others naturally, though overall after running a diesel engine like it should, let it cool down before shutting down, the turbo will love you if equipped with one.
No reason for them to fail that early on their own as if that was happening we would have a failed farming industry.
Baymule
Herd Master
I scrapie tag my lambs when they are born and record their number to their mom. Usually 1 or 2 out of the bunch will rip it out, but I can figure out who they are. The scrapie tag is a small narrow strip. Then I ear tag only the ones good enough to keep or sell to individuals.
