How do you get a 2,000 lb bull in a trailer?

[siroiszoo]

I sure hope you aren't paying for any pasture that this bull is in. Going in there has to be playing with suicide if he has already pinned someone.
So... dare we ask why the bull wasn't shot dead as he had the woman pinned?
And is the owner aware of this pinning? I'd think his insurance agent would be climbing walls.. or canceling his insurance.

I'm betting the owner knows very little about what is going on here. These are his 'drinking buddies' he's left in charge of this. We are just the quiet neighbors next door who where willing to maintain his pasture in his absence in exchange for being able to graze my horses on it. He didn't want his drinking buddies left in charge of the pasture because they would tear it up with their ATV's.

My husband called and talked to the owner last night but we are betting his friends have down played the situation since we haven't heard back from him.

My husband just mentioned that he knows the guy that the police call to round up loose cattle in this county when the owners can't be found. At least, who he is & where he lives. I've asked him to make contact with this man, find out his cost & how much notice it takes to get him on the job. Then we will call the bull's owner and try to make a deal. For some reason, the owner is determined this bull will go to market alive.

 

[Imissmygirls]

He is worth more alive at the market than dead in the field.
However, I still wonder what his insurance company would say about it if the animal gets out.
And is the owner aware that his corral and loading chutes were trashed by said bull?

 

[siroiszoo]

He is worth more alive at the market than dead in the field.
However, I still wonder what his insurance company would say about it if the animal gets out.
And is the owner aware that his corral and loading chutes were trashed by said bull?

I'm not real sure what the owner is aware of and what he is not aware of.

I talked to the guy at the feed store and described the situation. He said that "if" the bull was 2,000 pounds, he would only bring about $400.00 at auction. Then he proceeded to say it would cost anywhere from $500-$600 for men to come out and round this bull up; no guarantees & they would stop working if the bull jumped a fence and got off the property. Also, I would have to get written permission from the owner for these guys to be on his property and a guarantee to pay faxed in.

I asked about shooting the bull where he was and taking him to butcher. The feed store guy said unless I could find a small "Mom & Pop" butcher that would do it, that the state is so regulated now that that is impossible.

So it is now becoming plain to see why The Guy In Charge of This Mess is procrastinating. He no longer has any money coming out of this and its already costing him in feed.

The Feed store guy told me the bull will definitely start wandering soon - which I already knew, just from his behavior. The bad news is, that if let on the loose, he will eventually return to the pasture he was born in. I had high hopes until I heard that.

The whole situation is a mess!

 

[Imissmygirls]

I'd say the best bet is looking for a mom & pop butcher shop. I'm srprised the feed store guy doesn't know anyone doing that.
Oh.... and he forgot the other alternatives:
$300 to rent a backhoe to dig the hole when you SSS, or...
the unholy smell of letting the beast rot where he drops. It won't reach as far as California, tho.

You have my sympathy-- which will help you about as much as the Guy InChargeOFTheMess.

 

[siroiszoo]

I'd say the best bet is looking for a mom & pop butcher shop. I'm srprised the feed store guy doesn't know anyone doing that.
Oh.... and he forgot the other alternatives:
$300 to rent a backhoe to dig the hole when you SSS, or...
the unholy smell of letting the beast rot where he drops. It won't reach as far as California, tho.

You have my sympathy-- which will help you about as much as the Guy InChargeOFTheMess.

Thanks Imissmygirls.

It's really frustrating having to be witness to all of this and not have any control or say in the situation. We keep hoping when everyone gets tired of being stupid, they just might allow us to reason with them on this matter.

It seems a waste of bull but I'm thinking the backhoe might be the way to go. I do remember that back 6 or 7 years ago, families that chipped in the raise a few calves were having a harder time of finding butchers. So it may be impossible by now - at least is this part of Texas.

 

[Imissmygirls]

Have you considered reading up on How To Butcher a Bull?

 

[siroiszoo]

OOOO! That's not a problem. We know how to butcher many things. It's just that the largest bull we ever butchered was only 700#. I can only imagine the work it'd take for this bull! I know I don't have a grinder big enough to handle that much burger. Plus the pesky problem of it not being my bull stands in the way.

 

[Beekissed]

You could advertise a free bull on Craigslist!

 

[jhm47]

Well, I would dispute the feed store man on his price for the bull. $400 is not nearly what a bull like that would bring. According to the sources that I have, a 2000 lb bull should bring around .50 a lb. That figures out to $1000.00, not $400. $400 is only .20 a lb.

 

[siroiszoo]

Well, I would dispute the feed store man on his price for the bull. $400 is not nearly what a bull like that would bring. According to the sources that I have, a 2000 lb bull should bring around .50 a lb. That figures out to $1000.00, not $400. $400 is only .20 a lb.

I thought that sounded low and he did figure it at .20/lb. But I don't know and he watches the cattle auctions non-stop in that store. So I figured he is either ripping me off cause I'm female and stupid about it or that's really what the bull would bring. Which says a lot about who I'm buying my feed from. Just may have to find a new feed store.

Thanks for the response on that.