Should put that one in the freezer!

Sold some calves this week, most did okay. Had one calf that had a longhorn-charloais cross dam, and a black Angus sire. The poor thing looked like a jersey. I knew that he wouldn't sell well, but he did much worse than I imagined. He brought 440 lbs, .70/lb. Check for him after expenses was $286. Ouch! Kicking myself for not growing him out for the butcher.
 
just a curious question,,how would the meat be if you butchered it at the 440 lb size?,And has anybody done it or tried it?I Have no I idea or opinion,its just a curiousity question. At 70 cents plus butchering and cutting,it seems it would be good meat reasonably priced?
 
I have an Angus cross calf that was born without hair on about 1/3 of his body,never saw anything like it he's about 7 months old still no hair.I'm just going to keep him and have him butchered as he wouldn't bring hardly anything in the market.
 
I had a fat steer that I shipped two weeks ago that I thought for sure I'd take a bath on. When he was born,one knee was like rubber. His leg would bend in every direction. His head was pulled all the way around to the left from his neck being deformed. I had to bottle feed him for three days until he figured a way to twist around to get ahold of his mama. He straightened out pretty decent,but his neck still didn't look right. I bet the wife he'd bring 40 cents less that the rest. Good thing there wasn't any money involved,he brought $124.
 
Not at that low, but I have a neighbor who will butcher them at any size between 700lbs - 1,000lbs. Just kind of depends on when he needs the meat to fill orders for direct market beef. Seems to have no complaints from his buyers.
 
There used to be an old stock jockey who came around about once a year, and he'd buy stuff like that- didn't pay top money, of course, but probably as much as you'd get at the sale after commissions. He seemed to have a market for the cheap stuff- he'd say, "you ought to peddle that one- he'll take down the price of the rest of the lot." And he was right. And I always liked the fact that he dealt in cash from a roll in his pocket- no pesky bookkeeping to keep track of!
 
larry,...we butchered one that was about 500#, was still hittin the cow,...steaks you could cut with a fork
 
I dont feel too bad now. Sold a black 700 lb. steer Tuesday for 1.49. Thought it would bring .10 more but then the markets dropped over the weekend, just my luck.
 
I have never just dropped off animals at the auction and left.
I always watch them sell. If I do not get what I can live with they go back home.

Auctions can be funny.
Had 1 yearling that did not bring much.
I was fixing to load it up and take it back home when a guy walked up and gave me more than he was willing to bid when it went across the block.
 
Charolais bulls will take the ear and leather off of Braham crosses and the spots and horns off of longhorn crosses, hard to clean up a jersey where he don't stand out but they do eat good.
 

I had a nice black heifer that had a nice looking calf. She had a prolapsed uterus that I didn't see in time to have the vet out. Took her and calf to a local packing house, sold her, kept calf. A man came by and offered me a good price for the calf, which I took. Don't like bottle feeding anyway and never could see much profit in it.

KEH
 
(quoted from post at 19:34:27 05/19/17) Charolais bulls will take the spots and horns off of longhorn crosses,

A few yrs back I had some Longhorn/Corriente cows that I bred to Angus & Charolais bulls but some of the calves still had white spots on the body.
 
When I was about 16, my little sister wanted a Hereford heifer calf. Went to the sale, calves went through first, nothing any good. Calves were done, I was leaving, and a guy was waiting in line to unload a cute little calf that fit the bill- I offered him $12 for it, he said no, I'll run it through the sale. Went back in, bought it for $9.
 
I butchered our Jersey steer at a year - weighed aa little under 700, really good meat - just small cuts.
 

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