If ya raise dairy steers -This bites

Dave from MN · Jul 25, 2008

Holsteins Steers
300-400 lbs. 75.00 80.00
400-600 lbs. 70.00 75.00
600-800 lbs. 65.00 70.00
800-1000 lbs. 70.00 75.00
Dairy Calves
90-120# 30.00 50.00
120-150# 75.00 120.00
150-250# 125.00 185.00

A bargain for the calves, but how can ya make money on them when the steer prices are staying so low. On average dairys are running $.35-$,45 less than beef of the same weight. I dont know what to do with the 3 red holstiens I have. Thay are at 800#+ and losing me money everyday. I have a Swedish Red/Red Holstien cross that gains just looking at feed or hay, but them other three, like putting quarters in a glove box with no bottem.

GRJ · Jul 25, 2008

Eat them or sell to someone else to eat.Buyers want black & black baldies only. Everything else gets discounted severly.I hear you. I have hereford cross calves that bring .10 less than my black ones.Why????? Great job of advertising by the angus folks screwed the rest of us.Same beef,maybe even better,who knows.

bison · Jul 25, 2008

funny, the beef price in the store is same,no telling what color hide it had,or had a frozen tail or ears,no telling age either.
it is like always, a money thing.

If you can find a small packer,sell them on the rail.take them to an auction,someone is gonna have a good day.

Dave from MN · Jul 25, 2008

I hear you. Saw an ad for Black Angus beef, by the whole, half or quarter. Looked up the number, got the address, not a "Black Angus" on the place, not a darned thing wrong woth any of the steers, darn nice ones, they just were not Angus, looked like Simmi/ angus and hereford Angus crosses.

Mn Dave · Jul 26, 2008

Did you notice that about every breed of cattle now offers "blacks" as a color of their breed. Next thing Charlois will have "blacks". Sure is a stupid idea people have about the color of a critter makes for better meat????? Years ago Dad had the idea of crossing Brown Swiss with Holstein to come up with a cross that made for more milk but had the butter fat of Brown Swiss. Well, it didn't really work out, but you ended up with a black critter, so maybe we should do that now and advertise it has a lean, Black Angus type, the yuppies will go nuts for it.

Dave from MN · Jul 26, 2008

Check it out. A black Charolais

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