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Donald Lehman · Oct 27, 2016

Jeff just got the "check" (if you can call it that)for a 102 pound Holstein bull he sent to the sale yesterday. $29.40. I would expect that you might just as well take a Jersey/Holstein cross out back and shoot it. Getting to the point again that you "check" to see if they sent you a bill for the calf.

rbhuntn · Oct 27, 2016

WOW 28 cents per pound. Would have been worth more to butcher and put it in the freezer.

Tom in TN · Oct 27, 2016

A friend of mine just sold a 1,200 pound cow at the Tennessee Livestock Producers sale barn in Columbia, TN. He got $.25 a pound for her. I would imagine that the supply at the sale barns is going to drop off pretty dramatically if this keeps up.

Tom in TN

Brown Swiss · Oct 27, 2016

I have been paying twice that to get the darn cows bred, but I keep the bull calves and turn them into steers and feed them out.

Donald Lehman · Oct 27, 2016

We did just that with a few calves the last time beef was this cheap.

rrlund · Oct 27, 2016

Reminds me of when we used to go to the sale barn with three calves in the back of the truck and came out to find five.

Bruce from Can. · Oct 27, 2016

Brown Swiss, you fellas should start to use " sexed seamen ", only heifer calves then

Eldon (WA) · Oct 27, 2016

(quoted from post at 11:55:56 10/27/16) Brown Swiss, you fellas should start to use " sexed seamen ", only heifer calves then

You can find them down by the wharf.....

formenwhogrow · Oct 27, 2016

I turned down a bid of $1.35 on 500# steer calves in early September. I know, I know.........

This fall has been a real kick in the seeds.

Cory Schmidt · Oct 27, 2016

sent a 300lb boar to auction last year(after the thing bit me)...... we got $1 out of it, the rest just covered the hauling and yard charges.

Brown Swiss · Oct 27, 2016

I would have too many cows to milk and not enough steers in the yard then!

Traditional Farmer · Oct 27, 2016

Wonder how those fellows that were paying 4 to 5 hundred$ for baby calves awhile back are doing? My wife loves to raise bottle calves I guess now is the time to buy some by the time they
are ready to be sold cattle should be back up some.

notjustair · Oct 27, 2016

Kill cows are stil $.50 here. Looks like it won't be long.

cam.man67 · Oct 27, 2016

For the past five years (since I took a week-old Jersey calf to sale and got $1.00), I've been selling all my extra calves on Craigslist. I can't keep up with demand, and I'm selling them at $50 for 3-days old. Works for me, hopefully this could work for you guys.

4xMF · Oct 27, 2016

(quoted from post at 13:46:50 10/27/16) I would have too many cows to milk and not enough steers in the yard then!

Sexed semen for the better third of the cows and beef breed sires for the rest.

larry@stinescorner · Oct 27, 2016

How much would a slaughterhouse charge to kill and and skin a 100 lb calf?It is not hard to cut it up yourself.Just curious.Veal cutlets are expensive here in NJ. I would sure like to buy one and cut it up myself and wrap it,,but dont have a way to slaughter one and chill it properly.

rrlund · Oct 27, 2016

What did the buyer pay for it though before the deductions?

dzc3 · Oct 27, 2016

I remember times like this in the 70's Sale Barn couldn't give calves away let alone sell them. We had barns full of them, when they were finished we made out very well.

4520BW · Oct 27, 2016

If you were close I would buy them for the kids to raise. I always had bottle calves as a kid and the wife grew up on a dairy farm so she has has raised 1000s of them.

Donald Lehman · Oct 27, 2016

Jeff just informed me I misspoke myself. It was $19 not $29. Yegads!

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