I've never sold an Angus calf,but I've got one that's going. A cow had twins the other day and abandoned one. I usually leave one like that out in the pasture and bottle feed it until it manages to sneak in on a cow and survive,but the weather is so miserable that I had to bring this one in the barn. After he's been away like that,the chance of him even trying to go to his mother is probably less than zero. I'll wait until he's a week old to make sure he's going good. Geez,I bought a 25 pound bag of milk replacer yesterday and it was $43. That even makes feeding a cow all winter look cheap.
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John in Md.
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I had the same thing earlier this year. Bought a bag or replacer and started calf for a week and sold registered angus heifer to a 4 h girl in high school as a bottle calf. Girl was thrilled with the price including bag of replacer $325.00. When her father came to pickup calf, he said calf was only worth $50.00 because that's what somebody told him dairy calves were bringing in Lancaster Pa. auctions. I told him to get lost. 2 hours later he and wife and daughter were back with cash and apologies for father being an a-hole, they made him wait in truck and he was cursing and yelling, but she made him stay in truck. Some people are just jerks!!
grandpa Love
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If you were closer we would buy that from you! My wife loves a bottle baby calf!
morgan in ar
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People are regularly asking more than $300 for bottle beef calves here on Craigslist. I have no idea if they actually sell. You'd have to be a fool to pay that for a bottle calf that might not survive.
The gal at the counter at TSC is interested in this one. She wanted my number. I told her to call Monday and make sure it made it through the weekend alright. It's a tiny little thing,but it's getting pretty aggressive on the bottle. If she doesn't want to give $200 for it,it's going on CL. I think I would have given it away Wednesday night. After taking the bottle in good shape Tuesday night and fighting me a little Wednesday morning,he wouldn't have any part of it and I had to tube him. I thought he was probably going to go down hill,but he's been a lot more cooperative since the tubing incident.
in-too-deep
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I think I would be, too. Cooperative.
Traditional Farmer
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Even if it did survive it'd still be a looser unless cattle prices go up a lot before it gets to market weight.A while back they were just about giving the dairy calves away and the beef calves were under $100.
Andy Martin
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Do you actually own cattle?
Fordfarmer
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I sold a small Angus cross heifer calf on craigslist a couple weeks ago. Markets are better- I can actually get paid if I send a holstein bull calf now - but aren't great. Guy who has been buying my cross-bred calves said $50-$75 because she was small, AND I'd have to feed her another 6 days before he'd be in my area again. So I put her on CL at $100, and had 4 replies by noon, including one offering an extra $50 if I'd hold her until the weekend. She was gone by 5:00 that day. (And there was another reply to the ad just before I cancelled it)
Traditional Farmer
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Owned cows for 67 years now.How about yourself?
Traditional Farmer
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As a hobby you are probably right as a financial investment figuring actual costs and paying herself for the time and effort I can't see it. And if 4H,FFA or whatever isn't teaching kids
to watch the bottom line what the point of it all?
to watch the bottom line what the point of it all?
Late last fall cow had calf in pasture. After a few weeks I noticed the calf baweling some and looking thin. Pull him of cow and started giving him milk placer. After 50+ pounds of replacer got him on grain. Now I believe he is stunted. Think he ought to be bigger. Should of left him in pasture, maybe he would of stole from another cow and did better.
Andy Martin
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Only 35 years.
Josh-nhihguy
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A lot of comments already. But when it comes down to it, if you want to fuss with it or not you'll do what you have to do. Take care of him or sell. Around here beef calves bring top dollar. $400-500. At least that's what everybody's asking. Beef dairy cross calves bring $200-400. Holsteins and Jerseys between $0-100. It's all crazy. Come spring time everybody thinks let's raise some calves now that it's warm, don't worry about the cost. We buy some every 4-8 weeks to help keep the yards clean and feed moving. If the prices sound crazy then yes I agree but no, I don't pay that. But I have close friends and neighbors that do. Sigh.
You did what you could to save a calf and that's what actually matters.
You did what you could to save a calf and that's what actually matters.
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