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We stopped for a few things Sunday afternoon and came home with 2 frozen 20 lb. turkeys. They must need freezer space because they were 50 cents a pound. That's a lot of meals for a ten dollar bill. People do not realize how little we pay for food in this country.

The consumer always determines the price. They always have and they always will. Poultry and pork will benefit from more demand but they to can be moved down the list if they reach the point consumers will not purchase.

If those young ones like the sheep that is a very good reason for you to have a change of heart. :cowboy: Those kids sometimes are a little more open minded about there livestock options than we adults are. Good experience for them and a chance to make a few bucks without investing quite as...

That is the reason I specifically asked if it would help if part of there bulls were NOT hard fed. I see your point about the bulls being over conditioned for your area. Would people be willing to try the genetics if the bulls were not over fat. I would be the last person in the world to tell...

I will go to the sale barn and buy you a purebred Jersey bull calf if you will pay the freight! Your kids could raise the little devil up to breeding size in no time. He will not need a BSE because he will settle every cow within 40 miles of your place the very first time you let him out of the...

Do you think it would work if the purebred producers would split some groups of same sire bulls and feed part of them for a lower ADG and see how they sell? Maybe that would be a good thing for both sides. It would be a quick test to see if people want the genetics or the big shiny bulls...

We are getting some of your warm weather. Have not had a below zero night in about 4 nights :D . The 20 or so inches of snow and ice is melting. We have a foot of frost in the ground and they are calling for a high of fifty tomorrow with over an inch of rain. That could have some folks treading...

It takes a willing seller and a willing buyer to make a market sale and always will. There is a market for all types of animals but the size of the market is quite different. I guess we all look and see which market is the best for us to sell in. We mostly passed up the longhorn and the grass...

Big Swede in theory you are 100%correct about the feeding. The proven fact, not theory, is when people buy bulls they buy the big fat ones. If everybody buying bulls wanted them in range ready condition when they walked off the truck,there would be a lot of that type being sold. I am afraid that...

If rumors were truth they would have run out of customers about the third or fourth year :roll: The feed thing also strikes me as odd. It (feed) is available to all breeders to use and most do. The ones complaining should just buy some of that super feed and grow and sell there own bulls. It is...

Thank you very much. It does get old at times.

Maybe he could try a couple on the cows the first year and see what the calves look like. That should be a fair test to see what the bulls will do in there conditions.

3 day old bucket calves will bring over $350 in a lot of places so where do you draw the line?

The heifers must have made a lot of producers very happy! When that many sell that good it says a lot about the breed and the breeders. You and your family should be very proud of what you have done for the RA breed in your part of the world! :tiphat:

From checking the Mobridge averages those big calves brought some darn good money! :cowboy:

There must be a valid reason that you only have a couple of lowlines if they are that good. In the end they still have to make money!

Mike is on the money when it comes to the production of pork. They only look at the genetics and never the breed. Sometimes cattle raisers are a little like vehicle owners and it gets them to accept a lot of things that a new buyer on the mkt. with no brand loyalty wouldn't :( The British call...

Thanks for sharing the great photos and the ones with the goat were just fine. The calves look very good are they all out of your horned Hereford bull? Are you going to get you another meat pig this summer? Have you been enjoying that home grown meat on these cold winter days? Now that you have...

The last time he posted he was starting calving. He is probably busy making a calving camera for the barn and lots! He has to work a bit harder to keep up sometimes :) I also hope everything is fine at his place even the goat and the pig! He is a fine young man and I sure enjoy his happy...

What would the opinion be on a ''no sale''? I have been to many land and equipment sales that were cancelled after the bidding stopped :shock: