I was at Cattleman's Livestock Auction in Belen,NM today and the premium for weaned calves with a good health program was from $6 to $10 per cwt. I winter calves on alfalfa stubble and wheat. I think that the weaning and the health program is worth $30-$40 per head. You cannot be positive that the cattle have been given all the shots claimed, but if the sellers submit a list of what was given and the dates, you can be pretty sure that's what they got. When we process our own cattle , we keep a record of the date of initial and booster vaccines, specific meds(Cattlemaster, Titanium, pasturella,etc.) and include vaccine lot numbers and expiration dates. That satisfies the buyer.

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