A few pictures of the week, July 26, 2008

[Soapweed]

Moving cattle early in the week

Kosmo Kid and his young horse

Meandering along

More meandering

Good stuff

Hobbled horse

A couple red "herd markers"

Giving me the eye

Putting new belts on a baler

A good guy to ride the river with

Cows singing "Walking on New Grass"

Talking man to man

Sold their mothers last Wednesday. Ten cows averaged 1285 pounds @ $55.45 per cwt., or $711 per head. They all needed to be sold for one reason or another.

Cows enjoying a hot afternoon

Branded beef

Laziness in action; they don't seem to mind me too much

Bartender

Black eyes and black nose

Drinking straight from the jug

Another boy posing for the camera

 

[Shortgrass]

The calves on the cows are showing some bloom. They will make weight for ya. The roan colt looks like he is making a horse. Are you gathering up on the state line?

 

[PureCountry]

Great pics Soap. The calves certainly do look good. We'll be gathering to vaccinate and sort pairs into breeding groups next week. Big job, but somebody's gotta do it right? Have a good one.....

 

[kolanuraven]

$700 something bucks for a 1200+ cow....OUCH! :shock: :shock: That's pitiful!

 

[Anonymous]

$700 something bucks for a 1200+ cow....OUCH! :shock: :shock: That's pitiful!

Not too bad for culls- altho I've been seen some good shaped cull cows going for as high as $60-65 up here.... 2000 lb bulls $70- $80...

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

$700 something bucks for a 1200+ cow....OUCH! :shock: :shock: That's pitiful!

You say ouch but what would you say when I was selling 10,000lbs of cows for $1,800.

Back when we crashed with BSE and we could start selling again I hauled a few trailer loads out at that price. Nice grass fat cows. A load wouldn't even put tires in the trailer.

 

[HAY MAKER]

$700 something bucks for a 1200+ cow....OUCH! :shock: :shock: That's pitiful!

You say ouch but what would you say when I was selling 10,000lbs of cows for $1,800.

Back when we crashed with BSE and we could start selling again I hauled a few trailer loads out at that price. Nice grass fat cows. A load wouldn't even put tires in the trailer.

I would say ,that's good money for them watusi scrubs you keep............good luck

 

[Faster horses]

Big country, big calves...thanks Soapweed.

I think it was good management to get the culls sold for $700+,
put the calves on feed and get just about that much for them
this fall.

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[WyomingRancher]

Your cattle look great, it's amazing what good grass does for them . The colt also looks to be coming along nicely. Thanks for the pics .

 

[Soapweed]

$700 something bucks for a 1200+ cow....OUCH! :shock: :shock: That's pitiful!

They weren't registered, and I got to keep the calf. Besides, most of them were quite cosmetically deficient in one way or another. The other plus is that everything else looks so much better now with them no longer in the herd. :wink:

 

[4Diamond]

$700 something bucks for a 1200+ cow....OUCH! :shock: :shock: That's pitiful!

Not too bad for culls- altho I've been seen some good shaped cull cows going for as high as $60-65 up here.... 2000 lb bulls $70- $80...

Saw Cull cows bring $75 and bulls bring $90 around here last week. I sold a $1,080 killer a couple weeks ago. Didn't hurt that she weighed 1,675!