OK, I'll try to answer some questions, I see I kinda got behind :wink: Glad you are all enjoying the pics though.
High Plains, a lot of them were pretty good cattle, good frame, and pretty green, 900+ lbs on a good percentage of them. Just ready for you guys to finish off :wink:
BCR, most of the yearlings head to AB, some are finished here in Sask. Not sure if any head east into Man or Ont. I know calves go everywhere. Last year we processed about 2000 head to go across the line, this year so far as I know they are all staying in Canada. Those yearlings probably didn't any more than pay for their feed bill over the summer. We averaged $100 over purchase price (in the spring) for the few we sold a month ago, and the market has dropped since then. I did hear talk, that cost of gain is around $0.70/lb right now at the local feedlot, but fat prices are down too......
bverellen, there really isn't too many people in the country anymore. Not as easy to find cowboys as it used to be. It is mostly family that is in on it.
per, we are lucky, the highway has very little traffic, so that isn't a problem. The railway used to be right on the north side of the stockyards, actually, right about where the cattle come into the holding pen. We have pasture right along the #1 and know numerous people who have to haul cattle across, pain in the butt, that is for sure.