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Sue got a Loan to buy some cows , she wants a exit stragedy from her Government job. She bought 45 running age black cows Saturday over at Kaycee for $1500 a head 32 head were 3 to 8 13 head 8 to 11. Was going to go to the breed sale in Riverton today but think She did better on this deal then at the sale.
 
There's a good ol' boy around here who is about ready to quit--he's lost his lease and getting older and health problems anyhow.

And figures it might be a good time anyhow.

He's got a pretty good set of baldy cows. Fairly big cows, no horns, gentle. Basically calve themselves.
Ages 4 to 7. (there's some older ones, but he'd run them till fall.
Bred black.
The sixes and sevens would be F1's.
He calves later than most around here--after april first.

He'd like to sell them outa the country--has heard they're selling higher south plus the relates think he oughta about give them to them.

He's offered them to me---but I'd like to see him get top dollar, plus don't want to get in the middle.

Any input on where to send them and what they'd be worth would be very much appreciated. Cattle are north of Helena Mt.
 
They had a bred sale at Napoleon Livestock cows topped out at 2400 most sold around 1800. Heifers sold anywhere from 1600-2100. I got into some later bred young cows/heifers for less the 1450. Along with that sale they had a MacDonald Salers influenced sale breds bring upwards of 2300-dang near 2400 and open replacement types where in that 1300-1400.
 
Went to a bred cow dispersal sale today,majority of them were bred for january & february calving.Figured i might be able to ad some cows to my herd that would fit right in to my calving schedule.Not to be,everyone was fighting over those early calving cows.Heifers were bringing $1750 and cows were as high as $1725,the ones that were bred for april were $1300 and under.
 
Cattle futures shoot to record highs

Dow Jones Newswires 01/14/2014 @ 2:57pm


U.S. cattle futures rallied to new all-time highs Tuesday, following a surge in wholesale beef prices.

February live-cattle picked up 1.05 cents to $1.3765 a pound at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, which surpassed the record high of $1.3682 established for the front-month contract last week. April live-cattle advanced 0.72 cent, or 0.5%, to $1.3780 a pound.

The cattle market has been underpinned by a historically tight supply of slaughter-ready animals and new records for wholesale beef prices. If retailers are willing to pay more for beef, processors have greater incentive to bid aggressively for cattle in the cash markets.

Wholesale choice-grade beef prices on Monday climbed $1.96 per hundred pounds to $216.94, according to the USDA, breaking the new records set Friday and Thursday. The previous record of $211.37 per hundred pounds was established May 23. Select-grade prices climbed $3.18 per hundred pounds to $214.76, also an all-time high. At midday, prices rose even further.

http://www.agriculture.com/markets/analysis/beef/cattle-futures-shoot-to-recd-highs_12-ar41137
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This was on yesterdays prices- and I heard they went higher today...If these live prices can hold it should mean feeders and bred cows should stay good too...


As my longtime friend Haylie reports from the American Farm Bureau Federation Convention, Dr. Derrell Peel with Oklahoma State University is quite optimistic on cattle markets for at least the next 5 years!

http://www.northernag.net/AGNews/tabid/171/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/8831/Haylie-Shipp-Gives-Cattle-Market-Update-from-AFBF.aspx
 
3words said:
Went to a bred cow dispersal sale today,majority of them were bred for january & february calving.Figured i might be able to ad some cows to my herd that would fit right in to my calving schedule.Not to be,everyone was fighting over those early calving cows.Heifers were bringing $1750 and cows were as high as $1725,the ones that were bred for april were $1300 and under.
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Weren't prices for bred cows real low in your area earlier? Good if things are picking up
 
Just unloaded a nice set of cows for my brothers. Angus 4-6 year old cows Feb-Apr calving nice flesh . He paid 1275$. The other sale I was at yesterday bred cows and hfrs were bringing more open than pregnant.



Nicky said:
3words said:
Went to a bred cow dispersal sale today,majority of them were bred for january & february calving.Figured i might be able to ad some cows to my herd that would fit right in to my calving schedule.Not to be,everyone was fighting over those early calving cows.Heifers were bringing $1750 and cows were as high as $1725,the ones that were bred for april were $1300 and under.
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Weren't prices for bred cows real low in your area earlier? Good if things are picking up
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Valentine Livestock Auction had a hot bred cow and bred heifer sale today, despite the high winds. Three and four year old black Angus cows weighing from 1100 to 1250 from complete dispersions brought from $2200 to $2400. One dispersion of ten year old Angus cows weighed from 1300 to 1500, and brought from $1500 to $1600. A set of 19 Angus bred heifers weighing 1251 pounds, with a starting calving date of March 1st, brought $2600. Another set of 40 nice Angus heifers, AI'ed and all due to calve on February 5th, weighed 1063 pounds and brought a whopping $2650. Other Angus heifers weighing from 1000 to 1075 pounds brought $2100 to $2375. Red Angus heifers topped out at $2025, and they were a bunch of 35 that weighed 1052 pounds. A set of 54 black baldy bred heifers weighed 1012 pounds with the final bid being $2000 per head. Other heifers weighing less and calving later brought slightly less money, but all in all it was a whale of a sale.
 
Don't you see the opportunity 3words?
You can cash your cows in and buy those April calves .
1/3 more calves with 2/3's less work!
 
Nicky said:
3words said:
Went to a bred cow dispersal sale today,majority of them were bred for january & february calving.Figured i might be able to ad some cows to my herd that would fit right in to my calving schedule.Not to be,everyone was fighting over those early calving cows.Heifers were bringing $1750 and cows were as high as $1725,the ones that were bred for april were $1300 and under.
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Weren't prices for bred cows real low in your area earlier? Good if things are picking up
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Yes they were just over slaughter price,it did not make a bit of sense why those early calving cows sold so high.I bet the next regular sale,they will all be cheap again.
 
This price thing has me in a whale of thinking... And realizing I have too much thoughtfulness to be a good cow buyer, LOL

I made handshake/nod deal first of January. I have some pretty good cheap feed. I have friends who end up with open hieferettes and cows. I "Buy" them with the agreement of paying them as I sell them. And I pay them at a premium for this.

I felt these pretty nice 1300 pound cows were worth 70 cent at the time. The Heifferettes maybe 95 cents. those were both estimates as I hadn't been real close to our local sales. However, I did read reports.

Well, in the three weeks since, they are worth a ton more. It is time for me to show my true colors good. If the prices keep going up, I'll pass some additional premium back. I just hate to say much as things can change again In 3 weeks and they may hang onto what I say today too tightly
 
PPRM said:
This price thing has me in a whale of thinking... And realizing I have too much thoughtfulness to be a good cow buyer, LOL

I made handshake/nod deal first of January. I have some pretty good cheap feed. I have friends who end up with open hieferettes and cows. I "Buy" them with the agreement of paying them as I sell them. And I pay them at a premium for this.

I felt these pretty nice 1300 pound cows were worth 70 cent at the time. The Heifferettes maybe 95 cents. those were both estimates as I hadn't been real close to our local sales. However, I did read reports.

Well, in the three weeks since, they are worth a ton more. It is time for me to show my true colors good. If the prices keep going up, I'll pass some additional premium back. I just hate to say much as things can change again In 3 weeks and they may hang onto what I say today too tightly
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Sounds like personal integrity and good business to me. I'd like doing business with you. :nod: :tiphat:
 
greybeard said:
Don't you see the opportunity 3words?
You can cash your cows in and buy those April calves .
1/3 more calves with 2/3's less work!
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I suppose,but i'm not a big fan of just sitting around the house and being lazy.So that would mean i would have to go get a job and work for someone else,and working for someone else is like a death penalty to me!So i will continue calving in winter,so i don't have to listen to some idiot telling me what to do :mad: !
 
PPRM said:
This price thing has me in a whale of thinking... And realizing I have too much thoughtfulness to be a good cow buyer, LOL

I made handshake/nod deal first of January. I have some pretty good cheap feed. I have friends who end up with open hieferettes and cows. I "Buy" them with the agreement of paying them as I sell them. And I pay them at a premium for this.

I felt these pretty nice 1300 pound cows were worth 70 cent at the time. The Heifferettes maybe 95 cents. those were both estimates as I hadn't been real close to our local sales. However, I did read reports.

Well, in the three weeks since, they are worth a ton more. It is time for me to show my true colors good. If the prices keep going up, I'll pass some additional premium back. I just hate to say much as things can change again In 3 weeks and they may hang onto what I say today too tightly
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I agree,you would be the kind of person i would enjoy doing business!! :tiphat:
 
And I like the guys I do business with as well. Sometimes the hardest thing is figuring out what is fair if things change
 

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