December 4-10, 2012

[Soapweed]

Sorting out some young cows that are for sale

Out the gate

Another one out

They are all three and four-year-olds.

The rest of our impromptu barricade

Double trouble

Granddaughter

Grandson

Carr Family singers

At the Bowring Ranch Christmas supper

Cattle in the Sunday snow

Not a particularly nice day

 

[eatbeef]

Nice set of cows to be up for sale, but we are all in the same boat and it covers a very wide swath. I am trying to make up my mind which cows to go first. If ya dont mind me asking, how or why did you choose your 3 and 4 year olds? Just looking for options.

I am considering selling older cows and keeping enough replacements to take there place and if we grow grass by spring breed them and if not ship them to.

 

[Soapweed]

Nice set of cows to be up for sale, but we are all in the same boat and it covers a very wide swath. I am trying to make up my mind which cows to go first. If ya dont mind me asking, how or why did you choose your 3 and 4 year olds? Just looking for options.

I am considering selling older cows and keeping enough replacements to take there place and if we grow grass by spring breed them and if not ship them to.

By selling cows instead of bred heifers, we can take advantage of the cheaper capital gains tax. At least we can, if we are able to get the cows sold before the first of the year when we all fall off of the fiscal cliff. The young cows should also bring a premium price over bred heifers. I sold 36 head of coming four-year-olds yesterday for $1700 per head. We have another 100 head of these young cows for sale. All of our ten (coming 11-year-old cows) are also for sale. It's either sell cows or buy more hay.

 

[garn]

Nice set of cows to be up for sale, but we are all in the same boat and it covers a very wide swath. I am trying to make up my mind which cows to go first. If ya dont mind me asking, how or why did you choose your 3 and 4 year olds? Just looking for options.

I am considering selling older cows and keeping enough replacements to take there place and if we grow grass by spring breed them and if not ship them to.

By selling cows instead of bred heifers, we can take advantage of the cheaper capital gains tax. At least we can, if we are able to get the cows sold before the first of the year when we all fall off of the fiscal cliff. The young cows should also bring a premium price over bred heifers. I sold 36 head of coming four-year-olds yesterday for $1700 per head. We have another 100 head of these young cows for sale. All of our ten (coming 11-year-old cows) are also for sale. It's either sell cows or buy more hay.

Rivers are quickly drying up around here and so far, this winter is shaping up to be like last winter....warm and dry which sets next year up for disaster.

 

[busterbear]

it sure is a yough deal to have to sell young good cows like that....everybody pray for rain

 

[flyingS]

I thought that Valentine had an outstanding sell today. I hope that the optimism brings moisture.

 

[Soapweed]

I thought that Valentine had an outstanding sell today. I hope that the optimism brings moisture.

JF Ranch gave the same optimistic report. I would have liked to have gone to the sale, but yesterday and today we ultrasounded the yearling heifers that came back from Minnesota last week. They are looking good, and checked out 8.5% open.

What were older short-solid and broken mouthed cows bringing today in Valentine? I have about 80 head of ten-year-old cows for sale and am wondering what they might be worth. :wink:

 

[flyingS]

They were sure worth a premium yesterday in my opinion. I had an order for Feb. calving short term cows and never even got to bid. I would say that those cows were worth $150 to $200 or better over weigh up. Greg did a good job of selling higher weigh prices and optimism for rain. I believe the higher weigh prices, they traditionally are better after the first of the year, but not optimistic about rain. I hope all works out, if we have another year like the past I don't see how it will. It seems that prices have an opportunity to be spectacular, but that will do no good if the range is destroyed.

 

[4Diamond]

Nice set of cows to be up for sale, but we are all in the same boat and it covers a very wide swath. I am trying to make up my mind which cows to go first. If ya dont mind me asking, how or why did you choose your 3 and 4 year olds? Just looking for options.

I am considering selling older cows and keeping enough replacements to take there place and if we grow grass by spring breed them and if not ship them to.

By selling cows instead of bred heifers, we can take advantage of the cheaper capital gains tax. At least we can, if we are able to get the cows sold before the first of the year when we all fall off of the fiscal cliff. The young cows should also bring a premium price over bred heifers. I sold 36 head of coming four-year-olds yesterday for $1700 per head. We have another 100 head of these young cows for sale. All of our ten (coming 11-year-old cows) are also for sale. It's either sell cows or buy more hay.

Rivers are quickly drying up around here and so far, this winter is shaping up to be like last winter....warm and dry which sets next year up for disaster.

Yep carbon copy of last winter here so far.