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Is it the weather?

You most likely have gut instinct of what they will look like come fall.If bulls need better care than bred heifers I don't need them here.
 
Big Muddy rancher said:
Or is just me? I can't seem to get very excited about the bulls I am seeing in the rash of sale catalogs and glossy magazines that seem to show up this time of year. :?
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I think its me too. After enough years of glossy photos and prettied up bulls I'm just a bit jaded. The school of hard knocks has a way of temping ones excitement. :shock: :D :D :D
 
Saw some interesting carcass data in one-bulls with almost a half inch of fat and not the marbling to go with it-lean yields under 60%. I can't imagine the amount of grain going into those bulls to get them that larded up.
 
There are alot of bulls out there that have enough backfat to go to kill. I thought I was the only one stepping away from the high priced fancy bulls and buying lower priced nongroomed, nonpamperd bulls.
 
Maybe you doubters need to read "Today's Angus Advantage" magazine.
I like the quote from Chris Poley the Sask auctioneer "Do you think it is a coincidence that the most successful commercial cattlemen you know buy the highest priced bulls? It's not that they're just lucky enough to be able to buy the top bulls, it's because they stepped out and bought the top bulls that they are successful" :roll: :roll:

Now run along folks, spend all your money on the highest priced bulls - they are guaranteed to be the best afterall :???: :shock: :shock: You've got to keep the purebred circus running like it's meant to :wink:
 
I'd much rather the auctioneer for my sale said something like...... "Sure hope we can keep the prices below a thousand bucks today. These folks aren't trying to pay any bills or feed their family and in fact are just trying to give away these amazing bulls to needy folks." :roll: I'll bet Grassfarmer and some others would fart on a rock to save the grease! Why not try to make a dollar? Isn't that what we all try to do?

Now run along folks and buy high priced grass fed beef, they are guaranteed to be the best afterall :???: :shock: :shock: You've got to keep the grass fed market circus running like it's meant to :wink:

How does that sound? :wink: Didnt think it sounded as good aimed in a different direction! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
 
Grassfarmer said:
Maybe you doubters need to read "Today's Angus Advantage" magazine.
I like the quote from Chris Poley the Sask auctioneer "Do you think it is a coincidence that the most successful commercial cattlemen you know buy the highest priced bulls? It's not that they're just lucky enough to be able to buy the top bulls, it's because they stepped out and bought the top bulls that they are successful" :roll: :roll:

Now run along folks, spend all your money on the highest priced bulls - they are guaranteed to be the best afterall :???: :shock: :shock: You've got to keep the purebred circus running like it's meant to :wink:
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:lol: :lol: You're starting to sound like Keeney and LL... :wink:
 
Grassfarmer said:
Maybe you doubters need to read "Today's Angus Advantage" magazine.
I like the quote from Chris Poley the Sask auctioneer "Do you think it is a coincidence that the most successful commercial cattlemen you know buy the highest priced bulls? It's not that they're just lucky enough to be able to buy the top bulls, it's because they stepped out and bought the top bulls that they are successful" :roll: :roll:

Now run along folks, spend all your money on the highest priced bulls - they are guaranteed to be the best afterall :???: :shock: :shock: You've got to keep the purebred circus running like it's meant to :wink:
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Most of the successful commercial cattlemen around here have thousands of acres of lease land covered in oil or gas wells and strut around like they are "King Ship". And yes I am jealous! Ranching is lot easier with a couple hundred thousand dollar float to play with everyyear.
 
A good well-run honest auction is fine, but outside of the entertainment value, an auction with a lot of hoopla, mob frenzy, and rafter bids is for the birds. I love to just bid once, and leave them hanging. :wink: :-)
 
Oldtimer said:
Grassfarmer said:
Maybe you doubters need to read "Today's Angus Advantage" magazine.
I like the quote from Chris Poley the Sask auctioneer "Do you think it is a coincidence that the most successful commercial cattlemen you know buy the highest priced bulls? It's not that they're just lucky enough to be able to buy the top bulls, it's because they stepped out and bought the top bulls that they are successful" :roll: :roll:

Now run along folks, spend all your money on the highest priced bulls - they are guaranteed to be the best afterall :???: :shock: :shock: You've got to keep the purebred circus running like it's meant to :wink:
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:lol: :lol: You're starting to sound like Keeney and LL... :wink:
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I must be hanging out in bad company OT eh? :wink:
I'd much prefer to have 10 $2000 bulls out working for customers than one $20,000 one and all the associated BS.
 
ohh I think there's a few bulls between 1,000 and 20,000 that just might work for people-I like a sale that runs between $2,000 and 5,000-just about everybody can get some business done at them. Pretty hard to prove to me that a bull over 5,000 will return you enough in a commercial situation unless you collect him and spread his use over a number of years anf several hundred cows. The piggy fat bulls that don't give you even a 100 bred cows over their life aren't paying anybodies bills. I've order bought bulls for commercial outfits at over $7,000 but the entire order came in under budget with the bulls we agreed on-just got a few bought right before the top pick came along.
 

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