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Spent a few hours at the local auction today assessing trade and adding a few cheaper feeders to the herd. Feeders were off a good 3-5 cents in my opinion from recent weeks.
There was a small estate sale for a gentleman that passed away recently of around 30 cows, most bred but a proportion calved 2-3 weeks. They were not unusual cows for smaller operators in this area - mainly exotic blood, tan charolais with some limo in the younger cows. The heaviest cows were close to 1800lbs with most over 1500lbs - the pairs topped at $1150. The first pairs under 1500lbs were the first to make under $1000. The bigger the better seems to be the motto. 1680lb breds made around $910 but anything that was due to calf later than April was pounded out and went for slaughter at more money than the bred price (around 55 cents).
They were a good trade maybe helped a little by neighbors bidding them up. I just thought I'd highlight the weights to let those of you living in 1100lb cow country see what my bias on weight is based on. With a lot of hay at 6c/lb this winter I would hate to think what the feed cost on those big cows was.