Keep me occupied for about 20 minutes each morning feeding them. But with what the feeder futures are right now! August feeder futures are 20 cents over what I have into these calves.
You'll be plumb rich!!!
The mineral pack in tubs isn't very good in general.They do have loose minerals. I forgot to mention that because I always keep minerals in from of any cows I own.They look like money makers to me. They should do really good on what you are feeding them.
Only thing I would do different, is add a low a phos loose mineral.
Good luck with them!!
Keep us posted on their progress.
The brand inspector said last weeks sale went til 3:30 am
I helped a neighbor haul some calves in last week. The sale started at 10:30 AM. The lunch truck which is normally there wasn't there. At 4:30 PM my calves hadn't sold and I was getting hungry. So I loaded up the 5 that I had bought and left. I went up on the cat walk before leaving and there was calves for as far as I could see. But my calves weren't in sight.The brand inspector said last weeks sale went til 3:30 am
There are a couple of guys fighting over that size here. I got $2.48 for a few steers that size last week.
They have a lunch truck now? What happened to the restaurant? Not a good idea to not have food with that many animals especially.
La Grande still has the cafe. It even ran through all the covid shut downs. The deal at Vale which was more like a snack shop shut down with covid. They have had various trucks over the last 8 or 9 months. The most recent one has pretty good food. They were there yesterday but missed the big sale the week before.
Whar weight of calves are you buying?
About 400 +/- 40 pounds. I see calves that size bringing $2.40. I am cheaper. There is 38 of them out there now. My average is $1.81. One of the advantages to being retired. I see guys come to the sale and today is the day. They buy everything in the size they want. And pay through the nose. If I just get a few that work I will be back next week.
