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Denny

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What are your thoughts on bulls for a sale should I clip them or leave them in the rough. Or torch them how much should a guy burn off. We've had a cold winter and the bulls have hair like a bear.I don't mind them in their work cloths but If it makes me some extra cash I may do it. I normally just trim the sheath hair and clean off the tag but my sale is a couple weeks earlier this year normally they are shed off by sale time.

Another question ultrasound data do you guys really use it or is it more a confusion piece? Should I get them done?
 
FWIW Denny, I would trim them up. The good cattefolks will pick the good ones out regardless but clipping them IMO just makes them more presentable to everyone.
I do think that shaving their head too close to the sale makes bulls look a little "different" but sometimes we do what we have to do.

Car dealers have a guy out in the lot washing vehicles, don't see as cleaning up a set of bulls would hurt a guys bottom line at all. :wink:
 
You wouldn't make a nickel more if I was your customer but many find it easier to evaluate a bull that is fitted. It will pay you to do the job.
 
If it was a few hundred miles closer, I'd like to attend your sale, Denny. For my purposes, the bulls wouldn't have to be clipped. If fact, I'd rather not have them clipped. as winter might not be over just yet. :wink:
 
Can you give us another pic of the GD60 calves you showed before? How did they index against the newer-better bulls that have bigger numbers?
I think you can't loose if you get the fit for the ring. Most everybody else does to some degree.
Good luck! Bulls are selling well up here by the sounds of it. Maybe you'll be able to hang up your welding helmet early.
 
Denny said:
What are your thoughts on bulls for a sale should I clip them or leave them in the rough. Or torch them how much should a guy burn off. We've had a cold winter and the bulls have hair like a bear.I don't mind them in their work cloths but If it makes me some extra cash I may do it. I normally just trim the sheath hair and clean off the tag but my sale is a couple weeks earlier this year normally they are shed off by sale time.

Another question ultrasound data do you guys really use it or is it more a confusion piece? Should I get them done?
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No matter what you sell, be it a tractor, car, boat, house or bull. They need cleaned up to get the best price. A $20 haircut will return you far more than that. Now I don't think you need to give them all a bath or blow them out the day before you sell, but get all the mud chunks off and torch the body hair, shave the head, and clean the sheath and tail up.
 
Another way to look at it Denny. Do you knock the slag off your welds and grind off the splatter before you present a fixed trailer to your customer?
 
I don't care if they're clipped, although I agree it does look nice. But I do like to see them clean, shaggy is okay, but shaggy with tags is a turn off. Just my 2 cents.
 
clean bulls and no crap tags, saying that I really like the hair on.

if they have really long hair and your buyers will really have to study the bulls when purchasing.

someone stated that no matter if your selling bulls, cars, boats,... they should be clean and I agree, same with ultrasound - if you feel you or your clients don't benefit they won't because you or your clients are not educated.

If you are educated and your customers aren't don't do it. but it is a benefit, but you need to educate, educate, educate your customers and it won't happen all in one year. I can tell you if you don't do it and don't do it and your customers get educated on their own or someone else, and you don't have it they will go somewhere else. if you decide to do it when everyone wants it, that doesn't prove to them anything about your cattle.

You need to have a history of proven performance, I say clean up your bulls and get them ultrasounded
 
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GD60X Conneally Frieghtliner

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GD60 son one of two were keeping for in herd use


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This is a GD60 x Whitestone fly traveler may born bull


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Sitz Alliance 6595 son the last 3 bulls are all from 1/2 sisters
 
I bought a bunch of bulls yesterday-unfortunately being green and unclipped didn't cheapen them up at all-I imagine they ill out average most of the barley and cut and paste deals. I like ultrasounded bulls so I can tell just how much rig they are carrying.
 

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