Hearing 1700 to 1800$ for bred cows at Provost

[ALLFARMER]

Thanks again guys

Dad stayed at the farm with us until there was no
other choice then to go into a lodge. A damn hard
day when he had to go in. The last year and a
half he spent asking mom to call me to pick him
up.

[DogPatch]

Heifers and cows at that price in the Alberta markets were all in prime shape, AI'd, synchronized, with a known date, and then put out with the bull. They had a health program to back them up, and an auctioneer that had an interest in them. They would have been preg tested and quaranteed for 30 days, (except for abortions).

Don't assume that the average herd, or an average heifer with an average bull put out will get anywhere near those prices.

[tweaker101]

AF, sorry to hear about your father...atleaset the suffering is over for all in different ways. About farming well everybody has a different spin to what is the right, I think if it works for you and your family run with it...but I think that all my hard work or fun..depends on how you look at it should have some financial rewards at the end of the day. I enjoy doing what I am doing with our farm so I think that it is not work but fun...my regular job(off farm)...not so much fun..LOL

[tweaker101]

We bought more cows this past spring to go along with our expansion plans...we paid $1800.00 for each cow calf pair, I thought it was a fair deal...cows were 3-4 years old and in good shape...and we sold the calves this fall for around $775.00 after all the auction fees and trucking...was it a good deal?

[DogPatch]

Yes. I would say it was a good deal.

[grassfarmer]

Not as good a deal as cows bought at $900 in the fall
of '09 - that was the real opportunity in this cattle
cycle.

[tweaker101]

GF..I wish we would have been in a different stage in life to have been able to buy cows back in 2009 as compared today but hey one cow at a time right?

[Horse]

tweaker
1800 pasture150 breeding50 salt min vet 50 winter feed 300 = Yardage 50 dep/deathloss@5% 90
total 2490 _775 =1715 DId that cow make you any money?

[ASRG]

Horse......you old sinner....where have you been hiding?

[Horse]

Had to go for therapy as I couldnt handle some of the hyprocity on here.