blackjack: I wonder too if a lot of guys who normally background, did not buy calves this fall and have all this silage/hay that they have to do something with?
I know what you mean about the bred heifer thing? Some of those guys have to be taking a bath this year! I would suggest that is not a good thing for the heifer calf market? How many will say to hell with this?
I remember one year when I backgrounded a bunch of first cross Char/Hereford heifers(we didn't keep them then). Now these girls were good! I sold them in the spring right around that 1000 lb. mark and they out sold every steer at the sale! The guy who bought them was a "heifer "guy and I saw them sell that fall...at the top of the sale. He made some money, for sure!
The next year I figured if other people thought they were so good, maybe I should be keeping them! Never regretted it.
I know what you mean about the bred heifer thing? Some of those guys have to be taking a bath this year! I would suggest that is not a good thing for the heifer calf market? How many will say to hell with this?
I remember one year when I backgrounded a bunch of first cross Char/Hereford heifers(we didn't keep them then). Now these girls were good! I sold them in the spring right around that 1000 lb. mark and they out sold every steer at the sale! The guy who bought them was a "heifer "guy and I saw them sell that fall...at the top of the sale. He made some money, for sure!
The next year I figured if other people thought they were so good, maybe I should be keeping them! Never regretted it.
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