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Post by meskie on Mar 14, 2024 23:50:54 GMT -6
Win or lose I always make my kids do their own projects. They are old enough now that they can pick their own calves with a little guidance and then it’s on them how well they do. Of course they are at the age where dad doesn’t know anything anyway. Haha
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Post by meskie on Mar 14, 2024 23:53:03 GMT -6
Back to the original topic I think if I was in the same situation I would be buying breds instead of open replacements. Find somebody who has cattle you like and buy from them if possible. Might cost you a bit more but lots of times you end up ahead buying good cattle from the start.
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Post by serffarmer on Mar 15, 2024 8:17:23 GMT -6
Around here there is only horse or beef 4-h. Both of those can get fairly competitive with family’s spending lots of money to try and win and then the kids loose what 4-h is really about. Was in 4h beef as a kid and the reason above is why I’m not pushing my kids to go in 4h. Between that and the politics I have zero personal interest in dealing with it. At its core though beef 4H is a good thing I won’t argue that. Used the coins from 4H steers to fund my snowmobiling habit back in the day. |
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Post by serffarmer on Mar 15, 2024 8:22:45 GMT -6
My advice on the cattle buying won’t be popular but I would be keeping replacements out of your own herd at the very most and wait to buy any until the market cools down. Way overpriced imo. Big cattle prices never seem to last long. Would love to be proven wrong in that last part though.
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Post by cptusa on Mar 15, 2024 20:18:01 GMT -6
Way overpriced may be an understatement.
Pairs are bring $4000-4200 USD, bottle calves are $800-1000 USD.
Nuts.
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Post by SWMan on Mar 15, 2024 23:19:22 GMT -6
Way overpriced may be an understatement. Pairs are bring $4000-4200 USD, bottle calves are $800-1000 USD. Nuts. That is very nuts. Beef in the store needs to go up by those economics, but I highly doubt many people are ready to pay what's required for a steak. Catch 22 for the beef industry. |
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Post by garyfunk on Mar 16, 2024 6:50:06 GMT -6
The truth is that the retail price of beef always leads the charge. The high beef price in the store has finally trickled back to the producer. $2000+ fall calf prices are going to be the norm for at least the next five yrs IMO. It's gonna be cool again to park the one ton dually on main street with the stock whips standing up in the box, 😄.
Watched a couple online bull sales; I'm actually surprised that you can still buy a decent bull for $5-6000.
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Post by meskie on Mar 16, 2024 7:27:55 GMT -6
The truth is that the retail price of beef always leads the charge. The high beef price in the store has finally trickled back to the producer. $2000+ fall calf prices are going to be the norm for at least the next five yrs IMO. It's gonna be cool again to park the one ton dually on main street with the stock whips standing up in the box, 😄. Watched a couple online bull sales; I'm actually surprised that you can still buy a decent bull for $5-6000. Decent bulls around here are 10-12000. Might get one for less if your lucky. It would be nice if calf prices stayed up there for a few years. |
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