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    Calf sales and the economy

    Our top end sold well and the lower end sold well seems to us the middle of the road was the hardest hit.
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    Corn Fed Cattle

    Let me ask you this, can you afford to feed grass fed cattle, when farm ground is running 1200 and up per acre????  There are places where grass fed could lose money due to this>
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    JIGSAW

    We used him and have 2 steers in our sale that is going on this week and they are very nice.  The heifers lokk like they will make nice cows.
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    Bulls that looked Good, but never turned em out

    Last year we had 6 or 7 heatwaves that didn't even make our sale,  they were pukes!!!!  Our first calve heifers could have had them 60-70 pounds no grow made us wonder what we got for semen.  This year the look good, go figure.  Pokeman sired a few real good ones for use and we have a cow we are...
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    Smokey Bull

    Chunky monkey for a full blood, or Goldmine, he is a lifelline sone out of a Thomas Ranch PB Char cow.
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    A couple of new females I am thinking about purchasing (For Blue Roan Breeding)

    I have several blue cows and calves and they all have simmi influence with the horn.
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    3C Macho vs Maximus

    Maximus by far.
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    Just for fun!!!!

    We run about 200, we have some PB shorties, clubbies, our sale is in Sept.  40 first calf heifers.  And the balance are Sim x.  What we don't keep for replacements or sell for clubbies, we have been feeding out the last 5 years.  We start callving the end of Feb. <party>
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    Dirty Harry Heifer Pics-Updated....again!

    I am not talking kinky as that but true rats!!!
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    Dirty Harry Heifer Pics-Updated....again!

    Beware with Dirty Hairy, He will throw rat tails and kinky hair!! 
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    scours preventative

    Also, calf guard needs to be given before they suck for best response.
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    HELP!!! Pneumonia

    The 5 way is IBR< BVD type one and 2, PI3 and BRSV.  I believe the 8 way is clostriadials and tetnau, however I could be wrong.  Yes the 5 way can be given at 3 days also.
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    HELP!!! Pneumonia

    The first of October there is  a new vaccine coming out called Onset 5 with Pasturella, it is an intr-nasal and can be given with pretty good results to calves as young at 3 days old.  The 5-way is out already.  As your vet it is a new and exciting product.  We live in a large cow/calf area and...
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    Bull Suggestion

    Watch ali as he can throw rat tails!!!!  We have used total solution with good success on Char X hfrs, we are using Pacesetter on our daughters PB char this year.
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    Final Answer

    We have quite a few of them, they make awesome cows and milk very good,  ours are not pure angus.  we have used him on our crossbred heifers, he is a true calve ease and grow sire, the biggest thing I don't like is he takes away hair, if you know what I mean, they are slilck.  so we try to use...
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    How do you decide which calves get sold?

    We sell all the Steers, simply because in south Dakota they don't pay that much to win the state fair, and we rodeo fairly hard so they don't get the knid of care they need.  As for heifers we keep the best just for our own use as cows, we are lucky if we get 1500 for a heifer so they usually...
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    thoughts & prayers are w/ the Neil's

    Kent Haeberger (sp) was at our house the other day and said it is terrible..  Our thought and prayers are with them (angel)
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    cost of medication/ insurance

    Ours costs 2000 very 3 months, with a high deductiable.  We are self employed ranchers.
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