WELL JUST SO EVERYONE IS CLEAR THESE HEIFERS WERE NOT CLIPPED THEY WERE EVEN SHRUNK OUT JUST LIKE THE SALE BARN WANTS THEM. THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE WE HAVE TO MARKET THEM HERE WITHOUT DRIVING OVER 100 MILES. AND THIS IS A DIRECT QUOTE OF THE OWNER " CLUBBY BRED CATTLE WILL NOT GROW, GRADE AND...
No they were strait black heifersjust hairy no differenc than the other cattle selling except they were muscled up clubby looking . im not the only one who this has happened to . i know of one guy whos steer brought a penny not per pound just a penny because he was clubby and a little sick...
Just remember this clubby bred cattle will not sell for top $ at the sale barn. At least in western il they simply wont grade and yeild as well as commercial cattle. i always take a big hit at the barn. this year it was about $.40. less per pound. that sucks
I HAVE SEEN THE BULL HE WAS A NEAT BULL AND I DID BREED SOME ANGUS COWS TO HIM THEY ARE NOT DUE TILL LATE MARCH. I WILL LET YOU KNOW HOW THEY LOOK WHEN BORN. THEY SHOULD BE PRETTY NICE I THINK.
JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS SEEN THIS SALE. IT LOOKS LIKE QUITE A SET OF BRED HIEFERS AND A FEW NICE YOUNG COWS. IT IS AT CWCATTLESALES.COM. FOR SOME REASON I CAN NOT PUT UP A DIRECT LINK TO THE SALE. GO CHECK IT OUT
Trans ova can sex frozen semen but only to use for IVF. some bulls wont seperate though from what i have been told so i would check with them. Good luck
Just my two cents, but if they are big time players in this game we play with show cattle put their name out as none paying customers. It will do one of two things get your check or warn everbody else to be leary of deals with this pe
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JUST MY TWO CENTS BUT JUST HOW MUCH HIGHER DO YOU WANT IT TO GO? IN WESTERN ILLINOIS WE ALREADY HAVE $.70 TO .$95 CENT CULL COWS AND ON OCCASION THEY MIGHT TICK HIGHER YET.. CULL BULLS. $.90 TO $1.05 PER POUND. I SURE DONT THINK WE ARE GETTING HURT. HOWEVER I KNOW THAT IN SOME PARTS OF THE...
NOT TRYING TO HIGHJACK THREAD BUT HOW CAN YOU FOLKS NOT HAVE A BULL TO ATLEAST CLEAN UP YOUR COWS WITH AFTER YOU AI THEM ONCE OR TWICE. IT IS JUST NOT SMART BUISNESS TO LET YOUR COWS GET ALL SPREAD OUT. I DONT KNOW ABOUT YOUR AREA BUT IN MINE YOU CAN LEASE A BULLFROM SEVERAL VERY GOOD BREEDERS...
I HAVE SOME YOUNG HEIFER PAIRS THAT I MIGHT BE INTEREDESTED IN SELLING. THEY HAVE FEB. AND MARCH CALVES AT SIDE SIRED BY PREDATOR,THE RINGER, AND DOC . IM LOCATED IN WESTERN ILLINOIS IF YOUR INTERESTED PM ME