Mill Iron A
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We have started to sell club calves off of the place and last year we had good luck selling at the NILE and were blessed to have steers go to Indiana, Idaho, and one stay in MT. We calve in May/June and have charolais red angus cross cattle. We have been showing cattle off of our place for many years and have been ok showing in end of July, first of August fairs. In order to do this you really have to push, the cattle are always fresh but sometimes a shade behind where they should be. The question is I have heard in other parts of the country there are more county fairs occurring later in August/September as well as just more shows in general. This would be ideal for us to find some people in these areas that could use steers. Another note is that since we do have charolais/red angus cross I was curious how to get into the slick shows? I guess what I'm asking is this... does anyone know of consignment sales, private treaty options, people to contact, etc. to get into these markets? We are definately not looking to get rich we just want to help some kids out and get ok money early so that we can cash flow because the bulk of our cattle are marketed on the grid at 20 months of age. This year the only true clubby bull we have calves out of is Meyer 735. We do have some calves out of a clubby looking angus bull of my friends as well as lots of hoodoo females that have red angus cross calves and we have around 100 calves out of a charolais bull we bought and collected and those calves look like they could do the trick. In total we have around 200 commercial calves to look through and I'm thinking of asking $1250 to $1650 with bulk discounts easily being negotiated. Any advice, questions, etc.? This year looks like we will be breeding some two tone and alias as well. Haven't started selling anything yet and won't until I've made up my mind on what to do.