Custom hauling

Just out of curiosity, what's the going rate for trucking a show calf per mile?

Lets say one calf, a 800 lb. steer.  Broke, good tempermant.  Your average load, one calf from one farm. 

Just wondering what's fair to charge.  Got a truck and a trailor and I've hauled before so might as well put 'em to work right?

Is:
$1.60 for 15-125 miles
$1.55 for 125-250 miles
$1.50 for 250-400 miles
$1.40 for 400+ miles
w/ automatic $50 flat fee
0-15 miles just flat fee

Would you pay this for shipping with fuel prices? To high, would you pay more?

Too high in my opinion - really depends on how many you are hauling

Sounds a little steep to me, cost me 450/head to get em a 1000 miles.  At your rate that would cost me over a grand and no way would I pay that.  Just having a truck and trailer don't make you a trucker, if your gonna do it properly your gonna need commercial plates, cargo insurance, and I'm sure there is more if your crossing state lines.  Think you should be looking more in the 1.10 to 1.25 range with about a 100 flat rate under 50 miles.  What kind of truck and trailer are you running,  that can make a difference as well. 

I may be wrong because I've never tried it, but there's not much money to be made hauling show cattle. People either pull their own or they put them on the county/chapter trailer for free.

cdncowboy said:

Sounds a little steep to me, cost me 450/head to get em a 1000 miles.  At your rate that would cost me over a grand and no way would I pay that.  Just having a truck and trailer don't make you a trucker, if your gonna do it properly your gonna need commercial plates, cargo insurance, and I'm sure there is more if your crossing state lines.  Think you should be looking more in the 1.10 to 1.25 range with about a 100 flat rate under 50 miles.  What kind of truck and trailer are you running,  that can make a difference as well. 

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I am assuming that his rate is for the whole entire load & then it would be prorated per head.  $400-$500, for 1 head, that is hauled 1,000 miles, is indeed pretty typical, but you are only going to get that rate if they are hauling something else, if they haul something else on the return trip (back haul), or they have a purpose for heading that direction anyway (attending a show, sale, etc.).  I know that quite a few people who will haul from Illinois or Indiana or Kentucky and head out to Denver to attend the stock show or who are on their way back (Denver back to Indiana, Illinois or Kentucky), who will typically haul a calf for around $300 - $400 (give or take), if they have the room.