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Post by dave on Aug 11, 2020 21:42:31 GMT -6
A long hot dusty day but the big end of the yearlings went on the truck today. At 5:30 this morning the cowboys gathered 400 yearlings out of a 750 acre pasture. We added 6 trailer loads to the mix making right about 450 of them. They were sorted by size, sex and ownership. Then they were all weighed. My measly 24 head of heifers averaged 845. They weighed 440 when I bought them last fall. I heard that the big end heifers which we shipped averaged 839. I didn't hear what the steers weighed. All of mine made the cut to leave today. The smaller end was sorted by sex and returned to pasture but kept in different fields which will make it easier on Saturday morning when they leave. This deal worked out pretty good for me. I hope I can get another group bought right in a couple of months.
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Post by bulltrader on Aug 12, 2020 5:26:30 GMT -6
Heck of a day sounds like. Sure would like to see that.
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Post by dave on Aug 12, 2020 8:51:19 GMT -6
Heck of a day sounds like. Sure would like to see that. I was standing at the end of the alley working a gate during one of the sorts and I thought I should have brought the camera. That was early. By the afternoon the picture would have just been dust. |
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Post by birddog on Aug 13, 2020 15:36:39 GMT -6
Where did they ship to? I assume a feedlot so does anybody retain ownership?
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Post by angusrancher on Aug 13, 2020 15:55:03 GMT -6
Our yearlings are going to the auction in 11 days. Trucks are lined up. Biggest thing now will be to get them gathered and the count to come out.
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Post by dave on Aug 14, 2020 9:54:24 GMT -6
Where did they ship to? I assume a feedlot so does anybody retain ownership? I assume it is to a feedlot. They were contracted last winter. I heard one of the guys tell the brand inspector that they were going to xxx livestock in Marshling Idaho. |
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Post by dave on Aug 14, 2020 9:57:39 GMT -6
Our yearlings are going to the auction in 11 days. Trucks are lined up. Biggest thing now will be to get them gathered and the count to come out. I talked to B last night. He had another bunch turned out on some wild range land. He said that he had turned out 109 and yesterday they rode the place and gathered 104. He was declaring it a victory. The other 5 will show up sometime in the fall. |
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Post by angusrancher on Aug 25, 2020 15:44:16 GMT -6
It's a done deal. Had trouble getting them into the coral, which usually isn't bad....but yearlings, and one of the guys couldn't get his truck started....but he finally got it going. The market was good and they weighed good overall. Frozen ears and reds got sorted off. One outfit had certified Red Angus, age and source verified......which didn't do a damn thing for the price.
Kind of some representative lots of our black steers. Heifers were about 10.00 lower.
Some lighter steers 695 @ 154.25
934 @ 144,75
942 @143.00
852 @ 148.75
864 @ 150.75
985 @ 130.50
One short eared 1100 pounder brought 121.00
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Post by bulltrader on Aug 25, 2020 21:35:43 GMT -6
Great prices compared to here
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Post by angusrancher on Aug 27, 2020 16:39:27 GMT -6
Great prices compared to here Thanks. I'm sorry you don't have a better market. Is it transportation costs? It seems like 864 was kind of a sweet spot. The ones weighing an extra ~80 pounds didn't bring a lot more dollars per head. The early steer weighing 1100 was less than 30 bucks total more than 864.....ears are oddly expensive or something. |
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Post by dave on Aug 28, 2020 6:50:35 GMT -6
Great prices compared to here Thanks. I'm sorry you don't have a better market. Is it transportation costs? It seems like 864 was kind of a sweet spot. The ones weighing an extra ~80 pounds didn't bring a lot more dollars per head. The early steer weighing 1100 was less than 30 bucks total more than 864.....ears are oddly expensive or something. How, where did you sell? You beat us by a bit. Ours were contracted back last winter. We got $1.40 for the steers and $1.30 for the heifers. That was for 900 pound steers and 850 on the heifers. Less that a half mile drive to the neighbors pens and scale with a 3% pencil shrink. No commission or trucking cost. |
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Post by angusrancher on Aug 29, 2020 6:16:47 GMT -6
Thanks. I'm sorry you don't have a better market. Is it transportation costs? It seems like 864 was kind of a sweet spot. The ones weighing an extra ~80 pounds didn't bring a lot more dollars per head. The early steer weighing 1100 was less than 30 bucks total more than 864.....ears are oddly expensive or something. How, where did you sell? You beat us by a bit. Ours were contracted back last winter. We got $1.40 for the steers and $1.30 for the heifers. That was for 900 pound steers and 850 on the heifers. Less that a half mile drive to the neighbors pens and scale with a 3% pencil shrink. No commission or trucking cost. There's a local sale barn that's under new ownership. It's about 10 minutes or so north of the NE state line. They have one good yearling sale every year, even though it looks like they're a few cents off some of the bigger auctions within 2 to 4 hours away. For weigh-ups and everything else, it pays to put together a load and put wheels under them. Fort Pierre has been our go to place. Valentine NE is good as well. |
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