O.T. Anyone marketed feeder calves?

Bill in Colo · Oct 28, 2008

I've got a load of 6+ Red Simmental- Red Angus calves looking to go sometime after election,I believe the market will stablize some after first of Dec.just wondering what others are planning.
Thanks Bill

kyhayman · Oct 28, 2008

I'm not that optomistic. To me, I see a strong rally in the spring just not much to change the fundamentals in the short term. Weight of the futures complex is really dragging down cattle prices and the banks are still hoarding cash.

I took some off for my dad this week. It was brutal, 4 and 5 weight heifers in the 70's; good white steers at 101. Pound cows were still ok in the 50s. Bred heifer sale the night before was over half no sales. I'm fencing off some of my alfalfa ground with electric and putting mine on it for winter.

IH2444 · Oct 28, 2008

Hay will be an issue in some areas...
Yep feeder calves are down right now.
Some in my area of KY have been feeding hay for 2 months.

Dave from MN · Oct 28, 2008

I"m weaning mine off and gonna give them all the hay and feed they want. Prices seem down here as well. I only have 6 to wean so if I have to feed them out and sell outright I will. Corn is dropping anyway. I do have 4 nice 900-1000# dairy steers I wanted to send down the road this week, but would rather sell right off the farm to some one that wants to finish them out. I would but I only have enough shelter for the weaaned beef calves and the cows. I dont know if I would want the steers out in the wet and cold that"ll be here in a week or two.

Michael Soldan · Oct 28, 2008

My buddies just bought a load of black Angus calves from Saskatchewan...130 calves for $65,000......I'm guessing by those figures that they averaged 500# at a buck a pound....I have a few calves to sell and I guess a buck is about as good as it gets here in southern Ontario

4010 puller · Oct 28, 2008

Yea:

They've been feeding hay here in ohio a few month's. The drought seems worse this summer than last, the temperatures were just more reasonable this year. 500# calves seem to be averaging about .90 now for steers. They have been fluctuating though the past couple of weeks.

GRJ · Oct 28, 2008

I've got about 350 big round bales for sale to help you out or your neighbors.

kyplowboy · Oct 28, 2008

I guess I am gonna try to do what I try to do every year. Wean my spring calves now, get'm cleaned up and on feed. Try to hold on to them if I can afford to till late Feb, early March when the normal seasonal price jump is. Fall calves, wean'm in March and get'm started off good on feed. Then feed'm a few hulls and run'm on grass till Sept. Seems to work for me.

Dave

Anonymous-0 · Oct 28, 2008

I just thougt about this yesterday, I dont think that it is the time to come to a discision just yet. If the time come to sell the just like do it. I hope that you kin likr make a discision that will make you money. I had the same thing happen to me back in 1990 and wow it just about sent my wife back to work, but I have enough money to in cds that will make it workl

Jerry/MT · Oct 28, 2008

Montana five weight steers are averaging about $1 and eight weight yearlings are in the low $90's at the Missoula Auction.

MN Scott · Oct 28, 2008

I have my cows split in two herds. I sold the first bunch of calves yesterday. Sold 77 head, black, black whiteface. Largest group of 22 steers at 489 LbsAv topped the sale at $105.50. Heifers averaged $100. Thats off about $.10+ from last year but I'am happy as a good number of calves at the auction went under $.90 Lb.

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