Any bred cows heifers sold yet?

[ALLFARMER]

My uncle at Provost wants $1500 for black bred
heifers bred black. Trying to figure if that's good
or bad.

[gaucho]

I don't know but if I were you I would not have sold the cows in the spring..... you would have had a 900 check for each of your calves and the cows would still be worth $1200 bucks.

[T.N.T.]

The boys bought a couple hundred heifers with calves at side this spring for $1600,those are starting to look like really cheap cows now.

[ALLFARMER]

Didn't have much choice but to sell. With that I
bought 3 quarters connected to mine. I now have
114 very good looking heifers but would be able
to handle another 50. Making $550/day in the oil
patch the farm is expanding )

[ASRG]

ALLFARMER: Good for you! It's good to see we still have some younger people willing to get out and work hard to get ahead.
I shudder just thinking about calving out 114 heifers while trying to make money in the patch. I hope you have a "handy" wife?

[ALLFARMER]

If you love what you do you never work.....it's all
good! Used the right bulls, I will be off for
calving, I am not to concerned. On my time off
the boys and I are building a 30x88x16 shop
cathedral rafters so we can put in a 16' door. A
little on the narrow side but we are using part of
an existing building. Have about 6 days of
welding to go to finish the 500' of new steel
bunk, Welding in cold weather being better than
pounding nails in the cold.

Anyone else have fall projects on the go?

[T.N.T.]

Seen heifers listed anywhere from $1250 to $1500 so far.Cows listed as low as $1100.Still waiting on a cow sale to see what they will bring there.

[ALLFARMER]

Thanks TNT!

[15444]

One neighbor has 1200-1300 lb. Hereford and Black Baldie heifers bred BA for March/April calving at $1500.

[gaucho]

I just can't help it Allfarmer..... between the iron, concrete, lumber and diesel fuel you are using, burning or building with I don't see what kind of profit will be left in those cattle when you get done with them..... I ranch in the same region you do and you do not need all that stuff... calve later, have natural shelter (the trees you are pushing over), feed in the fields so you don't have to haul the shit or half assets that depreciate and let the cows do the work. Better yet cut the umbilical cord with la Crete / Ft vermilion and move to another area in the peace that has land cleared and work on improving that good grazing and land management. Success comes from keeping it simple and working with your environment and not fighting it.

But maybe thats just me

[smcgrath76]

AF - I like your get up and go. If the
heifers are good they can be worth
$1500, but I am not sure you aren't
better to buy good young pairs for a bit
more, or young breds for a bit less.
Hard to say, but the cycle should help
get them paid off if you buy them early
enough.
FWIW - you do have a lot of
infrastructure, but if it's part of your
plan have at it. I was looking at some
good shop packages in a flyer that were
very well priced, but all of our
equipment added together still doesn't
equal the price of the materials for the
most basic shop (LOL). Different
strokes for different folks as they say.

[T.N.T.]

As soon as someone hears what cows are going for at the first bred cow sale,please post the amounts on here.Neighbour approached us yesterday about selling his cow herd,with first option of renting or buying his pasture.We have wanted his land for a long time but we didn't force the issue as he is a really good guy.

[ALLFARMER]

Gaucho I have fed in the fields and don't care to
any more. 3 reasons 1 I or my guys don't want to
pull string every day, in the 35 or 40 below with
some wind thrown in strings frozen on not allot of
fun when your feeding lots of numbers. 2 the
wind blows the fines and leaves off when
shredding bales in any kind of wind. When bunk
shredding I keep all that plus break up any froEn
or moldy parts of the bale. 3 I waste nearly zero
feed when bunk shredding no walked on shit on
feed. 4 cows do not shit much where they eat
when shredding on open field, they eat then go
back and shit in their bedding. I can shred one
bale in about 3 minutes on average so I can go a
month on a tank of fuel, I use more cleaning my
yard. I do like natural bush but then I have to
drive the tractor a mile or more every day and
the cows eat snow for water, something I am
now against personally. Also I can feed grain at
the bunk if it gets very cold or we need to pick up
condition. Also if an animal needs attention I
throw a gate and I have her....1 man and less
than 10 minutes and I can treat anyone. As far
as hauling manure it gets put on as thick ad I
want where I want. Old end dumps are 4000 at
auction.

[SADIE]

This is what is happening in the Saskatoon region. First Bred cow/Heifer sales will be the Friday Nov 11 at SLS. Swift Current & Moosejaw sales will start up about the same for Bred Cow/Bred Heifers.

It this area the grain sector was king this year. Great yields, great quality and great prices. Several complete herd dispersals already listed to go this fall. Two herds are Blacks which I know of. Really no replacement heifers kept back in last 2-4 yrs so that tells you something.

Edam Fall Show and Annual Sale is the Last weekend in October. Some bred heifers will sell. A few pens of the Power genetics (HHerford X Simmental) F1s. Lloydminister Show and sale should be about the next weekend (Usually). Isn't Edmonton Fall Fair the same weekend as Saskatoon Fall Fair. Two weeks later is Agribition's commercial Pen of 10 Bred Heifer sales.

These sales then set the tone for the bred sales at all markets and off farm sales across the country.

Got the Producer today. Will glance at it after this post.

[gaucho]

Allfarmer.. this may be a revelation to you but a very handy trick for feeding bales... its called sisal twine.... slash and go or let your cows break the bales apart and leave it in the fields to rot. If you have plastic you can also go pick them in the spring....much more fun because you can even find deer sheds. The 2nd thing is cows have all day to chew their cuds... They are ruminants.... lets all say that again ruminants... meaning they have the ability to breakdown forage material by chewing and composting their feed!!why are you chopping their hay for them...3rd you do not need to bed cows as long as they have space and shelter from winter, but the way you keep clearing trees its no wonder you have the fines blowing all over the place. 4th up until minus 25 cows have excess heat of fermentation which means it does not take energy to melt snow to water... besides don't you realize that cows also have to warm water to body temperature when they drink from a tank? 5th... if you are having to supplement grain to cows in order to keep condition on them then you are either running the wrong type of cows, calving in the wrong season, have poor genetics, not managing your pastures well or all of the above. Finally dumping manure in one spot with an end dump is not managing nutrients. We run a lot of animals... our manure hauling cost averaged over 4 years is $300 / year....why? because our cows are not on a welfare program... hey but then again its great when there is the oil patch to subsidize a hobby.