Lots of snow!

[farmerboy]

About half of beef producers sell their calves to southern Alberta, and the other half at the local auction market. Either way, the producer pays the trucking; either up front, or you get a bit less per lb. It costs about 3 cents per lb to ship them out to Ponoka, and you may get 3 cents more for the calves, so it is roughly the same as if you sell them locally. For the past 3 years at least, our steers have gone to the same local feedlot so he must like them because he keeps buying them. The cull cows we keep over winter because the price is usually down in the fall. We sell them in Feb. or March locally, unless we have some odds and ends, sometimes we put together a load with other guys to go to Ponoka where there are buyers and the odds and ends don't seem so odd there. I have been watching the prices of the auction markets, and Clyde seems to have the highest prices. Generally I don't like to put the calves on such a long haul because of excessive shrink, and Clyde would be a lot closer than Ponoka. I may market the calves there in the fall if their prices are still higher. By the way, when do you nap or sleep because a lot of your postings are done at 4 or 5 in the morning.

[cowman]

Oh I'm always up early. I'm still checking the tailenders that aren't done calving. I've always been a light sleeper who needs little sleep...five hours max!
I have a oil lease maitenance/reclamation business and am just starting to do a little work with that. It really takes off in a few weeks. I live in an area that has a lot of oil and natural gas.
There used to be a fairly large packing house in Grand Prairie. Is it still operating?
There was a group that sold a lot of good Blonde calves on the satelite from up in the Peace. They seemed to get a pretty good premium. The buyers were sure after those Blonde calves.