How about bulls?

[cowman]

I was talking to a guy who took in a coming two year old to the mart. They decided to ship him because he was getting mean and they didn't want to sell him to anyone. Got 25 cents. Came to a bit over $400! This was a well fed bull slated for the spring bull sales. Now I suspect he's at the meat counter at Safeway right now and I doubt if they will be discounting him? Why his steaks are probably right in there with the $9 T-bones!

[kato]

One of our big boys hurt his hock in a fight last spring. Much as we like him, he had to go yesterday. (When the other big bulls come home, the first fight will probably finish him)

We got 15 cents a pound, plus apparently will get a slaughter subsidy of about 250 dollars. This comes to $580.00 for a 2200 pound bull.

We replaced him last spring with a younger bull for $2200.00. To make it all really sweet, got a phone call last night from the guy who pastures cows for us that this bull got caught in a rabbit snare, and is walking around the pasture with a wire around his leg. We can only hope the damage is not too bad. We'll find out today.

[kato]

The bull had wire from a snow fence wrapped around his leg. It was dug in really good too. Got it out, and took him home. Looks like he's going to be just fine.

It never fails, with 50 animals in a pasture, the only one that gets hurt is the bull you just paid good money for, who is worth nothing if he goes lame.