calf prices coming down?

[cowman]

Yea thats right Randy, he did. Obviously it should have worked but I believe Tyson had a different agenda all along...and it was to get rid of the union?
What if they had no other option than to accept binding arbritation? Other provinces have labor laws like that I believe? How long would it have taken to get back to business if they had to accept the findings or shut the plant down? Nobody shuts down a plant over 30 cents an hour(industry standard)! Pack their bags and head south and leave all of Canada to Cargill...I don't think so!

[cowman]

Took in the presort sale at Innisfail yesterday for a couple of hours and it seemed calf prices were actually on the way up! Saw a good pen of tan calves(700 lbs.) sell for $1.3125!
Even some of the lighter calves were selling well. A pen of 93 buckskin calves(593 lb) sold for over $1.42!
I believe they had over 4000 head in this sale.

[cowman]

a pen of 400 pound black limo cross steer calves sold at Strathmore last week for $1.50, the week before a pen of 400 black limo cross calves brought $1.72 at Perlich, so they don't all have to be TAN to get a good price cowman !!!!

[bird]

I may be wrong but I get paid by weight x dollars!!! Not color.
700lbs x 1.3125 = 918.75
400lbs x 1.50 = 600.00

I don't think I will change to those little black calves!!

[bird]

bird those little calves were born in early May !
Not all black calves are 400 pounds. My heifer calves averaged 620 and they were born in March/April.

[cowman]

Now without a doubt there are some darned good black calves out there and there are some really big black Angus cattle around. Now whether they got a little "help" somewhere doesn't really matter anymore...today they are "purebreds"!
I do find it funny though that the fad was for black cattle...even though Angus also come in Red? These fads come and go and without a doubt the Angus breeders did an excellent job of promoting their product?
On a little side note: Next time you are in the sale barn notice the cattle as they come into the ring. The darned Angus calves will try to kick the ringman everytime! We really notice this at home...those Angus calves are the kickingest buggers you ever saw!