at the grocery store

[one2many]

yep they dont care for the mule ears much but that cross works great in the heat down that way.
yesterday the one auction i was trying to buy some feeders. sold a lot of 430 weaned str calves going to weigh 400# sold for 420cwt
all black hided.

[3200 Man]

Prices here are good too , but with very little hay most ranchers have sold off to the Texas buyers , just like back a
couple years ago when we purchased a lot of their cattle .
Food on the other hand is going way up as the row-crop farmers had no / very little water this year . Time will tell
if this winter brings farming or ranching back to this area......so far ,it doesn't look so good !

Anyway , soon there will be birds to kill ? and , oh yea Rabbits !

[one2many]

Prices here are good too , but with very little hay most ranchers have sold off to the Texas buyers , just like back a
couple years ago when we purchased a lot of their cattle .
Food on the other hand is going way up as the row-crop farmers had no / very little water this year . Time will tell
if this winter brings farming or ranching back to this area......so far ,it doesn't look so good !

Anyway , soon there will be birds to kill ? and , oh yea Rabbits !

what part of the country are you in 3200?

[DeadEye_Dan]

Just sent a load of Holsteins to the sale and they averaged 1595# @ $1.51

[one2many]

Just sent a load of Holsteins to the sale and they averaged 1595# @ $1.51

thats some damn good money on milkers.Angus cross or full fledged Holsteins?
i know a few guys that swear Holsteins and Jersey are great eating....never going to sell me on that

[DeadEye_Dan]

Registered Holstein steers...lol


Real good $$$ when you consider they were fed push-out/waste from the dairy so feed cost is essentially $0

[one2many]

Registered Holstein steers...lol


Real good $$$ when you consider they were fed push-out/waste from the dairy so feed cost is essentially $0

damn nice money. i have a few friends with a few milk cows.they buy registered sexed semen and AI for replacement heifers and the rest of the cows they rent an Angus bull from me. for the feeders.
got to love the marketing job the American Angus Association has done

[DeadEye_Dan]

We do similar. Top 1/3 gets sexed Holstein semen for replacements, middle 1/3 gets standard Holstein semen and the bottom 1/3 gets angus sperm.
The crosses get sold as stockers, I keep a couple hundred of the Holsteins to feed push-out, the rest get sold as deacons

[one2many]

We do similar. Top 1/3 gets sexed Holstein semen for replacements, middle 1/3 gets standard Holstein semen and the bottom 1/3 gets angus sperm.
The crosses get sold as stockers, I keep a couple hundred of the Holsteins to feed push-out, the rest get sold as deacons

do you keep any of them to butcher? do you like the flavor of them

[DeadEye_Dan]

We kill a couple a year. Hands down, Angus makes better steak - but I'll take a Holstein for burger every time

[one2many]

We kill a couple a year. Hands down, Angus makes better steak - but I'll take a Holstein for burger every time

will have to try burger from one someday

[DeadEye_Dan]

Next time we kill one, I'll send you 10lbs

[waterfowlman]

We're lucky here on the eastern shore. Fresh local tuna, mahi mahi, sea bass, flounder, clams, oysters, crabs, lobsters, waterfowl, venison etc.
Don't usually buy a lot of meat from the supermarket.

[RonE]

"World leaders are meat eaters"......says the sign on a 1934 parade car for the Beef Council

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Meat-Eaters-Para ... 1105821182

[Glimmerjim]

We're lucky here on the eastern shore. Fresh local tuna, mahi mahi, sea bass, flounder, clams, oysters, crabs, lobsters, waterfowl, venison etc.
Don't usually buy a lot of meat from the supermarket.

Pretty much the diet I would prefer. Beef has never done much for me. Once in a while a barbecued hamburger is tasty, but a big steak.....I can eat it, but no desire really. Venison and elk is great, but in CA they are on the Endangered Species list.

[GadwallGetter530]

We're lucky here on the eastern shore. Fresh local tuna, mahi mahi, sea bass, flounder, clams, oysters, crabs, lobsters, waterfowl, venison etc.
Don't usually buy a lot of meat from the supermarket.

Pretty much the diet I would prefer. Beef has never done much for me. Once in a while a barbecued hamburger is tasty, but a big steak.....I can eat it, but no desire really. Venison and elk is great, but in CA they are on the Endangered Species list.

Prime rib is a gift from God.

[waterfowlman]

We're lucky here on the eastern shore. Fresh local tuna, mahi mahi, sea bass, flounder, clams, oysters, crabs, lobsters, waterfowl, venison etc.
Don't usually buy a lot of meat from the supermarket.

Pretty much the diet I would prefer. Beef has never done much for me. Once in a while a barbecued hamburger is tasty, but a big steak.....I can eat it, but no desire really. Venison and elk is great, but in CA they are on the Endangered Species list.

Prime rib is a gift from God.

AGREED !!

[capt1972]

We're lucky here on the eastern shore. Fresh local tuna, mahi mahi, sea bass, flounder, clams, oysters, crabs, lobsters, waterfowl, venison etc.
Don't usually buy a lot of meat from the supermarket.

Pretty much the diet I would prefer. Beef has never done much for me. Once in a while a barbecued hamburger is tasty, but a big steak.....I can eat it, but no desire really. Venison and elk is great, but in CA they are on the Endangered Species list.

Hmmmmm.........says the Cali guy.

[3200 Man]

With all of us hunters here in Calif on the endangered list I eat as much good beef as anyone . This meat is not from
Dairy animals ether , as I prefer grass / pasture fed along with some grain to make them taste good . Keeping the freezer
full has been a little harder to do with these prices , as with not much hay for sale ( within reason ) you just send them down
the road to market . I went by kettlemen City ( stock yard ) a week ago , it was so full , the animals there couldn't lick their
butts...........Most ranchers are selling these days of no water !

[RonE]

With all of us hunters here in Calif on the endangered list I eat as much good beef as anyone . This meat is not from
Dairy animals ether , as I prefer grass / pasture fed along with some grain to make them taste good . Keeping the freezer
full has been a little harder to do with these prices , as with not much hay for sale ( within reason ) you just send them down
the road to market . I went by kettlemen City ( stock yard ) a week ago , it was so full , the animals there couldn't lick their
butts...........Most ranchers are selling these days of no water !

I've always enjoyed Harris Ranch beef.

[Feelin' Fowl]

With all of us hunters here in Calif on the endangered list I eat as much good beef as anyone . This meat is not from
Dairy animals ether , as I prefer grass / pasture fed along with some grain to make them taste good . Keeping the freezer
full has been a little harder to do with these prices , as with not much hay for sale ( within reason ) you just send them down
the road to market . I went by kettlemen City ( stock yard ) a week ago , it was so full , the animals there couldn't lick their
butts...........Most ranchers are selling these days of no water !

So...nut trees are driving up the price of beef?

[Bootlipkiller]

With all of us hunters here in Calif on the endangered list I eat as much good beef as anyone . This meat is not from
Dairy animals ether , as I prefer grass / pasture fed along with some grain to make them taste good . Keeping the freezer
full has been a little harder to do with these prices , as with not much hay for sale ( within reason ) you just send them down
the road to market . I went by kettlemen City ( stock yard ) a week ago , it was so full , the animals there couldn't lick their
butts...........Most ranchers are selling these days of no water !

So...nut trees are driving up the price of beef?

Yes!

[3200 Man]

That's right Boot , glad you understand !

Like on this forum , we are covered with Nuts...Trees up and down the state are pushing cattle out , it doesn't matter
if you're in the Dairy business or raising beef cattle , feed it out'ta reach with only little irrigated land to be had . Yep ,
food prices will be high and I don't see how it can come back down as more and more good row crop ground is being planted
in trees .

Plus , there's no water for row crops !

[Feelin' Fowl]

Damn trees

[Glimmerjim]

We're lucky here on the eastern shore. Fresh local tuna, mahi mahi, sea bass, flounder, clams, oysters, crabs, lobsters, waterfowl, venison etc.
Don't usually buy a lot of meat from the supermarket.

Pretty much the diet I would prefer. Beef has never done much for me. Once in a while a barbecued hamburger is tasty, but a big steak.....I can eat it, but no desire really. Venison and elk is great, but in CA they are on the Endangered Species list.

Hmmmmm.........says the Cali guy.

I don't get the implication in the least, capt. Please elaborate.

[Glimmerjim]

We're lucky here on the eastern shore. Fresh local tuna, mahi mahi, sea bass, flounder, clams, oysters, crabs, lobsters, waterfowl, venison etc.
Don't usually buy a lot of meat from the supermarket.

Pretty much the diet I would prefer. Beef has never done much for me. Once in a while a barbecued hamburger is tasty, but a big steak.....I can eat it, but no desire really. Venison and elk is great, but in CA they are on the Endangered Species list.

Prime rib is a gift from God.

AGREED !!

Too fatty. I'd just as soon eat a bowl of lard!

[3200 Man]

I guess we're going to have to rely on Teal at ,,,,,,$100.lb and that's cheap ?