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| Wasn't that long ago and it was doom and gloom. A few months ago it seemed like you could buy good bred heifers for $1350-1500 and good young cows for around 1300.
I've been needing to pickup a couple dozen bred heifers or cows and why was I in for a shock today...
Lots of good decent cattle and large groups but no dispersions but most of the good bred heifers were bringing $1650-1700+. Again most were good quality but many weren't AId or synchronized. Even the lower end heifers were bringing $1500. I think that's crazy.
And to top it all off there was a group of 7-10 year old cows that I was interested in that brought $1650. That seems ridiculous, no? Again really good cows but still and combine the fact that anything that could walk and breathe but had ribs sticking out and weighed under a 1000lbs still brought $1300 in shaking my head.
If I would have known that I should have hauled some of my older late bred cows in.
So what changed? Seems to me that there are still a lot of question marks about this market and although it's considerably better than 6 months ago and is at slight profit levels right now for many, I'm cautiously optimistic and think it's going to be a bumpy ride for the next couple of years.
Edited by GregChuckles 3/4/2017 18:36
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Why all the optimism all of sudden?
