The Shell Knob Basin (Southwest Missouri) | broken mouth cows with younger calf hood tags are prob the best deal... had a buddy buying broke mouth cows that apparently came off a rock patch or somewhere where there was a bunch of junk or something.... there calfhood tags proved they were 7's and 8's... but becasue they were missing teeth salebarn sold them as BM and he stole them... i know thats unrealistic to look for... just saying... you can find some decent looking more youthful cows that are mouthed BM and still will put on some weight without all the store bought feed if theyve got teeth at all... the prob id be worried about is that grazing straight alflafa without true strip grazing doesnt run many cows... need to strip and make sure they get off the last strip when you turn them on the next becasue of the carbohydrate recharge of the alfalfa.... have to treat it like a hay crop.... graze her to the crown, and get off if you want production.... but if you want to do the work, would prob put a couple body condition scores or so on 10 pairs during the growing season if managed right... and id really consider pairs.... you know exactly what her bag will look like while nursing and youll also know exactly what calf your getting for not alot more.... just saying.... nothing sucks more than buying a cow to pound out after cutting her coupon off... and then having her coupon be a non growing quarter longhorn quarter belted galloway cross rat tail... and jsut like mark said.... get her sold in the summer before everybody starts preging spring cows and culling opens which floods and tanks the weigh cow market.... |
buying broken mouth cows.
