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Breckenridge, MI | This may get a little wordy so I apologize in advance.
I had decided to sell most of my cow herd and put the equity into an opportunity to feed calves at work. I had advertised and probably contacted five or ten different people, letting them know that I was taking bred heifers to a special Brood Cow & Feeder Calf sale in Battle Creek Saturday. Of the 8 I took, 6 were bred so I was pretty happy with those results.
They sold a few bred cows before mine and they brought between 1600 and 1800 so I wasn't too worried, they open the gate on the first of my bred heifers, probably the second best one in the group and the auctioneer struggles to get $1,100 bid. I took her home. I let a few in the middle go (probably shouldn't have) for 1,050/1,100 and took home the other heifer that I thought was the best of the ones I had. All the bred heifers I sold were 1,050/1,100 and the 3.5 year old cow brought $1,100.
So where is all this demand? I would've thought anything with a calf inside of it would sell like it was covered in gold. Feed is cheap and calves are high... what am I missing?
And how do I go about moving these two that I've got? | |
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Where's all the bred heifer demand?
