Our family had an early grade A dairy, milking about 20 cows. I was age 8. We would return from some local trip and find cows all over the yard with fences in disrepair. Cattle would be mixed together that weren't supposed to
Every successful adult knows all business has to be profitable. Whether it is ranching, a grocery store, delivering propane or selling burgers, it can not, and will not continue without a profit. Teenage Texas Longhorn show-kids may not have come to that realization.
A great registered Texas Longhorn cow can sell for $380,000. A great registered Holstein cow can sell for $380,000, that is retail value. The buyer knows, has a plan, thinks he knows, or may really have an insider-track to a way this investment will pay for itself, and fetch a return of equal, or more value. Most high dollar cattle ...
If you sit at the local livestock auction every animal that enters the ring has a weight displayed so each buyer knows. Bidders bid on pounds of weight times cents per pound. Pairs averaged $1050 each, and steers averaged $1.09 per pound last week. This is a wholesale salvage value. Most of these cattle sold will be processed within a day, or for sure, a few months. That isn't emotional, or a perceived value