Desperate times
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Tex_77 Got Angus WD Prime this morning early for $2.99. I would normally consider that ridiculous & Margaret gave me a hard time about paying that much, but, it seems to be a good price these days. You don’t want to know what I went through last year with brisket. I am seriously starting to think about selling out & getting another place where I can raise my own cattle, as if I can really afford that either.
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calldoctoday yep, hiring the bottom of the barrel almost everywhere
twilliams Sad
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Tex_77 Got Angus WD Prime this morning early for $2.99. I would normally consider that ridiculous & Margaret gave me a hard time about paying that much, but, it seems to be a good price these days. You don’t want to know what I went through last year with brisket. I am seriously starting to think about selling out & getting another place where I can raise my own cattle, as if I can really afford that either.
calldoctoday Cattle on the hoof are dirt cheap it’s the slaughtering or lack thereof that’s running the prices up.
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twilliams hahaha…true story!
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@ndmike Oh Boy. Sounds like something we ordered about two months ago & they are finally sending it after over 45 days past due. They said they could not get folks to come to work (very sad), so I just wondered, do we need to worry about the quality now too if it was that difficult to get folks to come to work?
calldoctoday yeah its pretty sad. Our State ended the Federal unemployment bs. Only way you can get it is you can prove you are actually looking for a job. No one wants to work anymore after all the free Covid $$$.
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calldoctoday yep, hiring the bottom of the barrel almost everywhere
twilliams I hate to get philosophical but are they really the bottom of the barrel if they are the ones willing to work? Times are crazy
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Tex_77 Got Angus WD Prime this morning early for $2.99. I would normally consider that ridiculous & Margaret gave me a hard time about paying that much, but, it seems to be a good price these days. You don’t want to know what I went through last year with brisket. I am seriously starting to think about selling out & getting another place where I can raise my own cattle, as if I can really afford that either.
calldoctoday I just sold 2 beef private treaty last week for $1800ea. From turning the bull out with the cows to sale took about 27 months that I fed and cared for them. The “packer” would have had them for two weeks and the report I heard last week was that they were netting $900/carcass. That’s where you want to put your money!
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calldoctoday I just sold 2 beef private treaty last week for $1800ea. From turning the bull out with the cows to sale took about 27 months that I fed and cared for them. The “packer” would have had them for two weeks and the report I heard last week was that they were netting $900/carcass. That’s where you want to put your money!
Nicolai Don’t get me started. How heavy were those steers?
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twilliams I hate to get philosophical but are they really the bottom of the barrel if they are the ones willing to work? Times are crazy
GWG8541 hate to get all negative here but, willing to work or forced to do it? The working ethics and drive has disappeared. Even worse so with this so called pandemic. This has been going on for the last 10 years that I can remember off hand.
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Nicolai Don’t get me started. How heavy were those steers?
calldoctoday 1450# live, 860# hanging
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calldoctoday 1450# live, 860# hanging
Nicolai somebody is making a bunch of money, but it’s sure not the cattle producer.
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calldoctoday 1450# live, 860# hanging
Nicolai Those weights are definitely in the ball park. Back in time when I raised animals we did a bit of bartering with other folks that raised other animals. We raised them mainly for folks at a agreed price and they took care of the locker plant visit. We just found somewhere in the middle the money was being made. I have no problem buying direct from the producer, the problem is with storage and consumption. We still buy in bulk, but not quite as much and more selective.
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@ndmike they are all 10’s at closing time
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@ndmike they are all 10’s at closing time
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@ndmike Around here a 10 =4+6pack.
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Excellent my friend!
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