Posted by johndeerefan on January 17, 2012 at 10:26:37 from (216.135.37.250):
In Reply to: OT- marketing steers posted by K. Peters on January 17, 2012 at 09:28:02:
We have a jockey that buys from our farm. He gives us the weekly weight price from the market and uses our scales to weigh them (after he puts on his certified weight bar to check it). He makes his money from selling them for a few cents/lb more than I could at the market due to the quantity of business he provides them. I can take one in and it would get put in the "scrap" pen and he could take the same one and get it put in the "premium" pen. All in who you know, not the quality of your beef. Plus, our stock tends to weigh 20-30 lbs less at the market than on our scales. I haven't figured that one out yet. I know they don't lose that much weight in a 1 hour ride. I always run them over the scales before putting them in the trailer.
We have tested it to see which way we make more and selling to the jockey is better. By the time you count commission fees and the fuel expense, plus having to take a vacation day from work to take them.
We always sell our stock at just below the 500 lbs level. That seems to be the most bang for our buck due to having to feed them hay or grain otherwise. Took some off the other day because the jockey was out of town and got $1.44/lb for 490 lb bull calves.
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