ca lve s are we l l re cei ved. Th e ca l ves sell ver y we l l. Wh e n ou r n e p h e ws M att, Wyatt a n d Co le a nd our n i e ce s M i c h el l e, L a r i ssa a n d R ebecc a wh e re yo u n ger, th ey spent a l ot of time h e re at t h e f a r m. Th ey a l l ro d e an d s h owed h o rses th ro u gh ou r sm al l l o cal f airs a n d th ro u gh th e M an i tob a 4- H h o rs e pro gra ms. M att a n d M ich e l l e a l so sh owed h o me - grown stee r s a n d h e i fe rs i n th e M a n i to ba 4- H B eef Pro gra m . As a f a m i l y we al s o sh owed o u r ow n steer s in th e J ack p o t c l asses. O u r ho m e - grow n L i mo u si n Cattl e pl a ce d
and showed ver y well. O ver t he year s, t he k id s have had so me Grand C ham p ions and c arc ass c lass w i n n e r s. We are ver y p roud of our nep hews a n d nieces, and our c at t le. We have many, many hap py memor i e s o f a l l of us p laying and wor k ing toget her. O ver t he year s, we t r y to keep 15 to 2 0 heifer s to t ur n into up p lacement s fo r our herd. O ur c at t le are q uiet a n d easy c a l v ing and we find t he cows are gre at mot her s. And t his is why we have c hosen t he Limousin genet ic s for over 45 year s.
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off the cow do so the day of shipping and avoid pulling calves off a few days before hand. Clean up the rough calves. D e -hor n, THE MARKET castrate, watch for bad eyes or feet. Frozen ears or tails will get discounted. Vaccinated calves give the buyer ease of mind when the purchase is in play! When it comes to getting top dollar at the 3: communication: the sooner your mar ket mar ket place there are several things to take of choice k nows that you are think ing of into consideration. shipping the better job they can do for #1 mar ket conditions: many fac tors play you! Wor k with your mar ket rep! We can’t into the daily trade ie: cur renc y, commodit y control the pr ice level but the more we k now pr ices, futures, truck availabilit y and weather the more we can adver tise your cattle to to name a few. I encourage sellers of cattle to maximize your profits watch sales across the countr y to get a feel 4: Auc tion M ar t: choose a mar ket place of things a few weeks before br inging calves that handles your cattle appropr iately. The to mar ket. Keep in mind and be honest with local sale bar n is of ten a better option vs yourself that you compare your weight class, truck ing. Calves need less stress to avoid breed and qualit y of cattle to other sales. shr ink so inter n the shor ter the r ide the less #2 Condition of cattle: as the mar ket place shr ink and stress will be realized. We offer changes some producers look at pre -weaning low stress handling and a show list method to reduce stress or feed calves till mid winter of mar keting your calves which can reduce or spr ing. I ndividual far ms are each in a stress and shr ink of cattle it might cost a few different situation. S ome far ms can produce dollars but having your calves put on feed their own feed while others buy in feed and water for night will drastically reduce the which can be a calculated cost difference shr ink and put dollars in your jeans! to either far m. S ome far ms are limited to Brad Kehler pen space. I f you are selling calves direc tly Grunthal Livestock Auc tion M ar t
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