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Money on the ground
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04/17/15 01:22 AM
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GUTIT
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Wish I had these and more right now the way the market is.
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Re: Money on the ground
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#5703886
04/17/15 01:48 AM
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tdecker22
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You could not be more correct. I pass by pastures all the time and it's amazing how much money is standing out there. I am building a decent herd myself.
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Re: Money on the ground
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#5704234
04/17/15 11:09 AM
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Western
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GUTIT, that "aint" no lie! I enjoyed having my cows, but now it would even be more enjoyable!
If at first you dont succeed, then skydiving is not for you..
"Don't trust everything you read on the Internet"- Abraham Lincoln Dennis
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Re: Money on the ground
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#5704294
04/17/15 12:18 PM
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colt45-90
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couple wks ago I watched a 150 lb calf bring $4.50 a lb
hold on Newt, we got a runaway
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Re: Money on the ground
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#5704323
04/17/15 12:43 PM
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EddieWalker
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Not sure what the exact going rate for cattle are right now, but I tend to just multiply them by $3,000 when I see a group of them to estimate their gross worth.
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Re: Money on the ground
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#5704560
04/17/15 02:55 PM
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cameron00
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Re: Money on the ground
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#5704577
04/17/15 03:05 PM
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Mr. Clean
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Pffffff......city boys just don't get it.
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Re: Money on the ground
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#5705139
04/17/15 07:18 PM
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I have seen more cattle in pastures between post and Roswell this spring than ever before. We also have notice more bull haulers on the road headed east than in the last 5 years.
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Re: Money on the ground
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#5705179
04/17/15 07:42 PM
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Re: Money on the ground
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#5705246
04/17/15 08:14 PM
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dkite
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Lots of money just about 2000 a head for mommas right now.
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Re: Money on the ground
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#5705318
04/17/15 09:15 PM
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Nathan at Fork
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Yeah, Im really debating our our latest calf we steered out to put in the freezer. He is probably 350 lbs right now. Going to be some good eating but he sure would bring a lot of money, lol.
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Re: Money on the ground
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#5705582
04/17/15 11:58 PM
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TX Hitman
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My buddy just bought a bunch of all black heifers. $1750 a head. I offered $500 for every calf that hits the ground. Never heard back from him.
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Re: Money on the ground
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#5705807
04/18/15 01:51 AM
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rattler03
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Just curious, how much is a round bale of coastal (nothing too fancy, doesn't have to be horse quality) going for these days? How many of y'all are even feeding hay now that the spring green-up has begun? I remember paying $100 a bale, maybe over $10 per square bale, back in the late 2000s, before my dad's family sold our ranch out from under us.
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Re: Money on the ground
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#5705837
04/18/15 02:04 AM
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tdecker22
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Just curious, how much is a round bale of coastal (nothing too fancy, doesn't have to be horse quality) going for these days? How many of y'all are even feeding hay now that the spring green-up has begun? I remember paying $100 a bale, maybe over $10 per square bale, back in the late 2000s, before my dad's family sold our ranch out from under us. Good horse quality square bales are about $7.00ea right now. Descent fertilized coastal is going for around $50.00 a bale.
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Re: Money on the ground
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#5705916
04/18/15 02:44 AM
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aeb
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Last truck load of coastal cost me $100/bale delivered. Cubes $378/ton. Double what I was paying ten years ago.
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Re: Money on the ground
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#5706144
04/18/15 01:20 PM
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Western
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Feed stores around here are asking $75-$90 rnd bale, in the field you can do $55 up for clean coastal.
If at first you dont succeed, then skydiving is not for you..
"Don't trust everything you read on the Internet"- Abraham Lincoln Dennis
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Re: Money on the ground
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#5706503
04/18/15 09:22 PM
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A.B.
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I have seen her up, I have seen her down, and I seen a lot of her somewheres in the middle.
Boys, make no mistake the market can crater as quick as she went up. I'm holding some back and damn thankful I don't have to buy in this market.
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Re: Money on the ground
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#5706523
04/18/15 09:55 PM
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postoak
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Re: Money on the ground
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#5706830
04/19/15 02:12 AM
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aeb
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Mainly because cattle numbers are down....way down. No rain = no grass = no cows left in the country.
My numbers are down 65%. Lots of ranchers sold out. I have ten different owners that join my main ranch. Three have cattle left on them.
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Re: Money on the ground
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#5706854
04/19/15 02:29 AM
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rifleman
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Cost too much to feed them during the drought/tanks dried up and the Dakotas got hammered and lost several hundred thousand head. Plus BLM has tightened up their AUM numbers.
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Re: Money on the ground
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#5707936
04/20/15 02:32 AM
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rackjudge
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and the demand is increasing
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Re: Money on the ground
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#5708124
04/20/15 04:28 AM
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Nathan at Fork
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I paid $45/round bale for some very good hay for this last winter. Havent fed any hay for about a month now. Lots of green out there now. With all the water we have had, hay shouldn't be any more this year.
You can pay a crap load more for hay if you buy it at a feed store or have it delivered. I buy it straight from the guy who bales it and haul it myself.
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Re: Money on the ground
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#5708129
04/20/15 04:41 AM
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rifleman
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We baled enough to make it over Winter, but still had some Alfalfa/Orchard (80/20) shipped in from Kentucky at $65/roll. Calves are already weaned and things are looking good.
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Re: Money on the ground
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#5709181
04/21/15 12:11 AM
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rattler03
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Thanks for the hay prices, guys. I'm always curious. Good to see that they've got a little cheaper with the better weather. Hope it stays that way for a little while for you guys. I wish we still had some land, I miss running cows even though it could be a headache sometimes.
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Re: Money on the ground
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#5710861
04/22/15 02:04 AM
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bp3
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Tom Perini ( steak house owner) at Buffalo Gap was on Tv about 6 weeks ago talking about the price of beef and said that nation wide the number of cattle was as low as it was in middle 1950's due to the drought. I know it ran my family off of the farm.
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