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Might be the angle, but calf's head looks out of proportion to it's body...

That is another reason why we use killed virus vacc on anything that comes here now... it stimulates the immune system much "less intensely" it seems... but that is just us and it seems to work that way better in our situation. We also have found that we don't do anything else to them for a...

If she has been for sale for awhile, I would be leery.....

All depends on your level of experience and patience.... and the first thing I would do is some vaccinations and worming, and keep her separate from the other cattle for awhile. At least a longhorn x calf should slide out with no problems. If she is open or a b#@%h, she will bring about that...

Dairy beef crosses have a few positives that are already well known.... They do not go through as much of a "frame growth" as straight dairy (holsteins) and then take alot of feed to fill out to a "finished animal."... The beef in them will put a little more meat on them as they are growing...

Holstein bull calves here are bringing $5/lb and more, for the ones that are 85 lbs and bigger... about 2 months ago, I sold a 120 lb holstein bull calf I got off a dairy, their hutches were full, and they are 2 hours from the stockyard and won't go that far for 1 or 2 calves, which I...

In this area, anywhere from 15-3200... depending on stage of gestation. Most are in the 2-2500 range

We kept most of the heifers and sold every steer this spring... including those 2 nut cases recently. When we bring the group of 30 or so off pasture where we have normally run steers for the season, we will pick and choose who to keep since we have been culling more cows than normal... and NOT...

Good for you.... the prices are scary... does make you think twice about keeping much... Sold 2 nut cases last week, were too small to go in the group a month ago... partly because they would run out the barn every time you went in to feed and wouldn't come back in until you were far away...

We have sold over 40 steers the past 2 months, some we wintered over and weighed in the 7 wts... some recently that were 500+ that were weaned and vaccinated and all... just these 2 were plain stupid... Most get used to coming in the barn to eat at the bunk and don't do more than move out of...

Glad you got him gone... Yes you could have done better if he was a steer... but what you got is what steers were bringing not too long ago... so you did good... especially at that weight... He looked to be in good condition. This is the time to sell ANYTHING that anyone is contemplating...

My son and I were milk testing in Weyers Cave last night but I wanted to go. There are alot of black/dairy cross cows that go through Harrisonburg. There was a cow sale in Staunton Tues night but I didn't go. We are down about 30 cows from where we ought to be...mostly from culling. With the...

I meant that there were 3-400 head at the sale... I did see some nice lambs bring in the $3.00 range a couple weeks ago... You can get the sale results on their website... Shenandoah Valley Livestock Sale....

Shipped the 1600 lb young bull that had a scrotal hernia.... loop of intestine down into the scrotum along side one testicle... not common but the vet said he had seen one... could be fixed with surgery but not worth the cost with what bulls are bringing... He brought 1.35/lb... check was over...

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Seeing the same thing in Harrisonburg @kenny thomas ..... goats and sheep out the ying yang every week.... and some are pretty rough looking too.... don't know where they keep coming from. I'll bet there were in the 3-400 range also... I did not stay to see, I stopped to pick up a check from...

And here they would have brought in the $6-800 average .......

The holstein dairies in this area have been doing that for several years. Breeding the top 1/3 or so of the herd to sexed holstein heifer semen, using straight holstein semen and beef bulls on the lower 1/2 or so of the herd so they get a calf... and as you said, using some for recips...

Not sure of what the purpose would be. Holstein standards means they have to have a white switch on tail and a certain amount of other white... the blacks are beef crosses and grade accordingly... solid black holstein crosses... usually with brown swiss giving them a dark choc or grayish black...

One of my dairy farmers sent a pic of the check stub from 2 holstein bull calves he sold the 24th... 115 lbs @5.05/lb =580.75 120 lbs @ 5.05=606.00.... 1186.75 before commission for 2 baby calves... literally not a week old.... they made a "graded pen" ... any holstein that is over 100 lbs...