Squeeze Chute Pricing

[NewRenoFarmsInKY]

Howdy y'all. I know there was a recent thread on squeeze chutes, and I watched it closely. But I want to dial the topic in a bit.

About 3 years in to my ranching adventure and I need a good chute. I have a chute, but it's as old as the hills and is barely better than not having a chute.

After watching the other thread I've decided to bite the bullet and buy either a 7 or 8 thousand series arrowquip. I want/need the vet cage, and figure I'll get the head holder and sternum bar as well.

A guy from a livestock company that will be at the farm machinery show in Louisville was going to get me a "show discount" price if I pick it up there today and never heard back from him. Had my wife stop in the closest dealer while she was on the road today to get a quote from them as well. The mid-level and high level chutes were just over 10k and 12k respectively-and that is supposedly giving me a 5% discount

What prices are y'all seeing out there in similar chutes? It's not that I don't have the money-but it's a bit more (about 2k more per model) that I was expecting. Perhaps I just had my pricing expectations too low. With 50 cows, it's tough to make that pencil even expecting it to last me the rest of my life.

Or, if there's a dealer anybody has had dealings with close to Kentucky y'all could recommend I would appreciate some recommendations.

Thanks

 

[chevytaHOE5674]

Can't help you on the prices but if they are like everything else the prices are going up daily.

Got a quote late last week on a 24' stock trailer, called yesterday to make the deal only to find out the prices went up 8% over the weekend...

 

[SBMF 2015]

Howdy y'all. I know there was a recent thread on squeeze chutes, and I watched it closely. But I want to dial the topic in a bit.

About 3 years in to my ranching adventure and I need a good chute. I have a chute, but it's as old as the hills and is barely better than not having a chute.

After watching the other thread I've decided to bite the bullet and buy either a 7 or 8 thousand series arrowquip. I want/need the vet cage, and figure I'll get the head holder and sternum bar as well.

A guy from a livestock company that will be at the farm machinery show in Louisville was going to get me a "show discount" price if I pick it up there today and never heard back from him. Had my wife stop in the closest dealer while she was on the road today to get a quote from them as well. The mid-level and high level chutes were just over 10k and 12k respectively-and that is supposedly giving me a 5% discount

What prices are y'all seeing out there in similar chutes? It's not that I don't have the money-but it's a bit more (about 2k more per model) that I was expecting. Perhaps I just had my pricing expectations too low. With 50 cows, it's tough to make that pencil even expecting it to last me the rest of my life.

Or, if there's a dealer anybody has had dealings with close to Kentucky y'all could recommend I would appreciate some recommendations.

Thanks

7400 8400 From this there that expensive.

 

[NewRenoFarmsInKY]

Can't help you on the prices but if they are like everything else the prices are going up daily.

Got a quote late last week on a 24' stock trailer, called yesterday to make the deal only to find out the prices went up 8% over the weekend...

I hate to pull the trigger at these prices, but I can't say I expect them to come down. Bought some hay equipment last year figuring it would be much higher this year-in hindsight that was a smart move.

 

[wbvs58]

I'm off to our Farmfest this June to try and do a deal on a squeeze crush, Arrowquip will be there but a lot of other good brands as well to compare with. I am expecting the prices to have climbed considerably but l just want to have something that works well to see me out. What I have now works OK, I built it myself just to start me off and I admit it has exceeded by expectations but I would just like something now with all the bells and whistles and SAFE. The old one won't be wasted, it will find a home in my dry cow paddock next door, will be very handy there.

Ken

 

[SBMF 2015]

I'm looking for a crowd tub. One of the feed companies I work with us an Arrow Quip dealer. When I talked to them last week, they said they haven't seen a price increase since the first of the year. Their hoping prices are going to plato.

 

[LocustDaleCattleCompany]

I spoke with my rep at the COOP a few days back and he said the ArrowEquip is about the price you were quoted. Reason we got on the subject was because I said I couldn't believe how much they have gone up in price since I bought my last one (own two of them). My first one from them was like $7500 and the last one I bought almost three years ago was $8500ish. Crazy how much everything has gone up in price.

 

[Lazy M]

Rebuilt our main working area this past fall and upgraded the squeeze chute. I wanted the arrowquip too, but "settled" for a preifert SO4. I've run several hundred head thru it so far and have been very pleased. I think it was worth the $3-4k that I saved not going with arrowquip.

 

[cfpinz]

One of the local guys quoted me right at $9k last month for a decked out For-Most 450 with the 30TW headgate, portable model. I have the same setup in my barn without the palp cage and wheels that I bought new in 2005, cost me $4500.

 

[Texas G@l]

we ordered a WW chute the end of January 2021 locking in the price. By late May 2021 when the chute was delivered, there had been 4 price increases!

 

[Dave]

I haven't priced a chute for a while. I bought a new Powder River XL for 5K and change but I guess that was 8 years ago (time flies when you are having fun). One of the neighbors bought a Silencer last summer. It cost $20,000. But he runs a whole lot more cows than you do.

 

[CowboyRam]

We bought the Arrowquip 86 series with the head catch, and two easy flow alley's about six years ago; we paid about $11,000 them. We are very pleased with it.

 

[SBMF 2015]

One of the local guys quoted me right at $9k last month for a decked out For-Most 450 with the 30TW headgate, portable model. I have the same setup in my barn without the palp cage and wheels that I bought new in 2005, cost me $4500.

Last year I got a quote for a For-most 450. Not portable ( that was a $1,500 option I could ad later). Already have a brand new 25A headgate leaning against the machine shed wall.
So the quote was for the 450 chute, palp cage, and brisket bar. $5,100.

We have a For-most 375 portable with a 30T headgate, and palp cage. We bought it 13 years ago and gave $6,500. It's had thousands of hd through it.

 

[mtchick]

I'm going to say try it out before you buy it. We have an Arrowquip dealer in town, and a lot of guys bought them, fast forward 3 years and I'm seeing a lot of them for sale on Craigslist. I personally find it hard to work the head gate.

 

[Hardnosecattleco]

I haven't looked in awhile but have u looked into reel tuff equipment? I was shopping for them awhile back then remembered I like struggling so never bought a squeeze. I remember they were a really good price tho. This was at the time I assume like anything else

 

[Josher]

I haven't looked in awhile but have u looked into reel tuff equipment? I was shopping for them awhile back then remembered I like struggling so never bought a squeeze. I remember they were a really good price tho. This was at the time I assume like anything else

We bought a squeeze almost identical to the tuff squeeze except it was the Chinese made version for nearly half the the price. We've sure liked it.

Also a person needs to remember what do u need in a squeeze vs what do I want. As the price difference can be quite a bit. For running 50 head you might not need a 12 000 dollar squeeze as nice as it would be.

 

[CowboyRam]

I was told that the Real Tuff and Sioux Steel are basically the same chute. We looked at the Sioux Steel, I just didn't like how it operated. It seemed to be a well built chute. Once you buy a chute you are committed to it. Buy the best chute you can afford.

 

[Travlr]

One of the local guys quoted me right at $9k last month for a decked out For-Most 450 with the 30TW headgate, portable model. I have the same setup in my barn without the palp cage and wheels that I bought new in 2005, cost me $4500.

Howdy y'all. I know there was a recent thread on squeeze chutes, and I watched it closely. But I want to dial the topic in a bit.

About 3 years in to my ranching adventure and I need a good chute. I have a chute, but it's as old as the hills and is barely better than not having a chute.

After watching the other thread I've decided to bite the bullet and buy either a 7 or 8 thousand series arrowquip. I want/need the vet cage, and figure I'll get the head holder and sternum bar as well.

A guy from a livestock company that will be at the farm machinery show in Louisville was going to get me a "show discount" price if I pick it up there today and never heard back from him. Had my wife stop in the closest dealer while she was on the road today to get a quote from them as well. The mid-level and high level chutes were just over 10k and 12k respectively-and that is supposedly giving me a 5% discount

What prices are y'all seeing out there in similar chutes? It's not that I don't have the money-but it's a bit more (about 2k more per model) that I was expecting. Perhaps I just had my pricing expectations too low. With 50 cows, it's tough to make that pencil even expecting it to last me the rest of my life.

Or, if there's a dealer anybody has had dealings with close to Kentucky y'all could recommend I would appreciate some recommendations.

Thanks

I've had good luck with Powder River, but I'm cheap and won't pay for high quality that costs $1000 extra to get $100 in more utility. They've got one (2000 series?) advertised online for $7295 delivered.

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[NewRenoFarmsInKY]

I've had good luck with Powder River, but I'm cheap and won't pay for high quality that costs $1000 extra to get $100 in more utility. They've got one (2000 series?) advertised online for $7295 delivered.

I appreciate the endorsement of PR. I haven't pulled the trigger yet - really torn. With current inflation i feel like whatever i get needs to be gotten asap or I won't be able to afford anything

 

[Ouachita]

I'm cheap too. Some of the prices above make me wonder what I'm missing.

This whole setup was $6,600 in January 2020. It's not a big name brand, but it's built right and from heavy gauge. I can't imagine needing anything more.

The squeeze by itself was $1,900 a year ago. As a package it was $6,600; squeeze, sweep, alley and pen.