Dexter Cattle Go To Auction
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 มิ.ย. 2021
- One of the cows with a bad udder, and her calf are sent to auction. Not a great day, but a lesson learned.
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That thumbnail of you looking back watching her go away breaks my heart bro.
Lol. I’ve gotten over it so it’s fine. Thank for watching!
Don't beat yourself up to bad. Higher education is never cheap.
That’s the truth!!
Really appreciate what you are doing. Been thinking about moving into raising Dexters. Have 22 acres here in SE NC with about 5 cleared acres and some small paddocks etc. just had a barn/shop/man cave fire so looking to start fresh. Thank you sir!
Thank you for watching Steve. That sounds like a great plan. I would never discourage from going with Dexters! Good luck!
from the auctions i been to over the years dexter type cows always brought less,, thank you for the tips
No problem. Thanks for watching!
Good video ...
Also there are guys that buy the single calf's and put a set together and they get 20-50 cents more a pound for the very same weight calf's selling them in pen lots ..
Thanks for the comment Joseph!
Dang! I would've scooped them up and kept them in my KC back yard till next week when we finally move to the Ohio ranch😀
Hey Stark. These girls wouldn’t be the Dexters you would want to start a herd with. Maybe some decent beef, but that’s it. Hope all is well with you. Good luck on your move!
Love your videos. Very informative watching your journey. Wish you were closer if you were looking to replace the girls you sold. I got a beautiful red heifer here when she’s weaned I’m in north central Illinois
DebraAnn thank you! That’s very nice. I am needing a replacement or 2. I might end up having to drive or ship. I don’t know if I can go that far, but definitely looking. Thanks for watching, and commenting.
Hay buddy it's nothard to see you care about the cows.your doing a great job
Thanks Alton!
Can you please make a video on beefing cattle and what kind of pricing ect you can expect
I will. I don’t know how soon it will be but it’s definitely on the list. Thanks for the idea!
Tough one.
It was lol. But moving on to better! Hope you doing good Tanya.
Feel bad myself when I send off cows that I've had for years, damn concience.
Dad and myself had cows for 25 plus years true dexters and small frame cows bring less per pound at a sale but you are selling beef at the sale my suggestion is to get your caves to 300 350lbs fast and sell them the longer you keep them the less profit you have
I think you are exactly right. Pus at this size they don’t really know what they are yet. Thanks for the input!
Maybe you should have kept the heifer. Maybe her sire has good uddered daughters. You’ll never know. But you are doing OK👍
Yeah. I wasn’t to impressed with the daughter but I probably did act to quickly. Definitely wasn’t a good decision money wise. We reserve the right to get smarter lol. Thanks Carl
Never take Dexters to a sale barn. You get way more money by beefing them out yourself. People don't understand the quality of beef they will get from the Dexter cow, therefore the price is low. Maybe once we get the word out about the beef, they will start bringing better prices. Keep up the great videos and work!
Thank you Ruth. Appreciate the kind words!
I finally had a chance to watch these, my experiences in dairy land do not match your thinking. Have seen little to no correlation from how a mothers bag is to the calf, also have had a bunch of 3 teaters that produced just as good or better than some with 4 and had fantastic calves, as cows age and calve, bags usually drop and diameter increases, it is not unusual. With all that said, it is a item to watch and must be culled out because appearance especially in your case, but I think I would have got a date at the butcher and calved that cow out and maybe made 2 dates and took them both depending on how the calf you sold looked. Sure wish someone would do that here, that was a good buy.
Hi TP. From a functionality standpoint you are 100% correct, but from a registered breeder stand point these kinds of things make the calf unmarketable for anything but beef. I will always have animals that will have to go to beef, but my goal is to have most being sold to potential buyers for a premium, and people look at these things. It becomes a bad stain on the farm. If I was focused on just dairy or beef, then what I’m doing would make no sense. I always appreciate your comments cuz you speak your mind. Thank you for that. Hope all is well.
Dexter Ranch isn’t it more profitable to sell cattle for beef ....ideal to market that beef by yourself, then try to sell them as Premium Breeding Cows or Bulls ? It seem to me that Those Auction Barns are not a good way to market cattle ....maybe for big Angus Producers but not for the small ones with dexters.
Off topic i apologize. Why does every one take them to a butcher instead of butchering them themselves? Is it a health thing, easier sale , legal requirement, etc? I noticed most everyone does it that way but it would seem much more profitable to do yourself. Honest question! Love your channel
Hi. I think it definitely has to do with easier sale, and in most cases or states I think it’s the only legal way to sale. Most customers will want a usda label on their beef. Also I think it’s a bit of a trade to process them correctly. I think. I’ve never tried lol, but your right it would be much more profitable if you could take that cost out.
@@dexterranch Thankyou for the reply! Much appreciated.
Was that price with you telling there was an issue with the mom?
Hi. So these auction houses do not care about conformation or if the animal is registered or even what breed of cattle they are. They are buying and selling for beef only, so no her udder conformation was not spoke about with auction house. Hope I answered your question. Thanks for watching!
all of us are eaten you and me as well. It is the journey of life.
Thanks Grant! Hopefully I don’t get eaten lol
Oh hey, on the Dexter Family Milk Cow fb page Tanya has files set up for different topics, your udder videos would be a benefit there if you're interested in sharing them! Might get some more subs too!
I will have to look into this. I try my best not to flood others pages with my content. Something just doesn’t feel right about it, but maybe a time or 2 wouldn’t hurt. Thanks for the suggestion!
@@dexterranch yah, I get that, but she specifically has files for people to share their videos and channels. We're creating a resource library there, c'mon over and visit the dairy side for a bit!
Thanks again Stacy. You are welcome to share any of my stuff you would like as well. Hope all is well!
I thought Holly would sell for more especially being pregnant.
Hi Karen! I was very surprised by how low that was as well. Seems like it was under what a cull cow would sell for.
was she pregnant
She was. Very pregnant.
Man, that is NOT much Money for the (3) ...
Not much at all. Thanks for watching!
Dexter Ranch Is there no opportunity in the US to sell them on private Base via Internet to get more out of it ? Here in Germany ist’s called „eBay Kleinanzeigen“
By the way, nice Content 👍🏼...keep it up
Hi Stefan! You are right. There are more opportunities to do better. This was kind of worst case scenario. The cow was way past her prime, and would have been hard to market in the private sales, and would have only been good for hamburger in beef. I wanted to see what the auction would bring out of curiosity, and I figured since she was pregnant they would let her and her heifer calf stay together. Definitely won’t be doing this again if I can keep from it. Hope all is well in Germany!
Dexter Ranch So far everything is good in Germany, apart from the fact that our democracy is eroding and the population is divided as seldom before. 😉 .... but our Dextern are doing very well, we had a very damp year for our circumstances. lots of grass and lots of hay. We recently bought our first bull calf and want to start breeding and selling the beef. So far we had 2 heifers for our own use only.