Selling Dexter Cattle At Sale Barn The Right Way
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- My experience selling Dexter cattle at the sale barn this year and what I learned from it.
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It's good to see you're back.
Gotta be in the right sale and the right barn.
Thank you for your content. I’m new to your channel and really looking forward to your comparison video. 😊
Been in this game all my life............I would NOT recommend doing what your doing, guys are buying what they think they are, and they are not. That will work for a time, but the community at the sale barn atleast where I am is tight, you won't get away with buyers thinking they are getting something they aren't for very long and word will get out and you'll be on the low end, not the high end of the sales chart which isn't good. Also keep in mind cattle are tight right now, that will change like everything else sooner or later which also factors into the price. I actually had this very conversation with the owner of the closest sale barn to me a few weeks back, he heard I have a glut of heifers I wouldn't mind moving, said why don't you let me sell them, they are black and look nice and will bring good money. I explained the exact thing I am here, another local guy would buy them thinking they were something else, and then breed them and have a bunch of runts compared to his commercial breeds calving in the next pen over...............Immediately the mouth would start running and my ear tags would turn my name into absolute shat over night...........No thanks I told him. Not saying it isn't done, but long term I don't know if its a good idea because I got to live here too.
Tp. I hear what you are saying, and I think it’s a valid argument. That said a Dexter bull/steer being fed can get to 850-950lb. So as far as butcher weight goes that’s not far off from normal butcher weight. Furthermore these animals are coming in the auction as weaned. A comercial steer is going to weigh 500-700lb at weaning. If you look at my tickets the calves that brought $2.80 were 280lb average weight. My point in the video was that nobody goes to the sale and gives a genetic breakdown on their animals so Dexter owners shouldn’t either. But at 280lbs all the clues are there that this is a small animal and the buyer decided that he could make it work. 🤷🏻♂️.
I agree with you, it cant be sustainable to hide information at a sale.
You must understand a buyers of feeders are looking for deals, especially in the current market where everything is tight, small calves are a risk but if you got a lot run on crap feed there is potential there to really make bank once you get them home, only issue here is the breed they bought isn't what they thought it was and will never amount to alot compared to what I could have with a Angus or a Cross of one, just will never happen. I guess the moral to my story, if your going to sell at a sale barn, forget Dexters, there are better breed choices for that.
I see the numbers for the sale but that doesn't show us If the sale was profitable vs expenses to raise the animal. I only subscribed for numbers because I have 80 acres and trying to decide If cattle or pigs are more profitable. Pigs have a higher reproduction rate than cattle but there has to be a balance, can both the cattle and pig actually be sold for a profit because in the end, profit is all that matters. It would be useful to see the expense and the sale price with a final profit number in a video.
Sure is good to see you back. Your place is looking good.
Thanks Shaun! Hope all is well!
@dexterranch Yes, all is well. Here our herd has grown quite substantially. We are now at seventeen head and two left to calve. It was nice to see you. Do another video I hope you have more coming
Shh. If the buyers get educated, which they will. They will be asking questions before they bid. I am glad you got a good price, but someone will not be happy that they didn't buy an Angus. Just saying. I have dexters because they are easy keepers and my market is me me and mine. They don't care if it is a little smaller, infact they like it. I am glad to hear you fooled them, but don't bank on that. Next year could be different.
I grew up with dairy breeds, I have Dexters now because they are small, easy on me and the facilities, and the small size makes buyers of hanging beef happy because they can take a whole instead of splitting a bigger breed and they get it all the way they want it, that is a plus as is the quality of the meat if fed right(I feed mine grain, I tried grass fed, would not take one for free).................If your going to raise and sell at a sale barn, they are NOT it. They are small and the feed conversion is poor, there is better choices.
TP you are right if your business plan is to sell at the sale barn exclusively then you should pick another breed. This is an option if and when it’s needed for Dexter breeders.
Big fan of your channel. Love the Dexter breed. About unrolling hay please keep in mind you only unroll what you need. The rest can stay on the unroller for when you need more... square bails are always more expensive
Hi Nicholas. Thanks for the comment and glad you like the content. I have never bought an unroller. I know this is possible, but I do worry about the impact of taking my skid steer out there daily if it’s wet. This would probably work a little better with a tractor so that the ground doesn’t get torn up so bad. Thanks again.