Posted by kyhayman on January 14, 2008 at 09:52:31 from (64.12.117.74):
In Reply to: OT Cattle posted by Dummy on January 14, 2008 at 08:49:08:
I wouldnt be inclined to castrate them at this age, cant see that you would gain much. I'd expect 10% shrink right before they got over the surgery and at least 30 days before they started trying to gain any of it back. It would take 70 to 100 days of high priced feed just to get back to even and they will still look like bulls. Feed them good 30 days and put them in the freezer. If they can certify antibiotic and hormone free I'd probably sell them to someone like Laura's Lean beef. They get most of my butcher bulls, and pay about a nickle a pound premium.
As far as castrating them though, I've castrated 800 pound bulls no problem. Use a Newberry knife, real sharp. Slice and pull x2. Just cant see the economics of doing it right now.
Another option is to try to get them for slaughter price, say 500 dollars or so and then try to sell them as unpapered breeding bulls. Black hides with mostly Angus genetics should at least double your money without papers in a few months. I used to sell breeding bulls all the time, never did have one with papers unless I bought it that way. Fifteen years ago angus bulls without papers were worth 900-1500.
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