Jersey cow

Sulphur Springs TX had 6 or 7 bred Jersey heifer bred different stages that sold from $740 to $900 in the last sell I watched LIVE on Monday and Thursday each week...you can sign up for free and watch on computer ....they have several jersey dairys down there http://www.lmaauctions.com/UserRegistration.aspx

this is how cheap they are here


http://springfield.craigslist.org/grd/2790259788.html

Myersfarm, I didn't know this world existed. I keep reading of people struggling to find a cow, or paying high prices for an older one which often ends up having problems.

I think for the prices you show, you could travel a long ways to get one and still come out ahead, with more years of production from her and fewer vet bills.

Unless there's something I'm missing.

For some reason I thought there was more demand for dairy cattle than to be selling alot of heifers at salebarns.

If this is an outstandly gentle cow that is halter broke if her teats are big enough for easy hand milking she may be worth the extra high price around here a young cow is around 1000$ but if you have to fight to milk her or her teats are so small you have a hard time milking I would not have her as a gift. a kick from her as your trying to milk can put you in the hospitle beef cattle prices have almost doubled in the last year so prices are high.let me say a good milk cow like a good horse is well worth paying a high price for you have to milk her twice a day and to have an easy safe relaxing time at it .those cheap cows are more than likly culls with a bad fault You are not a rodeo cow boy or a vet just get the present owner to let you milk her at his place or watch him first

DJ they say this Norwood sale is like the 3 or 4 biggest WEST OF THE MiSSISSIPPI... never seen any records but look at the numbers they sale.....I drive 445 miles to buy my baby heifers in Sulphur Springs TX... and sell at the Norwood sale

but the resale price has stopped that so I will be raising beef cross with dairy next year steers or heifers...with my operation with just 16 cows i had 90 calves on milk at a time . and do that 3 times a year..will be going for 300 next year of the beef cross dairy calfs they should bring some good money if prices stay high like they are

Birdman why I said buy a 3 month bred heifer and in the 6 months till she calfs you could tame her....MOST dairy heifers are tame at a young age..they just get mean with not handling or handled bad........feed makes them friends real quick

DJ one more thing this is called a DAIRY SALE...advertised all over...people were coming all the way from Califorina to buy calfs and heifers every month..and people hauled them into there from LA and IL....lots of people like me buy babies raise them up and sell at this auction every month...there are a lot of Amish around that hand milk but do not ever buy one of there cows...they will not bred back

not many heifers come up for sale privatly around here, everything goes to the 2 sale barns in the area in lots, then shipped to Pa & north. Got a chance to buy a short horn Hereford 3 1/2yr old with 3 mth heifer calf, angus sire, and hereford is breed back to a different angus bull. $900. the only problem cow is small, and calf is real small, 3 mth old calf is smaller than the 2 holistein 4wk old bottle babies in the barn? Also would breed this Hereford to my Jersey bull, would I be starting a herd of minitures with this cross?

genes make a difference just because she is small does not mean her calfs will be small if she was stunted her calves will grow to normal size..and if you feed her right if stunted she will grow out of it over the years ..will not get as big as if not ever stunted but bigger..

.if she is small because she has small genes you will get smaller calves breeding a jersey bull...BUT NOT MINITURES...there is a size that call minitures I think like 40 inches or lower at full grown and 3 years old is the size but everybody wants them smaller and smaller

Yea, I don't really want small, sell hanging halfs. Haven't found much info on a hereford and jersey cross, jersey's don't get that big, not sure about size of herefords. Will be getting a holistein bottle bull next week and will have him for breeding next yr. Have 15 6mth old jersey steers coming along good but planning on switching heard to holistein when these go to the butcher. Can't afford angus prices at $1000 each for 6mth old steers.

Wow Myers, that is a great price on those heifers. Cheapest I have seen on girls that old. Half Holstein would mean they might get pretty tall but still it is a great price on them.

We have a dairy sale down south of us, I guess it's pretty big, we have not gone down there yet. Jerseys in milk here are $800 to $1200 or so. Probably a lot cheaper at the dairy auction if you can get them away from the bidders.

There is also a Guernsey dairy north and west of us, or used to be. We got our Guernsey in milk with a bull calf for $800. But she was very large, and gave 7 gallons a day, and you could not put a halter on her. The calf milked one side while my DH milked the other side and she had to be in a milk stall. The small Jerseys are so much easier for just a home milk cow. A very small midget Guernsey would be great.

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I have a young registered jersey cow that I may interested in selling here in Oklahoma. she is very gentle and halter broke like a puppy... she is current on vac. worming dehorned. This heifer was registered in the jersey renewal program her ---- is grade a1 cow and she was an AI calf and her sire is A champion Bull "Action" She is around 2 years old and has just became breeding age but is still open. I raise jersey's here in Oklahoma mostly for homesteaders, and for folks whom are looking for good healthy cows. I have a very closed herd and I only AI my girls to insure good breeding and healthy calves. if your interested reply to post or email me wascklywabbit2002@yahoo.com for price or picts.