Price of a yearling bull?

[wolffeathers]

What would be a typical price range of a yearling bull, half jersey half something else(lol). He has horns so I don't think he's angus cross and he is completely black(not dark, BLACK!). He is well rounded, having been raised on mommas milk and all the forage he wants. Don't have a weight on him, because he's not the type to let us walk up and exactly get a heart girth on him.

Typical price?

Getting ready to hunt craiglist and see what others are going for.

[DaleK]

Not castrated, not dehorned, dairy cross bred, sounds like not worth using for breeding? Maybe $400 here.

[wolffeathers]

Gotcha.

[ksfarmer]

Originally Posted by DaleK

Not castrated, not dehorned, dairy cross bred, sounds like not worth using for breeding? Maybe $400 here.

I think Dale K is in the ballpark, might bring a little more around here, but definately not top price. I assume you are not buying him for a herd bull (LOL).

[oregon woodsmok]

Whatever the price per pound is at the local auction for dairy cross bulls.

He could possibly be Angus cross. Dexter is another possibility,

Jersey bulls are the most dangerous animal on the farm, so he needs to be castrated ASAP. He is not a breeding quality animal.

Are you buying or selling?

[wolffeathers]

We're getting rid of him. Someone was suppose to come help us castrate and dehorn him as a calf and days turned to weeks turned to months and now there is a yearling bull out there. LOL

I'm not really sure how to castrate him as a yearling. He was a the product of a backyard project gone way, WAY astray. (Just another lesson learned I suppose) We planned to send him to the butcher, but our financial situation changed and it's just not an expense we can afford at the immediate moment. (Trying to sell his mother, so if she sells without him, then he'll be sent off with any money earned)

[sassafras manor]

If financial matters are tight, why wait around for the right person on Craigslist and send them both to the sale barn instead? Yeah you might get a little less but with alot less effort they both can be sold and money in your pocket at one time. Just my opinion. Good luck!

[Oxankle]

Two or three ways to do this, but the quickest way to get money out of him is to take him to the sale as sassafras suggests.

a yearling dairy cross bull with horns is a danger to any children, actually to anyone, who must work around him. If you send him to market you'll get immediate cash and remove the danger.

I've banded yearlings, but to do so you need an absolute restraint such as a squeeze chute or a rope and tie job. I've roped them, tied the head off to a tree,
(Leave him four or five feet of rope; don't hang him!) then roped a hind leg and pulled it out behind with my tractor, then just shoved the animal over. Then rope the other leg, pull it forward and tie it off and you can do just about whatever you want with the bull. He'll squall and bellow, but you can dehorn him, castrate, band, brand, whatever.

Turn him loose in reverse order. Let go the leg you've pulled forward. Then ease the rope on the other hind leg and let him stand. Last, tie a cord to the hondo on the lasso around his head or horns and fasten it to your tree. when you release the rope the cord will pull the loop open and your bull can get out of the noose.

If all you want is to vaccinate or worm an easy way to handle a balky animal is to rope him and pull his head through a suitable forked tree. Just remember that a bull can kick a fly off his ear. I've inspected bull ankles from as close as four inches when working on them that way.

Do not be standing in the open when he gets loose as he will not be happy with you.

Much easier with a couple of good horses, but who has them this day?

[sammyd]

prolly a holstein/jersey cross popular in dairy circles and would explain the total black of the animal.
Usually not worth much. I would expect it to bring on the lower end or maybe less of the cull bull market which would mean .70 or less per pound around here. And I wouldn't expect to sell it as a herd sire unless I found someone who was totally desperate.

[DWH Farm]

Why not take him to the butcher, and find someone to buy a 1/4 or 1/2. That would pay for your processing and you would have meat in the freezer. Probably more value in that than what he would bring at the sale barn (atleast around here).

[mozarkian]

Last Jersey bulls (10 months old) we sold back in July we delivered up north of Herman MO for $700 each. The 6 bulls we sold earlier in the summer brought a little more than that on average. Won't have anymore to sell till late October, so hope we can get at least $600 then.

[wolffeathers]

Originally Posted by DWH Farm

Why not take him to the butcher, and find someone to buy a 1/4 or 1/2. That would pay for your processing and you would have meat in the freezer. Probably more value in that than what he would bring at the sale barn (atleast around here).

Would him being a bull ruin the meat? (Another reason we were a little worried about sending him off ourselves)

The in-laws may be interested in half the meat, but we procrastinated castrating him, and were worried the meat would be 'off'.

Thanks everyone. Just one of those things that got put on the backburner and stayed there until the pot got burned up. LOL

[DWH Farm]

Originally Posted by wolffeathers

Would him being a bull ruin the meat? (Another reason we were a little worried about sending him off ourselves)

We usually castrate all of ours young, but just butchered a bull about 16 months old (didnt castrate with the others because we planned on keeping him). To be honest I couldnt tell the difference.

[Oxankle]

His being intact made him grow a bit faster than a steer, and he may not have as much fat in the meat, but I would not hesitate to have him processed for meat. If you buy hamburger at the store you eat bull beef every time, and often OLD bull beef.

[wolffeathers]

Sounds good. Thanks ya'll guess I'll be making the little *ahem* an appointment for graduation.

(We never intended to have a bull. Just one of those things that got away from you, ya know?)