12/29/14, 03:10 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Utah
Posts: 936
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Shes a nice animal, but you don't say how old she is, so I'm only guessing.
If she were at least 90 days in calf it would add 3 to $500 to the local going rate. If not pregnant, all she's worth is weigh up price. Around $1.18 a lb.
Ready to butcher, fat, market heifers are going at about $1.48 in the central U.S. Your probably a few cents under that.
On the best day, the markets in your area are running around $1670 to $1790 for bred heifers.
All that being said, shes worth what the buyer will pay. Private sales can sometimes be higher but take more time.
Quality, (black) 570 lb. conditioned calves are bringing more total dollars than their mothers, through the same sale ring.
IMHO I would keep her. Around the 10th of January, breed her to a low birth weight angus bull. Have her confirmed in calf, then sell her as a fall calver in the spring just as the grass is going to come on. She'll bring a premium price then.
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