It sure looks like there is enough moisture to have wheat pasture, if the seed is in the ground. From all the stories, it sounds like wheat might be 50 to 60 percent planted. It is still up in the air whether any of that will be grazed. It’s been encouraging to see some irrigated fields with cattle already turned out. If all these wheat acres go unused, where will all the calves go? It might make for a very exciting spring market!

There is going to be some great opportunities coming up! Calves selling right now are selling with a great futures price, with some of them bringing less per pound than an eight hundred pounder! The last few years we have fought drought, high priced calves, low priced fats and now there is enough moisture to get pasture, calves are priced to make money, and the feeder market is as good as ever!

For the most part, it doesn’t seem like the United States is building up its’ cow herd. Drought has forced many cows to the packer in the last 10 years, and heifer numbers in the feed yards are certainly not any smaller! Our competitors in chicken and pork have increased their numbers to record levels, while our numbers are still down around where they were decades ago. Take advantage of these bred cows that are selling! A young bred cow with 10 calves in her will certainly pay off, even at the prices the calves are bringing right now! What’s wrong with $500 or $600 for a calf?

COMING NEXT TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2007!

Crown H Ranch 100 Blk/Bwf 1st calf heifers, bred to Pollard Farms
Low birthweight Angus bulls
200 Blk/Bwf 2nd & 3rd calf cows, bred to Pollard,
Sebranek, and Seyler Angus Bulls
20 2 & 3 yr old Angus bulls, some registered

Grauerholz Ranch 280 Angus sired steers & heifers, vacc. No implants
All one raising, 400 to 600 lbs

Upcoming Sales at Winter Livestock in Enid:

November 13 Special weaned and preconditioned calf sale
November 27 End of the month special cow sale
December 1 Annual Fall bred cow sale
December 11 End of the month, end of the year cow sale