I hooked up to the trailer and hauled on of the heifers I had summered here, who missed the bus for the return trip home. Both guys who I summered cattle for sold those cattle yesterday. The cows sold for over $1200 and I didn’t see the heifers sell. Heard heifers were going for $1100 to $1300.
AFTERNOON UPDATE:
Neighbor boy stopped in and I ordered some fruit and jerky, he was selling to raise money for the FFA. Then I went and suckered the horses in with a pail of grain, caught and harnessed up the team, fed some hay out for the calves and set gates so the horses can’t get in to the small trap east of the house where I turned the calves in to. Hauled some bean up the creek with the team and came in and ate. Been on the phone pretty much ever since.
Dennisranch 
I hope that is a good price!
The brother in law sold his bred cows yesterday…the biggest package went for $1525.
Depends Lisa. Better than it has been but every thing you buy has went up also. Broken mouth cows are about 300 higher than last year and I don’t think first calf heifers are quite that big a jump.
Sounds like a good price Linda. Is that up there?
I bought some hamburger at the grocery store that was on sale today. This is all I can add to this convo about beef.
Man! What a killer you are! Glad you bought hamburger from beef. Save a cowboy, kill a damn chicken. And for goodness sakes don’t eat the chicken!
It was at the Brooks auction market here in Alberta.
What is “broken mouth cows”?
JJ, that is an older cow who has lost some of her teeth. Cows tear off grass with their tongue by wrapping their tongue around it and sucking it in to their mouth against their teeth, which they only have in the lower part. None on top like we have. When they start losing teeth and their are gaps they are not very efficient grass eaters so they get thinner and have to work harder to get full. Some call older cows smooth solids, after their teeth all wear down. They can still efficiently graze. Broke mouthed cows would usually run from 8 on up, tho’ a younger cow can have lost some teeth and be a broken mouthed cow. If you are feeding them ground hay and grain, they can still eat efficiently so some farmers and ranchers buy these older cows and keep them in on that type feed and they do well. Some cows never get broken but they will wear their teeth down flush with the gum line. Cows from rocky rougher ground usually become broken mouthed much quicker than cows who graze on sandy ground.
They should wear mouthguards.
Thanks for explaining that Robert!
Laura, your right, they should. Got any idea where you could get them some?