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  • @jamesdonal8599
    @jamesdonal8599 Рік тому +13

    You’re wise , never risk what you can’t afford to lose. We all have experienced bad years just try not to brood, pick yourself up and keep going. You have many friends to ask advice and listen to you, thank you for being so honest.

  • @rodneyswales6538
    @rodneyswales6538 Рік тому +5

    I am so sorry to hear about your terrible loss with these calves.

  • @paulwhite4627
    @paulwhite4627 Рік тому +6

    Thanks for your honesty. Farming is not for the weak.

  • @dougdiplacido2406
    @dougdiplacido2406 Рік тому +7

    Sorry to hear that you had such a loss. Hoping things get better from here. Thanks for sharing this with us.

  • @TB-il3lo
    @TB-il3lo Рік тому +3

    Wowzers...that's harsh dude.. you always get my thumbs up for what it's worth.. hope things turn around for you.

  • @pcdreams1
    @pcdreams1 Рік тому +4

    Man that's tough!! One thing I always love about your videos is you share the good and the bad. I'm sorry you took a bath on these. If you're anything like me though you're like the farmer they ask about the lottery. "What would you do if you won? " "Farm till it's gone" One thing I always try to remember is that even in a bad year, with farming if you can't sell you can always feed yourself. Cause you can't eat money.

  • @RosebudBB
    @RosebudBB Рік тому +2

    First time here and love that you got straight to the point and didn't drag me through a whole video of daily chores before you got to the point! Not that daily chores aren't important but I won't watch someone doing daily chores of basic feeding and gathering eggs that I do every day to get to the point of why I'm watching a video. Thank you!

  • @thewjs3738
    @thewjs3738 Рік тому +4

    A saying I've heard many times "Keep on, keeping on."

  • @rodneyswales6538
    @rodneyswales6538 Рік тому

    I raised calves for 10+ years and did well on some ,took it in my the shorts on others. The last few years I have not been able to get it to work on paper so haven't even bought for 3 years. I work at a local Salebarn and our calf prices are just outrageous. Hol/Angus bull 5.00 a lb. Hol/aug hfers 4.50 + a lb hols bulls 2.50-2.75 a lb. Hol hfers ( a year ago we couldn't get .23-.30 a lb for the nicest calve you can imagine) 2.00 a lb. I have decided setting in the house when it is -20 below zero is my best idea. I am glad you found out the problem and the solution

  • @azzamaddas4437
    @azzamaddas4437 Рік тому +2

    As you said it is not the end of the world. I hope your o see you hold to the good heifers that you got, don’t sell, breed them and get the calfs and steers that you need to sell. Don’t sell the ones that you like. Wishing you all the best and at the end of the days it is your decision and I am not a farmer.

  • @coyroberts8356
    @coyroberts8356 Рік тому

    Oo! Prayers

  • @azamyahmad
    @azamyahmad Рік тому

    Great video and good luck .. TQ Sir

  • @johnp1
    @johnp1 Рік тому +1

    I'm sure you'll do well in the future. You have a very good business sense.

  • @brysonryan7022
    @brysonryan7022 Рік тому +2

    stories like yours are how legacies are made

  • @randybutler4772
    @randybutler4772 Рік тому

    Thank you for sharing.🐂

  • @cheshillyard2870
    @cheshillyard2870 Рік тому +1

    wow that was not a productive sale. but hey,better than nothing.Hopefully the next batch will do alot better. Hugs buddy ,love you .

  • @theavandenberg6876
    @theavandenberg6876 Рік тому

    yeah these things can happen...on the upside...things can only get better hopefully.

  • @jamesmorrison1884
    @jamesmorrison1884 Рік тому

    Hi enjoyed your video your honesty as allways. Do you produce feed for your animals? That's a loss that city people dont see. Have a great day.

  • @tinnnn1
    @tinnnn1 Рік тому +1

    You know I would pay to come and work on your farm with you for a couple of weeks? I live in Milan in Italy and watch your videos from all the way over there in America...I'm fascinated. Thank you for your content.

  • @markfriend4714
    @markfriend4714 Рік тому +1

    Man that's tough... hang in there.... like the hat BTW

  • @britann4636
    @britann4636 Рік тому

    Dang. We've always had decent luck at the Fort Scott sale barn. I haven't seen all of your videos - apologies if you have gone there.

  • @billcampbell2943
    @billcampbell2943 Рік тому +1

    Quite a loss considering all the work u put into the calves

  • @kevinanderson89
    @kevinanderson89 Рік тому

    Sorry they did not sell well. I sell my 50/50 bottle calves straight off the farm and have had way better luck. I got 1.65ish for 440 ish steers and 1.50 ish for the hiefers and do not have to pay for hauling or the sale barn fees. I sale by the head for no one argues about weight. I have 2 guys that buy most of them.Hope next round goes better.

  • @vincerestivo1860
    @vincerestivo1860 Рік тому

    I’m new to this and Curious as to the strategy with bottle calves. Thanks for the learning in advance

  • @scottmackinnon2045
    @scottmackinnon2045 Рік тому

    Wonder about white muscle disease. I’ve seen that with bottle calves. A shot of selenium makes the difference. Sorry for your loss. This was the first time I watched your video.

  • @andrewduff4719
    @andrewduff4719 10 місяців тому

    where do you find all your calves? I love these profit or loss vids I am super new and green to cattle and sometimes looking at the data is the best way to go about it! I only have 3 calves right now but I am raising more for freezer meat and not sale barn but i would love to look at other opportunities

  • @danielmaclean8932
    @danielmaclean8932 Рік тому

    Ever onward!!!

  • @douglaswcrawley4094
    @douglaswcrawley4094 11 місяців тому

    you need to try raise,n those calves in pens outside one calf per pen. huts are the best!! u need sunlight to kill the pathageons if you raise them inside a barn. if one gets sick within hours in spreads through the whole barn . sun ligth is the only thing that kills pathageons

  • @eldonhoward7925
    @eldonhoward7925 Рік тому

    I am sorry this happened! I do not understand why.

  • @CountryKirby.
    @CountryKirby. Рік тому

    Recently In Mississippi nothing young as a year has been selling for under 2.40lb just for steers and helfers

  • @MichaelHolloway
    @MichaelHolloway Рік тому

    so did the bottle calf farmer have any suggestions as to what intervention to save your herd might be when you get 'Collustin A' ?
    interesting video. thanks

  • @VirginiaBronson
    @VirginiaBronson Рік тому +1

    Oof, that's rough. In years past, you'd said you'd heard of stories like this. One just hopes it'll never be YOU that has a similar one to tell later on.

    • @FarmandHammer
      @FarmandHammer  Рік тому +2

      Yup. I guess it was my turn lol. But it was a good lesson learned!

    • @VirginiaBronson
      @VirginiaBronson Рік тому

      @@FarmandHammer yes, sir.

  • @angelus3605
    @angelus3605 Рік тому

    Damn man that sucks ass!!
    I've always wondered, I mean I've seen your videos about your cows giving birth, why do you buy bottle calves? Why not just collect the calves when a day or so after they're born?
    I would imagine that would greatly help your bottom line to not have to buy bottle calves. I honestly want to know.
    You are my go to spot for info about raising bottle calves for when I start raising my own.

  • @arthurdewith7608
    @arthurdewith7608 Рік тому

    Only raise bottle calves when there is a shot supply of stockers

  • @BriggsStratton11
    @BriggsStratton11 11 місяців тому

    Sorry to see this. Are bottle calves insurable?

  • @smalldairyfarmer
    @smalldairyfarmer Рік тому

    Tuff one hope you sell better in your next sell

  • @CurrentChoices
    @CurrentChoices Рік тому

    Salers Barn ever sold on Reserve//minium price? Totally out of your control-bummer.

  • @Wertyingf
    @Wertyingf Рік тому

    I quit selling at the stockyards never get a good price

  • @rogerfuhr8067
    @rogerfuhr8067 Рік тому +2

    For all the effort and expense you’re having with bottle calves, I believe I would rethink that phase of farming.

    • @jaredlacy3147
      @jaredlacy3147 Рік тому +2

      Got a show a loss somewhere for the taxes lol

  • @garyhoward3123
    @garyhoward3123 Рік тому +2

    For 33 yrs found my buyers on craigslist
    Sale barn rips you on that type.

    • @bch5513
      @bch5513 Рік тому

      Facebook now, but no doubt.

  • @hamillfarms269
    @hamillfarms269 Рік тому

    You did not get burned. You sold at auction, no other way to get a more accurate price based on quality of animals presented for sale. Bottle calves will lose you a lot of money, there’s a reason we cow calf producers sell them. There’s no profit.

  • @zachraley851
    @zachraley851 Рік тому

    Have u tried selling on Craigslist or the paper?

  • @CashDelcour537
    @CashDelcour537 2 місяці тому

    Hey is that at Joplin mo because I live only a couple hours away from there and I go there a lot

  • @johnphillips2396
    @johnphillips2396 Рік тому

    You need better stock. It doesn't pay to feed utility calves.

  • @LarsonFamilyFarm-LLC
    @LarsonFamilyFarm-LLC Рік тому

    i give you an A+ for reporting your hardship year finances. I wouldn't do bottle calves....they need their mothers...come join us cattle producers and breeders...skip the bottle calf and milk mixing. There's a reason why only chicken and pigs can be massed produced for packers...cattle need long time in the natural fields with their mothers...4 to 6 months...makes for a healthy no-cost born-on-ranch calf going to market for solid profits.

  • @ronhooks1123
    @ronhooks1123 Рік тому

    What a bummer!! You will survive!! Chin up, my friend ! Peace from SW Florida 😢!! Bring on those pigs😅😅!!

  • @javierbetancourt9388
    @javierbetancourt9388 Рік тому

    Wow😢

  • @nickbabinski2672
    @nickbabinski2672 Рік тому +1

    I was at the sale in Joplin I’m the one in the orange shirt down on the right

  • @rodmackinnon8497
    @rodmackinnon8497 Рік тому

    Well if you didn't have hard times, you wouldn't know how to appreciate good times. Make hay while the sun is shining. Cheers.

  • @user-rv3nc3qr7n
    @user-rv3nc3qr7n Рік тому

    Is that Joplin stock yards

  • @MsNicholsLiz
    @MsNicholsLiz Рік тому

    Holy cow, what a bummer. If you had been able to keep them longer, would it have made a difference?

    • @FarmandHammer
      @FarmandHammer  Рік тому +3

      I think selling them at 700lbs would have made a big difference but it would have cost me quite a bit more in feed so I’m not sure it would have paid. Another local sale had a Holstein steer sale the same week and ones the same weight as my angus x Holsteins brought 1.75. Must have just not been any buyers interested when I sold mine.

    • @MsNicholsLiz
      @MsNicholsLiz Рік тому

      @@FarmandHammer That's what I was thinking, bad timing or the luck of the draw.

  • @davidhickenbottom6574
    @davidhickenbottom6574 Рік тому

    Sounds like bad timing, everything is sky high right now.

  • @jopjas9
    @jopjas9 Рік тому

    Since you have the video, can you talk with your JRS field man and ask why they brought what they did? If you do I would be interested in what explanation is given.

    • @ezravantassel5639
      @ezravantassel5639 6 місяців тому

      Junk dairy cross bottle calves, they brought what they were worth.

  • @hunterroberts4581
    @hunterroberts4581 Рік тому +5

    Bottle calves and dairy stock tend to get docked on average. But I would think you should find a better market to sell calves

  • @paulkica4129
    @paulkica4129 Рік тому +1

    Your not allowed to yell "NO SALE"?

  • @Holy_Buckets
    @Holy_Buckets Рік тому +1

    You’ll never have a mortality rate like that agin in bottle calves

  • @maeJoyBwithU-ux3fn
    @maeJoyBwithU-ux3fn Рік тому

    i believe inYa...

  • @slowpoke870
    @slowpoke870 Рік тому

    Wow. Time to find a new place to sell your calf's here in north central Arkansas on the low end for 300 to 400 steers $2.30

  • @Itssteve1994
    @Itssteve1994 11 місяців тому

    Joplin I think you may know some family of mine

  • @luiscjd
    @luiscjd Рік тому

    Sold them too early, best next time

  • @jvenema86
    @jvenema86 Рік тому

    so wonderful beautiful video friend Isaac i love it see so nice

  • @robertwilliams3322
    @robertwilliams3322 Рік тому +4

    Tax write off , good luck Sir

    • @FarmandHammer
      @FarmandHammer  Рік тому +4

      That’s about the only positive in the whole situation lol

  • @meatman6640
    @meatman6640 Рік тому

    we have pretty good holstein market around here their motto the crosses need to look like their dad not the mom

  • @ricksanchez7459
    @ricksanchez7459 Рік тому

    Don't pay more than the AI bill and loading it up on bottle calves. They do better in a greenhouse.

  • @connorlewis8547
    @connorlewis8547 Рік тому

    Are you harvesting k31 this year?

    • @FarmandHammer
      @FarmandHammer  Рік тому

      Actually have a neighbor harvesting some of ours today. Won’t have as much as usual. After last years drought, it just didn’t make much.

    • @connorlewis8547
      @connorlewis8547 Рік тому

      @FarmandHammer would love to see video!

  • @buffranchAB
    @buffranchAB Рік тому +1

    Well you won't have a tax problem then, thanks for being honest and.. it sucks

  • @jameshack485
    @jameshack485 Рік тому

    I'd stick with the bottle calves for a few more years. You just had over half your herd wiped out this year. Chances of it happening again are low. Save the money from your next two or three bottle calf raises and upgrade to some quality beef heifers. If you come across good looking heifers from your bottle calf herd, keep them.

    • @melvinrexwinkle1510
      @melvinrexwinkle1510 Рік тому

      Chances of it happening again are huge, unless he changes management!

  • @johnpick6829
    @johnpick6829 Рік тому +2

    Cos they got no shape

    • @LarsonFamilyFarm-LLC
      @LarsonFamilyFarm-LLC Рік тому +1

      yeah, they were on the thin side...you lose 50 to 75 cents a pound.

  • @57143bodies
    @57143bodies Рік тому +1

    Ouch! Do you want to raise some pigs again? They might bring some fast cash; but, I’m not as savvy as you and other farmers/ranchers. The calves were dear, lovable creatures……very docile and compliant.

    • @FarmandHammer
      @FarmandHammer  Рік тому +1

      I’ll be raising pigs in the future but it may be a while. Still have pork in the freezer!

    • @denisefuller7761
      @denisefuller7761 Рік тому

      @@FarmandHammer calves in are area are bringing 900 dollars and there anywhere from 1 week to a month but luckly i got some for 250 and a 100 dollars

    • @denisefuller7761
      @denisefuller7761 Рік тому

      in nebraska

  • @Lp-lp6sl
    @Lp-lp6sl Рік тому +1

    High risk cattle are what they are…….high risk. Don’t by jerseys, buy beef cattle only. It’s hot and those calves you sold are a risk to the next guy too. Learn from it. Move on. Buy better calves next time. And keep moving forward.

  • @melvinrexwinkle1510
    @melvinrexwinkle1510 Рік тому

    You mentioned 100 dollars for vaccines for 65 calves, perhaps you should have spent more
    You mentioned your father's barn. How many calves were in that barn at one time? And when they were dying were they in the barn? And when they were dying, what was the advice from you 10:54 veterernnarian?
    You mentioned grain? What were you feeding? You mentioned hay as not much of an expense, why?

  • @Florida239
    @Florida239 Рік тому +2

    225 dollars for those bottle calves ? Dear lord they used to damn near give them away in Ohio and Pennsylvania as long as you was quick to
    Come get em that’s crazy! Good luck 👍 🇺🇸

    • @LarsonFamilyFarm-LLC
      @LarsonFamilyFarm-LLC Рік тому +1

      $50 to $100 was the norm for a long time

    • @Florida239
      @Florida239 Рік тому

      @@LarsonFamilyFarm-LLC I wouldn’t pay more than 100 period he’s getting his ass burnt on profit margins

    • @Florida239
      @Florida239 Рік тому

      @@LarsonFamilyFarm-LLC I would buy 10 for 500 dollars that had there mommies colastrum or however it’s spelled

    • @melvinrexwinkle1510
      @melvinrexwinkle1510 Рік тому

      Uh, your information is very obsolete! Newborn beef calves in se ks now June of 23 are as much as 600 dollars per head, and those are profitable!

    • @melvinrexwinkle1510
      @melvinrexwinkle1510 Рік тому

      You are correct about damn near give them away, that's because they were damn near worthless! One can buy a calf damn near worthless, raise it up and sell it like it is still damn near worthless!

  • @jayholcomb3222
    @jayholcomb3222 Рік тому

    So the 6 heifer calves - did they go to a feedlot as well or do you think they were bought as replacement heifers?

  • @devenlamar3900
    @devenlamar3900 Рік тому

    Well having a year long sale close by already u should've waited. Most ppl would've gone there and spent all of their money already
    Oh well

  • @ozlakota1
    @ozlakota1 11 місяців тому

    dealers took u for the ride m8 u need to give written instructions they carved u up not drafting quality agents are parrasites

  • @Semi_Professional.
    @Semi_Professional. Рік тому

    Just thin calves that’s all. The really fat fancy ones do much better.

  • @warny835
    @warny835 Рік тому

    Thats crazy.Prices here are over $3/lb. Wed sale dairy bobs were going for $10.40/ lb

  • @dogwoodish
    @dogwoodish Рік тому +1

    thin looking

  • @ninjanana1272
    @ninjanana1272 Рік тому

    👍👍❤

  • @Trumptrain2024FJB
    @Trumptrain2024FJB 11 місяців тому

    I disagree! I wouldn't be involved in any business that has a bad return! You can make a bigger profit!!! Just have to figure it out! Hook up with a local business! Sell for profit not a loss! FJB POS

  • @user-mw1qk1cf1q
    @user-mw1qk1cf1q 11 місяців тому

    Your dealing in junk cattle... Get junk price... Buy better quality will really pay off. And you'll sleep better...

  • @storminnormanz
    @storminnormanz Рік тому

    well it only cost you 11 grand for the priveledge of doing all that work and all the fun of it, aint farming great!

    • @FarmandHammer
      @FarmandHammer  Рік тому +4

      I love paying to work. It’s even better than working for free 😂

    • @storminnormanz
      @storminnormanz Рік тому

      @@FarmandHammer haha exactly