Weaned calves are starting to filter through sale barns. When marketing calves. South Dakota State University Cow/Calf Field Specialist Olivia Amundson encourages the rancher to have a good health program in place for the calves. “When we collected data last fall and this spring, we saw that calves that had their vaccinations played a huge role in priced received.” Uniform lots of calves can generate a premium as well. Timing is also a big factor to consider. “We saw a huge price spread between weaned calves and unweaned calves. When we sat down with order buyers, we found that October-November is the prime time to be selling bawling calves.”
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