eating,” says Gill. “They’re walking and bawling, looking for Mother, so they don’t fi ll up when they go to the auction yard.” While a calf that’s been weaned
and vaccinated typically brings a $6 to $10 per hundred pounds (cwt) premium, there will still be shrink on that calf, Gill concedes, but most likely in the 2 to 4 percent range. So, instead of losing 8 to 10 percent of the weight of a 500-pound calf, the equivalent of about $60 to $75 at today’s prices, the loss can be reduced to $15 to $30. However, unless calves are mar-
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keted through a system that verifi es vaccinations were given under a certain protocol, Gill says pre-sale vaccination doesn’t result in a pre- mium. Data show vaccinated calves will bring a $2 to $3 per cwt pre- mium at the Superior Video Auction, but that sale has a large volume of vaccinated calves and demand for them from buyers. “If you’re selling them at a lo-
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cal auction market and you don’t have buyers looking for vaccinat- ed, well-managed calves, then a lot of times, you may not see that premium,” Gill says. “So there are probably other things that would be of more value. The amount of fl esh, the fi ll, whether they’re stale or fresh-weaned bawling — all of those will have a bigger impact on price than vaccination.” If the rancher makes a quick
decision to sell and has not been preparing the calves for market, Gill says the most important thing is to treat the cattle like the high value product they are, and handle them as quietly and calmly as possible. He says, “When you make those
abrupt decisions, sometimes you’re not set up and don’t have adequate help. You try to rush through the process and you stress the cattle
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