Things are better around our area; there at least has been some rain around. A little spotty but at least there is some green.
To me there are still some bred cows and pairs worth the money. It seems in the cattle business there are a lot of followers whether the market is going up or whether it is going down. I love to buy when others are depressed. There is a lot less competition and normally by the time you sell them the market scenario has changed and hopefully for the better.
At least our futures have made a rally with our sale last week being $4 to $10 per hundredweight higher. On Tuesday, futures were about 100 lower. I still say that whoever is holding the futures lower will change the scenario one of these days with less feeders going into the feedlot. If we can’t sell fats higher in December than $110 I would be surprised. But if you will simply do the opposite of what I do you will get quite wealthy.
Feeder cattle numbers are slowing down with last week’s sale being 2,868 less than the week before. And basically the only reason our numbers were staying up at all was the fact that we were catching quite a few feeders that were at least five hours away. Surprisingly, last week we had quite a few 500-pound steers and heifers very thin and excellent to go to grass.
There are five deadly terms used by a woman. If she says the word “fine”—that is the word women use to end an argument when she knows she is right and you need to shut up. When she says the word “nothing”—that word definitely means something and you need to be worried.
When she says the words “go ahead”—this is a dare, not permission so definitely do not do it. When she says the word “whatever”—this is her way of saying “screw you.” When she says “that’s OK”—she is thinking long and hard on how and when you will pay for your mistake. And the bonus word “wow”—this is not a compliment. She is amazed that one person could be so stupid.
Did you know that a woman who is a little overweight lives a lot longer than a man who mentions it?
Editor’s note: Jerry Nine, Woodward, Oklahoma, is a lifetime cattleman who grew up on his family’s ranch near Slapout, Oklahoma.
