jersey and holstien cross?

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almost every calf they have down there has scours so bad you never know if they gonna live or not
 

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That's cheap for a heifer calf. Here's what they are bringing here:
Top Quality Holstein Heifer Calves 250.00 - 460.00 per head
Plain Quality Heifer Calves 150.00- 250.00 per head
Lightweight Heifer Calves 100.00 per head and down

Have you talked to the farmer down the road and see if you can buy one direct from him?
 

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my wife would kill me if i spent that much on calf
 

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he keeps everything he has for himself and his family....his kids never buy beef from anywhere cuz dad takes care of them....friday i'm going to the auction again and i talked to lady i got howie from.she usually brings 2 calfs a week for auction and shes gonna try to bring me decent one next friday ....her calfs always seem like they healthiest ones at every auction
 

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The farmers here would be ashamed to send a calf with the scours to auction. The lower end calves are ones that are light weights or have something wrong-bumb knee,etc.
 

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Heifer calves are high here in Pa too, at least the good ones that arent twins to bulls. Here they state right as the calf is being sold if its a single or a twin to a bull. I've seen week old holstein heifer calves sell for 5-6.00 a pound.....that was a few years ago, hard to believe. I can see if you were buying from a farmer and you knew it was from a good milking cow but at that time they werent even specifying if it was a twin to a bull. Hubby said it had something to do with Mexico importing a lot of bred heifers.
 

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A few years ago we were seeing the $600-700 a calf. It had to due to milk prices here.
 

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i havent checked the prices in awhile.but dairy heifer calves are bringing $200 to $400ea.
 

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my cousin just called me tonight shes got 3 calves to sell....i get to go look at them tonight.....if i dont take one shes takin all 3 to auction tomarrow they all holsteins...one hefer and 2 steers
 

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