Originally Posted by 000buck
Originally Posted by Beer Belly
How do they pay you:
- $/lb live weight
- $/lb after butchering
- Do they look at each cow and give you a $ for them - auction

Live weight is what they pay. They take out a 2% fee for shrink. Shrink is the weight they’ll lose from our farm to the farm they are going to. In simple terms.

Calf weighed 736lbs, take 2% off that and you get 722lbs. We get paid for 722lbs.

Thx.


--------------
For what it is worth: I still agree with me!
A big man will stand up for himself; a great man will stand up for others.
Processor Map: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1OTDcvGoo3puyO-CV10he3pH97IE