On Landline (ABC) today was a story about the "Beef Stock Market". Basically you can buy and sell online trading in Cattle. Minimum buy is $500 which = 1 Cattle. Those interested should look at the following link.
http://www.beefstockmarket.com.au
An interesting concept!
Milk Man
12th-February-2006, 07:41 PM
I'll sell you 1 cow for $30. It wont be very big though, and youll have to come here with your trailer and get it. Actually i'll sell you a few hundred cows, a dairy, some tractors and stuff and an orchard quite cheaply too. :D
wayneL
12th-February-2006, 08:51 PM
I'll sell you 1 cow for $30. It wont be very big though, and youll have to come here with your trailer and get it. Actually i'll sell you a few hundred cows, a dairy, some tractors and stuff and an orchard quite cheaply too. :D
LOL
wayneL
12th-February-2006, 08:57 PM
On Landline (ABC) today was a story about the "Beef Stock Market". Basically you can buy and sell online trading in Cattle. Minimum buy is $500 which = 1 Cattle. Those interested should look at the following link.
http://www.beefstockmarket.com.au
An interesting concept!
How about this http://www.cme.com/clearing/clr/spec/contract_specifications_cl.html?product=LC
40,000 lbs for $945USD margin.
Milk Man
13th-February-2006, 09:50 AM
With beef cattle wheelin' and dealin' is generally where the money is at. If you can buy from a dry area and youve still got feed is one example. You lose that aspect letting someone else pick your stock I feel. Yield has never been great for us with beef- property is where our gains have come from (buying, improving, selling). If I were to invest in beef again it would be stud beef (a big pack of brahman bulls is a bit off-putting though). Primary producer status is always a plus though.
happytrader
13th-February-2006, 10:10 AM
Hi Milkman
Just out of curiousity, do you have one of those wheat grass growing operations for feeding your cattle? I saw this some time ago on landline and I thought the cows looked very happy munching away on this green stuff.
Cheers
Happytrader
Milk Man
13th-February-2006, 03:11 PM
Nah, barley, oats, rye, lucerne; no wheat though.
David123
13th-February-2006, 03:27 PM
Nah, barley, oats, rye, lucerne; no wheat though.
No Triticale ?..unusual
happytrader
13th-February-2006, 04:33 PM
Nah, barley, oats, rye, lucerne; no wheat though.
Hi Milkman,
So you grow all this stuff in a specially constructed unit on your farm?
