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| High selling horse I heard went for 110k. Guys Suzy Q.
Another went for 101k and it might have been Smooth Movin Guy, but not sure. |
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| The mare that sold for $101,000 was Frenchmans Firestar. |
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| Wow!! Did anyone catch the cremellos' price ? |
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| What number was the creamello? |
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Location: Canada | What did lot 3 Sheza Lady Guyz go for ? |
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| The cremello was lot 41 If someone could post a pic of the results that would be great!! Thank you!! |
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Location: In the freezing north! | barrelracer63046304 - 2016-08-28 2:51 PM
Wow!! Did anyone catch the cremellos' price ?
$8000 |
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Location: In the freezing north! | wheels2 - 2016-08-28 4:17 PM
What did lot 3 Sheza Lady Guyz go for ?
I have $49,000 down |
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| Over the top ridiculous prices
Edited by Texas Tornado 2016-08-28 11:36 PM
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| Texas Tornado - 2016-08-28 11:35 PM
Over the top ridiculous prices
I love the Frenchmans Guy horses and I understand they are awesome and everybody wants one, but I kind of agree. Its hard to recoup the money on a 20K horse, much less spending that much! |
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Location: Not Where I Want to Be | Texas Tornado - 2016-08-29 12:35 AM Over the top ridiculous prices
you probalby wouldn't think so if you were listed as the seller.
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| 1DSoon - 2016-08-30 7:24 AM
Texas Tornado - 2016-08-29 12:35 AM Over the top ridiculous prices
you probalby wouldn't think so if you were listed as the seller.
HaHa! 
You have a point. I would be ok with selling 2 or 3 of those in a year! |
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Location: Montana | horsiace1025 - 2016-08-30 6:45 AM 1DSoon - 2016-08-30 7:24 AM Texas Tornado - 2016-08-29 12:35 AM Over the top ridiculous prices you probalby wouldn't think so if you were listed as the seller.
HaHa! You have a point. I would be ok with selling 2 or 3 of those in a year!
Same here! |
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Location: Slipping down the slope of old age. Boo hoo. | With prices up you have to believe the recent tax law changes that were favorable to the horse industry are helping with prices.... |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Most that spend that kind of money have no intentions of recouping any of that back. Unless you have one of the few big slot winners. But you still have crazy amounts invested in feed/vet/training. |
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| I'm curious to know how much prices have increased from their first production sale to today? I know there is inflation and other factors but it would be interesting to compare. When was their first sale? |
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Location: MD | wyoming barrel racer - 2016-08-30 7:05 PM
Most that spend that kind of money have no intentions of recouping any of that back. Unless you have one of the few big slot winners. But you still have crazy amounts invested in feed/vet/training.
Thank you!! I try to explain this all the time. Folks spending that kind of money are buying a great horse and hoping to do great things with it. Whether or not they recoup money, or make a profit is low on the priority list. |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | I've been to several of their sales and chit chatted with the folks spending $40-$100k on these young PROSPECTS. Believe me, they all have money to burn...wether they are in debt to their eye balls I have no idea. But they are there to play the game. Barrel racing at the elite level has gotten to be a lot like horse racing. Takes big money to play the game. Sure there are still a few that just have that special horse. But most do it as a hobby.
Now where is a sugar daddy that won't mind if a girl is married...and don't want no sugar |
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| wyoming barrel racer - 2016-08-30 8:12 PM
I've been to several of their sales and chit chatted with the folks spending $40-$100k on these young PROSPECTS. Believe me, they all have money to burn...wether they are in debt to their eye balls I have no idea. But they are there to play the game. Barrel racing at the elite level has gotten to be a lot like horse racing. Takes big money to play the game. Sure there are still a few that just have that special horse. But most do it as a hobby.
Now where is a sugar daddy that won't mind if a girl is married...and don't want no sugar
You are so spot on ....
It is the same in the livestock industry. The people who can pay the big $$$ are not always looking to make a profit. They are in it for other reasons.
Also, if you have built a successful breeding and production program as what these guys have, the money players will come. You can floor your animals at "ridiculous" prices as people are willing to pay them. As a breeder/producer, you also think about what it would cost you to have to go out and replace the animal you are selling - what amount of money would you need to bring that caliber of quality, pedigree, and ability home to replace what you are selling .... |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | I think it is everywhere anymore. We are wanting to get our boys in 4-H next year. We are hard working folks. We ranch with my husband's dad and my husband drives truck some to try and get ahead. We started to ask around what a market lamb and show steer cost. OMG!!! Some are paying $2000+ for a lamb. $8k+ for a steer. We don't have stock show intentions here, just want to do well at our county fair level, maybe have some luck at state fair. But it sounds like you have to have some deep pockets to even have a chance at state fair anymore. When I was a kid, it sure wasn't that way. I showed in the 90's. I never showed livestock, just horses, but my friends that had the steers/sheep worked hard and did decent without spending their college savings on their project animals.
So anyways, we'll find something we can afford and work extra hard to see how they can do. |
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Location: Somewhere in the middle of nowhere | wyoming barrel racer - 2016-08-31 8:48 AM
I think it is everywhere anymore. We are wanting to get our boys in 4-H next year. We are hard working folks. We ranch with my husband's dad and my husband drives truck some to try and get ahead. We started to ask around what a market lamb and show steer cost. OMG!!! Some are paying $2000+ for a lamb. $8k+ for a steer. We don't have stock show intentions here, just want to do well at our county fair level, maybe have some luck at state fair. But it sounds like you have to have some deep pockets to even have a chance at state fair anymore. When I was a kid, it sure wasn't that way. I showed in the 90's. I never showed livestock, just horses, but my friends that had the steers/sheep worked hard and did decent without spending their college savings on their project animals.
So anyways, we'll find something we can afford and work extra hard to see how they can do.
There are good quality breeders out there that actually breed for the 4-h projects. Look around at some of your neighbors and get the word out for what you are looking at.....also try cwcattlesales.com
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Location: In The Land of Cotton | wyoming barrel racer - 2016-08-31 10:48 AM I think it is everywhere anymore. We are wanting to get our boys in 4-H next year. We are hard working folks. We ranch with my husband's dad and my husband drives truck some to try and get ahead. We started to ask around what a market lamb and show steer cost. OMG!!! Some are paying $2000+ for a lamb. $8k+ for a steer. We don't have stock show intentions here, just want to do well at our county fair level, maybe have some luck at state fair. But it sounds like you have to have some deep pockets to even have a chance at state fair anymore. When I was a kid, it sure wasn't that way. I showed in the 90's. I never showed livestock, just horses, but my friends that had the steers/sheep worked hard and did decent without spending their college savings on their project animals.
So anyways, we'll find something we can afford and work extra hard to see how they can do.
There are also a lot of beeders who will "sell" the animal to the kids for $1. And then you sell it back to them at the end of the showing season. We did this with heifers. There was no way we could afford 2 $35K heifers. And, it helps the breeders get their animals out there.
On the steers maybe they might do the same and when the animal sales at the end, the kids split the money with the original owner.
We found good hog breeders and for market animals only paid around $175 and did really, really well. Breeding gilts we paid in the thousands. But were able to resale them. Good luck. No matter what you end up paying, just the experience for the kids is worth it. |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | 3canstorun - 2016-08-31 9:34 AM wyoming barrel racer - 2016-08-31 10:48 AM I think it is everywhere anymore. We are wanting to get our boys in 4-H next year. We are hard working folks. We ranch with my husband's dad and my husband drives truck some to try and get ahead. We started to ask around what a market lamb and show steer cost. OMG!!! Some are paying $2000+ for a lamb. $8k+ for a steer. We don't have stock show intentions here, just want to do well at our county fair level, maybe have some luck at state fair. But it sounds like you have to have some deep pockets to even have a chance at state fair anymore. When I was a kid, it sure wasn't that way. I showed in the 90's. I never showed livestock, just horses, but my friends that had the steers/sheep worked hard and did decent without spending their college savings on their project animals.
So anyways, we'll find something we can afford and work extra hard to see how they can do. There are also a lot of beeders who will "sell" the animal to the kids for $1. And then you sell it back to them at the end of the showing season. We did this with heifers. There was no way we could afford 2 $35K heifers. And, it helps the breeders get their animals out there.
On the steers maybe they might do the same and when the animal sales at the end, the kids split the money with the original owner.
We found good hog breeders and for market animals only paid around $175 and did really, really well. Breeding gilts we paid in the thousands. But were able to resale them. Good luck. No matter what you end up paying, just the experience for the kids is worth it.
That's great to know. We have a few friends that have kids that show pigs. Sounds like a good project to start with. Fairly easy and I think the boys would have fun. My husband is just not convinced about having them around yet lol. |
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Location: In The Land of Cotton | wyoming barrel racer - 2016-08-31 11:40 AM 3canstorun - 2016-08-31 9:34 AM wyoming barrel racer - 2016-08-31 10:48 AM I think it is everywhere anymore. We are wanting to get our boys in 4-H next year. We are hard working folks. We ranch with my husband's dad and my husband drives truck some to try and get ahead. We started to ask around what a market lamb and show steer cost. OMG!!! Some are paying $2000+ for a lamb. $8k+ for a steer. We don't have stock show intentions here, just want to do well at our county fair level, maybe have some luck at state fair. But it sounds like you have to have some deep pockets to even have a chance at state fair anymore. When I was a kid, it sure wasn't that way. I showed in the 90's. I never showed livestock, just horses, but my friends that had the steers/sheep worked hard and did decent without spending their college savings on their project animals.
So anyways, we'll find something we can afford and work extra hard to see how they can do. There are also a lot of beeders who will "sell" the animal to the kids for $1. And then you sell it back to them at the end of the showing season. We did this with heifers. There was no way we could afford 2 $35K heifers. And, it helps the breeders get their animals out there.
On the steers maybe they might do the same and when the animal sales at the end, the kids split the money with the original owner.
We found good hog breeders and for market animals only paid around $175 and did really, really well. Breeding gilts we paid in the thousands. But were able to resale them. Good luck. No matter what you end up paying, just the experience for the kids is worth it.
My kids loved showing hogs, more then the steers and heifers. They are super smart. The hogs put them through college too with scholarships and money saved when they sold them. And, money they earned when they showed.
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| 3canstorun - 2016-08-31 10:34 AM
wyoming barrel racer - 2016-08-31 10:48 AM I think it is everywhere anymore. We are wanting to get our boys in 4-H next year. We are hard working folks. We ranch with my husband's dad and my husband drives truck some to try and get ahead. We started to ask around what a market lamb and show steer cost. OMG!!! Some are paying $2000+ for a lamb. $8k+ for a steer. We don't have stock show intentions here, just want to do well at our county fair level, maybe have some luck at state fair. But it sounds like you have to have some deep pockets to even have a chance at state fair anymore. When I was a kid, it sure wasn't that way. I showed in the 90's. I never showed livestock, just horses, but my friends that had the steers/sheep worked hard and did decent without spending their college savings on their project animals.
So anyways, we'll find something we can afford and work extra hard to see how they can do.
There are also a lot of beeders who will "sell" the animal to the kids for $1. And then you sell it back to them at the end of the showing season. We did this with heifers. There was no way we could afford 2 $35K heifers. And, it helps the breeders get their animals out there.
On the steers maybe they might do the same and when the animal sales at the end, the kids split the money with the original owner.
We found good hog breeders and for market animals only paid around $175 and did really, really well. Breeding gilts we paid in the thousands. But were able to resale them. Good luck. No matter what you end up paying, just the experience for the kids is worth it.
We do this with show lambs.
We keep the phone and text lines open, follow up on the ewe lambs and kids, make sure the kids are going to do well, that the ewe lambs are fed well, etc. It works well; the kids get mentors they can ask lots of questions of, and we get good exposure for our breeding program.
So far, it has been a win - win for us and the kids/ show parents. |
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