Auction Barn - Buying Bottle Calves

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Комментарии • 228

  • @Michael-fd8ob
    @Michael-fd8ob Год назад +2

    The calves looked good even the ones that were under the weather. I used to play with the calves when they were about that old. I miss doing that. But maybe I'll do it again.

  • @FarmandHammer
    @FarmandHammer 6 лет назад +5

    Your channel is what got me started also raising bottle calves on RUclips! I’m glad you are getting some more because these videos are my favorite!

  • @jeffgixer5185
    @jeffgixer5185 6 лет назад +13

    You're dad bidding on the calves made me smile. When I first got out of School I worked at the stockyard and the farmers who bid never make eye contact with the auctioneer.

    • @Drew-in-NoDak
      @Drew-in-NoDak 6 лет назад

      Jeff Gixer can you elaborate on that I'm just a crop farmer

    • @jeffgixer5185
      @jeffgixer5185 6 лет назад +3

      Drew Tibert when I used to work the ring, the regular buyers always sat in the front row and the farmer buyers set up higher in the back. The regular buyers just bid by moving their card or hand or a nod, but most of the farmer buyers always tried to hide it. They would just move their finger or hand a little and be starring at the wall on the side of the side of the arena. They thought they were being sneaky and fooling people but everyone knew who was biding. Just always made us smile when they did that. You see that at machinery auctions too.

  • @fredd8770
    @fredd8770 6 лет назад +2

    Good to see bottle calves on the farm again.

  • @prestonkerr4421
    @prestonkerr4421 6 лет назад +3

    You keep that barn really clean!

  • @chriscrosby8012
    @chriscrosby8012 6 лет назад +2

    Any bottle calves that end up at the Kuster farm are pretty lucky😊

  • @rojergrison3752
    @rojergrison3752 6 лет назад +1

    Oh man this brought back some great memories of going to the auction with my grandfather (we won't talk about how long ago ) , It was some of the best times growing up.

  • @greenhorn223
    @greenhorn223 6 лет назад +1

    Ryan very nice to see your dad on the video that today and also was great to see the baby calves and to see how your other one is doing also the other one is full of itself even tried to kick your little bit as I went by or just feeling it’s oats one of the two great videos enjoy them when you put them out look forward to them seeing them and you have a great day hope you get that rain you need

  • @brianhrobsky9200
    @brianhrobsky9200 6 лет назад +2

    Great video Ryan. I used to work on a veal farm. Never ever ever will i ever do that again. Although the money was great but, no way will i ever go back to that horror. Nothing beats working on a dairy farm. Keep up the great job Ryan, I appreciate it

  • @koolman2021
    @koolman2021 6 лет назад

    Good morning I used to work on a dairy farm feeding baby's they where chained up we checked every day fed them morning and night it didn't hurt them once they big enough they want in to pens . we got almost 2 inches of rain in a couple hours it was crazy hay and corn looking really good now actually raining now in western new York have a great night Ryan the best to you and your family

  • @brihawks
    @brihawks 6 лет назад

    My husband and I bottle fed a British White calf last year. This summer we sent her back to the ranch and this makes me miss her so much! 🐄😭

  • @karlbrohammer9105
    @karlbrohammer9105 6 лет назад

    Nice to see animals in the barn again. Trip to the auction with your Dad. Did that as a kid with my Dad, always educational. Cheers!

  • @sneakysnake109
    @sneakysnake109 6 лет назад

    I hope you keep us up to date on the calfs. Every couple of days till they are out of the danger zone. Thanks for the video Ryan!

  • @cmc7106
    @cmc7106 6 лет назад +6

    Great video!! Thank you for the incite on how an livestock auction works.

    • @larrybe2900
      @larrybe2900 6 лет назад +1

      It sure is good to have insight ahead of time so more attention can be toward the calves.

  • @MatthewHoag77
    @MatthewHoag77 6 лет назад +2

    Yay, bottle calves! Always something new and interesting at Kuster Farms.

  • @DCFelix67
    @DCFelix67 3 года назад +1

    I totally agree with you on the veal. I am a meat-eater in general, but I don't like the thought or taste of veal. Keep up the good work from an Illinoisan.

  • @TheCrewChief374
    @TheCrewChief374 6 лет назад +1

    We have gotten rain the past two days in my area of Oklahoma. With the storm yesterday evening bring a huge amount of rain in a short span of time. Needless to say, at least some of the farmer's in my area have been getting some rain.

  • @missmamtube
    @missmamtube 6 лет назад

    I so much enjoyed the ride, the auction and the doctoring on the calves and the love you and your dad expressed. Thank you and may the Lord bless you and yours!

  • @lukebriggs501
    @lukebriggs501 6 лет назад

    My favorite part of raising calves is watching them run and jump and especially the calf races between the young fellas

  • @thomasmarti5856
    @thomasmarti5856 6 лет назад +7

    Fritzy is looking good !

  • @MrVailtown
    @MrVailtown 6 лет назад +15

    Could you find a dairy that would give you first dib's on their calfs before they send them off?
    Save them trucking fees & you might get a better quality starter?

  • @fermewestshefford
    @fermewestshefford 6 лет назад +10

    Love this video! I like to see how bottle calves are happy at the farm!

  • @davidfutch2227
    @davidfutch2227 6 лет назад

    Bottle calves is a really good hobby.raising my second batch now only lost one so far.

  • @davidkirkman2223
    @davidkirkman2223 6 лет назад +1

    When I was a hired hand on a dairy farm some 33 years ago bottle feeding was my favorite time

  • @kopenhagenkid
    @kopenhagenkid 4 года назад

    Great video nice looking calves

  • @SlipShodBob
    @SlipShodBob 6 лет назад +1

    Well after we went to a private ram sale today after sitting on the Greater London car park known as the M25 I realise why I love the countryside and its roads. Do feel kind of mean where they have buyers coming from all over the UK they put on food and drinks with homemade lamb and beef burgers being the delicious.

  • @josemanueldacostadiogo5574
    @josemanueldacostadiogo5574 8 месяцев назад

    Nice work, Merry Christmas all the best for you all.

  • @ihus9950
    @ihus9950 6 лет назад

    Hope you guys get the rain you need, and your calves do well!👍

  • @treytonzoss1853
    @treytonzoss1853 6 лет назад

    Great video, Ryan! Fritzy looks pretty cute prancing around in the pasture!

  • @geedubb2005
    @geedubb2005 6 лет назад

    Enjoyed.
    I’ve babysat many calves in my younger days. Luckily we had calf pens. I always enjoyed feeding them.
    Fritzy is a beautiful calf.

  • @hampcham
    @hampcham 6 лет назад

    I like to see you guys raise these young calves; job well done

  • @tdgreenbay
    @tdgreenbay 6 лет назад

    Love your video today... looking at purchasing many bottle calves next year. I'M GOING TO try to direct purchase.... got an old batch of bosses with 475 head of milk cows... going to try to buy them and avoid the stress

  • @gwolframe
    @gwolframe 6 лет назад

    i can see your dad still loves the cows glad you guys didnt quit completly on
    cows

  • @johns8771
    @johns8771 6 лет назад +3

    This regulation affected beekeepers as well. Used to be able to get tetracycline without any problems to treat American Foul Brood. Now have to have a prescription from a Vet before you can order it.

    • @HowFarmsWork
      @HowFarmsWork  6 лет назад

      Interesting!

    • @JJSRPN93
      @JJSRPN93 6 лет назад +2

      I have to agree with the regulation, people shouldn't be able to get antibiotics without an Rx. Overuse and prophylactic use makes it easier for resistance to form. I've got MRSA from working in a nursing home and hospital; I'm on an IV at home right now because the oral tablets don't work d/t resistance. You really need to know the pharmacodymanics/kinetics before using/administering antibiotics. I'm not against the use of antibiotics in animals at all, it just needs to be done right! Also I hope your new calf gets better soon!

    • @tommyku4392
      @tommyku4392 6 лет назад

      John S
      TOM. KU

  • @TheBritish_Canadian
    @TheBritish_Canadian 6 лет назад

    if i there was a job were i could work with baby calves all day i would be in heaven cause them bottle calves are so cute

  • @wh0dunnitgaming
    @wh0dunnitgaming 6 лет назад

    Hey man, love watching your videos. very informative for someone like myself who is from a country where farms like yours just simply do not exist.
    Thanks for all the information and explanations.
    Keep up the good work!

  • @kevinwillis9126
    @kevinwillis9126 6 лет назад

    @2.18 did you see how that women was looking at you when you were filming.. Thanks for sharing Ryan..

  • @adey88splace
    @adey88splace 6 лет назад

    We got a huge rainfall here in Toronto the last 24 hours. Almost a seasons' worth!

  • @foxyrhi7398
    @foxyrhi7398 6 лет назад

    You sir have a kind heart

  • @scottreaugh2386
    @scottreaugh2386 6 лет назад

    Live the Arnold Palmer. I teach in Latrobe, Pa and am the golf coach there. My team plays at Latrobe Country Club, the home of Arnold Palmer. I had the fortune of talking to him many times.

  • @leol1682
    @leol1682 6 лет назад +1

    Thanks Ryan love the video on the Calves and info too .

  • @HoodZy69
    @HoodZy69 6 лет назад +1

    I had one dropped off at my place. Pink eye couldn’t see it at sale I guess. So lucky me !!! Black white face. Another good video !!!

  • @cartersouthwick8187
    @cartersouthwick8187 6 лет назад

    We got a few more brown Swiss bottle calves for around 100 which is really cheap so keeping our fingers crossed that when the prices tripled a few years back was just a small bump in price

  • @user-zu2bw7ig5v
    @user-zu2bw7ig5v 6 лет назад

    Nuflor works wonders for respiratory illnesses. Pretty much the best antibiotic now a days.

  • @jbmbanter
    @jbmbanter 6 лет назад +1

    You are right! I couldn't even think about eating a cow that is this age or a few weeks older. I could never be a cattle farmer. :)

  • @phillippeterman1051
    @phillippeterman1051 4 года назад

    I like the vids that show you buying calves.

  • @stevemondal.
    @stevemondal. 6 лет назад +2

    Thank you Ryan. I really enjoyed this video and going to the sale barn. Since you family was dairy in past, do you know some of the active dairies? Could your dad call and say, we maybe interested if you have some calves you are planning to sell? Cut out the stress on the calf and middle man cost?

  • @Homegardener55
    @Homegardener55 6 лет назад

    We got 4 inches of rain in 1 and 1/2 hours Tuesday here in the philly area and we keep getting rain

  • @ohiodairyfarming6382
    @ohiodairyfarming6382 6 лет назад

    Fritz is like is that a friends yasssss!!!

  • @nevinkuser9892
    @nevinkuser9892 4 месяца назад

    That was cool. I had no idea you could buy a calf for 80 bucks! Jeez louise that's cheap.

  • @tilapiastew6784
    @tilapiastew6784 6 лет назад

    Dad needs his own RUclips channel.

  • @davidvincent3010
    @davidvincent3010 6 лет назад

    That was a good video showing the going on's of the stockyard sale.

  • @hedgedalefarms8050
    @hedgedalefarms8050 6 лет назад

    They look, nice except for the sick ones, we just got some feeders yesterday!

  • @patkelly7999
    @patkelly7999 6 лет назад

    Good luck with the new calves Dwight, hope they are lucky for ye:)

  • @rogerwilson9361
    @rogerwilson9361 6 лет назад

    Veal is big in Europe but not as much here in US as you have stated Ryan one did look poorly but that could be from not being around other clave at the farm it come from or other word homesick.

  • @smashbashcrashrc5429
    @smashbashcrashrc5429 6 лет назад

    61! In Canada we pay 150-200$ per head

  • @bgdady4269
    @bgdady4269 6 лет назад

    Like your vids and yes a couple of them are kinda sickly. I hope they all make it. Keep us posted on how they’re doing.

  • @theavandenberg6876
    @theavandenberg6876 6 лет назад

    I like your way with the calves Good work

  • @drewlibby6333
    @drewlibby6333 6 лет назад +2

    at my grandparents farm they use baling twine around the neck and chain attached to the twine

  • @miked123ization
    @miked123ization 6 лет назад

    That’s a nice auction barn! None of the auction barns around us are that nice

  • @TheGhostOfLuciasClay
    @TheGhostOfLuciasClay 6 лет назад +6

    The auction parking lot was pretty empty, is that because of farms selling out and there is less cattle and fewer buyers? Or is just a slow day there and guys needed to be in the field?

  • @vinniewilson2165
    @vinniewilson2165 6 лет назад

    Thanks for The video. If you do any more things with the calves can you please make a video, and when you buy more?

  • @cianbrennan8638
    @cianbrennan8638 6 лет назад

    Please do more of these videos if u could do a video something like “life in the day of a calf rearer “

  • @irishyt6158
    @irishyt6158 6 лет назад +1

    Where you get your calves do you get to look at the animals before the are sold or is the only time you get to see them is in the ring, ( in Ireland in most marts we can see seethe animals before they are sold, it's good to see what you are getting)

  • @jkaviervanegas1691
    @jkaviervanegas1691 4 года назад

    Bro cattle auctions in Texas have like 1300 head every day

  • @lucasaccount573
    @lucasaccount573 6 лет назад +13

    Of course there’s a can of kickstart in the bed

    • @holdenragsdale2446
      @holdenragsdale2446 5 лет назад

      Lucas' Account that's what you need to start your day on the farm!LOL

    • @ThompsonJosh98
      @ThompsonJosh98 4 года назад

      Ether.. makes a person pass out when used correctly lol

  • @ww800
    @ww800 6 лет назад +1

    Why do the calves need to be tied up at all? Trying to understand.

  • @tommylund7527
    @tommylund7527 6 лет назад

    How farms work! Ryan i really like your blue pick truck its a nice color blue

  • @pointbreak9850
    @pointbreak9850 6 лет назад

    I went down to the Grundy county auction...

  • @leclairranch6947
    @leclairranch6947 6 лет назад +1

    Beef type calves in my area sell for around $300

    • @Shokara2
      @Shokara2 6 лет назад

      Whoah... Way more than here

  • @drewk5929
    @drewk5929 6 лет назад

    Get ya some nutridrench it really picks the calves up and gets them going. Thanks good video

  • @heinzhess930
    @heinzhess930 Месяц назад

    ....good video, especially the start: how about a drop of oil?

  • @johnnyessick7208
    @johnnyessick7208 6 лет назад +1

    Love cow auctions . Great video.

  • @vner
    @vner 6 лет назад

    Love watching you guys.
    Greetings from Norway ;)

  • @tedwpx123
    @tedwpx123 6 лет назад

    Good info, hope the calves do well

  • @suzylarry1
    @suzylarry1 6 лет назад

    have you ever put a radio in the barn to keep the calves calm?

  • @danielcollins7588
    @danielcollins7588 20 дней назад

    I raised a calf when younger for food. Dairy calves are cute, BIG ears, big nose, big eyes. Need to make life enjoyable, only allowed 1 bad day allowed. They are stressful, they need ALOT of care and ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ There lonely, at least with you they have playmates, which are very important for calves. At least have 2 at a time, more profit tooo. A happy calf is a healthy calf, will eat more if have a little competition❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @saylikorp9024
    @saylikorp9024 4 года назад

    so if you wait them to full grow and slathered how long it will take them to full grow and what weight they will be and how much you’ll get it out of it when you sell them full grown. i know kind a personal questions but will be appreciate it if you can answer it. sorry for the english still learning. Thanks

  • @herdingcats3850
    @herdingcats3850 6 лет назад

    The problem is/was there was an overload of antibiotics for cattle. When a minimum is used, much better for cattle and people.

  • @dougsmith1166
    @dougsmith1166 6 лет назад +4

    Great video

  • @adamturnquist8761
    @adamturnquist8761 5 лет назад

    You should talk about when you guys use to milk cows

  • @djburgy
    @djburgy 6 лет назад

    I really enjoyed this video. Love cow auctions!!

  • @kajlerdog628
    @kajlerdog628 4 года назад

    That fan sounds like a lawnmower

  • @TheFarmingLife
    @TheFarmingLife 6 лет назад +9

    I'm really surprised the calves are that high yet. We are paying for that $15 to $45 a calf. And Twins and triplets are free. Hopefully they do well for you I know there are a lot of work to get them out of their sick stage. We have about 25 at the moment and they are doing good through this rainy spell. Hope you guys have a great day

    • @jimh6879
      @jimh6879 6 лет назад +8

      The Farming Life putz stay on your on channel,I feel more karma coming soon, I was dead on last time!!! You should apologize!!

    • @bobtoms3315
      @bobtoms3315 6 лет назад +8

      You get them that cheap or free and you still have to beg people to pay for their fees. Some real farmer you are, let the real farmers farm and you stick to your hobby farming or playing, whichever you prefer.

    • @Shokara2
      @Shokara2 6 лет назад

      Yeah here they go for $25-40 usually but peak season you can get them free.

  • @BittyBooBrown
    @BittyBooBrown 4 года назад

    How much of a dosage do yall give the calves. I just got a bottle calf and would like to give him a dose so he don't get sick.

  • @rustyrelicsfarm2406
    @rustyrelicsfarm2406 6 лет назад

    For names U suggest you name them after cuts of beef.

  • @foxyrhi7398
    @foxyrhi7398 6 лет назад

    Thank you coz here in Australia most calves are slaughtered and thrown to trash

  • @allenturner3944
    @allenturner3944 6 лет назад

    How far from Stanley are you? I love watching your videos man it’s awesome to understand how things on the farm work, the only thing I don’t know how to do on the farm is drive tractor and the skid steer, I’m sure their fairly easy to operate

  • @bsfoutdoors8381
    @bsfoutdoors8381 6 лет назад +3

    Now im saying i know everything but u should stand up ur calves when feeding even if you have to hold them cause it can be bad for them

  • @twinchop4581
    @twinchop4581 6 лет назад

    The trick to buying calves is simple...the must have a least 7days of mothers milk .....!!....
    It's the only medicine they need !. Without this you'll
    Have problems...! But if the got
    Mothers milk all you will need is your milk replacer.....some hay
    Some fresh water ..& a little calf
    Feed ....and the will fly ..!!!
    Ps there is no such thing as
    A cheap calf.......a healthy calf
    Is the cheapest one you will ever buy 👀.....!!
    Great video...👍

  • @timhenry4842
    @timhenry4842 6 лет назад +4

    Love your content

  • @ziauddin7948
    @ziauddin7948 3 года назад

    beautiful calf purchase # but with immediate administration of antibiotics i/m make sure the calf milk replacer is made from cow milk & not from Soyabean vegetable to provide essential milk proteins & sugars # get calf vaccination after 5 months of age #

  • @rageO
    @rageO 6 лет назад

    Good work ryan I want to raise bottle calfs like y’all that away if we need to catch them we can

  • @bigunone
    @bigunone 6 лет назад

    I can remember when bottle calves were free for bull calves
    How many times a day do you feed

  • @technician413
    @technician413 6 лет назад

    Thanks for the video!

  • @Ricus1969
    @Ricus1969 6 лет назад

    Great video awesome time too release it aswell

  • @tiger5551
    @tiger5551 4 года назад

    Them cute little guys

  • @christopher-2414
    @christopher-2414 6 лет назад

    What is the difference in the 2 types of veal? I had it before and its not to bad never knew there was 2 types of it.

  • @stevenreeddahlquist3788
    @stevenreeddahlquist3788 Год назад

    What is the name of that medication you give to the calves from the auction yard?

  • @NickAlexSR
    @NickAlexSR 6 лет назад +2

    2:18 that stare was creepy