What does it cost to purchase live buffalo?
It’s different to purchase a live buffalo for meat than it is for breeding. For breeding stock it varies between male and female; and it definately varys between calves, yearlings, two year olds, and older. We are contracting 2006 heifer calves for $600 and are almost sold out (some folks are selling them for $1,200); some as high as $2,500. Meat Bulls are always in demand, and at acutions they are selling for $1.00 lb to $1.20 lb (live weight). Breeding Bulls are sold anywhere from $2,500 to $10,000. Buffalo beyond “2 – 2 1/2 yrs old” do not sell well (most who buy buffalo for “new herds” or “for meat” want them young!
