When is the earliest age you can sell a calf at auction?

A calf can be sold when he is only a day or two old. But this is highly unrecommended, because of the high stress these baby calves go through, which can lead to sickness, injury and even death. A calf that has been weaned off the bottle at 3 months of age has a better chance of surviving his ordeal at the stockyards than a two day-old calf. Six month old calves that have been weaned off their mothers have an even better chance than 3-month old or two-day old calves do. So it all depends on when you want to sell, if you have the heart to let them go.