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<blockquote data-quote="MurraysMutts" data-source="post: 1802002" data-attributes="member: 39373"><p>I've kept a few. They've turned out to be good cows. </p><p></p><p>But as [USER=694]@Caustic Burno[/USER] says. That first calf heifer gave you NO income that year. Which is something I didn't really take into account until here recently. Then like he says, ya gotta grow that baby out to production size, then breed her, then wait ANOTHER nine months for a calf. And yet ANOTHER 5 to 7 months to cash in on HER first calf. </p><p></p><p>So there is a lot of inputs to doing it that way. Heck, I just sold 400lb heifers for 1000 bucks. Good chance I'm gonna replace em with something that's already bred and have a few bucks left over. I missed an opportunity yesterday. Could've put 2 old PAIRS back together for 1075 each. </p><p></p><p>I think retaining heifers is a very attractive way to get what you want, even if they are out of first calvers. If the quality is there and ya wanna wait and ya have the cash (those heifers ain't FREE, like was mentioned) laying around..... why not!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MurraysMutts, post: 1802002, member: 39373"] I've kept a few. They've turned out to be good cows. But as [USER=694]@Caustic Burno[/USER] says. That first calf heifer gave you NO income that year. Which is something I didn't really take into account until here recently. Then like he says, ya gotta grow that baby out to production size, then breed her, then wait ANOTHER nine months for a calf. And yet ANOTHER 5 to 7 months to cash in on HER first calf. So there is a lot of inputs to doing it that way. Heck, I just sold 400lb heifers for 1000 bucks. Good chance I'm gonna replace em with something that's already bred and have a few bucks left over. I missed an opportunity yesterday. Could've put 2 old PAIRS back together for 1075 each. I think retaining heifers is a very attractive way to get what you want, even if they are out of first calvers. If the quality is there and ya wanna wait and ya have the cash (those heifers ain't FREE, like was mentioned) laying around..... why not!!! [/QUOTE]
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