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<blockquote data-quote="Warren Allison" data-source="post: 1786508" data-attributes="member: 40587"><p>How many cows you wanna replace each year? Let's say you have 50 cows or less, like the majority of cattle producers do, and 50 is all you have room for. Say that your numbers run with that chart...$3100 to raise a replacement heifer 30 months to weaning her first calf. Say you averaged needing 1 or 2 replacements a year. You sell that heifer at 700-800 lbs for say $1000. And sell the cull cow you wanna place for $750 ( she is really old). I will guarantee you that in way less than 30 months (well, 28 months, we want to buy a heavy bred cow), I can take that money and a fraction of that $3100 cost to raise a replacement, and buy you as good or better a cow that will calve in 2-3 months, that the calf will be ready to wean in less than a year after you bought that cow. Even an open cow, you are looking at 15 months to get a calf to sell instead of 30 months. You can even buy a pair or a 3 n 1 deal for less money. than $3100.</p><p></p><p> There are people who do raise replacement heifers to sell at what..... 14 to 15months old?..either open or bred. And if they have any business sense, they raise the best they can to sell. You may have to pay $2k or $2500 for a Brahma or f1 Braford replacement, but that is still less than the $3100 to raise til she weans her 1st calf. And even if open, in half the time. </p><p>But yeah, if a huge operation that retains 500 heifers a year for replacements for themselves. you'd have to keep a man on the road full time to find that many of the quality you want, year after year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warren Allison, post: 1786508, member: 40587"] How many cows you wanna replace each year? Let's say you have 50 cows or less, like the majority of cattle producers do, and 50 is all you have room for. Say that your numbers run with that chart...$3100 to raise a replacement heifer 30 months to weaning her first calf. Say you averaged needing 1 or 2 replacements a year. You sell that heifer at 700-800 lbs for say $1000. And sell the cull cow you wanna place for $750 ( she is really old). I will guarantee you that in way less than 30 months (well, 28 months, we want to buy a heavy bred cow), I can take that money and a fraction of that $3100 cost to raise a replacement, and buy you as good or better a cow that will calve in 2-3 months, that the calf will be ready to wean in less than a year after you bought that cow. Even an open cow, you are looking at 15 months to get a calf to sell instead of 30 months. You can even buy a pair or a 3 n 1 deal for less money. than $3100. There are people who do raise replacement heifers to sell at what..... 14 to 15months old?..either open or bred. And if they have any business sense, they raise the best they can to sell. You may have to pay $2k or $2500 for a Brahma or f1 Braford replacement, but that is still less than the $3100 to raise til she weans her 1st calf. And even if open, in half the time. But yeah, if a huge operation that retains 500 heifers a year for replacements for themselves. you'd have to keep a man on the road full time to find that many of the quality you want, year after year. [/QUOTE]
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