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<blockquote data-quote="Otha" data-source="post: 1786532" data-attributes="member: 41397"><p>I can't make the link work for some reason.</p><p>Do you put a value on the lost income from keeping a heifer vs selling her a weaning time? That would be the opportunity cost of keeping her. Maybe that cost doesn't belong in this spreadsheet but it belongs somewhere I would think.</p><p>I think the value of the culls from doing it either way needs to be added into the equation. I've raised some heifers I am really proud of. I've also never lost money selling culls from the groups of cows i've bought. If I buy 20 cows for a pasture about half of them will have their 3rd cow for me in that pasture. The rest will have been sold for what ever reason when packer prices are good enough to get the money for her and her feed bill back.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Otha, post: 1786532, member: 41397"] I can't make the link work for some reason. Do you put a value on the lost income from keeping a heifer vs selling her a weaning time? That would be the opportunity cost of keeping her. Maybe that cost doesn't belong in this spreadsheet but it belongs somewhere I would think. I think the value of the culls from doing it either way needs to be added into the equation. I've raised some heifers I am really proud of. I've also never lost money selling culls from the groups of cows i've bought. If I buy 20 cows for a pasture about half of them will have their 3rd cow for me in that pasture. The rest will have been sold for what ever reason when packer prices are good enough to get the money for her and her feed bill back. [/QUOTE]
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