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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1775938" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>[USER=19817]@chevytaHOE5674[/USER] ; that has been our thinking for a few years. We could get the same dollars for the 550 wt calves and ran a few more cows, so more calves to sell. It still holds true in alot of ways, but son is finding he has a knack for buying some of the cheap bull calves and picking up some steers that need TLC and then being able to turn them over in 2-5 months... all according to the markets. And that size does real good on some corn silage with a little protein added, and gets them to where the buyers here are liking them bunk broke, weaned and ready to go. With losing a few places over the past few years to people selling, and some of the pastures having "wish there was a fence" type of fences, so that keeping cow calf pairs with a bull gets dicey, we just have fewer places to put animals out on. So the "backgrounding" or pre-conditioning seems to be working right now. Might not be the ticket in 5 years... gotta go with what works.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1775938, member: 25884"] [USER=19817]@chevytaHOE5674[/USER] ; that has been our thinking for a few years. We could get the same dollars for the 550 wt calves and ran a few more cows, so more calves to sell. It still holds true in alot of ways, but son is finding he has a knack for buying some of the cheap bull calves and picking up some steers that need TLC and then being able to turn them over in 2-5 months... all according to the markets. And that size does real good on some corn silage with a little protein added, and gets them to where the buyers here are liking them bunk broke, weaned and ready to go. With losing a few places over the past few years to people selling, and some of the pastures having "wish there was a fence" type of fences, so that keeping cow calf pairs with a bull gets dicey, we just have fewer places to put animals out on. So the "backgrounding" or pre-conditioning seems to be working right now. Might not be the ticket in 5 years... gotta go with what works. [/QUOTE]
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