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<blockquote data-quote="Travlr" data-source="post: 1838006" data-attributes="member: 42463"><p>There's some wisdom in looking it at it that way. I suspect the Galloways as the example of cheap cattle kind of evolves into the way cheap cattle often pay out poorly. Certainly the guy will find out if it's a train wreck or not. And other poor, cheap cattle have a decent chance of the same outcome... and the same kind of learning experience. It might be considered a learning experience to buy better cows and paying more to see what happens too. Not many people can buy two ways and manage those choices as separate herds to see what the difference in outcome would be.</p><p></p><p>I kind of ran some numbers in my head and if I'm buying cows culled for age I might be looking at 1300 pound cows in decent condition instead of 1100 hundred pound cows in poor condition, and the price might be $0.05 difference by the pound. So that's five cents a pound difference and an extra two hundred at the same price as the 1100 pound cow for a cow that would probably raise a better calf. Maybe I'd be buying five cows instead of six for the same money. Would the better calves justify the extra expense? Too many other factors to consider. All kinds of variables. Personally I see buying poor cows as giving myself a handicap. The same bull on poor cows may improve the calves a lot more, but they will never be the calves that the better cows would produce and prices would be sure to reflect that. And in selling them we are talking about a greater difference in the price as well as the difference in weights.</p><p></p><p>It's all speculation. I think I'd rather invest in good prices for my product than in saving money to learn what I need to do to get better prices for my invested money.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Travlr, post: 1838006, member: 42463"] There's some wisdom in looking it at it that way. I suspect the Galloways as the example of cheap cattle kind of evolves into the way cheap cattle often pay out poorly. Certainly the guy will find out if it's a train wreck or not. And other poor, cheap cattle have a decent chance of the same outcome... and the same kind of learning experience. It might be considered a learning experience to buy better cows and paying more to see what happens too. Not many people can buy two ways and manage those choices as separate herds to see what the difference in outcome would be. I kind of ran some numbers in my head and if I'm buying cows culled for age I might be looking at 1300 pound cows in decent condition instead of 1100 hundred pound cows in poor condition, and the price might be $0.05 difference by the pound. So that's five cents a pound difference and an extra two hundred at the same price as the 1100 pound cow for a cow that would probably raise a better calf. Maybe I'd be buying five cows instead of six for the same money. Would the better calves justify the extra expense? Too many other factors to consider. All kinds of variables. Personally I see buying poor cows as giving myself a handicap. The same bull on poor cows may improve the calves a lot more, but they will never be the calves that the better cows would produce and prices would be sure to reflect that. And in selling them we are talking about a greater difference in the price as well as the difference in weights. It's all speculation. I think I'd rather invest in good prices for my product than in saving money to learn what I need to do to get better prices for my invested money. [/QUOTE]
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