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  1. J

    looking for place to sell butcher cows

    there was a place that would send you a truck if you had a truck load but i have lost there contact info best i remember it was in alabama
  2. J

    grazing holstein steers

    kf i am not knocking your reply's i just dont understand them sorry i am alittle week minded more musle than brain. thanks to everyone who reply's
  3. J

    grazing holstein steers

    sorry to point this out but when you put a pound of gain on $1.50 5 weight steer it is not worth $1.50 as the steer gets bigger your gain is worth less and cost more to put on.ie a 5 weight $1.50 steer will never get worth any more. i can buy #250-300 for around $1.00/# they sold some #800 for...
  4. J

    grazing holstein steers

    all will become steers at some point,i have lots of grass sorry kf but your reply just well :bang: :bang: :bang: :?
  5. J

    grazing holstein steers

    what would be adg on grass? 300#bulls 4# of growing ration and all the fescue they want. will they gain more if left as bull till 500# always grazed blacks and cross breds but cant make the numbers work at these prices 1.50 and up these will come from the dairy no sale barn holsteins 2 rounds of...
  6. J

    Break even?

    I know one thing you can only hit what you aim at and i am not aiming to break even. YOU MuST MAKE A PROFIT
  7. J

    Schooling?

    this is the only school you need http://www.budwilliamsmarketing.com/. this school teaches you how to make a proffit. most collages teach you to break even. Bud also has a stockmanship school. This is the best money i ever spent. And it works!!!!
  8. J

    Hominy feed?

    Thanks for replys. I think a will do some mixing maybe start at 2/3hf and 1/3ddg. When i first started feeding ddg a friend of mine bought it by the truck load and i just went over and used 5gal buckets to put it in sacks. But he has cut back on numbers and dosnt want to buy a truck afraid it...
  9. J

    Hominy feed?

    I thought the ddg was a little high that price is for the big bulk bags. If I had a place to store a truck load it would be $129/ton delivered. I feed 4# per head per day ddg If I go with the hominy feed I could feed 5.5# per head pre day for the same cost. If I go with a 1/2hf/1/2ddg I could...
  10. J

    Feeder experiment

    What is cost of gain per day? That tells you where your at and what to do next. First and formost is to make a profit.
  11. J

    Hominy feed?

    I can buy hominy feed for $100/ton I just want to know how this compares with ddg at $140/ton. And if I mix them say 1/2hf and 1/2ddg what the protien and fat would be. Or maybe 2/3ddg and 1/3hf. Mainly want to know if the hominy feed is cheep at that price I have fed #1000 before and they eat...
  12. J

    Gravity flow feed bins

    thanks for replys there close to what i had in mind,as for cost lumber and pywood is cheep right now and my labor has always been cheep but then again you get what you pay for. :lol:
  13. J

    What gun should I buy?

    If your only goning to buy one rifle for all your hunting buy a bolt action 30-06 i perfer an older model 700 remington or ruger 77 mark II but nothin wrong with the savage. 30-06 shell can be bought almost any where and in a verity of bullet weights. If i could only have one rifle it would be a...
  14. J

    Gravity flow feed bins

    Look for plans to build out of plywood and lumber. Any ideas where to look i googled but had no luck.
  15. J

    IBR nostril spray

    Talked to my vet about the spray and he thinks my idea will work very good. He said the spray works the fastest only draw back is once you mix it you have to use that day because its a live vac.
  16. J

    IBR nostril spray

    thanks for all the input,havnt got to talk to my vet about it yet.the guy that has the feedlot has about a 5%-10% deathloss dont know how he makes a proffit.he backgrounded some for a guy i know and had lots of problems until they started useing draxxin. i was told its in his ground and needs to...
  17. J

    IBR nostril spray

    Anyone useing this (Intervet onset 5)it gives protection in 2 or 3 day. I have a freind that has a feedlot whos useing it on sale barn calves. what i am going to try on sale barn calves is this. first day give this nasil spray(onset 5) watch close for next few days (if some in group show signs...
  18. J

    Opinions about the california bander

    I use the california bander alot. Here's why 1) they keep right on gaining like nothing happened 2)You can buy 550-650 weight bulls at a profit 7/07/09 sell 624#steer @1.04=$648.96 buy 624#bull @.85 = $530.40...
  19. J

    whats your marketing strategies for this year

    Sell and replace at a profit.
  20. J

    cattle prices, up and down

    You cant sell in the furture unless you have a time machine,today is all you have. The cattle market is full of profit up or down. If your not profitable today, right now, more land isnt going to help. This is good news !!!!!! All it takes is simple math not some furtures market lier. 2+2 will...
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