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I guess my question is there any money to be made having someone custom feed cattle for you from start to finish? After you factor in what they charge u for yardage, their time, trucking the cattle, treatment costs and marketing.

In a local farm paper a large feedlot was advertising custom feeding options for investors. How does this work? what is reasonable for them to charge? and has anybody ever made money doing this? Any response would be appreciated

I was looking them over like I always do when I do chores this morning. They are definetly growing but I think I will add another pound aday to there feed. I just don't want people to think they are sick when they come and buy them. Has anybody fed ddgs and soyhulls with any luck? Denver what...

All right I am hoping there is someone who can give me some advice on this. I bought about 25 just weaned holstein steers about a month ago. I had them green tagged and poured and implanted with compudose. They are healthy but I don't think they are gaining like I had hoped and I am thinking I...

Your right corrected basis for moisture is about 20-22% for WCGF

Well I work for at a Wet corn mill which is where corn gluten feed is produced, thats my day job, feeding cattle is a dream/slash/hobby/keeps me sane. Anyway Sulfur was one of my main concerns. WCGF i pretty low in protein about 8% protein on ave. Its pretty fiberus and I would like to think it...

I know I just made a posting but has anyone just mixed wcgf and wdgs and fed it as a finishing ration seems like it might work. The university of Neb tried it and they said they mixed alfalfa hay with it and they got around 4lbs adg doing this. Has anyone done this or is doing this or have they...

Wow guys thanks for the replies I think I need to put a plan together if I decide to do this. My biggest problem might be I don't have time to sit at a sale barn all day all week. I oringally got this idea from seeing alot of people advertising small groups on craigslist. but I don't think I...

How many do you guys think is a minimum amount of calves it would take to make one good solid uniform group and how long do you feed them for usually before you would turn around and sell them again

I am thinking out loud here just to see if anyone has done this or has experiance. In Iowa there are lots of small guys who have 5-10 cows on a pasture and they sell the calves in small groups off of the pasture about this time of year. I heard a guy on tv say that the bigger the group the more...

I agree the time period might be wishful thinking but if you look at local market report from the sale barn most of those steers weigh in at 1300-1400lbs. Maybe its different because I live in Iowa but 1100lbs is light in most cases unless its a small steer.

I have been thinking about buying some 850 lb beef steers although most of my experiance is with holstein steers. My question is could I easily bring a 850 lb beef steer up to 1400 lbs in 150 days or am I just dreaming? I know I would be pushing it with a dairy steer but I would think a guy...

I am feeding 25 holstein steers myself and I screen all of my feed mostly because I buy all my feed and the elevator always has what I consider "hog feed" in there its a pain in the butt, But after you have one steer go off feed you have lost all your profit. I am not saying you cant try it I...

I hate to through cold water on your idea because I have had the same idea in the past. But fines are what cause the biggest problem with feeding holstein steers. The easy availability of the starch in the fines makes it really easy to be digested therefore its like eating acouple candy bars and...

Your right 15 head doesn't make it economical to use by products. I want to get bigger more like 75 to 100 to make by products a more viable option.

I know from reading alot if post on this blog that alot of you are pretty smart when it comes to feed ingrediants. I have just started feeding out holstein steers and looking into trying to make it more than just 10 to 15 head. I live in Iowa where there are all sorts of byproducts available but...

what kind of implants do you use kenny? what are you feeding if I may ask?

I am about to wean some steers that I will sell in about 4 mo. I have been doing some research, some research says that you should be implanting between 2 to 3 time if you are selling to a commercial buyer. I am wondering what experiances others have doing this? Have there been any difference in...

Do find its easier for disease control to move the calves say once a week once they are on grass. I wasn't thinking about pastureing them but thats a good idea. I was just going to use a large hut and bed it really well to make sure the calves aren't laying in manure.

did you seperate your calves by age or size or anything like that