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$1300! whoa thats a lot of money
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<blockquote data-quote="triple&#039;S&#039;" data-source="post: 208872" data-attributes="member: 2934"><p>I see so many commercial hiefers selling for in the $1300 range. 4-6 months bred and really nice stuff that I would love to have in my pasture. However, how do you make a $1300 hiefer pay for herself in a acceptable amount of time. </p><p></p><p>Not counting feed, labor, illness, routine medication, pasture upkeep, fence, death, poor conception %, and culls ( i understand you will get some back for culls but not 1300 at any salebarn I know of) </p><p></p><p>figure $600 a calf (thats really good most years and not quite as good as some years) it will be 3 calves until you make any money at all.</p><p></p><p>I realize my cattle are not as good as some, but the replacements I buy are weaned sometimes preconditioned girls that I get from only cattlemen that I know and have seen their herd. I pay 600-700 for them, put them on grass. when they get breeding age (or as soon as noticable) I cull hard. The ones that get culled pay for themselves or almost and the ones that don't cost me the original 600-700 plus whatever it took me in labor, grass, fence, and routine vaccination, because I don't feed them grain and they usually get the stockpiled pasture. so rough figure $700-800. I've made $400-500 , (not including the above mentioned things just like the 1300 ones) after 2 calves.</p><p></p><p>I'm only curious how you make it pay, I'm not saying I'm right and your not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="triple'S', post: 208872, member: 2934"] I see so many commercial hiefers selling for in the $1300 range. 4-6 months bred and really nice stuff that I would love to have in my pasture. However, how do you make a $1300 hiefer pay for herself in a acceptable amount of time. Not counting feed, labor, illness, routine medication, pasture upkeep, fence, death, poor conception %, and culls ( i understand you will get some back for culls but not 1300 at any salebarn I know of) figure $600 a calf (thats really good most years and not quite as good as some years) it will be 3 calves until you make any money at all. I realize my cattle are not as good as some, but the replacements I buy are weaned sometimes preconditioned girls that I get from only cattlemen that I know and have seen their herd. I pay 600-700 for them, put them on grass. when they get breeding age (or as soon as noticable) I cull hard. The ones that get culled pay for themselves or almost and the ones that don't cost me the original 600-700 plus whatever it took me in labor, grass, fence, and routine vaccination, because I don't feed them grain and they usually get the stockpiled pasture. so rough figure $700-800. I've made $400-500 , (not including the above mentioned things just like the 1300 ones) after 2 calves. I'm only curious how you make it pay, I'm not saying I'm right and your not. [/QUOTE]
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