A couple of my steers

[SirLoin]

I just got these two guys up to about 12 lbs of grain/day to finish out in mid December. I expect them to finish around 1150-1200 lbs with about a 2.75 - 3 lb/day weight gain for the next 3 months. I have a couple more I'll take in in January that should go 1050-1100 lbs. I'll have $2200 in purchase cost and feed in them come slaughter time. They are all sold at $2.10 a lb hanging weight, Not bad for some "crummy stock" that I paid a buck a pound for as 200 wts last fall.

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

I kinda like 'em.

 

[SirLoin]

They are nothing special, but I'm sure they'll taste good :lol2:

 

[3waycross]

and they qualify for CAB don't forget that when you advertise them for freezer beef. :mrgreen:

 

[plumber_greg]

Must be the pictures, I don't see any 900 to 950 calves. gs

 

[SirLoin]

and they qualify for CAB don't forget that when you advertise them for freezer beef. :mrgreen:

I used to advertise them that way, back when I had to advertise ;-). I get all types now, mostly friend of a friend deals I got one guy who loves my hamburger like it's god's gift. He buys a front quarter 2X a year and wants to get the whole thing, including the ribeyes made into burger. Being the nice guy that I am, I offered to give him some of my burger for them, at 1.5 to 1. I found out later he was crowing about getting over on me :clap: In the mean time, I'm just about eating all steak with my hind qtr and his ribeyes :banana:

 

[SirLoin]

Must be the pictures, I don't see any 900 to 950 calves. gs

What do you see then , a little red "X"? :roll:


Maybe they look slimmer on camera because they are wearing black? :lol2:


Tell us, based on your vast expertise at estimating steer weights by picture, what do my steers weigh :clap:


Here's the first one right off the scales at 240 lbs when I bought him. Does he look like he is 240 lbs to you? How do you tell from a photo?

 

[raykour]

I don't disagree that from the photo they don't look like almost 1000 lbs. steers. But with nothing int he background to judge them by it is hard to say! So Sirloin, the person who said that is legitimate. I believe they weigh that much but it must be the perspective. The picture of the baldy calf younger doesn't look 240 either, more like 200, so I blame your camera .

 

[Ferrisgeorge]

Sir Loin
Based on your previous posts I know I can learn a lot from your wisdom. Would you please go over the math regarding the economics of your steer venture. In your post you seem to state that you have about 2200 tied up in feed and cost and then you sell it for 2.10 a lb hanging. If the steer does weigh 1150 at slaughter I don't see the profit.
Thanks

 

[Gators Rule]

Sir Loin
Based on your previous posts I know I can learn a lot from your wisdom. Would you please go over the math regarding the economics of your steer venture. In your post you seem to state that you have about 2200 tied up in feed and cost and then you sell it for 2.10 a lb hanging. If the steer does weigh 1150 at slaughter I don't see the profit.
Thanks

2.10 x 1100 is 2310 x two steers is $4620.....less 2200 is.....$2420 :compute:

 

[circlebllc]

I believe your hanging weight is going to be slightly less than 1100lb............

 

[Massey135]

I believe your hanging weight is going to be slightly less than 1100lb............

Haha, yea, jus slightly. Not a lot to be made when your cost of gain is over $1/lb.

 

[VCC]

If he meant that he will have 2200 in the both of them, then he will make a good profit, if he has 2200 in each, not so much. I find it hard to believe he has almost 2000 grand in feed each, we do not do that with the fair calves and their feed is higher than commercial feed.

 

[SirLoin]

I paid $840 for four animals. Three were 200 lbs, and the brindle was 240 lbs. A buck a pound. I have spent about $860 on feed and hay for all of them so far, I'll spend about $500 more on grain to finish them all. That's $2200. IF they only end up at 600 lbs hanging wt each, that's 2400 lbs at $2.10 which is $5040.

$5040 - $2200 = $2840 PROFIT


That's $710 profit per head :nod:


It is entirely possible that I may have to throw 2 or three rolls of my $20 hay on them before X-mas :lol2:, but my pastures are kicking right now.


Developing a quality product and relying on word of mouth is the name of the game when selling freezer beef. My waiting list is long enough that I don't even demand a deposit.

 

[plumber_greg]

You should feed a thousand. gs

 

[SirLoin]

Sir Loin
Based on your previous posts I know I can learn a lot from your wisdom. Would you please go over the math regarding the economics of your steer venture. In your post you seem to state that you have about 2200 tied up in feed and cost and then you sell it for 2.10 a lb hanging. If the steer does weigh 1150 at slaughter I don't see the profit.
Thanks

Just so you know, there are at least 2 different SirLoins here, (the other is Sir Loin) and I've been roundly criticized as an idiot who "pi$$es money away" feeding undersized steers a higher bypass protein diet than some "experts" here say I should. No matter that now a major university study says that feeding undersized stock a high bypass protein diet is economically beneficial. I mean who cares whut them thar guys with all of that citified lurnin has to say :roll: Why just last fall, many here laughed at my "crummy stock" that I had purchased for a buck a pound............., he who laughs last and all :lol2:

 

[midtncattle]

Would love to get in on the freezer beef market. What type of pointers could you give a starter?

 

[wtrapp]

Where does the 1100 pounds come into play? An 1100 pound calf will not hang (dress) at 1100 but closer to 600, wouldn't you think?600X2.10 $1,260.00. Long way from $2,200.00. I was selling for $2.10 hanging weight and lost $111.00 per head last year. Counting feed, mineral, shots, fuel for tractor & truck, taxes, fertilizer, depreciation, cost of maintaing cow & bull, etc.

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

How much depreciation did you take?

 

[Kingfisher]

When you bought him!! He sure is ugly...........I hope he taste better than he looks.