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<blockquote data-quote="Brandonm2" data-source="post: 138774" data-attributes="member: 2095"><p>I don't often disagree with Doc; but unless I am in the Registered business, I would rather have numbers than quality and 14 ugly cows with calves is a bigger payday than 6 quality cows with great calves. I don't have to ever be proud of a cow to make money off of that cow. Slap a good Angus (or Hereford) bull on those x-bred mix and match cows and you will have ~uniform calves to sell at the barn. It all comes down to your goals. IF you want to own the best possible beef cows trade up; but if your goal is to make the most money I would rather have the biggest herd that I have grazing for. You can always add better cows in the future with your earnings to churn out those "ideal" heifers . </p><p></p><p>IF you do the math....</p><p>14 calves X 520 lbs X $.99 (using the lowest number for 500 lb calves) versus 6 calves X 620 lbs X $1.15 (using the highest number for 600 lb calves) then gross revenues come out to...</p><p>$7207 for the mongrels versus $4278 for the dream cows.</p><p>Even after subtracting $2000 in additional cow maintenance costs for the bigger herd you still pocket another $929 and I don't think those heifers will be outperformed THAT badly once in production.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brandonm2, post: 138774, member: 2095"] I don't often disagree with Doc; but unless I am in the Registered business, I would rather have numbers than quality and 14 ugly cows with calves is a bigger payday than 6 quality cows with great calves. I don't have to ever be proud of a cow to make money off of that cow. Slap a good Angus (or Hereford) bull on those x-bred mix and match cows and you will have ~uniform calves to sell at the barn. It all comes down to your goals. IF you want to own the best possible beef cows trade up; but if your goal is to make the most money I would rather have the biggest herd that I have grazing for. You can always add better cows in the future with your earnings to churn out those "ideal" heifers . IF you do the math.... 14 calves X 520 lbs X $.99 (using the lowest number for 500 lb calves) versus 6 calves X 620 lbs X $1.15 (using the highest number for 600 lb calves) then gross revenues come out to... $7207 for the mongrels versus $4278 for the dream cows. Even after subtracting $2000 in additional cow maintenance costs for the bigger herd you still pocket another $929 and I don't think those heifers will be outperformed THAT badly once in production. [/QUOTE]
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