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<blockquote data-quote="Muletrack" data-source="post: 1744821" data-attributes="member: 30827"><p>Having one or two might work out for you if you are marketing freezer beef. Every other year, butcher the two-year-old calf perhaps. I've seen Highland cows at the local sales barn and they struggle even get a bid. Don't expect a premium on Highland freezer beef -- the premium is in having an easy-keeping (fleshing on grass alone) cow, and you will know exactly which calf you are going to butcher. Another downside I see is that you will be butchering a smaller animal, but paying the same fixed costs at the butcher as you would for a large animal. But you also need a calf for your own freezer, so if you do all your own processing, you'll come out OK. You might not need a 750 lb. hanging weight critter for your own -- or your extended family -- use. Horns? Unless she needs to fight off coyotes, you can always dehorn her. Nothing cute about you or any of your other critters being gored with a horn.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Muletrack, post: 1744821, member: 30827"] Having one or two might work out for you if you are marketing freezer beef. Every other year, butcher the two-year-old calf perhaps. I've seen Highland cows at the local sales barn and they struggle even get a bid. Don't expect a premium on Highland freezer beef -- the premium is in having an easy-keeping (fleshing on grass alone) cow, and you will know exactly which calf you are going to butcher. Another downside I see is that you will be butchering a smaller animal, but paying the same fixed costs at the butcher as you would for a large animal. But you also need a calf for your own freezer, so if you do all your own processing, you'll come out OK. You might not need a 750 lb. hanging weight critter for your own -- or your extended family -- use. Horns? Unless she needs to fight off coyotes, you can always dehorn her. Nothing cute about you or any of your other critters being gored with a horn. [/QUOTE]
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