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<blockquote data-quote="TXCOWBOY" data-source="post: 111222" data-attributes="member: 1454"><p>A few questions I would consider:</p><p></p><p>1. Do you have equipment to handle and haul cattle? Trailer, truck, etc. It really takes a rather large trailer and large Gooseneck trailers cost $$$. So does a 3/4 ton truck.</p><p>2. What sort of facilities does the pasture have ie pens, crowding pens, alley and chute? Do you have to go out and buy a portable set up? Once again $$ is involved if you don't have any of this. A decent portable chute like a WW or Priefert with a wishbone trailer to move it around will run you north of 2 grand. Probably looking at 6 grand minimun for an entire portable setup.</p><p>3. If you leased these properties, how are you planning on penning your cattle for working/shipment. That is a bunch of land to cover and penning cattle will take several experienced people to do. You can hire cowboys to pen them, but that costs money.</p><p>4. Vaccinations? If you buy from a sale barn, it is always buyer beware. You will have to plan on how you are going to vaccinate/worm them when you add to the place.</p><p>5. Who is responsible for the fences lessor or lessee?</p><p>6. Liability insurance to protect yourself if your cattle gets out on a road and decides to play chicken with an oncoming vehicle.</p><p>7. Prices are higher in the spring and lower in the fall. Being vigilant in controlling your cost is the only way not the get soaked.</p><p>8. Prices will go down once you buy a load of cattle. It's Murphy's Law.</p><p></p><p>These are just a few considerations...</p><p></p><p>We leased our 340 acres in Gonzales county a while back. Our place has improved pastures, working pens, and good fencing dividing the place into several paddocks.</p><p>Lessee was responsible for weed killing, fertilizing a 30 acre Kleingrass hay field that he cut for his use, and maintaining fences.</p><p>Bottom line is we leased for $13 an acre annually, but we had a tennant that cared about our place and did what he said he would do. We can run 1 AU per 5 acres down here.</p><p></p><p>More than cattle prices, I would worry about the money you need to outlay in order just to bring cattle in and how you will manage just to handle them. Just my two cents.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TXCOWBOY, post: 111222, member: 1454"] A few questions I would consider: 1. Do you have equipment to handle and haul cattle? Trailer, truck, etc. It really takes a rather large trailer and large Gooseneck trailers cost $$$. So does a 3/4 ton truck. 2. What sort of facilities does the pasture have ie pens, crowding pens, alley and chute? Do you have to go out and buy a portable set up? Once again $$ is involved if you don't have any of this. A decent portable chute like a WW or Priefert with a wishbone trailer to move it around will run you north of 2 grand. Probably looking at 6 grand minimun for an entire portable setup. 3. If you leased these properties, how are you planning on penning your cattle for working/shipment. That is a bunch of land to cover and penning cattle will take several experienced people to do. You can hire cowboys to pen them, but that costs money. 4. Vaccinations? If you buy from a sale barn, it is always buyer beware. You will have to plan on how you are going to vaccinate/worm them when you add to the place. 5. Who is responsible for the fences lessor or lessee? 6. Liability insurance to protect yourself if your cattle gets out on a road and decides to play chicken with an oncoming vehicle. 7. Prices are higher in the spring and lower in the fall. Being vigilant in controlling your cost is the only way not the get soaked. 8. Prices will go down once you buy a load of cattle. It's Murphy's Law. These are just a few considerations... We leased our 340 acres in Gonzales county a while back. Our place has improved pastures, working pens, and good fencing dividing the place into several paddocks. Lessee was responsible for weed killing, fertilizing a 30 acre Kleingrass hay field that he cut for his use, and maintaining fences. Bottom line is we leased for $13 an acre annually, but we had a tennant that cared about our place and did what he said he would do. We can run 1 AU per 5 acres down here. More than cattle prices, I would worry about the money you need to outlay in order just to bring cattle in and how you will manage just to handle them. Just my two cents. [/QUOTE]
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