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<blockquote data-quote="WarEagle73" data-source="post: 1073828" data-attributes="member: 19171"><p>Pre-Conditioning costs:</p><p>Vaccinations $10/hd</p><p>Castration/Implant $3/hd</p><p>550# feed/hd $62/hd</p><p></p><p>Additional Trucking above normal:</p><p>100 miles/8mpg*$3.25 $5.80/hd</p><p></p><p>Additional handling was minimal and was not outside of what I would have done if we had not had the calves anyways. For the sake of being thorough though, we spent 15 min/day feeding for 80 days plus probably 10 hrs of additional chute time at $10/hr would be $30/hd, but those times would be the same even if we had 25 steers instead of 7.</p><p></p><p>Total added cost(including labor)= $110.80/hd</p><p></p><p>Had we sold the steers at weaning they would've averaged about 500 lbs for the heaviest 5 and 450 for the lighter 2. At our local barn, we never have received premiums so even $153/cwt and $157/cwt respectly would be the highest prices we have ever received for cattle at those lighter weights.</p><p></p><p>So...</p><p>500# x $153/cwt = $765 + $110.80 = $875.80</p><p>450# x $157/cwt = $706.50 + $110.80 =$817.30</p><p></p><p>Actual</p><p>740# x $153/cwt = $1132.20 - $875.80 = <strong>$256.40 above cost and original value</strong></p><p>670# x $156.75/cwt = $1050.22 - $817.30= <strong>$232.92 above cost and original value</strong></p><p></p><p>Even if those numbers are missing a couple variables I have forgotten, those are still returns that should make any producer think about preconditioning calves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WarEagle73, post: 1073828, member: 19171"] Pre-Conditioning costs: Vaccinations $10/hd Castration/Implant $3/hd 550# feed/hd $62/hd Additional Trucking above normal: 100 miles/8mpg*$3.25 $5.80/hd Additional handling was minimal and was not outside of what I would have done if we had not had the calves anyways. For the sake of being thorough though, we spent 15 min/day feeding for 80 days plus probably 10 hrs of additional chute time at $10/hr would be $30/hd, but those times would be the same even if we had 25 steers instead of 7. Total added cost(including labor)= $110.80/hd Had we sold the steers at weaning they would've averaged about 500 lbs for the heaviest 5 and 450 for the lighter 2. At our local barn, we never have received premiums so even $153/cwt and $157/cwt respectly would be the highest prices we have ever received for cattle at those lighter weights. So... 500# x $153/cwt = $765 + $110.80 = $875.80 450# x $157/cwt = $706.50 + $110.80 =$817.30 Actual 740# x $153/cwt = $1132.20 - $875.80 = [b]$256.40 above cost and original value[/b] 670# x $156.75/cwt = $1050.22 - $817.30= [b]$232.92 above cost and original value[/b] Even if those numbers are missing a couple variables I have forgotten, those are still returns that should make any producer think about preconditioning calves. [/QUOTE]
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