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<blockquote data-quote="5minpins" data-source="post: 521427" data-attributes="member: 8097"><p>Angie they probably would get some more growth to them, but with what I have to pay for feed here would make most of you fall over! most of my property is still woods, I am just one woman and can only clear so much at a time when I manage to get a hold of an excavator big enough to clear with. I live on the wet side of washington, good hay grows on the dry side (eastern) and has to be trucked over to here sooo.... a ton of alfalfa is anywhere from 240 to 300 bucks a ton. orchard grass or timothy even higher. Right now I am buying alfalfa feeder hay from a dairy for 225 a ton. Rolled corn is 15 bucks for a 75 pound sack and anything with molasses in it is 13 bucks and up. Big round bales are 45 and up per bale and on this side of the mountains are usually wet and moldy, storage can be a problem to. I have one round bale left so when thats gone they are too regardless of how big they got. I just cant afford to feed them thru the year till they are as big as they are gonna get. I am gonna say these two are anywhere from 16 to 20 months, at what age would you normally butcher a steer? or would you go by condition and weight?</p><p></p><p>And I can relate to the bovine basketball team! ha! the guy down the road from me raises Simmental and he has some good looking stock but man they are HUGE!! :shock: I drive by them and then get home and look at my two runts and think maybe I ended up with some mini dexters after looking at the simmental down the road lol. That guy has a really nice bunch of red and white with the occasional black and white tossed in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="5minpins, post: 521427, member: 8097"] Angie they probably would get some more growth to them, but with what I have to pay for feed here would make most of you fall over! most of my property is still woods, I am just one woman and can only clear so much at a time when I manage to get a hold of an excavator big enough to clear with. I live on the wet side of washington, good hay grows on the dry side (eastern) and has to be trucked over to here sooo.... a ton of alfalfa is anywhere from 240 to 300 bucks a ton. orchard grass or timothy even higher. Right now I am buying alfalfa feeder hay from a dairy for 225 a ton. Rolled corn is 15 bucks for a 75 pound sack and anything with molasses in it is 13 bucks and up. Big round bales are 45 and up per bale and on this side of the mountains are usually wet and moldy, storage can be a problem to. I have one round bale left so when thats gone they are too regardless of how big they got. I just cant afford to feed them thru the year till they are as big as they are gonna get. I am gonna say these two are anywhere from 16 to 20 months, at what age would you normally butcher a steer? or would you go by condition and weight? And I can relate to the bovine basketball team! ha! the guy down the road from me raises Simmental and he has some good looking stock but man they are HUGE!! :shock: I drive by them and then get home and look at my two runts and think maybe I ended up with some mini dexters after looking at the simmental down the road lol. That guy has a really nice bunch of red and white with the occasional black and white tossed in. [/QUOTE]
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