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<blockquote data-quote="Travlr" data-source="post: 1766017" data-attributes="member: 42463"><p>Yup... and that's exactly why I harvest replacements from older cows rather than heifers.</p><p></p><p>I've always kept a "core herd" and a terminal herd. The terminal cattle I might keep a calf from as a replacement from a heifer, though unlikely. The cows in the terminal herd get cycled through, bought and sold, and usually don't last more than 3/4 years. They are managed differently than the core herd.</p><p></p><p>The core herd is always smaller, and what I keep replacements from. By replacements I mean replacements for the core herd as well as replacement heifers I sell to others. I also buy older cows as you describe, "easy keeper, structurally sound, fertile, good/workable temperament AND raises you a great calf each and every 12 months." from people culling their cows due strictly to age. People that won't keep a cow over ten years old are my targeted source for cows to raise replacement heifers from. As long as they can raise a heavy calf and remain in good condition doing it, I keep them. The heifers I keep from them as replacements may have a calf that is retained in the terminal herd, and as they get older they may be retained in the core herd. The people I sold replacements to might be the same people that sold me their cull cows.</p><p></p><p>It's just a way of doing business. So many of us find niches to take advantage of what others don't, because they are doing things another way that seems best for them. My cattle have never been registered, always commercial. But I've had people happy to buy what I produce. I've even had people want me to produce bulls for them, and I've sold some bulls, but I tend to stay away from that. Any bulls I've raised for my own use have been from AI sires.</p><p></p><p>Here I am talking like I'm still in business. LOL... It's been difficult to no longer have my cows. My ranches had different focuses because it was what worked in those locations. In Arkansas I was trading cattle much more, and in South Dakota I was raising more replacement heifers. But I still did both on both places.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Travlr, post: 1766017, member: 42463"] Yup... and that's exactly why I harvest replacements from older cows rather than heifers. I've always kept a "core herd" and a terminal herd. The terminal cattle I might keep a calf from as a replacement from a heifer, though unlikely. The cows in the terminal herd get cycled through, bought and sold, and usually don't last more than 3/4 years. They are managed differently than the core herd. The core herd is always smaller, and what I keep replacements from. By replacements I mean replacements for the core herd as well as replacement heifers I sell to others. I also buy older cows as you describe, "easy keeper, structurally sound, fertile, good/workable temperament AND raises you a great calf each and every 12 months." from people culling their cows due strictly to age. People that won't keep a cow over ten years old are my targeted source for cows to raise replacement heifers from. As long as they can raise a heavy calf and remain in good condition doing it, I keep them. The heifers I keep from them as replacements may have a calf that is retained in the terminal herd, and as they get older they may be retained in the core herd. The people I sold replacements to might be the same people that sold me their cull cows. It's just a way of doing business. So many of us find niches to take advantage of what others don't, because they are doing things another way that seems best for them. My cattle have never been registered, always commercial. But I've had people happy to buy what I produce. I've even had people want me to produce bulls for them, and I've sold some bulls, but I tend to stay away from that. Any bulls I've raised for my own use have been from AI sires. Here I am talking like I'm still in business. LOL... It's been difficult to no longer have my cows. My ranches had different focuses because it was what worked in those locations. In Arkansas I was trading cattle much more, and in South Dakota I was raising more replacement heifers. But I still did both on both places. [/QUOTE]
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