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<blockquote data-quote="Brandonm22" data-source="post: 539931" data-attributes="member: 7645"><p>Jeanne a lot of it depends on your auction barn and your feeder calf buyers. Walter Prevatt (ag economist at Auburn) gave a presentation about that to a Master Cattleman's class I was in once and based on his data at some barns when you figure the 10-20 lost lbs in castrating there is no net gain in purchase price for the cow calf guy to castrate. At other barns it clearly pays. IF you sell everything at 205 days or earlier it is really no hassle for the feedlot or stocker too do the castrating when they work the calves. Now when you keep calves to 700, 800 lbs then it IS a big deal. I would still encourage everybody to castrate.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brandonm22, post: 539931, member: 7645"] Jeanne a lot of it depends on your auction barn and your feeder calf buyers. Walter Prevatt (ag economist at Auburn) gave a presentation about that to a Master Cattleman's class I was in once and based on his data at some barns when you figure the 10-20 lost lbs in castrating there is no net gain in purchase price for the cow calf guy to castrate. At other barns it clearly pays. IF you sell everything at 205 days or earlier it is really no hassle for the feedlot or stocker too do the castrating when they work the calves. Now when you keep calves to 700, 800 lbs then it IS a big deal. I would still encourage everybody to castrate. [/QUOTE]
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