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<blockquote data-quote="Stocker Steve" data-source="post: 1759477" data-attributes="member: 1715"><p>The enterprise has to be "doable". The three main things are management and feed quality and management.</p><p></p><p>Our MIG pastures are too good for cows. Bred heifers are a mixed bag. Some genetics require supplement, and some do not. Stockers require supplement. You need a certain amount of ADG to cover the costs and make a profit.</p><p></p><p>The financial problem with bred heifers is many folks put too much into them. I have taken to roughing them thru the winter and then sending any that do not cope well to a feedlot.</p><p></p><p>The big stocker operators here have taken to feeding them daily on pasture with a TMR. I won't do that, but I am sure they are able to use some low cost commodities that way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stocker Steve, post: 1759477, member: 1715"] The enterprise has to be "doable". The three main things are management and feed quality and management. Our MIG pastures are too good for cows. Bred heifers are a mixed bag. Some genetics require supplement, and some do not. Stockers require supplement. You need a certain amount of ADG to cover the costs and make a profit. The financial problem with bred heifers is many folks put too much into them. I have taken to roughing them thru the winter and then sending any that do not cope well to a feedlot. The big stocker operators here have taken to feeding them daily on pasture with a TMR. I won't do that, but I am sure they are able to use some low cost commodities that way. [/QUOTE]
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