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Bottle Calf Idea.... Would like opinions:)
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<blockquote data-quote="backhoeboogie" data-source="post: 1186986" data-attributes="member: 3162"><p>I totally agree with you skyhigh. @$450 a calf, I can still turn a good profit. That is simply because the market is so good right now. </p><p></p><p>There are far fewer calves available. But at $450, there's not a lot of ladies eewing and awing and wanting to take them home. $450 takes out a lot of competition from the aliens (legal and otherwise) as well. </p><p></p><p>The challenge is to keep your cost at around $1.25 per day. $450 cost plus $300 rearing selling for a $1250 average aint bad. The guys are perfectly backgrounded when you market them. You can buy cheaper calves at the dairy sale, but the cost of rearing is the same. You won't average $1250 a head sale on those calves, in my opinion. </p><p></p><p>When we were buying them for $125, they were selling for $500 to $600. Much less profit margin. It wasn't worth it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="backhoeboogie, post: 1186986, member: 3162"] I totally agree with you skyhigh. @$450 a calf, I can still turn a good profit. That is simply because the market is so good right now. There are far fewer calves available. But at $450, there's not a lot of ladies eewing and awing and wanting to take them home. $450 takes out a lot of competition from the aliens (legal and otherwise) as well. The challenge is to keep your cost at around $1.25 per day. $450 cost plus $300 rearing selling for a $1250 average aint bad. The guys are perfectly backgrounded when you market them. You can buy cheaper calves at the dairy sale, but the cost of rearing is the same. You won't average $1250 a head sale on those calves, in my opinion. When we were buying them for $125, they were selling for $500 to $600. Much less profit margin. It wasn't worth it. [/QUOTE]
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