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Breeding "High end" Simmental blood lines and determining calf prices
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<blockquote data-quote="Stocker Steve" data-source="post: 1375334" data-attributes="member: 1715"><p>Local guy with some family rep who is about 10 years into it:</p><p>- Buys bulls for $4000 to $8000, and sells about 15% of his yearling bulls for $2500 to $3500, and rest go to sales barn.</p><p>- Buys some open heifers for $2000 to $3000 - -and sells about 25% of his for $1000 to $2500, keeps about 25%, and rest go to sales barn.</p><p>You can do the math. AFTER some investment years that ignore opportunity cost - - there seems to be an annual wash on the breeding stock. Longer term you could (dig out of "the pit") make some $$$ with a dispersal, but I don't think that is the business plan.</p><p>With all the selling and buying and culling and cost of money - - I think some embryos is a good suggestion. It would be faster and could be cheaper. What is a typical cost adder for an embryo calf vs. a commercial calf on the ground?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stocker Steve, post: 1375334, member: 1715"] Local guy with some family rep who is about 10 years into it: - Buys bulls for $4000 to $8000, and sells about 15% of his yearling bulls for $2500 to $3500, and rest go to sales barn. - Buys some open heifers for $2000 to $3000 - -and sells about 25% of his for $1000 to $2500, keeps about 25%, and rest go to sales barn. You can do the math. AFTER some investment years that ignore opportunity cost - - there seems to be an annual wash on the breeding stock. Longer term you could (dig out of "the pit") make some $$$ with a dispersal, but I don't think that is the business plan. With all the selling and buying and culling and cost of money - - I think some embryos is a good suggestion. It would be faster and could be cheaper. What is a typical cost adder for an embryo calf vs. a commercial calf on the ground? [/QUOTE]
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