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<blockquote data-quote="usernametaken" data-source="post: 420384" data-attributes="member: 6820"><p>I am most certainly the unexpert here but have done a good bit of reading with more to go. However, I do have a financial background. While I have seen no facts or figures yet, my financial conscience if you will, gives me the hunch that in the large vs medium vs small cattle debate there must be a point where profit, if it is to be made at all, reaches the slide of diminishing returns. I suspect that the higher profit returns will be made in the medium, forage efficient type of cattle. Could be in the small cattle ( dexters) also, but there you may have a diminishing return on the carcass size. If the profit margin goes backwards I think it must be in the very large cattle. You don't have room for much error in this business I don't think. Medium cattle that live naturally, are hardy with minimum vet bills, deliver calves unassisted and maintain good health and condition through it all, and are long-lived and long productive just has the feel of common sense to me.</p><p></p><p>If you don't have a lot of land lying around it may be a big benefit to have earlier maturing cattle. One question would be did the extra dollars made on a few more pounds equal or surpass what you would charge if you were using that land to custom graze ? Also, how is cattle that leave later affecting your carrying capacity ?</p><p></p><p>Untaken</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="usernametaken, post: 420384, member: 6820"] I am most certainly the unexpert here but have done a good bit of reading with more to go. However, I do have a financial background. While I have seen no facts or figures yet, my financial conscience if you will, gives me the hunch that in the large vs medium vs small cattle debate there must be a point where profit, if it is to be made at all, reaches the slide of diminishing returns. I suspect that the higher profit returns will be made in the medium, forage efficient type of cattle. Could be in the small cattle ( dexters) also, but there you may have a diminishing return on the carcass size. If the profit margin goes backwards I think it must be in the very large cattle. You don't have room for much error in this business I don't think. Medium cattle that live naturally, are hardy with minimum vet bills, deliver calves unassisted and maintain good health and condition through it all, and are long-lived and long productive just has the feel of common sense to me. If you don't have a lot of land lying around it may be a big benefit to have earlier maturing cattle. One question would be did the extra dollars made on a few more pounds equal or surpass what you would charge if you were using that land to custom graze ? Also, how is cattle that leave later affecting your carrying capacity ? Untaken [/QUOTE]
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