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<blockquote data-quote="ChrisB" data-source="post: 1185671" data-attributes="member: 122"><p>I wouldn't get too caught up on the 'quality' part. I'm not saying to buy poor cows, but average to above average cows will be more profitable in my opinion. Since it sounds like you are planning on selling finished cattle I don't think you will ever recoup the difference between a $3500 cow and a $2000 cow. I finish all my calves out and the calves from my poorer cows sell for just as much money as my better cows. There is a bigger difference between a poor cow and an average cow than there is between an average cow and a great cow.</p><p></p><p>Selling feeder cattle is a lot different than selling fat cattle. Packers don't care if that calf's mother had a perfect topline, udder, or won a blue ribbon at the fair. Again, I'm not saying to buy problem cows. Buy good solid cows of any of the popular breeds or crosses of them. Spend a little more money on A.I. or a bull. The biggest variable you will have in how profitable you are is going to be how many calves you can market per cow exposed.</p><p></p><p>I have cows in my herd I am downright embarrassed to have in the pasture. But as long as they breed back and raise calves that are average to above average in my herd they will stick around. I would never say that I have great cows but I think I have a lot of profitable cows.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChrisB, post: 1185671, member: 122"] I wouldn't get too caught up on the 'quality' part. I'm not saying to buy poor cows, but average to above average cows will be more profitable in my opinion. Since it sounds like you are planning on selling finished cattle I don't think you will ever recoup the difference between a $3500 cow and a $2000 cow. I finish all my calves out and the calves from my poorer cows sell for just as much money as my better cows. There is a bigger difference between a poor cow and an average cow than there is between an average cow and a great cow. Selling feeder cattle is a lot different than selling fat cattle. Packers don't care if that calf's mother had a perfect topline, udder, or won a blue ribbon at the fair. Again, I'm not saying to buy problem cows. Buy good solid cows of any of the popular breeds or crosses of them. Spend a little more money on A.I. or a bull. The biggest variable you will have in how profitable you are is going to be how many calves you can market per cow exposed. I have cows in my herd I am downright embarrassed to have in the pasture. But as long as they breed back and raise calves that are average to above average in my herd they will stick around. I would never say that I have great cows but I think I have a lot of profitable cows. [/QUOTE]
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