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<blockquote data-quote="brokenmouth" data-source="post: 94248" data-attributes="member: 928"><p>well i see what your trying to do but i dont see how your coming out ahead. sounds like you would do yourself a favor to run a few less mother cows and let em grow their calves up. if grass is your limiting factor and in most situations it is then you would get the most out your grass by putting it into more product for sale and less factory overhead. each one of those mother cows will eat a full ration of grass or hay 365 days a year and not make you any direct money. their calves will eat your grass only till the day you sell them and they are the ones bringing you a paycheck. in other words the calves are converting grass into product much better than the cows. </p><p></p><p>of course if your a producer you have to have cows to have calves but you want to get the mix right where you make the most from your grass. your letting somebody else pick up your young calves without taking on the overhead of their mothers. thats why they they will pay you more per pound than for older calves but they will still make money on those calves and you are still making less per head. you might want to run your numbers based on a smaller calf crop but more pounds of calf and see what you get.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brokenmouth, post: 94248, member: 928"] well i see what your trying to do but i dont see how your coming out ahead. sounds like you would do yourself a favor to run a few less mother cows and let em grow their calves up. if grass is your limiting factor and in most situations it is then you would get the most out your grass by putting it into more product for sale and less factory overhead. each one of those mother cows will eat a full ration of grass or hay 365 days a year and not make you any direct money. their calves will eat your grass only till the day you sell them and they are the ones bringing you a paycheck. in other words the calves are converting grass into product much better than the cows. of course if your a producer you have to have cows to have calves but you want to get the mix right where you make the most from your grass. your letting somebody else pick up your young calves without taking on the overhead of their mothers. thats why they they will pay you more per pound than for older calves but they will still make money on those calves and you are still making less per head. you might want to run your numbers based on a smaller calf crop but more pounds of calf and see what you get. [/QUOTE]
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