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<blockquote data-quote="cypressfarms" data-source="post: 756597" data-attributes="member: 2653"><p>This issue has caused me to do do some serious planning. </p><p></p><p>No, I do not have scales to weigh calves on my property; I now just estimate weight from my experience. From the calves that I feed out the previous years I'm normally within 50 to 75 pounds of the actual weight. </p><p></p><p>Yes, I do have room - I normally bring butcher calves up to a front paddock and feed them twice a day. I'm a fairly experienced woodworker, so task number 1 is to build a bulk feeder that I can drop a super sack of feed into - so there isn't a need for me to walk with buckets to feed twice a day.</p><p></p><p>Katherine had asked about long term contracts. That's not a problem. For the nursing homes, they can buy beef of better quality and a cheaper price from me than from their current supplier (basically the grocery store) They will put anything in writing that we agree to.</p><p></p><p>I'd really rather not go to a year round calving situation. Even if this nursing home takes 2 calves a month, I'll still have calves that I need to sell (at the stockyard).</p><p></p><p>Here's the deal we have so far:</p><p></p><p>They will let me know end of May/beginning of June what they expect to need for the entire upcoming year. I'll take from my current calf crop and bring 4 or 5 up for feeding. After ~ 45 days of feeding, The calves will go to the butcher and to the nursing homes. I'll bring the next group of calves up to feed to be ready three month's later. Basically I'll be supplying them with 4 to 5 calves every 3 months. They have agreed to pay me a $500 deposit for each calf that they expect to need for the entire year - so I have money upfront. Then each calves hanging weight will be used to determine the final price (at $2.50 per pound) </p><p></p><p>The more I think about this, the more I believe that I will stay with a "calving season" for the whole herd, but I may buy 6 to 8 more cows to calve in the summer to have calves ready during the "off" season. I normally hang weights around 500 pounds at the butcher.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cypressfarms, post: 756597, member: 2653"] This issue has caused me to do do some serious planning. No, I do not have scales to weigh calves on my property; I now just estimate weight from my experience. From the calves that I feed out the previous years I'm normally within 50 to 75 pounds of the actual weight. Yes, I do have room - I normally bring butcher calves up to a front paddock and feed them twice a day. I'm a fairly experienced woodworker, so task number 1 is to build a bulk feeder that I can drop a super sack of feed into - so there isn't a need for me to walk with buckets to feed twice a day. Katherine had asked about long term contracts. That's not a problem. For the nursing homes, they can buy beef of better quality and a cheaper price from me than from their current supplier (basically the grocery store) They will put anything in writing that we agree to. I'd really rather not go to a year round calving situation. Even if this nursing home takes 2 calves a month, I'll still have calves that I need to sell (at the stockyard). Here's the deal we have so far: They will let me know end of May/beginning of June what they expect to need for the entire upcoming year. I'll take from my current calf crop and bring 4 or 5 up for feeding. After ~ 45 days of feeding, The calves will go to the butcher and to the nursing homes. I'll bring the next group of calves up to feed to be ready three month's later. Basically I'll be supplying them with 4 to 5 calves every 3 months. They have agreed to pay me a $500 deposit for each calf that they expect to need for the entire year - so I have money upfront. Then each calves hanging weight will be used to determine the final price (at $2.50 per pound) The more I think about this, the more I believe that I will stay with a "calving season" for the whole herd, but I may buy 6 to 8 more cows to calve in the summer to have calves ready during the "off" season. I normally hang weights around 500 pounds at the butcher. [/QUOTE]
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