sim.-ang.king
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With the drought and pasture quality going down, I have already weaned 2 bulls that were born in Feb., but my question is I have 4 other calves that I could wean at the end of this month at 3 months and the oldest at 4. If I weaned them then I could then ship the mammas to another pasture we have for fall calvers, that has more acres, but lacks in water so we would have to haul more water. So wean at the end of the month, which is about as long as the grass would last, and then buy corn to fed them. Or keep the calves on the cows till the end of September like normal and fed hay till then.
Second part is when to sell. My plan right now is to hold the calves till November, which would mean buying more corn to fed them. Or I could cut the loss by selling now, but they are getting closer to 20 cent cheaper then last march when I sold. So hold them till November and pray for cheaper grain, or sell now and at a lower weight and price than what I got last march?
Buy corn? Hold off weaning? or Sell the calves now? What are your ideas, and what are your plans for this year?
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Second part is when to sell. My plan right now is to hold the calves till November, which would mean buying more corn to fed them. Or I could cut the loss by selling now, but they are getting closer to 20 cent cheaper then last march when I sold. So hold them till November and pray for cheaper grain, or sell now and at a lower weight and price than what I got last march?
Buy corn? Hold off weaning? or Sell the calves now? What are your ideas, and what are your plans for this year?
:bang: