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<blockquote data-quote="Jogeephus" data-source="post: 516188" data-attributes="member: 4362"><p>I wean around 5 months. Put the calves on the best grass. Ma's seem to have a higher than average calving rate and stay in good condition. Don't see why I'd need to creep feed as I get appreciable growth for very little cost. Profit seems better. Am I sacrificing marbling? Might be. Don't know. Meat is good to me. Might be better if I did this but I don't retain ownership so I can't justify the additional cost of feed. Way I see it, as long as the cows are eating grass I am making money. When I go to feeding, I'm losing. So far, the cheap gain has outweighed the cost of maintaining a cow and kept things in the black. This year is going to be interesting though - gonna have to get creative. Right now the girls are in the woods making me some money. Haven't seen them in three days and haven't put hay in the rings for a week now and they are still full. Dang, its nice not to have to open and close a gate. :nod:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jogeephus, post: 516188, member: 4362"] I wean around 5 months. Put the calves on the best grass. Ma's seem to have a higher than average calving rate and stay in good condition. Don't see why I'd need to creep feed as I get appreciable growth for very little cost. Profit seems better. Am I sacrificing marbling? Might be. Don't know. Meat is good to me. Might be better if I did this but I don't retain ownership so I can't justify the additional cost of feed. Way I see it, as long as the cows are eating grass I am making money. When I go to feeding, I'm losing. So far, the cheap gain has outweighed the cost of maintaining a cow and kept things in the black. This year is going to be interesting though - gonna have to get creative. Right now the girls are in the woods making me some money. Haven't seen them in three days and haven't put hay in the rings for a week now and they are still full. Dang, its nice not to have to open and close a gate. :nod: [/QUOTE]
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