castration

[txshowmom]

I've got a hypothetical question for you guys. Heres the cenerio, If someone were to sell all bull calves at the local sale barn at weaning and wanted to make the most money possible would it be feasable to castrate those calves at 3 months? Why? Why not? I know they will loose weight when they are cut but will they have enought time to rebound and be heavier at 6 or 7 months? My son has to write a paper on it for his final in him ag class. We don't run a commercial herd so to speak and the teacher said he wants them to look at it strickly from a cow calf production and which would net them the most money. I think this is a good topic.

 

[preston39]

I've got a hypothetical question for you guys. Heres the cenerio, If someone were to sell all bull calves at the local sale barn at weaning and wanted to make the most money possible would it be feasable to castrate those calves at 3 months? Why? Why not? I know they will loose weight when they are cut but will they have enought time to rebound and be heavier at 6 or 7 months? My son has to write a paper on it for his final in him ag class. We don't run a commercial herd so to speak and the teacher said he wants them to look at it strickly from a cow calf production and which would net them the most money. I think this is a good topic.

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txshowmom,

Extensive comments have been posted....search...banding and castration.
A lot of thoughts have been expressed. May help.

 

[jt]

I've got a hypothetical question for you guys. Heres the cenerio, If someone were to sell all bull calves at the local sale barn at weaning and wanted to make the most money possible would it be feasable to castrate those calves at 3 months? Why? Why not? I know they will loose weight when they are cut but will they have enought time to rebound and be heavier at 6 or 7 months? My son has to write a paper on it for his final in him ag class. We don't run a commercial herd so to speak and the teacher said he wants them to look at it strickly from a cow calf production and which would net them the most money. I think this is a good topic.

there has been lots written about this, and the concensus as i understand is that it is more profitable to castrate... the thought is that for any weight lost, it is more than offset by the better price.. and if implants are used, weight difference is not as big a deal.. some say banding does not set them back at all ??


just rambling

jt

 

[Scotty]

Drovers magazine had some stats. on this very thing this month or last.


Scotty

 

[jerry27150]

if you pinch them with burdizzo's at 3-400 there is no setback

 

[brokenmouth]

We don't run a commercial herd so to speak and the teacher said he wants them to look at it strickly from a cow calf production

i thought you had a pretty good sized commercial operation

 

[txshowmom]

We don't run a commercial herd so to speak and the teacher said he wants them to look at it strickly from a cow calf production

i thought you had a pretty good sized commercial operation

We have quite a few cows but what I said is that we don't have a comercial herd "so to speak". We run a registered operation so we do things a little different from the average cow/calf operation. We only castrate what we have to because we make more money selling them as bulls, and when we do castrate we wait till weaning or after because we usually background our cattle we sell at the sale barn. The senerior that was presented for his paper in not what we normally do.

 

[brokenmouth]

what I said is that we don't have a comercial herd "so to speak". We run a registered operation so we do things a little different from the average cow/calf operation.

http://cattletoday.com/forum/viewtopic. ... c&start=14

 

[Gale Seddon]

I'd like to know about those emoticons also, but this may not be the right time to ask.....