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<blockquote data-quote="Dave" data-source="post: 1550142" data-attributes="member: 498"><p>My Dad bought me a day old Holstein bull calf when I was in 2nd grade (1959?). I raised it. I have a feeling Dad paid the bills, I don't remember. Sold it in the form of locker beef. By the time I graduated from high school I had raised and sold enough locker beef to pay for 2 years of college (after that first one I paid my own bills). For nearly 50 years I have bought and sold cows. Raised stockers at times, cow calf pairs at times, and bred heifers when that market was good. I watched the market and kept a sharp pencil. Worked on rented or leased land for the most part. 60 pairs is the most I ever had during the grazing season. I always had a full time job..... well almost always. But I lived off the job not the cattle. When cattle were good I invested the profits in things that made life easier or in more cattle. When cattle market was off I pulled my horns in and didn't spend. In 2016 I retired. This last year I bought a nice little ranch and I own everything needed to run all the cows this place will handle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave, post: 1550142, member: 498"] My Dad bought me a day old Holstein bull calf when I was in 2nd grade (1959?). I raised it. I have a feeling Dad paid the bills, I don't remember. Sold it in the form of locker beef. By the time I graduated from high school I had raised and sold enough locker beef to pay for 2 years of college (after that first one I paid my own bills). For nearly 50 years I have bought and sold cows. Raised stockers at times, cow calf pairs at times, and bred heifers when that market was good. I watched the market and kept a sharp pencil. Worked on rented or leased land for the most part. 60 pairs is the most I ever had during the grazing season. I always had a full time job..... well almost always. But I lived off the job not the cattle. When cattle were good I invested the profits in things that made life easier or in more cattle. When cattle market was off I pulled my horns in and didn't spend. In 2016 I retired. This last year I bought a nice little ranch and I own everything needed to run all the cows this place will handle. [/QUOTE]
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