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<blockquote data-quote="cattle_gal" data-source="post: 45717" data-attributes="member: 643"><p>We run depending on the year (drought or normal) around 215 reg and com pairs.</p><p></p><p>As someone said earlier in the thread. Either to many(drought) or not enough(high prices and good rain fall year). </p><p></p><p>Eric: Chuck hits it on the nail. Always keep in the back of your mind the break downs, drought, unexpected expenses, and the increase in the cost of everything. And if you have land payments. You'll be selling every calf you have and pray you make it. And an off farm income if need be. Do a 10 year cashflow sheet (even they paint a roser picture sometimes than what happens). With the rule of thumb having the income lower than average and the expenses higher than average. And add a few percent each year on the expenses (not the income) to the cashflow. And an average price per pound of .89 for the steers and .85 for the heifers in the 5 weight catagory. Or like a couple of years ago when the price was .59 or less for the steers and .53 or less for heifers in the 5 weight catagory. Lots of replacement heifers were keep that year by many ranchers. And cull cows were around .25/lbs. A normal range would be about .35 depending on your area and how far from the slaughter house you are. And to make things interesting buy your bred cows high like now with next year to sell the calves at $.55/lbs/calf and $.25/lbs/cow and a total drought situation added in. Sorry I did paint a very good picture to ride off in to the sunset with <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /> . But better to be prepared than surprised down the line.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cattle_gal, post: 45717, member: 643"] We run depending on the year (drought or normal) around 215 reg and com pairs. As someone said earlier in the thread. Either to many(drought) or not enough(high prices and good rain fall year). Eric: Chuck hits it on the nail. Always keep in the back of your mind the break downs, drought, unexpected expenses, and the increase in the cost of everything. And if you have land payments. You'll be selling every calf you have and pray you make it. And an off farm income if need be. Do a 10 year cashflow sheet (even they paint a roser picture sometimes than what happens). With the rule of thumb having the income lower than average and the expenses higher than average. And add a few percent each year on the expenses (not the income) to the cashflow. And an average price per pound of .89 for the steers and .85 for the heifers in the 5 weight catagory. Or like a couple of years ago when the price was .59 or less for the steers and .53 or less for heifers in the 5 weight catagory. Lots of replacement heifers were keep that year by many ranchers. And cull cows were around .25/lbs. A normal range would be about .35 depending on your area and how far from the slaughter house you are. And to make things interesting buy your bred cows high like now with next year to sell the calves at $.55/lbs/calf and $.25/lbs/cow and a total drought situation added in. Sorry I did paint a very good picture to ride off in to the sunset with :o . But better to be prepared than surprised down the line. [/QUOTE]
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