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cost of raising heifer to be bred vs buying bred cow
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<blockquote data-quote="alftn" data-source="post: 704835" data-attributes="member: 5647"><p>I will say I am not a large breeder, I also do not make my living from cattle. I ruin them as a business, and think of them as a non- profit organization. I try to have 20-25 cows, a leased bull from time to time, I keep most of my heifers at least a year, and very my cow number to ajust for the heifers coming back into the herd...I band most of the good bull calves, and run them with my heifers on the other farm...appx. 21 ac. of good clover, fescue, and ber. grass. split into 3 lot around a 2 ac. pond.... had cattle on this place since 99, have built great grass, keep the feeders and breeders there....Eat grass fed corn finisher beef,( 2 - 30 mo.old steers now, biggest ever , 30 Nov. kill date) 7 heifers for 08, and 5 09 heifers calves there...along with 7 08 and 09 steers.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I keep the heifers cause they just ride along with the steers, and we eat alot of beef, if the heifers are to my liking I put them into the herd..The 7 08's will go in in Jan..or be culled, either sale barn or as feeders to be killed...I would like to say my cattle are a tax write off....and I use them as such, but the Farms usually make a fair profit. </p><p></p><p></p><p>I raise cattle because I aint a very good hunter, and I am real good at growing grass...most of all I love the land that took a life time to pay for, and I will never have enough of(land). The cows are my lawn mowers and my roast beef sandwichs, I truly love my cows and they taste good, and I believe they are better for me than store bought meats....</p><p></p><p></p><p>Now if I figuraed in land rent and labor, I am in the hole, but since the land is paid for and really cost me nothing, ok taxes, witch are low here,and Labor is of love...I keep my heifers because I can raise better than I can buy....and if you can not raise heifers better then you can buy, you should not be raising cattle...!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="alftn, post: 704835, member: 5647"] I will say I am not a large breeder, I also do not make my living from cattle. I ruin them as a business, and think of them as a non- profit organization. I try to have 20-25 cows, a leased bull from time to time, I keep most of my heifers at least a year, and very my cow number to ajust for the heifers coming back into the herd...I band most of the good bull calves, and run them with my heifers on the other farm...appx. 21 ac. of good clover, fescue, and ber. grass. split into 3 lot around a 2 ac. pond.... had cattle on this place since 99, have built great grass, keep the feeders and breeders there....Eat grass fed corn finisher beef,( 2 - 30 mo.old steers now, biggest ever , 30 Nov. kill date) 7 heifers for 08, and 5 09 heifers calves there...along with 7 08 and 09 steers. I keep the heifers cause they just ride along with the steers, and we eat alot of beef, if the heifers are to my liking I put them into the herd..The 7 08's will go in in Jan..or be culled, either sale barn or as feeders to be killed...I would like to say my cattle are a tax write off....and I use them as such, but the Farms usually make a fair profit. I raise cattle because I aint a very good hunter, and I am real good at growing grass...most of all I love the land that took a life time to pay for, and I will never have enough of(land). The cows are my lawn mowers and my roast beef sandwichs, I truly love my cows and they taste good, and I believe they are better for me than store bought meats.... Now if I figuraed in land rent and labor, I am in the hole, but since the land is paid for and really cost me nothing, ok taxes, witch are low here,and Labor is of love...I keep my heifers because I can raise better than I can buy....and if you can not raise heifers better then you can buy, you should not be raising cattle...!!! [/QUOTE]
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