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cost of raising heifer to be bred vs buying bred cow
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<blockquote data-quote="Dave" data-source="post: 757100" data-attributes="member: 498"><p>I don't know what part of the northwest you are in but in my area there seems to be plenty of cows available. And as always cattle prices on the west side of the Cascades is lower than the rest of the world. If you are looking for real top of the line cows, well there aren't as many of them available and they do cost more. But that is true anywhere.</p><p>As to price and available numbers. I know people who are buying both heifers and cows by the truck load and shipping them over the hill to sell and making good money doing it.</p><p>On the original question. The guy I get my bulls from figures he has $1,100 into a heifer before he can sell her first calf. I sure wouldn't dispute him as he is as good a cattleman as there is in Western Washington. The best pair to walk through the Chehalis yard wont cost that much. So at least for this area pairs or even bred cows are cheaper than raising a heifer. The only reason to raise heifers is to get know genetics.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave, post: 757100, member: 498"] I don't know what part of the northwest you are in but in my area there seems to be plenty of cows available. And as always cattle prices on the west side of the Cascades is lower than the rest of the world. If you are looking for real top of the line cows, well there aren't as many of them available and they do cost more. But that is true anywhere. As to price and available numbers. I know people who are buying both heifers and cows by the truck load and shipping them over the hill to sell and making good money doing it. On the original question. The guy I get my bulls from figures he has $1,100 into a heifer before he can sell her first calf. I sure wouldn't dispute him as he is as good a cattleman as there is in Western Washington. The best pair to walk through the Chehalis yard wont cost that much. So at least for this area pairs or even bred cows are cheaper than raising a heifer. The only reason to raise heifers is to get know genetics. [/QUOTE]
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