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<blockquote data-quote="Alberta farmer" data-source="post: 743462" data-attributes="member: 8978"><p>There are many ways to calculate this, but for a real true cost a person needs to ask themselves "How much would I have if I never owned the cow"?</p><p>What could you get in rent for your land? How much could you sell your hay for? What kind of wage could you make if you weren't doing this? What kind of return could you get on the capital you have invested in the cow?</p><p>The figure of $365/yr for feed(and feed alone) is probably fairly accurate for most years. Add to that your own figures for these items:</p><p>Breeding expense $25</p><p>Salt and mineral $20</p><p>Fence &corral repair $10</p><p>vet costs $10</p><p>Selling costs $25</p><p>depreciation on cow cost $50</p><p>labor $25</p><p>interest on cow cost $50</p><p>death loss cows(1%) $10</p><p>TOTAL $590</p><p></p><p>If you raise the calf, on momma, to 600/lb steer and 575/lb hfr. you would be selling in the fall with a price of about $1.05/lb/str and $.95 hfr. or $630 for the steer and $546 for the hfr. or $588 for every calf?</p><p>Now most people don't get a 100% calf crop on a large commercial herd...probably 97% would be pretty good? $588 X .97 =$570?</p><p>So if you never did anything you would be much better off...in fact $20/for every cow you didn't own richer?</p><p>I believe my numbers are fairly realistic, but of course yours might be very different....probably the reason I sold my cows last fall.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alberta farmer, post: 743462, member: 8978"] There are many ways to calculate this, but for a real true cost a person needs to ask themselves "How much would I have if I never owned the cow"? What could you get in rent for your land? How much could you sell your hay for? What kind of wage could you make if you weren't doing this? What kind of return could you get on the capital you have invested in the cow? The figure of $365/yr for feed(and feed alone) is probably fairly accurate for most years. Add to that your own figures for these items: Breeding expense $25 Salt and mineral $20 Fence &corral repair $10 vet costs $10 Selling costs $25 depreciation on cow cost $50 labor $25 interest on cow cost $50 death loss cows(1%) $10 TOTAL $590 If you raise the calf, on momma, to 600/lb steer and 575/lb hfr. you would be selling in the fall with a price of about $1.05/lb/str and $.95 hfr. or $630 for the steer and $546 for the hfr. or $588 for every calf? Now most people don't get a 100% calf crop on a large commercial herd...probably 97% would be pretty good? $588 X .97 =$570? So if you never did anything you would be much better off...in fact $20/for every cow you didn't own richer? I believe my numbers are fairly realistic, but of course yours might be very different....probably the reason I sold my cows last fall. [/QUOTE]
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