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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1793998" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>Don't know what he would do differently. The money was in the buying costs kept down by picking up bull calves and working them. Some cost as little as 1.25/lb... some in the 1.50's... he normally would have put 35 out on the pasture he is committed to with a friend... but with the high price of steers right now, decided to sell them and will graze 35+/- heifers out there instead. </p><p>Prices on even bull calves in the 4-5 wts is much higher now... mostly only a $.10 discount from steers so cannot make it pencil out. </p><p>We feed corn silage and free choice hay and a little protein top dressed on the silage. Pasture free choice also. Had 15 of the 36 on a pasture with some supplemental hay and a bucket of 15% commodity pellets twice a week... no silage except a couple scoops to keep them used to it with the pellets. They got fed and checked on twice a week. The rest of them were in a couple acre pasture with bunkline feeder and got more silage. Too many to keep at one place.</p><p>He is more into the feeders, I am more the cow calf person. But [USER=18945]@greybeard[/USER] is exactly right.... someone has to have the cows to produce the calves for all these people that think they should have just feeders. And on years that you don't have a good crop like our corn silage, then you probably didn't have enough rain to make a good hay crop either, so then what???</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1793998, member: 25884"] Don't know what he would do differently. The money was in the buying costs kept down by picking up bull calves and working them. Some cost as little as 1.25/lb... some in the 1.50's... he normally would have put 35 out on the pasture he is committed to with a friend... but with the high price of steers right now, decided to sell them and will graze 35+/- heifers out there instead. Prices on even bull calves in the 4-5 wts is much higher now... mostly only a $.10 discount from steers so cannot make it pencil out. We feed corn silage and free choice hay and a little protein top dressed on the silage. Pasture free choice also. Had 15 of the 36 on a pasture with some supplemental hay and a bucket of 15% commodity pellets twice a week... no silage except a couple scoops to keep them used to it with the pellets. They got fed and checked on twice a week. The rest of them were in a couple acre pasture with bunkline feeder and got more silage. Too many to keep at one place. He is more into the feeders, I am more the cow calf person. But [USER=18945]@greybeard[/USER] is exactly right.... someone has to have the cows to produce the calves for all these people that think they should have just feeders. And on years that you don't have a good crop like our corn silage, then you probably didn't have enough rain to make a good hay crop either, so then what??? [/QUOTE]
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