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<blockquote data-quote="JMJ Farms" data-source="post: 1303745" data-attributes="member: 24583"><p>Hey there True Grit, </p><p></p><p>1) not much, usually around $50-125. So for the sake of average I'm gonna say $75-80 more total dollars for a $600 calf. Sometimes this isn't the case at all. May be only $10.00 total price difference. </p><p></p><p>2) IMO, most angus/hereford type calves will need 45-60 more days to catch the charolais cross calves in weight depending on the bull and also how good of a momma cow you have. This is an estimate, as I've never put a pencil on it. I'm not promoting charolais by any means, I just think they make up in weight what they lose for color or marbling or whatever. </p><p></p><p>3) I run the charolais with one herd. And the hereford with a different herd on seperate farms. Not to be a smarta$$ but I've pretty much come to grips with the fact I'm gonna probably always have to sell at a local sale barn and not ever have enough momma cows to sell pot loads. So uniformity doesn't matter as much for me. Don't get me wrong, I am still slowly tightening my calving season and culling cows trying to get more uniformity, but my main goal right now is trying to improve my genetics and make sure that my cows are breeding on schedule, calving every 10-12 months, milking good, maintaining condition in my environment, and so forth. Keeping the easy keepers and the fastest breeders. I only have about 60 momma cows, so I usually try to sell about 3 times a year. That gives me (on average) 1 load of about 25 and 2 loads of around 15 (saving my best 5 heifers) that are fairly uniform, a pretty constant cash flow, and I also decrease my chances of hitting "one" bad week for prices. Kinda averages everything out. It's just kinda what works for me. </p><p></p><p><span style="color: #FF0000">TG, from the looks of your calves, your plan is working pretty good. They look dang good to me.</span> </p><p></p><p>One more thing about uniformity. I like uniformity. But it takes time and sometimes the amount of effort required on a small operation like mine is not feasible. So rather than convert from year round calving to a controlled breeding season, I've got a four year plan. (Trying to do it slowly so I don't miss many calves) The end result I'm shooting for is a 60 day spring calving season and 45 day fall calving season. I hope I like the end result.</p><p></p><p>Hope this answers your question. Every now and again I have trouble expressing clearly with words what my mind is thinking. Plus I took an oxycodone (and it ain't helped at all) about an hour ago and I ain't used to the side effects. Lol</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JMJ Farms, post: 1303745, member: 24583"] Hey there True Grit, 1) not much, usually around $50-125. So for the sake of average I'm gonna say $75-80 more total dollars for a $600 calf. Sometimes this isn't the case at all. May be only $10.00 total price difference. 2) IMO, most angus/hereford type calves will need 45-60 more days to catch the charolais cross calves in weight depending on the bull and also how good of a momma cow you have. This is an estimate, as I've never put a pencil on it. I'm not promoting charolais by any means, I just think they make up in weight what they lose for color or marbling or whatever. 3) I run the charolais with one herd. And the hereford with a different herd on seperate farms. Not to be a smarta$$ but I've pretty much come to grips with the fact I'm gonna probably always have to sell at a local sale barn and not ever have enough momma cows to sell pot loads. So uniformity doesn't matter as much for me. Don't get me wrong, I am still slowly tightening my calving season and culling cows trying to get more uniformity, but my main goal right now is trying to improve my genetics and make sure that my cows are breeding on schedule, calving every 10-12 months, milking good, maintaining condition in my environment, and so forth. Keeping the easy keepers and the fastest breeders. I only have about 60 momma cows, so I usually try to sell about 3 times a year. That gives me (on average) 1 load of about 25 and 2 loads of around 15 (saving my best 5 heifers) that are fairly uniform, a pretty constant cash flow, and I also decrease my chances of hitting "one" bad week for prices. Kinda averages everything out. It's just kinda what works for me. [color=#FF0000]TG, from the looks of your calves, your plan is working pretty good. They look dang good to me.[/color] One more thing about uniformity. I like uniformity. But it takes time and sometimes the amount of effort required on a small operation like mine is not feasible. So rather than convert from year round calving to a controlled breeding season, I've got a four year plan. (Trying to do it slowly so I don't miss many calves) The end result I'm shooting for is a 60 day spring calving season and 45 day fall calving season. I hope I like the end result. Hope this answers your question. Every now and again I have trouble expressing clearly with words what my mind is thinking. Plus I took an oxycodone (and it ain't helped at all) about an hour ago and I ain't used to the side effects. Lol [/QUOTE]
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