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<blockquote data-quote="Dave" data-source="post: 602961" data-attributes="member: 498"><p>Probably over half the herd are over 8. But that comes from buying older cows out of the kill pen with the idea of getting one more calf out of them and turning then back. Some of them do such a good job of raising a calf that they get to stick around for a few more years. Those cows that aren't structurally sound get left in the kill pen to start with.</p><p>I have been wondering about this subject. I see bred heifers advertised for $1,600. If for easy figuring we use a salvage value of $600 that leaves a $1,000 that goes against the calves she raises. If she raised 10 calves it works out to $100 against each calf for the original purchase price of the cow. Would a pot load of bred heifers average raising 10 calves each? I don't think so. They aren't all going to be winners. But at those prices a cow has to have a long productive life to pay for herself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave, post: 602961, member: 498"] Probably over half the herd are over 8. But that comes from buying older cows out of the kill pen with the idea of getting one more calf out of them and turning then back. Some of them do such a good job of raising a calf that they get to stick around for a few more years. Those cows that aren't structurally sound get left in the kill pen to start with. I have been wondering about this subject. I see bred heifers advertised for $1,600. If for easy figuring we use a salvage value of $600 that leaves a $1,000 that goes against the calves she raises. If she raised 10 calves it works out to $100 against each calf for the original purchase price of the cow. Would a pot load of bred heifers average raising 10 calves each? I don't think so. They aren't all going to be winners. But at those prices a cow has to have a long productive life to pay for herself. [/QUOTE]
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