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<blockquote data-quote="thatdoggJake" data-source="post: 730516" data-attributes="member: 13656"><p>The group of cattle I picked up have been on 600 lbs of 15% range cubes per week up to my point of purchase. That works out to about 8.6 lbs per head, which equals about 1.3 lbs per week of protein. I'm not sure if this is serving to much of a purpose on this tract of land. I guess it's a good thing that they will cube up, but is this something I should continue? I can buy 50 lb bags of 15% at $6.95 each or 50 lb bags of 20% at $7.55 each. It seems to me that the 15% cubes are a better deal for what I'm buying. Are my thoughts correct here? 50 x .15 = 7.5 and 6.95/7.5= .926, whereas 50 x .20 = 10 and 7.55/10= .755</p><p></p><p>Maybe I should be cubing more, but maybe I could get by without cubing and try to make a dollar some day. But maybe, if "I treat my cows right, they will treat me right this spring." (as an ole farmer told me) I have a lot of maybies.</p><p></p><p>I'm going to get some mineral feeders built this weekend for some loose mineral to go along with some salt blocks that are out there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="thatdoggJake, post: 730516, member: 13656"] The group of cattle I picked up have been on 600 lbs of 15% range cubes per week up to my point of purchase. That works out to about 8.6 lbs per head, which equals about 1.3 lbs per week of protein. I'm not sure if this is serving to much of a purpose on this tract of land. I guess it's a good thing that they will cube up, but is this something I should continue? I can buy 50 lb bags of 15% at $6.95 each or 50 lb bags of 20% at $7.55 each. It seems to me that the 15% cubes are a better deal for what I'm buying. Are my thoughts correct here? 50 x .15 = 7.5 and 6.95/7.5= .926, whereas 50 x .20 = 10 and 7.55/10= .755 Maybe I should be cubing more, but maybe I could get by without cubing and try to make a dollar some day. But maybe, if "I treat my cows right, they will treat me right this spring." (as an ole farmer told me) I have a lot of maybies. I'm going to get some mineral feeders built this weekend for some loose mineral to go along with some salt blocks that are out there. [/QUOTE]
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