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<blockquote data-quote="Ann Bledsoe" data-source="post: 52457" data-attributes="member: 60"><p>Hi Bill</p><p>I'm one those crazy people who ELECTS to buy baby calves and raise them. Without going into a lot of detail, let me explain why I do it by laying out one calf transaction.</p><p>Last Feb I bought 2 calves at the salebarn, a RWF bull and a Black heifer. I paid $150 for the bull as a newborn, and $200 for the heifer at 2 weeks of age. I bottleraised these 2 calves on excess milk from my Jersey cow. I sold these 2 calves in August at the local salebarn, on a night when there was hardly anybody there due to a storm. </p><p>The steer weighed 485 lbs and brought $128/cwt, the heifer weighed 440 lbs and brought $116/cwt. The check was for over $1100 and I had a grand total, including all feed, vet bill, etc., of $575 wrapped up in both calves. It takes me an average of 1 hour per day to care for several baby calves to weaning, and then no more than 30 minutes per day after weaning for to care for all the weaned calves.</p><p></p><p>For someone who doesn't want a "real' job, raising calves can be good source of income, especially if you have excess milk -- add milk replacer into the equation and you can subtract $50 per calf from your profit.</p><p></p><p>Ann B</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ann Bledsoe, post: 52457, member: 60"] Hi Bill I'm one those crazy people who ELECTS to buy baby calves and raise them. Without going into a lot of detail, let me explain why I do it by laying out one calf transaction. Last Feb I bought 2 calves at the salebarn, a RWF bull and a Black heifer. I paid $150 for the bull as a newborn, and $200 for the heifer at 2 weeks of age. I bottleraised these 2 calves on excess milk from my Jersey cow. I sold these 2 calves in August at the local salebarn, on a night when there was hardly anybody there due to a storm. The steer weighed 485 lbs and brought $128/cwt, the heifer weighed 440 lbs and brought $116/cwt. The check was for over $1100 and I had a grand total, including all feed, vet bill, etc., of $575 wrapped up in both calves. It takes me an average of 1 hour per day to care for several baby calves to weaning, and then no more than 30 minutes per day after weaning for to care for all the weaned calves. For someone who doesn't want a "real' job, raising calves can be good source of income, especially if you have excess milk -- add milk replacer into the equation and you can subtract $50 per calf from your profit. Ann B [/QUOTE]
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