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<blockquote data-quote="elkwc" data-source="post: 1499891" data-attributes="member: 22295"><p>I'm basically in the same situation you are. We have had 4 tenths two different times and a tenth once scattered over that same time period. I was hoping to weant this weekend but the weather slowed us down. Next weekend we will be weaning. The big calves the first cut and another in 2-3 weeks on the lighter calves. Will also be culling some older cows we planned to sell before next winter. Will put the calves and cows on some triticale we intended to bale but it won't make hay now so will graze it out. Should last 3-4 weeks. At that time depending on whether it has rained or not we will decide which plan to go with. We are going to go ahead and retain some heifers. Propably about half the number we did last year that are calvigng now. There are several reasons but the main one is we can't buy bred heifers or heifer pairs of the quality we raise for the same money we can raise them for. We will just cull deeper into the cowherd if needed. At a special cow sale yesterday some commercial pairs went for $2800 and all the decent heifer pairs were 2,200 or above and the breds 1,750-2,000. If I was to sell the heifers after weaning around here now they would bring around $700 and they are as good or better than what sold yesterday. IMO you can't build a herd buying culls at the sale barn and all of the special sales have been high. Saw very similar numbers at a sale two weeks ago. We have a lot of old hay we need to get fed so will use it and the manger trailer. The thing is a lot of calves will start moving in the next month if there is no rain and prices will likely drop. The steer calves will go first. Was hoping to keep them until early August. </p><p> I can't tell you what is the best direction but we talked about it a lot this weekend and have decided the above route is how we are going to start and then will adjust depending on rainfall or lack of. We just purchased another bull. Which we will likely need regardless if it rains. Because if we have fewer numbers we will likely have cows in more places.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elkwc, post: 1499891, member: 22295"] I'm basically in the same situation you are. We have had 4 tenths two different times and a tenth once scattered over that same time period. I was hoping to weant this weekend but the weather slowed us down. Next weekend we will be weaning. The big calves the first cut and another in 2-3 weeks on the lighter calves. Will also be culling some older cows we planned to sell before next winter. Will put the calves and cows on some triticale we intended to bale but it won't make hay now so will graze it out. Should last 3-4 weeks. At that time depending on whether it has rained or not we will decide which plan to go with. We are going to go ahead and retain some heifers. Propably about half the number we did last year that are calvigng now. There are several reasons but the main one is we can't buy bred heifers or heifer pairs of the quality we raise for the same money we can raise them for. We will just cull deeper into the cowherd if needed. At a special cow sale yesterday some commercial pairs went for $2800 and all the decent heifer pairs were 2,200 or above and the breds 1,750-2,000. If I was to sell the heifers after weaning around here now they would bring around $700 and they are as good or better than what sold yesterday. IMO you can't build a herd buying culls at the sale barn and all of the special sales have been high. Saw very similar numbers at a sale two weeks ago. We have a lot of old hay we need to get fed so will use it and the manger trailer. The thing is a lot of calves will start moving in the next month if there is no rain and prices will likely drop. The steer calves will go first. Was hoping to keep them until early August. I can't tell you what is the best direction but we talked about it a lot this weekend and have decided the above route is how we are going to start and then will adjust depending on rainfall or lack of. We just purchased another bull. Which we will likely need regardless if it rains. Because if we have fewer numbers we will likely have cows in more places. [/QUOTE]
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