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<blockquote data-quote="Chris H" data-source="post: 264024" data-attributes="member: 1974"><p>Msscamp, lots of reasons to pull the calves and sell the cows right now. The cows are in really good condition right now. The price of fat cows is pretty good right now. I doubt the cows would be as fleshy after milking four months as they are now. We are pushing close to our limit on the number of cows our pasture can support, if the rain stopped now we'd be feeding cattle in 2-3 weeks. I'd rather feed calves than feed the cow feeding the calf, especially knowing the cow would be culled soon.</p><p>It helped that we had a market for the bull calves. And we sold the heifers to another person. We didn't intend to sell the heifers, we put a price on them and the buyer agreed. This little heifer isn't for sale, though. The old cow is 13 and this is her 12th calf. We only have one daughter from her and she's 8. That cow is good, and has given us several good daughters. So this heifer has some potential.</p><p></p><p>The 3 year old cow is nice, and raised a good calf last year. She calved late because she is a real heavy milker and we didn't separate and feed our 2 year olds last year. She just couldn't milk like that and breed back on time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chris H, post: 264024, member: 1974"] Msscamp, lots of reasons to pull the calves and sell the cows right now. The cows are in really good condition right now. The price of fat cows is pretty good right now. I doubt the cows would be as fleshy after milking four months as they are now. We are pushing close to our limit on the number of cows our pasture can support, if the rain stopped now we'd be feeding cattle in 2-3 weeks. I'd rather feed calves than feed the cow feeding the calf, especially knowing the cow would be culled soon. It helped that we had a market for the bull calves. And we sold the heifers to another person. We didn't intend to sell the heifers, we put a price on them and the buyer agreed. This little heifer isn't for sale, though. The old cow is 13 and this is her 12th calf. We only have one daughter from her and she's 8. That cow is good, and has given us several good daughters. So this heifer has some potential. The 3 year old cow is nice, and raised a good calf last year. She calved late because she is a real heavy milker and we didn't separate and feed our 2 year olds last year. She just couldn't milk like that and breed back on time. [/QUOTE]
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