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<blockquote data-quote="Caustic Burno" data-source="post: 854180" data-attributes="member: 694"><p>The problem with 100 dollar hay is why mess with it and the losses. Hay at that price is 10 cents a pound(1000 lb roll) and when you figure in your loss more likely around 12 cents a pound. I can buy 14% bulk feed for 10 cents a pound and virtually have no loss. When hay prices get this close or greater than bulk feed there is no since messing with it.</p><p>What a man has to really understand is what a 500 pound calf has to bring as input cost go up. </p><p>Currently I would have to get 94 cents a pound on a 100% calf crop to cover the cost of the cow's upkeep for the year, with a 90% calf crop that price moves to 1.05. That's just to break even on the cow. With current prices you can afford to pay 10 to 12 cents a pound for feed to hold on, the key word here is current prices.</p><p>Now here come's the fly in the ointment maintaing BCS on the cow's that have been stressed by drought being able to hold BCS while maintaing a calf. Now it gets even nastier in if BCS drops your input cost are going to skyrocket going into winter to get her back into condition. Not maintaing BCS is a whole nuther train wreck that we could discuss until the cow's come home.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Caustic Burno, post: 854180, member: 694"] The problem with 100 dollar hay is why mess with it and the losses. Hay at that price is 10 cents a pound(1000 lb roll) and when you figure in your loss more likely around 12 cents a pound. I can buy 14% bulk feed for 10 cents a pound and virtually have no loss. When hay prices get this close or greater than bulk feed there is no since messing with it. What a man has to really understand is what a 500 pound calf has to bring as input cost go up. Currently I would have to get 94 cents a pound on a 100% calf crop to cover the cost of the cow's upkeep for the year, with a 90% calf crop that price moves to 1.05. That's just to break even on the cow. With current prices you can afford to pay 10 to 12 cents a pound for feed to hold on, the key word here is current prices. Now here come's the fly in the ointment maintaing BCS on the cow's that have been stressed by drought being able to hold BCS while maintaing a calf. Now it gets even nastier in if BCS drops your input cost are going to skyrocket going into winter to get her back into condition. Not maintaing BCS is a whole nuther train wreck that we could discuss until the cow's come home. [/QUOTE]
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