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<blockquote data-quote="cypressfarms" data-source="post: 151793" data-attributes="member: 2653"><p>Now THAT"S who makes the money.</p><p></p><p>Case IH,</p><p></p><p>Quick being a relative word, probably the two best "quickies" I've seen were:</p><p></p><p>1. There is a cattleman close to me who buys 100 ~ 200 fall calves almost every year (young weanlings maybe 400 lbs or so), and winters them on ryegrass and hay. (He has some great hay fields). In the spring he sells every one, and he's come out ahead every year that I've seen (about 10). He follows "trends" in what the market wants. I definitely don't have the $$$ to do this on such a large scale.</p><p></p><p>2. Another local cattleman, my dad, buys heifers at about the same weight (maybe 500 to 600), all of angus/brangus cross. He picks them out with a fine tooth comb, raises them, and breeds them to an angus bull. Then sells them as bred heifers, sometimes even 3 in ones. The local cattlemen around here line up to buy his heifers. He's developed a very good reputation in the area with commercial cattlemen. Last year they all got mad at me because I bought all of his bred heifers. Hey there is an advantage to him being my dad! I even got a call asking me if I was going to keep buying all of his heifers- I told them no, because I don't want to de-value what my dad has established. This scenario is a little harder because you really have to be able to pick out good heifers. I swear some of the one's he starts with look horrible, but they all wind up looking uniform and great. He does cull, but winds up with 20 to 30 every other year or so. He also has a high demand for his "replacements" locally, because most of the cattlemen around here are cow/calf producers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cypressfarms, post: 151793, member: 2653"] Now THAT"S who makes the money. Case IH, Quick being a relative word, probably the two best "quickies" I've seen were: 1. There is a cattleman close to me who buys 100 ~ 200 fall calves almost every year (young weanlings maybe 400 lbs or so), and winters them on ryegrass and hay. (He has some great hay fields). In the spring he sells every one, and he's come out ahead every year that I've seen (about 10). He follows "trends" in what the market wants. I definitely don't have the $$$ to do this on such a large scale. 2. Another local cattleman, my dad, buys heifers at about the same weight (maybe 500 to 600), all of angus/brangus cross. He picks them out with a fine tooth comb, raises them, and breeds them to an angus bull. Then sells them as bred heifers, sometimes even 3 in ones. The local cattlemen around here line up to buy his heifers. He's developed a very good reputation in the area with commercial cattlemen. Last year they all got mad at me because I bought all of his bred heifers. Hey there is an advantage to him being my dad! I even got a call asking me if I was going to keep buying all of his heifers- I told them no, because I don't want to de-value what my dad has established. This scenario is a little harder because you really have to be able to pick out good heifers. I swear some of the one's he starts with look horrible, but they all wind up looking uniform and great. He does cull, but winds up with 20 to 30 every other year or so. He also has a high demand for his "replacements" locally, because most of the cattlemen around here are cow/calf producers. [/QUOTE]
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