Caustic Burno
Well-known member
Don't forget about losses as well.What is a reasonable profit each of you can accept? Years ago steer guys would figure $100 pure profit would be ok. I'm not sure at the costs some of you quote that it's much better than that now.
$100 per cow and 40 cows is $4,000. Not much profit for the amount invested.
Let's double that to $200 per head. $8,000 still isn't much.
At $300 per head and $12,000 still not going to live off of it.
At $600 per head profit you might eat, but not good.
I lost a couple heifers to leptospirosis got hurt at the salebarn. Open here every one thinks lepto so your at the slaughter price. .76 cents on heavy 8wt heifers wasn't nice.
I had way more than that in them.