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feeding out/butchering 3 yr old heifer,steer (update)
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<blockquote data-quote="Toby L." data-source="post: 624102" data-attributes="member: 9048"><p>Tomorrow I'm going to pick up a 3 year old heifer and a 3 yr. old steer. There both around 800 pounds, which bothers me as to why there not bigger, must be a nutritional issue. The guy I'm getting them from has been feeding them 5 pds. of corn each and free choice hay. What I was going to do is feed them 16 pds. of ground corn with molasses, and free choice late cutting hay for a month then butcher. What I was wondering, is that going to do any good? Or should I just butcher them right now? There not filled out to my standards, I'm picky anyways, but I don't want to keep them around for 3 months either. I need the beef now... I was reading about the 6 year old cow butcher thread and wondering if the same applied to an animal that's 3 years old. What I was planning on doing is selling the 3 halves to pay for my 1 half, but I want decent steaks also.</p><p></p><p></p><p> We butchered the steer today, and his hanging weight was 430 pounds. So if I were to sell the meat for $2 a pound it would come to $860. The heifer I sold to a neighbor that really likes her because she is small, for $250 and 200 square bales of clover/timothy hay. He had the hay listed for $3 a bale, so even at that it would come to $850. The bales are light so I figured there probably worth $2 a bale. I needed the hay anyways because I was going to run out a the end of April. So I spent $1000 for the cattle and fed around #1500 pounds of corn, at $10 a hundred, so there's $150 so that's $1150, plus hay, and I made $1710, $560 profit. In actuality I made $250 which will pay for the processing, and some extra hay. At least I'll have some meat in the freezer, probably 200 pounds. I'll let you know how it taste in a couple of weeks. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> Boy, now that I put it that way I really feel ripped off.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Toby L., post: 624102, member: 9048"] Tomorrow I'm going to pick up a 3 year old heifer and a 3 yr. old steer. There both around 800 pounds, which bothers me as to why there not bigger, must be a nutritional issue. The guy I'm getting them from has been feeding them 5 pds. of corn each and free choice hay. What I was going to do is feed them 16 pds. of ground corn with molasses, and free choice late cutting hay for a month then butcher. What I was wondering, is that going to do any good? Or should I just butcher them right now? There not filled out to my standards, I'm picky anyways, but I don't want to keep them around for 3 months either. I need the beef now... I was reading about the 6 year old cow butcher thread and wondering if the same applied to an animal that’s 3 years old. What I was planning on doing is selling the 3 halves to pay for my 1 half, but I want decent steaks also. We butchered the steer today, and his hanging weight was 430 pounds. So if I were to sell the meat for $2 a pound it would come to $860. The heifer I sold to a neighbor that really likes her because she is small, for $250 and 200 square bales of clover/timothy hay. He had the hay listed for $3 a bale, so even at that it would come to $850. The bales are light so I figured there probably worth $2 a bale. I needed the hay anyways because I was going to run out a the end of April. So I spent $1000 for the cattle and fed around #1500 pounds of corn, at $10 a hundred, so there's $150 so that's $1150, plus hay, and I made $1710, $560 profit. In actuality I made $250 which will pay for the processing, and some extra hay. At least I'll have some meat in the freezer, probably 200 pounds. I'll let you know how it taste in a couple of weeks. :D Boy, now that I put it that way I really feel ripped off. [/QUOTE]
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