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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 200"><p>stockyard vs. video. video has become a great tool and it might be for you. It is best to have a full 48000 to 50000 lbs. load and best if they are all strs or hfrs.. Light loads and mix loads always sell for a little less. Also, your cattle need to be fairly even or that can hurt also.</p><p></p><p>as far as feeding goes. I have had great success, but, It has taken a lot of effort. Securing a good price is your biggest concern. Seems like if the market moves against you it is very unforgiving. If you have a feedlot in mind, they can probably run a breakeven for you. Most feedyards try to make 25 to 35 cents per head per day on their customers. Hidden cost? processing at the feedlot usally runs $9 t0 $12 per head. Death loss will average 1%, It is just a fact of life that you will have a dead. If your cattle have not been vaccinated talk to the feedyard crew to see what they recommend. If you send unvaccinated cattle to a feedlot you will see a very high medicine bill and probably a 2-4% death loss. Trucking has been running around $2-2.10 per loaded mile. Right now our cattle have been feeding for around .47 / lbs. gain with feed yardage and processing. Performance has been good this winter with gains from 3.5 to 4.0 per day.</p><p></p><p>I wish you great luck what ever you decide.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 200"] stockyard vs. video. video has become a great tool and it might be for you. It is best to have a full 48000 to 50000 lbs. load and best if they are all strs or hfrs.. Light loads and mix loads always sell for a little less. Also, your cattle need to be fairly even or that can hurt also. as far as feeding goes. I have had great success, but, It has taken a lot of effort. Securing a good price is your biggest concern. Seems like if the market moves against you it is very unforgiving. If you have a feedlot in mind, they can probably run a breakeven for you. Most feedyards try to make 25 to 35 cents per head per day on their customers. Hidden cost? processing at the feedlot usally runs $9 t0 $12 per head. Death loss will average 1%, It is just a fact of life that you will have a dead. If your cattle have not been vaccinated talk to the feedyard crew to see what they recommend. If you send unvaccinated cattle to a feedlot you will see a very high medicine bill and probably a 2-4% death loss. Trucking has been running around $2-2.10 per loaded mile. Right now our cattle have been feeding for around .47 / lbs. gain with feed yardage and processing. Performance has been good this winter with gains from 3.5 to 4.0 per day. I wish you great luck what ever you decide. [/QUOTE]
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