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<blockquote data-quote="traks44" data-source="post: 503962" data-attributes="member: 7091"><p>If you are in the business of just feeding cattle in a feedlot you probably arent doing just great(depending on feed costs). We calve in the spring and then when fall rolls around we run these calves along with alot more in our feedlot and our pastures. We added 1000 capacity to our feedlot a year ago to get more calves in the feedlot where we will use less fuel and man hours and quit wasting hay that gets stomped in the ground while they are on winter stubble or range pastures. Well with hay prices and the mild climate where we winter we ended up turning out more into the pastures than we wanted to save feed costs in the feedlot. Its costs about $1.04 to feed each calve in the feelot daily. This up from about $40 cents a few years back. Anyway so we put up with high feed bills and what not, because we will turn out on some very good mountain pastures where they will gain 2-3 lbs a day. We sell most our calves on the August futures anyway. So the key for us running a good feedlot is a really good mixing truck, mixing silage and mediocre alfalfa and having good grass to run out on. We are not feeding out by any means, only trying to keep the calf healthy and growing and the least amount of $/head we can.</p><p></p><p>Just how we do it anyway....</p><p></p><p>we make about $100 per head depending on what the original cost was to buy and this can fluctuate from $85 to$130 per head depedning on medicine, etc etc.</p><p></p><p>Maybe the most important factor for making money off of yearlings is SORTING SORTING SORTING. I have been taught this anyway.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="traks44, post: 503962, member: 7091"] If you are in the business of just feeding cattle in a feedlot you probably arent doing just great(depending on feed costs). We calve in the spring and then when fall rolls around we run these calves along with alot more in our feedlot and our pastures. We added 1000 capacity to our feedlot a year ago to get more calves in the feedlot where we will use less fuel and man hours and quit wasting hay that gets stomped in the ground while they are on winter stubble or range pastures. Well with hay prices and the mild climate where we winter we ended up turning out more into the pastures than we wanted to save feed costs in the feedlot. Its costs about $1.04 to feed each calve in the feelot daily. This up from about $40 cents a few years back. Anyway so we put up with high feed bills and what not, because we will turn out on some very good mountain pastures where they will gain 2-3 lbs a day. We sell most our calves on the August futures anyway. So the key for us running a good feedlot is a really good mixing truck, mixing silage and mediocre alfalfa and having good grass to run out on. We are not feeding out by any means, only trying to keep the calf healthy and growing and the least amount of $/head we can. Just how we do it anyway.... we make about $100 per head depending on what the original cost was to buy and this can fluctuate from $85 to$130 per head depedning on medicine, etc etc. Maybe the most important factor for making money off of yearlings is SORTING SORTING SORTING. I have been taught this anyway. [/QUOTE]
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