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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1392089" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>Have you ever raised any cattle before? How many do you plan to feed out ? What are your fences like? That size animal is a grazing machine and would gain good on grass to the 1000 plus pound weight....then finish. Why steers? Heifers would cost less and would kill a little lighter. </p><p>DO YOU already have the market for them??? The basics of your plan look okay, but what if you can't sell them. Then you haul them to town and sell them for 1.10 or 1.20 as fats? Then you lose quite a bit. What time of year? Gain not guaranteed at 2.5 lbs. Cold winter they eat more to keep up body heat, summer they eat less as corn makes them hot.....20 lbs per head/20 lbs per day per 5, what?</p><p>What if one gets sick and dies?</p><p>60% hanging is a good average, but our butcher says FIGURE on 50% and anything more is good....</p><p></p><p>Suggestion. Try 2 animals, steers, heifers, whatever. One for your freezer, one to sell. See how it goes. Get your feet wet and see if you even like doing it.</p><p></p><p>Figures look okay but if it went exactly as you've figured, don't you think we all would be doing it????</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1392089, member: 25884"] Have you ever raised any cattle before? How many do you plan to feed out ? What are your fences like? That size animal is a grazing machine and would gain good on grass to the 1000 plus pound weight....then finish. Why steers? Heifers would cost less and would kill a little lighter. DO YOU already have the market for them??? The basics of your plan look okay, but what if you can't sell them. Then you haul them to town and sell them for 1.10 or 1.20 as fats? Then you lose quite a bit. What time of year? Gain not guaranteed at 2.5 lbs. Cold winter they eat more to keep up body heat, summer they eat less as corn makes them hot.....20 lbs per head/20 lbs per day per 5, what? What if one gets sick and dies? 60% hanging is a good average, but our butcher says FIGURE on 50% and anything more is good.... Suggestion. Try 2 animals, steers, heifers, whatever. One for your freezer, one to sell. See how it goes. Get your feet wet and see if you even like doing it. Figures look okay but if it went exactly as you've figured, don't you think we all would be doing it???? [/QUOTE]
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