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<blockquote data-quote="Ky hills" data-source="post: 1477579" data-attributes="member: 24816"><p>My parents worked off farm and back grounded calves. They first kept them around a year, then they started selling them at around 6 months in later years, and getting a new bunch. </p><p>The one of the main issues is if they are high at purchase time and then drop by the time of sale, then it can be at a loss. Sometimes they can be held a while, but then there is also more expense going into them during that time. </p><p>I have backgrounded some too. I like to buy at around 400 lbs but a lot of folks like 500 or bigger. Someone else mentioned to get them worked at the yards by a vet, and that works pretty good, because they can then be brought in and not be stressed out anymore and start acclimating immediately to a new environment. I also like to feed them a receiving/preconditioning ration for a few days at least, sometimes I will feed some of that on top of the regular feed ration so they will become familiar with that as well.</p><p>I also treat them as I would weaned calves by keeping them up close for a a week or two depending on if they are weaned or not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ky hills, post: 1477579, member: 24816"] My parents worked off farm and back grounded calves. They first kept them around a year, then they started selling them at around 6 months in later years, and getting a new bunch. The one of the main issues is if they are high at purchase time and then drop by the time of sale, then it can be at a loss. Sometimes they can be held a while, but then there is also more expense going into them during that time. I have backgrounded some too. I like to buy at around 400 lbs but a lot of folks like 500 or bigger. Someone else mentioned to get them worked at the yards by a vet, and that works pretty good, because they can then be brought in and not be stressed out anymore and start acclimating immediately to a new environment. I also like to feed them a receiving/preconditioning ration for a few days at least, sometimes I will feed some of that on top of the regular feed ration so they will become familiar with that as well. I also treat them as I would weaned calves by keeping them up close for a a week or two depending on if they are weaned or not. [/QUOTE]
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