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<blockquote data-quote="Rydero" data-source="post: 1662100" data-attributes="member: 38101"><p>I'm not advocating for bigger cows, I run 1250lb cows generally. I am definitely for getting the highest weaning weight I can attain through management (crossbreeding, rotational grazing, quality water sources etc) not inputs. </p><p></p><p>Yes smaller calves are more $ per lb but they don't dollar out per head. I can sell a newborn calf for $400 here in the spring - that's over $4/lb but I'd rather sell them in the fall for about $2/lb (Canadian) when they weigh 600-700lbs because that cow is only calving once a year and I need to bring in more income. As I pointed out earlier those lighter lower $/hd calves have many of the same overhead costs associated with them including the capital cost of a cow spread out over less income, that's less efficient and less profit. It sounds great - just run more cows but it really isn't that simple financially. </p><p></p><p>All that said - it's a great discussion to have and there's certainly lots to learn from Greg Judy and others like him. The same old ways aren't working for most people that's for sure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rydero, post: 1662100, member: 38101"] I'm not advocating for bigger cows, I run 1250lb cows generally. I am definitely for getting the highest weaning weight I can attain through management (crossbreeding, rotational grazing, quality water sources etc) not inputs. Yes smaller calves are more $ per lb but they don't dollar out per head. I can sell a newborn calf for $400 here in the spring - that's over $4/lb but I'd rather sell them in the fall for about $2/lb (Canadian) when they weigh 600-700lbs because that cow is only calving once a year and I need to bring in more income. As I pointed out earlier those lighter lower $/hd calves have many of the same overhead costs associated with them including the capital cost of a cow spread out over less income, that's less efficient and less profit. It sounds great - just run more cows but it really isn't that simple financially. All that said - it's a great discussion to have and there's certainly lots to learn from Greg Judy and others like him. The same old ways aren't working for most people that's for sure. [/QUOTE]
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