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<blockquote data-quote="Big Cheese" data-source="post: 1239527" data-attributes="member: 23385"><p>I don't think starting with feeding out calves is a good idea if your wanting to be in the cow calf business. Now maybe getting a few wouldn't be a bad idea. Buying a few small heifers like that and raising them up will give you the best momma cows. I did that to start expanding my herd and the three that I raised for me, my dad, and my brother are arguably the 3 best cows on our place right now. It sounds like you have a lot help and getting good advice from your mentors. It won't hurt you to get a few good looking cows from the barn as well. You should find you a good cattle buyer that buys only good stock from the barn. That's how we started our way back in the business. We had a buyer and we would buy a few here and a few there and ended up with 25 cows before we even knew it. Now we are up to over 100 since we have taken to Longhorns. You get you a good buyer he will be able to pick threw the sale barn cows and get you good ones. Still could be the possible fence jumper but you are taking that chance with any cow you buy really. </p><p></p><p>In my opinion here this is what I would do. I don't know how much land you got or how many cows your wanting to run but I believe this could work for you. Get you some good bred cows/heifers from your mentors or a buyer. I would also buy a good few young heifers to put in with them as well. You can get 2 for the price of 1 maybe even 3 for 1. I know your not wanting to go to the sale barn but this is what I liked when we were getting started back in the business. I like getting those 350-400 pound heifers that had a 500 pound frame aka skinny. They pack on the pounds really quick and look good as new in a 2 to 3 weeks. You could even buy a few steers like that and throw them out there for the summer then sell in the fall and make a little money. </p><p></p><p>I know that got a little long winded but all in all I would do a combination of the two. i may be young but I've been in your shoes before. Your on the right track. By the way a lot of people don't like this and I have mentioned this before but Longhorns are the easiest cows to take care of and start out with and cheap as well. I wouldn't definitely throw a few of them in your herd to start out and you could possibly build your whole herd with them for a year or two and make a little money then start replacing them with beef cows if you don't like them. You never know though you may like them like we do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Cheese, post: 1239527, member: 23385"] I don't think starting with feeding out calves is a good idea if your wanting to be in the cow calf business. Now maybe getting a few wouldn't be a bad idea. Buying a few small heifers like that and raising them up will give you the best momma cows. I did that to start expanding my herd and the three that I raised for me, my dad, and my brother are arguably the 3 best cows on our place right now. It sounds like you have a lot help and getting good advice from your mentors. It won't hurt you to get a few good looking cows from the barn as well. You should find you a good cattle buyer that buys only good stock from the barn. That's how we started our way back in the business. We had a buyer and we would buy a few here and a few there and ended up with 25 cows before we even knew it. Now we are up to over 100 since we have taken to Longhorns. You get you a good buyer he will be able to pick threw the sale barn cows and get you good ones. Still could be the possible fence jumper but you are taking that chance with any cow you buy really. In my opinion here this is what I would do. I don't know how much land you got or how many cows your wanting to run but I believe this could work for you. Get you some good bred cows/heifers from your mentors or a buyer. I would also buy a good few young heifers to put in with them as well. You can get 2 for the price of 1 maybe even 3 for 1. I know your not wanting to go to the sale barn but this is what I liked when we were getting started back in the business. I like getting those 350-400 pound heifers that had a 500 pound frame aka skinny. They pack on the pounds really quick and look good as new in a 2 to 3 weeks. You could even buy a few steers like that and throw them out there for the summer then sell in the fall and make a little money. I know that got a little long winded but all in all I would do a combination of the two. i may be young but I've been in your shoes before. Your on the right track. By the way a lot of people don't like this and I have mentioned this before but Longhorns are the easiest cows to take care of and start out with and cheap as well. I wouldn't definitely throw a few of them in your herd to start out and you could possibly build your whole herd with them for a year or two and make a little money then start replacing them with beef cows if you don't like them. You never know though you may like them like we do. [/QUOTE]
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