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<blockquote data-quote="Stocker Steve" data-source="post: 1651532" data-attributes="member: 1715"><p>There are spread sheets out there to estimate the return from carrying cows. Big variables are carrying cost due to feed price and cow size, duration till you sell due to today's date vs. calving date, estimated selling price due to color n age n calving date n death loss...</p><p></p><p>Hard to make money carrying culls in snow country unless you have a strong rising market or are able to buy them in late winter. Some scenarios here:</p><p>1) big fleshy cow - - probably not</p><p>2) smaller lean young black cow - - probably yes</p><p>3) cheap hay and able to take a mineral credit - - probably yes, but yearings could pay off better</p><p>4) old red cow - - probably not</p><p>5) July calver - - probably not</p><p></p><p>Pasture stockpile is gone. Hard to get over $1000 for a June calving pair. So time to sort some cows and wean their calves. Mine averaged $802 to kill in November.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stocker Steve, post: 1651532, member: 1715"] There are spread sheets out there to estimate the return from carrying cows. Big variables are carrying cost due to feed price and cow size, duration till you sell due to today's date vs. calving date, estimated selling price due to color n age n calving date n death loss... Hard to make money carrying culls in snow country unless you have a strong rising market or are able to buy them in late winter. Some scenarios here: 1) big fleshy cow - - probably not 2) smaller lean young black cow - - probably yes 3) cheap hay and able to take a mineral credit - - probably yes, but yearings could pay off better 4) old red cow - - probably not 5) July calver - - probably not Pasture stockpile is gone. Hard to get over $1000 for a June calving pair. So time to sort some cows and wean their calves. Mine averaged $802 to kill in November. [/QUOTE]
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