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<blockquote data-quote="Dave" data-source="post: 1280392" data-attributes="member: 498"><p>I cut way back on the cow/calf when I started raising bred heifers. But before I did that I weaned all my calves on Purina Pre-Con 5. I swear by that feed for weaning calves. By day 3 there is no bawling, just the sacking of lip. When I started using it I weighed a trailer load of calves at weaning. I weighed the same calves two weeks later. No weight loss. I feed 5 pounds a day for the first ten days after weaning and then switch over to what ever feed I plan to use.</p><p> </p><p>We don't get that premium here that some of you get for light calves. Yesterday at Toppenish they had 2,900 feeder calves. The top end on 5 weights was $2.50. The top end on 7 weights was $2.21. That is $1,250 versus $1,547. To get that top price they better be weaned and vaccinated. I can afford to put that extra 200 ponds on for an extra $297 dollars.</p><p></p><p>And back to the original question. I agree with Bigfoot. Not weaning and preparing a calf for the next step is doing the industry a disservice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave, post: 1280392, member: 498"] I cut way back on the cow/calf when I started raising bred heifers. But before I did that I weaned all my calves on Purina Pre-Con 5. I swear by that feed for weaning calves. By day 3 there is no bawling, just the sacking of lip. When I started using it I weighed a trailer load of calves at weaning. I weighed the same calves two weeks later. No weight loss. I feed 5 pounds a day for the first ten days after weaning and then switch over to what ever feed I plan to use. We don't get that premium here that some of you get for light calves. Yesterday at Toppenish they had 2,900 feeder calves. The top end on 5 weights was $2.50. The top end on 7 weights was $2.21. That is $1,250 versus $1,547. To get that top price they better be weaned and vaccinated. I can afford to put that extra 200 ponds on for an extra $297 dollars. And back to the original question. I agree with Bigfoot. Not weaning and preparing a calf for the next step is doing the industry a disservice. [/QUOTE]
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