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<blockquote data-quote="Stocker Steve" data-source="post: 1799790" data-attributes="member: 1715"><p>For profit operations usually use one of these restocking approaches:</p><p>- Never retain heifers, just buy mature cows and terminal bulls.</p><p>- Retain about the same $ worth of heifers per year, so more retention when calves are cheap.</p><p>- Only retain heifers during the bottom portion of the price cycle, so culling the cow herd size down a bit during the high price and declining price periods. Extra credit if you switch to terminal bulls during the rising price part of the cycle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stocker Steve, post: 1799790, member: 1715"] For profit operations usually use one of these restocking approaches: - Never retain heifers, just buy mature cows and terminal bulls. - Retain about the same $ worth of heifers per year, so more retention when calves are cheap. - Only retain heifers during the bottom portion of the price cycle, so culling the cow herd size down a bit during the high price and declining price periods. Extra credit if you switch to terminal bulls during the rising price part of the cycle. [/QUOTE]
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