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<blockquote data-quote="traderaaron" data-source="post: 749185" data-attributes="member: 13840"><p>I would highly suggest the book <em>Pasture Profits with Stocker Cattle</em> as a place to start. It will present some variations on the standard practices. Order directly, <a href="http://www.stockmangrassfarmer.net/Bookshelf.html" target="_blank">http://www.stockmangrassfarmer.net/Bookshelf.html</a>.</p><p></p><p>Usually the most profit to be made is getting calves ready to be sold as grass cattle in the spring to ranchers in KS-OK-TX-CO-NM. You could sell 500-600# steers after hardening them up over the winter months on stockpiled forage. They are the most overvalued segment of the market generally in the spring and then buy back sub-400 pound heifers or heifers in general and graze them on your green grass, or take in custom grazed animals.</p><p></p><p>Buying grass steers when everyone else is and selling them during the seasonal lows for Cattle in the Fall is usually not a great way to make money. Calves are high, I'd rather be selling calves or grass yearlings.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="traderaaron, post: 749185, member: 13840"] I would highly suggest the book [i]Pasture Profits with Stocker Cattle[/i] as a place to start. It will present some variations on the standard practices. Order directly, [url=http://www.stockmangrassfarmer.net/Bookshelf.html]http://www.stockmangrassfarmer.net/Bookshelf.html[/url]. Usually the most profit to be made is getting calves ready to be sold as grass cattle in the spring to ranchers in KS-OK-TX-CO-NM. You could sell 500-600# steers after hardening them up over the winter months on stockpiled forage. They are the most overvalued segment of the market generally in the spring and then buy back sub-400 pound heifers or heifers in general and graze them on your green grass, or take in custom grazed animals. Buying grass steers when everyone else is and selling them during the seasonal lows for Cattle in the Fall is usually not a great way to make money. Calves are high, I'd rather be selling calves or grass yearlings. [/QUOTE]
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