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Heifers vs Steers on grass
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<blockquote data-quote="Jogeephus" data-source="post: 749319" data-attributes="member: 4362"><p>I tend to agree with those who are saying that buying cattle at the traditional peaks and selling them at the traditional lows is not going to be that profitable. I think there will be years where this could work but in general I don't think it would do that great. However, I have a friend who has done really well by buying thin cows and putting them on thick grass, breeding them and selling bred fat cows in the fall. Cow prices don't seem to have the same spread as the other classes so what weight he does put on them he is normally paid at or about the same as he bought them. In other words, he gets paid a more direct price for the gain instead of being discounted for the added weight. My concern with this is bringing some funky disease onto my place but so far he has done extremely well with this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jogeephus, post: 749319, member: 4362"] I tend to agree with those who are saying that buying cattle at the traditional peaks and selling them at the traditional lows is not going to be that profitable. I think there will be years where this could work but in general I don't think it would do that great. However, I have a friend who has done really well by buying thin cows and putting them on thick grass, breeding them and selling bred fat cows in the fall. Cow prices don't seem to have the same spread as the other classes so what weight he does put on them he is normally paid at or about the same as he bought them. In other words, he gets paid a more direct price for the gain instead of being discounted for the added weight. My concern with this is bringing some funky disease onto my place but so far he has done extremely well with this. [/QUOTE]
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