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<blockquote data-quote="JParrott" data-source="post: 1605176" data-attributes="member: 37914"><p>We breed terminal and sell the calves. We only keep heifers to replace culls. Bloodline is changed up with a new bull or bull(s) every 4-6 years. The juice from a lot of heifer trouble isn't worth the squeeze. It wouldn't cost us much to keep the heifers and sell them as bred but we aren't willing to pay the cost for the vet certification so they'd sell as exposed. We prefer to keep the head count lower through the winter to extend grazing and let the grass rest by stretching out the hay longer. Depends on what it would cost you to keep them, how much more you'd get for bred, and how much enjoyment you'd get out of doing one way versus the other.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JParrott, post: 1605176, member: 37914"] We breed terminal and sell the calves. We only keep heifers to replace culls. Bloodline is changed up with a new bull or bull(s) every 4-6 years. The juice from a lot of heifer trouble isn't worth the squeeze. It wouldn't cost us much to keep the heifers and sell them as bred but we aren't willing to pay the cost for the vet certification so they'd sell as exposed. We prefer to keep the head count lower through the winter to extend grazing and let the grass rest by stretching out the hay longer. Depends on what it would cost you to keep them, how much more you'd get for bred, and how much enjoyment you'd get out of doing one way versus the other. [/QUOTE]
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