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<blockquote data-quote="Angus Cowman" data-source="post: 798205" data-attributes="member: 8829"><p>on the first statement if buying hfrs you need to buy from a known source and under similar managemnet as your own </p><p>if you buy quality hfrs from a reputable person with similar management then No the culling % isn't any higher for bought instead of raised </p><p>as for cow age I look at selling a cow when she is still marketable instead of used up so I therefore get a better price for her than if I waited another 2 or 3 yrs to sell her and gamble on her making me anymore money than what she already has and has nothing to do with my culling % </p><p>I use 8 as a guideline because around here a good 8 or 9 yr old cow bred cow will still bring around $1000 and her calf should have brought 750-800 so if you spend $1400 on a bred hfr then you are still ahead as you sold that cow and calf for what she originally cost plus pd for her upkeep for the yr that you sold her </p><p>plus you have alot less risk in that 8 or 9 yr old cow developing a problem than you do a 10+ yr old cow</p><p> also on the culling % I know several people around here that just let mother nature do their culling it doesn't mean their cows are any better than mine or yours it is just their management style is No management and some of the cows that die may have been open for a yr or so before they ever realize it so because they have an older herd of cows and I have a younger more productive herd with the way you look at it they have a better herd because they didn't cull anything</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Angus Cowman, post: 798205, member: 8829"] on the first statement if buying hfrs you need to buy from a known source and under similar managemnet as your own if you buy quality hfrs from a reputable person with similar management then No the culling % isn't any higher for bought instead of raised as for cow age I look at selling a cow when she is still marketable instead of used up so I therefore get a better price for her than if I waited another 2 or 3 yrs to sell her and gamble on her making me anymore money than what she already has and has nothing to do with my culling % I use 8 as a guideline because around here a good 8 or 9 yr old cow bred cow will still bring around $1000 and her calf should have brought 750-800 so if you spend $1400 on a bred hfr then you are still ahead as you sold that cow and calf for what she originally cost plus pd for her upkeep for the yr that you sold her plus you have alot less risk in that 8 or 9 yr old cow developing a problem than you do a 10+ yr old cow also on the culling % I know several people around here that just let mother nature do their culling it doesn't mean their cows are any better than mine or yours it is just their management style is No management and some of the cows that die may have been open for a yr or so before they ever realize it so because they have an older herd of cows and I have a younger more productive herd with the way you look at it they have a better herd because they didn't cull anything [/QUOTE]
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