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<blockquote data-quote="beefgirl" data-source="post: 1834590" data-attributes="member: 40304"><p>Enjoyed reading these so much I decided to go ahead and tell my story of how I got into cattle. I was always a horse girl and didn't even like cows. Went to a cow sale and thought I can make money on these. I had planned on buying some cheap weaned calves but ended up buying a black crossbred heifer. Went back the next week and bought a bull calf to keep her company. Sold the steer that fall and Kept the heifer. With the money I got for him I bought 2 more (beef) bottle heifers and a steer. Bred those 3 heifers when they were old enough to an angus bull and they all three had heifer calves. Kept those. Started to AI my cows. Culled hard for disposition, good feet and legs, and fertility. 7 years after starting I had the herd I wanted. Calves I sold would bring between middle and top prices. Ended up selling the whole herd in November. The pasture I was renting just wasn't working out. At least all my girls went together and they went to a good home. I might raise a few bottle calves or group some feeders but I will never get back into cow/calf pairs until I buy land of my own.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="beefgirl, post: 1834590, member: 40304"] Enjoyed reading these so much I decided to go ahead and tell my story of how I got into cattle. I was always a horse girl and didn’t even like cows. Went to a cow sale and thought I can make money on these. I had planned on buying some cheap weaned calves but ended up buying a black crossbred heifer. Went back the next week and bought a bull calf to keep her company. Sold the steer that fall and Kept the heifer. With the money I got for him I bought 2 more (beef) bottle heifers and a steer. Bred those 3 heifers when they were old enough to an angus bull and they all three had heifer calves. Kept those. Started to AI my cows. Culled hard for disposition, good feet and legs, and fertility. 7 years after starting I had the herd I wanted. Calves I sold would bring between middle and top prices. Ended up selling the whole herd in November. The pasture I was renting just wasn’t working out. At least all my girls went together and they went to a good home. I might raise a few bottle calves or group some feeders but I will never get back into cow/calf pairs until I buy land of my own. [/QUOTE]
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