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<blockquote data-quote="skyline" data-source="post: 485840" data-attributes="member: 5305"><p>Sorry for abandoning my post here. Been visiting relatives in Mississippi this weekend.</p><p></p><p>That's what I like about this forum. Lots of good, yet diverse ideas. Thanks for all of the input. I guess a lot of this depends on how many cows you currently have, how fast you are trying to grow your herd, how profit driven you are, the quality of the heifer calves that you can produce from your current cows, and the quality of stock that you can purchase.</p><p></p><p>For me, buying high quality heavy bred heifers from a cattleman that I know and trust made sense. He has good cows and he buys very good bulls. He feeds all of his steers out, and he either retains his heifers or sells them private treaty. I was starting with a small herd and wanted to get to the carrying capacity of my land quickly. I've had them for a couple of months and they are starting to calve. The first calves look great and we've had no problems so far. </p><p></p><p>I agree with Caustic from a profit standpoint. If I had a source for pairs or three in ones that were good quality for a good price, I think that would have been a better way to go financially.</p><p></p><p>Thanks again for all of the good input.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="skyline, post: 485840, member: 5305"] Sorry for abandoning my post here. Been visiting relatives in Mississippi this weekend. That's what I like about this forum. Lots of good, yet diverse ideas. Thanks for all of the input. I guess a lot of this depends on how many cows you currently have, how fast you are trying to grow your herd, how profit driven you are, the quality of the heifer calves that you can produce from your current cows, and the quality of stock that you can purchase. For me, buying high quality heavy bred heifers from a cattleman that I know and trust made sense. He has good cows and he buys very good bulls. He feeds all of his steers out, and he either retains his heifers or sells them private treaty. I was starting with a small herd and wanted to get to the carrying capacity of my land quickly. I've had them for a couple of months and they are starting to calve. The first calves look great and we've had no problems so far. I agree with Caustic from a profit standpoint. If I had a source for pairs or three in ones that were good quality for a good price, I think that would have been a better way to go financially. Thanks again for all of the good input. [/QUOTE]
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