Bez, i think your right on.
Bama, i dont get what your saying. you said you'll be giving more corn and less grain. corn is grain. so less of what grain?
it is real possible to raise 2 steirs cut one and sell the other and resolve your cost. previded you aint paying rent on alot of acres just to raise eaters. you can raise 2-3 calves 2acres easy if your aready concerding feeding grain.
corn here right now is selling for $2.35 a bu under 100bu. a 100 bushell is 5600lbs and its almost inpossible to get 100bu in a pickup truckbed. we're trying to save money so we're not goinging to buy a trailer or a 3\4ton truck just using the 1\2 ton we already have. asuming we already have one. {now if have trailers and stuff this doesnt apply}. aight get around a ton of corn. that'll be around 35-36bu. that'll be around $84.60. if you feed 10lbs a day that'll last you 100 days for 2 steirs. last week bottle calves{mix breed stock} where going at $135 at around 100-120lbs. so say 2@ $280 to be save a bag of milk each will be $50 another $15 for bottles. so whats that about $350 in the animals before feeding. add $40 for ivomec. so you have roughly $475-$600 in this 2 animals. last week at the sale a 500lb calve was goimg for $700-$735. so now you got your cost of the animals resolved now you have to resolve your butchering. i believe that once you look at how much you spend at the store you would agree that the butchering resolves it self. ok so you want free beef raise another calf. now this is just the best of factors not including back luck, health problems etc.etc.
Bama, i dont get what your saying. you said you'll be giving more corn and less grain. corn is grain. so less of what grain?
it is real possible to raise 2 steirs cut one and sell the other and resolve your cost. previded you aint paying rent on alot of acres just to raise eaters. you can raise 2-3 calves 2acres easy if your aready concerding feeding grain.
corn here right now is selling for $2.35 a bu under 100bu. a 100 bushell is 5600lbs and its almost inpossible to get 100bu in a pickup truckbed. we're trying to save money so we're not goinging to buy a trailer or a 3\4ton truck just using the 1\2 ton we already have. asuming we already have one. {now if have trailers and stuff this doesnt apply}. aight get around a ton of corn. that'll be around 35-36bu. that'll be around $84.60. if you feed 10lbs a day that'll last you 100 days for 2 steirs. last week bottle calves{mix breed stock} where going at $135 at around 100-120lbs. so say 2@ $280 to be save a bag of milk each will be $50 another $15 for bottles. so whats that about $350 in the animals before feeding. add $40 for ivomec. so you have roughly $475-$600 in this 2 animals. last week at the sale a 500lb calve was goimg for $700-$735. so now you got your cost of the animals resolved now you have to resolve your butchering. i believe that once you look at how much you spend at the store you would agree that the butchering resolves it self. ok so you want free beef raise another calf. now this is just the best of factors not including back luck, health problems etc.etc.
